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> , Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, October 27,'1920 Single Copies, Five CenU. 77th Yeaiytjlll RUMORS FOLLOW i DEAL IN RUSSIA HINT OF RECOGNITION OF BOLSHEVIKI INVOLVED?DENIAL BY HARDING?REPORT THAT V; VANDERLIP TOLD SEVERAL THAT HE WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF REPUBLICAN PARTY. V'% * * Washington, Oct? 26.?Secretary Coiby announced today that. CommisJ sioner Young at Riga had informed the state department that Washingtoft Vanderlip, who recently obtained oonsessions in Siberia, was reported to have told Nikolai Lenine, the Bol. shevik premier, that he represented Senator Harding, the Republican presidential candidate. i The Commissioner's dispatch, dated October 20, said Lenine had informed H. G. Wells, a British writer, thaf Mr. Tanderlip had made certain proposV. als to the Soviet government at Moscow looking to recognition of the Bolflbevik government by the United States. The announcement issued by the atate department was as follows: *?M. "Regarding the published repprt from London that Washington D. Vanderlip of California, had conclu' ded arrangements with the Russian Soviet government for a large conces-i,4$on in Northeastern Siberia, the only ?lspatch bearing directly on the subject received by the state depart, Kent was one received October 20 from the commissioner for the Baltic ,..h province at Riga. It i* stated that l^enine had informed H. G. Wells . fhat Vanderlip, the American then at fioecow, claimed to represent Sena; tdr. Harding, and .had made. certain' proposals regarding the recognition of the Bolshevik government. The j$b*patch further .stated that Vander0P is apparently endeavoring to ob' tain coal concessions in Kamschatlca. Y In making public the statement Secretary Colby said: "The Wells referred to ip the dis. patch is undoubtedly Mr. H, 6. Wells the British writer, who has lately returned to England from Russia, which X understand he visited for the pur. pose of obtaining first hand imprestsions of conditions in Russia. The (Vanderiip referred to in the dispatch presumably Ur. Washington D. v Vanderlip, to whom reference is made -in. the press dispatches of today from T-nn^rm nnrf T,n<i Ancreles. These 1 ' press dispatches as revealed' in the v y department's official dispatch< and ' -apeak at length of important and extensive concessions which he claims fto have received from the Soviet government. "The department has no information beyond that contained in the dispatches. I might say* however, 4. that it comes without qualifying vterms from an official of the department in whom we place much de; pendence. He is Mr. Evan E. Young, t.our commissioner ,at Riga and is ehanred with the duty of reporting - - to the department significant facts that come to his knowledge. The report that Mr. Vanderlip has ^made proposals looking to the rocog. .nition of the soviet government and ?.is apparently bargaining thereon for valuable concession makes it proper ,^'for me to state, by way of warning -y that, as the government of the United States has never recognized the Bolshevik regime, American business men and investors should bear in mind that any concessions from the . Bolshevik authorities would have no t . certainty of recognition by future . Sussan governments. . *It furthermore would be most regrettable if any conclusion should ' arise in the minds of the soviet auV thorities as to the attitude of this government on the question of poli- ( ^ tical recognition. This attitude has been stated m unmistaKaDie terms. "The receipt, howeyer, of an official dispatch conveying the intelli* gence that proposals looking to rec;J ognition have been made even, if ir\ respbnsible, make it important that an opportunity should be afforded to ' the numerous bodies of men reported > # : '' "?. .. j... AMERICAN LEGION SEEKS REMOVAL OF LOUIS F. POS" Committee Call* on President Ask ing That Assistant Secretary of Labor Be Ousted From His Office. Washington, Oct. 26.?Formal re quest for the dismissal from office o Louis F. Post, assistant secretary o labor, was submittetd to Presiden Wilson today by a committee of tb American Legion. / Representatives of the legion in thi Pacific Coast states demanded las May an investigation of Mr. Post' official conduct with reference to thi deportation of aliens and the nationa commander of the legion appointed j committee of three to make the in quiry. This committee recommendei Mr. Post's dismissal and on Octobe 1 the national executive committee o the legion approved the report an< authorized the national commande to appoint a committee to visit th< white house. An announcement b: the legion committee today said th< special committee's report reviewei the fentire matter of deportations an* stated that the labor department can celled from January 1 to June 15 1920, 2,115 deportation warrants ordered deportation itf 530 cases an< deferred 60 cases. / ' . "Its main contention against Mr Post," said the announcement, 'is $ia 42 of the aliens ordered deportei were actually deported but at tha point Mr. Post took charge of thi matter and the deportations ceased.' ON FEDERAL JURY. ? The following Abbeville Count; people have been drawn to serve oi the grand and petit juries for th< term of court to be held in Green wood commencing November 3rd: Grand jury: Clark Link. Petit jury: Frank Sherard, Calhoui Falls, E. R. Thomson, J. C. King, Ab beville. ' The petit jurors named have befci drawn for the second week. A term of the court will conveni in Anderson November 23rd. No Ab beville people are on the grand jury Russell Thomson, 4nd M. B. Rees are members of the petit jury. th< first week. S. J. Link, of Abbeville W. B. Fleming", of Antreville and \J B. Gibert of Abbeville, Route 8, wil serve the second week. HIKING. Col. Roscoe created a sensation 01 Greenville Street Saturday afternooi by marching the young boys from thi mill village up the'street at a double quick and disappearing in the distant on the Due West road. There wer about thirty in the company and the; "hiked" far enough to get up a gooi appetite then stopped and had i supper of steak, broiled over thi open coals and coffee and bread. ' \ The young men stepped out wit! ease and comfort but Col. Rosco was having a man's size job to kee] up. > i THE COTTON MARKET * Cotton was weak today. The mai ket opened down about 40 points an zig-zagged most of the day. Toward the close weakness developed and th : aIaha nton of o Iaoo r\? 1 AA nninfa frAT W1UOC WOO av G? 1UOO VI AW ^Vluvu **V? the close of yesterday. Some good cotton sold early toda on this market for 23:07 1-2, bu this was early in the day. None wa offered after early morning'. MOVING TO ABBEVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams hav moved to Abbeville and are makin their home on Wardlaw street wit Mr. and Mrs. Laval Miller. Mr. Wi liams is an expert workman, havin done the stucco work on the hospits and the fine work on the Nations Bank. from Los Angeles to be associate with Mr. Vanderlip but whose name are not published to define their r< lation to him, if any exists." COAL PRICES ARE BEING DISCUSSED r About 1,000 Mine Owneh in Session At Cleveland to Take Action on Pulmer'i Renueit for Lower Price*. Cleveland, 0., Oct. 26.?Approximately 1,000 of the 7,000 soft coal f operators in the United States, repref senting every bituminous producing t district, met here today at the call of e Colonel D. B. Wentz,. president of the national association, to consider the e telegram sent to the association last t week by Attorney General Palmer. s The telegram urged that steps be e taken to eliminate exorbitant prices 2 for bituminous coal ait the mines. That a a resolution favoring 'fair and reasonable" prices, with only a reason2 able profit for the operators, would r be supported was predicted by operf ators previous to going into the conj ference, hall. *' v r Prices already have dropped in ? many nlaces. it was declared. J. L. jr Hatfield, of Morgantown, W. Va., a e member of the Northern West Viri ginia Fair Practices committee said i in his district the price had dropped . from $14 to *$6 a ton in some int stances, even in the brokerage mar\f. ket. The Fair Practices committee i was "formed by the operators {to stamp out certain practices, the Bid, ding up of prices by brokers, for iristance, which had caused the price to j skyrocket. The results already aTe t apparent." . , a VAn exhaustive survey of the soft * coal situation was made at the general conference by Colonel Wentz. He told the operators that shortages throughout the country in the supply of coal for immediate uses are 7 ' A." rapidly being made up, -owing to- ace celerated movement of coal shipments by the railroads during the last few wefeks. t . 'V ! ERSKINE VS.GEORGIA TECH I . ~ <- ? ; V -A* ... ' Those persons who are interested ^ tn goo# football may a first class game by going to Anderson Friday to see the Phillipsians go up against 9 the Tech freshmen. The game will have plenty of ginger in it, afld there Will be some good players. Tech ffssh ? men are the players from which the e Golden Ternade moat be . recruited each year, and therefore there are alV ways good players on the freshman * team. Ertkine, fresh from a 24 to 0 victory over Newberry is hunting more worlds to conquer. ???__?? A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR a , ' 1 Son. Marvin Mann was a visitor in g / Abbeville Saturday and Sunday, spending the time with his sister, 6 Mrs. J. M. Wilkinson. Mr. Mann was in Greenwood attending court .\ and ^ came over for a visit to old friendft a/*oTiao n-P Viia r?Vii 1/1 Vmnrl TTP ttHVl VUC OVCUtO vx mo & '' is making a success of life for in addition to an excellent practice in k Calhoun county, he has held the office of Clerk of the Senate with disting-uished success for the past twelve P 1 . years. SPRAINED ANKLE. Little Miss Margaret Schroeder had ^ the bad luck to sustain a sprained ankle yesterday when she fell while playing at her home in the city. ei ; Q DR. WHALING TO PREACH y t Dr. Thornton Whaling, of the Theo logical Seminary, Columbia, win preach in the Presbyterian church here next Sunday morning and evening. The sacrament; of the Lord's Supper will be observed at the morne ing worship. Z h H. W. LAWSON SICK. 1 g Mr. .Hiram W. Lawson, of Calhoun il Falls, i^ at the Hospital in this city il undergoing treatment. Mr. Lawson has not been well for a year or more - and lately his condition has not been d favorable. His friends are hopeful is that the rest and treatment at the i- hospital will soon restore his accustomed good health. ' . ' .^ J GRAIN AND FLOUR \ EXPORTS SMALLER Cotton Exports for September Show Large Increase Over August? Mineral Oil Shows 1 ; Increase. > Washington, Oct. 26.?Exports of grains and flour fell off more than , a million, dollars during September as compared with August, the ' department of commerce reported today. VAIIIA rvP fin /tVi r?f D -PAV fll O x \joai vaiuc ui uuvu ca^ux m j.u& wuo month were placed at $114,604,731 which, however, represents an increase of approximately $25,000,000 over September, 2919. s ? Cotton exported in September amounted to 228,068 bales, values at $41,441,660 as compared with 146,668 bales, worth $28,051;050 in August. Mineral oil exports l^st month were placed at 221,938,669 gallons, valued at $40,268,885 against 248,648,8137 gallons, worth $48,679,856 in August. Gasoljne exports fell off nearly 19,000,000**gallons in September from the approximated 58,000,000 gallons in August. . in.. oo \ na gj\(\ int* uuitcu giaica dcuv u^9x i,vw pounds of dairy products from the country in September which compares with exports valued at $24,2(57,578 in August. Cotton seed exports were 80,898,987 pounds lakt month and 2,663,330 pounds in August. \? . :1 .j. i\ . ' ?, : ' V BIG BALL PLAYER. ; \ Clarence (Chick) Galloway is.in the city on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Galloway. "Chick" is shortstop on the Philadelphia American team, and has made good with his team. The Athletics this year struck a hard- luck road, and madte a poor 8howing,| but Mr'. Galloway jexpects them to greatly strengthen the team for another year and they wiU be in the running. All the smaliboys around town are taking a look atAbbeviUe-'s big league performer. , - v . ' g ATTENDING THE FAHfc -. Dr. J. E. Pre sal y is in Colqaxtyia today taking in the main show and all the side shows at the State Pair. He went down to get a rest from the work which has enveloped him. for sometime, and to get rid of the hal* ance of the surplus left after . completing his home on Fjinckney Street. J /\f ,'r ' - * THE DUTCH KOLONE. i " Corp. Kerr, of Greenville Street, is rapidly pushing the Dutch Kqlone towards completion. With two more weeks of good work he and Mrs. Kerr expect to be able to move into the new residence; The other leg of the porch has been completed and the plastering is about finished. ' . 9 . ; >' t OTHER SICK PEOPLE. . t ? * A chijd of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Beckwith, of Martin's Mill ik at the County Hospital for treatment. The child, which is one the JJeckwitn twins, has an attack of bronchitis and pneumonia is feared. . The little child of Mr. and. Mrs. Theo White is seriously ill at their home on South Main Street from erysipelas. SEEING THE BOYS. "Jimmie" McCullough, of Greenville, was in the city Saturday and Sunday visiting his friend, W. D. Wilkinson. "Jimmie" is a son of the Hon. J. A. McCullough and is a lawyer of promise in Greenville. The young man joined in the protection on the Border an was one of shining lights in the Thirtieth Division.' He 1 1 1 -1 also aid nis snare ui euvmu^ girls around Paris what a game sport from Greenville can do.* BREAKS SHOULDER BONE. / , < Ashby Galloway, one of the gamest football players on the local High School team, had the misfortune to fracture the shoulder bone of, his right shoulder in practice yesterday. The bone was set and Ashby is getting along all right, but he will be out of the game for sometime to come. I PRINCE PAUL IS LIKELY TO RULE IN GREECE NEXT . He is Most Prominently Mentioned To Succeed King Aleunjiet ' Who Died From tb Bite Of A Monkey. _____ ' "IV.'- ' Athens, Oct. 2fl.~The -throne < of Greece, made vacant by the death of King Alexander, "will be offered to Prince Paul, third son of Former King Constantine, it is officially announc* ed. '4. ,v Athens, Oct. 26.:?(By the Associof a/1 Pvnao \ .Wflnw *31 flfi /*?1 ?A avcu a uiaiijr uuutuiuco IC" garding succession ' to ,the Greek throne will result from the death of King Alexander, which occurred last night. There is every indication the throne will be offered to Prince Paul, third son of former King Constantme, but, as a condition, King Constantine must formally abdicate, and Prince George, older brother of Prince Paul, must renounce rights. It i4 probable, that King Constantine will at first refuse to meet these conditions, but it is understood rVenizelos will produce arguments of some importance. ;-1 t Constantine's financial status is well known-and it is understood that the premier will agree to restore the former king's suppressed pension, if the above terms are accepted. Only in the evenjt of Conatantine's persistent refusal would there? be a question tiofc of -the establishment of a republic but it is known Premier Venizelos is of the opinion that Greece is hot yet ripe for that form of government There lis also a possibility-of offering the throne to a foreign prince, bat the premier is reluctant to take such * step. To begin with, it would be hard to find a\ suitable candidate. When Prince Otto of Bavaria, was called to jfche throne of Greece in 1'8S2 the protecting powers pf Great Britain, 'France and Russia $*Te Vaolemn undertaking that none of their princerf would seek this t!h*ajri. an undertaking which was renewed by King George, of Great Britain in 1917. . As a result the choice is narrowed considerably. Prince Charles, the second son of King Albert of Belgium, has Veen mentioned as a probable candidate, bat King Albert recently made it clear that if the throne khould be offered'ihe Prince it would he refused. . ' Members of the Greek cabinet conferred on Sunday, but decisions reached, if any, have not been made public. There'is a rumor current that the coming elections win be deferred but this is considered improbable. In the voting which will take place on November 8, Premier Venizelos is expected to carry his party to victory by a substantial majority. MR. J. A. SCHROEDER. . 'Mr. James A. Schroeder, who has been at the head of the Abbeville County Chain Gang for several years, has resigned his position and taken employment with a big bridge building company, and is now near Athens Ga. v < ; . - , ' Mr. Schroeder proved himself a competent man in handling the Abbeville county work. Though working under the direction of the County Commissioners, he yet had a chance to show his business and executive aV>ili+Tr on/1 >10 mflrlo crrtrtri TTo knows how to hrfndle help to the best advantage, is a man o{ energy himself, and knows ho# to get work out of men in his employment. We are sorry that Abbeville County losea, the; services of so good a man, but we hope fisr Mr. Schroeder success in his | new employment. LOOKING FOR FISH. Walter Smith woke up this morning and found it raining. Thinking that the rain might - continue, the * creeks get muddy, and that brother Dbte might catch a string of fish, Wolfor inmnprl infcn his new Suit of clothes and hurried to town. . When we saw him he was looking lost because he could not fin,d brother Dote "nowhere." " .1 j, \ i.. '. > : * > ? lakal I Ihl V | V /y'^i NUMEROUS EXHIBITS COM- ' PLETE TO MOST MINUTE DETAIL?AIR THROBS WITH THE NOISE OF MOTORS AND, ENGINES?VISITOR ENJOYING SIGHTS OF THE FAIR. i Columbia,'Oct. 26.?With the mo8t 'complete and varied assortment of farm piachinery and equipment ever > seen at the state fair, "Farm Implement day" was most appropriately observed at the fair grounds today ; t and throughout the day the air throbbed to the hum of motors, the short bark of gasoline engines, the steady "chug-chug" of engines driven- by crude oil and the soft rumble of . "tractors being put throughtheir paces . 3 by experts. ;Visitors to the grounds were great- ' ?$ ly pleased with the remarkably com pjete exhibit of faint and home ma^ chinery, and all day long gathered . U about the.different implements and discussed their uses with the ca'pab!* experts who were in charge and Who answered "the battery of questions fired at them with unfailing patience and consideration. Almost .every conceivable' device). .and machine for making life on the farm less laborious and.more attractive and at the same time reducing the "hired hand" cost was on display. and jt must vhaVe been a man of poor imagination indeed who did not picture himself mounted on some of the various tractors turning over the sweet smelling earth. There, were : threshers,, silo fillers, machines for dusting cotton and potting an end to *he weevil, plows and cultivators of almost every design , and, pattern, tutors some of which, unattended, . ^ were going round and rounds like chiling about in one direction; rat proof. rrib*. harrnws. * hath tnh vitt* an " TV ri?"ST-. atachment. for heating water, by keroaene, the whole outfit being intended fftr a home in thecoitfitrysnd dozens* of other exhibits that applied both to the eye and the sense ' . . v*| of utility.J ./ Show Ic? MackiuM. In addition to the farm implements proper, there were in operation yesterday a number of home lighting and power plants. There were machines for planting farm crops, other machines for gathering them, still * &!? other maphines for storing it in silos. Then with a cow to consume the feed and convert it intp milk there were machines for churning the milk, and .Hfm still, further along the linethere were 1 !ry machines for making ice to keep the . miBoand butter fresh.' ' ^|Sh The lighting and power plants possessed many attractive qualities, and V'| more than one woman from the farm yesterday laid plans to pursuade her husband into buying some equipment to lessen the drudgery of life in the :T rural home, . "Vi ? An ice making machine complete is in daily operation at the grounds. and is turning out ice with regularity.' X;: It is a plant intended for a small town ijg or village and manufactures six tons ' : 7^ of ice daily. Another home lighting v plant was supported by glass tumblers ' This plant was operating a washing V^ .'J machine, a churn and other devices - ?}p used in the home. Of High Order. All told the exhibit of farm imple ments was thoroughly in keeping with the other exhibits at the fair., and vis1! tors and men who have attended fairs in every section of the country unite in saying that the present fair is one . to bring a thrill of pride to" every son t f and daughter South Carolina. During the day hundreds of de- ' 'y scriptive illustrated booklets were distributed among the visitors, and men i in charge of the various exhibits explained in detail the operations of the various machines. MRS. KIRBY SICK. Mrs. Lula M. Kirby, widow of the ; l'&te J. M. Kirby, is sick at her Home in Atlanta, where she resides with is her son. ' . '<> 14 : ' ' ffm 1