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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:
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ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF i1
BUSINESS MEN OF ABBEVILLE'j
THURSDAY EVENING?CAN- j
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.VAS FOR MEMBERS WILL BE;'
MADE AT EARLY DATE?FIF
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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
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MISS KILGORE ELECTED 1
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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
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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
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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
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BETTER COTTON WEATHER
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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.
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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
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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
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win nave me ensuing xour years
which to perfect the consolidati
plans, which will be reported to t
conference in 1924.
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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."
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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
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| 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.
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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.
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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
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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
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