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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
FRED DOMINICK SLATED
FOR IMPORTANT COMMITTEE

Washington, Feb. ,1-That South
Carolina will have member of the
ways and means committee in the
next congress for the first time since
1895, when John McLaurin served
on that committee in the fifty-fourth
congress, now seems practically as
sured. The member will be Con-
gresham Fred H. Dominick of New
berry, third district, unless all signs
fail. During the past week there
has been considerable activity among
Democratic members of the. House
in regard to selections for desirable
committee posts. Among the other
members talked of for the ways and
means committee are Representatives
Eteagall, of Alabama and Moore, Of
Virginia, both prominent southern
members. y 1t is thought that the Re-
publicans will permit ten members
from the Democratic minority, which
increases Mr.. Dominick's chances of
success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT; RICHMOND CAT
=: ADOPTS THREE RATS
Il" - =.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 5.-A cat
which makes its home in the First
National Bank building was found
nursing and mothering three infant
rats in a cupboard. The cat with her
curious litter of young ones was
discovered by John Scheerer, night
engineer.
He noticed the feline bring long
tail animals through the engine
room, but thought it was only a
catch. He looked in the nest later
and saw her cuddled up with some
young ones. Thinking they were
kittens, he procured "a flashlight
and examinations reevaled the rod
ents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
ON THE MCCORMICK SIDE

Mr.. John D. Cade, one of the
leading citizens of Mt. Carmel, was
in the city today, and while passing
the Daily Mail Office, stopped IN to
pass the time of day. Conversation
got to bad roads, and Mr.. Cade told
this story:
81 have never told, lie in bust
ness or otherwise with intention to
deceive. When I do tell one I make
it so big that no one could possibly
believe it, but this is what happened
on Thursday: On the road leading
from Mt. Carmel to Abbeville near
the Abbeville- McC Cormick county
line, calf was meandering down
the road and stepped into hole in
the middle of the road and was
drowned. A number of passers-by,
who had to detour to get by, can
vouch for. the sorry"
The section referred to is in the
Flatwoods belt, which crosses the
two counties in this section, and it
is a we'll known fact that this is the
stickiest kind Of mud known, be-
sides when a hole appears in the
road it seems to have no bottom.
Anderson Daily Mai.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
NOW WANTS
PEACE AND
FOOD
Her Desire For Peace is Real
Her Need For Food Great.

Warsaw, Feb. 5.-"It is a ques-
ton which has to be answered in
the affirmative if either phinan-
throphists or nations are going to
interest themselves in the restora-
tion of Poland on sound finan-
cial footing. In order to obtain an
authoritative answer I approached
Prince Saphieha, the Polish Min
ister of Foreign Affairs. Rather to
my amazement he was not at all
elusive, but gave me the most con-
vincing arguments for Poland's
peace desires that I had yet heard.
"The trouble with Poland" he
said, "is that she is between Rus
sia and Germany. That is not her
fault; it is the way it happens. Our
nation is in place where it is not
wanted; but you may take it from
me that we are not going to get
out. We've had wars on five fronts
On four of them we have peace al
ready; on the fifth, peace is being
concluded. We arc trying to prove
it. Everything that we desire is
only to get to work. But it is ply
sically impossible to accomplish
that without help
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
HOUSE EMPLOYS
FATAL HEAD HOLD
Puts Measure To Sleep in Quick
Order-Greek Letter Bill Sum-
bers Till Next Year.

The house of representatives
clamped a fatal deadlock ON several
young and promising bills at its ses-
sion Friday morning, and When
the smoke cleared two measures lay
cold in death with their "enactiHg
words removed, one was struggling
with a continued indefinitely" SEN
tence hanging over it and another
WIS Hmping around with "continued
until the session of 1922" stamoed
arross its chest.
twas open season for bills and the
house went after some Of the meas
ures with considerable roughness.
The two measures that were killed
outright were of different natures.
The first was a bill introduced by
Representative F. G. Harris of Spar
tanburg and had to do with the regu-
ixtion of the exhibition of moving
MIXTURES in South Carolina. The house
could not see a board of censors at
al, and the bill was slain without
mercy. Another bill that followed in
the ,path of the movie censorship
measure was that of Representative
J. W. Moon of Greenville, and it had
to do with the time given man to
make good check issued when he
has no funds in the bank to meet it.
Representative Moon wanted the time
shortened from 80 days to Is, but the
house saw it differently and it, too,
died.
Representative F. G: Harris bill to
prohibit the operation of commercial
pool rooms in the state after GER
lain date received short shift, it
being continued indefinitely. y
Then the Greek letter fraternity
bin. stuck up it's head. This measure
was introduced by Representative E.
z. Ellerbe of Dillon and provided
that the board of trustees of the Uni
versity of South Carolina determine
whether or not secret fraternit:es be
allowed at the institution. This
measure was continued until the ses-
sion of 1922.
So savage was the humor of the
house that members who had meas
ures due to come up for second read
ing moved that they be passed over
until next week, in several instances
curtain days being fixed for debate
On the measures. ..
A large number of new bills were
introduced and many measures or
dered sent to the senate having re-
esiyed three readings in the house.
A majority of these measures sent to
the senate had to do with local af-
fsirs in the different counties of the
stxte. L. /,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
HE WILL NEVER PLAY
SETBACK ANY MORE

There is a superstition to the effect
that the presence of screech owl is
an omen of i'll, and many there are,
it is said, who look for bad news
when they hear the doleful screch
of the bird.
A short while ago, during the warm
days that came in January, a party
gathered at a neighbor's home in the
city to, engage in friendly game of
setback. There was a good fire in the
room and soon it became too hot, so
window was, raised to let in some
fresh air. The game was progressing
nicely and all was moving on in a
satisfactory manner when all at once
noise as of rushing wind was
heard, and one of the little providers
by night came in and pitched upon
the shoulder of one of the players,
and quietly craned it's neck and
looked him square in the face. That
was the signal for one hearty, husky
man to become pale in the gills. All
color left his face, and from that day
to this, it is said, he hasn't touched
a card, and vowed that he will never
engage in game of setback again as
long as he lives -+spartanburg Jour-
nal. -. /
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
WILSON REJECTS PLEA
OF RAIROAD LABOR
CONTINUED from Page One)

commission and to the railroad labor
board for such action as these
bodies may deem wise in the
premises; this will be DONE"
The telegram was addressed to ].
F. Anderson, vice president of the
International Association of Ma
chinists: Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
chairman of the Association OF
Railway Executives and E. F.
Cradle, grand president of the Uni.
ted Brotherhood of Maintenance
Employees and Railway Shop La.
borers.
The reply of the president to two
kilograms sent by the railroad labor
unions and to one telegram address
ed to him by the Association OF
Railway Executives, is understood
to have been based on recommends.
tions Of Secretary Payne, who still
acts as director general OF the rail,
road administration. The telegram
was referred to Secretary Payne
when received early last week and
his recommendations were forward.
ed to the White House Friday.
Question of Wages
The railroad workers in their first
telegram signed by the heads of
seven unions and transmitted
through B. M. Jewell, president of
the railway employees department
of the American Federation of La
Dor, asked the president to investi-
gate the carriers statement as
made by W. W. AtterburyI vice
president of the Pennsylvania lines
before the railroad labor board ir
Chicago.
Mr.. Atterbury had declared that
the railroads must be permitted to
readjust wages or face the danger
of bankruptcy. The union heads
asked the president to investigate
this statement and if found to be
based on facts which the union
heads said they doubted, to ask con-
gress to enact remedial legislation
at once.
The telegram from the union
beads brought forth a communica'
ton from the Association of Rail
way executives who charged that
the union request was "Plumb Plan
League propaganda" In a second
telegram the union heads denied
this charge and declared there was
no econmic justification for any
wage readjustment at the present
time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
's0& $AE-Several mules and
horses cheap. ]. S. STARK, Able
Vile, s. C. 2, 4-2tc
LOST-On road between Abbeviile
and Sharon one 3Ox3A Ajax Ca
ing. Finder please leave at this
Office. 2, 4-col.

hereby warn all persons
that Elihugh Cowan, better known
as Elihugh Clinkscales, has strayed
from my home. He is insane, but
will not harm anyone. Had on yel-
low pants, black striped coat;
brown cap. About 5 feet tall and
brown skin. Anyone who will give
me information about this man
will get reward of $780,. Robt.
Clinkscales, Route 1, Box 81, Iva,
sc. 2-2.3t-pd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
TO VISIT BATTLEFIELDS

Greenville, Feb. 6.-Announce-
ment that the Old Hickory (Thirti-
eth) Division Association is plan
ming to charter ship and give ex-
service men an opportunity to 60 in
July for a visit to battlefields of
Europe was made today by Harold
R. Turner, second" vice-president,
who stated that over 200 members
of the association in the Carolinas
and Tennessee have already signi-
fed their intention of making the
tour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07

FOR SALE-High Grade Ammoniat-
I'D Fertilizers for cotton, corn, to-
hacco, etc. Also, Fish Scrap, Blood,
Tankage, Foreign Kainit, etc.
Write US for prices advising the
tonnage you want. Dawhoo Fertil-
i.er Company, Box sos, Charles.
,on &c., IL, 14-2, 28.c
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
FINDS LARGE CHECK

Anderson, Feb. s. William
Thompson of the Thompson Gro
eery company picked up a piece of
paper on the street Thursday night
and found it to be a certificate
check for s6,650. The, check was
returned to the owner by Mr..
Thompson. '
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
WANTS

LOST OR STRAYED-One female
Irish Setter Dog, color red, with
white spot in face. Answers to
naaHe "Vick." DR.. H. C. Fennel.
g TIT pd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07
DISARMAMENT CALL WILL
BE ISSUED BY UNITED
STATES AT EARLY DATE

u
tional conference to discuss disar-
mament will be called by the United
States Chairman Butler, of the
House Naval Committee said today
when the committee met to hear the
views of prominent naval officers on
the subject.
Chairman Butler did not say when
the call would be issued, but from
his line of questioning of witnesses
it was assumed he thought >the call
would be issued soon after the inau-
guratisn of President-elect Harding.
Mr.. Butler recently conferred with
Mr.. Harding at Marion, o.
Sims Favors 1t
Rear Admiral William S. Sims,
wartime commander of Americas
overseas naval, forces was the first
witness examined by the committee.
With Germany's power crushed, Ad-
miral Sims said all nations could re-
duce their naval armaments by half
with saftey. He added that he be-
lieved the nations would welcome a
call for a disarmament conference.
Congress must determine national
policies before naval officers can
formulate naval plans, the admiral
said adding that until he would not
say whether the United States
could afford to have navy second
to any other.
If the navy were maintained pure
ly for defensive purposes, Admiral
Sims said the United States would
be safe with navy half as large as
that of any possible enemy thou
sands of miles away. If, however,
the United States intended to rely
on its navy for carrying out broad
international policies, he said,. it's
seapower should be equal to that of
any other nation. =
Appearing with Admiral Sims
were Rear Admiral Bradley A..
Ficke, retired and Admiral R. G..
Coontz chief of naval operations;
Rear Admirals A. T. long, Henry
T. Mayo, w. L. Rogers, Charles
Badger, R. H. Jackson and Major
General John A. Lejeune, COM
mandant Of the marine corps, all Of
the navy general board.
Admiral Sims said he agreed with
General Pershing that war with
Great Britain was "inconceivable"
but added that he would not aban-
don the navy entirely under any
conditions, even if there were no
enemy in sight. B..
"You can't tell what will come up
out of Europe" he said. Nobody is
going to take his hand off his gun"
Continue Program
Specifically Admiral Sims advised
the committee not to stop work on
the 1916 building program, particu"
larly the battle cruisers. He added
that American submarines were in
fepior to foreign built craft and
that America was Extraordinarily
behind in aviation development
which should be corrected with
stress on building swift airglane
carriers for the navy. The officer
suggested that two Of the scout
cruisers under construction be alter
ed for this purpose.
Admiral Sims said he did not
know whether aircraft had displaced
battleships as aircraft have held, be-
cause he, was not sure that the air.
plane could do what was claimed for
it.
eff they prove as powerful as I
believe they WILL" he added, urging
development of the air service, II
would eventually abandon major
cbipo %,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-07

Information from Mexico is that
instead of the $4,000 bale cotton
crop which was hoped for the yield
will not run above 10000 or $4,000
bales
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-07
A FATAL ACCIDENT

Joseph Villas, former Manitowoc
man and son of the late Joseph Villas,
was killed at his home near Medford,
Ore, Tuesday by the accidental dis
charge of gun. The body will be
brought here for burial
News of the death of Mr.. Villas
reached here in messages to friends
Tuesday evening, asking that arrange
ments for the burial be attended to. No
details of the accident were given.
Mr.. Villas was born in this city De
cember 2S, 1858, and spent his boyhood
days here. For years he made his home
at kaukauna, where he was interested,
with his father, in the paper mill in
dustry and later was in charge of the
Algoma Packing company in which
the Villas interests held control. Later
he returned to. Kaukauna and follow
ing the death of his father here some
fifteen years ago, removed to Oregon
where he purchased fruit ranch
Mr. Villas was married here to Eliza
beth Emery about thirty years ago
The wife, with three sons, survive him.
The children are Joseph Jr., Ned and
George.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-07
JUNIOR MONDAY MUSIC CLUB

The Junior Monday Music club
closed a successful first year Monday
June "a, the date set for the annual
meeting. Sessions will be resumed on
Monday, Sept II at the usual hour.
The following Junior officers were re-
elected for a second term;
President Virginia Rogers.
First -President-El Elaine Nc
Dermond.
Second Vce-President - Raymond
Pilger
Recording Secretary - Gertrude
WeStphal
Club Accompanists-M Maxine Huwat-
chek, Mabel Pilger, Winifred Healy.
Officers from the senior organization
elected as superintendents by the
Juniors are Mrs. e. NJ Gleason, direct.
or and historian, Mrs. Frank fIrabek.
corresponding secretary; Miss Emma
Wit, treasurer and pianist; Mrs. C. A.
Randolph, auditor and pianist; Miss
Audrey Boettcher, choral director, and
Mrs. Bert Barnes, special pianist
The Junior Club here is perhaps the
first in the state to organize for regu
lar work. Because of the limited aid
available it has been necessary to con.
fine the membership to one hundred. 4
larger number will be enrolled next fall.
Definite work has been carried along
on a principle that three kinds of peo-
pie are necessary to make music. com
posers performers and listeners. A
great deal has been accomplished. 4
memory test is to be made feature
again next year.
The club is self supporting and is
member of the state and national fed
erations, holding life membership in
the latter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-07
TORRlD WEATHER

Day after day the thermometer shows
from 90 to 95 degrees about noon and
some days mercury has stood at SO at
O'Clock in the morning. For three
weeks Manitowoc has been an ocean of
heat waves; city of perspiring inhabi-
tauts seeking yainly for relief 1t has
been difficult to work and at night you
toss about for hours looking for cool
spot when there isn't any. If this hot
weather continues much longer wen
throw up the job and seek employment
in the freezing room of a packing
house.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-07

In game played under protest, ac-
cOrding to Manager Jap Barbeau of the
Two Rivers club, the Manitowoc team
won from Two Rivers here on Sunday,
/ to ?. Barbeau held that the umpire
! selected was not in accordance with the
ruling of the league and therefore
played under protest Swcde johnson
and Thornton did the battery work for
Two Rivers, while Crutcher and Nc
Dermott did the work for Manitowoc.
Eddie Stumpf led Lange'S Red Sox
to a victory over the Sheboygan team
in the Lake Shore league on Monday,
eyened up the twin series with the
Chairmakers and kept his squad Ia first
place in the standings, two games ahead
of Juneau, The Red Sox score read s
to 3, the triumph being accredited to
Joe Reik and his speed-ball delivery.
Each team had two errors. Milaeg@r,
shortstop fo rthe Sox, featured with
three hits.
Mantowoc went into tie with She
boygan for third place, and ;, by de
feating Two Rivers, 7 to g. I.noSt
playing lost the game, the Two Rivers
elan having five errors. Jap Borbrau,
who never was known to pitch with any
class, relieved Block and did an excel
lent bit of work on the hill. Crutcher
had to relieve Letina for Manitowoc.
Green Bay suddenly popped into the
win column of the circuit, defeating
Juneau, I to 2 Schultz pitched and
batted cleanup for the losers, while
Buth twirled for Green Bay Simmons
of the losers, a former local amateur
| player, had three hits in four times at
bat. Elmer Scherbarth, another former
amateur player here, got triple that
| counted for two runs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-07
NUMBER z
REAL ESTATE REPORT

List of real estate sales of Manito-
woe county for week ending July 2,
furnished by Manitowoc County Abb
stract company:
kiel Maennercher to August Hingiss,
part lots 10 and 20, block /, Laun's
Add, kiel. Consideration, $3.50.
Gunder Helgeson to Henry Helgeson
and Gustav Gilbert, Is acres in section
| l, town of Eaton. Consideration, $500.
Michael II. Murphy to John Tichau-
ski, lot 9, block III, city of Manito.
woe. Consideration, 81; revenue
stamps, soc.
Katherine Knox to Thomas Knox, 20
acres in section 80, town of Liberty
Consideration, 81; revenue stamps,
$l.5O.
Katherine Knox to John Knox, 40
acres in section SO, town of Liberty.
Consideration, 81; revenue stamps,
Sl5O.
Grover Gauthier to John n. Schu-
bert, lot IS, Clermont Add, city of Two
Rivers Consideration, 81; revenue
stamps, $3.50.
Peter II, Scherer to Emery Lapean,
part lot 6, block 32, Two Rivers. Con-
sideration, $l,465.
Arthur Netter to Arthur F. Thiel, 80
acres in section |, town of Liberty
Consideration, $4,000.
Hannah Magee to Louis Shambeau,
10 acres in section %, town of Kossuth
Consideration, $1,000.
George frost to County of Manito-
woe parcel of land in section IA, town
of Liberty. Consideration, $50
Albert n. Anderson to Elmer f.
Groelle, so acres in section 10, town of
Manitowoc Rapids Consideration, So,
0O0
Frank Kupsick to August Koloff.
about 73 acres in town of Centeryille.
Consideration, 81; revenue stamps,
$3.50
Bruno }. Delsmann to Engelbert
Flemmiog, land in village of St. Naz-
Ianz Consideration, $4,000
William Elliott to John j. Schroeder.
south la lot 8, block 20, Two Rivers.
Consideration, $3.50.
William ID. Richard to Jacob Pol
lock, lot 8, block 4, Factory Heights
Subd. Consideration, $500.
Joseph A. Koneczka to Mrs. Emma
Grey, lot II, block 25I, Manitowoc.
Consideration, 81; revenue stamps,
$3.50.
Paul Nielsen to Henry Zurich, lot 6,
block 1870, Manitowoc. Consideration,
81; revenue stamps, 81.
Alois Ripping to William f. Schuet-
tie, parcel of land in section 20, town of
koSsuth. Consideration, $500.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-07
OBITUARY

Among the deaths it is our painful
duty to record this week that of Mrs,
Joseph Connell, highly respected resi-
dent of this city who answered the final
summons at Beloit, Wis, Monday even
ing, July 4. She had been in declining
health the last few months On Wed
nesday, last week, accompanied by her
husband and sister-in-law, Mrs, Mary
Gillis, she went to Beloit to DR.. d. X.
Connell where she underwent a serious
operation on Thursday morning. She
got along nicely up to Monday, when
she took change for the worse and in
the evening passed away.
Mrs Connell was born i'm Liberty,
this county, where she grew to woman
hood. Her maiden name was Nora
Morris and she was teacher in the
public schools of the county, and sue
cessfu one, too, for fourteen years. She
was twice married, her first husband
being Tim Leary who died within a
year after the marriage. She was
united in marriage to Joseph Con-
nell on June 10, 1896 and for thirteen
years they lived on the ConneIl home
stead in Meme In 1909 they sold the
farm and moved to this city, For eleven
years Mr.. Connell had been Income Tax
Assessor, resigning last year to become
county highway commissioner.
Mrs. Connell was a woman beloved
and respected by her relatives and
friends. TO her the struggles Of life
ON earth are ended and we trust that
ike one who awakes from a troubled
dream she has awakened to see life's
endless morning break and knows her
self at home with the vast thrOng of
loved ones, missed from earth, safe
bout her. Her home instincts were
ing here in this feyered world of
Her affection for
rtbe A and kindred was tender and
abidlI O Among us all she ranked as
a wom,n n Of refncmenL sympathy, an
ufectionate wife, kind neighbor and
a true friend. She is survived by her
husband and two sisters, Mrs. p. j..
White of Newton and Mrs Thomas
Branham Of Chicago
The funeral will be held this morning
at 9 o'clock from Sacred Heart
church. Interment in St Isidorc's GENE
terry in Meeme.
Those from outside who are here for
the funeral are Mrs. Mary Gillis and
sons James, Joseph and Archie Of
Nntigo: Dr. Connell and wife of Beloit;
Lee and Edison West Of Moline, H.;
Mrs. Dr. Connell and son, and DR. FL
mer Tuhwig Of Fond du Lac, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Morris of Milwaukee and
Mrs Thomas Branham of Chicago.