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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
i've Negroes Lynched By Mob in Florida.

Gainesville, Fla, Aug. TO-
Boisey Long, the negro, who
Friday shot and killed Constable
Wynne and wounded DR. l.. G.
Harris at louisville, Fla, when
they went to his home to arrest
him for hog stealing, last night
vas captured by two negroes six
miles from townsville. At New
berry, Fla, five negroes, three
men and two women were lynch
ed by a mob who accused them of
having aided Long to escape
Long was brought to Gainesville
jail early today and later removed
to a point unknown here for safe.
keeping No further trouble is
expected.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
GOOD MILK COWS ESSENTIAL
They Provide Cheapest, Best and Most
Wholesome Food for Family
Value Hard to Estimate.

The first reason for having good
milk COWS on the farm comes from
the fact that they provide the cheap
est, best, and most wholesome food
for the family. Their value is hard
to estimate when we consider the
amount saved on the bills. Their prod
uce is a superior substitute for many
foods necessarily purchased at high
prices. In fact, there is no economic
way of doing without plenty of good
mich COWS on the farm.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23

Margaret Noble, a prominent
negro woman of over IS years,
died at her home near Living
stone College Tuesday night,
August 18th.
Robert Black of the Vance illm
neighborhood, aged As years,
died Tuesday night August 18th,
from the effects Of Bright's dis
ease. The funeraland interment
took place at Trading Ford Bap-
fist church last Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs, Minnie Dillon, aged %
years, died at her home at At
we'll row near South Jackson
street Monday and was buried
by Rev. G.. W. Wick of Park
Avenue Methodist church at the
Lutheran cemetery. She left
the husband and one child.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
M 4 r E e s

Mrs. Nora S Ashly, daughter
of Geo A Patterson and D W
Taylor, both of Kannapolis, were
married Sunday evening. August
Goth, Esq W L Kimball oficiat,
ing. Their many friends wish
them a long and prosperous life.
Going from Salisbury in an
automobile accompanied by a
number of friends, Gordon NJ
Gupton and Miss Ida Peeler ar
rived in Charlotte Saturday af-
ternoon and at : O'Clock were
married by Justice J W Cobb in
the parlors of the store Of V.
Wallace & Sons. After the
many the bride and groom left
for Rockwell, the home of the
groom. The brides home is in
OallSOufy.
A wedding which has been ex,
pected for some time by their
many friends took place at
Taylorsville, August 10Th when
Mrs Margaret Murdoch Bell and
Edward M Hobson, both of this
city, were married by Rev G W
White. After the ceremony they
left for a short honeymoon and
will be at home to their friends
at their new bungalow 90 ilocks
vile avenue Mrs iiobson is the
daughter OF the late Rev + j
t|ur:::h ana Mrs Murdoch.
Mr.. '{"ns ~ L. \ a,,.t Of Captain
Henry iEnHsnn a.. l>#"i" vrnrty
,nd It brother of " II iI"u5on.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
-Four S. S. Conventions This Week.

Four township Sunday
school conventions are to be
held this week completing
the list of townships in the
county and the county con-
vention is to be held at Rock
we'll August $3.50. L h e
township meetings this year
have all been we'll attended
and there has been shown a
great interest in Sunday
school work throughout the
country.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
Devotional, Rev J w Strider

DtVOtlOudl, NGV } w oCIluGI
How shall the work of thu
different departments be conduct
ed the coming year? Training
courses for teachers, Prof A 7
Allen and Rev ] A Koons; Ele-
mentary and primary department:
Mrs Edgar Johnston Miss Virgie
Jenkins; Cradle Roll, Mrs G T.
Emerson; Home and visitation,
Prof L H Rothrock; Temperance.
Rev M l. Ridenhour, Organized
class work, A L Slnoot.
Round table. Question box.
Rev J W Long
Our work in Rowan county,
Mr. II P Johnson, DR. G NJ Van
Poole, Mr. } W Peeler and others.
Election of officers and dele
gates
Presentation of township ban
ner, P S Carlton
Miscellaneous and new business
Notes.
Every Sunday school worker in
the county is invited to be present
and take part in the convention
Be there for the opening session
aud stay for the close.
All subjects are open for dis
cussion and anyone desiring can
take part.
Please see that the individual
school reports get the township
secretaries in time for him to get
his report to the county secretary
before the convention date.
All delegates, ministers and
visitors who desire entertainment
over night will be accommodated
whether they notify the enter
tainment committee or not, but it
will facilitate matters if they
would do so in advance.
Local Committee of Arrange
ments: ] NJ Holshouser DR. G W
Choate. ] II Sides.
Entertainment Committee: Mrs
J A Linn, Mrs G W Choate, Mrs
Martha Ridenhour; Messrs c H
Wilson, Frank L Fesperman, J D
Goodman.
County officers: President A B
Saleeby; Secretary, Eugene H
Bean; Asst Secretary, Mrs W H
Canup; Treasurer W L Kluttz
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
Picnic Excursion to 5a;iuln Springs.

The sixth annual picnic excur-
sion to ja.jun ~pr'..2s Thursday
>ugu,t z4th, promises to eclipse
my Of the for az ;<>ntS. ! lis
ear it will be opera ted in two
sections. the Que tg..n Hastonia
that will bring the people from
Castor county and Steele creek
Rerryhil1 sections; the other from
Charlotte that will take Charlotte
and the northern part of the
county.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
Closing Exercises Rowan County Teachers
Institutes.

On the afternoon of the 18th
inst, from 2 to 4 o'clock, the
Rowan County Teachers Insti-
tute held its closing exercises,
and every minute was full of
Interest and enthusiasm.
The first number on the pro-
gram was the singing of Ameri-
ca. Prof. Highsmith asked the
teachers to sing that good old
song with the spirit that charac-
terizes every line of it, and every
voice was a chime of real patri-
otism. filled with a desire for
that efficiency that will place the
young minds Of Rowan County
upon a higher and fuller stand
ard of education, tlat of mind,
body and soul. We haven't d
copy of the program, but would
sty that the teachers as a whole
held the audience spell bound
with the beauty Of their chorus
es, solos, quartettes, recitations,
original stories, dialogues, etc.
Mrs. B. W. Hatcher, State
Press Superintendent for the
W. C. T. y. of N. c., was pres
ent, and when called by Prof.
Highsmith, she made a short but
effective talk on education against
the evil effects of alcohol found
in wine, cider, beer and whiskey.
Mrs Hatcher asked the teachers
to hold their temperance essay
contests in their schools, thereby
educating their pupils and the
community as to the greatest
and most destructive evil OF
modern times. the liquor traffic,
cigarettes thrown in M +
Hatcher presented the teachers
with 100 copies of ''The Teach
ers Temperance Educationa
Quarterly"
With short talks by Prof
:, Kiser and Prof. Highsmith the
: Rowan County Teachers Insti-
tute closed with an enthusiastic
1 Teachers Institute "Yell" by
the young men.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
squash-Vine Borer-a, Male Moth; b.
Female; C, Eggs; d, FuIl-Grown Lar
va in Vine; e, Pupa; I, Pupal Cell.

only way to get rid of it is to cut out
the affected parts of the vines. If your
crop is injured this year, plant vines
in a different place next year. Harrow
the infected fields lightly in the fall,
and then plow at least six inches deep
in the spring. Or you may owe the
vines with earth here and there, while
growing, so that new roots will put
out, and if the borer cuts off the
plant from the original root it will still
live.-Farm Life.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
No Fences.

In many parts of Europe there are
no farm fences. This preserves for
cultivation large acreage, taking the
whole country over, that is made
worse than useless by fences and the
growth of wild stuff on either side of
them, such as occurs in this country
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
CONTROL s0UAsH-VINE BOREF
Cut Out Affected Parts of Vines and
Harrow Infected Fields Lightly
in the Fall.

The squash-vine borer, which de"
stroys melons, cucumbers, squashes
and pumpkins by boring through the
stems of the plants, and through the
leaf stalks, is a hard pest to control.
Spraying does no good.~About the
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23

The State Council Junior
order United American
Mechanics VIII hold its anr
nnal convention in Goldsboro
btginai: g with a public
meeting Tues lay evening and
closing 1hursd y sfternl on.
lhere are now more than
4O, 900 members of this order
IN the State aud there will
likely be 500 delegates at the
State Council
The session of the Rowan
county f'ar"ers' Union with
Miranda local last Friday
aud Saturday, was we'll att
tended and much enj~yt d
by those present. The next
meeting of the Union will
be held iii Salisbury at the
court house some time dur
ing October.
Work on the Council Street
branch of the car line is pros
crossing as rapidly as possi>
BILE, there being a good siz-d
force employed at the work.
The DESTROYED track of the
Southern Railway between
Old Fort and AsheviIle is
being rapidly built. The
company hopes to have it,
trains running through ty
the first of the week. The
trains have been going no
farther than Old Fort since
tie food.
Solicitor Hayden Clement,
Esq, is i'll al the home of his
father, DR. L H Clement, with
an attack Of typhoid fever
1t is tn uht be has a mild at
tack and being given the
cest of attention it is hoped
by his many friends that he
will soon be restored to his
usual health.
Rel entative l. Dough
ton of this district has chal-
Urged his republican oppo
H 5 Williams, to a
clnvass which has beer
agreed to. The dates for
speaking to he arranged later
On Wednesday, August
9th, a young man by tn
of William Bailey was
while at wo,k in Steele
Township with a force who
were assisting in the dredg>
of Witbrow's creek. His
was caused by an tx
plosion of dynamite and his
was literally torn to
pieces. His remains werr
gathered up and taken TO the
home of his mother i'll Ire
dell county for interment.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
WHAT HE WAS PAID FOR.

GLOW did YOU feel when the alien
list who testified in your behalf said
you were crazy?"
"Why, 1 felt that he was earning
his fee"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
HIS way.

"Why, Mr.. Gloom, what is the
matter? You seem in pain, Or"
"Pain?:" snarled the pessimist.
"Confound you! This is the way L
smile r!"-Judge.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
BOTH WAYS.

"This is a positive outraged"
"What is?'
"The photographers negative
charges"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
The Strong Withstand the Heat Of
Summer Better Than the Weak

Old people who are feeble, and younger
people who are weak, will be strengthened
and enabled to go through the depress-
ing heat of ummer by taking regularly
Groves Tasteless Chilli Tonic. 1t purifes
and enriches the blood and builds up
the whole system. SOC. ~.smn
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23

}H;tns 7hzt Foes s.ct Effect THE Aes
80 Il ;ts tonic and laxative effect. LANA
= HR GMC DUMMIES hetterthan ordinary
: sztn@ -" '-..-s Not cause nervousness g<A
- +-.-=laher the full name 4Gt
Co.. i II. Is
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23

Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old STANDARD general strengthening tonic
GROVE TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria. enriches the blood, and builds up the sys
tenn. A true tonic. For adults and children. Soc
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
TUESDAY EVENING
School Building
Devotional, Rev ] A Koons


School Building
Devotional, Rev ] A Rooms
The adult attendance problem,
five minute talks, Hon ] S Hen
derson A L Smoot, P S Carlton,
E. 3 Neave, e w Tatum, B F
Stevenson, DR. G M Van Poole,
E H Bean.
The final aim of the Sunday
school, Rev G T Rowe
WEDNESDAY
Public School Building
Song Service
Devotional, Reu r O Kirk
The ideal class, Rev G O Richie
Sunday school enthusiasm, Rev
&C Wagner
The ideal teacher, Rev C B Hell
Ter
The cooperative Sunday school,
Rev w B Duttera
The department of education II
Sunday school work, Prof A /
Allen
The larger cooperation, Rev
w Long
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
School Building
Song Service
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
LOCAL NEWS
- of interest to .
ALL OF OUR READERS.

e. from August 23rd, t,
Saturday August 26th, O,
account Of the County Far
mers Union picnic and rail-,
a. Gold Knob on the 23,d
An interesting program ha
been arranged for the occa
sion.
No trac5 has been founC
OF the body Of j Fred Whit,
of Salisbury, who had tn,
misfortune of losing his lif,
while in bathing at South,
Tort some time ago. A pa,
troll il kept on the beach al
the time i'll hopes of findina
it when it will drift ashore
and t. g patrol goes as far a
10 miles,
4 Esatel,tic scene at the
passenger station last Satur-
day was two women, a mott l
and grown daughter. AID /;
little baby boy. the victim
of the recent floods il
Cleveland county. The
were in search for the
woman's brot'nr, Waitsell
Gilbert, who was thought to
be in Salisbury and failing
to find him they wet t.
Johnson county to join other
relatives.
A Trexler of Rockwell.
the Democratic nominee fer
surveyor, who has just COM
yleted a handsome residence
on Ea.t Inn-s Street, has
moved into it and will make
Salisbury his b m Mr.
1rexler is a splendid survey
or and expects to give The
work in this county his clos
est attention.
The local Milit' ~ Com
pany, 4th 20 A G returned
homr SAtur lay night from
Fort Casweil where they
spent two weeks in an an
nual encampm,Ht The eu>
campment was succ.< f.! d
or boys made a fac ocort
down there
The farmers Of this County
viii have an annual picnic at
the Gold Knob schoolhoust
today aud DR. Clarence 20.
of Rtleigh. will deliv5r All
address.
There will be a Lingle
scalp picnic to be held at the
old Hudson. 4 miles from
Salisbury, OH Tuesday, Aug
ust 29th. Every body is in
vited to come with we'll filled
baskets for dinner
There was shipped fro1
Salisbury to Raleigh Monday
night two herds of the finest
cattle IN the State, belong
ing to B B Miller at Mt UlIl,
aud + H Harrison at Mill
Bridge The herds are to be
Oh exhibition during the pc
riod Of the gathering of the
leading farmers and farm
h US there this week.
Sheriff Krider and deputy
Nash have arrested stoutls
built negro who is believ d
to be the noted criminal by
the name of Will Thomas
alias Will Johnson, wanted
either by Kentucky or Colds
boro. He was thought to be
an escaped convict from the
4 Kentucky p4nitentiarY.
The Rowan Baptist Asso-
~siatfon Of which DR. q O
Bullock Of Winston>Salem
is moderator, convened ia
Mt Zion Baptist Church Sails
bury, Of which Rev Fisher
Il Mason is pastor. More
than 500 delegates are expect
ed to be in attendance. An
interesting program has been
prepared for the five days
-o 4
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION AUGUST $3.50.
A Two-Day PROGRAM Full Of Interesting Topics,
To Be Held at Rockwell.

to be held at Rockwell on Tues.
day and Wednesday, August29,3H
which is expected to be one o
the big events of the year, is a
follows:
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10Th 1890 A n
Song Service
Devotional, Rev N D Bod1e
Words of Welcome, DR. G v
Choate
Response, W L Lyer1y
Roll Call of Townships
Presidents Address, A B Saleeby
'The Sunday School and Its Su
preme Purpose" Rev G A c
Thomas
Secretary's report, Eugene f
Bean
T~reasurer's report, W L Kluttz
Appointment of committees
Offering
Announcements
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
General Meeting: Ursinus Re
formed church
Song Service
Devotional, Rev ] M Love
Reports from township secretaries
The missionary work of the Sun
day school, Rev T F Mari
Song
The Baraca at work in the Sun-
day school, E w Tatum
Song
The fundamental that is chang
ing everything, Rev J W Long
General discussion of Sunday
school work
Miscellaneous business
Assignments of homes
Offering
Older boys conference: Lutheran
church
Conducted by committee f older
boys of Salisbury Young Mems
Christian Association, and open
only to teen-age boys and men
teachers or workers with boys
Theme: Your Job"
''What's the matter?" Ralph
Johnston
"Four sides to a Triangle" Lind
say Taylor
Things to Be Done"
Discussion led by various older
boys or the following themes:
A Boy and His Bible
Praying versus saying
Clean speech-Clean sport
Clean living
100 p IN Address, W H Morgan,
student secretary Int. Comm Y.
NJ c A, Nashville, Tenn
conference: Rockwell Bar-
fist church, conducted by Mrs
G M Jenkins
(a) What is the purpose of the
school class? Discussion
by several girls from the county
Sunday schools
(b) How to adapt Sunday
school class programs to the needs
of girls Miss FloSsie Harris
Co Special and graded courses,
Miss Lucille Reams
ID Cultivation of private de-
votional life, Mrs Frank r Brown
(e) Reports of work done by
classes throughout the
county
(f) Girls responsibility for
class service in all organized class
Miss Lois Campbell
(g) Girls recreations, Miss
Julian
(h)A girls reading, Miss Susie
Whitehead
ID A girls need of guidance
and counsel in every day life Gre.
sponsibility of Sunday school for)
Miss Mildred Overman
Summary
TUESDAY EVENING
School Building
De votional, Rev ] A Rooms
The adult attendance problem.
five minute talks, Hon ] S Hen
derson A L Smoot. P S Carlton,
r. NJ IN ny T ID tn
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E.. Pinkham Med.
cine Co.

Women who are we'll often ask care
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?" "Are they truthful ="
Why do women write such letters? u"
In answer we say that never have we
published a fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some o.
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements, inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
1t is impossible for any woman who
is we'll and who N10@@A
has never suffered SNN GsMS%Np
to realize how these M% GANM
poor, suffering wo -@U
men feel when re- {Y@
stored to health; ~ y
their keen desire to CA XII IL
help other women W &%Ig9aM
who are suffering as GJES s3AA
they did. NIX s sTNKH6M
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-08-23
H REASON.

"The maid of Orleans electrified
her contemporaries"
'"Thac must have been because she
was an Arc light"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-04-18
WHEAT OPENS Low
WITH TRADE FAIR

CHICAGO, April 18.-Wheat was
Iawer at the opening today. The vol
ume of trading was fair. The market
was easy at the start on general sell
ing by commission houses. The
strength in corn was noticeable fac
tor. May wheat opened at S113ss %
s1.133s, 15c lower than yesterdays
close July was sc off at $113, and
September at Sill was down &c
Local traders sold freely of corn
at the start on the general weakness
of wheat Several big concerns be-
came good buyers and the early sellers
started to cover, making the market
firmer
May corn was 761sc to 757s. July
sold for 7634.
Oats were steady with a trade larg-
er than usual. May opened at 451s
G45kc.
Provisions were steady to higher.
Ribs were steady at the previous close.
Trading was fair
The wheat market closed firmer,
gains being shown of B@%c, with
shorts covering late in the day. The
sales were light at $4,000 bushel OF
wheat at Chicago. While the sea
board reported a light business the
sale of oats were 100000 bushels fol
export. Corn close s@5sc higher and
oats were unchanged to Is a 1ac high
err. The provisions list wasunchanged
to 17hc up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-04-18
BOARD EXTENDS
LIMIT OF TIME
FOR PETITIONINC

Although yesterday was the last day
Tor receiving petitions for street oiling,
the board of works announced today
that it would accept petitions for the
next few days and after that time the
o1llng will have to be done by private
contract as was done two. years ago.
Several councilmen last evening, ex-
pressed themselves in favor OF passing
an ordinance requiring all macadam
streets to be oiled. Councilman Hand
ley said that he is in favor of such
an ordinance as he believes it will be
saving to the city streets.
City Loses About $50.
City Attorney Bond said the state
law makes 1t necessary for the city to
assume the obligation under the plan
adopted last year and as a conse-
quence the city lost approximately $50
in the failure of the property owners
to pay their assessment This money,
he said, could be collected legally and
1t is probable that action will be in.
stituted in circuit court against several
property owners who have refused to
pay their share. The oiling assess
n1ent is lien against the property and
action will be taken to foreclose II
unless payment is made.
Councilman HoWells said he believed
the plan adopted last year was salts
factory although the city did lose a
few dollars
oilins Expense is Less.
The advantage of the system EN-
| ployed last year, in which propert,
| owners on square guaranteed thu
payment of all the assessments before
the oiling was done, is that the oilins
only cost about one-half the amount i
did the year before
The question was referred to tn,
street and alleys committee to repor
at the next meeting.
! An ordinance, proposed by the boart
OF works, which win make it possibl,
to reconstruct all the macadam stree
with bituminous binder, was presented
to council last evening. This ordi
nance was also referred to the street.
and alleys committee
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-04-18
RUSH BRIDGE PLAN
IN SPITE OF DELAY
IN OPENING STREETS

The delay on the part of the resi-
dents of the West Side in petitioning
for the opening of South G street,
west of the river, will not hold back
the preliminary plans for the erection
of the South G street bridge, accord
ing to County Attorney Hoelscher.
Although it will be necessary to this
street before actual work can be start
ed on building the bridge, Mr..
Hoelscher said that the preliminary
plans can be made and the process of
opening the street can be gone through
with In a short time as it would be
unwise to build the street before the
bridge is built.
The city owns twenty-five feet of the
| land on the west bank of the river
thereby making it possible to build the
bridge at the proposed site entirely on
land within the city limits. When
! South G street is opened by the city il
will be extended across the river, en-
abling the bridge to be built without
negotiating with the township.
! The west approach, however. is out
side the city limits. 1t is reported thai
property owners on the west side, ad
| joining the proposed western extens
ion of G street, refuse to sign the
petition and will probably have to be
forced to sell the property through
condemnation proceedings.
The four to six-inch pods containing
-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-04-18
EXPECT RAILROADERS
TO ORDER STRIKES

8 ALBANY. N Y, April 1S.-There is
every reason to believe that within
forty-eight hours President H. c. Per-
ham, of the Order of Railroad Teleg-
raphers will serve an ultimatum on
the New York Central officials threat.
ening a strike of about five thousand
operators, signal men, station agents
and station maintainers. The men seek
an increase OF pay amounting to 131s
per cent.