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' n Abbeville Press and Banner j ! LU ? i. ; J . ' 1 E?l??Uiahcd 1841. $2^00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, August 2, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Year. FATAL ACCIDENT ON HASKELL HILL JANIE STURKEY, AGED COLOR ED WOMAN STRUCK BY AUTC ( DRIVEN BY LAWRENCE CAL LAHAM AND INSTANTLY KILL ED?DOLLY CALHOUN INJUR ED AT SAME TIME?CALLA HAM IN JAIL. Janie Sturkey, an aged coloret woman, was practically instantly kill ed on Greenville street at sundowi Saturday afternoon and her daugh ter, Dolly Calhoun, was injured whei they were struck by a Dorr aatomo bile driven by Lawrence Callaham, 2 colored farmer employed t>y W. F Radcliffe near the Buckstand. The following facts regarding th< accident were brought out at the in quest h?ld by Coroner J. C. Cox Sun day morning: Mr. L. T. UJdrick testified that h< was an eyewitness to the tragedy anc while driving in his buggy down "Par ker hill, better known in presenl . times as Haskell "hill, he saw two ne gro women approaching on the righl hand side of the road. Just 'as hi! buggy was opposite them he hearc one of them cry out, "Look what*! coming!" As the woman exclaimet he looked behind him ana saw an au tomobile coming at an exceedinglj fast rate of speed on the same sid< of the road as were the women. Hf jerked his mule over to the left 01 the road and just 'as he did so th< automobile struck the two womei and knocked them ten feet or mor< sr.. and then passed over their bodies J" c-'m ' ' m continuing several yards and thei suddenly careening across the roa< into the ditch on the left hand side Mr. Uldrick testifies thai he saw n< one in the automobile except th< driver who later proved to fee Law rence Callaham. Callaham states thai there were two negro women ;n t"n< car with him. Mr, Uldrick stated that he turne< his buggy off the road and went t. where the two women lay, neither o' whom up till that, time had showi any signs of moving. When he aji proached them the younger one rais ed herself to her knees but fel back. The older one never moved af ter the accident and in probably fif ,teen minutes she was pronouncec dead by Dr. Neuffer who naff beer brought to the scene by Mr. Vane* Ashley. The witness further testified tha "if I ever saw a man drinKing, Law rence Callahan was wnen he got ou of the cay. He couldn't walk straight' Mr. Uldrick said that Callaham re fused to go with him after medica attention but walked away rrom th< scene of the accident in company with a negro woman whom Mr. U1 drick did not know. Dr. G. A. Neuffer testified tha Janie^Sturkey's death was causet from contusion of the jaw, fracture< leg, broken arm and shock. The coroner's jury was composet of Vance Ashley, foreman, Bayar< Swetenburg, J. R. Thornton, B. F Shaw, Jesse Campbell and R. L. Mc Canty. After hearing witnesses an< * oc?b-ir?cp Mr TTIrlrnplr main TirffnoQ? owning uai. vtvtatvik viiv nivuvuw a number of questions the jury ren dered a verdict that Jane Sturke: came to her death from oeing strucl by an automobile driven in a reckles manner by Lawrence Cailaham, wh< had lost control of the machine. Immediately after the acciden Dolly Calhoun was removed to thi County hospital where it was foun< that she was suffering from shod and bruises but was able to go ti her home yesterday. The body of th? dead woman wa taken in charge by the undertaker Gus Richey, at whose morgue it wa viewed by the coroner's jury Sunda; morning. , An effort was made to appreheni Cailaham at his home on the farm o * W. F. Radcliffe Saturday night bu after waiting until midnight th * ROY McCOMBS DOES WELL AT CLEMSON Attending Short Course For Club Boy* He Win* Trip To Tennessee J Clemson College, July 31.?Interesting closing exercises for the " Short Course for Club Boys were > held on Thursday evening and certificates were awarded to seventysix boys who completed the course * by Director W. W. Long of the Ex. tension Service. Short talks were made by L. L. Baker, Supervising Agent; W. W. Long, Director; A. B. Bryan, Agricultural Editor; B. O. 'Williams, Assistant Agent; and Prol fessors, L. B. Starkey, W. W. Fitz patrick and A. J. Golbey, and ani nouncements made *>f the winners - of prizes, places on the stock judgi ing team, etc. *, The lively contest for places on 1 thes tock julging team has been the outstanding feature of this year's Short Course. The object of this i contest was to select a team of " three with two alternates, to enter * the International Club Boys' Livestock Judging Contest at the Southi eastern air next fall. Instruction 1 and practice work on pure bred live stock were given from the first, and t the boys most apt in this work were - given daliy tests. The competition t was keen and it was finally decided s to select six boys, who will be taken 1 on an experience trip through the 5 state and probably into Tennessee 1 for further training detore going to - the Southeastern fair. I The six who won places on the 1 team were Roy McCombs, Abbeville i Province Branham, Kershaw; M. ' Calvin Aloore, Greenville; Carl M. * Smith, Anderson; James C. Garri1 3on, Pickens; Boyd Blakely, Lan; caster. ' A Radiolite watch offered by P. 1 H. Sanders, Associate Editor of the i * Southern Ruralist, to the club boy ' making the best all round record } during the Short Course was won by *' Boyd Blakeiy. 1 SURE ENOUGH BARBECUE. a Mr. Clarence Pennell, manager oi i the Piedmont 'Land Co., that is put> ting on the big land sale at Calhoun f Falls, Tuesday, Aug. 3, is very much i worried because the empression has - gotten out in some parts that there - is to be only sandwiches and iced 1 tea served those attending the auc tion sale. Mr. Pennell states that this - is an error and that Col. Manning, 1 the epicurean hash artist is prepar1 ing a fine barbecue for Tuesday and i that there will be plenty of hash foi all who attend the sale. t . VISITORS FROM CHICAGO. ' Mr. and Mrs. Thos. F. Black ar rived in the city today from Chicago 1 for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. .;as. S. i Cochran and Miss Hannah Cochran. r : - deputies returned to the city after 1 waiting until midnight the deputies t returned to the city after receiving * the assurance of Mr. Radcliffe that J he would bring^ Callaham io the city I when he returned home. This Mr. i Mr. Radcliffe did Sunday morning i and Callaham was placed in jail im. mediately after the jury returned the - verdict charging him v with reckless 1 driving. i,1 Callaham states that lie was not - rinking and had not been drinking f during the day but that he simply t could not stop the car although he e? ** f AVflwr offftrf ho lrnour f A I1QD Wfi 3 UOCU C T V/i J WUV* V "V ?i*VIT WV V4WVI **.V 3 couldn't explain why he passed 'Mr, j Uldrick's buggy on th? wrong side t of the road nor could Tie remembei & 'about any woman walking off from i the scene of the accident with Tilm. ic' Mr. Radcliffe and Chief , Johnson a'both of whom have knowrf Callahalr j for a number of years give him an s excellent name for honesty and humV bleness. s| Older readers will recall that Mr3. /'John Knox lost her life many years J ago in this same place by the surrej flj in which she was riding T>emg run inf to a deep gully which used to paraltjlel the road down what was ther e known as Parker hill. > Carriers To Receive |$1,134,000,000 A Year | Income By Rate Increases More Than Standard Return Allowed By Government Experts Busy on Schedule | Washington, August 1.?Rate inj creases granted the railroads by 'the Interstate Commerce Commis'sion "are declared to give the carriers an annual net income of $lr , 134,000,000 or $241,000,000 more than the standard return allowed by the government based on the average of the period immediately preceding federal control. | This sum is $34,000,000 more than the roads made in their recoru year of 1916, but Is $99,000,000 less than the total of $1,283,000,000 net operating income which flSMirrVit {*1 T\roc/irtin cr tKofr QT\? HICJ OVU5HW HI yiVlTWllVlilg plications to the commission. 1 Rate experts of the carriers will se,t to work tomorrow on the tremendous task of preparing the new tariff schedule which it is planned to file in time for the increased rates, freight, passenger and Pullman?to become effective September 1. On that date the government guarantee of the standard return of $893,000,000 annually will expire under a provision of the Transportation Act limiting this guarantee to six months after the carriers were returned to have the control. Rate Increase* Granted j Experts of the commission and the carriers also will undertake to figure the actual money return which will accrue to the road* from the rate increases granted, which are about 33 per cent on freight rates, 20 per cent on passenger, excess baggage arid milk rates, and 50 per cent on charges for space - in sleeping and parlor cars. ; The actual increased amount to be received by the roads has been roughly estimated at' $1,500,000, but until the new. tariffs are put in operation the exact amount is problematical. With passenger fares increased one-fifth and Pullman r charges advanced one-half passenger travel probably wiil be reduced. Based on the present passenger traffic these increases are expected 1 to yield the roads a return of $277,' 000,000, all of which was sought to help absorb the wage advance to railroad workers which the railroad labor board has informed the com' mission will work out at $618,' 000,000 instead o? the $600,000,I 000 first estimated. The carriers have figured the increase at $625,000,000, but for the purposes of the rate case the commission used the board's figures. Southern Roads . Southern roads were valued by the ' commission at $2,000,000,000 so 1 that their net operating income would be $120,000,000. This is $16,000,000 less than the standard return of $138,000,000. The com' mission explained that the finan1 cial condition of the Southern car ' riers as a whole was more favorable ; than that of the roads in the other groups. : BUYING GOODS FOR NEW STORE ? J. M. Anderson of the J. M. Anderi son Co. leaves today for New York ! to buy goods for his new store at ; Greenwood which will be opened up ' Sept. '1 in the building now occupied r by the Wharton Clothing Co. Miss ! Buchanan of Greenwood for several i. years connected with the - James L. Tapp Co.. of Columbia goes with Mr. i Anderson to superintend the pur chase of the ladies' ready to weai i goods. Miss Buchanan will have | charge of this department in the new l store. i , TOWNSEND ROBERTSON HERE. i '| j Mr. J. Tonwsend Robertson of , j Vicksburg, Miss., spent the past week > with his sisters, Misses May and Eur genia Robertson on North Main | street. Mr. Robertson left Saturday j for. Clemson College where he will i attend the home-coming of the "Ti[ gers" this week. Reports Heard j Saturday At Noon' 'i , From Townships Where Drive in In. terest of Cotton Asiociation Hat Been in Progress?Pres. Nickles Makes Talk ^ A meeting which was well attended, was held in the court house at noon Saturday where reports from the various township committees were received of the drives which have be?n put on during last week in the interest of .additional memberships for the Abbeville County branch of the American Cotton association. Miss Lois Ervin, field sec-^ retary of the association was present for the meeting. It is due largely to her hard work and activity over the county that so many new memberships have been seceured for the association. Of the townships reporting Saturday the result is: ? 1 Abbeville?69 memberships, collected $324.75. Due West?83 memberships, col- ? lected $171.00. |s Antreville?72 memberships, col? ^ j lected $190.00. j a j Cedar Springs?14 memberships, j ! no report. . | < | Long Cane?28 memoersnips, no 1 report. j? Neither was any report received ? from Smithville, Donalds, or' Calhoun Falls. It will probably be th? > 15th of the month before any final * ! report can be expected from the * | whole county. The gentlemen in 1 ; charge of the drive feel optimistic < I about the final outcome .*8 the asso- s ciation was practically unfc&ewn in the county thirty days ago, there being only 57 memberships in the whole county at tKat time. Before the reports, were heard j Saturday Mr. G. N. Nickles, county j president made a timely, talk to the 50 farmers present along the lines of advantages to be secured from allying themselves with the American ' Cotton association and the erection if sufficient warehouses to store coti until a' satisfactory price could be obtained for. the staple. \ ON LONG JAUNT. < T * l? C. D. Brown and the Rev. Louis j J. Bristow left.Monday for Minnea- } polis, Minn., where they go to attend 1 the supreme Lodge of the Knights of \ i rytmas. Mr. 13ristow is a ceiegaie, { being one of three from Soutn Caro- j lina. The othe^ two are Judge Men- j ! del L. Smith of Camden and Aiya M. {Lumpkin 0^ Columbia. Otner prony- 1 j nent South Carolina Pythians who t j will join the party are General M. j L. Bonham, of Anderson, vmo is a ; member of the Supreme Tribunal of { the order and Col. 0. j. Bond of f Charleston, a past grand cnancellor. i Mr. Brown expects to return to 1 j Abbeville direct from the Supreme 1 j Lodge, but Mr. ^ristow will visit ( . Montana, make a trip through the ( j Yellowstone National Park, and visit Mrs. Bristow's brother, B. Fressley < Winkler, Esq., at Salt Lake City, be- j j fore returning. Mr. Bristow expects t [ to return home about the first of September. ] i'l REV. P. C. CLARK VISITS SON. < i 'j Rev. Peter C. Clark, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Shawsville, \ Va. will arrive in the city Saturday for a visit of a few days to his pon, r H. G. Clark, assistant editor of The 8 'j Abbeville Medium. Rev. Mr. Clark * j has kindly consented to preach at the c Presbyterian church both Sunday * morning and evening. ^ >! :r VISITORS FROM AFAR. 'c i '( Mr. and Mrs. Harvey P. Gay of t Sacramento, California are visiting s Mr. Gay's sister, Mrs. Jas. S. Coch- f ran on South Main street. Mr. and i j Mrs. Gay came here from Charlotte, j j where they have been visiting ior j : the past month. , I I I Messrs. Howard and Oscar, Black J i f 'have gone to Abbeville to sp?nd a ^ !( while in. the home of their uncle, ; W. Frank McCord.?Edgefield Ad- r vertiser. ( MRS. CORNELIA BRUNSON COTHRAI* Popular Matron of ' the City Died Saturday Morning At Her Home In The City. The news Saturday morning of the passing away of Mrs. Cornelia Brunson'Cothran wife of Waae 5. Coth ran, shocked the people of the city, none of whom were aware that Mrs Cothran was worse than she ht}s beer for the' past year. Her death occurred about 8:30 Saturday morning aftei an illness extending back over twelve months. The physicians who have waited on Mrs. Cothran had stated that she might pass away at any time 5ut nevertheless. her many ! friends sv?re hoping for the best. During the past year Mrs. Cothran has sDent the crreater Dart of the time in hospitals in Columbia and Chester in an effort to regain hei health, but despite the efforts of the nost eminent pyhsicians in this and )ther states, she steadily declined. When Mr. Cothran visited her bedlide Saturday morning he found that the had passed a restless night but vas able to get up and eat breakfast vith the family. Directly after breakfast the nurse noticed tnat Mrs. 3othran was breathing with difficulty and before any of the family :ould be summoned she had passed iway. Mrs. Cornelia Brunson Cothran vas born in 1870, the daughter ol Hr. and Mrs. R. P. Brunson of Edgev. leld County. Since her marrige in L892 to Mr. Wade S. Cothran, son >f the late Judge James S. Cothran, the has made her home in this city vhere she was extremely popular vith both young and old. The deceased is survived by her msband, one son, James :J. Cothran >f~ Greenville and one daugWr, Miss Margaret Cothran of this city; a >rother, A. L. Brunson ancf two sis;ers, Mrs. L. B. Hill and I*Irs. \V. C. rcmpkins, all of Edgefield. Four incles survive Mrs. Cothran: Dr. S. }. Thomson, Judge T. P. Thomson, fudge M. E. Hollingswortn, Abbeville, and Dr J. W. Thomson, Rock Hill. Pricr to her illness, Mrs. Cothran vas a woman of remarkable energy md was a Jover ol congenial com>anship, who delighted to entertain ler friends, which she did frequenty and Always in a lovely manner. She eft many friends among the people ;f her own age and especially was <he a favorite companion of the roung people. The sympathy of the whole comnunity goes out to the family in heir bereavement. Funeral Sunday Afternoon. The funeral services were held at ;he late residence of Mrs. oothran Sunday afternoon at five o'clock and ft, the absence of a pastor of the Ab ieville Presbyterian church, of which ;he deceased was a member, Rev. EJeorge M. Telford, pastor of Long Dane church conducted tne services. The music was furnished by a :hoir selected from among the :'riends of the deceased and tfte In;erment was in Long Cane cemetery. The pall bearers were: C. J. Link, El. S. Link, W. D. Wilson, Albert lenry, J. D. Kerr, Lewis 1'errin, L 2. Parker and W. M Barnwell. BACK FROM MICHIGAN Mr. J. s. Bowie returned mis norning from Mt. Clemens, Michi;an, where he has been recuperaing fo rthe past six weeks and inidentally rubbing elbows with lenry Ford and son Edsel about )etroit. Mr. Bowie suffers from heumatism and has found that the limatic conditions and baths at Mt. Siemens give him much relief. He alks interestingly of his visit and ays that he visited one of Ford's actories where, when the whistle >lew, 40,000 workmen begin drawng wages in this one building. Mr. Jowie is endeavoring to interest lenry Ford in building one of these ilants in this county and annexing Abbeville to it. Miss Eva Link will leave tomorow for a week's visit to friends in Columbia. / GAMPAIGH FOR 1 HIGH COTTON PRICES CONFERENCE TO FIX PLANS 1 ,1 FOR HANDLING CROP BOTH IN HOME AND FOREIGN MAR- -1| | KETS. MEETING IN SEPTEM?] BER OF GROWERS AND OTH- * 1 ERS INTERESTED IN PRODUC- I [! TION OF STAPLE. , j Washington, Aug. 1.?Cotton growers have begun plans for the . maintenance of high prices for the v i incoming cotton crop. Some growers ' vj [ are hoping for prices around 40 cents per pound because of the re> dured acreage. i ' I Congressman J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama, who has been nominated by the Democrats of Alabama to succeed the late Senator Bank head, said today that a conference : of the leading cotton growers asso ciations anl others interested in the maintenance of a profitable produc tion for cotton has been arranged r for early in September. - At this conference plans will be perfected for handling the cotton i crop both on the home and on for eign markets, a definite knowledge will be obtained as to the demand i and requirements and transporta- ' tion facilities will be studied and provided for as far as possible. It is believed the cotton growers and those interested in the returns from this distinctively southern ^ ' crop that if there is organized , selling and a par of the crop held off 1 the market until the offerings can be absorbed gradually good prices car be had for the entire crop. ' ij -The legislation enacted at the last session of Congress esablishing additional standards for cotton, regn * ^8 latins deliveries on cotton ex- ' ' changes and curbing speculation in # futures will prove of advantage to the growers, 'it is said, in the mar keting of their crop. Mr. Plaxco Takes Rest Iftev. M. R. Plaxco,' pastor of the -M A. R. P. Church, left today for Kannapolis, N. C,, where he will assist , his father in a meeting in the A R. P. church at that place. After the concluding the meeting at Kannapolis, Mr. Plaxco will vi'si: relatives at York. Mrs. Plaxco and the baby left today with Mr. Plax?o. DR. WILL THOMSON VISITOR ? * 'A Dr. J. W. Thomson, professor of education at Winthrop College, Rock ! Hill, S. C., is a visitor in the city today, having arrived yesterday morning to attend the funeral of his niecfe, ' Mrs. Wade S. Cothran. DOINGS OF A MILLIONAIRE Col. Pat McCaslan left Saturday for Waynesville, where he will , spend the remainder of the hot ; months. It's mighty fine to be a , millionaire and spend the winter in Florida 'and the summer in the mountains. ! COTTON RISES ON BULLISH REPORT The government condition report ' given out at 11 o'clock this morning had a bullish tendency on future* ' and the quotations rose about 50 ' points immediately after t?ie report ! wan announced. The bureau report | was: Condition of Crop 74.1 Estimate Bales 12,519,000 Acreage this year .. 35,504,000 Acreage 1919 _ __ _ 35,133,000 J T5MSJSJ3J3JSJSJ3JSJSJ3J3JSJSJSISISISEJSISMSJ2I3 COTTON MARKET January 30.00 | March 29.75 . May 29.54 'October 31.75 December 30.70 I < ' i