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1844 S2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, October 31, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year, j
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BOYS WIN
FROM UNITES
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LOCALS OUTPLAYED VISITORS
DURING ENTIRE GAME AND
WON, 28-7.?NEXT GAME WITH
GREENWOOD FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AT 3:30.
Outplayed during the entire game
Clinton High school lost Friday afternoon
to Abbeville High school by
the score of 28 to 7.'The visitors attempted
s?ve^ral rallies, but with the
exception of a few gains by Clinton's
quarterback, Copeland, only one
touchdown was possible. This lone
ijcore was made in the first period
when Abbeville suffered a 15-yard
penalty putting the ball on the 7
yard Hffe. Clinton managed to pierce
the Abbeville line in two downs for
the needed distance. Blakely was the
Clinton lad who carried the ball
across and Copeland kicked goal.
Earlier in the period Allen Long
Jiad gone eight yards for the first
touchdown for Abbeville and Galloway,
as usual, kicked goal. In the
second period Abbeville made two
touchdowns, both Harris and A.
Long scoring. Galloway again kicked
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In the third period the last touch
down of the game was made,by.Pink
Bradley, who had replaced Foster
Barnwell at end, and who was called
back to carry the pigskin. Ualloway j
kicked again, this goal making 15
successful attempts out of 17 tries
for the season.
Jack and his little brother, Hugh
Bradley, were the two outstanding
stars for Abbeville on the offensive
while Gambrell, Smith and Galloway
come in for considerable praise for
making gains while carrying the ball.
Playing in a less conspicuous position
it mus: be recorded that the old
reliable Buster Howie is due publicity
for he has played a very consistent
center throughout the season,
has not made a single bad pass, and
at times has done splendid tackling.
In Friday's game he threw his opponents
twice for heavy loss of distance.
Abbeville's line is still not up to
the standard. Copeland, the Clinton
quarter is a light weight and had the
Abbeville line been on the job hei
should have never made an inch over
tackle or through kny part of the
local's line. The line must put up a
better fight in the Greenwood game
of next Friday if the team expects
to win another game. Greenwood
\tomes here with all the pep necessary
to win a football game from any
team that has not more pep or does
not play harder ball than the "city"
boys expect to do. The coming opponents
have lost their chance for
?tate championship, having been defeated
by Greenville and Honea Path
and it is very probable that their
sole ambition for the remainder of
the season is to beat Abbeville.
""They shall not pass" must be the
slogan of Abbeville's line Friday if
they expect to continue in the championship
cass.
The Greenwood game Friday will
be called at 3:30 o'clock and the admission
charges remain the same,
25 and 50 cents. Every citizen of
Abbeville must see this, which will be
one of the hardest games of the season,
and half of Greenwood will be
here. Root for the home team and
root loud and long.
Abbeville's state record so far is:
Belton 0, Abbeville 49; Laurens 12,
Abbeville 16; Anderson 20, Abbeville
21; Newberry 0, Abbeville 21;!
Clir.ton 7, Abbeville 28.
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COTTON MARKET.
Cotton continued to decline
today, all future months closing
from 35 to 41 points below
Saturday's close. December closed
57 points below the opening
figures and 41 below Saturday's
close, the last quotation being
18-33.
Best spot cotton sold today
at 18.75.
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BAPTIST PASTOR
DIES IN ANDERSON
DEATH CLAIMS JAMES DAVIS
CHAPMAN?LONG SIEGE OF
ILL HEALTH BRINGS TO CLOSE
USEFUL LIFE TO THI* BAPTIST
DENOMINATION.
Anderson, Oct. 29.?Dr. James D.
Chapman, for 37 years a Baptist
minister prominent in this denomirtation
in the South, died this morning
at 5 o'clock at the Anderson county
hospital after an illness of a few days
which came as a culmination to a
long period of declining health. He
was 60 years of age.
Dr. Chapman, Mrs. Chapman and
their daughter, Miss Jame Chapman,
have been in Anderson for some
months past, and since early summer
they have been guests in the home of
Miss Varina D. Brown, daughter of
the late Col. Joseph N. Brown. When
Dr. Chapman became seriously ill,
he was moved as soon as practicable,
on the advice of physicians, to the
county hospital. All that was possible i
was done for him, but to no avail,'
and death laid its cool hand on tortured
brows and brought him a peace
ful end.
Funeral services for Dr. Chapman
will be held Sunday afternoon at 3.30
o'clock at the First Baptist church
here, interment to follow in the family
plot in Springwood cemetery. Dr.
Z. T. Cody, editor of The Baptist
Courier; Dr. B. D. Hahn, pastor of
the Pendleton Street Baptist church
of Greenville; Dr. John E. White,
pastor of the First Baptist church of
Andersan, and Dr. W. B. Oliver, will
take part in the services. Deacons of
the Townville Baptist church, of
which Dr. Chapman was pastor at
the time of his death, will serve as
active pallbearers.
ARMISTICE DAY PLANS
NOW BEING PERFECTED
Program of Day Includes Address,
Barbecue Dinner, Football Game
and Dance.
Plans now in the making by the
committees from the Hospital Auxiliary
for the celebration of Armistice
Day Friday of next week promise
much for the enjoyment of the
citizens of Abbeville and surrounding
community. The program includes
a public address by a man of note,
music, a barbecued dinner, a football
game in the afternoon and a
dance at night.
The city schools will be closed and
the merchants will be asked to suspend
business in the period from 11
to 1 o'clock. The proceeds of the day
will go to the hospital.
Mrs. W. F. Nickles, president of
the auxiliary, is in communication
with a number of men,'one of whom
will make the memorial address. Among
these are George B. Cromer
of Newberry, Henry C. Tillman of
Greenwood and Morris Lumpkin, of
IvUlUHlUItt, SU?LC picaiucilb VI wit muerican
Leghorn.
The barbecued dinner will be served
from 12 to 2:30 o'clock. Mrs.
Foster McLane is chairman of the
committee, which fact insures the
success of this feature.
The Rev. H. L. Weeks, pastor of I
the Baptist church will deliver the
invocation to open the ceremonies.
"Ih Flanders Field" will be recited
and Miss Fannie Stark will sing the
"Star Spangle^ Banner."
In the afternoon the Abbeville
football team, victors in every
game played, will meet Greenville in
the most important game of their
schedule.
In the evening, following the sho^
at the Opera House a dance will be
given, probably at Rosenberg Hall.
The manager of the Opera House has
secured a spetial picture for the
night, and one which will prove enjoyable.
Miss Sarah Barnes is
chairman of the dance committee.
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CHAINGANG GUARDS
NOW BEING TRIED
PRISONER DIED AFTER BEING
( WHIPPED?DEATH OF YOUNG
MAN FROM NEW JERSEY
WHILE ON GANG CAUSE OF
^CTION.
Spartanburg, Oct. 29?Tom Hatchette
and Lee Porter, convict guards,
went on trial in sessions court here
today for' the death of Thomas M.
Keelan, young white man of New
Jersey, who died after being whipped
by the defendants. The case has
caused considerable comment, Governor
Cooper being called upon by
officials of New Jersey to see that
justice is done.
Young Keelan was sentenced . to
the chaingang for 30 days on a "charge
of unlawful train riding, commonly
called hoboing. He complained of being
sick, according to the testimony,
and when the guard complained to
Captain Hatchette,'according to testimony,
Hatchette told the deceased
that he would make him work or kill
him.
Xeelan asked him to be light on
him until he got better and he
would make a good prisoner. Hatchette
is alleged to have told him that
they did not wait there, but that he
would work or he would kill him. On
the morning of his death, itwas testified
that Hatchette beat the deceased
with a strap and when he asked
for water, refused to let him have it,
and when he died he dashed a bucket
full of water in his face, and after
he had fallen and he had been carried
to one side, Hatchette, it is alleged,
was seen to kick Keelan in the side,
this testimony was not all from convicts.
Dr. Smith testified that he examined
the dead body and found ten
bruises and wounds on the body.
They did not believe that the whipping
killed the man, but that he died
Vionf <strr>Vp ariH the treatment
he received was a contributing cause.
The state's testimony was not all in
when court adjourned today. The
case will be completed tomorrow.
ANOTHER MOVE MADE
IN STILLMAN CASE
Mother Would Become Guardian for
Two Sons, Jamea and
Alexander.
New York, Oct 29.?Surrogate
Cohalan reserved decision today on
an application of Mrs. Anne U. Stillman,
defendant in divorce proceedings
instituted by James 'A. Stillman,
to be guardian for their sons, James
and Alexander. Both sides were given
a week to present briefs.
Opposing the application, Mr Stillman's
counsel said the father had
wisely handled James' personal property
of $167,310, yielding $11,885
a year, and the $1,999 in securities
owned by the younger son. He denied
the boys were specific benefiaries
under any trust funds and said
their holdings were largely presents
from their father and grandfather.
The upstate court in which the divorce
action was filed left it to the
children to choose the parent with
whom they would live and both boys
remained with the mother.
GRANTS REPRIEVE TO NEGRO
Columbia, Oct. 29?Governor
Cooper yesterday reprieved nutil December
2 the death sentence of
Abraham Williams, Orangeburg county
negro, who was sentencel to die
in the electric chair today. The reprieve
was granted that the Governor
might make a thorough investiga
nuii ui me jjchhuii
with him and signed by the trial
judge and nine of the jurors who
sat on the case, asking that the sentence
be changed to life imprisonment.
Williams was convicted of assaulting
a fifteen year old white girl near
Branchville several months ago.
WIDE EXTENSION
IN COTTON PLAN
COOPERATIVE MARKETING SYSTEM
TO GROW?RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED AT BIRMINGHAM
MEETING WITH SUCCESS IN
FIVE STATES CITED.
Birmingham, Oct. 29.?The big
business of the American Cotton association's
convention was practically
concluded at this afternoon's session
when resolutions were adopted
calling for extension of the organized
cooperative marketing system, declared
to have been successful in five
states, to the entire cotton belt.
At. _ .1 1 I
mis resolution was ine sequei m.
! that adopted yesterday when the con/ention
went on record as opposing
any increase in acreage in 1922 but
advocating depulication of the 1921
program, which resulted in an acreage
28.2 per cent, under that of 1920
Another important action today
was the adoption of a resolution calling
for a 3 1-2 per cent rate of interest
on ^iberty bonds and 4 to 4 1-2
per cent, on commercial paper, the
federal reserve board, the administration
and congress being, included
in the appeal made to that end.
The Texas delegation described the
benefits of cooperative marketing in
cheir state and delegates from unorganized
states expressed themselves
as determined to see that their states
were organized at once.
|1 The convention received with
cheers notice made on the floor that
the Alabama house and senate had
just enacted a law under which cotton
marekting associations may become
legal bodies and have a standing
in the business world, as is the]
case in states where these marketing
associations nave ubkii etctmc.
The association adjourned its convention
late tonight after election of
officers as follows: J. S. Wannamaker,
St. Matthews, S. C., reelected
president; J. W. McGrath, Brookhaven,
Miss.j vice president; Harvie Jordan,
St. Matthews, S. C., secretary;
B. F. McLeod, Charleston, S. C.,
chairman of the national finance
committee; Joseph M. McCabe, St.
Matthews, S. C., treasurer.
HURRICANE SINKS
JAPANESE STEAMER
Fukui Mam Went Down in Pacific
Friday Night; All Passengers
Were Saved.
" ?If?V. on TUa Ton.
iOS&lUt) YY umi., UU t> 6i7.?AUC uoyanese
steamship Fukni Maru sank
1375 miles off Cape Flattery, Washington
at midnight last night in a
hurricane but all her passengers and
crew were picked up by the freighter
West Ivan, according to a wireless
Infessage received by the harbor department
here early this morning.
She was boun$ for Seattle from Kobe
The West Ivan was bound for Japan
and will continue to the orient,
the wireless state. Although the list
of those aboard the Fukui JVfaru is
not available here she is believed to
have carried few passengers.
No further details were received
from the West Ivan. The Fukui Maru
of 3,087 tons, was built in Liverpool
in 1890. She was owned by the YamocVii+n
TTnchpn Kaisha and had been
on the trans-Pacific run for years.
INCREASES CAPITAL.
At a meeting last Thursday, the
Farmers Warehouse Company increased
its capital stock from $10,.AAA
? ~ (PCA AAA Ktr ^onlorinfr *x .Qt.OP.lv
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dividend of 500 per cent. This company
has been doing a good business
since its organization in 1905. At the
present time it has in storage 6,900
bales of cotton, its capacity being
less than 7,000 bales. The plant has
an excellent water system for fire
protection as is evidenced by the
rate of 20 cents a hundred allowed.
W. F. Nickles is president of the
company, W. H. White is secretary
and Ralps Adams manager and a
member of the board of directors.
!FIGH] By REED
FOR BONUS BILL
MISSOURI SENATOR TRIES TO
START SOMETHING?SUGGESTION
MADE THAT MONEY BE
RAISED BY CONTINUING EXCESS
PROFITS TAXES
117 nnUin /*+ ?n Hrtf 9 Q A ri nfUflT
n aOllHIgbVil) V V# fa Vt mivvuv*
fight in the senate over the soldier
bonus bill was launched today by
Senator Reed (Democrat) of Missouri,
who introduced an amendment to
the pending tax revision bill to enact
the bonus legislation which was
recommitted to the finance committee
last July at the request of President
Hardicg.
Senator Reed's amendment proposed
to raise a special fund in the
treasury department for expenses of
the bonus plan by continuing excess
profits taxes on corporations at 1921
rates.
Republican leaders .characterized
the Reed amendment as "political
play" and predicted the amendment
would be rejected, but Senator Reed
who has announced he would discuss
I the Republican attitude on taxation
and the bonus at the Kansas City
national convention of the American
Legion, promised to make a hferd
fight in its behalf.
Republican spokesmen declared
[they intended to follow President
Harding's recommendation that action
on the bonus be delayed until
the national finances were in better
position to bear the expense involved.
Senator Reed sought to call up his
amendment later today but it went
over under a prior agreement to consider
other provisions of the tax bill.
Republican leaders said they planned
to move to table the amendment
as soon as it was presented, which
would rsult in debate being shut off.
GREENVILLE NEGRO
WILL DIE IN CHAIR
Jury Convict* of Murder Charge foi
Recent Killing of Night Watchman
Last Month
Greenville, Oct. 29.?Will Hood,
negro, who shot and killed G. W,
Smith, night watchman for the Piedmont
Lumber company of murder ol
the first degree by a jury in the court
of larceny. Hood and Beeks were
Beeks, another negro, who was tried
for murder with Hood, was acquitted
but is now being held on a charge
of larcendy. Hood and Beeks wert
being chased by a posse of citizen:
after the pair were alleged to have
broken into the store of the F. W
Poe Manufacturing company when
? ' ' ci ix%
Ithe shooting too* place, nr. omiu
had just started to work about ?
o'clock in the evening when he stepped
into the path of the fleeing negro
who shot him four times, thinking,
it seemed, that the white mar
had him trapped.
BACK FROM REUNION
J. M. Gambrell, T. C. Seal, H. W
Gordon, I. A. Keller and W. C,
Shaw retunred from the Confederate
reunion, held in Chattanooga last
week. They had a thoroughly enjoyable
trip from every standpoint, and
renewed acquaintance with many
old comrades and old scenes about
Chattanooga. They say that about
15,000 of the old fellows were there
and that the people .of the Tennessee
city exerted every effort to make
their stay enjoyable. The reunion
next year will be held in Richmond.
BABE WILL SIGN
Pittsburg, Oct. 29.?Babe Rutli
will sing if the audience will let him.
The Bambino made this blushjng
confession here today while arranging
plans for his debut in vaudeville
with Wellington Cross and Dean
Moore, two Keith circuit headliners,
T>U? ?r;n nn>n in Rnctrm Nnvpm
1 I1C att TYU* uptit lit .
ber 7. Ruth's contract calls for $3,000
per week for twenty weeks.
FIRE DESTROYS 1
THOMSON HOME j
7 3
LOSS ABOUT FIFTEEN THOUS-: ;
AND DOLLARS WITH EIGHT A
THOUSAND INSURANCE?FIRE
BROKE OUT IN BATH ROOM. J
OIL STOVE EXPLODED.
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Fire which broke out Saturday ?
night about 10 o'clock almost completely
destroyed the house of E..R.
Thomson on North Main Street. The . fire
had its origin in a bath room at
the rear of the house, resulting, it is
supposed from the explosion of an
oil heater. The house was valued at $15,000
with $5,000 insurance. The
furniture, part of which belonged to
W. C. Sherard, the father of Mrs. 'A
Thomson, was insured for $3,200,
only that part of it which was in the
1 rooms on the first floor being saved.
The fire had gained considerable, q
headway before the arrival of the
volunteer-fire department. Despite
that fact, the firemen believe they
might have saved the house but for '
the bursting of a section of hose.
The house was situated about the cen- 1
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ter of the block and the long distance $
from the nozzle to the hydrant at the j
corner subjected the hose to too
great a strain. While the firemen. -
were repairing the first of the three
bi*eaks the fire rapidly ate its way
through the ceiling of the lower floor ;j
and burst through the top. The tin
roof on the house also retarded the
' work of the department.
j Stored away on the second floor :if
j of the house was a quantity of irre
ilplaceable furnfture, conisating of the ,
. I inheritances through two generations
of Mrs. Thomson's family. Mr. Sher-" ;
I ard, who lived with Mr. and Mrs.
Thomson, also lost a number of heir- i
; looms which he values highly. Mr. . \
11 Thomson had $2,200 insurance .on *
. | his furniture and Mr. Sherard $1,000
The fire, which started about 10
o'clock was not out until the early j
:! hours of Sunday morning. The firemen
made a second run to the blaze .
after they had supposed they had^it
out. Mr. Arnold, chief of the department,
and Mr. Wilson, the only pro- ,1
fessional fighter on the force, both
, worked strenuously, as did also the (
. other members of the force. For a
time the Haigler home adjoining
: was in danger, the roof smoking
; from the heat.
> Mr. and Mrs. Thomson are staying,
I for the present,, with Dr. and Mrs.
, McMurray. Plans have not yet been
i considered for rebuilding.
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I LITTLE GIRL DIES -j
'f.
The friends in Abbeville of Profi
esaor and Mrs. Edgar Long of Due
t West will regret to learn of the
i death last Wednesday of their ^
. daughter, Eleanor Reynolds. Elean.
or was nine years old. A dispatch to
. The State says: .
i The funeral services were held at
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church Thursday, short addresses being
made by the.Rev. Jas. P. Pressly,
pastor of the church, and by Dr. R.
M. Stevenson. The Rev. R. C. Grier
and the Rev. CJ. U. Williams, auio
1 took part in the services.
: Eleanor Long was a i|ipil at the
' graded school and among the num1
erous floral tributes was a beautiful
wreath from the school. The little
1 girl was of a bright and sunny dispo;
sition and was very popular here.
Her death came as a shock to her
friends and acquaintances.
WOULD IMPEACH SHERIFF
Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 27.?
Steps have been taken to impeach
Sheriff E. 0. Shelton, of Stokes couni
ty one of the charges being driving
an automobile while intoxicated. The
; indictment was brought by Johi F.
Kurfee, a leading citizen. Shelton
t was convicted in the city court hera
i two weeks ago on the charge of
, drunkenness, resisting an officer aid
carrying concealed weapons, hi3 ar
rest being made at the For?hyth?
/
7air grounds.