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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-21
Fresh County Strawberries, Csc
quart. Picked Monday. Phone your
orders. W. D. Barksdale.
THREE YEARS OF SERVICE.

Last Sabbath was the ending OF
a three years ~srevice of Rev. M. R.
Plaxco with the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church at this place.
Mr.. Plaxco came to Abbeville
Immediately after his graduation at
Princeton and he entered with en-
thusiasm and energy upon his work.
He has been most successful, the
church growing and prospecting un-
der his ministry.
The church has bought a parson-
age and Mr.. Plaxco has married a
charming wife to put in it. The
church has invested in a handsome
pipe organ, a serviceable carpet and
in the past three years the mem
bership has increased steadily.
Altogether the relations between
pastor and congregation has been
most pleasant.
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burg, at each of which places Of
fcials of the Food Administration
will receive sworn statements of the
manufacturers using sugar. These
officials will be:
George w. Williams, Chamber of
Commerce, Charleston; j. B. Lee,
Lee Building, Spartanburg; and the
State Food Administration at Col
umbia.
The allowance shown on each GER
tifcate will be based upon last
years sugar consumption.
It is stated that this new plan
does not make any change in the
distribution of sugar to Individual
consumers o does it change the
rules with reference to selling SUI
gar to individuals for canning and
preserving. In fact, the object of
the rule is to increase the amount
of fruits and other products which
should be canned.
Sworn statements will not be re-
ceived from manufacturers until
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ing sugar, surrender sugar certif.
Gates at the time their purchases are
made, no dealer in sugar will be
permitted to sell them. The certif.
Gates will be issued by the Food AID.
ministration.
1t is stated, however, that these
rules do not apply to hotels, restau.
rants, boarding houses and public
eating places whose products are
sold for consumption on the the
premises, or to bakers and cracker
manufacturers.
The plan of sugar rationing has
been adopted in order to equalize
the distribution of sugar since many
manufacturers have largely ~increas-
ed their consumption of sugar de-
spite the request of the Food Ad-
ministration that not more than
eighty per cent of last years allow
ance be used
Sugar certificates will be issued
to manufacturers from three points,
Columbia, Charleston and Spartan
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FOR SALE-On account moving
away, will sell Overland Touring
car, good as new. New tires all
around, two extra tires and rims.
stiff. LOUISE WATSON.
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LOST-One old-time round link
gold cuff button. I Waterman self
filling Fountain Pen. S. H. Ros-
wherg. SIT
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CHEAPER IRISH POTATOES.
Sound, large Irish Potatoes, 40c,
peck, $3.50 bushel, 1925 bag. Save
iour, Eat Potatoes.
w. D. Barksdale.
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FOR SALE-Cadillac Touring Car,
1912 model. Call No. 20 for infor-
nation Slit.
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FOR SALE

Ribbon and Orange Cane Seed.
Ninety Days Velvet Beans. All
kinds Peas at lowest market price.
s-7-tf.. P. ROSENBERG.
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WANTS

FOR SALE-One new Ford Sedan.
THE L. W. WHITE co. 5-21-tf
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after May Is, since the sugar on
hand at that date, as we'll as sugar
ordered or in transit, must be in
cluded. Blanks for the purpose of
making these statements may be Sc
cured from the offices above men,
toned, and will be mailed out upon
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-21

FOR SALE:-Three good young
horses and two good mules for
sale cheap. T. r. BLACKWELL,
! Due West, S. C. 5-10-3t
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FOR RENT:-Two nice furnished
upstairs rooms, with all conven-
fences. Apply to Mrs. R. C. Will
son. 4-26-tf.
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written request. All manufacture
who desire to receive sugar aft
May Is, should write for the propI
blank.
August Kohn,
State Chm'n Conservation and Pr
duction.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
SOLDERING is
SAFE, COMP AIRED
With BEING baby
Casualties Are Greater Among
Infants than in Allied
Armies,

NEW YORK, May 30:-Being
baby in the cradle is more dangerous
than being a soldier in the trenches,
according to S. Josephine Baker, di-
rector of the Bureau of Child Hygiene
of the New York Health department.
There are four casualties in the
allied armies out of every 100 men
engaged in the course of the year."
said DR.. Baker at a meeting of the
health committee of the mayors
committee of women on national de-
Tense, opening the campaign here for
Federal Children's year which aims to
aid in saving the lives of 100000 chill
dren in the United States.
"In the United States, - babies
out of every 100 die in the course Of
the year," she added. $50 that one
way of putting it would be to say that
it is three times safer to be soldier
in the trenches in this horrible war
than to be a baby in the cradle in the
United States.
1T is not only a necessity but a pa
triotic duty to see that our children
are we'll cared for" she continued.
1--WE are spending our manhood in the
war but we cannot afford to lose the
next generation. The children of this
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
RAILROAD WAGE
RAISE REGARDED
i. REALLY As CUT
Chicago Federation Of Labor
s. Wires Protest to Sec-
rotary MCAdoo.

CHICAGO, May 23.-The recent
finding of the railroad wage commits
sion, according to reports, which gave
a wage increase Of $28S,O00,0OO over
the scale of 1915, is not satisfactory to
union labor.
This fact was made manifest Sun
[day at the meeting of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, where, upon mo-
';hon of a delegc .e from the railway
mach1nists, a strong protest was
adopted against putting the report
into effect.
! During the discussion it appeared
kkhe railway unions are opposed to the
Fscale embodied in the report. Their
contention is that wages and the cost
of living have both increased so great
~ since 1915 that wage increases
based upon the 1915 scale are not, In
Efact, increases at all.
II Means Lower Pay.
1t was asserted that the award,
based upon 1915, would in actual fact
grant more classes Of railroad work.
ers, especially the lower paid, a
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
smaller wage than they are receiving
at present.

smaller wage than they are receiving
at present.
It was also asserted if the finding
should be adopted by Director General
McAdoo, most skilled machinists now
employed by railroads would leave for
other and better paid fields.
The resolutions Of protest, wired to
McAdoo, also asserted if this scale
were put into effect it would mean
acute labor disturbances in the Chi
cago district. They charged the pur-
pose was to discredit government op-
Grafton of the roads. The protest de-
manded that increases be based upon
the 1917 scale.
Blow To Living Standard.
The telegram to Mr.. McAdoo stated
the plan proposed was a blow at the
standard of living of the workers in
the railroad and all other industries
The message also said:
1T will bring the whole proposition
of government control into disrepute
and force the employees to work for
the return of the railroads to private
control"
Resolutions were adopted calling
upon the American Federation of La.
Dor convention at it's session in June
tc arrange for the organization Of the
employees Of the steel industries. Will
liam q. Foster, leader Of the agitation
! was elected delegate to urge thu
| adoption of the plan.
The meeting called upon Senator
! Lewis and Sherman to aid the pas
sage Of the equal suffrage resolution
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
WORKERS AGAINST STRIKES

WASHINGTON, May 30.-The
federal department of labor reports
that for the week ending May 13 three
strikes and 10 controversies were ad-
justed and that labor conditions are
steadily improving. "Conciliators for
the department everywhere report"
it is stated, that men are anxious to
use the machinery of the department
so as to avoid stoppage Of work and
the sentiment is strong for the adj
justment of disputes by arbitration
without the stoppage of work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01

generation will take up the affairs
of the world in the period of recon-
struction and carry it on.
I'm Europe they have seen fit to
save more babies and to devote more
time and money to child welfare
work, than to anything else except
fighting"
Conservation of child life in the al
lied countries is aided by their sys-
TENS of maternity insurance, it is be-
ing pointed out. Health insurance. as
proposed in the United States and
now being officially considered in
nine states with a view to legislation
as need accumulated by the war, in
cludes maternity benefits with medi-
cal, nursing and obstetrical care and
cash benefits to safeguard mother
hood and childhood against suffering,
impaired strength or fatality.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
LAb0R'S ATTITUDE IN Wartime


Don't you agree with me that now
is the time Of all times when labor,
ought to be loyal to the country?"
Labor is loyal. The workers are
as loyal as any other class. In fact
they are far more loyal than the men
who are taking advantage of the SIT
ution to put additional burdens on
the people,"
what menu
1.-THE men I'm big business, of course
and some Of the men in small bust
ness. Virtually all those who have a
chance to do exploiting. They see that
the people at large are at their mercy
and they show no mercy. It is this
situation that is making labor sorer
and sorer."
But we are all suffering from it,
aren't we?"
Some people can afford to suffer.
In fact. to call the sacrifices they have
to make suffering would be absurd.
Their surplus is little less, that's all.
1t is the workers that do the hardest
suffering, those who live close to the
margin of danger all the time. Do
you wonder that we are furious?"
hut So1AAS "OIheIS arc Nldk1nE
much more money now than they did
before the war broke out, in fact, a
large number of workers."
$50 they are. But in most cases the
| increase in wages is outstripped by
| the increase in prices. This fact is so
| plain that the workers see it, eevry
| che of them, and they feel that they
are being fooled. They say: what
! is the use Of getting more wages and
being sped up to the limit when the
money doesn't buy as much as our
smaller wages used to buy?" Before
! the war those things were so cleverly
managed, they were SO subtle in their
operations and the competition for
jobs was keen that only the more
intelligent workers understood. Now
they are talking about it to one an
other and sneering and getting mad
( when they see their employers max
ing fortunes out of the war. And they
don't feel any better when they are
told that the war is going to be won
by labor. It isn't enough for the au-
thorities to tell labor that the war is
to be won by labor. If It really is to
be won by labor then let labor receive
the proper consideration"
but that consideration Is a matte,
of adjustment, isn't it? If the work
ers would agree not to strike"
and thereby give up their most eff.
fective weapon, the weapon that rep.
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resents their solidarity, the source of
their strength? Yes, that would be a
fine idea!"
you must admit that in some parts
Of the country labor is making a very.
had showing just now. It can't help
being prejudicial. It looks very self
ish and inconsiderate."
'Watt. I want. to tell you some
thing that you don't understand and
that NOSE people don't understand.
The workers to a man would be will
ing to work for $50 a month if all the
other workers were put on the same
basis"
what do you mean by all the other
workers."
Il mean the people who are not
generally considered workers and who
profit by the work of others, the ex-
ploiters, the men of big business and
small business, the profiteers. Cut out
profiteering and labor will go to the
bat"
But you are asking for something
unreasonable. 1t amounts to a revO-
lutionary change in the social organ
ization at a most critical time"
Eyes, the time is altogether to
critical to be the means of making
the rich richer and the poor poorer.
The war is too serious and too much
the concern of all to be used as
means of exploitation of the many by
! the few"
! "The government may be driven to
conscripting labor"
'sWhat do you think the result
| would be-"
| ut would bring the workers to their
Senses
| II suppose a good many people like
| you think so. Let me give you a
pointer. CONSUMPTION of labor would
| simply make the workers more dis
contented and more rebellious than
they now are. It would drive them
into sabotage. 1t might even drive
them into open revolt. However,
there is kind of CONSUMPTION that
| would make big hit with the work.
ers.
! What is that?"
transcription of wealth, which
means CONSUMPTION of the enormous
labor products that have gone to cap
ital in the past and that are going in
| staggering amounts to capital in the
present as a result of the war. They
have resorted to this kind of conscrip-
ton in Canada and in England. Why
shouldn't we profit by the example?
We are surely coming to it and the
isooner the better"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
BEGIN INDUSTRIAL
DR|VE S TO Obtain
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Florence Kelley Protests A.
tempt to Lower Educa-
ti0na| Standards. T.

NEW YORK, May 30.-The in
dustrial forces that were fighting child
labor legislation before the war are
now mobilizing to push Gown the legal
standards protecting children, and
they plead patriotism and military ne
cessity
Their attack takes various forms.
In some states they are attempting
to put through a three-semester
school year so that the children may
be driven through school some years
faster and put to work in the fac
tories before the usual time. In
other states they are attempting to
shorten the school year. The at
tempted decentralization of education
by converting the school children into
labor power before their time is al
most universal.
Farm Work Pretext.
NO sooner did the United States
enter the war;" writes Mrs. Florence
Kelley, national secretary, Consum-
ers' league, in The Glass Struggle,
"than bills were introduced in state
legislatures to exempt children, boys
and girls alike, from school attend
ance in the spring and fall from the
18th birthday on, ostensibly to work
on farms, the summer vacation being
prolonged for this purpose to cover
the months from April l to Nov. l..
I'm the propaganda for thus rob-
bling the children of the birthright
of school life which Is theirs as future
American citizens, eminence was
achieved by John Finley, commission
err of education, New York state, who,
in May, 1917, supported an evil bill
to so exempt children, and sailed for
France soon after Governor Whitman
had signed it, delegating to subordi-
mates the task of drawing up the
regulations for the guidance of local
school authorities and the safeguard
ing of the children which the new
law itself made his duty.
New York Schools Demoralizcd.
I'm consequence of the agitation in
this matter and of ambiguous in
structions from state officials, schools
in rural sections of New York were
generally denloralized. The standard
of elementary education was lowered
for great numbers of boys and girls
and many educational authorities Of
the richest and industrially most high
ly developed state in the Union were
revealed as the enemies of the chill
dren.
The younger the children whose
educational opportunity has been GU
off, the most irreparable, Of course
is their loss"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
FRANK RIST is DEAD.

CINCINNATI, May 30.--Frank Rist,
editor Of the Cincinnati Chronicle, died
in a local hospital, after several
weeks illness. Deceased was one Of
the foremost labor editors in this
country. and was steadfast in his ad-
herence to the principles of organized
labor He was we'll known in tbs
councils of labor and served in num-
berless capacities to further the cause
of trade unionism.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
Z. b. LOWE PASSES ON.

DETROIT, Mich, May .so.-A. B.
Lowe, former president of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Maintenance
of-Way Employees, died in Windsor,
Ont, opposite this city, after long
illness. Deceased was president of the
maintenance-of-way in e irrational
from 1908 until 1914. when he re-
signed because Of ill health.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
INFANT MORTALITY HIGH
DETROIT, Mimi, May 30.-At

DETROIT, Mimi. May so.-At a
meeting of Minnesota club women
Mrs. William Russell, presto IT of
this district made this statement rela-
tive to Americas high infant NOR
tality: 1--WE are called upon today as
never before to save life, the lives of
babies and the lives Of girls In the.
Industries. OF 100 soldiers who go
over the top, two die; Of every 100
babies born, IA die in infancy
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
INDORSE WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May S9.-Woman
suffrage was Endorsed at the annual
convention Of the Pennsylvania state
federation Of labor.
President Maurer was reelected. In
his opening address he stated that
Pennsylvania has to its credit fewer
strikes proportionate2y than any other
industrial state.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-01
PROBE CONDUCTORETTES.

NEW YORK, May 30.-District At
torney Lewis of Kings county has
started a grand jury investigation
into the conditions which surround
the women conductors employed by
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company.
The charge is made that working con-
ditlons and the long hours are unde-
sirable and that men can be secured
for this work.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
Municipal Ownership.

New York-The American Electric
Railway Association adopted a resolu-
ton at it's meeting here recommending
to it's member companies that they "fa-
cilitate in every reasonable way the
public acquisition Of the present cleo
trio railway properties. The resolu-
ton recommended arranging such
terms of payment as conveniently ac-
cord with the financial limitations OF
the present laws of the respective
states or municipalities, and that they
assist in the promotion of such en-
abling legislation as may be deemed
necessary.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
TURN TREES INTO STOCKINGS
Artificial Silk From Wood Pulp Be-
comes a Big Industry In
America.

New York.-Turning trees into SILK
stockings has become an important In
dustry In the United States in recent
years. During the last fiscal year
more than 100000 pairs of stockings
made from artificial silk, obtained
from wood pulp, were exported, the
National City bank says. The United
States has now become one of the lead
ing world producers of artificial SIX.
From being large importer of this
product this country has become a
considerable exporter.
While the textiles made from the
artificial fiber are not vet fully equal
to those produced from the natural
silk, the growing use of the artificial
silk is Illustrated by the fact that
our imports of artificial silk, chiefly In
the form of yarns or threads, aggre-
gated about $3O,0OO,000 in the last
decade.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
Peace Conference.

London.-The Central News mas
given out this significant statement:
"There is every reason to believe that
hostilities will cease within a few
DAYS." After informal conferences at
the residence of Colonel House in the
morning the statesmen and military
chiefs repaired to Versailles, where
the second formal and official session
was held. Japan and Belgium formal
ly took their seats in the great coun-
Gil to Join the deliberations of that
body.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
HAY and Grain.

Corn-No. 2 white $1.50@1.52, No 3
white $1.45@1.5O, No. 2 yellow $1.40@
1.45, No. 8 yellow $1.35@1.40, No. 2
mixed S1.3501.4O, No mixed $1,000
1.35, white ear $1.30@135, yellow ear
S1.2O01.3O, mixed ear $1.15012O.
Sound Hay-Timothy per ton, rang
ed from S2S032. Sound clover, mixed
$4,000, and sound clover $24@26.
New Oats-No. 2 white 71@71Rc,
standard white 701ac, No. 8 white zoe,
No. 2 mixed 70@701sc, No. mixed
69Q70c.
Butter Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
61kc, centralized creamery extras
COO, firsts 51c.
Eggs-Prime firsts Sc, firsts 56hc,
ordinary firsts 53c
Live Poultry-Springers over 2 lbs,
22c: under 2 lbs, 26c; fowls, 5 lbs and
over, 26c, do, under lbs, DE; roost-
ers, zoe.
Cattle Shippers S12@15, butcher
steers extra S13613.75, good to
choice 1161275, common to fair $3.50
610.50, heifers, extra 10.50@12, good
TO choice 90610.25, common TO fair
S6256T25, cows, extra 9Oc9$1O.5O.
Calves-Extra S17, fair to good $13
61675, common and large S6912.
Hogs-Selected heavy shippers
1915, good to choice packers and
butchers S17.75, medium S11@1I5O,
StooS S1OnI3 o. common to choice
heavy fat sows S11@15, light shippers
SlG75, pigs Clio lbs and less) SO
GA
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
Japanese Taught to Repress Emotion

Until late years the repression OF
any appearance of strong emotion was
carefully drilled into the mind and life
Of every Japanese child of the better
class. There is much more freedom now
than formerly, but the influence of past
training is seen everywhere-in art.
In literature, on the stage and in tn"
customs of daily life. Artists paint
the autumn moon, which every Japan
csc adores, but he wraps the brilliant
disk within a veil of cloud.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
Camnainn for Nurses.

Washington.-With 10000 nurses
enrolled, more than 1900 of whom
are serving with the army and navy
at home and overseas, the Department
of Nursing soon will star a campaign
to take care of the growing needs of
the military forces next year. An an
nouncement made by the War Council
said that $4,000 nurses will be needed
by next July, and that 5000 of these
must be enrolled before the first OF
the year.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
Women Win Victory.

part in supervising not only the sub
stitution of women for men in indus
try, but also the withdrawal of male
labor from less essential lines for war
work. This announcement, made by
Fred c.. Croxton, head of the United
States Employment Service for Ohio,
followed receipt of instructions from
Washington to the effect that Federal
Community Labor Boards are to be
permitted to add two women members
to their organization.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
Hemp Trees Many Products.

The hemp tree is one of the most YER
satile plants in the world. From 1t
comes, besides rope and wrapping pa
per, the drug hashish, called by Its
devotees "the joyous" obtained by boil
ing the leaves and flowers with fresh
butter; a valuable vegetable oil, a cake
used by the farmers for their stock,
and the finer varieties are used for
cloth, coarse laces and braids. A great
deal of the seed is exported for canary
seed.