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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, July 12, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year.
CAMPAIGN FOR
BETTER MARKHING
OF COTTON AND OTHER FARM
PRODUCTS WILL BE HELD
THIS MONTH, ALSO CAMPAIGN
FOR MEMBERSHIP IN
AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIATION
Two county-wide campaigns are
to be put on in Abbeville County
during the month of July. The first
of these campaigns began Friday
when a meeting of the farmers was |
held at the court house at which I
meting it was voted to employ an|
official cotton grader for the comingi
season. The second campaign will
be held July 20th and 21st when
meetings will be held at Abbeville,
Due West and Lowndesville.
The campaign which is to be j
waged this week is of a three fold
purpose. First, to secure additional
members for the Abbeville County
branch of the American Cotton association.
At present there are only
57 members of the American cotton
association in this county and the j
whole 57, each representing a varie-i
ty of Heinz's pickles we take it, are
from Due West. Supervisor W. A.
CJ+ATTAnp/vn ie AAimin oVioiY?mqr? nf I
KJ l/C T tllJVU lO VVUitVj w*
this organization.
Secondly, the meetings will be
utilized for the purpose of discussing
the adequate warehousing of
Cotton. While there are on foot
plans in the city of Abbeville for
more warehousing facilities for this
fall yet there is^ not nearly sufficient
warehouses throughout the county ^
to care for the crop. The American 1
Cotton association is perfecting
plans to enable every farmer to 1
hold distress cotton if he chooses 1
and is important that warehouse
facilities be provided.
Thirdly, the question of securing 1
funds for payment of the official J
cotton grader which the farmers
who attended the Abbeville meetingj
Friday say they want. J
These meetings are under the
auspices of County demonstrator 1
W. A. Rowell and Miss Lois Ervin,
fieid secretary of the South Caro- 1
Una branch of the American Cotton 1
ai-sociation. The schedule of meet- 1
ings through this week is as fol_ '
lows: *
Donalds, Monday, July 16, 4 p. m. J
Central, Tuesday, July 13, 4 p. m. '
Antreville, Wednesday, July 14, 1
8 p. m. 1
Lebanon, riday, July 16, 4 p. m. :
Calhoun Falls, Saturday, July 17, 1
o 1 i
3 p. m. <
Cold Springs, Monday, July 19, '
3 p. m.
In the other campaign of July <
20 and 21st only three meetings <
will be held in the county. The first s
will be at Abbeville, Tuesday, July 1
20th at 11:30. That afternoon the 1
' party will speak at Due West at J
4 p. m. and tfie last meeting in the i
county will be July 21st at Lown- 1
desville, at 11 a. m. J
At the Abbeville meeting the 1
speakers will be J. A. Evans, chief i
officer of extension work in the 1
South, B. Harris, state commission- J
er of agriculture, G. F. Honeycutt,
editor of the Southern Cultivator, <
and D. W. Watkins, assistant in 1
charge of extension work at Clem- <
son College.
Whether a farmer is interested <
in any of the features to be discuss- i
ed at these meetings or not, it will i
be well for him to attend them and :
hear what some other folks have'
learned about the things that certainly
are close to the Abbeville
vuuiiiy pcupic.
VISITING GREENVILLE
Since most of the nice boys have
either left the city or gone to work
two of the prettiest sub-debs of the
city have become quite lonesome.
In order to get a change of scenery
and some new beaux little Misses
Rachel and Susan Minshall left this
afternoon to visit their aunt in
Greenville.
JULIUS NICKLES HIT BY FORD.
Young Lad Painfully Injured in Accident
on North Main St. Saturday
Afternoon.
Julius Nickles, younger son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Nickles of North Main
street was painfully injured Saturday
afternoon when he was knocked from
his bicycle by a Ford automobile
driven by a Mr. Coulson, who came
here a few weeks ago from Elberton,1
Ga.
"Snooks" was enjoying a ride down(
North Main street Saturday after-|
noon trying out the new pavement.!
Just as he turned off the pavement to (
the asphalt street Mr. Ernest Cheat-(
1 ? 4-^ 4.1%^
Haul wiiu was neaiu) uancu cv tut;
lad that a car was coming behind (
him. Naturally "Snooks" pulled to
the curbing to avoid the car. Mr.J
Coulson had also pulled to the curb^
ing hoping to thus avoid hitting Jul-|
ius. The boy was knocked from his('
wheel and dragged by the Ford some ^
20 feet on the asphalt with the re-(
suit that Julius is minus several (
patches of skin on various portions (
of his body. His lips are also painful-,
ly bruised and both ears lacerated.
No stitches were necessary, aowever,
and the young fellow is resting as'
I I,
comfortably today as one could with
skinned places on all four sides. Ju-:
lius playmates of North Main are
mii/tVi m Arfifiail fkof ciiaT> o -no+rirtio rt
1UUVU ill \s M bliiv v4 LUUU Ol4V~JA U ^/abllUidli
as "Snooks' would let himself be hu-'
miliated by being struck by a Ford.
They also hope that he will soon be '
able to join them in their games 1
again. i1
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BODY OF EUGENE B. GARY, JR.
TO REST IN LONG CANEj
Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary has J
received word from the Graves Reg- j
istration bureau that the body of his
son, Eugene B. Gary, Jr., is en'
route to from Brest, and
that upon its arrival at Hoboken'
would be sihpped to Abbeville as
Judge Gary has requested. The in-'
terment will be made in the family
plot at Long Cane cemetery where a
handsome monument has already'
been erected to the memory of the'
popular young soldier.
Fiitrnnp R f.nrv .Tr wns t.Tip snn
af Chief Justice Eugene B. and Mrs.
Eliza T. Gary, and was 27 years of
age when he died. Twice during the
early stages of the world war the
deceased attempted to pass the physi-'
:al examinations for admission to a ^
t .
training camp but each time was re- J
jected on account of some eye trou- 1
ble. His persistency won out, however, <
and on his third attempt to get into '
the army he was accepted and as-'J
signed to Motor Truck Co. 545 of 1
:he 428th Motor Supply Train. After <
:raining at Camp Joseph E. Johnston1
lis outfit was ordered overseas. *
While on the transport a few days 1
jut from Brest the young soldier t
contracted influenza and when his <
ship arrived at Brest he was critical-j
[y ill from bronchial pneumonia,'
which followed the attack of influen-j
la. Young Gary was immediately
aaoved to the American hospital in .
Brest and all was done for his com-1'
fort that could possibly be done. Not-'1
withstanding the careful attention he (
received he passed away the day af- '
;er his arrival at Brest, October 14,
1918.
His body was buried in the Amerl- ;
:an cemetery in Brest from where it
svas moved a few days ago and is now
?n route home.
The Abbeville post of the American
Legion will provide a military escort
to meet the body on its arrival .
and to honor the memory of the brave
soldier at the grave. f
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SHARON HELPS
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Mrs. Charles T. Schram, of the''
Sharon neighborhood, was in the city J.
Saturday shopping; in the best stores .
in the state, which may always be!
found in Abbeville.
Incidentally while here Mrs.
Schram paid over to the County
Hospital the purchase price of the
chairs for the dining room at the new
institution, the funds having been
contributed by the Sharon Community
and a few outside friends.
JNO. M. HARKEY LOSES
LEG IN ACCIDENT j
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At the Seaboard Shops Saturday
Morning.?Is Resting Well At
The County Hospital.
Mr. John M. Harkey, 57 years
old, and a car inspector of the :
Seaboard had the misfortune to
lose his left foot and part of that (
leg when a switch engine hit some^
box cars under which Mr. Harkey j'
was connecting the air hose. His ]
leg was cut off a few inches below ji
the knee. It was almost immediately :
discovered that Mr. Harkey had <
been badly injured and he was
rushed to the County Hospital i
where his wound was dressed and 1
he was made as comfortable as i
possible. J
Mr. Harkey has been an emplyeej'
of the Seaboard for twofity-five
years and is one of the well-known
figures about the shops near the
city. The engineer of the switching
engine is dreadfully grieved over '
the accident to his friend but it was 1
one of those apparently unavoid-|'
ably accidents that occasionally jl
happen in railorad yards no matter ^
how careful employees are.
Mr. Harkey's only son, Horace,j
wired yesterday from Pittsburg, ^
near which city he is employed, that|'
he would reach Abbeville today to,'
be with his father. Mr. Harkey'Sj'
wife has been dead for some years |
Mrs. J. B. Fowler of Monroe, N. C.,,1
his daughter, spent the week-end ^
with her father. Mr. Harkey has ,<
made his home with Mr. and Mrs. J. ^
C. Cox on North Main street for
many years. t
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FOGG OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN (
Fogg Fleming, patriarch of Little,
Mountain church section, was here
Monday. He tells us that the new;
church in his neighborhood has been']
completed, and the entire expenses',
of building it have been fully >paid, i (
The seats for the new church have not j
yet arrived. These seats are to be of ,
fVi<* lo+rtcf nafforn r?Vinrpli npWS i
*-?, J
and will cost installed in the church ,
i
about $1750 and this sum Is yet to be ]
raised. He tells us that the building committee
is just now In a proper (
state of mind to hear from all the ,
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friends of the church. 1
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THE UNION SERVICE j.
Union services were held in the j'
Presbyterian church Sunday night,;
Dr. J. S. Moffatt preaching, to an'
mmense congregation. The service j
inded the series of meetings which!
lave been held in the Baptist, j
Methodist and A. R. P. Churches |
md which have been so thoroughly!
m joyed by the people of the town. J
The collection taken Sunday I <
J 4a . r /~1 1 I
n^iil/ amuuiiucu lkj auuuu iui vj i i
ars, which after the expenses of! ^
;he services are taken out, will be j
ionated to the Memorial Hospital, j
MELONS AND FRUITS.
Col. Clark Link, one of our 'good (
truck farmers, came to town early jN
Monday morning with fresh water-j
melons and cantaloupes. He sold the
whole load to Col. W. D. Barksdale. ?
Since Col. S. J. Link cornered the *
lien business, Daley and Allie Smith 1
have been forced into the melon and^
fruit business in competition with^
Mike, Kin gof the Greeics, and hisj?
other worthy compatriots.
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MR. WIDEMAN SINGS \y
Mr. Boyce Wideman and "Josh" 1
Bradley were visitors in Abbev:ile (
Sunday and attended the union ser- (
/ices at the Presbyterian church at (
flight. Mr. Wideman added ^
strength of his excellent voice to '
the choir and sang a duet with Miss
Fannie Stark and in the quartette
after the sermon both of which
were, thoroughly enjoyed by the
large congregation.
BATESBURG BOYS
Blanding and Marion Holman,
two sturdy young men from Batesburg
are in the city visiting their
aunts, Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr., and
Mrs. W. H. White.
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WOULD-BE SENATORS
HERE TUESDAY
Pallock, Irby, Warren and Probably;
Cotton Ed Smith Will Address
Abbeville Voters Tomorrow
I
According to the itinerary of the'
senatorial campaign party tomorrow,
Tuesday, July 13 is the day the
candidates are to speak in Abbeville.
It is not known whether Sena*
tor Ed Smith (1.89) has joined the
party yet or not but anywjay, wouldbe
senators Pollock, Irby and Warren
will address the meeting in the
court house tomorrow.
Senator Howard Moore, county
pliairmftn fit* t maalUa
will be called to order at noon in
the county court house and that he
would appreciate a respectable as
well as a respectful audience.
NEW BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY
The Library will add a few new
books to its shelves every month
during the summer months. These
books have been selected by a competent
committee who have the interest
of the reading public at hear:,
rhe books received for July are ready
for call and are; The Light Heart,
Slacksheep, Joan of Arc, The Woman
rriumphant, Mary Marie, Kindred
>f the Dust, The Man of the Forest.
'A Woman Named Smith" and
'Slippy Magee," two late books are
ilso in the Library. The scenes of
)oth these books are laid in South
Carolina and both are readable and
mte^taining.
Mi's. Garrison has contributed to
he Library, Present and Past and
Jeroes and Hero Worship by Thos.
^arlyle:
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Tho former Empress Eugenie of
France died eariy yesterday morning
it the residence of her nepnew, the.
duke of Alba, in Madrid, Spain. Em-1
press Eugenie who was ninety-four
/ears old in May was the widow of
Emperor Napoleon III of France whoj
died in exile in England directly after
bis defeat by the Prussians at Sedan,!
The Empress was accused by her
2nemies, and she had many, or in-|
siting the causes which culminated in
the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.|
Her estate reported to amount to'
more than $30,000,000, is said to'
liave been left to the church.
\
Creation of the office of vice presi-,
ient may become necessary in'
RVnnrp twiner t.n t.hp nrnlnncpH ill
less of President Deschanel.
EDWARD E. WILLIAMS.
Mr. Edward E. Williams died early! _
Saturday morning at his home near,
;he city of apoplexy. Mr. Williams!
vho was 60-odd years of age had not
)een in good health for some months,'
jut his sudden death Saturday!
norning was entirely unexpected. Hei'
became ill shortly after retiring Fri-j ^
lay evening and continued to grow,
vorse and the end came in the early '
lours of the morning. j j
Edward E. Williams was a native
ind a life-long resident of Abbeville
bounty having been born In the Pen- '
ley's Creek section of the county. He
vas twice married, first to Miss
Muffin by whom he is survived by one
ion, John Williams of this county,
md last to Miss Hamlin, who with two' j
ions, W. E. and E. A. Williams sur-! j
rive him. I,
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The deceased was a consistent ^
nember of the Abbeville Baptist;,
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:hurch and the funeral services werei
:onducted at the late home of the,.
ieceased Sunday morning by Rev. ,
Louis J. Bristow and interment fol-j.
lowed in Melrose cemetery.
TWO NEW CANDIDATES
The latest recruits to join the force |
of political aspirants of the county,
who announce themselves in this is-j
sue are W. Wallace Harris, a popula^
young man of the city who will make(
the race for election to the House
of Representatives and D. Emory|
Newell, a young farmer of the county|
who states that he is the logical man
for supervisor.
BIG DAY IN DUE WEST
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By the Home Demonstration Members
at the Woman's College Friday
July the 16th.
On Friday, July 16th plans are
made for a most interesting day for(
Home Demonstratidh members at Due
West Womans College.
The day begins at nine o'clock with
the awarding of certificates to the
girls who have completed the four
years work. Mr. J. Howard Moore1
will make an address on this occasion
and those who hpnr him will pnlnv
a treat. His subject will be of much
interest to club women..
The demonstrations for the day are
I
planned for the especial benefit of
the women. Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, I
who needs no introduction to the;
^romen of the county will give sever-r
al demonstrations ably assisted by,
the following agents: Miss Alma Bell,!
Anderson county; U. of Alabama.!
Miss Ev& E. Leggett, Greenville Co.,!
Peabody Institute. Miss Floride Mc-j
Celvey, McCormick Co., Winthrop
Miss Lois Watkins, District AgentJ
Winthrop. Mr. R. H. Wilkins, Poul-j
fmv J ?"w* ?
i?ijr ^pcbiaiiob win give ucuiunsua*.
tion on culling poultry.
The following girls receive certificates:
Misses Ophelia Clinkscales, j
Ola Winn, Woodroe Wilson, Sara Gi-]
bert, Allie Belle McCombs, Annie ,
Ferguson, Ruby Uldrick, Amy Ul-j
drick, Mildred Winn, Elizabeth Mc- ^
Carter. *
A picnic dinner will be served on ^
the campus. ^
MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH '
IN PRESENCE OF WIFE 1
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A dispatch from Greenville says: J1
"A few feet from the place where (1
his young wife was working, Charles ^'
M. McMahan, age 24, was yesterday^
caught in a shafting belt in the card ^
room of the Saluda Manufacturing 1
company, meeting instant death when''
his left leg was torn from his body,!'
at the hip joint and his body was 1
hurled 20 feet by the machinery. |'
The mill superintendent, George '
M. Dean, chance.d to be in the room
when the accident occurred. When he '
saw that McMahan had met his death 1
and how, he rushed to the young wife 1
and prevented her from Witnessing '
the tragic sight of her husband's man-j'
gled body. i!
The McMahans came to Greenville !
a few weeks ago from Knoxville,11
Tenn. 1 |i
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ALL BUT TWO QUALIFY. i
The state high school inspector an- ,
nounces that of the 134 public high
schools of the State all but two of j
them, those at Aiken and Spartan-^ j
burg, qualified for State aid during
the scholastic year ending June 30. ! j
Aiken fails to qualify because of.
insufficient tax levy and Spartanburg ^
fails because of the crowded condi-, j
tion of the high schools in the City ^
Df Success. 11
Inspector Stoddard also announces
that there were State diplomas award*
2d to 212 boys and 533 girls who had
completed the fourth year of the'
State high schools. In the Abbeville ti
:ity high school 10 diplomas were ti
iwarded by the State board of educa-'i
-inn in .Tnno lxi
IT PLEASES MR. YORK. *
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Mr. H. C. York who is one of the
ly
fine farmers living on the Star Route
sad occasion to write us Saturday ^
ibout renewing his subscription to
the foremost paper of the county. Infixing
up the renewal all right Mr. J
York says, "I close with best wishes
for the paper I can't do without and((
which gives me all the news three I
times a week while it is fresh." 'Nuf^s
said. t
DR D ARLINGTON
REMEMBERS ALMA MATER
Dr. John J. Darlington, a prominent
attorney of Washington, D. C.,1
who died a few weeks ago remember- *
ed his alma mater, Ersklne College J
in his will bequeathing the college the ^
sum of $20,000. Dr. Darlington alsoj'
left $5,000 each to the Home and 1
Foreign Mission Boards of tlie South-M
ern Baptist church. jl
ENGLISHMAN FAILS
CATARACT SMASHES BARREL
ON JAGGED ROCKS AND 11
CHILDREN BECOME ORPHANS
AS RESULT OF TRAGIC DEATH
OF CHAS. G. STEPHENS OF 3
BRISTOL, ENGLAND.
Niagara Falls, N. July 11.?. jj|
Charles G. Stephens of Bristol, England,
was killed today when he went ' Sj
over the Horeshoe falls in a barrel
The cask in which he made the trip
though built of stout russian oak
staves and bound with steel hoops
was smashed like an egg sneil on the '?
jagged rocks at the base of the cata- \
ract. Pieces of the barrel were pick- v $
ed up near the bank of the Canadian 'i\
side, but Stephens' body lias not been
recovered.
Stephens was 58 years old and has
a wife and 11 children in Bristol,
wnere ne was a barber. ?ie served
three years in France with the British
army. He had planned to make a
lecture tour of England if his trip was
successful. '
Bobby Leach, who went over the ,
Horseshoe falls in 1911, told Stephens
before he started that his trip would J
be a failure. Leach predicted that the
barrel would not withstand the drop
jf 150 feet, but Stephen refused to >
se dissuaded from the venture. ; '/J
Few knew that Stephens was to
nake the trip today and when the ' ^
barrel was towed out into the river
>n the Canadian side two miles above
;he falls there were only a dozen on ' ' ^
land to watch. It was 8:10 a. m. I t
ivhen Stephens was cast adrift. Early
sightseers on Goat Island saw the
aarrel bobbins un and down in the
tumbling reaches of the upper rapids,
but none knew that it carried a man'
about to defy the cataract.
Members of Stephen's party folowed
the cask down stream in au? , d
5 <?
;omobiles. In one of the cars a movng
picture operator filmed the progress
of the bari'elj) As the barrel
3rcw near the brink of the falls, it
seemed to stand on *nc, Iiesitate a
second or two and then slide gracefully
over the slope, head foremost
ind at a slight angle, its gleaming
jlack and white stripes eourd be seen
jntil it had fallen about half way
lown the face of the cataract then it
ffi
>vas lost to view in the misty spray.
The barrel designed by Stephens
'or the trip was six feet tnree inches
?gh.
Stephens i? the third to attempt the
mvrpl frin nvpr fho falla
Mrs. Annie E. Taylor went over in
Dctobei; 1901, in an oak barrel, and
Hobby Leach made the trip in July,
1911, in a steel barrel. Both are still
iving.
BIG LAND SALE
Geo. E. Putnam closed a trade
oday for the sale of the Bass Place
9 Robt. S. Link and J. S. Stark,
'he place contains 113 acres, and
tie price agreed to be paid January
, 1921, when the conveyance is to
e made, is $110.00 per acre. Mr.
utnam has owned the place for one
ear and now sells it for a profit of
Q nnn AA WUof is 4-Via nan
Ujvvv.Wi it iinv io wnv uov 5VIU5
Pest anyway?
ELBERTON LOSES BY CENSUS .
The official figures for Elberton,
Ja., were given out by the Census
mreau Saturday and the 1920 census
ihows a decrease in the population of
he Georgia city of 8. The population
is given out Saturday is 6,677.
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COTTON MARKET
fan. 30.98
Vlar. 30.36
Hay 29.68
My 39.65
Dct. 33.35
Dec. 31.73