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WESTERN SENTINEL,' WINSTON-SAeM, N. C, JULY 23. r-i : 1113 FCT EVERY TUESDAY AND flUMI SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Twelve Month. . ...... ....... Eight Month ... Six Month ...... .Ti Thre Month .41 Single Copies .tl TV Mnkllakw. th tiahi 10 reject any oommuiucauous may deem best, unsignea wm mimwtinna will not be Dubliahed. Name of the writer will be with held upon request ' ' , All communications antrum oe addi-aHT THR WESTERN SKN- TLNEI Winston-Sal sm. N. C Vm.mm.mmA - ftMhSna t wtnatnn- Salem. N. &. a second-class mail matter, Norember 20. ltOT. A THOTJGHT FOR THE DAT - Bat nauxbt o vile that on the ! rth doth live Bat to the earth some special - good doth g-rce. "Borneo and Jul let," In some state the law provides ' for the maintenance of public com i fort stations by cities. And It 1 good law, too. ' i Woman' suffrage appear to hare been decidedly more of an Issue In the gubernatorial contest than was generally expected. i. It is certainly to be hoped that an other ehalr car can be put on trains M and 22. The supply of chair . seat on those trains, 1 never equal to the demand. About a easy a way a any to account for some of. the bizarre political doctrines that are being preached nowaday i to reflect that the "silly eason" la on. In a few weeks much of thi kind of tuff that is taken with a certain degree ". of serlousnes now wilt be entirely forgotten. ; The action of cltlsens of Hickory In offering to pay part of their taxes even before they are due ha natur ally attracted much favorable atten- .' tion. Such a spirit should shown In every city in North Carolina. In - the past the practice too often of many people has been to defer, pay ment until the last moment. ; In view of the financial situation with which the cities of the state are con- :. fronted the "pay now" policy is a : most useful one. ANDERSON, S.C.HIT INCREASED VAGES RY A HEAVY STORMiFOR RAILKUAU mm w m m m mmmm - - - I "The effect of a presidential pri- rnary, say the Outlook, "appear to be, not the selection by the peo ple of their favorite, but the elimin ation of those-candidates to whom - there la any great hostility. "Thi i statement Is justified absolutely by ' the various O. Ot P. presidential primaries thruout the country. The man who was finally ' nominated :, was one who had cut very little fig ', ure in the primary voting, not even : having the solid support of his own state. ' ' An item in the Philadelphia Rec- , ord says that . "The Curtis Corpora tion announces that it abandon the manufacture of aeroplane for com mercial purpose a the direct result . of the failure of Congress to protect the airplane market of the United State aganst the Invasion of British airplanes bought by a syndicate from the British government at 1 per cent of their cost, for export to thtt coun try, and now about to be dumped into this market," And, mind yon, all thi happen during the regime of a Republican congress that would naturally be expected to proteet "In fant Industries." In speaking In Ms book, "The American Commonwealth, of "dark ' horse," Hon James Bryce, former British ambassador to the United States, says; "A dark horse Is a per son not very widely known In the community at large, but known ' rather for good than evil . . . Speaking generally, the note of the dark horse is respectability verging on eolorlesanese, a good sort of per son to fall back upon when able but .. dangerous favorite have proved im possible. A good many people may be inclined to feel that Mr. Hard ing' nomination rather bears out the definition of the former British envoy. ;. " - " - The Woman' Club la already do ing enecuve work along various line and will do mors In the fu ture. Would it not be practicable for thi organisation along with the other work, to take up the matter of suggeating a distinctive flower or ehrub'for Winston-Salem and n reins resident of the community to plant it T Some other cities, none In this immediate section, so far - a ' know, however, have done thi and it ha resulted In adding materially to the attractiveness of the commu nfty as well a of providing effective j i. o'lcity. Some cities have been f.autlfled by extensive growing i t magnolias, In other roses) of j articular kind have been used; me have made a feature of chrys t 'hem urns, some of other flower c r shrub. How about crepe myr- i '! or forsythla, or some other rtiv tree or shrub, for Win- Train Wrecked and Fireman Is Killed, Immense Damage lo Roads, Mills and Crops Anderson. S. C July 20. Damage animated at thousands of dollars was done to new roads ana oriages i Aniierann county last night by a rain storm, which at times reached tha nrnnortlons of a ClouaDursi. The engine and tender of Blue Ridge passenger train No. 3 over turned at Watson's Crossing, near Anderson, killing the negro nre man and shaking up a number of passengers. The mishap is thought to have been due to the rails spread ing because of the water soasea con dition of the road bed. Traffic on the road will be blocked tnruout tne day. Piedmont and Northern Electric railway line into the city is cut of commission on account or aamage to trestles between Anderson ana Betton. . . r Several cotton muis ana otner manufacturing enterprises located near streams' were flooded. Damace to crop was extensive. The storm was accompanied by a brilliant electrical display and con siderable damage was done to tele phone and power lines in the city. GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. Msttie D. Jacobs Gets $4,750 From United States , District -- Court; Husband Gets $488 Asheville, July 22. Under a de cree issued by the United States dis trict court, in session Here again. Mrs. Mattie D. Jacobs wss awarded I6.750. while the jury gave her hus band $485. following trial ot the case against T. D. Grimes, defend ant, with the United States govern ment as a party to the suit It was alleged that tne defendant driving a United States army, motor car, collided near Biltmoref with the macnine in wmcn mx. ana aim. Jacobs was awarded $5,750. for Injuries to the plaintiffs. The case required two days before It was final ly completed. The war department. it is understood, will be asked to stand for the verdict ' Arguments were heard In the case of Frank Hill versus the Southern railroad. In which the. plaintiff seeks to recover for alleged .damages, said to have been aecelved when the truck he was operating was struck by a passenger train on the tracks of the Southern railway, near Tuxedo. No other case came up in the district court yesterday. JACK JOHNSON BEING TAKEN TO CHICAGO Los Angeles, Cal., July 22. Jack Johnson, former world's 'champion heavyweight pugilist was bound for Chicago today in the company or federal authorities after year of self-enforced exile from the United States, following his disappearance while out on bail after being con victed of violation of the Mann Act. Johnson surrendered Tuesday at the Lower California border. He had been living at Tia Juana, In sight of the international boundary. lor some time. , Because of Johnson's expressed dismay at the prospect of traversing Texas and Louisiana, federal authoi (tie said their original plans calling lor transportation over the southern route had been altered. The start was made over a northern route! ai no time since nis surrender naa Johnson 'been handcuffed, federa officers said. Fear of being manacle' had deterred Johnson's . surrendei several days, but, no promise ha. been made that handcuffs would n. be used, the authorities said. "If I had known all this troub would have been brought upon m by defeating Jim Jeffrie I wouli have laid down In Reno just as I di to Willard in Havana," said John son while in jail. He won his cham plonshlp by knocking out James Jef frie at Reno, Nev., in the fifteenth round on July 4, ltot. Me held the title until knocked out In the twenty sixth round by Jess Willard at Ha vana, Cuba, on April S, 11J. MtN All Branches Share In the In crease Which Is An Average Of About $300 Per Man Chicago, July 20. The United States railroad labor board today awarded the nearly 2,000,000 organ ized railway workers wage Increases totaling $600,000,000. The increase amount to approx imately 21 per cent ,of the present rates of pay. "The board assumes as the basis of this decision," the award says, "th rnntinuance in full force and effect of the rules, working condi tions and agreement in force under the authority of the United States railroad administration. The intent of this decision Is that the named Increase, except as otherwise stated, shall be added to the rate of. com- nensatlon established by tne united States railroad administration." ; The award is retroactive to ;May 1 of this year. f The decision of the board grants to the railroad worker approxi mately 60 per cent of the billion dollar Increase in which they sought. Presidents of all the leading brotherhoods and representatives of the -railroad manager were pres ent when the decision was made public. . The increases iohow: Pasaeneer service Engineer and motormen, firemen, helpers, 20 cent per day. Freight service: engineers, nre- men, helpers, $1.04 per day. . Tard service: Engineers, Bremen, helpers, 18s cents per hour. Passenger service: (jonauciora. ticket collectors, baggagemen, flag men and brakemen, $30 per month. Suburban ' service passenger em ployes, $30 per month. Freight service: Conductor, flagmen and brakemen, fl.04 pr day. Superseding 'rates estaoiisnea oy the railroad - administration the board fixed the following schedule: Yard service Foremen, $6.S per day; helpers, $6.48; switch tenders, $5.04. Hostler service: Outside hostlers, $6.24 per day; Inside hostlers, $5.60 per day; helpers, $5.04. The following increase were au thorized for shop employes:- Supervisory forces machinists. boiler makers, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers,' electrical worker. power men, moulders, cupola tena ers and coremakers, including those with less than four year experi ence, all crafts, 13 cent an hour. Regular helper apprentices and helpers, all classes, 12 cent an hour. Car cleaners, five cent an hour. . Telegraphers, telephone operators. agents, tower men, lever men, tow er and train directors, block opera tors - and staff men, -.. ten :, cents an hour. Agents at small non-telegraph stations, five cents an hour. The following Increases were granted maintenance and 'unskilled forces: 1 Construction foremen, their assis tants, track and maintenance fore men and ajttsaavJLnd machlntc in the denaftments, lNtents an hour. rer employed w& shop and rqjSBd houses, 10 cents m nour. . . echarrte. helper in wridg and uildfhg deimrtmenU, back - 1 an in- d yard- ardmaa- JETERJfAL TRIANGLE" AT -v DANVTLLE PROVES FATAL Danville, Va., July 22. William Henry Anderson, white textile op erative, wss shot and killed In the presence of his wife at their home in North Danville yesterday after noon by his brother, James Ander son, the divorced husband of the slain man's wife. The alayer met the woman, hi own former wife, who had subsequently married his brother, accosted her on the street and walked home with her, against her protests, she claims. A few minutes later the husband arrived Vmd the shooting followed. The wounded man walked from the house and a block away fell dead. The slayer Is held without bail. SENTENCE ONCE COMMOTED I-KISOXER HOGFOR MURDER Pittsboro. Mis.. Julv li Ti death sentence once eummuted to life imprisonment by an acting gov ernor, only to have, the governor re- turn, issue a statement that tha rn. ords of his office did not show a com mutation ana ordered Mm from the state farm back to the death cell, Charles H. Ivy, 6S years old, yester day was hung in the little red brick jail here Tor the murder of Love Bagwell, In ltl. la a last statement. Ivy declared he "did not regret the killing of Bag well, tho sorry he had to do It and if the affair had to be gone over would do just aa he had done." DRAGS GIRL FROM HOME IT PASTILLE AXD WHIPg HER Danville. Va.. ..uly 10. Intense excitement was created on Jefferson street Sunday night when J H Dailer dragged 14-year-old Lucy Haden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Haden, from the porch of her home snd administered a sound thrashing In the street with a switch. Dalley wss fined lies la th po lice court and noted an appeal. The commonwealth's attorney asked for the maximum, $50 snd twelve months In Jail. Dalley admitted the act. but said that the little girt had gravely reflected upon the morality of the family. It was also charged that he abused Mrs. Haden when she went to her daughter's rescue. Fearing dire result upon th re turn of ben Haden, a railway engi neer, policemen remained on th spot, met him and urged him to al low th law to ram its course. boECrs. comnHpn : laborer! tenders, hoist ag firemen. Kgineers, tojbssing watch! Ragmen ariaf lang lighter Oder 1-2 lents In hour. creaseaf 13ent dk hour mastefemand , assismnta ters. 15 Vnts an hod : ThafolywInK increfcesAre added to thai established rate r clerical and sUkldtoVorce - StorerepAe, chief Carries, fore men and othar clerical supervisory forces, clerk with on .' or more year railroad Jkperiejfce, train and engine crew callprsjr assistant sta- lon master, lajn r announcers, atemen and baeamge and parcel m employes, 1 cent .an hour. nitor, elevuHTjr and telephone openuuirftwsicchmen ana employe watch hi (ToTlice appliance and simi lar work, ten cents an hour. - Freight handlers or truckers ten cents an hour, . . & All common laborer in and around stations, store house and warehouses, not otherwise provided for, 1-2 cents aa hour. Clerks of less than one year's ex perience 1-2 cents an hour. Office boys, messenger and other employe under 18 year of age, five cent an hour. - Stationary engine and boiler room employe were advanced . It, cents an hour for engineers, firemen and oiler while water tender and coal passer receive a ten cent Increase. " In the signal department fore men, inspectors, maintainers,' signal men and their assistant, 11 cent an hour, helper ten" cent an hour. The decision provides that tho employe in the department named who are properly before the board and not otherwise provided for shall receive aa Increase to that corre sponding to the nearest classes. "The Intent of this article," th decision says, "is to extend thi de cision to a miscellaneous class of supervisors and employes, practical ly impossible ot specific classifica tions, and at the same time, insare to them the same consideration and rate Increase as provided for anala gous service." WAGE DEMAVDS AH MADE ' BY THE RAILROAD MEN " Washington, V July 20. Demands for substantial wags increase for nearly ail classes of the 2,000,000 railroad employe have been pend ing sines late last summer. These demands, first presented at different times to the railroad administration's board on wage and working condi tion, were unsettled wtien govern ment operation of the railroads was ended, and In turn were referred to the railroad .labor board, which was created ander th transportation act Some few' of th classee ot organ ised employes have not pressed for mal -demands but have Insisted that their wages be Increased if advances wer granted other related classes of work era The principal demand of the leading unions follow: . Brotherhood of Railroad Train men: Passenger brakemen be in creased from $12 a 10-day month, to f 16 for 2-day month; baggage men bo Increased from 1124.80 for 10-day month to $140 for 2-day month; assistant conductor be in creased from $144 for t-day month to $17t for 14-day month; freight brakemen In valley territory be in creased from $4.08 to 85 It a day with ten per cent increase over the 1 rates wherever the vrail irniAa i l j per cent; yard foremen or conductor do inoreaaea from 85.38 , to 17.30 a I neipers or oraaemen be lubivMvu tium 9 iv ev.vu a nay; switch tender be increased from $4 to $5.00 a day: also time and one half for all Sunday and holiday service and a guaranty of 26 days a month for regular employe is all classes of service. . , , -Order of Railway Conductor: Passenger conductors be Increased from $180 for 30-day month to $225 for 26-day month; thru-freight con ductors be Increased from $5.40 to 27.65 a day in valley, territory, with Increases In the mountain rate from $6.81 to $8.37 a day; local-freight conductors bo increased from 15.62 to $.88 a day in valley territory, with increase in mountain rat from $6.26 to $9.12 aday. V . Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen: Road freight firemen to be increased an average of $1.84 a day over present rates; yard freight firemen be Increased an average of $2.25 a day over present rates; passenger firemen to be in creased from present - average of $4.31 a day to $6.60 a day. Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers: While presenting no speolfto requests, notice was served that the engineers desired increase propor tionate to any increase granted other employes. All road employes, ar distinguished from yard employes, In the four fore going organisations, ; - generally grouped as the Big Four brother hoods, now get proportionately in creased dally pay when they make mileage In excess ot 100 miles and in freight service get time and one half for time consumed in excess of what would be required on th guar anteed speed basis which is two and one-half miles an hour. Switchmen' Union ot North Amer ica: Firemen or conductor be in creased from $5.82 to $7.60 a day and $8 a night; helper or brakemen be increased from $6 to $7 a day and $7.60 a night; switch tender to re ceive same rate a helper; time and one-half for Sundays and holldaya Maintenance of Way and Engine house Laborer: Rat for all me chanics in the maintenance of way department to be Increased from basic rate of 53 cents an hour to uni form rate of 68 cents an hour; rate ot all trackmen and other laborer to be Increased from rate running from 28 cents to 40 cents an hour to uniform rate thruout the - United States of 60 cent an hour.. Most of these. employe now receive be tween 35, and 40 cents an hour. Brotherhood of Railroad Signal men of America: An increase of ap proximately 10 cents an hour tor each class ot -signal employe. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks: An increase of at least 20 cents an hour retroactive to January 1,' 1620, and in addition the re-establishment ot differential between certain classes of employe; also immediate elimination of the existing 42-cent an hour maximum rate tor-freight handler and other labor in freight house, storerooms, etc., and time and one-half for Sundays and holi days. Order of Railroad Telegraphers: That rates received by telegraphers on the Southern Pacifio s system, which were said to be practically th highest in the country on any Im portant railroad, shall be taken a a basis, the . rate of all other tele grapher put on the same basis, and then an increase ot 17 cent an hour added to rate so established; also increase to approximately 86 cents an hour for employes now general ly receiving 67 and 72 cent an hour. ; Emergency Call Postmaster R. S. Galloway Is seeking tho address or whereabout of Mrs. Minnie Chambers, for whom ha has im portant Information from the gov ernment In asking for this infor mation .Postmaster Oalloway stat ed that Sam Chamber,' who was in th world war, gave her name car of General Delivery, Winston-Salem, In case of emergency. 1920 ' , . - - . B Health Department Reports Constant Improvement In Dairies . Producing: Supply Mr. J. H. Heald; director of food and dairy inspection, has .submitted to tha htalth department the follow ing list of dairies supplying milk to Wlnaton-Salem with their respejtlve grades a based on samples analysed in city laboratory since January first, of .this year. This tabulation show the average amount of tat content, solids not fat, and the number of bacteria per cublo centimeter, the grade attained by each dairy.and the minimum bacteria allowed by ordin ance to obtain certain grades., .. ' This list and the grados should he of interest to milk consumers. It shows that the milk being received day by day Is of good quality. . Dr. Carlton says the standard of the dairies producing the city's milk nre constantly being improved and that the supply being brought to the city now Is much superior to that which was marketed here three year ago.' The list follow: . , . - , ; Orads A Saw. - '" : " - , , , Fat 8olida Bacteria Reynold Dairy .....4.1 t.ii 10.101) C. R. Bip'th ....... .4.1' III lJ.IOt Southalde Dairy ....I.T ill 1,4 B. F. LlnvilU ...... it : III II. I0 J. R. Myara Boa... 4.1 . .M 14,1m Wtview Dairy ....4.1: 17,M' Brook Farm Dairy ..I t t il , 11.100 J. W. Martin Boa ..4.4 .14 IT, 000 Forsyth Dairy Co. . .1.1 I.U 17,100 Chap Bodenhauaar ..4.1 , l. : 17,100 Salem Dairy I.T v 1.10 11,100 Grade B Fasteariwd . Fat , Sollda , Bacteria West Bod Dairy. ..t.8.1 , 1.71 , 1M0 Forayth Dairy . .... .1.1 ,: 1.61 ' " 17,100 The baeteria ; standard per . ' o. for Grade A raw milk la 100,000; for Grade B -pastuerlsed la 50,000. Tha standard for fata is $.5 per cent and for solWa, (not fats), 1 8.50'. HIGH POINTS PROPOSED " 1 ' ; HOUSING CORPORATION High Point, July 22. Interest in th High Point Housing corporation, an organization launched recently for the purpose of meeting th In tense demand, for residences and dwelling house In th city. Is baing evidenced to a marked degree, ac cording to statement given out by' prominent business men. The corporation, it will bt re membered, . was started som few weeks ago and a charter was grant ed by the state commission. An amount Of $100,000 was tha canital stipulated, and committees ar now working on the subscription to stock, which must come from pub lic spirited men who have a surplus of capital to invest.. When the or ganisation la completed the corpor ation plans to erect dwelling house and residences on the pyramid plan that is to begin on a new group of houses aa soon a the first, I com pleted, with money .borrowed on thoso standing. In this manner, many houses can be erected, and a number will be under process - of construction continuously. The hous ing company will have the advant age of buying on a large scale, and can erect a house for 16 or 20 per cent less than th individual could put up the cam atructura.4 TAKE NEGRO TO NEWTON FOB, SAFE-KEEPING ' Hickory, Jyly 21. Lorets Wll fong, a negro, was removed to the oounty Jail at Newton late Monday night following his arrest In con nection with the death of Alonzo Whiteneiv well-known Brookf ord citizen, who died of injuries sus tained by being run over by an au tomobile beyond Brookford Satur day night Wilfong admitted seeing Whltener lying In the road, but aay he left th whit man there. Whltener was said to be drinking. fllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll! 1151! North Carolina's Beat Known ' PIANO HOUSE i""""1"' iiiiii, btabtlabed ISM by R. J. Bowea : Nationally Advertised Suburban , . Model h $550.00. 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