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$is M Abbeville Press and Banner] . ? ^ t m - ? Jg| Established 1844. ?2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, December 4, 1922 Single Copies, Pive Cents. 78th Year. r| SUITS PREPARED BY GOVERNMENT* IN CONNECTION WITH CAMP CONSTRUCTION?0IVIU AC- & TIONS IN UNITED STATES to COURTS WILL SEEK TO RE- ^ COVER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS fr " go Washington, Dec. 2.?Additional ivil suits, involving ?20,000,z00 to ^ $30,000,000 which the government , hopes to recover for alleged over- q charges and waste' in connection with the construcion of certainarmy ex contoment during the war an being prepared bythe department of justree and, it was understood today, probaibly will be filed within ten i day. tu The first of the department's ^ civil suits against war camp con- ^ tractors were filed last week, and ^ it was understood that they were forerunners of other actions. It al- no so was indicated that criminal proceedings were pctesible. en The actions brought last week in- co volved the construction of camps STT Upton, Sherman, Jackson and Puns- sj, ton and sought the recovery from the involved constructing compain- Cc ies of more than $20,000,000. Can- 0f tonments built during the war co'st the government a total of $208,000,000 and it is said Attorney Daugherty hopes to recover be- Th tween ^60,000,000 land, $80,000,000 as overcharges. Preperation of the civil suits have tei been under direction of Rosioe C. we McCulloch, a special assistant to tra the attorney general, who as a mem ber of a special house committee W? made an extensive investigation an several years ago of alleged war aci frauds, particularly those relating Tr to army camp construction. Wi During the past week Mr. McCul- aci loch, with a corps of assistants, has been before a special federal grand ei jury called into session here to consider alleged war time frauds. No information has been obtain- , iGS able either from Mr. McCulloch or - Avnl Of +A r>o. tmr ^cuciai ao i/v wic **c*- JJ ture of the evidence being present- ^ ed to the grand jury here but it has been strongly indicated recently at pQ the department of justice that Mr. Daughei^ty was determined to make an exhaustive investigation W 2 of allegd war frauds with a view to criminal action as well as civil suits against alleged offenders. KNOWN IN ABBEVILLE. Miss Julia D. Charles of Green- ch ville who is the first woman to argue th a case before the Supreme Court, is jyf well known in Abbeville, having ^ taught here during the Superintend- t;c ency of Prof. L. W. Dick. She is also the daughter of J. D. Charles, who 0T1 is remembered by the survivors of jn, Orr's Regiment. rj of HOME AGAIN at E\ Major and Mrs. J. D. Fulp and the two boys returned to the city Sunday night after a Thanksgiving visit to home folks at Fort Mill. or* "Mary" Neuffer, the mascot of the ------ .1 M 1 ? Pi) football team was tne guest or tne cai Major and enjoyed side trips to Rock Hill and Charlotte. a" of Car Struck Autun Bri^e. Pendleton Dec. 2.?A an-named Tarrant, driving a big Anderson car from Greenwood, to spend the day with Mr. John Long's family 8j^ struck the Autun (bridge and turned jfe hi* car over. It was badly damaged and had to be hauled in iby Mr. Har- ^ ry Sloan. jn IN CiKtJLIN VILLt.. nis Mrs. E. W. Gregory and the Misses Gregory, Mrs. Alice Guy, Mrs. Carter and Mise Ellen Nabers made,flu up a pleasant party and spent ^at-IShi urday in Greenville. jat :groes migrating r IN LARGE NUMBERS II >ing Largely to Industrial Centers?Leaving From AH Cotton Growing States. Cleveland, Dec. 2.?Another mi- H ation of negroes from the south the industrial cities :of the north believed to be under way. During e last few weeks many negroes om Georgia and Alabama have >ne to work in Youngstown, and aa-1 L ?-M1 _ tn iu>uurgu acwi muia, atvvivuu6 ? ivices received here while hun- e eds have obtained employment in b eveland. ^ According to William R. Connors c ecutive secretary of the Negro ^ elfare association. 1,387 negro tl en from outside tho city have restered for employment during the 11 st few months. Some of these re- n rned to their old homes during e recent depression but most of n em had left the south for the lrst ^ ne. ^ "They are leaving1 Atlanta for the rth by the carloads" Connors said 11 Between 500 and 1,00 obtained c lployment at the Carnegie Steel ^ mpany at Youngstfown and a S laller number at the Youngstown n Leet and Tube company, advisees e1 ite. Hundreds have gone into the >nneHsville field since vhe middle S( the summer. h d TODAY'S SALES P a i ;e Master and Judge of Probate P Sell Several Tracts of Land. ? The sales made today by the Mas- *? ' and by the Judge of Probate were si 11 attended and the following si icts were sold: *1 By the master?In the case of 1> alker and Walker against Carwile P d others, tract No. 1, 100 hundred d *es sold to D P. Walker for $7,500. act No. 2, 103 acres to D. P. n alker for $2,000. Tract No. 3, 102 pes to John J. Walker for $3,000. h act No. 4, 47 acres to D. P. Walk- c; for $725. Tract No. 5, 200 acres o D. P. Walker for $3,650. a In the case of S. E. Nickles, Alex ti mningham 52 acres to J. M. Nick- u ,, attorney, $650. g Lee and Blake against Augustus ti Miller and others, 274 1-4 acres id to Lee and Blake for $2500. Is R. C. Philson against Lucius C. a ster and others, 27 acres to R. C. p ilson $555. c In the Probate Judges office sale c is made in the case of the estate o L. B. Ramey of 132 acres to J. a ward Moore, attorney, for $1,000. tl CHANGED PROGRAM. g The county Demonstrators have c anged the time for the lessons in I a e cutting and curing of meats j o r. Herman will arrive on i ti esday, and the first demonstra- C >n will be held at Dr. P. B. Car- c les at 3 o'cloik duesday. The secd will ibe 'held Wednesday morn-j v Q 50 of Virvmo, *\-P TT I chey, and the third at the home ^ Mrs. Lena Dickson at Brownlees 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon rerybody is invited to attend. F COLUMBIA VISITORS ^ Mrs. M. A. Bookman, Miss May 111 d Miss Salome Bookman, Mr. Gus iLllips and Miss Elizabeth Phillipfs mo nTi -FrAm nmhin Rftt.nrriftV ' il d stayed over Sunday, the guests . Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harris. They ^ ide the trip through the country. ^ PRESIDING ELDER GRAVES ^ . ?! Rev. J. H. Graves was made a preing Elder at the meeting of the sthodist Conference just closed at irion and has been assigned to ; Orangeburg District. Kev. uraves was Dorn ana rearea Abbeville and everyone 19 glad of ac promotion. M Sick With Flu. fij Miss Jeansie White is sick with to at her home on Greenville street, m e is greatly missed by her class o\ school. jo MIHIIS FACE BITTER WARFARE [OOPER SEES INFLUENCES AT WORK?LABOR BOARD CHAIR. MAN CHARGES EFFORT TO BRING ABOUT GOVERNMENT ATlfMrD C LI ID wrr Jim Chicago, Des. 2.?iBen W. Hoopr, chairman of the railroad labor oard, in a speech before the llinois Bar association here tonight harged that many railway union ?aders are waging warfare against lie roads with the purpose of destroying the industry and forward"lg political campaign for governtent ownership. "A large .portion of the unaor lagazines which reach me conain bitter alttacks on the railroads, heir managements and ttheir poliche said, "These criticisms arc ot confined to maltters of direct ontroversy between the roads and tie employees ibut tey cover everj round of attack that might be lade by those outside of railroad raployment. "Nothing is left unsaid that jems to he calculated -to stir up ntred the emnlovees and istrust and 'hostility among the eople. Railroad labor organizations re largely committed to the Plumb lan of railroad operation which is overran en t ownership, with private peration in which thei employees mil participate managerially and laxe the profits financially. If lere Should be looses instead of rofitfe the owners, that is the peole,. would dig up taxes to pay the eficit." In their efforts to further governlent ownership employes are oppos d to the transportation act and te railroad labor b*>ard he said be '1 -1 i-l i- XU _ ? ause tney itftfi mai, me aapuouucm f wages and working conditions nd the gradual ibut certain reducloti of freight rates under that act rill conduct the postponement oft overnment ownership, He coninued. "In the political program of the ubor leaders, itwo definite demands re made. First that the injunctive owers exercised by the courts ir ^nnection with strikes be with,wn or greatly limited and secnd that the constitution be sc mended that congress can set aside he decision of the federal courl rhich pronounces an act of conress unconstitution. J. UC pciuicivuo uvvuutw v*iMv ourtg are dominated by the ricl' nd powerful is fed to an element f people who by reason of dificienl raining and highly sensitized classonsciousness arte peculiarly suseptible to its baeeful influence. PUBLIC SCHOOL MONEY ayment Made Possible by Action oi Budget Commission. The sum of $55,136 was paid oui riday by J. E. Swearinen, state suerintendent of education, to the :hools of the state running seven lonths under the equalizing law. This payment wr.s made possible, :cording to a statement given out y the department, by the action of le budget commission in transferrig to this account the unexpended alance of the rural graded school md, $3,500, and the unexpended ilance of the term extension fund, >1,636. Abbeville county gets $661, An;rson $1,958, Greenwood $29. TO ERECT MONUMENT. The Daughters of the Confeder:y of Abbeville have undertaken ie erection of a monument on agazine street to commemorate the st meeting held urging the State secede. Mrs. Frank W. Wilson is aking an appeal to the chapters rer the state for aid in the proct. PROGRESS MADE AT CONFERENCE LAUSANNE DEVELOPMENTS PLEASE UNITED STATES.?A? CHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN DELEGATES WILL SURPASS IMAGINATION Washington, Dec. 2.?The ad ministration 'believes that the achie; vements of the American delegates ; at the Lausanne near East peace i conference will surpass the imagina ; tion, it was made known at the . White House today in connection with a statement on .behalf of Pres ident that confidential reports show ed so far everything is "going along i fine" and most acceptably. America "is not without her pro, per influence at Lausanne," in the . view of the administration, The s United States it was declared also ; desires to be heathfhl at the confer [ ence althrough this government " r or at leaist this administration had ! nothing to do with the Near East ! situation or what brought it about. At the same time it was declared : that the American government does 1 not believe any action or non-action ' on its part has had any effect on 1 the situation in ureece. urns suiu?1 menti way made on behalf of the ex ecutive ag the result of a letter he ; has received from Paxton Jiibben, ! son of the president of Princeton 1 university, who is now in this coun1 try after a residence of several : years in the Near Bast. Although no further comment wag made at the White House on the letter, it 1 is understood that Mr. Hibben took! I the position that if the United; States had recognized the Gonstan1 tine government subsequent events, ' such as the execution of former cabinet ministers, would never have ; occurred. ! Lausanne, Dec. 2.?George Chic* _ __ O '! nerin, tne Russian ouvicu lvicigu } minister. Mr. Mdivany, member of the presidential council of the federation of Caucasion republic and ! their trlael stained comptnions ' reached Lausanne tonight, worn s out iby six days on trains between 1 Moscow and Switzerland. The rail" way station was closed and more guards surrounded the Bolshevik en ' voys as they made their way to the waiting automobiles than Lausanne * had been asked to muster for all ' the other delegates combined. The Russians were indignant that J their request for full participation I in tVia nnrtforon^o Tin's not heen t granted but despite this it is gen. erally believed that Chicherin will . attend Monday'g session. SHOOTING IN DUE WEST , Willie Roper, Colored, Killed Wesley Jenkins Sunday Evening. Willie Roper, a Georgia negro, ; who has been working in Due West this fall shot and killed Wesley Jeni kins, also colored, Sunday evening t about 7:30. Jenkins was shot thru the heart, from the back. The shoot, ing occurred on the Main street near ; the old Dr. Lindsay house and creat' ed much excitement in the city. Willie's story is that he has been married three weeks and that he did . not like Wesley's attentions to his . bride. When they met Roper told Jenkins "you have been going with my wife and you must quit." Jenkins got out of his buggy and start _ Jed to rua when Roper opened fire. I Sheriff McLane and his deputies went up and brought Roper to the jail. The deputies have been phoned to come to Due West this afternoon anl it is possible there will be further developments. Juuaiuukiug. * Mrs. D. S. Sullivan is substituting this week at the high school for Miss Edna Bradley who is sick with grip. BANDITS IN TEXAS SET A TOWN ON FIRE And Then Proceeded to Rob Postoffice?Posse Captures Two of The Bandits. iPort Worth, Texas, Dec. 2.? First setting fire to the business district, ibandrts roibben the ipostoffice at Brownfield, Terry county, of currency, silver and stamps, yesterday noon, according to information received here today. While the fire spread, the bandits battered their way into the postoffice, smashed the cash drawer and then fled as citizens assembled to fight the flames. Later a posse overtook the bandits and captured two of them. Much of the money was recovered. This is the second time recently in which the business district of the town has 'been set on fire by bandits The fire loss will (be smaM. I COOKING CLASSES , Will Be Held All This Week at the Community House. ' Cooking classes will be held at the Community House this week for the benefit of the people of the Abbeville Mill and their friends. The makers of Snowdrift and Wesson Oil are extending the invitations and the lessons will embrace the preparation of plain and fancy dishes. Classes will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 in the evening and a pleasant and a profitable time is promised all who attend. There will be no charges for these lessons and the housekeepers of the city are invited to attend. ' FIRE IN ELBERTON I ' ''ficrc nnn nnn HAMACF fl,vww,vwv rnt.M.v.i ??? s Elbertn, iGja., pec, '2.?Several women and children were trapped by fire on the second story of the Herndon building occupying half a city block late this efternoon. The store was crowded at the time. Women leaped from the second story windows and in some instan-) ces dropped their children to the I ground befiore Jeapingi. | Firemen j caught one child that) was dropped, j The Herndon drug1 store and M. j F. Maxwell and company general' merchandise occupy tthe 'building. The entire structure was destroyed the total loss being estimated at i $100,000. No one was injured. WILL INVESTIGATE THE COTTON SITUATION Smith's Resolution To Be Called to Commission's Attention. WasViine^on Dec. 2.?The senate committer on agriculture today instructed its chairman to bring to the attention of the federal trade commission a resolution introduced by Senator E. D. Smith of South, Carolina calling for an investiga^i tion of the cotton situation. All matters involving supply de mand and marketing and the ascertainment whether or not methods are .being employed to restrain the operation of the lay of supply and demand are iniluded in the resolu tion. The commission haS just completed an investigation of the cotton (situation under authority of a re solution by Senator N. B. Dial of South CaroQina. Its report is daily expected iby the senate. AMONG FRIENDS. Miss Ruth Harris and Miss Jennie Orr Harris, the pretty debutante daughters of Mr. W. S. Harris of Union, were over Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. Joe Thornton. These young ladies lived in AbbeM* * ^ -?J ?fAn?n vine at one time ana men yvuug friends were glad to see them again. Pasting Through. Leonard Dick spent Thursday night and part of Friday in the city jvith Mrs. W. H. White. Leonard is at Davidson College thie year and came down from Greenville after the g*me of football. WAR MAY DEVELOP 1 WITHIN TWO YEARS I &? SO SAYS BORAH IN BOSTON | ADDRESS?ADVANCE OF AMERICAN FLAG IN HALL CAU3- ? ES NEAR RIOT AT CLOSE. '[M PLEADS FOR RUSSIA. Boston, Dec. 3.?Within two years ! owing to the Near East situation, i there may be another great war, Sen- 1 ator William E. Borah of Idaho, said in an address here last night in Symphony hall. His subject was "The t Recognition of Russia," and he advocated that step by the United Stat- f] es as a means of averting another J European conflagration. At the close of the senator's ad- '' ?? dress, the police guard at the hall 3 was called on to prevent a riot when 0 a questioner, who said his name was MacDonald, and that he was a World ! war veteran, mounted the stage. A- i mid shouts of "put him out," Sena- 3 tor Borah insisted that the questioner be heard. "Why is there no American flag | displayed here?" MacDonald asked. \ Turmoil broke out afresh and ? many rushed for the stage to eject $ the stranger. Police intervened to 4 .project him and the incident closed. Senator Borah said, when peace M was restored, that wherever he ap- a peared to speak there were "Ameri- | can principles if not the flag." Calling for unqualified recogni- ' tion of the present government of Russia, Senator Borah told the crowd that filled the' hall that the recognition of a government did not neces sarily carry approval of that cxrthiF-'^f try's institutions. "Just as we eliminate suspicion and fear of other nations we shall J return to conditions of peace," Sen- i ator Borah said. "Every conference | in Europe since the end of the World ^ war has revolved about the Russian ,3 question. Within two years the Near East situation is likely to bring about another war. It is up to the peo- ^ pie of the United States, whose boys ".J will be called on to fight in this war, to protest against the present policies at Washington in failing to try to avert such a catastrophe." Two resolutions were adopted also unanimously by the audience. One proposed by Prof. Charles Skinner of Tufts college, called upon the president and secretary of state to pro- ^ vide for the restoration of trade relations with Russia. The other, presented by John Dodman of Boston, urged congress to recognize the ':?j JT3 Russian Soviet government. GETTING FAMOUS. ? Townsend Smith, the lively young son of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Smith, J ioined the band of famous boys a round town Sunday by having his [tonsils removed. The little fellow stood the ordeal well and is now in a position to talk about "my operation" along with the best of them. Dr. Davis of Augusta was here for ( ] the operation. ORDERS EXTRA TERM Special Session to Be Held in Green* ville Next Week. Anderson, Dec. 2. ?Due to erne of the heavest dockets in the history of the court, a special train of federal court was this morning ordered by Judge H. H. Watkins, on thtf recommendation of Ernest F. Cochran, district attorney to be conven-ed in Greenville Monday. January 8, 1923, at 3, p. m. annbunced this morning. | COTTON MARKET. _ 1 Cotton brought 25% on the local market today. Futures closed Dec. 24.89 Jan. 24.91 March ___ _ ? 24.96 May ' 24.84 T--1- en UU1J - - - - r - -