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Established 1844, $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, September 13, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year."?J
McLEOD
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NOMINATED IN SECOND PR
SWEARINGEN DEFEATED
MAN GAINS OFFICE (
OF EDUCATION 1
Tho?'as Gordon McLeod, Lee co
ty citizen, was yesterday nomina
governor of South Carolina in
second Democratic primary over C
L. Blease, former governor.
With fewer than 100 small p
crncts scattered throughout
state yet to report returns at ir
night gave Mr. McLeod a lead
II 15,097 over his opponent. The v
stood: McLeod, 98,390; Blease, ?
| 293.
The outsfanding vote will i
make any material difference,
fewer than 10,000 votes are yet to
counted.
J. H. Hope, of Union, defeat
John E. Swearingen, incumbent, 1
the office of state superintendent
education. Mr. Hope held a decis
lead over Mr. Swearingen throuj
out the night. In a total of 178,0'
Mr. Hope received 104,543 and IS
Swearingen 73,528, Mr. Hope's le
STATEMEN
Thomas G. McLeod issued f
1 1 a cr+ofomonf as
Illiguv C4 W X JL v Wivvtv a ^VV?VV4MV?* v."My
first impression is a f
men and women of South aroli
I port during the campaign,
"To the people of South C
interest shown in the issues of t
doreement more of the principle
"I shall endeavor as far as
of tke state are economically ma
prejssion and the hand of adver.'
must therefore be a fair and ju
not take a backward step and a
den means the maintenance of
"South Carolina has no fo
are all one people, with the sai
and I sincerely trust that there
together we may work out the
commonwealth.
"I realize the great respons
and I most earnestly beg the c<
in'l fVioir nravprs- in mv
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affairs of this state. In the cai
on anyone. I am leaving it, as
no bitterness and covet the goo
is nay purpose to work out our
will be the governor of all the i
Seconc
THE VOT
Abbeville No. 1 ?
I Abbeville ino. z ?
Abbe. Cotton Mill ? ?
Abbeville Shops __
Lowndesville No. 1 '
Lownaesville No. 2. ? __
Calhoun Falls
Antreville
Dae West.. ?
Donalds -Brownlee
? ? ? ?
Hillville ?
Lebanon ?
Keowee ? ? ? -Mountain
View
Cold Spring
Rock Spring
Means Chapel ?
Hampton
Level Land ?
TOTAL
"WINS
ANDSLIDE
1MARY OVER BLEASE?JOHN E.
BY HOPE?UNION COUNTY
)F STATE SUPERINTENDENT
3Y DECISIVE MAJORITY
un- at midnight was 31,015.
ted A. H. Gasque of Florence defeatedj
the P. H. Stoll of Kingstree, incumbent, j
ole for congress from the Sixth district, j
The total vote counted for candiI
)re_ dates for governor at midnight was
181,633. The outstanding vote will
doubtless carry this figure above
of 190,000.
0^e Yesterday's vote was by far the
13^. heaviest ever cast in the state. The
total official vote cast in the first
primary for candidates for governor
Jwas 173,567, distributed as follows:
as I Blease, 77,798; McLeod, 65,768;
be 'George K. Lartey of Chesterfield, 23164;
William Coleman of Union, 3,,ed
797; John T. Duncan of Columbia,
tor 1,780; J. J. Cantey of Summerton,
of 1,260.
ive The total enrollment in the state
*h- is 226,581 and returns thus far re71,
ceived indicate that more than 30,dr.
000 voters did not go to the polls
ad yesterday.
fT BY McLEOD.
rom his headquarters in Columbia last
follows:
eeling of profound gratitude to the
na for their zealous and unselfish suparolina,
I desire to say that the keen
;he campaign makes the result an ins"
that I advocated than of myself,
within me lies to see that the affairs
inaged. We are living in times of dejifcv
falls heavilv uDon man. There
st distribution of taxation. We must
fair and just distribution of the burefficiency.
reign element, our white citizenship
ne traditions, hopes and aspirations;
will be no lines of division, but that
destiny of a vigorous and valorous
iibility that I will assume as governor
^operation all citizens, their symefforts
to amninister impartially the
npaign I made no personal attack upI
entered it, without malice. I have
d will and sympathy of every one. It
problems for the best good of all. I
>eople."
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BRITAIN WILL BEGIN
PAYMENT INTEREST
BEFORE ARRANGEMENTS ARE
MADE FOR FUNDING?FIRST
INSTALLMENT OF INTEREST
DUE OCTOBER 15, AMOUNTING
TO $65,000,000.
Washington. Sept. 12.^Grteat
Britain probably will begin the payment
of interest on her war* debts
to th's country before arrangements
are made for the funding of the
>${5,000,000,000 of obligation, it was
indicated today at the treasury.
On October 15, officials declared,
the first installment of interest on
the British debt amounting to $65,
000,000 falls due and, although a
British financial mission has been
expected to leave England in time
to begin funding negotations with
the American debt commission by
the latter pare of the month, so'far
this country has not been notified
of its impending1 departure. With
September nearly half gone officials
expressed the 'belief that funding
arrangements could not be worked
out with Great Britian before the
latter part of October.
As the 'British debt nowStands
there is $4,135,000,000 of principal
and $611,000,000 of interest falling
due over the three years ending last
April which was deferred by mutual
understanding until funding plans
could be adopted, so that the Oct.
15th installment Would be the first
interest actually to fall due and
payable.
As yet, according to treasury officials.
there has been no direct com
municati^ fTom Great Britain of |
that nation's plans to meet the Oct.
15 payment, but tihat the amount
due will be forthcoming Is regarded
as practically certain in view of
statements by British statemen indicating
that financial preparations
were being made for the> purpose.
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INCOME TAX IS DUE
Third Installment Must Be Met By
Friday Night. f-,
Columbia, Sept. 12.?The thfrd installment
of the federal income tax
will be due Friday, notices to this
effect having already been sent out
by the office of the collector here.
Those who are paying on .the "install
^nt plan" will have to mail
the ^rtird payment in before midnight
of Friday night.
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KILLS TWO WOMEN
AND SHOOTS SELF
WALTER ALLEN DIES OF SELF
INFLICTED WOUNDS?ANDERj
SON MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
j AFTER KILLING WIFE AND
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Andersobi, Sept. 12.?Mrs. Alicc
McAllister and daughter Mrs. Sallic
McAllister Allen, were shot and ^n
stantly killed this morning by Walter
Allen, husband of the daughter
at Orr mill. After shooting the twc
women, mother-in-law^ and wife
Allen turned the revolver to himsell
I and fired a shot into his own body
dying this afternoon from his selfinflicted
wounds. The two fwomer
tif'/vro oli r\+ r? n 4- +li a l?t?aoL'.
*T W V, 00 oao an i/uc i/xconf.iot
table in tho homo of Mrs. McAli.T-ler,
mother of the wife of Allen
Walter Allen came here froir
Greenville last night leaving there
at midnight, and being driven hert
by G. 0. Scruggs a taxi driver, who
stated that they arived here aboul
5:30 or 6 o'clock. Allen went to the
house of Mrs. McAllister and as he
walked into the room he asked hi;
wife where the gun was hidden,
upon 'being told that she did no1
know, he pulled out a revolver and
said, "Well, what are you going tc
do about it?"
He fired first at the mother oi
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ms Wile aim men uuc nuc, uuv
being fatally wounded, and then
turned the gun on himself. He died
at about 12 o'clock, physicians being
surprised that he lived this long
as the bullet went straight through
from temple to temple.
From accounts, it seems that Mrs
Allen had come to her mother for
protection from her husband as he
is alleged to have abused and illtreated
her, She had been home a>bout
five weeks. The brother of Mrs
Allen, James McAll'ster, stated that
Allen had always "treated my sister
mean." but that this was the first
time that she had left him.
iMrs. McAllister, Sr., Was living
with her son and his wife, at No. 38
Hammett street She kept house for
tile couple while they both worked
in the cotton (mill. She was 60 years
of age, and a native of Anderson
county. She had been living in Anderson
with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mc\
Allister for the last nine years. She
came here* from Wdilliamston. The
sons and daughters surviving Mrs.
McAllister are: Mrs. Lizzie McAll'ster
Mayfield, of- Anderson, Mr.
James McAllister, at whose home
the tragedy occured; Mr. Jack McAllister
of Greenville.
GOSSETT SURRENDERS
Kenneth Gossett Gives Bond in the
Sum Of $b,UOU.
Kenneth Gossett surrendered to
Sheriff F. B. McLane this morning
and gave bond in the sum of $6,000.
The following are his bondsmen: J,
B. Acker, A. W. Boggs, J. C. Gossett,
W. W. H. Canfield, R. A. Monroe and
J. E. Gossett. They accompanied him
to Abbeville and arranged with the
Clerk of Court J. L. Perrin who ordered
Sheriff McLane to release the
prisoner.
Kenneth Gossett was sent to the
penitentiary from Abbeville twc
years ago to serve a forty year sentence
for an attack on a girl while
out riding in an automobile. The
Supreme Court reversed the judg
.nent on the erround that the specia
term of Court at which Gofesett was
ried was illegally constituted. Cos
sett was re-indicted at the recent
term of the Court and he will now
:ndergo another trial.
MEETING SPANISH VETERANS.
The Spanish-American War Veterans
of Camp Ab. Allen, will hold
an important meeting Monday night
in the Council Chambers. This will
be an important meeting and a full
attendance is desired.
CONFERENCE AGE R
ON BONUS PLAN
BILL REPORTED TO THE HOUSE C(
; TUESDAY.?DECJDED THAT
CONFERENCE REPORT O N
i TARIFF MUST FIRST BE DISPOSED
OF.
! Washington, Sept. 12.?Conferees
: on soldiers' bonus bill reached an re
agreement late today and it was an- er
- rounced that the measure would be sti
, reported tomorrow to the house. It jei
> will not be called up there, however, fe
, until after the conference report on T1
i the tariff bill has been disposed of, Di;
, which may be on Wednesday or
- Thursday. After the house acts the
i bonus will go to the senate where '
also it is to be put behind the tariff. ^
Four major changes were made in tic
i the bill in conference. They were: f0
1 Elimination of the Simmons a- pi;
! mendment authorizing the financing ci
s of the bonus out of interest from ci:
' the foreign debt.
Elimination of the land reclama- 'n.
tion feature which, under the senate m<
' plan embodied in the Smith-McNary B.
5 reclamation bill, would have involv- S*
[ ed an gcpenditure of $350,000,000.
' TVio hmi+inc nf thp timp in which
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veterans might file applications for H.
' a bonus to January 1, 1928.
, Acceptance of the house provision ^
fixing the amount to be advanced 50
for farm or home aid to the amount ve
, of the adjusted service credit increased
by 25 per cent, in place of ^
| the senate plan of amounts ranging ei
' from 100 per cent, of the adjusted ^
service credit if the application were in
made in 1923 to 140 per cent, if
application were made in 1928 or 00
thereafter. *?
No important change was made in ,
to
the adjusted service certificate op
jtion with its provisions for plans to ^
veterans by banks in the next three '
years and for government loans ^
thereafter. The "vocational training
aid option and the provision for cash pr<
cas
payments to veterans whose adjusted
service credit would not exceed ^
$50 also were unchanged. ,
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Much of the three hours' session an,
of the conferees was understood to bo
have been devoted to a discussion pfr
of whipping the bill into such a 0f
shape as would meet the publicly ex- pr(
pressed objections of President trz
, Harding. It was represented by some
of the Republican managers that the
measure probably would have a bet- frc
ter chance of presidential approval gh,
without the Simmons amendment
and the reclamation option and, ac- mj
cordingly, those were voted out. 0f
th<
TOBACCO CROP PROFITABLE er(
Mr. Quick Sells Tobacco Crop For ?
Price of 10 Bales Cotton.
Mr. Quick, who has been running H?
a tobacco farm on the Martin place
near Martin's Mill the present year
has gathered his harvest and last qu
week took a truck load of tobacco to tui
one of the markets in the lower sec- o'c
tion of the state. He has just re- ab
turned and yesterday was exhibiting thi
his sales sheets, showing what he 7
had been able to do in the matter of M<
sales. He marketed according to vo
these reports a little more than 3700 He
' pounds of tobacco for an average
' price of above 30 cents per pound, thi
For some he received only 6 cents tu:
per pound, and for the best varie- Hs
' ties he received as much as 80 cents lej
per pound. The total receipts were Po
' $1236, and a few cents over.
' Mr. Quick planted only about 6
acres in tobacco. This he cultivated
' himself. His sales included all of the J
,crop except that coming from about Ju
one acre of red lands. This tobacco go
is yet to be sold. \
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COTTON MARKET. Inf
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[ Cotton brought 22.35 on the local tin
market today. Futures closed: lie;
Oct. 21.52 his
Dec. 21.82
Jan. -.21.62. bo;
March 21.81 wo
ESTRAINING ORDER :i
IN EFFECT FOR IE
)NTINUED BY UNITED STATES
COURT AT CHICAGO NOT TO
EXCEED TEN DAYS?HEARING
TO HALT WHILE ATTORNEYS
URGE MODIFICATION. ' >
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Chicago, Sept. 12?The temporary ?' j
straining order granted the gov- \
nment September 1 against the
riking railroad shop crafts and their .
aders tonight was continued in ef- ' u
ct for not to exceed ten days,
le original order would have ex- r '
red at midnight.
T7l_J 1 T.. .1 T TT
r euerai ouugc xi. n imwn
ordered the continuance of the
vernment's motion at the close of
e first day's Jiearing on the peti>n
of Attorney General Daugherty a
r a permanent injunction to reace
it. The continuance, the court v
pulated, will terminate on the de-.
;ion in the injunction hearing.
As a result of the continuance the
junction hearing will be halted toorrow
morning while attorneys for
M. Jewell, president and John
:ott, secretary-treasurer of the
derated shop crafts, argue for a
edification of its penalties. Donald
Richberg. representing the strike
iders, served notice on counsel for
j
e government that he would move
me modifications when court connes
tomorrow. ' _
Jewell and Scott were the only
o of the more than 240 strike
iders and 300,000 strikers affected
the restraining order represented"
court by counsel today.
They lost the first battle when the
urt denied their motion that the
vernment's petition be dismissed.
"I am not prepared at this time
decide that the bill fails to set
any grounds for relief," Judge
ilkerson said, and ordered Blackrn
Easterline, assistant to the
icitor general, to proceed with the
mentation of the government's'
$e. 1
?
The government today read into
i record a list of nearly 25 murrs
growing out of the rail strike,
d literally hundreds of acts of satage,
assault, dynamiting, whiplg,
derailment of trains, burning
bridges, rioting, destruction of
Dperty and interference with
tins in interstate traffic.
On the same understanding Judge .
ilkerson admitted a certificate^
>m Postmaster General W-tyJfcyV
3wing that 95 mail trains opei&ti^.
I over track aggregating 82,9lJF
1 ' ? U knnoiirA *
itJb nave uceil WHUUiana ugvau^
the strike, and that delivery of
; mails has been seriously hampid.
:lection passes quietly
;re Ye*terday?McLeod Receive*
Majority Over Blease
The second primary passed off
ietly in Abbeville yesterday. Rerns
began to come in soon after 4
:lock, and a good crowd collected
out the bulletin board in front of
i Court House to get the news. By
o'clock the returns were complete.
:Leod received a majority of 152
tes over Blease for Governor.
>pe won by 1141 over Swearingen.'
For the House of Representatives
a race was very close, final rerns
giving Messrs. McAdams and
irris the majority. Richard Sondt
was elected auditor over W. L.
war
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STARTING IN LIFE.
Andrew Hill leaves inursaay ior
Ltievilie, Oklahoma, where he
es to take a position. Andrew is
graduate of Clemson College in
ictrical and mechanical engineerj
and his work in Oklahoma will
along these lines. Friends regret
it he goes so far away but will
ar with interest and pleasure of
success in his chosen field.
Weber Wilson, another ClemsoS
y will leave Monday and will have
rk with the same company*