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GENERAL INSURANCE
Phone 1 45 Murphy, N. C.
Representing THE TRAVELERS. Hartford
Telephone Folks
really did a job in
'47
In spite of the continued scarcity of mater
ials and equipment and in the face of rising
costs all along the line. Southern Hell went
right ahead in 1917 improving and expand
ing your telephone service. Il was a year of
humming activity as telephone folks went
all out to bring you better telephone service.
There's still a tremendous job to be done.
More buildings and vast quantities of equip
ment are needed to further improve and ex
pand the service. If telephone earnings are
such as will attract the necessary new capital
to pay for continued construction, you can
look forward to further progress in meeting
your telephone needs in ' 18.
1947
ACHIEVEMENTS
2,411,000 More local calls handled
each day? bringing the average daily
total to 18,820,000.
More than 8 out of 10 long distance
calls were completed while the cus
tomer held the line.
590,800 New telephones installed.
29,000 Telephones installed in rural
areas.
Completion of $125,000,000 of new
construction to improve and expand
telephone service.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Incorporated
Mrs. Darden Is
Added To Faculty
ANDREWS ? Mrs Mary Boone
Darden has been elected as a
member of the Andrews elemen
tary faculty. Mrs. Darden will
! take over the seventh grade sec
tion which has been taught by
Miss Iiuth Barnard who was also
part-time libarian. Miss Barnard
will give her full-time to library
work in the elementary school.
Mrs. Darden holds her A certifi-l
cate and has her A. B. degree i
lrorn Greensboro college. Greens
| boro. She has two majors ? one in
j History and one in Mathematics,
i During her senior year Mrs Dar
j urn was assistant instructor in
! ;he Mathematics department She
I ; as also active in the Mathematics
J i !ub and the Irving Literary socie
Principals Attend
N. C. E. A. Meeting
WDIIHWS ? Frank Walsh.
;>r.mipal of tin* Marble school,
nd Boyd B Robinson, principal
l the Andrews elementary school,
n turned Sunday to Andrews from
Ralei 'h where they attended a
mi ' tin-', of the local N'CEA unit
piv^idents and the chairmt n of
h ? local NCEA unit legislative
, ^mmittecs for a discussion on
asking the governor to call a
special session of the General
V- vmbly to consider the emer
gency needs in education caused
by the increasing costs of living
and operational expenses of the
schools.
The presidents and legislative
chairmen, unanimously, went on
record as favoring the calling of
\ special session and the governor
being notified of this action.
\ndrews Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Zala Adams and
son. C.udger Adams, recently re
turrned from a trip to St. Peters
burg. Fla . where they visited Mr
and Mrs Adams' son and family.
Mr. and Mr 3. Stephen Adams
and young son. Stevie.
Boyd B. Robinson, representing
the Andrews school and Frank
Walsh, representing the Marble
sehool. attended a meeting of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion held in Raleigh last week.
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The Journal Covers Dixit Like the Dew
I Havden Collins
?
| Hayden Collins, 59. died early
Sunday morning, January 11, at
his home near Isabella, Tenn..
after an extended illness. He was
;? life long resident of Isabella.
He was a Veteran of World War
1, and by trade was a skilled
workman in repairing clocks and
watches, cabinet making, and as
a photographer
He was the youngest son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Martin Collins
and is survived by three sisters, '
Misses Mary, Bessie and Maude
Collins, and two brothers, Arthur
and Zaer Collins
Funeral services were held in
the Mine City Baptist church with
the Rev. (*. W. Craig and Cecil
\tchlev officiating.
Interment was in the Duck
town cemetery.
Wni. R. Shope
William Rufus Shope, 85. died
Wednesday night at his homo in
the Mountain Creek section of t
Graham county.
Born in Macon county, he moved
t r> Graham county 12 years ago.
Funeral services were held Fri- j
day at 11 a m. at Mountain Creek j
Baptist church, with the Rev. j
Henry Jenkins and the Rev. \V. M. .
Ro/.ers officiating. Burial w?.s in
the Old Mother church cemetery j
Townson funeral home was in ,
'?liarge of arrangements.
Surviving are the widow: three
s-m>\ Robert V , David, and Ed
ward. all of Robbinsville; two
brothers. James Shope. of Waynes
v i lie, Thomas of Robbinsville: one
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Riekman of
Tennessee, six grandchildren and
several great- grandchildren.
Rotating your garden spot is
just as good a practice as rotating
field crops.
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We Carry A Full Line
JOHNS-MAN VII.LE ROOFING
Asphalt and Asbestos Shingles
Roll Roofing
Asbestos and Brick sidlne
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Officers Attend
Board Meeting
| ANDREWS? Mrs. R. H. Koard.
j District Chairman of the Woman's
I Auxiliary of Murphy, and Mrs.
Tom Hay of the Andrews Wo
I man's Auxiliary attended an
Executive Board meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Ashe
villc Presbytery held in the
Greene Room at the S & W
Cafeteria on Monday of this week.
Leadership
Conference Held
ANDREWS? The 1948 Associa
tional Leadership Conference 01
the Baptist W. M. U. was held at
the Baptist church here on Thurs
day . January 22.
Mrs. C. T Almond, president,
presided. Mrs. Carl West ltd in
the dcvotionals after which a
prayer period was observed.
Miss Kuth Provence, State W.
M. I. executive Secretary from
Kaleigh, gave a presentation of
the 60th Anniversary Plans and
CioaL.
After the lunch hour a round
table discussion was held. Ap
proximately twenty-five members
pttended the meeting.
Mi C D. Dorsey attended the
Southeastern China. Glass and ,
(lift Show recently held in the j
Municipal Auditorium in A'lanta.
Ga.
Leon Laughter and Glenn Coop
jr have returned home after
spending several days in Florida.
Randall Williams left Tuesday
for Baltimore. Maryland, where
he is employed.
C. D. Dorsey recently spent a
few days in Orlando. Fla., where
he was called because of the ill
ness of his mother.
Vic Wood. Portsmouth. Va ,
left Monday after spending sever
al days here because of the ill
ness of his broth r, C. B. Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hulls
spent several days here the past
week because of the illness of
Mrs. Hulls' father, C. B. Wood.
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2 Unions Block Labor Peace? Refuse Wage Boost
Already Accepted by 1J Other Railroad Unions!
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Knginemen and the Switchmen's
Union of North America, representing
125.000 railroad employes, have refused
to accept the offer of the Railroads of a
wage increase of 1 5 cents an hour.
This is the same increase awarded
1,000,000 non-operating employes by ?.n
arbitration board in September, 1947.
This is the same increase accepted by
175,000 conductors, trainmen and switch
men by agreement on November 14, 1947.
Agreements have been made with
1,175,000 employes, represented by nine
teen unions. But these three unions, rep
resenting only 125,000 men, are trying to
get more. They are demanding also many
new working rules not embraced in the
settlement with the conductors and train
men.
Incidentally, the Switchmen's Union of
North America represents only about 7%
of all railroad switchmen, the other 93%
being represented by the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen and covered by the
settlement with that union.
Strike Threat
The leaders of these three unions spread a
strike ballot while negotiations were still
in progress. This is not a secret vote but is
taken by union leaders and votes are
signed by the employes in the presence
of union representatives.
When direct negotiations failed, the
leaders of these three unions refused to
join the railroads in asking the National
Mediation Board to attempt to settle the
dispute, but the Board took jurisdiction
at the request of the carriers and has been
earnestly attempting since November 24,
1947, to bring about a settlement. The
Board on January 15, 1948, announced
its inability to reach a mediation settle
ment. The leaders of the unions rejected
he request of the Mediation Board to
titrate. The railroads accepted.
What Now?
The Unions having refused to arbitrate,
the Railway Labor Act provides for the
appointment of a fact-finding board by
the President.
The railroads feel it is due shippers,
passengers, employes, stockholders, and
the general public to know that through
out these negotiations and in mediation,
they have not only exerted every effort to
reach a fair and reasonable settlement,
but they have also met every requirement
of the Railway Labor Act respecting the
negotiation, mediation, and arbitration of
labor disputes.
It seems unthinkable that these three unions,
representing less than 10 per cent of railroad
employes, and those among the highest paid,
can successfully maintain the threat of a par
alyzing strike against the interest of the en
tire country ? and against 90 per cent of their
fellow employes.
The threat of a strike cannot justify grant
ing more favorable conditions to 125,000 em
ployes than have already been put in effect
for 1.175.0(H), nor will it alter the opposition
of the railroads to unwarranted wage in
creases or to changes in working rules which
are not justified.
A glance at the box shows what employes
represented by the Engineers and Firemen
make. They are among the highest paid in
the ranks of labor in the United States, if not
the highest.
Compare these wages with what you make!
Hen> is a comparison of
average annual earn
ings of engineers and
fin-men for 1939 (pre
war) and 1947. Also
shown is what 1947
earnings would have
been if the 15H cent*
per hour increase, of
fered by the railroads
and rejected by the
union leaders, had been
in effect throughout the
entire year 1947.
1!
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ENGINEERS
Road Freight
(Local and Way)
Road Passenger
Road Freight (Through) .
Yard
FIREMEN
Road Freight
(Local and Way)
Road Passenger
Road Freight (Through) .
Yard
IM
rmI brings
$3,966
3,632
3,147
2,749
2,738
2,732
2,069
1,962
1147 Iwaii
AmuI Ejiiiiis
$6,126
5,399
4.684
4,081
4,683
4,544
3,460
3,136
mi Mirill IHIll
(?raises vitk ISV2
Ccbis Mr Haw kUti
$6,757
6,025
5,169
4,5.39
5,263
5,165
1,891
3,553
Kailroad wages computed from Interstate Commerce Commission Statement M 300
Full year 1947 estimated on basis of actual figures for first eight months.
SOUTHEASTERN RAILROADS
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