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" : y The Medium ot. Q?ganizeia,abor and Guardian o tliC Wfcr&fcnaii' Interest. V0k;2 NO-2:tv SATURDAY; JUlSE 23, 19 , '4 , .!.'?. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR if V:: ONION LABEL BENEFIT , 'v S, -.f TV STIRRING APPEAL OE SUPPER AND RALLY! PRESIDENT GOMPERS. -" , '.v.-:'-. f -'I if ,1 - Tuesday Night, June 3rd, There Be i Grand ' Parade Followed By Supper In Woolvln Hall. An Elaborate Display of Union Made Goods Vill Ge Made and There Will Be a Grand - Union, label Rally. V On Tuesday evening July 8rd, there will be" a Union Label Products parade , and supper under- the auspices of tb4 Allied Printing Trades Council and the Label Products , Committee, the Union Label Department of yVilmington Trades Councili in, which every union man in the city is expected to participate. ' f The rally will .be opened with a pa , rade of the principal streets of the city V by the' members of the local trade unions, in which union label products V "will-be displayed, bearing placards in 1 - dicating the manuiacturer and the. local merchant handling the goods. There ' wilt also be & large un ion label float in " ' - the, parade bearing the labels of several local trade unions aid other emblems and label lore; I . - !Tlie parade will be lead by. the" Wil v niington Brum and Bugle Corps in full 1 uniform in their initial appearance, and - will -w ind up at-.Woolvin Hall where re freshments will be on sale and speci mens of Union made goods -will be ex hibited. ; ' . ... r Musical selections will, be rendered during the evening by the Whitlock West Orchestra. , ... . Another . attractive feature of the 00 r casiori"will be ,tho,reudition -by-Prbr fessor J.' Bradford Campbeil, ajpianoand yiolin virtuoso and composer of , classic music who recently located in this city. ' of piano and r.violin solos. Professor Campbell is a musical artist of 1 he high v est class and his renditions will addto the enjoyment of-the evening. - Before the close of rally the speci mens, of union-made goods on display will be raffled and t the receipts turned into the treasury oh the two label com mittees for the promotion of the union label "of every " branch , of the Labor Movement." ,. , , - So, Union Men, you can prepare-for participation in one of the greatest union v label campaigns in .the history of union ism in the South. . . Bay at home,, boost Wilmington and - demand the Union'Label - 4 - a -1 Commmce of Ten AsksFot Jvlbdification of the TtdeVatet Power Com . ; , pany 's. Rules Governing SospeuiW-Chafabanfs Repott and ' 4- .1, v A Most Popular Young Many Ac cidentally Killed, s . - 1 v. .Mr. LeRoy Burriss, son of Mrs. Owen i;Bufriss, a . most popular young man, 17;years of -age, met with a sad death while bathing in Spring Branch on last Monday. The young man made a long dive from the cypress boughs that over hang the swimming-hole and struck bottom head foremost., breaking his spinal ;plumn. IJe was taken to the James .Walker Memorial Hospital im mediately";. and was, given all possible medical attention, but r at 8:30 o'clock Monday night he passed away. , . 1 Mr. Bujrriss was a consistent member of Im man uel Presbyterian churchy and enjoyed a wide circle' of friends in this . city. - His death was a shock to the whole com munity who deeplysympa thize with the bereaved relatives.' '. ' ,The; Saturday Record joins with the;" ' mny friends of the family In extendr ing their, deepest, sympathy to the be- reaved mother Sand femily. ' -. . : At a meeting Of the Committee of Ten held at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon a hearing was given in the case of ,the suspeoslon of Mr. 'L. Ray nor" a' conduc tor who was. suspended for 60 days by the Tidewater Pow'ex; Conipany for faiU ure to comply with the company rules requiring passengers riding on its cars to deposit their fares. In the till by "jler positing the fare of Mrs. E. J, SheeKau in the till on J une . 1st. .' After hearing ttye testimony of witnesses and receiv ing the letter of Mrs. Sheehan,.tbe com mittee went into executive session and the chairman was instructed to submit the following report to the president ofi the Tidewater Power Company'' , . "Mr. Hugh MacRae, President',' Tide water Power Company, City. - ! "Dear, Mr. . MaoRie; The -Citizens Committee of Ten met yesterday after-: noon , as you were notified, to hear the appeal of Mr. L. Raynor, recently sus pended for violation of the rule' reqluir- ing conductors . to have, fares placed, in. lare nox oy: passengers. v 'mere was no denial of the violation, fnor. any special circumstances tending to mitigate the. violation of the rule, nor was there any, contest of the right' of .the company- to make such rules for the enforcemeot 'of . " - ''.--. discipline. The special complaint was upon the severity of a rule that offered' ?no degrees of punishment. . . " -- 'After hearing the complaint the. Committee went into executive session and discussed and considered, the, rule and its purpose, and reached the follow- ing, conclusions: " "1. That, while recognizing the right of the company to make proper rules for the enforcement of discipline .and fully sustaining the principle involved in this, case, we fel that the results sought can be attained by a less severe punishment, with graduations for dif ferent violationsi arid'-. , therefore ' we unanimously recommend that this rule be modified by suspension without privilges for' ten days, "for the first of fense, twenty days (for the second of fense, thirty days, for the third oifengie, and sixty ays for the fourth offense, with the : right Ito. discharge at any of-' peal of Mr. L Raynor in which flnd liigs you confirm the rigfat of the com pnyto make properV r ules for the en forcement of discipline, andyou fully sustain the principle involved in the case. - , 4 , . , VYour recommendations have been referred to Mr, A. B. Skelding, general manager, and be will be glad to see that wnn, ana Air. i.; Jtaynor Telnstated. with usual compensation from this date. Ybu feel that the desired results could be obtained by a less severe pun ishment.. We will be glad to give this a trial. , We think, noweVer, that: it would be impracticable to allow to any one conductor a series of offenses and would, teerefore In case of a second or third offense Indicating a willful dispo sitionto' disregard the rule, 1 probably avail ourselves of the permission' given in your letter to discharge the offender. : "In all cases we would undestand, ofj o u rse, that the matter - m ight be : ape- pealed to your committee; but we &tej anxious as far as posai ble - to -1 n terpret the spirit of your findings, and carry "Very respectfully yours, ' ;v TtnT?W i'Pi?o onwcB rr Hugh MacRae, Pres;.!'; 1 OUR ADVERTISERS. The Hall Drug Company advertises Headache Nip on the eighth patfe. No bull about this Nip, either.;. See ad. ft v J1 President v V ft'MrV John, R Robinson, Vholiad the misfortune of breaking an arnrrecejuwy,, fense for. suitable eause. ; "2. Believipg that '. the principle of discipline has been- sufficiently vindi cated and sufficient punishment given fdr the first' case under -this rule, we unanimously recommend - that Mr.-'.Lv Raynor be reinstated, with usual com pensation from this date. ;, v . , V'Veryjsincerely,, , : "THOMASP. NOEvCJbalnaab.'. , - The reply of the president of the com--pany- foUdwtyi'yj,;, vf rvf.V "Mr Thos. P4 Noe, Chairman, the Citi:, zens' Committee, Gity; , ; .Vr received, 4 and I note the findings of Sea View s Inn, right 7at Lumina, at Wrightsville . Beach, has an attractive ad. on the eighth page. , - Cromwell has over 200 dozen fresh country eggs on sale as a specialty for toway an Monday. Call phone 1268,. See his ad. on eighth page. . Young A Qorman have taken over the . . t . . . . .. , . j radiato r busi n ess fo rm erl y operated by W. B., Klander.at ;No, 12 So. Second street, and can .handle all muffler and radiator, work with dispatch High-Gf ade Union-made Overalls ; The ; Smith; Manufacturing .Co., ; of Durham, N.,C.,t which manufactures Smith's High-Grade Overalls, is the only. .manufactory "in ;North Carolina that uses the Union Label. This com pany being tha pioneer, union manufao-v tory. in our State should be strongly supported by air trade, unionists and friends of organized labor, and we are sure, that if you purchase a suit of their! overalls you will continue to do so when in need bf.f this line xof goods, forlthey; are a high-grade , union product.; Mrv W. B. ; Dnnn, . the popular representa tive of this company, who Is a trade unionist, called on the merchants of the city during the week and placed his union made overalls with Mr. George W, Penny, No 20 South Front street, and Mr. L. W. Davis, corner Front and; Dock streets.' Remember brothers, this line of goods is made under union con ditions in our own home State, V ? V The Catfish Club Department Jwill be taken up in our next: isuand be con-' tinued from . .week tb T7ee!x. 7 Owing to ' the-abdication of Cap t. Camache the program . has been a little mixed and "Let 11 Workers Get Behind the Lever Food Administration Bill Washington, Murio "21."- Oompers has called upon every trade : union, central body, State federation. of, labor, national and: international organf ; ization, and the individual members: of organized labor to getbehind the Lever : food administration bill, 1 which j has'; been feniorted. favorably . by the House Committee on Agriculture. " ' " . v This' bill creates government control of. necessities, - prohibits , hoarding and." cornering, products and .; illegitimate -speculation by stabilizing prices at the - most effective point in the distributive ; "Since the -war wages, have not kept pace with increasing costs of living,r says President' Gompeirs.. "They have remained practically, stationary ,"while prices have more than doubled. The - only practical - way to Increase the spending - incomes of all is to decrease, the cos of living." . . v,' x If speculators and allied interests can postpone action.: until after July 1 the .purposes of the L.ever bill ; will, be.de- : '. feated, as contracts for much of this year's fqod products wiil be" made, be- .. . ginning with that dte. ; ; . s; . -1 Speculators will urge caution, in pass- ::. f lng this important legislation, but you . can wrencn tne looa ot tnis nation trom : their grasp 'and. increase the "value ;of ; your Jpay envelope t ybii act today ; : ; 0 Urge thp passage of the Lever food ad- x -m In istration bill. ? V. : If . : s f - Notify your congressman senators to this effect; have your 'union .do likd- wise;; also your neighbors; ' And inform the .president of the . United States of yonr faction, that, he may he may be an aroused public opinion.' " ,v , Let Washington know that the -workers demand relief from the high, cost of living and that they insist on theim- . mediate passage of the Lever bill. . ; . . PATRIOTIC UNION - ; f : " .r, MEN HONORED )- the clubmen inacttre. By Typographical Union at Farewell Btuqutt . Thursday Night Sumptuous Supper Served. J Patriotic Music By the Whit lock-West Band 5 a Highly Enjoyable Affair. V V , , ; VAt 8. o'clock-Thursday night; In Odd FellpV Hall j i a banquet; was held by . Wilmington Typographical Union as a farewell expression of the pride of the . organization in three' of, its-. patriotic ;f members who have enlisted in the ser- ' vice of 1 their Dear Uncle Samuel and -are expecting to be... called at any mo '; mentand to two "allies', of the Press-J , men's union. ,- The full membership -turned, out and ( every one present at the festive board' toasted to 7 the welfare .of those being.1 honored which, toasts were' in turn re- : sppnded to by-the. five departing broth- ers. ;""", ;. ' A , - . i'-,. jJklany patriotic airs were rendered by that excellent body of virtuosos,: the Wbitlock-West Band, while the printer- -men -feasted and drank to the honor , of -their departing brothers, 'x 7, - , -;At the conclusion -ottheVbanquet a , rising vote of ' thank's .was extended jtp f ' the band for their kindness in rendering the music of the event gratuitously .. ' : The banquet was served; by" a com-. mitte composed " of Messrc, Vaughn, ; McGee, r "Finney , and Hewett, of the; ITnion, assisted by that veteran caterer,.. Mr. 'George Groetgen. 1 - The honored 'guests were Messrs,. A s S. McLeod, R. J., yillere, and rF.t J. Ward, of the Typographical Union, ud Messr&'V. W. Carson and Charles Gas kill, oMhet Pressnjcn's Unions . The Saturday Record wishes for them much glory inTtheir patriotic service , and a safe return. when a permeni p has effected. t at , . I v J, -. .7 ,i is fast recovering, we are glad to know, your ..committee in considering tbeap-vt x- - -. -v . " K rr ? c-t; 1-::- : --;f; t y&, 1-,- ." ', .". ... . ' ' - . . . t , , 4"
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