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One Dollar and a Half a Year. " BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918. Established 1891.
MUST HAVE USEFUL JOBS
STATE ADVISORY BOARD TO EMPLOYMENT
SEVICE MEETS.
War Industries Should Go Ahead Regardless
of Inconvience to
Non-Essential Work.
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Columbia, Aug. 30.?Manifesting a
quiet determination to carry into effect
all rulings of the war industries
board which look to an increase in
the producing power of the nation,
the State Advisory Board of the United
States employment service held
an important meeting yesterday
morning in the Loan and Exchange
hni Mir?or
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The meeting was for the purpose
of looking into the labor situation;
for trying to get a line on essential
and nonessential enterprises; for
* planning some method by which men
who at present are engaged in
non-essentials may be induced to give
up jobs which are not vitally important
in war times and take jobs
where their country needs them and
where they can do some work for
victory.
The soft drink dealers and manufa^turers,
the bell hops in hotels who
thrive on tips, the transfer men, the
pool room loafers, the one horse fruit
stands, the idlers around depots and
the negro who wrote the Employment
^ Service that he would do government
work for $60 per week all came in for
consideration.
Again and again it was brought out
k that when the matter of war work is
properly presented, when men engaged
in non productive work are
brought to see the real need of their
services by the government, when
loyalty to country and the boys at
the front is stressed, the response is
immediate and gratifying. Some men
will have to be forced into war work.
but a patriotic appeal in many cases
has the desired effect according to
information brought before the
Governor Manning, who was present
by invitation, sized up the view
taken by the Advisory Board pretty
' x accurately when he said"We must lay
aside selfish consideration and personal
gain, and put our brains into
winning this war and to do it, work
is necessary.''
Another gentleman present, who
was evidently a thorough convert to
the "work or fight" plan of the government,
said men engaged in non-essential
work such as selling soft
. drinks or driving transfers ought to
be told plainly that they could either
^ get out of their present work and get
into something that has to do with
the winning of the war or else report
to their local board.
Employment Cards.
The use of empolyment cards, by
which men are required to hold a
card signed by their employer showing
the nature of the work being
done and the number of days worked,
was considered when the question of
getting rid of idlers was being considered.
The Greenville ordinance
was referred to and the disadvantages J
of the card system considered.
% Mr. Montgomery, of SDartanbure.
who has the knowledge that comes
from long experience in dealing with '
labor, said that th? mills were producing
75 to 80 per cent, of normal '
production. Some mills are actually
doing war work for the government
such as making duck while others
- are making cloth necessary to clothe
the world.
He said some mills were showing a
tendency to drift away from war ,
work owing to the delays and red ,
tape connected with government con- ,
tracts.
Essentials and Non-Eessentials.
The vague line between essential
and non-essential work received consideration
and an eifort to make up a
/ list of industries that are essential
and another list of industries that
are not essential in war times was
made, but it was decided that the
war industries board in Washington
would be considered in regard to the
matter.
The cottonseed oil mills over the
State which soon will be in operation
will require about 1,500 men to run
them. Floating labor will supply
fc about 500 men and the others win
have to be secured from non-essential
industries.
Many other industries that are essential
are short handed, and men
must be recruited.
The enormous wastage of man
power in the State was frequently referred
to. When the soft drink industry
was under consideration, the
board manifested a desire to put on
its fighting togs right away?the labor
necessary to run the bottling
plants; the men necessary to drive
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SPAIX WILL TAKE OVER SHIPS.
In Retaliation Against U-Boat Warfare?Had
Warned Berlin.
Madrid, Saturday, Aug. 31.?The
Spanish Government tonight decided
to take over all the German steamships
interned in Spanish ports, in
accordance with Spain's recent note
to Berlin, because of the torpedoing
of Spanish vessels by German submarines.
Foreign Minister Dato announced
at a meeting of the Cabinet tonight
that the Spanish steamship Ttaz-Mendi,
carrying a cargo of coal from
England to Spain, has been torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine.
the drays and delivery wagons hauling
the soft drinks from places of
manufacture to place of sale; the
ice and sugar consumed in their sale
and manufacture, and the absolute
uselessness of the finished product,
all came in for comment that was not
gentle.
Pool Room Loafers.
When the pool rooms came up for
consideration, the same desire to
save man power and put the idlers
and pushers to productive work was
manifest. One gentleman present
said he had seen recently in one pool
room some 12 or 16 men at about
1:30 o'clock in the day playing the
game, and then when the country is
calling for all available man power
to put its force into war work.
The demand for skilled mechanics
for government.work is well known.
When it was pointed out that more
than 700 transfers operate in the city
of Columbia, many of the cars being
run by skilled mechanics, and that
these men are sorely needed for government
work, the board expressed
the hope that these men would soon
be in war work.
Barber shops, one man fruit stands,
pressing clubs and similar Industries
came up for discussion, and the urgent
necessity for women taking the
place of men so as to release the men
for war work was commented upon.
One question which brought about
considerable discussion had to do
with sewer systems in process of being
installed. To remove the civil
engineers from work that has already
been started would entail loss and
hardship, it was said, but to advise
against the inauguration of any new
work would prevent personal loss.
Street paving and improvements, the
employment of carpenters and brick
masons in building residences and
moving picture theatres and work of
like character brought out the comment
that the war demands carpenters
and brick masons and engineers
and that such work as that referred
to can wait. *
v annuo uiuci uiaiucio wcit wusidered.
Food Administratir William
Elliott and Governor Manning
were present at the conference and
gave many facts with regard to labor
conditions over the State.
COTTON WEIGHERS.
At Bamberg.
A. P. Beard ^
C. B. Free
W. M. Sandifer
D. K. Sandifqr
Bamberg 80 116 20 22
Clear Pond 8 5 14
Midway 4 4 3 16
H. Chapel 2 48 9
Farrell's 5 17 5 34
U. S. Service -2 11 6 , 2
101 201 35 87
At Olar.
Sellers. Morris. Proveaux.
Colston 15 21 19
Govan 21 26 15
Dlar 46 45 40
U. S. Service.... 12 1
83 94 75
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Go van 19
Denmark 36 :
Hightower's Mill 8
Colston 7
' Clear Pond
Ehrhardt 21
Bamberg.'. 76
Hunter's Chapel 2
Lees 3
Midway 10
Kearse 2
Olar 21
Edisto 13
U. S. Service 4
Total "222 ^
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. j PRISONERS NOW TOTAL 120,000. j
| Allies Since July 18 Have Also Cap-!1
tured 20,000 Guns.
J London, Aug. 29.?The total En-j
i! tente Allied captures on the western j i
1
. front since July 18 now approach! <
120,000 prisoners and 20,000 guns. I
i The British captured more than 20,-;
. i 000 prisoners between August 21 and j
I August 26, while the British total!
j losses in the same period including j
I oil IrillaH n-Aiin/lo/l ond micsinc rcaro '
j ail IVUlCUt *? vuuu^u auu mwuiug "Viv
j only slightly in excess of that figure.;
I A considerable portion of the British^
j casualties are in the slightly wound- j
| ed class. The total captures by the
| British since August 8 exceed 47,000
i officers and men and the captured
. guns number nearly 600. British
military observers say it is now clear
that the Germans intend to retire to;
a shorter line on the western front j
where they- can obtain better de-1
pensive positions against l^e con- j
stantly repeated Entente Allied j
blows and so that the enemy can
economize his forces, which has be
come an urgent necessity on account
of his lessening man power.
Moreover, the morale of effect on
any kind of the retirement has been j
proven to be very great on the German
people and armies and the ene.
my's present intention is undoubtedly
i to make a stand on some line well
i; west of the Hindenburg line if possible.
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The Germans are watching \ very
favorable line along the Ailette, Oise,
Somme and Tortille, but it remains
i to be seen whether they will be permitted
to make a stand there, oi
eveu can v uut a ictueiucui av;uuining
to plan" to this line without it
being broken somewhere else by the
eager Allied forces.
The most, important obstacle to
the German scheme at present is the
recent British advance on both sides
of the Scarpe which is a serious
flanking threat to the whole Hindeni
burg position. The British are already
almost in contact with the
famous Drocourt-Queant "Switch"
running from Quant to Lille.
Later dispatches place the number
of prisoners at 128,000.
Carlisle Opening Postponed.
Headmaster J. C. Guilds has sent
out a notice to all students advising
them of the postponement of the opening
of the school from Sept. 18th
to Sept. 25th. TJiis action has been
taken by the school authorities in
order that the students engaged in t
farming occupations may have anoth- l
er week on the farms, and also in a
order to allow the school to perfect
its! arrangements relative to inaugu- a
rating military training at the school a
the coming session. This action is
taken in common with most of the
schools and colleges of the State, and
will doubtless meet with the entire
approval of the patrons.
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MAGISTRATES.
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At Olar. ^
Lain. Morris.
Colston 41 14
Govan 41 21
Olar 59 70
U. S. Service 2 2
143 107
At Ehrhardt.
Grant. Kinard.
Ehrhardt 56 108
Kearse 26 26
U. S. Service . 2 2
84 136
At Fish Pond.
Herndon. Hill.
Edisto 23 67
Hunter's Chapel 32 28
U. S. Service 2 2
. 57 67
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THE OFFICIAL VOTE.
rote Candidates for State and Federal
Offices Received.
The following is the vote in the
State and federal races, as tabulated
)fticially:
V. S. Senate?Long Term.
C. L. Blease 40,456
N. B. Dial 65,064
J. F. Rice 5,317
U. S. Senate?Short Term.
CHristie Benet 34,807
Thos. H. Peeples 37,567
W. P. Pollock 38,816
Governor.
A. J. Bethea 10,361
R. A. Cooper 61,900
J. M. DesChamps 493
J. T. Duncan 1,236
J. L. McLaurin 1,584
J. G. Richards 31,230
Lieutenant Governor.
Octavus Cohen 17,048
J. T. Liles 55,263
G. W. Wightman 36,844
Supt. Education.
V. E. Rector 31,916
J. E. Swearingen 77,664
Attorney General.
C. N. Sapp 45,821
R. P. Searson 29,154
S. M. Wolfe 34,644
Railroad Commissioner.
If. H. Arnold 28,654
T. J. McLaughlin 13,335
A. A. Richardson 31,729
D. L. Smith : 27,944
J. T. Vowell 8,565
Com. Agriculture.
W. D. Garrison 38,636
B. Harris 43,414
H. T. Morrison 26,187
Congress. ,
SECOND DISTRICT.
J. F. Byrnes 7,266
T. G. Croft 1,330
N. G. Evans 974
G. L. Toole 3,112
THIRD DISTRICT.
Wyatt Aiken 9,166
F. H. Diminick 9.596
FOURTH DISTRICT.
H. L. Bomar 5,743
S. J.. Nicholls 9,651
D. B. Traxler 5,396
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
T. F. Brantley 942
F. Lever ?.9,770
T. G. McLeod 2,127
G. B. Timmerman 3,502
Solicitor?Third District.
F. A. McLeod .3,919
L. E.' Wood 3,025
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Johcnny Knew.
"Johnny," said the Sunday-school
eacher at the annual picnic, "do you
enow what to eat and what to drink
ind what to avoid?"
"Sure I know," said Johnny. "Eat
ill you can, drink all you can and
ivoid bursting."?Boston Transcript.
RESULT OF I
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Denmark 104 4 6|
Hightower's Mill 15 2|
Go van 26 8
Colston 44 4
Clear Pond 10 1
Ehrhardt 139 5
Bamberg 137 23
Hunter's Chapel 41 3
Lees 7 4
Midway 8 3
Kearse 33 3
, Olar 69 12
Edisto 42 2
U. S. Service 21 1
Total 696) 117 ~
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LVLES OSBORNE NAMED. !i
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Anderson Man Appointed to Succeed J
Late Carlton Sawyer.
Columbia, Aug. 28.?Rutland
Lyles Osborne, of Anderson, tonight i
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was appointed by Governor Manning, (
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Comptroller General of South Carolina,
to succeed the late Carlton W. j
Sawyer, who was accidentally killed
at his room here August 23, by the
discharge of a shot gun he was clean- j
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Mr. Osborne's first act was to re- '
duce the tax levy from nine and onehalf
mills, which was the figure set .
in appropriation by the last legislature,
to eight and one-fourth mills,
a decrease of one and one-fourth j
mills. The State Tax Commission has
placed an increase of forty million j
dollars on the tax books of the State;
and Mr. Osborne, acting under au- j i
thority of a clause inserted in the'
revenue bill by the last general assembly,
reduced the levy.
Governor's Statement.
' The following statement was given
out tonight by Governor Manning:
"I have appointed Rutledge Lyles (
! Osborne, of Anderson county, Comp-i
j trollor General, to fill the unexpired
J term of the late Carlton Sawyer.
"Mr. Osborne was the chief clerk
! in the office of the Comptroller Gen- !
| eral. His first duty in assuming the
work of that office was to fix the
| State levy in accordance with 'an
act to make appropriations to meet
ordinary expenses of the State government
for the fiscal year commencing
January 1, 1918. And to provide
for a tax sumcient to aeiray tne;
same, and for borrowing money.' Un- j.
der that act it is provided that the |
levy shall not exceed nine and a half \
mills. j
The work of the Tax Commission j
in placing property on the books i
which heretofore had escaped taxation,
and of equalizing assessments j
has resulted in increasing the taxable j
property of the State over fifty mill-j
ions of dollars. The Comptroller j
General has fixed the State levy at |
eight and one-fourth mills, a decrease
of one and one-fourth mills
from the estimate of nine and onehalf
mills made by the general as- i
sembly on the taxable values of the j
year 1917. Many of the county dele-!
gations of general assembly provided ;
for this flexible levy in their counties, .
but in some counties where the m
crease in valuations has been maten- 1
al no provision has been made for <
, reducing the levy for county purpoi
ses, action to lower the levy should
i be taken by the authorities, money 1
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7 13 70 78 8 77 76
7 71 73 99 17 143 123
16 10 35 6 31 33
15 ' 8 17 2 23
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1 47 44 42 13 52 85
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7 6 17 3 10 121
24 294 354 466 122 549 641} *
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L W. W. GANG SENTENCED
HAY WOOD AND CHIEFS 20 Y"EAR?
AND $20,000 FINES.
Closing Chapter in America's Biggest
Criminal Case?Hundred Given.
Varying Sentences.
Chicago, Aug. 30.?William D.
Haywood, "Uncrowned King" of the
Industrial Workers of the World,
and fourteen of his chief allies in the
conspiracy to overturn the American
war programme, were sentenced to
twenty years in the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kansas, by
Federal Judge K. M. Landis here late
today.
Ten year sentences were imposed
upon thirty-three of the organization's
leaders, five year sentences on
thirty-Khree, one year and one day
on twelve defendants. and ten day
sentences on two others. Cases
against Benjamin Schrager, Chicago
writer, and Pietro Nigra, Spring Valley,
Ills., were continued.
All sentences on the four counts,
in the indictment will run concurrently,
fines ranging from $20,000
Dn Haywood and his chief aides, down
to $5,000 were imposed.
Ninety days is granted in which to
file a bill of exception, and a stay of
seven days in which to petition for
bail.
Closing Chapter.
"It is the closing chapter in America's
biggest criminal case," said
Frank K. Nebeker, chief prosecuter.
"We are confident a new trial will
be granted," said Geo. F. Vanderveer,
chief counsel for the defense.
Before pronouncing sentence on
the defendants, Judge Landis reviewed
at some length the silent
points in the government's case laying
especial stress on the I. W. W.
preamble declaring eternal war on
the employing class and denouncing4
the war with other nations, the meeting
of the executive board after
America had entered the war at which
it was decided to expel members entering
military service and later the
concerted play by strikes and rebellion
to block war measures.
"In times of peace you have a'legal
right to oppose, by free speech, preparations
for war. But when wai4 has
been declared that right ceases forthwith"
was the court's closing remarks.
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will be raised on the levy of nine ana
one-half mills than is necessary for
county purpses and to reduce the levy
to such a point as to raise only the
money appropriated in county supply
bills."
OUNTY OFFICES
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the Following Figures
27th, 1918
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38 17 17 11 27 21 34
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68 96 43 43 76 137 26
80 158 5 8 j 82| 100| 78| 161
15 44 35 51 20 4 56
3 23 14 11 1 2 14
9 18 1 15 11 3 24 ^
50 10 5 36 26 26
L19 11 40 14 73 85 44
12 47 18 21 24 6 59
10 19 56 15 16 12
183 635 362 302 460 479 637
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