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TROOPS TO MOVE
IN NORTH STATE
JUDGE CONNOR SIGNS ORDER
PROHIBITING THE STRIKERS
FROM INTERFERENCE WITH
THE SEABOARD PROPER
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Raleigh, N. C., July 18.?While
four companies of the National
Guard at Camp Glenn were pre
paring tonight to 'entrain for desig
nated points in North Carolina to
be used under orders of Governor
Morrison for emergency duty in the
railroad strike zones Judge H. G.
Connor, United States district
court at Wilson, was signing an in
junction prohibiting striking shop'
craftsmen of the Seaboard Air
Line from any Interference with
the property or employees of the
Seaiboard. The order is returnable
at Raleigh July >27.
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While reports from Rocky
Mount indicated a slight disorder
there yesterday morning after the
service of injunction papers issued
by Judge Connor Sunday, reports
from Hamlet showed peaceful
picketing at that branch of the
(Seaboard. Seaboard strikers in
Raleigh picketed the Seaboard of
fice building and the shops but
there were no disorders.
The four companies of militia
left Camp Glenn, according to the
adjutant - general's office, on ' a
special train tonight at 7 o'clock,
for their respective destinations,
Company C to Raleigh; Company D
a machine gun company, to Dur
ham; Company A, to Wilson; and
Company E to Rockingham. The
companies stationed at Rockingham
and Wilson will be usecf if neces
sary, it is contemplated, at Ham
let and Rocky Mount, respectively.
The machine gun company and the
company assigned to Raleigh will
be used according to the governor,
at any point their presence may be
required.
Rocky Mount, N. C., July 18.?
Developments in the shopmen's
strike at the Emerson shops of the
Atlantic Coast Line tonight was a
mass meeting of shopmen address
ed by J. F. McMahon, chairman of
the legislative committee of the
state federation of kabor, who is
counseling forbearance and peace
on the part of the shopmen, and a
conference between Judge H. G.
ConnoT and an aldermanic commit
tee of Rocky Mount, at Wilson. The
committee sought to show Judge
Connor that an injunction order,
issued 'by him Sunday, had been
violated by Atlantic Coast Line
"workers.
Complete paralysis of the shops
came today when the stationary
firemen and oilers went out. All
special agerits have abandoned the
shops, the last one going today at
troon when he was forced into an
automobile by strikers, taken to his
home #id warned to stay there.
M?VE TO ATLANTA.
Herman Wisby has accepted a po
sition in Atlanta and he and Mrs.
"WSeby will make their home there in
he future. Mrs. Wisby will visit
relatives and friends here several
days before going to Atlanta.
COTTON MARKET
Cftston sold on the local market
t 2-3 ce*ite. Futures elosed *
fuly 22.26
October 22.36 j
(December 22.22
Sfenuary 22.00
March 21.93
Futures closed yesterday
July _ 21.96
October 1 22.25
Pecapiber 22.04
January 21.81
March 21.72
MAJORITY SPLIT
NO LONER FOUND
WISCONSIN SENATOR GETS
LITTLE SUPPORT FROM COL
LEAGUES IN CONTEST OVER
TARIFF?LENROOT IN THE
FIGHT
Washington, July 18.?The split
in the Republican senate ranks
which developed last week when the
cotton schedule was taken up clos
ed today after the last of the rates
on cotton cloth had been approved.
Senator Lenroot (Republican) of
Wisconsin sought to have the com
mittee rates on fancy woven cloth
and on yarns and cloth contain
ing long staple cotton cut down,
ibut was unsuccessful, only three
D a-r>ivV>l I/iqmc vnfincr wltli liim.
On manufactures of cotton, such
as quilts and bedspreads, Senator
Lenroot and the other Republicans,
except Borah of Idaho, voted to
sustain committee rates, which
were reduced generally 5 per cent
from the figure originally proposed
by the committee.
Discussing the additional duty of 1
12 per cent, ad yalorem on fancy
woven cloth, which finlly was ap
proved, 34 to 23, Senator Lenroot *
stated and Senator Smoot of Utah,
in charge of the cotton schedule for
the ' finance committee majority,
conceded that this amendment as
originally reported by the commit- '
tee, was "word for word" as pro
posed. by Former Senator Henry F.
Lippitt, a cotton goods manufac
turer of Providence R. I. Later Sen
ator Lenroot said the committee
had struck out the words "of more
than one color and more than one
thread," and Senator Smoot re
marked that if there was any
"joker" in the Lippett proposal it
was in the part stricken out.
Senator iLenroot moved to re- i
duce the 12 per cent, additional *
duty to 5 per cent tout his amend
ment as rejected, 33 to 24. Two 1
Democrats, Broussard and Ken
drick, opposed the amendment. {
Three Republicans, Borah, Capper ,
and Lenroot, voted against the 12 j
per cent duty and Broussard and
Kendrick supported it.
With the adoption of a commit- <
tee provision that the tofeal duties ^
on cotton cloths of any kind should ^
not exceed 45 per cent, ad valorem,
the senate completed considera- ,
tion of amendments to the cloth
sections of the cotton schedules. It ^
then got into a sharp controversy
over a compensatory duty of 10
cents a pound proposed on long (
staple cotton in yarns finer than <
No. 70 and on yarns of long staple ;
cotton contained in finished cloth, j
but this rate was approved, 32 to
22. Senators Borah, Kellogg and ^
Lenroot, Republicans, opposed it, ,
and Senators Broussard and Ken
d^fck supported it.
FIRST CAMPAIGN MEETING
Held Tuesday Evening at Community
House?Good Crowd Present
The first meeting of the campaign
was held at the Community House
Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock, with
about one hundred-and fifty present.
James M. Blum acted as chairman of
the meeting introducing the speak
ers.
The following candidates mfade
talks: Maj. R. B. Cheatham and Mrs.
M. D. Evans for county treasurer;
EJo^Power and Ben Evans for audi
tor; Mr. Jones F. Miller and W. D.
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tv uiwnsuu iui u uugc vi i iuuoiv. v,.. |
the House of Representatives, W. L.
Brownlee, Albert Erwln, R. H. Mc.
Adams, T. A. Putnam and Wallaco
Harris. J. Howard Moore, for the
senate. Mr. E. P. McCravy, candidate
for congress, was also present and
made a short talk.
It was a very pleasant meeting,]
and the audienc? was liberal withj
their applause. _
HEAD OF MINE WORKERS
COP
John L. Lewis, President of 1
ferring with Secretary of iLabor
* and the mine war in Illinois.
went over the situation with tht
HEADY TO HANDLE
1922 COTTON CROP
Four Association* Functioned Last
Ynr?iFire States Ores
nized This Year
Columbia, July 18.?All of the
:otton cooperative associations or
ganized this year will be ready to
landle the 1922 crop, according to
0. G. Hill, Jr., of ballas, Texas of
ice expert of the American Cotton
Growers' Exchange who is in Co
umbia for a few days advising
vith officials of the South Carolina
Cotton Growers' Cooperative Asso
:iation.
Five States have organized this
fear, South Carolina, Georgia,
forth Carolina, Arkansas and Ala
>ama. Arkansas and North Caro
ina are ready to receive cotton
low. South Carolina, Georgia and
Ualbama will be ready by the 1st.
>f August.
Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and
Mississippi association/ functioned
ast year and are ready, of course,
;o receive the 1922 crop, Mr. Hill
laid. The results attained in those
States last year were very satisfac
:ory to the members, he said, not
withstanding the fact that those
associations had to pave the way
ind naturally made some mistakes
it first that the associations 'be
ginning business this year will not
nake.
A total of approximately 2,500,
300 has been signed up in the nine
States, according to Mr. Hill. The
>ign-up by bales: Texas, 552,000
>ales; Arkansas 2,150,000 bales;
North Carolina, 400,000 bales;
Georgia, "268,000; bales, and Ari
zona 50,000 bales. Considerable
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more cotton win oe signed up m
>f the States 'before September 1,
according to Mr. Hill. Arrange
ments for financing the 1922 crop
lave been made t>y all of the
States, it was said. All of the
States have selected their sales
managers and other officens.
The execitive committee of the
South Carolina Association will
meet Tuesday and the board of di
rectors will meet Thursday of this
week, it was stated yesterday. Carl
Williams, president of the Ameri
can Cotton Growers' Exchange,
will meet with the board on Thurs
day.
Work en the alterations which
are being made on the old Masoaici
Temple b uilding, which is to tfe
the permanent headquarters ?f the
association is going rapidly for
ward^
ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL
Mrs. Charlie Gilliam Is in Colum
bia attending the summer, school at
the University. Abbeville has quite
a contingent at the summer school
there this year.
SI?
;he United Mine Workers, con
Davis on the coal strike situation
Lewis and Secretary 'Davis also
; President.
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WAYCROSS SENDS
CALL FOR TROOPS
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Serious Disorder Near Railroad
Shops.?Others Said to Have
B?a Driven Out of CitT
Waycross, Ga., July 18.?Serious
disorders. occurred here this after
noon near the Atlantic Coast Line
shops' ^between strike sympathizers
and strike breakers and railroad of
ficials. It i{ ^'understood, that | the'
railroad and county officers have
'called ?n Governor Hardwick for
j troops.
j The trouble is said to have started
j at an early hour this afternoon when
two shop foremen attempted to bring
(into the railroad shops two strike
breakers. The four men were set
upon and badly beaten. Free for all
fiorVit-inc frtllnwpd Thf? nolice reDorted
no one slain, but several men are
said to have been injured seriously.
There are more than 100 "men at
work for the Atlantic Coast Line at
th<
bu
this point, and serious trouble is ex. mi
pected by officials. wc
Sheriff T. J. Sweat officially wired
Governor Hardwick tonight that he
believed the strike situation beyond ,n
his control and that troops were fn
needed at once. The sheriff stated 1S
that so far as he could ascertain wc
nearly 50 men said to be present em- ^
ployees of the railroad had been eith
er beaten severely or driven from wc
toi
the city.
DEATH FOR ENGINEER
Wilmington, N. C., July 18.?H.
J. Southwell, Atlantic Coast Line
engineer, was fatally shot early to
night >by H. E. Dallas, yardmaster,
and special guard at the Atlantis
Coast Line yards.
The trouble was precipitated
when Southwell, it is alleged, re
ferred to Dallas as a "scab." Dal
las is held in iail without bond.
There is no indication of trouble
now as a r^ult of the shooting.
TWO SHOT TO DEATH
ON BILTMORE ESTATE
Asheville, N. C., July 18. 'Crq
reh? West, 29, and Emory M.
Lance, 24 of this city were shot
and instantly killed, and Price
Sumner} w!as pio'bably fajfeally
wounded last night during an al
j tercation on the Biltmore estate.
Special Deputy Sheriff (Wialtgr
Brooks, a guard on the estate, is
held in jail without bond charged
with the slayings. ?
NEW BUHGALOW
_R. H. Gre?ne is'building an at
tractive ibungalow on one of /the
Gary lots on Magazine street. He'
hopes to have it completed tnd
ready to move in by September 1st.
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EEK REDUCTION
OF MANY MARKS
tITISH WOULD REDUCE GER
MAN INDEMNITY?MEMBERS
DF REPARATIONS COMMISSION
DISCUSS PROPOSAL NOT YET
OFFICIALLY PRESENTED.
Paris, July 18.?The reduction of
; German indemnity to 50,000,000
0 gold marks from the present to.
of 132,000,000,000 and the can
lation of the French debt to Eng
id is the basis of a solution of the
jarations question now being seri
sly discussed by French and Brit
Although the scheme has not yet
ically reached the- reparations
mmission, members of the latter
ve discussed the, details. It is ex.
cted the proposed plan will be one
the chief subjects of discussion in
? forthcoming meeting of Premiers
incare and Lloyd George.
The suggested solution has the
arty support of British officials,
10 have been urging its acceptance
on the French officials, it is an
unced. The latter, so the Associat
Press has been reliably informed
e looking with more and more fav
upon the plan, provided it carries
th it a clean-cut pledge of assist,
ce in time of attack and assures
ance the allotment, wholly or in
rt, of England's 22 per cent, share
the total indemnity. It is believed
at England is ready to concede vir
lly all these demands if full ac
ptance on the part of the French
vernment is obtained.
The British decided to push the
an when it was definitely deter
ned that the United States was not
3 mood to discuss cancellation of
e allied debts, it was learned to_
y. Supporters of the scheme hope
nerica will follow the lead after)
e has had the chance to observe the
od which may result from even a
rtial writing off of the war debts.
British officials have informed the
ench that under their plan it is
5Ught the mark would be stabilized,
siness confidence restored and Ger
iny, with a collectible indemnity,
old be bound to find means of
ying.
The proposal has strong advocates
the reparations commisson, it is
nounced in these circles today. It
expected in that quarter that it
?uld have the unofficial support, of
2 American government. Advocates
rther point out that its adoption
>uld improve the effect of calling
rether the committee of friteraa
inal bankers, who would probably
range a loan, in itself, large enough
insure reparation payments for
yeral .years under the revised fig
es.
FOUND BESIDE TRACK
?gro Watchman Killed by Past*
ing Train, Jury Finds.
Chester, July 18.?Hall Gilmore,
negro watechman for the Sea
iara Air juine rauway at ineir
x^cy Creek water tank in the
idmafi section of (Chester county
id also a farmer of thai section,
is killed in some unaccountable
ay, supposedly either ? by the
orth-bound Seaboard vestibule
5. 6 br by a freight train which
llowed it a litrfte later.
MRS. TA^GGART ILL. *
Mrs. mary laggart continues rery
at the Eureka Hotel. She has not
Hied to the treatment given her re
ntly in I^ltimore, and her mf&ny
iends will be sor?y to hear of her
ndition.
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LEVIVAL AT BELL'S CHURCH
A revival meeting1 will begii at
ill's M. E. Church, I South, Antre
!le charge, Sunday July the 23rd
d continue through the following
:ek. The public is cordially invited
attend. t
ADJUSTMENT NOW
MORE PROBABLE :
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PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD HAS
REACHED MUTUALLY SATIS- #
FACTORY WAGE AGREEMENT
WITH SHOPMEN?TO OPEN
NEGOTIATIONS.
Chicago, July 18.?With E. F. \ j
Grable, president of the mainte
nance of way union, asserting that
he did not expect his men to leave
their work, conferences looking to
ward a peaceful settlement of the
shopmen's strike continued today.
Announcment by the Pennsyl
vania railroad that a mutually
satisfactory wage agreement had
been reached with its shopmen was
considered iby soon? railroad and
union leaders to have had a clarify
ing effect upon the entire situation,
inasmuch as the Pennsylvania has
inaiatcu uu ueaiiii? uiiat W1U1 iLo
own men. x
Mr. Grable issued a statement
tonigh asserting that "the path to
an early adjustment is open,^' so
far as the 400,000 maintenance
men are concerned. Referring to hi*
conference with President Harding
last week, Mr. Graible said he had
received assurances that Chairman
flllTwmins n# unob intoro+ftfo
commerce commission eocpected > to
hold early . hearings on disputed
points of the labor provisions of the
transportation act, particularly
with reference to the living wage
principle.
"The basis for the guidance of
the board in the present act is to
set a "just and reasonable wagfr,"
Mr. Grable's statement said. '"The
present issue, which should ibe Set
tled by such a hearing by the inter
state commerce commission of the
senate and amendments to the
law, is an interpretation of this
phrase, 'just adfi reasonable,' and
its application to a living wage."
Mr. Grable said he advised the
board of orders sent to his general,
chairmen to open negotiations with
their respective roads immediately
regarding disputed rules, working
conditions and wage, and to submit
the case to t*he board if an agree
ment was not reached.
The first of these disputes came
before the board today the dispute
being that of the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul road. The carrier
set aside the 30 day clause in ex
isting agreements for (filing of a
dispute and Mr. Grat)le secured the ,
board's promise for early hearings
on xms ana similar cases, many or
which will he consolidated.
He requested that future deci
sions on wage disputae, favoraible to
the men, be made retroactive to . j \
July when the wage cut became ef
fective. Mr. Grable said a peaceful
settlement of the shopmen's stifce
was being held up by a few roads
iwho were unvjilling t* allow re
turning employees their seniority
rights. The railroads in ultimatums
to the strikers said unless they.re
turned to work by certain* dates,
all of which have sow ocpired, they
would start again as mew employ
ees.
They are supported in foeir
stands by proclamations is^ed by
the labor boarti. . i
On the othar hand, President B.
| M. Jewell and his striking shopmen
j have asserted that any settlemwrt
must ibe predicated by a fiil resto
ration *f seniority* rights to the T9- '
I turning
N. Y. TIMES EDITOR DEAD
New Yoii?? JuFy 1*8.?Cfcatie* It.
Miller, for forty years editor of tHfc
,New York Times, died h?re Iwday
after an illifess of several months.
He was 73 years old. He wifs recoflf
nized as one oi the ablest editorial
writers in th<e country.
For the first time in 60 years the
British Museum has- been cleaned.
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