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' i . - ' 3 . - ' . ' Abbeville Press and Banner | Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, June 22, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th^fear. DISCUSS NEW ROAD ANDERSON-AUGUSTA CITIZENS OF CALHOUN FALLS MEET AND PASS. RESOLUTIONS CALLING ON ABBEVILLE COMMISSION TO ASK lUDDAVTMPNT MkWmm *W V , w . ^ \ ___ The first step in the direction of an Anderson-Augusta highway was ?"taken Thursday night at Calhoun Falls, where a representative gathering of Abbeville and Anderson county citizens discussed the proposed route from every angle and then agreed, without a dissenting vote, that it was to the interest of the two counties that the people of each unite in one great effort to secure t .1 ? ?!! A/v?in/w>f A Tt/iai* & OlgiHWSjT MUM> 'Will tvmicvv now.son with Augusta, in the meantime Opening up an improved road for .the (many rural sections in between. The meeting was held in the town %a!l, Jos.-Hicks, a member of the Abbeville county highway commission, presiding. These citizens went on record as favoring the proposed highway commission, presiding. These citizens went on record as fa"" Vvicrliwav ATtri A VVXIU^ VUV v^vwwu y ? resolution was unanimously adopted, asking the Abbeville county commis' sion to petition the state commission to make the road through Abbeville y county a part of the state highway ' system. A discussion of a highway system. A discussion of a highway that would connect Cheraw, S. C., and Athens, Ga., via Calhoun Falls, tested fora short time, but interest centered largely around the highway Triadi Augusta, McCormtck and Calhoun Falls and Anderson fibpe will be built sometime in the near future, connecting these towns and. providing an outlet for the rulral communities surrounding the many small towns along the proposed route. Anderson citizens took an active part in the meeting. A. P. Pant, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and F. R. Sweeny, civil engineer of the Anderson county highway commission, addressed the meeting, Mr. Fant offering the support and cooperation of the people of Anderson in securing the highway. W. Frank VcGee and W. L. Brissey also attended. Tfte meeting was very eninusiastic.~ The jusiness men o-f Calhoun Falls are anxious for the AndersonAugusta, highway and will exert their united efforts in securing the adoptoin of the road through that county ' into the state highway system, as well as assisting in improving, the route once the actual work of road builders has begun.?Daily Mail. , EIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ? RECEIVE STATE AID Q Abbeville County has received $4,502 as its dbare of the $384,432 fund in the bdnds of the state superintendent of education far State aid to school districts that meet certain conditions in providing a seven months school term. The legislature 01 lyzi appropn' ated $400,000 under the equalizing vlaw. Districts participating in this fund must, first, levy a special local tax of eight mills to pay* teachers' salaries, must enroll not fewer than 26 nor more . than 50 pupils under each teacher ^n each class room and must maintain under each teacher and in each class room a regular mothly attendance of not less than 15 pupils. f Eight districts in Abbeville county qualified for aid under this state provision. / - ELECT COUNCILMAN Mr. E. R. Thomson was yesterday chosen councilman from ward 4, in the general election. Only 12 votes were cast, the small poll ibeing due to lack of opposition. Mr. Thomson had no opposition in the primary, only about 20 votes being cast then. w. f CALLISDN ORDERS P LYNCHING PROBE CALLISON ORDERS CORONER TO SI INVESTIGATE DEATH OF HER. BERT QUARLES?TOM SMITH CLEARED OF CLINKSCALES ' MURDER CHARGE. McCormick, June 21.?Solicitor T. C. Callison, who arrived here last N night for the purpose of representing h< the state in the cases lo be tried at . oJ the regular June term of the court ^ of general sessions for McCormick th county, upon learning of the lynch- u] ing of Herbert Quar)es yesterday is- ** sued the following statement this ^ m afternoon: D "I have ordered the coroner of Mc- g] PMm.'Alr nnnn^v mnlfp ? fllll and /vl VUluiiva vvv*?*vj ? ? VJ complete investigation of the lynch- CI ing which took place yesterday and sj report the results of his investiga- p( tion to me aa soon as practicable. I w regret that in view of the fact of the gt opening of court here today Herbert Ct Juarles could not have been tried ^ and convicted under the laws of our m state." in "Court in se??ion here today took oi up the trial of the case of the State tl ?T T/vw> QmUIi nliornrorl wrfVi ttgtuuau Ot X VUt WUilVU) vtHMgvvi ff??M the murder of Lang Clinkscales on b September 19, 1920. This was the w second trial, the first held in Feb th ruary resulting in a mistrial when Si it is understood that the jury voted of 11 for acquittal and_one for convic- ot tion. With deliberation of less than lis one hour the jury today found the w. defendant guilty of carrying a con- ca cealed weapon and not guilty of either manslaughter or murder. b] The case of the State against J. D Press Blackwell, charged with the th murder of his brother-in-law and A partner in business on the 1-Hfa day of of last February, in the town of TJ Parksville, was called and a trial sa demanded by the defense. After a a? conference with attorneys assisting the solicitor in the prosecution he D announced that the ctfse would be th ready for trial Wednesday after- w noon. This case is expected to take 01 up the remainder of the term of the J* court and has created wide interest J* throughout this section of Jhe Wi state. v< _____ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE f( urn nc ANM1IAI. MF.F.TING ~ c< The annuad meeting of the Abbe- io ville Chamber of Commerce will be held in the court-house Tuesday afternoon, June 28, at 4 o'clock, at r which time the report of the present officers will be heard and new officials elected for the coming year. It is expected that .the membership committee which is now making a canvass of the city will be ready to report a hundred per cent, membership among the business men of AJbbeville. ^ Mr. G. T. Barnes, secretary of the P1 chamber in speaking yesterday of the b< value of such a body to any city said e; fthat the chamber of commerce pro- d vides a place for business men to C( meet and discuss their problems in a spirit of mutual helpfulness and co- e! operation, and that in the exchange of ideas and remedies for ills a way c< is mare easily found to solve diffi- a' cult problems. "A town or a busi- si ness," he said, "may look dead and c< be about dead but so long as it con- ti tinues to protest that it is alive no e< one will believe it is fit for burial, vi And so long as it is above ground 01 there is hope for its complete re- cl habiilitation and final return to -nor- 01 mal gowth." Mr. .Barnes nas just returned xrom ? Atlanta where he attended the meet- c< ing of the "ad" clubs. He reports an Pi entirely enjoyable and profitable j< trip. He says the ad men fully st realize the value of idea swapping c< and were not 9low to talk of their C problems and make suggestions to o: the other fellow. * fi 1RATES AT WORK i IN NORTH ATLANTIC / HIPS THAT HAVE MYSTERI- I OUSLY DISAPPEARED NOW BEL1EVED TO HAVE MET WITH FOUL PLAY?MESSAGE FOUND IN BOTTLE. Portland, Maine, June 21.?The leory that pirates are afloat in the i orth Atlantic has found "credence 1 ire. Belief in this and of the fate 1 : the recently missing ships, has 1 rown with establishment of the fact \ lat the message in a bottle picked 3 p two months ago north of Cape atteras, purporting to explain the i sappearance of the crew of the five- i asted Bath schooner Carroll A. j eering, mystery ship of Diamond hoals, was written by Henry Bates, < Isleboro, Maine, a memb'er of the a ew. Question of its genuineness was j (ttled today by handwriting ex- j ;rts who compared it witoh letters ritten by Bates. The unsigned note s ated that the schooner had been j iptured by an oil-burning craft, j mething like a sub-chaser, that the j embers of the crew who were hid. > + g all over the ship with no chance j : escape, were being handcuffed and ^ tat everything was being tajcen off. t Through the efforts of Mrs. Willis [ t Wnrmpll nf thi* pitv. ucifA nf tho iptain of the Deering and friends, i ie investigation was started by the c ;ate Department, the Department 5 : Commerce, the coast guard and t jher government agencies to estab- \ sh the fate of the missing crew, 1 hich consisted of 12 men besides the i iptain. "V The mystery is being investigated c t the Department of Justice and the i epartment of Commerce as is also 1 ie unexplained disappearance of the i merican steel freighter Hewitt, out s ; Sabine Pass, Texas, for Boston. ? bis craft disappeared at about the t me time that the Deering came 1 shore. /. ' . S The summary of the history of the '1 eering case as sent to consuls by t ie State Department disclose* that hen the Deering passed Cape Look- i it LieHtshiD. North Carolina on t inuary 29, while bound from Rio de t ineiro for Norfolk, a man other < tan the master reported ; that the i issel had lost both anchors and ask- s 1 to be reported to its owners. . ] Two days later "the vessel was i >und on the beach on what the State ( epartment describes as "in such ] jndition that there is every suspic- i n of foul play having occurred." i {ORTH CAROi FREIGHT_ Washington, June 21.?A reduc- ] on in freight rates ranging from 4 i > 49 cents per hundred pounds be- J veen North Carolina cities and Dints in southeastern states, and utween North Carolina and north- ' rn centers was provided in an or- ( er issued today by the interstate ] amnierce commisa'on, t? become \ fFective September 15. i While the record is not sufficiently jmplete to enable specific findings < s to commodity rates, the com mis- j on said, "it is sufficient to warrant ' inclusions that a prejudicial situa- ; on exists which should be correct- i 3 and that the carriers should ; re- ' ise their commodity rate adjust- < lent promptly, using jis a guide the i ass relationships^ prescribed in the 1 -der issued today." i The order comprises a revision of 1 iriff schedules approved by the i jmmission May 18, 1920 which were < rotested by many North Carolina 1 >bbers, individually and through < ate and private organizations. The < jrporation commission of North i arolina and the Raleigh chamber < f commerce filed briefs appealing 1 rom the former order which, they ( HE CRIMINALS OUTNUMBER NEGRO NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS MANY IN STATE PENITENTIARY. MOSTLY YOUNG MEN?SIXTYTWO ADDED TO POPULATION SINCE LAST YEAR. Columbia, June 16.?-White men n the state penitentiary outnumber legro men early four to one, there >eing 151 while men and only 42 iegro men nearly four to one, there vhite men are also young men. Last rear about this time there were 89 vhite mien and 146 negro men, mak?? ?? nit ftQ <nv\ro ? ** OUltlVlVI^ V& VM utvov ff ??aw nen to the population in only one rearv The3e figures are according to Secretary G. Croft WilSaans of tht itate board of public welfare, who nade an unofficial visit to the state jenitentiary this week. There are aiso five white Women md 43 negro women in the state >enitentiary at the present time. -?ast year there were 25 negro woaen and three white women. Negro men are shifted from the >enitentiary to the state farms srhen cr6p conditions demand it, but he white men are keut at the Deni entiary. Mr. Williams ' says that he was wrticularly struck with the number >f young men in the prison. These roung men are healthy and appear o be of normal intelligence, Mr. (Villiams says. "At the time of life yhen they should be tuilding up rusinesses and homes and in other rays doing their part in the affairs >f their communities, they are servng time in a state prison for stealng, killing or some other grave of.'enses," he says. "Many have been itttrfiled at the idea of a crime wave ^oing^over the country. However, here cati 'be no doubt that for the ast year crime has increased in Jouth Carolina and this increase has >een much larger among the whites han among the negroes." "As there are thousands of youth'ul soldiers at Camp Jackson and as ihese are drawn from all parts of ;he country and have a certain per sent. of anti-social characters among .hem, it might be expected that iome would find their way to the penitentiary. Yet the growth of the tfhit* population of the penitentiary cannot be attributed entirely to the proximity of the camp as there are \ number of South Carolinians in it." UNA WINS \ RATES CASE held, put into effect rates which were unduly favorable to Richmond and Norfolk. . ^ In its new order, the commission said the effort is to make "differencials '.large enough to fit short haul traffic," but it was contemplated 'that these differentials be held merely as maxima and that the actual differentials in many cases will fall below these maximaa." "There "was no little difficulty in j ~~ l: .* i.i? 4.1. ? n jeauag jusuy wiui tut: situatiun9 the commission's statement said, 'notably because of the irregularity ind inconsistency of both of the rates between Eastern territory and Virginia cities and between Eastern :ities and North Carolina. The reirgument, however, has shown: (1) :hat the differentials prescribed are tot properly adjusted to tne snorter iiaul traffic, such as between Baltinore and North Carolina points; (2) ;hat the spread in differentials as jetween zone 1 and zone 2 in North Carolina is inadequate; (3) that it is iesirable to adopt ,a plan which will, f possible, make it unnecessary to lisrupt the present differentials be:ween Eastern ports and traffic with HaroVna trritorv." PEOPLE BANKRUPT AND CONGRESS IDLE SENATOR SMITH PROPOSES IN- ! INVESTIGATION OF REDISCOUNT RATE AND POWER OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD TO RESTRICT LOANS. ./ Washington, June 21.?Investigation of the Federal Reserve Board's 1 regulation of rediscount rates was 1 suggested in the Senate today by 1 Senator 'Smith, Democrat, South ( Carolina. 1 "The people of the country are ' going bankrupt ar$d starving/' Sena- ( tor Smith asserted, "while we sit here calmly, knowing that we have ' flia onfii^n ifiw-onrMal n/varar A-f ' ?7iawu IUV V4*VA&%7 luiwiivwi |/vn?i ux the country in the bands of the seven members of the Federal Reserve * Board. In that board have we ere- 1 ated a Frankaptein to destroy us." j Senator Smith .attacked the < board's recent statement that gold reserves were greater than in his- . tory, declaing that "while the nation ^ is burning up we boast that there is more water in the tank than . ever . before?' A biU providing for loans of two \ hundred million dollars by the Trea- , suory to the federal farm loan board for loans to farmers on approved applications was introduced by Senator Hjarris, Democrat, Georgia. The bill directs that no federal land bank shall loan the money at more than six per cent and that five percent interest shall be paid to the Treasury for the sum borrowed. Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, joined with Senator Smith and urged relief through credit extension to the cotton growers of the south. The Alabama Senator said the price of cotton "has ibeen beaten down fifteen dodlari a bale in the last few days by-speculators "without a pound of cotton on hand." Senator Heflin suggested that the cotton exchanges be closed "to stop this gambling." i j DIVIDENDS DECLARED 1 FOR INSURANCE HOLDERS } *1 Bureau p( War Risk Pays First Pro-1 < / fits to Policyholders With ( More to Come. Veterans of the .World War who kept their United States government War Risk Insurance after their dis- ' charge and who l^er had this term insurance converted into some one of the six forms of permanent insur ance are now receiving federal treas- ' , ury checks in payment of the first dividend declared on this converted ' insurance. The amounts of the dividends vary with the nature of the policy held, ' the age of the insured, etc., but in no ' case is the dividend less than one . dollar per thousand of insurance. For example, a government check for 1 $10.7.0" is paid a former service man on an "ordinary life" policy for $10,i 000, whose age is around 32 years. United States government insur- 1 . ance is the cheapest form of insur- ( ance procurable. The converted in- 1 surance is both life insurance and disability feature is included in all 1 forms of policies and does not cost 1 anything additional. If at any. time for any cause, a former service man becomes totally disabled, . the payment of premiums on his insurance I (<o!icoa Aiitnmntie&llv and he befrinsH drawing the insurance himself. ] Payments a?e made monthly so long ] as the former soldier remains dis. ! abled or lives and the settlements < will continue even after the full amount of the policy has been paid < the insured. ' Dividends on converted war risk insurance are to be paid regularly hereafter on each anniversary of the i policy, according to an announce- t ment from the bureau of war risk in- : surance. ' THIEVES DUMP CARS 1 INTO EAST RIVER j STOLEN MACHINES DISPOSED OF QUICKLY WHEN PURSUIT COMES TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT?PARTS OF AUTOMO- JS BILES RECOVERED New York, June 21.?Some time today a crew of divers will aid the police in discovering just what kind Df a mystery was uncovered yester- % I day when an attempt to raise a motor truck that was seen to topple into East River at Hallets Cove several days ago resulted in the finding of a | t>ig touring car and parts "pf several )ther automobiles, all mu<l covered % ind encrusted with rust. The cove apparently has been used is a dumping ground for stolen cars that could not be disposed of, ac nvr)in<r tn t.Via A otnrin nnlicp. TVio nfl? ' "2 lice also regard it possible that persons interested in disposing of their . automobiles for the sake of obtain' ng the insurance against theft have :uraed them over to a gang that '% Hakes a business of dumping automojiles into the river. iaj The big car that was hauled out of M ;he water when the grappling irons , ve re dropped into the river for the ;ruck was stolen from a man named ajuseppi Maarduza. At the time of :he theft, the police records- show, le was living at the Commodore. The jolice were trying to locate him last 4 light to have him examine the ma- / :hine they recovered. It was explain- r :d that there was no connection be,ween the disappearance of this car mdlhe insurance collecting scheme. Adjacent to. Hallett'3 Cove, where ;he mystery cache is located, irf a 9 jublic dock. The dock is open day ind night and seldom is guarded. Several days ago, it was reported . ^ - V-> ;o the Astoria police yesterday, a nan was seen to drive a motor truck >ut on the dock and halt it near the idge. He looked around carefully, is if to make sure no one was watching. Then he started the truck and jumped off. The truck lurched over the edge of the dock and dropped into the river. Before it had disap- , . peared the man was seen to run in the direction from which he had lome. OFFICE OF TREASURER J TRANSFERRED MONDAY % -i V AH the necessary balances and accounts in the county treasurer's office were transferred Monday to the new teasurer, Maj. R. B. Cheat- / ham. The comptroller general's office is understood, did not order a checking of the late Treasurer Jones' books, but simply authorized the transfer of the accounts, ** after proper ibond had been made and approved by the cotfnty commissioners and the Comptroller's office and filed with the clerk of court. Major Cheatham's commission arrived' from the secretary of state last Wednesday night. An official accountant was in the office of the treasury Monday for about two hours, arranging the accounts of the county carried in local banks. After investigating the matter of the bonding, he transferred the bank balances to the new officer who is now prepared to attend to the county's financial affairs. LAND CHANGES HANDS . Mr. Charles Shrine has sold ten acres of land, part of the Richey !>lace, on the Snake Road, to B. A. Bellringer. The price paid was $600, $60 an acre. Mr. Bellringer has re :ently moved to this county from Virginia. He expects to erect a residence on his newly acquired land luring the summer. sixty-two indictments nave uccn tiade in Atlanta in connection with :!ie "bunco" graft gang. Most of the iccused are police officers and deectives.