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CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917.
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ARGUMENT OVER
ADAMSON LAW
Supreme Court of the United
States Hearing Arguments on
the 8-Hour Daw Law.
RAILROADS REPRESENTED,
GOVERNMENT ARGUES CASE
Just When a Decision is Expected
is Not Known, But the Court
is to Hurry it Along.
Washington, Jan. 8. Arguments
over the constitutionality of the
Adamson Law came up today in the
Supreme court. A large array of at
torneys if or the railroads and counsel
for the government were on hand. for
the last stage of the battle over the
validity of the act of Congress last
September when the country was
threatened with a nation-wide rail
way strike.
First upon the court's call of cases
today,' following its three-weeks' hof-
k'ay recess, was the Missouri, Okla
homa & Gulf railroad case, chosen F:y
the Department if Justice and the
railroads for the test. It ras not ex
pected that the arguments would be
concluded ibefore tomorrow.
When the court will announce a de
cision is problematical, but it is ex
pected within a few fveeks as the
court has consented to exipedite the
proceedings and placed the test case
ahead of all others upon today's call.
The case was appealed last Novem
ber, from the decision of Federal
Judge Hooik at Kansas City, Mo., that
the law was "unconstitutional, null
and void."
The railroad lawyers were headed
by Walker D. Hines. Arthur Miller
represented specially the Missouri,
Oklahoma and Gulf roatl. John Ci.
Johnson of Philadelphia also appear
ed ifor the railroads.
In charge of the defense of the
Adamscn act for the Department of
Justice were Solicitor General John
W. Davis, Assitant Attorney's Gen
oral Ei Marvin Ua.ferveJkd -O.
Carroll Todd, 2nd Frank Hagerman J
01 .Kansas City, special assistant to
the Attorney General.
The railroad 'brotherhoods were not
formal parties to today's test suit;
Judge Hook dismissed the Missouri,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad's bill as to
union officers named defendants.
Today's argument, technically,
were upon appeal of United States
Attorney Francis M. Wilson of Kan
sas City from Judge Hook's decision
in an injunction suit brought by Alex
ander New and Henry C. Ferris, re
ceivers for the Missouri, Oklahoma &
Gulf, to enjoin enforcement of the
" law. Actually, however, the case will
determine application of the law to
all railroads.
By a stipulation, signed by rail
road and Department of Justice coun
sel, all other litigation over the
Adamson act has foeen suspended
Trended pending the Supreme Court's
e'ecision. The railroads agree mean
while to keep special account of
wages due employes under the new
law, to insure payment if the act is
sustained as constitutional or given
partial .application.
The principal provision of the
Adamson act wheh became effective
January -1 and whose operation was
suspended !by the present legal pro
ceedings, declares "eight hours shall,
in contracts for laJbor ,and service, be
deemed a day's work for the purpose
of reckoning compensation for service
df all employes employed by any
common carrier by railroads actual
ly engaged in any capacity in the op
eration of trains.
The law was passeci by the House
Sept. 1, by the Senate oh Sept. 2 and
signed i':y President 1 Wilson twice,
Sept. 2 (a Sunday) and 5. The gen
eral strike of railroad brotherhoods
previously oredred for Labor Day,
Sept. 4, W3s called off.
That the law is not in reality an
8-hour: day statute, but a wage in
crease act . ;s contended by the rail
roads. In the present case it is also
conteri fed' that the'law is unworkable,
. in capable' cf application; is not a
regulation of commerce within the
'authority of congress, :ut a tempor
ary experiment, and "unreasonablely
and arbitrarily" interferes with con
stitutional liberty oif contract, as well
as depriving the railroads of property
in violation of the due process of
law" clause of the constitution.
While the Missouri, Oklahoma &
Gulf has put few employes subject to
the act, being a small line and in
hands of receivers, counsel admitted
that the test case is not typical of
many other larg$ trunk lines, having
thousands of employes under con
tract. Utmost .freedom to present ev
' idenee regarding operation of the law
upon all railroads, uni'er all condi
tions, was agreed upon in the present
case, go tnac tne ouprem, court
htW have (somplete data affecting
all railreads.
LAFAYETTE HOME IS
, Americans making up the Ameri
can Committee o the French Heroes'
Fund, headed by Mrs. William Astor
Chanler, have purchased the old
chauteau of the Marquis de Fafayette,
the Chateau de Chavaniac Fayette,
FIELD MARSHAL VON MACKENSEN
BREAKS THROUGH STRONG BARRIER
IMPORTANT RUMANIAN GROUND CAPTURED ALONG THE RIVER
SERETH WHICH WAS WON BY SUCCESSFUL FLANK OPERA
TIONS RUSSIANS ALSO LOSE GROUND FURTHER NORTH
ALONG THE MOLDAVIAN FRONTIER RUSSIAN LINES TOW
ARD THE DANUBE ARE HOLD ING MORE SUCCESSFULLY.
(By Associated Press.)
Field Marshal von Mackensen has
broken through the strongly forti
fied barrier before the river Sereth
vvb-ch the Russians had constructed
at Fokshani and has captured impor
tant Rumanian ground and taken 4,
000 .prisoners and three guns.
This notable success in the attack
upon the Sereth line was .vron by suc
cessful AaieeBttf.
ports indicate. ,'
The Russians also have lost ground
further north along the Moldovii
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frontier, Berlin announces.
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however, tne latest reports snoeu ,
important Russian ogensive which ad
mittedly had successfully gained
ground from von Mackensen's forces.
There are also indications that the
Russian line's toward the Danube
where advances '"by the Austro-Ger-rr.an-Bulgarian
armies is being press
ed is still holding more successfully.
While Fokshani is some distance
from the river Sereth itself and the
Russians are still have that river on
which to fall back, the capture cf the
town, it appears,- weakens the whole
Russian position in this area and
qtiH htjI-ps tVio rivpr line more de- ' r
fenseless.
While this fighting is in .-progress
in the Rumanian war theatre the Rus
sian line between Dvinsk and Riga.
Renewed attacks which last Friday
resulted in the gaining of ground suc-
I! KILLED IN EXPLOSION
A SOOT!
Bottle of Nitroglycerine Explodes in
Smoking Compartment of, Birmingham-New
York Special iBeheved
a Passenger Committed Suicide.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 6. Two
men were instantly killed ani four
others badly injured early tonight by
an explosion in the smoking compart
ment of the rear day coach of thf
Southern railway's BirmingthaTr
f'pecial, froni New York. The ex
plosion occurred while the train wa
passing through Woodland, a Bir
mingham suburb.
The dead are: W.iJ. Oliver anC
Lewi3 D; Wlaton, both of Birming
ham.
Tne police are working on th'
theory that the explosion was due t
a uantitv of nitroglqycerine being se
off iby Walton with suicidal ' in ten 1
Walton has been in the lavatory aibou
30 minutes when the exiplosion oc
curred. The blast blew the steel par
tition between the lavatory and smol
ing compartment entirely away.
Just outside the door was a tab!
on which was written: "See my su:
case for important papers. Lewis I
Walton was iformerly a grocer i
Birmingham and was charged wit"
killing his partner, M. A. Barto
April 9, 1915. His trial on the charf
resulted in a mistrial several montr.
ago and he was still under. Taond.
Congressman-elect William-,- 1
!?ankhead, of Jaspew, Ala., who wa
In the observation.' a rtfa Mrs.
Bankhead. said the eTroloskm conic
be felt all over WeodBMt.
HERN
TRAIN
BOUGHT BY AMERICANS.
birthplace of the Frenchman who
helped to win American independ
ence. They will turn it into a me
morial museum, and home for sold
iers' orphans and soldiers disabled
in the war.
1 ceeded yesterday in enlarging the.
scope of their gain.
Patrol Engagements at Night.
Paris, Jan. 8. Patrol engagements
occurred last night on the Somme
front an-i in Lorraine, according to
the French official statement today.
Otherwise there was little activity.
Six Aeroplanes Lost.
Berlin via Sayville, -Jan. 8. Six
aoer Op lanes were lost by the entente
forces mi."th&v Rcro-gi4'.fWnt;
army headquarters announced today.
INSANE MAN LOSES SUIT(
Washington Jan. gth.-John Arm
strong Chaloner( of Merryills,
Virginia' by a special court c.ecis
ion today lost his suit to annul New
York proceedings in which he was
declared insane and designed to se
cure possession from Y.lr, lunr.cy trust
ee of property estimated at nearly
three million dollars. The court de
clined to disturb the insane proceed
ings, its decision leaving the proper
ty in the hands of the trustee.
Buying Rush in Wheat Market.
Chicago, Jan. 8. -Prophecies of con-
tinued heav,
export and diminishing
of stcck in the United States led to
a general rush to buy in the wheat
market today. The opening quotations
ranged from 5-8 to 23-S higher with
May at 1.851-2 to 1.861-2 and were J
lollowed oy a moderate reaction and
then a fresh upturn.
ECLARES PEACE
DESERVING OF RESPECT
England's Minister of Pensions
Thinks United Stai.es Means Well;
But Germany Does Not.
London, Jan. 7. G. N. Barnes,
minister of pensions, in a speech in
London, f today, said President Wil-
50M s suggestion that the belligerents
e their terms for -peace was en
title? to all possible respect. The
Vmencan people, the minister added,
m the whole, wanted to be on friend-
y terms with, England and therefore
'we ought to cultivate heir friend-s
5hio." . I
"The President," Mr. Barnes said,
hould be assured that this country
3 not out to smash Germany, or any
ody or anything except military
rawer and pride."
Declaring th2t President Wilson
houli ite left under no misapprehen
ion as to the objects of the entente
Hies, Mr. Barnes said that what
as wanted beifore the allies could
nter into negotiations was , the
clearing out of Germans from Bel
ian and the territory of small peo
les, reparation to these (peoples for
U wrong done and the subscribing
v Germany to a document of eace
-hich Vould be backed up foy the ih
rnational moral force of the whole
orld."
Regarding Germany's peace offer,
tr.' Barnes said:
"We cannot mako terms with a
ild fceast "and the answer given by
illieft is the only possible answer."
Mr. Wat. Louia has' ffone to Knox-
vSUV Tenn., o a business trip.
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SUM HAS .
BEEN WIDE
Ending of What Gave Promise of
Being a Strong Fought Litiga
tion Over Bonds.
COURT GRANTS REtJEST OF
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT
Result Was Brought Ahout Thru
Resolution IntroGuce&in the
Senate by Mr. Overman.
CUBAN SUIT WITHDRAWN.
Washington, Jan. 8. Cuba's
suit against the State of Nevth
Carolina fcr the collection of
S2,18e,000 cf railway hjaM is
sued during reconstruction per
iod and repudiated as fraudu
lent, was today withdrawn from
the Supreme Court. s'
The court granted the request
of Cuba for the abandonment
of the suit,
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This is the suit of which much has
been written recently. Coming into
possession of the3e repudiated bonds,
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j the. Republic of Cuba asked the Su
! nreme Court of the United States
1 for permission to brin? suit against
North Carolina for the collection of
the bonds. The c?.se was to have
been f.rgued today at Washington
jnd Attorney General Bickett had his
inaugurial postponed that he might
be in Washington for the argument.
Senator Overman in the Senate in
troduced a resolution calling on Cuba
to state where she got theibonds and
how much was paid for them. After
Senator Overman had been notified
by the Cuban minister that the suit
would be withdrawn he asked for and
secured the withdrawal of the reso
lution. Today, as set forth in the above
Washington dispatch, the case.-is fin
ally ended by lhe withdrawal, of the
suit ' by - Cuba and permis ivm - given
by thd court for the witf(iwaL1s
BtcitET9F
TO TAKE "SHORT REST.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 7. Stanfori
Martin, editof of the Morning Journ
al, and recently appointed private
secretary of Governor-elect T. W.
Bickett, left early this morning for
Eastern North Carolina, where he
will spend several days bdforc goin?
to Raleigh on Tuesday.
He will begin his duties as Bickett's
secretary cn next Thursday, the d3y
on -ahich the inauguration will be.
OMMISSIONlRS to
REDUCED 10 FIVE
Senator Linn Gets Such a Bill
Through the Senate Reducing the
Board to Five Members.
Rowan is to have her beard of com
missioners reduced from seven to five
members by a bill which Senator
Stahle Linn has had passed through
the Senate, and wihich will prcoably
be endorsed l':y the House trie first of
the week.
There was some sentiment for a
reduction to thre members, but Mr.
Linn, who spent today at home, says
i it was determined on runner study
of the situation, as changed by the
empowering of the commissioners
with greater law-making poer. that
it woul; be better to nave five men
cn the board.
Professional Yeggmen Rob the Bank
at Bluff City.
Bristol. Tenn.. Jan. 7. Two- pro-
fe3sional vc2-men. with dynamite and
j crowd bars, robbed the Bank of Bluff
; city early this morning and later
v3nsocked a lare-e store at Pink Flats.
The amount of booty secured is not
known.
The two men used a Bristol jitney
to rer.ch both places, taking on the
dynamite and tools in the outskirts
of the city. They forced the driver at
the point of a .revolver to wait whilo
they pulled off both jobs.
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
SEALS,
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Sale this season 15,100.
Last season 10,700.
Sale conijucted by the Girls
Club.
Money to be used this year as
last for a community nurse.
Prizes were "presented to the
yeung ladies sejtyng the largest
number of seals by Saleeby
Candy Kitchen, Olympia Can
day Company, Oestreicher's
and the Iris Theatre.
" DR. S, O. HOLLAND,
Chairman,
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UPROAR
IN COMMITTEE ROOM
DURING "LEAK" INVESTIGATION;
LAWSON FLIES INTO A RAGE
CHAIRMAN HENRY OF HOUSE
TO CONTINUE HEARING IN
CLERK HAD TO FORCE THE
CHAIR LAWSON SAYS "LEAKS" HAVE COME FROM SUPREME
COURT, THE SENATE, CABINET AND EVEN THE WHITE HOUSE j
ITSELF AND DECLARES IN TWO YEARS THE AMERICAN PEO-!
PLE HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF FROM THIRTY TO FORTY BIL
LION DOLLARS.
EON. EDWIN Y. WEBB
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Author of Webh-Kenyon Bill Upheld
by United States Sopreme Court
Tcday.
United States Supreme Oourt
Holds Act Forbidding Ship
ments of liquor.
WEST VA. PROHIBITION
LAW IS ALSO UPHELD
Citizens Cannot Receive Liquor
for Personal Use Shipped by
Common Carrier.
(By Associated Press.)
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WEBBiKENYDN LAW
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Washington Jan. 8. The Federal ' remedy for conditions causing hun-Webb-Kenyon
law designed to pre-' d reds of thousands cf persons great
vent liquor shipments from "wet" to j losses."
"dry" States was today declared con- Mr. Lawson .flew into a rage after
stilutional by the United States Su
preme Court by a vote of 7 to 2, which
.lso upheld the West Virginia prohi
bition, amendment prohibiting citizens
from receiving liquor for personal
use shipped by common carrier in
inter-State comma ce.
Rollin Hyams Loses a Leg at Old
Fort.
Old Fort, Jan. 7. Rollin Hyama,
the twelve-year-old son of George
Hyams, fell under a freight train
here this afternoon and suffered the
loss of his left leg, which was crush
ed off at the knee. The boy, it is
stated; with several companions, was
stealing a irde on the freight, and
his hold on the car slipped. He was
picked 'up and rushed to his home,
where medical attention was given
him. Reports late tonight are to the
effect that the injured boy is resting
well, and that all chances favor his
recovery.
ML ADAMSON BUSY
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Congressman Seeking to Get Ac-tiqn
. on the Bill He Introduced to Estab
lish the 8-Hour Day Wants Ac
tion on the President's Program.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, J.m 8. Representa
tive Adamson today 'started an effort
to get sdme action in the House on
his new railroad A of hst Saturday
to establish the hour day, forbid
strikes and lockouts within 90 days
and permit the President to tae over
the management of railways in emer
gency cases such as war and (blocking
of commerce. He expects to push the
bill without waiting for the senate to
act on the program of the President
for hearing in the senate today..
Representative Adamson was also
very active in seeking action on the
resolution which would continue the
life of the Newland commission inr
vestigating railway problems. Tech
nically, it passed out off existence to
day. - r " '
0NE1GH
HOUR LAW
RULES COMMITTEE THREATENS
EXECUTIVE SESSION HOUSE
BOSTON FINANCIER INTO HIS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. ,'8. Inquiry, into
the alleged "leak" to W.;ll Street on
President Wilson's peace note was re- meeting December 19 ultimo, passed"
sumed by theHouse Rules Committee j strong resolutions declaring for com-
this mcrning with a number of wit- , , ,. rn' . ;
j- - , . .-t.j. ' pulsory education. Following is a
nesses on hand Tea: y to testify. ( J
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the ' cPy :
President; Secretary ai State Lansing i Whereas, the Farmers union stands
and Thomas W. -Lawson, of Boston , ! f or education, and for a more ct
were the first witness to testify. . lightened ,ani intelligent . citizenship ;
Seretarv TumnHv in a lensthv '
statement declared, he resented the
tf o r
"unjust intimation that I gave infor
mation to B. M. Baruch in regard to
thp sn-palleri npace note sent the JiiQ-
ropean belligerents last month by the
Secretary of State. This intimation
was contained in a statement made to
this committee by Representative
Woods, of Indiana, a man who I' do
not know." .
Secretary Tumulty denied that hz
i i gave advance information to any one
ar;. stated tnat ne cua not Knovn 01
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the existence of the note untl aiftcr ,
printed copies of n :iad been given ;
to the representatives of the press
Ly the .State Deoartment. In conclud- I
inr Secretary Tumultv said:
"I am authorized 'by the President
to quote him 3s follows: 'I wish in
iustice to Mr. Tumulty to say that he
has stated the exact fact. He had no
knowledge of the note whatever -until
it was given out for publication.' "
Secretary of State Lansing testified
regarding the preparation oif the note
and its dispxtch after it was received
at the State Department from the
White HoUse. "Secrecy was main
tained," he said, "out of courtesy iue
the nations, which were to receive 6if
lore receipt oyTjne European cuun
tries." Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston,-was
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1 next witness, ynairmn nenry toia
Mr. Lawson he might proceed in his
own way for the present. I.Ir. Law
son asked if he might !':e stopped at
anv point in his discourse. Chairman
Henrv told him that depended entire-
ly on whether he confined himself to
, the subject before the committe
ttee.
. "I will give testimony," sai
d Mr.
Lawson, "reaarding the :'amna:le
condition which has existed for twa
years for the purpose of finding a
proceeding half an hour and when in
terrupted by Representative Xhipper
field. He declared he proposed to say
, all he had to say regardless of the
consequences.
"Whatever the penalty." he added,
"rind I take it in advance."
The committee room was in an up-
ros
and
Representative
Henry
threatened to clear it and hold the I
j proceedings In executive, session. Mr.
Lawson ;?esticulatingly shook a point-
ie - fineer in Representative Chipper -
field s face .and delcared he was an Here ajr LaWSOn was interrupted
American citizen snd would see to it j by chairman Henry: "You must con
that he got his rights, (duct yourself "
The clonk of the House threw Mr. j j knOW Mr. Lawson broke in,
Lawson bacV in his chair until order "that you are ffoing to try to stop me
was restored. Mr. Lawson declared frcm saying things you think I have
all he said in the pre3s regarding the a right to say, and what shall I do?"
"leak" he believed to fze true.
' I repeat it all now," declared Law.
son. "It is one of the commonest
things in Wall Street to get advance i ' '
information from Washington on ; TEXTILE WORKERS.WILL
government affairs; affairs of. such j DEMAND EIGHT-HOUR DAY
importance that they frequently affect j,
the country's security. I mean also SupDnrt For Striking Operatives of
'leaks' from the Supreme Court, a:'- Anderson, S. C, is Asked at Boston,
vance information on decisions; ad- j Boston, Jan. 7. A demand for an
V3nce inl&rmation on important Sen-' cigl-hour ' day for textile workers
ate matters; actions of Congressional throughput the country will soon be
committee;- cabinet affairs, and ad- made, according .toJohn Golden, in
vance information direct from the ternational prescient of the United
White House itself." ; Textile Workers Of iAmerica, who to-
Mr. Lawson declared in two years; night made an appeal to the Boston
the American people had been robbed j Central Labor union for support for
of from thirty, to iforty billion dollars. ! the strike of 700 operatives in the
Referring to the day the "leak" oc-! mills at Anderson, S. C. The shorter
curred Mr. Lawson sa4d the "fraudr , day . would be asked for President
inflated" market was ready to burst, j Golden said, notwithstanding the in
Hc said hevknew who was responsible : crease in wages during the past year
for tho "leak" and that when they j amounting in some cases in northern
saw the havoc they had caused they i -mills to 8 ;lper cent.'
tried to make him the goat. He said j Referring to conditions in the south,
he was convinced the committee did j Mr. Golden asserted that ninety per
not want an investigation.
"And after I had been bombarding
the country with my telegrams and
had offered to do what I could toward
the corrtmittee I was told to 'put up
or shut up."' , said Mr. Lawson.
"What difference did it make to this
committee or Congress whether a
little private citizen from BostQn put
up or1 shut up about a' matter almost
as important as the European war is
to England or Germany or France? t
came to Washington to aid in an
COMPULSORY
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j Mulberry Local of County Farm-
ers
, pulsory "Law.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGED
TO ACT IN MATTER
Farmers Deplore Slackness of
Parents and Others in Charge
of Schooling Them. ,
Salisbury, R. 3, Jan. 5. Mul'jerry
local Farmers union at its regular
And wnereas, we aepiore xne Biatw-
ness of parents and those having
Children under their care in sending
them to school, fully fifty per cent
of tfiem being sent at all;
And whereas, Believing as we do
that no parent or other person has
the right to deprive a child or chil
dren of that God-giving privilege to
secure an education, or to have the
opportunity to secure it, we depose
and idelare that in our, opinion the
State should take hold of the matter
with an iron claw, that our coming
legislature sltouid pass sucn a 1a or
laws as will force the attendance ox
our children in our schools.
Therefore be it resolved: That we,
members of Mulberry local, No. 451,
Farmers Educational ana -op4
tive Union of America, urnje the en
actment of a statute or statutes by
the General AsseirJ'.iy of North Car
olina, which convenes in January
next, that will be absolutely conijpul
sory in effect in placing every, child
in our public school? and from which
there: shall be no legal. recourse," only
Providenti'?! hindrance being an
equiU-le-and adequate excuse;
.SAnd, beat resolved: That we furjth- .
0:"Vt0d insist that the said sta
'tuieror staWitgs ; sRaUke, it -epm:
pnlsfyer every child" "b'eteW the
age of eight years and fourteen years
to attend school at least four months
during each school term that the
school teachsrs shall be required to
furnish the chairman of the school
committees in " their respective dis
tricts a report every two veeks,
j showing the violations of the law, r.
j any; that a similar report .e sent,
tne county supennienueni. or 10 suiuu
one specially appointed for the work,
that it ,sb3ll 'be a misdemeanor for
either . or both of these officers to fail
to prosecute arry and all 'persons vio
lating this school law and said of
ficers on failure ots'uch duty shall bt
punishable by' a fine in the 'riscretion
of the courts.
And be it resolved; That we ifurnish
a copy of this action to our county
capers, to our state organ, the Pro
gressive Farmer, and that it be pre
sented to our county meeting to be
held with .Gold Knob loeal, Dec. 29
and -SO -and urge similar action i':y
that ":ody.
i n9nest investigation only to have hell
lambasted out of me as soon as Con
gress convened. Promptly when the
Senate met a leather-lunged, , sewer -
! mmithprf old blatherskite-
Chairman 'Henry then said the "lid
Was off" so far as concerning any
confidential conference with him.
cent of the quarter , of a million mill
hands in that " section were only
twenty-four hours away ifrom 6tarva-'
tiotu He said that he strike" in An
derson had cost his union over $50,000,
thus far, but that the organization
was able to spend as much more to
carry . on the fight, if necessary.
The strike began five months ago, ac
cording .te Mr.- Golden, when th
WielUngton-Sears company,! of Boa
ton, owners of the wills, refuged to
, grant a ten per ent increase in pay.
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