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I [children's quarrel
cause of shooting
Two Person# Die of WAunds and *
Third May Be Fatally Hurt?Three
Others Also Injured by Shots in
Clover.? Textile Worker Fires
Fro mPorch Into Group. c
York, Sept.6.?Taking up a chil- r
dren's quarrel and using a shotgun r
loaded 'with buckshot, William C.
Faris, 00 textile worker of Clover, (
ten miles nortfi of York, killed Claude h
iohnso* 21, and Newton Taylor, 13, r
ind wo?nded Fred Taylor, 18, Miss i
L.e!a Haylor, 15, and Dollie Taylor i:
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J0I1I190I1 W ad XViUtU iiiOVUHV4j. - w..
ton Taylor died one hour later on the f
operating table of a hospital in Gas- i
.onia, N. C.. 12 miles distant, where
ill the wounded were hurried im t
mediately. He suffered 27 perfora- a
ions of the intestines and died as the c
24th puncture was being sewed up. 1'
Fred Taylor is not expected to live ^
iccording 'to information from the
tospita) at 7 o'colck tonight. He was 11
shot through the lungs and will likely *
lie. The other victims of the tragedy r
ire erpeeted to recover, though Miss ^
Jertrude Taylor will have a paralyzlerves.
arm as the result of severed
I Following the shooting, Faris sur a
endered to John A. Jackson of
plover, chief of police, who lodged n
lim in "the York cuonty jail at 4 n
)'cloek. On account of the exciteg
nent and indignation prevailing in
Clover which made mob violence a _
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)os?ihility, Sheriff Fred E. Quinn ^
;ook Faris out of the York jail at ^
io'clockk this afternoon and removed
lim to another place. Sheriff Quinn, ^
iccompanied by Policeman R. E. ^
Steele of York, left with his prisoner
n an automobile and from the direc
;ion taken it is presumed that they v
vent to the state penitentiary in Co
umbia. There was open talk in
Clover of meting out summa ry pun
ishment to Faris p
An inquest will be held tomorrow c
norning being postponed from this j
afternoon on account of the absence t
of coroner Paul G. McCorkle of i
Fork. e
Faris did the shooting from the t
front porch of his home, firing across j
a narrow street into the Taylor yard,
immediately opoosite. (
A quarrel between the children of
the two families is said to have
precipitated the tragedy. It appears r
that the children were quqarrelling
about a well used pointly by both -a
families when Faris plunged into the *
agair by getting his shotgun and *
. ning fire at all the Taylors in 3
sight. So far as is known, all of *
I hem were shot down witnom oner "
ng any resistance. Though there
vere several eye witnesses, some of ^
he details of the killing are conflict- s
ng, and it will take an inquest to c
lear them up. Johnson was a rela- '
ive of the Taylors and lived with
hem. The well that was the source 1
if the trouble was recently cleaned ^
ut by Fans, it is said, and his child 1
en accused the Taylor children of ''
hrowi*g trash into it and otherwise
diluting the water. *
Faris said after the killing that he
ad threatened and some morg
,ad been threatened by the Taylors.
Ie declined to talk about the affair
-hen in the York iail this afternoon. '
i"ari? has been living in Clover for
everal years and is a native of (
fH^nern York. He haij a wife and '
Lg^xal children. He bears the repuLjtjoi
of being a dangerous man, hav- 1
U<r fignred in many rows of a minor
LlUTe. He has retained Thomas F.
Lt.ivw to defend him, it is under
|Htooi Criminal court convenes here
')U^ ^ 's :ii)^ likely that his 1
will be heard then. The Tay i
family moved to Clover from Gas- 1
^Honi* months ago. J. M. Taylor,}
Hca<j of the family, was at work in j 7
> gill of the Clover Manufacturing]<
nips*}" w!u;n the killing occurred. ]
sfc-iff FVcd E. Quirn of T?rk andji
RAIL EXECUTIVES :
WILL STAND PAT
'resident of New York Central Says I
No Conference Has Been Held
New York, Sept. 7.? Railway ex
cutives tonight stood pat on their
isrortion that they knew of no new
nove being afoot to end the shop- y
lien's strike. 1
H. A. Smith, head of the New York J
Central lines, which were reported to
lave been represented at a secret ^
neeting in Baltimore, denied emphatcally
that his road had participated c
n such a parley, or intended to.
He added, however that if there 2
fas room in New York Central shops v
or more men, some of the strikers 1
night be taken back. s
"But", he continued, "if they come c
lack, it will he under ihe terms
greed upon at the last executives '
onference here. There will be no v
cosening of that seniority issue un- r
cr anv circumstances.' '
Other railroad heads also professed 1
*norance of any further peace conerences,
maintaining their stand that
ecruits rapidly were being found and s
hat the str&tf' was near a col- ^
ipse.
Local strike leaders, who earlier in 0
c
he day had professed Ignorance of
ny peace moves, received confirmaion
from Chicago late today that a
leeting of the policy eommitteo of
inety had been called for Monday.
"I have no idea what it will conc
ider," said David Williams, chairlan
of the central committee for the ?
last. "They didn't mention in their
elegrams the business they planned '
> u-ansacU"'
Strike leaders who had their at-;8
c
ention focused on a meeting of the
lentral Trades and Labor council to- 0
V
ight, at which the government inunction
step in the shopmen's strike ?
r-as scheduled for consideration, were
ncouraged by two communications
Q
eceived today. "
f
One was from Samuel Gompers,!
resident of the American Federation
?
f Labor, wiring from Atlantic City.
?
dr. Gompers pledged the support of
he federation in efforts to impeach
' " " 1 TV 1 1 P.J 2
ixtorney uenerai uaugneny ana r eu ^
iral Judge Wilkerson of Chicago for
heir part in issuing the railroad inunction.
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:OURT ADJOURNED THURSDAY ],
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Court adjourned Thursday about t
ioon.. ^
In the case of the State vs Tom
md Jesse Botts, the jury found Tom .
3otts guilty of manslaughter. Judge j
^ice sentenced him to serve twelve ^
,-eai's on the county gang, or a like <
;erm in the state penitentiary,
resse Botts was acquitted.
Butler McBride pleaded guilty to (
'iolatinir the prohibition law, and was
sentenced to twelve months on the ^
:ounty chain gang, or a like sentence
n the state penitentiary. ^
Ed Freeman was tried and con- ^
ricted of violating the prohibition
aw. He was sentenced to twelve
nonths on the county chain gang, or
i like term in the state penitentiary.
The Grand Jury found a true bill j
n the Gossett case.
REV. MCMURRAY TO PREACH
Rev. John A. McMurray arrived j
n Abbeville yesterday afternoon i
r.d will preach in the Presbyterian
:hurch Sunday. He will stop at the
lome of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White j
until permanent .arrangements can ?
?e made.
iu YYiiiinnur
Mrs, A'mn 0. O'hbons goes to '
Winthrop College Sunday and will
:ake a special course there. She
.vill be gone a week.
Paris to the penitentiary at 11
>'c!ock last night. Faris will he held
for safekeeping, trouble being feared
f he be left in the York jail. The
was made through the country. :
HE LEADERS fi
HURRY 10 CHICAGO
:rom Every Section of Country. W
Object of Sessions of Policy Body
Not Stated in Call Sent.
Chicago, Sept. 7?Rail strike lead;rs
from every section of the country rc
vere hurrying to Chicago tonight in R.
esponse to the summons of B. M. m(
Jewell, head of the railway employes'
department of the American nl(
federation of Labor. mi
Tomorrow there will be a meeting Hi
>f the executive council, consisting of Lc
he six executives of the shop crafts Le
ind Mr. Jewell, and on Monday there ca
vill be a meeting of the policy com
nittee of 90. The object of the ses- n;
ions was not stated in the call sent m<
>ut last night. at
At union headquarters it was said
he meeting of the executive council G<
i-ould be secret and that no announce as
nents of any kind would be made re- M:
:arding any possible action it might bu
ake. Mr. Jewell, who dropped from ca
ight last Friday, was still absent
rom headquarters tonight. It was ed
aid at his home he would return fr<
rom New York early tomorrow. toi
In the absence of Mr. Jewell and :
ther members of the executive coun-1 be
il, several of whom were said to 18
Live been in the East with him, union an
fficials refused to comment on ru- inj
aors that Mr. Jewell was planning to co
ubmit a proposal for a settlement wl
rith individual roads to the full coun "E
il. The meeting Monday will take C
lace simultaneously with the hearing ch
efore Federal Judge Wilkinson of an
he action by the government seeking a
o make the temporary injunction ho
ranted last Friday against the strik co
rs permanent. J. N. Noonan, chief 19
f the Brotherhood of Electrical Ja
workers, one of the seven unions on
n strike said in Washington today of
hat at this stage there are no setlement
discussions, although, of osi
ourse, there might be some in the er
uture. He added that Monday's a
neeting in Chicago was called to con- "i
ider what should be done in view to:
?f the injunction application. at
Western railway executives were
tlmost a unit in declaring that they di
mew of no negotiations looking to- ho
vard separate settlements with indi- th
ridual roads. "Strike settlements he
vith the American Federation of La- he
>or is now an impossibility,' said A.
3. Wells, vice president of the Santa M
^e at Topeka Kansas. He added at
;hat reports of the willingness of th
;he shop crafts heads to make settle- >v<
nents on individual roads "as stated
n press reports" indicated that there P(
s a realization among the leaders th
.hat the strike of the shopmen is j V;
'lost.' ! a
At the same time, Carl Gray, pres- j ^
lenfr of the Union Pacific, declared! '
he strike "irrevocably lost" in a|?f
tatement issued at Omaha. He added
:hat the Union Pacific had 82 per cent St
)f a normal force now at work and
:hat there was no "disgrace in de- ri
feat" for the shopmen. *?
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OPENING CITY SCHOOLS 31
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The City schools opened this morn- Y
ing with a total enrollment of 696 is
pupils. This is a few less than the 61
enrolment (for the first day 3a*t cl
/ear. When 713 pupils were present.
The decrease for the first day oi
is accounted for by the scarlet fever s?
quarantine and the extremely hot pi
.veather. oi
The enrollment in the high school at
today was 157, six greater than last m
year, when 713 pupils wree presr>upils
in the first grade. All of the
teachers were on hand today except
Miss Kathleen Boylston, first grade,
who was excused until next week, ei
Miss Mary Milford is substituting for
Miss Boylston.
Rev. YV. S. Boyce of Charlotte arived
in Due West last week. He
I'ame to bring his two little daughters tl
vho will spend the winter with their b:
grandmother, Mrs Fannie Brownlee 1!
tml attend the Due West Graded b;
School.
;randson he. lee j
has passed awav
as at All Times Interested in His I
tory of the Confederacy and Much
Sought After as a Speaker.
Roanoke, Va., Sept. 7.? Colonel
)bert E. Lee, grandson of General
E. Lee, died here at 8:10 this s
inning.
Colonel Lee had been ill for many j
Dnths and came here about seven ,
anth ago from Hot Springs, Va., ^
is wife and mother, Mrs. W. H. F. ,
L
ie, and brother, Dr. George Boiling r
:e, were with him when the end
me. fi
The funeral will be held at Lex .
?ton at noon Saturday. Inter- j
2nt will be in the Lee mausoleum '
Wahington and Lee University. j
Col Lee was the eldest son of
ineral William H. F. Lee, known g
"Eooney." and his wife, who was
iss Mary Tabb Boiling, of Petersrg.
"Young Bob Lee" as he was
lied, was worthy of the great name ^
< heritage whiob he bore. We 11
ucated at the Episcopal high school, I ^
am 1880 to 1886, and at Washing- J j.
n and Lee University, where he ^
mpleted his course in 1892. After t
ing admitted to the bar Otcober 1, j,
92, he settled in Fairfax county ^
d practiced law. He took a lead- ^
I position and maintained the re j(
rd of his ancestors, the Fitzhughs,
10 dwelt at the family homestead,
lavensworth," for generations. |fl
lolonel Lee was a vestryman of the
urch of his father's True parish
d for years was superintendent of .
large Sunday school of his neigh- t
rhood. He represented Fairfax t
unty in the house of delegates in
01-02 and again in 19o5-o6. On ,
nuary 16, 1902 was appointed colel
and aid de camp on the staff
Governor Mantogue.
Colonel Lee was at all times inter- 0
ted in the history of the Confer J3
acy and was much sought after as
speaker on occasions connected
th the 'lost cause." He was an orar
of distinction and his addresses
the Confederate reunion at Chatlooga,
at the unveiling of the solers'
monument at Hanover Courtuse,
Va., and at the unveiling of 0
e Stonewall Jackson monument
ire are among the notable speeches 1
made at Confederate gatherings. t
A quiet, modest man, he lived a N
e worthy of his great ancestry and *
the time of his death was among T
e best loved men in the common- ^
?alth. ^
He was born February 11, 1869, at *
stersburg, Va., and as a boy shared 1
e popularity of all the Lees in 1
inginia. His law practice was a ^
ccess from the first and in addi- *
an to practicing in Fairfax and ad- 1
ining counties he maintained a law 1
Act} in Washington with Colonel '
>seph E. Willard, former United
;ates ambassador to to Spain.
A few years ago Colonel Lee mar
ed Mrs. Gustav Pickney of Charles
n, S. C., who was Miss Mary Mid-i(
leton. Besides his widow he is i ^
irvived by his mother arid brother,
r,. George Boiling Lee, of New
ork city. His death leaves Dr. Lee (
i the only male descendant of Gen al
Robert E. Lee, the Confederate .
lieftain.
Colonel Lee was last in Richmond
<
1 the occasion of the visit of Mar
lal Ferdinand Foch to this city. A
cture of Marshal oF Foch and Col-1
lei Lee on that occasion was taken .
; the foot of the Robert E. Lee
}
onument here.
COTTON MARKET
Cotton brought 22 cents on the loll
market today: Futures closed,
Oct. __ __ -- -- -- --21.45
Dec. 21.69
Jan. .. __ __ 21'.55
March 21.09
The Government dinners' Report
lis morning gave the number of
ales of cotton ginned up to Sept. 1, ]
)22 as 817, 771. The number ofi
lies pinned up to Sept. 1, 1921 was
32,000.
JGEAN TO OCEAN
ONLY ONE STOP
lieutenant Doclittle Made a New
Record ?'Ran Into a Storm Dur
ing Trip.
San Diego, Cal. Sept. 6? Having
aten today his first breakfast since
tarting his air dash from the Atlan
c coast to the Pacific, Lieutenant
ames H. Doolittle army airman who
ate yesterday completed his flight
iere from Jacksonville, Fla. in ecord
ime was busy with plans for his
lext flying task. He has been intructed
to report for duty at McCook
ield, Dayton, Ohio, and plans to fly
here starting Friday in the special
y constructed de Haviland plane
rtiich brought him here from the Atantic
coast well within 24 hours.
Lieutenant Doolittle showed no
igns that he was worried about his
iew task, and according to the rules
f the flying game, he ought not be
.nxious about it for he has plenty of
ime tomake the flight and intends
o take it in easy stages as on his
light from ocean to ocean yesterday
le is remembered as one of those
ot in the habit of worrying, for in
he famous airplane flight of Novemier
26, 1918, when 212 airplanes
ook the air here at one time to cele
Y?n+ft nm a ? +U a nrnw T"\ rt/\l n
'iatc ciic cxiurug VJL i/iic yyoi JL/UUIILI/IC
sad a quintet of "stunt" fliers who
iut on every act then known in aeri1
daring, flying so closely to the
agstaff on a tall hotel, as to almost
crape it and then soaring into the
ir only to stage some equally thrillng
spectacles. It was common,
hough unofficial, report at the time
hat Doolittle and his team had to be
rdered to quit that day for they
ept on performing for hours.
Doolittle showed much of that enhusiasm
when he landed here just
efore dusk yesterday. The most apiarent
feature on his arrival and his
anding, perfectly accomplished, afer
a grind of more than 21 hours in
he air, was a v.'holesome boyish grin?hat
grin lasted until he "submited"
to an interview which was ob
ained while he was taking a warm
?ath. The reporter sat on the edge
if the bath tub.
Doolittle told of his start, of runling
into a storm, how he rose from
he storm zone, how he scudded
vest, how glad he was to see two fel
o\v airmen meet him at Imperial
/alley, Cal., and of the landing. Lieut
Doolittle made an average of about
.01 miles an hour. When he reached
mperial VaJley and saw the two pace
nakers from Rockwell field?Captain
kVilliam Randolph and Lieutenant C.
u. Webber? waiting to accompany
lim on the last lap he "opened up
vide" his liberty motor and came at
i speed estimated at 115 miles an
lour.
TAKING SPECIAL TRAINING
Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons has with her
;his week Misses Alma Blanchett,
Lucia Vandiver and Eunice Fisher,
if Antreville, the girls that are to
represent Abbeville county in the bis?
:uit contest and the National canning
j ? ni l i.1 j i
:ontesx. one is giving tnem training
n public demonstrations They
ivill have to make talks in public and
>he is trying to get them accustomed
:o giving these demonstrations. She
s planning to have our county to win
in both contests. Any one who
is interested in these girsl will be
welcomed to any of these remonstra:ions.
They have given demonstrations
it the (following clubs:?Lowndes,-ille,
Arborville and Smithville. They
sxpect to go to South Side Friday
tftornoon . The meeting will be held
; Mrs. John P. Wham's at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. P. B. Speed, Jr., and P. B
'id. wont to Fort Mill Thurusdav to
pond sometime with Mrs. Speed's
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ott. Mrs. Har is,
sister, of Mrs. Speed, who has
been in Abbeville for a few days
visit, returned with her.
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CONSIDERS ACTION 1
"MISGUIDED FEW"'!
Attorney General Daugherty Declares
Government Will Take Up Question
of Incendiary Speeches in
Connection With Industrial Situation.
Washington, Sept. 6.?-Formal an
nouncement by Attorney General
Daugherty that the government
would "consider in due time what
proceedings shall be taken against
he few misguided labor leaders who
have made incendiary speeches," in
connection with the industrial situajation,
and persistent reports that
secret conferences are in progress
looking ^(to (some sort \ of separate
settlement with individual roads
stood out; in today's developments
in the strike of the railway shop
crafts.
Incidentally, Mr. Daughterly said,
/reparation of the government's
case had been .'somewhat hampered"
by the difficulty process servers were
experiencing in locating "leading of
ficials of the shop crafts organizaoitns'".
W. H. Johnston, president of the
machinest, and B. M. Jewell head
of the seven organizations on strike
have recently dropped out of public
view although labor spokesmen have
invaribly denied the two leaders were
avoiding the service of copies of the
restraining order issued at Chicago
last Friday and asserted they would
)e availabble if wanted for that purpose.
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Mr. Daugherty in his statement emjhasized
his belief that the rank and
file of labor organizations were content
to leave the issue to the orderly
>rocess of law, but said the few
leaders "who have shown a contempt
for the courts need not complain that
they are denied the full privileges of
free speech.' Instructions have been
ent to the United States attorney at
Chicago, the attorney general said, to
notify officials of the shopmen's organization
together with their com
plete records, would be required bbe
lore tne court wnen me case is again
called.
Both in government and labor circles
today complete ignorance was asserted
of any actual or impending ne
jgotiations looking to the settlement
of the strike. Some officials had
been informed, it was said, that the
"outlook for asettlement" had been
brightened by recent developments
but even with these details were lacking.
It was a matter of common
knowledge, however, that several rail
oads still held the view in favor of
separate settlements which their representatives
had expressed at the
recent conferences of railway executives
in New York.
The government's temporary re
training order came in for its first
ublic attack in the senate today
when Senator Robinson (Democrat)
f Arkansas, assailed the writ on the
round that it constituted "a plain
violation of the constitution." Senator
Watson (Republican) Indiana,
defended the government's course,
asserting that it was the only action
possible In the emergency which
he country faced.
The suggestion that settlement ne
Totiations might have, been instituted
through third parties was seen in
the statement of machinists' officials
that their organization had not
been invited to any meeting.
So far as could be learned, no ef
I fort was instituted to serve labor
| leaders who might have been in Wash
ington. United States Marshal E. C.
vnder said he had not been given
copies of the Chicago order which
would be necessary before he could
[undertake the task.
Attorney General Daugherty said
he "assumed" that the strike leaders
would welcome the opportunity to ap!
pear before the court.
Mr.and Mrs. Ramey Thornton have
taken rooms at the home their father
\ J. R. Thornton on Magazine
street, and have started house keeping.