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Tho Railway Age Oasette which is tho mouthpiece for the great railroad la and of the financial interests op that control the great rail ?lakes a hitter attack upon President Wilson because he failed to nor Quads or force the railway to accept the arbltra plan proposed by the railway The tone of the article at so offensive, so one-sided and so domineering In tone that It Is re nvodueed herewith In order that the general public may gain on Idea of the attitude of some of the railway In? terests and the fight they are making on President Wilson. It la quite evi? dent that the railroad strike situation wt;i * nade a political issue against 'fsjldoni Wilson. The article re to follows: Railway Age Qasette said last that It was Inconceivable that president of the United States have proposed to the railways it they should abandon their po? lo favor of arbitration and grant she demands of the train em n?-<- ta for a so-called "eight-hoar * It st med inconceivable that i*? ?resident ahould do this, but it a- only too well known that this iat he actually did. 4 us nation regarded first with sur l lee, than with astonishment ani finally with absoluta amasement the oeoisc taken by the president. If he th. uglit It to bo generally popular ha Loa been rudely disil lusioned. The business interests have risen to the situation and are backing the Al? ways in energy and ft unanimity which has been surprising even to Iway men. Only a small part of has endorsed the presl dent'e course, and in a lukewarm ?anear. On the other hand, a very targe part of the press Is savagely donosaielng Mr. Wilson, and declar? ing that by his abandonment of the principle of arbitration he has dealt o heavy blow to the cause of indus? trial peace, whlsh will tend to cause strikes, lockouts and anarchy in every branch of business. The president denies that he has thrown over the principle of arbitra? tion. ' But actions speak louder than professions. The railways repeatedly offered arbitration, and the president made absolutely no real effort to get the men to accept it. The president adds that the eight-hour day Is sanc? tioned by soctaf progress and Jus? tice and Is not an arbitrable question. This la sheer nonsense, and If it were not Ii would have no application to tho present controversy. To say that the question of an eight-hour day Is not arbitrable when a day of that length has been established In only a very small part of the commercial aad Industrial concerns of the coun? try la absurd on its face. Further? more1, what Is more important in this connection, the train employees have net asked for a real eight-hour day, and the acceptance of the plan which the president has endorsed would not establish an eight-hour day. The plan of the employees which the president hss endorsed does not pro? vide that no man shull work cither more or less than eight hours. It pro video that if an employo works more than eight hours he shall be paid overtime for the excess hours, and the! If he works less than eight hours he shall receive a full day's pay. anyway. Preposterous as It may up . th # Is the plan the president said It Is the duty of the rail? ways to accept without arbitration, and the result of Its adoption would be that railways would pay a day'i pay for much less than un uverage of eight hours' work. "The correctness of tho president's statement that the situation shows the need for a compulsory arbitra? tion law In evident. Hut why did he have to let such a situation develop to teach him this, and If we should have compulsory arbitration, why, in (ho name of all that is reasonable, should It not be applied to this, the greatest lubor dispute in the history of the world? The president says he cannot secure arbitration. Perhaps he cunnot, now that he has publicly endorsed the men's position in refus? ing It; but if he cannot this probab? ly Is entirely due to his own fault. "The Railway Age Gazette believes that not only the future of the rail* ways, but to a great extent the in? dustrial future of the United States has been put at stake by the form this controversy has been given by President Wilson. R believes there is absolutely no Justification for giv? ing these employees In train service higher wages and then passing the landen along to the public in the form of Increased rates. It believes there is absolutely only one fair and Just way for settling this controversy and that is by arbitration. It there? fore, believes that the railway pres? idents and managers should reject the president's proposal, even though it seems probable that this will result in a strike; and it believes that if a strike comes the chief responsibility for It will rest on President Wil? son. The president was in the best position of anybody to avert a strike until last Monday; and if he is not now, it is because he abandoned the strategic position which he then oc? cupied." There is only one Issue In the sec? ond primary?it is Bleaseism or good government , a a a The re-election of Manning means the continuation of law and order, the suppression of blind tigers and the equally obnoxious social drinking clubs, respect for the verdict of the courts, the punishment of criminals und a business administration of the State government. The election or Blease means wholesale pardoning of convicts, the open violation of the. prohibition law, open bar roomp In use cities and drinking clubs scatter? ed aver the country and the disre? gard of law when It conflicts with the wishes or business interests of the gamblers and blind tigers. ? e> ? Manning represents the orderly and progressiva enforcement of the law by a man who recognises his ob? ligation to administer his office as the representative and servant * f all the people. Blease recognizes o obliga? tion save his own will and be inter? ests of his political supporers. 1IH idea of administering the 1 w is em? bodied in the statement: "To Hell with the constitution." ? a e Let your conscience and your love of the State he your guide when you come to east your ballot, e * e Every man who believes In the en? forcement of law and the suppres? sion of crime and criminals will let nothing prevent him from voting for Manning on September 13th. ? ? ? There was not a full vote cast in the first primary?turn out and vote on September 12th for Manning und insure an orderly government for the next two years. Tribute of Respect. Whereas it has pleased our Heavenly Father in His all wlee Providence to take from our midst our true and loyal brother J. W. Brunson. Bosolved, That while we deeply mourn his loss, yet we recognize the fact that He who has done this knows best what is for good, and we bow in humide submission to His will. Brother Brunson was a true hus? band and father in his home and in the community his ervices were in? valuable; as a trustee in the Concord school ho wus a valuable member. He was the leading spirit In bringing aheut the greut Improvement in the condition of the Concord graded school and putting through the work of erecting the new building. He was a loyal member of the Graham Baptist church in which he served in the same conscientious manner that he performed all other duties. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes and a copy sent to the family of our brother and to the press. G. W. Muhoney, J. I). Newman, T. J. Kirven, T. B. Brunson, Committee. Death of Idttle Girl. Paxville, Aug. 31.?Cleo, the 12 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Josh Bryant, died Wednesday after? noon after a few days' Illness of fever. The burial services woro held at Home Hranch church Thursday afternoon, conducted by Hev. M. J. Kyzer. TOBACCO WAREHOUSE CLOSED SEASON' COMES TO KM), AFTFlt T1IIUTY DAYS Ol?' SATISFAC? TORY KALFS. Crop Was not as Largo This Year as Last, Owing to Smaller Amount of Weed Plained?Kfforts to lie Put Forth to Have Greater Yield Next Year. Mr. J. W, Glenn, lessee of the local tobacco warehouse has leased this building again for the 1917 tobacco selling season, and will prcsonally manage the Sumter warehouse un dei the same name as this season, Glenn's Tobacco Warehouse, of Sum? ter, S. C. Mr. Glenn, before leaving for his home yesterday, expressed his appre? ciation of the support given him by the tobacco growers of Lee, Claren? don, Sumter, and other nearby coun? ties, and the Sumter Chamber of Commerce. Ho will, in conjunction with the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, carry on a continual campaign to urge tha farmers of Sumter county and other counties tributary to the Sumter mar? ket to plant a large acreage of to? bacco for next year, each farmer planting a small acreage of say five act es. Mr. Glenn and the Chamber of Commerce will have ample supplies of tobacco seed for free distribu? tion this winter when the time ar? rives to plant tobacco beds. Mr. Glenn requested that the busl nes men of Sumter city and county wage a campaign to have land owners who rent their land to poor white and poor colored farmers build to? bacco barns for their poor tenants, and insist upon and aid these tenants to get ready to plant some tobacco asja special cash crop. Tobacco is worked before and harvested during the time between the laying by and harvesting of other crops, and every pound of tobacco raised is practically . that'much money picked up by giving work; to people during an "in between season" 01 .he year. Wjtiat the Sumter tobacco market j needs) is more farmers in this county, within ten to fifteen miles of Sumter, 1 and who trade and do their banking in Sumter to plant tobacco. The 1916 . tobajp'co sales on Sumter's market were, necessarily far less than In 1916 ? because nothing like as much tobac? co was planted this year, the cold killed hundeds of beds, and the storm knocked off the production of the little that warf produced. Mr. Glenn gave unusually satisfac? tory aerviee us a warehouse lessee and manager, and not a complaint has been made about the Sumter to? bacco warehouse management for this season. The farmers all speak high? ly of him, and he feels that Sumter can be made a very big and profi? table tobacco market, if the land owners will cooperate with him, their j tenants, and the business men of Sumter In aiding hundreds of land renters to plant tobacco. The high prices for tobacco this season just closed should encourage an extensive acreage of tobacco for 1917, and with the aid, encourage? ment, and cooperation largely of land owners, their renters can be made to enjoy additional prosperity, and a big industry developed that will prove to bo worth many hun? dreds of thosands of dollars annually to the tobacco growers, land owners, tankers and mercantile houses of Sumter, and other Sumter county towns and trading centres. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Dally by tirneet Field, Cot? ton Buyer. (mod Middling 15 1-2. Strict Middling 15 1-4. Middling 15. Strict Low Middling 14 1-2. Low Middling 14. WKW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yest'dye Open High Low Close doe* Jan .? ? 15.64 16.40 15.64 16.53 15.80 Meli . ? 15.82 16.55 15.82 16.53 15.94 May . . 15.99 16.70 15.99 16.67 16.08 Oct . . 15.53 16.29 15.53 16.26 15.68 DOO . . 15.68 16.38 15.61 16.31 15.74 Not Infantile Paralysis. The residence of Mr. Alex Aver buck, 104 South Horvtn street, has, been placed under quarantine by the local hoard of healt* in order to avoid d?nget from infantile paraly? sis and will be kept In quarantine for tWO weeks. Mrs. Schechtcr with her young son came here from New York several days ago, to visit Mr. Averbuck, who Is her brother, and, while tho child has not been exposed to infantile paralysis and is in the best of health, It has been deemed best to avoid any ?langer by quaran? tining the house, no child being al | lowed to enter or leave the premises. I This is the reason the building is placarded, and not, as many reports have stated, because there was In? fantile paralysis there. COTTON CONDITION NOW 64.3. JOURNAL OF COMMERCE RE? PORTS UNUSUAL DECLINE OF 10.1 PER CUNT. SINCE JULY 2:$. . New York, Aug. 2"J.?The very un? usual decline Of lO.l points in the condition of cotton since the date of this paper's last report, July 23, is due largely to a long and general drought in August, following excessive mois? ture in July, also to the heavy rav? ages of the boll weevil. Reports of over two thousand spe? cial correspondents of an average mail) date of August 22 give a per? centage condition of 64.3, compared with 74.4 per cent, last month, or a drop of 10.1 points. This compares with 70.7 per cent, last year and 77.6 per cent, in 1914. It was 71.4 per cent, in 1913 and 75.4 in 1912. The ten-year average was 72.1 per cent. In the past ten years only once has conditions ap? proached this low figure, when in 1909 it was 06. per cent, and the yield of cotton was ten million bales on an acreage of 32,000,000, as against an acreage of nearly 36,000, 000 in 1916. Important States showing largest delines are: South Carolina, 10 points: Georgia, 5.1 points; Alabama, 8.5 points;! M'"sissippi, 14.4 points; Louisiana, 12 points; Texas, 11.2 points; Arkansas, 10.1 points, and Oklahoma, 18.2 points. Tennessee im? proved 0.1 per cent. Percentage condition by States, wth comparisons, follows: Sep Aug 1915 1914 1913 1916 1916 Diff Sept Sept Sept N. Carolina? 70.3, 73.2 -2.9 76.8 82.0 80.2 3. Carolina? 59.0 69.0 10.0 72.0 76.0 77.6 Georgia? 65.9 71.0 -5.1 69.8 80.9 79.0 Florida? 67.0 74.8 -7.8 69.3 82.0 79.4 Alabama? 53.3 61.8 -8.5 67.0 74.0 73.6 Mississippi? 58.7 73.1 -14.4 70.7 71.0 73.6 Louisiana? 67.8 77.0 -1.2 69.6 72.4 72.4 Texas ? 65.8 77.0 -11.2 69.6 79.0 65.1 \rkansas? 73.4 83.5 -10.1 74.7 76.8 77.6 Tennessee?\ 79.7 79.6 -0.1 78.0 80.0 81.0 Missouri? 75.7 80.3 -4.6 7S.2 73.0 G0.r Oklahoma? 62.8 81.0 -18.2 72.4 S0.1 60.2 Average? 64.3 74.4 -10.1 70.7 77.0 71.4 ?Journal of Commerce. Pnxville News Notes. Paxville, Aug. 31.?Mrs. Lizzie Childers, from Davis Station, return? ed home Saturday, after a few days' rislt to relatives here. Miss Ethel Corbett will leave Fri? day for Fair Forest, where she will teach this next session. Mrs. E. M. Bradham and daughter, Miss Addie, from Pinewood, spent last week at the home of Mr. Bruce Brad ham. Miss Jessie Curtis is visiting Mrs. Madge Curtis at Clusterfeld. Later they expect to go on a trip to Saluda and Hendersonville together. Mrs, J. A. Brown and son, Walter, have returned from a visit to rela? tives at Elloree and Wedgetield. Hie Misses Davis from near Cam flen were here last .week visiting at the home of Mr. F. S. Ueddings. Mr. George Broadway of George? town has been visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Broadway. Mr. Ethan Stone has accepted the position of seed-buyer for Mr. Rey? nolds; Owem EXCURSION ?From? MANNING, SUMTER, AYNOR And Intermediate Points -To WILMINGTON, N. C. AND THE SEASHORE -Via ATLANTIC COAST LINE Monday, Sept. 11,1916 Train leaves Siimter r>.50 A. M. Leaves Wilmington re M turning 0.00 P. M. Fare from fl bumier $1.50 for the round E trip. Correspondingly low B rates from other points. I W. J. Cruig, P. T. M. I T. a White, G. P. A. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Successors to BoodOSaoUr Lumber Ac Supply Co. Goo. Epporeon'e Old Sttxrid Opp. Court Hons* EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. f it BLUDWINE, tbe Hobble Skirt bottle. Is made from Fruits and < > Cereals. <? SATAN ET 1? the new and celebrated Fruit Juice drink. < ? HIRES, the genuine Rootbcer, is made from Roots, Berries, J [ Barks, etc, gathered from aU parte of the globe, I; ALL ARE PURE AND HEALTHFUL. Sumter Bottling Works. > Phone 84. %.?.MM. Own a Hundred Dollars Just a little foresight insure this stride toward success. Deposit $2.00 a Week In a Savings Account with the National Bank of Sumter. In less than a year you will have $100 saved to which we will add 4 per cent, interest. With this sum in bank, and the savings habit established, financial independence is ahead. Start this week. The National Bank of Sumter, ON THE BUSIEST CORNER IN TOWN NOT TOO LARGE NOR TOO SMALL I This Bank is not TOO BIG, nor TOO LITTLE. It is Big Enough to give confidence and assurance to its + customers. It is Small Knough to give careful attention to your +? affairs. Your little account will not be neglected. Aud no matter how large your account we can take j * care of it. !: THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK United States, County and City Depository The Oldest Banking Institution in the County