The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 07, 1921, Page PAGE 3, Image 3

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ichman and Southron at t^'^PostoflSCe at Sum & S, C., as Second Class Matter. Hi I Mrs. W. Y, Spann and Miss Reba Spann have returned after a pleas ant stay at Jackson's Springs, X. I * ; . . -,j Misses Marguerite and Jennie j McLeod have returned from, a visit to Miss.Bessie Meares in Columbia, j Mrs. Martha C. Smith has re- j turned from Saluda,'. N. C. where ! she has been spending some time, i Mrs. S. C. Baker has gone to ! AsheviUe' to spend several weeks. ! Miss ?benchah has returned af- I ter ? visit to her home in Virginia, j Miss Margaret CashiOn wiU re- j turn to her home in Charlotte via Elliotts, after a most enjoyable v?t . to her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mis. C. L. Cashi?n, on Broad street. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rivers , and y left September 1st for Green ville, S. C, where they will make their-future home. The good wishes of their many friends here follow them to their new home.' ? ?> Mr, and Mrs. Bossard Brittoii, little son Jack and Mrsl Rape have just -returned "from, a -two_ week's stay at Murreil's Inlet. -r\' Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Robinson and family of Camden spent. Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S: R. J. Smith after returning ^rom an extended visit in the Blue Ridge Mountains and other points of in terest. . ilf A> Mr. Alva Solomons is in town on his furlough from the Naval Ac ademy at Annapolis, Md.. Miss Lulu Bess Whitley of Blairs sjfiL C, has returned hotne. after spending several days With Mrs. Edward; J. Kerricfc, at 110;.S. Sum ter street. . Miss Clair Hoyt and Misis Lois Thompson have returned ^ home j after ? pleasant visit to ] Jackson j Springs, N. C. y A'/...h**^ Miss Junene Williams 'has' re ed from a visit to Dr. and Mts. J. G. WOKams in Charleston.\\ Mr. Samuel Sanders, Jr.," of the U. "S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., is at home for a few days stay. Mr. Heriot Rembert, who has spent the "summer in AsheviUe, N. C., returned home Friday. Mrs. C. E. Nolan of Columbia is j the guest of Mrs. H. W* Cuttino ! on Church street. Mrs. J. M. CrOnk and sofa Edwin Cronk, of Salem, Va., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. P. MiddletcH, on Oakland Avenue. \ Mr. and" Mrs. B. S. Middletdn, of Baltfniore are visiting Mr. and ?lfrs. W. ;P- Middleton. . Miss Virginia Moseley has re turned to her home in Barnwell j alter visiting Mrs. Solomon Blatt in the city. Miss Moseley was in attendance at the Friday evening ; dance. ?iiss Pearle Scale of Wilmington relativ? - in Sumter. Mr. Gasto* -oT Wilming ton spent Saturday and Shinday in Sumter. " V ?? f Miss Helen Clack has returned - to her home in Sumter after a visit to the Masses Maskey in 6r angeburg. Mrs. B. D. Wftsoh is the visitor of Hrs. A. A. Saunders m White * Hall. S. C. Miss Eunice McLean has return ed to her home in Columbia after a short visit to Mr. Dixou on Sa lem Ave. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Rowland have returned to Sumter after spending V sometime in Waynesville and other jpbjnts in North Carolina. Mrs. B. Daughtrey and ~ little daughter, Mary, have returner! to L their home in Sumter after a visit V to relatives in Portsmouth, Va. " * Msses Florine, Ahce and Kath erine Rowland have returned to their home in Asheville after yhav- \ ing visited their grandparents., in % the city. Miss Carrie Bradford baj^ return ed to Sumter after a visit to Rhone Mountain, Tenn. t\ f s Miss E. Lattimer has returned to Sumter after having spent [some time in Portsmouth, Va. Miss Avis Pearson has returned to her home in fcennettsville'after a most enjoyable visit to Mrs. (1. C, Cooper of this city. Miss W. Adams ot Savannah, "Ga. is the. charming visitor of Mrs. HpFowler in Hampton Court." Miss Emma Mood has re^tuipled ^ to the city after a visit to MUrrell's P^^Misses Ida and EsteUe . Edwins of^t^MjBfburg are visiting Mrs. A. A. H?we? on Broad St. Mfre E^nima Reynolds is visiting friends in Charleston. Mr. J. T. Green leaves tonight on a short business trip to Elliotts. Mr. Ned Gregory of Lancaster spent Friday in the city on busi ness. Misses Winifred Alexander, Mary v Stuckey and Marion Knight, ac- i I companied by Mrs. Alexander, mo- ! tored from Columbia Friday to at- j tend the dance Friday nighty. Messrs Robert, Leland*,. < ^>eS. and Henry Edmunds, Frank Clarke, Harold Whilden, John Shaw^ Bon nie Kirvin, and Marion DuRant left this mornx?g for Clinton where they are to begin their college I studies for^he school year of-2"t-22. j Rev. W. E. Thayer left this j morning for Laurens, S. C, where i he will spend- ten days! Mrs. C. C. Beck and Miss Marie , ^jSTammett are spending thei djay- in i -Florence. Messrs. T. C Broad we II, Pete j Dudley and Hubert Osteen and i ^Misses Julia Riser and Elizabeth i j.Osteen motored tor Aiken Sunday | ion a week-end visit. Mr. J. H. Grady left Saturday af ternoon for a few] days' visit,to Washington, D. C." " Mr. J. M. Dick, Jr., returned to inton Saturday to resume his col work at P. C. Mrs. J. M. Dick leaves. Monday a. month's visit in- Georgetown and Mt. Pleasant. Miss Lillian Tisdale spent the week-end in Manning. ' Among those in the city today to atte&d the Shriners' banquet at Pocalla Springs are' Mrs. Radeliffe anMiss Elenor Radeliffe of Co lumbia, Mr. and Mrs.' W; H. Thompson of .!Easiover;. Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. ??ld of E?stover and Mr. O. Frank Hart of Columbia. Messrs. BilP-and -"Btfb*1 Black - well, Miss Mary Ellen Blackwell and. Mrs. J. G. R. Wilder motored to Myrtle Beach Sunday. --' ? 3 ? Mr. Upshtir * Is Promoted WeH Known Insurance Man Made State Agent for Dela ware and Parts of Mary land and Virginia Mr. W. B. Upshur, who has been general agent in this territory for the Jefferson Standard Life In surance for more than fifteen years has been called to a larger and more important field by the com- j pany in recognition oi his able I management of the interests of the j company in South Carolina,, by; which he has built up a solid, sue- j cessful and uniformly satisfactory j business. The company has made J him general agent for the state of I Delaware and parts of Maryland i ! and Virginia and he will proceed j fh the' immediate future to orga- , nize his agency forces in those | states. Mr. Upshur does not give) Up his general agency in South Car- ! olinau, nor does he have any id s j of removing from Sumter. The Sumter general agency wiU be con tinued under the management of Mr! W. R. Parker, who has been office manager for mo?e than fif teen years. Mr. ?pshur will'divide his time between his South Sar? lina agency and tiie new work in Delaware, will continue to make his home in this city, and will re fain his interests in various busi ness enterprises with which he is identified. His many friends in "Sumter and throughout the state will be gratified to hear thaJt his well known ability as an insurance j man has been so substantially re cognized by the officials of his com pany. ? ? ? Brace MeLeod 1 Severely Beaten Is Found Near Railroad Track by Rural Officer Alex 5 Norris At a late hour Friday night B-uce MeLeod, a white man of the Rembert section, was taken from "his home by & mob of masked men of unidentified name and un known number, carried some dis tance in an automobile and was severely and painfully thrashed with a horsehide whip. He was then carried to Sumter Junction where he stated that he was or dered to take the train arid get out of the state if he valued his fife.'-' The time limit was set at two hours. MeLeod' was found by RUfcal Officer Alex N?rris. Who brought him to Sumter and placed him in the jail here for the night and summoned medical attention for his numerous stripes. The man was-so badly beaten that he was unable to walk. MCLeod express ed his desire to leave the state so was put on the train Saturday evening by Sheriff Hurst. He had recuperated somewhat from his whipping and was able to walk and get about with some difficulty. Bruce was gotten from his house by the masked men by ruse that an ^-automobile was in need of. re pair. A small boy was sent for him as he was the Only person in that neighborhood who did me chanical work of this nature. It is stated that when MeLeod came to the car he was placed in it and hurriedly carried off. The beating was thoroughly done and well ad ministered. The violence done to MeLeod is alleged to have been occasioned by his having made a remark of low and ungentlemanly nature about some lady. MeLeod has not the best of reputation in his community, having given trouble on number of different oc casions. Several years ago he was tried in the Sumter courts on charges of seduction but was final ly acquitted. Announcement Regarding Services For Sunday, September 11th The Sunday school will be held at the usual hour Sunday morning, September 11th. Don't forget that the hour is 10:15. There will, how ever be no preaching service that day either morning or evening, but the pastor expects to be in! his pul pit both morning and evening of Sunday, September 18th. It is sin cerely hoped and desired that the members of this church will do i good and get good by attending the different churches in the city on that day. The pastor wishes to express his appreciation of the splendid way in which his people have cooperated during the hot and trying summer months by their regular attendance upon the ser vices. W. E. THAYER. One of the items in the fight against the boll weevil that the ex perts of the department of agri'- j culture stress most emphatically is ! to pick out the crop as early as ! possible and then plow under the cotton stalks immediately so as to ? deprive the weevils of food. By do- j ing this the number of weevils left ! to go into hibernation when cold weather approaches will be great- ' ly reduced. Cotton planting can- j not be entirely abandoned in this country for several years to come, I if ever, and it will pay well to ! starve as many weevils this fall as possible. It is easier and cheap er to starve the weevils to death in the fall than to pick them oft' the ] young cotton in the spring. ? ? ? If the Mexican Bean beetle j which has already ~ invaded this state destroys tbe beah and cov; I pea crop and the Florida velvet oean Worm wipes out the velvet beans' the troubles of the farmers! will be multiplied, 9 \ FOODSTUFF SCARC ITX JUST AHEAD Columbia, Sept. 1.?"With a wheat crop 30,000,000 bushels less than that of 1920 and 74.000.000 bushels short of the average of the five-year period from 1915 to 1919; with an oat crop nearly 400.000, 000 bushels short of last year, and 30,^00,000 bushles short of the average of the five years, 1915 ?1919, and with an enormous short age in' white* potatoes, in peaches and apples and vegetables, we are certain to face a growing scarcity 6f foodstuffs. This will be espe cially emphasized by reason of the enormous exportation of wheat and corn to Europe. The country will enter the next wheat crop sea son practically bare of all surplus stock - ?s compared with the amount we should carryiiicclllpu amount we should carry over. It becomes especially important, therefore, that there should be a large increase in wheat acreage this fall, and the south especially needs to learn the supremely im portant lesson of preparing for a larger acreage in wheat and cats and other food producing crops, with a still greater decrease in the acreage of cotton for next season." ?-Copied fro nithe Manufacturers' ReCo'rd of August 16th. It would have been a great blessing i| the South had cut its! cotton acreage in half and put the i balance in foodstuffs, as advisied to j do by the best thinking men of the South. Even men who had been for'years in the cotton brokerage business advised the farmers to cut their acreage a't least 50 per cent. "What they failed to do in acreage reduction, the Lord has done for them. This Year's Crops Riuned. Now as to the condition of the crop?ft is the''lowest on August 25th that it has ever been. From the best authority that I caft get, and I am in close touch with'every cotton belt state, the next govern ment report should not be Over 4? per cent., and this means a crop of around 7,000.000 bales, perhaps less, surely not over that number. Every one is asking just how much it will sell for. That depends upon the ability of the farmer to get money to hold it off the market and just what price he is willing to take for it. Some would be willing to let it go at the price it is fetching today, some say they will%sell for 15 cents. Well, the j 15 ? Cents a pound man can sell and get his price in a few days.! Some say 18 cents. It will not j be long before he can sell. Some j say 20 cents. These can have the j privilege of selling by the time i we have a k'lling frost. . Crop Cannot Improve There can't possibly be any in crease in the prospective yield from now to the end of the season. It is too late for weather conditions to put on more fruit, as the stalk is too far spent to develop new cotton, and even if a late fall should develop fruit, the boll weev il would get that surely. The j crop will depreciate from now on. ! The world is yet facing a gr;eat i cotton famine, accentuated by the( consumption of - accumulated j stocks. The demand is growing! daily for the using of more cot- j ton, and the supply'is certainly de- j creasing. Very soon the world will | wake up to realize the fact that there is. not enough spinnable cot ton. The importance of cotton will be stressed by the fact that the crop of 1922 will be 50 to 65 per cent below the acreage of 1921. I have talked to many farmers in | South Caroliina and many have said they would cut out cotton en tirely while others will reduce from 50 to 75 per cent of the acreage. This same report comes from the entire cotton belt. Small Crop Next Year. It is impossible for the states that use much fertilizer to plant much cotton in the face of the boll weev il menace. 1 have not given out all hope of cotton bringing a price above the cost of production. Of course, when deflation was brought On last year^ the cotton farmers, the business man and the manufac rurers and bankers, all alike, were caught through no fault of their own and through no weakness in the law of supply and demand. They were snared like birds in a deadfall, and the hands of a few pulled the trigger. I have heard a great many men say that we would neve: again see 20 cent cotton, and I have heard that the man who talked of seeing price go to 30 cents was crazy. Time is a great adjuster and it will not be long before we see who is the crazy man. A short time ago I said cotton would bring 20 cents before Christmas. It seems very much as if it would reach that price long before Christmans, as middling was selling in New York on the 25th for 15 cents. Before another crop is planted and gather ed in 1922 I look to see cotton selling for 30 cents and above and I would hesitate to venture a pro duction as to what price it will bring in lf>23. Get Warehouse Receipts. My advice to the farmers is to warehouse the new crop: carry the receipts to the bank and ask if the banker will not float the receipt for you; get the money and apply it on debts'at the bank. I believe the banks will do this. I have no com plaint to make of the bankers of the South. 1 realize that they have strained their credit to hold the 1920 crop and save the South from entire bankruptcy. I want to thank them and to urge them to help the farmer just a litle longer, and to gether they will save this old conn try. Full co-operation along the line is necessary. If there ever was time to sit steady in the boat, it is right now. Those who did sit steady in the boat have gone over some mighty rough shoals, but the backbone of some of our farmers and the brains of the bankers is going to serve the South. Plant Vetch This Fall. I want to urge every farmer to turn his attention to the improve ment of his farm. He will never . have a better time. ? It will help to j diminish the activities of the boll | weevil I suggest that right at this j time the farmer sow down his cot- | ton land to vetch, one of the great est soil improvers that we have. From now on until October 15th, is a good time to sow it. Either take a harrow cultivator or a 50 inch heel sweep and sow 15 pounds of hairy vetch to the acre rightdown the middle of the cotton rows. You j ? will have the stalks for the vetch | ! to run and climb upon and it will j make a wonderful growth. There j I is no other crop that will gather j j as much nitrogen and put it into i j your soil as vetch will do, and there ! I is no leguminous plant that will im- ! j prove soils faster and no other so i j easy to get a good stand on. ! About the middle of May, when j I this vetch has matured and has a I great many seed, take your disc j I harrow and run over it first. Thor oughly cut it up and then plow your land up and sow this in corn. I There will be enough seed to re seed the land in vetch for another winter, and the turned under crop will put into land more plant food than 1,000 pounds of an 8-3-3 mix ture, and with less than half the ex pense. B. HARRIS. \ -? ?? ? Information For Veterans j. ? Clean Up Campaign of Veter ans' Bureau ; The following letter from the U. IS. Veterans Bureau, of Atlanta, Ga., will doubtless interest every vet eran of the World War in the coun try. Secretary Reardon has writ ten the bureau that 'the Sumter Chamber of Commerce can be de pended upon to do everything re quested of it, and that he person ally will give every assistance in his power to help clear up the claims of disabled soldiers. Any veterans of the world war who are in ne-?d of assistance are invited to send their names to the j Sumter Chamber of Commerce in advance of the arrival of the Clean Up Squad of the Atlanta Bureau and Secretary Reardon will turn their names over to the squad members when they arrive. This advance information will greatly facilitate the finding of the dis abled veterans who wish to make claim for disability. The American Legion members can and doubtless will be glad to cooperate in this campaign as Will be all world war veterans even though they are not disabled nor members of the legion. You are no doubt familiar with the Clean Up Campaign now being carried on by the U. S. Veterans' Bureau to clear up all claims of disabled soldiers throughout the entire country. An advance man will reach your city several days before the ?Clean Up Squad. This advance man will call upon your office for : ! assistance in arranging office space, typewriters, hotel accommodations, etc. to enable the squad to expedi lently handle the local class upon j I arrival. I The District Office of the U. S. [Veterans' Bureau will greatly ap- ! preciate any assistance you may be 1 able to give our advance man in j this drive. For we feel that only through such organizations as yours and benevolent associations, can we hope to make this campaign j i a success. Yours very truly M. BRYSON, Acting District Manager, U. S. Veterans* Bureau ? ? ? Labor Shortage in Hawaii Honolulu, T. H\, Aug. 23?Short age of labor in the coffee and to j bacco industries of Hawaii has be ; come so acute that the trustees of , the Bishop estate, one of the largest j land-owning combinations in the j islands, have suspended all rent col j lections from tenant-farmers for i the period of one year, beginning I last January 1, and for as much longer as the situation warrants; it was announced here recently. Stag nation has seized the industries due to labor shortage and sharp de j cclines -1n prices offered for crops, ! it was said. | The suspension order affects 235 tenants, oo< upying approximately 2,000 acres of coffffee and tobacco lands, the trustees said. Since the first of the year their rents aggre gated approximately $7,000 and will total more than $13,000 for the en I tire year of suspension, the trustees ' said. Gold and Pearls of Australia Melbourne, July 18?Prospecting j for gold is one of the most allur- , ; ing charms of life in Australia. It j ' may be enjoyed only a few miles ' ; beyond the boundaries of the larg 'er cities; and there are still many j eager adventurers on the trail for ! surface gold. This is attested by I their frequent success. J Thirty miles from the ccity two ! prospec tors in June smelted ap- i : proximately $1.2000 worth gold, ob- ! ' tained from the quartz; and during their sojourn on the one site realiz ed $5,600 worth of the precious ; metal. Precious stones are also available. During June large deposits of sap phires were discovered in the ba jsalt country of New South Wales. Two syndicates an- prospecting the field and have obtained some excep tionally fine gems. One of the finest pearls in the world, found in Australian pearl ing waters, was a gem larger than a sparrow's egg recently exhibited by Jamse ('('lark. Queensland farmer j and pearl magnate. Concrete is not a durable road material, judging from the condi tion of the concrete paving at the I western end of Liberty street. -? ? ? The idea that an airplane can lick a battleship will never be gen erally accented until Rickard takes charge of the press agenting. The Good Roads Campaign All Sections of tKe' Country Dispaying Interest in High way Building New York, Sept. 1?Sumter county. S. C. with a proposed ex penditure of $500,000 for paving is one of 345 states, counties, town ships and municipalities announced within the past week as contem plating highway improvement to a grand total of SI53,745,254. More than' $1,000,000,000 is available for good roads and streets in the United States. This sum, large as it is, represents an increase over the highway revenues of 1914 of only about 150 per cent, while highway traffic has increased 450 per Cent. There, are now 2,500,000 miles of highways in the United States, of which only an approxi mate 100.000 miles are improved with modern pavements. When compared to sums expended for luxuries by the pleasure-loving public the American highway bud get does not look so impressive. The people of this country spend $1,000,000,000 a year for candy. $3,500,000,000 for autornobiles, $1, 000,000,000 for automobile tires, $1,275,000,000 for gasoline, $1,500, 000,000 for carpets and rugs, $1, 950,000,000 for cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and snuff, and $1,650,000, 000 for jewelry, perfumery and cosmetics. On the other hand the sums spent for roads and streets are seven times greater than those expended for water supply improv ments, three times those for sewer age work and fifteen times those for bridges. In connection with the road building program public officials are casting about to find the types of pavement best suited to their purpose and best caluculated to save money to the tax-payers and those who use highways. It now costs from $20,000 to $60,000 a mile to construct modern paved high ways, depending on the dimensions of the pavement, the kind of ma terial used and the local conditions encountered such as labor costs and sub-soil conditions. ; Naturally the purpose of the highway officials is to get the best for the least expen diture, consistent with durability and service. "It is high time," says M. O. El dridge, director of roads, American Automobile Association, "to pay more attention to the effect of the various road surfaces on motor ve hicles instead of considering only the damage by the motor vehicles to the road. Compare, for instance, the smooth resilence of Fifth ave nue. New York (paved with sheet asphalt) with the rough, gritty and flinty surfaces so often encountered on country roads, and try to imag ine what a tidy sum in tire bills would be saved if we could trav el on avenue surfaces. The saving in tire costs alone would pay the difference in construction costs in many instances." According to J. E. Pennypacker, former chief economist of the Uni ted States Bureau of Public Roads, determination of justifiable outlay for the proposed improvement of roads and streets from anticipated service, should call for at least as careful a survey and estimate as the engineer now provides for the construction work itself. "It is sug gested that for the potential local traffic," says Mr. Pennypacker, "a zone be plotted to include the ter ritory that might logically be serv ed by the highway after improve ment. Within this zone the investi gator could make an approximate automobile census and sosacquaint himself with the business, indus trial and social factors and possi bilities of the zones as to establish a basis for estimating both the sat uration point in motor vehicle ow nership and the average mileage per car. The cost of operation per ton mile on the old road should be ascertained and from this should be subtracted the estimatel cost of operation per ton mile on the im proved highway established by comparative data of operating costs on highways similar to type or types under consideration for the improvement. This method leaves to the engineer the same discre tion as he now customarily exercis es in selection of design but sub jects it to the test of financial jus tigation. ?This saving in cost of traffic operation per ton mile when applied to the total existing and potential increase in ton miles gives the gross annual saving in traffic operation attributable to the improvement. The rapidity with which the Am erican people are turning to dust less highways is shown in figures recently compiled by Highways In formation Service, New York City. These show, for instance, that dur ing the past eight years five mil lion tons of asphalt, a quantity suf ficent for 50,0 00 miles of roads and streets, or double the entire mileage of The Route Nationale, the main highway system of France, have gone into roads and streets in this country. A census of city paving, recently compiled, shows that of 364,901,611 square yards of paved streets in the 196 leading cities of the country, 37,476,345 consisted of surface-treated gravel, 58,412,780 consisted of surface-treated water bound macadam. 14,279,494 of bi tuminous macadam, 26,430,112 of asphaltic concrete. 105,712.821 of sheet asphalt. 50.963.74S of brick. 10,744,695 of Portland Cement con crete, 6.259,695 of asphalt block 10.313.420 of wood block and 37. n 9.8.414 of stone block. Tin- per centage ratio to tin- whole was: Brick. 14 per rent: stone block, 1H.2 per cent: Portland cement concrete. 2.!? per cent: shet asphalt 2:i per cent: asphalt concrete 7.8 per cent: asphalt bloCk 1.7 per cent: bituminous macadam, 3.91 percent: waterbound macadam, 16 per cent, and {Travel 10.23 per cent. The types most favored, not only for paved streets but for improv ed roads, included not only the asphaltic types but those of brick and macadam. Brick is highly de I \ j sirable but more costly than some j types. Macadam is a satisfactory j type when combined with'a bitum ! inous binder which makes the. road dustless and prevents ravening. It costs but little more than the old type of macadam because of the fact that the cost of sprinkling with water is eliminated. Portland ce ment concrete is hot resilient but it forms an excellent foundation for the resilient surfaces. When used with a bituminous filler brick is semi-resilient. Asphalt surfaces I have ah average life ranging from j 20 to 25 years and foundations, if I thus protected, should last not less ; I than 30 years. When a foundation I ; is covered with a shock absorbing I I surface that receives the impact of; j heavy traffic the base need not be j so thick, thus affording a material j i economy. One- authority states j i that an.inch saved in the thickness j of the Portland cement foundation I will mean $5,000 saved for each I mile of 18-foot highway built. j } Investigations show that during ? the years 1915 to 1920 the price of; I bituminous paving materials in-1 creased only 65 per cent, while' highway labor increased 150 per cent and the price of other road building materials rose from 90 to 150 per cent. Costs of both la I bor and materials are now oh the i : decline, however, and there is a I strong reaction in favor of reduced j freight rates. All of this, of course, means cheaper highways. ! -? I Bringing Capital and I ? Labor Together i . . . . .. . . 1 I j The Daily Item asked W. G. Lee, I I the president of the Erotherhood I j of Railroad Trainmen,' to answer i this question, "How can labor and j capital best be brought together?" j This is his answer: By W. G. LEE. President of Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen Capital and Labor can be brought together only through In* mutual willingness of both and they can be kept together only so long as that willingness to meet and treat with each other remains. And, say what we may concern ing the practicability of capital and labor working together, the fact remains that it is impossible to se cure the cooperation of the em ployer and the employe unless each grants to the other the same free dom of action and gives the other side credit for being as honest as ! itself. It is not to be supposed for one j minute that determination not to concede on the part of either side is an evidence of dishonesty of purpose; we realize that the eco nomic law "get as much as possible for as little as possible" maintains to the full in every adjustment be | tween the employer and the eni j ploye, but that does not mean that I both sides to the industrial prob lem cannot get together and work out their differences honestly and with fairness to both parties' inter ; ested. The railroad transportation or ganizations have managed their affairs with their employers through what we regard as the most efficient and fair method that j thus far has been devised by asso i ciations of employes, j Collective bargaining, while al I ways governed by stress of eco nomic conditions, in normal busi I ness periods has proved efficient and for the most part satisfactory, j In any event, it has been the j best and most effective agency thus j far devised for bringing capital and labor together, and when worked out fairly by both parties "so that each can say, regarding its labor contracts, that its word is as good as its bond, I must believe that collective bargaining intelligently and fairly undertaken, offers the best practcable plan for bringing capital and labor together. When conflicting interests will not cooperate, all plans for volun . tarily bringing them together nec essarily must fail. ? m 4 ' ? Siberian Expedition To Investigate Problem of Navigation with- Europe i _ Riga, Lativia, July 30.?An ex pedition will leave Moscow in Aug ust for the Siberian coast to in vestigate the problems of naviga tion between Europe and the mouths of the Siberian rivers, says a despatch from the Russian cap jital. The task will be to make a [survey for a canal across the Yamal [Peninsula, which would make it possible for ships to avoid the (Kara; Sea, where because Of ice, j navigation is almost impossible. The expedition is to go first by jrail to Omsk, thence by steamer 'along the river Obi. northward, j while a part of the way it will have ito go on horseback or be drawn by 1 moose. ; Another of the aims of the in vestigation is the fitting up of I wireless communication with the ? Siberian coast, and the establish ing of stores of supplies, etc.. along jthe coast. j The party leaving will include eight professors, engineers of vari jous technical branches, some stu ! dents and others, making a whole ! of about 200 men. As eqoipment they will have two hydroplanes. motor boats, various scientific and ?technical instruments and as much i other necessary material as can be carried. ?? ? ? Progress of Reconstructing Europe Budapest. . ugust 8?When Hun gary turns over West Hungary to Austria, presently, as the treaty of [peace requires, Pech and the neigh boring ''oiifs now occupied by Jugo slav authorities will be taken over by the Hungarians. Hungary will at the same time [present to the Reparation Commis sion a bill for about 90.000,000,000 crowns damages from the Ruman ian invasion with its attendant con fiscations and requistons. which i Hungary describes as "looting.'' Injunction Against Strikers North Carolina Court' For bids interference With Non-Ui'ion Printers Raleigh, X. C. Sept.- 4.?Judge W. M. Bond this afternoon signed a formal order continuing the temporary restraining injunction J prohibiting members of the three I Raleigh printing trades unions 1 from molesting non-union printers ; employed in four non-union print ! ing establishmets in Raleigh to \ break the strike of union printers. I which began on May 1. j At 1 o'clock this morning, after 12 hours of hearing. Judge Bond announced that he would continue the injunction issued by Judge E. H. Cranmer in Smithfield on Aug ust 18, and would sign the order j later. The defendants, the three I printing trades unions, and approx ' iniately 90 individuals through their attorneys, gave notice of an appeal. The case, it is believed, will go to the supreme court di I rectly to be heard with other eases [ from the seventh district, or be fore, if possible to get it advanced on the calendar. The order pro hibits the defendants: I "1. From assembling in large j numbers before or, near the places j of business of the complainants j or any of them and engagng in any conduct or using any words or ges tures calculated to annoy, disturb or intimidate any of the com plainants herein, whether employ ed or employers and t3 prevent them from going about their work with a quiet mind. '"2. From shadowing, pursuing or following after the complaining employees or any of the officers of the- compla' fng printing compa nies as the ,move from place to place in th<Seity of Raleigh, from ; dodging the fcteps, surrounding the complainants or any of them. "3. From calling the complain ing employees rats, scabs, runts, bowery bums or any other insult ing names, from intimidating, dis turbing or annoying the complain ants in any way. I "4. From following after the complaining employees or any oth er employees of the printing com panies for the purpose of worry ing, harrassing, or disturbing them or for the purpose of talking to them on the subject of their em ployment if said employees shall notify the defendants that they do not want to be talked to on this subject. "5. Fro^a using xany threats, gestures oi. engaging in any con duct of anyrkind calculated to dis turb, anno;> or put in fear any of the complainants herein. "6. From f?Rowing after the j complaining employees or any other employees of the complain ing printing companies for the pur I pose of inducing them to break j their contract to work for the printing companies after they have been informed by such employees that they have made contracts with the printing companies and do not desire to break them." Text?e Strike Ended North Carolina Mill Opera tives Ilicide to Return to " Work Concord X. C, Sept. 4.?Ap proximately 4,500 mill operatives in this county were affected by the decison reached by textile union members Saturday night to return j to work Tuesday morning under j the same conditions as existed j when the strike was called on June I. These figures are based on the number of operatives at work on j the last day of May. with the num | ber of operatives wno have already ' returned to work deducted from i the grand total. These figures in ! elude the mills in both Concord and Kannapolis. The mills affected by the de cision are: Cannon, Gibson, Locke, Brancord, Hartsell, Franklin, Xor c?tt and Brown, in Concord and the Cannon and Cabarrus in Kan napolis. All operativs who return to work Tuesday will apply individually for their jobs. The mill owners have declared there are certain former employees they will not work again under any conditions, and the decision of the union members to ask for work individually means tha? they have decided to grant this demand of the mill owners. The decision to return to work by the Cabarrus strikers followed several conferences in Charlotte last week between union officials and Robert McWade, conciliator of the department of labor at Wash ington, ho advised the union membe: that they were waging a losing ifht and urged them to re ! turn to fvork. I o ? ? Bandits on Board Walk ; Childs i Restaurant at Atlantic City Robbed in Broad Daylight Atlantic City, Sept. 5.?Twelve I armed bandits today held up and : robbed the manager of Child's : Restaurant and a score of custo ' mors. A-~~ Ciemson Scholarships. ! Charles R. Haynsworth, of this ieity. has been awarded the four i year scholarship at Clemson college and J. J. Brunson, of the county. the one year scholarship. Cotton has opened rapidly dur ing the past week as the rt^ult of the excessively hot. dry weather, ami in many fields seventy-live iO ninety per cent of the bolls that the WfJfVils have spared are open and re dy for picking. One pick ing wi'! iltan up the crop of a great many farmers. ! Woman Cap tures Burglar Man Marched at Point of Pis tol to Police Spartanburg, Sept. 2?Today ' about 2:30 o'clock Mrs, H. M. Cofer who resides at East Main i and Converse streets found a white j man in her house. She procured I a revolver and forced the man to j mar? before her down the' street . ! to the tr?ffice offier on Main and ; Liberty streets and turned hhn over to the officers of the law. The man save his name as Ben Kelley of roburn, Va., and his age as 19 years. He had in his possession a $10 bill issued by the Central Na i tional bank, and a number of pass keys, trunk and suit case keys. R<e said that he came into ^partanV burg today from Columbia and i that he went into the house to steaj enough money to get home on. ?e was locked up and will answer to Recorder Burnett tomorrow morn I ing to the charge of housebreaking. Mrs. Cofer is receiving the iou I gratulations of the police' depart ; ment upon r^r nerve and presence i of mind. ' ? . ," ? ? ? ? i .... Rum-Runners Fleet of Schooners Said to Be Distributing Liquor Along the Coast I New York, Aug. 24-^-Staid old j salts aren't taking kindly to air the ? prohibition inspection, official and i unofficial, that's going on mxde and [out the three-mile limit. "Gettin' so you can't drop a imud-hook without some lubber whispering you're a rum rum ?r," " jsaiu one sun-tanned skipper who ' recently breezed into port with his schooner aglitter with fish scales. According to this captain and others of his calling, numberless sleuths who played the "chase-tne--" ?spy" game during the war now are bent as zealously on tracking down . liquor-laden craft in post:war days. There were spies during the war and there probably are rum runners^ N now operating off the coast, but skippers innocent of more than s strong tea breath are complaining that even their cod and hadtlocJ: j now are falling under suspicion and that a reflection is being cast on the ancient and honorable calling of fisherman. ?? Several months ago, strange fan tastic tales began coming in from the Atlantic of vessels m^^erfousry. missing and of other vessels ?s mysteriously sighted?the Phantom craft that bobbed up out 6f fogfl^ circled merchant craft and seooiied away as silently as they had comsft. Pirates was the first verdict. Then, in July, off Hatt^ttrttsfwir^^ found a stranded schooner, so tat- Fi ltered by the waves that even her^-v (name had been ground off her J stern. She never was identified, I but before she was destroyed by ?~ coast guard cutter as a menace tol^v navigation, there was found in heA hold a cargo of rum. , This set folks thinking and. when* \ there came from Montauk Point, oh \ the tip of Long Island, reports of sin \ English schooner, that lay-off the \ three-mile limit and dispensed for- 1 bidden drinks to all comers, there were persons afloat and ashore who" gave credence to the story. ? Atlantic City, too, contrfouteS a tale of a liquor schooner that lay off shore, sold liquor and taunting ly signalled to prohibition enforce jment officers to come and get ft. Other schooners were reported, ifrom Tampa north to Cape'Sable, : and a%h was suspected of rum-rtin i ning. In most cases, it was re ported that the two-stickers had I ignored signals, refused all ad \ vances and kept snobbishly on their courses. Now hardly a ray passes that ?some vessel reaching port somfe- * [where does not report enc?unter ling these baffling strangers, untn jit seems as if the entire m^rch'aiit ?marine of all countries must sud ; denly have turned to- rum runnfri^ . i for a living. Then seizures began and to date more than half a dozen schooners j are being held on technical charges^ At Philadelphia, Gloucester, NeV Haven. Atlantic City and Xevv ; York there's lying a schooner un der suspicion. ! The case of the Henry L. Mar i shall, seized off Atlantic City and j brought to Xew York by a coast guard cutter, has aroused perhaps the greatest flurry. For she was ; flying the British flag outside the' ! three-mile limit when the cutter I swooped down on her, and now of ficial Washington has been called upon to decide what is to be done : with her and the liquor found aboard her. Great Britain has in dicated she will enter a formal pro test, just by way of showing without animosity, that she can't approve of other nations grabbing her vessels on the high seas. Her British reg istry, however, ha.3 been challeng ? ed. * Federal officials claim to have evidence of a conspiracy involving ' prominent men in ports along the Atlantic seaboard, who are believed to have put up hundreds of thous ands of dollars to sell liquor to their thirsty fellow-countrymen. The Bahamas is alleged to be the home of a rum-running fleet. Others are : believed to sail from St. Pierre, Miquelon, the French island south of Newfoundland. Federal agents hold that evi dence of a conspiracy to smuggle liquor in the country entitles them' to seize craft of ^ther nations even in the "international safety zone." j On the other hand, contention j is made that it is perfectly legal for alien skippers to drop anchor out j side the theoretical line and sell ; liquor to their heart's content to ; dories putting off from shore. The illegality, it is claimed, comes when i 'he owners of these small craft Icon't drink up their purchases but attempt to bring some ashore for a .more arid moment.