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, / t Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. ;$2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, July 4, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. 10 LOCATE BRIDGE OVER SAVANNAH ENGINEER FROM STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT COMES THURSDAY TO CONSULT WITH GEORGIA ENGINEER AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION / ? Mr. J. S. Stark, chairman of the f 'uunty Highway uommission, ??o vceived notice from the State Highway Department that Bridge Engineer Barnwell will be in Abbeville Thursday to consult with an engineer from the Georgia highway department and Mr. Humbert, Abbeville County Engineer, relative to the location of the proposed bridge to be erected across the Savannah river. This bridge is to be the crossing place of the Calhoun highway now under construction. Mr. Stark says the bridge must be located at a point mill ho noTopahlp to qll Darties concerned, so that each of the Georgia and South Carolina counties adjacent \;o the site will agree to pay "heir pro rata share of the cost, which is estimated to be about $60,000 to $100,000. Elbert and Wilkes counties in Georgia and Abbeville and possibly Greenwood counties in this state will bear the expense of the project, though it is hoped that the federal government will give aid. Mr. Stark says that the most favorable location for the bridge seems to be at a point two miles above the Seaboard trestle. Here the ap?roach es on each side of the river seem most favorable and the river is narrow enough to allow construction at minimum cost. However, there is considerable agitation on the other side of the river that the bridge be constructed /about four miles below the trestle, and the final location is a matter that is to be decided after consultation between engineers and representation of interested citizens in the contiguous territory. The erection of tms bridge..will make possible the connection of one link, the road from Abbeville to the the section of road from Calhoun Falls to the bridge is built. Another ~ link, theroad from Abbeville to the Greenwood county line, is now being surveyed for top-soil construction and the road from here to Calhoun Falls will DrobablV be the next one to be surveyed. It is underwood that the Greenwood link already in condition to become a part of this highway. MAYOR PRO TEM REESE This morning, July 4th, was the first time that Mayor Pro Tem Reese has been called upon to preside in police court, but he handled the business of the day like a veteran. Jack Robinson was not so quick as his name and the police caught him with a pair of "knucks," which were of sufficient hardness to be classed as concealed weapon. For the privilege of carrying them Mayor Reese charged the negro $15 or allowed him to work 30 days. Pearl Chester thought she saw a good opportunity to get away with a pair of shoes but she didn't. As a consequence of the miscarriage of her plans, she had to return the ?hoes and pay $5 or serve 10 days. Henry Carter had business with the city court in connection with his disappearance from home at a critical ,!me. His wife, Mattie Carter, had typhoid fever and Henry left home ':o call assistance but it took him a week to get back. In the meantime the city had to look after Mattie, and she was sent to the hospital. Now 1 . Henry will have to pay a hospital bill and maybe more. He put up a bond .it recorder's court. FISHING TRIP. Dr. H. C. Fennel, Messrs John Cal| vert, W. D. Wilkinson and Owen Speed left this morning to spend r several days fishing on Savannah river. r V % I Ill OPEN BIDS FOR ROAD WORK \ COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSIOP TO LET CONTRACTS FOR AN TREVILLE AND DUE WES1 ROADS?WORK PROGRSSIN< ON LOWNDSVlfcLE PROJECT Mr. J. S. Stark, chairman of th< Abbeville County Highway Comrais sion, announced this morning tha he hacT" received assurance from th< State'Highway Department that th< department would be ready to receive and open bids for the construe tion of the Due West road, vi{ Donalds to the Anderson county lini on July 22. This is a federal ait project, the government paying 5( per cent, of the cost while the county pays the other 50 per cent.- Thurs day of this week the commission wil open bids for the Antreville road from the city limits to the Andersor county line, 16.5 miles. The countj will receive a small sum of state aic money on this road, the sum being about $18,000 which comes from the county's share of the state automo bile license fees and the two mil mod fQV 1 Mr. Stark says that the commis sion ha? hope, and some assurance that the state department will applj its money and supervisiqn to the construction of bridges and leave the road work' entirely ^to the countj commission. The money derived from the sale of bonds does not go tc the building of bridges, Mr. Starl* says, and the state aid money, with some to come from the supervisor, is about enough to build the four bridges on the Antreville road. Satisfactory progress is being made on the Lowndesville* road, there being three squads of men employed already on the project. One gang is located just beyond Rocky River, one near the home of Mr. Power, and the other near Campbell's school house. ELEVEN PEOPLE SUFFER ' FROM PTOMAINE POISON i Member* of Four Families Suffer Effects of Ptomaine Poisoning After Eating Cocoanut Cake Eleven people from four families were violently attacked Sunday afternoon with ptomaine poisoning after partaking of cocoanut cake, made from canned cocoanut. Four doctors were in attendance for several hours and they succeeded in relieving th? suffering so that today all of those attacked are almost recovered. The four families, Mrs. Goings anc :amily, Mrs. Henderson and family Mr. and Mrs. Celey and two smal children and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Woolbright and children, had assembled -it the home of Mrs. Henderson fo] dinner in the mill village, among oth r things on the table being cocoa nut 'cake. All of those who ate oi the cake became ill except three eleven of the thirteen present be coming desperately ill. Two smal babies who were fed the cake, anc ite nothing else, also were ill, suf f>Tinor nnaaiklv mnre tVinn nlHoi people since it was more dilficult t( J ender first aid in their cases. TRUCK HITS MR. CA50N Mr. W. T. Cason, who run:* a stor< near the Southern Depot, was strucl Saturday by the Co-Operative Mer enn+ilo f!r> r1p1iv<irv TIf> wn> braised up and his ankle hurt but th< injury was not serious. Mr. Jamei Darracott, who was driving the true! says that he was going down th< grade toward the depot and tha three wagons had the street block ed in front of Mr. Cason's store. T< avoid a collision he attempted to ap ply his brakes and when they refusec to work he had to take to the side walk. Mr. Cason walked out of hi: store and the truck knocked hin I lown. 'ALL NOW RE HOSPITA * ABBEVILLE COUNTY MEMORIAL PROGRAM OF ENTERTAINME J PURPOSE.?LARGE I F Mrs. W. P. Wham, chairman of I publicity, makes the following appeal which is self explanatory: "Everything is in readiness for ; the hospital birthday party Wednes. day afternoon at 6 o'clock. There will ^ pe a parade of beautiful floats, good music by the Mill band, vaudeville attractions with a good movie after3 wards. Have your birthday gift in - your pocket. The hospital needs so]. - many things that it will be easy to J * select this gift. Chickens, fresh fruit 2 canned fruits and canned vegetables, 1 jellies, preserves, all kinds of dishes, ) towels, sheets, pillow cases, scarfs, f tray doilies, covers, and center pieces. - And listen, there is a saving bank 1 snugly hid in fhe birthday cake in , which it will be a delight to drop i dollars and checks. r "A nice thing about this party is l-Pthat the gift is not absolutely neces: CAMP JACKSON MEN i ; TO BE DISCHARGED ; WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS RE( LEASE OF ALL SOLDIERS WHO > MAKE REQUEST IN WRITINGARMY MUST BE CUT TO 150,t 000 MEN. i _ Columbia, July 2.?'At this time next week Camp Jackson will probably be minus a thousand or more | soldiers who are to be discharged under the provisions of the teleeram received by the commanding general I | of the army, directing the discharge!, | of any'soldier who makes a written , request to get *ut of the army. The telegram from Adjutant Gen- \ \ eral Harris to the commanding gen-j eral of the Fifth division said: "You| . will discharge for convenience of i the government all enlisted men of 11 ' your division who apply in writing I for discharge during the month of I July except men under chzlrges and | serving sentence period, men en-1 11 titled to travel pay, but will not be permitted to reenlist until general ' recruiting is resumed. To comply with the telegram, or| ders went out from the headquarters of the Fifth division yesterday morning to all regimental and separate ' unit commanders, who are directed j to act upon a property filed application, and immediate action is to be | had on each application. Since the passage of the recent I appropiration (bill, which reduced} . the appropriation bill .which cuts the army to 150,000 men, it has been known that the discharge of ap^ proximately 70,000 men was neces-j sary but not until yesterday did the method for reducing become known, | j and a majority of army officers had J j entertained the hope that soldiers who enlisted for only one year, and r whose elistments expired would be j discharged. Now, however, it appears that wholesale discharges are to be given to men of the Fifth di- j vision who may desire to return to I their homes, the majority of whom ; have been in service approximately! c six months, having been brought to j Camp Jackson by the recruiting; 5 drive for the Fifth division the last' s of December and the first of Janu-I 3 ary,' thfis year. * 2 AUTOMOBILE TURNS OVER i t Mr. J. L. Car wile was brorfght to j > the hospital this morning suffering] - from bruises incurred when his au^o-| i mobile turned over as he was driving; - o Abbeville this morning from his1 s home in the country. He is not serii ously injured, it was said at the hospital, and he expects to be out soon. { ADY FOR j L BIRTHDAY hospital puts on interestnt and profit for worthy :rowd expected sary. You are invited to come anyway and enjoy the afternoon. Come and see the biggest cake ever on exhibition in this town. Don't fail to see the booth where the gifts are displayed. "Boiled ham, fried chicken, sandwiches, cake, ice tea, lemonade and i? cream will all be sold on the square, so nobody need go home for supper. Dr. Rakestraw will be the star of the vaudeville and as the best is last you can't afford ttf miss this attraction. This will be followed by the moving picture, "The Ghost in the Garret," the proceeds to go to the hospital." 'The County Memorial hospital is one of the most worthy institutions < ever established in Abbeville. It is ' doing a great work, but it needs ) . boosting. We are going to boost it Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock. Everybody^come and boost." CMIR'S HOPES BLASIEDJN FOURTH DEMPSEY HAS BEST OF SCHEDULED TWELVE ROUND FIGHT. FRENCHMAN GETTING IN 1 4 ONLY ONE EFFECTIVE BLOW. : 11 FRENCHMAN BREAKS WRIST, j j 1 i i Ringside, Jersey City, N. J., July 2 ?Jack Demps?y is stil heavyweight pugilistic champion of the world. A crushing right swing from the , fist of the American fighter shattered j the titular aspirations of Georges j Carpentier in the fourth round of the ; so-called "Battle of the Century" j| here this afternoon. The pile driving blow landed flush upon the jaw of the Frenchman's, flooring Carpentier \ for the second time in a trifle more y than a minute of fighting in the final and decisive round. Although he had staggered to his feet after the initial knocks down he: was unable to survive the second one and was motionless when Referee < Harry Ertle tolled off the fatal ten count3. Although the knockout punch was driven to Carpentier's jaw the way to Dempsey's victory had been paved by a continued bombardment of blows which landed on every section of the Frenchmen's body. Each swing, jab 1 and uppercut, scored to the stomach, ribs and -sides, contributed to the i slowing up process of the speedy Car- I pentier. In addition a clubbing right < which landed flush on the back of < Georges' neck in the third round, i played an important part in his defeat ' The Frenchman folded over in an at- < tempt to protect his body, left the back of his neck exposed and Demp- 1 ey with the fair target in front of him, drove down a terrific slam to ^arpentier's vertebrae. After the knockout the Frenchman stated in his dressing room that this punch was the cause of his pugilistic downfall. He said that the punch < stung his entire physical and mental makeup and he was thereafter unable to carry on any effective attack. "It developed after Carpentier had returned to his training camp at Manhasset, N. Y., that during his aggres- ' sive and effective attack in the second round, the Frenchman had broken his right thumb and sprained his wrist. Carpentir was unable to explain how the injury occurred, but it 1 is thought that it came as a result to a hard swing which landed high on Dempsey's head." I Two out of every three persons in the world are unable to read and I write and one billion of the billion six hundred million persons in the I world are non-Christians. GOVERNMENT COSTS OVER EIVE BILLION / ( \ BALANCE IN TREASURY OF HALF BILLION DOLLARS, ENOUGH TO MEET EXPENSES FOR SEVERAL DAYS IF ECO NOMICAL. Washington, July 3.?The cost oi running the United States government during the fiscal year which ended Friday was $5,i 15,927,68$, according to the treasury department's statement for the close ol business June 30. The figures, how ever, are subject to aujuswnemo Revenues from all sources, although showing a drop of $1,000,000 undei the previous year, amounted to $5, 624,932,'960, and there was a balance of cash in the general fund amounting to $549,678,105, enougl to meet expenses for several days Expenditures averaged around $40' 000,000 a day for the week befon the fiscal year ended. . For the year ending June 30 1920, the government's income wa: $6,694,565,388 and its expenditures $6,40<3,343,841. All types of taxes collected during the 1921 year showed losses, compared with 1920 returns, but the big increase was in the income and profit levy which produced $3,206,046,157 in 1921 and $3,144,149,287 the previous year. During the year of 1921 the gov ernment obtained $8,864,998,322 from sales of its securities and retired $9,182,027,170 worth of securities. Listed in the ordinary disbursements was $999,144,731 paid duing the year as interest on all classes of debts. The gross national debt at the end >f the year was $23,977,410,552, while at the end of the 1920 fiscal year it was $24,299,321,467* The high points in the deibt of the United States for all time came August 31, 1919, when it was $26,596,701,548. SENATOR S1IH ^AAnPA Al IATM w mm SAYS THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD S' REDISCOUNT RATE IS TOO HIGH AND PILES UP TOO BIG A SURPLUS.?WANTS INVESTIGATION Washington, July 2.?Declaring that he had been informed by the treasury that the federal reserve system had surplus of about one billion dollars, "in excess of all requirements," Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, declared today in the Senate that there should be an investigation of the rediscount rates maintained by the reserve board. Senator Watson, Democrat, Georera, said he had read* a letter by a federal reserve Iboard member to a Georgia representative in which Senator Watson said, the member "had threatened to make war against that Georgia Congressman for having criticized" the board." The lettei Senator Watson said, was "insulting" to the congressman. Senator Smith said he was informed that the gold reserve of the federal iKanlrinor svst.pm was 61.4 Der V,*? * cent, when the legal requirement was 40 percent. Rediscount rates, Senator iSmith said, should 'be lowered to four* percent. Excessive surpluses, he added, were caused by the board's policy of "deflation and contradiction." In defense of the reserve board, Senator 'Smoot, Republican, Utah 'aid there were "to sides to this question." "This is a world condition," said :he Utah Senator. "The trouble is that foreign countries cannot buy our agricultural and other products." MJ SAIiJRDAY , IS DOLLAR OAY I i ' MERCHANTS AND CITIZENS COOPERATING TO MAKE DAY I ONE OF REAL PLEASURE AND PROFIT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. FREE LEMONADE FOR ALL ' : The merchants and other people*of . j^-bbeille propose to see to it that next ( Saturday, Dollar Day, shall be as nearly a day of celebration and fes' tie spirit as any that has been celer brated in Abbeville in a long time. THfy propose to have all the trim-' mings of a sure enough circus, all ' the noise of a fourth of Julyfireworks display, all the fun of a funny paper. On the square, about which will be grouped the thousand ar\d one I never-before-heard-of bargains, will be found rivers, oceans and barrels I ' f the beat lemonade that was ever _ made in the shade, or served with a ( spade. It will be free to all comers, ie only hope of the providers being that there will be enough people ' present to drink the whole "green ^ river dry." Everybody that comes } will be as welcome as his brother or his sister. White and colored will find ?asy work for their dollars to do rnd lemonade to drink. [ It isn't often that Abbeville so I sacrifices its long famed and admired dignity to put on an occasiar. of this sort. But once it agrees to let , down the bars, it will go about the _ job in a whole-hearted and efficient f manner. The Abbeville folks, county __J --J. J.. 1 _?lAj 1 auu cny, are nut tu ue uui aone uy I any citizens under the sun in the disj pensati\n of bargains or hospitalitj/. \ You folks can see what you want to I ">uy in the list of advertisements given in this paper, and it*s your priv?ge to pay for only such things as you need of now or will need before you come to town again. In which . rase you will find Abbeville merchants ready to give you more than a dollar's worth. TWO ROAD CONTRACTS TO BE LET JULY 7TH Members of the Anderson County Highway Commission this morning announced that on July 7th, they would receive bids for road work on the Williamston and Starr roads also a small stretch of road on the Fortman road. This action on the part of the high'way commission is made possible by 1 the recent authorization of the county delegation to procure $100,000 for the resumption of road work in An; derson county. The commission was ! authorized lo procure these bonds, it ? will be remembered, in view of the . fact that the necessary federal a?d . funds to make the proposed issue of . $250,000 valid was not available and - until the 1922 session of the legislai ture when other steps will be taken i by the county delegation, the local commission would have been without .1 funds to proceed with road construct tion work in this county.?Anderson t Daily Mail. i MOTORCYCLE HITS WOMAN Minnie Quarles, a negro womah, was run into and painfully /bruised . Friday afternoon by a motorcycle ridden by Mr. George Jones. Mr. Jones . was also bruised in the collision. The . woqaan was sent to the hospital, but . her injuries were not serious and she ; was discharged Saturday. Mr. Jones , -ays the accident was due to his at. .t-nipi to avoid a collision with an . automobile. He was riding behind one car and about to meet another, and 11 'o avoid running mio eitnec ne was ' forced to take to the sidewalk. The negro woman was on the sidewalk vith two or three white children i whom she was in charge of, and the motorcycle knocked her down. None >r tlie children was injured. A snake expels about two-thirds of its poison from the glands at the first bite: I r