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Abbeville Press and iblished 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, June 7, 1922. Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. IPooigT Ml MEN WORKERS ARE INVOLV IN NEW CUT?AFFECTS ?TLY SHOPMEN; SUPER )RY FORCES IN SHOPS fOUCHED. :ago, June 6.?Over the strong of the three labor represen on the United States Rail ibor Board, a new wage cut |en cents an hour for itauroau lechanics and nine cents for car men, cutting 400,000 an approximately $60,000,000 was ordered by the board to le new wage reduction brought lated added saving of $59,669 mually to the railroads, fol on the heels of a $50,000,000 maintonR'nr.a of l-uc vra5^o t/i iborers last week. The shop decision becomes effective July same date as last week's or-; minority report of the labor ers pointly stated that the ma decision was made "with no eration of human needs." and js that it fails to carry out the on of the board to set a "just jasonable" wage. ie tendency of this decision is ^dicate the propaganda of the ids and consequently con such statements as the em have been able to bring to attention," the minority opin lid. Supervisory forces of the id shops was not decreased, due consideration the commit lid it was felt that the duties responsibilities of such forces j [nted maintenance of the pres ses. The reduction for the me :s average a little more than 8 it, all machinists, boiler mak blacksmiths, sheet metal work fclectrical workers carmen (ex freight carmen) moulders, cou ;nders and carmakers and the ir and helper apprentices re fig a cut of 7 cents an hour, [ht carmen, commonly known as Iknockers" and the object of of the heaviest assaults by the in the battle for lower wages, cut 9 cents. The larger cut was ed for the "car knockers" be- j > the board said that it believed! their work did not require the" skilled service as other branch-j carmen's work. This heavier :tion for the freight carmen under especially severe criti in the minority report, the labor bers declaring there was no fication for discrimination \ in vork. t ir cleaners who now receive an age of $3.IS a day, were cut 5 s an hour, or 40 cents a day. The lanics, whose daily rate now av from S6.ll for electrical :ers to $6.28 for blacksmiths, lose 56 cents a day under the decision bringing their daily ; to approximately $5.70. le board's latest decision which > be followed shortly by reduc 5 for railway clerks, telegraph and all other classes of railroad 'nvps exceDt the train service I - J ? * was brief and offered no ex ation of how the new rates were ped at. This omission brought e fire from the dissenters, who de ed the majority decision did not sider "human needs," ignored the s of the employes for a "living e" and made "no attempt to ,v that mechanics are not entitled luch a stanaara. SAILING FOR CHINA. ieut. and Mrs. W. B. Beacham of - o-mrivpri in Abbeville this :rnoon for a visit to Mrs. B. K. cham and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. r.son. Lieut. Beacham is a pay ter in the Navy and expects to next Monday from Newport News i accompanied by Mrs. Beacham, a two year stay in China. VOIRY MFfl VIU0UI1I vuviibv FEW WORKERS IN NEW HAMP- I SHIRE MULLS?GOOD ORDER ON WHOLE MAINTAINED AND FEW ARRESTS ARE . MADE Manchester, N. H., June 6.? t-nviila nTUVTQ+i VPS in New I UCAVitv v^v<- w?>? ... 4 Hampshire claimed a victory to- \ night. Only 500 of the 25,000 oper- \ atives normally employed were at c work on the first day of the re- c opening of cotton mills in Manches- I ter, Nashua, Dover and Somers- "v worth, it was estimated by police c and newspaper men. t Mills in New Market, Exeter and y Suneook did not attempt to re- * open. The mills throughout the state have been closed since February 13, as a result of a strike in pro test against a 20 per cent wage cut and a 54 hour week. (Four arrests were made during v the day, two at Manchester for the jeering of returning workers and two in Nashua for alleged violation of an injunction against picketing in force there. The four men were later released. Six men arrested at Nashua tonight on similar charges furnished bonds for a hearing later. Idle operatives and sympathizers made demonstrations trns morning at each mill center where attempts were made to reopen, ibut there * were no serious disorders. ^ Textile mill workers claimed that P many of those who reported for * work today were foreman and P second hands. At Nashua, according * to the police, strike sympathizers & attempted to evade the injunction ^ bv transferring their nickeling op- 0 erations to streets a few blocks from the mills. A clash between James Starr, strike leader in Manchester and Chief of Police Healy of the Coo lidge mill. Starr said later that Chief Healy had charged that he and Organizer Callahan as well as President McMahon of the United Textile Workers were responsible for the presence of the strike sym pathizers on the streets this morn ing in violation of rules laid down by the police department. The chief however, took no official action and later issued a statement thanking citizens for their orderly be- ^ havior. n Strike leaders asserted tonight , that the situation in New Hamp- , shire would be brought to the at- ? (I tention of the United States senate n by Senators Lafayette and Gooding and that a senate investigation l? might result. ^ h CLUB BOOKS OPEN i Democratic Club roll books are r now open for registration. Club ^ roll for No. 1 is in the office of the e Clerk of Court, J. L. Perrin, and i, club roll for No. 2 can be found in the office of the County Treasurer, R. B. Cheatham. The names of those wishing to vote in the August pri mary have to be enrolled thirty days before the election, which is the last Tuesday in August, being August the 29th. PflTTflM MARK FT Cotton brought 20 3-4 cents on the local market today. Futures closed July 21.21 October 21.22 December 21.16 January 21.02 July ___ 20.38 Oct. ___ ___ 20-28 Dec. 20.23 Jan. 20.17 Tolbert Get* Place. Washington, June 6.?Joseph W. ? Tolbert was nominated today by Pres- I [ ident Harding to be United States ^ marshal for the Western district of * 'South Carolina. . t ID CAN START ONSHORT NOTICE IEADY TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE?ACCEPTANCE OF DE TROIT MAN'S OFFER WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY TELE GRAMS iHe+rnif.. .Tnnp 6.?Henrv Ford is >repared to begin work on the de relopment of the Muscle Shoals vater power and nitrate plants up ?n a few hours notice, should his >ffer to take over and operate the project be accepted by congress, it iras learned today from, sources Jose to the manufacturer. Accep ance of his offer, it was said, trould be followed immediately by he dispatch of telegrams to vari es parts of the country that would nitiate the Detroit (manufacturer's lan to create an industrial center round Muscle Shoals that would be he "crowning achievement of his areer." Mr. Ford believes acceptance of lis proposal and fruition of his - .--i-L - ? ilans will prove tne worn ?i wswr ower and that an enterprise like luscle Shoals can be made to ibe ome an asset to the public rather han a liability. The project, it was ointed out, will under Mr. Ford's lans have paid for itself before the ;ase expires. W. B. Mayo, chief engineer of he Ford company, has returned to >etroit and Mr. Ford no longer is ersonally represented at Washing on in connection wfth the shoals roject. No plans have been made or further negotiations with con ress, it was stated, because Mr. 'ord's reply to the counter-proposal f the house military committee ras his final statement. PROSPECTS FOR BALL TEAM i Abbeville Are Good?To Meet In Greenwood This Afternoon There is to be a meeting in the of ce of the Secretary of the Chamber f Commerce in Greenwood this af srnoon at 4 o'clock to discuss the latter of organizing a'local base ball ;am in each of the following named ities: Abbeville, Greenwood, Ander sn and Laurens. Representatives rom each of these cities will be pres nt to discuss this matter. No definite plans have been made ut the idea is that each of the above amed towns will have a team con istjng of players that live in the espective counties, no player , being llowed to play on a team that does ot live in the county. A great deal of interest has been aken in this matter among the base all fans of Abbeville, as this county as good material for a local team nd there is no reason why Abbeville houldn't have as good a team as the est of the towns mentioned, and it is oped that the people who are inter sted in this matter will give it their jyal support. Advance in Crude Oil Anounced. Pittsburg, Pa., June 7.?An in rease of 25 cents a barrel in the rice of Pennsylvania crude oil was .nnounced when the market opened oday. All other grades quoted here, xcepting Corning, were up 25 cents, "he new prices "were: Pennsylvania rude $3.50; Corning unchanged at 11.90; Cabell $2.36; Somerset $2.15; Somerset light $2.40; Ragland $1.25. FORD DEALERS MEET. 17 T? A Uoc in P.nlnwtifl Hi* XT n.i iiuiu nuo wvti *u ince Monday attending a Ford deal irs meeting. He will return to the :ity this evening, and may be able to ell Abbeville people whether Henry 'ord will run for President or not. CLEMSON BOYS Andrew Hill, Maxcy Johnson, Sam Williams, and Richard Sweten >urg are among the Abbeville boys vho finished at Clemson this year md are at home for a rest before dicing up the business of life. PTATroTfl nrnriwr OlnlLO 1U RLULIVL ANOTHER APPROPRIATlbN TO BE MADE?LARGE AMOUNT TO BE AVAILABLE JULY FIRST. FUNDS FROM STATE AFTER NEXT YEAR. Columbia, June 6.?State highway authorities were advised yesterday that a free conference committee of Uie nou&c anu aeiwie xiau agiccu vu the federal aid appropriation to be made by congress within the next two or three weeks and that the amount would be $50,000,000 for 1923. Of this $50,000,000 South Caro lina will receive approximately $700, 000 and this will be available July 1 of this year. The appropriation will be for the fiscal year beginning the first of next month, but the entire amount can be had July 1. Charles H. Moorefield, state high wflv Micineer. said vesterdav that sufficient funds to match, the $700, 000 for South Carolina were already pledged by the counties and it is ex pected that many applications will be made for the money. Under the agreement of the free conference committee, $65,000,000 for federal aid is to be appropriated for 1924 and $75,000,000 for 1925. South Carolina can share in this year's fund and the 1924 amount un der the present system of county matching, but will be unable to share in the 1925 appropriation unless some provision is made for the state to match the funds. Under the provis ions of the recent federal aid act the government will begin to deal only with the states and will not accept enlinmo "t*Vl 1C Uie county ulilLtnuig ov.iiv.iiii., ?...? to become effective after the 1924 appropriation has been allowed and used. BISHOP KILGO WEAK Condition Becomes Alarming4 Late in the Day Memphis, June 6.?After several days of apparent improvement, the condition of Bishop John C. Kilgo, of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, became alarming late today. A bulletin issued by his physicians said: "There is no essential change in the bishon's condition. He is vir tually prostrated and extremely weak." WINTHROP GIRLS HOME The following Abbeville girls ar rived in the city today from Winthrop College to spend the summer vaca tion: Misses Lydia Owen, Mary Ste venson, Mary Reed Moore, Margaret Wilson, Ophelia and Cornelia Clink scales, Carrie Hawthorne, Myra William?, Mildred Wilson and lone Stevenson. Misses Margaret Dawson, Virginia Leslie, Janie Vance Bowie, Annie Wilson and Janie Milford who were members of the freshman class came home last week. GOING TO R. O. T. C. J. C. Cheatham returned Tuesday night from Clemson College, and expects to leave Abbeville June 16th for the reserve officers training camp at Anniston, Ala., to 'be gone until July 27th. He will return by way of Chattanooga, Tenn. where he expects to visit friends. Earle Takes Honor. Memphis, June 6.?Paul R. Earle of Starr, S. C., relieved C. R. Boyce of Memphis of the 18 yard zone championship in the second day's shoot of the South zone trapshooters' handicap at the Memphis Gun club today when he scored a 99. Richard A. Ballenger Dead. Seattle, Wash., June 6.?Judge Richard A. Ballinger, who was secre tary of the interior during President Taft's administration, died at his home here tonight. SCORE ARRESTED IN MANCHESTER RESULT OF CLASH OVER STRIKE SEVERAL WOMEN IN NUMBER TAKEN BY POLICE FOR DIS Dcr.AOntNr. nonrPQ Tu?o\rr STONES AT CROWD. Manchester, N. H., June 6.? Nineteen arrests were made in this city late today as a result of the first disturbance here since the tex tile strike started on February 13. Several thousand strikers had gath ered on the streets near the Coo lidge mill of the Amoskeag Manu facturing company, which was re opened yesterday. Many atones wpta thrown hut no one was hurt. The crowd had been jeering work ers leaving the mills. Some of their number forced their way to sections of a street which had been "closed by the police. Police officers imme diately arrested five of these. , A crowd followed the officers and their prisoners to the police station and remained in that vicinity until driven off by police reserves. The other 14 arrests, including several women, were made near the station 1 wfaen police orders to move along were disregarded. The police to night issued additional orders for bidding loitering in the vicinity of the mills. The Manchester strike committee informed State Labor Commissioner Davis today that it was willing to accept his suggestion that the wage question be submitted to the state board of conciliation and ar bitral The committee has refused to arbitrate the matter of working hours. COURT ADJOURNS Court adjourned today after dis posing of the following cases: Gid Massey, charged with mur der was found not guilty. W. P. I Greene represented defendant. Robert Chiles, assault and bat tery with intent to kill, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years. State vs. Luther Brown, viola, tion prohibition law pleaded guil ty, sentenced to 30 days and pay ment of $150. r?i__ i._ t> t... p OL-ctlli Vd. Jousuei VJiiiy, vjuiauwig prohibition law, pleaded guilty and sentenced to five months on the gang or $100. State vs. Georgianna Quarles, violation prohibition law, pleaded guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $.*50. State vs. Horace Waters and Clif ton Crittendon, housebreaking and larceny, pleaded guilty and sen. I tcnced to 60 days each. State vs. Truie Belcher, rape. Found guilty with recommendation and sentenced to one year. J. How ! ard Moore representing defendant. State vs. Jim Tullis, violation prohibition law. Found guilty and sentenced to serve six months. State vs. Sam Tims, violation prohibition law, pleaded guilty and - sentenced to serve 30 days and pay 1 ment of $150. s State vs. Grady Dubose, violation ; prohibition law, pleaded guilty and 1 sentenced to six months. State vs. Roy Barrett, violation ! prohibition law. Jury could not agree and Judge Ga/y ordered a mistrial. (State vs Love Booth, violation ! prohibition law. Pleaded guilty and i sentenced to six months. Sentence ! suspended during good behavior, i State vs. Dewey Brown, violation ' prohibition law. Found guilty and > sentenced to three months. De fendant was represented by Rufus' Ton* Vc/ti n-f AnHprsnn. i. aui/j uy v*. * The case of Tom and Jesse Botts i charged with murder was continued until the September term of court. ; Solicitor Blackwell left today for ; his father's home near Honea Path to visit, and will go from there to PHILLIPS IS PLACED UNDER $? BOND REPUBLICAN STATE CHAIR MAN FOR GEORGIA SAYS HIS ARREST IS PENALTY ONE MUST PAY FOR BEING IN POLITICS . j 1 / Washington, June 6.?John Ii. Phillips, Republican state chairman for Georgia, for whose arrest a warrant has been issued since late Saturday on complaint of the de partment of justice, alleging con spiracy to defraud United States in connection with a war contract for the disposal of surplus lumber, surrendered to a deputy United States marshal on his arrival here today from Philadelphia. He was immediaely arraigned before Uni ed States Commissioner I. R. Hitt, who issued the warrant, and, waiv ing examination, was released in $25,000 bail for action of the grand, jury. The warrant for Mr. Phillips' ar rest, sworn to by Marcus Borchant special assistant to the attorney general actinc for Assistant Attor ney General John W. Crim, was is sued while the special grand jury was still conducting its investiga tion of the lumber disposal con tract made by the war department with the firm of Phillips and Steph ens acting as agents for the lum ber interests. No indictment has yet been returned (by the grand jury and it was understood by Phillips today that witnesses were still being heard. iMuch mystery surrounds the ob taining of the warrant. Until a copy of the complaint was made public at the department of justice late today following the formal arrest of Mr. Phillips, spokesmen of the deparment denied that a warrant had been sought. While the formalities of the bail bond were being attended to in Commissioner Hitt's office, Phillips said that he had hastened to Wash ington as soon as he had been in formed of the issuance of the war rant.. Before leaving that city he notified Marshal Snyder through an attorney that he was coming. A deputy met him at the railroad station and formally placed him in custody. At the moment Phillips was being arraigned, C. Willing Hare of Philadelphia who, as director of sales for the war department, signed the contract with Phillips and Stephens, was at the depart | ment of justice to tell what he | knew of the lumber disposal case. TO PROTECT PUBLIC I Purpose in Fixing Coal Price, Say* Hoover. Richmond, Ind., June 6.?The gov ernment has set a price of $3.50 a ton on coal at the mine in an en deavor to save the consumer from $12.50 coal, Herbert Hoover said here in an address today, at the cele bration of the founding of Earlham college. I. E. CULBRETH MISSING ' I. E. Culbreth, who has 'been missing from his home since last Friday has not been heard from and his family and friends are very much concerned about him. Any in formation as to his whereabouts will be appreciated by them. I ' BOARD OF REGISTRATION. Gapt. R. H. Armstrong, John T. Cheatham and W. W. Boles met in the Court House Monday and opened I the Books of Registration. Over a hundred certificates were issued. his home in Laurens. Clerk of Court J. L. Perrin and Sheriff McLane are wreathed with smiles this afternoon because vaca tion time has come.