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JOADS WILL FIGHT tice Served On Brotherhoods That Strikers Must Return to Work lington, April 13.?Railroad have th: own down the gauvt t- 10 their striking employees. Supported by the federal govern- J it contention that the strike which >r the past week has partly dem oral- j the freight and passenger service j the country was planned by radical J Sitators. y.itii ulterior motives, six! roads in Columbus have refused J outright to deal with the yardmen's association, which is conducting the strike in their territory. In New York, executives warned the i representatives of railroad brother-! )ds that they would be given until )on Saturday to get their men back to work. Drastic action has been taken by governmental agencies. In Chicago 24 leaders of the insurgent switchmen, including John Gr?nau, whose dis missal started the flood of railroad mer.'s walkouts, were under arrest last night on charges of having vio lated the Lever food act. Two hun dred additional warrants were expect ed. Federal prosecutors in other sec tions continued to accumulate evi dence against strik- leaders and more . atrests are expected within the next 24 hours. Meanwhile members of the newly Created labor board, whose nomina tions were confirmed yesterday by the senate, have been summoned by Presi dent "Wilson to meet in Washington t#day and organize. Administration officials feel the board will prove an effective agency towards ending the '?outlaw** strike. Small defections in the strikers' ranks continued yesterday, with the - main body of strikers in territory east Of Chicago and north of Pittsburgh holding firm. Freight and passenger Service, however, continued to im prove, due*" largely to volunteer rail road workers. Railroads entering New York were fast resuming normal passenger service, but freight service in the East, while showing signs of improvement, was still disorganized. Freight embargoes are beginning to jiavfe a serious effect upon industry, especially in the East, where shortage "of coal and raw material has resulted in the shutdown of several factories ind mills, throwing thousands out of work. The food situation continues serious, but nowhere are there re ports of famine conditions. toPORT OF COTTON CROP Totel Number of Bales of Cot ton Ginned, Crops of 1919 * and 1918 in South Carolina Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bu reau of the Census, Department of "Commerce, announces the prelimin ary, report of cotton ginned by coun ties ir South Carolina, for the crops of 1919 and 1918. > The report was mare public for the State at 10 a. m., Saturday. March 20, 1920. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Linters are not included.) County 1919 i91S Abbeville . 27.299 2",.341 Aiken .?. 40,708 52.414 Ailencale . ... 20,045 Anderson . 82.893 67 -?i'7 Danaberg .\ 24,568 35.411 Barnwell . 30.496 70,099 Beaufort . 2.232 9,745 Berkley . 10.931 16.135 Caihoun . 34,960 45.695 Charleston . 8.723 18.1 "6 Cherokee . 16,703 15.4 39 Chester . 21,480 31.512 Chesterfield . 36.265 32.34 4 Clarendon . ?9*221 41.201 Colleton . 12.543 23,336 Darlington . 42,946 44.417 Dillon . 4 2.791 3S.1S5 Dorchester. 1^.27:; 20.91 <T Edgefield . 23.939 29.008 Fairfield . 22.320 26.778 Florence . 4 2.613 4 0.357 Georgetown . 4.6r.? 5.84S Greenville . 53.652 4 4.7.:4 Greenwood . 34.319 38.185 Hampton . 10.632 25.928 Horry . 9.530 30.0.")3 Jasper. 2.025 7.296 Kershaw . 30.199 31.3'.)? Lancaster . 23.886 25,472 "Laurens . 50.222 43.177 Lee . 4 4.2SS 44.006 Lexington . 29.659 36.403 McCormick . 16.9.", 17. :;:>?; Marion . 19.175 20,17:: Marlboro . 7 9. is 7 n 70.550 . Xewberry . 3.3.889 10,461 Oconee . 24.4 2:: 25.351 .Orangeburg . X7.l* 4 (? 112.004 Bickens . 25.136 21.7-i 7 Richland . 2 G. 4?i 2?;.'.t7i' Saluda . 24.:>27 l:7.*;41 Spartanburg . a0.09s 70.939 Sumter . 4?.4f?l r.rt.sj:, Vnion .,. 19.206 20.636 .Williamsbuns . 2*.06:: ::::.J4? York . 45,384 4 1.427 The State. 1,438,233 1,581.726 NKIVJBKIIKY WINS CONTEST G. A. Byrd. Jr.. of College of Charles ton, is Third. Greenwood. April 16.?Joe Vigod sky, of Newberry College, won first place in the State Oratorical ?'ontest held here tonight. .1. (.'. Reid, of "Erskine College, was awarded second place and G. A. Byrd. Jr.. <>f the Col lege of Charleston, captured third honor. Mr. Vigodsky's subject was "For a Mess of Pottage;" Mr. Reid spoke on "America's Debt to the World." while the subject of Mr. Byrd's address was "The White Snop of America." Washington. April 16.?Secretary Colby has be?run the reorganization of the State Department. ' WIRELESS STA TION BURNED Government Plant at Beaufort, N. C Destroyed by Fire of Unknown Origin Newbern, N. C, April I?.? Fire of unknown origin destroyed the wire less station near Beaufort today. The fire gained sueh headway that it was {impossible to save the building and contents. The plant was owned by the government and was valued at a thousand dollars. MEXICO ASKS PERMISSION _ I Carranza Wants to Move Troops j Through American Territory i Washington. April 6?Mexico has jasked permission to move troops through American territory in order to attack Sonora from the, north. No ! action has been taken. JOBS FOR NEW MEN Railroad Managers Will Call for Men to Fill Places of Strikers j New York. April 15.?The railroad j general managers* association of New j York tonight delivered an ultimatum ! to the '"big four" railroad brother ! hoods giving them until noon Satur ! day "to have their men report for j work." ; After that time it stated the rail i roads "will themselves open their ! books for a. period of 24 hours ending iat noon. Sunday for such men as reg j ister during that period and who aro ! acceptable who will bo taken back in to the service, retaining their roster rights." "In any event," the ultimatum add ed, "the railroads retain the right to i refuse to reinstate or re-employ cer tain employees who hare shown dur ! ing the period of trouble by violence, J seditious utterances, intimidation or other well defined means, an unfitness for further railroad service." J. J.. Mantell. spokesman for tho general managers, said hundreds of offers of assistance were pouring in upon the managers' organization. Marked improvement was reported today or* traffic arteries into New York, while across the Hudson in Jer sey City and Hoboken. striking rail road men debated the question of re turning to their posts and voted not to form a new organization but to "stick to the brotherhoods." The j question of returning to work was no; put to a vote but the brotherhood offi cials were optimistic of an early set tlement. At another meeting of the strikers tomrrow it was announced new wage scale demands would 'c drafted, j Brotherhood loaders would be asked I to present it to the newly created . federal railroad board at Washington it was said. The city's food supply problem, which was aggravated by a strike of teamsters, chauffeurs, helpers /ind porters handling butter, eggs and frozen poultry, took a more hopeful ,aspec1! tonight, when the strikers, af ter being idle for 12 hours, voted to return to work tomorrow morning. The porters, who caused the strike, will receive $35 for a 45 hour week under the new agreement, the union, announced. They had been getting $30. The short lived teamsters strike was marked by frequent attacks on trucks and several hundred police reserves j had to patrol the terminal market dis { trict. No less than 4 2 strikes of va rious sorts the police say. arc in prog jress in the West Side market territory. The Erie moved its first freight j rain into Jersey City today from Port ijervis. It brought fuel and was. pro jected by armed guards but there was j no trouble op the t rip. Greatly improved service was siven ; to commuters this evening on the ! Erie. Lackawanna and Jersey Central. All Erie and Lackawanna trains were manned by volunteers, college stud ents from Princeton. Stevens, Rutgers predominating, i Army officers at Governors Island Shave notified the Pennsylvania rail Iroad that soldiers will move any sup i plies stalled in Jersey City and that others will man. cars on which bodies of American dead, just returned from overseas, will be taken to home towns. The military railroad division of the United States army today began move nu nt of government freight congested at railroad terminals here, j Activities of the government' anti profiteering squadron resulted iu the j arrest of Nicholas J. Eschenbrenner. Frank Shea and Harry Walton, gen eral managers of wholesale firms deal in- in Danish butter. Meredith Tor President. I Iowa Delegation Will Vote for Cabinet Officer. Des Moines. April I? _ Resolutions' instructing the Iowa delegation to the democratic national convention to pre sent the name of and vote Kdward Meredith, United States Secretarv of Agriculture. for President. were adopted her?, this afternoon u\ a con ference of State Democrats. Wilbur Marsh, chairman of tic national con vention, said the instructions would in- carried ?u<. New Orleans. April Ml. Members of the Mississippi River Commission said the levees are in good condition end are able to take care of an unus ually large volume of water at pres ent. Mobile. Ala.. April 16.- Two dead, one missing and several injured as a result of a head-on collision between two passenger trains today near Bay Mindite. TO MAKE PERU MORE HEALTHY Gen. Gorgas Preparing to Make Study of Control of Tropi cal Diseases New York, April 16.? Major Gener al Gorgas arriving from Peru, said he would soon leave for tin- Wesi Afri can coast on a. mission for the Peru vian Government 10 investigate condi tions respecting the spread and com ? balling of tropical fevers. WAITING ON WILSON Reply to Hungarian Objections to Peace Treaty Not to Be Sent Until He Ap proves Paris. April 16.?The delivery of the ambassadors' council reply to H:in g:.r>;in objections to the Peace Treaty j is awaiting approval from PresidenTi Wilson for certain clauses. WHO CAUSED THE STRIKE Gov. Allen of Kansas Puts Blame on Federation of Labor - I Topeka. April 16.?Responsibility I for labor conditions in tin Kansas coal j fields has1 been placed on the Aincri I can of Labor by Gov. Allen. It is said I that organized labor officials arc fight j ing to hold offices, not for the protec i lion of workmen: ATLANTA DEAL ERS IN TROUBLE Wholesale Grocerymen Cited for Unfair Competition Washington. April 16.?Two trade jorganizati as and fifteen other Atlan ta who?'sale grocery and food pro-! duct dealers are cited by th?- Federal Trade Commission to answer com ! plaints of unfair competition. ! RANDOLPH HEARST j WINS POINT ??? i District of Columbia Court Re fuses to Dismiss Injunc j tion Proceedings j Washington. April 17?The Ship ; ping Hoard's motion to dismiss VVill | iam Randolph Hearst's suit for an in junction to prevent the sale of for mer German steamers, has been over ruled by the District Supreme Court, which sustained Hearst's right as a j tax payer to maintain the suit, The (Shipping Board will probably'appeal. PREMIER CHARGED WITH MURDER Lloyd George Presented by Grand Jury for Assassina tion of Mayor of Cork Cork. April 17.?Charges of wilful murder against Premier Lloyd George were brought in the verdict today of the jury of inquest into the death of Mayor MacCurtain, who was assassin - : ated in March. Verdict also charged Viscount French. Lord Lieutenant Ireland, lan MaePherson. former chief secretary, ?and several police inspectors with j murder. !_ CARRANZA'S RE QUEST REFUSED Mexican Troops Will Not Be \ Permitted to Cross Ameri can Territory I - j Washington. April 17.?Senator Kno>. told the senate today that ho had learned that the State Depart ment had refused, the request of the Carranza government to permit .Mexi can troops to pass through American territory to light against Sonora. iBLOODY FIGHT j IN SIBERIA Japanese and Russians Engage In Fierce Conflict Near i Vladivostok i Vladivostok. April 7.? Heavy light ing between the Russians and Japan ese continues at Kharborovsk. Casual ties ott both sides have been heavy. I PENNSYLVANIA" OVERALL CRAZY i _ One Town Decided to Fine Mem bers Who Fail to Wear Denim Wheat land. I'-''-. April 17. -The lo-| eal overall club has decided to ?mjj members lor failure to don denims. i _ Washington. April 16.? President Wilson has nominated Whitehead | Kluttz. itf North Carolina, for mem bership on the Hoard of Mediation] and Conciliation. The arrival of the Columbia train was delayed Prida\ morning by de railment of three cars of rock at !reen Swamp. The track was block ed for several hours, but no scriotis amage ivus done. great telegra pher is dead; Theodore N. Vail Executive Gen-: i ius of Telephone and Tele graph Business i New York, April 10.?Theodor? X ! Vail; chairman of the board <>i di-: rectors "f ih" American Telephone and Telegraph Company, dieu tod?.yj in Baltimore. turks and ar- ? i meni ans fight j _ j Turks Besieging American Mis-! sion Buildings?American i Relief Workers Are In Danger | i -?.-, Constantinople, April 16.?Messages report heavy fighting between Turks! and Armenians at Aintaius. Armen-: ians are occupying th-: American mis sion buildings. Cr.'-.cSiness is f<-:it for! thirteen American relief, worKcrs there. etawville mur derer captured Sheriff Dennis of Dorchester, Caught Slayer of Magistrate Wiggins, Winning $1,000 Reward ! Columbia. April 17.?Arthur Dail [ ley. charged with the murder <>f Mag istrate Wiggins at Eutawville. in Or angeburg county. last week, is in the j State penitentiary today, where he was brought Thursday for safelceep [ ing. after being searched for nearly a I week. He was arrested by Sheriff j Dennis, of Dorchester county, early Thursday morning after both officer and fugitive had spent the night in a Dorchester swamp. Sheriff Dennis was Thursday given -he reward of $500 offered by the Governor, and he also gets $600 reward offered by the people of Eutawville. Magistrate Wiggins was shot on Tuesday night of last week and he died Monday night of this week. Dail iey had committed a minor crime in lower Orangeburg county and was es caping on a train headed for Orange burg. At Eutawville a rural police i man boarded the train and the negrc j barricaded himself in a toilet room. .A 'rural policeman was standing at the I door, as guard. The negro put hii .; head through the window and shol at Magistrate Wiggins, who was or j the ground outside. The magistrate | fell, mortally wounded. The negrc escaped throu-ii the car window an';] his whereabouts were a mystery, v.y until daylight Thursday morning when he was captured by Sheriff Den nis. pacific coast? | adopts fad Overall Craze Spreading Up the Coast From San Francisco to Vancouver San Francisco, April 17?The vogue ! of overalls for business wear i: i spreading throughout the Pacifw Coast, from California to Vancouver | us a protest against the high cost o: clothing. I boys who are feeble minded I One Fourth of Boys In Reform atory Are Deficient ; Columbia. Apr:! 17.?Twenty-: wc j per cent of the boys of the roforma I tory at Florence are feeble-minded. ! according to Miss Louis Bishop, lieh; ! agent and psychologist for the State j Board of Public Welfare, who recent ly examined the boys at the reforma i tory. Miss Bishop states that the au thorities of the reformatory arc plan ping some special training for these feeble-minded lads. .Miss Bishop is doing much work for the schools <>1 the State, in examining pupils. Bartow. Fla.. April 16.?-A confer ence here between cattle raisers and citrus fruit and truck growers has de cided to draft a no-fence law. SAFE CRACKER ON TRIAL Charles Howard Who Has Just Finished Five-Year Term Faces Another Greenville, S. C-, April 16.?Charles Howard, who has just finished a five year term in the Atlanta federal pris on, has been placed on trial here in the federal court, charged with safe cracking. DIPPING VAT IS BLOWN UP Florida Cattlemen Are Opposed to Eradication of Cattle Tick i _ - j Jacksonville, Fla., April 18.?TTn j identified parties blew up the cattle : dipping vai at Whitehouse near here, i_ ! FLEET TO BE j AT SAN FRANCISCO j Warships Will Assemble There During Democratic Con vention San Francisco, April 18.?The Pa ciiie fleet will assemble in San Fran cisco Kay during the Democratic con vention., according to Admiral Rod I man. _ ? [UNITED STATES IS INyiTED - j Italy Wants America to Send Representatives to San Remo Conference I Washington, April 17. ? Italy, j through, the Italian ambassador, has !{ invited the United States to sc::d rep ; resentatives t<> the Allied conference at Pan Remo. The matter will be laid ? before the President, i THREE MEN ARE BURNED TO DEATH Fatal Results of Fire in Ship Building Plant in Ohio Port Cliton, O., April 17?Thre< >! men wore burned to death and tw< i seriously burned in a (ire at the Mat thews boat plant here today. Th< 1 j men were visiting yachtsmen whe vi were asleep in the boat house, i_ LARGE ARMY :| REQUIRED San Remo. April 17.?The Allies would be called on to furnish thre< hundred thousand men in Turkey u insure the execution of the peac< ^ treaty, which will be reconsidered b\ the Allied Council here Monday. '1 SIGNALS TO MARS Dayton, Ohio. April 17.?E. R. Wes ? ton. a local manufacturer, offers t( 3j)finance the experiment to communi 3!cale with Mars, should the govern j men't refuse to permit the use cf th< j'ariship at Fort Omaha. Prof Todd f j of Amherst University, plans to mak? j an attempt Friday by wireless fron I the airship if the government con. ! sents. I_ I j DEATH ( LAIMS FERTILIZE! HEAD. ? i President ol V.rginia-Carolina Cue?. eal Company Dies. ! Richmond. Va.. April 10?Samuel >; T. Morgan, president of the Virginia .(Carolina Chemical Company, and a . j director of a number of Richmond in 11 stitutions, died at his home here to ilj night after an illness of several weeks, - j .Mr. Morgan was horn in Wake -{county, near Raleigh. N. C, .March 15, .;isr,7. Tn issi he organized the Dur -jham Fertilizer Company, which sub klseQuently grew into the Virginia l{ Carolina Chemical Company, with a 'j-paid-up capital of more than $46.000. j "00. ? j Paris. April 16.?The danger of a '?new uprising against the Ebert gov ernment apparently has passed, ac 1 cording to Berlin advices. murder trial at camp jackson Witnesses Found to Testify Against Murderers of Chapman Columbia, April 16.?The third ses- : sion of the court martial at Camp , Jackson, trying the four soldieis charged with the murder of Williani S. Chaplain, of Columbia, began un expectedly today, aft^r the court had taken what; was believe to be a long recess. Important witnesses were1, found who would testify in the case. \'\ A second continuance in the trial, was granted Thursday i afternoon, when Private Roy C. Janus was being tried. Motion to continue was t. .nted in order to allow the prosecution to , get more witnesses. Lieut. Fowler, Privates Roy Sanders 'and Corporal Maston. al Ithree, de j clined to testify against Private Jan. I us. Fowler's trial having halted on Tuesday by refusal of Corporal Mas ton to testify against him. Each sol dier refuses to testify against the oth ers, and it seems that wheels of jus ; tice at the camp court will have a ! tangled course. J ('has. W. Rice, a chemist of Colum i bia. testified Thursday that on the i night of January 19th he was driving.. J hi", car towards the city when he - | heard something like a voice crying ! "halt" and a shot from a gun. He j soon stopped his car and W. S. Chap Main cried. "I'm shot." A soldier'came j up and said: "You played h?1 stop j ping your car.' Chaplain was rushed I to a hospital, where he soon died. ; Mr. Rice testified that his car was ! not searched, nor were any questions j about the occupants asked. I Themas Ruff, a colored public ser ! vice car driver, testified that his car j was fired into several times and sol i dier said to him. "Transfers are catch-v i ing he?I tonight." i_ . I strike ends at washington J _ j Washington, April 16.?The striking railroad employes at Potomac yards, j the freight gateway to the South, have returned to work. i 'disturbances in china , Shanghai. April 16.?Serious di.s i turbances have occurred at Honan, j China, and civil war threatens, accord A ing to advices. i strike ends at ;i new orleans j New Orleans, April 16.?Striking ! yardmen are returning to work as in dividuals and few remain out, accord I ing to officials of the railroad. \ A strike in florida )! Jacksonville. April 16.?Switchmen ? i on the entire Florida East Coast sys '; t.em walked out at noon today. j VILLA WILL JOIN SONORA UP RISING. " I nel)cl Chief Plans Attack on Chihna * hua, Says Report?. -] Sen Antonio, Texas, April 16? ?; Army intelligence reports received at .ithe Southern department headqua/t ? j ers here under date of Thursday stats 11 that Francisco Villa is preparing to ! lend assistance to the revolution ojf j Sonora .gainst the Carranza goverh j ment and that he soon will att4?k jChihuhua City, Parral and Jiminei. j The plan, it was stated, at Fort Sam Houston, was revealed to arn^'y 1 officers on the border by Villa agaafi. i Villa was at Hecheceros, on the CH'?~ j hauhua-Cahuila line, yesterday, it'wjia ; said. j Villa's present plan is to attack j Chihuahua City first, but this will" b? j changed if one of the other garris.Q'l?? j becomes weaker before he can strata, j it was said. Villa \v-as said to hau? agents with the Twenty-fifth Mexican cavalry and the Sixty-second and iSt? ! ty-third Mexican infantry, which \vv e ! moved to Casas Grandes, which is i? ! ported to be the base of operations [ of the Carranza forces in dealing Wifh i the Sonora situation. Pensacola, Fla., April 16.?Hail I stones as large as pecans fell today, i damaging gardens and it is reported (killing chickens. T 1 Brick, ~ ?# Locks. Lumber ^ Building.^?r_. Hardware Paints, Oils Flooring; Ceiling, Siding, Casing, Mouldings. Framing Lumber, Red Cedar Slungles, Fine and Cypress Shingles. Brick, Jjime, Cement, Finster, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Sewer Pipe, Stove Flue, Metal and Composition Shingles,Terra Cotta Thimbles Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and stains F?rch Columns and Ballasters, Water Proofing Mineral, Beaver Board, Corrugated Metal Roofing, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll. Locks. Hinges, tils, Crates, Saws, Hatchets. Hammers, Door Hangers, Carpenter's Tools, Faint Brushes. ft?nts and Oils, Inside Decorations, Asbetos and Composition Roofing. Calsoinincs and Cold Water Paints, WIRK FENCING. IRON AM) WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA