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.v . ' v: ; . : ; :' :.: <> ' ' .> ' W?^nH;'" : f '-"1^- <-' :% Si.- . . .... . ... ... a. ;- . j. .--. ?.. .v*a>*v -AJyyy (k.?v - .-** ' '!-y'- 'It.r ' . ?j3 Abbeville Press and Banner* I Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, June 4, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year, v|| . PRESIDENT WILL NO! . CALL EXTRA SESSION * J t UNLESS GRAVE EMERGENCY f ARISES?HOUSE RESOLUTIONj ADOPTED IN THE SENATEVOTE ON THE RESOLUTION V WAS 44 TO 24.?SESSION WILL CLOSE SATURDAY. Washington, June 3.?Congress will end its present session Saturady under a resolutiort of adjournment adopted today by the senate after assurances had been received from the White House that Preslv dent Wilson did not intend to call a special session during the summer unless a grave emergency arose. The vote on the resolution was 44 to 24. It came after two attempts to amend the measure so as to provide for a recess in the one case to July 12 and in the other to August 2 had failed. Washington, June 3.?President Wilson had assured Senate Demo crats that if the present session is ended Saturday he will not call an extra session during the coming summer unless there is a grave emergency. Announcement of the President's decision was made in the senate today by Senator Underwood of Alabama, the Democratic leader, who v said he had been authorized to deny reports that an extra session was contemplated. Sharp criticism greeted the adjournment resolution when it came i up for debate. Senator Kenyon (Rep. Ia.,) moved to amend it so that'the adjournment would be to August 30. Senator Underwood's^- announce- j ment was made when the resolution for a final adjournment Saturday, already adopted by the House, was called uy for the senate action by Senator Lodge, of Mass., the Republican leader. "I saw a statement in one of the papers this morning," said Senator Underwood, 'that if congress adjourned now the President would later call an extra session. In order that here might be no misunderk standing on the subject, I got into j communication with the White House and the President's secretary j \has authorized me to state that if j congress adjourns when it concludes its business and disposes of the necessary appropriations I can say to congress that he will not call them back in extra session unlooo o ffraiio arisps." j- Aa effort by Senator Kenyon, (Rep., Ia.) to amend the resolution so that congress would reconvene on July 12, failed. BACK TO GEORGIA Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hemphill have returned to their home in Newnan, Ga., after a week spent pleasantly in Due West and Abbeville. Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill are graduates of the two colleges at * Due West and they enjoyed the Anniversary celebration at the Womaas College and the class reunions and meeting old friends at ^ Dtt* West. Mr. Hemphill is a prosperous farmet in his community and takes an active interest in everything per |jv: fctfAps to th$. *fp$ptr Tom Pl^yeRtib*;" ss$A"| VWtori from Mc *rmick C*H(jr"J " ' Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gibert; -Miss **" Helen Gibert, of Wfllington, Miss Mary Paschal and Miss Pickens Tarrant, of Mt. Carmel were in the city Thursday shopping and visiting among their friends. Miss Mary Paschal has just graduated in Art at Anderson College and is receiving the congratulations if her friends. Miss Paschal has exhibited her work at our county fain and it has been much admired by our people. FATAL ACCIDENT ON i SOUTH MAIN STREET | Bennie Carroll Dead from firoken Neck Caused By Runaway Horae On Lower Main Street Early This Morning 1 ??- J A runaway which occurred early this morning on lower South Main street near the bridge over stream in Abbeville Cotton Mill'' village caused the death of Bennie Carroll, a lad, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Carroll, who have been residents of Abbeville for a numof years. The youth was driving the deliv- * ery wagon for the J. B. Greene 1 Grocery Co., and was on his mom- ( iner rounds delivering ice when ho 1 met his sad death. The horse became frightened and ran away getting from under control of the youthful driver. As the horses'?' speed increased on the down grade to the bridge over the small stream near the Seaboard crossing the wagon skidded into the deep gully on the side of the road and overturned throwing the driver out and *= breaking his neck. The deceased was a bright lad of s some 11 years of age and had been x until yesterday a pupil in the Cot- c ton Mill school. c Arrangements for the funeral services have not yet been com- * pleted. I IS DEATH OF W. D. FERGUSON < I After a long illness in Pryor's * Hospital, in Chester, S. C., Mr. C William D. Ferguson, of this city I died at 12:10 Friday morning, June ( 4th., in the 48th year of his age. 1 Mr. Ferguson was taken sick some seven weekd ago. He went imme- ( diately to Chester for an operation. ( The operation was sucessfully per- j A formed, but a few days later he developed a case of typhoid fever. As a he was recovering from this, pneu- J monia set in, which *was the imme- g diate cause of his death. vi Mr. Ferguson was a son of the t late Andrew J. Ferguson ,of this o county. When quite a young man; d he was happily married to Miss d Mary E. Crawford, oldest daughter t of Mr. R. W. Crawford, of the d Fair's Bridge section. They lived on t his farm near town for some years, r but nearly twenty years ago they removed to Abbeville, Mr. Ferguson g taking employment on the Sea- e board Air Line Railway. He was s rapidly promoted and soon be- t came a trusted engineer, a position j I which he held at the time he was \ stricken with his last illness. They ^ made their home on North Main i street where he and his family t made many friends. , j Mr. Ferguson was a member of t the -.Long Can? Presbyterian e church. Funeral services will be c conducted probably at his home v tomorrow morning and interment i will be in Long Cane cemetery g some-time tomorrow the time not having been announced at the time ^ we go to press. ? Mr. Ferguson is survived by his 2 wife, his children, Larry Ferguson, Misses Lois, Madge, Frances and t Elizabeth Ferguson, and by his 3 brothers, Andrew J. Ferguson and ? James H. Ferguson of this county t and Joe B. Ferguson of Greenwood County. Besides these near relatives he has many other relatives in the county. His wife, Larry, his son, and his brother, Andrew and the latter's wife were with him when the end came. ] The hddy will reach A^beyUl^ ^during; th* day and will 'be taken < [to his,."Home on North Main.. street. Infinite announcements will then .. be made as to. funeral arrange- j ments. The people of Abbeville generally will be sorry to hear of the ] death of Mr. Ferguson. Two months ago apparently he had a long life ; before him. But the end came al most suddenly. The sympathy of our people is extended to his good , wife and children. George P. Cannon, of Columbia, is visiting in the city. SESSION IS CL BY CI FINALS WERE HELD r THE CITY OPERA : McSWAIN, OF MAKES AN EX< DRESS TO GI The class of 1920 has expired. The/1 jnthusiastic 1921's have draped the 1 nantle of seniority about their slen- c ler shoulders and assumed dictato- t ial airs. Nine sweet girl graduates I ind one young gentleman received 1 heir State High School diplomas e :rom Supt. J. D. Fulp at the Opera Souse at noon today after having \ riven an hour's delightful entertain- y nent to the large assemblage of their ] 'riends who had gathered to pay { ;heir respects to the wonderful wis- t kf\m on/1 Hrillinnpe n-f Ihn 1920 14 graduates. s A more pretty class is rarely ever c ieen. The girls were all lovely In c heir handsome graduating costumes a tf white and the scene they presented f in the stage was beautiful, v j The following program was given: 31ass Song t nvocation Rev. C. E. Peele t Salutatory Gwen Bristow E ]lass History __ Victoria Howie s n Memoriam _ Pauline Wosmanaky s Sssay Sophie Reamea y 'lass Poem LeRoy Cox a 'iano Solo Victoria Howie t "lass Grumbler _ Cathenne Faulkner fc ?o Our Mothers Margaret Swet- e enburg. c 'lass Prophecy Mary Nickles v Jlass Will Ethel Perry i' Maledictory .-Mary Greene r This was followed by an inspiring r ddress delivered by Hon. John J. e 1c Swain of Greenville. Capt* Mc- ^ !wain spoke most frankly of the ed- P tcational advantages offered at this a ime, the necessity of the education t. f the masses rather than of the in- a ividual and the speaker to the 0 lelight of his audience hooted at all e he "isms" being harped upon as in [icative of a state of chaos facing t he whole world. His address was * lotable for its optimism. t' At the conclusion of the address * !upt. J. D. Fulp, presented diplo- d nas to the following graduates: Mis- 3 es Mary Greene, Gwen Brlstow, Vic- a ona Howie, isophie Keames, Ethel b }erry, Catherine Faulkner, fauline s Vosmansky, Margaret Swetenburg, tfary Nickles and LeRoy Cox, tell- 3 rig them in the course of his presenation remarks that the State De- t >artment of Education had credited y hem with 17 units which is the great- a sst number ever before awarded a t lass from the City High School and t vhich is three more units than the s )epartment requires for receiving a p State High School Diploma. s TV*n ^*>*AantnA flift voot^a f\ x lie iviivniu^ xcouuic vx bite jcoi j v vork was given by the superintend- v >nt and announcements for next ses- > ion made: I The following pupils are entitled * o a place on the Honor Roll for the v rear, having averaged over 90 per :ent. and have been neither tardy nor ibsent during the entire session: 1st Grade?Edward McCuen. 2nd Grade?Helen Gambrell. 3rd Grade?Charlotte Reese. 4th Grade?Estelle Lyon. 5th Grade?Anna Jones. 6th Grade?William P. Greene, Jr. Rachel Minshall. v . r . ,7th Gsad?-->I<eani^ White, France* Silliam^ Jujiith, HfcU,- >.v, : HIGH SCHOOL. ? -Sth Grade?Elizabeth Lyon, Mary >haw Gilliam, Grace MUford. 9th Grade?None. 10th Grade?Mary White, Hal Moore. 11th Grade?Mary Greene, Gwen Bristow, Victoria Howie. ENROLLMENT There has been an increase in the enrollment of the white schools this year of 58 over that of last year and an increase of 136 in the colored schools. The enrollment of the white graded schools is 595 and of the OSED TY SCHOOLSf rHIS MORNING IN H0USE-H0N. J. J. c . GREENVILLE, ti CELLENT AD- ? tADUATES b b ligh school is 107 making a total of r02. The total enrollment of the col- ^ >red schools is 703. The average atendance in all of the schools has . ' c >6en unusually good considering the fact that we were bothered by influ-. \ n :nza ims spring. \ s The work in all the grace3 from e irst to eleventh inclusive has been c veil done in the majority of cases, especially has the interest manifest- q sd by the parents in their children's^] welfare at school been encouraging *> the teachers. It is our earnest de- a lire that next session even closer co- g peration between parent and teach- ^ sr will exist and that each pupil a hall at one time or another be f tankly discussed by these two most j nterested in his welfare. 1 As your superintendent I wish to ake advantage of this occasion to say! c o you that I have put down in my I q nemory note-book the fapt that the'a ession just closing has been the'S) Qost pleasant of my nine years ser-j ^ ice in the public schools. Although'4 it times I have not been,very partic-j c ilar about what I asked for from the j ioard of trustees and from you par-' v nts yet in every instance I have re-' C( eived as much as I asked for In the1 f3 ray of equipment and loyalty, and q the majority of instances I have'. eceived much more than I had any tj eason to expect. To the parent teach- \ ^ r association, especially, do I wish' n buffer the sincere thanks ofthe pu-1 n ?ils and teachers for the delightftil musement and recreation which , I D hey have afforded us In providing , dequate playground equipment for'a ur recess problems and healthful i xercises. ^ To the board of trustees I wish 0 say that in my past experience rith four other boards, only one of hem can in any way compare with t< he efficient judgment, unanimous fi esire to work for the good of the e chools entrusted to their care, and K greeable method of doing business, a 0 you gentlemen. The Abbeville 0 chools are exceptionally fortunate L 3 being under the trusteeship of c uch an efficient board. To my corps of teachers I wish n 0 render you my appreciation of ^ qur best efforts to do your duties s you saw them and to assure you P hat I feel more indebted to you 1 hat you imagine by my sometime'0 eeming harshness for the large 1t( art you have taken in making ourj chools what hey are now. To those! d >f you who are not returning to j irork with us next year I hope that 'ou shall leave Abbeville with only * feasant memories of the people 3 ?ho live here and the teachers with * rhom you have worked. I assure v rou that only my very best wishes 3 or your success in whatever fields 8 rou are entering will follow you. To the pupils who have done such sxcellent work for us I wish to hank in behalf of your principals p ?nd teachers for the paces you have j let those who were prone to lag and ^ ro those of you mischievous pupils ! also wish to thank you for break- j ng what otherwise - would have -j wen quite a mojictonoua session nth every pupH a saint. It may be ? ? you that, wp owe . our present s Etnte of sanity in that you kept us m our toes all the time and gaVe us 5 jomething to think about other ;han books, reports, grades and j ion or rolls. It gives me pleasure to announce ;hat the following corps of teachers las been selected by the board of I trustees for next session. Among ;his number of teachers there is not jne who has not had successful experience from two to steen years. 1st. grade: Miss Kate Martin, COMMERCIAL CLUB NOW NUMBERS 18 tapid Progress Being Made By Mem bership Committees for Chamber of Commerce.?Next Meeting Monday. A full meeting of the Abbevillt Jhamber of Commence was held ir he County Court House Wednes ay afternoon and repoi^ts of th< oard of directors and of the Mem ership committees were received y the body. Otto Bristow, chairman of th< nembersMp committee reported hat the total I number of activ< lembers already secured for i ommercial organization was 160 nd the associate members securec umbered 29. This large, repre entative membership insures thai very business enterprises in th< ity will be represented by activ< lembers and -that the work of th< Jhamber of Commerce will be foi kn nrVi A! Q rtif tr UC TTllVit VI Vjr It was the sense of the body thai goal of 300 members would bi et and a motion carried to increase he membership committee by th< ddition of four more helpers. The our eletced were: H1? G. Clarke, R !. Cox, Arthur Rosenberg and Ber Cochran. An invitation from Joel S. Morse ounty chairman of the Soutt 'arolina Development Board, was ccepted for the Chamber to as smble in the Court House at 6:1! [onday evening to hear an ad' ress by St. John Armes, state hairman of the Developmenl loard. This meeting will be ol ital interest to every citizen of the ounty and a full attendance of the irmers especially is desired. It was unanimously agreed Wedesday evening that in order thai le success of the Abbeville Chamer of Commerce be insured - it in ecessary that a representative umber of the country folk be se? ared as members. The work of the ody will not be confined to the ity alone, but to Abbeville County 3 a whole. IN1TED STATES / WILL BE INFORMED Washington, June 3.?The Uni? ;d States will be represented unoficially at the forthcoming conference at London between Gregory Irasin, Bolshevik minister of trade nd commerce, and representativ< f the supreme economic council ir ondon, it was said today by offi ials here. ; ' \'fThe presence ol an unofficial A lerican observer at the conference ; was stated would not mean thai ie United States had changed its osition with regard to the resump ion of trade with Bolshevik Russia f that any change was in con smplation. Consul General Skinner at Lon on, it is understood, will most like f be the American representative. Should Great Britain and othei luropean countries decide to re ume commercial relations with the tolaheviki the United States, ii ras said, will effectually block an] ale of rolling stock to foreigi overnments for resale to Russia. POSTMASTER NAMED Washington, June 3.?Thi resident today nominated Clara D Sonner to be postmaster at Dm Vest. lias Clara Adams, Miss Ella Mai >xMrie; V ' 2nd,grade: Miss Harriett Coan diss Georgia Ott, J$r3. J. D. Wil An. / .' -- ; - 3rd. grades Miss -Rebecca J&nea lias Mae Robertson. 4th grade: Miss Niza Kilgore diss Jeanette Davis. 5th grade: Miss Mattie Martin. 6th grade: Miss Lucille Matthews 7th grade: Miss Susie Lown, Mis Innie Hill. Hifh School (Mathematics?J. M. Daniel. History?Miss Sadie Magill. Latin?Miss Annie Radcliffe, English?Miss Winnie Davis. WAR LEGISLATION MAY BE REPEALED i HOUSE ADOPTS RESOLUTION " . BY DECIDED VOTE?THREE j IN OPPOSITION? LEVER , TOOD CONTROL ACT AND ^ i . :r\% TRADING WITH ENEMY LAW i RETAINED I .-fi 1 ' WootiinfvfAn Tiiwa Q All Hoiuugvviiy uuac u? am,xx noi 1 laws, except the Lever food control ' act ind the trading with the enemy 1 act, would be repealed by a resoiu-. tion adopted today by the house, k 323 to 3. The only negative votes 1 were cast by Representative Gari rettand Sims of Tennessee and ' Welling of Utah, all Democrats. - ' f Approximately 60 laws, most of t them confering broad discretionary authority on the president, as long as the technical state of war con- ; tinues, would be removed from the v statute books by the resolution. With the house action, the reoeal t resolution was sent to the senate* where abtion on it is expected bej fore the adjournment of congress t Saturday. House Democrats prej dieted that President Wijson would \ approve the measure, Represents ^ tive Connally of Texas asserting that the president was the first to suggest the millifacations of war avts. The Texas member added that the Democrats were ready to over- ride the veto if nececssary. The retention of the Lever act ^ was explained by Representative Walsh, Republican, in charge of the repeal act, as necessary to give the government afn effective law "for curbling profiteering in necesei. ties, including food and fuel. He , added that the trading with, the , enemy act should be continued to , resrulate trade with Germany. r Representative Igoe, Democrat, % || Missouri, however, questioned the Republican decision to continue the Lever act, asserting that "certain > interests" desired to keep the law in effect because it had proved effective anti-strike legislation." He vainly sought to have the act included among those repealed, but was defeated through parlia- > ' metary tactics. The senate jddiciary committee Vi tonight took up consideration of the repeal resolution, but adjouijn-. ed until tomorrow without final action being taken. Several members i , .V ' of the committee at the meeting V ' tonight, it was understood, were in' clined to oppose such legislation at this time, but Senator Reed, Demo-. 1 crat, Missouri, who recently introduced two similar measures in the senate with Senators Brandegree and sterling, itepuDncans were saia / to have indicated their approval of the resoltuion. A TALKING MACHINE % t ' Harris & Calvert are advertising in this issue their famous talking machines. Mr. Harris, the manager says he sells machines which do their own talking, and that a human talking machine is not necessary to make ? the people buy. He sold so many last . Saturday, and worked so aard gets ting them out, that he is sleeping an extra hour every night during the . present week so that he can stay up b until 12 o'clock tomorrow night and x*pw>purchaser's machine ; , & Calvert carry 'all .. the latent records and sell them at al? . liiflfee prlees. :. ? ;;;. ? . "fryou " chine which talks, it will be " worth . i, your while to see these advertisers. i. COTTON MARKET 3 Spot Cotton 43.50 January 34.50 July 38.40| Qetober 36.18 December 35.14 i^iwife^iuiwiuiwiiui^tplii^fuiwwwiiigitiliilfigTOiMiniiiuiiiga *