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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-26
Dublin TR|ESFOUR
ONMURDER CHARGE
First Results of Combing Out
Of City by Military
Are Seen.
BY WILLIAM II. BRAYDEN.

bY WILLIAM H. BRAYOEN.
By Cable b Ihe Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1921.
DUBLIN ireland. January 2s.-The
drst Important results of the military
combing out of Dublin were seen in the
oourt-martial today Of four men charged
with ono Of the murders of officers on
"Bloody Sunday" Evidently the plan
Is to round up every suspected person
and SEQ il witnesses can identify the
men concerned. More than a year
elapsed after the Phoenix Park muir
doris in 1882 before everybody had been
tried, but the military within two months
have arrested about a dozen men whom
they can charge with some of the four
teen murders Of November 25.
The court-martial assembled IN the
city hall now Communicated by the
military, because it's proximity to the
castle is regarded as making it a good
springboard for Sim Fem coup on
the center Of the government
CARSON REFUSES POST.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
GREENWOOD MAN
SHOT BY ROBBER
He Refuses to Thow Up Hands and
Gets Bullets-Physicians Say w
r. Saxon Will Die

Greenwood, Feb. 24.-Refusing to
hold up his hands. when confronted
by, two armed men last night about
$50 o'clock while on his way home
from his shoe repair shop, W. A. Sax
on, about so years of age, was pos
sibly fatally shot in the shadow of a
church in the Greenwood mill village
where he lives. According to Chief
of Police M. D. Chandler, whom Saxon
asked to see after being carried to a
local hospital, he identified one of his
assailants as John Burnett, mill en-
ployee. Hack Fuller, another mill
employee is also under arrest.
When accosted by the holdup men,
Saxon says he recognized them and
laughed, thinking, they were playing
joke\ on him. Burnett, he claims,
told him if he did not hold up his
hands he would shoot. Saxon replied
that he did not have the grit to shoot,
it is said, and received one bullet AT
close range. The bullet apparently
was an explosive bullet. 1t ranged
downward through the abdomen, tear
ing jagged holes in the intestines.
Physicians say Saxon has no chance
of recovery.
The tragedy last night was the eli
max of series of robberies and hold
ups. Two Bailey Military institute
cadets were robbed of small amount
of jewelry a few weeks ago, and two
other cadets, by refusing to hold up
their hands, bluffed three bandits into
flight last Friday night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
ANNUAL SESSION
HELD BY MASONS
Nearly Three Hundred in South Car.
olina With Some twenty-five
Thousand Members.

Charleston, Feb. 24.-The 184th
annual communication of the Grand
Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of
South Carolina opened in due form
this morning in the Masonic temple,
with grand officers at their stations
and a large representation of the
many lodges in the state present
The feature of Ghe morning meeting
was the address of Grand Master
S. T. Lanham of Spartanburg. Re-
ports of Grand Secretary o. F. Hart
of Columbia and Grand Treasurer
Jesse Sharpe of Charleston, who was
appointed to fill the vacancy caused
by the death recently of Grand
Treasurer W. H. Prioleau of this city
were presented and referred to prop
er committees. 1t was expected that
a matter of much interest for con-
sideration at the evening session
would be the report of the building
committee, there being under way
plans for extensive remodeling of
the Masonic temple, involving an ex-
penditure of between $4,000 and
$4,000 to provide accommodations
Of a more satisfactory nature Cor
the II blue lodges and various other
Masonic bodies of Charleston, and to
improve the grand lodge accommo-
dations. The proposed plans will de-
vote tbe second floor exclusively to
the uses of the grand lodge, and the
third floor to the meetings of blue
lodges. There would be other i'm
.provements, with an extension of
the building on the two floors, and
the installation of an elevator serv-
ice. Tomorrow annual elections will
be held, the same officers holding
over another year. 1t is likely that
Jesse Sharpe will be elected grand
treasurer. The grand masters ad-
dress showed the state of the craft
to be flourishing with some $4,000
members and nearly 800 lodges in
South Caorlina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
THE COMMISSION MEETS

Mr.. L. W. Keller. the recently
elected Supervisor of Abbeville coun-
ty, says that meeting of the High
way Commission will be held Monday
at which bids for the good roads
bonds will be opened If suitable
bid is secured Mr.. Keller says work
on the roads will begin as soon as
possible. He says also that labor can
be secured for half for what it was
this time last year and that one of the
big items in the expense will be that
corn is now a dollar a bushel while
last year it was two fifty, which
means that it will take mule lit:
tie longer to "eat its head off,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
BANQUET OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Of the Chamber of Commerce Will
Be Held at the Eureka Hotel
March 1st. Y

The banquet of the Board Of Di'
rectors of the Abbeville County
Chamber of Commerce will be given
next Tuesday evening, March 1st
Sis p. m. at the Eureka Hotel.
The principal address will be made
by Mr.. L. w. (Buck) Perrin of Spar.
tanburg. Mr.. Perrin is an old Able.
Vile boy who has gone out into the
world and made good. There will be
several other speakers and a delight,
full and profitable evening is in store
for those who attend.
Let everyone who can possibly dc
so arrange to, attend this banquet
and give splendid home welcome to
Mr.. Perrin.
This is a plate dinner and every
one is invited. Tickets must be Sc
cured from the Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce not later than
Monday night, February 28th.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
OLD TIMES

United States Marshal C. J. Lyon
arrived in Abbeville Friday morn
ing and was around town seeing his
friends during the day. When we
passed i'm on the street he was
talking of old times with Col. Jack
Porrin and R. S. Link, all three of
wnom can remember almost as far
back as Col. Pat Roche. Mr.. Perrin
was telling of Mt. Willing school in
what is now Saluda County but was
then Edgefield County. Col. Lyon
was telling of his search for the old
Glover grave yard, which is near
Calhoun Falls on the land once
owned by James L. Pettigrew.
Col. Link could tell US about the
Robertson place, he remembering
when the Foster Marshall place was
burned and the present house was
built by the late Col. ]. Townes
Robertson.
Col. Pat Roche doesn't mind be-
ing called an old man and says the
only reason "some of these fellows
look younger is because they put
powder on their faces"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
MR.. THOMAS ARRIVES

Mr.. A. R. Thomas, who comes to
Abbeville to take charge of the wei
fare work at the Abbeville Cotton
Mills, has arrived in the city and is
making plans for the commencement
of his work. Mr.. Thomas comes from
Wappinger Falls, N. Y, and is a
young man familiar with welfare and
mill work. Mr.. Thomas is unmarried
and for a while will make his home
at the hotel. The community house
at the mill is closed and efforts are
being made to get lady to take
charge of the Woman's Clubs and
similar organizations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
A FAMILY REUNION

Mrs. L. T. Bryant and Mrs. V. D,
Lee arrived in Abbeville from At.
Iantic City Thursday night and are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A
Lee on North Main street. Mrs. z
B. Rogers and her two fine sons
Lee and William are expected in
the city today from Elberton and a
pleasant family reunion will be held
for several days. The friends OF
Mrs. Bryant and Mrs. Rogers are
always glad to have them come
back to the home of their girlhood,
and everyone is glad to know that
Mrs. Lee is in excellent health and
is enjoying life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
MONEY IS AVAILABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PURPOSES
Senate Passes Appropriation Bill
Carrying Approximately Forty
Million Dollars, Exceeding
Amount for Current Year
BY Nine Million Dollars

Washington, Feb. 24.-Over a
running fire from senators who pre-
sented detailed objections to it's pro-
posals for increased expenditures
the senate, tonight passed the agri-
cultural appropriation bin carry
ing approximately $41,000,000 for
the operation of that department
for the year beginning next June.
This amount is nearly $9,000,000 in
excess of appropriations for the cur
rent year and almost $6,OO0,0O0 in
excess of amounts allowed by the
house to which it was sent for con-
ference after the senate's action.
81 am going to ask the next Sec
retary of agriculture to go through
this bill as soon as he takes office.
and take out of it all the approjria-
tions that allow work to be dupli-
Gated by two and sometimes more
departments of the government ~
Senator Smoot, Republican, declar-
ed in an unsuccessful attack on nu-
merous sums allowed in the bill.
"They ought to be cut out before
another estimate comes TO congress.
This must stop; congress has not got
to show the departments of this gov
ernment that two and three of
them can not ask public money to
be spent for doing the same kind of
work over and over again. simulta-
neously and year after year.
Zone trouble is that different bu-
teaus are enabled to go before diff
ferent congressional committees and
duplicate the appropriations in diff
ferent bills."~
81 hope the senator from Utah
won't stop the agricultural depart
ment" Chairman Wadsworth of the
military affairs committee, inter-
rupted. eve find the war depart
ment getting money in two or three
different bills"
Large items added by the senate
to the agricultural bill included
$150,000 extra for wood utilization
experiments at Madison, Wis, $10O-
600 fer weather bureau forecasts
for aviation; s114,0O0 for road ma
terial Investigations and 100000
for Investigations of foreign mar
kets for farm products. Senator
Thomas, Democrat, Colorado, check
ed several other minor additions on
points of order but the senate add
ed heavily to amounts recommended
by it's own agriculture committee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
GREEKS AND TURKS
CALLED TO LONDON
TREATY TO BE REDRAF-
TED IN FAVOR OF FORMER EN-
ENVY WITH OPPOSITION Ex-
PESSED BY NATION FRIENDLY.
DURING WAR TO CAUSE OF
THE ALLIES

London, Feb. 24.-The Near East
is again the melting pot. The Sevres
treaty, signed at Versailles, but not
yet ratified by the powers, is to be
redrafted in favor of the Turks,
former enemies, against the wishes
of the Greeks, former allies. To what
extent the treaty will be chang
ed, however, will not be known
until the inter-allied commission has
visited the spot and decided between
the claims of the Greeks and the
Turks regarding the ratio of popu-
lation in Thrace and Smyrna.
The decision was reached this
afternoon when the supreme council
decided to invite the Greeks and
Turks to separate conferences to-
morrow when they will be asked if
they are prepared to accept such an
investigation subject to acceptance
of the remaining terms of the treaty.
The Turks have already announced
approval regarding Smyrna and
Thrace, but they are likely to fight
against the rest of the treaty being
enforced while the Greeks too are
expected to oppose the whole scheme.
After the Turks at the morning
session had presented concrete pro-
posals for a revision of the treaty,
the Greeks were given an opportunity
n the afternoon to refute the, Turks
claims and spent two hours at the
task. The>Greek premier, M, Kalog-
eropolus made a strong plea for the
enforcement of the treaty in it's en-
tirety, quoting at length Eliptherios
Venizelos the former premier who
has already left for Paris greatly
discouraged at the Greek prospects.
The Greek premier said that when
he came to L london he did not ex-
pect fundamental changes in the trea-
ty and called on his experts to pro-
duce figures showing that, according
to population, the Greeks were en-
titled to retain what the treaty gave
them. He reminded the conference
that the Greeks fought Loyalty and
had done what they were called upon
to do since the armistice at great ex-
pense and hardships. Greece was
willing to adopt the advice of the
allies, he added, provided the funda-
mentals fof the treaty were not chang
ed, but further delay would exhaust
Greece.
When the decision of the supreme
council was readfo them the Greeks
expressed disappointment, but were
not prepared to state whether they
would accept. The Turks are jubi-
liant, as delay is what they wanted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
LOCKING UP THE MONEY

In this day of bank robbers and
bad men, even in small towns, the
Planters Bank is putting into prac-
tice the saftey first idea. They re-
Gently installed burglar proof
relocking device which is guaranteed
to hold up robber. This device is
arranged on the vault in such man.
ner that the moment the combina-
ton is tampered with the extra bolts
are shot into place and it is impos-
sible to unlock the vault until man
comes from the factory and works
the combination.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
THE TELEPHONE COMPANY


Mr.. H. o. Murdoch, of Charlotte,
and Mr.. E. P. Hamilton, of Green
vile, prominent officials Of the Bell
Telephone Company, were in the
city today, having come here at the
request of the local company to look
over the local plant and to make
suggestions as to several improve
emnts which are to be made in the
near future> Mr.. Gregory has pur-
chased materials and is planning to
stretch several new cables in the near
future in order to give the people
better service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
GETTING WELL

Francis Mabry is getting well and
he is sorry for it. While sick, all his
sweethearts have been devoted in
their attention to him, all the wo-
men folks who think him "just dar-
ling" sent him so many good things
to eat that all the nurses and pa
tients have Jared we'll for the past
ten days. His room has been a per-
feet bower of beautiful flowers, in
fact he has been having "the time
Of his life," but he is getting well
and he is sorry for it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
AN OLD LANDMARK

The massive pillows which form a
part of the fence around the Robert.
son place are being taken down this
week, this being made necessary by
the very stylish street paving in
front of the house. This fence was a
part of the place as built of Col. Fos-
e.. --.-arshall and many feel that with
IS disappearance another old land
mark is giving place to the new.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
BUILDING

Hon. j. Moore Mars, who bought
a lot on quality row some time ago,
has begun the erection of hand
some bungalow. The foundation is
finished and material for other
work is on the ground. Mr.. Hugh
Prince is the contractor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
SMALLPOX SCARE.

There is a small pox scare in town
and the doctors are working over
time vaccinating the people. The lat
est case was discovered in the third
grade in the graded school.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
UNION SERVICE

The Union service of the city
churches will be held in the Baptist
church Sunday. night, at half past
seven O'Clock. The preacher will be
the Rev. G. M. Telford. A special
musical feature will be rendered by
the choir.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
HOOVER ACCEPTS
PLACE IN CABINET
WILL BE HARDING'S SECRE-
TARY OF coMMERCE-FeR-
MER FOOD ADMINISTRATORS
WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT
POLICIES OF EUROPEAN RE-
LIEF. OTHER WORK GOES ON

New York, Feb. 24.-HerDert
Hoover telephoned Senator Hard
ing, tonight that he had accepted
the offer of the cabinet post of Sec
retary or commerce, George Barr
Baker, his assistant announced to-
night.
Mr.. Hoover, in a statement made
public by Mr.. Baker, announced
that he would continue to direct the
policies of European relief. Mr.. Hoo
ver's statement follows:
"President-elect Harding this
evening asked me to~state that ne
has included me in his nominations
for the cabinet as secretary of COM
merce. Senator Harding enters
whole heartedly into the plans fol-
upbuilding the department and
wishes that 1 continue to direct the
policies of the European relief"
Earlier in the day Mr.. Hoover
stated he had submitted to the pres
ident-elect a proposal for the gener-
al reconstruction of the department
and an enlargement of it's field. He
also made it clear that as he had as
sumed heavy responsibilities in con-
nection with relief work, he could
not abandon them by resigning and
felt that he should continue to take
the responsibility for its general 'di-
rection. A.,
"If 1 take the post. he said, cit
will be only because L believe that
President-elect Harding will stand
behind me in making real depart
ment of commerce. There is an
enormous field for a proper govern
ment bureau. 1t can be made de-
partment Of the first import with
the support of the administration
and of congress. Unless this is done
I am-not warranted jim shifting my
responsibilities from relief work.
'.No special legislation is neces-
sary for the moment" the earlier
statement added, "there must, how
ever, be real location of govern
ment bureaus, and we must bring
into the department of commerce
bureaus which belong, there.
The department of commerce can
materially assist in economic settle
ment of our foreign relations and
must do more than engage in the
mere exploitation of our goods"
~ have no right" he continued,
s'to ask the public to give money
and then shed all responsibility of
administering at once. Another diff
ficulty is that I have undertaken
the trusteeship of eight or ten pub
lie institutions of Importance. Sever
al have enlarged their activities at
my inspiration and I can not aban-
don them entirely"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
COTTON GOES DOWN

The cotton futures market was
down again today according to cot
TON men. Spot cotton sold on the
local market for Is cents pei. pound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
pecial to The Press and Banner.

to
break the deadlock the election Of
failed today Motions
the election until the 1922 session
the of the resolution voting will be held until
of continued lead
today, H. of Chester, General NJ L.
Bonha of Anderson third Shpp
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
REV. WILLIAMS TO PREACH

Rev. c. 3. Williams, of Due West,
w.. preach in the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25
NEW RECORD IN AIR
FOR DELIVERY
Of MAIL =
Eight Bags Carried From San Fran
cisco to New York in Thirty
three Hours and Twenty Min
utes in Relay Flight, Four
Planes Being Used

Hazelhurst, N. ~, Feb. 24.-Eight
bags of mail, dispatched from San
Francisco by ariplane at 4:3O yes
erday morning, arrived at Hazel
hurst field here today at 4:5o p. M,
establishing a cross country mail
record of 33 hours and 20 minutes,
with allowance for time zone
changes in the coast to coast flight.
The mail was tranferred from
plane to plane in relay flight or
dered by the postofice department
to establish a new cross continental
mail plane record. The plane which
arrived at Hazelhurst was piloted by
E. M. Allison, member of the four
teams which took part in the trans
continental race, two planes leaving
Hazelhurst field and two starting
from San Francisco at the same
time yesterday morning.
One of the westward bound
planes came to grief when Pilot
Leonhard was forced to descend yes
terday at Dubois, Pa, on account of
bad weathSr. The second westbound
plane reached Chicago yesterday
and was unable to get away today.
The other eastbound plane crash
ed to earth at Elko, New, yesterday
killing the pilot, Capt. w. F. Lewis.
Captain Allison piloted one west
ward bound plane as far as Cleve-
land, where it was taken over by an
other pilot on the second lap of the
relay, which ended at Chicago. He
then took the plane in charge at
Cleveland and returned to Hazel
hurst field this afternoon, bettering
the time set for the flight by the
postoffice department by a margin
of two hours and 40 minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-25

Washington, Feb. 24.-Postoffice
department officials, while gratified
at the achievements of the air mail
service in delivering at New York
tonight mail which left San Francis
co yesterday morning, said the most
remarkable part of the entire per.
formance was the all night flight
from Cheyenne to Chicago, a dis
tance of S39 miles.
The all night flight made by
Pilots Frank Yager and Jack Knight
demonstrated the feasibility OF
night flying, officials said. With this
statement they coupled the an.
nouncement that orders had been
issued to prepare for regular night
flying on the New York and Sar
Francisco route, probably about
May 1.
Otto Praeger, assistant postmas.
ter general, described last nights
flight between Cheyenne and chi.
cago as eth most momenteus step in
civil aviation" He added that il
would mean "the speedy revolu.
tionizing of the letter transporta.
ton methods and practices through.
out the world"
The New York herald., 1921-11-18

schr Virginia Dare. loading bauxite at
Mobile for Boston, Is leaking.
str New York was sold at u $ Marshal's
sale yesterday at Brooklyn 10 the Franklin
steamship Co for $4,000.
Barge Pro, idence. before reported ashore
IN Cape Cod Canal and later floated, was
noored at the west end OF the canal after
being pumped out; pumps on board other
barge lust about hold the leak.
BOSTON. Nov tI-Schr Lucy " (Br), be-
fore reported ashore, floated at ~ PM
yesterday by coast guards and towed TO
Rockland
HALIFAX, Nov 15-Schr Avon Queen CBr) f,
while bound for tho Miramichl to load lum-
Der for New York. was caught IN a heavy
storm and anchored of West Point, PEI
Owing TO the windlaSs becoming damaged Il
was Impossible TO lit anchor and tug
went TO her assistance and toved her TO
Summcrside.
17th--str Captslne namanc Grr). from
Montreal for Mareelles, has arrived here
for engine repairs.
KINGSTON. Ont. Nov i7-str Arayon, from
Chicago for Kingston. with COAL went ashore
IN Lake Ontario to-day at Wicket Point,
about 60 miles from this city; tugs have
owned by prndcvllc & Sons. Chicago.
LONDON, Nov f1-Str Amcross. which
eailed from Bueuos Aires on Nov for
New York via RIO 1auciro. struck cub
merged object and pat back with rudder
damaged: divers repert must go into dry
dock; cargo " being transshippcd to str
Davenport.
NANAIMo. no. Nov 1s-Str Canadian
Farmer OBD grounded Ia the harbcr yestcr-
day.
sr JOHNS. M. Nov o--schr Henry q.
Montague (Br), from Sydney. arrived with
loss Of deck cargo and boats smashed.
VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass. Nov f7-Schr