Abbeville Press and Banner 1
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COURT ADJOURNS !'
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Twenty-Three Caiet Docketed and
Not Time Enough To Try Them !
All?One Negro Convicted of j .
Manslaughter and Another 1 *
foud Not Guilt jr?Grand c
Juror* Drawn. i
Court of General Sessions has j
been in session here since Monday,; f
Judge R. W. Memminger, Charleston,; J
presiding. Court will adjourn Satur- r
day, despite the fact that not morej 1
than half the cases docketed can be, t
^ disposed of. There are 23 cases on s
the docket, 19 of which are new. \ c
The court officers present in addi- f
tion to the judge, were: Clerk, J. L. a
Perrin; Solicitor H. S. Blackwell,
Sheriff R. M. Burts, Deputy Sheriff d
_ -T. L. Cann, Constables?James Stev- I
enson, W. B. Mann, Thos. Finley and o
F. W. Wright; W. B. Bowie, Court p
Crier; Mabry Miller, jury boy. c
The grand jury follows: J. S. a
Morse, foreman; C. H. Dodson, J. T. I
Maeill. Earle Murdock, W. L. Burts,,
A. M. Power, W. E. Hill, W. H. c
White, John McMillan, G. M. Morti- v
son, F. P. McGee, C. B. Thomas, E. p
W. Hagen, A. L. Link, W. T. Patter- a
on, Albert Henry, T. A. Putnam, P.
A. Roche. -1
Petit Jurors?R. M. Mattison, J. S. z
McLain, W. T. Strawhorn, Wayman t
Bowen, Thomas Stevenson, J. T. 5
Simmons, S. T. Ramey, R. P. Plun- u
kett, J. A. Cannon, W. B. Uldrick, lj
B. W. Shaw, L. B. Speer, C. H. Ed- ii
wards, R. S. Ellis, J. R. Todd, E. G. 0
Stokes, F. E. Smith, L. 0. Ashley, J. t
L. Mcllwainet R. R. Fisher, J. B.
Smith, S. J. Fisher, R T. Broadwell, ^
J. R Winn, T. G. Sutherland, W. L.;
Kennedy, W. C. McNeill, W. W Kay,
and Joe B. Wilson.
The following cases have *been
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disposed of: e
State vs. Dr. 0. E. Devlin, charg- ^
- od v"I"^h. enticing labor and appealed ^
from magistrate's court, fine reduced^
from $50 to $25.
Stake vs. Ernest Cosby, larceny,'^
plead guilty, sentence not passed. i
Stats to. Bouse Btesrd, plead guil- ^
ty to larieny and was sentenced to c
tliree months on the road gang.
State vs. Eva Nixon, colored, ^
charged with assault and battery
; with intent to kill and carrying con-| t
c ealed weapons, found not guilty oni t,
first count and guilty on second. Not > ^
sentenced. L,
State vs. John Henry Harrison for ?
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murder of Will Lyon, both negroes,1 c
guilty of manslaughter.
State vs. S. A. Nance, charged
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with assault and battery, guilty ana
sentenced to 5 years. The jury in its
!> verdict in this case specified that tliecrime
was of an aggavated nature!
and recommended a heavy sentence.'
John Glenn, charged with assault'0
and battery was found guilty, sen-j 0
tence not being passed.
The case of Arthur Rouse, charged s
with rape will come up for trial to- s
' morrow. ,
The case of Olin Jones, negro,!
charged with the murder of Nathan
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191 If llimmss waa incu i? cuxi^^uwj ,
afternoon and Thursday morning the r
case going to the jury at 11 a. m.,it
Thursday. The jury brought in a i
verdict of not guilty. ! i
Lewis Chiles plead guilty to house- j 1
breaking, sentence not pronounced, j
State vs. Eugene London, et al,!t
negroes, charged with stealing hogs,! 1
found guilty and given one year' 1
each. Cothran Cobbs charged with s
the same offense! was found not i
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There are four other men Jto be \
tried for murder and Solicitor- Black-; (
well says that he intends to make ev-j i
ery effort to try these cases this <
week. The men charged with mur-!i
Ha* ?r*? all necroes and are Robert'
Alexander, Dave Alexander, Henry' 1
Harris, and Henry Robinsdn. ' 1
The following true bills were re-'
turned by grand jury: Jas. B. Ash-: i
ley, assault and battery; William13
Heard, violating section 223; Wins- .<
tea Chi'e?, burglary; John Glenn, '
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VHEAT AND FLOUR MEN
TOLD TO GET LICENSES
OR FACE PROSECUTION
Washington, Sept. 2.?Another
nove in the government's campaign1
o combat the high cost of living was
nade today by Wheat Director Juliis
H. Barnes in warning all dealers
n wheat, wheat-flour, and other
>roducts, delinquent in taking out
ederal licenses to obtain them at
>nce under pain of prosecution by,
he department of justice.
The license requirements under anj
ict of Congress of last March and a
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iresiueutuil pivtiauiai/ivu Vi mow |
rune, will be rigidly enforced, Di-j
ector Barnes notified the dealers^
The only exceptions to the regula-^
ions of the wheat directors are bak-j
>rs consuming less than 50 barrels
>f wheat flour monthly, retailers,
armers and farmers' co-operative!
ssociations.
Licenses control under the wheat
lirector is made necessary, Director j
Jarnes said in a statement today, as
me of the steps in carrying out the j
trice guarantee for the .1919 wheat
rop, and to protect the government j
igainst undue enhancement of its
iabilities thereunder.
Another effect, he said, of the liensing
of wheat and its products j
yould be to prevent hoarding and;
profiteering in these commodities, j
ind permit regulation of profits.
"Not only is it a criminal offense
o engage in business requiring a lien
se without such license," Direc-;
or Barnes' statement said, ''but al-j
o" one of the important conditions
ipon which licenses, told hold their
icenses is that they will not engage
[i business with anyone required to
btain a license who has not obained
such a license."
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LING GEORGE AND WIFE
TO BE WILSON'S GUESTS
ABOUT OCTOBER FIRST,
Washington, Sept. 3.?King Albrt
and Queen Elizabeth, of x Bel- j
ium, will arrive in Washington,
bout October 1, and will be guests^
f the president and Mrs. Wilson At,
he White House, probably remaining
tiree days.
The king and queen 'Will arrive in
his country late this month and will!
ome directly to Washington to visit
be president and Mxv. Wilson before
eginning a tour of the country.
It was learned today that the ten-.
ative itinerary provides tor tneir re-j
urn to New York from Washington j
or a public reception. Afterwards j
bey will leave on a journey that willj
arry them to the Pacific coast. The
ities which will be visited In route j
ave not been determined Upon finalY>
Prof. Neuffer a Visitor. y
'Prof. C. V. Neuffer was in thej
ity several days this week, the guest
>f his brother, Dr. G. A. Neuffer. j
'rof. Neuffer has charge of the]
chools at Goldsboro, N. C., and is
ucceeding in his life work.
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Teaching in Chester.
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Miss Marion Mabry leaves in a few
lay for Chester, where she will teach
;his year. This is her second year
n Chester, where she is highly es-j
eemed by the school board and byj
ler pupils.
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issault and battery; Rosa Bowie, vio-j
ating prohibition law; Lewis Chiles,'
louse breaking; Otto Lindsay, as?ault
and battery; Arthur Rouse,
ape; Will Dooley, assault and bat;ery;
C. N. Thornton, ^on-support of
yife; Wesley Mims, disposing of
:rops; Robert and Dave Alexander,
nurder; John Henry Harrison, mur
ler; Harry Robinson, murder; Olden
rones, murder.
A no bill was returned against
Dock Jenkins, charged with housebreaking.
The following men were drawn
'rom the grand jury to hold over for
L9"20: W. H. White, A. L. Link, P.
Roche, J. S. Morse, F. P. McGee,
i\ \. Putnam.
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AMENDMENTS TO TREATY
NOT TO BE ACCEPTED
SAYS DEMOCRATIC LEADER!
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Paris, Sept. 3.?The supreme;
council today decided to send an ul-1
timatum to Roumanian governmeafc
regarding her course in Hungary. *j?j
The ultimatum, couehecjFin drastic'
terms and with a time limit, will he,
1 delivered by an envoy of the coun-'
cil. Should Rumania refuse to comply
with the terms within a given
time diplomatic relations will cease
and the allied envoys will bring;
away with him from Bucharest the:
allied diplomatic representations
there.
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Washington, Sept. 3.?Declaring
the real purpose of the foreign rela-j
tions committee majority in amend-;
:n~ the pe?.ce treaty was to kill the!
treaty entirely and that such a course
would be suicidal to the UnfG?d;
States, Senator Hitchcock of
ka, Democratic leader, aserted 1?s? a
senate speech today that the majpr-'
ity of the senators never would"--accept
any of the committee changes.
The treaty opponents, he *fod,
"crawl on the ground with a micro-;
scope searching for pitfalls" iaVthej
League of Nations and overlook ?ub-;
stantial benefits which the treaty;
would bring the nation. The proposal
of Senator Knox, Republican, of1
Pennsylvania, that the treaty t# re-,
jected and a separate peace $?ha<je
with Germany was character&td by,
the speaker as an insane "mixture
of poltroonery and folly."
"By a vote of ndne to eighty said,
Senator Hitchcock, "the cpznmittee!
on foreign relations is to bring!
squarely before the senate the question
of defeating the pending treaty.:
Suppose the senate should Jfote in
favor of the Shantung amepiment or
any other? What would hjtopen?
"Either the president wt^fid refuse'
to go further with the treaty, or he!
wnulH submit the amendflMUb to the i
nations associated with the United
States. Does any one believe .'/they!
would accept it? Does any one' believe
that Great Britain, who has
already ratified the treaty and who
also is under a pledge to Japan with!
regard to Shantung, would accept
the Shantung amendment? Does any
one think that France, also under aj1
pledge to Japan, would ratify this{
change? Does any one suppose that
Japan herself would submit to thisi
humiliation before the eyes of the
world? .
"I cannot conceive of any intelligent
and candid man who would as-;
sume such a thing as a possibility. J
We would be met by an instant re-|
fusal to accept the amendment, and I
then where would the United States j
find itself in this international set-j
tlement? We would find ourselves
out in the cold, isolated from the;
rest of the world. The work of rati-j
fying the treaty would proceed with-!
out us.
"The treaty itself provides that
when three nations in addition to'
Germany have signed it shall go into
effect. It is easy to see the enor
mous benefits which Great Britain,
and France will derive from this)
I reaty. They will not take any
chances. It is preposterous to suppose
that Japan will delay its ratification.
The result is beyond all
i question."
Scholarships Awarded.
j G. Cann and A. B. Link, of Abbej
ville County, have been awarded;
scholarships by the trustees of Clein;
son College for the coming year.
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RAILROAD COMMISSION j ?
CONSIDERS RAISE IN
TELEPHONE RATES HERE
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The South Carolina Railroad Commission,
composed of Messrs. Shealy,'\
Arnnld anH P.analpr VipIH n hearinc k
here Tuesday to consider the ques-Jb
tion of raising the telephone rates: t
of the Abbeville Telephone Com-; 1
pany. As there was no opposition
to the proposition of raising the j o
rates it is thought probable that the g
commission will grant the raise. J ri
W. M. Barnwell appeared before o
the City Council some time ago and ii
asked for a raise in rates as follows:; 3
business phones, from $2.50 to $3.00,1 i
residence phones from $1.50 to;
$2.00. Council recommended the c
raise if it should be approved by fc
the Railroad Commission. p
The decision of the Commissioner
will be announced in the near future, f
In announcing the hearing the j 1
Commission requested that any citi- c
zen opposing the rates should appear; c
at the hearing. There was no oppo-! 11
sition whatever; in fact no one at- c
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tended the meeting except the mem- \
bers of the commission and Mr. I e
Barnwell. J V
The Commission held hearings at
Ninety-Six Wednesday and McCor-j t
mick Thursday to consider raise in
telephone rates at those places. 1t
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NEW RATES TO
GIVE SOUTH MORE
EXPORT TRADE fn
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Washington, Sept. 3.?Prepara-(
tion of class and commodity rates {
upon "report trafBc from the Middle j
West to South Atlantic and Gulf'
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ports was ordered today by Director. ^
General Hines. v . !
The rates to be established will be1
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substantially the same as the rates to p
New York on domestic freight and
if . . i _'l 1.1 ?. - 1.1. I
wm equalize cnarges so mat soumern
gateways to South and Central .
America can compete on equal terms
with the east.
Decision to establish the rates is'1
the successful outcome of a long
fight carried on by the southern interests
for a fair share of the nation's
export commerce. The mat-'
ter was brought to the serious at-j^
tention of the government by . con-'n
ditions arising during the war, when a
eastern ports were congested with! t
export shipping, while Sooth At-J t
lantic ports had less than they were P
able to accommodate. j v
DA??AaAn^A4>Uno onVu^Qniinnllir UMMM
Jn>U|/iCOOIIMVIVUO 9l*Vi9V^wvuvy TTV*w
made to the shipping board to ob-! d
tain sufficient cargo space sailing 0
from those ports to take care of *
outgoing traffic ind'to the railroad F
administration to establish equitable s
freight rate?. 11
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PETIT JUROR hAS ! ?
AUTO STOLEN WHILE
HE SITS ON JURY! ?
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Mr. Ray Fisher, member of the' j
petit jury at this term of court, hadjr
a Ford machine stolen from him c
Wednesday afternoon sometime'
while he was in court. j
Mr. Fisher lives near Honea Path!
?nd when he started to go homej
found his machine was gone. Noj
clue to its whereabouts has been dis-j
covered. v j
Just whether this crime is both aj
larceny and contempt of court would,
be hard to tell, but probably is. j c
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A Lawyer From Washington. |
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Mr. Thomas Bradley of Washing-,
ton, D. C., was in the city for a few
days this week visiting among his <3
numerous relatives. Mr. Bradley fail
the second son of the late W. 0.11
Bradley, who once was a member of J
the Abbeville Bar. n
Mr. Bradley was accompanied by | y
his young son, Donald. j (
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Moving to Abbeville. b
Mrs. L. 0. Robinson was in Abbe-; C
ville Wednesday. She has recently y
bought the Putnam place and is pre-] d
paring to move to Abbeville, which1 S
is good news to her many friends' C
here. j I
SENATOR CUMMINS
SUBMITS PLAN FOR
RAIL OWNERSHIP
Washington, Sept. 2.?President;
Vilson tomorrow will send out invi-1
ations for the proposed conference j
etween labor, capital and agricul-l
ure, for some time in October, it was]
earned today at the White House.
Private ownership and operation
if railroads under a number of re;ional
systems under strict governnent
control, with strikes and lockuts
of railroad employes prohibited,
s the plan for railroad legislation
ubmitted to the senate today by the
nterstate commerce subcommittee.
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A tentative bill embodying the subommittee's
recommendation, which
ears no resemblance to the Plumb
dans had been introduced by Chairnan
Cummios and referred to the
ull interstate commerce committee.
?he bill is the result of many months
>f hearing's and work by the subommittee
which, besides Mr. Cumaons,
include Senators Kellogg,
if Minnesota, and Poindexter, of
VocViino+rm Rpnnhlinana. and Pom
rene, of Ohio, and Robinson, of Ar;ansas,
Democrats.
Salient provisions of the Cummins
till include:
Termination of government conrol
and return of the railroads to
irivate ownership on the last day of
he month of enactment. '
Establishing the interstate comfierce
commission with greatly inreased
powers, as the supreme body
ver railroad affairs.
Supervision and control of virtully
all railroad affairs, including
ates, wages, operation and financing
y the government.
Creation of a new railway trans
ortation board of five members appointed
tiy the president to superise
railway development and operaions,
subject to final action of thej
uterstate commerce commission.
ABOR-CAP1TAL
CONFERENCE TO
BE IMPORTANT
Washington, Sept. 3.?President
Vilson leaves Washington with the
tost important problems of his whole
dministration unsettled?the domesic
labor crisis and the proposed enrance
of the United States into a
artneramp 01 nations w picwmc
rorld peace.
During hia'absence the senate will
iebate bat probably not vote finally
n the peace treaty and League of
fations- Also, the country will be
repairing for the most vital straggle
ince the civil war?a peaceful resoution
of the acute difficulties in Amrican
industry. The president has
ailed a conference, not between |
apital and labor, but "between labor
,nd those whose direct labor." . To
iim the world peace situation and;
he domestic unrest are interwoven,
ie believes the senate's failure to
atify has added to the uncertainty
>f industrial conditions. He proposis
to tell the country why he thinks
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Meanwhile the president believes
>i3 action in calling a domestic labor
inference will have a salutory efect,
that it will bring about a truce,
hat it will prevent all strikes while
he captains of industry and the
eaders of labor endeavor to work
>ut a program of industrial construcion.
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Mra. C. B. Mima.
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Mrs. C. B. Mims, 90 years of age,1
lied at the home of her daughter,!
T n loaf I
firs. J. o. r>aney, uviumuio) wow,
donday. Mrs. Mims is the mother of!
firs. Fred Cason and has spent the J
nost of the time for the past ten
ears at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
"ason here, and had many friends in
Abbeville who will regret to learn of
ler death.
Mrs. Mims was born in Lexington
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/Ounty ana uveu meie iut uauj
ears. She is survived by three
aught^rs, Mrs. Fred Caaon, Mrs. J.
!. Bailey and Mrs. Emma Gage, New
>rleans, and two sons, J. P. Mims,
jeesville, and G. D. Mims, Edgefield, j
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS '
MEN SEPT.8
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Parents Urged To Hava Children Enroll
First Day?Pupils Outside
School District Cannot Enroll
Until After Sept. 12?A
French Teacher May Be
Secured.
The City Public Schools wiH open
Monday morning, Sept. 8, at 9:00"
ofclock. It is earnestly requested
;that parents see that their children
are enrolled the first day of school in
( order that no' time in getting down
to work may be lost, and no unnecessary
interruptions caused by de- ^
layed entrances. /
The following teachers have been
secured for the 1919-1920 session:
High School :-r-J. M. Daniel, Abbeville;
Miss Johnnie May Lynch, Saluda;
Miss Turner, Landfum; Misa
Magill, Abbeville, temporarily. Fii*t
Grade: Miss Mary Burton, Laurens;
Miss Lallie F. Hart, Darlington; second
grade:. Miss Mary Cornwell,
Chester; Miss Georgie Ott, Fort MiH;
third grade: Miss May Robertson,
ADDevme, miss Annie liantt, winnsboro;
fourth grade: Miss Lillian
Swetenburg,' Abbeville, Miss Clara
Adams, Abbeville; fifth grade: Miss
Annie HiU, Abbeville, Miss Lois
Jackson, Campobello; sixth grade:
Miss Susie E. Lown, New Brookland;
seventh grade: Miss Rachel Whisonent,
acksburg. At the Abbeville
Cotton Mill: Miss Ruth McLane,
Abbeville, Miss Ella Tribble, Ander
son. N .
Efforts are being made to secure
the services of a teacher of French
provided a sufficiently large class can
be secured toxjustify the teacher to
come to Abbeville. Any. citizens of
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Abbeville desiring to take the courso
in French may be enrolled if they
will notify the superintendent. In
fact, it is necessary to secure some
pupils for this class who are not in
the High School in order to raise the
required salary. The class for these
need not necessarily be conducted
during public school hours.
By paragraph 1778 of the General
School Law of South Carolina, it is
unlawful to enroll any child in the
free schools who is not six years of
age at time odt entrance.
No children from out this school
district will be enrolled in the graded
school (grades I to VII inclusive)
until after September 12, aa preference
will be given the children of
parents who reside.in this district.
If it is found after the first week of
school that accommodations are available
for a limited number of nonresidents,
such as can be accommodated
will be admitted to the city
schools, but will be required to pay
I tuition equal to the per capita cost
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| oi resident puuvira ui cuu\.<?wu6
their chiMren. Preference will be
given to the applications in the order
received. Parents desiring to enter
| children from without the district
! should give the children's names and
grades desired to enter to one of the
teachers of that grade on the opening
day of school.
All of the fifth grad^ pupils will
assemble Monday in the fifth grade
i room at the Graded School building
where they will be assigned, alphaono
nt f>?A hvn divisional
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yf thia grade.
I Pupils who failed to make their
grades the past session, from any
cause, will be permitted to take second
examinations on Friday, Sept.
19th. No blame must be placed on
the teacher if these pupils secure
new books for the higher grade before
the result of the examination is
known. Until after this is known
the pupil will attend classes in the
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lower graue.
The colored schools under princinalship
of Joe Lee will open on Sept.
8. and will also use the text books aa
they are given on 'list published by
the Speed Drug Store for use in the
Public Schools df Abbevflle.
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