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^lil VVfli . rili! Abbeville Press and Banner ! i ? 1 - ?* g^STI^r. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Friday, July 21,"l922 " Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. ^ SAYS RAILROADS WILL SURREN DER "AS SOON AS WE BRING THEM TO THEIR KNEES." THE STRIKE BECOMING MORE EFFECTIVE DAILY. Richmond, Va., July 20.?A strike of 3,000 clerks on the Chesapeake and Ohio was apparently only partly effective, although union leaders said the men walked out at 10 a. m. "practically 100 per cent." Annulment of trains continued, with the effectiveness of the strike growing daily, and cancelled trains noororl +hp 300 mark. President Jewell, of the striking shopmen, gave the roads two weeks until they would "be on their knees" and ready for a settlement. The real obstacle to peace, the strike leader said, was the road's ob_ jection to establishing a national board of rules adjustment. Minor disturbances were reported from widely scattered points, em ployes being noggea ana snoi in a uvs en instances by strike sympathizers. ' Chicago, July 20.?B. M. Jewell, president of the six federated shop crafts, predicted today that the rail- ^ toads will capitulate and settle the' strike within two weeks. i The strike is becoming more effec- j tive daily, he said, "and the roads ( will yield as soon as we bring them , to their knees. ( The railroad executive's statements j on the seniority question were char- ] acterized by Mr. Jewell as camou-|s flage designed to cover up the real is- { sue?a national adjustment board. ] The executive board of the strik- j ing unions will meet this afternoon to < consider an answer to the statement, issued by the railroad officials last , night. j "The railroads know they cannot 1 justify their fight against the nation- ] al adjustment board before the pub. ; lie," Mr. Jewell said. "The board < would take working rules disputes off i the hands of the railroad labor board < ex^pt in cases of appeals and leave ] the board free to devote practically i all its. time to wage questions." i MORE RAIDS COMING The End is Not in Sight at Atlantic City. Atlantic City, July 20.?Federal 1 prohibition agents who raided a score of plac?s at this resort yesterday intimated that they would ply their dreaded profession again. Their activities yesterday put 27 bartenders and owners under arrest and accumulated 1,000 quarts of whis key, 49 kegs of wine and beer, moon shine, red eye and sundry, unnamed and unhonored concoctions. The men were each held in $1,000 bail. ANDERSON VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Vandiver of Anderson, accompanied by their five fine Aildren are in the city today for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Horten. Thomas, the oldest son is just home from New York where he saw Babe Ruth and other distin guwhed men. Mr. Vandiver was en. joyir.g the quiet qf Abbeville and after all the talk abont politics and the boll weevils spent the time look ing at ^ie funny papers. HOME AGAIN. Mrs. M. B. Reese has retained to Abbeville after a month spent at Oxford, Miss. Bradley Boy and Mar ri>? who accompanied their mother took part in the wedding of their coasi'n and have much that is inter esting tell their little friends. The rain Wednesday about night fall was heavy enough to wash cross ties down the Parker creek bottoms in Fort Pickens. MRS. MARY HOLCOMB TAGGART Passed Away Thursday Morning at Her Home at Eureka Hotel. Mrs. Mary Holcomb Taggart, wid ow of the late James Taggart, of Abbeville, died in her apartment at the Eureka Hotel Thursday morning, .Tulv 20th. at 9:30 after a protracted illness, death bringing relief to her from intense suffering. The funeral services will be held this (Friday) afternoon at the Presbyterian Church of which Mrs. Taggart had been a member from her early womanhood, j. and interment will follow immediate. f ly at Long Cane Cemetery. a Mrs. Taggart was 68 years of age fc at the time of her death. She was :? daughter of William Holcomb and his wife. She came to Abbeville 1 County during the War Between the 1 States with her parents, and has since made her home here. She is j J i- ? l j l.i.? XT A survived uy ner uaugmei, una. 11. Benton and by one son, Harry M. Taggart. William T. Hughes, the only sen of her predeceased daughter, Mamie Taggart Hughes, also survives the deceased. She leaves too a sister, Mrs. M. E. Hollingsworth, and two brothers, F. J. Holcomb of Palatka, Fla., and J. H. Holcomb of Dublin, Ga. Mrs. Taggart belonged to that small class of men and women who make the city in which they live worth while. She was a woman of more than ordinary business judg ment, and this combined with indus try, perseverance and good manage cnent helped to make her successful} g in enterprises where others failed. For a good many years she conduct. 7 sd a store for ladies in Abbeville, later giving up this business to op erate a private hotel in the city. A g few years ago she bought the Eureka 9 Hotel. In this last business venture she saw further than others had j >een, and made a success out of it. ^ [n her lifetime she accumulated con siderable property, leaving her chil- j Iren in comfortable circumstances. But this was only a small part of 1 what she did. She Was a woman given 1 to charity and kind deeds. In her lome the fatherless and the mother- 4 less found not only shelter but food 5 and raiment. To ner tne inenaiess >ften looked and they were not turn. 6 ed away. Her hand was given to the 7 dispensation of kindness and her 8 heart was open to every call of the needy and distressed. If she spoke 9 and acted with the impulsiveness of Simon Peter she too was the called 6 when there was real work to be done and real courage to be 7 shown. tfy the deeds oi suan as sne 8 cities are builded, and the world is 8 made happier. The stores and business houses in the city will be closed at the hour of 9 the funeral services out of honor and 9 respect for the deceased. 1 Attending the funeral from out of * the city were Mr. J. H. Holcomb, a brother of Mrs. Taggart, Mrs. A. H. * Graham, a niece and Miss Mary * Keith, a grand-niece, the two lalfter from Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. and ^ Mrs. W. F. Benton, of Monroe, N. C. Distribution of Coal. "Washington, July 20?Plans are being worked out by various govern ment agencies to secure the distribu tion of the present coal production to the ^ilreads, it was announced today by Secretary Hoover. Strike At Ckarlotte. Charlotte, N. C., July 20.?Fifteen men employe! at the Southern rail way coal shute quit work this morn inc in obedience to the strike call of the stationary firemen, oilers and engineers. VISITING. % Mrs. J. F. Barnwell and little Miss Josephine went to Pell City, Ala., this week where they will spend some ti*ie with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. { Thomson. j ( : j 1 The Carolina Syncopators went to] Elberton this afternoon to play for a | dance there tonight. i PROGRAM COUNTY 5 FOR ALL CLI VILL BE HELD AT WOMAN'S CO WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 AND < 28.?A SPLENDID PROGRj BY MRS. GIBBONS, H< AGENT, ABBEV The following is the program for he Abbeville County Short Course or Boys and Girls which will be held ,t the Woman's College, Due West, eginning Wednesday, July 26: GIRL'S PROGRAM. Wednesday, July 26tb. 0.00 A. M.?Assembling. 1-11:15?Address of Welcome, J. Howard Moore. t% 1.15.12.30?Canning, pickling, Fall gardening?Mrs. Dora D. Walker, assisted by Misses Roberts and McMurray. 2:30?Picnic Dinner. .00-3.00?Hat making?Mrs. John son and Misses Roberts and Mc Murray. .00-4.30?Tea Napkins?Mrs. John. son, Misses Roberts and McMurray .30-5.30?Sewing Exhibit. .30-6.30?Games ,?Miss Mildred Wilson. ' .30?Supper. .30?Vesper Service, Games and stories?Miss Mildred Wilson. .30?Taps. Thursday, July 27th. .30?Revile and setting up exer cises?Miss Mildred Wilson. .30?Breakfast. 8.8.30?Straightening rooms and policing. on a iPtmnsl -10.30?Weighing and measuring? Mrs. Todd (Nurse.) 0.30-11?Grading Eggs?Miss Neely 1-11.30?Talk on poultry club work Miss Neely. 1.30.12.30?Care of Teeth?Dr. H. C. Fennel. 2.30?Dinner. .30-4?Making Flowers?Misses Rob erts and McMurray in charge. .00-5.00?First Aid?Mrs. Todd. .00.6?Health Talk (typhoid fever) Dr. A. H. Hayden. Snnnor w? .30-8?Good Time. .00-9?Vesper Services". Community Singing?Miss ?? .30?Taps. Friday, July 28th. .30?Reville and setting up exercises ?Miss Mildred Wilson. .30?Breakfast. _8.30?Cleaning rooms and policing .30-9?Chapel. 9-9.30?Talk on Economy and Thrift?D. S. Herman. .30.10?Remarks?Mr. Altman. .00-11?Biscuit Contest. 0-11?Review work?L. L. Baker. 1.12?Talk on Club Work?Mr. Hill (Washington.) 2.30?Dinner. .30-2.30?Jello Salad, Mayonaise or Cooked Dressing?Miss Snider. 1.00?Good-bye. WOMAN"S' PROGRAM. (Same as Girl's Proguam for the norning.) 1.00?Woman's Council. L3.15?Late Counail for Farn Wo men?Mrs. John Wham. 1.15-4?Leadership?Miss Christine South. 1.4.30?Importance of keeping rec ?M vp T /vVir> cati 1.30-5?Round Table. BOYS' PROGRAM. Wednesday, July 26th. L0.30?Assembling. L1.30?-Welcoming Talk. L2.30-T^pinner. 5-2.30?What Club Work means and what we want to accomplish in the clubs this year?County Agant. J.30-2.45?Whet I Think about Glut Work?Harper Donald. J.45-3?How Club Work Helped me" by outstanding boys to be seleqifed. 5.5.00?Judging Dairy Cattle?D. Badger. >-6.80;?Play, "Hope Tying." 5.30?Supper. f.30-9.20?Games, story telling and Vesper servicesr-t-Misa Mildred "Wilson. ).30?-Taps. ? LLEGE DUE WEST, BEGINNING CONTINUING THROUGH THE VM HAS BEEN ARRANGED >ME DEMONSTRATION ILLE COUNTY. Thursday, July 27th. 6.30?Reville and setting up exer cises?Miss Mildred Wilson. 7.30?Breakfast. 8-8.30?Straightening rooms and policing. 8.30.9.30?Chapel. 9-10.30?Weighing and Measuring? Mrs. Todd. 10.30-11?Grading Eggs. 11-11.30?Halk/ on poultry Club Work?Miss Neely. 11.30.12.30?Care of Teeth?Dr. H. C. Fennel. 12.30?Dinner. 1.30-4?Judging Swine. 4-5.00?First Aid?Mrs. Todd. 5-6.00?Health Talk (typhoid fever) ?Dr. A. H. Hayden. 6.30?Supper. 7.30-8?Good Time. 8-9.00?Vesper Services, Community Singing. 9.30?Taps. Friday, July 28?(Program same Girl's for Morning) 1.30-2.30?Talk by Specialist?Of interest to everybody. 3.30?Goodbye. Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons, County i Home Demonstration Agent, has the ]! following to say in regard to this o Short Course: <i The Abbeville County Short Course t for boys and girls will be held at Due West Woman's College July 26th I through July 28th. "A very instructive program has been arranged for this time and I I would be glad if every one interest ed in this work would come over at any time and visit the class rooms and see the real work that is being j done through the Home Demonstra- v tion Department for the boys and c girls. You will probably get some g information that will be of great help ? to you in your own work. ^ "The first day we are going to j call 'get together day' and a pro gram has been arranged for the par. r ents of the boys and girls and those \ who are interested ki seeing our j. county progress. v "The ladies are asked to bring a j picnic dinner for the first day. c "I am very anxious to make this f Short course the best one that we t have ever had and with your help c and cooperation I feel sure that \ great things can be accomplished in ? f.Viia work. T am also anxious that r every parent that has a girl or boy i who is a member of a club make an c effort to bring or send them to this t meeting. ^ "I assure you that the best of '< care will be taken of each one and if you will let thetn come w? can ^ have a 100 per cent, membership present. "This course is for your boy and ' girl and I will be very much disap pointed if they are not there. "I am fortanate in securing the following help: B. B. WiHiams, L. < L. Baker, D. S. Herman, Donald Bad- 1 ger, Henry Johnson, Mr. Hill from Washington and the Home and %trm t agents from Greenwood County, Miss 1 Janie Roberts, Mr. Altman. fl?s. Dora Dee Walker, es Neely, Snider and Mrs. Johnson. "Come and let us make this meet ing a success." NEWS FROM B?. HILL Mrs. L. T. Hill received a telegram late Thursday afternoon stating that Dr. L. T. Hill stood "vrell the opera fjrin norfnrmpH at Dr. McG*ire's Hos. pital and was comfortable. H"is son, < Dr. J. C. Hill, was with him at the { time and will remain in Richmond < for several days. i Dr. Hill's many patients and < friends will look forward with in- i terest to further good news from 'his bedpide. '< MRS. SARAH CATER WILSON ?T )ne of the Oldest Resident* of The County Died Wednesday Mrs fin raVi P.ofor ^Vil?snn H i prl .Tlllv .9, 1922 near the city at the home if her son, R. C. Wilson, with whom ^ he resided. Mrs. Wilson was in her 90th year tnd was a woman of wonderful vi ality. She was taken sick Monday ind died Wednesday afternoon of leart failure. Funeral services were conducted [ hursday at 3:30 p. m. at Long Cane ^ hurch, of which she was a consistent nember, by Rev. G. M. Telford, the mcfnr The fnllnwinw nffirorc nf tVio hurch acted as acti/e and honorary lallbearers: Active: 0. S. Cochran, H. N: Coch an, A. J. Ferguson, J. C. Coleman, I. H. Stevenson and Calvin Steven on. Honorary: A. T. Mcllwaine, W. Milford, J. A. Stevenson, G. T. Hcllwaine and Paul Mann. Interment was at Long Cane ceme. ery. A large number of friends were iresent at the services showing the ove and esteem in which the deceas id was held by the people of Abbe ille and the surrounding country, tfany floral tributes were in evidence Mrs. Wilson is survived by one son, t. C. Wilson, and one sister, Miss lebecca Cater, and a large circle of elatives and friends who will re nember as long as memory fyts the tnselfish and loyal life of this good roman. One niece, Mrs. Henry Pressly, of l+lon+a T V of Tine West. flr. T. T. Loftis and T. T. Loftis, Jr. 11 Brevard, N. C., were among the ?ut of town relatives and friends at. ending the funeral. LAMES DESTROY FURMAN BUILDING <oss Estimated at Over Forty Thou*, and?Trustees Make Plans to Rebuild at Once. Greenville, July 20.?The James C 'urman science hall at Furman un.i-|* ersity, constructed in 1911, at a cost ja! f more than $50,000 was completely rutted by fire which was discovered w Kmif K aVIoMt fhia moraine and C( rhich raged for several hours before t could be gotten under control. At a meeting of the executive com nittee of the board of trustees today t was decided to replace the build ng in exactly its former state, the pork to begin at once, with the ex lectation of having it in readiness ibout the time of the opening of the all term at the university in Sep ember. On account of increased ost of building now as compared vith the time when the building was jrected it is estimated that it will equire about $50,000 to $60,000 to <ebuild it. Insurance to the amount >f $32,000 was carried on the struc. ;ure, and it is understood it is re garded by insurance men as virtually i complete loss. iVIN FOR ABBEVILLE IN OPENING BATTLE In Baurens ^ursd&y' by the Score of 7 to 3.?Anderson Beats Greenwood. Abbeville won the opening game jver Laurens Thursday afternoon in ;he week-end series h|r the score of 1 to 3". Laurens got three runs in ;he first inning but the visitors put ;he clincher on and headed off the :hreatened stampede. S^tenburg for \bbeville allowed only three hits, ;wo of which came in the first. Wolfe .'or Laurens was hit fer six safeties. A.kfrevffle __ 7 6 3 Laurans ? 3 3 7 Swekenburg and Agnew; Wolff, Bobo, Culbertson and Raior. Andsrson, July 20.?Terrific Wit :ing and stellar work jn. the field combined with the work of the vet eran Jim MeAlister on the mou?id jave Anderson a 10 to 2 victory over Greenwood in their first game of the veek here today. Ureenwood 2 5 1 \nder9bn ? 10 .2 2 Poitro-pt am) T.ivincston: MeAlister ind Vaughn. ,m VDORSEMENT FOR COOPERA TIVE BODY?PRESIDENT OF STATE BANKERS' ASSOCIA TION PLEASED WITH PRO GRESS MADE. Rock Hill, July 20?The banks of outh Carolina will stand strongly ehind the South Carolina Cotton rowers' Cooperative association, in le opinion of Charles L. Cobb of ock Hill, president of the South arolina Bankers association, who eclared today that in his opinion le formation of the association mark i the most forward step that the v, armers of the state have ever tak. n. "I feel sure that there is not a d operate in every way possible with . lie association," said Mr. Cobb. The banks are delighted to see the inners putting such businesslike lethods in the marketing of their ^ rops. It is a step which We feel they lould have taken long ago. "A very great majority of the anking institutions of the State in orsed the movement during the or anization campaign and assisted in utting the campaign over. They did lis only after they had m&de a * lorough study of the plan and of the peration of the associations in other ;ates which functioned last season. "I feel that an exceptionally able oard of directors has been chosen in lis state, one that can cope success ally with any problem, which might rise. The war finance corporation as placed its stamp of approval on te organization by approving'an ap lication for an advance of $10,000,. , 00. This shows the confidence that has in it. The banks of South Car lina have the same confidence in it, am sure, and will stand ready to asist it in every way possible. ' - "We are all more or less familiar ith the results that have been ac >mplished by the cooperative in alifornia. I do not feel that it is too mch to expect that just as great re ilts will be obtained by the cotton operatives." IX WHITE MEN HELD BY FEDERAL OFFICERS barged With Interfering With the Mail* at Augusta., Ga. Augusta, Ga., July 20.-:-Six white ten, some of them said to be strik. lg shopmen, were arrested here ear t today by government and city offi ers on a charge of interfering with le United States mails. It is alleged that attacks by these ten upon car repairers at the unioa tation early yesterday delayed an Ltlantrc Coast Line train carrying tail. The men arrasted are: E. B. Steed, 7. S. Wolfe, W. T. Daly, James H. lartin, J. F. Crawford amd Wiley VllSOn, ail OX mis City, ^rjiwivru v*?3 ned in police court yesterday for ttacking a car repairer. This is the rst federal action taken ip the strike ere. OOKING OVER SWIMMING POOL E. L. Filly, state health officer was 1 town y?t*day going over iihe roposition of the new swimming ool being erected by the Hospital Luxiliary at Klugh's Park. C0fT0N MARKET Cotton brought 23% on the leoal ia?ket today. Futures closed: July ? 21.W Oct. 21.$4 i Dec. 21.90 Jan. 21.75 uowi, 21.71 Futures closed yesterday: July 22/42 Oct. 22.38 Do*. 22.84 Jan. 22.14 March 22.16