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' . V*. ' * , Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, August 15,1919 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. T. M. MILLED IS STABBED ey ifCSu I i Reuben Hill, Former Employe of Al- 1 dermar. Miller Uses Knife?Left , Lung Pierced?Condition Not ! Thought to Be Serious?Negro Escapes?Was Arrested Wednesday Morning For Gambling. IT. M .Miller, city alderman andj merchant, was seriously stabbed here; Wednesday evening about 6:30; o'clock by a negro, Reuben Hill, for-J mer employe of Miller. Mr. Miller was stabbed twice, once 1 in the head and once under the arm, 11 the second knife wound piercing his 1 left lung. Unless complications set; in the wound is not thought to be J serious. Immediately after the stabbing the! negro fled, and a posse headed by' Sheriff Burts and Deputy Sheriff I Cann are on his trail. j There is apprehension of a lynch-1 ing party if the negro is caught and brought to the Abbeville County jail. The stabbing grew put of the fact that the negro left Mf. Miller, owing him some money. Wednesday morn-! Iing fee was caugnt witn a numoer oil other negro gamblers and fined and! ;o pay the fine hired himself out to j ciie city. Mr. Miller asked the negro' Wednesday evening when he intend-j ed paying him, and Hill attempted to walk off without replying. Miller then caught hold of him, swinging iiim around and the negro stabbed -.im, whereupon Mr. Miller knocked| lim down, Mr. Miller falling himself aid Hill scrambling to his feet and , running. It was several minutes be- ^ fore Mr. Miller realized that he was , saabbed and says that he did not see ( any knife in the negro's hand. Reward Offered By City. $25.00 Reward for the arrest of Reuben Hill, black negro, about 21 or 22 years old. Will weigh about , 165 or 170 pounds. Has little finger Off one hand. Notify, IJ. L. Johnson, Chief of Police. iNow Real Estate Firm. ; The popular Real Estate firm of < Traxler Real Estate Company, which have been in the business for the I past sixteen years in Greenville, S. j C.t realizing the service that they j might be to this community, have j opened up a branch office in this i county at Due West, and are located , on Main street, second floor of the ! r? 1_ T? Ur T? w j i Irrcssiy v/s> xiuuuiu^* UA4 MS^ . McAdams will be actively connected | with this firm in the capacity of lo-J < cal manager and from time to time,! salesmen and representatives from] ] the main Greenville office will be'1 sent over on matters pertaining to i the business of the firm. ] This popular firm realizing that the | demand for farms of a cheaper price' than those selling for $200 to $250 i] per acre in Greenville Co., decided}, to open up this branch office andj; bring new money into the territory,! as well as new people and it is the j j aim of the company to work in con-' ? - n :11^ I Inection witn tne main vrreeuvmc lice to this end. < Mr. McAdams will be glad to have ' any one interested in either tlGyingj or selling, to call on him, especially'; those wishing to sell as he will no ' doubt have calls for farm lands right)1 away by those wishing to locate in j1 this territory and as soon as these farms are listed with him the Green- 1 ville office will immediately send 1 prospective buyers over with the!' view of permanently locating them, r A New Business. Col. R. M. Hill is going into a new 1 business. He says the cotton busi-J _ _ a offoif nnw t.r? the live! i IUG5S IS <X Uliiic uuau) ?*v..y v time he is having milking his new ] cow, which gives him twenty-five, cjwiTt* j day. He told us this himself tc, course, it must be true. j n/\n f" TAn T-* ! Nb(jKU?.3 KUD OIUIVC. HERE AND AT DONALDS; BOTH OUT UNDER BONDS Two negroes, Lewis Childs and Ernest Cosby, were arrested Monday by Officers Johnson and McLane, be-, i ing suspected of breaking into and robbing Matthew Butler's store here| Saturday night. Some of the stolen joods were left with a negro woman by the two men and the woman re-! ported the matter to Chief of Police Johnson. Butler could only identify! a pair of spectacles. The other goods1 were identified by two merchants from Donalds, J. R. Dunn and Will, Donalds, whose stores were robbed last Thursday. Both Childs and Cosby were out on bond for robbery, Childs being charg-; ed with breaking into a pressing club here last Spring, while Cosby was charged with robbing Thompson and Kings store in thisVounty. Both negroes were turned over to the county authorities and are now^ in the county jail awaiting action of] the grand jury. j i THIRTEEN CANDIDATES SEEKING Tfi SUCCEED RAGSDALE AND LEVER Columbia, S. C., Aug. 12.?The lists for entrants in the Democratic | primary for congressman from the' sixth and seventh congressional dis-j tricts for the unexpired terms of i Representative Ragsdale, of Florence; who recently died, and A. F. Lever,! of Lexington, who resigned to accept a place on the federal land loan1 board, closed at noon today with six' candidates in the sixth district andj seven in the seventh district filing j pledges. The campaign will open Tuesday.) The first primary election <will be ! held August 26, and the second, if; latter is necessary, September 9.j Governor Cooper has called the gen-( eral election for October 7. Ex-Gov-; ernor Cole L. Blease some time ago! announced that he would be a candidate in the general election in the! Seventh district as an independent; candidate, but it is generally believ-! ed in political circles that he will withdraw. The negro district chairman of the anion Republican party said several days ago that a convention would be held in Columbia after the Democratic primaries to nominate a Republican candidate for congress from the Seventh district. There are approximately 2,500 negroes registered; in SpvAnth. The candidates fil ing pledges from the Seventh district are Walter F. Stackhouse, Marion; Julius S. Mclnnis, Darlington; Philip H. Stell, Kingstree; E. J. Sherwood, Conway; J. W. LeGrand, Bennettsvdlle, and J. J. Evans, of Bennetts-j rille. All are lawyers. In the Seventh district, John J Hughes Cooper, of Columbia; Johni T. Duncan, of Columbia; H. P. Ful-; mer, of Norway; Ed C. Mann, of St. Matthews; C. S. Monteith, of Columbia; Richard J. Person, of Columbia, and Gearge Bell Timmerman, of Columbia, have filed pledges. All these candidates except Messrs. Persons and Fulmer are lawyers. MICHAELIS DENIES HE REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE WITH BRITISH IN 1917 Berlin, Aug. 12?Dr. George Michaelis, former imperial chancellor, has sent to German newspapers a statement declaring he did not refuse to negotiate with England through! rope .Benedict in as nas mm alleged by Premier Bauer in recently] published statements. Premier Bauer has made public a letter from Dr. M^chaelis to Field Marshal von Hindenburg dated September 12, 1917, seeking to prove that there was a refusal to meet England with a view to making peace at that time. The former chancellor declared that in makiner public the letter, the premier suppressed one important' part. This section, Dr. MichaeHs in-' clu-Jes with his statement to the1 press. PAVING BONDS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY GEORGIA TRUST CO The Georgia Trust Company hai written to Mayor Mars announcing acceptance of the $90,000 bond is sue, which has been hanging fire foi two months. Nothing stands in the way of be ginning the work of paving th< streets and it is understood that th< contractors will begin as soon as ma terial arrives. PRESIDENT GETS OVATION DURING HIS REVIEW OF VETERANS OF WAF Washington, Aug. 12.?The ma rines of the Second division, includ inp many veterans of the secon< marne and Ciutteau-Thierrv, paradei up Pennsylvania avenue today. F'resi dent Wilson reviewed the troops a the White House. There were twi regiments in line. At the request of Senator Lodge the senate recessed fpr two hours to day in honor of the marines. Chap lain Prettyman mentioned the ma rines in his prayer at**the opening o today's session. After the marines had passed th reviewing stand, the president an< Mrs. Wilson went to the sidewall and shook hands and conversed wit! nurses and wounded soldiers. Then the president crossed Penn sylvania > avenue to see other sol diers who were seated there Thousands surged about him and i required the combined efforts of se cret service men and police to opei a lane through which President Wil son and his party might walk. In the reviewing stand with thi president were army and navy of ficials, cabinet members and foreigi diplomats and attaches. They ap plauded continually as the marine filed by?"eyes left." COMMITTEE WILL EXAMINE MEXICO WITH OPEN MINE Washington, Aug. 12.?Mexico i to be investigated from the time o: the overthrow of Diaz to the presen date, and every phase of our rela tions with the southern republic ii the interim is to be thoroughly stud ied by a subcommittee of the senate foreign relations committee. Bu any preconceived notion that thi committee wishes to see armed in tervention or that it enters upon it task with prejudiced judgment ii erroneous. This is What senator Albert B Fall, of New Mexico, chairman o; the investigating committee, told mi today. Mr. Fall wants the inquiry to be of constructive value an< wants to enlighten the Americai people on the real difficulties belov the Rio Grande. When the inves tigation is finished, recommends tions will be made. If results cai be obtained without the use of force that will be advocated. But the spirii and temper of the members of th< committee is such that they wanl to see the lives and property oi A ?MA?*iAAn nifirrnno mrnf orirl CIO AJUCllUOU |/ivvwvvvu MUU WW cured at any cost. This is the car dinal principle?protection of Ameri cans abroad?and the investigatioi is calculated to have as much effed in Mexico as in other Latin American countries, such as Columbia where a tendency to abridge American oil rights has already caused the senate to postpone action on the pending treaty. Palavacini Asks Information. Indeed, the announcement that the Republican party in congress has determined upon a thorough investigation of foreign affairs and thai special stress is oemg piacea upon the Mexican situation has stirred ui much interest through Latin-Americca. Felix Palavicini, editor of "El Universal," the leading newspaper ir Mexico City and of the Republic, anc the only daily that consistently stood by the United States and the allies durin gthe war, has telegraphed the sub-committee of the American senate for information about the policy of the investigators. I j CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS REOPENED TO .1 DISCHARGED YANKS Sj Under an opinion of the Attornej ?l General recently rendered to the Civ "j il Scrvice Commission, United State.1 rj soldiers, sailors, and marines \vh< ! missed opportunity to ente.- civil ser "l vice examinations because of theii Ji military or naval service may now b< 2, given a chance to qualify for Gov ernment employment. The Civil Service Commission ; wishing to give discharged servic< ' men every opportunity to qualify fo j civil positions, asked the Attorne; Ij General for an opinion as to ethe (it would be legal to open, ui th> _! benefia of honorably discharged sol J diers, sailors, and marines, examina j tions which had been closed. The At j Lorney General having expressed tb _) opinion that such action is legal ii ^ view of the spirit of a recent act o J Congress which provides for prgfer I ence in appointment to civil position , : for discharged soldiers, sailors, am J marnes, the Civil Service Commis J sion will open only to honorably dis I charged service men examination j! which were pending on April 6, 1917 the date of America's declaration o e war, or whcih were subsequently an j nounced, and for which registers o i, eligibles now exist. Sixty days from August 1, 1919 will be allowed soldiers, sailors/ an< marines in which to be examined fo positions for which examination have already been held if they wfer discharged from the military or nav J al service prior to August 1, an< a sixty days from the date of their dis charge will be allowed those dis charged subsequent to August 1 B 1919' " VICTORY BUTTON ORDER MODIFIEI 8 JJ" Word has just* been received- fron Washington so that Victory Button can now be issued to all honorabl; discharged officers, enlisted men > field clerks, and members of th Army Nurses Corps who served oi 3 active duty in the Army of the Unit f ed States AT ANY TIME betweei t April 6, 1917, and November 11 4 A4 O . 1S10. j This entitles the members of th< . Student Army Training Corps, win s were excluded under Circular 187 t W. D., to be issued Victory Buttons. 5 The Army Aecruiting Station ii . Savannah, Ga., is issuing Victor; 5 Buttons as rapidly as the claim s come in. They appeal to every mai who is entitled to a Victory Buttoi to make an application immediately f There will be no delay, for the Vic ? tory Button is sent out the day thi j claim is received, and the quantit: 1 of buttons on hand is sufficient t< j I take care of all. r . DAVID WINDSOR REACHES CANAD/ 1 J St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 12.?Th< ^Prince of Wales landed from th< ? battleship Renown at Topsail, a fish t ing village on Conception Bay, fo: E his first visit to Newfoundland sol J tiday. After remaining for a fev J hours, he returned to the warship J'He will come to this city tomorrow I New York, Aug. 12.?David Wind J sor, described as a "healthy, whole J some man with light hair, Iblue eye* J and a somewhat plain, good naturec s' face," and better known as his royal J highness, the Prince of Wales, is 2E years old, and as heir apparent of tht British throne, is the eldest of the > five children of King George V and . Queen Mary. He was born on June 23, 1894, and ; according to his royal biographers, 11 received 'a careful and common sense education, mentally and physi.j cally, fnd has ever shown simplicitj [ in manner, dress and life." The t j prince, whose full name is Edward I Albert Christian George Andrew Pat[ rick David Windsor (his family's 5J favorite name for him is "David"), s has four, perhaps, distinguishing - characteristics. He carries a cane, r i3 a splendid swimmer and dancei j and is very fond of animals. PROPERTY OWNERS MUST CONNECT WITH WATER ?! AND SEWER SYSTEMS I The City Council met in monthly | session Tuesday night and the re-\ j ports of the Chief of Police, Health I Officers and Superintendent of the I Wate? and Electric Plant were reI ceived and accepted. J Alderman Wilson introduced an ordinance requiring all property owners on streets that will be paved to make all water and sewer con'i/lections at once. This ordinance Bj j was passed and Chief Johnson was ! ordered to otify the property own^1 ers. r 1 Another ordinance, introduced by e1 I Alderman Wilson, was passed, rej quiring that the fire engine respondi ing to alarms be given the right of i way on all streets and alleys, cross^! ings, the square, railroad crossings, J etc. ?i I Chief of Police Johnson was instructed to report all violations of ^ the city building code and to report for record the construction of any new buildings. / The square is to be paved first , and an ordinance was passed by * council to this effect. The gravel from the city square is to be used to ^ pave Lane Street from Greenville Street to Chestnut Street. South Main Street will be the next j street paved and as there is no sewr erage from Mra. W. C. DuPre's to the Community House, such sewerage was ordered to be placed at once. The matter of putting the electric , telephone and telegraph wires under 1 v * jround on the square and in the rest (r of the business section was taken up, and W. M. Barnwell, of the Tele' phone Company, and Superintendent Hix, of the Water and Electric Plant, were requested to make a y report of the cost at the next meet\ ing of council. aL< A-motion was made and passed 8j that City Clerk Perrin be authorized y! to borrow $4,000 for current city ( expenses. I JUDGE WILL CHARGE ^ FORD JURY THURSDAY a Mount Clemens, Mich., Aug 12.? Artruments in the 21.000.000 libel B suit of Henry Ford against the Chiu cago Dail Tribune closed today with the summing up addresses of Elliott G. Stevenson, senior counsel for the 2 Tribune, and Alfred Lucking, senior y counsel for Mr. Ford. 3 Judge Tucker said that he intended to excuse the jury and counsel toj morrow, while he devoted himself to preparing his instructions, which . will be lengthy. Thursday morning, e he said, he expected to charge the j jury and send it to its deliberaj tions. A Family Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Greene L| had a pleasant family reunion at j their home on the uue w esc roaa Jj Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene 1 Stewart are over from Winnsboro and all the family gathered to give rj them a welcome and to emphasize their affection for their parents. r A table was spread in the grove * near the house and a delightful din-; ' ner was served. There were present,! Mr. and Mrs. Harve Cochran and( three children, Mr. and Mrs. Ramey,j and three children, Mr. and Mrs.j Ji Stewart and three children, Mr. and I j Mrs. G. B. Greene and young son,; ! Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Greene and twoj ^ children, Greene McCain, Mrs. Nancy 'i Agnew, Mrs. Harriet Bowie of Pick^ ! ens, and Miss Frances Wells of: 'j Washington. The day was a most pleasant one. 'i ? ! >, Seeing the Game. lj Aug. Smith came over from Green* ville yesterday to see The Pioneers r on the home grounds. He was per-! ' fectly delighted with what he saw,j I had never appreciated ibefore what eal baseball is, wondered whether or *1 not this could be the same thing they J call "ball" over in Suburb and re: turned to his present place of resi, lence fairly aching to get back to %is real home in Spartanburg again.! | ?Spartanburg Herald. HENRY HINTON. TAKES OWN LIFE ? , ohoots Himself When Girl Refuses to I AM U! . 1J- J KM-J-' Tl iriarry mm?naa maae 1 areau Against Family of Girl if Any Member Tried to Interfere. Girl Turned Him Down. Recently Rischarged , I From Service. \ < \ - i - ? When his sweetheart refused to marry him, Henry Hinton, 27 years old, of Greenwood, shot himself through the forehead here Wednesday at 4 o'clock with a 38 pistol, killI ing himself instantly. Hinton came to ! Abbeville Wednesday with the expectation of marrying a Miss Elizabeth Gordon, of Greenwood, who was visiting her brother, J. B. Gordon. There had been parental objection to the match, it is said, and Miss Gordon came here on a visit. Hinton followed her and had even j made arrangements to get the li- . cense, whem the girl refused to marry ! him. . / In the presence of the girl and on the front porch of the Gordon home Hinton killed himself. He had made threats against the family of the girl if any member attempted to interfere with the marriage, but had given no intimation that he intended to -I i. 1/ ' snoot mmueu. The first bullet that he fired knocked his hat from his head. The second shot, however, passed entirely thru his head. Hinton, it is said, was a guard at the convict camp in Greenwood County. He was a member of Company A, 118th Infantry, and had only rej cently returned from service overseas. i' Hinton came to Abbeville with I Henry Stockton, of Greenwood, and I Stockton was sitting in his automo! bile just outside the gate when the | suicide took place. ; ' I Hinton is the son of James Hinton, i fiTPATiwnnri. Coroner Cox held an inquest immediately and the verdict rendered was death, self inflicted, by the use of a 38 Smith and Weston .Special. The body was token.in charge by W. A. Harris, undertaker, and prepared for burial, being selit to Greenwood on Thursday afternoon. CAPT. WILLIAM HEMPHILL . TO LOCATE IN GREENWOOD Capt. William L. Hemphill, recently retured' from Camp Dix, N. J., where he was discharged as a surplus casual officer. Capt. Hemphill has announced his intention of opening up an office in Greenwood nri tn rift central emrineerinir (work in Abbeville, Greenwood and Newberry Counties. He has had fifteen years experience in engineering work in the United States and South America. He was commissioned at [ the first training camp and served in the field artillery in France. INTERVIEWS SOLDIERS AS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING W. Vaughn Howard, of the Federal Board of Vocational Training, with headquarters in Charleston, was a visitor in Abbeville this week and interviewed a numoer 01 ADDeviue County soldiers who were disabled in the Great War. While here ho made his headquarters at the office of the Home Service Section of the Red Cross. He interested several soldiers in vocational training and will return to Abbeville at a later date to continue his work. NEGROES ARRESTED AND FINED FOR GAMBLING The following negroes were caught gambling Tuesday night by Officers Johnson and McLane and fined $10 or thirty days by Mayor Mars Wednesday morning: Eugene McCord, Mutt Nance, Ike Smith, "Reuben Hill, Hector Devore, Geor^; 1 C Q.xit-U I'imtri, OAWI UUUMI. / i