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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
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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*.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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'
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ABRAM BRADLEY HERE. ^
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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 ,'
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I about having butter, when he was
! wanting to borrow, he had ever seer. 1
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Abram is living in Anderson County,
ana was uresseu r.Ke a negro captisi ^
I preacher. *
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RALPH LYON CORPORAL Q(
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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.
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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.
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\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.
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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