06 Jun 1921
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1921
Page
1
Pueblo Colorado reports the Arkansas River broke its banks causing widespread flooding over three days. Estimates place deaths around 250 with extensive property losses, while relief efforts by Red Cross and Governor Shoup mobilize food, medical care, and martial law security for displaced residents.
The Court of General Sessions opened at 10 a.m. with Judge Frank B. Gary presiding as five jurors and county officers attended. True bills were returned in several cases including State v Morrison for murder and State v Douthart, McKinney, and Morrow for car breaking and larceny. Manning murder case went to trial with dueling self defense claims and is expected to reach a verdict by 5 p.m.. Simpson and Callaham murder cases are set for Wednesday sessions.
The Belk-Walkup Company of Greenwood leads local ads, with more merchants in Greenwood choosing Press and Banner for advertising. Increased advertiser activity reflects growing shopper traffic to Greenwood as merchants expand their reach.
Congressional action seeks to abolish the office of comptroller of the currency and create a treasury undersecretary, add the secretary of commerce and agriculture to the Fed board, and curb par clearance and interest rules. Lawmakers push elastic credit policy amid deflation worries and postwar reconstruction.
James McComb thirteen year old son of Mr and Mrs R S McComb is ill at their Cambridge Street Fort Pickens home suspected typhoid by doctors after about two weeks of illness. His late sister Mildred recently recovered from a similar attack. In the union station flood high water reached 14 feet and Congress hotel guests faced food shortages and sanitation difficulties with limited bath facilities and clothing changes.
Miss Helen Milford of Abbeville ranks high among Abbeville's young women and earns a Randolph Macon Woman's College scholarship during the closing exercises of the Rudolph Macon Institute. Miss Gladys Wilson heads to Greensboro after a year of study and camping trip with friends.
A bloc of 19 senators urged aid for farmers including a Capper bill to add agriculture and commerce secretaries to the Federal Reserve Board. Senator Smith of South Carolina led talks with Secretary of Commerce Mellon and President Harding expressed support for relief measures and extended credit to cotton producers and farm markets.
Washington reports that 6.465 million dollars was spent by railroads in the first half of last year due to national agreements during government control requiring one extra hour per week for punching the clock, regardless of hours worked. B T Whitner of Philadelphia spoke before the Senate investigating committee. An order in 1918 guaranteeing piece workers the same minimum hourly rate as hourly workers reduced output by ten to forty percent.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Edmunds with family traveled to McCormick for Sunday School and visited friends in Plum Branch afterward.
Memorial day observances were held in Arlington cemetery with speaker Representative B. G. Lowery of Mississippi. The event included taps, the unveiling of a Confederate scene, and flowers laid by Children of the Confederacy around graves, honoring Jefferson Davis and Confederate history.
Philadelphia June 4. Frank Souders a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer died while trying to chloroform an aged pet cat at his Paoli home. His family was away. The cat scratched as he pressed a chloroform rag to its nose and he succumbed to the fumes. The cat escaped.
James Hastings known as Luke McLuke died at a Cincinnati hospital at midnight. He was 63 and survived by a widow and four children.
Prof Robert H. Coleman arrived in Abbeville Saturday to spend a week with Mrs. Coleman and the children. He is traveling this summer on behalf of the College of Charleston.
R. B. Cheatham has been appointed County Treasurer succeeding the late J. E. Jones. A representative from the Comptroller General's office will visit tomorrow to verify the new treasurer.
Rev. Mr. Shefferson, who has received a call from Abbeville Presbyterians, will come to preach to the congregation on Sunday June 19. He has the acceptance of the call under consideration.
Victoria Howie has accepted a summer post as Community Worker at the Abbeville Cotton Mills during Mrs. Shelley’s absence. A popular Agnes Scott graduate, she led the Freshman Class and is noted for her diligence and leadership. The mill community welcomes her appointment.
Clemson College students leave campus for holidays and adopt everyday attire as they begin their summer at home.
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