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FORMER HIGHEST PAY OF 1920- >
1922 OFFERED IN PENNSYL
VANIA?EXPECT THERE WILL
BE BIG RUSH OF WORKERS
TO MINES TO GO TO WORK
Pijttefburg, Pa. Aug, 24.?The
scale committee of the Pittsburgh '
Coal Producers' association today s
ordered the 1920-22 scale posted
at all mines owned and operated by (
its members, but declined to yield 1
to the demands of the United Mine *
Workers of America that the check 1
off system provision of the scale
be enforced. About 45,000 union *
miners are affected.
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[Forty thousand bituminous min
ers in Westmoreland and Fayette ,
countries today had before them an
offer of increased wages equal to
the highest the mining industry has
ever paid.
In these two counties, generally
.known as the non-union field 'be
fore the call of the miners strike
many of the men are now organi
zed and the eyes of the nation to
day awaited developments from the
heart of the bituminous region.
uiiiuji ftxturiv) icpucacuiuxii^ i ^vr, i
locals controlling more than 10,000 t
miners voted almost unanimously i
in Fayette county to pass up the s
average increase of nearly $2.50 a f
day untill recognition of the union t
w?s accorded by the independent c
companies making the* offer. c
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Mine operators today were pre
pared for a rush of returning *
miners and extra deputies were on
hand to prevent disorder. ^
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Philadelphia, Aug. 24.?With
the hard coal parleys broken up as
a result of the inability of miners
and operators to agree on the ar
titration problem, those anxious for t
peace in the anthracite fields to- f
day commented upon the fact that
the door was left open for the fa
ture negotiations in the statement j
issued jointly by the negotiators. ^
This statement, laconic as those
issued upon the conclusion of the
four previous sessions: announced T
that the conference was unable to
agree and that it had adjourned to
meet at the call of the secretary '
? ?.1*.^ maaiiam' rv-P oif V?nr air]p.
ujjuii urt: 1C4UC01- vjl wk&awa w?mv.
Washington, Aug". ,'23(.?Alterna
tive planes for the maintenance of
.fair prices for coal and for its 1
distribution through the post-strike 1
period were presented to President 1
Harding today by Secretary Hoov- 1
er. 5
One plane as presented for the 1
president's approval was understood s
to provide for the creation of a fed- 1
eral fuel distribution agency along 1
the lilies of th# voluntary machm- ?
ery operating under Federal Fuel
Distributor Spe<ncer. It also would 1
authorise the interstate commerce *
commission to assume greater pow- ^
ers in the assignment of freight '
cars. 1
The other proposal was under- [
stood to provide for the creation of j
a coal purchasing corporation ]
Which would stabilize fuel prices i
by tihe fixation of a fair price for
coal bought and sold by the govern
ment.
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
Mr. W. T. Gary, of Ocalla, Fla.,
was in the city for a few hours today
visiting his cousin, Chief Justice
Gary. From here he went to Newber
ry to see other relatives. Mr. Gary
is a prominent citizen in his state.
He served with distinction in both
the Spanish-American War and in
the World War, entering the latter r
struggle although well past the age
when be might have been called into ^
service. .
PRESIDENT WRITES REPUBLI- J
CAN LEADER?FRIENDS OF
PLAN HARDING THINKS, MUST
GET TOGETHER?ADMITS DIS
APPOINTMENT.
Washington, Aug. 24.?President
Jarding, in a letter today to Repre
sentative Mondell, the Republican
eader, expressed willingness to have
:ongressional consideration of the
idministration ship subsidy bill de
!erred 'until we can rivet the atten
;ion of congress with a full attend
ince." Success of the measure, the
n-esident added, might be jeopard
zed by pressing for an immediate
iecision.
The letter was in reply to one
rom Mr. Mondell in which the Re
mblican leader had declared that he
ind his associates were reluctant to
>ring the bill to a vote in the house
it this time.
'I am frankly disappointed," the
resident stated, "that the circum
itances have combined to make a dif
icult situation, due on the one hand
o the diminished attendance in the
louse and chargeable on the other
land to the new problems which have
iricon. Tt would be follv to ienore
he development of the prohibition
ssue which came up so unexpectedly
ind we must face the fact that the
riends of the bill must harmonize
heir views, to accord with both the
onstitutional amendment and other
ipinion on the subject. Moreover the
ame friends of the measure must
each a concord in the matter of
avoring provision carried in the
ax exemption section which was de
igned to provide an indirect aid to
American shipping enterprise.
The president expressed the hope
hat the administration would "find
i way to deal with these new difficul
;ies with the approval of all support
ers of an American merchant marine
md that we then may have favorable
iction before the congress gets too
ieeply engaged in the pressing legis
ation which must be considered in
;he short session."
SOUTH CAROLINA HOME
PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION
Mri. Gibbons Planning to Hold All
Day Demonstration at Planters
Bank at Early Date.
The farm women of South Caro
ina have organized an association
cnown as the South Carolina Home
Producers' Association. Its object
jeing to utilize the products in the
State which would otherwise go to
vaste, by converting them into
standard products which can be put
>n the market. 200,000 containers of
nsDeeted material from this associ
ition will be ready for sale this fall.
Ten special products are being
prepared for market by this associa
tion. Included in this list are: Soup
Mixture, Dixie Burgoo, Blackberry;
Fam, Plum Jelly and Fig Preserves,
arhich are being placed on the shelv
es of the leading stores of Abbeville,
rhis is a rare opportunity for the
louse wives of the town to procure
righ class products, which are manu
factured in our own State.
Mrs. Frances Y. Kline, state agent,
From the Home Demonstration De
partment of Winthrop College with
:he assistance of Mrs. Alma C.
jibbons, County Home Demonstra
tion Agent is planning to hold an
ill-day demonstration at the Plant
ers Bank sometime in the near fu
ture. The date will be announced
ater.
BASEBALL LEAGUE BANQUET
The baseball league is making
ilans to give a grand banquet next!
ruesday night, over a hundred plates
ilready being engaged. This will be
;he final baseball event of the sea
son.
COOPERATIVE BODY SENDING ]
NOTICE TO MEMBERS?ASSO
CIATION TO BE READY WITH
IN FEW DAYS FOR NEW COT
TON ALSO.
Columbia, Aug. 24.?The South
Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera- :
tive association is ready to receive
all old cotton that its members may j
wish to sell through the association, ,
Harry G. Kaminer, president and j
general manager, announced last (
night. Delivery of cotton grown prior
! to 1922 is optional with the members
but large numbers of the members
'have written that they wish to turn
this cotton over to the association
and this they will be permitted to do.
The association expects to be ready :
by the first of next week to receive ?
new cotton and by the end of next
week it is expected that much old .
and new cotton will have been deliv- ]
ered to it. Full instructions regard- 1
ing the delivery of new cotton will
be mailed to all members within the i
next few days, it was said. Instruc- :
tions regarding the delivery of old j
cotton will Be forwarded immediate- <
ly to all members who have written
stating their desire to deliver it, Mr. ]
Kaminer said last night.
Officials or tne association, it is
said, have been working day and
night for some time preparing for
the handling of the cotton of mem
bers. It has been a tremendous task,
Mr. Kaminer pointed out last night,
this perfecting of the machinery to
handle the crop, there was a great
deal of rivalry among members as
to who will be the first to deliver a
bale of cotton. The announcement
given to the press last night is the
first statement that has been made to
the effect that the association ia now
ready to receive old cotton.
The membership campaign is pro-|(
gressing splendidly, according to of
ficials of the association. Over 100
new contracts have been received at
the office during the past three days,
coming from Orangeburg, Union, Dil
lon and Anderson counties and re
ports from the field indicate that <
other farmers are signing up daily.
F. R. Shanks of Texas speaks Fri
mni-nmni o+ 1 1 at AnHpT
uajr ** w v.ww. MV
son; Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at Honea Path and Saturday at j
Greenville, it was announced last i
night.
SPEAK HERE TOMORROW
Candidates for County Offices Will
Speak Here Saturday.
Candidates for county offices will
1 A1_T ill. M. TU?
ispeaK in ADoevine tomorrow. xnc
meeting will be held in the Opera
House and will begin about 11
o'clock. All citizens should attend
and hear the speeches.
The Hospital Auxiliary will serve
a dinner in the vacan t store room
next to Mabry's store for which they
will charge a reasonable price. '
MEETING AT BARMORE'S
o
The county candidates spoke yes
terday at Barmore's pasture. The
meeting was neia in tne grove cov
ering 15 or 20 acres which is an
ideal place. There was about 350
present and the meeting was pre
sided over by Frank Carwile. AfteT
the speeches a barbecue and picnic
dinner was served.
"COUNTRY STORE" SUCCESS
Manager Verchot put on a draw- ]
ing card at the picture show last i
night in the form of a "country j
store" advertising scheme. The dif ]
ierent mercnanus in town cunuiuut- .
ed various articles which were won
by those receiving lucky numbers, i
drawn from a tin milk pail by a ;
small girl. The house was packed ]
and much merriment prevailed. 1
MUST U.S. PAV DEBTS I
FLEE! CORPORATION
ENORMOUS SUM OF $100,000,000 1
INVOLVED?ASKS SUPREME
COURT FOR RE-HEARING AND
MEANTIME SUSPENSION OF
PAYMENTS.
Washington, Aug. 24.?Asserting
that there is an "apparent irrecon- t
cilable conflict between the doc- l
trine" announced by the supreme ?
court in its recent decisions defin- I
ing the usability and statuu of the ^
smergency fleet corporation, as a f
government agency and "the settled <
rule" established by the court in a c
number of prior decisions, the gov- i
ernment has filed a petition asking
for a rehearing. c
"The opinion has introduced a i
practical difficulty of far reacting *
effect with reference to the adminis- c
trative action," of various govern- *
ment officials the petition asserts. *
It asks whether contracts made by *
the fleet corporation are contracts *
of the Umited Stated, and what 1
authority the shipping 'board or the ?
fleet corporation has to use further *
government funds for the payments *
>f the debts of the fleet corporation 1
when incurred under contracts k
made by it. The government also 1
svarvts to know whether treasury *
officials aTe justified in honoring 1
checks drawn by the fleet corpora- c
tion for paying debts or satisfying *
claims for damages.
It is pointed out in (the petition t
that "the fleet corporation in its *
ywn capacity and not as represent- ,
I s
ng the United States has nor
insets bnt it has enormous debts." 11
itfhich the court stated are"its debts
ind not the debt of the United
3tates." It is explained that "there
ire hundreds of such claims pending
against it, for sums aggregating
more than $100,000,000," and the K
:ourt is asked whether "all pay
ments thereon from treasury funds *
must be suspended."
The government also wants to
know whether funds derived from
the sale of ships can be applied by
the fleet corporation to the pay- j
ment of damages clained against it, j
sr whether the money Deiongs 10,
the United States. "
As the opinion will become the (
guide for United (States district
courts in dealing with hundreds of ^
suits throughout the country, the
government asks for a re-argu
ment as a means of preventing 'many t
future appeals and much litigation
apparently mow inevitable.
BURN SHERIFF'S CAR
Officer'* Automobile Set Afire Dur- j
ing Raid on Still.
Greenwood, Aug. 24.?While omc
ers were raiding a liquor distillery in
this county yesterday, friends of the |
distillers, it is alleged, set fire to the
sheriff's automobile, which was par- j
tially destroyed before the flames
were extinguished. Two men were
arrested and lodged in jail. They are
Joe Klugh and James Edwards. Two
copper stills, 45 and 50 gallons each,
were captured, in addition to seven (
gallons of liquor and between 2,000 .
and 4,000 gallons of mash.
The two stills were found about :
two and a half miles from the Ab
beville county line, west of Green
wood. According to Sheriff YV. M.
White, four men were found at the
still but two escaped.
BEECH TREE 150 YEARS OLD
Near Trembling ijJioals on inline |,
River is a Beech tree over 150 years.,
old. On the side of the tree is carved 11
a beautiful Indian Head, below the '.
head is a bow and arrow- and be
neath the bow and arrow a horse.
Underneath the entire design is the
Jate 1770. The work is well done,
and though covered with moss in c
places, shows up well after genera- i
tions have passed away. t
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iVILL HAVE NO BEARING ON
THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES
ENGLAND NOT ENDORSER FOR
MONEY LOANED ALLIES BY
UNITED STATES.
Washington, Aug. 24?Funding of
he $4,135,000,000 war debt owned
>y Great Britain to the United Stat
is was declared today by Secretary
Hellon to have no relation to the
var loans made by the United Stat
!ij and Great Britain to other gov
ernments or to questions arising in
:onnection with reparations pay
nents of the former central powers.
The treasury secretary made his
leclaration with respect to the Brit
sh debt in a formal statement issued
?? ATI A-f Y111 ftt ?kl* All Ct 171
[uiries reaching the treasury as to
he exac^ status of the obligations ofi
;he various European governments
leld by America with respect to the
British debt. Reports have been pub
ished and statements made in some
[uarters. Mr. Mellon said, that the
British liability was not incurred for
he British government but for the
>ther allies, and that the United
States, in making the original ar
angements. had insisted in substance
hat though the other allies were to
ise the money borrowed, it was onlyj
>n British security that the United
States, and the advances by the
Jnited States government were for
he purpose of covering payments
'or these purchases by the allies.
"The statement that the United
States government virtually insisted
ipon a guarantee by the British gov
rrnment of amounts advanced to the
ither allies is evidently based upon
t misapprehension. Instead of insist
ng upon a guarantee, or any trans
n*+?nn nf tViat njlflirp. fVl#? United
States government took the position
hat it would make advances to each
government to cover the purchases
ide by that government and would
iot require any government to give
>bligations for advances made to
:over the purchases of any other
jovernment. <Thus, the advances to
;he British government, evidenced
jy its obligations, were made to cov
;r its own purchases, and advances
vere made to the other allies to cov
;r their purchases."
PENNSYLVANIA SOFT
COAL STRIKE ENDED
15,000 Miners Returning to Work
Today?Both Sides Herald
Agreement as Victory.
Altoona, Pa., Aug.?Union lead
ers today were notifying their 45,
300 miners in the Central Pennsyl
vania field to return immediately to
posts they left five montfts ago
while operators were rushing planes
:hat will mean production of 30,000,
000 tonsof coal a year.This activity
followed the signing of an agree
ment last night.
Both sides today heraldel the
agreement as a victory, The miners
consider it a triumph because they
retain the check off and are to re
ceive the same wages as tliat in ef
fect on March 31. The operators
are jubilant because they arranged
a district agreement, a condition
which has been strenuously opposed
by John L. Lewis president, of the
United Mine Workers of America.
The new treaty provides for the
continuance untill March 31, 1923,
of the wage scale in effect when
the men went on strike. All the
provisions of the contract with one
exception are retained. The rule
which calls for continuance of work
for 30 days after the scale com
hfKJ-in deliberations for a
new agreement was abolished.
MAYOR'S COURT.
Two cases for disorderly conduct
:ame up before the Mayor this
norning. One was fined $5.00 and
;he other $2.50. j
CONDITIONS FOR COTTON GEN
ERALLY UNFAVORABLE?THE
GROWTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA
GOOD BUT MUCH DAMAGE
BY WEEVIL IS NOTED.
Washington, Aug. 24.?Conditions
on the whole unfavorable for the
cotton crop were reported by the
weather bureau today in its weath
er and crop review for the week
ending yesterday.
Cool and showery weather pre
vailed in the more eastern sections
of the belt, but it was unusually
warm and continued dry in most
Western States, the review said.
"A few light, scattered showers
occurred in Oklahoma, and cotton
showed deterioration generally in
that State: .'it opened prematurely
and there was much shedding," the
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review continued.
"Scattered showers, 6ccurred in
Texas also but they were mostly '
light and were received at onlf
about one-half of the reporting sta
i: -_.i-i.~_
Liuiia* tetany luauc ^ciiuiauj
poor progress there although it was
very good in a few localities where
rain fell, while the late crop de
teriorated. The warm, dry weather
held insects in check but assured
hedging and premature opening.
The condition of the crop in Texas
was mostly poor in the southern
portion, very good in the east and
fair elsewhere.
"Light, local showers gave some
relief in Arkansas, principally in
the southern portion, and ^he crop
made fair progress wtoer* " these
were received but deterioration was
reported in most sections of the
Stdte due to hot, dry weather.
"Progress was poor in Tennessee
where the plants were not fruiting,
well, although the general condi
tion was fairly good.
"Bolls were opening more rapidly
in Louisiana, but there were fur
ther reports of shedding and weevil
damage, while conditions during the
in Mississippi and Alabama.
"Plant growth and condition con
tinued very good in South Carolina;
the plants were blooming and
fruiting fairly well but there was
some shedding and boll rotting
while weevil were doing great dam
age and taking the top-crop ex
cept in the Piedmont; the weather
was favorable for their increased
activity.
"Picking has started in all parts
week were mostly
of Texas except the Northwest."
ATTEND BALL GAME.
Attending the ball game at An
derson yesterday afternoon were
the following from Abbeville: M. B.
Reese, W. A. Harris, Ward Jamison,
Fuller Reese, C. E. Williamson, Mrs
Williamson, W. P. Greene and Bill
Greene, Marshall Leach, Maxcy
Dttninw U/Miri n Qtrot
tlUillldUIlj UU21C1 iium^ ******* MflVV
enburg, Misses Mary and Jeansie
White, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Broom,
Mrs. B. S. Reames, Miss Lydia Owen
Frank Harrison, John Calvert, W.
D. Wilkinson, Miss Janie Vance
Bowie, Allen Long, Jr., Allen Long,
Sr., Bayard Swetenburg, Leslie Mc
Millan, Misses Ruth and Gertrude
Calvert, Bill Jones, Larry Ferguson,
E. F. Arnold, 0. H. Cobb, Edd Keller.
Tobacco Dividend
New York, Aug. 24.?The Tobac
co Products Corporation today de
clared a quarterly dividend of 1 1-4
per cent on class A stock increasing
the annual dividend from six per
cent to seven.
COTTON MARKET.
Cotton brouerht about 22 1-2 cents
on the local market today. Futures
closed as follows:
Oct. 21.95
| Dec 22.03
I Jan. 21.95
' March - ? ? ? -- 22.00
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