The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 02, 1922, Image 1
Mondafr, January 2, 1922
Abbeville, S. C
iblished 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly
i SPLENDED YEAR
I -g
IUSINESS MEN OF COUNTRY
THAT PEAK OF DEPRES
!<N HAS BEEN PASSED AND
BETTER DAYS ARE
AT HAND.
"York, Jan- 1.?Business pros
or 1922 are, in general hope
[cording to statements by prom
I jankers, made public today by
lierican Bankers' Association,
future of business and fin-!
?. the United States is en
tg," said Thomas B. McAd
sident of the association,
[emphasized the importance-' of
wyitry interesting itself in the
~ of Europe in order that
prosperity may be main
He said that although some
i^otyjticians and newspapers
extending aid to Europe at
"future prosperity de
\ on the way financial America
ithe call."
I f . . V. t '
time for anxiety seems to be
past and the middle of 1922
see recovery well establish
clared John C. Lonsdale presi
the National Bank of Com
|of 3t. Louis. "All of the things
to commercial betterment
^ve been set in motion so
|922, should see. the beginning
[ era, of our greatest and most
prosperity."
je'rity among our farmers,
101 ou
pry jtc
[o hav
Jctnrers and merchants is di
rected by the unsettled con
of finance and polities in Eu
jr or ding to J. A. House, pres
ihe Trust Company division
irdian Saving and Trust Com
'f Cleveland.
Im ' I
IQ must be remedied," he ad
g is apt, also that strikes for
vages are eertainly not in
I Q with the present order of
abor must:bear its fair share
j deflation.''
??^>use emplpsized the need of
bilitafion of the railroads
~*bsA congress "should pass
./tax laws to encourage the
capital through channels
"Wld meaij investment*
. 5. Puslichei, vice president of
wjerican Bankers' AssociatiQn
It trend was towards easier
[..rates and there was nothing
^ate that this would not con
strongest factor in the pres
lation is th? growing strength
I banks," he declared.
js our belie!," declared R. S.
president of the State Bank)
of the Aterican Bankers'!
Lion, "that Ve will not again
[real prospeity in this coun-j
ll some kin<jof economic res-j
>m? hpen accomtilished in
1 and a stabi basis for inter
trade worid out."
GRIER PREACHES
|ing Sermon at Presbyterian
Church Y?ei*d*y., -
lev. R. C. C$er, president of
College, Du West preached
bresting serins at the Pres
church ye ;rday morning
|ning. The iorning service
le nature ofcew year appeal
|e evening ; -vice, was di
|specially t- childrefi and
?ople. Usin^anguage simple
trations ap; the Kev. Mr.
jessage to 'uth was enjoy
the many Ider persons in
egation. T* Erskine presi
lys makes'-favorable Im
| whenever ie visits Abbe
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Population, 39,402,730
)ec. 31.?"fe official; r??olt
en era 1 censi0f 1921. gives
tion of Ehce, including
raine as 49,402,731? of
2^0,440 are^reigners.
in 1911 * 39,604
1,132,696 feigners.
HOLIDAY DEATHS
WIT TO SEVEI
ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBER
FEATURES DAY-MILLION DO|
LAR THEFT OF ARMY SUf
PLIES COMES TO LIGHT. T*<
OFFICIALS SLAIN.
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New York, Dec. 31.?Fresh entrie
were made on the crime sheet of th
metropolitan district today when th
casuality list for the Christmas.tid
outbreak mounted to seven idlle
and five wounded.
With bandits busy Doth vfithi
the city and out, the day's jbvex
shadowing crime was an attespte
hold up of the First National " bah
in WViiAVi fhp twn iKanlf officials, wer
_2l
slain and a client' seriously ttounc
ed. *f
Another bit of 'daring was report
ed from the heart of New York'
great white way?'Broadway an
41st street?where the patrote of
Testaurant were commanded .by roflb
bers to throw up their hands. Th
[ hold-up yielded $16 and the-rabber
escaped in a taxi cab after a^funnin
gun battle with the police.
In addition there came to light i
theft of $1,000,000 worth y>f arm
supplies from the Brooklyn bast
and the arrest of three civilian em
ployees by army intelligent officer
on a charge of smuggling the article
out of the reservation -fa motor
trucks.
[Figuring also on the crime char
was the arrest of nine men charge*
with robberies involving $75,00i
The gang was arresed after a figh
within a block of a police-station.
Accompanying' -tho WJrW**
a plea by Police Comnussioner En
right that the courts should deal ou
the sternest penalties to offenders
and an assertion by some ( police
court magistrates that 'bonding com
panies, ready to 'bail out any offend
er, were responsible for the numibe:
of indicted criminals at large. Th<
police expressed th^ belief that th<
latest scheme adopted, by footpads
was to turn off street lights befori
waylaying their victims.
SALES DAY
A, ' "f
Good Crowd G^tkeri On Firs
Monday.
' Today was the first ' Monday o
the month and the first Monday o
the year, and a good crowd of peogl
.were 011 hand to bid on several tract
of real estate.
Thos. P. Thomson, master, sol
the following tracts of land.
In the -.case of Fretwell agains
Wilson Mr^ Fretwell ibought 126 3-1
acres of land for $2350.'
v Mrs. Mattie May Allen bough
970 acres of land in the' case o
Allen against Boggs for $2,000,
W. A. Calvert paid $900 fo
land involved in the case of Mar
Hill et al against Barnett et al.
In the case of the Farmers Ban!
against J. J. Hill et al, the land wa
bid in by the Farmers ' Bank fo
$500.
%
The Planters Bank case agains
Norris was settled ibefore the sale.
J. M. Nickles,yas agent for th
probate judge of Greenwood county
sold two tracts of land.
In the case of Anderson as execu
tor against Anderson, the Farmer
and Merchants Bank of Greenwoa
bought 84 acres of land for (400.
J. R. Clinkscales bought 84 acre
of land formerly owned t>y And;
Clinkscales for $2250. The land wa
sold by J. R. and A. B. Clinkscale
as executors. "%
Judge Hollingsworth was th<
auctioneer.
I ELECTION CARRIES
8 Although only a snfall vote wai
fast in the school election for Sex
fas district held on Wednesday, De
cember 28, not a' vote was caa
against the proposal to apply i
special tax of eight additional milli
property. in the district and the
Section carried.
PRESIDENT REQUESTS THA
CALL BE ISSUED?SECRETAR
WALLACE SENDS OUT INV
TATIONS FOR NATIONA
MEETING.
Washington, Dec. 31.?Presidei
Harding in, a letter today to / Seer
tary Wallace of the department <
agriculture, asked that the latter ci
a national conference at- \VasJiingtc
to "suggest practical way3 of in
provement" for "the severe agricu
tural depression which exist? throug]
out the land." Promnt action was t
k ken at the- department of agricultu:
e in response to the request^ telegr;
' phic invitations being, dispatched ir
mediately to , a number of organic
tions and individuals.
8 ' (Secretafrjr Wallace said tonight thi
the date of the conference had ni
a been fixed nor a complete invitatic
h list made up.. It is expected, howeve
e- that the conference will be. held wit]
* in a month and that, in addition 1
^ farmers and tkfeir organizations, ii
dustries associated directly and ind
B rectly with agriculture will be calli
^ in to aid in the efforts to improi
conditions.
"No one will pretend that the pre
a ent conditions could have been avoii
Jed," President Harding said in, h
letter to the secretary, "but none <
, us is willing to agree that thei
j ought not to be some correct and coi
0 structive steps taken to remedy ti
t severe hardships under which so in
portant a portion of our producth
? .citizenship. jg..?truggling>I am v
vinced that a conference may be mad
a very helpful agency in suggestin
practical ways of improvement, pa]
ticularly. if brought into coordinatio
with the '.helpful investigation whic
had been begun by a congressionj
commission committed to a relate
work."/' ^
g The president further suggeste
5 that the conference might divide it
2 work into two sections, one "for coi
sideration of our present day difl
culties which, though temporary, ai
serious and need effective attention,
while the second could deal with 11
survey of the future in an effort 1
determine upon general policies."
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OF DUTY ON 01
Washington, Dec. 31.?Varyir
duties on crude oil were proposf
before the senate finance commits
today by spokesmen for mid-conl
nent producers and ail duties we:
opposed by American producers o
erating in Mexico and represent
tives of various classes of oil coi
sumers in this country.
Renewing the fight for a tariff lev
which was lost in the house by s
overwhelming vote Senator Harre
(Republican) of Oklahoma said 1
was satisfied with the original rati
proposed by the ways and meai
committee, 35 cents a barrel i.
crude and 25 cents a barrel on fue
/. i
Seator Curtis, of Kansas, a Republ
can member of finance cammitte
had introduced an amendment to tt
tariff bill proposing these duties.
A duty of $1 a barrel was urg?
by Harry H. Smith, of Tulsa, Okla
secretary of the Mid-Continental 0
and Gas association, who said th
would equalize the difference in 11
costs of production in Mexico an
in the mid-continent fields. W. I
Gray fof Tulsa, representing the N;
tional Association of Independei
Oil Producers, suggested no specif
rates, but urged that the preside:
be; empowered to assess a duf
equivalent to the combined impo:
and export levies imposed by Mex
co, Colombia and Venezuela, fro?
which the chief America* import
come.
CHINESE THREATEN APPEAL
70 CONFERENCE?S HAN
TUNG QUESTION AND OTHER
FAR EASTERN PROBLEMS YET
TO BE SETTLED.
Washington, Dec. 31.-~In the
face of 'the repeated Japane& asser
tion that-the Shantung question was
not upon the agenda of the Wash
ington conference and- could not
come within the scope of the mean
ing q?. President iftarding's formal
invitation to participate in the -con
ference, Chinese spokesmen declared
tonight that this question would be
injected into the conference by the
.Chinese delegation to break the
deadlock ia the conversations be
tween, the Chinese and Japanese
delegations on the subject unless
some other means to a solution were
fpund during the no*t meeting of th^
5fox 'Eastern committee.
"G&na can, Sot make any more
concessions; in fist site has made
too many already," a Chinese dele
gate said tonight "If the questiokis
not V settled satisfactorily through
mediation or otherwise the only thing
for the Chinese delegation to.do is
to bring it before the conference
and let the conference settle it."
The Chinese position was set forth
at about the sam* ttaie that Foreign
a"* meeting with newspaper corres
pondents that if China did not re
consider her position on the Shan
tung problem, its solution .WOOld.^e
very. ,d^c;c$t. ,Sflf*ret$ry Hughes, and
*e! Mr. Balfour might possibly tender
'other good officers with the aim of
settling the question, he added, but
he preferred a direct settlement be
tween the representatives of Japan
and. China.'}
Unless three questions are, settled
toy the arms conference^satisfactorily
,to the Chinese?Shantung, the 21
^ demands, and the tariff?it was said,
bs / ' :
tremendous reaction of possible far
1_ reaching effects would occur in
nhina. Tli(*rp .rnicrhf it?<? mnriv innrii
n festations in various directions and
\ not the least importance would be ^
the probability of the present 'boy
cott spreading in* an alarming degree,
it was said.
I OF BURNING WIFE
i
Branchville, Dec. 31.?Rachel Cup^1^
>e ningham was fatally bumed^iere
Monday night and died yesterday. ]
She claimed that her husband, Kivey
Cunningham, threw h/fr in the ffre.
Cunningham clairas>that she had a
fit and fell in thaHfire while he was
out in the. yawp cutting wood, and
when he hear^f her scream he ran in
to the housHS and about the same
time twtoilegro men got there and
helped jfit her out of the fire.
Magistrate Dukes, acting as cor
djffr, held an inquest over the {lead
ijlody. The jury rendered the follow
ing verdict:
) "That Rachel Cunningham came to
'her death at the hands of her hus
le] band, Kivey Cunningham, by throw
ing her into the fire."
W. C. Martin of Branchville
nnnoorn/) anfl rvrn<u>f>llted for the
uuw
(solicitor and W. M. Warren, who is
^n Augusta lawyer, represented the
defendant.
^Curfpingham was arrested and
placed in the jail in Orangeburg,
whc\re he is being held without bail.
He " Will likely be brought to trial at
the t anuary term of court.
Cunningham is about 35 years old
and has several children.
R. G. Hemphill left today for his
hom? in San Antonio, Texas, after
spending the holidays with
er, Mrs. R. R. Hemphill. <
his
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TWO OF TRIO KILLED IN PEARll
RIVER BATTLE?ROBB $ft S
FAIL TO GET PLANTS PAYr
ROLL AS PLANNED?SEARCH
NOW GOES ON.
Pearl River, N. Y., Dec. . 31.?
Four armed bandits who today
swooped down ob Pearl River failed,
in an attempt to rob the First Na
trional bank and fled in their auto
mobile after slaying two men and
proibrfbly mortally wooding another;
One robber, wounded 'by one' of
his victims lpft a qjight trail -: of
blood in the snow, but this -was lost
when he entered : the machine. To
night the two fire departments in
their tracks, citizens in their private
machines, and the police wer^ scour
ing the country.
Just what occurred was told the
district d&bfrh&y4- bf Gtt6 Miller, a
railroad flagman, who was confer
ring in wn*r office with James P.
Moore, assistant cashier, -when the
robbers appeared and who' tonight
lay critically' wounded in a hospital.
Only one other person was in" tie
bank at the time) ' Siegfried Butz,
who with Moore was slain.
Attracted to the bank by the'
prospect of obtaining a $7^000 pay
roll for the Dexter Folder "Company
plant across the street ' the robbers
without any preliminaries began
shooting. ?
Butz was the first to fall. When
Moore and Miller appeared from th?
nner office the. rain of 'bullets con
r^rairig' th^ ftre
md wounding one of the bandits.
The shooting was heard <by girls in
offices over the bank and it was be
ieved that the scuffling of their feet
:aused the-bandits* to flee through
;he windows.
Investigation snowed, the roftbers
lad obtained nothing. 'The payroll
lad been taken to the factory ibefore
;heir. arrival and the inner doors to
' . * t
ihe vaults were locked.
MOVING DAY
riqdl Investment Company Occupies
. 10 Cent Store.
Vmip!?odc q nrl rAciftanlial
OCVCiai. UUOUItoo Ultvt AVW?V?V?4?*M?
:hanges were in effect in town today;
Sobb's 10-cent store which has for
nerly occup-ed two rooms on thp
square, will occupy only one of the
ooms in the future. Hall Investment
Company moved into th^ empty build
ng today/
W. T. Edwards has moved his gro
jerv sj^rffTfrom the building near the
pf^stomce to a stand lower down on!
Main street.
Mr. and' Mrs. Sam Wilson ^have
moved from Wardlaw street to the
country. Mrs. V. M. Waters moved in
to the Wilson house.
i
J. fl. Walker has rented the house
oh Haigler street formerly, occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. V. M, Waters.
Misses Jennie and Lula Cason
have returned to their hoime ' on
North Main street, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson moving into Mrs. J. E.
Cheatham's house near xne miie
rock.
treasurer BUSY
Many People Pay Taxes To Avoid
Penalty
County treasurer R. B. Cheatham
was kept unusdally busy today col
lecting taxes and selling dog
licenses. The 1 per cent penalty was
paid -today with an additional charge
for delinquents who do not pay be
fore February 1. Today was the first
Monday of the .month as well as the
first Monday of the year, and sales
day attracted a number of visitors
who paid taxes.
at Methodist church /
At the prayer meeting
neaday evening, 7:30
tQUNTY AUDIT^ Q|
MAKE REPOR"f5?MO!
$2,000,000 IN REAL
DURING YEAR.
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Columbia, Dec^ 31.
from all. the county apdita
State, received'and comp
today, by the (MpteoB?r
office, show an hvn^M^'c
8U i? !
property in South CaroHw
strata aW tie total tax,
eirty for 1&21 -mid $4{
while that lor 1920 w*6
788-.A lUgM;
?# pmt* ik-H
ty and school taxei
267,?91v&3. Taa
support <it the
$274,885.
The. value otijM "
towns and villages !
668, as connoted j
last year, and f
782, qs again]
1920. Tho
twousrnout oo
an increase on
shown in ; * 1
ing the vali
mm*
^atoe>
the total
$46,220,027, .
for 1921. Persoa
uedat$190j^
^sst, -
tamed' for -taxation in
shown. In 1920 a toW-V'
983 for this yearwere
dayVreport,
. This year the valu
gvien at ?109,959,139
crease over the figa
90.6 for 1921. Taxes ^
pose$ were higher
er purpose, with a
965.55, while thej
for county purposes ]
with $6,358{438.83
taxes was third, with^
Special county taxe
095,861.85 and those
purposes of 'counties
$3,675',696.84. For public roaS
amount was" $1,354,780.70 an
tax levies in portions of conntW
the amount w$209,299.42. Th
three-mill school tax, which is con
stitutional, amounted to $1,357,41
80 an'd the local and special ?
taxes to $5,134,223.75. ,
HELD FOR
Negro Lodged in Jail
Charge.
Truey Belcher, pegro
years old, was lodged in
by Sheriff McLane on
rape, his alleged victim
gro girl 14 years old,
Lowndesville. The assault is
have
Saturday
from
her
charges.
NEW SCHOOL
Keowee District ma)
ward By
Through the,
line and
Keowee
plete
butf
blidtilion.
solidation of Zat
River schools,'
ict has recently c
construction of a nc
*g which will be a great u
eraent over old conditions.
?w building is built on state ]
md has four class-rooms do1*
uid an auditorium opstaira. A foil
teacher school will he ifon.
Greenwood Builders Supply J
pany was the contractor.
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