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Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly . AbSTs. C., Mond^TX^ii^2l^922 Singl^opieg, Five CenteT^SthY^ 1 PROPOSITION MADE BY BROTHERHOODS RAILWAYS TAKE PROPOSAL FOR PEACE UNDER CONSID ERATION.?NEITHER WOULD OFFICIALLY DISCLOSE TERMS win r\n/\n/%riTV/\v W I rue. rRurujinuii. New York, Aug. 19.?The five great railroad brotherhoods, which hare stepped into the nationwide shopmen's strike as mediators, today : offered to the roads what they term a practical proposition for peace, and the roads took the proposal under 1 consideration. ' Neither side would officially dis- ' close the terms of the proposition. In some quarters close to the confer ees, it was said, that acceptance of i the proposal by the executives would i result in the immediate return of all 1 strikers to their old jobs with full : and uninterrupted seniority and pen- 1 sion rights, and retention or men nir ed since the strike. The proposition on the other hand < was outlined in other quarters as pro- 1 viding for restoration of strikers as ' rapidly as possible, with their seni- 1 ority rights to be adjusted ultimately 1 to the satisfaction of all. 1 The proposal in these quarters I was understood to be on the basis of 1 a gentleman's agreement which those 1 close to the conferees said would |< give due respect to the rights of the 1 new men. This agreement, it was < said, would assure jobs to both the < strikers and the socalled new men, since railroad and brotherhood offici- 1 als bare stated that they could use a 150 per cent, of their normal shop- ] craft forces to pjepare for the re- ] sumption of coal mining and the 1 trnnqTwrfcation of a bumner crou. ! The gentleman's agreement, it was j understood, would provide that the i question which will arise at the end j of the busy fall season would be han- i Ldled as it has been in other years? ] according to the usual weeding out i process. 1 The whole plan, it was unofficially ] indicated, would mean that without ] any apparent surrender by either the ( railroads or the shopcrafts, the strik- i ers woeld not suffer any more in the ] long ran than would be usual after , an industrial struggle of this kind. A committee of nine executives, 5 L- J 1. X. Xl-_ 1 ll 1 1 appointed io meet tne Drotnernoou men. listened to this proposition, hastily Summoned a general meeting of the representatives of 148 roads which probably will be held here next Tuesday, then fixed the next meetiBg with the mediation commit tee for next Wednesday in this city. It was revealed tonight that aj proposal which, to use the language; in which it was expressed by several of the labor leaders, "would assure the strikers of all their seniority rights, unimpaired, without necessi tating a retreat by the executives from their stand for protection of 'loyal and new men,'" was virtually accepted by the rail chiefs when yes terday's conference ended. rne executives, it was aeciarea, had fully accepted such a solution of the seniority question, in behalf of the full membership of the Asso ciation of Railway Executives, whom they represented. REV R. C. GR4ER PREACHES Dr. R. C Grier of Due West preached in the Presbyterian church yesterday morning and evening to large congregations. He was accom panied by E. B Grier. They were en tertained while in the city at the home of Mr. C. A. Haigler on North Main street PHMILES A. HAIGLER HOME Charles A. Haigler, Jr., surprised his home people Saturday night by walking in for a visit. He is now with the Atlanta Gas and Power Company, and has just finished a radio which he brought along and w*l install for the pleasure of his home people. REIGN OF WE FOLLOWS ADDRESS HARDING SPEECH BRINGS NO DEMOCRATIC COMM EN T.? BOTH CAPITAL AND LABOR AT LOSS TO UNDERSTAND HOW PRESIDENT STANDS. wasmngion, Aug. i?.?oav e w ap plaud the platitudinous statement that this is a nation of law and must so remain, and to agree that the butcher of citizens in Herrin, 111., was most deplorable, Democratic members of congress remained queerly silent regarding the message delivered by the president today. The Democratic leader, Senator Underwood, asked directly for a ' statement, declined on the ground of the possibility that certain sec tions of the message might be trans: formed eventually into a bill and that it would be proper for him to reserve judgment pending future de velopments. Such a possibility un questionably moved other Democrats :o silence. Remarks, however, made svith the understanding that they tvould not be published left no doubt but thav the message because of ack of aggressive thought or lan guage was a keen disappointment, [t was declared by some that as be tween capital and labor the presi dent was so excellently balanced in 1 his criticism that both would have 1 difficulty in determining his exact jpinion. 1 It was the general conclusion that J ;he president's recommendation that i national agency, properly financed, 1 ie created for the distribution and Jricing of coal was a contribution by Jie secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover. From hasty investigation, it is indicated that there will be actual rather than imaginary suffering be fore congress will even temporarily :urn private property in time of peace over to federal supervision. It was said by well informed members that if the coal industry showed im provement in its output, as promised, it would be impossible to pass a gov ovnTnorrf />/in+-pn1 hill. Such a meas ure under improved conditions might not even be attempted, it was point ed out, especially in view of the president's suggestion that hasty ac tion be not undertaken. At the same time it is known that Secretary Hoo ver is very anxious that the govern ment distribute and maintain fair nnVoc for nnal at least duriner the r* * ? ? ? w approaching winter. That there might be legislation providing for an investigation of the coal business was regarded as possible, especially if the president should become in sistent. The consensus of informal opinion among all save partisan Republicans seemed to be that the president had come to congress just as both strikes had "petered" out with an admission that despite strenuous and long sus tained effort the administration had been able to accomplish very little, if anything, in the matter of com posing industrial differences. BIG GAME WEDNESDAY Anderson comes to Abbeville Wednesday to play off a post poned game. Unless all signs fail this will be tbe big game of the season. Barring bad luck, the two leading teams will go into this game with not more than a half game between them, and this game should go a long ways towards settling the flyer of the rag. It would be a good thing for every fan to begin to save up fifty cents now in order to be able to get in and get a seat on the grandstand. LAST DAY TO PAY TAXES August 31st will be the last day to pay taxes. They will be turned over to Sheriff McLane on Sept. 1st for collection. Tl^se who have not yet paid taxes should keep the date in mind. WAR DEPARTMENT I WILL BE READY RECHECKINB OCCUPATIONAL 5 QUALIFICATIONS.? FEDERAL TROOPS TO BE PREPARED TO AID IN TWO STRIKES IF NEC ESSARY. Washington, Aug. 20.?In order to be prepared for any emergency that might be made upon it in the present industrial situation, the war: department is rechecking the occupa tional qualifications *of the enlisted j men of the army and compiling in-J formation making quick action pos-1 sible in the event that federal troops! are called upon for duty in the coal! or rail strikes. j I As a part of the department's gen-! eral policy of preparedness, corps I commanders are understood to have'l been requested to advise officials: here how many men under their com-1 mand have had experience in rail- j road work and in what particular branch of railroad service each is most competent. Similar information i regarding other trades is understood j to have been gathered by the depart ment in other cases in the past. Thus far no requests for federal troops have been received by the department in connection with either the coal or rail strike, but Secretary Weeks and his advisers 1 I 1 1 1 i I c V I 1 t t ( have taken the position that should a request come they should be pre- * pared immediately to place all per- * tinent information before the presi- * dent. The order regarding qualifica- * tions of enlisted men in railroad wqrk was said to be based wholly upon s this desire for preparedness and to < indicate no change of policy on the ^ part of the federal government. I TO HELP HAIL SUFFERERS < Abbeville WU1 Build Road to Help Haul Sufferer* in County. tt,, t> U D,,^4-o J * UA-Uaciiu xv* wx, JJU1U9 auu ca sheriff Joe M. Ashley of Anderson were in Abbeville this morning in the interest of the new road to be ^ built from the Anderson County line c to the Greenwood County line down near Ware Shoals. Abbeville county will build about six miles'of this road * which is being constructed for the > benefit of the hail sufferers in An- < derson, Abbeville and Greenwood ] counties. Fanners who lost their i crops will take their teams, hands ] and implements and use them in theji work on the road, for which theyj] will be "paid a reasonable price. 11 BIGGEST LOGCRAFT COMPI OCEAN V Aided by two U. S. Navy Mine ever built, ended it's voyage suc< umbia River to San Diego, Cal., ] mately 900 feet long, broke loosi of going ashore and breaking up. served as a barge, carrying a mil and 30,000 feet of telegraph pole; DEATH TO BONUS APPEARS LIKELY IENATE THREATENS COMPEN SATION MEASURE.?POSITION C* PRESIDENT TO GOVERN COURSE IN UPPER HOUSE.? VETO WOULD KILL. Washington, Aug. 20.?Despite he appreciable number of senators vho are moved iby clamor and the ipproach of the elections, the bonus 'or former soldiers is in jeopardy. V majority of the members of the enate today voted to postpone the xmsideiration of the bonus bill un ;il Wensday. This was taken to nean that if the issue was postpon ed until after the elections the K>nus bill would be beaten. The debate on the bonus bill will je short or extensive according to evelations from the White House f the president promises to veto Jie bill the votei may be had soon, [f he hesitates the vote will be >ostponed. If he agre<3s to veto, the ndications are that it will bii im >ossfble to pass the- bill through the .enate dcispite the veto. In other pards, the situation from the sti.nd joint of those clamoring for a x>nus as reward for their service ;o the ftag is precarious. This is the general opinion following a-n un >fficial canvass of the senate to light In the direct vote, not more :han 30 senators vrill oppose the jonua. But more than 30 will refuse ;o support the bill over and against 2ie veto of the president. According to tho unofficial poll ome of the ablest Southern sena ors are against the bill. These in clude Senators Underwood of Uaibama, Dial and Smith of South Carolind, <jlass f- of Virginia, JVflliams of Mississppi and Shields >f Tennessee. SUMMER SCHOOL Cornel to a Close Next Friday.?Ex inations Held Last Day. The three-weeks summer school vhich has been held in the graded school for the puist two weeks comes ,o a close this Friday with cxamina ions for all who have attended as veil as all other pupils who hav< conditions being held on the last day if necessary additional examinations vill be held on Saturday. Those pu ails who wish to stand these exami lations are requested to notify Mr Fulp so that questions may be mad( jut before hand. .ETES THOUSAND MILE OYAGE. Sweepers the largest log raft :essfully by sea from the Col recently. The log raft approxi a turiro nnH was fill thP V21*Ue Besides "carrying itself" it lion shingles, half million lath, MUST TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PUBLIC GOVERNOR DAVIS OF OHIO ASK ED TO PROTECT PUBLIC IN PRICE OF COAL PRODUCED IN THAT ST A TP WIT T WPI . S COME SOME ARRANGEMENT. Washington, Aug. 20.?Immediate action for the proper protection of the public in the price of coal pro duced in Ohio was asked of Gov. H. L. Davis today by Secretary Hoover. A telegram from the Ohio governor to the commerce secretary declared that coal operators in that state would welcome some sort of volun tary arrangement for establishing roiv rvn'/ioc In HlllA West Virginia was brought into the line with Kentucky prices today by Federal Fuel Distributor, Spencer who allowed coal operators in that state a maximum of $4.50 a ton at tlfe mine. The previous fair price prevailing in that state was about $3.50 but Gov. E. F. Morgan of West Virginia suggested the increase to meet the new 3cale agreement. Further increases of fair price maximums to the new $4.50 a ton level were expected by federal coal officials, who indicated that as gov ernors of the various states recom mended increased prices to meet changed conditions the necessary ac tion would be taken by Mr. Spencer. Pending enactment of legislation as suggested to congress by Presi dent Harding for the creation of a federal coal purchasing agency, some officials believe that volunteer fair prices probably will approximate a bout $4.50 a ton at the mines unless production reaches a point where charges would drop automatically. Thp enal rmrchflsinc a^encv to be J created by congress is expected by administration officials to take the form of the United States grain cor poration, which controlled the prices of grain during the war. Legal com plexities involved in the problem of peace time price control, officials be lieved, would be avoided by the adop tion of such an expedient as suffici ent coal operators probably would be willing to cooperate with the govern ment in maintaining a price at which | oal would be sold to the corporation which would in turn fix the price for fuel in interestate commerce. Similarly it was thought the vari ous states could set up like agencies for the maintenance of fair prices within their boundaries for the coal produced therein or received by way of federal distribution. SET HAIR ON FIRE WITH CURLING IRONS; DIES Long Beach, N. Y.f Aug, 19. Her hair set afire by the short cir cuiting of wire in an electric curl ing iron, iMrs. Izetta McGill youth ful wife of the groundkeeper at Lido golf club, suffered burns, that caused her death early today. Attracted by the screams of the young woman, her husband smoth ered the flames with blankets. ? died soon after being taken to a hospital. SEEING THE MORLD. The Press and Banner is in receipt * of a card from Mr. Julius M. Vi- ^ sanska, of Charleston. It is written ' from Lyon, France, and in it Mr. Visanska states: "We are having a {wonderful trip. Have visited the bat tle fields at Reimes, Soissons and j Chateau Thierry, also the Chateau j (country and motored through the $ beautiful French Alps." t HEAT KILLS TEN Chicago, Aug. 19.?With temper ature in Chicago today hovering a- t round 78 the weather bureau an- I nounced the heat wave which has held the city in its grip for the last] two days was broken. Ten persons! died here as a result of the heat. r fNATE PASSES f TARIFF MEASURE ; WO THOUSAND AMENDMENTS TO HOtiSE BIll?^ORDNEY McCUMBER MONSTROSITY OP POSED FROM ALL SIDES CAUS ES APPREHENSION Washington, Aug. 20.?Tke senate is passed the Fordney-McCumber .riff act, regarded as the most atro ous tax measure of this age. The inate amended the house bill in 000 particulars, and even went to le extent of changing the basis om which the rates were reckoned. 5 a result, there is a prodigious task icing those who will act as con irees. -Chairman Fordney of the ways and tans committee; declares with em hatic gesticulation that there will ? no tariff bill unless the senate ac ;pts American ratner xnan j&uro san values as a basis for rate mak ig. It is regarded as probable, how rer, that at the proper time, Mr. ? ordney will recede. The rates in the >nate bill are already so high that a ,rge proportion of the Republican ress bitterly criticises the complet- '< i work, and as American values ( ould automatically increase the ites to a .still higher plane, it is <jer tin that neither the president nor le Senate would automatically in- t aada 4>1\a wa + ae f a o af ill VliflrflPP lane, it is certain that neither the resident nor the senate would agree > a change. The bill, as passed by the senate, 3n tains a provision giving the presi ent the power to increase or lower ites 50 per cent, whenever he' is onvinced that despite the ta/iff wall merican manufacturers can not ompete with European. This provision was written, it is nderstood, in order that Republicans light be able to escape liability and ? kill aa wI^aIo TT1 uipuuillt; 1V1 UiC VU1 aj m n?viv> act, however, the provision pats in 3 the hands of the president, one idividual, the taxing power of the ovefnment. He will depend on the ariff commission for recommenda ions and information, and the tariff ommission will depend on a research lerk. ; Senator Underwood, Democratic eader, bitterly fought this provision le declared it represented a coward s'' surrender by congress of its per gative; that it was an admission of ncompetency; and that it was high y dangerous to lodge in one mama ial the power to increase A, will, the ost of living to the American peo >le. Senator Walsh of Montana, op tosing the provision, read from a peech by President Harding, when he president was a senator bitterly irotesting against a similar proposi ion when it was efen suggested as i means of taking the tariff out of lolitics. The tariff wili be an issue in the forthcoming congressional elections. The Republicans admittedly fear it. The Democrats believe it will sweep hem again into power. :OUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETINGS The County Campaign meeting vill be held at Donalds Thursday, ^.ug. 24; Due West Friday, 25th and Abbeville Court House, Saturday he 26th. MAYOR'S COURT. Tu.-n msps pamp u"d before the Jayor this morning, one drunk, fined 15.00 and one for hitching a team on he street, fined $1.00. COTTON MARKET. The hichest offered for cotton on he local market today was 23 cents, futures closed: Oct. 22.96 Dec. 22.96 Jan. . _22.54 March ' 22.80