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Abbeville Press and Banner
Established^1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, Dec. 6, 1920 Single Copies,'Five Cents. 77th Year.
MEETING OF ABBEVILLE COUN
TY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
HELD IN COURT HOUSE SAT
URDAY.?PLANS MADE FOR
POST HOLIDAY MEETING.?
SPLENDID SPIRIT SHOWN BY
THOSE PRESENT-NEXT MEET
ING JAN. 15, 1921.
The December meeting of the Ab
beville County Teachers Association
was held in the court house at 11
o'elock Saturday morning. A goodly
number of the teachers of the coun
?* moaHnc and
ty was present at wu ?.vw....D
each one was interested in making
plans for some really v/onderful
meetings after the holiday season is
ovei.
Supt. J. D. Pulp of thrf Abbeville
City schools, president, called the
meeting to order and static! that there
were several matters of business to
come before the meeting. The secre
tary, Miss Annie Gantt, having left
the state and the treasurer, Miss Al
lie Evans, having left the county,
these two offices were declared va
cant and the first business completed
was the election of a new secretary
and a new treasurer. Miss Mittie
Cathcart, principal of the Antreville
school was unanimously elected sec
retary and Miss Rebecca Jones of the
Abbeville schools was likewise elect
ed treasurer.
The executive committee retired
from the general meeting and held a
caucus regarding the amount of dues
recommended to be assessed each
member of the association and to rec
ommend the time and place of the
next meeting. Prof. J. M. Daniel,
chairman of the executive committee
reported that the committee unani
mously recommended that the an
nual dues of the association be fixed
at $1.00 and that the next meeting
of the association be held in the
? J-J ViiJi/Uno" in Abbeville
grttueu otuuui viNw.0
at 12:30 p. m. Saturday, January
115th. Both these recommendations
, of the executive committee were
adopted after some discussion. Mrs.
Charles Gilliam of the Warrenton
school, Miss Mcllwain of the Long
Cane school and Miss Genevieve An
derson of the Antreville school were
appointed new members of the exe
cutive committee by President Fulp.
Misses May Robertson, Esther Todd
and Mrs. J. D; Wilson were appointed
a committee to arrange the program
for the January meeting.
Following the transaction of the
the business part of the program an
excellent address of 15 minutes dur
ation was made tfie teachers present
by Rev. L. J. Bristow, pastor of the
Baptist church, who was present by
reauest. The shortness of Mr. Bris
tow's timely remarks detracted from J
an otherwise helpful address and the J
teachers hope that Bro. Bristow will
next time he weets with them at least
double the length of his part of the
program.
To Go After Teachers.
A valuable suggestion was made by
Mr. Bristow which was placed before
the teachers and which has been re
ferred to the secretary of the Abbe
ville County Chamber of Commerce.
This is that some half dozen automo
biles be secured to bemused January
15 to transport teachers from the^
rural schools to the next meeting of
+v?o aear.rintinn. Some of the rural
teachers have no means of convey
ance and especially those living at
Due West and Donalds and in these
neighborhoods cannot attend the
meetings of the associations by rail
without starting early and a?e unable
to return until after dark. Any teach
ers who wish transportation to the
January meeting are requested to
nntifw t>i(? nresident. Sunt. J. D. 1
Pulp, at Abbeville not later than
Jan. 12 and efforts will be made to
bring them in and take thfem home.
"Feed the Brutes"
Dinner will be served the teach
ers at the January meeting and the
program will be divided, the lun
cheon being served during the in
termission. Especially are the tea
MR. A. L. GARRISON
PASSES AWAY TODAY
Veteran Engineer of S. A. L. Passes
Away While He Slept.?Funeral
this Afternoon at Residence.
Burial in North Carolina
Death called Absalom Leonidas Gar
rison this morning while he slept. He
passed away quietly and evidently I
without pain and suffering. Mr. Gar- 1
rison has not been in the best of 1
health since about a year ago, but the
past few weeks he has seemed to be
in better health, and he was feeling ?
better until about a week ago when i
he suffered an attack of acute indi- (
gestion. He seemed to rally from this
attack and while he had not been out
his physician and friends were . not
anxious about him, as there was noth-*
ing in his condition to cause alarm.
His death which came early this
morning was therefore not expected
and it caused profound sorrow in the
city where Mr. Garrison had so many
friends.
Mr. Garrison was bora at Burling
ton, N. C., sixty years ago. He was a
son of Joseph and Rachel Garrison.
As a young man he turned to the
calling of a locomotive engineer.
Serving first as fireman and then as t
engineer on the Carolina Central, Mr. c
Garrison about 1882 was assigned to 1
duties on-the Georgia Carolina and 1
Northern Railway, now the Seaboard
Aii? T,in?? ran the encine which i t
placed the rails from Monroe, N. C. s
to Chester, and was the first engineer t
to bring, a train into Abbeville. All. ]
his life since that time he has given t
to this railroad. And a conscientious ]
and faithful worker for those whom c
he served he always proved himself r
to be. ?
In 1885 Mr. Garrison was married i
to Miss Henrietta Gray, of North t
Carolina. For the last twenty-five 1
years Mr. and Mrs. Garrison have is
made their home in Abbeville, And t
here they have made many friends. ?
Mrs. Garrison survives her husband. &
They have no children. The deceased t
is also survived by his brother, Mr. c
Jotyi P. Garrison, of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted i
at the residence of Mrs. Minshall thi* Y
afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. A. J. r
Derbyshire of the Episcopal Church. 1
of which Mr. Garrison had been a 1
member for a great number of years. ?
Tonight the body will be taken over t
the Seaboard to Peachland, N. C. \
where it will be laid to rest irt' the c
cemetery with Mrs. Garrison's people, i
A number of friends will accompany
the body to its last resting place. j
And thus passes a quiet unassum- j
ing gentleman. I
chers urged to bring in at least one
of their trustees and all of them if
they can persuade them to come.
Mr. Paul H. Mann, county super- c
intendent-elect has been invited to >
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address the teachers at tneir nexx >
meeting and there will also be talks i
by other local men of note in the i
educational field.
The members of the association
wish to thank Capt. J. L. Perrin for
the use of the court house and for
his successful efforts to make them i
comfortable during the meeting. i
GEORGE DETHRONED
George Pritchard, who was King
of Cotton Row for a good little
space of time way back yonder be
fore people took the blues, has not
been among the sorrowful for some
time. Saturday morning, however,
he nut in his aDpeaance long enough |
to say that he is no longer King, but
just now feels a little like the Jack
of Coton Row, and if things don't ,
soon imprare he expects to be the .
Deuce. However, he says he is game \
and he believes things will come ^
around all right, and if they don't
he won't cry. '
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
The City School* will close on
Friday, Dec. 17th for the Chirst
mai holidays, and will open again
on Jan. 3rd, /thus giving the
teachers and pupils two full
weeks holiday.
MISS McMURTRV
COMES FROM IRELAND
Visits Her Cousins in Honea Path and
In Abbeville?Talis of Sinn Fein
ers?Has Right Idea About
America?Leaves Soon
For Home.
Miss Sarah McMurtry returned <
Sunday afternoon to Honea Path af- :
ter a pleasant visit of several days to 1
her many relatives in Abbeville. ?
Miss McMurtry is a native of Bel- 1
fast, Ireland, and came to America 1
six weeks ago to visit her relatives, 1
the Erwins of Honea Path. She is a
daughter of Rev. David McMurtry
who during his life was a prominent
Presbyterian preacher of Belfast, <
whose sister married an Erwm and i
lived in Honea Path for many years. <
Miss McMurtry is a cousin of Mrs. 1
Francis Henry, and the late Mrs. I
Dox and Hon. R. E. Hill. She is a <
middle-aged woman, of high bred ap- j
pearance, and of soft and pleasing 11
/oice. She finds many differences be- <
rween the Americans and ?he Irish. 1
People here tell her they are "mighty i
jlad to meet her" while among the 1
English one would be "pleased." She i
;hinks the Americans eat too mucn 1
md cannot see how a Southerner 1
:an stand hot biscuits as often as they 1
lave them. Instead of biscuit the (
'rish have "soda cakes" and "farls." ^
Miss McMurtry has no sympathy
vith the Sinn Fein movement and 1
lays it is a fight for supremacy be- i
ween th? Catholics and Protestants, t
rhe Catholics are the hiajority by s
hree fourths, but the one-fourth c
Protestants will prevail for the min- 1
>rity is made up of the educated and i
nonied people. When asked what was 1
xpected of America Miss McMurtry 1
eplied "to stay at home and mind t
heir own business." She thinks Sir {
* jmt . j?un _^nd ?
ays that every gift in the power of i
Hp ffnvommcnt K*_s been offered him' 1
md that he can always travel with a
ipecial guard of honor. Miss McMur
ry thinks a King will always reign
iver the British Empire.
Miss McMurtry had much difficulty j
n securing passports and passage <
laving to be guaranteed by her local J
sinister and being on the waiting 1
ist since August. She traveled alone c
eaving a sister in Ireland, the Gov- (
irnment having given notice that if >
>oth sisters left and closed their ?
louse, the government would take it
>ver and place a family in it, hous- f
ng room being so scarce in Belfast, t
The relations in Abbeville have en- ^
oyed the Irish cousins visit and many <
>leasant dinner parties and teas were 4
riven her.
AMONG THE "SHRINERS"
Mr. Tom Calhoun was inadver
tently left out of our list of those
xrho attended the big Shrine Con
tention in Greenville last week. He
vas right there and shrined along
wjth the balance of the boys.
MAX IN TOWN
Col. Max Below, of Lowndesville
vho has a habit of coming W town
ind cleaning up his friend Jim
Stark in a trade show now and then,
ivas here today. Mrs. Below has
>een reading in the Press and Ban
ian oKmi* Vip-rcAins which the
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merchants in Abbeville are offer
ing ,and she came along which kept
Max from working his rabbit foot
:his trip. He says he just wants to
jet "one more swipe at Jim." t
ERROR CORRECTED '
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Through error it was announced i
in the last issue that Mr. and Mrs. I
M. B. Davis had bought Mr. Kyle <
McAdam's house on Main Street 1
when it should have been the house
just opposite owned by Mr. A. H. i
Bamett. I
ANDREW HILL HURT
Andrew Hill is at home from
Clemson College. In a Company <
game of football Saturday, Mr.
Hill suffered a fracture of the bone i
of his jaw. He comes home for rest 1
until the injury is healed. <
AVIATOR VISITS CITY
Flies Over City This Morning at 11
O'clock While Buyers Are Look
ing at Cotton and S&lesd&y
Crowd?Will Be Here
Several Days.
Mr. C. H. Siebenhausen, an aviator,
of Columbia, came to Abbeville today
from Greenwood, flying over in a
Custis Machine. His coming was un
announced but well timed, because he
ucvr uvci wuc puuxiv. 04uaic juow
the cotton was being offered on the
market and when the salesday crowd
was gathered to see and he?r what
tvas happening.
The flyer had evidently heard that
:otton was going up, so he was up at
a considerable altitude so as not to
:ome in contact with the top prices
being offered on this market. He
landed in the filed between the forks
>f the Mt. Carmel and Snake roads
just this side of the residence of Mr.
W. A. Stevenson. When he stepped
>ut of the machine, Col. E. F. Arnold,
;he Ford expert, who started the flyer
From Greenwood, drove up in "the
ittle old Ford" and brought the avi
itor into the city where he had din
ler at the Eureka. After dinner he
felt so well that he went back out to
lis machine and circled the city sev
eral times as the children were on the
vay from school.
It is understood that the flyer will
emain in the city for some little time
ind that all the prominent men about
;own will have an opportunity to get
lome fresh air. Corp. Kerr, it i? un
lerstood, is booked to go up, so that
le can take in the Emporium from a
i high altitude and see which is the
>iggest, his furniture business or the
i>utch Kolone. Bill Wilson is also
>ooked for a fly. He does not want to
jo up, but this is the only way he
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ire trying to explain why he has
>ought -a new safe.
COTTON GOES UP
After closing at' an advance of 30
>oints Saturday, the cotton market
:ontinued strong today, the closing
figures in the future market in New
fork being fron> 45 to 50 points
tbove the previous close. In New
)rleans both futures and spots ad
vanced, the spot market closing- at
>0 points advance.
The local market showed the ef
'ect of the growing demand for cot
,on and as much as 16 1-2 cents
vas paid for good cotton, one buy
?r stating that fancy cotton would i
)ring 17 cents.
The National Ginners estimate of ,
12,450,000 bales for this crop was
innounced, and its figures on gin
ling to November 30 were an
>unced at 10,050,000. These figures ,
vere smaller than expected and
vere in part rqpponsible for the ad
vance.
The general feeling In the cotton
narket is that the bottom has been
reached, the crisis passed, and that
,he market will make steady ad
vances, though no great advance is
jxpected before the Christmas holi
Jays.
COTTON BURNS AT
GREENWOOD MILL
Fire of Unknown Origin Destroy* 350
Bale* Amounting to Loss Of
Approximately $20,000.
Greenwood, Dec. 4.?Fire of an
jnknown origin this morning about
six o'clock was discovered in the cot
ton piled on the platform of one of
;he warehouses at the Greenwood Mill
ind before it was extinguished had
burned about 350 bales amounting
to a loss of approximately $20,000
fully covered by insurance.
Three trucks of the fire depart
ment answered the call and were
kept pumping until nine o'clock. The
fire originated in the cotton on the
platform but spread to the cotton in
side the warehouse. Firemen say
flames were carried through a win
dow. It is thought that the fire pro
bably started from the sparks from a
shifting engine, although the cotton
on the platform was covered with
canvas. I
DEATH RATE HERE
SHOWS SLIGHT INCREASE
Figures For Abbeville County Seven
teen More in 1920 Than in 1919
Figures from Other
Counties.
The death rate for Abbeville coun
ty during 1920, according to the Bu
reau 01 vital fctatistics, has Deen sev
enteen more than during the preced
ing year. The figures are 47 for 1919
and 64 for 1920. Figures for various
cities of the State follow:
1919
Abbeville 47
Aiken 76
Anderson 167
Bennettsville v 46 .
Camden 53
Charleston 1, 114
Cheraw 39 '
Chester 84
Clinton 355
Columbia ' 1,026 \
Darlington 45
Easley 49
Florence
213
303
Gaffney
__ 70
101
Georgetown
92
103
Greenville
... 231
288
Greenwood _
100
87
Laurens
55
69
Marion
41
18
Newberry
___ 50
66
Orangeburg _ .
63
118
Rock Hill
136
114
Spartanburg _
298
306
Sumter
145
148
TOTAL
... 4,337
5004
DIXIE LAND COMPANY
MAKES LARGE SALE
Sale of several farms, amounting
to a total of $127,000, was consum
mated yesterday by the Dixie Land
Company. This sale includes Tom
Goree place at Ninety Six, contain
ing 61 1-f acres, the old Smith place4
located about 4 miles west of Green
wood, containing 106 acres, house
and lot located on North Main street
in Abbeville known as the W. T.
Cason house. The old Moore place
located about 2 miles south of Ab
beville was bought by the Dixie Land
Company and sold to Mr. J. A.
Shands. Mr. Shands will move there
on January 1st. Mr. Con Harris
takes the Mayor place located near
New Market and will move there on
January 1st. The total sales amount
ing to -$127,500.?Index-Journal 5th.
MRS. RUNDY IMPROVES
Friends in Abbeville of Mrs.
Elizabeth Barksdale Biwidy, of
Monroe, will be glad to know that
she is improving steadily after a se
rious operation at the Mercy Hospi
tal at Charlotte.
Mrs. Bundy has been in bad
health for some time and it is hoped
that she will be quite well from
now on.
LITTLE GIRL FALLS
IN WELL} DROWNED
Rotten Plank Costs Life of Vivian
Hiott, Daughter of Mr and
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Anderson, Dec. 5.?A tragedy
happened Friday afternoon when lit
tle Vivian Hiott fell into a well and
was drowned. The little girl was on
ly three years old, and was playing
around the well, and stepped on a
plank which was rotten and it gave
way with her. The mother hearing
the screams of the child, and seeing
what had hppened, ran to the field
for the father, and he came as quick
ly as he could . The rope was not
strong enough to bear his weight, so
a young man went down and suc
ceeded in getting the child and bring
ing her nearly to the top of the well.
The father tried to catch her but in
som# way the hold was loosened and
she fell back into the well. The
young man ws again lowered, and
in K-rTn eri n Ct fViA lit.tlp hr?r?v
up again, but life was gone when he
got to the top of the well. The child's
parents are Mr. and Mrs. D. Hiot+-,
and they live in the White Plains
section. The funeral was held in Wil
liamston Saturday afternoon.
PROPOSED CONVENTION BE
TWEEN GREAT POWERS
DRAWN UP BY INTERNATION-*
AL CONFERENCE NOW IN
SESSION IN WASHINGTON
WILL PROBABLY BE ATTACK
ED BY AMERICAN COMMER
CIAL COMPANIES
Washington, Dec. 5.?A proposed
telegraph convention between the.
great powers drawn up by the Inter
national Communications conference
now in^ session here is understood to
meet with vigorous opposition from
the American commercial telegraph
companies who are said to profess to
see in it the virtual extension of the
war time powers exercised by the
United States over the telegraph
rand a step towards eventual govern
ment control. " >
The American commisisoners to
the conference have approved the
proposed convention with reserva
tions, thfe exact nature of Which has /
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not been disclosed. The convention /
is included in a general one govern
ing the international use of cable,
radio and telegraph and the whole
must be approved by a general com
munications conference to be/ held
later and then by the various gov
ernments before it can become ef
fective, In the case of the United
States, action by congress will be
necessary.
The United States hitherto has re
frained consistently from entering
of the telegraph conventions, offi
cials here say, on the ground that
the conditions governing the tele
graph in most states where this
means of communication is govern
ment owned made participation of
the United States inadvisable.
Particular clauses of the proposed
convention to which the American
commercial telegraph companies are yv
said to take especial exception and
against which they are reported to
plan an attack,should the convention
be presented to congress, includes '
provisions which give the various
countries's * governments virtually
the right of censorship in peace > '
times.
These articles include four, seven
and eight, which read as xoijows:
"Each government undertakes to
devote to the international telegraph
service special wrres, sufficiently
numerous to insure the rapid trans
mission of telegrams. These wires
shall be established and worked in
the most efficient manner indicated
by experience of the service.
PHYSICIANS PERFORM .
UNUSUAL OPERATION
j Anderson, ec. 6.?An unusual op
I eration according to local physicians
I consisting in the removal of poison
ed veins is restoring the health to W.
J. Sloan of this city, who was bitten
by a cat in September while rescuing
the animal from a bull dog. Mr.
Sloan's condition became serious af
ter the bite. Physicians advised re
moval of the teeth, and this was
done, but the patient did not im
prove. Later upon medical advice
his tonsils were taken out. He still
did not improve and finally an oper
ation was performed at a local hos
pital to remove the poisoned veins
wmcn was iouowea oy uibuuvju im
provement.
DINING
M. and Mrs. Frank Welsh enter
tained Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Durst,
Mrs. Mary Payne and John Durst
Payne and Mr. W. D. Barksdale at
dinner Sunday. The visitors came
over from Greenwood in the morn
ing.
Miss Victoria Howie was a week
end visitor from Agnes Scott. She
came home Saturday and spent Sun
day at home, returning Monday
morning. She- was at her old place at
( Vip Rairfcist Church Sundav night.
playing the organ for the evening
services. Her friends were glad to
see her looking so well.