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. ' - \ "" \ ' " " ; " i * .."-v, A <?.? M / . , ' v ' *-% >'. ' ?'./ - ",tvl r " " -.. x Abbeville Press and Banner j . ' - " . -.jl Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-.Weekly.. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, July 28, 1920. > Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. I ' . ? 4 HOPES AMERICA AND . : ENGLAND WILL Ml I ARCHBISHOP MAN NIX. AUSTRALIAN PRELATE ' MAKES / . VIOLENT ANTI-ENGLJSH ' i SPEECH WHICH CREATES STIR IN ENGLAND?REFUSED ' TO LAND IN THAT COUNTR/ ' ? I London, July.26.?Premier Lloyd, George announced late today that Archbishop Mannix ,the Australian prelate who made violent anti-Ei.g-1 lish utterances in the United States > I recently will not be allowed to' land in England. London, July 27.?Here is the1 full text of - the sensational speech1 made a few days ago by Prenver' Hughes of Australia, at Bendifjo,' which created a profound stir throughout the British Empire: "Today the British Empire is sur-1 rounded by enemies. It is being at-; tacked by Bolshevism, Sinn, Feinism ! - ' and Germanism. The British Empire J is a league of nations bound to(VAfViaf* Vvi? floe ftf Kl r\ r*A o ti r] rana T-f ujf W VO Ui UIVVU UIIU ittVWi AX you break Britain you break Au stralia. "When we see ia our midst,* there- ^ fore, men who would break up this ( British Empire and plunge a dagger j into its very heart, what are you to j thick of such men except that they i are traitors? I care not what youi think of England as England, but I, \ J am concerned about what effect ( that will have on Australia. It | means death for us and because of : that I shall smite them hip and (( thigh. ~ * ' "When Archbishop Mannix said ' that the sentiments he uttered,' were supported by the bulk of .the, pep -le of Australia, he said that i\ -; :i?c crue.. rle i?niy one objective, and i thai is the des. ruction of the ein-i p. re, br at any rate the founding of ( a republic of Ireland. I am not go-j ing tc say that Ireland ha? no (' grievance, .but I am irrevocably op-' posed to a republic of Ireland and i will fight it tooth and nail by everyt means in my power, because it. means the dismemberment of. the : empire, and the dismemberment of i the empire means the destruction of i Australia. I "Mgr. Mannix says his one hope: is that Englar^d and America will be enemies and that Ireland will i fight England, and that America 1 will fight England. "If that hope is realized we will see a war the like of which the world has never seen. Hope for the peace-of the world lies not in the league of antions, but in that firm alliance of understanding and co-; operation which has existed for over: a hundred years between America, anl Britain and between the British; Empire and America. I "If it were necessary to choose between the kaiser and that man as to which was the greater criminal, I. know which one I would choose. The I kaiser was pushed into this, but Mgr. Mannix went on his own free i will. "The Australian people repudiate him. They want America to understand that Australia is part and parcel of the British Empire and intends to remain there. Australia holds out the hand of friendship to peaceful nations, particularly America. We realize that America's destiny and our own coincide in the Pacific ,and we want America's aid xnere." FORMER PASTOR IN CITY. V . V Rev. H. Waddell Pratt former pastor of the Presbyterian church is a visitor in the city today. Mr. Pratt reports that his good wife is in fine health and that they are making headquarters at Athens, Ga. while he is carrying on the endowment campaign for Columbia Theological seminary in Georgia. I | BIG FIRE IN McCORMICK | ft Five Residences Destroyed by Fire ! In McCormick Yesterday After- ] j noon*?$15,000 Loss Partially" | Covered by -Insurance ! McCormick, July 27.?One of the most disastrous fires that has oc-' 'curred in the town of McCormick j, since the year 1910 was that which I i swept one side of the entire block of ^ the town of-McCormick this after- . noon. In its path five residences 1 were destroyed, entailing approxi- ( mately $15,000 loss in the buildings and furniture. The fire seems to j have originated in the ceiling of a store room the residence owned by 1 John Cheatham, and L. N. Brown' c and occupied by Mr. Corbett. \ From this the next was a residence . owned by J. B. Harmon and occu-' pied by Otis M. Redd was soon de- ^ stroyea. TJhe fire then continued t along Oak street, destroying the entire line of five residences between . Gold and Virginia streets. Mo or- ' mick is without water works or fire i i fighting apparatus and the entire' town seemed to be threatened at one time when the wind began!I c blowing. It is unlerstood that most.1, of the contents of the residences . was saved land the buildings approximately covered by insurance j so that the loss will not fall so1 heavily directly on those losing their/buildings. 1 , _ i ;n NEW CRASH COMES !r IN GRAIN PRICES ' o I Chicago, July 27.?Sensational-^ breaks in prices took place in the 1 wheat market today, and the finish jr of trading shpwed losses of 11 3-4 j to 14 cents a bushel in addition to ' , a an extreme drop yesterday of 8 cents. The new crash today was due chiefly to selling of stop loss character by discouraged holders. March delivery closed at $2.37 as ? aaginst $2.51 last night. i ' Drop at Kansas City >. Kansas City,. Mo., July 27.? e I n Wheat futures dropped thirteen ' s and fourteen cents today and corn futures were dowiv five cents a bushel at the close of the grain mar- v ket. ^ n Today's break followed an equally sensational drop yesterday whert corn and wheat made a decline of from seven to eleven cents ref spectively. Oats which dropped from 3 1-2 1 C AAn^n r-ll /Ml" /\ /] n fl ^ LU VJ vcoiciuav OUVWCU CI c*c1 cline of fro:n 2 to 5 cents today.. ( IN PURSUIT OF NEGRO 1 t Greenville, July 28.?Enraged s Anderson citizens ai^ pursuing officers who have their custody Scott Garner, a 14 year old negro who isj alleged to have attacked a young married white woman at Anderson last night, according to a long dis- e tance telephone message here. . i. The young woman was standing ^ in front of her home waiting for j her husband who had gone to put ^ his automobile in the garage, when the negro is alleged to have seized;/ her. Her cries brought her husband 'c to the scene and her assailant ran. U Officers later arrested Scott Gar- j ner and the woman identified him' i as the person who had attacked her. , LIEUT. LONGSHORE < ! BURIED AT ARLINGTON 1 i Mr. E. H. Longshore received a i message from the quartermaster > general this morning stating that the i funeral of his son, Lieut. Furman B. t j Longshore late of Co. G, 369th In-,1 'lantry would fake place at Arlington ? j Virginia, National cemetery at 2:30 .1 i o clock Friday atternoon. uoi. L-ong- < ! shore left this afternqon to attend 3 j the funeral of his only son who died, j at Brest" 18 months ago from pneu- i . monia. j, COLUMBIA VISITOR - j, iJ Mrs. R. C. Philson has as her visi tor her sister, Miss Eliza Boggs j Horton of Columbia. Mrs. Philson j: and children and Miss Horton will, leave shortly for a month's stay in ,1 the mountains of North Carolina. 1 I BODY OF E. B. GARY, JR. . RESTS IN LONG CANE Fir?t of Abbeville Soldier* Who j Died Oversea* to Be Returned to * County. Immense Crowd Pay Tribute to Young Soldier The body of Eugene B. Gary, Jr., the oldest son of Chief Justice and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary, arrived from France this afternoon and now rests j n the family plot at Long Can6j :emctery where his grave will be' ;ended by the loving hands of his >arents and his sister, Mrs. Eliza Jary Briggs, who lives with her >arents. on Greenville street. . | The body of young Gary was ac-1 :ompanied from Hoboken by Pri-' rate S. W. Gilbert \a young soldier j from Camp Lee, Virginia., An immense crowd of sympathetic riends of the Gary family met the' >ody which arrived on the Seaboard ; restibule at 12:17 today. The pall bearers were comrades' >f the deceased and friends of his | pouth ami Were in uniform. They vere: Lts. W. D. Wilkinson, R. E., }ox, F. E. Harrison, Jr., Carroll I Jwetenberg, W. Joel Smith, Willie1 ones, Amos B. Morse, Jr., and 1 <Ieil Swetenberg. The funeral procession went im-' nediately from the S. A. L. depot to he grave in Long Cane cemetery I yhere rector A. J. Derbyshire read h? simple and impressive commitnent service from the Episcopal : itual ai\d the body of the young j oldier who made the supreme sac-, ifice was laid to rest in his native! :eath. A special choir rendered the j nusic at the grave. i Eugene B. Gary, Jr., was the oldist son of Chief Justice Eugene B.i nd Mrs. Eliza Tusten Gary and ras 27 years of age when he .died, i Narice durine the early staees of the1 rar the deceased had attempted to ass the physical examination but ' ras both times rejected on account1 4 weak eyes. His persistency, how-! ver, won out the third attempt and ^ e was mustered into the motor, upply; branch of the quartermaster1 ivision of the army. Young Gary j /as assigned to Motor Truck Co. 45 of the 428th Motor Supply ?rain. After training at Camp' oseph E. Johnson, Florida, his outit was ordered overseas. While on ; he voyage only a few days out rom Brest the soldier. contracted nfluenza and died from complica-j ions following the day after he j anded at Brest. His death occurred' )ctober 14, 1918 and his body was ?uried in the American cemetery in he French seaport until it was tarted home a few weeks ago. klANY WILL ATTEND THE REUNION OF OLD HICKORY j Columbia July 27.?Every part; >f the state, it is said, will be repre-j isnted at the second annual re inion of the Thirtieth Division of I ;he A. E. F., to be held at Asheville, i C., September 28 and 29, at' vhich General John J. Pershing1 vill be the chief speaker. Governor' "''rvrxwr*** Uop oIpa knnn 4 A ^ juwpci xiao aiajj uccn mvibwu w , peak, as have Governors A. H?| Roberts of Tenessee and T. W. I Sickett of North Carolina. Many] nen from all parts of South Caro-1 ina will attend this reunion. The meetings of the men of Old lickory will be held in a big tent, ilready secured from the ^overnnent. According to officers of the eterans association, ten thousand former Sammies are expected to at;end this gathering in the Land of ;he Sky. Efforts are beimc made to secure a one-cent railroad fare. , I Every state in Jhe union, except! Jtah ,is represented in the Thiitieth I Division. Other prominent men to be inritied to address the reunion are Major General E. M. Lewis, who uommanded the division; Brig. General Faison, Brig. Gen. Tyson, Major Genarl Read and others. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Klugh and J sons, T. A. and Jack left today for a two week's visit to friends and relatives in Columbia, Ridgeland and Florence. AMERICA RETAINS THE YACHT CUP Resolute Retains Cup For America In Match Over Lipton's Shamrock IV Which Decisively Demonstrates Her Superiority New York, July 21.?Resolute won the fifth race of the v international series against Sit Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV, thereby retaining the America' cup for America. The challenger was a mile astern when Resolute crossed the line to' the accompaniment of the loudest j ovation given the winner of any' race in the series. Shamrock had closed rapidly in the last hour. While waiting for Shamrock to ffnish, Sir Lipton's yacht Victoria1 ran by the Resolute and all hands I joined in three cheers for the vie-' torious yacht and her crew. .. At 3:10 the Resolute and Sham-j rock IV had covered only ten miles, j Shamrock, after leading from the start, was passed by the American 1 defender short after. 3 o'clock. The wind at that time was very light, however, and it began to look like another postponement. At 3:08 Resolute tacked to port and healed across Shamrock's bow. ^ The wind, however, was uncertain j and set her off. Being unable to i cross she tacked to starboard on j Shamrock's lee bow, fifty yards ahead. ' RECORDS BROKEN IN AUTOMOBILES . > 7 I Over 83,000 Registered in south Carolina I South Carolinians own more auto-' mobiles this year than any previous period in the history of the state, according to^ the _ number of licenses issued ;btf the state highway commission. "Yesterday the license de-1 partmeflt had issued approximately 84,536 tags, indicating that this many cars are now being operated in Soutif Carolina. While the exact number of machines is not to be computed from these figures ,this is the nearest approach to he correct total that can hal at this time. Highway officials estimate that here have been possi-; bly l,OtfO duplications of licenses' from losses by the owners. This would bring the total today to 83,- i 536, whi(?h is by far the largest j number of cars ever registered in i the state. Last year ^0,14$' liceneses j were sold by the commission. Officials of the department believe the total would be materially increased if every car owner in South Caro-i liae provided himself with a tag for i his machine. Many auto owners] have not complied iwth the regula- j tions, highway officers' say. MUCH WHISKEY SEIZED ___ I Toledo, July 27.?Three carloads! of whiskey, valued, federal prohibi-1 tion agents say, at $800,000, was seized by government authorities | here today. The cars were shipped from the William Gaines distillery j at Glenn Creek, Ky., according to j the avents, and were consigned to Boevin and Wilson Company, Montreal, Can. KING JENNER WILL RECEIVE JEWEL j King S. J. Link, mainstay of The Press and Banner block, is entitled to another jewel in his crown for this afternoon he presented the hardworking (?) force i>f The Press and Banner with a tremendous luscious | watermelon, the biggest we have seen this year. Long live the king! ' MRS. WARDLAW ILL ! The friends of Mrs. M. B. Reese will regret to know that she has received news of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Watt Wardlaw at her home in Oxford, Miss. Mrs. Wardlaw is well known in Abbeville and ha^many relatives who wish for her a speedy recovery. * CLUB BOOKS CLOSED All Who Failed to Enroll by Li Night Have Lost Opportunity t Vote in the Democratic Primaries. Thte enrollment books of t democratic olubs over the . sta we're closed last night and all wl failed to get therr names on one these books have forfeited their o portunity to vote in the comii democratic primaries. A check of the three books in tl city show that an Average nun>b of voters have enrolled. In fa some of the clubs show an increa particularly the Abbeville cott< mill club which has enrolled II members which is 30 more , thj were enrolled in this club two yea ago. Club No. 1 shows 279 names ai Club No. 2 has 445 names making total in the three clubs within tl corporate limits of the city of 87 "Thjs is about the same enro ment as that of two years ago" sa Capt. J. L*. Perrin, who is today i ceiving. thee lub books frdm all ov ?i... r> me wwuiiij', v^a|/t, f cum is actu for County Chairman Howa Moore who is absent from the pil 500,000 GALLONS OF OIL ' SEIZED BY NAV Washington, July 27.?Seizure 1 six United States destroyers < 50^,000 gallons of fuel oil from tl Asspciated Oil company, at * Si Francisco yesterday was under a tftority of the Lever act, it y w stated today by the navy depai ment. Officials explained that i structions had been given to mal sucn seizures wnen on . compam refused to deliver oil on requisite Ciders issued under the Lever law ~ Navy supply officers indicated tl belief that several oil companies < the Pacific coast, which have repr sented their output as being- suffi ent only to supply private contrac were withholding delivery of the apportioned quotas to the navy compel "seizure." 'Such a cour might be held, they said, /..to pla the companies in a stronger positii legally in the event of suit beii brought for failure to deliver ' < private contracts. VIRGINIA VISITORS. + Muyor Thomas Hanvey, of Por mouth, Va., who also holds the po tion or First Assistant Shop Jf'orem of the Navy Yard at that place, j complied by Mrs. Hanvey and li siste., Mis? Grace Bell, of Por mou.h, and Postmaster SamueL Mc taguc, of the same city, nrrived Abbe'ille Monday tiiey ha J been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kc ! r.edy ,md Mrs. Mary I. Kennedy. Thei;c vis..-or; r.vo on t.isir way ba to P tsmouth. They attended t Dem.jrat.j Convention in ^*an Fra | cisco, wheve Mr. Hanvey and ft Mon: gue weie delegates, and fr< I ther.- mad? an extensive trip throu ISout/.arn California, Texas and ol i I er str.tes. B :h of the gentlemen believe th the ("emocrats nominate^ the rig man when Cox was named for pre dent. Th:y ray he is a vote gett ~ ? A - li and has a nne cnance 10 win. jh Adoo, they say,''never had any rt chance to be nominated being heavi handicapped on account of his reli tionship to the president. The visitors are leaving this aft* noon over the Soaboard for th< home in Portsmouth. HIGHEST PRICE FOR WATlRMELOf A number of the youngste ahout the citv have recently paid nearby farmer the highest price f [watermelons in the history of t county. The party of watermel feasters paid $1.50 each for wh melons they got, but they got *t pick of the patch and the fun gathering them themselves which i suppose accounts for the high pri paid. We understand that none of t youngsters have cared for the sig of watermelons since the feast. f COUNTY BANKS 10 ' GUARANTEE MONEY te COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMIS- 3 k?f SION, RECEIVES GUARANTEE || p- FROM FOUR BANKS YESTERlg DAY TO FURNISH $84,600 TO V-ljjjM he MEET GOVERNMENT^. RE- ;J1 er QUIREMENTS' ' , | se There was a full meeting of the ;l| jn county highway commission yester- . Jl 55 'day- morning in the' office of the in chairman,' J. S. Stark. Sealed bi<fs - 'M rs'were received for the loan of $54,- .fij 1600 to the commission which money *9 id | was necessary for the commission to 'J a have that the requirements of the ;J| he government might be met in order 9. to secure federal aid in conatruc11 tion of new highways in the coanty. ';f| ys ;At least this was the impression -'jJB e- given the board by the state high- , 'JS er way chairman prior to July 1. 3 ig j Acting upon the state chairman's rd advice Col. J. S. Stark hatf made by. arrangements with -the Planter's Bank to furnish this money . at .,, .6 per cent so that the report might bfe ^ made on July 1 that the commission had secured the money ar. fedbr- .'?j 3y! 1 aid f? niroH nn this ^ifn orwi- V'hH it .was necessary that the coun.y :j he | commission make this report. ^ . .-'iS in j Since that time a new sta'.o '|3 u" chairman has taken over the offi. j as and he reported to Dr. S. G. Tho:.i- y<M son recently that-the state comm.*- / jm, n" sion was willing to take the ?Ui.v- ' ie antee of the banks that this monoy es would be furinshed as it ; ' * >n was needed which meant that th* loan would not hate to be negotiaie ted by July 1 as the previous stcte)n chairman had ruled. "~Y e" I The<* commission therefor^ yefctar- ' 'c* day rescinded its previous action ^ and called upon the bankers to sign . -' J !" the guarantee to furnish therii $54,- ..*9 600 when needed at 6 per cent in- uja se,terest. Of the banks represented at '.-M ce the meeting yesterday four stated. ,! ^sB 311 that they would sign such ar. agroS *? ineiiL. ine xour were rarmers ann Dn Merchants Bank of Due Wtfst, Pco- ' pies Savings Bank, County Savings Bank and Farmers Bank of Abbe- " ? j The county commission then noti-. fied all the banks in the county thai' -'.J sl" they would be given until Saturday, 1 an July 31 to either join with these I iC~ four banks od vto decline. After/* all j ier of the banks have been heard fronfv ",tne commission will pro rate the m~ amount of the loan among them and j m these banks will furnish the money ve as the county commission calls for . ' This method of meeting the re- ; > ~j quirements of the government highway officials will save the; county /> a m m icai An nnifo o n nof en m in i*i_ J *r' tcrcst as a great part of this money will not be needed for several ^ TY\ ^ mDiitiis. ^ i The conflicting opinions of t two . j c .'ffarent heads of the state high'ht way comm'ss*on cause^ the change . n the plans of the county commia- | sion. j The county engineer has his force aji f surveyors at work on the Abbe- J| ville-Due West- Donalds road this j week where they are straightening I out a lot . of the curves and making the grades easier. * ilFj ATTENDING HOUSE PARTY | i Misses Mary and Sara Perrin, and *y] IS j Owen Spee"cl, Albert Morse and f.| Gottlob ' Neuffer left Wednesday^ rsj morning for Athens, Ga., where they " *; a will attend a house party given by * or Mrs. Van Noy Wier. he ? on niJ3fgjSJSfgJSJBJ3i3J2l3ISI5fSI5EJ5EI5JfiEJ3l8EI3 at COTTON MARKET he ^ of January 30.60 ve March " 30.35 ce May 29.83 ;he| October 32.50 ;ht December y 31.30 ' : / r , ; ' ;. 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