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Abbeville Press Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, December 19, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. E TO SERVICE lH PREPARATIONS BJE^ING (MADE FOR REGULAR REUNION AND GOOD TIME, THURSDAY, DE CEMBER 29, COURT .HOUSE THE PLACE. The most important 'bugle calls in the army, as every soldier knows, were pay call and mess call. Only the deaf failed to recognize them. Those to whom the national anthem was not known would sit up with a smile when these melodies smote the ear drums. Because of its wide appeal ana general significance, .then, the ser vice men of Abbeville are sounding mess call, in the hope that it wili be heard and responded to in every part of the county. The committee in sending out form letters of invitation did not have an accurate list of the men in the county who were eligible but they want it understood tlmt this invitation is intended for all white ex-service men who wore the uni form. Therefore the chairman, D. T. Smith, Jr/, begs that every man who sees this, and who did not re ceive a personal letter, will write .a postal to Box 434 saying that he will be present. It is important that an immediate response be made so that the mess sergeant can line up d the K. P.'s and the cooks and the n quarternmtiwir uepOTi?un:ii(i< an uic preparations. You'r^JS. 0. L. if you stay away. Following is the letter: "Greetings Buddie: "Here's how? On December 29 we want you and your buddie to be in Abbeville, at the court house at six o'clock p. m. At that time you will be the guests at a real feed, dance and picture show. Our whole program has not yet been mapped out, but we can promise you a rousing get-to gether meeting of all the ex-service men' a good feed, st dance and a picture show. All this is to be absolutely free to you, as we already have the money on hand for the whole sheebang. This is not to be a meeting to get money out of you, so don't let that enter your head and keep you from being here. "What we are going to get to gether and talk about is the re-or ganization of the American Legion of Abbeville County. Now, Buddie, you know, as we ail know that the Legion is something that we need badly and should have had all along. How many of you have heard some of your friends cussing tne govern ment about those Liberty , Bonds, allotment checks, back pay and various other tilings that are due them? This is a part of the work that the American Legion does for us, and we are no: fair to our selves if we do not have a post here in Abbeville County to look after all these things for us. Be here on December 29th and find out what the Legion is and how badly we need it. To be nerfectlv frank with you, the Legion needs you and you 1 need the Legion. ' 'b Remember?eats dancing, or if you do not dance, picture , show free to you. We promise you a ^ good time. No squads right, no K. P., no guard duty and above all no ^ A. W. 0. L. ' . "Here's expecting you to be here, ^ "D. T. Smith, Jr., Chm. im T> 01 j.1 it. d. vneaunam, "Carroll Swetenburg, "Executive Committee. "There will be a hot time in the old town on December 29th." HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Miss Edna Bradley, who holds a rc-ponstble position with the Y. W. C. A. at Brenau College is at home for the holiday season. IN POT 4EMBER OF CONGRESS TAKES J/ OWN LIFE?DECLARES HE WAS CAUGHT IN "CHAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES, WHIC H SPELLS RUIN." Washington, Dec. 17.?The body f Representative John A. Elston of California was found floating in the 'otomac river late today. A note ound in the congressman's coat said e was caught in "a chain of circum tances which spells ruin." Mr. Elston, it was said tonight, isappeared Tuesday morning, but ras found by detectives that even ifir. Within a few hours, however, be Ts CI po tw ti( aF in, stj gain disappeared and that was the ist seen of hinr. It is believed that e plunged into the river late that ight. He apparently had been suf ering under mental depression, al though he had given no ^evidence of ; until he disappeared Tuesday. Up n being found that evening he was iven medical attention. Failure of the government to un ertake extensive development of the Jameda, Cal., naval base project 'as understood to have been a cause f great concern to him, as he had rom the first giverf close attention > this proposed development. Wheth r other matters pertaining to his istrict had also weighed upon his lind could not be determined tonight Ithough it was asserted that he had ecided not to stand for reelection ext fall. ' Mr. Elston's hat and overcoat were jund on the bank of the river about le time the body was recovered. The 3te found on the body said: ^ "I am in a chain 6i circumstances lat spells ruin, although my offense as innocently made in the begin ing. I hope all the facts come out. [y stay means embarrassment to my istrict and to a worthy people, clean id generous." Afi? was to congress to de ov mj be m? th tei be ye po a pe wl loi ra: to Ja no vi Cli ne C > a Republican from the Sixth Cali >rnia district and had been a mem er of the house since the Sixty aurth congress. He was born at ^ Woodland, Cal., February 10, 1875. ^ i 1899 he was admitted to the Cali- ^ jrnia bar and practiced law in Berk- j ^ iy until 1903 when he became secre-' iry to Governor Pardee. Later he as selected as attorney for the Cali >rnia state board of health and was trustee of the Califorina institute >r deaf and blind. He was a member f the Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta !appa college fraternities. He is sur ived by a widow and four childly CHILD BURNS TO DEATH lothing Catches From Open Fire Place. Mildred Fisher, the four year old ano-hfpr of Mr. and Mrs. Rav Fish r of Due West was burned to death i'iday afternoon when her cloth lg caught on fire as she played at lie fireplace. The mother was in the ard when the child's screams eached her. The fire was ex nguished as quickly as possible ut the little body was burned so adly that the child died the same vening about 7 o'clock. She was urned about 2 o'clock, while Mr. 'isher was away from home. The remains were interred Satur ay afternoon at Bethel churchyard uneral services in the church pre eding, conducted by tne Kev. w. u Coker. MT. CARMEL ROAD The Highway Commission has ad ertised for ibids for the construc ion of the Abbeville-Mt . Carmel oad, from Abbeville to the Mc lormick county line. The route is y the Hill place, Lebanon church triking the county boundary at [ulberry church. The road is 7.46 tiles long. Bids will be opened Sat rday, January 7th, at the office le commiflsidn. kPAN AND CHINA AGREED AS TO RAILWAY?NO DECISION REACHED ON PERIOD OVER WHICH PAYMENTS WILL BE CONTINUED. Washington, Dec. 17.?A tentative jeement to return the Kiacohow iinanu railway in Shantung to lina within nine months was re rted today during conversations be reen Japanese and Chinese delega >ns. An agreement was also* being proached on other points concern g the mode of payment, it was ited by the Chinese. ix was aeciaea mitt me xuau <t?h be paid for in installments, but no r cision was reached on the period c er which 53,000,000 gold German irks, the price agreed upon, would a spread. * v The Chinese offer to pay in cash, ide yesterday was not" accepted by ^ e Japanese and the Chinese coun- ^ red with a proposal that payments Q completed within two or three ars, making the time as short as ssible. The Japanese, according to ^ Chinese delegate, tonight said this riod was too short, and suggested c lat to the Chinese seemed "a very v lg term." P <v The sudden 'turning back of the j. ilway, the Japanese are understood s have said, would adversely affect r panese trade interests. China willjv t borrow from Japan any money j ^ th which to meet the payments, the I a \ tl linese said, nor will any loan be j gotiated. hiirhh mm j IWMI FOR worn Chicago, Dec. 17.?Thirty Protes nt church denominations through d eir representatives at the Federal 5 iuncil of the Churches of Christ in nerica today promulgated their pro- 0 am for permanent peace, outlined |n ligations wMch they dcelare Amer-| t owes the world and called upon y 5 government to recognize their h inciples. -i( Aid to Austria, Russia and Armen and recognition of international urts for the settlement of world obi cms were among demands made on the government by the council lich also extended its congratula ins to Great Britain and Ireland. Fearing tho accusation of parti- h" nship, several delegates debated tl i wording of the program's refer ee to international courts'and as :iations so both the league of na ns and an association of nations Y ;re mentioned. fi The council also adopted a separ ; resolution to send its prayers and L* od will to Jhe league of nations. ti Declaring that the Washington ^ nference on limitation of arma- ^ ints has "made a good beginning," c] i council added that "war itself ? a ist b& outlawed," and added: w "We believe that the time has come tl r American public opinion to ex ess unmistakably to congress its iphatic suppdrt of President Hard-L ? in giving satisfactory guarantees it the United States will take its 11 share of responsibility in in national tasks and obligations. . . tl "We believe that under suitable v* nditions the dictates of justice and G i principles of economic law re ire that the United States should nsider and adopt some suitable justment of the debts of the na ns to the United States in order it they shall be as far as possible ieved from their economic difficul e YORK TRAGEDY MAY BE EXPLAINED IAN ARRESTED BY POLISH PO LICE IN WARSAW SAID TO HAVE MADE FULL CONFES SION GIVING NAMES AND STREET ADDRESSES. Warsaw Dec. 17.?A -man by the tame of Wolfe Linderfield, alias Villiam Linde, has been arrested iy the Polish police here as a sus lect in connection with the Wall treet explosion in New York, Sep em'ber 16, 1920. The Warsaw po ke said ithey made the arrest at he request ' of the American de tainment of justice. They claimed r\ ovn in fYiAil* nAQflDQQinTl +VtO nan's full confession of feeing onnected with the disaster. Lindenfield is described as being i cousin of Rosa Luxemburg ~ the German radjcal socialist leader, irho was shot to death in Berlin arly in 1919 after having been ieaten by a mob. His confession, he police state, gives the names f the ring leaders and the New fork city address where the bomlb iras intended for J. P. Morgan, >ut exploded prematurely. .Sylvester Mosgrove, an Aimeri an department of jutice agent at fhosp request in Ibehalf of the de artment the arrest of the suspect /as brought about, declared that iindenfteld had agreed to turn tate's evidence and is willing to eturn to America where he has a me an two cnnaren in mew xum. ?he suspect's writtejn confession, ocording to the agent, says that' he money was received. (by New rork Communists from the Mos ow Third international. I SLAYS FATHER IN FAMILY ROW Camden, Dec. ^7.?W. Hamp Jor an, a white man, said to be about 0 years of age, was shot and in ;antly killed about one mile north f this county, early Wednesday eve ing. Coyt Jordan, a lad of about 19 ears and a son of the dead man, was eld today by a coroner's' jury charge 1 with the killing. From the evidence roduced at the inquest it was tes fied that the elder Jordan came ome in an intoxicated condition and ? -Pnrv>i1ir "Wo 1C Cgail cl IUW Willi IUC laatiij. ? lid to have slapped one of the chil ran and had his knife drawn in the ct of attacking another, when Coyt ordan went outside the house with is shotgun and fired at him through le glass. The load took effect in his ght eye, killing him instantly. There were four witnesses examin i by the coroner's jury, with J. V. cung as foreman, and they all testi ed practically the same. Some of le witnesses were not members of le family but were visiting at the ome at the time. Jordan was a na ve of Chesterfield county, but had een residing around Westville for vo years or more. The killing oc arred about 7 o'clock. Jordan leaves widow and several children who ere all present in the room when ip unfortunate affair took place. NEW YORK VISITORS Mrs. Percy Miller of New York nd Marston Miller, a lively young ;udent at Porter's, have arrived in le city and will spend the holidays rith Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kerr on reenville street. COTTON MARKET Spot, 17 to 18.25. Futures, all months 14 to 27 points up. January closed at 18.42, May a<t 17.84, July 17.32 and December at 18.07. GUARD ON TRAIN SHOOTS TWO ME HARMON DUSENBURY AND R. SWYGERT HURT?ONE C YOUNG MEN FROM CONWA AND OTHER FROM PEA! INJURIES NOT SERIOUS. Denmark,' Dec. 17.?Harm< Dusenbury of Conway and J. Swygert of Peak, young white m were shot and painfully wound bv the marine euard on the mi coach of the Seaboard Air Li: train here at 4 o'clock this mot "ing.. i Three shots hit Dusembury, o \ entered the left side of the throi a second pierced the^eft foot ai ? third grazed the left hand. Only one shot hit Swygert, tl entering the thigh. Both of the young men were ta en to a boarding house and givi medical attention. It is said that until recent they were students at the U<niv? sity of South (Carolina. They clai they had gone to Florida and ha ing expended all their jnoney we riding blind ibaggage back to Golui bia. , , It was also said that they got < the train at Fairfax and that wh< ordered by the guard to get off Denmark they refused and that tl shooting followed. Dusembury left for his home .Conway this afternoon. Swygert expected to he taken hon^ also once. Harmon Dusenbury and J. ! Swygert, the two boys who we shot by a marine mail car guard Denmark yesterday, had ibeen li ing in Columbia for some tirr Dusenbury was registered as special student at the Universi of South Carolina last year b did not reenter this year, accor ing to L. T. Baker, dean of the ui versity. Swygert was known on the ui versity campus 'but Dean Baker sa last night in so far as he knew Sw gert had never ibeen a stud^ there. Dusenbury is from Conway, whi Swygert is from Peak. The two le Columbia several days ago, accor ing to acquaintances here, inten ing to go to Florida and no inform tion of them so far as is know had been received in Columbia u til the news of the shooting reach here yesterday. NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED W. M. Langley Becomes Master Clinton Lodge, A. F. M. At a meeting Friday night ^ M. Langley was installed as Mast of Clinton Lodge No. 3, A. F. 1 He succeeds Dr. F. E. Harriso Sr., past master who presided the installation. The following additional office were installed: M. R. Plaxco, senior wardqi F. E. Harrison, Jr., junior warde W. D. Workman,, senior deaco: W. F. Jones, junior deacon; H. Howie, secretary; G. C. Swete burg, treasurer; J. L. Schram and F. Hill, stewards; R. S. McCom tyier. A CHRISTMAS VISITOR Mr. Robert G. Hemphill will a rive in A'bbevile Tuesday afternoc and will spend the holiday seasc with his home people. Mr. Hemph; is making his home in San Antoni Texas, and this is his first visit 1 his home people in two years. AT HOSPITAL. Dr. R. M. Fuller of Greenwood an Dr. R. E. Able of Chester were tw of the working visitors to the Mi morial Hospital yesterday. Mi Dora Palmer underwent an open fc'on for appendicitis. OF ATTITUDE CON CONFER- : J SAID DETAILS CEALED AT ARMS ENCE BUT DELEGATES TO HAVE PRESENTED SUGGES TIONS AMOUNTING TO REAL OBSTACLE. J Thei?^ Washington, Dec. 17.? gotiations fqr reduction of naval armaments struck an (unexpected "' obstacle today while the Far Eas tern discussions .were making expected progress. France furnished f the icomplication in the Jnaval problem, ' ana aiuiouga decants ox uer ?vvi- _ tude were carefully concealed, she was represent as desiring to launch a capital ship building program on a scale that would scrap the whole ^ ship scrapping plan agreed on by' the United States, " Great Britain and Japan. "c- ' In the Far Sastern conversation the question of Japanese draiwal from the Kiaochow railroadr in Shantung, which 24 hours ago seemed to-have reached a stage Of considerable delicacy, was brought suddnly t> the point of a tentative agreement between the Japanese ' and Chinese delegates. Other issues, of the arms confer ence remained at a standstill, al though in the senate the attack on. the* four powet treaty was. renew ed by Senator Reed (Democrat) of (Missouri and administration oiv\Vncmian .fnnlr nftfW a# ASSlS ijyvnvomvtt vwn w bate long enough to say not regard the treaty as obligating the United States to take military action. ) ' In the naval cofnmittee of 15 the British formally presented their re quest for abolition \ of the sub marine but discussion was def and ft was indicated that the would not be '.pressed with any hope of success. The request was all bat lost sight of in the stir created by presentation of the views of France. What actually happened w^th respect to the French proposal was screened behind the interdiction of , scr^y that surrounds the meetings of the committee of 15?a secrecy which was agreed upon today iby itfoe committee itself. An official spokes man of the British delegation, however, made bold to say the French had presented a build in cr nrrwo-mm that, would crive them O x- O ^ 35,000 ton superdreadna/ughts dur ing the ten years subsequent to 1925 and that Great Britain, the United States and Japan all 'had objected. ... . Developments that followed this $L disclosure gave evidence of a 'brew ing storm fcver the question of se crecy for sessions of the committee, The French declined to comment, saying that "under the discipline of : the state department' they were :i pledged to keep quiet. An official American spokesman followed the \ same course, saying, that the situa tion was that the committee met at . 7j 11 o'clock and adjourned 20 min- * utes to .two to meet again tomor row. v Both the French and Americans expressed surprise that any one had ventured to reveal what had ' transpired behind the closed doors j of (the committee room and there were hints among the French .that an investigation should Ibe insti tuted. CURB MARKET Last Meeting Before Christmas la Court House Friday The Home Demonstration Club Market will hold its last meeting before Christmas in the loVby of the court house, beginning ait 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. Cakes and dressed fowls will be on ** ? ___ t xl. 1 . Jt sale m aaamon to xne hhuoi une wi produce.