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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, July 7, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year.
i NEW HOPEWELL
j CHURCH DEDICATED
SUNDAY WHEN TWO ABLE SER.%
MONS WERE PREACHED BY
DR. MORRIS OF ATLANTA.?
THE OFFERING TAKEN AFTERj
MORNING SERVICE AMOUNTED
TO SEVERAL HUNDRED
DOLLARS REMOVING DEBT.
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Before the morning service Sunday
at New Hopewell church it was'
vf thought that the handsome new build'
ing would be dedicated at the close of
$ the service with a deibt of several
? hundred dollars hanging over it. But
after the eloquent sermon delivered
V. to the throngs which literally over
y. ran the building by Rev. S. L. Morris
, D. D. and the offering was taken the
deacons announced that there was
more than a sufficiency in the treasury
to pay off the indebtedness and
with Hosannas to the Highest the loyal
congregation through Dr. Morris,
a son of Old Hopewell, assisted by
Rev. John A. Smith, dedicated the
Kni1Hin<r fr> t.ViA service of God.
It was the occasion for a regular
home-coming for the Hopewell folk
Sunday, and all the representatives
of the old families of that section I
were there. Of a necessity due to the|
frailitier of human life there were
many faces absent that were once inseparably
connected with Hopewell.
No occasion of this kind can be freej
from sorrow and pangs when so many:
kindly faces are absent. In spite of all!
this there was much joy among the.
congregation. The new church was a
( The obstacles had been overcome and]
even the last remaining collars due
to free the building from aebt had
been paid iby the friends present.
Dr. Morris preached splendid ser-j
mons both in the forenoon and after-,
I
noon. In his morning sermon Dr j
Morris was strictly doctrinal in his|
discourse arid ably and clearly ex
pounded the doctrines underlying the
Presbyterian faith. In the afternoon
the speaker chose the life of King
David for his theme and uplifted his
kearers with a most timely talk on
encouragement.
An excellent picnic dinner was
served during the intermission and
an opportunity was taken advantage
of for friend to greet friend and
many acquaintances were renewed
and old times discussed by the hund
reds present.
The beautiful building :s a sub-,
stantial one and a source of pride
throughout the section. It ranks well
with any country church in tne County
ar.u the Presbyterians of the Hope-,
well section have just cause to 'be'
immensely proud of the edifice they!
have erected to the glory of God.
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ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY,
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Thp members of Gileral Church in1
Long Cane township are planning to
celebrate in the present month the:
one hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the church. Plans are be-!
ing made for a big day. Rev. Mr.
Traywick, the oldest living preacher
who has served the church as pastor
will be present to deliver an address
and all former pastors of the church'
have been invited to be present. Wm.|
P. Greene, whose great-grand-fatherj
Eli Bowie, was one of tfte principal;
movers in the establishment of the
church will read a historical sketch
of the church.
DEATHS EXCEED BIRTHS
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The report of T. G. Perrin, city;
registrar of vital statistics for themonth
of June shows that the death
rate in the city exceeded the birth
rate by over 100 per cent. These reports
are the total turned In to the
registrar by July 7 and there are
three days remaining in which reports
may be made for the month of
June. The number of deaths re-i
ported is 10, six of these whites and
p four negroes. The number of births
reported is four, half of these white
cr?-J half negroes.
THE COUNTY SHORT COURSE
Will Be Held at Due West Woman's
CoITe^e July 14, 15 and 16?Big
Time Expected.
An event of much interest to the
women and children of the County
is the County Short Course which will
be held at Due West Woman's College
July 14th, 15th, and 16th. This
course is held under the auspices of
the Home Demonstration agency andi
many County and State agents will
be present to give demonstrations. j
Friday, July 16th is planned espe-1
cially for the Women Home Demon-!
stration Club members. Mr. Wilkins,1
State Poultry agent and Mrs. Walk-!
er, State agent, will have charge of,
the demonstrations on that day, and
it is a privilege to hear each ofj
them. The ladies are cordially invited
to be there and to bring a picnic
dinner.
The following is the program for!
the three days:
Wednesday, July 14th.
10.00 to 11:00?Chapel exercises, Dr,
. R. L. Robinson.
11:00 to 12?Sec. A. Lecture on Art
of Good Dressing?Miss Laura
Bailey.
Sec. B.?Canning Vegetables?Miss1
Alma Bell, Miss Florlde McCelvey.
1:00 to 2:00?Dinner.
2:00 to 3:30?Sec. A.?Canning vegetables?Misses
Alma Bell and
Floride McCelvey.
Sec. B.?Lecture; Art of Good
Dressing?Miss Laura Bailey.
? p- aa r% m
o:<su xo o:uu?oec. a.?v?OKiI1s
quick Ibreads, eggs.?Miss Alma
Bell. |
Sec. B?Pickling and Preserving?!
Misses Lois Watkins and Ruth
Crowther.
6:00 to 7:00?Supper.
Games and songs led by Miss Janle
Roberts.
Thursday, July 15th.
9:00 to 10:00?Chapel
10:00 to 11:30?Sec. A.?Pickling
and preserving?Misses Lois
Watkins and Ruth Crowther. i
Sec. B?Cooking Quick Bread,
eggs?Miss Alma Beii.
11:30 to 1:00?The Peanut?Mr. W.
A. Rowell.
1:00 to 2:00?Dinner.
2:00 to 3:30?Sec. A.?Spraying lesson.
Sec. B.?Table Service?Miss
Janie Roberts.
3:30 to 5:00?Sec. A.?Table Service?Miss
Floride McCelvey. j
Sec. B.?Spraying Lesson.
G:00 to 7:00?Supper.
7:00 to 8:30?Campus Party.
Friday, July lOta.
9:00 to 10:00?Graduating Exercises
10:00 to 11:00?Poultry Culling Demonstration?Mr.
R. H. Wilkins
11:00 to 1:00?Steam Pressure
Cooker Demonstration.
1?Canning Culled Poultry.
2?Entire Dinner Cooked in thirty
minutes.?Mrs. Dora Dee Walk-;
er.
1:00 to 2:30?Picnic dinner on the
Campus.
2:30 to 6:00?Canning Pimentos in
two ways; 1, home use; 2 commercial
use?Mrs. Walker.
Making Peanut Products?Misses McCelvey
and 9 club girls.
Making Grape Products?Misses
Watkins and Bell.
Crystalization of Citron?Mrs. Dora
Dee Walker.
NEW CONCERN FOR DONALDS, j
Messrs. J. E. Lipscomb and C. W.'
Tribble were in Abbeville Tuesday on
business for the Donalds Cotton Oil
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Company, a new corporation being
organized at Donalds. Tlie new cor^
poration has bought The Donalds Oil
Mill, and is planning to greatly in-1
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crease its capacity, ao an extensive ^
ginning business and to go into the'
fertilizer mixing business as well as a1
milling business. The capital stock of j
the new corporation is to be fifty j
thousand dollars, the amount having!
already been subscribed.
Mr. Lipscomb is from Greenville.
He is interested in like enterprises
in different parts of the state, and
knows the business from "A" all the
way down the alphabet, and he will
give Donalds an enterprise which will
mean something to the town.
GOVERNOR h
NEX'
After What Seemed In<
Ohio Candidate is Non
lot.?Slide To Cox (
Releases His Deleg
Similar To Stb&b
Nomination Is M
| Mid scenes of confusion and direst
complaint James M. Cox, thrice governor
of Ohio was early yesterday
morning nominated for the presidency
by a unanimous vote of the Demopanttanfiam
qooavmiKIa/1 in Qaw
LIOVIV WUT?UW<Vil 44* WU
Francisco. Upon selecting Gov. Cox
as its standard bearer the convention,
adjourned having in two days taken
44 ballots before agreeing upon tjiig
nominee.
Gov. Cox began the fight with 134
votes on the first ballot, and climbed
steadily upward until the 15th when
he had 468 1-2. His lowest vote after.
mat was on tne dotn. me nrst taKen
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at Monday night's session when it
fell to 376 1-2. The landslide for Cox'
started on the 39th ballot when Palmer
released his votes and on the
next ballot Cox showed a gain of
practically 100 votes. He climbed
steadily after this jumping on thej
44th ballot to 702 1-2 against 5flf,
the total number he had on the 43rd
ballot.
McAdoo Make* Great Fight.
McAdoo's supporters made a great
fight for the man of their choice and'
never gave up while there yet remained
the slightest chance of vie-,
tory. As the Cox total passed that of(
McAdoo and surged upward tlie McAdoo
managers made a desperate
fight to stop it in time.
' Their candidate twice had held the
lead and lost it, however, ancr many
delegates supporting him had given
up hope that he ever could be nomi-J
nated. On the last four ballots Mc-j
Adoo lost steadily, several solid
state delegations deserting his banner
for that of the leader.
Like Panicky Stock Exchange
The scene just prior to Cox's nomination
seemed more like the floor of
the Stock exchange than anything
else. As state after state changed
their votes from Palmer and McAdoo
to Cox in the last ballot tne cnairman'
was unable to prevent the wildest
confusion. Chairman Robinson hurried
to his desk with Sam B. Amidon
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of Kansas, a McAdoo chief whom he
nresented onlv after a furious assault
with the gavel forced a partial lull in
the cheering. Through a continuous
racket Amidon moved that the rules1
be suspended and the nomination he
made unanimous. All over the great
hall men climbed up on chairs to wave;
their arms for the silence tha^never
:
came.
Vote Made Unanimous.
Banging his gavel in a nnal thump
Chairman Robinson put the question
jand the answer .roared back to him
with all the volume of a thousand
voices in shouting the tremendous
"aye" that made Governor Cox the
Democratic nominee.
I, The 44th ballot was never com-'
pleted. In the- great chorus of affirmation
it was swept away as unnec^
'essary. Many of the changes that
would have carried through were
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iievei icuuiucu auu un me ux uuc
ballot, Governor Cox received officii
ally 702 1-2 votes but they were nev-!
er totalled for he was nominated by
the unanimous voice of the convention.
Gov. James M. Cox like Senatorj
Harding, the Republican nominee is^
from Ohio and also like the senator
Gov. Cox is a newspaper editor.
Whatever else happens it is a safe
bet that the highest office in the na-j
tion will be filled by one of the
Fourth Estate.
Congratulations.
TVio o-nhornn+nrinl nffinp in Ohio
to ...
[has been flooded with hundreds ofi
j messages of congratulation and felic-l
J itation for the Democratic nominee.]
| Among the first messages received |
bv Gov. Oox was one from President
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\S. M. COX
r PRESIDENT
leterminable Deadlock
linated on 44th. BalZomes
When Palmer
ates.?Floor Scene
: Exchange After
lade Unanimous
Wilson which was: "Please accept my
hearty congratulations and cordial
best wishes."
Another from Senator Harding,
the Republican nominee: "I recall a
much remarked cartoon which portrayed
you and me as newsboys contesting
for the White House delivery.
It seems to have been prophetic. As
p Ohioan and a fellow publisher I
congratulate you on your notable victory."
William Gibbs McAdoo who was the
nominee's closest contestant for the
coveted honor sent the following telegram
to Gov. Cox: "Hearty congratulations
and assurances of my cordial
support.'" /
;v Gov. Cox Accept* Honor.
. Governor Cox yesterday sent a telegram
to the Democratic national
Convention at San Francsco, announcing
that he would accept the
Presidential nomination and thank
ing the delegates for their action.
Following is the text of the telegram:
"Hon. Joseph T. Robnso'n, chairman,
Democratic contention.
San Francisco, Calif:
"'Let me thank you for your felicitous
message. I shall accept the
standard from the Democracy of
America, conscious not only of the
honor but the great responsibility
conferred. As Providence gives me a
strength and vision my firm resolve
will be to justify the confidence
which has been officially expressed.
The shrine of government is in
the communities of the Iantr near
the homes that have given service
and sacrifice. To them we will carry
our cause with the assurance that
the faith shall be kept and that the
institutions of a free peopre are always
sufficient to the needs of time,
if they are held to the causes which
we pledged.
"Please convey to the delegates of
the convention my grateful acknowl
edgements.
(Signed) "JAMES COX."
A FINE STATEMENT
The statement shown for the
Planters Bank in our advertising columns
this issue is a splendid one for
so young an institution. The Planters
Bank was opened for business less
than a year ago and has made rapid
steady increase in its volume of business
ever since. The undivided profits
show slightly more than 20 per
cent, earned on a capital stock of
?40,000. The officers of this flourishing
institution are to be congratulated
on the showing they make in this
statement.
TO BATTLE CREEK FOR HEALTH
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Clinkscales, accompanied
by Mrs. W. A. Calvert
left today for the International
Health Sanatorium at Battle Crreek,
Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Clinkscales and
Mrs. Calvert took . the treatment
there last summer and are quite enthusiastic
over the beneficial rersulta
experienced.
BACK FROM HONEYMOON. |
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cox and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Link returned
by motor yesterday from the mountains
of North Carolina where they
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speirt tneir noneymoons.
MOVING IN.
Mr. Ward, the new agent of the
Southern, has rented the George
Douglas house on South Main Street
and is moving in.
| MILL ENTERTAINS EMPLOYEES
I And Friends at a Barbecue in Grove
on Blue Hill Near the City on
Saturday.
The Fourth of July was fittingly
celebrated on the third of July by
the management of the Abbeville
Cotton Mill when they sumptuously
entertained their employees and
friends at a barbecue in the grove on
Blue Hill. The table which was prepared
for the guests ran in a oblong
shape a distance that can be favorably
compared to a quarter mile race
track and when dinner was announc1
A/1 of Ann A'AIaaI^ ?A^1*
I vu UV VliC V W1VVA JVu vvuiu see uvw
ing but huge trays of bkrbecued
hash, crisp brown pork ancr every,
thing else usually found at an Abbe.
ville County picnic. There was an
j abundance of sweets, pies, custards
( and cakes. The fried chicken was
! there in all its glory too and while
not quite so conspicuous as the bar{
becued meats a number of the expe,
rienced Jasons about town managed
j to discover several platters of the
(bird and gather to their greasy hands
| a limb or a section of bosom.
( Dote Smith speaking- of nis unavoidable
absence from the groaning
board stated that the Big Boss of The
| Press and Banner had lamented the
I fact that Dote was not present so
J that the two could have placed themselves
opposite the mountain of good
eatables and have shown the natives
how two good men could eat. Dote
also added that while he, himself,
was detained . on account of the
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j Fourth of July rush on his barrels oi
fish,'he had sent his wife, who, he
| said, weighs 205 pounds and that he
would match her against Mr. Bill oi
any other editor in the State for #ie
heavy weight championship for eating.
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1 Mr. J. F. Barnwell was there and
conspicuously so. He was never seen
to eat anything himself but was first
one place and another with a threegallon
bucket of hash on one arm and
a stack of bread and half a dozen
bottles of "dope" on the other. His
brother Will was there too but was
unable to find time to feed anybodj
' except himself. He ate so much Saturday
that he was afraid he was going
to die Sunday so he went to
Hopewell to make preparations foi
"t'he better land." ^"Uncle Pat' persuaded
his nephew that he had bettei
take more of Dr. Morris' sermon and
less of the picnic dinner at Hopewell
j if he expected to be able to navigate
the Davis back to the city.
1 In addition to the employees of th<=
| Mill a number of invited guests thorj
oughly enjoyed the hospitality and
j wish the Fourth of July came every
! Saturday.
FORDING TO TENNESSEE
1 W. A. Calvert, J. A. Gilliam, Al
bert Henry and D. H. Hill left ye3
terday morning in Col. Calvert's
trusty Ford for a long trip through
! the mountain section of North Caroi
lina and on through the cattle coun'ty
of Tennessee.
i They expect to "skin" all the natives
out of their cattle and will
I bring as many calves back with them
as they can tie >n the Ford. It is ru?
j mored that Col. Gilliam has been api
nmnfoH -fnraonntr officer of the^DartV
and has been practicing for a week
j trying not to look like a revenue officer.
Both Col. Calvert and Mr.
Henry furnish such an excellent
1 broadside target that neither of the
I two would do to risk within range of
' the sharp-eyed squirrel hunter of
I Tennessee and Mr. Hill was eliminat!
ed because he would waste too much
time on the foraging expeditions trying
to get options on all the real es
i tate in view.
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I MORRISON GOVERNOR OF N. C.
Cameron Morrison, one of the leadi
ing members of the bar of Charlotte,
N. C. has been elected governor of
! North Carolina by a substantial mai
jority over Max 0. Gardner, at pres!
ent lieutenant governor of the Old
North State. The campaign Has been
a strenuous one, frequently at high
heat, but from all reports it has
been conducted on a high plane and
j free from any mud-slingmg.
y:
ROOSEVELT COX'S
DUNNING MATE
, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, AS|j
SISTANT SECRETARY OF THE
i NAVY . IS NOMINATED FOR
j VICE PRESIDENT BY ACCLA.
:i MATION ON FIRST BALLOT.?
SEVEN NAMES WITHDRAWN
IN HIS FAVOR. '
1 Franklin D. Roosevelt of New
York, assistant secretary of the navy,
was nominated by the Democratic
i National Convention at 3:15 o'clock ,-|
i Tuesday afternoon. ,>;f?
i Seven other men had been put in : J. ^
s nomination by their friends during
the session but all withdrew in favor
( of the New Yorker. Among these sev- V-.J
lj en was General Tyson well known
1 (to all the soldiers of the world war 1
i who served in the 30th division. Gen. 4!
Tyson is from Tennessee.
The great event came when David r','
: B. Francis of Missouri asked unani- . J
1 mous consent for suspension of the
I mica ouu iiviuiiiovivii kjj nvuatuavivui ;H
! A cheer rose, the band played and >
the Second link in the Democratic ~ v.
chain had Ibeen forged.
, Word had been passed around two j
, hours previously that Charles Mur- C
i phy of Tammany Hall and other par- <
ty chieftains had come to an agree- ' , vl
, ment with Ed Moore, the Cox mana- ;; ^ 3
, ger, that Roosevelt be named. / >
Roosevelt "eat it" away from the
convention in a taxicab just as he ^
i was nominated. He was informed by
a newspaper man of his nomination / v ' ij
I and dictated the following a^ement
.as,his cab was moving away:
"The convention earned out. my
i first prophecy that it would be unbossed
and a true expression of the
' spirit of Democracy. ' , / '$
4 .
"That spirit will be carried out *
through the campaign/'
The convention adjourned at 3:29 $
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETS
The County Democratic Executive
" Committee met in the Court House
^ Monday to arrange for the county
^ campaign, a quorum being present.
The campaign assessments were
i fixed as follows: House of Represen- .
! tatives, $20.00; Clerk of Court, $25;
' Sheriff, $20.00; Supervisor, $25.00; :
' Coroner, $5.00; Judge of Probate, ?
$25.00; Sub Supervisor, $2.50; Magi
istrate at Abbeville, $10.00; all other
j Magistrates, $2.50.
The county campaign will begin at ,
Calhoun Falls August 18th, which
means that all candidates must file
i their pledges before 12 o'clock, M.
, August 17th. The campaign party
will be at Lowndesville August 19th,
, and at Antreville Aug. 20. The next
j week meetings will be held at Due
,| West beginning August 25th, at Don
aids August 26th, followed by the
/final meeting at Abbeville August
,J 28th.
'* Managers of Election were appointed
for all the boxes and arrange"
ments made for the conduct of the <
I
1 election as required by law.
At the conclusion of the meeting
, Wm. P. Greene offered his resignation
as County Chairman which was
. accepted and J. Howard Moore was
( elected by the members present as
i his successor.
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I MRS. EDMUNDS BEREAVED (
j Mrs. J. F. Edmunds has returned
I from Augusta where she was called
i two weeks ago by the sudden death
' of her father, Mr. John Brunson.
j Mrs. Edmunds had just been to Augusta
to attend the marnage of her
niece and enjoyed the happy occasion
In a week's time she was called back
for the funeral of her father. Mr.
Brunson died at the age of eighty
' six, honored and respected among his
friends. Sincere sympathy is felt for
the aged wife who is left alone, and
J for the affectionate daughter here.
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