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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
z|ON|STS OPPOSE
OTHER CHURCHES
THREATENS TO
CHANGE LEASES so THAT
PROPERTY. CAN NOT CHANGE
HANDS WITHOUT HIS AP-
PRoVAL. T..

Zoin, ILL.,, Aug. 13.-Wilbur Glenn
volivia, overseer of Zion. renewed his
attack today on religious organiza-
tons which have opened churches
here in opposition to the Zion church
with the announcement that the
famous leases of Alexander Dowie
will be changed to prohibit the trans
fer Of property without the personal
approval Of the overseer.
The new leases will be for 1,079
years, the 7s years being added to
cover the period during which the
Lord is expected to come again and
take His Saints out of the world for
seven years, according to Dowie's
teachings. At the end Of the seven
years, they will be Returned to es-
tablish his rule throughout the world
for 1000 years.
'Dowie's leases made in 1900
were for 1,10O years. The, seven year
flight of the saint to heaven was the
take place some time during the ex-
ira 100 years. The. new leases run
ming 1,o7s years, will terminate like
the originals in the year 5000"
The leases forbid the sale. or ;stor-
age Zion >of pork, lard or the pro-
ducts of swine; the erection Of oper-
alton of theatres, opera, moving pic
ture houses, circuses, dance halls,
secret societies, the keeping or sale
of intoxicants, sale. or manufacture
of tobacco, operating of a>drug store
or sale Of drugs, and the use OF any
poperty as the residence or Office Of
a physician or surgeon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
AMERICANS FREED
,BY~SOV|ET RUSSIA
GOVERNMENT WILL COMBAT
ATTEMPT TO INTERJEcT Po.
LITIcAL QUESTIONS INTO FA.
: MINE RELIEF EFFoRT-EvE-
RY FACILITY GIVEN. -. - -: -:

Riga, Aug. 13.-The Russian
Soviet government will combat any
attempt to interject political ques-
tons into the Russian famine relief,
but it, is sufficiently practical to see
that if the holding of Americans in
prison is an obstacle to the feeding
Of a million Russian children, it is
best that Herbert Hoover's stipuba-
ton in this respect be granted, de-
clared Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet
special envoy here today.
NJ. .Litvinoff made this explanation
Of the Russian negotiations with the
American relief administration in
talking with the American newspa-
per correspondents. He reviewed the
famine situation to them and 'ex-
planned the situation from the Rus
sian viewpoint. 4.
In addition to those held in prison
in Russia; declared the Soviet ZEN
voy, every facility to leave would be
given by the Soviet government to
any Americans in the country even
to the extent of advertising for them
in thes newspapers. Obviously the
government could not undertake to
locate them all, however, he added,
as even the list the American gov
ernment had prepared was probably
inaccurate and in many cases the
names bore no addresses.
M. Litvinoff stated that British,
French and other subjects whose re-
patriation had been arranged long
ago were still appearing now and
then asking for passports to leave
Russia. He added that if the United
States insisted on the delivery of all
the Americans on the list handed him
the Russian famine probably would
be over before the last man could
lesve. j..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
COOPERATIVE MARKET
MAKES MILD SUCCESS
Good Crowd But Trading Slow.
Not Much Brought In and
All Waiting III

Saturday was cooperative mar
keting day in Abbeville. It was. the
idea of the promoters Of the day that
a trading day shall be held the second
Saturday in each month. There was
not much trading among the crowd
present Saturday, it seeming to be
the purpose of those present to get
the trend of the idea-it's new here.
The consequence was that every
body waited for the other fellow to
bring in the stuff and there was
nothing to trade. -
Those who did bring in anything
found no trouble in disposing Of it..
One farmer brought six fine pigs and
sold them all to one man. Several
cows changed hands, to say nothing
of the personal belongings that were
bartered. 80"
The poor results of the day GER
tainly can not be attributed to the
chamber of commerce. That body
furnished the abundance of lemon
ade consumed.
=. The Civic League readily sold all
the barbecue on hand, and a neat
sum was realized for the marker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
NEMlP0STMAS1ER
TAKES OVER POST.
JOHN R. ToLBERT GETS ABBE-
WILLIE, APPOINTMENT. sue
cEEDINc' MRS. RACHEL MIN:
2 sHALL-NEW MAN is WELL:
KNOWN HERE. - 81

Mrs: Rachel Minshall, for nine
years postmistress at the Abbeville.
postofice, will surrender the Office:
tomorrow morning to John R.. Telbert,
Jr., who has been appointed to sue
ceed her. Mr.. Tolbert is brother:
5of, Thomas Tolbert, postmaster dur.
ing President Taft's administration,
and. who was succeeded at the ex-.
piration Of his term by the late Mr..
Minshall. The new appointee was as
sistant postmaster under Mr.. Min.
shall until the latter's death when
Mrs. Minshail was chosen to succeed
her husband. He is a arnative Of this
county.
Mr.. Tolbert is familiar with the
office and will not likely find any
difficulty in taking up at once the
routine of the Office: All Of the enn-
ployees are civil service appolntees
and will not be affected by the
change from Democratic to Repub-
lican administration. & sls 5!sl5
Mrs. Minshall received telegram
this morning telling her of the
change. Mr.. Tolbert's commission is
dated the 18th, but he takes the,
responsibility of the Office tomorrow.
The retiring official and the new.
were busy today transferring the.
property of the Office. j. 6
The now postmaster is cousin
Of Jos. w. Tolbert of : Greenwood
county, said. to be dispenser of POI
litical patronage in South Carolina
under the Harding administration. I
Mrs Minshall, when asked as to;
her plans, said she had nothing to
announce at this time. S
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
Pay. 240, 1000, 900 Marks.

Paris, Aug. 13.-The reparations
commission announced that Germany
since the beginning of July has paid
240,00O,00O gold marks to the COM
mission, thus allowing Germany to re
deem five of the twenty million dol
lar notes. issued in execution of
Article 5 of the schedule Of pay
ments. This brings the total notes
redeemed up to seven.
The cash in the commissions hands,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
srALNAkER TO GREENWOOD
Transfsrred To Be Nearer Mother .,
S@;tFhi;, (,

; Joe Stalnaker who since his ar
rest July 25s at: Ninety-Six charged
sAfftE:: s. ssisifstsans :Dt 81, 500 funds
81 thtE psssSm SaaMea he was in
charge has been: Held in the Abbe-
vile County jail, was yesterday
transferred to the Greenwood jail.
The tranfer was made at the request
Of the mans mother, who is acting
postmistress at Ninety-Six pending
disposition of her sons case. Stal-
maker has been unable so far to ar
range bond in the sum Of $4,000,
as set by United States Commis-
sioner C. E. Williamson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
HUGHES TO SPEAK
FOR President
HEADS DELEGATION TO DISAR-
&. MAMENr coNFERENcE-LIsT
NOT YET; MADE UP AND THE
q CHOICE OF a WOMAN IS STILL
POSSIBILITY. ~: :,

Washington, Aug. 13.-Any ex-
pectation that President Harding will
himself act as "a delegate to the dis
armament conference was over
thrown today by White House an
inlio,uncement that he definitely des-
ignated Secretary Hughes, of the
state department, to head the Ameri-
can delegation.
It was said that. other members
were yet to be chosen, although the
president is known to have narrowed
considerably the list of those he con-
.siders available and may reach the
,p0int-sof other definite selections i'm
the very near future. He is under
stood to have decided that at least
one of the places shall go to a Unit
ed States senator and the choice of
woanan as a member lof the dele
cation stM is within the range. Of
possibility.
The exact role to be played by the
president never has been, officially
defined but the general expectation
|, is that after. delivering the opening
address of the conference on Novem-
Der IL, be will remain in the back
ground of the negotiations, leaving
direct contact with ths foreign COM
smissionersoto his accredited repre-
sentatives, but at the, same time
keeping in close touch with them
and with all the proceedings Of the
conference.
President Harding's close advis-
sers are said to feel that BY keeping
away from details Of the disarlna.
inenf discussions he can reserve his
efforts for the more important fea-
lures and be so placed as to act as
mediator for all the delegates in any
disagreement. that might threaten
the success of the conference.
Not only has the president placed
Mr.. Hughes at the head Of the
American delegates, but he also has
turned over to the state department
the task Of clearing away all the de-
tails remaining to be disposed,of be-
fore the conference meets, It is
understood that the chief executive
intends to supervise only the more
important moves and has encouraged
the department to work out lesser
problems on lbs own responsible
ity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
OFFICERS GET STILL
Fifty Gallon 0ut6t and Beer Taken
With Operators. q

Deputy Sheriff T. L. 'Cdnn and
another q county officer Saturday
morning successfully raided a still
which they discovered ON the old
Gharles Allen place near the tsnk on
the Calhoun Falls road. An excel
lent copper still outfit Of 80 gallons
capacity and 100 gallons of beer
were con8scated, along with the
other parspherualia for blockading.
Two negroes, Steve Banks and Joe
Benn, were taken and lodged in
Jail under charge Of operating the
plant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15

Accessory 20 muroef ~
Greenwood officers were here this
morning after Dave Meekin the ne
gro who has been held in the Able
vile County Jail since the murder
of DR.. Lipscomb at Ninety Six. At
that time. there were threats Of
lynching Pink Griffin and Meekin
and Meekin was brought here. He is
held charged with being an ac-
cessory before the fact to the muir
der Of DR.. Lipscomb. The trial Of
Griffin began in Greenwood today.
Due to legal procedure that must be
followed the trial is not likely to
actually begin before Wednesday, as
he must be arraigned today and
council appointed. ~ =, -. e.-, --,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
ON VACATION

The Rev. R. L. Keaton, pastor Of
Green Street Methodist church, Co.
lumbia, is spending the week with
relatives and friends at Antreville.
That he has elected to come to this
county to spend his vacation proves
him a man of rare Judgment and
foresight. .-,..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
WILLIAM HILL IMPROVES.

. William Hill has been quite sick at
his home on Greenville street since
last Thursday. He is improving now
and hopes soon to be around town
again. ....
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15

reply of Eamon de Valera, the Irish
republican leader to the British gov
ernment's Irish peace proposals,
which was received here yesterday
had produced a. serious crisis in the
Irish situation here generally dis
credited here today. Prime Minister
Lloyd George intended to leave, Paris
this forenoon for London and yester-
days rather alarming reports were
given credit for time, but the atti-
-tude taken by the British capital to-
day was that, although the terms Of
the Irish missive still were unkonwn
negotiations between the government
and the Irish republicans would con-
tinue under favorable conditions
In well informed quarters belief
was expressed that Mr.. de Valera's
message reflected the view among
members Of the Irish republican par
lament with whom he had consulted
that the governments proposals fur
nished the basis fet>a possible, settle
ment. It was assumed, however, that
he asked for more explicit explana-
ton as to certain details before the
British proposals should be submit
ted to the Irish republican parlia-
mont next Tuesday. :;
i It was suggested that the hurried
return szof the prime minister from
Paris was prompted by>a recognition
of the fact that the short interval be
fore the meeting Of the Irish repub-
lican parliament made it desirable
that Mr.. de Valera have the govern
ment's considered responses as long
as possible before the meeting Of the
Dali Eireann. Some political CORES
pondents surmised that Mr.. Lloyd
George welcomed the opportune ar
rival of the Irish communication as
an excuse to escape from the critical
atmosphere Of Paris, possibly hoping
that brief interruption might relax
the strain which the negotiations be-
tween Great Britain and France have
been submitted to at the meeting Of
the allied supreme council. " .,
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after the redemption of the seven
notes, with further payments an
nounced by Germany for August IL,
will permit the redemption of two
additional notes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
GRIFFIN GOES TO CHI CHAIR

/. Pink Griffin, on trial for his =
. life at the special term Of =
. court in Greenwood, was =
I. today sentenced by a jury, af- =
. ter ten minutes Of delibera- =
. ton, to die in the electric chair =
The date set is September e. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
OF NOTE
STILL UNKNOWN
IT IS SAID IRISH REPLY ASKS
FOR MORE INFORMATION BE-
FORE BEING SUBMITTED no:
IRISH PARLIAMENT-LooK-
ING BRIGHTER. u: ,>;.. = ..se sss

Dublin, Aug. 13.-The letter from
Eamonn de Velera, Irish Republican
leader, delivered to Premier. Lloyd
George yesterday is neither az ac.
eeptance nor rejection of tthA Irish
peace proposals, it was learned here
today. The letter raises various sques-
lions to which an answer lis ,neces-
sary. The answer may serve'to faciE-
tate future dealings, It was said, and
is not expected to lead to abreak in
negotiations. +" y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15
:AsaassiNs,so { / o'kiFsIo TRIAL
-. ~ -
Accessory to Murder

q l'lGr,'ssa.oods q o'llkesfs t;ss 81
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-22
WOULD LEGALIZE KIDNAPPING
3ENATE FAVORS VICIOUS PLAN

Washington, July 16.-"Legalized
kidnapping could be applied to
Senate Bill No. 657 which has been
quietly slipped through that body
and is now being considered by the
house judiciary committee.
The bill would permit a San Fran
cisco federal grand jury, for in
stance, to secretly consider charges
against a New York citizen that
were presented by the district at
tOrney or secret service. If an in
dictment was found deputy mar
shall would go to New York, arrest
the accused and return him to the
western city without a preliminary
hearing in his home jurisdiction.
If a strike affecting interstate
commerce was called in New York
and trade unionists in other sec
tions of the country wrote letters in
grand julN in Alaska could indict
these unionists on the charge of
conspiracy, have them rounded up
by deputy marshals and brought to
the far north without a preliminary
hearing in the locality where they
live.
If the accused are acquitted, they
will be paid mileage to their homes
and necessary maintenance not to
exceed $5 a day from the time of
arrest. If the deputy marshal ar
rested the wrong person, the latter
would have to prove this to the
foreign court, as the proposed law
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-22
HENRY FORD CUTS
FREIGHT RATES

The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
railroad controlled by Henry Ford
Detroit automobile manufacturer,
has filed with the Ohio state public
utilities commission a new schedule
of freight rates providing for a 20
per cent reduction from the present
rates.
This is the first Ohio railroad
and believed to be the first in the
country to announce voluntary
reduction in freight rates.
Perhaps Henry Ford is trying to
show the railroad managers how to
run railroad with due regard to
public welfare and fair treatment
of labor. Only a short time ago
Mr.. Ford purchased the Detroit,
Toledo q Ironton Railroad, which
was being operated at a loss of
100000 a month. 1t didn't take
him long to change this deficit into
a profit of 100000 a month.
He then raised the wages of his
employees to not less than $500 a
day, reduced their hours and gave
them better working conditions. He
is even doing it better than the
government did it during the war.
Railroad owners and managers
are very angry because Ford is
proving they are liars without ever
asking them about how to conduct
his business.
Henry will have nothing to do
with watered stock, nor is he ask
ing the government to guarantee
hlm anything.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-22
leave a Clean Camp
And a Dead Fire"

Portland, Ore, July 16, 1921-By
an agreement Just signed by Dis
trict Forester George H. Cecil and
Frederick D. Stricken, State Health
Officer of Oregon, the forest super
visors in the state of Oregon have
been appointed as deputy state Of
ficers.
This agreement applies only to the
forest supervisors who are the Of
ficers of the National Forests, of
which there are fourteen in Ore
gon. The above agreement does not
apply to the forest rangers or other
field officers. The forest super
visors will cooperate with the Ore
gon State Health Board in enforc-
ing the sanitation laws of the state
within the National Forests, and viii
serve without pay. The duties OF
the forest supervisors under this
agreement are to report insanitarA
conditions and violations of the
Oregon health laws occurring within
the National Forests; to advise vlo-
lators of what the State health laws
are, and if such violations are con.
tinued to report such conditions tC
the State Health Officer.
The forest officers under existing
federal rules are required to pro.
tect and keep pure so far as they
are able the domestic water sup.
plies of towns, cities and canning
places, and to prevent the accumu.
lation of filth and unsanitary prac-
tices in the Forests that may be in
furious to the public using the Ma
tional Forest areas.
With the greatly increasing use
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-22
RAILROADS MUST GIVE GUARAN-
TEES AS TO FUTURE POLICIES
Labor Will Not Yield Working Conditions Won BY of
Strugge-Shop Crafts Vote to Reject
Wage Boards Award

ed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Railroad Ad-
ministration are not talking for pub.
lication.
1t is known that the members of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
divided, six to five, on the PROPOSE
tion of accepting the formula of
inefficiency," but it is impossible to
state how the various members vot-
ed The refusal to give out the
vote is justified on the ground that
the matter has not been finally
passed upon, and that the roll call
should not be made public until a
final determination has been reached.
The Railroad Administration has
been adjusting the claims of those
railroads that are willing to abide
by the terms of the contract en-
tered into between Director General
McAdoo and the roads. This has re-
suited in the allowance of about 43
per cent of the claims filed by the
roads.
When a claim is allowed, instead
of paying the road in cash, the Rail
road Administration has been credit
ing the amount agreed upon as an
offset against the amount the road
owes the government.
Never Expect to Pay
The railroads are asking that this
system be abandoned and that the
roads claims be paid in cash, while
the governments claims against the
roads shall be refunded for an in
definite period.
The fact is the roads never ex-
pect to pay any part of their in
debtedness to the government. They
figure that every dollar they get
out of the public Treasury is clear
gain, and they hope to continue to
badger the Railroad Administration
until they can force some sort of
compromise which will wipe out
their Indebtedness and give them at
least the $500,000,00 which Secre-
tary Mellon has promised to turn
over to them.
In that connection it is pointed
out that on July first last none of
the roads defaulted in the payment
of interest on their bonds. 1t is
known that a great many of the
roads did not have the money with
which to pay the interest. They
secured it from some source, how
ever. They either borrowed it from
the bankers or they refused to pay
their current bills. However thev
may have secured the accommoda-
ton, it was granted to them with
the understanding that they would
secure a considerable advance from
the government.
This is the reason why Secretary
Mellon and other leaders of the ad-
ministration are going to such ex-
ira ordinary lengths to give the
roads $500,000,000 at this time, al
though the public treasury is in
such weakened condition that the
soldiers are told they can not have
their bonus, and the farmers are
denied the money needed to finance
the marketing of their crops.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-07-22
A CAMPAIGN OF
ORGANIZATION
BY THE A. F. OF L

The American Federation of La
Dor will soon launch an intensified
organizing campaign, President Sam
uel Gompers announced recently in
a statement which said that "the
message of trade unionism will be
carried to every corner of the land
to the limit of our power"
'Its encouragement and protection
will be offered to the workers ev-
erywhere," he declared "Immedi-
ately following the Denver conven-
ton it is my purpose to visit a
number of cities to encourage the
unorganized to join our movement" "
Coupled with the announcement
was an assertion by Mr.. Gompers
that confession that the ''open
shop" campaign has proved fail
ure was made public May 18th at
the annual convention Of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
held in New York.
The associations committee on in
dustrial advancement, he said, pro-
tested against the defensive position
into which the members had been
forced by labor and urged that an
offensive campaign be inaugurated
and that the open shop movement
be stimulated by plans for indus
trial representation.
Having failed by coercive tao
tics to force autocracy in industry
upon the workers." he added, "the
national association of manufacture
ers now proposes to silence them
by promising a few of their repre-
sentatives seats on boards of direc-
tors of the corporations. This would
be empty honor indeed.
"The hopes and aspirations of
labor cannot be satisfied by the
patronizing act of patting the work
ers on the back. Sincerity of pur-
pose of employers, their whole
hearted interest in their employees
can be shown best in the contents
of pay envelopes. When that is
lacking there can be no encourage
ment for the workers in having rep
resentatives on boards of directors.
Furthermore such proposal is
to encourage the disorganization of
the organized and prevent organiza-
tion of the yet unorganized. The
humiliating confession of defeat of
the open shop campaign officially
corroborates the statements hereto
fore made by labor that, as the open
shop campaign was an un-American
and illogical campaign, conducted to
serve greed and special interests
it will be impossible for it to sue
ceed.'