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, ' ' ' % ; J ' ' M Abbeville Press and Banner i Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, August 16, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Yeai'. | k ? ?? ?? ' COUNTY CAM OPENS \ MODERN ORATORY OVER THE COUNTS * FORCOUNTY OFF BILITY OF RISIf TEMPERATUR . . -ONLY ONE WIIS _________ \_ The battle orders have been issued. C 4 The guns are clean. The cartridge, belts are full of . ammunition and F the zero hour is 11 a. m., Wednesday, August 18. The warriors will go over the top at Calhoun Falls. % The candidates have been rubbing > their hands with goose grease and c looking up the old wool hats for the ai past week. The handshaking which has been going on more or less promiscuously for several weeks will ' increase both numerically and in ( affectionate gripping a hundred per . cent, after Wednesday. The first engagement of the county tc campaign party.is listed to come off at 11 a. m. Auguust 18 at Calhoup ^ Falls and poltical affairs are warm- CC ing up to fever heat. The local dis- r< turbance was noted Saturday when there were two picnics in the county, one at Sunny Slope and one at Cen* Pi tral. It was a toss up for the candith date to determine where the larger tl crowd would be. Naturally there cl were candidates found at both places and some of the office-seekers n< managed to divide the day between ; the two gatherings. -y Cl far the following candidates have announced themselves and will be on hand at Calhoun Falls Wed- a j th nesday: _ fc i zv clerk of court: Capi. J. L. . , . ' in P.rnn and Major R. B. Cheatham. _ so i sheriff: J. Foster McLane, C. * J. Bruce and J. N. Bium. _ T hj or House of representatives : \\. p t v\_i!ace Harris, Melvin J. Ashley, su ... McAdams, Hubert Cox ?and . ni A. Putnam. VI ror supervisor: D. Emory Newell, vV .. Magill. L. W. Keller, W. A. *H c:.vt;ison and Hugh Bowen. - ]>; .superintendent of education: ,.c "w. J. Evans and Paul H. Mann. ^ . sj Coroner: J. C. Cox. cj: For Sub-superviscr: A. C. Bowie,' * J. D. iouncan and George W. Calvert, > For magistrate at Abbeville: R. S. ivic Combs and M. E. Hollingsworth. 1 . jje places and dates of the jneet- wj info\- of the county campaign party <*rt: y( waihoun Falls, Wednesday, August jn lot.:. ar .2 : 11Tl l A 4. I ^sj ? . nit:, iiiuisuciy, ^\ui$ubL ^ 19 th. Antieville, Friday, August 20th. IV. e West, Wednesday, August 25.h. ti Donalds, (Barmore Springs), ^ T' wisday, August 26th. a Abbeville, Saturday, August 28th. | S?.ch candidate must file his jyj ^ pledge and pay his assessment be- a, lore noon August 17th. The first primary wiil be held Tuesday, August S Ql-' I . Oi~w 0| Everybody should hear the candi- q, ? da;es and vote for the best man. j tj , SAULS PROMOTED ' P< Friends of Mr C. L. Sauls of this city will learn with pleasure of his( "promotion notice of which appears' in today's State f j ^ Mr. Sauls has been promoted to p troinmocfar r\f tha ' Air Line railway at Hamlet, succeed-;^ ing W. H. Jones who becomes as $ sistant superintendent at Hamlet. *Mr. M. H. Gold of Andrews will i succeed Mr. Sauls as train master :n'*' Abbeville. 1 ^ 1 ?_____ MRS. BARNWELL ENTERTAINS v I M.s. W. M. Barnwell entertained ^ ? vt 7 delightfully at bridge Saturday q afternoon in honor of her sister, 1 M.i. R. E. Caldwell, of Hartsville. ! ? 1 There were three tables of player.- c .an ' at the close of the afternoon a a dr'.Uous salad course was served. a PAIGN WEDNESDAY WILL BE FLOUTED ' BY CANDIDATES 1CES-A PROBA4G POLITICAL E THIS WEEK 1 CERTAIN INER ANDIDATES FIGHT AT YORK MEETING ines Paid By Harvey and Mauldin. Who Exchange Blows York, Aug. 12.?A personal enounter between Wilson G. Harvey nl Oscar K. Mauldin, candidates >r lieutenant governor, enlivened hat would have otherwise been a stless state campaign meeting ere today. The unpleasantness occurred durig the speech of Mr. Harvey, the one of conention being the con>nts of a letter written by him to a reenville man for information >ncerning Mr. Mauldin's political jcord with especial reference to le latters position on tne minion jllar bond issue for roads in reenville couny. Mr. Mauldin, the receding speakei, had referred to le letter in explaining his stand on tie bond issue which measure he aimed to have advocated but had it favored putting it on the people / action of the legislative delegaon without the approval of the tizens at the polls. He said Mr. arvey's letter had been written to personal ar.'d political enemy of e speaker and intimated that in irmawon oiner man mat concerng his political record had been ught. Mr. Harvey said that Mr. Mauldin td claimed great credit for his irt in bringing about the bond isie for roads, but that from inforation obtained from a Greenlie man it appeared that Mr. auldin arose and asked that Mr. arvey produce and read the letter inquiry to the Greenville man, ferred to as Mr. Norwood, with e reply thereto. Mr. Harvey deined to comply with "this request atir.g that the letters were confirntial. Mr. Mauldin then pressed m for particulars concerning the :quiries, appearing dissatisfied it'n these explanations. m~. iuuv*v "I assure >u on my word of honor that nothg was said in either letter about lything other than your political icord." "T rlnn't Kaliovo if " rflnliorl Mr auldin. "If you mean to insinuate or inmate that I have inquired anyling about you personally, you are liar," was Mr. Harvey's retort. Following these uttei'ances, Mr. auldin advanced on Mr. Harvey id a number of blows were struck ?fore the combatants could be innrat.pH Ku RViori'f-f Qn'nn on^ 'X "J ihers. No injuries of any conscience were suffered by either of le belliberents. Each paid a fine ?f 10 to the town for breach of the ?ace. ABBEVILLE GETS $5,732.61 The 80 per cent automobile cense sales fund for the six months rior to July 1 in the State amounts > $388,231.31. Of this amount Lbbeville County has been awarded 5,732. 61 by the State Highway Commission. Greenville County leads the enire state in the fund and gets $27,72.46. risitors From Chicago Return Home Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Black, who ave been visiting Mr and Mrs. J. S. ochran and Miss Hannah Cochran, ?ft Saturday for their home in hicajjo. Miss Hannah Cochran acompanied them as far as Atlanta nd spent the week-end with Mr. r.d Mrs. J. Irwin Gilmer. ABBE\< j Here Lj, The Girls' High Scho Game of The Season. Most of The mi nr?n ni. _ n _ .1 L* IX) i ney win atar in acnoiarsnip as rv PONZI BANK CLOSED, HE'S AN EX-CONVICT, j Hanover Trust Co., .and Polish -In- j dustria) Association Closed By j Gov't Officers.?Ponzi In Jail ! i I , r? j Boston, Aug., 11.?Sensation fol j j ! lowed sensation in the Ponzi case to- i , day. Charles Ponzi, who recently , ! jumped into notorietay as a specula- j I tor financier, admitted that he was I < i the Charles Ponzi who served terms I . . { ! of imprisonment in Montreal and At-, lanla some years ago. j | At the moment that he was making I a formal confession of his past, the ! Hanover Trust company, in which \ Pcnzi was a director, was closed by ' j Dank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen. ' j Mr. Allen declared that the reports of ' ; r.is agents indicated tnat the oanK ' j was doing business in an unsafe 4 i Ponzi resigned fr^m the di- 1 j rectorate of the bank this afternoon, * The admission of Ponz. and the I ! closing of the trust company were s | quickly associated in the minds of 1 i hundreds who had given their money ] to Pcnzi for investment and who had ] ! been waiting anxiously in tne clown- , , town streets for developments that j had been hourly expected. A crowd ^ J soon gathered in^ront of the Hanj over Trust company and presented i the street was filled almost to the ex| elusion of traffic. j Ponzi, who organized the SecuriI ties Exchange company, and took in | millions for investment from thou- ] j sands of clients, said in his statement , j today that he took the blame for an- ; | other person in Montreal. He also ? j ins^ted that he was still solvent and . j could pay all notes now outstan<5-'( .jig' against him. I f . f ! Boston, Aug. 15.?Assurances that no further bank closings are likely as a result of the collapse ?f the financial operations of Charles Ponzi, was given tonight by Joseph C. Allen, state bank commissioner, j p "In response to repeated Inquiries,'" the commissioner said, "I j again state the Hanover Trust company and the Polish Industrial association are the only banking institutions in New England known to be 1 in any way way affected by the * Ponzi failure." |' No bondsmen were forthcoming today for Ponzi or for three offi- j cers of the old colony Foreign Exchange company, the 100 per cent, in a month concern, who were arrested yesterday. ^ BRITT?FULLER J1 ;e MeCormick, A.ug. 15.?A wedding * of exceedingly wide interest was J that of Miss Louise Britt and Dr. R. v M. Fuller, which was solemnized s Thursday evening, July 29, at 8:30 * o clock atthe Butlalo Baptist cnurcti * at Sandova. js Mrs. Fuller is the oldest daughter ^ of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Britt. j* I1 AT THE BATTERY PARK f Col. and Mrs. W. D. Barksdale left today in their car for Asheville where they will spend two weeks at;1 the Battery Park and enjoy #the : mountain scenery and cool atmos-J phere. ; s 1LLE 20?GREENWC >ol Basket Ball Team That Defeated ( Players on This Team Leave for Var '. 11 As In Athletics. A NEW WAY TO CELEBRATE 1 YOUR BIRTHDAY, ! Frank Clarke Wreck* Ford To Let ' Folks Know He Has A Birth- ' day Frank Clarke who sells and some-! I iimes "delivers the goods for the i Rosenberg Merc. Co.," had a Ford 1 wreck Saturday morning in Ft * Pickens, the Brookline of Abbeville : endeavoring to announce that Satur- " lay, August 14 was no ordinary day. Frank was balling the jack back ' from Ft. Pickens about noon and vithout even a warning gasp the hitherto steady old Ford shied into j >n embankment just beyond the ^ Southern trestle. The truck was ( jr.dly shaken up and Fz*ank along . vith Allen Long, Jr., and a little v .egro boy were thrown out when the ~ord careened. The little negro suf- j 'ered a broken arm and Frank was ) iretty badly bunged up?sufficiently e so that he got a trip to the County c lospital where he is smiling at the ' iretty nurses and being petted. Allen f L.ong having survived the onslaughts v >f Ninety-Six and Elberton football ;eams last season is hardened until a ^ i^ord is unable to break his skin, let done anv of his bones. BIRTHDAY PARTY ~\ Little Elizabeth Bbwie, daughter ^ )f Mr. an-'. Mrs. Alex Bowie, celebrated her second birthday by giving i pary to about thirty of her young irienus Saturday afternoon. Many j serviceable and useful presents were t tVio liffln ?nlL-c V?orl o v.-. ?ww ..V.., w. t ?njoyable afternoon. As a crowning < V jlory, ice cream and cake were t served. !_ ORR'S RIFLE REUNION ' . i The Annual Reunion of Orr's t Rifles will be held at Due West, ( rhursday, August 19th. The Daugh;ers of the Confederacy and the Due j West Community will entertain c Drr's Riflemen and all Confederate t Veterans within a radius of five r niles at a picnic dinner in Erskine g College Campus. All who will bring aaskets are invited to dine with us. \J Entertainment committee. J LOW ON THE JAW T SAVES MAN FROM !, ELECTROCUTION'd I. 1; Fremont, Neb., Augv, 12.?Arthur't ["homas, en employee of the city'c ilectric light plant here, was saved ^ rom death today by a blow on the jj aw. He had taken hold of a plug^j vhich had become charged by a t hort circuit and could not free'* limself. Clyde Newton, a fellow L vorker, saw his predicament and wung his right fist to the point of jc rhomas' jaw, knocking him several'i eet away. Thomas' jaw was slight-'{ y fractured, but he says he is satis-J, ried. !g Mrs. Eugene Beard, who has been! /isitine: Mrs. C. E. Peele was joined yesterday by Mr. Beard and they lave gone to Hendersonvllle to ; spend sometime. f )0D 0. Jjeenwood 20 to 0 In The Last ious Colleges Next Month Where MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR COX Democratic Nominee Encourages The Dollar Democracy Campaign in Soutk Carolina James M. Cox, Democratic nominee for president has sent the folowing worl to the South Carolina Democracy: "Mr. Joe Sparks, Financial DiDirector ' "Democratic Campaign for South Carolina "Columbia, South Carolina "Dear Mr. Spai-ks:? This is acknowledgement of your | etter of July 19th. I am glad to :now that the Democrats of South Carolina have thus early started .vith the militant spirit, which will vin. "Let me congratulate you upon rour slogan "Dollar Democracy." Vn xt-on-f +Via mi V?1 i n fn L*nnu* urhot"j ivery dollar of campaign fund :omes from and where it goes, and ater challenge comparison with the ;nemy with a result not to his adrantage. Thfe use of a campaign und which comes irom sources un:nown and in amounts so vast as to >e unbelieveable such as employed >y adversary is not good for Amirican institutions. Yours very truly, "James M. Cox." EXPRESS COMPANlEb SEEK MORE REVENUE Washington, Aug. 14.?Permis - - i_ _ .4. - _ U ^ ^ _.t_ n?5icm to increase rates to aosorui lie wage award of the raliroad la;or boax-d at Chicago estimated at | 54-j,S00,805 was asked from the in-j erstate commerce today by the A-J nerican Railway Express Company. | The express company also asked \ luthority to increase by 20 per centj ts rates on milk and cream to meeti he increases granted the railroads' )n the same commodities. In its petition the express comiany stated that the increase in perating expenses resulting from he labor boards decision would nake its estimated yearly deficit 176,375,650. ARREST FARMERS WHO GO FOX HUNTING Aiken, Aug. 12.?Quite an upoar has been raised in the Eureka ection of this county by the deprelations of a number of red foxes. It s claimed by the farmers of the secion that the animals were purLnn? J ? ,k*? Om AM QM/I uaaeu mat j/cai vy oyviuii>cn unu urned loose on the community. A. I. Fullmer, one of the residents in Cureka neighborhood, states that he foxes have destroyed fully a housand dollars worth of . turkeys ind chickens, some of the animals >eing bold enough to appear in the ipen daylight. Last night a pavty of 'armers banded together and startid out in hunt of Reynard and ran jpon one 01 trie iox aens. as a re iult warrants have been sworn out for nineteen farmers of the section. BIRTH NOTICE Born in Abbeville, S. C., August, L3th, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hi!!, a daughter, Mary Helen. STATE CANDIDATES ] HERE ON MONDAY I | STATE CAMPAIGN PARTY WILL ! | ! BE IN THIS CITY MONDAY, | AUGUST 23 TO ADDRESS I VOTERS. MORE INTEREST BEI/MG SHOWN AS ELECTION ! DAY APPROACHES. VOTERS SHOULD ATTEND MEETING. , ? v|s The last week of, the state campaign is nearing and the first day of this week will find -the candidates for state offices in Abbeville where they will address the citizens oi this county and will present the wnereforea and whys of their unparalleled fitness to hold the jobs they are seeking" -1 So far little excitement has been produced for the dear people by the candidates. Mauldin and Harvey, two of the candidates for lieutenant governor, pulled a little rough stuff in York last week and each contributed $10 to the treasurer of the ( White Rose town for having disturbed some of the Rip Van ' Winkles' naps in York. It is probable that Moore and . J} Marchant, candidates for the office of adjutant general will run a close race in this county. Moore has been in office for about ten years and still * lir.eo his job but Jlarchant, wno is an Orangeburg man, is after the general's scalp. Marchant is an able gentle-^ man, who served as captain in the 81st (Wildcat) division ancr who has a clean record to bring before the /cters. We believe a change in this ^ would give a new stimulus to the national guard companies already organized in the state and more companies could be easily organized afid that Capt. Marchant certainly Is better versed in modern military aI"aiis than the incumbent. Announcement of the complete ar- N rangements for the speaking here :iext Monday will, be made In a later ' sue of this paper. DIVED FROM TRAIN TO ESCAPE ARREST Plunged Out Of Window of Blue Ridge Train?Landed in Soft Mud And Beat It . -i Boone Andrews gave thev passengers on the Blue Ridge train com-. ing to Anderson Monday afternoon a thrill, when he took a headlong dive out of the car window, and after lanling in a mud hole, disappeared over the top of a neighboring hill at a speed which would make Jim Thorpe, the champion athlete turn green with envy. According to the story told by passengers, Andrews was recognized by members of the train crew as being a convict and who had escaped from the gang. He was recognizel by the conductor, who locked one door of the car and stationed a guard at the other. The sheriff at Anderson was notified to meet the train and capture the man, but the man got suspicious as the train reached the spot where the engine turned over some time ago, the prospective prisoner took a long shot and leaped through the window, landing in a great mass of soft mud. Last glimpses of the prisoner were compared to the final fadeout of the movie film for he disappeared over the top of a hill at a rate of speed marvelous for a runner to attain. No trace has been found of this man since his escape.?Daily Mail. Miss Alice Hornsby of Newberry spent the week-end in the city with Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Peele. COTTON MARKET January ' 28.03 March 27.85 May 27.50 October 29.70 December 28.75