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FAILURE TO REFUTE
i SUSTAINS DORSET
REMEDIES SUGGESTED BY
LEADERS. FIFTY GEORGIANS
HAKE STATEMENT POINTING
OUT THAT ONLY TWO HUN
DRED AND THIRTY-FIVE
GASES HAVE* BEEN QUES
> T ION ED.
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Atlanta, May 29.?The claim
that Ixovernor uorseya ciuvr^ca ui
mistreatment of negroes in Georgia
are confirmed by the evidence that
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"only two of the cases have been
piaikwdy queetipned" ]and denial
that ibf committee on race relations
is connected with the National As
. sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People was made in a sign
v eft statement by 50 Georgians made
< public here tonight. ?
f The statement sets forth what
the signers oppose in connection
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W1U WHS BUIWV1VU 0"U vuw.B ?
series of suggestions for remedies,
among them law enforcement, edu
cation and publicity.
, Referring to the governor's re
cent pamphlet, "The Negro In Geor
gia," the statement says:
"Governor Dorqey has placed be
-v\fope us 13^> cases of alleged mis
- treatment of negroes called to his4
r' < 'official attention in the last two
years. Only two of these cases have
been seriously questioned. The ma
jority of them are confirmed by let
ters from sheriffs, solicitous general,
the report of the adjutant general
of the state, and by letters from
business men and citizens whose
standing can not be questioned."
Stating that the negro does not
and! can not threaten white suprema
cy, the statement offers, brief,
j . " the following remedies for^he situ-;
ation it describes:
Education of both races, support
. ing and protecting the purity of
' both races.
Immediate qgrest of all persons
charged with crime, their protection
while being held, a speedy and fair
trial and suick punishment of those
convicted.
Separate, but decent, sanitary and
adequate accommodations for both
races.
Removal of causes of friction 'by
conferences between representatives
of both races.
Publicity.
In its outline of what the signers
oppose, the statement lists:
Social equality between the races,
politicians seeking office by fanning
Tirlwve a 1 nwrl oof
iOUC uoviW) vi iiaiiiaio n iivov janiwo
acta 'brings condemnations on -Geor
ga, murder, peonage, night riders,
violation ot contracts by labor or
employer and alleged propaganda de
signed to inflame racial feeling.
The list of signers, headed by
Samuel B. Adams, Savannah, includ
ed a number of prominent educa
tors, preachers and social workers,
about half of them from Atlanta and
others from various cities and towns
of the state. Dr. K. G. Matheson,
president of Georgia Tech; Dr. Plato
T. Durham, of Emory university;
William H. Barrett of Augusta and
E. Roger Miller of Macon were on
the list.
WILL MEET IN LONDON
Paris, May 29.?The meeting of
< . the league of nations commission to
consider amendments ot the conven
W .
tion covenant of the league which
was to have been held in Geneva,
has been transferred to London.
M. Viviani, the former French
premier, will ibe unable to attend
the meeting of the commission and
his place will be taken by M. Noble
maire.
OUT AGAIN.
Mr. Geo. T. Barnes, Secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, is out
air*in after several Havs sirlmpss
which kept him confined to his room.
TARIFF BILL DRAFT
HALTED FOR MOMENT j
Republican "Members of House Ways
And Means Commttee Said to Be
Split on Four Important Sched
ules, Chemicals, Cotton, Wool and
Silk.
Washington, May, 29.?Republi
can members of the house ways and
means committee, preparing a final
draft of the general tariff bill, were 1
said tonight to be at odds over four
important schedules in the new
measure. What was described as an '
open split has occurred in the writ
ing of schedules for chemicals, cot- '
ton, wool aj?d silks.
Despite the lack of . agreement on
these schedules, and the fact that 1
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some | others have passed only the
subcommittee stage, Chairman Ford
ney held to his prediction of June 10
as the date of introduction. Some -
members of the committee declare <
the house would not receive the
measure jhqrt of June 20. The
chemical schedule, it was said, has
resulted) in a continuation of the
fight originating in the senate
against the further use of restric
tions other than by tariff rates <on
the importations of dyeetuffs. Mr. J
Fordney -is .(understood to have an- 1
nounced his vigorous opposition in
the committee to any plan savoring
of an embargo, although he was
willing to allow the application of
high rates.
Neither the subcommittee nor the
full Republican membership has suc
ceeded in establishing ibasic rates
on the silk schedule, while sectional
sriews were said to hare been re
flected in the attempt to fix rates
on cotton and its products. The New
England element in the committee
was said to be fighting against the
rates on cotton ,products, claiming
they were disproportionate to the
rates on the raw product.
" Subcommittee drafts of the
schedules on earthenware, paper;
sttri&ries and minerals are under
stood to have Ibeen accepted by the
majority members of the committee. 1
A formal call for a caucus of 1
house Republicans next Wednesday 1
Tyent out during the day. The con- 1
ference will discuss and attest to *
determine a party policy on the reso- (
lution -of Representative Longworth, (
Ohio, which would make tariif ,dptie^ 1
carried by the general bill effective 1
upon the' date of introduction in the 1
house. Representative Young of ?
North Dakota, the only Republican {
member of the ways and means com
mittee to oppose the plan announced '
today he would carry his fight
against it to the caucus and de
clared he had assurance of strong
support. 1
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BUSINESS PICKS UP 1
Washington. Mav 29.?[Financial '
conditions among the farmers are
believed to have improved some
what recently and farm credits to .
have become easier according to re
ports to the federal reserve board
from it governor, W. P. Q. Harding
who is on a visit to the South and
Middle West, studying conditions in
the agricultural sections.
The recent rise in wheat prices '
was said to have resulted in better
conditions, while at the same time
price reductions especially in farm
implements were beginning to react
to the benefit of all farmers.
MA J. LONG SUFFERS LOSS
Sunday afternoon fire destroyed the
new barn , on the plantation of Maj.
W. H. Long, on the Cedar Springs
road. The barn was erected by Maj.
Long last summer at a cost of about
fifteen hundred dollars. In addition
to the barn, he lost a threshing ma
chine and several hundred bushels of )
corn. His whole loss is placed at three ]
thousand dollars with no insurance.
PEEBLES SICK.
Mr. W. L. Peebles is at home sick. 1
He is confined to his bed from the t
effects of a serious attack of renal ir
colic. The doctors promise that he J
will be out in a few days. t
PRESBYTERIA
ANOTHE
At a congregational meeting of
the Presbyterian church held yester
day, an election was held for the
selection of a pastor for the local
church! At this election Rev. David
Sheffersoin, of Lake Village, Ark.,
was the choice of the members pres
ent, and a call will be extended to
him. Rev. Mr. Sheffierson was the
choice of a majority of the mem
bers on the first ballot, and his se
lection was then made unanimous.
The new minister is a young man
and unmarried, though it is stated
he is shortly to remove the last ob
jection. His age is 32. He is a na
tive of Virginia, but was educated
ORGANS OF BODY
IN WRONG PLACE
Physician* Discover Patient Watt
Heart on Right Side and Liver
On Left.
Spartanburg, May 29.?With hie
leart on his right side, his liver <ra
lis left side, and various other in
ternal organs situated in portions of
the anatomy just opposite to those
jrdinarily accepetd as the proper lo
nation ior such organs, a prominent
ritizen of Spartanburg county is
causing local physicians and sur
geons much thought. The discovery
;hat this citizen possesses an anat
>my seldom encountered by men of
ihe medical world waia made this
veek when he visited the office of a
Spartanburg physician for the puT
>ose of undergoing examination. The
sitizen had experienced much pain
n his side and fearing he was about
A) be stricken with appendicitis he
visited the physician's office.
JUDGE BENET RETURNS
Jfldge W. G^Befcet who has been
n the city with friends since last
Wednesday will remain here until
iVednesday morning when he will
return to Grimshawe, N. C. During
V ri\.
lis stay here he has met many of his
>ld friends and he hopes to meet oth
;rs before his return. During the re
nainder of his stay he will be at the
e?ence 01 wm. r. vxreene,wnere
ilT^ris jfriends are invited to call to
>ee him. He will h^ glad to s?e them
it anytime.
5ETECTJVES WORK ON <
JEWELRY ROBBERIES
Columbia, May 27.?The Colum
jia detective force is making inves
tigations of two recent jewelry rob
beries in the city, in one of which L.
r. Lester, Jr.^nanage r of five thea
tres, lost a diamond stick pan valued
it $3,500. The pin had a six caret
liamond setting. Other articles of
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eweiy were uiKen lrurn me xjvbte.r
lome. The other robbery in the resi
ience section was in the home of Mrs
Beulah Bryant, on Senate street.
Sere a number of diamonds were
ilso taken.
DEATH OF WIFE
CAUSES ARREST
Spartanburg, May 28.?Marion C.
Crocker, a farmer of the lower i>art
>f the county, was held under the
/erdict of a coroner's jury in con
lection with the death of his wife,
Mrs. Sally iLee Crocker, at a local
hospital last night.. The jury
arought in a verdict' to the effect
;hat the cause of death was un
known, ibut in view of testimony
showing that Crocker had struck his
wife during a quarrel last Tuesday
norning, after which the woman
i^ras taken suddenly ill, he was held!
sending further investigation.
VISITORS SATURDAY.
Mrs. Charles Schram and Mrs. T.
3. Watson were in from Sharon Sat
lrday shopping and seeing the town,
rhey brought along young Nicholas;
Schram who saw what they failed [
o see.
lNS call
R PREACHER
at one of the colleges in Arkansas.
His theological course was taken at
Union Theological Seminary. He has
had two charges., and has been pas
tor at his present charge for three
years. <Be is a b:*other of t>ue Pres
byterian pastor at Cheater, and
several of the members of that
church have heaad him preach. They
recommend him very very highly as
a preacher and fs a pastor'.
It will take so.ne little time to ex
tend the formal Gill to Mr. Sheffer
son, and he will likely desire to in
vestigate the field, so that the Pres
byterians will iwrt know for some
time whether th<? call will be ac
cepted*
ELECTRIC SHOCK
KIIXS YOUNG MAN
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B. L. Galloway Loses Life When Re
moving Light !3ulb From Socket
In Rock Hill
Rock Hill, May 28?B. L. Gallo
way was instantly kilted this after
noon when a hi?h voltage passed
through an electric wire from the
socket of which he was removing a
light. The accident occurred in tjie
dye room of the Carhartt mill, where
Galloway^ras employed as a mechan
ic, a id was due, it is believed, to the
fact that a high power wire ?ell
acro:is the feed vrires leading to the
mill. Mr. Galloway was standing on
a damp concrete floor and fell with
out making a sound. He was 31 years
of age and is survived by his mother
and three brotheis, one, Walter Gal
Inwoif' fViie /n+ir fln/1 fwi
iwnajr va who v/\v,r | uuu wtt v i
in Hamlet. He whs a world war vet
eran and a leading member of the lo
cfcl military company. Since coming
here several years ago he had won
many friends, being an upright and
highly efficient citiicen.
DR. HARVIN HERE.
Dr. A. L. Harvin was a visitor to
the city Saturday and yesterday.
He came down from Washington to
accompany his pretty little daughter
Frances, who comes to spend a little
while with her grandmother and
grandfather, Mr., and Mrs. Richard
Sondley.
Dr. Harvin was looking well and
he continues to find favor with the
people in Washington, wjiere he is
one of the noted men of the coun
try in his profession, and the good
.wishes of friends in Abbeville con-1
tinue to follow him.
much COTTON CLOTH
DAMAGED BY FLOOD
Lynchburg^ Va., May 28?Many
thousands of dollars worth of dam
age were done here last r ight by a
cloud burst probably the heaviest
loser being the local plant of the
Consolidated Textile corporation,
whose plant was flooded and 600,000
yards of cotton cloth damaged. The
city was a heavy loser by street wash
outs and several street car lines were
tied up during the morning rush
hours by washouts and tracks cover
ed with mud. Much damage was done
to tracking in/and near the city on
Creek lowlands.
CHIEF JUSTICE HERE
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Clief Justice Gary came up from
Columbia Friday afternoon and spent
until this morning with his home
people While here the Chief Justice
had as his guest his old preceptor and
friend, Hon. W. C. Benet.
mrs. McMillan hobie
Mis. W. L. McMillan who has been
at the County Hospital for several
days following an operation for ap
pendicitis has so far receovered as to
be able to return home Friday after
noon. Her friends hoDe to see her
out soon, well and strong.
STRIKE ORDER READY
SAYS TEXTILE OFFICIAL
Vice President of National Organic
zatiori Declares Document Hao
Been Drafted by United Textile
Workers of America to Affect
Mills Throughout South.
Charlotte, N. C5., May 29.?A gen
eral strike order to affect textile
mills throughout the South has al
ready been drafted by the officials of
the United Textile Workers of Am
erica, Thomas P. McMahon, vice
president of the national organiza
ton said upon his return here today
from New York, where he conferred
with President John Golden and
other officers.
Mr. McMahon, however steadfast
ly "refused to name even thfe approxi
mate date when the strike order will
be issued, further than to intimate
that it will be in the very near fu
ture.
The impending strike, it is offi
cially stated, will be the result of
wage reductions an excess of twen
ty-two ?.nd one-half per cent in the
textile mills, that scale of reduction
having been fixed by the union au
thorities as the "dead line." Mr. Mc- 1
Mahon lias been in the South for 1
several weeks, most of the time can
vassing the various textile centers
and investigating wage reductions. 1
President Golden also spent consid- ;
erable time in the South during the *
last five or six weeks.
Mr. McMahon declared today
that reductions have averaged about 1
50 to 55 per cent, and in many cases 1
have been much more drastic. There 1
is "absolutedy no reason for these '
reductions," Mr. McMahon declared,
adding that in his investigations he j
has gathered data on the cost of pro- 1
duction of vdrious types of goods 1
manufactured in the mills and has <
figures to show that the reductions 1
in wage:, were without justification.
More than 100,000 mill .opera- :
tives in North Carolina .alone will ]
be affected iby the strike order, Mr. :
McMahon said. Not all of these are :
ordered but he expressed absolute
confidence that the unorganized
workers will walk out with the i;
union workers when the order is
made effective. 1
COTTON MEN DISCUSS
POLICY OF TARIFF
Philadelphia, May 28.?The Am
erican Cjotton Manufacturers' as
sociation at its closing session today
adopted a resolution favoring what- j
ever tariff policy congress decides
upon as essential to the welfare of
oom. The value is $250. There is
io postmark, and no clue whatever
;o who sent them back, Mr. Robin
ion says that whoever the thief was
evidently made a haul at more
han one place and got some of the
ewelry mixed, as the scarf pin re~
urned to him was not the one
itolen.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis McMillan and
Mr. Oscar Cobb came over from
jreenwood and spent Sunday w;th
Mr. ar.d Mrs. J. M. Gambrell.
this country. Resolutions were
adopted urging the necessity for a
permanent self contained coal tar
industry to guard against a possible
repetition of the plight in the Am
ercan textile industry found itself
at the' outbreak of the war.
In his annual address President '
Alien F. Johnson said no one antici
pated the disturbances experienced
during the last year. ?
"While all know higher prices
could not continue indefinitely," he
declared. "It was hoped and rather
expected that liquidation would be
gradual and extend over a period of ,
years that the decline when it came
would be an orderly retreat and not
a rout."
STORM AT CLATWORTHY'S
The people from the Clatworthy's 7
section of the county report a severe 1
wind and rain storm last Friday eve- -
ning. A tenant house on the Hemp- *
hill place and a barn were unroofed,
i wJ b i*a rt A mat1itt *n arvirtAO UTOrfl CPQT ! f
uau a 5VVU iuaiij avgivvu ??viv wv
ed almost to the point of death.*
ANOTHER PRETTY GIRL
Miss Lila Teal, another pretty
Lander girl, ,js in the city to spend a
few days with her friend Miss Mil
dred Cochran. Miss Teal is an ac
complished violinist. Our young peo
ple are glad to welcome her to the
city.
Miss Rebecca McQuerns, of near
Hodges, is visiting her sister, ?Mrs.
Ernest Botts.
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TO J-EAD NATION TODAY IN
HONORING MEMORY OF VAL
IANT DEAD?ATTENDS SEJU
VICE AT CHURCH IN WHICH
WASHINGTON WAS ONCE
VESTRYMAN. SPEAKS AT UN- /'
VEILING OF TABLET
Washington, May 29.?Leading
the nation in commemoration of its
heroic soldier and sailor dead, Pres
cient Harding tomorrow will deliver
the Memorial day address at the
amphitheater of the Arlington Na
tional cemetery.
.Exercises in Lne national capiwu
in honor of the men who followed
their country's flag began today, but
the formal homage of the states will
be paid by the chief executive, him
self the son of a veteran of the
Unon army, who resumes a custom
broken by the war?the annual ad
dress of the president of tie United
States in the midst of the graves of
the nation's dead.
Cabinet officers, high government
officials and officers of the army -
and navy, with the representatives
of foreign governments, are to at
tend the ceremonies at Arlington,
which are to be conducted by the
Grand Army of the RepuMic. Prior
to the ceremonies, a parade of veter
ans and troops of the regular army
will pass in review before the
White House. Led by Lieut. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, the marching ranks
are to (include members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, Veter
ans of Foreign Wars and the Na
tional Disabled Soldiers' league.
In remembrance of the men whf>
fell in the World war, paper pop
pies, patterned after the blood, red
flowers of Flanders, have been made
for distribution by school children.
Besides the official ceremonies at
Arlington, the graves of service
men in other cemeteries in Wash
ington and its environs are to be
decorated with fitting exercises by
veteran and patriotic organizations.
Special services will be held at
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Arlington in memory of the un
known dead who fell in France,
while tribute wilf be paid the na
tion's dead airmen from the banks
of the Potomac.
Memorial day was described to
night by Secretary Denby as "the
day of solemn pride."
All graves of Ajnerican soldiers
and sailors in Europe will be de
corated tomorrow with an honor
flag and wreath according to advices
from Paris, the American Red Cross
announced. "Not a grave in France,
Belgium, Englamd, Serbia, Czecho
slovakia and Spain has been forgot
ten, it was stated, and wreaths and
flags have been sent to seaport
towns where coffins of many soldiers
are awaiting transportation.
JEWELRY RETURNED
AFTER FIVE YEAJIS
Package Dropped in Mail Without
A?? Mavtra Tn pArtOB
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Who jStole.
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Anderson, May 29.?A package
)f jewelry which was stolen flvfc
rears ago has been returned to Mrs.
J. L. Robinson through the mail*
\cross one end of the package was
;crawled the name Carrie Catts.
rhe jewelry was two rings, a pin,
ihirt studs and a scarf pin. They
I-H'O tol-on frnm a in a