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POUND POLISH
PLATOONS 10 PIECES
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BOLSHEVIKI HURL GREAT MASSES
AGAINST BOLISH FORCES
AND CAPTURE BREST-LItO
VSK?OUTDISTANCED ARMIS
TICE PREPARATIONS.?LAST
OKbAl rum uuakuiiiu rrni\SAW
HAS FALLEN.
London, Aug. 3.?The Russians occupied
Brest-Litovsk August 1, it is
announced in Monday's official statement
from Moscow, received today.
Further progress of the Soviet troops
toward Warsaw on the road from
Bialystok is reported in the communique;
which reads:
"In the Lomsa region our troops
have occupied Szczuczyn (west of
Ossovetz, close to the German border.)
"Southwest of Bialystok we are
advancing on Mazovetzk (Mazouietski
70 miles northeast of Warsapr.) '
"After fierce fighting we occupied
Brest-Litovsk August 1.
"In the Crimean sector exceeding
ly fierce figh'ting is proceeding along
the line of the river Konskai."'
Warsaw, Aug. 3.?Brest-Litovsk,
the last great fortress guarding War
saw from the east, has apparently
fallen before a tremendous assault by
the Russian Bolsheviki. North of that
place. Soviet forces have smashed
their way forward in their drive westward
to point only sixty miles east
of this city.
Over a front of 1200 mi:es, Polisli
armies are being pounded to pieces
before the rush of Bolsheviki hordes
which are being hurled into the battle
in a desperate attempt to capture
Warsaw before the conclusion of the
armistice conference at Kobryn. Reinforcements
are being surrled to
the :'ront by the Russians to complete
the defeat of the Poles before hostilities
are halted.
An official statement issued lait
v ni?ht showed the Soviet armies had
reached a lir.e running from Kossaki
to' Ciechanowicz, which ;s only 60
miles from this city, witn wnich it is
connected by an excellent automobile
h'gliway.
flront nf RnlsViPviki have
been flung against the Polish breastworks
defending the part of BrestLitovsk
east of the river Bug. Fugitives
who arrived here iast night
frcm that city reported the Soviet
forces were in control of the eastern
half of the town. It is officially admitted
the Russians have reached
Mielnika, northeast of Brest-Litvosk.
Far to the southeast, near Brody,
the Bolsheviki have rushed reinforcements
into the line and it is expected
a terriffic attack will be launched
there for the purpose of capturing
Lemberg before an armistice is declared.
On the northern sector Soviet
troops have advanced and nave reached
the region of Ostrolensk, which is
but 60 miles from Warsaw. Cavalry
regiments from the extreme tip oi
the right wing of the advancing BolcltAinUi
lina t%r\A Itoro frtA ^roqVj fAf.
OUVf tat A * 4*v f wttvi a?V'A<wy wvy * w** ?v*
ces ar?"being brought up. Apparentlj
it is planned to carry the drive mucl
nearer this city before Wednesday
the earliest date set by the Soviel
plenipotentiaries for reaemng a decision
relative to. an armistice witl
Poland. '
REAL ESTATE DEAL.
The Dixie Land Co. yesterday sole
for Jesse Cann 135 acres of fin<
farming land to Edwin Campbell
The land is located in the Nation set
tlement near Lowndesville anc
innn
ANDERSON VISITORS
Samuel Prince, Esq., a son o
Judge Prince, and Mr. Leon L. Rice
candidate for solicitor in the Ander
son district are visitors in the cit;
today attending to legal business.
SOLDIER WHO KILLED
CHAPLIN GETS 3 YEARS
War Department Approves Action
Of Court-Martial in Convicting
| Camp Jac)uon Man
Washington, Aug. 3.?Dishonorable
discharge and confinement
with hard labor for three years at
1 the Atlantic branch of the United
States disciplinary barracks, Fort
Jay, N. Y., was the sentence of the
war department today, placed on
Private Roy Sanders, who, an Janu,
ary 19, 1920, with other soldiers attached
to Camp Jackson, shot and
killed William S. Chaplin ,a citizen
of Columbia, near Heathwood.
Corporal Edmund Maston, Com-J
' pany C, Forty-eighth infantry, has
already been sentenced' to serve one
year in the United States disciplinary
barracks at Leavenworth, to be
reduced to thfr ranks to be dishonorably
discharged from the army
and to forefeit all pay and allownces
d,ue or to become du? for his
art in the matter.
Lieut. Talbert B." Fowler was recently
sentenced to lose 100 files in
the lineal list of infantry officers,
and fined $300. Private Januez was
t.ied and acquitted. With the sentence
of Sanders the case ends.
Sanders was the man who actually
fired the fatal bullet into the car
in which Chaplin was riding when
killed. Sanders admitted during the
trial that he fired the shot but
claimed that he shot into the ground
a few feet below the rear light on
he machine.
j Because of the seriousness of the
mtter, unusual time has been taken
by the judge advocate general of
the army to examine Sanders' part
in the homicide. P. H. McG.
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'nations will talk
of communication
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Conference Called Under Auspices
{ Of League of Nations Scheduled
For Washington
Washington, Aug. 3.?The international
communications conference
called under the auspices of ^ the
jleague of nations it was announced
j'today, would be held in Washington
September 15.
Delegates from the allied and associated
powers, including Great
:Britain, France, Italy, Japan and
.the United States are entitled to
| representation. Delegates from
jjapan already have arrived here in
^preparation fcr the conference,
j The principal business of the
jconference is expected to concern
he allegation among the allied and
associated powers of the German
jcables confiscated djirng the war.
Vhe United States will be repreentod
at the conference by Chairnan
Benson of the shipping board,
and others.
CHAIRMAN DOLLAR
DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN i
; Major J. D. Fulp received a telegram
yesterday notifying him that
he had been appointed county chair,
man of the Dollar Democracy campaign
which fs being put on
t throughout the Southern states in
the interest of Governor Cox's cam!
paign for the presidency. Announce
ment of the appointment of com
mittees in the various townships of
' the county will be made in Friday's
i issues of The Press and Banner and
, The Medium.
' LEARNING TO BE A DOCTOR.
r. Johnnie McMurray has felt the cal
of tile Muse of medicine, whaleve
her name may he Reep or something
else and has spent a part of this week
I assisting in operations at the County
) Memorial hospital. So far none of
the Datients which Johnnie helped
. dissect and sew up have died. The
I worse may yet be to come.
COL. LONGSHORE RESTING
Col. E. H. Longshore, of Buick,
? Dodge and Set-back fame is resting
this month and has gone to Waynes_
ville where he and ^ol. Pat McOas=
y lan will attempt to teach the mountaineer
the tricks of the game.
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BAD NEWS FOR
THE YOUNGSTERS
City Schools Will Open On Septem
ber the 6th.?Rer. A. J. Derbyshire
Will Have Charge
of French Class
The board of trustees of the city
schools met yesterday afternoon and '
decided that the young boys and '
girls had had about enough vacation 1
and that they would be caUed to 1
school the first Monday in Septem- 1
ber, which falls on the Ctn tills year. ^
Of course it's Labor Day or why ^
would the trustees open schoo.1. that '
ctyy?
As has been previously announced '
Rev. A. J. Derbyshire will have
charge of French in the High school
this session and a nominar tuition
charge of $2 per month has been authorized
by the board of trustees for
all who take French. The modern language
course will not be compulsory
save on those pupils not taking Latin.
No pupil will be permitted to
carry both French and Latin without
permission of the superintendent.
Mrs. W. Frank Nickles is chairman
of a committee from the ParentTeacher
association to arrange
boarding places for the new teachers
coming in the first of September. Mrs
Nickles will appreciate information
regarding suitable boarding places
for the new teachers. It is hoped that
the housewives who are in a position
to do so will open their Homes to as
many teachers as the> can take care
of this coming session. Mrs. Nickles ,
Xl
has a list of the teachers, together; a
with their home addresses and de-/*
nominations so that she can inform
the heads of the household fully re- F
garding the teachers.
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A GENERAL LEAVES PEACHES ^
e
As the Anderson Mail recently remarked,
"The gods are sometimes
good to editors." The saying was cer- ^
tainly true yesterday when General
W. F. Radcliffe of Gilgai?ne's way
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above the average colonel in gener- ,
t
osity if not corporosity?brought
the assistant editor a basket of the
s
finest peaches east of California and, ^
grapes such as we imagine the spies
brought back from Can?an. The fruit
was perfect and perfectly delicious. ^
We were mighty glad the "Big
Boss'' was out of the city yesterday. <
for what he would have done to that
basket of fruit would have been a
plenty.
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Dick Parker Behaving Himselt c
Dick Parker is behaving himself. ]
The reason we know he is, is be- j
cause he is now at Col. B?b Perrin's j
camp in Brevard, N. C. We know of j ^
no better model to set for a young-j(
; ster than Col. R. McC. Perrin, who! ^
(has the manners of a Chesterfield'
land the character of a real gentle-1
[man.
Dick's daddy took advantage of
the occasion by making-the trip to
Brevard with his son and Col. \
Parker is enthusiastic about Camp ^
j Transylvania. He declares the spirit j
among the ten professors and their ^
proteges to be splendid and the ]
boys think a whole lot of their sum- t
mer teachers. Dick is a handsome i
fellow himself and has the makings t
of a real citizen. t
BOND WITHDRAWS ROM RACE
Mr. E. M. Bond of this city announces
that he has withdrawn front j
the race fbr magistrate at the Court (
House. He wishes to thanfc the many ]
friends who have encouraged him so ]
I far in the campaign^and to say'that ,
| he regrets that circumstances have ,
| arisen which compel h!m to change (
I his plans regarding his candidacy. (
HUNTER PLACE TO BE SOLD
The Hunter place, 1,250 acres,
half way between this city and ]
Troy, is being subdivided into J
tracts and the whole will be offered ^
at auction August 13 by the Sou- ]
Lhern States Realty Co. Full adver- ]
tisements of the sale will appear I
in our next issue. '
HIRAM LAWSON
PLACE IS SOLD
Sale Included Beautiful Home Tract
With Mahogany Trees.?Other
City Property Sold by
Piedmont Land Co.
Yesterday was a big day for Calhoun
Falls, the candidates, and the
Piedmont Land Co. As had been advertised
the land company pulled off
i big auction sale at the Falls which
aras attended by a score of candidates
for various county offices and about
ive hundred of the "dere pepul" who
iid the bidding.
While the farm lands brought
*ood prices the bidding was not very
ively. This may be attributed to the
:ight money market and to the fact
;hat yesterday's crowd just was not
i bidding crowd. If the "dere pepul"
lad bid as strongly for land and lots
is the candidates did for votes "he
mctioneer would be receiving bids
ret.
The sale of the Hill-NicHe/store
juilding on the S. A. L. railroad in
Calhoun Falls was not confirmed at
;he auction yesterday but the buildng
was bought this morning by DeflTitt
Hall for $2,550.
None of the other sales of store
:uildings were confirmed yesterday,
["he Hotel George as finally knocked
lown to Mike Kustas for $4,525.00
md the two lots between the hotel
tnd the C. & W. C. railroad were
>ouught by R. S. Link and J. D
rulp for $640 while W. M. Burria
r,ot the corn patch at the rear of the|
lotel for $305 making a total ofjj
>5,470 paid for the hotel property.
The sale of the Hiram Lawson
lace near the city of Calhoun Falls c
.ttracted the largest crowd and was j
old in subdivisions at good prices.
L number of the tracts were knock-'
d down to W. A. Calvert while Char-jj
ie Taylor got the tract on which is;,
he old Lawson homestead for -150;
in acre. There are about 51 actes in^
his tract. Some unusually fine pecan
,? ? V* i'
rees are also on this tract and sever-L
il real mahogany trees, one of themj
>ig enough for the sawyer, which!
tand in the front yard of the Law-',
on home attracted considerable att
ention.
After the sale was over those at<
ending it were given a barbecue din- j
ler by the land company.
SYNAGOGUE ROBBED j]
BY BANDIT OF $400'
jl
Minneapolis, Aug. 3.?An armed
>andit held up the Gamillus Ghesad '
Synagogue here shortly after ser-j
ri/>oe ViaH Kpoti <?nnr?lllHpr? last nicht '
md escaped with $400. The money
lad been collected at the services for
cans, to the poor, and members of
;he synagogue had just finished
:ounting it when the bandit entered,
ired a shot, scooped up the money
?rom a table and fled.
OFF FOR NEW GOODS
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Mr*, R. C. Philson leaves today
'or Baltimore and New York in;
vhich markets he will purchase the
all stock for Philson and Henry's
vell-known dry goods store. Mr.
'hilson states that he does not inend
to let any store in the state
lave an opportunity to say this fall
hat it has as uperior line of goods
o that of Philson and Henry.
FIXING FOR THE PREACHER.
: The Episcopalians are having their
parsonage renovated''atVi put in first
ilass shape for their neW'pastor and
ais bride who are staying temporari-j
ly at the Eureka hotel. The parsonage
will be put in excellent repair,
painted inside and out and an electric
range has been installed for the
convenience of the new housekeeper.
CENSUS FIGURES
Population of other southern
places announced today included:
5t. George, S. C., 1386; SummerMile,
S. C., 2.550; Jonesboro, Ga.,
I, 060; S. Matthews, S. C., 1,780;
Batts'wurg, S. C., 2,848; Brooklartd,
3. C., 1,703; Leesville, S. C., 1,216.
And none for Abbeville yet.
THE CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN OPENS TODA
Candidates For Congress and Solic
tor From This District Fire First
Guns At Newberry Today
The big noise in the congressiom
and solicitor campaigns ? commence
at Newberry today. The candidate
for congress from the third distric
and the candidates for solicitor of th
eighth judicial district are Jpiakin
the campaign together and their^itir
erary pretty well covers the whol
district. It is to be presumed that thl
double party will attract more ir
terest and speak to larger audience
than any of the other political aspii
ants will do in this section.
iThere is an Abbeville citizen i
each party; W. W. Bradley is oppo:
ing F. H. Dominick for congress an
Senator Howard Moore is makin
the race for solicitor with H S. Blaclf
well of Laurens and F. Frank McCor
of Greenwood.
The itinerary is as follows:
Newberry, Wednesday, a. m. Ai
mist 4.
o ?
Whitmire, Wednesday, p. m., Aug
ust 4. * I ?
Greenwood Thursday, a. m. Auf
5th. 4
" Ware Shoals, Thursday, p. m
August 5.
Abbeville, Friday, a. m. Aug. 6.
Lowndesville, Saturday, a. m
Aug. 7. V|
Clintori, Tuesday, a Aug. 10.
Lauren^, Wednesday; p. m. Auf
11th.
JR. GAMMON DECLINES CAL1
Mr. J. C*. T&ompson, cierK 01 im
session of the Presbyterian churcl
s in receipt of a letter from Dr. Ed
vard G. Gammon of Hampden-Syd
ley, Va.f stating that he feels tha
lis work is not completed in th?
Virginia field and that he declines
vith real regret, the call recently
ixtended him to become pastor o
;he Abbeville Presbyterian church
[n part Dr. Gammon says:
"I have given the call extende<
ne careful and prayerful considera
;ion. As much as I would like to bi
ible to accept it and to what thi
:hurch there wants, I still feel m;
luty is here for the , present. T<
lave to forego the -privilege o
serving your church is a real sor
row to me."
The members of the church her*
ire very much disappointed that Dr
Gammon could not see his wa;
:lear to accept the call as he wa
the unanimous choice of the congre
Ration.
SUPPLY FOR BAPTIST
CHURCH THIS MOtfT!
Owing to the absence of the pastoi
Rev. Louis J. Bristow, the pulpit c
the Baptist church will be Fupplie
during the month of August as fol
lows: Sunday. August 8, Dr. A. 'J
Jamison, president of Conrfr. Maj
well orphanage; Sunday, August 1i
Dr. Charles E. Burts, genera? s-ecri
tary of the Bapt'st Board of V thi
?tate; Sunday, August 22, Ur. G. V
Gardner of Greenwood; Sunday
August 29, Dr. J. C. Danford of th
faculty of Anderson College.
MR. GILLELAND BACK ON JOB.
Mr. Roy Gilleland returned to hi
old position as manager of the C<
operative Mercantile Co. today re
lieving Mr. T. M. Millerwho ha
with Mr. John T. Evans purchase
the stack of E. R. Thomson's grocer
< - - L la
store. Messrs mi tier ana xtvana m
take over the Thomson business o
Sept. 1. Mr. Gilleland has man
friends who are glad to have hii
back'with the Cooperative.
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S. A. McCUEN TO CALVERT'S
Mr. S. A. McCuen who for some
time has been a salesman for th
Kerr Furniture Co., has resigned hi
position with them and accepted
similar one with W. A. Calvert i
Sons. Mr. McCuen is taking hi
vacation this month and will begi:
work with his new firm Septembe
1.
'NEW CHARGES
" EFFECTIVE AUG. 26 J
? NEW RAILWAY KATES WILL:
WAIT ANOTHER WEEK BE. " '|j
e'- FORE 'TARIFFS AkE kfeAlfe^^M
e MUST FIRST BE FILED ON AU- l9
L" GUST THE 21.?RATE SHOULD .|B
ts NOT BURDEN PUBLIC. EMPLOYES
WILL PAY TAX ' ||
r" - , Washington, Aug. 3.?New freight :'3m
ratfa and passenger Sares wiU be , ||
n made effective, on Augdst 26, instead '
*" of on August 20, for passenger fares^ ^ 33
and August 25 for freight tariffs,
g railroad officials announced tonight.
At the same time it was announc
^ ed that the American railroads would
ask the Canadian/ railway commiB- -M
sioners for permission to make the ]
l" new rates effective on transportation ::J|
} li um tut; uiuieu ouiies lu Liie aumiFj- :ja
Decision to postpone the putting :?
f* into effect the advance cnarges au- fg
thorized last Saturday by the inter- :'M
state commerce commission from the 'Jj]
dates announced yesterday was reached
today after tariff experts of y-|S
the carriers had informed Alfred P. ^
Thom. eeneral counsel-for the Asso- 3
ciation of Railway Executives that it ill
r would be impossible to save the ;M
blanket schedules ready before Aug- v* ,J|
ust 21. Under the orders of the com* ,.;|9
mission, the new schedules must be ~3j
filed five days before tney become - ' J8B
s effective.
I Application of the new scnedoles v * $13
. to transportation to Canacra, officials "-M
. said, will mean that shippers will pay
t! freight,charges under the new tariffs ^
e! for their classification territories un- ~
1,1 less the shipment passes through \
j I more than one group before crossing ~
f j the line in which case the inter-terrl- * itfl
. jtorial rate, which i^ to De advanced
j 33 1 3 per cent. w6uld apply. '4Jj
II Canadian railways, it was said will
.'apply to the interstate commerce
e i commission for authority to maKe the. j
e i new charges' effective on transporta- J
\f i tion from the dominion into the Unit- j
31 ed States. L*. j
Washington, Aug. 3.?increased j
revenues officially estimated a; ?100,- j
a AAA AAA ...ill 4-n fVia ' ' I
ej WV/,VW axi II U.di 1J, win v\j vue
' | treasury as a result of the advance j
y j in transportation rates aliowed the ' j
s | , ailroads. The added income to the
- government officials say, would be de- j
/ived from increased transportation |
taxes which are paid by the public as J
Well as through operation of the in- "M
rijcome and excess profits tax. J
Should railroad traffic continue at I
r its present volume, all of tne taxes j
,f! received from the passenger, Pull- ~ j
man and freight charges will be in- I
creased, proportionately with the in-^ J
^ crease in rajtes. j
. Another source of Revenue would ^
be from income taxes levied against I
the railroad corporations. Railroad I
j executives expect many or the car- j
f j riers to earn sufficiently large returns j
' under the new rates to compel tne j
payment of income taxes for the first I
time since prewar days. j
The wage awards of $600,000,000 j
a year, one of the causes for the rate j
is advance, also will result in producing 1
>. a return to the government for it I
- places most of the railroad employees j
^ within jurisdiction of the income tax J
d laws'. Amounts levied- on mOut of the
y workers will Jhe small but it . waa ; :^5|
n pointed out, tie railroad labor army ]
n numbers ipore than 2,000,000 per- j 3
y sons. - - H
Miss Mamie Hall of Iva and Miss J
Eloise Hall of Calhoun Falls were
shopping in the city today.
e COTTON MARKET
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a January 219.25
i (March 28.77
s July 28.50
n October 31.03
r December 30.00
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