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' . . :-'Vi ' v.-,:" ' ' ... - .. Abbeville Press and Banner! , v "*\s ' . ? tafl ' * Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, July 18, 1921. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. ~ 1 " ?? ~ "? . CURB MARKET OPENS HE TO-MORROW / ONLY PRODUCTS OF HIGHEST QUALITY TO BE OFFERED. SUCCESS OF DAY DETERi MINES FUTURE POLICY. CASH AND CARRY. Tomorrow the people of Abbeville will have an opportunity, for the first time, to buy farm produce right off the wagons, trucks and wheelbarrows that will bring it to town. The home demonstration agent lias worked hard on this undertak, ing, and the results of the first day's effort will determine, she gays, the i future policy to <be followed. If the - people of Abbeville show sufficient interest in the project enable the {producers to dispose of all the supplies they bring in on their first trip, there is no doubt that the market day will be established on a permanent basis. If, on the other hand, the farmers can not dispose of their pro* duce tomorrow they will not feel encouraged to bring more next market ?* I n?Ml oil ggihA PY gliBH vxvnvuwt 'IM5VW w- ? -? pect to attend to bring only produce of the highest quality. If this is done and the price is reasonable enough the consumer will feel assured that tfeey can'always get the best food fior their table direct from the producer. Since it is planned to. use the k r'cash and carry" system, it is only natural that - buyers will expect a?me remuneration in the way of lower prices for their trouble. . Most households in the city have been accustomed to having groceries and fruits sent out simply by losing tfie telephone and it will require enticing inducement to encourage them to shop and carry home these aeceaearie^. Miss Crowther believes, ' boweveT, that if they come once they will want to come again. In this connection it is interesting to read the following <Jreenville ev*i C dezrtly has for the curb market. The following from the Greenville 'Piedmont of Thursday tells of the success of market day there. "Record mid-week tading featured > business activities on the curb market which ijras open today for the sec> end time this week. Activities on the ' Court street exchange were of unusual interest because today is the first birthday of the curb market, which was established just a year ago under the auspices of the Young Hen's Business League. "The number of wagons of produce on the exchange on its open , liny day was 12. Today there were about 40 (wagons on the market and ifee record attendance daring the year the market has been in operation is about 60 wagons. ' The carb market now appears to be well and permanenty established and there is now always a steady stream of buyers and sellers in East Court street on every market day. "Among new commodities offered this morning for the first time this season were watermelons, which sold at medium prices. Cantaloupes were offered for the first time in large -quantities and sold well. There was a heavy movement of roasting ears S>ut a large supply was on/the exchange. "Rousting ears -do, not seem to j be as good this year a? last bat have not lost any of their popularity. "Chearies and grapes were offered at 15 cents per box and were ar 41 . ; - . ranged in attractive style. Grapes were on the market for the first time this season. Heavy trading began on the market about 8 o'clock and continued at an undiminished ratevuntil after 10 o'clcok. At that hour the I trade tide began to ebb but there still was some activity on the market at noon." Women's Rally Day , > In order to insure the success of 4 the first market day tomorrow, andto show the spirit of the women of Abbeville to cooperate with the women of the country who will come in tomorrow morning with produce, S* ./ - V ' -1 v . * >' ' BOTH SIDES TALK OF BONUS MEASURE REPUBLICANS URGED NOT TO & "SURRENDER TO DICTATOR." ?KENYON TELLS MEMBERS BILL CAN BE PAID?REFERS TO PRIZE FIGHT. Washington, July 16.?President * * & Harding's proposal that the soldier n bonus' bill be recommitted to the fin- ^ ance committee was the basis of tur- a bulent debate in the Senate today, ST charges of "dictation" being advanc- ^ ed by Democrats and denied by Re- ^ publicans. In preparation for final aaction, Senator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa, h offered an amendment which would C( w instruct the finance committee to rex " . t< kill aah1? in Tonnorv puiu uawrw vu^ vm w?u V??UWH*^? ^ Opposition waas immediately voiced n from both sides, Senator Borah, Re- ^ publican, Idaho, characterizing the suggestion as "moral cowardice" and asserting that six months' delay would :rr make no difference to the taxpayers ^ while Senator Watson, Democrat, ^ Georgia,'described the proposed ac- ^ tion as "a floral wreath on the grave & of the bill." to Allied debts, tariff and tax revision ta figured in the discussion. Democrats P -and Republicans joined in declaring w that the Allied debt refunding was w not sufficient ground for deferring & the bill. The bill itself was assailed ui by Republicans as well as Democrats t\ Senator Harrison, Mississippi; Mc- e< Kellar, Tennessee and Reed. Missouri, made the principal speeches against recommittal for the Democrat- gi it siuc. j. uc ic- ti ferred to President Harding as a b( "dictator" and urged the Republicaan y( not to "surrender." He declared the et President's course indicated "lack of 4>i respect" for Congress and warped a the Republicans they~could not play ja double with the people." ^ Senator Reed aJst> declared recom- w mittal would be "a polite way of kill- e; ing the~bill," President Harding's ad- SI dress, he said, made no suggestion as P< to time "when the stone would be roll b< ed away from the sepulchre." te "If there is a spark of life left' in tij it when it is filled with the Penrose w embalming fluid," said Mr. Reed "the ni angel Gabriel could not resurrect it" ct Senator Kenyon challenged the ar- ct gument that funds were lacking to pay the bill's burden. He said that ? people had paid $l,6Gp,000 recently to "see a slacker knock a Frenchman into insensibility" and declared tha^ means could be foipd to pay the sol- B diers. representatives of three women's clubs have spent the day talking the market day. Mrs. M. T. Coleman of the League of Women Voters, Mrs. C Foster McLane of the Civic League, and Mrs. Frank Nickles of the HospL- ^ tal Auxiliary have telephoned most of ' the women of the city and have been ? w assured of cooperation. It has been planned to make the ^ opening of the curb market the occasion for a general Rally Day, the y( purpose being to inculcate a feeling , ...... - he ox menasnip and mutual dependence between the women of the country n< anc|_ Abbj&yille. At a meeting recently ^ of the County League of Farm Women the fear was expressed that the ^ women of the city might not enter CI into the market d*:y plans with proper enthusiasm and that it would ^ avail them nothing if they came to town early Tuesday with their produce. The women of Abbeville ex- . IT pect to stir up such a feeling of friendship and cooperation on this day that there may never again be ^ - - - - - - -ST-' question of their attitude when their cooperation is needed to make any ar mutual benefit project a success. It is hoped that all the women who bring in produce can be preaviled upon to stay in town for the meeting ga at 11 o'clock of the. league of women Sc voters, which will be held in the re county court house. Sc WREST OF NEGRO EXCITES CROWD IOB SEEKS SAM STARKS, CHARGED WITH WRITING LETTERS TO WHITE GIRLS, TAKEN TO ANDERSON. QUIET NOW RESTORED. Anderson, July 16.?.Reports that mob had surrounded the jail at Iva ear here, tonight seeking to capiire a young negro, were received t the sherfTs office tonight. The nero had been arrested, charged with Titing improper letters to three toite girls, and feeling was said to e rsing higher. Anderson, July 16.?The mob that ad surrounded the jail at Iva, this aunty in an effort to secure a negTo ccused of writing improper letters ) three girls, was outwitted tonight hen the sheriff's officers spirited the egTO from the Iva jail and brought im to the jail here. Greenwood July 17.?A telephone tessage to The Index-Journal from .nderson at midnight stated that m?f. ktLr} iHacti -follnwinc xe removal of the negro, Sam tarks, to the Anderson jail And no rouble was anticipated. In addion to Starks, his wife an^ Will ettigrfew, another negro, charged ith being implicated in the letter riting were carried to the Ander>n jail. Officers were reported to be ncertain as to the guilty parties and ?o more arrests at Iva were expect1 to be made today. Anderson, July 16.?Three neroes'arrested in connection with targep that improper letters had ?en written to three prominent DUTL2* white cirls at Iva. were rush 1 out of that town tonight and ought here for safe keeping when mob gathered around the sfaall Iva lil. Quiet wa3 restored shortly after ards at Iva and no more trouble is cpected. The negroes are Sam barks and his wtife, Julia, and Wall ettigrew. The letters were said to ?r Starks' name, but when he pro-sted that he could not write, Petfrew was held on suspicion that he i rote them and forged Starks' ime. Julia Starks was taken into istody and 'brought here as a pretution. RISTOW GETS OFFER OF IMPORTANT P1ACE aptlit Put or Considering Acceptance of Alabama Place As Hospital Manager. The Rev. Louis J. Bristow, pastor ' the Baptist church here, has relived a flattening offer to manage chain of Baptist hospitals in Alaima, with headquarters at Selma. ~ T i. . c iuts uvt yw utsiuuueiy uwiucu * hether he will accept. When comunicated with thtis afternoon he id made no decision. Mr. Bristow was for two or three sars' superintendent of the Baptist >spital in (Columbia and he made a xtable success there. He has been istor-tff the Baptist church here for xrat ten yeaTS and has won the adixatfion and esteem of the people ' all denominations. Should he de- ' de to accept it will be regretted r his friends here, though they are altered that Mr. Bristow has relayed such a complimentary offer. Mr. Bristow returned yesterday om Atlanta, where; he has been idergoing treatment for an affec[>n of the throat. This troubel is ill causing him much inconvenience id he is resting. i In Favor of Tariff. New Orleans.?Four hundred dele- 1 ites from five states placed the ' mi f V> am Tariff A?Ariflrrooc af-rrvn tt nn 5 rubii^iii iii u vi vu cord for a protective tariff on ! uthern products. 1 ~i -i };r-\ Lc~,\' iv . w -;.fcv/^'v *'*? i <v*? ?'.? LIFE IN PRISON FOR MRS. KABER FOUND GUILT Yv OF iftURDER < WITH RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY ON CHARGE OF KILLING HUSBAND?NO APPEAL LIKELY. \ Cleveland, 0., July 16.?Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber was today found < guilty of murder in the first degree ] but with a recommendation of mercy j by the jury which tried her on a , charge of plotting tne killing of her ] husband, Daniel F. Kaber. Under the \ verdict Mrs. Kaber must serve the ; remainder of her Ii^e in prison. , Though the jury had not yet re- . ported officially to the court, Judge < Maurice Bernon announced the de- j cision to Attorney Francis W. Poul- j son, Mrs. Xaber's personal counsel, j so that he might inform Mrs. Kaber , in hope that she would revive suffi- i ciently from a stupor to be brought ] into couH to hear the oiiicial an- ' nouncement. She had been in a stupor all morning. t Mrs. Kaber was sentenced to < life imprisonment in the Ohio Re- ] formatory for Women at Marysville. i Under the Ohio law there is no hope < for pardon tinder such a verdict. ] Mrs." Kaber is the first woman in ] Cuyahoga county to b? convicted of 1 first degree murder. i . William J. Corrigan, Mrs. Kaber's 1 counsel, said he was well satisfied 1 with the verdict. The same expres- 1 iion was made by County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton. , I " Mrs. Kaber took the sentence very s calmly, uttering no sound. She was i carried out of the court room on the t arm/of a deputy sheriff. S The jury aannounced that it was ready to report a verdict at 8:45 this morning after having deliberated, in all, four hours. Mrs. Kaber,' according to her counsel, said that she understood what the verdict was and she was carried into the court room at 10:80 o'clock. The jury had not yet been brought in. The jury was brought in a few minutes later and made official report of the verdict. Mrs. Kaber was carried back to her cell in the jail. NEGRO WOMAN HELD ON INFANTICIDE CHARGE Coroner's Jury Orders Catherine Taylor to Jail.?Buried Baby In Garden ^ . i Finding that Catherine Taylor, negro woman, was responsible for the t death of her newly born child through t negligence, Coroner Cox, after the j inquest Saturday morning, turned ? the negress over to the sheriff. She is in jail and no application had been > made thi3 morning for bail. In her testimony at the coroner's inquest the Taylor woman said the child was born dead, and that she never saw it move once. She said it was born Monday and that she kept it in her room that night and Tuesday she placed it on the window sill outside her room. Wednesday she buried it herself in the garden. Dr. Hill and Dr. Gambrell held an * autonsv and testified that in their opinion the child had breathed. The a jury found that child's death was due to negligence of Catherine Taylor its mother. She will be held for v criminal court. ' It RAPLEY SHOALS CLUB r OPENS THURSDAY NIGHT & The Rapley Shoals Country Club, !.i recently -organized by the more pro- r stresslve men of the city, win open c its doors to the members and their E invited guests on next Thursday evening. The Dixieland Roamers, a ivell known orchestra from Henderionville, N. C., has been engaged for f chat evening and the club will open r tvith an informal dance at 9 o'clock, si '.J:*--,>. i.L mm ENGINE NEWEST MACHINI _ GREENVILLE MAN CLAIMS T< HAVE INVENTED MECHANIS! THAT WILL RUN ON "GRAVIT AND LEVERAGE" ? KEEP PRINCIPLE SECRET. Greenville, July 16.?A Greenvill :ounty man, E. E. Pym, claims' t have invented an engine that wi run without fuel. "Gravity and lei erage" are the two powers that M: Pym claims to have harnessed i the engine he says he tiks invente< Lubricating oil is all that id nei essary to its running, the invento rtatek "Start it and it runs unt stopped; started and stopped lik another engine; for stationary pu; poses only; capable of producin from one to 100 horsepower"?this : descriptive of the machine in th words of the man who claims t have invented such a remarkable d< rice. When Mr. Pym told his story hei this week he was asked if his mj :hine was not the long sought fo perpetual motion device. "Call what you want to," he replied, " ion't call it perpetual motion. Peopl augh at me and say I am crazy, be [ am glad to know that I have mai ;ered this great problem. Nobdo will believe me but I am glad t enow that I have mastered it jus ;he same. I may be.uneducated bv [ am not crazy." Mr. Pym says his. machine is th >roduct of 15 years of labpr an itudy. He says he constructed nodel last year which he harnesse o a magneto used in a launch on th ?t. John's river in PlnriiJa tn minnl surrent for lights and the-Vlaunc notor. This model ran the magnet 'or 32 days, he claaims. An attemp vas made to steal the model on light, he says and rather than hav he device taken from him he destroy >d it and has not had one since le, tells of having had another in rention stolen from him by a pat int attorney. Mr. Fym has absolute faith in th iltimate success of his device. He i :onfident beyond question that it wil vork. He is seeking a chance, h lays, to demonstrate his engine t he patent authorities . in Washing on. Financial backing is necessar; o get the engine patented and late ;o put it on the market, Mr. Pyr leclares. He is a poor man, accord ng to his statement, and his machin nust remain unproved and useles 0 the world until some man of mean s willing to back him up. Mr. Pym refuses to reveal the na ure of his engine, merely statini hat he has harnessed "gravity an everage" in a device that will pro luce power. VOMEN VOTERS LEAGUE TO HEAR MRS. BROWI fleeting in Court House Tomorrow ?"Good Citizenship" To Be Topic. The Abbeville County League o Vomen Voters will meet in the coui y court house tomorrow morning a 1 o'clock. All registered women o he county are expected to attend ,nd all women not registered are cor lially invited. Mrs. Thornton Brov&i of Missour rill address the meeting at 1' 'clock, on "Good Citizenship." The above announcement was mad< his morning by Mrs. Mary H. Far ow, chairman of the league, anc Irs. Rachel Minshall, secretary. They also announced that a meet tig of men and women may be ar anged for tomorrow night at th< ourt house, to be addressed by Mrs trown. Would Retain Carap Gordon. Atlanta, July 16.?A move is or oot here to have the war departmenl etain Camp Gordon as a hospital it?. LAUNCHES DRIVE E FOR GOOD ROADS o :tate highway association u announces plan to organy ize forces of each countt s in comprehensive move to build roads le , Columbia, July 16.?A campaign ;o for members for the South Carolina U Good Roads Association, extending 7" into every county in the state,, will r* be launched at once, L. D. Jennings, I n j of Sumter, president of the associa?. tion, said today. An organization >r will be perfected in every-county in the state and an intensive effort made ' e to secure legislation at the next ses- . j.J sion of the General Assembly looking i3 :o the inauguration of a program of .a ?an am a 1q ?/va oAol a in flllfl LtJ j l uau-uunuing uii a lai^c ovait ?u vuua ? state, he said. J" "It is the decision of the officers of / 2i the association that our first step : e must be organization." said Mr. Jert- - ^ l" nings. "We want to enroll in our or- Vp ,r ganization every progressive man arid woman in South Carolina who feels that the state should have a system e of permanent highways. lt "There are, as we see it, ten very v; strong reasons why South Carolina y should have permanent state high? ways: [t "First because the present made- , ' quate system of public roads in South ? Carolina constitutes our greatest , economic drain. Good roads are an a! asset, bad roads are a liability. . | j' "Second, because the success of e'j the agricultural, industrial, economic . \ y| and social life of our state depend* h j largely- uppn, transportation?tftt0 ,road and state highways. t ".Third, the introduction of the e automobile &nd the motor truck haa e rap;dly changed the character of trav - el. State highways are absolutely nec>. essary to meet these changed condi tions. - "Fourth, state highways .will mean improved school facilities, more e churches, better farms, quicker coms munication, reduction in cost of trana II portation and generally improved e conditions?moral, social and* ecoo nomical. ? ' " 5 "Fifth, because a complete system P of state highways Will carry light inr to dark places, build up and improve- . ; a the morals of our citizens and in! ? l" duce good people to settle in oure midst. 3 "Sixth, because we must look be3 yond the county line?state construction and maintenance make for broad vision and high ideals. The Piedmont % section of the state should be linked * with the coastal section and the Pee " Dee?we should know each other Y better. "Seventh, because highwayp constructed and maintained by the state * mean 'equal privileges to all, special privileges to none' and will lay the foundation for the development of our rural districts, towns, cities and commercial centers. "Eighth, because prosperity ia f headed our way and it is absolutely i necessary that the state provide a . r j jr? 1 J +/\ ? I IUI1U 101" r euexm oiu iu uc au? KV f] ;ake advantage of the government's J offer of Federal aid. All other states - are making ample preparations along that line. i "Ninth, because more and better > I roads can be built and properly m&inained by the state than through lo? :al units. County and townships will - never provide a complete ' system, 1 ,<uch as is needed by tht state. "Tenth, because every individual the state of South Carolina will - >enefit directly or indirectly from a i 5tate system of public roads, and, . :herefore, should contribute towards heir construction. "South Carolina must go forward, t cannot go forward without a state i ystem of permanent highways. We t believe the people of the state want [ ':em. We are going to organize that ?r.timent."