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STONE SEES LITTLE I
SETTLEMENT (
New York, Aug. 18 (By the Associated
Press).?Warren Stone, head
cf the engineers, leaving the conference
between the brotherhood men
and executives expressed a belief that
no definite agreement for a settlement
of shcp crafts strike will be rqaohod
today. He said whatever plans they
U 1 ?
i uu nit?e uuen retarren by both aides
to their constituents.
Washington, Aug. 18.?President
Harding was told by Senator Watson,
Republican, of Indiana, one of his rail
advisers, that long distance conversations
with the brotherhood chiefs and
representatives of the rail executives
in New York disclosed that both sides
were hopeful of settling the strike today.
New York, Aug. 37 (By the Associated
Press).?Railway executives
and brotherhood chiefs today wrestled
with the problem of settling the shopmen's
strike and then adjourned until
tomorrow without scoring a fall.
Tomorrow, while President Harding
is expected to appear before congress
with a message on the rail
situation, the conferees will reassemi>i?
? -? ?* *
" v m uii. t-iiui b li> come to grips
on the slippery question of seniority.
Today was a day of conferences~
conferences this morning among
brotherhood chiefs, this afternoon between
brotherhood chiefs and executives,
this evening between brotherhood
chiefs and officials of the striking
shop crafts.
The first gathering, over which
Warren S. Stone, head of the Brother
> hood of Locomotive Engineers, presided,
was called for the ostensible purpose
of framing a concrete program
to be submitted to the executives a4
the main conference in the afternoon.
The brotherhood men, who made It
/ '" plain that their position in the drama
>" which was absorbing the attention of
the nation was solely that of mediators,
went into the afternoon parley
?'4 : at- the headquarters of the Association
of Railway Executives without
breathing a word of the proposals for
But if the train-service men were
silent, representatives of the striking
shop crafts, massed ip an uptown
hotel to await the result of the conference,
made it plain that they did
not believe any proposal would be
made by the running trades which
would include a sacrifice of their seniority
rights. Whjle representatives
of the strikers would not permit
themselves to be quoted, they indicated
that they would stand firm as ever
on the proposition that they must b<: j
taken hark with t.hnii- ?nniofit?, v??mL_i
ing unimpaired.
A committee, representing the executives,
headed by T. Dewitt Cuyler, j
chairman of their organization, lunch-1
ed together and then repaired to the
conference chamber where they
awaited the arrival of the meditors
At 2 o'clock the doors closed and the
conference was on.
Two hints of what had trans p. redJ
escaped during the afternoon.
First, the executives sent for file's
containing decisions of the railroad
labor board in which the government
body, in rulings bearing on other,
strikes, had directed that strikers |
should forfeit their seniority rights.!
This was taken to indicate that the'
troublesome question of seniority,
which had figured so prominently in
the two efforts by President Harding
to end the strike, had bobbed up
again. The second hint was obtained
from Julius W. Kruttschnitt, chairman
of the board of the Southern
Pacifis, who leaving the conference
shortly before it adjourned, indicated
that little progress had been made.
The official story of the parley was
contained in a communique issued by
Mr. Cuyler after the meeting had
broken up. It follows:
"A discussion of the present railroad
situation, so far as it relates to
the shop crafts' strike, took place. The
questions involved were discussed
with the honest desire to arrive at a
solution of the problem if possible.
No definite conclusion was arrived at
and the conference adjourned until to
morrow morning."
Upon leaving their conference with
the executives the brotherhood men
hasteined to their hotel up town to
discuss the day's developments with
the heads of the 16 other unions.
As silent as when he entered the
conference chamber, Mr. Stone declined
to discus'"- whaf hnd transpired.
Bert M. Jewell, head of the railwu /
employees' division of the American
Federation of Labor, who ai*rived her?
this morning to be on hand if he wa.<
wanted, was equally reticent on the
day's parley. He did state, however
that although he had not conferred
with labor men who had attended the
down town meeting, he believed the
gathering had worked toward a satisfactory
solution. Meanwhile he asked
newspaper men not to speculate on
issues under discussion, but to await
some concrete action.
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IOPE FOR
IF RAILROAD STRIKE
CALLS ON CANDLER
FOR BIG FEE
Atlanta, Ga? Aug. 17,?August
Dreyer, I^ew York lawyer and th atrical
man, whose name appears as a
witness on a letter which Walter P.
Candler received from Clyde K. 15 field
after the men had their fight in
Mrs. Byfield's stateroom aboard tiie
steamship Berengaria, July 15, called
Mr. Candler on the telephone and demanded
a $5,000 fee for his services
in the case, according to a statement
from Mr. Candler publshed in a late
edition of the Atlanta Journal today. |
The letter purported to withdraw
charges made aganst Mr. Candler by
Mr. Byfield in connection with the
incident in the state room.
Reuben R. Arnold, chief counsel for ,
Candler in his suit to prevent Byfieid
from realizing on the $20,500 note
given him and in his defense against
Mr. By field's $100,000 damage suit,
asserted that the purported demand
would be investigated and that should
Dreyer be summoned to Atlanta as a
witness in the suit steps might be
taken regarding it.
"Dreyer knew -nothing whatever
about the incident between Byfielu
and myself," said a statement issued
by the Atlanta banker, "as he was
not there, and neither heard r.or saw
any part of it.
"Dreyer was introduced to me as '
his friend by one of the three gamblers
mentioned in my petition, who
frequented the ship. He went with '
the party to Paris and made himself
generally officious, and was the witness
to Byfield's statement. Dreyer
claimed to be a lawyer and made a demand
on me of $5,000 before leaving .
Paris, which I did not pay.
"Dreyer called me over the telephone
in Atlanta yesterday, and demanded
to know whether I was going
to pqy him. I told him I owed him
nothing and agreed.to.pay him nothing.
He *?inK to
talk any longer over the phone ar.d ;
1 hung up the phone."
Mrs. Byfield, who asserted in her
damage suit that she was made seriously
ill by an alleged attack by Candler,
was reported to be somewhat improved
today.
Baseball Saturday
There will be an exciting game of
Lascbull at the City park Saturday
afternoon, August 19th, when the
Mollohon Mill from Newberry will go
lip against the Union Mill team. Mollohon
Mill has been playing some real
baseball this season. The fans that
have been reading the baseball news
from day to day will know that they
linvn ii rppfiivl Ihnt isi Vmr/1 tn Knot
Lust week they played some fast
teams, including Laurens, and they
defeated them in an 11-inning game,
winning with the score of 3 to 2, also
defeated "Andy" Bowens' team, 5 to
0, and several more we could mention
that are just as good or better. The
people hei*e know that the Union Mill
team has been playing some good
games and it is our belief that if you
fail to see this game Saturday you
will miss a good game. Game called
promptly at 4 p. m.
Drawing Jury For
Contempt Case
Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 18.?Judge
McDowell examined 22 veniremen to(1
n\r nrnnurotAru fnr tKo trial nf nnc_
sible contempt cases arising from the
injunction of strike employes of the
Chesapeake, Ohio and Virginia railroads.
Georgia General Assembly
Adjourned This Morning
Atlanta, Aug. 18.?The 1922 session
of Georgia general assembly ended
at 5 o'clock this morning after an
all-night sitting punctuated wtih a
stormy donate. many dims oi more or
less importance were crowded but.
The final session appropriated $2,451,000
for Confederate pensions for
the next fiscal year, and wiped out
the present distinction between the
old and new pensioners. The good
roads bond issue for $9,000,000 to
match the federal appropriation was
killed by the house. A bill providing
for biennial sessions of the legislature
was aiso killed by the senate.
Notice
The campaign meeting for Monarch
Mills, scheduled for 3 p. m. tomorrow,
has been postponed until 7 p. m.
Mrs. Will Rodgers*of Easley, after
visiting in the city for several days,
returned to her home this morning.
She was accompanied by her son, Dr.
Marvin Rodgers, of the Peoples Drug
Store.
ALL PET AT
SPENCER SHOPS
Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 17*?Governor
Morrison will not order troops to
Spencer now, in connection with the
strike in the Southern railway shops,
he announced late today after confer*
ences lasting nearly lour hours with
Sheriff Krider and special guards,
railway attorneys, President J. M.
Ellis.of the North Carolinu Federation
of l?bor, and the strike committee.
Future actiun wiU depend upon later
developments, he said, The labor
leathers promised to make every effort
to maintain order. President Ellis
announced he would address a meeting
of the striking craftsmen tomorrow,
putting before them the gov
ernors decision. The governor had
been urged yesterday by Sheriff Krider
to send troops to Spencer.
Governor Morrison, who arrived
here from Blowing Rock early this
afternoon, expressed the hope that
the use of troops would not be necessary.
Rough handling of a negro woman
said to have been trying to enter the
shops and firing of a gun to "frighten"
her brother, who came to her rescue,
constituted the only disturbance
reported for last night, which was
marked by a downpour of more than
seven inches of rainfall. Officials reported,
however, that the powder
house was broken open and all dynamite
caps stored tliere stolen during
the night.
Quiet reigned around the shops today
with from two to 12 strikers doing
picket duty at each of thn gates,
armed with sticks of large walking
cane size.
"If they respect the law, I do not
intend to send troops, but I do propose
to have the law of the state upheld,"
said Governor Morrison, folr
I iwxr ir>rr Vtia aAnlnronsaa
he had put it up to the union officials
to maintain order among their members
and that they had promised to
do everything in their power to preserve
order and obedience to law.
TW$ov*rnor said he had requested
those who asked him to send
'wvicias*' ?tij I raan^Tw
said, from reports made to him, that
recent actions of the picketing strikers
justified him in sending troops to
the scene, but that he was not disposed
to "go backward" and would
hold orders for the movement of military
forces in abeyance pending future
developments.
Explaining why he had made no
arrests in connection with assaults
and other disorders which he charged
had occurred in connection with picketing
of the Spencer shops, Sheriff
Krider, of Rowan county, said late
today that he had been requested by
Southern railway officials not to make
any arrests as long as he could avoid
it, because they feared that an arrest
would result immediately in an outbreak
of strikers or their sympathizers
beyond the control of the authorities.
The strike committee issued a signed
statement this afternoon positively
denying reports published in morning
newspapers that men had been
beaten. The statement declared that
no disorders have occurred. A denial
that disorders have occurred also
was telegraphed to Attorney General
Daugherty by Rev. Thos P. Jimison,
pastor of a Spencer church and for
mer chaplain of the North Carolina
federation of labor. It was signed by
Mayor Protem Stoudenmier, members
of the city council and other Spencer
citizens, and pointed out as an evidence
of the absence of disorders that
the local authorities have not had to
make an arrest from the ranks of the
strikers or their sympathizers.
Forest Fires Raging
In Minnesota
Duluth, Aug. 18 (By the Associated
Press).?A 15-mile northwesterly
gale fanned the forest fires in Kelsey,
Cotton and White Face district placing
the three towns in a more precarious
position than yesterday. All
available men of Duluth tank corps
were ordered to Kelsey for relief
work.
Duluth, Minn., Aug. 18 (By the Associated
Press).?Fears that the
death toll from the forest fires raging
in northern Minnesota will go bevnnH
t.hp renorted 19 whan additional
advices were received from the flameswept
areas are expected by scores of
refugees who are arriving here hourly.
American Tragedienne
Die* of Heart Failure
London, Aug. 18 (By the Associated
Press).?Genevieve Ward, the famous
American tragedienne, died of heart
failure today at her home in Hampstead.
Miss Neely James of Spartanburg
is visiting at the home of Mrs. P. R
Bobo.
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OPTIMISM Wfo I
COAL COMMENCE
Philadelphia, Aug. IT, ?CJptinnsm
prevailed tonight anojitljl leaders
cf the miners and fhife frjMilurs directly
interested in> tMRhntracite
coal situation sit- tha ^SdBrpsion of
the fust session of thd jOGtt confettnee,
which is expected ^.result in
an early settlement of ttyjjy kferike and t
rend 155.000 men, idle SBfljfc'April 1,
In a joint statement out after
the conference hadr3* idjourned ?
until tomorrow. John L. IjQvini, president
of the United Mine Workers,
who headed the mine*** delegation,
and Samuel D. Warriner, spokesman
for the operators, said apparently
was a "sincere determination '
on lx>th sides to effect an adjustment,
"if at all possible," but that it wo?
necessary that the union owinls and
the operators hold conferences between
themselves before further pro?.?<>
K?. -J- ' -Hk?1 I
6iviij vuuiu uk Iiiauc w??ai'U an
agreement. :
The meeting was held In-^Ir. War- 1
1 iner's office, and was said, to have <
been marked by the friendliest of i
feeling. It was chiefly taken up by 1
preliminary discussion, defbiitc negotiations
looking toward a settlement 1
of the difficulty being deferred until 1
tomorrow. ;
At its conclusion botfc\ljfr. Wnrri.
ner and Mr. Lewis apgaaffeo encouraged
over the prospect^/ f peace.
Neither, however, would tey what
their intentions were, SW indicated t
that they were anvioua to flee togeth f
er their respective aides so as to be t
able to go into tomorrow's confer- r
ences with a definite prOgttlm. r
Some persons in cl<u? teuch with s
the situation predicted tiiutftan agree. s
ment would be negotiated^ not later 8
than Saturday, and tlidflf the men \
would be back in the minftt a week t
or ten* days later. rrj; j
Dynamite on TtkvL
Birmingham, Aug., 17*?dfc third at- c
tempt tq dynamite thevtracks of the i
LouiaviUe A ^Nashville jaf^o&d vast j
were made yesterday, + a t Wif of- j
ficials declared. ' t
Apparently a novice'hras tesponsd- j
ble for the deed, it was saifl, sa the
charge was misplaced and ably, small ,
damage done the rail. Supt. W. E. j
Smith of the local division received a \
report of the attempt thiB afternoon ,
and immediately sent railroad deteo- (
lives to investigate the matter. No ]
arrests have been made. \
Explosions in Yards
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 17.?Shortly i
before midnight three explosions oc- 1
curred in the west end yards of the <
Norfolk & &Western railway here. <
Shortly after the third explosion five i
pistol shots were heard.
Several men, including thje yard *
fcrew and workmen in the planing
mill, narrowly escaped injury. Di-1
rectly around the corner from the | 1
first explosion a large number of
men employed by the railroad were
asleep in their quarters. Both city
officers and railroad detectives are 1
conducting an investigation. No arrests
have been made.
PERSONAL MENTION
Dr. J. L. Plaxico, Roland Hill, Miles
Oi.^ 1 T rn fl fl !xL. -Xx? *
omi in miu o. x. o. oiiuui are unending
the county campaign meeting in
Suntuck today.
Perry Bobo of Rock Ilill is visiting
in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cannon and
daughter, Lillian Alice, of Atlanta,
are visiting Mrs. R. C. Shands.
Mrs. I^ewis Weeks and Mrs. W. B.
Counts and son, Walter, Jr., are visiting
relatives in the city.
Mrs. Bobo Burnett of Spartanburg
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. G. Young. A? .
Mrs. L. G. Young Alton returned
from a stay in the mountains of North
Carolina.
Mrs. S. C. Southard, Miss Carrie
Southard and Mrs. John T. Scott were
visitors to Union today.
Mrs. W. H. Hope was a visitor to
Spartanburg this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Spears have returned
home from a delightful motor
trip to Lake City, S. C.
Miss Minnie C. Gist of Newberiy
is visiting at the home of Capt. F. M
Farr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Catheart and
baby of Spartanburg are guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. P. C..Whisenant.
Mjss Lena Bailey is visiting friends
in Asheville, N. C.
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HARDING ADDRESSES'
CONGRESS TODAY:
Washington, Aug. 18 (By the Associated
Press).?President Harding to-!1
iay told congress and the nation that (1
tie resolved to use all the power of the!
government to maintain transportstion
and sustain the right of men to
work, addressing a joint session of,
:he house and senate on the industrial,
situation, lie declared the light 01 (
employees and employers ulike to eon- (
iuct their business must be recog-!
lized. He deplored what he termed' i
* warfare on labor unions.
The President declared a national:
nvostigation for constructive recommendations
as to the conduct of the
:oal industry is imperative and recommended
the government commission
)f fair wages in conditions of labor.
He urged immediate legis'ation in
establishing a national coal agency
vith capital to purchase, sell and dis-1
ribute coal.
Other recommendations were but
niendments to transportation act ti
nake the railroad lal>or board's de-;
isions enforceable gainst, ca.rie s
\nd employees alike and better p: ?
;ection for aliens.
enginTovfs |
EXCITING MCE'
Rock Hill, Auk. 17.?Exciting
imes in local railroad lirclcs todav
ollowed a collision between a southtound
freight and a local work train
tear Carhartt station, four miles
lorth of Rock Hill, when the engine
ind caboose of the work train ran
iway and dashed through Rock Hill
it a speed of 40 miles an hour. A j
ocal shifting crew in the city yards ,
ook after the runaway and captured j (
t, the iron monster, a couple of miles
touth of the city. I
Engineer Marvin Crouch, Columbia,!,
li the freight, No. 53, jumped and ,
>roke a toe and suffered a cut on the
toce. Fireman Miller was bruised l
>!> the him. The engine turned over
nfegfr?of wrecked flat cars of
blocked traffic for
was going north after dirt, the flats
jetng ahead of the engine. The ,
;raihs had seen each other approach-' j
ng and wove slowing up. I
The crew of the work train jumped 1
.i ,1 li:.: ' 1 ,i.. 1 I
ti niv ouuision anu toe engine \va'
mocked loose from the fcits ami i*
started back to town, gathering speed
;t every turn of the drivers. Th?
'row tried to overtake it, but failed.
Luckily the main line was open and
;he several grade crossings happenjd
to be clear. It had a down grad >
route after leaving Rock Hill and
vas steadily gaining momentum when
:he shifter overtook it and h a k d
dose enough to it to allow a men.l)..
if the crew to jump to the runawav
and close the throttle.
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Cotton Seed Crushed in July
i
Washington, Aug. 18.?Cotton seed
crushed the year ending Trly J'.l o
3,(101,441) tens; quantity 0:1 han.i ..t
mills 13,880
Meeting of Executive
Corrmittee of the
Gypsy Smith Meeting
The members of the ex < utive om_
mittee of the Gypsy Smith evan;; !istic
campaign, together with the m nibers
of the finance committee and the
building committee are asked to meet
at the rooms of the Young .Men' . I'm.;
iness League this evening at 8:."0
o'clock. Matters of importance need
immediate consideration. Ever} mem
ber is urged to come.
Edw S. Keav s,
Chairman Executive Com.
l.ane Smith Arrested
j
Winston-Salem, N. C., Aug. IT.?
While working at his machine in a i
cotton mill here today, Lane Smith'
was arrested, charged with eonspir-j
ing to deliver prisoners from the Yad-!
kinville jail by slipping hack sitws!
into their cells.
When the sherifTfT heard that such
a delivery would be attempted he had
the jail surrounded with a strong
guard. Despite this precaution seven
hack saws were found concealed in
chewing gum stuck on the iron bars
or on the prison walls. According,
to the police, Smith had a friend in j
the jail whom he was trying to release.
Miss Anna Lou Murrah is attending
a house party at Port Motle.
Miss TiOuisc Whisenant is spendim;
liAf inn in Ili.twlnpom.vil'o ovJ *
Asheville. , V--F
In Egypt in Roman times it wa-i
custom to pnt on tho top of the coflin |
a model of the head of tho person
who was buried in it.
The Literary Digest's prohibition i
poll would indicate that many nre vot-1
ing as they drink.?Washington Post, j
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MINERS RETUR
COAL SHORTAI
SENATE APPROVES
DUTIES ON DYES
Washington, Aug. IT.?Tariff duties
on dyes and other coal tar products,
which were declared by opponcnts
to be equivalent to an em
uM'bv) "wiv a^iiuvtu bUUl&WV Uy 144V
senate, 08 to 23. Republicans and
Democrats .split on the issue, seven
Republicans opposing the incrcusci
lutes and five Democrats supporting
them.
The new duties proposed by Senator
Din sum (Republican) of New
Mexico are based on American instead
of foreign valuation?an option
framers of the tariff had desired
'.o leave to the president?and are:
On coal tar dye intermediates it)
1-2 cents per pound and 75 per cent
ad valorem; in id ace of the old rates
jf 7 cents and 50 per cent; and on
l.nished dyes and coal tar products
10 1-2 cents a pound and IK) per cent
instead ol' 7 cents and Oil per cent.
Senators Droussavd, Jones of Now
Mexico, Meyers, Kansdell, and Sheppard
were the Democrats who voted
I'ui the amendment. Senators Capper,
Kcilogg, Keyes, I unroot, Moses,
Mi v.li; : i y and Smoot (Republicans)
voted 'ainst it.
A i d call followed a sharp d bate
in whn h-Chairman Wadsworth of the
military committee presented u letter
from Secretary Weeks urging extension
of the dye control act now 1.:
force, declaring that "no ordinary
tariff can prevent the destruction of
the Ameiican dye industry which will
thereby cripple the whole organic
L-hemical industry."
Few other changes in the administration
tariff bill were made today
and tonight by the senate in the final
Jrivo to clean up individual amendments.
When the senate recessed at
a late hour work on the measure in
the committee of the whole had been
started on the last stage of its final
roll call, the senate eliminated from
the bill retaliatory provisions relating
to wood pulp and newsprint paper,
which are on the free list. Under
the provision the president would
have been authorized to impose a
dut;. of ten percent on these material?
imported from countries, dependencies
and provinces which imposed
my evport tax or other restriction 0.1
their eypr g ?ion. In addition the
president \V*,;.ld have added the
amount of the export tax so imposed.
par!:r, of Union
Fav"* Marketing Plan
Union, :: C.. August 18, 1922.
We, the undersigned banks of Union,
S. C., realizing that the present
methods of selling farm products are
Lin sound, uneconomical aiul untair i>
the farmer; , ,9
\nd, kno\vin,r th//~ which
I . . already been hf-w^J/ed by th
I'inii growers i I ?';,i fornia; the Buvl>
y tob;.ir> at Kentucky; tht
cotton growers of Te\a-\ Oklahoma,
?' : -iof! and A'i ' a and the P !
..'< <> ? rower <>l' tan own slate,
We are glad to etslor-c the ooopi
rati o marketing method of selling
t ti at. and believe, if properly managed,
The South Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Marketing Association
will l e able to handle cot to t
more economically than under the
present system, and he able to secure
to the grower a fair price for his
product.
The Bank of Union,
By ('. C. Sanders, Cashier.
Nicholson f> ink & Trust Co.,
By M. Moore, Cashier,
Farmers Bank <Kr Trust Co.,
By C. K. Morgan, Cashier.
Citizens National Bank,
' By It. P. Morgan, Pres.
Weather Conditions
Prevent Flight
Norfolk, Aug. 18.?-Adverse weath
or eondili. n* of North Carolina eonr-1
delayed the start of Sampeio C arrow
from Mantco, N. C., on the second ley
of the flight from Mew York to lira
zil. The pilot decided to await a he.
tor line of metoorlniricn I nrosnee's.
Shot to Death and
Robhed of Payroll
Baltimore, Aug. IS.?William B
Noirs, secretary and treasurer 01
liieks, Tase & Norrir., Inc., builders
v as he* ' > d.ath in the park at Mad
ison avenue bv unidentified ban.
dits, and was robbed of the company';
payroll of approximately $7,000
Frederick Kuethe, the bookkeeper
who was accompanying Morris, wa.beaten
into insensibility.
Miss Lizzie Homes is visiting relp.
tives in Spartanburg.
MING TO WORK
IE MAY BE AVERTED
|
Washington, Aug. 17 (By tfife Associated
Press).'?Burly resmofltion
. of coal production in the union fieldcovered
by the Cleveland agreemsn'
1 was looked today by administration
officials to avfcrt fuel troubles
throughout the country next winter.
If the miners in those lields return
lo work within the next few days,
. Secretary Hoover declared, there
.should be no serious shortage of coal
| during the winter. Production of approximately
10,000,000 tons of co il
' weekly mude up of about four-fifths
bituminous and one-iifth anthracite
i will be needed, according to Federal
j Distributor Spencer.
Even with adequate production, M r.
Hoover asserted, action by congresv.
il! be necessary to enable federal
price control temporarily and to facilitate
the distribution of anthracite
and to supply the needs of tl.c
. oi tInvest.
V i.h the resumption of mining,"
! r: id. "tlic price situation will be
.cickly o'.er. While there will be
c.ino con rol ul' distribution and
i i ice: no essary, the matter wi.l
uU'\ udjurl it elf."
Collapse of the fair price agree
. cuts nu de with producing operators,
however, wh"M the union mines
r. svur.ed | roduction was indicated bv
Mr. Hoover. There would be then
75 ?>r Sti districts, he said, to ho d
; ,<i line, as to price by voluntaiy
mean.- which would be an "infeasiblc
i ichiiic" considering the dilliculty oxI
lien cd with the mine? now in the
1 ice agreements.'
Ncveitlioless, Mr. Hoover, declared,
the results of the fair pi tee agree.
ents thus far have constituted a
"remarkable showing" \\itn 70 p< v
cent of coal now moving being
handled under the established maximums
of from $2.20 to $2.75 a ton.
l'iliiculty in the price situation, he
asserted, arose from the other 30 per
cent which gave rise to the charges
j c i p: of.teering, while operators ob
serving the agreements were passirg
up fiom ?8 to $10 on every ton of
coal sold. I
^^n^rge|^ypriee control legislatic n
to congrosf tomoi'row would apply
; enly to coal moving in interstate
commerce, in the opinion of the commerce
. secretary. According to the
1 rst advice at hand, he contended, the
federal authority can not extend to
coal transportation within the states
and the control of speculation, and
the prices charged by wholesalers and
retailors on intrastate sales would be
rp to the state authorities.
State authorities, he believed,
r mile! have the power to regulate
< -.r.l p i*cs during the emergency,
if h- federal government
tion .lly "ave the states the
f. ;t: ' k to buiid upon. He advoac
l the opinion that the federal
government could control prices
chained oy the opeiators in interstate
i .r.1.1 m? e and couid "deliver
i .1 v i the state line at fair prices,"
i f 'i hi. h the price problem would
1 _> one r r the states
I "evict !<>r toeing coal prices b*
t.-dcial '.reiicies Mr Huovei believed,
<. oul.t I left to congress but he gave
the .it',, essioti ih.it early action upon
fuel h ' 'slat ion was excepted. Re
.I)>i; I 111?i II? anthracite pl'oduf ' . ill,
l.c do should provide for 'hi*
needs of tin' nation's homes during
tiu* winter. It ought to be possible,
he said, to protect the householder,
If minir." is resumed at an early date,
through a system of priority orders
which would insure sufficient hard
coal for homes in advance of anthrneite
supplies for industry.
Captain Miller Arthur, almost an
old St. Matthews boy, is back to bin
'second home," as he cals it, for a
visit.. lie is looking fine and happy
as a dune bride. For two years on
the battleship, Utah, he has spent 111
months of the time touring Europe as
captain in the U. S. Marine Corps.
He h s "o days' leave. Upon his return
to Washington he will be made
r.n aide at the White House and will
serve as aide de camp to the majorgeneral-commandant
of the Marine
n _ i 1 1 ?:n- *
* im i'j*. rs? r.anusome ami, wunai, so
i sensible, affable and level headed, ho
: is eminently fitted to perform in the
spot-light of Washington's semi-royalty.
We congratulate him and wish
him all the good fortune imaginable.
?Calhoun Times.
| Southern Making Headway
Recruiting Skilled Mechanic*
J
F| Washington, Aug. 18.?President
, Harrison of the Southern Railway an
nounced that his road was making
. headway recruiting skilled mechanic*
* for its shops from points outside of
. its own territory.
. | ??
t Dr. Edwin S. Reaves and family
. have returned from a delightful motor
trip to Marion, Dillon and other
- places. Dr. Reaves supplied the pulpit
at Myrtle Beach on last Sunday.