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r=T| The Union Aily Times f=l T DDCCC 3! J'<v I Fair tonight and ! ri\LOd t '' * * * \ Sunday. Cooler to* I j. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Converte d to Tn?g^pnT)aily Times Oc tober 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ? niEht; liEh* fr?st. HH-M-H-M I 11 HUlli ? ! ___ __ _ 1++++++++-W a,g, 1IH Vol. LXXI1 No. 1342 Union, S. C., Saturday Afteni^S^April 1, 1922 3C per Copy Bit FIRE EA Almost Entire 1 is DestroyedMounts Info of D Union had a destructive fire early j this morning which swept away all save the Bailey Builders Supply Co. on the entire block just east of Main street, North Side. The Peoples Supply Co., W. E. Green's Garage, -.elton's Garage buildings were destroyed and all except the Cash Grocery company's stock were completely burned as well as the buildings. The Cash Grocery building upstairs was destroyed und the entire stock is very badly damaged by fire, smoke and water. The Elks Home, the Armory of Co. E and rooms occupied by private parties upstairs were totally wiped out with entire contents. The local fire company, aided I y the companies from Monarch, Ottaray and Excelsior Knitting Mills, di^heroic service, and only thus saved the fire from spreading across the street and eastward on Main street. 0 At. one time it seemed that in spite of all t^ht could be done the flames would spread to a much wider range. Great showers of sparks fell on a .^ide area and a strong wind was * blowing. The losses are estimated as follows: The Peoples Supp^f Co. building and stock, worth $50,000. Stock reasonably covered. Building insured for about 50 per cent of value. W. E. Gfeen's Karate, stock valued at $80,000, building at $25,000. Insurance carried on b?th building and stock between $45,000 and $50,000. The fire originated in the rear of this establishment, and was discovered Coal Fields Tied up In Walk Out Indianapolis, April 1.?Confident that the suspension of work begun at midnight by the union coal miners ywould result in a complete tieup of the country's unionized fields, the mine workers officials awaited the reports showing exactly the effectiveness of the shutdown. They expected 000,000 men including 100,000 non-union workers to be included in the walkout. Preliminary reports indicated that a few operators who conduct mines on the closed shop basis would attempt continued production. For the first time in its history, the officials said, both anthracite and bituminous fields are tied up and they estmated that tj.UUU of the nation's 7500 mines are idle. Music If the weather permits the 1st S. C. Regimental Band will play the following program Sunday afternoon on the court house lawn at 4 o'clock. Everyone is invited; a treat for the old folks. 7. II Trovatore ? selection from Verdi's opera. "Forgive Me"?request. Spring song?Mendelssohn. "Now I I.ay Me Down to Sleep"? request. Flower song Gustav I^ange "Ain't We (lot Fun"?request. "My Old Kentucky Home." "Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground." "Old Folks at Home." "Dixie." Bomb Thrown Into Laborer's Home Belfast, April 1.?A bomb was thrown into the family circle of a laborer named Donnelly, killing a 3year-old son and wounding two other children and Donnelly. Four shots then were fire<! at Mrs Donncllv nn,l a nursing infant, without effect. ^ Town to Town Talks On Kingdom Work by Kingdom Messengers "Town to Town Talks on Kingdom Work by Kingdom Messengers." Brief, devotional, inspirational and instructive addresses by Drs. I^oe Davis Lodge, C. A. Jones, K. S. Heaves and possibly Dr. W. T. Derieux, at Salem Baptist church, Saniuck, S. S., 11:00 a. m. to 12:00 m., Tuesday, April 4th, j 1922. Laymen, W. M. U., B. Y. P. U., Sunday school workers and others from nearby churches are invited. It is to be a season of good fellowship and you are urged to attend. Rev. W. A. Stephenson, 1342-2t-pd Pastor. | - IN UNION RLY THIS rownsend Block -Money Loss > Thousands ollars I about 3 o'clock this'morning. Bolton's garage carried a slock of about $12,000 including repair shop and repair parts. Insurance $8,200. The building was owned by R. L. McNally and was partially insured. Mr. uolton had just about completed arrangements to sell to another party, and in a day or two more the deal would have been perfected. The Cash Grocery company carried insurance of $5,DUO on a stock, including fixtures, valued at $8,000. The Elks Home carried insurance of $1,000 which is thought to amount to 75 per cent of the loss. The National Guards Armory eq.iipment was totally destroyed. The value is something like $72,000. The government carried insurance upon the property. The hoys carried $1,000 insurance upon their personal belongings housed in the Armory. Several large glass windows in the Caro-Vet building were broken by the heat, as were a number of windows in the Smith block of buildings. The rooms above the Cash Grocery company were occupied T>y ~hr airly Allen* Ed. Bartlett and Ed. Gregory and all they saved was the clothing they hastily put on as they fled from the burning building. The police discovered the flames almost as soon the they first started, and gave the alarm. But so rapid was the headway that all efforts failed to control them until the buildings were destroyed. Improvement in Industrial Conditions lNew York, April 1.?Improvement in the industrial conditions as ind'eated by the marked increase in the output of iron and steel, better railroad returns and enlarged buying of general merchandise for spring requirements were the main propelling factors in the stock market which moved this week irregularly and less actively to higher levels. Rally Meetings The local advisory board of the Salvation Army met last night at the Young Men's Business Club rooms with a good attendance to complete the plans for to raise $3,000 for the local work of the Salvation Army here and every member was much enthused and all believe that the people of Union county will give this amount, the general collecting will commence on Tuesday morning after the big rally meeting at the High school auditorium on Monday night when Prof. Ad >lph Vermont of the Converse College, Spartanburg, will deliver an address and several visiting officers of the Salvation Army will also be here at this meeting which will with the musical ?11 iuiKt*iiifnim mane op wpii worm attending. All the church choirs are being invited and will occupy the stage. Miss Catherine I.ayton will ' ing one of her beautiful solos, the First S. C. Regiment Band will also furnish sf me music and Miss Ruth Gault will be the pianist and Mr. C. C. Sanders as chairman of this meeting it is bound to be a success. No admission will be charged and no reserved seats only for those taking part. Ensign Davis. Woman's Missionary Society The Woman's Missionary Society of Grace church will meet Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the ladies' parlor. All members are requested to be present. Woman's Auxiliary to Meet The woman's auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church will meet Monday eft.ernnnn nf !l .. - "".J C1IIUCI is urged to be present. Douglas Fdwards, who has been very ill with flu and pneumonia is now improving. Mrs. Geo. E. Simmons of Spartanburg is visiting her mother, Mrs. Chas. R. Smith, on South Mountain street. Mrs. Williams of Columbia and Professor Mailman of the Hastoc school are visiting in Union. Mrs. J. N. Gibson of Gibson, N- C.f is visiting Mrs. J. W. Kilgo at the Methodist parsonage. MORNING | Two Men Are Killed . | When Plane Crashes Macon, Ga., March 31.?Two automobile racers, Jules Devereaux of Portland, Ore., and John J. Costa of Anthony, Kan., are dead and W. L. Fisher, member of the British Royal | Flying corps during the war, is in a serious condition as a result of an airplane in which they planned to go to Atlanta, thence across the country to Texas, crashing into a tall chimney at the Macon, Dublin & Savannah railroad ships near here late today. The men hopped off at 4:30 o'clock in a machine that had been used in a flving circus that appeared here early in the week. Soon after I leaving the ground, according to eyeI witnesses, the plane seemed to have struck a d"own current," causing it to swerve and strike the smoke stack. All three men were badly burned, : Costa being rescued while running ! down a railroad track with his clothes ablaze, when a man knocked him down and rolled him in the sand to put. out the flames. Fisher gave his home as Mack, Col. Devereaux's real name is Ray Roundtree. ^ Merrimac Veteran Die* at Norfolk Norfolk, Va., March 31.?Andrew J. Dalton, one of the last three survivors of the crew of the Merrimac, which participated in the historic battle with the Monitor in Hampton Roads March 9, 1862, died at his home here tonight after a brief illness. He was 78 years old. In the course of his public career Mr. Dalton served as a state senator, a member of the police department, street inspector, sheriff, head of the city electoral board and jus: tice of the peace. Before Virginia seceded, he enlisted in Company C of the First South Carolina artillery and was stationed at Fort Johnson, on James Island, from which the signal shell.for the +5? the gun crew that placed in the mortar the fateful shell that plunged the ' states into war. Child Breaks Neck Patrick, March 31.?Littla Iva, the four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davis, a prominent farmer of the Bethel section, was buried at the Bethel Methodist church Thursday, the funeral services being conducted by the pastor, the Rev. H. W. Shealy. While playing in the yard Wednesday the child attempted to open a gate and the upper hinge broke, I causing the gate to fall on her in such a way that it broke her neck. She was dead when discovered by other members of the family. Her death was a severe shock to the' community, and the manv friends of Mr. and Mrs. Davis extend sympathy to them in their bereavement. Levees are Holding Their Own Helena, Ark., April 1.?Workmen are returning from the old town Levee where the caving occurred last night said the water from the flooded Mississippi has gone through a gap in the front levee, but is being held by the sublevees built of sand bags. Two Deaths Caused From Panic Buenos Aires, April.?Panic seized ine inonsier political aemonsirauon parading the streets when a revolution shot the signal for a fusillade from the demonstrators. Two deaths arc reported while over 20 were wounded, some seriously. Many injured as a result of the panic. Revival at Westside The evangelist, H. C. Buckholz, will arrive in Union at 3:30 today. Two services will be held tomorrow and each night following at the services at 7:30. We are expecting you to attend these services. A. T. Stoudenmire, _ Pastor. V Notice B. P. O. Elks There will be a regular meeting Tuesday night, April 4th, at 8 o'clock in the K. of P. hall. Newly-elected officers will be installed for the next ensuing year, and you are commanded to be present. Neither fire nor water stops a real Elk. We will expect you. I. K. Brennecke, 1342-3t. Secretary. Willing to Accept Boundary Line Mexico Cityy, March 30.?The Mexican government has been informed by Great Britain that she is willing to accept the boundary line lx?tween the Mexican territory of Quintans Roo and British Honduras as recommended some time ago by a I special Mexican committee. Work of placing the necessary markers is to | begin immediately. The boundary line in question runs through a desert country. MUSCLE SHOA I' STILL 1HOUBT Washington, March 3l^Ry the Associated Press).?Postp^Boent until | congress convenes in O^Hnber of a decision respecting the ^Kptance or rejection of Henry For^Kand other offers for private opcdHlon lease, purchase and completio^Hf the government's war initiatet^Brojects at 1 Muscle Shoals, Ala., ajj^Eaicd prob- 1 able today with the Srn of the I congressional delegation^B*om an inspection of the propeiSs in AlaSenator Norris of NelBfaka, chairman of the agriculture cAmittee, announced he would introAte a meas- < ure for appropriating Aoney with which the army enginoA could begin work of completinfXthe Wilson dam this summer and ^pr the con- ( struction of dam No. 3*91 the upper , Tennessee river. He (tjclared the < dams should be brought w completion : us soon as possible, and flh this point \ other senators and meifters of the < house military committemwho visited ( the project, have expresftd their ap- I The agriculture chairman said he : was very doubtful that* the senate would be able to decide won the ac- ' ceptance or rejection of%he private ' proposals at this session?of congress ] because of the heavily lolled legisla- ' tive calendar. It was As plan, he ' explained, to give the offers a thor- 1 ough study while the wonstruction work was in . progress -And decide , later, probably in the n<*t congress, whether any of their number should i be accepted or whether. Ihe govern- J nient itself should compile the work j and put the projects in condition foi operation under its supervision. ; Chairman Kahn of thelhouse mili- J tary committee issued a Call for the | committee to meet tomorrow to dis- i [cuss the offers it has been investigat- i ing for more than a month and determine at the same time upon a pro- j gram of future proceedings. Senator Norris prepared to presAit his plan < to the agriculture comnrnttee at its ( regular meeting on Tuetfay. < French Soldiers Die } t In Surprise Attack ' London, March 31.?Soften hundred J men belonging to two Frfach columns J have been killed or VtAhded in a : surprise attack by tribesmen in the { Moulouya valley of Fnfiln Morocco, according to a dispatcMBlthe London Times^rom Huelva^^^Aaia. - dated ^nreless station. . Bandits Have Nerve I New York, March 31.?Three ban- . dits walked into the accounting room , of the New York Tribune in Park ( Row across the street from city hall nolice station at 10:30 o'clock tonight, j held up two clerks and a watchman and escaped with $1,000. New York, March 31.?Three men I held up the employees in the Bronx ? distributing station of R. H. Macy & ] Co., late tonight, shot and seriously | wounded the manager, Charles De- \ Lorme, and fled without making an attempt to take a bag containing ? about $9,000, the day's receipts. ( Investigation Fails to Substantiate Charges ( . . 1 Jackson, Miss., April 1.?Legislative committee investigating Gov. Russell's , charges that fire insurance companies had inspired the $100,000 seduction , suit against him instituted by Miss y Francis Birkhead, was reported to the . house today. The investigation failed , to substantiate Governor Russell's , charge. Cambridge Wins Boat Race Putney, England, April 1.?Cambridge won the annual boat race with , Oxford. Two Policemen Wounded Benton, 111., April 1.? Two police- 1 men were woundedi n a shooting bat tie with the striking miners in Southern Illinois. Another Offer for Muscle Shoals , Washngton, April 1. ? Secretary Weeks sent congress another Muscle Shoals development offer from Charles L. Parsons of Washington. Government Operation of Coal Mines Alternative Washington, April 1.?After the conference with the miners and operators representatives, Senator Borah said the government operation of coal mines was alternative if the coal industry was not reorganized. Blackest Month in Her History Belfast, April 1.?Sixty-four persons were killed in Belfast during the March factional disorders, the blackest in her history. Twenty thousand years ago, say the geologists, there were great forests where Louisiana now is. The "talking movie" has been de veiopeci in Japan, in tnat the part of every player in a screen play is taken by actors, placed in boxes on either side of the screen. These actors speak the parts of the characters as they would on the legitimate stage. The bow and arrow was the leading crm of the English people for centuries. COTTON EXCHANGE IS INDICTE1 New York, March 31.?On evident given at a recent "John Doe" invest gation before Chief Magistrate M Adoo and presented to the grand jut by the district attorney, the Amer ?an Cotton exchange, largest of i kind in membership in the countr and six of the directors were indictf today, charged with violating tl penal code of "bucketing" orders. The individuals named in the bil Randolph Rose, Sr., of Rose & Soi vice president of the exchange; C. V Pratt, secretary; Angelo T. Jenning Martin Goulko, Edwin L. Patton ar Raymond Palmer, each were held i ?1,000 for pleading before Judge Ro: alsky in general sessions court c Monday. Iwo indictments were returned, or sf which, Benjamin F. Sehreiber, a: distant disti'ict attorney, tonight r< sealed, jointly charges the exchanp is a corporation and the six directoi vith having, since January 1, "crosse sales by making contracts on the has; )f the market quotation without ir tending to buy any cotton." The other indictment, Mr. Schriebc said, accused Patton and Jenninp 'with permitting and inducing th bucketing of orders in that on Octc aer 3, 1921, they made a contract b< tween themselves to purchase 39 aales of cotton at the market quoti ion without any intention of makin i purchase or delivery." The John Doe inquiry, which led t he indictments, was an outgrowth c District Attorney Banton's invest ration into bucket shop operations i ;he ^nancial district and the snart set for the investing public by gel rich-quick promoters. Testimony given before Magistrat McAdoo concerning the alleged ii regularities practiced l y certain men aers of the indicted exchange cause aim publicly to express his amaz< nent and upon his recommendation .he evidence was carried to the gran iury. The American Cotton exchange wa ariginally known as the America 3otton and Grain exchange. It wa irganized by Joseph C. Cooper, Southern promoter, who is said no ;o have a claim of $300,000 against th xchange. It was incorporated in Ne< tork state August 24, 1910. It was brought out at the Joh Doe inquiry that many membership lad been sold in the South for price is low as $125, payable on instal nents. The market value of men jership on the exchange today wa iaid to be undetermined. A mini nun Irate McAdoo, who stated that he cor sidered Graham merely as a flgur? read in its administration. Mr. Graham asserted in a statemer :onight that "the exchange, its oflicei tnd brokers all strenuously assert tlu ;ney are entirely innocent."' Vliss Hazel Salley Arthur Entertain Miss Hazel Salley Arthur, th aiiall daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ne Arthur entertained a number of ht ittle friends yesterday afternoo n celebration of her first birthday. The house was decorated in earl spring flowers, and the color schem >f purple and gold was beautifull arried out. The birthday cake with one we andle was the centre of attraetio 'or the little people and when th 'avors, Easter baskets and bah hicks, were presented, their happ less knew no bounds. Delicious refreshments were sen d and the young hostess in makin ler bow to society was very gracioc ind sweet; she has many friends i Jnion who wish her many, many r< urns of this happy day. Today's Cotton Market Open CI Oi January 16.80 16 1 May .'. 17.98 17.? July 17.38 17.S October . . . ..- 16.98 16.? December 16.8r? 16.? txical market . . . L 17.C Union County Nominations The following young ladies hai been nom nated as candidates to re] resent Union at Palmafesta: Miss Mary I,ocke Barron Miss Kathleen Betsill. Miss Cornelia Culp. Miss Mattie Sealey. Notice to Our Electric Light Customers On and after April 1st, 1922, w? will allow a 1ft per cent discounl on all electric light bills if paid or or before 10th of month after servvice is rendered, but this discount will positively not be allowed after lftth of month after which service is rendered. After April 1st final pay perioc will be 15th, but without discount Ily order of Commissioners ol Public Works. W. B. Aiken, Supt. Whut is planned as the world's lar est auditorium, seating 50,000 to 101 000 people, will be constructed at Ixi don. The site already has be bought for nearly $5,000,000. T building, it is believed, will cost a 1 ther $5,000,000. Each acre of walnut trees in bet ing will produce every year food a proximating 2,500 pounds of beef. UNION MINERS W 8 IN TWENT I FORMER EMPEROR j CHARLES IS DEAD '(I Funchal, Maderia, April 1.?Former; II Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary n' .lied here today. y Former Emperor Charles and his s" wife, Zita. were sent to exile by the 1(j entente allies after he had made two |n '.pectacular attempts to regain the' s_ thrones of either Austria or Hungary, i in Although the situation on the Island' of Madeira resembled that of Napol-: i0 eon at St. Helena, Charles and Z ta j 5 occupied a much more comfortable poj. sition. His exile began November 19, last, lie became ill a week ago with * ironchial pneumonia. ,tl Emperor Charles I of Austria, kinu js of Hungary, was an unpromising ma^ orin an Austrian infantry regiment when the shot of the assassin who ;r killed the \rchduke FVancis FerdirS land on June 28, 1914, made him the [e heir apparent to the throne in the j. 'Hawk's Castle" on the banks of the River Aar. iy Two hundred or more monarchs of I 4 this historic house of Hapsburg ruled j, for centuries the land of Magyar, Slav and Teuton?centuries of bloodshed, ^ tyranny and aggression- and sleep j ,f n the wonderful crypt of the Capauj. chin church in Vienna. Emperor r Francis Joseph, the aged predecessor of the youthful Charles, sees "the; t handwriting on the wall," had hoped j to unite the discordant elements ( among his $r?o,ooo .ooo subjects whose I aclal antagonisms were complicated j. hy the absorption by Austria of the | c' Serbian provinces of Bosnia and Her-! ?. <egovina in 1908. jy Charles I was born August 17, 1887, j he son of the late Archduke Otto of! Saxony. He married the Princess j ^ita of the Bourbon house of Parma i r (Italian) in 1911. When the Nunc1 n Oiniittis was suno for his dead crand t, mcle, the Emperor Franeis .Joseph, he only achievements of Charles i, nought to public notice were that he j >vas a keen sportsman, an excellent shot and motorist. Frequently he was I i ;een in the parks of Vienna wheeling | >ne of his young dukes in a baby per- | >? unbulator. When he acceded to the j 1 hrone on December 30, 1910, Austria- t ) lungary, torn by four years of war i u iaw the first faint gleam of possible t ieace. Santuc Letter t , Tbi ni n -f aa i>Lft^ocim'.ing up to 1 wards summer heat, vegetation is 2 springing up and budding and bloom ing, but comparatively no plowing has been done. There has been too i much rain. We have had two small rains this week, but a plenty to koej the land too wet to plow. Very little i gardening has been done. l? There are still some loafers in our country. Some negroes have been at it work nearly all the time, have worked d well. I see some who rent seems to i ? be in an uncertainty as to getting aid p to "run on" this year, and there is no v job open to them, save farming. And if there is to be a lack in getting aid i j by anyone, or to get fertilizers, that alone will be a greater hurt to the 10 country all around than the boll wee ' vil, for that will hurt the food crop v pest, too. i I see that the winter legume crops are beginning to spread themselves. Some crimson clover is looking fine, (? # [? but some bur clover is running it neck p and neck, but hairy vetch is not at i its host vet. hut. will snnn li? sirnnn.l with u bigger amount of humus for the land's sake than any of the winter legumes. But, there is far too little amount of any of them. The Sunday school at the Baptist p church observed missionary day Sun V. day and while the school is small, less | than half a hundred, there is much interest. It is well attended, holding K up a good average, and the contribution for home and foreign mission: ^ns nearly $20.00. Recently the pas tor of the church said that it was n ' ne of the best, if not the best, organ^ ized country Sunday schools that he ever saw. An event of great social interest at this place was the celebration of the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Jeter, Sr., of whi h the writer had the pleasure of attending. The date was March 24th, and everything was so \ well arranged and carried out perfect 'y, and for three hours everyone, and there were many, present enjoyed t themselves to the fullest. The pies i ents were numerous and pretty. Mr and Mrs. Jeter are pastmasters in en tertaining at any time, and on this oc^ casioti they were at their best. I hav already seen an article on this, so I will not attempt descriptive details Thosse of the family who are other 1 places, but were present on this occasion, were: Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Jeter P of Athmta, Malcolm C. Jeter of Birmingham, Miss Mildred Jeter of Coker College and Miss Bel'e Jeter of G. W. C. Hey Denver. Birth Announcement g [>, Dr. and Mrs. Oren Moore (T/OU'se n- Murphy), of Charlotte, N. C., anen nounce'the birth of a daughter, Thursday, March 27th. in Winthrop Picture ?r- _ . The picture of Winthrop Pagaent will be shown in this city April 8th at the Grand theatre. ALK OUT { STATES TODAY Washington, April 1.?The administration viewed the beginning of the coal strike today with a protection of the general public as the uppermost concern and they believed this was assured by the present coal surplus and production at nonunion mines. New York, April 1.?Congressional action to prohibit overdevelopment of the coal industry was proposed by Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers as a cure for the "great evil" which has America m the grip of u nationwide strike." He said men were required to live a year on earning from 40 to 100 days' work because of overproduction. Indianapolis, March 31.?Coal production was stopped tonight by the union miners, who quit their day's work in the mines of 20 states with the avowed policy of remaining idle indefinitely in an effort to force the operators to accept the miner's terms for new wage contracts. Officials at the headquarters here of the United Mine Workers of America declared the suspension would not only include a half millions workers but also at least 100,000 non-union men would join in the walk out. No last minute instructions were issued from headquarters and the only significant conference held during the uay oy ^resident .John L. Lewis was with Lonnie Jackson, president of the Kentucky union district, where 5,000 union men will continue at work because their contract with operators nas another year to run. During the day Mr. Lewis declared the suspension of work by Kansas union miners would not be averted by the action of the Kansas industrial court ordering that wage scales of the last two years be continued for 30 days. In a formal statement tonight the union chief declared the nation wide walkout would affect "hundreds of thousands of citizens" not directly engaged in the coal industry, and he reiterated his charge that the operators had forced "the strike upon the miners." In addition to the Kentucky miners, union men in Nova Scotia will remain at work but those in the Western Canadian provinces were expected to join the suspension. The conference over the Kentucky situation was said by its participants to have been a general review of the situation there with President Lewis taking the position that the union must oljey its contract with the operators. , Numerous reports from the coal fields of-*'the country also reached--MjMMfHfe headquarters, which Mr. Lewis declared indicated a complete tie up of all union fields. These reports also showed that 13,000 union men would be left in the mines to protect the property from damage and the only trouble between operators and miners ir. this connection was reported from Washington where operators were said to be objecting to paying the wages provided for in the contracts that expired at midnight. Mr. Lewis' formal statement regarding the suspension of work follows: "The strike upon which the United Mine Workers of America are entering is not a question of small magnitude nor one to be lightly considered by the American people. It is fraught with far reaching consequences and mtiiuuu respuuaiui 11111*3 us unuctiiiK the public weal. The withdrawal of in excess cf 000,000 men from the mines of the country constitutes a serious problem. Aside from the inevitable coal shortage which will ensure, to the profit of coal operators and to the detriment of the public, it will cause a dislocation of industry throughout the nation, affecting hundreds of thousands of citizens in other walks of life. "This is a deplorable condition and constitutes a sad commentary upon the relationships of employer and employee in American industry. Every thoughtful man recognizes that in the end a settlement of the problems of the mining industry must perforce be effected. Such settlement must come through joint conference with accredited representatives of the mine workers of the nation. "It is most unfortun ite, because of the arbitrary attitude of the coal operators, that such a meeting can not 1 v assembled until the country has endured the agony and convulsions in\ob ed In an industrial strike on such ft gigantic scale. In the present issue the public has been lulled in a sense of false security by the soothing statements of those who will profit through a strike. "The mine workers repeatedly have called attention to those facts and our statements have gone unheeded. The responsib lity must therefore be with these who have brought about the present situation seeking to push the miners backward. "As self-respecting citizens we are resolved to stand in opposition to those who deny us a living wage and our proper aspirations for an American standard of living." Old Fiddlers' Convention At Gault School House There will he an Old Fiddlers' Convention at Gault school house Saturday ni^ht, April 8th. Proceeds, after prizes are Riven, to ro for benefit of school. We shall Rive prizes accordinR to crowd. There will be a small admission . fee. Come one and all and hear Rood music. Frank MorRan A. I>. Gault T. B. Kqlly 1342-3t. . i . Committee. Undaunted by the Fire T" The Peoples Supply Company have i opened up in the old express office buildinR, just opposite their burned huildinR. Thev ask their customers to call nnon them in this temporary home. Thev expect to rebuild as l soon as possible.