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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844, $2.00 the Year, Tri-Weekly? Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Majr 20, 1921 Single Copies, Five Centi^ 77th Year FIRST REAL ] FROM GEOl ;r_ a AMBASSADOR SAYS UNITED STATES FOUGHT ONLY TO SAVE. HOE.LI-. Delivers Address To Pilgrim Society American Forces Did Not Go Over seas to Save European States. As j Some Have Contended, He Says j In Speech.?Covers Much Ground i London, May 19.?The \merican j ambassador, George Harvey, in his; speech at the Pilgrims' dinner this ; evening, announced that he had just received instructions designating him to represent the president in the su preme council with regard to Silesia. London, May 19.?The American j ambassador, George Harvey, in his; first speech since presenting his cre-i dentials, declared tonight that Amer-j ican armed forces came to Europe in the world war solely to save the United States and not to save Euro pean states opposed to Germany, as or?mp had contended. Mr. Harvey's address, which was delivered at a dinner given by the Pilgrims' society in his honor, at tracted special interest, coming as it did at a time when the probable at titude of the United States towards the tense political situation in Europe is arousing lively speculation and as the first authorized expression of the American viewpoint. Mr. Harvey paid tribute to the Pil grims as the most distinctive link in ' the chain of blood relations between the British and American peoples and, one of the most potent agencies of civilization. Their activities, he said had been a sustained labor of love and patriotism, which only now were beginning to fruit in an earn est desire and determination on the part of both people to blow away the mists of misconstruction and misun HprsfanHine". which far too lone had hidden their true natures one fiom another. Praise for Harding. The outstanding attributes of Pres ident Harding, Mr. Harvey said, are breadth of vision, greatness of heart fidelity to his race, no less than to his clan, and no more to his family than to his ancestry, drawn from all parts of the United Kingdom. Mr. Harvey declared these were sufficient . indications and reasons why Mr. Harding felt in the very fibre of his being at this crucial period that friendliness and good will should ex ist always between peoples of the great English speaking nations and which he now pledges unfaltering co operation in achieving that aspira tion. Nothing could be more futile, more delusive and more mischievous, he said, than to pretend that the Ameri cans proffer of a helping hand was attributable primarily to "a tender susceptibility."' "It is not," Mr. Harvey declared. "My country stands r$ady to work with yours because, first, it is to our own interest to do so, and, secondly because it is to the advantage of both "We deceive ourselves,occasional-: ly. Even'to this day at rare intervals an ebullient sophomore seeks ap plause'by shouting that 'we won the war!" Far more prevalent until re cently was the impression that we went to war to rescue humanity from all kinds of menacing perils. "Not a few remain convinced that we sent our young soldiers across to save this kingdom, France and Italy. That is not a fa<t. We sent tnem soieiy to save ine united states of America and most reluctantly and laggardly at that. "We were not too proud to fight, whatever that may mean. We were not afraid not to fight. That is the real truth of the matter. So we ( Continued on page 8) WAR NEWS tr.F 1-1A RV FY VV^Li KM* A A ?. r . - ABBEVILLE SHRINERS SOON GREENVILLE BENT Quite a number from here expect to attend the convention of Shriners in the jurisdiction of Hedjaz Temple which convenes in Greenvillle, Thursday May 26. One feature of the convention will be a mammoth parade through the business section of the city. The pa rade begins promptly at 2:30 in the afternoon. The gorgeous new uni forms of the shriners and the gro tesque costumes of the "Fresh | Meat'" will present a spectular' scene. A trophy cup is offered for the city furnishing the best feature of the parade. The Abbeville bunch expect a great time in the Mountain' City on this occasion. MR. SEAL RETURNS Mr. T. C. Seal has returned from Camden where he-went a few days ago to attend the Reunion of Con federate Soldiers. He was telling Comrade John Gambrell about it this morning. "I tell you, John, if I had stayed another day, I never would have come back to Abbeville, so I just packed up and came home." The people of the Eastern section of the state turned out en masse to welcome the survivors, Mr. Seals says, and everybody was a commit tee of one to make the old fellows feel happy and at home. Then he turned to friend John again and said, "I thought all the women over that way were little The commencement exercises of the Calhoun Falls school will be held tonight and there will also be exer-i I cises at the school tomorrow. I swaibuy luunuig wumen, out mey are not, they are big fine pretty looking women." "But," he added, "good-looking women are like black-berries, they grow every where." CHECKING COUNTY BOOKS Mr. Louis A. Searson, certified accountant of Allendale, S. C., is here this week checking up the books of the county officials. He will not complete his work for several days yet. He has had qute a lot of experience in this work and on sev eral occasions in different counties of the state he has made some start-i ling exposures, however, nothing of that sort will happen here. His final report will be published in these columns when he makes it. SHARON MEETING The young peoples conference held at Sharon Wednesday was a great meeting. There'was an un usual large delegation present. Every charge in the district was represented. The program was in spiring and impressive. The people of Sharon, ever hospital, surpassed themselves on this occaion and every visitor was made to feel at home and was given a royal good time. SOLDIERS BODY TO ARRIVE FROM FRANCE Relatives here of the late Edgar Eakin, who died of pneumonia in France in 1918, have been advised that his body, will reach New York tomorrow and be sent immediately here. On arrival the funeral services will be conducted and the remains interred in Long Cane cemetery. ANOTHER COLD RAIN t Yesterday had a real touch of summer about it. It was real cotton growing weather, but during the night clouds gathered and a cold drizzle set in ,that has added another crimp to cotton prospect. SHERIFF AND DEPUTY MAKE BIG HAUL George Pritchard and Tom Wilson In Jail?Office Stacked With Booze This Morning?Two Cars Captured The Sheriff's office is so wet this j morning: that it would make even Noah turn green with envy. It's damp every where, but the chief peace officer of the county has his office stacked with fire water that H'fttiU molfO an cnt cniflF Vlic nn<? trils for sure. Packed away in glass fruit jars and in even tin cans, securely rest nine gallons of "home brew" the sort without the proper color but with the bull-dog kick, the result of three : seizures by the sheriff and his deputy . last night and early this morning in three separate raids. ( George Pritehard, a white man was ; captured about 12 o'clock last night on South Main?the far extreme? along with a good part of the above mentioned booze. He was riding at the time in a Ford touring car. This morning he is in jail, his car in the , custody of the sheriff, and his booze , stored away in the sheriff's office. About four o'clock this morning ] the sheriff and his deputy pounced , upon Tom Wilson, also a white man, : living near Little M-ountain about 8 miles irom here, rney orougnt mm | in, charged with having in his poss- i ession and transporting the outlawed , spirits. He is also in the county jail. An hour later at the bend of the : Snake road, about 5 miles out of the - city, they captured a big Auburn car and another big haul of whiskey, 1 but the drivero f the car, on alert, j successfully eluded the officers by , taking leg bail. The car was stopped < just at the turn of the road, and the sheriff in attempting to mount the car as the driver hurriedly attempted ; to turn, the road ahead being block- , ed by the sheriffs car,, was thrown to the ground by being struck by the < fender of the car. His leg was severe- < ly hurt. At this point however, the deputy, sheriff swung on the front end and straddling the hood threw a dan gerous loking gun into the face of driver, who keeled out of his seat and took to the tall timbers. The driver was a negro. The car, and its contents, consisting of quite a num Kor nf rononfinalc VmlHirxr fHo fiprv V* *VVV!/V.V?.^ V.-W J fluid, was brought in town. Clarence Searles is stated to be the driver of i the car and was driving it. OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL Deputy Sheriff T. L. Cann and revenue officer Van Martin made a raid in the Lowndesville section Wedensday and that afternoon they captured on the Dr. Kirkpatrick plantation, near the house of Dick Miles, a negro, a 25 gallon capacity copper still with all paTaphanalia for the manufacturing of whiskey. Be sides the still they captured 50 gal lons of beer. They arrested Dick Miles as the elleged operator of the still, brought .him here and placed him in the county jail. H6 will be given an opportunity later to tell what he knows of the moonshine business in that immediate neighbor hood. FOUNTAIN TOPPLES \ The fountain at the north end of the public square was knocked down late Wednesday afternoon by the car of Mrs. Allen Smith backing in to it. This is the third time that this fountain has ibeen knocked down by cars. There was practically no damage to the car and the fountain put up in sections was down, but not out. MR. LEVI RETURNS ^ Mr. Louis Levi, a popular Abbe ville citizen returned to his home here yesterday after an absence of several weeks, spent with relatives in Manning, where he went to re cuperate his health. Mr. Levi is look ing unusually well and was warmly greeted on the streets today by his host of warm-personal friends who are delighted to see him back at home and looking so well. % NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD IN DARLINGTON. Speech By Gov. Cooper Mendel Smith AUo Heard?C. A. Reed Re-Elected Major General Of tke Division. Camden, May 19.?The South Carolina division of the United Con federate veterans which has been in session here for two days came to a close tonight amid an outburst of enthusiasm equal to that displayed at the opening. The program, for the day includ ed a business session and also some addresses, the most important of which were by Governor Cooper and Mendel L. Smith of Camden. The concluding parts of the, program consisted of a monster parade which was composed of veterans, ijponsqrs maids, matrons of honor, the Ameri can Legion, Kershaw guards and many other organizations which was followed by an open air reception, the feature of which was communi ty singing, more than 1,000' school children taking {>art. The program for the night consisted of a fish fry, folowed by a dance In honor of the i veterans. ' The election oi! officers took up i j. i.i_ _ ! inubu ui wie aiue.rxiuuii uiumiraa ;>ca-1 sion. Maj. Gen., C. A. Reed was re elected by an overwhelming vote to serve as commander fcr the di- 1 vision, while Gen. D. W. McLaurin was elected commander of the first brigade and Gen. P. A+ McDavid re elected to serve as commander of the second brigade. All other offi cers are to be appointed by the com mander of the division and will be announced at a later date. During the entire afternoon noth ing but praise could be heard from the veterans for the entertainment given them by the Camden people. Many of them stated that they had never been entertained better in their lives and that if any city treat ed them better they would have to "go some." Camden has done herself honor in the manner she has taken care of the veterans and the memory ^f the pleasant time will be held in the hearts of the Veterans. Gre:en vile, Abbeville and Darlington made bids for the next reunion, the result of the vote being that Darlington will entertain the veterans next year. COUNTY GOOD ROAD ADVOCATES ENTHUSIASTIC | i Messrs. George T. Barnes, Secre tary of the County Chamber of Com merce, J. M. Nickles, Jas. S. Coch-! ' i ran, C. E. Williamson and M. B. Reese, representatives of Abbeville county to the state-wide good roads meeting, held in Columbia Wednes day, returned to the city yesterday very much enthused over the good road movement that is sweeping the state. Abbeville is right in line with the foremost counties of the state in this great move and good road advocates are pushing, in every way possible, the work of bettering road conditions throughout the county. WILLINGTON SCHOOL CLOSES GOOD YEAR The Willington High School closed a most successful term this week. The closing eriercises were held last night in the school audi torium, whena pleasing and enter taining program was rendered by the pupils. FOUNTAIN MOVED The fountain that has heretofore stood at the North end of the square and which was knocked over by a' car Wednesday afternoon, has been moved to the south end of the square and will hence be in less danger of benig run over. ABBEVILLE WINS THE LAST GAME Takes Second Game From Honea Path by 11 to 8.?Husky Tate Gets Three Hits, One Far Three Bases. The curtain went, down on the ] final baseball game of the high school season Wednesday afternoon when Honea Path, for the second time this spring, was defeated by the ( Abbeville "Hi" champions. The game was rather slow and filled with all 1 sorts of errors both inexpensive and costly. It so happened that the most costly ones were made by the visit ors which resulted in Abbeville win ning by a score of 11 to 8. Honea Path strated off strong in ( ii r? i. ? ii! il 1 ~ me nrsi irame getting tnree league hits and as many perfectly good tal lies before Buster recovered his equilibrium and retired the side by striking out three batters. It was not until the fifth inning that Xbbeville hit her regular stride when the local boys scored five tal lies which made the score stand 6 to 5 in favor of Abbeville at the end of the fifth. Each team scored one in the sixth and one in the seventh. Honea Path came stronger in the eighth scoring two but the Old Tim ers came back with three big ones. The visitors were unable to do a thing in the ninth, Buster retiring the first three up by making them fan the air. Tate for Abbeville was specially good with the stick Wednesday, something unusual for the old boy, getting three hits out of four times s up and one of them for three bases. nnon Pnf.Vi'ss . f?atf?ViAr and first! . baseman were the stars for the visit ors. The score by innings was: R. H. E. Honea Path?300 Oil 120?8 9 8 Abbeville .001 051 13x?11 .12 11 Umpire: Galloway. ? The Abbeville high school' team has had a splendid season having won sever, games and lost only three, two of these to Elberton. GOOD RECORD BROKEN Notwithstanding the fact that criminal court is less than two waeks off, the happy announcement was made in these columns Wednesday of this week, that the county jail was without a single prisoner. This good record, however, has been smashed to smitherens within the past two days and at the present gait the sheriff and deputy in going there will soon be a full house by the time the clarion call of the court crier is heard on the morning of June 6th. LEAVING ABBEVILLE Mrs. Seitz, and her two children, Stella and Norman, are leaving Ab beville next week for Texas where they expect to join Mr. Seitz and to! make their home,in the future. Mrs.j Seitz has lived in Abbeville for sometime and has made many friends among our people. The two children ] have ranked well in the classes of thej Graded school and their companions see them leave with regret. ' < TO START WORK ON Y. M. C. A. : Work on moving the residence 1 from the corner of South Main ^ and Brooks Streets to the ad- < jacent lot is being pushed vigorous- I ly and work on the Y. M. C. A build- < ing will, it is understood commence i at once. J UNION SERVICES. The Union services of the several 1 churches will be held Sunday evening < next at the Episcopal church, be ginning at 8 o'clock. Everyone^s cor dially invited to attend the services. LOCAL COTTON MARKET There was "notmng aoing on me - local cotton market today. The wea- - ther was too damp for the fleecy ; staple, and there were no bales ' brougth in. XH UNION WILL WAIT YEAR PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL AS SEMBLY DEFERS ACTION Dfficers Are Named lev. Thomas H. Law of Spartan burg Re-elected Stated Clerk and Ex-Officio Treasurer. St. Louis, May 19.?Action on the jroposed unificatoin of the five :reeds of Presbyterian churches ih ;he United States are deferred until wnon ktr fVto ef rronflro 1 Qqqatyi_ itAi/ jrcwj. uj \/xw3i/ mwwv**? jly of the Southern Presbyterian :hurch, which opened here today. The Rev. A. V. Curry of the Sec >nd Presbyterian church of Mem >his was elected moderator. In delaying action on union, the tssembly indorsed the recommenda ion of a committee appointed last rear to form later a constitution for he proposed amalgamation, which equested another year to consider he plan, explaining no loss of time vould be entailed as. two of the ynods have not yet met and final lecision could not be reached this pear. The committee suggested also I, hat delay would give additional ime for smoothing out differences rf opinion between the churches. The Rev. Thomas W. Law, of Spartanburg, S. C., was re-elected tated clerk and ex-officio treasurer or three years. The election was the irst under the rule limiting the erm. The Rev. J. D. Leslie of Cisco, Pexas. was reelected permanently :lerk. Julius S. Sibley of Waycross, }a., was appointed reading clerk ind the Rev. L. B. Lyon of Clinton, 5. C., temporary clerk. Minor officers of the assembly will >e elected tomorrow when commit ;ees are appointed. A gavel given the new moderator s made of wood from the First Pres jyterian chjirch built in 1853 and jears a silver plate made from the irst co-mmunion cup of the church. The new moderator lauded the work of his predecessor, the Rev. Walter L. Lingle of Richmond, Va. The retiring moderator, as well as bis sucessor, emphasized the im portance of developing foreign mis sions. Stressing the Importance of a comprehensive evangelistic program, the Rev. B. P. Hill^-of Louisville, as serted workers should become in timately acquainted with the youth of the churches and the youthful viewpoint. "If you don't know anyting about Babe Ruth buy a newspaper and read the sporting news." He condemned present tendencies in women's dress, charging there is "too much georgette and too little godliness." MR. PENNEY'S ARM BROKEN BY HORSE'S KICK Mi-. H. E. Penney, the popular larrier of R. F. D. 3, had the mis fortune Wednesday of having his arm brokeq. About 10 miles out on lis route coming in he hit the horse ivhich kicked, hitting him on his left irm just above the wrist breaking ;he bone. He was brought in to the :ity in an automobile and had his irm set. He is able to be out on the street but will be off the route for iome little time. The horse he was driving Wednes lay was not the-horse he drives reg llarly but a new one he had taken >ut that day. A SICK BABY. William Henry, the lively young on of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White i3 luite sick at his home on Greenville treet. Dr. Neuffer is fixing up a ;'ood Jeal of nasty medicine for him ind Miss Shearer is on hand to make lim take it. It is hoped the little fel o\v will soon be well again.