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"ffn'KHoV.ori iSiX $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, July 24, 1922 ^ Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year.
[LLIAMS IS PLEASED WITH 5
PROGRESS IN ST ATE?COLUM
BIA ATTORNEY NAMED LEGAL
\DVIbUK ur ouu i n \,nnv.
-INA COOPERATIVE BODY.
umbia, July 22.?Carl Williams
Oklahoma City, president of the 1
erican Cotton Growers' exchange, e
overhead organization of the va- '
is statewide cooperative organiza
is, spent Friday in Columbia in <3
ference with officials of the South u
olina Cotton Growers' Coopera
i association. He is completing a 0
r of the nine states in which these r
anizations have been formed. a
elight was expressed by Mr Wil. t
is with the organization perfect- h
the board of directors elected by
~4??Affi^orc pliAAAn *C
JUeiiiucia auu vns v*mw^ v..VM? K
the board in South Carolina. He j
that no state in the belt was t
ting off its association under more e
rable circumstances than is a
th Carolina. ii
he cooperative associations are p
to stay, said Mr. Williams, t
ese organizations" he said "make
term contracts with the grower s
ring all his crop with a penalty t
non-delivery. They have adopted ii
principle of the internal pool, fi
reby every grower receives tnejn
2 price for the same quantity and t
ity. They employ experts in mar- v
lg who work for the farmer in. t
i of against him. s
?he four states, which functioned n
season, Oklahoma, Texas, Mis- n
>pi (long staple) and Arizona, P
Jed more than $50,000,000 worth
otton on the approved principles a
ity business. They have elim- M
(d waste, inefficiency and specu- c
.. 1?4._ v
ax country markets.
fhe real purpose behind these or.
nations is an improvement in the
lard of living in the cotton South
money to the grower of cotton
>s glass windows in the houses,
conveniences in the home, more
>etter tools, clothes and schools
Igreater prosperity for every
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fug]as McKay, a well known
)er of the Columbia bar, has
elected state counsel for the
Carolina Cotton Growers' Co
itive association, announcement
election having been made yes
|y by the board of directors. He
>nter at once upon the duties
[e position.
McKay is well known through.
Ihe state. He was a member for
il years of the firm of Barron,
iy, Frierson & McCants, but
January 1 has been practicing
He is a graduate of the Uni
[y of South Carolina.
icials said yesterday that the
ition would probably occupy its
quarters in the old Masonic tem
/\n Main cfroot ir? nhoilt
jys.
RDAN CAR TURNS OVER
ssrs. John and Harvey Gordon
| returning to their home on the
rest road Friday evening when
lad an accident near the R. C.
In place about two miles from
pty. Cou^|fiey Wilson was com
at of his driveway and met the
car, which drove too near
ige of the narrow highway to
the Wilson car to pass, and
over the embankment of about
six feet. The occupants of the
[n car were badly shaken up
serious damage was done.
lOHN PORTER KILLED
Year Old Lineman Elec.
trocuted at Anderson.
lerson, July 22.?John Porter,
[r old lineman, employed by the
>nt & Northern railway, was
luted this afternoon when a
lire fell across a trolly wire,
a current of 1,500 volts thru
iy.
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOF
TALKS OF ARSENIC?WRITTEM
.?rw mi i ta orNcriT r.nr.
lrx I *J DILL IV/ ULI11L.I I
GENHEIMS?MORE OF THIS
LATER.
Washington, July 22.?Develop
nents yesterday in the senate consid
sration of the administration tarifl
till included:
Material reductions in most of th<
luties originally proposed on prod,
icts of flag, hemp and jute.
A charge by Senator Smith (Dem
crat) of South Carolina that th<
ate of two cents a pound on whit<
.rsenic was written into the bill foi
he sole benefit of "the great Guggen
Leim smelting interests."
The introduction of a resolution bj
Senator Gooding (Republican) oi
daho proposing a public investiga
ion of the claim of clothing produc.
rs that the proposed rate of 33 cent;
, pound on scoured wool would resuH
n an increase of about $4 in the
'rice of a suit of clothes and $7 in
he price of an overcoat.
Senator Smith brought up the ar
enic rate in the midst of considera
ion of the linen schedule and*prom
5ed that when the senate came to
mal action on the arsenic paragraph
,e would go into details as to whom
he tariff would benefit and upon
rhom it would rest. He characterized
he proposed duty as "the mosl
hameless favoritism for one combi.
ation and one set of men and esti
lated that it would cost the cotton
roducers alone $28,000,000 a year
Calling' attention that arsenic was
"by-product which the smelters
re re required by law to contain be
ause of the damage it had done to
egetation near the smelters," Sena,
or Smith said the smelting interests
fere not even willing to contribute
by-product to the general welfare
f the country "but hasten to con
ress to get a duty on it."
Senator Smoot (Republican) ol
Jtah denied that arsenic duty would
ost the cotton farmers $18,000,000
, year. On the basis of the total oi
lomestic production and importatior
ie^said the total increased cost could
lot exceed $400,000 a year.
Despite some extraneous discussior
he senate made unusually rapid pro
? iV. a... ?T I?1?
jess on nit; iiaA ^tucuuic, ui^uomg
>f all of it except four items, in.
luding the rate on cotton bagging
?he Democrats led by Senator Rob
nson of Arkansas sought to effed
ven greater reductions in the duties
han those proposed by the commit
ee majority but every amendment
ffered was rejected.
3LAMES COAL BROKERS
FOR HIGH PRICES
Frankfort, Ky., July 23.?'Coa
>rokers are responsible for presen
righ pricey of fuel in Kentucky
Sovernor Morrow was informed to
lay by a number of operators wh<
iaid they still were selling at rqgu
ar priees of $2.75 to $3.50 a ton.
Striker Killed by Lightning.
Macon, Ga., July 23.?Edgar John
;on, 21, striking machinist, was kill
;d by a bolt of lightning while fish
ng during a violent electrical storn
yesterday afternoon.
IN THE MAYOR'S COURT
Two cases of disorderly conduc
:ame up before Mayor Mars thi
norning and were fined $5.00 eacl
>r ten days. One case of drunk an<
iisorderly was fined $7.50 or fifteei
lays. One case of violation of th
iutomobile ordinance was fined $1. <
VISITING IN NEWBERRY.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Eugene B
jary have returned from Newberr;
.vhere they went to visit their daugh
:er, Mrs. Dr. Pope. They bring th<
jood news that Mrs. Pope is recov
;ring from her recent illness.
I DEPRESSED PRICES FEATURE OF
[ WEEK?FEAR BEING FELT
THAT MILLS MAY FACE COAL
i SHORTAGE BEFORE LONG.
STRIKE NEWS HURTS.
New Orleans, July 23?Prices were
depressed in a moderate way during
f almost the whole of last week in the
cotton market. Early declines carried
; the market to its lowest on the more
distant months, to net losses of 41 to
53 points, while in the late trading
July and October fell to their lowest,
, net losses of 64 to 112 points. At the
, middle of the week the market was at
. its highest, 8 to 25 points over the
close of the preceding week. On the
close the list showed net losses of 26
to 57 points. October traded as high
^ as 22 cents a pound, as low as 21.28
and closed at 21.35. In the spot de.
partment prices lost 75 points on mid
dling, which closed at'21.75 against
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^ 11.70 on tne Close 01 Xni5 ween, mat,
year.
Much of the selling of the week
1 was done on the unfavorable strike
news in this country and on an unfav
orable opinion of political news from
abroad. The troubles among the coal
mines aroused fear that mills would
be seriously put out for fuel before
long while the rail strike caused un
easiness regarding transportation
facilities for the new crop, now just
starting to move.
Only moderate selling arose from
the weather and crop news of the
week because of fear that boll wee
vil damage might, at any time, as
sume alarming proportions, since the
pest was reported numerous in near
ly all sections of the belt.
' AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
NEAR CITY SATURDAY
Car Rolls Down Fifteon Foot Em
bankment, Slightly Injuring Two
of Occupant*.
' Saturday afternoon between 6 and
7 o'clock a car driven by William
. Hughes and containing H. A. Benton,
his father, W. F. Benton, Mary
| Louise Benton and Mary H. Keith,
of Dublin, Ga., collided with a
car driven by Claud Gambrell who
had Maxxcy Johnson and George
Cann in his car. The accident oc
t
' curred on the highway at a detour in
the road near the W. E. Leslie place
about three miles from town,
j. Claud and his friends were re
, turning from Martin's Mill, meeting
2 cars going out at the sharp curve
j. beyond the Leslie place. The first!
car was safely passed only to strike!
the Ilaynes car which was traveling
on the other side of the road, the
. bumper of the Gambrell car catch
ing the rear wheel of the Benton's
j car, which turned over and fell
j. down an embankment fifteen feet
Mr. Benton was pinned under the
j car which had to be rolled off of him.
. He had several ribs broken. Mr. W.
F. Benton suffered a severe out on
the top of the head, taking the exact
shape of a horse shoe. The two little
. girls were tossed out as tfye car
. went over but were uninjured. Bill
. Hughes also escaped without injury,
i though the steering wheel was rip
ped to pieces. The top of the car was
completely demolished, and the won
Hor to f.hnt pvptv nnp was not killed.
The boys in the Gambrell car were
t frightened but not hurt. Dr. Gam
si hrell and Dr. Neuffer arrived on the
scene and took care of the wounded.
RECOMMENDS STATE AND
FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS
Senator J. Howard Moore has rec
ommended for appointment for State
commissioners of election: Messrs.
D. H. Hill, J. M. Gambrell and Mrs.;
-iM. B. Reese. For Federal commis
si sioners of election he has recommend
-1 ed Hon. J. M. Nickles, Joel S. Morse
and Mrs. T. G. White.
RAILROAD SIR
LDNGEXPECTED
PREPARATIONS BEGUN BY MEN
OVER YEAR AGO?SAT TIGHT
AND WATCHED "GRIEVANCES'
ACCUMULATE TO SUPPORT
PLANNED WALKOUT.
Washington, July 23.?That the
railroad shopmen have been prepar
ing for the strike now in progress
since April, 19-21, and waited.. 15
months because of a desire to "ac
cumulate enough grievances to sup.
port a demand for a nation-wide
strike" were statements made today
by P. J. Conlon, vice president of
the International Association of Ma
chinists, at a public mass meeting
here.
Union officials learned April 8,
1921, Mr. Conlon said, that the na
tional agreement with the railroads
was to oe aooiisnt a, aitnougn tne ran
road labor board did not act until
April 14. When individual agreements
were sought, he declared the unions
"ran into identical demands from
every road we approached which in
dicated to us there was some central
agency or authority directing the
fight against us."
"Then we realized," Vice President
Conlon continued, "that we would
have to sit tight and suffer in silence
until enough grievances had been ac
cumulated to support a demand for
a nation-wide strike."
^ ? .1 ? ? aa i i J 1 J
ui tne i,iuu aecisions nanueu uuwu
by the labor board, the speaker listed
700 as favorable to the railroads and
400 as "nominally in favor of our
side," but of the latter, he said, at
least 300 were put into effect by the
roads and therefore "didn't mean
anything."
MEETING OF ABBEVILLE
AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY
Held Sunday Night in A. R. P.
Church?District Meeting to be
Held Wednesday.
The regular yearly meeting of the
Abbeville Auxiliary Bible Society was
held in the A. R. P. church Sunday
night which was also the regular
time for the union service. There was
a good attendance and the exercises
were interesting.
Mr. A. B. Morse announced that
next year would be the one hun
dredth anniversary of the Abbeville
Society, and urged the members to
make the occasion one long to be re
membered by the the people of Ab
beville. The Abbeville society is only
seven years younger than the nation
al society and in all these years has
done great good.
After the business meeting Rev.
C. E. Peele preached an excellent
sermon taking as his text "Jesus
Christ, the same yesterday, today
and forever," his theme being the
refutation of the idea so prevalent
[that the world needs a new Christ
and a new religion, to carry us thru
these progressive times.
The meeting of the District Bible
Society will -fee held Wednesday at
Greenvale Church near Donalds.
Mrs. M. R. Plaxco and Miss Mary
Greene sang solos and Miss Mildred
Cochran presided at the organ.
Minutes of Meeting
The Abbeville Auxiliary Bible So
ciety held its annual meeting in the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church July 23, 1922. Rev. C. E.
Peel preached the annual sermon.
The meeting was presided over by
jthe 1st vice-president, Kev. M. n.
Plaxco, the president, Rev. Louis J.
Bristow, having moved away from
the city. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved.
The treasurer repoi*ted contribut
ed and paid to Parent Society for
1921, $195.50. Collected from mem
bers for 1922, $154.00. Collection
taken at church $3.55. This was ord
ered to be paid over to the American
Rihle Societv which is the Parent
Society.
The following officers were elect
ed: Rev. C. E. Peele, President; Rev.
SUBMIT CONTROVERSY TO PRES
IDENT HARDING?SETTLE
MENT HAILED IN WASHING
TON AS EPOCHAL ACHIEVE.
MENT IN CONCILIATION.
Washington, July 22.?Chile and
Peru consumated here today their
agreement to suDmn. tneir genera
tion old quarrel over Tacna-Arica to
the arbitration of President Hard
ing.
The arbitration protocol and its
supplementary act, the fruition of
ten weeks' negotiations conducted in
Washington on the invitation of
President Harding, were signed by
the plenipotentiaries of the two gov.
ernments in the hall of the Americas
in the Pan-American union amid the
applause of a distinguished assem
blage of diplomatists and officials ol
the United States. Then they were
announced to the world 111 a series
of addresses hailing the settlemenl
as an epochal achievement in Pan
American conciliation.
In turn, the spokesmen of Chile,
Peru and the United States expressed
in solemn terms their deep gratifica
tion at final effacement of the prob.
lem which for so long has been a
thorn in the side of international re
lationships in the western hemisphere
Secretary of State ^Hughes, speaking
for the American government, pre
dicted that the accord would be the
the greatest achievement of this gen.
eration in the direction of peace and
good understanding in the new world
When the final session of the con
ftrenge was ended the Chilean anc
Peruvian delegates called togethei
at the White House to thank Mr
Harding for bringing them togefchei
and to receive his assurance that he
would accept, with a deep sense oi
responsibility, his designation as fin
al arbitrator of the dispute.
The next step will be the ratifica
tion of the two instruments signed
today but the plenipotentiaries are
leaving Washington confident thai
their work will find ready approval
at home. Actual arbitration will be.
gin after ratifications have been ex
changed, probably late this fall.
TAKE OFF TRAINS.
The Seaboard Air Line discontin
ued trains numbers 27 and 28, 3C
and 39, locals between Georgetowr
and Charleston, Saturday July th(
22nd, on account of strike condi:
tions.
H. L. Weeks, 1st Vice-President; ReA
M. R. Plaxco, 2nd Vice-president
Otto Bristow, Secretary; Fred Cason
Secretary- Executive committee
Rev. C. E. Peele, A. B. Morse, Lewi:
Perrin, Dr. C. H. McMurray, Ott(
Bristow, Fred Cason.
Delegates to the District Societj
meeting at Greenvale Church, neai
Donalds next Wednesday at 11
o'clock are: Joel S. Morse, Mrs. A
M. ?mith, Judge Jones F. Miller, Mr;
W. F. Nickles, W. M. Barnwell, Mis!
Kate Marshall, Sanford Howie, Mrs
Paul Link, Dr. C. H. McMurray, Mrs
Alph Lyon, W. A. Stevenson, J. L
Hill. r
Ttie toiiovnng resuiUUUii wag i/aoa
d and ordered recorded in the min
utes: 9
In view of the fact that next yeai
is the Centennial Anniversary o!
the Abbeville District Bible Society
of which we are an auxiliary, w<
want our local so?iety to put its bes
foot foremost to make as liberal j
contribution #as possible, and als<
proper arrangements for the enter
tainment of the parent society 01
the last Wednesday of July 1923
we recommend that the following la
dies be elected to cooperate wit!
I your executive committee next Julj
jin soliciting contributions and help
ing in every way to make this Cen
tennial celebration a credit to oui
society and community: Mrs. W. F
Nickles, Mrs. Lewis Perrin, Mrs. T
G. White, Mrs. C. H. McMurray anc
Mrs. Paul Link.
MAYOR OF SCRANTON SUGGESTS
ANOTHER EFFORT TO PRESL
utni?irKurustu klan of
SETTLEMENT NOT YET DIS
CLOSED.
' Washington, July 22.?Another
effort to bring about a conference
settlement of the national coal con
troversy was suggested to President
Harding today by Mayor John F.
Durkan of Scranton, one of the five
i mayors of anthracite cities in Penn
! sylvania who have tendered their
i services to the administration in the
: interest of conciliation.
Immediately after presentation to
President Harding of his plan for set
i tlement of the strike in the anthra.
' cite fields, Mr. Durkan wired John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers with whom he had
i previously discussed the possibilities
> of peace, inviting the union leader
: to meet with five mayors in Scranton
- or New York the first of the week.
Mr. Durkan would not disclose the
1 plan of settlement which the mayors
^ laid before Mr. Harding but declared
- that while their interest lay plainly in
' the anthracite problem, should the
1 bituminous dispute be inseparately
' both branches of the industry would
' be discussed at the proposed confer
ences.
Formation of the, president's arbi
tration commission was understood to
| be nearing completion and it was
thought the announcement of its
personnel would be made before the
j expiration of ten days or two weeks
which it has been indicated the ad
ministration will await the result of
[ the invitation ttr operators to resume
production.
Meanwhile various agencies of the
government are combining to effect
emergency distribution of fuel to the
railroads, public utilities and locali
[ ties in need. Attorney General
, Daugherty spent the day preparing
. to report to Secretary Hoover on le_
I gal aspects of the plan for using lo
cal committees in the producing fields
. working under a central committee
of federal officials to pool and distri
bution coal by means of rail priori
ties and to check undue price advanc
es.
The attorney general's opinion is
' expected tomorrow and Mr. Hoover
1 went ahead today with preparations
! for a conference with some thirty or
forty operators from the producing
fields Monday when the plans will
r be discussed and administrative aids
. to the central committee selected.
Mr. Hoover's program is aimed at
giving the country the full benefit of
the present bituminous production
in the face of a rapidly dwindling
coal supply and active mine force.
According to a survey issued tonight
by Secretary Davis, 610,000 miners
are now out on strike and 185,000
. are still at work.
HAS SCARLET FEVER.
Little Julia Telford has scarlet
fever at the home of her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. G. M. Telford on
North Main street. Mrs. Telford's
brother, Dr. Brown, State Bacteri
ologist, of Athens, Ga., was in the
" * - miflt
r city yesteruay m buusuuauuu mnu
Dr. Power over the case of the little
girl. Mrs. Brown, the grandmother
of the little girl is also here.
COTTON MARKET.
Cotton brought 23 cents on the
local market today. Futures closed:
July 21.17
Oct. 21.-28
Dec. 21.35
Jan. 21.17
March 21.14 .
Futures closed Saturday:
July 21.70
Oct. 21.80
Dec. 21.80
Jan. 21. 2
March 21.56