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Abbeville Press and Banned | EgtaMi'Hed 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C? Friday, June 25, 1920 Single Copiet, Five Cento. 76th Year. Jj FIFTEEN CITIZENS I OF ABBEVILLE EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS RE? *fi i j GARDING DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND WM. G. McADOO IS FAVORED BY SEVEN, COX BY SI?, WHILE DAVIS AND WILSON GET ONE EACH?OTHERS ASKED ARE NON-COMMITTAL. In Abbeville as in other South Carolina cities apparently there is more' interest at present in the Democratic ** ^ Com | nominee tu uc tuudcii au tuc uam Francisco convention next week and; vthe platform to be adopted than' there is in either State or County| politics. On the square and in otherj places where men congregate there is seldom heard a reference to the: State or senatorial campaigns which1 ^opened Tuesday and to tne County / nmrvnion nrVyirf'li Is to (hp Tirl in A lie- i O j ust, and especially is this true since William G. McAdoo annoucned a few days ago that he did not wislr his name presented to the convention as a candidate for the presidency. ! Locally McAdoo apparently has a slight lead over the other men prominently mentioned for the nomination' and it is certain that if the selection1 of the nominee were left to Abbeville l - he would be the party's standardbearer. P. Rosenberg says that he would like to see Wilson have another chance Mr. Rosenberg states that the Repub-1 ^.cans have imposed upon Wilson! purely out of political spite and ifi the president were in good health he awtrvlri Ko Vi:c fircf -nivutu w w mo "iov viivivt. /\M. T. Coleman is for McAdoo first X I and last. He brings to mina a statement, made by McAdoo sometime ago "in which the former secretary of the treasury said that if the country call-, i ed upon a man to perform a oertain duty that the - man had no other, choice than to obey his country's call. T. G. Perrin says McAdoo is his first choice with Gov. Cox second. Senator Howard Moore says that McAdoo is the man who will be nominated and that Cox will be second choice. A. B. Morse favors McAdoo but is ndt enthusiastic about any of the probable candidates for the npmina tion. ; Old man Longshore, once a red hot Bryanite has turned completely around and says Bryan ought to be run away from the convention. Mr. Longshore favors McAdoo but is strong agin woman suffrage. Albert Henry is strong for Cox of Ohio. W. D. Barksdale is another unenthusiastic voter who says if we have to have any of them he would prefer, Cox. N W. F. Nickles is a Cox man. S. G. Thomson, Jr., says he would be a McAdoo man but he is a little afraid of the influence his father-inlaw might have on his administration should McAdoo be elected over Hard-j ing. J. Allen Smith, Jr. states that he likes everything about Cox but his r.4- J li owiiu vii nic nquur question ana gives Ambassador Davis as his fix at' choice. The ambassador was a col-' lege mate of Mr. Smith's at Hampden-! Sidney, and Mr. Smith states . even' ! then he was a well-rounded man who1 y " lead in ail college activities. '' \ j Otto Bristow gives Governor Cox - as his first choice. W. H. Wite speaks out for Cox. S. J. Link also believes that Gov | Cox will get the nomination. Dr. P. B. Speed thinks McAdoo' will be offered the nomination in' spite of his recent request rhat his name may not be presented to the; convention. The gentlemen whose opinions and expressions of choice are given above | represent right thoroughly the con-1 census of opinion of the city if not of^ the State, especially of the Piedmont | section. These "gentlemen were sim-, ply asked to express their choice or A GOOD MAN PASSES. i Dr. J. J. Garlington Died at his Home i In Washington, D. C. Thursday After Long Illness. > Joseph J. Darlington, L. L. D.,' leading attorney of Washington, D. C., and a native of Abbeville County, died at his residence in the former i; city, Thursday, June.24th, 1920, af-j" ter a long illness. The end was notj unexpected, for Dr. Garlington some| months ago was advised that he was' suffering from cancer of the stomach | from which there could be no recovery. He quietly prepared for the great change. Joseph J. Darlington was born in | what is nnur +V?o pifv nf Ahhovillff in 1849. His father and mother lived' here Jbr a time, his father holding the position of jailer in this county. La-J ter they moved to Due West, where' Mr. Darlington grew to manhood. He graduated from Erskine College in 1868. For a while he taught school , at Rome, Ga., but having decided to enter the legal proession he was soonj admitted to the bar and established himself in Washington, where he liv-J ed his whole after life. His worth and ability were soon recognized, and at the time of his death and for many! years before he held first place in the' legal proiession in ms nome city. iDr. Darlington was always a friend! of Due West and of Erskine College. ' He was a trustee of the college and 1 had been for a number of years. In J recent years he has often befriended,1 the college in many ways, and espe-l1 cially by large gifts. He was himself ! an advertisement for the Institution1] the like of which few colleges have.j His college conferred on him some 1 years ago the honoray degree of Doc- < tor of laws. |] In early life Dr. Darlington mar- ] ried. His wife has been cread many i years. He is survived by two daugh- < ters. He was a member of the BaptistS church. .-/ r h Abbeville *County has produced many great men ana Hirskme uonege 1 has given the country a good many j good lawyers, but Abbeville County < has not produced a finer man than Joseph J. Darlington, wnlle of all i the lawyers his college has given to { the country, he easily took first rank. RETURNS FROM ABBEVILLE t Dr. James A. Hayne, state health officer, has returned to Columbia, after having been in Abbeville for a ( few days, where he assisted in judging babies, in the mill village. Several ( weeks ago, a baby contest was held at the mill village, and at that_ time many of the babies were judged and Dr. Hayne went to Abbeville to complete the testing. He was assisted by T*1 TIT /-I x f /-I ?11 _ I ur. Cj. vv . l/arpencer 01 ureenvuie, viho examined tonsils and eyes. Dr. Hayne says that Dr. Carpenter found fewer cases of diseased tonsils than is usually the case among children of the age he examined at Abbeville.? The State. f HOSPITAL SHOWERS Mrs. G. A. Neuffer and Mrs. W.! D. Barksdale entertained the ladies j of Main street at a hospital shower at the home of Mrs. Neuffer Thursday afternoon. Many useful and 1 beautiful gifts were showered on the hospital and a pleasant afternoon was enjoyed. Cream and cake were served. 1 Mrs. W. L. Peebles was also hostess at a "shower" Thursday, enter ^ 1 _i ? uumuj?.aiu. iicJk ubuiu i^itti,uiing man* ner arid' helping the hospital to many useful gifts. ... ELECTION OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES TUESDAY| _____ i. A meeting of the citizens of Abbe !. ville school district is to be held in': the court house at 7 o'clock Tuesday, evening, June 29 at which timej, three trustees are to be elected for the city schools. Those whose terms', expire are: J. S. Morse, W. P. Greene, and R. S. Link. i opinion as they were met at random ! on the square this morning. Possibly j; a thorough canvass of the square and ' of the city might show a different re- 1 suit. 1 Government Buys *14,000 Tons Sugar Purchase Made in Argentina By Direction of Justice Department And Will Be . - - ? Sold Direct Washington, June 24.?Howard Figg, assistant to the attorney gen-; eral, stated today that the 14,00Q j tons of sugar which Argentina has j permitted to be exported to the I United States, was purchased under; the direction of the department of justice and representations made 'by the state department to President Trncnveti that the same was Dlir- i chased and would be distributed under the direction to overnment agences." , J* Mr. Figg's statement was issued after he had read an Associated Press dispatch from Buenos Aires saying that Argenrtjina government officials had been surprised by his ( previous statement that the only connection the American govern-! ment had had with the purchase was to designate the purchasing, company and to obtain the ' permit for the exportation of the sugar. j The purchase, Mr. Figg said, was, made by an American trading company. . ! "The American'' trad1 lig company with the assurance of the depart-, ment of justice that a permit would 1 be issued for the exportation of certain sugars, entered three Argentine markets and purchased these sugars at the prevailing market, prifces." Mr. Figg , said, "When 14,000 j ions had been secure! :i formal request was ma^e for pernio to export. In the m'Mitim?, a dccree providing ceitain restriction? had jeen issued by t:ic- Argentine government. When proper pesentatjonj vere i*ade to President Irogoyen ' '<? +V10 iccnonpo <vf t.Vif- nprmit.. hp consented to do so on tlie distribution by the department of justice ind not purchased by private Am-j ;rican interests/ "On arrival in New York, this su ' I ?ar will be distributed by the fJ. 3. government to the essential indus-j try and house hold consumer." ' I FRENCH WILL BE GIVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL I * * i Arrangements have been compler-| 2d by the superintendent of the city | schools yhereby an excellent French :ourse will be offered the pupils "of j the city high school next session. The rector of Trinity Episcopal church, Mr. A. J. Derbyshire, is an excellent French teacher of several years successful experience In St. John's school, New York City, and has been secured -to teach the French classes in the high school next session. Each year of French taken in the high school will add one unit'to the cred its given the high school graduates. FARMERS BANK ' DECLARES DIVIDEND ^ ! -i A meeting of the directors of the Farmers Bank was held in the office of the president at noon today. The: directors heard the report of the president, Dr. F. E. Harrison, and the usual semi-annual dividend of four( per cent was declared. Five thousan dollars was also added to the surplus fund. ;. A MUSIC RECITAL. .v.- g ^ _ . j Mrs. T. J. Douthart gave a music | recital at her home, on Tuesday,'the. parents and friends of>-her, music pupils being her guests. The occasion was a pleasant one, the pupils performing their parts well and the visitors listening with interest. The class will rest during the hot summer months. JOINING THE SUMMER COLONY. .Mrs. B. S. Barnwell left Tuesday for Williamston where she will spend some time. Miss Mary Aiken accom-, panies her. They made the trip in' their car, Mr. W. M. Barnwell and little Miss'Julia going along to see them safely settled. Cotton Exchange Criminal Agency New York Org animation Denounced By Georgia Attorney?Is DecliningIll Power Greenville, June 24.{-i-i)eclarin& | tht "the New York cotton exchange is a criminal agency to beat down ' the price of cotton,"^ Thomas J. ' Shackleford, of Athens, Ga., at-! torney for the American Cotton as-j sociation, scathingly criticised the' institution's practice in an address' today before the twentieth annual convention of the South Carolina Bankers' association. Mr. Shackleford said the ex j change's existence now is lor one purpose and that is to depress the price of cotton. "Fortunately, it has had "but little effect this year," he said. "The business has been generally reduced on account of its unfairness toward cotton and because the south is divorcing itself from the New York exchange. There never was any reason for any cotton exchange being in New York, 1,500 miles from the cotton fields. It was installed there just 'after the war between the sections because we had no money, but the j amount of spot cotton there has decreased steadily since 1885. "TUn V?oa AAIMA ttrVnn Virrv ' 1UC uviuc nucii *TC must divorce our service from the 1 New York cotton exchange and es-' tablish a cotton center in the south" he concluded. , - i . ' I TAMMANY CHIEF ARRIVES ON COAST - . j Say? Dry Plank Will Have to Be Fought Out on Floor. I I, 3&n Francisco, June 24.?Charles F. Murphy, leader of Timmany Hall, accompanied by Governor Alfred Smith, of New York, came to town tonight, but he had nothing to say. The New York delegation and the Tammany hosts are due here tomor row. "I have been out of touch with politics for several days," said Mr. Murphy, "and can't say what trie New York delegation will do until we have a caucus. As to a plank in the platform to amend the Volstead act, that is a matter that will have to be fought out on the ccnven::on floor." Mr. Murphy's attention >vas called to a story of his indictment In New Vo.k 0:1 the ground of conspiring to coerce Louis Hartog, a manufacturer, to return ^125,000 which the Tammany leader invested with the Hartog Company. "That is a business suit," said Mr. Murphy, "and all I will say about it is that Hartog get the ?125,000." ; Governor Smith said the New York delegation would hold a caucus Fri-| day or Saturday to determine its po-| sition on platform and candidates, j VISITING AT HOME ?.Irs. Frrnk F!vans is in the citv from Spartanburg paying her usual summer visit to her parents, Mr. j and Mrs. George White. Her visits j always give pleasure to a wide circle of friends. IMPORTANT MEETING A congregational meeting has been called by the Session of the Presbyterian Church to be held at the time of the usual morning service, Sunday, July 4th, 1920. - ' : :; THE FIRS? PEACHES. ^ < Mr. Monroe Burriss, of Calohun Falls, brought the first peaches of the 1 season to the local market Friday, i He sold them at seventy-five cents per peck. i Dr. Moffatt Preaches Sunday Dr. J. S. Moffatt, president of, Erskine College, will occupy the j pulpit of the Abbeville Presbyterian j church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. I NEVER. SAY DIE Salesman Sells , Sol Rosenberg After Three Consecutive Failures, to Land an Order I >. -'i " .* t-The old saying, "If at first yoir don't succeed, try, try again" was unwittingly followed recently by an elderly salesman who was "working" the merchants of tfte city. The incident happened in, Rosenberg's where the office is so arranged that you can reach it from either the main street entrance or from any of the three entrances on Trinity street. The old gentleman, who was selling a moth-preventative of cedar compound, first entered the Rosenberg store from Main street. He asked for the buyer and was directed to Mr. Sol Rosenberg in the central office of the store. After Customary salutations regarding business and weather conditions the salesman produced his samples and sought ah order. Mr. Rosenberg very kindly told the salesman that he was not in the market for any moth-preventative; The old gentleman packed up his sampled and bid his would-be customer good-day. In a short while there appeared at the office the same salesman who had turned the corner and entered through the grocery department on Trinity street. The same procedure was gone through and again the old gentleman was dismissed. In a few minutes he bobbed up at the office again, having entered through the dry goods department. Mr. Rosenberg saw that the, old man was ^ear-sighted and that he never realized that he had called on the same buyer three times in less than fifteen minutes. While thoroughly sympathetic, the manager for the third time shook hands with the salesman without having given him an order. About the time it takes to tell this the salesman for the fourth time appeared before the potentate in the Rosenberg office and went through the preliminaries necessary before securing an order. Here the story changes for instead of being preemptorily dismissed without having scored a mark in his order book, the salesman was greeted by Mr. Rosenberg with the statement that his line looked good' and that the Rosenberg Mercantile Co., had been scouiing the country for 'just such a preparation and a nice order was given the persistent salesman. Mr. Rosenberg states that the old gentleman never did realize +V*of Vin woe ir? -fVicqmo rvfflpo fnr the fourth consecutive time and talking to the same buyer. And he further states that the preparation which the salesman sold him was one of the best he had ever used to keep moths from his goods. / / THE BOOli CLUB _\ The regular meeting of the Book Club was held Wednesday afternoon at the home -bf Mrs. L. W. White. There was a large attendance of members. Mrs. Frank Evans, of Spartanburg, Miss Kittie Perrin, of Greenville, and Mrs. A. 1W 0?,;+V, o?,4 W TT WViifo were present as guests. Miss Mamite' Hijl was elected president, Mrs. John Harris, secretary and Mrs. J. | D. Fulp the new member. Cake and cream were served as: refreshments and the afternoon was altogether enjoyable. ~ I A GREENVILLE PARTY , . ' . " . 1 Mr. and Mrs. T. G. White, Miss! Kittie Perrin and Miss Jeansiej White went up to Greenville today, rwn q c-nonrl tVm (lav -hrin. Mr. White 1 will look after his Home Building Corporation business, while the others of the family will visit among friends. ENTERTAINED IN DUE WEST | Mrs. C. S. Todd who has been visit-! ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fosteri McLane, has returned to her home in Columbia. She went by way of Due West where on Friday afternoon Mrs. James Kennedy gave a pleasant par-! ty in her honor. CLASH EXPECTED 1 OVER PHII1 ARRIVAL OF BRYAN-;GENERALLY REGARDED AS SIGN FOR NEW STIR TO COMMENCE x AMONG DELEGATES AT g DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION ?BRYAN FIELD MARSHAL FOR BONE DRY FORCES San Francisco, June 24.?Mobili? -( , zation of Democratic national convention forces for the expected clash over a prohibition enforce ment plank in the party's 1920 platform will approach completion j tomorrow when Williaam J. Bryan arrives. \ The1, Nebraskan is generally regarded as field marshal . of the bone drv element: He mav also fnne? 'tion as supreme commander of al- :A t lied and associated interests cp- -j i posed to President Wilson's plat.-' ; form's views. ' While the prohibition plank re- . .mained the outstanding issue with the factions as far apart as the ^ [poles, interest in other platform 'questions was stimulated vby the , ; "'J I presence of Senator Glass of Vir- ' Iginia, who-is known to be fully ad- . ' j vised as to the president's views on 'what the party should do on the | league of nations issue and similar . ^ 'questions. Supporters of proposals to moaiiy tne voisteaa enxorce- v ' ment act are claiming presidential 'favor for their proposition but up .. to date Senator Glass has not in| dicated what views Mr, 'Wilson may > ~ ' > , i | have expressed in this regard. v* Br7ca Hat Plank \ j | Mr. Bryan has already disclosed that he had a plank of his own lio 'J ^ present on the enforcement question. He is understood to favor putI ting the party on record for rigid y I enforcement of prohibition to the \ ' .fM fullest limit of the Volstead mea- , 3 i sure. Between this suggestion | which gained the support of Senator Owen, Oklahoma, first of the presidential aspirants to reach the . * } scene, and that of the enforcement modification advocates/ the | gulf is so wide that no possibility of j compromise is visible unless it snouia De Dasea on an agreement uu t follow the platform of the Virginia Democrats and ignore prohibition. I The bone drys have, a majority ' on the committee.- That is admitted : by their opponents. ' They also are credited with a slight majority in the convention itself but the would| be rainmakers who view with alarm " the present drought are very hope!ful this can be upset. j , j Leaders have not modified their opinion as expressed by Chairman iCummings of the national commit - .. . .. . .... I tee, that no otner piauorm issue would fail to be adjusted in committee. Mr. Cummings had acknowledged, it is believed of the course [both of the administration forces {and the Bryan faction as to the league issue. In some quarters his statement was taken as a hint that a compromise program on which harmony could be based had already been worked out for submission to the committee. There was no anticipation that different - ? *1 r 1?*. iu? news OR me larger piaun., ytuuvcci.- , ^ in#, radicalism or any other sub- ; ject could not be brought into, ac- ; i Cord.' " : - '. >' . ? GOING TO HENDERSONVILLE Mrs. L. W. White and Miss Mary Milford leave Monday for Hendersonville where they will spend the summer. ^mmrncifncimr=ir=imrarararafsimrsimrarararamir?ni COTTON MARKET Jan. 31.22 Mar 30.75 May 30.25 July i ? 36.05 i Oct. _ 32.98 Dec. 31.82 iI51fSJ3M3?3MSJ3J2M3I3iaISJ2ISJS?S{3J2I55