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Newspaper Page Textv VOLUME 33—NUMBER 32. N. C. TROOPS WITHDRA WN AND TRAINS RUN AGAIN National Guardsmen Ordered Back from Terminals in Spencer and Salisbury. Strikers Place Guard s Around Chaplains Home General Manager Simpson of Southern’s Lines East Re quested Removal of Troops At Noon. Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 22. Asa result of threatening letters received by Rev. Thomas P. Jimison, Metho dist minister, who was assaulted it is alleged by a postal employe, Monday morning, a guard of thirty five shopmen went on duty outside the minister’s house at 10 o'clock tonight. The special guard authorized at a mass meeting of the shopmen to day will work in three shifts of eight hours each. The alleged assault on Mr. .limi son by a postal employe Monday morning was the beginning of action which led to the movement of troops from the Salisbury fair grounds to the Spencer shop and to the Salis bury postoffiec where the alleged as sailant of the minister was employ ed. Salisbury, N. C. Aug. 22.—A1l 'troops have been withdrawn from guard duty in Spencer and Salis bury today except one company which was kept in this city but scat tered, and the trainmen estimated at about 500 in number, who last night agreed not to move another train out of this terminal until the national guardsmen were removed having gone back to work today about noon, all was quiet in this Southern Railway shop center to night, and trains were in operation as usual. The walkout of the big four broth erhoods and clerks, inaugurated Monday night, following the placing of five companies of troops on guard duty on the property of the South ern Railway in Spencer, and two companies in Salisbury, ended ab ruptly at noon today when the troops were withdrawn by Col. Don Scott, at the request of R. E. Simpson, gen eral manager of the Southern's lines east. This request was made by Mr. Simpson immediately after commit tees of the brotherhoods had wait ed upon him and requested that the guardsmen be removed, saying that if they were withdrawn the train men would immediately return to work and promising that order would be maintained. The commit tees were sent to Mr. Simpson after the five unions had held separate meetings, beginning at ‘.1:30 this (Continued on Page 2) THE UNIVERSAL CAR .{> | j J_i lM f Attention Ford Owners! Ford parts, like almost everything else worth while, are counterfeited. Imitation parts are manufactured to SELL at the highest possible rate of profit and the grades of steel used are consequently not the same high quality, specially heat treated alloy steels specified in Ford formulas for the manufacture of GEN UINE FORD PARTS. Don’t be misled—lnsist upon GENUINE FORD PARTS made by the Ford Motor Company. By so doing you will get from 35 to 100 per cent more wear from them, and you will pay the lowest possible cost —the same everywhere. 50% OF GENUINE FORD PARTS RETAIL FOR LESS THAN 10c EACH Ask for Parts Price List When your Ford car, or Fordson tractor needs attention, call on us. For remember we are prop erly equipped, employ competent mechanics, and use Genuine Ford and Fordson parts in all repair work: Louisville Motor Cos. AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS Louisville, Ga. THE NEWS AND FARMER NEW DISTRICT CARVED FROM EIGHTY FIFTH Anew militia district has been carved from the northern portion i of the Eighty-Fifth District and at j the next election votes will be cast ! at Forbes school house which loea ! tion has been selected as the site j for the district court house. Many j of the foremost citizens of Jefferson County reside in this district and | we trust that the laying out of the ; district will prove of greatest con i veniencc to them in the exercise of | public affairs. I The territory as described in the ! report made to the Hoard of Roads and Revenue and as shown on the map made by County Surveyor I*2. C. Salter is as follows: Beginning at a point on the Ogee chee River where the county lines ; between Washington and Jefferson County intersect said river, and from thence following the line be tween said two counties to a point near but below Almira Station, more fully shown on plat hereinafter men tioned; from thence in a straight line to the point on what is known as “Boyd's Branch," where the road from Louisvilc to Bartow intersects said branch; and from thence fol lowing said public road from said branch to the Dixie highway; and j from thence following the Dixie Highway to the Ogecchee River; and I from thence following said river , back up to the point on said river mentioned above as the beginning \ point where the line between Wasli | ing and Jefferson Counties inter i sect said river. The new district has no number as yet as numbers are assigned by j the governor of the state which of I necessity must cause a certain j amount of delay. In the mean time, , we understand, there is a move on foot to call the district Phillips Dis i trict, hut this has not been as yet officially decided. WRENS WILL HAVE A STRONG GRID TEAM Wrens, Ga., August 23. Wrens Institute has hopes of putting a ! strong football eleven on the field this fall. The larger part of last year’s team will be on hand this I year. Practice will begin following the ! opening of school on September 3. The first game of the season will he with the Emanuel County Institute ! squad at Summit. Other schools that , will in all probability meet Wrens will he Waynesboro, Warrcnton and | several others. ’flic complete schedule will be an nounced at a later date. The mana ger would like to hear from any high school in this section that is anxiops to arrange games. HARDWICK TALKS 1 OGLETHORPE COUNTY Governor Tells Over 700 Voters of Oglethorpe Coun ty Why He Vetoed Pension Appropriation. Lexington, Ga., August 22.—Twelve hours after Governor Hardwick had exercised his veto power on the state pension appropriation hill, passed at the recent session of the legislature, lie was telling more than 700 voters of Oglethorpe county here today at noon just why lie had taken such act ion. Motoring down from Atlanta, where late last night he signed hills adopted by the general assembly and also used his veto power on others, the governor was given a great re ception here, citizens flocking to this place from all sections of the county to hear him speak in behalf of his campaign for rc-elcction to office. The governor made the pension issue the chief feature of his address, which was listened to attentively by his audience. However, the battle cry which was heard so often two years ago in his campaign against Walker, “Go to it. Tom. tell 'em some more”, broke a loose when the governor stated his stand on law and order. His speech today was more mas terful than that delivered yesterday at Alpheretta. He went more into detail on the state's fiscal affairs, and dwelled at length on the pension issue, bringing out very forcefully the figures and the amount of money required to pay the old and the new classes of pensioners and what had been accomplished during the last year towards this end. There arc in the state at present 9,818 pensioners belonging to the old class. They receive 8100 a year, which amounts to approximately $1,000,000, and for which there is now enough money in the treasury to take care of. I he new class pensioners number 6.102, and were to he paid in 1921, $150; 1922. $175. and 8200 in 1923. The new class of pensioners’ appro priations amounted *4n $2,250,000 for this year, and in 1924 lhe highest peak would have been reached, amounting to $3,500,000, which al most totals as much as is now being paid to maintain the state educa tional system. The legislature failed, in its hurry to pass tile pension hill, to lake care i of the new class of pensioners; io provide any way lo raise the rev enue. resulting in the governor, in preference to putting the “ox hack in the ditch”. However, the gov ernor sanctioned the hill taking care of the old class of pensioners. He went into detail on the history of the pension system in Georgia. The first hill passed in the state was in 1877. and provided for vet erans having cork limbs. There was only a trifling amount appropriated at that time, and yearly the pension roll has grown. There have been five amendments to the constitution and eight increased in pension ap propriations since the original hill was enacted, “until it will reach”, he said, “in 1924 only slightly under the total of what we spend for state education.” The governor stated that he was greatly in favor of taking care of the veterans ami the widows coming under the old class, but that lie was against giving one single copper to the rich veterans and to tile widows who married after 1870. ile charged that there were many veterans in the state who are wealthy, yet they are receiving their pensions right along. As to the widows, he said, many were married to the during the latter years with almost the assur ance tliat their husbands had one or both feet in their graves before the nuptials. The governor jumped from the fiscal affairs of the state to the “conference campaign” now being conducted by Clifford Walker, lie fore commenting on any particular plank in Mr. Walker’s platform, the governor made the crowd whoop with the statement that Walker would make history in Georgia by being the only candidate for gover nor who will be defeated three times within two years. The crowd was with him, and the governor branched off from his busi ness manner and got down to ora tory that lias made him famous in every nook and corner of the state. Holding up the platform purport ing to have been written by Mi. Walker, whom the governor called “whispering Cliff”, he shouted, “Such unmitigated nonsense”! On the tax equalization plank in his opponent’s platform the governor dwelled at length. “If Walker should he elected”, said the governor, “and there is not a possible chance, he will put upon the state the following additional burdens which he now proposes in his platform: ile advo cates .53,500,000 for free school books, $2,000,000 more for new class pen sioners, $3,000,000 more to match the federal appropriation lor a state system of roads, a total of $8,500,- 000, which, added to the state’s pres ent expenditures of $10,000,000 would bring his annual expeditures up to approximately $19,000,000. “He advocates a repeal of state equalization law, is opposed to the income tax law, and is opposed to all other forms of new taxation. How can he expect to pay additional ap propriations without an increase in income”? AVERA YOUNGSTERS WIN. Avera, Ga., Aug. 15.—The small boys team from Avera defeated the team from Stapleton composed of youngster, 7 to 0, on the Avera dia mond. The game featured by the pitch ing of Wiggins for Avera, who struck out twelve opposing hatters and the hitting of Philips, who secured three hits out of four trips to the plate. Dixon for Avera caught a very nice game, and Streetman threw out a man on what should have been a hit. LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 24. 1922. USBiJUATIV* I MARKETIkwfc. | precorij I V ‘ KMBFrtJ j. * > v ! KESEAVCH /> /, , / (VLsmivm. ' ~ Ytf DEMOCRATS INIO CQIUDEMN RECORD QF TIEADMiSMI Mention of Wilson’s Name Brings Applause—Republi cans Also Meet and Ask Backing for President and Administration. Columbus, Ohio.—The records of the Republican administration both in national and state affairs, and tlie reduction of taxes in Ohio, were set forth by Democrats in their state convention here today as the main issues of the coming political campaign. The appearance at the convention of Senator Pomcrane. candidate foi re-election and of A. V. Donahey, the party’s standard-bearer on the state ticket, was the signal for vo ciferous cheers by the assemblage. Mention of the names of Woodrow Wilson and .lames M. Cox also brought enthusiastic demonstrations, that for Mr. Wilson being particular ly protracted. Beyond reaffirmation of the na tional platform of 1920, the state platform today did not mention the league of nations. Charges against the Republicans both at Washington and Columbus included statements that “they have been utterly unable to grapple with the problems of government” and that they were “more intent on per sonal aggrandizement and on plun der for a retinue of corrupt hangers on than on good government.” Senator Pomcrane in his address, characterized the tariff bill as the “greatest piece of ‘pork barrel’ leg islation inthe history of congress.” Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 22. — (By the Associated Press.) —With the slogan “stand by the president and the na tional administration’ Ohio Repub lican leaders came here today and laid their plans for the state cam paign which will terminate at the polls on November 7th. Congressman Simeon I). I* ess of Yellow Springs, the party nominee for United States senator, sounded the keynote of the campaign in a speech before the Republican state convention at Memorial Hall. The Republican platform will con tain strong indorsement of the na tional and state administration. In sounding the keynote of the com paign—“stand by the president and the national administration”—Con gressman Fess outlined the accomp lishments of the Republican con gress and the Republican national administration under President Harding, himself an Ohioan. Refer ring to the anitona! budget system inaugurated by the present adminis tration, lie declared that “the day of the pork barrel legislation is for ever over.* HARDWICK VETOES THE NEW PENSION BILL Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22.—Governor Hardwick today voted a bill passed at the last session of the state legi slature appropriating $1,200,000 for confederate pensions. The governor said he took this action because the legislative body failed to provide the revenue with which to meet the ap propriation. COTTON shipped to BAT TEY & CO., The Efficient Cotton Factors of Savannah, Ga., yields satisfaction as is evidenced by the large vol umn of business entrusted to them. Isn’t it to your intei’est to try them? Do it now and be convinced. Optimistic Over Rail Conference Warren S. Stone, D. B. Rob ertson and E. H. Fitzgerald Give Opinions of Results Expected. i Cleveland, Ohio.—Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers and I). B. Rob ertson. president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Kngine | men are optimistic regarding tomor i row’s conference of railroad exccu j tives and transportation brother hood chiefs in New York in an cf ; fort to reach a settlement of the i shopmen’s strike. “1 am optimistic regarding tomor row’s conference with the railroad managers,” said Mr. Stone late to day. “Some way will have to he reached to end the strike. I am hopeful of reaching an agreement.” Mr. Robertson expressed the same optimistic feeling. Mr. Stone and Mr. Robertson will leave tonight for New York. Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 22. (By The Associated Press.) F. H. Fitz gerald. president of tlie Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Station and Ex press Employees, in a statement to the Associated Press today declar ed that “he had always felt opti mistic” regarding the outcome of the conference of railroad execu tives at New York tomorrow, and that since he had returned from New York, where he was inconfer • ence with the rail union chiefs his j “optimism has increased due to the j seriousness of the situation.” FIRE AT MIDNIGHT A house belonging to Prince Low ry, colored, was completely destroyed by fire Monday night. Sandy Carr, the son-in-law of Prince, lived in 1 the house. Prince was in town for 1 a few days visiting his children. | and narrofvly escaped burning. When i he discovered the fire the flames had eaten through the walls of the house and were in only a short distance of his bed. He immediately gave the alarm and his neighbors came to his jaid succeeded in saving most of his household goods. He carried no in surance. Though the house was in the city limits no water was put on the blaze as the hose was not long enough to extend from the nearest water plug. Though the fire bell did ! not ring, many Louisville people heard the cries of the colored people and went down to render such aid | as was possible. MINERS GET INCREASE Greensburg, Pa., Aug. 22 — Increas ed wages averaging 4 7 per cent and affecting between .‘IO.OOO and 40,000 non-union miners in Westmoreland and Fayette counties were decided upon at a meeting of operators here today, it was officially announced tonight. Included in this group are the H. (’. Frick Coal and Coke Com pany, Keystone Coal Company, Del; ! mont Gas Coal Company, Irwin Gas Coal Company, Westmoreland oal Company And the Mount Pleasant Coal Company. VISITING MINISTER PREACHES HERE. Rev. Sampel Tinkler of Lake Wales, Fla., preached at the Asso ciate Reform Presbyterian Church last Sunday. Rev. Paul Pressl” was in Vidette, where a protracted meet ing was in progress. NOMINATE DU PONT. Dover, Del., Aug. 22.—Without a dissenting voice the Republican state committee this afternoon nominated T. Coleman duPont, of Wilmington, for United States senator and Dr. Caleb R. Clayton, of Georgetown, for congressman. WAGE INCREASE OF n PER GENT GIVEN TO STEEL ÜBOREBS United States Steel Corpora tion, Midvale Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Give In crease Without Explanation New York. Aug. 22.—Three big steel I corporations employing normally I nearly .'IOO,OOO workers, today an nounced a 20 per cent wage increase for all day laborers in their manti | facturing plants, 'flic United States j Steel Corporation took the lead, hut : was quickly followed by the Midvale j Steel and Ordnance company and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube com pany. In the absence of Charles Schwab and Eugene Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, no other official of that company would commit him self. Secretary Brown said, how ever, he did not know of any action that had been taken on the wage question. President Matthews of tlie Crucible Steel Corporation said his company had taken no action “as yet”. It was generally believed in financial circles that all important ■ independent steel firms would an : nouncc increases within a few days. News of the increase came as a surprise to the financial district, probably because wage adjustments in other industries have been gener ally downward. I* was followed by slight recessions in the prices of steel shares. No explanation of the increase was given by the steel corporations. However, it is known that the immi gration law has cut off the supply of unskilled laborers which formerly drifted to the iron and steel centers. When the labor shortage became acute last spring and the steel indus try began to show signs of rehabili tation, temporary relief was afford ed by the employment of men thrown out of work by the coal strike. Resumption of coal mining and the increasing demand for laborers in other industries, combined with the expected business revival this fall, is reported to have caused appre hension among mill managers, who feared that the higher wages else where would cause sufficient deser tions to hamper their operations at a time when there was every pros i pect for heavily increased orders. The United States Steel Corpora tion employs approximately 220,000 men, of whom 1 .'>o,ooo are affected by the wage increase. The highest | rate paid to the company for day labor was 47 cents ail hour, from February to May, 1920. On May 16, 1920. reduction of 20 per cent was announced and in July of the same year overtime was elimi nated. On August 19, 1921, day labor was reduced to .'JO cents an hour, the rate now in effect. The increase will bring the rate up to 36 cents an hour. The average payrollof the corpora tion during 1919, the banner year, was over §450,000,000, but it dropped : to about $332,000,000 in 1921, when there were approximately 190,000 men employed. A forecast of what is to come is seen in the large orders for rolling stock recently received by railroad equipment companies. The demand in other lines is also growing and there is much rush work on hand, which calls for forces in many plants . in excess of the number now avail able. In this connection, it is re ported that little success has been obtained thus far in inducing men laid off in the dull period a year ago to return at the wages prevailing i before the increase just announced. | Many of these men have left tlie i steel centers. SURPRISE FACTORS ENTER INTO STRIKE SITUATIOi GRANZE SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER FOURTH Prof. S. L. Price requests the an nouncement through the columns of 1 he News and Farmer of the open ing of the Granze Public School on Monday. Sept Ith. Prof. Price ha hern principal of this school for several years and under his man agement the school has grown rap idly. Successful junior high school work is being done. Eleventh grade work is included in the schedule for the ensuing year. The Granze school district was one among the first in the county to embrace the local tax law. At the time this question w.e decided upon by ballot onl\ one \ote was east against it. thus show 'r the people as a whole in the . /, 'unity stand behind the school mi-.y, dly support it. The expec tancy v / September 4th is ;i record in enroh.nent unrivaled in the past, with keen anticipation for the best in school life to follow. UNUSUAL ACCIDENT AT LOUISVILLE. GA. H. G Jones Killed By Tim bers Falling From Building Upon Which He Was Di rooting Work. Mr. Hatrwcll G. Jones was killed here last Thursday afternoon about three o'clock by falling timbers from tfit' old Louisville \cndemy. Mr. Jones was on the floor of the building directing the work of tear ing down the old building. Two very tall cross beams were being taken down and were expected to fall in a certain direction. By some strange mis-chance the beams turned com pletely and fell the other direction, struck two other huge beams which in turn hit and crashed through the outside shell of a wall. Mr. Jones saw the first disaster, it is believed and jumped out of the way. hut other falling timbers struck him breaking his neck, his left leg. He was killed instantly. One of the miraculous escape of the wreck was that of the negro Booster Long who was on the first beam that fell. Be ing a large piece of timber it fell slowly and when it struck the outer wall the negro grabbed the narrow shell muscled himself up and clung to the tottering wall until danger had passed. Two other negroes nar rowly escaped severe injury. The funeral services of Mr. Jones were held Friday at Parker church, the sermon being preached by Rev. J. Gordon Gunter. He was a well known young man .and highly re garded. He is survived by ii is'wife and several brothers and sisters. SCHOOL SUPPLIES JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK, AND SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN Last year the Rexall Line of School Tablets, Inks, Pen cils, etc., was such an enormous seller, and we had to re-order supplies so many times, that this year wc| have started in with the biggest stock of school sup plies that has ever been bought in Louisville. WE ARE NOW READY TO FILL YOUR ORDERS:! Smooth Paper Tablets 5c Pencil Tablets 5c Composition Books 10c and 5c Loose Leaf Binders 50c Loose Leaf Fillers 10c Inks and Writing Fluids 10c Spelling Blanks 5 C Drawing Tablets 10c Rulers lOc Pencils, 2 for 5c and 5 C Pen Holders 5 C J Pen Points, dozen lOc Erasers 5c j As usual, the Rexall Tablets contain more leaves than any tablet we were able to find. -THE- Louisville Drug Go. REXALL STORE Louisville, Georgia. “Going Since 1896—Growing All the Time.” $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE i Meeting of Association Railway Executives Tod? May Be Influenced by D velopments. EASTERN RAILROADS HEADS BOUND FOP, U. Executives Leave Europe \ Majestic to Try to Sett St r ike Steel Increa Causes Talk. New > ork. August 22.—Four s, prise factors entered into the r i which, according to repn sentath v] ally influence the action of the A social ion of Railway Exccntrl when it meets tomorrow to consul proposals for mediation with tj V. j 1. The announcement that prej dents of three powerful cast(] roads. Samuel Rea of the IVnns] \ania, E K. Loomis of the Lchi \ alley and William Beselcr of I Jersey Gcntral. were expected | arrive from Europe mi the Majcsfl n time to participate in the confj nice of the Association of Railxl Executives. ! ‘2 Hie grant by three large, sti corporations of a 20 per cent I creased wage to then several h! dred thousand day laborers. 3 Assertion by L. I'. Lorce. pr<| dent of the Delaware and HudJ and chairman of the eastern prj dents’ conference, that predict iJ of a strike settlement and peace] the industry were “all hunk.” ] 1 The announcement that scvcl of the brotherhood chiefs arc ] route from the west with prartig proposals for settlement of the si] crafts strike, which they will suhJ I to rail executives if all other peg advances fail. J Heads of the Association of nJ way Executives refused to comm] on the unexpected arrival of g three eastern presidents. Their I turn-on the same boat, and in I midst of the present crisis, was I mittcdly significant, however, esjl ially since the ir respective vice-pri idents have been the nucleus of ] group which in conference of ] national association, has consisted fought against any peace plan whl included reinstatement of strik] with seniority right unimpaired.] The decision of the steel corpj tions to raise the wage of labor! announced just 24 hours prior to ] scheduled meeting of the executiJ was hailed by the strikers as a p<| in their favor. It not only* just if] their refusal to accept wage J fixed by the railroad labor boJ ( they said, but was ample proof] (Continued on Page 2) ]