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i / .. . s;. u .. . . \ - 1.7 < I Abbeville Press and Banner Ratabliahed 1844. $2.00the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Aug. 22, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Year. j COOPEROFFENP AT MUCH TALK ? * GOVERNOR SAYS REPORTS THAT STATE HAS ABDICATED TO MOB VIOLENCE ARE SLANDEROUS?CAUJS FOR PROOF I OR APOLOGY. Colombia, ^ug. 20.?Taking official notice of newspaper charges in affect that South Carolina had abdicated to mob violence, Governor Cooper, -who returned today from Paris Mountain, where he had been apendng a vacation, gave out a statement, taking the newspapers to task for their utterances. The Chief Executive calls on the papers to present proof of thefcr chaiges Or "make due apologies to the State which they have slandered." t The editorials to which the Gov ernor took exception were published 7 in The* State (Columbia,) The News and Courier (Charleston) and The Becord (Columbia). These editorials deialt with the so-called "hide and seek" policy of officers who had charge of the prisoners who confessed to killing William Brazell in Lexington yCounty, S. C., on Sunday &gtet, August 7. /. Sevearal nights ' last week trains , were searched by tTie mob near Co-, lumbia, and the newspapers pointed to the failure of peace officers to take in hand these men who were 'RAar'rhinc trains and also commented on the consideration shown the men not bringing the prisoners directly to Columbia in the open daylight in , defiance of the mob. The Governor says in his statement that he thinks there has been too much publicity in connection - with*the Brazell murder. One of the chief troubles the officers had, he says, was that the newspapers printed every move made by the officere "and therefore enabled those who ' - 1 - * * i - it - l j I sought to ao violence w> tne law w ihave advantage of advance information." VARIETY THIEF BUSY \ Man Engages Rooms and Ransacks Them of Valuables or Trifles. / i Operating with more or less sucv cess in various tfarts of town last \ week was a thief who did not waste - time picking over the goods that he found. Nothing was too valuable for him to take and nothing too trilling. His mode of operation was to call at a house and assc to engage a room, stay until J*e had collected whatever caught Ms fancy an.1 leave, to repeat the operation at some other house. The man who claimed to be an , employee of the Western Union, gave the name of Bowden at one place and J. J. Adams at another. He is supposed to have been from Spartanburg, and one man who claimed to know him sa^d that he was the son of a Spartanburg physician and that his name really was Adams. Adams or Bowden stayed several days at the home of Miss Ira Hamilton on Vienna street. When he left he carried away a suit of clothes belonging to John Bruce, a suit case and ft- : culled : lj'at the"home ?dif MmT>i A, Rogers on. * , " South Main street and asked to engage a room for the night. Mrs. Rogers took him in to look at a room and left him while she went on the porch to entertain company. He left telling her that he would return that night. He did not show up and Mrs. . Rogers did not think of him again until she began looking for a black i silk skirt. She did not find it. Then he stayed a day or two at Mrs. J. D. Beek's and left with - goods. The same man went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Tate and got a room for the night. During the night Mr. Tate looked in the room and Adams was gone and with him him had gone two coat suits belonging to Mrs. Tate ' ' s MASSACHUSETTES MOB STORMS JAIL BAY STATE HAS TROUBLES OF , OWN?STATE POLICE ORDERED OUT TO DEFEND NEGROES HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE. ALL NOW QUIET. - Barnstable, Mass., Aug. 20.?A mob of .nearly 200 men and women carrying ropes early today stormed the local jail, threatening to lynch three Cape Verde Island negroes, prisoners charged with highway /oband criminal assault on a young white woman at Buzzards Bay. Sheriff Rosenthal announced later that he had increased the jail guard 1 " - - i :-V4. XTn to 10 armea men zor iuiukih. uc said he did not intend at this time to call for troops. . "We expect to take care of the sit> uation right here," he declare/1. State Trooper* Ordered Out. Boston, Aug. 20.?Ten N members of the state police patrol havt been ordered to proceed from camp in Framingham to Barnstable where k crowd early today attempted to take from the jail three prisoners accus ed of assault upon a white girl. Held in $15,000 Bond. Barnstable, Mass. Aug. 20.?Andrews was arraigned this morning and held in $15,000 bail. Hearing for all three men has been set for Aug. 29. There waa^ no demonstration at the court house. Governor Appeals to People Boston, Aug. 20.?Governor Cox today appealed to the people at Wareham cot to let the mob spirit rule. He urged that they have confidence in their court and promised that the whole power of the common wealth would be extended to punish those guilty of so .atrocious a crime. -4?* WORKING WHILE HE RESTS Dr. T. L. Davis is in Abbeville for a short rest before returning to New York to finish his course in the big hospitals of the city. While in Abbeville the Doctor has "kept his hand in" having operated on the children from Lethe, performed a successful operation on Rev. Mr. Bristow and Monday morning took out the tonsils of little Hairy Brigge Wilson, David Aiken and Leon McOord. RETURN FROM CAMP Abbeville County young men graduating at the Citizen's Military Training Camp which ended alt Camp Jackson last week, were: Charlie A Ficquette, Lowndesville; James R. Gray, Antreville; Thomas A. Fowler, Oalhoun Falls; Everett B. Wakefield, Calhoun Falls;' James M. Bowen, Abbeville; Lawrence D. ** T\ ttf 1.. ** m iff W11* nagen, wue nen; noren in. ouu Due West; William L. Anderson, Anltreville; Herbert L. Whaley, A<bbeville; John D. Leslie, Abbeville; Marvin Kingr, Abbeville. and a raincoat. r Mr. Tate suspected that he would attempt to leave on No. 11, which was -about due. So he hurried to the shops, and. caught Adams before the aniv?ltof the train, lie1-left Mr. S. B. White to guard Adams while he call ed the police. Mr. White had no weapon other than a hammer and Adams ran. Mr. White threw the hammer at him and Adams dropped the suitcase which was carried to the police station. The suitcase containeed a variety of plunder, some of which is yet at the city hall ready to be identified and carried away by the owners. There are several silk shirts, a lady's black jersey petticoat, a shirtwaist, a hat, a string of beads, several framed mottoes, a tiny doll and doll dress, a centerpiece, two children's books with their names inscribed/ and numerous smaller articles. : HOME BREW SAFE UNDER NEW DILI CONFEREES AGREE ON ANT! BEER^MEASURE?SAID THA" STANLEY AMENDMENT ADOP TED IN COMMITTEE WIL1 BLOCK ACCEPTANCE Washington, Aug. 21.?The confer ence report on the anti-beer fell definitely agreed on today and pre sented to the senate, exempts a man' home from search without warran obtained in due course of law but re quires no warrant to'search othe nfODerty divided' an officer act without malice and has reasonabl cause to suspect the presence o liquor. Along with the presentation of th report word reached the senate tha prohibition leaders of the house hai declared there would be no recess o congress until the measure had beei finally enacted. Senate leaders, o: the pther hand, announced that i was hopeless to expect senate ac ceptance in view of the rejection b; the conference of the Stanley amend ment, passed unanimously, and de signed to protect the home and othe property from indiscriminate searc through imposition of heavy^ penal ties. '> The only point at issue in final de liberations of the managers was th searching provision. In reaching compromise both the senate an house amendments on the subject were discarded. In their plpce th conferees adopted the following seec tion: , "That any officer, agent vor em ployee of the United States engagei in thfi enforcement of thi>act, of th national prohibition act, or any oth er law of the United States, who shal search any private dwelling as de fined in the national prohibition act and occupied as such dwelling, with out a warrant directing such search or who while so engaged shall, with out search warrant, maliciously an without reasonable cause search ~?n; other building or property, shall b guilty of a misdemeanor and upo: conviction thereof, shall be fined fo a first offense not more than $1,00 or imprisonment not more than on year, or both. "Whoever not being an office] agent or employee of the Unite States shall falsely represent him self to be such an officer, agent o employee and in such assumed cbai acter shall arrest or detain any pei son, or shall in any manner searc the person, buildings or other propei ty of any person, shall be deeme guilty of a misdemeanor and upo conviction thereof shall be punishe by a fine of not more than $1,00( or imprisonment for not more tha one year, or. both." TWO GIRLS Mr. W. C. Sharpbon, who follo-w the trade of painting, felt incline to paint the wtiole town red toda] the occasion for the celebration b< ing the birtih of twin daughters at ha house. DRUNKS ARE GRADED - . .vi-. f?0jjj?$ Sliding .Scale . -?fPrice; Cbic&goaoi. Chicago, Aug. 20.?Revised schec ules of fines for various degrees o drunkenness whidh take effect Mor day, were announced today iby Judg Charles F. McKinley of the Chicag Avenue Police Court. The increas is designed to offset the rising cos of feeding prisoners. Plain' drunks will cost $3; nois drunks, $5; drunks who go to slee in public places, $5; drunks wh want to fight, $10; drunks who ac tually fight, $10 to $25. Schedules to be announced soo: will cover increased fines for mis demeanors, disorderly conduct an other offenses. CHANGE IS, MADE . IN COTTON RATE - south carolina railroad r , commission issues oVder reducing tariff on short L and increasing tax on long hauls. Columbia, Aug. 20.?The South I, Carolina Railroad Commission is toi day issuing an order in which it s grants that part of the new schedule t of freight rates on cotton proposed - by the railroads which reduces rates r on short hauls, and at the same rer ii a a il _ __t_ _ j..i _ *_ s iuses mat part 01 tne scneauie wmcn e carries an increase for hauls of more f than 130 miles. By this order the railroad commit e sion has, according to the impression t held by cotton men, thwarted what d appeared to be an effort on the part f of'some of the railroads to effect a a higher freight rate on cotton shipped n within the two Carolinas. t The proposed new schedule was submitted bv the Seaboard and the y Southern and had the approval of [-' other roads, it is understood. It proposed a reduction in rates for hauls r up to 120 miles, but for hauls of more h than 130 miles it carried an increase 1- The new schedule proposed a rate of 19 cents per 100 pounds on cotton i- shipped for distance less than five e miles, ^rom ten to five miles the a new rate would have been 21% cents d The ^present rate for all shipments s under ten miles is 27%. This means e a reduction of six cents on this shortest haul. From this on up to 120 miles the new schedule shows rei duced rates, the rate for disatnces d over 110 miles and under 120 miles e beincr set at 52 as compared with [- the present 54 for distance. _ .1 The new schedule offered to make i- the rate for shipments for 120 to 130 t miles 55 cents, the same as the presi ept rate, but for shipments of over i, 130 miles and under 140 miles the i- new rate would have been 57 % cents d as compared with" the present 56% y cents, and from this on up to shipe ments of 300 miles and over, for n which the new rates would be 76%, r as compared with the present 71%, 0 an increase of five cents per 100 e pounds. The railroad commission had a r, large hearing in Columbia recently on d the matter of this proposed new l- schedule, and at that hearing it was r contended that the schedule submitv ted would increase the freight bur> den on cotton, as there are more h shipments of over 130 miles thai! > there are for shorter distances. The d railroads had proposed to make the n new rates effective on shipments in d the two Carolinas, and on interstate ), shipments between both the states. n t The order of the railroad commission makes effective that part of the proposed schedule which reduces rates, but disallows that part which would raise rates. It is understood the North Carolina Railroad Commists sion has approved the new schedule. d . r? n r?rv?* * wf vv wo run auulio is Campbell School Hu Enrollment of Twenty-One "Pupili." . The school for adults* which, has "been in progress since August 1 at Campfe ell's school house, closes Friday. This school, taught by Miss I Tiillo T.i/la n.4 TVovlinof+nn Viaa ar? i- wu1ih uluvy vta. afhiiuigwtt; <4mw hv ,f complished splendid work in the l- short peroid of one month. There are e at present twenty-one pupils engago ed in study, their ages running e from 21 to 60. The men 'seem to rt take imore interest in the school than women, since of the ?1 enrolled ony ly three are women. p Closing exercises will be held Frio day afternoon, the principal feature - scheduled being a spelling match at 3:30. Superintendent of Education n Paul Mann has offered a prize to the ir (best male speller and Senator J. d Howard Moore one to the woman who stands up longest in the contest. TEXTILE STRIKERS.! RETURN TO WORK SIXTEEN HUNDRED OPERA- 1 TIVES AT CONCORD AND KAN;<v: NAPOLIS RETURN TO LOOMS WITH TROUBLE NOT FINALLY COMPOSED. \ ' i 1 (i " . 'Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 20.?Figures compiled as to the number of * employes of the six cotton mills at ? Concord and Kannapolis who have rieturned to work since the reopen- t inc of ithe nlanta. fumnraa on wMrfi ' both factions are practically in agree s ment, show that of the four ^lousand c who were at work when the six * r plants were mit down by the strikers, ^ one thousand and six hundred are V again at their looms and spindles. The figures submitted are as follows: Cannon mill at Kannapolis are j. working 1,100 as against 2,200 j. originally; Cabarrus mill, Rannapo- . lis 150 against 600; Brancord mill at Concord 31 against 52; Cannon mills * at Concord 125 against 350; Hart- j. sell at Concord 60 against 125 and Locke at Concord 150 against 600. ? The situation in both towns today is reported as unchanged with both g factions eagerly awaiting the arrival of Governor Morrison, who is to t speak at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and make somewhat of a public de- . liverance as tc the1 rights of tht> strikers and their duties as well. The ( laibor leaders who were instrumental c in getting the governor to come to the scene of the strike after he had 1 rpfii?u>d to net on their teleorranhic . , t advices, appear to be greatly \heartened. President Barrett of the State Federation of Lalbor expressed himself as having made at least some progress toward reconciliation ' i in * that he had succeeded in impressing Governor Morrison with the j expediency of visiting the scene of ^ the strike personally and making a popular address. Governor Morrison is not expect- ^ ed to attempt a mediation of the differences. He said in his original statement that the strike represented an economic issue and that he as governor, could not, therefore, in- 1 tervene. ] ( SQUAD IN GREENWOOD 1 i Red Cross and 'Legion Take Up ' Claims of Service Men. < , The Press and Banner was in error last week when it said that the cleanup squad of the American Legion and the Bed Cross would be in .Green- ( wood Friday and Saturday of last week. The dates were confused and" the squad will arrive Thursday of chis week and will be there Friday and Saturday, August 26 and 27, 1 1 witii iicau4uaiwcia ai> kuw vvwtuuutv Hall. The purpose of the squad is to ; establish personal touch with ex- ' service men who have or ought to 1 have claims against the government ' Expenses of the men will be paid ' while they are in Greenwood and 1 railroad fare will be given to return home. The only expense a man ^ need incur, therefore, in making the ^ .Tip is the cost of a ticket to Green- ] nmnA Men -from firpfTvwood. Abbe- 1 ville and McCormick counties are * invited to meet with the squad in * Greenwood. Information may be had c here from Dr. G. A. Neuffer or W. D. 1 Wilkinson. \ v . MRS. EDWARDS ILL. Mrs. John G. Edwards is seriously ill art; the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Gam- e ibrell. She was unconscious this t morning. With her are her son, Dr. Y John G. Edwards, of Edgefield and v Miss Georgia Edwards, o<f Easley. I Expected to arrive tonighit are, Dr. a Ed Edwards, of Spartanburg, Mrs. s Brice Mills, of Macon, and Andrew : Edwards of Georgtown. c t IMP 13 SUPREME J OVER UPS rESTS IN BOMBING BY "AIRCRAFT ESTABLISH EFFICIENCY OF BATTLE CRUISER AS ^ CHIEF DEFENSE AT SEA, SO : SAYS ARMY BOARD Washington, Aug. 20.?Results of lombing tests held off the Virginia oast from June 21 to July 21 have ailed to displace the battleship from ts preeminent position ' as the naion's chief defense at sea. This was the outstanding coneluion of the report of the joint board, >f the armv and navy, maide uublic ? oday by Gen. Pershing, the senior / I nember, and approved by Secretary Veeks and acting Secretary Rooseelt The testd, which resulted in the inking of four ox-German warships >y aerial bombs, prove, however, the >oard added, "that it' has become v mperative, as a matter of national ' lefense, to provide for the maximum1 >ossible develbpment of aviation in . ^ >oth the army and navy." The tests proved also, the board' igjfeed, the "necessity for aircraft farriers of maximum size and speed .3! tn effective adjunct of the fleet," ^ ind for; the development of "effec- * , ^ ive anti-aircraft armament." "Instead of furnishing an economcal instrument of war leading to the ibolition of the battleship, thedevel>pment of aircraft has added to the :omplexity of naval warfare," the re-. ?ort stated. K ^ The tests, which were conducted >y the navy, with the cooperation of he army air service, were reported ipon separately by army and naval >oards of observation, and these re )orts tormea tne oasis 01 tne statenent issued today. The joint board included Admiral y|l i. E. Coontz, chief of naval opera- ' ions; Major Gen. W. G. Haan, aslistant to the chief of staff; Rear Adniral C. S. Williams, naval opera- *1 ions; Brig. Gen. Henry Jervey, gen>ral staff, and Capt. W. C. Cole, naval jperations. The board found that military air:raft, when used 'beyond the radius rf action of shore bases, possessed ' 'limited assistance to gunnery in the | control /of fire, limited assistance in ;he service of information and security and important strategical and tactical qualities in operations of :oast defense," but might prove a iecisive factor in coastal operations , if used in adequate numbers. RO^D WORK PROGRESSING Surrey of Greenwood Route Almost Complete. Supervisor Keller said Saturday that gpod progress is being made on ( ill the county roads now under construction. Messrs. Blankenship, 'Elliott and Kyle all have large forces jf well equipped workmen on their ^ 1 contract work, and if good weather continues they will', probably complete their work within a few months. - Mr. Keller also said that County Engineer -Humbert has about com- ^ jleted the survey of the Greenwood road. This highway will follow what s called the "upper road," by Ebenszer and Beulah churches, through smithville and enter Greenwood :ounty near W A. Klugh's home. This oute is said to be about two miles ihorter than the "lower road" and vill serve a" greater number of Abbeville county citizens. I. i TAXPAYERS, TAKE NOTICE! The County Treasurer has issued ixecutions for all unpaid taxes and hese executions are now in the tands of Sheriff McLane. The sheriff vill begin the seizure and sale of >roperty shortly unless these taxes ire paid. Persons in default may ave trouble and a large amount of osts by calling on the sheriff at rnce and making settlement. *