IN ABBEVILLE?WILSON HAR
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LATIONS?SIXTH LIEUTENANT
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ERNORSHIP.
While many people were con
gratulating Governor Cooper yester
day upon his appointment to the
Federal Fann Loan board, the
state's next governor, Wilson G.
Harvey, also was receiving congrat
ulations from this section upon his
prospective elevation to the chief
executive's chair.
Mr. Harvey has served well as
" lieutenant-governor, according to
friends and already had announced
I his intention to offer for reelection
* to that office. Whether or not his
promotion to the governorship will
affect these plans is not known, and
there is some speculation as to the
possibility of his entering the guber
natorial race?. Unless there is an un
| expected "hitch in the United States
senate, he will succeed Governor
Cooper\withm a few days,
Lieutenant-Governor Harvey is a
banker and has been * for 25 yeai*s
I identified with the management of
| the Enterprise Bank of Charleston
j and will be the first Charleston man
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last chief executive from the City
by the Sea having 'been Andrew G.
Maigrath, 1864-65.
Mr. Harvey is a son of Wilson G.
and Cornelia Julia Elbridge Harvey,
His father was a native of Charles
ton, as was his'grandfather, James
fe. Harvey. The 'Harveys came to
South Carolina prior to tne War of
the Revolution from Bermuda. Mr.
Harvey's great grand father was a
ctxember of the Continental forces
I fighting for independnce in that
k war. His father was a Confederate
P soldier. #
B He was educated In the grammar
B and high schools of Charleston. At
I the age of 15 he began his business
career as an employee of the News
and Courier. At the age of 21 he
was manager of the World and
f Budget. Then he became Charleston
manager of the Bradstireet com
pany. He organized the Enterprise
Bank in 1894, was elected its first
cashier and 9ince 1904 has been its
president.
He belongs to many organizations.
He has served as president of the S.
C. Society of the Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution. He was adjutant
general of the "Fourth Brigade, S. C.
Volunteers, for several years and
major of the Second Battalion. He
has been gTand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias of this State and
for 22 years has been elected by un
animous vote grand master of the
exchequer. He has also served as
grand master of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, past senior
consul of the Woodmen of the
World, and is a past master of Solo
mon's Lodge No. 1, Ancient Free
Masons.
For eight years he was an alder
man of Charleston and in 1910 was
mayor pro tem. He has been presi
dent of the Charleston Chamber of
/^'Commerce and is chairman of the
? -country's sanitary commission. He
is a former president of the Char
leston Automobile club, is secretary
and one of the (board of managers iof
the Charleston Country club, a mem
Ob er of the Carolina Yacht club and
other social organizations and is a
deacon in the First Presbyterian
church in Charleston.
In 1894 he married Miss Mary
Franklin Butler of Georgia. They
had three children. In 1914 he mar
ried Miss Margaret Waring.
In 1920 Mr. Harvey was elected
lieutenant-governor/
During the life time of Senator
E. R. Tillman, Mr. Harvey was one
of his principal supporters in Char
leston.
Arthur Mundy spent Thursday in
Elberton\ Ga.
ONE SPEAKER WARNS AGAINST
WHAT HE CHARACTERIZES
AS FORM OF RADICALISM IN
CHURCH? DEBATE GROWS
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X1UL XXiA., 1UUJ i.A? "cdk w*
lowing a hot debate in Which one
speaker warned against-, what he
characterized as a growfhg form of
radicalism within the church, the
19th general quadrennial confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
churcK, South, in sesion here, today
i rejected, by a majority of eight
j votes, a recommendation that the
right to administer the sacrement
be. invested in unordained ministers.
The vote on the recommendation
which was in a minority report was
178 to 170. The conference then
adopted, iby a vote of 188 to 115,
the majority report recommending
the legislation be not enacted. Half
a dozen speakers argued that
merits of the sacrement issue, but it
remained for Dr. J. P. Hilburn of
Orlando, Fla., to swir.g the confer- .
ence against the proposal through
an impassioned address in which he
injected his charge of growing ,
radicalism in church affairs. He said ,
he did not 'believe the church should
depart from time honored customs
and traditions which had stood the
test of years.
Many delegates saw, tney saw, m
the conference's action a desire to*
retain the older customs and tradi- i
tion^rof the denomination and to- i
night they were predicting other
measures now pending before the
body and containing what they con- i
sidered radical "clauses would meet (
a similar fate* i
Before settling the sacrament Is- :
sue, the conference reorganized the
church Sunday school (board and
gave approval to a project to raise a '
$10,000,000 fond for superannuated
ministers. A quantity of routine
business also was disposed of and
tonight the delegates heard an ad- 1
dress on "When Wotoen Become '
Men Then What?" delivered by Dr.
G. R. Stuart of Birmingham, Ala. '
Numerous committee' meetings also i
were held tonight.
Reorganization of the Sunday
school hoard invlves the creation of
a new office and, Instead of one
i executive handling the work of the
Sunday school editor and general
secretary, there will be one for each
place. In addition three bishops will
be'members of the board in the fu
ture instead of one as in the past.
A MILLIONAIRE rxiSOiNfcK
Offered $2,000,000 For His Oil
Interests
Jeff arson JD ity, Mo., May 11.?D.
P. Hayes, a convict of negro and
Indian blood, has received two of
fers, one purporting to be $2,000,
000 and the other $1,800,000 for his
oil interests, prison officials said to
day. He is serving three years for
forgery. . x "
Hayes is said to (be the owner of
'160 acres of Mexican land, classi
? A Ua ie
lieu U11 xauu. UC At* w
have been advised not to sell the
land for less than $4,000,000.
MR. E. W. ASHLEY ILL
Visitors from Honea Path Thurs
day reported Mr. E. W. Ashley very
sick. He is known over the county as
Mr. "Wess" Ashley, and has many
friends who 'will regret to hear of
his illness.
Leaves Large Estate
New York, May 9.?Close friends!
of the late Henry P. Davison who]
died Saturday from an operation for
brain tumor estimated today that
the- financier left an estate of about
$10,000,000. He carried a large
amount of life insurance, but the
figures have not been ascortained.
Mr. Davison's benefactions were
large.
GOVENOR COOPER
TO SUCCEEB LEVER
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NOMINATION SENT TO SENATE
SOON?WJLL BE SUCCEEDED
BY WILSON G. HARVEY FOR
REMAINDER OF TERM WHICH
EXPIRES NEXT JANUARY.
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Washington, May II.?Governor
Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina
was nominated today by President
Harding to ibe a member of the fed
oral farm loan board, succeeding
Anbury F. Lever, of the same state,
who recently resigned.
Washington, May 11.?Selection
of Governor Robert A. Cooper
of South Carolina to fill the vacancy
or. the federal farm loan board caus
ed by the recent resignation of As
bury F. Lever is understood to have
been made by President Harding.
The nomination of Governor
Cooper is expected to b? sent to the
senate 'shortly. The prospective
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succeed as provided by law to the
place vacated, by. a democrat, is
serving a second term as governor of
South Carolina. He served for sev
eral years as prosecuting attorney
and as a member of the South Caro
lina legislature and is prominent in
business and political circles in his
state. He has large farming . inter
ests and has taken a lead in conr
crt-im/nt-ivo n<rri/?ii1+.iiral measures in
his state.
Mr. Cooper's term as governor of
South Carolina expires next January
His acceptance of the office wiH
necessitate his resignation as gover
nor in which case he will be succeed'
ed for the (remainder of the term
by Wilson G. Harvey of Charelston,
9. C.. the aresent lieutenant gover-j
nor. V
Mr. Cooper^ at. present is in Wash
ington as a guest of Senator Dial
of South Carolina,
Will Reaign u Governor <
ISumter, May 11.?Governor
Cooper said today he would resign
is governor to accept appointment
on the federal farm loan board as
soon as his nomination is confirmed
by the senate.
THE SMITH REUNION
Clan Gathers *t Stony iPoint and
.Snenili the Day
The Smith family held a reunion
of all their kindred Thursday at
Stony Point in Greenwood County,
which was the home of William
Smitll, who came down from Vir
ginia before the Revolutionary war.
The family gathered Thursday from
all parts of the state, there being
cars from Spartanburg, Greenville,
Chester, Greenwood, Aiblbeville and
other points. The Smith home is still
standing, a large brick dwelling,
and was visited by all who attended
the reunion. The dinner was served
in the adjoining grove and Mr. J.
rto. Vino/4 n/ tho fnmilv. I
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asked the same grace which was
used around the ffemily (board in the
home of his gTeat grand father. Af
ter the dinner the song "Blest be
the Tie That Binds," was sung, the
lead being taken by Mrs. A. M.
Aiken of Cheater.
Those attending from Abbeville
were, Mr. J. Allen Smith, Max
Smith, Miss Mary Smith, Mr. A. M.
Smith, George Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Hill and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Wyatt Aiiken and family, Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. White, -Miss Jeansie
White, Mrs. L. W. Perrln, Miss Belle
McCaw and Miss Meta Lythlgoe.
COTTON MARKET
Cotton on the local market
brought 19 1-2 cents today. Futures
closed as follows:
May 19.37
July 19.51
October 19.54
December 19.53
SIMMONS MAKES CHARGE OF
. "INDECENT HASTE"? GHOST
OF GERMANY?TIME HAS
COME FOR IT TO RETIRE TO
CLOSET, DECLARES JONES
Washington, May 11.?Sharp
clashes between Republican and
Democratic leaders marked senate
consideration today of the tariff bill.
Referring to the night session,
decided upon the majority and
starting tonight, Senator Simmons
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ers charged that the Republicans
were "driving with whip and spur
and indecent haste" to Pass the
measure. Senator McCumber (Re
publican) of North Dakota, in
charge of the'bill, countered with a
declaration that the Democrats
were undertaking to kill the legis
lation by means of a filibuster and
declared that the Republicans pro
posed to defeat that purpose
The charge of delay was renewed
later by Senator Smoot of Utah
no-nlrinop T? /vtyii V*li/?on nil "QDnofp
l Miming Awyuviivau vu vmv wv?m w
?nance committee, who, after an ex
change with Senator Jones of New
Mexico, a Democratic ' member of
tnat committee, declared he was not
going to be a par^y to "time killing"
by undertaking to explain how the
committee arrived at every rate in
detail when no explanation would
be satisfactory to the senator.
Senator Jones declared the people
of the country were entitled to jknow
just how the committee reached its
decisions on the proposed duties. He
charged that the commitee had act
ed without definite information and
said the whole bill was "notfeing but
m tiAmum full rtl ^iff^rpnt.SdeM and
different guesses." ; t vj
Sunday Evmu DUeoaHnad
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, Express trains, 47 and 48, have
been discontinued on Sundays, and
there is a likelihood of crews on
these trains being run through the
Abbeville terminal. It is hoped that
this will not he done as it will
necessitate some of the men now
making their homes in Abbeville
moving elsewhere.
Vtax VALUES raised
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Auditor Sondley Receives Order* to
increase Tax Valuation.
The County Auditor has received
orders-from the Tax Commission to
increase the tax valuation of lands in
this county to an average of $6.15
per acre. ? '
The recent assessment as made by
Tnumchin Rnnrds and as fixed
and passed by the County Board of
Assessors reduced assessments in
this county a considerable extent, ft
is not known yet just what the aver
age valuation will be. This the Audi
tor is determining now. It will be nec
essary to ascertain the number of
acres of land taxable in this county
and the total valuation as fixed by
the County Board. When this is as
certained, the average will be struck,
and the assessments in every case
will be raised the necessary per cent,
in order^to make an average of $6.15.
It was thought that the County
Board had settled the matter, and it
has so far as this county is concern
ed, but in making the assessments
here on a parity with assessments in
other counties, the Tax Commission
has the authority to require that as
aoccmpnts hp either lowered or rais
ed. They are generally raised in
fact.
Mr. Sondley advises us that the
average assessment in 1918 was $6.12
per acre and that the assessment this
year will be practically the same as
that year.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION
Supt. of Education P. H. Mann
held the regular yearly teachers' ex
amination for Abbeville County in
the Court House this morning.
About thirty stood the examinatin.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY CAUGHT IN RAIDS
FRED MADER, PRESIDENT OF
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL,
ONE OF NUMBER.
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Chicago, May 11.?Fred ("Fren
chy") Mader, president of the Chi
cago building Trades council, and
more than 150 other labor leaders
were being held tonight after having
been caught in a dozen raids on va
rious union headquarters today.
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The ifcund up resulted from the
murder of two patrolmen and the
bounding of another in a running pis
tol fight in which the killers eluded
the police last nifcht. The two slay
ngs followed the bombing of , two
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of disorders believed by the police
to have been due to labor warfare in
the building trades. y
In ordering the raids, Charles C.
Fitzmorris, chief of police, declared
some labor leaders were "just as
j guilty of the murders of the two. po
ljcemen^as were the anarchists of the
Haymarket riots." He characterized
the killings as '.'slaughter" and term
ed the labor leaders "hoodlums and
ex-convicts." _
The lists of those taken into ' cus
tody -included the names of some of
the men who have been known for
years as the leaders of labor in Chi
cago. Am^ng them were "Big Tim"
Murphy, president of the Gas Work
ers' union, and Cornelius ("Con")
Shear, leader of tHe teamsters' strike
in 1904. Murphy, known as Chicago's
"labor czar/' has been out on bail
after having! been sentenced recently
to seven' years in prison in con
nection with the $400,000 union sta
tion mail robbery.
; The raids came as a surprise, the
first being made on the headquarters
of the Building Trades council, where
men from the detective bureau ap
pearejl suddenly at the entrance. The
raiders slammed the doors and then
kept them shut with threats of shoot
ing. A score of labor leaders were
found in conference. They were tak
en into custody and all books and
documents seized. A safe was opened
by drilling off the combination, and
three pistols and about 100 rounds of
ammunition were found.
Raids were made on the other un
ion headquarters and saloons known
to have been used as hang-Duts by
notorious- sluggers and gunmen who
foave been connected by the police
with many recent bombings and shoot
:n^3. Scores of men were arrested in
these minor raids and a large supply i ^
of pistols, sawed-off guns and am-! e
munition seized. b
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BIDS ON BRIDGES [a
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Highway Commission Met Thursday
to Discuss Makers.
A meeting of the County Eighway
Commission was called Thursday to
lf?t the brideres on the Antreville and
Greenwood roads, and to decide if
the Antreville road should run as
surveyed back of the Keowee Church
or should be changed to run in front
of the church. Committees from the
Keowee section both for an<? against
the proposed change, numbering a
bout sixty wert in attendance. Tes
timnnv was taken and the Commis
I I
sion remained in session all of Thurs
day. It was decided that the road
should remain as surveyed.
The following bids for the bridges
and Douglas Mill road were submit
ted, and the contract will be awarded jai
in a few days.
Bidders on bridges: J. A. Pekinson,
Montgomery, Ala., $39,278.05; Aus- F
tin Bros. Bdge., Co., Atlanta, Ga.,1 P.
$44,445.22; Campbell Construction C
Co,. Columbus, Ga., $36,467,999; Pal- 0!
metto Construction & Concrete Co.,
Columbia, S. C., $33,575.34; R. . P.
Kyle, Charleston, S. C., $55,712.54;
P. S. Minus, Spartanburg, $34,443.68
Porter & Boyd, Charlotte, N C, $41,
472.81; Brooks Callaway, Atlanta,
$40,473.60; Batson Cooks Co., West
O EVENT IN MEMORY OF COM
MUNITY'S PRESENT CITIZENS
HAS CREATED AS. MUCH IN
TEREST? CORDIAL INVITA
TION TO ALL
Darlington, May *1.-?The people
f the city and county of Darlington
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nion of the Unitegl Confederate
eterans of South Carolina on May gj
7 and 18. No event in the memo
f Darlington's present citizens has
wakened so great enthusiasm and
ich cordial response and welcome
3 the coming of the veterans of
lis annual reunion. The citizens notr
nly have offered, ibut will throw -
pen their homes to the veteran* _' -}}
nd their invited guests. A genuine.K'J
nd warm welcome awaits the rem
ent of the noiblest "band of warriors ,
'ho ever went forth to battle for K'i
leir country. ^
Tli ft* Fifth artlllerv hand of itV '' >
ieces from Camp Bragg has been i f
scured and will furnish music f o* .v
' . .
i? occasion. St, John's school wul
ive a special outdoor entertainment .,
n the evening of May 17 and at
ight after the presentation of' th??5fl
ponsors and the grand march, the'0,
ynrmittee on entertainment will- I
ive a dance in the commodious anil-.
>aciou3 reunion hall. All of the*'-/
eterans are expected to participate
ad to take part in the dance, at l
fa*
Clemaon Col
Cooper, Gen.
hich time the old fashioned,'square
ance will again come into its own.
he young women of the community
ill provide each veteran with a
lir damsel as a partner with wfekh'
> trip the light fantastic.
Among the speakers there
t. V. W. Daniel of
ge, Gov. B. A.
riian 8. Carr of Durham, h,vk..
en. C. A. Seed of Anderaon, Gen.
. Irving Walker, of. Mt Pleasant,
ol. John J. Dargan of Stateabmg,
:aj. J. &. J. Caldwell of Newberry/ ,
X*. R. D. Wright, recording secre
iry general, of Newberry, Francis y
. Weston of Columbia and Capt
, L. Ward law of Colombia.
The community has extended a
>rdial welcome to all of the citizens
r South Carolina, especially urging
iose from adjoining countie^ and
earby towns and especially those
f Darlington County, to attend the
icercises and to honor the veterans
y their presence.
"It is not likely that we will
grain have the pleasure and the
onor of having them in our imidst,
s other towns will claim this privi
>ge and our citizens are especially
ager to and anxious to pay every
ribute of respect and honor to
iese heroes; in honoring them we
lso honor those who have passed
ver the^ river, and we renew our
ailh in the truth and Justice of the
ause," said Bright William/on,
eneral chairman, in commenting on . i
iie approaching reunion.
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MOVE TO CHATTANOOGA
Mr. and Mrs. Alex kowie and ' .
hildren left last Sunday for Chatta
ooga, Tenn., where tHey expect to
take their home in the future. Mr. :?
nd Mrs. Bowie have a large circle
f friends in Abbeville who will re
ret that they have -decided to leave
.DtDeviiio.
oint, Ga., $39,049.15; C. R. Willard,
partanburg, no total; General Road
Drainag Co., Coltnnbia, $34,468.96
id Simons Miirant Co., Charleston,
37,300.96.
Bidders on Douglas Mill Road?
riday & Son, Newberry, $17,497.61;
. P. Kyle, Charleston, $19,626.10; , .
. R. Willard, Spartanburg, $20,
36.S6; Beckham Bros., Perry, Ga.,
18,496.21; Henry N. Garrison, Ea3
y, $17,357.81. .
Low bidder on bridges was the Pal
r'n-nctriipt-inn &. . Concrete Co..
: Columbia.
Low bidder on Douglas Mill Road
as Henry N. Garrison, Easley.