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communicated to every people. The
sessions were held in secret. But the
merest crumbs Of the deliberations
were vouchsafed unto the public.
Telegraphs and cables were placed un.
der the most rigid censorship. The
press was gagged. Journalists, in
stead Of being permitted to see what
was going on, and to hear what was
being said, were obliged to turn into
eavesdroppers, or to employ back
stair methods to give their surmises
and imaginations some warrant Of
fact.
Arrayed Himself on Side of Those
Who Held Views Opposite to His.
At length, after five months Of Sc
cret battling, Woodrow Wilson, the
Worlds Champion Of Righteousness,
the worlds one-time bitterest oppon-
ent Of militarism, Imperialism, ma
tionalism, hatred, revenge. came forth
not only with the word defeat writ
ten all over him, but even arrayed on
the side Of his vanquishers.
World Disillusioued.
The establishment Of his many
friends and admirers was appalling.
Probably never before had a man fal-
len with so sickening a thud as was
that with which Wilson fell from his
dazzling height. It took days and
weeks before people could get them
selves to believe that what they
heard concerning Wilson was true.
Questions such as these could be
lard on all sides: as il really true
Nat our President consented to a
treaty such as the Peace Commits
Aoners formulated, and which, for
the most part, is Numerically oppo-
site to the doctrines he had hitherto
promulgated" as it really true
that he placed his signature beneath
so reprehensible q document" as it
really true that he reversed himself
on almost all his preachments: con-
corning the right Of people to the
freedom Of the seas, concerning the
right OF people to self-government
and self-determination, concerning
the wrongfulness Of blockades, con-
corning abstention from entangling
alliances, concerning removal Of all
economic barriers, concerning peace
without victory, annexation, and in
demnity, without qualification Of
lusts, Of hatred, revenge, territory,
power?" "If II be true, then may not
his detection from the principles he
had so zealously advocated be ascri-
bable to temporary alteration Of
mind, to temporary lapse Of memory,
to an attack Of some subtle, insidious
disease!" MAY he not have been so
inundated by Clemenceau, or so
hynotized by Lloyd George, as to
have completely lost his power Of in
daVendent thought and action 2"
Change Of View Accounted for.
Mindful Of the teachings Of one Of
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THE JEWlSH NoNIroR

lief that the other peoples would
soon do the same, believed that, mas
much as President Wilson had put the
responsibility for the war where it
belonged, on the discredited monarchs
and militarists, and had publicly ex-
onerated the German people them
selves from all guilt, the worldwide
feeling of loathing and bitterness
against them would rapidly change
to commiseration, that the world
would find 1t as much to its own in
terest as to that Of Germany in help
ing to restore the latter as speedily
as possible to her former sphere Of
usefulness, and to her former posi-
ton in the family Of nations!
Little wonder that millions Of peo-
pie throughout the world hailed
President Wilson as World Savior!
End Of All Wars Expected to
Ensue.
Little wonder that millions Of
Americans linked President Wilson
with Presidents Lincoln and Wash
ington, many Of them regarding him
even greater than Lincoln, for,
while Lincoln emancipated but a few
millions Of people, Wilson was about
to emancipate the people Of all the
world; greater than Washington, for,
while Washington conquered but the
foe Of his own land and people, Will
son was about to conquer War, the
mightiest Of all foes, the foe Of ev-
cry land and people.
Worlds Prayers Accompanied Wilson
to Paris.
Such were the words which Wilson
uttered, such the promises which he
had made. And such was the regard
in which he was held when departing
from our shores to take his seat
among the foremost Of the peace
delegates. Probably never before
had richest measures Of success been
wished to redoubtable champion Of
Righteousness as heartily and boun-
tifully as II was wished to President
Wilson on the day on which he start
ed on his mission for world-peace.
Probably never before had a deserved
success been as fervently prayed for
as It was prayer for President Will
son on the day on which he boarded
the Washington, which ship was
henceforth to rank with the May
flower and the Welcome, because Of
the great battles fought and won for
the cause Of universal and lasting
peace by its distinguished passenger.
Defeated in First Round.
With bated breath the world lis
tened for even but the faintest sound
Of how his battles against the giants
Jared. Soon, however, II became
manifest that he had lost the first
round. He had advocated "open COW
enants to be openly arrived at" az
fairs between nations to be discussed
in the full light Of the sun, and the
results Of the deliberations to be
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contributions, no punitive damages.
Self-deternmation is not a
mere phrase. It is an imperative
principle Of action which statesmen
will henceforth ignore at their peril.
Every territorial settlement involved
in this must be made in the in
terest and for the benefit of the pop
ulations concerned, and not as a part
OF any mere adjustment or compro-
mise Of claims amongst rival states"
In his address in New York, Sep
TENDER 81, 1918, he declared:
1.-THE impartial justice meted out
must involve no discrimination bet
tween those with whom we wish to be
just, and those to whom we do not
wish to be just. No special or
separate interest Of any single ma
ton or any group Of nations can be
made the basis of part Of the
settlement which is not consistent
with the common interest Of all.
There can be no league or al
liances Of special covenants and I'M
derstandings within the general and
common family Of the League Of Ma
tions."
And as to his attitude toward the
enemy, his language was no less def
mite, and his spirit no less deter.
mined.
1--WE have no quarrel with the Ger
man people," said he in his address to
Congress, in which he advised it to
declare war aiainst Germany. "We
have no feeling towards them but one
Of sympathy and friendship. 1t was
not upon their impulse that their
government acted in entering this
war. 1t was not with their previous
knowledge or approval. II was a
war determined upon as wars used to
be determined upon in the old, unhap-
py days when people were nowhere
consulted by their rulers, and wars
were provoked and waged in the in
terest Of dynasties, or Of little groups
Of ambitious men, who were accus-
toned to use their fellowmen as
pawns and tools. Our grievance is
against the autocracy and militarism
Of Germany, not against the German
people. The world must be made
safe for democracy. Its peace must
pc planted upon the tested founda-
tons Of political liberty. We have
no selfish ends to serve. We desire
no conquest, no dominion. We seek
no indemnities for ourselves, no ma
terial compensation for the sacrifice
we shall make. We are but one Of
the champions Of the rights Of man.
kind"
Ended War With Germany.
Little wonder that the majority Of
the German people, putting implicit
trust in President Wilson's words and
promises, overthrow their autocratic
government, and changed it to a re-
public; drove their emperor into ex-
lie, laid down their arms in the be-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
12,9s7, 900 BALES
COTTON THIS YEAR
This is Department Of Agricultural
Estimate Made Today-Does
Not Include Linters-
Ahead of 1919

Washington, Dec. 14.-Cotton pro-
duction this year is larger than that
of any years since 1914 when the
country's record crop was grown. The
final estimate Of the crop, announced
today by the department of agricul-
ture placed production at 12,987,00Q
bales, exclusive of linters.
Cotton production this year will
amount to 6,213,262,O0O pounds,
equivalent to 1887, 900 bales Of 500
pounds gross weight exclusive of lint
ers, the department of agriculture an
nouhced today in its final estimate of
the season.
Production last year was 11,420,-
1853 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight, in 1918 it was 12,040,532
bales and in 1T, it was 11,3o2,375
bales. In computing gross weight bales
allowance is made for 47S.3 pounds
Of lint and seven pounds Of bagging
and ties. -.
Production this year by States in
500 pound bales follows:
Virginia, 10000; North Carolina,
$40, 900; South Carolina, 1850, 900;
Georgia, 100000; Florida $4,000;
Alabama, $50, 1000; Mississippi, s15,-
600; Louisiana 3so, 900; Texas, H.
200, 900; Arkansas, 100000; Ten
nessee; Arizona, 10000; all other
States $1,000.
The average weight per bale this
year is estimated at 506.9 pounds
gross, compared with 5o4.2 pounds
last year. 4.
The price of lint cotton priced to
producers on December 1 was 14.o
cents per pound, compared with 35.6
cents a year ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
JAPAN INTENSELY
INTERESTED IN
SCIENCE OF WAR

Berlin, Dec. 14.-Japan is show
ing a renewed and intensified inter
est in Germany and everything re-
lating to German science and its ap-
plication to war. The Toxic govern
ment is inquirine into and gathering
results of the German military and
naval machines which Japan learned
to respect from her experiences in
the world war.
The japanese have approached
especially certain German naval
circles with questions of the posi-
bility of securing the services of u
boat officers and engineers. She also
has asked for the plans and specifi-
cations of the submarines which
were just being built as the German
revolution ended the war.
The foregoing has been stated to
men on the authority of a high
naval officer with the rank of ad-
miral and has been considerably dis
cussed within the inner circles both
of the rmy and navy and the off,
GERS league. Several officers who ad-
mitted knowing of these alleged
feelers on the party Of the japanese
frankly expressed the hope that if
there should eventually come a war
between the United States and
Japan there would be a demand for
their services.
Singularly enough, there appears
to be a considerable proJapanese
sentiment among the members OF
the officers league, but the same
time there is a stronger pro-Ameri-
can leaning.
Only a few engineers, declared to
be Of subordinate rank and impor.
tance, are said so far to have gone
to japan from Kiel and it is stated
the officers league is advising its
members to await developments
and not take service with any coun.
try whether actively or in military
or naval constructive engineering.
A considerable number OF Ger.
ma officers are said to have gone to
South American countries to act as
instructors. =
Many foreign agents are busy and
much money, it is declared, is being
spent in Germany in efforts to OBJ
tain possession Of secret reports OF
both the old general staff and the
admiralty, especially plans and
specifications having to do with
ordinance, gunnery and artillery de:
partmets:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
IMMIGRATION BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE John.
son immigration bill, as amended to
prohibit all immigration for period
of one year, was passed today by the
House. It now goes to the Senate
where it's defeat is predicted by Sen
ate leaders.
The Siegel amendment exempting
brothers and sisters Of aliens who
awe become American citizens was
approved, 203 to 76.
Immediately after the vote was
announced, CHAIRMAN Johnson, Of
the immigration committee, issued q
statement saying that "the $50 i'm
migrants who arrived Saturday on
the White Star liner Adriatic have
been sent to Hoffman Island because
Of an outbreak Of typhus among
them.
AT Gloucester, N. j., II aliens
have been taken from the steamship
Haverford and sent to the detention
station suffering with typhus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
SWALLOWED FALSE TEETH

Some pepole will swallow almost
anything liquid, and some will
swallow anything, whether liquid or
not. Lawyer Clinkscales, (colored)
proved the latter assertion Monday
evening by swallowing his false
teeth.
Lawyer is a sport who believes in
carrying a full set of eating tools:
Last year when times were good ne
discovered that at one time or at an
other, he had lost four perfectly
good teeth and he had small plate
made supplying the lost eaters.
Lawyer was afraid to take his
teeth out at night and lay them out
where people could look at them, so
he slept with them in his mouth.
Monday evening he retired with the
teeth in their usual place. He did
not 90 to sleep right away and be-
fore slumber. overcame him he was
given to yawning. In one of these
yawns the teeth slipped down the
LAWYERS throat. When next discov-
,ered they were about half way
down and. about to make one less
man with the limb Of the law. The
doctors, in order to save him from
choking to death pushed "the plate"
on down.
The idea was to get the teeth in
to the stomach and then take them
out by operation. Yesterday after
noon the doctors dressed for the
performance, but when they made
an X-ray of Lawyer they found
that the teeth had not fingered in
the stomach but had gone on down
the alimentary canal and were
somewhere in lower regions of the
LAWYERS intestines. Finding this,
Lawyer was taken to Chester, where
he will be again X-rayed and if the
teeth by that time have not made
their escape, they doctors will go
a-hunting for them.
All of which shows that a man
should not wear false teeth when he
is not using them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
THIS PLANE TO CROSS
ATLANTIC IN 36 HOURS
WITH 800 PASSENGERS

Rome, Dec. liking Victor En-
manuel was keenly interested today
when told by Gianni Caproni, the air
plane inventor, of a projected giant
plane which would carry 800 persons
across the Atlantic in about SO hours
Plans for the machine are now being
completed, and provisions are being
made for dining and sleeping accom-
modations on board the aerial liner.
A smaller airplane designed by Sig
nor Caproni will make its first trip in
January near Lake Maggiore. This
airplane will be capable of carrying
100 persons distance of 500 miles,
it was said. Work on the trans-Atlan-
tic plane will be started as soon as
this smaller liner has been tested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
TO PAY $3.50, 900 IN INTEREST

Interest on Liberty Bonds Of the
first and fifth issues will be payable
December Is. In South Carolina the
subscription to the first issue
amounted to $5,968,550. To the
fifth issue or Victory Loan, it was
s23,471, 900, making total of $780,
440,45O. Bonds of the first issue
which originally paid 8 1-2 per cent
a year have been in large part, con-
verted into 1-2 per cent securities.
Victory notes pay 3-4 per cent.
This means that the interest pay
ment December Is on bonds of
these two issue subscribed for in
South Carolina will be in the neigh
borhood of $5s0,00O. The United
States Treasury is asking that a
large part of this interest as practi
cable be re-invested in sucn other
government securities as treasury
savings certificates and govern-
ment savings stamps. In the districts
at large the interest payment will
be something like $6,s0O,o00. For
the whole country it will be about
100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
TURKEYS.

Turkeys are too high. The price of
turkeys should be the same as the
price of cotton. When cotton sold for
twelve cents, we bought turkeys at
twelve cents per pound. When cotton
went to forty-two cents, we paid the
same price for turkeys. Cotton is now
seventeen cents, and twenty cents, at
the outside, is enough for turkey
meat.
Most people would like to have a
turkey for Christmas, but a good
many people will not. They will not
throw off on cotton by paying more
for turkey than they do for the fieecy
staple.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
TAX PROBLEMS
:. ARE CONSIDERED

Washington, Dec. 14.-Methods Of
raising sufficient revenues to Offset
losses, through the prospective re-
peal of the excess profits tax were
considered today by the house ways
and means committee as the second
step toward tax revision. The con-
mittee at previous sessions has con-
sidered changes in the taxes on in
comes.
The days hearings brought from
the treasury an estimate that "more
than billion dollars" were outstand-
ing in uncollected taxes, most of
which the treasury spokesman, DR..
Thomas S. Adams, said was trace
able to inability to audit thousands
of corporation returns. DR.. Adams
declared that the revenue bureau had
not yet completed the work of aud
iting returns, for the year 1917 be-
cause of the gigantic administrative
burden of tax collection.
Majority members of the commit
tee revealed at today's hearing a
virtual agreement with respect to re-
peal of the excess profits tax. Their
immediate work, it was said lay in
finding a substitute levy which would
produce an equal amount Of reve-
nue..
Although the committee will take
up it's regular schedule of hearings
tomorrow and probably will not reach
tax questions during the day, mem
bers said tonight they expected to
continue to delve into the iptricacies
of corporation taxation until some
tangible policy is developed.
Roy G.: Elliott of Chicago, repre-
senting the National Association OF
Credit Men, appeared before the COM
mittee today urging repeal Of the
excess profits tax I'D .-.Apiifeatlon
OF the geaeral taxation program.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
SUICIDES WERE LESS
DURING LAST YEAR

New York, Dec. 14.-The suicide
rate in United States reached the
lowest ebb in 1919, with a percent
age of 14.2 according to figures COM
piled by Frederick L. Hoffman, stat
istician, embracing the period from
1900 to 1920. During 1919, there
were 3,818 cases of suicide reported
against 1859 in 1908, which show
ed the highest rate of death by self
destruction.
Mr.. Hoffman stated in his report
that it was hard to assign a causa-
tive factor of the suicide phenomon,
but that in periods of economic de-
preston, higher rate is noted. Dur
ing the eras of prosperity, there is a
notable dimunition, he said. The
most sinister aspect revealed by an
analysis, Of suicide. is the increasing
number OF, murderers who take their
own lives following the commission
Of homicide, Mr.. Hoffman declared.
The ratio of suicide, by geographic
cal; divisions as compiled by Mr.. Hoff-
man shows the Pacific coast states
the highest, and the Southern states
the lowest, in the record compiled
I.for 1919.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
,ERRING ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY

While the closing of the County
Savings bank in Abbeville was need
less and its directors were over
cautious, as the state; bank examiner
intimates, their behavior contains
something more than usual of en-
couragement. The directors Of this
bank were not quite sure of the con-
dition of their institution and they
were offered a heavy deposit of pup-
lie funds. They erred on the side Of
safety and had their bank inves:i=
gated before they would risk accept
ing the custody of other: peoples
money. That, it seems to US, was a
symptom of honesty and integrity
of a little higher order than is COM
monty observed. One is impressed
that in the town of Abbeville pre-
walls an old-fashioned notion about
banking that might well be extended
to many a city of millions of inhabi-
tants. Were the excess of prudence
that has characterized this little
concern in a small town to be illus
trated by business men everywhere,
we should never hear of failure.
We infer from the press dispatch
that the County Savings bank of
Abbeville is one of the soundest and
most trustworthy institutions that
we have in this part of the world
however, we do not mean to advise
that the example of its directors be
imitated.-The State.
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kITcHIN TO RETIRE

Washington, Dec. 14.-Represen-
tative Kitchin, Democrat, Of North
Carolina has informed the ways and
means committee of his intention to
resign at an early date because Of
ill health, Chairman Fordney said
today.
Mr.. Kitchin was chairman Of the
committee during the preiod Of
Democratic control of the house and
had been expected by his colleagues
to take leading part in the franz
ing Of the new tax and tariff legis-
lation, hearings on which have just
been started.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15
WEDNESDAY, DEC. Is, 1920
WELL DONE, ABBEVILLE.

The County Savings Bank, in ac-
'cordance with the announcement in
this paper, opened its doors for busi-
ness Tuesday morning at the usual
hour. The City of Abbeville immedi-
ately made a deposit of about SILL.
600 in the bank. Each Of the other
banks of the city made deposit OF
s250o.00. In addition to these de-
pssitors, the regular deposits amount
ed tp-neariy FIVE times the usual daily
deposits of the bank. Following the
suggestion Of the Press and Banner,
several of the business men and
firms Of the city, who had never be-
fore .dene business with this bank,
made deposits with it.
All Of this sounds fine, but it is a
finer thing to be able to state that
not q single depositor Of the bank
withdrew his account during the day.
It was about as quiet about the Coun-
ty Savings Bank building as it was on
law range yesterday, and that is say
ing a good deal.
:. The Press and Banner this morn
ing feels like taking off its hat to the
people Of this community. They have
shown that they have the community
spirit. A little mony now counts for
a good deal and with the losses which
most people are sustaining, in one
business and another, people are
afraid to lose. But their conduct to-
wards this bank shows that they had
rather lose little more than show
the Stacker spirit. They had rather
lose a little and be good neighbors
than secure their money and with
draw into their selfish shells. That is
one reason why we believe that Abb
beville is a town worth while to live
in. We may be slow, we may be want
ing in many things, but when the
scratch comes and some Of our people
are in trouble, the time has not yet
come when others will refuse to 60
to the rescue. 1t should teach US that
we can do things if we would only
3u. our shoulders to the wheels.
There is another thing we should
say. And that is that the deposirors
in the bank, and the other banks of
the city, as well as the city fathers,
have testified in the most convincing
way to their confidence in the busi-
ness integrity and ability of the men
who stand behind the Ciunty Savings
Bank. This cooperation and sympa-
thy should lend inspiration to these
officers and stockholders as they re-
new their efforts for their institution
and for the up-building of the city.
To the people of Abbeville, we say
in conclusion, you have done mighty
we'll.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15

Horatio Blanco, Fombona, jour
nalist and poet, held by American
military forces in Santo Domingo,
has gone on hunger strike as a
protest against his imprisonment
and also because of the. prison diet
of beans and potatoes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15

An explorer and wealthy clubman
of London with 40 followers is en-
baking on a cruise in search of an
island in the South Seas where taxa
ton is unknown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-15

Acting upon the advice Of scien-
lists at the University Of California
Chaulmoogra oil, which has arrested
the progress Of leprosy, will soon be
used in the fight against tubercu-
losis.