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MlfST HAVE HIGH WAGES NO
RATTER WHO SUFFERS?RAIL
ROAD LABOR LEADER DE
MAND RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
ENJOY ALL LUXURIES OF RICH
Chieago, March 28.?Characteriz
ing the present principles of wage ad
incfmont ?s uniust. B. M. Jewell,
president of the railway employes de
partment of the American Federa
tion of Labor told the railroad labor
today that costs and wages should
remain constant, even to the elimina
tion of profits and that until the eco
nomic basis was accomplished con
flict between capital and labor would
continue.
Mr. Jewell opened his fight against
general wage reductions sought by
205 railroads before today. He treat
ments of lower living costs and low
er wages in other industries; assert
ed "the so-called industries; assert
ed "the so-called law of supply and
demand will never afford a living
wage in a system organized according
to modern business principles" and
declared for a living wage for all
< productive workers of the country.
Interest and profits must - not
continue while the working man suf
Far-a inwr waand unemployment,
Mr. Jewel! asserted in presenting his
theory of the living wage. A guaran
tee of steady earnings power to the
wage earner, eyen at the expense of
immediate profits, he added, "would
go far toward eliminating these re
current periods of depression."
*'We have come here to challenge
the justice of the "wage rates of all
productive labor, to challenge the
very principle upon which the rail
roads proposed that rates of pay be
adjusted," said Mr. Jewell. "We
propose to show how the entire pur
pose for which industry is-operated
can and must be changed.
"The existing wage scale is insuf
ficient to enable the adult to main
tain an ascertainable minimum of
decent living.
"The railroads are saying to their
employes, 'we cannot afford to pay a
living wage' while we-say that the
railroad must pay at least that."
"Out of the annual yield of any in
dustry," Mr. Jewell continued
"three things are being paid, costs,
(including supplies, depreciation ex
tensions, taxation, etc.,) wages and
profits. Two of these, we say, ought
to be constant, costs (reduced to an
economical figure), and wages at a
level which will allow full human
life, inclusive of are, literature,
music, recreation and sociability,
such as are enjoyed by the well-to-do
This leaves profits as the sole
variable factor and frankly contem
plates a situation in which tempor
arily they may have to cease. Until
that situation has been accepted, the
conflict between capital and labor
will continue.
W. G. McGOWAN APPOINTED
AGENT FOR THIS COUNTY
The Press and Banner has received
from Dr. W. W. Long of Clemson
College a message announcing the
appointment of Mr. W. G. McGowan,
of Mississippi, as County Agent for
tms county, aim: tucawi?c ia *cyiw
duced as it gives the necessary in
formation about Mr. McGowan. The
message says:
"W. P. Greene,
"Abbeville, S. C.
"Have secured appointment of W.
G. McGowan from Mississippi who
is a graduate of the, Agricultural
College of Mississippi and who has a
farm in Mississippi and has worked
with the extension service of that
state. He reports for duty in Abbe-,
ville April 1st.
"W. W. Long."
COTTON MARKET
Cotton on the Abbeville market
brought from 17 3-4 to 18 cents to
day.
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DAUGHERTY SAYS MORE THAN
ONE-THIRD COULD BE DIS
PENSED WITH?TOO MANY
EMPLOYEES?iPOSITJON TAK
EN BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Washington, March 28.?Belief
that the civil service is a hindrance
to government efficiency was ex
pressed by Attorney General Daugh
emty testifying recently 'before the
house appropriations committee.
"It is probably a gratuitous sug
gestion, but I believe the civil ser
vice is an interference to some ex
tent in the discharge of public busi
ness," said the attorney general as
quoted in the printed record of the
hearing. "About one-half of the
employees in the department of jus
tice are civil service. While I am at
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enforce it and observe it as I ex
pect to enforce and observe all laws.
"I believe if it were not for the
civil service we could get along with
less than two-thirds of (the numlber
of employes under civil service and
probably get twice as much work
out of them."
Asked by a memiber to explain
just how that might be done, Mr.
Daugfaerty said:
"I suppose the department of jus
tice has as good employejes and as
faithful who axe under civil service
as those who are under civil ser
vice in any other department, but
they are not as anxious generally to
be in places.to commence work on
the dot as they are to quit work on
the dot. I would rather take the
recommendations of a political
committee, either Democratic or
Republican, a self respecting com
mittee, for the appointment otf a
man or wo-uan (than to .be compelled
to go through the requirements of
the civil service to secure an em
ployee. Thoy are hardly as ambi
tious, hardly as energetic under the
civil service as are those not under
civil service.
"I discovered tooth before I came
here as attorney general and since,
(that civil service employees spent
too much time in trying to work out
plans to make themselves secure in
their position. While this situation
can not be remedied at the present
time still it is- worthy of careful
study."
DEATH OF MRS. O. B. ROGERS
Mrs. Onie B. Rogers died at the
old Clinkscales home near Monterey,
March 28th, apd was buried (this af
ternoon at 3 o'clock at Shiloh. Fun
eral services were conducted by the
Rev. D. W. Duckworth, and the in
terment- was in thp old Shiloh bury
ing ground.
Mrs. Rogers was in her 61st year,
and was the only daughter of Wil
liam V. Clinkscales and Lou Baker
Clink scales. She was the widow of
Frank A. Rogers, who came to this
county about 1860 and died some
years ago.
Mrs.'Rogers was a capable chris
tian woman, and prominent in Ab
beville county. She has reared a
large family of children and has a
circle of relatives and friends.
The following sons and daughters
survive hertMeasrs. William, John
and Frank Rogers, and Misses Mat
tie, Julia and Hattie Rogers and one
married daughter, Mrs. Carl Myers,
of Seneca, S. C.
MAYOR'S COURT
John Savage, Sam Collier and
.Trtlin Ouarlas were ordered before
the Mayor yesterday morning on a
charge of disorderly conduct, but
failed to appear and forfeited bonds
of $5.00 each.
George Baker and Squire Camp
bell were up this morning on a
charge of larceny, stealing cotton
meal from the cotton mill, and fined
$15 eacji.
IG SUM ADDED TO ARMY BILL. <
RECOMMENDATIONS OI; BUD
GET BUREAU AND APPROPRI
ATION COMMITTEE OF HOUSE
DISREGARDED.
Washington, March 28?Disregard
g recommendations of the budget r
ireau and of the appropriations com t
ittee the house today by a 3 to H
>te added $15,000,000 to the amount t
rried in the army appropriation bill a
r river and harbor improvetaent. t
An amendment to increase the c
mp sum allotted from $27,635,260 *
$42,815,661 was adopted by a vote 1*
IKS tn 54 aftpr tihrpp hours of I
Timonious debate, during which 40 I
embers aired their views. The vote <1
as more on sectional than party
les. The Republicans split, while j
ost of the Democrats favored it. I
The measure probably will come to I
final vote tomorrow. 1
The phrase "pork barrel legisla- i
>n"' frequently was injected into s
e debate which had all the earmarks s
congressional wrangles of former t
iars over rivers and harbors appfco- ?
iations. The amount originally rec- t
nmended in the bill was slightly in t
:cess of the sum approved by the c
idget bureau while the total propos
[ was the amount requested by thfe s
ief of army engineers, in charge 1,
the improvements. Carried as a ?
mp sum with the amount to- be ex- s
inded on various projects not speci- j
id, the appropriation would be ap- t
?rtioned by the army engineering t
rps to continue work during the I
ming fiscal year on projects al- 1
ady authorized. e
Representative Mondell character
ed the movement to increase the t
(propriation as the first assault on t
e budget system and as a "raid on t
e treasury." (
Mr. .Burton contended action of the 8
>use in approving the increase show- s
1 the mistake of making lump sum "]
>propriations. Such a system, he
Ided, caused members to combine in a
pport of large sums so that projects t
their districts would ibe taken c
re of. g
Mr. Mann declared that opponents s
: the bill made it appear that "a j
ind of rascals" were attempting to j
iid the treasury. A number of rep- ^
isentatives who approved the in- c
eases advanced the arguments that t
ie improvement of inland waterways j
ould allow farmers and manufac- ?
irers in the interior to move their
roducts by water more cheaply than ?
iey now can do so by railroad. t
FEWER AUTOS IN COUNTY
bbeville dhows decrease or Jioj(
Cars This Year.
There are 315 fewer cars in Abbe
lle county than last year, according
i figures just made public of 1,020 1
jainst 1,935 for 1921. However, it 1
lould be remembered that the fig- *
res for 1921\include the whole year E
hile those for 1922 include two
onths. A number of cars are pro
ibly being jacked up and have no 1
;w numbers, while others are proba
y operated without numbers.
Figures for other Piedmont coun- k
es include:
County 1922 1921 1
nderson 4468 5363 ?
reenwood 1724 2296 j
aurens -- 1654 2487 *
conee 1168 1510 1
ickens 1275 1573
partanburg 4860 5518
reenville 5776 6834
Total for state 63,249 in 1922
gainst 83,349 in 1921.
CO-OPERATIVE SPEAKER^
Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson Col
ge and Henry S. Johnson of
iken, will make addresses in Ab
eville Friday at 11:30 a. m., and
!q>lain in detail the Cotton Grow
ra Co-operative Association. A
teeting will be held in Due West at
p. m. of the same day.
)VER TEN THOUSAND BALES F
RECEIVED IN DAY?TEXAS
FARMER COMING TO TELL OF
OPERATION OF TEXAS COT
TON ASSOCIATION.
Columbia, March 28.?Contracts
epresenting over-12,000 bales of cot- s
on were received Monday at head- v
[uarters of the South Carolina Cot* s
on Growers' Cooperative association, r
iccording to officials of that associa- ii
ion. These contracts, it was spid, h
ame from Calhoun, Chester, Abbe
ille, Lancaster, Greenville and Ai- a
:en counties. Reports of heavy sign- d
ips were received by wire and tele- r
>hone from other counties during the (
lay. a
Calhoun county yesterday went be *
rond the 14,000 bale mark while t
Darlington has now passed 20,000 t
?ales and is headed for 25,000 bales. *
["he campaign was formally launched '
n Orangeburg yesterday with a
peech iby Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clem- ?
on college and the canvass for con- u
racts begins in that county this t
yeek. Officials of the association say "
hey expect Orangeburg to shortly s
ake its place as one 'of the leading t
ounties. s
Announcement was made by the as- v
ociation yesterday that J. D. Cogh- c
an, a Texas farmer, was coming to
South Carolina next week to make '
ome speeches in behalf of the piove- *
nent. Mr. Coghlan is a member of 1
he Texas association, having signed
he contract last year for 100 bales. 1
le grew approximately that number *
ast year and they are being market- 1
d through the Texas association.
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Mr. Coghlan is so enthusiastic over ^
he operation of the Texas associa
iftn And thp benefits beinor obtained ?
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hrough it that he is coming to South
Carolina to tell the farmers of this
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tate just what it has meant for his j
tate, hoping that they may follow
Texas' lead.
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"While the farmers of Texas have
ilready benefited very greatly
hrough the sale of their 1921 cotton
ooperatively, getting an average of
115 a bale more than farmers who ^
ire not members have gotten, the ;
>enefit derived thus far will be small
n comparison with the benefits that
vill be received by all members of
looperative associations when all of
he states are organized as they will j
>e by next fall," says Mr. Coghlan.
'I already wonder that we did not
:ome to cooperative marketing years ^
igo. It is surprising that it took ^
is so long to see its possibilities."
PREACHER AT STILL
Orphanage Superintendent It Ar
retted and Put in Jail.
Walhalla, March 28.?This morn
ng between 3 and 4 o'clock, Sheriff J
Alexander, Deputy Sheriff Sullivan
ind Federal Agent Baskin, captured
i forty-gallon still in operation and j
rwo gallons of whiskey near Old j
Sickens in Oconee County. There (
vere three men at the still, of which \
lumber two escaped, and the "man" t
:aptured, turned out to be the Rev. <
J. 0. Whitman, superintendent of ?
he Oconee Orphanage. Whitman is j
low in Walhalla jail. A distillery ^
light waa located very near the or- r
jhanage. The officers have been wag- ?
ng a war against ''moonshiners," t
ind they have averaged capturing a f
(till a day for the past two weeks, }
)ne still, the largest ever captured in c
;he county, was a 800-gallon capacity
Railway U*es Wireleu.
Chicago, March 28.?The first rail
oad in the United States to equip a
rain with a wireless for the use of
)asscngers is the Chicago, Milwaukee
md St. Paul which today announced
;he installation of radio sots on its
jioneer limited trains between Chi
:ago and St. Paul and Minneapolis,
rhe news received en route will be
>osted for the benefit of travelers as
:ast as it is received.
:IVE KILLED IN
SEIUHLASHES
RADICALS ATTACK CATHOLICS S
IN STATE OF JALISCO?CARS
STOPPED AND OCCUPANTS
WERE FORCED TO ALIGHT
AND SALUTE RADICAL FLAGS
Mexico City, March 28.?Five per
ona were killed and 11 seriously e
(rounded in clashes at Guadalajara, i
tate of Jalisco yesterday, between \
adicals and Catholic groups, accord* t
ng to the best available information i
lere. ' ' 1
The radicals are reported to have g
ttacicea pedestrians ana motorists m- i
liscriminately, the climax being t
eached when they met a group of 1
Catholic workmen who had attended |
i labor meeting. The workmen were ]
nsulted and attacked, and when
hey took refuge in a nearby building <
he structure was fired upon by the ,
adicals. The body of one victim (
pas found in the church. * ^
The radicals began their demon- ,
tration shortly after noon, when the j
isual Sunday procession of automo- .
liles was in progress around the j
nain plaza of the city. All traffic was ,
topped while numerous occupants of (
he cars were forced to alight and ,
alute red and black flags, most of
rhichvwere carried by female radi- ,
als. >
The demonstrators then went to
he office of the newspaper El In- ,
ormador, where threats were made
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gainst the life of the editor if he ^
persisted in his attack on Bolehe- 1
sm. The radicals then marched
last the cathedral. Invectives and
nsuHa were hurled at the priests and 1
he clergy in general, after which a ,
;oisy demonstration was staged in
ront of the office of the Catholic pa- :
ler Restrafraction. Later the crowd ^
>egan tee indiscriminate nuwjijj
vhic'h ended in the sanguinary clash j
nth the Catholic workmen. The po
ice were unable to cope with the 1
ituation and- federal troops were
ushed to the scene to restore order.
MRS. KNOX DIES.
Mrs. Sarah 'Rosalee Knox died at
ihe home of her son Jesse Harkness
n Antreville Monday the 27th at 10
1'clock in the morning, and was bur
ed at Shiloh at 3 o'clock Tuesday
ifternoon. Funeral services were con
lucted by the pastor Rev. D. W.
)uckworth.
Mrs. Knox was about 65 years old
md was survived by an only son with
vhom she made her home. She was
irst married to Mr. Harkness who
lied at the age of 23 years. She after
wards married John Knox who pre
leded her to the grave about ten
rears ago.
COURT ADJOURNS
Vfter Being in Session Little More
Than One Day.
The Court of Common Pleas ad
ourned Tuesday afternoon after be
ng in session little more than a day.
Dnly one case was tried. This was
he case of Mariah Dawson against
he county for damages growing out
>f an accident at Wardlaw's Bridge,
klleged to be the result of the negli
gence o>f the county. The plaintiff
vas riding in a buggy drawn by a
nule. The mule became frightened at
i hole m the bridge and backed off,
:hrowing the plaintiff about fifteen
feet to the ground breaking one of
ler legs. She was under the care of
loetors for several months.
The jury trying the case returned
i verdict for |650L At the conclusion
>f thiB case the equity business was
opposed of and the court then ad
ourned.
More Advances For Agriculture.
Washington, March 28.?Approval
>f 121 advances for agricultural and
ivestock purposes aggregating $3,
i24,000 was announced today by the
var finance corporation. The loans
ncluded $113,000 in Georgia and
5464,000 in South Carolina.
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fEXTILE OPERATORS
QUIT AT LA
?EVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED LEAVE
COTTON MILLS AS PROTES9V
AGAINST WAGE REDUCTION^ *
WALKOUT IS AcdoMPLISHED'
WITHOUT DISORDER. - :M
Lawrence, Masi, March 28.?flex-,
snty-five hundred textile
n seven cotton mills h^ere left, the
vork without disorder today in pj
est against a wage! reduction approxV ;
mating 20 per cent. An
T AAA 1 !?- ?1?.-'JiSC
i,uvu workers were iaie as
tult of a shut down of the Arlington
nills. The strike marked the eyrtQjg;?
;o this textile center of the coHb-v^
troversies that have tied' up the eo&.
?n industry in Rhode Island and New "
Hampshire for several weeks.
Organizers of the United Textile
Workers of America, who took charge'
jf the situation today, said 80 ]
lent, of the workers were out
that the results had been far fce^'J
pond their expectations in vlew t^f;|
the fact that a week ago the ope*fc
tives were only loosely organized '
Leaders of the One Big union, which"
also is interested in the strike,
ed that their organization had gai
rtrength.
Ben Legerca, a member of
union's ^executive board, at a confer- ;
ence late today with Francis
and John J. Dean, organizers of
United Textile Workers, made
suggestion that the two unions cc
bine for the purpose of condt
the strike here. Gorman and
jaid they thought favorably of1
proposition and would submit %>
>nce to President McMahon of v th*
rextile Workers' anion. V %)
The mill owners also expressed Mir.
sfaction with the situation andsaid
;hey had expected the walkout to as- ^
rome larger proportions. Officially
:he Pacific mills, the largest of the
plants affected, said the mills would . V?
reopen tomorrow. The Everett lnSfe (
will also open it was announced.- ^
Only one. plant was forced to 4lose -
:oday. The Methuen company ai -
Methuen, just over from Lawrence*
suspended operations whenno work- ^
?rs reported. At the other six plants 1
the looms were run with reduced $
forces. '
Union leaders announced tfhat>;;-^a..-.is
program of active picketing would fte; %
put into effect tomorrow.
The Pacific mills lost larg^uumbers,-..'i
of operatives after the last whistle 4
had blown this morning. Minor walk
outs were numerous in all the mills
throughout the day. \ ;
Four hundred employees of the
Acadia mills met this afternoon iflti -
organized the Cotton Workers' onion.
Their leaders said they would apply "
for a charter in the United Textile
Workers. *
PLAN NOT FEASABLE
Position to Be Taken By?the German ^
Government.
Berlin, March 28?Chancellor Wjrtf %
told the premiers of the federated - 7
states and reichstag leaders repre~
renting the majority Socialists, Dem
ocrats, Clericals and the German peo
ple's party today that the German
government would inform the allied
reparations commission that the 60,
500,000,000 marks tax levy wae not
feasible and that financial control of
Germany as stipulated in its note of
last week also must be declined. ^
COLLEGE GIRLS COMING '
Miss Mary H. Greene will arrive
from Agnes Scott College fcomorow
afternoon to spend the spring holi
days at horao>. She will be accom
panied by her friend, Miss Elefc&oi
Hyde, of Dallas, Texas, who cotnes
to spend die holidays with her.
Miss Victoria Howie will arrive
Friday having with her Miss
Frances Harper of Germantown,
oIoa aatmap +a 4Iia
LcXty W iiu aiou uv/iutvj w a^vuu mmv
spring holidays in Abbeville.
Miss Mary Nickles will also l>e a*
liome for the holiday season.