The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 19, 1920, Page SIX, Image 6
MILLION MINERS
REFUSE TO WORK
GREAT BRITAIN FACES INDUS
TRIAL UPHEAVAL.
Strike Has Thrown Thousands Ou
of Employment Who Are Not
Directly Concerned.
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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
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"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.
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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.,
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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
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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.
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| 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
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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. ??
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"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.
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> 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 .
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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*
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" 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 [
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eresting Comparison Given By Rail- P
way on Effect of New Rates h
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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;
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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 [
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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
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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.
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