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'fr . "> . s % . * - v? x 4 Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C.., Friday, May 6, 1921. ' Single Copies, Five Centi. 77th Year. ooo B. M. I. SI Entire Student Body e Military Institute Ar Yesterday After Located on Ma Word has just come to the Press and Banner that the Bailey cadets will remain in Abbeville until Monday morn ing. The boys will be granted much leave on Sunday ana it is hoped the ladies of the city will open their homes to the visitors and entertain them dur ing the day. . - The cadet corp of the Bailey Mili ' tary Institute came Abbeville Thursday and will camp on the Gary lot on Magazine street for several days. The yisitors came at the invi tation of the City Council and of the Chamber of Commerce and they are being made welcome by thl town in general and the young ladies in par ticular. The cadet corp is made up of five companies, making two hundred and sixty-five cadets. The young men are accompanied by Col. Bailey and Majors Moore, Lyon, ^Porter, Cain, Benson, and Captains Normand, H. Coleman; Cannon, and Carl Cole man and Lieutenant Seamore. The object of the camp in Abbe ville is to give the boys a taste of a army life, to give them practice in t marching and to train them in ad- j, vance and rear guard work while on <] the march. ^ The cadets made the march Thurs- 1 day of sixteen anda half miles from t Greenwood in six hours and not a \ single man fell out of ranks. They.a carried light packs, the heavy bag jrage being sent on in advance. On arrival in Abbeville, tents were s pitched, Company streets were made g and in a very short while the quiet j. old street presented a warlike ap- j. pearance and resounded to the cheer- . ful voices of two hundred happy, j healthy boys. . The Chamber of Commerce assist- f ed by the ladies of the Civic Club . served tea and sandwiches to the j boys as soon as they arrived. Two , hamper baskets of sandwiches and j three tubs of tea, disappeared before j the onslaughts of the cadets after { tlie manner of the old snowball in a , warm region, we have all heard soj much about but nobody has seen. ( - Roy* Cann was on hand with a , Coca Cola stand and pickets and j changed hands with lightning : like rapidity. v ' " * " ? j While the boys are in camp, thex ? will go through all the "stunts" us- r ual with a military camp, such as practice drills, guard mount, walk ing the post and the big feature of the day will be Dress Parade which j will take place every afternoon on ^ the square at six o'clock. This morning the boys marched up town and went through their drills en the square. There were four com panies and every side of the square got a good look at the soldiers. They * presented a very fine appearance and 1 after a half hour strenuous drill- 1 ing came to "parade rest" and eavc! * the usual "yells" for Abbeville. In the way of entertainment for the boys there will be two games of ball. ? The first was called this afternoon at 2:30 and is between B. M. I. and the Abbeville High school. The sec- ( ona game win De piayea immeaiaxe- j ( ly after the first and will be between j Greenwood and Abbeville. The cadet j Corp is seeing the games as the j t guests of the student body of the High school. The Chamber of Commerce, with o o o [UDENTS ind Faculty of Bailey i 1 All Ml iivcu in rvuuLvuiv. noon?Camp is gazine Street. , ;he help of a committee of ladies, is irranging for a dance tonight at Rosenberg's Hall, which it is hoped ;he boys will enjoy. The officers are undecided as "to vhen the cadets will return to 3reenwood. Coming a day late they feel that it will be a hardship to nake the march on Saturday as vas first planned. Th* do not like ;he idea of a return march on Sun iay so it is probable that camp will lot be broken until Monday. Should he boys stay over Sunday they will >e giveh much leave and will be >pen to invitations to breakfast, linner and supper. Should they re nain over it is hoped the ladies of he town will open their houses to he cadets and do something hand iome for them in the way of a good lome cooked dinner. The cadets and their officers are velcome in Abbeville and it is hoped hey will long remember with pleas ire their stay in our city. * * * ' * There seems to be all kinds of boys imdng the cadets, from the Fatty Lrbuckle type to the Charlie Chap ins. The officers are immaculate I' ,nd are genuine officers for theyj' lave their legs all dressed up in eather leggins. This morning while, Irilling the young officers seemed to J! tave the correct voices and shouted, hep, hep, hep" and enough "humps" j 0 make one woman remark that she vas glad she had been "horn a baby md a girl baby at that." * * * * One of the most interesting sights it the camp is the kitchen. A good ;ize tent is placed on one side of he lot and two bakers and several luge pots are used for cooking pur >oses. There are two chief cooks, Ulen Jennings and Walter Johnson, tnd with the assistance of four or ive other men, all colored, were pre >aring Thursday night for supper, ,en hams, two hundred pounds of frits and twenty-five gallons of cof 'ee. The ham was fried inside of ;he bakers and was emptied into an tluminum pan big enough to hold a jood size world. When asked what would be to lay's dinner, one of the cooks re narked, "Oh, probablypork - and >ean&" ? . Wheti a meal is served the boys :orm In line and in a tin plate and 1 camp, cup get their "share" and nove on. * * * * Water has been put on the jrounds and in one place is a shower jath. This is enclosed in sacking and ifter the sixteen mile march yester lay was proving to be one of the nost popular places oi\. the grounds. * * # # Mirrors seeme'd to be scarce ar loloc arming nomn cn wVion a Virw vants to "dude up" he gets a com ade to comb his hair and put his ;ie at exactly the right angle. * The movies proved a popular re-J iort for the cadets Thursday night. | * * * * A bevy of pretty girls are selling j :andy this afternoon for the benefit; >f the Confederate marker. * * * * ' ~ " . I If the Japanese could have seen : lie Bailey boys drilling this morn-i ng they would get off the Island of j fap and stay off forever and a day ' ifter. I BA o o o ENCAMP PEONAGE CHARGE FROM GRAND JURY William* and Three Sons Indicted? Marvin, Hulon and Leroy Wil liam* of Ja?per County Georgia are Named Macon, Ga., May 5.?The federal grand jury at 4 o'clock this after noon returned indictments against John S. Williams and his sons, Mar vin, Hulon and Leroy " of Jasper county charging peonage and con spiracy to commit peonage. The jury returned no 'bills in three other cases investigated. John S. Williams was recently convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in Newton county. There are other indictments against -him and his sons in Jasper county, charging murder. The 30ns have never been ai rested. - No bills were returned in the cases of Sheriff W. F. Persons and Harvey K. Persons, of Jasper coun ty, and Marvin and Will Flournoy and T. W. Patrick also of Jasper county, who were under peonage in vestigation. In addition to the two indictments against Williams and his sons t/he grand jury returned 25 true bills for violations of the Harrison nar cotic act, war risk Insurance act, migratoiry bird act, prohibition and postal laws. It was reported this afternoon that Judge Beverly Evans would call an extra session of the United States court for July and nt that time the three Williams boys will be tried, if they can be apprehended by then. As long as John iS. Williams Is under a life imprisonment sentence he will not be tried on the peonage and conspiracy charge, Assistant United States District ' Attorney Clem Powers announced. In returning the indictments K. P. Allen, foreman of the grand jury, read to the court resolutions adopt ed by that body deploring the "un warranted reports' of peonage which have been' "continually reported in the newspapers' and which tend to creat an erroneous impression of the state of Georgia. The girand jury was discharged after making its re port. , The indictment charging John S. Williams and his three sons with con spiracy sets out that they confeder ated and, combined together to hold in a state_-of peonage 14 negroes, whose names are listed in the in dictment. The peonage indictments simpiy crcarges une lour witn noia ig negroes in a state of peonage. ENCAMPMENT VISITORS \ Mrs. T. ' J. Lyon Is over from1 Greenwood this week spending the time of the Bailey encampment, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McMur-j ray. Major Lyon is in camp and on off hours is renewing acquaintances with many old friends and talking about the wonderful improvements in his old home in the last few years. WHO IS ALLEN MORRISON? Dr. Neuffer, of the Local R-ed Cross, would be glad of Information of Allen Morrison who served in the 371st Infantry in the World War. A "buddie" needs Allen to make af fidavit as to his time of service and injuries. LAND SALE. The W. 0. Graves place was sold Wednesday to Arthur Campbell for $10.00 and other considerations. The place comprises seventy-fiveacres and the sale was made by the Dixie! Land Company. o o o ED HERE ERE T RAILROAD UNIONS BEFORE LA - BOR BOARD. HEADS OF FOUR BIG BROTHERHOODS DE CLARE THAT STANDARD OF LIVING.IS AT STAKE?FIGHT AGAINST CUTS. Chicago, May 5.?Wage reduc tions will not solve the nation's tranportation problems, representa tives of the big four brotherhood declared before the United States "railroad labor board tonight in their -fight against proposed cuts in the payroll of train service men on 11 railroads. Labor was the most - available thing to pounce u]>on when re trenchment was necessary, declared It. E. Sheppasd, head of the conduc tors, but wfale the employees were I sympathetic, he said, they "were I not Abrahams and have no Isaac to sacrifice." Warren S. Stone, president of the engineers, in pleading the case of his brotherhood, oeciarea ms greatest motive was to give the pub lic good service and the employees a living wage. He also said that cut ting wages was not the solution of the railroad problem. ' -/ Mr. Sheppard opened the big four presentation with an arraignment of the transjwrtation act, in which he asserted that it had "not been a panacea, but a crown of thorns, which the railroads are now pressing to the brow ?f labor." If labor must suffer, he said, the employees de mand that the public be given the benetit. He declared that the law had in tended the labor board as a safety valve, and that it should be stam peded by public clamor. There had been some .slight decrease in living costs, he said, but' these had been more than offset by other advanced prices of _ necessities. '"There is something more funda mental in tiiis question than a re duction of wages," Mr. Stone saiti in his statement. "The question before you gentlemen involves the welfare of our country; it will decide wheth er a few bondholders shall get divi dends, or whether millions of work ing men shall have an American standard of living. Foreign Iab<pr has come into this country and is herded together under conditions granting a bare existence. "If American labor is to compete with such labor it means turning back the clock of progress 100 years American railway workers should have wages that will enable them to' live as American citizens should live." W. S. Carter, president of the fire men's organization, made compari sons of the wages of firemen and of blacksmiths in outside metal trades in the territory of various roads. The brotherhoods are expected to complete presentation of their case tomorrow evening. Summing up the entire testimony of the railway unions' affidavits with the American Federation of Labor, B. M. Jewell, head of the or ganization, declared there was no justification for reduction of rail way workers' wages and moved that the wage reduction case before the railroad labor board be dismissed. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Austin and lit tie daughter and Mrs. Eliza Mabry, of Abbeville, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Aldrich, Sr.?In dex-Journal. Vi SHIPPING STtf SOON BE 0 FUNERAL OF MR. HENRY * | HELD* THURSDAY MORNING / j * At the Presbyterian Church--?Revs. Telford and Brittow Conduct Service?Large Crowd . Attend*. The funeral of Mr. Albert Henry was held Thursday morning at the Presbyterian church at 11 ' o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. G. M. Telford assisted by Rev. Louis J. Bristow and were attended by on? of the largest crowds of people ever gathered in the Presbyterian church. The business houses of the city were closed for two hours and a half and the people with whom Mr. Henry had i been associated in business and many old,friends and customers $rom the county were present to pay their measure of respect to the deceased and to show their sympathy for the living. The choir was composed of W. E. urn, j. o. ^ocnran, Maxwell smitn, Mrs. J. D. Kerr, Miss Sarah Perrih and Miss Fannie SJtark, and they sang the beautiful hymns usual with the ' Presbyterians on such an occasion. The floral -offerings were very , beautiful, there being handsome de signs from the Board of Trustee of the Abbeville schools, the Missionary Circle to which Mrs. Henry belongs, ] from the Abbeville city council, from the student body at Clemson *nd | ( from t?e clerks in the store and from ^ the many friends of tjie family over ( the city. v After" the services at the chu*ch in terment was at Long Cane,cemetery, the young man being laid to rest by the side of his brother, A. M. Henry, who.died two or three years ago. The farm hands from Mr. Henry's farm were present and asked the privilege of covering the grave as a , mark of their esteem. After the ben- , ediction by Rev. Mr. Telford, many friends of the family passed around the grave and viewed the beautiful 1 flowers which covered Mr. Henry's 1 grave and that of his brother and his father. Mr. Henry is survived by his aged I mother, and the following sisters and brothers: Prof. David Henry, of Clemson College, Mrs. W. E. Leslie, Mrs. G A^.Neuffer and Mrs J C Hill of Abbeville, and Mrs J. B. Doty, of Winnsboro, and a half brother, Mr. W. A. uaivert ana numerous rela tives. ^ Those who came from a d?#tance to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Brock, Mr. Will Erwin, Miss Shirley and. Mrs. Shirley, of Honea Path; Prof, and Mrs. Mark Bradley, Miss Sadlw- and Rev. Mr. Davis of Clemson College; Miss Ruth Calvert, of Hartsville; William Cal /ert, of Ga'nesville, Ga.; Alpheus Leslie of Atlanta; James Cox, Troy; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Anderson and Mrs. Giserge Gambrell of Greenwood, Glenn Baskin, of Honea Path, and Mr9. J. C. Burns, of Greenwood. FIRE UNDER EUREKA. There was a riffle of excitement over town today after dinner when the fire company responded to a call from the E&reka hotel. The fire was found to b? in three bales of cotton stored in the alleyway between the Medium office and the hotel furnace room. The cotton was damaged .lightly by the fire and the water but ;he fire was quickly extinguished. ' HOSPITAL NEWS. Miss Pauline Wosmansky was sue- j cessfully operated on this morning ; at the County Hospital and this af- 1 ternoon the cheerful news comes j1 from her bedside that she is rallying | latisfactori'y after the ordeal. Dr. j Turner came over from Greenwood and performed the operation. Mr. P. A. Hussey is recovering 1 ricely from an operation Wednesday ' in which the doctors went after his * ippendix and relieved him of further pain. t :IKE MAY I ADJUSTED PROSPECTS FOR SETTLEMENT MUCH BRIGHTER. , DAVIS LENDING ?AJMLL bttKtlAKI OF LABOR HOLDS CONFER- .' ENCES WITH CHAIRMAN ^ BENSON AND MEN. Washington, May 5.?Prospects of a settlement of the wage contro- 1 versy which threatens a tie up of American shipping appeared consid erably brighter as a result i of a joint conference of Chairman Ben son, of the shipping board and rep resentatives of the marine engineers with Secretary Davis. The discus sion which was the first hdld with, more than one party to the contro versy present with" the secretary since last wefck, was adjourned at a late hoftr to be resumed tomorrow. Although ship owners were not present tonight they were kept in formed of developments by tele phone and it was said would be similarly kept acquainted tomorrow with the proceedings if they had no representative here. All parties were ' silent as to the progress of the nego- v' tiations but as they emerged from the labor secretary's office were smiling. * ? Th first intimation that aill hope of concilation had not gone, came late today when representatives of the marine engineers went to the department of 'labor and asked for a conference with the secretary. They indicated that after several hours' discussion they had reached a de cision as to just how far they could ?o in reaching an agreement. Secretary Davis postponed the conference for an hour while he went to the White House and dis cussed the situation and then resum- ' sd the discussion with the men. Con cerning his talk with President Hard ing, he said only that they had had "a delightful 45 minutes." Subsequently Chairman Benson of the shipping bo'ard appeared at the department and was closeted alone for an hour with the secretary and then the men were called in for the joint meeting. ' s Secretary Hoover 'took no part in the negotiations but said today that progress was being made toward a settlement. At the same time ship ping board officials said, they were standing firm in their determination to jnaintain the 15 per cent reduc tion in wages recently' announced. In discussing conditions Chairman Benson said the board was investi gating reports that some of its op erators had signed men at the old wage scale, adding that if found to be true prompt action would be tak en to withdraw government ships from their control. Shipping move ment, he asid, was practically nor mal and 45 to 50 shipping board ves sels had sailed this week. Ocean trad<? was m'olrino n,n foe 4. ...? r o ?n one time for three months. ing that today 'he had allocated more ships for operation than at any time AT THE METHODIST CHURCH Children's Day will be observed in the Methodist church Sunday morn- - ing at 10 o'clock. The program for the occasion will be in charge of Mrs. Frank Nickles, who is leader of the Junior Society. * ' *.' After the children have finished their program, Hon. C. d. Feather stone, of. Greenwood, will address the congregation on the Education al Compaign which is now in pro gress in the Methodist church . Mr. Featherstone always has something interesting to say and the Methodist nay look forward to his talk. TO HEAR FARRAR Miss Plevna Seals went to Spar :auburg today, where she will attend ;he May Festival and will hear Far ar sing. She will be the guest of tfr. and Mrs. R. L. Dargan while in he city.