The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 26, 1922, Section One Pages 1 to 8, Image 1
Section One
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v OL. XLII ~MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922
.jOY NMENT ISSUES
GENERAL SERVICE ORDER
Increased Coal Production and Proper
Distribution Is Sought
EMERGENCY IS DECLAI ED
'' nterstate Commerce Comimssion
Takes Action in Strike
Matter
Washington, July 25.-Support of
the railroad labor board as the only
'agency created by law for handling
the transportation tie-up, accelera
tion of coal. production under fed
eral protection and control of fuel
distribution were given by adminis
tration spokesmen today as the
three fundamentals of the govern
nent's policy toward the industrial
crisis involved in the coal and rail
road strikes.
Restatement of the government's
position followed the regular Tues
day meeting of the cabinet which,
for nearly three hours, devoted its
attention to the double threat
against the country's economic
fabric-famine in fuel and disrup
tion of interstate commerce.
The first step toward 'control of
depleted transportation facilities
and coal supply came shortly after
ward in a statement from the In
terstate Commerce Commission de
'laring that an emergency existed
in the territory east of the Missis
sippi which required the conmission
t direct the routing of all essential
6mmodities and to fix preference
and priority statutes to control
movement of food and fuel.
"General Service Order"
The priority order was followed
by a "general service order" from
"the commission notifying "all com
mon carriers" that an emergency
existed which required them to dis
4 regard usual routing practice,
freight rate divisions and traffic
arrangements so as. to-obtain the
most expeditions movement of es
sential freights.
Becoming effective tomorrow, the
commisison's mandates give rail
roads first priority on fuel re
quirements with electric power,
light, gas, water and sewer works,
rice plants serving the public, and
refrigeration plants engaged in
preservation of food, following in
1 the order named.
Proposed appointment of a fed
eral commission to investigate the
coal industry received further sup
port today in a resolution intro
duced in the Senate by Chairman
Borah of the labor committee. Mr.
oBrah suggested the commission be
1 composed of three members, ap
pointed by the President and that
it recommend the advisability or
necessity of nationalizing the in
dustry or of the institution of gov
ernment regulation.
Must Uphold Board
In outlining the government po
sition in the railroad strike, admin
istration spokesnen said it had
been decidedl that the railroad la
Sbor board's statutory authority to
determine wages and working con
ditions for railroad employes must
h e r'ecognized and upheld, and that
the attempts to operate mines in
spite of the miners' union strike
must be continued until it is (dem
onstrated that not enough men arc
willing to work under State and
federal protection to bring out an
adequate tonnage.
It was add~edl that the .adlministra
tion was struggling to deal fairly
with the entangled rights of all
* parties to the widespread indus
trial controversies, but intended
above all to uphold the majesty and
Sdignity of the government of the
. United States.
Meanwhile In the fuel crisis re
sulting from the coal strike, the
powers of the government will be
used to distribute the diminished
current production of coal in ac
cordance with the demands of pub
lie welfare, and to prevent the tak
ing of extortionate profits. Presi
*dent Harding was represented as
Inwilling to anticipate in advance
what course might be taken should
the coal output fail to be augment
ed to the required tonnage, but for
the present week at least, it was
stated, he would withhold creation
of the suggested federal coal coin
mission.
"Ought to Yield Point"
r~ While the railroad labor board
would be upheld in its endeavors to
deal with~ the strike of shop crafts
Whose
U.N
T ESTIMONY RULED OUT
Spartanburg, .July 25.-Judge T.
S. Sease. in Sessions Court here yes
terday, decided that it is unlawful
for a magistrate to issue a search
warrant on an affdavit unless that
affdavit is ,subscribed to personally
before the magistrate. The question
came up under a motion in the case
of W. W. Rhame, being tried for run
ning a disorderly house.
The rural police went to Rhames
Swimming Park near the city early
one Sunday morning with a search
warrant to make a search for whis
key, which it was believed was be
ing tsored and sold there. The of
ficer did not at that time find any
whiskey, but they found three
couples occupying rooms, against
;whom they made out cases of disor
derly conduct, and against W. W.
Rhame, proprietor, they made out a
case of running a disorderly house
and a nuisance.
When the State had put in its
testimony, Deputy Sheriff' J. W.'
Becknall was put up by the defense,'
who testified that he signed the
warrant and sent it to Magistrate
L. K. Jennings. Upon receiving it,
the magistrate telephoned - Mr.
Becknall, who stated over the
phoine that he had signed the war
rant and swore of its contents.
Judge Sease says that a search
warrant is too important a thing to
be handled in any such way and
it should be stopped. Hle according
ly ruled out all test imny hich
TEDUCIONY NLE OUT
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warnirty toghtseto searhkers who
have tsoedan sevcould threslT of
ficeir drdturn t work, tme riday
whiskement tuhey fouyned the
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PRESILNT WRITES SMITH
ABOUT CHARLESTON YARD
Says: "We Are Doing Rather More
Than Merely Maintain the Status
Quo Until the Return of Secre
tary Denby."
Washington, July 25.-Senator E.
D. Smith this afternoon received
from President Harding an important
letter, for which the Senator has been
anxiously waiting for some days, with
regard to the Charleston Navy Yard.
The senior Senator had confiden
tial assurances more than a week
ago that the President would heed
his request that the order closing
the yard be suspended until Secre
tary of the Navy Denby's return,
but in view of the tremendous pres
sure of other current matters, the
President was delayed in reaching
this one officially and in the deli
cate circumstances of the case,
Senator Smith did not feel justified
in talking in advance of Mr. Hard
ing's'action.
The text of the President's letter
to Senator Smith is as follows:
"With reference to your call at
the executive office and your inter
est in maintaining the activities of
the Navy Yard at Charleston you
may be interested in knowing that
we are doing rather more than
merely maintaining the status quo
until the return of Secretary Denby.
I have asked Acting Secretary
Roosevelt to endeavor to continue
the wvork there with the view of
maintaining such activities as all
the circumstances will warrant.
"Very truly yours,
(Signed) "Warren G. Harding."
"Senator E'. D. Smith,
"United States Senate."
In showing the letter to the cor
r'espondent of The News and Cou
ier, Senator Smith said: From
this letter I understand that niy
request to the President has been
granted and that the order clos
ing the yardl has been suspended.
The President says in his com
munication to me. 'We are doing
rather more than merely maintain
ing the status quo until the re
turn of Secretary Denby."
Now that the President has
spoken, the correspondent of The
News and Courier feels that he can
venture a word of explanation
-which ho thought best not to make
while eff'orts to secure suspension
of the order were still pending.
The statement telegraphedl on Mon
day of last week thab Acting Sec
retary Roosevelt had told Senator
N. B. Dial that the Charleston yard
would not be closed, but would be
operated on a reduced scale, etc.,
was based on specific information
to that effect from Senator Dial
The correspondent was naturally
not dlisposed to question the In
formation in any way, and was as
tonished on learning within the next
few days that Col. Roosevelt was
telling inquirers that he did not
intend to modif th clsing orde
LIVELY TILT IN SENATE
Washington, July 25.-There was
another lively fight today in the
Senate over the Lenroot propsal to
reduce the duties on coarse wool
and manufacturers thereof, but
again the issue failed to come to
a vote. The first test of strength
was expected tomorrow with op
ponents of the amendment appar
ently confident of victory. They
had made an informal canvass and
expected to draw enough strength
from the Democratic side to offset
the votes cast for the proposal by
members of their own party.
Senators Wadsworth, of New
York, and Kellogg, of Minnesota,
Republicans, entered the fight ac
tively today for the Lenroot amend
ment, which also was endorsed by
Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts,
and other Democratic speakers. Ar
guments against the proposal were
presented by Senators Smoot, of
Utah; Gooding, of Idaho, and Wil
lis, of Ohio, Republicans, who re
iterated the contention that it was
not workable. This was disputed
by Senator Lenroot, who, in con
cluding the seven hours of debate,
said if the committee could not
work the plan out so it could be
administered he would undertake to
do so.
Before the Senate met today, the
finance committee majority took up
the silk schedule, making several
changes. The most important was
the decision to give separate treat
ment to Tussah silk, commonly
known as pongee and Shantung,
Such silk in the piece, not bleached,
printed, dyed or colored, would
bear a duty of 55 per cent ad va
lorem.
INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW
Miami, Fla., July 25.-Leor
Howe, Department of Justice agent
arived here today from Tampa tc
conduct an investigation for the gov
ernment into the hold-up of th<
schooner William H. Albury, an<
the murder o fits negro master
George Edgecomb, at Cat Key, las
week. Mr. Howe immediately con
ferred with the British vice consul
Lieut. Col. Jenkins.
One suspect believed to have beer
a member of the pirate gang was re.
leased today when two members o:
the Albury's crew ashore in Miam
failed to identify him. Informatiot
was received by Sheriff Allen toda
that Jimmie Truitt, alleged slayer o:
Edgecomb, is in hiding in Miami.
COL. MITCHELL TRANSFERRED
Old Point Comfort, Va., July 25
-Col. James B. Mitchell, for sev
oral years commanding officer a
Fort Monroe, has received order
transferring him to Fort Totter
N. Y. where he will be attached t
the staff of the second army corp
area.
ashington, D. C.
e shadow of the capitol building at
:lone. The strike was made across
Senator William H-. King of Utah,
This?
AU-O cArTaBR
BIELASKI STILL FREE
Mexico City, July 25.-No move
was made today to arrest. A Bruce
Bielaski, formerly of the American
Department of Justice, or his wife
and at the request of Mr. Bielaski
numerous detectives who have been
shadowing him have been called
off.
Jesus Barcenas and Madame Milo,
who were arrested yesterday in
connection with the kidnaping of
Bielaski have completed their tes
timony before the court at Cuorna
vaca. They are not being held in
jail but are under constant sur
veillance.
There is an unconfirmed report
here that the party's chauffeur at
the time of the kidnapiong, Montes
De Oca, has been released at Cuoer
navaca after a confession of some
kind, the nature of which has not
been ascertained.
in any particular.
Knowing, however, that Senator
Smith was , daily expecting the
Presidential intervention, which
had been pronised, the correspond
ent was inclined to believe, that the
order would be modified, anyhow,
whatever impression the Acting
Secretary of the Navy may have
meant to convey to Senator Dial.
Gold Strik at V
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COlION FAMINE IS
SEEN BY HARRIS
Commissioner of Agriculture Advises
Sowing of Fall Crops for Hogs
Columbia, July 25.-B. Harris,
Commisisoner of Agriculture for
South Carolina, has issued the follow
ing statement to the farmers of the
State:
"The government report of June
25 of 72.4 could not be considered a
bearish report. I do not think that
we will have a 10 per cent increase
in acreage on account of the floods
and wet season. If it had not been
for the floods and wet late season
I think the acreage increase would
have been 15 per cent. However the
good Lord has taken special charge
of the cotton situation this year.
For the last two years on the issu
ance of the government crop
monthly report the bear speculators
were able to drive the cotton mar
ket down no matter how bullish the
report was but this was not the
case with the June 25 report not
withstanding a threatened railroad
strike and coal miners' strike. Here
tofore any kind of a strike talked
of could drive cotton down. All this
goes to prove that spot cotton has
a stronger position than it has had
in the last two years.
"I want to advise spot holders of
cotton not to sell a bale unless they
are obliged to as we are now fac
ing a world famine in cotton and
we cannot make as much cotton
this year as the world will need
for next year's consumption. Our
crop this year will not reach over
ten million bales and it will take
ideal seasons from now on to make
this amount. You are bound to
see high cotton in 1923. Sit steady
in the boat and keep out of debt
this year. Let this be your watch
word.
Plant Irish Potatoes
"I want to urge every farmer to
plant a second crop of Irish pota
toes. Plant the Lookout Mountain
which you will find advertised in
the bulletin. Also plant a good crop
o fturnips as they are fine human
food and an excellent feed for cows
and hogs for the winter. Hogs will
keep fat on plenty of turnips and
one ear of corn a day. Turnips are
easily raised and can be hauled by
the wagon load to the hog pasture
and thrown out for the hogs to eat
what they want. They must be cut
u pfor cows or they are liable to
get choked over them.
- There was some complaint last
t year of rye making hogs sick and
a causing their ears to drop off. It
has been my experience that rye is
one of the poorest grazing crops I
ever sowed for hogs, horses or cat
tle. Instead of rye, I sow a mixture
of two bushels of barley, one and a
I half bushels of oats, one-fourth
bushel wheat, and one fourth pound
of seven-top turnip seed per acre.
This gives you a balanced ration
and a more nutritive one and the
stock likes it much het Ler'. Suw this
mixture about August Ist or 15th
and by November 10th it will be
ready for your hogs. The~y will do
well on it all winter and you will find
they will keep healthy. Try it."
ONE PICK ET IS ALLOWVED
Richmond, Va., July 25.-Tempo
rary injunctions restraining the
railway employes' department of
the American Federation of Labor
and its affiliated brotherhoods from
usin gmiore than one picket at any
one point, and from otherwise in
terfering with employes and prop
erty of the complainants, were
granted the Chesapeake and Ohio
and Richmond, Frederickaburg and
Potomac railway hero today by the
United States District Court.
Request also was made by the
two companies for twenty or more
special ofmiers to guard their prop
erty.
TAKEN FROM HOME
Wilmington, N. C., July 25.-C.
R. McLeod, of St. Pauls, Robeson
county, was taken from his homo
last night by eight masked men
and given a severe flogbinp, ac
cordiny to a special dispatch to
the Morning Star. No reason was
given for the action of the masked
men. T. N. Sibbett and John Pitt
man were roegnized by McLeod
and their arrests have been ef