Abbeville Press and Banrieli F,?tahli. the punishment ^ which its aggression is encounter- ^ ing, still refused to withdraw this ^ D sinister proposal, but continues the war inside Polish territory in order es to force its acceptance on the Polish ** tf people; no free government can either acknowledge or deal with "the ~ soviet oligarchy." ^ Eight Soviet Divisions Have Been th Annihilated te Paris, Aug. 24.?Eight Bolshevik divisions have been completely annihilated and eight others reduced ro by half, according to unofficial ad-^ar vices from Warsaw today. > in The Polish victory is growing, of Prisoners already counted total more than 40,000, and more than hs 200 guns have been captured. vi 0.:ly the Fourth and Fourteenth P) Fi. s- an armies are still able to of-jof -% OTTON GRADER ABBEVILLE COUNTY ARRIVES IN CITY I oi.ie To This "County Well Equipped For Duty Having Had Twenty-Six Years Experience In The Cotton Business Mr. L. W. Tutt, of McCormick, is been appointed as official cotton rader for Abbeville County. Mr. 1 utt comes well equipped for his jw duty, having had twenty-six ;ars experience in the cotton busijss. He was once employed by the . S. Department of Agriculture at Washington, has classed export cot>n at Savannah, and for the past x years has ben in the cotton busisss in McCormick. We feel that in 1 le person of Mr. Tutt we have a 1 an who knows the business of 1 assing and stapling cotton thor- i jghly and one who will render the ^ irmers of Abbeville County an ? iicient and impartial service. j The primary object in locating an iicial cotton grader in Abbeville ? * _ ? ounty is lor tne purpose 01 m>rming the farmers as to the actual rade and staple of his cotton in der that he might sell same intellijntly. We feel that the farmer is ititled to the same information as i what he offers for sale as the an who buys it. and we recognize ie fact that in the majority of ises tlie farmer is ignorant a? to ie grade and staple of his cotton, seems best anyway to have a disterested party to grade coton for e farmers because it removes any >ssibility of suspicion on the part : the farmer as to the buyer failg to properly grade and staple his itton, and for this reason we feel iat the cotton buyers should velime he service of an efficient and lpprtial cotton grader. Mr. Tutt is here for the purpose s ' rendering to the farmers of Ab- c affinmnf imntirfial ?. ;vmc VJVUXIUJT cuiV4Vuw| id real service and we want all of j em to feel free to use him at any ( me. But as to the amount of ser ce Mr. Tutt renders to the farmers g ill depend largely upon the far- t ers themselves, they must feel c ee to meet him half way and give a m the opportunity. There will be a t e of 35 cents charged for the ading and stapling of every bale : cotton and all the farmer has to . > is to get a sample from both . ies of the bale and bring it to the ^ fice of the cotton grader. The oney collected for the grading of itton and all samples that will be Id will go on the salary and extnses of the cotton grader. ' 1 JOEL S. MORSE SICK TUa Tnal Q . MArco nf ; x 1IC liiciiuo vrx w vvi k/W. v* . le Amos B. Morse Company will be . >rry to learn that he is confined to i is home with a case of typhoid fev- 1 Mr. Morse was taken ill four or ] ve days ago, and the physicians in 1 large have pronounced his illness J rphoid. News from his bedside to- i ay is that he is resting well and that is condition is as favorable as might ] e expected at this stage of his ill- 1 ess. < * . i p DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Prof. Edgar Long came down 1 rom Due West this morning to look * le town- over. He had as his comanions on the trip, Mr. A. Selden ennedy, of Due West, Dr. Payson ennedy, head of the City Board of ealth of Atlanta, and Mr. Charles rice, of Spartanburg. They came 1 - - J- J -- ^ my ana reournea m wruer tu ncatj le campaign speeches in Due West i / 11 >day. c r real resistance, it' was reported. I ? (The Fourth army is fighting in e Lomza region, and the FourQ enth on the Southern front.) Bolsheviki Surrounded The Poles have completely sur- u Q unded the Bolshevik Fourth army id the Third cavalry corps, accordg to advices to the French foreign fice today. The Polish army north of Warsaw J is completely crushed the Bols]^)fl| k Fifteenth army and occuf^JBI ryzasnysz (fifty-five miles nofttil/ Warsaw). d Chamber of Co Fine Meet at William T. Royster of Speaker And Entert Present With a Del Might Be Expecte cial Organizati< retary?Mr. B Duties That was a most interestii neeting held at the court house la light under the auspices of tl ocal chamber of commerce. Tl :rowd present was not an ove vhelming one, but all on har ihowed a deep interest in the pu >ose of the meeting. The speaker was William R. Ro iter, of Griffin, Ga., secretary < ;he Griffin and Spaulding couni :ommercial club. He had for h ;ubject, "How to Organize ar ttaintam a unamoer 01 tommerce le was introduced by J. M. Nickle resident of the local chamber ar n a very happy manner, first ou ining the plans of the newly forme >rganization in this city and what vas' hoped to accomplish through i ifforts. Acknowledging the intr luction the speaker then went into letailed statement of what had bet iccomplished by his association he town of Griffin and Spauldir :ounty in the sister state of Geo fia. During his talk he took occ; ion to throw numerous bouquets j he city of Abbeville, emphasizir he splendid opportunity she hi >efore her and the splendid sta he has already made on the ro? >f progress. In a clear and concii nanner he explained the aims ar rnrpose of the average chamber < :ommerce, explaining thorough! h inside workings cf such an o ,-anization and throughout his ei ire talk stressing the importan< >f such an associition to the tov, ind community ir which it oper; ed. The speaker -staued that he wt imazed at what he had found hei n Abbeville. Instead ' f a wide pla< n the road, a tovvr.. just waking, v o its importance, he found a cil ilready on the hi?h road to succe: md immense pojsibilities loomir CARRIAGE BUSINESS NOT RUSHING ?N ABBEVILL irir.li: of inn -fnr n man ige license was made at the office < Tudge of Probate Miller during tl last week. This license was securt ast Sunday morning by Henry Bayi Foster, of Chattanooga, Tenn. Tl jride to be named in the license w; ?rs. Pauline Hendricks of Taladeg Ma. tJpon securing the license the ha; ay couple hied themselves away 1 ;he Baptist parsonage where in sho >rder they were made husband ar vife by Rev. Louis J. Bristow. Soon after the tieing of the nu :ial knot the newly made bride ar *room left for Atlanta, Ga., in whi< :ity they contemplate making the lome. OFF FOR NEW YORK Sol and Artnur itosenoerg ieav omorrow for New York. The trip i ne of combined business and plea; ire, in that way they will make pui hases of new goods for their d< artment store in this city and aui tig off hours take in the sights an muser/ients of America's ?greates ity. They expect to be away som en days or two weeks. Their hos f friends will wish for them a su< essful and enjoyable trip. A VISITOR FROM RALEIGH ' ? P T? _ 1 - * I Miss _,ean mormon 01 rwueifji I. C., is spending a few days in th |ty as the guest of Miss Mary Hi tarris. Miss Thornton was once a Lbbeville girl and her friends ar lelighto.d to see her again. \ mmerce Staged The Court House Griffin, Ga., Was The ained The Small Crowd :ailed Outline of What d of A Live Commer)n and a Good Secarnes To Assume Sept. First lg up before her. He complimented in st highest terms her splydidly paved 'streets and other indications of progress and prosperity, urging the 16 I while a greater harmony and closer r" j cooperation among the business 1(*! men and citizens generally, all r" which tends to the making of a bigger and better city for people to \7? 1 ir a i n nm/] aa11 j iivc in auu tan uicn uuiuc. ^ | It will be recalled that about sixy days ago the business men of the 131 city woke up to the fact that the lc*,town needed a live commercial or ganization. They therefore wfnt to !S> I work and the result was the forma1(* tion of "the local body as already rel" ferred to. A few weeks ago" a meetJ(*'ing of the board of directors was if 1 held and at this time a permanent secretary was chosen in 'the person ?"Jof George T. Barnes of Atlanta. Mr. a | Barnes has accepted the position m and will assume the duties involving in.' * upon him after September 1st. He comes to Abbeville very highly rer"j commended and the indications are a" that the directors acted very wisely at n their choice of a secretary. The meeting last night was in the nature of a sret-to-gether meeting:, ft I ^ for the purpose of learning first hand from an experienced man the ^ purposes of a real live chamber of . commerce and the duties of a first )f * class secretary. In other words the ^' members and prospective members r of the new organization wanted to get started out on the right road, and for this reason invited Mr. Royster here that such results might oba-1 tain. The meeting was all that was expected, notwithstanding the small iS crowd that availed themselves of re the opportunity to hear this well in5e formed man and talented speaker. lP Those present were enthuiastic over the outlook and of the opinion that 3b the meeting would result in much ultimate good. \ VOTERS PREPARE FOR E SELECTION OFFICERS i- County politics are rapidly being Df brought to a close in this county as ie well as the other counties through;d out the state. The first primary will ie be held next Tuesday, August 31st. ie The county itinerary closes in this as city Saturday, at which time the ^ candidates will make the last appeal jto the voters for their suffrage. The p- polls will open at 8 o'clock and close to at 4 o'clock. rt The state itinerary also closes id this week, the senate at Charleston , "tt-: J J n \Tati? JTiluay auu me siiiic uiuucis r. Black is well known in this section and has many friends here who will be sorry to learn of his unfortunate accident and will nope for his early and complete recovery. MUCH IMPROVEMENT IN CAR SHORTAGE Shortage Less Acute With Commercial Freight Now Being Loaded in Quantity ^ N r Washington, Aug. 24.?The great- , est improvement in the car shortage ' situation since January is now be? ? ing accomplished by the railroads of the country, the railroad car ser- \ * vice commission declared tonight. ! Commercial freight loaded during! the week which ended August 71 comprised 942,000 cars compared j with 914,000 cars during the pre-| vious week and 872,000 cars for thej corresponding period in 1919. I The car shortage for the week; ending August 6 amounted 125,219 \ cars compared with 132,370 cars I fof the previous week. The roads i during the week of August 13 were unai^lp jfco movei,)T9213 cars while jfor the previous week the car accumulation was 84,949 cars. J DR. HARVIN RETURNS. Dr. A. L. Harvin, who has been on! a two weeks visit to relatives in Ab-] beville and Manning, has returned to' Washington, where he is regarded as one of the Capitol City's most dls-i tinguished dentists. When asked about the political situation, Dr. Harvin stated that he! only hears the republican side of the! discussion, but from what he hears, * it seems that the democrats will have ' a better chance to win with the worn- * en voting. The League of Nations 1 :uts little figure in the chances of the c party, so far as he hears, liquor be- t ing the big question. A large per- r centage of the people with whom he * eomes in contact are strong for light 1 wines aftd beer, he says. Among the v people with whom he has talked in v Washington Cox is regarded as the ^ "wet" and Harding as the "dry" t candidate. V I RETURN FROM NEW YORK. I b Mrs. Lizzie Cason and Miss Marionj t Cason have returned after a stay of| two months in New York wnere theyi v attended the teachers training school.' ^ While away they spent ten days inj ^ Canarla nnH visitpd Niacara Falls and! other places of interest. They had a ^ pleasant as well as a profitable trip, j PRETTY VISITOR. c Miss Sallie Powell, of North Caro- ^ lina and Miss Bess Allen, of Greenville, are in Greenwood for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen and came ovr to Abbeville Tuesday and spent th? night with Misses Susie and Mar ion Mabry. These -young ladies have many friends in Abbeville and are always welcome visitors. ^ I SURPRISE ATTACK I MADE TENNESSEE GOVERNOR ROBERTS CERTIFIES. fM ACTION OF LEGISLATURE TO \'J| SECRETARY OF STATE AFTER>;$i ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD ADVISED HIM COURT HAD SET ASIDE RESTRAINING ORDER, 1 Nashville, Aug. 24.?Governor Roberts, today certified by mail to ^ Secretary of State Colby Tennessee's ratification nf +Viq J ?v* viiw nvmaii ' OUUltl^O amendment after receiving from Attorney General Frank M. Thompson \ an opinion that a writ issued by Chief ^ Justice D. L. Lansden, of the State Supreme Court, last night set aside a lower court order temporarily restraining the Governor from taking such action. The injunction was ob- * A tained by citizens of Nasnvllle- opposed to suffrage^ |; H Issuance of the writ and the Gov-- - ^ jrnor's certification serves to trans* ^ fer to Washington the battle over * v legality of ratification. Anti-suffrage leaders declared the American const!- ' { tutional league was prepare# to ap<'|| ply to the District of Columbia Supreme Court for an order restraining S Secretary Colby from issuing a proc- J lamation declaring the amendment In j'' effect. So far as court action in Ten nessee is concerned the only thing in prospect for the antis Is ro request v' the Supreme Court to rescind the In/. *31 lividual action of Justice Lansden. J rhe court meets in Knoxville Septem- "t aer 20. ';|fl Announcement this morning thAt ;|j Justice Lansden h,ad issued the writ, ?|H followed an hour later by the statsr. 'M nent that the Governor had mailetf 'I ;he certification was a bombshell in _ -J3 ;he camp of the anti-suffrage forcea> ind an agreeable surprise to tbe^sof- ,"'f ratification was in the mails on ita i JS vay to Washington. 1 VISITORS AT THE KLUGH'S. M Miss Margaret Klugh, who has. ,Jj >een on an extended trip to New -$g {ork is in Abbeville for a stay with , 'M ler mother, Mrs. J. C. Klugh. Whiles jl kliss Margaret is at home, tne?other 'jfl laughters have been paying a visit || o the old home. Mrs. Maurice Gar- /? ter and little Mary Klugh are here -.ja rom Union, and Mrs. B. A. Maults- |1 >y and her young son from Bennetts- 'M ille. Mr. Garner and Mr Maultsby '|| t'ere here also for the week-end but -^j iavi? returned to their homes where 3 hey are engaged in business. j A FAMILY REUNION Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Edmunds have ieen entertaining a house parry for - '21 he past week, but some or their | ;uests have departed for ttieir nomes. ; Irs. J. M. Sewell left yesterday for or home in Augusta, while Mr. aijd ' f Irs. Joe B Brunson and Miss Kate > ^ h-unson have returned to Parksville.' Irs. John Brunson and Miss iSmmle Srunson are staying over for a furher visit. - . .JHj JSfSJSJSM5MSi,5iSJS/SMSJSJSJ3?3/3I3ISi'31313 \. COTTON MARKET Jan. 24.90 Mar. 24.75 May 24.60 Oct. 27.05 Dec. 25.65 -ij .visa