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VL)AEJME XXXVIII. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1922., -__- NUMBRA HARING PROPSIS. 8NWSIRIK NlOV[ Te4 Shopinen to Return te Their Jobs ASKS: RAILROADS TO ASSIGN WORK Prsg4ent Ishue% App~ea1 to 'Workmen to Beturn to Thir Jobiland Asks Rallroads to Assign Them Work Peadfag Settlement of Strike lsr-e by Lab'r Board. Wa.shington, Aug.. 7.-Prednt Harping today called iptn" striking mil-road phopmen .to, return -to work, requested the railroads. to assign them to work and asked both the workmen and carrierk to submit the disputed question of seniority to the railroad labor board. The. anresident~ sent telegrams to 3B. M. 'Jewell, -head of, the railroad shopmen's union, and T. iiYdWtt Cuy ler, chairhian of the Association of Hallway '-Executives, outlining the plwu which he - hoped would result in speedy teomination of the strike. Mr. Harding in. his messages asked that both parties to the dispute ag-ree to comply wth the decision rendered .on seniority ~by the railroad labor board. Washington, Aug. 7.-The presi dent's telegrams were made public at the white house at I o'clock after the executive had, held another confer ence'with 'Mr. Jewell and other strike leaders and with Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee who has been in contact, witn the failroad executives. The statement was authoritattv-iv made at "the white house in conv*" tion with tlle-call issued by tb, presi dent that ... 'Harding regar-'ed hs p osals as a final prao.I from government for volu: tary action Vr therafiro.ds and employees' to end the menace to the country's I itercsts which the administration sees in the, paralysis of transp-ortation, particular yin coal ,flelds. The nroposals to 'ay wpre made without ,nsultation with railroad executives a: ' the pres ident does not know what will be the attitude of the labor unions, it was, added. Settlement through the labor board, the 'president was said to believe, is the only practical course for the gov ernment to seek. ,'ext of Telegram The text of the telegram sent to Mir. Jewell follows: "I have' your communication Ini which you and your associates speak-I 'Ing for the striking. railway shotpmen! pledged your agreement to the propo3 als which I submitted to the railway executives and your organization for the settlement of the pending rail roa s'trike. Inasm'uch as I was act ing as a voluntary medlator. seeking the earliest possible settlemeht, I con fess to you that same disappointment which I have conveyed to the execu tives .that the terms 'were not unani muously accepted. As you are already aware the'executives of the carriersI 'declared their inability to restore so bnIority rights unimpaired.. "It~ is exceedingly gratifylt'g, how ,ever that In responding toa the terms awhich were proiposed that bothi 4he spokesmen for the carriers and' the spokesmen for the employes have pledged that ,they 'will recognize the validity of all -decisions 'by the rail road labor board and to faithfully ear :ry out such dcisions as contom e~plated 'by the law.' Moreover, spokes men for the carriers and employes -have approved the -second paragraph .of the proposal and in their approval -bave agrebd that 'railroad labor board decisions .which have been invol ed in the strike thay be 'taken,' in the exer Mise of recognized rights, by either )rty,- to the railroad labor board for ~~earing.' Inasmuch .as. the em loyes have agreed to all the terms p'roposed and the exeeutives have re''too'two of the bases of settle .and 'rejected the third, there .Wains otily the question of seniority c~red in paragral'h three in dis Vhte, to bar a settlement. "Mindfuf of the pledge of both the eau'ctives and the striking workmen oecb'gn'e the validity of all deci o'M b$ t~thh ,rilroad labor board I ami '(h$erby oialing on 'the- striking work 2eoi to 19ta'rn to wotk, calling upon ~'~st6arers to assign -them to work, ~ 4i1)kV~Oth wo*1kmOn. and car WEUIL' INFE&TATION IS II4EGULAB Weather Conditions favorable to Wee. Svil Ioyelopment.. Oontinuation Con . trol Measure: Advised.. *Clexuson College, July -3._O he nmost striking feature in the -boll wee VAl sitation is the irregularity of -'iffest,.ion, not only -in the varlotis counties bht on individual farms and even 1: single fields," said Prof.' A. V. - C nradi, entomologist, at the week'y boll weevil conference here today, after hearing regit'lrom. the fleld .ecialists who were present for the 'onferenee and from the edunty agent over the state. At. te close of ..the conference tie follo'ing statement \vas given, outf: 'A he we'ather during the past week n'hil6. hot was moist and generally favorable to weevil developmaent. It should be explained that hot -and 11ry .weather is the weevil's worst enemy, 'but with the exception of a few lo calities we have had no such weather during : the past week. Showers have been frequent and the atinos phere moist, which offset the benefits that would have been derived other wise from the weather. The percentage' of squares in. fested varies, as shown by the reports, from a small 'percent to 60 or 70 per cent.- This condition -is frequently very misleading to farmers wlio are given the credit of low infestation to one or other of control measures they are attemlpting, whet as a matter of fact the infestat:on was not there to -begin with. We know this to be the case, because there have been accum ulated over a Weriod of years alseries of most elaborate data. in expdebimental iwork showing what results may be ex pc.-ted from one or the other of these "a ic'us control measures under the )est conditions. Square' collecting when done thor oughly on the plantnd on-the ground is- still advise(d throughout the Pled mont section, and in other sections and areas .where light square infesta tion.occurs. Frequent shall'ow cultivation should be continued so long as cotton does not sufficiently overlap for this to be injurious. It is very necessary that the labor situation be controlld during. Aug ust for the purpose of square collect ing and cultivation. Failure to have labor available may mean much loss. d'ru-iding over -the state generally Is very goo(l. 'But IL frequently hap pens that individual farmers have a small crop of fruit set at this time, a condition which would hardly be due to natural conditions but prob a-bly to poor soil and poor seed. It must be kept in mind that good soil and good seed are two thIngs most necessary before one may expect Miroflt fromn any operation for boll' weevil control. Frequently we are asked to advise whether dusting should be undertak en where square infestation has reached upwards of 60 per cent. This depends on: . 1. IWhether the farmer is prepar ed to dusmt immediately. If so, then we advise him to dust,' but -there is no time left now to secu-re dusting machinery and 'poison, Jknowing that weevil dispersion ils albout to begin. '2. (Wlherover the dusting schedule has been begun it should be contin ued with view of reducing these high infestations before the dispersion be gins. *Maj. Dozier Hlere FEiendd of Maj. J. C. 'Dozier, world war veteran and candidate for Secre-. tary of State, has 'been sp~ending a few days near the city with his fa .hero M'aj. Dozier, who already has 'hosts of friends in the city, has found occasion to make many new friends arnd put them in proper line for the election. L~ast night Maj. Dozier made att informnl address at the Watts Mills and received a cordial reception from his hearers. Powecr Rleun ion The annual 'ower reunion wiil *be held at iIDavia Springs Thursday, Au 'gust 1t. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend and to 'bring IcInic baskets. riers under the law .to take the ques tion in dispute to the railroad labor board for hear ing and 'decision and a compliange' by both with the decision rendered. (8igned) "Warren G. H~arding.k. fOPEN -ARTILLFRY A.9AINST EXPERTS Duncan Takiv Shot at "Smneilink Com 1iittee. Lettei to 1ardwick. Thie State. '. .- .. 'WXnnisboro, Aug. 3.--'rhe' roport of Griffenuhagen & Associates, made to the Joint leglalatise comtgittqe on' econ ony and -consblidation at tie lest'-es sion ot tile general asas~ebly, was the subject of- harsh criticism here today by 'Walter E. 'Dainoan, comptroller gen oral.. This was introduced early in the -ca.i.ppiign, by Code 1L. Blease'.'who des'gnated the. group' of effleiency ex porlts,Iwbo inade 'a survey of the finan clal affairs of the state, as "the6 smell ing- committee". Tr. Hagood Gooding, at the- campaigi 'meetfng- in D4rlng ton, read n. letter written by -Mr. Din ean to state offiials In Georgia-,:where the same group was making a 'nrvey, in which 'the experts were character Ized as "imposterg," their recommen dnitons "ridiculous,' and their-.meth ods "contemptible." Mr. Duncan ex plained today' that 'his opponent. had referred to that :art- of tho -report which dealt with the offilce of the C omptroller general and then' read a letter from one of the Griffenhagen reiir6sentatives published in 'he At lanta Journal last Saturday. He also read a copy of his own letter which he wrote in reply to Governor Hard wick of Georgia thin week. The report of the eflictency men 1s of :ecuiliar interest, in view of the fact that all candidates realize the financial -burdens under which the peo ple of the sht i are laboring, and also lbe.'e t;, 1hi; amlle grout) pointed out -o the km! 'zineral assemibly how a 6" hIf a million doar:; might bU eflecte'd. Ex ris Ma ke lteply lg to 'Mr. Dlicanl's first let ter, V.r. Telford of Gridffenlhagen & A' socie. hud tie fotlowing to !-.y concen- Mr. Duneeni: "!n th1v %ve , ) we !lde to the . ' I i:' comm ll ttee of Soith C l'":'.n-the wp!k of the ottico e. c t le! IrC general , 1pc-inted I tI'm -- : ! " m" lv,bl. had been ImreI'* ' ed (;ull (if tle ;:nda a ppropriated "0r the~ c u:My ois 2, h.ut wvas being I It ior perst a.i 11.4e by the chief cit i i:: th il '.M. fbO Itutt In report in ''. expendittm.:; to .t legislatiure 1! conlitelt r '* I- en;!I erA had covered up t'v u'e of the money. This automo le was pu re'uinet before Mr. Duncan ; % oilice, but tIh(e Int pIaymieit of sevc al hu llndred dollar-; wata made after 'le became comptroller' generalI. Whe,(. a copy of the report nas given to C V ernor Cooper, lie took the matter uip with the comlptrolier general, Wter (F. uncan, who admitted the fact an ste(dI .in thie reporl and offered to re sign. Later he changed his min' as tb the course of action e sIlouIld Ike and (lid not resign." S. 't. CU ter also wrote a letter to tile oficials of Georgia belittling t)he wor:k Iof the group in South Caro ina. Of tilis Mr. 'liford said: "I have never known on what the oppositon of the state treasurer was based. In our1 -study of is office we dliacoveredl no signs of graft or diisihonesty, bult did -find anld opoint out tlhat some of the records are cunmbersomie, that thle office Is overmanned and that a smlail or staff could handle the work eVen as thle records are kept. Show Disrelfard for Facts "Both '.\ir. Carter and Mr. Duncan showv a disre'gard of facts iwhich is sur prising onl the part of state 'offi: era supp~iosed to be re)sponlsible for l':at they says Mr. Duncan, of course, roeist De aware of tile fact that tile i~tate ap.pIropia~tions were reduced f .01m about $b',500,000 In 192.1 to about $5, 800,000 in 1922.". wrote to Giovernior ilaraw.e~k .'ondaIty follow: "Tile alutomlobile to which reference was smade as 'having been pnlrchlasedi by the compltroller general of South Carolina,.was ealrchasedi moe than six mlonlths bleforo I blecameo lompi troillr general of tile state, and in making tile flnal payment on name af ter' I1 'bacame comptroller general, I was sulstatined in so doing iby an opin ion fr'om the attorney general of tile state. Tile people of this 5tate, T am conaident, woulid vastly ,prefer the opin lonl of their- owna attorney general as to tile legality of tis or any other point at issue, to the .irresponsi-bie 'in terpretation of an nlien interloper, broughlt to South Carolinai to stir up strife and dissention. Answerable; to nobody, this 'impostor. can write 'back from thle sate distitice to wiiCh "he hos gone to further distort facts and fum ble flaures.' The reocords In the offiee COTTON CAMPAIGN TO BE RENEWEt L. M. Beachnm to be In Charge C CAmpOign in This County. At 4. meeting of the directors of th Squth Carolina Cotton Co-oporativ ass6ciation, held in Columbia las wetk, it wa decided to renew the cam paign for niembership in the.associa tiod.in order to raise the total numbe of bales signed from 440,000' to 600 000. 'It owa the sentiment' of -the meet ing.jthat the association could operat more . economically -wi'th the la.1go number of bales signed up. The campaign for new memnbers I to be 'carried on' between August 1 and 31. Mr. 'L. -%. 'Beacham, loca fariner and cotton 'buyer, has accept ed the chairmanship for this count, and will be in charge of the canipaig hero. iLaurens coun'ty already ha. about 16,000 bales signed up for th association but ..lr. Beacham state that. he vill endeavor to bring thi number up to 20,000. S. S. WORKERS T) MEET Laurens County Souiday School AsSo elation to Hold Annual Conventioi at Gray Conrt-Owings Selhol lild Ing. The Laurens County Sunday Sehoc Association will hold its annual con vention at the G rany Court-Owing school house on S:aturday, Augus;t 11 and the Sunday school people of a] denoininations in the county are in v:ted to attend. A strong progiram of )practical diS cus':ons and insiring addresses o all phases of miodern t.'niday Schoo work has been prepared. 'Leon C Palmer, general superintendent of th State Sunday School association, !s ex pected 'to attend the conietlon. In order that all 'the Sunday Schoo workers of this county may have a1 opportunity to attend the corventiotl o ilmit will he 1'et on the number wlh 1a1y attcld from each Sunday School The eonvention will be in the nature o a county-wide mass meeting and no (delegated boy(13, and all who com will he welcome. Inforivation regarding the conveni tilon may be secured from the- count; resident, Mirs. 13. Owings, of Ow ings, or county secretary, Miss Cecl Owings, Owings, or from Leon C. Pol mer, state superin-tendent, 71.1 An drew-daw building, *Spartaburg. lee Cream Supper Beginning at 8 o'clock Friday even Ing, August 11, there will be an ic cream Supper at Central 'School, nea Martin's Cross Roads. This is for th, pur)ose of raising money to help wit1 buying desks for the new school build ing. leverybody is invited to, come of comptroller general will show to themselves whether TeWordis, state ment that I covered up the paymen of the automobile purchase Lwice I the truth or a gross falsehood. In s15ection of the vouchers is invited ti reveal the facts as to the latter. 'tflecided to alake Eigh~t "Idid agree, in conversation wt 'the .governor, in the event it could 'b proven that I had committed. an erroi oven a technical error, in the matte of the automobile ipurchase to 'esig1 my commission as comptroller "gtin oral but when I learned. as I did lear1 that a deliberate and a pr1emleditatei effort wvas afoot to' discredit my de par'tment in ord(er to bolster up th 'ictitlous necessity of creating anothe useless commission to further burder throttle and harass the peole of Sout] Carolina, I dletermilned to fight th socalied eficiency exports betite knfown in South Carolina as the smell ing committee, and the tIght, carrie to -the floor of .the senate, was won b na'er'whelmning vote. This is likewvis a matter of record. "I have heretofore characterIzed Lh reconmendations of the Griffenliage: crowdi as idicculous andl their mcoth ods as contempti'ble. I have her'oto fore offered to meet them face to fac andl sirove them impostors. One c their number *-writes back from hun' dIreds of miles beyond the Mlason an Dixon line in a cowvardlly attemptt discredit me with distorted factif. 'Th .public, tilerefore, may judge for itself, The meeting today 'was attended bi about 300 persons, and 'was hold in thi community building 'rmoved from Camp .Jaekson to iW'linsbor'o. A crippled locomotive brought sonm of the candidates :here today thre hour's late-,'- and 4~n consequence th priogr'm was badly der'anged~ CO USTY AUTO ILICEXSES. AMOUNT TO $14,280.31 Laurens Banks Ele'enth In Amount I for Seveu Months of Year. With a total of $144,280.3-1 for the salo e df licens.e tags for automobiles during e the llrat seven months of this year, t Laurens county ranks eleventh in the state, and sixth also for the amount of money received from 'licenses during r tho month of July with a total of . $495.50. Under the .highway act 80 per cent goes to the counties of the e state. r The -accruals for the months of July and tie seven months of this year are 14a follows: o Counties: July Total ,1 Abbeville 139.46 7.703.04 . Aiken . . ... 835.21 13,444.57x y Allendale .. .. 86.71 2,843.71 Anderson .. .. 7118.22 35,572.18 flanVberg . . . . 1128.'5-5 5,014.30 Barnwell . . . 101.46 5,691.47 13 Beaufort . . 71.01 4,274.52x B Berkeley . . . 58.40 2,286.00 Calhoun . . . 66.21 4,412.73 Charleston . . 928.14 40,439.47x Cherokee . . . 278.90 9,760.51x (Chester. . . 291.13 9-,770.19x Chesterfield. . 323.31 10,803.0-1 Clarendon . . . 44.00 5,494.20 rColleton . . . 296.67 4,473.23 .Darlington . 276.51 15,707.26 Dillon . . . . 21'4.80 8,122.66 I Dorchester .. .. 143.lit 4,685.86x 'iltigefield . . 135.96 4,583.71 Fairfleld . . . 150.00 4,118.40 Florence . . . 308.96 18,147.11 Georgetown . 50.00 4,121.31 Greenillo .. .. 1,270.94 52,720.91lx Greenwood . . 326.31 14,772.41 Hampton . . 87.95 1,507.00 Horry . . . . 132.81 6,275.54 jasper- 38.40 1,214.60x Kershaw . . . 185.80 7,985.76 Lancaster . . . '270.91 7,376.92x Laureis .. . . . 495.50 '14,280.31 Lee ..... 86.70 6,403.30 Lexington . . .109.12 13,873.85 .\'cCoriick. 120.80 3,209.85 Marion . . . . 180.60 6,126.56 322.61 12,787.81 Newberry . . . 410.57 12,728.07x f Oconee . . . 304.26 10,463.6Tx t Orangeburg . 481.63 21,370.39 Pickens . . . . 238.87 10,031.1.2\ Richland . . . . 1,372.06 -16,821.58x Saida . . . . 130.80 1,863.75 Sparanburg . . 1,012.31 .12,150.03x Sumter . . . 292.20 13,615.92 Union . . . 152.50 7,638.40 Willi amsbu rg . 122.60 5,281,10 York .. . . .. 153.01 17,194.77x Out of state . . 47.30 , 584.lOx Total ..$..14,096..11 $565,518.23 ENROLLM lNT OVER 4,00) SIwice ias Mny1111)' Men sits Women En. rolled in the County for Denoeratic. Primary. tfr. W . S. iPower, in charge of the -enrollment books of the county for r Chairman C. A. Power, after making - a tabulation of the names enrolled for t the Democratic primary, stated yes terday that the total enrollment of - the county nyas 6;276. Of this number a 4,301 were men and 1,975 were women. In ,4920, when men only enrolled, the total number was 4,276. , Mr. Powver said that in some cases Sit was difficult to dlistinguish the names of women from men so that. - there .might be some dliscropancies in Sregard to a difision of the sexes, but . that the total number of voters is cor r eet. - Earl Wilson Hlome Soldl a Announcement was made yesterday r ,by Mr. Earl Wilson, w-hio Is visithng " in the city from his present home in I Gastonia, that he had sold his hand1 e some 'brick residence on West Main r street to Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Mc~ravy, - whlo will take immediate possession. EL Tils Is One of .the handsomest homes Y -in the city and it is understood that C it brought a conlsidlerable price though the exact terms were not stated,. SCelebrated 78th BIrthday - Mrs. Rt. .13. King celebratedl her sev enty-eighth bib'thday Sunday, August e 6th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 'f F. J. Rtickman on West Iaurens street. - TPhere' were thirtly-two p~eople present, d four of her children, sik grand-chil 0' dren and one great-granmdchild. The 0 rest wecre relatives and near friends "who Canme to wish her many more y happy birthdays, such as this one. n Wolff- ienion The annual Wolff reunIon will be e held at Chestnut RIdge church grove e Friday, the 11th, Friends of the famn 0 ily as wvell as relatives are invited to attend and bring picnic baskets. COll TY CAMPAIGN OPENS TIS MORNING First Meeting at Langston Church Today LISTS CLOSED ON SATURDAV County Campaign Opens lat Langstet ThIs Morning and Closes at Waft MIlNs on the Lalst Tuesday Night be fore Primary Election. Candidates for county offices wiU make their bow to 'the voters in the first formal caipaign meeting of the year at (Langston church this morning at 10 o'clock. Meetings will be held: in every township of the county ae cording to the schedule printed below, .the last day of the campaign, August 22, to see one meeting in the 'Laurvas court house at 10 o'clock in the morn Ing and another at 'Watts Mills at T o'clock in the evening. The candf dates will -then rest until one week later when the results will be declared in the lirst pri'mary election. The following itinerary Is to be I followed: Liangston Church-August 9, 10 A. M, 'Lydia--August 9, 7 V. M. Renno-August 10, 10 A. M. Goldvrille-August 10, 7 P. '.\I. Clinton--August II, 10 A. M. Clinton ..\lill--August 11, 7 P. M. Cross 'Hill-August 1.1, 10 A. 1. Center Point-August 15, -10 A. M. 1iekory Tavern-August 17, :3 P M. Gray Court-August 18, 3 P. M. 'Wallace's .Lodge--August 21, 10 A. M. Laurens iill-August 21, 7 P. Al. Laurens-August 22, 10 A. M. Watts Aills--August 22, 7 P. M. Lists Closed Saturday 'ihe last day for the filing of pledg es Saturday disclosed several now unmes in the list of candidates and several withdrawals. Forimer Super-. visor Li. 11. ilumlert decided at the last mlomjient not to enter the race for .Rupervisor, lcaving this contest be tween. the incumbent, Jno.. ID. W. Watts and W. M. Nash. Miss Mar garet DunbIl ai withdrew from the race for superintendent of education, leav ig two men .and two women in this "ace, Mr. W. 'P. Culbertson having al ready announced that he would not en ter. Phil D. Huff, L. S Bolt, and R. D. '1oyd,. of Laurens, and J. 0. Barnett, of Clinton, entered ithe race for the -louse of Representatives on the last day,. Inaking a total of ten entranta for this race. Toy A. Druinmond and .L 13. Iliitt iwere late .arrivals in the list for county comm111issioner. The following Is a complete list ot the county candidates who signed the Dldedges: Congress-J. J. IlcSwain. IHouse of Representatives (three to 'be. elected)-.J. 0. Barnett, Ludy S. Bolt, R. Di. Bloyd, Jamies *T. Brown'ing, W. 'L. Gray, Phil D). IHuff, .J. C. Mc Daniel, Hugh D. Mcravy, Carroll Di, 'Nance, 'W. IDennis Owens. ISuperintendenit of l~ducation--.E Sihaw Johnson, 31rs. 10iarl C. Owens,. Ben A. -Sullivan,'Miss Kate V. Wofford. County Supervisor-WV. M. Nash, John D. WV. :Watts. Probate Judge-O. C, Thompson. COunty Treasurer-R,. Jud Lang ston, Rloss D). Young. Con ty Aud(itor'-40l more G. Bram let-t, J1. fWladdy Thompson, County Commissioners (twvo to be elected)--Joe R. Ad-air, A. 13, Blake Icy, Tloy A. D~rummond, J. B, H-itt, A. .H. 'Moore, Magistr'ates Youngs TrownIship)-T. WX. Cannady, Geo. Tr. Cook. Hlunter' Townshlp-M. A. 'Cannon. Clinton Tlown-Rt. R. M 11am, 10. T. 'Richbourg, T. 'Miller Smith. Oross 111111 Tlowvnship--J. WV. Darnell, W. 11. Fuller, If. L. McSwaln. Dials Trownshiip-'P. M. H-ellams, 3. WV. Wells. Waterloo Townshp---W. W. Camp hell, WV. L., Cooper, L~. Con 'IEiledge, Grover C. 11111. -Scumff1 lewn Town ship-- -J1. Wess Don.. nan. .Jack~s Township-J.. C. Mc'Milllan. 'Sullivan Towvnship-J. L. Halldwin, N. B. Wood, Plenie at Wham's Lawni Tim~ annual Whtrn's Lawn .lpiente twill *be hold this year on August 18, TPhe upublic and all candidates arne in vited to attend and brIng baskets