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STUMP FOR d
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ,
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Of Coal Will Be Discussed in New Co
York Monday?Expects Coal In-/(l
terests to Come Half Way
Palmer to be Present
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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
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FATAL COLLISION AT GREER ,
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Union Woman Dies In Auto Collision?Infant
in Arms Unhurt
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\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-;
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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.
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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?
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Attending The Celebration - j
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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
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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NEW MANAGER OF ADAIR'S. Fr
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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
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icplorer Tells of Encounter With
Polar Bear Which Almost Coat |
\ Hm Hi? Life.
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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
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: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. ' ,
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OTHRAN OFFERS J
AGAIN FOR HOUSE
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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*
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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. ]
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. ana w. lrower 01 Aoioevme anu ]
tpects to go as a medical mission- i
ry to foreign fields next year. i
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ETURN FROM PLEASANT VISIT,
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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.
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PREACHINC AT COKESBURY '
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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 *
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LATEST BULLETIN
FROM AIRPLANE VJ
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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
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her home folks.
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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.
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fiarch 29.40
Hay 29.00
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