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f \ r t - . : : / Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville. S. C? Monday, October 17, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Yean RAILROAD STRIKE COMES OCTOBER 30 PRACTICALLY ALL ROADS TO| BE AFFECTED WHEN TWO I MILLION MEN QUIT WORK. REFUSE TO ACCEPT 12 PER! CENT /AGE CUT. I Chicago, Oct. 15.?More than half a million American railroad men were today ordered to initate a strike October 30 while other unions, whose memberships brings the total to about 2,000,000, announced unofficially that they were tonight preparing to follow suit and make the walk out general on the same dates. Under this program the tie up would be complete, according to union predictions by November 2. The first strike was fixed for 6 a. m,? October 30, except one Texas line, whose trainmen were authorized to go out October 22. The railroads listed in the first group on which the strike is to become effective touch 42 of the 48 states with a trackage of 73,000 miles out of the total United States trackage of approximately 200,000. The New England states comprise the group that is virtually untouched in the first walk out. The strike orders were issued to the big five brotherhoods, oldest and most powerful of the railway unions and they specifically included mail trains in the walk out. Their provisions instructed strikers to keep railroad nronertv with a a tt?j v**? ?% . v*.. r - ~ * w warning that "violence of any nature will not be tolerated by the organizations." The strike was announced following an overwhelming vote said to be upwards of 90 per cent, wage reduction authorized by the United States railToad labor board July 1, and after it was declared by the associa.? tion of railway labor board executives in session here yesterday that a further reduction would be sought by the railroads. It was said that the strike decision was made before the announcement of this further intended cut. Printed instructions for the conduct of the strike issued in Chicago were dated yesterday, October 14. "T fpflr it will be one of the most serious strikes in American transpor- j tation history," said W. G. Lee, president of the railroad trainmen, > who during recent weeks has sent 4 circulars to his men warning them of the critical nature of the steps they contemplated. The country was divided into four groups, in which the (men were pro-1 posed to walk out progressively, one group every 24 hours. The names of the groups were not made public, but unofficially the identity of roads in the firstj group to go was learned, subject to changes, which, union officials said, would be few. This group c/vm*? of the country's greatest rail systems, from coast to coast and from Canada to the Gulf. These were: ( Chicago & Northwestern, Texas & Pacific, Kansas City,, Southern, I Pennsylvania, (Missouri Pacific, International & Great Northern, Southern Pacific (Atlantic and Pacific lines), Southern railway, Louisville & Nashville, St. Louis Southwestern (if Texas lines included, not stated), Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, Seaboard Air Line Erie, Chicago, Great Western and Viriginian railway. The unions issuing the strike call today were: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Brbtherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway Conductors, Broth erhood of iLocmtive Engineers, Switchmen's Union of North America. gItting in line. Cecil Tate is getting in line ^with the other boys around town for Sunday he went to the hospital and parted company with a set of tonSite and all the adenoids a boy is entitled to. He is making a rapid recovery but school will have to get along without him for a day or two. TOE REDUCTION TO LOWER FREIGHT RAILROADS PLANNING TO MAKE I EFFORT ^TO AID BUSINESS. WILL MAKE TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF RATES ON FARM PRODUCTS. I " rhiVao-iv Or>t_ 15.?Immediate re I -----?o-? duction of freight rates on agricultural products for a trial period of from 60 to 90 days, pending further wage reductions, was one of the proposals presented to high railroad officers at the conference of the Association of Railway Executives today. A general policy of wage and freight rates was the dominating topic under discussion. Realization that the legal steps necessary to lower wages and transportation charges would delay any benefit to the public indefinitely was said to be responsible for a definite proposal to aid agricultural production. According to railroad officials, a temporary reduction of rates on farm products was thought to be possible with comparatively little delay. A tentative reduuction of 10 per cent was suggested. Meanwhile, the roads would take up wage negotiations with their employees and if unable to obtain an agreement to reductions, would take the question to the railroad labor board. A decision by the board to allott further reductions would then mean immediate application to the inter state commerce commission to reduce freight rates on all commodities. If the attempt to reduce wages was unsuccessful, it was proposed to restore the present rate on farm products. COURT ADJOURNS Case Against County Continued Until Next Session. Common pleas court adjourned Friday afternoon, after a six day session. Jurors had been drawn for a second week, but so many cases were settled out of court that the second week was not necessary. The last case, a damage suit against the County was continued. The Fress and Banner saia in jis Friday issue that George Pritchard would regain possession of an automobile recovered in the suit of the Operatives Trust Company against (Sheriff McLane. This was an error. The Sheriff took possession of the car after finding liquor in it, it is alleged, and -sold it at auction. The Operatives Trust Company held z mortgage on the machine and broughl suit to recover, winning the suit That company, therefore, gets pos session of the automobile. DATE OF GAME CHANGED The football game scheduled t< be played here with Newberry higl ' -1 1 *.L ?:u _1_? scnooi X nuuy aiiuuwu wu? ue fiajr ed Thursday afternoon, October 20 at 3:00 o'clock. This change is mad* so that the local fans may attern the Clemson-Furman game whicl will be pjayed in Greenville Friday afternoon. The Newberry game wil be called promptly at 3 o'clock. Newberry played Greenwood < close game and should make it inter esting for Swetenburg's Invincible OCONEE FARMER HANGS SELF J Aged Resident of Near Walhalli Takes His Own Life, j Walhalla, Oct. 16.?W C. Ru??eil ! farmer and business man of Rus-soll I viile, several miles from her'.* hang ed himself in a barn while member of h;s family were at dinner today Cause for the act is undetermined Mr. Russell, who was eighty-six year | of age, suffered an attack of rhc-u matism some time ago, although hi was hale and hearty, and continue* to look after his farming and busi ness interests. Besides his widow Mr Russell is survived by eleven childrei and many relatives in the Carolina; and Georgia. FIGHT ON m CENTERS IN HOUSE , ADMINISTRATION WOULD ARBI- 1 TRATE QUESTION?SENATORS BORAH AND REED SPEAK I BOLDLY IN DEBATING INTERNATIONAL ISSUE. I Washington, Oct. 16?In the house . where the administration is powerful } . J.1-- n v ?1: Dov,o?v.Q na. i Uie DOiail U1J1, 1 CJ^CcllItlg x (tiiauia v? i nal tolls as they apply to American 11 . vessels engaged in coastwise trade, < . will be indefinitely delayed even if it s is not "put to death." ' 1 The administration would secure i repeal of tolls by arbitration rather 1 than by act of congress, which the i administration fears will give offense 1 ; to Great Britain on the eye of the conference for the limitation or ar- 1 ; mament. The administration adheres i to the belief that its tenure of official < life is dependent on the result of the s conference. It would willingly' let s nothing jeopardize the promise of t success now extended. i To the house, transcontinental rail- i roads have switched their highly in- 1 telligent lobbies. There, too, Great t Britain will endeavor to exert influ- ( ence. i ) The debate in the senate was a t smashing affair, Senator Borah and t Senator Reed called a spade & spade. 1 The latter was severely critical of the letters published by the family < of the late Ambassador Page, letters a j written by the ambassador to fo^ner i President Woodrow Wilson urging I him to bring about repeal of free < tolls legislation. Senator Lodge, in i urging the defeat of the Borah bill, i declared that it would tend to jeop- < ardize the disarmament conference, i Senator Pomerene (Democrat) of < Ohio, and one of the strongest mero- i bers of the senate, declared in the j ablest speech against the bill t hat < it would "barter national honesty for i a ship subsidy." ] J I Negroes are gradually returning to < the southern plantations from which ] they had been drawn to the cities by 3 high wages. ' ' ABBEVILLE G FROM AND ' The pig (skin) jumped over the \ sty and in the act made Abbeville's i 1 score 21 which was just enough to top i 5 the Anderson Hi's mark in the foot- ! ! ball game Friday afternoon. The old i 1 reliable toe of Galloway gave the 1 ' I ball the momentum to cross the bar i J the third time, putting the game in < the won column instead of the tied, j And a3 that third kick climbed across i | the goal bar, with a hop, skip and i jjump movement, there came the ] grand climax of an exciting game, } which the Abbeville fans had almost 1 despaired of winning three minutes earlier. > . a' The teams were fairly evenly j j matched in driving power, each showing at times a weakness in defensive play. Abbeville's heavier line was not j impregnable to the light backs of Anderson High, nor could Anderson ^ hold the Abbeville backs. Enjoyment of the game was somewhat marred j by the constant penalties for offside and holding, the honors being pret* ty evenly divided >by the referee. Wall, Wright, Mattison, Dean and s Meeks, the latter nursing a broken nose, led the Anderson team in superior work while Bradley, Long, _ Galloway, Smith and Gambrell were I . perhaps the lights of the locals' shin-j s Ing team. Anderson scored first in the first nnartpr after Abbeville had failed to I s | make first down, Dean carrying the - ball across. Mattison kicked goal, f From the kickoff, the Abbeville team 1 marched down the field 65 yards inj - a consistent manner for a touch-j . down, Gambrell taking the ball over, j i Galloway kicked goal. The quarter s ended with the score seven all. To start theNsecond quarter it wasj / WE ORDERS" / BEING SENT OUT LEAD'RS CONTEND ONLY MIR- A ACLE CAN -STOP?INSTRUCTIONS ON WALKOUT GO FORWARD WITH MESSAGES IN CODE. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 16.?With mnouncement today that the big si lve transportation chiefs 'will meet nr lere Tuesday to discuss plans for a, carrying in the nationwide progres- p jive raliroad strike that has berfn set y, ;o begin at 6 a. m., Sunday, (fctober ti JO, W. Or. Lee, president oi tne aro-jn ;herhood Trainmen, declared that|o I lothing but a miracle can prevent :he strike going into effect. nMr. Lee returned to headquarters; if ;oday from Chicago where yesterday |a ;he five transportation organizations b >rdered the strike and at once .began n sending out official notices o?-thcf strike order to approximately 300:^ general chairman of his organization S1 vho did not attend the Chicago con- ^ 'erence. General chairmen of the 'our other organizations attended ;he conferences and were given their >rders there. n "Nothing but a miracle can stop J g ;his strike," said Mr. Lee. "Still jw ;here may be a savior in some place, j ^ >ut I am afraid not." la Mr. Lee explained that the strike! >rder was final and definite, no pro-j visions being made for a postpone-' nent of action. Grand officers of the Brotherhood! . )f Engineers were arriving here to- ^. light for ' a conference tomorrow . .vith Grand Chief Warren S. Stone,;" tl it which they will receive final in-j >tructions before departing for the ^ iistricts over which they have super- ^ rision. *1 Mr. Stone, W. S. Carter, presi-!w 3ent of the Brotherhood of Firemen!a ind Enginemen; L. E. Sheppard, ja president of the Order of Railroad | Conductors; and T. C. Cassen, presi- d dent of the Switchmen's Unjgn ofje North America, are expected to ar- o rive here tomorrow to take part in 1; Tuesday's conference. a ======== 0 ETS THIRD I ERSON HIGH \ ? le Abbeville's ball in midfield. Gambrell|v made 10 yards and Long kicked. An- ^ derson lost the ball on Abbeville's v 25 yard line. Bradley gained 20 around left end. A forward pass was intercepted by Meeks who got away with a long run for a touchdown. Mattison missed goal. Meeks jot away with another long run a few minutes later, the touchdown and foal giving Anderson a lead of 13 points to end the half. In the third quarter both teams were in position to score but penalties kept the ball from being carried across. On the ten yard line Abbeville ^ got away with a run that would almost have carried the ball over, but Red McMillan called the team back and penalized them 15. This was re- ^ peated>in less degree until Abbeville s had lost 25 yards in three plays. An c attempted pass failing on the fourth down the ball went over. L Near the end of the third quarter, J i Breazeale, substituting for Mattison j rivht pnrl nicked ud an attempted i v ~9 *" * I pass by Abbeville after the whistle had blown and ran 60 yards for a'( touchdown that did not count. It j 0 was near the end that a long pass, I j Long to Gambrell, netted a touch-) down, Galloway putt'ng it over. I \ The final counter came on a longj> pass, Long to Smith, an Anderson j \ player juggling the ball in the air j > before Smith got it safely tucked j < away. Galloway kicked, the ball striking the cross bar and bounding over. Score 21 to 20. 1 McMillan (Clemson) ref-i eree; Padgett (W. & L.) umpire;! V\Tinn, (P. C.) head lineman; time-j keepers Bowen (Carolina) and Fulp (p. c.) , ! f AT SWING OF EVERY'TRAIN J3SOLUTE CESSATION OF SERVICE INTENDED?THE UNIONS MEET AGAIN TO DECIDE NUM BER OF MEN TO BE PERMITTED TO WORK. Chicago, Oct. 1G.?Absolute cesit:on of train service, with a mini- < lum force only sufficient to guard ' gainst fire and damage to railroad ! roperty on duty in shops and depots, 1 ras indicated by the drastic regula- i ons issued by the railroad brother- 1 oods in connection with their strike . rder today. i The brotherhoods' instructions to lembers did not specify what service, any, was to remain in operatibn < fter t)fe last man walks out Novem- ] er 2. Under the* list of duties of i lembers, No. 2 says: "All men on strike will keep away 1 rom the companies' property except ' ich men delegated certain duties to 1 e performed by the unions." The extent to which the shopcrafts' 1 nions and other of the remaining or- 1 anizations which will walk out has ot yet been decided. According to 1 . M. Jewell, president of the railay employees' department of the merican Federation of Labor, that < i one of the questions to be deter- i lined at the ?hop crafts' meeting to : Dmplete their plans tomorrow. "I Ho not understand that the train I ?rvice allows for the operation of a ngle train," Mr. Jewell said in point 1 ig out the brotherhood clauses saylg that employees had "identically ic same right to refuse to perform jrvice on a mail train as on a freight rain.'" "The public had better get into alking clothes. It looks like an bsolute tie up t>f all trains," he elded. "The force permitted to remain on uty in past strikes to protect proprtv depended on the circumstances f the strike," Mr. Jewell said. Usualf a small force was left on duty round shops to prevent deterioration, f equipment, he said, and a small orce was kept at union stations and epots to guard against any actual uffering on the part of strikers. "The men allowed to remain at .'ork in our organizations," Mr. Jew11 said, "will be decided on when re meet to complete strike call plans. Ve can't quite tell yet how many that rill be but not many." COTTON MARKET Spot cotton: 19 cents. The futures market closed weak today, following orders over the week-end for a general railroad strike. December contract# were quoted at 18.36 at the dose, 88 points below k Saturday's close. Other months J snow eta mo muio n :aught wearing pair of $10,000 b. v. d's! New York, Oct. 16.?William Campbell, petty officer on the White >tar Liner Cedric, changed his brands if underwear today. Campbell was arrested by customs | nspectors when he was found wear-! ng bird of parad;se skins sewed all J ver his B. V. D's. The skins were vorth $10,000. i Arraigned before United States j ."lommissioner Hitchcock on a charge j if smuggling, Campbell averred "It: ooks like a cold winter." I l v v v v \ v v v vvvvvj - , x FOOTBALL RESULTS V V kVVVVVVWVVV * * Georgia Tech 69, Furman 0. South Carolina7, North Carolina Citadel 20, P. C. 0. Wofford 20, Eton College 7. Wake Forest 10, Davidson 7. Auburn 54, Clem&on 0. Erskine 76, Charleston Co|Jege 0. V HARDING ANSWERS WILLIAMS' CHARGE < I REPLY MADE TO CRITICISM OF FORMER COMPTROLLER?RECORDS SHOW THAT WIL LIAMS VOTED FOR FEDERAL RESERVE SALARY INCREASES Washington, Oct. 15.?The federal reserve board does not regard "the salaries paid the governor of the New York Federal Reserve bank and the federal reserve agent as being excessive," Govrnor Harding of the ooara < saia 'in a ieutei" iu uiiaumtiu Anderson of the congressional agricultural committee, m!ade public tonight. "No one familiar with the qualifications of these gentlemen, their long experience in banking, their established positron in the banking community before the federal reserve bank was organized, the magnitude of their responsibilities and the opportunities constantly afforded them to make" other and more profitable engagements," the letter added, "would assert for a moment that they are being paid more than they are worth." Governor Harding explained that the letter was not a reply to the recent senate resolution requesting data on the salaries paid New York federal reserve bank officials but was intended to deal more specifically with criticisms of John Skelton Williams, formejv. comptroller of the cufrency. The board's answer to the request of the senate, he added, ".would be forwarded next week." He requested, however, that the let- , ter be made a part of the commis- i sion's rcord and that the commission make public its finding with respect to the charge made by Mr. Williams in the controversy which began some months ago. Included in the letter was an analysis of the salaries paid the New York bank officials and a comparison of the salaries with those of bank officials carrying similar responsibilities. The letter also embodies the minutes of a meeting of the reserve board of which Mr. Williams, as comptroller, was a member, which showed that Mr. Williams voted for increasing the salary of Governor Strong of the New York bank from $30,000 to $50,000. | CAPTURES BEER Negro, Thought to Be Owner, Es' capes From Scene. Deputy Sheriff T." L. Cann visited the home of "Lawyer" Clinkscales, a negro who lives on the farm 'of George Nance, Saturday morning and captured 20 gallons of beer mash and the dissembled parts of a still which showed signs of recent usage. Clinkscales had sufficient warning to depart quickly, leaving the deputy far in the rear. So far he has not been captured. TWO KILLED IN CRASH Airplan?'s Fall Fatal For Pilot and Student. . _ Lynn, Mass. )Oct. 15.?Edward 171 ~ -f/vr+v.+hrAe and Fletcher J. UOk/^J. 9 * Anderson thirty, were killed here today when an airplane in which they were flying over the Lynn marshes crashed to the ground. Mr. Anderson, a pilot for the Lynnway aviation school, was taking Mr. Foster up on his first trip for a course in flying. The right wing of the machine crumpled when it was about 150 feet in the air. D&noes in 107th Year. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 15.?Mrs. Frieda Katz, in her 107th year, spry as a woman a generation her junior danced .three old-fashioned dances at a Talmud celebration here and did not' appear tired by her exertion. She said the figures of her wpt?> those she had learned 80 years ago, and which were sanctioned by her reKgious faith,.