Final all plan urged to end railway strike in Washington
President Harding sent a broad settlement proposal to railroad executives asking workers to return and management to reinstate crews while leaving seniority disputes to rail labor. Labor leaders said a Wednesday meeting would craft a program to protect the public and railroad industry, with a Friday conference in Washington of all railroad labor executives possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Methof
White House
B. M. Jewell
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
W. H. Johnston
J. H. Noonan
H. E. Wills
Paul Stephens
Arthur J. Lovell
Brotherhood
Rain Service
Sted
Southern shopmen refuse to settle strike in national talks
Washington August 8 Fairfax Harrison president of the Southern Railway urged telegraphic appeals to maintain unimpaired transportation service while striking shop employees were urged to return to work under President Harding's settlement terms. The shopcraft committee said no adjustment would be made with the Southern or Mobile and Ohio as the strike is national and must be settled nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noonan
Johnston
Jewell
Washington
Association of Railway Executives
Southern Railroad
Harding
Fairfax Harrison
Southern
Shaplratta’ Committee
Southern Railway System
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Ohioes
National
Miller
New York
Mobile and Ohio
Presslys Visit Abbeville Family on Vienna Street
From Tampa comes Rev. and Mrs. Henry Pressly and their young daughter visiting Mrs. Pressly's mother Mrs. T J Raycroft on Vienna street. Abbeville residents are glad to see the Presslys during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pressly
Abbeville
Hillhouse Leaves Lebanon Pastor to Lead Waxhaw Church
Rev J B Hillhouse resigns from Lebanon Presbyterian Church after years of service and will become pastor at Waxhaw North Carolina. He is praised for faithful work and beloved by Abbeville friends and his congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Presbyterian Church
Waxhaw
N. C
J. B. Hillhouse
Presbyterian Church At
Lebanon
Presbyterian Church
Hillhouse
Abbeville
Distinguished Visitor Albert E Hill at Junior Order Meeting
Hon Albert E Hill of Spartanburg, former solicitor and leading Spartanburg lawyer, attended a Junior Order meeting as a prominent delegate. He is highly regarded in the order's councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Hill
Spartanburg
Hill
Wwe
Senate Debates Sugar Tariff and Cuban Crop Plan
Washington Aug 8 Senate considers the Harrison sugar investigation resolution amid a clash over a proposed sugar tariff reduction in exchange for limiting Cuba's sugar crop. Senator Smoot defends the domestic sugar industry as he questions a Cuban proposal and Read a Cuban president's denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison
Smoot
Utah
Crowder
Cuba
Senate
Curtis
Kansas
Nicholson
Colorado
New York
General Crowder
Senor Portuondo
Senor Portuonde
Two Men Are Killed In Glassy Rock Killings Near Gowansville
Spartanburg region tragedy ends with two men dead and a boy wounded as a gun battle erupts near Glassy Rock mountain. Victims are William Howard and Thomas Scruggs with Alexander Sudduth badly hurt and Dallas Scruggs, son of Thomas, wounded but expected to recover. An inquest followed, and Sudduth’s death bed account cites a confrontation involving Will Howard, Early Harrison, and others, with a rifle blast and multiple post shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
Glassy Rock Mountain
Greenville County
William Howard
Thomas Scruggs
Spartanburg County
Sudduth
Rector
Vaughn
Alexander Sudduth
Scruggs
Will Howard
Early Harrison
Wil Howard
26th Annual Convention Closed Today Junior Order Mechanics
The South Carolina State Council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics adjourned today after its 28th annual convention in Charleston. Delegates from 120 councils attended, totaling around 10 000 members. Officers were elected including Rev L W Blackwelder state councilor and A E Hill state forcesepallon. The order, patriotic and birthbased, supports public schools and Bible usage, and opposes unrestricted immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
F. Killingsworth
Columbia
Abbeville
L. W. Blackwelder
Union
A .E. Hill
Spartanburg
A. H. Gasaue
Florence
Congress
J. W. Wells
Gray Court
R. J. W. Moss
Blacksburg
W. H. Sawyer
Marion
Miss Edna White Off Visiting Friends
Miss Edna White left today for Fountain Inn where she will spend several days visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna White
Fountain Inn
Typhoon Leaves Swatow a Port in Ruins and Mass Death
Swatow reels after a typhoon that devastated the port leaving an estimated 28,000 dead. Surviving officials in Hong Kong report salvaged coffins and crude burials as relief organizes amid food shortages and looting. Many bodies drifted out to sea, with recoveries continuing and some over miles from the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Swatow
Swatow Chamber of Commerce
Sun
Statesmen Puzzled by European Riddle
London August 8 Allied statesmen meeting to solve the European riddle devoted five hours to analyzing the ties among Great Britain France Italy and Belgium. A committee of finance ministers was appointed to study Poincare proposals with Sir Robert Horne to chair. The talk touched on a German moratorium and interallied debts as France demanded concrete measures before further relief.
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London
Mente
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Raymond Poincere
Robert S. Horne
David Lloyd George
Germany
M. Poincare
Mr. Lloyd George
Earl of Balfour
Versailles
Parrott, Noted Newspaper Man Attends Junior Order Meeting
Good newspaper man Mr. Parrott of Spartanburg is highlighted for his strong state reputation. Former owner editor of the Gaffney News he has spent three years with the Spartanburg Journal, writing city news and performing valuable notebook work. The issue credits Parrott with reporting the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Rarrory
Opertanburg
Parrott
Gaffney News
Spartanburg Journal
CAMP BREAKS UP AT MARTIN'S MILL
The two weeks camping party near Abbeville ends Thursday with youths returning home. Swimming and fishing were the main activities. Claude Gambrell Jr reports a pair of large turtles among the many minnows and catfish caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin’s Mill
Abbeville
Claude Gambrell, Jr
Loans for Anderson County Farmers Reach 175000
The Federal Loan Bank will issue loans in Anderson county totaling 175000 for farmers, with county treasurer J B C Griffin supervising. Applicants must apply before August 20. Overall loans for the county total 1085000. Masses Annie and Mary Bell of Antreville visited the city Tuesday.
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Anderson
Federal Loan Bank
Anderson County
J.B. C. Griffin
Annie and
Mary Bell
Antreville
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Railroad Board
Isouthern Shopmien Refuse
CAWT
Shop Crafts Committee
Tampa
MR. Hillhouse
Greenville
MAN and Boy
Side Sentinel
R. E. Webb
Orangeburg
State Council
Sentinel
8. F. Killingsworth
F. F. Limehouse
Orange
Ures
Charleston
Lloyd George
Rhen
Mr. Parrot
Federal Land Bank
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