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ft _.?, ' ..^Sr ' ? V : ' ;_ : {j . ' '" * ' .sign ' ' I Abbeville Press and Banner - *' ^Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, October 10,1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. | GEORGIA BANKER MURDER VICTIM |L." ' CHARLES E. REAGIN'S BODY THROWN IN RIVER AFTER FOUL DEED?BROUGHT UP ON . TROT LINE BY BOY FLSHER ' -t'. \ MAN Conyers, Ga., Oct. 8;?Testimony indicating that the death late Thurs, day of Mr. Charles Reagin, a prominent farmer and president of the Bank of Rockdale, was the result of a carefully laid plot was given the coroner's Jury here Friday afternoon, and proved the sensation of the hearing up to the time this was wHtten. Affer an'exhaustive investigation 1 V~ extending all through Friday, the coroner's jury adjourned her6 late in the evening without forming a . yerdict other than the statement . Paaoin'a r drntli VB8 "ibrn tat murder." L \ 4 \ . J " \ The jury will meet' again- Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, to further investigate the death of Mr. Reagin. The five negroes arrested daring the day were committed to the jail, where they will remain at least un_ til Monday, when a full verdict is expected. \ Kertie Weft>b, a negro woman residing on the plantation adjoining j that of Mr. jKeagrn, resuinea sne sswi vAtwo white men walking toward the bridge over Yellow riyer shortly before Mr. Reagin passed her house alone in his automobile , and that she ' saw two negro men follow his automobile to -tile bridge closely. ' "The negro men I saw were John and Will tferrett," she testified. She said she did not know who the'two ; v/hite men were. The woman, whose house is lo. : cacfced only a short distance from the Y bridge, was emphatic in her state- r , r merit that no scuffle took place on ! the bridge. While the coroner's jury was continuing its investigation Newton ? i? *1 J tit Prtwnnwl I v ci/uuty umvuMD ?UAT^U UI w??jvia with Oasper Gerry, a negro whom they arrested early today on & blanket charge of suspicion. Deputy Sheriff Hayes, of Newton county, v l and State Senator JR. C.1 Campbell, brought Gentry here and delivered him into the custody of Sheriff Cow 7? an. They ,said he aroused suspicion , of Newton county-'citizens on the road leading to the. Reagin planta- . tion Thursday night The negro was -n1oj?<vri in iail unrf U . tn Mt (riven & grilling before the coroner^ jury. At 3 o'clock the coroner's jury had definitely established the follow-V ing facts in connection with* Mr. ~ Reagin's death: Thai he left Conyer's shortly be. fere 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon alone in his automobile for the announced purpose of making a tour of his plantation; That a negro named Josh Presaly was in the automobile with him when he reached his lower plantation fiM * , hour later; . That he spent thirty minutes on the -lower farm and then proceeded alone toward the upper plantation one half mile distant. GINNING FIGURES Cotton HarrwUd To Date Ahead Of Last Year. The Borean of Cenans has announced the finning figure* for -.j* South Carolina to September t ? . , 25. i.n? total Mies ginnea was 215,266 against 171,451 in 1920. In Abbeville county 5,190 bales were . ginned to September 25, compared with 1,864 last jear, nearly three times more than last year. V In Anderson County the figares are 20,518 against 2,894 - last year, an increase of about 700 per cent. In McCormick Jbmmty, 1,464 ware ginned this year and 8S7 last. j Vy ' LAURENS TEAM DEFEATED BY ABBEVILLE HIGHS Fast Work of Locals Makes Points That Meant Victory?Score Sixteen to Twelve. Billy Long's superior headwork so disconcerted the strong Laurens y High school team Friday afternoon At. Lnnrvms that Abbeville nosed out a .victory which was doubtful until the last second of play was up. The score was 1$ to 12. v Still stinging from their defeat of 13 to 0 by the Abbeville boys last season, the Laurens bunch had made * up their minds to win the game Fri- 1 day or die in the attempt. From ap- ? pearances it seemed Friday that the ? whole effort the ' Laurens squad s was centered on beating Abbeville * and if it had depended on Abbeville's ^ line to hold them the score would c have Men reversed and piled up by c several touchdowns, for Laurens c ploughed through Abbeville's line for * more than a dozen first downs. Lau- 1 rens' line is one of the best high school lines seen. Abbeville was un- i able to. penetrate the home team's c line for any .considerable gains. ' f Tiio fircf fonphdown for Abbeville ^ f ? was made in the first four minutes of play by a completed forward ^ass, f followed by an end run by Brother Gambrell, who won the five dollars t which a rooter had offered for the * first touchdown made by an Abbe- 1 ville boy. 7 Galloway missed , goal. The score remained 6-0' in favor of s Abbeville until the second quarter when Brown, .the star fullback of 3 the Laurens team, ploughed through u the Aihbeville line at Its weak point c for a touchdown. Laurens also miss- r ed goal. Score at end of first half of e the game stood 6 to 6. * a Billy Long's Opportunity to sew ^ tarings up and annihilate the morale J of the iDalites finally came in theja middle of the third quarter, when he . ased his head successfully, trying for a field goal, which resulted in a p beauty. Score 9 to 6 in favor of Ab- ' beville. A short while after Pink Bradley, 3 who wasVput in for Foster Barnwell in the first quarter, completed a t beautiful forward pass end scored _ 23 the second touchdown for Abbeville. Galloway connected this time and Q easily kicked goal. Score Abbeville Q 16 Laurens 6. < ' ^ Laurens braced up after this and r M. Glenn' finally smashed through ? rieht end for a second touchdown for fa Laurens. They missed goal pgain. t 6c ore Abbeville 16 Laurens 12. v < \ < ' 'I " . ' V ' 1 . Neither team was able to score af- p ter this although Laurens outplayed a Abbeville and it was prcbably doe to s Billy Long's punting that kept Ab- i beville's goal out of danger in the last quarter. t ' Never before in high school his- ' tory has there been such a lo flowing < of fans to a football game out of Abbeville. Fifty or more people from Abbeville escorted the team to Lau- . rens and their' supurb support and j chefering did lots toward bringing ^ home the victory. J , V I FOOTBALL HERE FRIDAY 3 ? \ ; g Anderson high school football r team will come to Abbeville Friday j seeking revenge for the drubbing ? Abbeville high gave them last fall when the locals beat hem 31 to 6. All - ^ of the high Bcnooi learns nave improved this fall and Anderson is said to, have shown more than the usual amount of improvement Abbe- ^ ville has also improved as everyT body here knows and we predict an- * other scalp added to our collection on Friday afternoon. The team ap- ( predates the wholehearted support the local fans are giving them and a real game of football is (promised with the Anderson bunch. The admission remains the same: 50 cents ^ and 25 cents. The parent-teacher association is going to have refresh. j t ments to sell on the grounds durfng the game. " t Dr. T. L. Davis of Augusta was x an Abbeville visitor yesterday. c !Y GET ram ON NEW TAX BILL WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SENATORS CONFER ON POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN FAVORABLE AMENDMENTS LIKELY TO BE PRESSED. , - ; Washington, Oct. 9.?A movement ooking to bi-part:san support for the intendments to the tax revision bill igreed upon by Republican leaders, v&s put under way today in the Senate. Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, a eader among the Senators. from (Vestern States, who insisted on the .ompromise program, held several lonferences with Senator Simmons ^ North Carolina, the Democratic eader in the tax fight, but apparenty a final agreement was not reached. A plan discussed was that of havng the revised amendments reported iut by unanimous vote of the Senate ir.ance committee, Republicans a;id )emocrats and supported on the floor iy leaders on both sides. The Demorats are represented as looking with avor on most of the amendments but hey are not satisfied with regard to he proposed taxes on corporations? nsisting that a revenue in excess of hat proposed be obtained from that oufce. Republican leaders were undertood to have agreed today on a plan mder which corporations haying inomes in excess of $25,000 would not eceive the ^benefit of the $2,000 exmptlon now allowed all corporations, t is estimated that this would yield n additional $30,000,000 in revenue, 'he Democrats have proposed reealof the exemption in thq case of 11 corporations. -V' . Senators from Eastern States laid lans today for their fight against the rogfam as outlineed by the leaders, 'bey expected to force votes on the loor on the original proposal for a 2 per cent maximum income surtax ate for the existing maximum estate ax rate and for repeal of the capital tock tax on corporations. Leaders expressed little concern ver this opposition and were of the pinion that the amended bill could >e passed by week after next. The evision a sagreed upon in midweek rere discussed today by majority aembers on the finance committee, iut decisions on them ^were deferred intil Monday. The income surtax protosal was tkken up in some detail ind there were reports that some disenting opinions had been expressed n the committed. . CHILD BREAKS LEG ' ? ? u??. e_a i A ti.. irAce jzmin nun #?>???r noon While Skating. t, While skating Saturday, afternoon n front of her parents' home on "forth Main street, Grace Smith, the L2 year old daughter of Mr. and Urs. J. Allen Smith, Jr., fell and >roke one of the hones In her leg, ust above the ankle. She was taken ? the hospital where Dr. R. ?. A bell, ;urgeon of Chester, set the bones, rhe child was resting easily this norning as possible under the cir:umstances. SUNDAY VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Perrin of "? ?Ml- J If jrreeirvuie aim air. xacuxy mwan v? tfew Orleans were here Sunday (pending the day with Mr. and Mrs. r. G. White. Mr. McGaw remained >ver and will visit for a day or two. I FAKE ROBBERY STORY Philadelphia, Oat. 8.?Andrew B. )etwiler, an assistant disbursing ofIcer for the United States shipping >oard, who claims to have been held lp .and robbed of $10,000 by banlits last Tuesday, confessed tonight bat he and his assistant had stolen he money themselves and patched ip the robbery story to cover their leed, accordng te the police. I I *' ? ti. ? ' _ .. t. }[ _ RAILROAD!! PLAN TO REDUCE RATE! TRANSPORTATION LEADER! CONFER WITH . PRE&IDEN" HARDING AND SENATOI CUMMINS WITH VIEW TO AID ING BUSINESS. Washington, Oct. 8?Developmen which were declared to presage ear ly reduction in railroad freight rate and a clearing of the railroad situa tion generally came here today fron several quarters. .1 . , A group of prominent railroad ex ecutives conferred today with Presi dent Harding and Senator Cummins Republican, Iowa, chairman of th Senate Interstate Commerce Com mittee and discussed steps towan freight rates reduction preliminar; to the executives meeting at Chicago October 14. Rate reductions also was the prin ... { ' cipal topic on the prog^an^ at a meet ing tonight of Democratic and Re publican Senators, comprising . th unofficial agricultural "bloc." Sena tors attending the meeting sai< there was a wide and vigorous de mand for rate cute as imperative to the agricultural interests. Senator; Cummins after his confer ence with the railway executives said he believed they would adopt a their Chicago meeting, his \sugges tions for an immediate reduction o freight rates. No definite or forma assurances to this effect were givei -xa aq 'aouaaajuoo s^epo? ;b qui plained, but he expressed the opin ion that ihe reductions would bi made by the carriers voluntarily. Tie carriers then, Senator Cum mins said, probably would ask thj railroad la>bor board to reduce wage or appeal to Congress for legisla tion to meet the situation caused b; the voluntary rate reductions. The railway executives in the con ferences included T. DeWitt Cuylei representing a railway security hold ers' organization, Samuel Rea, presi dent of the Pennsylvania system President Smith, of the New Yoif Central; President Holden, of Bur Jington; Julius Cruttschnitt, chaix man of the Southern-Pacific. ' I . . "The railway executives," sai< Senator Cummins, after the confer ence, "feel tftiat the only substantia way to reduce rates is to reduc wages. They also feel that the wag fixing functions of the railroad labo board should be transferred to th Interstate Commerce Commission which has the rate making of return powers," DEAD IN YARD ' * ; Will Turner Killed In Spartanburi By H. J. Stag?. Spartanburg, Oct. 8.?Will F Turner, constable for Magistrat Brissie, was found dead in his car ii the yard of the home of H. J. Stagg of the Howard Gap road, just nortl of the city, earTy this morning an< this afternoon the coroner's jur; found tftat .Turner came w> ms aeaw at the hands of H. J; Stagg. Ac cording to the testimony before thi coroner1, Turner went to Stagg' home shortly before midnight am demanded that Stagg come out Stagg refused, it is alleged and Tur ner began cursing and fired into tir home, whereupon Stagg returned tb fire and Turner received fou wounds. He is said to have climbe* back in the car and died there. Hi body was discovered an hour or s< later. Neither Stagg or any membe: of his family came out of the housi after the firing, claiming they wer afraid Turner was still waiting fo: fli/vm VUVUI* Stagg was granted bail this after noon in the sum of $5,000. TONSILS GONE Miss Gertrude Penney and Mis Mildred Watson of the Sharon sec tion were operated on at the hospi tal yesterday for tonells. j C. E. YODER DIES SUDDENLY THIS MORNING | Native of Van Wyck Section of Lancaster County?Funeral at | Methodist Church. jFol lowing an attack of heart dis 5 ease, to which he wa3 known to be .] P subject, C. E. Yoder, telegraph operator in Abbeville for the Seaboard * Air Line Railway, died in his office " at the shops at 10:30 o'clock this morning. He was 38 years old. Three weeks ago Sunday he was married t in Augusta to Miss Helen Edwards . of Abbeville, the marriage coming '] s as a surprise to their friends. At his work this morning Mr. ] a Yoder had spoken of not feeling well. <1 asked an associate in the office, ' Carlyle Bates, Mr. Yoder's nephew, i - to call a man to relieve him from < i; duty. A few minutes later the heart e attack came upon -hin# and while Mr. i J. A. Hill, who happened to be in : i the office, and Mr. Bates sought to y follow the directions Mr. Yoder gave : i, to relieve the attack, Mr. Yoder i died. He was conscious for several' ! 1 , f ': . " ' ' . Aili 4 .[minutes after the attack, talking tb ; i. Mr. Hill and Mr. Bates. . / Mr. Yoder was a native of the Van e Wyck section of Lancaster county^1 where He has a large family connec- i 1 tion. He has lived in Abbeville about - six years, all the time ibeing con- i e riected with the Seaboard railway. 1 For a long time he had rooms at i . the Edward's home on South Main [. street . Following Mra. Edwards' K ' \ * ' I ' t death several weeks ago Mr. Yoder , - and Miss Helen Edwards were mar-1 < f ried September 18/the two contimi-j] 1 ing to live at Mrs. Yodel's old home ] ! place. ' ' j; j Surviving Mr. Yoder besides his - wife are his father, J. M. Yoder of 1 5 Van Wyck, one Sister, Mrs. J. W. < Bates of Van Wyck; four brothers, j - G. R. and K. M. Yoder of Van Wyck, i e J. H. Yoder of New York and Henry 3 T. Yoder of Muskogee, Okla. Mr. 1 - Yoder attended Lenoir. College a/t 7 Lenoir, C. He had .worked for > the Seaboard since he was 16. Had - he lived until Thursday he would 11 , have been 38 years old. In consideration of; Mr. Yoder's 1 - expressed wish, he will be buried at J Long Cane cemetery tomorrow af* ternoon following funeral services at ' the Methodist church at 3 o*?lock. - The Masons will have charge of the ! exercises. Mr. Yoder was also a J Shriner. The news of Mr. YodePs death r 1 was received with general ?j?egret e this morning, not only because of e i ,fka fuMnnal frtAiwlfllilm Had made ~ VMW |rV*WMW* AAAWMWM-fw ( r tut also because of the general ese teem and regard the people of Abbel? ville have for Mrs. Yoder. There is 'i city-wide sympathy for her in her bereavement. POSTMASTER ASKS PATRONS TO PROVIDE MAIL BOXES r ' . Say* Much Mora Efficient and Satisfactory Storrice May Be Given e if Receptadea are Fixed. a , Postmaster Tolbert has received a if h communication from Postmaster j General Hays informing him that a y nationwide campaign will be put on h J at once to have every building . properly numDereu etuu c^ui^cu e with a suitable receptacle or opens ing in the door to receive mail dej livered by carrier. October 19 has ^ been designated aa the day when _ carriers will be required to report e every dwelling or place of business e on their route not so numbered and r provided with a private mail recepj tacle. s Mr. Tolbert says ( that ' when the 3 census has been completed, he will r communicate with the persons cone Cerned with a view to havingt the B faults corrected as soon as possible. r He says: "House numbers enable carriers ; to locate promptly buildings to which mail is addressed and eliminates delays in delivery. "Mail receptacles insure the prompt and safe delivery of mail in 3 the absence of occupants. Avoid de1 ~? rtrnilirli Mfnm tn nffipA - lay ui. man imuugu ? ? -- - because of absence of occupants or delay in answering earners' ring. in ntar mm LEADERS WILL CQNFER PROBABLY IN CHICAGO?MEETING FOR "GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PARTY WELFARE," WHITE SAYS. Washington, Oct. 8.-?A call is to be issued by Chairman George wnice tomorrow ior a meenng 01 tne Democratic National Committee to be held within tip next two or three weeks, probably at Chicago. Demoiratic leaders with, whom Mr. White conferred at the Capitol today said it would bring together prominent men and women party spokesmen Prom all sections of the country. - ? Chairman White is expected to make a detailed report on the rjecent presidential campaign and reso- ? lutions will probably be adopted in Support at thfe conference on limitation of armament, "The meeting is to be called," Mr. ; ^ White said tonight, "for general discussion of -party welfare. It -wilt bring together for the first time many Democratic National Commit-' tee women who have never attended m a committee meeting." The meeting will .be the first held"' iince the close of the nationalpresiiential campaign last' November/ 3everal months ago friends of William G. McAdoo urged a meeting, but a call, was refused by Chairman White. The question of Mr. White's resignation waa widely discussed^ at that time. That Mr. White would :ontinue as charman for the present it least, was declared by pairty lead- ' ers here tonight. Mr. White himself I waa non-committal except to declare ' that he did. not expect any developments at the meetlne affecting his personal status. His friends in. have been urging him ' to (become a v?* candidate for Governor for the next election of those here declare this jj development is probable. i Among business affairs of the par- . ' ty tp be idiscussed, at the meeting is the deficit, which Mr. White said, has been reduced since November but still remains a matter for settle- V| ment. Former Governor Cox, it was said, is not expected to attend the meeting. and th!e question of. future - cant J iJ V* ''U diaacies, ieauur? mhi, nuuiu uw uu . raised formally ait least. BETTER TIMES AHEAD M?r. Optimistic TJk F~m Bankan WKo Oogk To Kuw. Lob Angeles, Cal., Oct. 7.?Broad in its optimism and saturated with . ^ predictions that the golden crest of | prosperity is slowly Unit with crrtain- m Vj ty approaching the United States m an incoming tide of better times, ' the 47th annual convention of the A TJo*iUoi?o' oqaop7flf:mn t>B- ".ii aiucuvaxi tered upon its final session today. 1 Most important among the reports j was that of resolutions committee, embodying suggestions from the executive council as well as from 1 six divisions of the association. " 3 The savings bank division last ; night adopted resolutions deprecia- .. '. J ting agitation for an enlarged system of postal savings .banks paying in increased rate of interest, and protesting against any legislation to that end, the resolution says: "It-is the sense of this division ;hat it is not a proper function of ;he government to engage in a competitive system of savings banking, :he expense of which is to be defrayed by taxation." CbTTON MARKET . S . v Spots, 20 cents. Futures declined from 20 to 40 points today from Satordaj't close. December closed today at 19.42, March 18.86 and May 18.59. ' ' >