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Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C? Friday, November 11, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents; 78th Yean '
SAYS AUTOPSY
SHOWS NO POISON
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATES ALLENDALE
COUNTY DEATHS.
AKIN TELLS OF VISIT TO THE
HOME OF LEES?WELL LOCAT
ED NEAR STOCK YARD.
Columbia, Nov. 10.?Arsenical
poisoning did not bring about the
deaths of four members of the family
of Joe Lee of Baldoc, Allendale county,
judging from the condition of the
stomach and intestines of the mother
of the family, according to . the
report submitted yesterday to Governor
Cooper by Dr. C. V. Akin, representative
of the state board of
health, who, in company with Dr. A.
H. Hayden, epidemiologist of the
state health body, went to Baldoc
Tuesday to investigate the deaths
from a health standpoint.
Four members of this family have
dipd and the father is now very ill
Jv. a Vir>c-r\ifol in Aiiam&tfl Three chil
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dren of the family died last week
- and the mother passed away last
Monday. Tile state health department
was requested by physicians and citizens
of the community to send representatives
to make an investigation,
and Tuesday Dr. Hayden and Dr.
Akin made a report on the case to
the govembr.
Dr. Akin said yesterday that the
internal organs of on$ of the children
had been sent to Clemson college for
examination, and that the internal
organs of the mother had been sent
to Charleston. If arsenic in sufficient
quantities to cause death was ingested
with fopd or water, the examinat'ons
now being made should readily detect
the presence of the poison, Dr. Akin
said.
A well, located near a stable lot
furnished the water for the family!
nUveinaore rvf tVlO Or\YYl- I
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munity said they had examined the
water and found present in it "wiggle
tails" in large numbers and.very
much alive. The presence of these
animals in a living state was opposed
to the theory of the well being poisoned,
Dr. Akin says. Symptoms described
by attending physicians also
tend to rule out the poison theory.
MT. CARMEL MAN ACQUITTED.
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Greenwood, Nov. 10.?A verdict of
not guilty was returned late yesterday
afternoon in federal court in the
i case of David L. Bryson of Mt. Carmel,
charged with violation of the
Harrison anti-narcotic law. Federal
court adjourned today at noon.
Dr. Bryson was indicted on three
counts with selling narcotic, failure
to keep records required under the
Harrson law, and purchase of narcotics
for use other than in his practice.
Trial of the case began Mon
day afternoon and lasted through
yesterday afternoon. The jury was
not charged until court reconvened
after the lunch hour. Dr. Bryson
was represented by General M. L.
Bonham of Anderson.
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SPECIAL MEETING SATURDAY
Parent-Teacher Association Meets
Saturday at 4 O'clock.
A called meeting of the Parent-1
Teacher association will be held in the
. graded school Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock to consider the question of
whether non-members shall have a
right to vote in the contests to determine
which grade is entitled to
the cash prizes offered by the association
for the largest attendance.
It is important that each member
interested in this question attend
this special meeting and speak out
her opinion. The officers of the asso
ciation feel that it is right that
these awards be made as the majority
of the members feel they should be
made. A vote will be taken at the
meeting Saturday to determine what
is the will of the majority present.
No other business w;ll be taken
i up, so the meeting will ">e short.
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IBM SPEAKS
OF CONFERENCE
EXPECTS PRINCIPLES TO BE
FIXED?PREMIER OF FRANCE
I GIVES HIS VIEWS AS TO PRO
[ GRAM TO BE FOLLOWED ANE
WORK TO BE DONE
Washington, Nov. It)'.?Genera
principles upon which questions a
issue are to be settled will be lait
down in the first days of the confer
ence on limitation of armament am
Pacific and Far Eastern* questions
according to the opinion expressec
today by- Premie^ Briand of Franc*
at a conference with American news
paper correspondents. He discussec
freely the work of the conferenc*
and the spirit in which he and hii
.associates in the French delegatior
will approach it.
"My conception of the first days o:
the conference," the premier said
"is that it will lay down the princi
pies upon which naval armaments
land armaments, and Pacific ques
tions are to be settled. It will be foi
the conference itself to decide th<
range of discussions but my feeling i:
that it will not go beyond the lines ]
have indicated and as stipulated ir
the agenda, already approved by th<
participating governments."
"Will the question of Europear
debts to the urnteu states come up;
he was asked.
"I do not think so," he replied
''France has no disposition to bring
forward the question and I do not set
that any subject not upon the program
could be considered without the
consent of all the governments represented."
CLEMSON COLLEGE GETS
LARGE SUM OF MONEY
Columbia, Nov. 10?Clemson college
authorities yesterday borrowed
$92,842.11 from the state government,
the checks for this amount being
made out to the college at the
comptroller general's office. The loan
was made under the terms of a joint
resolution passed by the legislature
last year authorizing the state tc
advance up to $150,000 if necessarj
/>a11oopo
tu 1 Ult bliw Wiivgv*
The resolution provided that thf
loan should be made by the sinking
fund commission if possible, but thf
commission could not meet the a
mount, it was said yesterday. On No
vember 4 the college borrowed $20,
000 and yesterday's amount bring!
the total to $112,842.11.
TEACHERS MEETING
D. L. Lewis To Be Speaker Nov
ember 19 th.
, The first meeting of teachers o:
the county' will be held in the cour
[house next Saturday, November 19
^ T T fimnvHicAr nf ni
U. Xj. Lewis, suite oupi.1 T IOU1 ? v.
ral schools will be the speaker.
There is always much profit am
pleasure in the teachers' meeting:
and Superintendent of Educatioi
Mann hopes that a large attendant
will mark the first meeting of th(
year.
OFF TO DUE WEST
Many Local Fans Witness Erskine
Newberry Game.
Several automobile parties wen
up to Due West today to witness the
Erskine-Newberry fame., This i
Phillips' last game as an undergrad
uate and hundreds of his admirer
will see him play today. Erskine ha
called the old grads from everv sec
k
lion, making this a kind of home
coming day.
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. R. C. Grier, D. D., presi
dent of Erskine College, will preacl
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning and evening.
POLICEMAN (
KILLED
I
Three Men Engage in Pi
Building.?Policem;
Deputy Sheri
* Receive
As the result of a pistol duel last
^ night in the city hall, Policeman H.
^ B. Gannort is dead, shot through his
* body, Policeman C. W. Crawford is
wounded through the neck and Dep*
uty Sheriff T. L. Cann is seriously in'
jured, there being four woynds in
^ J his body, one of them piercing the
1 lung cavity. His condition is serious
this morning, though physicians ex*
pect that he will'live.
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[ An inquest has not yet been held,
but from information current on the
street it is said that Mr. Cann had I
been drinkipg heavily. He was in the |P
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hall of the second floor of the city
' ball. Policemen Crawford, Cannon
and Stevenson went upstairs to in'
duce the deputy sheriff to go home.
Mr. Stevenson said he heard Cann
r say, "Crawford, keep away from me,"
1 and almost immediately the shooting
5 began. Mr. Crawford stumbled or
^ fell back into Mr. Stevenson's arms,
1 a bullet having entered the right side
' of his mouth and coming out at the
back of his neck, slightly to the right
1 side. As Mr. Cannon came to the top
of the stairs several other shots were
I fired, Mr. Cannon being shot in the
. j right arm and right hand.
' j' Mr. Stevenson says he assisted Mr
: j Crawford out of the building, the i
[shooting for the time .having stop!|ped.
As he backed his car from the
'jcurb to take Mr. Crawford to the
i hospital, Mr. Stevenson says he heard
j several more shots in the hall downi
cfm'rc nnH saw Mr. Cannon on the
. I floor. He also said he saw Cann walk ,
from the building, with his pistol in
his hand, and turn down the walk
' I towards the Eureka hotel.
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I Following the shooting Cann
i walked to his home on Magazine
, Street. Dr. C. C. Gambrell made an i
i examination fend dressed the wounds.
; According to him there are four ex- ,
, ternal wounds on Mr. Cann's body,
( two in the right side and two in the
r right arm. He was not able to say
wow in sr
: at washington
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LLOYD GEORGE SPEAKS OF CON
y FERENCE?PREMIER ALSO REFERS
TO IRISH SITUATION
WITH SOME DEGREE OF HOPE
IN OUTCOME.
f London, Nov. 10.?The lord mayt
or's banquet this evening assumed
more than national importance when
-,the prime minister, replying to the
mayor's toast to the cabinet minis1
ters, followed the custom of such
s gatherings at the historic Guild hall
1 of speaking his mind regarding for;
eign affairs.
2 The custom has been that the
prime minister must touch only fore'gn
policies in his annual Guild hall
speech, but in response to the lord
mayor's suggestion that the guests
anxiously awaited news of the Irish
* conference, Mr. Lloyd George quickly
expanded the statement made early
t in this speech that "the Washington
2 conference is like a rainbow in the
s sky,'-' and then passed to the ques
tion of Ireland.
s He declared that there was a betC
fov nenonoct nf CJvpjlt Britain's 01*0
- josals to Ireland being heeded today
- ir.d of Ireland accepting the invita;ion
to enter the British common.vealth
as an equal than for years,
jut that the conference still was in
1 critical stage. Beyond this he care
'ully refrained from divulging the
i -esults or the possibilities of the
; .-onference which are now being held
.vith the Irish representatives.
:annon .
last night
stol Duel'in City. Hall
an Crawford and
iff Cann Also
Wounds.
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this morning how many bullets had
entered his body. One bullet pene- .
trated the right lung cavity and the ^
other is slightly higher on the same
side, penetrating the region of the
lower ribs. The wounds in the right
arm, from their position, might have
been made by the same bullets that
entered the side.
Physicians would not allow Mr.
Cann to make a statement this morne
ing. He is under guard at his home
for the present.
The bullet that evidently killed Mr. r
Cannon entered from the left side, .
slightly in front of the arm pit, and ^
penetrated the body, coming outon 1
the opposite side. There was also one '
wound in Mr. Cannon's right arm.
an done in his right hand, according
to Dr. Neuffer who made an examination.
All the chambers of Mr. Cannon's
pistol were empty, but it is not known
whether he fired that many shots last '
night. Policeman Crawfqrd is said
not to have fired a single shot. His
wound, while not considered of a se- t
rious nature, is very painful. He is v
vyrwzr in fVio Vir\cr\ifo1 urVlorP llP WAS ^
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taken by 'Policeman Stevenson imme- fc
diately after the shooting last night.
The shooting took place about *
11:20 o'clock, immediately after the 1
audience which witnessed the show- e
ing of the Lasses White minstrel had 1
left the theatre. xMany members of t
the caste of the show were back *
stage and heard the shooting, but
none of them, so far as could be 6
learned, actually witnessed it. P
Mr. Gannon, the dead policeman, a
is about 50 years old. His wife sur- y
vives him. He will be buried at Long Sl
Cane tomorrow. He was a mild-mannered
man, and was well liked by ^
everybody.
Coroner J. C. Cox empaneled a
jury this morning, but after viewing ^
the dead policeman's body, the inquiry
was adjourned to 7 o'clock tonight.
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SHERIFF OF UNION ;
DANGEROUSLY HURT!
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WOUND INFLICTED BY OFFIC- J
ER'S WEAPON?PISTOL DIS- f
CHARGES WHEN SHERIFF
STRIKES NEGRO'S HAND WITH h
GUN c
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Fant was accidentally shot and seriously
wounded at Minter's store to- 1
dav about 1 o"clock. The shot was .
1
from the sheriff's own pistol. He had n
gone to Sedalia to arrest a negro, e
Tom Browning, accompanied by Ru- v
ral Policeman McDaniel. The negro e
showed a disposition to resist. Sher- ^
I
ff Fant struck him over the head ^
with his gun and the negro was then c
forced into the car by McDaniel who s
had already gotten in and by Sheriff i
Fant who was still on the ground, t
they had him in the car the negro fc
still held with one hand upon the li
door and the sheriff, holding his pis-jl
tol by the barrel, struck the negro's 1;
hand. The pistol was thus accidentally
discharged and the ball entered
\Ti- TToiife nViflnmnn TTa \vn<5 Vimhpd
to Wallace Thomson hospital for surgical
aid. The pistol carried a .41 cal- t
iber cartridge. An operation was ii
performed and the ball found lodged T
against the vertebrae of the back- i
bone. The bullet penetrated the ab- "
domen, perforated the intestines and 'i
ranged downward. The wound is most \
serious, but physicians say Mr. Fant ?
has a fighting chance. j
MRS 10 MEET
EARLY NEXT WEEK
VILLIAMSTON MAN, PRESIDENT
OF STATEWIDE CONVENTION,
COMPLETES ARRANGEMENTS.
TO LAST FOUR DAYS, BEGINNING
TUESDAY.
James Wilson of Williamston, presdent
of the South Carolina Traders
Convention, was in Abbeville this
veek completing arrangements for
he annual convention which will be
ield' in Abbeville next week, beginling
Tuesday and lasting through
Saturday. Mr. Wilsori has attended
hese trade weeks in other towns and
ays they are growing more popular
very year.
"In every household," the anlouncement
reads, "are found numrous
article^ of furnishings or farm
quipment which ^re .no longer, used,
.lthcugh they may not have competed
their period of possible useulness
they are no longer needed
ind .are cast aside. In other homes
ire other articles of similar chara^
er and different usage. The plan isj
o collect these articles at some cenral
point and by trading or otherwise
?t the things fall into hands that
ave need for them.
"In other words, this is an effort 1
o do by word of mouth what the
rant ads in the daily paper do?re- i
ew the evele of usefulness of'; i
hings. If a thing-is laid aside before i
t is worn out, there is a wastage <
hat it is possible to avoid. At this I
'me it is especially desirable that 1
conomy should be practiced. Hence
he traders convention?which in 1
ime will become a popular and use- .
ul institution. . <
"Bring your horses, mules, cows, j I
oats, chickens, hogS) farming im- <
lements, household .furnishings? 1
nything. There will be something i
ou can trade it for and better your- 1
elf."
VINS VERDICT OF $2,000
IN LYI...HING CASE]
Vidow of Joe Stewart Who Was|
Lynched in Laurens Given Damage
Against County.
Laurens, Nov. 10.?The widow
f Joe Stewart, negro who was lynch- ;
d here in April 1920, has just won
. verdict of $2,000 damages as a reu!t
from the county of Laurens. Suit
or the amount under the constituional
requirements was brought by
he widow, Henrietta Stewart, in the
ommon pleas court and Judpe Mover,
who was presiding, directed the
ry to bring in a verdict for the
ull sum.
The negro Stewart was taken from
he city jail in April, 1920, and
langed from a river bridge. He had
lifficulty earlier in the night with;
i party of young white men, two of |
vhom received knife wounds.
No appeal has yet , been taken by
Vio T.aiirone cnnntv attnrnevs from!
IV ~ ,
he verdict of $2,000 given by <a juryj
n the court of common pleas here
L'uesday afternoon in favor of Henrietta
Stewart, negress, whose husband
vas taken from the city jail and killed
by a mob in April, 1920. The verlict
was given in accordance with the
irovision of the state constitution of
OAS "'Ui'AU nvAtrirloc "in all I'
,Oi7'Jf WHICH |yiu* tubu vwmv ...
ases of lynching where death enues.
the county where such lynch-J
ng takes place, shall, without regard
o the conduct of the officers, be Hade
in exemplary damages of not
ess than two thousand dollars to the
ugal representatives of the person
ynched."
?ARMISTICE DAY.
The city had a holiday appearance
oday, most all places of business be
tip: closed in observance of Armistice
)ay. Some of the stores did not open
t all today, among these being
Rosenberg's. The postoffice observed
oliday hours. George B. Cromer of
lewberry was the speaker at the exrcises
in the opera house at 3:30, a
ood crowd being present. j
SUPPORT MED i
CONFERENCE EFFORT
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS HEART OF
GREAT BRITAIN IS DEEPLY
SET ON SUCCESS WHILE POPE
BENEDICT CABLES APPROVAL > ,
OF PURPOSES FROM ROME
Washington, Nov. 10?While the ' }
delegates of the powers were quietly
at work today perfecting their plans '
for the armament conference, cheer:ng
assurances of support for the
purposes of the negotiations reached
Washington from two important
quarters of the old world.
David Lloyd George, the British
premier, in a message expressing regret
that he could not attend the
opening session on Saturday, declared
the heart of Great Britain was
"deeply set upon the success of the
conference," and promised the diligent
efforts of the United Kingdom
toward a solution of the problem of
armaments. At the same 'time it became
known through unofficial channels
that Pope Benedict had given
his approval and might pronounce the . ;
official sanction of. the holy see at
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the consistory of November 21. He
has prepared to maiintain close contact
with the negotiations as they
develop. ' . '%
The certainty of support by two '
such powerful forces struck a note of
encouragement in all the delegations
as they" conferred among themselves
an the work ahead. For the most part
these conferences produced no surface
developments of importance, al- (
though they brought together for the
first time the full membership of the
American delegation and its advisory
:ommittee and gave the representatives
of other powers, occupied hitherto
with a succession of ceremonial
visits, a breathing space in which to
review their plans in the light of
the(r experience on American soil.
The meeting of the American big
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LOUT ana me auvibyry uuixuiu i/icc v/j.
21 was little more than a preliminary
get-together. The policies to be fostered
by this government in the conference
were laid before tlie committee
members only in the most general
way, details of the naval redaction
program worked out by the delegates
being withheld until a permanent
committee organization is effected.
;.
Former Senator George Sutherland
of Utah was formally chosen chairman
of the advisory body but further
organization details were left in
the hands of a special committee of
six which will report at another
meeting tomorrow. Mr. Sutherland
was placed at the head of the special
committee whose other members are
Samuel Gompers, Rear Admiral William
L. Rodgers, Willard Saulsbury,
Henry P. Fletcher and Mrs. Eleanor
Franklin Egan. Organization oft a
number of subcommittees to deal with
particular problems is expected to ?e
included in the recommendations
subm'tted at tomorrow's meeting.
RAILROAD TO SPEND 15
MILLION FOR EQUIPMENT
Chicago, Nov. 10?Believing there
is a decided improvement in general
business conditions, the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, and its
subbsidiary, the Cdlorado and Southern
lines, authorized Monday the im- /
mediate expenditure of $1,000,000
for new equipment.
I)ii|.>ctors of two lines met here
this afternoon. The action was taken
from consideration of business surrey
made by the roads.
GREENVILLE WINS
Abbeville Loses Second of Seasom,
21 to 0.
A good sized crowd saw the Green%'ille
High team beat Abbeville this
norning, by the onesided score of
!l to 0. The Abbeville lads fought
lard but they could not quite get the
all over, while the Greenville backs
rained easily through the locals' line.
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