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HIS OPTIMISTIC
IN FACE OF ODDS
EXPRESSES OPINION THAI
RAILROAD MEN ARE SANE
ENOUGH TO FIND A SOLUTIOI*
AND COPE WITH ANY SITUA
TION.
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New York, Oct. 17.?An optimisti<
* - * *?lwvo/4 -ni-rahlomc has heer
iiVJUC ttd IU xaiiiivwu |/4VI/.V...V
sounded by Colonel Charles Hines
assistant to Edward J. Pearson
president of the New York, New Ha
ven and Hartford railroad, in i
speech to 700 of the roads employ
60S*
Speaking last night at the annua
dinner of the Cable Club, most oi
the members of which belong t<
brotherhoods which have threatened
to strike he said he was "an incorrigible
optimist" and expressed
the belief that the "associations o-l
railroad men are sane enough to fine
a solution and to cope with any prob
Jems that may face them."
Washington,, Oct. 17.?The gov
emment through its various depart
meats began today a survey of th<
situation as developed by the call oi
railroad union leaders for a genera
itaike beginning October 30..
Officials from President Harding
down to department bureau chiefs
and secret service agents were knowr
to ibe watching the situation closely,
meanwhile hoping that some means
might be found for averting a paralysis
of the nation's transportatior
system. The whole range of possibilities
was regarded'by officials a?
.50 nebulous at present as to make i<
parbicable to await developments
before taking action.
Hope was expressed generally bj
f officials that the suggestion advanced
' by the public group of the railroad
labor 'board here for conferences
with the interstate commerce commission
might be made the 'basis for
a selution of the problem. The public
group of the board proposed thai
the railroads immediately put into
iil.:: freight reductions equivalent
to the wage decreases authorized bj
the 'board last July, that the railroads
withdraw further requests for wage
n vt /] 4-V? off +1ia r\1 r\\yckdc
anu WbOl/ Miv yiuyiVjvv.;
rescind the strike order (pending action
byi the board on proposals oi
the carriers for further pay cuts.
medaTplaceoon
unknown's tome
London, Oct. 18.?The most sacrec
reward for vlaor within the powei
of America to confer was bestowec
tn/iav usnn thp tomb af Great Brit
ain's unknown warrion, whose eter
nal resting place is in the nave o1
the historic Westminster Xbbey.
In the presence of a representative
of the King, the prime minister diplo
mats and others of note representing
Prance, Japan and other govern
ments, the American ambassador anc
air Anglo-American assemblage, Gen
Pershing placed the Congressiona
, Medal of Honor upon the wreatl
covered stone during the cource o:
strikingly impressive ceremonies.
The scene within the ancient wall
of the abbey was perhaps the mos
significant in England as an indica
tion of friendship and union betweei
England and America that has oc
cured since the historic victory marcl
in 1919, when Gen. Pershing headei
his batallion in a great ceremonia
function.
Simplicity marred the presentatioi
and bestowal of the medal, there be
ing only a brief choral service pre
ceremonies. which wer
witnessed by a distinguished assem
bly.
Boraba, Oct. 18.?It is reporrte
from Malabar that a bag offensriv
against he Indian revolutionists i
expected to begin almost immediate
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GOVERNOR SAYS
I TRAINS MUST RUN
WILL NOT HESITATE TO CALL
: SESSION OF LEGISLATURE.
I HOLDS THAT IT WOULD BE
DUTY OF STATE TO SEE THAT
TRAINS WERE OPERATED
: Columbia, Oct. 18.?Trains will be
i operated in South Carolina, strike or
, no strike, provided volunteers can
, be procured to man them, according
- to Gov. R* A. Cooper, who last night
i said that if it were considered neces.
sary, special session of the legisla
ture would be called in order to draw
i up measures deemed expedient to
I meet the emergency.
> It was as no foe of organized labor
I nor of collective bargaining that the
. chief executive of the state said he
[ spoke, but as an official who realizes,
I in its fullness, the meaning of cessaI
tion of railway traffic in this state at
- the present time. The decline in the
price of farm products raised in this
. state; the increase in the price of
. products raised in distant states and
; countries; the suffering and the misfiery
that would follow in the wake of
[ja complete tieup of railway traffic
were visualized by the governor when
, he said "Trains must not stop."
. "If this threatened railroad strike
( becomes a reality," said the governor,
"it will mean that the prices of
. practically everything we have to
. sell will decline, while the prices of
! products which we have to buy will j
. increase.
i "Freight rates are now sky high
i and many agricultural products, es>
pecially those raised in the West, can
not be sold because of high rates.
, "The employees of the railroads
j ought to understand that the public
is so vitally interested in the opera.
tion of the railroads that, if sufficient
labor can be had, the trains
wUl be operated.
"In case the strike becomes a real;
ity, it would be the duty of the state
i to use every means in its power to
; see that trains were operated.
r "If it should be considered advisa>
ble to hold a special session of the
legislature, I would not hesitate to
> call it.
"Neither would I hesitate to call
for volunteers to aid in running the
trains.
"I express no opinion as to the
merits of the controversy between the
railroads and their employees, but if
the employees are receiving a living
wage, they will find great difficulty
) in satisfying a suffering publ:c that
| a strike is justifiable at this praticular
time.
"It would be advisable to begin to
1 take a census of the men who are not
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r raemucrs ui uic umuu ? *?v?. ^ .
I having the trains operated, for the|
. trains must run.
"The cotton farmer has suffered
f very materially by reason of the decline
in prices of cotton as well as
? by the unprecedented low production,
- and no one ought to expect a governr
ment, 6tate or national, to fail to take
. any measures which would prevent a
1 further loss to those engaged in agri.
culture, since agriculture is the
1 source of all our wealth.
i "I would not have it understood
? that I say that the unions have no
legal right to go on strike, but they
s have no moral right to call a strike
t at a time when it would entail irre
parable sufferings
i "The railroad managers and em
ployees should be willing io have
ti their controversy settled before the
3 great court of public opinion. That
.1 court functions in many ways and
while its decrees may be delayed, it
n is inevitably the court of last resort.
"The success or failure of 'the pro
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s- posea siriKe win aepenu un ?ucm? i
e or rot it is sustained by the court of
t- public opinion."
AT PRESBYTERIAN
d
e The Rev. R. C. Crier, president of
s Erakine College, will preach at the
y Presbyterian church Sunday morning.
ENGINEERS HEAD
SEES LIGHT AHEAD
WARREN S. STONE SAYS STRIKE
MAY BE PREVENTED BY RAILROADS
OR GOVERNMENT.
CAN EASILY ELIMINATE THE
CAUSES OF STRIKE
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 18?The'progressive
railroad strike, to begin October
30, can be settled by the railroads
or prevented by the govern- 1
ment, Warren S. Stone, president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
said tonight when asked his
opinion of the situation.
Mr. Stone said the cai^se of the
strike is largely because oi*the action
of the railroad managers in re
questing a further 10 per cent, wage
reduction and the elimination of favorable
working agreements on upwards
of 75 roads, in addition to the
12 per cent, wage reduction which
went into effect July 1. The railroads;
can settle the strike by the elimination
of these conditions, Mr. Stone
said.
"The government can prevent the
strike by taking over the railroads, 1
and this is what will happen eventually,"
Mr. Stone said. He also issued
a formal statement regarding the
men's position and their reasons for
striking.
Mr. Stone tonight made public the
four groups of roads on which the
strike is scheduled to begin, the first
group at 6 a. m. Sunday, October 30,
and the three other groups to go put!
at 48 hour periods. The Pennsylvania j
one of the largest systems in thej
country, is one of the last hit by the1
proposed strike. No explanation wasv
given as to why it was held to the last i
It was also explained that all the j
organizations in some of the roads in j
group four are not officially authorized
to strike, some of the organiza-1
tions not casting the necessary 66 2-3 j
per cent, vote in favor of the walkout.
The "big five" leaders expected.!
however, that all organizations on j
such roads would follow the general
walkout on the other roads, being influenced
to join the strike by seeing
the:r orothers everywhere laying off
their overalls. i
Mr. Stone said he believed that the
railroads "want a strike" and that a
further reduction in wages is much
less desirable to the railroad executives
than the abrogation of rules and
regulations "won by employees in various
ways as the result of years of
organized effort."
STOCK TRADERS MEET
PrcMdeni Wilton Announce* Dates
For Abbeville Seationi
J. G. Wilson of Williamston, pres
ident of the South Carolina atocK
Traders Convention, has written to
George T. Barnes, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, saying that
the next convention of Stocfy Traders'
Association wall be held in AJbbeville
November 16-19.
He says that all who have horses,
cattle, automobiles, or anything else
to trade are invited to bring them in
to Abbeville on those dates.
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
R. S. Ellis, salesman with the L.
W. White Company, suffered a stroke
of paralysis this morning just as he
was about to sit down with his fami,
I
ly to breakfast. The right side is af
feoted by the stroke. Mr. jtajis nor-1
mally is never sick. Consequently J
the news of his illness this morning
came as a surprise. His friends hope
[he will not be permanently affected.
LETS CONTRACT
The highway commission at a
meeting tomorrow will let the contract
for the construction of the
Donalds-Greenwood road. This section
of road is 7.36 miles long, running
from Doalds to the Greenwood
'county line.
SPEAKERS COME SI
10 GIVE ADVICE
SERIES OF MEETINGS WILL BE NO
HELD IN COUNTY IN INTER- C
EST OF CROP PLANTING IN 1
COUNTY NEXT YEAR?CLEM- i
SON MEN COMING. E
In order to assist as much as pos- ^
sible the fanmers of Abbeville Coun- pos<
ty in the preparation of a planting by
program for next year that will make j>
the people independent of the boll c]0s
wefevil, Secretary Barnes has ar- m'it
ranged with the Clemson College au- ten
thorities a series of meetings at cen- m0]
tral points in the county ai, which thr<
will be present experts from the ag- |Una
ricultural college. These specialists wit;
will be prepared to tell the farmers jt,
of this section the most profitable acti
crops that can be grown. Car
Although the dates and places of and
meeting have not b?en determined any
upon th^ subjects to be taken under mei
discussion have been announced and thai
will (be as follows: mit
The preparation of the soil. res<
What is best to plant and when to S8*1
plant. not
Live stock and dairying.
Cotton and how to fight the boll 6
weevil.
_ . , . Klu
Cooperative marketing. .
The farmers of the state who have owr
made a success at their occupation e(j
know the importance of the proper j g
preparation of the soil before plant- negj
ing. If only a shallow seed bed is
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prepared, the root-ground being left .
hard and impenetrable, the crop will pre,
not get the proper start. Grass and
weeds will get in their work early, ^
and the young plant will be much
more likely to suffer from cold. The
ground, especially if it has a tendency
to be dry, should be broken
early so that moisture may be stored
up for later use. All vegetation ^
should be buried early enough to insure
complete decomposition before ^
seeds are planted.
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Farmers of this section who are
well informed upon the present ^
status of the cotton crop in Abbe- jiav
ville County, and those who know the ^
actual damage that has been done in jiar
the curtailment of the present crop, an<;
say that next year nothing remains ^
to ibe done but to plant something pU]
else than cotton. They say that it
will be a waste of time to cultivate
this old Southern money crop with , '
o cJ
the prospects of one or two bales to ..
, , ,, , txoi
the horse. It wou'ld be a waste of
time and labor. Therefore, the problem
arises. What shall be planted?
What revenue can be derived from
any other crop? Where is the money 1
to come from to pay taxes and to f?r
purchase the things which can be the
grown at home and yet which have Coi
become a necessity? In the answer- He
/>??AA^iAne a moi
II*g W 5UVli VfUWUVlio uyvvfMiiww
of Clemson College, who are paid by the
the government to be informed about bur
such matters will prove invaluable. "T1
They have spent time experimenting sis.
on soil types and other factors invol- mo'
ved and their advice will certainly ?at
be worth having. the
There may be heard everywhere
now discussion of the possiblities of
livestock and dairying as a substitute
money source. In this connection
the questions arise: Are the t
conditions in this county favorable
to the growing of live stock? Are
pasturage and water so plentiful as *
to make cattle raising possible at a *
profit? Where would demand come a
from? Shall they be shipped to the *
North, the South, the We?t or
n.Kr/vnr? > T? t.liA Smith Muitroed to T
compete with theWest? If you have 60C
not investigated these subjects, it the
would likely .prove interesting to cou
hear them discussed by some one ?
who knows. I a s
There is in progress in South j sun
Carolina at the present time a cam- els<
paign to handle cotton on a coopera-1 To<
tive marketing plan. It is claimed byi ere
those who should know that coopera- Th<
tive marketing of the substitute | plis
crops is even more essential than in j far
the case o<f cotton. It is certain thatj eac
if cattle should be produced so that the
HONS CLOSES
HIS TESTIMONY
T BELIEVED THAT CONGRESS
WILL CONDUCT FUR"HER
INVESTIGATION OF KU
CLUX?NO OTHER WITNESSIS
WILL BE CALLED.
Washington, Oct. 17.?The proed
investigation of Ku Klux Klan
congress ibilew up today.
ifter a ten minute session behind
;ed doors, the house rules comtee,
which at morning and afloon
sessions put William J. Simis,
the klan's (imperial wizard,
)ugh a rigid examination, voted
mimously not to call any more
nesses, certainly at this time,
mnouncement of the committee's
x>n was made by Chairman
npbell, and while the chairman
member's refused later to make
comment beyond the bare stateit
as to witnesses, it is expected
t an adverse report will be subted
to the house on a number of
)lutions providing for an investiion.
Final action, however, will
be taken until several absent
nbers return to Washington, but
house members accepted it as set!
that they were done with the Ku
x, unless the department of jus,
conducting an inquiry of its
i, comes forward with unexpectevidence.
till showing the effects of his ill5,
the imeprial wizard's voice
.kened as he sat ^11 day answer
a whirlwind of questions. As on
vious days ,he entered a categoridenial
of charges of lawlessness
the klan, and reiterated that the
il membership of the organizai
was slightly under 100,000.
NEWBERRY COMES
et? Abbeville Hi Tomorrow Afternoon
on Rosenberg Field.
dewberry's gang of football hopes
ie here for a game tomorrow
lursday) afternoon with the Abrlle
team. The Abbeville boys
e a double incentive tomorrow to
revenge for two defeats at the
ids of this same bunch last year,
I to merit the half-promised holir
Friday to attend the Clemsonrman
game.
it any rate it ought to be a first
5s game. It gets under way at 3
lock. The Parent-Teacher Associal
will sell refreshments.
GOING TO SPARTANBURG
lev. A. J. Derbyshire leaves todaj
Spartanburg, to be present at
Fall meeting of the Greenvilte
lvocation of the Episcopal church
will address the convocation torrow
from 4.30 to 5.30 p. m. ir
Church of the Advent, Spartang,
in a quiet hour, on the subject
ie Need of the Spiritual Empha"
Mr. W. M. Barnwell leaves torrow
to represent as a lay delee
Trinity church of this place, at
Greenville Convocation.
( COTTON MARKET.
Spot: 19 to I9.su cenia. vac
tale of unusually good cotton
old at 20 cents.
The futures market continled
today to fluctuate within
larrow limits. December closed
;t 16:30, 19 points above yeserday's
close.
"he U. S. Geologic survey has sold
i,000 topographic maps, showing
altitude of every part of the
ntry.
urplus "will remain over local conrption,
a market most be found
rwhere, else there will be a waste.
), there must be established
ameries and packing plants,
ise things can hardly be accomihed
by individual effort If the
mers shall remain suspicious of
h otaher a?d refuse to work toger
all will suffer.
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HON APPEARS 1
IN STRIKE RANKS
HEADS OF SOME OF UNIONS
MAKING" EFFORT TO PREVENT
MEN JOINING IN WALK
OUT?MEETING TO SETTLE
DETAILS.
Chicago, Oct. 17.?While heads
of the big four brotherhoods and of
the switchmen's union prepare to
meet in Cleveland tomorrow to complete
plans for the rail strike which
they have called for October 30,
union chiefs today said that leaders
of some of the eleven other railroad
laoor organizations still were oppos- '
ing a walkout and would attempt to
keep the men from joining with five
organizations which have definitely ?' ?
committed themselves to' a strike.
What the opposition of these lead-'
ers will result (between the two
groups will not be fully settleds until
the meeting of the general chairmen
of the eleven unions here this
week when issuance of a formal
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strike call will be voted on formally.
Several railroad labor chieftains to*
day said, however, that they believed
the majority would rule and that it
would be a case of "majority fetrike, \
all strike." They professed to see
little chance of a break. t
Leaders of these eleven unions at
a meeting last week informally
pledged themselves to support the
brotherhoods'in a strike, iand since
then have been going ahead with ;
their plans for a walkout although
deferring issuance of the actual
strike call.
Heads of several of the eleven or
ganizations have announced that they
will order the walkout, while others
were more conservative in their
j statements. E. J. Manion, president
of the Order of Railway Telegraphers,
in St. Louis, last night denied ?
the assertion of Thomas M. Pierson,
vice president, that it had been de,
cided to. call out the telegraphers, ?
saying the question would not be
settled until the meeting here. E. F.
, Grable, head of the 250,000 maintenance
of way employees, Timothy
Eealy, leader of the stationary firemen,
E. H. Fitzgerald, president of
| the stenographers, clerks and freight
handlers union and others expressed
the opinion that virtually nothing
could avert the strik?.
BUYERS DECLINE ; .
ISSUEJF BONDS
1 The board of trustees have receiv
ed a message frozp Hillsman and
' Co., brokers of Atlanta, to the effect
' that their attorneys have disapprov
ed the school bond issue voted some
: months ago. The board had received
a message last week saying that the
bonds had been found valid, but up '
on further investigation the attor:
I neys changed their opinion.
After having written the chairman
of the board last week that the
bonds had been approved and that
the money could be expected in the
near future, the company's attorneys
wrote to J. Moore IVIars, attor
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ney lor the ooara, ior xuruiet uuuimation.
This was furnished and the
buyers declined to take the issue.
The trouble seems to be, according
to a member of the board, that back
in 1909 an act of the legislature
changed the Abbeville School District's
boundaries so that a bond is
sue of $20,000 could be voted. This
old law, wiiich is thought to affect
the present case, is still on the books.
The board is holding a session
this afternoon to determine what action
shall be taken m the matter.
The board has two alternatives: It
may re-advertise the bonds, with
seemingly little chance of selling
them; or it may let the matter rest
funiil after the meeting of the gen
eral assembly when it ii possible
legislation might be obtained which
would obviate the present difficulty.
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