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f'l" r? <. ( Abbeville Press arid BannerJ Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, August 13, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Year. Experienced Sec Coming George T. Barnes, For 1 The Alabama State F< cepts Position of Seci Chamber of Comm Work Sept. 1.?C Searching For S ters For C The board of directors of the Abf beville Chamber of Commerce met in the office of the president :ast evening and unanimously agreed to employ George T. Barnes of Nashville, Tenn. as paid secretary or their or-1 ganization at salary of $3600 per year. The meeting will go on record as one characterized by congeniality and unanimity of purpose. Practically all of the fifteen directors were present with the exception of a few, who were engaged in ente^iaining the visiting doctors in attendance upon the Third District Medica: association!1 about the city. i' Pres. J. M. Nickles called the meet-!' ing yesterday morning when he received a telegram from Mr. Barnes' stating that he would arrive at 5:20 that afternoon to meet wrtn the d:-i rectors of the Chamber of Com-' merce. Mr. Barnes was present at me 'meeting and freely gave ?ts ideas regarding the work of a commercial organization and impressed the directors as being a gentleman of8 ' -character and initiative. Numerous S y questions were asked the applicant regarding his past experience in such * lines of work as would xlt a man for ? the secretaryship of a Chamber of Commerbe. After going over the plan of"work * as will be taken up by the focal organization with Mr. Barnes the directors unanimously agreecf' that he was the man .to guide them in build- v v" ing a Greater Abbeville and tiie pro- * position was made Mr. Barnes that a v he accept the work for one year at ^ a salary of $3600. A committee was ^ appointed composed of T. G. Whit$, v J. D. Fulp and Bradley Reese to no- ^ tify Mr. Barnes, who had retired 1! from the meeting earlier, of the ac- * tion of the board. When the commit- ^ tee had seen Mr. Barnes and talked the matter over with him he an- 0 nounced that he would accept the proposition and would bring nis fam- * ily to Abbeville September I to begin his new work. George T. Barnes, the newry elected secretary is a man of middle age, ^ is married, has three grown children, ^ and has been engaged in publicity a and association work practically all ^ of his life. From 1905 to 1914, the ^ year the United States entered the war, Mr. Barnes was secretary of the ^ ^ Birmingham, Alabama Fair Associa- s tion and consequently has had un- a usual experience dealing with farm- 1 ers and business men in this work, t It was due to the taking over of the a fai* grounds in Birmingham by Camp ^ Sheridan that the Birmingham Fair I association was forced to relinguish * their work. ? 1 Since that time Mr. Barnes has * V* AAnnaAfaJ Iinfll fVlO Tkll HI 1 fMtv WCCil VVUIUVW^U TT1IM4 V14V J work of the Firestone Ship-By-Truck association with headquarters in At-j lanta. He has had six of the Southern ^ states under his jurisdiction in the ^ Firestone association and states that ^ as soon as he learned of the excellent j spirit moving the people ot Abbeville j to cooperate in a chamber of com- j merce to put Abbeville permanently t on the map, that the position of sec- ^ retary of the local organization ap- e pealed to him as he had fully made ( up his mind to get "off the road44' and ser.'s down with his family in some gc .'li, progressive community. Ihe directors of the Chamber of Commerce feel that they nave made 1 a wise choice and that they are ex- 1 ceedingly fortunate that Mr. Barnes ' happened along just when tney ar-j J in urgent need of a live, energetic < man to take the helm of tTielr organ- < ization. * , \ ; i i ? :reiary September First 9 fen Years Secretary Of lir Association, Acretary of Abbeville erce.?Will Begin ommtitee Today Suitable Quar'hamber. Mr. Barnes made it plain to the directors last evening tha: it would be a physical impossibility for any man who accepted the work to make good in Abbeville unless the whole cham * * ' ? - i-1- T 1 ber put their snouiaers to trie wneej and cooperated with him in bringing industries here, in establishing markets for the farmers produczs and in building a. Greater Abbeville. Just before adjournment the president appointed J. S. Cochran, Otto Bristow and T. G. White a committee to secure suitable quarters for Lhe office of the Chamber in the city. This committee has already gone to work today to have everything in readiness for Secretary Barnes when tie returns September 1. rwo NEW RESIDENTS ^ OF THE CITY Mr. and Mrs. Paul Montgomery if Blue Mountain, Miss., have noved to Abbeville to make their tome with us. For the present they ire staying a the Eureka hotel. Mr. inl Mrs. Montgomery are singers of ride reputation and have for the >ast four years been engaged in vangelistic work with the SouthernJaptist church in practically all of .e Southern states. Recently the alented singers have been with lev. Mr. Harrell of Texas one of he foremost Baptst evangelists. >ue to Mrs. Montgomery's health riiich was suffering from the con-1 inual moving from place to place j nd from overwork in the evangelic campaigns, the young couple ave decided to take up work which rill give them a permanent resience for a while. Mr. Montgomery] 3 associated with E. W. Gregory of I his city being manager of the E. I V. Gregory Motor Co. We are glad o welcome these good people to ur city. IONEY ON THE STALK ON FARM AT NINETY-SIX Greenwood, Aug. 12.?L. M.I loore, of Ninety-Six, was here toay, explaining how bees had taken . cotton stalk in his field and had iegun to relieve the sugar shortage iy making honey on the stalk. He said hands in the field called lis attention to the activity of a warm of bees which had located on , gallon bucket on the stalk, and revealed the fact that the bees had a all of honey comb nearly as large is a gallon bucket on the stalk, and fere rapidly* filling it with honey, dr. Moore hopes to improve the >ees and produce a Dreea tnat win aake honey on the stalk when the k>11 weevil trips it of bolls. NEW SURGEON LOCATES Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Guyton have ented the' Benton house on Greenrille street recently bought from J. N. Martin and will soon begin lousekeeping. Dr. Guyton only ately moved to this city from Wiliamston where he was associated in .he practice of medicine with his father. Dr. Guyton intends to ipecialize in surgical work in this fity. HOPEWELL CHURCH Mr. W. S. Hawkins will be at lopewell church next Sunday at 11 i. m., to speak in the interest of ;he Million Dollar Campaign for Education. At that time also, ac:ording to announcement, trustees )f the church are to be elected by ;he congregation. J COUNTY COU The building on the left is the C Municipal Building! containing Offic The Municipal Building was also Erj NEWS FROM POLAND Kt Mri. Poliakoff of This City Hears From Sister For First Time St? Since 1914. Shoes in Russia ! V $300 a Pair Mrs. D. Poliakoff recently re-j ceived the first letter that she has had from her family in Poland since int the beginning of the world war in Ma 1914. Mrs. Poliakoff says that no nij mention by any of her three sisters the having received any of the letters nai which she has written them. wo In the letter received last week am the writer tells Mrs. Poliakoff that Mr 'the old home place near the city of rer 'Minsk was desroyed by fire . result- ter |ing from an engagement between nes jthe Poles and the Bolsheviki in the ed. I early part of the summer and that saf jthe family was forced toNflee from wh : their home with whatever they g]a [could quickly gather up in their the arms. They are now living with one the of the sisters iq Minsk. Befofe the see trouble in Russia Mrs. Poliakoff's' j family were people of means being dra .engaged in the wholesale grocery 'anj business, but now have lost every- aut thing in the depredations of the Bol- tire sheviki and the low rate of ex-j j Ichange. * tol< A rouble, the standard of Russian arr money, Mrs. Poliakoff says, is nor- a f |mally worth over 25 cents in Am- har jerican money is now quoted at j"evi [seven cents and that her sister | I writes that a pair of shoes in rq Minsk cost over $300. Food is exitremely scarce and high and there is no distinction between the rich 'and the poor in Poland since the j iBolsheviki have secured control of R0< affairs in Russia. Mr. Poliakoff has the J endeavored to send some money to fro itheir relatives but it is not possible live ' ' * ' 11 1- -L - XI UK 4-1% jXO get IX xnrougn XO mem wane LUC mo jBolsheviki are in power. con cha NEW AUTOMOBILE FIRM al anc The E. W. Gregory Motor Co., is. ^ jthe newest addition to the automo-'^j bile business of the city. The firm is - cor composed of Mr. E. W. Gregory, ^ owner of the Abbeville Telephone :tnr exchange and one of our most en- ^ terprising citizens and of Mr. Paul | Montgomery, who will be the active go manager. Mr. Montgomery is a thoroughly competent automobile expert, but who for a number of I ] years has been in the evangelistic yeJ work with the Southern Baptist joc church in the South. His home is at e(j Blue Mountain, Tenn. Ijoj The Ev W. Gregory Motor . Co., will handle exclusively Overland and jaj Willys-Knight cars. They have on ;^e hand for immediate delivery four'e(j Overlands, including one handsome Sedan. 1 For the present the new motor company will store their cars in the Rosenberg building on Westjsei Pickens street. I j | A nj5IBISJ5I5J5J5I5J5JSJB/5J5JSJS15I5IBIBjSlBIBEI5I3 p,^ COTTON MARKET Fa sta January 29.08 I ' March 28.69 A May 28.40 j j October 31.30 j Mi Decemiber 30.18 J>a RT HOUSE AND C I ' ;< ' ft * ?' ' i - v i ; ' . ' s .. -(t Jounty Court House Built in 1909 j es of City Officials, City Library,* < cted in 1909. JBBERS ON NORTH j MAIN STREET) I I >re of C. D. Brown, Jr., Entered Wednesday Night and Safe Opened. $200 Secured By Burglars. Nothing Missed but Money Burglars effected an entrance * o C. D. Brown's store on North ' iin street sometime Wednesday ^ rht bv breaking out a window in 1 ! back of the stoi-e. ^The combi- ji tion of the safe v as successfully 1 rked and about $200 in currency ' i silver was secured therefrom. . Brown states, that he distinctly c nembers trying the safe door af- j 1 locking it at closing time Wed-,c ?dayN evening and that it was lock- 1 The only clues found about the j I e were two.burned match sticks ich would indicate that the bur-:1 rs were entirely familiar with ' i combination of the safe, unless c y used an electric flash light to j e how to work the combination. j Some small change in the cash! wers was not bothered nor are' p r goods missing from the stock of. omobile supplies, chinaware, or j !S. fust from what Chief Johnson' i the reporter this morning an est is likely to be made within ti ew days as information is in ti which furnishes pretty good d dence against the robbers. s1 OSEVELT IS OFF b FOR TRIP THROUGH Cl THE WEST1 - i \Tew York, Aug. 12.?Franklin D. e jsevelt, democratic nominee for h vice presidency, on his way d m Hyde Park, to Chicago, to de- \ ;r his first campaign speech to- is rrow, stopped off today for a 1 iference with George White ii lirman of the democratic nation- w committee, Senator Pat Harrison 1 other party leaders. f ^.s far as Chicago Mr. Roosevelt g 1 travel in an ordinary Pullman t] nnartment. but from there on,' the remainder of his trip C ough seventeen western states, will u?e a special car. Y TURNS DOWN GIFT i? OF A NICKLE FROM J. D. !e I P Lenox, Ma3s., Aug. 12.?Little 5 c ir-old Brian Howe, grandson of a r al hoted proprietor, today turn^n down a gift of a nickel given by f in D. Rockfeller. Rockfeller had A ;ter luck iwth Agnes Rogsinger, ajt nty 5-year-old-miss staying at t i hotel for the summer. He part-|v with her 5 cents poorer. iii NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY L 1 rhe following books were pre-is i+nrl TVTioo Wonnali flrtpVirflTl I* A. Man in the Open, Lena Rivers,'j Man >and His Money, St. Elmore, n re Thousand an Hour, Vanity j ir, Sally Salt, Beverly of Grau-: rk, The Red Button. "V I rhe following were presented by Friend: jb From Place to Place, Invincibl e ja nnie, The Moon and Six Pence, e inted Meadows, The Tall Villa.j' e Iron Trail. T e ITY HALL. ?nd the one on the right is tin Dpera House and Business Offices BUYS VALUABLE FARM C. W. Norris Buys Mayer Plac Neai1 Ninety Six For $57,500.? Will Move His Family There Soon. ' Mr. Con W. Norris who lives nea :he city yesterday closed a deal thn the Dixie Land Co. for the J. I Mayer "place on the Ninety Six roai icar New Market for $57,500. Thi s one of the most thoroughly equip ;sd and*up-to-date f^nps in Green ..ocd County. Mr. Norris has not definitely de :ic!ed just when .he will move t^o thi plantation, but expects to sell his ex :ellent farm near Abbeville an< rake his home on the Greenwoot >lantption. Mr. Norris is one of th( r.est successful farmers- in tne coun y and his neighbors and friends it Abbeville hope that he will flnallj lecide to hold to his Abbeville prop i-ty. TICKET PLANS MADE roposals Submitted To Interstate Commerce Commission Washington, Aug. 12.?Proposals sr the disposition of tickets, reirncoupons and Pullman car ckets bought before the effective ate of the advanced passenger ires were submitted to the i iterate commerce commission today y the Association of Railway Exeutives. Some of the proposals are: "Drip wav t.irkets sold nrior to Au ust 22, 1920, held by passengers n route August 26, 1920, will be onored to destination without aditional charge. Partially used round trip or tourit tickets sold prior to August 26, 920 will be honored to destination i accordance with tariff under rhich sold. "Commutation or other multiple orms of tickets sold prior to Auust i, 1920, will be honored within heir limits." 1REAT EARTH CRACKS APPEAR IN KANSAS Hutchison, Kan., Aug, 12.?Geoloists and scientists of this part o: st in great cracks in the earth retorted to be appearing in Kiows ounty. On the John Marriage anch crevices 12 feet deep, half a aile long anl some of \hem three eet wile have appeared recently. Lttention to them was attracted bj he findings of two steers in one oi he crevices. The cattle were redgecl in, apparently having fallen i when the- earth cracked. Geologists generally agree that ne cracKS are aue w nuu uiy weaher and the counter effect of the ubterranean supply of water. In leade county, further west, the uner flow of water is tapped by lany wells. _????- ^ WILL FIGHTING CEASE? McDowell and Co's. Cotton wire >rought the information early this fternoon that an armisticc confernee had been arranged between he Soviet government and thi ' o!e?. .6. 'DOCTORS HAVE GREAT MEETING I THIRD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Jj MEETING AT EUREKA HOTEL. % LAST NIGHT WELL ATTENDED AND UNUSUALLY- FINE 1 PAPERS READ. NEXT MEET- ~M I iNG IN LAURENS. It was a big time for the doctors, |I the meeting of the Third District Medical Association at the Eureka . _ |j Hotel last evening. They had plenty to eat and plenty to talk about and plenty to do the talking. In fact c they had plenty to explain to their J| " wives why they didn't get home un- > til after 1 a. m. \VjjH Mrs. Taggart must have a sympa-j s :>j| thetic feeling for the medical men *'fm for she certainly provided them ^ with an unusally fine dinner last 'M evening and unless they all had thefr 3 prescriptions for indigestion along a with them they must have felt un- \-J| comfortable after dinner. As soon as the tables were cleared Dr.- G. A. Neuffer made an .appro- f| ? priate. address of welcome to the | |visittng physicians and surgeons in ^ jhis happiest manner. Dr. R. E. <: sjj | Hughes of Laurens, president of the :{jjM ! association, proved himstelf anorator ' ' S I of the W. J. B. class by his wi?ty response. And it was all emanating . f.J | from a teetotaler. Glowing Springs j'and Groggy Springs water were the jj pieces de resistance in the liquid 4 menu. 'j Dr. A. E. Baker of Charleston J | was the first authority to read a sci-, lentific paper. Dr. Baker's subject ; ^w^s Diseases of Women and he "M jgave the most advanced information - ;|| 109 this subject having recently /re- >J jturned-from Mayo Brothers Sanijtorium and Bellevue Hospital where J he has been taking work for the <5 jPasi monxns. ine paper was purely I technical and all doctor? present exipressed themselves as having received valuable points from Dr. * J Baker's paper. i -''''jig A singular coincidence occurred , ilast evening in tHt Dr. Baker and Dr. S. L. Love of Greenwood each se, lected the same subject and each VJ has been donig special work in this line during the spring and summer but at different'places. Some, time after Dr. Baker had finished r\l ihis paper. Dr. Love was called upon , |j to read his paper and the guests discovered a marked similiarity in the way in which the subject was treated by two doctors from two differ- i s ...irS ent sections of the state. It just . I happened that Dr. Love had selected. [from the clinic which he had at, tended different cases to present from those selected by Dr. Baker 1 and thus the association gained the j advantage of a number of additional points in the treatment of thesa diseases by the coincidence. ' Dr. J. A. Hayne, state health offl- , <| cer, gave an excellent talk on pub. lie health matters and impressed his hearers by the unusual interest he 4 . has taken in the health of communii ties as whole and by his earnest plea . for legislation which will provide i relief for the unfortunate through. out South Carolina who are othfcr, wise unable to provide themselves r with proper medical attention either ; from ignorance or property. Dr. s Hayne stated that he hoped to live to see a hospital in evety county seat in South Caroina which would be maintained by the taxpayers, ,|and which would furnish free (Imedical treatment to every citizen i of the state unable to pay for it at . a private hospital. He advocates the r training of medical men aAd midwives in their work so as to reduce - the exceedingly Wgh infant mortali ty rate in this state. Dr. Hayne said that 45 per cent of the babies s born in this state die before reachi ing their second birthday. Dr. E. A. Hir.es of Seneca was at i "his best last evening in his talk on (Continued on Page Five.)