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The Kusko times., 1921-12-03

Washington, Nov. 30. - The Japanese delegation today issued statement at the meeting of the committee on Pacific and Far Eastern affairs in which they refused to lessen their hold on Manchuria. The positions of Japan and China on Shantung also developed to a sharp point , of conflict at the same meeting.
 Tokio, Dec. 1.-Oficials here state that the Japanese Govern ment has instructed Admiral Kato to "stsnd pat on seventy percent ratio of naval arma- ments, regardless of the Wash | iAgton conference.
 Washington, Dec. 1.-Japan' s attitude, both on the naval pro- Z gram tandfin the matter. of~Shan- l tung, is' blocking the conference to the extent that successful de Eberatia,as- tonight appeacr.to be. endangered.
 Kato demanded more time to
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03
Mahoney's Sister Con- victed Forging Name
 to Power of Attorney

Seattle, Dec. 1.-Mrs. Dolores .John- son, sister of James M. Mahoney, con- 'victed wife murderer, wasfound guilty by Jury today of having forged the name of Mrs. Kate Mahoueys bo a power of attorney giving Mahoney practical control of his wifo's property. after he had murdered her.
 Mahoney is under sentence to be hanged. his execution being set for January 9th.
 Max Menard arrived here today, having come from Cripple.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03

ntraha.-General Foch, en route to Portland, and standing where Amer 'ican Legion men were massacrea-so months ago, eaid: ''I have come to this spot'to salute the memory of those who, having been spared by the hor- TOTS of war, returned to faH 4under the bnllets of assassns."
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03
Lk-hAI:TED
 BANDIT
Works Several Cafes of Metropolis and Gets
 Away With Plenty.

New York, Dec.< 2. Several fashionable cafes .sin sthis < city were held. .up@last evening by 8 ''gen5lenanp 'bAndit--dressed in evening clothes, and silk l41atted. This individual, in three In stances, during. hll. moments, naked quietlyeto the cash ~coun- ter and in a businesslike way, with 8 business. looking gun, compelled thes> cashier to hand over all ..gold aand currency on hand. At the icafe of Max Schun the banditsecured more than ten thousand dollars.
 While police were searching the neighborhood of one exploit the bandit was holding up an- other place several blocks dis tant.
 Louis Susan. more familiarly knowG as eLOuie the barber, 2" arrived sFriday, having come from Iditarod. Al Goslaw arrived yesterdaNo .feere Tacalna.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03
3 BANDITS
 GET AWAY
Take With Them Gold Bullion Valued at
 $6O,0OO.

Sacramento. Dec. 1. Sixty ,thousand dollars worth of gold bullion was secured from the Argonaut mine, Amador county, this morning, by three bandits, who held up'the mine employees and loaded the bullion into a follow-up automobile.
 Following the holdup the en- ployes of the mine organized searching party and started in pursuit. but the robbers had made good their escape.
 Their capture, however. is be- lieved to be a matter of only a few hours, as all roads leading from the mine are being guarded by a horde of deputies who have been called into service by tele- phone.
 Owen Gray. with load of freight. left today for the Nixon mine.
 Tim Oates was a Friday arrival from Tacotpa.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03

Cbicago.-The National Committee of the Prohibitien Party. in session here, is discussing McAd doc aud Bryan for President at the next election. ac- 'cusing the Republicans of being wet in s 1timent and not enforcing the prob biton law.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03
Prohibition Party Dis
 cussingB Bryan and Nc
 -Adoofor Next Election

Chicago.-President Harding was strongly criticised this afternoon for alleged indifference to the enforcement of the national prohibition law, Virgil Hinshaw, chairman of the National Prohibition Party, making the charge.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03
| BANDIT WOUNDED
 
Hundred SLumberjacks Near Everett Made
 .t01 Line Up.'

Everett, Dec. 1.-More than ] one hundred lumberjacks in the employ of the Sultan Railway & Lumber Company, were held up and robbed by three armed bandits, near here. today.
 The lumberjacks were ordered to line up. after which one of the bandits calmly searched them. while his companions kept their guns on the victims.
 The robbers fled, but a dozen of the lumber crew immediately armed themselves and pursued, soon coming up with the bandits. A battle followed, in which one of the holdups was so seriously wounded that it is believed he will die. His two companions succeeded in making their es- cape.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03

E ''ha aovast st4 .aens H.rilof reindeer .ie due to passthrough Ophirt almost any day; on the way to the Broad .Pass dis trict.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03

Carl Thiele, known as Little Carl" for identification, arrived at Tacotna Noy.28, starting on his return trip to Bethel on the following day.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03
Pioneers. Dinner Postponed.

Seattle annual dinner of the Order Of Yukon Pioneers. scheduled for tonight, has been. indefinitely post poned. Eight hundred pounds of fish. caribou asd other meats, sent from Alasks' for the banquet, will be sold.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03

Owen Gray. with load of freight. left today for the Nixon mine.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-03

Louis Susan. more familiarly knowr as eL0uie the barber, ;" arrived sFriday having come from Iditarod.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
JUDGING OF BUTTER
HELD NEXT TUESDAY

Miss Ruth Crowther, county
demonstration agent, announces that
the second judging in the butter con-
test will be held at the court house
next Tuesday afternoon, beginning
at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Elizabeth For
ney, specialist in dairying at Win
throp, will do the scoring and judg-
ing.
Miss Crowther says that she is
anxious to have all the women Of the
community send butter to be exhibit
ed in this contest. If it is sent Mon
day, the agent says that she will
keep in refrigeration up to the hour
the judging begins, so that it will
remain fresh and in the best possible
condition. Exhibits sent in, Miss
Crowther says,will either be disposed
of by sale or returned to the senders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
OFFICERS REELECTED
BY ORPHANAGE BOARD
DR.. L. Ross Lynn Makes Annual Re.
port.-Receives Commentator
Of Directors.

Mr.. Amos B. Morse returned yes
terday from Clinton where he went
to attend the annual meeting of the
board of trustees of Thornwell Or
phanage, Of which he is a member.
The business Of the board was of a
perfunctory character, as no matters
of Importance were to be consider
ed. The annual report of DR.. L. Ross
Lynn, superintendent of the institu-
tion, was heard and approved, after
which all Of the administrative Of
ficials were elected to serve another
year. There were present at the meet
ing of the board 18 out of 25 men,
bers from South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida.
The report of the superintendent
showed the Orphanage in a flourish
ing condition, members of the board
expressing the belief that the new
year begins with perhaps the best
outlook for the future of any year in
its half century of existence. DR..
Lynn, in the short time he has been
at the head of the Institution has
proved himself r. be a man of un-
usual executive aoi;itv and has wen
the approval of Thornwelps sup
porters in three states. The health of
the children is the best possible, Mr..
Morse reports, and every facility is
provided in the way of education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
CAPTAIN EASON HURT

Captain Bill Eason narrowly es-
capped serious injuries at Elberton
this morning. He was on his freight
train and when the train was pulling
out of the depot, he attempted to
board the cab while the train was in
motion. On account of the darkness,
it being at an early hour, he missed
his footing and was thrown under
the cab.
Fortunately no bones were brok-
en-, but the Captain suffered serious
bruises about his legs which will
cause him to rest for awhile. His
clothing was torn almost completely
off his body in the accident.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Rev. David Shepperson, of
Lake Village, Ark, who has been ex-
tended a call by the session to fill.
the vacancy which has existed in the
Abbeville Presbyterian church since
the resignation of the Rev. Mr.. Pratt
more than a year ago, will occupy
the pulpit of this church Sunday;
morning. Mr.. Shepperson is
brother of the Rev. Flourney Shep-
person who has recently accepted
the pastorate of the Presbyterian
church at Chester, and while he has
not yet accepted the call here it is
expected that he will do so.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
DEATH OF MR. .GHLELAND

News was received in Abbeville
this morning of the death of Mr.. A.
j. Gilleland at his home in Atlanta.
He was at one time head of the car
repair shop of the Seaboard Shops
here, and had been i'll for several
months.
Mr.. Gilleland is survived by two
sons tnd two daughter, Mrs. Ben
Cason and Mrs. Ruth Fisher, of At
lanta, Mr.. Guy Gilleland, of Hamlet,
N. c., and Mr.. Roy Glleland, man
ager Of the Cooperative Mercantile
Company of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Gilleland left for Atlanta this
morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
ADJUTANT GENERAL
CLAIMED BY DEATH
BRIG, GEN. w. w. MOORE ENDS
LONG LIFE OF SERVICE TO
STATE, AFTER SEEING HIS
LATEST AMBITION ALMOST
REALIZED.

Columbia, June 17.-Brig. Gen.
William Woodbury. Moore, the adju'
tant general of South Carolina, died
at the Columbia hospital last night
at 7 o'clock from diabetic trouble
and an operation to remove car
buncle from his neck. General
Moore, although suffering from dia-
betes for long time, had been in
his Office all last week and only
Monday was forced to remain at
home from his Office.
Yesterday morning attending ply
sicians decided to carry the adjutant
general to the Columbia hospital to
operate for the carbuncle. The gen.
eral went on the operating table
about 1 o'clock but never regained
consciousness, dying shortly after z
O'Clock. -.
Word Of the death of the military
commander of the state spread over
the city, especially among his init
mate friends, and cast a deep sorrow
over many homes. General Moore
was loved and admired by people all
over the state, numbering his friends
by the thousands. His death came
as a distinct shock, even his office
associates not realizing the serious
condition the beloved National
Guard commander was in until a
short time before the end came.
It was the fate of General Moore
to live just long enough to see the
South Carolina National Guard reor-
ganized since. the war, his efforts
again to place the militia on a sound
footing in the state having just
brought forth a complete regiment
Of infantry. Only Tuesday a colonel
of the regiment was elected. Gener-
al Moore had worked untiringly to
rebuild the guard and just when he
had succeeded he was removed from
life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
VERY LOW RATING
FOR COUNTY GANG
SECRETARY OF
PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD
CRITICISES MANAGEMENT
AND MAKES RECOMMENDA.
TIoNS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

H. C. Breaney, assistant secretary
of the State Board of Public We'll
fare, who visited the Abbeville
county chaingang May 80, has sub
mitted to his chief a report which
comments unfavorably on certain
portions of the gang and compli-
ments the management on the ex-
cellence of the individual, attention
and humane treatment of prisoners
The report is made in detail on the
point system, the score being 744
out of possible 1000 points. Grad
ing was made on camp and equip
ment, care of convicts, manage
ment, sanitation and discipline.
The report of the assistant secre-
tary follows:
"The present equipment of the
Abbevine County chaingang under
Foreman D. E. Newell is in very
poor state of repair. The tent occu-
pied blythe TRUSTEES is full Of small
holes and the one used by the guards
had no fly or second cover. The
screens on the kitchen car are prac-
tically valueless, and several of the
beds were in poor codition.
'In marked contrast with the lack
of proper equipment was the excel
lent spirit of the management, the
supervisor, the foreman, and the
county physician all cooperating to
give the prisoners individual care
and attention. Especially to be COM
mended is the order of the super
visor that the men be worked as far
as possible without being driven to
their tasks by the lash. This is in ac-
cord with the provision Of the state
constitution that forbids corporal
punishment. The food supplied is
above the average for county chain
gangs.
'tThe chief needs of this camp
are: A new tent for the negro trus-
ties, repair of the screens on the
kitchen car, more frequent washing
of the bedding, and the practice of
having all the refuse of the camp
emptied into the soil pit every day
and of covering it with at least three
inches of earth.
"The gang eneamped near Lown-
desville was not visited because of
the distance and the lack Of time"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
MELONS INCREASE
SAYS CROP DATA
B. B. HARE, AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICIAN, TELLS DE-
PARTMENT THAT THERE
WILL BE GREATLY INcREAs-
ED PRODUCTION.

SaDIda, June 14.-According to
report of B. B. Hare, agricultural
statistician in cahrge of the crop re-
porting service in South Carolina for
the bureau of crop estimates Of the
United. States department of agricrd-
ture, the following estimates are
noted which show the condition Of
the following crops on June 1:
Wheat 80 per cent. of normal;
oats, 81; alfalfa, 81; hay s5; cow
peas, s3; rye, Sc; cabbages, 90;
onions, 81; peaches, 81; pears,> go;
apples, 65; watermelons, rs; and
cantaloupes, 10.
The report shows that the COM
mercial acreage planted to water
melons this season will approximate
1900 acres, cantaloupes 1000 and
cucumbers 1900. Barnwell county
appears to have the largest, if not
the largest, shipping point. Other
shipping points for melons are as fol-
lows: Barnwell, Lena, Furnan, AL
lendale, Cave, Kline, Denmark, Ul-
mer, Scotia, Sycamore, Fairfax, Es-
till, Luray, Barton, Dunbarton, Hat
tieville, Baldoek, Appleton, Hilda,
Olar and Tilman. -
The indicated production Of wheat
in the state is 1,848,000 bushels,
against 1,7s5,OOO bushels last year.
Th9 acreage of oats is shown to
be 455,700 acres, or S per cent.
more than last year. The condition
of "a per cent. forecasts a produc-
ton of 10,481,O0O bushels, or 65,-
900 bushels more, than in 1920.
Peaches in central and western
counties were seriously injured by
frosts in April, while in the eastern
part of the state, especially Ches-
terfield county, condition and yields
are more satisfactory. Apples and
pears did NOT suffer so mpch from
late frosts as peaches though con-
siderable injury is now being report
ed on account of blight.
During the early part Of the year
rainfall was abundant and farm
work was delayed to considerable
extent. During a greater portion Of
the month nights were too cool and
crop growth generally was very
poor, except the last week Of the
crop reporting period when there
was seasonal growth and develop
ment Of all crops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
CONFLICT COMES
IN c. 0. P: RANKS
DIVISION OF OPINION OVER
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF
POLITICAL PLUMS CAUSES
SPLIT-LODGE AND WILLIS
OPPOSE.

Washington, June 16.-Senators
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, the Repub-
lican leader, and Willis, of Ohio,
who nominated President Harding
at Chicago are on the war path over
some of the recent appointments
made by the President.
Senator Lodge has expressed open
dissatisfaction with the nomination
Of Prof. julius Klein, Of Harvard
University, to be director Of the Bu-
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, and at his request the Senate
commerce committee deferred action
today on the nomination until TO-
morrow when an executive hearing
is expected. Prof. Klein was chosen
by Secretary Hoover and it was re-
ported today that the President had
sent the nomination to the Senate
without consulting the Republican
leader.
Senator Willis is continuing his
opposition to- the appointment Of
Charles H. Nauts, Of Toledo, to be
collector of internal revenue for the
Tenth Ohio District. Both he and
senator Lodge were White House
callers today, but neither saw the
President. On leaving the White
House, Senator Willis declared that
he would oppose Mr.. Nauts to the
end.
The Ohio Senator inquired today
how confirmation of Mr.. Nauts
might be blocked and was informed
that if he regarded Mr.. Nauts as
personally Objectionable" the Sen
ate would follow a time honored
custom Of refusing. confirmation,
Senator Willis has filed memoran-
dunn against Mr.. Nauts with the Sen
ate finance committee, which ex-
poets to take up the case Monday. 1t
is to bear Senator Willis, the nomi-
nee and Walter F. Brown, the Pres
ident's representatives on the De.
partmental reorganization commit
tee, who is understood to have re-
commended Mr.. Nauts.
Another patronage row reported
brewing is over the nomination of
Frank A. Linney, Republican State
chairman of North Carolina to Fed
eral District Attorney for North
Carolina. He was endorsed by North
Carolina Republican leaders, but is
encountering opposition from influ-
entail Senators close to the admin.
stration, because Of an alleged letter
opposing voting last November by
negroes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
FRYING SIZE" CHICKEN
PRECIPITATES SHOOTING
Laurens Farmer Shoots Brother A.
ter Petty Dispute-In Hos
pital With Bad Wound

Laurens, June 15.-oel Black
well,a young farmer of the Tumbling
Shoals section of Sullivan township,
is under bond for his appearance in
court of general sessions on, the
charge of assault and battery with
intent to kill, it being alleged that
the accused shot his brother, Frank
Blackwell, after striking him on the
head with pistol. The wounded
man was shot in the thigh and it was
stated today that his condition was
not showing symptoms Of improve
ment.
The shooting occurred at the home
Of the 5lackewlPs as the brothers
were living in the same house and
farming together. It is said the diff
dculty between the two brothers was
the result of the killing of a frying
sized. chicken. It seems that Joel
Blackwell and his wife were absent
from home last Sunday. Frank de-
cided he would have chicken for. din
ner and used one Of his brothers
birds. That night when Joel came
home trouble was started over the
incident. The quarrel is said to have
started in the house but soon got too
warm in there and overflowed into
the yard, where it is alleged, Joel
struck his brother over the head
with his pistol. In the scuffle that en-
used Frank caught hold of the bar
rel of the revolver, it is stated, and
as he showed Joel away from him
the weapon was discharged, either
Intentionally or accidentally, a point
that will have to be cleared up be-
fore jury, it now seems. The prin-
cipals in the affair are the sons Of
Jimmie D. Blackwell, of the county.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING
OF BIBLE SOCIETY

At the meeting held yesterday in
this city, the board of directors of
the Abbeville District Bible Society
made plans for the annual meeting
to be held July 27, with Shiloh
Methodist church. This is the second
time since the society's organization
that the annual meeting has been
held away from Abbeville, it having
met last year at Due West.
Present at the meeting yesterday
were DIR. J. D. Mccain, presi 'ent ;
Mr.. John Presley, secretary; Mr.. A.
B. Morse, treasurer; DR.. F. Y. P:ss5-
ly, Mr.. R. S. Galloway, Mr.. J. Allen
Smith ad DR.. S. G.. Thomson.
The Abbeville District Society is
perhaps the second oldest orgariza-
tion of it's kind in the country, It
having been instituted only few
years after the beginning of the New
York society. It has been continuous
active since it's early founding, hav-
ing for its purpose the distribution
of the Bible at home and abroad.
The national society, through the
cooperation of its local auxiliaries
has translated the Bible into prac-
tically every language, and gives
away free every year thousands of
copies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
HUBERT COX, LAWYER

Mr.. Hubert Cox has successfully
passed the bar examination and has
been admitted to the practice of
law. He came home this week and
spent several days with home folks
before taking on new honors.
Mr.. Cox is to be married next
Monday to Miss Bessie Taylor, of
Columbia. On their return from
their wedding trip they will live in
Columbia where Mr.. Cox will prac-
tice law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-17
MAGAZINE EDITOR
ASKS INFORMATION
HAMILTON HOLT WRITES HARD.
ING FOR EXPLANATION OF
HIS PROPOSED "AsSOCIATIoN'
AND REMINDS OF CAMPAIGN
PROMISES.

New York, June 16.-Hamilton
Holt, magazine editor, who headed
the delegation of pro-league Repub-
licans that called on former President
Wilson during the last presidential
campaign, today made public letter
he had written President Harding
asking him to explain to the Ameri-
can people the terms of the Harding
Association proposed to supplant the
Wilson League of Nations.
'If you delay much further, peo-
pie everywhere will inevitably con-
clude that you have no concrete plan
at all or else that you propose to put
party harmony above world welfare"
declared Mr.. Holt. In that event
there will - nothing left for those
who want America to play her right
full part in stabilizing the world but
to organize the country so as to cap
ture congress for the league in 1922
and presidency in 1924"
This, Mr.. Holt asserted, could be
done. He declared the league of ma
tions and Bolshevism were the only
great ideas that had come out of the
war as world panaceas, and he ask
ed the president whether he could
guarantee that the world would not
turn to Bolshevism, if it came gen.
orally to be believed that he had no
plan at all for a substitute for the
league. o. -.
GAS president-elect you did not see
fit to disclose your attitude on the
league bey5nd.what you had said dur
ing the campaign. Both the thirty
one and 'irreconcilables' claimed you
for their own, As president, however
you have unequivocably repudiated
the existing league of nations,
whose area comprises considerably
more than half the earth and whose
population numbers three quarters
of the human race. You even per-
mitted without rebuke, your ambas-
sador at the Court of st. James's to
say that you will have nothing to do
with any commission or committee
appointed by the league or response
BILE to it directly or indirectly, open
ly or furtively.
"You have, nevertheless, as presi-
Dental candidate, repeatedly promis-
ed during the campaign, and, as
president, you have reiterated that
promise, that you will seek to es-
tablish an association of nations
based upon the application of justice
and right, binding US in conference
and cooperation for the prevention
Of war and pointing the way to a
higher civilization and international
fraternity in which all the world
might share.
"You have not yet given the
American people the slightest inkling
of the terms of this Harding Asso-
ciation that you proposed shall sup
plant the Wilson league. Has not
the time come, l respectfully ask, you
to do this?"