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Hi ffi No Strings to Ti Pupil in ABB Mc TO BE Any pupil enroll j Fill in Coup ] I I SUG< j jfi as the best name Victrola [l Name Add ress Parents Name What kind of musi< in your home, if an LIEUTENANT LANGDON LESS INFL SLAIN WITHOUT CAUSE' Diipatchet to State and Navr De partment Say That Stories of United States Officer And i.? c L? a! vuf/uuvoc ucuu y n^iuc Washington, Jan. 18.?Lieut. W. H. Langdon, American naval officer who was shot and killed by a Japa nese sentry at Vladivostok January 8, was the victim of an unprovoked attack, dispatches to the state de partment and to the navy depart ment today agreed. Both sets of dispatches were based on statements elicited from the accuser sentry by the board of investigation . and court of inquiry of credit an since the er popularly si Williams, ci rency, deca: ment analy: the condtiio on last Nom with March ter the armi "Some of have been n financial ini convened by the Japanese govern ment. The sentry's statements were described as in agreement with the ante-mortem statement of the affair by lieutenant Langdon in that the sentry was the first to fire. The sen try, who previously had maintained that the American officer fired first, also was reported as having told the court of inquiry that he had discharged his rifle by accident. ^ The dispatches to the navy de partment filed by Admiral Gleave^, commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet, now en route to Vladivostok with an American naval court of in quiry to investigate the shooting, added that the sentry had been re 1 _ J fied," said ! ring to the banks. "Th< and prudent our banners and restrain orgy of ext: tion which months peril stice. Loans and al banks of troller expla securities ov garded in th government held to secu: to '$12,694, L'uuunejiueu ior courunarxiai Dy ine Japanese authorities. , Court To Convene While the dispatches received to da/ were more complete than any that had previously reached Wash ington, and while officials express gratification that an agreement had been reached as to what actually happened no tendency was display ed in official circles to relax the de termination to investigate the mat ter thoroughly and for that reason Admiral Gleaves with his court of inquiry will continue on his way to the Siberian port. State depart ment officials also continued to owaif n ronlv ffVin wa+a eonf +V?o I wiun vember 15. ' declared, in United State the past 20 876,000, or ] The comptro, be taken ir during these ment sold $4 notes and through the : The total ] banks last to the compt call on that 081,000,000 last Septemb Japanese government requesting an explanation of the incident and as surance that it would not be repeat ed. The state department was inform ed in its dispatches that Langdon, who is described is "a total abstain er,' was returning to his ship early on the morning of January 8, using a flashlight in order to pick his way along an ice covered street. The but a reduct the correspor $363,079,000 There is n< be more ima ous than the quarters of 1 division, sentry was oi :UCL?l?L?LCLCl?lClCCl?LCL?lCLCL?iCLCiri 111 111 111III 111 IJ UIJ l-J 11JIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJ I. lis Statement! We will EVILLE COUNTY w Murray's f OPLNLD IN A hLW DAY \ , ed in any of the schoo on Below EST for McMurray's Shop za\ instrument is What w original?a r h by-word to ronage of evi Here is 1 many difl'erei nary 31st. G be counted. Teacher the prize we the $5.00 in { The Nan linpartia (let Busj Abbevillt iffitfiffiffiffiiffifilfiHiSffiffiffiSfiSfilfiifilfi!; i .A HUN THAN SUPPOSED of " Currency Gives Bankers Watch Step on, Jan. 18.?Inflation d loans has been far less id of the war than is apposed, John Skelton omptroller of the cur red today in a state zing the statements of n of the national banks ember 15 as compared 4, 1919, four months af istice. the criticisms which r.n +Vip oIIacaH I LAKbtb 1 LAW UUUK. HAS BEEN F Contains All the Laws Of ted States?Over 200,00 Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 1 ion of all the laws of, th States into a single volumi than 2,000,000 words, ma largest law book in existe undertaken and carried tl: two Kansans. The book is Acceptance of the work i fore the United States si was approved by the house passed December 20. The last revision of the statutes was made in II Nation is hardly justi Mr. Williams in refer conditlon of national ; generally conservative management of most of have been a healthy ;ing influence to the ravagance and specula ranged during the 18 od succeeding the armi I discounts of all nation March, 1919, the comp lined, "plus government med whicn may be re e light of loans to the but exclusive of bonds re circulation, amounted 050,000 as compared >,926,000 on last No years the legal profession clamoring for a fresh revis The task proved to be 1 material began with-the re tion of 1878 and ran thr other volumes, the statutes containing laws enacted sii time up to March 4, 1919. The work of revision cor arranging all salutes of i and permanent nature und mon heads or titles, cultin, obsolete matter, rewritin notes, and consolidating pa Existing law was preser general rearrangement, tion and revision. The task was carried out house committee on revison laws. For many years the rhis was an increase, he loans and discounts and s securities held during months of only $1,055, less than 9 per cent. Her added that it should ito consideration that 20 months the govern ,500,000,000 of Victory bonds, the majority national banks. man nominal, dui wnen <. man E. C. Little of the Sect sas district became chaix March, 1919, he proposed' the federal laws and p them in one volume. The committee composi dozen eminent judges and save its hearty approval. In lowing June, Dr. William dick professor of law and vi eellor of thp Ilnivevsit.v nf resources of all national Tovember 15, according roller's report of the date amounted to $22, an actual increase er 8, of $196,433,000 ion as compared with iding call a year ago of 3 race of people said to ginative or superstiti Eskimos. was appointed reviser of tutes. , From then on until its co last month, Dr. Burdick wa with the work. Ten advisei engaged at various times, dick however being the onlj to work through from begi: end and acting as senior Two other advisers were later to speed up progress : the revision could be pres< the present congress. Eleventh! An authority on the subj( i that in America only one ric ;he Japanese i duty before the head-j son in 17'dies rich give $5.00 in Gold Ahsolw ho Suggests the Most Appn *Jew Vietrola ( S ON NORTH MAIN STREET ir Is of Abbeville county is el WHAT WE V e want is a name for our new Victrola shop?a nam lame that is short and snappy?a name that is easy express the best to be found in Victrola shops?such erybody in ABBEVILLE COUNTY. [he coupon. Fill in either this one or make one on yc it suggestions as you care to make to Mc MURRAY'S, ontest closes February 1, 1921 at 8 p. m. No suggest] s! Help your pupils with their suggestions. If a sc] will give $10 toward the purchase price of a VIGTF ?old. ie "VICTOR" or VICTROLA" Must Not Be Used in \ .1 Judges wjll Announce Winner's Name in a Few Di And Take Down The Money. Address ail inquiries HARVARD TEAM WON'T COME SOUTH IN SPRING CHURCH] Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 18.?The Harvard's varsity track team which had planned a southern trip for the spring recess, will not go below the Mason-Dixon Line as a result of ac tion by University of Virginia and the Naval Academy. To a communi cation from Major Fred W. Moore, graduate manager of athletics at Harvard, saving that, thp flrimsrwi London, Jan 1 cer Churchill, liably, although has accepted tl ! of State of th< I sion to Viscour | the port folio < Toledo, Jan. ; ed two railroad today after hoi team included two athletes of negro j blood, both institutions replied that they considered it best under the j circumstances that track meets | schedule with Harvard in April should not be held. The cancellation has ibeen made by Harvard, Major Moore said to day, adding that the initiative in the matter was taken by him. When the dates were arranged^ the fact that Harvard's negro members might not be welcome was not considered but subsequently both Virginia and An napolis were told that the Crimson team included negroes and that un less Harvard woud be welcomed with them it could not come without j Due ana seizmj to the New Yo Louis Schroede: were killed in waymen. The the automobile from the Unioi ger fare receipt bu: them. , "Both th? naval academy and Virginia replied that there were so many, southerners on the teams that J the contest might prove embarrass-1 ing not only for them but also for \ the negro members of the Harvard J squad. Accordingly the southern trip j has been cancelled," said Major jj Moore. The track team will have a spring trip however. Pennsylvania State college has invited the Crimson to a dual meeting there and one or two other colleges north of the Mason Dixon line may be met during the spring recess. | MRS. CYRUS McCORMICK DIED AT CHICAGO Chicago, Jan. 7.?Mrs. Cyrus Hall McCormick, wife of the chair man of the board of directors of the International Harvester company, died today after a brief illness. One of the most notable of the many benefactions in which Mrs. ^ McCormick was active was the esta blishment of the Elizabeth McCor mick Endowment Fund, founded, in 1898 for the announced object of "improving the conditions of child life in the United States." More than 1,000 communities are said to have been benefitted. WAY tely Free to the School rpriate Name for. ' Shop ABBEVILLE lgible to win crnlrl jj' ^ANT! e that means something?a name that is to pronounce? aname that will become a shop as we propose to open for the pat f iur tablet paper like this one, and mail as ABBEVILLE, S. C., not later than Jan ions postmarked later than that date will hool wishes to compete collectively for IOLA for .the Winning School instead of Tour Suggestion. lys After Contest Closes. and mail Coupons to Company S. Carolina :i?iciciciciciciciEacicicicu:u3iaciciia^5 HiJIJum um?i lajiai mij idu LL'S NEW JOB . 18.?Winston Spen the minister, it is re h unoffiically, stated, le post of Secretary ; colonies in succes it Milner who resign >n January 7. HICKORY, N. C., HAS 1 REAL CURFEW LAW 18.?Six bandits kill officers here at noon ding up an automo-j J $12,000 belonging; rk Central railroad.' I r and A. E. Long! resisting the high- j bandits intercepted | ? coming up town; l .rfpTwfc wit.Vi nnc<5on_ , Hickory, N. C., Jan. 18.?"Night life" for youngsters in Hickory is J going from bad to worse. Applica tion of the curfew law here the laBij| two weeks has been so effective in keeping boys under 18 yeare of age off the streets after ten p. m., that the city council, at the request of many parents, is expected tomorrow night to amend the ordinance and set nine o'clock as the hour whenl they must "turn in." Elsewhere the crying doesn't com mence until after the ceremony I she first comes to learn what a poor J -x v ;s> j fish it was that she landed. THE ILDING & LOAN Association of Abbeville will begin a O fO, 1 v denes ot mock anuary 20th, 1921 Get The Saving Habit Take Stock With Us Neuffer, J. S. Morse, President. Sec.-Trcas.