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Los Angeles, Feb. 18.?Immunity
for Edward F. Sands from prosecu
tion on a charge of embezzlement
preferred against him last August by
William Desmond Taylor, murdered
film director, was promised tonight
by Thomas Lee Woolwine, district
attorney, provided Sands can prove
his innocence of the slaying of Tay
lor and can "untangle this murder
mystery."
Mr. Woolwine's promise to the
missing former butler-secretry to
Taylor was made in a letter he ad
dressed to Edward F. Sands through
the "publishers" in answer to a let
ter he received and which purported
<to have been written by Sands.
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writer declared he was living in Los
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reidered and established his inno
ceace of the murder of Taylor, he
wtnld be freed of the embezzlement
charges.
A copy of the letter follows:
Dear Sir: This letter will probably
surprise you when you read it. I am
taking this liberty to write to you to
make matters more easy for you. In
the first place I am Mr. Sands, al
though a friend of mine is writing
this-letter under my direction. Mr.
Wtolwine, you need not look all over
the world for me for I am living right
here in Los Angeles and am reading
the papers every day. Concerning the i
Taylor murder I will be frank with
you, Mr. Woolwine. I have not had
any peace of mind since the murder,
and I have come to the conclusion
that the quicker this thing is settled
the better off we will all be. Now, Mr.
Woolwine, in the first place I did not
mtoder Taylor but I know who did it,
but what assurance have I from you
to know that you will accept my
stwy? None.
"Therefore, I want a guarantee
fr?m you that if I surrender myself! gpi
i?to your hands and if I establish my
in?ocence of the crime you will set
me free.
"If you will do this, Mr. Woolwine,
I can untangle this murder mystery
f?r you. You may answer me in any
of the Los Angeles papers.
"Thank you. E. F. Sands."
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NAME BROWN MAYOR
Ttwn of McCormick Elects Mayor
and Aldermen.
McCormick, Jan. 18?At a primary
election held Tuesday for the purpose
of nominating officers for the town
of McCormick for the next two yeare
the following vote was cast:
For mayor, J. C. Brown, 130.
Aldermen: Dan A. Bell, 104; E. J.
McCracken, 96; L. N. Brown, 93; C.
W. Patterson, 90; W. M. Strom, 87;
C. K. Epting, 79; J. M. Brown, 76;
J. T. McGrath, 75, and Austin Aber
erombie. 73. All having received a
majority the first six named were
duly elected. The general election
will be held the first Tuesday in
April, which will only be a matter of
farm. The newly elected mayor is one
of the town's substantial citizens and
has served as mayor in the past.
MANAGER OF TEAM
James F. Coleman of Abbeville
has been elected manager of the
Clemson football team for next
year. The new manager went from
Abbeville High School to Clemson,
where he. has taken a fine stand in
his classes. He will be a senior next
rtAnnl vif \r on/I Vno-Vl
%ycai. a. no w?*v? vw?.
standing at Clemson are attested by dac
hi* winning the honor coveted most Loc
by Clemson students. one
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rhe campaign to secure signa
es to the Cotton Growers' Coop
,tive Association contract in Ab
ille county begins in earnest to
itow when two of the tfcn meet
s scheduled will be held at Cal
in Fails and Momerey. ixeorge i
rnes, district director, will speak
both of these meetings. J. F.
1, the county director, was not
pared this morning to say
sther another speaker would be
sent at the initial meetings, but
s probable that some well known
n in the state will be present at
other meetings.
The campaign in this county ha.^
; been pushed earlier because of
bad weather that ha3 prevailed
the past few weeks. Now that
roads are beginning to become
sable it is likely that much more
jrest will be shown and that the
irt will be met with a heartier re
nse. Many of the leading farm
of the county attended a meet
at the court house early in
uary and heard Mr. Watkins ex
n the principles involved, but
idreds of farmers from every
ion were unable to be present at
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efit that speakers will appear at the
ious points in the rural terri- poa
r. It is hoped that the farmers
attend these informative tQ
herings, evea though they
SWJ
uld decide against adding their ^
latures to a binding contract. ^Qr
.'he schedule of meetings is as prc
ows: pul
)alhoun Falls tomorrow (Tues- me,
) morning. ' ' jane
lonterey Tuesday afternoon. the
LiKtrevilLe Wednesday morning,
jo-wfcdesville Wednesday aftetr
n. '
>ue West Thursday morning.
[eowee Thursday afternoon.
lonalds Friday morning.
Jroadmouth Friday afternoon.
Central Friday morning.
>mithville Friday afternoon.
?he last day meetings will be
1 at four places. This is done to
id a Saturday session.
YRTANBURG MAN
SHOOTS BURGLAR
ipartanburg, Feb. 19.?H. F.
See, a former president of the
irtanburg chamber of commerce
[ a leading merchant, shot and
ed a negro burglar in his home
east Main street here tonight.
; negro walked into the bed
m of the home in which Mr. and
j. McGee snatched a pistol from
dresser and fired four times and
owed the man into the adjoining
m where he fired two shots all of
ch struck the man, killing him
iantly. The negro is believed to
Albert Pe>rry, a local character
h a police record.
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THREE GUARDSMEN
fudge A. F. Carwile and Colonels
W. Wilson and J. K. Temple
re here Saturday. They called on
Highway Commission and want
to know what Uncle Jim had
ie with that speech he delivered
Level Land in which he declared
t Level Land was the most con
sent port to Anderson. That 0n
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ma
ech made an impression on J
Ige Carwile. Cols. Wilson and!ne]
nple backed up the Judge in all|ajj]
had to say to the commissioners ac<
I when the business of the day
5 over, they wanted to know ,be1
at had become of the setback ar- wh
of the Dutch Kolone.
45 Below in Adirondack*.
)gdensburg, N. Y., Feb. 18.?The
est temperatures of the winter
e recorded throughout this region
SOI
ay. Rainbow lake in the Adiron
ks reported 45 degrees below zero, as
>n lake 34; Nehasanc 32, and Mai- ke]
30 below. pas
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JEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT
MADE BY FORDNEY?CHAIR
MAN OF WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE SHOUTS PREDIC
TION IN LOUD VOICE.
Washington, Feb. 18.?The
nding development today in
nus legislation situation was
expected announcement in
ase by Chairman Fordney of
ys and means committee that
nus bill would be ready for pre
itation to a caucus of house Re
kHVonc within t,hp next ten davs.
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A. moment after this statement was th
de there was a shout from the Re- ed
blican side of the chamber when Jo
: chairman, lifting his voice to its lo'
:hest pitch, declared the soldier co
ius measure would be passed by a th
publican house. pc
Breaking into the thick of a row ^1(
;r charges by Representatives Gar- 1"
.* of Texas, ranking Democrat on be
: committee that the bill was being ne
med secretly with the aid of rep
entatives of the American Legion, su
. Fordney shouted to the Demo- Pa
tic side that the Republicans did
deem it proper to seek advice on
i>onus from those unalterably op
ed to it.
While there was no other reference
the bonus on the floor, bonus talk
rled through the corridors and for
+imo Viointr discussion of nlans
cutting the army and navy ^p
priation bills was forgotten. Re
)lican members of the ways and
ans committee meeting morning
I afternoon went over details of
proposed bill without giving any
imation as to the exact form of
measure to be reported. The call
in of John T. Taylor, vice chair
n of the American Legion's legis
ive committee, and Richard Jones,
resenting Veterans of Foreign
trs, provoked the protest of Mr.
rner and his appeal that the house
p in to prevent Republicans meet
in secret with witnesses favoring
measure without admitting Demo
tic members to listen at least to
deliberations.
Sow far sentiment was swinging
the sales tax as a means of raising
enue for the bonus, as advocated
President Harding, was the sub
t of unending discussion among
mbers. It was evident on all sides,
vever, that the Republicans were
;ermined to put the bill through
s house, regardless of what might
jpen to it in the senate. In the
:nt the bill is in shape for consid
ition by a Republican caucus with
the time set by Mr. Fordney, lead
said it would be passed prior to
,rch 4.
'There is no power in the house to
id off the soldier bonus now," said
Republican leader, which seemed
be the view of most members in
ting upon early passage.
MR. JOHNSOtf MOVES
Mr. H. L. Johnson, who has been
th the Press and Banner for the
st year, has (been offered and has
:epted a position with the Lynch
rer (Va.) News, a newspaper
ned and published by Senator
rter Glass, of Virginia. The offer
,de Mr. Johnson is a flattering
e, and while M regrets to leave
'beville, and the Press and Ban
r regrets to part with his valu
le services, it is to his interest to
:ept.
Mr. Johnson will remain in Ab
rille until March first, after
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iich he will take up the new
rk.
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JrLVlMLilJ A
Gottlob Neuffer went to Ander- ^
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1 Saturday to consult Dr. Navdei>
to some throat trouble which has ^
pt him on the sick list for the ,jc
st week. ne
D0PERAT1VE SELLING OF COT
TON THIS FALL CERTAIN TO 1
BE CARRIED OUT?CLARENCE
POE'S VISIT DID MUCH GOOD 1
ADDED ENTHUSIASM. 1
Columbia, Feb. 20.?A veritable '
ial, wave of enthusiasm for the co
lerative marketing of cotton is
keeping- over the state, and officials
the South Carolina Cotton Crow
s' Cooperative Association say that
ntracts are coming in by every
ail.
The visit of Dr. Clarence ,Poe to
e state last week when he deliver
I speeches in Newberry, Aiken, '
ihnston and Bamberg has been fol- i
wed by great activities in those <
unties. Dr. Poe strongly presented i
e plans of the association at those <
lints, told of the successful comple '
>n of the campaign in North Caro- 1
la where over 400,000 bales had i
en signed and of the splendid busi
:S8 men chosen to head the North I
irolina association. He predicted j
ccess for the South Carolina cam
ign.
"If the farmers of South Carolina I
not enthusiastically support the s
jvement on foot to organize and q
put in successful operation the d
mth Carolina Cotton Growers Co- v
erative Association, they need nev- 1
start another farmers' movement v
cause it will be a failure," says J. o
B. Jenkins, Jr., vice president of
e Peoples Bank and Trust Company s
York, in a letter to W. B. Wilker- j.
n, county director for Western c
*k- i
Mr. Jenkins declares that the asso- ^
ition "will do more to bring about t
d regulate orderly marketing of f
tton at a fair profit than anything ^
se that can be done" and says: p
"We have quite a number of far
?rs among our stockholders. We e
imber hundreds of farmers as pa- j
3ns, and we are and will be just ^
willing, if not more so, to assist r
lancially farmers who are members r
the association as those who are j
t. The fact that the government y
rough the great War Finance Cor
ration and the large financial in
itutions and the money centers
ve endorsed Co-operative Market
er associations and have expressed j
willingness to extend, and ^are j
ready extending, financial assist- ,
ice in large amounts, is in itself ^
idence of the soundness of the {
oposition. It is a great pity that the ^
rmers of South Carolina have not j
r.g before now organized such an ,
sociation. They would now be en- j
ying the great benefits that are .
ing enjoyed through association ^
ready organized in Texas, Okla- i
ma and Mississippi. (
"The farmer who does not join j
this movement is not only stand- |
g in his own light but is retarding
e future development of the
uth."
, A FORD WRECK
image and Thieve* Make End Of 1
Machine ]
W. D. Wilkinson and Owens -i
>eed were somewhat shaken up (
id (bruised Friday night when
r. Wilkinson drove his Ford off
e end of a culvert across a road
Anderson county. The Ford was
msiderably torn up in the acci
int. While Mr. Wilkinson and Mr.
>eed went to Anderson thieves 1
eked out all the solid parts and 1
ent away with them. Today Mr. 1
ilkinson is negotiating with Mr. 1
mold for a body to put an engine 1
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COURT NEXT WEEK
Court .begins in Abbeville next
onday. Judge John F. Wilson of c
anning will preside. Capt. J. L. c
jrrin, clerk of court, says that p
ere are about 30 cases on the h
icket, most of them being in con- b
tction with liquor. t
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fO LET TRUSTEES
(Senator J. Howard Moore, at
home over the week-end, saya that
he has already gotten through the
the state senate a bill, local in na
ture, which would permit the trus
tees of any school district in Abbe
ville county to borrow money for
school, purposes, pledging unpaid
taxes. The bill will be rushed
through the house this week by
Messrs. 'Putpam and Cox. This
measure was drawn in accordance
with the sentiment expressed by the
trustees of the county in their
meeting at the court house Febru
ary 11.
Mr. Moore says the legislature
will probably be in session for two
weeks more than the usual forty
lay period. There is yet much
mportant legislation to be consid
sred, especially in the upper house.
The county supply bill has not yet
teen completed but it is expected
t will be passed this week.
RESIDENT SEEKS
ADVICE OF SENATE
Washington, Feb. 18.?President
larding in a formal message to the
enate today asked its advice on the
luestion of reviving by executive or
ler the patents treaty with Germany
trhich was negotiated on February 23
909, but which automatically lapsed
vith the declaration of the existence
f a state of war in 1917.
The message was received at the
enate late today and was immediate
ly referred to the foreign relations
ommittee without its text being
nade public. It was said, however, to
ie a brief, formal letter outlining
he situation and setting forth the
mrpose of the president in asking
he advice. The committee is ex
acted to take it up without delay.
The treaty, it was explained, cov
irs reciprocity in the matter of the
irotection of. patents between the
Jnited States and Lfermany ana lis
evival, it is understood, will auto
natieally restore the status existing
trior to the declaration of a stajte of
srar.
SEEING THE LAWYER
Corp. Kerr went down to Colum
iia Saturday to see Corp. Jr., who
s now a law student at the Univer
sity. He wanted to see what effect
i w?ek'a study of the latf had had
)n the 'boy's aJbility to tell the
iruth, he said. He also recalled the
ine waffles that Mrs. Pratt used to
nake and he used to eat at the
Nfanse in Abbeville, and made plans
accordingly. He didn't know but
bhat he would go by Winnsboro be- n
rore he came home, but lie made no ^
iefinite announcement fearing that
Roy Power and Sam MoCuen might c;
se sending him telegrams about the
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sales axaae on ouiuruay.
ILL IN HOSPITAL
B. F. Cheatham underwerff' a
serious operation at a Chester hos
pital this morning. News from Mrs.
Dheatham, who is with him, is to
:he effect that the operation was
successful.
AUDITOR ON JOB
Richard Sondley, county auditor,
,vho has been ill for several days,
;va able to be out this morning
md he has resumed his duties in
;he court house, much to the pleas
ire of his friends.
dANY CHICAGO POLICE
f ARE WITHOUT SALARIES
Chicago, Feb. 18.?With hundreds
if policemen minus their pay be
ause of the lack of funds in the city c
turse yesterday, the city council will
lave up for consideration today a
ill providing for a loan of $2,500,000
o meet pay rolls. pi
1ARB0RD SPEAKS ~
OF ARMY FUTURE 1
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/OULD HAVE CONGRESS FIX '
APPROPRIATION ? DEPUTY
CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS CLOTH
COULD THEN BE CUT TO PIT
SUGGESTS LUMP SUM.
Washington, Feb. 18.?A sugges
on that congress fix upon a lump
jm appropriation it is prepared to
ote for maintenance of the regular
rmy for the fiscal year and then
sk the war department to work out
n army plan that would yield the
laximum of millitary efficiency with
\ that expenditure was laid today
efore the house sub-committee on
rmy appropriation at its initial con
deration of the 1923 army budget,
tajor General Harbord, deputy chief
f staff, was the only officer heard as
ecretary Weeks was etill at his
v/ixic muibpvseu ttiiu ilia
-ith General Pershing has been de
jrred until next week.
General Haxbord made the suggest
on to the committee so that it could
btain an idea of what would be
?ne with the army in the event of re
action of the authorized enlisted
rength b^low the present 150,000
?ure. It was indicated that the of
ler had pointed out the difficulties
[shaping a well rounded military
rogram on the basis of authorized
rength alone and urged it would be
ore sound procedure to state the
im that would be available and then
it the army cloth to fit that male
al.
Back of the suggestion lies a'hope'
military circles that congress ,wiU
ork out a continuing financial poK
y for the army covering a period of " ^
;ars. It is argued that if the army V -j
mlH Irnnw incf wVmf film?* WrttllH hft ''
ade available each year for the next
iree or four years it would be possi
e to frame a constructive program
id to lessen the apprehension a
ong commissioned and enlisted per
>nnel as to their future in the ser
ce.
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TO INVESTIGATE FIRE
rand Jury is Called to
Rickaond.
Meet lit
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Richmond, Va., Feb. 18.?Deputy
ity Sergeant Cavedo late today
jmmoned the grand jury, called by
udge D. C. Richardson of hustings
Durt to consider the findings of
hief of Police C. A. Sherry, result
lg from his investigation of the
exington hotel fire February 7,
rhich resulted in the death of 12 per
jns.
Judge Richardson, after reading a
sport on an inquiry made by the po
ce into the disaster, issued an order
ir tVio orrnanpllinir MrvnrfflT -of V sne
ial grand jury.
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND
rozen Stiff on the Outskirts Of
Camden, N. J.
Camden, N. J., Feb. 18?The wom
n whose body, frozen stiff, was
3und today on the outskirts of For
st Hill park, was identified tonight
3 Rose Casey, well known to the
olice of the tenderloin districts of
hiladelphia and Camden. Detectives
ho made the identification said that
le also was known as Rose Kleink
nd that she had been arrested sev
al times in the last few years. She
as about 40 years of age.
Dr. E. 0. Stem, coroner's physician
ho performed an autopsy late to
ight said the woman's death was
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ae to tuberculosis of the lungs and
)t violence.
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THE HILL SALE
The bankrupt property of J. H.
il! and Henry M. Hill and other
ropcrty, consisting of fann ma
linc-ry, live stock, corn, fodder,
tc., will be sold Thursday at the
sidence of J. H. Hill. A laif*
umber of Abbeville people art
reparing to attend the sales.
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