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Abbeville '4 M Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, April 11, 1921. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year, CONGRESS C< FOR EX OPENING FORMALITIES WILL CONSUME TIME OF MEETING TODAY. CALENDAR FILLED WITH NUMBER OF COMPLEX FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PROBELMS. Washington, April 10.?The new Republican administration will get ? *1111 hPArfwav tomorrow when the 67th American congress con venes at noon for the extraordinary session called a few weeks ago by President Harding. THe program tomorrow is expect ed to be limited to the usual opening formalities including the adoption of resolutions providing for a joint session Tuesday to hear the presi dent's address and to organize work. Committees of leaders also will be appointed tomorrow to notify the president of the asesmbling of con gress. Domestic needs, including tariff and tax revision, are expected to be emphasized by President Harding Tuesday, but he also is said to be planning a considerable discusssion of international questions. Republi cans prominent in congress received reports tonight that he would state with considerable definiteness his attitude toward the proposal to esta blish peace with Germany by con gressional action. Tomorrow's program calls for reading in both bodies of the presi dent's proclamation calling the ex tra session and for election of offi-i cers. Speaker Gillett is to be reelect-j ed in the house after the call of the % roll by states. Full Tide of BilU. The usual opening flood of bills and resolutions is due tomorrow in the house but not until Tuesday in the senate. - The first legislative achievement - promises to be enactment of the emergency tariff bill, vetoed at the last session by President Wilson. This is to be introduced in the house tomorrow and reported during the day of Tuesday. It will be taken up for debate Wednesday and Re publican leaders will press for a final vote before the week-end. Sen ate leaders also will press the mea sure, hoping to get it into the presi dent's hands by next week. Work in the senate will begin on the $25,000,000 Colombian treaty, j probably Tuesday. Taken up during1 the special senate session la$t ( month, the senate is under agree ment to reach a final vote April 19 with ratification generally predict ed. A hard fight, however, is in pros pect despite President Harding's re quest for ratification. It is planned to have most of the debate in pub lic. ; Hundreds of nominations are ex pected to be received this week by the senate from President Harding. Many recess appointments are to be included. Among these w the nomi nation of former Representative Esch, Winsconsin, to the interstate commerce commission. The diplo matic list is scheduled to be headed by George Harvey, of New York for ambassador to Great Britain. To Rearrange Committee Committee reorganizations of the senate as well as the house is to be arranged tomorrow with Republi can representation greatly increased Few chairmanships in either body, however, will be affected. Dozens of unimportant senate committees, with perquisites of patronage, are to ba abolished.* Committee work is to be begun immediately on a number o subjects including tariff and tax revision and the American import valuation, the anti-dumping and soldier bonus bills. among the masons Dr. F. E. Harrison and Mr. W. e. Hill went to Newberry Monday to attend a meeting of the Grand Com mandary. DNVENES TRA SESSION 3 FIND WHITE CHILD Lewis Hutchison of Lownderrille Sec* 1 tioa Find! White Male Child oa v Front Porch Last Night.? Evidantlv Left by Per* sons Wishing to Di?- * * pose Of It. Si RACE IN DOUBT. V v V ^. The infant in question lias V V been examined today by Ab- V V beville doctors and they are V V of the opinion that the child V V is * not of pure white blood. V V They believe it will prove to V V have negro blood in its veins. V Wonders never cease, they say, at least they do not in Lonwdesville. That usually quiet town was stirred this morning from the town hall to the circumference, and a little"" he % sides, when it was learned that a white child had been left by unknown parties at the home of Lewis Hutchi son, a negro man residing in that section. Hutchison reported the matter this morning to the Lowndesviiie authori ties. He states that about 12 o'clock Via Viaq?/) Via fnnV fnr taob 11 glib 1I\/ U1U TTii?v U? ww??. *V* walking, either of a horse or of per sons, in his yard, or near his house, j He got up and went out to see what was happening, but could see no one. He returned to his house, and was startled to hear a baby crying. In vestigating he found a baby in a box on his front porch. The ch:ld was taken in . and given such attention as the negro and mem bers of his family could give, being I taken thus unawares. Lewis was not particular about leaving home, after the find, until daylight, but as soon as it was day, he took the child to Lowndesville and reported it to the white people there. Dr. Kirkpatrick was called in and made an examination. He found that the infant is pure white, a male child, fully developed and a fine specimen. After consultat'on it was decided to send it to the hospital in Abbeville, where Miss Reep will give it all pos sible attention. Accordingly Messrs [ R. T. Broadwell and J. G. Mann were appo'nted as escorts for the young man, and they made the trip here in record time. They reported the matter to the Deputy Sheriff, T. L. Cann, and then took the child to the hospi tal, it having been decided by the good people of Lowndesville that the three churches there would become responsible for its care and keep it until some legal disposition could be j made of its custody. Mr. Mann with whom a Press and Banner reporter talked, when asked if there was apy evidence to connect anyone with the parentage of the child sa:d there wa? none. It was be lieved by the people at Lowndesville, he said, that the child had come from the Georgia side of the river. It was wrapped in an old sack, he said, which had the name of a Mr. Craft, a merchant at Hartwell, Ga., printed on it, indicating that the parties who brought the child to the home of Hutchison had been customers at Mr. Craft's store. Other than the sack -.he ch:ld had no clothing on it except that it was wrapped in an old cloak of some kind, an exact description of which Mr. Mann did not undertake. The Lowndesville people have set an nvestigation on foot to determine if possible who left the child at Hutchi son's house. The Press and Banner called Miss Reeo at the hospital and she gave the "oKowlng informat'on about the baby She said that the baby is a splendid looking, healthy boy. The child has no clothes and she asks the good women of Abbevlle to contribut of their sup ply something for the child to wear. Anthing in the way of ;nfants clothes will be gratefully received. ,- v L , VAUGHAN USES RAZOR TO CHEAT ELECTRIC CHAIR Former Superintendent of Odd Fel low Orphanage Commits Suicide By Slashing Throat With Razor Before Other Prisoner*. Tampa, Fla., April 9.^?Thurston U Vaughn, arrested here while'teaching school as T. A. Earl, and held for South Carolina authorities for deack sentence for assaulting four girls at the Odd Fellows orphanage at Green ville, slashed his throat with a razor in his cell in murder row in the county jail here last night. He died al most instantly, having almost sever ed his head from his body with the stroke. It was his fourth major at tempt at suicide and he had once tried to open a prevous wound in his throat. Vaughn had been kept in a stra'ght jacket W the hospital ward after his attempts to kill himself the night of his arrest, but today he was moved to murderers' row and placed in a cell with three men charged with murder.* Sheriff Spencer states he has no knowledge of who authorized the removal of the straight jacket. The presence" of the razor is ex i J 1 xl- . T~:i T7..U piainea Dy me juuer. ouiier xj.uu-j bard says that Friday is shaving day at the jail and the razor goes the ounds of the cells. When it reached the murderers' row, Vaughn appar ently bided his time. After the other prisoners in his (/ell had finished, | Vaughn, it is said, was given the [ razor by one of his mates. Walking down the corridor of the cage, ap parently to the lavatory and with not a show of bravado, the man sud Jenly halted, according to one of the prisoners. Like a flash he raised his right hand, the blade flashed in the dim stream of light from a nearby corridor and with a vigor that told of an intent purpose the man brought its keen edged blade against his neck over the leader just ^>ack of the r.'ght ear. His arm came on around with the initial swing all the way around to beneath the left ear. Noth ing but a steadfast nerve and a de termination of purpose seldom steen made possible such a powerful stroke self inflicted, say physicians . The head swung over to one side as the body fell to the steel floor. Prison ars shouted and there was a scurry throughout the corridors of the jail. A truty carried the word to Jailer Hubbard and a hurry call was sent for County Physician H. 0. Snow, who hastened to the jail. Meanwhile the jailer and attendants at the hos pital ward reached the cell and at tempted to give some a:d, but it was hopeless, for life had flown with the rush of blood from the juglar vein and other severed blood vtsseis feed ing the brain. When Dr. Snow arrived he pio nounced the man dead and said no relief under the sun could have brought back life which he said musi; have been snuffed out almost as the body struck the floor. - ? -? Tl-1. _ -1: 1,1 XIT Dlnn *_<X1 CJL Ui L/Bictuvcs Ju. Tf . UIUJ 3om, mindful of the wife's "good bye dear, I'll meet you in Heaven" of two days ago when she tossed him a kiss as she left the county jail arfter a visit, turned his mind to the woman, ,as soon as he had started the machinery for an investigat'on of the releasing of the prisoner from the straight jacket, fearful of a pos sible suicide pact. Police scouts coured both Tampa and Port Tampa a suburb nine miles from hfere where the couple had lived, seek'ng the wo man. She was finally located and placed in the detention ward of the city jail in the city hall for safe keeping. Rema'ns of Vaughn Columbia, April 11.?Sheriff Heisc will rfhr've here today with the body of Vaughn, probably early-this morn ing. The body will be viewed by - ??M Georgia Farmer Convicted With .Recommendation to Mercy. De fendant Returned to Atlanta > , Jail to Await Hearing On Motion Late This Month. Covington, Ga., April 9.?John S. Williams, Jasper county farmer, was taken to Atlanta and placed in jail today to await action Apriu 30 on his motion for a new trial which vas made here today immediately af ter he was convicted and sentenced to lifetime imprisonment on a charge of murder."He expressed confidence he would finally be cleared of the charge. The trial was the first one arising from the accusation that Williams caused the killing of 11 negro farm hands after department of justice agents had started to investigate al leged peonage charges on his farm February 18 last. Three of the ne groes, including Liiidsey Peterson, whom he was specifically charged with killing at the .trial ending to day, were alleged to have been Drougnt into iNewton county ana drowned. The other eight negroes, were de clared by Manning, negro farm boss and self-confessed accomplice, to have been killed in Jasper county j and inquiry by the grand* jury with a view to indicting Wililams and three qf hi* sons is to open there Monday. v Williams appeared to take his conviction calmly, but when his wife and daughters broke into sobs their griefs affected, him and he struggled to hide his emotions as he sought to comfort them. He was al lowed to remain in the court room with them for ten or 15 minutes be fore lieing taken to Atlanta. D&te for trial of Williams on the other indictments here has not been set nor has the court announced when Manning -will be tried, al though it was indicated the negro would face a jury before the regular July v,term. Counsel for Williams hold that he can not be tried on the indictment charging murder for Willie Preston whose body was found chained to that of Peterson, but the state contends the indict ment resulting from the death of Preston is a separate one and that he can be tried on it as well as on third indictment charging murder a r? nf Vi qy? r? nrrrrt TTomr Pri PO HTVi n defense contended the drowning ofl Peterson and Preston was one act. i Monticello, Ga., April 9.?Indict ments against John Williams and three of his sons and Clyde Manning j negro farm boss, on charges of the! murder of a total of 11 negroes and indictments against six or seven other citizens on chrges of lynch ing Eugene Hamilton, negro, will be sought at the grand jftry investiga tion beginning next Monday at Mon ticello, according to announcement tonight from Solicitor General Doyle Campbell. state hospital officials for identifica tion and when the officials declare the body to be Vaughn the case itself will be marked "settled."' Disposition of the remains has not been determined upon yet, the body being brought here for identification. A request from relatives in Charles lion or from other parts of the state :or the remains may be granted dur_ ng today, as the officials here would hardly seek to take charge of the jody after identification hsa been established. HERE FROM SPARTANBURG Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Latimer came down from Spartanburg Saturday :ind spent until Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Latimer and Miss Maggie Latimer.' They made the trip through the country. MILLION BALI BE EXP< , 0 DUE WEST LOSES GAME 1 Abbeville Wius by Cloae Score and Suffers Palpitation of the Heart When Due We?t Rallied Un expecteaIy in- f inal In ning* of Friday's Game, Due West "bit the dust in defeat" I once more Friday afternoon when the local boys outplayed them on their own home grounds before a goodly number of spectators. Quite a few of the rooters from the county seat jour leyed to Due West with the Abbeville team and lent their hearty support which may have helped win the game. For several1 innings it was a one sided affair with "Buster" -pitching tight ball and getting good support Irom'liis players. But after making llf a dozen scores Abbeville came near losing the game in the seventh and eighth innings when Due West Ziled up a iotal of seven runs. The \bbeville hoys, however, had luck reak their way in the ninth and man aged to add two tallies whereas Due West failed to cross homeplate again after the eighth. Both George Smith and Allen Long who have hitherto been doing great vork with the stick were unable to get a hit off Dawson who pitched a jood game except for periodical spells of wildness. He surely worked his catcher who had to almost break h's back' reaching after the wild ones, Bruce got the only extra long hit of the game knocking a three bagger in the first inning. Score by innings: R H E Abbeville 100 230 002 8 10 6 Due West 000 000 430 7 9 4 Summary: Two base hits?Davis, W. Three base hits?Galloway, B. Struck out by Dawson 14, by Galloway, B. 1. Hits off Howie 6 in 7 innings; off B. Galloway 3 in 2 innings. Bases on ball by How'e 1, by Galloway 1, by Dawson 1. Hit by pitched ball A. Gal loway?Balk B. Galloway. Wild pitch Dawson?Passed balls Uldrich 4. Umpire, Selden Kennedy, Jr. MISS PERRIN TEACHING Following Miss Riley's resignation as a teacher of the sixth grade the trustees ha^e elected Miss Sara Per rin to fill out the session in Miss Ri ley's room. Miss Perrin is a teacher 3f experience and the school is for unate in being able to secure her| srvices at this time. Miss Riley left this morning forj "'.er home in Orangeburg. A SUMTER VISITOR Miss Carrie Burkett, of Sumter, is the guest of her friend, Mrs. W. S. McAlily on North Main street. Mrs McAlily will entertain Thursday afternoon at a party in honor of Miss Eugenia Robertson and Miss Burkett will be a special guest of the i aiiernuun. ALBERT HENRY IN ATLANTA Albert Henry, who has been ill for about two weeks does not show any improvement. On account of his continued illness, it was thought wise to take him to Atlana to con sult specialists. Accordingly, Dr. J. j C. Hill and Prof. David Henry, of j Clemson College, went over to At lanta with him. Mr. Henry is suffer-j ing with intense pains in- the head. HERE FROM COLUMBIA Mrs. W. N. Graydon and Miss Esther Graydon ??came up from j Columbia and spent this week-end j with their many relatives and i friends. Mrs. W. A. Harris and little ] 1 I Mary Salome, are at home again af- ] ter a week spent in Columbia. The 1 little dughter continues to improve. ] ES MAY ORTED SOON HEAD OF FINANCE CORPORA TION DISCUSSES PLAN?WILL MEAN RELIEF?BANKERS OF SOUTH BEARING HEAVY BUR. DEN?GOVERNMENT WOULD HELP THE BANKS Washington, Apr 10?Eugene M$y er, Jr., managing director of the v/&i finance corporation, holds that if Southern bankers cooperate with the government in putting into effect the cotton export plan which he devised it will be possible to put 1,000,000 bales in urope. The plan, is very simple. The gov ernment undertakes to lend money to banks, in approved cases, when the banks will underwrite the transpor tation of cotton to foreign nations. While the details are not known, it is surmised that the government will give the banks long time in which to make repayment to the government, so that the banks can give impov erished European countries an oppor tunity to pay. In the meantime, the farmer will have credit at 'the banks. One loan, as already reported, amounting to $100,000, has been ap proved. The scheme is not approved in its entirety by all the Southern bankers recently in conference with the war finance corporation in Wash ington. But the majority, it'.is under stood, looked with favor, on the gov ernment's willingness to divide any risk with them for the benefit of the farmer. in this connection, it is tne opinion of certain financiers of the W. P. G. Harding type that the scheme if gen erally sponsored by bankers would not only materially aid the farmers but the bankers, themselves, and the county. Mr. Meyer, in talking with the bankers, reminded them that the plght of the south was not and could not be sectional, but national; that when the South's cotton was a drug on the market, the South could not trade with other sections. And Mr. Harding informed the bankers that loans, on the basis of present prices, were safer than on the basis of high and necessarily fic titious prices, and he urged them to invest in European securities, and check against them in advancing money to the producers. At the same time, the bankers of the South are hard hit. They are carrying all the cotton paper. And half the cotton produced is unsold Robert F. Maddox, of Atlanta, inform ed Mr. Meyers that the bankers were carrying the load with difficulty, and that relief was necessary because of the certainty that if they did carry the present crop, they could not carry the next. While there was no disposition on the part of any banker to use force, >r resort to law, in collecting the in debtedness of the farmers, and Gov ernor Harding spoke directly against such policy, the idea was prevalent ;hat the farmer, by some personal means, should be made to see the fol ly of over-production of one crop, that is, cotton. R. G. Rhett of Charleston had this idea in mind when he stated frankly that a new found market during this, the planting season, attended by an increase in the price of cotton, would be exceedingly hurtful to the South. Under such conditions, he declared, the farmer, now inclined to reduce his acreage, would redouble it. He urged that no relief be granted until after the new crop was in the ground. He declared it to be necessary to deal with the farmer practically in asmuch as the farmer could not be persuaded by mere logic to reduce his acreage. ATTENDING PRESBYTERY * ** TT TX7 TV..U mmm, Kev. ana uirs. xi. rr. jnatv bib expected in the city tomorrow. Mr. Pratt will go on to the meeting of Presbytery at Calhoun Falls and Mrs. Pratt will visit in Abbeville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kerr.