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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
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^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
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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. ;
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, 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
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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."
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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
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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.
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