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i Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, June 29, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. DOLLAR DOEl IF USE Abbeville Merchants To Saturday, July 9th, W Store For-BuyersPrices of Bef Saturday, July 9th, has been des ignated Dollar Day in Abbeville and 1 on this day prices will take such a i ; mble that the days before the war ^ill be brought back to reality. The 1 old dollar has been somewhat of a 1 niker. merchants say, for the^past 1 > x- , two or three years, but it is "pick- < ing up" in size right along and 1 when th? harassed buyers come to Abbeville a^sveek from Saturday they i are going to be astonished. They will t take home more values on that day s than they ever dreamed was possible. < Local merchants say that they are 1 determined that Abbeville County 1 money shall stay at home and work i for this county's progress. Green- ] wood merchants can offer no better 1 values for a dollar than can the mer- t chants of Abbeville, as will be prov i k ed in a satisfactory\pnd never-to-be- 1 forgotten manner July 9th. : Abbeville shop-keepers are plan- I ning to look over their stocks and of- 1 fer some re^ values. They will collect groups of things that by slash- t "???<! 4-Virti-- TtriH V>n aKlo fft ftffpr 1 lug pilVCOj UUVJ n*u W V.V.V w ir..v. at an even dollar. They will pull < down articles that have been selling < at much more than a dollar and s 1 knock the blocks from under the old ] price so that they will move for one 1 dollar, of any American brand. (No s Mexican or Canadian dollars accept- i ed.) Windows will be decorated with c good goods to go for a small gem- e laden bill of the smallest denomina- c ? tion. ; t Over in Greenwood there is said to li be a dollar day scheduled for Friday v and Saturday, but when the foresighted folks of Abbeville County s hear about tne one to oe pui on nere, & they will defer their purchases until I the day comes to put their money to t working at home. \ j SWEETENED POISON NOT RECOMMENDED Clemson College Say* It is Not New c and Never Has Succeeded? I r ? Stick to Standard. Clemson College, June 27.?The use of sweetened poison for the boll weevil is nothing new. but is nearly a quarter of a century old, says Prof. A. F. Conradi, chief entomologist, in regard to the current discussion as to poisons. As far back as 1898, poisoned sweets were employed early in the season applied by means of a stick, a few drops on each eotton plant. The only difference be-J tweeen the concoction of tnose days and the formula recommended at this time is in the particular materials used. Then the^ principal formula consisted of molasses and paris green, or molasses and white arsenic. One formula which attracted spe- ^ cial attention, probably because of ^ , its very complicated nature was made ^ of molasses, paris green, white ar- " senic and arsenate of lead. All of '' these poisons have arsenic as the ac- ' tive ingredient, and no one has ever 1 been able to see why all this array < of. compounds. As the early application of sweet- ' ened poison killed a certain per- < centage of weevils, it appealed to ' many farmery in each state when- 1 ever the boll weevil appeared. Each I year as new terc*.ory has b^en in- J vided by the weevil and new groups < of farmers have become panicky, i they have been in *j;ned to nibble at [1 Ihe bait on almost any hook that is j 1 thrown out to Tiiem, but so far as j < sweets are concerned there is no I j evidence that hoi1 weevils h.ive been j < attracted by their1.. So in tTi; course j i of 24 years sweetened poison has not : paired much recognition though the i vyoevil has invaded eleven spates. In ;: fact sweetened poison has seldom 1 paid the ^xp^nses of treatment and ;it j ' i ) 5 duty :d at home Put On Dollar Da\ ith Real Bargains In ?To Bring Back ore the War Greenville also recently had a dol lar day and The Piedmont speaks ol it in this fashion: ''By nine o'clock nearly every stor< ivr.s crowded with a good naturec cnow-want-I-want bunch of busj juyers and it did not take long tc :lean out many of the lots of popuar articles. "One house sold in less than 2( l-i- - * ninutes an enormous iot 01 smru :hey had advertised. In another store ill sweaters, and umbrellas, wen :leaned out before 9 o'clock. In th< arger department stores the crowd: jecame so great that it was thoughl t might be necessary to call on the jolice department to help handle ;hem. This was not done, however, a* he buyers were a good natured crowc ind had carefully perused the adver ;isements in the local papers, so thej nade direct for the particular de)4rtment in which the article thej vanted was on sale. "If anyone had any doubt aboul ;he wonderful values and exceptional >argains offered by the merchants oi jreenville for dollar day, it was juickly dispelled as soon as the stores were opened, and many peojle who came to look, soon started tc >uy and their only limit was the imount of cash on their person and n the bank. Thousands of bargains >ffered were irresistible. They inclduid everything from the barest of neessities at ridiculously low prices to he finest and most beautiful of uxuries so priced as to make them rithin the reach of anyone. "By ten o'clock Main street was o crowded as to cause a traveling alesman from New York who hap>ened to be in town today, to remark hat it reminded him of Times Square ust as the theatres let out." HURRAH FOR THE FOURTH! The' fourth of July is the time foi jxcitement and the people of the nill village are planning to be in ;he limelight then. In the morning ;here will be a big barbecue in the ifrove opposite the power house, rhere will be a regular river of hasli ind stacks of pies by the score. However, this is not the only feature od ;he day for the champions of the nill team have been "warming up'1 for some time in preparation tc tnock a home run each in the twc james which will be played wit? ETonea Path at 10 and 3 o'clock. Not will the festivities end witt :he day, for at 9:30 there will be ?uch a display of fire works as has leVer been seen in Abbeville before rhis has been arranged by the Boj >couts of the AWbeville Cotton Mills ind will be given at he Mill Base<bal Park. Such dazzling spectacles ai :he Japanese Fan, the Revolving Fountain, and the Blazing Sun wil! be seen. This is something that nobody should miss. tias therefore been generally aban ioned. Instead of any of the special pois ins nnw advocated bv some. tlif! >f calcium arsenate is strongly rec jmmnded, says Prof. Conradi, al though calcium arsenate has nc greater arsenic content than pari: jreen and white arsenic of th< ?arlier day. Poisoning in the heavily infested high yielding land will be oJ ?'ery great help n producing a cot ton crop provided the poisoning i: ione properly, But regardless of th( amount of poisoning one intends t< Jo, it is urged that every farmei stand by his crop and give it bettei attention than ever before. Poisoning can never be depended upon tc secure a cotton crop, unless the cot;on is on good land and unde^ z system of good farm management. ELECTION TRUSTEES : PUBLIC SCHOOLS r MESSRS J. C. THOMSON, W. M. BARNWELL AND J. S. MORSE SELECTED FOR THREE YEAR TERMS AND J. D. KERR FOR UNEXPIRED TERM f At the meeting of citizens held in ? the Court House yesterday afternoon j to select four trustees for the public 1 schools, a good crowd was present, ) more than usually attends these meetings, evidencing an interest on the part of the people in the selection of ^ these important officers, j j Mr. Amos B. Morse was selected k as chairman of the meeting and Mr. , J. C. Thomson served as secretary. k Mr. Barnwell, as Chairman of the . Board made his report of the collections and expenditures for the past , year which was received as informa, tion and spread on the minutes of } the meeting. [ At the election which followed, . Slessrs J. C. Thomson, W. M. Barn j well and Joel ?>. Morse weTe seieciea i . afc trustees for the full term of three' r years. Mr. J. D. Kerr was selected for the un-expired term of the late Al\ bert Henry, this term being for a [ year. Messrs Thomson, Barnwell and Kerr were already members of the i board of trustees, their times expiri ing at thi3 meeting. Mr. Morse was . lfor a term a valuable member of the > board, and his re-election is a testi? mony to his worth as a member of | that body. He is a college man, a i graduate of Davidson Oollege, and is . interested in educational matters, . has plenty of forward ide^s and enfUnciucnrv in fVio urnrlf nrvH will fall > in with the progressive ideas of the board as it has existed for the past two or three years. CHIEF JUSTICE GARY RETURNS HOME ! Attended Sessions of Supreme Court In Greenville?Bar Association of Greenville Gives Luncheon. Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary has returned to the city from Greenville 1 where he has been in attendance on ...? n n L a session 01 tne supreme ^ourc, ' that body meeting out of the city of * Columbia for the first time in the ' history of the court. 1 i While in Greenville the members [ of the court disposed of much work, the sessions being held for the pur1 pose of consultation and for Hearing pressing matters. Many cases receiv* ed the attention of the court. ' While in Greenville the members 1 of the court were the guests of the Bar Association of the city. The 1 members of the latter body tender! ed the members of the court an * elaborate luncheon, which was at' tended by many distinguished perr sonages in addition to the learned J justices. At the luncheon the Chief Justice, each of the Associate Jus* tices, Judge Martin F. Ansel and i Hon. D. C. Durham, the Clerk of the District Federal Court, responded to toasts. Other attractions were arranged for the members of the court, all of which were greatly enjoyed. A GREEK BABY > Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Meros, of the . Greek Colony in Abbeville, aTe re-|ceiving the congratulations of their > friends on the arrival of a baby girl 3 j at their house^on last Thursday. The i little lady is growing Tight along r into a one hundred per cent Ameri f can citizen. 3 FISHING > Cols. J. L. Perrin, W. A. Calvert, r James Gilliam and Pat Roche left r town Tuesday afternoon for a visit - to Dysons They will enjoy the fish> ing and the setback parties afforded by the place along with other enteri tainment offered by Mayor McMillan. BIG BOND ISSUE IS CARRIED, 65-7 PEOPLE OF ABBEVILLE VOTE FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND ISSUE TO ERECT SCHOOL BUILDING.? VOTE 65 TO 7. The progressive program in public school matters mapped out by the Board of Trustees when they ordered an election on the question of issuing bonds in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the building of a new high school met with the all but unanimous endorsement of the voters yesterday, the vote being 65 for bonds and 7 against. Many people- found themselves disfranchised for the time. Under the r>nn?t.it.nt.inn nf +Via c+.atp a man miiqf -pay his poll tax on or before Dec. 31st, or he is disqualified for voting for six months after paying the same. A good many citizens who were anxious to vote in favor of the bond issue found, when they went to the polls, that depression and defaltation had put down the number of voters in Abbeville as well1 as the price of cotton. A good many when they found they could not vote, rushed to the telephones and told their good wives to come down and do what they could not do, and the women of the city did it with a will. The result of the election is most satisfying to the people of Abbeville. under tne aDie leaaersnip 01 superintendent Fulp and his no less able assistants, backed by a united board of trustees, the Abbeville schools have become among the best in the j state. We have only been handi-J capped by the fact that our quarters were inadequate, and this is now remedied. For" somfetMte at least it appears that Abbeville will have the only high school in the county where students may be prepared to enter college unconditionally. For that reason! we must have facilities for all who apply, and we must be prepared to take care of more and more each mop With the huilHinc of roads in the county which are to be good roads the year round, we shall have students coming to Abbeville from every part of the county. There are other improvements yet to be made and other things yet to be done, but these we will acf complish as time progresses. The people of Abbeville have every reason to feel encouraged over the work so far accomplished. The spirit of progress is with us. WATER Suoerintendent C. P. Townsend of tKe Water and Light Plant could tells two pieces of news this morning. The first is that all the the hydrants have been tested out under the new superintendent of the Fire Department and are in good shape. He also says that in spite of the dry weather and the fact that everybody in town is watering the lawn and the gardens, to say nothing of the babies,' the supply of water is fine and will continue so. BACK AT HOME Mr. Thos. Grant Perrin h#6 returned to. his home on North Main street after a week spent in the Memorial Hospital. His health has improved. ta m ncr nw n n v rni IPTH Practically all the business houses in the c:ty have agreed to close their places of business Monday, July the fourth. | HERE FOR THE ELECTION Prof. McTyiere Daniel came up from Newberry Monday to see how the bond election would go. He has tarried a awhile to look after other interests. CHAMBER OF IN ANNUi Five New Directors Chos( Next Year?Approves Asks That Citizens I ' In "Birthday" >At its annual meeting, held yes- tl terday afternoon in the Court House, o. the Abbeville County Chamber-'of Commerce elected five new directors r< to succeed those whoae terms had ex- c< pired, heard the report of the presi- b dent in behalf of the officers and di- b rectors of the work begun "and ac- ei complished during the past year and a discussed projects to be undertaken G in the near future. The body ap- si proved the Calhoun highway project, le the Dollor Day campaign, and asked; the support of all tfie citizens of the th city for the Abbeville County Memo- oJ rial Hospitak ly New directors elected are: Mr. W. ol P< Greene, Mr. A. 0. Roche, Rev. r!< Louis, J. Bristow, Dr. G. A. Neuffer, h< and Mr J Moore Mars They will sue- tl ceed Mr. C. W. Norris, Mr. M. B. hi Reese, Mr. T. G. White whose terms T have expired, and Mr. Albert Henry. c< Mr. Roche, whose term also had ex- g< pired, was re-elected, he being the tc representative of the mill community. k< Mr. J. M. Nickles, president, in ai opening the meeting, said that the m chamber was organized about a year ai ajro when money was easy and that w the enterprise started off with plenty tl of enthusiasm, but as business began cs to drop off there was a corresponding th diminution of enthusiasm Many mem 9t bers, he said, were discouraged and disappointed that the organization cY had seemed to accomplish so little, m but when all the facts are considered ac he said, it was remarkable that even da so much had been done. "The indi- cli vidual members," he continued, "had(M their hands full trying to keep their ar own heads above water, and had lit- ht IMPERIAL MOIL It nTirvrn nrnninu mo MOT CONSIDER BRINGING AMERICA S) INTO TREATY, IRISH REPUBLIC AND ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY QUESTIONS ?TO HEAR DE VALERA. London, June 28.?The imperial conference which re-assembled today c( and which was expected to enter tl upon a series of discussions of the n< various problems it was called to pi consider, is ii&eiy to laao, muuu iwug- y er than originally was proposed, in probably throughout the month of u July. Even, it is expected, it will be found necessary to postpone action J f( on many subjects pending further, j discussion. I jr Possibility of delay in the propo-s- a: ed daily meetings also is seen in the; fact that Premier Lloyd George has w invited Eamonn De Valera "Preside dent of the Irish Repulblic," and Six, & James Craig, premier of the Ulster t( government, to come to London for tl a discussion of the Irish problem. !tl During the last week there has been w a full confidential reviewing of the <i empire's foreign policy, but none of the speeches'delivered in this eon-; hi nection will be made public. !01 There has been a noticeable devel- ! opment recently in press comment' di on the subject of the renewal of the tl Anglo-Japanese treaty. Hitherto it a had been generally assumed that the ki government policy contemplated re- ai newal of the treaty but with modifi- D cations clearly defining its position bi with respect to the United States ti< J 01.,'ng | UIIU v^iiiua. | th DR. FAIR TO PREACH ec ;.m Rev. J. Y. Fair, D. D., will preach si: in the Presbyterian Church next b< Sunday morning. J vi I COMMERCE 4L MEETING >n To Serve Body For i Dollar Day And Support Hospital Celebration e time to devote to community work f any kind." Mr. Otto Bristow, the treasurer, < jported a deficit due to failure to ollect pledges made at the first mem- . . ership campaign. The sum ?collecti- ( le in dues, he said, is more than nough to cover the deficit and leave substantial working balance. Mr. . T. Barnes urged that the memberlip of 131 shall be increased to at ast 200. Secretary Barnes, in speaking of le dollar day, said that large sum* f money were going daily and week away from Abbeville to towns in ther sections. These merchants have o better goods than our merchants, e said, and offer no greater values lan our stores can give, but they ave been making a lot-more noise, hey are bidding for our trade, he mtinued, and they are getting a sodly share of it>. This money ought > be kept at home and it can be ?pt at home, but we've got to go fter it.and keep after it." If all the erchants will cooperate, he said, id offer some bargains that are orth while, there is no reason why le dollar day should not be a sucs. All the mrchants present gave it ieir approval and Saturday, July ;h, was the day set to put it over. nrv.? f 4-Vi/i r>ViOTTIKQT* traro I W uy-l<% >*3 VI cuc vaauivwi HWftv langecl sot that the membership ay be divided into four classes-^ ^tive, associate, and honorary. The ite for the annual meeting was langed from the last Wednesday in 1 ay to the last Wednsday in June id for the quarterly meetings to be ild in- August, Decembr and March. 10 EXPLANATION OF Fl FVEN DEATHS / HERIFF MAINTAINS THEORY THAT KENTUCKY TRAGEDY WAS CAUSED BY MAN IN FJT OF INSANITY?HOUSE BURNED WITH INMATES. Mayfield, Ky., June 28.?Mystery >ntinues to envelop the^ tragedy in le farm home of Ernest Lawrence, jst here, Saturday night when 11 srsonah were slain and their bodies ractically incinerated in the dwell ig, which apparently had been sat* rated with oil. Only fragments of the bodies were >und in the ruins of the house, hey were placed in onone coffin and iterred in Maplewood cemetery this ftemoon. Prior to the funeral the fragments ere examined by Sheriff Marion Mc ain and Coroner 0. M. Mettit, and oth reported that they were unable > find bullet wounds or any others lat would determine the cause of le deaths. An axe and firearms ere found in the erafoers of the welling which led the officials bo -1! eueve uiai> svmc vi w??i ?ave been killed with the axe and ihers shot. Sheriff McCain announced late toiy that he had not changed his leory that Lawrence had developed fit of insanity and in a frenzy had lied his wife, their three children id their guests. Otis Drew, Mra. rew, her three children and Drew's other, Delmar Drew. The indicaons are, the sheriff said, that Lawjnce saturated the room in which ie bodies were found with oil, touch ' ' * ^ 1-211-j i.: l a maxcn to ix ana mueu muwu. rs. Lawrence and Mrs. Drew weflfe sters and neighbors said, had long ?en accustomed to exchanging sits over the week-end.