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CONCORD.- N. C, THURSDAY. SEPT. 14, 1922.
NO. 189.
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Other Railroads Ready to
r Enter Into Negotiations to ; '
End the Shopmen s Strike
.-: f - .: . " f ; ;V"V. ,'
These 'Are in Addition to.TWo electrocutions! in -
About Fifty Roads That "k
f Previously Iltf Agreed to g-iNg--
oeparaie oeiuemenis.
35 PER CENT. OF THE
MILEAGE INCLUDED
Railroads Signing the Agree
ment Will Meet the Union
;'. Representatives on Wage
and Other Questions.
Chicago, Sept; 14 (By the Asso
ciated Tress). Leaders of the. Feder-
iit.d Railway shop crafts who today)
Ngnn negotiating separate setMcu.enta
..f the ,hopmr.n'a strike in accordance
with ni m.m.mli.1 n,l.i,tu.l h
union's general policy eoiulitlttep, an
nounced thnt several railroads had tel.
cgrn plied Union .headquarters Indicating
willlngiieaa to go Into the negotlittions.
These, the lderg said, were In add!
' tion to alsuit SO roads which prwtouKly
ljad agn-ed to 'separate settlements,
Washington, Sept. 14. Advices to
the Lnbor Deiwrtment t(day from Its
representative in Chicago said that
milronds representing approximately
35 per cent, of the country's mileage
had signified ..their intention, of -end-ingthe
shopmen's strike on a Uisls of
the n Bi-eenieiira crept ed-y esterday-by
tbe shop crafts general policy commit
tee; and that roads representing an ad
ditional 30 per. cent, were ready jto so
end the strike. sttj': ..'vs
The "rommissiun decided upon to' nd
jtulicnte the diflterencea . between the
workers and rait heads, -.aa , iroviujpi
under , the - agreement, Lalsir Peiwrt.
cotnixwed of sLi'shn. crafts Veprwen-
tatlves. and not otliclnla of the . rail.
road broUierhiMKls as originally pro-J
vided, Stvtlon 4 of the agreement,
the advices further -explained, was in
terpreted in Chicago by union workers
to mean that the railroads .signatory
to the agreement will meet mrion rep
resentatives on wage questions and nil
1 (it her matters growing imt of -the
. Mtrike, and nion .failure to agree upon
points ui issue the questions under
lUspute will lie referred to n commii-
slon provided for in Section Five.
SEPARATE AGREEMENTS '
-, AUTHORIZED AT CHICAGO
Committees Plan to Have All Men Re
turn on Status of June 30th.
Chicago, Sept, 13AThe policy cora
"iniMe.9 of the striking railway shop
crafts today authorized B. M. Jewell,
strike leader, to sign a separate peace
agreement with individual roads. "
' This action-, it was stated, would end
the strike on ' from 30 to 52 of the.
striking class- one .' railways of the
country, which enterad into direct ne
aotliitions with Mr. Jewell recently at
Baltlmore and on any other roads
that core to accept the peace terms.
. The agreement was reached before.
the eoinmittee of m adjourned ny.z
o'clock this afternoon. ' "
' Order Men Back to Work.
Preparations ; for ordering the , men
hack to work on the roads which are
uartfea o the agreement were, begun
tonight in meeting of the executive
council, attended by the international
olllcers of the six shop ersfts. 5 .This
meeting as : those of the nnstwaff
, closely guarded. : " . t-1
The terms of ,; the agreement are
those, offered nt New . York with
few slight changes uTade necessary to
mollify the opposition in tne unions'
.. ranks. With these terms aa a basis,
cyxrem federations on roads not nbW
: , parties to the agreement are authorlz
eT to enter' - peace negotiations with
proper railroad officials, v Until these
employes' are -returned to 'work, they
will lie assisted financially by those
wlm are mnloved'. ? :' v ' I1 , :! i
, Present employe. -and the strikers
' will be retained by the Tallroad . sign
ing . the Jewcll-Wlllard w agreelnent
, The. ld men are to return to their
former positions at' the present rates
of pay not Inter' than SO days after
the agreement is signed. ,( All strikers,
with the. exception of those found
guilty of nets of violence, are to be on
the ' railroad's payroll at, the end of
SO days' period.; Men will lie called
back to work in the order of the.lr
" standing. u'r'l...', .;:....' -ivV-.,
; Arbitration Provided For. 1
Anticipating dispirte. arising out of
the men's return to work, the agree,
ment provides for anarbitratlon cora
nib sion composed of six railroad rep
resentatives and six shop crafts agents.
On the belief that, many carriers
will follow those who were partie? to
Ihls agreement, it waa understood to-'
night the shop crafts officials place
their' hopes at, a nation-wide settle
ment' of the strike. The action of
' the agreeing roads, they were said to
' ltelleve will force the pthers to tho
same terms. v ;
Jiwt how soon men on .the "peace"
railroads will return to work could
not be learned tonight, but it was
. (Mr the bMtliM -.!
Raleigh, Sept. 14. More , than1 a
thousand persons have- applied to
Wrtrtleu Buabee for tickets to witness
the. electrocution t tomorrow of Angus
Murphy and Jiwephy Thouias, negroes,
eonvlcted. of ..charges growing out of
the attack on Mr. and Mrs. A. K.
Ketcben, of Miami, Fin., near South
en Busbee said today lie would Issue
e.rn Pines ahotit nix week ago. Ward,
ahont 50 tickets to each execution'.
Baptismal rights were administered
to Murphy and Thouias lnte. yesterday
hy a local negro minister. Doth the
negroes were in good spirits this morn
"R",KI t"'y " " 1 f, 1 1
""'n-
Sen but admitf he was with 1
IveUnen, llllt lUIIUIW lie WAR W1IU,
mn u IIK HIH1VH Ufl .IH11II-. SHIP-
mlttfd to a charge of secret assault
and t serving a 12 year sentenco.
'. Execution of Murphy and Thomas
tomorrow will make the fourth double
electrocution since the electric chair
has Ik'. 'ii nsed In Jhbt ' state,
ATTACK ON MOB VIOLENCE
Made Today Before the' Protestant
Episcopal , Conference at Portland.
-(By Ike Auoctatpd Press.!'
Portland,'. Oregon, Kept.-. 14. -An at
ctnismtmol.Ulwu4va PMy.lie.,,,, tu . .(irePiiiaiul, lis was
fore the House of Deputies of the Gen- remttd m-ently . from Coiieniingen.
of -the Protestant
1 I'liiri cil
Episcoiml Church today iri-n resolu
tion offered by J)r. W, p. .Wlliner,. of
Atlanta. . " . 'J i ' .':''...'.
Though refusing to say he hnd aim.
(Hi Uie resolutUm nt the Kn Klnx Klnu .
n hniui h(knliiiniroiaB n ru in hi a' hnmA 1 1
matter before the convention
Any ougantnatlnn' based on a defi
nition of Americanism which excludes
certain races, or reiglons must develop
prejudices or' antagonisms toward per
sons of those religlohs or races, and
must Inevitnbly encourage the taking;
of .the law into ones hands, and ulti
mately the organization for the pur
poses of private revenge."
HAVE FALLEN DOWN IN
FIGHT AGALNST BOLL WEEVIL
Senator Williams Makes This Charge
-
f .?';?1 Srrzrr 7-rVMmmv,
biiu ocibhusw. r j
(Br the AmaeJaicd
Washington, Sept. 14, .Asserting 1
that, the Department of Agriculture j wlu neCeSBarlly be tedious. All things
and Its scientists had "fallen down goig wl,u, symptoms will varyonly
in fighting the cotton boll weevil, Sen- ughtiy frnro day to day. Sufficient
ntor Williams, demoj-rat, Mlsissippi, ip ! yppoj-tg wn-be given to relate pro
the Senate tHla,r declared proposuls I gresg f case. Regular bulletins will
for cessation' of nil cotto planting to discontinued.
kill the -weevil impracticable. , The
farmers, he said,, still must , rely on
modern science and the investigating
powers of the Federal goveijimeiit to
curb the pest. v . ,
Dirigible C-8 Arrives in Akron.
(By. the Associated Press.)
'Akron, O,, Repti 14. The army dir
Igable G-2 arrived nt the Wlngfoot ae
rial station near here at ..11.25 a. m.
The big airship was. moored at the
hangar there, nnd the crew landed for
luncheon. It will leave hue today for,
Dayton. ... . : . ". r
- Officers of the craft told of encounter
ing stiff wimbi atulnybreak, but .the air
ship made good headway, coming here
from iAngely Field, , Va., in exactly
11 hours.; The C-2 is attempting the
first trans-continental flight by a
dirriglble. Its destination is I-os
Angeles. . ,
Southern PtaicM an Embargo on
r ' Lumber.
Washington, Sept. 13. A timporary
embargo on lumber and .'all forest
products to be effective for a week
has teen declared by the Southern
railroad to permit the road to move
oriority freight and to clear the lino
of ( .timber already in transit Railroad
officials said today they expected tne
embargo to be lifted "In a lew days."
: A female aligator.wlll lay as many
as 100 eggs at one time:
nredictedf that -1 orders ending the
strike on some roads will be. Issued
W....I1. B IKVY U.F.IIB. !. , . .. - '
The peace settlement plan, also would
apply to the Brotherhood of Stationary
Firemen and Ollejs, some 15,000 mem
bers 0 which followed the strike ac
tion of the elx federated shop crafts.
" Among the roads said by ' a -representative
nt 1 S. Dnvies WaiHeld to
have been parties to the, agreement
were:,,.; . '. ' '-"'. .; ;
Louisiana and Arkansas; Southern
Railway ; Eo ; and West Coast
Georgta-Southfirn and Floflda; New
Orleans and northeastern ! Kortuern
Alabama:- Seaboard Airline; Macon,
Dublin and Savannah ; Tampa - and
Gulf Coast; Tampa Northern; Vir
ginia Railway ; Winston-Salem South
Bound ; Alabama Great , Southern ;
Chesapeake and Ohio and 1 Baltimore
and Ohio. ,- : ":"? r?:v '.",- .;')
MRS. W IMFEm HART ' !
10 Sl'E FOR DIVORCE
Wife of William S.Hrt U Ask (or
Divorre esn Grouad et "Extreme
Cruelty. . . - j
(If M AMwtaM riM.) ' I
' Anrele Kn 14 Suit for ill.
yore on tbe ground of "extreme i-rnel- ,h "tlatlnrtlott f bobllng tlw nrt
ty." will l iDHtltutwl at nnt agnlnrt rommunity fulr tbb year. Tbe fair
William . Hart, tlltu actor. I.y Mni.;lu, nrtj We.lneti.tay, Sei
tj . ' ,i ... Inn her !Hh mud nnlu n.11 1.. 1.1 iJuiu 1
n lui.rri ,i phpi rr tuin, M.iiniiiiK
. . i . .. .. .... .
anonnremenr louny uy aira. nana ai- " '--" " ,
torney. - tbe moBt iuterpHting in the hlHtory of;
KeiHirta that Hart had agreed to al,h, UnrrlKlmrg oannnnlty. I
$20tl,lKM rMHh aettleinent with bin wife Various cwimltteex were apjH.lnte-l
were verified by Mm. Harfa attorney. "" our tih- iHir
He added, however, thnt complete ; M?"". " memlni of them rum-
aettlement had not been effected and ; "'Itteea have ano.mixl that every-
that bit client woiUd ank for a iniHh,h,n u "lM,nt rp"d the big event.!
larger auut. , ' The rH.ple of t4 St. John's neigh-(
' ' i ' jhorhood will hold tje wn-ond rommun-
THE COTTON MARKET lty fair of the year. Thla fair will
Opened Steady Today at an Advanre
of From 7 to 18 Points.
Xew York Sept. H. Tlie rotton mar
ket opened iteaily at an advance of !
7 to It points on relative, tirin Uver-I
pisil cables, but there were some over
night selling orders around the. ring,
brought in by the reactionary ruling of
yesterday a lnte market. Scattered
southern 'selling was also reported, as committees for the liirrisbiirg Fair; i the shopmen's strike through Individ-1 atntement at the county jitll this morn
'a reNult of' which prices cased off I General nrranuvments mill lUvorn-luul settlements today liepin negrtia- '"R "' Norton, a seaboard Air Une
right after the call, with Pemlw.r sell
from 21.110 to ai.7, or 4
nPt IoweJP-
r.ltt,. f,,tnrM A1.mio1 stnilr (W.t
l-.m; live. 21 Ms) ; Jnn 21:75; March
j ,m,.
i'1 ""'J""y -1'" '
AMUNDSEN NOT TRY
FLIGHT THIS WINTER
Reliable Information Says He Will
Spend the Winter at Wainwrlght,
Alaska.
(By ike Associated Pie.
Nome, Alaska. Sept. 14. Informa
tion' from a reliable source, received
here today, was to effect that Captain
Hon id Amundsen would not attempt
this year his proposed flight across
AmutKlsen, who was last reported nt
Wnlnwright, 100 miles south of Point
Barrow Alaska, plans to sitcnd the
wltiter -here, according to this Infor-
niatiau.;
Is Progressing ro Satisfactorily; That
Bullet Ins Will Be Discontinued in
Future.
Washington,' Sept. 1 Announcing
that' Mrs. Harding had tnjoyed today
the best day since her illness became
critical, the night statement from the
White -House 'physicians' said con
valescence was continuing bo satis
factorily that the regular bulletins
would be discontnlued from this time.
. The statement follows: ,
Mrs." Harding's .condition at 8 .p.
III. I Kill I Ft!
m. Temperature 100; r pulse v;
respiration 26
..A apperances anQ wnditions
glmw the day since the Serious
time of the illness. Convalescence
: "C, E. SAWYt'K, M. V. '
COTTON CONSUMED IN AUGUST
Was 527,404 Bales, Compared With
467,059 Last Year.
; (By the Awoelated Fresa.) . .
W'ashlngton,' Sept 14. Cotton coa
sumed ; during August nuionned ,to
527,040 bales of lint and (S0.825 of
llnters; compared with 45S.54S of lint
and 55.424 of llnters in July this year;
! A1VT O.-.O of lint inil K' lOlt nf lint.
OUUh 9 .trifle WS, Hl UM V HI
era In August last year, the Census
Bureau announced today. -
s. 1 1 ;
The New Pastor of St. James Luther
. : , t an C'hureh.
Ilev.; h. A. Thomas, the new pastor
of St. James Lutheran Church of this
city, arrived in Concord with his family-today
and ;are, occupying the St.
James parsonage on 5 West Corbin
street. Kev. Mr. Thomas and his fam
ily came to Concord from Mooresvllle,
where he had been ror tne imst rew,
years. ..; 7 . ' ""'': -v
The memliers 'of St. James CburQb
on yestenlny gave their newi pastor
and his family nn old fashioned
"pounding." a number of the ladles lie
ing present at the' parsonage yester
day afternoon to receive the gifts thnt
were seht in by the congregHtion.'
An Informal receptton has been ar
ranged ilor at the parsonage on Friday
evening beginning nt 8 o'clock for tbe
pnrpose of mnklni' the people of Con
cord acquainted witn Kev, ar. xnonv
na nnd his famllv. ' . " ' .
Rev. Mr.; Thomns As-ill fill the pulpit
at St.' James and begin his pastorate
here on next Sunday.
lextSuii
hew Vo
War Mothers Vote Against New In-
. . aignU. ; ;' -
A railed meeting of .the Calwrrns
War Mothers was held Tuesday eve
ning, Septqmlwr 12th,. at tbe home of
Mrs. John K. Patterson, where' the
first War Mother's dub was organised.
and passed resolutions against chang
ing' the name and insignia of -tbeor-
gamsat.on 011 aero...... ui iu ui.ili..i
and sentimental value attached to If.
Two Men Killed by Fall ( Slate In
.' Mine. -V
(By the AaMMat4 -
, Bluefleld. W. Va., Sept. 14,-liaii.
v.. Huehes. of Pocahontas. Vs.. and J.
8. ilancocok,'of-Norman, N. C, were
killed by a fall of Klate In the Big
Vein mines at .Pocahontas yesterday.
": "' " :' .'': ' ' . 1 ..' , '
COMMITTEES WORKING '
, FOR OMMI XITV FAIR
First Fair la Cmntr This Year Win!
Bs Held at HarrUburg M Septeta-!
her loth,
Toe Nople of IUrrtsltrg and tbe
territory adjoining lUrrijdiurg. bave
, ....
ari wMn ik. nwMrfl.... ..-til lu. nMA ... t
lie beld on-Thunulny. Soptemlier 2lKt.,
and the general chairman of the fair'
him burned an Invitation to everyone
in the county to be jirewnt.
rne mint ami ihut tutr will lie betit
on Friday, September 'Jnd, with the
leojle of Klmer. Aii-onllng to Infor-
motion nvnilable here, this fnlr will lie! Chicago, Sept. 14 (Hy the ARsocin:
one of the biggest iever U'hl in the ed I'retw. ) .Members of tbe shop
county.
I'nc roiiowing maRe up the vmious
tion Chairman. A. '. Ouav: W. I), i
Harry, Frank Howie. Mrs. I.uls bi'nko. i ment. I other men plotted the attempted dyna-
Mrs. B. F. Teeter,1 M ins itna Harry. Instructions to various svstem fed-! mlting of the trestle over Six Mile
Amusement Chairman. It. A. Har- erntlon officials to sign agreements '"''k on the Atlantic Coast 14e riill
rls, Kinest Stalling, Comm Quay, C. land arrangements with their roads """ad near here Tuesday tilglit. ac
A. C.s-man, Mrs. , ( lms. Alexander, i were sent out from union lieadiiunr- riling to annonnceuient by Deputy
Mrs. Willis Stalllngs. tei-s bv Bert M. Jewell, chief strike (Sheriff II. L. Sluickleford.
i-iimiciiy nnirman. kci. llama,;
Mrs, I). 1. Morrison, Evelyn HurlxH
Mnggie lion Tnylor, Francis Sims.
Poultry Kxhibit Chairman. C. L.
Sims, C. M. Ktnfford. Bnford Barl.ee.
Sylvester Taylor, J.'r. Higglns.
iiiw niocn r.TiFi iniuui.) v iiuii -1
4
.111.1. x. .... v..cr.v. j: p. ...nirioy. nam
Houston, Ed. Caldwell, Dick McCuch-ito
eran, Harry Taylor.,
i.r . . . . .c.s- ...i.rim i. n. i. ,
Sloop. J. Jj. Query W. M. McEnchern.
Mrs- iu' "' ''"i. IM,'k ''K1" "" !
em, mix, auh'k xmnnv.
Pn rin I'rodm'ttH-C 'h i mm n
Jim 1
Taylor. Fred Quay, B. F. Teeter, John
G. McEuehern, Bill Harris.
Garden and Orchard Products
Chairman Will Davis. Mary Houston,
J. C. Taylor, E. StnUings, James Tay-
1B. MMUije(-.M'S"- '.' a-'.''.
Domestio' Science Chairman. Mrs.
E. Hnrris, Mrs; Z. M. Snfford, Mrs.
Ira Taylori Mrs. Will lnvis, Miss Mar
garet Harris. "
Domestic Arts Chairman, Mrs.
Harry Bost, Mrs. Mark Houston. Mrs.
M. F. Teeter, Mrs. Cormn Bnrl.ee, .l.
Q. Tnylor, Mw. James Bnrbee
Une Arts-Ohmrman, Mrs. ( L.
Sims. Mrs. W. I). Ilarrv. Mrs. It. A.I
Harris. Mrs. -, Ernest- MrnllinBs, Miss
Mary Hurry. ,
Health Chairman. M11. Tom
Query, Miss Evelyn Quay, Miss Annie
Taylor,. Dr. Lnbchenko, Dr. Grier.
Historical ltelics lliulrmun. Miss
Lulu Morrison, Miss Carrie Morrison.
Miss Wll Quay, Mrs. W. II. Oglesby.il
unniiig I'liairman, iui-N. a. r.
Quay, Mrs. Ed. Caldwell, Mm. Sam
C.M-hran. Mrs. i Elani Thompson, Miss
Beulub Tnylor.
Manual Arts Cliaivman, Mr. Elam
Thomiwon, Mr. W. I). Whitley, James
Alexander, Frank Quay, Theo Taylor.
Ernest Thompson.
General- Exhibits Chairman, Chas.
Alexander,' D, L. Morrison', W. W.
Oglesby, Mr. Paul Stalllngs. '
St. John's Fair September 21st.
The general , chairman of the St.
John's Fair has issued the following
blanket invitation :
You should) come to the St. John's
Commnnltyv. Fair to lie held Thursday
September 21st. This is your invita
tion. Come and be with nl Enter
taining games and stunts are! being
provided for the children ami yonng
people; a baseball game for everybody.
There vwlll lie exhibits of all kinds:
fnnnV garden und orchard products;
live stock and poultry ; pantry sup
plies of nil kinds, and fnnoy work. A
small cash premium Is to te paid for
the exhibit that wins first prize. The
program for: the day. is being worked
out by the comraitteeon arrangements
and will appear in due time. Every
body come and enjoy tne day with us.
Dop't forget the date, Thursday, Sep
tember 21, 1022. -
A BirthiTay Dinner.
''.'About ' fifty persons gathered at the
home of Mr. 8. D. muck on September
'Sth."1 nud gave 'Mrs. ;; Sossamon, the
mother of Mrs. Black, a birthday din
ner. .. . ' r"
The occasion wis in celebration of
Mrs. Sossamon's sixty-ninth birthday
anniversary. The morning honrs were
very pleasantly spent in social conver
satlon and about one o'clock the
guests were invited to the lawn, where
a long table hud oeen ereereu . uniicr
the huge oak trees. ' Everyone pres
ent te to their-entire satlsfncfion of
the good things which were In evi
dence.'- Ice cream and lemonade, were
served throughout the day.-' y: '
After dinner was over the guests
repaired to the front .porch where sev
eral selections suitable for the occas
ion, were rendered. Then Rer. R. F.
Honeycntt. the popular pastor of Beth
el Church, read the one hundred and
third Psalm, basing bis remarks ou
"Inrinenre," He nrged everyone pres
ent to nse their Intiuence for good. He
spoke briefly but Impressively, paying
a hluh trilaite to the nnnoree. ' '
Mrs. Stmnmon was the recipient of
seveanl presents from her children and
grail-chlldren. ' She la the mother of
Dc i, iX Hossamon, of Midland. ' ..
Ahont four o'clock the guests de
parted, wishing for many more hnppy
birthdays. . ,L. .
PEACE INSTRUCTIONS
ARE BEING PREPARED i
,
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n ( J-Wp11 Qthpr Ifl.
Ail JCWCU Olid UUief LXa.ll
m
era Busy Now Preparing
Instructions to De Sent the
Union Men.
rtI,r,T-1.r,f,
TLLL OFFICERS TO
Cinv APnPF'Mli'TMT
' -OlU AUlUVEiiniiiXM 1
Tavt . tnmntU 1T: '
vl ihmi uiuiwu w uiuuii
Leaders Not Made Public
Fif ty Roads-Have Agreed
to the Settlement.
'crafls isillcy committee who yesterday j
approve:! tbe )eiice piiins for ending
Hons under the terms of the .iirree-
leaner, unci 411c neaii or tne railway!
employes ileimrtulent of the American
Federation of Ijilior.
Although the shop crafts executive
council reinuiiieu nere witn .Mr. jew-
ell to direct the affairs of the railway I
wimp emus ni wiuiiik uie siriKe, tiieip,)
policy couinmiee inemmMS acarrere.i .
their resjiectlve districts soon at
ter the settlement plon was adopted.
i ne nuiwiiy syste ms connieu among
those exi)ected to sign the agreement j
immediately or soon w;ere said t9
numlier about 50 of the 2(Ki.cliiatf one;
roads of the country. Some of the
Uorger systems were counted among
th.we willing to sign for immediate
i' t , . , , ", !
The text of instructions to- officials
of the system fejUa-ationA would re-j
said also -f hat Miltm-Iwider's would not'
uuivt v m-.-K.-i. anncn.m..' .MW
make pul.lhVAt this time ,1 list of the
roods wh 1 were parties to he.agm'-j
ment The reason for retaining the
list, heisaid, was ltet-anse it iirohnbly
! would he augments by new signers j,,, shomwi wl , wol;k0(, (mt , u
;as a result of the continuous seri.-s ofsllort time. TIu. Hh,mlen Pnil,oye.l
conference with the roads not nl- ,)V ,hp southern are represented In
ready in 1 he agreement. ! Cliicago. and it is assiumd that these
Any list made public,
Mr. Jewell
said, would nave to come
from the;
railroads themselves.
I'nder the terms of the peace plan
the shopmen are to return to work un
der the wage scales prescribed by the
rnited States Iiuilroad Labori Board
effective July 1, the date the strike
began in protest ugninst the hoard's
decision.
The question of seniority, which
arose after the strike liegau and prov
ed to lie the chief barrier, was not spe
cifically mentioned in the agreement,
wiiicii prov lies mat u.e men snuu re-
r un ro woik 111 pomt.ons 01 uie cuiss rm 1s hllse of the 8rike (Wtln
they omipied betore the strike. t( . m.rfve w(nw,Wy serious consider-
The agreement madeno mention i Hon Some Hlink th,t for a Mme
either of working conditions or thethpre wm bp ,ent of work for ev.
conditions of the contract system for , ,.,.,,.. ,,., thllt thp nlwion of what
farming out" shop work, which with
the wage controversy were the origi
nal issues In the strike.
Strike Settlement Will Help Fanners.
Washington, Sept. 1 13. The settle
ment of the coal, rail and textile
strikes, it was stated here today, will
help the price tf cotton in .the south.
froaucers win gei more ior meir
crops.
The Harding administration is
going to boost business now with all
its might. This was indicated tonight
by the statement issued by Secretary
of Labor avis. Democrats 'believe
the . efforts will be .partially success
ful. Miners and shopmen are eager
to get to work, and "improvements In
transportation will be noticed im
mediately. ! "
The short crop of cotton, and tne
demand from the New England mills,
now about ready to start up. may
benefit the cotton farmer very much,
tor it is coming at the right season.
The demand for the raw material
will be urgent and greatXGovernment
experts here expect a speedy revival
in the industry. , ..:' '
Hen Lays Three Eggs at One Time,
Mr. J. Wiley Click, who Uvea on
Route three. Concord, brought to this
office today a curiosity in Jhe wny 'of
hen's eggs. Mr:-' Click has a hen which
he claims' luid three eggs at the same
time. - The three egs,. which are on
exhibition In our show window, are all
different sines: the largest of them be
ing the size of an ordinary hens egg;
the next largest being 1 1-4 inches in
diameter; and the smnllest only 8-4
"of an inch in diameter, or about the
size of a partridge egg. The hen, sir
('lick says, was in a house ' at : the
time she laid the eggs, and 'there was
no other hens in the place. " ..
Airmen Leave For Mesopotamia Ser-
t. i -y '-. vice.
liondon. Sept. 14 ( By the Associated
Press). A thousand officers n rid men
of the Royal Air Force embarked, to
day . at Southampton- for service1; In
Mesopotamia. ' .
, Electric machines for postmarking
letters can deal with them at tbe rate
of 800 a minute, ii-
j WILL ZAfHARY KILLED BY
TK.ALN SK-KK LEXINGTON
jWaa Strurh by HouthbMmi FaaMapr
Traha Thu Miming. j
KaliKlinry, H A white man!
whiwe Ideuf.ty hax been catabliKbed a
Will Xacbary. of High l'.rfnt. waa!
killed early tbia morning when be wan
Minna by a southbound iiaawnger
train at Ijike. a flag station north of
Islington, ills beail was cnished, one
leg broken and bis Issly builly man
gle.1. His Issly was lirongbt to Kullnlmry.
where It Is awaiting iustrtM'tiqna for
Una I (IlKjMwitlim. -
His lileuti lien lion -aa made rsswl
I ile by means of letters anil other jta
Mrs Toiiml on bis Issly. lie is thought
to have len walking along the track
when the train struck him. Uebitivea
are exiarted to arrive hero from
UreeiiKlro this afternoon.
confesses he tried
to dynamite bridge
Otis Norton Tells Deputy Sheriff He
nd Four Other Men Plotted the Dy
namiting. . Hy ike AsaarlatMl Prewhl
.liicksonvlllo. Sept. H. In a signeil
striker, confessed that he and four
FAIREST CONSIDERATION
j WILL BE GIVEN TO MEN
i If Question Comes Back to the Labor
ioi s... fh.lmian
vfi'. nmr. 14 (by the Asss-lnt
irwJn ) i'lie settlement of the
,.,..,... Htr.p nn WI.tllin r.ill...n,l
sustitlns the Transportation Act, and
- tr,kp ,,. preUt.lt(Hl ,.imle lM1,.k to
thp r s Unllroad Ijilair Board "tw
fnest' ni'1(, talrest (.onsi(iPV1)ti,m" wH1
lie granted, Ben W. Hooiier, chairman
of the Ijibor Board said in a state-
IUM1f todnv
Assumed Agreement Will Be Worked
Washington. Sept. "n.--Some of the
-.torn .tflW.ta nullfWiTOft' himf tun .Hit
on what is transpiring in Chicago, and
tw, ,M.olml)le ,,nsPU,.u(W, but the
S(mtnern ,, ,,,,.,! llr0 interested'
, ,np neRtintn8, ,,,, ,r ls llgHnnl.
,.,., u,n,t .iti, n,a utib.
men will stop here on their way back
home. Some thought it. might take a
numlier of days to work out a iieace
luisis. For; example the roads have
liecn forced to do a great deal of re
cruiting and the question arises wheth
er it will be morally and physically
possible to put nil the old men back In
the places which they abandoned.
While 'ii number of "floaters" have
unm eimilnveil. men who will not wor
ry much aixmt whetlier they come orJ
go, others have settled down to busi
ness In their new. Jobs, nnd hnve shown
tlumselvesJ to v(M.y capable men
L . , ' lth nl tl, lp ., ...
will automatically
solve ttUelf with
the lnpse of time.
Students at College to Mine Coal.
Hy the Associated Press.
Terr Hante, Ind., Sept. 14. A sev
en foot coal vein has lieen found on
the cn mpus of Rose Polytechnic Insti
tute here, it has lieen announced. Ac
cording to Philip B. Woodworth, pres
ident, the vein in several feet, below
the new building on the Hulinan farm,
just east of Terre Haute.
Students nt the college will work
the mine, it bus been decided, nnd it
tbe fuel proves to be of good quality,
it mny lie nsed to heat the Rosebnlld
ings, it was said. A nnmber of stu
dents taking a course in mine engi
neering hnve enrolled for the work.
Slnkiug of the shaft for the work will
take place during the present year,
it is planned..
library Report For April, May, June,
duly ami August.
Borrowers 4.800.
New borrowers 173.
Visitors to reading room : Adults
1.024: children 2,174; total 4,008.
Books borrowed : Adults l;i,nts ;
children 7.300; total 22.415.
Books bought: Adults lot!; children
125: totnl 281. '
Books given : Adults 213 ; children
21 : total 234. .
Fine money collected $220,550; spent
237.01.
Books dlscnrded : Adults 4t ; chll
dren 42! total 87. '
Total numlier volnmes 5,0(7.
v -MRS. RICHMOND REED,,
.. ." ;. . v. Librarian.
. Wfth Our ' Advertisers.
The Enst Corblri Street gin. J. B
Linker mnnneer. U going to give way
some auto tires. New ad, today gives
full tuirtlcnlnrit. .
. F C Nlblock ' offers building ma
terlnl service, "' Lumlwr, hardware,
Upson Hoard and other materials are
svcilnhle for your wants. t
' The money yon have is going into
the 'bank, hut will it be there In your
name ' Save now. The ; CRisens
Bank A. Trust Co. olTers your-money
protection and you service. .... .
r
SOUTHERHTOCQHFER;
WITHj.!EN THISWEEK
Vice President Miller: lias
Called a Meeting for Satur
day, at the Request of the
Shop Employes." '
" M'
AGREEMENT THEN
FULLY EXPECTED
Southern Has Been Willing
at All Times to Make a Sep
arate Peace With Its Work
ers on Strike.
(By the Aaaeelated PreM.)
Washington, Sept. 14. IMrc-t nego
tiations to end the shopmne's strike on
the Southern Railway on the basis of - '
the agreement adopted by the shop
crafts general pulley committee will
lie inaugurated ut the conferences to
lie held here lieglnning Saturday. u'
Henry W. Miller, vice president of
the Soul hern Hallway in charge of
oierations, in making this announce- '
ment today expressed confidence thnt
details of the plan whereby the shop
employes of the Southern on'.'strllte
would reTurn to work, would lie work-i
ed out without difficulty at the coufer- .
ences. He said the conferenaes were
arranged upno receipt of a telegram
from the shop craft representatives.
Seaboard to Meet Men Saturday.
Norfolk, Sept. 14. The Sealioard
Air Line Railway is taking step to -arrange
for the striking shopmen of
that line to return: to work. '
The management of the road will
hold a conference here' on Saturday
with representatives of the shop crafts
at .which .resumption of -work .will be
discussed oh the bjsls of the terms of '
tne tinea go serriement.. i-
Officers, of the Seaboard , here did
not enre to say more than to announce
tJia. .Uat fni '.iStolwy. 4Ucpal'd . t ,
tp onfer with the shopmen on Saturday.
Lehigh Valley Will Not. Accept.
New Tork. Sept. 14.-Pfesl(lent E.
13. Loomis, of the Lehigh Valley Rail-.
road, announced "It is out of the ques
tion for us to accept" the plan propos
ed to' end the rail strike. He said his
employes are now forming associations :
of their own. t.
No Settlement on Norfolk & Western.
Richmond, Sept. 14.: A. C. Needles,
vice president of the Norfolk & West
ern Railway, today announced the
Norfolk & Western ls not Included in
the group of railroads which have Bet-;
tied the shopmen's 'strike, with B. M.
Jewell.
The Virginian Also Not Included.
Norfolk, Sept. 14. The. Virginian
Railway, one of the,principal coal .car
riers serving Hie West Virginia fields, (
y not Interested in the Chicago plan :
of settlement W. I). Baker, assistant to
the operating vice president; asserted
here today, i ' '
EASTERN SITUATION IS ,
Some of London Papers Sound Dis
tinctiy Alarming Notes. -
London, Sept. 14 (By the Associat
ed Press). -The Eastern situation is .
causing considerable concern here.
This is reflected in the editorial col
umns of the', morning , newspapers,
some Nif which adopted n distinctly
alarmist tone. '
"A grove crisis" confronts the allies,
says one, while others decare the
situation is drifting to the danger
point, thnt "nil the elements are pres
ent for another flare-up of war," and .
thnt "the powers must act nt ouce and
hi ngreemeut. ; if they fall to agree ;
nothing but' a miracle cun avert disas
ter." .V:' '
Work of Boy Ccout Executives at
Blue Ridge. :
. (Br the Awoelsted Pre .
Blue Ridge, N. C, Sept 14.-Com-
niittee. reports, problem ' -study and or.
ganized recreation disensshin were on 1
the program today of the Boy Scout
executives from all parts of the United
States, France, Great Britain anil '
Hawaii, with speeches by A. A. Schuck,
cbalrmah of the Scouts finance commit-.
tee, and H. H. Morn, New-Vork II11I--
verslty, who wns to speak on "Con-?,
science for Service.!.' '' . .. ,
A conference on sea scouting was
o..l,n...,U.l ... .nnt.tk. M.l.h ...fltM
M imiiiim iv, 1 ii,iitp.u., nun nuuiuvi
address by Prof. Home.
. The Midnight Sun, - ' "
- The Midnight Sun Is the sun shining
at midnight in Arctic and Antarctic,
regions. On midsummer day the sun
lis rely grastes the horlson at the Tropic
of Cancer or Tropic of. Caplcorn (2.1
1-2 degrees bit.), nnd farther N. or S..
it is observed for several nights before
and after midsummer above the horl
son. At the North and South Polea
there Is a. day of. six months followed
by a night of six months. At the North
. , . . , . . tpin . A v .1...
sun Is risible from May 12 to July 20.
VMr. M. W..Brnnhnm wlllglve nn Il
lustrated lecture on Sunday School
Work at Central Methodist Church to
night at 7;45 o'clock.. The public is
invited. : '. i '
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