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Abbeville Press and Banner E8tablishedTl844! $2T00theY ear. Tri-Weekly7 Abbeville, Wednesday, March 17, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76 th Year. TWO BROTHER IN HONEA PA WITH CRIW Kenneth Gossett an Identified by Tv Right Men=== . Wednesday Placed in Count GREENWOOD 1 Kenneth Gossett and John Gossett, brothers, of Honea Path, were placed in the Anderson County jail Wednesday morning on warrants, charging them with criminal assault last Sunday on two young white girls of Abbeville and James B. Wallace and Lee Bourne, Greenwood, lodged in the State penitentiary, Columbia, were released at the instance of Solicitor H. S. Blackwell, and charged the same offense, following the failure of the two girls of identify the men. t1,q finssetts were arrested X lie V?? V early Wednesday morning at their home in Honea Path by Deputy Sheriff T. L. Cann and Deputy Marshal C. J. Bruce, assisted by Chief of Police Page, of Honea Path. They were immediately taken to Anderson and lodged in the county jail, from whence they will be taken to Columbia and placed in the State penintentiary for safe-keeping. The two girls were taken by Sheriff R. M. Burts to Anderson Wednesday and positively identified the two Gossetts as the men wanted. But before the arrival of the girls there the Anderson authorities state that both men confessed that they were the men implicated in the case. A representative of the Press and Banner got in touch over long distance phone with Deputy Marshal C. J. Bruce Wednesday morning in Anderson and Mr. Bruce said over the phone that the two men had made a statement to Sheriff Sanders of Anderson County, admitting that they picked up two girls on North Main street late Sunday afternoon and took them for a ride to a point near Long Cane creek. A NEW RESERVATION TO TREATY PROPOSED Washington, March 16.?A new reservation setting forth a general declaration of policy toward Europen affairs was under consideration today l.y Republican leaders. The reservation was understood to follow in character the terms of the Knox resolution which failed last session, declaring that in any case of a European disturbance threatening civilized institutions throughout the worll tha United States would intervene. It was indicated also tnat aitnougn ' no definite plan yet had been agreed on the Republican leaders probably would bring forward, if rat'fication tails, a resolution declaring a state of pcace. President Wilson declared some months ago that he would oppose aDy such measure, but some Senate leaders now are hopeful tint it may receive his approval. Asheville. X. C., March 16?"It ought to be as easy to end a war as to begin a war," according to a stateruor.t by William Jennings Bryan made here today advocating a change in the constitution permitting a majority n' the Senate to ratify a treaty. His statement follows: "The vote yesterday on Artic'e 1( v.ould seem to insure ratification witli out further deiay. 1 assume tint tlu Democrats in the Senate will join lr ratification now that the majority has so cieariy expressed usen. "Our campaign will a farce us well as a failure if. after the Sena*; has so emphatically expressed itsel! i: favor cr' ratifying with reservations our party joins the irreconcilables ir opposing ratification in order to m:?Ui the treaty a partisan issue. "The Senate's action in dealing w'll this treaty has shown the neecl of n amendment to the constitution p :* mitting a majority to ratify a treaty iwf1'! io be as easy to end a w.'i tb""ic a war. S ARRESTED I TH CHARGED UNAL ASSAULT d John Gossett Are vo Girls As The Were Arrested ?* ? ; J iviormng aiiu Anderson y Jail. MEN RELEASED Kenneth and John Gossett came to Abbeville in a souring car Sunday afternoon and were seen and talked with at least one man who knew them. Their description and the clothes they wore tallied with the descriptions of the two men as given by the girls. The fact that the two girls asserted that they were with two men in a j touring car while Wallace and Bourne were known to have come to Abbeville in a Ford truck, was the weakest link in the chain of circumstantial evidence which led to tha unfortunate arrest of the two Greenwood men. The two young girls were taken to Columbia Tuesday and on seeing) Wallace and Bourne were positive in their statements that they were not the right men. The following account is reprinted! from the Columbia State: James B. Wallace and Lee Bourne, | | the two young white men lodged in ] the state penitentiary Monday after- j noon on the charge of criminally as-j saulting two young white girls in Ab- J beville on Sunday afternoon will be; released today on the statements of! the two girls that Wallace and '1 :t ? -l_ mu - I .Bourne were not tneir assailants, me two young women were brought to Columbia yesterday to see the prisoners, and are most positive in their declarations that the men under arrest are not the guilty parties. J. L. Perrin, veteran clerk of court of Abbeville county, was in Columbia last night attempting to get in tauch with Mr. Blackwell of Laurens to get authority for the release that the young men might take the early train back to Greenwood hi.s morning. Colder Weather Is In Middle Atlantic Is the Forecast Washington March 16?Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Provincetown, Mass., :o tli" Virginia Capes, the weather bureau announced today. The center of 'he great disturbance of Monday is today uorth of Lake Superior. Colder weather is predicted for tomorrow in the interior of the middle | Atlantic states. : IT'S A BIG ORDER THESE BOYS PICKED Chicago?Indians! Take no notice and beware! Two cowboys, Paul) Lees, 13, and his brother. Edward.! 11. are on their way to Colorado to J exteminate redskins. They left the : other night with pancake flour and a - rifle. Tne ponce are looKing ior em, They forgot to say goodbye to their ! mother. L } COTTON MARKET. I Spot Cotton 40.00 ; March 40.10 f , May 37.72 i ' July :M.R" 1 October December *>1.00 \ \ \ % \ * \ \ <> % \ > \ V CLEMSOIV TRUSTEES UPHOLD FflCULTV 111 RECENT HOW % Under Classmen Must Report by March 21st and Renew ni. J IT rl_ jrieages ? uppci v/iaooium Must Retract Ultimatum Clemson College, S. C., March 15. ?(By Courier).?A triumph for collegiate law and order and the discipline of the institution, with crushing defeat for cadets exhibiting rebellious tendencies and presenting ultimatums to the constituted authorities of the college, is the view taken of the report of the Clemson College trustees completed only after 48 hours of most searching* investigation into the student rebellion which resulted in 450 freshmen and sophomores leaving the reservation of their homes last Wednesday and in senior and junior class men threatening to walk out in sympathy unless their demands for reinstatements, without punishment, of all under-classmen and certafti reforms in method of cadet government w^re met. Net results of the trustees' investigation were: Vigorous support of the rresidcnt, the commandant and the discipline committee of the faculty. Refusal to even consider the ultimatum from senior and junior classmen. Laying down of certain conditions upon which junior and senior classmen who signed the ultimatum and sophomore and freshmen classmen who walked out may re-eater the college. Acknowledgement that the conditions of the mess had not been what the authorities would have had thorn but that economic and other condi-' tions the world over are such that ihe situation could not have been better under existing limitations. Authorizing the president to ninke certain improvements in the mess and providing him with additional funds to cover cost of same, without raising the monthly rate of board for cadets. Open Trial for Cadets. Open trial for cadets, not upon demands from cadet element, but solely to inspire more of a spirit of confidence in the work of the discipline committee of the faculty; permission to be grantea accused cadets to have faculty counsel of their own choosing at the trial; no student represen tation upon the discipline committee. Appointment of a committee of the trustees, composed of Senator Alan Johnstone, chairman of theHaoard, and Major Henry C. Tillman and W. D. Earnett, the last two named being alumni of Clemson, to study the cadet government regulations and suggest such changes as might be deemed advisable, this report to be submitted at the regular April meeting of the trustees. Consideration of the case of Cadet Crossland, not upon the demand of the junior and senior classmen, but upon the petition of Cadet Crossland himself, as provided by regulations. The board, acting as an appelate court, found that the discipline committee erred technically in the trial of the cadet. The sentence imposed was rescinded and the case remanded to the discipline committee for trial under the conditions laid down by the board and the committee again finds him guilty, the cadet can appeal lo ihe board when the board would pass upon the actual merits of the case. Juniors and Seniors Conditions upon which junior and Senior classmen may re-enter the col lege provide that eacn individual wno signed the ultimatum shall sign and file with the president fcr the trustees by 11-30 p. m., March -1 a vvritten withdrawal of their approval of the 1st paragraph of the rlucumcnt. Those failing to comply shall be considered in a state of insubord:nation ?nd shall be dropped from the rolls of the college without privilege of reinstatement at any time in the future. Members of these classes who do not return in accordance with the terms of the present leave without sufficient excuse in the opinion of the i president, shall be adjuged deserters [ and dropped from the rolls as such. | Freshmen and Sophomores. Freshmen and sophomores who fail j to return by 11:30 p. m., March 21 shall be adjuged to have violated parjagraph 325. Cadet Regulations, and I their names dropped from the college I rolls. When those conditions have ! been met those cadets returning will j be required to subscribe anew to the pledge given upon their former entrance and to make up all work miss I (r(i. The report of the trustees is 5.000 words in length. After revicr'n^ testimony given before the board u?- representatives of junior and seniov class men, parents of freshmen and sophomores. members of the discipline committee. alumni and others, the trusitf-es delivered a terrific arraigv.m mt of ll"i action of the cadets as recited in J die report. "The action of the cadets I in view of the conditions found to exI ist is inexcusable." says the report. Re-instatement cf Cade* J'rossland who was given local punishment following his trial before the discipline committee of the faculty, was one ot itiie 'l"mnnds contained in the ultima r.- senior and junior cb'snvn tiro Two Masked Men Get $20,000 Fror Revenue Of Two masked men earlv today ud the internal revenue o here and escaped with $20, Seattle. Washn.. March 1 R. E. Stafford, cashier of nffiro Viarl incf rmonod flip t vi*ivwi uuu iugv vpuuvu i i*v ? and sat down at his desk ^ two masked men ordered hi hold ud his hands. Pointint volvers at him. thev backed into the valut and filled 1 Dockets with nackaees of rencv. The two robbers then esct The monev had been taken i the office last nieht durine last minute income tiax rush sented to the board of truste fusal to consider any portion ultimatum was agreed upon ii by the trustees. In the meanti following telegram was rece the colloge authorities: Bennettsvill March 13, President Riggs, Clemson College, S. C. Present request for new I case to board of trustees. Desii O'Dell and committee to repres due to my absence. M. E. Crossla As cadet regulations provit appeal from the action of the cadet involved, his parent o guardian, only, the request o Crossland for a new trial w< sidered by the trustees. Crossland Case Cadet -M. E. Crossland, was by the discipline committee ani guilty of disorder and yelling ti "Bolsheviki."' He had been j punishment of five weeks ro rust, 20 demerits and 20 extri room arrest confined the cadet limits of his room except w The board carefully review sonographic evidence taken trial, and heard the statenn cadets whom Crossland had do to represent him. These rem tives made the point that the line committee had cliargec Crossland for a violation of graph 228 of the Regulations, refers to refractory and disres cjnduct, but in the light of hi not to have seen the comn when he did the yelling, hac him guilty of violation of paragraph, No. 209. which ref disorders, neglects and irregu prejudicial to good order an cipline, which the committee ered a lesser included offem board ruled that this was a d offense and not a lesser inclu tense, and on this technical rescinded the sentence and re the case back to the disciplir mittee, with the instruction t Codet be tried on the charge o ting paragraph 2G9 of the uiations. If Cadet Crossland under the conditions laid lithe board, and the committiM finds him guilty, the cadet ca appeal to the board, when '.hi would pass upon the actual in the case. Long Session of Board, The board of trustees ass at Clemson College Saturday noon at 3 o'clock and adjourn die at 3 o'clock Mondav afi With the exception of brief i aggregating something li!-:e V hours, the board was in sessi i?g all of the 48 hours. While they adjourned at 3 ! Monday afternoon, no inkling result of their deliberations i lowed to leak out until their had been typed, read and cc and signed by the chairman board, Senator Alan Johnston i ly after 6 o'clock a copy of I j ings was handed to the pres jfcct to release in full to r papers of South Carolina on r morning. The reasons of the i ties for not wanting their re appear first in any state new that would not agree to ban report in its entirety, was they felt any digest of the would not clearly set before t pie of South Carolina, who ai interested In the matter, an a I statement of their finding a. elusions reached. As the report was not liai ; the press until after all te j ;ind telephone wires out of C had closed for the night, it wa: I sary for the reporter to tra I Greenville in order to get t'.i j of the board's meeting on the ' A member of the Clemson j ordinarily sends reports of ] ings at the college to the pal the slate, but expressed un ness to attempt reporting tl niuii m ine iiuMt'UH umess uii I>npers would agree to han report in full. TJut as the wi of Clcmson dosed before the of the trustees was available f lk-ation. ho requested the on fcssionnl newspaper man at < to assume theso duties for ' nvinc in Greenville, but oui lit ion the newspaper wnti! -it *: ' (> the report in full for ] jti?'U Tuesday morning. i'' acc . v.ith the wishes the coll tliorities. if MR. PEELE SPEAKS TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS AT MARCH MEETING ficer held ' ^'10 reffU'ar ^arc^ meeting of the ffice ' Parent-Teacher association was held ,000. iin the high school building yesterday ? afternoon at four o'clock. Due to the 6.? , , threatening weather and the prevail e It 1 ence of influenza the attending of fhen 'parents, especially was not so large as ~ !at the nrevious meeting of the body. Ill W I - r re- I The following program was carried him out: Instrumental duet by Misses their Mary White and Annie Wilson, a cur" reading on St. Patrick by Miss Willie , McLane, and a vocal solo, Mother iDed. [n Machree, by Miss Victoria Howie, the : the selection being played by Miss Mary ! Milford. Following this Mrs. Amos B. es. Re- Morse, the president of the associaV?e tion introduced in a happy manner istantly ! me. the 'the speaker of the afternoon, the ived by|Rev> jyjr peele, pastor of the Methoe g c idist church. Mr. Peele made a timely 1020. address of invaluable help to the parlent who has the best interest of the trial of;child at heart and drew striking re J. H. j parallels from the old Testament in sent me corroboration of his psychology. The nd. speaker referred to the fact that ^dfscip- j Pai*ents often times see only their r legal j deal in their children and are necesis^'con'' ar'^y partisan sufficient^' to be un;able to see the child as others see jhim. He also stated in speaking of the . i modern school teacher that she was ; tried: i found nuking a greater sacrifice than the le word I modern minister of the gospel. Mr. om^t- iPeele's address was in no wise radical as. Tlie or extreme, but he simply stated old hen1A \truths in new dress and his audience was delighted with his remarks. -ed the j ^ discussion of the double session ;.t the ; ents of ,day for next session was then entered ilegi'ted jnt0 ancj light was thrown on the esenta- i, ,. . , , , I'iscip- double session method by the re I Cadet (marks made by Supt. J. D. Fulp. wtaoh i ^rs" Daisy Nickles read a corrected spectful list of the donors to the playground fandant ^ was suggested by the presil found jdent that the association plan for the j purchase of a new piano for the ilaritics! chool for next session, which was d dis- i much sweeter music to the ears of all 5e?U'"lie I ^an ^ad keen *one emitted by iifferenfc | he present instrumnt?once a piano ground" '*n an ear^er stage the program, manded J Major Fulp, president of the Counl? iy Teachers' Association, gave a corhat I f viola-'^al invitation to the members of the let reg-. local association to attend the next retun s I >nn J,- jmeeting of the county teachers at the ? again ; court house Saturday, April 3. ? board j mee^nS then adjourned to aserits of semble the third Tuesday afternoon iin April at four o'clock in the high i school building. semblcd j iecf sUie ! FORMER ABBEVILLE ernoon.! MAN IS HONORED. ecesses| o ?(lur? ' ^?^owinff dispatch from Greenj ville will be of interest to the friends o'c'oelc j of Lewis W. Perrin, a native of Ab jf the bville and a brother of Mrs. Gordon was al- j . report White: irrecte-: Greenville, March 16?Following Short- a speech ?f acceptance of the nomihe find- nation to the office of district gov;s, sub- ernor by Lewis W. Perrin, attorney of ruesdav Spartanburg, the seventh Rotary disauthori trict conference came to an end this sport to noon- ]\{r- perrin was the unanimous dlePthe I choice of the conference for district because 'govrnor, nor other candidates being ?re??" nominated. he peo re most ?<Tcon- FREE DANCE HERE MONDAY I NIGHT AT THE OPERA HOUSE. uded to j ""ferns mi ^ ^ree dance be held Monday , neces-1 n'?bt at 8:30 o'clock in the Opera vel to j House, music to be furnished by a e story j20-pieCe Coast Artillerv Band. The wires, i * itr ; band is cominsr to Abbeville in con I happen-; nection with the govez*nment recruitwiflinc-!campaign now being waged by 10 .-os- the government and has agreed to s news-1 pjav for tjie (]ance# file the ? . , *|| * ? rss out I lee ?Pen an" concerts will also be - ! * * ? * * - ' report neui on tne square wonnay ana iues?' f)U.k" ! day afternoons. This band is made 'ienison 11P ?f selected men from the army iiin mr- and among the best in the service. I -"'ree' campaign for recruits lasting - fourteen days is 7io\\: on in Abbeville ' an(| js [n charge of Corp. C. C. i,U" Clark. !l GERMAN BLUFF . WOULD HAVE CUT i TRANSPORTATION J Admiral Sims Continues His Criticism of Naval Actions During the War Washington, March 16.?A little |"bluff" on the part of the Germans i in 1Q19 nf rhn priiHnl nninfr nf the J ? ? I war, would have paralyzed transportation of soldiers and war materials between this country and Europe, Rear Admiral Sims today told the Senate naval sub-cnmittee. Information from authentic sources indicating that the Germans were building two heavily armored modern battle crusiers for a desperate last hope raid against the troop ship jconvoys, was transmitted to the Navy ' Department, Admiral Sims today told the Senate naval sub-committee. Information from authentic sources, indicating that the Germans were building two heavily armored modern battle cruisers for a desperate ilast hope raid against the troop ship i convoys, was transmitted ft) the Navy Department, Admiral Sims said, and 'immediately he was besieged with cablegrams from "Washington outline ; ng various plans of action, all of which, he testified were impracticible, although such a contingency bad jbeen under discussion for nearly a [year and there had been ample time jto prepare. "if the enemy had only known." jsafd Admiral Sims, "all ne need have !dr;n? was to make a series of Muffs, invoking little risk to himself, and I we vou.d have done the rest. Hn'pipi'itj v.njld have been parrvzed." j Fi i PR.s r Defeat 'vinar.?. } A ir'rir.'tl :'.i>.? disci'--:''1 n? o!:.mn jfciir rrricsed by i'.. f)ep*-iiment for defeating Germany on the 'sea. They were: A protected lane throug.i the danger zone; the blocking of German ports by sinking ship; i;i the entrances; mine barriers of nets ar.d mines of types then ir. use; min-2 barriers of mia?s of a new t>pe. All excrpt the last were impracticable, jhc declared, and much time was * jwasted by the insistence of the department that they be tried. I The Department wished to laud, a j "solar plexus blow" against the submarine campaign, the admiral said, and suggested many schemes long l>ejfore rejected by the allies. Such a plan was that of sinking old batik', ships and cruisers in the entrances jto all German submarine base harbors, Admiral Sims asserted, and on1 ly after he had pointed out that the 'scheme would require the sinking of j40 battleships and 43 rruisers and jsix months of preparation did the j Department agree to abandon the jplan. It took seven months of effort 'to bring the Washington officials to !the final conclusion, he said. | Wood and Hoover Are the Favorites In Minnesota St. Paul, March 16.?Minnesota's Republican preference primary, held last night in rain, sleet and snow storms and terrific gales gave Major General Leonard Wood a plurality of 4,000 votes over Senator Hiram Johnson of California, on the face of available returns. Herbert Hoover, not an avowed candidate, received such strong support in St. Paul and Minneapolis that I returns from 450 precincts showed him leading Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, by more than 1,000 votes. The latest tabulation showed the following vote: Wood 12,627; Johnson 8,517; Hoover 4,486, and Lowden 3,510. j The totals include a majority of the I precincts in St. raui ana ivuuuecipuiia. 'The returns from the rv'ral districts were very slow coming in and late in | the night all wires were prostrated by the high winds and snow. In moat ' counties the polls were open only from 17:30 to 8:30 p. m. I . MORE TAK LEGISLATION IS BEING PLANNED Washington, March 16.?Additional tax legislation to provide revenues equal to those the government will lose as a result of the decision of the supreme court that stock dividends are not taxable is < j phi lined by congress. Chairman Fordney, of the House I ways and means committee, ani uounced today that hearings would begin Thursday and that | treasury officials would he called upon for smrerestions as to new I line committee upon petition of ihe taxes. Lewis W. Perrin Is District Governor Of the Rotarians Greenviile. S. March l?i.?Elec 11 ion of !.<e'vis Wardlaw l'orrin. : Spartanliu:*c- "> cltslr!<-t governor. the j relation i.'i apnropriate r^olu'ions and discussion or' Roiarv membership , c'assifi< :if nn wore features of ih*s 'jv?rr.'r.u's s.'.'.-sion of (he seventh district. t1 -ef:;i;i. Norlli and Soul1. Cark i K.?:n;\v conference. The oonven : c'.j :es thl? afternoon.