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CONSTANT! QUITS
THRONEOF GREECE
CAfiiNET HAS RESIGNED, MAR
TIAL LAW IN EFFECT?THUS
FAR GREEK REVOLUTION HAS
BEEN BLOODLESS?WARSHIPS
ARE SEIZED.
Laudon, Sept. 28.?Greece is ir
the Aroes of revolution whid
has dfaready caused the downfall oi
the jfOTemment and according tc
sevent reports from Athens, has
forced the unhappy Constantine tc
abdicate in favor of the crown
prince, thus losing his throne for the
second time in five years.
revolutionary movemenl
whick ie said to be led by* General
Gonatas is making headway in all
directions, but thus far without report?
of bloodshed, .insurrection while
not altogether unlooked for, broke
out in formidable force with unexpected
suddenness, had its inception
among the vanquished troops
brought from Smyrna to the islands
of Mytilene and Chios and among
the soldiers at Saloniki. Strangely
enough, however,, the two revolts
seem to have had different objects?
the fa?er aimed at the overthrow
fOfernment and King Constantsa
and the latter at the defense
of Thrace.
15 London, Sept. 28.?Greece is in
the grip of a revolutionary movement
and King Constantine is reported
to have abdicated.
At least part of the navy has gone
against the government and several
wareirips and transports manned by
revolutionaries are believed to b?
advancing on the capital from the
Aegean islands, where the revolt or
? a.J
lgnnaveu.
IXirect advices from Athens are
lacking, indicating that censorship is
in effett but the report of Constantino's
abdication has persisted since
the last dispatches, telling of the
cabinet's resignation and the approach
of a crisis was received late
last night.
, The revolutionary movement is
headed by an officer named Gonatas
who organized the soldiers on the
island of Mytilene and Chios, off the
Smyrna coast. An order for the de'
mobiiL&ation of these troops is said
i hare been the immediate cause oJ
his ratlny.
Official circles here believe former
Premier Venizelos has had nc
part in the revolt. Because of his
importance, however, and his large
DCrteaal folio-wine in Greece, it is
pointed out, he will hardly be able
to avoid figuring in subsequent de
velopmenta.
frEATH OF MR. JACKSON
was received in Abbeville
th? morning of the death of Mr
J. M. Jackson about 5 o'clock' at hi:
hoime in Campobello, Mr. Jacksor
had been in poor hea?ch for some
tijn?, but the end was unexpected
He was an important business mar
of -the town of Campobdlo an<
prominent in the church and socia
life. He is survived by his wife anc
a laitre family of children.
Mis. Leslie McMillion of Abbe
viil? ^ an adopted daughter and sh<
and Mr McMillan and young daugh
ter, Marie, are in Uampobello. Mrs
Jas. L. MeMillian left for thai
town this morning, and other Abbe
vilie people will probably attend th<
funeral which will be held tomor
row morning, at Campobello.
TO SEE CLEMSON-CENTRE GAME
fne IOUOWing' ADUCVUIC i;cupu
wHI attend the game of football to
morrow at Clemson between tha
Colkjge and Center: W. E. Owen
Mioses Lydia and Debby Owen
Frank Harrison, W. B Wilkerson
Mr. and Mrs Floyd Graves, Mis;
Louise Edwards, Dr. G. A. Neuffe:
H?d family, Miss Nona Barksdale
Doylo Ilenricks, Mr. and Mrs. D
Town send Smith. 1 V
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BANDITS INVADE
: ARKANSAS TO!
TWO KILLED AND OTHERS ARE
I WOUNDED IN BATTLE?ROB
I BERS SELECTED THE WRONC
i TOWN AND RAN INTO PITCH
ED FIGHT WITH CITIZENS.
1 Eureka Springs, ,Ark., Sept. 28.?
i Five bandits heavil^ armed rode int<
" this mountain town in two automo
> biles at 11 o'clock this morning t<
> rob the First National bank. Tonighl
> the bodies of two of them are ii
i an undertaker's establishment, on?
bandit is so badly wounded his deatl
!s momentarily expected, and tw<
; other members o? the 'gang, witl
1 less severe wounds, are in wit
1 guarded jail, as the result of a battl<
between the bandits and citizens oi
i Eureka Springs.
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' The dead robbers have been iden
' tified as Sid Wilson, 40, and Georgt
1 Price, 40, both of Crookstown, Okla
( Charles Price, brother of Georg<
1 Price, is the man not expected t<
' live and Mark Hendricks, 45, Pari
r Hill, Okla., and Sam Cowan, drivei
1 of one of the bandits' automobiles,
,are the men in jail. Cowan is believec
' to be a resident of Joplin, Mo. Char'
les Price was operated on tonight.
On' entering th6 town the men
flrove directly to the bank. Thej
made the usual commands, whict
were obeyed by the bank employees,
The robbers looted the bank vaults
securing $95,000 in bonds and $25,000
in cash, which they placed in
sacks. While they were at their work
E. G. Smith, cashier of the bank,
stepped on a button which soundec
1 an alarm simultaneously in five
' business houses.
The citizens were ready when tht
;uintet emerged from the bank witf
heir sacks of loot. From places oJ
' vantage gunfire was directed at th<
robbers, who returned the hail oi
! lead.
Due to the fact that the town ii
built on a mountainside, the street;
are not on a level, steps leading
down from one street to another
The citizens took advantage of thi:
and occupied positions on a street oi
higher level than the bank, firing
downward at the bandits.
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. HELD FOR A KILLING
OVER 44 YEARS AGC
) Alleged Slayer Left Just After tb<
Tragedy, and Has Just Now
, Been Heard From.
( Red Springs, N. C. Sept. 28?Jo<
Kemp, who is charged with killing
j Dar.iel E. McNeill Iwre 44 years ag<
j has been arrested at St. Augustine
j Fla., according to advices receivet
I here. Kemp, its was understood
; j waived requisition papers, and wil
return here with the sheriff ?fo]
3 trial.
i The killing of McNeill was sai<
- to have taken place while the tw<
. men were engaged in cutting dowi
l poles. Kemp left immediately aftei
1 the tragedy and nas not Deen near<
1 from until tho report of his arres
1 reached here yesterday.
MOVING TO ABBEVILLE
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Mr. H. B. Humbert, County Engi
. neer on the Highway work, expect
t to move his family to Abbeville soon
- They will occupy the small cottag<
? next to the Press and Banner offici
- which is being done over for them
Mr. Humbert has made his home ii
I Laurens County heretofore and Ab
; beville is glad to welcome Mrs. Hum
bert and the two young ladies of hii
? family as new citizens.
t Negro Farmer Robbed.
, Greenwood, Sept. 28.?Tim Fish
, er a negro of the Blakedale sec
, tion of this county, reported to th
3 police he was held up and robbed o
r $25 last night ne>.r his home, W;1
, Taylor and Tim Richley, negroes
. are in the city jail charged wit!
the robbery.
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OFFICERS DIFFER
I ON NAVAL BATTLE
: AIR SERVICE UPHELD BY AD.
MIRAL MOFFETT.?OFFICERS
; ATTACHED TO FLEET CALL
AIRPLANE ATTACK FAILURE.
VESSEL IS TORPEDOED.
Norfolk. Va. Sept. 28.?D.'ame)
trically opposite opinions developed
- among observing officers as the re>
suit of the manueuvers off the
b Virgimia Cape this morning when
1 torpedo planes searched out three
i ships of the Atlantic fleet and thei
oretically destroyed one of them. '
) Seven hits were registered out
i of the seventeen torpedoes disi
charged all finding their mark on
the Arkansas."
^ In the opinion of Rear / Admiral
W. A. Moffett, chief of naval air
- service, Commandor T. G Ellison,
s of the air service, Navy Department
and Col. H. C. Danforth, army air
J service, commandant of Langley
> IK eld, Virginia, the test was sucs1
cessful in all respects, demonstrating
they claimed, .that planes equip'
ed with torpedoes can succesfully
' attack batttleships from the surface
especially if protected by a smoke
screen or fog.
1 But naval officers attached to
the fleet contend that today's ex1
periments only proved that the
' planes are effective only with a
limited radius from their base and
that the two equadrons could have
| been annihilated before reaching
striking distance of the detrad|
naught had the battleships been
protected by the usual screens of
destroyes, They also contend that
I the secondary batteries of the war:
ships under battle conditions could
[ j have blown to atoms every plane
before it had an opportunity to dis^
f' charge its destructive cargo.
Eighteen planes participated in
the miimic battle, but one failed to
1 discharge its missile. The test was
3 staged under ideal w'eather condi'
tions.
3 WEATHER AND CROPS
l
' Drought Continued and Top Crop
Cotton Destroyed.
Columbia, Sept, 28..?Drought
has become rather severe in th6 in*
terior, with sunshine above the
average and the week end unusu1
ally hot but good rains fell in sections
of Spartanburg and York
counties on the?5th. Fall plowing
is practically at a standstill in the
i germination of fall plant'ngs has
? been verv satisfactory. Late corn is
} poor swee?t potatoes continued in
' good condition generally: sweet potato
dgiging is making fair pro'
gress. Pastures are generally poor4
All streams in the state are unusally
r low, and power at dam sites is mat
erially curtailed. Cotton is opening
* rapidly, and picking and ginning
>, are well advanced. The weevil has
1 about taken its toll for th& season,
r and the top crop is practically des*
troyed. The weather has been est
pecially favorable for harvesting all
kinds of good forage. Applee and
grapes are plentiful. Good vegetables
are scarce. Soghum molasses of
good quality is bemg made. Winter
" cabbage and turnips are being plan5
ted in the lower counties.Generous
* rains are needed t? soften the soil
e for fall plowing and the geamina2
tion of seeds already planted.
MR. AND MRS. GRANT MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Grant who have
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had rooms with Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Kincr on' Pickens street, moved yes
terday to the upstairs apartment in
the Wilson house on Haigler street.
MRS. J. M. MORGAN SICK
f Mrs J. M. Morgan is very sick at
1 her home on Pickens street with a
, case of fever. She was taken Sun">
day with an epidemic fwer- that
seems to be going over the country.
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PUN BETTER CARE if
FOR DISABLED MEN
VETERANS SUFFERING WITH V
MENTAL DISEASES CONSIDERED?LEGION
WANTS PATIENTS
PLACED IN GOVERNMENT
OPERATED HOSPITALS.
Washington, Sept. 28.?Approval
of a program outlined today to s
President iHJarding by representa- a
tives of the American Legion which a
contemplates the removal of former a
service men suffering from mental ?
diseases from contract hospitals to e
government-owned and operated institutions'at
the. earliest possible c
moment, was expressed tonight by s
Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer, chief co- j
ordinator of the (Federal Hospitalizatr'on
Board. 1
Dr. Sawyer said the president had \
"expressed his desire that any dif- t
ference of opinion which might in- i
terfere with the best possible care
of disabled ex-service men should f
be removed." ^
The views of the American Le- r
gion in regard to the neu-repsy- \
chicatric patients were outlined to ^
Mr. Harding and Director Forbes of f
4-1* a Va^a?a?(i' Puraoii Vvrr A % A L
UUC ICbCKIUO 1/U1MU KTJ mm* ^
Sprangue, chairman of the legion's (
rehabilitation committee, and Doc- r
tors W. T. Salmon New York city, (
and W. F. Lorenz Madison, W;s, c
this morning, later the legon re- j
presentatives conferred with Dr.
Sawyer, who recently has been crit- t
icized by Mr. Sprangus for "obstructing
the hospitalization pro- ?
gram. <
Dr. Sawyer declaring that as a t
result of his conference with the r
American Legion delegation an j
agreement had been reached for ?
close cooperation between the legion
and the federal board of hos- ^
pitalization, said that "this arrange- t
ment clears up a misunderstanding j
relative to the care of exservice
men and promises united activity in E
seeking the best of service whifch
may be given."
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POISONED AT SCHOOL
Several Hundred Children 111 at
Birmingham.
Birmingham, Alb. Sept. 28?Several
hundred students of the Wood$
lawnhigh school here were stricken
with ptomaine poisoning as a result
of food eaten at the school's lunch ,
room at noon today according to
authorities. A number are said t6
be seriously ill but no fatalities had
been reported early tonight.
According to information receive
from a number of pupils and their
parents the children were stricken
immediately after the lunch hour,
some during the classes and others
on the way home after school.
All thd physicians in thesuburb
were called upon'to administer first
aid treatment.
Authorities of the school announced
that a thorough investigation
of the affair will be made to- \
morrow.
GOOD BUSINESS.
The Georgia Division of the S. A.
L. moved a thousand and eighty-five v
loaded freight cars Wednesday. This "
looks like business is booming some- where.
Fast Express trains numbers ,
47 and 48 will be put back on Oct. {
3rd. These are solid through exiress
trains from New York to BirninKham,
and were cut off during
the business depression.
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NEW CAFE AND LUNCH ROOM ,
t
The nt-W'Cafe and Lunch Room ]
next door to the Planters Bank is ]
being put in first class condition. r
The old fashioned show windows being
replaced by glass swinging doors,
and the inside repainted and done t
over. It presents a fine appearance, (
and the owners are announcing their \
opening in. this issue. d
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IEPUBLICANS PLAN
INCREASE PENSIONS
/ILL COST THE NATION $60,000
000 MORE?CIVIL AND MEXI
CAN WAR VETERANS TO OE1
INCREASE OF FROM $50; TC
$72 A MONTH.
Washington, Sept.^ 28.?A pen
ion pay envelop increase of fron
ibout $50 to ?72 a month for Civi
,nd Mexican war veterans, possrilbl:
is a Christmas gift from unci
Jam is planned by republican lead
:rs in congress.
A bill providing the pension in
rease already has passed ?he sen
ite and Senator Bursum,republican
lew Mexico, its author, says he ha
>een promised by house republica
eaders that it will be passed by th
louse soon after it reconvenes. H
ixpects the bill to become a law be
ore the holidays.
All Civil and Mexican war vetea
ins having served nmty days or an
vfao have developed disabilities wi
eceive the increase of from $50 t
572 a month under the bill and th
vidow's (pension will be increase
rom $30 to $50 a month. Othe
>eneficiariee under the bill includ
]ivil War army nurses, who woul
eceive $50 a month, while pensioi
rrs of the Indian wars would re
:eive $30 and their widows $20
nonth.
Th& pension bureau esfrimate
hat the increased tost of the Bui
ium 'bill during the first year woul
tmount to about $60,000,000 bu
Jenator Bursum told the senat
'I* ? X ?~ **?? J nf An IMIAAA/I if Q
h&l rcyjscu eawiuivco ymvcu ? ?
lot over $35,000,000 The preset
>ension outlay is about $30,00,00
mnually.
The available age of civil wa
veterans now is 78, Senator Bursui
tdded, with their expectancy o
ife of only 5 1-2 years.
IARN AND CONTENTS
BURN IN Mc?ORMIC1
pontaneous Combustion, Induce
By Heating of Peavine Hay,
May Be Origin; #
iMcCormick, Sept. 28.Fire of a'
mdetermined origin, unless* froi
spontaneous combustion, cfomplete
y destroyed the barn of Mr. Gar
r. Palmer about four miles fror
tfcCormick tonight. The fire said b
;enants on the place to have origir
ited in the loft of the barn an
hey say that it was like an exploj
on when the whole top of the oar
vas enmashed in flames. It is ur
ierstood that green peavine ha
lad been placed in the upper pai
)f the barn and it is thought tha
hese vines became heated and caus
id the explosion. The entire cor
;ents of the bam, several buggie;
nowers and farming implement
vere completely destroyed. The los
s estimated to be approximate!
54.000 which is partially covere
jy insurance.
A PATIENT FROM LETHE
Miss Louise Wood, a young lad
;bout sixteen years of age, wa
irought to the Abbeville Memoris
lospital yesterday from the Leth
School where she is a student. Sh
ias been sick about five days wit
yphoid fever. Her condition is fa\
rable this morning.
SHOW ON THREE NIGHTS
Beginning next weok Manage
ferchot will only have three pic
ure shows a week, on. Tuesdaj
-Viday and Saturday. The Oper
louse will bd closed on othe
lights.
The Carolina Syncopators lef
his afternoon for the Laurem
Clinton Country Club where the;
rill furnish the music for the bi;
lanco tonight.
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AMERICAN SHIPS
; ORDERED TO SAIL I
. TWELVE DESTROYERS SENT TO
CONSTANTINOPLE. ? AMERI- J
CAN HIGH COMMISSIONER 1
> ASKS FOR FORCE TO PROTECT |
AMERICAN INTERSTATE.
Washington, Sept. 28.?Secretary :v'||
! Denby today ordered two destroyers
1 divisions, comprising 12 destroyers ' '' <
j to proceed "as early as possible from
a Norfolk to Constantinople with ex- M
. tra supply of provisions," im re- ..
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spuiiae tu a requeau irum rveor .rxu- . ^
miral Mark Bristol, American high v]
commissioner at Constantinople that' -yf
[ they be sent "for the protection of '\^
^ American interests." ; gj
In addition the supply ship Bridge -sj
.will proceed as soon to ConsUnti- Kg
nople.
"The purpose of sending these \
ships is to protect American inter- ^
ests," it was declared and "furnish .v*|?
supplies should they be needed. The m
y method of distribution and in gener- v
^ 1 the use to be made of the supplies
0 to be furnished will be determined by
Admiral Bristol."
r Norfolk, Va., Sept. 28.?Prepara
e tions are under way at the Hampton ' ^
d Hoads naval base to outfit the 12
destroyers ordered by the navy de- sja
!* partment to proceed to Constant!- J
a nople. Admiral Hugh S. Rodman, -'r\^
commander of the fifth naval district |
d said tonight.
The destroyers to be dispatched
d have not been designated, Admiral
t Rodman said. It is understood the see
lection will be by Admiral John D. J
it McDonald, commanding the 'battle'
it ship force of the Atlantic fleet, which |j
0 is now off the Virginia capes.
New York, Sept. 28.?An appeal ri
r to the United States government to
n ,-ush the rescue of Thrace, and pre- ^
f vail upon the allies to refrain from 32
turning that country over to the M
Turks was issued today by the
Thracian Carpedmon society of New
^ York.
"The cession of this unhappy land
i to Turkey, whether under any guarI
antee for the lives of the Thracians
or under no guarantee means simply
the wholesale'extermination of the
n entire Thracian population, with the ;
n most cruel death that can be imag1_
ined," said the society's appeal.
^ TOOK SHACKLES ALONG
^ J. T. Worley, the prisoner who
^ escaped from Newell's Camp near
Honea Path Wednesday has not been
n apprehended. He made his escape
between 11 and 3 o'clock by cutting
the small chain that joined his shack^
led feet to the general chain that
^ runs along the passage way of the *
1 sleeping quarters. He carried the
I ~i ii ?ij.1. ? - -SS
snacKies away wiui mm. vmy u?o
1 ,clue has been reported to the au- J|j
3> thorities. A negro living near Don- '
s aids claims a strange man came to
13 his home before daylight Wednesday
y morning 'and asked to borrow a
J. D. CASON GETS POSITION.
J. D. Oason has been appointed
y to a position under John T. Jones
s of the Interna Revenue DeLi
Dartment. H? reported to Columbia
* ~
e this afternoon for training after
e which he will hav? head<ruarters in
h .Greenville, S. C. Mrs. Cason acr
companed him to the Capitol.
Has Tonsils Removed.
Mrs. John T. Stokes of the Monterey
section had her tonsils removr
od at the Hospital yesterday and is
> reported getting on nicely today.
a THE COTTON MARKET.
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Cotton brought 21 cents on the
- JV.
local market today. Futures closed:
t Oct. 20.80
s Dec ' 21.10
y Jan 20.94
Z March 20.92
.. May ai.91'
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