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MMU FOUR.
THE STANDARD. CEPARTOWN. GA.
FOUNDED 1882 BY T. M. HIGHTOWER.
DEPENDABILITY COUNTS IN 1922.
News Bulletin From Speed E. Service.
“It la an astounding fact, folks, but do you know that only 80 per
cent of the people In this community read my ads? I am sorry the other
20 per cent don't get a look at the pa per—which, of course, is their own
loss.
Something of importance hns ju st occurred to me and thnt is the fact
that it is July already and there arc many people who haven’t done the
building they wanted to do so far this summer.
But don’t be worried, because even though it is July there is plenty
of time to finish the home or barn he fore it gets cold—if you start right
away.
I urge you to take advantage of the low prices at this time, because
never bcorc has building material gi ven such a good value for the money.
Besides best quality you get “S PEED E. SERVICE’— and he's
worth n lot, when you really want th ings in a hurry.”
Yours truly, “SPEED E.”
Wants People to Judge
Interesting facts and figures as to
the monthly wage of the striking
shopmen ure presented in a statement
published today by W. A. Winburn,
president of the Central of Georgia
Railway. He shows that the reduc
tion against which the men arc strik
ing is $14.28 per month for seven of
the eight crafts affected. The basic
pay is decreased from $157.08 per
month to $142.80. In addition to
this minimum wage for a month of
204 hours (the average number of
working hours based on an 8-hour
day,) the men are paid for un addi
tional hour each week for checking
in, and extra compensation is given
for time worked in excess of eight
hours. For instance, during May,
1022, a boilermaker at Columbus re
ceived $2*11.10; a car repairer at
Chattanooga, $203.04, etc.
These figures are quoted as bear
ing on the contention of B. M. Jew
ell, head of the striking unions, that
the wage scale fixed by the Labor
Board is “not sufficient to maintain a
worker and his family in decent com
fort.”
Prsident Winburn quotes the n-
mounts paid per hour and per month
hy the Central since before the war
aind shows that wages are from 32 to
55 per cent higher than in 1917,
while living costa have increased but
17 per cent. He declares that public
opinion will ultimately decide the
controversy, thnt it is the public wel
fare that will suffer by interruption
to traffic, and therefore the public is
entitled to information about the
point at issue. He asks that the peo
ple form their own conclusions as to
whether the striking shopmen receive
a living wage.
ROUTE 3 NEWS.
Mr. Nat Shclnutt was in your city
Saturday.
Mr. Brannon and son, Whitley,
were in your city Saturday.
Mr. John Peterson, who has been
visiting home folks, returned Thurs
day to Ellisvillc, Miss.
Mr and Mrs. E. D. Peterson and
son, Whit, and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Peterson and son, Jack, of your city,
spent Saturday in Bartow county.
Mr. Grover Roberson and Mr.
Charlie Peterson were in your city
Saturday.
Mr. Whatley Brannon and sister,
Miss Inez, attended preaching Sun
day at Prospect.
Mr. Jack Powell and grandson,
Jack Peterson, of your city, spent
Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. C. L
Peterson.
Mr. Jack Austin, of your city, were
on this route one day last week.
WHEN YOU have your automo
bile worked on, be sure you bike it
where you get service and A REAL
GUARANTEE. Casey & Sloan do
this very thing.
WRAY MINE NEWS.
Mrs. W. S Camp was .here from
Rome over Sunday.
Mr.and MrR. Levi Sloman spent the
week-end with his parents at Pine
Bower.
Miss Cleo Cump left Sunday to
cept a position in your city.
Mr. Alfred Hutchings, of Cedar-
town, spent the week-end with Rev,
B. M. Lee.
Ir. J. C. Barry, of near your city,
spent one day last week with Mr. E
Camp.
Messrs. R. W. Morris and W. A
Whitfield were in your town Saturday
Mr. J. C. Camp was in Cedartown
Sundny.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Whitfield, of Fel
ton, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. W
Whitfield Sunday.
Mr. Hubert Brown, of Lime Branch
was here Sunday.
Messrs. Win. Camp and Arthur
Peugh, of Friendship, were here Sun
day.
Messrs. Malbert and Walter L
•re in Cedartown Saturday.
Mr. Sloan Camp, of Rome, w
here Saturday night.
Mrs. J. C. Barry, of near your city,
Mrs. H. Smith of Felton, spent Wed
nesday with Mrs. Will Vongue.
Irs. E. A. Camp and son, Mnjor,
were in your city one day last week.
Messrs. Will Vongue and son Hoyt,
»re in Cedartown Saturday.
BUGGIES-—Genuine Geo. Delker
Buggies at less than present cost.
Don’t wait, for the price has already
started upward. CEDARTOWN
HARDWARE CO.
ROCKY RIDGE NEWS.
Miss Sadie Kelley, of near Rome,
is visiting Miss Mattie Mae Chapman.
Mrs. S. M. Chapman has returned
home after an extended stay at Plain-
ville.
Mr. Emmett Mitchell, of near Re-
hobeth, was in this vicinity one day
last week.
Mr. John Mitchell and daughter,
Miss Jennie, returned Thursday after
a few days stny in Rome.
The singing given by Miss Myrtle
Hodges one night last week was
greatly enjoyed.
Mrs Virgie Huff returned Sunday
to her home in Atlanta after an ex
tended stay here.
Miss Pauline Youngblood returned
Saturday after spending the week in
Rome.
Mr. J. H. Simmons, of Rock Run,
was here Sunday.
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CRIMINAL LAW AND LAWLESS-
NESS.”
When Cain slew Abel, God banish
ed him. He was permitted to marry
and to be the progenitor of a num
erous posterity. He was put on trial,
not to learn God anything, but to be
lesson to coming generations of
mankind.
Seth was born to take Abel’s place,
and his posterity were called the
sons of God. Seth and Cain were
each one the father of a numerous
race, but Cain’s descendants never
grew to be anything more than men
and women, and the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were
fair and they took them wives all of
which they chose. Cain’s race went
down to ruin their whole time, fiore
than a thousand years, and when they
came into union with Seth’s race
they pulled them down also.
The wickedness of man was great;
only Noah was found righteous be
fore God. God brought the flood on
the earth, and only Noah and his fam
ily escaped death.
Just after this destruction God
made the announcement, “Whoso
sheddeth man’s blood, by mnn shall
his blood be shed, for in the image of
God made he man.” The highest
crime, therefore, is to shed man’s
blood, because he was made in the
image of God. And because man was
made in the image of God, under Di
vine direction, he is competent to
punish the greatest crime. This ob
ligation will rest on man as long as
time lasts, and it is a fact that man
was made in the image of God.
Hundreds of years after the above
declaration,God’in the days of Moses,
set forth criminal laws and officials
of these laws to execute judgment.
If any person killed another una
wares or unintentionally, he could
flee to the City of Refuge and so es
cape punishment (Numbers 3:11.)
But the willful murderer could not
be saved by fleeing to one of these
cities, but the elders of his city were
to deliver him unto the hands of the
avenger of blood to be put to death.
And God further says, “Thine eye
shall not pity him, but thou shalt put
away innocent blood from Israel,that
it may go well with thee. (Deut. 19:
11-13.)
Some talk of the Mosaical law be
ing done away with. God hns no
where mitigated the punishment a-
gainst murder and other crime* com
mitted especially against society.
When Jesus was on earth the punish
ment of these crimes had passed into
the hands of Romans. They put their
subjects to dentil for murder, theft,
and so forth. Jesus sanctioned these
laws where he performed a miracle
and got the money to pay tax to the
Roman government (Math. 17:24-27.
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to the people. Had it not been for
the crime-breeding Pardoning Board
he would have been out of the way.
There is no such thing in the criminal
law as tempering justice with mercy.
We can perpetrate injustice on the
people by failing to execute justice
on the guilty.
There is one criminal law found in
the 21st chapter of Exodus that has
a great lesson for us. If a man had
an ox, and he knew that that ox was
DO THE STRIKING SHOPMEN RECEIVE A
LIVING WAGE ?
B. M. Jewell, head of the striking shop crafts union, is quoted by the Associated
Press as follows:
“The Railway Labor Board has attempted to establish wages which
for a large percentage of the men concerned will not provide the minimum
amount found by the Government officials to be necessary to maintain a wor
ker and his family in a condition of decent living.”
The sole issue between the striking shopmen of the Central of Georgia Railway and
the United States Railway Labor Board, is the scale of wages fixed by the latter. Since it
is the public’s welfare that will suffer from any interruption to traffic, and since public
opinion will ultimately settle the matter, the public is entitled to have the facts plainly
stated. The people have a right to know the amount of monthly income these men are
receiving and the amount of the reduction in dollars and cents, against which they are
protesting by means of the strike.
Briefly stated, members of seven of the eight striking crafts will receive a reduction
from $157.08 per month to $142.80 per month, a difference of $14.28 per month. Mem
bers of the eighth craft will receive a reduction from $146.88 per month to $128.52 per
month, a difference of $18.36 per month.
In order to put the matter plainly before the public
we present the changes in the
hourly rates that the Central has paid since before the beginning of Government control.
(In Cents Per Hour)
December
January
May
July July
1917
1920
1920
1921 1922
Machinists
50.5
72
85
77 70
Blacksmiths
52.5
72
85
77 70
Boiler Makers
53.0
72
85
77 70
Passenger Car Men
46.5
72
85
77 70
Freight Car Men
41.0
67
80
72 63
Painters
46.5
72
85
77 70
Sheet Metal Workers
50.5
72
85
77 70
Electricians
45.0
72
85
77 70
After deducting Sundays and Holidays
the average
number of w
working hours per
month, based on an eight-hour day, is 204 hours. On this basis the monthly wage of these
men is shown below, in dollars and cents.
Dceember
May
July
July
1917
1920
1921
1922
Machinists
$103.02
$173.40
$167.08
$142.80
Blacksmiths
$107.10
$173.40
$157.08
$142.80
Boiler Makers
$108.12
$173.40
$157.08
$142.80
Passenger Car Men
$ 94.86
$173.40
$157.08
$142.80
Freight Car Men
$ 83.64
$163.20
$146.88
$128.62
Painters
$ 94.86
$173.40
$157.08
$142.80
Sheet Metal Workers
$103.02
$173.40
$157.08
$142.80
Electricians
$ 91.80
$173.40
$157.08
$142.80
In addition to this amount all of these
’men are paid for an extra hour each week
for checking in, although this service is performed within
the eight hours for which they
are paid the hourly rate.
The minimum monthly wage, stated above, does not include pay
for time worked in excess
of eight hours and
many of them receive extra compensation in
that way.
The opportunity for an earning capacity above the minimum monthly wage is
shown by the following actual figures of maximum earnings of shop employes during the
month of May, 1922: A Machinist at Macon Shops, $213.64; a Boilermaker at Columbus,
$241.10; a Blacksmith at Savannah, $190.97; a Coach Carpenter at Savannah, $179.99; a
Car Repairer at Chattanooga, $203.04; a Painter at Savannah, $169.01; a Sheet Metal
Worker at Columbus, $193.50; an Electrician at Macon, $198.28.
You will note from the above tables that the various classes of shop employes are
now receiving a wage in excess of that prevailing in December, 1917, by the following per-
Machinists
Blacksmiths
Boiler Makers
Passenger Car Men
Freight Car Men
Painters
Sheet Metal Workers
Electricians
Per cent.
38.0
33.3
32.0
50.1
53.7
50.5
38.6
55.5
Against this increased wage it is fair to make an offset, represented by the increased
cost of living, and thnt has been ascertained by Government officials to be 17.2 per cent.
It is plain, therefore, that after mnking allowance for the increased cost of living, every
class of these shop employes is receiving substantially better pay than they voluntarily ac
cepted before the World War.
The public can form its own conclusion a.s to whether a minimum monthly wage scale
of from $128.52 to $142.80 is sufficient, under reasonable expenditures, to maintain them in
comfort.
W. A. WINBURN,
President, Central of Georgia Railway Company.
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people of his
former wife
• do with him.
. widow with a
> suffer a crim-
so-called st^)-
in also tried to
him for assault
wont to gore and he did not keep
that ox in, and if that vicious ox
gored a man or a woman and killed
that man or woman, then the ox
should be stoned to death and the
owner of the ox also put to death.
Our oxen do not gore people to
death, therefore we do not not need
that law, but this law shows that the
man who turns out a life-taker on the
people is himself worthy of death.
There is another point of interest in
this connection. We have no ac
count that any owner of a vicious
ox ever had to die because he let that
ox run at liberty. He knew that the
death penalty Woijld V>e executed.
There was nobody stumbling around
trying to temper justice with mercy,
and moving for a new trial.
If I would not be willing, if need
be, to die for these important truths,
then I am not worthy to have written
them. J. C. HEAD, Rockmart.
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