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Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, February 13, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. 20 YEAR OLD WHITE GIRL V TIM OF BRUTAL ATTEM SHERIFF'S POSSE IS SE1 ING MORRLS THOMPSON ANTREVILLE Taking advantage of the s posed absenc? from home of other members of the family, M ris Thompson, 28 year old nei mln, Saturday afternoon dragge< 20 year old white girl, daughter a well known Antreville farm from the cow shed where she \ milking into the barn where he tempted to assault her. She ^ choked and bruised about the tx in her struggle but otherwise injured, being scared away by attraction to the scene by girl's screams of the gi - mother. Saturday night i all day yesterday, Thompson, v lives on the farm of his victii parents, was chased by infuria whites of the neighborhood, well armed. The pursuit contini today, Sheriff McLane and all his deputies being in the party t! is attempting to capture the neg He had beat trailed yesterday t( point near Anderson, and toe there were various reports fr other parts of that and adjoini counties that he ,had, been se One report, which has so far pro\ unfounded, was that he had be captured and lynched. Frpm accounts of the attempl assault reaching Abbeville t' morning and yesterday it see that all male members of the fai ly were away from home Saturd leaving only the girl and 1 mother at homa. Late in the ev ing the girl went out to milk 1 cow, and the negro evidently thii ing she was alone at the hou t&ok advantage of the situati Choking her severely he was ] aible to stop hea* screams and 1 mother rushed to her rescue, 1 negro fleeing. Although the sheriff and t deputies are making every effort arrest the negro, it is thought pT< able that if he is caught by me bers of the party he will be lynch .DEATH OF MRS. , PATTERSO Mrs. Ljouise Prances Patters died at the home of her daught Mrs. Lafar Simpson, near Ant ville Saturday, after a short illn of pneumonia. Funeral services a interment were held at Be Chapel Sunday, the Rev. J. Duckworth conducting the servic Mrs. Patterson was 80 years and most of her life was spent +Vi~ cnmmimitv in which ?he liv She was the widow of Bowman F terson who died about six ye ago. Surviving her are four si and two daughters, William Patt son, Lawton Patterson, Jlasl Patterson, James Patterson z Mrs. Lafar Simpson and Mrs. I Caldwell. TO EMPLOY GUARD GUARD FOR EACH BA1 Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 10.?T one employee of every bank "PH-taHiircrh who is an pxr>ert in handling of arms should ibe det ed to guard th? institution agai bandits was the suggestion gr yesterday in a statement to m< bers of the Pennsylvania Banto association iby the committee protective information. The sugg tion stated that one man who actively engaged in business tra actions should provide with f arms to act in case of an eir gency. Another suggestion was t every ibank which does not have employee to act in such a capa< should provide for. a sharp shoe of recognized ability to act in c of an emergency. % Fi MABEL NORMAND QUEST ED BY DISTRICT ATTOR1 DETECTIVES AND OTHER FICERS COME AND GO NOTHING GIVEN OUT Los Angeles, Feb. 11.?IV Normand, motion picture acl who was among the ^last persoi se? William Taylor alive, arrive the ^district attorney's office O'CIOCK tOIllgni, in i eapunac summons from that official. Miss Normand later issu< statement/ tonight through manager in which she declared could "not offer any solution -v ever" for the slaying of Tayloi With Miss Normand was Wi Davis,h^r chauffeur, who drove rl's I actress to the Taylor home night the director was murd and who previously, in staten to the police corroborated hear laratiori that Taylor accompa her to her automobile when she parted. * She and Davis were there t questioned as to what inform; to. j they might be able to give the > a thorities in solving the murder ind rho m's ted all led of bat led his tery, it was stated. Shortly before 11 o'clcok Woolwine anounc^d he had n< finished questioning Miss Nora and had obtained from her not that would throw any further i on the cas?. The investigation today shrouded with more secrecy has existed heretofore. Detec ise, on. ms nj_jand officers came and went, ay^1 phones buzzed and there was ar ier j of great activity but little wor en_ j what transpired was permitted escape. In announcing that' examim of Mary Miles Minter, actress, been made Tuesday, Woolwine a0^! clared that she had divulged i ier j ing to throw any light upon thej murder. District Ajttorney Woolwine nounced that the 'letters found boot in Taylor's home reported include those of Mabel Norn to Taylor, were examined by di tives but had not been examine* his chief deputy or himself, said that he was unable to rt the names of any writers of t letters and indicated that little nificance would be attached them. - ? wo to [>b m ed. N on er, re ess ind ll's B. :fcs. old IE! The campaign to secure signei the co-operative cotton mark* contract will be waged in eai er" next week when ten meetings wi held at various points in the co to disseminate information in re to the movement. The speaker not yet been announced, but G. Barnes, district director, has pre ed J. F. Hill, county director one of the best men available be present. The meetings scheduled are al following places: Calhoun Falls, Tuesday Febr 21 at 10:30 a. m. Monterey February 21, at 2 :c 111. Antreville, Wednesday mon February 22 at 10:30 o'clock. Lowndesville in the afternoon 2:30. Due West February 23 at 10.5 m. Keowee. February 23 at 2:30 1 ter hat an sity iter ase Donalds, February 24 at 10 :c m. Broadmouth, February 24 at p. m. Central; February 25 at 10:3 m. Smithville, February 25 at 2:J m. TRUSTEES CON SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MANN PUTS QUES1 TO MANY LOCAL OFFICIALS WI CONTINUE SESSION IF Meeting in the Court House Satur day morning approximately fifty trustees from practically every school for th compl well I district in the county considered the that ] grave nnanciai condition mat is threatening to close the schools in mid-session. The trustees showed an inclination to do everything in their power to prevent the curtailing of the sessions but all were agreed that there was little that can be drfne to remedy the situation unless remedial legislation shall be made. The prin cipal action of the body, therefore, was the passing of a motion made by M. J. Ashley ,to a9k the county delegation to support a bill to allow the county officials to borrow money at the request of trustees, pledging unpaid taxes in' the particular dis trict, to continue schools. Such a bill, introduced by Representative Eugene Blease of Newberry, has al ready passed the house and Senator inuuea $100,( yeai\" Sen advice be do: the B ual sc The p ty ma pledgi would Mr. M truste use hi ed. Hi the v introd tion o ^chool Moore says that he has no dlubt it will meet with favor in the senate. Superintendent Mann, presiding, explained to the assembled school men that he had called the meeting to see what could be done to"* remedy a situation which he was powerless alone to remedy. Most of the districts of the county, he said, have exhaust ed all available funds due from last year^ taxes, and the school term is only half completed. A number of fahg districts have made application for various forms of state aid, and have' expended local fund* rate that included this state money. The result is that all local funds have been expended and the state aid money has not been paid, with no satisfactory statement from state authorities as to whether it eventu ally will be paid. Mr. M^nn said that only $2,000 had been received from the general education fund this scholastic year, against more than I tees J $17,00 last year. He told ot a law on in a}the statute books^which guarantees!cussj0] *? a seven months term to schools' on condition that they meet certain re quirements as to teahcers' salaries ^ I and enrollment. The superintendent said that the legislature should eith.- j said 0 er make provisions for carrying out the act.or that it should be repealed. R. B. Cheatham, county treasurer, was called upon to explain the situa tion in regard to tax collections. He explained that only about 52 per cent of the county taxes has been collected and that with the time for payment virtually extended to Sep tember, he believes that not more than 10 per cent of the additional amount due will be collected before June. He said that many of the school districts had already paid out all collected and that if they could collect the balance due they could not continue the schools for more than a month or two. Mr. Cheatham said that he believed many persons were neglecting to pay poll and dog taxes and he recommended that the trus tees send in lists of such delinquents so that collection could be made through the sheriff. The state superintendent of edu cation came in for a good deal of crit icism for what were termed useless nccicfnn+c Mr Mann t.nld of the numerous stenographers and assist ants in the state office and said that DRAWS BIG CROWD Well Revival At Baptist Church Attended The revival services in progress at the Baptist church Sunday were well attended at both the morn ing and evening hours. The church 'building at th? latter hour was packed to capacity, after nearly two hundred children had surrend ered their seats to the grown-ups. Many persons say today that the audience last night was fche largest in or* A KKovlllo )U p. CUCj nave church. - - \ , < SIDER FINANCES "ION OF CLOSING TERMS iO SHOW DESIRE TO POSSIBLE. ie good most of them were ac ishing the money paid had as >e burned. Mr. Cheatham said VIr. Swearingen was a very ,t man, "he onfy asked for )00 for incidental expenses this ator J. Howard Mqore, whose was asked as to what could ne, explained the provisions of lease bill to authorize individ hool districts to borrow money, resent method is that the coun y borrow money as a unit, ng taxes, but the new law make the school district a unit, oore said that if the assembled es favored this bill he would s influence to get the law pass e also told the school men of arious bills which have been uced to stop the appropria f money for state aid for s. He said that personally he t favor of continuing the state lature but that he would vote ord with the views of his peo motion made by. J. D. Fulp, to the county delegation to i rt a measure to "make the) aid appropriation for 1921-22 J me as it was for 1920-21" was unanimously. D. Thomas of Keowee agked :ould be done in a case where is had employed teachers for months, with the expectation ting state aid. Mr. Moore re ;hat it was his opinion that any, ct made by trustees was un od to be based on the funds ale and that they could not be esponsible if they were unable f teachers for the full seven s. Some of the trustees said, hey notified teachers that they ed claims at their own risk, as arantee could be given as to they would be paid. le the dog tax was under dis i M. J. Ashley said that many had dogs and were not able f the license. He wanted to in such a case if the treasurer take the dog. W. D. Thomas ne man returned only one dog s would swear the man had two. Davis of Donalds district asked the age of dogs?when is a dog and when a puppy? Trus IcKee, Erwin, Lomax, Taylor owie also were among those joke various features of the ;ion. stees present who registered i T. Cooley, J. D. Fulp, W. M. rell, E. R. Miller, S. 0. Botts, HcClain, P. M. Davis, L. J. Da r. D. Thomas, J. C. Burton, H. lor, E. L. Bell, Jas. T. Erwin, McCarter, J M. Boyd, F. B.j d, H. B. Bagwell, R. H. Stev-J 0. S. Cochran, W. E. Leslie, Watt, E. F. Miller, Brown , J. A. Campbell, S. M. Beaty, Price, W. C. McNeill, W. A. ord, W. J. McKee, H. W. s, A. B. Bosler, Lewis Beau R. W. Knox, J. D. Hill, C. B. dy, J. F. Rogers, Thos. W. d, J. D. Munday, Pierce Bowen, 'rice, C. T. Davis, L. H. Simp-j V. S. Martin, J. P. Wardlaw, Winn, J. B Moseley. ) BUILD DORMITORY Structure For Due Westj Woman's College lenwood, (Feb. 11.?Contract e erection of a new dormitory le West Woman's College bas let to the J. A. Jones Con ion compny of Charlotte, ac ig to an announcement here The dormitory will cost ap nately $70,000, according to Hemphill, architect of Green- i who assisted in drawingj for the structure. J. A. Salter BUSINESS SLUMP PAST, SAYS HARD! SITUATION NOW SUCH AS JUSTIFY CONFIDENCE, P IDENT WRITES MINNES FARMER AT LIVEST SHOW . Crookston, Minn. Feb. 11.? general industrial and 'business uation now is such as to jv confidence that we are well pas worst phase of the agricul crisis," declared President Hai in a letter read today to fax attending the? annual Red ] Valley Farm Crop and Live Show here. Th? improvement is well ;b and will continue steadily from time forward," said the 1< which was addressed to <3. G. vig, superintendent of the N west School of Agriculture chairman of the bbard of mam of the Mid-Winter shoW he conjunction with the fari meeting. | After expressing regret tha was unable to deliver personall; message, President 'Harding's 1 referred to the recent National ricultural Conference in Was] ton and continued: "I am glad to say that my ut anticipations of useful results that gathering were more realized. I believe it had set a mark in the aspirations, not of the agricultural community, indeed, of the entire country, ii half of a better understanding oir agriculture problem and more effective measures for ing with it. "The fine spirit of cooper; among the farmers, and the dis tion on their part to unite thei forts in every * possible way those of the government ai particularly well for our hope accomplishment. The confer gave serious and thorough cons .ation to the problems before it presented practicable proposals doing practical and worth i things. It avoided all extrei and adopted the wise course making no excessive demands special favors or class treatme am sure that the wisdom of course will 'be demonstrated after." George C. Gambrell, deputy lector of internal revenue, wil in Abbeville at the Sheriff's i Wednesday, Thursday and Fi of this week to assist income payers in the filing of their re1 for the year 1921. These rel have to be filed on or before M 15. The many questions that com in the filing in of these papers] expert assistance an absolute n sity, if the person making paper shall not lay himself liab th? law. For this reason it i great convenience that Mr. ( brell will be in Abbeville this \ A VIRGINIA VISITOR Miss Evelyn Hamrick will a in the city Tuesday and will be guest of Mrs. M. R. Plaxco after the Devlin-Leaman wed " " - -i ? IVlISs namriCiv cuiuca xium ? ng of Raleign, N. C., was the < architect. Work on the new dormitory begin as soon as material can procured and placed on grounds, it is stated. The >bui will be equipped with afl the veniences of the most modern lege dormitory, the aithite-cts and will contain 50 rooms. kJtism a IE ONE CENT A GALLON ON GAS OLINE, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER HORSEPOWER ON AU TOMOBILES, AND $S PER $1, 000 ON REAL ESTATE Washington, Feb. 11.?A tax of 2 1-2 per cent on the undivided profits of corporations as a part of the soldiers bonus revenue program was agreed upon today -by a House ways and means sub-cmmittee. A slight increase in parcel post rates to yield a total of $20,000,000 a year, also was understood to have been agreed ?pon. Washington, IFeb. 11.?Reaching a final agreement on the soddier's bonus tax program a house ways and means sub-committee decided today against a tax on bank checks. Tlie program was not made public but it was stated authoritatively that with the exception of the bank check tax it was "substantially the same" as that given out last evening. This program included: One cent a gallon on gasoline estimated to yield $70,000,000. Twenty-five cents per -horse-pow er on automobiles, $50,000,000. Five dollars per $1,000 on real estate transfers, $20,000,000. Increased documentary stamps, with the rate on the transfer of stocks and Ibonds at one-tenth of one per cent, $64,000,000. of] Double the present ten per cant nf! tax on admissions where the chawre ! new only ibut l be icr exceeds 25 cents, $70,000,000. An increase of 50 cents a thou sand on cigarettes, $25,000,000. An increase. of two cents on f chewing tobacco and smoking to bacco $5,000,000. iMem/bears of the commitete de clined to say what tax if any had been substituted for the check levy ibut it was stated that the commit tee had decided against any in crease in either the first or second class postage rates.' Increased parcel post rates-were under consideration but whether they were approved was not made known. Chairman Fordney said the program agreed upon would be submitted to Repub lican leaders of the Senate finance committee with a view to an agree ment 'between the two committees. After such an agreement is reach ed the program would await ap proval by the entire [Republican membership of the House and Sen* ate committee. It was said that un til there had been a final agree ment between the two committees the exact details of the program would not be made public by agree ment among the members of the suJb-committee. ..... MR. QUARLES HAS STROKE Vtl A . U. rormer ADoevme man m At nome C In Spartanburg T. P. Quarles of Spartanburg, a former resident of AbbeviHe, was stricken with paralysis Saturday night and his condition yesterday was serious according to news , received by Miss Mary Quarles Link hrs ?rand-daughter. Miss Link left yes terday to be with Mr. Quarles. Mr. Quarles, who is eighty and odd years of age, is a Confederate /eteran, and previous to his present illness was always in good health. Acquaintances remark frequently on his youthful appearance. Genial and feasant, Mr. Quarles has many friends both here and in Spartan burg who will wish him an early rq-> covery. MR. SONDLEY SICK Richard Sondley, county auditor, is ill at his hortie on Magazine street. He hopes to be back at .his con- office in a few days unless the se col- vere cold from which he is suffer state ing develops into pneumonia or in fluenza. .' V mm MM