Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FAliii 1 W U PRINTERS MAY FACE REDUCTION IN WAGES President of Printers League Of New York Says Living Costs Justify It New York Times, February 25. The present conditions in the printing .industry and the downward trend of the cost of living will jus tify a reduction of 25 per qsnt in the wages of. the 20,000 workers in the industry, effective at the next read justment period on April 1, in the opinion of E. A. Kendrick, presi dent of the Printers league. This is the the closed branch section of ' " <T?- v?' Printers. tne 1NCW 1 urn uuipiuj i44fc> * i The statement was made last night, fallowing a conference of employers with union representatives at the Hotel Pennsylvania. The employers did not ask of the workers the consideration of any specific percentage of the reduction in wages, but presented for the in formation of the union leaders the unfortunate condition in the indus try in this city, and lowering cost of living. The union representatives did not indicate what action will be taken. Six unions have agreements with the employers which provide f6r readjustment of wage condi ions every six months, depending upon the economic conditions in the industry and the" cost of Jiving. The readjustment for the first six month period, October 1, last, resulted in an award in favor of the employees M *n C A 9 C increases varying irom tv <pu a week. Three unions which shared in the award as of October 1 are not in the agreement for a readjustment on April 1. These are Typographical Union No. 1, Mailer's Union, and Bookbindery Women, No. 43. They have been invited to send represen tatives to the conferences with the employers. They were not repre sented yesterday. Mr. iCendrick explained to the la bor representatives that he wouUJ present the specific proposition some time nextjweek. Another fac tor is the existing understanding rt?nf thp 44-hour week is to be put into effect on May 1 next. At, pre sent there is a 48-hour week in the \ industry. * . The commercial printing industry is the second largest industry in this city, rankng next to the clothing in dustry. It has an annual payroll of / approximately $100,000,000. It was explained by the employers in the conference* that a great volume of local businss has gone out of town, and that one-local concern has had half its plant idle for more than a year. SERVED S YEARS FOR CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT Chicago, Mar. 3.?Richard Meal, convicted in federal court of forg-; ing postal money orders for $yu8, contends the sentence for this crime! should take into consideration the fact that he served, five years of a sentence for murder before he re ceived a pardon which stated, he was not guilty of the crime.. Today he was awaiting t.he decision of Judge Landis on his appeal for a discount on the probable sentence for his pre sent conviction. EVER B Charleston, Miss.?Mn says: "I have never had i because if I felt headache, < in the. mouth, which come &l take a aose or more 01 b W straighten me out and mat lli We have used in our family THEDl bmck-d and it certainly is the best It has not only saved me n system in shape, and has many physics do. I recom glad to do so." Black-Dra medicine which you have i When you feel badly all ? taste in your mouth, bilioi Thedford's Black-Draught Always Insist < TALK IN SENATE OF NAVAL BILL Fight for Adoption Remainc In Doubt?May Go Through Yet Washington, Mar. 3.? Obstacles multiplied against the $496,000,000 naval budget today with adjourn ment of congress 36 hours away and the senate held another long night session at which advocates and op ponents of the bill fought for su premacy. Predictions were widespread inat the struggle would continue right up to the final gavel next Friday. * Op position leaders declared the bill would die and several prominent supporters of the measure concur red. Others held hope that it might yet be passed byi the senate, but saw little prospect off final enactment. The bill met numerous delays to day, some incident to the approach of sine die adjournment and others from the opposition camp. Meeting at 11 o'clock today, the bill was laid aside for five hours, giving way to conference reports and other busi ness, and it was 5 o'clock before any real work was begun on the measure. Senator Poindexter, Re publican, of Washington, In charge of the bill, again declared that he would hold the senate in continuous session until Friday if necessary for a vote. j tftfumesrous negotiations towards , compromising the controversy over th? ftioo.ooo.ooo added to the bill , T by the senate naval committee were had during the day. They appeared i promising early, but later the lines ! tightened. Among the overtures was a proposal for elimination of items ! for the Alameda (Calif.) naval base and other new Pacific coast projects and also for reduction of aviation and maintenance appropriations. When the senate finally got down to work again, it started on page 3 of the 62 page bill, although three days and nights had been spent in its consideration. Reports were current that the naval measure was being used to block consideration of other bills, including the soldiers' bonus legis lator It also was rumored that Re publican leaders were resigned to defeat of the bill in the belief that with President-elect Harding com mitted in his recent letter to Sena tor Lodge, R^ublican leader, to a generous naval policy - the bill might stand a better chance of en av;which b aw uiv wa??m wv^.v... As the night session wore along obstructive tactics of a few mem bers continued to block the progress of the bill. Negotiations, however, were at the same time conducted with senators who "nave been dis posed to discuss the general senate increases in the bill and also' with house leaders with the result that it was said the vbill might not only be adopted by the senate but by the I se before sine die adjournment. The suggestion was made that the senate naval affairs committee might consent to a reduction in the enlised personnel from 120,000 to 11^0,000 as compared with the 100, 000 favored by the house. Before any definite action was taken, however, the senate recessed until 11 o'clock tomorrow with the Ml retaining its priority on the cal endar. ILIOUS ? >. R. V. Heins, of this place, to use very much medicine, dizziness, or colds, bad taste s from torpid liveri I would lack-Draught, and it would :e me feel as good as new. r for years FORD'S t liver medicine I ever saw. loney, it has helped keep my i never weakened me as so mend it to my friends and am ught is the old, reliable liver doubtless heard much about aver, stomach not tight, bad is, or have a headache, try At all Druggists. dq the Genuine 1 W3BS1 I.Tt I Do you i know why it's toasted To seal In the . * _ delicious Duriey tobacco flavor. LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTE MONEY IN SWEET POTATOES FOR FARMERS OF THE SOUTH Atlanta, Mar. 3.?Sweet potatoes could be made to yield a much larger money return to Southern farmers if there were sufficient cor ing and storage houses in the pro n 1 ducing sections, says \jenerai Agri cultural Agent Turner, at the Sou thern Railway (System. "There is a growing demand for Southern sweet potatoes from con sumers outside the South as well as in the Southern cities," declares Mr. Turner, "and this crop can be made to bring much money to Southern farmers if facilities can be pro vided for storing and curing the po tatoes so that marketing can be spread over the greater part of the year instead of being confined to the harvesting season. Plenty'of sweet potatoes are grown in the South but sufficient/attention has not been giv en to the marketing feature and to proper grading. "Several years ago the Southern aided in introducing the Southern sweet potato into northern markets and this and similar efforts have created a demand which is not being j supplied. For years Southern sweet potatoes have been featured on the menus of Southern Railway System dining cars and an increasing de mand for sweet potato dishes, par ticularly from tourist travelers, has developed. "Plans for the construction of curing and storing houses canjie se cured from the United States De partment of Agriculture or from any state agricultural college and the Development Service of the Sou thern Railway System will be glad to assist in every way possible at any point on its lines where there is interest in such an .enterprise. GRAYSON WILL CONTINUE AS WILSON'S DOCTOR I _ Washington, Mar. 3.?Arrange ments were understood today to have been made whereby Rear Ad miral Cary T. Grayson will con tinue as physician to President Wil son. Dr. prayson's intimate and ex pert knowledge of Mr. Wilson's ail ment it was said, made it advisable to continue his services and his work as head of the naval disnen sary here, to which he was recently assigned, will not interfere with such an arrangements. SEIZE MUCH WHISKEY New York, Mar. 3.?Liquor valued by federal agents at more than $500,000 was seized today in a raid on an abandoned garage in the Bronx located a short distance from a police station. The raiding party 'of seven found the old garage guarded by a watchman known only as "Mike.' Armed with a double bar | rel snotgun, ne reiusea trie party admittance until a few pistol shots J fired to frighten him sent him scour I ring into some bushes. "Mike" later was seized, question ed and released. No arrests were made. Bird S. Coler, commissioner of rn-iKMo wpl-fnrp. t.odav asked Comor ation Counsel O'Brien if the city has the right to accept for the use ol hospitals, a part of the liquor seized under the Volstead act and soon tc be distributed free. About 65 othei hospitals have applied for some oi the liquor. Eight and one-half per cent of al! deaths in this country are attributed to heart disease. OLDEST KNOWN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION Washington, Mar. 1.?The Bur mese bullock probably is the only animal which continues after death to serve as a means of transporta tion. Alive, he patiently hauls a cart on "the road to Mandalay," dead, his inflated hide takes to the water as a raft, much favored for grossing rivers. Traffic experts of the National Geographic Survey have discovered this backwater in transportation economics in a study prompted by the use of that highly modern beast of burden, the catapillar tractor, to supply the Lange Koch |xpedition in northern Greenland. They wanted to see what remained in the -world of the oldest known methods of get ting men and their baggage over the ground. These are some of the sur vivors they found: The ox-cart as "Sunday go-to meetin" vehicle of negro farmers in North Carolina, Georgia and Ala-i bama. Dog milk wagon haulers in Bel- j gium and dog team and reindeer transportation almost exclusively in the snowbound Arctic and parts of Alaska. In India, the camel wagons, of | "schooner type," the humped ox, aj springy pole across a trotting coo lie's shoulder. The carabao of the Philippines, dozing Us idle hours awaj' submerg ed to the nostrils in a swamp. The man propelled jinrikisha of Japan and, lately, the "Jinrikmo bile." The trotting ox of Ceylon. The saddle ox of South Africa. The jackrabbit burro of western mining prospects and of Mexico and South and Central America. Stilts in the sandy marshes of the Landes region of France. The much sung gondolas of horse less Venice. FINI) A LANDLORD WITH GOLDEN HEART Lynn, Mass., Mar. 3.?A land-J lord whose tenants said he had; at heart; of gold was presented With aj Tmrcp nf cold last nieht when four-! [teen families joined in a celebration I of the 50th anniversary of the wee ding of Mr. and Mrs. Dana B. Bur gin. The landlord had not increased their rents in the last five years al though their owners. all about them had piled increase on increase. BIG DAY AT FUR AUCTION St. Louis, Mar. 1.?The largest single day's sales, over $1,500,000 since the opening, marked the start of the second week of the midwinter auction sale at the International Fur Exchange. One Item alone, 1, 000,345, Russian squirrels brought in about $1,262,986: NOTICE TO CITY TAX PAYERS By order of the City Council a Penalty of 2 per cent, will be ad* ded to all City Taxea from March 1st, 1921 to March 15th, 1921, and after the 15th a penalty of 5 per cent, additional will be added. .T. G. PERRIN, City Clerk and Treasurer. Feb. 9th, 192i: 2, 9-4tc. JACKSON DEFEATS DUNDEE ON POINTS Willie Jackson, Bronx contender for Benny Leonard's title, out pointed Johnny Dundee, sturdy lit tle Italian boxer, in their fifteen round . bout last night before a crowd which packed Madison Square Garden to the rafters. The judges, Jack Roullet and Tommy Shortell, gave the Bronx lightweight the de cision, and the verdict was greeted with popular acclaim. New Orleans will shortly boast a boxing arena costing $50,000. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville. Probate Court. Notice To Debtors and Creditors. In the Matter of the Estate of P. Rosenberg, Deceased. All persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those folding claims against the estate must present them properly attested to Sol H., A. H. and A. P. Rosenberg, 4t. ltw-2-14. Executors. Hold Yoi FOR :: HIGH Conservative _ * :' ' ' * _ o on Cotton Coi M. B. WAT Cotton Factor Greenville, T? THAT :: GC GASC OIL GRE Drive your car in and washing sta Church and Viei do the rest. ) Sherar "Service first-Sal A SAFETY D AT:THE:PLA Guarantees the Sa Safety deposit rented for less a day?we hav ?rent it TOD^ l r lantei "The Frien ABBEVILLE, - - The Home of Over 1( NOTICE! CITY REGISTRATION. The City Books of -Registration are now open for registration of qualified electors, and will remain open until April 1st, 1921, at the office of the City Clerk. / T. G. PERRIN, Registrar. Feb. 9th, 1921. 2, 9-ltw-Apr 1 NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS' AND CREDITORS t Pursuant to an order of the Court made in the case of William P. Greene versus Abbeville County Fair Association, all parties holding claims against the said denfendant and all stockholders of said Corpora tion, who have not heretofore proved their claims against, and the amount of stock held by them in the said defendant Corporation, are hereby required to prove the same on or before February 28th, 1921 when an order will be made disburs ing all funds now in the hands of the receivers. (Signed) Thomas P. Thomson, Master of Abbeville County. February 12th, 1921. a ir totton ER :: i PRICES Loans Made nsigned to us., SON & CO. s and Brokers S. 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