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Abbeville Press and Banner ! Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, July 11 1921 c- r . _ . ,1 ?l ^ Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year' ? ? . *** TARIFF MEASURE ME FOR ACTION ?'* ___ BILL AS REPORTED BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE \ HEADS CALENDAR OF HOUSE . UNTIL IT IS VOTED ON JUL* TWENTY-FIRST. ' i Washington, July 9.?The permanent tariff bill as reported by Re publican members of the house ways uad means committee took top placc on the house calendar today, no1 v to be displaced by other Iegis lation until voted on July 21. Thert wes no ceremony in beginning con slderation of the 346 page measure and the d^y was devoted to having it read paragraph by paragraph whil< members sat and sweltered withoul giving heed to the monotonous dron ing of a relay of reading clerks. Democratic members held a con ference at which, it was said, wit} ' "half, a dozen exceptions,"* it was agreed that'the party should stanc as a unit against the bill. Some ol the members, it was added, decline< to be bound by instructions, bul 1?ari?rn nnxiicted the final vote WOlllc >w bat few breaks in the Demo cratic ranks. A resolution was adopt ed at the conference declaring thai the measure violated all principle* 1 and traditions of the Democrats party and reaffirming the party') stand against a high ' protective tariff.. Fhe conference lasted lesj than 15 minutes. The reading had not been con eluded when the house quit work foi t*> day and before general debate begins tomorrow the reading will be k concluded and a rule adopted shutting off all but 4 few general amend1 ments end such others as may be offered by the committee. 2 Outstanding in the first day's work on the bill was the presentation of a minority statement by Democratic members of the ways and committee whQ charged that the Republican tariff program would mean destruction of the nation's foreign trade, bring new hardships on the tax paying public through the system of American valuation of imports and establish r^tes higher than hereto* fore ever written. The majority report and a dissenting statement by Representative t Freat, Wisconsin, the only Republican member of the committee to break away from his party stand, already .had been laid before the memben. The three sets of ooinions thus ^ *.. * r given the house are expected tc serve as the basis for much of the argument to come during the twc j weeks fn which the house will consider the tariff. NEWS ABOUT CHARLIE ARMOUR ' -t'-i Mr. Charlie Armour has had many big experiences in his young life, He inade a fine start when he moved from Georgia to live in Abbeville, He showed himself a good fightex * when the big war came along, he promoted himself to high rank when he married a charming wife and no^i he has taken the head of his class, all the degrees and the lead in the procession for Sunday he became the ffifKo* o Kolsw nrliA ifl v* * ttuv WWW/ 5U4 ^UV ? UC" veloping fast into the boss of the family. H. C. OSTEEN PRESIDENT OF PRESS ASSOCIATEOIS i'. f Greenville, July 9.?H. G. Osteer of The Daily Item, Sumter, was to Hrv nrAsiHpnf: r?f t.hp Srmt.V I Carolina Press Association. Other officers are J. Rion McKissick, Green ville, vice-president; 0. K. Williams Rock Hill, second vice president Harlod' C. Booker, secretary, and August Kohn, Columbia, treasurer. PRAYER MEETING. Rev. J. Y. Fair, D. D. will conduct prayer services in the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening. \ ' -* : U- ..r V RAILWAY UNES I RECEIVE MONEY * / \ SECRETARY OF TREASURY SAYS ] GOVERNMENT WILL TRANSFER LARGE SUM SOON AND ' ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION MAY BE REQUIRED Washington, July 9.?Negotiations between government offiicals and i i railroad executives involving re- . i funding arrangements by which the < carriers would deceive approximate- \ ly $500,000,600 in additional treas- i > ury advantes within |the next six i . months are expected to be completed 1 wnmn ?wo aays, r secretary naenon * announced today. The advances J > would be equivalent to the sums ex- < b pended out of railroad earnings by ] - the government in capital better- 1 ments during the period of.war time^ j . control, he added. < i Additional appropriations Mr. Mel3 Ion indicated, may be needed before < 1 all tlie money can be furnished, but f a part *of it may be advanced by 1 the treasury out of present au- * b thori.sations if agreements already ' [ tentatively reached . ate confirmed. .1 - The government will receive 6 per 1 . cent, securities from the individual 1 t roads involved in exchange for the J 3 advance and the railroads will be 1 ? enabled to pay off standing accounts 1 j for supplies and embark upon re i pairs of rolling stock and other 1 ) maintenance which have been defer- * red bocause of corporate deficits. B&th Mr. Mellon and Secretary 1 : Hoovtr, who commented upon the 1 ? negotiations later, said the plan con- I i templated would be of greaat busi- 5 . ness value to the country iu easing <t . r?red?tti- and furnishing employment. 1 ? Mr. Hoover estimated v that 200,000 < additional men could be employed by ' : the roads if funds were available. < Mr. Mellon pointed out that the ' : transaction, if completed, will not * ? involve loss, but may involve profit ? for the treasury, since the railroads i . will pay 6 percent, on the money 1 , advanced, and the treasury borrow- 1 . ings have beeh obtained generally 1 ' at lower rates. 1 : 1 NEESES NEGRO SHOOTS * ' THREE WHITE MEN S i Runs Amuck on Street With Shotgun , Loaded With Buck Shot?Not | Yet Arretted. ? * . \ * < ^ Neeses, July 9.?Three white men j ( and one negro were shot by a second { negro here tonight, one of the white' ? men possibly wounded fatally.4 A T+foin* T offoroArt rnliA /1M r*??M v v?tv?ov<i^ n*iw urn w*&v Qiiyvk ing, escaped and officers are communicating with peace officers throughout this section in an effort to ' capture Jefferson. Early ih the evening Henry Dyches i a white man, and Jefferson had some < difficulty. Officers were looking for < Jefferson when he is alleged to have 1 given them the dodge and came back < to town and fired a load of buckshot 1 into the crowd in frpnt of a store, j 1 Between 30 and 40 of the shot took i r effect in Mr. Dyches' bafck and he < > is dangerously hurt. He is about 38 i ! years old, is a married man, having i 1 a wife and two children. Otto Phil- < lips, a young white man, who was s - standing nearby was hit by seven \ kifftlroVtA^ ? 4.1.:?1 VUVIVOUVU AAV1UC1 XJ7 iO) <X tliH U white man, was hit by three, and 1 Perry Michael, a negro, was hit by 1 [ one or two. s Jefferson is'about 37 or 38 years 1 i old. He left without a hat and wore i . a brown shirt, blue trousers, and i tan shoes. He is clean shaven, is . of dark ginger cake color, weighs . 150 pounds and is five feet nine f inches in height. < i BACK WEST. 1 1 Allen Robertson has spent a t pleasant vacation in Abbeville and 1 has gone to Chicago where he will i ; spend a short while before going on t to Oklahoma where he makes his 1 home. * * c - . 'I.;, - .I ? r- ! GREAT SUCCESS FOR DOLLAR DAY \ MANY DOLLARS GO IN EXCHANG FOR REAL BARGAINS SATURDAY AND ELEVEN HUNDRED GALLONS OF LEMONADE DISAPPEAR ON SQUARE. The folks of Abbeville jCounty and may be some from Georgia came to Abbeville Saturday and brought their dollars with them, and in return they book away from the stores of this city more real values than has been the case in many a long day. Besides these self same people carried away with the,m some eleven hundred gallons of lemonade, a quantity sufficient to allow eighty-eight hundred people a pint each. Of course there tvere several people who did not drink a pint, and maybe two or three who aranx more man a pirn. But aside from the fun all concerned got out of the event, Dollar Day was a decided success. All the merchants who Bpoke of the business Df Saturday were well pleased with the result of the special effort put on to get money into circulation to advertise Abbeville. One firm said they had a better day than any-time during the past six months. Another said that he sold an eleven hundred dollar stock for about eight hundred Saturday, but he was well pleased AA AAIIU anil 4^1 it f mmivtM Via vwiyu tuc tttou axiu wic buiuui^ i/x uao 3tock. . % Practically all the merchants, some with lines that were not staple, advertised special combination bargains for this one day. The spirit jhown was bound to make a success >f the day, and the results at clpsing ;ime Saturday showed that the faith >f the promoters of the event had lot misjudged the shopkeepers of the :ity. "The chamber of commerce was in important factor in the success ;hat attended the day, Mr. Barnes is spending a lot of time and hard work n distributing publicity for the day. 3e had printed an attractive poster Rrhich he distributed to all sections of :he county, and looked after the pre : . .J. 24* . ~r ui me iemunttue ?nu ciicient distribution by a number of attractive-young girls. If the amount of lemonade conlumed can be taken as an indication, ;he out-of-town folks must have been is well pleased with the day as were ;he merchants themselves. Of course ill the delicious beverage was not :onsumed by out-of-town folks, 'not >y any means, for one certain portly jeiitleman is affirmed to have conmmed eight gallons by his'lonsesome. FIRST MARKET DAY ' COMES ^ULY NINETEENTH At the meeting Saturday afternoon in the Court House of the Cuonty Council of Farm Women, it was deeded that the first Market day would >e held on Tuesday, July 19th. The Sivic League and the League of Wonen Voters have indorsed this project and the council feels that much noney can be saved the housewives )f Abbeville through this opportunity to purchase staple farm predicts direct from the producer. A ;ommittee of women will handle the jale, which will probably be held on :he court house grounds. It is planned to handle only the best produce, and the prices will be !ow enough to insure a generous saving over that generally paid for jutter, chick'ens, eggs, fresh fruit ind vegetables. NOT TALKING OUT LOUD Dr. L. T. Hill, the dean of the ioctors in this part of the country, c nnf Qfyoin n-f+e-r n si'fkrif>SS which cept him confined to his bed and his lome for two months. The people of :he county will be plad to know that le is better. The dcctor says it is no :un to .be sick in hot weather and ;hat if he would use a "bad word" le would say that hie "has had a hell >f a time of it." J i ' t'.i .. . . ^ i. . J METEORS ON SUN CAUSE OF HEAT v ; - < . * it1 m \S ' ?*> ,'f CALIFORNIA ASTRONOMER AD VANCES THEORY THAT EX CESSIVE WARMTH IS DUE TC DOWNPOUR OF METEORS FROM MOON ON OLD SOL. / Vallejo, Calif, July 9.?The extra ordinarily warm weather of the pre sent summer is caused by an unusua downpour of meteors on the sun, in creasing its radiation and effectve suo face temperature, in -the belief oj Professor T. J. See, government as tronomer at the Mars Island nav} yard. ^ Citing the fact that unusuallj warm summers occur every ten oj eleven years, he said that "now, foi the first time,, by profound research es, astromomers are able to throv some light" upon this great mystery "Since a mass of metoric mat ter greater than our moon is falling into the sun every century," he sait "it is very improbable that our down pour proceeds at a uniform rate. Ii it comes down in gusts under actions, of the chief planets, Jupitei and Saturn, which are now near con junction and are seen together in oui evening sky, then we should hav< sudden increases of the suns radiation just such as we now witness al over the world. "This is a sufficient explanation oi the unprecedentedly hot. summer." New Yorker* Seek Open Air. New York, July 9.?Thousands o1 New Yorkers arose at dawn today after a night spent beneath the stars . The parks, Rockaway, Brighton anc Coney Island beaches, and the city': recreation piers had been their bed rooms. 1 "V The stifling heat drove these peo pie from their tenement homes. Po licemen guarded them throughout th< night. Many women and childrei were among the sleepers. DRAGGED 10 DEATH TANGLEDIN HALTED I w nue gTazmg a mule near nii home Saturday morning at 9 o'clocl Yancey W. Riley, Jr. the seven yeai old son of Mr. and Mrs. Y. W.'Rilej of Callison, had his hand entanglec !n the halter rope and dragged tt death when the mule ran away. Th< little fellow was dragged nearly .a quarter of a miie by ^he frightened mule, and brought back to the barn still digging to the rope. The little boy and a negro man were grazing two mules near the house when the tragedy occurred The mule which the child was holding by a plow line became frightened and dashed away before the little fellow could loosen the rope around his wrist. The boy's skull was frac IU1CU OUU VX1C l/VUJ L/auij UiUl^VU UJ being dragged over the roug* ground. As soon as the body could be disentangled from the rope, the child was carried to the home of Dr, J. L. Ward, but medical assistance was of no avail and he died in a few minutes. The victim of the distressing accident is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Y. W. Riley, one sister, Beatrice, aged four, and one brother Marion, aged one year. The grandfather of the boy, J. M Riley of Callison, was killed in a somewhat similar accident in November 1919, when he drove a team un aer a gate on circular street nerc, striking his head on the cross bar, and breaking his neck.?Index-Jaurnal. . : . - JOBS DECREASE AS MONTH PASSES . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS < REPORTS FROM FOURTEEN > HUNDRED FIRMS SHOWING \ DECREASE OF 2.9 PER CENT. IN EMPLOYMENT. Washington, July .?A decrease in . ? ii . employment 01 z.y aunng June as 1 compared with May is indicated by a ( . survey made by the department of ] r labor from reports from 1,428 firms i E employing normally 1,600,000 per- ' . sons. The decrease^ since January in ' j these establishments situated in 65 1 < principal industrial centers, has been ( r 6.2 per cent, a statement issued to- < r day said. , All industries reported decreased 1 employment except those engaged in the manufacture of food products. . T textile, leathers, liquors and bever- ] ages stone works and tobacco. "Details of the present returns in- i f dicate clearly the fundamental I causes of the protracted industrial depression and the mounting tide of unemployment," the statement de^ clared. /'Continued unsatisfactory - conditions of transportation with r freight rates in many cases consider. ed almost prohibitive; lack of anyr thing like a normal foreign market; the present low value of farm prod' ucts, stagnation in iron and steel; " high costs of construction and the 1 general dullness of the retail trade stand out prominently as leading facj tors in the situation." While there is an almost .'nationwide housing shortage the statement1, said,' the only resumption of build-1 ing operations noted has been on a ^ restricted scale.' .. : "Industry generally is optimistic," 1 the survey continues, 'and while the j likelihood of a dull summer in almost < all lines is fully recognized, the ten- j dency is to count on improvement;; by fall and a healthy though not spectacular business revival by the i spring 'of 1922." i Among 26 cities reporting increas- ; ed employment Atlanta was first with i 16.7 per cent. Sioux City, la., second with 16 per cent, and Toledo, third with 15.6 per cent. ( WELL KNOWN MAN DIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1 I . , . | Tho?. H. Botts Pastes Away at Age of Forty-eight?Burial at Long 3 Cane Cemetery. C i r Mr. Thomas H. Botts, 48 yeare of r age,.died Sunday afternoon at his [ home at Darraugh's Turnout. Mr. , > Botts suffered a stroke of paralysis , about a year ago, and another about ] i five weeks ago, this latter attack j | proving too strong for his weakened , t condition. The funeral services and burial were at Long Cane Presbyte- ] i rian church this afteroon. i Mr. Botts is survived by his father, . Mr. C. A. Botts, his wife, who was . formerly Miss Jennie McCord, two | [ brothers, Messrs Arthur and Charlie , . Bottjs two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Cal- ] [ vert and Mrs. G. C. Carroll,, and nine j . children, five daughters and four j r sons. The daughters are Misses Re- ] i becca, Ethel, Maud, Sarah and Alma . [ Botts, and the sons are W. D., Angus , ; Hubert and Raiford Botts. 1 Mr. Botts was well known in Ab-ij > beville and surrounding, country. His j - family connection is quite large and his friends are found everywhere. . Mr. Botts in the days of the dis, pensary was in charge of one of the , distributing houses of the system, 1 * and later an efficient officer of the '< police department in Abbeville. 1 Mr. Botts was a Mason and the ' funeral this afternoon was conducted f by this lodge, brother Masons acting ' as pallbearers. s Active pallbearers were Messrs B. j T. Cochran, R. E. Cox, W. D Wil- i kinson, F E. Harrison, Jr., W R Hil- c ton and F. B. Swetenburg. j IKES LAW BLEAR AS TO JV NETS i 3HIEF GAME WARDEN RICHARDSON WRITES CLERK OF COURT PERRIN EXPLAINING FISHING LAW AS APPLIED TO HAND AND DIP SEINES. " < '1 : Mr. J. L. Perrfn has received from ' Chief Game Warden Richardson ft letter saying it is ilot unlawful to fish with hand or dip nets.. While the taw clearly prohibits the use of dip seines it sets out a specific exemption in the cake of dip nets used bjr hand. A dip net is defined as "a small net about two feet m diameter, on a hoop, and attached to a pole five or ten feet long," and is usually used for catching live The letter from Mr/ilJittiardsort follows: '.rV"I am in receipt of yoqr Jitter of July 5th, relative to ... seining, with hand, and note you state that'Game warden nucKaDee is going to*make a case against a party who went Ashing Monday, July 4th, using dip seine with hand. "The Act of 1918 provides that 'There, shall be a close time in all the creeks, streams and inland waters of the state from the setting of the sun each Saturday until the rising of the sun each Wednesday, during which time all seines, nets, or my plan or device for the stoppage or collecting of fish, which obstruct* iny portion of any creek, stream or inland waters other xhan a dam for V ,' manufacturing purposes, shall jbe: removed from said creek, streams or . inland waters;' 'Nothing herein con-/ tained shall apply to fishing with -dip " nets used by hand/ "A dip net is a small net about two feet in diameter, on a hoop, and at- > tached to a pole five or ten feet iong, and is generally used for the purpose ^ sf catching live bait. Such a dip nets are exempted by the act of 1918 above mentioned. r "A "Dip seines are not1 permitted to be used from the setting of the sun , each Saturday until theorising of the 3un each Wednesday; sjiid seines being dragged through the streams bjf men tit each end. "Seines, nets, traps, etc., may he .v ' used in the muddy water streams only for catching non-game fish from Wednesday morning at sun rise until Saturday evening at sun set. This law applies to the Savannah River, as well as all creeks, streams and , inland waters of the State. ' "There is quite a difference bVtweten a dip net and a dip seine; the act specifically providing' that 'nothing herein contained shall apply to fishing with dip net* used by hand,' which are, as above stated small nets on a hoop about two feet in diame- ' ter, attached to a pole five to ten feet \ long. Dip seines are seines attached to poles at each end of the seine and pulled through the water." POURED GAS ON FIRE IN PLACE OF KEROSENE Mr. Gill Cade of Willington waa srought to the Abbeville hospital yesterday, suffering from painful Durns on the face and arms, caused from the sudden flash of fire resultng from pouring gasoline on a fire. VIr. Cade was starting a fire and had i can of what he thought was kerosene to make the fire burn better. When he emptied a quantity on the lames the flash burned him severely, ;hough not seriously. CAPTURE STILL. . . 'Federal Revenue Agent, V. B. Martin, Deputy Sheriff T. L. Cann ind M. J. Ashley captured a 60 galon still, a 50 gallon beer still, a 'double" and flake stand and five :ernienters Friday afternoon on rurkey Greek near Donalds. The -till and outfit was located on the jlace of Mr. Will Irwin, and Manuel ind Columbus Ware, said to be the nvners, were arested and placed in a:!. i igiii