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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
GLASS WARNS OF NEW
LOAN IF MORE EXPENSES
ARE MADE BY CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Another
liberty loan will be necessary If con-
press embarks on "new fields of
large expenditure or reduces the 2g-
gregate volume of taxes Secretary
Glass declared in statement last
night, setting forth in detail the
governments financial condition. If
the present tax level is retained and
new expenditures are kept down,
the turn has come in the tide of
government financing, the secretary
asserted.
Barring the congressional action
mentioned, Mr.. Glass believed the
treasury would be able to pay its
own way from tax and war salvage
receipts. Although further issues of
treasury certificates of indebtness
may be expected, they will be re-
deemed from cash N hand rather
than through the SAFE of new issues
of certificates for the first time
since late in 1917. The treasury
secretary directed attention to state
ments made early in September in
which he expressed the opinion that
the strain had lessened and that aft
er January l the governments fl
nancial problem would be more east
ly solved.
Indicative Of the progress made
by the treasury, in solution of these
problems, Mr.. Glass pointed to re-
ductions between September and
January l in the nations gross debt
and in the two classes of certificates
of ihdebtness outstanding. The
gross debt which on September 1
was $2G,596,701 ,64S was $25, 5,S37,-
078,S07 on January l. Reduction in
the floating debt unmatured treas
ury certificates Of indebtness of
'S622,653,250 has been made since
September 1, leaving the total out
standing obligations of this nature at
S3,57S,3S5,800 on January 1. A re-
duction of S685,726,500 was report
ed fo rthe same period in the out
standing so-called loan certificates,
leaving $1,326,661 900 of these yet
to be funded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
DESCENT OF VICTORIA
FALLS is MADE BY
DARING AMERICANS

Victoria Falls, South Africa
Two daring Americans have per-
formed world-beating feat-the de-
scent Of Victoria Falls!
Scaling a precipice of 369 feet
with a rope, they accomplished a
hazardous climb down the remaining
rocks to the waters edge at the en-
treme bottom Of the great pit-a to-
tai of more than 400 feet-and
stood where 70 human foot has ever
trod.
First to penetrate the pit were
Pliny W. Horne and William Stowell
beth of Los Angeles.
Horne is a camera man and Sto-
well film director. They are men,
bel; oI the Smithsonian African ex-
pedition, a party of scientists and
motion picture men touring Africa.
Never in history, since the mis-
sionary-cxplorer DR.. Livingston dis
covered Victoria falls in 1855, has
any living thing been at the bottom
of the chasm, save baboons and
birds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
, AT BAPTIST CHURCH

3. The Rev. Eugene r Pendleton,
Pendleton, S. c., formerly connected
with the Y. NJ. C. A. in France, and
T. B. Lanham, State Y. M. c. A.
Secretary, Columbia, arrived in Abb
beville last night. The former will
give an illustrated lecture at the
Baptist Church tonight, using stere-
optican views of scenes on the bat
tlefields of France. The lecture will
be a discourse on the speaker 5
actual experience in France, when
serving with the Y. NJ. c. A. Mr..
Pendletdn is accompanying Mr..
Lanham on lecture tour in the in
terest of the Y. NJ. C. A. The lecture
= free and there will be musical
program accompanying the evenings
program.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
Hole With One Outlet

To appreciate what the Americans
did: Imagine a cleft in the earth
400 feet deep and of width varying
from 25O to 400 feet; sheer, perpen-
dicular cliffs, absolutely without foot
holds; the chasm at right angles to
the Zam0esi river, which cascades
over the one long side of the mar
row, longitudinal pit, leaving the op-
posite cliff bare, mist-bathed and for
bidding; imagine the chasm a hole
in the earth, with only one narrow
outlet near. one end, a gateway with
rocky sides falling vertically into
a swirling pool of water, a mael-
strom aptly called the Boiling Pot.
Had the ropebroken there would
have been no escape for Stowell or
Horne from the bottom of the pit.
They couldn't scale the sides. They
couldn't swim the whirlpool current.
There was just narrow ledge to
stand on, no path along the bottoms
edge to the gateway from the chasm
into the gorge.
And Stowell and Horne made not
one descent-but two. Previous to
penetrating the full distance, they
first went over the cliff of Cataract
Island to the bottom of DEVILS Cata-
ract, the most westerly cascade of
Victoria Falls, a distance of 26O feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
HOSPITAL LOANED.
$1,000 BY COUNCIL
Loan Made To Tide Management
Over Present Emergency and Will
Not Relieve People of Final Re
sponsibility in Matter. Street
Sweeper Bought.

At a meeting Of the CITY Council
Tuesday night $4,000 was loaned to
the Abbeville County Memorial
Hospital to aid the management TO
complete the building and finish
buying equipment. The Rev. Louis j.
Bristow, DR.. G. A. Neuffer, DR.. }. Z.
Hill and D. H. Hill appeared before
the aldermen and argued the case
for the hospital. 1t was pointed out
that the hospital would have to be
abandoned unless financial aid was
forthcoming imme liately; the need
of Abbeville and Abbeville coun-
ty, the plans of the hospital and
what had already been accomplished
was discussed and without a dis
senting vote Council voted to lend
the hospital $4,000 at I per cent,
taking first mortgage as security
It was made perfectly clear to
the members of Council that the
management of the hospital would
not let down in it's effort to raise by
subscription from the people Of this
city and county the funds necessary
to build and maintain the hospital,
and to liquidatc the debt to the city
at the earliest possible date.
The loan made by the city enables
the management of the hospital to
push the work at the hospital to COM
pletion and it is hoped by early
Spring to be able to receive patients,
City Buys Sweeper.
The City Council invested in a
street sweeper last night at the
monthly meeting of that body. The
machine will cost $3.50 and will con-
sist of sprinkler and sweeper and
will be drawn by the city's mules!
Thus Abbeville is promised a partial,
at least, allayment of the dust on its
newly paved streets.
The sweeper was bought from the
Austin Western Road Machinery
Co., Chicago, through c. M. Scott,
agent, Charlotte.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS

Marion, Jan. 13.-Special: The
county superintendents of the State
vii hold conference in Columbia on
January 20 to consider school legis-
o. the State. A meeting of this kind
has always proven to be beneficial
to the county superintendent in
many ways.
The officers of the association
are: S. J. Wall, of Marion, president; :;
and H. H. McCarley, of Charleston,
secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14

zoo.
j. +. Glenn to J. S. Bowie, 2 stores
in Abbcvillc, $4,000.
J. \. Smith 10 Drayton Nance, l
acre Abbcviile township, $500.
kittic Bonner and others to L. A.
Ritchie, lot in Abbeville, $40 and
other consideration.
F. D. Sorrow to J. H. Finley, lot
in Abbeville SS50.O0.
Mary Nj. Gambrell to j. T. CHI IT.
ham, Jr., house and lot in Abbeville,
$4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
Paving Greenville Street

Work preparatory to paving has
begun on Greenville street, the hands
being busy shaving down the en-
bankmont in front of the high school.
The road way will be elevated abou.
4 foot and half.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
PROSPEROUS YEAR
FOR LOCAL BANKS
Two New Banks in 1919-All OF the
Banks Have Large Increase in
Observation-Disclosures and:
Directors Meetings Are
Held.

The year 1919 was a most sue
c25sful one for the banks of the city.
Two new banks, the Planters and the
County Savings, were organized and
arc now doing business and both new
banks have Shown g wonderful in
crease in deposits since the first
days business. The older institutions
also show a marked increase in
business.
The National Bank
The National Bank held it's an
nIal stockholders meeting Tuesday
and reelected the same board of
directors, j. Allen Smith, Sr.. W. M.
Barhwell, A. M. Smith, J. S. Morse
and Lewis Perrin. The deposits of
tilis bank at the close of business
December 81, 1918 were S3SO,129.-
81 and on December 81, 1910, the
deposits were $537,5G7.C2, an in
crease of S156,37I05. The directors
Of the National Bank will meet in
the next few days to elect Officers.
The Farmers Bank
1t meeting of the stockholders
Of the Farmers Bank held at noon
today the following board Of direct
ors were re-elected: DR.. F. E. Har-
risen, P. B. Speed, j. Foster Barn.
we'll, S. D. Brown, James F. Clink-
scales, W. II. White and Dr.. C. C.
Gambrell. At a meeting of the
directors, which followed, the same
officers of the bank were reelected.
The directors also passed a motion
raising the salaries of the officers
and employees of the bank from Is
to 25 per cent. The deposits of the
Farmers Bank December 81, 1918,
were S281,719.00 and December 81,
1919, were 449,489.OO, an increase
of $167,770.0O.
Peoples Bank.
The Peoples Bank will hold its
stockholders meeting sometime in
the spring. An inspection of the
books of this bank show that on
December 81, 1918, the deposits
were 1885 5,442.32, and. on December
81, 1919, were s674,912.79, an in
crease of S2s9,47O.49.
Planters Bank.
The Planters Bank has been opened
since October 81. At the close of
business on the first day this bank
had on deposit s36,715.66 and today
the deposits were $223,325.97, an
increase of S1S6,61O.31.
County Savings Bank.
The County Savings Bank had O.
deposit at the end of the first day on
which it opened for business $751;
356.42. Today the deposits of this
bank were close to 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
Play Ground Money

Mrs. Frank Welsh who has been
elling sandwiches and chocolate to
he school children, turned over
$500 to the play, ground fund last
week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
MANY REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS RECORDED
IN CLERKS OFFICE


corded in the last thirty days than
ever before in the history of the
county. The list Of real estate trans
fers follows:
J. A. Moore to Meta Simmons,
three lots in Lowndesville, 500.
Mrs. L. C. Agnew to Joe Young,
lot in Due West, $500.
Thomas Heard to l. O. Simmons,
10 lots in Lowndesville, 500.
0. z. Campbell to H. 7. Taylor,
81 acres Diamond Hill Township,
$4,000
w. J. E. Scott to w. S. Martin,
129 acres Cedar Springs Township,
$4,000.
P. A. Roche to L. C. Parker So
acres, Magnolia township, $4,000.
C. L. brennan to W. F. Nickles
70 acres, Long Cane township $780,
Co.,
Gertrude Thomson to Jos. Jackson
IS acres, Magnolia township $780,
90.
P. L. Blanchett to J. E. Hunter 4
1-2 acres Abbeville township $685.
90.
H. and! NJ. L. Ellis two-thirds
interest in 131 acres Long Cane
township to j. A. Ellis S1,975.00
j. A. Ellis to above, one-third in
tcrcst in 158 acres Long Cane town
ship $1,756.0O.
II. S. Ellis TO Roddy S. Ellis IS
acres Due West township $4,000.
Same to Ralph G. Ellis, ~ acres
Due West township $1,000.
j. H. Hill and L. W. Rice Sc acres
Diamond Hill township S1,40O.
Julia Erwin to T. H. Finley Al
feet Walnut Street, Abbeville $780,
90.
NJ. P. McCalla to J. w. McCalla
100 acres, Lowndesville township
$4,000.
W. D. Barksdale to A. P. Camp
bell lot in Abbeville, 100000
j. A. Smith to w. C. Presher, IS
acres Lowndesville\ township, ST.
10000
Mrs. Eunice Agnew to W. M. Ag-
new lot in Donalds, $1,000.
Willnam Thomas to Neat Simmons
2 lots in Lowndesville, $500.
S. J. Wakefield to J. C. Camp
bell, IS acres, Diamond Hill Town
ship, s21, 100000.
J. B. Ashley to S. w. McLain, go
acres, Abbeville township, $2,086.-
90.
Same to G. A. Mctain, A acres
$1,21O.OO.
J. E. Moore~to Isaac Ellis 8 acres
in Due West, $4,000.
Jas. T. Baskin to J. C. Rampey,
100 acres, Lowndesville township,
$4,000.
w. G. Prince TO j. J. Grant, Il
acres, Diamond Hill, $l,680.O0.
S. H. Adams to G. w. Syfan 1-2
acre in Abbeville $475.00.
J. A. Smith to D. J. Banister, SO
acres Diamond Hill. township S2.-
75O.
]. A. Smith to w. D. Wilkinson, y.
S. Swetenburg, R. E. Cox and C. H.
Pennell, 60 acres, Cedar Springs
township, $500.
J. E. McClinton to Ike Pruitt 2
lots in Due West $65.OO.
]. C. Campbell to l.. M. Patterson
"a acres, Diamond Hill township,
100000.
j. A. Smith to j. r. Presher, 80
acres $4,000.
T. L. Ferguson to w. T. Campbell
70 acres. Diamond Hill township,
$4,S0O.OO.
B. L. Smith to J. H. Hopper, IA
acre, Abbeville, $4,000.
J. ". Latimer to O. Y. and W. L.
Brownlee, 70 acres, Due West town.
shhip, S5 and other consideration.
y. J. Bryson to J. w. Latimer,
IS acres, Due West township, S2,-
10000.
\. S. Kennedy to ". l.. Brownlce
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-14
Preach at Cokesbury.

The Rev. J. l.. Martin, d. D., will
preach at Cokesbury Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01
QUARANTINE FR0l|CS
At HARR|SONbURG

Harrisonburg, Va, Feb. 2S.--~At-
tending the educational conference or
the National Education associa ton at
Cleveland during the past week have
been President s j. Duke and DR.. ".
j. Clifford of the department OF -edu-
cation, State Normal school. Super
intendent w H. keister of the Har~
flsonburg city schools, !. also at
Cleveland
The absence OF "flu" at the state
normal school here Is still matter OF
cengratuiation TO ell concerned. The
students have been In quarantine for
three weeks ana thus the danger of
infection from outside has b,en min
imized. During their enforced stay
on the campus their spare moments
have been occupied by various anus
ing entertainments among them sew
eral moving picture shows given In
the auditorium. The "Sentor Quaran-
tine frolicH.' the Junior Class "Trip
70 Coney Island. and last night n
play by mcnhers Of the senior class
entitled Ills Model Wife"
Elections Of officers of the r. w. G.
A. cabinet and Of tho Student Cow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01
GEORGIA WINS MEDAL
AND PRIZE FOR COTTON

J. o. NJ. Smith. Of Commerce, Jack
son county Georgia. captures the gold
medal and $1,000 cash prize for the
! largest yield of lint cotton in the
United States for 1918. This prize
was enc of eighteen offered by the
Farm Journal of Philadelphia for the
hest THREE yields OF six important crops
torn. wheat. cotton. oats. alfalfa and
potatoes. For each crop gold medal
and $500, a silver medal and $500 and
a bronze medal and $3.50 were the
prizes for the best yields. This con-
test was announced in 1913 at time
"a hen everyone expected the war to
last we'll into 1919. The purpose OF
tho contest was to stimulate production
II those crops which would help to win
tie " ar and help to feed and clothe the
world after IL was over
Five acres was to be the minimum
for each entry. Thirteen states cap
tuIed the eighteen prizes In the cot
ton contest the awards were as follows:
Gold medal and $1,000 to ]. O. NJ
Smith. Of Georgia with 1.360.2o pounds
Of lint cotton per acre.
silver medal and $500 to S. J. whita.
OF sumter, Sumter county, South Caro-
lima, with 1918 pounds OF lint cotton
per acre
o. Bronze medal and $3.50 to william
Peterson. of Clinton. Sampson county,
North Carolina. with 1,040.S7 pounds
lint cotton per acre.
Great interest WAS shown through
out the country in this contest. State
extension departments, farm bureaus.
county agents. banks and farm or
ganizations going the limit In an eff
fort 10 land the prizes for their own
localities
The average yield of cotton for the
last ten years in Georgia has been 1872
pounds. The prize winning yield liz al
rrost seven times ths average for the
state. This shows the great opportu-
nifty there is for tho cotton grower IL
he uses. Mr.. Smith did, the best seed
and reinforces IL with good methoda
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01

Photo Harris and Ewing, Wash.
OF New York. American Red Cross
delegate to the first General Council
of the League of Red Cross Societies
az Geneva. March .. MIR. Cutler is
chairman of the board of directors OF
the American Brake Shoe and Foun~
dry Company. of New York: chair
man of the board OF directors of the
Bronze Metal Company; a director
Liberty National Bank New York,
and director OF The American
Surety Company.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01

eminent organtza ticn have just been
held. The new officers in both or
ganiza lions will assume their duties
at the beginning OF the third quarter
March 81. The new officers of the
Y. w. C. A are: President Corinne
vice president, Coralease Bottom,
Richmond; secretary, Esther Evans,
Richmond treasurer, Evelyn Craig.
Fickardy, Maryland.
The Office carrying with it the most
honor and responsibility of any in
school is that CT president of STU
dent Government" Miss aalla
Browne, post graduate student of
StanGaraviIie, was elected to this po-
sltion, with Miss Lucille MctClung. a
iunir, Of Eagle Rock. Botetourt
county. as ce-president and Miss Al
herta Rodes, a junior, OF Greenwood,
Aihemarle county, as secretary.
Meeting OF the District II State
Teachers association In Manassas,
February 20 and 81 were addressed
on Thursday by Conrad T. Logan,
Of the English department, on pro
Grossive Tendencies in Twentieth
Century Education" and on Friday
by Miss Kate Nj. anthony, supervisor
of the training school, who directed
round table discussion of Train
ing for Citizenship Carried on In the
Elementary Schools"
Or. John w. Wayland Of the Us
tory department, Is now making a
lecture tour through the South. His
lecture on Edgar Allan Poe has
been given at Roanoke. at Emory and
Henry college. at Bristol, at Johnson
City and Chattanooga, Tennessee. He
viii speak at number of colleges
through the South. going as far as
Tulane University in Louisiana.
National Song Week has been OBJ
served at the assembly period each
day by specially prepared programs
given under the direction of Miss
Edna Shaeffer. of the Music depart
ment These programs included one
on patriotic music, one on Southern
songs and one on tolk songs and bal
lads.
The senior ciass basketball team
recently went down in defeat before
the sophomore team. thereby upset
ting the calculations OF athletic wise
acres about the campus. The score
vas IA to g. The junior team, so far
undefea ted, is now making prepare
tions to SNOW under the seniors
later in the sesson The seniors,
however. take different view of fu-
ture events. Tho lineup was:
Seniors Pc. Soph
Nellie Roark ~ Marie Painter
Clara Lambert r. H Deatherage
Ellen Campbell &C. Isabel Barlow
Margaret Proctor C. Grace Tilnan
Clara Hansberger. G. Harriet James
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01

John Michel Rappoie died in New
port News yesterday according to in
formation from that place last night
Upon arrival OF the remains tomorrow
the funeral will take place from the
grave in Blandford cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01
The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
has resumed, as of this date, the operation Of its
property, and now solicits, and will endeayor to
handle satisfactorily, business to and from all
points on via its lines.
BY virtue OF its geographical location, The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, tapping as it does
the large industrial centers Of the interior, and
connecting the principal cities OF the Seaboard
with those OF the Mississippi River and Great
Lakes, is logically in position to furnish salts
factory transportation service between the Eastern
Section and the Middle and Western States.
Regular freight schedules will be established
between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington IN the East, and Pittsburgh, Wheeling,
Columbus, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis and other import
ant centers In the West, and special efforts will
bs made to maintain regularity q sssvtce-
1t will be tho aim Of The Baltimore and Ohio
Company in the future, as In tho past, to satisfy
the reasonable requirements and desires of its
patrons, both freight and passenger, and 1t
socits business solely upon that basis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01

The funeral OF the late Willis T.
Smith took place yesterday afternoon
from Tabb-Street Presbyterian church.
Rev. c. r. Stribbling, officia ting In
torment was faaAie In Blandford Gene
terry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01

Congress laid aside the peace treaty
to debate the English cut of Pershing's
pants and tunic. Why not wait until
the Anthony amendment is ratified. and
some real fashion members are added
to their number
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01

Baked in their intrigue for tho
rape of Albania, the allied premiers
are shocked to note that the sick
man at Washington is still strong
enough to hurI a monkey wrench into
their machinery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-01
Mrs.. Ina Florence Crrxwen.

After 81 period Of Illness lasting only
two days. Mrs. Ina Florence Cresweil,
died Mt til" home of her parents. 1115
Mosby stect, ar S;45 O'Clock yesterday
morning. Her death was due to a
complication OF ailments
Funeral services will he held at the
residence at 3 30 o'clock this after
noon. Rey. l.. T. Hit will conduct
the ceremonies Burial will be in
lakewood cemetery.
Mrs Creswell was formerly in the
employ of The Richmond Virginian as
a hookkeeper. She is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Shap-
land. two sisters, Misses Olga and
Doris Shapland and one brother.
Richard Shapland.