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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, May 26, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. KREMER10 OPEN n i CUMMINGS WILL PRESIDE? GEORGIA CONTEST "IS ONLY ONE FILED FOR CONSIDERATION?MAY GO TO COMMITTEE FOR DECISION Washington, May 2">.?J._ Bruce Kremer, of Montana, vice-chairman of the Democratic national committee. will call the Democratic national convention to order when it meets in San Francisco June 28. Mr. Kremer was selected, the national committee announced tonight, because Chairman Cummings has been designated to act as temporary chairman of the convention and because it was thought fitting that a Western man should open the first convention of the party to be held west of the Rocky mountains. Both Chairman Cummings and Vice Chairman Kremer will leave for San Francisco next week to attend the meeting of the committee on arrangements, which, it was an nounced will begin informal ses sioms about June 10. Progress Reported A: headquarters of the national committee it was said today that re-. port? from George F. Mara, assistant to Chairman Cummings. sent to San Francisco several months ago. indicated all arrangements would be completed by the time tho first, delegates arrive. Only one contest, that from .r.a, between the delegation pledged to Attorney General Palm-. er :tnd the delegates selected by the followers oY Senator Hoke Smith and Thomas E. Watson, has thus far been filed with the national committee. This contest, it was said, will be heard first by the national committee and probably will be carried to the credentials committee of the convention for final decision. BRAZIL SEEKS OPENING f:. Louis, May 25.?The SouthDQctomPN wpre {riven an elegant reception here. G. Cramer, chairman of the foreign trade board of the Chamber of Commerce stated that Northern ports thrive at the expense of South Atlantic and Gulf ! ports. This also throttled business to a great extent, causing an enormous loss of time and money to business. The Chamber of Commerce can be counted on the sup port the project and he would recommend the use of South Atlantic ports to St. Louis exporters and importers. HONEST SWEAT HAS NO BUSINESS HERE Pans, May 23.?Glue is used to hold in place the filmy chiffon bodices that are all the rage hert. Even jeweled shoulder straps are considered too heavy to rabteri the clouds of tulle which are an indis p^nsiDie pair 01 inu *; < ing gowns. ATTEND FUNERAL. Among out-of-town people who attended the funeral of Mr. T. Kuhcrt Furman here Tuesday were Mrs. Maizie Neill, of Batesville, "Ark., Albert A. Miller, Atlanta; Miss Eula Furman, Franklinton, N. C.; B. Cheatham, Nashville, Tenn.; J. A. Douglas, Monroe, N. C.; Mrs. Algernon S. Simmons and Mrs. Brown, of i. P ? Hiioenun, vjra. i HOME AGAIN. Mrs. M. E. Hollingsworth is exported home this week after an extended visit to her children in North Carolina, Atlanta and Bishopville. , SECURE FEDERAL AID FOR THE HIGHWA1 From Abbeville To Anderson Coun Line at Honea Path?County's Quota $55,000 J. S. Stark, chairman of thi County Highway Commission, \S A. Stevenson, county supervisor, J A. Gilliam, members of the High way Commission and County Clerl J. L. Perrin went to Columbia Mot: day to make arrangements to ire Federal aid for the road from Mc Cormick County line to the Ander son County line at Honea Path This county's quota is 000. The trip was successfu and work will bejrin oi the road at an early date The section from Abbeville to Du< West will first be built and thei the the section from Due Wes through Donalds to the Andersoi County line at Honea Path. Tlx last section of the road to be buil will be from Abbeville to Clat worthy's Crossroads. PPESL. YTERIANS OF SOUTH ADOPT PLAN FOR CHURCH UNIOIN Cha lotte, N. C., May 24.?Tin plan of union proposed by the join committee on closer relations of th< assemblies of the Southern am Northern Presbyterian churche; was adopted without a dissenting voice af the session of the southerr assembly here today. This issu< was presented by the moderator a' the opening of the niwning sessioi as unfinished business and when h< called for debate none developet and the question was passed witl unanimity. The Northern Assembly has nol acted upon the pian of union pro posed, but will take some action or it at the assembly meetings ir Philadelphia now being held. Friends of organic union of th( two bodies insist chat that the plar unanimously adopted by the assenv bly this morning is decisively vie torious for them, while those op posing organic union are equallj insitenl that the plan * proposec means no more than a mere federa tion, that relations between th< bodies will be closer, but that th< mergence of the two bodies into i single denomination will not hav< been brought about. WALTER E. DUNCAN MAY BE IN RACE FOR LIEUT. GOV Columbia, May 2_.?Walter E Duncan, well known newspapei man and formerly secretary t< Governor Manning, will probabl] be in the race for lieutenant gov ernor this summer. Mr. Duncan': name was first mentioned durinj me ucmutiaui, wiiivu?v hei'e this week, and when askec about the matter he stated todaj that he had been approached b? friends, but had not definitely de cided what he would do. Mr. Duncan is a proprietor of th< Aiken Standard and is also associa ted editor of the Columbia Record He has been identified with th< journalistic and political interests r aL- ?AWA trAave * OI trie siaie iui dumc m service for Governor Manning wa during the last term of that execu tive. There are so far three definite announcements for the office o lieutenant governor, Octavus Cohei of Charleston; Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston and Capt. Osca Mauldin, of Greenville. JOHN PERRIN APPOINTED J. L. Perrin, Jr., has been appoini ed Court Stenographer for the se\ enth circuit, the appointment bein made bv Judge Sease. Mr. Perri succceds his cousin, the late Carlisl Perrin. The friends of Mr. Perrin in Al beville will be pleased to know of h: mnointment. He formerly held a sin ilar position in this circuit which h resigned sometime ago. During h term of office here he proved to be most efficient stenograpner, one c the best who ever served In that a pacity in this circuit. 'THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS fi SPENT IN CAMPAIGN I 1 " 1 Evidence in Senate Investigating Committee Hearing that Lowden rlas Already Used Vast Sum With Others Vet to Report e< Washington, Mav 24.?Evidence i ' that $404,984.78 had been spent in " I behalf of Governor Lowden, Repuo* J lican, Illinois, marked the opening "today of the senate's investigation * into pre-convention campaign expenditures. Frank H. Hitchcock, former postmaster generai, who ap' pea red as the Representative of General Wood threw but little ' light on the general's campaign ex1 penses and Senator Harding's man ager was not heard today. He will 3 be examined later as will a number 1 of Wood managers, including Col. 1 William Cooper Proctor, of Cin 1 einnati. A. A. Sprague of Chicago, 1 Horace C. Stebbins of New York ^ and John H. Price of Cleveland. L. L. Emerson, secretary of state for Illinois, was th? spokesman for Governor Lowden. He was armed with records and cancelled checks and gave figures, names, dates and 1 localities. Of the total spent for Governor Lowden, he said $379,a 175.78 was contributed by the governor himself. Friends gave $35,| 825, he testified, before collections were stopped on orders from Mr. 5 Lowden. r No Different States 4 Detailing expenditures Mr. Emerj. son testified that a total of $156,243 was sent into different states, , the Michigan primary campaign j with 039,141 taking the most. The x Lowden committee, he said, had sent $38,000 into Missouri. Senator l Reed, Democrat, of that state, questioned him at some length to , determine the method of its use ! since there was no primary election. "Getting out the Lowden sentiment was the purpose", Mr. Emersaid, adding that it had been successful because the delegates would support the governor's candidacy. ; "Cost but $1,000 a delegate for , Missouri's oG," commented Senator Reed. ? E. H. Moore, who testified to > contributions of about $22,000 to i the campaign for Governor Cox, ? Democrat, Ohio, made the charge of heavy expenditure in the Republican primary contest in Ohio and provoked a hot partisan strife. Mr. Moore told the committee that Colonel Proctor, of Cincinnati, * was "the angel" of General Wood's r campaign in Ohio. He testified to ) extensive newspaper advertising in ^ithe primary first and at one point "iwas interrupted by Senator Spen; cer, Republican, Missouri, who said ' | the witness was making charges and 1 and demanded names. "I know a chicken hawk from a J , ! hand saw," Mr. Moore retorted. Col. John H. Price, who ran the Wood campaign, he will tell what 1 the Harding men .spent. Ask Harry r* i "' M. Daughtery, Harding's nuimirer. and he will tell you what the V\> >.! men spent. 31 "Call John T. King, who started ' | in as manager of General Wood's campaign if you want to know s 1 I about the story of the underwriting j of the Wood campaign. I take it that this is a real Investigation and I not a one side show. I personally know of one man yho put up $50,1 : 000 for Wood. If King won't tell ' vou I'll give you the name." r Dr. Randolnh J. Hersey, of j Wheeling, appearing for Senator Sutherland. Republican, West Virginia, dealt at some length with the t- Wood campaign in that *tutc, Jer claiing that it had been "like a g circus with its gross publicity." n Senator Sutherland, he said, had e spent about $3,500 in his campagn. Senator Poindexter Second )- Senator Poindexter. Republican, is Washington, with $7.">,000 was seci ond to Governor Lowden in size of ! 10 L'xpuiiuiiu I f tH. UIcUitV ucvcni|;i;vi is Senator John.son, Republican of a California, with $18,13$, was third. >f The largest contributor to the (Cuntinued on Page Eight) I ADVANCE URGED I EA5 IN FREIGHT RATES ' I j B.ilion Dollars Additional Revenue V/h< / i Needed?President of Baltimore ( and Ohio Railway Makes Statement. T Washington, May 25.?Belief that v.vn j advances in freight rates to provide to l the more than .$1,000,000,000 addi- ~ap ' tionul revenue asked by the nation's May railroads would not increase me cost Is of living was expressed by spokes- -o-.v; men for the carriers in opening: their t case today before the interstate com- ' c.;i merce commission. u-ld "Nothing that I know of,'' said D iJaniel Willard, president of the Bal- ? tl; timore and Ohio, "would reduce the Con cost of living so much as the prompt :r.ori and speedy transportation of goods." .'.n He added that the revenue asked as beei necessary to provide the G per cent. ?.:d return guaranteed by the government a-'e in the transportation act would en- Ji able the carriers to provide sufficient lor equipment to move commodities now ?>. 1 unable to reach markets. Iieljl Frederick Strauss of New York, "u^v also appearing for the railroads, de- :l 'a dared that a 50 or 60 per cent, in- uolr crease in freight rates would have ^*ou no appreciable effect on the present cr movement to bring down living costs ^ar< Questioning of Howard Elliott of e!1 v the general rate committee of the As- a-so sociation of Railway Executives, who 1,1? 1 resented introductory testimony for (on the carriers as a whole, developed v that the additional $1,000,000,000 ?> requested is not regarded by the rail- will roads as covering wage increases es- ;ore limated at more than $1,000,000,000 tile annually, included in demands pre- Oldc .seated to ine rauroau larjur utmru. Mr. Willard made the initial pre- ^'on sc-ntation of testimony for the East- for orn group of railroads, who are ask- *'!bl ing an increase of 30.4 per cent, in t hai rates, to produce about -550,000,000 erea added revenue. Tl Mr. Strauss contended for higher "L L :-a:es as necessary to bolster up the v '" weakened market for railway securi- ~,rcc ties. Unless the carriers can compete 1 lls with other industries as a profitable investment, government ownership !s or the only alternative to keep the trans- ?ues portation system of the country going c'(,rni Opposition to any rate increases was expressed by S. H. Cowan, repre- "onl senting the Texas Cattle Growers' ^e(*' as.;ociatic:i. (.'attlemen are against llon any increase in rates for profit's, he ^ declared, adding that if the roads * could not support themselves it was their own misfortune. Lne ~ ,. eral Cross examination o't me carriers witnesses was conducted at length by , representatives of the shippers. Mr. . Willard, in reply to questions, said there now were some 10,000 more men employed by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad than before federal control, but explained that iTiis was mainly due to the change from piece u basis work in the shoos to the day fient system. ?iuai ATTENDING THE FURNITURE Hbb DEALERS ASSOCIATION 'iua' Uni< u?i fnm v. us. i at ivuLiic Laiiuu uss us m cu* . . <iay morning long enougn to say lhat he believed the Furniture Deal- mad er.s who have been meeting in fitte Greenwood this week, are operating and under the charter of the old Liquor i'1 e Dealers Association. He was glad to report, he said, that his old friend, VI Col. Calvert had gotten Home, but he feared that Corp. Kerr "had fol!g wed'em off somewhere.** ?acl Col. Calvert and Corp. Kerr have V!''e been m attendance on the meetings ol* the association and Have T>ecn tell',ing the people down in Greenwood ^'ia how they sell furniture in seven P<M" counties, and at lower prices than are *,Ve: charged by other dealers. We as- *"ls sume that the Corp. has not finished ;l r-: telling about his large business and that this accounts for his raliure to ATI , return with Col. Calvert. i M VISITORS F ROM WARE SHOALS, pani pect [! Mrs. E. A. Cobb, and daughter, exte :;Ella, Mrs. Charlie Loke.v and Miss E. I , j Margaret Lokey, of Ware Shoals, is a 11 were the guests of Mrs. John T. le ge .j Cheatham on Ellis Avenue, from nive F riday until Monday. ' this 5TISTS TURNING f TOWARD GREENVILLE V I ;re from June 28 to July 10 the Ireat Summer Conventions and Conferences Will be Held iie Baptists of South Carolina l more than two thuosand strong S he Diamond Jubilee Southern list Convention at Washington 12-18. More than 160,000 Bap cli ~ liLMV lUHIiJlg L J i L 11 UlUUgllld irci Greenville, where from June 0 July 10 the great summer conions ami conferences are to be I, uring the week of June 26 to July ie Baptist State Sunday School vention will draw delegates from a tl e than a thousand Sunday schools unusually strong progfam has ' 1 prepared for this Convention, the Sunday schools and churches c C; now appointing their delegates, ily 1, 3 and 4 are the dates set J tiie '1 wenty-fourth Annual State f. P. U. Convention, n?so to be in Greenville, and June Z9 to.' 5 will witness the assembling of rge number of girls and young ^ icn under the ausprces of the I g * ng Woman's Auxiliary of the nan's Missionary Union of South )lina. The girls and young womrho attend this conference will have the opportunity of attend-, ' the sessions of the Sunday School ^ mention and the B. Y. P. U. Conii ion. si uring the week .July 4-10, there >( be the W. M. U. Summer Connce, the Pastors' Bible Institute, < . Rural Church Conference, the sr Boys' Conference, the MothConference, the Story Tellers' ference, the Summer Normal r: Sunday School Teaciiers, the i ical Chautauqua, the Popular jtauqua, and many social and re- i tional features. lie entire program, including all L he conventions and conferences, (.! be presented in the buildings of n rnville Woman's College and the t Baptist Church, of Greenville, h the dormitories of Greenville !c nans College will house the p ts. Those not able to secure ac- cl modations in the Romans Col- i will be provided for in near by si erf, hotels and boarding houses, t: need fares have been applied for t< i all points in South Carolina. fi ev. Thos. J. Watts, of Columbia, n "., is General Secretary of the si tlay School Convention and of Summer Assembly, and has gen- u charge of t all the arrangements the conferences and features of I< great summer gathering of Bapa 11! V OFFICE FOR 1 n WESTERN UNION ! U IN ABBEVILLE ? e *. G. Sale, district superinten- c : Western Union, with head- I iters in Richmond, Va., was in !< eville this week to secure new w rters for the local Western t: )n office. He rented the room lerly occupied by the Eureka s ber shop. The change will bo f e June 1. The new office will be :d up in an up-co-date manner * ' will be made more convenient very way for the public. SITORS FROM CALIFORNIA u . ii I r. and Mrs. Harvey P. Gay, of o amento, Cal., arrived in AbbeMonday night to visit Mr. Gay's ' r, .Mrs. .Jas. S. Cochran. They .. Icive some time this week for h rlottc, N. C., where they will n id several weeks visiting- rela- e Mrs. Gay is a Californian and v. is her first trip east. Mr. Gay is 11 siive of North Carolina. I w f fENDlNG THE CELEBRATION. :i rs. M. B. McCutcheofi, accom- ? ed by her four children are exed in Abbeville this week for an nded visit to Judge ana Mrs. M. Collingsworth. Mrs. McCutcheon I graduate of the Due West Cotand will attend the Sixtieth An-, rsary celebration to be held there week. g. 50UTH ATLANTIC PORTS FAVORED HIPPING BOARD GIVES ASSURANCE THAT FULL SER v iv.L or, utrtnutu urON?BRAZIL IS SEEKING OPENING IN THE SOUTH. Cincinnati, May 2;i.?The Chami'i of Commerce here today re L'ived a letter from W. F. Taylor ssistant director of operations of lie United States Shipping Board, dvising the local organization that icre would positively be no cururtailment in service or the alloation of vessels of the shipping oavd to be operated from South Atlantic ports. The letter answered the definite nd forceful demands of the larger :entral States cities' shippers setIng forth their intention to prefer oulh Atlantic and Gulf ports intead of New York and Baltimore nd Philadelphia in foreign trade nd insisting on proper considera-. ion and adequate service from the orts mentioned. Definite assignlent or ships and like naming of oreign trade routes was included i the demands answered by As i.stant Director Taylor. These were ssured. UGAR BROKERS FACING iNQUIRY New York, May25.?The governiL-nt will seek to obtain fair distribuon of the country's sugar supply trough a sweeping investigation of agar brokers who ignore conditions i their federal licenses, Arnim W. iley, special assistant to Attorney oneral Palmer, announced here toight. The announcement followed closer upon testimony before the joint gislative committee investigating rofiteering, of Herbert Hoover, who iiarged the government with responbility for the present iiign price of agar because of its failure to aulorize the sugr.:- civilization board j purchase the Cuban crop fast year or 6 1-2 cents a pound and upon anouncement that the price of refined Ligar had been increased to 22 1-2 ents?an advance of three cents ithin a week. The investigation, headed by ilr. liley, will begin tomorrow when he ill preside at what he described as "series of informal meetings" with firee representatives of the sugar len appointed by their colleagues ist week in Washington. Tlu- employment of "economic patnt medicines" as a cure for the high oit of living was attacked by Mr. fcover in his testimony before the :gislative committee. He said what ;as required was a definite coordinaion of policies of readjustment and policy of seeking a remedy through t inlying conditions under the surace of things. ERIOUS ILLNESS OF DR. DARLINGTON We understand that Dr. Robertson :as called from Charlotte to Wash:gton, D. C., on account of the serius illness of Dr. J. J. Darlington, ho has been ill for some days. His ;ess was announced in the Bap ..-i Convention at Washington by is pastor. It will be a matter of luch concern on the part of our readrs. and tidings from his sick bed ill be awaited with much interest, t is doubtful whether Dr Robertson rill be able to deliver the sermon beore the Seminary next Sabbath ight.?A. R. Presbyterian. COTTON MARKET. Spot 43.00 July 33.14 Oct. 35.34 Dec 34.29 f Jan. 33.70 3L^.^jrSr5j'3.r5I3jrSf2M3MS.r3M3M3M3?2J3l31