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Saved Her Life f ?L? uufjnullfled endorsement of Fruiiola anti Traxo In n recent letter; from ?Ir?. 8? tirlndle, 5818 SI Ju nonet to gt, Pittsburg, Ve* will ?.?of Interest-to other sufferers from stomach and Intestinal troubles. Mrs. (J rindi? anya* "Tho doctors had given mo up, saying the oniy hope left waa an operation. I tried Frultola and passed hun V ?S dreds of gall-stones with the first two bottle:;. Am now ft??lbjgHjetter than I havo for years past I will be glad td tell-any sufferer how lt has helped me, for I owo my life to lt." .r' t'rultola possesses properties that oct directly apon the latest!* rial part?, softening the congested wast? and disintegrating the I?? burdened particles t?iat cause sb mnch suffering, and expels tho ac? .enntulation to the great relief of the patient. Traxo ls a tonloaJ 5 terntive that acts on the liver ?nd kidneys, stimulates the flow bl grasllc Juices, to aid digestion and removes bile from the general .circulation. . It serves to build up the weakened, run-down system* For the convenience of the public, arrangements have been made to supply Frnitoln nnd Traxo through representative drug gists. In Anderson they can be obtained at Evans' Pharmacy, Three Stores. jPakaeifcto TTh<eatbr< Wm TODAY Montrose Sisters Present "ROMANCE ON-THE SEASHORE" MOVIES FOR TODAY "THE BREAD LINE" Three Reel Reliance. % U THE?TR1 ?xpi ?te i TODAY "SUCH A PRINCESS" . rJ*hee :Ree? Rex? "FATHER'S HELPING HAND" Nestor Comedy. "DIAMOND FROM Tiffi SKY" We have also added a Musical Number without additional Admission Charge. ?Banjo and Harp, combined; together willi a Violin and Yodler. These two Musicians piny both Classical and Rag Tune-r-and play both-well.' And the. Yodler: ts away above the average. V capital ana Surplus $125,000.0? ..}; I Collections Given ' Careful Attention * lillis on A. Smyth. ino. A. Hudgens, President Ca nhl cr. '.' ' >7JB. E. Tellison, AsBt. Cashier. ' i j -^y^^^, fe :. I HOME OF YOUR-^^^P I I W? kave 81-2 acres left. ?S&K \ - ^ B V?0?? just 1-2 mil? west ot ?'TI *w* ' * fi 1 NOrtl*An<JeSr8!0n 41,81 \ ^ 1 H We will seii fer $ I s? an acre H , .V S? Mr. Fletcher; McCliire. recently fa boii^ht 25 acres, anti Mr. R. A. p Mnyfied bought ten acres yester a ' if you want 8 or lo acres near H. town this;Is your-opportunity. At THE Bljp? THEATRE EVERY WEDNESDAY, An Impartially Drawn Pen Picture of Conditions Existing 1 nero at Present. (Bj L. M. ?leim) Monday morning following the Sat urday night rioting at BrOgon Milla, I visited tho plant with President J. P. Gossett, at' his invitation, to get, flrst hand, knowledge of conditions existing there at present, and to note the effects, if thero wore any, bf tho disturbance which so alarmed community on tho evening mentioned. Tn extending me the invitation to visit tho mill, President Gossett fl?fd', in effect, -"I have been importuned by a number of people, several of them lion-pariiBan in their attitudo, to ma-ko a public statement setting forth conditions existing at the Bro gon Mills. I told them that ? had re frained from giving out for publica tion statements of our trouble, pre fering to scttlo our differences priv ately and amicably. But I .feel that conditions have reached the stage where the public is entitled to know tho truth, and I am now ready to gjy;?" it. I told them that I was" going to invito representatives of the press to go' to tho mill with me and roo for themselves, make their own investi gations and reach their own conclu sions. I am now ready for you to go with me. If you core to, I would be glad to' have you. see representatives Of the Union, too, and get their'side of the matter as well." ?What tho writer shall shy ls- based oh. what ho observed ofter carefully going over the entire mill property and upon statements made, by Presi dent (losBett. In the outset, let it be understood that tills ia no discussion bf: the differences between operatives and mill management that brought, about the strike. In fact, that sub ject .was not mentioned by President Gossett, nor were questions asked along that line by Jho writer. Neithr er is. this a discussion .of the merits' of Unionism. That subject was not discussed by tho'.mill president. "At ;somo future time I may make a state ment with reference to Unionism," ho said in parting. This, then, la n mero narrative, a, pen picture, aa it were, ot incidents'' that haye happened abd'of"scenes* existing at tho mill, written impartially. This last claim, I realize, .will be discounted as to Its ?i.>'-erity by some for tho simplo rea ro . that, my brother-in-law, boss bf the cloth room, was set upon and 'beaten* severeal days ! ago while en-, gaged willi others in the loading Of cloth for. shipment, and because 'a double nrst cousin of mino, who^ac~ -e'epted an offer, to assist In .the load ing of cloth, was practically forced to abandon the undertaking. It will bo further discounted because when I went to. tho mill, with President Gossett I was jeered at by strikers who were standing about the entrance of tho mill, and because when'I left .the mill in company .with the superintend ent n mon standing nearby; hnrlsd a d?ck of greasy, dirty playing cards into bur faces. But I bol levo I hove been engaged in the business bf news paper reporting, .'which, tb bo ' .any thing but ?.miserable failure and out? lawed';by decent society,'Involves tho. narrating Of facts impartially and without regard' to my personal-views and emotions-I say I believe I jiayo been at the business of writing tho truth (if not-te j ling it always) long enough to curb what feelings. I might have be causo of tho treatment accord ed my kin and tho reception I-was given upon my arriving, at and de parting from tho mill Monday morn ing;. and teil tho simple truth an. to the situation. I harbor no 111 viii against either side, nor am ? under any oh?i.iutio?'.s io sayoss v?ua?^??d with, the JBrogon Mill Situation in any way. ' I went there as b;. reporter? seeking tho truth and mindful of tho fact . that the newspaper which I rep resented ?3 obligated to ihous??ds of. readers who want tb kee.-.-; iho: tnitii, '^d.'that regardless. ? lipon. lighting" from tho street .car at the mill Monday morning wo pass ed, down to the^ main ehtroncb - through rank? of ladies' and med/ Who,^&n*? derstand, .were, former eniployecfi of the V mi!'"ci; Wc greeted thom: cordially and sorao of them returned j tho salute. ; We.'Wero rc?ogniwd^bt-onoei and I was afterwards told that nobb our alighting from <^r Word -was passed along the lins ot pickets fpr U5 tb bb- permuted to proceed un molested. '..':..? ; ?f bp first ;thlng we did was to make a circuit pf the huge mill building,, on: the outside. ? Our purpose in doing l?NAT WMILLS this win, to ascertain tho exact lo cation1 Of tho parties who .engaged in the firing Saturday night. It had boen atloged that tho only firing dono at the mill on that night waa done by the six truckmen who woro quar tered in tho mill, and that they fired frOm'their positions within tho en gine room at ppmons who woro in the highway that runs parallel with j tho length of the mill. Our investi gation rovealed tho fact, first, that lt is impossible .or one to stand in the engine room and fire into tho high way! Thl?rit> true because of tho rela tive, positions of tho boiler room, the engine room and the main building. Thd> boiler*'rdom, a building of con siderable length, rears its 21-inch brick wall nioner a line parallel with the road. The main building runs parallel with the boiler room huild Ing, tho first wall of .the former bc ,iug probably a hundred feet to the. wost. Tho cngino room is a com paratively narrow structure connect ing the boiler room with the main building. In other words,.the ground phut o?' the buildings is in the shapo of . tho tetter H. Tho perpendicular part:; of tho letter represent the boii ' Or room and the main building, the one on tho' left being tho boiler room and the one on the right the main building. Tho horizontal bar connect ing the perpendiculars is the engine room. . The road runB parallel with tho perpendicular part of tho letter representing . the boiler room. There fore, it. is impo^siblo for ono to stand ?in'tho engine .-bom and fire out into tho road. .would either havo to Uro through two brick wolla ot 21 j inches thickness each, or he would ! havo to fifo at a point so far ahead of him, in brd?r to got around tho in tervening end, of tho boiler mom, that the object ot his .aim would be lndta {eernablq exoept- in broad daylight. This, leadsTip tho undeniable conclu sion that'if. tho mon quartered in the engine "room fired -at anyone, the per son Q; .-.peraone?! fired upon had to be on- t'a a :priv?te: "property "of. the mill. This also loads to the,natural cor?l lajy th^t .ifi^py person or persons ?ired1 upon-ethe -truckmen in the en gine robn^,''thfe^' had to be on the priv ate pr?peHy ?if the mill. There is ."one,;other con?Jusion. It was a dark ' night, and .iltfwo VJ no arl i neal light? j m^':?td?t:!lh\b ffltifi':, .Tii'ere'Verf not ?ey?n ,*..MRUt8(>!iW-,. the-*s: mill, for tho. j truckmen had ? ? c n I given explicit i n .a?ruetiona to mini no lights. Thore >fore/'Jfor the truckmon to have. seen [anyone 'to fire.-upon they would of .necessity.-haye.. had to-.be-very closo inp to' tho^engrdb- room'Windows;: .' Tv/iP ^?a?^^jme'fj .^in.Voiib of*'tho ' engine roein^s?idi,, were shot. away. There is also, a hole shot -through a. -pane ' In' ono of the 'dye room sash, .'and one through, ^?pane In a slasher, 'room..sash. ' These..?vooma are on tho ' northern end -of the ' main building, ' ono 'aboyo, tho 'bther, 'and at- right ; nhgl?? to .tjip sidqijoit the engine room 'on which %ho shooting took place, j Estimates gatlioh.-;1 from a humber bf reliable sou rees places, tue number of 1 gun and pistol ; shots;, fired Saturday night from one hundred to one h?n f.dred fifty. People.; who were in the vicinity of the mill at the time of tho 'Shooting, and id no wiso interested in tho situation one . way .pr the other, j assMt-.that-thcvi'dlscharging of.fire arms occurred over a'wide area about j-'?ej^Ty?^Jsjiindpubtiy refutes thc ;fela?m that.ibo firing was done by the truckmen who were quartered within tho. thiok Walls. of tho onglae room. On the 'other hand, there is incon ; ;troyerUDlo ; evidence, that but. two F.liot:-. were tired from the cngiuc roo vi. I.satisfied myself as to that As to who fired these shots and for what pur .pqsp, I am informed that thoy wore "fired by the/ foreman pf tho trucking squad aa a1 signai, WK^'a?Bo biew d's^ tresa, calls on the ateam whistles'of the mill. ; ; |Sp much _ for ibo. incident ot Sai ur . day. n:;rht.. Under nu nu ai condition ri, : ' that vi s',.during the';strike period, what doeaVo^ At Ute four J.cpruersV bf tho ' lairigp. building are pitched sm&U tents, and about each tent there ia; co?gregdtod !a 5CjaacT pi men. 1 was .tela th&t these oro pichete,. ... and that a system.- bf. milli it ry '.usage Is? followed,, Thb picket squads ore changed every six hours arid the va . ript?s squads are' marshaled by cap I tains. I- was ?old that the purpose |wpWi?;>ptcketiOg is ?io guard thc mill property.** Ne? .one ; is allowed to ; pass'J tho picket lines and go bn the mill property unless tho ; pickets so i tlrflfi ? was^ told '-^that tho pickets :wl?>j?^ft^^ they gvmrded the mill\:t?r?p^ij\ and th&i they rcpllod it was upon -instructions of "tho Union." They-admit that no ono ls allowed to go on the mill prop erty except bykiheir knowledge and consent As we walked about tho mill President GosBett related to mo tho H tibetan co of conversation* . he had had with tho picket?, and theso aro some of the questions Ile bad put to them ever and anon: from whom are you people guarding the mill's property? Do you not know that you are on private property? Do you not know that tho owners of this prop erty have -posted notices forbidding anyone trespassing upon it? Do you not know that tho notices which , we posted all about the proporty have been ruthlessly knocked down and trampled upon? You admit that nu one whom you do not know is.allow ed on our property except with your knowledge and consent? Then when a person goes on this property be If! there with your consent and will your knowledge? You do . not den> that disorders of a BcrlcuB nntur< Juivc taken place on tho mill proporty find that as a reGult o? these dlsor der? the mill property , has been dam aged? Then those persons who com mltted these disorders and did thli damage to tho property were on tin mill property by your knowledge am consent? You are not making gooi at the task which you say ypuhavi set yourselves to, and which you sa: is the causo of the plckotlng boini maintained both night and day? As to indignities that have beei heaped upon mill officials and thos persons who tried to wonk there dur mg the strike, that is a phase of th matter which President Gossett di not care lo go Into, for, really, it 1 of no importance. Vile cursing, loath somo epithets and other Insults Qt verbal character hurled at ofllclai and persons who attempted to d Work at tho mill are considered b .the management of the mill cf to trivial a nature and of too personi character to merit .attention. Pres dent GoBsett told me instead of thing of a moro serious nature than cursln a man. Ho carried me into tho. yat and showed me a largo ' hole In t! mud that had been excavated over water main which connects tho iii pumps with a reservoir where wat? is stored for fire purposes. There a leak in this main. Some days a{ a mechanic who has remained on dui in thc mill took a negro laborer at went into tho mill yard to repair th leak in the big pipe. Tho negro wi mado to quit his. digging and lea tho premises, lt is Bald, and told th If he returned lt would be at his o\ peril. The mechanic,-I wim^t?fd, w ordered \ to* return to'1 tho mill ' h w ! ul li and leave tho pipe alone. I look down in the hole and saw the . wat trickling up through the mud ire the broken main connecting the fi pumps with the reservoir.' "And he wo have a million and a half dolla worth of property at stake" is t phly comment- President Gooseti ma as ho showed me this night- Fri that he passed on to the subject a negro laborer who was forbidd .by some ot the strikers to'prece with tho harvesting of alfalfa, in nearby^ field belonging to the mill. also told mo of an employeo pf bedding factory in the cliy.r'ho W? to ibo miii to got a toad of waote I lng ordered-off the premises, withe setting ibo waste.' Thc mort engaged in repairing i fire main, the negro harvesting < alfalfa and the man who went, at tho waste for his bedding fact? ?wero not "scobs';" they were doing work that had been done by any the men out cn tho strike, yet, I \ told,'these mc:i wero ordered not proceed with C'a work ihat they 1 been employed to do. .V-'l'' W03 Iben escorted by Prosld Gosaott up to tho cloth, room. H I Was chown a great- quantity of cl ready for ahipping. Tho cloth been cold and the money paid foi upon contract for delivery at a sta time. Hut during the. nino weeks mill has been clocad down but ec caro of cloth havo be?n shipped, i ?ow- shipments aro at a sf ands Thc rain authorities made dospoi efforts to load thc- cloth bvjjlftt^ from the day after tho mill wei c ed down, and what' little work done along this Une ^wes carried under tbo greatest" difficult?s. Boverai weekv tbo authorities v unable to maintain'a steady; fora the work of ^loading tho ct??b, i causo of interference from oomo'bf strikeT. It was while cloth, was lng loaded nc vera l days ago that boss bf thc. cloth rppm 'yt?t\atta< and tho vjlce-prealdent of tho. handlea roughly and subjected to dignities. Finaliy, President Qos ;jr)So: is;at: tito bead of tl??. Wii?uuni Milts, asked for sis yoiunteera ? this mill to go to tho Bregon ond assist In the loading pf the Vii Six good men, characterised by P ldebt OcBseti a? '.-I perfect gentle and splendid citizens, ?vfce to An son of tyoir:.t>wu free will and start-, ed iii o . lobing o? doth. .Inasmuch as it ir\ next to Imponible to get o person past, tho picket line, and es peclajly if At Ls fought that he ls en t?rjnj} tho .mill for purposes of work [ng, it was decided that it would bo best tQsftuartor tho mea in tho mill building after they.were once gotten In. Accordingly, bunks were pre pared j for then and hot meals were sent them, threo times a day. Ar rangement Xor telephone communica tion between, tho. -m u and their fam ilies at Wllliamston were made by President .Gosaett at .the oxpense of tho company, and everything elso was dono to assure them all comfort ?and contentment posslblo. President Gossctt impressed upon thom that not a one of them need remain there against hlR will. Tho mon wont to work under ono of their , number ns foreman, aud from the first their way \yas,hard. "1 paid them $5 a day," eaid President GooBctt. "$1.50 for their work and $3.60 to keep their southe shut and remain cool an tho face of dlffleuUleo nuder which they would have to perforai their work. Thoso j men wer o not 'scabs;' not a ono of I them took tho. job of o man who had gano out. on, a strike." .??ho mon proceeded-wlth their work, under great difficulties howover, dur ing the,regular hours. At night they wen: cautioned to) repair to tho cngino room and rotiro(? after dark. This kept, UP until tho truckmen became alarmed -oyor..expected*->attacks and requested/. Prpsf4ontf.Go8Bett to pro vide them with some means of pro ; tectlon In the event they were the. vio? tims of. un attack. .At-their solicita* lion Presiden t.- Gassott,. provided each ' of thc six., men. with a cheap, doublc barrele^rlbrpeahMoaditig ?hot gun and ' a few cartridges - loaded with three I drama or poVdeF atfd'Nb^, i-shot. The men were cautioned to mako no dis; play or tho ?flMiirnis ami not to make usc Of them-?nla?a- lt becamo neces sary In actual ^etetase ot their lives, in tho > event they had ! reason to be lieve an attack was about to bo made, they iwerc lo sound a lignai qa the [whistler." ?? ' . . ! And so the disturbance Saturday night. The 'truckman admitted after the shooting had died down that they ; were .doubtful* of the wisdom of their longer'Remaining at tho mill. Then cunio'tho'tm oat ion ot getting them out'of the mitt' without their being molested. - Thls^Wt??' accomplished', I ! am told;-Hrtly"iift*r tho six truckmen j had s?bBCritJea to explicit promiser that.??.tiu-y would leavo the premises land never return.1 . At any ^rate;1 they ! werO^ollOwed tb l??vo the rall? uri : molested.1-'What w?s^?vldently thc : object of the campaign of abuso that 1 hod been carrie:! on against tl o truck men, 'namely, thal of getting them out of the .'mill, having been accom plish:^; conditions et the mills ' Mon day were 'quiet; ?i "Aa was-?ald lri1 the outset, this ar ticle docs not' 'deal with the question of Unionism;, for that subject was not discussed between President G?sset! .and myself. Nelthor ls this article a statement of the underlying causee of tho strike at Bregon. Mills. The questlbn of Unionism and tho sub ject o? what .brought' about tbs strike ia entirely foreign to this statement The'.BHu&tidh' ?t lirog?n han gone fat past either a. question ot Unionism and 'noliiXjn??u??m' Gr toe janice "ox Injustice bf the strike. This article Iii 'Intended to^co'rivejr to tho general 'publto a:?t?ue picture of c<indltiono as they exist aV 't^o m?il tod?y. > sitmv tlon; Which anyone 'with eyes ; may gc see fo?'Vuio?elf/' '"ii-''do'.''hoi' Relieve .J huvo lat hny partisan"''feeling creel Into what I have writ'cert. I, harb writ ten ot things a> i Bajv inein with my own oyeB, wha?'was {?lii mo'by Presi dent Goa'sctt 'and wlVa't't?'as >^en told me by dozens cf bthera'sinco ibo strike has been on. '? t-.b non' 'believe thal ) any fair minded striker ' could con sclenclbusly ^Ismi^g *ajt?fistatement j that I have made as to what, ha? j taken place at the j?na|l.jmd what if taking: place these, now.^ ^ere is t f lo*, moro !ba?:'^'3i^^M);<^^?^?\ I have no?fi menu oned' ,t^e j to r cjbearan c< that .has. .'?b?en ^Kw?c^rtjst|c' ot th< miir/offic^'nis s.'.nce^the^^strike ..-wei called. ?$ave no^ men?pnc.d the ox; tremo p^ hayo i heei I fakon by 'them ^o^Vbld: ahtngonisiuii . the . strikers! ' or d'ofns ;.^hf.'- slightest thing, Iq An??jn^^}^ /^ttcTs; ] j hive;ii?aid;. ??)h^ o 'llylns''?t^jllti?:'-!X^|}L^P^^??B';?' to th< ??lri^p^''jiiiO; ifXB^-^i^9 ;,pt. ^ expend^ ,?7*ne martageto^ent; to tp^t M 'ntflj;)y)ii^(^'^^^ whole>bm( and hb?py, ?^jtjmiiity ,^n. ,WhUh; H I live. T?> go. ?nlcjall thes&l . things -.'wbt?lAy^^h'' this article";..'ont oyei . Potting it plainly, it appears to rn? ! state[-fifa aid?e ; and tba officials itt rpv?|?y^'l^)-''^oificrv :*\'jf??iftc??ibi jr _:fe^1riBnipi j t?<drvlawfui rights to,;)^; soo?s foi I which I they have already; ; been pei* Overcoats, Rain proofed, New York styles. $8.50, $10.00, $12.56 ; See Window display. TP T Order by P. Post. and which they., hato- contracted to : , deliver to their fcust?mera. Sb fer as I 'could nnd out, there Is iib- crux tb;', the situation os1 lt now Blands. From what I understand, tho mill manage-, meat found* that- owlug ' to business':.-! conditions . a pr dod of curtailment. would havo to ho ordered,'and post-. ed in the mill notices that the mill would closo down upon a certain dato lu the future. Without waiting ; fori ?bat date to arrive, we are told, thero was a walkout The ..management was placed . in- an ? ?mbarraBlng; posi tion thereby, it is 'related, owing to. tho fact that large quantities of 'cot ton ia process of manufacture wer6 subject ' to loss and- because of the? status of shipping'.' ' The . mill mau? . pcny against tl?un?. fosses, but., baa ; met with the opposition that has been ' the matter st?nde at ibis writing. . ' ?What I have written is, of course, written after a vlolt to the mill prop* ' orty in company with ' the : president,. But what I haye written X have, not written necessarily ' from his stand point, but from my own Observations^; and as fo? those Ulinga, which I did not eeo with my own eyes and which I did not already &now from other sources, I learned from bli.? Xi any representative of the strikers feel?: that what I have ' written has done hts side bf the situation an injustice, I ho can correct me it he wiH but ex tend to me ibo Invitation, as Pres!? j dont Gbsselt did,-. Vd view the situa tion in company with him.; ? ' 'i Hovel ?0Tvr?-??riTer^V*/y?3e of Sfcupld (,'?n si ruction. . ??veral interesting ?ofeatnrej?. /.ar*.: bir.bodied In av lightweight,,, powor dr> tren bicycle which was totrodueed* ut v tho recent . ?hicago motereye?? show/ nii?- te described end "illustr?t* . ed, in the November Popular Mechanics Magasine! It 4* butt, especially for the'person who needs an- efficient end comparatively. inexpensive ebb" . voyance* of ?very simple construction. The power plant .consists of * .11-2 hp: motor mounted In the; front wheel, ; which is made of preseed stool. A gas tank of l gallon, capacity, suf ficient for 100' miles, ls clamped to the handlebars. The front wheel la flexibly attacbed ?a: ' ibree-stero ; |oTk and directly connected with thc motor fcy moansof a ?oTripehsator.. Tna ad Vantage cited for tho'4s iring errang*?'; ment are that the weight oe both tho rider and engte?> ix 'equally, distri buted, and th;?: vHstationa of the motor ard not communicated, tarbugb tba framo. A speed S?u?ge..{Xvtnmtfm. .25 miles, aa boar is, provided,?;, * cycle bas a wheerhas* of 43 webo* ?nd weighs 115 penn do.