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Ol A BIG INCREASE IN RAILWAY WAGE ORDERED Advances Given 490,000 Brotherhood Members Aggregate $65,000,000. V \ Washington, April 11.?Wage advances aggregating $65,000,000 were ordered today by Director Genera Hines for 490,000 railroad engineers firemen, trainmen and conductors ii both passenger and freight servicemembers of the "Big Four" railwaj brotherhoods?retroactive since Jan ary 1, 1919. The brotherhood de mands for time and a half pay foi overtime were granted only for mer . ___________________________________________ * JOHN A. HOLLAND, The Greenwood Piano Man. The largest dealer in musicai instru inents in Western South Carolina. Sells pianos, self-player pianos, organs and sewing machines. Reference: The Bank of Greenwood, the oldest and ftrongeat Bank in Greenwood County MOM GAVE / A*-THIS DELICATE CHILD VINOL . And He Got Well and Strong. That's True Monaco, Pa.?"My little boy, who Is the youngest of three, was weak, nervous and tired all the time, so he was most unfit at school, and nothing seemed to helj) him. I learned of Vinol and gave it to him. It has restored his health and strength and he has gained in weight.?Mrs. Frederick Sommers, Monaca, Pa. Vinol is a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy for delicate, weak, ailing children. Formula on every . bottle, so you know what you wc giving them. Children love it. P. B. SPEED and Druggists Every * V" * where. Proved safe by millions pi p m B I I ash I I I H i 9 H llv MIQrDV IfllULm Pain Back of Head Frontal Headaches Neuralgia; face-necK Torment In Teeth Toothache, Earache Colds and Grippe Out of Pain to Comfort Cross" Buy only t;ross . IBAYE^n "Bayer" n Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylieacid A AtiHc Tol'ft nno r>r 4 wr\ foWofa anytime, with water. If necessary, repeat dose three times ?, day, after meals. Ask for and Insist Upon "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin.'* American Owned," Entirely. 20-oent package?Larger sizes alsa | engaged in yard service and for the < \ others this question was referred to c I the railroad administration's board i of adjustment Number One, already J created for consideration of disputes 1 relating to railway trainmen and en- < ginemen. s The increases were arranged ac- < > rordinc to a contemplated schedule, ' I one of the aims of which was to re- 1 3 store the wage relationship existing ] 1 before the railroad's increase in wa* ges last year. The average advance T in pay per man per year will be 1 " about $160. i This action practically completed r the war cycle of wage increases 1 granted railroad men since the gov ernment took over management of the roads 15 months ago Only a few minor requests for more pay remain to be acted on. War Increase* Average $400 a Man. Including today's order the aggregate pay increases allowed by the railroad administration to the two million employes is at the rate ofj $822,311,000 a year, more than $400 average per man. Thus the total payroll for America's railroads is raised nearly $3,000000,000 a year from the basis of approximately $2,000,000,000 on JanuJirV 1 . 1 wll^Tl fVlQ fAQ/le rvopoft/1 I J _, _v ? w; IT >W4> ViiV |/aoocu into the government's hands. The $65,000,000 added to the payrolls of member of the "Big Four brotherhoods brings the total granted this class of employes in the last three years to approximately $275,000.000 or approximately $690 per 'm^n. This takes into consideration . the $140,000,000 estimated as tl^e | brotherhood's share of the general , wage increase last year, and $70,1 000,000 estimated as the fruit for these men from the Adamsonv Act which established a basic eight-hour ' day but did not put into effect the brotherhood's pleas for time and a 1 half overtime. .? Back Pay Being Computed. Back pay for work since January ' 1, will be given the brotherhood men . as soon as railway paymasters can 1 work out-the amount due. This may 1 take a month or even more to complete.' ' f In announcing the increase, Director General Hines explained that the 1 same principles were followed as ' were applied by the railroad administration during the war. These * principles Included the adjustment * of wages to living costs and to vari- ( ous classes of employment. In the first general wage advance i made by the railroad administration following the recommendations of ^ the railroad wage commission, approximately $400,000,000 a year was distributed among railroad employes. About $140,000,000 of this went to, . trainmen and enginemen and about . $260,000,000 to other employes. On ^ supplemental orders about $150,000- ^ 000 was added to payrolls of the shop men, about the same to main- ^ tenance of .waymen and clerks and about $45, agents. Railway accountants calculated that in 1916 and 1917, the years immediately preced- , ing government control, the railway companies increased wages $350,000,000. With the $822,000,000 / added by the railroad administration the aggregate advance of railroad \ men's wages in three year is set at approximately $1,172,000,000, or about $580 per man The railroad b payroll in 1917 was calculated at i $1,750,000,000, in 1918 was $2,- n fiss nnn nnn anri +v>?e *roo?. ?>+ - .. , ?j c?v wt~ v 822,000,000. a Comparatively small increases in d pay are expected soon for dining car 1 and sleeping car employes. s Could Not Eat Nor Sleep Well Appetite Poor, Nerves Shaky, and Stomach Full of Gat, South Carolinian Now Claims Dreco Changed it All. To those who suffer from constipation, weak kidneys, sluggish liver, poor digestion, gas in the stomach,] pains in the limbs, backache, no ap- ! petite and broken sleep, should know that relief is at hand. The root and herb remedy, Dreco, has wide reputation for getting rid of all these troubles, as is proven by the many letters received from well known and reliable persons. For instance, Mr. 6. E. Ch^ek of 11 Benett St., Green vine, s. u., says: "I could not eat or sleep with any! satisfaction; my kidneys were weak, and I had a backache most all of the time. My stomach was gassy and i >ften pained me. My appetite went >ff to almost nothnig, and my sleep vas broken. My joints were full of rheumatism, and my muscles sore to ;he toudh. I had taken several medi:ines but none seemed to do me any *ood. Reading one day of Dreco, I decided to try it. Two bottles of Dreco have wiped out all my trou bles, and I am feeling like a new person. I advise all persons who suffer as I did to try Dreco." Dreco, the root and herb medicine, purifies the blood, strengthens the kidneys, rouses the liver to action, relieves constipation, lifts the load from the stomach, and builds up the entire system. Dreco is now sold by all good druggists throughout the counti^r and is highly recommended in Abbeville by P. B. Speed.?Adv. \ 433,720 BALES OF COTTON CONSUMEDj Washington, April 15.?-Consump-I tiort of cotton during March amounted to 433,720 bales of lint and 10,358 of linters, the census bureau to day announced. Consumption during March last year was 571,443 bales of lint and 109,267 of linters. Cotton on hand March 31 in consuming establishments was 1,462,567 males of lint and 277,378 of linters, compared with 1,720,436 of lint and 145,766 of linters a year ago, and in public storage and at compresses 4,318,028 bales of lint and 200,012 of linters, compared with 3,250,951 of lint and 255,541 of linters a year ago. \ Cotton spindles active during March numbered 32,642,3 .'S, compare^ with 33,".f'fi,976 in March last year. Imports amounted to 15,561 baies, :ompared with 14/J61 in March last year. , Exports amounted to 504,238 sales, including 1,271 bales of lint;rs, compared with 311,681 bales, ncluding 12,687 bales of linters ^nj March last year. Statistics for cotton growing itates were as follows: Cotton consumed during March; 548,510 bales as compared with 312,-1 164 during March last year. On haLd March 31 in consumingestablishments 671,724 bales as ctm-J jared with 1,064,414 last year; in >ublic storage and at compresses 3,)97,279 as compared with 2,951,333 i year ago. Cotton spindles active during Harch 14,293,188 as pompared with L4,310,643 last year. y ATTENTION R. A. MASONS. A called Convocation of Hesperan Chapter, No. 17 R. A. M., will be leld on Monday, April 21st, at 5:30 ?. M. The R. A. Degree will be conferred. By Order of E. H. P. P. G. Perrin, Secretary. It. Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. I n TT A 1IT TXT T? V. ?>. xiAiui-iiix, ur. iriaiiitiu, against V. H. HAMLIN, and others, De-j fendants. By authority of a Decree of Salej ?y the .Court of Common Pleas fori Abbeville County, in said State,' nade in the above stated case, I rill offer for sale, at Public Outcry, it Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Saleslaj in May, A. D., 1919, within the egal hours of sale the following decribed land, to wit: All that tract j Cow Peas Soja Beans Reduce your fertilizer ex- J pense and save feed bills by I growing: Cow Peas and Soja 8 Beans, They enrich the land not J! only when plowed under, but jj f when used for forage and n r. grazing. They can be grown [ ? to advantage in your corn I] ' cropr?adding nitrogen and hu- litmus to your soiL It pays to i order WOOD? SEEDS Our Cow Peas, Soja Beans lS ? ?-.iwawIa* in and 035 tXl VJ DU^llUA At* ? |IH quality to cow peas and beans g as ordinarilv p^'d. Write for 8 "Wood's Crop Special," giving prices and seasonable information about all Field and Garden Seed. T.W.Wood & Sons "" tfBBDSasir,""" Sichmonfl. Virginia. or parcel of land situate, lying and 1 being in the City of Abbeville, in i Abbeville County, in the State afore- < said, containing Three and One-half i (3 1-2) Acres, more or less, and [ bounded by Main Street in the city i of Abbeville, lands of E. E. Wil- I liams, lands of Gr. N. Nickles, and 1 lands of W. F. Perrin, and having < situated thereon a two-story dwelling j house. Aslo, all that piece, or parcel of ' Easter Api This season finds care of your Easter w tion of our many line I All goods are ma: value for your money well as the same to e1 We are this week i.1 rt wwn-MAl -?yX*V? u em en s ctpjjdici IUI ( shirts, underwear an< complete line of notii EASTER CLOT $30.00 Blue Serge , sale at 27.50 Blue Serge; sale at 20,00 Blue Serge sale at L, Our young men's not be bettered a double the price. ^ 'them at. $12.50 Boys' Suits, suit both everyday " dress occasions, in s 4 to 20 years, $4.00 i . i ^ LADIES' A Ladies who desin do well to visit this d< purchases. Among c found dresses, waists. wen as utJiiig iiiaut; uj ? ? MEN'S AND BO DERWEAR mi _ _i .i.i i ne gooa oia sun is here and of cc want to get them have them in one.; piece suits for men ; at per garment, 50c 0 Our stock has just goods of every descr or not, you will need make purchases now gette, Crepe de Chin* ens, Cheviots, Bleechi Homespuns, cannot b x price. We are, still receiving almost chandise that was bought cheap? on your wardrobe this Easter?we D. P< and, situate, lying and being in Abbeville County in State aforesaid containing Nine and Four-tenths (9 4-10) acres, more or less, and jeing bounded by lands of Estate of K. Watson, Miss Clatworthy and Cambridge public road; this tract of and being subject however, to a :laim of Mrs. Pat Baker for rents ind profits during her life time. Also, all that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in - . i. .-/I . . (* . i-.i jarel For th \ 1 ' - - t us better prepared than rant&; A visit to our stoi s will thoroughly convii rked in plain figures?t and that our prices are yerybody. making a special dispU Easter, consisting of I ladies' and misses' re cms and, trimmings. i HING MEN'S H. Suits, on A new 1 .....$24.00 wear has j _ ; are offerin % and felt hl savings in Suits, on ' pletelinec i... 16.50 boys- Con you up wi suits can- Hat. t almost iVe offer LADIES'. to $20.00 able for ? 1 sar and Beacon C izes from to $15.00 Ladies' 0> II lND misses ready3 to be well c^essed at epartment before maki ?ur large stock of rea< , skirts, millinery'in all 3 of the very best mate] i / YS UN- MEN'S E f Never b irrjer time complete 1 urse you shirts ente: ?f-we and we an and two- , and boys, riciiculousl; /ft 4 AA . to $1.UU NEW DRY GOODS.' been filled in with a b iption?whether you ne them a little later and for future use. Our lir 3, Voiles, Silk Poplins; ng, Table Damask, 1 e equaled anywhere er ; daily large shipments of Spring an -and merchandise that is being sold know we can doit. 3LIAK Abbeville County, in the State afore* said, containing Three. (&) Acres, more or less, and being bounded by lands now or formerly owned by Mzs Mary F. Watson, A. T. Brown, and the nine and four-tentha (9 4-10) acre tract herein above described. TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchasers to pay pay for stamps and ' papers. ? /. THOS. P. THOMSON, 4-11-St. Master A. C., S. C. . .. . 1 > y" ?u , .H k,' e Family!! <* ever before to take e and a close insp6c ice you of this fact his assures you of i most reasonable as I i.' ' 1 ' iy of ladies' and gen- : ' V/*iY clothing, . oxfords, ady-to-wear, also a , ' V ' . ( ' g@$ . . .. . ' ATS AND CAPS. ot of men's headust arrived and we \ g straws, Panamas its at Wonderful price. Also a com>f caps for men and le in and let us fit th anew Easter AND MEN'S OXFORDS. )xfords for Men, $5.00 to $7.00 [fords, $3.50 to $4. ???? TO-WEAR a nominal price will I ng their final Easter 9 dy-to-wear will be H the latest styles, as H rials obtainable. : I RESS SHIRTS. I eiore nas a mure hi ine of men's dress H red this store,? H 9 offering them at H y low figures from H ig shipment of dry HH ;ed these goods now [ it' will pay you to les of Taffeta, Geor- HH also Ginghams, Lin- Q 'owels, Drills and BH ? I id summer merchandise?mercheap?Let us save you money BBB OFF I