Abbeville Press and Banner!
Established 1844. $2X)0 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, July 26, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. |8
MORAL SUPPORT
FROM U. S. A.
IS BEGGED BY POLAND IN ITS
; BATTLE WITH RUSSIAN BOLV*
SHEVIKI ARMIES?MORALE
OF SOLDIERS NEEDS STRENGTHENING?SITUATION
5ERI|
OUS?DISASTER AVbKiLu
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. Washington, July 24.?Poland,
sorely beset by the Russian Bolsheviki
armies, called upon the United
States today for moral support in her
now desperate battle with the Soviet
forces.
Through its legation here, the new
republic not only asked for an expression
from the State Department,
but also from President Wilson,!
declaring that such public statements
would go a long way toward strength
ening the morale of its soldiers and
people.
Poland's request was given serious
consideration at the State Department
and it was expected a decision f
would not be long delayed. Mean-J
time officials refrained from discussing
it.
Arguments for American support
presented by the Polish legation set
forth the incongruity of the United
States abandoning the reuublic whose
establishment it has so much to do. J
Representatives of the legation de,
clared that while the situation of
their country had been made des-'
perate by the enormous weight of the
Russian forces, it was no: yet too
late to avert disaster'anu tnat an expression
of support and sympathy
by the President would De oi great
aid.
i
it was believed in some quarters
that neither Great Britain nor
France would enter their participation
by the dispatch of more than
very small forces but, it was argued,
even the entrance of a division or
even a brigade apiece would serve to
stimulate the Poles to greater activity.
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M'SWAIN WILL
STUMP FOR COX
Greenvilie Man Accepts Invitation
To Speak in Ohio During
Campaign
John J. McSwain of Greenville,
aal candiadte for Congress in the
cjming primary, yesterday replied
to ilie recent invitation of Judge
Lcvcis C-. Houck, of Mt. Vernon,
Clili;, accepting the invitation to
campaign for Cox in Ohio this fall.
Eight years ago Mr. McSwain
vvai engaged by the national campaign
for Cox in shdlu shdlu shrdlu
. manager to speak in Ohio for
V.'ii:;on but important cases to be
triad in court prevented his acceptance.
He is now resolved to let
nothing interfere, he says, with giving
his time to the cause of democracy
this fall, and will appear on
such dates as shall be fixed by the
campaign managers in that state.
Some days ago Judge Houck wrote
Mr. McSwain stating that he knows
both the Republican and Democratic
candidates intimately and that he
- believes that Cox will not only carry
Ohio but will be elected president.
Judge Houck and Governor Cox are
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intimate, personal aim puiititai
friends. Mr. McSwain and Judge
Houck have been intimate friends
for fourteen years.
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VISITING IN THE CITY.
Miss Elizabeth McMurray has arrived
in the city from Clinton where
she has been visiting her grandparents,
Dr. and Mrs. Garvin, and will
spend the rest of the summer with
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McMurray on
North Main street. Miss McMurray
is a niece of Dr. McMurray and a
sister X>f Master Otis McMurray. In
September Miss Elizabeth will return
to Charlotte, N. C., to resume
her studies at Queen's College.
ABBEVILLE AUXILIARY
BIBLE SOCIE1
Held Its Annual Meeting Sundi
Evening?After Business Session
Annual Sermon by Dr
Gammon is Heard
The Abbeville Auxiliary Bible' S
ciety held its annual meeting ijt.tl
Presbyterian church on Sunday^ ev
ning, July 25th. The President, Re
Louis J?Bristdtfr*presided. 'The-Re
M. R. Plaxco -lead hi prayer aft
which the president gave a brief hi
tory of the society. The minutes i
the last meeting were read and a
proved. Collection for the Americi
Bible Society was taken whi<
amounted to $25.63. The treasur
reported $107.00 collected for tl
Abbeville Society this year. This r
port was received ag information ai
on motion of Mr. A. B. Morse th
J amount together with the collectu
| taken was ordered to be paid over
| the American Bible Society.
The following officers were elect!
[ for next year. Rev. C. E. Peele, pres
! dent; Rev. Louis J. Bristow, 1st vie
iuresident: Rev. M. R. Plaxco, 2r
vice-president; Rev. A. J. Derbyshi:
3rd vice-president; Otto Bristol
treasurer, and Fred Cason, secretai
Executive committee: Otto Bris
tow, A. B. Morse, Dr. C. H. McMu
ray, Lewis Perrin, Fred Cason.
Delegates to the District Bible S
! ciety to be held at Due West Ju
i 28ch: Dr. S. G. Thomson, W. H. ^
L. Peebles, H. R. McAllister, Rev !
R. Plaxco, Alf Lyon, Dr. C. A. Mi
ford, R. M. Burts, J. F. Barnwell, I
J. H. Austin. The business of tl
society being finished the annual se
mon was preached by the Rev. Edgi
G. Gammon from Matthew 5:1
"Let your light shine."
PAUL MANN ENTERS POLITICS
Paul H. Mann, son of Mr. Georf
Mann of near Abbeville announci
his candidacy for the office of supe
iotendent of education in Abbevil
County in this issue.
Mr. Mann is a graduale oT the ci1
high school and of the Presbyterij
College of South Carolina. For tv
years after graduation lie was a su
cessful school teacher in Floreni
' county and a year ago finished 01
the school term at Santuc followir
his discharge from the United Stat
army.
Mr. Mann's service with Uncle Sa
was confined to work in the personn
' office at Camp Jackson and while
this office Mr. Mann won an appoir
ment to the officers' training camp
Oglethorpe, Ga. It was while
' training here that the armistice w
j
signed and he was soon afterwar
: discharged from the army.
' MEETING AT LOWNDESVILL
1 THIS WEEK,
i
J A meeting of the farmers and bu
j iness men of the Lowndesville se
j tion is called for Friday, July 30
| at 3 p. m. by county agent W. .
i Rowell. This is the Dostnoned met
! ing which was scheduled for la
! Thursday but the party of speake
j in the interest of cotton was unal
to cross the river between Abbevi]
and Lowndesville on account of t'
high water. This same j)arty
speakers will talk to the Lownd<
ville people on Friday afternoon.
The subjects to be discussed ar
the erection of a cotton warehou
at Lowndesville, securing membf
ship for the American Cotton ass
ciation, and securing an official c<
ton grader for Abbeville county.
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HOME ON VACATION
i Miss Caroline Graves is visitii
I her home people in the count!
She has an excellent position
Washington and is home for a sui
mer vacation. She will visit frien
in Abbeville next week.
i1 VISITING IN WINNSBORO.
Dr. J. E. Pressly, accompanied i
i his little daughter, Miss Jenrc
. Pressly went to Winnsboro Saturd
> to send a few days with Dr. Pressl;
father, Rev. Neill E. Pressly.
-CENTENNIAL CELEI
AT GILGAL
?- Held Saturday July 24i
e- wick of Chester Deli1
Special Choir Rend
sr.... Sumptuous Dinn*
** the Exercises?
p- ed at From
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^ The Centennial Celebration of th
0r founding of Gilgal Church was hel
ie Saturday, July 24th, according 1
e" appointment, at the church. Tl
clouds had "rolled away," an
113 while the day was warm, it was ne1
m ertheless comfortable. By 11 o'cloc
when the exercises of the day wei
1 to begin a crowd variously estimate
*1 at from 1200 to 2000 had gathere
si- on the church grounds. About om
e- fourth of them were able to gain ai
* ^ 4-yv +1% n * /> W VlQQ
IV* UUlrtailCC 1/V7 UllC Vit U1 VU) Tf UlVit MWM
re seating capacity of only aooui 400.
The exercises of the day were ^
ry charge of Dr. John W. Kilgo, ti
presiding elder of the Cokesbury Cii
I
r- cuit. He opened the meeting by cal
J ing on Rev. Mr. Patton of Easley; t
o- offer prayer. The welcome addres
ly was delivered in a short and ver
V, I appropriate speech by Rev. J. ^
M Shell, the pastor in charge. After
il- solo by Miss Pratt, of Due West, til
)r historical sketch of the church wa
ie read by Wm. P. Greene. The sketc
r- will appear in our Wednesday's i!
ir sue. It could not be set up in tim
5f for today.
j The address of the day was delivei
j ed by ..Rev. J. B. Traywicx, of Che:
; cev, the eldest living reacher who ha
j served the church. We say :ne oldes,e
perhaps we should say the man wh
BS has been here the longest, becaus
r_' he tells us that we should never as
je a man how old he is, but should as
his age. Years do not always make
|.y' man old, and Rev. Mr. Traywick
tn not an oid man yet.
f0 The speaker read a passage c
c. scripture founding his discourse o
wViat Vio voarl Wo tnlrT lie fhnt fli
:e ? ?
gal, the name selected for trie churc
jg meant "rolled away" ana that th
es name was suggestive, as the churc
was designed to roll away the ev
influences of sin in the community.
He spoke for the most part of tli
work of the Methodist church in th
^ jears which have gone. The churc
. he told us was establisnec* :n ord<
at
. to carry the message of the Mast<
tc the poorer people of the countr;
^ and of the world. . The siyle <
> preaching was different from whs
was then in vogue, and the preachei
_ weie of a new order. The preachin
in those days was done for the mo:
' part in brush armors, just as it w;
done at Gilgal in the beginning. T1
' evangelical preaching of the ear
pastors he told his hearers had bee
* ; adopted by the other churches. E
;t_. thought that the going out of or
j. church into another by men and w
! men here and there had had a goc
! influence. It had helped :o carry tl
II ' leaven or good irom tne one to 11
he> other, so much so he salcl that tl
0? Presbyterians now preach accordir
J to the old Methodist style, while tl
I Methodist^ are sometimes likened 1
J the Presbyterians. He had a goc
aa word to say for all the churches, bi
9C
he claimed that the work of evange
! izing the world was commenced t
.ij the Methodists under John Wesle
I and that the work along that lii
j now being done by all the churchi
was and is a Methodist idea,
i Rev. Mr. Traywick spoke Tor J
jg! minutes, holding his hearers we
.yj notwithstanding the hot day,.and e\
jn i dence of hash in the nelghborhoc
n_ j which found its way to the church t
1 a timely wind now and then.
At the conclusion of his talk, Mi
j ses Ruth and Victoria Howie, of A'
I beville sang a duet which was vei
| much enjoyed.
by' The singing of the rccasron wi
>se one of the features of the mornin
ay A select choir in charge of Mr. W. '
jr's RadclifF, and lead by Mr. H. L. Ell
I furnished the music. One of the son]
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UN
METHODIST CHURCH
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:h, 1920?Rev. J. B. Trayrered
Able Address?i
ered Excellent Music? \
er At Conclusion of ' / <
-Crowd Estim&t1200
to 2000
? f,
tejwas lined out according to the old ^
Id style, which is not so old after all, ^
as we have heard it done when we
I i
le went to Gilgalnot so many years ago. ,
id A quartette consisting of H. L. Ellis, ^
J. Arnette Ellis, M. L. Ellis and W. ^
:k F. Radcliffe ,aJso sang one of the old
rej Methodist songs of the long ago, "A ^
>d WnnHrpH Ypnrs 'From Nnw." !
At the conclusion of the exercises
5-1 of the morning, Dr. Kilgo announced
J"! a meeting of the officers of his disa
trict in the afternoon, after which
Rev. C. E. Peele, the pastor at Abben|
ville, dismissed the meeting with
ie prayer in which, at their request he
r", remembered Rev. M. Dargan and Rev
l-! E. W. Mason, former pastors of the
0 church, who are now invalids, and
JS who were on that account unable to
1
7 attend the services. 1
i The members of the church and
a,the good people of the neighborhoodN
18 served a much enjoyed dinner at the
a conclusion of the morning exercises, t
k, The table was built crescent shape, ?
3" and was perhaps a hundred yards \
long. It was roped off so that the com t
i mittee in charge would have plenty
r", of room to wait on the visitors. Hash (
s~ was served in plates ana trays to
everybody by a committee which 1
passed amongst the visitors, and af- r
?(ter the hash came the frlec chicken, e
16, fried ham, sausage, skyscraper pies, c
, egg custards, pound cake, cocanut I
k, cake, chocolate cake, lemon cake and 1
a, all other kinds of cake, and then just s
's, cake. It was a fine dinner served to g
i a fine crowd of people, and every-1
body was made happy for a day at i
n, least. i
1
i It was a pleasure to see so many of c
1 the people belonging in a way to the
church back again. Most or the Bowie t
.ji kindred, which family has always fur
i nisneu a gooa pare 01 tne memoer- .
! ship of the church, had come to be 1
16
i present with the others. Mrs. George i
16
i F, Bowie, E. C. Bowie, George, Guy, j
. i and Henry Bowie of Pickens Coun'
ty, the widow and sons of Geo. Frank- j
"; lin Bowie, were present as was his \
^ daughter, Mrs. Lily Findley and her j
' daughter. Miss Hermie L.ewis, of
Graniteville, Mrs. Lila iiowre jEllison
rs
i and her pretty daughters, of Ander-'
lg
< son County, Mrs. Anne Townsend, of
Edgef.n!d, Samuel A. D. uowie, of
15
Honea Path, the sons of John Will
16
, ' Bowie, of Iva, Eli Bowie and his son
[y
Robert, of Ware Shoals, and Bowies
' from every other section were there.'
[0
i Emory McKee, of Easley, came and
whether he induced it or not a band
ocame
from there also to furnish music
in the afternoon, much to the de16
light of all the small boys, who liked
16
. the locks oi the horns if nothing else.
ie
^ A good crowd of people from Abie
beville attended the meeting. Among
?0' these were Rev. C. E. Peele, Mrs.
)(j' Rebecca D. Ellis, Mrs. Otto Bristow,'
J who was organist for the occasion,
i I Misses Ruth and Victoria Howie,
' Maj. John M. Gambrell, Dr. J. W.
yj Kellar, W. S. Cothran, H. G. Clark,
ie| and, a good many of the brethren who
BS" are anxious to serve the people, and
I who had a good chance to see some
jg' of them on this good day. ]
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NEW FIXTURES INSTALLED !
,d! ? !
>y Parker and Reese have completed |
I the installation of some handsome ^
s-iuahagony fixtures in the way of hat i
b- and clothing cases in their attrac-1
ry tive store which also has been'
painted the past week. The installaAM
A f iL AAA V+IIVrtP '
?3 tiuil UJL tucac UUIlVClllCIH 11AI/U1CO
g. not only adds greatly to the interior!
F. appearance of the store but the
lis suits, hats, etc., can be well dis?s
played in the new cases.
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\RMIES OF GREECE
TAKE ADRIANOPLE j
King Alexander Entered Adrianople
Yesterday?Grecians Victoriouus
Over Turlu?Artillery Proves
Effective.
London, July 25.?The Greeks J
haveoccupied Adrianople, accordrig
tp an announcement. made . in
;hd. Athens newspapers Saturday :
md forwarded ?o -the < Exchange
:ompany. King Alexandria - will
;nter Adrianople Sunday.
Athens, July 25.?Greece is
jiving the first proofs of her war
ibility by breaking the strength of
;he Turks in Thrace and along the ^
^.sia Minor coast. They are march-1
ng on Adrianople, in European
rurkey, but hope when they attack!
:he city to avoid the destruction of j.
;he famous mosques, which in pasti
engagements have escape'd the ar- .
:illery. , ,.
The war aganist Turkey is a popu-|
ar one because Turkey is Greece's!
incient enemy and there is the pos- .
sibility of vastly enlarging Grecian;
g
;erritory. It will, however, create
neater conflicts of interest with,
Bulgaria. i.
It is known that tjie French do not
ook with particularly friendly eye!
)n the loss of their oriental sphere *
;o the British who are actively sup- J
jorting the Greeks. According to *
;he Greek foreign office Premier a
/enizelos reached a satisfactory *
mderstanding with the Italians who.
vere orieinallv Dromised Smvrna bv i
he treaty of St. Jean de Mauri- 1
;nne. But after Greece entered the t
var on the side of the allies through '
he provisional government of I
/enizelos the Italians informed the E
Greeks that they would get Smyrna. *
The proposition for awarding
rhrace to Greece was made by Pre- e
nier Venizelos at the peace confer- 1
snce to which it is affairmed Presi- J
lent Wilson made no objection, a
-.ater, however, he accepted the t
3ulgarian viewpoint that Bulgaria
ihould have the seaport of Deadea- a
jatch, with Thrace as an interna- ^
;ional state. Italy then expressed ^
mwillingness that Thrace should be r
illotted to Greece unless Italy re- y
:eives Smyrna and Adala. T
Eventually Venizelos conceded 1
;he Italian claims to Albania. and j
the i'alian foreiern minister. Sienor
rator.i, yielded the Dodeoanese is-!
andn. except Rhodes, which he promise-.!
to abandon when the British
jave up Cyprus. ;
It is pointed out that the Bulj.trs .
lave been provided with- rights to ^
irale with t' a Jugo-Slfivs at"- Saloniki.
J^R. EDGAR G. GAr'MOM.
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Tr..> Presbyterians will be lucky to '
get IT.-. Gammon. His sermon of Fr;- 1
day c/en..:? v.-j sufficient tj satisfy
even ^he most credulous thaf. Dr. 1
Gam:, on a' sermonizev of unusual
ability anil an earnest messenger of <
the Ting. Dr. Gammon cnose for his
text ;t pa '; of Jno. 18:."), "and Judas
also which betrayed him stood with
Viim *? Hi n o m /> n cnK_ t
ject !;i a masterly manner, his ilius- <
trat'ons v.*cro wjII selected, and his i
applications of the teachings and les- *
sons for i-ho Christian of tocray were <
equally good. As a pastor we can im; (
agine thui the doctor is spiendid. He s
is intelligent, but not a ft!g!i-brow. ?
His pleasing address and manner of
approach are such as bespeak a hale"
fellow well met. We hope that he
will reach the conclusion that the call
to this field should be accepted and j
that he and his family will cast their j
lots with the good people of Abbe- jville.
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TUCKER of CALHOUN
FALLS ELECTED SECRETARY
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Beverly H. Tucker of Calhoun
Falls was elected secretary of the '
South Carolina-Branch of the National
League of Postmasters Thursday
at the final session of the annual
convention on the Isle of Palms.
The postmasters accepted the inviation
of the Greenville Chamber of
Commerce to meet in that city nexxt
summer.
AIRPLANE FLIES ,:|
OVER ABBEVILLE 3
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MUCH EXCITEMENT AMONQ
INHABITANTS - ON LEMtti ^
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5TREET. AVIATOR
SENGER FLIGHTS^
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FIELD ON W. E. LESLIE'S
FARM.
A Curtis airplane piloted by I
3apt. Per.dleton Gaines of Ander- J|
ion made a flight over the city I
ibout noon today evidently looking /{*
>ver the landing field recently se- I
ected for him by his represents;ive
Saturday. The field which is an jl
deal one for the purpose intended
s located on the farm . of W. E. 1
jeslie near the city on the Ander- ]
ion road. Andrew B. Covar is hav- j
ng the field cleaned off today and I
states that Captain Gaines will reurn
to Abbeville Wednesday for
leveral days stay, during which
;ime he will take up passengers.
*
The plane made no attempt to land j
oday and after circling the city for *
i few minutes shot off in the direc-' |
ion of Iva where Capt. Gaines had
in engagement. He also visited
lartwell, Ga., this afternoon be- 1
'ore returning to Anderson. J
Capt. Gaines is an aviator of
ouch experience having served with <
he Ut S. Aviation forces in the
rorld war and has been making
?ssenger flights fyr several J
aonths since his return from . ;%
i'rance. . ' ,
The plane flying overhead creatd
considerable excitement on |
jemon street particularly. Young
ames McDowell of this refreshing
ivenue fainted on seeing the big
?ird flying overhead. ^
Corporal Verchott stated this
ifternoon that he couldn't tell, ?
whether the plane was German or
1 o n /J l*/\ wai*1 J ? '?!?
aiiu i/iiau lie wuuiu 1 larv ilia
notion picture machine on it before
le tried out his trusty Chauchat
ifle. . (
?EAR7 FAILURE CAUSES
DROWNING OF R. O. T. C.
BOY AT CAMP JACKSON
Columbia, S. C., July 25.?-Hewett
Len Hutchison, 17, member of
iilnior R. 0. T. C., at Camp Jack- >on,
lost his life while bathing this
.:.ernoon at a pond near Columbia,
[t is believed that heart failure or
icue indigestion caused death ra;her
than drowning. He came to the
;amp as a representative of Emory
University Academy, Oxford, (
..:.i was a son of Mr. and Mrs. tJ.
IV. Hutchison of Harrolson, Ga.
DVER EIGHT BILLION IN
NEW INSURANCE WRITTEN .
:1
iNew York, July 25.?Life insur?nc?
companies throughout the
:ountry wrote new policies amountng
ta $8,700,000,000 during 1919,
iccording to figures made public totey.
Thish ows a gain of $2,878,)00,000
over the year 1918, reprelenting
a percentage gain of 49 per
:ent., the report said.
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Spending the Day in Godsef
Misses Lydia Owen, Helen Britt,
Sophie Reames, Annie Smith and
tfary Stevenson spent Friday at the ',h
>rick yard in Gtfdsey. They made
he trip through the country and
pent a very pleasant day. Mr.
3wen and Happy Seal came back
with them.
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COTTON MARKET
Jan. 29.85
Mar. 29.22
May 28.50
Oct. - 32.53
Dec 30.71