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Experienced Sec
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George T. Barnes, For 1
The Alabama State F<
cepts Position of Seci
Chamber of Comm
Work Sept. 1.?C
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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 *
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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. *
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September First
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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
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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.
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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
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jXO get IX xnrougn XO mem wane LUC mo
jBolsheviki are in power. con
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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
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October 31.30 j Mi
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>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.
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OSEVELT IS OFF b
FOR TRIP THROUGH Cl
THE WEST1
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\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
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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.
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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
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. 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
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