Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PERSHING ANSWERS GOMPERS ON LABOR CHIEF SAY S NEITHER LABOR NOR ANY OTHER GROUP WON WAR BUT COMBINED PATRIOTIC PEOPLE OF COUNTRY WERE REAL WINNERS \ % ??? Woahincton. Sept. 8.?General Pershing and Samuel Gompers had a tilt last night at a dinner given at the conclusion of the exercises here celebrating LaFayette-Marne Day, At least official Washington regards . it as a clash over the question of whether labor won the war. Mr. Gompers had spoken on the after dinner program and while he 1 made no claim that labor won the wai he did tell of the record of the American Federation of Labor during ? the war and declared that previous to the entry of the United States its sympathy was with the cause of the allies. General Pershing however, apparently regarded Mr. Gompers re marks as a claim that labor won the war. Some of those who heard his remarks quote him as having said t substantially: "The policies of this republic are not determiiied by Jabor unions or bj any other organizations, but by the concensus of opinion of its patriotk citizens of whatever affiliations. "I want to say that every American is a patriot whether he belong; to Home labor organization or is just an ordinary citizen and that it isn'1 a question of labor unions, it isn't i question of any organization, it isnli a question of whether we belong t< some association or not. It is a ques tion of whether we, are loyal citizen: of the United States. I am here t< say to you that the members of th< labor unions weren't the only one: 1 ? ***"* t4? tttqcj fko pifi WHO WUII tuc (rai. ^ n?o ?~v ?? zens who inherited their patriotisn from their forefathers who cam< across in the Mayflower and helpec determine and decide the independ ence of America as well as those whc have adopted American institution: as their own. It seems to be abou' time for us to rise up and say tha' America shall be ruled and governet I by American citizens and not by or ganrzations which have their own sel fish purposes to serve." The incident however, did not velop into a debate and ended witl General Pershing's speech.' Scorched Milk.. If the milk has been scorched pou: ^ it at once into another container an( put that in a basin of cold water Leave it until cool, when all trcae o: burning will have disappeared. I % ' '/ > The X-ray is now being used to re veal to scientists the inner secret3 o: plant structure. i MOTOR Transfer Station ! I Phone -414 | B IF YOU WANT TO MOVE I OR IF YOU WANT ANY- ! | THING HAULED. ? | PRICES REASONABLE. For Best Results , Use LIVE STOCK REMEDIES I Sold by Dmszizts and Dealers L ' I ENGRAVING I I of all kinds. j| 9 Office equipment || I and supplies. | Books .. Stationery! I RED FREW 1 jHStationer and Office Outfitter,8 H GREENWOOD, S. C. . 4 TELLING TIME BY FINGERTIPS From the New York Sun. "Can you tell me the rijjht time?" asked a hasty young man, whose thoughts were not on the gentleman at whom he fired his question, but centered, no doubt, on the olbject oi his haste. The well dressed gentleman before him had a glass-like loot , was wearing on his right hand to t ' comfortable position under his lefl arm and during the motions made for that operation, said: "Why cer I tainly." ij The hasty youngster for the firsl I time looked up into the face of the ! kind old gentleman who was atioul ! ot tell him the tme. He was thundei . j struck. He found that the eyes of th( i man before him had a glass-like too '. and the words "Why are you blind?' froze on his lips. i The blind man took from his wattf ! pocket a gold watch that was secure ly fastened upon a gold chain. H< pushed the stem-winder and imme : diately the front part of the cas< i opened. As the hasty youngstei i watched each operation, for he wai i curious to know how a blind mai could tell time and found that th< watch had no crystal and that th< t face was protected only by the cas< i and that the numerals on the watcl 1 face were embossed. While holding the watch with his right hand th< : /blind man worked the fingers of hii r left hand over the ' surface of th< > watch. His .fingers first found th< : hour hand and he then felt the nu meral which was close to it. H< . found it was eleven. Then feelinf ; round he finally came to the minuti t hand and discovered by his sense o: t touch that it was a little above th< x numeral nine. Then closing th< t watch case as gently as he ha< ) opened it, the blind gentleman said "It is about 14 ' minutes o eleven. ' And the hasty young person said and he gasped as he did, "Thank yoi very much, sir," and he went his wa; happy that*he id not hurt the blin< man's feelings. Then, he, too, ha< learned something?how a (blind per son tells time by a watch. A Welcome to President R. C. Griei s On last Saturday evening Presi t dent R. C. Grier arrived in Due W^s t On Monday evening the citizens o 1 Due West t gathered in front of Pro . fessor Grier's residence to give Pres - ident Grier a formal welcome t< town. A musical selection, especiall; . composed for the occasion, was sung i Mr. 0. Y. Brownlee made a few wel come remarks. These were followe* by talks from Dr. E. B. Kennedy am Dr. R. L. Robinson. To these speceh es President Grier made response ii r fitting terms and was heartily ap ' plauded. A number of the student who have arrived gave him a Rah ^ Rah! and a cheer! Handshaking fol lowed.?A. R. Presbyterian. * NOTIjCE TO CONTRACTORS. Bids will be received by the Ab . beville County Highway Commis sioners until 12 o'clock noon, Thursr !" day, September 22nd, 1921, at th office of L. W. Keller, Superivsor fo the construction of 7.57 miles of to] OAll VAn in A UlvAtnllA O j ovxi ivau in r&i/i/cviiic wuuwy nvii the city limits of Abbeville to thi Greenwood county line, better knowi as the Abbeville-Greenwood road. The work will consist of the nec i essary clearing and grubbing, exca vation, culvert pipe, headwalls, top soil, surfacing, and such other worl or material as may be necessary t< complete the work according to th< . plans and specifications of the Coun ty engineer. Further information as to quanti ties and class of work to be don< . will be furnished by H. B. Humbert County Engineer. Bids will be sealed and on the pre scribed form, and must be accom panied by a certified check or a cor porate form, and must be accom panied by a certified check or a corporate surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, made payable to J S. Stark, Chairman, as a guarantee that the bidder will, if awarded the contract within ten days after no tice of award enter into written contract and execute satisfatcory bone for the performance thereof in the sum of one third the contract price, Bidders must satisfy the Commissior of their ability to perform the work, The right is expressly reserved to reject any or all bids. <*1/ aUUCTUICj kj. VA. til I a UlU day of September, 1921. J. S. STARK, Chairman, *. L. W. KELLER, Secretary. Sept. 7, 3wks. FOX AND GAPPINS IN PENITENTIARY Charleston, Sept. S.?^C. 0. Fox " and Jesse Gappins are now in the ^ ' state penitentiary at Columbia, hav- e ' ing been taken by deputy sheriff's e " from Charleston early this morning ' without incident. They nave been in a " Charleston jail for some weeks for ? 1 safekeeping after being brought here ^ ' from Savannah. They are the alleged v ! slayers of William Brazell, a chauf- * fer of Columbia, S. C. e J - Trial Next Week. h Columbia, Sept. 8.? . 0. Fox and F ^ Jesse Gappins, the two men who for ' several weeks have been held in the 0 ' Charleston jail, charedg with the * J killing of young William Brazell, v young Columbia taxi driver, who was 11 slain on the Columbia-Augusta 11 highway on the morning of August 8 " 19, and whose chase from a mob 3 ', through Georgia and back into r South Carolna caused such a sensa- ? ' tion a few weeks ago, were lodged 8 r (in the penitentiary in Columbia jj J Thursday morning brought to the 1 capital from Charleston in the cus3 tody of two Richmond officers. The 3 transfer was on orders, of Governor ^ 3 Cooper, and was accomplished so ^ 1 quietly that not even the newspapers ^ f knew of the movement until the men . 3 were lodged safely in the state's bas51 tile, Fox and Gappins together with ^ 3 C. J. Kiifoy, the other member of the 3 trio held responsible for young Brwell's death and already in the ' state prison, are due to be placed on * trial in Lexington next week. It is ' not known when they will be moved " to Lexington. Officials have issued ' no orders regarding this as yet. " ' 1 METHODISTS GREET j HARDING AND KING 1 I London, Sept. 8.?Greetings to j President Harding and King George, voicing a hope for world peace, were j j sent today by the world's conference j of Methodists in session here. In the 1 address to the king the conference said: The message to President Harding r proposed by Sir Robert Perks and . second by Bishop Williams Newman t Ainsworth, of the Methodist Church f South, thankfully recalled President . Harding's inaugural address, in . which he declared that America was > eager to initiate a program to lessen Y the probability of war and to promote >. brotherhood of mankind. The mes. sage said that Methodists everywhere f would watch with prayerful attenj tion the practical proposals since _ made by the American government to n Great Britain and other nations to h. secure peace without recourse to ( s war. ! Methodist churches have always - striven, the message continued, to ! 'translate the teachings of Christian truth into practical activities of everyday life," and with this end in : view it believed it the duty of the ; church to assist the makers and ad- ; h ministrators of just laws, to restore j _ to its old place of influence the au- 1 e thority of the Christian family and : r home, to secure a more reverent and ; p general observance of the Sabbath, a to remove facilities for intemperance j 2 in the cause of industrial unity for ! x the prevention of class hatred and ! strife. TOBACCO CROP DECLINES | c 3,500,000 Drop id Forecast for South Carolina. % Washington, Sept. 9.?There was a decline in the production of tos bacco in the principal Southern pro-1 ducing States during August, withj ' the exception of Tennessee, as shown | by the department of agriculture's monthly report today. The forecast of production, based on September 1 conditions was placed at 948,000,000 pounds, compared with 889,000,000 pounds a month ago. The improvement, amounting to 59,000,000 pounds, was almost wholly in the j northerly producng States, Kentucky, showing 63,000,000 pounds more a month ago, with a total of 314,I 738,000 pounds; Pennsylvania 10,( 000,000 pounds more, with 55,823,000 pounds, and Ohio *7,000,000. ( pounds more with 35,245,000 pounds ! ( The September 1 condition of tobacco and the forecast of production by State follows: North Carolina: 61 and 189,784,000. South Carolina: 65 and 52,954,000. i GIRL IN PEONAGE, CHARGE Hazlehurst, Ga., Sept. 8.?In raidig the place of J. M. Brand, near ere today, federal prohibition officrs shot and probably fatally wound d Bruce Kirby whom they said atempted to shoot the officers. They lso claim to have found a fifteenear-old girl, Alice Moore, dressed n men's clothing, whom they charge yas held in peonage. She is from Junez, Emanuel County, the officrs said. Kirby is in a local hospital with lis intestines punctured in thirteen daces, from buckshot. Brand is under arrest on charges if illicit distilling and peonage and he girl is held as a witness. Both vill be taken to Savannah in the aorning. The officers stated that after the | ;irl donned men's clothing she said he was told that her services were Leeded as a guard at the. distillery, j >he said her life was threatened if he tried to get away.-ANDIS MAKES BIG . . . ' REDUCTION IN PAX, J Chicago, Sept. 7.?Federal Judge 5. M. Landis, sitting as arbitrator in ;he (building trades wage row here ;oday handed down a decision makng wage cuts varying from 10 per rent to 33 per cent from the old uniform rate of a dollar and a quarter in hour for skilled men. Builders predicted that it would >ecome the basis for settling like Toulbles over the country. Union MASTER'S SALE Hie State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF. ABBEVILLE. Court of Common Pleas. 3. F. WILSON, Plaintiff, against KRS. DAISY RICHARDSON, and others, Defendants. By authority of a decree of .sale >y the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, in said State, nade in the above stated case, I will )ffer for sale, at public outcry, at \bbeville C. H., S. C., on salesady n October, A. D. 1921, within the egal hours of sale the following c^fes:ribed land to wit: All that lot or par :el of land situate in the town of Abbeville, in Abbeville County, in ;he State aforesaid, together with ;he improvements thereon, containng Six (6) Acres, more or less, and jounded by lands of Mrs. E. A. Rob# srtson, the Alston lands, lands of :he estate of Nancy Wilson, deceased, and the Cambridge Road, and Icnown as the LeRoy ?f. Wilson home place. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. irTTAn t? mrr ampaxt inuo. r. inuiuouii, Master A. C., S. Sept. 9, 1921-3wk8. j COTTON :i S| Stocks, and Grain ij I UNITS 10 BALES UP. | r -1 Rote St Sons Pri?atc Wire || M. C. Smith, Mgr. ij !' 204 Commercial Bank Building ! |i GREENWOOD, S. C. * ' I Chev (A third reduction of Automobile. The nc 41 F This car's record for many pleasing featu I Abbev ?hhi \ representatives will meet tomorrow sa to suggest a course for a mass meet- ui ing to take Friday. President Kear- sc ney of the Building 'Trades Council ji \ ^8^ 0V 1 i Ms lit* Jb?s i m m ur DESIG t&A MANIJ EREC' i I 1837 ERSKINE < DDE WES' ' f Eighty -fotrr years of continu Unwavering Adherence to 3 thorough Scholarship. $ Courses: A. B., B. S., M. A. I Literary Societies Emphasize :w] Intercollegiate Contests in ] j| worthy of comparison. > j Adequate Equipment and En ^ Board in Gollege Home at < |j Moderate. For catalogue and Applicatio " ERSKINE ( | DUE WES" I /0rulu/i f power to continue d< of service and beyi its .1$. years writtei CITY Ql Abbeville* EW PRICE rolet $100 has been announcec iw price is ?0 Touring $52.' . B. Touring $97! o. b. Flint, Michigan. service is well known. C res. ille Moti ?? fWU?1:1 iid tonight he fe4t that if the nions can show Judge Landis where >me of the wages he fixed are unist that he will readjust them. ' <" -i ??I ????? ' 4 yen Brothers trble and M anite Co. 1 ;ners facturers roRS ; rgest and best equipped tnonvntal mills in the Carolina*. geenwood, s. c. I I J -?1 r, s. c. | ous service. ^ Christian Character and J| , Pre-Medical, Special, x jj . J Debate, Oratory and Athletics 1 M dowment. . 8 Cost. Price in Private Homes j| n Blank, write to t COLLEGE, I ^^==r I . ;?$ . ' | ?spite the hardships ond the limits a? A 1 guarantee v| VRAGE - s. c EI mSmmSSi s Cars I for the Chevrolet g - n 58 ' !ome in and see its 8 * ffl DT^CoJ