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Abbeville Press and Banner 1 EstaMished 1844. $2^00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, July 30, 1920. Sir.glc; Copies, Five CenU. 77th Year. ? | ?0 111 ! STUMP FOR d i j FORMER SECRETARY OF TREASURY FOR VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN?SPOTLIGHT OF PITILESS PUBLICITY IS URGED TO BE THROWN UPON BOTH PARw TIES?NO SUBSCRIPTIONS IN NAME OF DUMMIES. New York, July 29.?William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury and a candidate at San Francisco for the democratic nomination for president, announces today^ that he had consented to deiivor some speeches in behalf of Governor Cox, the party's nominee, during which, he said, would be a vigorous and aggressive campaign. In a statement issued after a conV ' s ferervce with George White, chairman of the democratic national committee, and Governor Cox-s secretary held at Mr. McAdoo's nome in nuncI ington last night, Mr. McAdoo warned that the people would not stand for a "purchased presidency" and urged that the spotlight of pitiless publicity be turned on campaign expenses during the forthcoming campaign. Mr. McAdco stated that ac. the conference 'fthe {formidable campaign fund under control of republican national committee and its serous menace in the forthcoming campaign'" was discussed. Mr. McAdoo's statement in par: follows: "A vigorous and aggressive camj>aign will be undertaken and no effort will be spared to make the people of the country acquainted not alone with Governor Cox's progressive id'-as and purposes but to inform them of the exceptional record made by the democratic aeminlstration under President Wilson during the past seven years. "The formidable campaign fund under control of the republican national committee and its serious menace in the forthcoming- campaign were discussed. If the senate investigating committee, of which Senator Kenyon of Iowa is chairman, does its full duty it will hold frequent sessions throughout the campaign and investigating fearlessly the sources from v liich is drawn the money to finance both the republican and democratic parties and the manner in which the money is to be expended. "It is easy for contributors and ,,, . , . ? ? ? _ ^ ^ pontic*.: committees to evaae t,ne ieueral cr.ru pt practices raws. Jivery subterfuge, such as subscriptions in the Dames of dummies ana to state committees instead of to national committees, advertising by private individuals or syndicates so as to avoid accounting to the fetleral authorities, must be brought Into the spotlight of pitiless publicity. The people will not stand for a purchased ?' presidency. "The problems before the country and the world are so grave mat an election untainted by the corrupt use -of money and determined by clean discussion and consideration of the issues themselves was never more necessary to. the safety and security 01 American institutions. "Governor Cox Stands for a clean election, for full and pitiless publicity of campaign contributions and their uses, for progressive policies and the league of nations. The democratic platform and party offer the only refuge for the liberal and progressive elements of the country and for those who believe in universal disarmament and the prevention of war thru an honorable association of the nations which will substitute arbitration for military force in the settlement of international disputes.' GREENWOOD VISITORS Mrs. A. B. Cheatham, Mrs. S. T. Wright, Mrs. Effie Rivers and Miss Marietta Cheatham spent Tuesday in Abbeville with Mrs. Frank Welsh. TWICE LAST YEAR'S SURPLUS OF WHEAT The Wheat Crop of Last Year Wat' A Whopper and Lots of It I> Saved Over to 1920 Washington, July 28.?Wheat j from last year's crop carried over into 1920 totalled 109,318,0001 bushels on July 1, compared with 48,561,000 bushels of the 1918 crop on hand the corresponding day last year, said an announcement today by the department of agriculture. Stocks on farms, In country mills and elevators, and in points of large accumulation all showed an increase over 1910 totals. This year farmers held 47,756,000 bushels, against 10,221,000 bushels in 1919, the figure perhaps reflecting .disturbed I ' " j t t * transportation conditions during the past year. At the larger central storage points this year the department found 24,574,000 bushels, against 9,532,000 in the same places on uly 1, 1919. In country mills and elevators this year, there are 36,988,000 bushels, while in 1919, there were 19,768,000. THE KNOWLEDGE OF HEBREW NOT NOW CONFINED TO PREACHERS. V 7 \ Abbeville Has another expert Hebrew scholar who is not a preacher. Young Ellis Poliakoff returned this week frbm Anderson where ror the past month he has been under the tutelage of a professor of Hebrew and in the four weeks Polly has mastered the intricate characters of the Hebrew language and is able to read almost perfectly?and perfect, ly so far as we are concerned?the Hebrew newspapers and the Bible in Hebrew. Polly's father is the proudest man you ever saw when he is libtening to his son read so fluently the language of his fathers. Vfe hope Polly wont try any of the Hebrew on his teachuv. i;i the city schools this fall. McCORD REUNION HELD THURSDAY. The annual reunion of the McCord family was held Thursday at the beautiful country home of W. F. McCord where a regular country style banquet was served the numerous McCVrds and in-laws. There was an Sundance of barbecued Hash, fried chicken, Wcolworth building pies and c:ikes, topped off with watermel-,.i f.nd lemonade. Among the Abbeville people who grot in on the day of .'easting were Mrs. John M. Gam' ?ell Victor and John Lomax and Col. T. G. White, the home-builder. COTTON ASSOCIATION MEETS SATURDAY A meeting of the Abbeville branch ofthe American Cotton association has been callcd for Saturday July 31, to be held at 11a. m. in the county court house. All the canvassing c<*nmittees have been notified to be present or else have a representative present to submit the report of their committee. OFF TO INDIANA. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Seitz and their children, Norman and Miss Stella Seitz are leaving Sunday for a month's stay in'their old home in Bloomville, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Seitz have lived in Abbeville for the past year and have made many friends who wish them a pleasant vacation. Mrs. Gambrell Resting Well The friends of Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, who underwent an operation at the hospital yesterday, will be glad to know that the operation proved successful and she is resting nicely. REV. G. M. TELFORD TO PREACH > Rev. George M. Telford, pastor of Upper Long Cane, will preach in the Presbyterian church Sunday night. ' Th*vc will be no morning service. Plan To Avert jl) Winter Shortage1 , < i i Of Coal Will Be Discussed in New Co York Monday?Expects Coal In-/(l terests to Come Half Way Palmer to be Present ! Washington, July 29.?Means, of: averting winter coal shortages and of >cs defeating profiteering In the coal trade will be discussed at a confer- re; ence in New York Monday between I representatives of four government Ea departments and a committee from Qu the coal industry. Acting Attorney dr, General Ames in announcing the con- be ference tonight said the government re I hoped to develop a program on which asi the coal interests could come "half eSl way" in solving the coal prooiem. | an Mr. Ames,.who with Attorney Gen- no [ eial IPalmer, will direct the rovmatton i P? r\f T-klon /ln/*loY?o/i fVlfiro TX7Q C T1 n si: I reason for a scarcity of fuel at the S ; present time and that if a shortage Si: existed it was through faulty distri- ba bution. He added that there were cc j "no economical reasons" for the high an coal prices which obtain throughout *n the country. This particular phase of ws ! the situation he said is being given ^ close study both vby the department an of justice and by many representa- v*' tives of the coal industry who feel ca that present conditions should un- he dergo a change. i ! Although the question of an em- Pa barge on export coal will *oe Glscuss- to ed at the coming conference, Mr. ca Ames said." it aDDeared thai the em bargo could be discarded as an 6ffective means of increasing the supply available for domestic use. Less than <10,000,000 tons of coal have an been exported during the nrst six co 1 months of this year including ship- " ments to Canada, he asserted, and so - this amount had not therefore materially reduced stocks nere with a 1S production for the period estimated ^ at 255,000,000 tons. . j tn Wage questions probably will also come up for discussion s?nce Secrei tary of Labor Wilson Is uncrerstood j ) have recommended a reopening of to : he wage award in a prepared report m' :i the coal situation in general and sa strike conditions in the Illinois and pe Indiana fields in particular submitted to President Wilson. i re na FATAL COLLISION AT GREER , x te Union Woman Dies In Auto Collision?Infant in Arms Unhurt ne ' tr' \Mrs. Emory Rourark of Union,. ' wife of the Rev. Emory, Rourark ^ pastor of the Wesleyan church of \ Union mills, died about 1 o'clock toi es day at Steedley's hospital at Chick Springs, as a result of injuries re-J .. ceived earlier in the morning when the automobile in which she and her; husband and a five months old in-; I Wi fant were riding collided with an- ^ other car near the Fairview church,' in this county, not far from Greer. ' i Mrs. Rourark was throwp through tie windshield of the car and her! i ljury consisted of an incision; about one inch long in her neck, \ made by a piece of glass. This, however, pierced the jugular vein and' she bled to death in spite of all that! , could be done. , ;ie Mr. and Mrs. Rourark were on! their way by automobile to Carrol-'^, ton, Ga., where they had planned to spend a vacation with Mrs. Rourark's parents. Mr. Rourark assumes' m the entire blame for the accident, j and is frantic over the occurrence. > g? ? : ' i ! Attending The Celebration - j i Dr. G. A. Nei^ffer went over to ^ Atlanta Wednesdav and was a truest at the Sixtieth Anniversary ofC4' Emory University. Bishop Candler . inivited representatives from ovor^, the South and Dr. Neuffer was a representative from South Carolina.: Many prominent men were present, and a splendid celebration wa& hi..., MEETING AT CALHOUN FALLS, jis ! Ac I A protracted meeting at the Bap- Hi tist church at Calhoun Falls will be- ov ' gin Sunday, August 1 to last for a a ; week. he % . f. S. Keeps Eye On ,A Japanese In Siberia E: 'Iby Confers With British Ambassador on Relations With Japan and Her General Policy in 111 the Far East. iA! Washington, July 29.?The Amer- rr in Government is understood to be ,'ing close attention to Japanese iatiens and Japanese relations and ar panese general policy in the Far ist because of the effect on the w estions involved in the recent with- ?e awal of American troops from Si- v; ria, the signing of the consortium lative to Chinese financial aid, the v; sumption of control of the Chin-. er e Eastern railroad by tne Japanese v; d the Japanese occupation of V' rthcrn Saghalien and the greater t c rtic l of the maritime province of berm. - r 1 ' iecr. tary Colb;- has conferred with w r Auckland, Gedries, the British am- u< ssr.f.'or here, who brcugiii ii"uo iiie nfe ence Sir Belby Alston, British 1S ibariador to J.^pan, who is return- g to London or. leave. Sir Bclby js in a position to give 7.:r. Colby e L:est information from the Jap# fy iese capital, supplementing the,w* ews of Roland Morris, tne Ameri- e: n ambassador to Tokio, who is ime on leave of absence. British interests in China and Ja- ; iri ere regarded here as paralleling seme extent those of America, be- " use of the large business transac- 1T1 >ns between those countries and * a T^*i+ic?Vi rlnmininnc nf P.anarlo oCI V JULllfiOli UVUIliliVtlU \I J. VW11UVIU MI IU ustialia, as well as the common ^ ssire of. the colonial governmertt pi id California and other Pacific ? ast States to find some solution of e p -oblem 01" Oriental lat>or. The ^ lution of this problem by the Brit-' i government, in the opinion Here, made more complex by reason of e existence of the Anglo-Japanese c eaty which recently was renewed r< r one year. * ^ As to the Japanese occupation of n( ighalien the United States is known be reluctant to concur in this ove. A dispatch from Tokio today P id that the Nichi Nichi, a newspa- _ r there, had published a statement n< at the Japanese government had ^ ceived an inquiry partaking of tha n' Lture of a protest from "a certain bi untry" in connection with the in- di ntion of Japan to occupy this por- e( >n of Siberia. State Department officials would r? :ther affirm or deny that the couny referred to was the United Stat- D , but the general jnGersianding of cse in clcse touch with the situa/ii was that it was the United Stat- ai 1 b< What purports to be a co^y of a di -patch fcr.t by the com^ancer in D ief of the Japanese forces m Si- ai via to the Japanese minister of e< ir came to ngnt nere touay. it was led Juiy 1, and said: !R "It is my intention to seize im- e: ediately the whole of tfie territory ai to a line drawn west of Baikal, i0 miles including the occupation Tthe Manchurian concessron zone, will take about a montn to comete the occupation. When trie occu- tc ,tion has been made Japan will be ni le to control the formation of a .V] w government. ; a< "The commander in chief requests at notification of his action be :,i mmunicated to the powers and that 01 i result of the notification be comjnicated to him at an early date.'* JYS COOK PLACE NEAR LOWNDESVILLE . . (IT ? \ . .* 11 The Dixie Land Co. yesterday sold f., ? Cook place of 1G7 acres belong- ja ; to : IS. B. Cock to Col. J. S. ...i. *t. .. :,1 ^ nr\ i. a. :.iw \ji il*c puiu uumg ?pw an re. This plantation is near Lownsvillo. R( NEW MANAGER OF ADAIR'S. Fr ' TV Mr. C. C. Wallace of Clinton who inj to be the general manager of lair's department store, (The Hot istler) is in the city today looking er his new field and arranging for place to move his family in when pr< comes to Abbeville next week. RCTIC EXPLORER |j GOES ROUND CIRCLE I v '' icplorer Tells of Encounter With Polar Bear Which Almost Coat | \ Hm Hi? Life. I Nome, Alaska, July 28.?Ronald mundsen, Norwegian explorer, ar? i i-ed in Nome tonight from the Arc: ocean. . ! Amundsen arrived heic on a tut> id said he left his ship, ;;ic idaua, Sledge Island, not far rrom here, here for the last 10 days he hps >en storm-bound. He reported aU us well with his expedition. , Amundsen was taken to a hotel hero several hundred people gathed to greet him. He sard tonight ^ zz the firsi time in two years he d brcn ir? a place where he could :iean up." * .1 Amundsen told of an ' encounter ith a Polar besr last winter in hich his clothing was torn from his )tlv, o::e of his arms biOKen and his < :ek r.r.d legs severely lacerated. He . still suffeffring from the effects of , .e cicounter. I Amundsen has gone to Nome, it is cug!:t. 16 outfit for an attempt to :-.ch the North Pole. According to hristiana dispatches in April, the ' cplo'rer hopes to lock his boat in _ io Ics oft eastern. Siberia and drift W :/o_3 or near the pole. He plans i be gone five years. Ever since Amundsen sailed north . om Norway in 1918 he has been j i the Arctic. His arrival at Nome, , was said, gives him claim to first , l cum navigation of the gio'oe thru le waters between the Arctic ice ? < ack and the Northern Edges of JUu- , >^c and America. ' , , j i OTHRAN OFFERS J AGAIN FOR HOUSE r j Greenville, July^ 29.?Thomas P. ^ othran, speaker of the house of repssentatives since 1918 and member , f the-house for 12 year3. today-an aunced that he would be a randidatc I >r reelection as a member of the >use from Greenville county in the 1 emocratic primary. Mr. uotnran some mon;iis ago anjunced that he had decided tc re- j re from politics and that Tie would at be in the race again this year/ at in a formal statement issued toly he announces that he has decid1 to yield to the pressure that has >en brought upon him to enter the ice for the house again. OCTORS LICENSED THURSDAY* l Among the twenty-four doctors nd surgeons licensed by the State , sard of medical examiners yester-, ay are two from Abbeville County, i r. Eugene L. Power of Antreville,, id Di. A. R. Guyton recently mov- ] J to this city from Williamston. Dr. Power is a brother of Dr. J. ] * T> !? - J* ? 1.1 !11- J , . ana w. lrower 01 Aoioevme anu ] tpects to go as a medical mission- i ry to foreign fields next year. i . j ETURN FROM PLEASANT VISIT, " . ' ' Mrs. J. D. P'ulp will return home , morrow after having spent the .onth of July with relatives at Fort ill and Ridgeway. Mrs. Fuip will be :companied home by her mother, .is. J. M/ Wilson of Ritrgeway and r her sister, Mrs. W. H. Phillips, ' Tampa who will be her guests. RETURiN FROM ATLANTA ; and Mrs. A. M. Smith and chil t!i are expected to return from tlanta this afternoon. Th? Smith mily have spent a month in Atnta visiting their relatives. AT "THE HEAD'* ivirs. J. . nempniu, lvirs. rranK | jnry and the Hill children left, iday for a trip to Caesar Head, ley made the trip in their car ?o* by way of Brevard. |j PREACHINC AT COKESBURY ' ' T r Rev. J. L. Martin, D. D., will ( each at Cokesbury, Sunday IgUPt 1. j m ANNIVERSARY | BIBLE MEETING' i \BBEVILLE COUNTY ' CHAPT^RS OF AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY MET AT DUE WEST ~|J WEDNESDAY?DR. McCAIH | PRESIDED?ADDRESS BT | ^REV. C. B. WILLIAMS?sNEXT j MEETING AT SHILOH The Abbeville County conven- , 3 :ion ot the chapters of the Amen- ^gm :an Bible Society met at 11 a. a. - J Wednesday at Due West. There was i full representation of all the .^| :hapte?s-probably 200 people ;ending the meeting. . . i. 'M Dr. J. I. McCain, president^ jpened the meeting and after azi is-- . formal talk introduced Rev. C. BL j Williams, formerly of Tampa, jut recently elected professor of $3 mathematics of Erskine College i* succeed Prof. Paul Grier, resigned- j tit. Williams is(a minister of the A. . ::a R. P. Church and delivered .an able 9 ".ddrcss before the convention- 1 Preceding the general meeting a ousiness session of the board of di- "jl rectors was held at which the foJ- 1 Irving were elected life membe'rs of the American Bible socictyl . Mrs- , ;^| Seldon Kennedy, Mrs. R. C. Brownlee and Dn S. G. Thomson. Reports ' j|8 from various chapters showed ] contributions amounting to about j ?300 had been made for this yeai^ J|l and Shiloh was selected as the y'ifraB meeting place for, nevt year. Hub j date is the last Wednesday in July. ' \ This was the 97th Anniversaiy !:m meeting of the Abbeville Cpnrf?tion, this branch of the Americas ,'J1 Bible Society. The society donated P 3 OA PtMda In tKa Ha T.o TT/vvmi ^ i?vv a/iVivo vvr vuv a/v juw mv school. After the general meeting waft- . "ftgM :oucluded the meeting adjourned 4? . ;|| thef ront campus of the Womtfafrt X College where an excellent picnic / Mnner had .been spread by the good | ladies of Due West and the del?r 'M *ates feasted on the delicacies J placed before them. Among those attending from this n :ity were: Dr. S. G. Thomson, Re?. M. R. Plaxco, Miss Rebecca Cateiv and Misses Mary and Helen SmitlL * i fm , ' -v^VpH LATEST BULLETIN FROM AIRPLANE VJ . M;\ Andrew Covar, local aircraft specialist, reporti that he has re- . ccived a tcle^ im this morning /'% From the Anderson airplane which is averdue two days already, that At plane is still at Iva and will be h ^8 Abbeville, Wedneslay, August landing on the field at W. E. Levlie's. Mr. Covar was asked to notify the people of the change. It is ">jne>- ^ turned that so many people at Ifa inisist on getting a ride through tte clouds that Capt. Caines has bsaa unable to break away from the Anderson town. ' ' FROM WASHINGTON. ' Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Harvin are ex- , pected in Abbeville in a day or tw? . for their usual summer visit. They 'fa will make the trip home in their car, leaving Washington on Monday. Miss. Sarah White will come with , !iem and will spend a month with ' i her home folks. ? OFF TO WAYNESVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Greene and children, Miss Mary and Son Bill, , leave Saturday l'or Waynesviile where Mrs. Greene and the children will spend a month. Mr. Greene will :eturn to Abbeville next week. ^ rj^cjgiaewaeigieieiBc^enataeflaiaeicgBitt w COTTON MARKET ? fanuary !_ 29.73 fiarch 29.40 Hay 29.00 )ctober 32.07 December U0.G3 * V.i