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% v u \ '' " j * ^|| Abbeville Press and Banner ! Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, July 2, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cento! 76th Year. Ill OPENING OF COUNT] 3 HOSPITAL t Opening Address Delive Music Furnished By th< ?Large Crowds Att< lighted With The E Fifteen Patients By Hospil Julv 1. 1920 should mark a red letter day in the history of Abbeville County. An institution open Its doors yesterday which has been establish-J , ed for the betterment of mankind an^d the alleviation of suffering among' the unfortunate sick of the County. J Against odds of all kinds the stockholders of the hospital have erected an institution which is an ornament' and a source of just pride to the , people of the whole county. The furnisliincs. for the most uar?. given as memorials to dear ones who hav parsed away are elegant and supe rior in every respect to the furnish ings of many larger city Hospitals * Especially attractive are the chil-j t'.icn's wards which were furnished by( sympathetic parents who, with tears( and broken hearts, yesterday made so sweet and attractive the little room^ which serve as memorials of the budding flower which has been cut down in 4heir homes. Beginning at four o'clock yesterday afternoon a continuous stream of visitors called at the hospital and \Were courteously shown through by| the three nurses in attendance, Mis5^3 Reep, Adkins and Gossett. The stream of visitors reached its climax at 6:30 when there were assembled in v the court directly in fron: of the hos pital hundreds ol people rrom ail sections of the County. At this hour D. H. Hill who was acting for the chairman of the board of directors, took " his stand on the portico of the second floor and called the assembly to order. Rev. C. E. Peele, pastor of the Methodist ofturch then made a beautiful prayer after which Mr. Hill made a short introductory address and called upon Hon. J. Moore Mars for the opening address. Mr. Mars was succinct in his address and briefly said all that was necessary to say in that - . .the people showed in their counte nances that they were well pleased with the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital and no eulogy was necessary, . , Mr. Mars was followed by Rev. L. J. Bristow pastor of the Baptist church and formerly superintendent r? tb: "i. ptist hospital in Columbia. Mr. >' :ow was nuite efiuleent in iv.s ; .. se of the directors and supporters of the directors for having kept battling against the existing la?or conditions, the high prices of building material, etc., and rendered special commendation to Dr. J. C. Hill for his untiring energy in prosecuting the project to completion. j Mr. Hill next called on Dr. G. A j ^euffer wh5 made a pleasing address giving the benefits which wouid accrue to the brother members of his profession by having* a hospital in their midst. Dr. Neuffer's talk was well received by his audience and he was warmly applauded at its conclusion^: ' . - w The Hatch Concert band of the | j: V- "Abbeville Cotton Mill furnished ex? > cellei^t music during the intermissions ?- >.- and showed wonderful improvement in their band since last they erave a concert in the city. Exhiliratikg fruit puncn was served during the afternoon by the ladies who have done so much in the past to make the hospital the pride of the -County. Dr. Nardtfn, an ear, eye, nose and throat specialist of Anderson, Dr. Robt. Able, Dr. Thomas and Dr. ' Rakestraw, of Chester were the visiting doctors who attended the open; ing exercises. Dr. Rakestraw has been ;ured to do the major surgical work frr^the hospital and just how well he appeared qualified for the work was 0 N t . i r MEMORIAL SPLENDID SUCCESS v i * > red by Mayor Mars And' e Hatch Concert Band, ending Reception Delegant Furnishings. Being Received j j tal Today Av*M?Affc?A/^ of fli a avorpi QOC i CAJ^i COOtU WW WUV VAV*v?wvw j ^ ^ by a small boy of the city to whom the doctor who pointed out as being I J the man who would handle all the various knives, saws, natchets,' scrapes, etc., which were on display in the operating room to remind you that your were not" in an amusement palace. This lad with His hand? in the pockets of his khaki trousers gave Dr. Rakestraw a thorough in-' spection from head to ^foot and then calmly and seriously remarked, "He ought to be a good opreator, he looks like a butcher." > DIVIDEND DAY ?' I. Yesterday, July 1st., was divi-J dend day in all the cities and towns! of the Piedmont, and many checks1 were sent out to make the people happy in these mid-summer days, In Abbeville some of the corporations declared dividends: The Abbeville Cotton Mills paid a dividend of 10 per cent, on a capital stock of approximately $325,000, or $32,500. ' The Farmers Bank paid its usual 4 per cent, dividend on a capital of j $75,000,' or $3,000. ; - > ' The. National Bank paid its cus-, tomary dividend of "4 p|r cent, on a' capital of $75,00.0, or $3,000. The Abbeville Ice Laundry Fuel Company paid 4 per cent in- j = terest due on its outstanding bond-|S ed indebtedness. In addition to these dividends . ** many \other dividend checks came from corporations located ouside of j Abbeville. while many were busy clipping coupons on their Liberty j and Victory Bonds as well as other i securities. . i* CHILDREN'S DAY SUNDAY a t "Children's Day," an annual event s among Baptist Sunday Schools, ^vill r be observed in the Baptist Sunday } School of Abbeville Sunday, and j the pastor will preach a special ser- r mon to boys and girls. Tbe com-'j. mittee in charge of the exercise has ^ been training the children who are ^ to take part the afternoons of this s week, and everything will be in j readiness for the service, which is j. to be held at ten o'clock Sunday t morning. An unusually attractive x program has been ai'ranged, and an 'v interesting hour is promised those! who attend. r DO YOUR BUYING SATURDAY j1 I8 Practically every store in ' the | city will shut/its doors Saturday ! evening not to open again until, Tuesday morning, July 6. The tele- '| phone exchange will be open only aj. few hours on Monday and the drug' stotes will also observe Sunday ^ hours. \'.r lg HOME AGAIN. Is K- ; !l ! Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Tiddy are at I ! home again after a week's visit to 1 I friends in Shelby, (Charlotte and I ! Monroe, N. C. Richard and Sarah 1 i Wald, the children of the "family ! j went along to chaperone the old | folks. i j COL MARCHANTOF GREENVILLE I i At a meeting of the directors of [the Victor-Monaghan company held; I yesterday, T. M. Marchant, who has| ( been vice president and general, man j | ager of the Victor-Monaghan com-, ipany, was elected vice president and treasurer of the company.?Green ville Piedmont. ! 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A yiM wymitfriwwtnimfJXiKWWIIKI ewwye**.. ^HZimd*4 tftufiuf ttyUm m Mt ntm/tity, &n^r?, M*&4/nt**tf6it?vu jM*- wniti Stafoj {Uttfid M*i?/ Xm&ulifn^jntUni t&rfL?, MtyjLuXjCtfZ*-. 'Wf~ ** 9,. /Wp?i ;# i . -a; .' <6&w? ... ; .^afe?& ' *. . 4 " * PEECH FOR McADOO IS !i SHORT AND SNAPPY | 'I Nominate Win. G. McAdoo" I Starts Wild Uproar?-Enthusiasm Runs High y *" , .1' San Francisco, July 1.?William' J? McAdoo was placed in' nomina-': ion for the Presidency late this fternoon at the Democratic Na-1 ional Convention in one of the , hortest nominating speeches on ecord by Dr. Burris Jenkins, of Cansas City. After Cox, Palmer, Gerard, Cumaings, Hitchcock and others had' >een placen in nomination Jenkins, ook the platform and told the con ention that, in view of{/the peristent and insistent demands from; klcAdoo that no nominating speech le made for him, he would accede o that request, but that it might be lecessary to 'draft him for the service of the nation." _ _ i Any rumors that McAdoo would lot serve if nominated, Jenkins told he convention, could be dismissed is the "work of enemies." j Jenkins merely sAid: "I nominate' William G. McAdoo," md the pent-up enthusiasm of the. / I. McAdoo forces broke loose in a. oud and noisy demonstration. A parade around the convention ^ loor started as soon as the short ipeech was concluded, and soon the itandards of Washington, Delaware, Louisiana, Alabama, Utah, ; -New Mexico, Arkansas, < Oregon, Wyoning, Maine, Arizona, Texas, Id6ho Michigan, Kansas, Nevada, Hawaii, iVisconsin and South Dakota' were n the parade. 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CROP REPORT 70.7 PER CENT tl. n mnn.t ?-, u. tion of cotton crop issued at 2 o'clock this afternoon shows 70.7 per cent, against 70 per cent, last July and better than earlier private reports indicated and better than was expected. Futures droppcc! 40 points immediately after .the issuance of the government estimate but recovered some of the loss on the close. , Estimate icfr South Carolina is given at 74 per cent against 78 for last year. The acreage i# given at 35,504,000 an increase of 1.1. per cent, and the crop is estimated at 11,450,000 bales. The final yield of last year was 11,280,000 bales. STANDlNr. WINTHROP EXAMINATIONS Seven of the county's smartest and prettiest girls are standing the scholarship and entrance examinations for Winthrop in vthe court house today. They are: Misses Myra Williams, Elizabeth McCavrter, Olive and Aleene Gable of Antreville; Misses Cornelia Clinkscales and Carrie Blanchett of Abbeville and Miss Olivia Gertrude Drennon of Lowndesville. j =4? -;?V LEBiXNOPf l^ETlNG Rev. J. Andrew Smith, who is preaching with great acceptance at Hojjewell Church, will assist the pastor in a meeting at L.eDanon church to begin Sunday, July 4, and continue through the week. On account of the dedication at Hopewell, the night service will be the only one at Lebanon on Sabbath. MUSIC CLASS , Miss "".uth Howie has organized a flourishing music class and will teach during the summer. She is a recent graduate of Brenau being one of the best music pupils ever turned out frorm the college. Men Free july 4, \jjs. ' ' ! * ' of^nwrtea.. ' N . . I*p.. ? . n/tj 4t/L ww ^1?i/w/Ufmim itriCy fit ?n ?S!y< w < mi? -| . inM-XatljlC**; /L *fmjL~J-mA. 1.MI ??( t^shuu *nJ*jLtji4ST*,A<*miiy m ? 'QtpBd? 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Local physicians ! also assisted in the arduous task. At the school auditorium this evening at 8:30 o'clock following a comedy which is being presented by the Sunshine Club, announcement of the winners in the baby contest will be made as follows: First prize?Norma Langley, 19 ; months old daughter of Supt. and Mrs. W. M. Langley. Miss Norma I only lacked 10 points of being class-1 . ed perfect her score being 990 per i cent. She will be given a ^olid gold j ring donated by W. E. Johnson. Second prize goes to Gladys Irene Taylor, six months old daughter of ! Mr. and Mrs. George E. Taylor of, Maple Street and Miss Gladys will be1 presented with a certificate of de-, : posit for $5 by the National Bank o?i , Abbeville. * *' Miss Juanita Faucette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Faucette, of Railroad Ave., arrived since the con-' ' i test opened, being just tnree weeks old but wise enough to capture j third prize a set ot baby pins ao-| nated by I. C. Browm i ) A "SPEND THE DAY" PARTY ? m i Misses Elizabeth and Estelle Ly<n| i will give a spend the day party at | I ; their home Saturday, their guest of | i honor being Miss Mary Fant ofi ; Athens, who is in Abbeville visiting, j her former friends and schoolmates. I DEMOCRATS GO INTO j BiG'.msEa i WHICH MAY CONTINUE OYER NIGHT?HALL JAMMED AS * "N ...... si FIREWORKS BREAK LOOSE.?- V ; EFFORT TO SUSPEND #RULES1 1 ?BRYAN VS COLBY FURNISH > S INFLAMMABLE STUFF.' . -? ' 1 . Sap Francisco, July 1.?Midnight ? in tne ?<ast lound the Democratic S'>|1 National Convention gathered-for a j.yfjS , night session, marking time, still waiting for the^ presentation of the platform. \ / . The resolutions committee, un- ' jl ake to settle the prohibition issue, .''' .J had finally decided to let it come to* Y'V^jB the floor and agreed on a program ^ which provided for one speaker oneach side. Wiliam J. Bryan ,of course, was to speak for a prohibi- . ?jjj jtion plank, and Bahibriclge Colby, -JS Secretary.of State affd admini-*.^ ' istration leader^ was ' to take th<j . v I other side of the argument. With the hope of hearing the ' < J? 'committee repoptyat 8 o'clock the V fi .convention assembled at tliat hour and/the big auditorium was' packed . ^ from floor to roof apth a record to 'Mil hear Mr. Bryan championing his favorite cause and expecting to see V '(U?& the fireworks, of the wet and dry |fig&fc. Postponement followed ) post*- ' j.r/v^i poneme'nt, however, and, while the; > :h throng was entertained with band 'music singing >nd selections on the , ; rM 'great pipe organ, various estimates t . r|? 'came down from the ( resolutions committee of the tipie when it ^ yja | might report Make* Suffrage Speech ' V i Mrs. Gccrge Bass of Illinois, chief of the women's bureau of the Dem- . ocratic national Committee, made a suffrage speech in which she -3aid' she Would reveal "the duplicity of ' Republican-'management in Com-, > V/V--J gress" on the suffrage question. / $ j The nose-count made by the con- ^ vention managers to determin^ / ' ;-j$ whether the two-thirds vote to sus- * . pend the rules and go ahead'5' with / $j| balloting could be secured, de- ^ ' :-S veloped that all of the candidate"' ' .'5 managers were opposed to it,, be- " ] > % cause they felt it would get them . _ -iyj "out of position.'? \ ^ After a conference between per- " , J-j manent Chairmin Robinson and Chairnian Glass, of the platform ;committee, it was announced that "v v. the prospects of finishing the pro- . hibition issue tonight were poor and" fnat the convention probably would be jasked- to adjourn until tomorrow morning without having the plat- \ 7$ form brought before it. > " , ? : ,y>r\. V31 ,ps LITTLE VISITORS Misses Evelyn, Frances and Edith ! Haltiwanger of Columbia, are here (for a visit to their grandparents; Mr. [and Mrs. John T. Cheatham near town. The young ladies came up in ' charge of their faithful nurse and' ! are enjoying life in the country, i Miss^velyn has been in tne city for | the past four days visiting Miss Ju lia Mabry. " rr j ' "* % A DAY IN GREENVILLE Mr. Alf Lyon, Julian Roche, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Barnwell and Miss / . *:;S Eva Reames west up to Greenville Thursday. They transacted "a little business," took in the sights of the " ? ^ city and then "motored" home. One of the big sights was Col. Horace McAllister of Greenville street, :n / the hotel lobby looking like the Kai- ( ser of all the big clothing men. dSJ5J3JSMSISJSJSISMSMS?SM3I5fSM2JSiSP . COTTON MARKET r Spot Cotton 39.75 January 31.15 March 30.47 May _1 29.90 July - 38.90 October ^ 33.04 December ' 31.75 E?3J3MtM3J3M3J3M3J3/3J3JSf5MSM3JE/Sj3 i ^-v /