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Vol. LXXII No. 1444
END OF RAILROAD STI
AT MEETING TO
Chicago, .July 31 (By the Associated|
Press).?Strike leaders are arriving
from all parts of the country today
for Tuesday's, meeting called to consider
President Harding's plan! for
t settlement of the railway strike and
hopes are expressed that the men will
be back at work before the end of the
week.
The position of striking shopmen
was expressed by A. O. Whorton,
member labor board, who declared, "If
either the railroad executives in New
York or the shops crafts policy committee
in Chicago should reject Harding's
peace proposal the group that
rejects it will face full responsibility
for the continuance of the railroad
strike and all that might result therefrom."
Washington, July 3k?Chairman
Ben Hooper, of the labor board, arrived
here today from Newport, Tenn.,
for the conference with the President
< n the strike situation.
Chicago,'July 30 (By the Associated
Press).?Peace terms already have
been agreed to in the countrywide
railway strike and formal ratification
has been assured through President
Harding's efforts, it was asserted tonight
by a man in close official touch
( with the situation.
? All that now remains before the.
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JH inv, VTUIWII lias tust II1C WUI KU1S |
upwards of $40,000,000 in wages,
passes into history, it was asserted,
was formal indorsement by the railway
executives meeting in New York :
and the strike leaders who will convene
in Chicago at the same hour.
"The acceptance of President Harding's
proposal was a foregone conclusion
before T. DeWitt Cuyler issued
the call for the meeting of the rail
executives in New York and Bert M. .
Jewell, head of the shopmen, summoned
a similar meeting of union
% chiefs for the same date," this man ,
who has been in closest touch with ..
the entire situation declared.
the menwho walked out July 1 for ^
besides their loss in pay they will
lose some of their seniority righto
to the men who remained at work,
see their original grievances returned
to the United States railroad labor:
board for rehearing and the question'
of a national adjustment board and I
certain other points taken up by congress.
"The exact terms probably will not
be known until after Tuesday's meet
ing but whatever they are the objections
of a minority on either side j
will not be sufficiently strong to ob-;
struct or prevent their ratification by.
both sides. The seniority issue has'
been raised since the beginning of
the strike, it must be remembered,
and it is not as great a stumbling
block as it has seemed at times, i
When the time comes it will be dis-:
posed of with justice to all and to1
the satisfaction of the great majority
of the workers."
Located in Rock Hill
The Times editor received today a
personal letter from Mr. J. J. Van
Dusen, who for several years was in
charge of the landscape gardening
work at Buffalo, but who left Union
several months ago.
Mr. Van Dusen writes from Rock
Hill, where he has been engaged as
manager of the golf links. He says
the club house is on a high hill overlooking
P.ntnwhn riv??r Mrs Van'
Dusen is manager of tlie house.
Mr. Van Dusen wanted to know how
the cannery had gotten on. We feel
9ure he will get that information from
The Times which goes to Mr. Van
Dusen from today, according to his
instructions.
German Mark Drops
New York, July 31.?The price of
German marks dropped to 14 V6 cents
per hundred, new low record, in early
dealins of foreign exchange today but (
rallied lated to 1514.
Both Sides Expect to Win
Richmond, July 31.?Last minute
claims of managers for Senator Swanson
and former Governor Westmore- i
land Davis, candidates for senate in
featured the closin hours of campaign
day tc.day. Senator Swanson'3 headquarters
claim he will sweep the state
by forty to sixty thousand majority.
Davis' lieutenants claim he will sweep
the state by 20,000.
Exports Fall Short
Washinton, July 31.?Foodstuffs
exported the past year fell off in value
_ more than $600,000,000 compared with
, precedin fiscal year, according to foreign
trade reports issued today by the
commerce department.
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DAILY EXCEPT S
UKEEXPECTED
BE HELD TOMORROW
BLEASE REJOICED
AT COX'S DEFEAT
By Hugh W. Roberts.
Washington, July 30.?A copy ol
the Cole L. Blease letter to Josph W.
Tolbert, Republican boss of South
Carolina, dated Columbia, S. C., May
21, 1921, was received here today.
In the letter Blease stands by Tolbert
in his ambition to secure control
of Republican patronage in Soutii
Carolina, rejoices at the victory of
Warren G. Harding over James M,
Cox, Democrat, and over the downall
of "idealism."
The copy in full follows:
Yours of May 16, asking for certain
information, received. I will answer
you frankly.
As to C. C. Campbell of Columbia,
S. C., the common remark I hear
around here, and have heard parties
rr.ake from other parts of the state is:
"Some people in South Carolina may
want to go into a new party, but they
are not going in as followers of
Campbell, who is a Yankee; for you
remember that it was the Northern
renegades and scalawags who took
the nigger and used him that gave us
all of our troubles from 1865 to 1876."
Therefore, you will see that his leadership
will not go far in South Carolina.
As to J. L. McLaurin, I presume it
is unnecessary for me to make any
remarks. His record in the senate ol
the United States, the Arehibold letters,
his attempted deal of 1912, his
complete breakdown as a candidate
for governor in this state recently,
and his general political record, are
as well known to the people in Washington
as they are to the people of
South Carolina. It would bo absolutely
impossible for him to build up any
following in this state of any considerable
proportions.
.jfegatsfflgs
senators ami congressmen and their
state officers, to follow those people
into the Republican ^porty. Consequently,
as far as FJfeS?*'&C?a=vble to
learn, very little crcd&Ti<!e Is given to
the Campbell-McLaurin talk; in fact,
it is looked upon as a joke by those
who have any influence and who know
that these men can not break into the
Democratic ranks.
I certainly can state that you have
been a lifelong Republican; that you
have gone through strenuous times
and that your life has often been at
stake, and that though it all you
have been tried and true; and if, after
all these years of service and devotion
to your party the Republicans
would now kick you out, I can hardly
think that they would have much of
an opportunity to get any one here to
follow them, because the people here
would realize that no matter how devoted
the service they might render,
their labors would not be appreciated.
I can hardly see how, after a thorough
investigation, it could be possible for
you to be turned down as the leader
of the Republican partay in this state,
and as for the forming of a new party
with Campbell or McLaurin, or both,
such talk is a myth, a farce and plain
damned foolishness.
You ape at liberty to read this letter
to whom you please, or publish it
if you wish, as I presume everybody
knows that I speak what I think regardless
of consequences. I have writtan
f ronl? r, a irnu no onoatod ?vtn /.
1^11 y wu x? tvjy c*o jr vu I VI.JUV otvu 111c w
do. I am a Democrat; not a Wilson
socalled Democrat, but a Jeffersonian
Democrat, who rejoiced at Harding's
election and the downfall of idealism,
which Rave us nothing but fresh-made
graves, widows, orphans and billions
of dollars taxes, under the guise of
liberty. We have less liberty now
than we have ever had and fewer privileges
as a result of Wilson and his
henchmen.
If you see my friend, Jim Davis,
secretary of labor, give him my love,
and tell him that if Cole Blease can do
anything for him, to "holler" and he
will hear and answer.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Cole L. Blease.
M laa fVilirto T.QU/ann .rof 11 rno/1 IV r I
day from the summer school at Winthrop
College, at Rock Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis J. Gregory returned
Saturday afternoon from a
weeks' visit to their daughter, Mrs.
Edward Townsend, in MacDonald, N.
C. * _
Miss Fannie Duncan went to Greenville
Friday to consult the physician
who has been treating her eyes. She
will return this evening.
Mr. Jimmie McWhirter of Atlanta
spent the week-end with his wife, who
is spending the summer with her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Going.
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UNDAY Established in 1850
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KLAN CHIEF i
ISSUE IN RACE;
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Oklahoma City, July 31.?Ku Klux'l
Klan issue today still held the- center "j
of attention in tomorrow's primary,
election. This is especially true in thei
three-cornered race for the Demo. '
cratic ubernatorial nomination, with
f J. C. Walton, mayor of Oklahoma
. City, R. H. Wilson, state superintendi
ent of public instruction, Thos. H. j
- Owen, former justice of the supreme ,
court, as candidates. Wilcon's name J
headed the "model ticket" supposed to .
1 h.ve been drawn by "invisible em-'
l pire" and distributed enerally yester-..
! day. ^
Oklahoma City, July 30.?Sweeping '
into the front rank as an issue in j
the Oklahoma primary, August 1, the (
Ku Klux Klan held the spotlight to- .
1 'day as the last guns were being lired
in the three cornered race for Demo- (|
cratic nomination for governor be- .
tween J. Walton, mayor of Oklahoma
City; R. H. Wilson, state superin
tendent of public instruction, and r
Thomas H. Owens, former justice of '
the state supreme court.
Copies of a model ticket, published
in papers of the state purporting to
have been drawn by the klan, -were ^
distributed today at the doors of
every Protestant church in Oklahoma
City at the conclusion of morning y
services. Wilson's name headed thej
list and political observers pointed t
out that he rrfay be expected to re- j
ceive virtually the solid backing ofn<
the Ku Klux Klan, which claims ati
membership in this state of approx- t
imately 100,000. On the other hand,?0
he is almost certain to be opposed by
all elements not in sympathy with
the Ku Klux Klan.
Whether this anti-klan vote would i
swing to Walton or Owen, observers <
"declined to prophesy. <
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Union Wins Another
The Union Mill ball team easily de- <
I feated the Beaumont Mill nine from <
' Spartanburg Saturday on the local I
j^amondi the final score being 8 to 4. 1
Y bu feaakwi up. j
) Six hits and a sacrifice netted _ Union
j five scores in the fourth. Hitting was 1
heavy on both sides, Smith's homer '
for the visitors featuring. Arthur,
Ward, McCall and Mahon for Union I
and West and Solesby for the visitors i
each secured two hits, while Kirby got 1
three for Beaumont. The attendance
was the largest this year and was
appreciated. It is hoped that there
will not be as many interruptions in
the game with Buffalo here Saturday.
| - R H E
Beaumont . . . 000 111 100?4 10 1
Union .... 012 500 OOx?8 11 3
Parks and Harris and Gosnell; Mahon
and Suliivan, J.
Democratic Cluba Enroll
Chairman J. A. Sawyer has made
the tabulation of the enrollment at the
various precincts throughout the
county, and the official count, together
with the enrollment of 1920 is given.
This information is authentic, and is 1
the exact duplicate of Mr. Sawyer's
certified return: '
1922 1920
Union, Ward 1 Club ... 308 177
Union, Ward 2 Club ... 316 174
Union, Ward 3 Club ... 267 150
Union, Ward 4 Club ... 730 406
tfnif M PlnVw 403 91 fi *
Monarch Club 689 407
Jonesville Club 555 376
Kelton Club 276 174
Lockhait Club 414 2821
Adani3burg Club 95 84.
Meador Club 39 38
Santuc Club 212 117
Carlisle Club 104 81
Black Rock Club 69 49
Cross Keys Club .... 274 152
Wilburn's Store Club ... 43 26 i
Buffalo Club 460 305
Gibbs Club 60 35
West Springs Club .... 179 118
Coleraine Club 61 40
Total enrollment U. Co. 5,554 3,406
Buffalo Dot*
Buffalo is moving along nicely, and
keeping pace with all other industrial
communities, but at present she is
suffering a great loss in the person
oi mr. j. ljee i.nngston, wno lias won (
his way into the hearts of all the peo- i
pie of our town. \
Mr. Langston has been local man- j
aged of the Buffalo Mills company <
store for some time, but now is moving
back to Laurens, his native town. <
We give him up with relectancy, but ]
our loss will be their gain.
The Baptist church of our town is |
very fortunate in securing as their <
pastor Rev. J. E. Meng, formerly of j
i Newberry. Mr. Meng comes to us very
highly recommended, and we are hoping
that there will be a fine coopera
tive spirit among the churches of our
town, and that they will work together
in the extension of the Kingdom of
God.
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Monday A fternoon, July 31
n- water. They are embedded in
n. slimy skirl arrangd in little groups
c. obliquely and at right angles to e
of other. They may be studied unde
ip lens and form m*nn? of determin
or the age of the fish, $s they are marl
ej in zones which correspond to gro>
a. rings. Scales are formed In the n
0. die of the side and if examined in
ie spring the number pt the zones i
in correspond to the agifof the scale.'
jr. eel is then one year older for
9r first year in fresh water, and anot
for his life as ^ le| tocephalus.
ts By applying tfeip method a Dan
\ naturalist, Dr. Geiiaoe, has sho
at that some eels captured in the 1
s were as old as 12 and 13 years, j
Regan estimates others weighing
ae much as 27 pounds must have been
sa or 30 years or more..
[e. These species should not be c
v- fused with the lamprey eel, Dr. Mo
in -^aid, which ia equipped with a sue
ry mouth and many sharp teeth u
le which it attaches i tie If to other f
ed sometimes woundiiij them dee|
at They even atUudi large fish, anin;
ea J-nd humans, it is *fid>
ei Dr. Schmidt's expedition is now
ec the retuxn to Dennwbc, where it is
pected, his discavei&s and the ot
d- results will shojrtljr^ announced.
of American Bar Jfbsociation
To Meet in pan Francii
ve San Francisco, Jily 27.?(By
is Associated Pr^jiS^^-Lawyers
judges to the numter of more t
dt 2,000 are expected ?to come to I
in Fr^ncipco early in lugust to att
he the 1922 convention of the Amerl
to Bar Association, tt I National C
is. ference of Commissj ners on Unif<
on State Laws and th< annual meet
he of the California. Si kte Bar Asso
nd tion. The. 4 4
Koute 1 Local* .
The rains here on aMterday afternoon
were very heirtynnd- the boll
weevils ate inci eHSiu*LUap?cially in
lamp sections. Arouadi Neal Shoals I
they are doing much damage.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. ^Spears, Miss
Damarys Spears and DaAubrey Gregory
motored to Spartftjjmiirg on Sunlay
afternoon to vlettiaaa. L. Carx
ry and family ajid hw * most delightful
trip, Mr. Catpery's many
friend* iiere will be pleiaed to know
hat is better after Siting been
quite indisposed on apuunt of a
Mr. Carbery is an authority on boll
weevil conditions and states that the
weevil is not so bad in upper Spartanburg
county near the mountains
Lut is doing considerable damage in
the lower part. He also states that
h.e has no faith (but recommends the
dry for) in the molasses mixed form
of poison for the pest, that is under
all conditions year in and year out as
it has never proven in the states where
the greatest havoc has been wrought.
Mrs. Jno. T. Burgass and son, Joe
Burgass, together with other members
of the family, attended services at
Fairview Sunday. These good people
now live near West Springs in Bogansville
township though they are
[ormer resiuencs 01 mis cummunny
andtheir friends here are always glad
to see them.
The work of top soiling the Santuc
road has progressed as far up s
C. C. Willeford's store and many dangerous
railroad crossings have been
eliminated. "G."
Horse Steals Ride on
Locomotive Cow-Catcher
New Minister, B. C., July 30.?How
a horse stole a ride on the cow-cutcher
of a railway train is told by the crew
of a British Columbia Electric railroad
train, Fraser Valley branch.
At Hope, B. C., according to the
story, the train was forcd to stop to
allow a band of horses to get off the
track. No member of the crew saw
one of the animals mount the cowcatcher,
but when the train reached a
stop near here a horse was seen to
step off the catcher; calmly shake itself,
and trot off into the fields.
London May Become
A City Without Slums
London, July 28.?Twenty-two of
the worst slum areas in London are
to be wiped out by the London County
Council. The work is to be spread
Dver the next ten or 12 years and the
government will assist in it.
"When the scheme, which involves
aohting less than the clearance of all
the slum areas in London, is completed,"
says Colonel I^evita, chairman of
the Housing Committee, "it will have
entailed the displacement of some 46,D00
people, and an expenditure of
many millions of pounds. The main
idea is to make London a slum less
lity.
'Such work cannot, of course be
lone on a strictly economic basis but
lx>ndon will benefit greatly by the
ntensive campaign it is intended to
pursue, for better housing all round
will mean better health and therefore
a happier people."
Cuyler Says Report False
Philadelphia, July 31.?Chairman
Cuyler said, "It is not true that railroad
employers have given assurances
that they support the President's proposal
for ending the strike."
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kcROES HELD
! IN LEESBURG JAIL
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t Leesburg, Ga., July 30.?Two nc,v
Sroes believed by the police to have
r participated in the shooting in a Mat
'on pool room last night resulting in
h the killing of Deputy Sheriff Walter
C. Byrd of Macon, were placed in jail
i lore today pending investigation. The
\ legroes, according to the police adf
nitted they were in Macon at the
* inic of the shooting.
Macon, Ga., July 30.?Macon has
>een quiet all day, following disorlers
of last night after the shooting
( >f Deputy Sheriff Byrd. A deputy
< las gone to Leesburg to identify the
1 lien in custody there.
i Apparently paying little heed to
i the arrest at Leesburg, deputies con
turned to guard all roads leading out1
of Macon, following a report that
Glover, a negro suspect, was to be
taken out of town in an automobile
during the night.
Every car is being searched at the
lend of the paved highways at the
county lines.
1 "We feel sure that Glover is in Macon,"
said Chief Deputy Lane Mullally.
Police continued to guard property
along Broadway, closed last night following
the shooting of Byrd and
which was still closed tonight.
George Marshall, one of the wounded
negroes, died at 11:30 o'clock tonight.
Sam Brooks, shot through the
abdomen, is in a dying condition.
^ferrific Storm
\ Of Yesterday
Plays Havoc
News came into Union this morning
telling of severe hail, wind, rain and
electric storms in various sections of
the county.
At and near Kelly's station the hail
destroyed cotton considerably and
blew down the corn. Up at Pacolet,
including the Hamilton farm on North
Pacolet, the damage was quite severe.
Mr. Sam Garner, who lives this side
of Kelly Vstution, says he has 20 acres
of cotton almost destroyed by hail.
'At Cross Keys the damage was severe.
Jurthe" Forest theic
rain and wind, but.no hail. We fear,
from reports coming in that much
damage has been done the crops in various
sections of the county. Here at
Union there was a severe wind and
I dust storm, but almost no rain. It
i seems the damage was greatest on
either side of Union.
Mr. Ed. Littlejohn had the misfortune
to have four horses and one mule
.killed by lightning yesterday afternoon.
The animals had gathered under
a troe which the holt struck and
all five were instantly killed.
Mr. Walter Hames' farm near
.Tonesville, was greatly damaged by
hail and wind. The destruction of
about 20 acres is reported.
Mr. Thad Holconib has 20 acres of
cotton almost ruined by rain, wind and
hail.
Portrait of A. D.
Cooper Unveiled
Simple but impressive services
marked the unveiling of the portrait
of the late A. D. Cooper by the Men's
Wesley Bible class of Grace M. E.
Church yesterday morning.
A picture of A. D. Cooper, who, for
more than four years, taught the
members of the Men's Wesley Bible
class of Grace Methodist Church, was
unveiled Sunday mornin at 10 a. m.
The teacher, Mr. C. W. Merritt,
paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Cooper
stilting that he considered it a very
high honor to have one's likeness hung
on the sacred walls of a church. Immediately
after Mr. Merritt's tribute
the veil was removed from the portrait
by Louise and Lucile Cooper, little
twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Cooper, granddaughters of the
late Mr. A. D. Cooper.
Th<> nicture is a snlendid likeness of
Mr. Cooper and bears a copper plate
with the following inscription, "A. 1).
Cooper, A Faithful And Efficient
Teacher?1918-1922."
Music and Expression
At Hastoc
The addition of n music and expression
department has been announced
by Hastoc school. Miss Nell
Curleefi formerly of Charlotte, has
been engaged as instructor in this department.
In addition to having
charge of pupils of piano and cxpres
sion, Miss Curlce will conduct the
glee and dramatic clubs. She has had
a wide experience in similar work and
is thoroughly qualified to supervise
the establishment of the new depart.
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nal.
I i ? I Julia
Goudelock, who lives below
Maple Ridge church in Santuc ( unship,
brought us a curiosity in tlv
i shape of a spider. The spider has :i
well-marked dog's face on it* bcdy ni;t!
i is quite "survlgrus" looking, as yet
> may see for yourself by calling at oui
office.
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CONS! ABLE KILLS
WARRENVILLE MAN :
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Aiken, July SO. ?Gary K. llateher, s
! well known citizen of Warrenville j
and a pvoniinenl figure in fraternal
| 01 ganizations in this state, was sh??t c
| by Policeman W. D. Gregory at lo t.
I o'clock this morning and instantly, j,
| killed as the result of an altercation v
i between the two concerning politics. I
It appears from the testimony all
the coroner's inquest that Hatche?jc]
! had left his home, which Is about nm tj
mile from Warrenville, to deliver's,
; milk at the home of J. M. Polatty and
was returning to the postoffice when l r.
Gregory approached him. Ilatchor atj(j
the time was sitting on the steps ofj ,
the store next to the postofliee, whrt-j
I tling a stick with his pocket knife. j
Gregory approached Hatcher and,.
the two passed words which were not I'
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heard by a small group of witnesses. I p
Hatcher threw the knife he was using OJ
in the road. Gregory picked the kmf?
up and, witnesses testified, cursed ( )
, Hatchet with a vile epithet whereupon jj
Hatcher slapped his face after say-1
ing, "Throw your pistol away and
f>ght me fair." "j
Afte>* slapping Gregory's face ^
Hatcher turned his back and had .
taken six or seven steps when trie
I fatal shot was fired. The ball entered
. HI
I the center of the back, just b* low the
y i
left shoulder blade and passing
through the body embedded itself inu.
the steps of the store. Death was "Myj
most instantaneous. Gregory used a;(|(
j .38 caliber revolver and fired only
once.
Hatcher was in his 33rd year and j,
was born and reared within throe'
: miles of the place where the homicide j
occurred. He was a man of large['''
family connections. He was n pronu | J
t nent Mason and was connected with]
i several of the leading lodges of the I
county and state. He was a member j
1 of the Star lodge, A. F. M., of Gian-j('
J iteville, Kadoshlyh chapter and the Cl
j A.iken council of Aiken, the Columbia v'
commandery No. 2, Knights Templars,
and Omar temple, Charleston. 1'
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ity in which he lived. At the timy. of ^
his death he was farming near War ' n'
j renville and also occupied in deep w ;|!iw
boring.
Gregory was employed by the War- n<
renville Manufacturing company as a
i mill constable. He had been in the 1"
employ of the company for about j*1
' eight years. st
j The evidence which was given at
| the inquest, which was hold shortly c<
j after the shooting, was to t5>e effect 11
that the dispute arose over the olid)
| roll books being kept in the mill of-1K
ficc. Hatcher, it is testified, said thojh
election of delegates from Warren-iS(
villo distiict was not exactly accord-!P
I in"- to law and Gregory replied with <<
1 cui i'S to the opposite.
Gregory, who, it was testified, wasjri
under the influence of liquor at the, si
time of the shooting, was held by the ill
1 coroner's jury for the killing.
I rested by Deputy Sheriff Harry Rob- w
inson he was rushed to the Aiken ai
county jail immediately after tliejp
shooting since feeling over the kill- p
ing was running high. Gregory has a
; employed counsel. He does not deny o
: firing the fatal shot. a
Funeral services will be held at o
Graniteville on Monday afternoon at
i 3:30 o'clock. Mr. Hatcher will !? ^
buried with full Masonic honors, and
, intermeift will be made in the tiian
itevillc cemetery. Surviving ar. hi> c
j widow and four children.
Dial Will Oppose si
Appointment of Tolbert s
Washington, July 31. Efforts, it is
understood, will be contemplated l.\ ?
Senator Dial, of South Carolina, to
have the President withdraw the recently
submitted nomination of Jo?
i eph W. Tolbert, Republican national |
! committeemen for South Carolina to
be marshal of the Western district of
the State.
Two American Soldiers
Killed in Germany
Coblenz, July 31 (By the Associated
Press).?Private S. Harry Dong, of ^
Logansport, Ind., and Fitzgerald
I>angston, of Auburn, N. C., were killed
at Ehrenbreitstrin today when a' i
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Iliacrillie gun II ULft niviuucu iliau uvcr >
j turned.
Strike May Immediately End
Washington, July 31 (By the Asso- 1
ciated Press).?President Harding, it
is said today by close personal friends
and advisers, to have received the as. j
I surances from Chairman Cuylcr of tht>j
rail executives and Vice President At- 1
, U'ibury of the Pennsylvania system
1 and B. M. Jewell, head of the strikers ?
! that they support his proposal for an
immediate ending of the strike.
i The residence of Mr. A. II. Howell j
II was struck by lightning yesterday
i during the storm. It is reported that
( there was no one seriously hurt and
the damage was slight.
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\\ Partly cloudy tonighl ||
and Tuesday. ??
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OAL DISTRIBUTION;
E WITH DISTRIBUTOR
Washington, July 31. ? Requests
"rum governors of states fir coal hus
'lready begun to conie into the federal
lit 1 distribution committee, Sec re ary
Hoover stated today. He said the
tates asked particularly for fuel for
tublic utilities.
Fuel Distributor Spencer is today
ffoctin the oranization of regional
omniittees in the producing lields. It
s expected that orders could be forwarded
to ull districts within 48 hoUis.
Washington, July 30 (By the Assoiated
Press).?The government with
le cooperation of the state will asLime
tomorrow the dutns of a viantic
middleman passing on the coal
om the producing mines to the in ustries
and localities which in the
wes of the government need it most
The organization of the government's
emergency coal distribution
;ency was pronounced tonight to be
,'arly complete and tomorrow Henry
. Spencer, the federal fuel distribut\
his committee and advisory subimmittees
as designated by order
President Harding will begin neve
functioning.
Just how much coal the government
can count on remains a matter
f speculation. The first test of the
?sponse to President Harding's initation
to the mine owners to open
leir properties was revealed today
i the weekly report issued by the
,'ological survey, which showed an
>timated production of bituminous
?r the week ending yestetday of J.JO,000
tons as compared with 3,700,K'tons
the week previous.
"The increase is due," the report
lid, "partly to more men it work in
ennsylvania, partly to i.n moved car
apply in southern West 'Virginia and
artly to heavier shipmen's from Alatuna
and the Far West. Production
t anthracite remains practically
?ro.
Bituminous loadings on the first
ly of last week went up to 13,083
irs, figures assembled by the surjy
showed. This was 41. cars above
?e loadings for the pre cling Mutiny
but 3,604 cars beh.w the last
[outlay before the shopmen's strike. , ^ ^
esdny declined but a slight recovery
as made on Thursday. Reports for
le last two days of the week have
at been finally compiled.
There is no indication of increased
reduction in response to the invitut.n
to reopen mines in any of the
rongly organized districts, the geoigical
survey commented. "More
ml is coming out of the former nonnion
fields of Pennsylvania and a
ttle more from the Fairmont and
anawha districts of West Virginia
ut the additional supply from the^e
ources is not yet significan' in comarison
with the requirements of the
nintry."
The non-union fields prior to the
tilroad strike, records of the survey
low, were producing as much as 5,
[> >,""" ions a wi'fK.
Tho total production for the past
e.-k of 3,000,000 tons of bituminous
nd 27,000 tons of anthracite is coloured
by the survey with a normal
induction at this season including
nthracite of from O.aOO.OOU ... 1 '
t :>,tniO tons. Normal on: u .,?tion
t this time of year is H.oo.i,.. v.a
f coal a week.
'afej Raided in Atlantic City
Atlantic City, Jul, 31
nfes along tlq. boardwalk i
ectioris of the city were i.i i
t i day by the tlyir.g squad pi :
igeiu*. Liquor valued tt t
eized.
larry Boland in
Critical Condition
Belfast, July 31 (By the A: - ated
Press).?Harry Boland, formerly 'he
t presentative of Dad Elreann .t
1 nited States, is in a critical condition
n ihe Dublin hospital as a result from
vounds received in attemptimv :o
>vade capture by National Army
.roops.
ro Cloan Off Sard is Graveyard
On Wednesday of this week the people
of Sardis community will meet at
[he church to clean off the graveyard
The men will do the work and the la
jies of the church will serve dinner.
All interested are urged to come and
help.
Today's Cotton Market
Open Close
October 21.22 21.20
December 21.23 21.04
January 21.08 20.97
March 21.04 20.86
May 20.95 21.22
Local market 22.00
Mr. Samuel Littlejohn of Clemson
College spent today in Union on business.
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