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THE CHERAw|cHRONICLE
wot. on CHEEAW, S. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921. NO. 23.
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RAILROAD CRAFTS
ASK CONFERENCE
ff OFFER TO NEGOTIATE ALL THEIR
DIFFICULTIES AT ROUND-TABLE
MEETING WITH EXECUTIVES
HARDING CALLS SHEPHERD!
Set Forth Principles Upon Which 1
Industrial Peace Can 3e Incured
by Agreement
Chicago.?Railroa 1 craft unions.j
Thursday night "ff-jied their terms j
for peace with the railroads in a protocol
sent to President Harding.
The unions offer to negotiate all ,
difficulties at a round-table conference,
which, it is inferred, may be
called by President Harding.
It is iuriner mierrea uy iuc icic-i
gram that this offer of peace is the
outgrowth of a request by the president
for their terms, following his
conference last week with President
B. M. Jewell, of the American Federation
of Labor Railroad Department
The .unions ask that all other conferences
on wage reductions that are
pending be suspended until working
conditions are worked out at the proposed
conference.
"We have never and do not now |
contend for the continuation of any
rule or rules which xftay be unjust
or unreasonable, and are now willing
to submit our case to decision at
the conference table," the telegram
states.
The unions, however, insist that
there must be signed agreements
with railroad managements guaranteeing
just and reasonable conditions
of employment.
The following principles must be
recognized to insure industrial peace
the telegram states:
1. The right to organize.
2. Protection against discrimina-,
tion because of union membership.
3. The right of the majority of
, each craft on each railroad to determine
what organization shall represent
them.
4. The right of the majority of
each craft to name their own representative
on each railroad.
6. Eight-hour day.
. 6. Overtime after eight hours.
7. Hours of labor that will permit
reasonable living conditions.
8. Clear definition In each craft
on the work to be performed by mechanics
an <T helpers.
9. * Apprenticeship agreements.
1 ? JO. Craft' point seniority recogni-'
? t!mv' *" - 11.
Reasonable safeguards for pro-,
tection of health and safety of employees.
The conference, the telegram pro-.
poses, should be under the authority
of the railroad labor board.
The telegram is signed by the heads
of all the American Federation of
. Labor Railroad Department Union
Leaders.
Washington.?L. E. Shephard. head
of the Order of Railway Conductors,
recentlly was invited by President
Harding to discuss with him at the
white house at an early date his i
views on the transportation situation.
Officers of other railway employees' !
organizations already have discussed
the question with Mr. Harding, (and
the invitation to Mr. Shephard is a
continuation of the president's effort |
to get at every angle of the rail transportation
problem.
Will Urge Abolition Of "Etfcess" Tax
Washington.?Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon recently announced that he I
would recommend abolition of the ex-j
cess profits tax immediately after the
assembling of congress in special session.
Mr. Mellon warned that in revising
the tax laws it will be necessary
for congress to provide for expend!
tures of approximately four bililon dol-'
lars annually. This is about one billion
dollars less than will have been collected
at the end oi the present fiscal
year, June 30.
4 Are Killed, 30 Injured, fn Wreck
Somerset, Ky., April 7.?An investi- j
gation of the wreck of the Royal Palm
limited of the Queen and Crescent j
route, recently wrecked near New River.
Tenn., with the loss of four lives
and thirty injured, is being pushed by
^ officials of the Southern railroad. That
the greatest damage was caused by
rock ledges near the track ripping open
the day coaches was the opinion of j
the survivors.
Marine Airplanes Land At Guantanamo
Washington.?The two airplanes piloted
by marine corps aviators now
making a trail blazing flight from this
Kcity to the Virgin Islands arrived at
Guantanamo. Cuba. April 7. the navy
department is advised, and left on :he '
8th for Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Named Collector For Virginia District
Washington.?John C. Noel of Pennington
Gap. Va? was appointed recently
by the president as collector of
internal revenue for the district of Virginia.
Reports Spain Overstocked On Cotton
Washington.?Spain is apparently i
chut nff as a market for American
cotton for the time being according
to Commercial Attache Charles B.
Cunningham at Madrid, who informed
the department of commerce recently
that Spain was overstocked
with cotton and cotton textiles under
normal circumstances, he declared.
Spain would at this season of the
year be able to consume about 600,000
more bales of American cotton but
there is now a surplus which will probably
last about six raontbhs.
STRIKERS DESTROY MINES |
Llt>yri George Tells Commons He Will
Not Recede From His Stand
One lota
London.?The British government _
has cpoken the last word to the coal
miners of the United Kingdom. It will
neither maintain, nor control, nor subsidize
the mining industry.
Lloyd George, toward'the close of ^
one of the most memorable labor de- a
bates in the house of commons, threw
his challenge to the striking federation C
shortly before the session adjourned,
after other government leaders had outlined
In long statements exactly what
position cabinet was ready to take in
the crisis. Not a word was spoken n
which might indicate to any degree a
that th egovfernment will recede from is
its uncompromising stand. e
Instead, through the threat of mili- a
tary activity and by the impressive r
preparations to meet violence by a dis- v
play of force, the government is swiftly r
concluding its plans for any emergency, s
The government - is concentrating c
troops in Kensington Gardens in the
fashionable west en^J district, suppos- n
edly in connection with plans to main- i<
tain order in the event of diBturb- h
ances. This location was a huge sup- s<
ply depot during the railway strike of It
ir>19 and probably will serve as the It
nucleus for such work, if the trans- s
port men support the miners. Soldiers F
were going into camp, steel helmets p
and full wartime paraphernalia. The big
park presented a scene of animatiou v
with t?mts going up, lorries unloading
food and other supplies and squads a
moving at sharp commands from their p
officers. B
And while the triple alliance, strike v
leaders and mine owners were waiting g
the result of the debate in parliament, a
the strikers themselves were wreak- n
ing their growing anger on coal prop- a
erties in Scotland and Wales, terrorism v
was beginning to show itself, sabotage c
broke loose and valuable pits were be- ^
ing destroyed one by one.
Outbreaks were reported in the various
mine fields near Glasgow. One ?
colliery was mysteriously blown up:
c
Seven firemen, attempting to operate
the pumps in a South Wales mine, were
driven away and clubbed. Six pits
in this district report water pouring
In at the rate of 450,000 gallons an
hour. In one mine the operators fcere
given 24 hours in which to bring up
some 600 pit horses.
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Grand Opera In Atlanta April 25th ?
Atlanta, Ga.?Atlanta's grand opera t<
season is to be held during the week u
c&nmenclr.g" Mcfh'flay "AVriF"25th 'and g;
closing Saturday night the 30th. The v
genuine Metropolitan Opera company 8(
of New York, with a full list of the b
stars that have made that organization c,
famous, will be brought to Atlanta, and c
the performances will in every way
equal those given in New York. The ((
sale of tickets for single performances tj
is now open, and the Atlanta Music tj
Festival Association has announced c
that out-of-town people who wish to attend
the- opera should order their tickets
immediately. A speoial section has
been reserved for out-of-town people. p
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Rail Employees Voluntarily Aid Road
Jackson, Tenn.?Workers of the Bir- c
mingham and Northwestern railroad n'
are said to have notified President I. B. c
Tigrett here that they will voluntarily ri
turn back 10 per cent of their salaries P
to the road's treasury for the next ^
three months. Unskilled employees of
this road and the Gulf, Mobile and h
Northern are said to have agreed to a
accept a reduction of 15 per cent in n
wages, effective April 1. v
Alleged Shooter Killed By Sheriff [_
Nashville, Tcnn.?Cooper Rowe, residing
near Humboldt, Tenn., charged ^
with shooting and seriously wounding n
his brother-in-law named Davis, was
shot and killed recently at Beech t(
Bluff, Madison county, by Sheriff R. ^
A. Mainard, who had been called there r
to arrest. It is said Rowe whipped .p
out a razor when Mainard commanded
him to surrender.
Memphis Bakers Cut Bread Prices l<
Memphis, Tenn.?Memphis bakers, 1
who recently increased the size of their ^
loaf of bread, cut the price recently.
The twenty-three ounce loaf was re- f<
from 15 to 13 cents, and the i t<
fifteen-ounce loaf from 10 to 9 cents, d
During the period of peak prices an : p
eighteen-ounce loaf was sold for 15 j s
cents and a twelve-ounce" loaf for a v
dime. Bakers say that bread consump- r
tion here is 40 per cent under normal. I c
Police Searching For Magnate's Widow F
New York.?Public aid was recently 1
enlisted in the search for Mrs. Annette ?
Norton Rankin, wealthy widow who ?
r
has been missing since she left her i r
automobile at the Queensboro bridge ti
approach. Mrs. Rankin's disappear-; l<
ance first became known when her tl
brother, Benjamin Norton, an official s
of the Guaranty Trust company, an- I g
nounced that a search of hospitals he b
had conducted with the aid of police f
and private detectives had failed to , e
reveal a clue. j,
Legion May Accept Offer Of Home (
Washington.?The American Legion j
will accept the Knights of Columbus' j c
offer for a five million dollar home r
here if certain conditions in it are J
changed, a legion committee recently a
told the K. of C. board of directors in c
session here. j t
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Habeas Corpus Denied trwin uergaon j
Kansas City, Kans?Erwin Bergdoll's t
application for release from federal p
prison where he is serving a sentence 1 v
for draft evasion, on writ of habeas b
comus. was denied by Judge Pollock, f
KPORT SUBMITTED
ON SOLDIER CARE
lOMMISSION OF INQUIRY HEADED
BY DAWES, SENDS RESULT
OF PROBE TO HARDING I
EVEN SUGGESTIONS MADE
T
ihief Change Is Formation Of One
Agency To Supervise All Branches
Of Soldier Relief
Washington.?Seven specific recomlendations,
chief among them the cretion
of the veterans' service adminstration
to take entire charge of govrnment
relief work among ex-soldiers
nd to be headed by a director general
esponsible directly to the president,
rere contained in a report submitted'
ecently to President Harding by his
pecial commission investigating the
ase of veterans.
Charles G. ?)awes of Chicago, chairlan
of the commission, told the prestent
as hp hanrtpd him the reDort that
e believed the recommendations were
ound and that they would prove a satjfactory
solution for the troubles exiting
in the present administration of
oldier relief work. Early action by
'resident Harding on the report is exected.
Recommendation number one proides
for the new agency, and gives
: jurisdiction over the war risk insurnce,
the rehabilitation division of the
ublic health service as may be necesary
to take proper care of disabled
eterans. It ask that a director
eneral assume charge of the new
gency with full authority to obtain
ecessary facilities when these already
vailable prove inadequate. This proision
would permith the lease or purhase
of hospital buildings whenever
le demand exceeded the supply.
Care is sugested in the framing of
ew legislation creating the admlnisration
in order to avoid present inonsistencies
of law affecting the three
xisting bureaus. Particular request is
lade that no statutory limitations be
laced on the director general as to
tie number and salaries of his emloyees.
Number three says that pending the
nactraent of new laws, Secretary Melin
of the treasury shall issue orders
a the heads of the public health and
rar risk bureaus, authorizing the latir
bureau to take charge of the pubc
health activities and personnel enaged
iff providing medicaTcare for the
eterans. The efect would be to conjlidate
these bureaus under one head
y executive order without waiting for
Dngress to act or risk delay from that
ause.
The next recommendation provides
nn ovfonoinn 11 llH lit 1 H7H
Ji an uiiiucuiatc cAivuo*vu ? ?* w%M?Ion
of all government hospital facililes
together with such mobilization of
ivilian medical services as may prove
ractical.
An immediate and continuous hosital
building program is asked in the
ifth recommendation which suggests
hat Secretary Mellon's committee, reently
appointed to report on sites for
ew hospitals, be directed to report conerning
the type and locations of the
equired buildings. It adds that apropriations
should be made available
y the congress which convenes soon.
The sixth calls for exertion of humansing
influences to impress the sick
nd wounded with the fact that the
ation is entirely concerned in their
,-elfare and rehabilitation.
.iquor Explosion Clears Court Room
New York.?New York's night court,
usy as a result of the police departlent's
first drive at enforcement of
he state prohibition law, adjourned
gmporarily in disorder when a quart
ottle of confiscated liquor exploded
ecently in the pocket of a detective,
he detective stood before a magistrate
upporting a man who, with bowed
ead, was confessing that he had taken
do freely of the brew that intoxicates.
lail Robbers Loot Over Half Million
Chicago.?An abandoned mail sack
aund by the police today and believed
o be registered pouch stolen by banits
from a mail truck contained wrapers
for money which the police say
? i o-eaa ann ?7ca ann
nows UlUl 1IUII1 iPJVUiUW IU v i uv,u vv ;
ras obtained by the robbers. It wa^j
eported that the loss would not exeed
fifty thousand dollars.
ling Lost 28 Years Ago Found In Yard
Knoxville, Tenn.?Mrs. E. W. Eblen
f Roekwood, Tenn., is happy again
ver the return of her engagement
ing, lost twenty-eight years ago. The
ing, an old-fashioned band ring, con- J
aining the initials of her husband, was I
jst while the family was living in |
he home now occupied by Robert Wil-1
on. Mr. Wilson, while doing some I
arden work, unearthed the ring in the
ack yard. After cleaning the earth j
rom the ring the initials were discov- \
red and the ring returned to Mr. Eb;n
in good condition.
Srand Jury Indicts Tennessee Senator
Nashville, Tenn.?The Davidson
ounty grand jury returned an indict- j
uent recently against State Senator'
i. N. Clabo, Sevier county republican. \
xrested recently on a state's warrant
harging him with accepting a $300 !
iribe for his vote. The contents of
he indictment were not made public. I
mmediately arier ine convening or
he senate. Senator Clabo rose on a
mint of personal privilege and said he
as not guilty, and asked the memers
to withhold judgment till the
acts had been developed.
ASKS TO WITHDRAW M/
Japan Is Told United Stajjei
Recognize Allocation Of
Island Of Yap j
Washington.?In the mos
foreign communication yet* I:
the new administration, tl 2
States has notijed th^ foi
allied powers that this gov 1
sists in sharing in the rig ti
from the victory over Ger u
Dealing specifically witt .1
date to Japan over the islt t(
the note asserts that the m r
approved without American 11
that the United States "ca n
nize the allocation of the i
the validity of the mandat t'
The allies virtually are i
to withdraw the mandate }
note declares:
"This government trust*
action, which it must a* 1
taken under a misa^prehenflk:
reconsidered." !
The American note, whfcl
that our fundamental Stain
question of mandate terri !c
though referring especiall 1
was made public recently i i
of a communication from I
of State Hughes to the 1 "J
ernment. Similar notes weye
ed to Japan, France and 1U
note to Japan contained add t
agrapha referring to prev ?
spondence between the ti c
ments, and was not made < v
Secretary Hughes, at the c
minds the four powers that; J
States participated in the v c
Germany and therefore sh r
the rights gained by the al <
"It will not be question d
tary Hughes asserted, "tha
to dispose of the overseas its
of Germany was acquired omj
the victory of the allied, ail I
powers, and it is also b<j it
there is no disposition o
of the British government >
participation of the Unite
that victory. It would see I
necessarily that the right c
the allied and issocii a
through the common victol
by the United Statlfc, andfti
could be no valid or effect
tlon of the overseas posses
Germany, without the adsgl
United States.
The note points out tifcj
United States has hfeverlH
the supreme council or
nations with any authoh?K
government,/ "there haf^HL
tunity for dny decisi^^^P
be deemed to affect $
United States." Ameri??ari
note asserts, could notl c
surendered to Japan, orlar
tlon, except by treaty, 1'ad
treaty has been made." 1
j Bankers To Meet In Birmlngl
Rirmin^ham. Ala.?The ami
ing of the southeastern assoi
the banking industry will bi
Birmingham April 12, 13 and
ers from all over the Sou
states will be In attendance,
the members are bankers fr
phis, Atlanta, Montgomery a
other Southern cities.
Cabinet Discusses Domestic
Washington.?A variety of
problems was discussed at
cabinet meeting Including r<
dations for increasing the
of government radio servic
were made by Secretary of C
Hoover. The question of get
to normalcy in the matter oi
material also was taken u]
Hearst Denounced In Labor F
Lynchburg.?Resolutions d(
William R. Hearst and expref
fidence in and devotion t<
Gompers were drawn up by
tee of the Virginia Federatii
bor which plans to present
the convention in session h(
Clubhouse Reported Shootii
Roanoke, Va.?W. W. Hazle
ian railway conductor, shot a
C. H. Middlecamp, machinist,
oke, at the Virginian club hoi
more, W. Va., according to d
received here. Persons who
to "have witnessed the shool
made no statement, the rer
and information as to the cai
trouble is not available.
[ Wilson To Have Countr
| Philadelphia.?Woodrow W
have a handsome country hi
Princeton. N. J., it was lear
recently. A Philadelphia arc!
been at work on plans for tl:
president since last Noveml
i
Myron T. Herrick Will Ac
Washington.?Myron T. He
decided to accept appointmen
ed States ambassador to f
post he filled under Presid
and which he occupied at tl
ning of the world war.
Lockout Declared In Turin
London.?A lockout has
clared by the factory owner
rin, the important Italian 1
center, and troops have oca
factories there, says a disp
Criticise American Policy
London.?American conten
vv. fnr thf
equality ui ucauu^uv
of all nations in mandated
are held by the British fiover
b<- "scarcely consistent" witl
titude of the United States
American oil interests in M<
67TH CQNGRESSIS
NOW IN SESSION
emphatic
rafted by
United FIRST CONGRESS IN 10 YEARS
principal
lment in- IN COMPLETE ACCORD WITH
3 derived THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
any.
the manM9NDELL
RE-ELECTED LEADER
Kent and
iOt recogWand
or Kitchin Becomes Democratic Leader,
by Virture of His Nomination for
requested A. _ , . ,
vhen the the sP?akershiP\
that this Washington.?The 67th congress asime
was sem,)led promptly at noon at the call
>1 will be ?' President Harding for its first session,
expected now to continue until
* - - fal1i
States i
i" on the This congress is the first controlled
iries al- republican to meet under a
to Yap republican administration in a decade,
the form The senate previously had been organSecretary
ize(* at *ts 8Pecial session, which betjsh
gov- gan la8t March 4, but the house proUo
/vro-onUofmn Kw ro.olopi.
(address- ^ccucu w 113 ?j
jy The s Speaker Frederick H. Gillett, of
tonal par- Massachusetts, over Claude Kltchln,
us corre- ?' North Carolina, the democratic can)
govern- ^idate. The vote was on strictly party
lines and Mr. Gillett was elected.
(Qtset re- *rank W. Mondell, Wyoming, was
16 United re"e^ected republican leader while
tory over RePresentat,ve Kitchln became the
ok in all democratic leader by virture of his
;jj nomination for the speakership.
I'' Secre Nearly all of the 435 members were
A i ht Pre9ent *or tbe opening. The crowded
house galleries broke into applause
r .. when Miss Alice Robertson, republi*
Msociate can' ?' ttie 8econ<^ Oklahoma district,
' the only woman member of congress,
tha[ came on the floor,
the part
deny the Senate galleries also were crowded,
States in 1116 overfl?w extending far outside of
to follow the doors. Seventy-eight senators ancruing
to 8wered tbe ro11 cal1 after tbe presid
powers dent's proclamation calling the extra
^ shared se88lon bad been read,
hait there *
E&disposi- Bank Robber Gets One Year.
Ions of Chicago.?James Carey, the 19-year.of
the old bank cashier of Ottawa, 111., whose
theft of $96,000 last November was
t, as the followed by criticism of Jndge Landis
4jj either wben the latter permitted the youthleagaS
of *ul culprit to return home pending
fadnd-thls sentence, was sentenced by Judge
?0 or- Ijandl> t0 serve one year in the Na*fWbrtr"Trafning
Schotol for TSoys at
its of the Washington, D. C.
Ights, the
ceded or Here to Present Statue,
other na- New York.?Dr. Estaban, Gilborges,
no such foreign minister of Venezuela, arrived
here at the head of a special mission
representing the Venezuelan governham
Ala. ment- which will present a statue of
Simon Bolivar to the City of New
lual meet- York on April 19.
elation of
a holH <n I
14. Bank- Would Abolish Labor Board.
theastern Washington.?A bill to abolish the
Among Railroad Labor board, now functioning
under the transportation act. and
m em* place its duties under the Interstate
md many Commerce Commission was introduced
by Representative Tincher, Kansas.
Problems N0 Review of Haywood Case.
domestic Washington.?The supreme court
a recent refused to review the conviction of
ecomraen- William D. Haywood and more than
efficiency 79 other members of the I. W. W. on
:e, which charges of having conspired to oblommerce
struct the war activities or the govting
back ernment.
I building ,
To Succeed Judge Prltchard.
Washington.?Two North Carolinlesolutlon
ians will he considered by President
mouncing Harding to succeed the late Judge
jsing con- Jeter Prltchard, of Asheville. They
5 Samuel are JudKe W. P. Bynum, of Oreensacommit
horo, and James J. Britt, of Asheville
in of La- *
them to Suffered From Cold.
;re. .Nashville, Tenn.?This vicinity suffered
a visitation of frost and ice durig
Scene 'nE the night, the former being heavy
tt, Virgin- an(l the damage widespread. The ice
ind killed formed on shallow water.
of Roan
use at El- German Ex-Empress is Dead,
lispatches Doom, Holland.?Former Empress
are said Augustta Victoria, of Germany, dted
dng have here. By a strange concldence, th?*
?- <?"i inst nnp vear after she suf
>uri says, ? > ?? ?
ise of the ferpd her first serious attack of heart
disease.
y Home Phone Connection With Cuba.
ilson will New York.?The first submarine
ome near telephone cable to link the United
ned here : States with Cuba was formally opened
litect has I when President Harding talked from
ie former Washington to President Menocal in
ier. Habann.
cept Job Earthquake Shocks Felt.
rrick has Washington ?An earthquake lash
t as Unit- ing an hour and estimated at about 1."ranee,
a S00 miles from Washington, probably
ent Taft, in Central South America, was recordtie
begin- ed on the seismographs at Georgetown
university.
Factories ^ad No Rights at All.
been de- Paul and Anthony own a wagon In
s of Tu- partnership. Sometimes Paul exerts
industrial a little more authority than is pleasipied
the ,nF to Anthony. On one of these ocatch.
fusions Anthony sought bis mother
and. after yelling his troubles, added:
On Oil "Mother, I'aiil treats me like the ugly
tions for sisters treated Cinderella."
citizens
territory Jud Tunkins.
u.nent tc Tunkins says that in eallitis
it the at 011 n s'(,k friend you have to be a little
5 toward tnctful to avoid looking surprised beixico.
cuuse he is still alive.
GOLD METAL FOR CLUB WORK j
An Abundance of Fruit Remaining In
Cherokee County if Not Subjected
to More Severe Weather.
Gaffney.?S. C. Stripling, county f
demonstration agent, said that the
offer of the Gaffney Rotary club to
give a gold medal to the boy in the
county who makes the best record in
club work has added an Impetus to
the organization work, and the pros* j
pects are now very bright for the '
wonk this year. B. 0. Williams, assistant
to the state agent a part of this
week in the county assisting Mr., I
Stribling with the club work.
A party of fishermen went to Broad
river one day and while seining in
the river caught a mallard duck which
one of the fishermen has at his home.
The frightened bird dived when it saw '
the proximity of the fishermen, and J
ran into the seine where it was cap- 1
tured. The party caught a quantity f
of fish, but were more elated over the t
capture of the bird than of the fish 1
which were caught.
Reports that the fruit crop in Chero- j
kee county had been badly damaged ]
v.., rooont />nlrl nrmn were denied I
by several persons. One prominent 1
farmer said that he had closely ex- i
amined the trees in his orchard, and i
that there is left an abundance of <
fruit and that if it is not subject to (
any more severe weather, a big crop i
may be expected. i
. ]
Columbia.?R. J. Person, of Colum- 1
bia, swcre out warrants for Mayor W. '
C. Blalock, Councilmcn Fred Marshall
and Fred C. Wyes, former manager 1
of the Columbia water works, and 1
city engineer. Charges against Mayor <
Blalock are that he sold group in-sur- i
ance to city officials while a member 1
of the city council, and against Mr.
Marshall that he sold feed stuffs and
other supplies while also a member i
of the council. Such procedure is contrary
to regulations of the city government.
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The charges against Mr. Wyes are
that he disposed of junk belonging to
the city. The money for this was
later collected from Mr. Wyse by the
council.
Spartanburg.?The community club
at Its.April' meeting will take up the
matter of high prices charged for
necessities?principally ice, meats
and milk. It is claimed by the women,
several hundred of thpm, that
more is charged for many commodities
here than is charged in other
cities, and more than the cost of the
raw product, or that which goes into
the construction or me pronuci, juuvifies.
Dealers in the commodities affected
will be invited to appear before
the club and make a showing.
/
Anderson.?A party of Ohio farmers
was camped here on their way home
, after a winter in the South. They took
advantage of the opportunity and visited
the Brogon cotton mill, the only
mill south of the Mason and Dixion
line that manufacturers outing flannels,
and takes the cotton from the
field through the entire process in
" their large plant. These men had
never been through a cotton mill and
were keenly interested in every phase
of the process.
Charleston.?Elks of this city are
making plans to entertain 1,500 visitors
April 28 and 29, when the B. P.
O. E. state convention is held, and a
program that will long be remembered
is shaping up for the big celebration.
A record breaking parade, a ball, a
trip to Magnolia gardens, and a mammoth
minstrel show are some of the
features well under way.
Columbia.?At the close of the Palmafesta
contest, Miss Sarah Kirkpatrick
of Chester, was chosen queen, she
having received the greatest number
of ballots among the representatives,
one from each county in the state.
Miss Callie Mims Purvis or Florence,
came second, and Miss Mayme
Rast of Orangeburg, third.
Laurens.?Dr. John O. Wilson president
of Lander college, who suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis at the First
Methodist church here, returned to
his home in Greenwood accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson and Dr. John M. Lander.
It was stated that Dr. Wilson has
apparently recovered.
Meeting of Federated Clubs.
Camden.?The annual meeting of
the South Carolina Federation of Woman's
Clubs hegan at The Hotel Kirk- .
wood with a brief session, about 100
delegates being present, and many
others expected to arrive. An informal
reception followed the business
session in the spacious parlors of the
1 hotel.
The convention was orened with a
I precessional march, followed by a
; chorus by the Camden Music Club,
| which was greatly enjoyed by the
members and spectators.
No Meeting Now of Secretaries.
Camden. ? The meeting of the
South Carolina Secretaries association.
which was to have been held here
April 4 and 5, has been postponed. <
The meeting was called off by Presi- (
dent A. P. Pant in a telegram to C. P i
McDaniel, secretary-treasurer of the f
Camden and Kershaw county cham ]
ber of commerce, who is a member j
of the executive committee of the as- <
sociotion. The reason for the post- <
ponement is hat at the present time
all the secretaries of the state arc ;
i very busy. (
3ISSATISFAGTI0N
BIER PHONE RATES
siEW SYSTEM OF TOLL CHARGE
FOR OUT OF CITY CALLS
VERY INCONVENIENT.
ICTION By TOWN OF FELTZER
f Relief Petitioned for is Denied or
Postponed, All Telephones Will
be Ordered Out at Once.
Anderson.?The sale of $75,00#
v. rth of Anderson county bonds on
Vpril 19 will be the first sale of the
ssuance of $325,000 worth of Anderion
with federal aid upon the roads of
his county. The $75,000 will provide
!or the work to be done in 1921.
There is much dissatisfaction with
patrons of the Southern Bell Telephone
since the increase of rates. Bel:on
and Hona Path who have had comnunication
with Anderson without ez
:ra toll charges, are finding the new
system of toll charges exceedingly inconvenient,
as they are accustomed to
calling Anderson many times a day,
is this is the central point for order*
ind supplies. The lines of Starr and
[va are owned independently and still
allow the calls to Anderson without
extra toll.
In Pelzer a petition has been circa
lated and signed by all of the subscribers
against the Increase oT 20 per
cent, and the addition of toll for outof
town service. It is said that if
they do not get the relief petitioned
for or no change is made that all telephones
will be ordered out immediately.
Winnsboro.?A preliminary oratorical
contest was held in the community
building to select a boy and a girl to
represent the Mt. Zion high school at
the oratorical contest held by the Catawba
association in Rock Hill this
month. There were four contestants
among the boys: Henry Johnson, William
Elliott, James Smith and Tom
Sentell. The winner's piece was a
"Eulogy on Mothers," by the Rev. GL
C. Gibson, and was declaimed by Tan
Sentell.
First place among the giiis was mm
by Mis# Rebecca Macfle, who declaimed
"footsteps Died Out Forever,** the
last chapter from "The Tale of Two
Cities."
Spartanburg.?T. G. Hamby of Columbia,
representating the state' tax
commission, is in the city for the purpose
of making a survey of several
blocks of the city picked at random
to find what may be expected from a
survey of the whole city to determine
nf rt>91 PStflta ig QOW
W1JUC U*A?VSUU?. vk v%*. ? ?
escaping taxation. It is thought that
much property in Spartanburg is not
on the tax books.
Rock Hill.?The faculty is ahodl
complete for the 11th annual session
of the Winthrop Summer school. The
session will begin on June 14 and continue
for six weeks. Many courses,
ranging from primary to high school
and college work will be given, caling
for a faculty of over 40 members.
Clemson College.?Two new publications
of the Extension Service of
Clemson College are Extension Circular
26, "Co-operative Marketing of
Farm Products," and Extension Circnlar
27. "A Forage System For A Sow
and Two Litters." Both of these publications
are obtainable upon request
Charleston.?The Rev. John Kershaw,
D. D., aged 74, for 25 years re<v
tor of St. Michael's Episcopal church
here, died at North Augusta. He served
in the Confederate army and practiced
law at Camden, before entering
the ministry.
York.?A still was captured on the
farm of Mrs. Sallie McCarter in the
Ramah section, about 11 miles northwest
of York.
Chesterfield.?In an election held
* * A ' ? InnnnWAA rtf
here on tne question ui II1C isouauuo v?
bonds for waterworks here resulted la
a decision for the bonds by a vote at
98 to 43.
Edgefield Bank Pavs Dividend.
Edgefield.?The stockholders of the /
Bank of Edgefield held their annual
meeting in the directors' room of the
bank. Considering the season of business
depression and the acute financial
situation through which we are
passing, the bank has had a very satisfactory
year, the hearts of the stoekho'ders
being made happy through
the resolution adopted to pay at once
an 8 per cent dividend. The statement
of the bank's affairs was presented
by the president, J. C. Sheppnrd.
Swine Association Perfect
St. Matthews.?With 400 people
present, all well fitted with a genuine
old time barbecue, and imbued with
i (Jeep earnestness, the Calhoun county
Swine association perfected its organization,
and tlie treasurer went to
liis office with a large size cigar box
full of checks, grenback and silver
with which the bank account of the
association begins to do real work.
Following the addresses, marketing
'.greements were signed for the sale
jf more than 600 hoga