The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 08, 1920, Image 4
WHAT RAILROAD
EMPLOYES DEMAND
their Requests for Pay Increases
Summarized?Nearly All Classes
Ask for Raises /
Washington, July 7.?Demands for
substantial wage increases for nearly
all classes of the 2,000,000 railroad I
? rending since j
employes nave UtVu r? ^
late last summer. These demands,
first presented at different times to
the- Railroad Administration's Board
n Wages and Working Conditions, |
were unsettled when government |
operation of the railroads was ended,
and in tut'n were referred to the Rail-!
road Labor Board, which was created j
under the transportation act.
Some few of the classes of organ- ,
iaed employes have'not pressed for-'
mal demands, but have insisted that
their wages be increased if advances
were granted other related classes of
?The Drinciple demands of I
WVi aviu* - -? 4.
the leading unions follow:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen:
Passenger brakemen be increased
from $120 a 30-day month to $150 for J
26-day month; baggagemen be increased
from $124.80 for 30-day month
to $160 for 26-day month; assistant
conductors be increased from $144 for j
30-day month to $179 for 26-day I
month; freight brakemen in valley j
territory be increased from $4.08 to
$5.88 a day with 10 per cent increase j
over these rates wherever the grade '
exceeds 1.8 per cent; yard foreman
or conductors be increased from $5
to $6.90 a day; switch tenders be in-'
creased from $4 to $5.90 a day; also
time and one-half for all Sunday and !
onH a cuarantv of 26 j
UUiiuaj ouuw w?.%* ? o ?
days a month for regular employes' in
all classes of service.
What Conductors Ask.
Order of Railway Conductors: Pas- j
senger conductors be increased from |
$180 for 30-day month to $225 for 26day
month; through freight conductors
be increased from $5.40 to $$.65
a day in valley territory, with increases
in the mountain rate from
$5.81 to $8.37 a day; local freight conductors
be increased from $5.92 to
$8.38- a day in valley territory, with
increase in mountain rate from $6.26
to $9.13 a day.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen: Road freight
firemen to be increased an average of
$1.84 & day over present rates; yard
freight firemen be increased an average
of $2.25 a day over present rates;
passenger firemen to be increased
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i alone spread the
mosquito gets m its aei
of the night, when the 1
windows are open and
little fresh air. Hund
lives might be saved i
were taken against this
1
I Fit your beds up
Proof Canopies which j
two popular styles.
With your bed thus
equipped against the
I attacks of these poiIsonous
pests you will
be able to sleep in
peace and awake in
safety. These canopies
are . easily and
quickly adjusted to
any bed.
j The Steele Fun
? Kingstree,
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from present average of $4.31 a day
to $6.50 a day.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginoijpods
ou Saijuasojd :saao
requests, notice was served that the
engineers desired increases proportionate
to any increase granted other
employes.
All road employes, as distinguished
from yard employes, in the four foregoing
organizations, generally grouped
as the Big Four brotherhoods, now get
proportionately increased daily pay
when they make mileage in excess of
100 miles and in freight sendee get
time and one-half for time consumed
jn excess of what would be required
on the guaranteed speed basis which
is two and one-half miles an hour.
Switchmen's Union of North America:
Foremen or conductors be increased
from $5.33 to $7.50 a day and
$8 a night; helpers or brakemen be
increased from $5 to $7 a day and
$7.50 a night; switch tenders to receive
same rate as hepers; time and
one-half for Sundays and holidays.
Laborers Ask 50 Cents Hour.
Maintenance of Way and Enginehouse
Laborers: Rate for all mechanics
in the maintenance of way department
to be increased from basic rate
of 53 cents an hour to uniform rate
of 68 cents an hour; rate of all trackmen
and other laborers to be increased
from rates running to uniform
rates throughout the United States
of 50 cents an hour. Most of these
employes now receive between 35 and
10 cents an hour.
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
of America: An increase of approximately
10 cents an hour for each class
of signal employes.
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks: An
increase of at least 20 cents an hour,
retroactive to January 1, 1920, and in
addition the re-establishment of differentials
between certain classes of
employes; also immediate elimination
of the existing 43 cents an hour maximum
rate for freight handlers and
other labor in freight houses, storerooms,
etc., and time and one-half
for Sundays and holidays.
Order of Railroad Telegraphers:
That rates received by telegraphers
on the Southern Pacific system,
which were said to be practically the
highest in the country on any important
railroad, shall be taken as a
basis, the rates of all other telegraphers
put on the same basis, and
then an increase of 17 cents an hour
added to the rates so established; also
increase to approximately 85 cents
an hour for employes-now generally
receiving 67 and 72 cents an hour.
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Do You Know j
I
hat it is impossible
0 contract malaria
vithout first being
itten by a mosquito?
t's a fact, for mosquimalarial
germ. The
idly work in the dark
weather is hot and the
you are longing for a
[reds of thousands of
f greater precautions
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; aeam-aeaimg pesu
) with our Mosquito [
are here illustrated in |
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Still Doing Good Work.
Pastor L. J. Bristow and his people
of the First Baptist church of Abbeville,
have been conducting without:
outside help a truly good meeting.
Large congregations have been in attendance
upon the services, and many
new members have been received. We
take the following from a letter from
Pastor Bristow, written before the
meeting closed: "We have received
several new members?among them
four first-class men?three heads of
families, whom I have baptized. One
young man was William F. Jones
(son of a Methodist father), who was
decorated by Haig, Pershing and Foch
for conspicuous heroism on the field
of battle, but decorated in baptism by
one higher as I said to him in oj>en
meeting, when he presented himself."
?The Baptist Courier.
Mr. Bristow is well-known in Kingstree
as a former editor and owner of
The County Record.
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Curing Tobacco.
For the benefit of the many South
Carolina farmers who are growing
tobacco for the first time, the following
suggestions on curing are condensed
from Extension Bulletin 43. "To
bacco Culture in South Carolina."
About the time the seed pods begin J
to bloom the bottom leaves of the tobacco
plant commence to turn yellow
and mature. As soon as sufficient
number of leaves mature, harvesting
and curing may commence. There are
two methods of curing; one the "stall:
cure," and the other the "cropping
method." In the "stalk cure" method
the entire stalk with all of its leaves
is allowed to mature and the stalk is
split down the center nearly to the>
ground, where it is cut off and the j
split stalk with the leaves attached, J
is placed astraddle of the "stick" to I
be carried to the barn. Except in i
rare instances, or when the crop is '
grown with this method of harvesting j
in view, it is advisable to cure this
way. The preferred method of har- j
vesting is the "cropping method." j
In this method the leaves are picked ;
off as they ripen, which they generally
commence to do near the bottom
of the plant The leaves picked
should be of uniform color and ma- j
turity. With a little practice this can ,
be done readily. ,
The leaves are then carried to the
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means of strings. A string is tied ,
to one end of the stick and near this '
end it passes around the rtem of three
to five leaves, thus forming a small!
bunch which will hang on one side ofI
the stick. The string is then drawn
squarely across the stick to the other
side and looped around another bunch
of leaves. This process is repeated i
until the stick is "full." The free end
of the string is then tied to the stick.
The stick is now ready to be hung in
the barn for curing. Unless crowded I
for curing room, it is best not to place
too many leaves on the stick. Sticks
are usually riven out of pine logs and
should be 4 ft. 6 in. long (to conform
to the tier poles in the barn), and'
about 1 in. by \ in. in size. Another |
method sometimes used is the Snow J
system and should be used more widely
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The usual methods of getting the
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leaves iiviii we iscu-a ute ?u? vwav? ,
method, in which baskets made for;
that puruose are used, and the truck;
method. Th| baskets used for carry
ing tobacco from the fields to the'
bam are 2 feet wide and 3 feet long,
and, from 18 to 20 inches in height, j
These baskets may be made with [
white oak splits, by local basket mak-1
ers, and should be made rigid enough J
so that they may be stacked one upon [
another when full of tobacco, or they j
may be bought from tobacco basket!
manufacture rs
The trucks may be bought from;
manufacturers, or they may be home ;
made. They are easily constructed |
and are about 2 fCet wide, 4 to 5 feet!
high. These trucks; are drawn from j
the field to the barn, by horse power.
They are diawn between the tobacco
rows near the persons who are "cropping"
or pulling the leaves. As the
leaves are gathered they should hi
placed in the trucks gently all one
way until the truck is full.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Executive Chamber
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, A petition has been filed
with the Governor of South Carolina, j
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oi^ucu ujr luvi c kii?u vav-wuiu va wiv j
qualified electors of a certain portion |
of Williamsburg County proposed to <
be severed from the County of Wil-I
liamsburg and annexed to the County 1
of Florence, embraced within the following
lines, to wit:
All that ;portion or section of the
County of Williamsburg, South Carolina,
containing forty square miles,
more or less, and bqunded at present
on the North by Lynches Lake Swamp j
to its confluence with Lynches Creek
and then 3aid cieek to its confluence
with the Pee )ee River, the said
Swamp and Rivers being the southern
boundaries of Florence County and
the Northern boundaries of Williamsburg
County, then commencing
at Brown's Bridges of said
Lake Swamp on the Anderson's
Bridge Public Road thence running
said road in a southerly direction to
the point where said Anderson's
Bridge Road intirsects with the Public
Road leading to Roper's Cross
Roads, thence a line from this point
of conjunction mentioned above running
approximately straight in a
Southeasterly direction to St. John's
Negro Church on the Indiantown Public
Road, a distance of about seven
miles, thence running the said Indiantown
Public Road in a Northerly direction
for about three hundred
yards to the Smiths aims ruDiic
Road thence running the said Smith's
Mills Public Road in an Easterly direction
through Ard's Cross Roads to
Muddy Creek Swamp, a distance oL
about four miles,, thence following the
run of Muddy Creek Swamp to its
confluence with Lawrence's Cut thence
following Lawrence's Cut to its con- j
fluence with Clark's Creek, thence j
the said Clark's Creek to its conflu- j
ence with the Great Pee Dee River
thence the Great Pee Dee River, j
Lynches River and Lynches Lake
Swamp to Brown's Bridges the beginning
point.
Whereas, the l>oundaries of the proposed
portion of Williamsburg County
to be cut off and annexed to the
County of Florence, the number of
inhabitants, the taxable property as
well as all other requirements of the
Constitution and Statutes, have been j
found to be anc are as set forth in 1
said petition.
Whereas, the leport of the Commis- .
sioners, appointed to ascertain the i
facts provided for by law, whether the j
requirements of the Constitution and;
Statutes as to area distance, wealth
and population, shape, etc., are complied
with and are as stated in the
petition, has been filed in this office,
wherein it appears that the law has
been fully ccmpl ed with in every particular,
which is hereby confirmed.
Whereas, no election has been held
upon said petition in said area upon
the question of the annexation of
said portion of wuiamsDurg oouniy
to Florence County within four years
previous to the date hereof, and
Whereas, under the Constitution
and laws of this state the petitioners
are entitled to have ordered, and it
is made the duty of the Governor of
the State to order an election upon
said question.
Now, Therefore, L R. A. Cooper,
Gevernor of the State of South Carolina,
by virtue of the power conferred,
upon me by the Constitution and laws
of this state, do hereby order:
That an election be held in the territory
embraced within the portions
of Williamsburg County proposed to
be severed from the County of Williamsburg
and ainexed to the County
of Florence, or. the second Tuesday,
the 13th day a! July, 1920, upon the
question of the annexation of said
portion of Williamsburg County to
Florence Count;, and that at such
election the qualified electors within
the proposed area shall vote upon said
question, those favoring the proposed
annexation to vote "Yes", and those
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opposing to vui* i>u.
Th.it the Commissioners of State
and County,elections of the County of
Williamsburg do make all necessary
arrangements fcr holding said election
and shall appoint managers and
do all things necessary for the holding
of same.
That the Commissioners of Election
of Williamsburg County shall have
prepared printec tickets as provided
for in Section 233, Code of Laws 1912,
Volujne I, as amended by an Act
passed by the Geeiral Assembly at its
special sesion ir 1914, and approved
the ixirtieth dsy of October, 1914,
said Act being No. 6 in the acts of
said special s&ision; and the said
Commissioners siall furnish the same
to the manager of election for the use
of the voters a; said election. The
form of the ticket shall be as follows:
Form of Ballot.
"Sjpecial election upon the question
of the annexation of a certain portion
of Williamsburg County to F'orence
County, held July 13, 1920.
"Shall said portion, as described in
Proclamation Dy the Governor dated
May 28, 1920, be annexed to the
County of Florence?
"Yes.
"NO."
That the said election shall be held
and conducted vnder the same rules
and regulations as provided by law
for regular and general elections.
That the commissioners of election
shall appoint managers of election as
provided for by law, who shall be
sworn befote ertering upon the discharge
of their duties, and shall open
and close the po Is as provided for by
law.
The managers of election, when the
polls have been closed, shall proceed
without interrupaon to count and tabulate
the same; they shall make a
written return oj: the number of votes
cast for and against the proposed annexation;
they shall sign and certify
to the managers the result of said
election, the same., together with the
ballot box, ballots and poll lists, and
everything else pertaining to said
election, shall be by them forthwith
turned over to :he commissioners of
election as requ red by law; that the
commissioners of election for each of
said counties stall, in accordance with
the law, tabulate the vote and declare
the result of the election, and make
due and proper return thereof to the
Clerk of Court of their respective
counties, to the (Governor of the State,
and to the Secretary of State, in all
of which careful and detailed compliance
with the law is enjoined and
ordered.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State to
be affixec at Columbia, this
twenty-eighth day of May, in
the year oi' our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Twenty,
and in th ) One Hundred and
Forty-four h Year of American
Independence.
By the Gevernor: R. A. COOPER.
Governor.
W. BANKS DOVE
Secretary of State. 6-10-5t
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Stomach Troubles Made Hi
But Now Always
DO YOU enjoy your meals? Eat
without the dread of the after
effects?
Lack of appetite, and a dtsgreeable,
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usually indicate that your digestive
organs are not working properly. As
a result, you will feel weak, lose weight
and lack the energy that is to be derived
from well-digested food.
A valuable help in correcting such
conditions Is mentioned by the Rev.
E. K. McKenzie, of Route 1, Section.
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Headache? Nausea?
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nothing most of the
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g|? Now is the time to place yoiu
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After the crop is laid by, pu1
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(fards and invitations.
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and It cured me. Am always rooty
for my meala and enjoy them. I thiak
it Is a fine medicine."
If your food hurts you. If yonr ayyetlte
is poor, if you are pale, weak aai
run-down, and hare other symptom
that indicate your system needs helfc
try Ziron. It will put iron into yew
blood and help build you np. Take it
according to directions, and If Mt
benefited by the first bottle, the mosey*
back guarantee will protect fN,
Ask your druggist
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