Railroads Workers Demand Living Wage Principle
Chicago March 28. B M Jewell president of the railway employee department AFL argues wage adjustment methods are unjust. He calls for constant costs and wages to ensure a living wage for all productive workers, even at expense of profits, and says profits should become the variable factor to end recurring labor unrest.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employee Department
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Labor Today
Jewell
Mr. Jewell
W G McGowan Appointed County Agent in Abbeville
The Press and Banner carries a Clemson report announcing W G McGowan of Mississippi as County Agent for Abbeville County. A Mississippi agriculture college graduate with extension service experience, he reports for duty on April 1.
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G. McGowan
W. W. Long
Clemson
College 5
W. G. McGowan
Mississippi
The
Agricultural College of Mississippi
Abbeville
Cotton prices on Abbeville market dip to eighteen cents
Cotton on the Abbeville market moved from seventeen and three quarter cents to eighteen cents today. Market observers note steady demand and small buyer activity as traders watch seasonal harvest signals.
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Abbeville
Civil Service Not Effective
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty told the house appropriations committee that civil service hinders government efficiency. He said about half of Justice Department staff are civil service and proposed fewer employees could do more. He cited lower ambition among civil service workers and called for study of the system.
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Washington
Daugherty
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Justice
Civil Service
Tex Peet
Death of Mrs C B Rogers at Shiloh near Monterey
Mrs Onie B Rogers died March 28 at the Clinkscales home near Monterey and was buried at 3 pm in Shiloh cemetery. Rev D W Duckworth conducted funeral services. She was in her 61st year, widow of Frank A Rogers, and survived by sons Messia, William, John, Frank Rogers. daughters Mattie, Julia, Hattie Rogers, and Mrs Carl Myers of Seneca. The family remains prominent in Abbeville County.
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Onie B. Rogers
Clinkscales
Monterey
Shiloh
D. W. Duckworth
Old Shiloh Burying Ground
Rogers
Abbeville County
Messia
William
John
Frank Rogers
Mattie
Julia
Hattie Rogers
Carl Myers
Seneca
Mayor's Court Disorderly Conduct and Larceny Sessions
John Savage Sam ColHer and John Quarles ordered before the Mayor on a charge of disorderly conduct but failed to appear and forfeited bonds of five dollars each. George Baker and Squire Campbell faced larceny charges for stealing cotton meal from the cotton mill and were fined fifteen dollars each.
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John Savage
Sam ColHer
John Quarles
George Baker
Squire Campbell
Waterways raise river and harbor appropriations in House
Washington action to add 15.6 million dollars to the army river and harbor bill drew heated debate. A lump sum increase to 42.8 million was approved amid party splits and sectional support. Proponents argued inland waterways lower transportation costs for farmers and manufacturers.
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Washington
Bureau
Appropriations Committee
House
Budget Bureau
Chief of Army Engineers
Army Engineering Corps
Mondell
Treasury
Burton
Mann
Cotton Campaign Gains Momentum
Columbia March 28 Contracts totaling over 112000 bales of cotton were received Monday at the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative association headquarters. Signups came from Calhoun Chester Abbeville Lancaster Greenville and Aiken counties with Calhoun surpassing 14000 bales and Darlington over 20000 headed for 26000. The movement was launched in Orangeburg with a speech by Dr. D W Daniel of Clemson College as canvassing begins there. J D Coghlan a Texas farmer will visit South Carolina next week to discuss cooperative marketing. he notes Texas farmers have earned about 15 dollars more per bale and expects broader state alignment by next fall.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Calhoun County
Darlington
Orangeburg
D. W. Daniel
Clemson College
J. D. Coghlan
Coghlan
Texas Association
Texas
Fewer Autos in County Abbeville Shows Drop in 1922
Abbeville county reports 315 fewer registered cars in 1922 than 1921. Figures show 1,020 cars for 1922 versus 1,835 in 1921, noting 1921 covered full year while 1922 covers two months. State totals: 68,249 in 1922 vs 83,349 in 1921, with counts listed by county.
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Abbeville
Piedmont
Anderson
Greenwood
Laurens
Deonee
Pickens
Spartanburg
Greenville
Co operative speakers to address Abbeville and Due West meetings
Dr D W Daniel of Clemson College and Henry S Johnson of Aiken will speak in Abbeville Friday at 11 30 a m on the Cotton Growers Co operative Association. A second meeting will be held in Due West at 1 p m the same day.
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D. W. Daniel
Clemson College
Henry S. Johnson
Aiken
Abbeville
Cotton Growers Co-operative Association
Due West
Preacher among men found at Oconee moonshine still
In Walhalla near Old Pickens three men were at a forty gallon moonshine still when authorities captured two gallons of whiskey. The captured man was Rev. 3 C Whitman superintendent of the Oconee Orphanage, now jailed. A nearby distillery site was also noted.
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Walhalla
Alexander
Sullivan
Baskin
Old Pickens
Oconee County
3. C. Whitman
Oconee
Whitman
First U.S. Train Gets Wireless for Passengers on Pioneer Limited
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul announces radio sets on its Pioneer limited trains between Chicago and Minneapolis Saint Paul. News received en route will be posted for travelers as fast as it is received.
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Chicago
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Pioneer
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Five Killed in Clashes in Guadalajara Mexico
Five people died and 11 were seriously wounded in clashes between radicals and Catholic groups in Guadalajara Jalisco. Radicals attacked pedestrians and workers, fired on a building housing Catholic workers and threatened a newspaper editor. Federal troops were deployed to restore order.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Jalisco
el Informador
Restrafraction
Mrs Rosalee Knox Dies at Antreville Home
Mrs. Rosalee Knox died at her son Jesse Harkness's home in Antreville on Monday at 10 a.m. She was about 65 and survived by her sole son. She first married Harkness, who died at 23, later married John Knox who preceded her in death. Funeral services were held at Shiloh with Rev. D Wy Duckworth officiating.
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Sarah “Rosalee Knox
Jesse Herkness
Antreville
Shiloh
D. Wy. Duckworth
Court adjourns after brief session in Dawson vs county
The Court of Common Pleas adjourned after a day and a half with only one case tried. Marish Dawson sued the county for damages from an accident at Wardlaw's Bridge when a mule frightened by a hole backed the buggy, throwing her 15 feet and breaking a leg. Jury awarded $660. equity business then disposed of.
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Court of Common Pleas
Marish Dawson
Wardlaw's Bridge
Advances For Agriculture Approved by War Finance Corp
Washington reports the War Finance Corporation approved 121 agricultural and livestock loans totaling 3.324 million dollars. Georgia received 113 thousand dollars and South Carolina 4.464 million dollars in the new loan disbursements.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Georgia
South Carolina
Textile workers strike at Lawrence seven mills
Textile operators in Lawrence Massachusetts walk out against a wage cut of about 20 percent leaving seven cotton mills idle with 7 000 workers. United Textile Workers organize most workers while One Big Union shows interest and plan picketing as mills reopen or suspend operations across Methuen Everett and Acadia plants.
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Lawrence
Mass
Rhode Island
Hampshire
United Textile Workers of America
Ben Legeren
Francie Ga
John J. Dean
United Textile Workers
Gorman
McMahon
Textile Workers
Ohiony
Oficiala
Pacific Mills
Everett's
Methuen Company
Methuen
Lewrenne
Pacific Mille
Acadia Mills
Cotton Workers’ Union
Plan Not Feasible
Berlin reports Chancellor Wirth told state premiers and Reichstag leaders that Germany would inform the Allied Reparations Commission the 60,000,000,000 marks tax levy is not feasible and that financial control of Germany as agreed last week must be declined.
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Berlin
Wirth
Roichatag
Democrats
German People’s Party
Germany
College girls arriving for spring holidays in Abbeville
Miss Mary H Greene will arrive from Agnes Scott College tomorrow afternoon to spend the spring holidays at home. She will be accompanied by her friend Miss Eleanor Hyde of Dallas Texas. Miss Victoria Howie will arrive Friday with Miss Frances Harper of Germantown Pa. Miss Mary Nickles will also be at Abbeville for the holiday season.
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Mary H. Greene
Agnes Scott College
Tomorow
Eleanor Hyde
Dallas
Texas
Victoris Howie
Frances Harper
Germantown
Abbeville
Mary Nickles
Wowie
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C. B. Rogers
Mayor's Court
Waterways
Texas Farmer
Texas Cotton Association
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