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' a " Abbeville Press and Banner ' v- : : : ; | - : Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, July 27, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. TAMPERING AGAIN ; FOR LARGER HOUSE I . LAST CONGRESS REFUSED TO i REAPPORTION MEMBERSHIP, BUT NEW MOVE IS MADE WITH PRESIDENT HARDING'S FINftF.RS IN PASTRY. % \ Washington, July 25.?Another attempt to increase the sizev of the House of ' Representatives is now being made, although the House itself at the last session of Congress rebuked the first attempt and turned down the majority report of the census committee on reapportionment. ' At the last session the majority of the census committee reported in fa + XL- V vur <Jl raituu^ mt? nuiuuci uu. ivyic3entatives from 435, so that no State in the Union would lose a member. After a warm non-partisan debate, the House by a substantial margin adopted the minority census committee report which favored reapportionment without increasing the j number of representatives above the present 435. The (House adopted the bill recommended by the minority of fihe committee, but the Senate pig-1 eonholed the measure and let it die with the life of that Congress, March 3 1921. I 1 When the present Congrer/ came in the census committee of the House was reconstituted, though retaining many of the former members 1 v including the former and present ' chairman, Representative Siegel, of 1 New York, who is a strong advocate ' of increasing.the number of his col- ^ leagues at that end of the capital. Chairman Siegel has managed by the * akin of his teeth to get his committee gain to report in favor of a raise, 1 tikis time to 460 instead of 483, and 1 ETAnaa Ttnll 'TVIiaIA Aivltf ^ VUV UVUOC Will uovg bUC TT ilvXv U^UW , over again. In the last Congress the report of the census committee of the House in favor of increasing its numbers was 8 to 6. This time, when the vote was taken in committee, there was a tie?7 to 7?(among the negatives being Representative John J. 'McSwain of South Garoliila), and the only way in which Chariman Siegel was able to gelt bis bill repbrted was by the 'kindness' of one of the members opposed to the measure, who changed his vote in order that the chairman might have this satisfaction. / ] TVia fftmrrnttppfman ?m oft-mincr fft WW? ? c the assistance of Chairman Siegel ih the hour of need was Represntative Henry F. Barbour, of California who has been one of the strongest ] antagonist of reapportionment by en i largement, and is understood to be ( of the same opinion still. Rumor has 1 it that a suggestion from President ; Harding was the real cause of \ Chairman Siegel's temporary "res- j cue." ANNUAL SETTLEMENT FINALLY COMPLETED in Making out Tax Execution* to Submit to Sheriff. 4 The annual settlement between the county auditor and the treasurer was completed yesterday. The county affairs were found to be in good condition,-Mr. Searson, representing the comptroller general's office, saying that the county's interests were being looked after in an efficient manner. PAnnfv Traacnror PVioa+Viom ic nrvar VVWUy VliVr>VUIMU to uv TT busy making out tax executions. He says there will probably be about a thousand on the delinquent list this year. He expects to complete the list by August 8, at which time he will turn it over to the sheriff for collection. Mr. Cheatham thinks that the large number of delinquent taxpayers is due to the tightness of money, the -operty owners figuring that it is about as cheap to pay interest in the form of a penalty to the county as to the banks. The penalty, plus cost of collection, will amount to about 8 * per cent to be added to the original lax. I PELLAGRA, STORY MOVES PRESIDENT HARDING ASKS RED CROSS AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF SEMI-FAMINE AND DISEASE EPIDEMIC. Washington, July 25.?Alarmed at reports of a threatened "semifamine," coupled with an epidemic of pellagra in a Targe section of the Southern cotton .belt, President Harding today requested both the public health service and the American Red Gross to make immediate investigation' and report what could be done by the federal government to relieve the situation. The fullest cooperation of all federal agencies in the relief measures was promised by the president who declared that if found necessary 1 congress would be asked to pass spe cial legislation. He urged that no time be lost in ascertaining the actual conditions and applying to bhem an effective reihedy. The threat of "famine and plague," the president wrote to the health service and the Red Cross, seemed to arise from the fact that depressed markets had made' it im- . possible for the people of a large section of the South to sell their stocks of cotton. The , resulting shortage of money, he said, apparently had deprived many thousands of the va- . riety of food necessary to ward off , E>ellagra. The president in his letter to Surgeon G.eneral Cunuming said: "I have been greatly concerned to lote the public statement from the Niblic health service as to the memdon of pellagra and condition of at ( east semi-famine in a large section )f the cotton belt. That such a coniition is obviously a temporary incident to the economic dislocation following the war, can mot lessen >ur concern. Famine and plagtte are j Rrords almost foreign to our Ameri- ; ran vocabulary save as we ,have ; earned their meaning in connection , ffith the afflictions of lands leas fa- , rored and toward which our people aave so many times displayed large j in a penervus cratuxty. (Continued on Page 4.) BECOMES ASSOCIATED WITH DR. S. G. LOVE 1 Dr. Lowrie W. Blake has gone to Ronceverte, W. Virginia to become associated with Dr. S. G. Love, formerly of Greenwood, now owner of the Greenbrier General Hospital. Dr. Love left Greenwood last summer to i take charge of the Greenbrier Hos pital. For the -present Mrs. Blake will remain with Dr. Blake's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blake. The following is taken from the West Virginia N'ews: Dr. Lowrie W. Blake arrived here last' Sunday to become associated with Dr. Love in the Greenbrier general hospital in department of internal medicine and diagnosis. Dr. Blake comes to Ronceverte equipped from a large experience in hospital work having been one year in the University of Maryland hospital, two years as resident physician in the City hospital of New York, one year with the Willard-Parker hospital, and one year with the Skin and Cancer hospital, both of New York city. With his coming, \D:\ Love announces the opening of downtown offices, second floor of the Bowers building, Frankford avenue, which offices will be closely connected with the hospital and where both Dr. Love and Dr. Blake will be found at Stated hours. Dr. Blake's laboratory work in connection with the hospital will * ? ? v a. - ? _ P l- ? J j i.: J mciuae tne Testing 01 oioou unu ivmneys with tlft aid of the most modern, laboratory apparatus, and general internal medical and physical diagnosis.?Index-Journal. " .. .( ..'t . , / CAMP JACKS ALMOST2 Army Will Be Reduced Rapid Action Come Cantonments to Many on ] V Washington, July 26.?Reduction of the United States army to peace time strength of 150,000 men wil 'be accomplished by July 31, in ac cordance -with the decision of Con gress when it refused to appropriate funds for pay of a greater force ai ter October 1. With the reduction Secretary Weeks announced tod^j there woulld Ibe a general distribution of troops, practical abandonment o: seven of the great war-time arm: cantonments, placement of many or ganizations on the active list am skeltonization of others Into mater: ally reduced strengths. The cantonments to be abandone< "at the earliest practicable date,-' a; announced by secretary weeics, ar< Camps Devans, Massachusetts; Sher (man, Ohio; Pike, Arkansas; Grant Illinois; Jackson,. South Carolina and Meade, Maryland, except for i sma'll detachment, and Bragg, Nortl Carolia. Those to be retained undec the plan of reorganization are: Dix New Jersey; Travis, Texas? Lewis Washington, And Knox, Kentucky. The War Secretary said it wai his plan eventually to remove al troops from the cantonments to b< vacated and to salvage the greatei part of the buildings. ~ffwas not his purpose, he said to sell the land, bul to retain it, as well as the utilitief and improvements, such as store ' > i BOARD OF SELECTMEN ELECT MISS iINEZ WARD #/ Community Worker at Mill to Begin Work First of September. Well Fitted for Place. At a recent meeting, the Board od Selectmen of the Abbeville Cotton Mill elected Miss Inez Ward of Atn beville, community worker at tht mill. She has accepted and will take up the work September 1. Miss Victoria Howie, who is at present, engaged in this work will return to college in September. - / Miss Ward is well qualified -bj training and experience to carry or the work in which she will be engaged. She studied one year at Chicora college, was graduated with the A. B. degree from Winthrop, taughl school for a time and later got th? bachelor of science degree at Columbia University Teachers College. A1 each of the colleges she attended Miss Ward specialized in domesti< science and home nursing as well as other lines of wocrk that would aid her in the sociological work she is now about to undertake. A i. 1-1 j.1 1. ' ? iL. If.'.. AU tne OUMM*??IK. 01 uie war, mix Ward went to Washington, first witl the war department and later witl the department of agriculture as ex tension worker. She continued ir this work until sickness compellec her to give it up about a year ago. BIDS FOR ROAD. The highway commission will opei bids Friday at 12 o'clock for the con struction of 2.3 miles of the Green wood-Honea Path-Belton road be tween Donalds and the Greenwooc county line. SUPPER FOR VISITORS The Board of Selectmen of th< Abbeville Cotton Mill gave a suppe: last night at the community house ix honor of the visiting physicians ant the mill officials. Dr. Hayden an< Engineer Filbj- and Dr. Gambrell also a member of the state board o health were guests. LAYING THE FOUNDATION , Workmen from the Butler Marbl< Works of Greenville have been ii Abbeville today puttiing down th< concrete base for the Confederal Marker on North Main street. ON CLOSES IMMEDIATELY to 150,000 Men Sunday. s As Surprise?Seven Be Discontinued. [nactive List \ n houses, water systems and railroad - tracks. He said these would toe used 1 if future approbations permitted - an expansion of the citizens' military - training camps. e There was considerable surprise among army officers when it was l> found that the enlisted strength '* would ibe reduced to the 150,000 a mark by July 31. Only a few had bef lieved that the soldiers would 7 resign under Secretary Week's order - in numbers sufficiently large to ef* feet the reduction %froan approxi mately 220,000 men in June to the smalier figure before winter. * Secretary Weeks recently dn3 structed corps area and divisional 2 commanders to permit the men - within the continental boundaries > to resign during July upon applica> tion without forfeiting travel pay to * their homes or the $50 (bonus which 1 they received ordinarily when their r enlistments expired . The resigna> tions literally poured in and caused I A-\- - O A 1_ _ *_ J 1 ? tne secretary to revoke ras wraex Defore the month wa3 ended. Mr. 3 Weeks said today that the applies- 1 tions alreday received would bring ; the enlisted strength to the 150,000 r mark by July 31, it requiring that 3 period of time for the existing ma-,' t chinery to care for the paper work j involved in the discharge of so many 1 men.. NINETY SIX POSTMASTER > HELD FOR EMBEZZLEMENT > l i J. W. Stalnaker Admits Misappropriation of Federal Funds. Shortage of $4,Sl)0. ^ J. W. Stalnaker postmaster at Ninety-Six, Greenwood county, was ( lodged in the Abbeville county jail s late Monday afternoon on a charge of embezzlement of federal funds. " He was brught to Abbeville by Postoffice Inspector Mansfield and A J nrwr a liny) ftvrn i/ryui^ iuai oiiai rvuamo nau nau pt" L via^sly carried him to Greenwood, . but in the absence from the city of the United States Commissioner of - that county he was brought before ' United States Commissioner C. E. * Williamson. Mr. held a hearing im- , . mediately after the arrival of officers [ with Stalnaker and bound him over 5 to federal court under $4,000 bond. 5 Before bond could be arranged, ' I Mr. Williamson received this mornJ ing a wire froim the postoffice inspector who ha3 been engaged in making i an additional check of Stalnaker's i accounts to the effect that later dis1 (Vwir<iA? ImH tiro ahnrtace from $3,200 to approximately $4,i 500 and Mr. Williamson increased 1 the bond to $5,000. The original checking began following complaint by mail order house that money paid Stalnaker by their customers in payi ment on C. O. D. packages had not . been remitted. At the hearing In spector Mansfield testified a3 to the - shortage and Sfelnaker admitted the 1 misappropriation of the postoffice funds to private purposes, saying that he had paid personal debts with the money and that he had intended ? to replace the amount as soon as he r became able. C?l_1 1 1 1 J _ i. I oiainaKer nas Deen "posumasLer at, 1 Ninety-Six for slightly more than a 1 year. His mother is acting in his , place while he is away. He is about f 27 years old and married. TO SELL SCHOOL BONDS. ? The trustees of the Abbeville i school will open bids tomorrow for j the sale of $100,000 of bonds, ree cently voted for the erection of the new school building' J I GEORGE S. MOWER DIES AT NEWBERRY MAN LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE AND WELL KNOWN AS LAWMAKER, LAWYER AND PUBLIC SPEAKER?^BORN IN MAINE. AGED SIXTY-EIGHT. Columbia, July 25.?Hon. George S. Mower of Newberry, who has been in public life in South Carolina for a quarter of a century, died at his home this morning in Newberry, according to advices received by friends and officials in Columbia today. His death followed a stroke of paralysis, suffered a few days ago. Mr. Mower was a lawyer in Newberry. He was born in Maine, April 20, 1853. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College. He received the degree of L. L. D. from Erskine College. Mr. Mower's public life was best known in connection with his legislative service though he was prominent in Masonic circles and in business. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1895. He served as counsel for the state in the famous Coosaw Phosphate litigation in 1891'and in .the election registration cases in 1895. Mr. Mower first served in the house of representatives in 1888 and 1889. He served again from 1911 to 1916. He was state' senator from* Newberry from 1892-1904 his latest term of legislative service began I with his election to the house a third "time, in 1919 and for the 191920 term he was speaker protean. He was re-elected to the '1921-22 term and served with distinction .during the general assembly of this year. In 1876 Mr. Mower was married to Miss Fannie D. Jones of Newberry who died in 1910. HEALTH PICTURE SHOWN IN MILL VILLAGE State Health Officers Make House to Houie Canvas* In Interest of Health and Sanitation Dr. A. H. Hayden, representing the state iboard of health and Mr. Filby, the department's expert on water and sanitary plumbing, are in the city today in the interest of the health and sanitation campaign the board is waging throughout the state. They were busy today making a house to house canvass of the homes in the mill village, gathering data to be used in connection with the health moving picture to be shown at the mill school tonight. The picture was scheduled to (be shown last night, but trouBUe with the generator delayed starting until such a late hour that most of the prepared program was omitted. Abut two hundred people saw the picture and heard Br. Hayden even at the late hour he began. Tonight it is expected that a capacity audience will "be present. Dr. Hayden will explain the picture and give speiTinc appircanauiu*, twscrvcu during his tour of inspection. First he will take up in a general way the principles of healtih and sanitation, telling something of the progress that has (been made in sanitation and the resulting effect on health. Then he will take up specific problems as observed in his visits over the village, tell of harmful practices he has observed and ?dggest remedies. In this way Dr. Hayden makes his talks link up with bhe picture and good results a'lmost always follow. Dr. Hayden, Mr. Fi'lby and a certain number of the board of selectmen of the mill and Mr. Thomas were using a very effective method this morning for getting results. One doctor takes one side of the street and anotner the oflher. uonaitions are observed at each home and the people of the (homes are asked to meet at a certain house in the block, where all assemble and Dr. Hayden explains the purpose of the campaign and suggests remedies for whatever defects are noted. They are also I GOVERNOR SMALL | LIABLE TO ARREST j CIRCUIT JUDGE RULES THAT ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE IS NOT | IMMUNE FROM STATE CRIMi- / NAL CODE AND SHERIFF MUST DO DUTY. * "i Springfield, 111., July 26.?Governor Len Small of Illinois Tuesday was ordered arrested on charges involving misuse of State interest - funds. His arrest was ordered by Circuit Court Judge E. S. Smith in a decision denying the right of a governor to immunity from the State criminal code. Warrent charging the governor with a confidence game, embezzlement a^d conspiracy to defraud involving $2,000,000 were in the hands _ :| of Circuit Court Clerk Charles L. Koehn when Judge Smith 'hjad hand- , . ed down his informal decision. They were to be given to Sheriff Harry Mester for immediate service. The court offered to grant the governor a "reasonable period" in which to submit to arrest but warned the governor's attorneys that the sheriff would be "compelled' by law" to serve the warrants. , ~ I He also denied the report that the governor might call out troops. The judge asserted he did not believe National .Guardsmen, if called out by the governor, would obey orders to obstruct the law by .protecting the chief executive from arrest. Just as court was convened the judge received a large bouquet of ' roses. si "Some one has sent the court a 1 1. 99 A liT Douquet, xie saiu. x uu|ic umv oxter they have heard what the court has to say they will want the bouquet to remain." He began by repeating the "advice" given him at Friday's session of attorneys headed ?>y former Governor Jospeh Fife*. I " A request from puch a source can not be ignored," he said, but immediately read abstracts of the law providing far the issuance and service of capias warrants following indictments. "Come and get me." i This in substance was the reply of Governor Small when informed that Judge Smith had denied him immunity from State criminal procedure. "Tell my; attorneys not to attempt to delay the order of the cour issuing warrants for my arrest," said the governor. The governor reached th< capital without a iDoaygnara. ne who accompanied by 'his son, Leslie Small, and Senator John A.. Wheeler, of Springfield. He seemed to be unconj cemed about the case. BASEBALL GAME FRIDAY There will be a 'baseball game at the mills diamond Saturday afternoon at 4:80 between the* cotton mill team and the Bradley team. The A. C. M. team has'won the last nine games played, or 17 out of 24 for the season. Challenges have been sent the Whitmire and Pelzer teams for two games each, here and two return games, on any suitable Fridays and Saturdays. They have not been heard from yet Ibut it is expected that they will accept. checking as they go to the extent of the observance of the state law affecting the vaccination of children | fee smallpox. Dr. Hayden said this morning that nowhere in the state had he observed a mill village with better homes and clearner surroundings. He states that the houses are usually neat inside, sanitary practices are observed, and some precautions are taken for the prevention of disease. The health .picture will be shown again tonight at the mill. Tomorrow night it will be shown at Central school, Friday at Lowndesville aid Saturday at Antreville. A. .