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f \ Coral Stmts P * it Mils Lucile Hurt spent Thanksgiving at home. 11 4 y Mrs. G. W. Martin spent Thanksgiving in Columbia. T Mr. S. G. Godfrey and family spent last Friday in Columbia. E Mrs. R. R. Hickson has returned n from a visit to Rock Hill. ti p Mrs. Wm. Hickson. Sr., has returned from a visit to Virginia. n * a Mrs. B. C. Barnes, of Rock Hill, is d visiting Mrs. R. R. Hickson. f< h Mrs. 0. M. Lindsay, of Bennettsville, n Is visiting her son, Joe Lindsay. o ii ? Henry ThomaB, of Charleston, visit- ii ed Mareen Duvall the past week. o Rev. G. F. Kirby is attending the Methodist Conference at St George. r . * , " * '? POSTED! All lands owned by us are hereby 09ted against hunting and trespassig. All violators will be prosecuted to le full extent of the law. G. R. SPENCER, , 1*1 Miss Dot Hickson, of Rocky River Springs, spent Saturday with Mildred Duvall. Ml Mrs. E. J. Sherwood, of Conway, spent last week end with Mrs. S. G. Godfrey. , Mr. L. Komhlut and family, of Dillon, spent a few hours In town Wed 4 nesday. f Ml | Mr. Robt Herndon, of Detroit, Mich. | Is visiting his sister, Miss Mary Fant | Herndon. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Harrall and lit- f tie son, Thos spent Thanksgiving in | Charlotte. I " Mrs. T. McL. Breeden and son, Thos. = 6t Bennettsville, spent Tuesday night f In Cheraw. I * * * I Mr. and Mrs. John Allred have gone f to housekeeping in the Eskridge house j on Huger St [ j Mrs. H. G. Osteen, of Sumter, is vis king her parents, Mr. and Mrs. h. r. Duvall, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow, of Sumter. epent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. : A. F. Hilliard. * Mr. S. G. Godfrey entertained sever- 4 al friends at a four course stag dinner 4 Thursday night 4 4 Mrs. Squibb, of New York, a former ^ resident of Cberaw spent several days ^ in town this week. 4 Misses Rosa and Jennie Parsons, of 4 Rockingham, were guests of Mrs. C. K. Waddlll the past week. 4 Mr. A. L. Evans went to Charlotte 4 Wednesday to undergo treatment at 4 hospital for a few days. ? ~ ? Little Jno. D. the 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Chapman is suffer. Z ing from an attack of pneumonia. Miss Mamie Chapman, of Darlington and Miss Sallie Chapman, of Angelus, spent Thanksgiving with their mother, Mrs. Maggie Chapman. 0 POSTED! All persons are hereby by warned that lands owned by me, near Montrose are posted against trespassers. Special attention Is called against cut. ting of trees of any sort especially the holly trees. No hunting or fishing is allowed. All permissions heretofore given are hereby revoked. AH violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 4-2t P. E. TREACY. HE CJJtinj The New Do your Xmas sh large and get a better Gifts for everybod for the kiddies. Loi can find exactly whai The Ne immmmm m?T?m A -4t G. F. SPENCER. 'he State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield, ly M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereaa Flora Sweet made suit to le to grant her Letters of Adminisration of the Estate and effects of W. \ Sweet, deceased. These are, therefore* to cite and adlonish all and singular the kindred nd creditors of the said W. P. Sweet, eceased, that they be and appear be. are me, in the Court of Probate, to be eld at Chesterfield, S. C. on 7th Dec. ext, after publication hereof, at 11 'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, I any they have, why the said Adminjtration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 22nd day f November Anno Domini 1921. M. J. HOUGH, Prob. Judge. Read Evans' Cost Sale Ad. DISTINCTIVE Printinji I iiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiii 4 i ft Printing that will | I attract attention and | | put your advertising | | in a class by itself? | | printingthatcontains | I originality in con- i * - -i Tt = 1 ception ana excei- | 1 lence in its execution | | ?this quality of g 1 originality and in- ? 1 dividuality character- | 1 izes all the printed | | work we turn out. | = H luiiiiioiiiiiMuiiiiiiiiJiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiitiuiiiiiiuiuniiiiiiA |1.50 a year for The Chronicle 1- AT THI i MON | CONSTANCE |> Ii I Up the Roat K al I Pathe jk Use ; k . j For Evei nameSAP EN?C^M( ADQUARTE F O R ft mas 5, 10 and ! Cheraw, S. C. opping now while selection. y. Lots of toys, c rs of new goods arri tyou want at w 5, 10 and 2! I v *.r ' /' ^ . V COTTON GINNED FOR COUNTIES Figures Given for Sontli Carolina. | The department of commerce through the bureau of the census, announces the preliminary report oh cotton ginned by counties, in South Carolina, for the crops of 1981 and I 1920. The total for the state was made public at 10 a. m., Monday, November 21. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Linters I are not included.) County 1921 1920 ( Abbeville 15,115 24,644 Aiken 13,232 37,014 Allendale 4,207 11,947 Anderson 50,830 02,383 Bamberg 3,816 18,194 Barnwell 7,724 26,210 ( Beaufort 387 192 i Calhoun 4,844 28,791 ( Cherokee 12,906 13,974 ( Chester 22,577 24,468 Chesterfield 21,254 21,653 Clarendon 7,976 35,22f ] Colleton 1,952 2,783 i Darlington 20, 334 33,265 1 Dillon 31,223 26,126 ? Dorchester 1,535 8,052 1 Edgefield 6,977 21,364 j Fairfield 9,339 19,101 , Florence * 20,122 27,063 Greenville 37,422 31,903 < Greenwood 12,540 30,372 J Hampton 2,706 6,449 1 Horry 3,066 4,566 1 Jasper 081 791 ' i 11 ioi 7r;fi ! ACrSDaW -ujiuw j Lancaster 13,408 15,944 ] Laurens 32,236 47,071 ' Lee 18,400 33,320 i Lexington 7,908 23,338 ' McCormick 4,006 13,115 ! Marion 10,790 13,022 Marlboro 44,630 47,628 , Newberry 16,372 33,259 i Oconee 19,743 15,063 < Orangeburg * 17,014 69,598 ' ; Pickens 19,399 12,832 1 I Richland 7,710 27,025 1 (Saluda 8,152 23,844 J Spartanburg 60,219 58,171 | Sumter 17,791 41,649 Union 14,529 18,211 . Williamsburg 7,028 22,271 York 33,967 29,071 1 All other 526 2,990 | Total for State 684,617 1,099,443 i LYRIC DAY , | : TALMADGE X 1 With Sally { so y y News * y y SAPOLIOI ry Room en the House en SAPOLIO cleans pots, pans, ad cutlery; in the bathroom cleans porcelain, marble, tiling h baiin and bathtub; in the lPOLIO cleans painted woodn? mils and concrete or stone RS Gifts 25c Store the assortments are andies and goodies ving daily and you 5c Store '" r- w, or ^;*r i.iVr w ... ! *? . .. . - k-y?i At4 i fy RAILROAD PLAN TO GET RATES DOWN Propose to Reduce Wages and Return All the Sa^ng by Reduction in Charges. :ULL TEXT OFJHE PROPOSAL statement by Thomas DoWItt Cuylsr, Chairman of ths Association of Railway Exeeutlves on ths Situation. Following a meeting In Chicago. October 14, 1921, of the presidents of learly all the leading railroads in the country, Mr. Thomas DeWltt Cuylsr, chairman of the Association of Railway Executives, made the following itatement: At a meeting of the Association of Railway Executives today It was determined by the railroads vof the Jnited States to seek to bring about i reduction in rates. And as a means to that end to seek a reduction In the jresent railroad wages which have compelled maintenance of the present rates. A? onnHpatln. will ho TTIfldo Immft liately to the United States Railroad Labor Board for a reduction In wages )f train service employes sufficient to remove the remainder of the increases made by the labor board's decision of July 20, 1920 (which would involve a further reduction of approximately 10 per cent) and for a reduction in the wages of all other classes of rail road labor to the going rate for such labor in several territories where the carriers operate. To Reduce ftates as Wages Go Down. The foregoing action is upon the understanding that concurrently with such reduction in wages the benefit of the reduction thus obtained shall, with the concurrence of the Interstate Commerce Commission, be-passed on to the public in the reduotion of existing railroad rates, except in so far as this reduction shall have been made in the meantime. The \ managements have decided upon this { course in view of their realisation of the fact that the wheels of Industrial 1 activity have been closed down to a point which brings depression and dis- ( tress to the entire public and that iJ something must be done to start them ' again in operation. 1 The situation which confronts the ' railroads is extremely critical. The j -ailroads in 1920 realized a net rail way operating income of about $62, 000,000 upon a property investment ol 1 over $19,000,000,000 and even thir 1 amount of $62,006,000 included back ' mail pay for prior years received from 1 the government of approximately 1 $64,000,000, thus showing, when the 1 operations of that year alone are oon- ' sidered, an actual deficit before mak 1 ing any allowance for either interest or dividends. The year ended in serious depres sion in all branches of industry am in marked reduction of the market de ' mand for and the prices of basic com modities, resulting in a very serious 1 falling off in the volume of traffic. ' Roads Foroed to Defer Maintenance In this situation, a policy of th( most rigid economy and of postpon ing and cutting to tne Done or me up keep of the propertiei was adopted by the railroads. This was at tht price of neglecting and for the time deferring work which must hereafter and in the near future be done and paid for. This is Illustrated by the fact that, as of September 15, 1121 over 16 per cent, or 374,431 in nuna ber, of the freight cars of the carrien were in bad order and needing repairs, as against a normal of bad order of not more than 160,000 as It further illustrated by the deferred and inadequate maintenance of other equipment and of roadway and structures. Even under those conditions, and with this large bill charged ur against the future?which must soon be provided for and paid if the carriers are to perform successfully their transportation duties?the re suit of operations for the first elgh* months of this year, the latest available figures, has been at a rate of net railway operating income, before pro viding for interest or dividend; amounting to only 2.6 per cent pei annum on the valuation of the car rier properties made by the Inter state Commerce Commission in the recent rate case, an amount not suf ficient to pay the interest on theii outstanding bonds. Roads Earning Far Below Reasonable Returns. It is manifest, from this showing that the rate of return of 514 or C i per ceui xor me nrsi iwo years arier ] March 1, 1920, fixed in the Transpor tation Act as a minimum reasonable return upon railroad investment, ha- , not been even approximated, mucl ] less reached; and that the present high rates accordingly are not due tc any statutory guarantee of earnings, for there is no such guarantee. 1 In analyzing the expenses which have largely brought about this sit i uation, It becomes evident that b> far the largest contributing cause It < the labor cost. i Today the railroads pay out to la eor approximately 60 cents on the dpi lar they receive for transportation i services whereas in 1916, 40 cento on the Sailer went to labor. i On the first day of January, 1117, when the government too* charpo ! wages through the Adamson AeV (X* i labor cost of the railroads had mA exceeded the sum of about |l,4lt,tH,- ! 0U0 annually. In 1920, when govtmment authority made the last wage Increase, the labor cobI of the railroads was about 8,698,000,000 aauually, or. If continued throughout the year instead of for Ihe eight months during which the wage increases were in effect, the labor cost, on an unnual basis, would have been i largely in excess of 13,900,000,000? an increase, since the government took charge of railroad wages Jn Uie W" .t - - V* ,?1b v ' . .* ' * ' . ^ . * ti-?* V.- . ' v. . . 'J I'Mi'i nrf ,r -irr"' ' ; ' ? ? / . % The i % SP Friday, S: Goat Suits, Dresses **T A* _ __ we can mention on \ Good Nashua bla Outing, all colors 1 lot apron and d value 25c yd. Large bed spread. Beautiful voil wai Best quality dress Ahamson ActT of approximately |5,- \\ 150,000,000 annually. rr In the light of these figures, it is n manifest that tha recent reduction of la traces authorised by the Labor Board, ^ sstimated at from 10 to 12 per cent, n Ln no sense meets or solves the problem of labor costs, and in no way it makes it possible for the railroads " to afford a reduction ot their reve- ti sues. a Thousands of Rates Already Redueed. p Indeed, during the past year there ^ have been between four and five thou* U land individual reductions ln freight ? rates. On some railroads the reduc- e: Lions in rates have amounted to more [[ than the redactions ln wages so far p made, and on many other railroads the reductions in iragee allowed no net b return on operations, but merely pro- * rlded against the further accumular * Uon of a deficit The point is often made that agrlcu-1 w ture and other industries are also w luffsrlng the same lnunediate difflcul- ti ties as the railroads, why, therefore, J do not the railroads take their medi- it cine llks anybody elas? The ens- J wer Ilea in aeveral facta: 1. The railroads were not permitted, as i were other industries, to make charges during the years or prosperity, making possible the accumulation of a surplus to tide them over the present extreme edverslty. According to the report! of the Inter- " state Commerce Commission, the rate of return in property investment of the railroads of the United States for the past several years has been as follows: Rate of returns earned by railroads of the United States on their property lnvesf&Wt; / ' Percent i?i? IL 1114 4.17 1115 4.24 1111 ( fiscal year) 6 40 1417 I.M 1111 S.li ISIS 2.45 1424 0 12 ISIS (calendar year) 6.16 It will thus be noted that during the years whsn other industries were making very large profits, when the prices of farm products and the wages of labor were soaring to unheard-of heights, the earnings upon railroad investment In the United Spates were held within very narrow limits and that they have during the past four years progressively declined. Roads handlcspped Mere Than Other Business. S. The railroads are responsible to the nubile for providing adequate transportation. Their charges are limited by public authority, and they are in very large respect (notably for labor) compelled tj spend money on a basis fixed by public authority. The margin within which they are permitted to earn a return upon their investment or to offer Inducements to attract new capital (or extensions and betterments is extremely limited. However much the railroAds might desire, therefore, to reduce their charges in times of depression, it will be perceived that the limitations surrounding their action do not permit them to give effect to broad and elas- _ tic policies which might very properly govern other lines of business not ~ thus restricted. It has been urged upon the railroads that a reduction in rates will stimulate M traffic and that Increased traffic will pro- X teet the carriers from the loss Incident U to a reduction in rates. The rallroa, ?v managements cannot disguise from them elves that this suggestion la merely con- e* jectural and that an adverse result of ^ the experiment weuld be disastrous, not *y only to the railroads, but to the public ^ whese supreme need is adequate trans- *7 portatlon. ^ Consequently the railroad managements JT cannot feel Justified In placing theBe In- ^ Btrumentallttes, so essential to the public Jj welfare, at the hazard of such an expert- O ment based solely upon such conjecture. jT Farmers Especially Need Lower ^ Rates. ? It is evident, however, that existing transportation charges bear in many ^ cases a disproportion*te relationship to the Vq prices at which commodities can be sold & in the market and that existing labor and other costs sf transportation thus if Impose. upon Industry and agriculture (renerallr a burden greater than they X should bear. This Is especially true of ^ agriculture. The rallread managements are feeling sensitive te and sympathetic 2*1 with the distressing situation and desire eV to do aye rr thing to auist in. relic vino ' 4 % .' *7 ir c. o* New S Cheraw, S. C. ECIAL PRICES FOR aturday and B and Millinery Reduced ly a few of many val nkets, value $2.25 , 25c value . . ress gingham, , $2 value . . sts, value $1.50 ginghams . . r r tEat (a compilable wTlE their dufy~EB jrnlsh transportation which the public lust have. At the moment rail road In many ca??a re paying 40 cents an hour for unskilled I bor when similar labor la working alongde the railroad and can easily be oblined by them at 20 cents an hour. The illroads of the country paid In 1M0 a >tal of considerably over } 1,300,000(004 to nskllled labor alone. However desirable may be to pay this or that schedule t ages, It is obvious that it cannot be aid out of the railroad earnings, unless is industries which use the railroads are ipable of meeting such charges. The railroads, and through them the eoole generally are also hampered in their Torts to economize by a schedule of orking rules and condition* now |n >rce a* & heritage from the period ef ederal control and upheld by the railed labor board. Theae condition* are cpenslve, uneconomic and unnecessary ora the point of view of railroad operaon and extremely burdensome upon the ublic which pay a the bill. The schedule r wages and of working conditions preen ts the railroads from dealing equitaly with their labor and coat* la accordnee with rapidly changing conditions aad le great variety of local considers ticas hlch ought to control wages In differat parts of the country. The railroads re seeking to have these rules and 'orking conditions abrogated. The railroads wilt seek a reduction In ages now proposed by first requesting ne sanction of the railroad labor hoard, 'he railroads will proceed with all peeIble dispatch, and as soon am the railroad ibor beard shall have given Its ess sal tfle reduction tn wages the general VPaction In rates will be put Into eft est. OR SALE}?5000 stalks tine Seed Sugar Cane. W. L. GILLESPIE. Good Thin ; ik GROCj Swifts Premium Hams Fresh Cranberries Fresh Celery Fresh Lettuce Fresh Cauliflower Fresh Tomatoes Heinz Pickles Macaroni Fancy Honduras Rice Plum and Fig Puddings FRUIT CAKE MA' Citron, Lemon and Oraui Raisins, Currants, Date Cherries and Shelled Ni National Biscuit Cfo's I Fruit Cakes. Nuts of all kinds Fruits of all kinds E. V. MI Prompt Delivery Guaranteed I I Signs and j PAIN ; Drop me a card and v> \ you S R. G. Ma i Cheraw, I R. F. 4 r J tore Monday I 25 to 331P- <ftue at our &ore . . $1.00 ' 15c yd . . 15c yd. . . $1.00 . . $1.00 . . . 19c mamm?. Tt It i It Is Our i I Daily j ! 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