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*!.. -'v'y Abbeville Press and Banneij Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C? Wednesday, July 14,1920. Single Copies. Five Cenfai.' 7firi? Yf^r^l COUNTY SECURES FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY COMMISSION APPROVES APPLICATION " FOR $54,601.46 TO AID IN BUILDING ABBEYILLE.DUE WEST DONALDS ROAD?|5TATE TO TAKE OVER COUNTY ROADS * * Authority to proceed with the taking over of county roads now in the state highway system in accordance with the general high way act of 1920 was granted to Charles H. Moorefield, state highway engineer, at a meeting of the South Carolina highway commission held in Columbia yesterday. The commission authorized Mr. Moorefield, to begin the establishment of state maintenance of these roads as sooln as possible as the first step toward actually putting the new highway act into force. This is an entirely new scheme in South Carolina and the results of the scheme will be watched for with much interest. This maintenance comes from the automobile tax collected each year by the highway commission and under the provisions of the act the commission is planning to soon take I - over many miles of roads in the state. Greenville County at present leads in roads under the highway .system and it is practically certain that the first highway taken over will be in Greenville County. ' An application was received from , the Abbeville County road commission for federal aid in the amount .. of,$54,601,46 for the road to run from Abbeville to Due West, Donalds and the Anderson County line. The application was approved and \. (, was one of the few applications, which was approved at yesterday's meeting of the commission. First Meeting at Anderson Another interesting step taken *; i 'by the state commission is its announced intention of visiting every mile of roadway under its supervision during the summer. The first of these visits will begin in the Third Congressional district on August 2 when the commission will meet in Anderson and all of the county officials in the Third district are invited to meet with the state commission in that city. From Anderson .the inspecting party will visit all the roads in the district after t , which the state commission will move to another congressional district and so oh until the state is covered. MEETING OF DIRECTORS OF CHAMBER OF roMMFPrr TnMfiPBnu/ President J. M. Nickles has called a meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce for tomorrow at 6:15 o'clock. The meeting will be held in the office of the president and applications which are now in the hands of Pres. - V - - Nickles from a number of men who desire to secure the pobinc-a of secretary of the chamber wi'l be gone over. Mr. Nickles states that he has several applications that may 4 appeal to the directors and urges / a full attendance at this important meeting. The chamber officers had hoped to have secured suitable quarters for the organization but due to the delay by the owners in stating the rental price desired for the quarters under consideration, the cham_ Der naa oeen unaoie to make any announcement as to its permanent home. CAN GET CANS Miss Ruth Crowther wishes to announce to the members of the County Home Demonstration club that the No. 3 tall and No. 1 flat cans which she ordered for them have arrived and may be obtained at her office in the court house. NEGRO ATTACKS PELZER GIRL MONDAY Fourteen Year Old Girl Attacked By Negro on Pelzer Bridge?Officers Save Negro From Mob j Information from Pelzer yesterday was that James Washington, a negro had late Monday afternoon attacked tire 14 year old daughter of a pronri' nent citizen of that place near the Pelzer bridge over Saluda river. It is also reported that the victim of the attack has lapsed into unconsciousness which the attending physician? say was caused by a nervous reaction, As soon as the news of the attacl reached the ears of the Pelzer peo pie Monday evening a large numbei of them armed themselves and begai a search for Washington. However the officers had located Washingtoi a few minutes before the mob formed and rapidly spirited the prisonei to Greenville. On arriving at th< county jail they were advised by Jail er Christopher not to stop there bul to hasten their prisoner to the state penitentiary. It was fortunate that the officers accepted the advice of the jailer foi in less than ten minutes after thei departure with the prisoner the firsl members of the mob arrived at th< Greenville County jail and demandec the prisoner. In order to convince them that Washington was not lodg ed in the county jail Mr. Christophei permitted a committee appointed bj the -Pelzer citizens composing th< mob to search the* jail. When it was seen that the negrc had really been spirited away th< crowd began to cool off and shortlj i o: 1 ti IL. _i | utsperseu. ih was sutbeu -ut uie sneriff's office in Greenyille yesterday thai j in all probability Governor Coopei would be asked to order a specia j tern of court. ( ) ; ; ' BIG DAY AT BETHIA The congregation at Bethia church and the Sunday School attendants are planning a big day there for July 23rd. There is to be a general rally among the Sunday | School people in that community and a home coming of all the * former pupils of the Sunday School, Dr. W. A. Hunter, the Superintendent of the Sunday School, assisted by Miss Maud Pettigrew, J. C. Dansby and others are looking after the details. Several speeches are to be made by good talkers on the occasion. Among the speakers will be W. W. Bradley, and1 perhaps C. D. Brown, of Abbeville. There will be a p;cnic diivier served on the grounds at the conclusion of the exercises, and after that the young people and the old as well will enjoy the day mingling together, talking of the good times 'of the past and now. The boys will ihave a baseball 'game nearby in th? afternoon, and all the young men will have a chance* to talk to the I pretty girls of the neighborhood. While the people of the neighborhood are in charge of the meeting, (the public generally is invited to atjtend. Big baskets of fried chicken, olentv of riDe watermelons. and r ~ j regulation pies and custards will be en hands. Everybody is asked to come and help make'the occasion one of enjoyment. \ / ' SEEING THE COUNTRY Mr. and Mrs. William Barnwell, little Julia Barnwell and Benjamin I Barnwell left Tuesday morning for lHartsville, where they will spend j several days with Mrs. R. E. Caldjwell. They made the trip in their jcar and will see the country. Mrs. ; Caldwell will return with them. TO THE MOUNTAINS j , Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr., left i Tuesday for the mountains of North I Carolina where she will spend some I time. She went by way of Fountain I Inn Where she visited an aunt and a {cousin. i Service* At Catholic Church There will be services at the Sacred Heart church Sunday, July 113, at 11:30 a. m. SENATOR E. L JOINS i ' Senator E. D. Smith Whc Democratic Conventioi ; beyille County Votei With Pollock, Wan testants for U. S. i 100 Hear ( i Less than a hundred voters of i > Abbeville County were present in jthe court house yesterday morning jSt 11:30 when Mr. W. P. Greene, 11 in the absence of County .Chairman Howard Moore called the meeting i to order to hear the speeches of the | senatorial candidates. Mr. Greene fjin his opening remarks stated that i he regretted the fact that so few -^of the voters of the county were t( present and attributed the fact J that so few* of the voters of the (county were present and attributed ^the fact partially to the failure of ^the county papers to advertise the ^coming of the campaign party. The ^ Press and Banner was the only 5 paper in the county which carried ijthe announcement of the meeting ' | which was held yesterday. ! in introducing ine candidates r Mr. Greene took occasion to give Tthe facts connected with their political lives and a statement of' their 'experiences ap public men. *j The first speaker of the morning 'iwas Mr. W. C. Irby of Laurens who r has represented his county in the ' general assembly acceptably for a i number of terms and who is no j stranger to the people of this coun,ty. Mr. Irby opened his speech by thanking the voters of Abbeville |?onnty for the-loyal support which | they gave him in 1914 when he made the race for governor. He stated that he was still fighting for jthe same principles that he advocated with all his power then. ,J Mr. Irby stated that he did- not , I have time to score his opponents jand if the time was unlimited he would not do so. He then entered into what proved to be a 45 minute speech on the principles on which he : expected to be elected to the U. S. ? senalte. . j The speaker scored the profiteers in no uncertain terms and frequently referred to a batch of documents with which he was armed and gave both facts and figures to sup, port his statements. He gave the I figures regarding the per centage of profits made in 1917 by the packers ^he furniture manufacturers, the 'canners, the steel corporations, and J the cotton mills. j Mr. Jrby said that if an Abbeville County farmer raising perishable products were to load a car and start it to New York City or to Chicago the railroads would sidetrack the car directly it was out of the county and notify the big packing concerns and would await their instructions before forwarding car. Claimed that in this way the big 'packers manage to manipulate your 'car of products so that they get it at theij own price and frequently your remittance will come in the shape of a postage stamp and sometimes you will lose money by ship_ ping'the products. Mr. Irby stated that we couldn't expect the farmers to raise cattle and food stuffs when they cannot get a profit on their surplus. The speaker then outlined plans by which products raised by the farmers could be handled at a profit by the government aid in establishing a packing house in every county and established a bureau of information so that products could be sold at their real value and ' not at heir speculative value. Told of how railroads imposed on | people. Gave figures of the salaries of big railroad officials. (Jxitcisea Esch-Cummins bill. Solicitor George Warren of Hampton County was the second speaker. His subject, he said was not a plea for greater na(tionall government but a return to the old democratic prin-^ ). SMITH PARTY HERE >Has Been Attending i Appears Before Ab- ' s Tuesday Along *en and Irby ConSenate-Less Than Candidates. ciples mpd Mr. Warren stated an air ing of the principles laid down by the authors of the Declaration of In dependence and of the onstitatioi might be properly in oi;der. Th speaker was earnest in his plea fo full recognition by Congress of state's richts. , 4 Mr. Warren criticised the passage of the Volstead act as being iniquitous. He stated that in the >yes of the law eVery woman who made a little blackberry wine or put up fruit juices for home or medicinal pur poses was a criminal. He repeated several times that he was not a "wet" candidate but cited the fact that he was the author of the present State prohibition law. / . The speaker also went after Senator Smith's roll call record. He stated that out of 3100 roll calls in the past nine years Senator Smith had answered or voted at only 1773 a little over 55 per cent. The senior senator from South Carolina, he said was absent when the vote came on the espionage act also when the vote was taken on the War Risk Insurance bill. Some, he stated might criticise his youthful appearance. "When" said Mr. W3rrer?, "did the United States bec^r.2 a place for. pnly the aged and infirm or a pltrcy to issue political gratuities?'" The slpeakdr also stated inadvertenil;*. that Thomas Jefferson wrote the constitution when was just his age. The chairman was observed to shake his head when this statement was made and at the conclusion of the speaker's address warned him to be careful and not to confuse the declaration of independence with the constitution. The' chairman added that while the error1 was noted in Abbeville that it would not be discerned in Greenwood. Mr. Warren closed his speech with a poetical tribute to everything in South Carolina from 'a maiden's eyes to sunsets. The tribute ended, "And the sunsets are the grandest? In South Carolina, And the politics the damndest? xki uvuvu vaiuiiwa. Mr. Warren was warmly applaud ed at the conclusion of his speech. Senator W. P. Pollock of Cheraw was the third speaker. He said that be felt he was no stranger to Abbeville County or to any other county of the State. He spoke of the campaign of 1914 and s^id he believed he received more applause and less votes than any other candidate in ^he r'acev Mr. Pollock referred to the death of Senator Tillman and said in response to many - calls from all over the state he made the campaign for the short term to which he was elected by a handsome majority, arid for which he wished to thank the votera of Abbeville County who so generously gave him a nice majority. He considered it a great honor to represent the people of the State for the sohrt term and that he liked the sample so well that he would like to have at1 least one full term. The senator stated that during thej three months he served the people of this State in the United States senate j tfhat he had 110 phancfe to make a rec- j ord for himself but that he aligned! himself with the majority of the democrats and assisted as best he could in upholding the hands of the greatest living American?Woodrow Wil-. son. (Some applause.) Mr. Pollock stated that he read the Democratic platform as adopted at the San Francisco convention carefully through five times and that he had found nothing in it that he could not conscientiously support with all (Continued on Page Eight) LOWNDESVILLE .* | AFTER COTTON MILL 4 Industrial Agent of C. & W. C. Railroad Submits Proposition To Lowndesvjile People. \ t V. Collier, agricultural industrial agent for the C. & W. C. rail?| road' met, with a committee of thft( citizens of liowndesville yesterday: concerning a cotton mill which the Lowndesville citizens desire to be placed in that vicinity. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and the Lowndesville people are prepared to do their part towards securing the new enterprise for their section. Mr.: CoUier reported to the' citizens of Lowndesville at the meeting that' he held an option on 6,000 spindles from a cotton * mill outside / of the : state and said that he wished to place the machinery in a new mill in the Piedmont section. He also stated that it was a good opportunity for a fast developing .town as cotton mill machinery is hard to buy under any . conditions. It. was finally agreed at thte meeting yesterday that the citizens of Lowndesyille would raise 100,000 , for the guarantee of the building of the mill.' When this amount is faised the engineer of the mill will come to Lowndesville and plan the erection % \ * | k of the buildings to suit the conditions. The people of Abbeville are veryj much interested in seeinor Lowndes j ville make a stajt towards rapid, development and there will be no.trou{ We in selling a nice bit of stock in 1 the new enterprise among the Croe1 suses of the court house town. French Memorial # i for 'live' soldier i ' ;;; Colored Soldier Near Townvilla Reported / Dead Is Alive to Receive Memorial i I j To be alive and well and' receive an honor bestowed upon ' him for having sacrificed his life on the battle fields of France is to be the unusual distinction of Willie Vince iITinrv o- /?r?1 AvoA^iov A-f r>oor living) a tuiuicu cA-ouiuici, U4 ncai !Townville, when he rjeceives the French Memorial death certificate sent to the next of kin of every ^United States soldier who was killed] j while in the service of tfye country i in the recent war. i / 1 - King's certificate cam; with the 'others to the Anderson post of the j American Legion recently, and the ' fact that he is still alive was j brought to light when it was found ithat he is working near' Townville ion a farm and has a splendid crop [for this year. j The certificate was received* in the package in which the others were 'sent, and Commander Glenn and j I /v 4-V??/\ -C 4-Ua A mrtvi'nor? T a n n Tirflrn ! I Uliicis ui tile Auiciican xjcgiuii tiwiv i at a loss as to what to do with the j : certificate. It was to be awarded to j !the next of kin of the supposed! !dead man, and as the man is still j I alive, there is some question as to the propriety of presenting it at 'all. However, it has about been decided to send the certificate to the colored man, that served his counItry well and who has ibeen reported idead by the war department. | The " certificate will be ,.sent to j the'negro within the next few.days. CLUB ROLLS CLOSED JULY 27th I A glance at the books of the enrolling committees of both the local democratic clubs shows that ap? jproximately 400 voters have al_ I ready enrolled. It is necessary that your name appears on the roll before you will be entitled to cast your ballot in the August primary, j' The book of Club No. 1 is to^ be 1 found in Capt. Perrin's office and No. 1 is in charge of Sheriff Burts. i The final day on which you can enroll is July 27th and you had better see to it that your name goes on the book of your club before that] date. TO BLOWING ROCK Mrs. Addie McMurray left Tuesday for an extended stay at Blowing Rock, N. C. I / ALLIES REJECT j GERMANS'PLANSl DEADLOCK REACHED ON Cd^.JS QUESTION ; AND^ MARSHALS vj| FOCH AND WILSON ARE 1 MONED TO APPEAR BEFORE |j CONFERENCE?GERMANS AND J BELGIANS FIGHT. || Spa, Jttly 13.?A deadlock has been ' jl reached by the allied representatives -J and the Germans on the coal question and Marshal Foch and Field Marshal. Wilson, the allied military chiefs, Jj nave again been summoned to discuss.^ possible enforcement measures. ; 'tfM The allied premiers, having been I j informed that the Germans were \.J| ready, called a meeting for o'clock this evening, instead of t6*"?a| morrow, as planned this nforning.' The German reply was not acceptable^. ^j and the summoning of Marshal Foch jHjlj and Field Marshal Wilson, it is mider*-^|n stood, means immediate measures tO; : enforce the treaty unless Germany v];|Sj modies her attitude. .d The German foreign secretary said ;JS to the Associated Press: ^ May Itau* Order. "The Allies may, under the treaty* ] give us an order concerning coal, SH they, give, an order* we, of coorsa-x^a would try t<? satisfy it. But we do 1 not believe we could. That wouli not. ^jl be a voluntary cooperative arrange-''.|M ment." , I..:J| The secretary! expressed the tude of the German delegation- as-, it :j|||| > 4avii/*V%^ fWo fllliar) IB WlAJ?X*l/y UUV V?*V . UVIV^WVVH . |VM hope before they take farther meee^ ^|j ures that the' Germans may change "|ffl their decision. \ ^ r| Dr. Simons said Jlate tonight that the Germans had nothing to add to their coal proposition. He regretted ,''jm exceedingly the position taken by the'' ||S Allies and said that the German? most -JM simply await further action. . .1 M. Millerand, the French premier, said he regrets that it is not possibly for Germany to cooperate with 'thev.-;%B Allies in the execution of the treaty, \,<J?n but he is firmly resolved to" stand on, ,-'39 the position now taken up. J German and Belgian Fight. ^Jj Spa, July 13.?Some of the mem-. bers of the German delegation have _ J complained to Chancellor Fehrenbacb qf aggressions of which they claim to J have been victims since their arriyal '.S at Spa. One journalistic attached to ^ thf. fiprman1 delegation came to blows-' with a former Belgian officer whose. house he occupied at Spa during th? war. "-|j MUCH FUN AT CAMP BARNWELL /fl The Boy Scouts of the Abbeville fja Cotton Mill are enjoying all the > 1 pleasures of camp life in the real ;] tents which have been pitched in j rear of the community house. .The ] Boy Scouts, number 33 at the mill and yjja the pitching of the army tents and j laying off c# the camp grounds has ;|9 aroused considerable interest in the worthy organization. Mr. Roscoe, :^aj scout master, is in charge of the camp which has been named ''Camp L jsj Barnwell" in honor of the efficient -J manager of the mill. Camp Barnwell will continue in operation *! until the weather becomes too cold r | for comion. '1 1 WILL INVADE GERMANY? ^ A dispatch received over the cot on wire directly after noon -today tates that invasion of Germany it [ being planned at Spa. The French iray is prepared to more at call. ' ierman delegates flatly refuse to meet coal demands of the Allies. 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