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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C.,. Friday, May 2g, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. CONTESTED SEATS f CONSIDERED TODAY; ' h ih JUDICIAL, NOT POLITICAL DE- j n CISIONS, SAYS HAYS?RE- j ? I b PUBLICAN COMMITTEE WILL! j ALSO HEAR CLAIMS OF 0 SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGA. i 1? TIONS j fi 1 a L Chicago, May 30.?When the Republican national committee on to- p morrow begins making decisions over contested delegations to the convention it will, according to an- ^ noancement by Chairman Will H. I ' Hayes, proceed to make "judicial s decisions, not political ones." S1 The majority of the contests . come from the South involving the Ci claims of white and black delegates. The contest from Georgia j ^ bringing up a direct fight between Wo?d and Lowden forces promise to v be the center of interest. Fifteen % IT of the 17 seats are in dispute. a The first Georgia convention eleeted a "blick and tan" delega- ^ tion headed by Henry Johnson, a negro. It was officially listed as unpledged. Governor Lowden's cam paign manager testified at Washington before a senate committee si that $9,000 of the Lowden camu paign fund had been sent to John- ^ son. Later, 15 delegates headed by Roscoe Pickett, were elected and aj were' understood to favor General .. ti Wood. Frank H. Hitchcock, one of the general's managers testified to ' the senate committee that tTie $10,000 contest is expected probably to be the most spectacular of all. J** Since a contest was filed from 1 Texas, there was a bolt of negroes i Vi CI from the San Antonio convention j and now two full sets of delegates! are asking to be seated. Both are J ^ reported favorable to the candidacy of General Wood. tc List of Contest In brief, the number and distri- j e] bution of contest are as follows: $, Alabama 1; Arkansas 7; Florida 8; Georgia 15; Louisiana 12; Minnesota 1; Mississippi 12; Missouri 4;j j( ' Xorth Carolina 17; Oklahoma 6;j.( South Carolina Hi Tennessee 2;jpj Texas 23; Virginia 15, and the X)is-1 r trict of Columbia 2. m i. jUJ i ti N. P. McILWAIN DIES iT i it N. P. Mcllwaine, one of the most prosperous farmers of the Hodges section, died suddenly Friday after.noon May 28th., 1920, at 4 o'clock, at the home of his brother, George p H. Mcllwaine. Mr. and Mrs. Mcllwaine were at the home of the brother spending the day. During the afternoon Mr. Mcllwaine went j to the front porch to take a nap, j tc and he dide while sleeping. I lii Mr. Mcllwaine belonged to the \ C large Mcllwaine family of the Long r( Cane section of Abbeville and ! ri Greenwood counties.. He was a j P( man of the highest character and integrity, a representative citizen,: w a kind neighbor and friend. AU of( his life he was a consistent member'w of the Presbyterian church. j ^ In early life Mr. Mcllwaine was 0j ! 4-t married to Miss Elizabeth Dusen-1 u bury. She and their children, W. C. \ ^ Mcllwaine, of Anderson, Mrs. J. Sl Forest Lominack, of Hodges and E. P. Mcllwaine, of Hodges, survive him. His brothers," A. T. Mcllwaine 4 and Geo. H. Mcllwaine also survive him. Funeral services were held Saturday and the interment was at Lonjr hi Cane cemetery at 4 o'clock in the el afternoon, conducted by Dr. J. B. ir Greene, of Greenwood. o' RETiRES FROM RACE g V ! I George S. Wilson, who recently announced himself a candidate for; the office of county supervisor, has' retired from the race. The two two st candidates now in the race are W. L A. Stevenson and L. W. Keller. $ IMPORTANT MEETING OF | 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HOSPITAL IS HELD ? V A very important meeting of the oard of directors of the hospital was! eld last Friday afternoon. The build-' ig is nearing completion, .and the latter of equipping it and having a "\ ormal opening was discussed, and i y laws were taken up for adoption, i r\ A'P +V* rt Ktf Iotwo oil Tin 11 Kn T V/I1C Vi U1C uJ lttTTO TT1UVU TT Lik UV f general interest follows: "No person, whether stockholder, * r contributor, shall receive any pro-1 a t from his subscription or stock, butj c tfy and all profits earned shall be: evoted to the improvement of the d roperty and for charity cases.** j c It developed at the meeting that j * tie authorized capital stoc* of the * ospital was $25,000.00, and onl/jt 11,000 has been subscribed and is-! * ued. It is the hope of the manage- c lent that at least $9,000 additional i tock will be subscribed by the pub- t c, that the hospital may be fully *' ompleted and equipped. The institu-| c ion is intended as a memorial to lie soldiers of the World War who t ent out from this county; and is in- s snded solely to be of "benefit to hu-J * lanity. Its promoters felt that such|r memorial would serve a better pur?! F ose than some shaft of granite orje gure wrought in bronze. T Jt was announced in the directors, ^ leeting that a certain individual! * as rpn#?v to suhserihp. to the full, ^ mount of stock it is desired to is- * ae; but the directors felt it would be,t nwise to permit any one person to 11 old so large an amount of stock, but lat it would be better for the man-j gement and control of the institu-J ^ on and its policy to be in the hands 1 ^ f many. j 0 The property was bought at a ri-j1 iculously low figure, and much of j11 le material used in the building was'' sught away below present market, ^ Si ilues. Because of the greatly in-j eased cost of materials and labor,'a jwever, the hospital has cost more p ? i-?? - ?..?l. ! lcui twice as uiuvu as it was at mot lought would be the cas^. At the re-j nest of the directors, outside, disin-! I Q srested parties of experience camej > Abbeville and appraised the prop- c I 0 rty, and gave it a minimum value of < 10,000. !q . . I v> The question of a formal opening, E the hospital \#as discussPd, but no sfinite date was fixed, as it is desir- ^ i that the full equipment shall be y !aced, and the entire hospital be ^ ;ady for occupancy before such' pening shall take place. In tne mean-| me, however, the public rs cordially' ivited to visit the plant and inspect; II I RDER PLACES LIMIT J n ON PRESCRIPTIONS; * C hysicians Permitted to Issue Only One Hundred For Each Three Months. P Washington, May 29.?In an effort s > defeat the "indiscriminate sale of;C quor" on physicians' prescription,'0 ommissioner Williams, ur<fhe bu- y ;au of internal revenue, ?ssued a'e lling today limiting the number of S 2rmits allowed each physician to'tl DO for each three months, except a ith "good course." | c The order which Mr. Williams said as issued "alter weeKs. or siuay ana ti te investigation of records of scores w ' physicians" makes it obligatory on a ie part of physicians to snow where si ie liquor has gone before more pre-, u ripticn blanks will be issued by the; a ureau. V I OUR FOR EVENING SERVICES IS CHANGED L i11 At a meeting of the local pastors y i*l<l recently, it was decided to b lange the hour for evening services; t< I tnvr nuu uv;o v.. ^ clock, beginning June is:. Tiio ;;er-'v ces Wednesday evening, and next undav evening, will begin at 8.30. 1 i DICKSON HOME SOLD The Dickson home on Ward law ; ? reet was sold Saturday by R. S.j F ink and T. G. White for about y 8,000. j o , I WILSON PRAISES STATE PLATFORM Approves Document Adopted in Virginia.?Writes to Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. N I Washington, May 29.?President( Vilson's conception of the campaign; ssues of 1920 was elucidated today n a letter made public at the White ^ louse expressing the president's 'full accord" with the sentiment con-j ained in the platform recently^ idopted by the Virginia uemocratrc: onvention. The league of nations plank, which leclared for ratification of the treaty j >f Versailles "without reservation vhich would impair in essential integity" was particularly commended >y the president. He also smgled outj 'or praise the platform's declarations m finance and reconstruction which nclude a general proposal to revise ax laws and deplored agitation for 'an indiscriminate bonus" for solliers of the great war. The letter was addressed to Senaor Glass of Virginia who drafted the tate platform and its publication', rom the White House generally was egarded as forecasting what the. resident and his supporters would ixpect to" be written in the party's! national platform at San Francisco. I ["he national platform was not men-, ioned directly by the president j hough he wrote that the Virginia )emocrats had "set forth the atti uae oi uie party" on tne league ot| lations and other issues. League to Front. The league plan!; ^ccnnies a large; ilace in the Virginia platform, emracing a ae;!aration fot "a league f nation'," ant praising "the excep-j lor.al achis 'ement at Paris involved i the ado,)-.: ?i of a league and tivnly o near aki:; to American ideals" The residpn is i ?aiied for "steadfactlyj Landing for the covenant agreed to" i nd the Republican reservation and! eace resolution are condemned. Some of the other features of thej rirginia plan are: A declaration for an efficient mer-j hant marine, with sale to American ( itizens for operation under the Am-j rican flag of all merchant vessels acuired by the government during the! rar. Condemnation of the Republican; ongress for "vain and extravagant lvestigations costing $2,000,000 re-1 ealing nothing beyond the incapac;y of Republican politicians to cope rith the gravest problems.* A declaration that neither labor' or capital should at any irme "take| ction that will jeopardize the public; -elfare," and that strikes and lock-! uts should be supplanted by somelethod of amicable settlement. :OMMENCEMENT AT LOGANSVILLE I Friends in Abbeville are more than leased to now that Miss Thelma eal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam !. Seal, has graduated v.-.th the hon-' rs of her class and delivered th? aledictory at the commence;.ient exrcises of the Logansville, Ga., High chool. Miss Thelma was a punil in he schools at Abbeville some years go and old friends and classmates ongratuiate ner on ner nonors. In the senior play Miss Thelma also jo a prominent part. The exercises 'ere held from May 2lst to the 25th' nil consisted of a music recital, a srmon by Rev. J. B. Ficklan, a sen,i play, a Tom Thumb Wedding and literary address. I Representing Winthrop Mrs. J. Allen Smith. Jr., went to ue West Saturday and attended Sixtieth Anniversary of the (Toman's College. Mrs Smith had een asked by President Johnson o carry the .greetings of Winthrop :> Due West, and she did so in a cry happy manner. < VISITING THE BOY. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White and / i heir children went to MeCormick 'Unday to pay a visit to Mr. and Mrs. '. S. Owen and to take a look at oung Tench Pool Owens the man' f the house. t EXPORT EMBARGO ON j I . SUGAR IS FAVORED Favorable Report on McNary Bill is Ordered by Committee?Early Action Planned. 4 Washington, May 29.?By a vote of 6 to 3 the senate agriculture committee today ordered a favorable re-J port on the McNary bill providing for an export embargo on sugar. Those supporting the bill were rt a. .XT a n 1 oenators inciNary, 01 vregoii; v^appci of Kansas; Kenyon, Iowa; and Nor-j ris, Nebraska, Republicans; ?nd Har-, rison, Mississippi, and Kendrick of Wyoming, democrats. Senator' Smith,' of Georgia; Smith, of South Carolina, and Ransdell, of Louisiana,' democrats, opposed it. Before taking final action on the J measure the committee amended it so as not to interfere with sugar sent^ to the United States by foreign coun-! tries or their nationals to be refined.! Early consideration of the bill is| planned by Senator McNary. Final action was taken on the'biHi after a series of heated speeches which extended practically throughout the day yesterday. THE SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY COMPLETES ITS BUSINESS Charlotte, N. C., May 29.?The| selection of St. Louis as tne next place of meeting was one of the final1 acts of the general assembly of thej Southern Presbyterian church which! adjourned at its night session after^ a week of continuous business. Not until a late hour in the last' session was the Inter-church World' Movement issue finally disposed of, in its entirely, voices of opposition [ to the essembly's endorsement of the project creeping out until the very: close of the meeting. In the form in' Which it was finally disposed of the' Inter-church World Movement has received the endorsement of the Southern Presbyterian cnurch assur-, ance of continued identification with' its authority to collect from the treas-' uries of the church the several a-' I mounts underwritten by them during the past year. DR. CODY TO PREACH AT BAPTIST CHURCH JUNE 2 I Dr. Z. T. Cody will speak in the Baptist church Sunday night, at the regular hour for service. Doctor Cody was one of the three commissioners sent to Europe by Sou;!iern baptists to study the conditions in that coun-r try, and in Palestine. He was in Eu-j rope from September until the last! of January, and went through Bel-! gium, France, Italy, Serbia, Czecho-, Slovakia, Palestine and Egypt; and will tell something of his observations and experiences, with his conclusions. All the greater Christian denominations in America have sent com-! missions to Europe, unc? Doctor Cody's visit to Abbeville will be the first at which our people will re-, ceive first-hand information. ' ICCP.D APPLE CROP IN PART OF VIRGINIA __ Winchester, Va., May 29.?A record apple crop is indicated in the' Shenandoah-Cumberland district,] extending 215 miles from Staunton { Ya., to Harrisburg, Pa., which has approximately 3,000,000 bearing trees. Weather conditions cruring the winter and spring were more favorable than in several years say expert growers. No .damage from frost has been reported and the blooms have set well. The district, according to Federal horticulturists, is one of the most important apple producing sections of the country. COUNTY ENGINEER NAMED r H. B. Humbert. Laurens, was, elected ccunly engineer at a meeting of the County Highway Com-j mission Friday afternoon. He will be paid a salary of $250 per month . and expenses aim win ue iiinnnncu. a corps of assistants. Mr. Humbert has been employed by the Sttae Highway Commission and has been doing road work in Laurens and Hamburg counties. i CANVASSING COMMITTEES I j j AFTER MEMBERS FOR THE W CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 11 I The Abbeville Chamber of Com-J P merce was organized with 74 chaiter IJ members. Canvassing committees are, now out after more members. It is hoped that membership of 350 can Ri be secured. I The next meeting of the organization will be held Wednesday evening at 6:15 o'clock in the Court House, of fima + V> n nnmrnBDinn rtAwi ww ?i wiuu wmt vaw ^aitvaooiiig will" mittees will report progress made, j J. S. Morse, who at a meeting Fri-J day of the board of directors, was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce, has declined the office're because of the pressure or other bus-. re iness. It is hoped that a president hi can be secured by the meeting Wed-1 r, nesday. j bl AT DUE WEST. |V1 The Sixtieth Anniversary of the in founding of the old Due West Female'SF College has been celebrated at Due] West last week and this week and ai many of the friends of the institution are in the town for the occasion. c The name of the college ha/ been! ^ changed to the Woman's College P1 since its establishment. I ca I ^ The celebration began Fridayj night with a pageant depicting the, ^ life of the college from its beginning. J ^ The pageant was held on the athletic: field of the Womans College which 1 had been wired and decorated fora j the occasion. The spirit of 1860 was typified by Miss Wilmot Whitesidesj who appeared in the costume of the P1 sixties while Miss Virginia Reld was m the up-to-date young lady of 1920.jas One of the interesting scenes was' that of young girl graduates of the war period who appeared in hoop in skirts, laced slippers with curling i hair and stood demurely T)y while a man read her essay, a custom which ^ was in vogue in Due West until not so many years ago. The scene telling the story of the QV college in the mission field was ex- af eellent, requiring thought and ability Qj to carry it through. Miss Leslie, as r missionary to India was In the scene mi and with Miss Mary Ransom sang one of the Psalms in the Hindustane.1 The Dance of the Decades, the ecj stability Minuet of the Sixties, the ( gymnastic dance, the dance of the ^ arts, literature and science were ^rj beautifully carried through and were c0 a distinct innovation in the quiet cit>r- | in, The pageant was written and di- t0 rected by Miss Dorothy Edwards p0 Hayes and reflected great credit on' fa her as a thoughtful young: woman, te: the training was excellent and the so pageant as a whole was one of the q most successful affairs ever given in' ecj Due West. \ ,i J Miss Bettie Morrah, Miss Howard so Hill and Miss Sudie Milfnrd. all Ah- _ beville girls, took part in the dffei*-' be ent scenes. j jvj( I ati C. E. WILLIAMSON FITTING j M( UP NEW OFFICE, WILL GIVE ; FULL MARKET SERVICE ' wj i an C. E. Williamson is installing a w.. market wire, connecting with the New York and New Orieans markets, A' i in his new offices which he is fitting un in the Law Rantre. He will em-; ploy an operator and will be in a po-| K1 sition to give an all-day service. j LHe has secured the K. and B.,wc Beers, New Orleans, service and will tel receive daily quotations from the '*e cotton, produce, grain, sugar and cr.ffee markets as well as quotations on on stocks and bonds and the money C(' markets. j in GRADUATES AT ANNAPOLIS j ed j till Among the graduate.- at Anna-1 si1( polis this year is Marion Killings- -vj, worth, son of Dr. S. F. Killings AkK^..;iL. U..4. will lilt i uI 111L 11y ui rvuucvuiCy uui : pj. now of Columbia. Dr. Ki 1 linprsworth 1 nu is in Annapolis to attend com-! n nienccment exercises. Marion KiI-} lingsworth is a nephew of Mrs. Milford and Miss Corrie Killings- j worth of Abbeville, and has many relatives in Abbeville County who will be glad to know of his gradua- j tion. n_ UGH PRICES REIGN ESPITE MANY CUTS ESERVE BOARD'S ANALYSIS % IS NOT ENCOURAGING?NO GREATER DISPOSITION ON PART OF PUBLIC TO ECONOMIZE THAN HERETOFORE Washington, May 30.?Despite cent reductions in prices, little lief from the general reign of gh prices is seen by the Federal eserve Board, in its analysis of isiness conditions, made public toght. The board expressed the ew that there has been no change the underlying conditions of relonsble for the high cost of living. Asserting that while 'store sales' id a tendency to lower prices iar? witness fr? fVii* nrpwncp ftf "*??vww vv V..V r.v?v..v. wlisturbing factors" which suggest re advent of wide alteration in ice levels, the board declares it ,nnot accept the situation as a hole for its face value. The exanation is added that there has ?en only a slight Increase in proxction and that there is no greater spostion on the part of the gener-^ public to economize and invest an had ruled heretofore. "The changes that have taken ace therefore," the board's stateent said, "cannot be looked upi-n indicating a modification of unifying conditions. They may, iwever, afford a basis for changes business relationships that may i ? oaaen into mure iHi-ieatuuig aire." 5LICITOR BLACKWELL HERE Solicitor Homer Blackwell came er from Laurens Monday to look ter the holding of the June court. 1 account of the fact that the ops are behind time, and work jch delayed, there has been a neral feeling that the term of urt should be called off or orderat a later date. Solicitor Black;tll expressed himself as feeling at the pending cases should be ed without delay, but felt that nsiderationu should be extended the farming interests. After go? over the situation he decided have the June term of court stponed until a later time when rm work was noLso pressing. The rm will probably be called for metime in July. iolicitor Blackwell is an announccandidate for re-election. He is st now finishing his first term as licitor and feels that he deserves further term in the office. He will opposed by Hon. J. Howard sore,of Abbeville, at present senor, and probably others. Mr. aore is making a vigorous camign, and is pleased with responses i t-> vahIv tn Ills; nun cue t,uuiui? m wv ...? nouncement. The race will be itched with interest. ["TENDING THE CELEBRATION. ' / Mrs. S. E. Bradley, Mrs. J. C. ugh, Mrs. Lucy Thomson, Mrs. J. McMillan and Mrs M. R. Plaxco re in Due West Saturday in atidance on the Sixtieth Anniversary ins? celebrated in the VVomans Colre. Mrs. Bradley was or Uie sec(I class and when the roll was callanswered for her class, saying that - i n?r (lay v?c*iu uiu^m mw cen and not heard" and she believthat when they had passed their ree score years ancT ten they ould be neither seen nor heard, rs. Klugh answered for her class, i'ct. out of t\vonty-sc \ t-n. "beinjr esent. It is most unus..;:- ;:>at both ).hi';- and daughter should in* prest at such a celebration. ^Ui :vi/\ts.:s?. ? > Cotton Market Account of Memorial Day Lr3IS3JS'3f3J3.r2j'3ireMS?3J5?5,ri.'5.,2.'3j'5?5ll