Abbeville Press and Banner!
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DIRECTORS OF T
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HELD FULL MEETING MONDAY!
AFTERNOON.?TOWEL FAC- j J
TORY, NEW RAILWAY, AND r
ENTERTAINMENT OF vVISlTING i1
DOCTORS, WHO COME TOMOR-j,
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CUSSED AT THE MEETING
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A full meeting of the board of di- e
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce
was held in the office of the presi- '
dent Monday afternoon at which time
several matters of importance and of s'
Lis- ? 1
puuuc interest ?eie uistuwcu anu
some form of action taken by the 0
board. S1
The first question to come up was
a request from C. E. Williamson that ^
the Chamber of Commerce express ri
itself regarding the propossd estab- P
lishment of a towel factory m th v
city and that modes of procedur 2
regarding the securing of the capita P
stock be discussed. After hearing Mr
Williamson the directors decide I g
that it would be better to wait until t<
; a full meeting of the entire member- nr
ship of the Chamber could be held si
and that Mr. Blair Rice, president c;
of the Belton Towel factory, be in- tj
vited to address this meeting on the]
best modes of procedure to follow r<
in the outset, as well as to give some tl
of his experiences in his successful m
work at Belton. This of course to de- si
pend upon Mr. Rice's willingness to tl
ta"c of himself and his successful b;
manufactory at Belton. d;
The next matter\ up for discussion o:
was an offer received from the Caro- P1
lina Engineering Co. of Wilmington 111
N. C., to send representatives here P1
to discuuss the Donald-Due West- P;
Abbeville electric railway with the j
citizens of the county as well as the! 0:)
members of the Chamber of Com '
Nmence. The president was instructed''1"
' to ^-rite the engineering firm to setj n'
a date that would be convenient for e(
them to have their experts here and Vl
that a mass meeting of the citizens'P:
inteiested in the progress' of the'tl
threa towns as well as of tne county 11
as a whole would be called. The
board of directors takes the position
that it is well to he?r men of sue ?
cessful experience express their J
opinions on these projectec improve I ^
ments as applied to locai conditions!
before endorsing what might prove j
to be not the enterprise most need-1
ed for this city and the county at J1*
large.
The Chamber of Commerce had
been requested by the local com- ,,
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mitiee of doctors, who nave charge
of the program for the Third Dis ^
triet Medical association meeting to
be held here tomorrow, to appoint a
committee of its members who have
automobiles to arrange for a ndejn
about the city and country for the I Ci
visiting doctors. The president ap-{ f,
pointed the following committee and1
reruscted them to meet with the j
chairman and Dr. Gambrell, chairI
t man of the doctors' committee, to
perfect arrangements for the ride:
C. E. Williamson, chairman; Dr. C.
H. McMurray, Dr. J. R. Nickles, R
E Cox, W D. Barksdale, Bradley t
Reege, Owen Speed, Joel S. Morse r<
and John Calvert. T
The committee from the board of s<
directors which was appointed sev- (
eral weeks ago to go mto the long \
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list of applications for the position
of permanent secretary reported that
a number of applicants had been
invited to appear before the com ?
mittee and several have already come
. to the city and conferred with the
committee. As there are more appli- I
cants to come this week and next ?
week the committee asked for more ?
time before submitting its final re- 11
port. This request was granted and c
thr committee stated that they would.'
hasten matters as much as possible}
as they realized that the securing of i 8
^ a permanent secretary was impera r
ti\'2 if the body expected to get any ; t
rer.i results accomplished this fall. ; c
As soon as Mr. Rice is heard fromjt
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-OV/NDESVILLE F6LK
EXPECT GOOD ROAE
Vant to Know Where Candidat
Stand on Road Question?Invited
to Express Their Views
At Meeting This Month
The following communication w
eeeived this morning from E.
[Jeschine of Lowndesville with t
equest that we publish same:
Editor The Press and Banner:?
It is not the privilege of many
ivve on a thoroughfare and the m
ority of the farmers or Abbevil
bounty (and they are the majjori
f its citizens) are dependent almo
xclusively on their country roa
or their travel and their transport
ion.
These country roads with the
teep hillsides are, as every 01
nows, an eye sore and a disgrace
ur county; most of them are the r
alt of Indian time engineering.
All o^r county roads, with a vei
e\v exceptions, should be. tr.erefor
esurveyed and regraded as far j
ossib\e on a level. The whole Abb
ille county is interested in this woi
nd nobody would begrudge its e:
ense.
Of course our country must ha>
ood roads, viz: between Washinj
)n, the seat of ths federal goveri
lent and the capitals of the sever
ates of the union; and between tl
apitals of the states and their coui
r seats.
But the building of the counl
>ads should have the priority. ]
le present scheme of building tl
lain roads first followed excli
vely, this will be the starting (
le building of our system of roac
y the roof instead of by the foui
ation, in which instance the farmei
E Abbeville county may, as well pri
are themselves to see the improvi
lent of the county roaas only in
roblematic millenium, meantira
aying for many years to com
eavy taxes for the excrusive benef
f favored and privileged ones.
Those of our citizens who are seel
ig to become our officers for th
ext two years are, therefore, invi
i to make tnis county roads resu
eying and regrading an issue in tl
resent campaign and to presei
leir views on the subjejct at.the
leeting at Lowndesville.
This is not a personal request, bi
le request of many of us who ai
reatly interested in the matter.
E. C. Meschine,
[ermitage Farm, Lowndesville, S. <
IVA VOTES BONDS
onds To Be Sold At Once To Buil
School House
The Iva school district has recen
voted $10,000 school bonds to g
i sale mimediately for the coi
ruction of a four room brick vi
eer building to be added to tt
resent school building.
Trustees of the Iva district ai
ounce that the new building wi
Dst between $10,000 and $12,0C
ut that the work is not being hel
ack on this account. It is expecte
lat the rooms will be ready f<
ccupancy by September 1.
LEAVING FOR KOREA
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Power le:
jday for Korea, where they wi
esume their missionary caree
hey have been spending the pa
jveral months on a furlough wil
Natives in Abbeville, after beir
1 Korea for four years. They e:
ect to remain at least three yea:
efore returning to America.
:eturn from pleasure tri
Messrs Truman Reames, Marsh*
jeach and Albert Leslie have retur
frnm a nleasnre t.r?n tn HpnHp
lersonville and Chattanooga. Thi
tiade the trip in a Ford and we
haperoned by the faithful serva
'Malachia."
md the Carolina Engineering C
lame a date for their representativ
o appear before the citizens of tl
ounty, a full meeting of the Chai
er will be called.
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KJL UlIS dtCl 1C tlllS lAlli
AMERICA SPEAKS ON
is POLISH TROUBLE
k Declare* For Independence of
Pol;i and Will Have No Dealings
With BoUheviki Now .in Power
re In Ruuia
^ Washington, Aug. 10.?The Ama
erican government declared today
lt? for the maintenance of the political
n. independence and territorial integritj^of
Poland and against any
y dismemberment of Russia.
[f In a note addressed (to the Italian
te ambassador, Secretary Colby,
a- speaking with the approval and con>f
sent of President Wilson said, the
13 United States took "no exception"
,1- to the efforts to arrange an armis
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b jand would "regard with satisfaction"
a declaration by the allied
a Jand associated powers that the
i "territorial integrity and true
e, boundaries" of Russia would be
i respected.
The government flatly stated,
c" however, that it would not "at least
ie for the present" participate in any
t plan for the expansion of the armir"
stice -negotiations into a general
ie i European conference because in all
1 probability it would involve two re'r
suits from which the United States
"strongly recoils."
1 "The recognition of the Bolsher?
vist regime.
"A settlement of Russian problems
almost inevitably upon the
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u basis of a dismemberment of Russia.
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j The American note did not go into
details as to the "available
means" which might be employed ir
^ protecting the independence of Poland,
and there was no informatior
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as to the views of the United States
ig
government on the blockade and
economic measures decided upon,at
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Hythe. Likewise there was only an
^ mplied response to Poland's request
for a declaration of the
)0 moral support of the United States
., n the fight against the Soviet.
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^ In declaring the complete sympathy
of the United States with the
>r
Russian people, Mr. Colby in his
note denounced the' Soviet leaders
His language was compared with
1 hat contained |n the proposal oi
ft he then Secretary Lansing to the
ill nations of the world two years age
r> that the Russian Bolsheviki be de3t
claret international outlaws.
Lt. "Wo pari nnf " Mr P.nlhv SAirl
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lg recognize, or hold official relations
K.. with, or give friendly reception t<
the agents of a government which ii
determined to conspire against oui
institutions, whose diplomats will
P be agitators of dangerous revolt,
whose spokesmen say that they sign
*1 agreements with no intention of
n- keeping them."
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ey refusal of the United States tc
re'recognize the present rulers of
nt Russia had nothing to do with anj
particular political structure whicli
? the Russian people themselves
'o might see fit to embrace. He dees
clared that it rested upon an entirehe
ly different set of facts which had
n" convinced the United States againsl
I its will that the Soviet was basec
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last Fall when the Square was packed
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| DOCTORS MEET TOMORROW *
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Third District Medical Associ&ltian
Will Enjoy Banquet at * Eureka
And Hear Papers By Eminent
Surgeons
While it is not possible to secure
a complete program of the meeting
.of the Third District Medical assoI
iation which convenes in this city
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock yet
ufficient is learned to assure one
that the meeting is going to be a
J plendid one, the banquet as sumptious
as could be desired, and a
number of authoritative addresses
y visiting surgeons.
If the weather permits the visiting
medical men will enjoy' a . ride
about the city and country which'
Jvill be tendered them by an entertainment
committee from the Chami
ber of Commerce. Dr. E. A. , Hine%
who will read a paper before the association
is also president of he
Seneca Chamber of Commerce and
the directors of the Abbeville body
hope to get some* good points from
the doctor to pay for his-Tide.
fche president of the Third I)is-'
trict association is Dr. Hughes of J
Laurens, and Dr. J. R. Power of i
this city if secretary. Dr. T. W. L. |
' Bailey of Clinton who will attend'
the meting tomorrow is state coun-'
.sellor from this district. '
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GONE TO MARKET. ?
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Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran left this afternoon
for Baltimore and New York
in which cities she will. select her
, fall "Stock of millinery, dry goods,
. ready-to-wear goods and notions for
. I her store here. Mrs. Cochran has exJcellent
taste in selecting her stock
. and premises something itew for her
4-?, m Ui
, V;UdtUIIiCid Wlicil sue IClUlUd UVUI bllio
trip.
SHOWERING THE RECTOR I
The ladies of Trinity Episcopal
church are giving a kitchen shower
this afternoon to Mrs. Alfred James
Derbyshire, bride of their rector, at
the home of Mrs. W. M. Barnwell on
Chestnut street. The Episcopalians
have recently renovated the rectory
on Church street and the rector and
his bride will shortly move in to be-1
gin housekeeping.
PAINTING UP
' j The stores of the L. W. White Co.
j'are receiving a fresh coat of white
j paint and being thoroughly cleaned
. up in preparation for the big fall i
^business which is coming their|
, |way- . I
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\\ LEAVING FOR SALUDA
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| Mrs. W. D. Wilson left today for!
! Saluda, N. C., where she will join)
1 ,her nietes, Miss Mary Lawson Link)
: of Abbeville, and Mrs. Joe Everetts |
of Spartanburg, for a visit of sever-,
1 al weeks in the mountains.
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upon the negotiation of every prin?'
. ciple of honor and good faith and!
I every usage and convention undert
lying the whole structure of interfta1
tional law.
3VILLE.
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I with wagons of cotton. All this
s every prospect for ia repitition
LOCAL RANK9 HAMniF*
PAVING CERTIFICATES'
Paving Assessment Certificates to the
Amount of $58,338,000 Are
Financed by Six Local
Banking Institutions
City Council at a special meeting
Monday afternoon passed on the paving
assessments whfch are to be issued
for the paving of twelve addi-j
tional streets in the city. An ordi^
iiance was also, passed authorizing
the selling of these certificates to thei
amount of $58,338,000 to the six
local banks; Peoples Savings, County,
Savings, Planters, Farmers, National!
and Operatives Trust Lo. bach 01^
these banks will take up $9,723
Vorth of the paving assessment certificates
at six per cent.
The streets and parts pf streets to
be paved under this ntJw ordinance
are: Cambridge, Chestnut, Church,1
Ellis Ave, Ferry, East and West
Pickens, West 'Pinckney, Poplar |
Wardlaw, Branch and South Main|
extension. L
The regular monthly meeting of|
the city council will be neld Friday|
3/ening at 8:30 o'clock.
MOTOR EXPRESS STARTS
Greenvdlle, Aug. 10.?pespite
many disappointments, the motor
express lines radiating from Greenville
to nearby 'towns will begin
operation Tuesday. The line at first
will be operated from Greenville to
Seneca Tuesdays and Thursdays,
and from Greenville to Honea Path
Wednesday's and Friday's. All small
packages between Greenville and |
Seneca should be sent to the Manufacturers
warehouse by Monday
night or before 7:30 o'clock Tues->J
day morning. The same rules apply !
for Wednesday's trips as for Tues-j
day's.
NEW RESIDENTS '
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Mr. and Mrs. Cf CT" Wallace of j
Clinton have arrived in Abbeville to
make their home. Mr. Wallace will
be the manager of Adair's Department
store. He is a young man of
fine business qualities having
proved them by holding a reponsible
position with the First National
bank of Clinton for several
years. Mrs. Wallace is a popular
young woman who wi^l add much to
the attractiveness of the younger
married set of the city. They will
have rooms at Mr. Charlie Haigler's.
BUYING JEWELRY
W. E. Johnson left today for the
Eastern markets where he will purchase
his holiday line. Mr. Johnson
was joined at Greenwood by Mr.
Lawrence White, who goes to maret
with him.
DR. MARTIN TO PREACH
' Rev. James L. Martin, D. D.. will
preach in the Presbyterian church
of Abbeville, Sunday morning at
1 o'clock.
Misses Virginia and Sarah Leslie
left today for a visit to Misses
Louise and Mary Fant in Athens,
Ga.
ENGLAND UNO A
MCE TIRED I
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OF WAR AND GENERAL FEELING
PREVAILS IN GREAT BRI
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TAIN THAT THERE ARE NO A
SOLDIERS TO SEND TO FIGHT s
BOLSHEVIK1?'FRENCH R. R.
WORKERS WOULD STRIKE
RATHER THAN HAUL TROOPS
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London, Aug. 11.?Great Britain 3
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has been given a few very anxious
day? as a result of the Polish situation.
Nobody in this country wants
to embark in another war. Not only
has England no soldiers to send, ^
but the who-le community is tired of $
war and overburdened with taxa- ' <
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tion.
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Results of the Hythe conference 3
are considered as a compromise between
the British and French, as all '
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the decisions reached at recent con- v ferences
have been. Sunday's proceedings
were proclaimed by the
French to be a victory for the policy
of Premier Millerand, but yesterday's
seems to have been a success
for Preihier Lloyd George.
The British premier apparently I
had two policies for dealing prith ^
the present situation: One is to arrange
terms with the Bolsheviki of
Russia and the other is to help Germany
get on her feet, both policies : "
antagonistic to what appears to be *
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allies to support Poland by all *pos- |l
sible means and suspicion of any %
assistance to Germany seems to. be 'ja
apparent, as French newspapers 1
have recently been outspoken in op> 1
position to Ihe policy of Mr. Lloyd 19
George. The third important men* vi|
ber of .the alliance, Italy, was stfl II
represented at Hythe, but it is JUfc
serted she-is in entire accord with J
Mr. Lloyd George and has opened
diplomatic relations with Soviet
Russia, although her allies have refused
to take a similar step.
French Would Strike
Paris, Aug. 11.?Railroad men
throughout France will strike if i
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called up to transport troops to Poland,
according to Resolutions
adopted at a meeting her? tonight.
Reports of disagreements between j $
French officers and Poland and the ? 'j
Polish general staff has caused the
French public to take an unfavor- ,:J
able view of the situation. There is .. |
deep feeling against military intervention,
a^d such a step would be
very unpopular.
"France" said General Mirbel to
Che Associated Press today, "must
be defended on the line of the
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Rhine if Bolshevism threatens.",
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JOHN MILLS WOULD
BE A CONDUCTOR
John Mills, a young negro who waa
arrested by Chief Johnson yesterdfey , jj!
for carrying concealed weapons, j
really the Iver^Johnson pistol found
on him could hardly be called a dangerous
weapon, was found to have
a pocket full of railroad tickets from
Elberton to stations on the ElbertonToccoa
railroad and a ticket punch '
as well. Evidently John wanted to
don the blue and brass and be Cap'n.
Mills and his tale that he found the f
tickets and punch in his travels thru
Georgia is hardly plausible. Mayor
Mars didn't put much faith m John's
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tale of woe and gave him $50 or 30
days for carrying the Iver-Johnson
even though it did snap on all the
cartridges in the chamber. At pres
e'nt Cap'n. Mills is boarding and ' .jj
rooming at the "Johnson Inn"
awaiting financial assistance from
some relatives the cap'n says he has
at Greer.
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