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c* #fa * CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING DAY NEXT SATURDAY, AUjGUS|T THE 13TH | Abbeville Press and Banner i ' - M Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly * Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, Aug. 10,1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. A 1 "" - I ' - 1*0 SCORE DROWir WHEN VESSEL SINKS FORTY-EIGHT GO DOWN WHEN SHIP STRIKES ROCK AT BLUNTS REEF DURING DENSE FOG?IJFE BOATS CAPSIZE. THIRTY INJURED. v Eureka, Cal., Aug. 8.?Forty-eight persons, 36 passengers and 12 of the - * ?a rl crew, were lost last nignx wnen me steamer Alaska of the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Co., south bound from Portland, Ore., to San Francisco, sank 30 minutes after crashing into the rocks of Blunt's reef, 40 miles south of this city. The survivors, numbering 166 pefrBons, were brought here today 1>y the rescue ship Anyox, the first vessel to reach the scene of the wreck in response to the Alaska's signals. The coast guard tug Ranger, dispatched early today from Eureka, r?fcn.med to uort with the bodies of 12 men. Eight 'were members of <the crew and four were passengers Capt. Harry Hobey, master of the Alaska/ is still unaccounted for and is believed to have gone down with his ship. Of the survivors landed by the Anyox, 30 were raoVe or less seriously injured and received medjcftl treatment at local hospitals. The Alaska struck the reef bow on in a dense fog, according to^e survivors, ad immediately began to list The work of launching life boats was accomplished without delay or disorder. Three of the boats successfully rode the wtiyes, but the fourth boat capsized, throwing its occupants into the sea. The greatest loss of life, the survivors said, resalted from this mishap. A few who wore life (belts succeeded in keeping afloat until picked up. Captain Hobey, when the last of life ihoftta 'had been sent over the side of the rapidly filling Alaska, went to the stern of his vessel and he was there when it started its plunge to the bottom. WILL FORM ASSOCIATION FOR CALHOUN HIGHWAY Effort Being Made By Chamber of Commerce to Consolidate Effort* For Road. Mr. G. T. Barnes, secretary of the Abbeville County Chamber of Commerce, is working at present on plans to form a local chapter of the Galhoun Highway Association in Abbeville County. These associations have already been formed in most of the other counties through which the * road will pass and the complete unification of effort will be accomplished when this county becomes organized. Much has been said recently about the Calhoun Highway. It is proposed to connect the Quebec and Bankhead highways, beginning at Cheraw and ending at Athens, Ga. It will pass through Chesterfield, Pageljuid, Lancaster, Chester and intermediate points to.Greenwood, Abbeville, Cal, wd.,acrt*? ^iesSayannaJi : luid thence to. and Athens, Ga. There are only a few links yet to be completed before the highway shall be completed. Already committees have appeared before the state highway commission requesting that the proposed road shall be taken into the state system. The commission agreed to do this as soon as the road snail be pu; i.n .?u?M condition as tne body can approve. Mr. Barnes is sending out circulai letters to persons whom he believes will be interested in the forming of this association. At some date in the near future he expects to announce the date for a general meeting at which time the organization will be completed. t PLANS LAUNCHED TO AID FOOTBALL COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO PROVIDE MATERIAL AND FUNDS?MANY OLD MEN RETURNING THIS FALL WITH MANY NEW ONES COMING. ; At a meeting this morning at the , Ghamlber of Commerce, plans were launched to make the H&h School football teaim entirely independent of financial" worry. Five committees were appointed and each one was assessed $100 each and they can pay , it or raise it, whichever they choose. Either way , that amount is expected eo be turned oyer to the authorities by August 17. Prospects for the ' team this tall were also discussed this morning and it was said that all . of last year's team would (be on hand at the first game this year, with the exception of one man, who is going to Clemson. Composing the committees appointed this morning are Mrs. Frank Nickles, chairman; Mrs. C. H. McMurray, Miss Onie Morse. 1N0. 2.?Mrs. Gordon White, chairman; Mrs. Allen Long, Mrs. J. L. McMillan. Np. 3-?Mrs. C. E. Williamson, chairman; Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Miss Caro Morse. No. 3.?Mrs. Wt JE\ Greene, chairma#;,.Mrs. Foster McLane, Mrs. G. T. Bfcrn.es. No.) 5.?Miss Ruth Howie, Miss Gladys Barnes, Miss Margaret Bradley, chairman to be appointed. These committees will begin work immediately to raise money to buy uniforms for about thirty men. It is expected that when practice begins in a few clays 40 candidates will be on the field and that at least ten more will come in with the opening of school. In pther words it is expected that with the opening of school at least 50 men will be on the field trying for places. And there is 1 sure to be some keen competition, as many of the prospective new men are heavy and have experience. Among the old men who are certain to wear an i^beville uniform this fall are: George Smith, Billy Long, Hugh Bradley, Ashby Galloway, Rayford McMillan, Foster Barnwell, Bill Cox, Francis Glenn, John Leslie, Gilbert Nab era, Frank Neuffer, Fred Minshall, Allen Long, Pink Bradley, Fred Leslie, John Klugh, Jack Bradley, Buster Howie, Bruce Galloway, Jimmie Harris, Claude Gambrell and Austin Roche. Several new men have already given their intention to make a try for places, among whom are Williams, Keaton, Williamson, Wham, Price tand White. The old members of the team will average about 130 pounds, which sounds rather light but as a matter ox tact max is siigntiy more than the average for a high school team. If all plans work out, however, it is expected that the line from tackle to tackle will^ average 165 pounds. Allen Long, captain of the team, says the schedule for games has not yet been completed, but there is a certainty that the state championship is going to be'in danger from this quarter. FULP ON SCHOOL BOARD : m =: S(5? m Governor' Cooper has* appbinted Major J. D. Fulp, superintendent of schools, to fill the vacancy in the county board of education, caused by the resignation of Mr. E. L. Reid. CHINA ACCEPTS NOV. 11 FOR ARMS GATHERING 1 ' Washington, Aug. 9.?The Chinese government has notified the state de partment, it was announced today, t that November 11 will he agreeable ! as the date for the conference on : limitation of armaments and discussion of Far Eastern questions. Official notification that the Japanese government has accepted that date still is awaited. MURDERS THREE AM SELF MOTHER, WIFE AND STEP DAUGHTER FALL BEFORE KILLER TURNS PISTOL ON HIMSELF?TRIES TO BURN HOUSE. Cort)in, Ky., Aug. 9.?A triple murder, suicide arid an attempt to destroy all evidence of the crime by burning the house was revealed in the discovery eary today of the bodies of Richard McHargue, his wife and her step-daughter and Mrs. Polly McHargue, mother of Richard McHargue, at her home. Conclusions drawn by local officials were that McHargue had killed the women members of the family and after starting a fire in one of the rooms in an effort to destroy evidence oi his action, took bis own life. The crime ccurred within three blocks of the Corbin postoffice. Although the McHartgue home is in a thinly populated section of the town and separated from it (by a small stream, neighbors today said they heard the sound of pistol shots at about 8 o'clock Friday night and were inclined to the belief that the tragedy was enacted at that time. The mother of McHai^ue and his wife were found in one room and that of the man and his stepdaughter were in another. Evidence was at hand to show that the girl had been stabbed with a knife, and the body was ibadly burned, the fire that had been started m the house haying reached her body, where it lay on the floor finally burning out. No motive for the crime had been developed today, although residents remarked that McHague had not been on friendly terms with his mother, and it was said that he had been heard to utter threats against her. ANNOUNCES COMMITTEES Chamber of Commerce Names Men To Serre for Year. Mr. <}. T. arnes, secretary of tne Chamber of Commerce, announces the followng standing committees to serve the present term: Executive?W. iP. Greene, president, J. S. Stark, & H. Rosenberg, C. H. McMurray, G. T. Barnes. iCivics?Mrs. C. * C. Gaimforell, chairman; Mrs. J. C. Ellis, Mrs. T. G. White, Mrs. Poster McLane, Mrs. W. P. Greene.Education?J. D. IFulp, chairman; J. M. Daniel, W. ^ Barnwell, Mrs. W. F. Nickles, Mrs. A. B. Morse. iPiilKllmtv?IDr fJ A. "Np.nffer. chairman, E. C. Horton, H. L. Johnson, Mrs. C. E. Williamson, Mrs. J. D. Pulp. Roads and Agriculture?J. S. Stark, chairman; J. M. Nickles, G. E. Williamson, M. 6. Reese, R. S. Link. Mercantile Affairs?S. H. Rosenberg, chairman ; Joel Morse, T. G. White, Fred Cason, Dr. J. A. Austin. Banking, Real Estate and Insurance?Dr. F. E. Harrison, chairman; R. E, Cox, W. F. Nickles, Lewis Perrin, W. L. Peebles. Industries^?R. S; Link, chairman; J. F. Barnwell, J. A. Hill, C. E. Williamson. Transportation?J. S. Cochran, chairman, Arthur H. Rosenberg, E. F Arnold. Conventions?J. M. Nickles, chairman, C. D. Brown, Jr., J. Moore Mara. M. T?. Sirfan. Mavwpll Smith. Membership?Joel S. Morse, chairman; A. 0. Roche, A. H. Rosenberg, <J. A. Neuffer, Glenn Kay. Eentertainment? J. D. Fulp, chairman; W. D. WHkinsn, J. D. Kerr, Dr. J. R. Nickles, Harry Wilson, D. H. Hill, Mrs. F. E. Harrison, Mrs. Earl Ferguson, Mrs. Otto Bristow, Miss Ruth Howie, Miss Sarah Barnes. IT STARTS FIRE IN LONDON PLANT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE FOLLOWS ROW WHEN MEN WERE REFUSED. WORK IN THE LUMBER YARD BY OWNERS OF THE PLANT. London, Aug. 9.?At 10:30 tonight the great London lumber fire broke out with renewed violence. Only the skeletons of a few buildings in Great Britain's greatest lumber yard are left standing and several firemen and policemen nave been injured. The fire followed a riot by 5,000 started early today and the stock of lumber, valued at more than $5,000,000 covering twehty-one acres of ground with great piles of boards and timbers, is completely destroyed. ' The fire followed a riot gy 5,000 unemployed men who were refused work by the owners. The origin of the fire is a mystery but the police believe that it was started by disappointed laborers who invaded the yard when they were told that there was no work. They upset lumber piles and hurled rocks through the office windows. A riot call resulted in an attempt by 500 foot and 50 mounted police to disperse the angry crowd. The fire alarm was soon followed. The fire spread with lightning rapidity over the quarter of a mile of lumber piles which were thoroughly dried out by the long drought. The yards are on the banks of the river Lea in the heart of the densely congested east end manufacturing district At one time it was thought | that the entire district was threatened and adjacent factories began emptying their hufldings by sending the employees home and removing the contents. The fire spread to timber laden barges in the river, a strong breeze fanning the flames, making it almost ! impossible for the firemen to approach on account of the intense heat. Scores of firemen narrowly escaped with their lives when piles of lumber and timbers near which they were working toppled ,'ovei* undermining three 65-foot cranes which fell a moment later. Late this afternoon several gasoline jtankB exploded endangering nearby 'buildings and huge spurts of burning gas shot many feet from the lumber yards. Efforts of the firemen co control the flames were ineffective owing to lack of pressure in the water mains due to the recent prolonged drought which has cut London's water supply almost in half. Scores of Scotland yard detectives were sent out around the vards in an attempt to find the cause of the fire. Despite the belief of J. G. Liksten, who owns the yards, that the fires were caused by electrical trouble the authorities are rounding up scores of suspects among the hostile unemployed who began the riot. WORKING FOR WEEVILS Lawyer Mc. N. S?y? 'He Will Feed 'Em or Bust. A certain well known lawyer about town, who also claims to be a desultory farmer token the pressure of legal business does not overwhelm him, has evidently been reading the literature put out by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Boll Weevils. He says a few of the bugs have been found on his farm and that his neighbors have suggested various remedies to exterminate them. But says he can not bear (to send them to an early grave, or to allow them to go hungry, so he has erdered and directed that plenty of provender, in the form oi couon squares, watermelons, fresh tomatoes and other fruit shall be supplied his kind insect benefactors, and that none of them shall be molested or disturbed in the pursuit of their chosen occupation. I HARVEY PRESENT SI AT COUNCIL MEET SAID THAT AMERICAN AMJ3AS- ME SADOR MAY TAKE HAND IN 1 SETTLEMENT OF SILESIAN 1 PLEBISCITE DISPUTE. MAKES 1 NO PUBLIC STATEMENTS. < - - L- ! t*. Paris, Aug. 9.?'General Lerond, 1 head of the inter-allied commission Cai for Upper Silesia, appeared before by the supreme allied council here to- ant day to explain events leading up to hoi the Korfanty insurrection there last ens spring, fie iwas bitterly attacked by 1 Germany for his alleged failure to tre foresee the attempt by the Poles to reg take over al arge part of the Upper am Silesian plebiscite area, and there sig: were hints that he did not ' take the ing proper measures to meet the aitua- cor tion when it developed. pro Discusion of the Upper Silesian the problem wtas to follow General Le- era rond's statement. The ground work is < for this discussion was laid during ' the first meeting of the council yes- of fcerday, when French and British ex_ tioi perts presented argument in favoT of wh: drawing the frontier between Poland pas and Germany along various lines in unc the plebiscite area. The Italian gov- Imi ernment has announced it will not Th< take a position relative to the fron- ope tier until after the whole Upper Si- mei lesion quetsion has ibeen considered or by the council. prr The presence of George Harvey, sea United States ambassador to Great clai Britain, has led to suggestions in jec unofficial quarters that he might play imj a definite role in settling the vexing im\ Silesian questions. Mr. Harvey has pro made no statement, but there' is an sea assumption that any action he may age take will be directed by the State ] (Department in Washington. De: Yesterday's session of the council the wa informal in character, and proved Br< to be rather tiresome, owing to the cor fact that the reports of experts had ' to be translated into English or cal French or Italian. me Brigadier General H. T. Allen, ha; commander-in-chief of the AmerL ing can army of occupation, was called wii before the supreme council imrne- tioi diately after it opened this morning's j session. When General Allen arrived by in Paris it was understood that he giv had come to consult with Ambassa. wii dor Harvey on the subject of the itei cost of maintaining American troops scr in Germany. an< on< BURNED TO DEATH an % wa Fifteen Men in Coast Line Freiffatt Wreck. ,01 spc Houston, Texas, Aug. 8.?Fifteen mir5 men, unauthorized persons' aboard are believed to have been burned to agl death in the wreck of Gulf Coast a 1 JMA Line freight train No. 32, eastbound, at Reeves, La., today, accord- wo ing to advices received at the gener. ^or al office otf the railroad company here ^rc tonight. Work of clearing the debris . is^ proceeding. The bodies were w" burned beyond recognition, deI ??? pr0 Identification Impossible. -re(^ ma ? - ? rt TIJ I Lake Charles, La., Aug. o.?ra- taj, forts to identify any of the fifteen ^ men killed in a freight wreck today we] at Reeves, La., practically had been eEi abandoned tonight. The scene 'of the" mu wreck was a high trestle known as Clear creek 'bridge. The locomotive $l? crossed the trestle safely, but practically the entire train of sixty cars fell into the ravine. < The bodies of the men were burn- tili; ed so badly that even their color is Ari in doubt. A number of the cars were thr destroyed. Cre ly REPAIRING BUILDING flar fig* In order to remedy a crack in the uns wall, above the plate glass windows fro of Philson & Henry, the corner of at ! the Rosenberg building at the corner ficii of Trinity street and the square, is are being torn away. Mr. Hugh Prince the has contracted to do the work. mo' ME PASSES ANTI-BEER BILL f . "* '.ASURE NOW GOES TO CON TERENCE?MAY BECOME LAW JEFORE END OF THE WEEK. VOTE WAS NEARLY TWO f6 DNE. ^ ^ | JVashington, Aug. 9.?The Willismpbell anti-beer bill was passed | the senate late today, 39 to 20, 1 sent to conference with .the 4 lse with the prospect of its final ictemnt before the week-end. |s Jpon being informed of the action J asury official's said that the beer v illations which have been drafted 1 are ready for Secretary Mellon's nature would not be issued pend' action by the senate and house iferees. The regulations would vide for use of medical beer under t ruling of former Attorney Gen1 Palmer, a ruling which the bill lesigned to overcome. Phe ban against the prescribing beer by physicians and limitafa of prescriptions of wine and iskey contained In the bill as sed by the house were virtually :hange| by the. senate but a few jortant amendments were added ? jse include a provision to restrict rations of prohibition enforce- Lj at officers by prohibiting searches any attempts at searching of irate property or premises without ri rch warraMs. A violation of this use would be a misdemeanor subt to fine of $1,000 and one year >risonment, Penalties of five yearp >risonment and $1,000 fine were ' '' vH vided for neraons attemntimr * . * rches while posing as prohibition ate fourteen Republicans and six mocrats voted against passage of bill. 'A motion by Senator 1 jussard to recommit the bill to v' V;S nmittee was defeated, 38 to 23. rhe senate rejected, without a roll I, the "beer and wine" amend- / J nt of Senator Broussard. It would re permitted use of beer contain; up to 5 per cent of alcohol and * ' le of 14 per cent, upon authorizan by state referendum. Another, amendment rejected was senator spencer ana wouia nave en physicians power to prescribe le and distilled spirits in unlimi quantities. The bill limits preiptions to one-fourth of a gallon i that of spiritous beverages to ;-half ?int'by alcoholic content to individual in ten days. No change s made in the house clause fixing \ ) prescriptions as the maximum a physician in 90 days except by icial order of the prohibition comssioner. rhe drive of the opposition forces linst the bill also resulted in the >ption of several minor amendnts modifying the liouse bill. One uld permit importation of wines sacramental purposes when the hibition officers should determine ,t the domestic output of such ies was insufficient xo meet nome nands. Another would bar the tuition office from revoking or tuiring changes in formulas of nufacturer3 making products conling alcohol unless it should be ermined that such manufactures re being used as intoxicating bev- 'es in increased volume in comnities. ' / !0,000 FERTILIZER FIRE IN COLUMBUS, GA. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 9.?The ferzer shed of the local plant of the nour Fertilizer company, situated ee miles east of Columbus on Bull iek was razed to the' ground shortafter midnight last night, the nes spreading so fast that the fire iting crew of the company were ible to check them. The damage m unofficial sources is estimated $150,000. Insurance men and of- / als of the company from Atlanta expected here today to look over situation and arrive at the aunt of damage suffered.