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' DUUMO ji if: (SI n WAGES g NEARLY ALL CLASSES OF ORGANIZED RAILROAD LABOR TO I MAKE REQUESTS. i ! NO "DEMANDS" OR STRIKES > Many Pending Wage Disputes Will Be Transferred to Government?Many Rate Revisions Will Soon Become pT ' Necessary. I I I Washington.?Higher wages will be ^ asked of the railroad administration soon by nearly all classes of organized railroad labor. It w lsa aenred railroad labor. It was learned that many pending wage disputes will be transferred to the governme-": from Vv/Nrt <- O T"? ? ?r> Ath riUlWctv uctuuvca ui/a: uc, aui in um er- cases new demands w<ili b- formulated for presentation to Pirec >r General McAdoo, who probably will deal with them through investigation boards. Strikes are not contemplated by any * organization, it is said, and wage questions will not be put up to the director general as demands. Railroad labor leaders are represented as not seeking to take advantage of government operation to press for more pay, but rather as pointing out the necessity of wage increases to keep employes from being attracted to other industries. Demands Thus Far. ,,TJp to the present, the only general demands for wage increases considered by Director General McAdoo are L those presented by the four railway brotherhoods and the switchmen's ' union, whose president, S. E. Heberling, conferred with Mr. McAdoo. The ^ brotherhoods' case will be investigated by a board of four to be named by the director general, and he also may ask this body to inquire into the switchmen's demand, which now is being considered by a committee of railroad executives representing all roads. """The director gene/al announced that ffe expected to name railrcad directors naW-oin c r?f tn fld. 1V1 LU?1JU OVVWAVUU V4. ^ vv, V.W "sist him in administering government operation, but said be had not deter mined how many would be appointed nor what territory each director would supervise. It is cor tiered probable, however, that not more than six or sev-l en will be named. Mr. McAdoo said ? specifically t?at did not plan to name state directors. Thousands o! applications for positions as state rail, road supervisors Lave been received within the rast few days. PAYROLL OF U. S. SOLDIERS NEARLY $100,000,000 MONTHLY. . Includes Salaries of Officers and Men k In Army and Navy at Hdme and i Rk Abroad. P Washington.?The payroll of the' E fighting forces of the United Stateas is B is now nearly, $100,000,000 a month. j ^ This sum includes salaries of offioars and enlisted me71 in the armv and i H navy serving both in this country and! W abroad, family, allotments and comBk pensation for certain services renderBH ed, but does not take into account III? "family allowances" paid by the gov|?S ernment toward the support of fami||? llies of .enlisted men, under specified |j?P conditions, nor does it include any of the special compensatory features of M the military and naval insurance act. H Details of the pay received by sol diers and sailors and of the operation | of the war risk insurance bureau have |r Just been compiled by the several de* - i - /? l _ at kpartmenis ior miormauon oi me public and those relating to the navy Irere made public by the committee public information. The others wit be made public later and seperatelj. Paid In December. The committee's statement shows that approximately $17,000,000 was disbursed as monthly compensation for the service of some 300,000 officers and men who constitute the uni _ formed fospe of the navy. v _- SystJP ot Kay in roavy. tThe sv^kq of pay in the tnavy Is eomplicat^^ by a large number of ranks and ratings as well as financial rewards for special merit and service a'nd allowances made for quarters for officers serving on shore duty. The salaries range from $32.50 per monta paid mess attendants and apprentice seamen to the $S33 a month pr_* an admiral commanding a fleet. Aaded to the officers regular pay is graduated compensation for length of service and 10 per cent additional for duty beyond the continental limits of the United States. Enlisted men are paid stated sums for re-enlistn:ent, with $5.50 for the first re-enlistment and $3.30 for each subsequent re-enlistment, if they are citizen of the United States and I^JiJ^gpleted the previous enlistment. Stmners. set $z.zu extra a stewards or cooks who hoLI SBlSi'Jr^8 of' Qualification and are 'the United States get $5.50 8%/^ * ^Lg3*?ra and enlisted men rsM^KwSSB^^s a month extra for each medal. ^^^^BB?FP'jrforming specified duties on ^^H^oard receive extra compensatioa ranging for 33 cents a month to $30. LEARN USE OF FENNY j War Introduces it Into California for First Time. I ! Heretofore Regarded as Too Insfgn!f.cant to Bear Value in Relation to Easiness. San Francisco.?The war is Intro- j during the humble penny into Califor-; nia. For the first time in the history | of the state it will be used in com- i merce. Heretofore this fraction of I currency has been regarded as too in-. significant to bear any value in its re- j lation to business. I The value of the copper cent is one of the lessons in thrift which Mrs. A. S. Baldwin of San Francisco will take back to the women of ifornia. Mrs. Baldwin is one of the A prominent clubwomen of San Francisco and she was recently called to Washington by i the secretary of the treasury to serve j on the woman's liberty loan committee. ! and to carry the lessons of the Liberty j loan ana of the war savings cerun- j cates to the women in the far West. 1 i "Out in California we are so far I away from the center of things that j many of the remote communities know the thrift campaign of the Liberty loan j only as a name. The duty of our worn- j en, as I see it, is not only to conserve i in a large way. but to save the smali amounts which the people of the West are apt to overlook. "We are only beginning to use coppers in .San Francisco," said Mrs. Baldwin, "and they are still only used in a ; few of the shops. In California the j copper cent has been regarded hereto Pnya o c +n/-k inpnnci r?oro Vilo f? triflp tf> hp J-*/l V/ do iw iav?yuoiu\.iuk/tv u. t4*Mv W ^ ? given any consideration. The war and i its emergency measures, such as the | war savings certificates and the thrift 1 stamps, will change the Californian's attitude toward the modest penny. RATIONING IS SYSTEM-URGED i ______ | British Workingmen Demand Better Distribution Methods for Foori Supplies. London.?Resolutions calling on the ' government to introduce a system of j j rationing ana asserting mat a gruve ! crisis is approaching in many of the I working class districts were adopted i by the Workers National committee, : which includes representatives of most ! of the large trades unions. Robert ! Smith, president of the Miners' Fedj er^tion, is chairman of the committee. .he resolutions say that in some | wording class districts women are compelled to wait in front of shops and oft- i en are unable to obtain tea. sugar, I milk, butter, bacon or margarine. A ! bad system of distribution is said to be j largely responsible for this state of : affairs. ! ONE SKIPPER EARNS $125,000 i I | Hazardous Calling of Great Britain's Fishermen Pays Well During the War. Hull, England.?It was announced; by the northeastern sea fisheries committee that a Hull fishing skipper has earned $125,000 since the war broke out, and another made $75,000 in two f years. The chief officer remarks in his re port that "the skippers earn all they 2 1 receive when the perils of the North I sea are remembered." AMERICAN IS BRITISH LORD ] ! 1 ! If , Frank Cooper, chief of the iuforma- j ] V 11 /-?-P 4-\\ /-\ A'T f l"?r\ /lief I a LiUIl i.'liicau \JJL LXlt: ^A44V,C \JJL 111^ UlOUXVb I 1 attorney of New York, received word i that through the death of his elder brother, Sir Horace Cooper, he succeeds not only to the English baronetcy of his brother, but also to the family estate in England appraised at half a million dollars. Sir Horace's only son, who would have become the S hornn nroo L-illofl in fVio hottlo nf tTlP ] Somme. A full-fledged citizen, he will j not, he declares, exchange that citizen- j ship for the title. Mr. Cooper, or j Lord Cooper, is a nephew of the first; j Lady Dufferin, and a younger brother,; j Maj. Charles Cooper, is now governor j I of the Western Soldiers' home, near j 1 London. Mr. Cooler since becoming 11 an American, has been a newspaper; ' man and an act?r. <. Gl ffgStt /0^ it0' ff. :i i J- :bei ;iai 'Sz?k /. / f ; vpti1", /"JTvX ?- r. j {. j ^ ^ J11 ^ 4 1- ; < ,f % \. .* ?*.^-?-? *, ^.a A\) < '. <J ' ' * \ . ' | i I \usy?~- \t Leeri il f2\ s (>t?TB> fTArt* f** ^ / o: if __ o NOTICE OF yiRi DRAWP.O * Xcti-ce is hereby g'ven that we tiie '* vl undersigned jury r'jriur.issioners- for e Newberry countv, b. C. will at the I] f -.ift-i* of p/*.iirt'a nfRrA fnr Xewherrv county, S. C., at 9 o'clock a. m., Feb- ^ rnary 1st, 191S, openly and publicly b "raw tve r.srces of Jii tv-six (36) men s <vho shall serve as petit jurors at the ^ : . .- - * .. - .. , - .-... - License Ordins 1 Come and get Doe n MMBOBBMMMMMMMBMMMMMHBniMMMMBVJ J. W. CHi i Clerk and 1 490 CHEVR > $635 F. O. B. After March j $885 F. O. B. Power, Durability, ? We have a fe PGPULAI | en route, S ' while vou ma' ecn N C. TOOLE, NEWBERR" i i n niiAT J. i/. %i\jrit PROSPERIT Distributor for Newberry; .a of con.men j,Ieas for Newberry; 1 <nty, which v.ill convene at New- J ry court house, February 18th " ' if. IS, and continue for one week. j January 21, 1918. j C. C. Schumpert, j ai J. B. Halfacre, 01 Ino. C. Gcggans, ry Commissioners for Newberry,0i bounty, 3. C. j I I ra,rS ki-^S aa__ \ fj\ > w \l eltevetilck m j F ains~no<So- 1||* j'lc ielor alcohol, ! oi nd is a most fe. i ?jg?U| ' * rncient f:imi- rt.^5% fij j ncdicfce fe?j pK?'*S4j :s UI- J1VC1- ciUU tomach ail- n Gents. Cold * j iy druggists, 25c a box. Refuse r.ll j j ubstiluies. .Leznand Granger. J j fr tranter Medici&e Co., Chattanoo/,2, i T - - |j, , ' * Li - I IS' I oaaHnBaaBBHanHMaai i ???? ' m mce Passed ! ni m 1. a< your license, .s a a< LOW. \ jJl " , ** C? * 11*/3 T/? i cacui ci "i ?___?_j I OLET 4901 cL__ . I! Flint, Mich. 1, 1918 j Flint, Mich. j AM AntiT f nmfcyf Luiiuiuj, ituuuuii ; ? w of these ? CARS Secure one I y and save I nn I uu I I ~ ~ ' j Local Dealer TLEBAUM I Y, S. C. j Lid Saluda Counties | FARMERS COOPERATIVE UNION ! f Of Newberry county will meet at rosperity Saturday January 3 9 )1S at 11 o'clock. All farmers exrecng to purchase ~uano through this i ;sociation positively must have their j ciers in on or before this meeting j ; we will order only that we have ders for. C. L. Lester, Preside;.. Geo F Hunter, Secretar> j I _____ ALE OF HEAL ESTATE BY XE(TTUK3 of El) tu K HUT Deed. : re, the undersigned Executors &r. > ! Edw. R. Hipp, deceased, will sell j ; pu.blic outcry at the court house in , ie Town of Newberry in the County ! ' Newberry, in the State of S. C , j ithin the legal hours of sale oa efcurary 4th 1918, the same being ! 7 ! ilesday, to the highest bidder for j ish the following real estate cituate [ t said Town of Newberry, viz: Two ! r >ts situate in that part of said Town . i Newberry, known as Gravel Town, j ich fronting 75?2-12 feet on Pla:r j treet and each containing 5865 sqr : iet more or less-these lots being; umbers 2 and 3. . ! Also lots numcbrs 1, and 3. j onting on Eleanor Street. I ots numbers 4, 6, and 7 fronting i a a six foot alley: antrLot fronting on Holloway Street. Each lot to be sold separate-". All of the above lots are shown on 1 lats made by F. W. Higgin's Sur- j 3yor, recorded in the Clerk of Courts ! 'fice at Newberry, S. C., in Plat Book j at pages 341 and 343. Also a lot and store house therein | o. 904, Main Street, now occupied by B. Jones. I Purchaser to pay -or paper ana \ avenue stamps. Mary E. Hipp, Extrix.; John C. Hipp. Executor, j CITATION NOTICE. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. By W. F. Ewart, probate Judge: Whereas, Henry Wise made suit to e to grant him letters of administra- J on of the estate and effects of Ernest! rise ' ^ 1 rr?i il. ^ _ J a. ? . !l - J _ j l nese are, inereiore, 10 cue ana au-) onish all and singular the kindred and editors of the said Henry Wise, debased, that they be an appear before e, in the Court of Probate, to be held ; Newberry, >S. C., on the 29th of Janiry next, after publication hereof, at L o'clock in the forenoon, to show luse, if any they have, why the said Iministration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 4tu day of Miliary, Anno Domini 1918. W. F. EWART, P. ,T. X. C. 1 IJIUMC5 U|JU11 UIUUCO ?with high ideals 12 Glorious Serials or Group Stories and 250 Shorter Stories and every one with ''lift" in it. Hte\foutfrs A Companion Indispensable in quality, lavish in quant ?no other publication in the world lik< THE 1918 PROGRAMME includes tl by the world's brightest men and ackno Nature and Science, Family Page, E Page, Doctor's Corner and a constant r ^*9 Icciioc n Ypflf VM A0UUVU M VVM THE YOUTH'S COMPAS rit yp Send this coupon (or the name o LU 1 1913 ai TUTC 1. 52 ISSUES c j' ! 2. All remaining l1 OUT 3. The Companion 1 SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEI mcaBaammmuamBmmmKsamammmmmsaummammmBmmummKmm V I ! Aii Ambition an J ; *J*HE needs of the South are id g J of the Socthcm Railway: the jrowt f ii>e npbuilding of the othc. ^ J\ J The Sonthern Poll way asks no fa70 / V accorded ;o others. I Tbe aqhjsion of the Southern Railv / f tniiy of interest that is born of co-opera * r the railroads; to see perfected that fair ant i ment of railroads which invites the < V aferxries; to realize th3t Iiberaliry of tre . to obtain the additional capital needed for J enlarjed facilities incident to the dema JL ?c?vice; and, finally-? T3 take its niche In the body poEd ( other treat industries, with no more. bu / rngbts and equal opportunities. " The Southern Servi ^ 1 ' 1 ^ * Vr* ' C< f ^ 4| I ) <??*?.< ^ ly "W" ? Stop Freeze will keep v:>ur radiator from bursting. Call and let us teli you about it. Summer Brothers Company. 1-14-4t MIHH ? BOBS? I, At the request of the Postmaster General the United States Civil Service Commission has announced an ex; ination to te heK at Xewherry, s. . cn reourary (> ior me position of postmaster at Prosperity, S. t\ This office has annual compensation of $1?G0. To he eligible for this examination an applicant must be a citizen of the United States, must actually reside within the diliverr of the office and have so re=?wea at the time tae present vacancy occurred. Applicants must have reached their twenty-first bi:t not their sixty-fifth birthday on the date of the examination. , . ' . Application Form 394 ana full information concerning the requirements of the examination may be ix c1 'tic post mas tier r.t tha place of vacancy or from the Civii ??rvico Commission. Washington. D. C. Applications should b<* properly executrl and file-I v/ith the Commission a> Washington. ^). C , in time to ?> ? ?^ ?? ?* - f'??? 4-V* /.? !? /"* I- t- il /> ctrrcUige IUI iuv eAauiiuanuii uL I,UC applicant. TAX KEITKNS FOR 191S\ I cr r.n authorized a?e:it will be at the following places named below, for the purpose of taking tax returns of both real and personal property for fiscal year 1918. Prosperity Mon & Tues. Jan 21st & 22nd. Little Mountain Wednesday Jan 23ri. Tolly Street Thursday Jan. 24.. > T-omaria Friday Jan. 25ttr, Glymphville Tuesday Jan 29th: J. L. Crooks Wednesday Jan 30th; Maybinton Thursday Jan. 31st. And in the Auditors office in the Courthouse until Feb. the 20th after which date 50 per cent penalty will be aaded. The law requires a tax on all notes mortgages and moneys, also Income tax on incomes over 500. is a captation tax on all do?s: of fifty cents. All male persons betveen the ages of 21 and fin are liable to pay a poll' tax of $1.00 unless otherwise exempt. All rersons 4 owning property fa' more than one School District wilf be required to maVe r'f,,ns for eachDistrict, as tbp Tav ^ov;? will be made ;io hv s^oo: Districts instead of Townships in 1918. al. R. Halface, , County Auditor. 1 ? 2 it. 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