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_ueCtion One 1Pages lto 8 'ae t voL. xLII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 1922 A,~~~O JAUR42,12 NEW WORKING RUMS HIT BY RAI. UNIONS Committee of One Hundred Repre senting Shop Crafts Order Disputes Instituted TO ATTACK LABOR BOARD 1 All Shop Rules Which Cut Time and One-half Pay for Extra Work Are Rejected Chicago, Jan. 24.-Rejection of all railroad shop rules, recently pro mulgated by the United States Rail road Labor Board, which cut time and one-half pay for extra work from the shopmen's wages was or dered today by the committee of one hundred, acting for the six railway shop crafts. * In a, circular issued to the 500, 000 shop wrokers in the country, Ahe committee ot'dered new disputes instituted with the railway man agements immediately over these rules, and failing an agreement, the disputes, were ordered taken to the labor board for hearing. The circular was signed by the inter national presidents of the six shop crafts unions. Of the seven rejected rules, the greatest dissatisfaction centered on Rule 6, providing straight time for regularly assigned work on Sun days and holidays. This work was previously paid for at time and one half. The committee proposed a d. substitute rule reinstating time and one-half.' Emergency Work The board's new rules covering employes assigned to emergency work and to fill temporary vacan cies at outlying points were also rejected by the committee because they took away certain pay pro visions contained in the old na tional agreement made during fed eral control. Under Rule 10, emer gency employes are paid for time worked in accordance with the practice at the home station and straight time for all time waiting Or traveling. The union committee directed in stitution of a dispute to reinstate time and one-half and double time to cover all time spent on the emer gency assignment whether work ing, waiting or traveling. Similar provisions will be asked in disputes to be created over rules 12 and 14, applying to men assigned - to temporary vacancies at outlying points and to men on road work who leave and return to their home stations daily. The board's new rule allowing I the carriers to require a proposal examination for all applications for employment was also remanded to the system federations to re-nego tiate with the individual roads. The committee directed that the dispute be instituted to have this rule modi fied "in the interests of the em ployes." Carpenter Rules Attacked ' Another important rule by wvhich ,the board madle it possible for the roads to hire any man familiar wvith , the use of tools as a car repairer came under fire by the committee. A new rule wvas proposedl over which the carmcn are dlirected to open negotiations. The proposed rule would allow helpers and helper apprentices with less than four years' experience to be adlvancedl to mechanic's grade, and if mnore. men pro needed, men with experience in the use of mechanic's tools could be hiredl. This would eliminate the hiring of any carpenter who hadl not had mechanical experience. Thirty-three other rules were ac ceptedl ,subject .to the interpretation which the committee placed upon them and the remaining rules wecre agreed to. Some revision of certain of the overtime rules were bal ia m likely as they were found to permit of different interpretations as they stand at present. Railroad emi cilse, however, dleclared there was little likelihood of reinstating any of time and one-half provilsons wiped out by the board. "NEW CURRENT HOURS The Manning Electric Light and Fuel Company announces that from now on they will keep the current on straight through the morning. This anwounicement is of much Interest to the housekeepers as It will enable thin to use up-to-date cooking uten Is. TOBACCO MEETING MONDAY JANUARY 30 The Head Officers of the Co-opera tive Tobacco Marketing Association in Florence has been the scene for real activity for the past week. Bund= les of signed contracts arrive by every mail, accompanied by settle ments. These are classified and re corded each day. Calls for blank con tracts from the banks, business houses and vo'luntary workers in the field are constantly coming by mail and wire. Requests for contracts from ten different banks came in by one mail last week. Those who have not signed realize that the time is very short for taking advantage of joining on the same basis as before Christmas. After Feb. 2nd the Campaign Committee's work will be taken over by the Board of Directors. If this body sees fit, they can raise the price of admission as has been done by some of the market ing associations. Each of the thousands of signers in South Carolina has been sent a let ter containing full instructions as to the method of casting his vote on January 30th for delegates, from his county. The letter also carried a ballot con taining the names of nominees for delegates. These names were sug gested by the respective county or ganizations. The Clarendon county ballot contains four names as follows: C. R. Sprott, J. P. Buddin, A. J. Plowden, D. R. DuBose. Only two will be elected. This be ing the number of delegates Claren don county will be entitled to. The signer is instructed to take this ballot to his county Court House on January 30. It can be mailed to the County Chairman in case of sickness. A copy of the Tri-State Tobacco Grower was also mailed from the Florence headquarters to each signer in South Carolina last week. Each signer is urged to lay aside all personal prejudice, and select the very best and strongest men in his county for delegates. This done, he will be almost sure to get the best men as permanent Directors. It is hoped for and urged that each signer will '.o his duty and attend his county meeting on January 30. The men you choose at this meeting will help select men to handle n $100,000, 000 business. Each signer is urged to take with him at least one or two 'new signers to this meeting. These will be fur nished ballots at the court House. This is considered very important, for every new signer eliminates that much iobacco from competition with the Association, besides every pound added to the pool will help to lessen the overhead expenses per pound. Any one having not signed a con tract, can get one at his bank, or from his County Demonstration Agent, or by dropping a postal to the Campaign Committee, Florence, S. C. TOBACCO ASSOCIATION NEWS Elsewhere in this issue is a state ment from the Organization Commit tee regarding the election of the Delegates who will name our Director. I, therefore, will not go into detail regarding this. I do want to add a word though as to the importance of members being present at the elec tion. 'T'here are a number of matters to be discussed, and we want a big attendance at this-the first real meeting-of our Association.. Of course you can mail in your ballot, but that will not take the place of your personal attendance and parti cipation in the proceedings. Let every Tobacco Association member be in Manning Monday. W. R. Gray, Secretary. HONOR ROLL MANNING SCHIOOL (Corrected) 1st. grade-Carl Barnes, Leland Crouch, J. B. Cantey, Charles Snyder, Billy Gray, Lila May Biradham, Leila O'Bryan, JTack Stalnaker- Adv. 1st. grade-J. B. Hlarvin, Imogene Ridgill, Wilburn Wells. 2nd. grade-Louis A ppelt, William Breedin, Frank Hluggins, Hugh A. Plowden, Oliver Orvin, McLauren Gamble, W. A. Mahoney, JTessie Plowv dien. 3rd. grade-Frank Barnes, Delma Bradlham, Wilma Bradham, Lucius hlarvin, Eva McCall, Clarence Plow.. len, Myrtle Windham, Maude Wells, IHelen Ennis, Marshall Creecy, George Williams, Cooper Dickson, Maric Nim 4th. grade- Rosalie Weinberg, Irances Harvin, Doris Coffey, Alma Rawlinson, Frances McElveen, Har riot PlowWn, Florine H~arhington, Lila May Alsbrook, Dock Bradham, Witmer Shope. 5th. grade-,John Edwvard Arant, F"rances Davis, George Dickson, Vivian Katzoff, Ashley Rigby, Mary E'dith Plowden. 6th. gradIe-Frances Coskrey, Hant tie Alice Mahoney, Carol McKelvey, Ashton Plowden, Muldrow Windham, Doris Crouch. 7th. gradle-Clarence Breedin, Lil lian, Ervin, Rosa Geiger, Virginia Drvmn. 9th. gradle-Ruby Bullard, Margeni Creecy, Mattie Horton, Sara Ellen Mc Kelvey. 10th. gradle-L~ily Emma Sprott. 11th. grade -. Bertha Johnson, Isabel Plo vden, William Richardson, E~stell Wilson. Married last Wednesday by Judge of Probate J. M. Windhmam, Mr. Francis Marion Castine of Tur'beville and Miss Lottie Leola Hlodge of For natnn. LOCAL HAPPENINGS TWENTY YEARS AGO January 29th, 1902 Grover Cleveland is gunning near Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Till have re turned from Florida. Mr. Ruthven 'Plowden of Foreston, was in town Monday. Mr. Fin Coffey is erecting a large livery stable on Mill Street. W. C. DuRant, Esq., was called to Sumter this week on professional business. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. B. Hudnal of Kingstree, are visiting relatives in the Fork. Mr. W. H. Trescott has moved into the house formerly occupied by Mr. E. S. Ervin. President Roosevelt and a number of his cabinet will be in Charleston February 12th. Mr..S. R. Venning is building a neat residence on Church Street, next to Mr. W. G. King. Dr. W. M. Brockinton and family visited relatives in Kingstree, for a few days this week. Miss Julia Sprott, who is assisting in the Bank, spent last Sunday at her home in Jordan. The many friends of Miss Annie S. Harvin will be pleased to learn that she is convalescing. Mrs. F. Glenn Wells, nee Miss Mita Brown, of Columbia, has been in town this week visiting relatives and friends. DEATH OF MRS. WHEELER Mrs. Hattie Wheeler, wife of Mr. S. Wheeler, died Sunday, January 15th, 1922 at their home, Turbeville, S. C., R. F. D. Her body was carried to Midway Church Monday, January 16th, where it was laid to rest in the Midway Cemetery. She was 54 years old and her death came as such a shock to her family and relatives as she was sick only a few hours with heart failure. Mrs. Wheeler was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Sardinia, and was such a pure Christian woman that she was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Sarah C. Nelson, also nine children: John W. Wheeler, Alcolu, I)r. S. E. Wheeler, Columbia, Mrs. Olive Black, Turbe ville, Miss Sadie Wheeler, Fort Mill, Lawrence Wheeler, Charleston, Smith, Louie, Hattie and Dick Wheeler all of Turbeville, also a large circle of relatives and friends. SAMUEL P. OLIVER, JR. DEAD Greeleyville, Jan. 22.-Wednesday afternoon the sudden death of Samuel P. Oliver, Jr., occurred. Mr. Oliver had been sick for about one week, but was able to be up on Monday, and his friends thought he was better. Tues day he became worse, but his condi tion was not considered alarming un til a few hours before his death. Acute Bright's disease was the cause of his deoath. He was in his twventy sixth year and had spent most of his life here. At the Lime of his death he was bookkeeper for the Mallard Lumber Company. lie wvas a young man of splendlid character, a memb~er of the P'resbyterian Church. IHo was an active mom ber' of the Ma sonic lodge, being treasurer of the local lodge. Four years ago he married Miss Bettie Register. ,of this place. She with a little dlaughter and a small son, survives him. Heo is also sur vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Oliver, a brother, C. H. Oliver, of Duke, N. C., and three sisters. Mrs. 1H. E. Dufant of Alcolu, and Misses Itic andl Hennie Oliver. The funeral services were con dluctedl in the Presbyterian Church by the pastor, the Rev. R. HI. Hatch ford, assisted by the Rev. Grier, a former pastor, nnd the Rev. M. F. Dukes, pastor of the Methodist Church, on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. The Masons had charge of the services at Mount Hope Ceme tery. DEATH OF MR. JAMES BURGESS Died last Sunday at his home near Martin's Lake, Mr. James A. Bur gess. The deceased had been in ill health for a great many years, and the end was not unexpected. Mr. Bur gess was a good Christian gentleman and one of Clarendon's best citizens. Hie is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mason of Georgia and four children, besides a .large family connection. The remains were laid to rest in Browlnoan enmery on Monta. NOTES FROM KENTUCKY TOBACCO MARKETS Hogshead Leaf Trade Louisville, Ky., Jan. 17.--Sales cf tobacco on the Louisville market con tinued heavy yesterday. Offerings aggregated 768 hogsheads or 466 ol burley. 269 new burley and 33 old dark. There were 628 original inspec tions and 140 on review. Today's sales will open at the Louisville Warehouse. Yesterday's sales included the fol lowing: Tenth-street Wareiouse 20 new burley, $16.75 to $32.50; 99 old bur ley, $5.95 to (28.50; 12 old dark, $3.75 to $12.75. Louisville Warehouse, 62 new bur ley, $3.60 to $39; 73 ol burley, $3 to $42. Turner Warehouse, 14 new burley, $7.10 to $25.50; 65 old burley, $5.50 to $31.50. Kentucky Warehouse, 50 new bur ley, T5 to $47.50; 86 old burley, $5 to $34; 16 old (lark, $4 to $14. Main Street Warehouse sold 31 new burley at $6.90 to $22.50 and 66 old burley $4.05 to $26.50. Planters Farmers Warehouse sold 72 new bur ley at $6.50 to $41.50 and 97 old bur ley at $3.50 to I33. Henderson, Ky, Jdn. 17.-A slight improvement of tobacco prices was noted on today's sale when 75,800 pounds sokd at an average of $13.92. Best leaf sold up to 33 cents a pound. Lugs and trash continue strong and are holding up the aver age. The slump in leaf which began two weeks ago c ontinues. Buyers declare the crop i st'rger than they antici pated, and they filled many of their orders before the holidays. Tobacco is coming from Crittenden, Hopkins, McLean and Livingston Counties. Three-fourths of the crop in Henderson, Union and Webster has been marketed. 02 Is Lowest In iopkinsville Hopkinsville, Ky., Jan. 17.-'-Tobac co is pouring into the city from every direction. Sales today aggre gated 670,000 at $16.45 average. Prices ranged $2 to $37. The tone of the market is strong, with lower grades showing an advance. Owensboro Average Is $13.59 Owensboro, Ky., Jan. 17.-Tobacco sales today on the Owensboro market totaled 491,060 pounds of dark tobac co at a general average of $13.59, a slight increase over Monday's sales. Sales for the entire season total 18, 541,405 pounds. The growers have been paid $3,045,243.91. 28,520 Pounds at Cynthiana Cynthiana, Ky., .Jan. 17.-Twenty eight thousand five hundred and twen ty pounds of tobacco was sold at the LeBus warehouse here today at an average of $21.17. Leaf Prices .Jump Up Henderson, Ky., .Jan. 20.-Tobacco prices took a jump today over Thursday, bringing $1.22 on the 100 pounds higher, when 106,840 pounds sold at a $16.42 average. It was the highest average for the week. Best leaf sold up to 40 cents a pound, lugs to 30, and trash to 12. Heavy sleet here tonight will retard delivery, it is believed. To (late a total of 7,129,287 pounds has been sold for $1,200,831.02. Lexington Ayerage S$2l.88 Lexington, K~y., .Jan. 20. (A ssociat edl Press) .-The Lexington tobacco market remainedl steadly on the week's closing sales today, 377,336 poundls being disposed of at an average of $21.88. The three wvarehouses hand l ing the unpooled leaf wvill reopen for sale.s Monday morning. Carrollton Average $25.33 Carrollton, Ky., Jan. 20.-The Gayle loose leaf house sold1 over the floor todlay 45,655 pou~nds fr $1 1. 564.71, n verge f $25.33. Hlogshead Leaf Tlrade Louisville, Ky., Jan. 20.-00'ferings of tobacco oni the Louisville breaks yesterday included 142 new burley, 258 o1ld burley and I new dark. Of these original inspections wvere 342 andl reviews 59. The first sale Monday will be at the Main-street house. The Phmnters-Farnmers' Warehouse sold 14 new burley at $12 to $28.50 and 75 01(1 burley at $4.50 to $27.50. Tenth-street Warehouse, 15 new burley $4.30 to $28.50; 175 01(1 bur Icy 24.95 to $31. Louisville Warehouse 100 new bur ley $4.60 to $40; 50 01ld burley $3.50 to $30. Kentucky Warehouse 30 new bur ley $6 to $28; 116 old burley $5 to $30; 1 new (lark $5.70. Main-street Warehouse 46 new bur Iey $4.40 to $48.50; 74 01(1 burley $3 to $13.25. Planters-Farmers' Warehouse 45 new burley $6.10 to $41.50; 101 01(1 burley $4.45 to $28.50. Low Grades Cause Price to Fall Hlopkinsville, Ky.,. Jan. 20.-An excess of low gradlos caused a drop in tobacco prices today. Growecrs re ceived $83.732 for ~228,365 pounds, the averna-e nrie being- $14.7 BOLL WEEVIL MEETING IlE lfIERE ON MONAY Experts 'From Federal Department of Agriculture And Soil Improve ment Committee Address Claren don Farmers. A small but interested group of leadng Clarendon County farmers greeted the boll weevil party whicl arlrived in Manning Monday morning~ from Sumter, Thc party consiste< of Director J. N. Harper of the Soi Improvement Committee, J. O. Tayloi of the United States Department of Agriculture, F. H. Jeter and David D. Long of Atlanta. "How to beat the boll weevil an grow cotton" was the main topic dis. cussed. Results of the experiences of practical farmers were presented County Agent W. R. Gray presided. Dr. J. N. Harper, the first speak er, told of the cultural methods to be employed in growing cotton undeI weevil condition. le recommendet early land preparation, use of good seed from sonic standard early varie ties but pointed out that the variety should be one that would set its fruit throughout the growing season. Dr Harper discussed also the use of fer. tilizers and told the best percentages of the different plant food elements to use. He stressed all the good methods that promote earliness. Mr. Taylor, government boll expert dscussed controlling the weevil by dusting with calcium arsenate. He told of mistakes made by farmers who had been unsuccessful in fighting the weevil by his method and explain ed the reason for failure. le es pecially stressed the need of care in using the method and gave specific directions for making applications. Mr. Long discussed soils in relation to cotton production. He pointed out also some of the mistpkes made in fighting the weevil. Mr. Jeter spoke briefly about how some farmers in Georgia and Ala bama had fought the weevil success fully. lIe told of visits he had made to these farms and the methods fol lowed in whipping the pest. DATES SET F'OR T Il E COTTON MEETINGS It seems that all great reforms are about by adversities. It is neces sary for the public to be driven or shocked into making any important changes in their methods of living and doing business. But after we have made these changes we are led to wonder how we ever managed to get along under the old regime. I ani thoroughly convinced that it will be this way with our Co-operative Marketing Systems. Statistics show us that those countries and sections that have adopted real co-operative marketing are the prosperous places today. Cotton appears to be one of the crops that most readily adapts itself to this form of selling, and now that the weevil has cut down our produc tion greatly, it is of the utmost im portance that what we make is sold to the best possible advantage. We know that a farmer having several hundred or a thousand bales of cot ton can sell it to a better advantage than can the fellow who has only a few bales. Then why can not a real selling agency controlling hundreds of thousands of bales sell it still more advantageously ? We believe that this can and will be done. Practically every cotton state in the union is now preparing to market its cotton in this way, and we do not want to stand in the way of progress. Meetings are being held this week at which speakers will exnlain 'lhe Co operative Marketing of Cotton. I know that. we are all "fed up" on meetings, but I hope that every farm er will take the time to atttendl the meeting nearest hii m. It may he wvorth much to himi. Meetings wvill he held at thle follow Iinmg places :---Sardin ia, 7 :30t Thursday night.; Oakdale, lFriday at 11; ,New.' Zion, F'riday at 3; .Jordan, F'ridav at 11 , and D~avis Station, F"riday at. 2:30; Turbeville, Saturday at 3 o'clocnk. W. R. G;ray, Count-y Agent. AMER(ICAN LEGION EXTEN1)5 C7LUII F*EATl'FR Thle local Post of the American Legion has completedl plans wvher-eh men not eligible to memibe'-ship in thec oirganiztationi are to he permitted the use of its club roonms. Such iimn are to lbe asked for at contribution of $5.00 per year and will be given in return a card entitling them to free use of the pool1 roomi, reading room, shower baths and other- club facilities miaintainedl by the Post. Williamis-.Hurgess Post now has spacious andl convenient club rooms oni the second floor of the Manning Uardware bu ilding and it. is intended to improve themi as fast as the work ing of the present plan affordls the mecans. The nmembers of the Post feel that it wvill be a benefit to the towvn to thus Open its club to other citizens and at the same time it is hoped that through the co.-oper-ative and contri butions of all the citizen.' of Manning to have a Legioa Post of which the community will be proud. Mr. TI. HT. Stuikes now has a supply of the cards to be used and asiks that other Legionnaires call upon him for them. Cynthiana Leaf Market Cynthiiana, K:'., Jan. 20.-The Lebus Warehouse todlay sold 1%5456 pounds of tobacco at an average of $22.22 a humnd pnmds CALLS FARM MEETING ICE CREAM PARTY South Carolina Man Proopses Ap ppointment of Committee on Resolutions SEES JAB AT FARM BLOC Cut and Dried Program Charged by J. S. Wannamaker; Open Session Today Washington, Jan. 24.-The Na tional Agricultural Conference which was opened here yesterday with an address by President Harding got clown to work on details this after noon when the committees appointed at the first session held their first meetings. The morning was given over to an open session marked by addresses by Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing director of the War Fin ance Corporation; G. F. Warren, of Ithaca, N. Y., who has just complet ed a study of European conditions; Wesley C. Mitchell, New York econo mist, and Herbert Myrick, of Spring field, Mass., editor of Farm and Home. Another open session is to be held to morrow morning. The first signs of differences in the conference appeared after the defeat today of a motion by J. S. Wannamaker, of South Carolina, for appointment of a committee on reso lutions. This motion was defeated on the ground that the committees I already appointed were expected to consider resolutions. Attacks Conference Mr. Wannamaker issued a formal statement later ,attacking the con ference and declaring "about all the farmers and farm leaders have to do in this conference is to shake hands with the President, meet. some oflicial dignitaries and par take of a little ice cream and cake and then go home." "Selection of committees has been made in such a manner," Mr. Wan namaker said "as to suggest that. those responsible for such serv ice are either totally ignorant of the qualifications of the delegates or have lent themselves to a cut and dried and well backed scheme to prevent the forward-looking farm er represent:tives from bringing any good whatever from out of the con fereuce." lie was "confident," he continued, that it was "the purpose of those responsible for the conference to destroy the farm bloc." "The l'resident's address in open ing the conference," he cont inued, "indicated very clearly that such was the purpose." Behind Closed Doors The committee meetings this aft ernoon were held behind closed doors. It was expectel they wvould be occupied chiefly today with or gan iza tioni and, perha ps, prelim i nary surveys of the woIrk assignied to the.lttTwt'lelve major comm0)ittees :mod their chairmuen were apjpointeud yesteorday i and these were explect ed to divide themselves it a numbnter of suibcommittees to work outt de ta ils (If their various a ssiginment s. I I'robaby one qutest ion~ int which lie delegaLts are as a whtole inter estedl is that of cotmmoi~d ity fintane - ing. Otne member (If the commit tee otn atgricutltural credit antd insur--. itnce, wvhich htas thtis subject. undoer considlerat ion, suggested a plani prtobably coutld be wvorked out to ptrovide for commod~ttity loants run nintg from six months tol three years. lIIis proposition wvould provide for' t he grading and inspection otf com - mtodities, endtorsemnent of ccomo l]ityv papiler prtesen ted by farmers by thei local banks and the handling of this paper through the Fedleraul Farm Loan Bank system, whicht w'oul either dliscount it through the fed eral reserve system or issue dleben tures against tihe loans in the fotrm of certificates of indebtedlness to bte sol on thte open market. CIVIC LEAGUE TE~A Mrs. J1. A. Weinberg gave the first of the chain of tea for the Civic League on last Wednesday aiftetnoon. About forty ladies were present and rook was played during the tafter noon. First prize was wvon by Mrs. Leon Weinberg and consolatioin was won by Mrs Scott Hiarvin and Mrs. English Plowden got the booby. After the game coffee with sand wiches was served by the hostnes