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METHODIST MEET
FOR CONFERENCE
SESSIONS BEING HELD IN TOWN
OF LANCASTER^?WILLSON
READS RESOLUTION URGING
GENERAL CONFERENCE TO
WORK FOR UNION.
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Lancaster, Nov. 3.?The Upper
South Carolina conference began its
sessions at 9 o'clock this morning
with sacrament and prayer by Bishop
U. V. W. Darlington, presiding bishopL
After roll call and election of the
Rev. B. Turnipseed and the Rev.
W. B. Garret, secretaries, the conference^
sessions began.
Dr. John O. Willson read a resolu>.
tion memoralizing the general conference
to give diligence in and interest
to the unification of the Methdist
Episcopal church and the Methdist
Episcopal. church, South; asking
that joint spirit be cultivated between'these
two bodies and _not stop
until every effort for union with the
Methodist Episcopal church be ex-i
hausted.
Under the questions of the call for
the.supernumerary and superannuate
preaches, M. G. Latham remained supernumerary
and of the supernanuates'-two
have died, the Revs. Marion
Dargan and J. N. Isom. Others
were the Revs. J. F. Anderson, M. M.
Brabham, J. W. Bailey, J R. Copeland,
L. S. Inabinet, J W. Neely and
J. B. Traywick.
The Reverends Anderson Tryawick
and Brabham spoke feelingly of the
work of the ministry. Mr. Anderson
said he had rather be a well old man
than a sick young man. Mr. Traywick
was referred to in the confefence
body as "a grandfather in Israel."
He touched a life which in
turn touched ot&er lives. He was active
in preaching 54 years. After Mr.
Traywick's remarks a stanza of a
hymn was sung, "Even down to old
age.?
IJrivileges of the conference floor
we* extended to members of the
South Carolina conference of which
tlje following were present, the Revs.
J.. H. Noland, A. D. Betts, D. M. McLeod
and T. E. Morris. Dr. E H
. Raylings of the mission board was
also in attendance today.
UNVEIL TABLET
TO CLEMSON MEN
C?remonie? at College on Arnflvtice
Day?Major* Tillman and Richard*
on Program.
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Clemson College, Nov. 3.?A
bronze tablet wiii be unveuea nere
on Armistice day, November 11, in
honor of the 26 Clemson men who
died during the World War. A half
holiday will be declared in honor of
the occasion and the exercises will be
hel din Memorial grove at 3 p. m.
An immense stone boulder has been
pot in place and the bronze tablet
prepared for setting in the stone.
Alan Johnstone of Newberry, president
of the board of trustees of
Clemson college, will preside, and
Maj. Henry C. Tillman of Greenwood,
another member of the board
of trustees, will deliver the address
presenting the memorial in behalf
of the board. The address in response
to the presentation will be
delivered by Maj John G. Richards of
Liberty Hill, whose only son was
one of the Clemson graduates who
Hied in the service.
A company of Clemson cadets will
fire a 6alute and sound taps at the
conclusion of the exercises, which
will also commemorate the unveiling
of a tablet to the Clemson men who
were in the service.
DR. ROBINSON TO PREACH
The Rev. R. L. Robinson, D. D.,
of Due West, will preach at the
Presbyterian church here Sunday
morning and evening.
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REACH AGREEMENT
ON IRISH QUESTION
SITUATION HAS BEEN GONE
INTO AT PRIVATE MEETINGS
OF BOTH PARTI! ES, UNDER
WHICH NONE WAS BOUND. /
, London, Nov. 3.?There was reason
to believe today that a plan of
settlement of the Irish question had
been drafted and was being discussed
in detail by the committee representincr
the w/ernment and the Irish
delegations which now is exercising
the chief functions of the Irish conference.
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. Aside from the recent formal
meetings of the committee and of the
conference as a whole, there have
been , more intimate explorations of
the situation at private meetings at
which representatives of each side,*
accompanied, by mutual friends, have
talked freely in. conversation which
are understood to have bound none
of the participants to any definite
line of action. ..
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London, Nov. 3.?Negotiations relative
to peace in Ireland have progressed
to a point which makes necessary
the presence in London of Sir
James Craig, the premier of Ulster,
it was declared here this morning.
Political correspondents of LoYidon
newspapers today centered their attention
upon the Ulster question.
"It would appear that the day when
Ulster must be associated with the
Sinn Fein in the negotiations, is
near at hand," declared the parliamentary
correspondent of the London
Times, "but the manner and time of
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oir james o WIU1115 ?*v .
the obscurities of the situation. ^
MORE MONEY AVAILABLE
FOR HIGHWAYS OF STATE
Columbia, Nov. 3.?The state highway
department, at its office here,
has just received information from
Congressman Fulmer, in Washington
to the effect that both branches of
congress have passed the bill providing
$75,000,000 additional for federal
aid highways throughout the nation,
and that of this amount $1,050,000
is South Carolina's share: Of
the $7,050,000, this state will get
immediately $350,000, the remainder
to be available after January 1.
The state highway commission
meets in Columbia Tuesday and at
that time the first projects to be
covered Dy me new appropriations
will be passed on. The highway authorities
are delighted at the fact
of the additional appropriation, for
it will make possible the construction
of many road projects which have
heretofore been held up by the lack
of sufficient funds.
BANK OF ENGLAND
REDUCES DISCOUNT* RATE
London, Nov. 3.?The Bank of
England reduced its rate of discount
to five per cent from five and half
percent thip morning. The last reduction
in jthe discount ra\e was made
on July 21 last when it was cut from
six per cent to five and a one half per
cent.
Today's reduction was due chiefly
to yesterday's reduction in the federal
reserve bank rate in New York, j
it was understood in financial quarters.
HOME AGAIN <
Mrs. W. A. Clark has returned to
Abbeville after an extended visit to
friends and relatives in Rock Hill,
Monroe, and Hickory, N. C. Mrs.
Clark has been away since August.
MR. ELLIS GETTING BETTER
Mr. Robert Ellis who suffered a
stroke of paralysis some days ago is
getting better and ip sitting up for a
while each day. Everybody will be
glad to see him out again.
AMERICAN LEGION WANTS
DEBS HEL
COMMEND PUBLICATION OF TF
SLACKER LIST?WOULD U5
ALIEN PROPERTY TO SETTI
CLAIMS AGAINST GERMAN
ASK RETURN OF BERGDOLL.
Kansas City, Nov. 3.?The nation
oftnvantion nf fhp American Leerii
this afternoon adopted the report
its resolutions committee after del*
ing a secetion severely arraigning C
George Harvey, American ambass
dor to Great Britain, for a rece
Speech on the reasons why Ameri
went into the war and substituted
resolution couched in less drastic la
guage.
Kansas City, Nov. 3.?The natio
al convention of the American L
gion here today rejected a report
its committee on resolutions casitgi
ing George Harvey, American ai
bassador to, Great Britain, antf d
claring him unfit to hold office in ?
Ajnetican government. The vote
table was 576 to 444, with fifty n
voting.
Opposition to the aodption of tl
report on Colonel Harvey was void
from the floor by Don A. Smith, a
jutant of th^ London Legion Post
the American Legion, who said 1
heard the address of the ambassad
and-that officers of the London po
|1ieard it. None of them, he said, n
ticed anything improper in the stat
ments.
"I heard him make that speech
said Mr. Smith. "We took Mr. Ha
vey's sense to be that had not Ame
ica come into the war when she di
she would have had to fight Germai
alone."
Mr. Smith declared Colonel Harv<
had been inaccurately quoted
press accounts of the address pu
lished in this country and that tl
resolution of censure was not foun
ed on fact and therefore should 1
tabled.
Chairman Miller then announc<
that the handling of the resojuti<
would be placed in the hands of Pa
Grabiel of Little Rock, Ark., spol
in favor of adopting the resolution
M. C. Lumpkin, state command
from South Carolina, spoke in fav
of the resolution.
MISS NICKLES COMES
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Will Talk to Women at Pre?byterij
Church Monday.
At home on furlough from h
work in China as a teacher, Mi
Florence Nickles, daughter of Ca]
G. N. Nickles of Due West, will 1
the speaker Monday afternoon at t!
Presbyterian church at a genet
meeting of the Women's Auxiliar
At this meeting it is hoped that <
the women of the city will be tl
guests of the auxiliary.
Miss Nickles has been located
Nanking, China, for the last sev<
I years, teaching in a girls' scho
maintained and founded by the Pre
byterian and Methodist church*
During this time, in her daily co
tact with the natives, she has
massed a fund of useful and inte
esting knowledge of that ancie
country. She will, therefore, ha'
something worth while to say.
The business meeting of the bo<
will be held at 3:45 and Miss Nickl
will speak at 4:15 o'clock.
HOSPITAL NEWS.
Miss Willie Harrison and Ma<
Cochran are the latest ones to suff
the loss of their tonsils. The oper
I
tion was performed yesterday aft
noon.
Mrs. James Ferguson, who h
been very ill, is much better today
The physicians last week found
necessary to amputate the arm
Henry Devere, who was serious
burned some weeks ago when he ro
ed into his camp fire. H? is able
be about the hospital now.
MINERS WALKOUT "
D . HALT OPERATIONS
IE TIE-UP IS COMPLETE?PREDICT>E
ED THAT WALKOUT WILL
.E SPREAD UNLESS TEMPORARY
Y. ORDER OF COURT IS CHANGED?ACUTE
INTEREST.
al Indianapolis, Nov. 3.?Work in the
on Indiana coal field was practically at
of a standstill today as a result of walkit
outs of twenty thousand men employed
ed at approximately 300 mines in the
a- state, according to early reports rent
ceived at union headquarters at Terre
ca Haute.
a Widespread walkouts in the soft
n- coal fields of the country were expected
at international headquarters
n- of the United Mine Workers of Amer
,e- ica. No reports, however, were avail0f
able there as to conditions in the sixit
teen states into which messages were
xi. sent last night by the union chiefs,
le- advising that discontinuance by
he operators of the "check-off" as pre?o
scribed by Federal Judge A. B.
ot Anderson's injunction,, was to be
treated as breaking the existing wage
agreement.
e(j At the Terre Haute headquarters
j of the Indiana miners, it was said
that the only mines working today
werfe a few of the smaller plants. No
or formal order for a strike had been
st issued at the headquarters, but offi0_
cials said such was under considera-J
e- tion*
Protest against the temporary in?
junction issued by Judge Anderson
' was voiced at numerous meetings
held last night throughout the Indi,
ana fields and officers of the union
d,
said there was little prospect of a
^ resumption of work until the writ
was set aside or modified. Operators
of the Indiana field will meet Thursin
day night at Terre Haute to discuss
k" the situation.
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^ x P. H. Penna, secretary of the In,
v diana Bituminous Coal Operators'
association, in a statement today
took issue with President John L.
a J
Lewis and other union officials wheth>n
er obedience of the injunction would
result in violation of a contract beIce
tween miners and operators assert?nor
fhnf flip rnntract Drovided that
er both parties were bound by and deor
cis'on of a federal court.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Two Men and Two Women in Car
lB ' That Turnt Orer.
There were two men and two woer
men in a car that turned over Wed88
nesday night on the Anderson road
not far from Abbeville. One of the
be women suffered a cut on the face,
the other members of the party being
uninjured. The party registered at
"y- the Eureka for supper, signing their
names as Miss Mary Clinkscales,
lie CnortnnVmro? Miss Row Harvev. An-1
derson, W. J. Jackson and Jack Rogat
ers of Anderson. The car in which
?n they were riding was damaged so
>ol badly that they had to get another
:s- machine to take them to Anderson.
?s.
n- PICKENS MAN RETURNS
a- TO HISTORIC DWELLING
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nt Pickens, Nov. 3.?Rev. C. L. Craig
ve a well known minister and teacher
who for a long period of time has
iy lived near Pickens, has decided to rees
turn to the home of his foreparents
on the Keowee river, near the Oco-j
nee line. Mr. Craig has purchased
the farm which was owned and occupied
by his great-great-grandfather
ck after his return from the Revolutioner
ary war.
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r- AT HOME. I
as Mrs. George White and Mrs. Frank
. Evans are expected to arrive this
it evening from Spartanburg where
of Mrs. White has been making an exly
tended visit. Miss Trout, of*Virginia
11- will come to Abbeville with Mrs.
to White and will make her home here
. in the future.
PARTY CHAIRMAN
ANNOUNCES PLANS
CHAIRMAN HULL PROMISES A
MOST MILITANT AND EFFICIENT
ORGANIZATION WITH
ITS FIGHTING CLOTHES ON.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 3.?Development
of the democratic national committee
into the "most militant and
efficient organization" within hie capacity
and ^dissemination of facts con
cerning the "short-comings" of the
present national administration among
the "average citizens" is in
brief to be the policy of Cordell kull
the new democratic chairman, as outlined
today to The Associated Press.
Mr. Hull expects to leave late today
for Washington, arriving there
tomorrow morning.
The new chairman's policies are
briefly outlined in the following
statement:
"The first step in administering
tfye affairs of the committee will be to
pay off the present indebtedness and
create a good atmosphere in which
to work. We shall try to pay all
debts at an early date.
"We shall also, proceed at onec
with establishment of a thorough organization
in the various states and
counties. In this same connection we
shall strive to maintain an efficient
[publicity bureau to get unbiased and
(accurate facts relating to the short
comings of tnefrepuDiican convention i
before the average citizens.
"People have been fed upon a vast j
amount of misrepresentation, misinformation
and falsehoods concerning
the tru^ record of the democratic administration,
covering the period
s;nce 1918. Subsequent events and
daily happenings have exploded a
vast number of these falsehoods,
which at times were very dangerous.
"We shall make every possible effort
to develop the democratic national
committee into the most militant
and efficient organization within
our power to do so."
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DAVIS FOUND GUILTY
Convicted in Richmond of Murdering
Wife.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 3.?Elijah
Davis, on trial in hustings court for
the murder of his wife, Eleanora
Davis, on December 29, 1916, was tohight
found guilty in the first degree,
a sentence that carries with it the
electric chair penalty. The case went
to the jury shortly before 7 o'clock
and the verdict was brought in about
9:40. Harry M. Smith, Jr., of counsel
for the defense, at once' made a motion
for a new trial, alleging that the
verdict was contrary to the law and
the e^dence, and Judge E. H. Wells,
presiding, set next Monday as the
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WOUNDS PROVE FATAL
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Manning, Nov. 3.?"Jim" Frierson
shot and instantly killed Tom Cooper
yesterday morning. Frierson and
his wife are alleged to have had an
altercation and Mrs. Frierson was
ejected from, the house. She engaged
Cooper to take her in his automobile
to the home of her father, P. T.
White, and on his return he was shot
by Frierson. The coroner held an inquest
yesterday afternoon and found
that Cooper had been killed by gunshot
wounds at the hands of Frierson.
Frierson is about 50 years old an^
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married. Frierson was immediately
arrested and lodged in jail. Cooper
lives near Gourdin's and was in
Bloomville a few miles from Manning
on a visit.
COTTON MARKET
Spot: 18.50 to 19 cents.
Futures steady. The close was
at approximately the same level
as yesterday. December cotton
closed at 18.40, three points
off.
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TWO MEN KILLED >
AT CALHOUN FALLSJAMES
"BO" MASSEY SHOOTS
STRAIGHT FOLLOWING ROW
OVER CRAP GAME WINNINGS
IN ROAD NEAR LATIMER.
NOW IN JAIL.
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Following a "skin" game near Calhoun
I^alls, in the vicinity of Latimer,
Wednesday night, "Bo" Massey,
a negro, shot and killed Reuben
Hunter and Ike Hunter. Massey, according
to his story, had won all. the
money in the game and started home.
On his way, he claims, he met the
Hunter brothers in the road and Ruben
Hunter demanded that Massey
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return the money he had lost in the
game, at the same time drawing a pistol.
Massey shot Ike Hunter through '
the right temple and Reuben Hunter
through the center of the forehead. ,
Only three shots were fired.
Testimony taken by Magistrate
Joseph Hicks, acting as coroner, was
to the effect that the two Hunters
were driving in a buggy towards Cal- <
houn Falls and that Massey met therir
in the road. Reuben Hunter demanded
the money he had lost in a "crap"
game. A cocked pistol was found under
Reuben Hunter's body. . (
The shooting took place in front
of the home of R. 0. Bell hear Latimer.
Mr. Bell testified that he heard
three shots. The two negroes were
dead when their bodies were discoved.
The coroner's jury was composed
of W. S. Buford, ^ C. Wilson, T. V.
Farrow, J. L. Guinn and Tom Allen.
Massey is in jail.
MORE AUTOMOBILES IN
OTHER STATES
South Carolina Thirty-fist In Number.
Motor vehicle registration figures
for the United States received by the
state highway department from the
bureau of public roads show that
South Carolina is 31st in the number
of passenger cars licensed for the
first half of 192.1 and also holds this
same place in the total number of
automobiles and trucks. This is a
good record if figured according to
population.
Thirty states have more atuomobiles
and more automobiles and
trucks combined than South Carolina,
according to the'figures from
the bureau of public roads. Pennsylvania
leads the entire country with
557<7U5 passenger cars and California
is second with 557,231 while
South Carolina has 77,323 for the
first six months.
In the number of passenger cars
and trucks New York leads with
673,530 and Ohio is second with
628,283 while South Carolina has
83,895. Nevada has the smallest registration
with 8,688* trucks and cars.
FALL CEREMONIAL OMAR
TEMPLE IS CALLED OFF
Columbia, Nov. 3.?Announcement
is made here today that because of
the recent death of Delane G. McAlister,
potentate of Omar Temple,
Mystic Shrine, the Fall ceremonial
and entertainment of th? Temple,
which was to have been held in Columbia
on November lfth, has been
called off, out of respect to the mem
ory of the late potentate. A1 Araf
Shrine Club, of Columbia, had planned
to.give a big entertainment to
the Visiting Nobles, but instead the
ceremonial and initiation of candidates
will be held in Charleston on
December 8th. ,
OBSERVE WEEK OF PRAYER
Beginning Tuesday, the Missionary
Society of the Methodist church will
observe next week as a week of pray
or. Services will begin each aiterno?n
at 4 o'clock and continue
through Friday afternoon. The publ:c
is cordially invited to attend the
services each day.