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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19
NEGRO PAYS PENALTY

Centerville, Ala, Sept. 15.-Clyde
Thomas, negro, was hanged here To-
day for. the murder Of the 10 year
old daughter of a farmer OF Bibt
county on August 9.
Thomas was brought here early
this morning on a special train from
Birmingham under guard OF com
pany Infantry, and the Birming'
ham machine gun company, Alaba
ma national guard.
A company Of militia and two ma
chine gun detachments were con
stantly on duty during the trial. Al
the conclusion of the trial the cour'
ordered the prisoner removed @
Birmingham.
Thomas attacked the victim on
lonely highway, and left her body il
the woods by the roadside.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19
Ex-coNvIcT WANTS OLD CELL
Eight Years in San Quentin Destroy.
ed Prisoners Desire for Liberty
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
San Rafael, Cal.-Eight years
within the walls of San Quentin de.
stroyed all desire Of Leo Ricci OF
Sacramento to be a free man. After
being at liberty just two weeks he
returned to the gates of the state
prison recently and pleaded with pris
on authorities to return him to his
old cell, the only home he knew.
Ricci was sentenced for man.
slaughter after a killing in a little
town near Sacramento. A short time
ago he was given his freedom, suit
of clothing and SIS and he started
for San Francisco to enjoy life, as
he thought. But he discovered that
SIS was not as it used to be. Gone
were the free lunches and the cup
that cheered the days of his young
manhood. One look at the rush OF
strangers in Market street and he
was homesick for the home folks In
San Quentin. One square meal cost
him practically his entire "roll," but
he managed to save enough for fare
back to San Rafael.
He was found sleeping in the
grass just outside Of the new eel
building. He knew that this was 8
violation of the prison rules for 8
convict to return to prison property
and hoped that the infraction woune
secure his reincarceration. He wa:
hailed before Hyron Clark, captain Of
the prison guard, and begged to be
taken back.
Clark, instead, brought him here
to San Rafael and asked the coop
eratin of local authorities to fine
him job.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19
PEOPLE PLEASURE MAD
DR.. Thomas Tells Methodists Folks
Real Problem.

London, Sept. 15.-Modern min
listers are trained as mere statesmen
instead of Christian apostles and
that is one reason why the people
generally have a luke-warrn attitude
toward religion, declared the Rev.
DIR. J. S. Ladd Thomas Of Chicago,
in an address here today before the
Ecumenical Methodist Conference.
The speaker said he saw "a real
peril" in the effort of denomination-
al leaders to force the ministry into
a narrow and mechanical scheme
whose direct aim is to produce the
---0 IL
largest immediate revenue.
"Poorly attended churches all
over the land bear witness to the
peoples indifference toward institu-
tional religion" said DR.. Thomas.
'F'ull churches are the exception ra-
ther than the rule. It is the empty
church which stares US in the face
and, "naore eloquently than words
speaks Of the attitude Of that large
group Of people who have rejected
institutional religion as something
unnecessary in their lives.
"They are pleasure mad; they
have q mania for materiahstic indul.
gence, while their belief in the mod
ern church as the representative Of
God and the Ambassador of Christ
does not express itself. The real
problem" the speaker indicated, 'sis
how-to vitalize the church so that
may authoritatively and convincing.
ly persuade men of their divine in.
heritance and the mission of sacrifi-
cial service" Asserting that "the
average artisan lacks confidence in
the church as the champion of the
Square deal," he continued:
'This Indifference has arisen from
misconception Of God-a wrong
teaching of God-a wrong teaching
of the Christian life. In many Of the
critical hours of history the church
has failed to impress the world with
an authoritative message-whict
would bring light in to the dark
hours on the subject Of war the re-
lations of capital and labor and 9TH
er vital questions which have been
battling the minds of men,"
prophets and priests" DR.. Thorn
as said, must challenge the people
with gospel that will restore conf.
dence in the church, trust in Christ
and service to the world. The church
must not forget her social message
but she must also remember that
Christianity is a religion Of the in.
dividual."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received py tne nv
beyille County Highway Comm's'
sioners until IL o'clock noon' Ihursr'
day, September 22nd, 1921 at me
ONCE Of L. w. Keller, Supervisor fo1
the construction Of 7.57 miles OF tor
ao;, road in Abbevile County from
Nhe city limits of Abbeville to the
greenwood county line, better known
=. the Abbeville-Greenwood road:
The work will consist Of the nee
essary clearing and grubbing' exca'
vstion. culvert pipe, headwalls' top
soil. surfacing, apd such other WORE
or material as may be necessary to
complete the work according to 1ne
plans and specifications Of the Coun'
ty engineer. ,s'-:. =.
Further information as to quah'i
ties and class of work to be aon'
will be furnished by H. B. Hum0ert
County Engineer. .-s
Bids will be sealed and on the pre-
scribed form, and must be accom-
panied by a certified check or a COT
norate form, and must be accom-
panied by a certified check or a cor
norate surety bond in the sum OF one
thousand dollars, made payable TO .
s. Stark, Chairman, as guarantees
+hat the bidder will, if awarded the
contract within ten days after no
tice of award enter into written con.
tract and execute satisfactory bono
for the performance thereof IN 9ne
eum of one third the contract price
Bidders must satisfy the Commission
of their ability to perform the WORK
4 The right is expressly reserved &c
reject any or all bids. - 49,.
. Done at Abbeville, S. c. this ore
day Of September, 1921.
= J. s. STARK, Chairman
L.. W. KELLER, Secretary.
Sept. z, swks.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19
CITATION FOR LETTERS OF AD-
MINISTRATION
Tho State Of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE
Probate Court.


BY J. F. Miller, Esq, Judge of Pro.
Whereas, Brown Bowie hath
made suit to me, to grant him letters
of administration of the estate and
effects Of Mrs. Nancy ]. Agnew, late
of Abbeville County, deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin.
dred and creditors of the said Mrs.
Nancy j. Agnew, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, in the
Court Of Probate, to be held at Alb
beville Court House, on the Oath day
of September 1921, after publication
hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and seal Of
the Court this 10th day of Sept. in
the year. of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and tewnty-one and in
the 146th year of American Inde-
pendence.
Published on the 18th day Of Sep
tember 1921 in the Press and Banner
and on the Court House door for the
time required by law.
49,. J. F. MILLER,
9,12-3t. Judge of Probate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19

It is presumed that while Mr.,
Gompers in in the South he will take
hand in the printers strike which
has been in progress since May l.,
without seeming to have made much
headway.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19

Watches may now be kept in rub
ber cases made for them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19

An inventor spent Is years per-
fecting letter cancelling machine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-19

Switzerland has adopted standard
roltage for electric circuits.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

the house in few minutes. Capt Sell
linger and Lieut. Trefcer led crew of
men to the Gargulio home. They work
ing with chemical eXtinguishers and had
the fire almost under control when a
stream of chemical mixture struck big
milk can that was balanced perilously
on top of gas stoke. A cloud of steam
arose. and i'm the excitement some one
Knocked the can over. Its contents took
fire. and the liquid spilled out over the
stove and the floor in a broad stream of
fire. Some vapor remaining in the can
exploded. blowing most OF the men in
the room into the hallway.
Two of the crew OF Engine Company
is led by Battalion Chief George Bower
were raising scaling ladder up the side
of the house when the second blast took
place. Firemen John ID. Collinger and
James Egan were with Chief Bower on
the ledge of tine window of the Cargulio
kitchen. They were able to help Dono-
hue, Burke, Jassnsly and Daley to the
street and probably saved Burke's life.
He was hanging over the window sill
when they reached him and his clothing
was in flames.
An examination of the room where the
fire was found resulted in the discovery,
according to the police. of two forty gal
Ion milk cans with tightfitting tops, four
five gallon cans, a big ash can and
length of copper tubing that looked as if
it were once a coil.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
BUWUP HURTING II
CREDITED TO STILL
Baby Watching Fathers
Kitchen Operations May
Die From Injuries.
SEVEN FIREMEN HURT
Two Explosions Is Minutes
Apart Come From Myster-
iOus Containers on Stove.
APPARATUS rs FOUND
APPARATUS IS FOUND
Copper Coils and Tanks of Va
riOus Sizes Lead Police to
Investigate.

Two explosions, fifteen minutes apart,
on the top floor of the three story
buildings at the northeast corner of
Hudson and West Eleventh street. last
night caused injuries to eleven per-
sons, seven Of them firemen. One fire
man and a siX-months-old baby, son
Of Richard Cargulio, grocery importer.
in whose home the explosions oc-
CURED. were taken to st. Vincent's
Hospital. 1t was said the child prob
ably was fatally injured.
Policemen and firemen remained on
guard in the room that was wrecked
by the blasts and Fire Marshal Thomas
p. Brophys was asked to investigate.
The police said they believed a still
had burst.
The injured included Cargulio, whose
hands and face were badly burned his
wife. Mrs. Rose Cargulio, whose hair
was burned off; Virginia, years old,
his daughter: Fancisco, the baby. and
the seven firemen-Capt Michael Sell
linger. Lieut.. Frederick Trefcer, Joseph
Donohue, Anthony Burke, Charles Jasin-
sky. John DAILY and Thomas Ward-all
Of Truck Company 5. Burke was taken
to st. Vincent's. but the other fremen
were able to return to their quarters
Carguio. his wife and their daughter
were given first aid and left at the home
of a neighbor.
Cargulio, his wife and daughter told the
police. was in the kitchen Cooking
something" with the baby looking on,
when the entire apartment suddenly was
illuminated by burst of flame. The
next instant there was resounding
crash and most of the kitchen utensils.
with the baby and his high chair, werk
flung out into the dining room. Ms.
Cargulo and the girl gathered up Che
baby, smothered the fire in his dress
and ran to the street. A policeman who
heard their shouts ran into the house
ard pulled Cargulio into tpe hallway.
Meanwhile passersby bad sent in an
alarm. and Truck Company reached |
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
CRIME RECORD Barred.
Alleged Gugitive Deported From
Canada.

BUFFALO, Nov. 19.-James Hall Of
Houston, Tex, alleged murdered and
fugitive from justice. is being held here
to-day for extradition papers from
Texas.
Halls alleged crimes were committed
during the world war. He fled to
Canada and Joined the Canadian EX-
peditlonary Force. Returning TO Toronto
after discharge, he married and was liv-
ing an exemplary life when his Texas
record became known to the police. He
left wife and two children when the
authorities sent him to the border un-
der a deportation order Buffalo police
arrested him at the American end OF
the international bridge
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
TRAIN KILLS THREE.

WILMINGTON, Mass, Nov. 19.-The
bodies of Mrs. Henry Ganse and her two
children. one q girl of II and the other
boy OF A. were found beside the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad tracks near the
North Wilmington station to-day. They
apparently had been struck by train
while walking through a deep cut dur
ing the fog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01

who heard their sonorous peal would feel more like doing, more in harmony with their work and their fellow men. That is what he meant by being "tuned up"
 This pastor referred to the remarkable growth of San Antonio gghich went ahead o1 Houston and Dallas in the last census Thought ful citizens of San Antonio, he said, believed that the millions spent by that city in park development have been conspicuous factor in the increase of population. The parks made it a city of permanent workers, men who estab- lished homes there because it is a pleasant place to reside.
 Money and industry are dependent on parks, playgrounds, church chimes, golf links, swin,- ming pools and family-picncking grounds more than appears at casual glance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
SAFETY WEEK" IS A TIMELY SUGGESTION

Observance of Safety Week." from Decem- Der to 10, has been suggested by City Com missioner McLendon. The automobile is here to stay It is a model of convenience and being easy of control, should not cause the death toll that it does.
 On the other hand careless driver makes. the motor car a menace to life. Wet weather creates slippery streets and adds to the need of caution. Safety cannot be emphasized too often or in too many ways, because the au- tomobile is everywhere.
 Some fearful accidents will occur in spite of all steps taken to prevent them, but there will be fewer tragedies if men, women and children are frequently reminded of the danger and the means by which it may be minimized
 Safety Week" is especially needed, at this time, following seven deaths resulting recently from automobile accidents in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
SANITARIUM CASES

From the Toledo Blade.
 Portugal has suggested novel and possibly efficacious method of dealing with dethroned kings This is by assigning sanitarium as the home of former Emperor Charles of Aus tria- Hungary exiled to Madeira. The long, ing power is an ailment The desire for shall not be given is disease. It should be power that all the world is determined the right place. He should have the company of old Bill Hohenzollern and half handful of other gentlemen who have been parted forever from their pomp and circumstance and just can't believe it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
cAD~IEuAMsAansfH
THE CHANGING SENSE OF HUMoR

From Life.
 At five the small boys sense of humor finds it's highest satisfaction in seeing his father fall down the cellar stairs. At ten he finds his delight in teasing his young lady sister about the wart her beau's nose At 15 he be- comes greatly amused at the ludricous ideas of his parents. In college he finds no event so uproariously funny as the one when he and a few others found an old horse belonging to one of the professors, painted it green, and tied it to the piano in the chapel. As lover there is nothing so keenly ridiculous as the witticisms of his sweetheart. After being married five years, he sees the absolute of humor in his bachelor friends idea that he knows anything at all. At 40 he is secretly amused at the self-confidence of the man of 30. At 60 he looks with amusement upon the strenuous eff forts of his younger friends to achieve success they must abandon in few years. At TO the wheel turns around again and he finds nothing so refreshingly delightful as the peals of laughter of his grandchildren.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
ROUND ROBIN THAT FAILED
the Montgomery Advertiser.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The bright young men who came over to re- port the conference for Japanese papers agreed among themselves that the Japanese delegates should accept the American proposals without reservations. They had planned round robin in which Kato would be told very firmly where to head in. But Kato anticipated them by calling them to his office and telling them where to head in. lie is supposed to have advised them that they were not the Japanese go7ern- ment and should not annoy him furtnel. They received the reprimand meekly and no doubt will guide their future conduct accordingly. But imagine Secretary Hughes calling in the American correspondents and "bawlng them out" He would have received the merry. ha-ha. Such a performance by him would have been pie to the correspondents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
THE COST OF STRIKES

From the Providence Journal.
 A loss in wages of $1,1s0,00o,000 by strikes during the first six months of the year in the United States makes poor showing for labor This estimate of the New York Journal of Commerce is based upon figures carefully com piled, and if the second half of the year shows similar losses the total of $2,360, ,00O, ,OOO will be equivalent to about S100 month for g. 000,000 men during 1921. These figures ought to be studied by working
 Nothing is to be gained by strikes during period of readjustment in which thousands of men are looking for employment. Yet many laborers thought that they could hold wages at the high wartime level regardless of the move ment toward deflation. Strikes for abnormal wages failed; the country was put to much in- convenience by industrial disturbances, but the heaviest losers were the men who followed the advice of their radical advisers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
A MORNING PRAYER
TRIPLE UNDERSTANDING NEEDED
TO RESTORE EUROPE

In advocating an understanding between England, France and Germany for the econo- mic restoration of Europe Winston Spencer Churchill expressed an opinion shared by far sighted business men and statesmen, both in his own country and America, who realize that bankrupt Germany means bankrupt Europe.
 Much of the friction caused between Great Britain and France since the World war ended has been due to differences in their attitude toward Germany Essentially a commercial nation, Great Britain wants to resume business relations which were profitable before the war. Great Britain wants Europe put back on it's feet financially and economically for req sons that may be selfish, but are based on ganized and currency imitation continues every nation will suffer, England along with the rest.
 France, on the other hand, has been charged, and not without good reason, with trying to throttle Germany. Whether due to mitarism, hysteria or hatred growing out of the war; this attitude of France has been hurtful When the French people, or their leaders, see that
 
 their destiny is bound up, for good or evil, with that of Germany and policy of live and let live is the only that can tranquilize Eu- rope a long step forward will be made in get ting back to normal conditions. Whether the French like it or not, there must be, as MT. Churchill says, a prosperous and contented Germany, if her neghbors are to prosper and devote their energies to peace rather than war.
 Perhaps the memory of the World war is too vivid yet to forget the animosties aroused among the nations taking part They have not forgotten, but sanity is returning Sober reasoning is taking the place of blind hate and the drift of opinion everywhere is toward reconciliation and mutual helpfulness. The problem of Europe's restoration is essentially the problem of Great Britain, France and Ger many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Ch;cago News.
 Many an effective sermon is wordess.
 Instruction is sometimes synonymous with destruction.
 Handshaking friends are naturally of a grasping nature.
 Some men consider not getting caught bet ter policy than honesty
 You never realize how brave some men are until you meet their wives.
 No woman was ever known to attribute her husbands loss of appetite to her own cooking.
 A woman of 35 can seldom remember any, thing that happened more than twenty years ago.
 The man who is ashamed to admit that he's a politician will never get much coin out of politics.
 Romance makes bee line for the tall tim Der when man begins to refer to his wife IS the "old woman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES '
 AND ELSEWHERE
PASSAGE OF MATERNITY BILL

Passage of the Sheppard maternity bill recently by Congress was a great victory for the womanhood of the nation and very gratifying to women everywhere" said Mrs. Floribel Ohme, former member of the county board of education yesterday.
 Mrs. Ohme vas one of the strongest advo- cates of the bills passage and several months ago when in Washington while the bill was having rather rough sledding through the na- tion's legislative bodies she was active in its support
 q was so interested in it's passage that made personal calls on Alabama's represen- tatives in the House and in Senate to enlist their support l found a remarkable sentiment in favor of the bill among women from every state in the union and many of them were very much disgusted with Miss Robinson, the one woman representative in the House when she cast her vote against it.
 "Under the provisions of the bill each state will receive an appropriation from the federal governemnt for the maintenance of maternity hospitals when the state legislature makes an appropriation for that purpose. The federal appropriation l understand it will match whatever amount the state sees init to set aside
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
MONTHLY REMINDERS

Building and loan investment, whether by taking out monthly payment stock or by bor- rowing on the monthly pay-back plan, is ideal for the salaried man," said Fred M. Jackson. "It is ideal because the salaried man draws his money at stated intervals. The monthly re- hinder of his investment of his debt serves to make him put by or pay off the stated sum with regularity and without wrench.
 q knew a young man who was sweating blood over debt on his home because an- nual payments so large. He just could not somehow anticipate their coming I got him into building and loan and, first thing you know, he had paid for his home in monthly allotments from his salary without feeling the load"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
IN STATU QUO {

From "A Penny Whistle," by Bert Lestos Taylor. How nicely is our solar system spaced! How orderly the planet movements arei Aloof sedate, sef-centered, sober-paced. Each pods it's way around the central star Far out, far out upon the soundess sea, The derelicts of Cosmos rush and roll Starshuiks, that once in flaming panoply Sailed on the long cruise round the ulti.
 mate pole. Rayless they ride, unnumbered ages through, Titanic hulks-let lesser craft beware! Should our good ship, with all her ouarreling
 crew, Ram one of thenl-ah, what an end were
 there! Shattered against a wanderer in space, Old Earth would pass away in primal fire; Like moths in flame, the so-caed human race In great blaze of glory would expire A consummation, do I hear you say, Devoutlys to be wished? The prospect
 cheers, Alas, that lee shore is so far away We might not make it in million wears. Hope tells, through Science an 'unflatterins
 tale;
 Our lookouts, watching in the quiet night, Find in our path nor white nor ebon sail The void is clear. There's no relief in sight