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Abbeville, S. C., Monday, February 13, 1922
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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. %
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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. - ?
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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.
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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
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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.
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