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BROTHERHOOD PLAN REJECTED BY EXECUTIVES Plan of Settlement of Rail Strike by Med iation Has Not Suc ceeded Xew York, Aus:. 23 (By the As sociated Prei^s).?a majority group of the Association of Railway -^Executives today by a vote of 254 to 4 rejected the proposal of the Big Five train service brotherhoods, that the carriers end the nationwide shopmen's strike by reinstating the men with seniority unimpaired, and Bert M~ Jewell, official spokes man for the strikers, declared the association had closed the door to peace and voted for a lockout to smash unionism. At the same time, splitting away from the majority, was a. group of 25 railroads, principally western lines, which debated a new sugges tion of the brotherhoods that in dividual settlements be effected. This minority while professing to stand with the majority in reaffirm ing the stand on seniority, still in dicated that it desired tp hear fur tner regarding the individual set tlement suggestion. ? i IpHale Holden, president of the-i Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, who j ' attended a meeting of the minority | held in the Yale club, joined,with j members of the majority group in -denying that there was split. ?There is no question of a split," j he asserted. "The railroads are all j standing pat on seniority and any j individual settlement will have to j be made in the light of that under- i standing." | The day's proceedings may briefly j be outlined as follows: ? 1. The association met as a' whole this morning, almost wnani- { mously decided to continue its j stand against restoring the strikers j with tneir ranking unaffected and directed its committee which met i last week with the brotherhood ' chiefs to draw^ up a resoluiton em- j bodying this decision. 2. The committee submitted the; resolution after the noon recess I and after its adoption left for the j Grand Central station and transmit- i ted the message to the committee j representing . the running trades, j who have stepped into the shoes ofj mediators. These mediators, before going into conference, issued a statement asserting that the.jjrtrike must be settled because the pub-. \3ic demanded 1 it and setting forth that "the crews who now operate :he trains form that "part of the public which knows best why a settlement must come." 3. The brotherhoods then adv yanced another proposal, i. e.. that I the strikers be "reinstated in thej positions of the class they origin ally held on June 30;" that all be' ?^restored not later than October 1; and that disputes which might arise I over seniority rights be referred to the railroad labor board. Later iti was suggested that settlement by! individual roads be taken on this basis. 4. The committees representing executives and the "Big Five,"-de parting by a back stairway, to elude newspaper men, then repaired to the Yale club and brotherhood Chiefs addressed the whole mem bership of the association. 5. The mediators then with drew and departed for the Hotel Woodstock for a conference with shop craft leaders, which lasted into the evening. 6- The association adjourned its meeting. 7. Members of the minority group continued In session, recess ed.'and this evening held another conference with brotherhood men, for the purpose, they said, of test ing the good faith of the "Big Five" regarding the separate set tlement suggestion. . When the mediators and shop craft leaders meeting late today ad journed. Mr. Jewell issued a state ment, which read: "The Association of Railway Executives has 'closed the door.' The unions have offered every con cession within reason to epd the strike and to save the public from a breakdown of transportation; but the association has made none. On the contrary, it has since the strike began raised an entirely new and irrelevant issue of its own ?seniority; and by its refusal to re cede from its position has made a settlement impossible at this time. The responsibility for what will happen now rests wholly upon it "The shop craft employees voted in June for a strike to establish a living wage and decent working conditions. The Association of Railway Executives has now voted for a lockout to smash unionism on the railroads and to_ eliminate collective bargaining from the in dustry. "The men have been ready at all times to meet the association to bring about an honorable settle ment. We expressed our willing ness to do so to the labor board at Chicago. We accepted President Harding's terms of settlement of July 31. The association, however, has consistently and arrogantly blocked every move in the strike. It has done so with the plain in tent of eliminating unionism in the industry as a whole. It refused even at the president's direct re quest to take back striking em ployees with seniority rights un impaired in order that they might separate free and courageous men from their jobs and thus disinte grate the employees' organization. It even tried to justify its refusal on the ground of promises of per manent employment to strike breakers which have not been made "The shop craft employees are now fighting for their very exist ence and the existence of other I railroad employees as well as for justice and right. This last mis guided action of the association makes our victory secure. The (association today has not a leg to stand on before the people. "The 400,000 striking employees accept the challenge of the asso ciation. "We will redouble our ef forts, confident of success." The executives' resolution, (adopted and read to the brother i hood men, follows: "Resolved, Thaf the committee is authorized to meet the representa-j tives 0^ the train and engine ser vice brotherhoods again and spate to them that the railroads adhere to the position heretofore taken, j namely, that the striking former j employees can not be given pref- j erence to employees at present inj the service, without doing violence'! to every principle of right and jus- j lice involved in this matter and without the grossest breach of faith j on the part of the railroads to the j men at present in their service. \ Under these circumstances it be-j comes apparent that the railroads j can not consider any settlement of i the present strike which does not j provide protection to the *men in their present employment both to the local employees who remained in the service and to the new em- i ployees entering it. "Resolved further. That unless! the representatives of striking form er shop employees are prepared to accept that position, the railroads are unable to see wherein the ef forts at mediation by the chief of fieres of the brotherhoods can har monize these fundamental differ-1 ences. v j "Resolved. That the railroads ex- j press their appreciation of the j friendly intent and the earnest ef- ! forts that have been made by the chief officers of the train and en gine service brotherhoods to com pose the present situation, and ex press their sincere regrets that the j situation has not permitted a suc cessful termination of these ef forts." The new proposition submitted today to the executives by the "Big Five"' and considered tonight by 25 roads reads: "First: All men to be reinstated in the position of the class they originally held on June 30, 1922, and as many of such men as pos sible* are to be put to work Sep tember 1 at present rates of pay] and all employee^ who have been] on strike to be put to work, or un- j der pay, not later than October 1, j next,- except such men as havej been proven guilty of destruction i of railroad property or convicted I of crime: ordinary cases of assault 1 and battery, the result of personall ecounter, are to be disregarded. "Second: If any dispute arises as to the relative standing of an em ployee or employees that can not be otherwise adjusted by the car- j rier' and ?said employee or em ployees, the matter shall be re: ferred to the United States rail road labor board in accordance with the tansportation act of 19 20, -j by the organization, the employees, or the carrier, in the interest of any? employees who may be aggrieved.1 "Third: No intimidation or op pression shall be practiced or per mitted as against any of the em ployees who have remained or have taken service or against those who resume service under this under-! standing. j "Fourth: All suits of law now ; pending as the result of the strike j to be withdrawn and cancelled by! both parties." j Robert S. Binkerd, for the execu-1 tives, issued this statement late to-1 night: "While the basis suggested by the ; train and engine service brother-] hood leaders, interpreted as it is, understood the brotherhood lead-| ers interpreted it. was not accept able as submitted, a group of roads have determined to ascertain whether or not such manifestation of it may be obtained by further j negotiations between this group of! roads and the mediators, as will] make the proposal acceptable to j at least some of the roads under their special conditions, which, in j that event, would consider the mak-j ink of a separate and individual settlement.** The conference of Big Five j brotherhood chiefs with a commit tee representing a mtmber of the roads, hejd tonight m an effort to increase individual agreements in accordance with the brotherhood's proposal, adjourned at midnight. Among the railroads represented at tonight's conference with the Big Five on the sepaate proposal j were: New York Central. Erie, North ern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington & I Quincy, Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago & Northwestern. New | York, Chicago & St. Louis, and St. j Louis, Lake Erie & Western, Ches- j apeake & Ohio, Buffalo, Rochester |'& Pittsburgh. Baltimore & Ohio. ; Norfolk & Southern. Wheeling & take Erie, Lehigh & New England.! ! Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific, j \ Louisiana & Arkansas, Alabama & j Vicksburg. Minneapolis & St. Louis. Emerging from the conference, j Daniel WiHard. president of the ! Baltimore & Ohio, announced that : negotiations with the Big Five ! would be resumed tomorrow morn ing. He urged newspaper men to i refrain from speculating on the success of tonight's conference, say ing: *Tf you want to see us set tle the strike just give us a chance." j Altoona. August 24?Union lead ers today are notifying their 45, 000 miners in the Central Pennsyl vania field to return to their post that they left five months ago, while operators are rushing plans that , mean the production of thirty mil : lion tons of coal a year. Much ac j tivity followed the signing of the ' agreement last night. The real yellow peril is being hid den with rouge. America is safe either way, whether the world decides for the Golden Rule or the rule of gold. Result of Secret Session Not Disclosed i ???? Xew York. August 24?Members of the big five brotherhood group of rail strike mediators met today at an uptown hotel, then, left hur riedly for a secret conference at an undisclosed place with representa tives of a small group of rail execu tives, who yesterday were ready to take up further negotiations as in dividual roads. The big five were in conference with executives until midnight then they returned to headquarters where they remain ed until one fifty-five this morn ing in conference with B. M. Jew ell, the strike leader. What devel oped at this session was not disclos ed. Why Swatow Was Typhoon Victiiti. j "Swatow, all but swept off the map by a typhoon, was put there by coolies and embroidery." says a bul letin from the Xatinal Geographic Society headquarters at Washing-! ton, D. C. "The coolies go south to the! Straits Settlements, whence they j send home much money and come! themselves when their" toil in the] tropics has won them a compe-1 tence," the bulletin continues. "Just as the Canton Chinese have impressed themselves on America, the Xingpo merchants ;made their! way in most of the trade marts of j China, and the Shantung coolie on I the battlefields of France, so the j Swatow coolie has had his share in! the development^ the Straits Set- j tlements and more than one has j risen to affluence thereby. Relief Measure Creates An Indus try "Swatow also produces a peculiar grass cloth or native linen, made, not from flax, but from a form of hemp. Table sets of this material, embroidered in white or con- j trasting colors, with storks and '? dragons and other fanciful designs, j are admired and prized throughout the world. This industry was start- j ed by a missionary as a means of i relief during one of the many dis- ? asters from which Swatow has suf fered, and it has attained huge pro portinosl Swatow embroidery, drawn work and grass cloth today form a 'best seller' in native shops from Hong Kong to Shanghai. ? i . "If ^n China you^overhear a ref- j erence to 'Swatow Blues* do not j conclude that the city is going in I Tor jazz. An important Swatow} product is indigo, and the .city has} a full share in making China 'the* land of the blue gown/ Leading Market for Foreign Goods! "The influx of money from thej Straits and the Philippines is so; great that Swatow can always im- j port more than it exports and it hasj been one of the best markets for! foreign goods to be found on the! whole wrinkled coast of China. j "Sugar is also one of Swatov/'s' chief products and the British and] American Consulates are situated ] near the main refinery on Kak-j chioh. Hong Gong, however, is | winning away the sugar trade from; Swatow, which was - once the cen- j ter of sugar production. The fields Inland from Satow produce huge crops of sugar-cane and the Man-! drain oranges of the region are fa med throughout the east/* Swatow's Location Invites Disas ter ., "One of the important ports that hide here and there along thej very irregular coast line of China, I Swatow's misfortune is that of be-J ing. less protected from the sea] than her neighbors to the north I and south. Shanghai is several' miies upr the Woosung. Hang-j chow, the city of the famous tidal j wave or bore. Which resembles the j one in the Bay of Fundy, is far, enough from the *?ea to escape the [ force of the storm. One ascends; for miles between low-lying banks j dotted with ice houses for preserv- 1 ing fish before coming to Xingpo. j Foochow is several hours' run up. the Min. Amoy is situated very:] much ljfte Swatow but lies on much j higher ground. Hong Kong is on; the landward side of the island of Victoria and the safety of its har- j bor is as famous as its beauty. "Swatow owes its existence to the ! Han Kiang, whose muddy waters' built up the low plain on which a ! small fishing vrflage grew to a | treaty port of'considerable import- j ance. And 'it is upon the lowlying j alluvial plain on both banks of the: Han that the port depends for its j importance. "From August to October, the typhoons sweep up the Chinese i coast and opposite Swatow the hills of southern Formosa form a fun nel whose force is most felt j along the low-lying coast on which j Swatow squats. So potent are the winds that many of the missionary buildings are hid among the low hills of Kak chioh. across the tem pestuous roadstead from Swatow proper. "To the tourist Swatow is an un interesting city. It has only one good road, that the newly Macad amized Malo or great road, which more or less parallels the wharves from the large piers of the ocean going vessels to the tiny havens to which the fishing boats and upriver junks repair." Criminal Cases Decrease. Tokio Aug. 21.?Criminal eases are gradually decreasing th*s year, according to th*> investigation of the Department of Justice. 'The number of crimes committed dur ing the month of May were o2 less than during the preceding month and 3,316 cases less than during Mya last year. Th?- criminal cases in the army and navy were seven cases more than during the pre ceding month and 135 less than during May last year. During the month armed rob beries numbered 2,274 and mur ders 2.945. If coffee really keeps people awake it should be 9erved just be fore the Sunday sermon.?Hopkins (Ga.) Journal. CANDIDATES FIGHT AT MENS Attorney General Wolfe and Candi date Winter Come to Blows as Result of Charges by Lat ter Pickens, Aug. 22. ? Sam M. Wr.it>, attorney general of South Carolina, and D. M. Winter, can didate for the same office, engag ed in a fistic encounter during the campaign meeting here today, featuring the meeting, which was attended by about 2^000' persons. The fight between the two men. the first in which members of the campaign have staged among themselves this season, followed the address of both men. and came just as George W. Wightman. can didate for commissioner of agri culture, was beginning his ad dress. The encounter resulted in. an ugly cut on the left cheek of Mr. Wolfe, although the attorney general is said to have had Mr. Winter down when the two were separated. According to statements obtain ed from the two men, which seem to coincide in every particular. Mr. Wolfe ?pproached Mr. Winter af ter both men had spoken in re gard to statements made by Mr. Winter. Mr. Wolfe asked Mr. Winter to interpret the statement in regard to certain funds which had been collected by the attorney general's office and had not been accounted for. Mr. Wolfe is said to have inquired of Mr. Winter if he meant any ..insinuation as to the honesty of the attorney general, saying that the charges were going a little too far. Mr. Winter is said to have re plied that he meant exactly what he said. Mr. Wolfe, it is said, then asked Mr. Winter if *he would make some kind of explanation of that charge, .and when this was reiused Mr. Wolf struck at Mr. Winter. This blow missed and Mr. Winter, who was said to be stand ing upon a higher position of ground than his opponent, cut loose with a right hook to the face, which knocked Mr. Wolfe to the ground. The attorney general quickly regained his feet and grasp ed his opponent. Both men went to the ground and rolled over the sloping ground before they were separated by Walter E. Duncan, comptrolle general, W. C. Mann, a Pickens attorney, and others: Mr. Wolfe was said to have been' on top when pulled apart. The town officials of Pickens soon appeared on the scene and each of the men was required to put up the sum of $15. Several hundred persons witness ed the latter part of the fight, which greatly detracted from the interest within the building. Mr. Winter was talking with Mr. Mann an attorney of Pickens. when Mr. Wolfe approached, and, so far as could be learhed, these were the only persons present when the first blow was struck. By the time the two men had been separated, how ever, several hundred men. attract ed by the unusual scene, had push ed forward in an endeavor to see what was going "on. The encounter hetween the two candidates was by far the most outstanding point of interest in the day's events. Candidates for the various offices spoke in their regular order, al though R. E. Craig, candidate for Adjutant General: J. B> Hope, can didate for State Superintendent of Education, and T. Hagood Gooding, candidate for Comptroller General, were delayed because of automobile trouble between Pickens and Sen eca, and were unable to reach here in time to speak. Candidates for lieutenant Gov ernor were the last candidates to speak and not more than 100 of the 2,000 persons who had been pres ent when the meeting began re mained throughout the program. All the candidates were given a most respectful hearing and were generously applauded from time to time. Former Governor Blease was presented with handsome floral of ferings from friends of Pickens county. One of these was pre sented by a thee-year old child, which was carried in the arms of an elderly person. The crowd be gan to diminish immediately after Mr. Blease concluded his address. George K. Laney, replying to the statement made at Walhalla on the previous day by former Governor Blease, said that he "fought the creation of a budget commission until he was blue in the fare." .John T. Duncan declared that Blease's letter to Tolbert shows that Blease is against Woodrow Wilson. Referring to law and or der. Mr. Duncan said if eleven white men had been killed within the past nine days in this state, he shuddered to think what would happen if Bleaseism was again in force. Mr. Blease said he wished he could retain to every mother :ind widow, their son or husband as they "had them in 11* 1 4. Turning bark to conditions then existing, he declared that certain leaders in the public life of the state ;<rc today living in violation of the law, "right in Columbia, where they are setting an example to the remain der of the state." He charged that some other governors had used the pardon power for political effect while he had extended clemency be cause he felt the prisoners, had been punished sufficiently. Thomas G- McLeod, candidate for governor, continued his appeal for law and order, saying that he was a real human being and believed that'the t::ndemanded the se I lection of a chief executive who j understood and was in sympathy j with the people. He quoted statis j tics showing: the amount of money j expended for various purposes in i Pickens county. He was generous ly aplauded at the conclusion of i his address. J. K. Owens, the final speaker of the day. called upon the candidates for lieutenant governor to ex press themselves on the gas tax, income tax, inheritance tax and hydro electric tax. He said that South Carolina should not purchase a lieutenant governor as though he were a "pig in a poke." He chal lenged his opopnents to find fault with his record made in the Legis lature. Mrs. E. B. Wallace, for state su perintendent of Education, injected a bit of humor into the meeting when she replied to John E. Swea ringen. who preceded her. Mr. Swearingen had just told of bring ing to Pickens "the best*looking opposition that ever chased a man j over the state." Mrs. Wallace be jgan by saying: "I have often heard of the conceit of men. but this seems to be the limit- Mr. Swear ingen need not flatter himself that! il am cshasing him over the state." ; Both women candidates, Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake, received a decidedly liberal applause, while the other candi dates for the office also came in for a good amount of the cheer ling. I Cecil H. Seigler, advocated the j state owning text books and loan j ing them to the children provided jan adequate system could be de i vised. ! Walter E. Duncan, for Comptrol ler General, declared that if his i opponent wanted to reform the tax I system he (T. Hagood Goodmg) should offer ? for the legislature and not seek an administrative of fice such as the office or the ! Comptroller General is. The can didates are in Greenville tomor row, going from there to Gaffney and back to Spartanbug. Congress Desires ! Coal Strike Facts ? Borah Introduces RH1 to Rush Through an "Investigation" j Measure ? Washington. Aug. 22.?Congress : was ready tonight to rush through ! its first stage tomorrow a bill rec ! ommended by the president for the I creation of a federal commission to ' get all the facts relating- to the j coal industry and on which miners l and operators would not be rep resented. Two bills, slightly different in some essential provisions, were re j ported, one to the senate *and the i other to the house. The Winslow j measure, introduced Monday,, will be taken up by the house tomorrow j under a special rule, giving it the right of way. There was an intima tion that the Borah commission bill {ordered reported to the senate by j its labor committee of which Sena I tor Borah is chairman, might also I be called up tomorrow, but there was a possibility that the senato would delay consideration until the house had acted. While the general view was that j the house would, pass the Winslow i bill by a wide margin of votes thero ? were rumblings of an impending j fight, to be led by Representative I Bland, Republican, Indiana, author j of a fact finding commission bill. ' now on the house calendar which I stipulates that both miners and ! operators shall have equal repre sentation on the commission, j An .authorized spokesman for the J administration declared at the j White House during the day, how I ever, that the president was op | posed to a commission composed j in part of mine owners and miners i The Winslow bill would make them ; ineligible for membership, but the j Borah measure would leave their ! selection to the president. Advised of the stand of the pres ident and the committee. John L. ! Lewis, president of the United j Mine Workers, took a hand in the ! controversy, in a telegram from 1 Philadelphia to Representative i Bland. Mr. Lewis declared that the j Cleveland conference agreement I provided for equal representation j on an investigating committee and I if the federal government pro j posed to disregad their rights and privileges in making an independ ent inquiry "responsibility will lie ! with those who recommended such j action." i Meanwhile -work proceeded on I the draft of emergency legislation ! to control coal prices and to pro j vide for equitable distribution of ! fuel. Word reached house leaders j this morning that the bill would be I submitted tomorrow to the presi j dent for approval by the coal eora i mittee of which Secretary Hoover is (chairman. As explained by Secre j tary Fall, a member of the com | mittee. two plans were proposed. I one giving added powers to the In | testate Commission to enable it i to use its authority for allocation ! of cars as a means of holding op ' erators to fair prices. The other, j it was stated, would follow the i suggestion of the president for use j of funds by a specially created i agency to stabilize coal prices, j Members of the house interstate ! commerce committee, to which the ' bill will be presented, said, how ! ever, that it would contain no pro I vision for any government agency I to buy or sell coal. Safety Pin Inventor. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. I The inventor of the safety pin left an estate valued at 4,000.000. He deserved it all, and more bachelors, from birth on, simply Can't get any i onwort out of the j ot her sort. - In Silver. Silver embroidery is seen on some of the most lovely new frocks, j White wool embroidery on black I fabrics is also very popular. IRISH REBELS j RESORT TO ! MURDER i - I Michael Collins, Head of Free State Gov ernment Killed by j Assassin at Bandon, County Cork London. Aug. 22 (By the Asso ciated Press). ? Michael Collins. ' head of the Iriish provisional gov | ernment and the Irish national ? army, was shot and killed from am i bush at Bandon, County Cork, to night a few hours after he had i been given an ovation by the people : of Cork City, who for the first time \ saw the Free State hero in the uni-. ; form of eommander-in-chief. Thus I within ten days two of the most [prominent figures in the new Irish i government have been removed by I death. Just ten days ago Presi | dent Griffith of -the dail eireann, ; considered the brains of the new I administration, died in Dublin: to ; night Michael Collins, the Free I State's militarj7 genius, was killed j : at the moment when, the dissipa- I j tion of the irregular forces in the j i south was considered complete, i _ j Several attacks have been made j ? against the life of Michael Collins, j head of the provisional government ? and commander-in-chief of the [ j Irish national army. The latest at- j j tempt was a bombing outrage I j when his car was ambushed last : Friday afternoon on the Dublin j side of Stillorgen. The official [ communication issued with this at jtack did not indicate whether Mr. ; Collins was in the machine at the ! time. The driver was wounded land the car was wrecked, a bomb j and more than a score of shots j being fired. I In Dublin on April 17, while Mr. j Collins was on his way home after/ ! having 1 addressed I a meeting at ; Nass. County Kildare, he was at ? tacked by a group Qf men, some i with rifles, who rushed his car and j opened fire. ; The Collins party returned the j fire and one of the assailants was : captured. Collins was not injured. ; Mr. Collins, in addition to being ! commander-in-chief of the national ; army, was finance minister in the 'dial eireann cabinet. He was one J of those who succeeded in obtain j ing a temporary injunction in New. ; York on Monday, restraining j Eamon De Valera or his agents j from withdrawing funds collected I for the Iri3h Republican cause de I posited in banks in New York City, j Collins, always an ardent %Sinn Feiner, was among those leaders j while holding rb the fundamentals j of tradition for the freedom of Ire j land, still were willing to effect a : peace with Great Britain. It be I came necessary in view of the re | cent operations of the irregular : forces for Collins to assume active j charge of the national army in the [ field and for some time past he had 1 abandoned the civil part of the gov I ernment for the military, j Americans recently arriving in I London from Dublin declaed that ; the assassination of Collins was ? forecast in Ireland. It was plan I ned to secure the removal of the j sole remaining outstanding figure j in the provisional government, v.nd : it was said to be also in part a { measure of reprisal against ^the j shooting of Harry J. Boland, the i close associate of Eamon De Valera, j by Free. State soldiers, j Agitation had been going on for a ? considerable time, and the walls of ! Trinity college and other public \ buildings bore the inscription, "Har I ry Boland murdered." Posters on ; telegraph poles insisted that Eo ! land was shot by Free Staters when j he was unarmed. ! As a measure of precaution, fx ; tra guards were thrown around ! the national chief because the de i termination of the radical elements ! to rid the country of the strong man in the Free State movemen?. j was an accepted fact. With Arthur Griffith, Collins was ; considered one of the mainstays of j the provisional government since ; its inception; J Collins, prior to entering the j factions in Ireland favorable to ! peace, had fought with the Sinn ' Feiners against the Black and j Tans and the Royal Irish constab ulary, and was one of the many ; Irishmen who for a long time were '?on the run" from the British. Du?* : ing the conferences in London in j the treaty and various other sub jects connected with Ireland. David Lloyd George, the prime minister, i Winston Spencer Churchill secre ? tary of the coionies. and Lord ; P.irkenhead. the lord high chan ; cellor. were said to have held Col lins in the highest esteem, i Collins still was in his 30*s. Last : May it was announced that Miss j Kitty Kiernam, who belongs to ; one of ' the leading families in j j Langford, was engaged to marry! ! him. I Little is known of the early life; of Collins, except that he is said! to have been born of humble par-j <nts in County Kerry. He sprang1 into prominence in October. 1914. j in connection with the Sinn Fein i movement. In 101t? he command-' ed a section of the rebel army in j Ireland of which Patrick H. Pearce,' who later was executed, was com- I mander-in-chief. It was charged; in a government paper that "a priest named Michael Collins" ac companied Sir Roger Casement. j who later was executed for treason , in connection with the Sinn Fein plot with Germany on a mission to i Germany to visit Irish prisoners of I wa r. Cork. Aug. 23.?"Forgive them," ! were the la^t words Michael Collins, j commander of the Free State army, as he was dying from an assis sin's bullet last night. Collins and party were ambushed while visiting various milirary positions in south Irela nd. London, Aug. 23.?An Evening Xew3 dispatch from Dublin says it is believed Michael Collins was ac companied by seven Free State staff officers, including Major Gen eral Dalton. when he was killed from ambush last -night. Several soldiers, the dispatch says, were killed or wounded during the at tack on. the Collins party. A Cen tal News dispatch says Dalton himself was wounded in the fight ing. INCREASE IN WAGES Chicago, Aug. 22 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The rising tide of prosperity has not only wiped out the unemployment of a few months ago but has created a shortage of men with an accompanying in crease in wages, according to em i ployment agents, railway officials I and manufacturers tonight* I One evidence of this, they said, j was to be found in the raise in pay j announced for employes of the j United States Steel corporation to 1 day. Employment agents com plained that there was a scarcity of both railroad labor and farm j hands and said that as a result J higher wages were being offered, i One railroad official attempted to I show that the steel companies were J being forced to pay higher wages i because of the wages paid for the {same class of labor by the railroads J acting under authority of the- rail j road labor board. While common labor in the steei mills here is receiving 30 cents an hour at present, he said, section j hands consisting of common labor i on the railroads are receiving max imum of 35 cents an hour in the Chicago district. These mainte nance of way men, he said, even with the decrease in wages author ized by the railroad labor board, and effeotvie July 1, are still re ceiving five cents an hour more than the common labor in the steel mills. While the increase granted steel workers largely will equalize this, i he pointed out the maintenance of ! way workers have a wage case in - j yolving all Class 1 roads coming I before the/ labor board August 2:J when their leaders will ask that the wage cut of July 1 be recon sidered and that an increase be granted, the expectation being that they will ask that the old rate with a maximum of 40 cents for this d:strict be restored. A number of railroads, he said, j have offered no resistance to this ? action and apparently do not ex ! pect to d? so. Practically all roads, he said, waived the provision re quiring 30 days' notice before wage j cases can be submitted to the board, j indicating a willingness to aid the ; employes in a readjustment upward i of wages to this extent. j ? ' m ?? - I Two Cows i Mean $30 More Per j Month. J When you hear a farmer in a cot J ton and tobacco county say that the : velvet bean is the greatest crop for that section, you may make up your mind that an important change is taking place in the ag ' riculture of the region. The man who placed the velvet bean abov* the old stand-bys is P. M- Pitts, a farmer of Sumter county. S. C, 'and the change is being brought ! about by the dairy cow. Mr. Pitts j is so well pleased with the results ! of a few years of dairying that ne ] says, *T should like to see two good j cows on every one-horse farm in ? Sumter county. It would mean $30 i a month additional income to every j farm and the feed used in making ! the milk would hardly be missed. I There is many a man who would be happy to'have that income, an t since the ticks are .gone it is easily possible to get it. "A farmer with a few cows will need to buy very little feed. The : grain ration I am using is made j up of 200 pounds of velvet beans ! ground in the pod. 200 pounds ot j corn and cob meal, and 100 pounds I of cotton seed meal. This feed has ; given just as good result a as mix j tu re feed that cost $60 a ton. In (the winter the cows have velvet bean, vines for roughness and pas ! ture on rye planted in September. I "This will be a disastrous year j for many farmers in this section j who have no stock. Our county ?used to grow 45,000 bales of cotton a year, but the weevil has cut j down the production from year to year and this fall we will probably get no more than 12,000 bales." Mr. Pitts has cut down his cotton acreage one-half since developing a j dairy herd from which he retail I the milk. He has found pastures j dependable and puts up enough [crop silage to last the year round. !?Gastonia Daily Gazette. That "Pertinent Question". 1 According to the reports in to day's papers the candidates f?r Governor were asked at Walhalla 'yesterday that "pertinent question" referred to in this paper yesterday, to-wit: "Did you vote for James M. Cox and the Democratic ticket in iriOT' According to this same report all except one of the candidates an swered the question in the affirm ative. This exception was Formev Governor Blease. If Former Governor Blease voted for James M. Cox, Presi dential nominee, and supported the Democratic ticket in li?20, why did he not say so? What is a Democrat in South Carolina anyway? Do the white Democrats of South Carolina want a Governor with Republican sympathies? It strikes us with renewed force that these are very pertinent ques tions.?Greenwood Index-Journal. A blowfish can inflate itself to twice its natural size. ORDER FOR PACKERS Swift and Company Given In structions * i Washington, Aug. 22.?The fed j eral trade commission today direct ed Swift & Co.. of Chicago tovdt jvest itself of all the capital stock' I of the Moultrie Packing company of Moultrie, Ga., and the Andaifu ! sia Packing company of Andaluia, SAlai. on the ground that the &e - ouisition of the stock was in vlola I tion of the Clayton act. The commission found, it'. was j announced* that Swift & Co., in {1017 acquired by purchase praeti ! cally the entire outstanding capital i of the Moultrie and Andalusia coi?f icerns, which, it was alleged, re-, j suited in substantial lessening of I competition between these tyro. j companies and their competitor?-, j The deal also resulted, the com-; I mission averred, In the complete I elimination of- competition between j the two companies themsehres. :% ' 1 Swift & Co.. under the order of j the commission, is also required to j cease from further suppressing i competition in trade heretofore ex-' jercised between the Moultrie'and j Andalusia companies and froija j further holding, owning, contr?li-* iing *>r operating in any mpajifc. j the plants and. business of these I two concerns. j Building and Keeping Good Rc&do. ! (Charlotte Observer) Xorth Carolina is already proflt : ing from her good roads not only j through the use of these roads, b#t also from the large amount of i good advertising she is getting'as^a j resulf of her ambitious road pro-: igrara. The Tar Heel state i^ lead-, ling the entire south in the matter j of good roads, and is well in front j ranks of the half-dozen,most prof . i gressive states in" the union in this j matter. Down in Georgia arthis ! time the legislature is sweating ? over the good roads problem, bongs I in an amount of $5,000,000 or ;?iiir '000,000 being advocated by the two. ; groups, in the legislature, VvJ>^ : there are other groups who are j holding back from the advocacy'.of; any road building program at aJL i In discussing the road situation i in Georgia, The Greenviile/ S. 'News remarks: "Quite singutirly ?Georgia called upon Frank?PtB*t chairman of the North Carolina t road, .commission,. to com2:. d*/vpi and tell what North CarotiuJi" m$ : doing in the way pf building roads, i Georgia is better able to build I roads than the Tar Heel state. ..*nit. ishe doesn't do it. And.a&.^-cpifr sequence North Carolina is forging ahead^ of the Empire state year, ? year,. What, Mr> ^Page told the^b j must have opened .their oy?3---<i&? j their mouths, North Carolina ; sued $50.000,000 - bonds for; rna?Si j last year and proposes to spend I $10^000,000 a year until the statt? j is thoroughly covered with a fv*r I tern of improved highwayi?.. At {present the state is spending $82-, | 000 a day on her roads. In 19:53 5t ; is proposed to. float another $ ! 000,000 bond issue and later ira ' more if necessary- North Carolfna. ? now has 6,000 miles of public high j ways and will have 3,0i}0 additioa [al jniles before the work is cojn jpleted, 1,000 of which will be hWid j surfaced." j The News quite properly cbr. j serves that good roads are not to he j looked upon as an expense, buj jthat they are as vital a part ^f a ! state's economical equipment as- the ; looms of Hl cotton milL "N^rt? j Carolina is going to reap big d^vir ! dends from her highway deveiop jment." observes The News. **4hd Georgia will lose if she does aai 2$ ' velcp hers, for this is a matter , in Vjrhich no state can afford to t?e * ; recalcitrant. Not even 3out2i ; Carolina. A *well-knovn Georgian told ? The Observer a few days ago that i regardless of the size of ths ro&d building program put over Jn I Georgia that there will certau^^r he ; provisions for taking care of the .roads after they are built. There ? is an object lesson in (his matter ; immediately at hand at Atlanta! A [ few years ago a splendid hard-rsur ? face road was built from Atlanta ' to Roswell, Ga., a distance pf 2? miles. A jitney tine and also heaiey truck line for hauling express and ; freight were immediately establish ed over the route. The Southern 1 Railway company had been -.'qp<ea> : ating a little branch line between 'Atlanta and Roswell, and it lost ! so much business to the truclf Ifbe j that it abandoned all service over ' the railroad. Today the road J?e i tween Atlanta ond Rosewell is prac ? tically impassable. There is ho ' truck service, no jitney service, 'and no railroad service. The last ^state of Roswell and the highway is worse than ? the fist. Thi-s is a matter which should ; have careful consideration in Nolrth Carolina. The expenditure of $S0, 000,000 on the highways of North i Carolina by the state and counties will add several times that figure to the value of North Carolina real : estate, but no state can afford to i invest an amount of money in good ; roads unless they are to be pre ; served. The North Carolina system I provides for the maintenance of i highways; and there are also saffe i guards concerning the use of ex cessively heavy trucks. There is ' danger, however, that the safe guards are not sufficient and tHis j situation, particularly in the matter i of operating heavy truck lines for profit, should be given consideration by the state highway commission ; and recommendations made to the I next general assembly. One sanitarium is giving its 4yt tients a half hour's flight in *a , aeroplane each day as a treatment for mental depression. * - . I From the shortage of soft coal it \ looks like a hard winter. * m "Russia Wants Credit"?fceafc jline. Credit for what?