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VOLUMEII XXXV. LAURE3NS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDA N. OCTOBER 1, 1919.NUBR1
NEW POLITICAL 1
PREDICTED BY
Speculation in Washington C
of Next Year. No Intim
Senator Smith.
The Washington correspondent of
the Greenville 'Daily News sent out
an intdresting comment Monday on
the political situation in South Caro
lina as it 'appears from Washington.
The correspondent hedged himself
albout so as to make no definite pre
diction, but managed 'to 'bring into the
limelight -nany of the possible candi
dates for senatorial'and ,congressional
honors. The Advertiser reprints the
story in full for the entertainment of
its readers, as follows:
Washington, Sept. 28.-Some new
congressional timber is -to 'be added to
the political woodpile in 'South Caro
lina when the elections of next year
come off, wise ones fresh from that
section have reported in Washington
recently and some that are 'barely con
sidered now may come to the front be
fore the race is ended.
TVo rcent vaeancies in South Caro
lina-those from the sixth and sev
enth districts-with the incidental fed
eral pafpnage and pie connected
therewith, have apparently iwhetted
the congressional appetites on .the Pal
mtto State.
No one hereabouts seems to be anx
lous to even. hazard a guess as -to who
is willing to take a good licking .by op
posing Senator E. D. Smith on the
hustings next summer. Since the time
at Anderson, some -five years ago,
when the senator had his picture tak
en standing on top 6f a good five hun
dred .pound bale of cotton he has ap
parently put his competitors, out of
the running.
Of course no one here knows what
is going to be done in this race, but
it is much easier to enter and put up
the necessary fees and make a cam
paign through the forty-six counties
of the state than it iy to get a decision
at the hands of the people, and ap
parently this will be the position of
some of the candidates afiter they
have mixed up with Senator Smith
and his adherents for a month or
more. But th field is big and free
to those who wish to enter as the Sena
torial. seat in 'Washington belongs, it
must 'be remembered, to the man with
the longest pole.
Here are sonic predictions regard
ing the lenso rituation, an'd thef"
may come true or they may not, but
at least they are worth watching.
In the first disttiet the race will
probably be between Richard S.
Whaley and W Turner Logan, the
laiter the law partner of John P.
Grace.
The second district will probably
show James F. Byrnes and one of his
opponents, George L. Toole, while the
third dlistrict wil1libe flighting groun'd
again. In this district it Is said that
Representative Doiinmick will .have a
very severIe test of his ab~ility to hold
onl to his Was~hington job. Th'ie friends
of former Congressman Wyatt Aiken,
it is saidl, still dlesire to see him back
in the H ouse andI wvill insist that he
make the fight again in the 1920 prim
aries, andl in adidition, it has been said
here fot some time that Captain IHenry
C. Tiliman, son of the late Senator
'Tillman, wvill take the stump and en
deavor to break botninich'a, pold in
Wash ington. There may be one or
two others, 'but those are the most
Tfhe fourth district wil tbe fighting
- ground. igaiu'. With the ietitoinent of.
Cougressman Sam 3, Nicolola, after
seyeral years' service in the House as
~he successor to the late Judge . T.
~ohnson, the man who gets this place
will know that he has 'boon in a light
twheit it is over. Thie way the matter
standls now, it is -this way, ,with the
following probalblo line up: Captain
J. J. aLeswain, soldier and lawvo',
Greenville; David 11. Traxler, real
estate man, Greenville; 11. Lj. loumar,
lawyer, Spartanburg; Captain W. R.
ltichey, .Jr., Laurens, soldier andl
lawyer; Mfajor C. C. Wyche, Sp~artan
burg, soldier and lawvyer.
It will thus be seen that of the fouir
c(ounit ies wvhich make uip the fourth
dist rict, Spartanburg, Jlturens, Green
ville and Union, all ivwill probably have
candidates except Union and that
-county may be heard from yct.
The fifth district, now represented
by w. V. .tevensn, is the onlyoane
'IMBER
CORRESPONDENT
ircles on Political Campaign
ation as to Whio Will Oppose
in the state about Which little is to
be said at the present time. Unless
former Senator Pollock should de
termine to throw his hat in the con
gressional ring it looks like Mr. Stev
enson would -proba'bly -be .without op
position, at least now.
- The seventh district will probaby
show E. 1C. Mann, of St. Matthews,
Just elected -to succeed former Con
gressman Lever. Mir. Mann has not
yet taken his seat but will do so soon
and will be a member of the House
until March 4, 1921. Rumor has It
that he may be opposed next sum
mer by William Banks, unless the lat
ter Is appointed a member of the Fed
eral Trade Commission at a salary of
$10,000 a year, which, of course, he
would not give up to fbe a congress
man at $7,500 a year; 'George Dell
Tiummerman, recently a candidate for
the Lever seat; 1-. tP. Fulmer, of
North and Joe Sparks of Columbia
and Richmond.
Ir. Sparks has told his friends
that he would 'prolbably have made the
race this year except .for certain mat
ters which he could not dispose of at
the -present time, but that he will
clean up the field in 1921, if he be
comes a candidate.
This is a fine line up of candidates,
certain and uncertain, and it is not so
long off until you may have the op
portunity of making your choice.
Paste , this list in some convenient
place and consideo1 it from thne to
time as a convenient guide to what
may happen in South Carolina next
summer.
ROCK HILL STRIKE1
SETTLED AT LAST
Textile Operatives and Management
Reach Agreement. Two Mills In
volved.
Rock Hill, Sept. 26,-Tho strike at
the Arcade and Aragon mills, which
has been in progress for five and a half
weeks and seven and a half ,weeks, re
spectively, was oflicially ended thi af
trnoon, when an agreement was enter
ed into by the nmanagemnent of the mills
and the striking operatives and splin
dies and looms 'which have been i(ile
will be humming as usual tomorrow.
H-. E. Thompson of the state board
of conciliation and J. L. Davis, of Co
lunibia, secretary-treasurer of the
South Carolina Federation of Labor,
who have been here for several days
using their efforts to bring about a re
conciliation of differences, returned
home this afternoon, their labors here
successfully: concluded. They have
held numerous conferences with both
strikers and mantigemnent in their work
of bringing the two factions together.
Under the terms of the agreement a
local union of the textile workers wvili
lie organized at the two villages, be
ing complhosedl solely of the operatives
of the tUwo mills. When the local is
organizedh the management will meet
with the duily constituted conjit~tee
as often as desired to dliscuss matte'rs
needing attention. The management
of time mills have never opposed such
an organization, the workers contend
ing (r ;being a part of an organiza
tien h ti which there were members of
othd employment thart the two mills.
Th principal issue, and the only
olte. which there wvas any disagree
mnen .was the refusal of the manage
ment to sign a contract with the union
as constituted in Rock 11111. Tile muan
atgomnent was not twiliing to agree .to re
fer matters ini dispute to a committee
composed of people not in the employ
of tly miii, but on the contrary has
alwafs beenm willing anld has had an
agreement with theor, people, signed
July 19, 1919, to dilscusls all matetrs,
with a committee of Arcade and Aa
gon employees, President L~ong said1
t his afternoon. The agreement reach
ed this afternoon, lie says, carries out
ilhis principle and1( in thme future all
mat ters can and wvillI be settled bo
tween the mlanagement amnd the em
ployees without outside interference.
Tihere wouldi have been no strike at
either of the mills, said1 Mr. Long, had
tihe matter in question been referred
tn the n~omain of the t wn miii cmimmit
toes affected. The management of the
mills has declined hitherto and will
continue to decline to have any deal
ings with outside unions, the agree
ment is entirely with the union of the
local mills and is so recognized by
both sides. The minor details of the
agreement, such as hours, wage fix
ing, etc., had no great bearing on the
matter, these having either been set
tled prior to the strike or concurrent
ly agreed upon.
The nunagenient of the mills, said
Mr. Long, has from organization in
Rock Hill adopted the open shop pol
icy, and this has not been an issue, the
main issue being domination by out
side influences. The settlement reach
ed today, he says, is satisfactory to
both the management and the opera
tives.
Nows that the strike had been ended
was received with delight on all sides.
Several hundred operatives have been
idle for nearly two months, during
wiiich the business interests of the
city have lost thousands of dollars in
trade, it being estimated that the loss
in wages to the strikers will be ap
proximately $60,000.
Delayed shipment of Rugs and Art
Squares arriving now.
S. M. & E. H. WILIM.S & CO.
MA.J. INT. O'IRYAN
SPARTA N'S GE S'
Cominiander of 27th Division Received
Wari Welconie at Spartanburg
Monday. In Greenville Today to Ad.
dress 30th Vets.
Spartanburg, Sept. 28.-Mlajor Gen
eral John F. O'Ryan, Mrs. O'Ryan and
Colonel Edward Olmstead arrived in
Spartanburg today from Ndw York to
be the guests of the city -for two days,
with the exception of tomorrow morn
ing when he goes to Greenville to ad
dress the 30th Division vets. General
O'Ryan commanded the 27th division,
eomposed of National Guard units from
Ihe state of New York and this unit
wais trained at Cainp Wadsworth near
this city.
The party arrived about noon today:
and after taking dinner at the Cleve
land hotel, visited what remains of
Camp Wadsworth. Tonight a banquet,
with covers laid for one hundred was
served at the Cleveland hotel; follow
ing a dance was given at the soldiers
club. Tomorrow afternoon upon tho
return of General O'Ryan from Green
ville, a public reception will be given
on the campus of Converse college.
General O'Ryan and party will re
turn to New York tomorrow night,
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