SUDDEN DEATH OF I
W. H. LUMPKIN AT
BORDEN-WHEELER
Public Spirited Citizen Was President
of Rome Estate Firm?Com- \ i
raunity Shocked by News of S
Untimely Demise. <
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(Rome Tribune-Herald.) I t
W. H. Lumpkin, prominent Ro- (
man and head of the Lumpkin (t
nf fi Hied'{
ri-UUI LJr VUiapaiij w i. ^ t _
sudenly Saturday afternoon at Bor-j (
den-Wheeler Spring Ala., whefe he (
had gone to conduct a land sale. He c
had previously been in robust health 1
and his illness was of but a few, i
hours duration. His sudden death \
deprives Rome of a public-spirited
and progressive citizen whom the t
community could ill spare.?Adv. I i
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LABOR LEADERS j i
ALWAYS ALERT j
Washington, Aug. 12?Nine-tenths'
of the energies of labor leaders are \
given to the job of sitting on the lid,1"]
Austin B. Garretson, former head of <:
the Order of Railway Conductors,11
testified today before the house in-' 5
terstate commerce committee which; t
is seeking to solve the problem of j v
how best to handle the railroads af-, t
ter the war time period of federal C
control. i t
Sporadic strikes throughout the! v
country,. Garretson said, with great n
earnestness, merely are straws which; t'
show how the wind is blowing over n
a sea of industrial unrest. I b
Rumblings heard in many quarters h
do not mean, he said, that laboring t!
people want to overthrow the govern-^ w
ment, but indicate a demand that ti
the government function. ti
' It is largely in the power of con- a
gress, the witness declared, to allay, o
the feeling.
"But it can not be done by inac- z
Cion," he shouted. "Some how the si
American people are prone always o
not to do today what may be done si
tomorrow, unless an emergency fore- T
pc ,n<s t.n act. and then we break all iz
records." . it
Describing himself as a man who w
had been pillorfcd by the press from a
the Atlantic to the Pacific Garretson ei
told the committee he had traveled a ei
Jong way to speak in behalf of the
Plumb plan which would give labor o'
a vodce in the management of rail- T
roads the people would own. But he P:
did not regard the Plumb plan, he
said, as more than one factor in still- si
iiig the spirit of present day unrest, P(
-nor did he think it would "change P'
human nature or other things that si
>an be eliminated."
No Prepared Statement. tc
"I am not a dreamer of dreams," ti
he told the committee which gave un
usual attention to his testimony, for C?
his appearance on the stand put a
new breath of life in the railroad e?
hearing, now approaching its second w
month. The usual method of dealing ^
with witnesses was abandoned, large-J
ly at Garretson's request. He had
no statement in written form; when t8
he started to speak, as he expressed
it, he did not know where he would ^
stop, and for two hours he was subjected
to a rapid cross fire of questions
from a dozen members, And for ^
each of which he had a quick reply. ^
Mr. Gprretson, who had been wait- c<
ing since early last week to be heard, e
was called to the stand after Glenn ^
E.. Plumb, the man who framed or- a
ganized labor's bill, had concluded i 0
his testimony. ^
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Mt. Clemens, Mich., Aug. 12.? f
Arguments in the Ford-Tribune libel c
;uit began Thursday morning before t
x sweltering jury in a sizzling, crowd- r
;d court room. Shirt-sleeves were t
,he rule exception in the jurybox,
>n ths judge's bench ar.d at counsel's) v
ables. Spectators, court officers t
ind steongraphers availed themselves j
>f Judge Tucker's pennission to de- 1
:rease the discomfort by divesting g
:oats, vests and collars. The press r
ow, running a horse-shoe circle out- t
iide the groups of lawyers, ' gave a fc
variegated display of laundry. I
Attorney William Lucking led off; j
;he Ford forces. He read the editor-j c
al, "Ford Is An Anarchist," andj
jointed out the several libelous slate-] j
nents in it. He declared that thej jjosition
of the Tribune now stands a
ully exposed. i First,
the Tribune was hotly in fa-j 'j
or of intervention in Mexico, j t
though two Presidents of the United j
States were opposed to intervention;! '
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hough the people of the United' g
States wisely knew it would be folly' I
o embark on a war of our own j |
' hilo Europe wa? in conflagration ;i
hough it was generally known that!
iermany was maneuvering with all)
he means at her command to inolve
us in Mexico, as the Zimmerlan
note afterwards proved; though
lie American people were temperalentally
opposed to fighting for the
enefit of capitalistis interests that
ad exploited Mexico?in spite of all
tase 'considerations, the Tribune
ras for intervention. And intervenion
meant conquest. "We ought to
ike Hfexico," that was the Tribune's
dvice; "Fate holds a ripe apple to
ur lips in Mexico."
Second, the Tribune saw in mobiliation
of the National Guard the first
tep toward intervention. Tribune I
fficers admitted this on the witness I
:and. Ie began to look as if the
ribune policy was about to be real- I
;ed. Therefore, the Tribune placed I
s influence behind all the forces that
ould accelerate the work. It started
"hurrah-boys" campaign to sweep
tnployers into a pledge to pay their
mployes' wages while on the border.
Third, Henry Ford was the most
utspoken private opponent of the
ribune's policy of intervention. He
roposed instead of the subjugation
[id exploitaton of Mexico, her asstance
and development. He ex>sed
the ill-treatment of Mexican
jons by American exploiters, and
iggested that better treatment on
ie part of employers would do much
-pacify the country. He believed
tat constant American agitation for
itervention was a large part of the
iuse of Mexican border troubles.]
i brief, Henry Ford was the great- I
it single opponent standing in the
ay of the Tribune's realization of
s policy. I
Engraved cards and wedding invi- I
itions at Press and Banner Co.
OLDIERS MAY GET f
INCREASED BONUS jg
Washington, Aug. 12.?Declaring
le $60 bonus paid to discharged soliers
and sailors was "paltry" as
[>mpared with $240 paid war work
rs, Representative Pou, Democrat^
forth Carolina, in the house today
sked for non-partisan consideration
f Republicans and Democrats in
ealing with additional bonuses. a
"When we deal with the soldiers/1 P
e said, "I hope there will be re oo-!S
tical difference. I hope ihere wiii|jjfl
e no sparring for political advr.n-_ 2
ages. The additional boni's should
e large enough to give all discharg- ?j
d soldiers and sailors a good start
s civilians."
"The watch dogs' of the treasury",
Ir. Pou stated, ' would be horror
tricken at the amount of the approbation.
Justice should be done
hese men at any cost."
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IOVERNMENT PRICES
BRINGING DOWN
PROFITEER PRICES
Washington, Aug. 12?Food prices
re beginning to be lowered in the
ace of the government's campaign
gainst the high cost of living.
The first jolt given market quotaions
was the sale of the war department's
surplus supplies. Secretary of
Var Baker said today that retail
ealers, handling the commercial
ines of foodstuffs, which are similar
o the war department's supplies,
ave bejjun to lower their prices to
make them square" with the governnent
prices.
"It will be the policy of the war de>artment,"
asserted Mr. Baker, "to
ix prices on all surplus subsistence
:ommodities which will be lower
han the price at which similar comnodities
of like grade are selling in
he retail market."
Further decreases are expected
vhen the war department begins,
hrough the parcel post, its sale of
>roducts direct to the home. If the
etailer continues to cut to meet the
government's prices, and the governnent
continues to cut below the reailers'
prices, the one to benefit will
>e the householder. The war de>artment
intends to communicate all
irice changes immediately to zone
ifficers and postmasters.
It was also announced by the deurtment
today that its entire sur>lus
stock of wool, cotton and wool,
ind cotton blankets, would be put on
?.le for the public on August 15.
rhey may be obtained either through
he parcel post or the municipal sell
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their fall goo<
We have so
left in Hart S<
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splendid and
present mark
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investigating,
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j ing agencies. The prices will be maj
terially lower than those in the commercial
market. Some of the blankets
have never been used; others
are renovated, and will sell at lower
prices.
j To prevent cornering ot tne mar-|
I ket by big buyers the war department j
J has limited the maximum that will {
! be sold to one customer to 10,000;
I blankets. The prices will be approxi-l
! mately as follows: All-wool, new, $6;!
'reclaimed, $5; cotton and wool mix1
ed, new, $5; reclaimed, $3.50; all
j cotton, new, $3, and reciaimed $1.25.
| The blankets will run from 20-bale
! to 10,000-bale lots, ad the larger lots
| of course will sell for less per blan-j
I ket than the smaller ones.
Following the sale of blankets
' there will be sales of undershirts,!
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drawers and gloves, etc. The department
regards this as a difficult
job as they are all nearly of the1
same measures having been made fot
the drafted army and for young men. j
It is probable that in this case the
mail-carrier will take on his rounds
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TREET STORE.
>ple are wisely buying
Is now.
>me attractive-patterns
chaffner & Marx medsuits.
The quality is
the prices under ' the
et.
i of other things worth
We will be glad to
your immediate or fuGROCERY
STORE,
mier Canned Goods,
ton's Teas'
twell House Coffee, 45c<
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us show you a "Deering.'
We expect a complete
Deering and McCormicl
week.
Corrugated Roofing, $
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and priced to pie;
10-4 Pepperel I
under the market
French Serges,
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slips containing sizes and prices so
that a family can be fitted out by
parcel post. .
It was also announced at the war
department today that there would
be no further sales of army subsistence
in Europe. It is, therefore,
probable that a considerable amount
of what is known as surplus will be
returned to the United States and
disposed of. The department says
that this is due to the recent resolution
of congress relative to army
food supplies and the director of sale
in Europe has been so advised.
NOTICE.
As per petition of the ^Abbeville
Telephone Company now on file with
the Railroad Commission of South
Carolina, praying that body to grant
an ^increase in telephone rates for
service redered by said company to
the patrons of its Abbeville, S. C.,
Exchange, according to the law in
cases of this kind the Commission
will hold a hearing at Abbeville, S.
C., on Tuesday, September second,
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purpose of giving the subscribers
d others interested in the increased
rates asked for the apportunity to
ue neara relative to same.
Frank W. Shealy Chairman.
J. P. Darby, Secretary.
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