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Vol. LXXII No. 1445 Union, S. C., Tuesday AHernoon, August 1, 1922 3c Per Copy
CONFERENCES BEING
FOR SETTLEMENT
Chicago, August 1 (By the Associated
Press).?Labor leaders scheduled
to attend two meetings here today to
consider Harding's proopsals for th?
settlement of the rail strike are slow
in assembling, only two or three men
being in the room 45 minutes after the
hour set for the meeting.
New York, August 1 (By the Associated
Press).?The committee of
American Association of Railway Executives
went into session here today
to prepare a reply to Harding's proposal
for the settlement of the strike.
An answer will be submitted later in
the day to the 148 road presidents
meeting here.
* Washington, July 31 (By the Associated
Press).?Convinced that the
railroad strike would be a matter of
history within 24 hours after acceptance
by railway shopmen and transportation
chiefs of President Harding's
compromise plan, all of the government's
influence was mustered to
night behind (he effort to obtain
adoption by the employer's meeting in
New York and that of the employees
in Chicago tomorrow. Chairman
Hooper of the railroad labor board,
after a conference with President
Harding today, left for Chicago to be
on hand when the meeting is called
of the general policy committee of
the striking shop craft unions. Secretary
Hoover left tonight to attend
the New York meeting of the executives.
There was little doubt in administration
circles concerning acceptance
by union leaders of the proposed compromise
settlement. Several railroad
executives, however are known to
hold strong objection because of their
belief that it would entail abandonment
of old employees who have stuck
. through the strike, as well as new
men who ignored strong inducements
not to accept employment during the
of their conviction that acceptance
was required as a patriotic step.
Optimistic forecast of action to be
expected from the New York meeting
was based more than a little
extent, it was indicated, on the belief
that T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of
the executive association and Vice
President Atterbury of the Pennsylvania
representatives of an influential
group in the management side of the
rail controversy would vote for ac.
ceptance.
At the same time, the sticking
point in the whole attempt to negotiate
a settlement, the "seniority
rights" so called, continued to protrude
in every conversation and public
statement of the leaders concerned
with as much awkardness as ever,
even considering the president's suggestions
for its compromise. Managements
of several of the larger systems
which now claim to have the
strike beaten have insisted that restoring
the strikers, even though they
accept the decreased pay and abrogation
of favorable rules, would mean
the dismissal of great numbers of
competent men employed since the
strike. It would further mean the
displacement of men who stuck by the
railroads and who have since received
promised promotions in the
service.
On the union side, it was held by
such spokesmen for the organizations
us were still watching the progress
ot events here that no settlement
would be made by the organizations
unless it took care of all their men
That meant that all railroads, and
not merely the largest number of
smaller roads, had to put the agreement
into effect, and that all the
strikers on each road had to be taken
back.
Advisers to the president had it that
the executives of the larger systems
who have publicly stated their positive
refusal to take back the strikers
on a seniority basis are willing, in
advance of tomorrow's meeting, to
say to associates that while they
thought the policy wrong, they could
not persist in refusing to accept a
plan devised by the government of
the United States. The advisers were
hopeful that resolution would be
passed by the executives' sessions
declaring that such a procedure was
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contrary 10 meir uesi juugiiiciib ui uro
necessities cf (he situation hut that
;in view of the responsibility of the
'president they would accede to his
views of what public interest required.
Some railroad officials were very
doubtful, however, that this disposition
of the p'an would be made.
Kelly Sewing Club to Meet
The Kelly Sewing club will meet at
Kelly's school house Thursday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Every member is
urged to be present.
I HELD TODAY
OF RAILROAD STRIKE
MOSQUITO BITE
PROVES FATAL
IN GREENWOOD,
i
Greenwood, July 31 ?Blood poison- j
ing caused by a mosquito bits is believed
to have caused the death of |
Elizabeth Strom, the 3-year-old i
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren i
Strom of Callison in this county. The
child died Thursday alter having been ,
; unconscious several days. (
The child was bitten on the nose by j
a mosquito about ten days prior to her
death. The '.pot became infected and (
death from blood poisoning resulted. t
This Year's Cotton
1
Crop Estimated at |
11,449,000 Bales <
t
Washington, August 1.?The year's 4
cotton crop is placed at 11,449,000
hales in tlie second forecast of the season
announced today by the Department
of Agriculture, basing its estimate
on the condition of the crop on
July 25th, which was 70.8 per cent
normal.
Capture More Fluid
Florence, July 31.?State Constable
W. C. Eichelberger and Federal
Agents Stacey and Youmans in a series
of whiskey raids made in this
city today succeeded in capturing
George Mason. This party has been
raided by both city and federal agents
a good many time and always succeeded
in getting the booze out of the
way. Today when the officers rode up
a woman was seen to make for the
back door and George was sighted by
the officers running through the house
with a quart bottle of whiskey. Agent
Stacey and Eichelberger made to the
rear of the house and there they saw
the woman smashing fruit jars with a
farm pole.
Youmans went in the house behind
the man with the bottle and succeeded
jn getting the bottle before he
(AM&tfat the whiskey to run out. The
eonalderahU twdklaiilh ?
getting Mason to consent to arrest. It
took two men to get him out of the
house. Mason bears a bad reputation,
having served a sentence in federal
prison for transporting.
Birthday Party
Miss Helen Mixson entertained a
score of boys and girls on Friday, the
occasion being tr.e utn Dirtnaay.
Prizes for guessing contests were
won by Elizabeth McNeel and Forney
Harris.
After two hours of merry play the |
guests were invited into the dining <
room. As the young hostess blew out <
the candles on the birthday cake the
guests each made a wish. 1
Refreshments of cake and cream i
were then served.
i
Notice
The Union County League of Women
Voters are planning to give the ,
women candidates for state superin- :
tendent of education a cordial recep
tion on Saturday when they arrive to
attend the state campaign meeting.
A special meeting will probably be \
arranged some ume during tne day,
when the ladies of Union will have
an opportunity to meet Mrs. Wallace
and Mrs. Drake.
Italy Makes Money
On Tobacco Monopoly
Rome, July 31.?During the fiscal
year ended June 30, the tobacco monopoly
in Italy gave the state two
I and one-half billion lire, or about .
$125,000,000. During the same period
the post, telegraph and telephone
services showed a deficit of $26,000,000.
The telephone' service is badly
in need of new equipment, that in
use today being very much out of
date. New installations will call for
heavy expenditures.
The reason for the deficit in the
public services is to be found in the
greatly increased wages demanded by
the personnel, who were described the
nfhor rinv nn hpinir in n "nprmnncnl
state of agitation for higher pay."
Mrs. H. I. Horton has returned after
a few days' visit to her husband in
Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Dorothy Kirby is spending
some time with friends in Jonesville.
Mr. J. D. Charles underwent a serious
operation at Wallace Thomson
hospital yesterday morning. He is reported
as doing as well as could be
expected.
Miss Eli2abeth McNeel is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Sam McNeel at York.
Miss Remelle Reid of Laurens, who
j has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
! Poole, leaves today for Pacolet to visit
SKTEEN PERSONS 1
ARE INDICTED
Pensacola, Fla., July 31.?The indictment
of 16 persons, alleged to be C
members of a well organized ring of k
Chinese and liquor smugglers that t
had been operating extensively be- o
tween Cuba and the United States for t
more than a year, became known here a
this afternoon after Assistant United r
3tates District Attorney George Karl /
Hoffman had been notified of the ar- p
rest of Louie Ying alias Quon Yick,
i Chinaman, in Philadelphia. d
Two indictments charging conspir- O
icy were returned at a special three
lay session of the United States couit o
n Gainsvilie a week ago. n
C. P. Moore of Crestview, Fla . for- o
nerly a private detective and owner o
>f the auxiliary schooner Success, the t;
>oat on which both Chinamen and r
iquor are alleged to have been smug- d
fled, is the first person named on e
>ach of the indictments. He is the a
'brains" of the alleged unlawful operations,
officials say.
Others, who officials say were in p
he 'inner circle" of the alleged op- I
^rations, are B. H. Sutton, ex-sheriff v
>f Oskaloosa county; Louie Ying,
ilias Quong Yick of Philadelphia; ii
Benjamin Edmundson of Pensacola;
3. Churchwell, ex-deputy under Sut- r
on; Dorsey M. Rice,- alias D. M. n
tichardson, Habana; Charlie Suey b
ind Charlie Hong, Appalachicola. w
The investigation was conducted
inder the direction of Disrtict At- '
;orney Fred Cubberly and his as- J
listant George Earl Hoffman, by I*a- b
ie Darden, special agent of the de- a
>artment of justice and L. R. Cobb, <*
'ederal prohibition agent for thia die- fc
rict. ^ ? F
The Benjamin R-E, belonging to n
Captain Edmundseon, one of the aleged
conspirators, and the Jane, two %
>f the fastest speed boats on
lection of the coaat, were iramediato- ^
y seized by the government. Th?yl?
ire the boats, libels' charge, that met! j
he Success outside the thiee mile n
imit and transported the cargo
Dhoctawhatchie bay. gneais^Ml
n Cuba at present, it i
ihe was caught, athfeiOftog ltdfie
liquor out improperly . severmlj,-j
lays ago. She will also Ije s#ia?d>*>? '] %
icials state, when sfwi v
Jnited States. r
Several of the principal parties of \
he alleged conspiracy have already t
jeen arrested and other arrests are t
ixpected to follow immediately. i
The ease growing out of the indict- t
nent is expected to be called for a
learding at the fall term of the Unit?d
States court, which convenes in v
Pensacola on November 6. t
Big Vote Expected Today f
i
Richmond, August 1.?Fair weather ?
today is expected to bring out a heavy j
vote in the primary race for selection ?
i?f a Democratic nominee for senator c
in which Mr. Cwanson Is opposed by
former Governor Westmoreland Da- r
vis. i
' ' t
Dperators Not f
Attending Conference r
t
Indianapolis, August 1.?Indiana c
operators are not attending the con- i
ference called at Cleveland by the in- *
ternational President Lewis, declared I
Morton Gould, president of the Indi- '
ana Bituminous Operators Associa- t
tion.
f
Important Notice >
___ s
The Union county chapter of Win- t
throp Daughters will hold an impor
tant meeting on Thursday morning at
the Young Men's Business League
ouarters.
Every Winthrop Daughter is urged
to attend. Mrs. J. W. Mixson,
President.
Forty Persons
Killed in Collision
Paris, August 1 (By the Associated
Press).?Forty persons were killed
and 50 others injured in a collision
getween two trains of Pilgrims to
Grotto of I-ourdes, one of the world's
most famous shrines, early today. The
collision occurred near Villecom Tal.
Rural Police Capture Still
Thos. McDaniel and V. E. Lawsonl
destroyed three barrels of beer, one
still and complete outfit on the place
of Mrs. Gentry Smith, south of Union,
on July 22.
Also one bag of com malt on the
place of Jim Vaughn on July 26.
Not Damages, as Reported
Mr. S. R. Garner, who was reported
as having had a very heavy loss
from hail and rain Sunday, says the
report was a mistake. His cotton was
only slightly damaged. It was his
neighbor whose cotton was almost destroyed.
1
Mrs, G. M Gurley of Rosemary, N. j
C., is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. M. i
iiendley. ]
IN MINE MASSACRE
^ ' 'S&J *
Pittsburgh, July &&?The National
Joal association in a, statement issued
tere tonight announ^fd completion of
i 'sweeping imiSaripL investigation
f the Herrin massacre" declared that
he leaders- of the inhb were known
,nd that at least "600 members of the
nob can be arrest** any time that i
attorney General Bondage of Illinois
gives the wwrd.^1
The association in" laying its evience
and findings before the governr
of Illinois statement said:
"Particular emphasis should be laid
n the point that sjprvivors of the
nassacre are able to Appoint out to the
ificiaU of the United Mine Workers "1
f America who gavp the word to
ake the unarmed prisoners off the
oads into the wood* and shoot them
own in the mapnar O&an army squad
xacuting spies or triors," says the <
"The National Coal association reorts
supports this contention of the
llinois attorney JjMc- the massacre
The stat^p||^*jRdlHninces that its
ivestigati<*^wfi^Hted stories of
eportad. h* jM^Hjjjpociations and <
ewspapar*. sjjBHttHpd that some
odi*# have been
Springfield, ti^ 81 (By the
Illinois
Workers (
?ught to
e, Frank
>nt, ani
sterni
punishb
rioting
t men,"
rer Mr.
i Associkm
>?xunornlng
and ii greater part of the
vorking portion of the city's populaion
is forced to seek improvised
ransportation. No statement was
nade as to when efforts will be made
o resume traffic.
Chicago, July 31.?A cd.nplete tie
?p of street car and elevated traffic
>egan to make itself felt shortly before
midnight tonight after the surace
lines employees at a mass meetng
had voted for a walkout effective
it 4 a. m. tomorrow and elevated road
nen had joined them in a runaway
itrike, anticipating a .formal strike
<rder by 24 hours.
Withdrawal of cars began at 11 p.
n. tonight but so sliwly as not to
iffect the movement of the theater
ind cafe crowds. The news of the
drike reached the bams before the
light men went out and as a result
,he only service given was delayed!
ars on terminating: late tn the evenng.
The immediate sympathetic
itrike by the elevated road's emiloyees
was unexpected as they were
lot scheduled to take final action unit
tomorrow night.
When the approximately 6,000 sur'ace
men at the meeting voted unaninously
to strike, the elevated reprelentatives
joined them and later inluced
the train crews to join them.
Report of Secretary
Last Saturday afternoon about 3:30
j. m. The Times' correspondents had
i club meeting. The business of imxirtance
was when and where we
vould have our correspondents' piclic.
They have not yet decided about
t. First they decided to have it down
>n Tiger sometim? in August, but
laven't fully decided yet. We correupondents
who were present at the
aeeting left it for the editor to decide.
R. M. White, our president, (Ada
0.) made us a very interesting talk
ibout raising rutabaga turnips. He
laid one reason he raised them so
large that people did not want to buy
:hem. He said there was one he raised
that weighed 11 pounds on the
rcalcs. That sure was raising turnips.
Let us all strive in raising tur
lips. But I am afraid we will have s>
fet Mr. White to leach us how it is
lone. This meeting adjourned with
expectation of another one sometime
in August. There were only a few
present: E. W. Jeter, DeAubrey Gregjry,
L. M. Rice, R. M. White, C. T.
Chalk, Julia Young. I want everybody
that can to be sure and come to the
next meeting. ?. Julia Young,
Secretary.
Picnic Postponed
The picnic at Sardis, which was to
be given this week, hag been postponed
to Wednesday, August 9th, on
account of the revival services now
being conducted at Mt. Vernon church.
NEED MORE MEN
TO PRODUCE COAL
Washington, July 31.?Addition of
100,000 men "of equal producing efficiency"
to those now mining coal
would insure a supply of coal adequate
for the country's needs, according
to a report made public today
by the coal bureau of the chamber of
commerce of the United States.
The bureau based its calculation on
the production by 185,000 men?the
number said by the department of
lubor to be at work in the mines?of
something over 5,000,000 tons in the
week preceding the railway shopmen's
strike.
There are positive indications, the
bureau said, "that certain industries
in various parts of the country have
reached an end of the bituminous resources."
A development of the
strike which has caused much concern,
report declared, was the interruption
of coal delivery at Lake Erie
ports for shipment to the Northwest.
According to the bureau the chief
point of issue between the miners
and operators was found to be "the
basis upon which the operators shall
deal with the miners"?whether on
a national or district basis?with the
"check off" holding the next position
of importance. The report estimates
that $15,600,000 was colected annually
by the United Mine Workers' national
organization from the "checK
off" and that about $7,000,000 of this
pair out to weighmen employed
by ihe union to verify weights of
coal which was paid for by the ton.
Lockhart
July 31, 1922.
In my meanderings last week 1
called at a house where the mother
was blind and had Won so from the
time she was an eight-year-old girl.
She had married and had reared several
children, some of them had gone
out in the world to fight life's bat*1
-KT ~ A- fknf
1-ItIH. nut any tiling otiau^c c* >yuu i> uiaw
you say gentle reader but when I say
that this unfortunate woman had always
done her housework. She could
even go in or out in the yard. I even
suspect that she had done the family
sewing as she informed be that she
?frftl*tfcrw4 a needle. She was a woman
of much TffteTifgtiu* ftntf refinement.
She showed me her Bible
(raised letters) and remarked that
when she could not sleep that she
would sit up in bed and read the
blessed Word. During her time she
had fallen and broken her arm and
hip but could walk by the aid of one
crutch. She was jovial enough and
was thankful to the Great Father for
His many blessings. Think of this,
you chronic grumblers, and grumble
no more.
Miss Florida Conner left yesterday
morning for an outing at Chimney
R<vlf and other cool nlaces in North
Carolina.
Mrs. Ira Burdette, accompanied bj
her daughter, Miss Mildred, spent the
week-end with relatives and friends
in Union.
Jesse Hampton of the store forct
is enjoying his vacation in Spartanburg.
Master Murray, the 3-year-old sor
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Fant, returned
Saturday after being in the Wallace
Thomson hospital for four days. A
nurse will probably remain with hin:
for a few days. Mr. Fant speaks very
highly of the Wallace Thomson hospital,
of its sanitary conditions am:
other conditions that go to make th(
stay of the patients as pleasant as il
is possible for the management tc
make them.
The two children who Mr. and Mrs
W. A. Ross voluntarily took from tht
Clinton Presbyterian Orphanage tc
entertain for two weeks have returnpH
th? nrnhanacre. We have nc
doubt that the kindness of their hosl
and hostess will never be effaced fron
their memory so long as they live.
Homo.
Today's Cotton Market
Open Clost
October 21.23 22.3(
December 21.16 22.2(
January 21.02 22.1(
Ma?ch 20.97 22.0'
May 20.83 21.9*
N. Y. Spots 22.61
Local market 22.0(
Ten Towns Flooded
Omaha, July 30.?Ten towns anc
the farm lands of five northeasterr
Nebraska counties were flooded last
night by cloudbursts which sent t
wall of water rushing down the Nortl
Fork valley to Norfolk, endangorin
a portion of that city. The cloud
bursts were accompanied by hail
storms. Damage is estimated at $1,
000,000. _
Mr. J. G. Howell, who holds a posi
tion with the Southeastern Expres:
company, is in the hospital with an at
tack of typhoid fever.
I
NEGOTIATIONS MAY
FOR SETTLEMI
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CAME NEAR
KILLING CHILD
FOR BURGLAR
Clara Belle Gault, the 13-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry
Gault, a well known merchant of
West End, came near being shot to
death by her father this morning at
4 o'clock for a burglar. It seems
that she became hot and was sitting
in one of the windows in the bed
room. I n some manner she moved,
waking her father suddenly and he
drew a .38 special Smith and Wesson
pistol covering the young lady, not
knowing who she was and demanded
of her what she was doing in the
window, so Mr. Gault is advising his
A ?i? a.- i 1 1 11
mciiua lunuy iu kiii>w wnai mey are
doing before pulling the fatal trigger
of his gun. It is possible that if Mr.
Gault had not been a brave man the
fatal shot would have been fired.
Two Dead and
Nearly a Hundred
Poisoned on Pie
New York, August 1.?Two girl
stenographers died today and nearly
100 persons employed in a garment
house section of Broadway are 111 or
poison believed to have been taken in
pies eaten in a restaurant at Broudway
and Twenty-sixth street yesterday.
An investigation of the restaurant
is being made.
Texan to Address Cotton
Growers of the State
Columbia, July 31.?F. R. Shanks,
of Texas, will address a meeting of
the chairmen of the various county
branches of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association here
Wednesday, it was announced today.
He will come to speak as a member of
the Texas association and to tell of
the results of the first year's operations
of the Cooperative Association
in that state and of the attitude of
the members towards it.
Til* chairman of every county
i branch in the state is expected in Co,
lumbia Wednesday to hear a report
s from the board of directors as to the
. progress that has been mad<> and of
! the plana for handling the 1922 crops.
[ Plans will also be made at Wednesi
day's meeting for a very vigorous
I prosecution of the membership cam
paign to be conducted in August. The
campaign has already been launched
. in Orangeburg county and contracts
representinv over 400 bales were rer
ceiver from that county today; W. O.
r Tatum, of Cope county, organizer, rei
ported the prospects bright for a
heavy additional sign up in the county.
-| Letters pledging hearty support to
I I! U aooUL I i 11 1U11 U tU pUUIIIlg III J.KUU1
j every section of the state. "I beg to
advise that this immediate section is
. 100 per cent for the association and
. we wish to give our cooperation in
every way," said a letter from J. M.
, Gibert, of Willington, today. Leters
I of similar tone are coming in every
. mail, it was said today.
Negroes Guilty of Conspiracy
I Will Bobo, alias Will Smith, and
! Gute Epps, alias Kate Epps, two net
groes indicted for conspiracy to rob
> and for assault and battery, growing
out of the early morning attack upon
. J. E. Whisonnnt, collector for Willard
i Brothers, last winter, were convicted
> on both counts in sessions court to
day. Sentence will be imposed late
> this afternoon.
t Just before adjournment for dinner
i today the case of Allen James, alias
"Sleepy," who was indicted for entering'fche
house of Mayor John F. Floyd
with intent to steal, was given to the
jury, and the pury was instructed to
bring in a sealed verdict this after,
noon. All other jurors than the ones
) in this case were discharged,
j Mark Atkins and Done Atkins,
) charged with arson, who were tried
j yesterday afternoon, were declared
5 not guilty by the jury.
W. W. Rhame, who was convicted
> of running a disorderly house and was
sentenced yesterday, gave bond in the
) sum of $1,000. His bondsmen are D.
N. Tinsley and E. C. Wrightson.
Tinsley is the father of one of the
young men caught in the raid which
led to the case being made out against
I Rhame, it is said.
? There will doubtless be several
t pleas this afternoon. Several sen>
tences are to be imposed, and motions
t for new trials argued. The last jury
: case has been tried for this term. The
solicitor will doubtless ncl pros many
- more cases, which it will be impossible
- to try for lack of time.
Much time has been made in getting
rid of cases. Every effort has
- been made to expedite matters and
? turn the business off during the pres
ent term of court.?Spartanburg Herald.
BE DEVELOPED
ENT OF COAL STRIKE
rnuaaeipnia, August l (By the Associated
Press).?Joint wage conferences
of operators and miners of central
competitive bituminous fields will
be held at Cleveland next Monday for
the purpose of negotiating an agreement
of the designed terminal coal
strike was culled today by John L.
Lewis, head of the mine workers. Mr.
Lewis also announced a general policy
committee pf United Mine Workers
to met at Cleveland at the same
time for the purpose of acting
promptly on developments as they occur
in the joint wage ronference. All
men will remain on strike until an
agreement or a definite understanding
ia reached.
Washington, July 31 (By the Associated
Press).?With the federal emergency
coal control machine piloted
by Fuel Distributor Spencer finally
under way, the possibility that negotiations
for a separate wage settlement
between the miners' union
and some operators in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois and Indiana bituminout
fields might be instituted this
week was strongly indicated in Washington
tonight.
Representative of the various government
departments and producing
operators cooperating under the administration's
distribution plan set to
work on the initial problems facing
operation of the scheme, such as or
ganization of regional committees in
the producing fields and formation of
coal pools. The personnel of some of
the regional committees is to be announced
tomorrow.
Members of the federal d'stribution
committee also conferred today
with Cleveland operators on the question
of supplies for the Great Lakes
region, but no statement was made as
to conclusions reached by the conferees.
In Cleveland, it was understood, a
meeting is to be held next Monday
'looking to the settlement of the strike
in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and
Indiana.
How extensive su h a partial settlement
of the miners' strike would
be or whether such a conference, lacking
a considerable number of emquestionable
in official and semi-official
view.
Ever since the strike began, some
upciaiuio nave cApicoocu vtiiiiu^iicoo
| to negotiate with John L. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers,
and the scale committees of the union.
The controlling majority in most operators'
associations has been unwilling,
however, to concede the union's
demands for a semi-national wage
scale, made up by a joint action of
the employers and employees in the
four states named, and have also been
unwilling to concede the wage scale
of 1920 with its $7.50 daily wage
base for common labor underground.
Soaring prices of coal, due to shortage,
is said to have made the higher
wage scale acceptable at least while
the market lasts, though heads of the
larger mining enterprises outside of
Ohio insist tha a settlement givirs:
Ohio insist that a settlement giving
would only allow a few months of operation
followed by shut-downs because
the non-union coal would throw
the output bearing higher overhead
cost out of the market.
Ohio coal operators' associations
are said to have been made ? nucleus
about which Mr. Lewis was forming
an interstate group with whom he
would shortly attempt to negotiate
a wage scale.
There were indications tonight that
the Cleveland meeting might have
in it some openWtors from northwestern
West Virginia as well as the four
! states mentioned. This territory hus
never been included in the wage contracts
of the central competitive field
in past years, but there has been
some demand for its inclusion, since
the coal produced there figures largely
in the markets to which the Ohicrer.nsylvania
product goes.
No Duplicate Keys in Nigeria
Duplicate keys are not wanted in
Nigeria. An official ukase decrees
that no machines for making duplicate
keys are to be imported. Wheth
er the purpose is to penalize an individual
who loses a key by compelling
him to buy a new lock, or to prevent
persons with predatory instincts
from opening the locks of lawabiding
citizens the official proclamation does
not say.?The Nation's Business.
Miss Marion Blackwell of Laurens
is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Poole.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gossett and little
daughter, Marjorie, of Pacolet, are
visiting relatives in Union today.
Harmless insects trained to attack
and destroy the various pests which
damage garden crops are the idea of
one London scientist.