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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Sun
day. Not much change in tempera-
ture.
Highest temperature yesterday.
n; lowest last night, 66.
Wind velocity at a. m, 2 miles
per hour.
Precipitation last "a hours, .02
inch.
II m. 7p.m. Tam.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb tem.. .7S 70 So
Wet bulb tenn. .62 81 81
Rel. humid. IN So IS
River stage at .. m, 20, a fall
Of / last "a hours.
sunset today 1908 p. m; sunrise
tomorrow, 500 a. m.
River Forecast
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque to Muscatine will change
hut little during the next few days.
ANDREW HAMRICK.
Meteorologist
washington. Aug. IL Weather
outlook for the week beginning
Monday includes:
region OF the Great Lakes, up
ner Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys: Considerable cloudiness:
normal temperature; scattered 10
: n 1A0WefA
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Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 12.-Gover-
nor Len Small declared this morn
ling that he was willing to do any
hing" within his power to assist
! IN bringing an end to the coal
arike in Illinois, and "if necessary
would join other governors al
Cleveland in conference with
President Lewis of the mine work
Irs.'
The governor said he had indi-
uted his willingness in a tele-
hone conversation last night with
covernor Grosbeck of Michigan
vho called him from Cleveland,
uhere Grosbeck and the Ohio gov
efnor had conferred with President
Lewis.
I haven't heard yet from MIR
hxis," the governor said, land
haven't definitely decided whether
shall go, but l most certainly will
| 10 il | believe it would accomplish
/ good"
Harrington Won't Sign.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 12.-Any
wage agreement negotiated be-
tween the miners and operators
must put all Illinois mines back te
work with other mines in the cen
tral competitive field or it will MOI
be acceptable to the Illinois min.
gs, It was announced today by
Harry Fishwick, vice president o.
the Illinois organization.
Frank Harrington, president o
the Illinois miners, according tt
Nshwick, has notified his associ
ttes on the joint subcommittee tha
be would not sign so-called four
state agreement embracing Illinois
on account Of there being only ont
Illinois operator present. Earring
tons position. Fishwick said, il
that he will not sign any kind o
IN agreement if the agreement onl!
allows one mine in Illinois to g
70 work while the rest Of the mel
must continue on strike.
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FASTS 60 DAYS; DIES.

Louisville. KY, Aug. 12.-Death
ended the 60-day fast Of Mrs. Betty
e. Coney. who gave no reason for
her refusal to eat
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INDICT FIVE LYNCHERS.

Macon, Ca, Aug. 12.-Five per-
sons were indicted in connection
with the Iynching of a negro.
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MALL NAY
lCT TOEND
COAL TIEuP
gn Meet Lewis and 9th
er Governors If
Necessary.
BULLETIN.

Cleveland, OhlO, Aug. lS-
ne Associated Press )-Divis.
in among the coal operators
y to the form of their pro-
pssal for future negotiations
with the miners developed to-
by and temporarily delayed
the work Of the joint sub.cOm.
nittee OF operators and miners
tat had been created to con.
aider an agreement that might
eject u partial settlement Of
he soft coal strik.
After a long caucus among
themselves the operators went
Directly into the afternoon
meeting with the miners re.
fusing TO announce whether
they had reached any decision
Is to their demands. Before
they held their caucus the
eperatOrs had been told by
President John Lewis that the
miners would not accept arbi-
trati0n.
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Chicago, Aug. 12.-(By the As
sociated Press.)-Nation-wide par
alysis of railroad transportation
threatened today as big Four"
brotherhood men in various parts
of the country called meetings to
consider Joining the trainmen's
walkout, which started when crews
tied up trans-continental Santa Fe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-08-11
X.RAY MACHINE INSTALLED

The new X-Ray Machine bought
for the County Hospital has arrived
and has been installed and is now in
use. The machine is of the Wapper
make and is stated by surgeons to
be the best of its kind in the coun-
try.
The X-Ray machine. was bought
for the hospital with funds raised
by Miss Rebecca Cater, whose eff
forts in the past few months have
been untiring. The hospital owes
much to her and to those who have
contributed for this latest addition
to the facilities there.
The first picture made on the new
machine was of Billy Longs injured
foot. Billy hurt his foot in one of
the football. games played by the
high school team last fall and it has
been giving him trouble since. The
new machine revealed small brok-
en- bone in this foot.
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DIES FROM INJURIES
Mrs. Julia Anne Busby Succumbs
to Hurts,

Greenwood, Aug, 10-Injured in
an automobile accident on July, 8.
Mrs. Julia Annie Busby, 83 years of
age died at her home at Ninty-Six
early this morning. The accident in
which Mrs Busby was hurt occurred
when an automobile in which she
was riding. ran into a ditch and
overturned. She suffered fractures
of the right arm and left foot and
other injuries, from which she
never recovered.
Mrs. Busby is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. S. V. Mills of
NinetylSix, Mrs. S. v. Matthews of
Augusta. w. H. Busby of Abbeville,
Mrs. Rhett Lowe , of Langley. No
funeral arrangements have been
made.
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GIN NEW COTTON
Bamberg Man Ships First Bale To
Charleston.

Bamberg, Aug. 10.-South Caro-
lina's first bale of 1922 cotton was
turned out this morning from the
Farmers Gin Company of this place
The bale weighed 400 pounds, and
was produced by ]. C. Hewitt, a
farmer who lives two miles from
Bamberg. The bale is being forward
ed this afternoon to Charleston by
express to be sold at Auction.
Notwithstanding the presence in
the county of the boil weevil, the
people have not forgot the art of
producing the feecy staple, and one
of the methods employed by Mr..
Hewitt and other progressive farm
ers is getting it in early. Early ma
turing of boil is considered by Mr..
Hewitt as a fine weevil beater.
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SHUT DOWN MILLS
APPEARS CERTAIN
UNLESS THE COAL SITUATION
GREATLY IMPROVES.-RAIL-
ROADS AND PUBLIC UTILI-
TIES GET WHAT LITTLE is
RECEIVED.

Columbia, Aug. 10.-Shut down
Of many industries of the state ap-
pears certain, unless improvement
comes to the coal situation in a few
days stated Chairman Shealy of the
Railroad Commission today. Mem
bers of the railroad commission who
have been out over the state inves-
tigating the coal piles, returned to
their office here today, and they re-
port that there is very little fuel any
where and practically none being re-
ceived.
The cotton mills of the Piedmont
section are making loud protest and
are using every effort TO get coal.
They have come to the railroad COM
mission, complaining Of their CLASH
fication by the Washington fuel Or
ganization, as class five, and have
stated that if they don't get coal,
they will be forced in many cases to
shut down, thus putting men and
women out Of employment. The state
commission has replied that it is
helpless, that the classification was
made by the Hoover committee and
the mills have been referred to the
national agencies to whom they will
probably appeal.
Chairman Shealy, of the railroad
commission, stated that only nine
cars of coal were received Wednes-
day, whereas orders for more than
five hundred cars of coal were re-
ceived by commission of the several
hundred were approved, for today no
coal has been received, so far as re-
ports made to the commission have
been made. The coal coming into the
state, according to Mr.. Shealy is
practically nothing whereas the de-
mand is enormous. The little coal
that is received is being allocated to
class two demands, public utilities
and public institutions, though class
one, railroads, gets most Of the coal
shipped into the state.
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SPLIT FOR SENATE
IN TARIFF FIGHT
HIDES SENT BACK TO FREE
LIST REPUBLICANS AN D
DEMOCRATS ARE FOUND ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE DIS
CUSTOM.

Washington, Aug. lO.-Hldes,
boots, and shoes and leather were
voted back to the tariff free list to-
day by the senate, which thus con-
CURED in action taken by the houses
more than year ago. There was
only one roll Gallon hides-and the
result was 80 to 26 against the COM
mittee rates of two cents a pound on
green or picked and four cents on
dried hides.
Seven Democrats-Ashurst, Brous-
sard, Fletcher, Jones of New Mexico,
|Kendrick, Ransdell and Sheppard
voted for the duty on hides, while
|2S Republicans voted against it.
Most Of the more marked lines
which have developed in the senate
during the tariff fight disappeared on
this vote, but about the only surprise
was that a majority Of the Republi-
cans voted against making hides du-
table. Not only was there a split
among the majority leadership on
the question, but also in the finance
committee majority, and even in the
Republican agricultural-tariff bloc,
which through it's chairman, Senator
Gooding of Idaho, had asked for 20
cents on green hides and six cents
on dried hides.
With hides sent back to the free
list, Senator Smoot of Utah for the
committee, moved that the senate
disagree to the amendment proposing
a rate of IL cents pair and 5 per
cent ad valorem on boots and shoes
and varying rates on band, rough
and sole leather, betting and harness
feathers and various other kinds of
this product. This motion prevailed
without a roll call.
Without roll calls the senate then
cut from 40 to 80 per cent. the pro-
posed duty on bags, baskets, belts,
satchels, card cases, pocket books,
jewel boxes, portfolios and other
boxes and cases wholly or in chief
value of leather. On such articles
permanently fitted and furnished
with travelling, bottle, drinking, din
ing or luncheon, sewing, manicure or
similar sets the duty was made As
per cent. ad valorem in place of the
60 per cent. originally proposed.
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Washington, Aug. 10-Union lead
|ers continued their discussion Of the
railroad strike situation today pre-
paratory to tomorrows meeting OF
chief officers of all the transporta-
lion labor organizations. The gov
|ernment, itself awaited developments
B. NJ. Jewell, general strike lead
ler, and the seven officers Of the un.
lions on strike, called in system rep
fresentatives of the striking miners
during the day. It was said at the
Temporary headquarters that the
headers were getting reports on the
exact situation and were amassing
material to substantiate their con-
|tentions that railroad arrangements
had been unable to prevent equip
|ment. from falling into disrepair as
Ia result of strike.
The strike leaders continued to
Intimate their determination to re-
6ect President Harding's new set
Element proposal, making public tele.
grams from local unions and system
|federations urging rejection.
The white house had communica-
|tions and reports of the attitude OF
Ia considerable number of rail execu-
|tives today and the president was
reported being hopeful that the man
!agement group would accept his fin
al order.
A circular urging soldiers on
strike duty not to "shoot your broth,
ers' was received today by war de.
partment officials who said after ar
examination of the document that
it apparently was founded on a com.
plete misunderstanding of the policy
of government policing of strike area
and was apparently put out by com
munist organizations in New York.
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IN THE MAYORS COURT

Business is picking up in the May
or's Court. There were So cases be-
fore the Mayor during July as a.
gainst 26 during June. Eight cases
were dismissed as against six in June
The largest number of cases were
for disorderly conduct, IS; the next
for gambling being 13. $3O5.10 in
fines were collected during July:
S301.S3 during June.
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WINS SCHOLARSHIP.

Gary Banks of Abbeville has
been notified that he has been
awarded the four-year scholarship
to the University of S>uth Carolina
from Abtsville County. The eSam-
nations, which was competitive
one, was he'd early last month in
in the court house. Gary's frie Ids
are congratulating him on success
full examination.
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ALLIED PREM|ERS
DEFEAT MEETING
NOT TO ASSEMBLE IN LONDON
UNTIL FRIDAY.-DISCUSSION
TO BE HAD THEN DEPENDS
ON BRITISH CABINET ACTION
TODAY,

London, Aug. 10.-The allied pre-
miers will not meet tomorrow to dis
cuss German reparations. They will
gather again on Friday but whether
only for the purpose of formally ad-
journing and arranging for furth-
er meeting elsewhere, or to consider
an entirely new plan for a settle
ment of the financial situation in
Germany probably will depend on
the outcome Of a gathering Of the
British cabinet today and whatever
new suggestions France may have to
offer.
The plan of NJ. Poincare, the
French premier, submitted Monday,
which was referred to the experts to
determine whether it would result
in productive guarantees has been
rejected by the finance ministers who
agreed, with the exception of the
French minister, that it would not
be productive of hard cash."
The reports Of the experts COM
mittee opposed all the French pro-
posals by a majority of four to nine.
The Belgians, however, supported
the French plan of allied control Of
state owned mines in the Ruhr re-
gion. A majority of the experts
branded this proposal as useless, ex-
cept as a sanction" The suggested
establishment Of customs lines be-
tween the occupied area and the
rest of Germany and around the
Ruhr region was rejected as unde-
sirable. ..2",>s.s..t..
AS recounted by the British spok-
esmen the majority of the experts
held that no real moratorium would
be afforded by remitting the present
forms of payment if equally onerous
obligations were placed upon Ger
many. Teh view of all except the
French delegates was that if any
guarantee of this nature were to
be taken it would be simpler to
take over the present customs ar
rangement at the German frontiers
than to divide Germany by fresh
customs barriers. The proposal to
seize go per cent. interest in facto-
ries, especially the dye works on
the left bank of the Rhine, also was
declined on the ground that this
could be done only by compelling
the German government to buy out
the present proprietors, which in
wolves an issue of more paper mon
ey and a further aggravation of the
German monetary situation.
On this, the third day, the confer
ence seemed to be on the shoals. The
prevalent belief was that it was not
likely to survive the present week.
The apparently irreconcilable views
on the proposals which have been
made, mainly by the French, for
consideration by the experts COM
mittee has led most of those connect
ed with the conference to admit that
situation of extreme gravity has
arisen.
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DR.. BRICE HERE.

DR.. Hale G. Brice was in the city
today, having returned from a two
weeks stay in Indianapolis, where he
will have his headquarters in the fu-
ture. DR.. Brice is with the Ely-Lilly
Company and will travel the terri
tory of Georgia and Florida, and
will begin work next week. He was
in Indianapolis getting familiar with
his work.
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J. C.. MILLER IMPROVES

Mrs. ]. E. Pressly has returned
from visit to her father, Mr.. j. c.
Miller of Columbia, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis sometime ago.
Mr.. Miller is greatly improved and
has the use of his hands and his
speech is not impaired. He will soon
be we'll and about again.
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WEEKLY REPORT
ON COTTON CROPS
REVIEW OF WEATHER CONDI-
TIONS GIVEN-DROUGHT IN
WESTERN DIVISION OF BELT
INTENSIFIED DURING THE
LAST WEEK.

Washington, Aug. lO.-Wlth rain
falling only in a few northern Sec
tions of Texas and in northern and
eastern parts of Oklahoma, the
drought in the western division of
the cotton belt was intensified dur
ing the week ending yesterday, &C.
cording to the weekly review of
weather and crop conditions issued
today by the department of agricul-
ture.
Rainfall was mostly light in the
central and eastern portions of the
belt" the statement continued, "al-
though it continued too wet in a
few localities.
Temperatures were generally some
what above normal in the central and
eastern cotton states, but were much
above normal in Oklahoma and Tex
as. Cotton made very good progress
in North Carolina and showed i'm
provement in some eastern Localities
where it had been too wet. While
there was too much rain in some
east, central and southern portions
of South Carolina the weather was
generally favorable for growth in
the state but the plants were rather
sappy and ran, though fruiting we'll.
The crop made very good progress
in Georgia, except in a few locali-
ties where considerable shedding
was reported; conditions have been
unfavorable for top crop in the
southern portion although the plants
are fruiting we'll in the northern
section.
"Cotton made poor to only fair
progress in Mississippi and Alabama
but fairly good in Tennessee, rain
was needed in much of Alabama and
Tennessee. Heavy local rains were
unfavorable in some central and
western portions of Arkansas, but
the warm weather and generally light
rainfall in that state were favorable.
"There was considerable rainfall
in Louisiana which favored weevil
activity and considerable shedding
was reported from the northwestern
portion of the state.
"Under the influence of dry hot
weather cotton made generally poor
progress in both Texas and Oklahoma
with deterioration in the extreme
southwestern portion of the latter
state. These conditions caused she'd
ding, although they were favorable
for holding weevil in check.
"Cotton bolls were opening rapid
ly in Texas and Georgia and picking
made good progress. Weevils contin-
ued active in most sections and con-
siderable damage was reported from
army worms in Texas, northern
Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas
and some delta counties of Missis-
sippi.
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LAWYERS GATHER
IN CONVENTION
NEED FOR BETTER UNDER
STANDING .STRESSED-REPRE
SENTATIVES OF ENGLISH,
SCOTTISH AND FRENCH BARS
PRESENT AT MEETING

San Francisco, Aug. 10.-A need
for better understanding of the laws
as the peoples guardian and defend
er, the champion of equal rights for
all, was the keynote address at the
opening of the annual American Bar
association convention here yesterday
From President Harding came a
message emphasizing the part to be
played by the legal fraternity in SOL
wing the problems of the day; from
Cordinio A. Seerance of st. Paul,
president of the association, a dis
cussion of the increasingly close
touch of the law with human institu-
tions, and from Fred Dument Smith
of Kansas an explanation of the at
tempt of the Kansas industrial court
to settle controversies between lab
or and capital.
"A call for closer unity between
English speaking nations, to be fos-
tered through the medium Of the le-
gal profession was made by Lord
Thomas Shaw, representing the Eng
.ish and Scottish bars. NJ. Henri Au-
benin of Paris, who spoke on behalf
of the French bar, told of the rise of
judicial power in France.
Chief Justice Taft of the United
States and Vice President Coolidge
were among those on the platform.
Coming in the midst Of railroad
and coal mine strikes, the story of
the Kansas industrial court, told by
Mr.. Smith, member of the Kansas
ate senate and author Of the Law
which created the tribunal, COM
manded close attention.
Mr.. Smith said that the courts
procedure was entirely different from
arbitration which always failed be-
cause it included both sides on the
arbitration board and inevitably re-
suited in a diplomatic peace with
terms dictated by the strongest.
'The two main factors on which
our law rests are public peace and
public safety" he said. "When a
strike threatens either of these this
court begins to function. 1t unearths
all the causes which led up to the
dispute"
One result of the operation of the
law, he said, was that Kansas City
was the only city where last winters
strike of packing house employees
was not attended by violence and
another that trains were running on
time, railroad shops: were in opera.
ton and coal was being mined des.
pite the railroad and coal strikes
Kansas looks with equaninmity to
next winters coal situation," he said
"Our law declares food, fuel and
clothing are necessities of life," the
speaker explained "and although the
right to a strike is not denied We
forbid any one to conspire to threat.
en- the public peace or health"
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MAY co TO EUROPE.

Mrs. Alma C.. Gibbons has her
vacation beginning on the 10th OF
August and lasting for two weeks.
She has not decided whether she
will work on or not and take a
"trip to Europe later. She has the
Glance of winning thi; trip.
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Spend Afternoon in 'tHoly City"

DR.. and Mrs. C. H. McMurray and
family started to the ball game in
Laurens yesterday and broke down
near Donalds. Instead of the exciting
time of roofing for the home team,
they made their way back to Due
West and spent the afternoon in
the "Holy City" waiting for Court
nev Wilson to come and fix the car.
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EUGENE O'BRIEN HURT.
Motion Picture Actor in Serious
Condition.

Los Angeles, Aug. 10-Eugene
O'Brien motion picture actor, is in
critical condition at a Hollywood
hospital today with internal injur-
ious and a possible fracture of the
skull as a result of having been run
down by a motor truck last night
while walking on a highway in the
Hollywood hills. The japanese driv-
er of the truck, who said he did not
see O'Brien walking, hurried the
actor to the hospital.
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\\\ ~
BASE BALL.

Anderson will play Able
vile here Monday and Tues
day, Aug. 18th and 18th and
Greenwood will play here on
Thursday and Friday of next
week. These will be the last
games to be played on the 10
cal diamond. Come out.
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STRIKE SITUATION
IS MARKING TIME
FURTHER COMPLICATIONS ADD
ED TO BAD SITUATION.-BIG
FOUR BRoTHERHOoDS PRO-
TEST AGAINST GUARDS A.
ROUND RAILROAD PROPERTY

Developments in the rail strike
Thursday included:
Members of Big Four brother
hoods in many sections complained
|of activity of rail guards, following
|walkout of 1900 trainmen when
troops were called to Joliet, Ill.
Chief of striking shopmen discuss
reply to President Harding's latest
peace proposal and will give reply
|early next week.
Rail executives gathered in New
York for meeting tomorrow to dis
euss presidents proposal.
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Glenn Kay, Jr. Has Diphtheria.

Glenn Kay, Jr., young son of Mr..
ard Mrs. R. Glenn Kay has a. case
of diphtheria. He was taken sick
last Monday but is reported improv-
ing this morning.
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ANOTHER TEACHER

Miss Julia Williams of York
has accepted a position as teacher
in the Abbeville city school.