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r . . - / -1 # Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, June 9, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. CHARLIE MANNING - KILLS BROTHEF FRATRICIDE OCCURS NEA1 LOWNDESVILLE AT NOON Ol MONDAY WHEN JIM MANNIN< IS SHOT FIVE TIMES BY HI: BROTHER?SONS OF JAS. MAN NING OF CALHOUN FALLS. Firing five shots from his pistol in to the breast of his brother, Jame H. Manning, C. L. Manning of Lown desville, killed his younger brothe who was living with him, about nooi Monday. After the killing Charli Manning sent for magistrate J. G Huckabee and surrendered to him. The report of the killing receivei from Calhoun Falls, where Jame Manning, the father of the partie lives, states that there had been somi trouble and hot words between th brothers at the Falls Saturday. Jus what led up to the killing is no known. Jim Manning, who was killed, ha been living with his brother, who kill ed him, for some time and was work ing a crop for him. They both visite* Calhoam Falls Saturday, C. L. Man ning returning to his home nea: Lowndesville, while Jim remained a Calhoun Falls over Sunday. The lat ter did not return to worn at all Mon day morning, but it is alleged, did re turn about noon that day, ana whei Charlie Manning came with hi: mule from the field, met him on th< front porch of the Manning hom< with a chair drawn back to striki him. Charlie Manning wrested th< chair from his hands as an overheac hlow was aimed at him and threw thf chair into the yard. It is further al~ leged that Jim, then picking up i loose brick lying in the front walk drew it back, exclaiming to Charlie "G d?you, I am going to kil you." Charlie Manning testifies thai it was when this statement was mad< by Ms brother, who had the bricl drawn on him, that he fired the fata shots. The first persons to reach the scent of the fratricide were Paul Water: and W. B. Crocker who testified a1 th? coroner's inquest that they hac hoard the pistol shots fired and the voices of children crying at the Man ning home. They ran in that directior and met two of Charlie Manning'! ?nildren, crying, and saw trie bodj 1 of Jim Manning lying dead on th< front porch, and Charlie sitting 01 the front steps. They also testify tha Charlie Manning told them he hac killed Jim but that he had not don< so until it became necessary in ordei to save his own life. Dr. Thos. 0. Kirkpatrick, who per formed the autopsy, testifies thai he found five separate pistol wounds one in each shoulder, and three in th< breast any one of the last three suf ficient to cause death. The coroner's jury, of which E. 0 Clinkscales was foreman, rendered i verdict yesterday that deceased wa: killed as a result of pistol sho . wounds received from the hands o: his brother, Charlie L. Manning. Application was made before Judg< Frank B. Gary here this morning ant bail was granted, a SI.000 bond hav Iing been given by Manning. Charlie Manning is a man of fam ily, having married some years ago a Miss Waters, daughter of Johi Waters, of Lowndesville. Mrs. Man ning's brother, Lester Waters, wa: drowned with eight others when th< ferry boat overturned in tlie Savan nah river in April last. Jim Manninj was unmarried. LEARNING TO SURVEY ttai Moore ana tsin caivert are the latest loafers to join the earnyour daily-bread-by_the_ sweat.of_ your-brow gang and have beer drafted in the services of the Southem Paving Construction Co., a: uncivil engineers. Their principal duties at present are to draw th< chain and the pay. Their spirit is commendable, however. MORE REAL ESTATE CHANGES HANDS i 1J Southeastern Realty Co. Sell The Cromer Preperty on South Main Street?Graves House on Ferry Street Sold il! Yesterday was another day for the ^ | traders in real estate, three separate ^ j sales being held in the city by the *1 Southeastern Realty Co. S The first sale was of the lots beJ longing to S. F. "I-Golly" Cromer on j South Main street near the Abbeville i cotton mill. There were quite a numJ ber of these lots sold, the principal 1 - buyers being R. W. Smith, D. H. Hill, S B. T. Cochran and Roger Simpson, J. "l S. and J. H. McClinton. y| The Realty Company had bargaintt i ed with Mr. Cromer for tne entire e, property but upon their request Mr. ' ! Cromer released them and the sale I was held on a purely commission bai(sis. All of the sales have oeen ratis | fied by the owner except that of one s lot purchased by John F. Sutherland, e; By error this lot, a part of which had B.been given by Mr. Cromer for a t street, was knocked down with the t others. The Graves property on Ferry St. 3, was the second property sold. The "j dwelling house was purchased by T. G. White and Dr. G. E. Calvert for i <f r 3 V rp T $u,OJ.u, ctiiu iTxiivc nuataa) x* u u\Juun" art and W. A. Calvert were largest rj purchasers of the lots adjoining. The property on Washington street "j including the Hellespont apartment house, was the last put up but no "t bids were sufficiently attractive for *1 the "king of the Greeks" to ratify i the sale. ? . \\ A MEMORIAL SERVICE I Ji Next Sunday the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will hold memorial services for those who died during the year. In every part , of the United States next Sunday, '.wherever is located a division of 1 XL _ T? _ r T T7? -L ^ ^ Wie JO. Ul lJ. Hi., bUL'U <1 ^CIVICC Will | be held. In Abbeville the John H. j Winder Division, No. 498, will hold its service in the Baptist j ^ church, and the pastor will preach! the memorial sermon. The public; generally is cordially invited to attend the service, which is a special s tribute to those of the Brotherhood ^ whose lives on earth have ended. ^ The service will be held at 8:30 o'clock in the evening. The engineers of the John H. 1 Winder Division who have died 8 during the year are John Coble, of 7 Monroe and W. D. Ferguson , of this city. I T. V. Howie is in charge of the 6 committee which is arranging for the Memorial Service. r ANOTHER KING BEE | t Col. S. J. Wakefield, of Antre, ville, was here Wednesday. He in. ' forms us that real estate is about to ';take another big advance. He has ijust traded the place he bought for a home and where he was about to ! build, and has bought another place i where he now thinks of building, but things will be so lively in a few j weeks that he fears he will not get j started at any early date. He has ^! laid in a full supply of all varieties of land for the July boom and is ! ready for the boys. He bears about j the same relation to land that Dale ! Barksdale does to cotton?he is a ..1 <n n > i_: regular uun a^utiatiuii m mm'! self. ;j sj PARTIES FOR HOSPITAL Sj -j A series of showers will be held ?; in the city and throughout the I County next week for the benefit ! of the County Memorial Hospital. : In Abbeville a shower will be ! given on each of the principal i i streets and the ladies of the city, who have charge of these parties are looking for a regular downpour 11 of kitchen utensils, bed and table - j linen, towels and the like. Mrs. C. i H. McMurray and Miss Maggie ! Brooks are the moving spirits bei hind the showers but every lady in = the County has an equal share in making them a success. | DEVELOPMEl ORGANIZE J. S. MORSE, COUN' POINTS CANVASS IN EACH SCHOOl ING MEETINGS 1 18 ALL OVER C FOR SOUTH Monday evening St. John Armes, a professional organizer of Ne'vs York City, but now employed by the South Carolina Development j Board, as District Director, spoke j to an assemblage of representative I business men of the city *in the l County Court House. : Mr. Armes is a forceful speaker i and outlined concisely the organij zation and plans of the South i Carolina Development Board. This I Doara was organized in March, the Development Board including the old S. C. Land Owners association, I which had been formed some years ! previous. The board has assumed eighteen commisisons which include ' practi' cally every activity looking to the | advancement of the Palmetto state : in all fields. The slogan of the board | is "Do it For South Carolina." I At the conclusion of Mr. Armes j address the chairman for Abbeville j Coutny, Joel S. Morse, appointed a ! committee to further the organization in this county. I This will be the executive committee to co-operate with Mr. Morse in arranging for meetings next week when speakers will explain reasons that prompted the organization of the South Carolina Development Board. This committee will also assist in the selection of team captains and team' workers to solicit members during the drive, the week j beginning June 21. Tentative plans were made for a I meeting in Abbeville on Friday, j June 18, when Mr. Kenneth Baker, i District Chairman of the campaign committees in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, Newberry and I McCormick, will be one of the prin! cinal sneakers. This moptinrr will probably be held in the Court House at three o'clock, to be followed by another at Due West. Yesterday morning there was a ; conference of leading citizens of Due West, called by Mr. 0. Y. Brownlee, by request of Mr. Morse. This resulted in the appointment of j committee to arrange for the Due ! West meeting, the naming of team I workers and the appointment of a I Vice-chairman to direct the cam! paign in Due West. Those on this ' committee are Mr. J. P. Pressly, I Mr. T. A. Putnam, Mr. R. H. Bryce i and Mr. 0. Y Brownlee. Committees that are being formed are to help in the campaign, not to be officers right along. Members who sign application cards and are duly taken into the South Carolina Development Board will vote this fall for Chairman of the Abbeville County Council, for members of the Board of Control and, through the latter, the members of the Board of Directors, Projects, such as the members decide by vote should be undertaken, will be carried out by the permanent officers. Mr. Grier and Dr. Cromer are also members of the State Campaign Executive Committee, of which Governor Robert A. Cooper is Chairman. Former Governor Richard I. Maning is Vice Chariman of this committee, which has among its members some of the most prominent men of South Carolina. Officers of the South Carolina Development Board, to hold office until the next election, are Senator Niels Christensen, President; J. L. Coker, Vice President; Richard I Manning Bice President; C. R. I. Brown Treasurer; and W. M. Frampton, Secretary. St. John Armes, District Director to assist in the organization of the I VT BOARD D IN COUNTY TY CHAIRMAN, AP 5ING COMMITTEES L DISTRICT-ROUSrO BE HELD JUNE IOUNTY?"DO IT [ CAROLINA" county committee, membershi] p teams etc., has headquarters at th< p Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Greenwood. The following gentlemen hav been.selected to serve as indicatec to furthering the work of the De velopment Board in Abbevilh County. A letter is being mailet each one by the secretary outlining their duties: 1 Joel S. Morse, Chairman; J. J Stark, Vice-Chairman; J. S. Coch | ran, W. A. Rowell, D. H. Hill, 0. Y Brownlee, Vice-Chairman; R. E | Cox, Treasurer; W. D. Wilkinson Secretary. Ganvasing CJommJfttee?Abbeville City: C. H. McMurray, M. B Reese, W. H. White, H. G. Clarke J J. S. Bowie, W. F. Nickles, E. F Arnold. Cotton Mill: W. M Langley, A. 0 Roche, G B. Hanby. S. A. L. Shops: H. B. Wilson, W, J. Duncan, H. H Benton. School District?Coiner: J H j Carlisle, W. F. Manning. Ridge: E. 0. Clinkscales, S. S, | Boles. Lowndesville: E. W. Harper, A, V. Barnes. Rocky River: J. T. McAllister. Fork: Sing Parnell. Sextus: Jesse Bonds. Latimer: C. H. McAllister. Monterey: 0. M. Lanier, J. F, Clinkscales. * Calhoun Falls: W. J. Blake. S. F. i Sherard, B. F. Manning. Santuc: Pierce Bowen, T. W. McCord. Flat Woods: J. D. McGaw, W. ,M, Langley. Bethia: N. S. Cason. Sharon: E. L. Knox, 0. M. GilIjam, W. J. Evans. Bethel: L A. Jackson, W. S. Martin. Warrenton: F. W. Wilson, D. W. Thomas. Reid:0. S. Cochran, W. E. Lesley. W. J. Reid. * Borwnlee: R. R. Price, J. W, Bradberry, W. J. Brownlee. Campbell: S. M. Beatty, W. B, j Mann, J. A. Campbell. Antreville: J. P. Anderson, E. A. Patterson, Enoch McCarter, W. F, I Crowther. Union: W. W. Wilson, John K. j Temple. | Sunny Slope: i?. T. tflanchett, vv, : W. Campbell, Will Crawford. Cold Springs: W. B. Uldrick, J. R. McCombs. Long Cane: J. R. Lomax, R. H, Stevenson. Smithville: A. H. Miller, A. M. Tolbert. Promised Land: J. A. Fell, T. P. Thompson. Central: W. E. Mcllwaine, J. R. Hannah, T. S. Palmer. Hagen: J. R. Sharp, J. A. Ellis, W. J. McKee. Bethlehem: A. M. Milford, L. M. Strawhorn, Dr. P. B. Carwile. Keowee: J. R. Pruitt, W. D. Thonas, J C. Ashley. i Due West: 0. Y. Brownlee, T. A, Putnam, R. H. Brice, J. P. Pressly, G. N. Nickles. Donalds: B H. Smith, W. R. Dunn, M. M. Agnew. Pineville, E. R. Miller, S. 0. Botts. Vermillion: J. P. Smith. Fonville: J. A. Ferguson, J. H, j Dupre. Eureka: T. H. Medlock. Broadmouth: Clifton Burts. I Ridgeway: M. J. Ashley, W. M. I .To m QCrt? I UOIIiVJVU. Ray: S. J. Fisher, Earl Murdock, R. B. Bowen. ' Winona: D. S. Kennedy, A. B. LATEST NEWS FLASHES I FROM THE CONVENTION ^ New Cotton Office in City Enables Us To Give Readers Red Hot News From Republican Convention in Chicago. We are indebted to C. E. William, i son Cotton Co. for the red hot news' of the doings of the Republican convention which we print below. The flashes come directly through on the ! cotton wires and enable our readers j to get the latest news right up to press time. The Republican convention was p called to order by Senator Lodge, e permanent chairman this morning. Only routine business was attended to. Committee on resolutions e reported progress but not ready j ! to make full report this morning. Open bets of 40-1 were made on the curb this morning- that Lowden j will not be nominated. r I Udd s on nomination today in j Chicago were: Johnson 4-1, Wood , | 4-1,. Hughes 4-1, Sproul 6-1, Low' den 4-1, Harding 8-1, Knox 8-1, I Coolidge 20-1. j Convention adjourned at 1:25 COTTON In that so many of the farmers of, , the County and the merchants of the! . town are vitally interested in theV closing prices of the New Orleans! mofl/fl+e lira V\/irnn +Viio iocno f ? j fTC VT a WAX i/iiid i^oug VV | 1 give the New Orleans spots and close'. 1 . I ] . I in addition to the New York reports.1 We hope in the next few days to be- ( . gin publishing the close of the Chi-', cago Board of Trade grain quotations . also. ^ New York New Orleans Spots 40:00 - 41:00 k Jan. 33:86 33:78 i, Mch ' 33:42 33:22 1 ! July 38:^0 38.44 , | Oct. 35:57 35:41 , I Dec. 34:47 34:47 j . I Spots yesterday were: New York! ? | 40; New Orleans 41. Futures closed a , j little off today. I. Government Weekly Report. j ( | Texas?Cool weathpr. Heavy rain j i favored plant growth but , wet soil.! ? , j Cotton is improving but some sec J , tions suffering from grass. Weevi j} j continue active in southwest. |. South Carolina?condition of cot j ^ , ton approaching average and is gen | j erally better than commoniy believ ed. Considerable replanting neces J * i sary?chopping continues in Pied . ! mont. 11 a. m. June 9. i i | AMERICAN LEGION < MEETS TOMORROW I A special meeting of the Ameri- j | can Legion is called for tomorrow, i Thursday, afternoon, at 6:15 o'- < clock in the court house. A full at- i; tendance is desired as the bonus 1 question is to be discussed and delegates appointed to attend the state i convention in Spartanburg this 1 month. I < 1 OFF FOR TATE SPRINGS j J. Allen Smith Jr., and daughter, ^ Grace, and Miss Grace Smitn, left today for Tate Springs, Tenn., ' where they will be for two weeks. Joel S. Morse, who accompanied them will return to Abbeville in a few days. Mr. Morse will visit some l of the mines of Tennessee in the interest of his coal business. ] I Double Tragedy in Williamsburg ? Robert Hogan, whose home ;s ] near Kingstree yesterday afternoon ] ' killed his wife and then took his 4 ! own life by firing a bullet into his 2 head. No cause for the double mur? , der is assigned. ] . Martin. Hall: W. J. Cann, L. H. Simpson. Cana: W. E. Corley. Lebanon: M. G. Sherard, C. B. 1 Evans, W. C. McNeill. s Advertising Committee: H. G. 1 Clark, J. D. Fulp, L. J. Bristow. ] The secretary, W. D. Wilkinson, 1 has offered the use of his office to i , the district chairmen whenever < they have any business to transact 1 for the Development Board. 1 SENATOR LODGE IS CHAIRMAN | TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLICAN . CONVENTION WINS ON FIRST BALLOT OVER BEVERIDGE AND Mo CORM-iCKf? JOHNSON AND WOOD MANAGERS SATISFIED / I Chicago, June 8.?Senator Lodge, temporary chairman of the Republican national convention, was selected today by the committee on permanent organization as permanent chairman and his name will be presented tomorrow to the convention for approval. There were three nominations for the place and Senator Lodge was named on the first ballot over Former Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, and Senator McCormick of Illinois. The vote was: Lodge, 22; Geveridge, 9; McCormick, 7. On motion of the Illinois member the recommendation was made unanimous. The remainder of the temporary organization was recommended for permanent service without opposition. No Speech Making Senator Lodge was placed in nomination by William Barnes, of New York; Mr. Beyeridge by Governor Goodrich, of . Indiana, and Senator McCormick by Lieut. Governor Oglesby of Illinois. No speech making followed the nominations. The real job of framing the republican platform was entrusted tolight to a resolutions subcommit:ee of thirteen while the full com mittee of fifty-three appointed by ;he convention was conducting a public hearing for all those who had suggestios to offer. Senator Watson, of Indiana, overwhelmingly elected chairman of the committee earlier in the day, folowed the usual custom and assumed also the chairmanship of the subcommittee. Among the other members named by him were Senator Borah, of Idaho, who wants a plank rejecting entirely the league )f nations; Governor Beckmanj of Rhode Island, who has publicly objected to too much senatorial con:rol in the convention and Ogden L. Mills, of New York, who headed Chairman Hays' policies committee if 171. Although the leanings of some of the members has not been revealed !< was cnirl ?in affnvt Viar) tioon mziAo to make the subcommittee representatives of all the extremes of Republic opinion, particularly on the still unsolved treaty issue. The Wood forces are elated to\ night, although the general trend of the talk among the oldtime politicians is toward Lowden. They won a victory in the principal busine33 transacted. Instructed Wood delegates won the two most important committee chairmanships?Senator Watson, of Indiana, for resolutions, and Edward D. Duffield, of New Jersey, for credentials, More Lawyers Thrust Upon U? Harry McCaw, clerk of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, yesterday swore in as licensed at:orneys_at_law 22 young men, all rcembers of the senior class of the University of South Carolina. One \rmenian, N. A. Boyajian, will be admitted to practice as soon as his laturalization papers are completed. TRUSTEES KILL FRAT The board of trustees of the University of South Carolina in session yesterday in Columbia voted ;o make it a cause for expulsion for anv student of the university to belong to any fraternity either havng a chapter at the university or jlsewhere. Being a sub rosa frat nakes no difference, so say the ;rustees.