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^ Na 1,446 Union, S. C., Wednesday Aftarftoon, August 2, 1622 3c Per Copy
ALEXANDER BELL, TELi
PASSES AT HIS H
Sydney, Nova Scotia, AUF- 2.?Dr. i
AleXapdoyr Graham Bell, inventpr of,1
tjao telephone, cb.e.d at % o'clock this
mottdpg at hi 3 estate at Baddeck.
Although ifx failing health for soro,c-1
tin)* he wpj pot po.hftj^e.d ' to h.i.e bed
and the <snd was unexpected.
Alexander Graham'Bell lived to see ,
e*p?plffNtfti wfcfcjb ho began with a
deptl man's ear less than tifty years
ago result in a means of coiqmunica-J
tion for millions of miles of long dis-1
tance telephone conversations daily
in all parts of the world. The possibility
of talking over a wire, ridiculed
then as a dream by almost
everybody except Bell, became during
him lifetime a reality commonplace
and marvellous.
The Bell basic patent, known in the
records at Washington as No. 174,dAK
k?* hpA onllMl tliB mnct volnnhlp *
single patent ever issued in the whole t
history of invention. There are to
day over thirteen million telephone t
instruments through which billions j
qf telephone conversations are car- j
tied on each year. \
Means of communication had bean ^
a i\obby in thn Bell family long before
- t* inventor of the telephone wasi 2
btifn, Two generations back, Alexander
Bell became noted for inventing
a system for overcoming stam- j
rttering speech, while his son, Alex- j {
ander Melville Bell, father of the in -1 ^
ventor of the telephone, perfected a t
system of visible speech. , t
With this heritage, the eon, born j
in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847, undertook
similar experiments while
still a lad. He constructed an arti- (
ficial skull of gutta-percha and In- (
dian rubber that would pronounce ,
several words in weird ^one, when *
blown Into by a hand bellows. At the <
age of 16 he became, like his father, t
a teacher of elocution, and an instruc- i
tor of deaf mutes. <
lieu reached a crisis in nis nie at i (
the age of 22, when he was threaten- j
ed with tuberculosis. The- . white, j
plague caused the death of ids two j
brothers and the Bell family, migrat- ?
u ed to Brantford, Canada. '
j^i, mm A meeting at that time with Sir 1
[SWfc^CSaries Wheats tone, the English,
J" venttfr bf tWP1fe!??&ph, fll?a thht^
ytraftg elocutionist with ambition to j
invent a musical, or. multiple tele- <
graph, which eventually turned out
to be a telephone.
ttis father while giving a lecture in
Boston, proudly mentioned the son's
success in teaching London deaf
mutes. This led the Boston Board 1
of Education to offer young Bell $500 {
to introduce his system in the new- 1
ly opened school for deaf mutes. He
was then 24 years old, and instantly 5
became the educational sensation of I
the day. He was appointed a pro-1
fessor in Boston University, and
'opened his instantly successful
"School of Vocal Physiology."
But teaching interferred with his 1
inventing, and he soon gave up all 1
but two pupils. One of these was
Mable Hubbard, of a wealthy family.
She had lost hor hearing and speech
in an attack of scarlet fever while a
baby. It was she who later became i
Bell's wife. <
Bell Rpent the following three i
years in night work in a cellar in i
Salem, Mass. His money-needs were i
met by Gardiner G. Hubbard, his fu- 1
ture father-in-law, and Thomas Sau- s
dera, the owner of the cellar. As he ?
L' worked he began to see the possi- <
bility of conveying speech over an I
*" electrically charged wire?the tele- '
? 1 TT 1 - A 1
pnone. na useu a uuuu man s em iui .
a transmitter.
"If I can make a deaf,mvftc talk," c
Ball had declared, "I cap make iron J
talk.* <
Hi* first success eom6 while test-'t
Ing: his instruments in his new quar- j
ten in Boston. Thomas A. Watson, n
Bell's assistant, had struck a clock \
spring at one end of the wire, and | \
Bell was electrified to hear the sound t
in another room. For forty weeks >
the instrument struirurled. as it were, t
for human speech. Then on March
10th, 1870, Watson became almost insane
with joy when he heard over
the wire Bell's voice saying:
"Mr. Watson, come here, I want
you." ,
On his 29th birthday, Bell receiv- j
ed his patent. It was at the Centen- \
nial Exposition held at Philadelphia,
two months late;*, where men of!
science the world over had co.v.e to
examine and study the numerous inventions
exhibited, saw Prof. Bell
give ap rsctical demonstration of the
transmission of the human voice by
electricity. j
As for Bell himself, he had not!
planned to attend the centennial at
11. He was poor and he had reor-,
ganltad his classes in vocal speech
Toward the end of June he went to
thf? station to see. Miss Hubbard off
for Philadelphia. *.? There- haJ been
seme talk of his going, but he huo put
it "u'etlv aside. She believed he was:
going; when they retthed:'tha station 1
she pleaded with hip?_ and wan re- i
fused. As. he put her aboard the
train and it moved out, leaving him 1
t
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vIV. *
EPHONE INVENTOR,
IOME IN NOVA SCOTIA
STATE CANDIDATES
TO SPEAK HERE
NEXT SATURDAY
The (Lt^te campaign .wijl
3e fceld in the court hc^ttaA ou Satttriay,
the 5th, commencing: at 10
j'clock a. tn., at which time tJb? corft
Jidutes for all state offices will speak;
,t is hoped that we will have a large
:rcwd of both men and women. There
are two lady candidates for state
superintendent of education* both of
,vhom will be present and speak.
The ladies are urged to attend this
neeting. *
-Ihe campaign this year is devclopng
considerable interest and large
rowas arc attending the meetings..
Phe women of the city who belong to
ha suffrage league* have arranged to
entertain the women candidates when
he campaigners arrive in Union, The
:act that the meeting is to bo held
n the court house gives assurance
hat the weather will not interfere
vith the meeting.
iwanaon Named
By Big Majority
Richmond, Aug. 2.?Returns receiv.
d by the News Leader early today
i'rom yesterday's primarjA indicated
hat Senator Swanson was renominate
;d over former Governor" Westmore-]
and Davis by 40,000 majority.
. " i f*
Rl hmond, Va., Aug.. 1.?Practically
;omplete returns from three-fourths
)f the 100 counties in Virginia and
icattering returns from the dthers received
by The Times Dispatch give
Senator Claude A. Swanson of Pittsylvania
county 07,803 votes and
Westmoreland Davis of Loudoun
county 22,841 in the contest for Unit
?d States senator. Swanson's majority
is confidently expected- to* go.
jeyond the 60.000 mark by those who<
enow the political situatior^ in$tfiq
state. V:
Mr. Swanson has carriedHffi of tab
sen congressional districts in t;be
npf THA i THMii&i kAjjJ
Mtch, ahd has regiktdral mfljorffcre:;
n all of the cities-..and?f
the 100 counties.
Reed Leading in Misaoyri
St. Louis, Aug. 2.?With Senator
[{cod leading Breckinridge Long by
ibout 16,000 for the Democratic sensorial
nomination on face of returns
Tom 2412 precincts out of 3848 in
date, Reed's campaign manager, Ed
jlenn, told the Associated Press that
[teed would win by 25,000 votes.
St. Louis, Aug. 2.?Reed's lead fell
o 15,089 at 11 o'clock today as the
idditional country precincts were reported.
Mob Lynches Negro
Hot Spring.^. Ark., Aug. 1.?Batterng
its way into the city jail hero tolay,
a mob estimated to number about
>00 men, forced police guards to surrender
Gilbert Harris, a negro, under
irrest in connection with the fatal
jvmimlim/- of Manrii i* f'onnollv no in
surance solicitor. After hauling the
legro oh a truck through the streets
:hey hanged him to an electric light
x>le near the center of the down town
business d'strict.
>n the platform, she burst out crying
Sell dashed after her and sprang
i board the train, without baggage,
;icket3 or any other trifles.
The next Sunday afternoon Boll
vas promised an inspection of his inr
,-ention by the judges of exhibits. It
vas a hot day and the judges had
>een a great deal. Some of them
vere i'or going home; one jeered, and
,here was general boredom. Then
here appeared the blonde-bearded
Smperor of Brazil, with outstretched
lands. He had heard some of Bell's
ectures in Boston; the deaf-mute
vork appealed to him. His greeting
nade a stir. Bell made ready for
lis demonstration. A wire had been
itrung along the length of the room.
Sell too the transmitter; Dom Pedro
ilaced the receiver to his ear. He
itaited up amazed.
"Mv (Jod?it talks!"
Afterward Lord Kelvin?plain Wiliam
Thompson then?took up the receiver.
He was the engineer of the
irst Atlantic cable.
He nodded his head solemnly as
le got .up. '
"It does speak," he said emphatically.
"It is the most wonderful
hing I have seen in America."
Throughout his life, Dr. Bell maintained
his interest and labors for
leaf-mutes. He founded, became
^resident and contributed $250,000 to
the American Association to Promote
Teaching of Speech to the Deaf.
He was a member of many of the
lending American learned societies.
ONION LEADERS
ABOUT TO DECIDE
Chicago, Aug. 1.?Full acceptance!
cl President Harding's plan by the
striking shopmen was declared by
union leaders to have been practicallyassured
as a result of today's meeting
of the shop crafts policy committee. |
Final action was expected at another
meeting to bp held tomorrow. Following
the meCtii ;j none of the union
leaders would comment on the situtaion
left, as it was, in mid-air, with
a very definite trend, however, toward
acceptance.
The rejection of the seniority proposal
by the railroad executives in
New York and their qualified acceptance
of the President's other two
points werc received without comment
by the strikers.
Discussion of the points of the presidential
peace program followed the]
reading of his communication to B. M.
Jewell,- president of the federated,
shop crr.fts, who came direct from a
conference with his executive coun-:
oil, Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the,
labor board and A. O. Wharton of the
board's labor members. Mr. Wharton,!
who formerly held Mr. Jewell's -pres- j
ept position, was understood to have!
attended the conference and later the
meeting of the policy committee at the
suggestion of the president. Chairman
Hooper, who was invited to attend the1
policy committee meeting, also sug- j
gestcd the attendance of Mr. Wharton1
hut agreed he would be glad to attend
later if he could be of any service. :
Some opposition to President Hard.ing's
peace program was raised by!
vmembcrs eof the policy' committee. |
their complaint being, on account of
absence of any provision on wages.
Answering these complaints, union i
leaders said that a rehearing by the,
labor board which was to be gained j
under the pence program would
doubtless result in wage advances.
The discussion also brought out the
belief of the union leaders that the
creation of adjustment bourds to settle
disputes betweeh roads and worked
might be required of the roads by
the labor board. The union chidfcidgn
UQr Mil AMGld "no Boara reei Trwr-nr
could not force the establishment of,
'the adjustment boards that they had!
reason to believe that congress would J
be asked to amend the transportation
law in this respect.
Washington, Aug. 1 (By the Associated
Press). ? President Harding
had the rail strike problem back on
his hands tonight as a result of the
refusal of the lailway executives, at
their meeting in New York, to accept
the administration settlement plan so
far as the seniority issue Is concerned.
There was no indication at the
White House as to what move, if any,
the government planned to make in
thg situation. It was considered
probable that Mr. Harding would
study carefully the text of the executives'
reply and that expected from
the labor leaders' meeting in Chicago
before reaching a decision.
Union Chiefs Meet Again
Chicago, Aug. 2 (By the Associated
Press). - Union chiefs, headed by R.
M. Jewell, head of the striking shopmen,
met again today to act on the
President's proposals for settlement
of the rail strike. Following yesterday's
session it was intimated that' a
formal acceptance on the plan would
be voted.
Sutherland Leads
In West Virginia
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 31.?Senator
Howard Sutherland today kept
the lead in tho Republican senatorial
contest as returns came in slowly
from yesterday's eprimary.
Representative Campbell
Is Defeated
Pittsburg, Kansas, Aug. 2.?Representative
Camnbell. chairman of the
rules committee in national house of
representatives was defeated in yesterday's
primary, according to available
returns today by W. P. Sproul, of
Sedan.
Notice
All members of Circle No. 2 of the
First Baptist church are requested to
leave pillow cases at the home of Mrs.
f. L. Bolton.
Parliament and President
Reach Complete Agreement
Peking, Aug. 2 (By the Associated
Press).?Parliament and President IJ
Yun Hung in a complete agreement
over the adoption of a permanent con.
stitution for China similar to that of
United States cabinet was announced
today.
Mrs. Harry Payne is visiting friends
in Asheville for several weeks.
MAREKT OPENS
FOR TOBACCO
The South CaroH$g t^bocco market
opened today totaling
nearly 1,000,000 po1l$d^'9pic?r ranging
frtpn three c? nbi'toTffl) cents.
| Sales were largely? Mullina,
Lake City; CofttiBft XUnjlington,
Marion, Dillon,; ^icboli gfrcf^mat,
where so-called ihtJ^etM#^ warehouses
are being ppe^te4^ \*yie largest
sale of thq <lay. tWtt thq floods
of the Lake. C^ty ^r#ahouse, where
550,690 pounds changed hands, a recI
, , ., V. ? -
oru xor uie L,aKe <Jitjr-^^*sret. frices
at Lake City averaged i21.83 cents a
pound, the genorai ..l$Mnitge for the
state's markets being*, Approximately
17 cents a pound, nc&By double the
opening day average 'of last year.
Double sales in the four warehouses
at Mull.ins saw the trfhtfer of over
200.000 pounds for an average of 17
cents a pound. -J;-'Tobacco
oflfoffred oitj I** various
floors ran the gaihW^, pf grades.
Higher prices are expected when the
better grades begin ti ^be sent in.
The season marks the; h4^juration of
the tobacco gra4to? 4*s?' *
Mullijns, Aug. tobacco
market opendd tjttg today With
double sales for the'fumj&nn in history,
. Th" market ?ja .Jour warehouses,
the usual nyljpir Operating
independently fdr Jeaftobacco
at auction. ' Therfc AVer 200,000
pounds soid at af; nvtncffrftof 17 cehts.
looacco has befcn mfWjjbg hi Mullms
steadily for 'two* days^jfcllae of it being
hauled Jjrc'm.oO to fciiles. Some
of the weed brought ."Sigh as 49
centsr pei pound.. WitKjfour independent
houses operatiu^ffcnd a double
eet of buyers oh th? iMfret there is
no doubt that the wB'ket will be
much stronger- when the better
grades are offered. .Wt?..the grading
tobacco law marketingravlll be unlike
any searon in the ( SO year*, as
fanners will not be to rush the
weed to market. ThfPdouble sales
will continue until ClMRjQflAs. whereas
heretofore 60 to Sfnaiyti has been
the extent of the seasapS Mullins, the
Wilson of South Carott^y; is the only
ket in the state with doable salts
j daily.
Death Claims
J. Edd Hughes
Mr. J. Edd Hughes died at his
home near Sardis this morning at
11:30 o'clock and will be buried at
Sardis at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Mr. Hughes had not been in good
health for some time, and for the past
few months had been confined to his
bed. He was 71 years of age. He s
i survived by the following children:
1 Alvin Hughes of Florida, Miss Littic
Hughes, Edd Hughes and Miss Sallic
Hughes, of Union.
Mr. Hughes had been a member of
Sardis church for many years. He
Ivas an upright man, a sincere Christian;
and was held in high esteem by
all who knew him.
Batting Averages of
Union Mill Ball Team
At Bat Hits Per cent
Mahon, p. ... 13 6 375
.Ward, 2l> . . . 43 15 363
Epps, lb .... 40 16 348
Sullivan, H,, rf . 42 13 308
Sullivan, J., c .44 13 203
Arth-.ir <s?? f?0 13 260
bhwsit, 'if . . . . 30 11 255
McCall, 3b . . . 45 11 247
Thompson, of . . 43 10 208
Tow'ior ..... 13 2 111
i Tenm average .383 100 27 i
017.
Played 12 games, won 11; per cent
Union's scores. 87; opponents', 51.
Stolen bases, 27; opponents', 8.
Tariff Bill Will
Pass This Month
Washington, Aug. 2.?The passage
of the tariff bill by the senate this
month seemed to be almost certair
today as the result of agreement?
reached separately by the Republicar
and Democratic leaders.
Senator Crow Died Today
Uniotitown, Pa,, Aug. 2.?Unltec
States Senator William E. Crow diet
at his country home near here this
1 j ? rr.
morning i rum perinciuu? huciiuh. m
was appointed by Governor Sprou
to succeed the lat? Senator Knox, bu
his only appearance in tho capital wai
I the day he took oath of office.
Today's Cotton Market
Open Closi
October 22.18 21.8:
December 22.15 21/71
January 22.04 21.5!
March 22.00 22 5May
21.90 21.41
X. Y. Spots 22.0'
J.ucal market 22 2
POLICE PREVENT
CLASH AT MACON
I
Macon, Ga., Aug. 1 .?Prompt clos- i
j in;: of the negro business section of J
' Broadway this morning, immediately
j after ngws was received of the capI
tare of John ("Cockey") Glover, prpj
vented a Serious race clash this afI
ternoon, the police say, when Glovpr's
body, riddled with trtxllets, was dumpI
ed into tt* down town streets at 1 t
j o'clock this afternoon by a mob that ^
had lynched him.
Sccr.es resembling those of Satur- 1
day night, when Deputy Sheriff Walter
C. Byrd was shot to death as he ^
was leaving a negro pool room in the
same block were duplicated. ^
Men of all ages jammed their way
into Broadway and those that reached
the body of Glover fought for souve
nirs. During the excitement the-body f
was hurled against a billboard at th
entrance to a negro theater, where it 1
remained half upright until the po S
lice rushed in and carried it afray a
to Forsyth, Ga., for an inquest. b
Glover was shot to death by a mob t
at Ilollon, Ga., ten miles away, at 1 I
o'clock this afternoon. He was being
returned here by officers, who had
captured him on a railroad train at
Griffin, Ga. Policeman T. F. Phelps, c
who was shot by Gloyep this morn :
Ing at the time of hi? capture, may
lose one arm. J
Officers say that Glover begged tht
Griffin police: "KiH me now; don't
take me back to Macor., I know what
you want me for." 1:
While threats have been made *
against the live3 of several well p
known negroes late today, the police
pre trying to avert further trouble. '
The better negroes aided in the cap- v
ture of Glover, it was stated. Thei*e
were two negro spotters from the
sheriff's office in the same car with l"
Glover, trying to get the negro to At- '
lanta, where Macon officers were
waiting for him. Plans miscarried *
however, and the arrest was made at
Griffin, Ga.
\
Democratic Committee v
Meets Next Monday
The Democratic executive commitJtsfc
Will meet next Monday, the 7th.
house, for the purpose of examining
the i*olls and purging the same: *
designating the polling places for the
respective clubs, and appointing the
managers of the election; and transacting
any other business that may
properly come up for consideration,
i At said meeting any person im:
properly enrolled?such as not hav;
ing written their full name, correct
I age, etc., or whose name was written
I on the club books by another, except
lj by the persons in charge of the books
! and in the presence of such prospective
voter, and witnessed by the person
in charge of the book, may appear
before the committee and ask
permission to correct such errors.
J. A. Sawyer,
County Chairman.
| August 1, 1922, It
Curiously For. ed Figs
Miss Marion Vinson brought some
very curiously formed figs to the ofI
fice today. They were double-barrel
11 in shape, and thoroughly well formed.
! We are constantly receiving strange
;; plants and animals and if we had the
j money, would cpen up a museum. Our
j friends are very kind to bring us
i these interesting specimens.
; The Church of the Nativity
Contrary t* their usual custom, the
. congregation voted tn keep the church
open ail th? summer for service as
\vell r.z Cuttdny school. and all of the
i church" organizations have kept up
. their monthly meetings.
Or. Monday afternoon there was
, I held at the nev.* Parish ITouso, a joint
! meeting of the Guild and the Auxili.
ary. After the devotiorrd exorcises
and prayers, reports of officers and
committees were heard.
A letter from Mrs. Cornell, Dio
. ceson president of the Woman's AuxilJ
iary wBs read, outlining the plan to
. he followed until the division of the
j Uiocese ib ctenniteiy accomplished, at
j the triennial convention which meets
j at Portland, Oregon, in September.
I The report of the treasurer of the
; CfUild showed that the women of the
i church have already contributed ?2,'
250.01 for the Parish House.
| The visiting committee reported
visits paid to the sick and help rendered
to the needy.
I After the regular business was
! completed, a pler.sant half hour was
spent in social chat, during whicn
| time most delicious and rofreshing
i iceg were served by Mesdames C. R.
I Robertson fend Julia Thomas.
First Presbyterian Church
i, Prayer meeting this afternoon, 6
31 o'clock, by Mr. B. B. James, tonight,
11 8:15, by Mr. L. E. McAlpine.
5! Come, and get your share of the
71 fcood messages. J. F. Matheson,
5 . Pastor.
t
RAILWAY EXECUTIVE!
TO SLTTLI
FUEL COMMITTEE
GETTING READY TO
DISTRIBUTE COAL
Greenville, Aug. 1.?Bon E. Goer,
hairman of the South Carolina fuel
ommittee recently appointed by Gov- t
ltior llarvey, tonight made the folowing
statement: "The Ltato fuelj
ommittee composed of It. E. Ger, I
Y. P. Conyers and A. G. Furnian, has:
lot yet received full instructions from ,
Washington as to procedure and ad-; ,
litional information will he given to I
he press as received from day to day. | ,
"All applications for coal will lv. j
landle^j according to pri< rity ertab ; (
ished by the fuel administration at i
Vash ngton and in Order of the enter-1
rency indicated. All applications ifj.
ent by telegram should be confirmed (
>y letters, and with each application J j
he following special information j
hould be given:
"Mature of consumer, if publ'c util- 1
ty or otherwise. ,
"2. Character of coal required, in- .
luding Source from which supply has,,
>een previously obtained*
"3. Amount of coal on hand and
reakly consumption.
"The fuel administration at Wash- j
ngton has ruled that no requisitions j (
rill be honored tinless accompanied, j
>y evidence gu iranteeing payment of; j
ight draft with weight certified and'
ar number attached.
"The state fuel committee recom- ,
nend.3 that each consumer arrange ]
ritli bankers to guarantee financing
?f shipments. | i
' Lacli application to the state com \
i i -sion should be accompanied by a j
. tter from the bank carrying such a >
ruarantoe. Pending the organ i::a- ,
ion of the state commission and final ,
nnounccmcnt of definite procedure,
will be made to handle indi- (
idual orders as promptly as possible \
vhere emergency arises."
Winthrop Daughters
You are invited to come to the
>'elock.
A short and snappy meeting- and 1
pou are needed, because a matter of
cital importance is to be arranged.
Aire -T W Mi*i?nn
President, j
Miss Etha Palmer,
Secretary.
Ice Cream Festival
There will be an ice cream festival
piven at the Community House at
Monarch Friday night, commencing
at 7:30 o'clock, similar to the others!
given at the City park and at Ottaray. |
The candidates are r.gain invited to
come anr make a speech as crie of tlw !
largest gatherings of this kind is expected
at this plice. These festivals
are given for the benefit |
of the Salvation Army work in
Union as the public remembers that!
insufficient funds were raised last
spring to carry us through until our
fall campaign for fur.ds in October.
The 1st S. C. Regimental Rand will j
furnish the music if sickness does not
prevent them. If you want to hear
goid speaking and enjoy the evening!
come out to this festival.
Adjutant .T. Davis.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. Ti. k. Zeigler r.r.d dr.v ghtrtr
Mary Kays, hr.vn returned to thcit
homo ir. Denmark after visiting Kr
and Yrt. Eelix G^v.doieok
Yr. and Yr". L. K. Vrro.y r.r.d Yirs
Vorr. Moao'ioy are v! siting relative- ir.
"tot.
Yts. Cims YeDanioi i- visitvn;* relatives
in Spartanburg county sr. >
week. Mrs. McDaniol has boon quite
sick but is now recuperating.
Miss Elizabeth Sanders of Columbia
returned to ber home today after u
two weeks' visit to Miss Grace llsotis
on Church street.
Mr. L. .1. Browning is attending the
Cotton Marketing association in Co
lumbia this week.
Miss Thelma Giles of West Springs
is visiting at the home of Mrs. Otis
Lancaster on South Church street.
Miss Grace Montgomery is visitin.
friends in W'innsboro this week.
Mrs. W. F. Whitaker and little sons
V* r? t?/-* S9S\T%*\ fn UnTi/lnreAntMilA tA vtoit
relatives.
Miss Leonora Arthur is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. H. G. Wannamaker,
in Orangeburg. Mrs. Wnnnamnker
entertained at n beautiful party Monday
morning.
Revival at West Side
A revival meeting will begin at
West Springs Baptist church at 11
aVWIt n m Qtitulntr W I** !
Sinclair of Walhalla will do the
preaching.
Arrangements are also being made
for a singer.
Everybody is cordially invited.
I
5 REJECT PLAN
! RAILROAD STRIKE
Chicago, Aug. 2.?Chiefs of the
striking v.iil employes today voted to
accept the President's proposals for
ending the rail strike. They appointed
a committee to draft the text of
the acceptance and forward It to President
Harding immediately.
Washington, Aug. 2 ?A careful
Study uo the railway executives' reply
refusing to accept the President's plan
for the settlement of the shopmen's
strike so far as it dealt with seniority
issue was expected today to precede
any further movement by the executives
in the strike situatu n. The government,
it is known, views the milroad
strike as serious in effect oniy
because of the present stoppage or.
coal* production.
Now York, Aug. 1 (By the Associated
Press).?Railway executives of
die nation today firmly but courteous*
ly rejected the program advanced by
the Harding administration for the
settlement of the rail strike. Willing
to accept conditionally two suggestions
put forward by the White House
?that both sides abide by wage dedsions
of the railroad labor board and
that law suits fpringing out of thu
strike be withdrawn?the heads of
148 roads declared emphatically that
it was impossible to reinstate strikers
with unimpaired seniority rights,
the third provision n the prcsdenCplan.
After being told by Robert S.
Lovett of the Union Pacific that there
ivas no moral or practical reason for
budging from their position, the
executive- disbanded, caught the first
irains for their respective headquarters
and indicated that they were going
ahead and would operate their
roads with forces they had assembled
since the shopmen walked out on
luly 1.
The decision not to yield on the
question cf seniority was made known
to the White House by telegraph after
the rail heads had listened to a 20
minute address by Secretary of Commerce
Hoover who, as direct representative
of the president, told them
in eiTect mat tne administration neia
tb#, . ou#>??on-of^minot importatice
in ^oryiiparison v lth that . V ''?
upholding the railroad taiaor iWrd. v
This action w s taken in the face, of a
letter from President Harding addressed
to T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman
of the American Association of
Railway Executives, embodying "the
terms of agreement, as I understand
them, upon which the railway mar.
ngers and united shop crafts vforker;
are to agree preliminary to calling of
the existing strike."
President Harding had closed tv
letter with these two sentences:
"I need hardly add that 1 huv
reason to believe these terms will be
accepted by the workers. If there is
good reason why the managers can
not accept, they will he obligated to
open direct negotiations or assume
full responsibility for the situation."
In adektion Secretary TToover had
urged upon tho executives nt their
meeting when thr text, of the
Harding letter was read, that settle,
rnent of the r-,1 stiilu- wig inmor.tivo
in view of the complicating cor.
oitions introduced by the cool
It become apparent from the . er-.
opening of today's conference that t'ru
seniority question would be the wedg<
which would divide administration and
railway executives. After setting
forth the reasons why they held t.his
on insurmountable obstacle, the rail*
r ad chiefs T.dod their r^ply to
rt I'.'.tding r.~ fo"ev'
7t it 'ubrr;*t-,d *h.*\t the
.former 'tttt. At e*.*\ *" glvcTi
rraforar; *j> rr.r*.* v :r * ~.t ^r-.y *"*.
it the 'irdt"* ".vithoy.t ViniCtrc
?/> ovory pTlfdrne ?v* right o.T.d j\t t
t'.eo involved mr.tfer -,r.ri without
the ^ror"^o* orofh of faith or. the
? _
pair 01 vac rM.vv^u i/i mo nu:u iii,
prc.rnt ih their rrv e Under those
circumstances it. h -ones apparent
that the railroads tan ii?>t consider
any settlement <?f the present itrike
which docs not provide protection mi
their present employment, both to
the loyal employees who remained m
the service and to the new employees
entering it "
Firr.t Class Barbecue
We will give a iirst clas.* barbecue
at my place on Main street Saturday,
August 5th, state campaign day. Pre.
IwiCHfiilaosg mfwyp cmfw m m rr.
pared bv Dan Gillman, the famous
cook.
1446-2tp d Hodge A Smith.
Rail Strike May be Called Olf
Washington, Aug. 1. Proposals of
the Southeastern railroads to alter
rates on apples growing from the Pa.
cific coast to Virginia, Georgia and
Carolinas was held unjustified today
by interstate commission whiq{i ordered
set aside proposed increases in
ratos.
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