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\ Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1920 ^ Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. NEGRO DESPERADO CAPTURED FRIDAY I OUTLAW ARRESTED AT LYNCH^' BURG IS HELD TO BE THE | SAME CRIMINAL WANTED IN THIS STATE. i Greenville, S. C., April 25?Joe Turner, who killed two Greenville police'men here last October and "Slim" the negro who killed two plain clothes policemen in Lynch, burg, Va., several weeks ago is the same man, according to a telegram received here last night by the Greenville chief of police from the Lynchburg police chief who advised that the man is under arrest. Lynchburg Police Not Sure. Lyn^ihurg,^ Va., April 25.?Clvef of Police Seay said last nrght that he could ,not identify Will'arns as the man wanted in Greenville for the murder of policemen there, but that he *had been working on the case with the Greenville police wno believed Turner and Williams are the ^ctme man. i A telephone message from Green _ ville last night brought the information that Greenville police officeis probably would leave toaay for Lynchburg for the pui'pose of e*. deavoring to identify the negro helfl under arrest there. \ It is understood that the clue j which led to the belief that the man in prison at Lynchburg is believed to be Joe Turner was the fact that he had the same banjo_proclivity playing which made Joe Turner well/ . known in Greenville. The man held at Lynchburg is said to have had this musical instrument with him and to Voro Vno tu olri n cr n-f if tlUT w UVVVIU^HUIVU 44 4 o VX * w with som? well-known songs, folk_ lore and otherwise. As soon as the Greenville officers were apprised of this fact they felt confident that "Slim"' was Joe Turner. Tragedy in October. Newspaper readers will recall the horrible tragedy on Saturday night, or early Sunday morning, Oct. 5th, when Policeman J. L. Kitchen and A "* K T?1 _ * 1 J 1 *11 . J * T iu. uiair were snoi ana Kiuea uy doe Turner following a raid by officers in Buckner Town, a notorious negro settlement on the outskirts of the city of Greenville. Officer Kitchin was shot ch>wn at the gambling "joint" and the other. Officer Blair, was killed while pursuing the negro from the shanty. The fleeing negro, who was an ex_ soldier, killed the two men with an automatic pistol which he is said to have brought with him from France. COUNTY TEACHERS HERE i SATURDAY 4) xvotices are being mailed by Miss Annie Gantt, secretary of the Abbe_, ; ville County Teachers association, to the members of the association to attend vthe May meeting which is to be held in the high school building Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock/ The invitations which are mailed to the teachers expressly state that Supt. Swearingen, who is to address the association Saturday, re_! quests that as many tfl^tees of the schools of the County meet with the teachers as possibly can. Quite an interesting program has been arJ ranged for the teachers and lunch will be served all who attend. AM/vrucD DAnv drentrn J riiix/ X 4?bl\ UV4/ I IMJUVUJUI/. w The body of Albert Sutherland one of the party of vounp people J drowned at Harper's Ferry on Sav_ annah River, April 3rd, was rescued Sunday. A party of searchers were on the river trying to locate the body of Mr. Cor.well, who was (Ir.nvr.cd at! Greeg Shoals last week, when tHe body was discovered at the North end of Cherokee Shoals. This accounts for six of the bodies of the victims of the terrible acci_ dent, leaving: four still fo ?>e recov. ered. I DEATH OF MR. SWETENBURG. I Which Occurred at His Home Here j Saturday Morning After Illness 1 Of Only a Few Days of Paralysis.' ?Burial at Peaks Sunday. Mr. B. F. Swetenburg, aged 66, died at his home on Chestnut Street,' r I this citv,r Saturday morning, April c 24th, at 11 o'clock from paralysis. "5 Mr. Swetenberg has been in his us_ 11! I'.al good health until he had an at_ j Jtack of influenza some Weeks ago. 1 Although he apparently recovered, he was never entirely well r-fter.! ^ wards. Tuesday of last week he be_ came very unwell at his office and ^ started home, stopping at the Farm. ers Warehouse to ask the assistance of his son Bayard. While resting e there for a few minutes the attack s of paralysis come on, from which he ^ never rallied. Mr. Swetenburg came to Abbe_ s ville about fifteen years ago as s agent for the Southern Railway j Company. He has sincc held th"t po_ sition. A quiet, unassuming gentle- ^ man, he performed the duties of his v office with fidelity and care, f.r.d r with satisfaction to the public. He was greatly liked by/ those who knew q him best, and his death bring.? sor. c tow to many. r Funeral services were conducted e at the home Sunday^morning at 9 o'clock by Rev. Louis J. Bristbw, ^ assisted by Rev. C. E. Peele. The Hnrlv wQc fak-on nvor flip SnnfTiom * Railway to his old home near Peak c for burial. A large number of his friends and friends of the family" t accompanied the funeral party. The t. elders of the Presbyterian church n acted as honorary pall.bearers, Mr. ? Swetenburg being a member of that P church and a ruling elder in it. The deceased is survived by his 1 e wife, ?nd the following children: Lieut. Carroll W. Swetenberg. Neli,! Bayard, ' Rachaid and \ Raymond n Swetenburg, Mrs. Robert Cheatham, fi Misses Margaret, Mary, Minnie Ella 1j and Eugenia Swetenburg. His was r the fif-st death in the large family.; P He is also survived by his brothers, Y. W. Swetenburg, of Newberry and J. B. Swetenburg, of Anderson, and ^ by his sisters, Misses Nora and ^ Laura Swetenburg, of Peak. i v i , v TO ORGANIZE TWO t POULTRY ASSOCIATIONS. People over the county interested in pure bred poultry will be glad to know that there is on foot a plan f to organize two Breeds Associations of pure bred poultry. ! ( Mr. R. H. Wilkins, State Poultry J agent will be in the county WednesJ ^ day and Thursday and will discuss J the pro's and con's of an associaJ tion with the members of the Brown ? lee and Cold Sprihgs Home Demon, stration clubs. These two cfubs have a good beginning for an association 'in that almost all of the members C are not raising standard bred fowls n and, something that Is still more p important there is a Splendid spirit F of co-operation among the people. |t Mr. Wilkins will tell of the bene.' v fits derived from such a*i organiza_' c tion and will hold a round table b discussion on poultry problems.1 n Come, and help launch the project. I Bring your problems and let us as_1 p sist you. | f _|V PRISON GUARD IS KILLED j r iP Columbia, April 24.?In making their get-away from the farm ope.1 rated bv the state Denintentiarv. near Hagood, Sumter county, Thursday morning, fourteen convicts are impli-1 r cated in the shooting to death of ^ E. M. Sex of Brookland , a guard on F the farm. ' a According to the information re_ r ccived at the sate prison, the guard ( was shot and the convicts rushed I away. Later, however, eleven of them 'c returned, leaving at liberty Adam t Griffin from Dorchester county, and ^ Bright from Beaufort county and ^ Jrp Watson from Charleston county., 1 It has not been determined which 1 of the convicts fired the fatai 'shot At a late hour the penitentiary au_|C thorities were without accurate de_ ' ' t::ils as to what really transpired. < MEW YORK STRIKERS BEGGING FOR WORI Appeal to Railway Managers Fo Restoration to Duty?Mindful o the :Public?The Railroad Stand Firm. New York, April 24.?Railroa nanag^era (today flatly -rejected i lirect appeal of strikers in the Nei i ork district tnat tney De rescoreu b luty with full seniority rights an he strike be settled "in the publi nterest." New York, Apr. 24?Striking rail oad workers in the New York dis rict appealed directly to the rail oad managers today for restorato o duty and settlement of the strik 'in the public intei'est." Edward McHugh, chairman of th xecutive committee of the strikers ent a letter by messenger to J. J Jantell, chairman of tlie genera managers association, declaring th 'public demands the immedate re rmpton of railway traffic and w ubmit for your approval tlie follow ng: "Our immediate restoration ti luty without discrimination am nth full seniority rights, in order t elieve the wheels of industry." The letter recalled the striKen re ;uest for extension of the manag rs ultimatum which reserved th ight to reject applicants for re mployment who had proved "unfit less for service'' and added: "We make this request with th act in view that the public, whic :as been innocently araggea mi his controversy, should' have du onsideration. "Now this body feels that it ha lied'to do its part toward bringinj his controversy to ai> early settle nent and feels it is the duty of th ;eneral managers of the various pro ierties or the managers assoclatio; o recede in their attitude and tak nto consideration the inconvenienc s of the public and the probabilit; f a food shortage." While a thousand strikers wer tieeting in Jersey City, railroad ol icials announced places of the "out aws" gradually were being filled b; eturn of old employes and by em loyment of new men. Will Remain Out. St. Louis, Mo., April 24?Strikini rardmen in the St. Louis district to lay voted to remain on strike an iress their demands tor increase rages. The vote was unanimous, 1 vas said. Threatened With Arrest. Cleveland, Apr. 24?Immediat rrest of railroad strike leaders i: Cleveland unless they ordere witchmen to return to work by to norrow morning was threatened b; ederal agents today. The warning was given to F. J )'Rotke, president of the Clevelan AVI'PI o? V\TT T/VViw Cnm aiuxxicii o asoutiatiuii uy u uun ua w ;en, of the department of justice ust before executive committee o he association met at noon. >EVELOPMENT OF' LITTLE RIVEI / Mr. Lawrence L. Hester, of Mt 'armel, was here last week on busi icss. Mr. Hester is developing wate lower near the Mars rlace an Litti< liver and expects soon to be u-.inhis power to generate electricit: ,'hich he will employ in operating ; otton mill at Mt. fcarmel, which thi usiness men of that place are plan ling'to build the present summer M lester has secured a charter for hi: ower company, and rights of wa; or his electric line. He is busy nov irith the erection of the dam on til iv#>r. anH hnnps sonn tn have hi ilant in operation. DEMOCRATIC CLUBS MEET Club No. 1 met Saturday after loon in the council chambers in th -lunicipal building with D. H. Hill resident, in the chair. The attend ince was meagre and only require* outlne business was transacted )fficers elected for this year are ). H. Hill, president, and E. C. Hor on. secretary. The following wer lected delegates to the county con ention: W. P. Greene, D. H. Hill, . !). Fulp, Thomas Thomson, E. C lorton, and J. M. Nickles. W. F Ireene was also elected county exe utive committeeman. The meetin idjourned to meet again at the ca! >f the president. | M'ADOO RECITES IC VIEWS ON ISSUES I Former Secretary Replies to Ques_ 'ri j tionaire?As Private Cit'zen?Tax l#! Laws Should Be Simplified?Dis_ tinction Between Incomes. ! d Washington, April 25.?Replying a' as "a private citizen" to the ques_ ,v. tonaire issued to all candidates for ^ presidential nominations by the Na_ tional Board of Farmers' Organizations, Former Secretary McAdoo to_ night outlined his position on the _ vai-ious%propositions being agitated _ in the pre.conver.tion campaign. n Present iax laws, Mr. McAdoo de_ clared, should be simplified and the burden of taxation "redistributed so e . that he men who earn their incomes r> by the sweat of tb??ir brow and with. ([ their brains shall not be required to e pr.y as heavy taxes as those who live - in idleness and draw incomes f\o;n e safe invesments." "A distinction should be made." said he, "between earned and uni ' avned income." lie declared himself opposed to all tax free bonds. o If after a two year period of private ownership the railroads failed to function^properly, Mr. McAdoo said, e he would favor reopening the railroad question. He declared for a _ "fair trial" of the new railroad law, but declared it "can not settle the e railroad problem, because it does not reach fundamentals." n Mr. McAdoo declared himself for broader publicity for operations of s the farm loan system; for means to g bi-ing producers and consumers closer; for representation of agricul. e ture on boards and commissions i- "when consistent with public Welti fare"; for a secretary of agriculture e who "understands actual farm condi. tions"; for reduction of farm ten_ ^ antcy; for the same service and supplies for farmers' organizations in 6 # ,j interstate commerce as apply to private enterprises in the same circum_ y stances; for regulation of monopolistic control of corporations in in. , terstate commerce and as "absolute. j ly opposed to any abrdgement of the Bf, rights of free speech, free pres? or - 'free assembly." * d -I " I regard with concern," said Mr. g McAdoo, "the tendancy to restrict or ; impair those great constituional i guarantees upon which rest the e foundations and perpetuity of democratic institutions." Mr. McAdoo's answer was given in "i-a letter to C. A. Lvrrtan, secretary of y (the National Board of Farm OrganL C {zations. dj ^ - ASK FOR WARSHIPS TO BE !J SENT TO MEXICAN WATERS fi ? j Washington, April 24.?American government representative in Mexico ^ have asked for the dispatch of war. i ships to that country to protect Am. | erican citizens and their property, i The requests came from Mazatlan i and Topolobampo, on tlie Pacific r! coast, and Frontera, on the Gulf e I cosat. Officials of the state, wa: and r; ->avy departments are investigating /1 the requests, explaining that In times i of disturbances in the southern re_ j public it is not unusual to receive . requests for warships when there is r no need for them. s f LOCAL SHOWERS FORECAST r FIRST OF THIS WEEK e Washington, April 25.?Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Middlel Atiantic states: Unsettled weather and showers first half of - weeweek; latter half fair; cool. e| South Atlantic a nd (East Gulf '* j states;; Local showers, probable first -1 nf +Vio woolf* latter Vialf fair" ,1"" * ? ? a I moderate temperature. l'l : INVITING THE PRESIDENT e Hamilton Carhartt, the overall _ manufacturer, has offered his Ji bungalow near Rock Hill, on the J Catawba river, to President Wilson ' for a summer residence. The buncalow is said to have ample g accomodations for all. Carhartt has 11 recently transferred his citizenship o South Carolina. ? C. P. HAMMOND SPEAKS In the Methodist Church Here Sun day Morning in Interest of th Textile Industrial Instituute A Spartanburg. C. P. Hammond, of Spartanburj one of the leading business men o his home city, who of course wen from Abbeville, was here Sunda I and^ spoke in the Methodist churc at 11 o'clock in the interest of th Textile Industrial Institute, i school founded at Spartanburg b j Rev. D. E. Camak, of the South Car I olina Conference. The school is designed for th training of promising boys and girl | from the mill and industrial village: . There is a large dormitory wher ! they are furnished lodging and boar with class rooms for their studisA model mill has also been construc j ted. These boys and girls ^tcen { classes for one week, at which the take the ordinary studies taugnt j i other schools, and the next, wee j they work in the mill doing ensug i work to pay their living expense: and being taught about textile mat ters. The plan is to train the mos 1 promising of the boys from the va rious sections of the state so tha i * they may go back into their seven communities and become leader ; among their own people! The school is under the directio of the South Carolina Conferenc but is open to the public. No ques tions are asked about what denomi nation a person belongs to when h applies for entrance. It is supporte I by contributions from the variou mills of the state, and by other in rliSefiMol ohfnvnviefiC1 V?^r uuoui JWI WJ ^viiKiAyu tions from philanthropists, and I b the Conference. Mr. Hammond has taken a grea ; interest in the founding and devel ' opment of the plant, and the ap ; preciation of the founders has bee shown by naming the dormitorj I Hammond Hall. Mr. Hammond spoke last nigh i to the people at the church in Ab i beville Cotton Mill village. A good sum for the school wa , contributed at each place. I FURTHER PURCHASES FOREST LANDS URGE] i Wasington, April 24.?Furthe ^purchases by the government of for est lands in the southern Appalachia and Wihte mountains as a means o ! preventing future timber shortage i advocated by the national forest re ! serration commission. "The supply of spruce in the east j ern United States,available for pape I stock is nearly exhausted," a repor i it has iust issued said. i.' 'Eastern building material is m 1 longer adequate to fully meet indus trial demands, and the future suppl; of hardwoods is threatened." 1 The commission suggested tha . lands not suitable for agriculture? of which there are 30,000,000 acre [ in the eastern mountain districts? be used for growing timber. Of thi I vast territory, 1,800,000 acres al |ready have been purchased by thi 1 government. 1 An appropriation of $2,000,001 per annum for five years was re commended to carry out the addi. tional program. I JOSEPH CAILLAUX ptt rnrr taa a ^ I jli rivbi. i vi/n i ! Paris, Apr. 25.?Joseph Caillaux the former premier, who on Thurs day was convicted by the high cour I of commerce and correspondenci , with the enemy has been set free. Hi 1 arrived at his home in Paris this af 1 ternoon. He was accompanied by his wifi j and several friends. He refused t< I make a statement saying only that hi i would not be in Paris on May 1. VISITORS FROM COLUMBIA. i Mrs. Richard Persons, Miss Nin i Persons and Mr. Dick Persons cam i up from Columbia Saturday an ' spent th-? night with Dr. and Mrs. G i A Neuffer. They made the tri through the country in their car. REBELLIOUS STALE : TO BE ENFORCED : r GOVERNMENT PLANS RING f' "I AKuuniJ 5UINUKA.?mbAitu lti CLAIMS TROUBLE NOT WIDE. y h SPREAD. e a Mexico City, April 25,?The de_ ^ velopments of the last two weeks re_ " suiting from the Sonora revolution. I ary activities show that the central e government l's preparing to encircle the rebellious State with a steel '* ring, meanwhile crushing sporadic ' outbreaks in other parts of the re. public with a strong hand. ' A summary of the seditious activi. * ties in various sections of the rcpub' * 1 ir* sinpp f.hu nnrtlipvn ?far.p VxtiVp ^ with the , Carranza administration, together with the result of tha gov_ ernment's militai*y measures, has ^ been issued by war department of_ 5* ficials, two weeks' after the open " break between the Obvegonistas and the administration and is cited as " proof that the government's official statement characterizing the Sonora outbreak as merely local is well s founded. The long list of professions of adhesion to the central goveru. n ment from virtually every state exe_ e cutive and military leader, would ~ seem to indicate that the republic as " present government. e a whole is solidly supporting tne ^ Aside from the Sonora state gov_ s ernment only two state executives ~ have repudiated the present adminL " stration, these being Gen. Enrique ^ Estrada, in the state of Zacatecas, and P^scual Ortiz Rubio, in the . state of Michoacan. Both of these " executives, however, have failed to " attract any great following and are , being pursued by loyal forces. r' The state legislature in Zacatecas i has repudiated the attitude of Es_ , trada and cited him for treason, - t-:i _ IL. n* i i t..n I wnne wie iuicnuacaii legisianiie wxa unseated Ortiz Rubio and named 3 Primo Serania. The present location of Gen . Al_ varo Obregon, the former war mini_ ster, who is slated for the presidency of Mexico by the Sonora rebels, and Gen. Benjamin Hill, his campaign r leader ,is uncertain, the official war office statements failing to locate ^ them, while press despatches are s widely at variance. " ARMENIA IS RECOGNIZED RY THF II. S. ' ~ I ! r, ? Washington, Apr. 24.?Armenia j was formally recognized today as an :ndependant "fepublic by the United _ | States. j Similar action has been decided j upon by the a|lied conference at San j. j Ronio. The American recognition _|was in the form of a note addressed s j by Secretary Colby to Mr. PasderI madian, Washington representative j of the Armenian republic. j Notice of the recognition also was 1 ? x?3 ? +a 4-V? n /linln g i COTTimU rilCclLUU lunnan^ bv i*ii? ui|/4v matic corps abroad and to the allied j conference in Italy. This recognition makes no attempt to establish boundaries for the new republic. This is to be determined later by international action. Secretary Colby today said that no f | decision had been made regarding a J diplomatic representative to be sent to Armenia from the United States. 9 ~ THE COTTON MARKET e I N i ..The cotton market was active to. ! day (Monday). New York futures at the opening were quoted at about 75 points above Saturday's closing fig. ures. The spot market was also strong, 43 cents being freely offered by the buyers with no cotton, in sight. The opening figures were well I maintained during the day, the close a being as follows: e May 40.95 d July 3S.9S ' ' ~ - ' is nn r I '..c o.:er ~ p December 35.03 J-r.u?.ry 34.35