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THE SOFTER WATCHMAN, Est CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, REPUBLICANS PLAN TO VOTE ON BONUS BILL Before Present Con * gress Takes Any Rest?Tariff Bill Comes Up First Washington, June-19.?The com promise program of Republican leaders to defer action on the sol diers' bonus bill until after the tariff measure has been disposed of * was approved today at a confer ence of majority senators. The vote was 27 to 11. At the same time the conference went on record as fa voring final action on the bonus ? before any recess of adjournment of congress. Before adopting a resolution em * bodying this program, the confer ence rejected, 30 to 9, a motion by senator. McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, to lay aside the ? tariff for* action on the bonus. Mr. McCumber who has charge of both pieces of legislation, theji offered the compromise resolution. Despite the conference action, there will be an open flight in the senate to get the bonus bill up be fore the senate returns to consid f eration of the tariff measure, laid aside last week for the naval ap propriation bill. Several senators on both the Republican and Dem * ocratic sides were prepared to offer a motion tomorrow that the bo nus be taken up immediately, but Republican leaders appeared con fident that such a motion would be defeated. . v ~ ' Should the majority compromise program be -put through, final Sen ate action on the bonus probably would not come before September. Estimates today were, that the tar iff bill could not be brought to a vote before August li at the ear nest, and more likely not before August 15. With sentaors on both sides prepared to make a deter mined fight on the bonus, it is fig ured that it will take from a month to sxi weeks to put that measure through. Some senators favorable to the ; bonus, bear a filibuster if the bill goes over until after action on the tariff. This is understood to be one of the elements in their deter mination to put the senate *>n rec ord now on the question of whether there is to be further delay. Under the resolution adopted by the majority conference, the bonus would be made the unfinished busi ness of the senate immediately af ter action on the tariff and it would be kept continuously before the body "except when temporarily laid aside for matters of immediate exigency." The resolution also de clared that both the tariff and the bonus should be pressed to their final disposition "a<* espeditiously as possible" and that there should be **no final adjournment of this congress or any recess over until both t^ese proposed measures are finally disposed, of." There was a sharp '. controversy in the conference o^er the lan guage of the resolution, which a number of senators construed as binding them to vote for the bonus. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts was said to have assured Senators that this was not the case. Those voting against the resolution are counted as opponehts of the bo nus. A number of opponents ab sented themselves from the con ference, as did several proponents, who desire immediate action on the bill. WOUND IS FATAL TO YOUNG WOMAN Miss Hettie Cartee, of Spar tanburg, Dies in Hospital Spartanburg, June 19.?Miss Het tie Cartee shot and killed herself about noon today. The shooting took place in her room at the home of her mother, Mrs. Emma Cartee. 205 Elford Terrace. Members of the family heard the pistol shot and went to her room to find her lying across her bed with a wound through her body. The ball enter ed just above the left breast and went entirely through the body. She was rushed to the General Hos pital, where .??he died aboutr 4 o'clock this afternoon. Xo cause for the act is known and it is not known whether it was intentional or an accident. The young woman was apparently in good health and spirits this morning. NEW CROP OF COLONELS Got. Harvey Appoints Mem bers of Staff .Columbia. June 20.?Governor Harvey has named several addi tional members of his staff: A. C. Lyttle. Fort Mill; H. W. C. Folk. Brunson; A. G. Wise, Prosperity: Chas. L. Cobb, Rock Hill; B. F. Alston. Jr.. Union: John P. Coop er. Mull ins: A. B. Langley. Co lumbia: S. B. Owens, Ridgreland; Mason C. Brunson. Florence: Rob ert Stewart, Hartsville. Several days ago he appointed P. H. Mc Master. Columbia: Frank J. Fripp, Pelzer: Daniel L. Sinkler. Charles ton; C. D. Brown. Abbeville; J. H. Craig. Anderson; Major J. C. Hemphili, Spartanburg. The world gets better. One new movie doesn't end with & kiss. ablished April, 1850. 18S1. pI??L LIST OF i CANDIDATES - There Were Several Entries and Several Withdrawals at the Eleventh Hour Columbia, June 20.?Two can didates for governor. "William Coleman and J. J. Cantey had not filed their party pledges with the secretary of state when that office closed late yesterday afternoon. They had filed their pledges with Gen. Wilie Jones. The rules re quire that the pledge shall be filed on the day before the beginning i of the campaign. It was said, howevar, that if the : pledges were mailed in and the letters postmarked before 12 o'clock last night, they would be allowed. It is presumed that they will be duly received in this morn ing's mail. The list of those qualified to make the various races, as an nounced by General Jones, is as follows: v For governor: C. L. Blease, J. J. j Cantey, William Coleman, John T. Duncan, George K. Laney and Thomas G. McLeod.r For lientenant governor: E. C. L. Adams, E. B. Jackson and Jen nings K.: Owens. : For superintendent of education: Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake, J. H. Hope. O. D. Seay. C. H. Seigler and J. E. Swearingen. For congress: I. S. Hutto, W. Turner Logan and J. B. Morrison. First district; James F. Byrnes, Second district; Fred H. Dominick, Sam H. Sherard and E. P. Mc Cravy, Third district; J. J. Mc Swaln, Fourth district; W. F. Stev enson, Fifth district; W. R. Bar ringer, A. H. Gasque, Jerome F. Pate and Philip H. Stoll, Sixth district; A. J. Bethea, H. P. Fulmer and John J. McMafaan, Seventh district. For adjutant general: Robert E. Craig and Thomas B. Marshall. For state treasurer: Sam T. Car 1 ter. i For attorney general: Harold Eu-; banks, D. M. Winter and Samuel M. Wolfe. For commissioner of agriculture: B. Harris and'George W. Wight-I man. For secretary of state: James! C. Dozier and W. Banks Dove For comptroller general: Walter E. Duncan and T. Hagood Gooding. j For solicitorships: Frank A. Mc Leod and John G. Dinkins, Third circuit: A. Fletcher Spigner; Fifth circuit; L. M. Gasque and C. W. Muldrow. Twelfth circuit. Sam T. Carter, who has been! flfeasurer for a number of years, is the only state official to have no i opposition. Three congressmen have no op- j position. James F. Byrnes from the Second district, J. J. McSwain from I the Fourth district and W. F. Stev- j enson from the Fifth district. Solicitor A.. F. Spigner of Co-1 lumbia has no opposition from the Fifth judicial circuit. Rufus W. Grant, the adjutant general, is the only state officer not offering for election. General Grant was appointed by Governor Cooper to fill out the unexpired term of Gen. W. W. Moore. He did not desire to make the race this summer. HIGHWAY BODY MEETING TODAY Number of Matters to Come! Up for Action Columbia, June 20.?The state highway commission will meet here today in monthly session with the prospects of an all day meeting. Many requests for aid in various counties have been received and a large number of delegations are expected to appear. Among those who have already notified the eomr mission that they will appear are I Senator Butler of Cherokee, repre- I sentatives of the Richland Perma- I nent Roads association. J. E. Ad- \ gerton of Cheraw, representatives i of Sumter county, a number of representatives from Darlington and others. The new federal aid allotment to | South Carolina of approximately j $707.000 will be alloted to the dif- | ferent counties today. j Tomorrow the commission goes to Aiken, to inspect the San Bar ferry bridge and to attend a gen i eral good roads meeting. ' SUGGESTS FOUR MEN Harvey Wires Congressional: Medal Wearers Columbia. June 20.?Gov. Har vey yesterday wired the mayors'! citizens committee of San Fran cisco that the greatest war heroes of South Caroinia were the four living wearers of the congression al medals of honor?James C. j Dozier, R. H. Hilton. Gary Evans Foster and .lohn C. Vi'lipigue. The message was sent to San Francisco in response to a tele gram asking South 'Carolina to I name its greatest war hero for the i living hall of fame at the second annual convention of the disabled veterans of the world war. Gov ernor Harvey said he would not j name the individual, but thought the four men were the greatest heroes. "Be Just and Fear FLORENCE VISITED BY CLOUDBURST Seven and Half Inch Rainfall Does Much Damage 'to Roads and Bridges Florence, June 20.?Nearly sev en and one-half inches of rain has fallen on Florence and vicinity in the 24-hour period, commencing with the heavy shower of late Sun day afternoon and concluding with the torrent of last night. The se riousness of the present precipita tion is reflected more forcefully when one recalls that this is near ly one-half the rainfall which brought on the terrible floods of 1$16 in this section and other parts of the southern states. H. K. Gilbert, official weather reporter for the government in this section, states that the rain of last -night precipitated 4 1-16 inches of water in barely two hours. The shower of Sunday afternoon was 3 1-4 inches. The two rainfalls to tal 7 5-16 inches of water. S. R. Phillips, supervisor, today issued a warning to all persons using the Florence-Timmonsville concrete road and many of the bridges of the county. The floods of water last night undermined the fills under the roadway six to eight feet in some places. The. concrete is liable to give way under the weight of an automobile, or other heavy vehicle, with this much of the support gone. Guard rails, in the way of planks, haw- been laid along the dangerous places. The supervisor cautions drivers to pro-! ceed slowly over all fills and bridge j approaches oh all roads, observ-j ing carefully all signs of danger; or warning. The torrent and lightning of last j night brought troubles galore to j the Southern Bell Telephone com-' pany. At 10 o'clock this morning, I the office had been able to count j at least 200 telephones out of com mission. This is between 14 and i 15 per cent, of the total number of j telephones in service in Florence,,: including offices which have two j or more, sometimes eight or ten, j telephones. Early today, J. L. Duff ell, Jr., j local manager,-made special re-1 Quest for an emergency crew of "trouble shooters" rp be sent to ? Florence "at onco, if not sooner." ] He knew trouble was coming, and took prompt steps to meet the! complaints. He has not been dis- j appointed in one slight detail of' his expectations ? speaking j of trouble. The special crew of re-J pairmen is expected in the city j during the afternoon and will be j put immediately to work. "Under the circumstances, we! shall have to plead with the public to be just as patient as possible." Mr. Duff ell said today. "The of fice is recording every complaint as it is received and our 'trouble men' will be kept at* the job day and night till the situation is clear ed up. We will spare no effort to reach every complaint at the earl iest possible moment. "Probably three or four da:%\s will be required to get every sta- j tion back into service. The office' will make a check of every tele- j phone in the city us soon as the re pairs are near enough finished for ! us to have to hunt for trouble?of which there is no shortage just now." Farmers Driven Out I By Flood Waters Rio Grande Reaches Sapata District, Forcing Goat Herders to Seek Refuge Brownsville, Texas, July 20. ? j Flood waters of the Rio Grande J which yesterday and today wrought havoc at Eagle Pass and Laredo late today, had reached the Sapa ta, Texas, district, 150 miles west of here, driving Mexican farmers and goat herders into the hills on both sides of the river. Rio Grande City reported that the river had risen to 20.9 feet above normal, or seven feet under the high mark of Sunday. A slight rise also was reported at Mission. Three brake men from a waterbound train at Carmago reached Matamoros to day, after having walked the right of way for f.O miles in water from a foot to five feet deep. The entire country is inundated, they said. The actual stage of the river here is 19 feet and the Channel at this point can hold no more water, river men said. The city commis- j sion today gave the city manager: blanket authority to hire all the j men and procure all the materials necessary to protect th? city from j flood damage. Hidalgo, fart her down the river bas been waterbound for three days, and its population of 800 is; being removed in boats. -? ? Labor Convention Adopts Program To Curb Courts j Cincinnati. June 22.?The Araer- j ican Federation of I^ibor conven tion today adopted a program ceji-j tering around the four proposed constitutional amendments, a re peal of the Sherman anti-trust law, and other legislation as a means of curbing the courts on ac count of decisions adverse to la bor. Not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't Sumter, S. C, Satin [DRIVE ! AGAINST I THE NAVY i i - i I Dial Objects to Hur ried Action on Reso lution Calling For I Investigation j Washington, June 19?Senator McCormick, of Illinois, who is mak iing a drive generally against naval appropriations these days, today of fered a concurrent resolution for the appointment of a committee of six to be named in equal numbers from the House and Senote naval committees by the respective chair jmen to investigate and report on tht j efficiency and economy of the ad j ministration of the navy, including jbas.es, yards and stations. The Illinois senator asked for immediate consideration and pas I'sage of hie resolution, but Sen jator Dial, of South Carolina, was on \he job and objected to rail roading the proposition through.. Senator Dial's objections forced the resolution to take the usual j course and go to the committee on I naval affairs for consideration and recommendation. The South Car I olinian has no objection to the ?*e j solution if the procedure is fair : and deliberate, but he is on guard j against any move indicating snap I judgment. j *?"^^-**^^^**? I Argument With Umpire Cost , Ruth i Chicago. June 21.?Babe Rush's argument with the umpire before the New York-Cleveland game yes terday will keep him out of the game an additional two days. Pres ident Ban Johnson announced ?o day. The suspension is without pay, Johnson said, thus costing Babe $1,500. BANQUET ENDS CONVENTION 0F?IES Big Time is Enjoyed by Visitors During Palmetto Fire In surance's Annual Convention The sixth annual convention of the Palmetto Fire Insurance com | pany ended Wednesday nighty after a perfect day with a banquet at [ the Claremont hotel. The occasion i was a brilliant success from all f standpoints and the guests made ! merry with song and story until I after midnight. Several states were j represented among the visitors who j gathered around the large U-shap ; ed table for the annual meeting of I agency men at the Claremont, the j object of which is more to bring ;the members of this big family to jgether in the promotion of good ; fellowship and entertainment, a so cial gathering rather than a busi ! ness meeting. I Fully a hundred and fifty peo ple were present when the supper j started, during which delightful music was furnished by an orches tra, interspersed with singing be tween each course in which the entire gathering joined. The words of the songs which were compiled by Mrs. D. D. Moise to the tune of several old favorites were most appropriate for the occasion and made a decided hit. several of them being repeated. Mr. Davis Moise acted as toastmaster. As soon as supper wax finished Mr. Perry Moses, president of the company, arose and addressed a short talk to the agems, followed by other members who entertained with humorous stories and witty re marks which were greatly enjoy j ed. One of the speakers, Mr. Hennesy. who attended the conven tion with two other members from Mississippi, was especially enjoy able, as were Sen. Koswell Butler of Greenville, Mr. rase, national president of the association, and other speakers. Mr. Albert L. Moise, a former ' resident of Sumter, now residing in Philadelphia, made the trip to at tend the convention and was an other whose humorous jokes and stories wer?* received with hearty 'applause. Among other out of town guests were Hon. John .1. j MeMahan. insurance commission | er of South Carolin and W. C. I Wright of Columbia. The dining room was prettily decorated with flowers and a nov 'elty souvenir in the shape of a fire cracker which was loaded was found at each place. The agents left Thursday morn ing for Polly I teach and Sullivan's Island win-re they will remain to day and tomorrow. Washington. June 22.?-Senator Glass was called a "liar" today in the senate by Senator Heftin. after the Virginia member had declar ed that a statement made by th? Alabamaian was false. Senators were called to order by Senator Watson of Georgia, and under, the rules each was requried to take his seat. at be thy Country's, Thy God's and ?day, June 24, 1922 ENTIRE AUTO ! PARTY KILLED Y TR?LN j _. I Six Tourists Meet ?j Death Near Macon ' When Passenger Train Crashes into I Auto . * ?i [j Macon, Ga., June 20.?Six tour ? j i?ts riding in an automobile from ;jFort Laudervillfr, Fla., to Nich ? j clasrrlle, Ky., were killed at 4 !, o'clock this afternoon when a 'j Central of Georgia passenger train ? crashed into the vehicle at' the ''{crossing at Loraine, 12 miles from I this city. Mr&: Levonia Cox, the :}.only one in the party who was not i instantly killed, told officers just j before she died that her husband ! is Howard Cox, whom she said was j a prisoner in Moundsville. W. Va. ? I The others have not been identi fied. Letters in the possession of the victims were addressed to Mrs. jCox, Miss Levonia Taylor, L. A. I Taylor and J. P. Taylor, j X. A. Powers, Jr., who operates ia little store at the scene of the j accident and w ho was the first to i reach the wrecked automobile, says iMrs. Levonia Cox gave him the fol lowing names of the victims, all ; being from Xicholasville. Ky. j The dead: J. P. Taylor, Mrs. J. P. Taylor, Mrs. Howard Cox. in fant daughter of Mrs. Cox. a son of J. P. Taylor and an unidentified I body of a. man believed to be a I member of the Taylor family. Mrs. ; Cox said before she died that she , was the daughter of J. P. and Mrs. Taylor. - There were three men in the party, two women and a little baby ?girl. They were driving northward land the train, which was behind j time, was running at high speed, ! southward from Atlanta. SIR HENRY I WILSON IS MURDERED j British Field Marshall Shot by Assassin Outside His London House. Two Ar i rested ' London. June 22.?Field Mar inhal Sir Henry'Hughes Wilson was j shot and killed outside his house, at Eton Square, London, this after noon. The field marshal had delivered ja speech at the Liverpool street j station this morning in connection .with the unveiling of the war me ? morial. and apparently had. just j returned home. A few months ago ?he accepted the appointment as military advisor to the Ulster gov ernment. A Central News account says that Wilson was stepping from his automobile when two men sud denly appeared and opened fire. He was struck by three shots and died almost instantly. The assailants then turned their guns on police-; ! men. wounding two of them. Two j of the assailants were arrested. 1 -?-? < ! SEIZURE OF WHISKEY - j Cherokee Officers Also Make i Arrest Gaffney. June 20. ? Officers Scruggs and Allison, acting on in formation which they had receiv , ed. visited the home of Z. V. Up i church yesterday and seized one 'and one-half gallons of whiskey, j near the house, and found a distill ' ing outfit hidden in a thicket about I 100 yards from th^ house, und a i furnace where whiskey had been j made nearby. They also destroy ed a quantity of beer which was ready for distilling. .Upehurcb was arre-ted and brought to Gaffney, I where he was required to enter linto a bond in the stun of *7."io for ! his appearance at the next term ofj I the court of general sessions which ; i will convene in Gaffney July 1*>. j The officers also found in the 'same neighborhood two other dis-j j tilleries which they destroyed, one1 j of them being near the house of Alfred Davis. These captures were J i made near the Ninety-nine islands ! in fcroad river, where it is said) ; that whiskey has been made for! ! some time. J t Bills of English !Government Defeated: I - I London. June 22.?The govern ! ment was defeated on the financial !amendment to the national health I insurance bill in the grand commit tee of the house of commons to |day. The committee immediately [adjourned in order that the gov ernment, might consider its po sition. Government was defeated in Lords yesterday on the question of the Palestine mandate. Thr defeat is considered unlikely to lead to a modification of the government's policy. . _j Truth's; I VETERANS IECT ! GEN. CARRi ._ To-day Ends Rich mond Meeting, The Next Reunion To Be Held at New Or leans Richmond, June 21,?The re- j election of Gen. Julian S. Carr, j of Durham, N. C? as commander in-chief and the selection of New Orleans as the reunion city in April. 1023, featured the closing session here today of the 32nd an nual reunion of the United Con federate Veterans. General Carr's election followed a hot debate resulting from the nomination of Gen. J. A. Thomas of Georgia, by A. J. Twiggs of! Augusta. As soon as General! Thomas was nominated. Gen. W. \ M. Wroten of Mississippi announc- i ed. that the entire Mississippi dele- j gation supported General Thomas, j A member of the Mississippi dele- j gation jumped to his feet and ex- j claimed that this was untrue, that I the delegation favored General! Carr. An argument between the! I dissenter and General Wroten en-! sued in which heated words were \ indulged in. . When order from the confusion i had been restored. General Thorn- ! as withdrew his name in the iu-j terest of harmony and good feel : ing, whereupon General Carr was elected by acclamation. Other officers named were:"Gen. j J. A. Thomas, commander of the. Army of Tennessee; Lieut. Gen. C. D. Howry, Washington, D. C, commander, of the Army of Xorth 1 ern Virginia; Lieut. Gen. E. W. j Kirkpatrick of Texas, commander | 1 of the trans-Mississippi depart ment. Staff officers and other officials of the veteran organization will be ap- j pointed by the commanders at a I later date, it was announced. At the closing session of the Sons j of Confederate Veterans late today,! W. McDonald Lee of Irvington, j I Vau; was elected commander-in- j chief. He was named without op- j position. j At the veteran*' session late to-J day a; resotntion \vas adopted call- i ling upon the wealthy members of the United Confederate Veterans j to lend $30,000 without interest to! the association which is erecting! the statue of Jefferson Davis at! Fairview, Ky. The resolution fol- I S lowed a plea by Col. W. D. Halde- | j man of Louisville, Ky., who earlier: ! in the day had been prominently I mentioned as a candidate for com ' mander-in-chief. Colonel Halde I man. however, in a caucus with ; friends, declined to enter the race, declaring that he preferred giving j his entire Time to the completion of the Davis monument. The adoption of a resolution calling on congress to amend the law creating the Arlington "Hall i of Fame" so that Confederate gen-j erals can be represented therein, i and the unanimous indorsement of j a report from the historical com- j mittee, recommending that a his- ? tor>\written by Col. Hugher W.| Jackson of Curryville, Ga., in which j according to the report, is stated} that Abraham Lincoln "deliber- j ately and personally conceived" the I war between the states be used in | the schools of the. south, featured ! the morning session. The report j stated that Mississippi, Texas, the j Carolinas and Louisiana are "now using his'ories fair to the :-outh." | "U is gratifying to know," the j report stated, "that this sentiment is sweeping over the south and the various adopting boards seem de termined to allow in their schools only such histories which fairly, teach the magnificent history ofj the southern states." The report which was submitted j by C. M. Walker, chairman, con- j eludes by saying that "the young J ehiidrcn of the south will now be j taught that the/south was right,: eternally and everlastingly right, in j lighting for principles upon which ; our glorious country was found-j ed." At noon the veterans paused in; their deliberations long enough to { hold a memorial service in honor of the young men who fell in bat tle during the world war. j At a meeting of the Confederate: Southern Memorial association aj resolution was adopted, declaring: that "with the work of each so; separate and distinct and clearly j fixed, there will be no rivalry or j antagonism between this organ- j ization and the United Daughters j of the Confederacy." Tomorrow is the closing day Ofj the reunion. The program will in-j elude a great parade, in which \ veterans of three wars will par-! ticipate, laying of the corner-; :;tone of the Matthew Fontaine j Maury monument on Monument j avenue and boulevard here, and a: -rand ball at night to conclude the, reunion. Flection by acclamation of Col. j W. McDonald Lee of Irvington and j Richmond. Va.. as eommander-':n-. chief of the Sons of Confederate! Veterans and reelection of depart ment commandres and historian-in- | chief closed the 29th annual re-j union of the Sons here tonight. ? Officers reeleeted were: Com-j ma rider Army Northern Virginia j department. Dr. W. C. Galloway of Wilmington. X. C: commander j Army Tennessee department, D. S. Ethiidge of Chattanooga, Tenn.: commander Army Trans-Mississip- j pi department, J. Davenport of Vinita, ?kla.: historian-in-chief, I THE TRUE SOD MINERS ARE REPORTED AS FIGHTING Shots Heard at Camp Today Where Over Hundred Non-union Miners Are Quar tered Herring, June 22.?A check-up at noon today made by the Asso ciated . Press showed twenty-six known dead, and indications that the total would be over thirty in hostilities between the striking unnion miners and employes of strip min<=s, in the southern Illi nois Coal Company near here. The bodies are spread over an area of fifteen miles square and some are riddled with bullets, others beat en to death. Three were hanging by ropes from trees. The strip mine has been fired and a freight train is also burning, while the miners looted several cars of food supplies. Herrin. 111., June 22.?Sounds of occasional shots were heard early today from the direction of a min ing camp near here where strik ing union miners surround the camp in which approximately a hundred non-union workers are quartered. Sounds of explosions said to be dynamite blasts were also audible. DARKNESS ENDS BATTLE AT MINE Thousands of Shots Fired in Illinois With at Least One Death Herrin, 111., June 21 (By the As sociated Press).?Darkness tonight compelled cessation of hostilities between striking union miners and employees of the Southern Illinois Coal company's strip mine near here after hours of fighting in which thousands of shots were ex changed. One union miner is known to have been killed. Reports were current that 12sto 15 em ployees of the mine were killed but these could not be verified because of the confusion at the camp. Two union miners were Wounded seriously and about six others were wounded slightly. Three mine guards also were reported se riously wounded. Thousands of persons, many armed, were rush ing to the camp tonight. Shortly before the shooting be gan here late today, three of the ten men en route here to work in the strip mines, are known to have been shot down just outside of Carbondale. One of the ten escap ed injury and the other six swam a creek and were fired upon. They have not been accounted for. The scene of the rioting resembl ed a battlefield, the strip mine, be ing a surface colliery, permitted the employees to entrench them selves behind the piles of coal on the: ground, waiting to be loaded into cars. The striking miners. * said to j number more than 1.000, sur rounded the camp, shooting from all sides, and open warfare was conducted for several hours. The trouble followed an indigna tion meeting held just outside of Herrin today following publication of a telegram from John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, that the workmen at the strip mine, who are members of the Shovelmen's union, were "common strike break ers." Mr. Lewis' telegram added that the Shovelmen's union had been outlawed by the American Federation of Labor. After the firing had continued more than an hour the strip mine employees raised a flag of truce, and when a "runner" from the union forces was sent across- ihe "lines" he was shot in the ankle. Hostilities then were renewed with great vigor, and later, when the strip miners again raised a white flag/the signal was ignored. Dark ness brought the shooting to an end. Efforts to communicate with of ficials of the mim-rs' union here were unsuccessful "onight. The country for miles around is in tur moil and in West Frankfort min ers are canvassing the residences for arms and additions to their forces. ? Persons are flocking to the strip j mine in automobiles, wagons and on horseback and roads leading to j the camp virtually are impassable, a m ? After years of patient effort, a first wife makes a man decent enough to be good to a second wife. Arthur H. Jennings of Lynohurg. The executive council is to con sist ?>f the comma nder-in-chief. the three department commanders and three members from the regu lar membership, one from each de partment. Ii. L. Hopkins, com mander of Stonewall Jackson camp. Richmond, was elected for the Army of Northern Virginia depart ment, defeating Johnson P?. Xeely of Portsmouth. Nathan F?. Forrest of Atlanta was unanimously elect ed for the Army of Tennessee de partment, and S. Y. Ferguson of Wichita Falls. Texas. for the Army Trans-Mississippi depart ment. An amendment to establish the headquarters of the Sons of Con federate veterans permanently in Richmond was detested. THRON, Established Jane 1, VOL. LH. NO. 38 READY TO START OPERAHO Tobacco Growers' Go operative Assoei?r tion With 72,000 Members Has 65 Warehouses Ready in South Carolina ; Raleigh, June 21.?With 65 warehouses in the South Carolina helt including every marketing point in this state and ail the bor der markers, the Tobacco Grow ers' Co-operative Association' is ready to give its members un paralleled service for the orderly marketing of their tobacco, accord ing to T. C. Watkins, Jr., director of warehouses, and R. R. Patterson, general manager leaf department, who reached Raleigh today for the. meeting of the full board of di rectors of the giant cooperation:. Surpassing ail expectations of the equipment which could be secured to accommodate its 72,000 men> hers, it was announced today that; the association will open 65 ware houses in the South Carolina belt 95 warehouses in the North Caro lina belt and 55 warehouses in the bright, the dark and sun-cured areas of Virginia. Each grower-member of South Carolina has been given" the 09-' portunity ,to choose his marketing point, by filling out a postal card stating the market of his choice ' and other information to help in selling his crop. Each cooperative market will thus receive ? list of its members who have signified their intention of delivering-their tobacco at that point so that prep arations may be made to pay them there. ? ? . -\ Appointment of managers been made in approximately 90 ptfr cent of the markets for .the three states and men have been selected - for the balance, according to Di rector Watkins, who said '-'A warehouse manager, a floor man ager and. several clerks will be sta tioned at each warehousing center of the three states." Manager R. R. Patterson, of the leaf department, formerly In charge of'the-leaf department of the American Tobacco Company 'show ed the great saving which the association will gain by maintain ing one force of graders in place of the large corps of buyers whiek " the auction markets must maintain to represent from throe to six - tobacco companies, in addition t*> the pin-hooking speculators who will be eliminated from the* ware house floors *ft the cooperative as sociation. That merchants, bankers and boards of traded and citizens from . three stated have given their Sup port to the organized tobacco farmers, was impressively showa today by the fact that e'xht ?yarc J houses in the three states are De 1 ing built to accommodate the as sociation, and will be turned over [to the.organized growers at cost, Florence. S^C., Nashville, N. C, Reidsville. X.' C., Norlfna, Nl Walnut Cove, X. C, Columbia, Va,, Ashland, Va., and Drakes Branchy Va.. are among the list of towns whose citizens are backing the^: farmers to the limit by arrange-: ments to build the necessary warevfjg houses for their organized growl ers. As the choice of the grower* from South Carolina is indicated byj the receipt of hundreds of postal cards at headquarters of the.waosr ., house department, it peemst certain that those towns which have aid ed the association will reap a rich ^ reward in the future patronage o&i those growers who are seeking" . TO . I ally themselves with friendly cen* 1 ters. - ' ? ? ? State Sunday School Convention ? Eight Hundred Delegates Ex pected in Columbia > ? Columbia, June 20.?Between six hundred and eight hundred del egates are registering today for the annual State Sunday School con? vention which is in progress at. the University, the first session having I been heW during the morning! Strong religious features are on the program and convention promises to be one of the best in the his tory of the State Sunday ^School association. Dr. D. B. Johnson, of Winthrop College, president of the- associa tion, is in the chair. Marshall Woodson is song leader, and among the' speakers today are: President W. S. Currell, oi the University; Dr. Watson B. Duncan, of Cheraw; Dr. J. W. McGiothlin. of Furman University, Greenville; Bishop K. G. Finlay, of Columbia; Rev. J. M. Sullivan. Brunson; Tv B. Lanham, Columbia; Rev. S. H. Templeman. Laurens; and Dr* S, J. Derrick, of Nowberry. The delegates are living in tt?^ University dormitories. Fine en thusiasm prevails among the con vention members and it will prove to be, it is believed, the best con vention the Sunday school associa tion has ever had. ? - ?? ? m ? ? Tokio, June 22.?The Yap treaty with the. United States was approv ed by the privy council and Japa- - nese prince regent today. Thft treat j- fixes the rights of each na tion in the island which are under the Japanese mandate.