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, " * ti . .' * * % Abbeville Press and Banner! 1844. S2^00 the Year. Tri^b Abbeville, S. C., Mo.J.y, September 5,1921 Single Copie., Ffee Centt. 77mTw -J ' GOVERNMENT EYES ON HOUSE OWNERS / ' i PLOT TO BOOST RENT FOR DISARMAMENT CONFERENC E. "FIRST CASE OF PROFITEERING" MAY BE HANDLED UN DER THE DISTRICT ACT. * Washington, Sept. 3.?The attempt of some property owners in Washington to boost rentals on ?omes desired for the staffs of foreign /delegates who will attend the disarmament conference was brought toHhe attention of the cabinet today. In working out preliminary plans, i chief of which relate to the problem ( of finding adequate accommodations for minor officials atod clerical forces, cabinet members found that one own. ,er of a house offered for sale at $15,000 had demanded a monthly rental of $8,000.. ; Administration officials declared 1 the incident showed "such a violation \ of the spirit that ought to be main- . tained that it called for a cure by ( the good sense of the people of Wash- , ^ ington." / { The conference, as an official ex- J plained, is not a "iaric." wasmngion j committees are cooperating with the i i administration in the task of finding < homes, and it was said that the "first ? case of profiteering" might be hand- t led under the District of Columbia 1 rental act, which Congress recently i extended until next May. j Much of the cabinet meeting today s was devoted to a discussion of con- I ference plans. It was decided to use t the two east wings of the Navy buildn 1 ing for visiting delegations. -The t * building will be remodeled and the it first floor of each wing fitted up as b committee rooms. The general sessions of the conference,"will be held c ; in the Pan-American Union building, $ just across the street from the Navy h building. '. ( . t It was stated at the White House j that no decision had been reacted as / to the number of American delegates a this depending upon the, number to n be designate^ by. other nations pan- c ticipating. ~7 "7 JOE WING'S VISITOR ? ENTERS VIA WINDOW e ' u Laundry Proprietor Does Not Know 5 ? u Object oiF Mm Who Brought ? Piece of Iron. n ' t] r Joe Wing, who hails from China, ^ conduct a rngmy respectame laundry 1 in the back of a building adjoining - the court house. He does not remember' ever having given offense to any one, , but a late visitor Saturday night almost convinces Joe that he b has an enemy who would black-jack ic . x him. & About 10 o'clockk Saturday night L Joe was sitting back resting. He d heard a noise in the direction of a' side window. A windaw sash was tl raised stealthily but not so steal- a< thily/that Joe did not hear. His nerves were quivering as he heard the in- hi trader advance into the room. Joe hi heard the water turned on in the sink tl and as he went to turn it off he ai saw a man's shoes and part of a 01 pair of blue overalls protruding from p< beside the door facing. Whereupon he went on the run for reinforce- st , ments. As Joe called for the police cl the man knocked out tfye electric light tl with an iron bar and dived through a window, carrying part of the screen I out with him. When the policeman arrived there was no trace of the late visitor ex- tc , cept a heavy bar of iron that is not h< the property of the laundry. Joe w thinks the man wanted to soak him se one "on a da bean," and turned on E the water to get him to enter the room where his visitor was hiding. 11 Joe is keeping the iron bar as a sou- fc venir. He says it's a fine day and he's 1J glad to be alive. ty "No got he ticket, no get he m f laundry." re CALHOUN FALLS CITIZENS DISCUSS ROAD QUESTION Draw up Resolution to Present t< Highway Commission?Talk Of Discrimination. There was a well attended and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Calhoun Falls and the surrounding communiy held at the city hall in Calhoun Falls Saturday, the purpose of which w<as to discuss the new highway to be built from Abbeville to Calhoun Falls, by way of Warrenton and Monterey, and to take some steps to urge the County Highway Commission to have this route sur veyed and the contract let at the earliest possible moment. The meeting was presided over by S. 'M. Beaty of Monterey. E. M. Lander of Oalhoun Falls was chosen secretary. A set o# veiry strong resolutions was adopted <by the meeting and a committee of J. A. Nance, S. M. Beaty, T. V. Farrow, E. M. Lander and G. J. Dickson was appointed to present these resolutions in-person to the CoUnty Highway Commission at its next meeting to be held September 22nd These resolutions pointed out in no uncertain terms that it was the belief of the meeting that :he communities of Oalhoun Falls, Monterey and Warrenton were being grossly discriminated against by :he Commission in the distribution >r location of the highways already surveyed and contracted for, al;hough Calhoun Falls is the second argest town in the County and Maglolia Township has more taxable >roperty in it than any other townihip out of Abbeville. It was also >rougbt out jn the discussion that ! he own of Donalds had been special y flavored by the Commission, in bat highways leading out of this own in four different directions had ieen already provided for. The meeting passed a further res(lution requesting the Commission o take steps to provide for a link of lighway to extend through the Monerey secton from a point at or near . F. Clinkscales on the proposed Jbbeville-Calhoun Falls highway to point near Martin's store on the iew road now beiz^g built from Jrawford'a store to Lowndesville. The meeting was a very enthusistic one and the warm discussion hat was ehtered into by those presnt proved conclusively that the citsens of Calhoun Falls and Monterey elt very keenly that they were beig discriminated against by the Jommission and that they would ot leave any stone unturned to get lie County Highway Commission to ike prompet and "favorable action in egard to these roads. RUSE DID NOT FAIL Greenwood, Sept. 3?Unarmed and y accident, W. T. Bailey, bank preslent, and F. S. Evans, prominent Dtton seed' oil man, captured Elmer edford, an escaped convict, Wednes ay miernoon. While <?ut riding near Greenwood ley were attracted by the peculiar ctions of a stranger and stopped. [ guess you have come after me," e said. They assured him that they ad. While they were talking with ie stranger, ah officer approached id arrested him. Neither the prisler nor his captore had any wea- ' >ns. Ledford had been serving a 60 day sntence for stealing a suit of othes from a laundry wagon on 1 ie streets. FORTY-NINTH FOR BABE New York, Sept. 3.?Balbe Ruth day poled out his forty-ninth 1 >me run of the season in the game ' ixn wasnngxon. it came in tne < iventh inning with one man on base. 1 rickson was pitching. - ] JRuth is eleven days ahead of his < )20 program, when he made his 3 >rty-ninth home run on September i } off Ehmke, of Detroit. With thirgames to be played, he has to ake six home runs to surpass his ( cord mark of fifty-four. i - WEST VIRGINIA ' RECEIVES TROOPS , s FEDERAL FORCES PREPARE TO 1 MAINTAIN ORDER BETWEEN 1 MINERS AND DEPUTIES?AIR. ( PLANES ALSO COME TO ASSIST IN WORK. , , r * ' ' Charleston, W. Va., Sept. '3?^ Federal troops from Camps t)ix and | Sherman were moving into the bat, tie zone in West Virginia today, where the war between thousands V of < : miners and deputies continued unabated. Fighting was expected to cease upon the troops' arrival, for the miners announced their intention of going home peaceably once regulars arrived. , ' The Nineteenth infantry en trained -from Camp Sherman, 0., and the Twenty-Sixth infantry from Camp Dix, N. J. The recommendation that federal troops be sent into the disturbed area of West Virginia having been granted by the war department, Brigadier General H. H. Bandholtz, who will be in command, busied himself working out the details of placing the soldiers at strategic points. General Bandholtz opened headquarters in the Chesapeake and Po icpnac Telephone Company building, taking an entire floor. Extra telephones were installed and every facility was provided to keep in direct touch ^with the disturbed counties and with Washington. Ma nfflrtir*l iwfnvnoofiATI lio/J Kaah | 41V VU1V1CU 1IUU11UUblVU UMU I received early in the day from Boone and Logan counties by the military authorities as to the situation there. Federal military headquarters, it was said, were not worried about the situation at the moment, but were concentrating all efforts to get the-troops in quickly. "We are going right in and swamp the disorderly elements," said a high military authority today. According to General Bandholtz, two regiments have been ordered to move in, the Twenty-Sixth, from Camp Dix and the Nineteenth from the wester^ corps area. The troops , from the Nineteenth, it was said, are expected during the day, while those < from New Jersey will not arrive un- ; til tpmorrow morning probably. General Bandholtz was studying a 1 large map on the wall when a cor- ] respondent of the Associate^! Press visited military headquarters. The general said he had not decided where he would place detachments. He was working out the details and ' expected to be able to direct the various companies of the two regiments to strategic points after .they arrived. He gave no information ^ as to which routes the troops would . follnw intft t.ho /Jiatlii-Kod Toennni IN POLICE COURT. i Police court had a very good start ^ for the week this morning. Fines . amounted to $150 or 90 days in three cases. Emma Morrison was fined $50 or 30 days for keeping a disorderly house. She thought she could raise the money. Will Turner visited a disorderly house and got caught, the latter act costing him $50 or 30 days. He is also attempting to raise the cash. Andrew Bauknight had the worst day of all. Saturday another negro by the name of Dooly got reckless with a knife and Bauknight felt the r. edge. He was not cut up very bad, p but a visit to a disorderly house in '( :ompany with a pistol well concealed h :aused him to be brought in by the v police. As a result he was fined $50 ii jr 30 days. Dooley outran the "Black Maria" and so far has not been t, rounded up. o h More than eleven million tons of E :argo were carried through the Pan- v ima Canal by 2814 vessels in 1920. E CHANCE FOR DEBS TO QUIT PRISON i EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY MAY BE EXTENDED?PERSON CONVIC. , TED WITH ADMINISTRATION THINKS PRESIDENT MAY TAKE ACTION IN CASE. Washington, Sept. 4.?The possi'Jt '/ biKty that President* Harding, after the formal conclusion of peace with Germany, may, through the extent sion of executive clemency, open the doors of the Atlanta penitential to Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist leader, was suggested to^ay by administration officials. * } Speculation as to disposition oftHk Debs case has been widespread in Washington for several weeks. > "Iwf-: ports were general until a few days ago, although without official i con- J firmation, that Attorney Genirrfl ^ Daugherty would recommend that the Socialist leader be pardoned, i This belief, however, was lessened i yesterday by the emphatic stand taken by Mr. Daugherty in his American Bar- association address of last ! Wednesday against ^release of what < he called, "political offenders." . I Several officials, on having their attention called today to the stand 3 taken By the attorney egneral imme- 1 diately pointed out that a distinction 1 existed between a pardon* ?nd an ex- 1 tension of executive clemency. A J pardon, it * was explained, would operate to restore Debs to the full i rights and privileges of citizenship < in- addition to freeing him from t prison, while the extension of clem- i ency .mewfiy would allow him his 3 freedom. 4 j Those officials are strong of the \ opinion that in view of the leader'^ s advanced age and because his offenses have been held to be of words s rather than deeds the question of 1 clemency might be considered by the 1 flWnrnttr vanaral on/1 4-Via nTaaiilanf Q v?*VA.t?* MliU VUV VdiVkVtlWl Assertions also Were made by these officials that the approximately 200 offenders against the war laws now ^ serving prison sentences might be treated apart from Dehs on the question of amnesty. Many of these offenders, officials maintained. were * % X convicted of infractions of statutes passed years before the war and even s waving provision of the emergency ? acts/ study would have to be given ^ their cases along the lines of the usual federal prisoners for whom a ^ pardon is suggested. e fl MASTER'S SALES! . ? v Small Amount of Real Estate Tfani- I ferrtd on Saleadajr. ' ' ^ ' s, In the case of Taylor and Hester ^ igainst George T. P. Thomson, Mas- g ;er, sold two lots and store buildings- d n Calhoun Falls to S. J. Hester and c 3. JELTaylor for $1200. * t' In the case of the Abbeville Sav- n ngs and Investment Company against ? f. S. Cothran, Jr., J. Allen Smith, Jr., tl >ought one lot for $250 and the Sav- S] ngs and Investment Company bought sj he other two for $250 each. R The lot and building occupied by jf Charlie Janides was sold in a suit gi >rought by Sondley, to W. P. Greene r* ittorney, for $9,000. The fixtures of ti anides were bid in by J. S. Stark, for 350. 'VV.X FRANK GARY HOME 2! Frank Gary is at home for his anlual vacation and will be with his >arents, Judge and Mrs., Frank B. J* Jary for a month. Frank is just la lome from a summer cruise on b< irhich he saw many of the interest- P< ng sights of the old world. W Judge and Mrs. Gary are enter- th aining at a dance tonight in honor iff f their son and for the occasion Oi ave as their house gue3ts Misses ar turgess and Tannerhill, of Greenille, John Kinard, of Newberry and ca lenneth Baker, of Greenwood. M GENERAL SESSIONS COURT 1 CONVENED THIS MORNING j "; Takes Up Cam of State Against Gordon?Grand Jury Begins Grind for True Bills. - ' > .? Court of General Sessions convened at 10 o'clock this momjng with Judge Edward Mclver of Cheraw .presiding. Solicitor BladkweH and Court Stenographer Ralph 9yfan were present. The judge made his charge to the grand jury which body immediately started Its lbop grind on bills of presentment. , The court took up the case fctf $. B. Gordon for breach of trust. Gordon was formerly an agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company in this county and it is charged that fye misaODroDriated fnnda Tveloncrimr the company. The state rested its Case this morning:, the defense arguments begnining at the afternoon Session. ? '' The jury drawn on the first caBe i9 composed of T. D. Ferguson, G. W. Chambers, G. W. Shaw, C. B. ftrince, J. D. Knox, J. C. Colfinan, E. P. Barney, C. W. Nance, A. ft. Fowler, M. B. Hutchison, J. A. Drake and L. T. Loftis. Grand Jurors present at the opening of court this morning were: W. B. Uldrick, foreman; W.;A. Hardin, J. G. Baskin, J. B. Price, Thos. Stevenson, J. T. Magill, C; L. Link, W. S. Sherard, G. W. Price, P. S. Hutchison, R. A." Fisher, C. L. Seaivright, J. W. AJble, W. C. Sutherland, J. L. Sutherland, C. L. Presley, J. N. Ashley, ?T. C. Alewine. G. M. Collins, A. C. Hawthorne. The grand jury reported true bills n the cases of the State against Charlie Moore, charged with murier of Walter Riley, Jul/19, 1920, , md Catherine Taylor charged with nlanticide. It is expected that urors will have completed their vork and be ready for discbarge K>metime Tuesday. V . There was much interest in the lession.this morninsr, judeine bv the arge mem/ber of interested onookers. SON KILLS FATHER Ituie of Fatal Shooting Not De' finitely Knowr.. \ i Camden* Sept. 4.?J. Sharp, rhite, aged afbout 55 years, was hot and fatally wounded last night ibout 10 o'clock, and died at the j Camden hospital about midday to- . lay. The fatal shooting occurred at the ' lead man's home about four miles , ast of Camden and the shots were , ired by Robert Sharp, aged 32, a J on of the slain man. J. E. Sham . /as a guard on the chalngang and tobert Sharp is a carpenter, workng in Camden. Both resided in the ^ anie?home and it is not known /hat caused the difficulty. The elder harp had a wife and several chilren. The son has a wtfe and four , hildren. I is said the son claims he father was ill-treaiting his lother, while it is said that the rounded man made the statement iat he did not know why his son 3 rot him. The Sharps formerly re- c ded near Blaney in this county. 8 o/bert Sharp has 'been placed in * ill. The weapon used was a shot- 3 un, two shots being fired at close a - . _ * r_ inge, the load tearing away a poor- r on of the man's lungs. 3 , o OFFICERS GET STILL 5 Gallon Copper Outfit Caplqred IS Saturday Afternoon. Deputy Sheriff T. L. Gann and imes Stevenson capfrured a 25 galn copper still and 50 gallons of ^ ;er in a raid on land formerly com- ?' )sing the Hill estate, now owned by J r. P. Greene. The deputies found ti ie still aibout dark Saturday. Sher- n f McL'ane, Chief Johnson, Deputy ann and others went back Sunday v id located the hefvr and stand. 1 None of the late operators were .ptuTed. Two^hegro tenants live on li r. Greene's land. *< OFFICERS SHOOT 1 FLORENCE NEGDOES CROWD. ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT ARREST?fOUR OTHERS SAJD TO HAVE. BEEN INJURED IN FUSILLADEFIRED B.Y DEPUTIES, . m , , "B (1 Florence, Sept. 3.?'Five negroes \ are known. t?r -have been wounded, :.i one. of tham. fatally, by a. fusillade jff: of shots by sheriff's deputies. Joe Connoar of Florence ( and L. "W. f4 Smith of Poston fired into a crowd which was seeking to prevent the. A arrest of L. G? Groom on a- charge / | of robbery. The affair took plaice fee* tween Savage and Poston in the lower part of this country at ? church where a big meeting was in progress. The officers succeeded in arresting Groom after shooting him down as he was attempting to elude 3 them and brought him to the hospital here, where he died later today. Groom offered no resistence to the ofecers. When he took his seat in } their oar, however, negroes crowded upon the car declaring they would i not permit the officers, to make the, . ' 'M arrest. One of th^ negroes strode. ..J at Officer Joe Connor, the. Wow $ grazing his face. Believing that they Would be qverpowered by' force of nuiiiibers and feaqpg they would be fired upon, the officers poured volleys into the crowd. Four men weie 13 seen to fall. Diiring the firing, Groom jumped from the car and was shot down. The officers -gathered V;,p him in and left the scene, most, of . ?>* the crow having been dispersed by '?jj the shots. Deputy Sheriff Burch . 3 left this (afternoon to inve^gate thfl ftfafafwrr Tr is 'y'*% of the attackers will follow. Savage is over 30 mile9 from the county seat. Groom is changed with robbing a fellow passenger on a Seaboard train of $300. ( .. DEATH OF MRS. NANCE. News was received in Abbeville today of the death early this mete- I ing of Mrs. Sallie M. Nance of Due " 3 West She was 85 years old, the moth-* er of the late Mrs. W. C. Sherard of Abbeville who died last November. . /, Mrs. 'Nnnpo wn<a hnrn nf. f!rns9 1 Hill, Laurens county, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Campbell. Previous to the death of Mrs. Sherard she had lived in Abbeville for about three years and made a large number < of friends who will learn with regret of her death. Her husband died about 30 years ago. Surviving her are three sons, R. D. Nance of Gross f Hill; F. C. Nance of Calhoun Falls and Drayton Nance of Anderson. Mrs. Nance was a member of Abjeville Presbyterian church. Funeral irrangements had not been made this norning. , , jS 10,OOO CIGARS MADE FOR LONDON'S WOMEN. SMOKERS London, Sept. 3.?Twenty thou- ' | and cigars (made specially for Lonlon's fashionable women smokers ire on the way from Culba to meet he demand of those who require omething stronger than cigarettes, ccording to prominent toba&onists lere. Smoking among women they ay, is greatly increasing and many f them are using pipes. LABOR DAY , . fo General Observance of National Holiday. Todav is Labor Day. so the calen ar? say. There was no observance of tie flay in Abbeville save at the post ffice where holiday hours were mainlined. Court convened and nobody lade a kick at working on Labor lay. In fact the citizens take the iew that the more Labor Day toay the less work day tomorrow. f Today was also salesday but very ttle property changed hands as a ?sult.