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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
NEEDED: INSANE ASYLUM

We are convinced that we are in
desperate need of an insane asylum
in Wrens. There is not room at the
state institution for more patients
and the local demand is great. =.
We have raised from one to three
bales of cotton to the plow and find
ourselves in financial straits. In the
meantime the grocery stores in town
are buying potatoes raised in Mary
land, cabbage raised in Kalamazoo
and onions raised in Bermuda. Some
Of the stores are selling as many as
two large bags of potatoes per week
and the onions are sold freely at
eight cents per pound. This COM
munity Can produce an abundance Of
all the articles mentioned as well as
many others and the truth is we need
the money. We wonder where all
our money goes. The fact is that it
is going to buy things rhar ought to
be raised here. About everything
one can think Of is being. shipped to
Wrens except common sense.
We are in favor of building a
large asylum or employing a suffici-
ent number of guardians to look af-
ter u.s.. Some of these days we will
stand out in the rain and catch a
severe cold.-Wrens (Ga.) Reporter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
ANTI.BEER BILL~DEFEATED
No Headway Made in All Day
Battle.

Washington, Sept. 22.-The anti
beer bill virtually monopolized Senate
attention today, but made no head,
way.
The legislation, the Anti-Saloor
Leagues activities and acts of fed
eral prohibition agents were scored
in an address of three hours by Sep'
ator Shields, Democrat, of Tennessee
and later the Senate got into a par
liamentary tangle, which was not un
raveled when it adjourned until to-
morrow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
OIL Workers Vote For Strike

Los Angeles, Sept. 22.-All locals
IF the Oil Workers international I'm
ion in southern California, represent
ing 5000 men have voted to strike in
syn pathy with the Keen county oil
fields strike resolution, it was an
nounced today by James G. Bates.
IN official of the union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
Fix Bonds At $1,450,00O

Chicago. Sept. 22.-Bonds for five
alleged bombers caught by police in
the act of bombing a shoe repair
shop a few days ago have been fxexd
at $1,45O,OO0. Municipal Judge Haas
said the figure had been made so
large because the men had endanger-
ed the lives of women and children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
A Good Field.

Tough McNut-I've got to get
busy and get myself a spring coat.
Rough Rudolph-Which restaur-
ant do you get yours from?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23

The Irish and English are still ar
guing about whether to meet fol-
hand-to-hand argument. If they will
keep it up awhile the real trouble
will be forgotten in the new.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23

An Atlanta school teacher was
recently robbed Of $500 worth of
jewelry. That's a good subject for
another congressional investigation
where did she get it? 49,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23

If it took the government as long
to collect taxes as it does congress
to pass a tax bill Uncle Sam would
go bankrupt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
ARMISTICE DAY
TO HONOR DEAD

, Continued from page one)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23

They've been attacking President
Harding in congress because he
plays golf lot. Well, he is probably
better at golf than at his other job
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23

Congress is in session again. Look
out; if you ever got government
check you are liable to be invest;gat-
ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
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Th;e ;c tho roh raw ceason
This is the rah raw season.

This is the rah raw season.
The college hlaf-back needs a
whole one days like this.
Even the shadows are growing thin
these days.
The New York newspapers are
having their annual turnamurphy.
If there are to be any sere leaves
in October the season had better
change. !.
The labor unions are still wanting
shorter days and more money. Time
for them to begin to earn what they
already get.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

Washington, ID. c.. Aug. 22.
Coincdent with THE NEW YORK HER
AIDS expose of gigantic liquor SNUG
Cling operations between the Bahamas
and the United States. Department of
Justice officials stated tonight that
there IS no way for the Government to
reach the smuggiers outside twelve
mile zone off American shores. Liquor
ships, they said, were at liberty to trans
fer their cargoes or sell them at viii
without danger of int erferance from
customs or prohibition authorities.
Attaches Of the Department Of JUS
tice were at work to-day digging into old
statutes, but they failed TO And anything
that changed the former ruling of the
Department liking the twelve mile limit
FOR American jurisdiction over contra
band goods, whatever their character.
Department officials expressed interest
in the revelations OF THE NEW YORK
HERALD's exclusive recital OF liquor OPP
erations between Nassau and other
points III the Bahama Islands. They
said that so far as they could discern
there Is at present no way OF stopping
these operations, Sc long as the ships
bearing the whiskey AMI wine cargoes do
not come within the twelve mile limit
OF American shores.
Some Of the higher officials, talking
frankly OF the existing international
treaties, were disposed to doubt that the
ruling issued by the Department some
time ago would hold, in view of the pro-
test OF Great Britain attacking the right
OF the United States to overhaul ships OF
foreign registry outside the three mile
limit.
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon was
emphatic on this score. He said with
some vigor that IL existing statutes stir
up rows with foreign Powers they must
be changed by amendment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
waiting Until Dry. Calm Down.

TITS going to tighten IN for a while,
and then when the drvs calm down Il
will be all right again" he said
There's hell to pay up In Jacksonville
They've pinched Sheriff Bowling and
Hopkins. the automobile man. They
pinched Wheeler. the banker. too. But
they've got to prove bootlegging before
they send a man to Jail on an indct-
ment charging IT,
"Devlin and Bobo Dean are raising so
much hell over In Miami that things
will be quiet for a while. The Govern
ment Is getting sore about these schoon-
ers running up the coast Somebody's
going to get in bad"
well. II Il goes all the way up we
won't be the only ones" interrupted. a
man with a yachting cap and denim
overalls "washingtons not the dryest
place In the States"
Hell, no." resumed the Counsellor,
"and that. in the last analysis, let's US
out"
Wandering from warehouse to ware
house one gathered the impression that
despite the storm signals from the
states, this Is the time to buy whiskey
lt was never cheaper. and 1t Is entirely
likely that IL never will be so cheap
again Calvert. Old Durham. Old Drum.
Cedarbrook, Melwood and Jefferson
whiskeys Gall American brands) were
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

tell one typical story of a Chicago man
who came to Nassau with $4,000. He
acquired a boat. hired a white crew
and prepared to sail in triumph to the
shores of New Jersey. 1t was arranged
that he should take on 500 cases at
Nassau and proceed to Gun Cay. where
he would ship a thousand more. lie
paid his crew we'll and offered a bonus
of So case for every case disposed Of.
He made his additional purchases at
Gun Cay, prepared to set forth for New
Jersey and fortune. and then disan-
peared. Less than fortnight later his
body. fearfully battered. was found on
the beach. They tied an anchor to the
body and threw 1t into deep water for
the sharks and barracuda.
Six weeks later his schooner, cargo
less and unnamed. was found beached
on the south side of the cav. That's
all there was to 1t. There were no ar
rests. There was no investigation. The
crew is still manning liquor carriers.
Nobody talks about 1t. 1t is a great
mystery--a much deeper mystery than
that of the mystery ships
And the Cuban Government 81 st!n
demanding information regarding one
Juan de lara Almonte, a Havana police
official. who went to Gun Cay IN search
of a desperate named Calladras. CAL
ladras, according to Cuban records, had
murdered a sugar planter and waptonly
blinded the planters daughter--slit her
eyeballs with a raZor-but did not kill
her. He was arrested, but escaped. Ha-
vana learned that Calladras was in the
rum-running business in the Bahamas
Gun Cay, probably.
Almonte arrived at Gun Cay in ex-
10
too. He was a bootlegger among boot
leggers, the we'll known hail fellow well
met. Nobody was tougher than Al
monte or more daring. The details are
vague. Just how the gang learned that
Almonte was copper Is not SO clear
At any rate his body was found on the
beach. His throat had been cut. A
note crudely scrawled in bootleg Eng
lish was pinned to his lower lip:
This was a cop. We don't want no
cops here"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

cases Of Scotch. Oh, there are ten mil
lionaires I could name whose private
yachts have been down here to take or
stuff for their private use. Anybody
who has the boat and the money can get
1t. And everybody's in the game. Lool
at that bunch"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
POWER BOAT FLEETS
in BAHAMAS LOAD Up
MYSTERY RUM ships
Yacht Club COlOrS Seen in
Booze Harb0rs as Pirate
Craft Stow Cargoes.
BOOTLEGGING POPULAR
Motley Crew Of Adventures
From Many Parts of Coun-
try Mans the Industry.
MURDERS ONLY THRILLING
EiQuOr Runners See No Harm
in Staying Dry Spies-Ba-
cardi Rum Is $40 a Case.
BOOTLEGGING POPULAR
MURDERS ONLY THRILLING

Herewith is published the Sec
ond of series OF articles by a
NEW YORK HERALD cOrre-
spondent setting forth the re-
suits Of his investigation Of the
shipment Of liquor to the United
States from the Bahama Islands.
The first article developed the
TACT that there has been an aver.
age weekly shipment Of 10000
cases of liquor. The article pub
lished to-day describes the
scenes attending the loading Of
the so-called "mystery ships"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
WANT TOBACCO FOR DISABLED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Cigars and
cigarettes seized by the Government for
tax delinquency instead of being de-
stroyed when their value is not equal TO
the tax would be turned over to hos
pitfalls In which disabled war veterans
were quartered under a bill reported
to-day by the House Ways and Means
Committee.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

IL you will take down your atlas and
turn to the map of the West Indies you
viii observe the Bahaman line scattered
like castoff fragments OF Cuba and
Hayti from point north of the Domin-
Jean Republic TO the western tip Of
Grand Bahama-Settlement Point
about forty-f1ve miles east Of Palm
Beach. Any apprehension that we would
be conspicuous In West End or Settle
ment Point was abandoned the moment
we bounced upon the beach. Bounced
Is the proper word. When the sea Is
feeling FESTIVE you don't sail from Mas
sau to West End, you bounce.
Fleet Of Power Craft waiting.
There were about forty or ATTY power
boats riding at anchor along the shore
They comprised almost every tyne and
condition OF small power craft, from
one big fellow that once was subma-
rine chaser to narrow. spndMng sloops
Cor what the ignorant reporter would
cali sloop), to trig launches brave in
FURNISHED brass. hoystoned decks. ma
hogany cabin and expensive lines that
indicated speed ACE extraordinary
power.
Cat 1T sca-200 yards or more--lolled
thrco capacious schooners. They looked
like the big 100 and $50 ton fishing
schooners that one sees or the Grand
Banks Subsequently the reporter
learned that they were just that. Tar
pIulins artlcesly concealed their names
Casual queries regarding those names
bore little success.
Tho big one astcrn there?'' replied
moist, fat man in the dirtiest Palm
Beach suit on the island. "Damfno,
Isaac Wiggin or something"
From all Of the nine ramshackle
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
LIQUOR SHIPS ARE SAFE
IL MILES OFF u. S. SHORE
~. Y. Herald's' Expose Inter-
ests Washington Officials.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 22.

Special Despatch 10 THE New YoRE HERALD
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

Take UP yo bed, yo cripple man
Let's go TO Egyp' lam"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
Complains to Police.

Sandy's eyes opened Wide In surprise.
81 don't believe you." he said. i
have heard Of Discrimination against the
colored race. and OF course a coolie can't
get a drink in Shanghai, but this Is the
first time have ever heard OF Scotch
man being treated like this. l am going
to the police and make complaint
about you."
A very irate Sandy stamped into the
Office OF John Sullivan. acting captain of
the Poplar street station. II took the
police officer fifteen minutes to convince
Sandy that prohibition was really in ef-
feet, at least in Brooklyn.
Back to the land Of Bobbie Burns
for this laddie." said Sandy. heading
back for his ship.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
PANAMA ZONE CALLED
SOLE AMERICAN OASIS
Borders So Near to People
That All Get Liquor.

The Panama Canal Zone is the single
piece OF territory beneath the United
States flag where prohibition is a theory
and not condition, says Theodore Nc
Ginnis Of Panama City.
Mr.. McGinnis. who owns a brewery In
Panama City. was a passenger on the
Essequibo, which reached port yester-
day. He explained that anybody who
lives in the canal zone can reach its bor-
ders so easily that there is no bootleg
ging and nothing for enforcement men
TO do He is a member of golf club
which moved its clubhouse over the Dor
der after prohibition. so its members
might have former comforts of club life.
PRICES realized on Swift & Company sales
OF carcass beef In New York City for week
ending Saturday, August 20. shipments
sold out ranged from 8 cents TO 10 cents per
pound, and averaged 1880 cents per pound
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
Bacardi Rum $40 Case.

Jamaica rum and Bacardi rum, scan
dalously diluted were being shipped in
small quantities. They were purchas-
able at either Gun Cay. Settlement Point
or at Nassau for $40 case.
There was man wandering about
hawking a yacht. He had salvaged 1t,
wreck. somewhere near Stirrup's Cay
light and boosted that he had spent slO,-
900 in putting II into shape again Bus
mess was not brisk.
"Six months ago he lamented, I'd
have been fighting the bidders off. Now.
I'm soaring them off by asking $4,000
for an eighty footer that can ride any
sea and do fifteen knots uuder bad
conditions. I got lot OF money tied up
In that yacht
Promptly at midnight the schooner
Isaac Wigg!n, or whatever her name
was. got under way for a point some
where at sea.
She'll anchor outside the three mile
limit somewhere up North and the little
fellows will get busy explained the
counsellor. who had become quite friend
ly. There's nothing to this at all. No
laws broken or anything like that. The
trouble now IS that we have to wait and
see what the courts are going to decide
in this business of the revenue cutters
limit If the courts say that the Amer
lean Government has no right to cap
ture British vessels outside the limit the
business will flourish more than ever.
Anyway. we're taking it easy for while.
Naturally none of the stuff Is flying
the American flag. That would be in
viting disaster. But it's easy enough 70
change from American registry to Brit
ish. Ii Washington denies that let them
come down here and see 1t being done.
Call in my Office in Miami on your way
North Wen have a little talk"
On much smaller scale the conditions
on Gun Cay were similar There are no
great warehouses. The liquor is piled
upon the beach or rolled into huts and
caves. It's port of quick transfer.
Smaller boats predominant and they
scoot up the coast as far as Savannah.
Three times a week or so, a big schooner
anchors off Gun Cay and the little fell
lows cargo her. She will carry from
one to 1000 cases.
And because il Is touch and 10
business at Gun Cay, the risk is greater
You have TO be tough to succeed. They
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

The article Of this series to he
published tomorrow will wildly de-
scribe the recent "bootleggers' ball.
echoes of which are still ringing
through the Bahamas.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

special Despatch to THE New York HERALD.
NASSAU, N. p Bahama Islands, Aug.
22.-"Now when we get to West End"
said Longing, "let me do the talking.
Don't you say nothing until we're
there for a while and then don't say
much. Just you listen and look. Just
Keep following around. Maybe I'll get
out of sight now and then, but old
River Jordan here will stick with you
sort of guiding you
I'm going to say that you're come
down from New York looking for a
chance to buy a boat for folks you
represent. You want boat and have
your eye on one over in Florida some
where. They won't give damn about
that. You sort of want to get ar idea
how much it's going to cost you TO
get a schooner full OF booze up Long
Island way Leave it to me at first.
] know the north Twelve years fish
ing out of Gloucester and five en- che
Grand Banks out of Newfoundland.
Better not let em know you're a
reporter. although don't think they'd
give a damn except that there We're a
bunch Of Jacksonville reporters over
in Bimini last year and they didn't
help Bimini much. Better let me do
the talking at first. You just listen
and look sec. And don't commit your
self. You amt got boat yet. You'll
find a lot of these birds readysto make
a decker for a schooner, cargo and all.
But don't you commit yourself. It's a
tough bunch. Old River Jordan here
will sort of walk around with you I'M
til You get the hang of things"
on Motor Boat to Gun Cay.
We were beyond Sandy Cay and had
passed Jack McCutcheon's Salt Cay
when Skipper Longing, by no means
one Of those taciturn Cap'ns of marine
fiction, unloaded the above advice upon
THE NEW YORK HERALD reporter, who
had chartered his motor boat Isis for an
educational pilgrimage from Nassau to
Grand Bahama and Gun Cay. The
shippers crew consisted of River Jor-
dan, leader OF the choir in the Fox Hill
African Third Church. and James. River
Jordan's son, who. being but 16 and in
clined to frivolity. had not yet estab-
lished himself in Nassauvian church
circles
River Jordan knew the channels and
reefs so well that he could man the
wheel successfully without SO much as
CHANGING at the compass. He could
wrap his long. black bony fingers around
the spokes, throw back his pear shaped
head and whine Gospel songs until his
eyes showed nothing but white. And
instinctively, IL seemed. he kept in blue
water, avoiding the shallow white and
running clear OF all the thousand and
one reefs and shoals that make the trip
from Nassau TO the western edge OF the
Grand Bahama Banks 100 miles OF adj
venture.
"you understand. River Jordan, dom
YOU" said Skipper Longing, "all you
got to do Is to stick to this gentleman
until tell you something different"
The old boys reply was characteristic.
He seemed never TO be able TO make
straightforward answers. Always they
were suggestive of lodge ritual and al
most always interviewer with or accom-
panied by a snatch OF religious music.
"Cap'n boss man. yassuh. Amt we
learn heah on yearth to trus' an obey,
we amt learn nuthin'--"
Take up 70 bed, 20 cripple man
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
SUITS TO FORCE TAX
FROM BOOTLECGERS
Federal Attorney Plans Move
to Punish Dealers With
Two Statutes.
LIQUOR CHARGES LATER
Scotchman Who Hadn't Heard
Of Dry Law Tells Police he
Cannot Get a Drink.
LIQUOR CHARGES LATER

Wallace j. Collins, Acting Cniteo
states Attorney, announced yesterday IN
Brooklyn that he will begin John Doc
investigation in a few days to compel
boo.leggers TO pay income taxes on the
profits derived from deals IN liquor
When this Is done. said Mr.. Collins, the
bootIeggers viii then be confronted with
two charges-one for violating the Vol
stead act, the other for making false
statements in connection with their in
come tax returns.
1T is a matter OF common knowi-
edge" asserted Mr.. Collins. that liquor
men have made thousands OF dollars IN
booze and that they have not entered
these profits on their income tax returns,
both for fear OF criminal prosecution
and because they thought they coud
evade paying the tax.
II viii consult the Internal Revenue
Collector here and ask him to put his
field men on the trail and check UP their
actual profits as compared with the
statements made on the returns TO the
Government Then we will be ready for
John Doe investigation Of the entire
matter"
Seeks Bank Accounts.
Mr.. Collins said he would furnish to
the Internal Revenue Collector. Mr.. Rar-
ferty. a list OF the names Of the most
important bootleggers. After the inter
nal revenue men have filed reports Mr..
Collins will subpoena the bootleggers'
bank accounts and safe deposit box
contents and use what he has CLEANED
In the John Doe proceedings.
Ignatius La Plaza Of 8 Monroe street.
a pugilist of the 118 pound class. faced
MAGISTRATE Corrigan in Tombs Court on
a charge of having In his possession a
half pint OF whiskey on Saturday night.
He had been arrested by Detective Philip
Cronin OF the First Inspection district.
Il use THIS kind of liquor for rub
down." La Plaza testified. II have had
Il four years. which is just before took
up pugiism."
La Plaza was held in $500.
Sandy Duncan, Scottish seaman. made
a voyage to this country four years ego
as one Of the crew of a steamship car
rying munitions for tho British Govern
ment At that time Sandy had nc
trouble in procuring Scotch whiskcy
here A tramp steamer reached Brook
Ign on Saturday and on board was
Sandy Duncan. making his second visit
to the United States. Yesterday he had
shore leave and at Fulton and Middagli
street, Brooklyn, he entered saloon.
What will you have?" asked the
barkeeper.
"A wee bit of the best Scotch In your
public house." smiled Sandy. placing his
foot on the rail and left elbow on the
bar.
Nothing doing" said the barkeeper
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23

to be had for from $40 to $40 case.
British and Canadian whiskeys were
offered for $25. $50 and $35 a case.
London-New York Gordon dry gin, bot
tied In Nassau, was on sale at 81 bot
tie. There was little call for anything
else.
I'VE have champagnes and fine wines
a-plenty," explained an importers agent.
But that's staple goods. We can sell
all that we can lay our hands on at
fancy prices to the millionaires who send
their private yachts for It, 1t don't pay
to ship 1t to the bootleggers. The COM
mon run OF folks don't want cham
payne. They want hooch."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-11
TALMAOGE GIRLS
HELP RELIEF FUND

Constance and Norma Talmadge
have been appointed members OF
the national theatrical committe
which has been formed by John
Drew as chairman to further the in
terests OF Near East relief. The
committee Is at present conducting
a drive for cast-off clothing. which is
to be shipped TO the Near East for
distribution among the destitute Ar
menians and other peoples Of the
stricken land.