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RAILWAY STRIKE ' WOULD INFLICT STAGGERING LOSS Would Cut Farmers' Prices, Stop Industry And Face Cities With Starvation New York.?On one point related to the demands of the unions of train service employes for a heavy increase in wages the sentiment of the general public has been expressed in no uncertain terms. That is on the question of a strike. ' Declarations have come from every quarter that an interruption of trans - A i ill i U ~ 4^1 ? -l. _ jjuiiuuuu win iiui ue luieiiiLuu uy mo public, but will call fortb drastic action. The enormous injury to the couDtry ihat would result from a nation-wide strike of train service employes is discussed by a writer in the March National Magazine, from which the following extract is taken: What such a strike would mean to , the American people cannot be set forth in mere facts and figures. It can be dimly imagined by those who realize what an intimate and vital - part railway transportation plays in every industrial activity of the country. There is scarcely a person in any part of the land who would not be immediately affected if the millions of busily turning wheels on our nearly three hundred thousand miles of railway were to stop for a single day. If the tie-up continued for a week, the blow to the industry of the country would be greater than that caused by any panic of recent history. To the big cities of the count rv q n H nortipiilorlw *a flio ni ilna a# the eastern seaboard it would mean a cutting off of the food supplies that would place the inhabitants virtually in a state of siege. In the case of many food products these cities do not carry- on hand a stock sufficient to feed their people for more than a week, and in the case of some, such as milk and fresh vegetables, supplies are replenished daily. The stoppage of transportation, therefore, would mean suffering and want to these city dwellers, and if continued for long would threaten many of them with actual -starvation. To the farmers of the country a general railroad strike would be a catastrophe, only less serious. Cut off from his market, the farmer could not move his produce, and the price of grain and* other staples would be quickly cut in two, which the market value of more perishable articles would disappear entirely. The great industrial plants of the country would soon be forced to close down following the declaration of a strike because they could not obtain supplies needed for their operation, nor could they ship their finished products to market. Their plants would soon be idle, and millions of men would be thrown out of work. With the income of practically every class of citizens either seriously cut down or suspended entirely, merchants would transact little business, because there would be few purchasers. In short, the industrial activities of the whole country would be virtually palsied from the moment the railroads ceased to operate. ^ TOLIYIN DEMAND - ' FOR SHORT TRAINS MADE BY UNIONS Might Just As Well Ask Country To Return To Sailing Boats And Ox Carts Washington, D. C.?To the public that pays every dollar of the railroad bill taud forty-five cents of every dollar paid for transportation is for wages) the leaders of the four brotherhoods of railway employees, who are demanding increased pay, say: "All the railroads have to do to meet our demands for higher wages is to shorten their trains, move freight more rapidly, and escape the penalty of overtime wages." The fallacy of this statement, which Is the last-ditch argument used in support of the demand for increased wages, is well shown in the following editorial which appeared in the Washington, D. C. Times of April 19, under the heading "A Mad Freight Train Idea:" "Everybody in the ranks of the general public will agree with the railway managers that the campaign which the railway workers are waging, particularly in the west, for shorter trains, while at the same time demanding higher pay and fewer hours of work, is of all possible claims the most preposterous. Indeed, in econora3s it is an ideal little short of mad. "The railroads have spent hunIreds of milions of dollars lowering grades, eliminating sharp curves, jallastlng roadbeds nnd putting in i?avy rails, so that powerful locomotives, larger cars, and longer trains : ould be handled In one movement. . f this object had not been achieved ailway wages never could have been wivancad to the point at which they already have arrived and traffic rates ?^.?ver could have been held down where they are today without the /hole railroad system of the United Hates being made a financial wreck. "Any child can see that if, after 'he principal railroads of the coun'ry have been reconstructed to haul he heavier tonnage in mass, you cut every freight train in half, the cost of operation must be increased stupendously, with two locomotives | wnere one now does, with two engi- ' >eers where one now does with 1 wo , 'lremen where one now does, with ' two conductors where one now does, , with virtually two whole train crews 1 where one now does, not to speak of 'he new equipment and the new terminal facilities that would be needed, i ' This proposal is not essentially 1 different from urging that the world / qrn hoolr # /-?**> " "1" * * u.vn ! .oil inn mcuiIlHIlipB or IO- 1 lay to the sail barks of centtirias 1 igo, from the railroads themselves ' 10 the place coaches and ox carta of i fhe paat. It is like suggesting that 1 'he farmer himself drive his wagon- 1 load of produce in small lots day af- J ter day to the distant market of the / city instead of loading it in bulk into *raight cars anfl gfctppln* it ail at 1 ?*? ft re'l." ; Commence! Pageland Graded an< Thursday and Frld; PAGELAND HIGH SCHC MA Salutatory? Piano Solo?Cedar Brook V Piano Solo?Gladys WaltzPiano Solo?Four Leaf Cky Piano Solo?Shower of Ros Chorus?Mud Pies? Piano Solo?Harvest MoonPiano Solo? Evening Twili Piano Solo?Roesenfee? Trio?Yellow Jonquils? Connie Quick, i Piano Solo?Blue Eyed Vio CANTATA? Scene 1. Midnight in th in search of the fairies. W lows them. Scene 2. Queen Mab an tell of the capture of Dorotl The spirit of Dawn appear lease Dorothy. CH^ Dorothy Queen Mab .. ., Herald Arbutus Innocence Flowers Will-o-the Wisps Little Green Elves Spirit of Dawn PAGELAND HIGH SCI MAY 2b, THETUR Act 1. Ttie fisherman's 1 of the wreck?A storm?En Becky's opinon of him?Pe cret between Clyde and Lil Act 2. Frisky and Peppc to Jonas Aldridh?The old sorrows?Pepper goes for tells Aunt Becky the conve Clyde and St Morris?The i Rube. Act 3. One year later? tells his story to Susie?Intc to reform?Aunt Becky's worth?Discovers Sue io b< Proposal to Lillian?Happj the Turn of the Tide." CHi< Jonas Aldrich Reuben C Capl. Hugh St. Morris Austi Col. Ellsworth Curtis Herman Clyde John B Bowie Knife Jack \ Sling Shot Rube Alg Pepper Frank Edge Aunt Rebecca Maude Sandei Susie Aldrich Mauc Lillian Lacy Connie Frisky Ruby Qu PAGKLAND HIGH St M/ Invocatian Chorus i Over the M< Vacation Song P-1..1-1 aaiu tutor v History Prophecy Valedictory Commencement Address Dr Presentation of Diplomas M Trustess Awarding of Honors? Chorus Crowning the GRI Grace Leona Blackwell, Wj Virginia Rutledge. Class colon LIST OF DIST Bessie Anderson, George Blakeney, Roy Blakenev, Eliz Cato, Burruss Cato, Eula Cas Krances Crosswell, Beulah D; worth, Frank Edge worth, Lov Funderburk, Faye Funderburk bathings, Byron Gulledge, O: fngram, Linda Lee King, Mj Mangum, Cecil Moore, U. F. i Doris New, Atlev New, Ulah Dgburn, Ruby Quick, Clvde f Rutledge, Curlig Robertson, Toylori Mary White. % ' ' v.- y^jjEg^Sgk"ment Program } 1 High School Wednesday* r ay Nights* May 24, 25* 26 J )OL, WEDNESDAY EVENING Y 24, 1916. v Mary Quick, Roy Gathings Valtz? Lillie Cato Altha Graves < ver? Bessie Lee Clark ^ es? Leo Sowell Twenty Small Girls ? Elma Ingram t ght? Frances Crosswell Sallie Ingram Stella Sowell, Frances Crosswell ' lets? Grace Blackwell MIDSUMMER EVE < e forest. Dorothv has strayed off ill-o the-Wisps appear and she fold her court. The elves enter and hy. Dorothy is made a Princess, s and demands that the Queen rei lRACTERS .. Lucile Funderburk , .. .. Nell Funderburk Bynum Moore Evelyn Railings Elizabeth Cato i^ignt cjirts .. ., Thirteen Girls Six Children Virginia Rutledge IOOL, THURSDAY EVENING 1916, 8:30 P. M. N OF THE TIDE home. Jonas Aldrich reminiscenes itrance of Bowe knife lack?Aunt pper's story?Sun-sec gun?The selian?Pirates rob the house. ?r fall out?Clyde shows his colors i man takes to drinking to hide his clams?Lillian soliloquy?Pepper rsation he over-heard. Meeting of combat?Death of Clyde, Jack and -Pepper's dream?Capt. St. Morris irruption by Jonas?His resolution opinion of it?Arrival of Col.J?JJs^ ; his daughter?Surprise of others? r conclusion, with song?"Wait for ^RACTERS luten A Fisherman of the Coast in Brewer Com. of the "Tidal Wave" Laney A wealthy ship owner lakeney Captain of the Pirates Vorth Taylor ] er Black well ] rirates iworth A colored individual rs, The Fisherman's wife a quiet body le Ogburn The Ocean Waif Quick Clyde's deserted wife ick With no one to love 3HOOL, FRIDAY EVENING 26, 1916 Rev. B. S. Funderburg iadowSj High School Pupils Primary and Intermediate Grades I Netta Clark < Ward Cato J . . Grace Rlartwpll J Virginia Rutledge . E. W. Sikes, Pres. of Coker College r. L. L. Parker, Chairman Board of / Seasons High School Pupils \DUATEvS ird Cato, Netta Mae Clark, Hattie >: Green and White. INGUISIIED PUPILS Gulledge, Burruss Blakeney, John abeth Cato, Lee Russell Cato, Ward ton, Bessie Lee Clark, Eliza Clark, iwkins, Grace Dawkins, Eva Edgeel Edgeworth, Ralph Eubanks, Nell , Etta Gathings, Nellie Gathings, Roy sborne Graves, Sallie Ingram, Elma ibrey King, Ben F. Laney, Muriel Moore, Frank Marze, Octavia Mills, Nirhnlsnn RpuKpn Hnion Pmelo?, . ?v%?ayv*i V/mV f-/IUOIVJ <ollings, Virginia Rutledge, N^pnie J/pQ SoweUt Ste|)a jjpwell, Worth ? ' * | . . # * Church Service Directory . W. Elkins. M. E.: Pageland, 1st Sunday at 8: p. n. and 3rd Sunday 3:30 p. m, Zion, 3rd and 4th Sundays at .1 o'clock. Antioch, 2nd Sunday at 11. Nit. Croghan, 2nd Sunday at 1:30 p. m. and 4th at 8. p. m. Zoar, 1st Sunday, at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at all the above :hurches at 10 o'clock. EC W. Cato, Baptist: m. m a. r**_ _ ?_ i i n . i mi. risgan, ara daiuraay j. p. xi. and Sunday at 11. Sunday >chool at 10. . Mt. Moriah, 1st Saturday at 3 E>. m. and Sunday at 11. Sunday school at 10. Bethel* 2nd Saturday at 3. p. m. and Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3 except on 2nd Sunday. B. S. Funderburg, Baptist: Pageland, 2nd Sunday at 11 and 8, and the 4th at 8. Sunday school at 10. Dudley, 2nd Sunday at 4 and the 4th at 11. Sunday school at 3 except on the 4th when it is at 10. Leon Funderburk, Baptist: Liberty Hill. 2nd Saturday at 3 and Sunday at 11. Sunday school at 3, except on the 2nd Sunday at 10. A. T. Crane, Presbyterian: Pageland, 1st Sunday at 4 and 3rd at 8. Sunday school at 10. Salem, 3rd Saturday night at 8 and Sunday at 11. Beulah, 1st Sunday at 11 and 3rd at 4. J. W. Quick, M. P: ~ Pageland, 3rd Sunday at 11 " and 2nd at 3:30. Sunday school at 10 except on the 2nd Sunday. A Boy fell into a pond, and < when a man who was passing t pulled him out he said to the j boy: "Well, son, how did you 1 come to fall into the lake?" t "I didn't come to tall in at all," ? redlied the boy with some heat, *1 came to fish." r~ A New' BAN This machine is rea derful set of steel bra we are putting to wc accounting departmei With it we can hanc ure work faster than e and at the same tim that every item in ou right. Helps Us Give Yo Service Bv the machine met depositor's account i balance all the time are no mistakes such avoidable with othei handling figures. The time saving ma< by the machine gives portunity to improve t to our customers in i ments of the bank. THEBA L PN THE CORNER As The \ GROWS 1 OUR SALES OF S] DISE INCREASE BECA1 GOODS TO SUIT THE W1 you like after you have bouj Our dress goods departme patterns to be had in Pageb Our line of LOW CUT si rnmnlotp Hawo -1110+ nrvon VVAM^AV %V? AAMT V JUOk V|/V11 styles shown here this seas See our line of SPRING CLOTHING for men and bo Underwear to s Our line of groceries is cor a car each of Flour, Hay an Boys, let us tailor you a that looks good after it is la Always make the cornt when in town. Yours t< MUNGC ON THE CORNER Notice?Election of School Trustees Notice is hereby given that all districts wishing to elect trustees o serve from July 1, 1916 lo fune 30, 1918, should present pe:itions in accordance with secion 1818 Civil Code of 1912, on or before June 1, 1916. R. A. Rouse, Co. Supt. of Ed. Machine K Of PAGELj illy a won- Kverythinj ins which it >rk in our It prints ? it. posits to th lie our fig- tracts check: ver before your new ha e be sure done autom r books is ator simply on the keyb u Better shifts from and adds, su date as de: hod, every least attentio is kept in ? and there Come In ? as are un- There is n r ways of ledgers knc this Burroi ie possible Machine in us an op- time saving, he service Come in ill depart- Burroughs s counting dej NkT nF PAr .41 vy* JL i~\V. ON THE CORNER Weather WARMER SASONABLE MERCHANJSE WE HAVE THE FATHER AND THE KIND rht them. nt is tinea with the choicest and. aoes for Ladies and men is ed up some of the niftiest on. HATS and ready-to-wear ys. uit the weather tiplete. Have just received d Oats. ! Palm Beach Suit, the kind Lundered. ?r store your headquarters ) serve > BROS. ON THE CORNER Bids Open for School Building Notice is hereby given that bids will be received for the erection of a two story frame school building: at the town of Angelus on May 27th. Bids will be considered either for material or work. The plans may be seen either at the office of the County Superintendent of Education or at Mr. R. A. Knight's at Angelus. R. A. Rouse, County Supt. of Ed. 1 z: #:::i a2SSS: sy i ill ? m ii! iiii! liiii! I _n_ n_lJ At The \ND Y To Ann A ^ ao iyuiic nuiulaticallv dates, adds your dee old balance, subs, figures and prints lance. All of this is aticallv. The opervvrites the amounts oard?the machine column to column btracts, or prints the sired, without the m being necessary. ind See It Work o method of posting >wn which equals ighs Bookkeeping either accuracy or and see our new it work in our acpartment. iELAND i