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EXECUTIVES REJECT P
CLOSES DOOR TO
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New York, Aug. 24.?Representatives
of score railroads and "Big '
Five" brotherhood chiefs conferenced
at Yale club about three hours. this
afternoon Oh possibility of effecting 1
separate a&reomentp between Individ- 1
ual linep a^nd striking shoprpen.
"We are still mediating," said War- \
ien Stone^ brotherhood spokesman. '
when the meeting adjournal at l&b
without announcing whether another
session will be he\d today.
The meeting is sounded by utmost |
secrecy. 4 j
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New York, Aug. 28 (By the Asso
dated Press).?A majority group of
the Association of Railway Executives
today by a vote of 254 to 4 rejected
the proposal of the Big Five
train service brotherhoods, that the
carriers and the nationwide shopmen s
strike by reinstating the men with
seniority unimpaired and Bert M.
Jewell, official spokesman for the
strikers, declared the association had
dosed the door to peace and voted
for a lockout to smash unionism.
At the same time, splitting away
from the majority, was a group of
25 railroads, principally Western
lines, which deh?ted ? nam au>r??> 1
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tion of the brotherhoods that individual
settlements be effected. This mir-ority,
while professing: tp stand with
the majority in reaffirming the stand
on seniority, still indicated that it desired
to hepr 'further regarding the
individual settlement suggestion.
Hale Holden, president of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, who attended
a meeting of the minority held
in the Yale club, joined with members,
of the majority group in denying that!
there was any split.
"There is no question of a split")
he asserted. "The railroads are a11>
standing pat on seniority and any
individual settlement will have to
' be made in the light of that understanding."
The day's proceedings may briefly
be outlined as follows:
1. The association met as a whole
F ranking unaffected and it*
I committee which met last week with
the brotherhood chiefs to draw up a
resolution embodying this decision.
2. The committee submitted the
resolution after the noon recess and
after its adoption left for the Grand
Central station and transmitted .the
message to the committee representing
the running trades, who have
/.topped into the shoes of mediators.
These mediators, before going into
conference, issued a statement asserting
that the strike must be settled
because the public demanded it and'
setting forth that "the crews who J
now operate the trains form that part
of the public which knows best why
a settlement must come." '
3. The brotherhoods then advanced
another proposal, i. e., that the strikers
be "reinstated in the positions of
the class they originally held on June
30"; that all be restored not later,
tkan October 1 and that disputes
which might arise over seniority1
rights be referred to the railroad iu.
bor board. Later it was suggested
that settlementvby individual roads bo
taken on this basis. j
4. The committees representing ex-,
ecutives and the "Big Five," depart-j
ing by- a back stairway, to elude!
nanrcnnnow w*??* * ????? ?\%.? 4
iii^u, UICI1 IcpaHCU IA> U1C '
Yale club and brotherhood chiefs ad-;
dressed the whole membership of the
association.
5. The mediators then withdraw:
and departed for the Hotel Woodstock
for a conference with shop
craft leaders, which lasted into the
evening.
6. The association adjourned its
meeting. n
7. Members of the minority group
continued in session, recessed, and'
this evening held another conference
with brotherhood men, for the purpose,
they said, of testing the good
faith ol the "Big Five" regarding the
separate settlement suggestion.
When the mediators and shop craft
leaders meeting late tod^y adjourned.
Mr. Jewell issued a statement, which
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"The Association of Railway Ex- '
ecutives ?ad 'closed the door.' The un- y
Ions have offered every concession
within reason to end. the strike and ^
to save the public from,a.breakdown
of transportation; but the association ^
has mnde none. On the contrary, it j
has since the strike began raised an ^
entirely new and irrelevant issue of ]
its own?seniority; nnd by ita refusal y
to recede from its position has made .
a settlement impossible at this time. .
The responsibility for what will hap
pen now rests wholly upon it.
"The shop craft employees voted in
June for a strike to establish a living
wage and decent working conditions.
The Association of Railway Execu!
tiv?a has now voted for a lockout to
smash unionism on the railroads and
to eliminate collective bargaining
from the industry.
"The men have been ready at all
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LAN OF BIG FIVE; i
PEACE, SAYS JEWELL
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limes to meet the association to bring aJ
about an honorable settlement. We 8j
expressed our willingness* to do so
to the labor board at Chicago. We K
accepted President Harding's term.* te
of settlement of July 31. The ass.j. ol
elation, however, has consistently and jn
arrogantly blocked every move in the
?trUco. It has done so with the pla:n
Intent of eliminating unionism in the ^
industry as a whple. It refused even ^
at the president's dirept request to f?
bake back striking employees with
seniority rights unimpaired in order ^
Lhat they might separate free and
courageous men from their Jobs and {>i
;hns disintegrate the employees' or
conization. It even tried to justify ^
ts refusal on Ihe nrntinri of nromisos
)f permanent employment to strike- l"
qreakers which have not been made. 8
"The shop craft employees are now '''
fighting for their veiy existence an J
:he existence of other railroad em- pi
ployees as well as for justice and
ight. This last misguided action of
he association makes our victory se- .
:ure. The association today has not a in
eg to stand on before the people. er
"The 400,000 striking employees
iccept the challenge of the association.
We will redouble our efforts, er
'onfident of success." te
* The executives' resolution, adopted w
ind read to the brotherhood men, fol- nt
ows: st
"Resolved, That the committee is
luthorized to meet the representa- ry
lives of the train and engine service
brotherhoods again end state to them tn
that the railroads adhere to the posi-!
Aon heretofore taken, namely, that! dc
he striking former employees can not | Yl
>o given preference to employees at ^r
pwrent in the service, without doing pi
riolcnce to every principle of right | te
rnd justice involved in this matter j
wd without' the grossest, broach of th
:->i?h on the part of the railroads to .th
;he men at present in their service. t?
Jnder these circumstances it becomes dc
apparent that the railroads can not e<i
consider any settlement of the pres- j R<
jnt strike which does not provide em- in
>loyment both to the local employed u*
tvho-remained in the service and to te
SinV. ?
"Resolved, further, That unless the - pi
representatives of striking former sp
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mop employees arc prepared u) ?c-1 sn
:ept that position, the railroads are sh
unable to see wherein the efforts at, t i<
mediation by the chief officers of the 1 di
brotherhoods can harmonize these pc
'un<jamental differences.
^"Resolved, That the railroads ex- pi
mreag their appreciation of the friend- "th
y intent and the earnest efforts that ar
lave been made by the chief officers w
>f the train and engine service broth- nc
?rhoods to compose the present situ- jn
ition, and express their sincere re- w
?rets that the situation has not por- or
mitted a successful termination of
these efforts." T
The new proposition submitted tolay
to the executives by the "Big
Five" and considered tonight by *5 '
lords reads:
"First: All men to be reinstated in tj.
:he position of the class they orig'tally
held on June 30, 1922. and n; j'
many of such' men as possible are to (
je'put to work September 1 at prea?nt
rates of pay and all employees
,vho have been on strike to bo put to
vork, or under pay, not later than
Jctober 1, next, except such men as
tave been proven guilty of destruction
of railfoad property or convicted
jf crime! ordinary cases of assault 1
tnd battery, the result of personal 1
jncounted, are to be disregarded.
"Second: If any dispute arises as
to the relative standing of an employee
or employees that cab not be ^
jtherwwfb adjusted by the carrier and
said employee or employees, the matter
shall be deferred to the United
States railroad labor board in accord?nce
with the transportation act of SF
1920, by the organization, the em- m
sloyeos, or the carrier, in the interest -a
>f any employees who may be agrrieved.
"Third: No intimidation or oppres- Wl
don shall be practiced or permitted M
?h against any of the employees who w:
lave remained or have taken service {,r
>r against those who resume service
inder this understanding.
"Fourth: All Suits of law now pending
as the result of the strike to be
withdrawn and cancelled by both par- ce
ties." th
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TODAY'S COTTON MARKET tc
Open Close pi
October .. 22.45 22.44 wi
December \ 22.33 22.44 ar
fanuary 22.20 22.26 Jc
March 22.25 22.27 co
Vfay # 22.20 22.13 W,
SI. Y. Spots .. 22.70 K*
Local market .. 22.50 ar
A Picnic Itv
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A -II-Ll _1 J. _1 |
a uiuwiiikiii, picnic was given uy
the younger set last night in honor f0
>f Miss Ruth Ho*ie of Abbevill^. The tv
soupley motored out to the forest and
kfter swimming a while enjoyed a
luinpiuoua lunch. Mr. and Mrs. E. O
M. Garner were the chape rones on tc
this occasion. in
iERVE INJUNCTION
ON STRIKE HEADS
The serving of an injunction on
le heads of the shop crafts which
re on strike at the Dianding stieo.
lops of the Southern railway and
le disappearance of repeuting shotting
from the hatyls of police ofAsrs
on gur\?d at the shops were the
Litstandirig developments ^etterday
l Columbia in the railway strike.
Five deputy United States mar*
lala were in the squad which served
te injunction 011 various n\en about
te shops. The men numed as deindants
in the complaint are ordered
1 appear .before Judge H. A. M.
mith at Charleston August 30 aud
tow cause why they should not be
ljoined from interfering with the
>eration of the shops of the South n
at Columbia. Pending the hearg,
the order issued by the judge rerains
the former employees from
irticipating in any sort of violence
treats or intimidations about the
operty of the Southern.
The pump guns, which officers on
tard around the shops carried Monty
and Tuesday, disappeared fqllowg
a conference between railroad
nployees, railroad officials and city
licials.
W. C. Hudson, general Buperintendit
of the Southern, with headquarrs
in Charlotte, held a conference
ith representatives from the engi>ers
and other organizations not on
rike, in which protest was made
gainst the guards at the shops caring
pump guns. Mr. Hudson said
i asked the men with whom he
Iked to cooperate with the railroad
ficials in keeping down any disor>r
and he said they agreed to do so.
esterday morning representatives
om the engineers and other emoyees
not on strike and Superinndent
Hudson ]|fld a conference
ith W. A. Colenum, mayor, in which
e matter of the armed guards at
e shops was brought up. The
uinmen assured the mayor of then
sire for law'iwid order and requestI
the removal of the armed officers,
abert McDougall, engineer, speakg
for the.trainmen, said they wou'.d
le-their personal effort* in the in
rest of good order.
isH r i - "i ^ vui
irpose was to preserve order. He
oke of the conditions around the
ops and said the guarding of the
ops would depend on these conditins.
As the crowd about the shops
minishes in size, the size of the
dice force will be reduced.
As a result of the conference, the
imp guns were not being carried by
e officers at the shops yesterday
id the crowd around the square
hich contains the shops was small,
>t more than a score of men being
sight at times and they being
idely scattered. There was no disder.?The
State.
wo Thousand Weevils
On Four Acres
Our good friend, Mr. J. McJ. Fant,
* Fantuc, informs The Times man
iat he and his men gathered 2,C!K)
\'c boll weevils from four acres in
s He would like to know if
her farms are as heavily infested
iili those pesky little things.
!arr*d in Plane
Over Hudson River
Now York, Aug. 23.?Shouting ovei
s shoulder, "I will," as he drove
s seaplane 60 miles an hour, 1,000
et above the Hudson river today,
loyd Wilson Bertaud of San Fransco,
took as his bride Miss Helen
irginia Lent. The knot was tied by
rmer Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard, the
lying parson."
Twenty minutes after they were
onounced man and wife, the plane
dashed down and taxied to its
oorings, where Mr. and Mrs. Ber
ud wore greeted ny a group 01
iends.
With Eddie Stinain, Mr. Bertaud
on the world's endurance record at
ineola, N. Y., a freezing day last
inter, remaining in the air 26 hours
id 32 minutes.
Burn Sheriff's Car
Greenwood, Aug. 23.?While offi
rs were raiding a liquor distillery in
is county this morning, friends of
e distillers, it is alleged set fire
the sheriff's automobile, which was
irtially' destroyed before the flames
ere extinguished. Two men were
Tested and lodged in jail. They are
>e Klugh and James Edwards. Two
>pper stills, 45 and 60 gallons each,
nro i>nnfnroH in aft/tltlnn fn lavan
illons of liquor and between 2,000
id 4,000 gallons of mash.
The two stills were found about
to and a half miles from the Abbelie
county line, west of Greenwood,
ccording to Sheriff W. M. White,
ur men were found at the still but
to escaped.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rhodes, of
reenville, who have been on a visit
relatives in Columbia, stopped over
the city en route home
MAY PASS BdluS
BILL IT? WEEK
Washington, Aug. ftMKThe senate
Snoved forward so ramf today In
its consideration of honus
bill that some leaders MMfcrded prospects
of the measure passed before
the end of this- tw as more
than a possibility. Qppjfcenta were
understood to be dispMM to let the
bill take its course at tap time in the
belief that President 'KMlng would
veto. Shpuld hp dp ap' ttty planned
to center their fight.agafiat. its passage
over his veto.
There still was,'hwimr, no. official
information beforp. tm senate as
to the executive's views rather than
that contained in a letter bread to the
house last March just pefore that
body passed the bill. TV president
then advised that congrMr eilher find
a means of financing dm legislation
or postpone its enactmfll and some
friends of the bill as m 1 as opponents
believes he still if 4 that mihd.
Replying to a question by Senator
Robinson (Democrat) Arkansas,!
Chairman McCumber o#^ ;he finance1
committee told the senaw today that
there was no official ini mi at ion as
to what the president wi Id do. He
added, however, that tW changes in
the bill by which there wu^ be no J
heavy draft on the treaifrry for the'
next year would seem tifyieet every'
objection the president ^yd urged ,
against the original meffjra and that
he could see no reason ffty the executive
should veto as now I
drawn. ,
After it got to work d8 the bonus
late today, the senate aflped to the
47 committee amendment to the'
house bill, in exactly 15 ntautes and j
then it got ahead of itaeeWo such an i
extent that the meaflHrfjjefwas laid'
nside temporarily. commit-!
tee changes cleaned up^^fcator Bur-j
Bum (Republican) of JHr Mexico
called up his substitt^^Bproposing'
half cash and half cer^^jtea of in-!
iebtedness for the vetoHk but this
was rejected without a rj^rall or any
Senator Bursum (Mqrirf
there should be some
amendment which he
IHBBK
wanted to ?peak(*on his prfpohaVbut
would not be ready to proceed Until}
omorrow. By'unanimous consent taction
on the substitute was reconsid-1
ered and as no other amendments
were proposed the senate turned to
other work.
Search for Negro
In Pacolet Swamp
Spartanburg, Aug. 23.?Henry Wil-|
liams, negro, is being sought by the
rural police and a sheriff's posse in
the swamp of Pacolet river this afternoon.
Williams is thought to be
surrounded in a swamp north of the
vitv. . . i
The negro is wanted on a charge
->f criminal assault, alleged to have
been committed -on one of his race
yesterday afternoon. It it charged
'hat Williams, who is sadi to be about
45 years of age, went to the home
of a manned negro woman and made
an* attack upon her. She cried out
nnd a boy came to her assistance and
the negro fled, but not before he had
choked the woman, beat her in the
face and bitten her finger.* The wo
man made a desperate effort to fres
herself from her assailant, it is said,
ind the approach of the boy is all
'hat. saved her.
The crime is* said to be an atrocious
OM. The woman is in a delicate condition.
Deadlock Remains in
Hard Coal Situation
Philadelphia, Aug. 24. -With both
sides said to be in a receptive mood
today there is no sign of a move
either from the operators or miners
toward suggesting a solution of dead-'
lock over the situation in the hard
breaking up of peace parleys here
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Transmits Report to Congress
Washington, Aug. 24.?President
Harding transmitted to congress yesterday
the report of Secretary of
State in regard tothe advisability of
transferring United States diplomatic
representatives at Luxembourg from
minister at Hague to minister at
Brussels, on account of economical
union which was established between
Belgium and Luxembourg by a
treaty.
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Collins' Body Raches Dublin
Dublin, Aug. 24 (By the Associated
Press).?The body of Michael fcollins
reached Dublin by steamer this
morning from Cork and was met oy
an enormous number of mourners.
The body was placed on a gun carriage,
and taken in solemn procession
along the silent streets to .St Vincent's
Hospital, meanwhile William
T. Cosgrave icting as heed of the
provisional free state gtfternment,
and Richard Mulcahy as chief staff .
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THREE Kil l ED ON
GRADE CROSSING
Durham, N. Aug. 23.?Col.
James Marks Williams, coast artillery,
U. S. A., of 525 Perry street,
Montgomery, Ala., his wife, Mrs.
Anna M. Williams, and a Miss Williams,
also of Montgomery, were instantly
killed tonight when a Southern
railway passenger train struck
an automobile in which they were
riding at a grade crossing three miles
weet of this city.
The accident occurred at a crossing
on a detour frpm thje national highway
hetween Durham and Greens
borp. The automobile, It la said, was
moving slowly, the detour being
rough. The train, two hours late, is
reported to have been moving rapiday.
With the combined wreckage of the
automobile and the engine's pilot
scattering on either side the train
went some distance beyond the crossing
before it was brought to a stop.
The train crew picked up the
bodies of Colonel Williams and the
two women and placed them in the
baggage car. Colonel Williams is
said to have shown signs of life, but
he was dead when the train reached
Durham. Aside from the cut on his
right hand his body was without a
feign of injury. His left leg wabroken,
however, near the ankle.
Mrs. Williams' head was crushed.
Miss Williams' body bore cuts and
abrasions.
The victims of the accident were
taken from the local station to an undertaking
establishment to await in
formation from Montgomery aB to
disposition.
Brave Old Soldier
Crosses Over River
Hcpry N. Rogers, Confederate veteran,
died yesterday at the Confederate
Soldiers'> jme after an illness
of about five Months. Mr. Rogers
was 79 vears of nrm nnH woo nnmo*
ried. He was a native of Union county.
He entered the Confederate army
April 12, 1862, and served with Com^^HHgl'ifty-sixth
North Carolina
vived by a brother, who resides at
Hendersonville.
The funeral service will be held
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Elmwood
cemetery.?The State.
C. E. Graham Dead
Asheville, Aug. 24.?Charles Edw
:rd Graham, aged 68, coton mill
operator of Greenville, S. C., died in
n hotel here early today of an attack
of apoplexy.
Coal Comes South
Some 50-odd cars of coal are on
the way to South Carolina, Frank
W. Shealy, chairman of the railroad
commission, announced yesterday.
This coal is for industries in priority
classes.
The situation remains acute, Chairman
Shealy declared, with thousands
of requests and no coal to meet them.
Yesterday the commission mailed
over "a bushel and a half of letters '
at one time the chairman declared,
in --.peaking of the work of approving
m dei s and answering correspond
ence.
In Columbia practically no coal is
>n hand, Mr. Shealy said. Dealers
here have no fuel, he said he had been
informed. In Spartanburg three
plants have been closed and others
are likely to shut down because of
the shortage, the commission announced.?The
State.
Parties for the Younger Set
On Tuesday afternoon Miss Sara
Tinsley entertained a number of her
friends at a Rook party. The tables
were placed on the tastefully decorat
ed porches where these young folks
enjoyed many lovely games. Miss
Jean Arthur proved to be the highest
scorer and she was awarded a
beautiful handpainted box of
mints. This charming little hostess
was assisted in entertaining het
guests by her mother, Mrs. J. E.
Tinsley.
Notice
The Circles of the Woman's Missionary
society of the First Baptist
church will meet Friday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock at the following places:
Circle 1 with Mrs. E. S. Reaves.
Circle 2 with Mrs. Douglas Edwards.
Circle 3?Mrs. T. K. Foster.
Circle 4?Mrs. D. S. Carlisle.
Circle 5?Mrs. W. W. Cooper.
We request that one of
the managers, or some
friend, telephone ua the
election returns Tuesday
evening so that we may post
the result*. '
McCORMICK GIRL
BURNED TO DEATH
McCormick, Aug. 23.?Miss Rom
Belle Townes, tho 12 year old daugh
tor of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Townes
of I'luin Branch, met a tragic deatn
at tho home of her parents at t'lum
Branch yesterday when she undertook
to kindle a fire in a stove by the use
of gasoline.
It seems that Miss Townes was
preparing to cool; dinner for the family
and had been in the habit of pouring
a little gasoline in the stove to
start the fire, but yesteerday the
stove was evidently warm from
breakfast copktng and when sh.e poured
the gasoline in the stove it exploded,
evidently causing Miss
Townes to spill some of the gasoline
on her clothes as she was immediate
ly covered with flames. She ran
through the house and out in the
street with her clothes all in flames
and before help could reach her her
doming had been burned and hei
body was burned to such an extent
that although medical aid reached her
within ten minutes she died within
four hours from the time she was
bunted.
Miss Townes was a young woman
of a lovable disposition and number- 1
ed her friends hy the score. Her un
'imely death has cast another shudow
of sorrow over the town and commu
nity where she lived. The remains
will he carried to Pickens county for
interment.
Big Five Brotherhood
Hold Secret Meeting
New York, Aug. 24 (By the Associated
Press).?Members of the "Big I
Fin " broii etbocd group of rail strike
med'ators met Unlay at ;.n uptown ho.
'.el, then left hurriedly for a secret
conference as an undis< losed p'ace
with t* preventatives of a small group
ol' rail executives who yesterday vert
ready to t;l;e up further negotiations .
as individual roads. The "Big I i\V
'truitt'd iti conference w th the cvoeutivos
until midnight when they re.
turned to headqy^rUms where they remained
until 1:55 this ^morning c'.osGreat
Britain Owes
United States Large Sum
Washington, Aug. 24.?The funding
of the $4,135,000,000 war debt owed
hy Great Britain to the United States
was declared today by Secretary Mellon
to have no relation to war loans
made by Great Britain to other governments
or to questions arising in
connection with reparation payments
of former central powers.
Lenders Order Miners
To Return to Their Posts
Altooia, Pa. Aug. 24 (By the Assoc
iated Press).?The anion lenders
today are notifying their 45.000
miners in cer.tial Pennsylvania fieid
to return to the posts they left rivr
iron the ago while operators. artrushing
plans that mean a productio.
of 30,000,000 tons of coal a year Ac'ivity
followed the signing of an
art cement last night.
Parent-Teachers' Association
The Parent-Te?ichei a--ociatioi.
m?*t Monday afternoon at f> o'clock
in the I -dies' parlors
Tlie president read a Tew verses
from the r?th chapter of 11 Corinthians,
followed hy a short prayer.
Reading?The Challenge--Mis. i.
'. Wagnon.
Piano solo Kathleen Smith.
Reading--Parent-Toathers Associ.lion
in I.or;! ("nuvhes- Mrs. |? 1)
Ben y.
(V.ies'ic n and answers on, What
M'kes a flood Mother?
Reading?Miss Minnie Gregory.
Discussion.
Our next meeting will be a social
j one as every quarter we nave a gel
together social hour.
Recording Secretary.
Meeting of Mounment
Dealers Association
The Piedmont section of the Monument
Dealers association met here
August 23rd as the guests of the Union
Marble & Granite Co., and had a
most successful meeting.
Mayor Smith gave the welcome ad
dress.
Mr. B. H. Heyward, general manager
of the Winnsboro Granite Corporation,
largest granite quarry in
the South, was present and made
quite an interesting talk.
A bountiful dinner was served at
W. A. 1 -orkmail's hotel, which was
greatly enjoyed by all.
Members were here from Pacolet.
Waterloo, Spartanburg, Seneca and
otnt'r set-nuns 01 ?ne rieamoni district.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Shaver spent the
week-end in Sumter.
Miss Lucia Miler of Summerville
is the truest of Miss Theo Young.
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BROTHERHOOD MEN
WILL NOT STRIKE
New York, Aug. 23.?L. E. Sh?Ppard,
president of the Order of Rail
way Conductors, durmg his appearance
today before the Railway Eeecutives'
association in connection
with efforts to settle the shopmen's
strike, is said by railroad officials to
have declared the brotherhoods would
not break their contract by calling a
sympathetic strike but that if the
[ resent cpntroversy brought conditions
which threatened their seriority
they would 'strike with all the legai
means at their command."
ne aiao said thjat If any 'sizable
number" of individual railroads ?h|ved
an inclination to accept the final
proposal of the brotherhoods for settling
the shop strike the shop crafts
would be Kind to drop their time honored
"one for all and all for one"
policy which precluded agreements
not of national scope. President
Warren S. Stone, of the engineers, is
iiuoted as having said he did not ob
;ect to guards but thnt he did object
to ha\ing guards "thrust their .4.">
alibre guns into the faces of men
"ear the railroad property."
Ready to Receive Old Cotton
Columbia. Aug. 24.?Official an
nounccment wis made by the South
Carolina Cotton Growers Coo perm \e
association this morning that it >ready
to receive old cotton from mem
hers who desire to deliver it. Instructions
are being sent out to mem
burs who have indicated a desire to
sell this cotton through the asso< ia?ion.
Delivery of old cotton is op.
tional w th the inomb'-r. The association
expects to be leady within the
next few days to receive new cotton
Instructions arc now being prop) )
and will go out to members v-.vshortly,
it was said today. Offie. i >
of the association today pointi .1 i
that it had been a tremendous : is. t build
up the machinery to ban lie il
crop. The organization had to r
built from the ground up, it was
pointed out. Officials of the association
arc enthusiastic over the pio -
mere is a disposition among the
members and the business men of the
state to back the association to the
limit. Over 100 new contracts have
been received by the association i:.
the past 48 hours, it was sttaed today
and new members arc being received
daily.
A Delightful Party
Miss Ruth Parham was hostess at
a delightful party on Wednesday
evening at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Fred J. Parham, ::i
Fant avenue.
Progressive conversation was onjoyed
on the verandas and refrcshr-.y
punch was served throughout the
evening,
A guessing cente r was the main
feature and Clyde Going and Mis.
Annie Mae Pairner were the prize
winners.
Mrs. Parham assisted her daught.
n serving delicious refreshments i
sr??\m and cake.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. Walter il. vzbb und> t .
operation foi appendicitis i atm
ing at Wallace Thomson hw-pital
Dr. M. 1>. lluiet was operand on .
Wallace Thomson liosnit. tin- morn.
iiiR.
Miss Ruth iIt)*vit- I !'i lot lv .
in Abbeville todn\ : I'ler vi.min;: ..
the home ef Mis. M t. t
Mr. Davis Jefl'rjc. an.I 1 .no:.,
on a motor trip ,n tin- r.r a';..
North Carolina.
Miss Lena Bailey, a ho had her ! - ?
sile removed yesterday in Creenviii
stood her operation nicely and e\
pects to return home tomorrow. I I
is gratifying new to her mate
friends.
Master Lindsay McNally, the sot.
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McNally, is
improving after undergoing an op
eration at the Wallace Thomson hospital.
Miss Elizabeth Jeter of Santuc is
a visitor in the city today.
Rev. L. W. Blackt^elder and family
have returned from a visit to Sal
isburg, N. C. *
Misses Ruby Charles and Leola
Hodge left yesterday for Charlotte
to visit friends for sometime.
Mr. J. T. Law son
Has Broken Lei;
Mr. J. T. I^awson, of Coleraine, had
the misfortune to sustain a fracture
of left lejr just below the knee Monday
afternoon when his mule, hitched
to a buprpry, became frightened ai <i
ran iway, throwing him out and he
was caught between a log and the
buggy I"4 W. sustaining the injury
as above stated. He is now in
the hospital at Spartanburg. Hi* ^
many friends hope he will soon recover
from the injuries.