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Ir IA VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, '1922. NMHR3 UNION. MINERS O IN Announced PurpQse to Iemain Idle Until Demanfds are Met. Non-Union Workers May Join in Strike. Indianapolis, March 31.-Coal pro duction, was stopped tonight by the union miners, who quit thoir day's work in the mines of 20 states with the avowed policy of remaining idle in definitely in an effort to force the op-. orators to accept the miners' terms for new wage contracts. Olicials at the headquarters here of the United Mine workerb of' Ameri ca declared the suspension would not only include a 'half million workers but also at least 100,000 non-union mien would join in the. walk out. No last in mute instructions were Issued from 'headqurters and the only Sig nificant conference held during tle day by President John L. Lewis was with Lonnie Jackson, president of the Kentucky union district, where 5,000 tnion men will continue at work 'be cause their contract -with operators has another year to run. During the day Mr. -Lewis declared the sua:,ension of work by Kansas finion miners 'would not be averted by tlthe 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 .declare'd the nation wide walkout would Aoceit "hundreds of thousands of citizens" not. directly engaged in the 'coal industry, and he V161tera-ted his charge that the opera tors had forced "the strike upon the niners." - In addition to the Kentucky miner, union men in Nova Scotia will remain at work but those in the Western Ca nadian provinces wer'e expected to Join the suspension. The conference over the 'Kentucky sttuation wassaid by its .prticibants to have been a gen oral review Of the ituation there with President Lewis taking the position that the union must obey its contract with the operators. Numerous reports from the coal fields of tho country also reached headbquhrters, which Mr. Lewis declar ed indicated 'a- cothplete tie up of all union fields. Those reports Iso show ed that 13,0000 union men ould be left in the mines to protect the prop erty fropn damage and the only trouble between operators and miners"in this connection .was reported from Wash ington where operators -were said to be obiecting to <paying the wages pro vided for in the contracts that eo l)ired\ at midnight. IMr. ILewis' formal statement regard in'g the suspenkoin of work follows: "The' strike u-pon Which the United Mine Worleors of America 'e enter Ing is not a lue'itign of smoll magni tude nor. one to be lightly considered by the American people. \Tt is fraught with far eaching conscieionces and serious responsibilities as acecting the .puhlic weal. 'I'he withdrawal of in exctish of 000,000 men frd'm the mines of the countrr fonstitujes a serious problem. -Aside'fromAhe inevitable coal short'agernvhich wfii ensue, to th~e profit of 'coal operatorsa and. to the detriment of the public, it will cause a dislocation of . Industry throughout the nation ottoctdng hundreds of thou-' eanids of 0'fishne~ in other welk's of life. - This ig .a deplorable 'condition and constitutes 'p s~ad com1ientasy upoli -the reationollips of employer and en * ployee in Aht6riean indu'stry. 'Every tbyoughrtful nian recognizes that in the end a -settlonlent of e -profilems of 1 the frilning industry mist perforce be dffected. Such. settlemient inust cpme through Joint .conference iwith aecred lIed repreosentatives of thesmine.work er 'of the niation. th Is most unfortunate, becaso of - hear'blrtary attitude Q't the coal op ,''rat6rs, that euch'agineetiitg can not'be assembled. .until. the country has en dured the agbifty and coivulsions in -volved, in ah Andustrial strike on sucli a gigantic *Eoale. 'In thie Oresentil'sie the. public h beoji duled ;, agensep of false s6 it by'thle et~yig, eyte men te oft thewb wdl profit throu 6 "The Emiie .woa'lgea v9otedly hkyp ' ' aled attem tcmi udoho. '~ts atnd 0r tements h e gotoeotin ed '#he thoe whoe 1 ie otuelit Aloiat thde "fA'e, s#ita~~t of seeItI$6ush l' e TWENTY STATES FLAMES DAMAGE HOTEL IN AIKEN Fire Destros One Wing of Highland Park. To liebulid at Once. Aiken, April 2.-One wing of the Highland Park hotel here 'was burned in a fire which began at 11:30 o'clock tonight. For a time ithe flames threat ened the entire structure hnd a call Dn Augusta for help was made. Ilow 3ver, the 'flames were under control be 'ore the Georgia city fire lighting )pparatus -arrived. The loss is esti inated -between $25,000 and $30,000. The company plans to rebuild the burned portion at once. The wing" destroyed was ut. right tngles to the main building and was two stories high. The lower floor con 5isted of the dining room, sun parlor, ditchen and pantry. The second floor was cut up into 12 rooms occu:pied by totol -help. These saved all their of ots and no one was injured. The hotel was filled with guests at ,he time the fire pas discovered. These tIl -left their rooms without mishap, tnd returne( to the hotel as soon as he irg was 1)u-t out. Thus far it is not known just how he flalnes originated., The .hotel is owned by an Aiken omnpany qf business men, incorpor ,ted as the Highland -Park Hotel com any. C. J. 'Hill is -president and J. F. Sweeney, manager. ALMAFESTA PROGRAM COMPIETE 4reparations Being Made for Great Carnival Event in Columbia April 17-02. Columbia, April 3.-The programme ominittee In charge of the plans for he 'big state-wide festival and gala veek here April 17th to 22nd 'has to lay given out the following program: donday, April 17th,-arrival of County lueens, fireworks and opening or 'almafesta at 8:30 P. M. Farshion Show mnd introduction of County Queens, oand concert, vaudeville. Tuesday, Lpril 18tbi, industrial exhibition, auto how, band concert in .the afternoon; vening at 8:30, style show, county Wueens, vaudeville and 'band concert. Vednesday, April 19th, afternoon: in roduction of county Quees, style show, uto races; evening 8:30, band con rt, Nora -Bayes, style show, vaude 'ille, introduction of Queens. Thurs Lay, April,20th, afternoon: opening of ase 'ball season. 'vening, 8:30, Nora $ayes, vaudeville, iband concert, cjos ng of Palmafesta Queen contest. Fri lay, April 21st, announcement of Pal nfesta Queen, Palmafesta Queen's larade, industrial and floral parade; :30, Crowning Pageant, Queen of lalmafesta, style show, vaudeville, land concert. Saturday, April 22nd, 3aby and -educational parade; 8:30, raudeville, b'and concert, style show, Ireworks, closing of Palnafesta. One of the interesting features of almafest, wvill be a daily demnonstra ion of the Rtadlophone, by which con ~erts and lectures in distant cities *hroughout the country 'will be re ~elved. 'by wireless ,"anvpiifled"' in the 1g steel building and heard by all disitors. RIOES FOR FOON 0C:NTINUE TO DROP 11~II'Figureg Lo~yr in Six'teen Cities Where Observations Made. Washington, A'pri 12.--Food 'costs at 'etail continueti to decrease in all of he 16 prinicipati Afnerican cities-where bservations . ai'e nmgintained .by -the abor department during the monti nding March 15. . According to the monthly report issued 'today, the av ~rage of decline since February 15, on he dpata given am'ounted to 3 per cent.; 1per eent.'In Detroit, Philadelphia, ~chester, S'alt -Lake City and Scran on) 2 per cent in Norfolk -add San neaflseo, and 1 -per 'cent in 'Ohioago, 3incinnati, ,-Colun~us,, LIttle 'Rook, botisviller- Mobile, Minnearpolis, New l'eans and :St. 'Parub . '~or, the year. ending CMirch '5, 1922, h11 departiilent -placed. the 'total dle ~riase in 'etail food prices at betweera i' 18'I rir cent accorpaeg'to loditlity, yut 4timee that costs still. remain 90tp 2Q to la 901 cenit abA 6 91 lisen Who eny, us a' living wage and '$l'oper aspiration 'for ,KAmnr. # $i ~idrd of ling.' "FALL OF BABYLON" TO BE SHOWN HERE D. W. Griffith's "The Fall of Baby on", .produced on an even inore elab orate scale fithan "The Birth of a Na tion" and "Hearts of the World" cones -to the Princess Theatre Thurs day and Friday, April 6th and 7th. Some idea of the stat-tling niagnitide of this latost of the Griffilth supei-pic tures may be gained from the state ment that it cost more than $660,000 to-produce, is presented by a company totaling 125,000 ien and 'women, and has 7,500 horses taking part in the great chariot races and pageants at AS .'Charr SE Special This We PURE SILK PC 12 momme Pure Sill -pretty shade, 33 Ane a regular $1.25 value week only 88c Yard Millinery On A wonderful opporti your Spring Hats at th the Season, at saving dollars. See Our Hats Befori Beautiful Asso of Children's Three-quarter length Socks in all the wan Black trimmed with w with stripes of old r blue and green, solids brown, copen, old rose white. The Prices Are Our Line of Slipper *for Your Insp< Slippers for ' inf anti misses and women t keeping with the sty pocketbook. CUJRTAIN MARQUISETTES - Beautful Curtain Goods ini White and ecru, Perfectly plain or double bordered. 19e a Yard "TH r -* tending the Feast of Belshazzar. The v great walls of Babylon, With their s giant height of 300 et and 'the spa- ( clous boulevards built upon their tops; the Wonderful halls in the Temple of f Belshazzar, halls a mile in length, with V giant elephants of alabaster rising u'l) 1 along their sides; the varl. colored lights that play and glow upon the fountains of 'perfume and -vine; the dancing girls, the High Priestesses, and 1i all the mighty splendor an'd luxury I of those ancient days-these are but-- 1 the outstanding features of Griffths r "The Fall of Babylon." As to the players who interpret the )i ale o1 Lingly Fresh >ring That I ek Only A Sale I )NGEE --That is, 5 Pongee, Differ< hes wide; A certain maker of for this and wide for the I siveness of his modi with quite a surpl models on hand-" what inniediate ord , Now, this maker ge our business. Nati of us--made us an Sale traordinary ofe, o new Spi'hng Dresses inity to buy' Of course we (could e Height' of no more could you! 3BUT SD WIH A several When they came I them, charming ne stock, and at their e You Buy very much higher, d stIlkecs the price we sale ! So we have divided 1-for quik disposal: Socks LOT NO. 1 c< s Children's -OTn QTl ted shades. crisp new Tafi hite, white sizes 16 to Dse, brown, black, navy of yellow, Values froya black and $25.00 RightSale Pric LOT NO. 2 Cc s is Ready lovely Cant .to Dresses. Navy brown are ;, children, Sizes 36 to fiat are in to $37.50 Le and your SaePc ORGOANDY 40 inches wide. The colors are 'white, Nile green, Copen. . hagen, light blue, old rose, lavender, yellow and pink. 29c a Yard OH E STORE OF I * .LAURF N arlous characters are mentioned Con tance Talmadge, George lawcett, Mil red Harris (Mrs. Charles Chaplin', 'ully Marshall, Pauline Stark, Seena wens, Alma Rubens, Kate .Bruce, Al red Paget, Elmo Lincoln and others rho Ilave long 'been identified 1with the igher' grade motion pictures. ilel-Pearson Sunday afernoon, April 2, Rev. P. Kilgo united In marriage Mr. 0. E. learson, of Pelzer, and Miss Ellie tich, of Clarks Hill, S. C. The cere lony was performed at the honie of Ir. W. P. Rich, of this city, who is a rother of the bride. PDre and\ New low Unfol Uniqe Special oet Apart, nt Beputiful gowns, noted far >eauty and exclu- sope qu Als, found himself with age LIS of these same week. A uite a lot beyond crs demanded. for this v ts a great deal of irally he thought offer, a most ex n all these lovely I "Hov n 't resist t hem T HAPPENED. "How's 11 we had lots of jobber of h< w models, inl 0111 haven'l see real values very, [OUble ill ml1any in- The man had fixed for this otherwise h them in two lots trayed his From the si quired fror )nsists of 50 takable poi ,eta Dreses, gan to trad 38; colors, A surplus and brown. in the East $15.00 to at his warel when 'tis d( done quicki e $9.95 we would could have >nsists of 50 So this is on Crepe for $1.50 : r,. black and Hose going the .colors, for 44. Values g The colo $16.75 grey andnru . LIsLE HOSE . Ladles' ,39c Silk''Lisle Hose with seam up back, highly mercerized. Black, brown and 'white. 25c a Pair EN'S BETTER VXLU 3, S.' C. RATS DIE so do iace, once they ent HAT-SNA P. And they leave Ho odor behind. Don't take our word for it---try a package. Cats 111141 dogs n1onC't touch It. Rats pass up1) IH food get IAT. SNAP. Tkree sizes. 35e size (1 cake) ' elnoulhb for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 65c size (2) eakes) for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. *1.25 size (5 (akes) enouglh for all falrml and out-buildfings, stor-age buihdilgs, or factory bulldiigs. old and 11AG tuaiuranteed by C. E. hen iedy & SOI, ILaurenIs lIardiwalire Co., and Putniai's Dru Store. ,sses. as the Ids This Week Only rAFFETA shade of navy blue k, yard wide, hand ality; not dead old just came in this regular $2.00 value, eek only L.39 a Yard f's Business?" business?" we asked a )siery. "Don't know n him," was the reply. had never played poker, e would not have be hand so flagrantly. tperior position so ac ai this obvious, unmis nt of vantage, we be a with him, that stagnant business had effectually estopped louse. If 'twere done )ne, 'twere better 'twere y. In other words, if take all the Hose we them at half. the story that accounts mnd $2.00 'Ladies' Silk in this week-end Sale ca Pair e's are black, brown, ide. All sizes. SPRLING GINGHAMS Pretty new 'aatterne; not the coarse, slazzy kind. 19e a Yard JES"