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\ x ' * - / Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. (Wednesday, September 15, 1S20 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Yeav. . . . 1 - , : m ABOUT ' IHE CITY SCHOOLS I ???????? PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION HOLDS MEETING. RECEPTION PLANNED. COMMIT-! . i TEES APPOINTED?THE FIRST c FOOTBALL GAME OF SEA-1 ( SON. Yesleriiay afternoon the first c meeting of the Parent-Teacher asso- f' ciation of this session was h;ld in | n high school building and was well attended. This meeting was called mainly for the purpose of perfect- ^ ing plans for the reception to be 51 tendered the new teachers of the '' city schools in the near future. Af- J tei* discussion it was decided to hold 11 the reception either this Saturday ^ afternoon or the latter part of next " week, a committee to have charge ofxthe details of the reception and ^ this committee will announce, prob- 11 ably tomorrow, the time and place ^ fdr the reception. The following lr ladies have been appointed to serve on this committee: Mrs. T. G. White, chairman, Mrs. J. F. Barnwell, Mrs. R. C. Philson, Mrs. C. H. ^ McMurray, Mrs. C. A. Milford and Miss May Robertson. ; The association yesterday also agreed to hold the first regular . business meeting of the association j Q in the high school building Wednesday afternoon, October 6th, which will be the time for election of of- t] ficers and the appointment of per- ^ manent committees for the present j session. A plan of work to be under- j j taken during the session will also be 0 formulated at this October meeting, j The regular meeting day of the u third Tuesday in eacn month will be a changed after the first meeting in e October. h The members of Llie Parent-Tea- ti cher association wish it to be gener- p ally known that every parent having ir children in the city schools and every other citizen of Abbeville interested in the welfare and ifrogress of the schools is always cordially wel- ^ come to attend any of the meetings ^ of the association and to participate . vi in their efforts to make the Abbeville schools the best in the state. b( The officers of the association at v preent are; president, Mrs. A. B. Morse; vice president, Miss May ^ Rrthprtson seeretarv. Miss Annie Hill, treasurer,-Mrs. C. C. Gambrell. ip The first game of football will be played Friday afternoon beginning at 5 o'clock on the ahtletic field off ^ Magazine street when the local high ^ school team tries out its mettle with the strong aggregation from U] the Elberton high school. Last Fall C{ Elberton outweighed the Swetenburgers by 25 pounds but with nine of last year's players again in the gj high school Capt. Billy Long says Elberton won't get near enough to the Abbeville goal Friday to see it without a telescope. m Mr. Joe Anderson of Antreville, ^ county attendance officer was a visi- ^ tor to the schools yesterday, going over the enrollment with the super- j intendent and looking after the pupils-, who come within the bounds r? of the compulsory attendance act. ^ Mr. Anderson was agreeably sur- j( prised to find that three pupils who 0T gave him much trouble last session on account of irregular attendance jj, were each found at his post labor- i** ?LfI ing with the multiplication tablesjaj and reading about l?paminondas and Lj the Cyclops. ' * Mr. Derbyshire's French class sounds this week like a company of Doughboys in France trying to buy "Du pain et du fromage." It's Hinky .1 Dinky Parlez Vous about the Hiprh A School now. .Jean Galloway, who has been in t< the navy for the nast three years, is p visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C B. Galloway. He will leave in a few p. days to enter the Presbyterian Collorv r.t Clinton. ei ACK JOHNSON GIVEN YEAR !j 1 * IN PEN; AND FiNED $1 000; !i his Sentence Reaffirms That Passed On Negro in 1913 When He Was Convicted of Voilating | Mann White Slave Act Chicago, Sept. 14.?Jack Johnson, ?rmer world's heavyweight champion as sentenced to one year and a day 1 Leavenworth penitentiary and fintl $1,000 today by Judge George A. arpenter for violation of the Mann J ct. The sentence reaffirmed that passd on Johnson in 1913 when he was ' onvicted of transporting a white girl rom Pittsburgh to Chicago for imloral purposes. Johnson later fled to Europe, forsiting his $30,000 bonds, and from lien until a few weeks ago when he urrendered on the Lower California order, he was a fugitive from justice ohnson's first wife committed suicide i 1913 and he thereupon married .ucile Cameron, the principal white 'itness for the state. > Since his return to Illinois Johnson as been boxing daily in his jail cell \ anticipation that he might be reused and permitted to take up fightig again. "COTTON-DAY" SATURDAY i leeting of All Interested in the Price of Cotton To Be Held in The Court House Saturday Monday, September the 20th has -i?; 4-?^ r>o,r" CCII UCOlg uaicu VVHUU-I/OJ vm | ut the South by J. S. Wannamaker, resident of The American Cotton j ssociation but in view of the fact lat Capt. Nickles, president of the bbej'ille association, had already ailed a meeting for Saturday, the Sth, the meeting will be held h'ere n Saturday in the Court House at 1 o'clock. The executive committee ill meet at 10:30. Capt. Nickles is 1 rranging to have some good speak- I rs on the various subjects, and it is < oped every member of the ascocia- I on and everyone interested in the < rice of cotton will attend this meet- ; J MILITARY HIGH SCHOOL 1 ( Rev. Charles A. Jones, Secretary j f the Board of Education of the j juthcrn Baptist church in in AbbeUe today, considering proposi- j ons for the erection of a High ^ :hool under the jurisdiction of his ^ lurcn aj. tins piace. xne .Baptist ae>mination proposes to build five ' gh schools in South Carolina, one ' : them with the military feature. ' his is the school which the Bapsts and others in Abbeville desire j cated at Abbeville. The school will | ive the equivalent of twelve ] *ades and its graduates will be en- ) )led to enter any of the colleges or ^ liversities of the country on the irtificate of their fitness by this stitution. One other town in this state de- ' res this school?Batesburg. This ttle town on the Southern Railway ] ;tween Columbia and Augusta is i ade up of progressive and liberal inded people, and it is believed ( lat Abbeville will be compelled to , > pretty well to land the school as gainst Batesburg. [t is understood that five locations ive been offered the school aliady; one by Sol H. Rosenberg on le Dundas Place; one on the old ' vnes Place: and one bv Mr. Stark i i the Hughes Place above town. Some definite announcement is to ] i made about the matter shortly. t. Jones has been'in conference | 1 day with Dr. Bristow and several rominent local Baptists. . ' 1 DAVIS KERR, JR. LEAVES Davis Kerr, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs . D. Kerr, of Greenville street left bbeville yesterday over the South- | for Lexington, Va., where he will | satriculate as a student of Washing I >n & Lee University. Davis was prearerl for college in the Abbeville ity Schools and at Bailey. He tooki ' good s-tnnd in his classes always 1 ::d will represent Abbeville in prop- ' fashion at Washintgron & Lee. i 2ND PRIMARY [LECTIO Cotton Ed. Smith Runs JWinning the Nomination ate by Handsome Lieut. Governor; Sh Commissioner.?I Keller El The Second Primary is past The winners are known. All is o the shunters have been named. E. I). Smith has been renom Senate by an estimated majority c 000 votes reported last night, he remaining boxes over the state ar part and it may be expected that swell the majority which has aire. Wilson G. Harvey is nominat ing his opponent by 15,000 votes (irst Charleston man to be elects fiee in thirty years. Having taker state, the people of the state will leston to become a part of the stal 1 1. ^ rt P ilt/% fi t A t A O f? O TT'll lilt* iiuertrsin tu nic Maic us a wu their remarks to Goose Greek. Frank W. Shealy is renomina er. COUNTYH For county offices. the majoi Putnam is nominated for the Hoi vote as consolidated for the count Putnam Ashley Majority * COUNTY SUP! Keller Stevenson N . Majority ' Mr. Thos. A. Putnam is stric from the Northern section of Gret ty-five years ago he moved to Grei itive. He became connected wit] Company. The Manager of the n voon r'ecognized his worth and he Superintendent of the mill. Whi manager of Abbeville Cotton Mil nam to come to Abbeville, where Superintendent of the mill at thi: md since that time has been enga real estate business. Some two years ago Mr. Putr lie now resides the^e. He is a go< temper and sound common sense. tunity<?to obtain an education in h theless been a Student of affairs 1 i-icw nr-iotr ho ornonlfn malrp Ahhi HIl*J ^ tiive of whom we may all be prou Walter Keller, the newly no is a product of Long Cane townsh twenty-five years ago and has bee business since that time. He is a capable, conservative and depen'd needs a business man in the office will treat everybody exactly alike iff'airs of the county on a business been made in the selection of tlife* In addition to local races and tl people of Abbeville will be intere in other counties: Sheriff F. F. Edmunds, of Mi defeated for nomination by Miltoi ivorld war veteran. Sheriff C. G. King, of Anders fitt by a majority oi about 1900. Carlos Rector, of Greenvi\le, Willis by a safe majority. Rector i :or, who was killed some time ag( i World War veteran and served "r- v n 1.... r n^l u;. Will. IV. 1.11'tl^uuii ui uui miiiJH House from Richland county. Sheriff W. J. White, of Spar for the nomination in that county Mack King, of Anderson, see icrvisor to succed himself. Joe Lake, of Greenwood def iinl A. Jerome Bell is named for S SOLICITOR'S The exact figures in (he Solii .. lined at the time we went tq pre lie News and Courier Blackwell h jority of 1 i-00 votes over J. Ho1 Mackwell carried Laurens. Newl ies. tho latter by fi narrow margi najority in Abbeville county, his i or Mlackwell, but this was not sul rilv given Ulackwell in I fie othei N HELD TUESDAY Way With George, to United States Seniority.?Harvey, lealy, Railroad Putnam and ected. liistory. The results are in: ver except the shouting, and innted for the United States if 25,000 votes. Out ofSO,had a lead of 15,000. The e country boxes for the most the farmer vote will greatly ady been announced. ed for Lieut. Governor, leadout of 80,000. He is the d to an important state ofi Charleston back into the have a right to expect Clharte, and hereafter be loyal lole.and not merely confine .ted for railroad commissionACUES. [ ities are decisive. Thos. A. lse of Representatives. The y gives 1249 747 502 ERVISOR 1087 873 214 tiy a Self-made man. He is mville County. Some twensnville as a cotton mill operti the MiHs Manufacturing lill, the late W. B. Moore, rose rapidly until he became en Mr. Moore became the Is he prevailed on Mr. Putijor several years he wa? s place. He later resigned ged in farming and in the 1am moved to Due West, and 3d citizen and a man of even Though denied the opporis childhood, he has never'or a good many years, and eville County a representad. minated County Supervisor, ip. He came to Abbeville ;n engaged in the mercantile man of good sound sense, [able. If Abbeville County ; of the Supervisor, one who , and who will manage the 5-like basis, no mistake has man to fill this office. ip for state nffines. the sted in the following results cCormick County, has been n LeRoy, of Willington, a on, was defeated by Os Merhas defeated SherilT Sam D. is a brother of Hendrix Rec) by Jake Gosnell. Willis is in thirtieth division. 1 failed of nomination to the fnnhiii'fr IliK llPPM Hnfpnfpd by Sam K. MiJler. ins to i>e nominated for Sueated Can field for Auditor, supervisor. RACE :?itor's race could not be obss. According to figures by as been nominated by a inaivard .Moore, of Abbeville, berry and Greenwood eounn. Moore received a big /ote being over 1400 to 500 llicieut to overcome the ma-| three counties. REPUBLICANS WIN MAINE ELECTIOIV I Parkhurst Named For Governor B] Large Majority. Women Cast Ballots For First Time And Many Participate ' \ Portland, Me., Sept. 14.?Freder ick H. Parkhurst, Republican, wa elected governor of Maine today b; a pluraity which at a lat^ hour pro mised to be the largest in the histor; of the state. His Democratic oppo nent, Bertrand Mclntyre, receivei approximately half as many votes a Mr. Parkhurst. The Republicans cai ried all four congressional district , by large majorities, reelecting Repre sentaiives Wallace H. Wite. Jr.. Job A. Peters and Ira C. Hersey, an electing Carroll L. Beedy of Porl land, in the first district, where Rej resentative Louis B. Goodall wa not a candidate for reelection. The also obtained a commanding lead i i the state legislature and elected Ro L. Wardwell of Augusta, as state auc , itor. In all parts of the state wome availed themselves of their first oj ( portunity to vote in the state electio and the figures showed that a larg majority of them voted the Republ can ticket. The vote for Parkhurst, o returns from more than two thirds of the state showed ai increase of more than 46,000 ove that cast for Milliken four years ag< , while Mclntyre's vote was less tha 1,500 more than that of Curtis, Den: ocrat, in the last presidential year. Returns from 557 elections pre I cincts out of 632 in the state (froi 453 cities and towns out of 519) fo governor give: Parkhurst, Republica 124,966; Mclntyre, Democrat, 64 These same precincts in 1916 gav Milliken, Republican, 74,979; Curtis Democrat, 62,453. The Republican strength was un: form throughout the night. Severs of the cities which showed small De mocratic pluralities in 1915 returne pluralities for Parkhurst today. I many others, which went Republica: four years ago, the plurality for tha ticket was greatly increased this yeai Considerable significance in th outcome in its bearing on the votin I for president in November was asserl ed by Republican leaders from th fact that the campaign was fougfc out almost wholly on national linei with the league of nations as th chief issue. THE COTTON MARKET Cotton ran a zigzag course today In the early morning hours th market was up fifteen to twenty-fiv points, but towards the close Octo ber futures sold off to a decline o 17 points under yesterday's close the closing figures for that mont] being 27.68. Spots on the streets of Abbevilli sold today at 30 5-10 for the bes grades. The market today was affecte< by threats of a strike in the Man V Chester Mills in England and b: threats of a British coal strike. Thii hanging over the market caused thi decline. 1 . . . . . . NWkkWVfc.* ^ V \ \ \ \ V .iWxVVVV' V < v LATE ELECTION * NEWS v v < V Columbia, 1:37 P. M., Sept. 15 ^ V Press and Banner Co., ' V Abbeville, S. C. * V Almost complete returns from ^ V tabulated up to two o'clock by V V The Columbia Record give Ed N V. Smith a lead of more than twen- V ! V ty thousand votes over George N V Warren. Smith's votes now stand N V 58.534; Warren's 37,914. In N ^ the race for Lt. Gov. Wilson G. S V Harvey is leading O. K. Mauldin S by about 15,000 votes. Har- S vey's total this afternoon is V \ 55,367 and Mauldin's 41,850. S V Shealy has a lead over Smith S \ for Railroad Commissioner of S \ approximately fifteen thousand ^ \ votes also. Shealy's vote is 55,- V \ '18. S-i?h 40. 110. S j\ Taylor. S NOVEMBER VOTE ' iVIAY SHOW CHANGE * VI - DEMOCRATS NOT DISCONSOs LATE OVER MAINE RESULTS' J STATEMENT BY WHITE. ?\ CHAIRMAN SAYS HIS PARTY ~ IS HONESTLY BUT DESd s PERATELY POOR. ' ? n . ':-,i 3 New York, Sept. 14.?Comment- \ i.ig on the result of yesterday's elecn ion in Maine, 'George White, chaird man of the Democratic national- / I ' J' '^3 committee, today issued the follow>J ng statement: sj "This is the Republican's day of ' n;, y ejoicing. They planned, labored and n paid for it, and I would not, by any y utterance of mine, rob thenf of any [. of their need of ;^y. With- a splendid n | organization and with the expendi). ture of^very effort possible to great. n finances they prepared the Republie can state of Maine for this state i- election in the hope of persuading n the country that the trend is heavily v ' * n i_^i *- ii.. ? i i- iwpuuuuan in tne nauoiuu race. w i n "Had the Democratic party been r presented the same opportunity in a >, state where the trumpet call of Den mocracy means as much as the i-1 clarion, of Republicanism in Maine, jwe should have made the same psy- ' ;,:chology in mind. I A' ^ n1 "We shall have votes for the 1 ' r "<& rkhague in November from thousands n,of the men and women who support- ' I * r ed Colonel P^rkhurst. On a certain e, morning in November our time for 3, rejoicing will ! come, and 1 in the j meantime we gaze cheerfully upon i- today's Republican demonstration 1 il and do not begrudge to them at 5-all." dj Chairman White ,in a statement a issued later today referring to a!newspaper reports from Maine that . / I ' x j t*he Repuublican organization there r'iwag "active and widespread" while el he Democrats were "weak and Sj eeble of resource," said in part: H "That is true. Perhaps the genere|al public will be interested in the 't.reason for this contrast. 3,| "We are honestly but despa^ately e poo^ The poor man must pick up and choose his experiences. Lacking y < the purse to purchase luxuries he j confines himself to necessities. He (can not afford steak, and mush'jrooms so he subsists comfortably on bacon and beans. The result often is that he outlives the rich man across ^ whose taible seven indigestible icourses pass in Rightly procession ^ before a jaded appetite. "Maine was a luxury to us in a ,y e state election. We could not afford t it, and so we charged it off long ago. We did not organize it; we did * I j fill its tables with literature and its _ ears with oratory. The Republicans y knew this and with a conventional g sense of political psychology set out B to roll up the biggest majority possible, for its effect on the country. "Our kingdom is aborning, and the crossing of the Jordon is near at hand. ' * "But we do not conceal tj^at the Democratic national committee is seriously put to it in the matter of j money. We arc hopeful that we will (find enough to make ends meet and | that we will be able to place in the field behind our dauntless comI Jmander an effective army if a small Jcne. The fight he is making is not Jcne to be lost because millions are (Withheld from the Democratic comjmittee by those who have them. ? j Manna fell in the wilderness and we | ook with hope to the moral force? k f the nation for whose issues we tand not to permit our campaign o starve. "If we have to fight barefoot and j n an empty stomach, it has been Jdone before and successfully." Mi', ard Mrs. P. G. Patterson ? re over from Greenwood Wednes.* day and were the guests at dinner ? r .^sociato Justice and Mrs. Eu| ene B. Gary.