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f au WHISKEY RING SPENDS A LARGE SUM TO GET CONTROL IN CHICAGO Chicago. Oct. 16.?A government official attached to the federal prohibition enforcement organiza-! tion in Chicago, told the federal grand jury this afternoon that a' bribe of $10,000 had been offered J ' . offered him to stop prosecution in | connection with the recent liquor traffic scandal disclosures. The bribe is said to have been offered by a New York woman. Chicago, Oct. 16.?Information *^at $100,000 had been raised in Chicago to force out cer$ . tain federal prohibition agents and replace them with men susceptible to the influence of the alleged '"whiskey ring," has been obtained through three men arrested here in the last 24 hours, police officials said today. The men were arrested on complaint of Andrew Pappas, a restau: ; rant owner, who charged that he had been swindled out of large sums monev throueh the alleged 'ring.' %;V. T jf.: JThe men arrested are Fred Leach, " former special agent for the Ameri;/ ' can Railway Express Company, Joseph Schillinger, alleged agent of the "ring" and Thomas Kerwin, a % saloon keeper. Whiskey Never Delivered Pappas declared he would have the support of many other restaurant - owners and saloon-keepers, who he said, had lost upwards of $100,000 I: by paying the "ring" for whiskey i. ' V wihch never was delivered. \ ' The federal grand jury today , continued it? investigation of the "ring" after having heard the testi mony yesterday of Walter Sadler New York broker, who confessed, it |l-. was said, to participation in the o WUioacY 1UUU1115. Hj ft I * WON ITS BET v\y ? . '; Richmond, Va., Oct. 16.?The Southern Railway System won its bet in not taking the Government guarantee for the six months from March 1st to August 1st, actual !, operating income for this period ' having exceeded what would have been received under the guarantee [ ; by $642,078.46, according to the annual report submitted to. the stock-] holders of Southern Railway Com-, pahy at the annual meeting held in. Richmond, Tuesday, October 12th. Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, preai' " '' - - - ?"* m it: r_j_ -> . dent oi tne university 01 virgmia, Charlottsville, Va.; Robert Jemison, V. Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.; Bishop . John Carlisle Kilgo of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, Charlotte, N.. C.; and Charles Steele of New York were re-elected as members of i ?/. tne board of directors for the term of three years. A large majority" of the stock of > the company was represented at the i.l meeting. ? ;v i EXCURSI ! 1 v i COLUMB AGGC Q T A T F | OCTOBER V SOUTHERN RA1 A.\ : j*?' J" Excursion Tickets on \ 27, 28 and for trains sche< before noon of October 291 original starting point pric * ; / 1920. cnrr>i a i orcV/inL, .. Will be operated Wei tober 27th and 28th, on th Lv. Honea Path . . . . Lv. Donalds > Lv. Shoals Junction Lv. Abbeville Lv. Hodges Lv. Greenwood .... Lv. Newberry ... Ar. Columbia Returning, leave Goli 27th?28th, arriving And< I Special train from He ! on arrival of special from i For further informati ply to Ticket Agent or . R. G. COTNER, D ft4-: * . . - PRIZE OF $25,000 IS OFFERED G. O. P.S FOR BEST ESSA' New York, Oct. 16.?Democrati national headquarters today ar nounced a cash prize of $25,000 ha been offered by the Pro-League Ir dependents to Senator Hardin senator Johnson, Senator Boral Senator Lodge, Chairman Hays o the Republicans national committe or anybody else in the United State who could first prove that th League of Nations "would abridg the sovereignty of America." Professor Irving Fisher of Yal University, chairman of the Pre League Indenpendents, explaine that, under terms of the offer, es says must be received by mail c wira at 17 East Forty-First stree' New York City, by October 22; tba each member of a jury of twelv citizens would be appointed jointl by George White and Will H. Hayi chairman of the Democratic an 1 i Republican, if desired by Mr. Hayt and that in case the jury was nc unanimous, half the prize will sti may be awarded, provided a major ty of the jurors so vote.. Intended For Every Paper "This announcement is intende for every newspaper in the Unite States," Professor Fisher said "an is being given for distribution to th various press associations with th request that each ne^paper publis ing it ,send to the Pro-Independent here a marked copy of the issue cor taining it, so that the Independent may report on how many newspi pers of each party publish or fail t \ publish it. "If Mr. Uayes admits that sue statements and notions are unpro\ en, untrue, and absurd, he is r< spectfully apked to publicly stat< and also to publicly state that he i requesting his speakers, press bi reaus, and Republican newspapers t cease making such false statements .. 1 i GERMANS CELEBRATE . ' WATSON'S VICTOR * \ Anderson Man Says General DUlil Also Found for Wilson. Anderson, Oct. 16.?An Andersoi ian, Martin Seligman, has recent! returned from a visit to his moth* in Germany. He tells of many inte esting things, and says he wasn't su "w'ooH t'rt finH in Vipnria a Rooseve street, a Roosevelt plaza and a Boos* velt monumnet, but he was more tha surprised when he' was in Berli when they heard of the election < Tom Watson of Georgia to find th) they celebrated on account of it. E said that one of the large governir j bodies in a meeting also digcusst ! the naming of a street after-Senate ! Harding. They are bitter against tl league of nations, and they are ce tainly in favor of the Republican pa ty and dislike Mr. Wilson intensely ON FARES. '?' / [A, S. C. JUNT : FA I R 25-29,, 1920. rIA [LWAY SYSTEM sale October 24, 25, 26, rlnlprMn arrive Columbia th. Good returning to reach >r to midnight, October 30, TRAINS dnesday and Thursday, Ocie following schedule. 5:47 A. M. . ... ... 5:57 A. M. 6:03 A. M. 5:50 A. M. 6:25 A. M. 6:40 A. M. 8:05 A. M. '? ! 10:00 A. M. imbia 7:30 P. M., October erson 12:30 M'night. >dges to Abbeville returning Columbia, on 27th and28th. on and round trip fares apistrict Passenger Agent, Spartanburg, S. G. ? y? , ] Rann-dom Reels i ' C ! By HOWARD L. RANN Ld BREAD PUDDING g , |>READ pudding is a conscientl< O effort on the part of a thoug f less but well-meaning housewife e economize at the expense of the ] ,g man stomach. For at least one hundred years e rapid succession woman has b( e making bread pudding and man I been eating it. It has been obsen - that women who manufacture bre pudding very seldom eat enough of H! to founder anybody. Love and de d tlon can reach no greater heights tt }- when a bright, new husband, unus r to life's ways, partakes of this d and retains enough eonrage to k * His wife good-by at the door. Some & the greatest hypocrites the world 1 - a-irar- nrA pnnolHntorv h y bands who eat several slabs'of brt pudding and then begin to praise tout ensemble. , d Bread pudding is usually served the close of a full meal, just wl everybody Is filled with a feeling ,, entire content It is then led oi the table and, planted In front of ei if TUT CteAT HOfW SpoomJIUEaT PWJWE VNHIP IN A PINCH - I'LL U*LK "PURXY-EIGHT MILES Fba. POM OL0 , APPLE DUMPLlM 8uT ( DRAW TUt d Line at the ultimate, Final, /i complete zero in eaty- B*eai> ^ PUPPlN '?**"* HO*E'N-TXRggTiMft_Awmc k Once In a White Somfc Husband V r- . Break Into Open Rebellion. i_ guest In a threatening manner, f -> It if wofth a man's life to gaze o is it at the vinegar fcruet and begin t. toy with the salt cellar. One of most tense moments in married 1 0 Is when a well-muscled bride ol week places a-sector of bread pudd before the-man she swore to cher and protect and watches hfm ei away from the table with a crestfal Y look. ; This culinary misdemeanor Is mi ^ chiefly of bread, which has died of c* age and general exhaustion. Aftei loaf of baker's bread haa been put 1 v - ? - 'i ?j the cake did oy nusuute uuu auy? a" to lejnafn there until two strong n ly, couldn't slice It with a cross-cut 6i ?r! It can always'be saved by hammer r_ It Into the form of a pudding. A1 surrounding It with rf dollar's wo r" of sugar and two pounds^'Jtattei ^ becomes at>le to 'slajid alone I e- throw out Its chest. True, the 1 in' does not compel married oaten to' :J itj but it is cheaper to do bo and a\ court costs. V In some homes bread pudding it served twice a week, on stated dt [?' and It will b6 noticed that on th j?'1 days the restaurants and ,pafetei , are crowded with apprehensive t ,di bands. Once In a while some t >ri band will break Into open rebell! ie' but this does not 'last long, owing r_ man's forgiving nature. There something about a bread-pudd diet, however, that stamps the vie more indelibly than being tattooed - the left wrist, causing him to gla "m about furtively at the close of ev meal. _ .Oonvrlsrhi.) , ? ,, s Wonder " i. By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS * ' ?' ^ ? ?AV| It'll (a nKln fn mAlrA K i rr n j 1 ? / Viix/juiv 10 uuiu iv uiauc i/?g u VY and women of as all. for wl we most s' icerely feel that we small and unimportant, that mom I we are In reality biggest and great | Look Into the Heavens at night, W der at its magnificence. Take notfe the worlds In Stars as they wink t blink abong themselves millions miles away. Wonder at them t how heedless they seem of youj small, so tiny?so infinitesimal I I Wonder?but as you Wonc THINK. ' Look about you?no matter wh you may be. There are always thli to Wonder at. Every spot of Nat is a Wonder Garden. Every Si and Tree and Rock and Breath il tare in mature iraireiurmeu uuui ! the Mind and Effort of Man, Is the further arranging of chances j Wonderment. Wonder?but as you Wonc I THINK. . I As you go to your Bed tonight,. ' fore closing your eyes In Sleep, W der at It all?Sleep, that for the tl obliterates conscious Life and ta ! you away from activity and turm but to return you again in safety charged with Strength and Will. .W der at the miracle of Sleep. Wonder?but as you Wonc ! THINK. j Let the power of Wonder that is I free to you correct your distor j viewpoints. Let It lift and brace y j Let It abolish the false Conceit wit you. Let It convince you of your manness and lead you through y work In this world, contented * your lot?an Uncomplalner. M fKU KLUX RIDERS I DOWN IN PEE DE i ' * ? Negroes Get Warning to Go to Woi j ?Mayor, Too, Gets Call. ( Florence. Oct. 16?White caps, 20 strong, with horses and riders clad i the Ku Klux Klan garb, rode int Lake City Thursday night and as ms result the cotton fields next day wei ht- ...' , t0 tnicK witn cotton picKers ana tu tju. housewives of L^e Ci?y ha*ve all tfc h?lp in the way of cooks and washei ln women they desire. Fanners now se ien a way out of the ruin which face l&S .e(J them by the deterioration of cotto >ad turning blue in the fields for the lac it of pickers. The white caps appeare v0" in the town of Lake City about led ?'c^oc^ Thursday night. First the Ish called on some farmers who hiad bee Iss paying as much as $1.60 a hundre pounds for picking cotton and su{ 138 gested to them that this was too muc ^ The price fell to $1 in a twinklinj its Then the calalcade proceeded to th ^ negro section and threw out seven ,at hints to the effect that-more work an 1 less loafing among the negroes c ato that section would perhaps be a goo ich thing. Hence the new hordes of picl 1" j ers and the multitude* of cooks an washers today. Mayor W. H. Whiti head was also visited. It was the about 2 o'clock in the morning. T1 mayor came to his door and was to! that he should enforce the vagranc laws more vigorously. Mayor Whit< ? head responded by declaring that I: had attempted to enforce these la~w but his efforts had been met with si J vere criticism from some quarter |/ and that to make the laws more effei Itive he must have the undiyided su] port of tljte. community. From tt looks of things last night the m: ^ is sure of this support in future., The white caps went about t\ business calmly and quietly. Thei was no evidence of any intention 1 ver i ' t0 offer violence to any of the many pe; the sons visited, but they meant busine: life just the same. jjf NO COTTON GOODS ARE lge BEING SOLD DECLARE ' len ' ' < GREENVILLE MILL ME1 ' ' . v.; Greneville, Oct. 16.?None of ti r a cotton mills in this section of th in Carolinas, the bee hive of the te? red tile indusry in the south, have % ahu n down, although practically no cotto jng goods are being sold, according t Iter ' ' ' 1 rth ind i ':v ' [aw ' m C 17 J ?, lars IU8- . . ? \ , 1 1 Ion, . t0 in That is wh =* $ a wage are v '> MB ?sL on- . Mj ina. B md -so " _|? ler, ?? ere that is what y no8 ? as a rarm tug for you? t>,it , best bi for . in it ler, , ' . k Ol be- .. onIme . . ' V. nes Oil," re- " onler, so ted nPl C s 1 he I huour 'Ith I ' . * - \ 1 Your ( n j|: ;o '({] ~xmrmmB>meaia'^^m~a^ e| Of Any Suit or ( 1 $3 n if; - _ a r American 1 | :j| 9 Washington St. n ! i? ' ' \ ?- ===== h reports obtained from the residents. 5- of fifty-six mills residing in Greer 16 ville. Most of the largest textil d plants are just now catching u d with old orders, but very little- ad >f vance business has been booke< d Several smaller manufacturing con im panies in other parts of this and ac ld joining states have either shut dow 2" or announced plans for curtailmerl in next week. Some of the larger mil; ie curtailed operation at night, a d, though they are -running on full da y time. , . \ - < >. i , -Cotton mill stocks, very active lai 16 fall and; throughout the wintefc an ^spring, tising to unpreicedent hig levels,' have been quiet for seven I' months and have slumped from 2 to 50 per cent in some securtia Most ^ stockholders, however1, ai holdiiig tight in. the belief that nea spring will see renewed activity.. . re . j 1 r _ 1 r A PLAN 58 Containing 300 Acres, on S beyille; Ierel> productive, \ plenty of Well*, and outhou good state of 1 cultivation sr ^ O Ife to a purchaser on acceptabl _ whole, or divided into tracts e > For Price and Terms, ap] > ' t Ltj Mrs.?J. F.Thornti n F o hsSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^^ Bill i IV V i ' ' I ' ' I i )Kj|/ I ^fef / \m/ ?/* * <?/\A- ml IUL yUU UUUIll U/l m-rand when j/< iA I ou get. In such an Wagon the best is r and that is why the B ay. The quality you and you will get the s jt of it. So, when are in the market f( the best wagon money can buy, call on i. 1 1 j 1 Mark venu ? i r i ^AIlllVC I )vercoat in Stock at I 1 M ll Woolen Mills J ALL iiTr I Abbeville, b. C. | PROPOSED RATE BOOST " IN COAL IS CANCELLED 6 __ .1 .. n ' I Washington, Oct. 12?Cancellations I was ordered today " by the interstate.' commerce commission of proposed j creases of 10 cents per ton in the' joint rates on cc/al from mines on the^ Norton and Northern"'Railway to defe. tinations in North Carolina . and; , , Southeastern territory. The! schedule^'' 7 ware filed by the Carolina, GUnch?|^;^ v field and Ohio railway and Souther^ Railway companies. The commissio^v ; ^ ?eld that the increases were not jus-; jj tified. 5 : The baseball team of the Univer- a. sity of Southern California is plan e ning for a tour of Japan next sumct mer, to play the teams of Japanese 1 1 TATION I nako .Road, 6 mile* from Ab-. , ritb several Tenant Houses* ses, plenty of wood, amd iiy S A LB e terms. Will be ?old /a* a , ||J|| of One Hundred (100) Acres ||| / an, Abbeville, S. C. j| ?= ? - - _? ' - ? 1 > ' . v- r* i k V/ JLj -1 i. ') hen you buy Y * ou buu a N. - ' ' , 'at ':-y+ ' 4 : : . : : ' ' ' ;* ??I important item s .. ir?n<=> trwcmnrl - to lain is your i need is . service you . jr . *3k i y : :vr vV>;h p * :le Co. | ^ r # ' f ' ,,'?..*} \' -J/ ^ 1 * * . ' . J*