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Mpz DhrKf .S!::;) ; Polite and courteous work- V ? :, men and everything sanitary. , j. . - ir. - A Union Shop ; YteiEirbsri Phone No. 1 whVou.want anythip.in the. ;v -: U .--X- 'i'.t 3-- Drug Line . "v. v. : PROMP , SERVICE; If ' xtrv-r Tn UT tfin MfYTJTT t THE MOVIES; SPLENDID" CABARET N SCENE JS PICTURED DT,' - V. "EYES OP -THE SOTO! JSTEINMETZi v Fldwers fori "All Occasions Femsalms an all kfntjib. Pot Plahtsrior Jiouse culture. - Hyadnths, .Narcissus an d other Bulbs jf or forcing and . outdoor planting; JV r ..;-t v '.--- ' -Bert Service, Polite atten- ' tion, .-Let us: serve you. HSteihmeti: f.' -- -FLORIST BOTH PHONES. RALEIGH, N. C. Onef6t;the largest' sets, fever built in a iflotipa-picture tudiq is -that. of thPalixL ;; -Q&td&ar; caharervinV"Etsie' Ferguson's latest-pictHreVr-'-Eyes ;,of the - So uI,M-"-wh,ieh ni-e .shpvrn at" the- Almo Theate'r"next - Monday 'nd Tuesday v':5 It Jisa full-siied cahareti a rflighV of "Btepsl leading up to -'the stageifrornHherestaurant floor and a length -of restaurant wMch' takes In . perhaps - twatyrfive .taoieswitriin. t.Th6 story deals with a. littte'aba Vet dancer -who is lovedby'an eWerly nanr a Judge and a: member, of. one ot the:South'4-finest;tamilies. He is QrstJattractedHb her by .her beauty ana. grace; ana ane u.iiib ww Tiuaintahce A herrealizes that not-only, is sherpossessed. of a curious code'of her- 6 wnjy v which she , lives, ; but she has many - excellent qualities. " ,liissFerUson portrays the stellar partij, wearing" ja co8tumejesembling thatf a pigeon. A'dancing, instruc tor "was engaged to ive Miss Fergu- son a lew lessons in uuu uauw "u. walkIwhieh she doesdmirably. She i ; accompanied by twentyi girls, . all chosen: f of their grace and . beauty from Broadway shows: X..- ? . v;The picture is based "upon George Weston's" story, "Thfe ? SalU-of the Earth"- ' i in., the qnlet social life of "the, quaint little-town-' , Never befornad the village' been honored by, the presence' oi a- real mouon picture: troupe, ana only once before had a camera-man ever ? turned .a crank there forthe edification and .education-" of' the in haDitants l nis was several .years ago," 'when- President -Wilson ;vlsited gome relatives thereof or , few days. xne : eveuui JsuuBciiucuiijrwuuums ; i(s way - intOone .pf the" .motion " picture the schools ot the village "were closed for an entireAday' jand -excursions were' "rub f rom "vBiloxi- and pother near-bytowns in T order that" the in" habitants mig.htseejust hqw- motion pictures-are made. 'T-jw f BIGUCiioWDS WATCIt 4 - -V 1 " -" MARGUERITE Clviui. K; &' L.: DEPARTMENT -STORE f. .16 E.HARGETT union Trade Maiiy" Turn Out to - See . Filming ot -s-. "Ootaie Out of th-e iutclien Marguerite cTark;;-the beautiful TRAGED OF - A MOTHER'S . SECRET HIDDEN FROM- HER I DAUGGHTER, IS PIOTtlBJiJD; r an a:" mother r keep j f ronr. her daughter Ihe" secretbt hei identity? This questionis -answered with tre- i mendous . dramatic -power in '-The-Painted eWorld,"' .the-picture which willT?e shcwn- In the r Almoa Theatre onTKursday. ;-,!. '-;" ' -'; ? . ; .fTheTmbtherf'The .Masked Lady of the ;MQUlin Rouge had sworn that herchildr 3T YtteiT should never; know who and 'what-shevwas- and should never - pass Jthe' gates! of -the painted world -where She lived? -To'jthis ; end the child was.-broughtup miles-Jrom the city; and seeny her parenK only at longihterVals -:;-: jHow -the. mbther. -succeeded tintlT the child""grew upto- "yourig" woman- hobdand thj&T tragedythati-- finally; torec-asiae j.ne J(. masK xurnisnes tne tneme. or tnegTeat drama - of .back Paramnnnf Rtnr was' the .; center Of attraction, t)f vast crowds duringahelg0-11"6" P7 Jacques. Fu, fllmlne. of Wnea of "Come Out of trelle. - . ,rwr fllmlncr . of Scenes of - "Come the " -Kitchen," .at Pass j Christian, Miss., - recently,- Miss. Clark's latest starring .vehicle will - be "display ed -at the Aimc- Theater; next; Thursday and Friday. - - f , - . f - Theyislt. of Miss Clark and her company proved to be a'greatievent r . Anita Stewart; as; Yvette," has one of t the biggest, and ; most appealing roles in her - screen -career, s and is finely -supported by; ECf- K.. Un'coln Julia' Swayne Gordon," Charles JKent and Harry'Northrup, , Ralph Jnce di rected rthe- picture. t , THE RAILROAD ISSUE. - - v . INVITED iTO THE lg Department Store: -r - J .. , - ., "" -.'" '- :-" . - - .'.r tj. 1 - J, ':.r. ' -- ' ' " EVERYTHING IN f 1..' - - -M J. " ' ' SHOES; FOR: ALL THR FOLKS. MifliheryFariors always up-tb-date 1 . means low prices Take .a look; E, F. PERRY PHONE 192S Electrical: Gontractor Repair Work a Specialty -'- Estimates Furnished t Upon Application 51& OAKWOOD AVENUE i RALEIGH, N. C. - , - PHONES 476 . HOBBYRSfEIi - ."'Moving Vans n. Servlcenhe Best.1 Aut6s forllire.'.' Henry BRICKMASON Setting of Boilers' and Grates ' - ' . Specialty ' ' 511v W. MORGAN ST : Temost ambitious i and- formidable- -'public movement nndertakenj-in this.'cauntry since the 'free-silver campaign Ms that launched s by ,organ izedpabor for the nationalization--orsocialization of "all .the railroad systems of the United States. V'lt prer sents issues so vast and complex, and may affect so - prof oundlyHfie T politi cal"1 and economic future of 'the na tion; tthatf he details and possibilities of the plan-should be understood -by every' American citizen Xt has- be come Jso livorved.however; yriy&l re lated Vet ireally distinct'matters; such as wage - demands, strike movements and the cost'of living crisis? that, its outlines and significance are. still ob scure to most Americans The situa tion.may be clarified somewhat by an impartial statement of the essential facts -of "the case. Our; present aim is not to argue either for or -against the proposal, j but merely, to present a narrative of the events from, which' it grew,"-andto i recite the ..avowed purposes .of its promoters. - - , The - demand, .which has. the" . in dorsement ;o'r,virtually - all .organized labor, is pressed by the four, sreat brotherhoods - - of skilled - railroad workers!;! "supported y bv ten " other unions of employees' 'affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and by. .unionismas a whole The brotherhoods, generally regarded I as exceptionally -i conservative, vthree years ago won, a - dramatic victory which provided the basis of the power that is nowput to. the. test. In August,U916f they presented a series of :rdemands, the , chief- of which was if or an eight-hour day. This was really .a drive ' for. higher wages, not 16r;sfi6rterj hours,; the aim being to fix that standard of compen sation and require payment at higher rates for work- done 'outside unstip ulated time. ' The nature- of" the movement was shown :in:the: fact that its ' success increased f the-combined railroad pay-roll by more than $60 , 000,000 a year: ' iWhen the companies -.resisted; r -the demand r the men called k a -S nation wide-strike; - President Wilson prop erlyrintervened on behalf of the , pub lie " and proposed ' arbitration-. . The nnions, ' however, refused .for submit" Jheir eight-hour day demand to any tribunal whatever, and" announced if - iTriilPRa it wpr- cranted'' they would,1 paralyze: transportatiottii., me President.-who-was then: concerna over iiscamp"aign for re-election,' suddenly!, adopted the : brotherhood view. and caused Congress -to pass the Adamson.law, imposing dn , the 'railrbad the increased' -waee, scale.1 Aemiocrat'ia member; the otherday popenly1- declared: that'fhet present . . ? '. ." ' I. . , . - :" .'. . -J ' movement wasaue to that ;surrenu3r. ?'The J)'rptherhpods,V .Ke saidr.got' a Ltaster6f power when ' the Adamson law was passed nnder whip and spurr andherhayeeett'Jnt6iicated;by;lt ever since."; ' -. . r- ''-- '-V 'S? : - Int;' Match vt 9 i 8 , the'i railroads passed undejrovefnment opexAtionr and -thereat fer: under, stress- war necessities -and'-the' risine cdst'of Uv- Itng-,rapid ; increases in" 'Wag'es ,were made,- The pay-rolls which chad- ag-H gregated $ 1 , 4 7 0,0 0.0,0 0 0 fn 19 t&had grown 7to$lJ39,000,000 "in- 1917. Last" year , they- 'were above $2,500 000,000 this-year. tlfeestimateis ,"000,00p,000, and if Hhe- demands now made-are granted the workers will, receive ,-ln 1920 about $',800, O00,000.?Yet the demands "have never been satisfied ; ;atcno time has -the railroad? administration been free from controversy- "and ' threats of strikes tp enforce higherscales. n The wage i ssue came to a head on July 30, when ;the' director; general of railroads reported!. to the-Presi dent a deadlock oyer demands, of the shopmen which had been jn- dispute ior several ; months. He explained that granting , those "increases would require ; corresponding grants? to all other employees, Involving a tiital of $ 8 0 0 ,0 0 0,0 0 0 a; year-With the rail roads piling 1 up : an "enormous deficit every month, settlement was 'impos sible. President :Wilsondevised the simple expedient of loading the bill upon therpublic v On . August Is h6 wrote -'to i the chairmen', of the appro priate committees in Congress asking for r creation of a body ,to determine au - rauroaa wage questions, . its - de cisipAqr: being, mandatory, on- theC rate making , authority?? In other words, wage -.increases would ; be- granted, revenue, -rates would - be-reduced - so as to absorb the extra amount. The theory is that the reductioJtt"ia rates and- profitsf would, benefit all :corL- cerneu- inai u woma Eliminate - ous- hlness,'. encourage - the men to strive or greater efficiency so as- to earn more, and ? tend to cheapen commodi ties .and so , lower the'-cosroft living; The "government's share o. the .sur plus would bV devoted to ntnprove-.i ments andr-extensions and to retiring "the-" bonds, so .that" eventuallythe railroads-would be'-owned by tne'pub lie1 at cost - price-. -V Vr; z .lt'should-De borne4n!mmd,there -forej that-. tho presents .cojitroYersy has two phases.- , First! there are de-' "niands of . the; railroad-workers' for Lwa"gein(easesxaggregatmg "if 80 0;- f 0 0 0,00 0 , av yearj .- to - come out "of the rpockets of the public in higher-priced transportation jand; -'commodities to enlorc.ehese"demands-:the.unions"de- clare. they are ready to .call a.iafion- wide' -strike: r. ;,$econd; is 'the- -Pluinh plan : of;, nationalizing . tha-railrofcads, with' the-, employees- sharing in the management ; -nd-the -pfltsi;,.no strike is threatened -to support this proposal," the -avowed jprogram Jeing to .'carry - it - through by propaganda and: political action.-; riT r -':- The, significance. of thesepondvun-? dertaking 4s;that it; embQdies.revolu-I rtionaryprinciples -It markslsays a r f orma restatement by the ? brother hoods, VJthe jjtejprby, which; organized laDox.;passes fromi demands far3as increases to demands s that:; the sys tem of - profits" in (industry. yb"e Zoverf hauled." -In other:,words," Qflganlped laboTvproposes so- far, as;-the rail- roadsare concerned.tooustvcapital andvstablisha;socialistic system,' in whichj the - workers shall be effectual ly represented injthe, directiondtithe enterprises,-tha fixing of theirwages and division of vthe'proflts.?Jt is the progranvvfurthermore;tff extend - the plan eventually to all the!'basic in-' dustries. yy .v-vJ; SentimenCiirCongress seems to; be overwhelmingly i against'; theproject The railroad workers were prepared fqr'this,' and are; gathering 'enormous CHAS: E.JOHNSON,0. OFFJCD: NO 21 RALEIGH DA17THNG AND TRUST COMRANY BUILDING G-ENBMAIf-1 :IN;SUR:'AN C E ' V AtL. JFdRMS OFaNSTMENTS - ; -We. have special acconimodations-for those who are 'able to'Jay aside -vCl allf sumsach montk and, who e;seeking.lucfative -investments. iHAS. E. JOHNSON,' JRJC 1?C ASii. BYNUM ... -Manager. ; - . V . Asst. Manager . 1 X- JL if - 7 v: 4 1 'i 4 - ;S;:anxiou vice to its frieMs a rrftbmeirsv- BdtElactivaiid sayings jaccqum soiirces io takeJ care ? of your Nekccouiitfesp e and rates automatically raised to pay lUCUI., , -v . . , ' i Congress promptly. J rejected,, his suggestion, - on the 4 ground -that he already; had the powerVto: deal" with the matter. President Wilson there upon ordered the' director general to deal : with' the- question -.. raised by the shopmen on its merits. r But. this "has settled jnothing The railroad --workers ; scorned cjthe Presi dent proposal f ora" system of par allel increases; wages and rates, "which, they Justljr-said, r"would sim ply -add -1 oi-the endless chainof wage and rate increases an rs deventually result in disaster'- :WniIe insisting and ,rate incrs,'"ano eventually admitted that' success would provide no solution of the problem :x)t the cost ot living, but woulclr reajly ag gravate' the struggle. IfCongress adopts the plan : proposed c byr the. di-: rector .general land the President,' declared, one leader, 'we will tie he railroads up so tight they will never run again -v.,- This statement-was made after the introductionson" August rifaG- the brotherhoods bill .providing for nur chase -of vthe Taiiroadsfby -the govern mem and their; operation on a- profit sharingi.basisr ' 'The measure - em- noaies:a. plan -drafted Dy Glenn E. Plumb. icouriself or the. brotherhoods It is described: as a rpro jeer for; "pub lie .ownership r of the raifroads with democracy irTtheir 'controls , Under; thisrscheme"Jthe government would Jssue4 per. cehtSbonds'to pay for the. ljBgitimate ,private interests" ot the present Tstockholdera: in the railroads.- The. securities 'represent nearly $2O,00Q 000,X) 00; .but .the pro moters oftheiIumb "plan ssnn that j two-thirds, of this amount -would he vuusu to maKe- lusc compensation . They wouldhave" the valuation made oy the courts:- :i ohtrol of "the " ra roadswould, be vestea m aboard of fifteen directors, five to be appointed, by. vthe President as representing, the -public five" to be elected by the ODeratinr'officials, and five,-by the classified jimplceesTlifc ;uiq nx wages. ; Aiier;, oper- .expenses 1 were mei r ana fuxed funds N tocarry pn their-propaganda. declares -Mr ; Plumb-.. 'If .this" .Conj gress :p7onu'stend with vus,lwe will try- to .'elect - a Congress that will :fa-r vor bur "program. v We- will -riot stand for any" modification of the principles and proposals . set forth. JnTo . legisla tion v passed witnout. the - incorpora tion of -our principles would be ' other than .temporary' There can be only one outcome- We -would be satisfied if this question went to the people' at the next presidential election:" r vThe confidence " and determination of, the railroad workers are'rinspirecT to a great . degree :bya belief that they oan count upon the . eventual 4ri dorsement of their program by Presi dent ? Wllsonr T;hey j were - somewhat disappointed . by. his ... : declaration . last week' that :'We cannbtf hastily revo lutionize allMthe processes ol. our .eco nomto.life, arid shall r not iittemp t; to do sO?jBntJ theyqu'ote with;-enthu-stasm' his - words ito Corigress on. May 19 respecting 'the qirestib'notlabort t ve cannot go any further in our present direction. -: We-have" already gone too rf ar ; We must- find.another road leading jLn, another ' direction and to "a - very i different destination; t .must lead not merely.- to accommo dation, but - also . to i a genuinejeo- - operation " and partnership based upon- a : real . community .of interest ana participation-in" -oontrol. -' "Tne oDject or- air rsrorm in this essential matter: must -be the genuine aexnocrausauun r ot inausxry.s oasea upon: a. full recognition ;bfthe- rigt of those who work, Itf whatever rank, to --participate ,-in ,. gome, organic, i way in everyl decision whlcli directly 'af fectstheir welfare- or ; the part they are to- piay m inaustryrv "Democratization- of -"industry-", is a-somewhat" vague, teym, and no one dare say-how-it woqldrbe interpreted by-i Mr , Wilson; B ut the-Americari people cannot .be too diligent; In in forming themselves as to what it sig nifies in - the minds of the - railroad workers '.and their; supporters irior ganized , labor.- PhiladelphiaNorth "lS -" v?.r-'---V'i" , -Jv, .'! ffi pilliSli before buying ybur 1: the bonds thel surplus would be df- viaed , equallybetween-nhe govern- TTIOt1 am) . i - ;- -.. mr . i - xatici- nai;-share,- the operatingof ficials 'wpuld- receive twice as lunch proportionately to their numbers, as ..w. ....... -.... ... . - - j -.vp?we b flx :rates-wpuldr" remain jniersjaie commerce Uom- missionri.( When.- the governments share :1oi the "surplus equaled frper ? ,,j urniture- Faleighf N0; any ru --r "-pf 3di -j, i ;. 1 ; Both Phones - ; v ; ;--7 Our; WorkTiieiBet. Sis aeciaity. - -t J TYPHOID . IS PREVENTABiaS. Abbut s25,00a .persons": die ofty nhoid ; f ever- in ."this . country every yeajv-and this disease Jls preventable says the -United States .Public -Health Service J" C'-fA.- Z7 r- ' Typhoid lever is - described -as- a serious,: contagious. Jnfectious', "dis ease, lasting., from -four to - eight weeks or .longer ".There ar6r often serious complications, such as' ulcers, hemorrhage . or ;t perforation of -"the bpwei,,ancLin about one-out of. every ten- cases; the patient . diesP " I f v The fever is referred'to as a !'fllth !1 disease, ,andis "caused py& wallbwirig typuum germs wnicn navejeome irom the discharges of. a person, who "is -ill with typhoidc or-twho---lias recovered and "whocontinues- to .discharge1 the germs. Infected-water,' milk, food, lirty- nngers . and j-fllthyv fties , often spread" thte disease.-r -V ' '-: ; It is' stated that "typhoid feverari be'preventedbjrgbod sariitatibri, per-: sonal4Jecleanliriis"a arid' typhoid" vacqi nation " This va.ninntinv mvs r f.Ti a pUbliciheaith 1 -serviceman ords apro- r tectlori from one to four .years, sonre- timest lpnger.. There JS- 'absolutely no- risk;and nolariger?yi -- The Shoe Fitter :?. ;,0ur new lalli-SKoes fe ready" for your:ihsbection. 5f AllTtKe-newest lastsrand ranging in -price from , i4. rv" v . - r-v v '. G.OUTO &JLO.UU : - i iHosetiiat Wear f of. Men and Women.' . Traveling Bags and Suit Cases, ; , -120; PAYETrEVILXElSTREa&X ent or 'more' of Hhe . gross operating periters. j; ;flTiL' aiEN" ORGANTB. ;ttj "" -?, - - C Chattanooga, v'Tenn.; , . Sept."S- JWorkerB. employedriplariing mills in this1 city have organizedand ; affili ated with s the Brotherhood of ; Car lO-E. iiI ARTI IV ST. -4 -si- -v - v-s re' n - M A .MiiiCMtliiefs t - 1 - 4 t ,
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