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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-11
RAILROADS NEED
PERMANENT PLANS
Spokesman for Employees Heard by
Committee-Soluti Must Come.
Plumb Declares Proposed Period
Of Twenty-one Months Does
Not Give Sufficient Time.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Railroads
should be kept under government
control until congress has developed
permanent plan for their manage
ment, Glenn E. Plumb of Chicago,
spokesman for organized railway la
Dor, today told the senate Interstate
commerce committee. Twenty-one
months of government control, au-,
thorized by the present law will not
be sufficient time for working out
solution, Mr.. Plumb said, but rail-
way employees are hostile to five
years extension unless the railroad
administration revokes it's orders
forbidding railway employees to
participate in politics
For a permanent solution the la
i, Dor forces proposed the following:
Government ownership Of all rail-
way properties; operated by a single
/ corporation dividing profits equally
between employees and the govern
ment, and directed jointly by repre-
sentatives of employees and the gov
ernment and operating officers and
the public; automatic reduction of
rates when profits exceed certain
amount; and retention by the inter-
state commerce commission of pres
ent power to regulate rates..
/ Merits of the plan, it was argued,
are that it would promote efficiency
through the profit sharing feature
and through unified operation; take
railroads out of politics; stabilize
! investments; eliminate conflicts be-
tween States and federal authority
and provide local means of financing
extensions.
! AS prerequisite to government
i ownership, the labor interests propos-
ed tha trailway properties be apprais-
ed witohut the big allowances claim
ed by railway companies for land
values based on costs of acquiring
them at present.
Much of the questioning of Mr..
Plumb evolved around the objection
to the railroad administrations po-
litical order. Mr.. Plumb said this
virtually tied the hands of railroad
employees in assisting in develop
ing solution of the railroad ques-
tion.
/ Senator Cummins, of Iowa, inquir-
! ed how the interstate commerce COM
; mission would determine under the
/ labor plan what would constitute fair
/ rates to provide share Of profit for
j division among employees. Mr..
/ Plumb suggested that in the begin
ming rates might be placed on level
! to render one per cent Of gross op-
Grating revenues as net earnings to
be shared among employees, and
one per cent for the government.
! When the governments share exceed
ed five per cent the interstate COM
merce commissions should readjust
| the rates.
Senator Cummins also expressed
fear that if government operation
were continued for five years, cong
rress would drop efforts to find So
luton until near the end of that per-
iod. Mr.. Plumb replied he believed
! interests representing capital, seeing
their relations becoming more COM
plicated would press for change,
and the public feeling the govern
ment was paying to omuch as COM
pensation to the roads would urge
congressional action sooner. Labor,
he said, should lend all it's influence
to promoting early legislation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-11
COTTON MARKET.

Cotton brought 26 cents on
the local market yesterday.
March futures in New York
( closed at 21.64. Be-. 49, ..-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-11
CALLS MEET|NGF0
STANDARDIZATION
Farmers, Bankers and Business Men
of All Glasses to Attend Meeting
To Be Held in Columbia on
Next Thursday, February
Thirteenth.

At the request of Governor Robt.
A. Cooper, 1 am issuing call to all
counties to send a strong delegation
of farmers, bankers, business men
and county demonstration agents
representing the various counties to
meet at the county court house in
Columbia on Thursday, February 13,
at 12 M, to map out and adopt a
practical method to reduce the pro-,
duction of cotton in 1919 at least 33
, 1-3 per cent.
, With a large part of the spindles
of the world standing idle, a vast
majority of them working on short
time; it is absolutely essential that
the production of cotton be fully re-
duced III proportion to the spindles
standing idle in order that a fair
price to the producer of cotton can
be had for the residue of the 1918
crop, and more especially for the
crop of 1919.
| For forty years the product OF
Southern farms has maintained the
balance of trade for the United
States, and for forty years the cotton
crop has been marketed regardless of
; the cost Of production. For the first
time in forty years, due entirely to
four short crops Of cotton (and not
on account of the war) the banks Of
the South and the cotton farmer are
in a position to determine what the
price of cotton shall be if we elect
to take such measures as are neces-
; ,ry to bring it about. While world
conditions are disturbed as at pres
ent it is necessary that no overpro-
duction of cotton be allowed if we
propose to maintain living wage
, scale for cotton producers. The wage
scale obtaining throughout the cot
ton producing districts has been
heretofore the lowest in existence in
the United States, being only equal
led by Chinese "coolie" labor. On
account Of war conditions the price
=; labor his advanced and in order
=? : this c.ivance be maintained and
the South secure their due proper
tion of the prosperity Of the nation,
! it is necessary that our cotton crop
! should bring at least 35 cents per
pound.
| We cannot expect good roads, good
churches and school houses and an
educated people on the wage scale
that has formerly existed throughout
the cotton belt, therefore, let all pub
lie spirited men from every walk of
life make it their business to ad
vance in every way possible the plans
being outlined in this and other
states to reduce production of cot
ton in 1919 at least one-third.
TIE meeting called in Columbia on
he 18th is to devise ways and means
70 this end. Let every county in the
state be fully represented at this
meeting that they may present their
local conditions and help in an intel
). ligible solution of the situation.
! Governor Beckett, of North Caro-
lima, has issued call through Messrs
:, Clarence Poe and o. ]. Mcconnell,
to be held at Raleigh, on February
18th to outline a plan Of action in
>, that. state on cotton acreage reduc-
tion.
L. I. GUION,
Camden, S. c., Feb. 10, 1919.
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NAVAL BUILDING IS
STILL IN DOUBT
Final Action Postponed in House
No Night Standardization Will
Probably Not Be Made Until
Next Week-Revepue Bill
Friday.

Washington, Feb. Final action
on the three year naval building pro-
gram was postponed in the house late
today, probably until next week, be-
cause of an agreement not to hold
a night session. The house also de-
ferred consideration of appropria-
tions aggregating $2a6,oOO,oOO for
completing the unfinished part of the
first program, authorized in 1916.
Work on the naval bill will be in
terrupted tomorrow. Representative
Kitchin, the Democratic leader, will
call up the conference report on the
new war revenue bill with a view to
it's adoption before adjournment.
Representative Padgett Of Tennessee
chairman of the naval committee, an
nounced today that he would ask that
work on the naval bill be resumed
as soon as final action is taken on
the revenue bill, but he added that
he did not expect this would be be-
fore Monday.
Before voting on the new program,
the house will pass on the appropria-
tions for the 1916 construction, the
unfinished part of whcih includes sew
en- battleships, six battle cruisers,
seven scout cruisers, 81 submarines,
a gunboat and an ammunition ship.
Disapproval Of purchase of wireless
stations was recommended today by
the house in adoption without OBJ
lection of an amendment providing
that the engineering appropriations
of s35,0OO,00O for the purchase of
radio stations. Representative Lehl-
bach, Of New Jersey offered the a.
naendme1t with the statement that he
thought it wise to prevent the navy
department "from acting as it did last
year" in buying radio stations Gun
der the loose authority of the naval
bill".
Representative Mann, of Illinois,
the Republican leader, asked if the
amendment would prevent payment
for radio purchases already made,
and Mr.. Lehlbach said>he thought it
would.
Aside from the construction items
all provisions of the bill have been
approved. They include appropria-
tions of s7S,5OO,OOO for the marine
corps; s17s,SoO,OOo for pay of the
navy; $37,5O0,OOO for repair of YES
sells; $35, 100000 for engineering ex-
penditures, and $7,5OO,000 for the
maintenance of yards and docks. Un-
der the appropriation for yards are
included $4,000 for the Boston dry
docks; s1,2OO,OoO for the completion
of the Philadelphia dry docks; $780,
900 for water front improvements
at Norfolk, and s1,000,000 for wat
er front improvements at the Hamp-
ton Roads Naval Base.
Support for the House bill was
promised by Senator Swanson, chair
man of the senate naval committee,
during senate debate today on anoth-
er subject in which thequestionofre-
trenchment was raised. Asked re-
gardeing his attitude on the three
year building program, Senator Swan,
son said:
"I expect t osupport it should the
condition be such that there is no dis
armament or cessation of navalism In
other countries. In that event, in or
der to protect this country, we should
have a navy adequate to protect our
great commercial interests, and ou1
liberty and our institutions"
;
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Smashes Guard Rail.

The car tore down the first of the
large guard bars on the left side but
fell when it struck the second, say
witnesses. The second car was left
standing on the trestle tilted at a
very dangerous angle and those who
were in this coach say that they ex-
pected to 60 down at any moment.
The motorman succeeded in bring
ing this car to standstill about 100
feet from where the rear coach fell.
Underneath the trestle the soil is
very sandy. The car fell with the
rear end, which was the smoker,
striking first. Of the four persons
that were killed three were in this
section of the coach and the other
was very close by. The timbers bur.
rowed very deeply into the ground
on the rear end. Had the coach
landed broadside it is doubtful il
there would have been a single per.
son to survive.
: Those on the upper end of the
car received lesser injuries, having
been free from the impact Of the
I fall. =; T.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1919

Representative l.. f. Girard OF
Boulder has just returned from trip
to the western slope by auto. He re-
turns enthusiastic with the idea that
guide posts should DO erected at all
road crossings. The one road sign
which impressed him most was over
you might meet a fool" Isn't 1t the
truth? Most accidents are the result
OF two fools meeting. But from our
own stand poiut there WAS only one
fool In the case, and he WAS the other
fellow. II every darn fool would cut
out the fool driving there would be
no more fool accidents. Darn a fool
anyway. -Longmont Call.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
pu. shIpm..es Live. First.

For unusual herOism the secretary of
the navy has just awarded medal of
honor to Ora Graves. n seaman OF the
United States navy. His Is the sec
ond medal of honor awarded to man
In the regular navy since the war be-
gan. On Dec. % lastan explosion fol.
lowed the firing of n three-inch salute
charge on board the u. s. S. Pittsburgh.
then In South American waters. Two
men were killed and several others In
jured. Graves was thrown to the deck,
but soon recovered. Coming to his
senses he noticed n bundle Of burning
wnste lying on the deck. Despite his
knowledge of the presence Of powder
in n nearby cnsemate and the Risk he
took of being killed by explosion, he
picked up the blazing material and put
out the flames with his hands. Graves
enlisted In the navy In November. 1915,
at San Francisco.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
The Hat Of the somme.

"The Hat Of the Somme" Is destined
to be one OF England's historic relies.
Already 1t Is preserved In the British
War museum.
In the attack which English troops
made Along the line on a certain dry
of the battle Il squad of men in their
excess Of vigOr forced their way fnr
beyond the detectives md We're cut off
from their supports. One Of the men,
defying the Huns. put his hat on n
stick and placed 1t over the parapet
which he and his comrades had erect
ed. They owned no flag, and desiring
some rnllying point cheered this bat
tered felt hat.
Later In the day. when their COM
rides came charging to save them.
only one man was alive. The battle
continued for hours about this spot,
and for three days thereafter the Int,
whipped by bullets md rlddled with
shrnpnel, chung to Its stan until the
British finally consolidated the POSI-
ton and saved It. as a precious me-
mentO Of gallant death.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
XIII Seal. to Protect Salmon.

In an effort to protect the salmon
run and probably enhance the pack,
the British Columbia authorities are
reported, In advices from the Pacific
coast, to be making war on the hair
seals which are charged with eating
immense quantities Of salmon at the
mouth of the Fraser river. A Van
couver report states that, after observ-
ing the hnunts of the seals on the
Fraser sandheads. one OF these shoals
wns recently mined. high explosives
and charges of metal being placed In
cans below the surface Of the snnd.
which the next high tide smoothed
over. At low tide seals returned to
their place In the sun and were not
disturbed. The next day nearly 200
seals gathered on the sands. and the
explosive was touched OF by battery
from which wires led to the seal ground.
The explosion killed every SEAL tenr.
Ing the animals into small fragments.
Other blasts Will be set of, for this
Is the big sockcye salmon year and
protection of the run is vital.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
Getting In 1t Gradually

George" said n Florida man to an
old negro In his employ, II under
stand that you intend to give your
son an education?'
"Dat't my intention, sub, respond
ed George. II know myself what
tits to struggle along without learn
in, an I has determined my son
amt goin' to have no sIch TROUBLE as
Ise had"
SIS your son learning rapidly?"
He shore Is, sub. Las week he
done wrote u lettah to his aunt what
lives more'n twenty miles from yere,
an alta while he's goin' to write to
his aunt dat lives bout fifty miles
from yere."
"Why doesn't he write to that
aunt now?' asked his employer.
"He KANT write NO fur yit, sub.
He kin write twenty miles fust rate,
but ] tole him not to try fifty miles
till he get stronger wifi his PEN
Jacksonville Times Union.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04

to advance their own interests at the
expense Of the people"
Democracy requires Of each man
great respect for order, a more unseif-
ish consideration OF every mans rights
and advantage" asserts this new PAM
phlet under the heading 1.-THE Needs of
the People" Each citizen Is respOn-
sble for the conduct OF the Govern
ment. He Is part of the state, not
merely subject Of 1t. The Govern
ment Is his. II 1t Is bad 1t is his fault.
He has put power into the wrong
hands"
"The first duty Of every citizen is to
vote at every election" 1t is declared
In chapter on "The Citizens Part"
He has no right to shirk this simple
duty. No one has 4 right to complain
about how things are done II he falls
to vote. 1t is not fair play to the rest
of the people when any man does not
help to do the work which benefits all.
Every citizen should study public
questions enough to vote wisely. and
he should take the time. above all
things, to learn about the men who are
to he voted for as public officers. He
should follow only those leaders who
are true to the peoples interest"
After sketching the rise Of democ-
rncy In this country and the part taken
In II by various foreign leaders the
pamphlet says: 1.-THE European strug-
gle for liberty is marked oftentimcs
by terrible injustice, by dIsrespect for
law. by public disorder and public dis
aster. In its history Injustice is often
revenged by injustice, not overcome
by equality Of opportunity. We see
noteworthy and terrible example Of
license-not lIberty-in Russia today.
All these attempts are endenvOrs after
liberty and In TINT measure are praise
worthy When they grow to lawless-
ness they must he condemned by every
lover of democracy"
Millions Of copies of this patriotic
primer will be printed and distributed
not only In the channels of this civic
education campaign Of the National
Catholic War Council. but through ev'
cry civic agency In the work Of which
1t would prove of value.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
Joseph First Food Controller.

Let's go back into history to get the
right angle on this food controller busI-
ness, urges Maclean's Magazine (TO-
ronto). Joseph was the first food
controller. After he had answered the
riddle OF PharaOh's dream, by predict
ing the coming of the seven lem years.
Joseph was delegated to collect and
save food and to build huge granaries
to store 1t In.
"He went about II so thoroughly
that when the lean years came there
was food In plenty for all the Egypt
Inns and even some to sell. probably Mt
rrofiteering prices. to the needy who
cnme from less provldent lands to buy
food in foresighted Egypt. The reason
for the success of the first food con.
trollership is not hard to find. 1t had
the autOcrntic and absolute power of
Pharaoh behind 1t. What Joseph said
must be done was DONE"
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
Chnmberlnin's Cough Remedy

This Ia not only one Of the best and
most efficient medicines for coughs,
colds, Group and whooping cough,
but il also pleasant to take, which 10
important when q medicine must be
given to young children. Chamber
iain's Cough Remedy has been In use
for many years and met with much
favor wherever Its good qualities
have become known. Many mothers
have given it their unqualified en-
dorsement VIM. Scruby. Chillicothe
Mo-, writes, II have raised three
children, have always used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and found
it to be the best for coughs, colds and
Group. 1t is pleasant to take. Both
adults and children like 1t. My wife
and ! have always felt safe from
Group with IL In the house." Cham
berlain'f Cough Remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
Newe,t Steel E,.x to Cast.

The English have Just invented a
high speed steel which is SO strong
that engines and guns and tools nnde
Of 1t cnn be worked more rapidly than
those made of any of the other steels.
the Popular Science Monthly says
thnt tools OF this steel can be cast Into
shnpe, and cnstIng Is the quickest
known way of making any tool.
There are few steels. however, which
by casting them do not become brit.
tie. "Cobaltcrom STEEL" as 1t is called,
nevertheless can be made in this man.
ner instend Of having to be forged and
rolled, two very much lengthler and
more expensive processes.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior. U. s. Land Once at
Glenwood Springs, Colo. September 10, 1919.
NOTICE Is hereby given that Henry Stndt-
man jrof Meeker, Colorado, who, on january ~,
1914, made Homestead Entries Serial No. Ossl..
for Lot $; s,2nwk: ne4sw4 Sec .: and on
for the nl4sea. Sec .: and ntsswt
Scca. II 9 N. Il m W, 9Th N. has filed
notice Of intention to make Final Three Year
Proof. to establish claim 10 the land above
described, before Henry j. Hay. U. =. Com
missioner, at Mceker, Colombo. ON the .4th
day of october, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
samuel W. Queen, Fred $. Mobley. Charles N.
Mobley, aud Andrew q. Robertson. all of
Mcekcr, Colorado.
s:A-ois ID. @. wEYAND. Register.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Son-Conl Land
Department of tho Interior. u. $. Land Once nj
Glcnwood Springs. Colo, September ~. 1913.
NOTICE Is hereby given that Stephen ".
Gales, of Merker. Colorado. who. on Sorcm-
Der rs, 1918, made Homestead Entry, Serial
No, oI;SS; for w.ise,i. See whnsl see d;
Of intention TO make Final Three Year
Proof. to establish claim 10 the land above ics-
cribcd, before Henry j. Hay. L. $. Commis
sioncr, NJ Mecker, Colorado. on the s0th day OF
October, 1919.
Claimant names Ms witnesses:
Clyde j. Dunhnm. sherman Emerson. james
l.. 1atum, and james u. Burch. all Of Mecker
Colorado.
s.a-ols ID. e. WEN AND, Register.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
We Must Fight For True Americanisrn
BY JOHN !. BURKE. C.. 8. p

ton hns seen md Is still seeing service
Mt home and abroad.
Every intelligent and patriotic Amer
lean sees today that these services,
harnessed. for work in the war. ought
not to be strapped. but should serve
In the future just as capably us In the
past. We nil know our strength the
better. and we NIL feel under the urge
Of the new Amerlcanism that we ought
TO use 1t to the full. II victory is not
TO be lost we must keep up the fight
for true American principles; we mus,
wipe out the poisonous imported prin-
ciples. We must make Of our new.
corners intelligent, capable citizens.
The Catholic body is close to these
questions. No church has weathercd
so many storms; no church has so of
ten spoken on world problems. The
program of Social Reconstruction, is
sued by the National Catholic War
Council. is an index Of what the ac-
tion and leadership OF the Catholic to-
day will be. Problems of labor and
capital. AmerIcanization, social better
ment, child labor. community welfare.
the increased importance Of the posi-
ton of women, the necessity of clns-
steal and technical education. housing
conditions, the well-being of boys nn'l
girls--all these should receive careful
attention and warrant the continuation
of the National Catholic Welfare Coun-
ell.
In the meeting of the bishops Of the
entire country at Washington Amer-
cans will witness the greatest Catholic
gathering since the Plenary Council of
Baltimore In 1884. In It experienced,
patriotic men will give heart and soul
to American problems. They Will try
to plan so that by solving these prob
lens the United States may be made
stronger, better and more prosper
Gus nation than ever before.
The Meeker herald., 1919-10-04
PATRIOT PRIMER
FOR FOREIGNERS
Simple Story Of Our Nation Told
by Catholic Council to
New Citizens.

WashIncion.-As ammunition In Its
nation wide fight for civic education of
the nine million foreign-born and Hit
crate people in the United States the
National Catholic War Council has Is
sued II patriotic primer, entitled "The
Fundamentals Of Citizenship" from Its
headquarters In this city. Unless than
Fifty pages OF short, simple sentences
the history and Idea If American de-
mocracy as well as the needs and
rights Of Its people are outlined In this
little book. with brief explanations of
such subjects ms public education.
health, legislation, representation, the
courts. foreign relations, fraud preven-
tIon md duties OF citizenship. Trans
inted into foreign languages or quoted
by thousands OF the trained native
speakers who nre enlisted In this civic
campaign. the contents OF this hnnd-
book on American democracy will he
placed before every man, woman and
child in this country whose civic igno-
rance might make them easy prey for
Bolsheyiki propaganda. 1t includes
copies of the Declaration of Indepcnd-
ence and the Constitution of the Unit
ed States.
DeclariN that "our country Is the
innd OF freedom and opportunity and
that n knowledge of Its Constitution Is
necessary to the American-born us well
as to the forcign-born III they, too. are
to take up tie task OF faithful citizen
ship" this primer of patriotism de-
votes itself ut the outset TO the gen.
eral work of reconstruction In citizen
ship" 1t explains that "the citizen
who does not possess some knowledge
of our democratic institutions may
easily become the prey OF the dema-
yogue or of persons who are anxious