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Abbeville Press and Banner i Established 1844. $2.00 Year, Tri-W66kly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, August 28, 1922. Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year '? BROTHERHOOD LEADERS ARE HANDS OFF?STRIKE LEAD ERS AND RAILWAY EXECU TIVES REFUSE TO GIVE GROUND. New York, Aug. 26.?The rail strike developed into a fight to the finish when peace negotiations were bkrwa sky high yesterday. Heads of the big five railroad ' brotherhoods, acting as mediators between executives and striking shopmen in a final effort to effect < separate settlement with individual - roads after the Association of Rail- i ? ?V*!* lto/3 TO? way Executives as a wuvic i*?u jected the running trades' first peace . overtures, reported to the represen tatives of seventy-seven roads at the Yale lub this morning that the shop crafts had turned down a proposition made to them yesterday by the car riers. The negotiations then were sharply broken off and executives, strike leaders and brotherhood chiefs packed up their bags and began . leaving town prepared for a test of j endurance. Before he departed for his head- , in Chicaeo. Bert M. Jewell, i (official spokesman for the strikers, , asserted that he believed the execu tives who had lingered for the par- . ley on individual settlements soon would be enabled to bring home to , their hard-shelled colleagues the rail- . road situation in its grim reality. "We shall be content to let the condition of equipment prove that the railroads cannot operate with ^ unskilled strikebreakers," declared 3Ir. Jewell, adding later that "we can and we will fight for our terms and for a nation-wide settlement." Labor leaders then dispatched . telegrams to all parts of the coun try calling upon strikers to renew , the struggle with redoubled vigor. The latest peace proposal, center ing as was the case with all the oth ers, on the question of seniority, briefly was that roads interested in individual settlements would pledge themselves to find employment for all strikers not convicted of acts of violence; would not curta'il pension rights "or other rpivileges" and would agree to submit to a commis sion of ten brotherhood leaders and executives all disputes which could not be settled by direct conference. The strikers who have maintained that they had not authorized the big five to suggest individual settlements vejected this proposal with the ex planation that it did not guarantee seniority to the men who might re turn on one-third of the country's roads and at the same time would destroy the effectiveness of the strike Koino- parripH nn the other two-thirds. I Then, from the mediating brother hoods, came the statement that they reluctantly notified all concerned that they considered further peace efforts futile and had nothing more to suggest. ANOTHER TEACHER Miss Alpha Bolt of Laurens, a Winthrop graduate, who has taught in the Clinton high school the past two years, has accepted a position in the Abbeville 'iigh school for next session. SPECIAL TRAINING CLASS Prof. Peele of the University of South Carolina is in Abbeville con ducting a training class in the Meth odist Church for the Sunday School * r? - _ 1 _ ? i teacners. rroi. reeie is a uiuwci ui Rev C.. E. Peele and is visiting him at the j^Iethodist parsonage. Small Blaze at Coca-Cola Plant. Too fire alarm sounded Saturday moriing at 8 o'clock. The Abbeville Bottling Works has a blaze start on the roof, which was quickly put out without any amount of damage. FEDERAL CONTROL OF FUEL WILL GO VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION TO DISBAND?CONGRESS MAY CREATE COMMISSION TO HAN DLE THE MATTER.?PRODUC TION INCREASES. Washington, Aug. 26.?The vol unteer federal fuel distribution or ganization will cease to function next week, it was indicated tonight by coal committee officials in creased bituminous coal production it was said, will make use of the 3uper-priority system of fuel dis tribution unnecessary after next Monday. With the discontinuance of this method or emergency coal handling fuel movement will be left to the regular priority classification of the Interstate Commercfe Commis sion pending the enactment of leg islation by Congress to meet the fuel supply situation. Federal Fuel Distributor Spencer, it is believed, will retain a skeleton organization for a time to provide a nucleus to build up any distribution agency which may toe created by Congress but the advisory committee of coal operators, of which C. E. Bockus, of New York, is chairman amd the districrt jcommiljteefi ^ which ftav<e represented the federal coal com mittee in West Virginia, Kentucky. Tenn^e^es, Allpbfama Viand Vfcgii^a will be disbanded in the course of the week. The effect of a sharply increased coal production from fMds recent ly reopened, according to commit tee officials, is manifested in the decreasing rcumlber of applications for emergency coal received by Mr. Spencer. While at the begin ning of the week, officials declared applications were received in great numbers, with the reopening of va rious coal fields, many of these ap plications have 'been returned with the advice that the applicant's fuel requirements can no doubt best be taken care of in their States. The major fuel distribution prob lom now before the central commit tee officials asserted, was the question of real supply for the Northwest and a definite program for facilitating the movenaent of the required tonnage to that sec tion. It was indicated, probably will be relied upon pending legis lation. WILL NEGOTIATE WITH GOVERNMENT Pennsylvania Senator Thinks Seiz ure of Mines May Be Avoided. Talks With Hoover. Philadelphia, Aug. 27.?The United Mine Workers are ready to negotiate a satisfactory wage agreement with government re presentatives should itihe federal government take over the anthrac ite mines in case no agreement is reached with the operators, John L. Lewis, president of the union, said tonight in a statement relatives to the possibility of such action by congress. Following a telephone conversa tion with Secretary Hoover, Sen ator Tepper held out hope that the dispute could be settled amicably without governmental seizure. While the senator declined a definite fore cast, as he had not conferred with the operators as he had with the I miners' representatives yesterday, he said he could see no insurmoun table obstable to an amicable agree ment. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who came to rennsyivama yesxeraay from Canada, 'left with Mrs. Gom pers for Washington today. He de clined to comment upon the situa tion , stating that the labor end of the dispute was in the hands of Mr. Lewis. COUNTY CAA CLOSEL COUNTY CANDIDATES SPOKE IP AUDIENCE.?W. A. STEVENSC CANDIDATES FOR HOUS ED BY CANDIDATES The candidates for the county of fices spoke in the Opera House Sat urday morning1. About 300 people were present of which about 75 were women. The meeting was called to order by W. A. Stevenson who in troduced the speakers. Candidates for the House of / ReDresentatives spoke first. Thomas A. Putnam said that he was glad to see so many ladies pres ent because they stand for law and order which in turn stands for a great ^ate. He gave a history of his last term in the legislature and de clared that he always had voted for the people. He is in favor of main taining good roads. He thinks c?tton mills are a good source-of revenue and gives Anderson and Greenville IIT 1. counties as examples, i am m isvui i of good schools but the state college^ do not give a man a square deal," he declared. M. J. Ashley, candidate for the house spoke next. He asserts that he is proud of the fact that he has been j a renresentative from Abbeville. He | is strongly in favor of a luxury tax and a tax on hydro-electric plants as a means of reducing the tax on farm ers. Ashley stands for a cut in ap propriations of institutions of high er learning if a cut is to be made. He said "as a farmer, I am qualified to represent the farmers." W. L. Brownlee was third candi date for the house to speak. Mr. Brownlee said he had two reasons for running for the office. The first mot fViof Vio helievpH hp was OUali fied and the other one was that he wanted the honor in the position. He resents the fact* that South Caro lina's stand in illiteracy does not do justice to her white men. He de clared himself against useless offices being created by the general assem bly and for a luxury tax. He jomea in greeting the ladies present. The next speaker for the House was A. R. Erwin. He said that while he was at Carolina he spent a lot of his time at the general assembly and became acquainted with its workings. He believes in ocmpulsory education to the age of 16. He said "I believe in reducing taxes but not enough to paralyze the government. Wallace Harris, the next speaker [said he was Dorn ana raisea nere in Abbeville. He maintains that a per son should get a common school edu cation at least. Is for maintaining good roads and pensioning old sol?! diers. He declares that the state sys-| tem of taxation is defective and that he will look to the interests of Ab beville if elected. R. H. McAdams, the last speaker for the house said that while in the FORMER KAISER TO WED Betrothed to Widow of German Aristocrat. London, Aug. 26.?Former Em peror William is betrothed to the widow of a German aristocrat, ac cording to a report received by the Times. The woman is said to be al most of royal rank, and the mother of three children. She and the chil dren recently visited the former em peror at Doom, Holland. It is said the marriage will take place during the coming winter. The report adds that this is not the woman to whom the one-time emperor was reported some time ago to be betrothed. TONSIL OPERATION. Little Miss Josephine Philson had her tonsils removed this morning: at i the County Memorial Hospital. Dr. T. L. Davis of Augusta performed the operation and Josephine is doing fine. iPAIGN > SATURDAY F l OPERA HOUSE TO SMALL )N INTRODUCED SPEAKERS. IE SPOKE FIRST FOLLOW FOR TREASURER. legislature he worked hard to start the system of standard text books in the state. He declares there is no necessity for a tax to maintain the good roads as we already have the machinery. He thinks the U. S. gov ernment has thrown away the money from taxes, and "now we are busted and disgusted. Even the sky above us is blue." He declared that women mean clean and better government. Mr. J. Howard Moore has no op position for the senate but he is making the campaign anyway. He believes in helping state institutions when they need help. He declares that this is not the time to spend money for good roads. Next were the candidates for Treasurer. Mr. R. B. Cheatham was first speaker. He paid a tribute to the women and showed that he had not been loafing while in office. Mrs. Mary Douglass Evans, the only wom an candidate in the race based her claim on the fact that she had been clerk to the Supervisor and was fa miliar with' the work in the different offices in the Court House. Frank B. Jones gave a short talk, declaring fViof Via tirnnlH moVo a hoffpr frPAS. I urer than speaker. Richard Sondley, present auditor, being in hi;3 home town kindly gave up his time to his three opponents. Ben Evans spoke first. He said he was against all peanut politicians. He served in the army under Gen. Joe Wheeler. Then came Kay Car wile who said he was a farmer and a Clemson man. Last among the candidates for auditor was Roy Pow er, wno nas Deen DooKKeeper in town i for years. He recommended himself 1 by that fact, and thought he could p put real Power in the office. b W. D. Wilkinson, candidate for Judge of Probate told the women ^ how to vote. He said he was an Ab beville County boy, his mother was an Abbeville County woman, his fath- * lor wnc an Ahhpville Countv man and he was born in the Abbeville County jail. Jones F. Miller, running for re election to the office of Judge of r Probate said he had been in bffice * for fifteen years and had given per- I feet satisfaction in all his dealings. 1 R. S. McComb, candidate for the 1 office of Magistrate showed that he 1 makes no fortune out of his office. ^ On account of the lateness of the r hour Mansfield Hollingsworth, can- r didate for Magistrate, excused him- t -~i-r r?? ?| dr.ix iiuiii opcaiitixg. Mr. Stevenson closed the meeting with appropriate remarks about the attention accorded each candidate, and thanked the people of Abbeville for it. ELEVEN HURT IN WRECK Street Car in Syracuse Run* Wild And is Wrecked. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 26.?Eleven passengers were seriously injured I tonight when a trolly car ran wild down the Walnut avenue hill and t was wrecked when it left the rails g and crashed against telegraph poles ^ three city blocks from the point where the car got beyond control. A number of other passengers were ^ slightly injured. The accident oc- ? cured as a severe rain and electri cal storm was passing over the city, y c UIN1UIN 5tKVlLt3. Union services were held in the a Presbyterian church Sunday night, h Rev. J. B. Green, D. D., of Columbia preached. There was a large congre gation present and Rev. Mr. Green delivered an excellent sermon. He ^ addressed his- remarks chiefly to the d young married people. $ MNCE REJECTS GERMAN OFFERS GUARANTEE FROM BERLIN IS NOT SATISFACTORY.?)1NDEh PENDENT MEASURES SEEM CERTAIN TO RESULT FROM DEVELOPMENTS IN PARIS. Paris. Aug. 26.?Premier Poin are had rejected the eleventh houi nararatees offered by the German [overnment .tonight after failure oj he reparations commission to ob ain in Berlin the basis of a com iromist acceptance to France. In well informed French circles t is considered reasonably cerfcaii hat the reparations commissions inill grant a moratorium for the re? f the year, with /the final Germai iroposals as an additional guaran ee. The German proposals handed t< be reparations commission just be ore it left for Paris provide for i :ontract between the Ctermar fovemfmei^t and the ibiggeat Gfar nan industrialists, including Huge Itinnes, for delivery during th< eriod of a moratorium of product! i the Ruhr mines and -wood fron he state forests. German industrj vlould |guararft)ee faithful deWverj nd penalties would e enforcec gainst the industrialists an th( vent the schedule was not lived uj o. Details of the scheme -were to b< liscussed by Germany next week ut the French premier selected the dan today. The premier's opposition is saic o be due to the fact that he be ieves (the scheme made the indus rialists more important ? than th( overnment. and since the businesi >arty in Germany is in a position t< lictate to the government, refusa o carry out the contract woulc eave the German governmenr iowerlesa to act, and France woulc e as bad off as before. VILL VOTE SOON ON THE BONUS BILI Jnanimous Consent Agreement i Reached for Limitation of Debate at Once. Washington, Aug. 26.?A unani nous consent agreement to take u] he soldiers' bonus bill Monday an< >ush it .to a final vote, was entere< nto today by the senate. With j Mew to getting a vote late Tuesda; t was agreed that after 6. p. m Monday no senator should speal no re than once nor longer than 21 ninutes on any amendments. Th< inanimous consent agreemen [Democrat) of Arkansas, but it im >osed no limitation on debate oi he bill itself. It was suggested >owe<ver, that there might be j nove <to that end later should i wove necessary. Senator Underwood -([Democrat) >f Alabama amd Senator Boral "Republican) of Idaho said thej vould offer no objection to speedj Lction. Senator Underwood gav< orrnal notice that his fight woul< >e against passage of the measuri >ver President Harding's veto it he event it was returned to con Tess with executive disapproval, iroval. By common understanding th( enate did not undertake today t< iring to vote any of the severa imendments thus far offered. Sen itor McNary. Republican presentee lis amendment proposing the re lamation bill as a part of the 'bonu: vith preference given veterans ir eclamation work and financia ssistance for them in developing lomestead on the reclaimed lands MAYOR'S COURT. Two cases came up before the Iayor this morning charged with isorderly conduct and were fined 1*0 each. INDUSTRY DEFEATED ~ DECLARES.FORD * MOTOR CAR MANUFACTURER ,. ANNOUNCES THAT PLANT MUST CLOSE NEXT MONTH ON ACCOUNT OF FUEL SITUA TION, 100,000 OUT OF WORK Detroit, Aug. 27.?Industry the country over "must throw up its t hands in surrender" within a few : weeks, if the rail and coal strikes continue, Henry Ford declared today - in announcing the decision of the N Ford Motor company to close its 3 plants here and in many other cities i September 16 because of the fuel j situation. b Mr..Ford held financial interests i responsible for the industrial tie up, . declaring the "money barons" were manipulating the labor unions and ) the public officials, state and nation al, were impotent in the crisis. TUo ofwlfAO WAItl/1 Anil Ua AA?+i*n_ AUb QbliOVO n vutu ViiVI) tic vvuvtuu ed, "when the majority of the peo ple are cold and hungry enough to resort to drastic action." "Continuance of these disturbanc es to the economic life of the nation is due simply to the greed and avar ice of Wall street," Mr. Ford as serted, adding that these interests "dominated the railroads, coal mines and public utilties of the country." The deadlock in strike negotiations indicated, he declared, the existence of^a plot to unload the demoralized and rundown railroads on the gov - ? A. ? X. 1.1 ' eminent at ineir own price ana to 5 mulch the people through excessive prices.'* i Employees of the Ford Motor - Company throughout the ' country - to be without jobs after September ; 16, will number 105,000. j In addition, several hundred thou > sand other workers employed in in- > 1 dustries furnishing materials for the 1 Ford plants will be affected. t Henry Ford gave these figures to 1 day in announcing that his three big motor plants located in | Detroit suburbs and his assembling plants throughout the country would be , closed on that date, because of the coal shortage. i The announcement was the most severe blow that industrial Detroit has sustained since the industrial de pression of two years ago. It means . according to Mr. Ford, that 75,000 p men employed in the Highland Park, i River Rouge and Dearborn plants of j the company here will be without j work. Thirty thousand others now working in the various assembling plants scattered throughout the coun try also will be thrown out of em ployment. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN Macon, Ga., Aug. 2,6.?Central of Georgia railroad officials announced that they were investigating an al leged deliberate attempt to wreck a passenger train from Montgomery this morning at Byron, Ga. The official report presented by Engineer Bittick, shows that some one placed two large nuts, fastened together with a wooden pin on the guides in front of the crossheads on the left side of the locomotive as the train stopped at Byron. Bittick said that when the locomotive did not start properly he investigated and found the nuts. A similar at tempt to wreck a train occurred here 1 a week ago on the bridge over the > Ocmulgee river. 1 I DISMISSED FROM HOSPITAL l| -| Mrs. R. L. Young from near the 5 city was dismissed irom tne nospi 1 tal Saturday and has returned to 1 her home. COTTON MARKET. Cotton brought 22 3-4c on the lO' cal market today. Futures closed: f Oct. 22.20 tj Dec. ? 22.39 I Jan. 22.22 I March 22.27