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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
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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
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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.
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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 ?
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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
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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
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MRS. BELLE CARLISLE SMITH. F
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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.
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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.
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POLICE COURT IDLE
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^ 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. * ^
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1 COL. ROCHE HAPPY. ?
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^ 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
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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
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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
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: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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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