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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920
A JUST SENTENCE
James H. Brown was convicted at -
+Via rWpmber term of the court for 1
Anderson County of a violation of ]
the prohibition laws of the state. He j
had;been found in possession of 116 <
quarts of intoxicating liqour, made .<
and in his possession to be sold in ]
' violation of the law? of the state and
country. He was sentenced to serve j
a term of eighteen months on the u
' chain gang. <
Brown; it seerts, after his arrest (
went to Georgia and did not put in
his appearance at the trial of his case I
Jiri Anderson, ^fter his conviction, .
/ - however* he was located in Georgia,
and requisition asked of the. Govern
or of this state. When Brown saw ]
no further chance to evade the law, i
he made a great show of being law
abiding by sending word to the An
derson authorities that he would sur
render, which he has now done.
We presume that his suprender will
now be ?aken as a reason why his
sentence should be commuted to a
s fine. It is said that he is an intelli
gent looking white man, and we
judge that he must be "prominent"
from all that we hear of him. It will
be a pity, to be sure, to see an intel
ligent-looking prominent white man
working on the roads, and Anderson
County likely needs the money. Per
haps somebody will suggest that there j
'afe not enough white men on the
Anderson chain gang to "make it pro
'fitable to work Brcwn, and this wil!
be urged as anotner reason wny nis
-I sentence should be commuted.
' ^Tbis is about thp way things are
> run'in some places. But we would re
-mind the pardoning power that there
is .much being said about the crime
wave just now. Nothing is eontribut
ing to it a3 much as violations of the
prohibition law. The prohibition law
is being volated because white men
are making the liquor and selling it,
v and other white men are winking at
the law's violation, and contributing
to it. ' i
The cause cannot be wiped , out
without punishing the people who
are responsible for the violations of
the law. <t will not do to punish a
few negroes who at most are runners
fUn /ikiaf rvlqfrvvc nf tlio low
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The men responsible for carrying on
the business must be caught and
punished. Brown ^is one of these, else
he would not have had in his posses
/ sion 116 quafts of liquor. He had it
to sell in violation of the law. He had
1 a contempt for the law or he woujd
not have had the liquor in his poss
ession.
We, therefore, suggest that a just
sentence has been passed on him. He
should be made to pick rocks every
day of the time. If any officer asks
that his sentence be commuted to a
fine, the people should take the num
b'er of the officer, and if the govern
or commutes his sentence to a fine,
the governor should be impeached.
The legislature will soon be in ses
sion.
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HARPERS ON FRONT PA6
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^ Everybody in Abbeville remembers
Henrv Harper, who for so many
years was right hand man for Hon. s
Wm. Henry Parker. The first time
Judge Purdy came to Abbeville he
met Henry on the street and turned
to see him walk by. Henry had his
whiskers cut like, the boss man, wore
the same kind of clothes and had the
walk down to perfection. Judge Pur
' * dy without knowing who Henry was
stated that he was willing to make a
bet that he worked with Mr. Parker.
John Harper was Henry's oldest
son, and almost everybody knew
John. He got into the police courts
sometimes, but when he was at work
he was a first class worker.
Several years ago John moved to
New York, taking along his wife
and children. They wanted to get to
where things were rolling, and they
did. John? oldest daughter married
a returned soldier and in a little
time she discovered that she was not :
his first wife. They separated and <
she procured a divorce.
Monday night another negro man,
a former chauffer for the late Bishop
Burch, stole out the car of the form
er Bishop and took the Harper negro
girls for a ride about the city. While
they were out, Lucia, the divorcee,
saw her former husband following
them from one plage to another. They
went to a different part of the city, I
and rode until thje small hours of the
night. As 'they were returning the
former husband met them again.
This time he jumped on the running
board of the car, shot his former
wife to death, wounded the chauf
feur, and; then shot himself-.
The Harpers have had themsejves
written up;.\rith double headlines on
the front jj^ge in the New York pa- 1
pers, and the crime has attracted a
jreat deal of attention along with i
sther cringes committed in the carni
val of evil doing now going on in i
tfeW York Gity.
The news, came to Abbeville Wed- 1
nesday and: Aunt Leah Thomas has 1
enough to talk about now to keep <
Greenville stree^; entertained for sev- 1
;ral weeks. *. .
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL {
. .. f REACHES THE HOUSE
Washington, Dec. 30?Two of the
15 bills carrying appropriations to
run the government during the year
jeginning next July 1, reached the
louse today and were given more
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;han the usual preliminary scrutiny
because of the announced intention
>f Republican leaders to cut gov^rn
nent expenditure^. 1
The sundry>civil bill, which con- 1
;ains the miscellaneous appropria- '
:ions as reported carried'a total of '
?383,611,292. This total represents
i slashing of $420,914192 from the '
jstimates submitted by the govern- !
nent departments, and a reduction of 1
?52,237,514 from the amount appro- <
priated through the same bill last !
fear. i
T^he cut in estimates for the post
)ffice bill, the other appropriation !
neasure submitted, however, was not 1
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>o great and the expenditure recom- J
nended represented a considerable 1
ncrease over this year's appropria- (
;ion. TJhe measure as reported (Sar- 1
ied $573,964,721, a reduction of 1
>11 A i Cl 1 O 1 e iU .ol/nll <
9 1 i ,****?, AOA 1IUIII tuc ainuuiib aoacu
the postoffice department, but an ]
ncrease of $69,530,021 over the ap- 1
iropriation for the current year. '
Democratic leaders were prompt (
o point out that the sum total car
ried by both bills, if passed, as sub
nitted by the appropriations com
nittee, would Add about $17,000,000 ;
o the cost of running the govern- *
nent next year. Republican leaders 1
vere equally prompt in declaring r
hat there was abundant ground 'for *
gratification on their part, inasmuch t
,s they had used xthe pruning knife t
in estimates of Democratic heads
without mercy. ^
Outside of the $223,000,000 pro
ided for the care of the disabled
ervice men and dependents of those
:illed the sundry civil measure only ^
1160,011,292 for all other purposes,
ompared with $126,000,000, the
imount appropriated for 1916.
The committee reported that the
ncrease in the postoffice appropria- j
ion was due principally to the $10?
100,000'increase in the pay of city
etter carriers, the $36,000,000 in
rease allowed the railroads for mail
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ransportation and the $12,500,000 ^
ncrease in pay of clerks and em- .
doyees.
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Washington, Dec. 30?Efforts will^
>e made on the floor of the house to ~
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-cQBiple- j
vhich;no provision was made in the t
iundry civil appropriation bill re- r
)orted today, members from the ?
south said. It was understood that ^
he appropriation was lost in the (
:ommittee on a tie Vote'. r
Representative Almond, Democrat ^
\labama, in a statement before the
nmmittmi ust-irriAtpr? tVinf 811.000.- >
)00 had been the cost of a year's lost ?
;ime on this work. j
"With the completion of this water t
sower dam no other nation will be
is well equipped as we are for the "
nanufacture of explosives in time of
nilitary emergency or the manufac
;ure of fertilizer in time of peace," i
Mr. Almond said. All the countries (
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jngaged in the recent war are util- (
zing their nitrogen plants and they f
are being operated or planning to"be
operated, by the government or
through government aid for fertili
zer purposes, he added. He estimat
I
ed the dam as about 30 per cent, com
plete.
LONG TIME NOTES
TO BE ARRANGED
Washington, Dec. 30.?Discussions
between American and British treas
ury officials regarding the exchange
into long time obligations of the de
mand notes of the "British govern-1
ment held by the United States
amounting to $4,196,000,000 will be
renewed uport"* the arrival in this
country soon of a representative of
the British treasury, Secretary
Houston today announced.
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authorized, under the Liberty bond
act, to effect the exchange at a rate
of interest not less than that borne
by the .demand instrument, it was
said.
Discussions with the British repre
sentative, Secretary Houston said, (
will be confined to the exchange of I
the obligations of that government
as it is the policy of this country to
deal separately with each of the al
lied nations to whom loans have been
nade.
Discussions carried on in Europe
with the other nations * indebted to;
the United tates, the secretary said,!
have not reached a stage so ad-1
tranced as those with the British
government. The British negotia-.
tions, he said, had progressed to the
point of a general Understanding,
aut the details remained to be work
ed out and will be taken-, up with
the British treasury officials here in
Washington. The question of interest
rates and of the form as of the
various long time bonds which may
i>e adopted are yet to be decided, the
secretary intimated. *
"The obligations should- contain
suitable provisions for their conver
sion into bond^ of small denomina-,
tions or'for their payment at the
option of the obligator, in lieu of
such conversion," Secretary Houston
3aid. "To prevent or curtail gold ex
ports from the United States, they
shoifld contain an agreement by the
debtor government to offer drafts
payable in its currency at a ^gure
to be fixed, substantially the 'gold
2XDort point, and to apply tlje pro
:eeds to deferred interest and then
to principal, current interest to be
adjusted accordingly. Sinking fund
payments should bf provided to be
nade in gold coin of the United
States or in the currency of the
iebtor government at the par of ex
liange if the holder shall so re
uest."
, Actual exchange of the securities,
vill not b^ made at the coming con
'erence here, the secretary said, add
ng that the documents of the agree-1
nent would probably be drawn up
or presentation to each of the con
racting governments betoi^e tne
ransfer of the securities is made.
ASTRONOMERS FIND
STAR THREE MILLION
MILES IN DIAMETER
Chicago, Dec. 30.?Result of the
irst successful experiments on an
istronomical device at the Mt. Wil
on, California, Observatory reveal
ng that certain' remote stars in the
irmament are many thousand times
arger in size than astronomers had
?ver surmised, was discussed today
>y Professor A. A. Michelson, noted
icientist of the University of Chica
go, who perfected the device, before
he American Physical Society, meet
ng here in conjunction with the
American Association for the Ad
'ancement of Science.
Urder the direction of Profess*
klichelson astronomical expert have.,
ust computed the diameter offcAlpha..
)rionus, one of the stars in tt$!: conT
itellation of Orino. The orb is found
o be three million miles in diameter,
naking it 300 times as great as the
;un. The sun being almost a million
,imes greater in volume than the
:arth, this planet seems most insig
nificant in comparison with Alpha
Drionis. {
Professor Michelson, winner of the I
^obel prize in Physics thirteen years!
igo, is recognized as one of the
:oremosi authorities in the world on
:he subject of light.
fO WELCOME THE NEW YEAR
Miss Mary White is entertaining
it a party tonight at her home on
Greenville street. Rook will be play-;
:d and the young people will wait'
:or the coming of the New Year. '
| SENTIMENT STRONG
FOR ACREAGE CUT
Many Counties To Hold Meeting
Next Monday?Institutions In
Marlboro County Adopt Reso
lutions
Columbia, Dec. SO.?The senti
ment of the farmers, merchants and
bankers of South Carolina on the
reduction of cotton acreage is clear
ly shown in the letters that are
pouring in to the office of the
| American Cotton association daily
I officials of that organization said
' yesterday. These letters demand
| that the acreage in this state be cut
j at least 50 per cent. Some hold out
j for an even greater cut, saying that
I ma /*aIIam ?+ oil Aiil/J krt nlnn^A/l
I1U Lutiun a\* axi ouuuiu uc piaiibcu
' unless there is a rebound in the
' market before planting time.
| Preparations are being made in
1 every county for a big meeting
at the county seat next Monday,
January 3, which is "Cotton Acre
age Day" in the state by "Official pro
clamation of Governor Cooper.
Great interest is being taken" in
these meetings over the state and
indications are that thousands of
farmers will sign the reduction
pledges next Monday. The meetings
next Monday will be followed by a
systematic canvass in every county
1 and every farmer will be asked to
sign a pledge to cut his crop. ?
| President R. C. Hamer yesterday
received a letter from the Young
Men's Business league of Greenville
offering to assist the acreage re
duction campaign in that county.
The secretary of the league, Moses
E. Penn stated that preparations
were being made for a big meeting
in Greenville^next Monday.
"W? Vinvp nff<irprt niir assistance '
wrote Mr. Penn 'because we bejreve !
this movement is one of the most1
important now before the people of
the South."
j President Hamer yesterday re
1 ceived copies of the resolution sign
ed by the banks of Marlboro county
agreeing to lend no money to any
farmer who plants in cotton next
year over half his acreage in 1920
This resolution, which is somewhat
simliar to the pledge ^ which every
bank in the state will be asked to.
sign, reads as follows:
"hereas the price of cotton is be~
low the cost of production, making
insecure and hazardous loans made
ly make more hazardous all credits
An f?nt+rtn 011A' *>rnns. anrf
"Whereas, the boll weevil is now
in our country, and will undoubted
based on cotton, and
"Whereas, it is desirable and ab
solutely necessary in the face of
this situation that the country pro
duce sufficient feedstuffs for its own
need, and
"Whereas, it is necessary that the"
banks of the county operate for
their own benefit and the common
good, now therefore, be it
"Resolved that the undersigned
banks do hereby agree to make no
loans to any persons or corporations
whatsoever, fo the purpose of mak
ing a crop, in any anjount whatso
ever, wheTe such person, persons or
corporation plant in the year 1921
more than one-half the year 1920
on the same land, to the end that a
sufficient quantity of foodstuffs may
be raised."
WILL ARRANGE BIG LEAGUE
SCHEDULE ON JANUARY 8th
Chicago, Dec.' 30.?The meeting
of the American and National Lea
held here on January 8th, according
to an announcement today by Pres
ident Johnson of the American
League.
By framing their playing charts
for 1921 at that time the schedule
committees will be ready to report
.to. .their , respective leagues at the'
tijme-ofjoint meeing of Nation
al and Americaa. leagues, January
12, avoiding the necessity of calling
the perfunctory schedule meeting
previously held in New York in Feb
ruary. At the January 12 meeting ,
the proposed new national agree-!
ment between majojrs and minors!
will be considered and ratified.
A special session of the mino(r
lonmie association is scheduled to be
held here January 10 and 11.
BILL TILDEN WINS
Auckland, N. Z., Dec. 30?Wil
liam T. Tilden, II, world's champion
tennis player for 1920, defeated
Nofman E. Brookes of the Au
stralasian team here today in the
first event of the Davis cup cham
pionship tournamnet. The score was
10-8, 6-4, and 6-4. ?
ADVANCE IN WAGES
SHARP THIS YEAR
Average Yield of Lint Cotton Half
Bait! to Acre, Say* Crop' Report
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Saluda, Dec. 30.?According to
report of B. B. Hare, agricultural
statistician for bureau of crop esti
mates, United States-department of
agricultural, farm wages in South
Carolina during the year 1920 were
the highest of record.
The average wage paid per month
with board for the years 1910, 1919
and 1920, according to Mr. . Hare's
report, was $12, $27 and $30.50, re
srieritivelv. Without board for these
same years it was $16.50, $38.40 |
and $41.80, respectively.
The average wage per day forj
harvest work was $2.25 with board"
and $2.75 without board, while the
average wage for similiar Tfrork last
year was $1.94 with board and
$2.40 without board.
The report shows that the esti
mated wheat acreage in the state is
4 per cent greater than last year.
The estimated yield of wheat straw
per acre this past season was .50
tons; oats, .75, and rye, .90.
The probable acreage yield of
seed cotton this year is 692 pounds
per acre with an average yield of
254 pounds of lint per acre. The
average price of cotton December 1
was 14.5 cents per pound, while on
the correspondig date of last year
the average price was 35.7 cents
per pound.
The average number cords of
wnftfl consumed w>r farm in the
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MOVIE STARS WED t
New York, Dec. 29.?The mar
riage of Constance Talmadge,v mo
tion picture actress, to John Pia
loglo, New York City tobacco mer
chant, was announced here, tonight.
The ceremony took place at Green
wich, Conn., last Sunday in the pres
ence of the bride's mother and lier
two sisters. Norma and Natalie.
Dorothy "Gish, -alos a motion pic
ture actress, and a friend of Miss
Talmadge, was married at' the same
time and place to James Rennie, an
actor. Each couple acted as atten
dants to the other.
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V inational faith are asked .to V
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V er to Almighty God that the V
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V a series of preaching services V
V in the Baptist Church, Jan. V
V 1 10th to 20th) will bo fruitful- V
V ?will result in renewed faith V.
V and more consecrated live* V.
V on part of believers, and that V
V sinners may be saved. V
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