Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

>< ' r " " : ! Abbeville Press and Banner Egtablished 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C? Wednetday, June 16, 1920. Single Copies,CenU. 76th Yp?r_ DEVELOPMENT MO RALLY _ * EDUCATIONAL RALLY TO BE HELD IN ABBEVILLE AND DUE WEST FRIDAY AT 3 AND O'CLOCK?THREE PROMINENT **""" wiii mm iNF SftAKbKO n 11.1- vw . > PLANS OF S. C. DEVELOPMENT BOARD?EVERYBODY INVITED As a rule people don't take mucb stock in anything about which thej know nothing or else very little. For some weeks the South Carolina papers have carried columns on the * South Carolina Development Board, Most of the readers have given the articles a casual glance and very few have thoroughly read or digested these articles. 1 A chance is to be offered the whole oGu gfli cmfwyp cmfwyphh Friday afternoon to learn from at least three prominent speakers just what all this fuss 'about a development board is and why so many busy men a/e freely giving of their time , without any compensation whatever save that which comes from serving the best interests of one's native State. In the court house at 3:00 o'clock Friday afternoon a great mass meeting of citizens of the County is to be held at which time the history of the organization of the South Carolina Development Board as well as the reasons for which it has been organ' ized will be concisely given by Kenneth Baker, Major Henry Tillman and St. John Armes. County chairman Joel S. Morse will be in charge .pf the meeting. The executive .board of this County has sent personal letters to representative- citizens in After the rally is over here the party of speakers will go to Due West where the people of that section of the County will have an opportunity at 6 o'clock to hear the same speakers there. For South Carolina's sake won't you come to one of these meetings? OFF TO HENDERSONVILLE Judge and Mrs. Frank B. Garj k' leave Thursday for HendersonvilU where they will spend the hot weeks of the summer. I every school district in tne County to be present as representatives of their school district. They are urged to bring along every , other citizen who feels that his love for South Carolina is sufficiently great to warrant him leaving his store or his plow for an hour or so. With all the citizens of the State behind this great movement any sacrifice will be more than overbalanced by the advancement in all fields of industry which the old Palmetto State is Dound to make with every citizen boosting her to the limit. some ioiK.s nave gotten tne impression that the South Carolina Devel9 opment Board is a wild cat scheme for landowners to get high prices for ' their property. Well, it is, but not in the selfish way some folk. - imagine, better price for land will come when the resources of South Carolina are fully developed, when profitable markets are provided for the farmers when good schools are establish in every district, when more and better people are induced to come to ur State to live, then will your land, I your houses, your agricultural products and your live stock be worth more money to you and no farmer Avill eX^eriencfe what he once has, a numper crop of food stuffs with no profitable market. The South Carolina Development * Board is for all the people and for no v particular class. The humblest citizen in South Carolina will be most benefitted by the workings of this organization. x ' . Therefore, be you rich or poor ' jia?py or discontented, optimistic or ? sceptical, come to one of the big rallies Friday afternoon and hear fox " ^oUrself what the leaders of the movement say about it. MINNESOTA MOB HANGS NEGROES ^ Three Lynched in Streets of Duluth After Mock Trial Had Been Held' Duluth, Minn., June 15.?Three 1 negroes were lynched here tonight ,|by a mob estimated at 5,000 persons, which overpowered the police | took possession of police headquarters and seized the negroes, *. who ;'were held in connection with an at. tack on a young white girl. A mock trial was held by the mob 1 in the police station and three negroes were found guilty and i three also held in connection with '[the assault, were found rjot guilty .and turned back to the police. Not J a shot was fired by the mob. s Shortly after midnight the moD , I still surrounded the police station (: but there was no indication of. further trouble.. [I, The police believed the mob would disperse in a few hours without other disorder. It was reported that three or four trucks and automobiles loaded with members of the mob and j started at midnight toward Virginia j Minn., where it was said four other negroes had been arrested in con. nection with the same case. . The negroes were roustabouts 'with a circus that appeared here : yesterday and the 17 year old white girl was attacked on the circus grounds last night. The circus was in Virginia today and it was said eight negroes were taken into I 4knf /vr?l\r fftiii* .VlolH. . UUSlUUjr tncic uub Viiijr AVW* 'LOVED EDUCATOR DIES | AT CLINTON }' Rev. William Smith Bean, D. D., who for the past 27 years has held a professorship with the Presbyterian College of South Carolina at Clinton died Monday afternoon at 'his home after a long illness. Dr. Bean was one of the most thorougly educated men in the State and for many years was an active Presbyterian minister. While a student . at the University of Georgia his general average for .the four years there has never been equalled. As "a professor at the Presbyterian college.his ability as an educa. tor and his geniality and his sympathetic nature made him the idol of i his students. Dr. Bean is survived by his wife, who was Miss Kate '.Fleming, of Augusta, Ga., and four children, all of whom are now . grown. s' The funeral services were con ducted in the Presbyterian church , at Clinton Tuesd^ afternoon by Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the college. BITTEN BY MAD DOG. I Luther G. Botts, a well known blacksmith of the city, was sent to i Columbia yesterday to undergo the , Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia. Mr. Botts owned a fine bird dog pup t1 which began last week to act a little J strangely and scratched Mr. Botts on the hand when he attempted to fonI'dle the dog. He thought nothing 'of j the matter at the time Dut later on ; account of the actions of the puppy i1 shot it. He sent the head to Columbia J to be on the safe side and yesterday ; received notice that the dog had hydrophobia. Mr. Botts left at once | to take treatment. I ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL .1 - . ' Mrs. J. D. Wilson left this week .'for Anderson where she will attend J the summer school at Anderson ( College. Mrs. Wilson will teach at . | the mill school next year and wishes .J to familiarize herself with the .'newest methods. ij Her young son, William, accom % i ??_ 1 _ i-L _ i_ j;._ pamea ner, wnne me young iaaies j | of the family will visit friends in the country? TAKING TEA I : r Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen came 51 over from Greenwood Tuesday and > were guests at tea of Mr. and Mrs. |'R. L. Mabry. \ CALHOUN MILL SOLD YESTERDA ' I L. L. Hester Purchases Old Cs houn Mill?Will Erect Modern Cotton Mill on Old Calhoun Mill Site The grind of the old water whe of Calhoun Mill will soon cease at the whirr of electric machinery w^ take its place. For centuries the: has been a flour and grist mill at tl site on Little River, and in oldt times quite a settlement sprung i about the mill and it was the scei of many famous political meetinj in old Abbeville County. s Yesterday a deal was consumatt whereby the Little River Light ar Power company becomes the own4 of the mill and the 180 surroundir acres of land on both Hides of Litt River. Mr. L. L. Hester, president ar chief stockholder In the Little Riv< Co. announces that he will at on< begin the erection of a cotton mill c the site of the old mill. Electric po\ er will be developed, from Little Ri' er to operate the new cotton mil Engineers have estimated for M Hester that it is possible to general 300 horse power at Calhoun Mill. The location is on the Vienna ros from Abbeville to Mt. Carmel and 13 miles southwest of Abbeville., The price paid by Mr. Hester 1 Claude A. Parks for the property wi $39,000. ' ^ In an article on the Calhoun fam I ly recently written by Charles Moi tague Calhoun, the oldest living Ca houn, which will appear in The A1 beville Press and Banner shortl; are found some interesting accounl of happenings about this famou old place. HOW TO GRADE ^ COTTON , ! CS. Swetenburg and Owe J Speed left Monday for Clemson col ilege where they will spend a mont j taking the course, being offered a | Clemson in grading cotton. Th I Clemson authorities on cotto grading have a repatation all ove ' the South as experts anc^ Messr: ' Swetenburg and Speed expect t j learn all there is to the subject o : grading ."With an expert knowledg ! of the fine points of the staple ou ! local cotton men had best look t ] their laurels this fall when the ses ; son opens. j LOOKOUT LITTLE FISHES v Rill rivanr?n o r? /-J V?nv Tnwo I c4Jiv* xai/iicij uaxuc and John Richard Fulp and fathe ; are leaving thi3 * afternoon fo I Dyson,S . C., where they will, visi | for a day with Rayford McMilla i and father, and show the native j around Dyson something abou | catching fish. The boys will cam | out tonight while the fathers ar ' planning to sleep in beds inside th warehouse of Col. McMillan, - brie 1 manufacurer and King Bee o . Dyson. WINNSBORO WINNING IN v _ GOOD CAUS] ??? J' The election for the issue o j $100,000 worth of bonds to build j new school building in Winnsbor | carried yesterday without a singl (dissenting vote. Winnsboro is th home of the old Mt. Zion Institut which was chartered 1777 an which has turned out many famou men in its day. The new schoc J building will occupy the site of Mi i Zion. , THREE TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTE Notice is given elsewhere in th issue of the election to be held tl last Tuesday in June when the ten of office for three of the presei school trustees expires. These tru | tees are Joel S. Morse, R. S. Link an w. r. ureene. A VISITOR FROM GREENVILL1 Miss Kittie Perrin whose visits a' ways give pleasure to so m^n friends, is expected in the cit Thursday for a two weeks visit t Mrs. T. Gordon White. I HARDING NOT TO RESIGN | Y; SEAT IN U. S. SENATE 1. Must Serve Out Hi? Term to Preserve Republican Majority There ?Begins Work on Speech i ' Of Acceptance. el J Chicago, 15.?Senator Robert La' id' Follette is leading in the. referendum til vote which is being taken among the re members of the committee of fortyie eight as a suitable candidate for the >n' presidential nomination, according to ip statements at the party Headquarters ie' last night. Leaders said they count js' upon the support of the La Follette Republicans, farmers, labor, and the >d non-partisan league membership.1 id! They do not anticipate that Senator r1) Johnson or Senator Borah will bolt tg the Republican party, they said, lej Chairman Will Hays completed his id conference with western leaders of Jr J the Republican national committee ie, today and departed for his home in >n' Sullivan Ind. from where he will go' J | *-| to Washington shortly to meet with' Senator Harding and the committee' U. I headed by A. T. Hert, which will make the formal notification o4 his te nomination. J It was emphasized by western lead j I ers at the conference here that the 18 j territory west of the Mississippi Will^ I be the big battle ground of the prest0|idential election. Clarence Miller j 13, secretary of the national committee j advocated the establishment of the i- main Republican headquarters in Chia cago instead of New York. Chair-' I-1 man Hays expressed his desire to| b- spend the greater part of his time! y> here, giving special attention to th4 s western campaign. . is - . "VICIOUS" SAYS WOOD ! ? ' ?? .. . - I 1 Calls Butler Statement "Malicious j Falsehood" i< aj { ' ? '"| Chicago, June 15.?'Major Generhjal Wood, in a signed statement to-i . night characterized as a "vicious j e J and malicious falsehood" a declara- j n tion by Nicholas Murray Butler,' r that a 'motley group of stock gamb3* j lers, oil and mining promoters, 0 munitions makers and other like persons' backed the generals' came paign iof the Republican . presidenT tial nomination. J J Oj ; PARTIES FOR HOSPITAL A GREAT SUCCESS i I ; j . The hospital showers given by( ?! Mrs. Frank McNeil and Mrs. W. S. !S i | MAlilley, Misses Morse, Miss Mary i Cliomo Mra _T R Procclv Mrs J D. Ij. | Miller, Mrs. E. C. Horton and Mrs. J. n J F filler, Mrs. Roscoe and Miss Gos| sett, Mrs. Tom Calhoun and Mrs. W. . ! H. White, have been a marked sucp I cess. j Enough of the following articles ! have already been given: Face tow-' , | els, dish towels, soup plates, ice tea ^! glasses, plain water glasses, cream j a;:d sugars, pillow cases, plates, | trays and individual cream pitchers. 'For the benefit of tnose who are to give showers, we would suggest: P Individual sugar dishes. ^ Individual small platters. j Individual Bread and butter plates a o Individual tea pots. Cereal dishes, aluminum or ename el water pitchers, cups and saucers/ ' knives and forks and spoons, doilies/ j table cloths, individual salt and pep-! pers, large platter for nurses table,! large coffee pot, large mixing bowl, | . towel and soap racks, dish pans,1 ti | large kettle, meat grinder, carving knife, sheets, spreads, bureau and j wash stand covers, small table cov-J D; ers and slop jars. No report has yet been received is from the parties held in the country, ie[but it is hoped each neighborhood m will give a shower and in this way it > help a worthy cause. sJ ld! NEW RESIDENTS ON RICHEY STREET, j i g- J Mr. W. E. Shell and family have J moved this week into one of the 1- J houses belonging to Mr. Horace Mcy i Allister on Richey street. y j Mr. McAllister is renovating and o j repairing another of his cottages I which has already been rented. EMPLOYEES RETIRE WITHIN NINETY DAYS Recently Enacted Law Provides For Pension of Government Workers in Old Age. * t Washington, June 25.?Between 4,000 and 6,000 "* federal employees eligible for retirement on pension will be formally notified within a week of the automatic termination on August 20 of their active service with the1 government. The recently enacted retirement act provides that retirement must take place 90 days from its signature, and that employees coining under the statute must be 'notified 60 days in advance. - The retirement age is 70 for clerical workers and 65 for mechanics. It is estimated that in the District of Columbia alone 1,600 government employees will be retired for age. Secretary Payne and Postmaster General Burleson today announced to employes in their departments' that no application for reinstatement would be approved. HENRY SIMPSON IS STAR VISITOR North Main street in general and Misses May and Eugenia Robertson in particular are the proud hosts of j Master Henry Simpson now df Mon-. roe but still claiming Abbeville as| his home. An Abbeville cilizen met Henry on the train |rom Monroe yes-j terday morning and Henry fired more questions at the citizen.than the citizen was capable of answerrngf H$n-| ry discussed everything from the Proper-Gander to the Coyhty poor house. He lamented the fact that the County home h&d not been remodeled and said our-county officers ought to see the mansion which Un-, ion, N. C. County has erected for its! unfortunate poo^. Henry-also saidi that if it hadn't been for the fact that" he got the Press aAd Banner three t;mes a week he couldn't have stayed away from Abbeville so long. Henry also informs us that he hasn't promised to eat every meal with "Miss May" but that he is open( to invitations at any time from his numerous friends. Hill's Market Changes Hands f * The popular meat market con-, ducted by Fred S. Hill on North Main street was sold yesterday to C. H. Bosdell and R. T. Simpson. Mr. Bosdell has for some tme operated the Star Market opposite the American Railway Express office and has made so many good customers that he says he was unable to give every one of them a choice cuts free from bone, so he acquired Hill's market yesterday. The new proprietors bespeak the good will of Mr. Hill's customers and promise to uphold the good reputation of the market. Old Ed, the finest cutter east of Chicago will rtmain with the new owners to give you just what you want. See their ad. ABBEVILLE MAN NAMED DEPUTY CLERK I Ariother Abbeville Aan has beenj honored. The latest to bring home the, bacon for the old to^n is James S.j Cothran who yesterday was appointed' deputy clerk of the United States court for the Western - District of South Carolina by JJ. (J. uurnam,' of Greenville recently appointed clerk by Judge Watkins. Jimmie! Cothran is the son of Col. Wade S. Cothran and a grandson of the late Judge Cothran whose name Jimmie [ bears. We congratulate James S. Jr./ for winning this new honor for Abbeville. RETURN FROM CONVENTION W. D. Wilkinson, Willie Jones j and Wallace Harris returned early this morning from Spartanburg where they attended the state convention of the American Legion yesterday. These gentleman report :i <rrPAt time and that the Spartan I?urg people, most of whom came from Abbeville at one time and another, pave them the glad hand and an excellent luncheon. ' SECESSION MOVE IS REJECTED BY LEGION STATE CONVENTION IN SPAR. TANBURQ REFUSES TO INDORSE SECESSION FROM NA- * ' TIONAL ORGANIZATION REC- > OMf&ENDED BY OFFICERS? .. ' r* . '{ " A LIVELY SESSION HELD AND J NEW OFFICERS ELECTED ' t " , The South Carolina department of the American Legion held its convention in Spartanburg yesterday and went on record as being opposed to withdrawal from the s national organization and as opposed to the Legion agitating a cash bonus for ex-servic?, men. Delegates to the national con*vention were instructed to repudiate the activities of'the national committee in regard to the cash bonus. Former Gov. D. C. Heyward delivered an inspiring address at the morning session. About 400 delegates representing nearly every post in -. . South Carolina were present and a number of them took part m the secession and bonus discussions. ' G. Heyward Mahon of Greenville, was elected commander of the South Carolina department and J. Lyles Glenn of Chester was elected vice commander. Douglas Featherstone, of Greenwood, was named as representative of this district on the exeAltflVA WUVIT^ vv<tuai*vwvi CENSUS BUREAU '.-5 ^ TELLS OF COTTON Washington, June 15?Cotton con-4 sumed during May amounted to 541,- -0 0C0 boles of lir.t and 31,0SlT7>f. lintera, t.ic ccnsns . bureau announced today. ' *. Cotton on hand May 31, in consuming establishments was 1,695,901 bales of lint and 282,187 of linters, compared with 1,39}.,321 of lint and' 272,C>14 bales of linters a year; on hand in public storage- and at compresses, 2,584,784 bales of lint and 392,568 of linters, compared with. v,416,607 of lint and 213,679 of linters a year ago. ' . May imports were 15,766 bales, f compared with 36,812 a year ago and exports 363,104 bales, including 5,550 bales of linters, compared with 444,718 of lint and 899 of linters a year ago. Cottcn spindles during May numbered 34,066,236 compared with 33,531,313 a year ago. May statistics for cotton growing states were: ( Consumed 310,166" bales, compared with 271,989 in May last year. On hand May 31, in consuming es- 4' tablishments, 875,258 Dales, com pared with 673,217 a year ago, and i npublic storage and at cdmpresses 2,267,165 bales, compared with 3,'- 18,283 a year ago. Cotton spindles active during May numbered "15,061,381, compared with 14,282,000 in May last year. NEW MINISTER ARRIVES Rev. A. S. Derbyshire, recently appointed temporarily/ in charge of the Trinity Episcopal Church in this city and of the Wellington Episcopal church arrived yesterday afternoon to begin his work. Mr. Derbyshire is a/ native of New York City and was educated at the Episcopal theological" seminary at Alexandria, Va. Before coming to Abbeville He nas oeen assistant rector of St. Phillip's churcr at Garrison, N. Y. The new rector will preach at Trinity Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. i BJ2fSJBJ5/SISJBJSI5J5IBJ5fBI5J5J5IBlSJ5/S/BjSJSJSJ3 COTTON MARKET Open Close January 33.00, 32.55 ' March _32.60 32.05 July 38.12 1 37.60 October 35.18 34.58 December 33.70 33.25 MS?3i3fsisMs?s/3isiaiaiajBjajaiai3jaj3siajj