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Abbeville Press and Banner gTTTf... T^-WeeHy ""Abbeville, S. C., Friday, April 14, 1922. Single Copies, Five Cento. 78th yg HCE LAW : TAKEN TO COURT M4 BASED ON SECTION < WARDING ESTATES NOW HC ADMINISTERED?TEM IARY INJUNCTION ISSUED CHIEF JUSTICE unbia, April 13.?A tempo njunction against the South 1 oa Tax Commisson restraining ' it enforcing the Inheritance 1 os, passea at tne mm, sv&>ivu vi meral Assembly, was ordered 1 Pternoon by Chief Justice Eu- ' i. Gary and was made return- < afore the State Supreme Court * 24 at 10 o'clock in the morn action is brought by J. Ed- < efeer, of Columbia, -admini- 1,1 of the estate of the late John 1 srery, of thia city, who died 1 ber 20, 1920, leaving an es- 1 Blued at $50,000. contention is that the section * e act providing for a tax t estates which are in process 1 uinistrtion, but for whdeh s ettiement has not been made, active and therefore uncon- ' tmal. The State Tax Commis- 1 in doubt about the inter pre- 5 of this section and therefore '1 fV?o cnif fcn <?lj?rifv the 1 action involves a large < t ci revenue to the 5&ate, as < ire estates in every section of Carolina for which final set- j t has not been completed, the 1 a hie of which runs into mil- < 4 dollars. Large estates now i administered because death oc- < during the pasttwo years are >f the late P. W. Wegener, of ? ston; the late J- J. Brown of ( ion; the late B. L. Abney, of ] bia; the late Mrs. Sarah Dee- j , of Columbia, and the late , jm Mimnaqgh. These estates, it 1 imated will aggregate more i 10,000,000. The petition for ,j unction said that the "Inheri- ( Tax Act it is respectfully 1 tted is by its terms clearly per- 1 e in its operation relating ex- 1 sly to estates waitu su?u ter pass or be transferred by C inheritance and the admin re of which shall be hereafter As appears from numerous and provisions thereof, that outh Carolina Tax Commission itiners, is informed and be admits that it has doubts as to 'ect and application of said applied to estates of persons prior to the enactment of same sists that its rights and duties premises should be tested and d by this court before it will le that it does not so apply. MEDICAL SOCIETY rw*o fmm all norfa r>f Ahhp. ~ | bounty attended the meeting of! edical Society last night. Vari tbjects of interest to the Medi ci ety, were discussed by the s present. r officers were elected as fol Dr. T. O. Kirkpatrick of Lown e, president; Dr. J. C. Hill, resident; Dr. C. C. Gambrell, try and treasurer. Dr. G. A. r was elected a delegate to the Association which meets in Bill next Tuesday, Wednesday tareday with Dr. Power as al 8. i Gambrell, Neuffer, Kirkpat ad Power will attend the Asso- . r at Rock Hill. STILL ON THE RlbGE ). Ferguson and C. B. Prince, es for Sheriff McLane, went to dge, near Lowndesville, on in don, to capture a still that ipposed to be in operation, i ound thp sfand and about 200 i of mash ready to be made in- ' skey. This was destroyed. No- i ras in charge of the still. No- 1 tan in sight. And nobody was : d. ] ' '-.'jt ? 3,725,000 BALES 0 PLEDGED IN SOUTH SOUTH CAROLINA EXPECTED TO SIGN UP 400,000 BALES BY MAY 1 IN COTTON GROWER'S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. OFFICIALS ESTIMATE Columbia, April 13.?Approxi mately 3,725,000 bales will have t>een signed up to (be sold through Ae various State-wide Cotton Coop erative Marketing Associations in ;he belt before the 1922 crop goes O. ] 1 F E K in the market, according to figures mU] :ompiled by officials of the South ord Carolina Cotton Grower Cooperative Moi kssociation. These figures wer? re- an<1 :edved from the heads of the various be State-wide organization, and show ihat a heavy percentage of the crop * ihis year will be controlled by the lec* cooperative associations. pla< The sign-up of the Texas associa- cap ;ion is 700,000 bales, Oklahoma yar 150,000 bales, Mississippi 225,000 ^ sales, Arizona 50,000 bales, Arkan >as 225,000 bales, North Carolina anc* 100,000 bales and Georgia 275,000 a^? jales, making a total of 2,325,000 exp >ales. South Carolina is expected to wer ?ign up 400,000 by iMay 1, and Ala jama 200,000 bales by June 1. Okla loma is expected to sign up 200,000 su^' idditional, and the other states 100, F r : v )00 additional, making a grand total as | def< )f .5,725,000 'bales. Officials of the South Carolina as jociation said today that this was a leavy enough percentage of the :rop to prove a very stabilizing fac ar in the market next fall, and jvery year thereafter. "From practically every county in South Carolina have come tie moat encouraging reports today, as to the progress of this campaign,# said. Harry G. Kaminer, president of the thai association, tonight "With the sen- oft timent of the State so thoroughly j for* aroused and with leading bankers, | dist business men and farmers in practi- she] cally every section aggressively in ciat the fight, there can be but one end tior to the campaign?a glorious vie- live tory." mez and EARNINGS = cunuu AN INPMJKP, uiiuvv mi imuulhul Washington, April 13.?Railroads in the United States?exclusive of short lines with less than $1,000,000 in gross revenue?earned during February $47,762,600 according to interstate commerce commission re ports compiled by the Association of Railway Executives. This compares with an operating deficit of $5,176, 867 during the same month in 1921, and is represented as sufficient to in dicate an annual return rate of 4.57 per cent on the value of property in vestment in transportation facilities. Revenues from operating for the month amounted to $401,328,000 or 1.3 per cent less than comparative receipts a year ago, but operating expenses mounted to $324,423,000, which was 15.8 per cent less. In stancing decreases in freight rates which have been made effective during the month 14 per cent more traffic than they did a year ago, but found receipts lees notwithstanding. TKio inAiTAooft in umfl vuivfi. 1 Gr< Gn linl Hif < five be bas me: $6, < api am Sot of , rev bee woi 1 citj fac abc roa cuiarly marked in the eastern dis trict, where revenues were actually in excess of February 1921, tbut less satisfactory results in the south and west made the estimated annual earning rate there respectively 3.98 per cent and 2.46 per cent. By themselves, the eastern car riers, with net income of $29,535, 000 for th? month, earned at the an nual rate of 7.17 per cent on capital valus, ibut the.< amount was insuffi cient to Jbring the national transpor tation earning up to-the 6 per cent standard set by congress, which ex pired March ' * \ . <&? L. HILL LOSES LIFE IN CHAR .ESTON?TWENTY THOUSAND OUNDS OF POWDER IN BLAST >OES MUCH DAMAGE?CAUSE IOT KNOWN. Jharleston, April 13.?0. L. Hill, te, foreman for the Columbia Sal e corporation, was blown into bits ut 11:30 o'clock this morning :n an explosion of 20,000 pounds black powder occurred in an am otion salvage magazine near the nance depot, North Charleston, re than 50 box, cars were damaged trackage wrecked. It will never known what caused the trerrific 'ragments of Hill's body were col ed over a considerable area and :ed in a coffin for interment. His was found about two hundred ds from the magazine, the walls vhich were made with boxes filled k sand with a canvas roof. Hill three negro laborers were seen ut the magazine just before the losion. It is said that the negroes e ^practically unhurt. For many ;s around the explosion was felt. 5S was shattered in plants in the iirbs of Charleston. or some time the salvage company been taking black, powder out of active or out of date shells, this rder being placed in metal kegs. magazine was not connected with magazines of the ordnance de tment, but was a considerable dis :e from the nearest. Where the age magazine stood is a crater 20 ; deep and more than 60 feet >ss. Nothing remains of the metal s except fragments. t is believed that one or two kegs powder were first detonated and t almost immediately all the rest he 800 kegs went off with terrible :e. A burning brand fell a short ance away among a pile of TNT lis and among those who appre ?d the peril there was consterna i. At the imminent risk of their s, Chief Thompson of the govefrn it port terminals fire department . Lieut. A. L. Viloancey of the rtermaster corps extinguished the with chemicals. TO BUILD HIGHWAY ;enwood to Build Link to Abbe ville County Line iVork will be started soon on the jenwood end of the road between ;enwood and Abbeville. This will c Greenwood up with the State jhway system. . Greenwood County got a twenty ; thousand dollar appropriation to used in this work on a fifty-fifty lis, and in addition to this the far rs along the route have subscribed 000. Greenwood was lucky to get the >ropriation at this time, as this ount was all that was left of ith Carolina's quota up to the first July this year. It would then have erted back to the government and n given to some other state which uld qualify on the (fifty-fifty basis, rhe road for one mile out of the / of Greenwood is to be hard-sur e road. Abbeville County has >ut completed her part of the d. LOMAX HOUSE BURNS rhe hoxx.e of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace nax on Nickles street was partial destroyed by fire Thursday morn about 11 oclock. The ori of the fire is unknown, but the Die roof was ablaze when the Fire aartment reached the scene. The ipany did good work in saving r part of the dwelling. The loss tained is about $2,000, which is ered by insurance. dr. and Mrs. Lomax and children staying with their aunt, Mrs. Jen Cox until other arrangements be made. Mrs. Dominick is with >. James Darricott. :. ! fab&3?li? " v.-v : '' COTTON CONSUMED I MONTH OF MARCH FIGURES COMPARE WITH .438,- J 218 SAME MONTH LAST YEAR. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS ALSO SHOWED AN INCREASE FOR THE MONTH. Washington, April 13.?Cotton consumed during March amounted to c 518,450 bales of lint and 44,177 3 bales of linters, compared with 438,- ' 218 of lint and 44,647 of linters con- 1 sumed in March last year the census * bureau announced today, 1 Cotton on hand March 31, in con- c suming establishments amounted to 1,553,961 bales of lint and 185,289 ? of linters, compared with 1,336,542 1 of lint and 223,311 of linters so held c a year ago, and in public storage and ( compresses 3,765,804 bales of Hnt * and 124,059 of linters, compared c with 5,252,852 of lint and 296,445 1 of linters so held a year ago. Imports for March amounted to 1 59,957 bales compared with 27,282 in March last year. * Exports for March amounted to I 461,484 bales, including 9,109 bales 1 of linters, compared with 375,180 * bales including 6,845 of linters, ex- * ported in March last year. Spindles active during March num- * bered 31,875,212 compared with 32,- 1 148,202 in March la^jf year. < Statistics for cotton growing states follow: 1 Consumed during March 337,166 1 bales, compared with 263,330 in 1 Maiph last year. Held in,consuming establishments ] March 31, 765,881 bales compared ? with 613,183 a year ago and in. pub lic storage and at comjyresaes 3,347,- < 318 bales compared with 4,779,863 a ? year ago. O>tton spindles active during i March numbered 15,557,286 com- i pared with 14,692,668 in March last \ year. ^ Lady Astor is C ami ax j Southampton, April 12.?Iiady A9 ( to* sailed on the Wihite Star liner , Olympic today for New York. She is en route to Baltimore to be the guest /vJ ft It a T Anrmi a W/vtM an \7 ol I vj 'wuo Jurxtguo ui f? wucii fuvvig aw their convention which opens in Bal timore April 20. JOHN McCORMACK IS ILL Famous Tenor is Said to Be Battling For His Life. New York, April 13?John McCor mack, world famous tenor, tonight ' was reported by his physicians to be battling for his life in his Park aven ue home, where he is suffering from a severe affliction of the throat. His physicians announced that ' while they believed the crisis was passed last night, the singer was no| out of danger. ^ Mr. McCormack was taken serious- , ly ill last Saturday. Removed to his home, he was found to be suffering from a combination of throat affile- ^ tions. These complications were due to a general infection of the throat causing blood poison. On Monday, ac cording to the physicians, the singers throat had so swollen that he was threatened with death by choking. According to the physicians, Mc Cormick's singing voice wilj not be impaired through his illness, although they say he will be unable to sing for at least three months. ' UNION BOYS. 1 i . Mr. Alfred Austell and James * Adams, two of the Union baseball 1 players were guests of Son Bill Greene Thursday. The young gentle- 1 men were first class baseball players 1 and took the score in Abbeville like * sports, rney enjoyea tne pictures ai> night and the dance at the home 1 of Donald Harris. J Bowie Street Gets More Water I New water mains are "being laid t on Bowie street to give additional t pressure. This street is newly built 1 and has attractive homes on it., I rURY REQUIRES LESS THAN I ONE MINUTE TO FIND MOVIE ' ACTOR NOT GUILTY?WAS TRIED FOR MANSLAUGHT ER i t San Francisco, April 13.?A ver lict of acquittal was returned by a I ury tonight in the third trial of J ioseoe C. (""Fatty") Aifouckle on a I nan slaughter charare growing out of i he death of Miss Virginia Rappe,'t notion picture actress. The jury wae >ut six minutes. c The defendant was deeply affect- v id. He received the verdict with \ i great sigh of relief. There was no j lemonstration the court having warn t id against it Mrs. Mbrta Durfee Ar- c rnckle, the defendant's wife, cried { piietly. Both she and Arbuckle shook t lands with the jurors. t The quick return of the jury was j ? surprise. Edward Brown, whose presence on { ;he jury was objected to by "the >rosecution, iwas foreman. There was t i Slight delay when the jury return- . id due to the absence of the die xict attorney. The verdict was by acclamation, j ;he deliberation taking less than a i ninute. The additional time was * :onsumed by details. Jurors and spectators crowded iround Arbuckle and his counsel j md finally bore him off to the jury ^ room to congratulate him. "Arbuckle. has no immediate ? plans/' Gavin McNab, his chief coun sel said. "It was a splendid victory." The jury did its duty/' was the rOmment of Milton T. ITRen, as listant district attorney. The third trial began March 6 and vae marked ' by the appearance of ipproximately seventy witnesses and . the calling of two of the defense witnesses before the county grand iury in connection with their testi mony. The trial was longer than either of the previous hearings, con suming nearly Ave weeks. i Washington, April 13.?Between $8,000,000 and $25,000,000 of the money required to complete the Muscle Shoals, Ala., water power project program can be charged di rectly to navigation improvements on the Tennessee river, and sub tracted from the sum needed for * other developments in the shoals territory, it ,was announced today before the Senate agriculture com mittee. Col. W. J. Barden, army engineer, in charge of the Sheffield Ala., dis trict eaid government engineers had recommended $8,>500.000 for naviga tion improvements In the river in the iricinity of Muscle Shoals but the ex act amount chargeable to navigation :ould not be definitely fixed when :onaidered as a part of a lump sum for financing all developments at Musde Shoals. In considering the question of de veloping the shoals project, Senator Morris, Nebraska, declared Congress jhould differentiate between those of in industrial character and others ^ :hat would ordinarily be considered is river and harbor improvements. Col. Barden said, in concluding his ;estimony, that engineers believed ;he traffic would justify the expendi- ( ;ure they had recommended. r Both Chairman Norris and Col. i harden agreed that navigation c >hould be opened to -Chattanooga. a Major W. H. Burns of the ord- r lance bureau, told the committee I ;he War Department had decided 1 ;o salvage Nitrate Plant No. 1 and x lad approved a policy of keeping c ^irtate Plant No. 2 in a stand-by t x . . /%.. - 1 ADOLF 10H LMINENT AUSTRIAN SURGEON ENCOUNTERED PROFESSION. AL JEAIjOUSY WHEN HE . FIRST CAME HERE?COMING ' BACK TO STAY New York, April 1"3.?'Dr. Adolph jorenz, was a passenger on the La trance, sailing for Europe today, le was accompanied by Anton Well, mporter, who induced hhn to cbmp o this country. Dr. Lorenz, who treated thousands >f cripples daring his. visit, at first vas forced to curtail hie operations * >ecause of the opposition he met :rom members of hia own profession hroughout the country. He finally conducted free clinic under the guid- . ince of New York's health depart* nent until he secured a license from ;he state. Later he held clinics in tfew Jersey and Detroit. 'He is coming (tack to stay in Sep ember and iwill bring his family, ' ivhich consists of his wife and two ions, with hkm. The elder son, who is 36, is a physician and his father's :hief surgical assistant, having taken ' :are of his practice in Vienna while lis father was in this country. The younger son, who is nearly 18, will ;nter Columbia neat fall, prepara tory to beginning a medical career. Tired and weary from the work le had performed here Dr. Lorenz, ;rho is 68, said: "It is true that at times I have teemed in danger of being killed fcy rindnees., The great friendliness ^hich greeted jtoe and surrounded one yverywfere is something ivays remember. It gave me strength x> do my work in the face of hos* ;ility?1 will not say that?but of, obstacles which were placed in any ray by some ni embers of my profes sion." -r ,. : - - ' * J ' v ' This oblique reference was the on y comment he would make on the unfriendly attitude of certain sec tions of the American medical pro fession, which became so pronounc ed in the early stages of his visit as to arouse .widespread newspaper , comment and virtually amounted to i boycott against him in certain hos pitals and clinics. "I leave behind me hundreds of cases," he said, "in which cure or marked improvement has been set well under way. Best of all I go with the feeling that I have not injured the interests of any of my American colleagues. On my way over the thought of that possibility troubled me but it has worked out the other way. We have been able to pull to gether. "The work which has ibeen done is snly partly mine. Indeed, without the assistance of the medical men who collaborated with me in New York ind other clinics, only a tithe of it could have been accomplished." When it was suggested to him ;hat he might like America well iTrough to become an American jciti sen, he said:' "I hope my son twill become an American citizen. It has been decided ;haHie, too, shall become a physi cian. In some respects the opporttwi ;ies seem to have become superior >o those offered on the side. I am ' hinking especially of pre-medical studies as chemistry. It is no longer jossible to teach chemistry well in Vienna 'because chemicals cannot be >rocured there," { ; j DISTRICT DRUGGIST MEET Dr. C. H. McMurray went to Jreenwood yesterday to attend the neeting of the District Druggists* Association. The District is composed >f Abbeville, Greenwood, Laarens md Newberry counties. The next neeting will be held at the Clinton Laurens Country Clulb the second rhursday in September. m * ondition for manufacture ?f ni rates for the army.