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Evening star., 1923-12-09
No. 23-Tire Talks.

That Smith and I happened to get
talking about tires was logical out
come of events. He had invited me
out to his country club for dinner. We
were rolling along the roadway at
smart pace when one Of the Toys"
of motoring happened. A tire pune
tured, though fortunately it did not
blow out. Smith has been driving
for about four months, so with cord
tires all around he does not look for
blowouts-yet.
But it appeared that he was not
even looking for punctures, for when
1 jumped out, with the idea OF max
ing a quick change to the spare tire,
found that there was nothing in the
way of a tire hanging on the rear OF
the car.
where's your spare?" I asked.
"On the car" was the reply. Didn't
you just hear it puncture?"
1 looked at the fat tire and recog-
nized it as the fabric. extra which
Smith had bought soon after acquir-
ing the machine.
But where Is the original tire that
1T is being repaired" Smith SAID.
1T isn't ready"
Make Roadside Repair.
You mean you aren't ready / re-
torted. "a driver can be rather GER
tain of blowouts, but punctures are
different. They come in punches
like had luck. See, there's a nail
right through the shoe and into the
tube. Wen have to fix this right
on the road. Either that or run along
and ruin your shoe and tube.
Because Smith had taken my recent
advice about being prepared for what
might happen he was able to produce
a can of material to mend inner
tubes. This helped considerably-at
least, SO we thought upon looking
at the can. The contents, however
were not 50 encouraging. The dealer
who sold him the can must have had
IL on his shelf for years, for the
cement was dry and the rubber was
as hard as a rock.
We decided to worry over that
later. AT least Smith was about to
have a little experience in repairing
tubes on the ROAD, SO we went ahead
as though we really had something
with which to do the job.
! watced Smith try TO raise the
right front wheel. He placed the
jack under the right front spring and
began trying to raise the car. He
worked for some time, and then, just
as the front of the car began to
leaYe the ground, the machine rolled
back a few inches and slipped of
the lack
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-11-16
EMPLOYER GROUP
Insurance of Workers De-
signed to Injure Union
Insurance

Experience has proven the worth
of death benefit or insurance feature
in maintaining organization in trade
unions," declares the committee on
constitution of the Cigar Makers In
ternational Union of America in a
statement to the members of the
union recommending the adoption of
an amendment to the constitution pro-
viding for the group insurance and
reinsurance plan adopted by the
unions 1923 convention.
ONIONS that maintain a chain of
benefits never disintegrate to their
economic disadvantage in times of in
dustrial depression as do those unions
that have no benefit features" con-
tinues the committee.
$50 we'll established is this fact
and no better proof of the value of a
benefit system is necessary-that
manufacturers associations, railroad
companies and large employers of la
Dor generally are giving their en-
ployes absolutely free of charge group
insurance, both life and sick.
"Of course, this company insurance
is nullified when the worker leaves
the employ of the company, and, fur,
thermore, the only reason for it's be-
ing given at all is to offset the bene-
fit features of trade unions and to
stife the demand for improved work
ing conditions demanded by the
unions.
'The whole program of group in
surance as applied by large employ
ers of labor is deep-laid plot or con-
spiracy to undermine the activities
of labor unions.
Our own union should now (and all
other trade unions will sooner or later
be compelled to do likewise) adopt
some method Of group insurance to
counteract the so-called free benefit
features that are now so generally
part of big business"
The committee points out that when
the Cigar Makers Union established
its death benefit system in 1887 the
principle represented the "best
thought on insurance at that time,"
which was the "era of fraternal and
assessment insurance companies"
The experience of later years, how
ever, has shown the inadequacy of the
original death benefit system, due
largely to the fact that the union has
provided no reserve fund upon which
the interest would have taken care of
the naturally increasing death rate
with increasing age" The situation
was developing to the point where
"prohibitive rate of dues" would lead
to the "repudiation of the death bene-
fit system entirely" This realization
led the 1923 convention to adopt unan-
imously group reinsurance plan
under which the present rate of $l.51
per annum on each 500 of insurance
carried will be much reduced.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-11-16

is quite frequently referred to as
working to perfection in Australia.
The Sydney Operative Bakers
Union is getting a dose of this kind
of political state activity right now.
The bakers are working under
bread law and an award of the indus
trial arbitration court which fix the
length of the working day and the
starting time
The master bakers carried on their
plants outside the hours fixed by the
bread law The bakers initiated pro-
ceedings to have the law enforced.
Whereupon the government issued in
structions to the police restraining
them from taking action in the mat
ter and the minister of labor suspend
ed Investigations into alleged breaches
of the bread act
The Australian Worker charges
the New South Wales government
with aiding and abetting employers
to break the law" and with deliberate
attempts to prevent the employers
from being prosecuted for their
wrongdoing"
In regard to the enforcement of
New South Wales labor laws the
Worker says "it is we'll known that
every time the workers overstep the
mark they are drastically dealt with
but nothing happens when the bosses
act contrary to the law. They are
actually encouraged in their uncon-
stitutional actions"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-11-16
INQUISITION
Into Private Affairs Under
Compulsory Unemploy-
ment Insurance

Manchester, England.-The inouj
sition INTO the private affairs of tn,
workers practiced by labor exchang,
committees in the administration O.
the British unemployment insuranc,
act is severely criticized by a trad,
unionist contributor in the Cotto,
Fctory Times.
| Although the workers are compelled
to make payments to the unemploy
ment insurance fund when they are
employed, they are subjected to Z
needless lot of ross-examination b,
the committees before receiving thei,
"dole."
"Why is it necessary that ques.
tions should be asked of the unem.
ployed as to the ir financial problem %
asks the Cotton Factory Times
writer IF man pays to the un-
employment fund when he is working
should he not draw when he is out of
work? Why these questions as to
whether he has any children working
or any brothers or sisters working
or how much money he has coming
in at his house?
speaking strictly the payment of
moneys to those who are unemployed
is only the fulfllment of a contract:
it isn't the free gift of the state. Yet
the way the unemployment fund is
paid out would lead many one to
think that it was kind of poor law
relief on the same lines as loaves of
bread and blankets are given to pau
pers.
Then there is the irregularity of
the payments. Many of the out-of-
works have difficulty in getting their
money. Cases are on record where
men ard women have not drawn on the
funds for weeks and weeks. Some
of the excuses are: "Your case is
being considered by the committee
unemployment book gone to London
you will have to be reauthorized be-
fore you can again draw very sorry,
but there is nothing for you this
week. and so on and so forth.
"Such are the excuses that one
hears week by week at the labor ex-
change. The unemployed go up to the
payment counter in fear and trem-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-11-16
TRADE UluONISTS
Get Worst of Australian
Adjustment Law

Adjusting industrial relations by
statute law instead of by the organ
lied economic power of the workers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-11-16

bling. They never know whether they
will draw or not. They are abso-
lutely at the mercy of a gigantic or
ganization that is continually going
wrong"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-11-16
YEAST WORKERS GAIN

Baltimore.-Yeast workers employ
ed by the Liberty Yeast Company
have secured an agreement and rails
ed wages So a week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-11-16
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS


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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
Richmond County
Farmers Prosperous;
Melons Paw We'll

AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 10.-A gem
eral agricultural survey of Rich
mond county discloses that condi-
lions this year are better than in
some time, and that farmers of the
county realized approximate $12,-
600 on watermelons this year. Part
of this money was made from the
shipment of thirty cars, averaging
$225 per car. The balance were
sold in the city at profitable prices.
1t is believed by County Agent
Mcconnell that the cotton crop will
be about 1000 bales as compared
with approximately 5000 for 1922.
Loss from weevil damage is not so
great as last year.
Reports on the corn crop show it
to be good, with a general improve
ment during the latter part Of the
season, and the hay crop is very
satisfactory, being one OF the best
in years. One of the best money
crops in the county this year-pea-
nuts-is in a good condition and
promises a big yield.
Peaches raised in the county this
year Melted the grower between $685.
900 and $4,000. Richmond county
peaches brought top prices in the
country's leading markets and the
demand for them lasted longer than
the supply. Efforts to i-.crease this
part of the agricultural development
of the county are meeting with con-
siderable success.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
Attorneys Plan to Ask
Venue Change for Men
In Trouton Killing Case

Change of venue will be asked
by counsel for the defense, when
the cases of Jeff Minter, Floyd We'll
don and Leon Goodrum, charged
with the murder on August 10 of
Willard Trouton, are called for trial
Wednesday morning in the superior
court of CoWeta county, it was stated
Tuesday by G. G. Finch, of Atlanta,
chief counsel, associated with j. S.
Hall, of Atlanta, and A. S. Camp.
Of Newman, in the defense of these
accused men.
eve believe our clients cannot get
a fair trial in Coweta county on
account of strong undercurrent
of local prejudice, which was evil
dent to us throughout the trials of
J. w. Minter and his son, Grady
Minter," said Attorney Finch. THAT
is the sole ground on which We will
ask the change of venue"
j. w. Minter and Grady Minter
we're tried in Newman last week,
the former being sentenced to hang
and the latter to life imprisonment.
Walter F'eltman, indicted jointly
with these men, is represented by
I6u I1dI11SO1Iy <AIloIAIeI cANSOAA ny :
Mr. Harrison could not be reached
Tuesday morning, being in court,
but it was stated in his office that
he has no intention of asking a
change of venue.
Claude Washington and Charley
Joiner, held as accessories to the
crime, were not indicted by the grand
jury, the crime itself not having
been established at that time. Their
cases are to be considered by the
Coweta grand jury this week, it is
eXDeCted
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
Third Of Georgia
Accident Victims
In 1922 Children

Practically one-third of the 1,4S1
Georgians who met accidental
deaths during 1922 were children
under fifteen years Of age, and al
most one-fifth of the victims were
under. ten. according to a bulletin
just issued by the state bureau of
vital statistics. Accidental deaths
increased 223 over the record for
1921.
The bulletin declares at least
Cos of the fatal accidents last
year might have been pre-
vented. In the list of pre-
ventable accidents the bureau in
cludes two caused by the careless
handling of machines, 203 by auto
mobiles, 141 by firearms, 141 by
railroads, Is by street cars, 81 by
electricity, 33 by the absorption of
poisonous gases, IL due to boiler
explosions, and others.
The bulletins also declare most
of the 296 deaths by burning and
the 1926 deaths by drowning could
have been prevented through proper
safeguards and precautions. There
was little excuse for 70 deaths by
drug poisoning and 10 fatalities
through food poisoning, the bulletin
states.
OF the 276 persons who died of
burns 1853 were under 10 years of
age. Malaria killed only 1870 in this
same period. If the open fireplaces
had been screened and the fires at
the washpots protected, IS per cent
of these deaths in children would
not have occurred.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
R. Y. PRATT
To CONDUCT INQUIRY
IN PACIFIC DISASTER

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Sept. II.
A board of inquiry with Rear Ad-
miral r. V. Pratt as it's senior mem
Der, is expected at the scene of seven
wrecked naval destroyers at Honda,
rs miles north OF here, to investi-
gate the disaster which cost the
lives of % enlisted men and set
record for peace time naval losses.
The death list was placed at 23 last
night with the official announcement
that % men were missing and one
dead. The possibility that the I'M
recovered bodies may have been
swept out to sea was given added
strength when Lieutenant Lee, at
the scene of the wreck, said he be-
lieVed no bodies remained on the de-
stroyer Young. 1t was tn u hit the
men were trapped in the lower decks
of the Young as she turned turtle
after the wreck, but Lieutenant Lee
says all vessels were searched be-
fore they were deserted after the
wreck.
The unofficial list shows that three
bodies were recovered f. om the surf
near the wreck Monday. OF the in.
jured in hospitals here and at San
Diego it is believed all will recover.
The inquiry will involve explana-
ton from, the commanders of the
vessels which went a. here in the fog
last Saturday night while cruising
at 20 knots an hour in heavy fog
from San Fra cisco to San Diego.
The Pacific Mail liner Cuba is
stranded on. "a reef near Point Ben
nett, on the westerly edge of San
Miguel island. The hulk was located
Monday.
A Captain Holland and four mem
bers of the crew are on the island
and are living in an abandoned fish
erman's hut while keeping guard
over the wreck. All of ne ,$2,500,.
600 in silver bullion the vessel carr
ried has been taken from the hulk
and is en- route to San Francisco on
a U. S. destroyer. The 100000
cargo of coffee is lost
The Cuba is entirely out Of water
on the reef and no hope of salvaging
her is entertained, according to the
party who located her today.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
Tx. GLENN URGES
BETTER CARE FOR
ASYLUM INMATES

That the state of Georgia is neg
hgent and penuriuS in providing for
the care, comfort and treatment of
its insane is the opinion of Thomas
K. Glenn, president of the Lowry
Bank and Trust company, after an
inspection of the Milledgeville
asylum.
Accompanied by Warner Martin
and Henry Davis, also officers of
the Lowry bank, Mr.. Glenn motored
to Milledgeville Sunday to see the
landmarks of the former state capt.
toll.
1--WE were delighted with our first
impressions of the many points of
historical interest in Milledgeville,' -
said Mr.. Glenn, but the thing that
impressed me most was the state
sanitarium for the insane.
II was astonished that the state
Of Georgia appropriates only $1,000
900 annually for the care, comfort
and treatment of the 1880 inmates
of the asylum. That is about 65
cents per day per patient. 1t is
superfluouS to remark that the I'M
fortunates cannot be properly cared
for on such an allowance yet an
an inspection of the institution in
creases ones respect for what the
sanitarium staff is accomplishing. -
Mr.. Glenn believes that at least
$500 of the inmates of the institu-
ton would have escaped confine-
ment and been useful citizens If
the state had done it's duty in the
enactment and enforcement of meas
ures to prevent insanity.
TT is a lamentable fact that
Georgia is far behind many other
states in the enactment Of measures
designed to prevent insanity re-
marked the banker. mo attempt
apparently is made by the state to
prevent the spread of hereditary in
sanity. I believe if steps of this
sort were taken the number of in
sane and mentally deficient persons
would show a steady decrease. In
time, it follows such a course would
prove not only saving to the state
in funds required for the care and
treatment of insane persons, but it
would save to society many useful
citizens"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
Strike of Convicts
In Florida Highway
Gang Broken Up

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept. 10
The strike of "a convcts at state
soad camp No. y, in Bradford coun-
~ has ended, according to advices
deceived today by the state prison
authorities from convict inspector T.
B. Johns, who was ordered to the
lamp to make an investigation of
The trouble which developed last
Friday.
A telegram from Johns, received
thortly before noon today, said the
trouble arose when the son of J. S.
NcNeill, captain of the camp, shot
1t negro convict who had cursed
aim. The convicts have returned to
york and everything is quiet at the
lamp, Johns reported.
Following the shooting, according
10 the inspectors report, convict
samed Eddie Callahan called the
btrike and the men followed him
from the place where they were
Working back to the camp.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
Jealous Texan Fired
Girls Home, Burning
Aged Man, Is Charge

DECATUR, Tex, Sept. 11.-An-
yer Dean, thirty-nine, is in the Wise
county Jail charged with arson and
charges of murder were to be filed
against him today, according to Dis
trict Attorney P. L. Gettys. A fire
early yesterday destroyed the home
of w. H. Miles, fifteen miles south
of here, and burned to death H. F.
Jones, sixty-fiye years old, an en-
ploye Of Miles. The charge is made
by Miles, prosperous farmer, and
substantiated by his daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Miles, for jealousy of whom
the incendiary is said to have burn
ed her home after an unsuccessful
attempt to attack her while she
slept.
Ten persons were asleep in the
Miles home when Miss Miles was
awakened by the intruder. She
screamed and her assailant fled. AS
he passed through an adjoining
room, according to the girls story,
he struck match, and in an in
slant the dwelling was enveloped in
flames, as if gasoline had been
thrown about.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
Governor Demands
Public Statement Of
Useless Old Cotton

Governor Walker Monday tele-
graphed Secretary of Commerce
Hoover, requesting that he make
public Immediately the number of
bales of unspinnable cotton in the
estimated carry-over of 100000
bales of American cotton on August
1, 1923.
This action was taken by the gov
ernor after receipt of a telegram
from the United Cooperative Mar
keting association, of Washington,
calling the matter to his attention.
Governor Walker also referred the
telegram to the senators and con-
gressmen of the state.
The telegram to Governor Walker
stated that from statistical compu-
tations, growers who are about to
market their cotton should receive
thirty-five cents per pound instead
of thirty cents.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13
SO Descendants Left
By Mrs. M. J. Nash,
Who Died Sunday

Seven sons, two daughters, forty
six grand children and thirty-three
reat-grandchildren are numbered
among the survivors of Mrs Ma
rinda Jane Nash, eighty-one years
old, who died Sunday at her home,
rs North Mayson avenue.
Mrs. Nash had been a resident of
Atlanta number Of years. She is
survived by seven sons, Charlie G..
Nash, of Sherman, Texas; w. Rich
ard Nash, of Dunwoody, Ca; Tom
P, Henry c., John P. and Eugene
L. Nash, of Atlanta, and Howard B.
Nash, of Montgomery, Ala; two
daughters, Mrs. M. S. Gholston, and
Mrs. M, E. Hartman, Of Atlanta; one
brother, Bud Guess, and one sister,
Mrs. I. Turner, of Quinton, Okla.
The funeral will be held at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning from the
residence and tnterment will be in
Nancy's Creek cemetery. Awtry &
LoWndes in charge.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-13

she had better luck and harvested
rs bushels of corn from her acre.
In 1919, at the age Of II, Peggy
signed up with a canning club. She
grew tenth of an acre of tomatoes
and canned and picked enough Of
the product to feed the family over
the winter.
So successful was she in her cam
ming operations that her fruit and
vegetables for two successive years
pulled down the prizes in the open
classes for canned goods at the
FarqIier county fair.
Chickens and Cattle
It was the outdoors, however, that
appealed most to Peggy. She looked
for a year-round agricultural inter
est and found it in live stock.
From one setting of eggs she has
developed a flock of 100 standard
bred Langshans and Rhode Island
Red chickens.
She joined the baby beef club and
in 1919 grew two fine Shorthorn
beeves, which she tended and fed
according to methods advocated by
the department of agriculture. In
1920, with a better knowledge of
selecting her stock, she made a
profitable business out of baby beef.
In 1921 her Hereford beef calf won
first prize at the Richmond State
Fair, gaining 400 pounds in a short
feeding period.
Peggy now plunged into the study
of live stock in earnest. She took a
course in live stock. judging at the
Virginia Agricultural college and
soon could tell the good points of
her animals as well as much more
experienced judges. In a competition
a:1iong club members, she was
selected as Virginia's representative
in an international live stock judg-
ing contest.
Peggy proves that bobbed hair and
Knockers do not necessarily denote
the f1apLer. for certainly no one
would accuse her of f1apperism. But
for TIE active, outdoor life she leads
she finds the bifurcated, garb and
short hair both more practicable
and pleasing than plated braids and
swishing skirts.