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I KRESS CLOSES
FOR FALL FIGH1
SENATORS LEAVE FOR CAM.
PAlGiN GROUNDS WITH SELEC
TiON OF MARSHAL UNSET.
TILEJO.?DYER ANTI-LYNCHINC
BILL CARRIED OVER.
Ifasfeingrton, Sept. 23.?Congress
?dionrned sine die yesterday with
(leaders generally expecting a cal
from President Harding for a special
Mosion November 15, preceding
the regular December session.
jflke president was in attendant
today for a few minutes before th<
fiiuti gavels dropped to sign the us
ual sheaf of eleventh hour bills. Th<
only important measure to get thri
on Ihe last day was the deficiencj
appropriation bill, the administratior
Liberian loan bill and the Dyer anti
lyncking measure going over unti
the next session.
Tfe?? mnof imnni+anf nomination tC
fail of confirmation today when con'
greaa adjourned was that of Joseph
W. Tolbert, Republican national committeeman
for South Carolina, to b(
United States marshal for the West
ern (South Carolina) district. Confirmation
had been opposed by Senator
Dial.
Lacking in the adjournment today
were many of the popular features
oftea attending the death of a congressional
session. The gallerj
crowds were small and undemonstrative
and there were few floor wrangler.
After disposing of the deficiency
appropriation bill the senate passec
a unmber of minor measures and listened
to a few set speeches, while
house members made one minute
addresses, mostly for publicatior
during the next few days in The
Congressional Kecora, ana neaa
Representative Blanton (Democrat)
of Texas defend Attorney Genera
Darvgherty and criticise Republican:
for alleged neglect in that respect.
Speaker Gillett, after a brie.<
speech wishing' all members godspeec
and good luclc, banged the adjourn
meet gavel promptly at 2 o'clock
The senate adjourned two or thre<
minmtes later, having to stop th(
cloak briefly while necessary bill:
vwe tiigned for submission to Presi
do?* Harding, waiting in his roon
off tiie .senate chambei*.
A few political speeches market
th& closing hours of the session?th<
i-exoad of the Sixty-seventh con
Si-eea. Representative Mondell, Re
publican leader in the house, an<
Senator Smoot, in the senate, prais
ed tke dominant party's record,
which was attacked in brief speeche
~ Wan'UnM of 1VT1 55,531 nil
UJ -- X-Xa?d
McKellar of Tennessee, Demo
crate. Leaders and rank and file no\
go to the country" on the recorci
entering the fall campaign. Train
and automobiles leaving Washing
to? tonight carried scores of con
greaamen released for the campaign
DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY
04 Home Producers Association Wa
Splendid Success.
Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons, assisted b
Mias Julia Stebbins, State Marketin,
Agent, gave a demonstration Satui
day in the lobby of the Planter
Bank. The exhibit consisted of prod
ucts of the South Carolina Horn
Producers Association. Things th
country women over the State ar
I putting up and placing on the mai
kct. Several hundred interested pec
pie were served and expressed sui
piifi? at the work being done by th
A(?ociation. The exhibit resembled
California Advertising Car show.
Cl>i!d Killed by Automobile.
Greenwood, Sept. 2-3.?While fo:
lowing an apple wagon down a res
dentin! street here this afterr.oor
Walker McDowell, 3-year-old so
of W. T. McDowell, was run over b
Automobile driven by Byrd Dorr
a farmer, and instantly killed. Th
child is said to have run from behin
the wasron in the pith of the car.
NOT 10 PROTEST
' FORM OF ORDERj
. ATTORNEY FOR SHOPMEN SO
ADVISES. ?REINSTATEMENT
PROGRAM BEGINS THIS MORN
; ING ON CHESAPEAKE AND
OHIO.
j Chicago, Sept. 24.?There will he
t no protest by the railway shop craft
1 against the form of the order in the
. injunction case against the strikers
r Donald R. Richberg, attorney for
the unions, announced tonight.
4 As a result, it was expected Fed4
eral Judge Wilkerson will accept
the proposed order drawn up and
, presented to the court last week by
. the government. This would mean
r there would be no modification of
j the present temporary restraining
order.
1 Mr. Richberg stated he would
raise no objections to the form of
, the restraining order but would
. withhold all action until he appeals
j Judge Wilkerson's decision to the
. circuit court of appeals next month
; on the grounds that the district
. | court did not have the power to
. issue such an injunction.
The case will come up in district
court tomorrow simultaneously
r withhearing before the railroad lab-,
; or board of a petition by the signal- j
. men for an income in wages. The|
r wages of the signalmen were out at
. the same time as those of the shop-J
. men, but the former decided not to
r strike when -hey were promised a
I rehearing on the decreases.
> Richmond, Va. Sept. 24.?The
t ranks of the striking shopmen of
l the Chesapeake & Ohio lines will be
! broken at 7 o'clock tomorrow mornI
ing when the first contingent re-,
turns to work under the settlement
1 made last week.
? The reinstatement program is expected
to extend over a period of
f 15 days, and by that time both com1
pany and union officials hope to
- have the 8,000 craftsmen who walk
ed out in the nationwide movement
2 July 1 back at work.
s MAY HAVE TO
FINISH LIFE SENTENCE
l
Jesse Valentine Whose Parole ExJ
pired September 1st May Have
g to Serve Life Sentence.
Governor Harvey has asked the
j Supervisor of Abbeville County for
. a report on Jesse Valentine, whose
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[parole expired me nrst ox oi-pa-msji.er
1922.
i J Jesse Valentine and Henry Lind*1
uy were sent up for life from Abv
jbeville county in February 1913 by
[,; Prince on a charge of murder,
s Henry Lindsay had his sentence
commuted and has served his time.
- Jesse escaped and went west where
i. he remained for a number of years,
finally returning to this county
where he was arrested at Calhoun
Falls. He claimed to have been shot
s in a row out west and suffering from
a bullet imbedded near his heart,
y He was then paroled in order to get
p: medical attention. His parole ex -
pired Sept. 1, and as he had not res
oorted to Governor Harvey an inI
vestigation was ordered,
e Dr. Neuffer and Dr. J. R. Power,
e of Abbeville, were asked to examine
e the prisoner. They found on X-Ray
> examination no bullet imbedded near
i- the heart as claimed. And Jesse Val?
r\i~r\ V* n IT CrtTlf Vm t.A
e the penitentiary to serve the reft
mainder of his sentence, which is
life. Ilenry Lindsay did the shooting,
and Jesse was present and implicated.
Jesse escaped. Former Gov.
[- Blcase commuted Henry's sentence,
i- If Jesse has to serve out his lif"
i, sentence this will bring out some of
n the queer twists of justice,
y
1,J Condition Critical.
t-j The condition of Mr. Foster
d | Cromer is announced as critical
this morning.
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CHILDREN BURIED
BY FALLEN FLOOR
ONE KILLED AND MANY INJUR.
ED IN ACCIDENT.?LITTLE
GUESTS AT THEATER HURT
WHEN CEMENT SUDDENLY
'GIVES WAY.
Pittsburg, Sept. 23.?Fifty chattering
school children, most of them
less than 12 years old, were mashed
in the lobby of the Strand, a new
motion picture theater in the east
Liberty district late today, awaiting
admission to a free show, when the
concrete floor cracked from end to
end and dropped the little ones into
the basement.
The body of eight year old Madalyn
Kunkle dressed in holiday garb
was removed from the debris. The
injured 38 children and the theater
proprietor were placed on cots in a
"earby hospital at approximately
the minute the performance should
have started.
Sol Selzenick, theater owner who
fell with his guests, and four of the
children Were in a serious condition
tonight. A dozen boys and girls
were unconscious when they were
dug from the powdery mass of
stone and cement,Some were bleeding
profusely, Others vaguely realizing
what had happened whimpered
and cried for their parents.
Physicians at the Pittsburg hospital
rendered first aid to the injured
before the institution was reached
by a score of hysterical moth rs
Victims who escaped grave injuries
| were permitted to go home.
The crash and cries of the fright- I
ened youngsters were heard two
I blocks away. Policemen and civI
j ilians who made the first rescues
said some of the childrens were
buried "three deep."
Three jagged chunks of concrete
i were lifted from the unconscious j
! form of a girl about 8 years old.
' Underneath was a bleeding, crying
J boy. FVremen lowered ladders
through clouds of -dust. The district
j chief was first to go down, at the
j bottom he noticed a frame, under
which several children were pinned.
He called for a rope and the frame
containing a poster was dragged to
| the surface. It advertised "The
Trap." the film the kiddies were invited
to witness.
WELCOMING SERVICE
Held by the Churches Sunday Evening
for Rev. McMurray.
A welcoming service for Rev. John
A. McMurray by the churches of Abbeville
was held at the Presbyterian
'hurch Sunday evening. A large
congregation was present and joined
in the service. Music was furnished
by members from each of the different
choii-s and Mrs. Margaret Hardin
sang a beautiful solo.
Rev. M. R. Plaxco of the A. R. P.
hurch, as chairman of the Ministerial
Union, introduced the different
speakers who made addresses in the
following order: Rev. H. L. Weeks,
tc Baptist church, Rev. C. E.
Peele of the Methodist, Rev. G. M.
Telford of the Long Cane Presbyterian
church and Rev. M. R. Plaxco.
Mr. McMurray replied to the welcome
in a splendid talk expressing
himself as being pleased to take up
!he work in Abbeville.
GOING TO EMORY.
Jack Bradley leaves this afternoon
for Emory University in Atlanta
where he expects to take a
Ph D. course. He was accompanied
from here by Mr. James Dom
brownsky senior at fcmory.
BUILDING PROGRESSING
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R. E. Cox is building a liome on,
1 North Main street on tho vacant i
I corner lot next to the home of hi?
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mother Mrs. Jennie Cox. It is a mod-j
era brick bungalow and will addj
greatly to that end of town. '
MILLION DOLLARS
PAID 10 MEMBERS
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON
GROWERS' ASSOCIATION PUT
OUT APPROXIMATELY $100,OOO
A DAY LAST WEEK IN
ADVANCE.
Columbia, Sept. 24.?The South
Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative
association has paid over $1.000,000
to its members in advance
officials of the association said last
night. An average of approximately
.$100,000 a day was paid out last
week and the volume of cotton coming
is expected to materially increase
this week.
One railroad brought 50 carloads
of cotton to Columbia Saturday for
the association. This cotton came
from points in the state in which
the association has no subsidiary
warehouses. Columbia is one of the
three concentration points, the other
two being Greenville and Spartan
burg. The association has subsidiary
warehouses over the state in which
much other cotton is being stored.
Heavy incoming shipments were reported
from the association's concentration
warehouses at Spartanburg
and Greenville Saturday also.
The greater bulk of the deliveries
up to this time of course has been
from the lower part of the state, but
deliveries are expected to pour in
from the upper part of the state during
the coming week.
The distribution of over $1,000,000
in the lower part of the state
should have a decidedly stimulating
effect on business, officers of the association
think. This money reprecontc
tVio firct Iw +Vln o<!cr?.
eiation to members who have delivered
their cotton. This payment was
made on the basis of 12 cents a
pound on short staple r.nd 18 cents
a pound on long staple. Additional
payments will be made as the cotton
is sold out of the various pools into
which it is classed according to grade
and staple.
Up to this time the association has
had no complaints of violations of
the contract or attempted violations.
Loyal members of the association are
on guard in every county, officials
said, and prompt action will be taken
in the case any member attempts
to violate it.
ABBEVILLE WINS 2ND PLACE
In State Canning Contest Held in
Columbia Last Week.
Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons received a
wire Saturday afternoon stating that
Abbeville County had won second
place in the State Canning Contest
held in Columbia that clay. Richland
county won first prize. Misses Lucia
Vandiver and Eunice Fisher of Antreville
were the contestants from
this county, and went to Columbia
Friday. If Columbia delegates are
unable for any reason to attend the
Southeastern Fair in Atlanta in October
then the Abbeville girls will
have that honor.
HELD FOR STORING LIQUOR
Josh. M. Ashley from near Honea
Path, who lives at the old Branyan
place in the Keowee section, was in
Abbeville this morning to make
bond for his appearance later on the
charge of storing liquor. Deputies
TT* 1 T). * \ Uknuilla
rtMgusuii uuu rnii';e ui Auucnut
and revenue officer Wright, stationed
at Spartanburg, raided his placs
Saturday and found three quarts
of whiskey stored in his smoke
house
George Cnnn Will Fire.
George Cann expects to fire on
the Seaboard Air Line And will begin
his work tomorrow. He is
bound to make good and any one
who has over seen liim tackle a
line in football can rest asured he
will put them over the grades from
here to Atlanta.
STATES MUST FIX I
PRICES FOR COAL
FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT HAS E
NO JURISDICTION?LOCAL AUTHOR1TIES
CONTROL SALE
OF FUEL TO CONSUMERS,
SAYS SPENS.
Washington, Sept. 24.?The major
responsibility for the price at 0
which coal is sold to consumers by i;
ihe wholesalers or retailers within b
the states must rest with the state 0
authorities, 'Federal Fuel Distri'bu- t
tor Spens declared tonight in a tele- f
gram to the governors of the vari- t
ous states. r
The federal government, he informed
the governors, can exert its c
'influence on distribution and res- i
train extortion only so far as con- f
cerns coal that may be transported t
from one state to another. z
"It has," he said, "no jurisdiction
as to coal produced and sold within ^
the state of its production retail or c
wholesale margins or handling coal a
within the states. Responsibility as a
to these features must rest with the c
state authorities and if profiteering
in coal is to be prevented except as <3
to coal that may be moved across ^
the state lines at extortionate prices *
the proper remedy must be applied e
by the state authorities." ^
Upon the federal authorities, he F
explained, falls the duty of deter- 2
mining in which part of the country ?
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there is a shortage of coal, where
coal production is to be distributed ^
the pri ces usually charged for such
coal and whether current prices
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considering the costs of production .
and distribution, are just and reas0
onable and what consumers should
. . . . <5
receive priority in transportation, j
It appears necessary, he said that f
state organizations be created: t
where they do not exist which will j ^
invite cooperation in* meet'ng the j(
emergency and will fix reasonable a
margins for retailers and whole
ocucj. o.
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SYNODICAL MEETS IN I
GREENWOOD TUESDAY
h
| Ninth Annual Convention to Be I
Held Beginning Tuesday, Contin- ]
uing for Three Days. i
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The program of the ninth annual I
meeting of the Woman's auxiliary s
synodical of the synod of South Car- s
olina, Southern Presbyterian Church, 3
has just been announced. This meet- f
ing will convene in the First Pres- \
t 1-?i riKonrtwrtArl f A- I 1
oycenan cuuxcu ux uictimwu v? j w
morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock and Is
a large attendance of representa-lt
tives from all sections of the state is
expected.
The synodical is composed of j I
eight presbyterials, 187 auxiliaries s
and 7,000 members, with the following
efficient officers: Mrs. F. L. Mayes t
president, Greenwood; Mrs. A. Bram- ,
lett, vice president, Rock Hill; Mrs. f
Leslie Stribling, secretary, Seneca,
and Mrs. A. B. Morse, treasurer, Abbeville.
The following delegates will attend.the
meeting from Abbeville:
?liss Bessie Lee Cheatham, Miss
Louise Brown, Mrs. A. B. Morse and
Mrs. P. A. Cheatham.
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FIRE DE5TKUY5 HUivir.. 7
Fire destroyed the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Williams near
''endleton last night about 2.30 o'!
clock A. M. Mr. and Mrs.Williams
i and there small children barely es- j1
raping with their lives. The house-|'
hold goods were a complete loss, no ] ^
insurance being carried. Mrs. Willi-!
ams is a daughter of Mr. A. M. Er-J
win of Antreville.
BUYS LOT
I
j J. C. King bought the lot in front
of the R. L Mabry home on Chestnut
street and expects to erect a
bungalow home in the near future.
'Li CONFERENCE
FOR NEAR FUTURE J
4
(RITISH AND AMERICANS TO
HOLD PARLEY.?QUESTIONS j
OF PROHIBITION NAVY'S > ,'J
ACTS AND NEAR EAST TO BE
DISCUSSED.
Washington, Sept. 24.?A number
f important international problems,
ncluding the activities of the prohibition
navy and perhaps the question
>f the Near East disturbances, are
o be discussed here in the very near
uture between representatives of
he American and British governnents.
Coincidently with the adjournment
>f congress, leaving President Hardng
to devote greater attention to
oreign relations, and with the re?
urn of Secretary Huerhes from Bra
V VIM
;il, Sir Auckland Geddes, the Brit- .>
sh ambassador has come back to
Washington from his summer emlassy
quarters at Bar Harbor, Me.,
,nd is understood to be prepared for
series of conferences with Amerian
officials early next week.
t
The intimation is given in official
[uarters that the situation in the
Jear East is of such widespread conevn
that*it scarcely can be mentiond
in these discussions. So far as is
il A. J. * -l_t - 'C '
;nown, mere is no intention on tne
art of the British government to
ppeal to America to participate in
ihysical measures in Asia Minor and
European Turkey, but at the same _ :ime
the British are said to feel that
hey have a right to expect at least
he moral support of this government
in so much of the British polcy
as involves keeping the Dardanlles
open to the world. In British
[uarters it is declared that in the
'aris peace negotiations America
ully supported the decision to inernationalize
the staits and other
eclarations of purely American poises
touching China, Mesopotamia
nd other sections of the world, all
eclaratory of the "open door," are
oe-arded in British circles as layinsr
!own principles in accord with the
British Dardanelles policy.
The activities of the American pro
libition agents involving seizure of
Jritish ships outside the three mile
imit have reached a stage where it ia
ndicated they will no longer fail to
eceive treatment diplomatically. The
Jritish government is expected to
eelv at once to come ta some andertanding
with the state department
<n that subject. Canadian pressure
or a change of policy is becoming
c*ry urgent, nearly a dozen vessel#
inder dominion charter having been
eized or searched outside of terriorial
waters.
There also are a number of featires
of the new tariff law which are
ooked upon abroad with apprehenion,
and representations in connecion
with them are expected to come
o the state department from severtl
foreign governments in the near
uture.
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MR. GAMBRELL TO SERVE
At a meeting ot" the Uoniederate
/eterans held in the office of Pro>ate
Judge Miller Saturday afterloon.
Mr. J.M. Gambrell was elected
to fill the vacancy on the pen;ion
board caused by the death of
Ur. J. H. Barksdale.
Miss Wright Resigns.
Miss Ila Wright has resigned her
>osition as a teacher in the gramner
school on account of ill health
uul has returned to her home in
Slberton Ga. f
COTTON MAKKET.
Cotton sold on the local market
odny for 21 3-4 cents n pound. Fu:ires
closed:
Oct. 20.01
Dec. 21.19
Jan. 20.96
March ? _ 21.07
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