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Abbeville Press and Banneifl Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, August 6, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year; f|||| CONSTABLE GETS Ml STILI ^ FORTY GALLON COPIER STILI 1 ,:t IS CAPTURED BY CONSTABLE A HUCKABEE IN JEFF BOW MAN'S PASTURE. CONSTABLE INFORMED OF LOCATION B1 J EIGHT YEAR OLD JOE TURNER Constable J. M. Huckabee ol Lowndesville brought in to th< Sheriff this morning a 40-gallon cop per still which he captured yester day afternoon on a small branch i i Jeff Bowman's pasture near Lown desville. None of the operators ol the illicit contraption were fount about the still but two barrels o! mash ready to run were destroyed The worm was not found with th? boiler and it is presumed that th< moonshiners removed that part oJ the distillery after making the rur of the night. Little Joe Turner, Jr., a lad oi eight, who father lives on Martir Boles place deserves the reward foi the capture of this still. Yesterdaj afternoon Joe appeared in Nance and Mann's store at Lowndesvilh and asked thee rowd in the store ii any of them was the sheriff. Joe addressed the question directly to s man who was delivering a trucl load of Coca-cola. The "dope" mar promptly denied any such honor Constable J. M. Huckabee happened to be in the store and told the little man that he was the sheriff and asked him what his trouble was. Joe replied that he could tell him where there was a still if he wanted it. Mr. Huckabee told Joe that was his I \ , business so the lad stated that there was a big still in Jeff Bowman's pasture. Mr. Huckabee asked Joe if he uraa mmo annnarh fr? crn with him n?*? ? ? ?? after it. The boy said he was. So the constable and Joe got in an automobile and started for Bowman's pasture. Mr. Huckabee said when Joe told him where the still was that the action of the crowd in Nance and Mann's store was similar to the action of a covey of partridges when they are flushed. The telephone began to ring and several of the customers left off buying goods and disappeared and most of the others present suddenly remembered) urgent business elsewhere. The constable states that he knew then there would be no one about the still when he got there. i As he predicted when he and Joe arrived at the location of the still on a small branch in the pasture everything was as silent as death. But the still was there hid in the hm?Viwnnrl with two hnrrpls r>f mash just right for a run that night. Mr. Huckabee says he never saw a gamer boy than Joe Turner. While the constable was busy overturning the still, Joe was emptying mash in the branch. After the still was dismantled the lad and the constable lugged the heavy copper boiler hali a mile-to where the automobile had been left. There is a reward of ten dollars offered by the deportment of internal revenue for. anyone who in" forms a revenue officer of the cor rect location of a itill and an addiv tional reward of $40 for each conviction resulting from such inforY, V mation. In this case, thoueh. Mr, , Huckabee is a state constable and not a revenue officer so the government will not pay any reward tc Joe. Mr. Huckabee says he is going to see that Joe gets ten dollars ii he has to pay it out of his pocket. SERVICES AT BEULAH Protracted services will commence at Beulah Sunday, August 8, Details of the deaths of 361,854 French soldiers are unknown. AN INTERESTING PLACE TO VISIl Abbeville Coca-Cola Plant Modern Ii Every Respect?Mechanical Bottle Washer?24 Bottles of "Dope" Every Minute ' The plant of the Abbeville Coca Cola Co. on-East Lane street is on< * of the most modern in tne country . A visit to this plant when you ---an . sure you won't get in the way of th< busy folk there will be interesting. The machinery, like the Linotyp< : machine, seems almost to posses: brains. Everything that can be doni without the touch of human hand is done in the Link plant. The bot f ties which have been emptied 0! ' their contents by thristy customer 1 at the various cold drink stands ar< ' placed in pairs, bottom side up, oi 1 an endless belt which carries then " first through a boiler containing t f mixture of acid and boiling watei i which absolutely cleans <ne bottlei P nAi^a/tf)v onr) olftnop unfll flip Hirf. UtIU MiViig ?? *v>* vuv ? *? V strong acid kills any germs whicl i may have taken up their abode ii - the bottles. Without any lost motioi f the chain carries the hundreds o1 * bottles on through the rinsing ma chine where all the acid solution :i f thoroughly washed off by the jets oJ i sparkling, clear water. t The belt carries the bottles fron r the rinsing machine past the bottling i machine where at present Herbefl ? Whaley presides. Herbert is conp r> A Anf iiiflNvlini [ SlUCiaviJ ill VAC <?uvrpw IU . bottles at the rate of 48 a minute i than he is in juggling "amo, amas : amat" in a 45--minute period undei i Miss Turner. He bottles, with the aid . of the machine, 24 bottles of sfcfl 1 drinks each minute and handles eacl . bottle twice in the operation. I Young Gilbert Nabers is kept buss s moving the freshly-filled bottles away ! from the machine. Gilbert and Herbert make a good team to put the i proper amount of gas in anything. The "dopes" are never touched i with the hands except on fffte outside of the bottles and sanitation and , speed arevthe working trademarks of the Abbeville Coca-Cola plant. KINARDS, S. C., TAKES PALM FOR GREATEST INCREASE Newberry 'Town Shows Increase in - Population of 819.8 Per Cent In Ten Years I ' ~ ~ Washington, Aiug. 5.?KSnards, in Newberry county, S. C., with an increase of 819.8 per cent in the last ten years has shown the largest rate of growth of any place in the south, having a population of 1,000 or more, thus far in the fourteenth census. Kinards in 1910 had a population of 166 while its 1920 census issued today shows a population of 1,527, an increase of 1,361 in the 10 years. Townley, Ala., with an increase of 561.3 percent and a population of 1,554, and Miami, Fla., with an increase of 440.1 percent and a population of 29,549, rank second anl ?hird among southern places in their rate of growth. REVIVAL. AT SHARON Revival services will begin at Sharon on Sunday afternoon, Au gust 8th, at four o clock. Singing will be led by the pastor and the preaching will be done by Rev. James E. Ellis of Emory University. The meeting will continue through Sunday August 15. After Sunday there will be two services daily, at 11 o'clock in the morning and eight o'-clock in the evening. ' The public is cordially invited. \ ORR'S RIFLES' REUNION > [ The annual reunion of Orr's Regiiment of Rifles will be held at Due West, August 18th and 19th. The customary hospitality of the Due West people will be extended to these brave old veterans and it is hoped that every one of them will be able to attend the meeting. . Judge A. R. Ellis has charge of the reunion arrangements. r Candidates For ( Hean Candidates For Solicitor ; tention By Audience o Tame And No Mud S And Moore Both By Hon 9 p ! The candidates for congress from A 1 the Third District and candidates for o " solicitor from the Eighth Judicial f ^ Circuit spoke h^re * today at the s 3 court house at 11 o'clock. The audi- o l I " ence averaged probably 300 when J 8 1 the candidates for congress spoke but t 1 at the conclusion of the second can1 didate's speech 50 or more left the Hoi# a dnTon Tnrtlpq Wprp 1 preSent. The county chairman, J. H.I 0 3 si Moore being one of candidates for 1 solicitor the meeting was presided 1 1 over by Hon. Wm. P. Greene. I | The meeting was without special ir terest all the candidates passing^1 compliments and throwing bouquets J1 * at each other and save for the scoring by Mr. Bradley of Congressman 01 Dominick's record during the trou- ^ 1 bulous days of 1917 just prior to en? Sl W gt ' try of this country into the war and h | 2| during the months following, no at- . tacks were made by the speakers on 13 ' the other candidates. ' s vi W. W. Bradley of this city and . candidate for congress was the first m I speaker this morning ancf made a pa? ^ . triotic speech declaring himself in { favor of ^he Federal Reserve Act, ^ the Farm Loan Act, and of Wilson's cc . policies. Mr. Bradley then <ti3cussed _ J the war and scored the record of r 1S( Congressman Dominick .for having voted against the entry of tnis country into war, the draft act, the press ^ , censorship' bill, and declared that if it were possible Mr. Dominick would ^ i like to change that record. In con, elusion Mr. Bradley stated tliat Domi . re inick was going about tlie district ^ saying that he was already sure of reelection but that his cocksureness ^ was only the whistle of a scared boy ^ as he passed the country graveyard ^ and was expressed to keep his cour- rg age up. , lQf Fred H. Dominick, congressman re from this district seeking reelection ^ followed Mr. Bradley and stated that when he was elected four years ago gr that the only promise he made was pj to see that every citizzen oi his dis- pj, trict was treated alike and that no stl favoritism would be shown any in- ^ dividual or set of individuals. !S3 Mr. Dominick stated that he stood to on his record and explained the pre- sti vailing circumstances when ne cast ho his vote on the important measures Ja cited by Mr. Bradley. The congress- re man stated that he was scored two in years ago on the same counss as Mr. pe Bradley was fighting him on today in and that the people of the Third Dis- se trict placed the stamp of their ap- al proval on his record by returning cii him to congress with a gooa majority, to Said he was opposed to granting al! or the veterans of the world war a bo- so nus of som^ $5,00 or $600 and was co glad that the Abbeville post of the pi vrur liru/ci dy crnor <11*4 f T tf U f f a W Frank E. Harrison, Jr. has opened a new jewelry store in the store room just below the National Bank of Ab- ^ beville on the square and is rapidly> 4 filling his store with new goods in . til his line. Mr. Harrison has quite an ^ attractive store and h&ncrsome new .. fixtures. He proposes to carry only reliable goods and goods of good quality. Mr. Harrison is the oldest ^ son of Dr. F. E. Harrison, president of the Farmers Bank and is an Ab^*1* beville boy who has many friends throughout the county who wish him IWJ every good fortune in his new busi-l, .ds ness. Mr. J. S. Ashley of Jacksonville, I hs Fla., who is visiting his nephew, , i hi DeWitt Hall, will stay here for a month visiting friends and relatives f] hroaghcut the county. w; I Congress i Here Today Also Given Close At f 300.?All Speeches , Hinging.?Bradley Well Received defalks. Lmerican Legion had gone on rec rd as also being opposed to a bonu or able bodied veterans. In conclu ion Mr. Dominick asked the voter f Abbeville county to give Bridle; ome votes as he did not want Widi 0 feel too badly after the election. Candidate* For Solicitor The candidates for solicitor fol >wed and Mr. T. Frank McCord, nr ttorney of Greenwood was the rst of the three speakers. Mr. Mcord said that he felt much at homt 1 Abbeville County as he was bom id reared two miles from Hodges list over the Abbeville line. Mr frCnrri marie a cood SDeech and utlined carefully and impressively le qualifications necessary to inire a pood solicitor. 'He leaves rerything in the hands of the citiens t9 decide whether they think h< the logical man for the place. Senator Howard Moore of Abbelle was the second speaker and ive a resume of the stewardship as ember of the legislature both in ? capacity of representative and of nator during the past ten years 5 has served the people of his lunty. Senator Moore also made a >od speech and said the only promb he ever made* in a political camlign and the only one he ever exacted to make is that he will do his ttyas his conscience guides him id with all the ability with which ( is endowed. Solicitor H. S. Blackwell of Launs was the last speaker. Mr. lackwell stated that he a native of bbeville county and that he has others, a sister and a father still tizens %f old Abbeville. The Solitor was very plain in his remark* garding the failure of the people thisNcounty to render information gardinj* the so far unknown ? par;s who were responsible for' the )rrible death of .1 negro, Mark nith, whose body was hacked to eces and thrown in the Savannah /er last summer. Mr. Blackwell ated that he had been unable to ring any indictments in tbia caae lely from a lack of information as who committed the deed. He also a-ted that there had been nine >micides in Abbeville County since nuary 1, 1920. He stated that the cord of his services as solicitor is lmutable and will show that in 83 r cent., of the cases he has tried the Third Judicial District he has cured convictions. Mm. Blackweli so stated that this was tne only rcuit in the state where the solicir was being opposed for his secid term and that he thought if a licitor had mad a satisfactory rerd in his first term that the peoe should reelect him to office. ENGLAND PREPARING A news dispatch received over e cotton wire at McDowell & Co's Bee at .12:30 this afternoon states: 'Great Britain has began prepare>n to Intervene in behalf of -I- 1 1! ' iL_ U _j jim.au, AccvrainK 10 mo juvcnin^ ews. Steps are |being (taken for the obilization of the British Navy on war footing, the newspaper stated, ovornment is reported considering lling volunteers to go to Poland." Henry Dominick of Newebrry as a business visitor to the city toiy. % Little Miss Josephine Barnwell is returned from a month's visit to er grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A hompson in Pell City, Ala. Mrs. hompson returned with her and ill spend two weeks in Abbeville. * LINEMAN FATALLY < ' v * INJURED AT WATTS I I Henry Walker, Jr., Crashed By Falling Pole and Dies Later In County Hospital From In juries Received " ;,V" A fatal accident occurred ? near Watts ^station Wednesday morning J " when Henry Walker, Jr., y.youngi0;. ' lineman in the employ of the> Western Union Cp., was caught by a falling telegraph pole and suffered . a fracture at he base of his skull. The young man never recovered . consciousness after the accident 3 and lingered until noon , yesterday . when he passed away at the Couns ty hospital where he had been taken j immediately after the accident. } The lineman was new at the work and in some way failed to dodge the *e falling pole which struck him on the 0' nirio of >114 -fnpp ninninc his head to the ground. His fellow workers 1 state that they had no idea he would 5 live until they could get him to the m hospital. t' 1 h* ! Mr. Henry Walker, Sr., of *8 1 Merry Mount, N. C., father of the 1 young man was notified by tele graph of the death of his son and th I ' '* 1 the body lies in Harris and Calvert'^ " morgue waiting instructions from all the family. ' on 1 The body was shipped to Merry Bi Mount, N. C.,-on Seaboard train No. eij 6 this afternoon. Be Ju NEGRO SHOT NEAR. *o SEABOARD SHOPS Po 1 sis Dock William* Hits Henry Jackson kn In Pi?tol Duel At Home of Rom su) Williams Lute Lkst Night. Jack- Wc ton in Critical Condition tio Dock Williams, a colored hand in the employ of city street force, vi< fought a successful pistol duel about pa 110 o'clock last night with Henry if i? ? ii f i 'ii jacicson, anotner negro, at tne nomejoe j of Rosa Williams, on the Warrenton jvi road, near the Seaboard shops, Do where Jackson lived- Seven or eight shots were fired only one hittng the pH mark. This bullet, fired by Dock, evi pentrfcted the stomach and intes- Wj tines of Jackson, who is today lying i.ij in a critical condition in the County as hospital. Dock took flight on a ne southbound freight train directly after the shooting and has not yet FC |been apprehended. A dusky maiden was the bone of ; contention between the duellists. ?ii SHIP CARRYING 782 "LOST" ' vi CHILDREN ON LONG TRIP So , \Dr San Francisco, Aug. 5.?The sec- i.'ig ond lap of the long sea journey Re from Siberia to Petrograd was un- Gr dertaken today by 782 refugee Ruf- f0 sian children-when the/.' Japanese jroi liner Yomei Mar, chartered by t"ne|Ja< American Red Cross and designa-|Mi ed as the "Children's Ark," weighed |y0i anchor in San Francisco bay and j?pi steamed for the Panama Canal. , jpa^ Thee hildren arrived here Mon-iFeJ day and were guests of the city and foi the Red Cross chapters for three act days. the Thee hildren, several of whom alo were sai^ to be offsprings of nobili- litt ty, became separated from their ruri parents early in the world war. the CENSUS STATISTICS ^ Washington, Aug. 5.?Streator, *?v Ills., 14,779, increase 526 or 3.7 percent. Asbury Park, N. J., 12,400, in- ^ crease 2,250 or 22.2 percent. Santa Ana, Calif., 15,485, increase 7,056, or 83^ percent. > North Tonawanda, N. Y., 15,482, increase 3,527 or 29.5 percent. |mc |of& ON A PLEASURE TRIP Th Ba J. T. Clinkscales and John T Do Stokes, of Monterey, passed through foi the city Wednesday en route to the mountains of North Carolina. They ^ will visit Hendersonville, Asheville Waynesville and will return via Charlotte. They made the trip in their car. Mi Rev. Edgar Kerr of Newberry is Oc in the city visiting Dr.and Mrs. C. De A. Milford. I HE SITUATION ~ j GRAVE AS IN 1914 j JSSJAN MARCH UPON WARSAW JROGK^ltlG STEADlg:^ LY~^NG ^WICWLS AN^||| DIPLOMATS IN LONDON UN- -M DISGUISED ANXIETY IS FELT : 'M OVER THE RUSSOfpUSH OUTLOOK. London, Aug. 5.?Among British JlB 0 rials and diplomats of other na- ./j|a his here undisguised anxiety is Xj| It over the Russo-Polish situation. ($jM tie high official said: "The situation is as grave as that ' :M August 1914." \ Satements printed by extremists swspapers here that Great Britain ^ is threatened to declare war v $SJ ;ainst Soviet Russia if the Bolshek advance into Poland is not halt i nave not Deen connrmea in an- w oritative quarters. While it is generally agreed the '<|9 lies are taking an emphatic stand v , i the terms sent by Earl Curzon, itish secretary of state for for- ' *|j pi affairs to George Tchitcherin, rishevik foreign minister on * :||| ne 20, when he stated that if the ' . Ja riet government made war upon ilish people the allies would t the Poles nothing reliably ^ is own which would justify the as- )%^j| raption that such assistance ''jUffB luld take the form of a Aecl*ram of war, with all such a declara- V$S m would involve. Tn rmnrt/?T* liprs th(* ' *?is takin **the "? "riIlclI. weapon against the BolsheViki, it is decid.ed to oppose them, will tfie blockade, and that the Polqs 9 II, if possible^ be given supplies. >ubt is expressed however, as to /'3| ; possibility of conveying es to the Polish army in the ent that the Bolsheviki iapfctrre ' arsaw and close the corridor lead- ,, wa f from Poland to Danzig. In thiij ' 3e a blockade might be the only VjM ians of helping Poland. >RD OVERTURNED ON , SOUTH MAIN STREET A Ford touring car bearing Vir- l| 'j|| lia license number 80299-1920, -' Ja erturned this day about noon, on ' -\i|S uth Main street near thtf horn* of , }j . Penney. Jack Gregg, adrertis- : f agent of the Atlantic Coast alty Co., of Petersburg, Va., and \eenville, N, C., was driving the v$jjg rd down South Main street. As he 'sj inded the curve in front of Capt. y' Jl :k Perrin's, Mr. Gregg, who had ss Mary Bruce > and another ang lady in the car with him, M ed the big mixer1 belonging to the zing force blocking the street. J aring that he could not, stop be- ;Jj e striking the mixer, 'Mr. Gregg 1$ :epted the alterative of stopping ' - M ! Ford against the embankment ng the street. This he did but a .'M :le abruptly and the Ford overled pitching the young ladies and s driver out but injuring no one 1 _1 5 At. - X -1J -V s 'jStM l damaging me irusiy oiu roru ?htly. Had. Mr. Gregg continued rerds the big mixer the accident A iht have been serious. lMPAIGN meeting at BARMORE SPRINGS Mr. R. L. Barmore of Donald^ ihes us to announce that the eting of candidates for county . ^ ices scheduled for Donalds, ursday, August 26 will be heldi at rmore Springs near the city of ;j nalds and will be an occasion also a big: picnic. COTTON MARKET nuary 29.47 irch I 29.10 ly 28.65 itober 32.05 icember 30.67 J -4 . i