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W 7 1 ... ' JPfl \ . ' ' 1"; Abbeville Press and Banner6! Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, June 2,' 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. ? ' - - ???- - " r ' ' _ '5 SMITH TO RESCUE . TO EFFECT REPEAL li; 'jL t COfTON EXCHANGE SITUATION CLEARED UP?SERIOUS ERROR MADE?OVERSIGHT OF CLERK IN AGRIr.~ ' " - CULTURAL BILL CAUSES "MUCH CONFUSION FOR TIME Washington, Junel.?When the wires flashed the news here today that the New York cotton exchange had closed because of the signing of the agricultural bill by the president with the Comer amendment included, Senator Smith, of South 1 Carolina quickly called a confer* ence of the chairman of the house and senate committee on agriculture and then introduced a joint resolution to repeal the amendment. .This was done within a few minutes and the resolution then sent to the president for y his signature, correcting a very sefious error on i ?he part of one of the clerks at the capitol. Had it not been ' for the vigilance and quick work of Senator Smith serious damage might have resulted in the delay over correcting this mistake. Senator t Smith who last year had his law < passed providing for ten grades of cutiuii uu iuc cAUiaiigca xcaiiiiiug that as this was an amendment to \ the wheat bill now expiring it . would expire also. For this reason . his ten grade amendment was added to the agricultural bill just signed by the president. Had this step not , been taken the Comer amendment . would have superceded it and become law. New York, June 1.?A clerical error as a result of which congress passed, the annual agricultural appropriation with the Comer amend- . ment included, may cause the New York cotton exchange to remain closed until legal difficulties regarding the contract under which trading is carried on can be overcome. 1 . Word was received this" afternoon that the bill which President Wilson signed today included the amendment whereas the board of managers of the cotton exchange were depending upon the elimina-i - tion of the clause in order to continue doing business under the con tract which has been in force for ' two years. . An amendment to the by laws of the exchange making the present contract premnent was passed by unanimous vote of the members thip afternoon. This action was taken to clear up all possible question as to which contract was to be used in future trading, but the neWs from Washington once more leaves the exact legal status of the contract in question. GUESTS OF THE JHORNWELL ORPHANAGE' Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Morse and litt ?' tlft Miss Emily, who is so smart that: Ashe was excused from all examina-1 prions in the third grade this week, i are spending a few days at the Th?rnwell Orphanage at Clinton, the k guests of Dr. J. Ross Lynn, the pres-' ident. Mr. Morse who is a trustee of j this institution is attending to business connected with the Orphanage and Mrs. Morse and Miss Emily . are | , . al#ng tp see that he behaves h'.mself and preserves the dignity of his trusteeship. _ * ? , POPULAR TEACHER RETURNS FOR SUMMER Mrs. Mamie Cox Wharton, who has been the efficient Latin teacher in the! . Union high school for the past tenj years has returned to Abbeville for; the summer. Mrs. Wharton is one ofj " the most thorough Latin reacners in| the State and her good wonc In the j t Union scnoui nas wun ivi uci wic and respect of her many pupils and the esteem of the Union people. HOUSE MEASURE TO AID FARMERS Planters, Ranchmen, Dairymen or Fruit Growers Permitted Under Terms to Form Combinations Washington, June 1.?By a vote of 233 to 58 the house today passed and sent to the senate the bill permitting farmers, planters, ranchmen, dariymen or fruit growers to combine for the collective marketing nnrl snips rvP t.Vipir (ram npnrfnr+s notwithstanding anti-trust laws. The measure was drafted by Chairman Volstead of the house judiciary committee as a substitute for the Capper-Hersman bill and similar measures, to legalize collective bargaining by agricultural producers. Debate developed sharp division of opinion. Supporters of the bill declared that it would give farmers and other producers an opportunity to negotiate a fair price for their products. Opponents of the measure asserted that it would increase the cost of living and that it was class legislation. Limitations included in the bill, said by its suporters to be designed to exclude from its benefits all but actual fanners, provide that the combinations that may be organized must not pay more than 8 per cent, dividend annually on capital stock and that every member must ' have one vote irrespective of his invested capital. \ Control of the combination organized under the bill would be placed in the secretary of agriculture who may, after hearings order the combination to stop practices which are held to restrain trade or lessen competition. The secretary also would be empowered to sue in federal court for enforcement of his orders should the combinations; refuse to comply with them. i g.-yu, ' . 1 ' ] inc. atniUR rLAi Will Be Given in the Opera Home Friday Night at 8:30?Cast of Character*. The play to be given in the Opera House Friday night by members of the senior class of the High School will no doubt be up to the standard of similar plays given .heretofore. The young people who are jto take part in it have been practicing* every day for some time. Fifty little children of the first and second grades will compose a chorus and are being trained by Miss B\ir? ton. Miss Ada Faulkner will give several Spanish dances in costume. The cast of the play is as follows: Dorothy Pauline Wosmansky Evelyn Margaret ^wetenburg Marjorie * Mary Nickles Kathleen Ethel Perry Miss Moffatt (the chaperone) Sophie Readies. Mary Ann (the cook) Gwen Bristow Clyde Randall a young doctor) Catherine Faulkner Henry Randall (brother of Clyde) LeRoy Cox The play is called "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and it represents a bevy of school girls at a summer camp. The admission fee will be 25 cents for children and 50 cents for grown folks. REAL JUDGES __ Judge Frank B. Gary and Hon. Moore Mars were in Due West Monday night and served as judges at the joint debate of the two Literary societies. The young men were debating where or not America should 'have Compusory Military' training and the Negative represented by the Philoneathean Society won the decision and the Darlington Cup. DR. LYON ?ICK. Dr. and Mrs. John Lyon of Greenwood, went to Baltimore Monday where Dr. Lyon will ancergo a course, of treatment at Johns Hopkins hospital. Dr. Lyon Has been in ill health for some time and his friends hope he will return complete| ly restored to health. \ ERSKINE COLLEGE CLOSES Got. Cooper Makes Anniversary Ad dress to Class?"Jimmie" Hill Honored?The Luncheon? Degrees Conferred Governor Robert A. Cooper made the anniversary address at the grad-J uating exercises of Erskine College, Due West, Tuesday June 1. The gov-' ermor's address was an appeal to the members of the graduating class* to' "think straight" on all matters, personal, political and religious. During his speech he took occasion to praise the achievements of the present administration, the altruistic policy of President Wilson, condemning in no uncertain terms the policy of the Republican majority. The governor said that the republicans only opposed the administration and the league of nations because they had been led to believe that it was good policy and that they had had no higher motive than playing politics. The highest honors of the class of 1920 was won by James Riley Hill, of Abbeville, who made tne valedictory address, the subject or which was "Success." the other graduates and speakers in order of tne scholar ship were: I i Lawrence Brownlee StevenBonJ Francis Ebenezer Grier, Moffatt'; Grier Bigham, Robert O. Nelson, James Ashbel Baird and William Bratton Scoggins. Two L. L. D. degrees were conferr ed by thevboard of trustees of Ere- , kine College on graduates of the college. The two men to receive thi , high honor were Dr. J. W. Thomson ^ Winthrop College; Dr. S. L. Morris . of the Assembly Home Mission Board of the Southern Presbyterian church, . Atlanta. Dr. Moffatt made the ad dress of presentation and both men ( replied in happy manner. Both men . j are natives of Abbeville county. Dr. ( Thomson is a brother ot Vt. 3: G< Thomson and T. P. Tho&son. Dr. , Morris was reared at WflHngton and has a brother, R. F. Morris, of Wil- ( j lington. Hon. B. M. Miller, who nas recent I ly been elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama and Hon. Charle A. Douglas* of Washington- also re- ^ ceived degrees of L. L. D. I Two men received the cegree of i Doctor of Divinity, the Rev. J. L. Daniel, of Newberry, former pastor | of the Methodist Church in Abbe-: i ville; the ReV. J. H. Pressty of States. ville, N. C. a native of Due West. < i After the graduating exercises an:: i .... i aiuxiim uaiiquci was given m IUC v,ui ? i lege dormitory at- which time $1,000 , I was raised for the athletic fund of | the college, the money being contrib futed by the alumni. This amount is . i to be augmented by $500', making a!, total of $1500 and this amount is to. be raised yearly by the arumn: asso^ ciation for college ataiSiIcs. A num, ber of speeches along l.nes of coaege I activities were made. A question that :was stressed was raising the endow- I ment fund to such proportions as to ' enable an increase in professor's s^.l I ! aries. / i REAPING THE HIGH HONOR.3. I ! The Abbeville representatives of; ; the colleges are maintaining the higa scholarship sandard set for ttiem by1! their predecessors aijcrMiss Margaretj I Cox, who has just completed her; j Freshman year at Chicora College' I for Women, carried off all the honors | of her'~olass. She was awarded the; I I | Sylvan medal f&r the highest average; in her class and when the records' were compiled it was discovered that^ her general average was the highest ! in the entire student body of over! I Qnn vnnriff InH'ioc Miss fTnx's friends I are justly proud of the high stand i she has taken in her first year at col- i lege and rightly expect that she main-; tain this stand throughout her col-j lege career. HOME FROM WINTHROP i Allen Haskell went to Winthrop last week to be present at the gradi uation of his sister, Miss Kate Hasi kell, who has made a good record for herself and reflected credit on I Abbeville. : PROGRAM OF COMMENCEMENT Exercise* of the High School Which Will Take Place Friday Morning ,In the Municipal Building at Eleven O'clock. The examinations have been passed, the conditions worked off, the essays written, the dresses finished, the diplomas received by the superintendent. AH that is lacking Is the final primping and looking pretty. Then the nine young ladies and the lone youth of this year's eleventh grade will be former pupils of the Abbeville schools. That they have honestly earned their reward is needless to say. Their courses since the first grade eleven years ago, has been becomrng more difficult each year. Many nave fallen by the wayBide. The class started out some fifty strong and less tnan onefifth are left to receive the highest award the State Department of Edur i.*-- 1 A ' cawuii can uestow upon tnem. Some of the ten have worked hard er than others. Some have had more native ability. All, however, are being sent forth to the colleges fully prepared to do full Freshman work and with a foundation which is regarded sufficient to merit them equal footing with any high school graduates in the State* The exercises Friday morning will be remarkable for their simplicity and. an indication of the fact that this year's seniors constitute a class of earnest students who have done things. The program follows: Class Song. Salutatory Miss Gwen firistow Class History ... Miss Victoria Howie [n Memoriam?Miss Pauline Wosmansky. Dealing in Personalities?Miss Sophie Reames. Class Poem Mr. LeRoy Cox Piano Solo?Miss Victoria Howie Class Grumbler?Miss Catherine Fsfclkner. ro Our Mothers?Miss Margaret ' Swetenburg. Class Prophecy?Miss Mary Nickles Class Will * Miss Ethel Perry Valedictory?Miss Mary Greene Address to Graduates?Hon. John J. McSwain. 1 ' Delivery of Diplomas?Supt. J. D. Fulp. Announcements?Supt. J. D. ]?ulp. -* ' I THE CAMPAIGN MEETINGS * The special commutes of the Sfafo ripmnr*rfl+.if?. 'RvprnfrivA Cotn mittee met in Columbia this week and arranged the itineraries of the Campaign parties. The State Campaign will open in Columbia June 22nd., while the meeting for Senate and Congress will o^en in Sumter on the same date. The Candidates for State offices will speak in Abbeville on Monday, August 23rd., while the candidates f jr Senate and Congress will speak on Tuesday, July l3tn. ABBEVILLE BOY HONORED \ ^ Tames Riley Hill, son of Mr. and 7;.s. John L. Hill, graduated at Due West Tuesday carrying off the honors of his class. The young man is of nniicii<jl1tr Kriolif minH anrT Tifc friPTiH? look forward to a splendid career for him and congratulate liirn on his success. Mr. and Mrs. Hill and Mr. D. H. Hill attended the exercises at Erskine Tuesday. ATTENDED ALUMNI REUNION. , r Major and Mrs. J. D. Fulp spent yesterday in Clinton where the former attended the reunion of the P. C. alumni. Several hundred of the former Blue Stocking graduates were present and a sumptuous banquet was served them last evening oy the people of Clinton. Major Fulp responded to tne toast, "r. u. Jttemiscences. A FAST MAIL Gottlob Neuffer, who has been connected with the postoffice at Abbeville has changed his work and will ride one of the routes during the summer. He will be on route 4 and will stir up dust in a flivver. SUGGESTS WAY FOR ENDING LABOR ILLS I \ Bryan Favors Permanent Tribunal of Investigation for Labor Controversies. i I " Washington, June 1.?-W. J. Bryan appearing today before the senate labor committee urged creation | of a permanent tribunal of investigation for the adjustment of labor controversies. The committee Is considering legislation to carry out rec1 ommendations of the second industrial conference. " ' v Mr. Bryan said he suggested this tribunal as a substitute for the pro, Dosal to establish a federal industrial ' court similar to that in Kansas. Under Mr. Bryan's plan, the tribunal "v would have no power to enforce its findings, but would leave the parties j to the controversy full freedom of action after their case had been fully investigated. The only agency for | enforcement, he said, would be pubj lie opinion.. I Mr. Bryan declared his opposition I to the industrial court was because , it was essentially a court of arbitration And arbitration was not alwava practicable. 1 Investigation as a, remedy, Mr Bryan said, is nothing more than the application of the principles' involved i in the 30 peace treaties negotiated I while he was secretary of state. The j improbability of any nation going to war after time had been taken fo thorough' investigation, he declared , was equally true in labor troubles < : 1 .?:? v THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . ' ' The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce i. being held thM after-' j noon as we go to press. The principle business of this meeting is the 1 election of a president amf the ap~ . pointment of nine different com- ' mittees. The educational committee 1 I will be an important one as one of ' | the first objects of the Chamber : will be the securing of one of the 1 ' J i i preparatory High Schools to be ' located over the State as a part of ] , the Baptist educational work, resulting from the seventy-five rail- 1 j lion dollar drive. Such a school is to 1 | be located either in Abbeville, j Edgefield or McCormick and Abbe; ville is after it. \, The Membership Committee will ! report about two hundred members. 1 ___________ I DR. J. W. THOMSON ^ . Dr. J. W. Thomson was in! town Tuesday visiting aiqong his many i friends and relatives. He had been ! in Due West Tuesday and the de| fcree of-Doctor of Laws was conI ferred on him by Erskine College, j Dr. Thomson stands , high in the j-State as an educator and his work i for the betterment of- the Graded | Sq^ool System of the State is the j highest order. ' ! ' 1? I STOCK DIVIDEND OF 400 \ , PER CENT BY INMAN MILI ! Spartanburg, June 1.?Announce j ment was made today that the direc ! tors of I^man Mills, tnis county have decided on a stock dividend of 400 per cent. 300 per cenr to be in common stock and 100 per cent in preferred stock. A stocx holders , meeting has been called to ratify th action of the directors. This is th largest stock dividend yet declared jy any southern cotton mill. present capitalization of ?the mill is $350,000. A BETTER JOB. I ' 1 11 1- 1 V - I KenwiCK craaiey wno nas deen m | j lively delivery boy at McMurray's j i has, with the coming of vacation, j i been promoted and is now serving i 1 drinks to a thirsty public. Renwickj has energy and ability and many 1 friends wish him success in all his undertakings. AMONG OLD FRIENDS Capt. J. L. Perrin j was among those who were at Due West Tuesday attending the closing exercises at Erskine. Capt. Perrin is a graduate of Erskine though he is getting shy about telling when he finished. SUPREME COURI ENDS DISCUSSION 1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND* . MENT RATIFIED LEGISLA^ \ 1 TURES? NATIONAL POWER U% SPECIALLY GRANTED FED, ERAL CONSTITUTION AND STATE vHAVt NO AUTHORITY i j Washintgbn, June 1.?The su? - n preme court w> an unanimous opm- : ^ ion today held that federal, consti- % tutional amendments can not be i J i submitted to popular vote for ratil % fication by states having referendum provisions in their constitutions. ' The method of ratifying amend- ?. ments, the court held, is a national power specially granted by the federal constitution, and thfc states have no authority to provide otherwise. In so holding/ the court declared inoperative provisions of the * Ohio state constitution authorizing submission of federal amendments V ^ to a referendum for ratification and overturned state supreme court decrees dismissing injunction pro-.:? ? < ceedings brought tfy George v S.' , Hawke, Cincinnati attorney, in a taxpayers' suit to enjoin submission of the prohibition and woman . ' vj suffrage amendments to a Referendum vote. V . jp Next to the-cases involving th? validity of the prohibition amendment and the enforcement* acfi' Tfie Ohio referendum cases were con- f ! j'1 ridered the most important before the court.' Had the court ruled otharwjise, the . decision would have most, likely resulted, according to :ourt dfficiafB, in the reopening of the suffrage question in approximately a dozen states. With ';88 states, one less than the constitu- v tional three-fourths, already har- 't.. ing ratified the suffrage amendment, one opposite decision ' would v.| 1 "v unquestionably have banished - all fiopes of ratification prior to the November elections, The decision, however, does not ^ affect the pending prohibition case, . as none involved that question except indirectly. In view of the fact that 45 of the 48 states have , al ready ratified the' liquor amend-ment, attorneys in recently arguing those cases before the supreme.: 1 court conceded that even if the- : ' court held that the prohibition ' amendment could be submitted to ' vhe voters, enough states without referendum provisions in' theirl ;p. constitutions would remain to pro-. .. vide the required three-fourths. The court's opinion, however, puts an end to any controversy as to whether Ohio has ratified b^th amendments and puts Ohio in the list of states approving each of the amendments. \ DEATH OF J. G. WALKER . > Mr. John G. Walker died at his home in the Sharon neighborhood Tuesday evening after a weary illness ' and was buried at Sharon Wednes-' day afternoon. Rev. Fred Harris conducted the services. Mr. Walker was a Confederate soldier, serving in the 1st South Carolina Cavalry, Hampton's Brigade. He has lived in Abbeville county since and was recognized as a worthy and upright citizen. He is survrved by his daughters, Mrs. John Riley, of Pied- -s * mont, and Mrs. W. 0. Graves and one son,(01in Walker. Mr. Walker was about 78 years of age. His wife has been dead for several years and he has made his home with Mr. and > Mrs. Graves. Bg|SJgJBjgi5IBf5JBJ5JBIBlBJEIBJ5iBJBJEJSj5J5JEISjS COTTON MARKET January 33.85 July ' 38.02 October 35.46 December 34.47 / . ' u