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SUPPLY OF MOLASSES MAKES RUM PROBLEM San Juan, P. R., July 19.?As long as there is an unlimited supply of ?olasses in Puerto Rico and as long as so many people know what to do with it to make alcohol, there will be a rum problem in Puerto Rico, | according to the Rev. D. Y. Donaldson, retiring prohibition director, who is returning to the states via Panama to take^up his new work as state secretary of the Oklahoma Christian Missionary society. "You can not have a vote for proWMtiuu >ao day and expect to have* everything bone dry the next," said Mr. Donaldson. ^One of the factors in enforcing the prohibition laws in Puerto Rico ii the.island's long coast line and the allying wet islands. This, together witch the vast quantities of molasses the island, makes rum making ??y. "There will continue to be violalions of the law until the penalties f?r violations approach the maximum fltauH fines are looked upon as a ? ? * i? neap iorxn 01 iu'cusc. , "There are men who are going: to continue drinking until their hides' are completely pickled. All of the police of New York city added to those of Puerto Rico could not stop ttzs." - In addition to a great deal of illicit lEstHling, Mr. Donaldson said that fee was convinced there was considerable importation of contraband fiqaor and that this smuggling was to an extent an organized business. His office, he said, was familiar with mate of the details of this organize^* traffic, and in his opinion, it was only a question of time when this traffic would be made more difficult. He estimated that possibly 200 cases of. Irandy or other similar liquor were sought into the island each month. TWr Other Na^ae. / 'v ^ " VSeom the Boston Tasanscnpt. lotto -Grace had be?n given some jKget-me-nots by one of the neighf baa and she came running to her ( another with them, saying: "Oh, look at (the think-of-mes Mrs. Brown gave me." WANTS \ f FOR RENT?Three unfurnished rooms, lights, -water, all conveniences, close in. 'Mrs. Laura I 'Faulkner. It c.c FOR SALE?Three or four nice Jersey cows, with young calves. (From three to six years old. '6. L. Wilson. 15, 18 c. K\ V v . * . . . . FOR SALE?The farm where I now ' ? live. 35 acres well improved land. GFood water. Necessary outbuildings. Fine location. For price and terms see E. C. WILSON, Abbe? aille, S. C. 7, 13-4ton Wed.c. HEMSTITCHING and PICOTING? I am now prepared to do hemstitching and pieoting. MISS KATE MARSHALL, Phone 124, 7 Marshall Ave., Abbeville, S. C. C 1 C Oi?>Lw aa! W? XVOHAO.WV1* ; ' ' . j _ i - . ?;?? FOR SALE?Best quality cream at 0 cents a pint, also fresh eggs. Phone 1. Mrs. D. A. Rogers. 4-ltf ' 1*^81 GLASSES Vacation I Before going away, hare usnake an extra pair of glasses? a duplicate of those you are wearing. j If you break one pair, you still ' ' lttTa another to meet the emergency. WWW I iwur Tnvniivti tw THE FULL, WITH UNHAMPERED VISION. DR. L. V. LISENBEE OPTOMETRIST TELEPHONES: Mice 278 Re*. 388 3 1*2 Washington St. Orer McMurray Drag Co. ABBEVILLE, S. C. (Becoming Glasses Cost No More) CONVICTS ESCAPE WHEN PEN BURN! SEVEN MEN MISSING AT ROL1 CALL OF PENNSYLVANIA PEN ITENTIARY.?RIOT START. [ WITH FIGHT BETWEEN IN MATES. Pittsburg, Jury 19.?Seven cor vicis were missing at the roll call i: Western Pennsylvania penitentiar here today after fires and wild riol ing when the prisoners rebelle during lunch. The fire lsos is es timated at $150,000. Two firemen and five inmate were injured by gunshot wounds ; while scores were slightly hurt. The riot started when two prisor ofwi/?V no/?li Aflior nrVnlo fcalciTV their places at the table. An instan later the prison fire alarm sounde and men leaped upon tables, how] ing like maniacs and hurling anj thing within reach at guards. The madmen raced through th building^ and carried fire into sections where the flames had not a] ready reached. Brooms were lighte and carrie.d by the convicts. Bed ding was stacked high and fired. Soon the prison was a roaring fui nace and firemen were battling wit the prisoners, some inmates ciimoe to the fifth tier of cells and bega: 1 hurling bricks from the top of th inside wall at guards and firemer r Like animals, the long-termer crawled and clung to the window bars howling at the thousands o spectators that had gathered whe dense clouds of smoke rolled fror the buildings, through smashe windows. The rioters were quelled only afte scores of police overwhelmed thei and restored order. . Prison officials said they believe the missing would be found hidde about the grounds. ?? uva i/ug HVb oiguai 3UUI1UC guards mounted their posts on th high wall around the prison an manned machine arid riot guns. Otl er guards patrolled the inner wa while every available city policema guarded the streets in the vicinity o the grounds. State troopers were e route here to preserve order througl out the night. 1 Four buildings were destroyed i the fire. STATE HOSPITAL SHOWS INCREAS1 Superintendent Report* Hundre More Patients Now Than This Time Last Year. I t I nil 1^ /. Columbia, July 19.?The popula tion of the State hospital has increa; ed to such an extent that Dr. C E. Williams, superintendent, brough the matter to the attetnlon of th board of regents at its regular month ly meeting last Thursday. The popu lation on that date was 2,369. Th board feels that if this increase con tinues there is danger of the institu tion closing the present year with deficit. Already the hospital has bee: called upon to care for mors tha 100'more patients during the firs six months of the year than durin; the first six months of last year an this increase was not anticipate when the appropriation was made fo the year. More than the usual num ber of patients are being paroled an discharged each month, but the ad mission rate has been so high that th patient population has steadily ir creased. Figures giving the population fo the first six months of this year shoi a great increase over the figures fo the first six months of last year.'Th average monthly population of thi ? ? - A i. O-t i ixisn.tu.nuII lur wie iirst six munin j of 1920 was 2,169 and that for th first six months of 1921 was 2,27 showing an increase of 106 patient for this year. The monthly admis sions in 1920 averaged 66 patients during 19921 they averaged 84 pj tients. Dunne the first six months of 192 the average monthly death rate wa 28 patients; during 1921 the averag monthly death rate was 25. During these months of 1920 a average of 39 patients, were parole and discharged each month, whil during 1921 an average of 48 patient were dismissed. Dr. Williams said the only reaso WOODROW WILSON i WARNED BRITISH L SUGGESTED TO LLOYD GEORGE THAT DEBT WOULD STAND AS 5 CONGRESS AND POPULAR OPINION WERE UNFAVORABLE TO CANCELLATION i- Washington, July 19.?President n Wilson wrote ftemier Lloyd "^George y of Great Britain last October that it j was "highly improbable that either a the congress or popular opinion of this country will ever permit a can's cellation of any part of the debt of ?> the British government to the United States in order to induce the; 1 British government to remit in whole gj j. or in part the debt to Great Britain d or France or any of the allied gov1 eraments." An excerpt from Mr. Wilson's letter, replying to one 'written by the e British premier two months previ~ ous, in which reference was made to a suggestion that the interallied d debt3 be cancelled was made public I" today for the first time for insertion in the Congressional Record by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Rek publican leader of the senate. Mr. * *J if tironc* aiiV " LiUU^C CAyiaillCU vuav AW VTMa uuwn mitted to the foreign relations corn's mittee of which hie is chairman by ' David F. Houston, secretary of the ? treasury* under Mr. Wilson. The British premier further was f infoxmed by President Wilson that n it also was highly improbable that a either congress or the American pubd lie "would consent to a cancellation or reduction in the debt of any of the r allied governments as an inducement n towards a practical settlement of the reparations claims." Mr. Wilson d pointed to past rejections of the sugh gestion of intergovernmental debt cancellation and added: d "The views of the United States e rovernment have not changed ' .and rf it is not prepared to consent to the i- remission of any part of the debt 11 of Great Britain to the United n States." ' if Warning that ihe "long delay n which has occurred in the funding i- of the demand obligations is already embarrassing the treasury which will n find itself compelled to begin to collect back and current interest if speedy progress is "not made with the fund," Mr. Wilson stated that g unless funding arrangements were agreed upon "in the present state of j opinion here, there is likely to develop a dangerous misunderstanding." Secretary Mellon, appearing before the senate finance committee to urge enactment of the administration i_ bill to confer broad powers in debt refunding, was told by Senator Cur?. tis of Kansas, a member of the coml mittee and Republican senate whip, e that Republican and Democratic senators alike had stated that they _ would not vote for a refunding bill e which did not require the-settlement _ to be reported to congress for ratifi. cation. Mr. Mellon said "it would a be illogical" to amend the bill so as n to limit the treasury's authority. u t THE COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY gr d The County Bible Society is to d meet at Shiloh on July 27th, the last r Wednesday of the month. The Board i- of Directors will meet at ten o'clock d and the public exercise will begin I- nt 11 o'clock. A picnic dinner will be e served on'the grounds. The address i- will be made by Professor John G. Cbnkscales, anl that is enough to r assure us thai i wiU be a fine one. jf Let us all be present to encourage r the speaker, to enjoy social and e spiritual refreshment, ar.r! to aid is the good cause. The* Shiloh people is are much interested in the Bible e cause, and Bible-loving people all 5 over the county should show an apis preciation of this interest. Come 5- one, come all. t; J. I. McCain, President. t- July, 20, 1921 3t 0 he can give for the increase in popu,s lation this year is the general finane cial depression: He said that he got this impression from different supern intendents while attending the Amerd ican Psychiatric association in Bose ton and said there seemed to be a ;s similar increase in the populations of state hospitals for the insane through n out the country. j NEESES MERCHANT DIES OF WOUNDS <H. W. DycKes Shot Saturday By Negro Dies at Baptist Hospital Monday. Columbia, July 19.?H. W. Dychea Neeses merchant, who was shot at Neeses Saturday, July 10, died at the Baptist hospital at 3 o'clock Monday morning from the effects of the wounds. Arthur Jefferson, a negro, is thought to have fired the fatal shot. Reports indicate that Mr. Dyches had some words with the negro earileT in the day. Apparently Jefferson became aggrieved and later came into the town and fired into a Art IfMrt uiuwu in wmui HTmi i/jrvuco standing, it was said, several shots taking effect in Mr. Dyches' back and others striking bystanders. No one besides Mr. Dyches appears to have been seriously wounded. At the time Mr. Dyches was shot, officers were at Jefferson's house looking for him to arrest him because of the j earlier trouble with Mr. Dyches. 1 Mr. Dyches was struck in the iback with 30 or 40 No. 2 shot audi was brought to the Baptist hospital here immediately for, treatment. He showed no improvement and gradually declined, dying early yesterday. A search has been instituted for the negro, Arthur Jefferson, who has not 'been seen in the Neeses community since the trouble. Mr. Dyches was reputed to be a man of high standing and excellent character in his community where he 1o9TA<! ft luroro oin?lp nf fifimdu ?n^ relatives to mourn is umt&nely and tragic death. He was 33 years of age and is survived by his widow, one child, and by his father. The remains were taken to Neeses at 7 o'clock yesterday morning and the funeral services were to have been held at Rocky Swamp chuirch yesterday. CHESTER ACCIDENT COSTS TWO LIVES Sight of Dead Man Kills Second Negro?Wrong Identification In One Case. Chester, July 19.?Attempting to alight from No. 6 on the Seaboard Air Line railway at Sandy Biv^r station Saturday evening as the train momentarily slowed down, a negro named Dudley was hurled to the ground with terrific force and died in a few minutes from concussion of the brain. The negro was riding between the tender and the express car, and as the train passed the station a bystander saw him lean out and then pull back. A moment later he plunged out to his death. A quart of wibieskey the bottle broken and the body of the deceased cut by the broken glass, was found on Dudley's person. A sequel to Dudley's fatal accident was the sudden death of Leonard -Crank, a negro section hand, who was one $f the first to reach the injured man. Crank walked off, apparently in the direction of his home but overcome, no doubt; by the unusual experience he had just witnessed, sank down by the roadside and died. The negro, who jumped from the luni'n nfoe Iffirvrl TVTT Q mimVAti viaiu woo iUwiturntu uj a> uuu&vci vi negroes, including relatives, as 'being John Keeno<n or Kennon, of Lowiryville and Wilkesburg sections, and relatives were here this morning arranging to have the body taken to Lowtryville for burial when a Mr. Jeter, of Carlisle telephoned J. A. Barron, the unnertaker, a description of a negro missing from his place by the name of Dudley, which proved conclusively that the dead man was from his plantation, and not Keenan. or Kennon as supposed. A negro woman earlier an the forenoon, after viewing the body, had declared that the dead man was not Keenan, who is about 25 years of age, whereas the dead neg-ro was 'atwut 50. . WALLACE HARRIS I LAWYER Room 204 CITY HALL A The I I Rosenberg Mercantile Co. I Four Stores Many Dep t. I ABBEVILLE/ S. C. I fl. -g r t . . / 'I wm * ? Another shipment of this one Strap White Canvas Pump just received. , . f Note the neat Military Heel and ' comfortable last. PRICE .. .. $3.00. ' .' r ; ; .. . ;t m . SATINS 1 Splendid quality in these Satin 1 Pumps, Louis and 1-2 Baby Louis 1 Heels at . ~ $5*00. \ Irippendorf-Dittman Superior. Satins in Black and Brown at $8.00. Black and Tan Kid Oxfords and i S*raps, High, Military and Low Heels. , / I / Tan Calf "Brogue" Oxfords. 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