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IN ABBEVILLE?WILSON HAR VEY RECEIVNG CONGRATU LATIONS?SIXTH LIEUTENANT "/m.-puvad ta cnrrrrn rnv UU T I>xvn Vl\ iW k/VWbbi/ V?V/ - ERNORSHIP. While many people were con gratulating Governor Cooper yester day upon his appointment to the Federal Fann Loan board, the state's next governor, Wilson G. Harvey, also was receiving congrat ulations from this section upon his prospective elevation to the chief executive's chair. Mr. Harvey has served well as " lieutenant-governor, according to friends and already had announced I his intention to offer for reelection * to that office. Whether or not his promotion to the governorship will affect these plans is not known, and there is some speculation as to the possibility of his entering the guber natorial race?. Unless there is an un | expected "hitch in the United States senate, he will succeed Governor Cooper\withm a few days, Lieutenant-Governor Harvey is a banker and has been * for 25 yeai*s I identified with the management of | the Enterprise Bank of Charleston j and will be the first Charleston man 4-**. k/\V/] flint iiS ^7 vonra p cvs iivxxi Miav v/iuvv in v* j VHV last chief executive from the City by the Sea having 'been Andrew G. Maigrath, 1864-65. Mr. Harvey is a son of Wilson G. and Cornelia Julia Elbridge Harvey, His father was a native of Charles ton, as was his'grandfather, James fe. Harvey. The 'Harveys came to South Carolina prior to tne War of the Revolution from Bermuda. Mr. Harvey's great grand father was a ctxember of the Continental forces I fighting for independnce in that k war. His father was a Confederate P soldier. # B He was educated In the grammar B and high schools of Charleston. At I the age of 15 he began his business career as an employee of the News and Courier. At the age of 21 he was manager of the World and f Budget. Then he became Charleston manager of the Bradstireet com pany. He organized the Enterprise Bank in 1894, was elected its first cashier and 9ince 1904 has been its president. He belongs to many organizations. He has served as president of the S. C. Society of the Sons of the Ameri can Revolution. He was adjutant general of the "Fourth Brigade, S. C. Volunteers, for several years and major of the Second Battalion. He has been gTand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of this State and for 22 years has been elected by un animous vote grand master of the exchequer. He has also served as grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, past senior consul of the Woodmen of the World, and is a past master of Solo mon's Lodge No. 1, Ancient Free Masons. For eight years he was an alder man of Charleston and in 1910 was mayor pro tem. He has been presi dent of the Charleston Chamber of /^'Commerce and is chairman of the ? -country's sanitary commission. He is a former president of the Char leston Automobile club, is secretary and one of the (board of managers iof the Charleston Country club, a mem Ob er of the Carolina Yacht club and other social organizations and is a deacon in the First Presbyterian church in Charleston. In 1894 he married Miss Mary Franklin Butler of Georgia. They had three children. In 1914 he mar ried Miss Margaret Waring. In 1920 Mr. Harvey was elected lieutenant-governor/ During the life time of Senator E. R. Tillman, Mr. Harvey was one of his principal supporters in Char leston. Arthur Mundy spent Thursday in Elberton\ Ga. ONE SPEAKER WARNS AGAINST WHAT HE CHARACTERIZES AS FORM OF RADICALISM IN CHURCH? DEBATE GROWS WARM TT *i A-K TVTott 11 4T?/vl. X1UL XXiA., 1UUJ i.A? "cdk w* lowing a hot debate in Which one speaker warned against-, what he characterized as a growfhg form of radicalism within the church, the 19th general quadrennial confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal churcK, South, in sesion here, today i rejected, by a majority of eight j votes, a recommendation that the right to administer the sacrement be. invested in unordained ministers. The vote on the recommendation which was in a minority report was 178 to 170. The conference then adopted, iby a vote of 188 to 115, the majority report recommending the legislation be not enacted. Half a dozen speakers argued that merits of the sacrement issue, but it remained for Dr. J. P. Hilburn of Orlando, Fla., to swir.g the confer- . ence against the proposal through an impassioned address in which he injected his charge of growing , radicalism in church affairs. He said , he did not 'believe the church should depart from time honored customs and traditions which had stood the test of years. Many delegates saw, tney saw, m the conference's action a desire to* retain the older customs and tradi- i tion^rof the denomination and to- i night they were predicting other measures now pending before the body and containing what they con- i sidered radical "clauses would meet ( a similar fate* i Before settling the sacrament Is- : sue, the conference reorganized the church Sunday school (board and gave approval to a project to raise a ' $10,000,000 fond for superannuated ministers. A quantity of routine business also was disposed of and tonight the delegates heard an ad- 1 dress on "When Wotoen Become ' Men Then What?" delivered by Dr. G. R. Stuart of Birmingham, Ala. ' Numerous committee' meetings also i were held tonight. Reorganization of the Sunday school hoard invlves the creation of a new office and, Instead of one i executive handling the work of the Sunday school editor and general secretary, there will be one for each place. In addition three bishops will be'members of the board in the fu ture instead of one as in the past. A MILLIONAIRE rxiSOiNfcK Offered $2,000,000 For His Oil Interests Jeff arson JD ity, Mo., May 11.?D. P. Hayes, a convict of negro and Indian blood, has received two of fers, one purporting to be $2,000, 000 and the other $1,800,000 for his oil interests, prison officials said to day. He is serving three years for forgery. . x " Hayes is said to (be the owner of '160 acres of Mexican land, classi ? A Ua ie lieu U11 xauu. UC At* w have been advised not to sell the land for less than $4,000,000. MR. E. W. ASHLEY ILL Visitors from Honea Path Thurs day reported Mr. E. W. Ashley very sick. He is known over the county as Mr. "Wess" Ashley, and has many friends who 'will regret to hear of his illness. Leaves Large Estate New York, May 9.?Close friends! of the late Henry P. Davison who] died Saturday from an operation for brain tumor estimated today that the- financier left an estate of about $10,000,000. He carried a large amount of life insurance, but the figures have not been ascortained. Mr. Davison's benefactions were large. GOVENOR COOPER TO SUCCEEB LEVER t NOMINATION SENT TO SENATE SOON?WJLL BE SUCCEEDED BY WILSON G. HARVEY FOR REMAINDER OF TERM WHICH EXPIRES NEXT JANUARY. \ Washington, May II.?Governor Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina was nominated today by President Harding to ibe a member of the fed oral farm loan board, succeeding Anbury F. Lever, of the same state, who recently resigned. Washington, May 11.?Selection of Governor Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina to fill the vacancy or. the federal farm loan board caus ed by the recent resignation of As bury F. Lever is understood to have been made by President Harding. The nomination of Governor Cooper is expected to b? sent to the senate 'shortly. The prospective I1UII11I1?C; W11U IS a UClUVWlUb HUU TV AAA succeed as provided by law to the place vacated, by. a democrat, is serving a second term as governor of South Carolina. He served for sev eral years as prosecuting attorney and as a member of the South Caro lina legislature and is prominent in business and political circles in his state. He has large farming . inter ests and has taken a lead in conr crt-im/nt-ivo n<rri/?ii1+.iiral measures in his state. Mr. Cooper's term as governor of South Carolina expires next January His acceptance of the office wiH necessitate his resignation as gover nor in which case he will be succeed' ed for the (remainder of the term by Wilson G. Harvey of Charelston, 9. C.. the aresent lieutenant gover-j nor. V Mr. Cooper^ at. present is in Wash ington as a guest of Senator Dial of South Carolina, Will Reaign u Governor < ISumter, May 11.?Governor Cooper said today he would resign is governor to accept appointment on the federal farm loan board as soon as his nomination is confirmed by the senate. THE SMITH REUNION Clan Gathers *t Stony iPoint and .Snenili the Day The Smith family held a reunion of all their kindred Thursday at Stony Point in Greenwood County, which was the home of William Smitll, who came down from Vir ginia before the Revolutionary war. The family gathered Thursday from all parts of the state, there being cars from Spartanburg, Greenville, Chester, Greenwood, Aiblbeville and other points. The Smith home is still standing, a large brick dwelling, and was visited by all who attended the reunion. The dinner was served in the adjoining grove and Mr. J. rto. Vino/4 n/ tho fnmilv. I AilCIl OlliilVU) IDUC uvwu vr* W~w ^ , asked the same grace which was used around the ffemily (board in the home of his gTeat grand father. Af ter the dinner the song "Blest be the Tie That Binds," was sung, the lead being taken by Mrs. A. M. Aiken of Cheater. Those attending from Abbeville were, Mr. J. Allen Smith, Max Smith, Miss Mary Smith, Mr. A. M. Smith, George Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hill and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Aiiken and family, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. White, -Miss Jeansie White, Mrs. L. W. Perrln, Miss Belle McCaw and Miss Meta Lythlgoe. COTTON MARKET Cotton on the local market brought 19 1-2 cents today. Futures closed as follows: May 19.37 July 19.51 October 19.54 December 19.53 SIMMONS MAKES CHARGE OF . "INDECENT HASTE"? GHOST OF GERMANY?TIME HAS COME FOR IT TO RETIRE TO CLOSET, DECLARES JONES Washington, May 11.?Sharp clashes between Republican and Democratic leaders marked senate consideration today of the tariff bill. Referring to the night session, decided upon the majority and starting tonight, Senator Simmons n ^ \T aW-U ,/"? n xla V* O IaixV uj iivi til ivjaiuiuia, vcmm:iai/iv icau ers charged that the Republicans were "driving with whip and spur and indecent haste" to Pass the measure. Senator McCumber (Re publican) of North Dakota, in charge of the'bill, countered with a declaration that the Democrats were undertaking to kill the legis lation by means of a filibuster and declared that the Republicans pro posed to defeat that purpose The charge of delay was renewed later by Senator Smoot of Utah no-nlrinop T? /vtyii V*li/?on nil "QDnofp l Miming Awyuviivau vu vmv wv?m w ?nance committee, who, after an ex change with Senator Jones of New Mexico, a Democratic ' member of tnat committee, declared he was not going to be a par^y to "time killing" by undertaking to explain how the committee arrived at every rate in detail when no explanation would be satisfactory to the senator. Senator Jones declared the people of the country were entitled to jknow just how the committee reached its decisions on the proposed duties. He charged that the commitee had act ed without definite information and said the whole bill was "notfeing but m tiAmum full rtl ^iff^rpnt.SdeM and different guesses." ; t vj Sunday Evmu DUeoaHnad \ * , Express trains, 47 and 48, have been discontinued on Sundays, and there is a likelihood of crews on these trains being run through the Abbeville terminal. It is hoped that this will not he done as it will necessitate some of the men now making their homes in Abbeville moving elsewhere. Vtax VALUES raised 1 ;* Auditor Sondley Receives Order* to increase Tax Valuation. The County Auditor has received orders-from the Tax Commission to increase the tax valuation of lands in this county to an average of $6.15 per acre. ? ' The recent assessment as made by Tnumchin Rnnrds and as fixed and passed by the County Board of Assessors reduced assessments in this county a considerable extent, ft is not known yet just what the aver age valuation will be. This the Audi tor is determining now. It will be nec essary to ascertain the number of acres of land taxable in this county and the total valuation as fixed by the County Board. When this is as certained, the average will be struck, and the assessments in every case will be raised the necessary per cent, in order^to make an average of $6.15. It was thought that the County Board had settled the matter, and it has so far as this county is concern ed, but in making the assessments here on a parity with assessments in other counties, the Tax Commission has the authority to require that as aoccmpnts hp either lowered or rais ed. They are generally raised in fact. Mr. Sondley advises us that the average assessment in 1918 was $6.12 per acre and that the assessment this year will be practically the same as that year. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION Supt. of Education P. H. Mann held the regular yearly teachers' ex amination for Abbeville County in the Court House this morning. About thirty stood the examinatin. MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY CAUGHT IN RAIDS FRED MADER, PRESIDENT OF BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL, ONE OF NUMBER. V ' ? ' * Chicago, May 11.?Fred ("Fren chy") Mader, president of the Chi cago building Trades council, and more than 150 other labor leaders were being held tonight after having been caught in a dozen raids on va rious union headquarters today. J t The ifcund up resulted from the murder of two patrolmen and the bounding of another in a running pis tol fight in which the killers eluded the police last nifcht. The two slay ngs followed the bombing of , two j:?? 4.1 A -f\G o anviflCJ UUXiUiligO; WiC v.uuuiuauv/11 vj. a owii of disorders believed by the police to have been due to labor warfare in the building trades. y In ordering the raids, Charles C. Fitzmorris, chief of police, declared some labor leaders were "just as j guilty of the murders of the two. po ljcemen^as were the anarchists of the Haymarket riots." He characterized the killings as '.'slaughter" and term ed the labor leaders "hoodlums and ex-convicts." _ The lists of those taken into ' cus tody -included the names of some of the men who have been known for years as the leaders of labor in Chi cago. Am^ng them were "Big Tim" Murphy, president of the Gas Work ers' union, and Cornelius ("Con") Shear, leader of tHe teamsters' strike in 1904. Murphy, known as Chicago's "labor czar/' has been out on bail after having! been sentenced recently to seven' years in prison in con nection with the $400,000 union sta tion mail robbery. ; The raids came as a surprise, the first being made on the headquarters of the Building Trades council, where men from the detective bureau ap pearejl suddenly at the entrance. The raiders slammed the doors and then kept them shut with threats of shoot ing. A score of labor leaders were found in conference. They were tak en into custody and all books and documents seized. A safe was opened by drilling off the combination, and three pistols and about 100 rounds of ammunition were found. Raids were made on the other un ion headquarters and saloons known to have been used as hang-Duts by notorious- sluggers and gunmen who foave been connected by the police with many recent bombings and shoot :n^3. Scores of men were arrested in these minor raids and a large supply i ^ of pistols, sawed-off guns and am-! e munition seized. b . tl BIDS ON BRIDGES [a o Highway Commission Met Thursday to Discuss Makers. A meeting of the County Eighway Commission was called Thursday to lf?t the brideres on the Antreville and Greenwood roads, and to decide if the Antreville road should run as surveyed back of the Keowee Church or should be changed to run in front of the church. Committees from the Keowee section both for an<? against the proposed change, numbering a bout sixty wert in attendance. Tes timnnv was taken and the Commis I I sion remained in session all of Thurs day. It was decided that the road should remain as surveyed. The following bids for the bridges and Douglas Mill road were submit ted, and the contract will be awarded jai in a few days. Bidders on bridges: J. A. Pekinson, Montgomery, Ala., $39,278.05; Aus- F tin Bros. Bdge., Co., Atlanta, Ga.,1 P. $44,445.22; Campbell Construction C Co,. Columbus, Ga., $36,467,999; Pal- 0! metto Construction & Concrete Co., Columbia, S. C., $33,575.34; R. . P. Kyle, Charleston, S. C., $55,712.54; P. S. Minus, Spartanburg, $34,443.68 Porter & Boyd, Charlotte, N C, $41, 472.81; Brooks Callaway, Atlanta, $40,473.60; Batson Cooks Co., West O EVENT IN MEMORY OF COM MUNITY'S PRESENT CITIZENS HAS CREATED AS. MUCH IN TEREST? CORDIAL INVITA TION TO ALL Darlington, May *1.-?The people f the city and county of Darlington SU WVU VU &U MIC UMV nion of the Unitegl Confederate eterans of South Carolina on May gj 7 and 18. No event in the memo f Darlington's present citizens has wakened so great enthusiasm and ich cordial response and welcome 3 the coming of the veterans of lis annual reunion. The citizens notr nly have offered, ibut will throw - pen their homes to the veteran* _' -}} nd their invited guests. A genuine.K'J nd warm welcome awaits the rem ent of the noiblest "band of warriors , 'ho ever went forth to battle for K'i leir country. ^ Tli ft* Fifth artlllerv hand of itV '' > ieces from Camp Bragg has been i f scured and will furnish music f o* .v ' . . i? occasion. St, John's school wul ive a special outdoor entertainment ., n the evening of May 17 and at ight after the presentation of' th??5fl ponsors and the grand march, the'0, ynrmittee on entertainment will- I ive a dance in the commodious anil-. >aciou3 reunion hall. All of the*'-/ eterans are expected to participate ad to take part in the dance, at l fa* Clemaon Col Cooper, Gen. hich time the old fashioned,'square ance will again come into its own. he young women of the community ill provide each veteran with a lir damsel as a partner with wfekh' > trip the light fantastic. Among the speakers there t. V. W. Daniel of ge, Gov. B. A. riian 8. Carr of Durham, h,vk.. en. C. A. Seed of Anderaon, Gen. . Irving Walker, of. Mt Pleasant, ol. John J. Dargan of Stateabmg, :aj. J. &. J. Caldwell of Newberry/ , X*. R. D. Wright, recording secre iry general, of Newberry, Francis y . Weston of Columbia and Capt , L. Ward law of Colombia. The community has extended a >rdial welcome to all of the citizens r South Carolina, especially urging iose from adjoining countie^ and earby towns and especially those f Darlington County, to attend the icercises and to honor the veterans y their presence. "It is not likely that we will grain have the pleasure and the onor of having them in our imidst, s other towns will claim this privi >ge and our citizens are especially ager to and anxious to pay every ribute of respect and honor to iese heroes; in honoring them we lso honor those who have passed ver the^ river, and we renew our ailh in the truth and Justice of the ause," said Bright William/on, eneral chairman, in commenting on . i iie approaching reunion. . _i , MOVE TO CHATTANOOGA Mr. and Mrs. Alex kowie and ' . hildren left last Sunday for Chatta ooga, Tenn., where tHey expect to take their home in the future. Mr. :? nd Mrs. Bowie have a large circle f friends in Abbeville who will re ret that they have -decided to leave .DtDeviiio. oint, Ga., $39,049.15; C. R. Willard, partanburg, no total; General Road Drainag Co., Coltnnbia, $34,468.96 id Simons Miirant Co., Charleston, 37,300.96. Bidders on Douglas Mill Road? riday & Son, Newberry, $17,497.61; . P. Kyle, Charleston, $19,626.10; , . . R. Willard, Spartanburg, $20, 36.S6; Beckham Bros., Perry, Ga., 18,496.21; Henry N. Garrison, Ea3 y, $17,357.81. . Low bidder on bridges was the Pal r'n-nctriipt-inn &. . Concrete Co.. : Columbia. Low bidder on Douglas Mill Road as Henry N. Garrison, Easley.