The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 03, 1922, Image 1
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j TOM PROPORTY
OF C0URTENAVS
IN SETTLEMENT OF UNPAID
TAXES?CAMPBELL AND ST.
JOHN ASSESSED FOR MORE
THAN THEY OWN.?M A Y
COMPROMISE CASE.
Greenville Nov. 2.?Government
agents today began the task of making
inventories of the property of
St. Jot* Courtenay and Campbell
Courtenay, in the effort to arrive at
a decision as to just how the unpaid
income taxes and penalties assessed
J?/.^Hnn
against tke two pruimucui - ?
manufacturers is to be collected.
Immediately after receiving sentence
from Judge H. H. Watkins in
federal court yesterday, Campbell,
Ashmead and St. John Oourtenay,
and Henry Rutledge Buist paid their
respective fines with certified checks
totalling $26,000 and left Greenville
immediately for their homes.
Campbell and St. John Courtenay
axe stili indebted to the government
for their back taxes, while Ashmead
Courtenay and Mr. Buist have paid
their taxes, federal officials announced.
St John Courtenay is the only one
. who has as yet filed with the government
attorneys a statement of
his total assets and liabilities. His
sworn statement, which however,
has not yet been accepted as a basis
of adjournment by the government,
lists total gross assets of about $127P00
with net assets of $75,000. The
government's assessment against him
including the 50 per cent penalty,
omnnn+u trt S1S4.134.58. It Is expect
ed that Campbell Courtenay will file
a similar statement within, a few
days. His tax assessment including
the penalty is $194,928.56.
Government agents will make a
careful check of the statements submitted
by the two Courtenays, and
will make their own valuations of
the property listed, according to J.
H. Littleton, special assistant to the
attorney general who has charge of
the case. Mr. Littleton said that it
has not yet been determined whether
the government will accept a compromise
or will sell the property un<2er
execution proceedings in order
to collect the taxes.
llr. Littleton declared that the
government did not wish to entirely
strip the Courtenays of their property
and leave them penniless, but that
unless tbe authorities at Washington
agreed to a compromise this would
prdbably be\the result of the steps
now being taken. It is the present
plan of tnose nananng tne case iur
the government to arrive at a compromise
which will leave the two
Conrtenays about $10,000 each, Mr.
Littleton indicated.
This, however, will depend upon
the attitude of Washington when the
property has been appraised by the
government agents, it was said.
ANDERSON BOUND.
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The following football fans are
Anderson bound this afternoon
where they will have a mix-up with
the yellow jackets who are laying in
wart for the Abbeville boys:
Joe Crawford, Willie Bowie, Pink
Bradley, Cecil Tate, Spencer May,
.Ralph Howie, Frank Neuffer, Mark
Hawthorne, Ralph Bauknight, Donald
Harris, Claude Gambrell, William
Niekles, Ray Swetenburg, Hugh
Bradley, Tom Howie, James McComb,
Fred Godfrey and Major
Fulj.
RESOURCES OF BANKS
Columbia, Nov. 3.?The resources
of the 369 State banks, 16 branches
and one private bank in South
Carolina on Sept. 15, 1922 accordto
th? statement of W. W. Bradley
State bank examiner, released today,
Of the $53,631,632.89 on deposit,
$35,318,363.75 were !in the
department.
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GOVERNOR BEYOND
; AUTHORITY, CLAIM
ARGUMENTS HEARD IN CASE OF J
GROVER CROOKS?ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS
PAROLE DOES NOT SET ASIDE
SENTENCE.
Columbia, Nov. 2.?That the
Governor has no authority to re
voice the parole of a convict and ]
that the prisoner's sentence is con- j
current during hia period of release
through Executive clemency were ]
the contentions in the petition of j
Grover Crooks, whites convict, in ]
habeas corpus proceeding before ]
the State Supreme Court today in
an effort by Crooks to compel Col.
A. K .Saunders, superintendent of
the State Penitenatiary, to release
him. On the other hand, Col San- ^
JAM ?ar*roOfln+C/l .TTIO. M. Dan
UCIO J ? iels,
Assisted Attorney General com ^
bated these allegations as being un '
formed and without merit. Crooks ^
was represented by Major Bernard ^
B. Evans, of, Columbia, and asso- j
ciated with Major Evang was C. L.
Graydon, an attorney of Columbia.
Col. Sanders appeared at the Su- ^
preme Court chamber with Crooks ^
this morning at 10 o'clock the time ^
set for the hearing, but procedence
iwas given the litigation arising
from the Sixth Judicial Circuit and
the parole case did not come up 1
until 1 o'clock thig afternoon The
hearing was 'not completed when *
the court adjourned at 3 o'clock it ^
will be resumed in the morning, 1
when a reply by the attorney of the I
petitioner will be heard. *
Crooks was convicted at Walhal- ;
la in November, 1916, of assault
and battery with intention to kill *
and was paroled during good be- i
havior by Governor- Cooper on De- 1
cember 22 1921. On September 9 (
19,22 he got into a dispute with his
brother-in-law, who placed him under
a peafce bond. Being unable to 1
secure the bond, Crooks remained jj
in the Oconee County jail, and on
September 13, 1922, Governor Harvey
revoked his paroles, and he was 1
again placed in the State prison
two .days later, remaininy there
since that time.
Major Evans, for the petitioner,
said that the authority1 for paroling
ing and suspending the sentences ^
of prisoners was given the Gover* ^
nor under the act of 1809, but no- j
where does the Constitution nor the
statutes delegate to him the author .
ity of revoking his clemency.
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M. L. MATTISON LOSES / ?
HIS HOME BY FIRE t
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Monday Night?Lost Barn and Con- r
tents About Month Ago?Has j
Been Hit Hard.
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M. L. Mattison of the Broadmouth a
section of Abbeville County had the j
misfortune to lose his home by fire j
Monday night. Mrs. Mattison was a
sick at the time, and was at home ,
with the small children. Only a sew- ^
ing machine was saved, and that was j
on fire when carried out of the ^
burning building. The afflictions of y
Job would seem to pale beside those c
of Mr. Mattison. He o*wns a twohorse
farm and was making his way r
in the world by his own efforts and r
had accumulated some property. s
His farm was in the hail belt last 1
spring, and he lost his crop at that a
time. He was hit hard by the hail- r
storm and he will not make thirty 1
bushels of seed cotton on his two- j
horse farm this year. After being
hailed out, so far as his crops are
concerned, about a month ago his
barn caught fire and he lost all of f
his feed stuff, his farm implements, i
9,000 feet of lumber two fine milk
cows ana an 01 ms nogs, so wnen =
his- home, and all of his worldly c
goods were destroyed by fire Mon- c
i day night, it seems he has fallen a- t
!foi?l of a hard proposition. *
The neighbors of the Broadmouth r
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ITALY TO BE RULED
WITH AN IRON HAND
ECONOMY TO BE PRACTICED <
BY NEW ADMINISTRATION.
COUNTRY RETURNS TO WORK
AFTER TRIUMPH OVER OLDER
POLITICIANS.
Rome, Nov. 1.?The excitement
and enthusiasm marking the rise to ]
power of the fascisti and marking the <
inauguration of the Mussolidi govern ,
nent gave place to energetic work by <
Premier Mussolini and his advisers i
n (beginning the task of re-estab- ]
ishing peace and order tnrougnoui
[taly.
Premier (Mussolini worked virtualy
the entire night giving instructor
to this end and for the same pur
>oses called togethe his office today
;he leaders of the fascisti together
vith the head of the police depart
nentt the commanders of the various
irmy corps and the commanders of
he carribiners and the royal guards
be very man who up to 48 hours ago
lad been charged with the represson
of the fascisti.
The premier who had at his side
jfen. Delbano supreme chief of the
'acoisti troops listened carefully to
he opinions and advice of everyone
md then announced his decisions.
Th* government -of the muntical
ty of flume sent an enthusiastic tel
gram og congratulation to Signor
Hussolini today tendering him the
warmest greeting^ from Flum "Imnovable
in its Italian faith" and expressing
the wish for the "union of
iMiiTvtn wrfcVi fVio Trv-A.+Vior /wiiirfcrv to '
vhich it looks for safety." 1
This message, is was said, in! poli- <
ical quarters, is calculated undoubtedly
to intensify .the Jugoslav alarm }
it the advent of the fascisti to pow- -1
sr. On this point, however, the Mes- 1
agero today says: 1
The Judge-Slav alarms seemmore 1
irtiflcial than spontaneous they are
groundless. A good understanding .
jetween two nations ig easier under
i strong government than under a (
veak one. /. i
FINE GEORGIA APPLES
["ruck Load Here Yesterday From
Mountain City.
There was a truck load of very
ine Red Georgia Winesa? apples on
he square yesterday morning. J. L.
Donaldson, of Mountain City, Ga.,
v&s in charge. Mr. Donaldson says
fountain City is the highest railroad
>oint in the state, being 35,000 feet
ibove sea level. He has six acres
ilanted in apples, some of the trees
>eing twenty years old and others
>nly five. He frequently gets as
nany as forty bushels from one of .
he older trees.
He will gather one thousand bush:1s
of apples this year from the six
icres he has planted, and will realze
$2,000 from the sale of the
.,000 bushels. He does not ship his
ipple crop because the middle-man
vould get $1,000 of his profit if he
lid. The best price for shipped ap>les
is $1.00 a bushel; but by using
he large truck for transportation
le can realize $2.00 a bushel on his
xop.
He left Clayton, G-a., Wednesday
norning about 11 o'clock, spent the
light in Anderson, and was selling
ipples on the streets of Abbeville by
.0.30 Thursday morning. The roads
ire good and travel is easy. He caried
aong with him as a side line ,
arge sacks of dried apples from last
rears crop.
Attend Football Game.
Miss Mary Milford and G A. Neufer,
Jr. attended the football game
n Anderson this afternoon.
ection have helped out in his hour
if need, and contributed much in ]
ash and supplies to the. comfort of :
he family. They are quartered in a 1
touse nearby until some arrange- t
nents can be made. - ? . . .. t
10 MEN MUST DIE *
IN ELECTRIC CHI
SUPREME COURT DENIES AP- ME]
PEALS OF HARRISON AND JEF E
FORDS?TWO MEN CONVICT- E
ED IN MAY OF MURDER OF E
ARNETTE. S
Columbia. Nov. 3.?Once more W
Frank M. Jeffords and Ira Harrison, ral
:onvicted May 20 of the murder of of
Fohn C. Amette in his filling station war
in Main street in Columbia on the terg
night of May 9, are faced with the cat(
prospect of death in the electric day
:hair, their appeals from the deci3- Am
ton of the lower court having been one
ienied by the state supreme court in glas
opinions handed down yesterday, do^
rhe two cases were remanded to the ded
:ourt of general sessions in order en
;hat the-date for the electrocutions the
nay be set, and the two men will ac:ordingly
be brought before Judge pre!
rhomas J. Mauldin at the November of lj
?ession for resentencing. Glenn exe
Treece, convicted with Harrison and Sul
Jeffords of the murder of Arnette, veil
aras recommended by the jury to the acc<
nercy of the court and is now in the paj
itate penitentiary serving & life sen- add
:ence. , ing,
The November term of the court t?n,
>f general sessions for Richland will i
:onvene Monday, November 27, and the
10 time will be lost by the state in ass(
Jbe resentencing of the two men, ac- 0f,
wording to Solicitor A. Fletcher Spig- ous
ler last night. In accordance with
:he usual procedure, the solicitor c^j
said, he will appear before Judge en
Mauldin on the opening day and will mf.
then ask the judge to fix a date for ^
the resentencing of the two convict- ^jV(
id murderers. ' ' ISta
The supreme court in the two opinions
took up in order and sustained Ho]
the lower court on every point rais- q?1
2d by the two men in their appeals, jjnj
argued before the supreme court ad(j
Dctober 24. '
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Honea Path Victor. 501
W. C. Black of the the firm of the
Black & Black, and C. F. Bagwell edi<
sf Honea Path were ir Abbeville ^ec
Thursday on business. . 1
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ARCTIC OCEAN WARMING UP Qui
D?
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Icebergs Growing Scarcer and Seals syn
Find Water Too Hot ant
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Washington, Nov. 2.?The Arc- whi
tic ocean is warming up iceberg's o?oli
are growing scarcer and in . some er ,
places the seals are finding the waterg
too hot, according tx> a report gyi
to the commerce department today
from Consul left, at Bergen Norway.
Reports from fishermen, sealhun- gan
ters and explorers he declared, all q
point to a radical change in climatic
conditiong and hitherto unheard of
temperatures; in the Artie zone, ex- ^
ril/vrn+inn o vnorH+i/\n? f erwTrHn<r til at
f? ? - o age;
scarcely any cold weather has been Ad\
found to certain extents. Bro
Great masses of Ice have been the
replaced by moranes of earth and \\"0]
stones, the report continued, while car
at many points well known glaciers ,aue
have entirely disappeared. Very few to 1
3eals and no white fish are being the
found in the eastern Arctic, while sign
vast shoals of herring and smelts, neel
which have never before ventured so olin
far north are being encountered in "vit
the old seal fishing grosnds. upo
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DEATH OF MRS. J. F. LEE city
, mor
Mrs. Martha Lee died at the home by I
)f her daughter, Mrs. C. M. Boyd in
Iuscaloosa, Ala., Monday, Oct. 30,
if bronchial pneumonia in the 80th
fear of her age. The party reache'd J
Abbeville Tuesday and burial took and
jlace at Due West just at sunset. busi
day
SERIOUS OPERATION. som
tion
Joe DuPre, young son of Mr. and roac
Mrs. J. M. Morgan was operated on Due
xt the Memorial Hospital yesterday R. 1
ror mastoiditis. He Stood the opera- brid
;ion well, and is resting' comfortably ing
;cday. - - * ... * . mo?
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OMEN OP SOUTH
NO! FORGOTTEN
MORIAL WINDOW DEDICATD
AT WASHINGTON.?UNITD
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDRACY
MAKE FORMAL PREENTATION.
Washington, Nov. 2.?A cathedwindow
in honor of the women
the South in the Confederate
onft of the United Daugh
i of the Confederacy, Was dedi:d
with impressive ceremony toat
national headquarters of .the
erican Red Cross, Regarded as
of the finest pieces of stained
3 art in the country, the winr
is the last of a series of three
icated as memorials to the womof
the North and South during
war.
Irs. Ilivington Rowe Schuyler, j
rident of the United Daughters
the Confederacy, presided at thfe
rcise and Mrs. Algernon Sydney
15van, ihoraorai'y president, uned
the memorial,, -^hich was
spited by Chairman John Barton
Tie of the Red Cross in a brief
ress. The Rt, Rev. Alfrea Hard,
Episcopal bishop of Washing,
then formally dedicated it.
"he window was unveiled behind
Stars and Strips, while in the
imbly rooms the Stars and Bars
,the Confederacy were conspic.
Cladude N. Bennett of this
r delivered the principal addres?
ng the heroic work of the womof
the South in mitigating the
ferings of tBe sick and wounded
ing the war. Invocation was
an by Bishop Harding and "The
r Spangle' Banner" and "Dixie"
e then sung by Miss Josephine
aston and the audience Lieut,
1, Charles B. Howery of the
ited Confederate Veterans in an
[ress praised the work of mercy
ried on by the women of the
ith during the war, and after
singing of "America" the tbenition
was given by the Rev.
>rge F. Dudler.
?he memorial window symbolizes
jcene from Spencer*s "Faerie
zem." It shews Una, typifying
titude, her apron spilling roses,
tbolic of good deeds. Her attend
s are with her, one bearing a
te banner on which blazes a
ien heart, another a cross anoth
a lamp?the lamp of wisdom."
IS ANDERSON DAILY
MAIL FOR $50,000 DAMAGES
luel Wolfe Startu FigLt on Paper.
Charges Injury in Articles on
Boundary Dianate.
I
>.nderson, Nov. 2.?Asking dam9
in the sum of $50,000 o:f the
rocate Publishing Company, G. P.
wne, as editor and publisher of
Anderson Daily Mail, Samuel
Ife, attorney general of South
olina has instituted proceedings
ging that the defendant allowed
je published in the columns of
Daily Mail, newspaper articles
ied by John V. Stribling, in con:ion
with the recent Georgia^Cara
boundary Buit, which made
uperative and libelous attacks
n the plaintiff."
he Attorney General was in the
today and a copy of the sumis
was served upon Mr. Browne
Sheriff Marett this afternoon.
>AD NEARING COMPLETION
. Rhett Pruitt, of Honea Path
J. V. Pruitt of Donalds, were
mess visitors in the city yester.
Mr. J. R. Pruitt is engaged on
e of the road work in that sec,
reporting three fine top-soil
Is nearing completion. One from
West to Honea Path by the J.
Pruitt place, one from Kay's
ge to Honea Path and one leadout
by the Burt place by Broadith
church.
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
BEING REPORTED
TWO HUNDRED A DAY REACH
CAPITOL?MOST CANDIDATES
HOWEVER, TAKE NO CHANCE
AND MAKE FULL ACCOUNT- I
ING?CONFUSION IN LAW.
Washington, Nov. 2.?While less /;.>J
(than one-half of the candidates for- v&v*
the senate have filed campaign ex- ills
pense statements, according to the ,'i
count made today by clerks, candidates
for the house are still sending
their reports at rate of almost 200'.; .
4 day. In the midst of the confbslon, v.^rS
as to provisions of the law the one \
fact that stands out clearly id that
house candidates must file now and ,
after the election.
The view was expressed by some
senate officers that many candidates 'vj
for that branch might accept the interpretation
of the supreme court
decision in the Newberry ease by
Attorney General Daugherty that
they were not required to file. In a
letter last year to Representative
Luce (Republican) of Massachusetts
the attorney general, answering a
specific inquiry as to the effect of
the Newberry decision', said:
"As United States senators are not
now elected by legislatures of the h/M
states, as contemplated in the act, it
is my opinion that this fact, in connection
with the holding in the New- '
berry decision, makes it unnecessary
for a candidate for United States .
senator to file any statement* whatever
in connection with his nomina-v
tion or election."
Mr. Daugherty contended that the
only provision of the- election law
now in force and effect is the one '
which requires such statement to be
filed in connection with the election
of candidates for the honse.
M. M. Neely, Democratic candidate
for senator in West Virginia, in send- ^
ing today his statement, wrote that
"despite the ruling of the attorney
general that it was unnecessary for M
senatorial candidates to make re- / ;<.
ports to the secretary of the senate,"
he was sending along "oat of an a- '',4
bundance of caution." Mr. Neely
said he received contributions of $1>517
and had spent $2,159. Senator
Sutherland of that state who is seeking
to hold his seat, reported the , ' 1 , $
expenditure of $220. f
Most of the reports on file with the . >
senate have not been brought up to
date, many relating to primary expenses.
Senator France (Republi- fl
can) of Maryland reported that in
his primary fight his expenditures j
were $30,795 with contributions of V :
$31,000. . ..
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RETURN TO MICHIGAN ?
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Mr. and. Mrs. Clyde Graves returned
yesterday to their home in
Detroit, Michigan, where Mr. Graves
has a pas'^'on with the General
Electric Company. They made a visit
of ten days in Abbeville with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. iA. Graves, 1
during which time the family had a
? -frnm
reunion, raui tciruiuui* ?
son and Miss Alpha from her school '
in Anderson County. Mrs. Lou McUwain
and Mrs. W. A. Nickles of
Hodges also joined the family at this
. 1 ' 'H
time.
VISITOR FROM COLUMBIA.
sssa^M* ir
Powers W. Bethea, from the office
of the Superintendent of Education,
was in Abbeville yesterday assisting
I with the final report to be made to ,
the Superintendent of Education,
** ' -i* KflfArO
i ivir. swcsringeiif <xi uuiumwiu wavav
turning over the office to his successor,
Mr. Hope.
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COTTON MARKET.
Cotton brought 25 cents on the local
market today. Futures closed
I Oct. ? 20.05
| Dec. ? _ ,24.73
Jan. 24.63
L 24.43'
j May ___ 24.07
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