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J A ' ? I . . ' * '= Abbeville Press and Banner j Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly, Abbeville, S. C., Monday, September 12, 1921 S.WI. rnnl.. 7?u y~ J =^== NEW IRISH OFFER ABSOLUTE LIMIT ' DALL EIREANN EXPECTED TO * ACCEPT BRITSH TERMS THOUGH IRISH LEADERS ARE , SILENT AS TO SENTIMENT IN DUBLIN. London, Sept 9.?The text of Pre- j mier Lloyd George's reply u> Munoii i , de Valera, which was made public hete tonight, bears out the reports j from Inverness yesterday that it in- j vites the Dail Eireann to send pleni- i potentaries for a conference on Sept. 20, but bars Irish sparation from the Empire. The Premier's letter tells the Irish leader that the exchange of notes has gone far enough and asks a definite Teply. He declares that if the British proposals are not considered to measure up to the promise of freedom within the Empire the matter can foe discussed at the conference without prejudice. Newspaper opinoin here is that the Cabinet's reply to de Valera presents a clear issue for the consideration of the Sinn Fein leadership and calls for either "Yes" or "No", in reply,. ^ A ? /ii J.. 4-1._ xne JL/auy unrunicie aippiauus lug path of patience and generosity which the Government has pursued but it says: ' i "De Valera and his friends will do \^ell to clear their minds of any idea that because the government has i preferred a soft answer turneth away wrath it will yield in any degree on the fundamental issue of unity within the empire. Lloyd George's jnesage to the President of the Trades Union Congress should j dispel any illusion they may have on j that score." \ The Chronicle says that in his dec- j laration that he had the authority of | the greatest Democratic statesman in j history, that the Premier was allud-j ing to Abraham Lincoln. 'There is in | these solemn words no threat," adds' the Chronicle, "it is an expression! or iaicn, a declaration or invincBDie determination." f MRS. BELL'S SCHEDULE Home Demonstration Agent Deserts Husband For Duty. Following is the schedule for this week of Mrs. Frank Bell, nee Miss Ruth Crowther, home demonstration agent, who has recently returned to her office in the court house after her marriage. She does not expect to give up her place with the department of agriculture, and will continue her usual work: Tuesday, Ray, girls club. Wednesday, Ridge, girls club. _ Thursday, Cold Spring, girls club. Friday, Antreville, girls club. Saturday, office, court house. MERCHANTS HESITATE Go Slow in Setting Prices For Cotton Goods. New . York, Sept 11;?Cotton goods merchants hesitated again today to name new prices on account of the sharp cotton advances. Buying showed a steady broadening movement. Yarns held firm at top prices. Linens were more active. Burlaps ruled firm. Silks showed improvement. Worsted dress goods sold^more freely in jobbing hpuses. Men's wear was quiet. NEW GOLD STRIKE STARTS A STAMPEDE ITninknnts Alaska. Sent. 9.?Rp. I ports here last night described the richest gold strike since Cleary Creek days along Wilbur Creek, north of this place. A stampede of miners and prospectors was under way immediately. Advices reaching The Farbanks News Miner by telegraph, mail and in person indicated sensational discoveries. Experts have left to investigate. - The purported bonanza was a few miles from Brooks. Details were meagre. GOOD MAN PASSES AT VERY ADVANCED AGE Dr. James Wesley> Keller Diet At Home of Sister?Eighty-nine Years Old. Dr. James Wesley Keller died at 3 o'clock this morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Julia Pratt, after an illness of about two weeks. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. C* E. Peele, burial following at Long Cane cemetery. Dr. Keller was born in Abbeville county, September 16, 18^33, and had Un iivor> tin Fridnv hp would have I1& **? VU VUk been 89 years old. His parents were David Keller and Nancy Lomax Keller: He had discontinued the practice of-medicine several years ago, with his enfeebled condition due to advancing age. He was one of the oldest living graduates of the Charleston Medical College, formerly the Medical College of South Carolina, and at on& time enjoyed a very large practice. During the Civil War he was Assistant Surgeon. It is said by his contemporaries, few of whom remain, that he had pro: bably made fewer enemies than most men who have reached his age. A large part of Dr. Keller's medical practice was done without pay or expectation of pay. Whoever came to him for assistance got it without question as to the patient's financial responsibility. He was, therefore, held to be! a benefactor of the poor ami needy, and one whom time may not ever^replace in his community. Dr. Keller was three times mar ? rr. a *JT: T a..Ua riea. rns nrsi wne was miss uouioc Rebecca Wilson of this county, who died October 14, 1879. She was the mother of all his children except Jas. Edwin Keller. His second wife wqs Miss Mary Cook of Alabama who died June 24, 1886. His third wife was Miss Susan A. Wilson, a sister of his first wife, who also preceded Dr. Keller to the grave. Surviving Dr. Keller are three sisters, two brothers, two sons and three daughters. His sisters are Mrs. Julia Pratt, who lives about five miles from Abbeville on the Hodges road, and at whose home Dr. Keller died; Mrs. T.inn T.omnx'of Greenwood, and Mrs. Emma Haddon of Abbeville. Brothers of Dr. Keller are I. A. Keller and W. W. L. Keller, both of Abbeville county. His sons are the Rev. David W. Keller of John'ston, and J. E. Keller of Abbeville. Daughters surviving are Mrs. Lena Syfan of Atlanta; Mrs. Lizzie Wilson of Lake City, Fla., and Mrs. Ludie Cox of Abbeville. Dr. Keller was a member of the Methodist church and was considered by all who knew him a most upright man. He was a man of excellent business judgment, honest in the . performance of duty, conscientious in his dealings with his fellowman, lovable in character and beloved by family and neighbors alike. He will long be remembered and missed. Joseph Lomax, of Grand Rapids, Mich., in his book, "Genealogical and Historical Sketches of the Lomax Family," published in 1894, says of Dr. Keller: "Dr. Keller is a physician and a farmer, a Methodist and a Democrat. He was an assistant surgeon in the Confederate army. He invested his means largely in Confederate bonds? a total loss. He descends from William Lomax, the Englishman who settled in Rockingham County, North Carolina. A large portion of the doctor's practice is among negroes. They pay so little that he enters none of their names on his books. He is a kind, genial, jovial, intelligent gentleman. I visited him at his home in 1888." Active pallbearers will be T. M. Miller, John T. Evans, Joe Evans, L. W. Keller, Charlie Keller and William Keller, all nephews. Honorary rrxollkaowill fkfl Hr T. T TTlll Hr mil ut jL/i. u JL v*i G. A. Neuffer, Dr. C. C. Gambrell, Dr. F. E. Harrison, Dr. J. C. Hill, Dr. J. E. Pressley, Dr. Power. Natural Dislike. Providence Journal. The reason we hate an end-seat hog is because he beats us to it. rim hii ' naio?I.-..:,A . JOBLESS MEN SOLO ON BOSTON COMMON MEN MARCH TO BANDSTAND AND MR. ZERO ASKS NOON HOUR CROWD FOR BIDS-SER VICE MEN ALSO OFFER TO WORK. Boston, Sept. 9.?Scenes such as parked the old slavery day In America, of the era 'before the Civil War, were revived in the city today when in presence of a noonday throng, American men, both black and white, were "sold at auction" to the highest bidder, from the, Parkman bandstand on Boston common. Stripped to the waist, after the fashion of the slave markets of that earlier period, the men mounted the bandstand and stood stolidly before the assemblage, hatless and collarless, an auctioneer designated a "Mr. Zero," placed his hand upon the bareshoulders of each man in turn, stating his plight, imploring that some one come forward and "buy." At his command the men went through various exercises to show their muscles and agility. The "slaves' today were jobless men. Only two were "sold," while ,many more stood by, ready to go "on the block" if the auctioneer sumfVtnm folro fnm ilivuvu biivui vv vmuv vuvt* vv?* There were, it appeared, few employers in the crowd.. Unable to find more "purchasers," the magic "Mr. Zero," friend and auctioneer of the jobless, announced to the spectators that another auction would 'be held at the same place and same hour to morrow. "And for God's sak have some employers of men among you," he yelled. f Today's sale came to an end when the autioneer failed utterly to obtain bids on the third man put up on the "iblock" for sale. He was James Ferris, with a record of four years in the United States Army, a part of which was spent in action overseas. "Here's a sample of what you used during the war. What will you do with it now?" yelled the energetic t.ph/uiv fry* flip bnlf.mi77.lpd +ktoti<p. VV w? W C ?? ? O' The soldier was not "sold." A score of other men, many of them ex-soldiers and sailors, have informed "Mr. Zero" of the|r desire to be autcioneer off "for a weak" or even a longer period. Accordingly the "sale" to be held on the Common tomorrow will resume with every prospect that it will see "more business" transacted. Urbain Ledoux, "Mr. Zero" of today's auction, is a philanthropic worker who lately opened the "Church of the Unemployed" at 31 Howard Street, in the West End. He brought 15 men to the Common to tell the people of Boston their story. Then men "auctioned" were Joe Mitchell, a negro; Cilliam Davis, a young white factory. worker, and James Ferris, the war veteran whom none would "buy." ROBBERS GET LOOT ^ A Engineer Rushes to Gire Alarm As Train is Cut Loose. Parksville, Mo., Sept. 11.?Train robbers held up and robbed train No. 16, on the Burlington, four miles north of here, tonight, according to reports reaching here. The engineer and fireman, when compelled to cut the engine loose from the train put on full steam and came into Parksville for aid. A SICK BOY Edward Thomas, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thomas, is r ' sick at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. HilJ on Magazine street. The little fellow has typhoid fever and has a trained nurse. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas came over from Spartan/burg to be with their son and all his friends hope he will soon t>e well again. MORE THAN FORTY f BODIES RECOVERED l ' MORE THAN TWELVE MILLION j DOLLAR DAMAGE AND A 1 THOUSAND HOMELESS AS j RESULT OF SAN ANTONIO ( FLOOD SATURDAY. * San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 11.? i With forty-one bodies in morgues at i San Antonio as the result of storms and floods, reports of havoc in other * parts of south-central Texas began to filter over crippled, wires Satur- ; 1 day night. i Extensive damage was reported ' from Hutto, South Austin, Cameron, ' , Belton and other small towns as the result of rain and wind. The damage age in San Antonio, estimated as no less than $5,000,000 was augmented /by reports of $1,000,000 damage : near Cameron, hundreds of thousands of dollars' damage to the ( south-central Texas cotton crop, rail 1 way bridges, highways, villages and ' farm property. Some estimates place property damage in San Antonio as high as ' $12,000,000 and loss of life at 150. 1 These estimates were by ?city offi- 1 cials or police, ibut more conservative j ones let the leath list stand at 100. More than 1,000 homes were in- ^ undated in San Antonio, most of 1 them wrecked by the 12 or 15 feet ( i of water that rushed into the city j from the San Antonio, most of j ^ the city was asleep, hurling buildings from foundations and crumpling them against one another. ^ Scenes of tragedy and horror were ( uncovered by soldiers, police and t other rescue workers in the residence district. Debris was piled high to- } night in the places where the water \ has receded almost as quickly as it ( swept into the streets. , Heaviest property loss was in the t city's downtown district, where esti- 1 mates of damage ran as high as $10,- 1 000,000. Blocks of street paving was \ swept away. Heaviest damages to i residences was in the vicinity of i Alazan creek, where a strip of resi- ^ aences two miles in length and a half mile wide were wrecked or 1 swept away. s Loss of life was heaviest in this 1 district where the water, crushing 3 in walls on sleepers, snuffed out * scores of lives. All day today relatives and relief workers cleared away mud-iblackened piles of debris, uncovering victims, while regular 1 soliders from army camps of the * Eighth army corps near San Antonio held back the thousands of ' curious and scores of looters who tried to surge into the stricken residence district?where nothing had 1 been left but a two mile strip of ] chaos, warped, twisted and blacken- f PLA kw mn/1 1 VM l/J 4AAUU* LEAVING FOR COLLEGE < The following AJbbe-ville boys and ? girls, besides those mentioned else- ^ where, leave this week for college: * Paul Graves, Truman Reames, WeV c er Wilson, J. C. Cheatham, Jim Coleman, Maxcy Johnson, William ' Hughes, Andrew Hill, Harold Tate, Hal Moore, Richard Swetenlburg, Sam Williams to Glemson; Leroy Cox, Thomas Maxwell, Paul Knox, r James Prince to Wofford; Davis Kerr s to Washington and Lee; Ralph Lyon I to the Citadel; Misses Margaret Cox t and Helen Haigler to Chicora; Misses ( Helen Milfor4, Elizabeth Gambrell f and Florence Neuffer to Randolph- : Macon; Miss Winona Barksdale to a Coker; Misses Sophie Reames and f Ruth Beeks to Anderson College; 1 Miss Mildred Cochran ,to Lander; i Miss Mary White to Converse; Misses Mary Greene, Victoria Howie and f Mary Nickles ,to Agnes Scott; Misses Carrie Hawthorne,, Ophelia and Cornelia Clinkscales, Mary Reed Moore, Lydia Owens, Mary Steven- j r son, Margaret Wilson, Margaret a Swetenburg, Myra Williams, Janie S Vance Bowie, and Annie Wilson to c Winthrop. C MR. RICHARDSON SPEAKS [ OF NEED AND RESPONSIBILITY I \ I Tells Presbyterians Of Duty of Christians in Supplying Needs Of Chinese The Rev. Donald Richardson spoke interestingly yesterday morning at ^ the Presbyterian church of his work in China. He *also spoke in the same church in the evening. At the morning service the Rev. Mr. Richardson spoke particularly of the needs of China and the responsibility of Christians everywhere in supplying the needs. China's needs were classified as economic, social ^ and religious. ? Economically China is worse than * bankrupt, to paraphrase the speaker. The density of population, more ? than 600 people to the square mile, v and the sterility of the soil make the * production of sufficient foodstuff to J feed 433,000,000 people practically impossible. Famine, Mr. < Richardson ^ said, is so common in China that it is a not considered in the least unusual. d He told of the death of a boy on the a eve of his 16th birthday, his mother ^ saying that not once in his life had ^ tie had enough to eat. Suffering was * found everywhere, the speaker said. a Social conditions, said Mr. Rich- ^ ardson, are bad. The people, despite h their long and eventful history, have d ~ / :.i JLiifi? ? ci uu xeeuug ul suuiai responsibility or w national unity. Every man is for ^ limself, and does not feel that it is tiis responsibility If another, even si though it be his neighbor, suffers. c SVhen a missionary requested some P Chinese workmen to bury the re- t' nains of a baby, found in a field, ^ ;hey asked whether the child (belong- ^ id to the missionary. He could not a mderstand, Mr. Richardson said, T vhy the missionary should feel inter- ^ ;sted in any one save his own flesh ?nd blood. . a The Chinese, Mr. Richardson said, lave their wooden, golden or brass a dols every where and many times P ;ach day they bow before these self f( nade gods. Once or more each year w ;hey make pilgrimages to some of the arger shrines, undergoing every wardship with stolid patience. It is a tl jreat vision, the speaker said to n magine the devoutness of the Chi- g lese to their false gods tume^d to v vorship of the Christian God. N Mr. Richardson continued his in;erestin(g discussion at the evening >ervice. He also spoke to the young people of the church at 7:30. Thisi" ^fternoon Mr. Richardson speaks to a ;he women's auxiliary. n WINS SCHOLARSHIP * 'Miss Annie Wilson, the second a iaughter of Mrs. j. . Wilson, was t ;he successful contestant for the i< Winthrop scholarship in the recent n ixainination and will leave Friday to jegin her work as a student. Miss ti SVHson is a general favorite over ti x>wn and has a large circle of c relatives over the county who con- ti jratulate her and wish her success, i? IN NEWBERRY j| Chief Justice and Mrs. Eugene B. t] -1- x 1.- XT 1. rs. jury weiii to i^ewotsrry x nutty auu ? tpent until Sunday afternoon with i)r. and Mrs. Pope. They made the w rip through the country in their J! :ar. N 1 e MONTANA HILLS WHITE WITH SNOW; ZERO WEATHER Helena, Mont., Sept. 10.?With ain or snow in many parts of the c, tate and unseasonably lower tem>eratures, Montana today is having t, he first autumnal storm of the year & bolder tonight with the mercury near reezing is the weather's forecast for jc he state. The Rockies near Helena j o md the foothills were white. In the' 0] orenoon snow fell in the valley here. \ Phe lowest temperature was 34 de- j jees at Helena. j jt OUR MOTOR BANDITS ESCAPE WITH $25,000! i Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 10.?Four 1 notor bandits, three white .men and w i negro, held up the Beech Grove S State bank rear here today and es- a aped with between $25,000 and $30- s] >00. C :ATTY ARBUCKLE 1 HELD BY POLICE I . i !AY BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FILM ACTRESS' DEATH IN HIS HOTEL SUITE IN SAN FRAN.1 CISCO LAST MONDAY?WILL INVESTIGATE CASE TODAY ' > ? 4 San Francisco, Sept. 11.?The poice Saturday announced they would ake into custody Roscoe (Fatty) Aruckle, motion picture comedian, who 3 on his way here by automobile rom Los Angeles, to assist in clearng up an affair at his hotel last londay night, during the progress of irhich Miss Virginia Rappe, film acress, is thought to' have received in " -II uries from which she later died. . Arbuckle will be taken into custody - ^ y the police, it was stated, pending >j, n investigation into the woman's eath. No charge will be placed gainst him, according to Michael Jriffin, acting captain of detectives, >ut he will be detained until after he inquest. Arbuckle was quoted s saying when he passed through 'resno today op his way here that e had never met the girl until Monay, when she was brought into his uite to join a party.. She had a I ew drihks, Arbuckle said, and then J ; became necessary to call a phyician and have her revived. Acording to a sworn statement to the olice by Miss Alice Blake, one of le party, she and another woman, [iss Zey Prevon, missed Miss Rappe rom the room, and found her in < J u ttujuiiniig mum nt gicai uuucos. he hotel physician was summoned, [iss Blake stated. Miss Rappe later was removed to , " '] hospital, where she died yester; ) ay. Physicians who performed an utopsy said death was caused by eritonitis and that bruises were Dund on - her body. The stomach ras removed for examination. Aruckle and all members of the par^ / will be subpoenaed to testify at le inquest, according to the coro_ er. Harry Kelly, secretary of the rand .jury, said that body would in, est-'gate the case at its meeting on [onday night. .' 3 Charge of Murder. San Francisco, Sept. 11.?Roscoe Fatty" Arbuckle, motion picture ctor, was booked on a charge of mrder late last night in connection rith the death Friday of Miss Vjrinia Rappe, film actress, following ? party in Arbuckle's suite at a hoel here last Monday. Arbuckle was >cked up in the city prison for the ight. Arbuckle was charged, according 5 Assistant District Attorney Milan U'Ren, under the section of the California code providing that life aken in assault or attempted assault i considered murder. Captain of Dtectivess Duncan fatheson said the evidence showed nat there had been an attacn made U HAC ?U At "On Monday a formal complaint ill be filed against Aifouckle," [atheson said. ( He added that Arbuckle is expectd to make a statement. v COTTON MARKET Spot cotton sold as high as 21 8-8 snts today. * There was much activity in fu? ires. October and December opeai nearly a cent above Saturday's lose, and closed today $10 a bale iwer than the day's high figure, ctober closed Saturday at 20.73, pened at 21.50 today and closed at 9.60, a net change over Sunday of 65 points. All mopths close well be A SECRETARY AT BRENAU Miss Edna Bradley leaves on the 4th for Brenau College where she ill have a position as Y. W. C. A. ecretary. Miss Bradley graduated t Brenau last year and has had a pecial course this summer in Y. W. !. A. work. i