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'EACHERS CI
ANNU
FINAL SESSION SATURDAY
[ADOPT REPORT OF COMMIT
TEE ON ORGANIZATION?Du
ll* RE PRESIDENT; MAJOR FULP
ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Columbia, March 19.?The State
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>lina closed its 48th annual
sting yesterday morning at the
lumbia high school building, the
il session being devoted largely
H jHwpwriw betting to do with
employment of a paid full time
?tary and the formation of a
ly knit organization.
Officers elected yesterday to
re during the ensuing year were
Mason Dupre of Wofford College,
sident; W. J. McGarrity of Aiken
vice president; Miss Eunice
>n of Elloree, second vice prea
The secretary, R. C. Burta of
Hill, and the treasurer, W. E.
of Estill, hold over until a
]uent meeting. Miss Washing*
Pringle of Charleston, J. D.
lp of Abbeville, E. C. Wade ofi
ice and A. J. Thackston ox
jburg were elected members
the executive committee.
le moat important business be
the association yesterday was
consideration of a committee
ited to report a plan of organi
of teachers which will secure
them "their rightful influence."
committee recommended that
body be incorporated; that a
time paid secretary be employ
that the secretary bring to the
ition of all the teachers in the
the need for cooperation.
,These recommendations were
[<ft?pted and other recommendations
the committee made were
somewhat The working oat
the details of the plan was left to
executive committee, which was
ited to carry oat the fecva
adations of the committee "if
C. Easterling of Marion fa ft*
th? motion for a close asso
>n of teachers said there were
10 teachers in the state, with fee
to thousands of hcanee, and
; they had a tremendous influ
fcpe. By means of this association
rwe will know," he said, "who sits in
legislature and we will have
resentatives theie."
Attention was called to the fact
it the funds would have to be
sd to meet the expenses of a
itary. On motion the dues of
members were raised to $2 an-,
iaally. The women moved that
dues be ma^ the same as the
for men and this motion was
:arried, though not unanimously.
Lfter much discussion, the plans
F?r the organization were left in
hands of the executive commit
ter ^
W. E. Black, the treasurer, re
>rted that 1,327 women had regis
tered and 430 men, making a total
>f 1,767 who actually registered.
Dr. D. B. Johnson of Winthrop
>ke of the survey made by the
>tal hygiene committee and a
>rt report of work was made
rs. E. SL Watkina of Columbia,
association appointed a cam
to cooperate with the South
Citizens' Educational aseo
ktian in its efforts to improve edu
ional conditions. This committee
is composed of D. W. Daniel, J.
Sweanngen, Patterson Wardlaw,
B. Johnson and 8. H. Edmunds.
F. W. Cappelmann, president of
cnamDer vi cuauuavv) muv ??.
the association and after speak
of the pleasure the presence of
teachers had afforded to Cohim
invited them to return next
Mr. Cappehnann was accom
fled by Prank Piersoo, secretary j
xe chamber of commerce.
Smallpox Epidemic
Salvador, Republic of Sal.,
17.?An epidemic of tmall
i0 sweeping Costa Rica.. A dis
from San Jose says 22,000
jns have the disease*.
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[REAM REPORT
THEFT OF BOM
Washington, March 19.?Bet
>170,000 and $200,000 in negol
liberty bonds are missing fron
liberty bonds branch of the trea
?. H. Moran, chief of the sec re
ice, said tonight. Secret servic
iratives have been sent to Rich
rnd Charlottesville, Va., where
smployees of the branch, want
onnection with the investigate
be loss, were reported to b
,dded.
The loss of the bonds be
:nown Saturday, it was said, bu
otal amount missing had not
iscertained tonight. Charles A.
nger, also an employee in the bi
iras held for questioning, secrel
ice officials announced, bu1
harges had been placed against
rOUNC MEN GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGH
?v
surest Jury Conrict* Timmoni
Willard of Kiliiog Polcemai
Appeal to Be Made
Laurens, March 19. ?GuiH
nanalawghter frith recommend
o mercy was the verdict, and
rears each in the state peniten
ras the sentence of the cour
yuthex Timmons and Monro^
ard, yoong men of Clinton,
?ere being tried on the chgrj
aurder in the killing of Host
lartin, Laurent city policemen,
)ecember 14
>ec?riber 14. The verdict od
ury was returned shortly befoi
'clock Saturday afternoon.
Ju<}ge John S. Wilson refiu
tew trial for the men and co
or the defense at once gave r
>t intention to appeal tae ca
he state supreme court and 1
he court to grant (bail. Bond
ixed at $5,000 each.
The case aroused more inl
han has been shown in a n*
rial in a long time, the court
>eing crowded throughout the
lay9 of the trial.
ALL WATER RATES
Zotton May Be Shipped At
Co*t
Memphis, March 17.?J. V. A
ton, general agent of the MissL
iVanior barg? line, today annoi
hat through all water rotes oa
on shipments from Mississippi
joints to New York and Philadc
jecame effective today. The
rate* rate, Memphis to New
?ri11 hp 75 rpntfl w 30 cents T?ei
>ounda under the All-railroad
ie 6a id '
The cotton will be picked t
various points along the Missii
iver and at New Orleans wi
oaded on ? steamship for the
?rn ports. Two aaihng^ a a
'rom New Orleans to New Yori
Philadelphia have been arrai
dr. Atkinson said.
ftflSS GANN TAKES RES
Miss Mary Ckran, Western I
elegraph operator here has goi
Atlanta to rest up for about
reeks. Miss Edith Larkin of Bi
ila?, is in charge of the office di
be absence of Hiss G-ann.
Much Lumber Burned
Live Oak, Fla., March 17.?
ate today destroyed 10,0(M
eet of himfcer valued at $400,0*
be plant of the Standard Lu:
Jo., at Dawling Park near
'be loss was said to be covere
asurance.
Work has begun on the hous
.ndrew Jackson on Church strei
u
TO BE VISITED
BELIEVED THAT PARTY WILL
LEAVE WASHINGTON FOR
ALABAMA ABOUT MARCH
?MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
PLAN JOURNEY
Washington, March 18.?Work of
arranging for senators and members
of the house military committee to
inspect personally the government's
war initiated project at (Muscle
Shoals and Gorgas, Ala., in a body
were begun tonight by officers of the
TaCAtA
loVTV AVgkUaMTO VWWWWW WkAryi
Rogers, sergeant-at-arms of the
house, to whom the duty of making
preparations for the military com
mitteemen was entrusted, opened
communications with David & Ber
ry, the senate sengeant-at-arms, im
mediately upon passage by the
house of a resolution authorizing
the visit and appropriating $2,000
for expenses of the house members.
The decision of the senate agri
culture committee to leave March
25 was announced by Senator Norris
of Nebraska a few minutes before
the house passed the resolution.
Several military committeemen said
the date would be convenient for
them, while others favored making
the trip at once so they might re
turn and begin immediate prepara
tion of ther eport the committee will
make to the house of the offers of
Henry Ford, the Alabama Power
company and Frederick E. ^ngstruin
of Wilmington, N. ., which have
been under investigation for more
than a month.
The impossibility, however, of the
senators departing before the rotes
are recorded on the fonir power
treaty was recognised by house
members as justifiable reason for
waiting until March 25. Reasons of
economy also were advanced by
those who advocated the joist visit.
Both senators and house committee
men, at was explained, could go as
one delegation much less expensive
ly than they could in two or more
groups.
Although about 47 senators have
expressed a desire to see the shoals
projects, it was the impression that
the 16 members of the agricultural
committee would have the first pre
ference and the others would prob
ably await until the comfixitteemen
had returned before deciding wheth
er they would go.
^ - uaii'awa/) akaiif fixto
OeZltUA/r X*Uiria UCUCTOu awuv Ufw
days would be necessary for the in
spectoin of the projects.
WILL SPEAK TO FARMERS
Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Sr., of Mays
ville, S. C., will speak to the farm
ers of Abbeville County at the time
and place given below:
Antreville Tuesday night at 7:80.
Gilliam's Gin Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock
Lebanon Wednesday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock.
Lowndesville Thursday morning
nf 1 A'/>1r^V
Campbells School Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Donalds Friday morning at 10
o'clock.
Xeowee school Friday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock.
Due West Friday afternoon at
4:30 o'clcok.
G1NNERS REPORT
The government report on the
numfber of bales of cotton ginned
for the 1921 crop was issued this
morning. Th? number of bales gin
ned as reported is 7,976,665. The
final Mtimate of the government
was a little more than 8,300,000 the
actual (figures being about one
third of a million 'bales under the
government estimate.
Milton T. Martin of Donalds, ac
companied by bis daughter, Miss
Elizabeth, were in the city Saturday.
'EFFORT TO AVERT
: STRIKE IN COi
v. "
BELIEVED THAT AGREEMft
MAY BE REACHED IN -
THRACITE FIELD BUT *
SOON?MAY BE A LC
SERIES
New York, March 18.?The
thracite coal mine owners and w<
era' committee of eight tonight
gan to organize for a long series
deliberations in an effort to avei
general strike by amicable set
raent.
President John L. Lewis of
international organisation of Un
Mine Workers of America, and S
uel D. Warriner, chairman of
operators' policies committee, 1
members of the committee of ei
were optimistic. They exprei
doubt, however, that a new ^
scale could be drawn in time to
vent suspension of mining op
tions in the hard coal field on A
1.
The whole mining industry, f
the digging of the coal jn ithe
kries to the shipment, distribu
and sale to the consumers, wil!
taken into consideration in negc
ting the new contract,, it was sa
The miners expressed a dete:
nation to "get down (to the bot
of costs and profits." The owi
were equally emphatical in asser
that every angle of the indu
should be gone into.- "Despite
great divergence of views i
which we begin negotiations, I
Here but] CVUUtUMCO 1UWUW) uvuv
t? try to work out a solution in
wag* problem in the .anthn
mines," waa the statement of
Lewis.
Neither he nor Mr. Warri
speaking for the operators, w<
predict upon what basis wages
the miners would be compu
whether the demands of the uni
sal adoption of the check-off ays
would be considered, or for
long it was desired that the con1
plated new contract should extei
"The labor situation is consta
charging," said Mr. Warriner. "
cost of living is going dc
though there is considerable un
ployment. Higher wages in the
industry are impossible at this ti
The public would have to pay
increase, and it is not prepare<
do so."
JMr. Warriner refused to estin
what portion of a possible cu
miners' wages might be reflecte<
Reduced prices or coal to the <
sumer.
With the appointment of the
bitration committee of eight, the
representatives of labor unions
came here to present their 19
mands to the operators last Wed
day departed for their various
tricte to await the outcome of
negotiations.
Work in the (mines will conti
they said, until April 1, when
1920 contracts now in force exj
If, by that dates the committer
eight has not agreed upon a
scale the mines automatically
suspend operations in accords
with a recont decision of the ui
wage conference at Shame kin,
and remain idle until a new cont
is sighed.
AID BY GOVERNMENT
Washington, March 17.?App:
?1 OA ArfvnnfAt for aaTicultl
and live stock purposes aggrega;
$2,312,000 was announced ton
by the war finance corporation. '
loans as distributed included:
Georgia, $85,000; North Caro
$50,000; South Carolina, $177,C
Tennessee, $70,000; Alabama, $
000.
MAYOR'S COURT
Doug. Cosby, Archie Bennett
and Willi? Parker were before
Mayor this rcorning for stealing
bicycle without tire9, and fined $3
each.
MANY Wll
FOR
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Washinjrton, March 19.
Carolina officials, instructed
to collect from citizens for
of the state one-third the
paid by them to the federal
ment as income taxation, can
cure information from the
ment of the amounts paid.
T&e secretary 01 tne treas;
was anticipated, made such
today. W. R. Bradley, "assistf
ternal revenue collector of
Carolina in Washington Satur
quired as to his authority to
information.
Answers to the governmeni
tionnaires involved in the I
of income taxes have been ai
be regarded a3 confidential, i
plained today. This ruling wi
the collections of the state t
bly difficult, it is understood b
Carolinians here.
MA J. OPART FOUND
GUILTY; IS REOOMMJ
Life Sentence Portion of At
0c?r Who Killed Scbo
Superintendent
ner,
yald
of
ted;
ver
tem
how
;em
3(L
ntly
The
>wn,
em
coal
Lme.
the
1 to
oate
t in
1 in
con
Talbotton, tia., match i
jury returned a verdict o:
with recommendation to mt
the case of Major Lee H.
wfro haa been on trial here
several days in Talbot i
court charged with tbe axon
fall of A. B. McNiece, foro
erfartendent of Talbot
schools.
Under the laws of Geotgj
<Sct of guilty with a recoo
tion of mercy carries a sent
life in the penitentiary.
Major Coart received the
calmly. Several women mem
bis family, who were in tbe
room when the reirdict was r
collapsed and Coart tried
fort them. ^
Following announcement
verdict by the foreman of th
counsel for the defense aske
poll of the jurors individual!
was asked if the verdict as a
ed -was in accordance w
views aad each replied afflrn
Judge Monro sentenced, (
life imprisonment in the sta'
ar
s 35
who
de
nes
dis
the
i tentiary.
AT LAST DISCOVER
REMOTE BIRTH
nue
the
>ire
5 of
new
wil
knee
lion
Pa.,
ract
Request For Appropriatic
Fence Give* Light T<
House
POV
aral
ting
Washington, March 1
house committee on approp
with obvious surprise has
that George Washington wa
not at Mr. Vernon, but at W
Va.
'Wakefield is M miles bekro
ington on the Potomac riv<
untouched by a railroad. It
be reached by an &utomobiI<
going there from Washington
ferry, and then having toucA
goes ahead or a dirt road.
The houae dn which Was
was born has disappeared. I
rfanAtli
S nnrtllf ayuuuiwu* ?v???^
spot. It is In the center of ai
of 11.18 acres. There is a fet
rounding this acreage.
,It was in connection wi
fence that the appropriatioi
mittee learned of the birthp
the Jiartner ot. his v^uuiiu;
fence io rotting and falling
It may be repaired at a cost o
Lee Tb? committee agreed to
the priato fte money.
g a
1.00 Dendy Miller is improvir
yard by grading and new cop
LL SPEAK
! COTTON POOL
O ?.
EVERY SECTION OF STATE TO
BE COVERED?DANIEL, WELL
KNOWN EDUCATOR, TO MAKE
15 SPEECHES?WILL SPEAK IN
ABBEVILLE MARCH 31.
Columbia, March 19.?Farmers, v
lawyers, preachers, merchants and
teachers will this week take the
stump in behalf of the cotton coop
erative marketing camnaiffTi. ?tiH dor
E
IATA
?South
by law
the use
amount! ? - -?
govern-'1118' next weeks every section
not se- jof tlie state covere<* by spac
ers. As the time nears in which the
quota of 400,000 bales must be sign
ed the activity on the part of the
workers is being doubled. In every
county the campaign is being pushed
day and night and the results being
day "j^.j-obtained are attested by ,the heavy
flow of contracts into the offices of
the South Carolina Cotton Growers'
Cooperative association in thia city
officials of that organization said yes
terday. .
. Among the well known South Car
olinians who will speak this week and
next week in behalf of the movement
are Thomas: G. McLeod of Biahop^
ville, Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson
College, Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, presi
dent of Limestone college, Gaffney,
Dr. Davidson M. Douglas, president
of the Presbyterian College of South
Carolina, Clinton; Alfred Scarbor
ough of Eastover; E. W. Dabbs of
Sumter; T. L. Manning of Dillon and
many others. /
Governor Cooper will take the
stump next week, tentative dates hav
ing been made for him at Anderson,
Abbeville, Greenwood and Newberry.
The governor k very deeply interest
ed in the campaign and ba^ rendered
every assistance within hid power to
the prosecution of it. He has express
ed to members of the organization*
committee his deep regret that he has
not been able to make speeches p$or
to this time, but the general assem
bly of course necessitated his being
in his office during the months of Jan
uary, February and the greater por
tion of March.
DuMfi Itinerary
. Announcement-was made yesterday
by the officials of the South Carolina ,
Cotton Growers' Cooperative associa
tion tjiat Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clem
son college, one of the best known
speaker^ in the South, would begin a
seven days' tour in behalf of the co
operative marketing campaign on
Friday. The authorities of Clemson
college, the announcement said; real
izing the importance of the campaign
to the state, had agreed to let the
association have Mr. Daniel's services
for that length of time.
Mr. Daniel will speak in Abbeville
Friday March 31st at 11 a. m. He
will be accompanied on this tour by
[Henry S. Johnson of the extension
forces of Clemson college, himself a
forceful speaker who is an authority
on cooperative marketing.
E. W. Dabbs, Sr., of Mayesville
will speak in Abbeville county on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
this week. Mr. Dabbs was one of the
first men in the state to sign the cot
ton contract and he has worked hard
for the success of the movement.
S. F. HAMMOND LOSES HOME
The home of Samuel F. Hammond
of the Bethel section was destroyed
by fire Saturday night, the family
was awakened about twelve Vclook
to find the firo at the bed room door,
and had to make their escape
through the window. No one was
hurt.
The residence was destroyed and
all house furnishings and . furni
ture. The house was partly covered
by insurance. A serious loss was the
destruction of the years supply of
home-made lerd and food in geiner*
al. The out houses and the barn
A 11 AAffAYI VflO aOWOl)
rcic oa ? out
COTTON REPORT
Price of cotton today om tfc? Ab
beville market was 18 ce&tg. None
offered. ;
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