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"i Abbeville Press and Banner ^^^lMOi00~th^Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S.~C., Friday, May 28, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cento. 76th Year. ORGANIZE CHAMBER ! OF COMMERCE HERE: ' I? I ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF i1 BUSINESS MEN OF ABBEVILLE'j THURSDAY EVENING?CAN- j I .VAS FOR MEMBERS WILL BE;' MADE AT EARLY DATE?FIF . i 1 TEEN DIRECTORS NAMED.. : The Abbeville Chamber of Com-;' merce was organized here Thursday. evening at a meeting held in the^ Court House. About sixty business ' men of Abbeville were present and 1 showed a splendid interest In the; project. It was made evident to all ' that those present wanted to organ-' ize an efficient body, place :n charge j a thoroughly competent secretary f who has been trained in chambnr of commerce work and then get back of j the organization and make it go. It 1 was a spirit that promised work co-|1 operation and sustained effort. The meeting was called to order ] by Mayor J. Moore Mars who briefly' stated the purposes of the gathering. He then called for nominations for chairman. L)r. li. a. jxeunenr wasj named chainnan without opposition. < Otto Bristow was named secretary. j' A set of bylaws were then read by j? , the secretary and after discussion and , modifications were adopted. j < The bylaws provided for a direc-1 ] torate of 3,5 a president, two vice-'1 presidents, a secretary and an execu-, s tive secretary, the directors to be,! . elected by the chamber- or commerce I and the officers to be elected from among the directors. 4 A nominating commitee was nam- ' ed composed of J. Moore Mars, J. ( S. Morse and W. H. White to select-^ 15 men to be voted on for directors. ] I The ^following were proposed by the' ^ nominating committee and elected,1 directors: Otto Bristow, C. E. Wil- c liamson, J. D. Fulp, . H. McMurrayJ W. M. Langley, Albert Henry, J. M.j pickles, S. J, Link, M. B. Reese, Arthur Rosenberg, J. S. Cochran, H.B I Wilson, T. G. White, S. G. Thomson,' Jr., and Albert Morse. j A canvassing committee composed < of Otto Bristow, W. D. Wilkinson'J and Maxwell Smith was named to1 ( make a canvass for members and re J? port at the next meeting. The mem-J t bere of this committee will selec |1 helpers, divide the city in sections.! and make a thorough canvass for' members. A meeting of the directors was called for this afternoon at 4 o'clock at which time officers will be elected. Steps will then be taken to secure an executive secretary. \ The next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held Wednesday of next week at 6:15 o'clock. The bylaws provide that membership fee shall be $25 per annum for full members and $6 per annum forj ^ associate members. It is hoped to se-j care at least 350 members in Abbe-' ] ville. The executive secretary will probably'be paid a salary of $3,000 aad be given a sum to cover operat- I mg expense. An office will be fur- < aished the secretary. 1 L? MISS KILGORE ELECTED 1 . . i Hiss Niza Kilgore, of Clinton, but 1 i ,-* wfeo has taught the past three sea-jj sions at SimpaoirvHle " consolidated 11 -V; schools Haaacefepted work in the City J3 Sebtols for Tiext session and willi r hare charge of one section of j the fourth grade. Miss Kilgore has! also had considerable experience in , teaching expression in the school and : will have charge of this work in the City Schools as well. DR. MANN A VISITOR Dr. J. L. Mann, superintendent of the Greenville Graded school systen was in town this week on bosines and visiting his many relatives ii the city. Dr. Mann reports that h has thirty-nine vacancies In hi corps of teachers. RAILROADS INDORSE , FAIR WAGE INCREASE; Chairman of Committee Representing Lines at Hearing Gives Final Views on Suubject I Chicago, May 27.?Fair wage increases for the 2,000,000 railroad em i ployes in America are not opposed by the railroads, the labor board was informed by E. T. Whiter today in' closing his reply to the demands of the men for increases in pay which it' is said total $1,000,000,uoo. Mr Whiter, who is chairman of the' committee representing the roads in the hearing, ^aid that in return the | laliWdja ca^clicu nuiicco auu vv"-j scientious work and that each em-! ployee would "feel obliged to give ef-: ficient and ungrudging service." The roads are opposed, however,' to some demands presented to the; la-, bor hoard by the employees because they "are unjustified and not upheld by the facts in the case," he said, rhey also are opposed, he added, to the incorporation of national agree-[ ments entered into by the federal; railroad administration into any; awards made by the board. FASTIDIOUS TASTES CAUSE HIGH PRICESj Washington, May 27.?Fastidious^ tastes of the public are in part re-| sponsible for present high shoe prices William McAdoo, Jr., of New York,' rice president of the Central Leather j :ompany, declared today oerire the, senate committee investigating shoe prices. He denied that his company was making exorbitant profits but' said its profits in 1919 were $13,! 288,481 compared with $4,876,-1 923 in 1914. Mr. McAdoo said that because of j a marKea decline m tne aemanu oij jhoe manufacturers for leather, his company had reduced production Tom 10 to 22 per cent, curing the j >ast'three weks, but added that no "urther reductions were anticipated n transportation and financial be-! :ame more nearly normaL I BETTER COTTON WEATHER ________ j Zrop Showing Improvement, S*y? Official Bulletin. Washington, May 27.?Weather j conditions during the week ending, yesterday were more favorable for^ :otton, and as a result tne crop is showing an improvement in most sec;ions, according to tne national j weather and crop bulletin of the De-j partment of Agriculture. Moderate temperatures prevailed jxcept in the more eastern sections^of ihe belt, where it was rather cool. Rainfall was light to moderate except in the northwestern and southeastern portions, where some heavy rains occurred. East of the Mississippi River :he weather showed considerable improvement over the preceding week, and as a result cotton made better :he westward conditions were favorprogress generally in that area. To able except in the northwestern por;ion of the corn belt. / MINSTREL SHOW CALLED OFF The minstrel show to have been ri^en next Wedriesdav nicht at the opera house under the auspices of the Civic Club has been called off. Manager Verchott ' had kindly gTanted permission to the Civic Club to use the opera house. Now' that the show has been called off he will put on his regular show and is now making efforts to secure 3 3peeial picture for that night. FROM FLORIDA. Rev. and Mrs. Henry E. Pressly are here from Florida and will spend some time with Mrs. J. F. Bradley. They brought their fine young baby along to be admired by his two error* A *n of HOME AGAIN. Mrs. W. A. Templeton has return ed to Abbeville after spending some time in Anderson and will visit with her daughter Mrs. W. D. Barksdale for a month, after which she will go to New York for the summer. RESOLUTION PASSED FOR WORLD MOVEME1 Methodist Protestant General * ference at Greensboro Meeting Indorses Interchurch Efforts Greensboro, N. C., May.27.?A r olution indorsing the aims of the 1 terchurch World Movement v adopted today after prolonged < bate by the Methodist Protests / Geiteral conference in session he with/ delegates attending from states. The denomination's financ relations with the movement are be embodied in another report, which time the church's future cc nection with the movement will decided. A proposal to consolidate t boards of young people's work a of education was defeated,, and proposal to consolidate home a foreign mission interests under o board was sent over until the nc general conference. A resolution ct demning the use of tobacco by t ministers was referred to the co mittee on "applied Christianity." The conference decided tonight j ter lengthy debate to merge its pi lishing interests at Baltimore a Pittsburgh, but an effort to have B timore chosen as the location of t consolidated business failed when substitute resolution appointing commission of-15 men to decide a location and other matters resu ed in a tie vote, which President H. Lewis of Maryland decided casting his vote in favor of the si stitute arrangement the commissi ill 1 iL _ J win nave me ensuing xour years which to perfect the consolidati plans, which will be reported to t conference in 1924. > I DOESN'T TELL WHAT HE'LL DO WITH TREA1 Washington, May 24.?The R publican peace resolution.. was \ toed today by President Wilson. Such a method of making pea with Germany, the President sai would "place an eneffaceable sta upon the gallantry and honor the United States." Without announcing his inte tion regarding the treaty of Ve sailles, the President declared th the treaty embodied the importa things omitted by the resolutio and said that by rejecting t treaty, the United States had d clared in effect that it wished " draw apart and pursue objects ai interests of our own." "Such a peace with Germans the message continued, 'a peace which one o fthe essential intere: which we had at heart when i en+eroH tho war in anfAcnmrrlpfl? or ought to be, inconceivable, is i consistent with the dignity of t United States with the rights a liberties of her citizens and with t very fundamental conditions civilization." The President added that t peace resolution omitted mentl of many important objects for t indication of which the Unit States entered the war. TO DEDICATE HOSPITAL FRIDAY, JUNE 111 A meeting of the directors of t Abbeville County Memorial Hos] tal has been called for this aft< noon to make plans for the dedic tion of the institution here Frids June 11. A tejegram was received fr< Senator Dial today in reply to. a 3 quest that he would use his best < ^at4o f r% ca/tnra o TwiUf?rv Kft' AVi VO VW OVVW?V ' MWI from Camp Jackson for the oct sion. The telegram stated th Senator Dial had taken the matt up with the commanding general Camp Jackson. PAINTING UP FOR SUMMER The school building at the Abl ville Cotton Mill is receiving a n coat of paint this week nnd, ki lounded by the beds of lovely flo *rs and shrubs, it i3 u treat for sc eyes in its new dro :s J. C. Martin, Magistrate at D< aids, was here Friday on business. [may quarantine the nt state of texas j jn j Notice Served on Legislature of ' That State By Department j Of -Agriculture es-( Austin, Texas, May 27.?Warn- { [n-ing that Texas will face a "country1 ras'-wide" quarantine if the state at-1 ie-Uempts "half way" measures in j int dealing with the pink boll-worm j re,'pest was served on the legislator! 25! today by Secretary Meredith of j ial J the department of agricultui'e in aj to, letter read at the opening of a , at' special session called to ratify a Tern cent agreement .bewteen the nabe tional provernment and Texas and j Louisiana representatives. ;he. The immediate needs, Mr. Merend,dith said in his letter to, Governor a ' Kobby, after experssing regret nc* that he could not address the sesne|sion in person, wav declaration of "non-cotton zones for the "infested )n*1 area of Texas and the plowing up '^e:of fields already planted in such m_ areas." "I sincerely hope," the secretary j added, "that the' legislator will as promptly as possible make such ndi amendments to the pink^boll worm a^"l act of 1919 as may be necessary to '^ej carry out the full program of exa) termination, including provision for a,the reasonable reimbursement bv on the states of-the planters concerned for their loss." T. At another point the secretary , said: "The lesson of the boll weevil lb- 1 v should not be lost to Texas and this on . country./Failure to profit by that j lesson would suTely bring upon the I cotton industry of this nation aj calamity which could not be measured." j Starting the department's position and that of other cotton growing states, Mr. Meredith said; 'If Texas e_ should fail in this present emergen-J re_ cy to carry out the program of ex-j termination and adopting that some | ce half way course which would prac-1 j tically amount to giving up the! n fight and leabing ample opportunity for the spread of the insect in Texas and to other states, the de? partment of agriculture, realizing Ill- - - - I ;r_ its obligations to the other cotton i growing states, feels that it would ^ be remiss in its duty if it failed to | >n do everything that is possible, within in the limits of its powers and aule_ thority, to prevent the spread of ;^0 the pest from Texas. nd COLORED SCHOOLS CLOSE. r?" The colored schools of the city in closed their session yesterday and; ?ts have completed a succcssful yearj under the principalship of Joseph "W.j is? Lee. Lee has just rounded out his in- 31st year of teaching and was re-J he cently re-elected to serve as head of, nd the Poplar Grove school for nextj he session. of The commencement exercises be-1 gin Sunday in the A. M. E. church, j he on COUNTY ENGINEER he; | 1 he Abbeville County Highway ; Commission met Friday afternoon ! to consider the matter of electing a i county engineer. Several engineers "H appeared before the board and the written application of several he more were read. pi- At the time of going to press no ;r- action had been taken, but it is :a- probable that an engineer will be iy, elected today. ,J THE SENIORS PLAY | The Senior Class of , the High jf, j School will give a play in the Opera n(j J House the night, of the Commence>a_ ment exercises next week. The play will be "A Good Man is Hard to Find", and was written for the aj. occasion by Miss Gwen Bristow. The money made will be used for the publication of the Annual and for books for the school. 3e-j OFFICERS ELECTED ew, jrJ J. S. Morse was elected President, w.| Albert Henry, 1st Vice-President, >re T. G. White, 2nd Vice-President 1 and Otto Bristow ,Secretary of the Abbeville Chamber of Com>n merce at a meeting held Friday afternoon. CONTINUING FIGHT 1 | FOR SOLDIER BILL Advocates Serve Notice TKia* Th?r Will Block Legislation Until Measure Comes Lip. Washington, May 28.?Advocates of the soldier relief bill served notice in the house today that begin-' ning tomorrow they would seek to block all legislation until the measure is brought up for passage. Representative Mason, Republican, Illinois, made such an announcement amid loud applause and later Kepresenta-' tive Murphy, Republican, Ohio, repeated it. Representative Fordney, Republi-j can. Michigan, in charge of tiie measure, said its passage might be at-^ tempted Saturday, but some other ^ until next week. j Prolonged debate on the bill though ^tter at, times disclosed no opposj I tion to it. Mr. Mason In answering affirmatively a question by Representative Henry T. Rainey, Democrat, Illinois, as to the former ravoring an| 80 per cent, war profit tax 10 finance the proposal charged that B. M. Bar-J uch, "had stolen $50,000,000 of war profits on copper." Representative Mason did not elaborate on his charge and his remarks passed without comment from the! r)pmnnmt.ir? si Hp. I BRYAN EXPECTS NEW AMENDMENT \ Philadelphia, May 26.?Another amendment to the federal constitution providing a single standard of j morals for men and women and inflicting severe penalties for immorality was predicted by William Jennings Bryan in an address be-j fore the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States here today. He then commended the assembly for having gone on record for a . single code of morals. A plan of union for 18 Protestant churches in the United States was approved today by the general assembly. This is the biggest step j taken so far by the body at the present sessions in bringing about a union of Protestant denominations. Two days ago a union of Presbyterian and reformed churches, both of which hold the Calvinistic faith i.nd conform to the Presbyterian system, was approved. This was followed by similar action by the Presbyterian church in the South. SUFFRAGE ISSUE TO BE SETTLED SOON Baton Rouge, La., May 27.?The general impression in the legislative circles is that the suffraee is sue in scheduled for early decision as result of the action of the House of Commons on registration and .election, which ordered a favorable report on the bill giving state suffrage to women. Those favoring federal ratifications are opposing the state suffrage measure. Federal ratifications advocates will have their hearing next Wednesday night, June 2, and action on the federal amendment by the committee is expected at that time. Although the state ratificationists, who have the backing of all antisuffrage forces at this stage of fight have secured a favorable report on thir mea?ure, it is not thought they will force a roll call in the House . now, because state suffrage, being a state constitutional amendment will require a two-thirds vote, while federal ratification can be accomplished by a majority vote. REAL ESTATE IN DUE WEST Real estate in Due West is on the move, prices have advanced tremendously in the past months and the demand is more than keeping up with, the prices. Last week Mr. Fowler, I * * - A _ * xt-.i. n I real estate man 01 uiai piace sum $99,000. worth of real estate. And this week Thomas A. Putman, proprietor of the Due West Hotel, sold that property to the Davis Realty Co. for $10,000. He paid $3,000 for the place*one year ago. IH'ADOO WILL BE SILENT CANDIDATE -VJ NAME WILL BE PRESENTED TO SAN FRANCISCO BODY BY DR. JENKINS ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY BEFORE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ?$500,000 FOR WOOD. Washington, May 27.?Senate investigaation into preconvention expenditures in behalf of Presidential candidates today brought forth information as to plans to put W. G. McAdoo's name before the Democratic national convention and an announcement from John T. King manager of Major Gen. Wood,that Dan R. Hanna, of Cleveland, early in the general's campaign had promised "to go out and gather in $500,000." In reply to questions Mr. King said he did not know whether the money, was re ceived. As to three Presidential candidates whose expenditures the committee inspected for the first time, testimony was presented . showing that $113,109 had been contributed for Senator Harding of Ohio; $68,375 for Governor Coolidge ,of Massachusetts, and $40550 for Nicholas M. Butler of New York, all Republicans: In respect to the candidacy of i Mr. McAdoo, Dr. Burriss Jenkins, publisher of Kansas City Post, told the committee that he had come to Washington for a conference last night with Jouet Shouse, assitant secretary, of the treasury; Daniel C. Roper, former commissioner of internal revenue; Commissioner Robert Woolley of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Frank Wilson, former director of liberty loan publicity. To Present McAdoo's Name Dr. Jenkins explained he had oeen asked to place Mr. McAdoo in nomination at the San Francisco convention, but of any funds to be used in behalf of the former secretary of the treasury, he knew nothing, he said. On the latter point he asserted that the impressions given him "were quite the contrary." ATTEND IMPORTANT MEETING J. S. Morse was elected county chairman of Abbeville at a meeting Thursday in Greenwood of the district commission of the South Carolina Development Board. Others who attended the meeting from Abbeville were: Dr. F. E. Harrison, Dr. C. H. McMurray and Otto Bristow. An organization of the district composed of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick and Newfberry counties was effected with Kenneth Baker, Greenwood, Chairman. Senator F. W. Robinson was named chairman for McCormick and Major Henry Tillman was named chairman for Greenwood. The purpose of the organization is advertising the industrial advantages of South Carolina. A membership drive throughout the state will be begun June 21. MADE TRIP BY AUTOMOBILE Misses Sarah and Mary Haigler and Winona Barksdale, of Coker College. and Mr. Howard Wallace and Dr. W. C. Reedy, of Hartsville, arrived in the city Wednesday afternoon, having made the trip from Hartsville by automobile. The yonng people spent several hours m Columbia sightseeing and the trip was a most enjoyable one. COTTON MARKET Spot 43.60 July 37.75 Oct. ."I 35.007 Dec. .34.10 Jan. 33.40 flsigBgrarargrgjgiBigiaiaBigiaBfagjBigigaag