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1 ' ** ' ' . ... ....."../ ... ....:." . ... -M ' , vV^ Abbeville Press and Banner j ' _ Trrrnrr, ^ ^g.OO the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Sept. 26, 1921 - Single Copies, Five CenU. 77th Year. | INQUIRY BEGUN ] OFKUKLUXKLAN HIGH OFFICIALS MAY BE SUM- ] iMONED?ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS BUREAU OF TIGATION IS LOOKING INTO ORGANIZATION. Washington, Sept. 23.?High officials of the Ku Klux Klan may be j summoned to Washington for*inter- ( regation by the department of jus- j tice, Attorney General Daugherty j indicated today. ( Director Burn9 of the depart- ( ment's bureau of investigation, Mt. j Daugherty announced, has been in- j atructed to set his agen ts at work on an investigation of the Skin's orga- j nization in various part) of the coun- ^ try. . . j In connection with the possible < summoning qf kl$n leaders to Wash- x ington the attorney general 9aid the j department of justice had the au- t / thority to summon any one and it ^ was its policy in the course of an ^ investigation to? talk the matter f over with the persona involved. j The attorney general said that ( any criminal prosecution would be for the most part v matters of state ? law unless there had been some vio- j lation of federal statutes through $ the use of the mails to defraud. There is no need in this country j Mr. Daughtery said, for vigilance ^ organizations. The country does not j need, he added, any self-constituted [ i organization to define and enforce J ^ the laws for American . citizens. It L ' * * " ? ? ?J I has, he contended, a wen organize^ department of justice to enforce thai federal laws and well organized! state authorities" to maintain the 1 laws of the several states. ' J ATTENDS SCHOOL MEETING j HELD IN COLUMBIA FRIDAY j I Major Fulp Chosen Vice-President In Chufe of Football?State | ' " Divided in Section*. t Major J. D. Fulp attended the j meeting Saturday in Columbia of the executive committee of the South Carolina High School League, which < ? transacted much business' relative to t the various activities o^the high s schools of the state. The committee ] agreed upon the division of the state into an upper and lower section \ for the better handling of the ath- < letic sports, and set dates for the v playing of football and basket-ball. { Mavvr TTnln waa ehoaen vice^oresi dent in charge of football, in place - of Harvey Witherspoon of Gaffney who resigned. All high school football schedules will be submitted to Maj. Fulp by Oct, 15 for approval. All open dates in any schedule are to be filled with the approval of Mr. Fulp. The Seaboard railway from Columbia to the North Carolina line and the Southern railway from Columbia to Augusta is to be the dividing line of the state in all contests for state champonships. The list of vice presidents of the various sports with the two members appointed to assist each follows: Football, Maj. J. D. Fulp, Abbe- ; ville, in place of supenntenaent \ Harvey Witherspoon of Clinton, re- \ signed. The two memfbers appointed i with Major Fulp were W. F. War- j ren, principal of Greenville high ] school, and Dr. E. C. Wade, superin- . tendent of Flprence city schools. i Boys' basketball," Prof. H. T. ' Shock!ey, Hastoc school, Spartan- ' burg, vice president. Members appointed: E. G. Jervfcy, department of < (athletics, Charleston high' school, ] and J. G. Richards, superintendent 3 of schools, Camden. j Giri's basketball, W. S. Carwile, < . superintendent of school, McColl, 1 vice president. Members appointed * J. C. Rusfaton, superintendent of ? schools, Woodruff and E. C. Hall- 1 man, department of athletics, Spar- J tanburg high 9chool. J Baseball, W. C. Taylor, superin- ] tendent, Gaffney, vice president. Members appointed: W. D. Magin- J nis, superintendent, Winthrop train- f ftRBUCKLE CASE IN POLICE COURT examination begins at san . francesco?court room filled almost exclusively With women many others demanding admission. San Francisco,, Sept. 23.?The jolice court examination of Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle, which will de;ermine whether the film comedian 3 to be bound over to the superior :ourt for trial on a charge of mur ler of Miss Virginia Rappe, began lere today in a court room filled alnost exclusively with women. > Three witnesses who saw Miss ftappe's body after her death Sep;emtber 9, which, it is charged, resulted from injuries suffered at a Irinking party four days before in Vrbuckle's hotel suite, testified that ;hey observed bruises on her limbs ind body. Two of them, the surjeon who performer the post mor;em examination and the autopsy jeon who performed the post mor uptured bladder, caused in their >pini<Jn. by external force. The autopsy surgeon also told of i small puncture he had found in the eft arm of the body which he attririfbuted to an hypodermic needle* At tomorrow's session it is exacted theTe will be Introduced tesimony regarding incidents at the >arty, where, according to witnesses it the coroner's inquest, Miss Rappe vas found moaning and screaming ifter having been alone in a room rith Arbuckle. Arbuckle listened Intently to tolay's testimony, his face bearing a erious expression. Mrs. Minta Dur '? Arbuckle, his wife, from whom >e< had been separated for five years ind who came here from New York tfonday, sat at his side with her nother, Mrs. Flora Durfee. CHICKEN "LIFTER" CAUGHT ?ugene McCord Fined Fifty or Sis* ty in Police Court Eugene McCord went on one rhicken raid' too many. It is useless o denote the race when chicken itealing is the crime, for everybody cnows the propensity of the negro .'or lifting thd feathered fowls from he yar# or roost Eugene got ?ugfht on one of his rampages S&tirday and this morning the mayor hied him $50 or 60 days. The latest complainant against Sugene was W. D. Carroll. MoCord vas caught with the goods in a sack ind could not give a satisfactory acwunt of the source. The testimony was damning enough to justify conviction. The sack contained other chickens than those of Mr. Carroll, it is said. The activities of MoCord n the white folks' chicken yards has seen known for some time. In fact le has been hauled before the authorities before on the same charge. Dn one occasion he visited the yard >f Dr. McMurray on Main street in >road open daylight, When no one was at home. He gathered up a sack full of the egg-producers and went >o the house next door and sold :hem. He was sent down the street ;o Mr. Barksdale for his money and le was caught before he completed iris sale. ng school, Rock Hill, and R. C. Chompson, principal of high school, rimmonsville. >. Track athletics, A. C. Flora, principal Columbia ' high school, vice presiaem. jnemoers appuijueu. x. 5. Hanna, principal of Anderson nigh school, and W. P. Crawford, iepartment of athletics, Hartsville ligh school. Declamation, Dr. S. H. Edmunds, superintendent of city schools, Sum;er. Members appointed: W. H. ftand, superintendent of city schools, Columbia, and Z. L. Madden >rincipal of Union high school. Defoate: Prof. H. C. Davis and Dr. Steed Smith of the University of South Carolina. DOUBLE MURDER STIRSJEM CROWDS IN CHASE AFTER LONC SOUGHT NEGRO?MEMMINGEF PRIESTER ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED WIFE AND SISTEE IN HOME. Allendale, Sept. 24.?Considerabl< excitement is rife throughout thi? and adjoining counties^ as the resuli of the killing of two negro womer near here last night. The crime ii alleged to have been committed bj Memminger. Priestier, a negro man who left this section about four year! ago, outwitting a mob who wer< searching for him for an alleged mur; der and assault of a white womar of the Kline section. Priester ha: not been heard of since the crime until last night, when it is said he returned, and, being rebuffed by his wife, killed her. and her sister, whc was living with her. ' * All last night, and throughout the entire day posses have been scouring the country, and it is believed thai if the negro is caught mob violence will result. Sheriff Bennett and several deputies are heading the posses and it is thought that if the sherifl ipprehends Priester he will be immediately removed*to the state penitentiary for safe keeping. Up until late this afternoon no trace, had beer found of the negro, and it is the opinion of many that he has. escaped tc the Savannah river swamps and pos sibly to the Georgia side. Officers oi all the adjoining counties have beer I ' notified to be on the lookout foi Priester. . The crime of which he was charged when he escaped from this aectioi about four years ago was one of the most dastardly ever committed ir cfofn onrl />ro of nr? ?raof ovnifo. bUiO O VC* WW auu VI 5*. V.UU VV ment. Several days' search was madt for Priester at that time, but he escaped and has not been heard oi since until last night. A SICK CHILD k Little Helen White has been sicl for the past week at her home or Greenville street with fever. Th< little girl is getting better now anc hopes soon to be back at schooh FIRST GAME , RESUL' Abbeville High and Elfc als Each Take Mysti of Season?Belton For Pigs] Abbeville High School opened iti football season Friday in Elberton Ga.f with the Elberton High School ancient rivals, as opponents. An< right lusty opponents they proved t< be, the final score being 7 to 7. Although not a brilliant struggle in view of the unseasonable ant depressive heat, it was neverthelesi a very satisfactory game for th< sandlappers, that is, in everythinf except the score. The Abbeville tean showed Considerable promise anc performed in a manner that indicate; they will do extremely well this sea son. Some complaint was made on th< part of the Abbeville boys regarding the work of the referee and umpire From all reports this faulty worl was probably due to the fact that th< officials \vere not'up on the game The Elberton authorities should hav< secured experienced officials, even ii they had to go out of town to ge 1 them. When teams visit Abbevilh they are always allowed the privil ege of selecting the umpire, at least Then the home management is relieved of the embarrassment frequently encountered whan visiting teams complain of the one-sided vie-w officials take in making decisions. Billy Long is accorded the laurel; of this first game for the locals, his HABIT OF SAVING : NOW BURS FRUIT . t i TWENTY-SEVEN BILLION DOLl LARS TUCKED AWAY?LARGE: LY RESULT OF WAR TIME ' ? T i l SAVING BY WAGE EARNERS IN UNITED STATES. i Washington, Sept. 24.?Treasury 3 department records indicate that t thrift has found a firm foothold in i America. Figures made public today 3 bv the savings division show that, r despite the economic depression and , unemployment, the savings of small J investors throughout the United Stati es total approximately $27,000,000,; 000, or, taking the population at 108,000,000 a per capita savings of about s $250 for each man, woman and child s in the nation. J Of this vast sum of working dol-' > lars, $21,000,000,000 is invested in > government securities, while the J other $6,000,000,000 is represented s by deposits in more than 30,000 sav: ings banks. T6 the holders of Third Liberty loan bonds, included in the ! investments referred to, the govern ment is today paying semi-annual ; coupon interest amounting to more ' than $77,000,000. At the same time - the holders of these securities are being invited by the savings division I to reinvest their, interest money in i thrift stamps and war savings stamps with the view of keeping as > much as possible of this money at work. : Government war issues are held i* mainly by persons of small means, according to treasury officials. No lesson which came out of the war I was more thoroughly' learned than i that which. inculcated in the wage s earner and the child the habit of sysi tematic system. The seeds planted during the gr^at national emergency : are now, during the post war period of readjustment, beginning to bear I iruxc. , A PAINFUL INJURY. Mrs. M. L. Blackwell suffered a c painful injury one day last week i when she stepped into a post hole s and sprained her ankle which will 1 necessitate the use of crutches for i several weeks. OFYEAR TS IN TIE?7-7 erton High, Ancient Rivc Seven in First Game Comes Here Friday kin Battle. s head work and splendid carrying t work being responsible for the lone f touchdown. Big Bruce possessed the 1 trusty toe that added one point to j Billy's touchdown. Elberton's team outweighed Ab> beville's by several pounds and the 1 hot weather played a considerable s part in cutting down the possible ? speed of the faster team, which on r this occasion was Abbeville. i Two years ago Elberton romped on 1 Abbeville to the tune of 79 to 0, so 3 the locals certainly have every rea son to be proud of the work of the team Friday. They certainly have , improved while Elberton is not holdr ing their own. The lineup for Abbeville Friday c was: Nickles, right end; Galloway, > left tackle; Starnes, right guard; . Howie, center; Klugh, left guard; ; Leslie, left end; Bradley, left tackle; I Harris, right half; Smith, left half; L T r> i. 1 1- . T A full i i-/uug, d., Ljuai Lei uatR, uuug, iuu i back. Substitutions: Roche for A. - Long, Barnwell for Nickles, Gam. brell for Roche. The first game to be played at home will be with Belton on Rosenf berg field Friday afternoon a(t 4:30 r o'clock. Admission will be 50c for adults, and 25 cents to school pupils. ; The season ticket buyers will save i .money. NEGRO MAN KILLED B! J. R. M'ALLISTER V ARGUMENT OVER COTTON SEED MONEY RESULTS IN DEATH FOR ONE?McALISTER ADMITS SHOOTING AND CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE. After an argument over the dis position 01 me prucccus from the Sale of cotton seed,'J. R. McAlister of Iva, Anderson county, Saturday afboiit 2 o'clock, shot and killed John Hall, a negro about 60 year old. The shooting took place on the Burt farm near Lowndesville which is rented by McAlister and sub-rented to the negro, Hall. Mr. McAlister came to Abbeville immediately after the shooting and surrendered. He was released today under habeas corpus proceedings before Chief Justice Gary. According - to testimony at the hearing today Mr. McAlister had spent Friday night in a room at Hall's house. Saturday afternoon McAlister and Half were In the lot near the house. Hall had returned from Lowndesville where he had sold a load of cotton seed. Hall -had picked flhe cotton from a crop which had ibeen deserted by Luther Dofabs, another share-cropper on the same land. Luther Dobhs owed Mr. McAlister money and the latter asked Hall to make out the bill for picking the cotton and he would pay him from the seed money. Hall said Dotobs had told him to bring the money to him and that he would do it. During this discussion tne two "were squatted on the ground. Mr. McAlister told Hall that he could not take the money to Dobbs as Dobbs owed him. Then . the negro rose and struck at Mr. McAlister, the latter warding off the blow with his hands. He ran back to his automobile and grabbed his gun.' Hall started toward him, thrusting his right hand in the side pocket of his "trousers. Mr. McAlister says Hall was known to carry a 41 Calibre Derringer pistol, and in fear for his own life he shot Hall. Bond was fixed by Judge Gary at $1,000 and he was released this morning. Hall, the dead negro, is said to have a very bad reputation in his community. He shot and wounded one man several years ago, and es - " ? J- TT ? 21 capea to norma, ne k? ?inu sum lv Tiave shot a man in Florida. ' At the inquest held Sunday the following testimony was heard by Coroner Cox: Dr. D. S. Knox testified as to the 'nature of the wound which caused Hall's death. H? said the bullet entered the neck about two inches below the juncture of the chin and neck and ranged slightly downward, coming out just inside of right shoulder blade. Miss Annie Waters, an eyewitness, I said: "I live in Abbeville County Where this homicide took place. Yesterday (Saturday) about 1 o'clock, John Hall, who lives here, and J. R. McAllister came. They were disputing about cotton seed. The first thing I saw was John Hall ran to Mr. McAllister and said he did not like it a dam bit. Then Mr. McAllister struck at Hall with his fist. Hall ran back and then Mr. Allister jumped on the running board of his (McAllister's) automobile and grabbed his gun. At this t:me Hall was advancing on Mr. McAllister with his right hand in his n>ht Docket. When within ten to | fifteen feet of McAllister, McAllister fired. It was a Winchester rifle. Hall was hit in front. He ran a little piece and fell. Hall never spoke. I saw one of Hall's daughters go to the body of Hall and take two pocketbooks, some papers and a pistol from Hall's pocket after Hall fell. Hall sub-rents from McAllister. When Mr. McAllister was down here he lived upstairs in the same house with Hall." The verdict of the coroner's jury \ TWO WILL SERVE J FIFTEEN YEARS ' VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER IN ANDERSON?WALTER L. ^ HAYES AND ED WILSON GET PRISON SENTENCES?TWO TO PAY FINES. | Anderson, Sept* 24.?Walter L. < ' % ' Hayes,, wealthy Anderson county merchant, and his brother-in-law, Ed. Wilson, were sentenced here today to serve a 15-year term in the state penitentiary at Columbia on conviction of manslaughter by a jury which tried them for the killing of "j, T. F. Ramey near here last July. George Wilson, father of Ed. Wilson, and Allen Emerson, the other j two defendants, were sentenced to pay fines' of $100 each and to serve -J 30 days on the county chaingang, the jury having held them guilty only . of carrying concealed weapons. The S jury rendered its verdict after 23 hours of deliberation. Counsel for the accused men said , later they were considering appeals on the cases. Hayes and Ed. Wilson ^ / will not be allowed bail as a South >>::; Carolina statute prohibits bail where - sentence is more than ten years. Allen Emerson and George Wilson had previously been convicted of killings and were serving life terms when paroled in 1912 by the gover- ; 3 nor. The present charges grew out ? of a fight at Harney's home, the state contending the defendants tried to beat up Ramey over an old quarrel and they asserting they went to his home to make peace and he started o rinarrfll a ^uunwi , , ? Just after the announcement of the < verdict of the jury, the counsel for defense asked the indulgence of the,, court for a period before pronouncing the sentence, stating that it wished to present a point in the case. The jury after deliberating all night came o|it at 10 o'clock and asked the judge for instructions as to aiding and allotting. Jujige Moore charged the jury concerning the law in regard to the one defendant being responsible for the acts of each other when acting in a common cause. In sentencing Hayes and Ed Wil- ! . son, Judge Moore told them that the jury had rendered a verdict that showed a merciful attitude, and had given them the benefit of every reasonable doubt "This sentence, as .well as being a punishment for the crime committed, is a warning and deterrent to others of this county and state," said Judge Moore. The dtate penitentiary was designated as the ^lace of confinement COMPLETES SCHEDULE Abbeville High Plays Chester Thanksfirinf Day. t At a meeting of the executive committee of the South Carolina High School league last Saturday in Columbia, all open dates in the. local football schedule were filled. The body considered Abbeville and Ches- v tea* as the two probable contestants nnr? orrQtlflP. ior me up-sujw: ui? un <???* .6 ed tfliat they meet in Chester Thanksgiving Day. The other open date, November 18, Batesburg High will play in Abbeville. This completed schedule requires the playing of nine games, seven of which will be at home. FROM CLEMSON Jim Coleman came home from Clemson and spent Sunday with home folks. He brings the news that work at Clemson is going on smoothly and that the dormitories are crowded with boys anxious to get an education. *? was to the effect that John Hall come lo his death from the effect of a gunshot wound, same being in the hands J. R. McAllister. Composing the jury were: J. W. Wright, foreman; W. C. Cann, M. P. Stuart, J. H. Hill, W. D. Bell and J. M. Nickle. i : ;