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' N- ' - '' ' v ' v \ .v Abbeville Press and Banner? Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, June 30,1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. f|l?! CONVENTION COMMIT7 In Refusing Seat to Re - From Georgia Win PI Vote" of Great Gat Chairman Keeps With His E G. O. P.4 San Francisco, June 29.?In its second days' session the Democratic national convention perfected its ornoni7otinn onH rPflHv fnr business j It will assemble again tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock with the plans laid for beginning the nominating speeches for candidates. The convention affirmed the action of the credentials committee in denying a seat to Senator Reed, of Mis\ * , N \?ouri, and in seating the Palmer delegates from Georgia in the contest ot I the Smith-Watson faction. Then it affirmed the plan to hear hominating speeches delivered whi;? the platform committee is working on the party declaration of principles, but providing that balloting ror a nom inee can not begin until after the platform has been presented and adopted. v The convention, after some delay because of a misunderstanding of .terms finally adopted the national committee's resolution to couble the membership of the committee and give the additional places to women, one from each State. The resolution had gotten into the tortuous ways of parliamentary practice which was sending it back to a committee when National Chairman Cummings saved it by an explanation of its terms. Cummings Calls for Action. "If the Democratic par;y is in earnest abput this business or taking women into its party councils," said Cummings, "let it adopt this resolution and ad<?pt it now." The resolution then went through. Senator Robinson's speech as permanent chairman was devoted almost entirely to an arraignment or the Republican platform and a defense of the administration's conciuct of government affairs, particularly President Wilson's course in negotiating the peace treaty and the league of nations. One of the surprises of the day's proceedings was the adoption of a ?-I.. 4-:? ?u:.u ??:A_ i i_ i xcauiuiavu wiuv;ii pciiima wie mean.ing of the unit rule in New York * I 1 without any protest from the delegation from that State. It passed without a dissenting vote on recommenda-| tion of the rules committee. Today's session, largely perfunc-j tory and one of the neessary steps in, getting a national convention under, way, was the last of the "play days", for the delegate!. Tomorrow they will begin hearing candidate's placed in nomination and may possibly have some night sessions "when the balloting starts. 1 Opposition from South. With some opposition from the Southern States and on motion of Governor Smith, of New York, it sent a congratulatory telegram to n ? T* _! L_ _ m vrwemur xvuuerts, 01 xennessee, ior his action in calling a special session of the Legislature to act on tne woman suffrage amendment to the con; stitution; It recognized the women -of the party by giving many places in the list of officials, including Mrs. V-.v Martin H. Glynn, wife of the former governor of New York. rS'<; t The working committee which had been in session all morning adjourned in time to take part in the COnVPnt.ion Wl'tJinnt Imvinw nnrri pleted the platform. Senator Robinson was escorted to the platform by a committee headed by Governor Brough, of Arkansas, and began his speech about half past two. Senator Robinson departed considx v crnbly from his prepared address and launched into an attack, on Senator Hording, the Republican Presidential \ APPROVES EE'S ACTION ed?Palmer Delegates laces By " Unanimous hering?Permanent Crowd in Uproar Hows At The 'Failure" , VREV. J. A. SMITH J1ERE Rev. John A. Smith, who is to conduct revival services at Hopewell church beginning today arrived in Abbe^lle Wednesday, and spent the day in the city. During the day the called on numbers of friends, among them his old classmate and college friend,;the editor of The Presi> and Banner. Rey. Mr. Smith is a Presbyterian V *4 V V*! J minister who has establlsnea a reputation as an evangelist. He was educated at Erskine College, tnough being a member of the Southern Presbyterian church. He accepted work for a time With the Seceaers, nut Anally returned to his own church, in which for a number^of years he filled the place of traveling evangelist. Some years ago he was stricken with paralysis, resulting he thlnKs from overwork. This compelled him to give nt\ Viie nrrtrlr fnr o lirVio I U|1 ilio ?? Vllk IV/l M Lately he has been pastor of two or three country churches near his home in Statesville, N. C., but his health has so much improved that he has given up this work to go into the former field, but this time on his own account. He comes to Hopewell to preach for three days, morning and evening. At the close of this service he will preach for a wees at Lebanon. Mr. Smith conducted two revivals at Willington some years ago and foe has a great number of friends on I the Western side of the county who ' will be glad to/know that tney are to have the chance to hear him again. He is a preacher o^ great power and , a man whose whole souf is in the ' work in which he is engaged. city schools buy PALM GARDEN PROPERTY At a meeting of the board of trus| tees of the city schools held Tuesday evening a motion prevailed to purchase the property in Harrisburg known as Palm Garden. It consists of | f a fair sized lot and a large one-room building, which was ereeied for a dance hall by a colored syndicate. The board of trustees secured an option on this property some weeks ego and will at once begin work on the building remodelling it so that it can be used as a school ror tne colored children of the Harrisburg section this fall. Plans have been secured of model two-room school buildings which have been approved by the State board of" education and one of these plans will be followed in remodelling Palm Garden. Both State and County aid can be secured for assistance in building as the plans will be submitted to the State board before work is commenced. W. M. Barnwell was reelected [chairman of the board for another year and J. C. Thomson was elected ! secretary in place of J. S Morse ' whose -term expired yesterday. . ! > . LEAVING FOR MINNESOTA Mrs. W. E. Cason and daughter, Cassandra, of Anderson, and Mrs. C. S. McColl and children, of Bennettsville, passed through the city yesteri day en route to Duruth, Minnesota, j where they will visit their brother-fh; law, Mr. W. G. Zimmerman, and his j children. nominee, who, he said, had referred I to Hiram Johnson as a faker and j Theodore Roosevelt as a Benedict Arj nold. California audiences likerd the j reference to Johnson and applauded roundly. Abbeville County Men i I , ? ? County Hospital1 Opens Tomorrow | Afternoon With Appropriate Exer{ cises Followed by Reception To Which the Public ia Invited? Mayor Mar* Will Make Address. i | The formal opening of the Counjty Hospital will take place tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon with appropriate exercises followed by a j {general reception to which the pub| lie is inivited and urged to attend, i This invitation is extended to every citizen of the County as the hospijtal is not for the city alone by any I means and the people from every section of the County should feel .that it belongs to them as well as to jthe residents of the Court House. { The furniture has already been placed In the hospital and everything made spick and span under the energetic supervision 01 ., . k ,%tr Miss Reep, head nurse. Miss Adkins, who has charge of the surgical department, says that, she will be; ready Thursday afternoolT to re-j' ceive patients who have been! awaiting the opportunity of being ' first served in the brand new hosp'i-j tal. From four until six o'clock' Thursday afternoon is the time set' apart for inspection of the hospital and the nurses will take pleasure in ' showing visitors through every de-1 partment and explaining to them1 just how a modern hospital is fitted! up and how everything is conduoted 1 on strictly sanitary lines. ' ; At six o'clock the opening exer-' cises proper will take place after a1 prayer is offered beseeching the! guidance of Divine Providence in' the good work which the institu-' tion is to do. An address will be delivered by Hon. J. Moore Mars,, mayor of the city, followed by a ' response delivered by Dr. J. C. j Hill, president of the board of directors of the hospital. I Refreshments will be served by the faithful women whose untiring zeal and sacrificing work have! made possible he Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Music will be furnished by* local talent during the intermissions. I Mrs. Otto Bristow stopped in The i Press and Banner office yesterday. ? ? ?? ? J O llflf I aiteniuvii auu ouvvrcu uo ? ?tav % * the contributtens~from the merchants of the city for the refreshments to be served at the close of the exercises. Judging from the immense quantity of various good (things which the merchants and 8th] er friends gave -. :fai the refreshments it appears to us. more like a ibanquet menu which we lave to look forward to, than a simple hand-around. I REAL ESTATE TRANSFER. I N ! T. M. Miller today sold to J. Kay( Garwile a 46 acre tract of land just out of the incorporate limits of the city on the road leading to the County Home for $175 per acre. It is the intention of Mr. Carwile . i to make his home on this tract and devote his time to dairying and truck J j farming. The tract being close in is quite suitable for truck farming. ' . . I ' lorial Hospital Opens \ 1 Would Increase Railroad Fares . Action Urged Before Commerce Commission ?Representatives of Shippers and Chairman of Electric Railways Association Makes Plea v ?? , Washington, June 29.?Increase of passenger fares as well as freight rates to , permit railroads and electric lines to operate both branches of their service at a profit was urged today before the interstate commerce commission by., Clifford Thorne of Chicago, representing shippers, and Charles L. Henry of Inidanapolis, chairman of the American Electric Railway associa^ tion. Their pleas for higher passenger rates brought that phase of the revenue question to the fore for the first time since the rate hearings began. , , ; Mr. Thorne..advised a 5 per cent increase in passenger fares for the railroads, while Mr. Henry contended that traction lines, with freight, making up only a small portion of wicu uusiueas, tuuiu itvu auovi u passenger losses if an. increase is allowed in freight rates only. "If electric lines are to live," | Mr. Henry added, "they must have a profitable passenger business.' Sixty per cent ' of the electric lines in the country, he asserted, derive from 60 per cent, to 85 per cent, of their revenues from passenger business. The commission should construe the transportation act so that one class of transportation is not benefitted to the injury of another, Mr. Henry said in commenting on the carriers request that the rate advance asked to provide the standard return Dermitted by the act be confined to freight. IN A GOOD TOWN AGAIN Bob and Perrin, Dargan of Spartanburg, the City of Success, are once again roaming in the pleasant avenues of hospitality about the city( of Abbeville. Somehow or other Bob i r.nd Perrin manage 'to eke out their existence in Spartanburg during the1 winter months, when they can't get out of doors much anyway, but as' soon as the birds begin to sing, the! old swimmin' hole to call, and the peaches to drip nectar you will find | these dyed-in-the-wool Abberilliana wending their way to Uncle Jenner's' ? xt 1-. 1 J_ r I wnere iney mane neaaquaners iruinj which they go out visiting among their other rich kin in the city. SCHOOL TRUSTEES ELECTED A meeting of the citizens of Abbeville school district was held yes terday evening at 7 o'clock in the' County Court House for the purposej of electing three trustees for the city j schools. Mr. Amos B. Morse was elected chairman of the meeting andj W .F. Nicljles was made secretary.; After hearing the financial report of. the board of trustees for the past' year those present entered into the election of the trustees. Those elect-! ed to serve for three years were E.| R. Thomson, W. A. Calvert and R. S. Link. Its Doors Tomorrow / \ C# -O* " * ' * ' ' v Hospital +wi rr AtU?1 ?r _ Elberton Officer Kills Two Negroes Will Pelot and "Skeet" Harris Disorderly on Seaboard Train No. 12 Shoot Elberton Policeman Who in Turn Opens Fire Killing Both Negroes 'WilkPelot. a norter in the employ "") ' - * - - -1 of the Seaboard Air Line on the' North Carolina division, and Will Harris, better known as "Skeet"| Harris, a discharged brakeman of the Abbeville division, met their death at the hands of Policeman L. Jones, of Elberton, Ga., early yesterday morning.Pelot and Harris were Doth riding !n a dead-head coach on the nqrthbound Seaboard vestibule, known as' No. 12, which is due to arrive In Abbeville at 2:00 a. m. For some distance below Elberton ' the negroes had raised considerable disturbance in the dead-head coach wnich tftey occupied alone. | w nne tne tram was standing at tne station in Elberton Pelot stuck his head out of a window of the coach and began cursing Policeman Lefton Jones who was on duty at the statioH. The officer told J:he negro to shut up. J Pelot continuing to curse invited the officer to make him shut up. Policeman Jcnes then entered the I coach to arrest the disorderly negro. * When Policeman 1 Jones entered the coach he was immediate- ! ly fired upon by Pelot^and struck in the shoulder. The officer cefending himself, opened fire and with deadly aim killing both Pelot and Harris. Some witnesses state that Harris was endeavorine to dodere the cross fire J between the officer and Pelot when he was struck in the spinal cord. ! "Skeet" Harris was a familiar figure about the city and for some time had been in the employ of the Seaboard as brakeman but recently was discharged. Pelot was 29 years old and has a family living in Monroe. Harris was 35 years old and has a wife and son living in Abbeville. Policeman Jones regrets ihe killing of Harris very much as his death was accidental in that the officer was not firing at him. The officer, whose wound was not serious was out yesterday afternoon and says that he considers himself extremely lucky in not having been killed by Pelot. | Special agent Blackwell of the Seaboard went to Elberton yesterday to investigate the affair. It is stated ^ that the special agent once was fore- ^ ed to hit Pelot in the head with a J hammer. Pelot had the reputation of ^ being a dangerous character, especi- * ally when under , the influence of 1 1 drink. A bottle of Beef,- Iron and Wine was found on his person after ' he was shot by Policeman Jones. f LEAVES FOR HENDERSONVILLE. 1 ? '! Mrs. Ellen Norwood leaves tomorrow for her annual visit to Henderson ville. While she is away Miss Maryj DuPre will be in charge of the Li-1 brary. Mrs. Norwood h^s oeen an en-j ergetic librarian and on her return she will again take up her work. Mrs. S. E. Moragne and Miss Cora J Moragne of Bordeaux spent Tues- j [day in the city. i FIRE ATTRACTS MORE 3 THAN CAND1DATESDO SPEAKING TO A SMALL CROWI> OF..... LANCASTER . CIT*ZJ^^^||| AND LOT OF EMPTY BENCHES SENATORIAL ' ASPIRANTS " 1 FAIL TO HOLD AUDIENCE >3 WHEN FIRE^ ENGINE GOES j'J 3Y?ON TO YORK TODAY J. Iiby Koon, Staff Corses-' ^ pondent of The State, reports the " .:.r'3 Lancaster meeting yesterday as ' . follows: Candidates for the United States ^f| senate made a poor showing in >|g drawing a crotfd, when attempting \ to compete with a fire engine, when the fire bell sounded here today. Barbers left their patrons alone || temporarily to . inhale suds, customers in stores waited for^ their change, and their was a general ''M outpouring of the populace into the', streets to See the fire apparatus go ' ^ by with boys on bicycles and old and young scurrying Along in the wake. 'ihis was in sharp contrast to the scene at the court house ;when W. Williams, who was presiding in the : -'M absence of R. S. Stewart, county yip chairman, called the meeting to . ^ order. He haid little more than the , empty benches, to address. The " speaking-began with about 20 m voters present. This number was S?8| steadily augumented by late ar- -^fa rivals until approximately 50 wer^ \ ||a in attendance. The Rev. R. E. Mason, Methodist divine, ' who ,.|J served overseas as chaplin in the Thirtieth division, offered prayer. Meeting Last Night Tonight the candidates addressed, other voters at the Lancaster mills. iM Tomorrow morning they go to York, where the next scheduled ' ^Jg meeting is held. Representative' Stevenson was present again ^:oday and made another forceful talk on '. the necessity of the Democrats /:#? rallying in full strength to the standard bearer of their^party. Mr. Stevenson was. the only" speaker who, got a sharp bolt of applause. ^ W. C. Irby of Laurens was the y : ' ;Jjj first speaker today and gave his | full tiqie to a discussion of what he .' tsrms financial despptism in con- '{ % trol of the railroads, the banking ' system and the packing houses. He , ?ave figures today whl^h he said tvere taken from reports of the congressional investigation of the high cost of commodities. Some of the figures given were that the packing houses had last year a profit of 4,200 per cent, or $42 for svery dollar invested. Furniture \'3r ***58 iealers were said to have made raore than 3,200 per cent, aad Nothing manufacturers 9,826 p?r ' v; ^ :ent. or $89 for every dollar invested. His plan is to build a ays- - ;em of packing houses with the :redit of the . federal government *. aehind them. Failure thus to create i market for the farmers has jtarved 10,000,000 farmers' off the farms, he says; which if continued means the ruination of the coun' :ryW. P. Pollock followed the Laurens candidate and ' spoke lengthily on the liquor issue. Mr. Pollock says he is not willing either k>y compromise or by sham to beiome a party in. helping to lift the;. flood'gates to liquor in soutn uro- > lina. He wants to keep the 18th . amendment in the federal constitu- ' tion and wants to see it enforced. He would be honor bouncl to withdraw from the race were a plank inserted in the national Democratic platform calling for its repeal. 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