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DRASTIC ACTION ,
BY GOVERNMENT
Food a ad Fuel Control Law HtM
Adequate te Meet Situation?-Attitude
of Government Made Clear.
Criminal Penalty Will Be
Enforced.
Washington, Oct. 29.?The governy
ment moved swiftly tonight to meet
the nationwide coal strike order for
Saturday.
Refusal of the miners' organization
at Indianapolis to withdraw the order
calling out' half a million men
brought instant announcement that
drastic action would be taken to keep
the mines in operation.
. As to those miners who go on
strike and thereby curtail production
the food and fuel control law with
its recently added criminal penalties
: of fine and imprisonment will be enforced
without regard to persons.
. J?ius attitude of the government Attorney
General Palmer made cle.^r,
Idoes not affect the right of workers <
to stride for redress of grievances in
other cases where no violation of the
law is involved.
Every resource of the government
la the words of attorney general Palmer,
will be used to prevent the "national
disaster" certain to follow the
stoppage of work.
' r: Adequate police protection, with
troops as a last resort if necessary |
-will be given these men desiring to
.remain at work. Reports from government
agents show that a big part
of the miners ordered to quit work
;to stay on the job.
*J. Rights of the public will be protected
through revival of price con"trol
regulations suspended when the
"fuel administration went out of existence
February 1. This means an
early dr6p in the price of soft coal
* and gives assurance against profiteer
TRAINMEN TAKE VOTE ON
CALLING OUT 160,000 MEN
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Chicago, Oct. 28.?Twelve thousand
members of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen embraced in 14 j
j lodges in the Chicago switching district
today were ready - to strike
.'Thursday unless wage demands filed
i July 30 last, were met in "ftfH" and
vote on the proposition by the other
>ijodges of the 180,000 trainmen
throughout the country was ijncer
; way.
: Headed by W. G. Lee, president of
; the brotherhood, a committee of
: twenty-three tomorrow will confer at
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^vasmngxon WIUl fVBUVCi u. uuwat
'/director general ef railroads and in
i-the event the demands are not met
,).^iave been empowered \o call out all
^.passenger and freight brakemen, suburban
service men and yard men.
The action of the Chicago district
v trainmen was taken at a secret
meeting Sunday.
P;
t FOUR HELD FOR PLOf TO
KIDNAP SON OF FORD
Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 28.?Statements
of a private detective that he had
discovered a plot to kidnap Edsel
Ford, son of Henry Ford, and hold
him for $200,000 ransom, led to the
arrest here today of four men.
The detective gave his name as
Floyd Gray, and he said he came to
Toledo from the east in connection
with strike disorders and became
aware of the plot while stopping at a
local hotel.
Gray and Kinney revealed the plot
to seize yoang Ford and imprison him
in a house in Mount Clemons, Mich.
Street Paving.
The work of grading North Main
street preparatory to placing the
asphalt having began Wednesday.
The work on the Square will be completed
in the next two weeks if the
weather permits and as soon as
Trinity street has been completed
work on Washington street will be begun.
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GENERAL PERSHING
IS PLANNING TOUR
OF CANTONMENTS
Washing-ton, Oct. 29?A trip of
inspection to various army camps and
cantonments where the soldiers for
the American expeditionary forces
were trained in this country will soon
be majle by General John. J Per
stung.
Although General Pershing declined
to( mention any camp by name;
it is quite possible, that his itinerary
will include Camp Gordan at Atlanta
General Pershing said, however, he
would not at this time make specific
promise covering any camp, as his
itinerary had not been made up nor
did he know when he could leave
Washington. The general's departure
depends on his work here and "whenever
congress is through with, him"
He is soon to appear before the military
committees of congress to review
his administration in France.
This examination may take a day or
two,, or it may hold General Pershing
here for several weeks. .
General1 informed newspaper men
at a conference Tuesday afternoon
that he wanted' to see the places
where America's armies had been
some of the munition factories. When
interviewers endeavored to pin the
general down to a promise to visit a
certain camp he parried, saying he!
wanted to mention no names, but
hoped -to get_ around to most of the
camps in this country and possibly
as far west as the Pacific coast.
PROSPECTS GOOD
FOR "WET" SPELLS
IN UNITED STATES
Washington, Oct. 29.?Nobody onj
either side of the treaty fight in
the senate will admit the slightest
,ooncern over whether or not there is
a wet spell of a month or so in the
United.St$te?,prio? to the enforcement
oflKe constitutional amendment
of the prohibition of the liquor
traffic in January, but the truth is
the prospects of a brief season of
V?/Mtv*/I un tirif'V* 4*V?A nrADnnnfc
VYCWilCOO UUU11U UJ^/ TT1VII Hit j/i voyvvvo
for a ratification of the peace treaty,
the White House having announced
that as soon as the German treaty is
out of the way peace will be proclaimed
and the ban on war-time
commerce in liquor will be formally
ended.
What are the prospects for an
early ratification of the treaty? Very
good. The senate is weary of the debate,
not quite as weary as the country,
but approaching the same point,
which means a vote at an early date.
Moreover, the time for the ending
of the special session of congress
called to meet the clamor of the Republican
party for such a session, is
^drawing to a close and the political
sharps on both sides of the action in
the senate and house are beginning to
take inventory of what has been done.
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Return From Korea.
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Power
and little daughter, Mary Carrington,
arrived here Thursday from Charlottesville,
Va., where they have been
visiting Mrs. Power's reatives, having
returned to thi& country from Korea
about ttfree weeks ago. They will
visit Dr. Power's father H. J. Power,
and his two brothers, Dr. J. R. Power
and Roy Power, and his family will
spend a year in this country before
he returns to Korea as a medical missionary
of the Presbyterian Church.
He has been in Korea for about five
years as the head of a large hospital,
conducted by mining interests.
Mr. A. F. McCord Dies.
Mr. A. F. McCord, 78 years old, a
confederate veteran, died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe
Brown, Liberty, S. C., Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock after an illness of
several months. He had been'paralizer
for a long while. He is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Joe Brown,
Liberty, and Mrs. John Strickland,
Atlanta. His wife has been dead for
several years.
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Mr. McCord at one time lived in
-Abbeville and has many relatives
here and in the county.
OAK OR HICKORY BEST
'SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL;
BUT PRICE PROHIBITIVE
Washington, Oct. 28.?With a coal
famine looming imminently above the i
horizon of the American public as the 1
result of the threatened coal strike
over all parts of the country, seeking
advice as to what trees shoui<i-preferably
be used as a substitute fuel during
th<? anticipate emergency.
A cord of either oak or hickory,
declares Charles Lathrop Pack, president
of the association, is equal- in
caloric value to that of a ton of anthracite
and these are, therefore,
much to be preferred to any other
trees. With wood, however, quoted
at present prices as a substitute is
almost prohibitive. Such a situation,
said Mr. Pack, emphasizes very vitally
the need of a strong national forest
policy of which the country long has
been in need and furthermore brings
to light the fact that today American
forests are beine replenished at
only about one-third the rate at which 1
they are being cut oY$t for lumber
or destroyed by fire.each year.
, In striking contrast to the exist- 1
ence of such a condition in this coun- J
try, Mr. Pack pointed out that in i
France the public obtains one-seventh 1
of all fuel wood from cuttings along
the roads, fields and canals as a re- <
suit of a careful forest supervision i
which has extended over a period of 1
125 years.
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general meeting to ; i
discuss building
of cotton mill i
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At a meeting of the business men J
of Abbeville Tuesday to discuss '
: matter of building a new cotton mill '
I here it was decided to hold a*general
meeting in the near future at which '
time all the citizens of Abbeville ^ho <
are interested in the ' project are-;
urged to attend. The date will Be
announced later. *
James Gpssett, Williamston,
president of -the Wiliamston Cotton j
Jliil, the Brogon Mill at Anderson, j
and the Calhoun Falls Mill, was present
and addressed the meeting. He|
' has "been interested in building an- j
i other mill at Abbeville and wi!! in
I all likelihood be its first president if
I the project goes through.
i It is planned to build a 25,000
j spindle mill, costing $1,500,000.
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j PROMINENT MEN AT FAIR.
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This is Fair Week in Columbia, and j
as usual most of the prominent men]
in the state who are not at home
buying cotton, or givng parties to admiring
friends, are in Columbia to
see the. sights. . ^
Several of our most distinguished
citizens tire there with the rest.
Among them are Col. Pat Roche, of
the Hillbillies, Col./Jim Gilliam, ,Maj.
Thomas Thomson, Capt. J. L. Perrin
and Corp. W. A. Calvert. These five
j motored through the country, and
iare stopping wherever they are "at".
Col. Gilliam goes down to "inspoc1
some of the new farming imploineri*" ;
now being displayed jynd explaine
by the people who have) them to sell,
jas well as to look over the latest
j development in the live-stock industry.
Maj. Thomson' desires to get rid
of some of the surplus accumulated
at the October sales, while Capt. Perrin
is showing the pretty girls how
| to get into the Fair Grounds. Col.
Roche expects to meet several delegations
from different parts of the state
who are interested in establishing
set-back high schools in their centers
of learning, as well as to look at
some of the ankle watches now on
J display in the jewelry stores, expectjing
to wear one on his return by I
which Auditor Sondley may tell the)
time of day. Xorp. Calvert "just
went along with Old Man Roche."
Harris Home Bought. _
G. T. Tate has bought the Harris,
home near the S. A. L. Shops and
will move into the property on Janu
ary 1. >.
Dr. J. A. Anderson of Antreville,
jwas in town Wednesday on business. (
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"DRYS" IN HOUSE (
. TOOK "WETS" BY
SURPRISE ON VETO
Washington* Oct. 28.?-With many
members, absent and not expecting a s
rote until Thursday, the house Mon- i
iay night overrode the president's
reto of the prohibition enforcement ?
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The vote came , unexpectedly after u
5 o'clock in the afternoon, past the
fiour at. which the house customarily ^
idjourns. When the veto message d
reached congress late Monday, it was t
informally understood there would be t
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ao consideration of it before Thurs- 8
lay, and as no important legislation
was pending on the floor, various e
members departed, expecting the d
house to adjourn immediately. Snbee- t
juently the drys say they had com- B
tnand of the situation and brought *
sudden action. *
While it is possible the house ae- ^
tion might have been the same had x
there been a full attendance, it is 1
true, nevertheless, that many, of the 1
"wets" were caught napping, and 0
some of them did not even know of 3
the veto until" the house had acted
to override. There were many ab- *
sentees among the delegations from 1
New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, 2
New Jersey and Maryland.v- These 1
delegations have a number of "wets" c
in them, particularly the New York 1
City and Boston contingents. I
Consideration of the veto message c
was "railroaded'' through the House 1
by a coalition of Republican and
Democratic "drys" under tie leadership
of Representative Volstead, t
chairman of the judiciary committee, 1
& Republican. Mr. Volstead got the 1
message before the House with in- c
bent to move a vote Thursday. It 1
(iad previously been suggested that c
many members were out of the city s
and away from the House that after- i
noon.. Representative . Walsh, of b
Massachusetts, moved to lay the veto
rli Aaaorva ah flin fokl r\ on/1 f VinM o ?
vii' nuc auu uicu a
jiarliamentary tangle ensued which [
vought on a test vote showing the i
^fetys" well in control /Of the situa- J
tion. Mr. Volstead offered to with-1
draw his motion for 9 later vote, but'
he was denied this privilege and then j
he proceeded to bring about a vote!
immediately. *
The matter did not- come before
the Hou:;e until after five o'clock I
and it was move than an hour later!
when tfc? vote was *r.':en. A few'
absentees heard of the proceedings!
ahd reached the House but the majority
of them had no inkling that
so important a matter was before the
lower body. , '
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Anti-Saloon League, reached the
Capitol within a few minutes after
the president had vetoed the bill.
NEGRO WOMAN CHARGED
MUkDER OF HER HUSBAND\
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Lois Watt, negro, has been arrcct-J
ed on the charge of killing her'nus-p
band, Lewis Watt, in a cotton field^'
near Me&ns Chapel Tuesday, October j<
l.>. 1
According to the tale told by the
negro woman and Will Johnson, who
was present, Lewis Watt's pistol fell *
from his'pocket and she picked it up 1
and in returning it, it was accident- *
ally discharged, the load penetrating *
Lewis ^att's temple, killing him in- 1
stantly. A coroner's jury pronounced
it a case of accidental shooting. 1
Sheriff Burts, however, had #his *
suspicions and has been investigating ^
the case with the result that he arrested
the woman tfiis week and |
placed her in the Abbeville jail.
Another Rabbit Farm.
Col. E. R. Horton, of Anderson <
Real Estate and Investment Company <
has sold to Wm. P. Greene seventy- eight
acres of Flatwoods lands, ad- 1
joining Glowing Springs Park and ex- 1
tending along the Calhoun Mills road <
to lands already owned by Mr. i
Greene. The price agreed to be paid <
is $100 per acre. A rabbit farm will i
be tried as "a project" to compete <
with the farm corporation lately or- ]
ganized by Corp. Kerr and Col. E. C.
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)RDER FOR STRIKE
OF COAL MINERS ON .
FRIDAY IS ISSUED
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 29.-^-".A
trike of bituminous coal miners cantot
be avoided/'
"If it must be decided upon the
teld of industrial battle, the reaponibOity
rests fairly and squarelj
ipon tbe coal barons alone."
Thus did chiefs of the United lllne
T VllkCtS U1 iliiniiut ICJ/IJ W JT05W
tent. Wilson's request for eaneeilakm
of the 6rder which calls move
han half a million coal miners or
trike Saturday morning.
In a meeting late today, the excutive
board, the district presents,
the scale committee of the cenral
competitive field and the intertational
officers endorsed these seniments
drawn by a special commit
ee appointed at an earlier meeting
They accepted the^report of the comaittee
because "the highest authorty
in the organisation acted in tfcSt
nanner and no rapresentaave8 0if. th<
organization haye authority to set
uch action aside." -v
Whi1f? til* tma
?---W wvw?w*uvMW vt?0
0 President Wilson, the miners die
lot feel free to send the execotiv<
1 copy, inasmuch as they had not
eceived the ofijeial text of the president's
statement, issued last Satur
lay, in which he characterized tin
>roposed strike as "unJawful" in viev
>f the Washington wage agreement
rhich he said still exists.
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Washington, Oct. 29.?The gov
irnment set its machinery in motioi
ate today to deal with conditoni
ikely to arise after Friday in viev
>f the refusal of .the miners -to he^c
'resident Wilson's command to. cal
>ff the strike. Prdbably the firsl
itejk will be revival *of the fuel admin
stration to "prevent hoarding Vane
>rofiteering.
It is understood that the govern
nent's next step will be to provide
>olice or other protection to the met
vho are willing to remain at work; .
- DiofinKiifiAn on/1' "#!#
MioviivuMvti ?au oitwawivu va vvo
;o railroads and essential industries
is was done during the war, was on*
>f the principal questions taken u]
it a conference attended by Fuel Ad
ninistrator Garfield and members oi
;he cabinet. .
The government, it was said, doei
lot contemplate seeking-indictmen
>f strike leaders on charges of con
spiracy to reduce production of ai
issential commodity, or other tech
lical violation of the law througl
ssuance of the strike order.
MR. LAWRENCE BROWNLEE
OF DUE WEST SUFFERS
FROM PECULIAR MALAD1
Mr. Lawrence Brownlee, of Du(
West, is in a critical condition at An
ierson county hospital suffering fror
hiccoughs, brought on by an opera
non for appendicitis, when the ether
itjs supposed, gave him the hie
roughs, which the doctors have beei
unable to stop.
Mr. yBrownlee is a brother of Mr
r. I. Brownlee, cashier of the Farmer
fc Merchants Bank and is well krJbwi
jy many Andersonians. His condi
;ion is reported as somewhat bettei
;oday by attending physicians, thong]
;he hiccoughs have not been stopped
Cases of this kind; it is.understoo(
ire not commoh, and in severe cases
;he malady is often fatal.?Andersoi
Daily Mail.
NO DECISION REACHED
ON WAGE DEMANDS OF
RAILWAY TRAINMEf
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Washington, Oct. 29 __ Directo
aeneral Hines has not reached a de
:ision on the wage demands of th<
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Details of the recommendations mad<
>y the board of railway wages wer<
discussed today by officials of thi
railroad administration wim xrvsi
lent Lee and the unions strike com
nittee to develop how the recommen
iations would work in practical ap
plication.
Mr. Hines hopes to make an aware
in the. case in the near future.
. US! AMENDMENT :
10 TREATY LOST
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. Washington, Oct- 29.?The 46
, amendments attached to the 10.
treaty by the foreign relations rom?
. mittee passed into history today
. when.the last survivor of the group,
. a proposal by Senator Moses, Repob-,
_ liean, New Hampshire, to revise vot.
ing strength in the league of nations, ;
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As if gaining impetus by tlsas accomplishment
the senate then upset
two more proposed textual changes in
the treaty brought in by individual
: senators. One of them, presented by
Senator Sherman, Republican, Ilti(
nois, and proposing to write into the
t treaty preamble a reference to the
; Deity was laid on the table by a vote
t oJ 67 to 27. The'other, sponsored
j by Senator Johnson, Republican, Cali.
fornia,- as a new solution for voting
} in equality in the league, was killed
j outright by a count of 43 to 3fc
t At adjournment, however, the effort
to hasten final action
brought up against an obstacle which
. seemed likely to prevent further
j progress for several days. Tomorrow
3 a determined group of senators will '
f launch a fight to eliminate the labor
} section of the treaty,, opening a de1
bate which in view of unsettled labor
t conditions over the country is expected
by the leaders to last for at
I least a week. The battle is expected
to Tbe the more spirited 'because"" it is
regarded as holding out t whatever
i 'hope remains of writing any, amCndj
men into the treaty.
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1 Nine- Republi?an? joined the Democrats
in overthrowing the Moses
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, amendment which provided that none
5 of the British dominions should vote
in any league controversy directly,
f affecting any one of them. Three
Democrats voted with the Republi3
cans supporting it. On the new John?
son amendment, proposed as a substitute
for the one rejected last week,
1 the lineup was exactly the same as /
on the California senator's original i- >
a proposal, the. only changes in the S
actual record vote being due to obsences
and pairs, I
The Sherman amendment got only ' "
scattered support, most of the Re-=
publican leaders helping the Demo^
crats -put it out of the way.,
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e Paving Assessments. . /
3 Mayor JVIars suggests that property
owners who have been assessed for - "<
. street paving consider the matter of
. payment before November 6, the last
3 day on which the first payment can
be made. He farther suggests that.
, it is the last day on which a whole
s payment^ can be made and that those
T who want to save the six percent,
_ payable semi-annualy, on the paving _ x
r certificates should pay the whole
1 amount assessed. ,
I Getting Married.
| ,Miss Dorothy Napier is to be married
in November to J. Rhett Clark,
head of the farm demonstration work
in Richland county. Miss Napier is
* well known in Abbeville county, having
assisted Mrs. Benton in her work
' as county demonstrator.
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