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I ' ' ' Yv }i:y ytyi Abbeville Press and Banner ^ / 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, July 18,1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. IJOUilMA?waBv?? _ NATIONAL BANK 10! REMODEL BUILDING I Wlil Spend $25,000 To Make One of I the Handsomest and Most Up-toI Date Banks in the Stat??ConI tract Let Wednesday to AtI lanta Firm?Work to Be-!?. rt giu. ?1 Vuv?, I The Geo. W. Muller Bank Fixture I Construction Co., of Atlanta, Ga., I has just been awarded the contract I to remodel the Abbeville National I Bank building. The front will be I remodeled and made up-to-date in I every respect, while the inside of the I building wiH be renewed in its en-| tirety. Mahogany fittings with mar ble wainecoating will be used, and the floor will be tiled. The contract | calls for the expenditure of $25,000 ? " - m : S to make The National Bank one ox B the moot modern bank buildings in , the State. A new heating plant will I also be installed. I The ground floor of the building I will be lowered about two feet, makB ing the height to the ceiling 19 feet. I The present stairway will be removI ed and entrance to the telephone ofI fice upstairs will be gained through I tiie stairs in the building now used ' I by the Abbeville Water and Electric , I Plant. I The whole lower floor will be D thrown into one large room, size 25x I 65, guaranteeing commodious . I quarters for the bank. I The walls and ceiling will be re (plastered and decorated in an artistic manner. A panel picture, repre- J senting the last meeting of the Confderate Cabinet will add historcal , color. Other scenes appropriate to j the Southland will be used. The contract calk for everything j connected with the bank to be new. < Mahogany furniture will replace that , tn present use. There will be a new i vault, modern safe and safety deposit boxes. The electric fixtures new be- j insr used will be replaced by new ] fixtures. ( Mr. Mailer states that when com- i plete the bank will be one of the ' handsomest and most complete in- j stitutions in the State. Work will be- ' gin at once. 1 The plans and specifications were accepted Wednesday at a meeting of the board of directors. The officers of the bank are as follows: J. Allen Smith, Sr., president; J. F. Barnwell, vice-president; Lewis Perrin, Cashier. The front of the building will be entirely changed. The lower part will be torn out and larger windows of plate glass will be put in. These will be shielded by heavy iron gratThe rest of the front will bej changed and repaired. The entrance to the bank will remain as at present, though it will be lowered. NEWBERRY MAN SLAIN BjY NEGRO Newberry, July 15.?The first! homicide in Newberry County for a long time occurred last night about 10 o'clock about four miles from Pomaria and 11 miles from Newberry on the public highway, when Robert Wicker, aged 35 years, was killed m the public road a quarter of a mile! from his residence with a pistol in | the hands of a negro named Clar-j ?nee, or "Cap" Setzler. With Clar-j ence Setzler at the time of the kill-j ing was another negro, Manuel Setzler, his uncle, who, it is said, fired I one shot at Mr. Wicker with a shoti "?>"> W. m Viim CllATPnCA Sfttz-' lea" fired four times with a pistol, only one shot taking effect; that struck ' Wicker in the side toward the back as he was scrambling up a bank trying to get out of the way. I Sheriff Blease was notified of the shooting four hours after it took place. With Deputy Sheriff Dorr oh, he left immediately in his automobile for the scene. He found Manuel Seitzler at home in bed, but could not find Clarence Setzler anywhere last night or today, though he and the deputy and the rural policeman, Mr. Taylor, and Magistrates Betfon bough and Boff searched mooring: every nook and cowier of that part of the country. EDSEL FORD AND FATHER TAKE COMPLETE CONTROL OF MOTOR COMPANY Mt. Clemens, Mich., July 15.?One of the largest fiancial transactions in the industrial history of recent years was announced Friday when Mr. Ed sel For A the 25-year-old president of the Ford Motor Company, confirmed the report that he had bought out all but one of the minority stockholders, and that the sole control of the company now rests virtually in the hands of his father and himself. The entire deal was handled, it is stated, by the younger Mr. Ford, through the Old Colony Trust Co., of Boston. The details of acquiring the stock was handled by Mr. Stuart W. Webb, of Bond & Goodwin, and F. M. Holmes, Albert Boyden and Roland Bloyden. All minority stockholders were dealt with independently and each received the same price per share for stock. The concentration of the control of the company in the hands of Hen ry For dand his son was precipitated by the court decision rendered when the minority stockholders brought suit to compel Mr. Ford to abandon his plan of investing $20,000,000 in profits and forced him to distribute this sum among the stockholders. This decision, it was felt, stood as a barrier in the path of the Ford policies for enlarging their industries and the perfection of their plans for the extension of their industrial and social benefits. The Ford policy does not favor large dividends to stockholders. It favors, as is well known, a profitsharing system for its workmen and hVio ovfonainn <vf honefif t.n +Vlf? I public through the reduction of| prices. . i "We know of no better way to prevent war than to extend industry," declared Mr. Ford, in commenting on the change in ownership of the company. "We plan to continue building plants in all parts of the j world, to continue sharing our pro-j fits as we do today with our employes! and to reduce the price of our pro-! fluct whenever increasing production! makes this possible." With the consummation of this transaction the announcement made last winter by Henry Ford to the effect that he would enter upon the manufacture of a car which would sell for considerably less than the present model, is superseded by plans for the steady extension of the present concern. All credit for the successful efforts to centralize the contol of the com pany in the hands of Mr. Ford and his son is given to the young president. He it was who persuaded his father that this was a better method of carrying out their established policies than creating and organizing a new corpration. v The sale stands as a striking example of the possibilities of American business when that business is backed by vision and trust in the possibili ties of this country. Sixteen years) ago the Ford Motor company was] virtually little more than a machine i shop with a working capital of a few] thousand dollars. Today its assets j are said to total at least $250,000,-! 000, and every dollar paid in by the few men who had faith in Henry Ford and his invention has returned thousands. i The Set Back Colonels. Col. W. D. Wilson gave a set back party at his home on South Main street Tuesday night. Col. J. 1 W. Everett, 01 opartanDurg, was tner guest of honor and all the set-back colonels in town were invited and were on hand, except Col. Patrick Roche, who held a position at home between the mattress and the feather bed from the first flash of lightning until the big storm was over. A delightful supper was served after which the game was played with zest! and pleasure by the following Colonels: Lewis Perrin, T. G. White, W. H. White, J. L. McMillan, M. B. Reese, H. L. Allen, J. R. Nickles, Cliff King, J. W. Everett, J. 3. Stark, W. S. Cothran, W. P. Greene, R. S. jLink, W. E. Johnson and L. C. ParJeer. . W. P. Kennedy left Monday for Camp Sevier to undergo further treatment at the government hospital. FORD ADMITS HE IS "IGNORANT IDEALIST" IN COURT TESTIMONY Mount Clemens, July 16.?In a moment of petulence while on the witness stand today, Henry Ford, plaintiff in a $1,000,000 libel suit n/*n ino4- T\ni1ir TimKh n /X ogaxuou uiic JL/auj x i xuuu&| admitted tha the was "an ignorant idealist". Subseqhently, he reversed his statement. This was one of the alleged libelous charges made against him in the Trbiune editorial. Attorney Elliott G. Stevenson, for the Tribune, had been asking questions to establish, If possible, that Mr. Ford, as a matter of fact, was ignorant. The witness said .that he made the admission merely to stop the examination. Later, when formally asked to admit that he was an "ignorant idealist," he declined to do so. In the course of the examination, Mr. Ford defined a traitor as "one who works against the government;" an idealist as one "who helps others to make a profit", and evidently with Arnold Bennett vaguely in mind, described Benedict Arnold as "a writer." Mnrli "fima xxract p/vn<nitw &A in ing President Wilson's preparedness speeches of 1916. The things that Henry Ford thought and that his peace secretary, Theodore Delasigne, wrote for him were again the topic of examination when Mr. Ford resumed the witness stand. CROP REPORT. A report issued by B. B. Hare, South Carolina Field Agent of United States Bureau, of Crop Estimates, shows an increase of 4 per cent of com acreage in South Carolina over that of last year, the estimated acreage being 2,340,000 acres. Condition on July 1, was 81 per'cent of normal, equivalent to an average yield of 17 bushels per acre. The early plantings range from "fair" to "good." Intermediate plantings a*t generally "good"* while late plantings in various sections are suffering from too much rain, many fields being foul with grass and very much in need of cultivation. Considerable damage is reported to bottom lands from overflow of creeks and rivers,, caused by recent excessive rains. The acreage in Irish potatoes shown a TAdllcHAn of R rw>r <?ont oo compared with la&t year, while the acreage of sweet potatoes remains the same. Condition of the former is 85 per cent and the latter 90 per cent of normal. Acreage in tobacco has increased from 86,400 acres in 1918 to 112,000 in 1919. Condition on July 1, is reported at 85 per cent of normal, equivalent to an average yield of 765 pounds per acre. Acreage in peanuts as been reducJ 1 A J ?i-1- 1--X cu xvr pci tern, ?a cumpaxeu wiin last year, and a 5 per cent, reduction in' acreage of sorghum cane (for sirup) J is noted. Condition of both is 88 per; cent of normal. The apple and peach crops are both reported as 48 per cent, or 2j per cent less than one-half, of a I normal crop. The condition of other crops is as! follows: Rice 88 per cent of normal;' wheat 75; ats 80; rye 86; hay 84; alfalfa 85; millet 85; cowpeas 85; tomatoes 85; cabbages 85; onions 86; gTapes 80; pears 58; watermelons' 80; cantaloupes and muskmelon3 78. i The estimated production of corn! for the entire United States is 2,-! 815,000,000 bushels, as against 2,-j 583,000,000 bushels last year. The' production of cotton in round num-i bers is estimated at 11,000,000 bales as compared with 12,000 bales in: 1918. The production of wheat will apprximate 1,160,000,000 bushels, j or 244,000,000 bushels more than last year and 370,000,000 bushels | more than the five-year average from | 1913 to 1917 inclusive. The price of j wheat per bushel on July 1, was $2.-| 22 as against $2.03 on the corres-| ponding date of last year. Cutting a Melon. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Barnwell and their two children and Mr. and Ms. W. P. Greene, and Mary and Bill, went out to the home of Col. Pat McCaslan Tuesday afternoon and enjoyed a watermelon cutting. The Colonel raises the right variety of melons and knows how many to cut for a crowd of hungry friends. ROSENBERG TO ESTABLISH BY SEPTEMBER FIRST NEW HARDWARE STORE The Rosenberg Mercantile Com pany announces on another page of tnis issue tne estaDiisnment 01 a new hardware "store, distinct and separate from their other stores. The store will be directly under the management of Mr. Arthur Rosenberg. The announcement reads: "We feel confident that the public will be interested in our plans for a New Hardware Store and we hav^V ^decided to give the public an idea ox what we purpose to do. *It is our idea to give our hardware the same close attention that we give our other lines and to have a hardware store that will be a credit to ourselves and to Abbeville "In order to make this hardware j store what we think it should be, we have decided to open a new store exclusively for hardware and equip it properly. '.'Plans are under way for putting an up-to-date front in our dry goods store, which we are now using for a warehouse. "We hope to 'have these new fronts installed before September 1. The present hardware and grocery Store will be used then exclusively for groceries The present dry goods store will be our new hardware store. And the present warehouse will be an up-to-date dry goods store. "We purpose to carry everything in the (hardware line that there is any demand for. The farmers carpenters, blacksmiths, tinners, brickmasons will find this a real service store?" i . LAW; ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE HELD AT STATE CAPITAL r j.; Colombia, s. u.?-Method j t/ coar dinaff the energies of the. various agencies for the enforcements of laws in the State and divers ways of quickening the public pulse and stimulating public sentiment for law and order were, debated from every angle at the conference in Columbia yesterday of solicitors, sheriffs, magistrates and foremen of grand juries, called by Governor Cooper. That there is a pronounced sentiment sweeping over the State a? gainst wilful disregard of legal restraint, was almost universally expressed. In several instances there was eloquent testimony to the awakened public conscience. One instance in particular was the message brought up from Charleston. Sheriff Elmore Martin and Frank J. Simmons, foreman of the Charleston grand jury, both paid wholesome! tributes to the potent moral force which has been given and the remarkable results attained through the war period through community: cooperaton on the law enforcementj program. GAS SERVICE STATION INSTALLED BY ARNOLD I j E. F. Arnold, agent for Ford cars,! is installing a gas service station of; the latest, visible type. It will be j ready for use by Saturday. A large! gasoline tank with a capacity of 1,000 gallons was placed under ground] in front of the garage this week. :? Paving Machinery Arrives. The machinery of the Southern! Paving Construction Company, recently given the contract for paving the streets in Abbeville, arrived in j this city Monday. Part of the machinery came from Anderson and part from Atlanta. ?j ? V V V COTTON MARKET. V V \ V Cotton sold on local mar- V V ket yesterday for 33% centa V V October futures closed in V V New York at 34.55. V V * ABBEVILLE SOLDIER ELECTED OFFICER OF WAR VETERANS BOD'i Florence, July 16.?The South Carolina branch of the American Legion was permanently organized at the State caucus of delegates of thfti several counties here today. Officers were eleceted as follows: State Commander, Julius H. Walker, of Columbia; vice State commander, Guy H. Gullick of Greenville; State adjutant, Irvine F. Belser of Columbia; State finance officer, W. D. Wilkinson of Abbeville; State historian, Sam J. Royll of Florence; State master ot arms, Mr. Williams of Easley; State chaplain, the Rev. j. Fraser of Spartanburg; State publicity officer, Charles S. Gardner of Florence; State insurance officer, W. ;W. Workman of Greenville. State Executive Committee?John J. McSwain of Greenville, Wyndham Manning of Columbia, L. H. Smith of Easley, George Wannamaker of St. Mattews. Finance Committee? Holmes opriuga ui ueurKcH)wn, aminnun; J. M. Johnson of Marion, Sam H. Husbands of Florence. Membership Committee?J. S. McInnis of Darlington, J. F. Anderson, of Easley, Irvine F. Belser of Columbia. Columbia was selected as the next place of meeting. The date for the meeting will be set by the executive committee. ' Body Thanks Governor. Thorough harmony prevailed throughout the session here today, at which the State branch of the American Legion was permanently organized. The delegates evinced the greatest enthusiasm and earnestness in the proceedings. Former officers and enlisted men stood upon the same footing in the deliberations. The high order of the representation ?ent from the various counties was particularly noticeable. Though it was expected tha ttwo days would be j required, the delegates completed; their work tonight and have returned! to their homes. Word was telephoned! to Governor Cooper of the adjoum-j ment the body transmitting their thanks to him for the interest he has shown in the proposed organization. Governor Cooper was to have ad-| dressed the meeting at its session tomorrow morning. The Value of a Dollar. Col. R. W. Smith was in town ori Tuesday with a load of fine water melons and cantaloupes which h was selling out at Wall Street prices He says that a few years ago h j could buy as much for twenty centas he can for a dollar now. The Scenes of His Youth. Col. F. J. Holcombe, of Palatka, I Fla., who has been in the city fo i several days on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Mary Taggart, has gone on to Washington on business. While in the r.itv he saw manv of his bovhoodi friends and on Sunday afternoon he! made a visit to Cade's Mill, where he| worked forty-five years ago. Col. Holcombe has prospered ii his adopted home. MEETING OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY! The Abbeville County Bible Socie-; ty will meet here Wednesday, July! 30. Dr. Lynn, of the Thornwell Or-j phanage, will deliver the annual ser-j mon before the society. The lasti meeting of the society was held in Due West in June. i I LAND COMPANY ORGANIZED. I The Piedmont Land Company was organized here Wednesday with W. A. Calvert, president; Albert Henry, vice-president; C. H. Pennell, secretary and manager, and D. H. Hill, attorney. Application for charter was made Thursday. The amount of the captal stock will be $10,000. The ? * company "wilt ftave omces over wie Haskell Store. WILSON TO TALK WITH REPUBLICANS / . Senators Invited to White Houm for ^ ^ . reraon&l tonveruitioni With the Presdent?Aggrenive Effort to Diminish Senate Opposition to Treaty?To Give Arguments. Washington, July 16.?In an aggressive effort to diminish senate opposition to the treaty with Germany, i President Wilson will begin at the White House tomorrow a series of personal talks with Republican senators. . v . With his reiterated offer to consult with the foreign relations committee unaccepted and with his opponents on the Republicans evidencing no purpose to seek his couneel, the president decided today to adopt the more direct method of invitinjc Republican members to the White * * 1 House and laying before them his reasons for asking that the treaty be ratified. A half dozen senators whose names were withheld were asked to meet there tomorrow and it was indicated that the invitations would be a daily feature until Mr. Wilson had seea most of the Republican membership of the treaty ratifying body. During the day he selected 15 whom he desires to see this week. The president's letter of invitation, sent out by mail late in the day, had not been delivered tonight and there was much speculation as to the choice he had made for tomorrow's conference In some quarters it was thought likely he had invited Chairman Lodge and other members of the foreign relations committee, 1 V but it also was suggested that he may have chosen to talk first with sen*- ( tors who are inclined to be friendly to the treaty and have taken no definite stand regarding it. Pending the receipt of the invitation senators reserved their opinions as to the move, although Republican leaders opposing the treaty in its present form did not hesitate,to / predict that the White Hhouse talks would fail to lessen the opposition *o tion to consider the Shantung proviic senators supporting the president, however, declared his course undoubtedly meant that he has convincing arguments to offer. Those in the President's confidence indicated that the burden of his ap- 1 peal to the Republican senators would concern the league of nations and the Shantung (settlement, the twto provisions which have aroused greatest criticism in the senate. It was predicted that he would teJl His callers the details of the negotiations on fliAoo r>Ainf? -QTirl An Q-nr tfvfhoTe 4:Twii: might, be brought into question. That it might be in a better situation to sonsider the Shantung provisions, tVe foreign relations committee agreed today to ask the state department for copies of all available treaties bearing on Japanese and German interests in China. In its preliminary reading of the Versailles treaty, however, the committee passed over entirely that part of the treaty affecting any other former possessions of Gemany, reserving the whole subject for further discussion. Off to Hendersonrille. Mrs. H. L. Allen and Herbert, Jr., and Misses Mary and Bess Allen left Thursday, morning for Hendersonville, where they will spend about two weeks taking in the pleasures of ' that lively city. Entertaining at Rook. Miss Evelyn McAllister was hostess to a number of little friends on Tuesday afternoon at her home on Greenville street. The little ladies played rook and partook of ico cream and cake at the close of the games. *