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Abbeville, S. C., Friday, May 5, 1922
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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
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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
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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
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^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
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at the same time cancels the
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