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Abbeville Press and Banner] Established"1844.-$2-00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday August 20, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Yeatvfl COMING Wl CANDIDAS Those Seeking State C day In The Foreno Will End Here N Meetings Have More To C Candidates for county offices out on the hustings again toe The campaign opened Wednes' at Calhoun Falls, at which plac large crowd gathered to hear first guns fired. Yesterday a mi ing was tyald at Lowndesville, which place as was the case the before a goodly number of vol were on hand to hear the claims forward by the various candidi as to why they should be elected the positions to which they are piling. Today they are meeting Antreville and the predictions that a large crowd would be hand to greet the candidates and hear what they say for themsel and for the good of the county i state. The contest for county offic this year in Abbeville county i very lukewarm one as compa with some years in the sweet ! and bye, still there is enough inl est being shown as will indicate t the people are anxious to have g< men serve them in the various < cial positions to which the candid; are aspiring. With but few exc tions all of the present incumbe are asking for reelection and tl are putting forth their claims u] a basis of merit and efficient sen rendered. On the other hand the posing candidates are endeavor to convince the voters that they < do as well and perhaps a little bet than the present incumbents h; done. So far there has been no usual excitement in the campai The office seekers have shown a I cided inclination to good humor i their speeches have been void of recriminations and mud slinging, short the whole bunch of Candida are a good lot of good fellows and conducting the campaign on a h plane of citizenship, which f bodes well for the conditions as t. axe found today. ^The campaign will contii ^through next week, closing on " 28th in this city, at which time i1 expected there will be a laijge gz ering of the clans to hear the ] guns that will be fired in the c; paign and to give expression as whom they think are entitled to political plums. The itinerary the balance of the campaign is follows: Due West, Wednesday, Aug 25th. Donalds, (Barmore Spririf Thursday, August 26th. Abbeville, Saturday, August 2\ State Candidates As has already been noted in Press and Banner, candidates state offices will address the vol of this county in this city next 31 day, presumably at 11 o'clock in forenoon. The candidates who will sp here Monday are: For lieutenant governor?Oeta Cohen, Wilson G. Harvey, Oscar Mauldin. For adjutant general'?A. H. IV chant, W. W. Moore. For railroad commissioner?D. McCaskill, R. L. Moss, Frank Sh< and D. L. Smith. The remaining meetings for s1 candidates are as follows: Greenwood, Tuesday, August McCormick, Wednesday, Au: 25. Laurens, Tuesday, August 26. Newberry, Friday, August 27. These candidates are from >m the most distinguished citizens the state. They are men of n than ordinary ability, prominent public life and are entitled to heard by large numbers of people of Abbeville county, w! >EK WILL BE r?'S BUSY ONE )ffices To Speak Here Monon.?County Campaign ext Saturday?Three i Been Held?Three ome Next Week I BIG COTTON MEET COLUMBIA daj Gather Next Wednesday? e 3 Governor* Of All Cotton Growing States Have Been In2et" vited. at day Colombia, Aug. 21.t?Telegrams ;ers have been sent to all governors of put cotton growing states by Governor ites Cooper asking their presence at the to j big rally meeting of the South Caroas-j ina division of the American Cot at | ton Association to be neia in ^oiumarejbia next Wednesday at noon in on i Craven Hall. Invitations have also to!been sent to governors by J. Skotves towe Wannamaker, president of the and!American Cotton Association, and R. C. Himer, president of the South ,^rs: Carolina division. It is hoped that s a:many of the governors will be able redito attend. bye! In addition to the governor's inviher jations, have been sent to the presihatjdents of all state divisions of the A00(j .merican Cotton Association and to jflj. many prominen men. All of the ites' tate's representatives in congress ep. and all officials of the American I rVkttnn firowprs Association have nts|~ lese been invited. ^ j The meeting on next Wednesday r;ceii3 expected to be one of the largest 0p_[ever held in the state. One hundred jng'delegates have been appointed from can each county and hundreds of them ter have written that they will be presave Ien^* un I It is declared by officials of the gn> j Cotton Association that the conf erde_jence here on Wednesday will be one jnd.?* ^e mos'; important that has been ajj held in many years. Several matters jn j of very great importance will come ites up at this meeting. arel Dr. J. B. Johnson, chairman of . . +Ko VnrV <?onntv hranch. wrote ves jgh,v"~ ? k^iterday that a special coach wou^d be ^ey' necessary to bring the delegates from York County. The chairmen from practically all counties have nue iwritten that the attendance from their respective counties -mil be t 16,. ith- very large' last im. A NEW CAR to "" Mrs. Belle Chapman has the honor the ? , . , r ..... jor|of being the owner of the first Cadillac touring car in the county. .The car is indeed a handsome one and people are trying to be as nice ,'us*' as possible to the owner so that tht y ,may get a ride in it. ?s)'! \ in monroe 3th. . Miss Victoria Howie is off to The Monroe for a visit of a week among for her many friends. Miss Howie is cers one of the most popular young [on- ladies in our city and her many the friends wish for her a pleasant visit. eak visitors from anderson vus Mrs. Robt> Bailey, Miss Sarah K. Bailey and Miss Cleo Bailey of Anderson, arrived in the city yesterday lar- for a visit of several days to Mrs. Arthur Link on Chestnut Avenue. jaly visiting in union tate Mrs. J. F. Bradley and Mrs. W. W. Bradley are in Union where they will spend until Monday the guasts - jof Mr. and Mrs. Tate Bradlev. | jfact it is hoped will be the c.it'o, roi jonly by hearing these men cr.r. the outvoters determine who are thy best ; oflmen to fill the offices in question. 1 Dnnw Im min/J fVm ^ '1 f a MnnflflV 21'It; | JJcai in uuiiu biiv uu?^) .uw?iwv.j, ; (August 23rd. Be on hand to hoar bejthe speakers who are candidates for the he various state offices to be filled i hkh^this year. SOVIETS RETREAT IN PANICKY STATE PRISONERS ARE POURING INTO WARSAW?NEWSPAPERS NOW STATE THAT WARSAW IS SAFE FROM THE ENEMYREDS ROB HOUSES Warsaw, Aug. 19.?The fiftyseventh, fifty-eighth and eighth Bolshevik divisions on the Wars&w front have been annihilated and thousands of Soviet soldiers made prisoner, tonight's official statement says. Polish troops have pushed the Bol shevik back from 50 to 100 miles from Warsaw. American aviators operating with the Polish Armie have been singled out for praise by President Piludski. Warsaw, Aug. 19, (11 p. m.) ? Russian sovie forces are fleeing in a disorderly panic along the pr:mt between the Vistula and Bug rivers, where the Poles axje advancing with extraordinary success, says an official statement issued here tonight. In their counter attack to relieve Bolshevik pressure upon Warsaw, the Poles are using tanks, airplanes, armored trains and artillery in grea numbers; At Novo Minsk,, east of here, and Serock, to the northeast, 3,000 prisoners, seven cannon, hundreds o,f wagons and vast quantities of supplies have been captured from the Bolsheviki, the statement declares. The Bolsheviki retreat north and east of Warsaw, where the soviet forces are closely driven by the Poles, took the semblance of a rout at some places, the communique reports. On the extreme left of the Polish line however, and in the re gion of Lemburg soviet advances are recorded. Northwest of Warsaw the Russian troops, who met resistance at Wioclowek where they had designed to cross the Vistula, bombarded Wioclowek for hours, the shells damaging the cathedral and the bishop's palace. Soviet prisoners are pouring into Warsaw in such numbers that it is becoming a ^problem how to care for them. ' X The newspapers today assert that the military crisis has been passed and assure the public that Warsaw is absolutely safe. The counter offensive of the Poles is announced in the newspapers in big headlines, and the council of ministers has issued a proclamation which has been posted in the streets telling of the victorious attacks against the Bolsheviki who attempted to outflank he capital's defensive. The newspapers t>ay that northwest of Warsaw where the Poles have shoved the Reds to the northeast across the Vokra river, the Poles already have taken more than 2,000 prisoners and much war material. Ralzymin, which the Poles held three times, is now considered fairly secure from their attacks. The town is being visited daily by residents of Warsaw who have permission to visit the front. The natives who refused to evacuate Radzymin say the Bolshevik robbed the houses, taking everything of value they could find, and also burned several buildings. HENRY J. POWER SICK The friends of Mr. Henry J. Pow| er, of Brownlee, will be sorry to know that he does no: improve from his recent illness. Dr. J. R. Power and Mr. W. L. Power, his sons, have been going up every day to see their father and they bring discouraging news as to his condition. i 1VT.. nroc ctripVon Siinrlaif iU I. X U? tl ?T ao Obi 4V??VI? last. The exact nature of his illness has not been learned by this paper but since his attack he has been partially unconscious. Mr. Power's health has not been good for severar months and his family and friends^are much concerned about him. VOTES FOR UN FINALLY PREVAIL: TENNESSEE LAST STATE 1 ADOPT SUFFRAGE AMEN1 MENT THAT GIVES THIS PRI ILEGE?COMES IN TIME FC VOTE IN NOV. ELECTION / At .last the women of the natii ai-e to be allowed to vote. Tenness has the distinction of -being the la of the states required for the rati cation of the constitutional amen ment to cross the reblcon ?n fav of woman suffrage, this s;ate havii taken favorable action Wednesdi of this week. Thus will this constit tional change take effect in time f the women of the Country to vote the general election in November, is estimated that there are :n t United States 17,000,000 women wl will have the right to exercise tl privilege when final ratification h taken place. The vote that ratify the amendment was 25 to 4. The anti-suffragists however, ha not entirely abandoned the fig against ratification and to this ei have demanded a reconsideration the vote in the lower house. The tin for action on this motion will expl today and unless some action is ta en in this particular, and of whi< there seems to be but slight pyob bility, the ratification will have taki place and the women of the count will have taken their places oy t! side of the men in matters politic; That Tennessee"s ratification 5s no complete and cannot be reiracted 1 reconsideration of the motion on tl part of the House is the stand tak< Thursday by suffrage Ieacrers. "The power to ratify is not a le islative function, but is a politic power, and when once exercised exhausted," is the way T. K. Riddii one of the suffrage leaders, puts it "No one ever heard of a motion reconsider the election of a speak or a United States senator. This ci no more be done than can a vot recall his vote at the polls after is cast and counted." If anti-suffragists attempt to for the reconsideration motion, Riddi will dsny the power of the House change in any respect its act of re ification. If reconsideration is c dered by a majority, and the amen ment rejected, the case will be once thrown into the courts by su frage leaders. One of the two days in whi Speaker Walker alone has the leg right to bring a motion to reconsid before the House is gone; today [ the last day. Suffrage forces, if does not present it today, w bring it up themselves tne next Ie islative day and table it, thus end 2 the problem. MR. C. A. BOTTS BETTER. Mr. C. A. Botts continues to ii prove from his recent illness. Seve al days ago it was thought advisat to remove him to the hospital, b after arriving there and taxing look at the wise looking doctors M | Botts decided that the safe thing | do was get well, which he is procee (ing to ch>. He has see-n, in his lifetir and especially during the four yeai war in which he took a cor.splcuo part, more warlike looking instr ments than the doctors were han ling about the hospital, ou: iTie pe ' ? . t 1 i.. L I pie who used tnem seemea to ue little more particular about the dire tion in which they were poinced. A VISITOR FROM EDGEFIELD Miss Minnie Bee is in the ci( from Edgefield on a visit to h sister, Mrs. R. L. Mabry. j ''SMS.'SMSfSJSISMSISMSISJSMSfSfSiSlSMSJS COTTON MARKET January 25.-' March 25.3 May 24.? October 27.5 December 26.1 STATE BOARl j WELFARE M \ Many Improvements Nc house, Chain Gang ai County?Report Ma )R retary Brearly.? Of Recomi an ; ee REUNION OF ORR'S REGIMENT tst fj. Held in Due West Yesterday Great (j. Success?Delightful Entertain* or roent Given Last Night at Woman's College. ly Due West, S. C., Aug. 19.?For two days the local chapter of the . United Daughters of the Confederacy jk and the people of Due West coning munity have been hosts to the veter^ ans of Orr's Rifles and other South ^ Carolina regiments. Between thirty ag and forty of the wearers of the gray ^ are the guests of our people for the period of this reunion. A celightful ve entertainment, consisting of readings, music, clog dancing anc so forth . was given at the Memorial Hall of o? the Woman's College last night. To-j ae day at eleven thirty the rormal ex-' ercises of the reunion were begun in1 . the auditorium of Erskine College' cIi when President J. S. MofTatt made the welcoming address. The response' to this address was by Col. Campbell J ry Mr. W. T. McGill, of Anderson, was' ke the presiding officer. Interesting ad-! . dresses were made by Messrs. W. C. (W Scott and Col. Campbell. Mr. Camp-] bell entertained the large crowd j thoroughly by appearing in uniform Jn with full pack and Springfield rifle' I and by giving the complete manual of arms as practiced by the boys of | al the sixties. After the exercises thej ^ soldiers and the people of the com-j cjc munity were invited to dinner at the College Home. A bountiful spread of barbecue hash, chicken, corn, pies,' er sweet potato custard, tarts, coffee, Jn fifty-seven varieties of cafte, topped er off by huge watermelons, was served by the entertainment committee. The Due West people enjoyed ine whole ce day as much as they hope tne veter-J ans themselves did, and they hope t0 the time will come again soon when' Orr's Rifles and other soldiers will be' back in Due West. The old officers >r^ were re-elected. It is expected that the next reunion will be held at Wal-' lf halla. f i The colleges in Due West will open eh their doors for the coming session on ^al Sept. 15. Prospects for the attender ance at all institutions in Due West is I were never better. he j Two new dwellings are being erectill j ed in Due West by the Due West deg. veloppient Company. Both homes are ? the fabricated Minter homes, readycut in Greenville. These Houses are being built in the neighborhood of the graded schools. They will be for sale as soon as completed, and they will help somewhat to relieve the T" shortage of homes in Due West, tie I ut Mr. F. T. Cole, of the U. S. Aero-j logical service is in town mis week to I k see about the construction of the j. observatories and houses which will be built at once on the government ? field a mile east of town. Lumber has ne , been shipped from Pomaria, and as soon as it arrives, work will. begin, j The lease on the present air station u- i at Leesburg, Fla., expires Sept. 1st, and at that time or soon thereafter othe station will be transferred to I Due West. The coming o" this Kite !Cand balloon station will bring a half dozen trained weather observers to > I our town. The latest survey, and the probable ky location of the Due West to Abbeer ville highway, indicates that the road _ will enter Due West on the street UP between the home of Mr. W. W. Ed-: wards and the ground* or tlie Woman^ College. The stakes show that the road will come by way of the old ? W. T. Cowan place. >0 JO Miss Jessie Mae Hardin of Ches-^ 5 ter is the attractive visitor of Miss' ^ Elizabeth Edmunds this week. D OF PUBLIC 1 AKE REPORT I ted in Visit To Alms- m nd Jail of Abbeville M de By Assistant SecMakes a Number mendations. Alrhshoute. j Several improvements of note have ?S||| recently been made at the Abbeviile <.'? County almshouse. The woodwork in JS the inmates' quarters nas been painted; a shower bath ha3 been in- ' stalled; and plans have Deen com- -.9 pleted for screening the rooms occu- |9 pied by the negroes. Due to its poor ] state of repair the building affords 1 jfl excellent opportunities for the breed- r'aa ing of vermin, bu$ a systematic campaien is now beine carried on V'M against the pests and has lessened J9 their number greatly. ] The new bathing equipment ^ should be completed by purchasing - :|H a hot water tank for the range and 3] connecting it with the shower. A 1 cold bath in winter fs entirely/ too j spvere for old folk and many of them will not take it exceDe under 'H compulsion. The interior of the Duilding is badly in need of renovatjon. The floors have sunk in several places and the ceiling has buckled, making large cracks that cause the superintendent considerable difficulty in keeping the ' & plant in a sanitary condition. It la to be hoped that the county will some ^ day unite with others in creating an ,, J| uiabiLuiriuu buair win pruviue more adequately for dependents man by \ I J giving them merely food and shelter. ^ Chain Gang. j For two reasons the score of the .J&jfl Abbeville County chain gang is high- K* er this year than last. The camp is ,1] no longer overcrowded, being Sixjb *'|? plied with both tent and cage. The second reason is the management of .^| Foreman Schroeder. For the past | year there has been no whipping of | convicts, discipline being maintained f by other and more humane methods. | One of the prisoners asserted . that conditions at the camp compared . J with what they were. previously are | "like a moonlight night 'gainst a real . J dark one." I At the time of this visit the bed- : ding of the camp was. m poor condi- . J [ tion, not having been made up by the middle of the afternoon. The 3 mattresses need a second cover that ; ! can be removed and washed when j they become soiled. These slips also | protect the bedding and add greatly I to its length of life. j Some of the other needs of this j-camp are: the covering of the kitchen ; ^ | slop barrel to keep out the flies; the | , abolition of the practice of allowing two men to bathe in the same water J, I in winter; the addition of fresh meat ^ weekly to give variety to the bill of i fare; the screening of the cage; and ' the requiring of the trusrtes as well as the chain men to make use of the refuse pit. j.ii. Several improvements have been | made at the Abbeville County jail J since last year. The fire-escape authorized by the legislative celegation in 1918 has at last been properly installed. This provides for tne cell row an emergency exit on the side of the building opposite the wooden stair- % way. The jailer's quarters have been painted and repaired and at the time of the visit preparations were made A to renovate the prisoners' section in * ine same way. Jailer McLane's management of the institution is far above tne average, but he is badly handicapped by , 3 the unsuitable building. The cells are dark and poorly ventilated. The prisoners' quarters have only one bath tub and one toilet. Each cell, cfrnse nuently, has to have a refuse bucket as well as a bucket of drinKing water, both of thorn constantly exposed to flies since the upper floors of the (Continued on Page Eight.) I ? 'U "a