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SENATE DISCUSSES
IR. LABOR BOARD
Confirmation of Appointments
Today Doubtful?Members
Are Assembling
Washington, April id.?mere
was another long discussion in the
Senate today as to confirming the
newly appointed members of the
railroad labor board. The seBsi-m
was executive and after the discussion
had continued for more than
an hour there seemed to be some
doubt as to whether confirmation
would be bftd-teday.
Meantime members of the board
were assembling in Washington in
response to'the call sent them yesterday
by the President. The arrivals
included J. H. Elliott and
Horace Baker, two of the three railroad
lSepregentatives. They called
at the White House and were referred
to Walker D. Hines, head
of the railroad administration.
" * ~ J fVrv Knord Will
It is unaeimwi iuat iuc .....
sit at the railroad administration
after its organization and that all
of. the facts in connection with the
wage demands which have been
gathered will be made available to
it.
Secretary Baker had a brief conference
with Attorney General Pal-!
mer today but Department of Jus-'
' tice officials said that the railroad j
Btrike was not discussed.
The Department of Justice today:
made public more documents seiz.
ed from I. W. W. agitators and,
copies of appeals by that organ!-:
zation to the shop-men to ''thiow;
down the labor politicians," who. i
the appeal said, were now heading
the labor unions.
Appealing to the shopmen directly,
one of the documents said: !,
"The yardmen and the road work-j
ers have blazed the trail and wt,
must now open our eyes and see
the truth. We, the shopmen, are|
dancing with tne same skeleton of;
starvation that is haunting the
' transportation men. Now is 'hei
time for all of us to join the fight.
Never before have we h?..' the opportunity
to gain our ends that now
faces us." j.
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Alabama Miners jj
Meet to Consider !
* * x
A JNew Agreement!
, Birmingham, Ala., April 15.?Dele-1
gates representing all locals of the <
United Mine Workers union in Alabama,
met here today in special conven-1
tion, to act upon a recent agreement;1
of the operators by which mines would ;
be operated through "industrial rela- l
tions committees'' with control overj,
wages, hours and working conditions.
The operators have announced Ihey <
would grant the 27 per cent wage increase,
recommended by President I
Wilson's committee, Dut tney reiuse 1
to recognize the principle of collective ;
bargaining. !(
Thirty thousand coal miners are em- j,
ployed in this state. Union leaders ,<
early today said the men will insist j;
upon the right of collective bargain-1.
ing and predicted a strike would be
ordered by the convention. <
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Red Cross Field Secretary Here j
Miss Annie Doty, of Winnsboro,
one of the Red Cross field secretaries i.
is in t.Vio rit.v for a few davs and is t"
dividing her time with Mrs . G. A.!.
Neuffer and Mrs. J. D. Fulp. Miss j
Doy is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Lucy
Henry Doty. While here Miss Doty,
will go over the home service work of j.
the local Red Cross chapter with the>
secretary, Mrs. M. T. Coleman.
NOTICE OF APPEAL
IN THE GOSSETT CASE|,
I
Notice of an appeal in the Gossebti
case has been served upon Solicitor ,
H. S. Blackwell, George Timmerman
and J. Howard Moore by counsel for
defense. Grounds for appeal were not
stated in the notice, but as the law .
allows thirty days in which grounds
may be stated it is thought that attorneys
for defense will avail themselves
of the full time in this report.
Accepts New Position
T. M. Miller, city alderman, has accepted
the position of manager of the
Co-Operative Mercantile Store, succeeding:
Roy J. Gilleland, who has resigned
to resume his old job with the
Seaboard.
Mr. Miller is an experionced merchant,
who successfully conductcd a
business of his own here for many
years. Mr. Gilliam and the olh?r employes
of the concern will renwn
with the company. I
Head of Navy
General Board
Answers Sims
Washington, April 15.?Rear Admiral
Badger, head of the navy general
board since the death of Admiral Dewey.
told the Senate investigating committee
today that he wished to make
"complete denial'* of Rear Admiral
Sims charges that the navy was unprepared
for war, had no war plans
or policies in April, 1917, and pursued
a vacillating policy for six months after
war was declared.
While conceding that some mistakes
had been made, Admiral Badger declared
the navy on the whole was well
prepared and administered. The chargo
that the Navy Department had no
plans for war was both "unjust and
incorrect," the admiral said.
"We had plans, well considered
ones,'' he declared. "The trouble is
that the plans and the execution of
them did not meet with the approval
of the critics.
"Despite the adverse criticisms that
have recently been widely circulated
it may confidently be maintained that
the navy met and stood the stress of a
great war. If success is the test of
any organization then the alleged
shortcomings of the navy and its directing
heads can be dismissed from
serious consideration."
OLD GUN IS FOUND
ON SOUTH MAIN STREET
BY CONSTRUCTION FORCE
A one-pounder cannon, of revolulutinary
type, encrusted with dirt and
rust, its bore filled with - clay, was
found bv workmen of the Southern!
Construction Company on South
Main street, near the intersection of
Magazine street, Friday morning.
Several older citizens of Abbeville
who were boys during the Civil War
were asked if they remembered anything
concerning the gun, and it!
turned out that there were several |
who remembered that the cannon had
been buried in 1865 for fear it would
fall into the hands of the Yankees
who were momentarily expected.
T. P. Thomson said that he remem-j
bered that during, the war the gunj
?tood in the old bam wTiich was on j
property belonging to a man named
Jones and later the Frances Parker
property. The gun was put to no use
during the war and at that time was
ridently out of date, but being a
cannon the citizens here attached
some importance to it as an artillery
piece and therefore buried it.
Judge Hollingsworth also said that
he remembered the gun being in the
old Jones barn and that he had heard
that it was buried somewhere on
South Main street. Judge Hollingsworth
said that he did not know how
old the gun was, but that possibly it
dated back to Revolutionary days.
He says that he remembers that it
was used by the old militia companies,
at their musters and maybe was used ]
by Abbeville County troops during j
the Mexican war.
The gun, if it does not date back ;
to colonial days, is of the same typej
as the one-pounders that for the j
most part made up the artillery of
the Continental army and were used!
on the small forts, built for protec-j
tion against the Indians, and thatj
later served as posts during the;
Revolution.
The one-pounder has a bore of j
one and one half inches and is about I
thirty inches long and is made so as i
' i? ?J ? norflnof fvr fl.j
DO D6 mUUIHCU l/II w ^/muyw w ? ,
small carriage.
The men in charge of the construction
work expect to clean the gun up
in order to see whether there is any i
inscription or date on the piece.
Maybe there is someone else in
Abbeville who can shed more light on
the finding of the gun.
France Gets Stock
From German Farms
Paris, April 15.?Twelve hundred
horses, 4,000 cattle, 10,000 sheep and j
4.000 goats have been received byj
France from Germany in reparation j
r? Vv,r Hormone: Hnrinsr I
11*1" blU^tv laivcii \JJ vv. ? w,
their occupation of Northern France, j
The stock has been distributed to far-,
".ers in t1'" department's of Aisne. A**-!
donnes. Marne. Mens*1, 1'as De Calais. I
Oise and Vosnes. Under the terms oi ,
the Versailles treaty, Germany mustj
deliver 30.000 horses. 00,000 cattle. \
100,000 she?p and t^.ooo ^oats.
Preaching at Cokesbury
Kev. James L.. Martin, i?. v., win
I
preach at Cokesburv next Sunday;
morninp at eleveno'clock.
POLICE CULLED OUT
TO QUELL STRIKER!
*wr ' * Bl 1 M.
Wagons or rroauce mercnani
in New York Westside Mar
ket District Attacked
C
New York, April 15.?Police reserve
were sent to the Westside market dis
trict today where several hundrei
teamsters, chauffeurs and porters ha
walked out at a time when New Yor]
was virtually cut off from its fooi
supply by rail. Several trucks wer
attacked by strike sympathizers.
The wagons of produce merchants
sent to transfer the foodstuffs fror
the freight yards to the market dis
trict, were attacked and holding rope
slashed. Men followed trucks carrylni
provisions and threatened the drivert
One horse drawn wagon was attack
ed by Sfc men. They followed the wa
gon to Its destination where they wer
dispersed by the police.
One hundred policemen, mountei
and afoot, were stationed in the dis
trict as a precautionary measure. Th
teamsters strike affected the transfe
of butter, eggs, cheese and frozei
poultry from freight yards to market
in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Busines
was reported almost at a standstill.
In its crusade against profiteerin,
in the food crisis, intensified by th
teamsters strike, the "flying squadron
of the Deparement of Justice toda;
arrested Nicholas J. Eschenbrennei
general manager of a wholesale firr
dealing in Danish butter. He wa
accused of violating the Lever act b;
making ten cents a pound on a larg
lot of butter, his profit totalling ove
$69,000.
Police officers commanding the 10
reserves doing strike duty in the egj
and butter market dist'ict this after
noon-sent a call to headquarters fo
200 reinforcements, as reports wer
received of more trucks having beei
attacked.
SEARCH FOR BODIES
CONTINUES UNABAT1
Search for the nine remaining los
bodies of the victims of the Harper'
Ferry tragedy continues daily, bu
without further success up until thi
morning. A block and tackle is be
ing arranged to raise the flat, whicl
is at the bottom of the river, wit!
the hope that some of he bodies ma;
be found under it. All the bottor
land which was overflowed by th
river has been thoroughly gon
over, for miles down the river, bu
without success.
A sfrange fact comes to light ii
reference to the finding of the bod;
of Miss Lucy Bradshaw, on Bear la
land. The story is that a man, whos
name was not learned, lives on tha
island, and he dreamed of findini
bodies, and the next day went to th
head of the island, where he discover
ed the body of Miss Bradshaw) stand
ing upright in the water, where i
had been caught by the fork of ai
overhanging branch of a tree.
It is also stated that Miss Meschin
wore a valuable diamond ring and i
brooch, the property of her aunt, am
also valuable heirlooms.
It is expected that more of th>
bodies will be found very soon, as th
search will continue until they ar
recovered.
PERSHING NOW
i i xmin A TI
H Cmiuit/rfti a
Washington, April 15.?Genera
Pershing's first formal announce
ment that he would permit himsel
to be considered as a candidate fo
President wias made last night in i
speech delivered at a banquet of th<
Nebraska Society at the Hotel Wash
ington. His announcement did no
indicate on what ticket he might con
sent to run.
This is what General Pershinj
said:
"I am not unminduful of the cot
dial remarks that have been madi
this evening with reference to my
self. Speaking of the great offici
with which you have been kin<
enough to connect my name, it seem
fitting that I should say to you, m;
friends, that my whole life ha? beei
devoted to the service of our coun
try, and while in no sense seeking it
I feel that no patriotic America!
could decline to serve in that higl
position if called to do so by th
people."
General Per?hinc's nnnnuncemen
was greeted with cheers.
IIIMIi FIE OF
i 60 CENTS FOR STAPLE
in
? Report of Committee to Cotton li:
Be
Association Recommends This ui
? in
Figure
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s Montgomery, Ala., April 15.?The ?f
, third day's session of the American cii
1 Cotton Association convention in sesj
sion here was featured by reports of Ui
i committees and several addresses from nc
j leading figures in the cotton world. e*
e The report of the acreage and price
committee, which is headed by J. J.
( Brown, of Georgia, was made this bi
' morning. The report recommended that P"
the price be set at a minimum of 60
j" cents a pound, middling grade. It is 18
ciaimed that the price of cotton goods
s and the raw product is far out of ratio
' as to advantage to the producer of the jn
" | staple. "(
Thf* committee said it was scarcely to
e necessary to mention acreage reduction,
because of the great scarcity of ac
libor on the farms, but did urge the ed
" production of good crops in laree
e quantities.
r The repel was adopted unanimousa
ly by the body.
s Congressman J. Thomas Heflin, of
s the Fifth Alabama district, was on the j
program for an address this afternoon .,
g cit
? Y. W. C. A. Convention Eu
>- Holds Discussion on
i Industrial Program ^
s
y Cleveland, O., April 15.?The ine
dustrial program was laid before the Ab
r sixth annual convention of the n0
Young Women's Christian Associa- ,
q i tion here today, and provided heated jDrc
_! discussion among the delegates. It
*ihas the approval of the Federal Coun-!mo
"Jcil of Churches of Christ in America, I
j which met here last May. Among
the principles advocated lov
11 are the eight hour day; abolition oi!
child labor and the right of collec- j '
tive bargaining. |Wh
The program includes full political 'ch.
7 and economic equality for women; i
equal pay when participating in un;
men's work; abolition of night work
t for women; the right to organize and
s I cooperative ownership.
. j A group conference on the housing i
I situation to consider new reconimen- j
sl daticas for room registry service for
girls and the development of addi-j
, tional residences on a sound basis byilul
the association were on the afternoon $41
h program. jdiv
n Short Line Railroad
e Association Meets jcas
? , -cas
t Washington, April 15.?A special I
meeting of the American short Line !
Railroad Association, called to consid-j
n er the erfect upon minor railroads of i
y the new transportation act, opened I ]
here today aud will,continue over Fri- !ge(
day. Speakers at the session included j
e Bird ZVi. Iiuuinson. president of the as- ?ei
t sociation, Chairman Clark of the In- mil
terstate Commerce Commission, Chair-,
? man Cummins of the Interstate Com-j
e merce committee and Chairman Esch me
,_ of the House Interstate Commercp
Commission.
Discussion will center around provi- tne
t sions of the transportation act which hoi
require the established rate schedules w0
to net railroads 5 1-2 per cent and j
providing for loans to carriers. j^
e 1 i
a Stutz Stock on Sale
vn vvuiu v^uiiuiiuca
Skyrocket Advance! '
jcor
e New York, April 15.?Stock of the !n0<
e Stutz Motor Car Company, taken off j
the New York Stock Exchange at thejorg
request ol the company's chairman, |Wa
; Allan A- Ryan, after the exchange; .
suspended trading in it, went on sale|S10
I on the curb today and brought high-'Sm
er prices than ever. |rea
The first sales were at 700 and .
1 710 and as high as 730 was asked. |S1?
- The price when the exchange stopped Dr.
- trading was 391 and auction prices pu
since then had been 700 and 701.
r Ryan, whose resignation from thei*01
a exchange, tendered with accusations the
that members of the board of govere
nors were short in Stutz when trad
ing was stopped in it, has not been
^ accepted, today announced" himself in
favor of incorporation of the ex- A
- change. hig
r Fnsfpr Trwi Rnsv .
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Writing Book To jpa*
Lead Rail Strike,No
8 ! Pittsburg, Pa., April 15.?W. Z. the
-j Foster, leader of the late steel strike, 'jng
e whose name was brought out in
jj Washington yesterday as the prime, a'
mover behind the outlaw railroad of
s strike, was located at his home to 'na|
7 (lay. I ,
i ''I have only been out of Pitts- |cni
J burgh once in four months," said Ma
I Fostei. 'dei
;J "My time is taken up these dayst
'j writing a book on the steel strike. a('(
1 i I nuiy have something to say about !qu<
hi statements made in Washington la"'of
e i tor. hut not now. ' I
Heailfmarters of tho committee wil
| for the organization of the steel sur
tj strike are sill maintained here, and it1 ,
, was there Foster said he would A 1
i meet inquirers this afternoon. Ma
[arket Uncertainty j
Removed by Increase I
In English Discount
London, April 15.?The increase
the minimum rate discount from
i to seven percent today by the *
inK or Jtungiand Has removed the
icertainty which has been hangg
over the market.
It was considered bound to come
view of the inflated credit pothe
vessel and the balance in I
al situation, especially regarding 8
changes, and may possibly stabile
the latter. It probably will
it, however, affect the American
:change. Any further unsettling
exchange regarding the United
ates is not expected until large
lis fall due in the autumn for the
ijrment of food and commodities.
One reason for the present move
to bring the rate in line with
her centers. The action of the
ink of England yesterday in raisg
the rate of interest on the
easury bills to 6 1-2 per cent is
attract funds from banks to the
ink of England on the government
count against maturing short datindebtedness,
which totals a big
fure, and to check fresh borrowg.
WILLIAM E. STELTS
If
William E. Stelts, a well known
izen of Abbeville, died at the
reka Hotel Thursday shortly after
on. He was stricken with paralysis
t week and l(is condition has
>wn gradually worse.
Mr. Stelts has been a resident of
>beville for many years. He leaves
immediate relatives, but . was a
)ther-in-law of Mrs. Mary Taggart.
Funeral services were held Friday
rning at the hotel conducted by
v. Louis J. Bristow. Interment folded
in Long Cane cemetery.
Mr. Stelts leaves many friends
o moum his passing. His was a
iracter that was lovable and kind, j
assuming and unselfish. :
100 Per Cent Dividend j
i
The Peoples Bank at a recent'
eting. Mrs. Coleman took an active |
0 per cent, making a capital stock j
3,600 instead of $21,800. A easily
idend of 20 per cent was also de-j^
red. Dr. S. G. Thomson was re*|^
cted president, W. F. Nicklesi
ihier sftid S. G. Thomson,
ihier. I
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Mrs. Coleman Resigns ?
VIrs. M. T. Coleman, Home Serviced
:retary Red Cross, has tendered h
resignation to the executive corn* j.
ttee of the local chapter of the |v
d Cross for action at :he next n
eing. Mrs. Coleman took an active a
t jn the red cross work here during r
rVar and since tr.e war has been ':
ne sevice secretary, in which r,
rk she has had marked success.
!
S. STARK NAMED L
CHAIRMAN OF ROAD I
COMMISSION THURSDAY!
!
rhe first meeting of the roads
nmission was held Thursday after>n
in the Court House and an
janization effected. J. S. Stark a
s named chairman of the commis- &
n. The resignations of J. Allen e
lith and A. Seldon Kennedy were 0
id and accepted and the commis- >a
n recommended that the names of 0
, G. A. Neuffer and Paul Grier, jb
e West, be sent to the governor |h
his consideration as succesors to i(
men resigned. ^
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Proper Gander in England ]j
U
very complimentary notice of the ^
h school paper by Capt. Arthur de |
Sowerby, late captain in the
tish army and for several years
it a collector and scientist in
rhern China and Manchuria for^1
Smithsonian Institution in Wash-|h
ton, was received here this week, jb
pt. Sowerby, who is also the author 1
a number of scientific and,**
;uralist books on China and Man
?ria, in a very interesting letter to c
jor Fulp compliments Proper Gan-j
as a school paper very highly and
Is, piquant commento on the Irish
?tsion and especially on the tactic?
Pussyfoot Johnson. Cant. Sowerbyj
1, while in the United States tlii^i
timer enroute to China, spend a
ile in Abbeville as the oruest of
jor Fulp. ! .
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cOSTER DISCLAIMS
STRIKE INTEREST
Halls Palmer Deliberate Falsifier
and Attributes Statement
to Politics
Pittsburgh, Pa., April 15.?W. 2.
Foster, former head of the steel
trike, and mentioned in Washington
resterday as the prime mover behind
he outlaw railroad strike, today de:lared
that he knew nothing whativer
about the xailroad situation and
iharged that Attorney General Palner
was "making a bid for the sup)ort
of big business in his campaign
or President."
"I wish to state emphatically," said
Foster, who gave out hiB statement at
he offices of the committee for the
irganization of the steel strike, "that
he author of the statements intend- .
>d to indicate that I am in anyway
:onnected with the present railroad
itrike, is a deliberate falsifier. This
foes for high official or low. The
act is that I have nothing whatsoiver
to do with it any shape or form.
' have not written to any of the strikes;
spoken to them or to their meetngs.
In fact to the best of my
aiowledge, I have not even seen a
itriker. I have been so busy on ray
>ook about steel strike that I have
lardly stirred from the house for
veeks. I haven't even seen a rail
oaa since the strike began, nor do I
snow anything of the issues involved,
save what I see in the papers, and of
:ourse, I pay no attention to that.
"Although not intimately posted
>n what is behind the charges made
hat the strike is an attempted revoution,
I will nazard a guess that \
:hey are nothing but another of Mr.,
Palmer's brainstorms, and entitled to
ibout as much consideration as his
ifforts to reduce the cost of living.
VIr. Palmer is using the Department
)f Justice to break strikes and one
story is as good as another for his f
purpose. I know that he and the
>thers who are waving the Red flag
jvery time a body of workers goes on
:lrike are doing more to create un est
aud to produce redicals than any
jther force in the country,
Palmer is making a bid for the sue- <
)ort of big business in his campai-i
or President."
JACK EDMONDS HURT
Jack Edmonds, the young son of
dr. and Mrs. Joe F. Edmonds, of
'arker Street, was severely hurt
bout 8 o'clock this morning when he
ell from his bicycle striking his
ead on the pavement, the accident
iappening in front of the residence
f C. E. Williamson, on Greenville
Itreet.
Someone saw the lad when he fell, ,/
nd he was quickly carried into the
ome of Mr. Williamson, where he
ly unconscious for a few minutes
rhile Dr. Neuffer was being sumloned.
After the doctor had exmined
him, he was taken to the
esidence of his father.
When seen sometimp nftor v>o
lade a fuller examination, Dr. Neufer
expressed the opinion that there
?as no fracture of the skull, and
hat Jack was suffering mostly from
oncussion and that this would be
radually overcome.
ART EXHIBIT A SUCCESS
The Art Exhibit held yesterday
fternoon and evening in the high
chool building was a success from
very standpoint. The pictures, many
I i
f which were hand colored prints, '
na an 01 wmcn were reproductions
f famous artists masterpieces were
eautiful. The young ladies of the
igh school grades served sandwiches,
:e cream, punch and candy and
heir stocks were replenished more
tan once. A total of over fifty dolors
was cleared which money will be
sed in purchasing framed pictures
or the schools.
llMrAni LI1L3
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
ra Sprouse died in Atlanta Thursday
eing taken there for treatment. The
ody was brought back to Abbeville
'hursday night and was buried hei-e
'riday mornine.
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COTTON MARKET.
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Mnv 42.2.1
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