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' ' *i # : 1 .' ' ' ' . / , . .. . . ' ::V.; f i ' ' ' ; Abbeville Press and Banner i't ?1 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C? Monday, June 15,1920 Single Copies, Five CenU. 76th Year. MEMORIAL SEMES ' AT BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE JOHN H. WINDER DIV IS10N- OF THE B. OF L/E.?DR L. J. BRISTOW PREACES SER MON TO LARGE CONGREGA TION?MR. HOWIE WAS IN CHARGE OF SERVICES. The annual Memorial Service < oi the Jehn H. Winder Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was held in the Abbeville Baptist church Sunday eveninsr at 8:3G o'clock. Mr. T. V. Howie, chairman of the committee on Memorial Exercises deserves the credit for engineering the services through so successfully. There was an unusually large assemblage due bo doubt to the presence of the local railroad men and due also to Mr. Howie's untiring zeal and efforts in securing the cooperation of all the denominations to join with the Brotherhood in this serviee. Dr. Louis J. Bristow was the speaker of the eveniner. His message was appropriate and Impressively delivered. Dr. Bristow recited somewhat at length the history and achievements of the organization. The structure of this splendid organization has a four-fold foundation, sobriety, truth, justice, morality. The speaker said there were only two authentic messages from the other world and, about one of these he centered his thought. The words of the Lord after the resurrection to his doubting disciples were, "Peace be unto you." Contrasted with this message are the messages of the so-call ed Spiritists of the present day. Dr. Bristow conceived that if the members of the Brotherhood should trans rait a message to the surviving members it would be two-fold. First, maintain the order of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, maintain it for your earthly life, maintain it for > ' your own sakes, maintain it in the interest of sobriety, truth, justice, morality, maintain it for the sake of our widows and orphans. Second, prepare for eternity. The speaker showed that the aims of the organization were to a certain extent provisions for this life and life on earth. The speaker stressed the point that the life of the locomotive engineer was ketween thirty-five and thirtysix years as an average. Life is uncertain. Preparation for death is Imperative for the sake of those we leave behind, but it is just as imperative for tke life beyond death.# The organization was counselled to live soberly, righteously, redeeming the time; to live justly, speak truth, to follow Christ, the King. Another feature of the exercises was the male quartette, composed of Messrs Ellis, Smith, Sanders and Hughes. Two special selections were very effectively rendered, "Life is Like a Railroad" and "I Will Walk and Talk with the King.' Miss Victoria Howie presided at the organ with grace and ease. The Prelude and Offertory deserve special mention. DISTINGUISHED VISITOR Lieut. E. L. Visanska, one of the k prominent lawyers of Charleston, is in Abbeville visiting his home people Jtfr. Visanska is about to sail for England. From there he will go to i France to visit the battlefields of the great war where he saw service. He will also visit Switzerland and other countries on his tour through Europe. MEETING WITH BAPTISTS It has been announced that a series of meetings will begin at the Baptist church next Sunday. Services will be held every evening during the week following, at 8:30 o'clock in the evening. Thex-e will be no morning services. The preaching > will be by the pastor, Dr. Louis J. Bristow. DR. ROBERTSON SPEAKS AT ABBEVILLE SABBATH 1 J Dr. John Robertson, formerly of, Glasgow Scotland, preached in The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Sabbath morning to a good congregation. The people of Abbe-j ville had heard of Dr. Robertson be- j fore his coming here and a good con-j gregation awaited him when he ar, rived in Abbeville. Dr. Robertson is a native Scot. He; | preached for awhile in Edinburgh,' [ succeeding Dr. John MfcNeill there.J Later he was for twenty years pas-: tor j of Temple Presbyterian Church , in Glasgow. For twenty years before the World War he held the chair of Old Testament Exegesis at the University of Minnessota. At the outbreak of the war, he offered his'services to the British government de-J siring to enter the army as ehaplainj in order that he might be with his "lads" from Glasgow who had grown' up in his ministry. His services were i rejected because his age was more' | than forty. Finally he succeeded in j ! entering the army at his own ex ' I pense, and he was on the Somme with i the boys from his old charge. He saw j J 413 of the 500 who went from hisj | old church go down to battle never J J to return. The war has made a deep! ! impression on Dr. Robertson. j Sabbath morning he recited the | story of the Prodigal Son. He did not 1 read it, no bible was necessary be-' 1 cause he had learned it so that hej I might give the story to the boys at! : 4-1, ~ ?4- 1 1.1_ 1!_Ll_ I uie iruni. wnen mere were nu liguts.; j His discourse was a story of his ex-j periences in the war with his "lads" j intei*woven with the story of the ,! Prodigal Son. He spoke for an hour^ and he held every person present, | young and old, with the simple, but( 1 beautiful picture which he drew of j the war days on the Stxnme. He divid-' ed his discourse into three heads, as| i college men are wont to do, he said,' Away from home; Home sickness;1 and Home. He tells his stories of the' . i great war like a master. He is tender, touching, and always interesting. | He preaches as he says himself, none of the new things which you hear from the pulpit these days, but "Only Jesus." Dr. Robertson, who still holds the rank of Major in the British Army, is in this country doing literary work. He met Dr. Darlington in Washington, and by him was persuaded to go to Due West. He is pursuing his work there now, and as he was for awihle stationed in Abbeville, France, during the war he desired to come to Ab, beville, South Carolina, to see why it was that Dr. De la Howe wanted I | this place named for his native city, lie said as he turned in the road at Old Long Cane and looked across the fields to the sky-line he understood (it all, because there was a great similarity in the two places. i Those people who heard Dr. Rob-. '< ertson will be glad to know that he will come to Abbeville again in the , fall, and that he will preach for a week in the "kirk" around the cor-j ; ner. Those people who missed a treat; i on yesterday in failing to hear him, | | will be glad to hear him when he. .returns. He comes to preach the^ : simple story of Jesus and his love fori fallen man. ANDREW JACKSON BUYS HOME Andrew Jackson has purchased from Judge Frank B. Gary, through Abbeville Insurance and Trust Co.^J the home on Parker Street until re-: 1 cently occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. J E. Hix, and now by Mr. and Mrs.'' Purdy. |1 The house is a pretty bungalowj and the location is most desirable j' j being in the vicinity of Greenville, street where most of the best people in the city reside. Mr. and Mrs. Jack-!1 son will be welcomed to that part of, town by their new neighbors. They| will not take charge, however, until I faH' !i MR. HADDON IMPROVES. ! The friends of Mr. R. M. Haddon;. will be glad to know that he has so far i ' recovered from his recent sicknes < [ as to be able to be up and out again/1 WARREN G. h REPUBL1CA IS NEW Coliseum, Chicago, June 12.?Fo president of the United States, Warren G. Harding of Ohio. For vice president, Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts. This is the Republican ticket for the 1920 campaign. It was chosen in the convention this afternoon after a long drawn out battle, ten ballots being required to nominate Harding for the 'first place on the ticket. Hardiness vote was 674 7-10 near ly more (than 220 in excess of the number "required to nominate. His nearest competitor, Genera] Leonard Wooi , received 157 1-2 on the final ballot. Hiram Johnson, in third place, received 80 4-5. Frank 0. Lowden, on the x final ballot received 12. Harding, the junior senator from Ohio, had the backing or every one of the old guard leaders in the convention. He was also ravored by Boise Penrose, who from his sick bed in Philadelphia issued his orders to the convention tnrough Senator Watson of Indiana ane John T. King of Connecticut. Starting out with the small vote of 65 1-2 votes on the first ballot taken yesterday, Harding, with the aid of the masterlv leaders of the old cuard faction, steadily won his way to the top, gaining on each successive ballot taken today. His lowest vote was 58 1-2 and was recorded in the third ballot yesterday. Warren G. Harding is editor and proprietor of the Marion Ohio Star and has represented Ohio In the United States senate since Nov. 3, 1914. He is a Eaptist, admirer of the late Colonel Theodore Koosevelt and of the military genius or Napoleon and the statesmanship of.Alexander Hamilton. He numbers William Howard Taft among his closest friends. He was born Nov. 2, 1865 in Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio. ' On his father's side the Republican nominee for the presidency is a descendant of the Scots who settled in Pennsylvania in Colonial times. His father was a physician. His mother was Miss Phoebe Elizabeth Dlckerson a descendant of the Van TCivk fnmilv ox Dutch ancestry. ! Boyhood on Farm. His boyhood was spent on the farm which his father conducted in addition to practising medicine. After attending the "little red school house" of the neighboring town until he wa3 14 he entered the Ohio Central College at Iberia from which he was graduated in 1882. He paid most of the expenses of his tuition from his own earnings in cutting corn, driving teams, working as a railroad laborer and also in painting barns. He also worked in the office of the village paper and there learned the art of setting type and "making up" forms. In1 his graduating year he taught a vil-j lage school and also played the horn in the village band. Became Editor. When the family moved to Marion in 1884, the young man, with the as-1 sistance of his father, acquired a half interest in the Daily Star and assumed the editorship of the strug-' grling little journal. He had been edl-' tor only ten days when the Blaine' and Logan campaign openecr In Chicago. He became a Blaine enthusiast' and finally told the two printers and the office boy to get out the paper and hurried away to Chicago. When * he j got back to Marion the sneriff had closed the shop. He then became a reporter on the Marion Mirror at $7j a week and kept the place until he was fired for refusal to write an editorial against Blaine. Finally he and "Jack" Warwick, now a paragrapher on the Toledo Blade managed to raise enough mon-J ey to resurrect the Star. Warwick! j drew out of the venture shortly after-j ward, but Harding stuck aftd got the j IARDING, N NOMINEE, , SPAPERMANt N i n h J paper on its feet. It is stated that in all the time of his ownership there a | ha3 never been a strike or a threat of j a i a strike on the paper which is now e I prosperous and powerful. j F Political Success. ! h j In 1900 Harding decided to accept b 1 the nomination for state senator. He n ; was elected and served four years. In! ii 1 1901 he was named for lieutenant f governor but was defeated because [ t I of a split in the party. His popular-; ' ity in the state increased rapidly and j s 1 he was talked of for the presidency! a I and when he ran for the senate in' j 1914 he was elected by a majority of s 100,000 running 3,000 votes ahead f j of the nearest man on the ticket. | s In the senate he has made a nota-( t ' ble record. He became a member of I o the important committee on foreign n j relations and during the war was ajr warm supporter of the Wilson ad-' J ministration. Later however, he crit-! I ' icized the president severely. j fi Hit Opinion of Roosevelt. Before the United States entered! the war the senator was asked what| he thought would have happened to ^ i the country if Roosevelt had been' I X3 1 president when the war beran. Is "If Theodore Roosevelt had been j, president" he replied, "the Lusitania jj never would have been sunk and we h should today be living tinder the' ^ guarantee of peace rather than trem-j bling on the verge of war." j He introduced in the senate an i n amendment to a bill which, if it had been adopted, would have permitted the former Colonel of the rough rid-' .] ers to organize a division of volun- . teers and lead it to France. ! , I si Wanted Reservations 1 y At the end of the war Senator j p Harding was an earnest advocate of1 prompt making and of legitimate ! ^ cooperation among the nations of ! je the world to avert danger of future j wars, but he was strongly opposed to adoption of the league of nations covenant without effective reserva- j ^ tions. Justifving his position on this question, the senator said in a t( speech in the senate last Septem-1 ber: ! "It may be very old fashioned; it ^ may be reactionary; it may be' shocking to .pacifists and dreamers alike, but I choose for our own peo-| pie, a hundred million or more, the a1 ! right to search the American con- i ^ ' t f science and prescribe our own obli-; gations to ourselves and the world's ] w civilization." j ^ A I Need Honesty in Politics | The senator believes honesty to 1 ^ 1 ' lc to be a panacea for all the ills of j the political system. "And we don't need honesty in politics any more than we need it in business, in social life or religion" he added, in j( speaking on this line recently. " It s( will drive out cheats and swindlers, VI high and low. There is no end to the ( reformation it will work. It exalts j, men and commands confidence. The I ai American belief in Colonel Roosevelt is founded on the popular be- ^ i.:- -i i.-x. 1 ? uei in 111s ausuiuie nunesty." ^ The Hardings live In a comfort- ^ able home , the most conspicious . feature of which is the number of books scattered about the rooms. ^ The senator is very fond of dogs ^ and likes to drive an automobile or ^ run a motor boat,being an expert at both. in Married in 1891 On July 8, 1891, Warren Harding married Miss Florence Kling, daughter of Amos H. Kling, a lead- . ing business man of Marion. It is related that when she was born her father was disappointed she was not a boy and consoled himself by ^ bringing her up more as a boy than ^ as a giri. &ne was iona 01 norses, dogs and outdoor life and took . much interest in her father's busi- " ness. In her early teens when she had to leave school on account of re threatened loss of sight, she be- re hi (Continued on Page Eight.) mi WATT AND EDWARDS |, GRADUATE AT FURMAN In the recent commencement of 'urman University at Greenville,1 Abbeville county was represented-1 >y graduates among the best and nost promising young men Mr. Sam Vatt, and Mr. W. W. Edwards, Jr.,'s ibth of Due West. Mr. Edwards was member of the Glee Club, and wasj bo cheer leader for the athletic vents of the year. In these two ca-j iacities he made a very large contri^ ution to the life of the student' ody. The whole University commuiity sees these young men leave/the nstitution with real regret, and wish or them the ' highest success in I heir future careers. _ |c Furman University has ha<{ a veipr.8 uccessful year's work both in its d cademic, literary-and athletic lift. | * ts hns^Kftll +<mm wnn +V10 AhamnlAtt.1 r hip of the state this spring, and its! I ootball team tied for the champion- 1 hip of the state laat fall. It is rare hat any college has had such a rec- s rd in athletic. Commencement was a uade notable by the^formai inaugu- c ati.on of the new President^, Dr. W. ^ . McGlothlin.,He has been acting as d 'resident of the .University since the I rst of last July. c s MRS. COBB CALLED HOME. * Mrs. Rebecca Cobb died at herjr iome in Fort Pickens, Sabbath after-j o ioon, June 13>th, at 3 o'clock, in the f ixty-fifth year o| her life. Mrs. Cobb i< ftH nnf- hopn woll ainna iVin /Ifiofli nf ~ - ?V er son, Parker Cobb, who made his a oine with her until his death some i] wo months ago. t Mrs. Cobb, before her marriage, /as Miss Rebecca Scott. She was a ative of this county, and many years a go came to Abbeville with her fa- o ler, who took charge at that time of a lie tanyard in Abbeville. She mar- p ied here, and lived here all her life r ubsequently. Her husband disd many ?< ears ago, leaving her two sons,'t] arker and Thomas Cobb. Tommle a larried and moved away to A-tlanta,'. ut Parker remained at the old home, o inding cheer and comfort to his ^ged ri lother in her declining years. He f] rected for her a new home and yhen ir Drtune was about to smile on he? in n er old age,jthe son who had done so tl ell was called away, and now she rr l >o is called. t j h: Since the death of Parker her son, w homas, has returned to Abbeville to " e with his mother. He is now the nly survivor. Funeral services were conducted t the Methodist Church, this Monay morning at 11 o'clock, and in-| K ;rment was at Long Cane. Those n; ere happy years that she lived in (: istoric Ft. Pickens with Parker. f< nd now she sleeps peacefully in w ong Cane beside her boy whom she a: ived so well. : D | ir DR. JOHN LYON ILL j V I tf The news which comes from Dr. j jyj 3hn Lyon, of Greenwood, brings1 , >itow to his many friends in Abbe- j h, lie. Dr. Lyon has., not been well for'a. >metime, and some two weeks ago I j.} went to John Hopkins for ex-j^ nination. Last week news came j lat his condition was not favor-1 ?le, and one of his partners and xs. Lyon were called to Baltimore. ^ ews came Saturday tha^ the phycians in charge had despaired of ^ s life and that he would be ^ rought home. He left Baltimore j ;sterday in charge of Dr. Blake. c? t Washington a message was sent > relatives here that he was grow- p g worse. 4 ' E Dr. Lyon is an Abbeville boy who ts made good. He was educated at rskine College and studied meiine in Charleston. He located first , , Ninety-Six and later moved to reenwood. His native abaility, ap- ar ication, and strong good sense ^ ive contributed to his success in] re, and he finds himself while still young man one of the leaders of c!! s profession in this section. Many relatives and friend.* who Ji ad this will still hope that he may 0 gain his health and be spared to D' s family and to the city where he Jz akes his home. JJc "OLD GLORY" SPIRIT URGED BY COLBY AYS AMERICAN BANNER CANNOT SHELTER SELFISHNESS "IT IS FLAG OF SERVICE"? SECRETARY DECLARES PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED . SPIRIT OF STAR AND STRIPES Washington, June 13.??-"No 'olicy of selfish aloofness, no poliy of callous detachment from life md the world can find shelter unler the folds of the American Tag," Secretary of State Colby delared today in an address at Flag )ay exercises of the Washington odge of Elks. , "The times call for great action, aid Mr. Colby. "We have problems it home which clamor for solution >rriy in the spirit of the flag. We n lave duties abroad and generous luties abroad which are long postponed and which can only be dis_ harged in the noble and generous pirit of the flag. "The ideals of government are trapped in its folds. It commemoates the deeds and the sacrifices of >ur best and bravest men. It is no lag for a nation which is selfish. It s no flag for a people which is puillanimous?it is not an approprite banner for a policy of declared ' ndifference to the sufferings or he future of the world. Message of Cheer "The American flag speaks today s it has always spoken, a message f cheer and help to the oppressed clear note of leadership to -the asiring in all lands; a note of aid and to liberty wherever liberty alters or is assailed. It speaks for ie redemption and not the repudition of the nation's pledges. "It is the flag of work, of service f courage. It is the flag of chivaldus men and noble women. It is a lag of glory.sjt is a flag which has toved forward on every field? ever backward; and today, and at . lis hour it cannot be an emblem of loral retreat upon that field of ighest service, the rescue of the orld ,to which our destiny as a naon calls us." J. D. KERR, JR., IN WRECK Davis Kerr, son of old man Davis !err of North Main (in business latters) and of Greenville Street in society) left Abbeville Friday s * 3r Washington & Lee University, here General Pershing is to make n address this week, and where 'avis is to listen to the address, and jcidentally find out whether Washington & Lee is large enough ) hold a man who has been to B. [. I., in Greenwood (having some oubts on the latter point after earing Greenwood people talk) nd was in a big wreck on the Soulern Railway early Saturday lorning. No, Davis did not cause the reck, but he helped stop the thirty ild freight cars which dashed own an incline and into the ob irvation car of the train on which ? was riding?he helped, we say, y holding down one end of the ext to the last Pullman. When the irs hit his train he thought that s father was making a talk at the oat Office on the merits of the dison, or that his mother was inliring of her'husband where he is spent the evening. His friends will be glad to know, >wever, that Davis is safe and ?und, and is now at Lexington, id that General Pershing will not i disappointed by his failing to it there. fSJ3MSJ3JS?3MS?3J3JS?SJ5?SJSJSJ3J3SI3 COTTON MARKET ily 38.00 ctober 34.87 ecember 33.77 inuary 33.07 3igf5EjgfSiSJ5J5JSJSJSJSJ5ISJ5jSf5JSJ5JSJ5JB/5f5."i