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tion On a8es to VOL. XLII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAYON RAILWAY UNIONS MAY WORK ALONE Back to System of Former Years NO LONGER BIG FOUR Plan Now -Being Worked Out Under stood to Be Favorably Regarded Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 40.-Methods of settling wage and working agree ments between the "Big Four" trans portation brotherhoods and the rail roads has entered a now era and if the present course of negotiations is continued the country for several years at least will not be threatened with a complete tie up of railroad transpqrtation through a concerted strike of these brotherhoods on all lines of the nation, W.. G. Lee, presi dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said today. The situation which developed in 1915 as. a result ~ of the eight ha'ir fight and again last fall, when tr 0 O men, conductors, engineers ane fire men's brotherhoods sent out nation wide strike orders probably will not again occur. Decentralization of all wages, rules and worliing negotiations and return to the system prevailing for, 20 years prior to the time when the four train service brotherhoods were forced by the "eight hour fight" to pool their strength into what has since become famous as the 'Big Four" railroad brotherhoods has already set in, in the view of Mr. Lee. The new alignment of the transpor tation brotherhoods probably will find t ehBrotherhood of Railroad Train men and the Order of Railway Con ductors in one group and the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, Broth erhood of Locomotive Fireme nand En ginemen and the Switchmen of North America in another. "I feel that I am able to handle my organization to better advantage, to get more for my men and to work more effectively all around if the train men and conductors go it alQne so far as wages and working rules are con cerned," Mr. Lee said. This whole business, with all rail road labor unions on one side and all railroads on the other, with the rail road labor board in between got too big for any one man or a few men to handle. It was loaded with dyna mite for the country as well as for ourselves and the executives. No sane government would permit any faction or class to paralyze the trans portation of the country and thereby punish the innocent, who are always in the majority. The only way out was to separate." So far as strikes, wages and work ing rules negotiations are concerned, the "Big Four" no longer exists. The brotherhoods will continue to work together on legislative, non-partisan, political and purely organization mat ters. Mr. Lee pointed out today that the trainmen and conductors dealing in dividually with railroads in the East ern regional district and by regional. conferences for the Western and Southeastern region, have just com pleted contracts with virtually all roads in the United States continuing present wages and working rules for a period of a year and continuously thereafter except on 80 days' notice from either party. These agreements were obtained without consulting or wvorking with the engineers or firemen's brother hoods. Asked a few days ago if the switch men's union joining the engineerM and firemen in negotiations with the Now York Contarn Imeant an intention to work with the switchmen hereafter, Warren S. Stone, president of the engineers, said: "No, It means only that since the trainmen and conductors already have settled, the switchmen, firemen and ourselves are all that is left." With negotiations carriedl on with individual roads a or at most with regional groups, the consequences of a railroad strike will ,bo much less (dangerous. A strike on one road would probably not lead to government In terference, it was pointed out. Mrs. W. C. Davis entertained with a bridge party last Fridays Thej fol lowing guests were present: Mosdames Lucius andl Scott Hlarvin, .John Breedin, Mitch Wells Seman Richardson, H. L. Blomar, f,. B. Mc Cord, Marion Williams, Amanda Cole - and Miss Lou Huggins. A salad course, fruit punch and cake were served (luring the afnoon IT~, COMES NOYS. 9. $100.00 FINE TO USE CUT-OUTS For the benefit and information of the general public and officers as well we print the following law on cut outs and spot-lights on automobiles, both being - nuisances. Here is the law made by the general assembly of South Carolina in .1922, and approved the 10th day of March, 1922: An Act to prevent use of cut-outs and to regulate the use of spot-lights on motor driven vehicles upon public highways. Section 1. Use of cut-outs and spot-lights on motor vehicles prohi bited--Proviso-BPe it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person driving any motor vehicle upon the public high ways in this State to use cut-outs and spot-lights thereon when driven, upon any such highway- Provided spot lights may be used if the same shall be extinguished by the person using the same when within two hundved yards of an approaching vehicle. Section 2. Penalty for violation any violation of the provisions of this act shall subject the off'ender, upVon conviction, to a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment of not exceeding thirty dlays. Section 8. Disposition of Fines-_4 All fines and forfeitures collected un= der the provisions of this act shall be paid- into the County treasurer to be expended upon the highways of the county. Section 4. This act shall take ef feet upon its approval. Approved the 10th day of March, A. D. 1922. This law was made by the General' Assembly, and it is just as important for the offieers to enforce it as any other law on the statute books. It is now up to you Mr. Officer. MISSIONARY MEETINGC Methoist hurchwillhold ts rgula meetng fr Ocober Tueday .fte nona 'clc. oie hjcag frmMna toTedy*stshv a Kag atedneaNhsi h e ginng o thelas quaterand her is uchtobe on beoreth en o meer theenefi ndifomtino wepist puetheflon reawh Amrct boheing Panusan. hedre isethev 01 AQ MRS. JENNIE K. BALL SMITH Mrs. Jennie K. Ball Smith;' wife of Charles B. Smith, a newspaper man of South Carolina, died in a Norfolk hospital last night at 6:15 o'clock after an illness of several months. Besides her husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jame.. K. Ball of Irvington, Va., Mrs. Smith lived prior to her marriage on the fanious Butley estate in Virginia She was at direct descendant of Mary Ball, mother of George Washington. The Butley estate was destroyed by fire some time ago. It was located on the Rappahannock River. Mrs. Smith formerly was connected with Miller, Rhoades & Swartz of Nor folk as the head of the millinery de partment. The body will be taken to Irvington for funeral and inter ment later in the week.-Ledger-Dis patch, Norfolk, Va. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS BUILD Charleston, Oct. 10.-The first Christian Scientist church in Charles-. ton has been definitely assured, its cost to be $2,500. The local Christian Scientists have been renting a room in the past number of years. SHERIFFS WILL MEET Greenville, Oct. 10.--Carlos A. Rec tor, sheriff of Greenville county and president of the South Carolina Sher.. iffs' association, tonight announced that the annual convention of that bod ywould be held at Columbia Oc tober 25 during the state fair week. The programme includes an address byGv Wlo . avy TheBan of Mann.Ntol mbrs ofnte comal miteevbut of ofth Catrolnatded in a orfolth Cater are illne o brsevlmnt. K. BallJo A.igtn ae, CairSmith fire Chm tieag.itanslcac tQ vintonforfunralans inter RED CROSS CALLS TO MANY NURSES Washington, Oct. 10.-Carrying for. ward its program to meet the emer gency and relieve suffering among the refugees in tlhe Near East, the Amer ican Red Cross has cabled to all of its nurses now on duty in Vienna, Budapest, Paris and Constantinople to hasten to Athens for service in the relief operations. Announcement of the second step of the organization in furtherance of its efforts in the Near East was made tonight by Chair man John Barton Payne at the con vention of the Red Cross here. Chairman Payne told the conven tion that while there would be a joint appeal for funds for the Red Cross and the Near East relief, control of the funds is to vested generally in the Red Cross. It will take the "en tire responsibility of dealing with the situation in Europe; that is, in Greece and on the islands and at Constanti npole," he said. "I have been adv4sed by the secre tary of state," Chairman Payne con tinued, "that the refugees have been driven onto the Euhopean side so that the emergency 'exists in Europe and not in Smyrna. "The Near East relief has a large task in dealing with orphans, I think it has something like 100,000 orphans, which forms for it a definite and per manent task. But if there is an emer gency, that is, if there are people in Smyrna or at any other point in Asia Mnior who require emergent attention it will be given by the Near East re lief." The Red Cross is sending a com mission to Greece, which will have complete charge of its activities in that part of the world, the chairman announced. The personnel of the commission or 'the program it is to follow were not disclosed. The convcut:on today heard, in ad dition to Chairman Payne's outline of the emergency program, addresses by Miss Mabel T. Boardman, national secretary of the Red Cross, and Dr. Livingston Farrand, former chairman of the organization and now president of Cornell university. Several other resolutions were adopted, among them one calling for closer cooperation with the veterans' bureau in the handling of clnims of disabled former service men. The work of the organization in peace time served as a mooted question, there being a difference of opinion as to the length the Red Cross should go with as a program outside of meeting emergency demands such as is pre sented in the Near Eastern situation. Dr. Farrand said the essence of vi tality in the American Red Cross was its activity and no quiescence. It must not, however, he added, become a great charities society. At the same time he declared that the organization should continue a peace time work, re ferring to the problems raised by floods, fire and other disasters. It also, he said, could do much toward lessening infant mortality and pre venting (diseases like tuberculosis. G- . NWOOD) NEGRO ATTEMPTS SU1ICiDFi Greenwood, Oct. 10.-Because h< owed money which he could not pay he said, Le~wis, Ware, a ne~o u. at' tempted suicide by dlrowvning at Blake dale in this county, early yesterda3 morning. This is one of the few case: on record inthis section of even ai attempted suicide by a negro. Ware told his wife that he saw m chance of paying his debts and he in tended ending his life. When his wvif< went for help to prevent his carryini out his pur-pose, Ware hurried to the bank of a small pool near his house and after taking off his shoes and ha plunged in head first. His wife, with rescue party, pulled him out and fore edl him to go to bed. Later yesterda: morning, Ware again attempted sui cidle by drowning. He is believed t< have contracted pneumonia from ex posumre and is being treated by a p~hy sician todlay. TOP'SY IN TOII.S Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 10.-Topsy the giant elephant that e'scaped fror' a circus train here early today an terr-orized the community for 36 hiour besides damaging property to the ex tent of several thousand of dollarm wvas capturedl late today when she be came bogged in ten feet of wateri Greenfleld lake, in the southern en of the city. Fall Friends RAH!RAI:A~ ADDITIONAL LOCALS Mrs. C. A. McFaddin and Mr. Allen Sauls visited Winston-Salem this week. Mr. Frank Clark of Charleston, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Claik. JOHN BULL'S LAST WORD Constantinople, Oct. 10.-The signing of the protocol for the armis tice at Mudania is expected to take place this afternoon, according to an announcement by the Havas agency. General Harrington, the British com.. mander,' declared the "convention we have submitted to the Nationalist Turks is Great Britain's last word. It now rests with Angora whether the world shall have peace or war." REAL WAR IN CHINA Amoy, China, Oct. .--Real war is growing out of the tense mili tary situation in this province in. vading forces seeking to supplant the provincial government are nearing Foochow, the capital. MAY DOUBLE STOCK New York, Oct. 10..---Directors of the National Biscuit company today voted to submit to the stockholders a proposal to double the authorized stock and to change its par value from $100 to $25 a share. NO ACTION TAKEN ALirooy, CnOct. .---Teart 'Ar ais Shiping outofteene tooki taydiscution in thisattrovinc nel adingeforners scekind to spanl then Liverpool thiee apitl ar hi Newa supplke Oct 10.-irecoo hewioSyna Bisci cmsfompn todaye stcad to chageertshearinalhe froman SlEY[R FIGHTING FOR FORD OFFER Would Make Issue in Campaigh WRITES TO FARMERS Representative of American Farm Bureau Federation Very Active in Effort. Washington, Oct. 10.-Gray Silver, Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau federation, at tempts today to make the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals an issue in the pending congressioani campaigns. lie has addressed communications to every farmeti in the United States whose address could be obtained, an urgent insistence that friends of the Ford offer be elected to congress. He quotes an alleged statement of the National Fertilizer association to the effect that the Ford offer will not be accepted the next session of con gress, and advises that to prevent the materialization of the boast, Ford men be sent to Washington. In his communication, Silve. de clares that in every instance those who stand for the Ford offer are organizations havin gnothing at heart save the interest of the people, where as those opposing the offer are in variably corporations which might be effected by the acceptance of the Ford offer. le makes the fertilizer corporation a special object of attention, because he believes, it is said, that all farmers "cuss" the people from whom they buy fertilizer because of the prices they are required to pay. It is understood that Silver has compiled a list of representatives and senators favoring and opposing the Ford offer, and that this infornation has been sent to voters throughout the country. There is sharp difference of opinion as to whether the Ford offer will be stronger or weaker in the next es sion of congress, Mr. Ford has made it plain, however, that he has not re tired from the field. He is alleged to have characterized those who are said to have implied that he would "quit because of disgust incident to the long delay in action on his offer," as "liars." LATE SENATOR'S WILL OFFERED FOR PROOF Thomson, Ga., Oct. 10.-The will of the late United States Senator Thomas E. Watson has been offered for probate and the hearing set for November 13. The estate, variously estimated to be worth from $50,000 to $200,000, is sai dto be divided among the widow, Miss Georgia Lee and Miss Georgia Watson, the sena tor's two granddaughters, Mrs. Julia Cliatt, his sister, and Mrs. Alice Lytle, long associated with the senator in the publication of The Columbia Sen tinel. No mention is made in the will, it is stated, as to the disposition of the \Vatson library, considered to be one of the finest private collections in the South. A 'ng special bequests named in the .i Mrs. Lytle is to get two farms totalling 250 acres, the life use of a r 'age n ear the Watson home and $30 per week during her unmarried lifetime. After bequests to Mrs. Cliatt and his granddaughters, the residlue of the estate is left to Mrs. Watson (lur ing her lifetime and at her dleath to be dlivided between the twvo grand dlaughters. MASONIC TEMPLE OPEIN Charleston, Oct. 10.-The remodeled home of the grand lodge of Masons in South Carolina, the Masonic tem ple, was thrown open tonight for pub-. lice inspection, a great number of Charlestonians attending. James Campbell Bissell, of Charleston, is grand master. RESTORATION BY JIAPAN Tsingtao, Shantung, Oct. 10 (Hy the Associated P'ress.)--Japan has haIIs decided to rest ore the lease held( I on Kinochowv to China, D~ecember 2. s On that (late JTapanese troops will - withdraw, civil and military author , ty inthe Kinochow dlistrict will be - Ihanded over to China and the Chinese lag will be hoisted for-the first time I si'ne Germany acquiredl the territory 1in 1898.