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MUCH BELOVED. MINISTEI
PASSES AFTER SHORT ILL
NESS?FORMER PRESIDENT OJ
ERSKINE AND MAN OF WID]
LEARNING
Dr. James Strong Moffatt, pasto
of the Associate Reformed Presbyte
rian Church at Columbia, and unti
recently President of Erskine Col
lege, died at an early hour thi
morning at the Columbia Hospital
Columbia, S. C., where he had gom
for treatment. Funeral services wil
be held at his church in Columbia to
morrow (Thursday) morning at 1
o'clock after which his body will b
taken to Due West, where the inter
ment will take place Friday at
o'clock.
Dr. Moffatt had been ill for onl;
a few weeks. It was last fall that h
accepted a call to the Columbi
church. He and his family had move
there and had been most cordially re
ceived by the people, not of hi
church only, but of the entire city o
Columbia. The work there under hi
ministry held out great promise. Bu
shortly after he had taken up th
work his fatal sickness came and end
ed a life of great usefulness to th
state and to his church.
JJr. uonatt was a native ox r uuu
County, Arkansas, a son of Williar
Samuel Moffatt and his wife Marth
Jane (Wilson) Moffatt. The Moffatt
are of a Scotch family which firs
settled in this country in Cheste
County, South Carolina. Dr. Moffatt'
great-grand-father was a soldier o
the Revolution. His grandfather wa
a merchant of Greenville Countj
South Carolina, and there was bor
his father, the Rev. W. S. Moffatt wh
for the greater part of his life wa
a minister in the Associate Reforme
Presbyterian Church. His mother wa
a native of Tennessee.
When James Strong Moffatt wa
still a child, his father moved t
Uniontown, Ohio, at which place hi
father was pastor until the son wa
grown. Dr. Moffatt attended diffei
ent schools in Ohio, spent two yeai
at Erskine College and graduate
from Musgingum College, New Cor
cord, Ohio, in 1883.*1886 he gradi
ated from the Theological Seminar
of the United Presbyterian Churcl
at Alleghany, Pennsylvania. He di
post-graduate work in Western Un
versity, now the University of Pitt
burg. He was awarded the degree c
Doctor of Divinity by Cooper Collegi
Kaaaas.
la 1886 Dr. Moffatt was ordaine
as a minister of the Associate Ri
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lormea rTesDyxenan unurca. ne v*i
first at Charlotte, N. C.f but in 188
he received a call from the churc
at Chester, S. C., where we i was pa
tor until 1907, building up there th
strongest church of the denomini
tion. In January 1907 he was mac
President of Erskine College whei
he remained until he resigned th
past yar.
Dr. Moffatt was,one of the mo:
attractive preachers of his churc'
Perhaps he had more admirers in h
church than any other man. He wj
a profound theologian, a student,
thinker, but his sermons were neve:
theless always practical. He appealc
to the ordinary hearer as few preacl
ers do. His style was simple but 1
was a master of eloquent speec!
His kindly heart, his love for mai
kind, and his eagerness to 6erve, mac
of him the typical minister. It mac
^'?v? 4-l?sv rtKAofflpf tv*miefor nf V?
U1 nun wic gxcat/coi/ v* i?
church in his day.
As President of Erskine Collej
Dr. Moffatt gave most of his time 1
the larger affairs of the college ar
especially to increasing the meag:
endowment of the institution. He ai
ded of his own efforts at one time or
hundred thousand dollars to th:
fund; and during his administrate
many other amounts were aded, !
that he left the college with a grea
ly increased endowment fund. All 1
did along this line is not yet known
In 1886, Dr. Moffatt was marri<
FFATT
<N COLUMBIA
WEEVIL MACHINE
1 PROVES POPUUR
r j
i_ The "boll weevil killer" which has
[j 'been on sale in Abbeville for several
[. days is proving very popular, ac-1
s cording to S D Cross, the agent for
[ the device in this territory. He says
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mat nv Hits uucauy awiu luvip
500 and that he is only allowed to
sell 1,000 in the county.
Mr Cross, who is from Chester,
says that his machine will kill the
weevil. He has seen it work in Geor
gia and he believes it his merit. The
killer is very simple in principle, con
sisting of a detachable tank for the
spraying fluid, connected by a tube
with the spraying nozzle. The nozzle
or feed holes, are inside a heavy
brush which regulates and diffuses
the poison so that it covers a maxi
mum amount of surface. The brush
spray is suspended on a movable
arm which allows the liquid to flow
rapidly or slowly according as the
cotton plants are large or small.
The biush is desigreed not only to
aid in the uniform diffusion of the
spray but to knock the weevils off
the plants. The whole being so de
signed that it can be. attached to an
ordinary plow stock in a few min
utes, the plow is supposed to cover
up tne weevus uiat are Knocnea oir.
The appliance has been patented
by a Georgia man and Mr Cross has
selling rights, he says, only to intro
duce it. The inventor feels so certain
of the merits of the device that they
have limited the number that Mr
Cross may sell in any county.
BLOW FOR CLERKS
SAYS FITZGERALD
President of Union Declares Railway
Labor Board DecUion Prpves
Great Disappointment
Chicago, Jan. 24.?E. H. Fitzger
ald, president of the Railway Clerks'
union, in a statement tonight declar
ed that the recent action of the rail
road labor board in abolishing time
and a half pay for the ninth hour of
work "virtually had created a nine
hour day contrary to the interest of
the transportation act and to com
mon practice in all industries today."
Mr. Fitzgerald said he and the
members of his organization were
greatly disappointed over the decis
ion, terming it "a hard blow, especi
ally in view of the proposed further
wage reduction to be sought.'
"We arc also opposed to that part
of the decision covering intermittent
service because it provides split tricks
whereby employees are required to
be available for duty 12 hours in or
der to gain eight hours' pay," said
Mr. Fitzgerald.
W. L. McMenimen, labor member
of the board, in a statement tonight
said that board's decision removing
J ?4."U
n. punitive uveruuie yay anu uuici pun
itive rules for shipment, maintenance
of way employees and clerks reduced
the annual pay rolls of the roads by
$446,000,000, according to data he
had gathered.
Dayton, 0, Jan 24?Demand for
tickets to the "Jackson Day" dihner
here tomorrow night became so
le i heavy today that large premiums
le were offered to secure admission.
to Miss Jennie Moffatt Grier, daugh
ter of Dr. W. M. Grier, then Presi
dent of Erskine College. She survives
him as do nine children, among them
Mrs. Dr. Donald, of Honea Path; Mrs
W. W. Parkinson of Ridgeway; Grier
Moffatt of Wisconsin; Dr. J. S. Mof
fatt* Jr., Associate Professor of Eng
lish at Washington and Lee Universi
ty; Gaston Moffatt, now in the Re
public of Brazil; Miss Jean Moffatt,
a student of Erskine College.
A great and go<& man has this day
fallen. y
CASE PRESENTED FOR REDUC
ED FREIGHT RATES?SOUTH
ERN PRODUCERS FOLLOW
THOSE OF EAST AND NORTH
IN APPEAL
Washington, Jan. 24.?Representa
tives of the steel industry completed
today presentation of their case in
behalf of reduced freight rates be
fore the hearings of the interstate
commerce commission into prevailing
levels of transportation charges and
with practical unanimity asked foi
the complete elimination of the in
creases put on freight rates in 1920
Southern producers, who were the
last to be heard, argued for the re
moval of the 25 per cent, advance:
in their territory, exactly as the Eas
tern and Northern producers had ar
gued the removal of the 40 per cent
advances which affected them.
"As a starter, we should have thf
25 per cent, taken completely off out
outbound product," declared A. S
Lucas, speaking for the Birmingham
Ala, district. "We'd be able to dc
business on the rates then."
"Would the general prevalence ol
railroad receiverships have any ad
verse effect on your industry, Mr
Lucas?" Clyde Brown, attorney foi
the New York Central, asked the wit
ness.
The witness replied that he was
"not prepared to answer," but inti
mated that the risk could be taken.
Commissioner Lewis sueeested t(
J. L. Rooney, who testified for tht
American Rolling Mills company, thai
lower rates might bring poorer rail
road service.
"Give us a chance at the rates,'
Mr. Rooney retorted, "and we'll tak<
our chances at the service. WeV(
got the service now but no business'
Henry L. Lust, publisher of th<
Traffic News and expert for a num
ber of small iron concerns, was on<
witness who did not argue for th<
general reduction. He expressed th<
opinion that general cuts would no'
be advantageous to the business bu
pleaded for a reduction of the differ
entials existing as between differen
producing centers. These should bi
decreased, he said, since the per
centage increase of 1920 made then
unbearably high.
MEN YESIERDAl
E. M. Moss, a fifteen year old pu
pil in the city schools, and "Love'
Booth, were arrested yesterday b;
Policemen Stevenson, Schroeder
Ch ef Johnson and Detective M. L
Blackwell on a charge of makinj
whiskey. The crude outfit was locat
jed in Booth's house, just outside th
j city limits near the shops.
The still was a homemade one
consisting of a converted five galloi
oil can, hose connections and i
crude cast iron condenser. It wa
fitted up in the kitchen and was ii
operation when .the officers entered
The man and boy are being held ii
jail, and this morning bond had no
been arranged.
The Moss boy is enrolled as a pu
pil in the third grade of the gram
mar school.
BEGIN NEW BUSINESS
Atlanta People Open Hotel and Ren
taurant on Square
Wi- ond Mrs r T, Hpjnslev. former
ly of Atlanta, have acquired th
quarters occupied by the Empir
Boarding room and the rooms up
stairs and have opened up a res
taurant and rooming house. The res
taurant was opened for business thi
morning. They have worked the plac
over and its appearance has beei
much improved.
FARMER RELIEF
MUST COME SOON
HARDING ADDRESSES NATION
AL AGRICULTURAL CONFER
ENCE AND SAYS MORE ADE
[ QUATE FINANCES MUST BE
PROVIDED
Washington, Jan 23?Immediate
I relief must foe given the farmers in
l the present agricultural crisis, dele
gates to the national agricultural
t conference which convened he?re to
: day were told by speakers represent
I ing every phase of the industry.
President Harding, who opened the
- conference with an address, Secre
. tary Wallace, farmers and represen
: tatives of industries dependent on
agriculture emphasized the serious
s ness of the situation and suggested
remedies.
The remedial measures outlined
' by President Harding and subse
quently indorsed by many of the
' speakers include more adequate fi
nancial facilities, especially working
' capital for the farmer on long time
' loans to provide for his turnover,
' extension of the cooperative mar
keting, buying and loan association ,
' of farmers, development of water
way trasportation and power possi
' ibilities, more efficient machinery ,
for collecting and distributing mar- ,
ket information including the de
mand and consumptive outlook, de- ;
5 velopment of the St Lawrence, j
Great Lakes waterway project, and
assurance to agriculture of equality <
' of opportunity with all other indus
: tries.
t
Demand for reduction of freight
rates was voiced generally by the
, farmers and a reduction in retail
prices also was suggested as a 1
[ necessary top to start increased
\ consumption of farm products.
r)f>r>reRsniTi in agriculture which
. was declared to be general in the
? United States by speakers from five
? loading farming regions, is reflected
; in industries intimately connected
t with and dependent on a prosperous
t agricultures it was asserted by rep
_ resentatives of the milling, packing,
t fertilizer and implement industries.
? Each of the latter pledged full co
_ operation with agriculture in any
i effort to restoration of normal con
ditions.
LEGION MEMBERS
COME IN SLOWLY
i
Adjutant Neuffer of the American
Legion says that membership dues to
^ J the Abbeville post are coming in j
t either slowly. Of the 84 ex-service
" men who signified their desire to be
= come members, less than half have
" sent in the membership fee, in the
B Iwo weeks period that has elapsed
since letters were sent out.
^ The letters, enclosing application
blanks, we're mailed out early in
January and Mr. Neuffer believes
^ that the response will be greatest at
I the end of the present month. The
^ legion will have much work to do in
^ the near future and the officials be
lieve that the ex-service men are not
going to let this opportunity pass for
cooperative and material benefits.
GOES TO WEST POINT
n?ij: D??L? kv Ton-I
UCUUIIIJJO IXUVIIC
greuman Dominick
P. A. Roche received a telegram
e yesterday from Congressman Domi
e nick to the effect that his son, Ged
i- dings Roche, has been nominated for
i- appointment to West Point. Nomina
h tion toeing equivalent to election,
s Mr Roche's entry to the military
e school will depend upon his. ability to
A pass the physical examination. He is
now a freshman at Clemson College.
MEMORIAL HC
STOCKHOI
Acording to the report of J Clif- C
ton Rivers, state warehouse commis- e1
sioner, there were 6,591 ibales of cot- it
ton stored in warehouses in this
county under the supervision of the P1
state system last year. ?
Tn +>i?c />rtnnt.v there are 17 warf>>- '
houses that meet the commissioner's
requirements and the report be made
to the legislature shows cotton stored
during .the past year. There are no
figures available as to the percentage
of the 6,500 bales yet stored.
The state (warehouse system is
more than self-supporting, accord
ing to Mr Rivers. Earnings for the
year were $86,155.32, while the coat
of operation was much leas, alb out
$50,000.
The location of the warehouses in
this county and the "number of bales
handled in each is as follows:
J. M. Gibert, Willington 521
M. P. McCalla, Lowndesville __ 153
C. B. Buochillon, Bordeaux 432
J. 0. Hagen, Due West 803
J. O. Hagen, Due West 240
I. B. Bell, Lowndesville 777
S. F. Sherard, Calhoun Falls 599
C. E. Williamson, Abbeville 833
C. E. Williamson, Abbeville 677
J. C. Shrimp, Willington 26
I. B. Bell, Lowndesville 131
C. W. Cade, Bordeaux 116
C. B. Bishop, Abbeville 121
E. A. Patterson, Antreville 260
M. M. Kennedy, Willington 59
J. A. Gilliam, Abbeville 383
G. W. Watkins, Willington 60
L. W. TUTT DIES SUDDENLY
EARLY THIS MORNING
a
Well Known Cotton Grader Puiet
Unexpectedly?Funeral To
morrow in Elberton
L. W. Tutt, for two years govern
ment cotton grader in Abbeville
county, died suddenly this morning
at his home on Wardlaw street at
8:45 o'clock. He was seriously ill
yesterday and last night, but few of
his friends being aware of his con
dition.] He had undergone treatment
at an Atlanta hospital several weeks
ago and it was thought that he had
recovered from the cerebral trouble
that was responsible for his illness,
but the sudden recurrence of the af
fection caused his death this morn
ing. Funeral services will be held in
HJiDerton, ua, at iz ociock. tomor
row, conducted by the Rev Mr
Cooper of the ' Eliberton Methodist
church and the Rev C. E. Peele of
the Abbeville Methodist church.
Mr Tutt has been engaged in cot
ton grading for the farmers of Ab
beville Couty since the fall of 1920,
coming here from McCormick. His
work being primarily in the interest
of the farmers and directly for J
them, he had made many friends
throughout the county. Having
bought or otherwise handled cotton
for mor? than 20 years, Mr Tutt^t
knew cotton and was aJble to render; e
efficient service. J H
Mr Tutt was 47 years old, having *
been born November 4, 1874. He was!
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a sun ux tt u iuw
man Tutt of Columbus County, I
Georgia. Getting his early education c
at the community schools, Mr Tutt t
attended St Mary's College at Dot- il
ham, N C, and for years afterwards t
traveled about over the country in d
connection with his work, going into
the majority of the states of the I
West and middle West. s
Surviving Mr Tutt are his widow r
and a young daughter, little Mies a
X
Nona Tutt, and two brothers, W. D. ^
Tutt of Elberton Ga, and Carl Tutt a
of Atlanta. , e
)SP1TAL
LDERS MEET
OARD OF MANAGERS REELECT
ED.?BOARD COMPLIMENTS
MISS REEP AND REELECTS
HER SUPERINTENDENT?HOS
PITAL IN GOOD CONDITION.
The stockholders of the Abberille
ounty Memorial hospital met last
/ening at the hospital and re-elected
s board of managers, a quorum of
le stockholders being represented in
erson or by proxy. Miss Blanche
ieep, the superintendent, was
lected to this position by the board
fter a resolution had been adopted
angratulating her on the excellent
lanner in which she had handled the
ffairs of the hospital.
Dr. C. C. Gambrell was elected to
11 the place made vacant on the
oard of managers by the removal of
le Rev. L. J. Bristow to Alabama,
he other members of the board are
. S. Stark, J. F. Barnwell, D. H.
[ill, Dr G. A. Neuffer, D*. J, R.
ower, Dr. J. C. Hill, S. H Rosen
erg and C H. McMurray. The board
jain chose Sol Rosenberg, chairman,
, F. Barnwell, vice chairman, C. C.
ambrell, secretary and J. R. Power,
easurer..
The stockholders diseased the
nancial affairs of the hospital and
was bought out that the inetitu
on is in much better condition than
was a year ago. Although part in
ebtedness has not been materially
jduced, the current bills payable,
icurred during the past year, a
lount to only $360 while accounts
;ceivable are around $2250. Capital
aid in amount to about $22,000. The
ospital owes $20,000 on its equip
lent and building. The Hospital
.uxiliary turned over to hospital
lanagers during the year $l,00p
rhich was applied to interest and
ther charges.
The present financial condition is
onsidered by the board to be favor
ble. It had not been hoped that the
istitution would be a money maker
nd its present status, after the large
ervice rendered the community is
atisfactory to the stockholders.
The resolution adopted in appireci
tion of the fine services she has ren
ered is a. complimnt to Miss
teep as well as to the hospital,
'hose who are authority say that#
tie percentage of cases, cured or oth
rwise handled successfully is above
he average. In the surgical depart
lent the success is even more not
ble. One of the physicians says tkat
i the average hospital IB per cent
i the incisions developed in
ections ibefore the wound
eals, and he considers it remarkable
fiat the percentage here is below the
verage. The board of managers feel
fiat this satisfactory showing is due
i large measure to the capable ad
linistration of Miss Reep.
The hospital has done $1,000 worth
f charity work during the year.
Irs W. F. Nicklea represented the
tock of the auxiliary and Mrs. F. B.
IcLane that of the civic club.
'EBRUARY 1 OR 2 IS DATE
FOR ELECTION OF POPE
Rome, Jan 23?The meeting1 of
he Sacred College in Conclave to
lect a surccessor to the late Pope
Benedict, will open February 1 or
'ebruary 2, it was stated today.
While all the cardinals resident
n Europe are expected to reack
tome in time for the conclave, it is
onsidered extremely doubtful whe
her the American cardinals will find
t possible to be present, at least for
he opening of the session, as the
late is set barey ten days away.
Cardinals Maffi, LaFontaine and
tatti of Pisa, Venice and Milan, re
pectively, are the most prominently
aentioned in Vatican circles today
a the most likely candidates for the
osition as successor to Pope Bene
lict In these circles Cardinal Maffi
apparently ia .a .pronounced favorite
iven of these three prelates.
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