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LABOR BODY RAPS BLEASE Resolution Scores Senator As Evasive and Out of Sympathy With Federation. Spartanburg, June 26.—^That Sena tor Cole L. Blease has linked the South Carolina Federation of kabor with the communistic movement “if not directly, then by innuendo,” was charged in a resolution passed by the federation in its final session here this afternoon. The resolution says that in his reply the junior South Carolina senator con tinues to evade the question as to how he stands on the organization of la bor unions. Senator Blease in a state ment during an address in West Greenville Saturday night said the textile workeialjifaauld organize imioBa under state charters. He also charged that “foreign agitators” were foment ing trouble. While the committee said in the resolution that it was not ready to condemn Senator .Blease, it felt that he was not in sympathy with the State Federation until he proclaims that he is in accord with its policies. Senator Blease's telegram received last night and made public during the afternoon session of the convention is as follows: “I cannot possibly see how anyone could misunderstand my language for I urged cotton mill peo ple to organize but not join I. W. W. r)r communists or other orders that advocate lawlessness a;id who spread false propaganda.” The special committee of the con vention offering the resolution was composed Vernon B. Allen, chairman, L. F. Riddle, J. C. Amick, G. L. Grind- taff and J. E. Powell. It was passed by the unanimous vote of the conven tion and is as follows: “We, your committee, appointed to report on the telegram received from Senator Cole L. Blease, beg to report on said telegram sent collect to Ver non B. Allen, chairman of* the Textile Division of the South Carolina Feder ation of Labor, as following: “As long as Senator Blease contin ues to evade the question of how he stands on organization of labor un ions affiliated with the South Cai-olina State Federation of Labor by sending ambiguous replies, his statement at West Greenville must be accepted as his position, viz., to form only labor unions chartered from the state of South Carolina, thereby depriving them of the right to organize under the time-tested plan, recognized by all thinking people to be the best type of labor organization. “We also report that although the senator has, if not directly, then by innuendo,* linked our organization^,«p with the communistic movem.ent, and further that although we are not ready to condemn him for his atti tude, we do, however, feel that he is not in sympathy with us until he pub licly proclaims that he is in accord with the policies of the South Caro lina Federation of Labor. “For the senator’s information, so that there may be no further misun derstanding if any his gone before, that wherever communist organizers, or those representing organizations fostering lawlessness, or spr lading false propaganda, have appeared, namely: at Brandon, Mills mill, Green ville, Anderson and Ware Shoals, they have been positively told that their services were not needed, or de.sjred and would not be countenanced, after which they immediately left the spective localities. FORMAL OPENING LAKESIDE TODAY CLINTON, S. C.„ THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929 Re-organized Bois Terre Country Club To Present Interesting Program This Afternoon. Plans have been announced for the formal opening of property of the Lakeside Corporation, formerly the Bois-Terre Country club, located be tween Laurens and Clinton. Thursday afternoon being a half holiday with commercial establishments of Clinton and Laurens, this afternoon has been selected as the day for the formal opening of the club. The program will begin at 3:00 o'clock, with a golf tournament among the members of the olub, which will be of the flag tournament type, handicapping each golfer in accordance with his ability, giving a prize to the golfer who makes the greatest distance with the stroke hllutteiL -TK^ tournament will'^ be played over the seven holes of the course, a total of fourteen holes, as the last two holes have not yet been completed for play. At the same time, under the direc tion of Dr. T. J. Peake of this city, a number of events will be held in the lake, with prizes for the best swim mers of varying distances, and under varying restrictions. Events on the golf course and in the lake will be open to the entire membership and their families, and a large number of entries are expected. Immediately following the tourna ment all of the stockholders of the Lakeside Corporation will join with their families at a community basket picnic in the club house at 6:30 o’clock. The family of each stockholder or member will bring a basket along, and an old time picnic will be held. Immediately after the picnic a busi ness meeting of the stockholders of the corporation will be called, and they will hear the report of the spec ial committee appointed to draw up by-laws for a new club organization, and will definitely go into the organi zation of the club. As the business meeting will probably be over by 8:30 or 9 o’clock, immediately thereafter it is possible that the young people in the club will organize an informal dance to complete the day. Ware Shoals Is Now Running Full Weevil Is Plentiful In Piedmont Section; Poisoning Is Urged Clemson College, June 24 .^^he boll weevil situation grows more serious from day to day, rains over the state making conditions ideal for the weevils to increase xapidly and continue their destructive work. The survey for the week ending June 22 made by the boll weevil division at Florence shows an average of 16.3 per cent of the squares iiffested in Orangeburg and Bamberg counties. The first generation of new weevils for this season is out in Allendale county. Weevils are abundant also throughout the Piedmont. Counts show 322 weevils per acre in Greenwood, 305 in Union, 509 in Fairfield, 360 in Chester. The average for the state is 136 weevils per acre. Encouraging results are being secured from early appli cations of poisbns and these should be continued until wee vils begin to infest the squares, says Director. H, W. Barre Eirpeff olMhe South Carolma-Expefiment station, in discussing last week’s report. After square infestation begins, the most effective control measure is calcium arsenate applied as a dust cloud when the plants are moist from dew. Every cotton grower should carefully examine his fields daily and apply poison wherever weevils are found, following instruc tions given in Extension Circular 96. WHO WILL GET LAURENS PLUM Three Men Are Certified for Appoint ment Ab PostmoBter. CrewB* Term Already Expired. All QUIET AT WARE SHOALS The following from The Laurens Advertiser of the past week, will be read here with local interest: LAURENS WOMAN FOUND KILLED Writes Poem On ‘ Mill Opening Greenwood, June 24.—The textile plant of the Ware Shoals Manufactur ing company operated at full capacity today, according to a statement by of ficials, while R. E. Campbell, strike leader, announced that plans were under way for additional mass meet ings this week with a mammoth open air gathering on outskirts of the mill village next Saturday afternoon as the climax. Campbell made this announcement this afternoon at a meeting attended by approximately lOb men and wo men. He explained that he was mis understood in his statement Saturday that Senator Cole L. Blease would be invited to Ware Shoals today, but added that the senator “probably would be asked to come next Satur day.” He said that no meeting was planned for this afternoon in view of the fact that several of the leaders would attend the convention of the State Federation of Labor in Spar tanburg today. The first meeting of the week will be held tomorrow afternoon, the strike leader said, with “several good speak ers present to address the crowd” ’and others are scheduled daily, with the “biggest meeting of all next Satur day.” Coroner’s Jury Investigates Alleged Suicide of Mrs. Anna Bolt. Hus band Says She Killed Self. Laurens, June 24.—The alleged sui cide early Monday morning of Mrs. Anna Tumblin Bolt, 44, wife of Lau rens Bolt, 47, residents of the Hick ory Tavern section of the county, was today inquired into by Coroner John A. Thomason, assisted by Ralph T. Wilson and James H. Sullivan, rep resenting the state for Solocitor Ho mer S. Blackwell. After taking the testimony of sev eral neighbors and hearing the volun tary statement of the husband of the dead woman the inquest was adjourn ed until a future date when further investigation will be made. Mrs. Bolt aiea irom a pistol wound in her left breast, the ball passing through the body about two InchoB above the heart. The body was on the front porch of the Bolt home and Bolt told Grover Roper, a neighbor to whom he reported the tragedy, that Mrs. Bolt had shot herself while in a highly nervous state of mind. Bolt reiterated this statement before the jury of inquest and went into details as to what happened prior to the shooting. He said his wife had become excited and nervous at the hreskfast table, saying she was going to kill herself and that she wanted hm to leave as she did not want to see him again. He left the table, he said, before finishing the meal, walked tnrough the house into the yard. In a moment he heard the report of the pistol and saw his wife fall on the porch. He rushed to a neighbor’s and told him of the occurrence, inviting him to go back to the house. Other neighbors gathered and found the body welter ing in blood. Dr. J. L. Donnan conducted the post-mortem. Nearly Strangled By Towel In York THREE COUNTIES ARE ORGANIZED Prof. M. B. Camack, of Ware Shoals, wrote the following verse on the re opening of the mill at Ware Shoals Wednesday morning: *010 old mill’s running, running, run ning. The old mill’s running, I say, The old mill’s running, running, run ning. She started up today. The folks are smiling, smiling, smil ing. And the children are happy and gay, For the old mill’s running, running, running. And troubles, are passing away. ATTENDING BIBLE SCHOOL Rev., H. E. Bullington is attending the Methodist pastors’ school at Co lumbia college. In his absence there will be no service at Hopewell church next Sunday. \ York, June 25.—John Logan Car- roll, 14, was choked into unconscious ness late this afternoon when a towel around his neck became entangled in an emery wheel he was operating. An Tiour after the accident he was still partially unconscious but physicians thought his mind would soon be clear. He was slightly cut about the face and neck. Only the quick action of C. A. Auld in turning off the motor saved his life. " Greenwood, Newberry and Laurena Form a Herd Asaociation. Local Dairyman An Officer. Greenwood, June 22.—Another pro gressive step was taken in the dairy industry Friday when dairymen from Gfeenwobd, Laurens and Newberry counties met here afc County Agent Roger’s office and formed a Dairy Herd Improvement association. H. T. Warner of Greenwood, R,. F. D., was elected president; R. A. Steer, Clinton, vice-president, and J. F. Haw kins of Newberry, secretary and treas urer. The board of five directors include these officers and R. P. Henderson of Greenwood county, and F. F. Rains- ford of Edgefiled county. Mr. Ayers of North Carolina, a re-’ cent Clemson college graduate, has been emplyed by the association to start his duties as tester on July 1. Mr. Ayers has been \ery highly rec ommended by the dairy division of Clemson college. He will visit each member of the association once a month. The weights will be made and samples taken of each cow’s milk by the tester both night and morning. He also will weigh the feed consumed by each cow with the exception of feeds grazed, which will be estimated. He will also test each cow’s milk for but ter fat and keep further records as prescribed in the record book. Beside those already members there is room for only five more herds and others interested should get in touch with the county agent at once, as there are several prospective members. E. T. Crawford attended the meet ing and was so impressed with the value of such an organization that he, as manager of the Greenwood Cream ery, is presenting the association with the equipment ot carry on the work. Others present were R. D. Steer, extension dairy specialist, Newberry; T. F. Cooley, assistant county agent, Newberry, and Ev L. Rogers, county agent of Greenwood. These men and the extension service have been work ing to organize this association for some time and feel well pleaseJ over results so far. Three local men r^eived Tuesday notifications from Washington that their names had been certified to the postmaster general for appointment as postmaster for the city of Lau rens, according to reliable informa tion. The three men are Stanley W. Crews, the incumbent, J. E. Minter and M. Frank Reid. Mr. Crews and Mr. Minter confirmed yesterday the reports as to their notification, but Mr. Reid was out of town and could not be reached. His associates, how ever, said he had received the notifi cation.* Selection of the three men by the civil service followed an examination held several months ago. Under the law governing the appointments, the postmaster general will now select one of the three eligibles and pass his name to the president for appointment with the consent of the senate. The president may act on the appointment immediately or he may hold the rec ommendation for some time. In the present case, where cong^ss has al ready adjourned, the president might make a recess appointment which would hold good until congress con venes. Considerable interest is attached to the apointment of the postmaster at Laurens, because of the light it may throw on the patronage question in the entire state. The Laurens office, it is said, is the first office of any size in the state to be filled since the ques tion of Tolbert influence has been raised. The Laurens appointment, it is thought, will show whether Tolbert, J. C. Hambright of Rock Hill, or W. F. Brown of Charleston, is the Repub lican referee and arbiter of patronage questions in this state. Postmaster Crews’ term expired in December, but he serves until his suc cessor is appointed and qualified. Greenwood Sheriff Advises Re ducing Guard Since Situation Is Much Improved. Gunners Company To Remain. HORTON GIVEN GOLD WATCH Retired C. N. & L. Trainmaster Hon ored In Columbia By For mer Employees. H. I. Horton, veteran employee of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad, was presented with a gold watch and chain by railroad workers at a dinner given in his honor in Co lumbia Tuesday night. Mr. Horton has recently retired from work. Mr. Horton joined the C. N. and L. group in 1895 after serving as station agent at Clinton for 18 years. He has been trainmaster of the C. N. and L. for 23 years and the inscription on the watch reads: “To H. I. Horton, re tired trainmaster, by Employees of the C. N. and L. R. R.” The presentation was made by J. W. Hook, agent at Irmo, on behalf of the men. J. P. Taylor, president of the road, also made a short address. Greenwood, June 25.—Sheriff E. M. White of Greenwood county said to night that the strike situation at the textile plant of the Ware Shoals Man-^ ufacturing company had improved to such extent that he had advised Goy~ emor Richards, this afternoon that he did not deem the presence of two units of state troops necessary on the scene any longer and consented to the re moval of the platoon of Butler Guards of Greenville, but would insist on hold ing the machine gun contingent of 30 men from New Brookland indefinitely. “Everything is pea^ful at Ware Shoals and has be^n for several days. Sheriff White said, “and I told Gov ernor Richards over the telephone this afternoon that I did not think both companies were needed. But I am con vinced that we need more than the state and county deputies and I have not given my consent for the removal of the machine gun company and will not do so until I am absolutely sure that the situation is without danger. In fact, I think it wise to increase the number of state and county officers at Ware Shoals.” The sheriff said he was not advised by the governor when the Butler Guards would be ordered back to Greenville. The strikers held another meeting in the west end of the mill village this afternoon and heard talks by R. E. Campbell, strike leader, and 0. D. Gorman, of the Order of Railway Tel egraphers. Daily meetings are expect ed to be held through this week. Campbell said yesterday, w’ith a “mammoth meeting Saturday after noon.” There was no parade this af ternoon. The mill operate! at full ca pacity again today. Officers said that less than a half dozen strikers were opposite the gates when the workers marched out. Governor Richards said last night he had ordered the Greenville com pany, Butlrt'^Gtiards, to heave Ware Shoals Wednesday and return home. The orders were issue! on receipt of advices from Sheriff White. One company remains on the scene —that of New Brookland. TWO CONVICTS REMOVED TO PEN DH. HOY AND FAMILY LEAVE FOR COLUMBIA Their host of friends will regret to learn that Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Hoy and Billie and Camilla, left yesterday for Columbia, where they will make their future home, Dr. Hoy becoming a member of the University faculty. Dawes’ Dry Stand Excites London, *^Juhe 25.—Ambassador C. G. Dawes’ intimation that he will not .serve liquor at the ambassadorial resi dence in Prince’s Gate was today the subject of lively discussion in diplo matic circles and the American colony of London. The official residence of the Ameri can ambas.sador is certainly the only 'dry embassy home in London and Am bassador Dawes’ action in eschewing alcoholic beverages is a departure from the rule of all American ambas sadors before him. Rebellious Members of County Chain Gang Refused To Work When Bound In Chains. Laurens, July 21.—Because they be came rebellious and refused to work with the chains they had put on, Ralph Glenn and Arthur Davis were transferred the latter part of last week from the county chain gang to the penitentiary. Glenn and Davis are the two white men who were senten ced earlier in the week for eighteen months, after they were convicted of breaking into R. L. Gray’s store at Gray Court and stealing a quantity of clothing. The two were carried to the chain J gang at Waterloo on Wetlnesday along with others who had been sentenced by the court, but when ordered to work they positively refused except on condition that they be released from their chains. Supervisor Watts, who spends most of his time with the road forces, was "present but no amount of persuasion or reasoning that could be brought to bear by the supervisor and the guards was fruit ful of results. They not only rebelled but were vin- iictive in their criticism of Laurens ! county officers, declaring they had I not received a square deal since they ’ were brought to jail. Rather than provoke a more serious MID-STATE LOOP (End First Half) Laurens 9 1 .900 Monarch 7 3 .700 Clinton 6 4 .600 Newberry 6 4 .600 Goldvilie 4 6 .400 Mollohon 4 6 .400 Lydia 2 8 .200 Watts , 2 8 .200 SATURDAY’S RESULTS Laurens 11, Mollohon 2. Goldville 19, Watts Mill 9. Clinton 8, Monarch 2. Newberry 12. Lydia 5. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, famous New York consulting physician and health expert, has pronounced the recent dis covery of an exceedingly high per centage of iodine in South Carolina produced fruits, vegetables and milk the most significant development in medical science in recent years. This information was given to a group of physicians from all over the state last Thursday in Columbia by Dr. William Weston, managing director of the South Carolina Natural Resources commission. The doctors met to con sider measures whereby the people of the state might be impressed with the importance of the iodine discovery, according to The State. The State’s account of the Columbia meeting, fol lows : ‘ Following ^he addresses of Dr. Wes ton and Dr. Roe E. Remington the meeting developed into an open dis cussion of methods in educating the people of this and other states in the value -of South Carolina fruits and vegetables as a probable preventive of j goiter. It was decided that the accept- I ed facts relative to the cause and pre- ! vention of goiter and the recently dis- I covered high content of iodine and ; other minerals in state grown food I products be taught in the schools. I Physicians also moved to have the facts conceming iodine brought be fore every county medical association in the state an! all pledged themselves to do what they could to further the educational program. The meeting was called by Dr. P‘. H. McLeod of Florence, who presided and who introduce Doctor Weston. | Doctor Weston opened his address i with the charge that South Carolina j physicians up to the present time have not taken the interest that has been manifested elsewhere in the discovery of such a high content of iodine in South Carolina products. He declared that-iodine deficiencies is today the greatest public health problem in the country and that the discovery of suf ficient quantities in a form that would do the^ body the greatest good will mean much in the treatment of, not only goiter, but any number of dis eases. At a recent visit to Washington, Dr. Weston said that he called upon Dr. Royal S. Copeland at the senator’s re- que.st and after relating his story to the physician and writer, he quoted Senator Copeland as saying that it was the most wonderful discovery in the medical profession in recent years. Doctor Remington said that it is the accepted view of all authorities that simple goiter is caused by iodine de ficiency and he/confihed his lecture to a series of charts showing the con tent of iodine in South Carolina grown vegetables as compared with that in the produce of other sections. The charts illustrating his address will lie used, he said, by Ur. Weston as part of an exhibit to be made before the American Medical association at its convention in Portland, Oregon, next month. trouble Supervisor Watts decided it best to have the two transferred to the penitentiary. Officers from here went down and brought them in and the next day guards from Columbia came up and binding them with hand- ' cuffs tighter than they haul been I linked with chains, speeded away to 'the state prison. College Board In Session Here The board of trustees of Presbvte- The value of heat producing quali ties in food and later the value of vitam'nes have been stressed by medi cal authorities, Dr. Remington said. He declared that the mineral proper ties in the food supply have now been found to be of equally high import ance and that the quantities in which these minerals appear in food stuff of this state will mean great things. rian college, was in session here Tues day afternoon and yesterday moming. The meeting was presided over by its chairman. Dr. W. M. McPhee'.ers. and for the fir.'t ■ time representatives from the synod of Georgia were pi es- ent. This meeting, usually held during commencement week, was {>osTr*i ned at that time in order to have more time to consider nmtters of vita-l im portance to the in.stitution ani to re ceive the president’s report covering j the work of the past year. 1 ■i A \ tiunm