Debate on Dyer anti lynching bill begins in House
Washington Jan 5 debate on the Dyer anti lynching bill opened in the House amid a determined Democratic filibuster. Rep Garrett Tennessee led in demanding roll calls while Rep Dyer Missouri and Rep Summers Texas argued the measure, Summers charging it would inflame mob violence and infringe state rights, Dyer praising federal protection for Black soldiers. Mondell Republican leader forecast a near term vote with debates interspersed among appropriation bills.
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Washington
Dyer
House
Garrett
Tennessee
Missouri
Representative Summers
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Treasury
Senate
Representativ Mondell
House Appropriations Committee
Summers
Fewer marriages in Abbeville County dropped by fifty this year
Probate Judge J F Miller reports 255 marriages in Abbeville County up to January 1 a decline of fifty from 1920. He notes most marriages occurred among the Negro population affected by hard times and bull weevil, and counts do not include county couples wed in neighboring counties.
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Abbeville County
J. F. Miller
Sousa Concert Coming to Spartanburg
John Philip Sousa and his band of nearly 100 pieces will give concerts in Spartanburg February 22, matinee and evening, at Converse College Auditorium under the auspices of Converse College and the Spartanburg Rotary Club. Sousa will perform some of his latest compositions.
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Spartanburg
John Philip Sousa
Converse College
Hanging charge now under probe in senate testimony
In Washington on a dramatic Senate committee hearing, accuser and accused confronted one another over allegations that American soldiers were hanged without trial in France. Maj. Hierome L. Opie denied ordering killings as Gray Som Ifrow testified witnessing a gun firing from Opie at a front-line runner, while William F. St. John described nerve-wracking shellfire and a shooting amid mounting tension.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
France
Hierome L. Opie
Staunton
One
Opie
Graysom H. Withrow
Baltimore
Withrow
Mt and William
F. St. John
Lynchburg
Sheriff Reports Large Year of Whiskey Suppression
Sheriff F B McLane reports 42 stills seized in Abbeville county, 20000 gallons of beer malt destroyed, 25 bushels of malt destroyed, 121 gallons of liquor poured out, and 52 arrests tied to whiskey activities. Jail housed 152 county prisoners and 30 federal prisoners, with offenses ranging from hog stealing to wife beating.
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F. B. McLane
Abbeville
Jsgine
France Not Willing Block Agreement In Naval Talks
Washington reports two key advances in armament conference talks as naval experts finalize a replacement chart and consent to a 6 percent effective Chinese tariff. The committee may present a precise ship scrapping schedule and new keel dates while British circles note France accepts a 10000 ton limit for auxiliary ships except aircraft carriers.
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Washington
Naval
Ange Ems
Births and Deaths in Abbeville City and Township
One hundred forty three children were born in Abbeville city last year with seventy eight deaths, an increase of sixty five. Outside the city in Abbeville township there were 97 births and 37 deaths, up sixty. County totals are not yet available but estimates suggest a death rate below the average.
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Abbeville
Quarterly Conference At Grace Methodist Church In Abbeville
The Abbeville Circuit holds its first quarterly conference Saturday at 3 PM at Grace Methodist Church on South Main Street. Presiding elder Rev. E S Jones will preside and preach Sunday evening. He will also preach at Bethel Sunday morning. Rev J B Kilgore, pastor of Grace and Bethel, invites the public to hear him.
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Abbeville
Grace Methodist Church
South Main Street
E. 5. Jones
Bethel
J. ‘B. Kilgore
Pas
Tor
Grace
Jones
Virginia Visitor Arrives for Abbeville Visit
Mr and Mrs Raymond Shelor plan a several day visit in Abbeville with Mr and Mrs Allen Smith Jr after touring Mrs Shelor’s old Sumter home. They will return to Virginia after the stay.
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Raymond Shelor
Abbeville
Prohibition chiefs linked to fraud plot in New York
A secret indictment unsealed in New York names Harold L. Hart, former federal prohibition director for New York, as head of a conspiracy to defraud the government through liquor withdrawals. The case lists several enforcement officers, politicians, and drug concerns, with months of investigation and lax Volstead Act enforcement cited.
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New York
Federal Prohibition
Secet
Federal Grand Jury
Harold L. Hart
Binghampton
Hart
Thomas Deedy
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
McHale
J. Lynch
Owen B. Murphy
Bronx County
Thomas F. Duffy
Bronx
Christmas Seal Sale Yields Small Abbeville County Total
Reports to South Carolina Tuberculosis Association show Abbeville County sold Christmas seals at various outlets with voluntary purchases totaling under 50 dollars due to poor finances. Most sub agents reported, one remaining may raise the final figure.
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South ‘Carolina
Abbeville
Roy Carter acquitted in Georgia murder trial
Found not guilty in Blackshear on the August death of Sheriff John W Robertson. Jury acquitted Roy Carter while his brother Mage faces a separate hanging sentence in the same case. Carter also faces a bonded charge of violating prohibition. In a separate note, coal production in northern West Virginia reached 14,389,960 tons in 1921 per Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Associations figures.
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Blackshear
Roy Carter
John W. Robertson
Carter
Mage
Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Northern
Reserve Banks Await Action On Building Halt
Washington reports Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board told the twelve reserve bank chairmen to suspend all new building work where contracts are not yet let until Congress acts on an amendment requiring congressional authorization for building operations by the Fed. The halt affects planned projects in St. Louis, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Nashville, Jacksonville, Detroit, Louisville, Denver, Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Nashville
Jacksonville
Detroit
Louisville
Denver
Oklahoma City
Salt Lake City
Harris
Georgia
Cobb Named Manager at Abbeville Cooperative Store
H. Cobb succeeds Roy Gilleland as manager of the Cooperative Mercantile Company in Abbeville. A Greenwood native and Wofford College alumnus, Cobb has decades of retail and shoe selling experience, including leading Hammond’s store and later running a furniture business. Friends expect success in the Abbeville venture. In Spartanburg, the Finch hotel was sold at auction for 265000 to a local business syndicate, allowing completion of the building and payment of all claims.
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H. Cobb
Roy Gilleland
Cooperative Mercantile Company
Abbeville
Mr. Cobb
Greenwood
Wofford College
Wofford
C. P. Hammond
J. E. McDavid
Hammond
Cobb
Spartanburg
Finch
W. T. Finch
Five Power Pact Near Completion
Washington reports the five power naval restriction treaty is close to finalize and will be shown to signatory powers for approval. The covenant covers scrapping, tonnage measurement, carrier and auxiliary limits, merchant vessel status, submarines rules, private yard shipbuilding, future war terms, refitting caps, and Pacific fortifications.
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Washington
Ip Tee
Gina
Pacific
Clinton Masons Plan Dinner After Degree Work
Masons at Clinton No. 3 A F M will hold a supper in the lodge room Thursday night after the degree work. Visiting Masons will be welcomed. Committee members are W E Hill G C Swet erburg and W D Wilkinson.
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Clinton
No. 3
W. E. Hill
G. C. Sweterburg
W. D. Wilkinson
Federal jurors convene in Greenwood for district court
The Western District of South Carolina will convene in Greenwood on February 22 with Judge H. H. Watkins presiding. No grand jurors were drawn from Abbeville County. Petit jurors listed include R. H. Stevenson D. S. Edwards Due West T. P. Thomson and Russell Thomson.
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Federal Court
Western District of
South Carolina
Greenwood
H. H. Watkins
Anderson
Abbeville
R. H. Stevenson
D. S. Edwards
Due West
T. P. Thomson
Russell Thomson
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