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The Ward County independent., 1922-04-20
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RAIL
ROADS
The National Augmentation it was
Made and Why

Railroad executives, in their testi-
mony before various public agencies
and in their published propaganda,
have critized the so-called National
Agreement covering rules and work
ing conditions for railway employees
as one of the "most disastrous innova-
tions" of the Railroad Administration
under federal control.
The facts, as revealed by the testi
mony of Directors General McAdoo
and Hines and their associates, are:
(1) Practically all the rules in the
National Agreement were in force on
the great majority of roads before the
government took over the lines. They
had been accepted as reasonable by
railroad officials after negotiations
with representatives Of the employees.
(2) When the National Agreement
was negotiated the Federal railroad
administration was represented by
three of the most prominent railroad
presidents in the United States. Sure
ly these gentlemen did not overlook
the interests Of the railroads.
(3) The National Agreement did
not establish a "closed shop" Under
it union and non-union men were en-
ployed on terms Of absolute equality.
(4) The National Agreement was
a good thing from the governments
point Of view. "The system has fully
justified ITSELF" is the testimony of
both McAdoo and Hines.
Testifying before the Senate Com
ruary l, 1922, William Gibbs McAdoo
former director general of railroads,
declared that the National Agree
ments gave to all railroad workers
rules and working conditions that were
enjoyed by large number Of work
ers prior to federal control.'
In a report made to the president,
March l, 1920, Walker D. Hines, then
director general of railroads, said:
"Various orders of the Director
General have established reasonable
rules and working conditions, which
were applicable in the very numerous
cases, where no rules and working
conditions had been established prior
to federal control, and in some cases
the rules and working conditions es-
tablished by the Director General
have, by agreement, become substi-
tute for those which prevailed by
agreement prior to federal control.
Agreements Have Justified Them
selves
"The system has fully justified it
self, and is only question Of time
and mutual understanding when. local
incidents Of discouraging character
will disappear" .
Mr.. Hines testified that the Nation
al Agreement eliminated friction be-
tween the managers and employees
in the most gratifying manner, which
was the prime object sought when it
was promulgated. He said:
ut is an interesting commentary
that on some of the largest railroads
in the country, with the strongest
and most effective managements, not
a single case has come to one or more
+ of these boards of adjustment.
"The principle of collective bar
gaining has been further recognized
in The making Of national agreements
between the Director General and
The Ward County independent., 1922-04-20
Crows Are a Pest

Dakota than usual. They are a
menace to our song birds and grouse
and ought to be destroyed. In some
localities, crow hunts are being insti-
t:;ted and prizes given for the most
crow eggs brought in. One locality
offers premium of ten cents on
each crow killed.
The Ward County independent., 1922-04-20
Deering Interested in Potatoes.

Fred Roble and A. M. Wigen of
Deering were in Minot Monday en-
route to Berthold to buy two car loads
of seed potatoes for Deering growers
who have pledged $50 acres to the
crop. They report that Deering is
anxious for printer to locate in that
town, good plant being for sale on
the right terms.
The Ward County independent., 1922-04-20

cf Railroad Telegraphers Switch
mems Union, Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks and United Brotherhood Of
Maintenance Of Way Employees and
others.
Boards Created by Agreement
"These boards" Mr.. McAdoo added,
"were created by agreement between
the representatives cf the railroad
labor organizations and the OFFl
GERS OF THE RAILROAD CORPO-
RATIONS as regional directors Of
the Railroad Administration.
This practice, adopted under feder-
al control, Of dealing through these
boards of adjustment with the griev-
ances of railroad employees and of
authorizing the establishment of these
boards of adjustment between groups
of carriers and the employees and
their organizations has been specific
ally approved by Congress and incor-
porated in the Cummins- -Esch law"
An "absolute essential" to the
achievement Of the nations war pro-
gram Mr.. McAdoo declared, "was to
satisfactorily dispose of the labor pro-
gram, which was then acute and
menacing There were many
grave abuses in the matter Of working
conditions on the railroads which
needed correction"
"The wisdom of dealing with the
subject in this MANNER" Mr.. McAdoo
said, "has been fully justified by re-
suits"
Cost of National Agreement
Did the National Agreement impose
unnecessary costs upon the carriers!
Railroad officials have declared that
they were very expensive, but Mr..
Hines declares that under them eff
cheney Of workers increased.
Mr.. Hines in his report to the presi-
dent, says that "The traffic units of
service per man hour had increased
from 80 per cent, in 1915 to 100 per
HOUR THAN HAD EVER BEEN
OBTAINED BEFORE"
Frank McManamy, assistant Direc-
tor of Operations during Federal
control, corroborated the testimony OF
Messrs. McAdoo and Hines in an ex-
tended presentation before the U. 5.
Railroad Labor Board.
"The National Agreement" he said,
practically put an end to strikes, in
creased morale, made the men con-
tented and improved the esprit d'corps
without which efficiency is generally
impossible"
Mr.. McManamy exploded the con-
tention that the National Agreement
was "foisted" upon the carriers. He
said:
"The agreement was practically
made between representatives of the
! regional directors Gall of whom were
railroad officials) and representa-
tives CT the employees who held
conferences covering a period of ap-
proximately four months, both OF
whom appeared before the wage board
in presenting their respective sides
of the case."
The charge that the workers coerced
the Railroad Administration was de-
nounced as unfounded by Mr.. Nc
Manamy, who says on this point:
$50 far as the Railroad Admins
| tration was concerned it was not
coerced into anything. 1t proceeded
along the lines which were, in the
judgment Of those in charge, for the
best interests Of the country and of the
railroads. l do not recall any threats
irf coercion or intimidation
| Four or five months after the
Agreement became effective, Mr.. Nc
Manamy testified, canvass "of re-
gional directors to determine the re-
sl'lts showed that there was general
and almost uniform increase of ef-
fciency."
The Ward County independent., 1922-04-20
Prairie Chickens Numerous

Reports from the rural districts say
that the prairie chickens or grouse
have come thru the winter in the best
of shape, insuring the hunters plenty
Of sport during next falls open
season.
The Ward County independent., 1922-04-20

W4ANTED-Clean cotton rags at IN.
Independent office.
The Ward County independent., 1922-04-20

cf Railroad Te1egraphers Switch
mems Union, Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks and United brotherhood Of
Maintenance Of Way Employees and
others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13
BOYS SAVE LIFE

After s!xty-six hours Of artificial
respiration, Simon Shulin, 16 years
old, of Brooklyn, who is at the Or
thopedic Hospital with paralysis
sustained as the result Of a broken
neck, regained normal breathing
yesterday, and is on the road to re.
covery, according to a statement is
sued last night through the United
Hospital Fund.
The boy broke his neck when he
dived into shallow water at Coney
Island last summer and after appar-
emily recovering was attacked by
paralysis in October and taken to
the hospital, where several serious
operations ere performed. Artifi-
cial respiration was applied until
Saturday night, when thirty boys
Of the various Y. M. C. A. branches
of the city took up the task, work.
ing in relays. Mechanical artificial
respiration devices failed to give
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Will Be at Opera House January 8
For Benefit of Schools

An excellent Shakespearian com.
pany will present in the Abbeville
Opera House on the evening OF
January 9th "The Merchant OF
Venice" in its entirety for the
benefit Of the City Schools. The
company is one Of the best Shake
spearian companies on the road and
is headed by Pierre Pelletier, who
was for many years associated with
Julia Marlowe, Sothern, Madam
Fisk and Mrs. Stuart Robson in
presenting Shakespearian plays.
Mr.. Pelle.ier will take the part of
Shylock in "The Merchant Of
Venice" and is ably supported by
actors of unusual merit in produc-
ing this most popular Of Shake
speare's great dramas.
1t was for the primary benefit to
the high school English classes
that Supt. Fulp and the other
teachers in the high school assumed
quite q large guarantee to this
company to come to Abbeville! In
fact it is the most expensive COM
pany that has ever given a per-
~formance for the school, and is
unquestionably the best Of its
kind. Not a pupil in the high
school a afford to miss seeing
this presentation of the play which
all are required to study during
their school career. !
The prices Of admission etc., will
be announced later, and the tickets
will be put on sale in advance.
If it should happen that the new
school auditorium is completed by
This date, the presentation will be
given there instead Of in the city
opera house. January 9 was the
,nly date available for the presen-
.ation to be given here this winter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13
Claim. To Be Heir Of Jay Gould

Columbia, Dec. 7.-"Claiming tc
have been adopted by the Late Jay
Gould, New York multi-millionare,
under the laws Of the state Of Viz
.einia, friends of Jay Gould Nor.
row, an inmate Of the insane
asylum in South Carolina r sp-
pealing to Governor Trinde to use
his efforts to establish the fact that
Morrow is entitled to share in the
Gould fortunes and that he is being
held in the asylum unlawfully and
without any cause other than to
prevent him from being included
among the heirs"
Thus reads a paragraph from
err advices from Richmond and
these continue: I'm a letter to the
governor (Trinkle) today from q
person who signs himself Paul T.
Gadsden, a resident Of Columbia,
S. c., it is stated that Morrow has
been kept in confinement for the
last eighteen years and that he is
not of unsound mind"
Governor Harvey stated today
that he had recently made investl-
CATION Of this case at the state hos
pital and that a report on it is to be
made public at an early date. Mn.
Morrow was questioned thoroughly
by the governor and others, who
went with him to the state hospital,
and it is understood the state hos
pitfalls handling of the case was
commended. Mr. G~adsden, mention
ed in the Richmond advices, is a
Charlestonian and a former patient
in the hospital here,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13

Women of the United States
wear 100000 different styles ,f
hoes, William A. Durgin, chief of
he division of simpliied practire of
he Department of Commerce, de-
Jared here today before the annual
convention of the Shippers Ware
housing and Distributing Associa-
lion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13
MR.. FULP TALKS AT BANQUET

Gives History of Football and IT.
Orisin.-Toasts From Sponsors
MI. Fulp in, speaking of football
said:
"The name American Rugby may
sound strange to football players in
the United States, but it is the cor
rect name for their game. Football
is played principally in the British
Empire and in the United States. 1t
is a very ancient form of exercise
and amusement. The Indians of
North America and the aborigines
of many of the Pacific Islands play
ed a similar game, and it is not at
all improbable that football, in some
form, was known in the far-off days
when all Europe was in barbarism.
1t has been accepted by some skep-
teal persons as the real reason for
the saving of Capt. John Smiths life
by Pocahontas, the young Indian
maid mistaking the round head of
the captain for a football lying on
the block and being punted for a
safety by Pocahontas. The Greeks
seem to have taught it to the Romans
and the latter, through their soldiers,
to the Britons and other races of
the north. In the British Isles foot
ball was played by whole communi-
ties, who kicked the ball without
clear design through the streets or
over the meadows between the rival
towns, in such rough fashion that
the game was sometimes forbidden
by law. Only in the nineteenth CEN
tury did it become an organized
game, with fixed numbers on each
side and definite methods Of count
ing score
1t was at the great English schools
like Rugby, Harrow, and Eton that
football was first made practical. The
boys playground at Rugby is large
and there is plenty of room for run
ming and tackling. At other schools
even as late as 1850, the game was
confined to kicking and bunting the
ball. Thus two distinct types of foot
ball have developed: Rugby, which
permits running with the ball, and
Association or Soccer, which pro-
hibits it. The former type includes
English, Canadian and American
Rugby, three distinct styles of play.
The great game was probably
brought to this country by early Vir-
ginia roIoaists, and soon after 1880
several Of the eastern colonies be-!
gan to play it. About 1910 inter-
class games were common at Am
herst, Brown, Harvard and Yale. In
1860 these games became SO rough
that the faculties of Harvard and
Yale prohibited football. At Prince
ton a more orderly game was play
ed, more on the style of Association
ball, and in. 1869 the first intercol-
legiate contest took place between
and Rutgers. In 1871 foot
ball was revived at Harvard, with
rules which permitted running with
the ball, as in Rugby. On May Is,
1874, McGill College of Montreal,
challenged Harvard to all
match, met the Bostonians in the
first intercollegiate Rugby match
in America. McGil's players
were accustomed to the English rules
Of play while Harvard had made ,
slightly different rules. So on the {
day preceding the game, the two {
teams eourteously coached each 9TH
er in tactics. On the 18th q match {
was played under Harvard rules, and !
Harvard scored three times. The {
next day, under McGill rules. Meth |
er side was able to score. Soon all
Of the big colleges in America {
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13

The 1921 Yearbook of the U. S.
Department tof Agriculture would,
if printed privately sell for. not less
than $500, but farmers can get it
free by writing TO their senators or
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13

The old story of casting pearls be
fore swine has a parallel in feed
ing good corn! to scrub hogs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-13


popularity ever since"
While only a few of the football
players were notified beforehand
that they would be expected to res
pond to toasts, before the splendid
evening wound up, nearly every
body at the table had said some
thing good about the team and par
t;cularly about the sponsors.
The sponsors responded in rhyme
when called on, and here are some
samples of their original poetry:
Here's to a bunch of boys you have
They have won you many a bet,
They have held on high the garnet
and gold
Winning victories, brave and bold.
We are proud of each Of you
The football team of '22.
Rachel Minshall.
Here's to the Abbeville Hi
Here's to our reds and yellows
You may look the old world far
and nj
But you can't find better fellows.
Judith Hill.
"Here's to that glorious old team
Who has fulfilled our dream,
Of victories far and wide
With a few defeats on the side.
/ am proud to sponsor a team so
bold
So here's to the protectors of the
garnet and gold"
DEFY Owen.
There have been great men in Glenn
sons line,
But we've got them beat a block this
time,
I wish to call your attention
And of our coaches make big men,
ton.
They've been u hope, our pep, our
all, ,
They boosted US up when hope was
small,
So loudly forth let's let it peal =
Here's to George Cam, Hafner and
Neil"
Grace Milford.
Here's to the wind that blows and
blows,
Here's to boy that veal football
clothes, y !"
Here's to the girl who jumps for Joy,
When she touches the lips of a foot
ball boy"
-Jensie White.
In. addition to the responses of
the sponsors, Coaches Neil Sweten-
burg, and A. R. Hafner, Joe Craw-
ford, Claude Gamhrell, Tom Howie,
Donald Harris, and others made
short talks for the good Of the team
and in honor of the sponsors. All in
all, the affair vas q delightful one,
and the boys feel that they can new
er repay their sponsors for the en-
evening. The moving ele-
nent behind the scenes-the moth
ers-came in for a great share of
praise from the boys, who appreciate
he vast amount of hard work which
vas necessary to make the banquet!
he fine affair it proved to be.
Grip" the high school janitor,
vas chief butler, with Alexander, the
treat, and Eureka Mcclellan as his
lignifed assistants.
Block Gags, together with the
were awarded. to each
layer who had participated in three
'ntire games. The Boys who were so
ucky as to get the blocks .were:
Gambrell, Donald Harris, Joe
crawford, Bill Bowie, Frank Neuf-
er, Ray Swetenburg, Ashby Gal
oway, Buster HOWE, Bill Nickles.
Starres, Spencer May. and
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the boy relief and it was necessary
to work his arms continually.
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FOR RENT-Four room house on
Richey street with lights and wa
ter. Apply to H. R. McAllister.
Abbeyille. II, 29-tfc.
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WANTS

CHRISTMAS GIFTS.-Seasonable
and sensible gifts at Austln-Per-
rim Drug Store. IL, 1tf.
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FOR SALE-Fine selected paper
she'll pecans at IS cents per pound.
Mrs. D. A. Rogers, Pone l. IL, 6tf
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GIN NOTlCE-The Southern Cot
ton Oil Co., and DR.. G. E. Cal
vert will gin every day, this
week. Saturday, December. Is,
will be the. last ginning day for
this season. IL, 11-2t. COL
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FARM FOR RENT have a goo,

FOR RENT have a good
4-hofse farm for rent for 1928.
Has two dwelling houses, one new
one, both equipped with the nee
essary conveniences. Substantial
outhouses, good wells and the
land in a good state Of cultivation.
See me at Office of AbbevilIe.
Telephone Co. E. W. Gregory. ;
1872, z. 4trol.
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FOR RENT-Three u%nfurnished
connecting rooms. Apply to Miss
Julia McAllister at Mrs. Cochran's
Store. II, 27,tfc
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LOST-Cord casing 34x4k auto
tire, Friday night between Able
vile and Calhoun Falls. Suitable
reward if returned to John Carter,
IS Brooks Street. IL, >11,2tpd.
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WANTED-To buy from two to
twenty million feet, good >pine
timber, long or short leaf. Must
be we'll situated, good grade and
reasonable price. Advise location,
give accurate description,> with
price and terms. Baptist G. Goode
Boydton, Va. IL, II. 7tpd.
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LOST or STRAYED-Small black
horse mule, brown mouth. Last
going toward Cedar Spring. Find
err please notify S. E. Jones,
Hodges. IL, 112tpd.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-06

 WEDDING PLANS

The marriage of Miss Maude Hardy and Mir. Harry Arnold will take place on Wednesday evening at o'clock at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. F.. Glass
 Miss Mollie Beck Jones will be the maid ce honor.
 Mir iIatridge Davis will attend the groom as best man.
 Little Nell Hardy of Sheffield and Ruth Stolenwerck will be the flower girls and little Zoe Reed Saunders the ring bearer.
 The wedding march will be played by Miss Esther Arnold accompanied by Miss Eugenia Wilkinson on the violin.
 Miss Mary Kinney will sing. Until" and Mrs. Steele Black will render, The Heart of Her" and "At Dawning,' accompanied by Mrs. J. E. Ross of Jasper,
 The bride will be given In mar riage by her brother. Mir. J. E. Hardy of Sheffield.
 The ceremony will be performed by Dr. k. N. Simpson.
 At the reception following the will be assisted in receiving by the bridal party. with Dr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Mir. and Mrs. ]. W. Black and Mrs. ] E. Hardy of Sheffield
 Punch will be served by Mrs. Har- ris Saunders and Mrs. Fred Dais2 and Miss Mildred Tarrant and Miss Lillian sample. Miss Annie Crane will have charge of the brides book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-06
SURE CARDUI
 WAS HELPFUL
Ohio Lady Was Suffering, in Bad Condition, Weak, Ner- vous and Rundown.
 Now She Recom-
 mends Cardui.

Manchester. Ohio.-In describing the troubles with which she was for merly afflicted. and telling how she obtained relief. Mrs. Ida B. Rothweil. of this place, said:
 For some time I had terrible hurting in my side. It was most miserable feeling. I could hardly turn myself in bed.
 T was weak. nervous and run down.
 T did not have an appetite. and was in a bad condition. was and suffering; at time I had hard bearing down pains
 T began Cardui. half bottle helped me-"
 Mrs. Rothweil said she then decid- ed to take Cardui regularly. and did So until she recovered her strength.
 T certainly suffered before I took this treatment" she adds. and was very discouraged"
 Writing further of her experience. this Ohio lady says:
 q can't praise 1t tCarduD too high ly, for it has helped me when other things failed. I think there is no medicine like Cardui, for 1t sure has been helpful, and I recommend it to all my friends
 Thousands of other women have learned of the value of Cardui in the treatment of their troubles.
 Take cardui! For sale by drug gists.-Ady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Miss Fannie RubeI has been se- cured as supervisor by the Phelan Park Improvement association and she will be on the grounds every day from to o'clock. All mothers in the neighborhood are requested to meet this afternoon at f o'clock at the park.
 
 The Woman's Missionary so- ciety of the First Christian church will meet this morning at 10:So o'clock with Mrs, c. D. Marabei. HOO Tuscaloosa avenue. West Ead,
 The Psychology Study club will meet this morning at 10 o'clock with Mrs. w. J. Adams.
 The monthly meeting of the Methodist Federation of Missions will be held at the First Methodist church this morning at 10 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-06
WEEKEND PARTY AT
 COMMt NITY GLIB CAN'T

A congenial party spending the weekend at the Community Club Camp on the Warrior river were: Miss Mary Elizabeth Caldwell, Miss Cornelia Tomlin of Norfolk. Va. Miss Pauline Maben, Miss Eva Latherop Afr. Mason billiard. MT. William Dfennen. MT. Gerry Cabiness and Mr. William Moore and Mir. and Mrs Ed Bfshop4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-06
BR0NVN-sCHOLLIAN NEEDING PLANS

The marriage of Miss Mildred Schollian and Mir. Robert Brown will take place tomorrow evening at 2 clock at the home of the brides sister Mrs w Fl. Owiugs
 Miss Schollan has chosen Mrs. Ow- ings as matfon of honor.
 MT. Charles Duse will attend the groom as best man.
 Mrs. J. D. Fuqua will sing. T Love Gou Truly" accompanied by Mrs. John Holtam
 Rev J. A. Bryan will perform the ceremony