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* Abbeville Press and Banner / _ 844 $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville,'S. C., Wednesday, November 2, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. , SOLDIERS HANGED SAYS TOM WATSON GEORGIA SENATOR CAN PRODUCE PROOF OF CHARGES IF WITNESSES ARE GRANTED IMMUNITY?MAY BE FULL INVESTIGATION. \ Washington, Nov. 1.?Investigation by a special committee into chaj-ges by Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, that American sol (tiers in name ncu uang^u out courtmartial or other trial was f ordered today by the senate by unanimous vote. The committee will be appointed by the President of the Senate, and Senator Watson will be invited before it to pi'oduce proof. The special committee, as named by Senator Cummins, of Iowa, president pro tempore of the senate will be | headed by Senator Brandegee, Republican, Connecticut,^ and will consist of Senators Ernest, Republican, Kentucky; Willis, Republican, Ohio; Overman, Democrat, North Carolina, and Pomerene, Democrat, Ohio. Reply to Senator Watson's charg-J es that twenty-one American sol-1 diers had beefc hanged on one scaffold i.-. rrr.r.cc, Senator New, Republican, T ^ ,1n ?M.AP.Anf A/1 on ctoto. i Jiuiclllcl, pi COCIlbCVX Oil CAtAWtV** WV??w ment from the Judge Advocate General of the Army showing that out o: a total of 28 sentences of death imposed in the American exppeditionary forces,' only nine were actually carried out. "How many senators know," Senator Watson had asked, "that a private soldier was frequently shot by his officers because of some complaint against officers' insolence; and that they had gallows upon wlv.ch men were hanged day after day, without courtmartial or any form of trial? I had and have the phonograph of one of those gallows upon which 21 white boys had already been executed at sunrise when the photograph was taken; and there were others waiting in the camp jails to be hanged morning after morning." Senator Wadsworth declared that this charge could not be "lightly brushed aside," nor "excused on the ground ot excitaointy in aeDaie. ne i demanded that Senator Watson pro-1 duce the proof. Senator Watson replied that he resented the "demand" and would "tell him foot to foot and shoulder to shoulder" that he was "the equal of any senator," and assumed full responsibility for his charge. He said he would refuse to go before any committee with his evidence, or to produce his \^itnessea s unless they were guaranteed immunity. "I mean every word I said," he ad-1 ded, "and I did not overpaint the picture. I have a photograph of the gallows upon which white soldiers were hanged, and I can produce witnesses who saw it, if it is safe for them to appear." "A. picture of white men hanged like dogs! I can produce men, if it were safe, who saw men shot without trial. I cannot compel men to come here and incur the danger. "I say that food was piled up moun tain high in France and virtually given to the French when our men were starving. I can prove that our men were unnecessarily exposed and left to die on the road. I know ex-service men who saw these things and i told me about them. Told me how letters were censore and sterotyped to conform to regulations, and how soldiers who would not comply were subjected to barbarous treatment. These men will not go back to Europe again to fight I have hear dthem state they would die before they would do so. The men were treated inhumanly and told me so themselves." Senator Watson while stating his refusal to nroduce his evidence be fore the senate military committee, said he would before another and "impartial" committee. Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, characterized the Georgia seantor's charges as "monstrous" and REDOUBLE* ' 10 PROVIDE WORK ! HOOVER EXPECTED TO CALL FOR COMMITTEE MEET THIS WEEK?BUILDING CONTRACTS IN SEPTEMBER FAR AHEAD I OF SEASONAL RECORD. Washington, Nov. 1.?Efforts of the administration to solve the nation's unemployment problem, interrupted by the threatened railroad strike, are being redoubled, officials declare. Secretary Hoover, officials said, is expected to call a meeting this week of the standing committee of the national conference on unemployment to begin the study of the seasonal and cycical phases of the question in line with the prefection of permanent measures foj insuring work for the wage earners. Studies carried on by this committee, officials asserted, would be designed to prevent sharp variations in the country's employment curve over a period of years by suggesting methods for spreading work opportunity equally over the lean and the fat years. In connection* with the recommendations of the conference to increase employment through public works, ^ tt 1. ?li:a secretary noover maae puuuw ieports from the 27 states comprising the northeast section of the country showing the award of more buiding contracts in September than in any other month this_ year, or any September on record. Comprehensive statistics hav.e been collected by the conference, Mr. Hoover said, to be made available to communities for use in handling their unemployment 'situations. Summarized statistics from the Philadelphia district (eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Mary land, Delaware, District of Columbia Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina) show the number of projects contemplated to be 1,739, valued at $58,293,300 and the number of contracts awarded to be 1,333 Valued at $34,118,900. FIRE IN CITY HALL Principal Damage Results From Water?Started in Cotton. Fire in the cotton office of C. E. Williamson on the second floor of the city hall yesterday afternoon did damage estimated at $500. The damage is confined principally to the walls of the building, the fire being extinguished before it had gained much headway. The door which connects Judge Gary's office with that of Mr. Williamson and the adjoining wall are charred, and some of Mr. Williamson's office fixtures and private papers were destroyed. The principal loss is due to the water, plaster falling in the rooms downstairs. It is not known how the fire originated, but Mr. Williamson had a large bundle of cotton samples in his office and it is supposed to have started in the cotton. All the loss is covered by insurance. A VISITOR FROM PICKENS Mrs. Lewis of Pickens county is in the city for a visit to Mrs. W. G. Stevens and Mrs. Walton Stevens. declared that he discredited the imi partiality of prominent Democrats on the military committee as, well as Republicans in refusing to appeal 1? -T i.L _ !i:i ueiure me military uuuj. Senator Wadsworth vigorously challenged the truth of Senator Watson's charges. "The inference to be drawn that numbers were hanged without a courtmartial is utterly aside from the facts and the truth," said Senator Wadsworth. The number of men executed in France under courtmartial, Senator Wadsworth said, could be counted on one hand. HELP FOR SOLDIER I PROVES FAILURE / CANCELLATION OF ALL CON- I! TRACTS WITH MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS RECOMMENDED?EXPENDITURES SHOW POOR RESULTS Washington, Nov. 1.?Cancellation by the veterans bureau of all con- f' tracts with state, municipal and pri- o vate hospitals not established prior s; to July 1, 1917, and with all others d found to be unsuitable was included ^ among Administrative reforms in vet- ci eran relief activities recofhmended by e the special senate committee investi- h gating the subject in a report pub- a lished today, the second compiled by a the committee in its yet uncomplet- li ed task. Declaring the need of hospi- ^ I tal construction was unquestioned, tl | the committee recommended an ap- T I propriat'on of $16,400,000 for this fi I purpose, and, in addition, that all government hospitals, including sol- C' diers' homes, not heeded by the army tl ! and navy, be turned over to the vet- h ! erans' bureau. w Asserting the government had fail- ii I ed to obtain "results commensurate o with the large expenditures" in re-! tl j habilitation work, the committee re- n | ported with "deep regret" the "mel- tl ancholy fact" that out of a total of o 256,000 approved applications for b vocational training1 up to last July l,|tl (only 5,050 have been rehabilitated,jii 108,000 having entered training up o j to that date. 0$ the 63,000 eligible o ; for training without pay who have a j not entered "training, the committee o i found that a "vast majority" had not j done so, because of their "inability f: I to support themselves without pay." n iThe chief recommendation of the o: I committee on the vocational phase a * of the work was standardization of lj training courses, while permitting the S applicant to select as far as psosible w his own vocation. \z MEN IN MOUNTAINS I CAUSE EXCITEMENT DETECTIVE BRINGS STORIES OF V CRIME?MEN SAID TO HAVE ACCUMULATED LARGE STOCK OF AMMUNITION?REWARD FOR CAPTURE. Bristol, Va.-Tenn., Nov. 1.?John Green, sought by the authorities in fl connection with the killing last Julyjb of Robert Huston at Watauga,Tenn., s< and a man named Edwards, a fugitive a from justice, have created consider- c able excitement in the mountains near Linville, N. C., according to word a brought here today by Detective Elmo v W. Brim, who has been searching the b mountains for Blaize L. Harsell of p Bedford, N. Y., big game hunter and c short story writer, missing since last c February. ' j Green and Edwards, Brim said, e are armed with rifles and pistols and have accumulated a large supply of a ammunition. On three different occa- t sions, it is said, the two outlaws have t! fired on passing automobiles and once a engaged in a fight with officers, re- b j treating into the mountains when the p officers tried to capture them. t Two or three murders in that vi- r . cinity recently are attributed by the c natives to Green and Edwards, ac- " ( cording to Brim. Hunters have been c stopped and searched and persons living in that region do not dare to venr ture far into thfe mountains unless . they go in armed bodies. At the time Huston was murdered b ; n his home Green sent word to the v . Washinerton countv authorities that J ie would not be taken alive. At one a time more than 400 men were search ? ng for him in east Tennessee. A ii eward for his capture has been of- h ^red by Sheriff D. M. Walters of I Johnson City and Gov. Alf Taylor. p 1 FROM COURT (IN "flHFCK (IFF" wi f VI IMVI was / NJUNCTION AGAINST SYSTEM USED BY MINES?ORGANIZA TlON OFFICIALS TOLD NOT TC ATTEMPT TO UNIONIZE WES1 VIRGINIA FIELD Indianapolis, Nov. 1?Collection o1 unds of the United Mine Worker: f America through the "check off' /stem, by which union membershij ues ^ are deducted from miners rages by operators throughout th< ountry was enjoined today by Fed ral Judge A. B. Anderson. Further is order enjoined all union official: nd members from seeking "by anj nd all means" to unionize the Wil amson coal field in West Virginu 'here violence has marked the strik< lat began more than a year ago he order is a temporary one, but ef ooHuo until nVioncrorl hv tho rniivh. Vain effort was made in court bj ounsel for the union to forestal he decree and, though officers with eld comment on the court order, ii ras said unofficially to be a stagger ig blow at the union. Counsel foi perators in the hearing preceding le order had said that a strik( light follow the levying of a ban or le check off. After issuance of th( rder, reports from Knox conuty, on( ig Indiana producing center, saic lat 3,000 miners planned mass meet lgs to determine their stand. Th< rder itself indicated the possibility f many contracts between operator: nd miners being broken by the bar n the "check off." The only comment on the ordei rom the miners' side was a state lent by Ellis Searles, editor of th< fficial publication of t>he union, whc ssected the injunction was "certain r joyful news for the United State: teel corporation" which he addec as reputed to be the largest \coa ind owner in the strike zone. ICING BILL BRINGS DIVISION WIDELY CONFLICTING! VIEWS ON ^ MEASURE.? MINORITY SUBMITS CLAIM THATfJ- REM EDY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAI AND INEFFECTIVE. Washington, Nov. 1.?Widely con icting views on the anti-lynchinj ill, now before congress, were pre ented in the house today in majorit: nd minority reports from the judi iary committee. The bill introduced by Represent tive Dyer (Republican) of Missour rould undertake to stop lynchinj y heavy penalties to be imposed 01 arsons partcipating and officer harged with enforcing the peace Jounties in which persons are put t< eath bytmobs also would be subject d to heavy fines in the federal cour Citing the demand in the platfom dopted by the last Republican na ional convention to end lynching he plea of President Harding in ai ddress to congress "to wipe out thi arbaric stain" and the appeal o 'resident Wilson in 1918 to citizen - ^~ w>s\V> lour fVio mninrit.i u iic1jJ obX/y llkKJKJ it* tt j viiv <t.w||*...4 eport, prepared by Mr. Dyer, de lared that these and similar appeal have gone to naught and lynching ontinue." BACK AMONG HOME FOLK. Mr. T. P. Milford has been in Ab eville for the past several day: isiting among his old friends. Mr ililford is looking as lively as he di< . hundred years ago and he take leasure in the progress Abbevill 5 making. Mr. Milford is making hi ome with his daughter, Mrs. Jacl jivingston at Neeces in the lowe art of the state. IRISH PARLEYS 1 MAY BE KEPT UP o [ BOTH SIDES SEEKING CONTINUANCE OF EFFORT?SOME ) URGE EXTENSION OF TRUCE PERIOD, IF NEGOTIATIONS BREAK DOWN. f London, Nov. 1.?Efforts have been 5 made during the week-end to pre ' vent a breakdown in the Irish peace > conference, but a continuance of the ' negotiations now seems to depend al> most entirely on the willingness of . the Ulster authorities to assist in t coming into line with the Sinn Fein. 3 Sir James Craig, the Ulster prer mier, who has professed a desire to . work amicably with southern Ireland i in an all-Ireland council, will, it is ? said, be offered greatly extended . powers for the northern parliament, . accompanied by a strengthening of the position of the central council j connecting the two Irish parliament 1 and it is declared to be the belief . that he may accept this. t But, it is asserted, Sir James will . oppose any curtailment of the area of r the noithern parliament and will esr pecially resist any cutting off of the ; representation of northeast Ulster in i 'the imperial parliament which he > regards as the greatest safeguard for > Ulster. i The prevailing belief here seems to . be in various quarters that even : should thei*e be a breakdown in the r present conference the truce in Ires land should cnotinue. J The Observer today urges that 'there be a definite continuance of the "i truce for three months, during which - time, it declares, Premier Lloyd : George might go to Washington and > discussion at home might bring about - a settlement' of the Irish situation. 5 The newspapers adds that the Sinn 1 Fein most unlikely would not object 1 to this expedient "as the truce so far has strengthened their position, and its only opponents would be the rebellious Unionist communers, whom the premier expects to defeat overwhelmingly in Monday's decision in the house of commons." | COTTON GINNED TO OCT. 18 Bureau of Census Announces Fig3 ures for South Carolina f The Bureau of the Census, of the ' Department of Commerce, announc es the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina for the crops of 1921 and 1920. The . total for the state was made public y at 10 a. m., Tuesday, October 25. Quantities are in running bales, it counting round as half bales. Linters - are not included. County 1921 ' 1920 ' The State 493,225 562,097 1 Abbeville 10,83- 12,076 ' Anderson 43,315 26,548 1 Edgefield 5,325 13,433 s Greenville 24,542 10,798 Greenwood 8,707 14,670 5 Lancaster 8,710 4,469 Laurens 23,401 22,427 ^ McCormick 3,155 7,000 1 Newberry 11,678 16,562 * Pickens -- 12,814 3,831 '? Spartanburg __ __ 38,747 21,829 i COTTON MARKET. fl Spot: 18 to 18.50. f Futures cosed up about 20 s points over yesterday's close. S The movement was very sluggish the high for the day being only l two to four points above the close. December closed at 18.62 I ? J A PRETTY VISITOR. I i Miss Clem Buchanan of Montgoms ~*ry, Ala., is in the city for an exe tended visit to Misses Gladys and g Sarah Barnes. Miss Buchanan visited c i here last summer and her many adr mirers are delighted to have her ' /iama o era in FIND DEAD BODY . | OF BIG FARMER FLEMING CHAVOUS DIES NEAR ALLENDALE?PROMINENT CIT- . IZEN FOUND ON EDGE OF | WOOD.?INVESTIGATION BE i ING MADE. Allendale, Nov. 1.?Fleming Chavous, former mayor of Allendale and one of the most prominent citizens of this entire section of the state, was found dead on the edge of the woods on one of his plantations near Allendale this afternoon, with two bullet holes through the region of his heart. While evidence points to the fact that his death might have been self inflicted, there is no reason that can possibly be assigned for such >n act. He was seen only a few minutes be|fore the discovery of his dead body in apparently good spirits, having [bought several cigars from a store ; keeper nearby. While his death has jnot been the best during the past 1 T'OQV if V>QC PQIICO^ nr\ " : J iiug VUUiJVU u IU IIV a j parent anxiety. His finanical condition was in every way satisfactory, it !appears he being one of the largest I land owners and planters of this see* tion. His mysterious death has cast ia gloom over this town and comjmunity that has scarcely ever been 'felt. The sheriff is conducting an investigation to find out if there could ! possibly have been foul play in conj section with his death. Mr. Chavous was about 65 years of ; age and leaves a widow, fromerly ; Mrs. Clementine Williams of this ! section and two sons, W. A. Chavous, j present mayor of Allendale, and as- v . jsociated with late father in business j and C. C. Chavous, cashier of the I Alendale bank, besides several grandS children. Funeral services will be | held tomorrow at the Baptist church Ihere and interment will take place at J Swallow Savannah cemetery near ihere. CROMER IS COMING ! ? " I Newberry Man to Make Armistice Day Address. Mrs. W. F. Nickles yesterday received assurance from George B. Cromer of Newberry that he will make the principal address here Nov. 11th at the celebration planned for Armistice Day. Mr. Cromer, who is . a lawyer, is well and favorably known throughout the state as a speaker of force and originality, and the auxil- i > /tAMr^Awn ?V*r?4- if Vine VkAAVt -f/M* txi J UUH01V4C10 UlOW lb Iiao uttJ i iVitunate in securing him. The stores will be asked to close at 11 o'clock and remain closed the bali ance of the day. It is fitting that on this day, when an unknown soldier will be interred in Arlington cemetery, Washington, President Harding has asked that in all parts of the country the people stand in silent prayer from 12 to 12:02 o'clock. The unknown soldier and the ceremony that will attend his burial are to signify the love and reverence the American people have for the cause in which he died. The request of the president will be ~ ?' - -J fVin O V?>T*P 1 CPQ FVl I Icil I iCU UUl AibCi www day of next week. j ADMIRAL BENSON WILL ATTEN D FOCH PARADE Chicago, Nov. 1.?Admiral W. S. Benson, of the United States navy, today notified a reception committee of the Knights of Columbus that he would attend the reception for Marshal Foch Sunday, now being arranged by the Knights. A long list of notables will be here to honor the generalissimo of the Vllied arnv'es during the world war md a parade in his honor will include 160,000 men it has been announced. \.ll branches of the army and navy vill be represented. The governors of eight middle vestern states have announced they -ither will attend the ceremonies or end representatives.