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; i -x ' * ;.!! Abbeville Press and Banner , ??-???? ? Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, November 8, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. ' ? ? - VIEWS OF FREE COM! SOON FRENCH AMBASSADOR COMES THIS MONTH?WILL MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF HARDING ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER QUESTION CAUSING DEADLOCK IN AMERICAN SENATE?FOREIGN IDEAS TO BE CONSIDERED * * ? " O T..1 T,,e_ Wasningxon, inov. o.?uum serand, the French ambassador, who went home several months ago on leave and who later was assigned to special duty in connection with the settlement of the Polish question is ' to return to Washington on November 24. He is expected to bring with him the latest views of his government regarding the recasting of the league of nations covenants and to be prepared to discuss the subject with the officials of the Harding administration as they are in office and ready to proceed. It has long been known in diplomatic circles in Washington that the principal allied powers were prepared to go far toward meeting any ! desire of the American government 1 for changes in the plan 01 tne covenant, but it has been stated in at j least one important quarter that ' such changes must in no case violate the underlying principles of the 1 convention. Diplomats generally do not believe that such changes would v be made by reservations such as were proposed in the socalled Lodge plan. In their opinion, amendments ' would be necessary. These would ' require the approval of the various signatory powers. Another matter that will engage j the attention of Ambassador .Jus- ' serand is the status of the commercial relations between the United States and France under existing treaties. France, last spring gave 1 notice to all powers with which she i had commercial treaties of fhe termination of these conventions, her \ purpose being to replace them with a complete set of new treaties shaped to meet the new conditions ^ in trade and commerce resulting from the war. Before the renunciaation took effect, however, the French government withdrew the notice so far as it concerned the * United States. j France, however, has not aban- ] doned her plan of revising all of her commercial treaties and is under- ( stood to be deferring the opening of j negotiations with the United States j until after the change of administra- 1 tions in Washington on next March 4. Before the negotiations are open- ( ed, M. Jusserand is expected to acquaint himself with the plan of the j Republican leaders in the matter of < tariff revision, which might greatly i influence the character of any new commercial convention. \ The ambassador also is expected to make a close survey of the situation in Washington and report to his ! government upon the prospects of I success in case it should decide to ] renew efforts to secure approval by i the senate of the t*?aty which would guarantee protection for France against external aggression for a period of* five years. Failure of the original effort in that direction resalted in the abandonment of a Franco-British treaty. GINNERS AND COTTON The Ginners' Report came out today showing the amount of cotton , crinned to November 1st., the num ber of bales being 7,471,000 against 5,385,000 the same date last year. The ginners' report shows fewer bales ginned than in 1918 for the same period. Cotton opened down but recovered during the day, December closing in New York at 19.45 against 19.18 Saturday. Spots sold on the local market today at 20 cents. HONOR ROLL FOR OCTOBER The following is the honor rol for the Abbeville ity Schools for th( month of October: First Grade?Highly distinguished Sarah Neuffer, Claude Harrison Albert Gilliam; Distinguished: Wil l:am Hill, Roy Mundy, Lavinia Wil son, Rebecca Smith, Adelaide Phil son, Margaret Richey, Edna Schell Ralph Wilson. Second Grade?Highly distinguish ed: Eugenia Swetenburg. Distin guished: Benie Evans, Woodrow Wil son Perkins, Mary Maxwell, Allar Hall, Walter Hagen, Edward McCuen Edward Roche, Clyde Stone. Third Grade?Highly distinguish ed: Martha Aiken, Jane Harrison Florence Sprouse, Frances Wosmans ky, Frank Denard, Helen Gambrell Claude Neuffer. Distinguished: Margaret Culbreth, Mary Drennan, Norma Flynn> Susanne Link, Viola Thornas, William Martin, Ovelle Gilliam, Frances Johnson, Annie Rogers, Mabry G. Miller, Clyde Norrell, Jamet Reynolds. Fourth Grade: Distingiijshed: Emily Morse, Anne Smith, Sam Shiver, Bill Dawson, Norman Smith, Lillie Pruitt, Lillian Coleman, Sarah Smith, Edna White, Charlotte Reese, Lennie Reynolds, Jack Sutherland, Arch Cheatham. Fifth Grade?Distinguished ^Josephine Barnwell, Minnie Ella Swetenburg, Nora Tutt, Adair Aiken, Jean Milford, Mary Norwood Perrin, Estelle Lyon, Mabel Richardson, James Fulp, Jr., John McMurray, Susan Minshall, Martha Calvert. Sixth Grade?Highly distinguished: A.lma Wilson. Distinguished: James Sraves, Sara Cowan, Elizabeth Beeks, Gfrace Roche, Thelma Bouknight, Elizabeth Corley, Margaret Flynn, John Harrison, Frances Jones, Otis McMurray, Irene McMahan, Carol Shands, Margaret Stallings, Louise LJldrick, Homer Wilson, Floride 3antt. Seventh Grade:?Highly distinguished: Margaret Harrison. Distinguished : Elliott Coleman, Ada Perrin, William P. Greene, Jr., Annie Jackson, Rachel Minshall, Ellen Nabers, Stella Seitz. MILL SCHOOL. Distinguished: J. C.' Able, Charlie Pruitt. ' v HIGH SCHOOL. Eighth Grade?Highly distinguishjd: Emory Penney, Judith Hill, Virginia Wilson, Jeanie White. Distinguished: Louis Bristow, Robert Link, Augustus Smith, Sarah Edwards, Lillie Milford. Ninth Grade?Highly distinguished: Mary Jones, Grace Milford. Distinguished: Carolina Chalmers, Mary Shaw Gilliam, Deby Owen, Marion Wilson. Tenth Grade?Distinguished: Adiie Bowen, Maria Neuffer. Eleventh Grade?Highly distinguished: Annie Wilson. Distinguished: Janie Vance Bowie, Carrie Hawthorne, Virginia Leslie, Janie Milford PAYING A LAST TRIBUTE \ ^tev. Mr. Griffin, of Prosperity, Hon. A. W. Jones, of Columbia, State Treasurer, S. T. Carter, of Columbia, and Mr. J. W. Scott, of Verdery, an old neighbor of Judge Lyon, were in Abbeville Sunday to attend ( Via lo+for'c? 'Tnnarol qr? frt r\QXT n lost tribute of respect to a departed friend. * TO FIGHT FOR SEATS Atlanta, Nov. 7.?Three Republicans, who lost to Democrats in Georgia congressional races, will take their fights before congress or charges of irregularities, according to notices already made public hert today. There were only five congressional districts in Georgia in whicl Democrats had opposition and th( three in which fights are promisee the First, Fifth and Ninth districts Georgia has not sent a Republicar to congress since reconstructs days. Mr. Duff Huff, of Greenville sp^pl the week-end in town with friends. JUDGE J. FUL] , DIES I] : Citizen of Abbeville, ! Leader in *76, State Ofl tleman, Friend, Belo^ His Reward.?Fun? Burial at Melrose People Pay Tribi Worth?Beau L ' Judge J. Fuller Lyon for twenty years bond clerk in the State Treasurer's office in the city of Columbia, at the home of his son, Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock after a tedious illness due to the effects of a fall at his home several weeks ago. From the injury received he rallied and up to a few days before his death, it was thought by his ( friends that he was well on the way to recovery, but complications manifested themselves, and the end came peacefully while he slept. ; t , The body was brought to Abbeville Sunday morning accompanied by , members of his family, by Confeder- < t ate Veterans, by friends in his new home in Columbia, his pastor and others. At the Southern Station the . old time friends of the good man gathered in great numbers to accom, pany his body to the Methodist i Church, of which he was so large ' a ; ! part for nearly a half century, and there funeral services were conduct, ed by Rev. Mr. Truesdale of the Main ! Street Methodist Church, Columbia, , which was the church Judge Lyon at- ; tended in that city, his membership being retained at Abbeville. The ser- j vices were simple and very appro- 3 i priate. The few words spoken by the f pastor were in acknowledgement of . the worth of the deceased and espe- ( cially of the helpfulness he had re- 3 /tnivo/1 frion/1 A ftor JLA.W4A& ilig JLWAMAW* ? ? *v? j a short prayer, while the choir sang \ a familiar hymn, the funeral proces- ( , sion moved out and proceeded to ( Melrose Cemetery where his body ] awaits the last great day. When the ] grave had been filled the daughters of his old friends and of his comrades , in the gray placed the beautiful flow- j ers sent by his admirers, and his 1 young grandson, Fuller Lyon, son of j Wm. Andrew Lyon, of Augusta, , planted a Confederate flag upon his < grave. Judge Lyon sleeps in the Con- j teaerate unnorm, witn tne nag ior , which he gave so much grasped in his , right hand. ] At the funeral Confederate veter- < ans and the officers of the Methodist ; Church acted as honorary pall-bear- ] ers, the active pall-bearers being of the friends in Abbeville. ] The following sketch of his life I taken from the'Columbia State gives * a summary of the leading events in his life: i Mr. Lyon was 78 years of age, be- J ing born at Ashbury church, Abbeville nnnntir (nrww flrppnwnoH countv} j April 1, 1842. He was the son of , William and Virginia Powell Lyon, 1 . and a grandson of John Lyon of Albemarle county, Virginia. He ob- J tained only an academic education, , his college career being prevented by the outbreak of the Confederate : war. - ' I Was It Manaitai. Judge Lyon, as he was known to his friends and familiars, enlisted in the Confederate ranks in April, 1861, when he was only 19 years old, his 1 first service being as a corporal in < {Company C, Seventh South Carolina ' j infantry. He served with this ori ganization at the first battle of f Manassas and was honorably dis! charged from the Army of Northern Virginia in the spring of 1862, his term of enlistment having expired. i In the winter'of 1862 following his i recovery from an attack of typhoid I fever contracted in Virginia, he reen. listed in Company H of the Ninei teenth South Carolina infantry as a i private and was promoted to orderly sergeant and later to first lieutenant. He was in the battles of the army t of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Ezra church near Atlanta, Ga., and 1 I LER LYON COLUMBIA Confederate . Veteran. Eicer, Churchman, Genred Man Passes To iral in Abbeville? ?Great Crowd of lite to His Noble tiful Flowers in this engagement, while trying tc save the life of a wounded comrade, he was himself wounded in the lefl arm. He was sent to Macon, Ga., and placed in the academy of the blind there, which at that.time was being used as a hospital. Here on September 18, 1864, his arm was amputated. He was not able to leave the hospital until November, 1864, when he was furloughed and returned home. He afterward attempted lio again see service when his state was in such dire need of men, but was prevented because of physical disability. He was on his way to rejoin the army of North Carolina when he received word of Lee's surrender at Appomattox. At the battle of Chickamauga he was promoted for gallantry on the field. Reconstruction Days. After the war ended Judge Lyon returned to his home county, where he entered tlie conflict to wrest the state from the rule of the "carpet bagger" and negro with the same enthusiasm and bravery which had marked his action in the filed. He participated as a "Red Shirt" in the Famous gathering in Columbia which resulted in the inauguration of Gen. Wade Hampton as governor of the state and restored. South Carolina to civilization after the dark dayB of reconstruction. He had begun farming after the war and continued in this business until 1876, when he was elected judge of the probate court af Abbeville county. This position lie held for 18 years, after which tie continued the practice of/law in Abbeville. At the beginning of this century he was offered and accepted a position in the office of the state treasurer, R. H. Jennings. This portion he held through Mr. Jennings' administration, continuing in the same capacity under Samuel T. Carter, the present treasurer, until his death. Judge Lyon was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, which he represented in the general conference. For the past quarter of a century he has been the treasurer of the South Carolina Methodist conference and the Upper South Caroling conference, since the division of the church in the state. The Upper conference, now sitting at Union, was the first that he had missed in 40 vears. He was a mem ber of the board of trustees of the Cokesbury conference school at Cokesbury and also was a trustee of Columbia Female collefe for a V number of years. He was also an active and influent al Mason. Active Confederate Veteran. His notable record during the war and his active service during the period of reconstruction naturally prompted his enthus astic participation in the work of the United Cont * federate veterans. He was an active and consistent member of this organization and at the time of his death was a brigadier general in command of the First brigade of the South Carolina division of the veterans. He was also commander of Camp Hampton, United Confederate Veterans of Columbia. Judge Lyon is survived by his third wife, who was Miss Josephine Langford; two sons by his first marriage, William A. Lyon of Augusta, Ga. and J. Fraser Lyon, of Columbia, former attorney general of the state, and two step-daughters, Mrs. J. H. Mc-Dill of Abbeville and Miss Kate E. Delph. His first wife was Miss Louise Peletier, a widow of Joseph Delph, of Hamberg. Mrs. Upchurch * ORPHANAGE TEAM ADOPTS A GAME , k It was a regular team from the Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, that adopted all the scoring done Friday afternoon when this fast team tack1 led the boys of the Abbeville high school. The final score was 31 to 0 looks more like it was a one sided affair than it really was. The Thornwell boys?beg pardon?men, were held to one touchdown during the first half of the game. The piling up was done in the latter half when the terrific onslaughts of the visitors were delivered with vim and vigor. The Thornwell Orphanage team is , one of the best teams that has play ; ed here this season and many of the , spectators of Friday's game say that s this team can defeat Greenville s high if they have an opportunity to i play the Mountain Gity boys. The s Thornwell backfield gets off faster f and runs much better interference , than did the Greenville backfield which they played here a few weeks 1 ago. ^ Pephoff, ThornwelFs quarterback ' and a P. C. Junior, is college stuff ' and we imagine that P. <C. regulars would like to have his services on their eleven were it possible, but the Orphanage boys attending the Presbyterian College are not allowed to 'inlay on the regular college teams. Ligon also played a good game for the visitors but Pephoff is the 1 brains qV the squad, feilly Long played good J>all for Abbeville Friday and Tate was again, doing good ; work until he was put out of the (' 1 game by a sprained wristf in the third quarter. Harris and Barnwell ( neither played as good ball as they , 1 have been doing and the whole team will have to pick up to give , Newberry the beating coming to ( them Friday in Newberry. , Game In Newberry Friday. < The game with Newberry will commence at 3 o'clock Friday after- 1 noon which will not permit visitors from Abbeville to catch the 4:05 Southern train returning here at j 6:30 p. m., and see all the game. Newberry was communicated with ' Saturday and an effort made to get the game called at 2 o'clock so that ^ the trip could be made from here ] and return the 3ame day but the Newberry manager stated that this was not feasible as a goodly part of their attendance came from students j of Newberry College, who were not ^ dismissed until 3 o'clock. The Abbeville team hope that th&good weath, er will continue throughout this j week so that a big crowd of rooters from Abbeville may attend this game, making the trip through the country. of Raleigh, N. C., was his second , wife. Judge Lyon was well known in the st^le~ and his activities during j' the war and afterwards had also ; gained him many friends in the ' South who join his comrades of South ] laroiina in mourning his death. The ' people of Columbia were unanimous ! :n their expression of sorrow last ' night when the news of his death jecame known." < To this we add that for about ^ twenty years Judge Lyon held the ofT.* JAf Pahrf I1CC Ui KUUgC UJ. KUb i ^vu??v for Abbeville County, which office he filled with great ability and distinction. The fact that hfe was re-elected time, after time, and at least once in i 1 the heat of the factional politics which ] came along, even though he was not i aligned with the dominant faction, ] tells the story of the great respect ] ' which the people of Abbeville County ] had for him. After his retirement < from the office of Judge of Probate, j he practiced law in Abbeville as a ' member of the firm of DeBruhl & ( Lyon, served as a member of the Water and Light Commission in this ' city, was one of the founders of beautiful Melrose Cemetery, was an ac tive participant in every movement] 1 for the up-building of this communi- < 1 ty, and i nail ways was a first citizen ( 1 of the town which he always called i 1 his home. j All MEETING I HFin HFRF inniv 5 a aa-kk/ lb.III. I SJUI 11 STOCKHOLDERS OF ABBEVILLE COTTON MILL HELD ANNUAL MEETING TODAY?CORPORATION IN PROSPEROUS CONDITION?STOCK DIVIDEND OF ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. DECLARED?REGULAR DIVIDEND OF 3 1-2 PER CENT. The stockholders of Abbeville Cot- ^ ^ ton Mills met at the offices of the company today in annual meeting. Besides local stockholders, Messrs H. A. Hatch, G. H. Milliken, of New York, Mr. Winchester, one of the large mill .3 presidents of the Piedmont section, $ Mr. Ward of Irving National Bank, j . ^ and Mr. Hale, of Boston, attended the ' ) '- > meeting. The old officers of the company were re-elected, except that of Mr. Winchester was elected a director in the place of Mr. S. D. Brewster, deceased; Mr. Hatch was reelected President, Mr. Wm. P. Greene, Vice President, and J. Foster Barnwell, Treasurer and General Manager. The salary of Mr. Barnwell was increased from $5,000 to 6,000 per annum. The Treasurer made his report of the mill's condition, which was grati- . % fying to the stock-holders, the earnings ^eing greater than in any year of the mill's history. r A stock dividend of one hundred per cent was declared payable December 15th to stockholders of record December 1st, and the regular dividend of three and one-half per cent was declared payable January 1st. The out-of-town stockholders inspected the mill, the mill village, and expressed themselves as much pleas- N ed with the progress evident in the community. Plans Were laid for the erection of the Community Building- authorized ' , > sometime ago. A contribution of $1,300 was ordered for the re-erection 3f the Methodist Church in the vil- \ lage, and it was decided to employ m additional worker, to be known as in executive secretary. He will be added to the workers when the new building is commenced. The determination was declared of continuation ? if the improvement of the village as begun. Ten new houses are to be erected next spring in the new village, and other improvements are to be made. The party of stockholders from out af town left at 12:35 t>ver the Seaboard Air Line for other points in tJie 3tate where meetings are to be held. NEWS OF MRS. LATIMER / The news from the bedside of Mrs. Emma Latimer Monday afternoon late is that she is extremely low and relatives do not hope that she will live through the night. Mrs Tatimer has made her home in Abbeville for nearly a year during which time she has been confined to her room and for the past several months to her bed. She has ilways been a woman of lively and animated disposition making friends svith all whom she came in contact. x She has been a patient sufferer and friends will hear with sincere sorrow >f her critical state. VETERANS ATTEND FUNERAL The following Confederate veter- . r? ins attended the funeral of Judge J. Fuller Lyon yesterday: Messera 3harles M. Calhoun and John C. fooshe, (ireenwooa; uen. l., a. xveia, Dr. R. F. Diwer and Mr. J. A. Brock, Anderson; Mr. D. Cardwell, Columbia, and the following from \bbeville: I. A. Keller, C. A. Botts, r. C .Seal, J. H. Barksdale and j. M. jambrell. DR. WHALING PREACHES. Dr. Thornton Whaling, of Columjia, preached in the Presbyterian :hurch here Sunday morning and evening. While in the city Dr. Whalng was a guest at the home of Maj. . ind Mrs. J. D. Fulp. i