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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, July 21, 1920. Single Qopies, Five Cents. * 77th Year.
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SIX HUNDRED 1
MILLION DOLLARS
IS ADDED TO PAYROLLS OF
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES? IN-!
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CREASE IS RETROACTIVE TO'
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MAY FIRST OF THIS YEAR;
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TWO MILLION RAILROAD i
WORKERS BENEFIT BY RAISE'
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Chicago, July 20.?Six hundred
million dollars was added to the pay
envelopes of the nation's 2,000,000
railroad workers today in the
first award handed down by the
United States Railway Labor Board. ^
, Rejecting the demands of the
organized rail unions for increases'
totalling approximately one billion
dollars, the board decided approxi-.
mately sixty per cent of that sum
wouia De a just increase to meet
present Jiving conditions.
The award adds approximately 21
per cent to the present payj
schedules. Railroad officials have j
declared that any pay increase,
awarded the men must be followed '
by a corresponding increase in 1
rates and they plan, it is said, to 1
file new tariffs with the Interstate [
Commerce Commission as soon as
they can be prepared.
Whether the award as givan will1
stave off the threat of a general |
railroad strike remains to be seen.!
The leaders of practically every!*
one of the sixteen big railroad )1
unions were present this morning;
when Judge R. M. Barson, chairman p
of the board, handed down the de- Is
cision. They left immediately to
present the award to 1,000 general 1
chairman, who had gathered here to i
pass on its acceptability. The union)'
presidents refused to make any,*
comment before the meeting. The ?
approximate terms of the decision,v
had been known to them yesterday r
and they believed then their men
would stay in line, at least until a ^
referendum vote can be taken. ,c
>Tearlv a month will be needed for s
the referendum. r
The board's decision is retroactive '
to May 1. As the maximum increase 1
granted any class was 18 cents an ^
hour, or $36.72 per-month, the big- 1
gest back pay check when the settle- *
rr.ent is made August will $110.16. '
The board provided that the back
ray checks shall be made out sepa- v
rately so that each man will know c
the amount he received from that
s >urce.
Seven things were taken into con-!
sideration in ariving at the award,1
the preamble of the boards an-j
nouncement says. They were: The;
scale paid for similar kinds of work
in other industries; the relation between
wages and the cost of living;
the hazards of the employment;'
training and skill required; degree ?
of responsibility; character and i
regularity of the employment, and 1
. inequnlities in increases and treatment
resulting from previous wage j
orders.
"Those persons who consider the 1,
rates determined on here too j,
high should reflect on the abnormal j
conditions resulting from the high!
rates now being paid in other in-1,
dustry," the board said. "The em-!(
ployees who may believe these j
rates too low should consider the!
increased burden these rates will i
place on their fellow countrymen,
many of whom are less favorably ,
situated than themselves.
"The board has endeavored to fix ,
such wages as will provide a decent
living and secure for the children of j
the wage earners' opportunity for1
education, and vet to remember 4
that no class of Americans should
receive preferred treatment i and'
that the great mass of the people
ultimately pay a great part of the
increased cost of operation entailed
. by the increase in wages determined j
herein."
The decision, Chairman Barton j
explained, was not a unanimous <
one, some members dissenting on 1
nearly every section. The awards i
PROPERTY DAMAGE
AT ANDERSON LARGE
Cotton Mills Flooded, New Roads
And Bridges Suffer From
Cloudburst?Traffic Blocked
Anderson, July 20.?Thousands
of dollars damages was done to new
roads and bridges in Anderson
County last night by a rainstorm
which at times reached the proportions
of a cloudburst.
The engine and the tender* of a
Blue Ridge passenger train was
overturned at Watson's Crossinp
near Anderson, killing the negro
firemen and shaking up a number
of passengers. The mishap is
thought to have been due to the
rails spreading on account of the
water-soaked condition of the road
bed. Traffic on the road will be
blocked throughout the day.
Piedmont and Northern Electric
Railwavs line into^ this citv is out of
commission on account of damage
to trestles between Anderson and
Belton. Several .cotton mills and
other manufacturing enterprises
located near Streams were flooded.
Damage to crops was extensive.
The storm was accompanied by
a brililant electrical display and
considerable damage was done to
telephone and power lines in the
city.
BRYAN MAY ACCEPT
DRY NOMINATION
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Lincoln, Nebr., July 20.?JSarly
arrivals among the delegates to the
prohibition partys' national convenion
today were discussing chiefly
;he attitude of William J. Bryan,
shuold the convention offer him the
eadership of the prohibition ticket
lext fall.
Frequent mention of Reverend
iVilliam A. ("Billy") Sunday as
lis running mate brought the
itatement from Mr. Sunday that he
vould be willing to accept the
lomination if chosen.
"Mr. Bryan's recent statement in
rhe Commoner that a man must ac pnt
such an honor if it is offered."
laid W, G. Calderwood, vice-chairnan
of the national committee, "ii
ooked upon by us as tantamount to
i declaration that he will accept.
rVe are preparing to go to the mat
n this campaign and we are. going
o nominate a ticket that will draw
lundreds of thousands of votes."
The auditorium where the con ention
will open tomorrow was reviving
its final touches today.
PICNIC AT RAPLEY SHOALS
Mrs. Joe Warren, Mrs. G. T.
ratp anr? Mrs. Ira Sm'ouse chaner
>ned a crowd of the younger set on
i most delightful all day picnic at
ilapley Shoals yesterday. Miss Alice
^resscot was the guest of honor,
rhe young people went in trucks
:arly In the morning and returned
ibout seven o'clock. They report a
nost enjoyable time.
ENJOYING LIFE.
Mrs. Fred Cason is in Hendersonville
for a summer vacation. She w
shopping at the Marlboro House and
is enjoying all the pleasures offered
by a lively resort. Mrs. Ba*ley, a
sister from Columbia, is with Mrs.
Cason
OFF? TO HENDERSONVILLE
Miss Mamie Devlin and Miss Mildred
Cochran left Tuesday for Hen
dersonville- where they will spend
some time. They were joined in
Greenwood by Mrs. Walter Devlin
and Miss Ruby Hill Devlin and they
will spend their time at the "Kentucky
Home."
REV. BRISTOW AT MIDWAY
Rev. L. J. Bristow v?ill preach a
Midway Sunday afternoon, August
1st at 4 o'clock.
*iven were by a majority vote on
*ach section, with at least one member
of the public tgroup voting for
sach award.
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"ABBEVILLE <
TOWN IN
E. C. Seifert, Head of M
Above Statement At B
Yesterday and Adds
Town To Get Star
thing."?Two C
Address La
Yesterday was a big day for the
farmers and business and profession- J
al men of the county wno are interfcsted
in the growing and marketing |
of cotton. Some plain taiK was hand-j
ed them about just how backward
they were in the matter of marketing
their cotton.
T. M. Mills, county farm demon-'
strator of Newberry County presided
over the' meeting which opened yesterday
morning at 11:30 in tlie court
house and also made the first address
of the morning outlining the purposes
for which the meeting was being
held and extolling the farmers
to the skies for the golden heritage;
handed them by the Almighty and
censuring them .for burying their^
talent and letting the middle men'
do the doubling of the talent.
Mr. Mills is a forceful speaker and commanded
the close attention ofi
his audience.
He stated that he was born']
on a farm, had lived on a i
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farm up to the present v time andj<
that he hoped when the hearse did j'
call for his remains that it would i J
have to drive up to the door of a ;
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farm house to find them. He outlin-!1
ed the three purposes for which the(j
meeting had been called and stated J
them as, first, to discuss the question
of whether it was beneficial for eve- ]
ry county in the state to employ anj(
impartial cotton classer as supplied j
by the department of agriculture ?
through the extension department of (
Clemson College. Mr. Mill's was in?^ J
fdrmcd that so far as Abbeville t
County was concerned mat this ]
question had already been settled 4
and that sufficient guarantors had {
been secured to make the employ- ?
| ment and payment 01 a government j
cotton classer certain.
The second question to oe discusser
| ed would be the erection of sufficient y
j warehouses to store at least fifty per| c
cent, of the cotton ^rown iri this t
j county. Mr. Mills proceeded to show, j
i his audience where this was abso-, ?
I lutely necessary if the rarmer In-, f
t'ended to get the true value that his t
cotton is worth. He gave figures to j
show that the erection of warehouses^ r
costing $150,000 would save tne far-'t
mers $2,850,000 on each crop of;}.
cotton at the prevailing prices. j?
j The last question to ?>e taken up i
! was the affiliation of a sufficient ma-; i
i ioritv o'i the farmers of the South'
j the American Cotton association,'
j to enable it to become a potential
i power in the economic life of the1
| farmer. j
Mr. Mills then introduced Mr. E.j
C. Seifert, a native of Georgia and|
until recently in the emproy of the,
farmers of Orangeburg County as^
| their official cotton grader. Mr. Sei-(
! fert is now at the head of tne bureau
j of markets in this state and it is one
j of his duties to assign cotton class-'
ers to counties which wish them.
Whether Mr. Seifert was cognizant
of a sleepy attitude on the part of
his audience or whether he had beenj
1 hearing things about the City of
| Abbeville from possibly the jealous
' citizens of some Sleepy Hollow some-'
i where in the state-is not known, but;
[without any reservation on his part
1 at all the speaker stated that "you *
! have the sleepiest-town in the State ^
r tAn.il in i*r*\1n"ln trt lT0f h
, uuu iiuiu^oit tun 11 Ail miivu vv
I anything started." We don't know,a
J what the gentleman has ever before^
1 tried to start in the City of Abbeville *
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1 and we are doubtful if he ever has a
been in the city more than once be- s
{fore in his life. At any rate his au-i
dience evidently didn't consider his
statement regarding the apathy of C
I the town, as he called our city, I
| worthy even of receiving an exre?- I
j sion either one war ?r another on v
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SLEEPIEST
THE STATE"
arketing Bureau Made
tig Farmers' Meeting
"It's The Hardest
ted Doing Any)ther
Speakers
rge Crowd
their part for it was received passively
except for a snicker from several
sections of the court house. It
must have been a surprise to Mr.
Seil'ert that by one speech rrom him
the business men and farmers of the
county were induced to raise almost1
immediately sufficient funds to pro-;
vide for the employment of the cot-'
ton grader. Mr. Seifert proceeded to
show the farmers where they were
losing millions of dollars by not
knowing what their cotton was worth
He stated that if his conscience would
permit him he could enter almost
any one of the numerous cotton
markets in the state and become a
buyer of cotton for one season at the'
end of which he would have suffici^
ent money to,support him the rest of
his life. He stated that life Itad known;
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of one buyer of cotton who matie
$300 profit on one bale of cotton
bopght from a farmer who didn't
know what grade it was. Mr. Seifert
defined the difference between a
cotton buyer and a buyer of cotton.'
The buyer of cotton worked from 9
a. m. till 3 p. m. and at tnat time
sold out his day's purchases to a cot:on
buyer making a good profit on ,
i few bales of cotton which some ;
farmers had bid off to him.
Mr. Mills next introduced Mr. G. ]
Honeycutt of the state warehouse j
:ommission who spoke on the work- i
ngs of the warehouse system and the,
idvantages which the farmers would
)btain by having sufficient warehousing
facilities in t*ie country. At
;he conclusion of his address Mr. 1
honeycutt called for any uestions j
ind a number of the farmers asked 1
questions regarding the warehouse "
system and evidenced considerable <
nterest in this phase of the meeting, l
The third and last speaker of the 1
neeting was Miss Lois Ervin, who "
las been working throughout tl>? 1
:ounty for the past ten days holding I
ownship meetings and urging the 1
)eople to join the American Cotton 1
tssociation. Miss Ervin is the efficient 1
ield secretary of the South Carolina ;
livision of the association and a 1
roung lady of splendid ability. She
nade a timely address to me farm- <
!vs and it was really surprising to
;now just how much inrorma;;on the
secretary has regarding tfle marketng
of cotton and which she gives in '
i forceful way to her audience.. j<
At the conclusion of this speaker's 1
iddress the meeting entered into a '
jusiness session and proceeded to or- 1
canize. Capt. G. N. Nickles was elct-1
;d president of the Abbeville Coun- 1
;v branch of the American cotton aa- J
iociation; R. S. Link, vice-president,'
md E. C. Horton, secretary and '
reasurer. Membership fees of about
5400 have already been received by;
;he treasurer. The membership fee
a 25c per bale for every toaie of coton
you raise on an average yield, j*
The compilation of township com- *
nittees had not been completedJ
vhen this paper went to press but ^
vill be announced in the issue of 1
rriday. j ^
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AFTER THE VOTES 11
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Senator Howard Moore, candidate |
or election as solicitor of this dis-1
rict left today with an empty |
and bag to garner the promises j
bout Clinton and Whitmire. Sena- <
or Moore says it's mighty hard on ^
he candidates, this political
pathy prevalent throughout their
tate.
iviiss Margaret staisworcn 011
Jreenjv-ood and Mr. and Mrs. Henry j
lester and children, of Calhoun jl
^alls, psent Tuesday in the city
nth Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McCombs.
JAS. M. COX BUYS
BUSINESS IN TROT
'Young Business Man of City Pur
chases Stock of J. S. Horn Co.
Take Possession Aug. 1st.
James M. Cox, our fellow townsman,
not the presidential nominee ol
I the democratic party, made his'first
big business deal by buying yesterday
the stock and goodwill of the J,
S. Horn Co. at Troy. ' _
Mr. Cox who was recently marriec
to Miss Carolyn Bradley of Troy
will take charge of the business the
first of next' month and srares that
he will add sufficient stock to the
business to be able to satisfy tht
wants of his customers Tor everything
carried in a first class genera!
merchandise store.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox will make theii
hon^e with .the parents of the latter.
Rev. and Foster Bradley.. The numerous
friends of the young couple in
Abbeville regret that they have decided
to leave the city but wish foi
"Jim" unlimited success in his new
enterprise.
WRONG BODY FOUND
ON OPENING COFFIN
Remains of South Caroling Soldi&r
Sent To Family of ^Same
Name in Ohio
Columbus, Ohio, July 20.?When
M.' L. Walker opened a coffin sent
him by the war department -today
he found the body not that of his
son, J. Walker, but instead that of
James Walker, consigned to Mrs.
Margaret Walker, Sandy Springs,
S. C. The death certificates had
s
been transposed from one box to
other, causing the mistake, both being
on the same ship coming from
Brest, France. The body of the Columbus
boy is being tracked. It
probably has been sent to South
Carolina instead of Columbus.
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NO COAT FOR THIS JUROR
York, July 20.?For the first
:ime in a quarter of a century a
ln?n? wqc allrrurorl tn <iif in a in
;he Court of Common Pleas for
Jfork County without wearing his
:oat. Sam Plexico, a farmer, .. summoned
for jury duty, came from
lis home, sixteen, miles east of
5fork, in his shirt sleeves. No objections
were made to his sitting on
:he jury without a coat. Old court
louse attaches recalled that m6re
;han one circuit judge' in the past
lad refused to allow a citizen to
serve as a juror because he did not
>vear a coat.
COUNTY TO GET
ADDITIONAL FEE
More than $80,000 will bj paid to
:he various county treasuers on account
of the additional license fees
>n prenliums collected by insurance
:ompanies for the semiannual
period ending December 31, 1911',
according to an announcement
nade yesterday at th.i ofi\ce of the
state insurance commissioner.
Abbeville County will get $1,11T,30
of the additional license fees.
RETURN FROM AUTO TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Barnwell re-(
;urned Saturday from an automojile
trip to Hartsville, where they
spent several days with Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Caldwell. Mrs. Caldwell J
returned with them and will visit!
Mrs. Barnwell for a month at v the j
;nd of which she will be joined by'
VIr. Caldwell on his return from -the !
Northern markets.
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SELLS FLATWOODS LAND
.T R Stark- sold his Glowine!
Springs tract of land in the Flat;voods
to R. S. Link Tuesday, the
price paid being $110.00 per acre.
The tract contains about 30 acres. !
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HOME AGAIN
3VIr. and "Mrs. W. L. Peebles are at
iome again after a three week's
/ isit to their home people in Greens)o:v.\
N. C.. and Richmond, Va.
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G. 0. P. RAISING 1
IMMENSE FIDS i
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^"SUFFICIENT TO SHOCK SENSI:j
BrLIIJIES," DECLARES GOV|
ERNOR COX IN ADDRESS TO * ^
| NATIONAL COMMITTEE AT
COLUMBUS?,WHITE OF OHIO
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,! Columbus, Ohio, July 20?Charges
. that the Republicans were raising a
campaign fund "sufficient to shock
I the sensibilities" were macss tonight
| by Governor C.ox, Democratic presi- ^ "
dential candidate in an address to
( the national committee which perfected
organization for the' camI
i paign. . .. i|
The Democrats, Governor Cox de
clared, will insist upon continuance
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r of the senatorial investigation o?<
! camDai^n exDenditures and also will
! make frequent and detailed accountI
ing of their finances. The democratic
| platform he declared is '"a promisj
sory note" which will be paid in full,
I closing his address with a prediction
j for a November victory. ?
i Governor Cox's address together j
J with brief supporting remarks by
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, his running
mate, followed election of George H.
White, former congressman of Marietta,
Ohio, as chairman of the Democratic
national committee ana manager
of the party campaign. He sue- , j
; ceeded Homer S. Cummings of Conj
necticut, who has served for 18 ^ '
. months, and who desired to be re- . '.I
| lieved of further campaign duties.
Much of the campaign details were
[left to Chairman White. He was au- *
I thorized to appoint a special ; <sam- - j
| paign subcommittee, probably of 15s
members and to arrange other de
i tails. . .
I The committee did not fix the datiuH
for notifying Governor Cox and
.Mr. Koosevclt of the;* nomination
but the candidates and the new chair _
man tentatively chose Saturday, Aug r
ust 7, for th,at of Governor Cox at
i his home, Trail's End, at Dayton.
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' Governor Cox's statements regardI
ing Republican campaign funds and
. his pledge of Democratic conduct
I were made.in a half hour address upi
on the retirement of Former Chair:
man Cummings and induction of*
; Chairman White. ,2
"I know full well," Governor Cox
I continued, "that a campaign fund
j sufficient to stagger the sensibilize*
! of the nation is now being formed',
j If they believe that is.jmjper, God
! speed them in their enterprise. It will
j "be one of cur chief assets in the
| campaign."
I Governor Cox asked tfte national
! committee members to take assur
I ance to all local organization leaders
j and also 'the men in the front trench
j that the platfo?m of the Democratic
I party is a prommissory note.'
| "I shall see,' he said, "that it is
j paid in full, every dollar and every
i cent.
[ 'Wen enter the campaign not hopej
fully," he continued, "but in the abI
solute confidence of victory because
I we deserve to win. We are confident
I because we Have fought for progress
j before, and we have met and coni
quered reaction before. The strong|
hold before us is not new to us. No.?I
is there anything new in the antagonist
before us (Senator Harding,
ithe Republican candidate), magnficent
gentleman that he is, our friend
and neighbor. In 1912 he fought for "Sr-'.jS
Ithe cause of reaction. We won be- ,
cause we stood for progress. And we
shall win again.
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Mr anH Mrs. H. G. Darracotte
anl Olin Darracotte spent Tuesday
in Abbeville.
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