Real Fight 10 Finish Is Started
New York reports the rail strike has escalated into a battle over settlement terms. Heads of the big five railroad brotherhoods, mediating between executives and striking shopmen, reported that shop crafts rejected a peace proposal centered on seniority and individual settlements. Executives and leaders left town as negotiations broke off, with strikers urged to renew pressure while warning of continued disruption to rail service.
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New York
Railay
Yate Club
Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
Mr. Jewell
Commission of
Ten Brotherhood
Big Five
Abbeville High School hires Laurens teacher for next session
Miss Alpha Bolt a 4 Winthrop graduate and former Clinton High School instructor in the past two years will join Abbeville High School for the upcoming session. She brings teaching experience and a record of service in the Clinton area.
Special Training Class Led by USC Professor Peele
Prof Peele of the University of South Carolina conducts a training class for Sunday School teachers at the Methodist Church in Abbeville. He is staying with his brother Rev C E Peele at the Methodist parsonage.
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Peof. Peele
University of South Carolina
Abbeville
Prof. Peele
C. E. Peele
Blaze at Coca-Cola Plant alarms Abbeville works roof fire
A fire alarm sounded Saturday at 8 o clock at the Abbeville Bot-line Works causing a small blaze on the roof of the Coca-Cola Plant. Fire crews extinguished it quickly with no damage reported.
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Coca-Cola
Tay
Abbeville
Federal control of fuel will go
Washington reports indicate the volunteer federal fuel distribution will cease next week as coal production rises. The plan is to shift to regular Interstate Commerce Commission priority, with a skeleton Spencer unit left to aid any congressional program. The central issue remains moving fuel to the Northwest while awaiting legislation.
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Washington
Federal Fuel Distribution Organization
Coal Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Spencer
Advisory Committee
C. E. Bockus
New York
Havie
Federal Coal Committee
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennieges
Alabama
Virginia
Central Committee
Northwest
Will Negotiate With Government Over Mine Dispute
United Mine Workers say they are ready to negotiate a wage agreement with government representatives if Congress moves to seize the anthracite mines. John L. Lewis says talks could occur after a telephone with Secretary Hoover. Senator Tepper hopes for an amicable settlement, while Samuel Gompers declines to comment on the situation.
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Philadelphia
United Mine Workers
John|. L. Lewis
Congress
Hoover
Tepper
County Campaign Closed Saturday at Opera House Meeting
Abbeville voters heard candidates for county offices at the Opera House with about 800 attendees including 75 women. Speakers for House of Representatives praised roads, schools, and taxes while pledging support for farmers and education reform. treasurer, auditor, probate judge, magistrate hopefuls outlined qualifications and stances, and the meeting closed with thanks from W. A. Stevenson.
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Opera House
W. A. Stevenson
House of Representatives
Richard Sandley
Ben Evans
Dee Wheeler
Kay Carwile
Roy Power
W. D. Wilkinson
Abbeville
Jonea F. Miller
R. S. McComb
Mansfield Hollingsworth
Mr. Stevenson
Former Kaiser to wed royal widow in Holland
London reports Former Emperor William plans marriage to a German aristocrat widow living in Doorn Holland. She is nearly royal, mother of three, and visited the former emperor with her children. The wedding is expected this winter, and she is not the previously reported betrothed woman.
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London
William
Times
Doorn
Holland
Nga
Tonsil Operation on Little Miss Josephine Philson
Little Miss Josephine Philson had her tonsils removed this morning at County Memorial Hospital. Surgeon Del T L Davis of Augusta performed the operation and Josephine is recovering well.
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Josephine Philson
The
County Memorial Hospital
del 'T. L. Davis
Augusta
Josephine
Eleven Hurt In Wreck On Walnut Avenue Hill
Eleven passengers were seriously injured when a trolley car ran wild down Walnut avenue hill and crashed against telegraph poles three blocks from the point of loss of control. Several others were slightly hurt as a severe electrical storm crossed Syracuse.
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Syracuse
Walnut Avenue
Union Services Sermon Delights Large Presbyterian Congregation
Union services were held at the Presbyterian church Sunday night with a large congregation in attendance. Rev J B Green D D of Columbia preached and delivered an excellent sermon as the service concluded.
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Presbyterian Church
J. B. Green
D. D
Columbia
Mr. Green
Mayor's Court Fines Disorderly Conduct Offenders
Thve cases came up before the Mayor this morning charged with disorderly conduct. Offenders were fined, with married people cited, each fined ten dollars.
France Rejects German Offers Amid Reparations Stalemate
Paris reports Premier Poincare rejected eleventh hour German guarantees after the reparations commission failed to secure a Berlin basis for a compromise. French circles foresee a year end moratorium and new German proposals, while Poincare objects to placing industrialists above the government and ceding German policy to business interests.
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Paris
Pointure
Berlin
France
Reparations Commission
Hugo Stinnes
Ruhr
Senate Sets Fast Track For Soldiers Bonus Vote
Washington August 26 Unanimous consent to take up the soldiers bonus on Monday and push it to a final vote was agreed in the Senate After 6 pm Monday no senator may speak more than 20 minutes on amendments aimed at a late Tuesday vote Underwood and Borah said they would not object to rapid action McNary offered an amendment linking the reclamation bill to the bonus with veteran preferences in land work and aid.
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Washington
Senate
Arkansas
Underwood
Alabama
Borah
Idaho
Harding
Congress
McNary
Mrs. R. L. Young Discharged From Hospital
Mrs. R. L. Young of near the city was dismissed from the hospital Saturday and has returned to her home.
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R. L. Young
Ford to Close Plants Over Coal Strike Crisis
Detroit August 27 Henry Ford announced Ford Motor Co will shut plants in Detroit suburbs and assembling plants nationwide on September 16 due to coal shortages. About 75,000 workers at Highland Park River Rouge and Dearborn plants and 30,000 others in assembling plants nationwide face layoffs as industry-wide strikes strain fuel supplies. Ford blamed financial interests and Wall Street greed for the disruptions.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Wall Street
Ford
Highland Park
River Rouge
Dearborn
Attempt to wreck train reported near Byron Georgia
Central of Georgia railroad officials investigated an alleged deliberate wreck attempt on a Montgomery to Macon passenger train halted at Byron Georgia. Engineer Bittick found two large nuts fastened with a wooden pin on the locomotive guides. A similar attack occurred a week earlier on the Ocmulgee river bridge.
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Macon
Central of Georgia Railroad
Montgomery
Byron
Bittick
Ocmulgee River
Cotton Market Prices Posted for Local Trade
Cotton sold at 22 3 4 cents on the local market today with futures closing at 22.20 to 22.27 cents. Market observers note narrow trading ranges as prices firm slightly on steady demand.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Canada
Gompers
Tabor
Towis
Thomas A. Putnam
Anderson
Greenville
M. J. Ashley
House
Brownlee
South Carolina
General Assembly
A. R. Erwin
Carolina
Wallace Harris
R. H. McAdams
U. S
J. Howard Moore
R. B. Cheatham
Mary Douglass Evans
Court House
Frank B. Jones
Kaiser
Union Services
Mayor's Court
Germany
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