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MILLION MINERS REFUSE TO WORK GREAT BRITAIN FACES INDUS TRIAL UPHEAVAL. Strike Has Thrown Thousands Ou of Employment Who Are Not Directly Concerned. i ~ ' - ?"? /T?._ Ace.* London, ucz. ie> tilC ASSl ciated Press).?With a millio: miners out of the pits tonight, "thou sands of dock and industrial work ? ers already out of employment as : consequence, and the transport work } ' fers and railroad men called to mee soon to discuss a sympathetic strike Great Britain faces one of the great est industrial upheavals in its historj in the opinion of labor and politics leaders who discussed the situatio: today. Reports from all-industrial center tonight are not reassuring, while por oficiais say that shipping wilt be tie -ruviw 0 wopV The most hopefu ,"P wiuiia m message came from Sheffield, wher it is believed there is enough coal t last three weeks. At other center one week's supply is the limit. The statement that the men struc against the advice of most of thei leaders was confirmed to some ex tent by the attitude .of many wh left the pits. They said they did no understand that voting against th >?? 3 :?.? "daum line" meant a stride, anu ?, ^'v , clear that, a great many misundei _ stood "the general secretary of th r. National Union of Railway Mer tfv called it in a speech. Mr. Thoma admonished the railroaders to liste: to the advice^of their leaders, whic would be given after the meeting o 'i; +V?* dalamfoa WpdneadflV. UWV6?.?w ? A different note was struck, how ever, by the South Wales branch o the miners' federation, which calle l-V a meeting for next Friday to recoa mend that if the strike was not se1 tied by October 30, the pump me and other employees remaining a work should be called out. r* & '-sl ^ It is indicated tonight that Premie Lloyd George will take no hand i . ? the matter before Tuesday when pai liament meets and, undoubtedly wi discuss the situation. No disturbance f/,' are reported and no trcops have bee sent to the mining centers but the SkP are held in readiness., L'-r J - * - Londons few electric signs an window displays are dark tonight an the races, for which special train v ' are usually operated, have been cax celled for next week. ||| Notwithstanding the {food min.ii JV"' try's assurances that there will I plenty of food even though the strife " lasts some time, London provisions report that housewives are laying i supplies. The sugar ration will l cut 50 per cent. Monday. ill; COX SPEAKS AT HOME CLOSING^ DAY AT OHI Cm tVVUitUUW VV <TU A ?U5 u ? -v* VV? MUj porting His Republican Opponent. life Columbus, Oct. 14.?Severe a - raignment of forces which he sa ||F Were supporting Senator Harding, h - ; Republican opponent, was made t |fev Governor Cox here tonight in an a iSjf - * dress at the state fair grounds coli W eum, closing .a strenuous day of car ? > paignirfg in His home state. "The candidate of the senatori 'V ring has behind him today the mo >./; motley array of questionable grou i'y, aad influences that ever were b - hind a candidate?an array that survey brings the crimson blush humiliation to an American," t] Democratic presidential Candida r declared. pv'- More than a dozen "parties," i % eluding the "pro-German," the 'Afi k American," the "Anti-League of N I tipns," the profiteer," the "Liber a?o^ rt w /J r\ fVt oil qOP Ij vvuu opctuiaiiuio auu umci aucg groups, are backing Senator Hai > . ir ?, the governor asserted. Emph / , ' sizing that speeial racial group a * peals were being made, Govern . Cox said that the Afro-Americ movement includes "false claims th it can bring social equality." I From Front Porch. t - - "From the front porch at Mari something has 'been given to eve one of these groups," said the gov< ? nor, declaring that the primary c jject was to "evade the issue of t league" by promoting minor and traneous issues. The governor's address tonig was to a crowd which filled the lai est forum in the state capital, was the 11th speech of an exhausti day in Ohio for the governor on 1 P first full day of campaigning. Ohioans at Van Wert, Delphi Lima, Wapakoneta, Sydney, Urba and Milford Center turned out force with bands, including the ce rv f brated "Cox band" of Piqua, whi performed at the San Francisco cc vention. The governor was cheered a hustled and squeezed all day ir theatre halls and court house squa rostrums. He was greatly tired aj with hurried meals, had to master~an attack of indigestion. So strenuous ^ was the day's program that tonight he wired a protest to Senator Harrison, chairman of the national Democratic speakers' committee, and demanded less exacting future programs. The league today continued virtually the sole subject of the gover nor s aaaresses. in increasing reng(_ ious vein, he told audiences that it was "a sacred and spiritual" issae .and that he was "preaching the creed of Christ" as against the a "creed of Cain." The league, he said, was "as divinely inspired as the declaration of , independence." Conspiracy of Oligarchy. r He also emphasized that "a conj spiracy of the senatorial oligarchy" n was directed at world peace, and denounced Senator Lodge of Massachus setts as "the basest conspirator in ^ all the history of the h^pian race." 3 The governor reiterated charges of Lj "a conspiracy of silence" in withe holding publication of the league 0 covenant.s Boys at Wapakoneta bearing large li+lin<rr?r>hs of Senator Harding and " V? X _ k shouting for the senator caused Govr ernor Cox to declare that he had discovered a new "contemptible" plan o of the opposition. Told by local Democrats that the boys were hired e by Republican leaders, Governor s Cox questioned one young boy who . kept unfurling a Harding poster in a e theatre aisle directly before the govlf ernor. Asked by Governor Cox who s had "hired or told" him to flaunt the n pester, the boy replied: "Nobody." h "Yo go home and tell your mother ? that vou didnt tell the truth," the governor replied. "There is a great r_ deal of money being used in this ,f campaign and one of the peculiar d uses is what we liave noticed. In t_ the last two days when we started, _ our meetings, one boy or a group of n boys will stand out in front of the tt speaker and unfurl the lithograph of the opposition candidate. Now that r boy was paid to do it." n Governor Cox said he would not p. permit the incident to disturb him [1 and said that "every trick they have * * - . ?1? *? J IS tried TO piay nas restnveu luacii m n our favor." y Positions of Senator Harding and Former President Taft regarding the d league were attacked by the goverd nor in all of his addresses today. At ls Van Wert, commenting upon Mr. i_ Taft's recent statement that Governor Cox's election still would -leave s_ sufficient anti-league senators to de ,8 ] feat the treaty, the governor said ;e Ithat it indicated an intention to overrsjride the result of the "solemn refern endum on the league and to repudi>e ate the nation's mandate." Prediction of Election. His election and "a great victory for world civilization" were predict0 ed confidently by the governor. Expressing pleasure at being "at home again" in Ohio, the governor said that the "wave" of sentiment, begun two weeks ago, was "sweeping the country." r_ "The senatorial oligarchy," the id governor said, "realizes that the tide is has turned in America and that their >y candidate was pulled off the front d- porch, and he hadn't been off the s- front porch long until he had made n- a dozen slips of his tongue, and now thev have been trying to put him al back on the front porch. The mornst ing papers announce that they wii] ps not permit him to go East now." e- So arduous was -the governor's to day that his special train fell twc of hours behind schedule and at Lima he he made two extra speeches, one tc te a body of railway employees and another to an overflow meeting at th? n- auditorium. He praised the war ser o- vice of railroad operatives and dea eried belittling of their and othei ty war accomplishments. ed At Piqua in the wake of the "Co? d- band," playing "Ohio" and othei ta- San Francisco battle tunes, the gov ,d- ernor mr.rched afoot to the cour or house square. an Governor Cox spent fonight at th< iat executive mansion and is to resum< his Ohio campaign tomorrow. With a rear platform addresi on scheduled at Marion, Senator Hard ry ing's home, the Democratic candi jr- date is to speak tomorrow at Dela >b- ware, Upper Sandusky, Fostoria an< he other towns. !X" Arriving in Columbus late, Gover nor Cox was compelled to submit t< ;ht a throat treatment before going t< *g-jthe coliseum. While th6 crowd wa Itj waiting bands and a number of glei ng! clubs, including the Democratic Gle< club of Ohio State university furnish ed entertainment and A. V. Donahej os, candidate for governor, and Arthu na j p. Lamneck, candidate for congress in i made short speeches. The large col le- i iseum was packed to capacity Ion] ch. before time for the governor to ar >n- j rive. I . ? r, n >_ | Tills was governor v,ux s aaun nd speech in the capital city of his hom ito; state from the same platform. Th ire; first was delivered to a state fai id, I crowd at the opening of the cam paign. I The governor continued his plea j for adoption of the league of nations. Reiterating the indorsements of the league by various church or- CO ganizations, the governor declared the "most sacred" indorsement, recently given the league, was that made by the golden star mothers, c "the mothers of the 81,000 boys who "! sleep in France." The crowd voiced its approval 01 nis aenunciauuu ui mi Senator Lodge as the "arch conspirator" against the league. He also re- j peated many of his answers to ob- j jections raised against the league, I inc and reiterated his declaration that; he would accept the five Hitchock 0 reservations or any other which might be offered and which did not sai destroy it. j foe mm I est I At the meeting of the board of } me directors of the Chamber of Com- gy merce held Monday evening the fol- r lowing recommendations were sub- ^ mitted by the hospital committee,. . which was appointed some time ago 1Q? by the Chamber' of Commerce, the of Kiwanis club, the Rotary club, and pa< the County Medical association: ma 1. That as soon as practicable the $2. Chamber of Commerce take steps to tra construct a brick hospital, properly paj equipped, at a probable cost of ce] $100,000. 2. That the hospital be chartered .g as an eleemosynary institution, ' ( known as the Newberry County Hospital, the building and maintenance to fund to be raised by: voluntary con- Pe] tributions. tat 3. That the Chamber of Com- ab merce take up with the county legis- $2lative delegation and with the city council the question of a contribution annually from the county and I from the city, with the understand| ing that the hospital shall take care jof county and city charity cases. L a TVinf thp Chamber of Com-i j merce, through an appropriate' com-I ; mittee," make an effort to get addi-1 ! tional contributions for maintenance j | from the churches and benevolent' 'organizations of the county on con-i I dition that charity cases be taken ! care of by the hospital for these or-) , ganizatioris. ; 5. That the Chamber of Com; merce elect a committee of five to; ] act as corporators and a temporary i j committee of organization until such; jtime as trustees shall be elected. 6. That there be seven hospital j trustees provided for, one to be inamed by the city of Newberry, one; i by Newberry county, -two -by the j j County Medical association, and l ithree in such other manner as may, 1 be determined later. v I ar m 1 Via ' til 1 7. inai Lilt; uuapiuai vc ito the bays who died in the service wj of their country during the world tu war. ra 8. That at least two women be fa named on the committee of five men- Sj tioned in the fifth resolution above, pi 9. That the contract for the /co building be let at a straight-out con- in tract price and not on a cost-plus w] basis. ?? m1 ? 11^. "lnese recomiaciiuauuua j g0 dorsed without reserve by the direc- ^ ! tors. The only difficulty presented was to determine whether this is the : practicable time to launch such a : project. Every one admits that bus1 iness is dull and money tight, but no one wants to postpone any longer 1 than necessary the building of the ' hospital for Newberry county. After Dl I considerable discussion the directors decided to receive the report as in5 formation and to hold it for future > consideration. l > ? e? > The waiter often puts the carte be fore the donkey. ^ TAX NOTICE. ? a1 The books for the collection of th state and county tax for the year . " * 1 K+I, ir r 192U WM open irom ucwuci lotn, 1920, to December 31st, 1920. Those af c who prefer to do so can pay in Jan- ^ ;uary, 1921, with 1 ^per cent.; in . (February, 1921, with 2 per cent, and w "from March 1st, 192i, to March pi fc j 15th, 1921, with 7 per cent. in | The County Auditor has made up : books by School Districts and it will 3 j be necessary for taxpayers to give i I each school disrict in which their te property is located. I The levy for 1920 is as follows: sl 3 j State 12 m Mills .[Constitutional School 3 Ordinary County 6% Pi , i Good Roads 2 r* ' ' ** J J 1 " noaa ana cnagts *. Deficit 1019 % b< Bonded Indebtedness of County *4 w Court House '.*& ~n< 3 Back Indebtedness Vs tl1 ^ Jail Bonds % w s tj B Total 27 ~ The following school districts have e levied the following levies for spe- C? - cial school purposes: Mills si r District-No. 1, No. 52 15 , District No. 14 18 q '* District No. 19 14 . -(District No. 26 13 y District No. 30 12 ll ,, District No. 58 11 tr Districts No. 22, No. 39 10 e< District No. 2, No. 7, No. 13, oj J No. 15, No. 10, No. 17, No. a] e 18, No. 20, No. 23, No. 25, a] e No. 27, No. 31, No. 33, No. v 36, No. 41, No. 42, No. 43, f. r No. 44, No. 45, No. 47, No. * - 48, No. 49, No. 50, No. 55, JF MO RAISE IN H. C. LI " S] ST OF ARTICLES FOR THE CON-' SUMER HARDLY u AFFECTED Cl HEIGHT COST SMALL ITEM [ , S] eresting Comparison Given By Rail- P way on Effect of New Rates h tl ~ IT iVashington, D. C ? Just what the Ci reased freight rates will mean the average consumer in the way contributing to the cost of neces- 0 n y articles of clothing and standard id products is shown in some inter- i :ing illustrations made in a state-! p : :nt issued by the Southern Railway j P Item. ? b rhe old rate on shoes from Boston to lanta was $1.64 per 100 pounds, mak- i< !; the transportation charge of a pair c sljoes, which, with its share of the ^ ckine weighs three nounds approxi w - - 1( itely five cents. The new rate is p 18 1-2 per 100 pounds, making the s importation charge of the same s ir of shoes approximately 6 2-3 ' 3. its. Everyone knows that the pair shoes which formerly sold for $7.00 r now selling around $15.00. t Shirts were shipped from New York * New Orleans by freight for $1.54 1 r 100 pounds, making the transpor* % d charge on a five ounce shirt ^ out a half cent. Tne new rate is t 051-2 per hundred pounds, making t 2 charge on the same five ounce i $3,000.00in 1900; ~ JX" - f Oil Increased costs of building material i e matters of >geiieral knowledge, but ought about tHem as factors in the lys are larfce ftsers oi all classes of res for construction are enormous. Ju ilways are cafl?d upon to construct h cts in connecten with the combinat ^stern. at Fairfax, Va., on the Washingt lotograph. ThYs station, yhich is typ st $3,000.00. ^he Southern's engineer; 1920 to replace this station exactly tiether a contractor could be found wh id construct such a building for this ' 5 11 * in tVlQ ni Uin una iutJ nam snuwu ixx cue pi mous "New York and New Orleans ] CAUSES OF THE iring Federal ^ontrol, Fewer Cars ] Were Built ^Than in Previous Years ' i * # Scarcity and high prices of almost 5 V-.' ery conceivable article from coal to ' tiite paper are now being laid at the tor of "car shortage.'* Business men ! id other citizens who have not felt e slightest interest in the supply of eight c^rs or in any other problem fecting the railways frequently find 1 emselves unable to buy commodities hich they need or to market their loducts readily and in almost every stance they are told that the "car 1 lortage'' is to blame. Naturally, then, there is a wide inrest in the question -as to why a lortage of freight cars exists and is < >t promptly brought to an , end. The reason for the shortage is aiD. During the war the business of! te countiy increased by leaps andj )imds but the facilities of the xa.il-1 ays for handling that business werej it increased in proportion. During' le twenty-six months that the rail-1 ays were under Federal control the! nited States Railroad Administra-| on contracted for 100,000 freight irs but the actual number put into j >>rvice was something over a thou-1 md below that figure. Reports of the Interstate Commerce ommission for the ten years, 1908 ) 31*17, inclusive, show that during le 1'>d years preceding Federal con-j ol the railways added to their freight; juipment a total of 1,202,5:57 cars j r an average of 120,253 cars per year,: ad retired a total of 824.1C4 cars or! a average of 82,416 cars per year. J rom these figures it will be seeni lat during the twenty-six months of, eti&ral control there were fewer cars; )UE TO NEW RATES s - Dii iiirt about two-thirds of one cent. The ; Id $1.50 shirl is selling for $3.'J0 and | ' P. | Dii Clothing manufactured in Chicago Di: Duld be shipped to Jacksonville for!No 1.83 per hundred pounds or less than! 1 cents for a suit which with its j ' bare of the packing weighs six! on ounds. The new rs*e is $2.38 1-2 per ag undred pounds or about 14 cents on exi le six pounds ready-made which for' Ann n/\ 1 4. do lerly was orierea ior ?.>u.uu uuu uuw annot be taken home for less than 60.00. gj Coming to articles of food, the rate n fresh beef from Chicago to Birlingham was 82 cents per hundred ? ounds, less than one cent per pound, 'he new rate is $1.06 1-2 per hundred ounds or slightly more than a cent ^ er pound. Beef that formerly . sold 3r twenty cents per pound has been " ringing 35 cents. Sugar was shipped from New Organs to Greensboro, N. C., for 55 ents per 100 pounds or just about] alf a cent per pound. The new ratej > 69 cents per hundred pounds, still sss ihan three-fourths of a cent per ound. And sugar which formerly old for five cents per pound has been elling above thirty cents per pound. These illustrations which are of [ * 3 Ot ! nicies ana cuiiimuun.ic?, andom, may be considered as fairly epresentative of the addition to the ransportation cost of articles used in he South which will result from the ncrease in rates. Similar illustraions could be made on almost every .rticle used in the household, except oal, which being shipped and sold by he ton, will show a relatively higher ransportation cost in proportion to ts value. $8,000.00 in 1920 | ^ S ' md of construction of every character , it is doubtful if many people have cost of railway operation. The rail' building material and their expend!st bow the cost of buildings which the as increased may be judged from the ion station of the Southern Railway on-Atlanta line which is shown in the ical of others, was built in 1900 and s estimate that it would- cost $8,000.00 as it stands, and it is very doubtful 0 would agree to furnish the material 1 sura. The view was taken looking cture is the Southern's No. 38, thg Limited." CAR SHORTAGE put in service than the railways had acquired during each year of the preceding ten year period and only a small number more than the railways j had retired during each year of the ' same ten year period. In addition to this, during the war period the entire plant of the railways was operated at top speed. All efforts were centered on winning the war and the future was left to t^ke care of itself. Consequently when the railways were returned to their owners at the close of Federal control they found themselves facing a rising , tide of commerce with a supply of equipment insufficient for handling the business offered for movement. Until their property was returned to them it was impossible for the rail-' way companies to undertake the1 financing of new equipment purchases, and conditions that have obtained; since March first have been most unfavorable. In their petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission for' I increased ireight rates the railways set out taat even the strongest com-' panieh have to pay more than seven per cent interest to yet new capital and that others have not been able to get it at any price. Now that the Commission has authorized an increase in rates it is: hoped tnat conuuions win cnange so, as to enable the railways 'to borrow money for the purchase of new equip-1 mew at favorable rates of interest but this change will in all likelihood be gradual. In the meantime the public will be serving its own interest by exercising patience and not expecting the railways to provide equipment faster lhan it is possible for them to secure nsw capital and procure the physical building o? cars and engines i that are recogziizcd as needed. No. 56 8 strict No. 5 G stricts No. 38, No. 57 5 3tricts No. 4, No. 8, No. 9, No. 11, No. 12, No. 34, No. 35, No. 40, No. 53, No. 59, No. 60 4 strict No. 6 3 stricts No. 3, No. 21, No. 24, i. 28, No. 29, No. 32, No. 37, No. 46, No. 51, No. 54 2 >tmt No. 10 1 * " ? --e ffl-t t 1 A poll xax OI nas ueen ic?icu all male citizens between the es of 21 and 60 years, except those empt by law. A tax of 50 cents is levied on all gs. , v Persons liable to road duty may y a commutation of $6 from Ocjer 15th, 1920, to aMrch 15, 192L C. C. Schumpert, Treasurer of Newberry County. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons holding claims against 2 estate of J. 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