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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-13

for the good most of them were ac-
complishing the money paid had as
we'll be burned. Mr.. Cheatham said
that Mr.. Swearingen was very
modest man, che only asked for
100000 for incidental expenses this
year."
Senator J. Howard Moore, whose
advice was asked as to what could
be done, explained the provisions Of
the Blease bill to authorize individ-
ual school districts to borrow money.
The present method is that the coun-
ty may borrow money as unit,
pledging taxes, but the new law
would make the school district a unit.
Mr.. Moore said that if the assembled
trustees favored this bill he would
use his influence to get the law pass
ed. He also told the school men Of
the various bills which have been
introduced to stop the appropria-
ton Of money for state aid for
schools. He said that personally he
was in favor of continuing the state
aid feature but that he would vote
in accord with the views Of his peo-
pie. A motion made by D. Fulp, to
request the county delegation to
support a measure to "make the
state aid appropriation for 1922
the same as it was for 1s2o-21" was
passed unanimously.
w. D. Thomas of Keowee asked
what could be done in a case where
trustees had employed teachers for
seven months, with the expectation
of getting state aid. Mr.. Moore re-
piled that it was his opinion that any
contract made by trustees was un-
derstood to be based on the funds
available and that they could not be
held responsible if they were unable
to pay teachers for the full seven
months. Some of the trustees said,
that they notified teachers that they
accepted claims at their own risk, as
no guarantee could be given as to
when they would be paid.
While the dog tax was under dis
cussion M. J. Ashley said that many
people had dogs and were not able
to pay the license. He wanted to
know in such case if the treasurer
would take the dog. W. D. Thomas
said one man returned only one dog
and he would swear the man had two.
M. T. Davis of Donalds district asked
about the age of dogs-when is a
dog a dog and when a puppy? Trus-
tees Mckee, Erwin, Lomax, Taylor
and Bowie also were among those
who spoke o2 various features of the
discussion.
Trustees present who registered
were:
John T. Cooley, j. D. Fulp, W. M.
Barnwell, E. R. Miller, S. O. Bolts,
J. S. McClain, P. M. Davis, L. j. Da-
Wis, w. D. Thomas, J. C. Burton, II.
I. Taylor, E. L. Bell, Jas. T. Erwin,
E. N. McCarter, J M. Boyd, F. B.
Milford, H. B. Bagwell, R. H. Stew
enson, o. S. Cochran, W. E. Leslie,
S. W. Watt, E. F. Miller, Brown
Bowie, J. A. Campbell, S. M. Beatty,
R R. Price, W. C. McNeill, W. A.
Crawford, W. j. Mckee, H. w.
Nickles, A. B. Bosler, Lewis Beau
ford, R. W. Knox, J. D. Hill, C. B.
Kennedy, J. F. Rogers, Thos. w.
McCord, J. D. Munday, Pierce Bowen,
] B. Price, C. T. Davis, L. H. Simp-
son, W. S. Martin, ]. P. Wardlaw,
F. w. Winn, j. B Moseley.
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LIVESTOCK AND PANGES

PHOE,IX, Nov. 23.-Light to mod crate amo unts Of snowfall over the major grazing areas of the district have been temporarily beneficial to ranges and ire helping out the water supply to r,arked degre1. Tele- grams to the weather bureau state that precipitation has prevailed gen orally over the north and reached
 southward into Cochise and Santa Cruz counties. Six inches snow in the vicinity of Ft Bayard, x. M. has
 greatly improved conditions in that section This morning. Tuesday, light
 snow is falling at Flagstaff with
 premise of continuation in the north
 east tonight. Absence of storms and
 very low temperatures have favored stock and according to reports little deterioration has occurred during the Nfth- ihHts ears Ndttic anu t"tAts
 cars sheep have been shipped from SeIigman.
 | With daily temperatures showing l an average deficiency of nearly four degrees accompanied by light to heavy frosts. growing vegetation in l southern valleys has made virtually | no progress. Six weeks old grain is
 not yet in the five leaf stage; lettuce, . spinach and onions, though finally germaninating 10 a good stand. are
 but slightly advanced than several weeks ago. Alfalfa is being cut, but
 cures slowly into heavy, green hay.
 Cotton picking continues with notice
 ably lighter gin receipts incident to
 the approach of the final or scrap
 picking. Washington navel oranges
 oranges and grapefruit continues
 brisk. Many potatoes are still in the
 ground in the Flagstaff section, but
 two weeks of fire weather should see
 them all safely harvested. Winter
 peas are doing well in the Yuma sec
 ton and a considerable area will soon
 h.. planted n tomatoes; cotton con
 tinues to develop in that district
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HUNT PLANNING TO
 CONSOLIDATE ? STATE JOBS

PHOENIX, Nov. g. Governor Elect Hunt today announced he had selected Edward ". Samuels, who had acted as his campaign manager, to be secretary of the board of direc- tors of state institutions. Hunt stat ed that SamueIs had agreed to as- sume, at his request, the duties of secretary of the board and purchasing agent combined. The governor-elect stated that he would recommend to the state legislature that these two positions be combined, as has been suggested, eliminating one s4.s00 a year office Samuels was advised that rigid economy in state expenditures must be the watchword of the board of directors.
 Governor-Eiect Hunt said today that he had been swamped with appli- cations for various positions. and that he had scores of applications for every appointment he had to make. He further said it would pbobably be several weeks before anything deci- sive was done in the matter of minor appointments: that the matter of making appointments would he up to the heads of the various departments and that every appointee would have to make good CT his merits.
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EXPECT TO FILL JURY PANEL
 IN sURGE CASE rocAY

PRESCOTT, Now g Enough new veniremer to supply ;ke cIsLt :';rcrs st;ll needed 10 complete the panel 10 try Thomas W. Burge for tne murder of Iver Ense were brorsb, into court this afternoon and lis n.ssel un,:i tomorrow morning. IL was predicted that the panel will be completed be fore tonight.
 Meanwhile the forces oi prosecu- ten and defense are gathered for what is regarded as one of the most important murder trials in the his. tory of Yavapai county.
 The prosecutions questions to ten tative jurors have indicated that the evidence against Burge will be cir. cumstantial and each juror is asked whether he entertains conscientious IscrupIes against such evidence or against the infiiction Of the death penalty
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euRGE uNMOvED
DURING HEARING

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. 23.-The jury was completed early today in the trial of Thomas Dinfred Burge, for the murder of Iver Enge, former Phoe nix orchard keeper.
 After the last juror was selected the prosecution opened its case and call ed seven witnesses to the stand dur ing the afternoon session. Iye- E.Dge was beaten, stabbed and
 left unconscious in a ravine near road south of Prescott the night Of June F. He died month later. Burge is alleged to be one of two men who assaulted Enge, inflicting wounds which caused his death. Will liam F. Acker, who has already been tried. convicted and sentenced to death for the crime was the other member of the alleged pair ". R. Merrill and Chester Williams highway department truckmen, testi- fled that Eage was one Of two men whose automobile was towed from a ditch on the Humboldt road the morn ing after Enge had been beaten, stab bed and left unconscious. William Acker is alleged to hare been the ether man in this automobile, which the states is seeking to prove belong cd to Enge.
 T. r. Raney. of Parker. who found Enge unconscious near the Midnight test road and Grant Carter and James Cook, deputy sheriffs who brought the unconscious man to Prescott, testified to the finding of Enge and his condi. ton.
 Throughout today's session Burge
 sat beside his attorney. calm and un- moved.
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cRocHUNis NOT GUILTY.
After deiiberating one-hah hour, the jury in the Croehunis case re- turned into court at 4:oo o'clock with a verdict of not guilty.

The case of the State vs. Frank Gro. chuis. which has been on trial in the Superior court since Tuesday morn ing, was completed at 3:3O this after noon, when the jury retired for their deliberations.
 The case developed into a hard le gal battle between County Attorney Jchn F. Ross and his Assistant Wal ter Roche for the state, and Alexand CT Murray and Frank Thomas for the defense A large number of witness es were placed on the stand by both sides, and considerable time elapsed through the necessity of interpreters to pass the testimony of several oi the witnesses.
 At 1l:15 this morning all testimony had been presented and the court an nounced that arguments would be limited. one hour and 9 minutes be ing allotted each side.
 Tomorrow morning at 9:30 the case O. the State vs. Joe Troglio. charged with attempt to commit murder dur irS an altercation with Tony Giacoma at the Tombstone Auto company, ir his city, will go 10 trial
 This is the second trial of the case the first having resulted in hunt jury.
 Jurors who had been excused unti 1 30 this afternoon, following the SC lection of the Crochunis jury, wer, excused until 9:30 tomorrow mornin. by Judge Albert NJ. Sames.
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CUSTOMS MEN KILL SOLDIER

BISBEE, Nov 23.-Walter Lyons. negro trooper stationed with the Tenth Cavalry at Fort Huachuca, was killed, and another trooper named Adams wounded when United States customs officers from the Naco Of flee opened fire Monday night on an automobile in which the soldiers were riding The customs officers said to- day that they had been advised that an attempt would be made to snug gle into the United States a quantity of liquor. Proceeding to point about one mile west of Naco, Arizona. they claim to have found an automo- bile stationed near the international boundary When they called to the driver to halt. they said the car start ed away at high rate of speed. The government men said they opened fire with rifles aiming at the tires and gasoline tank. The car sped on.
 The officers said they were un- aware that they had killed anyone until army officers from Fort Huachu- Ca visited Naco and informed them that third trooper had driven the car to the fort Monday night with the body of Lyons, and with Adams, who had been shot through the arm. Lyons head, they said, was nearly torn off. Customs officers claim that a quantity of liquor was thrown from thc car is it sped away. No arrests have been made. nor have the county authorities been officially notified of tire shooting. Army officers are con tinuing their investigations. The ac- icicent was not made public until today
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TOTAL OF $25,5oo FROM STATE LANDS
 SALE AT FLORENCE

PHOENIX. Nov. 23.-Among the purchasers of the 14 parcels of state lands offered for sale in Florence on Tuesday by Rudolph Kuchler, state land commissioner. were three people from Claremont. Cal, who bought three of the parcels for the purpose or making their homes in Florence Casa Grande- valley. Mir. Kuchler said yesterday upon his return from Florence. These people told him, he said. that it was their intention 10 i'm prove the lands for agricultural pur- poses.
 The total amount brought by these lands at the auction sale was ap- proximately s25.50o. All parcels of sered were sold. the bidders coming from Tucson, Oracle. Florence, Casa Crande and Phoenix. Some of the lands were improved and the remain der was semi-agricultural lands and grazing lands. The California people bid on semi-agricultural lands.
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the river reached low of 9,200,o0o, and high of 2s, ,oo0,ooo acre feet.
MAXWELL OPPOSES PACT

PHOENIX, Nov. 23.-Geo. II. Max we'll, executive director of the Nation iaI Reclamation association, tonight dispatched telesrams to President Herding and to Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Colorado river com mission. in session at Santa Fe. N. NJ. in which he declared the Colo |rado river compact now being drawn up by the commission to be, accord ing to his information, "a carefully camouflaeed report 10 hamstring Ari- zona and frustrate her determination so prevent success of a scheme Of American land spectators to steal the Colorado river from the United States of America to establish great Asiatic city and state in the Colorado river delta at the head of the Gulf of California" Copies of the telegrams were made public here by Mr Maxwell
 Although Mir. Maxwell was selected by Governor-elect George w. P. Hunt to be his personal representative at tie Santa Fe hearings and an earlier statement submitted by MT. Maxwell to the commission was approved by the governor-elect in a telegram to Secretary Hoover Tuesday, tonight's teleerams were signed by Mr. Max well as executive director of the Ma tional Reclamation association and not as representative of Governor elect Hunt Mir Maxwell said that
 Nr Hunt had no knowledge of the sending of the telegrams.
 In his previous statement, submit ted to the commission, Mir. Maxwell urged delay in forming a compact and charged that land spectators were planning 10 divert a part of the riv- CTS flow into Mexico.
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MORMON CHIEF WHO CiRCtEO
 GRAND CANYON IN '5s DEAD

St Johns. Ariz., Nov. 21. = Fred Hamblin is dead at his home in Al. pine. aged so.
 He was one of the first settlers of the Mormon villages established on the Western edge of New Mexico southeast of this point.
 He acquired renown in connection with his fight with gigantic bear after his rifle had been broken and when his only weapon was the rifle barrel, with which ne failed the ami nal away.
 He was brother of Jacob Hamblin Leather Stocking of the Southwest, whose body rests in Alpine under a monument on which is inscribed "Peacemaker amoung the Lamanites.'
 Jacob Hamblin headed the first party of whites that ever travelled around the Grand Canyon. This party was sent by Brigham Young in 1858 to inyestigefe a report that the Hopi Indians spoke a language resembling Welsh.
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BASS SUPPLY
IN ROOSEVELT
 LAKE GROWING

Phoenix, Ariz.. Nov. 2l. Despite continued fishing the bass supply in Roosevelt Lake appears to be increas- ing and heavy catches are being made. Even in midsumer the water is cold a few feet below the surfece and the discharge into the channel of Salt river. below the Roosevelt dam. is toe cold at any season for bathing. Into this chanel few years ago were placed a few thousand small rainbow trout. which now are be- ing caught, running up to IS inches. Now it is planed to bring l50.00O rainbow trout from Colarado. for placing in the river where the flow now is constant In the same ship ment. from the Leadville hatcheries are to be included a few thousand lake trout. for Roosevelt lake.
 A shipment of brook trout has been placed in the headwaters of Tonto creek, g miles east of Paycon.
 The fish natural to the locality are increasing under the better conditions secured by creation of Roosevelt lake. The landlocked salmon often is caught occasionally more than three feet in length. while in the Salt and Verde rivers Verde trout now are abundant, readily to be taken by grasshopper or bug bait. The salmon best are taken with bait of the hellgimate. many-leged worm found under the boulders of the hiver A tale is told of a newcomer from
 Vermont, who told 10 find the worms,
 was discovered fishing with centi.
 peie, six inches iong. which ne mad mana ged to impale on his hook with.
 oG' in jury 10 himself and in ignorance
 of its poisonous character
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COLORADO RIVER
 COMMISSIONERS
 WORK ON TREATY

SANTA FEE. x. M.. Nov. 23-Still working and hoping. That is about all that is to be reported on the con. ference of the Colorado river commis. sion.
 Maybe treaty by Thursday night" was one unofficial forecast made tonight when the commissioners stopped long enough :or supper.
 An important work that will re- main to be done after the formal signing of the treaty will be the prep. aration of comprehensive state. ment to be submitted to the legisla. lures of the seven states to which water is to be allotted by the treaty, and to congress. These legislative bodies must ratify the treaty before If becomes effective. Preparation of the statements for legislatures will be divided between the two groups, into which seven states have been di. vided. but the statement for congress will be prepared by the two groups jointly.
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MAN ENDS HIS LIFE
 NEAR WILCOX. ARiZ..
 BY LEAP FROM TRAIN

LONG BEACH. Nor. go Relatives of Walter J. Schmauss today were Investigating the report that he had committed suicide by leaping from a train near Wilcox. Ariz. early Mon day morning With his seven-year- old son Kenneth. Schmauss was on his way to Lake City. Minn, the home of his mother, to settle an estate of which he was one of the heirs. his re- latives said.
 The boy said his father left his seat in the train, saying he was going to get something to eat and soon after ward he heard the brakes Of the train being put on and the body of his father was brought aboard
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cOcONINO STUD CROP
 IS GIVEN HARD SETBACK

TUCSON, Nov. 23.-Coconino coun. tvs bumper crop of potatoes received severe setback during the frosts there the middle of November, ac. cording to the report of Acting Di- rector \. B. Ballantype. who has just returned .c Tucson from trip to that region The situation, however, is being carefully watched by the county agent in charge so that the frozen potatoes will not be placed on th.. market.
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SINGLE BID MADE ON
 SURFAciNG JOB ON
 SUPERIOR hichWA,

PHOENIX. Nov. 23.-when bids were opened yesterday afternoon by the state highway department for the laying of a two-inch surface of as- phaltic concrete on five miles of the Superior Mesa highway it was found that only one company. the Pacific Construction company Of Phoenix had entered bid for the work. Their bid for the job was sl.s7 a square yard or a total of s72,ssS for the five miles.
 This bid in comparison to bids re- ceived for similar work on the road between Tombstone and Bisbee is considered very high by the state highway department. The two-inch surface was laid on the Tombstone Bisbee road at a figure less than s10,- 0oe a mile while the bid received yes te,day is in excess of s14.0oo a mile
 The specifications for the work call for the laying Of a two-inch surface of asphaltic concrete IS feet wide on the Superior-Mesa highway. begin ming at the junction of the florence highway and running westward to- ward Mesa five miles. The road has been surfaced and graveled which has competed sufficiently to be used as a subgrade.
 The state highway department has not awarded the contract and it was indicated that the department might refuse the bid.
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ATTORNEY LOSES BATTLE
 TO KEEP OUT CONFESSION

TUCSON. Nov. 23.-Fighting from the opening of court this morning, Jchn l.. Van Buskirk. attorney for the defense in the case of the United States versus George Wink,er. Sr., and Edward Winkler. his son. failed in his efforts to have excluded from the testimony certain purported con fessions and transcripts of previous testimony. Judge Kirk T. Moore, over ruling objection after objection.
 Late this afternoon, Van Buskirk took up cross-examination of Ben F. Daniels. Pima county sheriff. who in company with certain railway police, brought Edward Winkler back to Tucson from Albuquerque. where he was arrested.
 At today's session of the court, Van Buskirk objected to Mrs. Frank Jirou, wife of the confessed participant in the attempted hold up, taking the stand for the state. Van Buskirk contended that as Jirou had told his wife of the whole affair after it's fail. urc, that she became accessory after the fact. His objection was overruled and her testimony was admitted as was the confession of Edward Wink. le-. made in Albuquerque and in which he implicated his father.
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POISONED MEAT IS
 THROWN IN YARD;
 THIRTY CHICKENS DIE

DOUGLAS, Nov. 23.-Meat with a white powder sprinkled over it was thrown into the yard of R. E. Griner, 935 Greene street. Tuesday and in a few minutes 30 chief ems had iroyred deed. The meat was turned over to the police station and an effort will he made to determine :he kind of poison it contained, with view to locating the person who oiade the purchase.
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RESIGNS FROM BOARD

PHOENIX, Nov. 23.-The Arizona supreme court today accepted Vt, re gret the resignation of Seiim NJ
 Franklin, of Tucson, as member of the state board of examiners :or aj- mission to the bar. The resignation was presented to the supreme court by Mir. Franklin following the close of the semi-annual examira,ion for admission to the bar held in Phoenix last week. The board has not yet appointed a successor to Mir. Franklin.
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TUCSON PRESSED BRICK COMPANY
 GETS BIG JOB

Tucson Nov. 22-In the fact of keen competition or the part of Fl Paso and Los Angeles bidders, the Tucson given the contract to furnish ali the tile for the new union station at Phoe- nix. construction of which is now un- der way. The contract was secured entirely because O; the superior qual- fly of the Tucson product, and passed the railroad company's inspection which is especially drastic, according 10 William N. McGovern, manager of the Tucson concern.
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BELIEVES RIGHTS GUARDED

PHOENIX, Nov 23.-The opinion that the compact worked out by the Colorado river commission for the ap- portionment of the water of the river among the basin states is such as to protect Arizona's rights, is expressed in telegram received today by Gov |ernor-Elect George W. P. Hunt from Herbert Hoover, chairman of the commission, which is now in session at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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ARREST TWO cIEls; GOT
 MONEY BY FRAUD. IS CHARGE

PHOENIX. Nov. 9 Nellie Star, alias Nellie Marqaez. lS. and Antonio Gutierrez, who are charged with ob- taining money urder false pretenses, were arrested yesterday and will ap- pear before Justice Sullivan for a hearing Saturday rsornlng The girls are held on bond of s2eo each which they could not furnish.
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CHARGE IS DISMISSED

PHOENIX, Nov 23.-A charge against Lewis A. Parbam Of obtain iLg money on a false claim was dis missed following a hearing here to- day by United States Commissioner John Henke.
 Parham was arrested with Harry Midkiff last month. Both men, who were employed at federal prohibition agents in 1920 were charged in con- nection with the alleged padding of gov ernment expense accounts.
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PERMITTED HERDS HAVE CROSSED TO
 SOUTH. REPORTED

PRESCOTT, Nov. 23.-Reports from the different forest rangers o, CT this district indicated that about all the sheep which were permitted to cross the range this year have gone south, according to Robert Mun- TO Of the Prescott national forest.
 Reports from Paul R. Gray. forest ranger of the Cherry district. point out that all but two of the permit ted herds have crossed over his sec 'tion at this time.
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ARMY TRUCKS FROM CAMP JONES TURNED
 OVER TO THE STATE

DOUGLAS, Nov 24-A fleet of seven big F. W. D. army trucks will leave Douglas this morning for Phoe. nix where they will be delivered to the state highway department. The trucks are some of the surplus war materials which have been stored at the local camp for several years.
 Most of them are in excellent con. dition, in fact, practically new. This is the third or four fleet of army trucks that have been turned over to the state highway department by the government.
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AJO NOW ENJOYING
 PROSPERITY WAVE.
 DECLARES COlAN

TUCSON, Nov. 23-That Ajo is now experiencing a period of activity which has never been equaled in that constable of Ajo and pioneer Ari. zonan. who was in Tucson yesterday on business.