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. ' ? - 1 M Beat.- - ? ...... . Abbeville Press and Banner J Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, Nov. 12,1920. ; Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. PARENTS AND i TEACHERS 10 ! HEAR PARKINSON B. L. Parkinson, state high school I insDector will be the principal speak- J er at the regular monthly meeting of j the Parent-Teacher association to be held in the graded school building Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 16. In addition to Mr. Parkinson's address a short entertainment will be given by pupils of the high school. Tfie* officers of the association hope that every patron of the high school especially will be present and that the members of the board of trustees will honor the association with their presence. Special invitations have been address to the board members to attend this meeting. "Winthrop Day By Day." Miss Clara Adams, aa alumna of Winthrop has secured the use of the Six reel picture, "Winthrop Day By Day" for Monday evening, November 22 and the picture will be shown at the Opera House that evening only for the benefit of the Parent-Teacher association. The money derived from the entertainment wijl be used to help pay for the new shades for the school buildings. In addition to the Winthrop picture a regular comedy picture will also be shown. The price to see the whole show is only to be 25 and 50 cents. Thanksgiving Entertainment. The pupils of the graded school are busy these afternoon rehearsing for (Continued on Page 5) $1,000,000,000 FOR U. S. I < Moscow (by wireless to Berlin) ? I Nov. 11.?The Soviet government of Russia has contracted to purchase $1,000,000,000 worth of merchandise in the United States in 1921 through the syndicate headed by Washington D. Vanderlip, a banker of Los Angeles, Cal., it was announced here by Mr. Vanderlip before his departure for Reval in a special train. The American financier said he was satisfied with the rseult of his negotiations with the Soviet government and this sentiment was echoed by Russian officials, xne commercial order obtained here for fulfillment in the United States is the biggest in the history of the world. The correspondent of the International News Service met Mr. Vanderlip at the foreign office just after he had signed the contract for a long lease on a gigantic slice of Siberia and Kamchatka?a tract as big as an empire. The banker was smiling and happy over the success of his deal. He gave the International News Service the following signed state inent: "For the foreign press and the American people: "It has been brought to my attention that our secretary of State, Mr. Bainbridge Colby, made a statement to the effect that I was in Moscow at the instigation of Senator (now president-elect) Harding negotiating for recognition of Soviet Russia by the United States. . "I tame to Russia to acquire for the Vanderlip syndicate on terms of 60 years, 400,000 square miles of Russian territory rich in oil, coal and fish. This acquisition gives the United States control of the oil situation on the Pacific. "I have, also, an understanding by which the Russian government will! purchase in the United States during' 1921 merchandise woth $1,000,000,-j 000, offering in payment gold, ^)lati- j num, furs, oil, oil products, maga-j nese, copper,timber, pulpwood, hides, I grain and other raw materials. I "Great quantities of supplies are j ready for shipment to Russia. Great! quantities of commodities not needed I \ # TWO LOSE LIVES IN GAFFNEY Ml Gaffney, Nov. 11.?Michael Weiss and Clifford Kirby were killed in the American Mineral company's mine, about three miles from Gaffney, and a young man named Philbeck was severely injured when a tunnel in which they were working """""I oKniit A AVln/>lf tVliq ftltpF. noon. The men were working 20 feet under ground in what is known as the old lead mine. Weiss' home is in Nanticoke, Pa. He is about 25 years of age and has been in Gaffhey only a few weeks. Kirby and Philbeck both live in Gaffney. The mines have only been in operation a short time and W. Y. Davie, who is the superintendent of the works, says the accident was unavoidable. The bodies were brought to an undertaking establishment. Coroner Vincent has empaneled a jury and will hold an inquest tomorrow morning. A telegram has been sent to the brother of Weiss at Nanticoke, Pa., . informnig him of the death of his brother and asking for instructions as to disposition of the remains. LEAVING US Rev. Fred Harris, who has supplied the Sharon Methodist church . for the past several months has glv- > en up the work and will leave soon for Emory College, where he will take his degree. Mr. Harris is a ; l i__ I ' yuung mail ui rare piumiac auu xic leaves behind him many friends who wish him success in his chosen field. ' ORDER "l 7ROM RUSSIA in the United States will be distributed throughout European coun- , tries. "In a few months the unsettled J conditions in the Far East, which have enabled Japan to gain almost a complete monbpoly on trade, will be brought back to normal conditions and goods purchased in America will move freely from all Pacific Coast ( ports over the Chinese Eastern Railway and the Siberia Railway as well ^ as the Baltic Sea ports, the Murmansk ports and the Black Sea ports. "The Vanderlip syndicate purposes to act as fiscal agents for the Russian Soviet government immediately , upon restoration of trade and the abandonment of the British blockade. ' "The Russian government is capable of carrying out any trade ] contracts between it and citizens of ] the United States because it is to the < interests of the Soviet government to develop economic relations as stipulated by this contract. "The Russian government is the oldest in Europe. It's ministry has i not been changed in three years, i which is not true of any other first- < class European power. 1 "All parts of the United States will 5 benefit bv the restoration of trade 1 relations?from California to Maine, 1 from Washington to Florida. Fac- ( tories will expand and run full time. I Farmers, merchants and all classes ' of labor will share in the prosperity. 1 If the majority of American people ! will no longer tolerate the chaotic ^ conditions prevailing in Europe they t must seize this great opportunity to < bring peace and reconstruction to the World. The keystone of these con- I ditions is the opening of trade re? i lations between the United States i and the Soviet Russian Republic." 1 : ENTERTAINING THE TEACHERS ' Mrs. Jordan Ramey gave a lovely bridge party Friday afternoon at her home on North Main street in Com- : pliment to Misses Kilgo and Dixon < and their friend Miss Lucile Hamil- 1 ton. There were four tables of play- ] ers and the afternoon passed gaily ! for all the guests. ] A salad course was served. i s ERNEST CHE/ SLAIN BY Abbeville Man Shot and Watts This Morning T< Simmon With Ham it ed.?Bad Blood B< time.?Division C Cause.? J. Ernest Cheatham, of Abbeville, was shot and killed by Erasmus 0.Simpson, at Watts station, on Seaboard Air Line Railway, this morning about ten o'clock. Three shots were fired and all took effect. It appears from statements given us by those who interviewed eye-witnesses that Cheatham and Simpson were disputing about the division of crops raised on the Cheatham place, and which was worked this year by Simpson. Just what was said before the shots were fiered is not certain. Cheaitham is said to have attacked Simpson with a hammer which he had in his hand. Whether he hit Simpson with the hammer before the first shot was fired is not certain, but it appears that he did hit him on the head one time with the hammer, the lick leaving an ugly bruise, Simpson's arm was also injured in warding off the blow, without which his skull would likely have been crushed, as Cheatham was a powerful mail. There has been trouble between the participants since early in the year. In the spring there was a fight in Abbeville in which Cheatham \cut~ Simpson with a pocketknife. A warrant was sworn out by Simpson and Cheatham was arrested but the case' was later settled in some way. At least the prosecution was not pressed. It is understood that Simpson workted on shares with Cheatham and DEATH OF MRS. FRITH. ^Friends in Abbeville of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Frith will be grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Frith, which occurred November 7th, at the age of 68. Mrs. Frith before her marriage was Miss Mary McNeill of Abbeville County. She was a sister of Mr. W. C. McNeill, of the Bethia section of tlfe county, and of'John McNeill, of McCormick. A good many years ago she was married to Mr. Frith, and together they have gone down the hill jf life, she reaching the crossing first. Besides her husband and brothers, ?he is survived by two grandchildren, Mrs. James T. Cox, of Abbeville and Mrs. Charles Douglas of Due West. Funeral services were conducted at r.phnnnri f!Vmrr?}i Mondav morniner. bv Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, and her body sleeps in the adjoining cemetery. VISITOR TO NEWBERRY. Son Bill went down to Newberry with the football team this morning ind will be present to sen Abbeville jat up Newberry th-s afternoon. He iad all his arra: gem on is made for several days beforehand, and was ready to leave he thought, unt:l he was, told to ge;, his hat. ile then rejailed that he had leu nis hat at the Joy Scout meeting and his cap at Suniay School last Sunday, and he refused to wear h i father's nat. Some swift sprinting -.^allied h m to get to 1 the church, recover his cap and reach ;he train before Capl. Syfan announced, .."All a-b-o-a-r-d." He stated t'.j.o .V. dii ncrt wish to ro to a private home to spend the night but wou < sto;: ai, the hotel. He, informed his mother that he would ' tell the hotel man to put him in the ' room with some of the team and ' 'make it cheap." MR. DERBYSHIRE BETTER j The friends of Rev. A. J. Derbyshire, who has been sick wifch influenza for the past week, will be glad bo know he is improving and hopes to be out in a few days. The Rev. T. P. Noe, of Church Home Orphanage will preach for Mr. Derbyshire Sunday morning in the Episcopal church. lTHAM IS E. O. SIMPSON Killed at Gin House At en O'clock?Attacked ler?Three Shots Firjtween Men Some- . >ops Immediate -In Jail. that lately there has been a dispute about the1 division of the crops. Simpson wanted to divide the crops on the premises while Cheatham wanted the division made (in some other way. Just what took place between them with regard to this is not now known. Mr. Cheatham left his home this morning and went to Watts, presumably, to see about the ginning of the cotton. The trouble was being discussed in the gin house of Mr. Gilliam, and only Mr. Mott Gilliam and a negro man were present. The negro knows little and Mr. Gilliam is uncertain as to some of the details. Mr. Simpson has been arrested and is now at the county jail. It is presumed that he will apply for bail in the next few days. Mr. Siinpson is a man perhaps fifty-five years of age. He is a hard-working and generally successful farmer and a man who bears a good reputation amongst tl^e people who knows him. Mr. Ernest Cheatham is a son of Mr. James H. Cheatham, of Abbeville. His mother was a Miss -Seawright of Donalds. He was about 35 years of age at the time of his dea^h. He has been a teacher, and for sev-j eral years was County Agent for the promotion of agriculture, serving for a time at Abbeville and later in Georgia. He married Miss Keaton, of Antreville, and they have one son. No funeral arrangements l\ave been renounced as yet. ABBEVILLE VS. NEWBERRY The boys of the Abbeville High School football team left this morning over the Southern Railway for Newberry where they expect to get revenge for the 14 to 13 victory won by Newberry at the game held here recently. Maj. Fulp allowed all boys in school who desired' to accompany the team to do so without being mark-, ed "absent" provided the parents consented. Quite a number of substitutes, rooters and well-wishers went along with the fighting eleven. ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE A negro boy by the name of Wiles son of John Wiles, was instantly killed, and two other negroes seriously injured at Antreville, Wednesday afternoon, when a run-a-way team rushed head-on into their automobile. The run-a-way team was at the Wilson Ginnery and became frightened, and in the run-a-way resulting collision, either a portion of the wagon tongue, or some part of the demolished car was driven into the body of the young negro, resulting in his <Teath. THE COTTON MARKET After opening up yesterday cotton ruled weak towards the close, the last figures being only a few Ooints above the closing of- the day before. The market today was extremely weak, due in part to a private estimate of a crop of 13,000,000 bales, partly xo unsettled conditions abroad, and partly to small consumption figures for last week. The closing for December futures in New York was 18.42 against 19,20 yesterday. The best price paid for cotton on the local market today was 20 cents. D. A. R. MEETING. Mrs. Frank Wilson and Miss Nettie Russell leave next Tuesday for Anderson where they will represent the Andrew Hamilton Chapter D. A. R. at the annual convention. They will be entertained by Mrs. Joh^Lindley. BAPTIST WOMEN ' HOLDING MEETING Charleston, Nov. 11.?At the roll call for the opening session at Cita-! del Square church there were 232 delegates in attendance on the lbtft i annual convention of the Baptist Woman's missionary union of this state, and during the day many others arrived to take part in the evening service. Mrs. T. T. Hyde, general chairman of local committees delivered the address of welcome, response being -made by Mrs. W. J. Hatcher. Among the visitors introduced were: Miss Kathleen Mallory of Baltimore, corresponding secretary, W. M. U., Southern Baptist conference; Mrs. McGlougWin and Mrs. Ramsey of Greenville, Mrs. J. R. Riser of Columbia, corresponding secretary, submitted an interesting report. A total of. 326 new societies were noted, bringing the total to 1,923. Mrs. E. A. McDowell of Kingstree, recording secretary and Miss Jessie King of Columbia, treasurer, presented inspiring papers. Then following the address of Mrs. J. D. Chapman of Townville, president. The Baptist women contributed over $325,000 to the general causes of the church. Miss Mallory talked on - service.' a soio Dy Mrs. <j. u. Huiet was an enjoyable feature of the opening session. This afternoon a second session was held, after a conference of diviaions and luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. This evening there was an impressive service at Citadel Square. The convention continues through Friday morning. DEVELOPMEN IN ZXPLt New Yor*, Nov. 11.?Identity of j the blacksmith who shod the horse which hauled the wagon load of explosives into Wall street shortly before the disaster September 16 in which 39 persons were killed and scores injured, has been established Acting Inspector Coughlin, head j i-T_ - 1 _ 1 ? I oi me ponce aeiecuve uureau, maue this announcement tonight. At the Same time he said his men have esI taiblished the identity of the man ' who took the animals to be shod. He has apparently vanished. ; New York, Nov. 11.?Responsibility for the disaistrous Wall street explosion last September, the echo of which was heard around the world in denunciation of "Reds" and "anarchists", today was charged to indi| vidual laboring men or labor sym- 1 pathizers by the New York Evening World. The paper, however, admitted it could not explain presence of 1 threats signed "Anarchist Fighters" 1 found in a mail box near the scene 1 of the explosion. In a three page story, the paper 1 announced that thfc mystery of the ' blast that killed nearly 40 persons '> ind injured 150 more had been ] "solved." The theory advanced wasi' that the death wagon in which the i bomb had exploded had not been^ sent into the financial district to < terrorize the capitalistic class, but ] that it had been intended as a re- i prisal against Robert P. Brindell,: < president of the Building Trades i council, and 85 "Brindell workers", 1 employed in demolishing the stock. 1 exchange building annex. Held upon ; the way, the bomb was oenevea Dy, > the paper to have exploded before it i reached its destination. Seeking to 1 link the explosion with the "build-! < ing trust" graft now being investiga-11 ted by a joint legislative committee 1 the paper, naming a house wrecke ' union, said: < "The Evening World here presents;] proof that 1,800 men, nearly all for^ eign born, sober, industrious, effi- (i cient and well disciplined, have,1 within a space of 18 months been i subjected to an amazing conspiracy j of greed and injustice and the explo- (1 LINER AFLAME SAFELY REACHES I JERSEY BEACH New York, Nov. 11?After a spec tacular race against time down the Hudson river, surrounded by puffing tugs and fire boats and with flames y licking about her forward decks, the burning Morgan liner freighter El Mundo tonight lay beached on the Communipaw flats, near Ellis island out of the way of harbor traffic. Thousands of spectators lined the New York and Jersey shores " and watched the heroic fight of the tiny tugs to drag the burning freighter out of the river, as she was threatening to sink and block the (shipping channel. The ship, a craft of 10,000 tons, is almost a complete wreck, % with her side torn by blasts and her forward superstructure carried away by the fire. 11 members of the vessel, which arrived here from Galveston last Monday with a general cargo have been accounted for, police officials said tonight. Eight of the deck hands were reported seriously burned one probably fatally. * Jjl Today members of the crew were ,':2 unloading the vessel at the Southern Pacific line pier, when the fuel tank containing several thousand agllons oi on Diew up witnout warning, nun- ? y ing men in all directions and carrying away a section of the deck. Plates on the port side were also torn out and the ship immediately began to list. ' .4||S WC6me~~ WON PROBE vj| sion was the culmination of this tyranny. The building trades' graft was responsible for the crime. The Evening World does not charge the union, as a union, with responsibility. It was the work of individuals, possbly inside the union, possibly . the work of sympathizers. "Further proof are presented that ' the wrath and resenment of these workingmen and their fellows who knew of their tragic losing fight to avert vagrancy and starvation in days of overflowing labor opportunity was centered not only on their arch oppressor, Robert P. >4 Brindell, dictator of the building !|jj trades council, but upon house , wrecker contractors." The police and >agents of the department of justice, the paper asserts, today are "busy looking through the membership rolls of Housewreckers' No. 95, to find men who might have been so false *'1 -"-J to modern labor union principles and the teaching of Gompers and Frayne and their own outspoken ad- " i irocate of law and order, William Zaranko, as to blacken their organizations good name by a crime of private vengeance as horrible and svicked as the Wall street explosion. District Attorney Swann this afternoon announced he had invited 3very person mentioned in the newspaper story to be at his office tomorrow afternoon. He added that if they had any information likely to reslult in indictments of guilty parties, he would immediately place it before the September regular grand ^ * ? ? MIWAMJVV VAA i WTTAirfiflMlfflf? (ury, warcu aucoujf iku miwv^uirvM :he disaster. It was brought out that a man, who was alleged to have claimed >wnership of the horse which drew \ ;he death wagon, immediately after ihe blast and who spoke of the 'boss," who had directed him t* drive the conveyance to Wall and Broad streets, had disappeared. One jf the men to whom he told his story ind who persisted in repeating it ivas the victim of an attempted assassination within a month, accord ing to the' story, despite the fa?t that he had "gone dumb." ' \ ^