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MISS RAPPE'S FIANCE THREATENS VENGEANC1 Henry Lehrman, Producer Here Sayt He Would Kill Arbuck'4? If Freed. New York Times. At the request of Henry Lehrman the fiance of Miss Virginia ftappe the body of the screen actress will bi buried in Los Angeles. Mr. Lehrmai was overcome by grief in his apart ment at 25 West Fifty-first Stree yesterday and he declared that h< hoped Roscoe Arbuckle would speed ily answer for the alleged wrongs t the girl. ? . "From information I received froxi San Francisco," he said, "I believ Arbucklg is guilty. For his sake ;.i _ wish that he will receive full meas ure of justice so there will be n< other crime necessary. You kno\ what the death of Virginia means ti me. I will not attempt to express it N She died game, like a real woman her last words being to punish Ar - buckle, that he outraged her and shi begged the nurse not to tell this, a \ she did not want me to know. "I am making arrangements for th funeral in Los Angeles. She loved i so much, and I want her near me." . Mr. Lehrman and Miss Rappe ha< been engaged about a year. They me five years ago in California and mo tion picture work brought them to gether. ? > "I had known Virginia ever sine she came to the Coast* about fiv years ago," he said. "Arbuckle ha< been a friend and we had visiter him at his home. Her death came as ; terrific shock to me. I first heard o ' it about 1 o'clock on Friday after mt-- A~+r>M mp thn noon, xne icicgiam juov ? -? T she was dead and I had no inkling a to what had happened until I sa\ *t in the newspapers. "Later I got word from a frien that it was all true. Would I kill Ai buckle? Yes. I feel just as would an ' other- man with red blood in hi veins. I will not deny that I hav p> said I would kill him if we were t ' meet. I hope the law will punis ? him and that he will receive fu] 'V I justice for the crime. "Arbuckle is the result of ignoi ance and too much money. E(e wa originally a bar boy, although he ha been in the chorus and done othe things. I directed for him for a yea and a half, and I had to warn him t keep out of the women's dressinj v rooms. There are some people wh K't ^ are a disgrace to the film business \ They get enormous salaries and hav not sufficient balance to keep right They are the kind" who resort to co 5M. caine and opium and who partici j? pate in orgies that are of the lowes character. They should be driven ou of the picture business. I am no saint but J have never attended one of thei - t parties. Virginia's friends were de cent people, and I know she woul not have associated with any one sh knew to be vile." . Miss Rappe, Mr. Lehrman said wa born in New York but brought ^uj in Chicago. Her parents are aeaa, an< she had no relatives so far as h kifcw. - 1 DEAF MUTE SHOT - : . I ' ' ' ? Knocked on Door and Couid No State Bucineta. r Shelbyville, Tenn.^ Sept. 15.?Cj ril Williams, 16, a deaf mute, wa perhaps fatally shot at a toll gat house on the Wartrace and Shelbj ville turnpike about midnight b William Smith, the gatekeepe: when he knocked on the door of th keeper's house and did not regpon to calls as to who he was and hi business. The lad's brother, Ollie Williarr of this place, had carried him I Wartrac% to take the train fc Knoxville where he was to cnt^er th state deaf and dumb school, but t Wartrace, the mute eluded .li3 br< ther and started back to Shelbyvill At the first toll gate he knocked, ej / pecting to ask for lodging, he sayi The gate keeper called out to kno1 who it was and receiving no r< sponse took his gun and passe around the house to the front wher he saw a figure on the porch. St: getting no reply, he fired, the charg entering the boy's left side and pas* ing through the kidney. He wa found by the roadside some distanc later by his brother, who had re turned in search of him. Smith wa arrested. His preliminary trial is se for Tuesday., ?& ; ' FEDERATION OF LABOR I LAUNCH DRIVE IN SOUTH i, Gompers Announces Fight in Five States to Assist Textile Employes in Demands. Samuel Gompers, president of the i, American Federation of Labor, ad!, dressing the 2l9fc annual convention e of the United Textile workers of i America, is quoted by the New York Times of Monday as saying that the t American Federation would launch a e drive upon the' five large industrial - states of the South, to assist textile o workers. The Southern States to be covered a by the dr've are Georgia, Tennessee, e North Carolina, South Carolina and j Alabama. Mr. Gompers leaves this _ morning for Atlanta, Ga., to discuss 5 plans with officials of the five State v Federations of Labor. j "We wish to go in peace," said ^ Mr. Gompers. "But, if there is to be talk of battle, we will not turn away from the battle imposed on us." There B is going, to be something doing so s that our men and women may not be tepid in driving back the wage cuts and driving forward the advance guard of the labor movement. "We aim to accomplish our results day by day, not by a cataclysm of revolution, but by orderly rational * progress. But we do not propose to go down again into the abyss of misery where labor first dredged for a pittance in the form of food, and e then later for something for which e he could buy food and shelter hardly i sufficient to keep up his physical powd ers of work. , a "About* a ^ year a?o a reduction of f wages of 22 1-2 per cent, was offered to the textile workers, and bet cahse of existing conditions they s accepted. Then the employers saw v that it was quite easy to reduce the wages and they tried it again. And d they tried it again and again and - again until they have driven the y manhood and womanhood of the texa s tile industry to desperation and fight, e "The management of the textile o industry will have a fight on the:'r h hands unless they treat with the reptl resentatives of this organization, recognizing the right of the men and women who labor to speak through s representatives of their own choosing s ?collective bargaining." r James F. Barrett, President of the r North Carolina State Federation of 0 Labor, who w;ll accompany Mr. g Qompers to Atlanta, said that the 0 textile workers in some districts of , the South, where a strike is in proe gress, have won a victory, as the . employers have recognized the workers' representatives. He said it was the first time that the textile workers f. of th? South have had any voice in determining their wages, hours and conditions. ---The conference yesterday was also a memorial service to John Golden, ^ iate President of the United Textile WawVawo nf Amai*i/io rliorl 1 a of IT V&ncio VJL AV>C* Hiiw UiVU tMUV e * June. s MOTHER IS UNMOVED BY P SON'S MURDER STORY i e Chicago, Sept. 16.?Harvey W. Church, confessed slayer of Bernard Daugherty and Carl Ausmus, automobile salesmen, early today was brought face, to face with his mother for the first time since his aryest, and in her presence in jthe state attorney's office, he repeated the details of the two crimes. T- - He ^reverted largely to the first 8 of his many confessions and indicate ed, officials declared, that he planr ned and executed the murders withy out assistance. r, Neither Clarence Wilder nor Mile ton Walker, named by Church as ac d complices, officials said they had been is convinced, had any part whatever in tfc.e crimes and they also expressed is- doubt whether Leon Parks assisted o Church, despite his detailed confes r sion. te Officials pointed out that Parks it stoutly maintained his innocence )- until confronted by Church, who e then supplied most of the answers c- to questions put to Parks by the ins. vestigators. w Mrs. Church sat apparently unnoved today throughout her son's d recital of the details of the mure ders. At the close of his story she 11 remarked: e "I cannot understand why Hari vey buried the man (Carl Ausmus) s in the garage. There is a vacant lot e next door where all the dead cats i- and dogs in the neighborhood are s buried. Why didn't be bury him t there? Then they never would have found him." TESTS SHOW EXPLOSION j I Expert Testifies That A. B. & A. Train Was Dynamited. * Atlanta, JSept. 15.?Testimony of Dr. C. W. Dumas, former State chemist, that he had found evidences I of an explosive around the wreck j here last week of an Atlanta, Birm-. j ingham and Atlantic Railway freight I train were followed later by state-1 j ments of witnesses for union men j I that a wheel of the emrine could-not j have blown off without destroying! I less solid parts of the engine. | One wheel was said to have been j I Wirld up a thirty-foot embankment, and the union men told the Governor's commission investigating the wreck that it was a loose wheel and whirled off in the wreck. - * They claimed they found evidence of oil in certain parts of the bearings which could not have got there had the wheel been perfect. This was in line with their contention that defective equipment caused the wreck, which resulted in the death of two trainmen. B. L. Bugg, receiver for the road, holds that the wreck was one of a series of wrecks or attempted wrecks that followed replacement of striking union men by non-union workers. k Dr. Dumas declared the explosion was caused by a mixture of chlorate of potassiun, and sugar, fired by a dynamite detonator. He said this was shown by chemical tests of the soil where the wreck took place, and added he found pieces of copper wire, rubber insulation and specimens of parafin paper and tinfoil, which, he said, was customarily used to wrap high explosives/ Nearby residents said they heard an explosion from a distance of five miles. The witnesses for the union leaders will resume their testimony tomnrrnw. "RpnrpapntAtivpq nf Kii reau .of safety of the Interstate Commerce Commission are sitting with the gtate commission and have been granted the courtesy of examining witnesses. The federal representatives are to make their report direct to Washington. The State Department has a translator in Washington who knows 33 languages. NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION Whereas, a petition has been circulated in school district No. 2 asking for r/. election for the purpose of vot:ng a five mill tax for genera) school purposes. The petition has been properly signed and approved by County Board of Education. The election will be held September 28th at the school house, the Board of Trustees to act as managers, and the election shall be conducted as is provided by law for the conduct of general elections. At said election all in favor of proposed levy shall cast a ballot with word "Yes" printed or written thereon, and each elector opposed to the levy shall cast a ballot with word "No" printed or written thereon. By order of County Board of Ed ucaiun. > P. H. MANN, 2wks. Supt. of Education. CITATION FQJ* LETTERS OF ADMINISRATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Probate Court. By J. F. Miller, Esq., Judge of Probate: Whereas, J. B. Beauford hath made suit to me, to grant him letters of administration of the estate and ef jfects of J. C. Beauford, late of Abbeville County, deceased, These Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said J. C. Beauford, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville Court House, on the 23rd day of September 1921, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. ? ?J? ? i i ^ Uiven unuer Jliy imnu anu seal ui the Court this 9th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty one and in the 146th year of American Independence. Published on the 9th day of September 1921 in the Press and Banner and on the Court House door for the time required by law. J. F. MILLER, 9,9. 3t. Judge of Probate. Won't Go Back to Lout Slrirti. " t: New York Times. n ' At a dub dance last night I saw to e my horror four dresses with skirts around the ankles. They were ex- f quisite evening gowns?had the stamp of Paris all over them. But are we going back to this agony bs? " cause the French say so? I had thought we were almost emancipated by now. We are getting -j freedom in all things, on every hand. For the first time through all the age woman is going where she pleases, W1LU XIU ^ucawi/iio <VOA.CU| what she wants if she has any backbone, and having a good time. Are n we free if we back to this slavery? s There may be a few cripples who pre- y fer long skirts, but how about danc 0 ing with them wrapped about ycur legs when the music gets every drop of your blood jumping, and how ^ about walking miles in them through P God's fair country when you are 5 aching to take long, swinging steps s because your heart is singing so? I t shall never forget my first short . skirt; it was my army uniform. The world seemed a better place when I had that on. Of course a woman Is very graceful in a trailing gown when she sweeps into a drawing room but does any woman care for that sort of a thing now? I think not. For heaven's sake, let's wake up and say "No!" Rememlber, dressmakers sell more material when skirts are lortg and as for these whispers, "Paris says so," r they make me tired. Have we no in- I dividuality? Didn't we find out I through the war that we could do without French styles, and didn't we produce some that made the ,#orld sit up and take notice? Do I hear any fool man say, "Legs should be covered" (only he would say LEGAL NOTICE . / Notice is hereby given that I, C. J. Lyon, United States Marshal,, for the Western. District of South Carolina, in pursuance of the provisions of an order of the/ United States District ? Judge,_ in the case of U. S. vs Barnell Bo wman and George Macljey, will on Tuesday the 20th day of September 1921, at 11 A. M. of the said day in the City of Abbeville, State of South Carolina, at the front of the Abbeville Motor Co., in the said City, sell at public auction to the highest bidder one Ford Touring Car, Motor No. 1755938, License No. 71-893 Georgia. C. J. LYON, _ United States Marshal. Publish Sept. 12, 14, 19. Bet\^^tiie Soi Northbound No. 36 No. 138 No. 38 No. 30 12.00Nifht 11.30AM 12.30noon T..< 12.10AM 11.40AM 12.40PM 4.00PM 6.15AM 4.50PM 5.50PM 9.35PM 7.35AM 5.55PM 6.55PM 10.40PM 10.05AM 8.05PM 9.05PM 12.55AM 11.45AM 9.20PM 10.20PM 2.20AM 1.05PM 10.29PM 11.20PM 3.23AM 1.30PM 10.50PM 11.41PM 3.44AM '2.40MT 9.00AM "9.00AM TOOAM 5.35PM 4.00AM 4.00AM 10.45AM 2.58PM 12.06AM 1.00AM 5.04AM 9.00 AM 4.30 PM 9.35 PM 7.10AM 7.10AM 1.40PM 5.17PM 2.16AM 3.10AM 7.05AM 11.00PM 7.40AM 8.40AM 12.35PM 1.50AM 9.05 AM 10.05 AM 2.00PM 4.15AM 11.13AM 12.20PM 4.05PM 4.35AM 11.24AM 12.35PM 4.17PM 6.45AM 1.30PM 2.40PM 6.10PM No*. 37 and 38. NEW YORK & NEW < New Orleans, Montgomery, Atlanta, Washini Club car. Library-Observation car. No coa Nos. 137 & 138. ATLANTA SPECIAL. Washington-San Francisco tourist sleeping < Nos. 29 & 30. BIRMINGHAM gPECW San Fraocisco-Washington tourist sleeping < Dining car. Coaches. Nos. 35 & 36. NEW YORK, WASHIN Orleans, Montgomery, Birmingham, Atlanta Not* i Nos. 29 and 30 us* Peachtree Sti Note: Train No. 138 connects at Wash leaving Washington 8.1S A. M. via Penna. Sy Cm SOUTHE I The Double Tracked limbs")? Let him live in a coun- '& ry where fashion decrees that a wo- e lan's face shall ibe veiled. One is J qualed by the other. c There is more at stake here than'a b ew yards of material. v Elizabeth S. Montgomery. I ( MILLIONAIRE" HELD; V CHECKS COME BACK f I "wo .Girls Attacked Him in Street , s '?* I Ater Alleged Passing of Worthless Checks. v s New York, Sept. 14.?Davis Roth- i] ian is 28 years old and ordinarily a j ajesman. According to testimony a esterday in Morrisania Court, his t ther occupation is that of a "mil- s ionaire short of funds." c Rothman came before Magistrate * Villiam A. Sweetser on a charge of ietty larceny. The complaints were s diss Pearl Grefinger of 840 Daw- r on Street, the Bronx, and her sis_ .1 er, Martha. Late on Friday night, s \ For Sale at your Dealer ASK FOR THE YELLOW PD EAGLE B 1 EAGLE PENCIL COM . . A Cj "BETTER THAN A LETTER FROM HC LET US THE PRESS Al TO YOUR BOY 01 AWAY AT Three Times $1.50 for the Nine Mi jli STORAGE SPECIAL SIZES FC CITY G SHKilSMi iitli and Washington SCHEDULES BEGINNING AUGUST 14. ISZI f ATLANTA, GA. J Iv | Terminal Station (Cent. Time) tr .. Iv I Peachtree Station (Cent. Time) ar 1( ar GREENVILLE, S. C. (East. Time) Iv ? ar SPARTANBURG, S. C. ' lv 5 ar CHARLOTTE, N. C. Iv S r SALlSfcTUKT, w. t. iv t ar High Paint, N. C. Iv 12 ar GREENSBORO, N. C. ' Iv Ji ar Winston-Salem, N. C. Iv* i ar Raleigh, N7C. Iv i ar DANVILLE, VA. Iv | 1( ar Norfolk, Va. Iv _J ar Richmond, Va. Iv i ar LYNCHBURG, VA. W i ar WASHINGTON, D. C. ly J ar BALTMORE, MD., Penna. Sy?. Iv 1 ar West PHILADELPHIA Iv 11 ar North PHILADELPHIA Iv 11 ar NEW YORK, Penna. System Iv ! EQUIPMENT ORLEANS LIMITED. Solid Pullman train. Draw [ton and Naw York. Sleeping car northbound betw chcs. Drawing room sleeping cars between Macon, Colut car southbound. Dining car. Coaches. kL. Drawinf room ilMpint car* bttwMn Hirmtngn :ar northbound. Slaaping car batwaan Richmond a CTONt ATLANTA & NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS. I i and Waihington and Naw York. Dining car. Coa< raet Station only at Atlanta. infton with "COLONIAL EXPRESS," through trail tarn. RN RAILWAY i Trunk Line Between Atlanta, Ca. one o the story of the sisters went, they incountered Rothman at Second Lveirae and Second Street and proeeded to "pitch into" him. His face ore the marks. The trouble began back in July. Sarly in that month, said Miss Pearl irefinger, Rothman gave her a worthless check for $20 and another or $40. after he had told her that le was a "millionaire, underwear nanufacturer, temporarily short of unds." / Miss Grefinger had got that far irhen Miss Elizabeth Rogers, who aid that she was an actress, living n the Hotel Braddock, entered the iroceedings. She identified Rothman is a "millionaire casket and furniure manufacturer of Detroit" "jrho he alleged had given her two had ' Jiecks, one for $32 and the second ror $35, on August 29. .1 Mrs. Grefinger, continuing her itory to the Magistrate, said that she net Rothman in a hotel in Long Branch on July 7, where she was ' spending her vacation. - ' ' t teS^^^Pencil No. 174 !"gotjoxq ?OL Wrnf THERmBAJO 1 I1KADO ' IPANY, NEW YORK i i i r t , e,A i -r< -im ^ . )ME" SEND ND BANNER I GIRL WHO IS SCHOOL. ; A Week. onths School Term. apT BATTERY )R FORDS, $25.00 A R A G E jjjj^ and New York _? . \ Southbound Vo. 29 No. 37 No. 137 I No. 35 v; ..| 5.50PM 4.50PM | 5.25AM >.55AM S.30PM 4.30PM 5.05AM f.OOAM 2.10PM 1.00PM 1.05AM 1.50AM 1.00PM 11.52AM 11.45PM (.25AM 10.40AM 9.30AM 9.05PM !.05AM 9.20AM 8.10AM 7.45PM !.45AM 8.02AM 7.02AM 6.27PM . !.15AM 7.35AM 6.35AM 5.58PM 1.50PM 5.30AM 5.30AM TOSPM r.OOPM 12.40AM 12.40AM T52AM ).52PM 6.10AM "5.05AM ~4.15PM r.3SAM T30PW~ 6.30PM~ i iCDM ii nnPM 11 MPM TSIH >.OOPM 4. ISAM 3.05AM 2.25PM L30PM 10.55 PM 9.50 PM 9.00AM 1.53PM 9.30PM 8.12PM 6.05AM 1.38 AM 7.14PM S.47PM 3.20AM 1.24AM 7.02PM 5.35PM 3.04AM USAM 5.05PM 3.35PM 12.30Mito ing room stateroom sleeping cars l?twwn -een Atlanta and Richmond. Dining car. nbut, Atlanta, Washington and New York. am, Atlanta, Washington mnd New York. nd Atlanta jouthbound.. Ubiervatioo car. Drawing room *Je#pinf car* between New dies. a to Boatoa via Hell Gate Bridga Route, cvctcm fmhft J 1 J i LiiU IMfJ JI I Washington, D. C? ft )