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Abbeville Press and Banner ] Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Friday, October 14, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. |f 1$. HUDSON FREED OF MURDER CHARGE DOUGHERTY JURY ACQUITS WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLINC CHILDREN?TELLS MANY DETAILS OF PAST LIFE?SHE FEARED HUSBAND. Albany, Ga., Oct, 12.?Mrs. Bennie Hudson was found not guilty by a jury here, today, of the murder of her two sons. An thA stand in her 4U1D* iAUUiJVii v?? own defense yesterday, told the jury her husband had shot the boys and threatened her if she told. She had " obtained a jab in Albany to help support the children, she testified r because her husband had failed-to . do so. Early on the morning of the tragedy she said, as she was pre^ paring to leave the farm where they Jived for town, to begin work, Hudson with a pistol at her head, compelled he<r to go across the road to the barn. Hudson, she declared, returned to the house, from which direction she shortly heard muffled screams and two shots. "I knew he had killed my babies and I tried to get in the house to them, but he said he would kill me if I tried to get in," she told the jury. "In the wagon going to town, he told me he would shoot me if I didn't keep my mouth shut and said if I pat him where he could not get me he had a brother who would get me." The woman also told the jury the two litle boys were illegitimates and that she had fled from Alabama to keep the authorities from taking them from her. Love for the boys J had led her to outwit the authoriirlu coir) o-nH to Irv and de WVO OUV WW- ^ > 0 | cent support for them, after she had married Hudson. She declared Hudson was terribly cruel to her and to the little boys. i COURT DECISIONS S?iiioiu Expected to End Saturday Morning Last Ca?e on TriaL The jury engaged in the case of J. L. McCoy against Austin Hall Wednesday returned a verdict for the defendant. McCoy sought damages in the sum of $10,000 which he claims to have incurred in an automobile accident. C. L. Bowen lost two cases in the decision of a jury in his suit against J. H. Wilson and in agreeing to non-suit against W. M. Bell. J. C. McLane as guardian ad litem against the Southern Paving Company won a verdict of $200. The Operatives Trust Company won its &uit against Sheriff McLane, and the verdict will restore to the owner, George Pritchard, an automobile seized by the sheriff in a liquor raid. The jury in the case of R. C. Price against W. B. Hill returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $8,200 with interest from January 1 to October 1, the total amount being $8,630.47. R. M. Stevenson was fore0 it _ man 01 me jury. The court is engaged this afternoon in the suit of Mariah Dawson against Abbeville County, which is , expected to consume the balance of today and part of tomorrow. The court will adjourn following the completion of this case and the jurors already drawn to serve next week have been notified by Clerk of Court Perrin not to report. GIVES AWAY RANGES Memorial Hospital G?t? Useful Gift From Pre?byteri*n?. The Home Mission Committee of Ckmn/] /v# QmifVi ure ujuuu ?> ? Carolina has recently given to the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital the two cooking ranges left there when the building was abandoned by Ferguson-Williams College, and which have been used by the hospital since its beginning. The gift wa? made at he suggestion of Mr. A. B. , Morse, agent for the mission committee In Abbeville. PHILANDER KNOX DIES A! CAPITAL SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA STRICKEN?SENATE TO MEET THEN ADJOURN OUT OF RESPECT TO LATE MEMBER. 68 YEARS OLD. Washington, Oct. 12.?Philander Chase Knox, senator from Pennsylvania and secretary of state under President Taft, died suddenly at 6:30 o'clock this evening at his home here. He was stricken with paralysis after descending the stairway on his way to dinner and passed away 1-5 minutes later without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Knox and the senator's secre-1 tary, W. F. Martin, were near the senator and hurried to his aid." Dr. Samuel Adams was summoned immediately, but he found Mr. Knox beyond medical aid. Senator Knox returned to Washington only last Monday night from a trip to Europe with Mrs. Knox and he attended the sessions of the senate yesterday and today. Leaving the chamber about 5 o'clock this afternoon the senator took an automobile ride through Potomac park and stopped on his way home to purchase tickets for a theatrical performance tonight. Reaching home, the senator went to his library where he remained until summoned to dinner. President Harding, Chief Justice Taft, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican leader; Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania and other friends and close associates of Mr. Knox were soon notified of the senator's death. The news came as 5 shock to all official Washington, for the senator, through his services first as attorney general under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, and later as attorney general under President Taft, had a wide circle of friends in all walks of public life, congressional, diplomatic and legal. Arrangements for the funeral will be made after the arrival in Washington of Senator Knox's sons, Reid Knox of Valley Forge, Pa., and Hugh Knox of Stratford, Pa., and daughter, Mrs. James R. Tindall of Valley Forge. A third son, Philander Chase Knox, Jr., resides in Washington. The senate will meet tomorrow and adjourn out of respect to the late senator and with the house will name a committee to attend the funeral. Senator Knox was a resident of Pittsburgh and he also had a summer home at Valley Forge. The place of interment has not yet been announced. firmYattIeys approve bonds The school board is in receipt of a telegram today to the effect that the attorneys of J. H. Hlllsman and company of Atlanta have approved the legality of the bonds voted some ttme ago to erect a new scnooi building in Abbeville. The board will notify J. R, Owen, contractor, of Greenville and he is expected to begin work on the structure at an ariy date. It is expected that the money from the sale of the bonds will be available within fou^or five days.. The final confirmation of the sale of the school bonds marks the close of a long effort by the board to dispose of the securities at a price that would enable the trustees to have erected a building that would meet the need of the growing attendance. The sale was advertised twice, the nrst oirera noi proving sausiactory. There were several bidders at the second offering and they were finally sold at 92 and accrued interest, which is approximately the amount that will be realized In the sale now conRfinaatod. RAILROAD SHE I THOUGHT UNLIKELY LEADERS EXPECTED TO MAKE N NO ANNOUNCEMENT?BROTHERHOOD EXECUTIVES MAY ADJOURN WITHOUT TAKING DEFINITE ACTION. Chicago, Oct. 13.?Little likelihood of a decision to call a strike of rail- J road workers of the big four brother- b hoods was forecast tonight by L. E. h SheDDard. president of the Order of f Railway Conductors. After three days ti and nights of meetings the executives ti and general chairmen of the conductors, engineers and firemen were still 0 far from agreement as to their action tonight. t "It is likely now that there will E be no announcement made when these s conferences adjourn," Mr. Sheppard ? said. "Thus far we can say nothing, b and it now seems probable that there i will be nothing to say." ti Warren S. Stone, grand chief of w the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and W. S. Carter, head of s the Brotherhood of Firemen and En- b ginemen, declared they, too, would'ti probably have nothing to say even v after the conference. W. G. Lee, head of the Brother- a hood of railroad trainmen, the fourth o body of the big four group, arrived a today to await the action of the re- n maining trio. tl "Our men have voted to strike and 3 I will give them rny authorization the - minute the others say the word. It is up to them," Mr. Lee said. tl He added, however, that he was F not expecting strike action and that 1< he would not be surprised to see the E conference? end without definite ac-jc, tion being taken. j E MORE INDICTMENTS I AGAINST STRIKERS Ftizgerald, Ga., Oct. 13.?Ben Hill grand jury returned indictments for d the murder of W. T. Reed, engineer it of the A. B. & A. railroad shot July P 5th, against Carl Ellison, Fred Stubbs J. M. Smith, A. W. Rozar, James it Mead, P. R. Harris, Ed Brown, John u T. Liles, J. R. Malcolm and Crowder ii Cates, when 0. C. Fairfield, also in- i] dieted by a special grand jury for the p murder of Reed, turned state's evi- a dence before the grand jury today, ii Fairfied also is a witness against o Preston Ware, William Busell and S. R. Thomas, former employes of the n A., B. & A. railroad, who were ar- ^ rested this afternoon on a warrant n charging them with a felony in con- ^ nection with a wreck which occurred ^ near Ambrose, in Coffee county, on j, July 28th, and which was said to be due to a dynamite explosion. The three accused were taken to ^ Douglas Wednesday afternoon, to be p presented to the grand jury of Cof- a fee county, which is in session this q week. Fairfield was taken to Douglas to go before the grand jury as c a witness. o All of the indicted employes are 3 in jail here except Fred Stubbs, en- j( gineer, and P. R. Harris and James u Meade, conductors. Officers are on n the lookout for these. The grand 0 jury adjourned this afternoon until Monday. Criminal cases will come j. up for trial Monday, and it is expected that a strong array of at- ^ torneys will be secured for the defendants. COTTON MARKET. I Spot cotton: Highest price ^ paid today 20 cents. P Futures were unsteady, Dec- i ember making a decent to 18 f cents during the morning. The C close, however, was firmer, the a final quotation being 19.17, a net il gain of two points from yester- S day's close. a MS WIN LAST TO TAKE SERIES JcGRAW'S NATIONALS BECOME BASEBALL MONARCHS OF UNIVERSE BY VICTORY OVER YANKEES YESTERDAY.?FINAL SCORE 1 TO 0. \ > Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. 13. ohn McGraw's Giants became the aseball monarchs of the universe ere this afternoon when they de eated the New York Yankees, 1 to 0, i the eighth and decisive game of he world series. Roger Peckinpaugh, the Gibraltar f the Yank infield, fell down in the rst inning and paved the way for he Giants' only run. Waite Hoyt, the Irooklyn youth, was jointly responible for the victory of the Giants, loyt put the winning run on the ase when he walked Bancroft. Peek hen messed up Kelly's grounder and' hen Bancroft was over the plate rith the run. Arthur Nehf, twice defeated in the eries, came back and pitched a rilliant game. He wabbled several imes, but was saved by the brilliant rork of his inner defense. The great Babe Ruth, with his arm welled twice its normal size, disbeyed the orders of his physician nd went in as a pinch hitter in the inth inning, trying to ward off what hen looked like certain defeat. The wat king failed and went out on an asy grounder. The Yanks had their big chance in] he fourth inning. With two down, 'ipp and Ward singled, and Nehf, jsing control momentarily, walked iftkcr, filling the bases. Sehang ame up and drove a lone fly which lurns pulled in for a fine catch. IARDING TALKS OF DISARMAMENT Washington, Oct, '13.?Universal isarmament is impossible and even s desirability now is questionable, resident Harding said today. The president's view, which makes ; clear the American delegation at ;h arms parley will seek only a mitation of armament, was stated 1 emphatic terms in a letter made ublic by the White House to stem growing propaganda?mostly well itentioned?for complete abolition f armament. The letter, made public simultaeously with the assembling of the imerican delegation to the disarmalent conference here today, was adressed to Miss Ella L. Freed, 46 <enox road, Brooklyn, N. Y.p who ad written the president urging him o work for complete disarmament. "Universal disarmament would be eyond hope of realization," the resident answered. "Even its desirbility at this time might well be luestioned." President Harding is seriously conerned over what appears to be an rganized propaganda for total dis* rmament at this time. Hundreds of stters have come to the White House irging him to insist that armies and avies of the world over be wiped ut by the conference. This propaganda, Mr. Harding beieves, is arousing false hopes of a itopian nature which cannot poss'bly e realized and which if insisted upn might wreck the conference. Meets Today Anderson, Oct. 14.?The Second ' Lssoc:ate Reformed Presbyterian | resbyiery convenes here this morn-j ng in the Associate Reformed j 'resbyterian church. This presbytery onaists of parts of South Carolina, nd parts o?f several states adjoinng. They will be in session Friday, j taturday and Sunday. There will be I bout 50 delegates present. FARMER'S WIFE i ii HIES OF NEEGS SAYS If ABBEVJLLE BUSINESS J MEN ARE NOT INTERESTED CALL ON SEABOARD RAILWAY TO ESTABLISH CREAMERY . AND POTATO HOUSE. Secretary Barnes has received the following letter: t "I am not a writer, and do 'not r care to be put before the public. Be- 1 inc a farmer's wife I nee the needs i that could be of great help to us, es- i pecially since our money crop has 1 been a failure and the future seems < very uncertain. You being secretary of the chamber of commerce, interested in the town and county, it seems as if you could get the business men or the Seaboard Railway to establish k creamery with milk routes and a year-round cannery. The farmers of Abbeville County could see one way for diversification, could he be sure of something coming in. At present we have a poor sale for but-J ter during the summer months and why feed a cow when butter must go to waste? "Abbeville County could be made one of the best dairy counties in the South. We have pure streams of wa-; ter and good grazing grounds. No J opportunity is given the fanner to do any thing else but raise cotton.' We know it is a fact creamery but-j ter is shipped into Abbeville every1 r year. Why not have Abbeville's own creamery butter? ! t "The year-round creamery would i \ employ both men and women. Veg-js atables for spring, summer and late| < fall canning, sweet potatoes and t meats for winter and late spring,1 with a cold storage potato house, we j t would be sure of a sale for products, j "You men who do not go into the v homes of the humble countryman, do! \ not know the appalling situation, j a You say live at home. We do as'c far as bread, meat and the things we j t eat, but where are clothes to come; k from? Money to pay the ever grow-j ing high tax, and the many needs' c that money alone will pay. 1 . "Abbeville has always been a sel- t fish town as far as the poor country- a man is concerned. If the merchants t can get a lien on his crop, he is all 1 right. We are encouraged to raise jc cotton, and not assured of any other j opportunity for a money crop. Won't t you take the great needs of the poor 1 man to the business men of our c town? ( "We need a peanut mill, a year- \ round cannery, a creamery with r milk routes for we have good roads 1 going mxo tne town irom ease, west, ( north and south. If the men of the t town are not interested in coming to the rescue of the county, why not t try to interest the S. A. L. Railway? t We see accounts of what they do ( for others. i "The boll weevil is no fake with us ( but a real destroyer of our future t prosperity. . i "A Farmer's Wife." Lowndesville, S. C. Commenting upon the above letter this morning, Mr. Barnes said ] that he agreed with the diagnosis of nroaon rnnHi'Hrtns ?nH the remedies i r4vv? ? ? , as suggested by "A Farmer's Wife," | \ but that he did not think she is en-p tirely correct in shouldering the whole j ^ responsibility of carrying out the | remedies on the merchants of Abbe- < /ille. The Chamber of Commerce, he j iaid, has always endeavored to co- i operate in any movement considered s as tending to further the interests of . che county, not stopping to ask " whether merchant or farmer would benefit most. "The Chamber of Commerce," Secretary Barnes says, "is called the v Vbbeville County Chamber of Com.uerce. It is open to membership to | any man In the county. I have tried ' md the membership committee has Tied to enlist the aid of the farmers n making the organization a progressive and beneficial organ. The nemberahip at present is ?omposed almost entirely of the business men ? Ill KLUX DEFENDED ! BY IMPERIAL WIZARD f SIMMONS SAYS IF KLAN WERE - ?3 LAWLESS BAND IT COULD ^ NOT HAVE OBTAINED SUCH LARGE MEMBERSHIP-? DENIES FIGHTING TEACHERS. Washington, Oct. 12.?Defending V,q VI..,. iri?_ nrat; r n* mv uu iuua aiaii) o. ?>unnons, its imperial wiz^H, told the louse rules committee today that f it had ?been a lawless (band it could lot have obtained such large mem>;eirship, comprising 'the leading men >f many communities." Simmons declared that if the clan was guilty of one thousandth jart of the crimes charged against t he would immediately summon tfce lead officers and forever disband it n every section of the country. Paul S. Ethridge of Atlanta, who iescribed himself as supreme attorley, stated that Mr. Simmons who ,vas present was suffering with nausea but hoped to testify later in the ~ lay. Mr. Etheridge declared that Mrs. Slizabeth Tyler of Atlanta, had no elation with the imperial body, uid, according to his information, vas with the propogating departnent. "If Mrs. Tyler has had any control >ver the organization, it has been >utside of my knowledge," the witless said. Referring to published reports hat several teachers in Atlanta - .1 _-r J ] jc ? ? l il. vere uej.ea.ieu ior rweietnon ?y me .chool board "because they were Catholics." Mr. Etheridge declared here was no truth in it. "There was not a kinsman on the >oard," he testified. . He also asserted that the "Lakevood killing" in Atlanta was not the SB vork of klansmen, and that certain illeged (participants had been proseuted by John A. Boykin, district atorney, whom he described as an acmowledged klansman." "There is nothing about our or;anization that will not stand fhe ight of day," he said. "As a mater of fact I shall be glad to have i congressional investigation, for in hat way we can oimvo conclusivey that the Ku Klux Klan is founded >n 100 per cent Americanism."' William Monroe Trotter, of Bos^ on, speaking for the National Equal ilight League, the first witness, deilared the klan wa-s "a private, unjfficial organization which interferes v.th personal liberties of people, nost of whom are outside its memjership." Such interferences, herharged, was an attempt to prevent he proper exercise of government. "The method of coercion,"/' Trot;er said, "is shown by the sending of ;hreatening letters to persons to :ease doing certain things," and by lse of the hooded gowns. He charac;erized the klan as "a real menace :o the sense of personal security of nillions of citizens." VISITING SCHOOLS ? W the Joba Will Have To Be Done Over. Alfred 0. Jones, Jr., principal of ;he high school at Fort Mill, spent Wednesday and Thursday in the city risiting the Abbeville high school jetting dots on haw to run a sucsessful high school. Mr. Jones, who s a classmate of Prof. A. R. Hafner, ecently took charge of the high chool at Fort Mill. * ' if Abbeville. The farmers not only iave not become members, but they lave shown no disposition to assist - r i.1.. ll.. -1 1 :i any 01 tne inuvea wie tuauiuui uw indertaken. "If 'A Farmer's Wife' expresses he opinion of any large number of aimers in this county, it is up to hem to let it be known. The cham>er of commerce, and, I believe, tke majority of the buesiness men of Ab ieville are ready and anxious to as'st m the perf8?tion of the e.n.teririses suggested in the above letter."