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Abbeville Press an d Banner Istablished 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, June 12,1922. Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. 1 J\1 ?T BIG TOLL OF LIFE AND PROP ERTY?HITS F ARRIS WHEEL KILLING SIX PEOPLE New York, June 11.?A violent orm accompanied by shifting nds that reached a velocity of 88 iles an hour took the lives of more an 50 persons, injured more than a lXKirea ana causeu euvnuvus - ty damage in the metropolitan . ction late today. iForty persons were reported to 1: ive lost their lives while boating I Long Island Sound, and many o irsons were killed by falling trees, 1 jhtning and accidents caused by t ie wind. Ten bodies of the drown- r fcavo >iwin recovered, and the wa- \ srs about New York are being sarched tonight for SO missing. jj The storm came at the close of e ie of the most torrid days of the a jason. The wind ooming gently c om the south and southwest dhift- s 1 suddenly into the northwest and c icreased in velocity to 88 miles and 1; veeping through New Jersey, West b jester county, to the City Island, f Bronx and iManhatten, left |8ath and destruction in its wake. Torrential rains, then lightning, >llowed the wind. Hundreds of thousands of New forkers were on the beaches and at irious outlying resorts seeking re from the heat, when the storm roke and it was from these that le storm too* its aeatn ton. Twenty thousand holiday makers irent to City Island today and half rent on the waters of Pellham Bay. was jammed with boats of every lescription when the storm hit it. i'ew had an opportunity to get [shore. The known casualties oc lurred off Execution Light, which about six miles east of City Is md; Rat Island, about three miles fast, and another island nearby. The fury of the electrical storm lhat swept New York late today de troying property and life, broke mddenly over a little amusement ^ >ark at Clason's point, the Bronx, n lathed into a Ferris wheel crowded ifith young people, crushed it to the . ground and passed on leaving more I han forty injured. | Shrieks" of mirth broke from the ?teel cars of the wheel as it car ried its cargo of youth high up into the breezes. Then the storm and naddened cries of fear and agony as trie upper nan Dro.se away ?uu - was catapulted by the winds into the shallow waters of Long Island Sound. The lower half buckled and fell in a twisted mass of steel, wooden girders and human bodies. s The hundreds of men, women and i children in the resort were thrown fc into a p:\nic Amid the lightning v flashes, the thunder's roar and the p rain torrents, women fainted, and d ? ^ Tiraro .. men lUUgllU aiiU U1UUJ. oil nviv brushed aside in frantic efforts to reach shelter and to lose sight of the ghastly pile that so shortly be fore had been a wheel of merri ment. THREE SMITHS. Rebecca, Blanding and Meta Smith had their tonsils removed this morn ing at the Memorial hospital. To op erate the same morning on three /Mif nf rtnf> familv is a verv good record. The parents, Mr. and s Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr., as well as ( the three patients, are feeling much better after the operations. ANEW COLONEL There is a new colonel in the city. 1 He is no newspaper colonel either, 1 but a genuine colonel who wears a c uniform. The new colonel is Col. C. D. Brown and he owes the honor to S Governor Harvey, being named as a i member of the Governor's staff. s I LED TIMES ! FOR PARLIAMENT :OLLINS SEES DIFFICULTIES T AHEAD IN IRELAND?COUN ?*"v-r PA urn 1 DDAVin. i'KI nVl OV TTIiUL. invw ED WITH FUNDS AS WAS CASE YEAR AGO Dublin, June 10.?A meeting was leld at Mansion House this evening n support of the panel candidates or parliament chosen by the Free >taters and the Republicans. Eamon le Valera presided. Michael Collins in a speech said te could foresee for the new par iament great possible difficulties, reland had passed from the stage f violent revolution, to a stage of esser revolution, but was not out of he revolutionary stage. The c?untry tow was a great deal poorer than it vas a year ago. "We are faced by a situation," Ir. Collins continued "in which in rtia is coming into the national life nd productivity i$ reduced. I re eived today a report from the in pector oi taxes scaling mat uie ollection of revenues was extreme y unsatisfactory, the main cause eing a lack of any effective means or enforcing payment. "This is no time," Mr. Collins dded, "to take on war with North ast Ireland and with the British mpire, too. We have seen the arti cial situation created on the For lanagh-Donegal 'border in the last ays and the British troops called d aid the Northern government, tritish troorvs entered the Donegal rea for a certain distance, and it nly needs that sort'of an advance o bring war into all the rest of Ire ind. "Such a situation can be averted 'he difficulty in the northeast is not n the border but in Belfast. We mst meet the trouble at its seat nd not give others the advantage f meeting trouble where there hould be none. Otherwise the rhole of Ireland will be overrun nd an artificial trench made around be six counties. The Northern v iaders are planning for this, and if r' re do not act wisely the trench will v lake partition permanent." P in i i Minim c JIULflMlin u aturday Afternoon at His Home On Wardlaw Street.?Funeral ' e Held Sunday Afternoon t b Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D., died n uddenly Saturday afternoon, June ii 0, 1922 about 4 o'clock. He had e >een feeling as well as usual and fas reading a newspaper on the front torch of his home shortly Deiore ms j leath and the announcement that he ms dead brought a shock and sorrow o all. He has been the object of es >ecial interest lately because of the udden death of his beloved wife ibout two month ago, and the de larture last week of his only daugh er, Nora, now Mrs. Parker Wright, or her home in Pasedena., Califor tia. Since then he has been cared for ty his faithful servant "Bob" and nany loving friends. * Dr. Martin was 83 years old, and vas bom in Fairfield County, where le was a practicing physician . for ieveral years before attending the Columbia Theological Seminary from vhich he graduated in 1870, becom ng pastor of the Abbeville Presby erian church in that year. He served is pastor here for fourteen years. I ( Since 1884 he has served churches in Tennessee, Texas, and Missouri. His v ast charge being the Presbyterian I hurch at Waynesboro, Ga. Dr. Martin married Miss Hettie S >titt of Fairfield county and to this I inion was born two children, one 1 on who preceded his mother and'a WE IGNORES TRADE OF FUTURE rARIFF RATES APPROVED WITH j npriff ARANnnN SFNA. TORS SIMMONS OF NORTH CAR OLINA AND JONES OF NEW MEXICO SPEAK. Washington, June 11.?Assertions hat many of the rates proposed in he tariff bill would prohibit imports f affected commodities from every ountry except Germany were made nd reiterated today in the senate by )emocratic opponents of the measure uring debate on duties on razors, ' ' J --L.1 T>?4-?e. '01 a leai ana ouner arwcitrs. ivam n razors ranging up to an equivalent f approximately 400 per cent, ad alorem were approved. Senator Simmons, Democratic lead r in the tariff fight, said "the idea >ermeates the whole bill that we must ut in rates to keep out German pro lucts without any consideration they rill have on our trade with other ountries." Argtfing that if the situation as to Germany was sucn as proponents f the tariff bill claimed, Senator ones (Democrat) of New Mexico aid the condition there resulting rom a greatly depreciated currency ould not be taken care of by gener 1 tariff rates. He added that many f the duties proposed by the finance ommittee majority would prove to e "an embargo against England and he other countries.'" "Congress is ioiiowing a win 01 risp with this tariff bill," he said. As to razors, Senator McCumber Republican) of North Dakota, in harge of the bill, said the rates hould be high enough to shut out ertain grades coming from Germany nd used, he said, as premiums by lany American stores. He asserted hat these razors not only could not a noorl fnr aVinviruf hllfc woillH "not ven cut a corn." Aside from the rates on razors, the enate approved, over minority pro sst, duties of 60 cents a hundred heets on gold leaf; 30 per cent, ad alorem on nickel silver sheets, strips ods and wire: 7 1-2 per cent, ad alorem on bismuth; six cents a ound on cadmium. Just before the senate recessed af ?r a five hour session, Senator Mc 'iimVkAv r*Qtra nAfi/?a -fiVlo-f Q rofnm +".0 rilAUASd 5?T V UVWiVV V4IMW M ? ?. ight sessions would be necessary nless the senate applied itself more losely on the tariff. TO MOVE TO ATLANTA. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Zimmerman xpect to move to Atlanta in about en days, where they will make their ome. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have lade many friends during their stay i Abbeville who will regret that they xpect to leave. TONSILS REMOVED. Mrs. Charley McKenzie had her onsils removed at the County Hos ital this morning, and is recovering atisfactorily after tne operation. ather to the grave and one daughter, /Its. Parker Wright, of Pasedena, California, who with one sister sur ives. For the past seven years Dr. and drs. Martin have made their home in Abbeville among friends they cher shed. Funeral services were conducted in he Presbyterian church Sunday af -a i r% tt n. ernoon at d o c iocs oy zvev. ja. ''ennel, assisted by Rev. G. M. Tel ord and Dr. G. G. Parkinson of Due Vest. The following acted as pall >earers and interment was at Long }ane cemetery: Active pallbearers: R E. Cox, Max vell Smith, F. E. Harrison, Jr., Allen laskell and Allen Long, Jr. Honorary: George White, A. M. >mit/n, rt. o. unit, j. r. lumci, ul, ?. 2 Harrison, A. B. Morse, Dr S G Thomson, W H. Long, R. M. Haddon ,nd J. Allen Smith, Sr. INFORMATION REACHES AD MIRAL AT NORFOLK OF STRONG SMELL OF WHISKEY FROM CARGO?GUARDS FIND /VMP TUAtlCiVn A1TADTC vnc. i ru/uo/uii/ yuru\i<j Norfolk, Va., June 11.?Approxi mately 1,000 quarts of liquor valued at $10,000 were seized by marine guards of the navy yard today in a raid on the naval transport .Sirius, under orders of Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, commandant of the Nor folk navy yard. Officers and men of the ship are confined to their ^hip under guard. The Sirius is commanded by Com mander W. J. Kelton, U. S. N. R. F. and Ensign Harry C. Mechtold, pay master in chaise of cargo aooara the Sirius. Both Commander Kelton and Ensign Mechtold were among those confined to the ship at the time of the raid, but Admiral An drews announced tonight that they, with some other officers and men, had (been permitted to leave the ves sel. ' iBoth Admiral Andrews and Ad miral Rodman, commandant of the Fifth naval district, announcea tnai a searhing investigation would be made under the direction of Ad miral Andrews. Information came to Admiral An drews that a strong smell of Whis key was evident in cargo being un loaded from the Sirius on to barges alongside for shipment to the naval supply station at the naval base. Waiting until the barge had been loaded, Admiral Andrews order ed a search of the contents of the ? * ? ? s xl. shipment ana xnen naa uie ?iup thoroughly searched by tire marine guards. Guards were placed on board lhe transport and alongside the vessel. The Sirius returned to Hampton Roads about a week ago from the West Indies and has been at the navy yard since. The whiskey, ac cording to informtion received from Admiral Andrews, Was put aboard the vessel as cargo at one of the | West Indian ports. The commanding officer of the' Sirius, according to Admiral An-j drews, was detached from the ves sel today and ordered to the receiv ing barracks at the naval base. A board of investigation has been convened. DEATH OF MRS. FANNY SMITH Mrs. Fanny Smith died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning June the 11th, 1922 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Miller. She was in her 77th year and had been in declining health for sometime. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church this afternoon at 3 o"c'Iock conducted Dy ner pastor, Rev. C. E. Peele, and interment was at Sharon cemetery. She was a faith ful member of the Abbeville Metho dist church. Mrs. Smith is survived by the fol lowing children: George Smith of Ware Shoals; Mrs. Ollie Towles of Ninety Six; Mrs. George Sprott of Newberry and Mrs. Joe Miller of Abbeville, and two step-children, W. R. Smith of Georgia, and Mrs. John Wardlaw of Due West. GRENDEL NO. 1 VS. ABBEVILLE Grendel No. 1 came out victorious in a hard played game of base ball Saturday afternoon on the- Green wood field defeating the Abbeville Mill team 2 to 1. The Mill teams are good and are playing some fast ball. "apc m duii Ann phi A UV?iJ A A A J. Gibson Edwards left Friday for Philadelphia where he expects to itake a course in Mechanical drawing. He has been working in Greenville for sometime, and came home to bid his family good bye. LITTLE INTEREST 1 IN STATE POLITICS FIVE HAVE QUALIFIED TO RUN I FOR GOVERNOR?SOME EX CITEMENT IN SIXTH DISTRICT IF NOWHERE ELSE?SEVERAL INCUMBENTS UNOPPOSED. Columbia, June 11.?With only one more week in which to enter the a various races for state and federal a offices in the Democratic primary this s summer, no apparent enthusiasm . has yet been aroused in the political c situation in South Carolina. The en- t try books close at noon on June 19. s Five candidates have qualified to ? Iltai^C UIIC 1AVC AW4 gVTVA ItVAt MVT | congressmen are so far unopposed as a are several state officers to date. i The Sixth congressional district t looks to be the prize ring this sum- c mer as far as races for the house of representatives are concerned. ? Three candidates are already in the j .field against Philip H. Stoll, incum- } bent. . t Another place that is attracting,a ( |few candidates i3 the office of state } superintendent of education. Three t men have qualified to make this race \ jand several more are being mention- , Those who have qualified to date , are: t For governor: Thomas G. McLeod, ? C. L. Blease, George E. Laney, John E. Swearingen and John T. Duncan. For lieutenant governor: Jennings j K. Owens. j For adjutant general: Robert E. c Craig and Thomas B. Marshall. For congress: First district, W Tur ^ ner Logan; Second district, James F. j Byrnes; Third district, Fred H. Dom- j inick and Sam H. Sherard; Fourth district, W. F. Stevenson; Sixth dis trict, P.* H. Stoll, W. R. Barringer, f Jerome F. Pate and A. H. Gasquejl Seventh district, H P. Fulmer and Andrew J. Bethea. For state superintendent of educa-]t tion: 0. D. Seay, Paul Moore and J. t H. Hope. For state treasurer: Sam T. Carter. ^ For commissioner of agriculture: B. Harris. e For solicitorships: A Fletcher Spig ner, Fifth judicial circut; Frank A. McLeod, Third judicial circuit; L. M. Gasque, Twelfth judicial circuit. MEMORIAL SERVICE ILL AT1ENEDED; Interesting Service* Held in the Opera House Sunday Evening By B. of L. E. t The Memorial service of the John H. Winder Division 4?'8 of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers held in the Opera House Sunday evening J was well attended. The fallowing1 young girls acted as ushers: Misses Emmie Haigler, Fran ces Gilliam, Marion Wilson, Pat Howie and Deby Owen. * Around the stage was placed twen- a ty-four chairs, draped in black and white cheese cloth, in each chair was " placed a green memorial wreath and j the name of a deceased brother. H. j B. Wilson past chief of the diivsion j called the roll and T. V. Howie, sec retary and treasurer, responded with ^ the date and place of death of each j. brother. This was.followed by the j tolling of a bell and the entrance on c the stage of a little girl dressed in j white who turned a light on the chair bearing the name and memorial j wreath of each member. It was an j impressive service. L The following names were called: \ John Conner, H. C. Kirfman, J. E. I Collett, Jack Christopher, W. E. Hoi- f brook, Gus Cox, E. Y. Barksdale, W. I B. Moore, J. C. Butler, T. E Kinard, I S. M Peterson, W S Taylor, S J Neis ler, Clyde Moore, W. F. Duke, W E. g Williams, F. C. Link, R. S. Harris, C v SENATE GIVES UP DEA OF EXTRA WORK ABAN DONED FOR TIME?MINORI TY TWICE ENGAGE IN MORE OR LESS VIOLENT EX CHANGES Washington, June 10.?The sen ate abandoned tonight temporarily, it least, its night sessions for con iideration of the tariff bill. Committee amendments disposed * >f today had to do with duties on able, butcher and other knives and icissors and shears. Before the lenate got down to the amendments ;here was a lively row between Sen tors Simmons and Gooding, chair nan of the Republican agricultural ariff bloc about the duties on agri Senator Simmons charged and Senator Gooding denied that thera lad been an agreement by which ag ricultural products were given pro action in the return for the support >f the friends of agriculture for righ duties on manufactured pro lucts. Exchanges between the sen itors became heated, the Idaho sen itor delaring that it was "not nrue" that members of the bloc had entered into any agreement and Senator Simmons retorting that a 'denial does not prove anything." T.offtv in +lia ^o xr 4^oro xxro a on 111 MUW UOJ VUVib TT?s> CAM >ther controversy (between the ma iority and minority when Senator larrison (Democrat) of Mississippi (ought to have the senate reconsider ts vote removing cash registers Tom the free list Asserting that? ?red B. Patterson, president of the National Ca^h Register company, vas in Washington when the senate vas voting attending a meeting call id 'by the Republican national com nittee "for the purpose of obtain a j- ? rrA? iig campaign iunua. oemtwi xzoo. ison declared "the people can place heir own interpretation on his iresence here. He added that "the record of the lepublican party is one of granting pecial privileges to special inter ns." MAYOR'S COURT Tiie following cases came Deiore ilayor Mars this morning: Two cases of larceny, fined $10.00 :ach. 1 case drunk, fined $5.00. v 1 case disorderly conduct, fined ilO.OO. 1 case drunk and disorderly, fined H0.00. COTTON MARKET. Cotton on the local market today >rought 21 3-4. Futures closed: July 21.66 Oct. 21.49 Dec. . Jan. _ - 21.25 .. 81.00 GO ON VACATION. Dale, Francis and Winona Welsh lave gone to Monroe to spend tke ummer with their grandmother, Mrs iVelsh. They carried the pup along o they wouldn't get lonesome. ) Bear, G H. Hall, J B Coble, W D Ferguson, A. L. Garrison, A. G. 3oon. The little girls acting as light learers were all daughters of mem lers of the Division and were as fol aws: Elizabeth Stephens, Christine Stephens, Mildred Cochran HugKes, ^ranees Ferguson, Elizabeth Fergu on, Elizabeth Wilson, Frances Jones, lelen Starnes, Virginia Starne3, ^ranees Cheatham, Lois Breedlove, ^loy Starnes, Josephine Howie, Bob iowie, Julia Uwen, Annie sogers, Margaret Vandiver, Mary Hartley, Jorma Flynn, Sarah Bell Broome and ilary Louise Benton, Elizabeth Howie Florence Sprouse and Sarah Sprouse. A splendid musical program was ;iven and the address of the evening yas made by Rev. H. L. Weeks.