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a * ijjM * | Abbeville Press and Banner | Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C.., Monday, June 13, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. -- ? - - ? ? - -* M REPRESENTATION CUT SOUGHT BY TINKHAM MASSACHUSETTS MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO ATTEMPT TO GET INVESTIGATION OF ENFORCEMENT OF FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT IN ELEVEN SOUTHERN STATES. Washington, June 12.?Determination to bring about a decrease in the representation of Southern * 1 ~ 1 ?' states in tne nous? ui * gj/i. w^ tives and electoral college on account of whatf he charged as disfranchisement there of -negroes, was expressed tonight in an announcement by Representative Tinkham, Republican, Massachusetts, that tomorrow he would introduce a resolution for an investigation of the enforcement of the 14th amendment i the South. Mr. Tinkham already had petitioned for a conference of Republican members of the house for discussion 4 ' ? ' /?An/lifiAna 4m f.fcp SAIlth. VI VVUIU5 VVU\IJV*WMW ? ?| ad it is to be held Thursday night. Defeated during the last session and thus far this session in his attempts to force an issue on Southern representation, Mr. Tinkham said his new resolution would be drawn in conformity with the opinion of the house census committee that specific instances of disfranchisement must be cited before a congressional investigation can be undertaken. The Massachusetts member an nounced he would charge that in the general elections last November in 11 Southern states, negroes were denied the right of casting ballots. He declared it was "susceptible to proof that in some of the 11 states the laws in realition in registration - and to the counting of ballots and otherwise were so ufalrly and with such partisan partiality administered in and prior to the designedly disfranchise persons constitutionally qualified to become electors." The resolution, Mr. Tinkham announced, also will contain a charge that in all of the 11 states citec there were in 1920 many thousands of made and female citizens more than 21 years of age who did not own forty acres of land or possess a certain amount of property, who nad mftf naif? fcnvAs or rv>11 taxes, and who could not read or write or understand and interpret the constitution as required by various state laws and constitutions. Requirements of the states or voters are set forth in the resolution according to Mr. Tinkham. He stated Alabama, with a total of 1,143,295 males and females over 21 in 1920, oast a vote of 227,293 for congressional candidates of the two major parties last fall; Arkansas, with 867,292 of voting age, cast s vote of 189,410; Florida, with 436,614 of voting age, cast 116,364 votes; Louisiana, with 924,184 males and femaels over 21, cast 91,587 votes; Mississippi, with 876,106 of voting age, cast 70,657 votes North Carolina, with 1,210,727 cast 522?287 votes; South Carolina, with 779,991, cast 65,737 votes Tennessee with 1,214,947 cast a vote of 395,946; Texas, with 2,257,003 cast 405,828 votes and Virginia with 1,207,074, cast 238,803 votes Comparative figures for Georgia Mr. Tinkham said, were not avail able. ATTENDS CONVENTION Mr. Geo. C. Barnes, Secretary oi the Chamber of Commerce, wen over to Atlanta today where he wil attend the big Convention of Adver tising men now in session. K _RE FOR THE SUMMER Mr. and Mrs. Lucien M. Lomax ar rived in Abbeville Thursday fron Florida and will spend the summei with Mr. Lomax's parents, Mr. anc Mrs. John R. Lomax of Long Cane. ADMIRAL ALLEGES ( REMARKS GARBLED v Sim# Claim* Words Incorrectly Quoted?Say* Word* Substantially Same as Used in Book and in i Previous Speeches. h Washington, June 12,?Remarks S , attributed to him in press reports of a , his recent address before the Eng- e lish sspeaking union in London in 3 ' which he criticised activities of Sinn t Fein sympathizers In this country 0 were not correctly quoted and were e (misleading Almral William S. Sims e . declared in a cablegram announced today by Secretary Denby. v "Statements that were attributed t to me," said the message, "were not . correctly quoted, context misleading e and garbled. Report of statements i ic incorrect and inferentially wrong. ' Statement actually made was sub- h , stantially the same as repeatedly t made in public in America and in o my book, "The Victory at Sea," and public addresses at meetings held for b - increasing good relations between 1 the English speaking peoples." f Secretary Denby would not com- 3 ment on the admiral's message. In 0 view of the fact that Mr. Denby yes- v terday revoked the remainder of the officer's leave of absence and ordered ? I A i him to return at once to the United States to report in person' at the 8 navy department it was indicated no i further ateps would be taken in the n case until Admiral Sims' return. It n t then will be decided, it was said, 8 whether Secretary Denby would a i press his inquiry into the matter. 8 o Admiral Sims' reference in his ^ cablegram to his speeches in this country recalled the address he made ! in Boston last winter in which he assailed Sinn Fein sympathizers in ^ ! this country. Secretary Daniels was t bombarded with telegrams and letters demanding that disciplinary ac- a tion be taken against the officer, but no such steps were taken. j * MRS. BELLE CARLISLE SMITH. F S kit t? _n _ n i:_j: 3 n xurs. oeiie ^anisic omun uieu ut j her home on the Vienna road near " the city, Friday night, June 11th, C just one month after the death of her husband, the late James M. Smith. I 1 Mrs. Smith had been unwell for sev1 eral weeks and her death was not un- A ' expected. She was 68 years of age. d Funeral services were held at the * home Saturday afternoon at 4 * o'clock, and the burial took place < at c Long Cane cemetery. The services * were conducted by Rev. J. B. Hill- c house, her pastor, she having been & * member of the Lebanon Pres>'y:er.an church for mans years. Mrs. Smith is survived by her sons Frank and Clifford Smith, and by four daughters, Mrs. Tom Norns, Mrs Watson Williams, Mrs. Reif Loftis and Miss Pearl Smith. She is also survived by one brother, Mr. Samuel R. Carlisle, of Abbeville. i POLICE COURT IDLE ? I ^ The socalled business depression r " that is said to be holding sway in this $ ' state, and particularly in Abbeville, j ' has had its influence in city police t ? affairs, the chief reporting that this i ' morning he had no cases to try. He ? says this is the first time in several . ! months that this has happened on > Monday morning and he attributes it ' either to the effect of the hot weath- i er on the would-be criminals, or the ^ ? tendency among minions of the law < * to take things easy when the ther- j mometer registers around the melt- < ing point as was the case today and yesterday. * ^ t 1 COL. ROCHE HAPPY. ? t ^ Col. Patrick Roche is happy this week. his pretty aaugnter, miss Angelina is home after a year's study at Greenville. She comes full t o.f honors, among other things having ? won the medal offered at her school 1 - for proficiency in music. I i Master Geddings is also at home, t r He finished the year at Belmont J I Academy and comes home to rest the ( balance of the summer with father, c SUPT. FULP Fl HIS ANN Supt. J. D. Fulp of the city schools ' as tiled his annua; report with thg ] Itate Superintendent of Education I nd the report contains some inter- I sting statistics of the worly of the ! ession recently closed. . ! The faculty of the white and colred schools of Abbeville is compos- ' d of four men and 28 women teachrs, a total of 32. The average yearly salary of the < rhite teachers is $913,42 and that of he colored teachers is $362.50. The average enrollment per teachr in the white schools is 33 pupils; n the colored schools 59 pupils.. There were 20 teachers' meetings i j J 9- it.. mi. eia aunng me session, xutrre sic hree buildings in use by the schools f each race. The assessed valuation of the uildngs of the white schools is $59,00 and of the colored $8,000. The urniture and apparatus of the white x chools is listed at $8,000 while that f the colored is estimated to be rorth $1,000. Of the 32 teachers in the city 1 chools 3Q of them hold first grade ertificates and one holds a second Tade certificate. The salaries are divided between \ len and women teachers as follows: len teachers receive $5,250 a year nd women $19,830 making a total ' nnual outJay of $25,080 for sal- i ries. Based upon the total enroll-. lent of the schools the cost of teaohrig each pupil for nine months mounts to only $18.82, a fraction ver two dollars a month. The exenses other than teachers' salaries rings up tms cost to approximately 3.00 a month. The average monthly attendance nd monthly enrollment in the white chools is as follows: lonth New Average Pupils . Attend, 'irst 657 ? 608 iecond 3 613 3iird 5 b95 ilVES OPINION AS TO SPARTANBURG I Spartanburg, June 11?Jud^e Geo V. Nicholls, city attorney, has renlered it as his opinion that Spartanlurg automatically goes under the aw providing for commission form if government for cities of from 20>00 to 50,000. The city has been iperating under the law as it applied - ?J.!.- J OA AAA TV..V w;n O Cities unuer 4V,VUU. ling nm :arry a :>igger salary both for the nayor ai:d the councilmen. He was lot .prepared to say whether the lumber of councilmen would be inTeased to four or not. Spartan>urg started with four councilmen >ut the law was amended as to Sparanburg, making the number two. Ac:ording to Judge Nicholls, that imendment may be unconstitutional, jut no question has been raised relitive to that. At a meeting of the Woman's Comnunity club this afternoon, the suggestion was made that a woman be >ut on the city council. The women ire registering for the election right ilong. H ADDON -WILSON LEADS The old reliable finm of HaddoniVilson Company is our biggest advertiser. today. Read their adverasement. They have something of in;erest to ladies. An-d what they say joes. They are offering today .Cluny jaces at unheard of prices in these ;imes. Give them *>n early call and ;hey will do the rest. ATTENDS CHRISTENING Mrs. W. D. Wilson has returned ,0 Abbeville after a pleasant visit 101 Spartanburg. While away she saw ler young nephew and name sake, "'rancis Lawson Everett, christened, he water used being from the river Gordon, brought over by Dr. D. A. P. Jilmour, and used by him on this ocasion. 4 \LES UAL REPORT Fourth 18 593 Fifth 28 603 Sixth 14 603 Seventh 2 590 Eighth 0 603 Ninth 0 605 Total 727 601 An interesting fact is that there was enrolled 363 boys and 364 girls, giving the girls a majority of one. There were enrolled by grades, first, 146; second, 98; third, 97; fourth, 81; fifth, 65; sixth, 56; seventh, 52; eighth, 49; ninth, 34; tenth, 35; eleventh, 11. Of the 129 high school pupils 91 studied Latin, 42 French, 60 science, 46 geometry, and 67 algebra. i Teat her* for Next Seaaion So far all vacancies for next session in the faculty, with the exception of four, have been satisfactorily filled. The following teachers have accepted work in the Abbeville schools for 1921-1922: Supt. J. D. Fulp; high school principal, J. M. Daniel, elementary school principal, Miss May Robertson, principal of mill school, Mrs. J. D. Wilson; first grade, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Lilla B. Ketchin, second grade, Miss Gladys Norris, Miss Georgie Ott, Miss Harriet Coan; third grade, Miss Robertson, Miss Clyde Simth; fourth grade, Miss Thelma Ott, Miss Sara Perrin, Miss Rebecca Jones; fifth grade, Miss Rosamonde Dixon, Miss Mary Hunt; sixth grade, none yet elected; seventh grade, Miss Annie Hill. In the high school the same teachers will return who were here last session. The vacancies to be filled are first grade, sixth grade and seventh grade. Numerous applications are in hand for these vacancies but Supt. Fulp has not deeided upon just wh'.ch ones to recommend to the board for election. None of next session's teachers will be without previous successful experience. SOUTH CAROLINIAN GETS TEN YEARS I Spartanburg, June 11?A telegram was received here this morning from Attorney Sam J. Nicholls of the firm of Nicholls and Wyche, who has been engaged in defending Private Fletcher B. Weathers of Pacolet, on trial in Texas for the killing of Corporal Denton K. Price, stating that young Weathers has been convicted and sentenced to serve ten years. Young Weather's . case attracted general attention because of the fact that. tViP miltnrv authorities wished to try the young soldier before a court martial. After considerable time and effort counsel the defense succeeded in having the case handled by the civil authorities. Associated with Mr. Nicholls in the defense of young Weathers was Carols Bee, also a former representative in congress. Young Weathers is a member of a well known family of this county and was very popular at Pacolet. RECKLESS DRIVING COSTS CHILD'S LIFE 't Greenville, June 12.?J. C. FinJey, Jr., nine year old son of J. C. Finley of this city, was almost instantly killed here early this evening when he was struck by an automobile, which failed to stop when the accident occurred. Joe Donahoo, 16, year old youth, driver of the car, was placed under arrest tonight after several hours' search. HEADS THE PROCESSION "Tootsie" Fulp, took the head of the procession Monday morning and will travel along through life without his tonsils. There is a bright side to everything for the prescribed diet after an operation for tonsils is plenty of ice cream and "Tootsie" is in class A when it comes to disposing of ice cream. RAILROADS EARN LOWER REVENUES Figure* for April Drop Below March?Roads in Southern District Earn Considerable Percentage Above Other Sections. Washington, June 12.?Railroads ] of the country earned $29,201,000 in April, or $1,494,000 less than in March, according to reports transmitted tt>; the interstate commerce commission by the carriers and made public today by the Association of Railway Executives. The earnings for April represented a return on the valuation tenta- 1 tively liked by the commission for rate making'" purposes of 2.18 per cent, against 2.30 per cent, for March and were $51,286,000 sAort of the amount contemplated by the transportation act, the statement of the railway executive said. Operating expenses foT April were 86.74 per cent of the amount of revenues against 87.19 per cent, of the amount of the revenues for March, showing, the statement said, that while expenses were reduced during the month, revenues also fell off. Earnings in the Eastern districts ( for April represeu id a return of 2 pea* cent., in the Southern 3.41 per cent., and in the Western 2.01 per cent. Railroads of the Southern dis- . trict reported operating revenues of $72,161,000 for, April, an increase of 2.7 over those of the same month a year ago, while operating expenses . amounted to $62,419,000, or a decrease of 2.8 per cent from the expenses a year ago. The net operatng income dn the Southern district was $5,562,000, an increase of 79.5 loet wear Viavinc bliau XV/l iwav J VW* MO * -<-Q amounted to only $3,099,000. | A 30TH DIVISION CAPTAIN Anderson, tide 11.?Oapt Ralph J. Ramer, of Anderson, announced today his candidacy for colonel of . the new South Carolina national guard regiment. The election is to be held next Tuesday. Captain Ram_ er has an excelent war record. He is a Spanish-American veteran and was a major in the national guard of Oklahoma. At one time v he was captain of Company E, First South Carolina infantry During the trouble with Mexico in 1913 he organized a machine gun company in Anderson and went to France with the 118th infantry and served throughout. the world war. So far the only other can didate for this office is T. E. Marchant, of Columbia. J. D. JR. ARRIVES They killed the fatted calf and the old hen at'the home of Corp. Kerr Saturday because of the fact that tne most important member of the household was expected after the year 3 absence at Washi-gtorT fi Lee. The young Corp. arr.ved Sunday at noon accompanied by his friend, Mr. John Melton, of Louisiana, who will be the guest of Mr. Kerr for several days. The newcomers are already making things lively on Green, ville Street, and they will be heard from later on other streets?say Pinckney. Mr. Melton is a rising of Wactiimorfrm tand T OCIUVI CkU fl O^iiUigvvit VI4.V. FUND OF $10,000 FOR GRANTS TOMB New York, June 11.?The American flag used at General Grant's field headquarters during the civil war, and now in his tomb on Riverside Drive has become the permanent property of the Grant Memorial Association by the will of the late General Horace Porter. A fund of $10,000 is left to the same association for the cars and maintenance of Grant's tomb. Most of the estate went to rela tives. AT HOME FOR SUMMER Miss Helen Smith, who has taught English at Ansley Hall for the past session is at home for the holidays. f ? PORTER RESOLUTION j WILL PASS SOON j HOUSE EXPECTED TO TAKE ACTION MONDAY AFTER BITTER PARTISAN FIGHT ON PLAN TO END WAR WITH GERMANY ?SUBSTITUTE FOR KNOX SENATE MEASURE. Washington, June 12.?After a bitter partisan fight the house took up today the Porter resolution terminating the state of war between the United States and the central pow- v" :4 ers and will pass it Monday as a sub- s artitute for the Knox' measure, repealing the declaration of war. , Passage of the resolution is certain, any lingering doubt in the minds of Democratic leaders having been removed through adoption today 208 to 105 of a rule giving the Porter proposal right of way in ; , j nlace of the Knox resolution alreadv passed by the senate. Two Republicans voted with the Democrats op- j posing the consideration while three Democrats stood with Republicans in the fight to put it through. Reports were current tonight that , '* more than a score of Democrats would vote lor the resolution on the final call at 4:30 o'clock Monday. ,i Democratic members in beginning today their attacks on the jneasure first criticised what they character: J ixi. - * 11... v tt lzeu as uie uirubuing ox vae aouae by forcing acceptance of a re3olu- ,/ .-'M tion which they said had been fram- J ed in secret by Republican members , >1 of the foreign affairs committee and would not permit amendment. Then | turning sharply upon the resolution | itself the Democrats declared it J would meet the hearty approval "of 1 every German, every slacker and' | every American traitor.",/ hainnan Porter, of the foreign affairs committee, in charge of the measure, asserted the house was not reday to go as far as the senate and j repeal the war declaration for that ! he said, might be regarded as an actual repudiation of the war in - ? which thousands of American lives . 'j had been sacrificed. ^ . 'r'-M Statements of opponents of the | resolution that by officially declaring the state of war at an end Amer- * ica was aDanaomng tne auies or its fighting associates were denied by Chariman Porter as a "gross mis- ^ | statement of fact." "All nations that signed the treaty of Versailles," Mr. Porter said, "did so with full knowledge that it was not effective so far as the United . States was concerned utnil reaffirmed by the senate." Mr. Porter insisted that since the -11^- i-- J J- . miA allies naa maue pwee 111 il there had been any abandonment "it has been of the United States by the allies." ' J "It may not be out of place to call attention to the fact," he said, "that when the peace resolution reachH the "house the allies had invaded Germany for the enforcement of the adjustment of the reparations, and your committee decided . it should forego action until Germany had conceded the demands of the allies and had shown her good faith by payment of the earnest money in the form of the first installment of the indemnity. We have given the allies the traditional 'square deal,' and now intend to put our own house in ' < ;? order." ' MR. H. L. JOHNSON JOINS FORCE OF PRESS AND BANNER Mr. H. L. Johnson, of Chesterfield County, but lately with the Colum bia State, is in Abbeville and has accepted a position with this paper. He will be the business manager of the paper and news editor. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, and his experience in the newspaper business will guarantee to the readers of the paper that it will be improved in the matter of securng all the news. *