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1 3 i - .1 Established 1844. 52.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Friday, May 5, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. DEFEAT OF NEW SHARP SURPRISE JELECTION RETURNS INSPIRE I DEMOCRATS? VICTORY OF BEVERIDGE BLOW AT AD MINISTRATION FORCES IN WASHINGTON Washington, May 4.?The defeat of Senator Harry S. New by Albert i J. Beveridge in the race for the 1 senatorial nomination m maiana'. constitutes the most startling and i significant political development i since the election of President ] Harding. i This is the opinion of Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, on& of the t most sastute political observers in : Washington. "Senator New was chairman of the speakers' bureau of the Repub lican party in the presidential cam paigm," he continued. "Senator New was one of the president's closest friends ana aavisers. xio was one of president's spokesmen!; ?n the floor of the senate.. In his J race against Beveridge, he had the'1 support of the powerful Republican 1 machine, for the president and his < administration constitute the issue, p "That he is defeated for the | J nomination or even were he to se-|' cure the nomination by a graze, the < event could not fail to Impress the/ Republican people. Senator New in j a personal way *was exceedingly 1 popular but that popularity uphol-1 stered by the Republican national ] machine was not aWe to withstand1; the effect of the record of the ad- j minis&rauon. "The defeat will stimulate Demo- 'l crats alt over the United States forM it indicates the trend of the time^l and opinion of the people every- < where. The Republican party is shot, to pieces. Say 'boo' in the capital,' and Republican representatives and senators will stampede." j In Indiana, Senator Harrison added, the defeat of New might re dound to the advantage oi tfte Ke-;, publican party for Democrats in the', general election can not bring; against Beveridge charges of reac-! tionaries and Newberryism, he ex-i. plained. , "But at that," he concluded, "we , might beat Beveridge, for it looks very much like a Democratic year, everywhere." i AUTOMOBILE TRIP I Messrs. J. R. Glenn, J. C. Thom son, T. G. White and J. S. Morse will make a trip through the coun try tomorrow to Morganttwn, N. C., 1 '1 Qnnriou t Vi pyp iit-tb POSSIBILITIES IN I Postmaster General Work is to take advantage of radio possib week beginning week of May 1, the post office, but insists in hav shows the Postmaster tienerai si postmasters. TERMS OF ALLItli . , IF FULL RECOGNITION GRANTED AT SAME TIME?PLANNED TO DIVIDE BAKU OIL FIELDS IN TO FIVE ZONES, ONE FOR SO VIETS AND FOR 4 POWERS. Genoa, May 4.?The Soviet repre sentatives here announced today that the terms of the allied note to Kus sia had been telegraphed to Moscow says the Exchange Telegraph, which adds "it is stated that possibly Pre mier Lenine will accept, demanding simultaneously full recognition." The Soviet delegates said the fin ancial help offered by the allied memorandum was disappointed and inadequate. * They admitted, says the Exchange Telegraph correspondent, that theyj were considering various offers for oil concessions, which they said con stituted for Russia a basis of future international policy, and they were studying a plan to divide the Baku and Gronzy fields into four or five zones, one of which the Soviets ft-ould operate, granting concessions jn the others to rival national groups such as the American, British, Bel gian and French. This, however, the Soviet delegates said, would be con litional upon de jure recognition and adequate financial help. Genoa, May 4.?France's decision I to support the opposition 01 oeigium to the private property clause of the memorandum sent the Russians was announced today by the French dele gation here on receipt of official in formation from Paris. It was added that Vice Premier Barthou, head of Jie delegation, would hasten his re ;urn to Genoa, arriving here Satur lay. STORES CLOSE ONE HOUR Cadi Morninf from 10:30 to 11:30 1 o Attena nenvu jemm The stores and different places of business were closed this morning from 10:30 to 11:30 to allow the merchants and their employees to attend the revival service being held in the Methodist church. The stores will be closed each morning during the revival, and housewives may gov- j ern themselves accordingly. NEW WESTERN UNION HOURS Miss Gann will be on duty at the telegraph office from 8 o'clock in the morn:ng until 8 at night, with the office closed for dinner from 12:30 to 1:30 and from 6 to 7 o'clock in the evening for supper. IADIO FOR POST OFFICE advising postmasters everywhere ilities during postal improvement by broadcasting postal station in in? one riei-ht in his office. Photo ending a message to one of his PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FED- C ERATION OF LABOR TELLS OF ORGANIZATION'S DETER MINATION ?GOMPERS SAYS LABOR MUST MAKE FIGHT New York, .May 4.?Samuel Gompers, president of th? American v Federation of La<bor, speaking to- r night to a crowd that jammed Madi- s son Square Garden in. a mass meet- c ing called "by th? New York brancn t of the association against the pro- s hibtition amendment, declared that i j labor "must make the fight now and 1 we will never stop fighting until the t rights of the peopl? have been re- a | stored to them." 2 He was cheered by crowds both t I inside and outside the big pavilion, ^ for those who could not get into the ( hall heard the various speakers c through voice amplifiers. The meet- * ing was largely attended 'by mem- 1 Kqvc rvf nninn laJhor. reDresentatives of more than 30 labor organizations t being present. There also were f many men prominent in the city's c business and financial circles, who q occupied places on the stage. A ( large part of the audience was com- j posed of women. "I and th? federa- < tion I represent," Mr. Gompers said, j "are in favor of beer and light ] wines and against any attempt to t enforce sumptuary laws aimed at t the personal liberties of our people, f "I have always had faith in the future of my country but with pro hibition I am apprehensive of the ^ future. Temperance isis the rule of t the great mass of organized labor but the prohibitionists and the so called Anti-Saloon leaguers have ^ done more to undermine the morali ty and temperance of the working man than any other agency I know. t "I have traveled all over the c United States before prohibition in- r eluded its socalleid dry territories ^ and today as I pass through these c sections I have found more drunken * ness than ever before." ? I "There are no stronger or more * powerful supporters of the Volstead act than the distillers and bootleg- t gers," Mr. Gompers declared, to the t accompaniment of vociferous ap- * I plause. "With the Volstead act and ? prohibition replaced 'by a ligm; wine and 'beer bill, the bootleggers would go out of business." Mr. Gompers declared that there "are no greater violators of the Vol stead act and the prohibition amendment than those who voted for their enactment." James P. Holland, president of the State Federation of Labor, de clared that if the representatives in congress from New York did not listen to the demands of the people "others will be put in who would." DAIRY MEETING Will Be Held Saturday Afternoon at ' 2 O'clock in Court House The people of the county are urged not to forget the meeting to be held in the court house Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock to consider plans for establishing a creamery at Abbeville. It is hoped a sufficient number of people will he interested to get this new enterprise in town. It is one of the best ways for the farmer to get ready money to run him until the present crops are made. Creameries have been established in nearly every county in the. State and have proved very successful, and as soon as the people realize that a dairy and feed growing com munity is always prosperous and a cotton growing section poor, the better off they will be. Keep the hour of the meeting in mind and be on hand. COTTON MARKET Cotton brought 18 3-4 cents on th? local market today. >PPOSING FORCES SAID TO HAVE EXHAUSTED STORES OF AMMUNITION FOR BIG GUNS ACCOUNTING FOR HALT IN HEAVY CANNONADING Peking, May 4.?Gen. Wu Pei Fu ras reported this evening to have ar ived near Machang, on the railroad outh of Tientsin, to take personal :ommand of the operations against he troops of Chang Taao-lin on that ection of the battle front. Late re >orts are to the effect that Chang rsao-lin is heavily reinforcing his roops in that region with men of all irms and the indications are that tfachang will be the center of in ense fighting. Artillery duels already lave commenced over a wide front. Jeneral Wu, if he actually takes lommand there, will have facing him he 25 year old son of Chang Tsao in. Foreign military observers with lip f!hi T.i fnrcos rpnnrt that Wu Pei 'u recently has been directing the iperations at Changsintien in an en leavor to get good results out of Jeneral Tso Kun's poor troops, pend-1 ng the arrival of Gen. Fen Yut Jiang's forces, which began to reach 'aoting'Fu on the railway south of >eking Tuesday. The reports are to he effect that Wu Pei Fu's own roops have not participated in the ighting at Changsintien. The heavy bombardment that has >een in progress at various points has lepleted the stores of big ammuni ion and the fighting is now mainly vith machine guns and rifles. At ome places there has been a lull in he battle. < On the middle of the front the roops of Chang Tsao-lin have re aptured Euan. Wounded from that egion say the fighting was heavy luring the past few days, often at :lose quarters. The tide of battle ras continually changing until the irrival of Chang's reinforcement urned the scale. A dispatch received here from Tien sin says reinforcements for Chang's trmy near Machang detrained mid vay between Peking and Machang md marched southward toward the iun river, where fighting took place >n the western bank of the stream. The cabinet here announces that it las received a message from the gov srnor of Shantung, saying that 20, )00 Manchurian soldiers had landed n Shantung, having been transported :rom Manchuria by sea. Trains of camels were seen carry-! ng munitions across the river. Evi-j, ience observed of the five days of lghting were the carrying off the ield of wounded and the burying of j ;he dead. CONTRACT LET FOR BUILDING Df New High School to Augusta Firm Here Yesterday. The contract for the High School building was let Thursday after noon .by the Abbeville School Board as follows: Building complete less heating plant, plumbing and equipment to C. H. Van Ormer of Augusta, Ga., at $61,706. The plumbing and heating con tract was given to T. G. Brittingham of Augusta, Ga., at $10,790. This contract calls for six addi tional class rooms, and the contract price is $5,830 more than the for meo* contract price which was can celled last August on account of the non-sale of bonds. Work will t>eein at once. ALBERT MORSE GETS HOME Albert Morse returned home Tuesday from Pryor Hospital. He was accompanied home by Miss Mamie waraiaw. a uamcu hui^, i and made the trip without difficulty.! TEN MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING TWO DAYS FIGHT-! ING AROUND KILKENNY. | 108 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN, j PROVISIONS OF TRUCE. Dublin, May 4.?A truce between the rival Irish republican army' forces has been declared, it was' announced this afternoon. The truce is operative from 4 o'clock this af ternoon until 4 p. m. Monday, with a view to giving both sections of the army an immediate opportunity to discuss unification. The provisions of the truce are: Claus? 1?All operations except training and ordinary army routine will cease. Clause 2?Both sections will co operate to maintain order and to cease fighting. The peace committer appointed by the Dail Eireann yesterday met at the Mansion house this morning. Meetings also were held by the staffs of the Beggard's Bush head quarters of the regular and Four Courts headquarters of the dissi dent republican army Tactions. As the meetings began the expectation was expressed that hostilities would be extended until the Dail had an opportunity to consider the new sit uation. Some difficulty in calling off ope rations was said to have arisen be cause the official troops have been engaged in the pursuit of offenders dharged with murder, including the authors of the death of General Adamaon at Athlone but it was contended the truce must cover aH boundaries. TO OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY Interesting Program Being Arrang ed by Daughter*. The Abbeville Chapter of the U. D. C.'s will observe Memorial Day May 10th. Short exercises will be held at the Opera House beginning at 11 o'clock. An interesting program is being arranged. The Carolina Syncopators will furnish music. A box will be re served for the Daughters of the '60's. At 12:30 dinner will be served the Veterans at the nome o^TJn?5 Maggie Brooks, after which they will be give;i an automobile ride over the city. At 4 o'clock the children from the schools will place wreaths on the monument and sing appropriate songs. All veterans in the County are urged to- be present. Mtw machine fok c new postage meter machine away with stamps and post office the amouni 01 postagu useu. n. age directly on mail matter and postage. It also has a sealing de matter. Photo shows a demonst the telephone company in Chica ENCE IN SESSION AT HOT j SPRINGS?ANOTHER IMPORT. ANT QUESTION TENURE OF BISHOPS IN OFFICE. Hot Springs, Ark., May 4.?A mong the many important objects of legislation before the nineteenth gen eral conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which con vened here yesterday for a three weeks session, will be that of unifica tion oi the Northern and Southern UUUIC3 U1 1T1CLI1UU13III. During the past quadrennium a joint committee composed of repre sentatives of the two branches work ed out a plan for the purpose of bringing the two bodies into one ec clesiastical organization. The unifica tion committee in its report to the Southern conference will recommend that the negotiations be, continued. Another important question to come before the conference is that fUo rv*ATTomnnf fa limif tUULCllllllg Hit iUU ? CUlVli U bV itimv tenure of the bishops office. Bishops are now elected for life, but there is a widespread movement throughout the church in favor of electing them for a four year term, subject to re election. There also will be an effort to drop the word "South" from the name of the church, and to change the phrase "Holy Catholic Church," in the creed to "the Church of God," the latter was authorized by the last Vmfr +V|?1 (iksniM ^CUCiOi VV/i llViCUVV uwv wmv did not secure the required two-thirds majority of the annual* conferences. The election of new bishops is one of the outstanding topics under dis cussion as the general conference convenes. Bishop Hendrix and Kilgo, it is said, will go on the super an nuated list. Bishops Lambuth, Host and Morrison died during the {last j quadrennium. The college of bishops will recommend the election of three, new superintendents. There are many among the delegates that favor I the election of six and there is a sentiment in favor of the election of a number of missionary bishops to superintend the work of foreign mis sionaries. CLUB MARKET The Club Market was held in the lobby of the court house this morn ing and was a great success. Hamp er baskets of English peas, straw, berries, fresh eggs, cakes, dressed chickens and onions were sold. This has been the best meeting of the ?anH fVip nrnsrvects are finet :ancelling stamps ' ; has been perfected. It does i cancellation and keeps track of le device meters, and prints post- - a at the same time cancels the vice and handles all sizes of mail i-:~- Uninm nitran fn nffiniala nf laulull ucmg given vv vjuvkmo w go.