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I IS GRANTED
TO T. L. CANN
^ AMOUNT FIXED BY JUDGE McIVER
IN LAURENS IS $5,000.00.
CANN CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE
IN HABEAS CORPUS AFFIDAVIT.
Judge Edward Mclver yesterday
granted the motion of J. Howard
M&ore attorney for T. L. Cann, in
habeas corpus proceedings, for bail
and the amount was fixed at $5,000.
The bondsmen are A. Williams,
T. G. White, R. B. Ferguson, C. H.
/Bosdell and J. Allen Smith.'
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Mr. Cann in an affidavit submitted
at the hearing before the court in
Laurens, claimed thpt he shot in self
defense.
His statement follows:
"T. L. Cann, being duly sworn,
says that he is now and has been the
legally-appointed deputy sheriff of
said county since about the 1st day
of January 1921. That on the night
of Nov. 10, 1921 deponent attended
the show in the Opera House at Ab.
bevlle and that after the sho,jr this
dononent came out of the opera
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House on me setuuu nuvi .?
building and he and several others
were there on the second floor talking.
That after we had been there
some time, Mr. Crawford came up,
and in a joking way, as this deponent
often did, deponent asked if they
had come for this deponent, or was
.. . % #-they or he looking for this deponent.
Crawford said yes, we will have . to
&ike you to lock up. Deponent said
no, I have - done' nothing. Crawford
said you are showing too much authority.
Deponent said no. I' have
done nothing to be locked up for and
told Crawford not to come on me.
Cr^wfo'rd tl\en jerked out his pistol.
Deponent theft pulled his, and both
c * ?5 chot at same time.,. Crawford
went backwards, deponent then put
his pistol back in his pocket. Deponent
started down. Cannon told me to
stop or he would kill nje. Deponent
told him to let me alone, as I had
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.clone nothing to him. Cannon had nis
pistol in his hand. Deponent grabbed
at Cannon's pistol. Cannon shot me
several t:mes befo.re I could get my
pistol out. As soon as I got my pistol
out I began to shoot and Cannon, was
* shooting at same time. This tieponeMt
did not pull his pistol, till Crawford
pulled his, and both of us shot
same time. Deponent did not shoot
Cannon till after Cannon had shot
this deponent several tinjes, and this
deponent-trie^l to keep Cannon from
shooting deponent, grabbed his pistol,
but he wrenched it out of my
hands and shot this deponent. This
deponent was shot five times, this
<*eponent^iad nothing against eitneT
Crawford or f Cannon, and only shot
to keep them from killing this deponent.
This deponent'only shot four
times all .together, there were two
cartridges in the pistol of this deponent
when he reached home after
the shooting."
Clarence Crawford, who was shot
N* the same night that Mr. Cannon was
killed says:
"I am in the employ in the City of
Abbeville and a member of the poii/?o
T a>m 47 vears of acre and
was born and raised in Aibbeville
County.
"As Policeman, I go on duty at 1
o'clock in the day time and stay on
until about 1 o'clock at night. I was
on duty on the night of the 10th of
November. Along about 8 o'clock
that night I Was in front of the
City Hall with Policeman Cannon
and saw Lester Cann with some other
men, (two or three I think) gc
down back of the City Hall. Thej
had the appearance of being undei
the influence or liquor, jtiowever, j
did not think about t}iis incident
again until after the show had started
in the Opera House. I went into
the gallery of the Opera House
where there was a considerable
crowd, attending the show. It was a
mixed crowd of men and women.
(Continued on page 2.)
FOUR BIG POWERS |l
ACCEPT PROPOSAL!
ENGLAND,
FRANCE, ITALY AND
JAPAN JOIN WITH UNITED
STATES IN NAVAL HOLIDAY
. PLAN?HIGH HOPE FOR FINAL
OUTCOME
Washington, Nov. 15.?In unison,
the spokesmen of Great Britain, ti
France, Italy and Japan today ac- lj
cepted the American proposals for o:
limitation of naval aijmament in si
"spirit and principle," making only ti
reservations for suggesting modifi- e
cations of detail. In order, Arthur J. v,
Balour speaking for Great Britain, b
Baron Admiral Kato, speaking for p
Japan, Senator Schanzer,' speaking v
for Italy and M. Briand speaking for t<
France, rose in their places, and ij
praising in highest terms the plan
"and program suggested (by the Amer- ii
ican government, gave the adher- fi
ence of their governments to the ti
general terms of the proposals. p
"'Secretary Hughes thanked the rep- e
resentatives of the powers for their s;
cordial expression and declared the
.time had come to proceed with' con- ti
sideration of details of the proposed c
agreement. . tl
The question could now be studied, ?
Mr. Hughes said, "with the assur- ^
aijce that there will come out of this p
| conference an appropriate agree-1 n
| ment to the end that there shall be I\
no more offensive naval war." r
Chairman Hughes declared that
all had listened with gratification ^
and profound emotion to the ex- jj
presions of cordial, agreement in n
principle with the American pro- w
posal. j ' e
"It now may be-in order to con- 0
sider the details," he said.
"There are subjects which must j
be examined by naval experts and it c
is the desire of the American government
that what was proposed and n
discussed by Mr. Balfour and Ad- r(
miral Kato will all be thoroughly j,
considered to the end' that after a
careful deliberation, we may accom- j,
plish the purpose for which this conference
assembled to achieve. There r,
will come out of the conference an
approved agreement or reduction of i
naval armaments and the end of of- J
fensive naval warfare which will
work to the great and enduring
peace of the world."
COTTON MILL MEET -4
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The stockholders of Abbeville n
Cotton Mills met in annual meeting s
yesterday afternoon. Several l^ge r
stockholders from New York, among v
them, Messrs. G. H. Milliken, H. A. n
Hatch, Winchester and Hale, were *
here for the meeting. *
The old directors and officers were e
re-elected. A semi-annual dividend a
of three per cent, was declared pay- 0
able January 1st. While the mill has J
lost considerable money *the past n
year, tne condition 01 anairs was ?
deemedv satisfactory by the stock- t
holders present, who now look for-1e
ward to more prosperous times. b
Miss Kathleen lomax sick v
The many friends of Miss Kathleen ^
Lomax will be sorry to know that
, she is sick with typhoid"fever at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Lomax near the city. Kathleen is
one of the bright studenta of the Ab- ^
beville high school and all her friends
hope she will soon be well. ,
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cotton market
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Spot 17.75. , is
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The futures market wa? L
stronger, advancing about thir- ''
ty points from yesterday's
close. December closed today at
16.90.
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DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
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i Sheriff McLane has appointed v
Thomas Prince and Dale Ferguson o
deputy" sheriffs. It has been the cus- t
torn, the sheriff says, to have only g
one deputy except on special occa is
sions. .J
RISK DISCUSSION
LONG DRAWN OUT
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I AY BE MONTHS INSTEAD CF
WEEKS?BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
DELAYED IN LEAVING
ENGLAND TO ATTEND THE
CONFERENCE.
London, Nov. 15.?The negotiaons
among British, Sinn Fein and
flster officials regarding the future
f Ireland have now entered into a
tage in which the negotiators are
liking of intermittent conferences
xtending over months instead of
reeks. The chief interest this possiility
has at the moment is that it
romises to make impossible an early
isit of Prime Minister Lloyd George
o Washington, as he has been hoplg
to do all along.
This development is assuming great
importance in English public and' ofcial
spheres, because the Washingon
conference has suddenly, attained
roportions in British eyes of an
vent of tremenflous and absorbing
ignificance.
Counter proposals for an Irish set^
lement to those made by the Ulster
abinet last week were forwarded to
he Ulsterites this evening by the
British representatives, informing-the
Ilsterites that their alternative proosal
was not acceptable. No further
meeting held between the British and
lister delegates has yet been aranged.
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It now seems that the premier's
iplomacy must be directed to bringlg
Ulster into a three cornered agree
lent. In the meantime the Sinn Fein
'ill await developments. "The northrners
are the bad boys," remarked
ne of the Sinn Fein delegates.
Ulster's watchword is "no surrener"
but some of the newspapers find
omfort in the thought that this is
lie first stage of all in the bargain
lob-inn- TVio /?riiv nf f.hp Hl'ffifMlltV
ests in the Sinn Fein's claim that
reland must be a governmental unit,
s opposed to Ulster's claim that, ifreland
is to have a dominion status,
Flster must be under independent
ule.
wpertstel
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Despite the. rain which fell intermittently
throughout the day, a good
ized crowd of farmers and business
aen heard the government experts
/ho spoke at the court house this
lorning. The topics under discussion!
fere "Economic Production Under
toll Weevil Conditions" and "Co-oprative
Marketing." N. E. Winters,
gronomist.of the state department
>f agriculture, handled the first subect
while D. W. Watkins spoke on
larketing. The speakers addressed a
imilar meeting at Antreville this afernoon.
The speakers were, introducd
by Secretary Barnes of the chamber
of commerce.
Economic production under boll,
weevil conditions, Mr. Winters emphasized,
is the difference between
verage production and possible prouction.
And possible production is
ery closely related to the question
f a cover crop. The farmers of the
louth, the speaker said have had,
hings easy. They plant a crop of coton*
harvest it and leave the land
iare through the winter. This is kept
ip year after year. The result is thatj
he time comes when the soil is abolutely
dead. The average produc-'
ion of the main crops in this county,
ie said, is
f!r>rn 16 bushels |
Wheat 10 buhels
Rye 12 buhels
Cotton 231 pounds
This small average was not so bad
/hen the farmer could feel certain1
f getting that much. But now with
he boll weevil here the average has
ot to be raised. The way to do- this.
> the cover crop, according to choice. [
ilfalfa, vetch, crimson clover, soyj
ARBUCKLE CASE
NOW UNDER WAY
FILM COMEDIAN ON TRIAL IN
SAN FRANCISCO?WILL SEEK
TO ESTABLISH THAT VIRGINIA
RAPPE DIED OF DISEASE.
San Francisco, Nov. 15-?Roscoe
C. Aijbuckle appeared today in the
role of defendant in manslaughter
procedings arising from the death of
Virginia Rappe, like himself a figure
in the motion picture world. Ar
buckle's audience was one of the
smallest that ever' watched him, only
a few hundred persons crowding
into the court room.
However/no throng ever watched
the screen antics of the comedian
like today's gathering gave attention
to the dry procedure of selecting
a jury. Arbuckle himself showed
he felt the importance of the occasion.
His smile was lacking.
Arfouckle's wife was in court bu1
did not sit beside him at the counsel
table.
Gavin McNab, chief counsel for
Arbuckle, stated that the defense
would make no effort to discuss tfy
character of the dead girl. He told
the court this formally.
When aojurnment came late this
afternoon, five jurors, one of them
a woman, had been accepted tentatively.
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McNab told the court that he
would establish that Miss Rappe died
of an organic and chronic affection,
"that might at any time have produced
death."
There was a clash when Mr. McNaib
indirectly accused Matthew
"Rradv. district attorney, of threat
ening witnesses with impirsonmenl
if they ^id not make certain statements.
"If Mr. McNab can prove that ]
will hand in my resignation to the
mayor," Brady declared.
McNab said he had seven witnesses
who will' prove that "witnesses
were taken to the city prison and intimidated
by the district,, attorney's
office."
I FARMERS
ER METHODS
beans, sweet clover, cowpeas, velvet
beans.
J The annual fertilizer bill in Soutl
Carolina is about $15,000,000 annu
ally, of which amount Mr. Winter:
said $9,000,000 is lost by leachinj
of the soil in winter. This cfluld no1
only be prevented by a cover crop
but fifty pounds of nitrogen coulc
be added during the winter, the mois
ture retained and plenty of organii
"matter provided. The cover croi
saves 50 pounds from leaching oul
and adds 50.
The legs on which successful farming
njust move the speaker saic
! are five in number, tillage lime, or
(sranic matter, fertilizer and soil .mois|
ture. The boll weevil has six legs, and
a lot of farmers try to hop around
jon one leg?commercial fertilizer,
j The use of the cover crop, whicl"
j i. ?. U ~ Vincie r\f Mr. ^Vin
[ sceineu lu uc tuc uuoiu w* ?~.
jters talk, will simplify the providing
of all tfi? legs. It supplies the organic
matter, accumulates nitrogen, the
most deficient fertilizer, makes- tillage
easier and insures an abundance
of moisture. Only lime needs to be
'added, once every three or foui
' years.
; Discussing the boll weevil, Mr Winters
said that the farmer should be
governed in picking up the weevil by
| cost of labor and weather conditions.
! If labor is cheap and actual cultivation
will not be stopped by the desi
truction of workers, then pick them
up. If the ground is too wet to
plow pick up punctured squares. But
if the sun is shining down right, at
least 60 per cent of the weevils can
be destroyed by cultivation, he said.
Mr. Winters ended by quoting the
words of Henry W. Grady, the great
COTTON CONSUMED
SHOWS INCREASE
MORE ON HAND AT MILLS AND
AT COMPRESSES AND STORAGE
HOUSES THAN LAST
YEAR AT SAME PERIOD?OTHER
STATISTICS GIVEN
Washington, Nov. 15.?Cotton consumed
during October amounted to
494,745 bales of lint and 61,513 of
linters, compared with 401,35 of lint
and 48,_64 of linters in October last
year, the- census bureau announced
i today.
Cotton on hand October 31st in
' consuming'establishments was 1,404,921
bales of lint and 159,729
bales of linters, compared with 940,480
of lint and 235,063 of linters a
year ago, and in public storage and
at compresses, 4,981,816 bales of
1 lint and 211,376 of linters compared
with 4,132,967 of lint and 340,633
of linters a year ago.
Imports were 31,269 bales, com'
pared with 13,825 in October last
year.
Exports were 874,510 bales, in1
eluding 8,119 bales of linters, com:
pared with 583,725 bales, including
' 1,709 of linters in October last year.
Pntfnn sninHles active durinET Oc
i tob^r numbered 34,255,522 compar1
ed with 33,771,988 a year ago.
Statistics for cotton growing states
for October are:
! Consumed 297,578 compared with
' 244,552 in October last year.
' On hand October 31st, in consuming
establishments 785,548 bales
compared with 407,047, a year ago,
and in public storage and at comr
presses 4,674,227 bales compared
with 3,8d8,637 a year ago.
Sp:ndles active 15,436,576 compared
with 15,031,849 a year ago.
: BUD FISHER WINS
* ' MUTT AND JEFF SUIT
Washington, Nov. 15.?Proprietary
5 to "Mutt and Jeff" as .characters is
possessed by Harry C. ("Bud") Fish'
er and decisions to that effect by the
New York state courts are final, the
supreme court today refusing to consider
an appeal which the Star Com
pany, publisher of the Hearst newsi
papers, sought to bring.
' Those courts ^warded Fisher exclusive
right to reproduce the two
characters, ordered he be protected
' from unfair competition of others reproducing
them, and rejected the
1 contentions of the Star Company that
Fisher could only copyright particu}
iar postures and words descriptive of
I their exploits in incidents drawn by
t him and that the two characters were
, public property.
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MRS. C. A. SMITH.
) Mrs. Charlie A. Smith died Tuest
day morning at her home on Cambridge
street after an illness of six
. weeks. Funeral services were held
1 at the residence today, conducted by
. the Rev. G. M. Telford, interment
. following at Long Cane cemetery.
[ Mrs. Smith was 61 years old. She
f is survived by her husband and one
daughter, Miss Edna Smith, one brot
ther, J. L. Clark and one sister, Mrs.
. J. M. Brooks, all of Abbeville. She
was a member of Upper Long Cane
. Presbyterian church, and for many
> years one of that denomination's
. most faithful workers.
! Southern orator.
Mr. Watkins outlined a plan for
the cooperative marketing of cotton.
. He said that the proposed scheme
i was not at all new and that the same
' principles could be applied to other
, crops than cotton. He made convinc
ing argument in favor of the plan to
pool the cotton under a legally bindt
ing contract, accept an averaged
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I price per puuiiu in jcmemciu auu
; derive the benefits of expert market;
ing.
The speakers wilL be at Lowndes,
v'lle Thursday morning, at Calhoun
Falls in the afternoon; and at Due
; West Friday morning.
CONFEREES AGREE 1
AS 10 MEEDURE f
IMPORTANT WORK WILL BE
DONE IN ARMS PARLEY BY /jj
COMMITTEE BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS AND REPORT "TO MAIN
BODY
Washington, Nov. 15.?The reak.
work of the armament negotiations
was transferred today from the open _
conference to the more secluded precincts
of the committee room.
- After a debate which developed ~
widely separated views on the ad- . M
visability of giving publicity to the
negotiations the "big five," comprising
the chief delegates of the United
States, Great Britain, France, Italy ' ;.'J
and Japan, settled on the committee
plan as the only acceptable solution.
To one committee whose membership
will be identical "with that of the
full conference, was assigned the
task of working out a solution for
the Far Eastern questions. Another
composed of all the delegates of the
five great powers, was created to . j
take over the negotiations on the
main topic of armament limitation. ^9
Since only the delegates of the five
I powers are qualified to act on armament
limitation in the conference
the result in each case will resolve
.the delegates into a "committee of ; J
the whole."
Although no official would make a
| prediction prior to the assembling
j of.the new "committees," the pre-/ ^
j sumption . everywhere tonight was
| that the meetings would be held be[
hind closed doors and that the pub-. 3
lie would get a glimpse * of the proceedings
only when in their capacity
as committeemen the delegates have
?.n important decision to report to
the conference las a whole.
The committee plan was said . 3
have been agreed as the most correct
method of attack on the problem before
the conference, since it would ?
permit greater lib^fciy of confidential
expression between the representatives
of the various governments and
would obviate much di the procedure
that would be necessary should the
session continue entirely in the open.
Another argument used by those
who favored the proposal was that
it would faciliate such modifications
of program as might become necessary
through changes in the personi
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nei 01 ine various ueiegawuira ?uu
in the diplomatic situation generally
confronting the conference.
One result of the decision may be
to make tomorrow's open session of
the conference the last of these
which precede the period of actual
j decision of the questions on which
the negotiations hinge. The most op- . '
timistic officils do not expect the
committees to be able to report without.
long study and debate. It is
pointed out that there is no injunc- '
tion against an open committee
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a development is generally conceded
to be remote at the present state of
the negotiations.
An additional result, at least at - |
the beginning, will be to permit the
whole body of delegates to deal with -js
subjects before the conference instead
of leaving the decisions to the
"'big five" or the "ibig nine." Creation
of subcommittees is provided
for in the plan, however, should
that step be found advisable.
The decision to create the armament
"committee ^of the whole" was
reached at a meeting of the heads of
the delegations of the five powers
i and wasadopted for the handling of . j
Far Eastern questions also at a
later meeting of the heads of all
nine of the delegations seated in the
conference. It also was agreed that
? * AnoM ~acci'rtn on
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portunity would be given for any nation
to express its views on the American
plan for limitation of naval
j armament. ,
; The territory of Hawaii consists of
nine inhabited islands, besides a number
of smaller ones.
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