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.* * - * I Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, October 6, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. FORM ON PRESID RACE I Less Than One Month Be tions, the People Becon dential Race?Foreci lots Show the Drift Present?Harding Far in Lead, Wit For the Dei As the 2nd of November approach-)S es nearer and nearer, the people over the country become more and more l interested in the outcome of the national elections, particularly the pres- \ idential election. In this section where everybody votes the democrat- \ ' ic ticket, and where the press is uniformly of the democratic persuasion, V in words if not in fact, it happens thatj ' cnly one side of the question is giv- V en to the peoplA For several weeks encouragement has been given to the V democrats by the press in this state and elsewhere. It is not our purpose to discourage anyone now. A man can fight better perhaps when he knows what he is up against. si But the office of a newspaper which d seeks to inform the public is not to IV! give partisan views pf matters, but b to tell the truth as it'is, so far as that a paper can ascertain the truth. There- h tore, the Press and Banner is now un- 2 dertaking to give the facts to*its read- fi ers, so that they may know the sta- H tus, and not be surprised when the s< event arrives that it. did not go their 3 way. fi For some weeks, the United Drug / Company of Boston has been taking tl a straw ballot throughout the coun- H try, such a ballot as is often taken r< and which usually shows the drift of. things. The following is taken from J H the New York Times (Ind. Dem.) of e: \ Sunday, showing in some measure the sentiment of the people on the presi- h dential race. f< The votes by states as taken show ti Harding. Cox ti Arizona Male 409 293 H Female 66 66<b the following: s< California _ -Male 5,452 2,628 fi Female 2,928 1,354 si Colorado Male 1,762 1,108 si Female 639 397 Connecticutt. Male 1,303 489 f< Female 666 166 ,vi Deleware _ _ Male 261 240 j si Female 112 106 . t( Idaho Male 2,096 1,263'a I female b?b a?y ? Illinois- _ __ Male 7,'10 2,763 Female, 2,373 919 Indiana __ __ Male 9,318 6,063 Female 4,433 2,256 Iowa Male 2,004 616j Female 760 226! Kansas Male 7,519 4,002! Female 2,313 1,19 6 j Maine Male 538 206j Female 268 92 j Massachusetts Male 3,821 1,670! Female 1,429 634^ Michigan Male 6,049 2,3811 Female 2,414 770| Minnesota Male 2,603 888 j Female 377 133: Montana _ _ Male 836 394 Female 377 133 j Female 982 581 L Nevada Male 363 1511 Female 166 71 j' New Hamp. _ Male 2,58S 92S Female 848 698 Nebraska _ _ Male 3,255 1,921; O 4 O nCkO ?' ClUcllC oto u?/o New Jersey _ Male 3,010 952! Female 1,044 474 j New Mexico Male 1,107 1,104 Female 373 290 New York __ Male 15,378 7,549 Female 4,728 1,712 N. Dakota _ .Male 1.081 440 I1 Female 330 130 n Ohio Male 17,SSS 9,012 .A Female 6,767 2,S27 ? Oregon Male 859 470 Female 337 156 f Pennsylvania Ma* 4,360 1,763 p Female 1.654 563! p Rhode Island Male 484 110 s Female 217 45( h MIL IN VARIOUS STATES (fore the National Elecle Interested in Presiists and Straw Balof Sentiment At r, Appears To Be :h Little Hope mocrats. I. Dakota __ Male 5,088 2,227 Female 1,593 411 Itah Male 948 700 a on 1 an JL' caiaic iuu xi/u rermont _Male 999 400 female- 401 137 Pest Va Male 3,398 2,989 Female 821 818 Washington _ Male 826 351 Female 343 125 Wisconsin _ .Male 789 179 Female 312 62 Wyoming _ _ Male 1,154 731 Female 484 264 Total 158,063 75,494 The straw ballot in the Southern tates shows the solid South-to be still emocratic with the exception of laryland. However, the inroads made y the republicans in several states re shown by the following figures. 3 North Carolina the male vote is ,315 for Harding as against 4,108 or Cox. In Oklahoma the vote i*, iffrding 2,146, Cox 2,747. In Tennes;e the vote is Harding 2,717, Cox ,791. In Maryland the vote is 1,003 or Harding against 896 for Cox. ''Out of a popular vote taken all over le country of some 300,000 votes [arding received 182,491, while Cox ?ceived 117,601. The indicated electoral vote is [arding 364, Cox 167, with 266 nec5sary for a choice. The New York Herald (Hep.) has ad a staff correspondent in the Wes 3r sometime with a view to ascerlining the drift of things in that seeon of the country. The New York !erald, while republican, has always een a safe adviser as to the drift of mtiment in national elections. The blowing article will give you the re lit as forecast by that paper of the ;ates West of the Mississippi: Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 3.?The blowing forecast of the electora ote of the territory west of the Misssippi is made after a tour of the :rritory which gave Woodrow Wilson victory in 1916: REPUBLICAN Minnesota, twelve. North Dakota, five. Washington, seven. Oregon, five. Idaho, four. Wyoming, three. California, thirteen. Iowa, thirteen. South Dakota, five. Nebraska, eight. Kansas, ten. Michigan, fifteen. Wisconsin, thirteen. Total, 113. DEMOCRATIC. Montana, four. Utah, four. Arizona, three. New Mexico, three. Oklahoma, ten. Total, 24. DOUBTFUL Missouri, eighteen. Colorado, six. Nevada. thre?\ Total, 27. ' MT. CARMEL VISITORS Messrs. John \V. Morrah, F. A. 'ruitt and Horace D. Brown. busies men of Mt. Carmel. were in iblu-ville Tuesday afternqon fi>r ti h-.)vi stay on bus ires*. f Mr. Morrah brought the editor a ill!.* Cuban Vam. weighing four ounds. It is nut so large as some otatoes we have seen, Mi*. Morrah tated, but like Greenville street; it as the quality. COVELESKIE WINS f BY GOOD PITCHING J Rube Marquard Bested by Big Pole in Pretty Slabbing Duel. Brooklyn Not Discouraged. Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. " 5.?Cleveland's battling Indians drew ^ first blood in the 1920 world's series today by defeating the Brooklyn National leagujers by a score of 3 to 1 in a tight pitchers' battle. Cleveland's victory is, told in one word?Coveleskie. The big Polish spit-baller let down the hopes of Flatbush with five scats tered hits and held the game in the hollow of his hand from start to finish. S is Against the Indian twirler was ^ i Rube Marquard, veteran of four . \ world series. The Rube acquitted (t I iiiiiiov 11 ung KUV/ cA|/gii^iivcu auu va pable twirler he is and suffered very little in comparison with his victori- ^ ous rival. A pop fly that was played w with by a prankish wind at the start a of the second inning paved the way s for his downfall. Koney lost it in the ^ gale and upon recovering it, threw & wildly to second in an effort to nip its perpetrator, Burns. Burns scored ? . and before Marquard had steadied & from his ill-fortune a walk to Wood p and ringing hits off the bats of ewell n l and ringing hits off the bat of Sewell across the Dlate and the eame was P won. Every seat in Ebbets field was packed for the big game, 23,894 fans si watching the pastime. They had lit- o tie to be discouraged over because of tl the showing of the Robins, and they tj left the park confident that the first -w game in 'this world series does not k spell a final victory. y The game, in spite- of the chilling h wind that swept the field, was asitl tight as a drum from a fielding stand- rr point. Konetchy's error in the second tl round, which, from an analytical n standpoint, may have lost the game, tl was the only gnisplay of the entire w nine,- innings. Sparkling '"fielding stunts abounded. A cbtch by Griffith in the fifth in- g ning, when the Brooklynite leaped ja high against the right field wall to ii J. J ^ j-i i J. i.i I ^ : pun aown a anve irom tne uai ui uie redoubable Speaker, was the high water mark of the game from a field- . si ing angle. It was one of the prettiest catches that ever starred a world sec< ries. Tris Speaker made good his topheavy reputation as the greatest field- ^ er in the game by turning in two a brilliant catches that nipped threatened Brooklyn rallies in the bud. 1c Young Sewell, at short in the place of the lamented Ray Chapman, played a valiant game when one consid- * ers the tension under which he must w A have laboi;ed in the circumstances. He was a trifle unsteady with his a throws and three times made Burns, n at first, stretch to snare the ball. %% However, he acquitted himself in 0 first-class fashion, from a fielding ^ cf standpoint and delivered a hit in the second inning that helped Cleve- ?land to acquire the runs to win. P' n B ABRAM BRADLEY HERE. ^ i ft Abram Bradley, the former butler of Col. W. W. Bradley, of Greenville Street, but who some years ago g got married and took to farming, was here for the circus today. He wanted to see Hoodie and Jackie and Bill tr Greene, and all the boys who used to be his friends. He said that Mr. Kerr ^ was the worst man to tell stories ,' I |3| I about having butter, when he was ! wanting to borrow, he had ever seer. 1 tc Abram is living in Anderson County, ana was uresseu r.Ke a negro captisi ^ I preacher. * b< RALPH LYON CORPORAL Q( ' a] Corp. J. D. Kerr, of Greenvilh in Street. not the only cfiicer in Abbeville holding that official rank Word comes from the Citadel tha* Ralph Lyon, son of Mr. and Mrs Alph Lyon, is no longer a private but has been promote.1 to corporal U Young Mr. Lyon is a second Year'* student and this promotion menu i" that as the months go by he will bi r> still further honored. p; 'RESIDENT OSES EMPHATIC WORD AYS SENATOR SPENCER MADE FALSE STATEMENT. ADDRESS IN MISSOURI?LETTER FROM WHITE HOUSE SETS FORTH DENIAL IN VERY PLAIN LANGUAGE. Washington, Oct. 5.?President Vilson today wrote to Senator Ipencer, Republican, Missouri, that he statement recently made by the enator that the president had prom /iiiiencaii military aiu to ivulania and Serbia in the event of the ivasion of those countries, was false." Senator Spencer's address was elivered in Missouri and when it ras called to Secretary. Tumulty's ttention, Mr. Tumulty gave out a tatement to correspondents of St. <oui9 newspapers declaring that the enator's statement was. "absolutely and unqualified false." Senator pencer in turn issued a statement aying that he did not believe the resident had authorized such a deial. r The nresident's letter was in re ly to the statement. It follows: Louis, Mo.: "I have just been shown your tatement that by secretary's denial f the previous statement by you lat I had promised American miliiry aid to Rumania and Serbia, ras issued by him without my nowledge and sanction and that ou did not a moment believe that I ad made any such denial or that lat the matter was ever called to ly attention by Mr. Tumulty and lat I requested him to issue the deial to which you refer. I reiterate le denial. The statement you made as false. Woodrow Wilson." St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 5.?United" tates senator Seldon P. Spencer ite today replied to President Will's denial that he had promised Alerican military assistance to Rulania and Serbia in event of invaon of those countries. The presient's denial was provoked by a re?nt address of Mr. Spencer in hich the senator in effect, delared the president had made such promise. The senator's reply, in part, fol>ws: "I beg to acknowledge receipt of our telegram of October 5, in hich you deny that you promised merican military aid to Rumanians tid Sebians and that previous deial which J. P. Tumulty had made as at jfour request. The statement f yours to which I have often re;rred in my addresses was the ;atement in the stenographic notes f the eighth plenary session of the eace conference, in which you arc jported to have said to Premier ratianu of Rumania as follows: "You must not forget that it i.c ..... 4-u?. jice uiat is* tut; cun&wuuuiunai guainty of the public peace. If the orld is again troubled, the Unitec tates will send to this side of the :ean their army and their fleet." "The statement was made upor. le floor of the senate on February , 1920, by Senator Reed, and sr ir as I have learned, has neve1. ?en denied until now. It has beer jen widely circulated over the Uni'd State?. If you do not make thr atcment to Premier Bratianu T lould be much indebted if you will [? good enough to inform me." Senator Spencer's reply pointer' nt that a recent issue of a nation I publication attributed the statelent to the president. UPPER S. C. CONFERENCE Greenville. Oct. u.?Tlie annua j pper South Carolina Methodist inference will begin at Union. Xnv nber with Bishop U. V. W 'arlington, of Huntington, W. Va. residing, it was announced today. GYPSY SMITH COMING TO ABBEVILLE Noted Evangelist Coming Here October 14th?Mr. Derbyshire Secures Appointment For Episcopal Church The people of Abbeville will be delighted to know that Rev. Gypsy Smith is to come to Abbeville to conduct a service October 14th. As is generally known the noted evangelist is now in Greenwood where he is conducting a series of services. He comes to Abbeville at the invitation of Rev. A. J. Derbyshire, of the- Episcopal Church. Abbeville is indebted to Mr. Derbyshire a great deal for being able to secure this appointment. It happens that Mr. Derbyshire knew Gypsy Smith when the former was in the seminary. Being personally acquainted with him, Mr. Derbyshire went to Greenwood yesterday to see him. He remained in Greenwood taking supper with the evangelist, and while there was able to persuade him to come to Abbeville. The services here will be held in the Episcopal Church at 4 o'clock P. M., the fourteenth. Everybody in the city and in the county is invited to come and hear this great preacher. The congregations of the other phurches in Abbeville are especially invited to ( come to the Episcopal church at the . appointed time and hear the sermon. DEATH OF MR. W. O. CROMER Mr. W. 0. Cromer died at the , home of his daughter, Mrs. W. ] D XT: ^1.1 XT 4.L. 1 r. rtiuiwcd, nuitu ivium otreeu, itauu-. j day, September 4th, '1920, at 3 o'- j clock. Mr. Cromer had been in de- ] clining health for a number of 1 months. Last week he came to the i-home of his daughter hoping that ] ' the change mi^ht do him good. Sat- 1 | urday afternoon he was suddenly 1 | stricken^ becoming unconscious, ] j from which he never rallied. The J family was called and all arrived ' | before his death. i Funeral services were held at 1 1 Ebenezer .church yesterday after- 1 noon at four o'clock, the services I being conducted by his pastor, Rev. ' W. H. Murray, Assisted by Rev! C. 1 E.'Peele, of Abbeville. The interment followed immediately in the 1 adjoining cemetery. William Oscar Cromer was a son ' of Philip Cromer, late of -this ' [ county, and of his wife, Dorothy ' j Kellar. He was born March 1850, ( land,was therefore 70 years of age. In July 1877, Mr. Cromer was married to Miss Ella Cox. After his ' marriage he settled on his farm in the county, where he was ever since ' made his home, being a prosperous 1 fanner. Besides the widow, nine children survive the deceased, five!' sons and four daughters. The sons ' are: Philip Cromer, of Charlotte, N. C., Charles F. Cromer, of Atlanta; Hugh Cromer, of Greenville, S. C.;|j Oscar Cromer, Youngstown, Ohio; and Cecil, who lives at the old home- ^ stead. The daughters are: Mrs. J. C. _ _ _ ( \ Burns, of Greenwood; Mrs. W. F. Nickles, of Abbeville; Mrs. C. H. 1 Seigler, of Aiken; and Miss Helen j Cromer who is a student of the High School in Abbeville. He also is survived by three brothers, S. Foster Cromer of Abbeville, T. T. Cromer, Greenwood, and Lindsay Cromer , of Clinton and one sister, Mrs. John j Boyd, of Emmett, Ark. Mr. Cromer was from childhood a member of the Methodist church. , He was a quiet, unassuming man. j who went about his business in a methodical way, keeping peace with his neighbors and being respected by those who knew him. i THE COTTON MARKET. > December futures in New York f c'osed today at 22:47 against 21:55 yesterday. Spots were 100 points up, at 25:25. No cotton was sold on the local t market for the reason that there were no buyers. i \V. L. Power is in Asheville this week on business. ( PRICE GUARANTEE IS CONDEMNED WITNESSES CLAIM PRACTICE HELPS TO KEEP COST UP? * LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND CANNOT WORK UNDER PLAN, DECLARES SILK MERCHANT?? COMPETITION IS STIFLED. % Washington, Oct. 5?Partial responsibility for continued high prices i was laid tnHav nn tVio f-ro A a nro*fin? of manufacturers' guarantee against price decline by those who protested against the custom at hearings before , * the federal trade commission. More than 200 spokesmen for business interests were present to advise with the commission in formulating a pol- ' icy on the subject. The statement that prices would have gone down soon after the armistice in many lines had the price guar- , antee practice been unkonwn in com merce was DrougHt out in answer to question by Chairman Murdock who asked for opinions on that phase. Without exception, opponents of th? system declared their belief had been confirmed bV break in commodities where it was not employed. They cited the sugar and silk markets as typical. Only One Construction. James A. Goldsmith of New York, representing the Silk Association of America, said the guarantee could be construed in no <jther light than as a means of maintaining "a generally high level of prices and mitigating " against any reduction which would have followed natural operation of the law of supply and demand." Silk prices, he said, had declined 50 per cent, in the last six months which would have been impossible had the ;treet is about linisneu, ann in two veeks, it is hoped, the force will ret back to finish the job. AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN Greenville, Oct. 5.?The 16-ounce ;en-cent broad loaf made its appearance here today for the first ime since the beginning of the war .vhen a local bakery announced a .'lit of two-cents a loaf from 12 :ents. "* wholesalers been guaranteed against loss by the manufacturers. "I would ^ay further, he continued ' "that the guarantee against decline not only tends to hold up prices but means that plants will be shut and industry stagnated in order that the guaranteeing manufacturer will not have to dig into his pocket and repay 5 the wholesaler or other purchaser. The plants are shut down and the de- ' mand remains, so prices stay high." "What about holding up artificial prices like war prices and would they have been reduced except for the price guarantee," Mr. Murdock inquired. "Unhesitatingly I would say they would have fallen long ago," Mr. Goldsmith replied. "I would not at:empt to say to what extent the guarantee has maintained the prices, but it certainly has held them a much I j.! il 1 J i.1- -1 J 1 - f* longer ume tnan naa me oia law 01 supply and demahd been permittad to jperate." Only two speakers defended the practice, but their side of the question ivill be heard fully tomorrow. R. U. Delepenha, New York, representing he National Preserves and Fruit Products association, voice approval )f the custom, saying its bsnefits Tiore than offset any ill effects deleted by the opponents of the prac;ice. DUE WEST VISITORS Prof, and Mrs. Paul Greer and VIr.and Mrs. Sam Pressly came down "rom Due West Tuesday afternoon. \fter shopping awhile in our fine ;tores, they remained over and ater.ded the services in the Associate Reformed Church. CHESTNUT STREET The paving people are at work 'gain in Chestnut street. The rock md cement foundation for this