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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1931 THE GREENVILLE NEWS, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA tAGE SIX FERA OFFICES IT LAURENS ACTIVE 4 Textile Strikers Beaten By Mob At Rockmart, Claim IIS' REFUSED USE COURTHOUSE I-STRKEOUTUK PLUSES GORMAN RHODE ISLAND STRIKE FRONT TENSION EASES (Continued from Page One) GIVEN BLAMEFDR STRIKEVIOLENC I- I A i DEATHS Applications for Aia Being North Carolina Communists 01 sTn Asks Workers To Permit No; Two Piled Into Car And Told They Were Going For last Ride' New Jersey Pastor Tired Of Living In His Chicken Yard CAMDEN. X. J-. Sept. (I I The Rev.

Robert Chew. 78. has filed suit for against Charles Winter. 32. because the reverend is tired of livine in his own rhirken coop.

He alleges that Winters stole thp affections of is 33-year-old wife, moved into his house, and forced him to live in the rhirken yard. To Protest Calling Out Of National Guard and board a actuujn dcr.ee. MORE GUARDS CALLED While the situation in Rhode Is- Ulie Herman Levi Textiles To Be Brought Into This Country Plinera. services for Ulie Herman CARTERSVILLE, Sept. 14 Levi, better known as "Hamp will (AP; Their heads bleeding from a be held this afternoon at the Dou- SPVerp bcatine.

three men who said Seorge Sloan Blames Those Who Started 'Force Method', For Bloodshed CHARLOTTE, N. C. Sept. 14 'an remained practically stationary, CAP; A request by communists i Nat.or.al Guard troops were that they be permitted the use of mobilized in Connecticut, although Die springs Baptist enure in UlPV were striking textile workers appeared here ton.ght and reported 1 the county courthouse here Monday Received hrom reopie in Textile Villages LAURENS. Sept.

14 The loca, offices of the FERA are beehives ot activity these days taking applications that are being filed by persons seeking emergency relief. Many of the applicants, it is understood, are from textile communities. Applications are received in all cases, with the understanding that investigation of each applicants claim will be made in routine order and reports given as in all such cases. The mill areas affected at pres fm.rf mornhpr nf thpir nartv Ua leXUX JL.Ke 1IUUU. came liisui iu me tailing out Ol North Carolina at 2 o'clock He died Thursday morning at 1 o'clock in a Greenville hospital.

The funeral party will leave the home. 17 Linton street, West WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. (AP) i i Francis J. Gorman, r.ar.onal strike leader, announced the appeal to transportation workers, explaining that as a result of the strike many of the mills still operating were faced with a shortage of yarn.

missing after they were set upon by a mob at Rockmart. Ga. PEOPLE WANT TO WORK The men. giving their names a5 DAY'S PAY ASKED Greenville, this afternoon at 12:30 o. Whitman, 36, president of the clock The deceased was a World uc- a rrovisionai oaiianuu ui med today by Chairman H.

B. Fow- tdM National Guard had been COUn comnus-! oideVed to B'ddoford. sue of the nhfreQrt wf made by Paul el, Mani.factnom-Crouch, who said he was district 1 Paiey as organizer in North Carolina for the con-communist tartv. Pr.vin.,i r.h In the meantime ton Igral textile union at Rockmart; Ceve Hooper. 37.

and Floyd Dorsey. f.aid thev believed their companion. war veteran and a painter by trade. His father, step-mother, brother, throe half-brothers, two half-sisters, all of Greenville, sur Clvde Cheek, had been Whitman the attack took; a native of Wilkes county who took were announcvd ay ot ent bv the strike include: Clinton and Lvdia mills at Clinton and vive, their return from At- A. "'mi'" land.

Tho iwrkshire Woolen com- wat.U Mill here. The Laurens cot TO IIIUS Lawrence Will Make Proposal To Members Of North Carolina Federation five years ago" liad asserted that if i at Pltlsfld. announced ton mills operatioas Thurs hp sun hi fniirm.prc i that. starti.iB Monday, it would re NEW YORK. Sort.

14 (AP) -George A. Sloan, president of the Cotton Textile institute, dec'ared tonight responsibility for stride violence -cannot be escaped by those ho have loosed living squadrons jpon citizens desiring only to work. -It mav be that the appalling violence of the last lew days Rhode Island must be attributed to forces bevond the control ol the strike leaders," Sloan continued, "but those who set Hying squadrons loose upon whole communities must as-, sume original responsibility for giving other lawless elements of that state such an opportunity. vn siTRIKF RREAKLRS day, but not all employes returned to "work, it was reported. And it is the use of the courthouse he would vert to a not in orce ln "hirp nnthpr hnii veai-s.

of navinir each weaver operate not known today if anv those on The body will remain at 'hr wnere he carried his small home. 17 Linton street, until the, daughter and a niece to stav with funeral party leaves. rela'ives until the trouble in this Pallbearers will be Lewis Kuck- area blows over. Because of the endall. Dock Kirckendall, Albeit tense situation in the Cartersv.lle Kirckendall.

Charlie areai Governor Talmadge late today Franklin Davidson and Walter ordered two companies of national Davidson. guardsmen to come here. Flower girls will bp Kaiherine Upon entering the mill village Moody, Lois Mulligan. Mattie Hen- Pwl-mart Whitman said about 50 "We are is-suni" an appeal to bnb' a single loom instead of two as thP. list of non-employed have ap-membtrs of the militia to refuse to at Pi'nt.

The change will mean plied for relief. go on stme-oreaking duty on the empiojment 01 i aaaiuni grounus tnat they did not enlist for i ers- that work and that? facing relatives with guns in a brutal task whirh cricks and Ruby Hendricks. men attacked them, dragging them from th.pir automob.le and beat them should cause anyone to rpvnit with sticus. i Crouch said. "Ma IW nf HlA rrnarlc li'ADAIS OFFERS FDR SPEAKERSHIP wnicn would be imported.

Gorman spent the morning conferring With the presidential mediation board headed by Governor John G. Winant, of New Hampshire. who announced Wednesday night that efforts to arbitrate the dispute had been abandoned What passed between the board and Gorman was i not revealed. "Today the strike lines are strong- er than ever," Gorman told report- ers. "The strike situation is just; about perfect.

Reports that workers in a few scattered cases have gone back to work indicate that the employers are trying to pump more hope into their case by spreading alarms. "The fact is that more strikers go 1 out every day. The number on strike i today is the largest since the strike began. More steps will be taken to strengthen the strike. Today we are appealing to all transport workers to stop shipments of textiles to the United States from other countries and we are c.alling upon workers in the United States to refuse to nan-, die imported textiles in every case 1 where such textiles are Imported to 1 replace products that normally are 1 made in this country.

"This morning we visited the Winant board. The situation re-; mains as it was. Our visit was in pursuance of our program of offer- At cnicopce, tne un-opci-Manufacturing company sent out letters to its striking textile workers offering to reemploy them at a wage advance of 33 per cent on a live day week with four six hour shifts. ELLIS MILLS TO KLOI'KN At the same time 300 employes of Hooper and Dorsey said they were men are strikers taken off Dirke Mrs. Elizabeth Milling CLINTON, Sept.

14. Mrs. Elizabeth Tolbert Milling, wife of A. J. Milling, well known business man of the city, died suddenly Monday "This industry has imported no strikebreakers to run its mills.

It has armed no thugs. In every case where local authority has asserted itself to resist the armed invasion of Hying squadrons, employes at it Arb 'tiovfl rpmnmprl fit work. piied into a car ana toia iney weie iines and there is rpsenmpnt going for their "Last ride" but that, in tne natl0nal 8uardTgaimt alter pleading with the men. they ordprPd out break CHARLOTTE, N. Sept.

14. -IAP A proposal that every employed member of organized labor in North Carolina be asked to contribute one dav's pay to the relief of striking textile workers will be laid before the executive council of the State Federation of labor here tomorrow. R. R. Lawrence, president of the federation, disclosed tonight that he planned to make the request, a few hours alter he had issued a statement in which he said "the big question with which we are concerned now is that of relief." An estimated 142,000 union members, outside of the textile industry, are working in North Carolina, Laurence said.

the A. D. Ellis, mills in Monson fAij thou fftiinH wnitmnn I 1 afternoon following only a i nrv nil i ri mi luiiini hhiiiiui niofliur i i a u. i i i u. lowed rc nocc Hooth hoin(r Hno i -1 i rawic.

Ill 'At'ie LU1U Uiat U1C lllll uiui hou "jiv.jo, wi-aui wuiit win- iu viniT iiip tl i i itiLit Nris mi-n. r.f loom hpcirt ottoi, I i i "'c mi iKe in iNorin car- i last Fndav would go on a one ed Abbeville County Legislator Enters Race For Pre "ta VioH u. i-Ji .1 for the United Textile Work- basis 'ooii as conditions favor from residence Wednesday I -rl kA thev were emnlowd i Ule Am.er its reopening. Dwighl kj is. prui- ning at 11 o'clock, with inter- 5nV nodvear n.nt at Rockmart! 'r" dt of the concern, said the plan, nior siding Officer fn i r.nn.n i 1- 'v lutiu, iiiiuilt: lljr I ii-oc HP VlimP Hli I 1 1 ,1 1.

II, lilt ment ivniun lilt: ill I ifiiiu-i n'nin), inp neon nncriu n(T in niiiiii n.i i COmniliniStS 111 the nnnM rws Pin- ai ii iLirn llic tery. The services were in charge face of the general strike order of -R. II. Mc-iiv the textile union DUE WEST. Sept.

1 I. present- textile strike. bJtweVn 40 and :0 op- At the same time the youthfiil I strike leader placed the blame for A deve'oumeiv of the dav the entrance of the communists Adams, elected to the home from Abbeville county in the Tuesday tonight announced he would be a candidate for the speak- that" D.amond Hill reservoir ot the Paw rcseiunr i wir er.shio of the house in January. TEXTILE STRIKE VIOLATES PACT, JOHNSON STATES (Continued from Page One) tucket water system rouowmg McAdams war. a member of ing tnat board, tor wnicn we nave the highest esteem, all possible have sought to break down the discovery that 25 sticks of dynamite of her pastor.

Dr. D. J. Woods, of the First Presbyterian church. Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by three daughters, Misses Almena.

Agnes and Dolly Milling, all of this city; four sisters, Mrs. William Carrillo, Los Angeles, Miss Ruby Tolbert Rockingham, N. Mrs. J. I Spinks, Rutherford College, N.

Miss Agnes Tolbert, Nashville, live brothers. B. A. Tolbert. Gainesville, R.

R. Tolbert Culpepper, S. M. Tolbert, Spartanburg; L. M.

Tolbert. Greenwood, and E. L. Tolbert, Woodville. Miss.

the general assembly in 1919-20, 1923-26 and was chairman of the state railroad commission 1927-31. had been stolen last Wednesday from a contractor's supply house not "Indeed, in many mills the workers have not waited lor the protection of the constituted authorities but have banned themselves to delend their right to work. the plan to recruit followers by violence and threats ol violence has failed." Contending "the vast majority the workers in the cotton textile i industry have no dispute with then-employers," Sloan recited 70 per cent hour wage rate increase, one-third shorter work week and the addition ol 140,000 workers during the first 12 months of the industry's code operations. CURTAILMENT NECESSARY "True, many of our workers are not now and have not for some weeks been working the lull 40r 1 hour week permitted by the code," Sloan added, "and, ol course, have not been receiving the 40-hour, week's pay. "The alternative lacing both the industry and its workers this summer was a shutdown of many mills, throwing thousands out of work and onto relief rolls.

We chose to spread the available work by a uniform re- rinrtinn nf unrk hours." In 1920 he was author of a bill to far away. DP The guards were withdrawn tnis control infectious diseases and of United Textile workers, a 100 per cent American organization" and thereby "opened the way lor the entrance of an organization whose aims and principles are in direct conllict with ours and the manufacturers' as well." 'Ads In Newspapers bLunb TARHEEL SERGEANT STABBED; GEORGIA TROOPS IN FIELD (Continued From Page One) gia. Deputy Sheriff C. D. Stone led a band of armed workers against a union flying squadron and dispersed the pickets.

He announced he would lead a deputized band to other Polk countv points to rid the entire countv of picketing and make it possible for workers who desired to return to their jobs without molestation. Governor a 1 a instructed iiiorning and it vas not Known i nnp (0 SPn the farmer calcium ar-whether they would return tonight, I senate At Worcester, a meeting of I officers from every textile union in CITES WORKERS' GAINS Tire audience, more than 4.000 persons, stood up at this point and cheered the NRA administrator for more than three minutes. "The cotton textile industry is the very last place in this country where a strike should be ordered," he said. AT UTEBSILE the central and eastern Mas.saciiu- i YwL- UU. new a ui uuiua setts strike district planned their Heyward S.

Davis Funeral services for Heyward S. Fiavic tinlrl CL.f own relief stations for every city and OIIOW Dig increase I town where one is needed. The Cleanest Election NEW YORK, Sept. 14. (UPi New York city's "cleanest" primary in a generation resulted in only 31 arrests, police said today.

Seizure of the 31, on various charges, was con. View Baptist church tomorrow aft- The code increased employment NEW i ORK, Sept, 14 (UP) ernoon at 2 o'clock The Rev bv 140.000, or nearly 33 and 1-3 per Reflecting increased use of space bv Crain will officiate and will be cent- According to our it retail advertisers, the trend of news- Mime executive a.wi nu would be made to welfare boards in the affected localities unless absolutely necessary. SO UADRO FFECT I lncreasea IlOUriy age lairs uy iu pnpci nuvri wouik was Miarpi.v IHHI1- er in August, a survey by Editor and ner cent." The strike movement, gained im- netus in one direction during the "almost perfection in public day when a Hying squadron of 150 behavior at the polls." He then praised the efforts of George A. Sloan, president of the Cotton Textile institute, for whom he said "my heart weeps. I know what kind of opposition he went up against." monsner snowed today.

The publication's index for total newspaper advertising rose from 86.5 to 91.1 during August, slightly surpassing the June high of 90.8. The indicator is based on measurements of daily newspapers in 52 Talmadge To See That All Have Opportunity To Work If They Wish ATLANTA. Sept. 14. (AP)-Two companies of national guardsmen tonight were ordered to the Car-tersville textile area as Governor Eugene Talmadge followed up with action an emphatic promise to "protect the right to work in Georgia." Shortly after the governor had warned Adjutant? General Lindley W.

Camp to be ready with state troops to assure protection of employes who want to work in the face Adjutant General Lindley Camp to prepare the national guard for strike duty. He issued a lengthy statement denouncing the activity of flying squadrons and armed pickets, and said he intended to see it stopped. He said appeals to strike leaders appeared to have failed and that troops would be used immediately if the situation continued. TALMADGE AGAINST STRIKE Talmadge, at the same time, criticized the United Textile workers for calling the strike. General Johnson said Sloan got strikers from Uxbridge descended! 7 upon Canton, and alter a that the governor had been "d.ily-peaceful conference with mill own- i dallying." ers effected the closure of two miils GREEN CRITICIZED normally employing approximately Bodwell charged that the last 700 workers.

week the governor wanted t0 In another, however, it met a re- neither the state police nor the Na-buff when Westerly, R. police in-1 tionai Guard into the strike' assisted by the Rev. W. H. Harbin.

Interment will be in Poplar Springs church cemetery near Walhalla. The following are requested to serve as pallbearers: J. Frank White, D. B. Smith, R.

F. Craigo, E. L. Craigo, D. B.

Leatherwood and Robert Brown. The death of Mr. Davis occurred at a local hospital at 8:30 o'clock Thursday night from injuries received when he was run over by an automobile on the Camp road an hour earlier. Mr. Davis had been a resident of Greenville lor three years and made his home with his son, the Rev.

J. 'these concessions" lor labor which 1 cities as reported by Media Records, Sloan pointed out that Thomas F. McMahon and Francis J. Gorman, strike leaders, agreed the seasonal character of the cotton textile business required temporary reductions in working hours when they settled with Gen. Hugh S.

Johnson a threatened walkout last June. LUTHERAN SERVICES "The Jesus Way of Doing Char-itv" will be the topic of the sermon to be delivered in Trinity Lutheran church tomorrow at 11:15 a. m. by the pastor, the Rev. J.

Edgar Stockman. "Boundless But Not Helpless" will be the topic of the pvpnintr sprvirp at. nVlnclt This were ODDosed bv "practically the Inc. entire tercepted a motorcade of In auto- turn. Ho compared the allegedly in mobiles bearing 75 struers, anegecuy of the textile strike, Sheriff George W.

Gaddis, of Bartow county, informed the chief executive that a These newspapers carried 87.692.-250 lines of advertising in August, an increase of 1.6 per cent over August last year. GOES TO COLUMBIA ABBEVILLE, Sept. 14. Mrs. W.

C. Reedy left for Columbia where she goes to join her husband, Dr. Reedy, who has a position there in the Federal Land bank. Three-fourths of the total population increase in this country during the last decade occurred within 30 miles of our 95 cities with more than 100,000 population. service will be broadcast over radio station WFBC.

decisive action of the governor unfavorably with that of Calvin Cool-idge, then governor of Ma-sachu-setts in the celebrated Boston police strike and concluded his sally with the assertion: "The governor has been thre" Lips behind at every turn instead of one lap ahead. He has endangered both the workers and citizens." The governor In turn bitterly assailed certain influences in the en route to the Bradford Dyein; company where 600 operatives are at work, and escorted them back to the main highway. In this city the failure of the assembly to act quickly on the various measures he had proposed to combat the strike emergency evoked caustic comment from Green, but was coun'ered by the declaration of Senator Harry T. Rodwell. republican leader in the It was revealed by General Johnson that reorganizations of the NRA as proposed by President Roosevelt and now under consideration has been discussed with Supreme Court Justice Louis Bran-deis.

"I cannot say much to you about reorganization of the NRA. because that is still very much in the formative stage," said Johnson. TO REMODEL NRA "Tire President has already announced that it is to be remodeled on the form of political government. That is that legislative, judicial and executive functions are to be separated. "There is only one thing that I have to say about that.

Of course, that is right. During the whole intense experience, I have been in house, which is controlled by. mem- upper chamber of the assembly, bers of his own party. A. Davis, superintendent of the Greenville County home.

He was formerly of Pickens county, and has many friends there as well as in this city who will be grieved to hear of his death. His wife, the late Mrs. Artinza Shockley Davis, died six months ago. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Bell, Walhalla: Mrs.

J. C. Newton, Central Mrs. Horace B. Sims, Greenville; lour sons, the Rev.

J. A. Davis, Greenville; Capt. T. J.

Davis, Washington, D. Chas. E. Davis, Winter Haven, H. B.

Davis, Easley, and 24 grandchildren. One hall-sister, Mrs. Emma Reeves, of Greer, also survives. Further announcements will be made by Thomas McAfee, funeral directors, and pending the hour of At Fayetteviile, N. a special officer narrowly escaped death when some one threw a dynamite bomb over the fence at the Puritan Rayon Investigating the package, J.

D. Hobbs finally saw the smoke of the fuse and ran just in time. The bomb blew a hole in the ground. At Lonconing, Joseph Jones, night engineer of the General Textile mills, was beaten by pickets. It was the first violence in Maryland, which, like Virginia, has hardly felt the strike.

A death indirectly attributed to the strike occurred at Gaffney, S. C. where George McCraw, night watchman at wo mills, was killed in a quarrel with Dock J. Parris, a dance hall operator. Parris and were said by officers to have been on bad terms for several days since an argument about flying squadrons.

All Gaffney mills have been closed since the first day of the strike. The extent of the strike remained virtually unchanged. No new REGAINED APPETITE AND WEIGHT WITH KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN Cereal Relieved His Constipation constant touch with that old coun-! sellor, Judge Louis Brandeis." "As you know," he said, "he (Justice Brandeis) thinks that any-; thing that is too big is bound to be wrong. He thinks NRA is too big I A Safe Way To Save On Every Item For The Table Is To Buy From A QUALITY'SERVICE'STORE BALENTINE'S Pure Lard, 4 Lb. bucket 49c the service the body will be at the luneral home.

and I agree with him. "I don't know whether dividing it up in this fashion will satisfy his idea or not, but I want to make one thing very plain whatever there is In Tound Canteen 12c BALENTINE'S Mrs. Lizzie W. Turner Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Wade Turner, 46, whose death occurred early yesterday morning at the residence in the travelers Rest section, will be held Irom the Ebe- of reorganization in NRA will be worked out by the President and no one else.

i I 'T think there is such a thing as too much power to repose in the ONE HALF GALLON GOLDEN CROWN SYRUP Can 33c "grave" situation had developed at Cartersv.lle. Large numbers of strike sympathizers, the sheriff said, were arming themselves there with the avowed purpose ol marching on the Goodyear Clearwater mill at Acto, a suburb, and "shutting it down." Guardsmen immediately were ordered mobilized and moved to the district. The Goodyear mill has been operating in spite of the general strike situation but closed tonight for the-week-end holiday as usual. It employs normally about 700 workers. The Cartersville mill has been closed.

It employs about 300 persons. Eighty-six sheriff's deputies have been on duty in the mill district as a result of reports of activities of "Hying squadrons" operating in the vicinity. North Carolina, had only a bare handlul of mills actually closed, and the hosiery strikers in the two Carolinas were estimated at about 3,000, as compared with a normal emplovment of some 30.000.. QUIET IN GREENVILLE All was quiet at Greenville, S. and Gastonia, N.

major textile centers. Five mills operated in Gaston county after reopening this week, while all mills in the Greenville area operated behind barriers of national guard bayonets. Two dozen companies of guardsmen, with a total of approximately 1,700 men, remained on duty in South Carolina. Strike leaders sought to consolidate their forces. Plans for relief of needv strikers went forward in South Carolina, and R.

R. Lawrence, president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor, called a meeting of his executive committee lor tomorrow to lay relief plans. At the same time Lawrence announced the appointment of William H. Abernathy, of Charlotte, as general counsel for the North Carolina strike committee. Lawrence said Abernathy would be used to secure full picketing and other rights for strikers.

Labor leaders at various points have claimed national guardsmen and special officers have exceeded their jurisdiction in keeping strikers several blocks from operating mills, and in other wavs. Country Style Bacon, LI; 29c BALENTINE'S Palmetto Bacon, Lb, box 3gc BALENTINE'S 100 PURE hands of one man and I have said that over and over again. And the quicker it i.s divested from me the better I will like it." Pork Sausage, Lb. LIPTON'S TEA Lb. 23c Free Class nezer Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.

The Rev. C. B. Lockee will officiate and will be assisted by the Rev. Eslie McJun-kin.

Interment will be in the church cemetery in the family plot. The pallbearers will' be McKlnlev Huff. Grady Hulf, Claud Huff, Luther Huff, Earl Turner and J. W. Turner.

Honorary pallbearers will be: Dr. L. W. Wood, Dr. E.

C. Stroud, Dr. T. E. Coleman.

Beattie Batson, Henry Batson, Wade Batson, Nicholas Boone, Clardy Clark, W. T. Newby and Jesse Starnes. Mrs. Turner's death followed an extended illness.

She had spent her entire life in the Travelers Rest section and was the widow of the late Thomas M. Turner, who died three years ago. PR. MILFORD TO HOSPITAL ABBEVILLE, Sept. 14.

Dr. C. Milford went to Columbia Wednesday and entered the Veterans hospital for treatment. Dr. Milford is a Spanish American war veteran and has been in ill health lor the past several years.

Mrs. Millord accompanied him to Columbia for the day. If you are a sufferer from headaches, loss of appetite and energy, sleeplessness, or any other of the frequent effects of constipation, read this enthusiastic letter from Mr. Mclntyre: "For a long time my system was not in very good working order. But since eating Kellogg's All-Bran, I have regained my appetite and my lost weight.

And my system is in good working order. Kellogg's All-Bran sure does the trick." Mr. J. A. Mclntyre, 160 Ruscomb Philadelphia, Pa.

Tests show Kellogg's All-Bran provides the "bulk" needed to relieve ordinary constipation. It also contains vitamin and iron for the blood. You'll enjoy this delicious and healthful ready-to-eat cereal. Serve it with milk or cream or use often in cooking. Just eat two tablespoonfuls daily.

Chronic cases, with each meal, if not relieved this way, see your doctor. Kellogg's All-Bran is aU bran with only necessary flavoring added. It contains much more needed "bulk" than part-bran products. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. closedowns were reported, nor did I additional mills reopen.

An Associated Press survey of the i situation in the Carolmas showed 297 mills closed. In addition, thousands of operatives were away from their posts in the 385 mills opera t-' ing. The figures included only mills subject to the strike call. 40.351 AT WORK I In North Carolina. 64.885 workers I were idle, as compared with 38,350 in South Carolina, for a total of I 103.235.

North Carolina plants reported 86,215 at work, and South Carolina 40.351, lor a total of 126,566. Scores of plants operated with skeleton forces. Georgia reported 44,480 idle of a normal employment ol 60.000; Alabama 16.075 of Tennessee 7.264 of 25.000: Marvland only 72 of P. 000; Mississippi 1,100 of 4.700; Texas 350 of 5,000, and Virginia none of 22.000. In the nine southern states in- volved.

172.576 were reported idle of an estimated normal emplovment of 290.341. No new developments were reported from the southern hosiery plants. This section of the industry, which has been running full time and which pays higher wages than other textile branches, apparently was only scratched. Charlotte, Durham, Burlington and High Point, principal hosiery centers in KRAFT American Cheese, Lb. 29c KRAFT Phila.

Cream Cheese, 10c SMALL Package 10c gaged in farming until 17 years ago when he moved to Greer. Since coming to Greer he has engaged in tho nmmantilo hllcinpcc Mr 1TH SAUER'S GAUZE BATHROOM PAPER 5c GUEST Mrs. Turner was a member of warcis was in declining health for Vanilla Extract, bottle Shiloh Baptist church. the past three years but was in his usual health Thursday and died Small Bottle 10c IVORY SOAP I SAUER'S Salad Dressing, pint 10c 19c LIBBY'S Desert Peaches A SYRUP. NO.

2' CAN Surviving are four daughters. Mrs. Rroadus Abbott, Slater; Mrs. G. D.

Montgomery, Mrs. D. Wilson and Miss Dorothy Turner, all of Travelers Rest; two sons, Wade Turner and T. C. Turner, of Travelers Rest, and 14 grandchildren.

Her step-mother, Mrs. M. L. Wade of Greenville, also survives, together with three sisters. Mrs.

Gene Swaney, Marietta Mrs. Joe Fagan. Robertson, Illinois; Mrs. G. W.

Bates, Greer; one brother, J. D. Wade, Fort Benning. Ga and three half-sisters, Mrs. F.

M. Edwards. Mrs. J. R.

Durham and Miss Ruby Wade, all of Greenville. After 10 o'clock this morning the body will be at the residence pending the hour of the service. Thomas McAfee, funeral directors. LIBBY'S CRUSHED DRESSED Ducks, Lb. 25c SLICED Bacon, Lb 25c 10c FRESH-CREAMERY Butter, Lb.

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for loc Dukes Mayonnaise Sliced Pineapple, No. 1 10c CHICK BEEF ROAST, Lb 14Jc TINT 2 HALF PINTS suddenly from a heart attack. Mr. Edwards was married when a young man to Miss Elizabeth Ann Campbell, who died five years ago, and is survived by the following children: Mrs. Beulah Waters, Mrs.

Annie Owens, T. G. Edwards, B. P. Edwards, C.

A. Edwards, E. P. Edwards, Bryson Edwards. E.

H. Edwards, all of Greer, and Roy E. Edwards of Greenville; 23 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one brother. W. R.

C. Edwards, of Taylors, route 2. Pending the hour to leave for the funeral the body will be at the late residence on Emma street. FUNERAL INVITATION The relatives and friends of Mrs. Lida Morgan Levi.

Mr. John Franklin Levi, Mr. Henry Levi, Mr. Leo Morgan, Mr. Archie Morgan Mr.

Arthur Morgan, Mrs. Daisy Gosnell and Mrs. Ollie Mae Howard are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services of Mr. Ulie Herman Levi this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Double Springs Baptist church in North Carolina. The Rev.

G. E. Crenshaw, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Phillips, pastor of tihe Double Springs church, will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Ward cemetery'- Courtney and Sons. Pelzer, S. morticians in charge. CARD OF THANKS B1LTMORE Creamery Butter, Lb. 35c CHASE SANBORN I Dated Coffee, Lb.

33c "LOOK FOR THE DATE" PHILLirS 6c Tomato Juice, can T. E. Edwards GREER. Sept. services for Thomas Ervin Edwards, 77.

merchant of Greer, who d.ed at his home at 65 Emma street in Greer, Thursday night at 8:45 o'clock will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the Double Springs Baptist church north of Greer, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. J. Lester Lane, assisted by the Rev. C. R.

Abercrombie, the Rev. Walter Harrison and the Rev. R. B. Vaughn.

Interment will follow in the family plot in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Frank Kendrick, Marvin Reese, Dr. N. J. Avers.

R. Perrv Turner, Guy Bal-lenger and John Owens. The following are asked to meet at the Double Springs Baptist church at 11 o'clock and serve as honorary escort: Dr. F. G.

James, Dr. D. B. Jackson, Dr. H.

L. Brock- 21c 25c PORK ROAST, Lb. 19c CAMTBELLS TORK BEANS, 4 cans 25c short loin steak, Lb 25C VIENNA SAUSAGE, 4 cans 25c ITVT ROAST, Lb 19c riNK SALMONS, 2 cans 23c VEAL STEAK, Lb. 23c VESPER TEA, Lb. Package 19c SWEET POTATOES, 6 Lbs 15c DEL MONTE COFFEE, 1 Lb.

can 29c GRAPES, 2 Lbs. 15c SCOTT TISSUE, 2 rolls 15c ONIONS, Lb 5c nilLLIPS 5c Tomato Soup, can ROYAL Gelatin Desert, 2 pkgs. 14c r.ALM OLIVE SOAP "Keep That School Girl Complexion" 4 cakes 19c SUPER SVDS 3 boxes 24c Octagon Cleanser, 2 boxei Tomatoes, No. 2 ran, 3 for 25c Searchlight Alak PINK SALMON', 2 cans LOC ALL FLAVORS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kind expressions of sympathy shown us during the 1 man, Dr. M.

L. Peeples. W. i rerent illness and death of our Swan Down Cake Flour 33c Baswell, F. T.

Owens, D. R. Moore, FULL QUART (32 Oi.) GREENVILLE MEAT MARKET CO. father, Mr. Thomas M.

Scott. The lovely floral offerings were also appreciated. Especially do we thank the Rev. Z. C.

Thorpe, fhe Rev. R. M. Hagler and Dr. C.

C. Anail for their kindness and services. THE FAMILY OF MR. THOMAS M. SCOTT, New Yorker Ginger Ale 12C 221 S.

Main St. GOOD THINGS TO EAT Claude Duncan, H. J. Lanford. T.

B. Powell. L. E. Thompson.

W. T. Coleman, Ralph Werner. H. H.

Sny-dpr. B. F. Reese, L. R.

Mason and Thoma Keating. Mr. Fdwards formerly lived in the Dc'ible Springs section' and was ea Thone 4186 5c DEfOSIT ON BOTTLE SST, WiliUiUlMH, II,.