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PROPOSITION MADE
BY BROTHERHOODS
RAILWAYS TAKE PROPOSAL
FOR PEACE UNDER CONSID
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New York, Aug. 19.?The five
great railroad brotherhoods, which
hare stepped into the nationwide
shopmen's strike as mediators, today :
offered to the roads what they term
a practical proposition for peace, and
the roads took the proposal under 1
consideration. '
Neither side would officially dis- '
close the terms of the proposition.
In some quarters close to the confer
ees, it was said, that acceptance of i
the proposal by the executives would i
result in the immediate return of all 1
strikers to their old jobs with full :
and uninterrupted seniority and pen- 1
sion rights, and retention or men nir
ed since the strike.
The proposition on the other hand <
was outlined in other quarters as pro- 1
viding for restoration of strikers as '
rapidly as possible, with their seni- 1
ority rights to be adjusted ultimately 1
to the satisfaction of all. 1
The proposal in these quarters I
was understood to be on the basis of 1
a gentleman's agreement which those 1
close to the conferees said would |<
give due respect to the rights of the 1
new men. This agreement, it was <
said, would assure jobs to both the <
strikers and the socalled new men,
since railroad and brotherhood offici- 1
als bare stated that they could use a
150 per cent, of their normal shop- ]
craft forces to pjepare for the re- ]
sumption of coal mining and the 1
trnnqTwrfcation of a bumner crou. !
The gentleman's agreement, it was j
understood, would provide that the i
question which will arise at the end j
of the busy fall season would be han- i
Ldled as it has been in other years? ]
according to the usual weeding out i
process. 1
The whole plan, it was unofficially ]
indicated, would mean that without ]
any apparent surrender by either the (
railroads or the shopcrafts, the strik- i
ers woeld not suffer any more in the ]
long ran than would be usual after ,
an industrial struggle of this kind.
A committee of nine executives,
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appointed io meet tne Drotnernoou
men. listened to this proposition,
hastily Summoned a general meeting
of the representatives of 148 roads
which probably will be held here
next Tuesday, then fixed the next
meetiBg with the mediation commit
tee for next Wednesday in this city.
It was revealed tonight that aj
proposal which, to use the language;
in which it was expressed by several
of the labor leaders, "would assure
the strikers of all their seniority
rights, unimpaired, without necessi
tating a retreat by the executives
from their stand for protection of
'loyal and new men,'" was virtually
accepted by the rail chiefs when yes
terday's conference ended.
rne executives, it was aeciarea,
had fully accepted such a solution
of the seniority question, in behalf
of the full membership of the Asso
ciation of Railway Executives, whom
they represented.
REV R. C. GR4ER PREACHES
Dr. R. C Grier of Due West
preached in the Presbyterian church
yesterday morning and evening to
large congregations. He was accom
panied by E. B Grier. They were en
tertained while in the city at the
home of Mr. C. A. Haigler on North
Main street
PHMILES A. HAIGLER HOME
Charles A. Haigler, Jr., surprised
his home people Saturday night by
walking in for a visit. He is now
with the Atlanta Gas and Power
Company, and has just finished a
radio which he brought along and
w*l install for the pleasure of his
home people.
REIGN OF WE
FOLLOWS ADDRESS
HARDING SPEECH BRINGS NO
DEMOCRATIC COMM EN T.?
BOTH CAPITAL AND LABOR
AT LOSS TO UNDERSTAND
HOW PRESIDENT STANDS.
wasmngion, Aug. i?.?oav e w ap
plaud the platitudinous statement
that this is a nation of law and must
so remain, and to agree that the
butcher of citizens in Herrin, 111.,
was most deplorable, Democratic
members of congress remained
queerly silent regarding the message
delivered by the president today.
The Democratic leader, Senator
Underwood, asked directly for a '
statement, declined on the ground
of the possibility that certain sec
tions of the message might be trans:
formed eventually into a bill and
that it would be proper for him to
reserve judgment pending future de
velopments. Such a possibility un
questionably moved other Democrats
:o silence. Remarks, however, made
svith the understanding that they
tvould not be published left no doubt
but thav the message because of
ack of aggressive thought or lan
guage was a keen disappointment,
[t was declared by some that as be
tween capital and labor the presi
dent was so excellently balanced in 1
his criticism that both would have 1
difficulty in determining his exact
jpinion. 1
It was the general conclusion that J
;he president's recommendation that
i national agency, properly financed, 1
ie created for the distribution and
Jricing of coal was a contribution by
Jie secretary of commerce, Herbert
Hoover. From hasty investigation, it
is indicated that there will be actual
rather than imaginary suffering be
fore congress will even temporarily
:urn private property in time of
peace over to federal supervision. It
was said by well informed members
that if the coal industry showed im
provement in its output, as promised,
it would be impossible to pass a gov
ovnTnorrf />/in+-pn1 hill. Such a meas
ure under improved conditions might
not even be attempted, it was point
ed out, especially in view of the
president's suggestion that hasty ac
tion be not undertaken. At the same
time it is known that Secretary Hoo
ver is very anxious that the govern
ment distribute and maintain fair
nnVoc for nnal at least duriner the
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approaching winter. That there
might be legislation providing for
an investigation of the coal business
was regarded as possible, especially
if the president should become in
sistent.
The consensus of informal opinion
among all save partisan Republicans
seemed to be that the president had
come to congress just as both strikes
had "petered" out with an admission
that despite strenuous and long sus
tained effort the administration had
been able to accomplish very little,
if anything, in the matter of com
posing industrial differences.
BIG GAME WEDNESDAY
Anderson comes to Abbeville
Wednesday to play off a post
poned game. Unless all signs
fail this will be tbe big game of
the season. Barring bad luck,
the two leading teams will go
into this game with not more
than a half game between them,
and this game should go a long
ways towards settling the flyer
of the rag. It would be a good
thing for every fan to begin to
save up fifty cents now in order
to be able to get in and get a
seat on the grandstand.
LAST DAY TO PAY TAXES
August 31st will be the last day
to pay taxes. They will be turned
over to Sheriff McLane on Sept. 1st
for collection. Tl^se who have not
yet paid taxes should keep the date
in mind.
WAR DEPARTMENT I
WILL BE READY
RECHECKINB OCCUPATIONAL 5
QUALIFICATIONS.? FEDERAL
TROOPS TO BE PREPARED TO
AID IN TWO STRIKES IF NEC
ESSARY.
Washington, Aug. 20.?In order
to be prepared for any emergency
that might be made upon it in the
present industrial situation, the war:
department is rechecking the occupa
tional qualifications *of the enlisted j
men of the army and compiling in-J
formation making quick action pos-1
sible in the event that federal troops!
are called upon for duty in the coal!
or rail strikes. j
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As a part of the department's gen-!
eral policy of preparedness, corps I
commanders are understood to have'l
been requested to advise officials:
here how many men under their com-1
mand have had experience in rail- j
road work and in what particular
branch of railroad service each is
most competent. Similar information i
regarding other trades is understood j
to have been gathered by the depart
ment in other cases in the past.
Thus far no requests for federal
troops have been received by
the department in connection with
either the coal or rail strike, but
Secretary Weeks and his advisers
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have taken the position that should
a request come they should be pre- *
pared immediately to place all per- *
tinent information before the presi- *
dent. The order regarding qualifica- *
tions of enlisted men in railroad wqrk
was said to be based wholly upon s
this desire for preparedness and to
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indicate no change of policy on the ^
part of the federal government. I
TO HELP HAIL SUFFERERS <
Abbeville WU1 Build Road to Help
Haul Sufferer* in County.
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UA-Uaciiu xv* wx, JJU1U9 auu ca
sheriff Joe M. Ashley of Anderson
were in Abbeville this morning in
the interest of the new road to be ^
built from the Anderson County line c
to the Greenwood County line down
near Ware Shoals. Abbeville county
will build about six miles'of this road *
which is being constructed for the >
benefit of the hail sufferers in An- <
derson, Abbeville and Greenwood ]
counties. Fanners who lost their i
crops will take their teams, hands ]
and implements and use them in theji
work on the road, for which theyj]
will be "paid a reasonable price. 11
BIGGEST LOGCRAFT COMPI
OCEAN V
Aided by two U. S. Navy Mine
ever built, ended it's voyage suc<
umbia River to San Diego, Cal., ]
mately 900 feet long, broke loosi
of going ashore and breaking up.
served as a barge, carrying a mil
and 30,000 feet of telegraph pole;
DEATH TO BONUS
APPEARS LIKELY
IENATE THREATENS COMPEN
SATION MEASURE.?POSITION
C* PRESIDENT TO GOVERN
COURSE IN UPPER HOUSE.?
VETO WOULD KILL.
Washington, Aug. 20.?Despite
he appreciable number of senators
vho are moved iby clamor and the
ipproach of the elections, the bonus
'or former soldiers is in jeopardy.
V majority of the members of the
enate today voted to postpone the
xmsideiration of the bonus bill un
;il Wensday. This was taken to
nean that if the issue was postpon
ed until after the elections the
K>nus bill would be beaten.
The debate on the bonus bill will
je short or extensive according to
evelations from the White House
f the president promises to veto
Jie bill the votei may be had soon,
[f he hesitates the vote will be
>ostponed. If he agre<3s to veto, the
ndications are that it will bii im
>ossfble to pass the- bill through the
.enate dcispite the veto. In other
pards, the situation from the sti.nd
joint of those clamoring for a
x>nus as reward for their service
;o the ftag is precarious. This is the
general opinion following a-n un
>fficial canvass of the senate to
light In the direct vote, not more
:han 30 senators vrill oppose the
jonua. But more than 30 will refuse
;o support the bill over and against
2ie veto of the president.
According to tho unofficial poll
ome of the ablest Southern sena
ors are against the bill. These in
clude Senators Underwood of
Uaibama, Dial and Smith of South
Carolind, <jlass f- of Virginia,
JVflliams of Mississppi and Shields
>f Tennessee.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Cornel to a Close Next Friday.?Ex
inations Held Last Day.
The three-weeks summer school
vhich has been held in the graded
school for the puist two weeks comes
,o a close this Friday with cxamina
ions for all who have attended as
veil as all other pupils who hav<
conditions being held on the last day
if necessary additional examinations
vill be held on Saturday. Those pu
ails who wish to stand these exami
lations are requested to notify Mr
Fulp so that questions may be mad(
jut before hand.
.ETES THOUSAND MILE
OYAGE.
Sweepers the largest log raft
:essfully by sea from the Col
recently. The log raft approxi
a turiro nnH was fill thP V21*Ue
Besides "carrying itself" it
lion shingles, half million lath,
MUST TAKE ACTION
TO PROTECT PUBLIC
GOVERNOR DAVIS OF OHIO ASK
ED TO PROTECT PUBLIC IN
PRICE OF COAL PRODUCED IN
THAT ST A TP WIT T WPI .
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COME SOME ARRANGEMENT.
Washington, Aug. 20.?Immediate
action for the proper protection of
the public in the price of coal pro
duced in Ohio was asked of Gov. H.
L. Davis today by Secretary Hoover.
A telegram from the Ohio governor
to the commerce secretary declared
that coal operators in that state
would welcome some sort of volun
tary arrangement for establishing
roiv rvn'/ioc In HlllA
West Virginia was brought into
the line with Kentucky prices today
by Federal Fuel Distributor, Spencer
who allowed coal operators in that
state a maximum of $4.50 a ton at
tlfe mine. The previous fair price
prevailing in that state was about
$3.50 but Gov. E. F. Morgan of West
Virginia suggested the increase to
meet the new 3cale agreement.
Further increases of fair price
maximums to the new $4.50 a ton
level were expected by federal coal
officials, who indicated that as gov
ernors of the various states recom
mended increased prices to meet
changed conditions the necessary ac
tion would be taken by Mr. Spencer.
Pending enactment of legislation
as suggested to congress by Presi
dent Harding for the creation of a
federal coal purchasing agency, some
officials believe that volunteer fair
prices probably will approximate a
bout $4.50 a ton at the mines unless
production reaches a point where
charges would drop automatically.
Thp enal rmrchflsinc a^encv to be
J created by congress is expected by
administration officials to take the
form of the United States grain cor
poration, which controlled the prices
of grain during the war. Legal com
plexities involved in the problem of
peace time price control, officials be
lieved, would be avoided by the adop
tion of such an expedient as suffici
ent coal operators probably would be
willing to cooperate with the govern
ment in maintaining a price at which
| oal would be sold to the corporation
which would in turn fix the price
for fuel in interestate commerce.
Similarly it was thought the vari
ous states could set up like agencies
for the maintenance of fair prices
within their boundaries for the coal
produced therein or received by way
of federal distribution.
SET HAIR ON FIRE WITH
CURLING IRONS; DIES
Long Beach, N. Y.f Aug, 19.
Her hair set afire by the short cir
cuiting of wire in an electric curl
ing iron, iMrs. Izetta McGill youth
ful wife of the groundkeeper at
Lido golf club, suffered burns,
that caused her death early today.
Attracted by the screams of the
young woman, her husband smoth
ered the flames with blankets. ?
died soon after being taken to a
hospital.
SEEING THE MORLD.
The Press and Banner is in receipt *
of a card from Mr. Julius M. Vi- ^
sanska, of Charleston. It is written '
from Lyon, France, and in it Mr.
Visanska states: "We are having a
{wonderful trip. Have visited the bat
tle fields at Reimes, Soissons and
j Chateau Thierry, also the Chateau j
(country and motored through the $
beautiful French Alps." t
HEAT KILLS TEN
Chicago, Aug. 19.?With temper
ature in Chicago today hovering a- t
round 78 the weather bureau an- I
nounced the heat wave which has
held the city in its grip for the last]
two days was broken. Ten persons!
died here as a result of the heat. r
fNATE PASSES f
TARIFF MEASURE
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WO THOUSAND AMENDMENTS
TO HOtiSE BIll?^ORDNEY
McCUMBER MONSTROSITY OP
POSED FROM ALL SIDES CAUS
ES APPREHENSION
Washington, Aug. 20.?Tke senate
is passed the Fordney-McCumber
.riff act, regarded as the most atro
ous tax measure of this age. The
inate amended the house bill in
000 particulars, and even went to
le extent of changing the basis
om which the rates were reckoned.
5 a result, there is a prodigious task
icing those who will act as con
irees.
-Chairman Fordney of the ways and
tans committee; declares with em
hatic gesticulation that there will
? no tariff bill unless the senate ac
;pts American ratner xnan j&uro
san values as a basis for rate mak
ig. It is regarded as probable, how
rer, that at the proper time, Mr. ?
ordney will recede. The rates in the
>nate bill are already so high that a
,rge proportion of the Republican
ress bitterly criticises the complet- '<
i work, and as American values
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ould automatically increase the
ites to a .still higher plane, it is <jer
tin that neither the president nor
le Senate would automatically in- t
aada 4>1\a wa + ae f a o af ill VliflrflPP
lane, it is certain that neither the
resident nor the senate would agree
> a change.
The bill, as passed by the senate,
3n tains a provision giving the presi
ent the power to increase or lower
ites 50 per cent, whenever he' is
onvinced that despite the ta/iff wall
merican manufacturers can not
ompete with European.
This provision was written, it is
nderstood, in order that Republicans
light be able to escape liability and
? kill aa wI^aIo TT1
uipuuillt; 1V1 UiC VU1 aj m n?viv>
act, however, the provision pats in
3 the hands of the president, one
idividual, the taxing power of the
ovefnment. He will depend on the
ariff commission for recommenda
ions and information, and the tariff
ommission will depend on a research
lerk. ;
Senator Underwood, Democratic
eader, bitterly fought this provision
le declared it represented a coward
s'' surrender by congress of its per
gative; that it was an admission of
ncompetency; and that it was high
y dangerous to lodge in one mama
ial the power to increase A, will, the
ost of living to the American peo
>le. Senator Walsh of Montana, op
tosing the provision, read from a
peech by President Harding, when
he president was a senator bitterly
irotesting against a similar proposi
ion when it was efen suggested as
i means of taking the tariff out of
lolitics.
The tariff wili be an issue in the
forthcoming congressional elections.
The Republicans admittedly fear it.
The Democrats believe it will sweep
hem again into power.
:OUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETINGS
The County Campaign meeting
vill be held at Donalds Thursday,
^.ug. 24; Due West Friday, 25th and
Abbeville Court House, Saturday
he 26th.
MAYOR'S COURT.
Tu.-n msps pamp u"d before the
Jayor this morning, one drunk, fined
15.00 and one for hitching a team on
he street, fined $1.00.
COTTON MARKET.
The hichest offered for cotton on
he local market today was 23 cents,
futures closed:
Oct. 22.96
Dec. 22.96
Jan. . _22.54
March ' 22.80