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Abbeville Press and Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, July 19, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. TROOPS TO MOVE IN NORTH STATE JUDGE CONNOR SIGNS ORDER PROHIBITING THE STRIKERS FROM INTERFERENCE WITH THE SEABOARD PROPER TY. 4 Raleigh, N. C., July 18.?While four companies of the National Guard at Camp Glenn were pre paring tonight to 'entrain for desig nated points in North Carolina to be used under orders of Governor Morrison for emergency duty in the railroad strike zones Judge H. G. Connor, United States district court at Wilson, was signing an in junction prohibiting striking shop' craftsmen of the Seaboard Air Line from any Interference with the property or employees of the Seaiboard. The order is returnable at Raleigh July >27. t While reports from Rocky Mount indicated a slight disorder there yesterday morning after the service of injunction papers issued by Judge Connor Sunday, reports from Hamlet showed peaceful picketing at that branch of the (Seaboard. Seaboard strikers in Raleigh picketed the Seaboard of fice building and the shops but there were no disorders. The four companies of militia left Camp Glenn, according to the adjutant - general's office, on ' a special train tonight at 7 o'clock, for their respective destinations, Company C to Raleigh; Company D a machine gun company, to Dur ham; Company A, to Wilson; and Company E to Rockingham. The companies stationed at Rockingham and Wilson will be usecf if neces sary, it is contemplated, at Ham let and Rocky Mount, respectively. The machine gun company and the company assigned to Raleigh will be used according to the governor, at any point their presence may be required. Rocky Mount, N. C., July 18.? Developments in the shopmen's strike at the Emerson shops of the Atlantic Coast Line tonight was a mass meeting of shopmen address ed by J. F. McMahon, chairman of the legislative committee of the state federation of kabor, who is counseling forbearance and peace on the part of the shopmen, and a conference between Judge H. G. ConnoT and an aldermanic commit tee of Rocky Mount, at Wilson. The committee sought to show Judge Connor that an injunction order, issued 'by him Sunday, had been violated by Atlantic Coast Line "workers. Complete paralysis of the shops came today when the stationary firemen and oilers went out. All special agerits have abandoned the shops, the last one going today at troon when he was forced into an automobile by strikers, taken to his home #id warned to stay there. M?VE TO ATLANTA. Herman Wisby has accepted a po sition in Atlanta and he and Mrs. "WSeby will make their home there in he future. Mrs. Wisby will visit relatives and friends here several days before going to Atlanta. COTTON MARKET Cftston sold on the local market t 2-3 ce*ite. Futures elosed * fuly 22.26 October 22.36 j (December 22.22 Sfenuary 22.00 March 21.93 Futures closed yesterday July _ 21.96 October 1 22.25 Pecapiber 22.04 January 21.81 March 21.72 MAJORITY SPLIT NO LONER FOUND WISCONSIN SENATOR GETS LITTLE SUPPORT FROM COL LEAGUES IN CONTEST OVER TARIFF?LENROOT IN THE FIGHT Washington, July 18.?The split in the Republican senate ranks which developed last week when the cotton schedule was taken up clos ed today after the last of the rates on cotton cloth had been approved. Senator Lenroot (Republican) of Wisconsin sought to have the com mittee rates on fancy woven cloth and on yarns and cloth contain ing long staple cotton cut down, ibut was unsuccessful, only three D a-r>ivV>l I/iqmc vnfincr wltli liim. On manufactures of cotton, such as quilts and bedspreads, Senator Lenroot and the other Republicans, except Borah of Idaho, voted to sustain committee rates, which were reduced generally 5 per cent from the figure originally proposed by the committee. Discussing the additional duty of 1 12 per cent, ad yalorem on fancy woven cloth, which finlly was ap proved, 34 to 23, Senator Lenroot * stated and Senator Smoot of Utah, in charge of the cotton schedule for the ' finance committee majority, conceded that this amendment as originally reported by the commit- ' tee, was "word for word" as pro posed. by Former Senator Henry F. Lippitt, a cotton goods manufac turer of Providence R. I. Later Sen ator Lenroot said the committee had struck out the words "of more than one color and more than one thread," and Senator Smoot re marked that if there was any "joker" in the Lippett proposal it was in the part stricken out. Senator iLenroot moved to re- i duce the 12 per cent, additional * duty to 5 per cent tout his amend ment as rejected, 33 to 24. Two 1 Democrats, Broussard and Ken drick, opposed the amendment. { Three Republicans, Borah, Capper , and Lenroot, voted against the 12 j per cent duty and Broussard and Kendrick supported it. With the adoption of a commit- < tee provision that the tofeal duties ^ on cotton cloths of any kind should ^ not exceed 45 per cent, ad valorem, the senate completed considera- , tion of amendments to the cloth sections of the cotton schedules. It ^ then got into a sharp controversy over a compensatory duty of 10 cents a pound proposed on long ( staple cotton in yarns finer than < No. 70 and on yarns of long staple ; cotton contained in finished cloth, j but this rate was approved, 32 to 22. Senators Borah, Kellogg and ^ Lenroot, Republicans, opposed it, , and Senators Broussard and Ken d^fck supported it. FIRST CAMPAIGN MEETING Held Tuesday Evening at Community House?Good Crowd Present The first meeting of the campaign was held at the Community House Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock, with about one hundred-and fifty present. James M. Blum acted as chairman of the meeting introducing the speak ers. The following candidates mfade talks: Maj. R. B. Cheatham and Mrs. M. D. Evans for county treasurer; EJo^Power and Ben Evans for audi tor; Mr. Jones F. Miller and W. D. *7'11?? ? T..JMa /\9 "DaV\o4-q Pat tv uiwnsuu iui u uugc vi i iuuoiv. v,.. | the House of Representatives, W. L. Brownlee, Albert Erwln, R. H. Mc. Adams, T. A. Putnam and Wallaco Harris. J. Howard Moore, for the senate. Mr. E. P. McCravy, candidate for congress, was also present and made a short talk. It was a very pleasant meeting,] and the audienc? was liberal withj their applause. _ HEAD OF MINE WORKERS COP John L. Lewis, President of 1 ferring with Secretary of iLabor * and the mine war in Illinois. went over the situation with tht HEADY TO HANDLE 1922 COTTON CROP Four Association* Functioned Last Ynr?iFire States Ores nized This Year Columbia, July 18.?All of the :otton cooperative associations or ganized this year will be ready to landle the 1922 crop, according to 0. G. Hill, Jr., of ballas, Texas of ice expert of the American Cotton Growers' Exchange who is in Co umbia for a few days advising vith officials of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Asso :iation. Five States have organized this fear, South Carolina, Georgia, forth Carolina, Arkansas and Ala >ama. Arkansas and North Caro ina are ready to receive cotton low. South Carolina, Georgia and Ualbama will be ready by the 1st. >f August. Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Mississippi association/ functioned ast year and are ready, of course, ;o receive the 1922 crop, Mr. Hill laid. The results attained in those States last year were very satisfac :ory to the members, he said, not withstanding the fact that those associations had to pave the way ind naturally made some mistakes it first that the associations 'be ginning business this year will not nake. A total of approximately 2,500, 300 has been signed up in the nine States, according to Mr. Hill. The >ign-up by bales: Texas, 552,000 >ales; Arkansas 2,150,000 bales; North Carolina, 400,000 bales; Georgia, "268,000; bales, and Ari zona 50,000 bales. Considerable * -1 ~11 more cotton win oe signed up m >f the States 'before September 1, according to Mr. Hill. Arrange ments for financing the 1922 crop lave been made t>y all of the States, it was said. All of the States have selected their sales managers and other officens. The execitive committee of the South Carolina Association will meet Tuesday and the board of di rectors will meet Thursday of this week, it was stated yesterday. Carl Williams, president of the Ameri can Cotton Growers' Exchange, will meet with the board on Thurs day. Work en the alterations which are being made on the old Masoaici Temple b uilding, which is to tfe the permanent headquarters ?f the association is going rapidly for ward^ ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL Mrs. Charlie Gilliam Is in Colum bia attending the summer, school at the University. Abbeville has quite a contingent at the summer school there this year. SI? ;he United Mine Workers, con Davis on the coal strike situation Lewis and Secretary 'Davis also ; President. * WAYCROSS SENDS CALL FOR TROOPS \ Serious Disorder Near Railroad Shops.?Others Said to Have B?a Driven Out of CitT Waycross, Ga., July 18.?Serious disorders. occurred here this after noon near the Atlantic Coast Line shops' ^between strike sympathizers and strike breakers and railroad of ficials. It i{ ^'understood, that | the' railroad and county officers have 'called ?n Governor Hardwick for j troops. j The trouble is said to have started j at an early hour this afternoon when two shop foremen attempted to bring (into the railroad shops two strike breakers. The four men were set upon and badly beaten. Free for all fiorVit-inc frtllnwpd Thf? nolice reDorted no one slain, but several men are said to have been injured seriously. There are more than 100 "men at work for the Atlantic Coast Line at th< bu this point, and serious trouble is ex. mi pected by officials. wc Sheriff T. J. Sweat officially wired Governor Hardwick tonight that he believed the strike situation beyond ,n his control and that troops were fn needed at once. The sheriff stated 1S that so far as he could ascertain wc nearly 50 men said to be present em- ^ ployees of the railroad had been eith er beaten severely or driven from wc toi the city. DEATH FOR ENGINEER Wilmington, N. C., July 18.?H. J. Southwell, Atlantic Coast Line engineer, was fatally shot early to night >by H. E. Dallas, yardmaster, and special guard at the Atlantis Coast Line yards. The trouble was precipitated when Southwell, it is alleged, re ferred to Dallas as a "scab." Dal las is held in iail without bond. There is no indication of trouble now as a r^ult of the shooting. TWO SHOT TO DEATH ON BILTMORE ESTATE Asheville, N. C., July 18. 'Crq reh? West, 29, and Emory M. Lance, 24 of this city were shot and instantly killed, and Price Sumner} w!as pio'bably fajfeally wounded last night during an al j tercation on the Biltmore estate. Special Deputy Sheriff (Wialtgr Brooks, a guard on the estate, is held in jail without bond charged with the slayings. ? NEW BUHGALOW _R. H. Gre?ne is'building an at tractive ibungalow on one of /the Gary lots on Magazine street. He' hopes to have it completed tnd ready to move in by September 1st. Bt vi] an wt to EEK REDUCTION OF MANY MARKS tITISH WOULD REDUCE GER MAN INDEMNITY?MEMBERS DF REPARATIONS COMMISSION DISCUSS PROPOSAL NOT YET OFFICIALLY PRESENTED. Paris, July 18.?The reduction of ; German indemnity to 50,000,000 0 gold marks from the present to. of 132,000,000,000 and the can lation of the French debt to Eng id is the basis of a solution of the jarations question now being seri sly discussed by French and Brit Although the scheme has not yet ically reached the- reparations mmission, members of the latter ve discussed the, details. It is ex. cted the proposed plan will be one the chief subjects of discussion in ? forthcoming meeting of Premiers incare and Lloyd George. The suggested solution has the arty support of British officials, 10 have been urging its acceptance on the French officials, it is an unced. The latter, so the Associat Press has been reliably informed e looking with more and more fav upon the plan, provided it carries th it a clean-cut pledge of assist, ce in time of attack and assures ance the allotment, wholly or in rt, of England's 22 per cent, share the total indemnity. It is believed at England is ready to concede vir lly all these demands if full ac ptance on the part of the French vernment is obtained. The British decided to push the an when it was definitely deter ned that the United States was not 3 mood to discuss cancellation of e allied debts, it was learned to_ y. Supporters of the scheme hope nerica will follow the lead after) e has had the chance to observe the od which may result from even a rtial writing off of the war debts. British officials have informed the ench that under their plan it is 5Ught the mark would be stabilized, siness confidence restored and Ger iny, with a collectible indemnity, old be bound to find means of ying. The proposal has strong advocates the reparations commisson, it is nounced in these circles today. It expected in that quarter that it ?uld have the unofficial support, of 2 American government. Advocates rther point out that its adoption >uld improve the effect of calling rether the committee of friteraa inal bankers, who would probably range a loan, in itself, large enough insure reparation payments for yeral .years under the revised fig es. FOUND BESIDE TRACK ?gro Watchman Killed by Past* ing Train, Jury Finds. Chester, July 18.?Hall Gilmore, negro watechman for the Sea iara Air juine rauway at ineir x^cy Creek water tank in the idmafi section of (Chester county id also a farmer of thai section, is killed in some unaccountable ay, supposedly either ? by the orth-bound Seaboard vestibule 5. 6 br by a freight train which llowed it a litrfte later. MRS. TA^GGART ILL. * Mrs. mary laggart continues rery at the Eureka Hotel. She has not Hied to the treatment given her re ntly in I^ltimore, and her mf&ny iends will be sor?y to hear of her ndition. * ? * LEVIVAL AT BELL'S CHURCH A revival meeting1 will begii at ill's M. E. Church, I South, Antre !le charge, Sunday July the 23rd d continue through the following :ek. The public is cordially invited attend. t ADJUSTMENT NOW MORE PROBABLE : Q PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD HAS REACHED MUTUALLY SATIS- # FACTORY WAGE AGREEMENT WITH SHOPMEN?TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS. Chicago, July 18.?With E. F. \ j Grable, president of the mainte nance of way union, asserting that he did not expect his men to leave their work, conferences looking to ward a peaceful settlement of the shopmen's strike continued today. Announcment by the Pennsyl vania railroad that a mutually satisfactory wage agreement had been reached with its shopmen was considered iby soon? railroad and union leaders to have had a clarify ing effect upon the entire situation, inasmuch as the Pennsylvania has inaiatcu uu ueaiiii? uiiat W1U1 iLo own men. x Mr. Grable issued a statement tonigh asserting that "the path to an early adjustment is open,^' so far as the 400,000 maintenance men are concerned. Referring to hi* conference with President Harding last week, Mr. Graible said he had received assurances that Chairman flllTwmins n# unob intoro+ftfo commerce commission eocpected > to hold early . hearings on disputed points of the labor provisions of the transportation act, particularly with reference to the living wage principle. "The basis for the guidance of the board in the present act is to set a "just and reasonable wagfr," Mr. Grable's statement said. '"The present issue, which should ibe Set tled by such a hearing by the inter state commerce commission of the senate and amendments to the law, is an interpretation of this phrase, 'just adfi reasonable,' and its application to a living wage." Mr. Grable said he advised the board of orders sent to his general, chairmen to open negotiations with their respective roads immediately regarding disputed rules, working conditions and wage, and to submit the case to t*he board if an agree ment was not reached. The first of these disputes came before the board today the dispute being that of the Chicago, Milwau kee & St. Paul road. The carrier set aside the 30 day clause in ex isting agreements for (filing of a dispute and Mr. Grat)le secured the , board's promise for early hearings on xms ana similar cases, many or which will he consolidated. He requested that future deci sions on wage disputae, favoraible to the men, be made retroactive to . j \ July when the wage cut became ef fective. Mr. Grable said a peaceful settlement of the shopmen's stifce was being held up by a few roads iwho were unvjilling t* allow re turning employees their seniority rights. The railroads in ultimatums to the strikers said unless they.re turned to work by certain* dates, all of which have sow ocpired, they would start again as mew employ ees. They are supported in foeir stands by proclamations is^ed by the labor boarti. . i On the othar hand, President B. | M. Jewell and his striking shopmen j have asserted that any settlemwrt must ibe predicated by a fiil resto ration *f seniority* rights to the T9- ' I turning N. Y. TIMES EDITOR DEAD New Yoii?? JuFy 1*8.?Cfcatie* It. Miller, for forty years editor of tHfc ,New York Times, died h?re Iwday after an illifess of several months. He was 73 years old. He wifs recoflf nized as one oi the ablest editorial writers in th<e country. For the first time in 60 years the British Museum has- been cleaned. 1 1