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p? iJljf founts lletfori). \tp VOL. 35. ' J " KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 19lT " ~ NO ? 3(g - , I MINERS AIM B Y , ' COURTS ORDER naWon-wide strike called a< (OFF; OWNERS AND UNIONS ( will meet bi Indianapolis, Nov. 11.?The way ^ for the final adjustment of the controversy between the bituminous coal ( Z operators and the United Mine Work" er of America, which resulted in a I strike of 425,00 union miners and ac-1 0 tion by the government in the fedeial ai court, appeared tn sight tonight. While the representatives 0)f the miners, who earlier in the day had agreed to comply with the mandate of United States District Judge A. B. 1 moilorl ?T1 Apraerson, ana mua; ( fl/rder rescinding the strike, were dis- s* ^t/cussing the future policy of the organization. telegrams were received ai from W. B. Wilson, Secretary of the ?* United States Department of Labor, * and Thos.T. Brewster, chairman of the operator's scale committee, by Jno. L. Lewis, a? ting president of the miners, inviting the miner's representative into a conference. Mr. Lentis, on ~biefoalf of the mine v. <krwotkera> ieeefrted the invitation of ^ ??<3?tar\} Wilson to meet the bitumi* ndus operators of the country in * Washington next Friday morning at * > 11 o'clock, and replied to Mr Brewster, who requested a meeting of the iw " central competitive scale committee | with the operators of the district in |UI Washington, Monday, November 17, Is1 "to negotiate a contract to be in force |et upon the termination of the contract j a' 1 m now in effect," that the miners already ] had accepted the invitation of Mr. Wilson. Copies of the miner's tele" wrrams to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Brews-1J ter were not available early tonight, I" but their conten s were made public. In commenting on the telegram from Mr. Brewster, Ellis Searles, i editor of the United Mine Workers ^ Journal and other officials of the orJ^^rtfanization, who were under the im- m pression that Mr. Brewster's message was sent after he had received a* Secretary Wilson's invitation, declar-, = ed they saw in the operators offer a ec deliberate attempt to entrap the min- j Si ers into a tacit acknowledgement that T1 th shington wage agreement was in still in force. 1 he miners have con- fi< tended throughout the controversy th that the wage contract has e.tpired. oi "It was a neat little political move st on the part of the operators," said m Mr. Searles. "They believed we would w accept their proposal and in so doing admit that the Washington wage | w agreement was still operative. The n< miners, however, accepted the offer of T1 Secretary Wilson to meet him in, th Washington next Friday and merely p< wired Mr. Brewster to that effect C Also Mr. Wilson's message was timed to one hour earlier in filing than Mr. w Spewster's. We have maintained ail ong that the Washington contract I p< died with the war activities and that es at present the mine workers have no ei contract with the operators of the in j^^^Eentral competitive field." |^^Blt was said at the international m Kadquarters of the organization here (I ^H^Hat practically all of the copies of. al He order, which called off the nation- tl ^^^vide bituminous coal strike were in d) the mails before the time limit set; tl by Judge Anderson, 6 o'clock this! s? evening. The recall order previously U had been submitted to the court, who r< ' -* ? - ? -1 af. | characterized a as a gwu , fort" to comply with the court's man- zi date. This was after the general com- j U ^ mittee of the miners, composed of i 0 international officials, district presi- A dents and members of the executive (di ^^Bboard and scale committee had been w i^PKn session approximately eighteen j si hours and at 4:10 this morning de-! cided to comply with the mandate of hi the court i si After the general committee, which ! ei went into session at 2 o'clock this af- w ternoon as a policy committee, had tv decided to accept the invitation of fi Secretary Wilson and refuse that of tl Ife. the committee adjourn- d IB I o'clock and many of the mem- tl K bwM bg&n to make preparations for E their homeward trips, those going to q Wttefcincrtnn for the Friday meeting n making railroad reservations for the | East. ' it The Wilson invitation was not lim- ti ited to the scale committee of the e mine workers as was the Brewster jo proposal for aconference. William w Green secretary-treasurer of the un- j t< ion, explained that every district in j e the United States would be represent- f J f 1 MASS MEETING WEDNESDAY nportant Matte** Concerning Boll Weevil to Be Discussed Important matters will be discussed t the mass meeting of citizens to be sld in the court house atnoon on Wednesday, November 19th. Farmers, inkers and business men will be Id of the menace and damage of le boll weevil and the necessity for rompt action in the establishing of jme markets in Kingstree for live ock and diversified farm products. H. E. Montgomery' it at the head r a committee making the necessary rangements for the meeting and a "vnrl attpndance is exoected. George R. Wheeler, Manager and H. Walthall, field representative the South Carolina Landowners ssociation will give talks and seval citizens of the county will also >eak. The farmers and the business men e urged to be present as matters : interest will be taken up and act1 upon at the meeting. o Veterans Indorse Memorial Columbia, Nov. 10.?The United onfederate Veterans of Camp Hamp>n, Number 389, have adopted the Mowing resolution indorsing and aproving the Memorial to be erected T the State of South Carolina to the hite soldiers and sailors who gave teir lives for humanity in the late orld war. "Resolved, that Camp Hampton, lited confederate veterans, indorse id approve the memorial to be erect1 by the State of South Carolina id the citizens of the stat to the emory of the soldiers and sailors ho gave their lives as a sacrifice to e cause of humanity and personal jerty; to the cause of right and eedom, in the late world war, and edge the hearty support of the mfederate veterans to that worthy jrpose." o How absurd it is to pass over a an's good qualities and fix our atntion only on his bad one?why not ; least weigh them? 1 in the conference Friday from the Late of Washington, to Maryland, be miners who will attend the meetg will include the international of:ers, district presidents or whomever le districts choose to send, members the executive board and of the ale committee, practically the same akeup as the general committees, hich has been meeting here. Although the strike has been called F court action in the strike case has )t been completed by any means, ho minoi's' attnrnpvs aw nvpnarine leir writ of error with a view to ap;aling the case to the United States ircuit Court of Appeals and expect i file their' petition for this step ithin the next two or three days. The attorneys stated that they ex?cted to carry the case to the highit tribunal of the country if the govnment is upheld in all lower courts i its contention. From the standpoint of the goverpent the miners themselves are not ALLEY NO 14 ^solved from further obedience to le court's injunction through withrawal of the strike order and unless le case is dismissed, injunction writs irved on more than sixty of the nited Mine Workers' officfals are ;turnable before December 2. Thirty-one officials of the organiition were served with copies of the mporary restraining order issued ctober 31, returnable November 20. i x ita ooui mirty-nve uuitia ?uc acncu uring a session of the conference ith copies of the temporary retraining order issue<i last Saturday. There was much speculation as to ow the notice of withdrawal of the trike would be received by the minrs in the fields. In some quarters it as believed that the men would reirn almost as a whole on orders 'om their union heads. However, lere was indications that, in some istricts t a feeling against obeying le order to resume work existed, elegates to the conference who were uestioned on this subject would make o predictions. Patriotic devotion to the governlent and American ideals and instiitions caused the United Mine Work rs of America to comply with the rder of the United States court to ithdraw the strike order, according ) a statement made by Ellis Earles, ditor of the United Mine Worker's ournal. MINERS WARNED BY PALMER THAT LAW WILL BE ENFORCED AND GOVERNMENT AND ITS PEOPLE PROTECTED Solemn warning was given the ; United MJne Workers of America Monday night by Attorney General Palmer that resolutions of conventions I and orders of officers of organizations are not above law. Formal and final declaration of the government's policy of dealing with ; the coal strike was announced by the Attorney General while officers of the miner's organization at Indianapolis were struggling with the question ; how to answer the court's blunt and peremptory command to sescind the strike order. , Describing the strike as a plain j violation of a federal statute, Mr. Palmer, speaking with full authority of the government, announced that all the power of the United States would be exerted to enforce the mandate of the court. , Although no reference was made: in the Attorney General's statement1 to the pronouncement of organized labor, supporting the miners and de- i manding withdrawal of injunction i proceedings, it was evident that Mr. i Palmer had that document in mind! and officials in Washington accepted' ; his declaration to mean uiat refusal ^ . of the miners to cancel their strike order would mean a fight to the bit-1 ter end. The statement of the Attorney | General, which was construed as a j reply to the position of organized laKt? fka A morinon TTprl. ' UKJL OO 3Cl? XVI VXt isjr vit? nuiviivuu a vvi | eratioD of Labor's executive council follows: "The coal strike is a plain violation of a federal statute. This has been the government's position from the j I start. The President declared it to be f unlawful and the court, after full ! hearing, has r ow declared it to be unl lawful. "All I can say is that the law will i be enforced. This same law has been eniorced many times and Department of Justice has oth^r cases noV pending which were brought under it. The merits of the controversy between the operators and the miners are not involved in the court proceedings at Indianapolis, neither is the right to strike. Nothing that the government has done is intended or designed to have any effect upon the recognized right of labor, to organize to bargain collectively through its unions and under ordinary industrial conditions* to walk out by concerted action. "The proposal-by the President ofa peaceful settlement of the matters at issue between the operators and the miners, through negotiations or ' . . , , lt arbitration, was rejected ana tne government, therefore, faced the alternative of submitting to the demands of a single group, to the irreparable in-' i jury of the whole people, or of challenging the assertion by that group | of power greater than that of the government itself. "Cinfronted with such a choice, the government's duty was perfectly clear; it refused to surrender to the dictation of a group and it proposes to assert its power to protect itself j and the people, .whom it is designed; to serve. The government is no re-! spector of persons in the enforcement of the law. Those who conceive that the resolutions of a convention or the : orders of the officers of any organi-, zation in the country, whether labor J organizations or any other, are su-; perior in authority to the law of the [land will find themselves mistaken. | "I assume that the order of the ! court will be obeyed. The President's offer for a peaceful settlement is still open and I hope that the miner's and operators will now get together and settle their controversy." fPU?? ?? nff/imnf in nfflVifll HI' j t acre ?an uv aivdupv ... ? ? . labor circles to conceal the feeling that the situation was extremely grave and getting beyond the question of a coal strike. This was due to the belief that the miners apparently were not of one mind on the question of making quick reply to the court. All day word from the Indianapolis meeting was awaited with intense interest and anxiety. Some labor lead1 ers had predicted that the mandatory 11 orders would not .be complied with I and that the strike order would stand I until passed upon by the same dele: j gate convention which arbitrarily fixed the date for the nationwide strike I rv HOLDS GRACE NOMINATION VOID SUPREME COURT RULES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW f Columbia, Nov. 11.?The determination of the Supreme Court of the state of South Carolina in the Charleston election case is that the declared nomination of John P. Grace was illegal, null and void. The court holds that the action of ' the executive committee in referring the challenged votes to a subcommitJ tee was an error of law which was prejudical to the rights of the petitioner. It holds that the executive committee erred in refusing to consider the alleged mutilated ballots. The decision reads: | "From what has been said it is clear thatwe cannot determine frpm the records before us which of the candidates for. mayor received a majority of the votes that were and ought to have been counted. We cannot, therefore, sustain the contention of the petitioner that the court will consider the votes and declare the election. Under the statutes and rules the managers were not authorized to declare the result; that was for the executive committee, and it has not done according to law. "It follows that all we can do is to hold that the result of the election has not been legally ascertained and declared, and that the actions of the executive committee in attempting to do so were affected by errors of law, prejudicial to the petitioner Hyde,and must be set aside, and it is so adjudged." o HONOR WILLIAMSBURG SOLDIER L. W. Smith, Called to Washington to Receive Decorafion Leroy W. Smith, a young man of the Bethel community of this county, employed by the People's Mercantile Company was summoned to Washington Tuesday to be decorated by the Prince of Wales for distinguished service at Lemaus, France, March 8, 1918, while on duty with an English regiment, Mr. Smith, during the war was a member of the Thirtieth Division, 118 Infantry. This will be the second decoration received by this Williamsburg boy, having been previously honored by General Pershing. The honor conferred upon him this week at the national capnoi is irom the King of England and by his son. the Prince of Wales. o Kingstree Methodist Church Pleaching Sunday morning at 11 A. M.f by the pastor, Rev. J. T. Fowler. Sunday School at 10 A. M., Dr. D. P. Frierson, superintendent. Special music by Prof. Tulley, of Lander College. A handsome pipe organ has been completed and installed and on Sunday night at 7:30 an organ recital will be given led by Prof. Tulley. The public is cordially invited to both morning and evening services. unless specific demands were granted by November 1. The action ofthe executive council of the American Federation of Labor, upholding the strike, pledging support to the strikers and denouncing the government's injunction suit, was variously interpreted. While officers of the federation refused to add one word by way of explanation or interpret its meaning in view of the feel ing in some quarters that it was designed to back up the strikers, it was attacked on the floor of the Senate and emphazized there thatunder the food control law injunctions could be legally issued against strikers interrupting the nation's food or fuel. Only a few reports came in from the coal fields and these showed the situation generally unchanged, with miners waiting to see what orders they would get from Indianapolis Government plans went forward as heretofore, with the fuel administration and the railroad administration working hand in hand to move coal and distribute it where most needed. Reports that a blizzard was sweeping out of the northwest was a disKI4 vo/?oivPrl fllirinff quictiu^ Ulb VlUbno 1 vvv. . 0 the day, officials realizing that a week of cold weathej would cut deeply into reserve coal stocks and make conditions critical unless the men return immediately to work. ' fj. . . . . , .j jj. SUGAR PRICES TURNED LOOSE Government Will Not Attempt to Keep Prices at Level New York, Nov. 12.?Importation of foreign sugars will be allowed and no prosecutions for profiteering in them will be undertaken under the Lever act except for "unreasonable margins of profit," the sugar equalization board was informed today in a telegram received from Howard Figg, Assistant Attorney General at Wash] ington. J TLa f nln rr ? ?* \i'o c ?r\ f/\ o x iic w-ttg i ui ii naa in icopuiioc vv a ; request for a ruling made by the ! board, which set forth that it was receiving numerous applications for j the importation of white sugars from I countries like Brazil, the lowest price | of which is fourteen and fifteen cents ' a pound, duty paid. The maximum price that American refiners are allowed to charge for sugar purchased from the board is nine cents a pound. Imported sugar, the board explained, is readily salable to manufacturers in order to keep their plants going and to protect their invested capital. It is not so much a matter of price it was said, as the disbanding of their working forces, which would necessitate their closing their plants. Are the sellers who agree to confine themselves to a fair or reasonable profit, or the buyer who urgently needs sugar," the board asked, "violating the provision of the Lever act in re spect to profiteering? It seems to us that the urgency of the sugar here transcends the necessity of keeping price at a levpl at which the foreign | sellers will refuse to ship their sugars to the United States. The board informed the Attorney ! GeneraUs office that it was exerting its efforts to attract sugars here from outside sources, but did not desire to be a party to circumvent any instructions which may have been given to United States attorneys to prevent i profiteering. Mr. Figg's reply said: "The urgency of sugar here transrend* the necessity of keeping the price at a level below what the foreign sellers will expect. Believe importation of foreign sugars should be allowed. Will, not only consider unreasonable margins of profit a viola' tion of the Lever act on the resale of these sugars in the United States ? SOUTH CAROLINA CROP REPORT Cotton 60 Per Cent of Normal Other i Products Lower Than Last Year j. Saluda, November 10.?The condition of cotton in South Carollinaon October 25, according to report of I bureau of crop estimates issued throug its South Carolina Field Agent B. B. Hare, was 60 per cent of normal as compared with 61 per cent on September 25th. "The October condition report has been interpreted in terms of bales. However, the report of field agent, B. B. Hare, of September 25, indicated a total production : in the State of 1,127,000 bales, the final outturn, as he stated at the time, would be greater or less accordl ing to whether weather conditions thereafter should be better or worse than average conditions. The average yield of corn in the State is reported at 16 bushels per acre, as compared with 17 bushels last year and the ten-year average of 17.4 bushels. The yield of Irish pota toes is placed at 80 Dusneis per ??*> as against 100 bushels last year, the ten-year average being 82 bushels. The average yield of sweet potatoes is 90 bushels, or 3 bushels less than the ten-year average. The yield of tobacco Is 690 pounds per arce as , compared with 696 pounds in 1918. [ The quality is 75 per cent of normal, . or 5 per cent below that of last year. The estimated yield of peanuts is 43 bushels, as against an eight-year average of 45 bushels per acre. Total production of various crops for the entire United States is shown ; in the table below: Crops Estimates 1919 Corn bushels 2,910,250,000 Wheat bushels 918,471,000 Oats bushels 1,219,521,000 Potatoes i irisn j uuonno Potatoes (Sweet) bushels 102,946,000 ; Peanuts bushels 44,966,000 Hay, All tons 103,544,000 Tobacco pounds 1,316,553,000 Sorghum Syrup gals 33,668,000 Onions (14 States) bu.__ 10,784,000 Cabbage (9 States) tons 388,000 o Freedom without self-control amounts to nothing. ROUND UP MANY * PEACE DISTURBERS HOUSE COMMITTEE PROPOSES FURTHER DRASTIC MEASURES AGAINST ALIENS Inaugurating a general warfare or radical aliens advocating forcible overthrow of the government, agents of the Department of Justice, assistpH hv the immicvatinn hurpaii rrmnH ed up nearly 500 men and women in raids last Friday and Saturday and in more than a score of' cities, including the national capitol itself. More than 200 of those arrested will be held for deportation and it was announced at the Department of Justice that it was the intention to request the Department of Labor to deport all aliens found to be engaged in radical activities. Primarily the raids, which occurred in practically every industrial center I in the east and middle west, were aimed, at the Union of Russian Workers, an organization which Attorney General Palmer disclosed was formed in New York twelve years ago by a group of men at the head of which was William Szatow, now chief of the Bolsheviki police at Petrograd. In their raids in Newark, and Trenton, N. J., the federal agents seized materials for making bombs and a complete counterfeiting outfit together with considerable counterfeit money. In practically every raid the officers found great quantities of radical literature. The Union of Russian Workers first came into public notic.e during the Senate investigation of the steel strike, Jacob Margolis, counsel for the strike committee, testifying that he sought the aid of the Russians in the strike. Attorney General Palmer described the Russian union as "even more radical that the Bolsheviki" and declared its purpose was to amalgamate all of the Russian groups in the T'*?i4-orl intn nnp nrcanization. ' Mass action including aimed action in time of "great national strife" is the principle of the union, he said. While discussing the activities of the union at length from its first convention at Detroit in 1914, at which members from Canada were present, down to the * present time, Department of Justice officials would not go into details of the raid. They refused to answer any question as to that in Washington further than to admit that nine men had been arrested and that of the five released upon proving their American citizenship. ! one would be rearrested. The men arrested were held by federal agents and were subjcted to lengthy cross examination. It was ! understood that those held would be i sent to Ellis Island, N. Y., where de; portation proceedings for all those i arrested will be conducted. With the announcement of the nationwide raids, Chairman Johnson, of ! the House immigration committee ! said his committee would begin an ! investigation during the next few I weeks of the alleged delays in the de j portation of aliens now in custody. The committee also will seek to determine whether any addditional legislation to deal with radical aliens is I l necessary. o The Colored Fair The first annual county negro fair I to be held here, opened Tuesday under j the management of the Williamsburg ! county colored fair association, oflFi! cered by the leading colored citizens iof the community. j Tuesday was educational day and the. program consisted of a school j parade, addresses and racing. In the j parade a number of schools took part ; and a number of appropriate floats | were interesting features. The livestock and poultry exhibit f ..julitftklA Tliavn am Q I <11C VHJI CIC1IIMUIC. llicil. aiv ? 1 number offine hogs on exhibit. The ; agricultural school and fancy work j displays in the administration building are very good. Yesterday was agricultural or farmers day apd today is designated as soldier's da$. The attendance has been good, and the best of behavior has prevailed at the grounds and on the streets each day. The fair is provided with the usual carnival features and they all seem. ' to be doing a good business. Horse racing has been one of the main features of the daily. program.