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p YORIWIILE ENQUIRER. I88UKD 8EKI-WEKHLT. u M. oiusts sons, pnbusbers. | I ^amilg Unrapapeit: ,Jfor the promotion of tin; political, Social, Agricultural and (Commercial Interests of th< peopl*. j TERMsJ^c<^Ei"iNc?^ANCE - * : ? ? " ' ? ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDA.Y, AUGUST 29, 191!). NO. 69 PRESIDENT POSTPONES Would Leave Labor Trouble Settlement TUI Later. CONDITION OF COUNTRY IS SERIOUS ' Because the Government it tyow TryX' ing to Bring Down the Coet of Liv| "V.? ing, K Will be Well to Leave the Re-Adjustment of Wages to Some I Time in the Future.. Washington, Aug. 26.?Postponement of the settlement of wage demands I until normal economic conditions are restored was announced today by President Wilson as the policy which tho administration will pursue in dealing with such questions, particularly those affeoting railroad workers. The president announced also that It was neither wise nor feasible at this time when the most important question before the country is a return to a normal price level, to attempt to increase freight rates to pro^ vide funds for higher wages. "We ought to postpone questions of this sort until we have the opportunity * for certain calculations as to the rela. tlon between wages and the cost of k living." the president declared in a L statement to the public explaining |7\ his decision as to wages.\ "It Is the duty of every citizen to insist upon a truce in such contests until intelligent settlements can be made and made by peace and effective common counsel. y I appeal to my fellow citizens of every employment to co-operate in insisting upon and maintaining such a truce." Mr. Wilson's statement was Issued in connection with the decision of him elf and Director uenerai nines wu demands by railroad shopmen for a 25 per cent advance in wages, but the general policy pronounced covers also the wage demands of other hundreds of thousands of railroad workers, which are pending before the director general or about to be presented. It is to be expected that other unions trying to obtain more pay will be asked, as the shopmen, to play their part with other citizens in reducing the cost of living by foregoing a temporary advantage which would add to l transportation costs. Announced to Committee. The decision of the president and the director general was announced to a committee of 100, representing the shopmen. In reply to their deniomls for a 25 per cent, increase, the shopmen were asked to accept an adjustment of their pay to the bests of ten hours pay for eight hours work, which they contended was given other employes and denied them when the Adamson law became effective. This means an advance of the basis pay from 45 cents to 72 cents an hour, whereas an increase or ju cents iv ^ taiw hour Was UBIilij^lW!" * """ In view oF**lhe delay of the railroad * administration board on wages and working conditions In reporting on the demands of the shopmen, Director General Hlnes recommended that ;he new rate of pay te made retroactive from May 1, although the board report was made July 16. the date of report generally being taken as the retroactive date. Under the new scale of wages machinists, tool makers, boiler makers, riveters, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers and electr.clans, all of whom now receive 68 centc an hour, will re^ celve 72 cents. Helpers will receive 49 cents an hour Instead of the present wage of 41 cents. Acting President Jewell of the rall~s~wnv omnlnvpps denartment of tho rXmerlcan Federation of Labor and hl3 advisers said they would communicate the .decision to the union locals for acceptance or rejection. A strike vole completed yesterday but not yet tabulated. was on the question of whether the men should quit work to enforce consideration of their de mands by the railroad administration Instead of by a congressional commlsslon as first suggested. As this plan k was abandoned, the vote, whatever its result, is non effective and the shopmen now have an entirely new questlon before them. The questions they were asked by President Wilson, through their committee to consider, "In k new light." "We are face to face with a situation," the president said, "which is more likely to affect the happiness and prosperity and even the life of our people than the war Itself.'-t* He thereupon outlined the government's efforts to reduce prices and the need for assisting these efforts by , the stimulating production and maintaining transportation. . A general increased level of wages might defeat at its very beginning the president said. "I believe that the present efforts to reduce the cost * of living will be successful if no new elements of difficulty are thrown in the way. I confidently count upon the men engaged In the service of the railways to assist, not obstruct. They are good Americans along with the rest of us. and may. I am sure, be counted on to see the points. May be Readjustment. "It goes without saying that If our efforts to bring the cost of living down shall fall It will be of course necessary to accept the higher costs as a permanent basis of adjustment, and railway wages should be adjusted along with the rest." Mr. Hlnes' recommendation to the president as to the amount of In crease to be given went exhaustively Into the reasons advanced by the shopmen as to the necessity for more pay. He showed that the average Increase In shopmen's earnings was in excess of the total increase in the ^ A^^cost of living from July 1, 1915, and ^^B^H&ugust 1. 1919, due to the fact that ^^^H^Bandardlzation adopted at the re ^^Mst of the employes hod given K^^^^Housands a higher classification and H^^^Phigher pay than they previously enI joyed. Wages paid for similar work in wBK shipyards, which workers the shop men have cited as higher paid, Mr. Hines said, were higher because the work was temporary and carried on under great pressure and also the workmen were forced to live in con^ gested districts where living was extremely high, while railroad shopmen 0 generally have the advantage of small or semi-rural communities. Private industries, the director general found, were paving about 3 cents an hour more than the railroad administration which difference will be equal .sod under the 4 cent advance. "I approach this matter,' Mr. Hines said in his report, "with the clearest conviction that the railroads must be conducted now and for all time in the future in such a way as to give to railroad employes an adequate compensation and a liberal share in the returns from railroad operation. This is not only Justly due to the employes who make possible the rendition of the service, but it is obviously in the interest of good service. It is true now and will be true to a continually increasing extent in the future that a state of contentment on the part of railroad labor will be Indispensable to efficient railroad service and this contentment can not exist unless the evidence of fair treatment is so clear that it will carry conviction to the railroad employes themselves." In addition to the four cents an hour Increase for most of the shopmen, the director general ordered that all freight car repairmen receive 67 cents an hour Instead of 63 cents for steel car repairers and 68 cents for wooden car repairers, and that car Inspectors should receive 67 cents Instead of 68 cents, with the exception t In both classes that the Increase for , men employed at outlying points, . where the work is not continuous, shall be four cents an hour. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY j Venire of Thirty-Six Drawn to Serve ' at the Next Term of Court. > The jury commissioners on Tuesday I drew the names of the following thir- < ty-six citizens to serve as petit jurors , during the term of the court of common pleas and general sessions which convenes here September 3, with his honor, Judge Ernest Moore of Lancaster, presiding: E. W. Sturgis Catawba John D. Good Bullock's Creek ( P. A. Barron Catawba i S. T. Frew Catawba C. W. Kirby Broad River . S. W. Williford Catawba 1 S. J. Kimball Catawba i R. E. L. Ferguson Bethel < A. C. Izzard Catawba . J. S. Rainey Broad River J. H. Hardin Broad River ( L. A. Harris Fort Mill S. L. Brandon York , E. E. Carson - York . S. J. Bell Catawba G. R. Wingate Catawba 1 W. B. Simpson Catawba ; J. P. Allison Broad River J. H. Clark York R. M. Hood Fort Mill W. L. Ferguson Fort Mill 1 R. L. Vinson Bullock's Creek j W. G. Brown 4.... York ( G. D. Flannagan King's Mountain S. A. Mitchell Bullock's Creek '' W. E. Feemster Bethesda R. H. Cornwell Catawba , G. C. McFarland Bethel T. C. Branson Ebenezer W. 8. Hogue Bethel 1 B. N. Moot* .... York ] S. Lee Puraley Klng-*s Mountain , W. H. Windle Fort Mill J. L. Hemphill ....York 1 J. M. Ferguson? .York * J. J. Alexander Broad River 1 * * < ? President Wilson, Interpreting the 1 league of nations covenant Tuesday . for the senate foreign relations committee, declared It imposed no legal obligation for the use of American mi- : Utary forces in protecting territory in 1 any nation. But he added that the covenant might involve In certain circumstances an absolutely compelling 1 moral obligation which might be even stronger than a legal proiriise. Pressed for a more exact definition by committee members who insisted that the 1 whole arrangement was "a rope of < sand," he asserted that on the con- trary he considered it as placing the , nations in "an attitude of comradeship and protection," which would ' compel respect for the principles of ] justice and liberty. Meeting the com- , mittee in a round table discussion in ( the East Room of the White House, ' In contradiction to the precedents of ' more than a century and with the j whole nation listening through the , medium of a relay of public stenog- ' raphers the president went Into many of the details of the peace negotiations 1 and touched on all the hotly debated < questions which have divided the senate in its consideration of the treaty. Article 10 of the covenant guaranteeing the integrity of the league members against aggression, he declared would leave to each nation "complete freedom of choice as to the applica- ' tlon of force." Even if the American ' representative on the council joined in a unanimous recommendation for mill- : tary action the final decision for peace or war must rest so far as concerned the United States with congress, he ' said. Whatever advice the council , gave under its authority to take such , action as is "deemed appropriate" must also be deemed appropriate by the United States to be binding on this j government he argued, though in the , background which would be such a potential moral force that he doubted if ' the nation would often decline to act. 1 The president revealed that Japan's < promise to return Shantung province . to China was reduced to writing in the last minutes of the peace conference. ' He asserted he had "every confidence" that the promise would be carried out and told the senators It was "the best that could be got" out of the negotia- 1 tions, Japan having given notice she ' would withdraw from the conference < if her demands were refused. The American delegates, he said, had tried to keep _the nation free from obliga tions In European arrairs so rar as u was honorably possible to do so, but asserted that It might be necessary to keep some American troops in the Rhine district under treaty for the 1 next 15 years. He declared the nation would be its own sole judge whether its obligations had been fulfilled under the disputed withdrawal clause of the league covenant: that pur?ly domestic questions were safe from the league's interference: and that the Monroe doctrine was clearly preserved. EGGS THROWN AT MINISTER Rather Rough Meeting Held in Che?- 1 ter Monday Evening. A mass meeting was held at the court house last night nt which time several speakers made talks to the cotton mill operatives of Chester in the interest of the American Federation of Labor which is seeking the membership of the textile workers of this section, The first party to appear before the audience was Rev. Chapman, a Baptist minister of Rock Hill A number in the audience appeared to think that Rev. Chapman started orr ratner rough and they began to jeer him. When he made the statement that there were men In Chester who would steal the butter off of your biscuit, parties in the rear of the audience threw eggs at the speaker which hit the wall above the judge's stand. Rev. Chapman was unable to continue his talk. The arrival of the "organizers" from Rock Hill was then awaited and the first speaker from this crowd was a Mr. Dean, a representative of the j American Federation of I^ahor, and | who has been in Rock H'U for some time. Several others in addition to Mr. Dean addressed the crowd. After Sheriff Anderson and several policemen came into the court house the crowd were very orderly. The organization of the Chester textile workers was not perfected last night, this being left to the local committeemen.?Chester News. OARNEHED WITH SCISSORS News From Within and Without the County. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Some Iteme of Fact, Some of Comment 1 and All Helping to Give an Idea of I What Our Neighbors Are Saying and ' Doing. Rock Hill Record, Aug. 25: The Barber Lumber Company this afternoon sold to S. W. Dandridge of Charlotte the corner lot at East Main and Hampton streets, known as the Barber-Sykes lot, or the F. H. Barber home, now occupied by Mrs. J. B. FewelFs boarding house. The consideration was between forty and fifty thousand dollars The Record is informed that Mrs. J. H. McManus has bought from Dr. J. E. Massey the two-story residence which she now occupies on Chatham avenue Ethelbert Proctor of Blenheim and Miss Eloise Steele, daughter of John H. Steele of Oak Ridge, were marr:cl Saturday afternoon by the Rev. John C. Bailey. Only the immediate relatives were present. There were many beautiful presents. The groom Is just back from France. They slipped away In a car in the direction of Charlotte. Rev. Paul H. Moore, formerly pastor of the Ebenezer Presbyterian ohurch, together with his family, is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Caldwell. Mr. Moore is now located at Tuscaloosa, Ala Miss Nevada Smith of Ogden and John C. Williams of Rock Hill were married Thursday night at the home of the groom's father, James Williams, by Rev. F. W. Gregg, assisted by Rer. Mr. Coker. Lancaster News, Aug. 26: The Lancaster graded schools will open Monday, September 8th, at 9 o'clock. In preparation for the opening both buildings are being cleaned, new desks installed, a new Steiff piano purchased and some addition has been made to the science laboratory. Because of the large enrollment expected both auditoriums have been divided into class rooms. Three new teachers have been added to the Central school faculty and one to School No. 2, making a total of 23 teachers. ....Sheriff Hunter and Chief Bell svent down to Pleasant Hill late Sunday night and corralled Sam Reeves and Roosevelt Lee, negroes, who were charged with highway robbery. They are alleged to have held up Sauls Vaughn, a crippled negro, at the point af a pistol and relieved him of three . dollars and a quarter. Lee confessed to his part in the transaction but Reeves maintains his innocence. They were placed in Jail Friends here ' received a telegram this morning from j 3apt, Elliott W. Springs saying he t was in a race of airplanes from Roos- N jvolt field to Toronto and hack, a distance of 1,000 miles, and that he was f third to leave the field at two o'clock ( yesterday afternoon, but was first to ; arrive at Syracuse. The race is open to the world and the prize is $10,000. a Captain Springs is flying: a Spanish 1 nachlne of 300 horsepower. ? Gastonia Gazette, Aug. 25: A serious r iccident was narrowly averted Sutur- 1 lay morning on South Marietta street v when a Jitney car belonging to Mr. Lee j Ramsey and driven by his son crash?d into the milk wagon of Mr. Sloan ^ Robinson, tore one of the rear wheels } off and scattered parts of the wheel, t spokes, milk and butter and other 1 Jairy products for the distance of half [ i block down the street. Bystanders t say that the jitney was traveling at r the rate of 30 miles an hour and \ futhermore took the wrong side of the ^ street At the Lutheran Chapel parsonage, East Gastonia, Rev. A. L. 1 Boliek officiating, Mr. Charles L. J White and Miss Sue Rhvne, both of j Dallas, were united in holy wedlock i July 15, 1919. At the Lutheran par- f sonage in East Gastonia on August 15, j 1919, Rev. A. L. Boliek officiating, Mr. . Emanuel Clemmer, of Lowell, route t Lwo, and Miss Pearl Page, of Belmont, ' were united in marriage. At the home ! of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cloniger, >, near Stanlev, on August 20, 1919, Mr. < . _ _ . ... .. ... i Melvir. H. tstroup ana miss .mamie ( Smith, both of Gaston county, were , united in marriage, Rev. A. L. Boliek officiating . After having driven a horse belonging to the Coil-Wads- ' worth Livery Company of Concord. ^ from that city to Gastonia, a distance c of 46 miles, in eight hours, Charles t Williams tied the horse to a telephone 1 post on Franklin avenue yesterday j afternoon and left it to die while he t made his escape before he could be i apprehended by local officers. Specta- * tora and passersby on Franklin avenue ^ saw the boy. a youth of 18 or 20 years ? of age, drive up and hitch the horse t to a post near the residence of Mr. W. 1 1"). Smith in front of the warehouse ' and remarked to him that he ought t to remove the horse from the street C which at that time of the afternoon, 1 7 o'clock, was full of passing autos. Williams remarked that he was first j going to find his father and went on i up the street. Passersby unhitched the < horse and turned it into a vacant lot = nearby where it died shortly after t frr\rr% tVin offnPtu flf tVlP Inn 2" hjlTfl I drive of 46 miles Mr. and Mrs. 1 Nell Craig and Mr. Harold Huffstetler j returned Friday from a motor trip to i Washington, D. C. They were accon.- t panied home by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. * Simpson, of Washington. Mrs. Simp- j son is Mrs. Craig's sister. In the i round-trip of over a thousand miles i they did not have a single puncture or ' accident of any kind. They found the j loads in excellent condition all the j way Mr, John Whitesides and 1 children, of Caviness, Texas, have re- * turned home after spending a month J with Mrs. J. F. Falls, of the I'lsgah i section Mr. Sam Brison, a brother ' of Messrs. It. Hope and Lee L. Brison, 1 and who holds a position with R. Hope ( Brison & Company, spent Sunday i with relatives in Clover, S. C. I i Gaffney Ledger, Aug. 26: Local of- ] ficers, both county and municipal, j have been unusually successful recent- ' ly in rounding up violators of the j whiskey laws with the result that a number of individuals are now within the toils of the law apd^will have to stand trial at the no". :erm of the court of general sessl i for having contraband liquor in t ' ir possession. 0 State Constables C. Y. Allison and Charles Bynrs on Saturday arrested Sam Boheler, who had in his possession four gallons of white whiskey. The capture was made about three miles from Blacksburg. Boheler was riding a horse on which he was carrying a Jug and when the officers gave chase he threw the jug away but it didn't break?it didn't even crack. Mr. Allison and Mr. Byars brought the man, horse and Jug to the county jail. Bond was arranged for the man and the horse but not the the third named article. Saturday afternoon Mr. Allison and Mr. Byars made a raid in the Antioch section or I he ccunly and destroyed a 60 gallon capacity illicit distillery complete -except for the worm. No one was near U the time. Mr. Allison yesterday wid that it was a good outfit which iad perhaps turned out several gallons more or less good whiskey. The city policemen have also been busy recently with the result that a number of iefendants have appeared in mayor's court on charges of violating the ivhiskey laws Dan cupid has recently aroused from his unaccountable lethargy with the result that Probate Judge W. D. Kirby's office at the courthouse has been the scene of nunerous weddings recently. Among hose performed within the pastr two ; >r three weeks were: Miss Cora Mae Mathis and Terry Lee Parris, both of jaflfney. Miss Ethel Virginia Wallace lnd Charles Otis Nodme, both of i I3reer. Mtss Mattie Mae Peeler, of oute 6, and Charles Ray Davis, of Sawyer, Okla. Mr. Davis formerly ivefl on route 6. Miss Myrtls Tate, of "Joffney, and Arthur J .Guthrie, of IRendale. Miss Nancy Lee Scruggs, of -oute 9, and Poindextcr Duncan, of' i oute 9. Miss Minnie V. Kiser and \lbert Starnes, both of Blacksburg. Miss Lonnie Mae Cobb and Pete lackscn, both of Goffney. Miss Naomi ftuth Gauss, of Durham; N. C., and lohn Tcrrill Mangum, of Rouguemont, 1 M. C. Miss Ossie Belle Poole and ( II J'.l |? , r>ui IUIJ w nuuiu .uvonaiiit uutu vi < Shelby. Miss Nelle Alma Eakcr and 1 Benjamin Franklin Spake, both of ! Shelby Jonas Whittenburg, a negro , vho was working at a sawmill on H. W. Brown's Cowpon's furnace place, vas injured so badly yesterday that ic died by a broken machinery belt vhen it snapped, according to re- ; ports reaching 1 Gaffney Ernest , ?\ Good, of the Cherokee Drug Company's staff, has returned fiom it pleasant vacation during which he 1 isited Columbia and other points Vn 1 he lower part of* the state. HOMICIDES INGREA8E n South Carolina While They Oe- 1 croaso In tho North. Secretary G. Croft Williams of .the i state board of Charities and Correc- ' ions, has been studying the prevaence of crime bince the war. He is as- . onished to And that in-the north and vest homicides have decreased since , he armistice was signed. Mr. Williams has received a letter j rom the state board of Charities and Corrections of New Hampshire, in vhich there was the following state- ; nent: 'The situation in New Hampihire does not appear to be the same is in South Carolina. The only indict- 1 nents for homicide in this state for , he last year have been for deaths :aused by the recklessness of automo-r , >ile drivers, while the number of com- j nitments for other offenses has been naterlally reduced." There are not a dozen counties in South Carolina that could show such i report as this. "From' the press dispatches," Mr. , A'illiams said, "I conclude that we . lontinue to keep our average of one lomlcide a day in this state. Many of ' hese homicides are of a brutal ana ' evolting character, showing a state of nlnd that is depraved and beyond all are for the common good. A new fac- j ,or in th egrowth of homicide is the j lumber of accidental killings, these ire usually committed by young boys hat are allowed to toy with deadly ; veapons. "Why is it that South Carolina must lave a killing a day when New Hampshire can thrive with a killing a year? s it that we have some superior stuff n us that is manifested in this manler, or is it because of a different cind of machinery for the gaining of justice, or is it the prevalence of a 'aJse notion that honor is best satisfied it the end of a pistol? Whatever may x> the cause, the number of persons hat have died as a sacrifice to prejulice, passion and vengeance is beyond j ill reason. Are South Carolinians of iueh a miserable breed that it is nec- 1 >ssary for them to be slaughtered at \ his rate? It is time that we face this (uestion .honestly and ask ourselves I what we should do about it?" ? Lieutenants H. G. Peterson and j Jaul N. Davis, the two American avi- ; itors, who were captured by Mexican ] mndits under Chico Cana, on Sunday j >f last week, and held for ransom in he sum of $15,000, have been released. I [ he impulse of General Joseph T- Dick- ; nan, in command of the southern de- | jartment of the army, was to recap- j ure the prisoners by force. It waB so , A 1 T~) ?-v r? /-? ?-\ OKI A ! ippareill, HUVVOCI, luav A CkCI OUII auu Davis could be killed that this idea was tbandoned. Secretary Baker ordered he payment of the money. Cattlemen ind cowboys raised the $ 15,000 by priate subscription, pending th$ unwindng of red tape, and the money was jlaced in the custody of H. N. Fennell, i banker of Marfa, Texas, subject to he order Qf the military authorities. < Captain Matlaek, of the army, took the I noney.to a cottonwood tree about a 1 nile and a half south of San Antonio, vhere the transaction was to be com- j deted. It was night, the "bandits hav- ! ng specified darkness so signal flares j :ould be seen with greater ease. With- ; n half an hour Captain Matlaek rode 1 nto Candalaria with Lieutenant Peerson. He went back and returned at gallop bringing Lieutenant Davis be- : lind him. It developed that money ; vas given in exchange for Peterson; 1 )ut in the case of Davis, Captain Mat- j aek decided that he could make a getiway from the one man in attendance, i le put Davis on behind his horse and ran for it. The amount actually paid 'or the ransom waB $8,500. Fennell j wrought back $6,500. General Dicknan was not altogether pleased with he proceedings, saying that the full imount should have been paid to the pandits, and declaring that if possible t would yet be delivered. Immediatey after the transfer of the prisoners cavalry troops, armed with machine ?uns and guided by airplanes, proceeded across the border in search of the mndlts. Lieutenants Peterson and Daris said that there were six bandits in [he party that captured them, but there were twenty in the main crowd it the ranch to which they were taken, and it is understood that the entire ranch included about sixty men. a storm broke in the mountains about the time the cavalry started, some six hours after the transfer of Davis ana Peterson, and it was expected that because of the obliteration of trails by the rain it might be difficult to follow the outlaws. C. H. Doetrow was shot and instantly killed early Tuesday morning at the home of his mother-in-law near Louisa, Va., by Merritt Baber, his brother-in-law who later committed suicide. QUESTION OF STRIKEBREAKERS Charlotte Central Labor Union Protests Against Their Presence. Meeting at Central Labor union hall last Tuesday night, the members of the Charlotte Central Trades and Labor union adopted resolutions calling on the mayor and board of commissioners to remove the arms and ammunition now held by the present operators of the Charlotte street cars from their possession, and asking the mayor and commissioners to remove these men from the city. The resolutions follow: "Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 26, 1919. "Whereas it has come to the attention of the Charlotte Trades and Labor union of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, that the officials of the Southern Public Utilities company with headquarters in the city of Charlotte, have Imported strikebreakers and professional thugs and gunmen from outside pf the state of North Carolina over the protest of the citizens of this city and state, for the double purpose of operating their street cars and otherwise obey their commands, and "Whereas, the authorized officials of said company have caused to be imported into this city, and placed at ther disposal of said employes, a large quantity of firearms and ammunition and have issued orders to shoot to kill, and "whereas, the instructions of said officials have been obeyed and as a result of same, several of the citizens of ' Charlotte, are cold in death, and others are at death's door, and still others seriously wounded, and the homes of Dcaceful citizens riddled with bullets and the Inmates forced to flee for'their safety, and "Whereas, these Imported employes ars, and will continue to be a menace to dur citizenship and will greatly aggravate the already serious sltu'tion, therefore be It "Resolved, that the honorable mayor and board of city commissioners are herewith requested to commandeer and remove from the premises of said Public Utilities company, all arms and ammunition, and be it further "Besolved, that the above mentioned city officials remove or cause to be removed from the scene of trouble, ithe aforesaid imported employes, that; they might not further aggravate the altuation or cause more bloodshed. and*be it further 'Resolved, that the citizenship of Chaflotte be requested to concur In all off the above and lend their assistance to the malntalnance of law and order and a speedy and satisfactory adjustment of the present deplorable situation. ! "E. R. FAIRES, President t "FRANW PRICE, Secretary." "Charlotte Central Trades and Labor union. "Adopted this 26th day of August, 1919." ' ' Discharged 8oldier$ Must Not Wear Uniterm^-?Civilians and former soldier? who have been illegally wearing the Uniform of a soldier will be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law after September 1, orders to arrest all men violating the Federal statutes covering these cases, having been Issued at Camp Jackson. Only soldiers and sailors on active duty and sofrfters and sailors who have been discharged will wear . the prescribed uniform and In the case of men discharged* they must not wear the uniform Waiter three months and during that yiljyB' months must display the red chevron, noting that a discharge granted, >n tlis lilt iln Wi* Cases will be brought against those violating the law under Sections 1342 and 3478 of the penal code and all men arrested upon authority of these sections will be dealt with severely. Am order published at Camp Jackson prohibiting the wearing of the uniform part: except by soldiers and sailors says in "Civilians who may wish to wear any article of the outer uniform secured at authorized public auction sales must first remove the uniform buttons and other insignia and dye the :loth a color distinct from that of uniforms of the United States army or navy. "It must be understood that the wearing of articles of uniform secured in an illegal manner is forbidden and made punishable by above named sec? ~ ATTENTION % FOR YOUR SAKE AN SAKE, ATT The whole South is drivinj ship in the American York County has Aiwa} Surely She Will Not! The world is organizing organize in our own defen The Cotton Producer o foundation stone on whic great country has been bi past year or two has the C receive anything like a fa: The preparation aided by pre enabled the Cotton Producer to sli] who have been fleecing him to th< now the entire mighty horde is con regain what has for the time at lea Now is the time for lr . gence to fight. There is not a worth while bus ufacturing, merchandising, banking not, that does not owe whatever j the producer of cotton. Because he has not been orgi enjoyed a smaller share of the proc the people of all other business tra Just as the cotton producer, ui factor known in upbuilding the pro ting a fair share of that prosperity : if ORGANIZED, will easily become his own good, and the good of all < Just deserts. Every Cotton Produce: immediately become a mei and he should also use his member of every individ who derives benefit from < This is necessary and i The moat experienced cotton ( tained by means of exact business c ing last year's cotton crop was 51.3 time we are losing approximately i The manufacturers of yarn al ey off of each pound of yarn they r for the cotton he makes it of. By organization we can chan getting cost for our product. Every Cotton Produce willing to help in this fig and urged to attend a Ma House on Monday, Septe time?12 o'clock new tin best to be done. Those who have been n for the good of all, and tli eration of all. We have got to do this thing t "George." WON'T YOU COME > JAS. O. GRIST, Temporary Secretary. hi Mi at Ml Mlitiiimiill hi 111 Ml ihi m tion of revised statutes and criminal code. * "After September 1, 1919, no civilian will be permitted to wear the uniform other than prescribed above, and in case of violation of this order drastic action will be taken." STATE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest From All Sections of South Carolina. Will Bausc, a negro was alleged to have been caught in the act of entering a gorcery store in Columbia, early Tuesday morning. It is expected that as many as 3,000 ? soldiers will attend the reunion of the 1 Thirtieth Division to be held in Greenville, September 27, 28, 29 and 30. Plans for the re-union are rapidly assuming final shape. Greenville Is soon to have a new hospital costing more than $100,000 which is to be erected by the Salvation Army. The plans have been completed and forwarded to the New York headquarters of the army for approval. The first bale of the 1919 crop of Anderson county cotton was sold Monday afternoon by Luther P. Bow- , ie, a farmer living near Iva to the Stringer Cotton Company for 35 cents a pound. The bale weighed 568 pounds. Col. J. Rion McKissick, editor of the Greenville Dally Piedmont delivered an address on the battle of King's Mountain at King's Mountain battleground last Saturday afternoon under the auspices of the Bible Conference of the A. R. P. church held at Linwood college. Governor Cooper has received a letter from Pinckney W. H. Lee of Martin, Tenn., in which letter the Tennesscean offers to send the chief executive the skillet used by General Francis Marion, South Carolina's groat revolutionary war leader. Mr. Pinckney who is now 80 years of age, would present the skillet to the state. Rodman Law, brother of Ruth Law, the famous aviatrix and himself a ] distinguished aviator will not leap from a mile high aeroplane in Greenville, Labor Day as had been planned, , according to Information from the ; Public Service Hospital at Camp , Sevier. It was stated, that Aviator Law's physical condition will not per- , mit him to ascend to a high altitude. ( t t uvho nt Phnrlflston. i ITXUJ \Jk X. X* AA/W V?^. , , who was defeated for re-election In , the municipal primary in Charleston last Tuesday by John P. Grace, editor ( of the Charleston American, according , to the decision of the Democratic exe- ; cutive committee, will appeal to the ' courts. It is not known just when ap- , plication will be made to the courts by J Mayor Hyde for a judicial review and . Investigation of the election dispute, nor is it known what form the appli- ' cation will take. That the matter will be pressed vigorously and promptly, ' however, has been formally stated by 1 Mayor Hyde, who claims that a fair ( determination of the challenged votes 1 would give him a substantial majority. 1 In his statement the mayor declares ' that the "star chamber" hearing which 1 looked into the cases of 70 odd chal- J lenged votes last Friday high handed and arbitrary, and that the proceedings in general constituted a "partisan i pervasion of justice." In his statement < the mayor outlined the complaint j which, in detail, and substantiated i with convincing evidence, he declares, WtfrT*!-submitted to the court. t ? B. F. S. Austin, general superin- * tendent of the Ozark Mills of Gastonla, , well known and popular, committed suicide last Sunday with a single barrel shotgun. He had an attack of 1 grippe last winter' and had never re a TTU anamoH tA hA 1111- J covered. nia uuuu dvvikv^ balanced, and he had only succeeded 1 in eluding the trained nurse who was ?' attending him for a short time when he committed the deed that ended his ? life. t _ s . L. J. Oswald, a well known real es- j tate dealer of Klngsport, Tenn? was shot and killed in his office in that 1 city Tuesday by V. B. Stallard, a | former restaurant dealer following a : quarrel over a realestate transaction. J IFARMERS ] i D YOUR FAMILY'S \! 'ENTION! I j g this week for MemberCotton Association. | < rs Done Her Duty and Fail Now. < i 5 against us and we must < se. i f the South has been the : 1 h the prosperity of this lilt, and only within the | otton Producer begun to | < ir share of his labor. vious efforts at organization has p in while the attention of thos i skin were busy elsewhere; but ling back in a desperate effort to st slipped from its grasp. ien of spirit and intelliiness in the South, whether man- l f, transporting, insuring or what >rosperity it enjoys primarily to : ? * inized, the Cotton Producer has ;eeds of his own labor than have des or professions. . norganized, has been the greatest sperity of America, without getfor himself, the Cotton Producer, the greatest power on earth for t )ther interests according to tneir ;i r in York County should nber of this organization i 5 influence to secure the i ual of his acquaintance cotton production. i t is right. : growers of the South have ascer- ' alculations that the cost of grownents ji nonnd. and at the DreSent 20 cents on every pound we sell. I one are making more clear monnake than they pay the producer i ge this at least to the extent of r of York County who is j lit for justice is invited, > ,ss Meeting in the Court imber 1, 11 o'clock, old le?to consider what is loving have been moving Lev must have the co-opxirselves. We enn't depend upon J. B. JOHNSON, Temporary Chairman. J. C. WILBORN, YORK, SOUT1 DESCRIPTIONS OF TRACTS OF LAND 228 acres?More or less, joins the lands of W. H. Beard and others. The property of Fred G. Cook, one dwelling house, two stories eight rooms and seven horse under cultivation, fifty acres in timber, fine orchard, three miles of Bethel Church, seven miles of Clover, on the fine sand and clay road, Ann nm/1 nnn m(1? wwc auU V11C LUUI LII U1I1C $1U1J1 BtUUUI. It has three other houses, two of these houses are two stories high both have six rooms each, the other house has five rooms in it. The tenant house in the yard has four good rooms, has good big barn, double crib, lumber and wheat house two stories high, cotton house shedded. Option expires the ninth day of October. Pries $50 per acre, said price subject to advance. 101 acres?Joins the land of Sidney Hogue, W. O. Youngblood's estate land, one dwelling four rooms. Sixty acres under cultivation, forty acres in paw timber and wood, six acres in bottom, three miles of Tirzah. This is a good purchase at $55 per acre. Option expires September 12th. 118 acres?One half mile of the "Hard Rub" place near Delphoa, about five miles from York, three good houses; some of the finest farming land in York county is in this farm. Price until the first of September $75 per acre. This should produce one bale of cotton per acre and has done it. 406 acres?Known as the Saunders place, three hundred and fifty-six acres in timber and wood; has eighty-eight acres of bottom land, is six miles of McConnellsville, has only about three horse farm open on this splendid land. For a man that is willing to work and lean up a farm, there is not a better hance- in York County than this. I will accept $7,000 for this farm if bought before the first day of January. Terms: One-fourth cash, balance three to seven years to pay. Possession riven immediately if the tenants are not interfered with by this year's jrop. 87 acres?The property of J. F. A. r)iitiin, v^uuun dcu sev;uuu. a siA ruum esidence in very fine condition, has hree acres of orchard, four of bottom and, half a mile of Cotton Belt School, sas two tenant houses, five rooms ?ach; option expires in October. This is one of the finest residences on a *mall farm in York County. 51 acres?More or less, one mile of luthriesville, on the Chester and York <and and clay road, six miles of York, 'acing the highway for nearly a half nile.- A new residence, five rooms, las one tenant house. The land is evel; a great bargain for a small 'arm. Thirty-five acres in cultivation >.nd balance in timber. Price (4,000. 61 acres?A fine residence and farm )f George Revels, half a mile of lethesda Church. The Rock Hill and "Juthriesville road divides this place. ?orty (40) acres under cultivation, :wcnty acres in timber and wood, one rdle of depot and school at Guthrlea.-i lie, has a good barn. This Is perhaps the best small cotton farm in Pork County. It is a "Jim dandy." 80 acres?Joins the land of S. S. 4huford, Foster Jackson and others at ^lay Hill, five miles of New Port, one nil! of Forest Hill School; one dwellng four rooms, fifty aevea under cultiatlon ver^flne land, balanceinpaaJ nre-w trv ^f Allison Creek Church, one mile of ood school, on public highway, has ne tenant house, ideal farm and can >e bought right. 110 acres?More or less, Joins the and of Ed Brandon, Mr. Sparrow, Billy Stanton and others, one and one half niles of Brandon School, has small cnant hose on it. The property of S. r. Clinton. Price (30 per acre. {.cu. act o??i-roperiy wi au.iu nuunion at Clover. One dwelling house, wo stories each, one hundred and ifty acres under cultivation, also -nother residence seven rooms, two irge barns at this residence, one of the >arn8 Is the best in York County. If ^ou do not think so look it over. This s a very valuable farm and is within >ne mile of one of the best towns in Vork county. It could easily be divided nto two first class farms with ample milding and every thing necessary for i farm. Price $30,000. 137 acres?Joins the land of J. R. Wallace, Meek Williams and others, ;ight room dwelling, all necessary outlouses, good barn, three horse farm >pen, fifty to sixty acres in fine timber, nostly pine. The home place of HIarvey Hammel. Price $55 per acre if nought before the flrteenth day of September. 101 acres?Joins the above Harvey f-Iammel tract about one mile of ;chool, sixty acres under cultivation. 10 acres in timber, 6 acres of bottoms, I miles of Tlrzah. Price $55 per acre. 450 acres?Near Hopewell school, containing about 200 acres of bottom and, very fine bottom, upland rolling >f which there are 125 acres in cultivation; has 4 goad tenant houses. This s very cheap at $30 per acre. Propery belongs to James C. Banknead and 3. M. Bankhead. t /^i iirrr nrvn\T J.Vj. wiL/m^ivrN, I A Pre Z / = We Predict: That if, t 1 , the South Do Not Orj | gether, they will be 5 prices they .will realize | only the cotton now o 1 crop which is now app | We want, in fact, we 1 5 farmers to get a good p | their farms; certainly the I fair price for their cotton | E Cotton, in our opinioi | Should Bring More 1 | Compared with the I | modities. r | The price of cotton in tli | upon the success of the C< | We are willing, yes, ] | our part to co-operate ir | and those who are not ir = are not your friends. | Ask those who bank 5 j PEOPLES BANK & E O. Ii. COBB J. M. STROl = President. Vice Preelt E J. T. CRAWFORD, Vice-Pres. E REAL ESTATE H CAROLINA 186 3-4 acres?I'ormerly the home of J. J. Matthews, joins the land of Pursley and McElwee estate, beautiful 7room cottage, 4-horse farm open. It is now the property of E. O. Pursley. A very flne farm. Price $75 an acre. Lies on splendid public highway. 64 acres?At Tirz&h station, Joining the property of Clint Jackson. One residence, 2 stories needing repair, also one tenant house. Price $70 per sere for the next ten days. 80 1-2 acres?One residence, one barn, one crib, with wagon shed, two story lumber and cotton house, one good smoke house, one good shop, n cu iivuoc, noii| oyi tu^i OQbWCeil 0V and 60 acres in cultivation, 6 or t acres in bottom bind. Plenty of good timber. Price $42 per acre. Property of S. W. Gardner. I have the R. M. Anderson's farm C miles of Rock Hill, sand and clay rood splitting it. This farm contains 600 acres with five buildings and bain, there is not a better cotton, corn and grain farm in Tork County and none better located than this farm. 250 acres?Formerly the home farm of J. L. Currence in York County, ten miles of Gastonla, eight miles of Belmont. The main dwelling Is painted and finished up to date, has six rooms, running water hot and cold through the house, sewerage, bath room, etc., two barns, has one hundred and fifty acres in cultivation, fresh land and new ground. The oldest acre was {cleared about eleven years ago, ten acres of this land has been cleared with a stump puller, and Mr. Currence has his wage crop, his annual yield is fourteen bales on the ten acres and the balance will do as well as this. There is over two hundred thousand* feet of fine saw timber on this farm. This farm produced in one year?1918? 400 bu. oats <0 91 per bo 9 400 00 800 bu. corn <& 12.26 per bo. 1,800.00 61 belea of cotton 8,018.00 Fodder, hay etc., 2,000.00 Cotton seed Q 11 per bu. ? 1,880.00 Total income on wheat, hogs, cows..-... f 814,086.00 54 2-5 Acres?J. P. Bailee farm; one cottage, 6 rooms. 09 3-4 Acres W. N- Gaston, 7 miles York. Price, 82,000.00. zmu ^arrou?Harm, lis a eras; t horse farm open?very fine?two miles Tirzah. 97 Acres?W. L. Wallace,, near Meek Williams. Price $4,900.00. 18$ Acres?Residence and farm of Andrew J. Parrott, Filbert Looated on the Filbert-Clover road. Win sell as a whole or in sections. Look it over and make me an offer. , 921-9 Acres H. P. Stows farm, near Bethel church and school. Price, 942.60 per acre. 190 Acres?Including One Roller Mill, Corn Mill; also Si-horse power Engine and Boiler; 1 Dwelling, < rooms. About 76 acres in timber; 4 horse farm open. Price, $S7.$$ sore. $4$ Acres?Three miles Hickory Grove. Mrs. Worth, 120.00 acre. (2). $54 Acres?Near Bethany A. R. P. church and High school, 10 miles York, and about 8 miles of King's ' , JS Andy. Mjglaftsc'a^oniS^arq$fl^T>o ^ . buildings' and barns. A. X.- LQCkrldge's . . " (10). 11$ Acres *1 mile Sharon, L. H. Good. Price, 16,000. " "* (12). 60 Acres?6 miles Smyrna. Price, $95.00 per Acre. (14). 87 Acres?8 miles Tork. Price, $60.00 per Acre. (16). 150 Acres?2 miles Smyrna. Price, $21.50 per Acre. (16). 1101-5 Acres?2 miles Sharon. Price, $9,200.00. (17). 296 Acres?2 miles Clover. Price, $60.00 per Acre. (18). $51-9 Acres At Filbert?on King's Mountain road. Price. $9,106. (20). 68 Acres?< miles York. Price, $80.00 per Acre. (22). 159 Acres?2 miles Smyrna. Price, $8,500.00 total. (22). 250 Acres?2 miles Sharon. Price, $15.00 per Acre. (24). 825 Acres?J. O. P. Price, $25.00 per Acre. (26). One House and Lot?Near the Cannon Mill. Price, $1,78540. (28). 20 Acres?All wood. 7 miles York. Price, $16.00 Acre. Price seventy-five dollars par acre. It is easily worth one hundred dollars. The only reason that I am selling it at scvcnty-flve per acre Is that I have a short option which expires the last of October. Th!s farm can be reached from Gaston la or Belmont by going the ^?' Union Church road. Ask about the reputation from any man that knows it. The verdict of the Jury will bo that it is one of the beet that they know. N. B.?Look at any of this property or else write for further information. I can give satisfactory terms on any purchase. If you want a farm after looking over tne above, bettor 'phone me at once, because I am selling them very rapidly. REAL ESTATE I /linl-iAn I UltUUU > tie Cotton Farmers of ganize and Stand Todisappointed in the > for their cotton?not n hands, but the new roaching. lave a keen desire for the ; rice for the products of B farmers are entitled to a | 'han Present Prices | rices of Other Com- I i e future depends largely H otton Association. = more than willing, to do | i this worthy movement, | iterested in your welfare | with us. = TRUST COMPANY j ' JP J. H. B. JENKINS, Jr. g lent Cashier ~ WM. S. MOORE, Asst. Cashier = IMIMIMMMMMIftlllllSi < - - v.';- . -i r r