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Section OneSetoOn ",ages Ito L. XLI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921 gLWAY MEN'S WAGES TO BE GREATLY REDUCED New Scales of aPy Are Announced for Practicallr All Railroad Emp oyes. QOST OF LIVING FIGURES CITED $stimated That Four Hundred Million Dollars Will Be Slashed From Labor ' 'l. Chicagg, May 31,-An estimated ,our hundred million dollars will' be qlashed from the nation's railwsy wage bill when an order cutting wages an ayerage of 12 per cent, to be hand ed down-tomorrow by the United Sta fps Railroad Labor Board, becomes of .$ectiye July 2,. The order affects mem. err of thirty-one labor organizations, eniloyed on 104 railroads. 4' While the decrease is specifleally vp plie4 only to the roads whose cases thave been heard by the board, the decisijon says it may later be applied to any other- road asking a' hearing ander - the provisions of the Esch Cummins transportat.ion act. * Percentages of reductions computed by members of the - board gave the averago of'.1.2 -per cent, -and the same .sqree estimated the annual reduction ,in wages at,'approximately $400,000, 000. The decision grants reductions vary ing from five to thirteen cents an ,hour, 6i- from 5 to 18 per cent, and in the case of section laborers completely wipes out the increase granted that class of employes b ythe $600,000,000 wage award of July 20, 1920. For sec tion men the reduction was approx himately 18 per cent. Switchmen and Cshop crafts were given -n 9 per cent reduction, while the train service men were cut approximately 7 per cent Car repairers were cut about 10 per 'cent. Common Labor Light Common labor, over which the rail roads made their hardest fight, is to be reduced six to eight and one-half cents an hour, cutting freight truck ers' average monthly wages to $97.10 and track laborers to $77.11. This new schedule gives section men an aver age daily wage of $3.02 for an eight hour day, although considerable testi mony offered by the roads, particular ly in the South. showed common labor .wages as lo- . $1.50 for a ten-hour day. Shop craft employes and train en gine service men except those in pas senger service, are reduced eight cents an hour. Construction and sec tion foremen are reduced ten cents an hour. Passenger and freight engineers who were given increases of ten and thirteen cents an hour by the 1920 award are to be cut six and eight cents an hour respectively. Passenger and freight conductors, who received increases of twelve and one-half cents in 1920, are cut seven and one-half and eight cents, respectively, by the new schedule. Train dispatchers and yardmasters whose monthly earnings at present average $260 to $270, are cut eight cents an hour. The smallest reduction will apply- to office boys and other employes under eighteen yearn of age, who will receive five cents an hour less after July 1. Clerks Are Cut )own Clerks are reclassified so that enter ing clerks, usually men and wom'en of eighteen to twenty years of age, will receive a monthly nalary of $67.50 for the first six months and $77.50 for the second six months of service. Clerks with - less than one year's experience now receive $120. A new monthly schedule for floating eqluipment employes on ferries, tugs and steam lighters gives captains $200 engineers $190, firemen and oilers $140 On lighters and barges captains will receive $120 to $150, engineers $140 to $160 and mates $100. The decision tomiorrowv will say that since the 1920 wage awardl 'there has been a dlecrease in the eost of living"~ and "the scale of wvages for similar kinds of work in other industries has in general been decreased." These twvo points were the chief contentions of the railroad before the board. Testi nmony was offered in the hearing which began April 18, and ended May 16, to winter slump in business, railroad managements have been clamoring for several months for lower wvages, arnd the dicision tomorrow will mark the show reductions of 20 to 50 per cent in the cost of food and clothing. Va rying reductions in wages, mostly for common labor were also cited by the carriers. "Trite boardl believes," the decision says, "that based on the ele ments showvn, the decreases fixed are dustified and requiredl." Whatever may be said as to the ori gin or contributing causes, there has been, and is, marked dlepression in industry, affecting the entire country and some lines of production most se riously, the board says. "As a result heavy financial losses have been suf fered and many hundred of thou sands thrown out of employment and deprived of all wanges, and this loss or purchasing power by them has acce orated the general dlepression by re ducing the demand for the products they would otherwise have purchased. While it has been argued that the fall in prices has not reached to any large extent the consumer, it has, without question, most disastrously reached and affected the producers, especially sonmc lines of manufacture and the ag ricultual clae." MARION WOMAN TO BE OBSERVED Marion, M.ay 31.-Tiie case of Mr. Lizzie Jones, charged with the poi soning of her husband, was postponed today until the fall term of court in order that she might be placed under observation at the South Carolina State hospital Dr. James E. Boone; alienist from Columbia, made a cur sory examination of Mrs. Jones yes terday and was .of the opinion that ,she was mentally deficient but did not care to make a final diagnosis until he could make an'extended ob .servation of her case. Mrs. Jones complains of lengthy snells of sleeplessness an - densuing physical exhaustion. - She states that :for week" at a time she is affected 'this way and that prior to the death ,of her husband she had these spells. Her emotional tone has been low, , it is said, and she has looked upon her coming trial almost with indifference She has not seemed to lie depressed over the possible outcome of her trial and often appeared in a happy frame of nind. Sheriff J. V. Rowell states that .Mrs. Jones will be taken to Colum bia either tomorrow or the next (lay. Papers for her transfer are being prepared. Jim Ammons, alleged to have given Mrs. Jones the strychnine, with which to poison her husband and to have incited her to administer the - dose was also not brought to trial today He is held under $2,500 bail. At the time of the alleged killing of her husband, Mrs. Jones admitted without hesitancy the administering of the poison. Physicians of this city Ore divided in opinion as to her san ity. 0 FRENCH SENATE SUPPORTS BRIAND Paris, May 31 (By the Associated Press).-The senate today voted con fidence in Premier Briand in connec tion with the reparadtons settlement. The vote Was 277 to 8. The question of confidence arose during the discussion of the budget expense recoverable from Germany. The Radical Socialist, M. Hery, pre sented a motion that the decisions taken at the London conference be referred to the finance and foreign committees. He not only objected to France foregoing a balnce of 12, 000,000 marks on May 1, but also to France's acceptance of a 5 Oper cent. reduction in her claims. . Briand, in asking for a vote of confidence, said he would not be the one to adopt a policy which disre garded the agreement the allies had reached at London and which sought to obtain from Germanty a greater amount than the reparations commis sion had awarded. If the Ruhr were occupied in ap attempt to collect more from Germany, the premier declared, France must be called to arms, and he would not be the one to do it. "Suppose such a policy were ac cepted," he said, "then there would no longer exist either treaty nor reparations commission and the en tire world would utter a cry of amazement." The American Legion of Summer ton and Manning played an interest ing game of ball here last Wednes day, and again on Monday the same teams played in Summerton. Mann ing Wvon both games. The first by a score of 11 to 10, and the second 10 to 8. .----0--. BOLL EEVIL PICTURES TO BE SHOWN HERE AND SUMMERTON At four o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, .June 13th, Mr. J. O. Traylor, of the D~elta Laboratory., Tallulah, La., will showv his moving picture, "Good Bye Boll Weevil," at the Manning Moving Picture Theatre. Besides showing this film, Mr. Taylor, who is an old cotton planter but is now with the U. S. Depatrtment of Agriculture will make an address on "Cotton Cul ture Under Boll Weevil Conditions." Prof. A. F. Conradi, State Entomolo gist, and one of the South's leading authorities on the boll weevil also plans to b~e wvith us at that time as wvill Mr. Anderson, Extension Entomo.. logist. .This film will have to do largely with the calcium ars;-nate method of poisoning the boll weevil, and will show the various methods of using ,the poison andl the results obtained. 'l'his is a gover'nment picture and as Mr. Hlanks, proprietor of the Moving Picture theatre, lhds kindly granted us use of the theatre there will bQ no chairges whatever. .Right at this time when we are fac ing our first critical year with the boll weevil I feel that it is quite a privilege for our people to he able to see this picture andl to hear the talks on the boll weevil by these noted au thorities. We are expecting an overflow crowdl for this show as the people generally are manifesting much eager ness to get all the p)ossible informa tion onl thiis vital problem of our pre sent (lay agriculture. This picture shows tae dlifferent type)s of machines used for applying the poison and should be of interest to hardware .merchants, bankers and business men in general as well as to farniers. The same program will be carried out in the High School Auditorium at Stimmerton the night of the 13th be ginning ahout 8:30 p. m. W. R ry oumny Ag.. COTION ACR[AGE SHOWS REDUCIION Reduction 'in Cotton acreage 1921, 30.73 per cent. Reduction use commercial fertiliz ers, 51.17 per cent. Abandoned acreage after planting 1921, 4.95 per cent. Total acreage planted 1921r-24,563, 486 acres. Based upon 1920 yield in dicates a crop of 9,142,098 bales. Deducting 12 per cent additional for reduction 51.17 per cent in use and grade of commercial fertilizers for 1921, will indicate a production of 7,558,365 bales. Allowing a deduction of 42.73 per cent account acreage reduction and commercial fertilizers and adding 4.05 per cent for abanloned acreage after planting in 1921, making a to tal of 47.68 per cent, the production for this year based upon 1920 yield would be 6,905.075 bales. With acreage reduction 30.73 per cent and 12 per cent deducted account commercial fertilizers making a total of 42.73 applied to the last five years average production of 11,808,389 bales, the estimated yield for 1921 would be 6,762,664 bales. The abandonment of cotton acreage planted to (late will be very material Iy increased due to bad stands and fin ancial inability to cultivate the crop. 0 MAN AND WIFE SLAIN Salisbury, N. C., May 31.-With a bullet hole through the head of each, the dead bodies of John Wright Da vis, bookkeeper in a local bank, and his wife, were discovered on a bed in their home here late today, the hand of the husband still gripping a 38 calibre pistol. In the opinion of Solicitor Hayden Clement, who was a neighbor of the Davises, and other officers, who in vestigated the premiaes, the double tragedy occurred Monday afternoon. The officers prbnounced it a case of homicide and suicide and announced that they deemed an inquest unnec essary. The officers, after investiga tion expressed the opinion that Da vis shot his wife and then himself during a period of insanity brought Pbout, by worry over Mrs. Davis' in creasing poor health. No othel- mo tive was suggested by the officers. CROWDS ATTEND DUBROW'S BIG SALE When the store doors at 11. D. Du brow's were opened this morning the people of this section were on hand in large numbers to take advantage of the big bargains that were being offered. This condition existed all (lay I ing, and we ,ave no doubt that this was one of the biggest days that any sale ever had in Manning. Mr. Dubrow is inaugurating many new! ideas in this sale and it will pay our people to take advantage of it. - 0 MISS HIAMNIER ENTERTAINS Last Thursday evening Miss' Mary Hamner entertained the younger set of High School giIs and boys at a theatre party. The guests, who num bered forty-two met at the home of Miss Hamner an(d as they arrived they were served with punch. The home was decorated very prettily with yel low daisies and the punch howl was banked with these daisies. When all the guests had arrived Mrs. Hamner helped her daughter to pass around, two plates, which were filled with the pictures of movie actors and actresses cut in different shapes. One plate was for the boys, the other for the girls. When these had been passed the boys and girls matched them and those having part of the same picture were partners to the theatre. After hav ing enjtyed the picture of "Polly anna" in wvhich Mary Pickford was starred, the guests were invited to the cafe wvhere a lovely ice course was served. T1he color scheme used in the (decoration of the Cafe was blue and gold. Blue and gold ribbon extendeda~ from the chandleliers to the corners of the tables and large bowls of yellow (daisies tied with blue rib~bon were the center- piece of each table. While at the Cafe a contest was held and the guests were asked to write all the "movie stars" they could think of. T1he couples winning were Hugh Or yin and Snrah Lesesne who were pre sented with tickets to the theatre and Connor Wells and Leona Rigby who wvon the booby prize, this being a pic. ture of Mary Pickford. The guests enjoying this lovely oc casion were Miss Rosalie Plowden and Mr. Buster Nimmeir, Miss Virginia Coffey antd Mr. Connor- Wells, Miss Lula Rigby and Mr. Robert D~uRant, Sara Lesebne and Mr-. Charlie Davin, Miss Cecil Clark and Mr. Ike Bagnal, Miss Isabelle Plowden aiid Mr. Willie Bradley, Miss Estelle Wilson and Mr. Jake Wilson, Miss Mary Sue Wilson and Mr. Alston Davis, Miss Mary Lou Bradlley and Mr. Moultrie Bagnal, Miss Leona Rigby and Mr. Jessie G. Hfuggina, Miss Mary Johnson and Mr. Laurens Wilson, Miss Louise McEI veen and Mr. Lucius Ileriott, Miss Ruth Dickson and Mr. William Rich prdson, Miss Hanttie Breedin and Mr-. Clayton Luce, Miss Lily Emma Sprott andl Mr. Samuel Rigby, Miss Gertrude Gee and Mr. Charles Wilson, Miss Francis Brown and Mr. Nevelee Sprott, Miss Francis Dickson and Mr. Jack Gerald, Miss T1helma Endon and Mr. Hugh Or-vin, Miss Shuler- and( Mr. Philhps and the young hostess, Miss Marny Hlamnet'. The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. T. S. JHamneri and( Mr-s. Connor Wnels. W[L[AR[ MAN VISITS JAIL AND CHAIN. GANG REPORT OF VISIT TO THE COUNTY CHAIN GANG Made May 19th, 1921, By Assistant Secretary Brearley. Except for poor disposal of sewage the Clarendon County chain gang is in as good condition as it was last year, when it was ranked as fourteenth amohg the counties of the state. Last year the soil buckets -were emptied in to a pit and covered with earth every day, but this year almost no sanitary precautions are taken and the refuse is emptied on the ground near the house in which the chain gang was encamped. Act 352, Acts.of 1914, requires that prisoners with good behavior shall have one tenth of the sentence deduct ed as a reward for their conduct. Clarendon is one of the six counties in the state that fail to 1serve fully the provisions of this &s, in spite of the fact that the act states the penalty for non-performance shall be impri sonment for not less than thirty days or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars. V Some of the other improvements needed at this camp are: the giving of fresh vegetables occasionally to add variety to the bill of fare; the aboli tion of the disgusting habit of allow ing more than onn man to wash in one tub of water; the purchase of more bedding and the more frequent wash ing of that now in use. State Board of Public Welfare. REPORT OF VISIT TO THE CLARENDON COUNTY JAIL Made May 19th, 1921, By Assistant Secretary Brearley. The sleeping arrangements at the Clarendon county jail are most un satisfactory. Fourteen men are now supposed to sleep upon four small cots in a cell block only about 7'x15' x 22'. Not a single mattress was in evidence and but a few blankets. One man stated that he had to sleep on the floor with another prisoner and that the two Pf them had only one blanket for both bedding and covering. The only bath tub for the use of the prisoners has a hole in it and cannot be used without floodinr the cell and and leaking into the ja r's quarters below. Consequently nor. of the men r.ow confined have had a bath since they were committed. At the time of this visit one prisoner had not bathed in seven weeks. These conditions mean that any per son sent to this jail will suffer more severely before he is convicted than he will in the same length of time up on the chain gang or in the state penitentiary. In the sight of the law a man is presumed innocent until he is proven guilty. The Clarendon jail shoulj be made a place where an in nocent man can be confined without endangering his health and possibly his life. State Board of Public Welfare. - 0 - LOCAL dAPPENINGS Of TWENTY YEARS AGO June 5, 1901 Died, last Monday night, an infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lee. Mrs. Baker laynesworth of Flor ence is visiting her mother, Mrs. L. E. Hiuggmna. We are informed that Council wvill soon be askedl to put in force a measure to plrevenit dogs from running at large on the streets. Dr. J. T1. Stukes, .Jr., one of the recent gradluates of the South Caro lina Medical College left Manning last Thursday for Florida. Rev. .J. D). Huggins, pastor of the Paxville Baiptist church, preached the a nnual ser'mon to the Welch Neck HIigh School at Hartsville last Sun day. The Sumter Bartlette Street Bap tist church was dledicated last Sunday. Rev. J1. O. G;ough of the Manning Bap tist church preachedl the 'dedication sermon. There is considlerable opposition the passage of the anti-Hog ordinance which the Council has been asked to pass. The opposition comes from hog raisers altogether. Miss Lucile Barron, State Librarian, on account of the work going on in the State HIouse interfering with her of fice, has conme home to spend this week. Everybody is glad to see Miss Harron. We note with lelasure that Miss Lillian Louise Hlarvin of this town graduates in stenograp~hy andl typeC writing at the Presbyterian Coillg for Women of ColumbDia. eg School Closing---The Moses Levi MemorIal Institute has closed for this session. The gradluating class con sisting of Misses Ethel 11eI, Sara Hlarvin, Pet Wilson and Sudie Davis and Messrs. J. K. Breedin and Milton Weinberg. The special course stu (dents who received certificates were Misses MWargie Appelt and Lou MISS DUNCAN HONOREE OF BRIDGE PARTY Mis. T. M. Mouzon entertained in honor of Miss Marguerite Duncan of Charleston, opn Tuesday afternoon, at a lovely 'Bridge party. The rooms were decorated profusely in all kinds of Spring flowers,' pot plants and ferns. The tables, numbering three, were marked with flowers instead of numbers and on them were dishes fill ed with bon bons. The prize, a box of stationary, was won by Mrs. Leon Weinberg and the consolation was won by Mrs. W. R. Gray. The honoree, Miss Duncan, was presented with a bottle of French ex tract. At the close of the afternoon, Mrs. Mouzon served her guests with a love ly salad course and and iced punch. Her guests included: Mesdames A. C. Bradhani, G. W. Williams, W. R. Gray, Leon Weinberg, J. A. Wein berg, J. A. Cole, J. HI. Orvin, E. S. Ervin, C. B. Geiger and Misses Mar guerite Duncan, Irma Weinberg, and Corinne Barfield and the hostess Mrs. T. M. Mouzon. CAMP FIRE GIRLS ON CAMP The Camp Fire Girls left Saturday to "make camp" at Tindals Pond, about six miles out, for about a week or ten (lays. They are under the pro tection of their guardians, Miss Shuler and Miss -Mamie Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sprott spent Saturday night with them and Rev. and Mrs. .1. A. Easley will go out for a few days this week. On Sunday morning the girls held Sunday School and on Sun day afternoon the parents of the girls were asked to come out and see the camp. On Friday evening the girls will hold a "Ceremonial" and their parents and one boy friend of each girl are invited to be present. The members of the camp are Misses Virginia Coffey, Lula Rigby, Sarah Lesesne, Cecil Clark, Mary Sue Wilson, Mary Lou Bradley, Leona Rigby, Ruth Dickson, Lily Emma S rott, Gertrude Gee, Francis Brown, rancis Dickson, Mary Hamner, Gladys Eadon, Elizabeth Sprott, Eli zabeth Richardson, Mildred Smith, Sarah and Corinne McKelvey. -o MRS. JAMES REAVES SPOKE AT AUXILIARY MEETING Mrs. James Reaves, of Sardinia, who has lately returned from a. visit to her son, ilenry Reaves who is a mis sionary in China, gave a veny inter esting talk at the meeting qf the Ladies Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church last Saturday afternoon. DeLOACH-HUGGINS An announcement of interest here was seen in Monday's issue of "The State"-The announcement read: Edgefield, May 29--Mrs. Catherine Warren DeLoach announces the en gagement of her daughter, Ruth, to Frank Howell Huggins of Manning. Their marriage will take place Wed nesday, June 8th, at the home of the bride's mother in Edgefield. Mr. Huggins is a popular employee of J. H1. Rigby's store in Manning. -0__ Arrangements are being perfecte(l for the meeting on June 10th in the in terest of the Clarendon County I s.. pital. It. is hoped that a large rep resentative crowd will be present to hear the speakers an( assist in the enterli;se. PUBLIC HEALTH NOTES BY THE COUNTY NURSE Mothers do not tor tuire your baibies~ with heavy clothing t his hot weather. Tfhe cooler your baby is kept the bet ter it is for him and the less liable he is t o have summer complaint. Two garmenk of very thin material are sufleient-a slip and napkin. The baby con ference at Tu rbevi lle last Wednesday was slen'ldid. While there wvere iiot as many babies as they had hoped toi have, still the interest was great and~ because of the smaller. number, Miss Moore was able to give each mother individual instruction ill the care of her baby. Th'is~ is some thing that every mother appreciates. All were intere~stedl in the exhibit which included the proper and im proper kinds of food1 for children as wvell as for th(e family, the kind of toys to use for babies, and baby kil lors---tea and1( coffee, coca-cola, pare goric, peanuts, bananas, candy, pick les and pacifiers. T'he play pen which tihe boy scoiuts of Summerton made was also shown, andl a home madec Ki<.dy Koop. The committee was un tiring in their wvork andl the nurse again wishes to thank her chairman and his helpers for their faithfulness. A similar conference is being plan n~ed at Gable JTune 3rd. Thesei confer ences require a great dleal oif wvork on the pairt of thle nurse and~ her conm mittee. Every home inl tile commun ity where there aire chld~ren is visitedl, andl the aim of the conference explain ed, the tinme and day for the confer ence, and if there are any who have no way of transportation, some mem ber of the committee providles a way. It takes a week of hlard work to get readly for one of theCse conferences anid Miss. Moore andir herl commlittee are more thlan anxious for every family in thle community to have the benefit of a free examination of the young children unIo are under school age. If there is any community which would like to hold a conference, thle nurse will be glad to hlave information to that effect. JRY DECLARES MANNING CUILY Negro Fari Boss Sentencced to Prison. TO SERVE LIFE TERM Defendant Again Tells His Story of Killing Negroes on Williams' Farm. - Covington Ga., May, 31.-Clyde Manning, negro farm boss for John S. Williamps, was convicted of murder in superior court here late today and sentenced to life imprisonment-the same sentence passed upon Williams when he was convicted here a short time ago, Manning had testified hi aided Williams in killing negro farmi hands to halt, a peonage investigation but claimed he acted in fear of his life. The jury was out 35 minutes and then returned the same verdict as that of the Williams jury-murder with recommendation for mercy, which automatically carried a life term. ,E. Marvin Underwood, em ployed by a group of Georgians to represent Manning, made a motion. for a new trial and Judge John B. Hutcheson fixed the hearing for -July 30 at Decatur. Williams also is seek ing a new trial. Manning was tried on the specific charge of the murder of Lindsey Pe terson, of whose murder Williams was convicted and today he cally recited the story he told at the Wil liams trial, claiming he had another negro kiled 11 farm hands on Wil hams' orders. Later Manning claims to have slain the other negro. Pe terson and two other negroes were alleged to have been brought into this county at night from the Jas per county farm and drowned. Under Georgia law Manning could not have been held accountable had he been able to convice the jury he killed the men through fear for his own life and the defense based its case on this while the state sought to show the negro was "a willing accomplice." 0 CLASH IN TULSA Tulsa, Okla., May S1.-One negro was killed and -two whites and three negroes wounded in a race trouble here tonight, when a score or more white persons armed, clasde with about 20. armed negroes, who gather ed in the vicinity of the court house after a negro had been arrested, for an alleged attack or a white girl. Scattered firing continued at midmight while the body of the (lead negro still lay in the street. Shortly befgore midnight a crowd of white men estimated at from 500 to 1,000 marched through the business section here, some of the men saying they were on their way to the negro district. The first company of national guardsmen on the streets was greeted with loud cheers from crowds along the sidewalks. -o FIRE DIAMAGES SHIP Hloboken, N., J., May 31.-A small fire of undetermined origin tonight slightly damaged the steamship George, which twice carried former President Wilson to France and back. The steamer is in dry (lock here un dergoing repairs. The blaze, which broke out on the hurricane deck was extinguishied less than an hour after its discovery. Dry dock officials said the damage could be repaired within two days. %I A II N STRIK( E STILl IN FORCE WVash ing toni, May 31.-Demands of the martine engineers for a clause in the propiosedl agreement with the shipping hoard providing for the re instate(ment of the men who left their ships du ring the marne wage conitroversy3 proven ted a settlement of the shipping strike today, Secre tary D~avis announicedl after a series of conferences with both parties. Later he v'isited the White hlouse but no statement was muade concerning his discussion with the president. The secretary will c'onfer wvith the (engineers alga in tomorirow, it was an nouncedi, but ton ighit he said he felt that he had exhausted every means of setting the dispute and unless the pr1esenlt tent ative agreement was signed, lie would dlevote no more time to the matter. Under the terms of the agreement already approved by Chairman Blea son of the shipping btoard and saidl by3 labor department oflicials to have been ratified in a referendlum Sunday by union locals, the matter of rein.. statement was to be left to an un derstanding that each would be set tled ini fairness to all p~arties con cerned. Sec retary D~av is conferred wvith both the engineers and shipping boar'd officials~ today and also kept in touch by telephone with the Ameri enn Ship Owners associat ion, who wore in session in New York. i~e later announced that the association would lhe in session again tomorrow and that there was yet a chance of their agreeing to the proposed terms. In such an event, he added ,thle agree me'nt would in his opinion yet be signedl by all parties. M r. aand M rs. JT. 11. Can tev and ch il dren left last Friday for Mullins, S. C., to visit Mrs. Cantey's parents, Rev. and Mr's. G. TI. Watson, Mr. Cantey spent the wveek-end but Mrs. Cantey and children will stay for several weeks.