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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Feb'y. 11, 1919 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year,
WIN BELIEVE
STRIKE NEARS END
Condition* Getting Back to Normal
in Seattle?Split in Strikers' Ran^c.
Mean* Parting of Decent Labor
and I. W. W., Says Mayor
Ole Hanson.
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Seattle, Wash., Feb. 9.?Conser-j
vative labor leaders asserted tonight j
that when the general strike confer-j
ence committee of union delegates j
?fnmnrrnw moroinj?, they
roaaociuvivd .. w.
Would renew the fight to have the
sympathetic strike called off and a
definite time fixed for its expiration.
They were said to believe the strike
p would come to an end within twenty- ^
four hours.
" Indications were, city officials said,
that the strike would be broken by
' ' the gradual drifting away of unions
from the committee controlling the
strike. j
"The general strike has been demoralized
and will fail," Mayor Ole
Hansen said today. "This means a
split between decent 'labor and the
Industrial Workers of the World. >
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JJl03t realauraii ls uau uv? u^nvu
today, being unable to secure sup-j
plies. "" ^
The city officials, declared Seattle j
would operate its industries without |
union men, and if necessary, would
advertise in the art and pay the
fares of men to take t^e places of
those who are out.
All schools in Seattle open tomorrow,
engineer and janitors having
voted yesterday to return to work.
The majority of the barber shops aisoj
will open regardless of whether the
men resume their chairs or not.
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> x All Sunday morning papers appeared
as usual today.
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tUUK I Ln DAnt.
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Judge M. E. Hollingsworth and
Judge Jas. S. Gibert sat en banc on
yesterday in ejectment proceedings
instituted by Mr. G. M. Campbell,
f Lowndesville, against Mr. S. M.
Beaty, of the same section, in which
Mr. Campbell sought to recover possession
of a tract of land purchased
last December from Mrs. Mary E.
Beaty, of Iva. Mr. Beaty claimed
to hold under a l^ase for the present
rear, which he contended was superior
to the rights of Mr. Campbell
so far as this year's possession
was concerned. The jury, with Mr.
. R. Glenn as foreman, decided in
favor of Mr. Campbell.
VISITINr. MRS r.ARY.
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Mrs. C. B. K. Weed, of Lake
Charles, La., is in the city for a visit
f some length to her sister, Mrs.
Frank B. Gary. As Miss Lucy Evans
Mxt. Weed is well known to tfur people
who are all glad to see her again
and to make the acquaintance of her
family of attractive little girls. Elizabeth,
the eldest, will remain with
Mrs. Gary for some time while the
pretty little twins, Antoinette arid
Lnev. and the babv. Mar carat, will
to on to Florence with their mother
wfcdn their visit here is over.
SQLDIER HOME.
Reese Hall is at home from overteas,
and his pleasant and cheerful
face is an addition to the busy force
? at Bbrksdale's store. Mr. Hall had
the misfortune to break his leg while
ia the trenches, was invalided home
and discharged. He is back on his
Id job and every one is glad to see
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V COTTON MARKET.
V Cotton brought 26 cents on
V the local market yesterday.
V :-March futures in New York
b V cloied at 21.64.
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RAILWAY WRECK
IAKES HIGH TOLL
Four Are Killed and Sixteen Injured.
Car Jumps Trestle?Plunges
Ninety Feet End Foremost to
Ground After Smashing Guard
Rails.
Greenville, Feb. 8.?Four persons
are dead and six are seriously injured,
two probably fatally, and 14 otht
ers are suffering from minor injuries
as the result of a wreck on the Piedmont
& Northern near Chick Springs
this morning, when the rear coachxof
a northbound train jumped the highest
trestle on the road and plunged
to the ground, 90 feet below. Th(
car was almost completely demolished
by the fall, and virtually all of
the .passengers received injuries. Tht
forward coach remained on the tres
tie after both trucks had jumped tht
rails and carried the car to within t
few feet of a point at which it woulj
have toppled over.
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: The dead are:
James E. Thomason, age 11 years
j son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Thomason
| 151 Rutherford Street, Greenville
I died instantly; was en route to Spar
I "anburg with his mother, who was
seriously injured.
G. W. Robbs of Easley, age unknown,
identified by tag on key ring
died from fractured skull a shorl
while after being taken to the base
hospital at Camp Sevier.
John C. Bright, sailor, age IS
years, home address, Victor Mill
Greer; was stationed at Charlestor
and it is thought that he was er
route home on furlough.
I M. H. Walker, address unknown
died about 3 o'clock this afternoor
at the base hospital at Camp Seviei
from injuries in the chest.
TruAi Leave Track.
Just as it approached the higl
trestle a few hundred yards this sid<
of Chick Springs, the rear trucks or
the rear car jumped the track on th(
left side. TJhe car immediately begar
to plunge toward the edge and as the
trestle has no lateral suspension or
either side, the only hope lay in th<
guard rail which is -placed on trestle:
to hold the cars intact in such em
: ergencies as this. The motormar
: realized the situation and did his besl
to save both cars from the, accident
it is said, but soon -saw that it wa;
impossible to save the rear car..
In some manner or other the cai
nn +Vio fi-rcf 1ot\ /vf
guard rail in its trucks and hurled i'
about 30 fget below into the road
, This almost overthrew it but thi
. front tracks held to their course an<
I it was not until the train had goni
i half way across the bridge or a dis
i tance of about 100 yards that th<
coach jerked loose from the trail
and plunged downward with the rea
end foremost.
Smashes Guard Rail.
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I The car tore down the first of thi
large guard bars on the left side bu
I fell when it struck the second, sa;
| witnesses. The second car was lef
| standing on the trestle tilted at i
j very dangerous angle and those wh
| were in this coach say that they ex
| peeted to go down at. any moment
' The motorman succeeded in bring
ing this car to a standstill about 10i
feet from where the rear coach fell.
Underneath the trestle the soil i
J very sandy. The car fell with th
rear end, which was the smokei
J striking first. Of the four person
! that were killed three were in thi
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! section of the coach and the othe
' was very close by. The timbers bui
1 rowed very deeply into the groun
I on the rear'end. Had the coac
! landed broadside it is doubtful i
I there would have been a single pei
son t.o survive
k' Those on the upper end of th
? car received lesser injuries, havin
k' been free from the impact of th
j fall. ^ '
'ALLIES 10 MEN l|
UP ON GERMANS
1 Peace Conference Feels Hunt are I
j Forgetting Obligations?Expected
War Council Will Take Measures
to Make Huns Toe the
' Mark.
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i: Paris, Feb. 7.?The Allied prem-i
j iers, who meet this afternoon as the11
j supreme inter-Allied war council,'c
i! probably will fix new terms to be im-j c
j posed upon Germany, whose tactics ?
i. of obstruction and recrimination are j
- j said to have reached a climax in a j
| threat made at Weimar by Chancel-; (
L! lor Ebert that Germany would break j
5 off negotiations with the Allies. j]
j The feeling in peace conference <
circles is that the Germans are more, ]
i and more forgetting their position J
-j and it is expected that the supreme <
i j war council will take measures to' \
i bring them to a sense of the reali- t
I j ties. 1
Marshal Foch will go to Treves ^ <
February 17, to fix the . conditions j <
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t! for a third renewal of the armistice ' ]
! and a discussion of the conditions to, ]
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J be imposed probably, will take up <
.! most of the time of the supreme war' <
3 council session today.
It is understood that the council,!
will fix a brief time within which ]
. the Germans must carry out the con-j j
Editions they have only fulfilled in(<
tI part. In this respect, it is noted that j j
j none of the German merchant ships ' 1
| which were to have been sent to cer- J j
, tain Allied ports has yet been handed <
'lover. M
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i French opinion considers that the j
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| occupation of Essen is of first neces-| ]
! sity, if the Allies are to control Ger-^ \
many's principal war factories. Pub-j
1, lie opinion in France also is asking <
r if the supreme war council is going (
I to allow Field Marshal von Hinden-: (
I burg to establish, himself in Brom- 1
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j berg and prepare a campaign a-: {
1 gainst Poland, which can only be <
1 ( supplied through Danzig. i \
lj The supreme war council al^o will ]
1 fix the size of the contingents of \
France, Great Britain, the United ]
; States and Allied nations in the ar- ;
1 mi-es of occupation, both in Europe
and Asia.
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J ATTACKS ON
J * BOLSHEVIKI BEGIN |
J Russians and British Assisted by Am- '
j erican Units Make a Drive to Pro- j
j tect American Position on the t
Petrograd Road.
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.i Archangel, Feb. 8.?British and ]
> Russian troops, supported by Amen- ;
j can machinc guns and trsnch mortar
? 'units, began an attack at 10 o'clock
. yesterday morning against the Bol- <
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? snev^Ki on me retrograa roaa souui
^ of Kadish. There have been no. finr
al reports on the result of the fight jing.
j The infantry went forward after
; the Canadian artillery had silenced
e the enemy artillery in a bombardt'ment
of several hours. The attack
^ was made for the- purpose of protecting
the American position at
a! Sredmakrenga, about 30 miles eastn
ward from a flank attack.
J The Bolsheviki are shelling the
. 'American positions in the Vaga sec,
' tor continuously.
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MOVING.
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j Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes and their
'.three children left Abbeville this
S week for Greenwood, where they will
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^ make their home in the future. Mr.
Hawkes has been employed in one of
, the barber sIiods in Abbeville.
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f GETTING BETTER.
Mr. H. A. McLeskey, who has been
a . i
e very sick at his home on Wardlaw|
g Street, is reported as improving slow-j
e ly. Mr. McLeskey has had flu which
I went into pneumonia.
JALLS MEETING FOR
STRONG DELEGATION
rarmers, Bankers and Business Men
of All Classes to Attend Meeting
To Be Held in Columbia on
Next Thursday, February
Thirteenth. '
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At the request of Governor Robt. [
K. Cooper, I am issuing a call to all (
:oanties to send a strong delegation
>f farmers, bankers, business men
ind county demonstration agents'
representing the various counties to
neet at the county court house in
Columbia on Thursday, February 13,'
it 12 M, to map out and adopt a
aractical method to reduce the pro-'
luction of cottpn in 1919 at least 33,
L-3 per cent.
With a large part of the spindles
yf the world standing idle, a vast
najority of them working on short
;ime,- it is absolutely > essential that
;he production of cotton be fully re-j
iuced in proportion to the spindles J
standing idle in 'order that- a fair
price to the producer of cotton can
De had for the residue of the 1918
:rop, and more especially for the
:rop of 1919.
For forty years the product of
Southern farms has maintained the
balance of trade for the United
ft
States, and for forty years the cotton
:rop has been marketed regardless of
;he cost of production. For the first
time in forty years, due entirely to
Pour short crops of cotton (and not
an account of the war) the banks of
the South and the cotton farmer are
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in a pusilluu LU UCtCl liuuc niiai Wb
price of cotton shall be if we elect
to take such measures as are neces-'
ry to bring it about. While world
:onditions are disturbed as at present
it is necessary that no overproduction
of cotton be allowed if we
propose to maintain a living wage
scale for cotton producers. The wage
scale obtaining throughout the cot:on
producing districts has been
isretofore the lowest in existence in
:he United States, being only equalled
by Chinese "coolie" labor. On
iccount of war conditions the price
* labor his advanced nnd in order
b t this r.ivance be maintained and
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,IIU OUUU1 iUCUXC LUCil Vs. ic piupuxtion
of the prosperity of the nation,
;t is necessary that our cotton crop
should bring at least 35 cents per
pound.
We cannot expect good roads, good
:hurchcs and school houses and an
educated people on the wage scale
that has formerly existed throughout
the cotton belt, therefore, let all public
spirited men from every walk of
life make it their business to ad j
vance in every way possible the plans
being outlined in this and" other
states to reduce production of cotton
in 1919 at least one-third.
TV meeting called in Columbia on
ho -13th is to devise ways and means
.o this end. Let every county in the
state be fully represented at this
meeting that they may present their
local conditions and help in an intelfV>a
oi'tnaflnTl
3UiUL/iUil U1 vuv 0iwuuViViM
Governor Bickett, of North Caro'
I
lina, has issued a call through Messrs
Clarence Poe and 0. J. McConnell,
to be held at Raleigh, on February
11th tb outline a plan of action in
that, state on cotton acreage reduction.
L. I. GUION,
Camden, S. C.f Feb. 10, 1919.
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL.
Dr. G. E. Calvert has purchased
the Hill farm near the city contain-'
ing nine hundred and twenty-nine
acres. We are not at liberty to give
the figures as they came to us but
ihe men on the street say the price J
was about $60 per acre. This is the
largest real estaffe transaction pulled
off in the neightborhood in sometime.
The old reliable Col. R. S.
Link, managed the deal.
Mr. Calvert will take charge of the
premises at once, and will run a big
fr.rni out there this year.
NIL BUILDING IS j
STILL IN DOUBT!
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Final Action Postponed in Houie?
No Night'Session?Decision Will
Probably Not Be Made Until
Next Week?Revepue Bill
Friday.
Washington, Feb. 7.?Final action^
on the three year naval building program'was
postponed in the house late
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today, probably until next week, because
of an agreement not to hold
a night session. The house also deferred
consideration of appropriations
aggregating $236,000,000 for
completing the unfinished part of the
.e?x ?J.1 :?j imc
nrsL prugraiii, autiiun^cu 111 <
Work on the naval bill will be in
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terrupted tomorrow. Representative
Kitchin, the Democratic leader, will
call up the conference report on the
new war revenue bill with a view to
its adoption before adjournment.1
Representative Padgett oi Tennessee
chairman of the naval committee, an-!
nounced today that he would ask that
work on the naval bill be resumed
as soon as final action is taken on
the revenue bill, but he added that|
he did not expect this would be be-'
fore Monday.
Before voting on the new program, |
the house will pass on the appropria-j
tions for the 1916 construction, the
unfinished part of whcih includes sev-i
en battleships, six battle cruisers,
seven scout cruisers, 51 submarines,1
a gunboat and an ammunition ship, i
DisflDnroval of Durchase of wireless
stations was recommended today by
the house in adoption without objection
of an amendment providing
that the engineering appropriations
of $35,000,000 for the purchase of
radio stations. Representative Lehlbach,
of New Jersey offered the amendment
with the statement that he
thought it wise to prevent the navy
department "from acting as it did last
year" in buying radio stations "under
the Joose authortiy of the naval
bill".
Representative Mann, of Illinois,
the Republican leader, asked if the
amendment would prevent payment
for radio purchases already made,
and Mr. Lehlbach said >he thought it
would. |
Aside from the construction items
all provisions of the bill have been
approved. They include appropriations
of $78,500,000 for the marine
corps; $178,800,000 for pay of the
navy; $37,500,000 for. repair of vessels;
$35,000,000 for engineering ex?snn
nnn -for tVip
PCIlUItUl COj OilVI ip I ^wv^vv v av? wa.w
maintenance of yards and docks. Under
the appropriation for yards are
included $50,000 for the Boston dry
docks; $1,200,000 for the completion
of the Philadelphia dry docks; $500,000
for water front improvements
at Norfolk, and $1,000,000 for water
front improvements at the Hampton
Roadfe Naval Base.
Support for the House bill was
promised by Senator Swanson, chairman
of the senate naval committee,
during senate debate today on another
subject in which thequestionofretrenchment
was raised. Asked r*gardeing
his attitude on the threeyear
building program, Senator Swan
son said:
"I expect t osupport it should the
condition be such that there is no disarmament
or csesation of navalism in
other countries. In that event, in order
to protect this country, we should
have a navy adequate to protect our
great commercial interests, and our
liberty and our institutions."
THE FIRST SNOW.
The first snow of the winter fell
Sunday afternoon for about two
hours and brought joy to the hearts
of all the little boys in town who
stood at the windows and watched
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it fall. The flakes were large and
melted as soon as they touched the
ground. ?
The temperature went down to
: freezing by nightfall but the snow
[ was a thing of the past.
RAILROADS ED
PERMANENT PLANS
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Spokesmen for Employees Heard by
Committee?Solution Must Come.
Plumb Declares Proposed Period
of Twenty-one Months Does
Not Give Sufficient Time.
Washington, Feb. 7.?Railroads
should be kept under government
control until congress has developed
a permanent plan for their management,
Glenn E. Plumb of Chicago,
spokesman for organized railway labor,
today told the senate interstate
commerce committee. Twenty-one
months of government control, au
thorized by the present law will not"
be sufficient time for working out a
solution, Mr. Plumb said, but railway
employees are hostile to fiv? '
years extension unless the railroad
administration revokes its orders
forbidding railway employees to
participate in politics
For a permanent solution the labor
forces proposed the following:
Government ownership of all railway
properties; operated by a single
corporation dividing profits equally
between employees and the government,
and directed jointly by representatives
of employees and the government
and operating officers and
the public; automatic reduction of
rates when profits exceed a certain
amount; and retention by the interstate
commerce commission of present
power to regulate rates.
I Merits of the plan, it was argued,
are that it would promote efficiency
through the profit sharing feature
nnH tTirnncVi unified oneration: take
railroads out of politics; stabilize
; investments; eliminate conflicts between
States and federal authority
and provide local means of financing
extensions.
As prerequisite to government
ownership, the labor interests proposed
tha tmilway properties be appraised
witohut the big allowances claimed
by railway companies for land
values based on costs of acquiring
them at presentMuch
of the questioning of Mr.
Plumb evolved around the objectio*
to the railroad administration's political
order. Mr. Plumb said thi?
virtually tied the hands of railroad
omnTAvoflc in occicfino in A PTTaI
ing a solution of the railroad que?,
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tion.
i Senator Cummins, of Iowa, inquired
how the interstate commerce commission
would determine under the
1 labor plan what would constitute fair
i rates to provide a share of profit for
1 division among employees. Mr.
i Plumb suggested that in the begin!
ning rates might be placed on a level
! to render one per cent of gross opI
erating revenues as net earnings to
! be shared among employees, and
j one per cent for the government.
When the government's share exceed!
ed five per cent the interstate comj
merce commissions should readjust
i the rates.
i Senator Cummins also expressed
1 fear that if government operatioa
! mora nnnfinnprl fnr fivp vpat^ i*nn9.
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1 ress would drop efforts to find a soi
lution until near the end of that peri
iod. Mr. Plumb replied he believed
j interests representing capital, aeeinj
their relations becoming more comI
plicated would press for a change,
and the public feeling the gorem?
ment was paying to omuch as compensation
to the roads would urge
! congressional action sooner. Labor,
, he said, should lend all its influence
to promoting early legislation.
j A WELCOME VISI7C?..
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Mrs. J. Cullen CarrinsrtrMi, of Norfolk,
Va., is in Abbeville for a visit
to Miss Mamie Morse. Mrs. Carring-ton
was returrir.fr from Atlanta
and stopped over for n visit. She is
the mother of Miss Morse's room!
mnte ot College and it is especially
; nlgasant to have her in Abbevile.
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