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Section One 1 iI " 'fPages 1 to MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1922 WS8TRIK OF IlRACKNN AKIED BY. LABOR BOARD Maintenance of Way Men to Take Up Dispute With Individual Roads CONCESSIONS ARE MADE Both Sides Agree to Take Certain Action Demanded by Contestants , Chicago, July 4.-The threatened extension of the strike of railway employes to 400,000 trackmen was averted today through the efforts of members of the United States Railroad Labor Board and officials of the United Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Shop laborers. Postponement of the strike was a nounced tonight by E. F. Grable, '%sident of the maintenance of gray organization after he and his 4xeeutive council had conferred throughout the day with Chairman en W. Hooper, of the labor. board, and W. L. McMenimen, labor mem ber of the board. Maintensnee of way chairman were instructed to proceed to take up maintenance of way disputes with the individual roads, and in case an agree ment, is not reached, to refer the mat ter to the labor board. These dis putts include the wage cut recently a4horized by the board for mainten ance of way employes, changes in maintenance of way rules and the contracting out of track work. To Continue at Work * Members were directed to con tinue at work under the cut wages ordered by the Labor Board, effect ive July 1, but to make any revi sion in, rates retroactive to July 1, ind to withhold strike orders pend ing the carrying out of these mat ters. It was also announced that an immediate ruling from the La bor Board would be sought absolv ing members from doing any work formerly done by members of other organiaztions on strike. ., One of the conditions to post ponement of the strike was that the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad cancel its contracts with an out side agency to do track work and officials of the road were sum lnoned before the meeting and agreed to do this, maintaining, how ever, that such contracting was law ful. With this crisis safely passed, both railroad executives and ofli cers of the shop crafts now on strike admitted tonight that the first real test of strength of the striking ahopmen will occur tomorrow morn ing when the whistles blow. Success, Says Jewell B. M. Jewell, head of the railway 'employes department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, has . con tended that practically 100 per cent of his 400,000 members had obeyed the strike call. The carriers have asserted that many men who walked out last Saturday were merely going for a holiday oveT~ ,the Fourth of July, and wvill be back on the .job tomor'rowv morning. Mr. .Jewell today replied to the pronouncement of the labor hoard of yesterday "outlawing" his or ganiation by asserting that it was not the shopmen but the b~oar~d it. ( self that had been "outlawed."' Mr. Jewell in his letter to the board asserts that the body had failed to n iegotiate a settlement between the shopmen and the carriers and reiter ated his intention of de'.ding only With the orads in making a settle ient. President Harding, in an add~ress at Marion, Ohio, todlay, took cog (nizance of the labor situation when dhe declaredl that a man has a right to labor without .ny other's per~ mission andl that men also have the right to bargain collectively. "Gov ernments," he added, "cannot tol erate any class or grouped denomi 11Yrltion through force." D~ay Passes Quietly The fourth day of the shopmen's ?Wrike passed quietly. The head quatters pf the organization here was practically deserted and the holi'day's effect was felt on the ~trike situation everywhere. Several of the railroads main tained that their shop forces vyere being uugumented by the striliers themselves who were returning to work. These statements were dec nled by the union men. Violence in connection with the t)rika 'wa-'onfneda 'tncat a few.. Still i 4. WE'LL lAKE YOU S -HE NEXT TRIP! 9t _C . MEN ON FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD QUIT BIG UNION Maintenance of Way Empleyes With draw From National Body and Form Their Own Organi zation. Jacksonville, Fla., July 4.-Main tenance of way men employed by the Florida East Coast Railroad have withdrawn fro mtheir nation al organization and formed an or ganization of their own, according to a statement issued frpm the of fice of J. P. Beckwith, vice presi dent of the road, today. The men have signed a contract with the road, the statement said, based on the wage scale fixed py the Rail road Lafor Board. The announcement was contained in a brief statement and officials would not elaborate on it. The statement was made in ignorance, it was asserted, that national of ficers of the maintenance of way organization had ordered a strike call held in abeyance under an agreement reached with the Rail way Labor Board which provides that the workers' case will even tually come again before the board. It is known that negotiations looking to the forming of a system organization havkl Bcen under I way for some time but officials of the road and men concerned in the organization have refused to dis cus athem. Meetings of the em ployes have been held at several points on the road, which extends from South Jacksonville to Key West. ' Employes attending these meeting swere given free transpor tation to and from their homes and other means of encouragement were offered by the road. F.IRE D)RII EN.JOY'ED Orangeburg, .July 4.-The fi remen of the city gave the large holiday crowd an exhibition of getting people out of the Orangeburg Ilott I, wvhich is five stories high, with thd use of the li fe net, slidling ropt:- andl ladd~ers that wvere put from one story of the building to the other. After this the Court House Square wvas roped off and the firemen had a game of wvater polo0, using twvo streams of water, with six men on each stream, andI using the water to push the ball. It was very excititig andl at times the vis itors on the sidle lines were given a slight sprinkling, which added to the merriment of the (lay. All of the stores were close (lur.. ing the (lay andl there wvere numer ous fishing parties on the river and quite a number of picnics in and near the city. ENROLL NOW Ladies and gentlemen come out and enroll your names on the club rolls, only 18 more days in wvhich to do so. And remember the ladies (10 not have to pay poll taxes if they "ote and no person has to have a registration ticket to vote in the coming primary in August, just put your name on some club book. scatteredl clashes between strike sympathizers and workers, al though a number of railroads es tablished extra guardls about their shops in a number of instances and took othne nadd nreatons. Vaiting For His BLACK HANDERS AT WORK IN MANNING Is there a black-hand gang in Man ning or Clarendon County ? On last Sunday morning, we are told, Post master Carey Smith received an an onymous letter which was of the rank.. est black--hand type. This is a poor way to get revenge, and we hope the guilty party or parties will be caught. The letter stated that Mr. Smith was warned to leave town by Monday evening and if- he was in town after that time he could not say he was not warned. There was no name signed to the letter. On Monday morning a Mr. Burkhalter, who lives near Alcolu also received a letter ordering him to leave. So far we think Mr. Smith and Mr. Burkhalter have not gone, and as far- as we know, the black-handers have not acted. This kind of stuff is rotten, and certainly has our dis approval MISSIONARY MEETING The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet Mon dlay afternoon, July 10th at 5 o'.elock. Program: hymn. Bible Lesson-"Pessimism and Op timism." (Mark 4-1-20, 26-32). Leader-Mrs. J: H. Rigby. Prayer. Businem IEight Minu,. ''alk-"Los Angeles and its Mexican Population," Mrs. Crouch. .Dialogue-The Cross 'Roads Mis sionary Society Visits-Homner Taiber man.", Ste~ry--"lllen After's Love Gift to The Mexican People" Mrs. Arant. Period of intercession-Mrs. King. hymn. As Fou: Horsemen Th forhree aesakn Stts4 esiet. emn-ucne BLACKn Ill.,Nwhre Aotlwr ke Is threstoed bAbandge ishon Man mastep Cae Sith ecrived after tackhied. tpesien Tews irsed po eventring and ecreintwn Daftera Ride 60I 4.0 -- ~ t NO COTTON BEFORE THIS YEAR PLEDGED To Co-operative Body-Members May Turn Over All Bales to Associa tion if They Desire, Columbia, July 3.-Members of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co operative Association are not required to turn over to the association any cotton prior to this year, says a state ment issued by the association today. This statement was made, it was said, in reply to numerous inquiries re ceived from all sections of the State. The contract signed by the grow ers, it was said, left it optional with the growersthe growers as to whether they shall turn over any cotton now on hand to the association. If the grower does not care to turn over this cotton to the association he may con tinue to hold it and sell it at any time and under conditions he elects. He must, however, turn over all cot ton grown by him in the years 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926 to the asso ciation, the statement says. Further progress on the selection of the department heads and the perfection of the organization will be made by the board of directors this week. The board is proceeding most carefully, it was said, in the '-lection of all department heads and %.nployes and is making careful investigatioas in each and every instance. The contract for making the nec essary alterations in the old Ma sonic Temple, which is to be oc cupied by the association, has been let and the association will prob Ride In Coal Fields 6 't. in the coa fields o th'nie -.of e4 naio franeal.stte nin-an Dath-thseareth a: faighu. nth tugeb~ inhhe Presden ieds of the United conferring with Secretary of Labor sident Harding, riot was ruling at I and many wounded before order sat was left of the power house at dynamite and the torch had been agree to plans proposed by Presi end e strike. FRE'GHT TRAIN KILLS TWO SUMTER MEN The two sons, Messrs. Ben and William, of Mr. James C. Brewer, who lives near Pinewood, were kill ed Sunday night shortly after 10 o'clock at Broadway Siding by a freight train. Mr. William Clifton McLeod, who was with the two boys, and who also lives near Pinewood, was very severely hurt. His leg was broken in two places, and he was sent to the Tourney Hospital Monday morning. William Clifton Brown testified as follows before the coroner's jury Mon day: After 10 o'clock p. n. July 2nd, I left Jas. Brower's house with Ben and Win. Brewer. We just walked out to the crossing at Broadway Siding. I started to go on home and the boys called me back. I went back and sat down on the rails with my feet too inside of track. The two Brewer boys laid down between rails. I guess we went to sleep in about six or seven minutes after we got in this position. When I waked up I was oil to one side of the track and don't know how I got there. We were on track just about the end of the boards on crossing towards Sumter. Joe Ar dis left us at siding. We drank all the whiskey before we left the house. We were at house when pas jenger train to Augusta went by. I am certain that we were all asleep and I don't know what had happened when I woke up and found myself away from tracks. I didn't know that I was hurt until I felt a numbness in my legs. I didn't hear any train and didn't know anything after I went to sleep until I woke up about 8 or 10 feet from the tracks and then I found my leg was broken. The coroner's jury returned the following verdict. "That the said Ben Brewer and Wm. Brewer were killed at Broad way siding in Sumter county, July 2nd, 1922, by being run over by an Atlantic Coast Line freight train." Sumter Item. SUMMERTON ORGANIZES CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR On Sunday evening in the Presby terian Church at seven forty-five the young people of Summerton held their first meeting of Christian Endeavor. Emory Rogers led and after a few remarks on the subject "Team Work" introduced the president of the Society, Charles McClary. President McClary plead for a better Society to be obtained through the co-opera tion of all the members. Hugh Gus Richbourg, Mar; Ansley and Bill Stucky, in order, also gave very in teresting talks. A solo by Marion Burgess and a trio by Vera McClary, Mildred Rog ers, and Charles McClary added great ly to the attractiveness of the pro gram. The meeting was coscluded by short talks from Dr. Uammond a visiting minister from St. Charles and Mr. A. P. Burgess. FORM'ER SERVICE MEN Washington, .July 4.-Greater com fort and a more favorable environ ment for 250 disabled former service men listed as neuro-psychiatric cases will be provided with establishment of a resident vocational school at Chick Springs, S. C., the United State: Veterans' Bureau announced today. It is thought thit the new build ing, equipped with machinery for teaching the me n various trades and provided with special facilities for earing for Ihem mentally a!.d phy sically, wvi: th(. health ful r~ roundlings and natural advantages of the section, wtill bring about more easy r - Onset toi training o.n the part o the i: v--at-rn, shlI shocke-d victi m All experiel . il 'norps of jin.st meV. ors, two pthysic-ia -md three earsere the bureau addctd, w i' be m-irgne to care for the studetnt p&.'ienta; wh because of their dlisabilities, are o''i able to resp~ond to training under nor-mal conditions in ordinary schools,. ably move ipto its new quarter-s with in the next twQ weeks. 'The association will have no trouble in securing warehouse accommoda tions, it wa ssaid gesterdlay, owners of warehouses in every section of the State having of1'ered i-heir places to the association. Impo ' nt announce ments concerning w fiusing a rangements may be ( -1 shortly, it was saidl today. Preparations for c< a vig orous campaign for 'ers dluring the next twvo -. ing rapidly forwvard. - ment that the membc be reopened has het enthusiasm ever-yw Quinerly, county age, in a letter received that he believedl that bales could be signei From almost every co that. many farmers a to sign until the bo was elected are now i names in the dotted HEAVY GUNS USED IN DUBLIN BAT!.,_ Remnants of Rebel Stronghold Under Bombardment PRISONERS ARE TAKEN Young Men's Christian Association Building Is Burned London, July 4.-A Dublin dis patch to the Times says: "Tonight the remnants of the ir regular stronghold in Upper Sack ville street is being bombarded with heavy guns." The Dublin correspondent of the press association says the national forces are making steady progress. The battle in O'Connell street con tinued with varying intensity throughout the day, the . firing on the whole being much heavier than yesterday. The poat9flice was rushed and captured by a bombing party, twen ty iregulars being taken. The correspondent says it is per sistently rumored that De aVlera has left Hamman's Hotel. Fifteen irregulars are believed to have surrendered under the white flag at this hotel and it is rumored that Countess Markieviecz was cap tured while sniping. During the course of the day, continues the correspondent, there have been fierce duels between na tional troops lying in the road be hind light barricades and snipers from windows and roofs. There are several indications of the dimin ished strength of the irregular forces and that they will no longer attempt to fight all their positions simultaneously. The irregulars concentrate their attention especially on threatened points, moving about in under ground tunnels. A large number of irregulars are known to have left the O'Connel larea, either tired by the struggle or under orders from the leaders. Crowds in the city still watched Prisoners Taken Dublin, July 4.-(By the Asso ciated Press.)- iamman's Hotel on Sackville street *one of the main positions of the insurgents, was captured by the national army forces this afternoon. The hostelry with its garrison of thirty men was surrendered to the Free State troops after the building had taken fire. Y. .1. C. A. Burns Iublin, July 4.-The enveloping .cvement by the Free State forces in the Sackville street arear is con picte and the gnal defeat of the rebeP is in sight, says a conimu nique issued from ge. eral head (Iutarters in the Beggars Bush bar 1 racks today. The insurg'ents have been driven out of the bb..sitions in E ili street so that their comrades 'ithe Gresham lI te' ~and aiin~,; build te in Saclkville street arc itirely TVhirty-two reb~els were e .ptured wvhen the national troop~s ri.ted the .'aral str- ,"tsitions and I' Cath hlotel. Th'le Y~o2ng At.en's (.)2.mf Asso eintion buildhing inl Saekville street, which has been occupiedl by insur gents, was burned during the night after an attack by the Free Staters. Yesterday's casualties were threec killed and( twenty-soven wvoundled. The lull since the termination of the fierce attack on the insurgents' position early this morning had been broken up to 9 o'clock only by activities of snipers. Te gove rntment forces now hold all the positions dominating the buildings in Sackville street occu piedl by the rebels. Barricadles at .the Liffey bridge and across the principal thorough fares leading to the center of the 'sty prevent the Republicans from escaping or re in forcements from reaching them. TOBACCO SEASON WI ll OPEN AUGUlST FIRlST "he opening of the independent to > warehouseas selig at auction e August 1st. Manning will only 'ie house this season, that one n by Messrs. Clark and Coth 'e hope that all our farmers voing to sel Itheir tobacco '11lltring it to Manning as hat the prices here will