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I BROUGHT IN ALIKE
Bik GOVERNMENT AGENTS UN- t
E&dRTH EVIDENCE OF SMUG* v
C*4NG SCHEME?FAKE MAR. 3
l&XGE FAVORITE METHOD OF b
OUfttNG ENTRY s
^toagton, Sept. 26.?Smuggling \
I European aliens into the United Q
from Cuba, surreptitious sub
UJbg temporarily in the waters y
orida coast of large quanti-lj
^ liquors by "international t
and mock marriages de- j
?o insure entry into this ^
Oky of women barred by immi- ^
laws, form the basis of a i
riTt submitted to Secretary Davis M
mreau of immigration. L
X)bl3 report, Commissioner General
jftsni said today, is the most com- c
3s$iSive review of smuggling con- h
iGglB er prepared by bnmigra-jC
a officials land is expected to be d
QHlersd by the treasury, labor and ,n
?in ronnec- a
- ?
n "with the proposed coordination
border patrol forces. d
Qoyarnment investigators, by diof
Mr. Husband, visited ^
fconville, Tampa, Tarpon Springs ^
aaj, Key West and Habana. They a
igled, It is said, with the "kings" ^
tie aliens of every nationality ^
9 sought entry to the United Stat- ^
18le data gathered, it is stated, ^
2 prove invaluable to the govern- ^
at it coping with a situation ^
&h has taxed the ingenuity of y>
esfal agents to combat. The smug- ^
J? romifications, it is declared, jS(
Head to the capitols of Europe andl"
Halve Greeks, Spaniards, Poles, ^
Mini ii iii i Russians and Chinese.
Hbe report states that the favorite
R&od of gaining entry to the Unit9
States from Cuba for Italian woHn
lias been for them to enter into
marriages with naturalized ^
laricau citizens who, for certain
rev Vf
itftdorations, go through mock ^
Beaoonies and then accompany their ^
Hres" to some Florida point. Fre- '
Hntly, it is said, "bridegrooms"
Ke been paid as high as $200 for
Hir part in the scheme. The princi- ^
smugglers in Habana, the invesHafctrs
declared, do not confine A
Hi? activities to smuggling aliens
Ho the United States but also hanH
whiskey and narcotics. The ma- j
Hfty of leaders are said to be nat- g
Kifeed Americans. tj
Hi great many of the smuggling c
Hft, it is declared, which land and p
Hx*rt from Matanzas, are of Cuban g
H^itry, and do not enter or clear 0
H&e customs house. The names us- o;
Hfey the schooners and power laun- tl
Hp, it is declared, are inscribed on c,
H>w readily removable and some n
Hfcc$s are said to carry several h
H&e plates. Destination of such c,
Hf$ when leaving Cuba are not al- &
Hjs fixed, the inspectors report, CJ
Hhng that a majority of the bigger
Hooners anchor , outside the cus- ti
His Hmit off the American coast f.
Hi send their load, if aliens, a- d
Hre a few at a time in small boats, b
Hliquor or narcotics the cargo is p
Hen submerged at a predesignated
Hsrt and grappled up subsequently
jHeisure. Probably no less than four
Hftve vessels with aliens and con
baod goods cross from Matanzas 0
the United States each week, the e
ort states. n
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FEW MORE TAX DAYS p
b
teotions in the Hands of the Sher- a
iff* on October I. 1
Mumbia, Sept. 26.?Only this ii
ik remains for taxpayers who in
e not paid their 1921 state, a
fry and school taxes to meetj
fgations without having a ^
i the sheriff. Under the Tension
granted by Walter E.
the comptroller general I
for the executions to be v
the hands of the sheriffs s
October 1, rather than v
15 as at first named by Jb
roller. c
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^EAVY DOCKET FOR
OCTOBER TERM COURT
Twenty-one Cases Docketed for Term
of Court Which Convenes October
9th.
Twenty-one cases are docketed for
he October term of Court which conen
es in Abbeville on the second
londay, being the 9th day of Octoer.
Judge Hayne F. Rice will preide.
The most important case to be
ried will be McDonald vs. Seaboard
Lir Line Railway. W. H. Nicholson
f Greenwood and J. Howard Moore
f Abbeville are plaintiff's attorneys,
rhile J. L. Glenn of Chester and D.
[. Hill of Abbeville will represent
he defendants. R. F. McDonald, of
>onalds, is suing the Seaboard for
amages in the sum of $30,000 for
he killing of his father, W. L. Mc)onald,
a farmer, while in Greenrood
Dec. 12, 1921 at the Byrd
treet crossing.
Other out of town lawyers having
ases at this term of court are Bon
am & Allen, Anderson; Kosa &
wens, McCormick; G. Harris, Anerson;
W. H. Nicholson, Greenwood;
T. Prank MoCord, Greenwood,
nd J. L. Glenn, of Chester.
The following cases have been
ocketed:
Hamlin vs. Hamlin; Miles F. Bix>r
Co. vs. L. C. Martin; Peters Inirnational
Shoe Co. vs. S. F. Sherrd
& Co.; Mary Tagffart vs. Pearl
t. Beckwith, executrix; Planters
ertilizer Co. vs. W. D. Thomas;
tary T. Hill, Executrix vb. L. W.
ox; White, Branch Shelton Hat
ompany vs. G. 0. Hall; R. R. Tol?A
? n T T T> TIT: ? -
eri,, dr., vs. \j. o. xvajutsy, a. t*. num
3. Gregg Loner and Will Strawhorn;
ed Devil Company vs. G. A. Harrim
as City Garage; R. F. Donald,
dministrator vs. S. A. L. Railway
ompany and others; Planters Ferlizer
Works vs. John Burriss; Farlers
& Merchants Bank vs. J. K.
emple; Planters Bank vs. John A.
filson; Bewley Darst Coal Co. vs.
7. M. Speer; W. R. Ellis vs. R. Y.
immons; C. L. Bowen vs. W. M.
ell; F. A. Pruitt vs. S. A. L. Railay
Company; Brunswick Balke Coljnder
Co. vs. Bowie Bros.; The Coe[ortimer
Company vs. W. H. Wilams.
.SHLEY BEGINS HIS SENTENCE
Anderson Man Convicted of Man laughter
Gets 12 Years
Anderson, Sept. 26.?Ernest Ash'.y,
convicted of manslaughter on
eptember 18, in connection with
le killing on August 24, 1920 of
'eputy Arthur Hughes at Honea
ath and sentenced by Judge Mendel
mith in Sessions Court to a term
t 12 years as the result of his secnd
trial yesterday afternoon began
le service of his sentence at a
aunty convict camp. Whether or
ot the appeal to the Supreme Court
as been abandoned could not be asertained
but the beeinnine of his
&rv*ice of the sentence would irdiate
as much.
Defense counsel who served noice
of intention to appeal the case
ollowiug Ashley's conviction, toay
stated that nothing definite had
een agreed upon as far as the apeal
Is concerned.
DEATH OF JESSE CROCKER
Jesse Crocker, young thirteen year
Id son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Crockr
of Calhoun Falls, died Tuesday
corning Sept. 26, about 5 o'clock at
he Memorial Hospital of typhoid
neumonia. The young boy was
Tought to the Abbeville Hospital
bout five days ago for treatment,
^he remains were oarried to his home
n Calhoun Falh yesterday afteroon
and funeral services were held
t that place.
ABBEVILLE WINS FIRST PLACE.
Abbeville won first place in the
)istrict Canning Contest at Greenrood
yesterday, and 3rd place in the
ewing contest. Miss Eunice Fisher
rzs the winner of the Canning conest
and Miss Mary Eugenia Cochran
amc thyrd in the sewing contest '
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EXPECT KEillST
TO ACCEPT TERM!
DANCER OF NEAR EASTER]
WAR NOW THOUGHT TO HAV
PASSED,?DIPLOMATIC D ?
LAYS CAUSE NO SURPRISE.BRITISH
STANR READY.
London, Sept. 26.?Smiles, whic
wreathed Lord Curzon's face as h
departed fTom the prime minister
official residence in Downing stre<
this afternoon after making a d<
tailed report to the cabinet of hi
Paris mission t- lifted the genen
casing up of the tenseness in th
Near East situation as viewed froi
the British capital. Everywhere i
official circles there are expression
of relief that the war cries of las
week have been replaced by ol
school diplomacy, with such an ol
hand as Curzon directing British pol
icy, and although there is no recor
that the note has yet been delivere
to Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Na
tionahst leader, it is intimated- tha
his refusal to come to terms is ea
tremely uxUikely.
The view is held in authoritativ
allied circles that immediate accepl
ance would be against Turkish "tard
ing propensities." It is said that th
Turk in baj ining diplomatically o
otherwise always wants a first offe
made to him. Then he holds the othe
to it and angles for further conces
sions. The allies have made Kema
Pasha a definite offer of Constant]
nople, Thrace to the Maritza an<
membership in the league of nations
but it is believed that Kemal wil
probably reply with a demand for a]
of eastern Thrace and complete re
tirement of the British from the neu
tTal zones before the Turks enter in
to a peace conference.
It is taken for granted, however
both in Paris and London that no re
ply will be forthcoming from the Na
tionalist leader until he sees JV3
Franklin-Bouillon, the French envoj
who is expected to arrive from Smyr
na Thursday.
That all danger is not past is evi
dent from today's dispatch report
ing a new Kemalist incursion in th
Chanak zone, necessitating a furthe
warning from the British command
er there. Details of the affair ar
meager, and it may not be seriou
since, according to The Times' Chan
ak correspondent, small Turkish ca\
airy patrols were still in the zon
yesterday, but he anticipated no dii
Acuities as the Turks were showini
a genuine desire to be reasonable.
Even when Kernel's reply is re
jceived there are likely to be pro
longed negotiations, for it is belies
ed the Kemalists will demand the ad
mission of Russia and Bulgaria t
the conference, which in itself woul
provide ample opportunity for pre
tracted discussions. In the meantim
the British government is not re
laxing its military and naval pre
parations.
PRISONER ESCAPES
J. T. Worley Escapes From Newell'
Camp Near Honea Path
J. T. Worley, a young white ma
convicted at the last term of Coui
for violation of the prohibition lai
and sentenced to serve twelv
months on the County chain gang e:
caped last night from Newell'
Camp near Honea Path. Worley'
home is in Anderson County nea
Barnes' station but he was caugli
in a raid on a still in Abbeville Cour
ty and sent up from here. He is
small man, about 25 or 30 years o
nera fivo fcof nnH fViroo fnil
inches tall and weighs about 12
pounds. Sheriff McLane and hi
deputies are on the trail of the es
jcaped convict.
In Atlanta for Few Days
J Miss Blanche Reep and Mrs. D. E
Hill and Miss Susan Hill have gon
to Atlanta where they will consul
a specialist about Susan's eyes. The
will return Friday.
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SENATOR WATSON
5 OF GEORGIA IS DEAD
N DIED IN WASHINGTON TUESDAY
E MORNING FROM AN ACUTE
? ATTACK OF ASTHMA?WILL
- BURIED IN THOMSON, GA, TOMORROW.
h Washington, Sept. 26.?United
e States Senator Thomas E. Watson of
's Georgia, died suddenly at his home
here early today. Death was said to
be due to an acute attack of astham,
is from which Senator Watson had
il suffered recurrently for some years.
? Although falling health had inn
terrupted Senator Watson's attenn
dance at senate sessions frequently
is in the last several months, he was
in his seat Friday when the senate
d adjourned and his friends believed
d that he was then showing improvel
ment. He was stricken suddenly af- ?j
d ter dinner last night and passed
d away shortly after 3 o'clock this
i- morning. He "was 63 years old.
it Members of the senator's family
- and a number of close friends were
at his bedside when the end came,
e l5orn in Thomson, Ga., in 1856,
> Senator Watson grew up and prac[
tieed law there for some years be
e fore entering state politics. After %
r serving in the Georgia house of repr
resentatives and later in 1888, as
r democratic-elector-at-largti for the ^
r state, he was elected to congress in
,1 1891 on the populist ticket. After ,
i- being defeated on that ticket in the
d next two elections he was nominati,
ed as the choice for vice president of
[1 the St. Louis populist convention
11 which endorsed William J. Bryan for
i- president in 1896. Nomiated for
- president by the peoples' party in
i- 1904, Senator Watson conducted an
active campaign to revive the party. 1
About that time he began the pub- <
lication of Tom Watson's Magazine <
_ in New York and a year later un- <
[# dertook the publication of Watson's 1
r Jeffersonian Magazine which was
.. continued under the name of The i
Weekly Jeffersonian. <
The body of the senator will be
, taken to his home at Thon.pson. Ga.,
today at 3:15 o'clock. He had already
made reservations on a train
ready made resevations on a train '
leaving at that time to spi?nd the
congressional vacation ar his home
and Mrs. Watson decided to tAe the
u train that he had planned. The senator
is survived by his wkiow and
e
two grandchildren.
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ureenviiie matte* v/niy nair ^rop
Greenville, Sept. 23.?Greenville
>" county will make only a fifty per
H cotton crop this year on acr"
count of boll weevil damage according
to a statement today by County
0 Agent A. H. Chapman, following an
d investigation throughont the county
Only the earlier bolls have yet mae
tured and many of the newer bolls,
while appearing healthy, have been
punctured .by the weevil and will
wither, he said.
POTATO HOUSES BEING BUILT
* Work Proirenlng Rapidly on Both
Sweet Potato House*.
n Wosk is progressing on the sweet
potato storage houses being built by
* R. E. Cox on Branch street. The
e house is 60x24x12, consisting of two
compartments of 2,000 bushel cas
pacity each, which gives a total
3 storage capacity of four thousand
r bushels.
lt It is located so that the filling
'can be from Branch street and the
a loading of cars for shipment on the
side-track at the rear which extonds
' nr> tr> T.nnc's cinnArv.
-x- - o ~ o j
All the space in this house has
13 been engaged with the exception of
5" i room for about one thousand bushels,
which will probably be taken
.vithin the next few days.
This gives Abbeville County a
[. start in marketing another cash 1
c :rop. This means more money in cir- :
It alation in Abbeville County, which 1
y /ill stimulate the various channels 1
_f trade. (
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THREE MILE LIMIT
WILL BE OBSERVED
Liquor Ship* in Touch With Shore
By Their Own Small Boats
Subject to Seizure.
Washington, Sept. 26.?'The cabinet
at its meeting today decided tx
restrict prohibition enforcemenl
operations within the three mile
limit at sea except in eases whert
ships beyond that limit are in com
munication with shore througl
their own crews and small boats
Prohibition enforcement officials
it was said, authoritatively woulc
be cautioned to observe this decia
ion.
The subject of searches for con
traband liquor beyond the thre<
mile limit formed the principal top
ic of discussion before the cabinet
examination of lawa authorizinj
customs or other operations up t<
the twelve mile limit were foun<
by the presidents' advisers to
out of harmony with Internationa
|aw and it was held that attempts t<
carry out the municipal law provis
ions might involve the govemmen
m embarrassments with other coun
tries.
It was brought out in the eabine
discussion that in the recent case o:
the British Grace and Ruby, seize<
beyond the three mile limit, th<
court held this vessel to have beei
within American territorial water
in effect since she was m touch witl
shore by means of her own smal
boats. The decision to restrict opera
tions of prohibition enforcement o:
ficials to similar cases beyond th<
three mile limit in future therefor*
was explained as in line with th<
courts action.
J. C. CHEATHAM HONORED
J. C. Cheatham has been mad<
Dresident of the Abbeville Countj
Club at Clemaon College. The stu
dents are organizing social club bj
:ounties and Mr. Cheatham has beer
honored by being made presidenl
>f the Abbeville County Club. H<
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B,
Cheatham.
WITHOUT OPTION OF FINE
Judge Rice Giv?>? Bootleggen
Straight Sentences.
Laurens j Sept. 26.?Seventeer
defendants, ten on charges of viola
tion of the liquor laws, were con
victed or entered pleas of guilty it
Court of General Sessions here to
day. At one time in the day Judg<
Rjce paused in the trials long en
>ugh to sentence a line-up of four
teen, seven of them on liquor char
ges. All were given sentences with
out an option of a fine, the senten
ces ranging from two years t<
twelve months in the whiskey cases
SPARTANBURG EXPECTS
ABOUT 60,000 BALEf
Spartanburg Sept. 26.?Dr]
weather throughout this county i
forcing the cotton crop to opei
very rapidly report made from fre
quent trips through the country ar<
to the effect that the crop will b<
larger than expected a few week
ago when the boll weevil appeare<
to be doing so much damage. Main
observers say that at Spartanburj
county will thia year gin betweei
fifty and sixty thousands beles
ml-- ? OTI Crtuntn
ine miiijujiiuiu uvy ui uw w.?~d
about 84.000 bales, was harveatet
two years ago.
dr. robt. McNeill here
Dr. Robert McNeill of Danburg, Gi
is in the county to see his father
William McNeill who in very sick al
his home at Chestnut Hill. Dr. McNeill
was in Abbeville. Monday.
Inspector of Bureau of Mr.rket#
Mr. D. D. Whitcomb of the Bureau
3f Markets was in Abbeville Tuesday
fKn enroot notntn storaer?
I W W* V, vv? 2" " ~ ?->
houses under construction at Abbeville
and Latimer with County Agent
2. Lee Go wan.
OFFER BY FORD
MAY YET PREVAIL
| MAY MEET OPPOSITION BY MOp.
IFICATION.?FORD'S REPRC5
SENTATIVES TO BEGIN FIGHT
! THIS FALL FACING FACTS.
CHANGE IN TACTICS.
?
Washington, i Setfb, WltfH
; the congTess is called IttJi
1 inary session the 0 N?VfSt'
ber, it is regarded aa Possible
that action will b* flydhed
- on the various plans fto pit'
2 manent disposition of Hm g?r$r&
rnent'^ $100,000^00 dt
, Muscle Shoals.
f ?in i ? ?? ? *? ?*
s jcjicvuuu wui nave oeen oeca *em
) hers will have opporttfttgi ff Cfiji1
sidering this moat vnpo^tStfi SBSfcter
a without prejudice of bias. The at1
tooephere will have be*n <&rfted of
5 threats and cajoling. The Beguhli
can majority will no )U(76 W
t scintilla of excuse for further de- 9
lay.
It is anticipated, bowt&V that
t Muscle Shoals, after the {factions,
t will not be aa popular QU it to \fk- '
1 day. There is a very strorSg tfemot
y in congress, which during file pact
j session, remained silent, wBfcb ac*
9 tually favors scrapping tltf IMfnlfi!
cent plants so capable of fawfttiflg
I the entire country. This tfeme&t Is
. anti-Southern and is a nrtngrtty elef
ment,
> | There are three plans beflpe con
> gress. The one is that <Jf Henry
> Ford, the manufacturer of Detroit
He offers to buy the nftnrte plants,
Waco quarry and the Gorgsas tftefctt '
plant, claimed by the Alabama Power
company, and the waiter t4 be developed
after the construction by
the government of two daafe for
r *5,000,000 and & r&tti mgHUlut
ing 4 per cent, on the coat of eon7
structing the dams.
1
This offer has the SopflMt of
[ practically all membeire of congress
who hail from Southern states. It
is supported by certain ooganizations
which maintain headquarters
in Washington. It is ScWteSaed 2)7
an able and ever alert propaganda
At the same time at has its
i opponents, many of whom axe very
powerful in congress and in the
i cabinet.
The second plan is a government
. ownership proposition advocated J>y
i Senator Norris of Nebraska, chair.
man of the senate committee on
i agriculture. Under this plan, the
- governor would complete tD? two
. dams and lease them, together with
. the nitrate plants. The third plan is
. sponsored by Representative Hull
- of Iowa, member of the house cooi>
mittee on military affairs. Under
. this scheme, the government would
dissolve its partnership with the
Alabama Power company by selling
J Gorgas to that company for $3,000,000,
would complete the two
7 dams and lease the power to be geji3
rated, and would lease at $1 per
11 annum the two nitrate plants with
- the understanding that they were
j to be used in the manufacture of
> fertilizer to be retailed at a profit
3 pot exceeding 8 per cent.
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r WORKING FORCE REDUCED
r>
l! An order has been received at
. the Abbeville Shops redueing the
r J working force to number of workI
nen employed as of June 30, 1922.
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Mrs. Jno. T. Stokes in Hospital
Mrs. John T. Stokes of Monterey
will come to the Abbeville Hospital
1 this afternoon and will have her
> tonsils removed tomorrow.
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n/XTTAM lliDVrT
1 ML V-VJIIVfii mnivrvK . ,
Cotton brought 21 1-4 cents on
the market in Abbeville today. Fui
tures closed:
Oct. 20.43
> Dec. 20.88
Jan. ? ? 20.5#
: March _ _ _ ? 90.5?
May 21.51