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NATIONWIDE STRIKE
' CALLED BY UNIONS
MORE THAN HALF MILLION RAILROAD
MEN AFFECTED.
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\ Wage Cut Orders Cause.
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The Strike to Be Made in Four
Groups, the Initial Walkout
Being Set for Oct. 30.
l Chicago, Oct. 15.?More than half
I a million American railroad men were
I today ordered to initiate a strike Oc1
tober 30 while other unions, whose
m membership brings the total to about
2,000,000, announced unofficially that
3 they were tonight preparing to fol
| low suit and make the walk out geni
oral on- the same dates.
Under the programme the tie up
| would be complete, according to unf
ion predictions, by November 2.
r . The first strike was fixed for 6 a.
m., October 30, except one Texas line,
whose trainmen were authorized to
go out October 22.
The railroads listed in the first
group on which the strike is to become
effective touch 421 of the 48
states with a trackage of 73,000 miles
out of the total United States trackf.
age of approximately 200,000.
The New England states comprise
the group that is virtually untouched
in the first walk out.
The strike orders were issued to the
big five brotherhoods, oldest and most
powerful of the railway unions, and
-- they specifically included mail trains
in the walk out. Their provisions instructed
strikers to keep away from
railroad property with a warning that
r - " "violence of any nature will not be
tolerated by the organizations."
[y The strike was announced following
an overwhelming vote said to be upwards
of 90 per cent, favoring a strike
because of a 12 per cent, wage rei
- duction authorized by the United
States railroad labor board July 1,
and after it was declared by the association
of railway executives in session:
here yesterday that a further reduction
would be sought by the railroads.
It was said that the strike
decision was made before the announcement
of this further intended
cut. Printed instructions for the conduct
of the strike issued in Chicago
were dated yesterday, October 14.
Strttqd Will Be Serious. ,
"I fear it will be one of the most
serious strikes in American transpor^
tot-ion history." said W. G. Lee, presL
I dent of the railroad trainmen, who
I daring recent weeks has sent circuit
v lare to his men warning them of the
| critical meaning of ithe step they conF
templated.
The country was divided into four
groups, in which the men were proposed
to walk out progressively, one
group every 24 hours. The names of
the groups were not made public, but
unofficially the identity of roads in
the first group to go was learned, subject
to changes, which, union officials
said would be few. The first group
f included, some of the country's greatest
railroad systems, from coast to
coast and from Canada to Gulf. These
were:
Chicago & Northwestern, Texas &
Pacific, Kansas City Southern, Pennsylvania,
Missouri Pacific, Interna
Itional & Great Northern, Southern
Pacific (Atlantic and Pacific lines),
Sou/thern railway, Louisville & Nashville,
St. Louis Southwestern (if Tex.as
lines included, not stated), Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul (lines easit
and west), Northern Pacific, Seahoard
Air Line,' Erie, Chicago Great
Western and Virginian railway.
Trains Will Be Operated in State,
Says Governor.
Columbia, 0<ct. 17.?Trains will be
operated in South Carolina, strike or
no s'c?fke, provided volunteers can be
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procured itio run them, according to
Governor Cooper, who tonight said
that if it were considered necessary
to call a special session of the legislature
he would not hesitate to do so in
order tfco draw up measures deemed
Expedient to meet the emergency. It
Bas as no foe of organized labor nor
collective bargaining that the chief
Becutive of the state spoke, but as
B official who visualized the sufferBg
and misery that would follow on
Be heels of a tieup of railway traffic.
"If this threatened railway strike
Becomes a reality, it will mean that
the prices of everything we have to
sell will decline while the prices of
the products we have to buy will increase.
"In case the strike is called it
PLOW UNDER COTTON STALKS.
Extension Forces Urge Prompt De
struction of Weevil Resorts.
Clemson College, Oct. 8.?At th<
closing session of the annual meeting
of the extension forces on Saturda]
a resolution was passed strongly urg
ing that farmers lose no time in plow
I ing under cotton stalks for the pur
| pose of destroying the chief hiberna
tion place of the boll weevil, and re
questing the newspapers of the stat*
to give the idea as wide eirculatio-i
as possible. The resolution declarec
that the early fall destruction of cot
ton stalks is the most important sin
gle step in nihe fight against the wee
vil, and the discussion brought, ou
the fact that if cotton stalks can nobe
plowed under, they should b<
burned, for these winter hotels o
the weevil must be destroyed, bu
that plowing under is just as efficien
as burning and is much more eco
nomic as a matter of soil building.
The planting of a winter cove:
crop in the present cotton fields wa:
also urged as a most important mean:
of weevil destruction, since weevil:
can not live through the winter in i
growing cover crop, such as rye, oat:
and vetch, or clover, for the reasoi
that in order to survive the wintei
the weevil must "dry out" to the ex
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tent of losing one-third of his bod:
moisture and this can he can not d<
in a field where a cover crop is grow
ing. Qotton stalks not plowed finde:
or burned in a field to be planted t<
a cover crop should be cut to piecei
and thrown to the ground as early a;
possible by a stalk cutter so tha
they may be covered by#the growing
cover crop and thus absorb moisture
which means death to the weevil.
Still another step which should b<
taken now is the cleaning up of th<
ditch banks, fence rows, and othei
places where rubbish and trash ac
cumulate in and around the fields.
"The earlier stalks and other hi
bernaiting places are destroyed," saic
Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist,*ii
discussing the subject, "the fewei
j weevils will survive the winter. Ii
I fields it is common to fine
weevils at the rate of 5,000 to 25,00(
r>er acre at tire time of first frost. I
is a 'well known fact," Prof. Conrad
explains, "that the weevils develop
ing late in the fall are the ones mos
likely to survive the winter, as the:
are not worn out by long flights anc
the rearing of the young, as are th(
older weevils. For this reason de
velopment of weevils in late fall musr
be prevented as the first step in mak
ing the next crop."
An interesting point brought ou
in the discussion by N. E. Winters
extension agronomist, was the fac
that experiments in Louisiana showec
that when cotton stalks were destroy
ed before Oct. 15 only 3 per cent, o
the weevils survived the winter
whereas destruction of stalks on Oct
27 allowed 15 per cent, to survive
Nov. 25, 22 per cent.; Dec. 7, 28 pei
cent.; between Dec. 15 and Jan. 15
43 per cent. It is clear, therefore
that the earlier the stalks are de
stroyed, the more effective the result:
will be, but that wher^ early de
struction is impossible, it is bettei
late than never.
500 Soldier Hoboes.
London.?The master of Strat
fordon-Avon workhouse has reporte(
that, during the last three months
500 ex-service men have been ad
mitted to the tramp wards.
would be the duty of the state t<
use every means in its power to se<
that trains were operated. If i
should be considered advisable to cal
a special session of the legislature
should not hesitate to do so neithe:
would I hesitate to call for volunteer:
to aid in running the trains. Th<
trains must run."
"I express no opinion as to tlx
merits of the controversy but if th<
employes are receiving a living wag<
they will find great difficulty in satis
fying a suffering public that a strik*
is justifiable at this particular time.'
'"The farmer," the governor con
tinued, "has suffered very materiall:
by reason of the decline in the pric<
of cotton and because of the low pro
i duction, and no one ought to expec
a government, state or nation to fai
I to take any measure which would pre
vent a further loss to those engagec
in agriculture."
The governor said he did not sa:
that the unions had no legal right t<
strike, but he questioned their mora
right to strike at a time when sucl
action will cause irreparable suffer
ing. The success or failure of th<
strike will depend on public opinion
the governor said, and asked, "Wh:
should the public bear the cost?"
P. M. BUCKINGHAM
COMMITS SUICIDE
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' RECENTLY ELECTED HEAD OF
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BANK OF WESTERN CAROLINA.
Under Nervous Strain.
3 Leaves Note Saying Presidency Forci
ed On Him and Is Unable To
1 Stand Strain.
Barnwell, Oct. 16.?This community
was shocked this afternoon when
it became known that Perry M. Buckingham,
president of the Bank of
^ Western Carolina, was found dead in
his room at his home here by members
of his immediate family, who
had been attracted by the report of a
pistol.
There was a pistol wound in his
right temple and the following note
was found clasped in his left hand:
"Presidency forced on me against my
3
will. Nervous system shattered by
strain of new work. Brain numb. Not
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^ over four hours' sleep a night for
r weeks. Insanity stares me in face.
Something lias broken in bead today.
7 Fought hard to hold grip. Everything
slipping in nerves. Am doomed."
Just one month ago Mr. Bucking^
ham was elected president of the
5 Bank of Western Carolina, which ihas
branches in eight towns in this section.
The elevation to this ofBce from
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t that of the Barnwell branch <was
over his protest, as he was an ill man
at the time, although only his closest
personal friends realized his true
a physical condition. During tne snon.
* time .that he was active h^ad of the
institution he reduced the bank's inr
debtedness over $200,000 and leaves
it in excellent condition, but the conslant
applcation to his duties proved
j too much of a strain to his overtaxed
l powers of resistance, with the tragic
ending of a most useful life this afternoon.
j Perry M. Buckingham was born at
j Barnwell November 6, 1862, his part
ents being J. C. and Esther Rebecca
. Buckingham. He received his education
in the common schools of this
t place and St. Paul's school at Con.
cord, N. H., of which he was a gradj
uate in 1881. He was cashier of the
s Citizens Bank of Barnwell until 1890,
cashier of the Bank of Barnwell unt
til 1908, when he bcame president of
that institution. In 1909 he was
elected vice president of flue BanK 01
t Western Carolina and manager of its
branch at this place, resigning this
^ position a month ago to accept the
j presidency made vacant by the death
of H. M. Dibble several months ago.
f For eighteen years he was a member
of the Barnwell school board of'
trustees, and in 1918 was elected a
. member of the Barnwell county board
p of education. During tJhe World War
he actively interested himself in all |
phases of war work, being treasurer
I of the Barnwell chapter of the Red
3 Cross society and' chairman of the
liberty loan campaigns in this county!
r and a great deal of the success of
the liberty loan in this section was
due to his untiring zeal. He was a
member of the Episcopal church, having
resigned as senior warden just
- two weeks ago.
1 On October 5, 1892. Mr. Bucking,,
ham married Miss Daisy Duncan,
- daughter of the late W. H. Duncan,
Sr., and a sister of the late W. H.
' Duncan, clerk of court of Barnwell
3 county. This union was a most hap"
py one and the sympathy of the entire
community goes out to the bereaved
1 widow in her hour of grief.
1 Mr. Buckingham was cashier for a
r railroad at Richmond, Va., and he
5 was later transferred to Jacksonville,
" Fla., as trainmaster. After remain-;
ing at Jacksonville for three years he
3 returned to Virginia as general
" frpiprbt and passenger agent, with
^ * * w*0"? ? _
" headquarters at Richmond. He filled
it'hat position for about three years!
"t when he moved to Barnwell.
Colored Citizen Dies at Age of 108.
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3 David Lawrence Brantley, a colored
- citizen of Lena, died on September 25 ,
t at the age of 108 years.
1 "Uncle Dave." as he was known
~ among-the white people of that sec1
ition was among the last of the old
slaves of this county and his life was
T characterised all the way through bv
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5. the lovaltv to service and faithfulness I
1 to duty that marked the work of the
1 slave and endeared them ito the
- hearts of southern people.
3 "Uncle-Dave" leaves two sons, two
> daughters, 44 grandchildren and 33 j
? great-grandchildren.?Allendale Citizen.
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ASSISTANT CASHIER
TELLS OF ROBBERY
SIGNS CONFESSION AS TO REMOVat
r?F SAFE FROM HOME.
Loot Found at Church.
Twenty-six Thousand Dollars of More
Than Eighty Thousand Lost
Recovered With Arrest.
Florence, Oct. 14.?With the arrest
of J. Hugh Truluck, assistant cashier
of the First National bank of Olanta,
this afternoon, and his signed confession
to the part he played in the rob
- 1 rv, TXT Vnnnor
Dery 01 raue uume vj. cam iVUiiBi
Florence county farmer, of an iron
9afe containing Liberty bonds, war
saving stamps and mortgages and
other securities amounting to between
j $80,000 and $90,000, events today
followed thick and fast in a robbery
that has created no little interest in
this section of the state. In the absence
of Mr. Young, the safe was removed
from the 'house and was found
later in Lynche's river rifled of its
rich contents.
Arrest was made in Sumter yesterday
of two brothers, M. A. Truluck
and A. H. Truluck and they wrere
brought here today and questioned
closely by Mr. Winfield, a represen[
tative of the Burns Detective agency,
! who has worked up the case and caus
ed the arrest of itflue two men in Sumter.
One Gets Release.
When the third Truluck boy, a cousin
of the two men arrested in Sumter,
was arrested while in the Bank
at Olanta this morning, a sensation
was created. It was found later that
I M. A. Truluck had nothing to do with
the actual theft of the shfe and he
was released. It was established that
the other Truluck, "however, had
made a confidante of him, that he
knew all about the business from beginning
to end.
As a result of the work of the detectives,
$26,000 worth of bonds, war
! saving stamps and securities have
I been recovered so far and the officers
! believe they will get the rest] of the
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I stolen loot. When they walked into
I the sheriff's office here they entered
at once into a continuation of their
confession to Mr. Whitfield, a Burns
' agency dertJective who put the clinchers
on the information he had previI
ously received by having one of the
Truluck boys sign the same name to
a check he had signed on a check
drawn on the First National Bank of
Florence-for $10,000. This check
bore the signature of Fred A. Jones;
which the bos confessed was the assumed
name he had adopted to carry
out in Florence the disposal of the
stolen Liberty bonds.
Followed Clues Far,
With the confession from Hugh
Truluck, the master mind who engineered
the sale of the stolen securi
ties, and a confession rrom une twu
Truluck cousins, who committed the
actual theft, Mr. Whitfield believes
that he has closed a case upon wliich
he has been working for several
months and one that has led him from
Florida to Maryland and on to New
York, for it was in a New York bank
-that he found.the first trace of one
of the stolen bonds, through a check
signed for its purchase.
T/t was stated in the confession of
M. A. Truluck, that the only registered
bond in the list toad been burned.
It was a bond for $1,000. It was
stated today by Mr. Whitfield that
following the confession of the TrulnMr
hm*s. he visited the Presbyterian
church at Olanta, and found stored
under the steps the war saving certificates
which they declared had been
hidden there.
It was stated today that Mr. Young
some itime ago withdrew his funds
and securities from the First National
bank of Olanta, because of some disagreement.
This fact is believed to
strengthen the evidence against the
assistant cashier, who officers believe
concocted the plot to take possession
of the bonds.
A Rare Bear.
The glacier bear, or blue bear
(Trsus emmonsii) of the Mt. St. Elias
region, Alaska, is one of the rarest
of the many species of Ursus. The
first living specimen exhibited in any
zoological garden was brought to
the national zoological park in Washington
in 1917, having been captured
as a cub in May, 1916. The animal is
somewhat smaller than the common
black bear of the same region, and
is especially notable for its beautiful
blue-gray coat.
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WOMAN' ACQUITTED BY JURY.
Husband, Whom Wife Accused of
Crime, Now Under Death Sentence.
Albany, Ga., Oct. 12.?Mrs. Benny
Hudson was acquitted by a jury here
today or tne muraer or ner two cnudren.
Mr9. Hudson was indicted jointly
with her husband, Glenn Moore Hudson,
and he was convicted of the
crime last week and sentenced to be
hanged November 18. Hearing on
his appeal for a new trial has been
set for November 11.
The jury took Mrs. Hudson's case
at 11:30 o'clock this morning and the
defendant leaned forward expectantly
as the jurors filed in at 3:10
o'clock this afternoon. She showed
little emotion at the verdict but smilingly
thanked eacfh juror. Judge R.
C. Bell congratulated .her on the able
defense arguments by the counsel ifche
court had appointed for her. The
woman said she had no blood relatives
but, commenting on her frank
story of her life, whicfh she bared
in court, she declared today she
would "live right" in the future.
The children, stepsons of Hudson,
were shot itk) death at the Hudson
farm near (here last July, according
to testimony at the trial, after
their mother had quarreled with
Hudson because they were not being
properly fed and clothed. She told
the jury (that Hudson killed them and
threatened her life if She told, and
she also recited alleged beatings of
herself and the boys by Hudson and
declared he would curse them when
they begged for food.
Hudson, on the other hand, told
Sheriff Tarver >hiis wife killed the
children but when he went on the
stand he did no?t) attempt to say who
committed the crime, merely asserting
his innocence.
Georgia law prohibits husband and
wife testifying against each other,
so neither-appeared at the other's
trial.
FIRE MAY BURY MONTH.
Blaze in Fertilizer Material in Charleston
Likely to Last Month.
Charleston, Oot. 15.?Expert firo.
men here today voiced the opinion
that the immense piles of fertilizer
material smouldering in the ruins of
that portion of the Columbus street
docks s^ept by fire Thursday evening
might comttinue to smoke for a month,
because, of the difficulty of reaching
the heart of the glowing masses with
water or other extinguishing element.
Chief Louis Behrens arrived this
morning from Atlanta, w<bere he attended
fclhe convention of fire chiefs,
and spent the day at the scene of this
$1,000,000 blaze. It was said today
that the terminal company would face
a loss of $225,000 on dock and warehouse
property. Insurance covers this.
It was also reported that records of
Che stock in storage that was burned
had been lost in the fire. This will
mean, if true, a long delay in checking
up figures in loss to contents, but
conservative estimates continue ito
give the total at the round figures
of $1,000,000. Streams of water are
kept playing on the burning ruins.
All last night and today, at it'imes,
dense, ill-smelling smoke from the^
burning fertilizer material hung over .
the city, and is classed as even less
pleasing than the well known refinery
aroma that often is wafted through
the air by a northeast wind, m fact,
the present unsavory smell may be a
combination of the two flavors, as ai
northeast wind prevails. Hundreds of
people will take advantage of Sundayidleness
to visit the scene of the recordbreaking
fire.
FAIRFAX POLICEMAN SHOT.
Man Who Fired Shot Not Yet Known.
Had Seized Liquor.
Fairfax, Oct. 14.?Francis Harter,
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night policeman here, was shot and
possibly fatally wounded at 3:30
o'clock Friday morning by a party
not yet determined. The bullet took
effect in Mr. Harter's head. When
the shot was fired, nearby residents
rushed out and found Mr. Harter in
an unconscious condition near the de
* TJT^ V.o/1 o-a," -7 .or? O cnit PflSfl con
pUL. nc uau o\/4*A/u u.
iaining about a gallon and a 'half of
liquor and presumption is that the
man from whom this was taken fired
the shot. Mr. Harter did not regain
consciousness before being taken to
a hospital in Columbia and consequently
could make no statement as
to the circumstances leading to the
shooting. There were signs of a scuffle
where Mr. Harter fell. On the
suit case was written "D. L. Smith,
Cordele, Ga."'
WALLACE SCORES
ONE CROP IDEA 3
HEAD OP UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE. j
Big Event For Andrews.
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Pleads for Better Homes For the
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Farm Women of South
Carolina.
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Andrews, Oct. 14.?"I think it is W
the finest honor that has ever come to J
me to be selected to reward a man j
who has not only accomplished some- J
thing for himself but who has tender-' j
ed a service to the community, state |
and nation," declared Henry C. Wal- 1
lace, secretary of the United States J
/I nno r?ittTY"? An f /-\P A am fl* x *
u^yunwuguc wL AglitUilUl C UCI O IU~
day when he presented Tom Cathcart,
of Williamsburg county, with a valuable
gold medal awarded by the TriC-ounty
Fair Association for the farmer's
of Georgetown, Williamsburg or
Berkeley county making the best allround
record on his farm. ^ .1
Mr. Wallace was the principal
speaker on tihe great agricultural jro
gramme of itjhe fair. The one crop idea
was scored by the speaker who said
that farmers in the south were ia
no worse fix than those in the corn
belt where only one real money crop ;
had been produced. 'T can not advise
you to give up cotton but I do
urge that you produce sufficient foodOhlfP
fin tVio form fn folro noM <v#
WVV1.AJ- vu. V1AV 1U>1 m IU AU V^CW. V VL J|
yourself and family, and have your
small cotton crop a surplus one," said
the secretary.
Silver Pitcher Presented.
A handsome silver pitcher was pre- . |i
seated to the woman in the tri-counties
making the best record in her
home according to a plan worked out
by the home demonstration specialists
of Winthrop college. The presentation
was made by Asbury F. Lever,
member of the Federal Farm Loan
Board and former representative from .0
South Carolina. Mrs. John Singletary,
of Berkeley, was the winner. Miss /v'|j
Maud Russell, home demonstration
agent 01 peraeiey county, received
the prize for Mrs. Singletary. '
Secretary Wallace arrived at noon
on a special train from Lanes over
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. He, ? /g
Governor Cooper, Mr. Lever and others
were entertained at luncheon at
the home of W. H. Andrews who is
one of the leaders in the movement-t^ fl
promote better agriculture. Mr. WaL ,
lace and other distinguished visiitkxrs N
arrived at the fair grounds shortly
after 2 o'clock and spent some time
inspecting the many fine exhibits in / ' 'tM
i.l : U.._?l ? v. A /x+IV.
tat: agricultural yuuixijr auu uvuci
departments. In ithe course of his
address this afternoon Mr. Wallace
stated that the poultry exhibit here
would do credit to many state fairs.
He was particularly well pleased at
(the progress being made in this state' . V
in the breeding of better poultry and
livestock.
I>o not look to the government for
relief of every problem which comes
un, but get together in a cooperative
way and work out your problems, said
Secretary Wallace, who declared co- .
operation was one of ithe big needs of
the agricultural interests of the south.
The speaker congratulated Andrews
on having big business men who are JSj
giving their time and money to bring * , "J
about a better environment on t'he ... ' :
farms of South Carolina.
Until the farm women enjoy :he
same comforts and labor saving devices
as those at the hands of the city
women, we can not hope to have a
happy, contented home life on the
farm, declared Mr. Wallace, in speaking
of the drift from the farm. "When
the farm home is made as attractive as
that of the city, there will he no
drift to the cities," said the seretary.
Novel Bearing Alloy.
Genelite, the new b'earing alloy of .)
the General Electric company, con-r
tains 40 per cent, of graphite by volume.
Powdered oxides of tin, lead
and copper are mixed with an excess
of the graphite for reduction, the
materials are compressed in molds,
and in the shaped bearing are sintered
together by baking without
fusing. The alloy has high com
pressive resistance with low tensile
strength. It is porous, can be used
with or without lubrication, and is
adapted for such purposes as inaccessible
or poorly lubricated parts of
automobile engines.
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