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Abbeville Press and Banner Ett^'hecflSII. $200 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Yea*. CABINET PLACI TO BE ANI Marion, Ohio, Dec. 28.?After weeks of consideration and consul tation, President-elect Harding is nearing a decision on some of his most important cabinet appoint ments. It may be said authoritatively that so far no such decision has been made and that any sugges tions he may have dropped on the subject have been of a tentative and indefinite nature. It is equally cer tain, however, that in his talks here with leaders in many walks of life he has indicated clearly what men are uppermost in his mind as he asks for advice on the makeup of his official family. Those who have discussed the question with him, intimately be lieve that appointments under very serious consideration include the following: Charles E. Hughes, New "York, secretary of state; Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, secretary of the treasury; John W. Weeks, of Mas sachuetts, secretary of the navy; "Will H. Hayes of Indiana, post mas ter general or secretary of the in terior; Henry Wallace, of Iowa, r>eci*etary of agriculture; Herbert Hoover of California, secretary of labor, and Harry M. Daugherty, at torney general. How many of these actually will be given the places for which they now are most prominently mention ed is a question that even Mr. Harding himself is not yet prepared to answer. Already several shifts have been made in his tentative ap pointments, as he has worked his way towards a balanced and har- ] monious cabinet and other changes are expected before the last decis- . ion. ] T' - ? ?L"'? cAtrnvfj 1 A'P ^ ID IS cerutm iiiai. lui ocvci?i vx the places mentioned the president- : elect has more than one man under : consideration and that the list of seven possibilities given is far from complete. i . Mr. Harding's selections for sec- ' retary of state and secretary of the ; treasury, however, jire expected to i be known definitely within a few : days. At the same time he may make public the name of one or two i others on whom he lias definitely i deeided for membership in the cabi- : net. V i Aside from the seven names men- < tioned recent gossip about Harding ' headquarters has brougnt to wie fore the names of several possi bilities who hitherto had been in the background of cabinet speculation. Among these are Joseph Dixon of Montana, prominently mentioned for secretary of the interior; Charles D. Hiljgs of New York, dis cussed for secretary of commerce or the treasury, ad A. T. Hert of Ken tucky,-whose name has been asso ciated with the portfolio of war. VISITS ATLANTA. Miss Hannah Cochran, who is the *v<P fkn Procc nrtA Ran , Ulliy VTA. VtlV A ner force with enough money left to , ride aTtrain as far as Atlanta, spent , i- "Saturday and Sunday in the Empire , rv City of the South with Mr. and Mrs. . J. Irwin Gilmer. She ^turned Mon- ^ day and is at her place in the office. A RHOADES SCHOLAR Mr. Edward Moseley and Miss ? Moseley were in Abbeville from 1 Laurens Saturday seeing their friends. Mr. Moseley has been 1 awarded a Rhoades scholarship and he came here to bid his friends ? good bye before leaving on Sunday for New York preparatory to sail ing for Oxford. VISITING IN AUGUSTA Mrs. C. W. Hinson and daughter, LaRue, are spending the holidays in Augusta with Relatives. They expect , to return at the end of the week. PQ APF BOUNCED SOON DANIELS GIVES TIMELY ADVICE United States Should Think Of Fu ture?Should Either Join League Of Nations or Have Navy Second to None Washington, Dec. 27.?The Uni ted States, if it does not enter the league of nations, should not initi ate-a movement looking to an inter national conference for the reduc tion of armaments, Secretary Dan iels of the navy said today. If an agreement is not reached by all na tions on such a program, the secre tary added, "the United States should have a navy second to none." The question of disarmament al so was discussed in the senate today Senator Johnson, Republican, Cali fornia, declaring that a disarma ment agreement by the nations who constituted the five allied and asso ciated powers in the world war would constitute "the on.* great step that Tould be taken toward the' promotion of peace and the preven tion of all future wars." Secretary Daniels in his state ment declared that his naval csti mates recently subm*vterl to co.i-j gress called only for mino*- vessels! and expressed approv.il of :he t". o I eral board's baildWi*? program only in the event that the United States does not enter the league of na tions or b^pome a party to an inter- ( national agreement to limit arma ments. , The naval secretary advocated ( legislation similar to that in the . 1916 naval appropriation bill which , authorized President Wilson to ap- , point a commission of nine mem bers to represent the United States at an international armament con- , ference. "If we do not want the league of nations," said \Mr. Daniels, "we , ought to have a conference purely on the subject of reduction of aT- ! mament. E^very nation that has join - 1 fViie on/1 CU tilt? league HAD L/lUilUOtU MHO ??IU I 1 all they need now is to get us in. Unless there is some such agree- J ment the United States should have a navy second to none. This is the reason that I have advocated the sinking of the German fleet in mid ocean, as an object lesson to all the world that it is unhealthy to build ' ?reat armaments for purposes of conquest." DEATH OF E. P. GRAY I 1 E. P. Gray, a farmer residing 011 1 the Western side of the country, de- 1 parted this life December 21st, 1920. 1 His body was laid to rest the next ' day at Sharon church, the funeral gervices being Conducted by Rev. Mr * Mason, pastor of the church. He was J 76 years old. 1 Mr. Gray was a Confederate sol- 1 dier. As a seventeen year old boy, 1 he enlisted in Capt. Thos. Thomson's f company in 2nd S. C. Rifles, going i through the four years war. No 1 braver soldier wore the gray. Re- ' turning home after the war, he de- 1 p-oted himsell to larmmg. ne was < never married. News of his death < will bring sorrow to his old comrades. 1 Death of Mr*. E. J. Mayfield After a lingering illness, Mrs. E. < J. Mayfield died at the home of her 1 daughter, Mrs. J. B. Temples, near 1 Due West, S. C., December 3, 1920. J She was buried the following day 1 at Beaverdam church by the side of her husband, the late John V. May- < field. : She is survived by three daugh-11 ters and foirr sons: Mrs. J. B. Tem- ; pies, Due West; Mrs. S. A. McAlis ter, Troy; Mrs. W. L. Perry, Ander son; W. E. and D. L. Mayfield, At- i lanta; R. E. and A. B. Mayfield, Anderson. She was a member of the Baptist church for fifty years and was a good christian woman. V; essence of innumerable biographies, j task to contribute to this book on | With equal truth it may be said that South Carolina a sketch of Chief Jus-j the life-story of one man, well ami tice Gary, which may be read by fu truly and fully told is a chapter in ture- generations and may show them the history of his country. Especially j what manner of man he was. so is this the case when the man has j It has been said that no one- is spent his life in a high public office | qualified to write the biography of in the service of his country and his [another unless he has known him State. I purpose to write a brief chap-' from his boyhood and all through his ter in the history of our State by giv- life. I may claim to that extent to be ing a sketch of the life of Eugene qualified; for the boy, Eugene Gary, Blackburn Gary, Chief Justice of had me for his schoolmaster for three South Carolina. A complete biography' years; he and I were for nearly twen it cannot be, for he is still living and ty years practicing at the same Bar; in active service, and long may he so and the same day saw him made As continue. This fact also forbids the j sociate Justice and me a Circuit use of panegyric and terms of exag-; Judge. aerated praise, nor does it permit the j He was born in Cokesbury, in the search and exposure of failings, if i old county of Abbeville, on August any there be. It also bids me refrain j 22, 1854. Looking back through the from invading the privacy and sane-1 -.brae-score and six years of his life! city ot ms nome, no matter now Deau- ?0 far?(tins is written in lyklU)?we] tiful and attractive the description might be. I can only hope to draw, as it were, an outline sketch, observing the limits that good taste lays down. There is no higher office, nor one of greater honour and responsibility, than that of Judge, whether of the Supreme or the Circuit Court. And there is no State in the Union where Judges are held in so high honour as in South Carolina. Yet here, as else where, it is sad to reflect that after death the memory of them is short lived. Read the history of our own Dr of any State and you will see that while governors, statesmen, generals, are remembered with honour, hardly i reference is made to the Judges. It is very true that when they rest from their works do follow them. But those works, in the shape of opinions, I are bound to say that he has lived , through a moit eventful period in the j history of his State, his country,^-and | the world. He was old enough to re ; member the terrible times of the Civ ! .i War. He saw the sad end of it when President Davis spent the night in j h.s grandmother's house in Cokesbury | just the day before he held in Abbe j vilie the last meeting of the Cabinet j of the Confederacy. Then followed until 1876 the horri ble Reconstruction period, worse in many respects than the war time, j when South Carolina was known | throughout the world as the "Pros trate State," ground to the dust un der the heels of her emancipated ne j groes who were led and controlled by ] Yankee carpetbaggers and backed by j garrisons of soldiers white and black. decisions, and decrees are pigeon holed as court records, or bound in :alf as law reports, volumes unknown to the historian, and consulted only by succeeding Judges and lawyers, in search for authorities and precedents. rhus it is that Chief Justices, Chan-j :ellors, and Judges, distinguished in J The bloodless revolution led by Hampton in '76 put an end to the rule of Yankee and negro. In that revolution no one played a better part than did Gen. Mart Gary, uncle of Eugene. The year 1886 saw the beginning of the Farmers' Movement led by 1J I their lifetime for their learning, ana < jtsenjamm it. i liiman, wmcn resuiuvu honoured for their splendid service,) in 1890 in the election of Tillman as ire not long remembered after death.1 governor, and of Eugene Gary as lieu They share the common fate, to be j tenant governor. Meanwhile he had forgotten ere long like a dead man i served one term in the legislature, something worthy of note outside of! political strife which raged for sever the work of the Court. Chancellor j al years. For six years he was chair Kent is remembered because of his j man of the Democratic party in Ab "Commentaries," not because of his beville County. Chancellorship. Who would ever hear, After serving four years as lieu of Judge Longstreet if he had not J tenant governor and president of the written the "Georgia Scenes." A sim- j Senate, he was elected to the Supreme jut of mind-unless they have the ilar fate -awaits lawyers; McCrady; will be remembered for his "History i of South Carolina" when Petigru j shall have been forgotten. >urt as Associate Justice, in 1893. In 1912 he was elected Chief Jus (Continued on page 2) r - ^ YOUNG DARRA INJURE SOLDIER FOUND BADLY INJURED Dies Soon After Arrival at Hospital. Marion Simpson Picked Up By Train Crew of Blue Ridge Railway. ; Anderson, Dec. 28{?A young sol-! dier was brought down on the Blue' Ridge train this morning in a dying condition. His name was Marion Simpson and he was found by the train crew between-Sandy Springs and Denver lying near the railroad track. Life was almost extinct when j he was found, but the c/ew worked | to try to save the young fellow's life. Heroic measures were also taken at the hospital, but he died shortly af ter he got there. There were two ugly gashes in the back of his head, which looked as if they had been made with some blunt instrument. There were many foot prints around near where the body was lying and indicated that a scuf le of more than two persons had taken place. The boy was almost frnzpn. Hp nnnarpnt.lv had hepn in j the downpour of rain nearly all i night. His cjothes were saturated j with rain and his shoes caked with, n;ud. The coat of his uniform wasj unbuttoned as if someone had gone I through his pockets. His purse was in a pocket, but there was no money :n it. The attending physician said neither of the wounds had fractured the skull, and if Simpson had re ceived attention, and not been left exposed to the cold rain there might lave been a chance for him. From all indications he must have been knocked down by thugs and left to die. A piece of woolen belt was found at the spot where the tragedy occurred, and seemed to have been torn from a suit made with a Nor folk jacket. It is said that the young soldier was absent without leave about two months ago and was arrested at Pen dleton and taken to Atlanta. Since that time he has been seen in Pen dleton. The parents of the young man, Mr. and Mrs. William Simpson live near Pendleton. Two brothers live in this city, Floyd and James S'mpson of Anderson mill. There are also two sisters who survive him. The young man was unconscious when he got to the hospital. n itilii mcL i . The Abbeville Branch of American Cotton Association will meet in the Court House next Monday at twelve o'clock. Capt. Nickles, the president j of the local association tells us that several speakers have been invited to address the meeting, who will likely be here and who may offer sugges tions for the benefit of the farmers. Captain Nickles wishes, however, that as many farmers as possible at tend the meeting for the purpose of making kinown their views on the questions of acreage reduction, the use of fertilizers, the planting of good crops, and like subjects. The meeting should be of great assistance to the farmers if there is a free ex change of views by those present. MANY PAYING TAXES. Washington, Dec. 28.?Income andj profits tax receipts for the last quarter of the year exceeded Secre-1 tary Houston's early estimate of! $650,000,000 according to the daily', statement of the nation's finances fori ( December 23, made public today by i. the treasury. j On that date income and profits j tax payments for tne montn amount-;; ed to $650,602,546, as compared with ! i $824,178,191 for the corresponding!] period a year ago. Treasury officials: i declared that some increase in the' total could be expected, as there was still a week to be accounted for. !: i con is D BY CANNON I The friends of Charley Darracott, the polite and jovial salesman for King Link, of Press and Banner block, will be sorry to learn that he had the misfortune to lose the thumb from his right hand Saturday night % from the premature explosion of the big cannon which was being fired on the public square for the benefit of the Christmas revelers. The cannon had been loaded with a heavy charge of Dowder and a fuse had been ari plied. When the cannon did not fire a.s soon as was expected Mr. Darra cott went to it to relight the fuse. While he was doing this the explo sion came, with the result stated. Mr. Darracott was badly shocked by the explosion and was taken im mediately to the County Hospital where his wounds were treated. The right hand was so badly lacerated that Dr. Neulfer found it necessary to remove the thumb on this mem her. Two or three fingers -were also badly hurt, but these the doctor hopes to save. The arir..was brok .en just above the? wri.-t also. , The friends of Mr. Darracott hope that he may soon be out and that his wounds will not prove more serious than new'expected. SHORTAGE NEAR IN COTTON SEED Memphis, Dec. 28?That a serious shortage of cottonseed oil and meal will occur in the near future unless there is such improvement tn prices, Doin ior couonseea ana couonseea products, as will justify the farmer in selling the seed now in his hands and in harvesting the remainder of the crop, was the announcement made after a meeting here today of cotton seed crushers, oil manufacturers and farmers from all parts of the South. The meeting, which w^j called to discuss the present condition of the cottonseed market in the South, de termined on a scheme of closer co operation between the producer of cottonseed and the manufacturers. The statement said that "due to the., collapse in prices only 35 per cent. fered in the market, as aaginst 60 per cent, last year." To this fact was attributed the closing down of many of the cotton oil mills, which were unable to se cure seed. The statement continued that the visible supply of cottonseed oil, in cluding that contained in seed in the hands of the mills, is only sufficient for four months' domestic supply and that "the visible supply of meal is only sufficient for two months' do mestic supply." The statements were made at the meeting by E. W. Dabbs of Maysville S. C., representing the growers, and J. H. Dubose, representing the crush prs and manufacturers of cottonseed products. It was the sentiment of the meeting as expressed by a number of speakers that the farmers would con tinue to hold their cottonseed until a price above cost of production could be obtained for it, and that the manufacturers would hold their prod ucts for similar prices. Speakers expressed the opinion that if this policy was adhered to conditions in the cotton oil market would be considerably improved. WOODROW WILSON CELE BRATED 64TH BIRTHDAY Washington, Dec. 28.?President Wilson celebrated his 64th birthday today, receiving numerous messages of congratulation. Two of the pres ident's daughters, Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, were with him for the occasion and also Dr. Stockton Axson, brother at' thp nresident's first wife. To night Mrs. Wilson and the presi dent's daughters expect to attend the wedding of Miss Marjorie Brown, cousin of President Wilson's first wife. A