The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 9, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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2 Boxes Sea Foam
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Railways Asking Labor, Board
Abrogate Wasteful Agreements
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and bladder in normal, healthv condi-
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For One Day Only
Saturday, February 12
Plants! Plants! Plants! At
plant headquarters. — Strip-
a*f-|ling & Armstrong. 2 stores 2.
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See “Don” for Hot Choco-
late.—Hotel Drug Store.
The dance at the Polley Ho-
tel Friday night was a highly
cnjoyable affair. Quite a crowd
of people came from San Aug-
ustine and other nearby towns.
a man was in
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Hon. Frank Marshall of
Nacogdoches, spent Tuesday M
the city attending court.
Public Directly Interested
Effort to Stop Drain on
Carriers’ Income.
so quickly, surely or permanently.
Hundreds have testified to this won-
derful power. No alcohol, no harmful
drugs. ¥1.20 the bottle at ail drug
stores.
Hobo Med. Mfg. Co., Shreveport, La.
HOBO
IQdn^y A. Bladder Kernel
ADVERTISING RATES
Local readers, two cents per word
or ten cents per line. Display rates
made known upon application.
Obituaries, cards of thanks
such after news item
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THE SYRUP MILL.
Last week there was a busi-
ness man in Center looking to
the probability of establishing
a big syrup mill. His proposi-
tion is to establish the mill here,
buy cane from the farmers and
let the mill company market
the output. The proposition
also is for the Center business
men and farmers in Shelby
county to tajce stock in the
company.
If the Shelby county men are
to take most of the stock raise
all the cane,- why not Shelby
county men build the syrup
mill themselves and reap all
the benefits from the undertak-
ing?
The Cream Station.
There are probably a num-
ber of farmers near Center
who were just a little bit dis
pleased when they sold their
first cream. They expected
more than they received. They
expected to get forty three
cents a pound for their cream,
when they should have expect-
■ ed only forty three cents per
, pound for their butter fat.
and, There is a vast difference be-
concerningI
same has been printed, will be charg-
ed for at one half the regular rate.
Cabbage, tomato, onion, pep-
per, potato and strawberry-
plants. Leave your orders for
plants for later use.—Strip-
ling & Armstrong, The Plant
Stores. 2 stores 2.
Mrs. Ida Norton and son.
Crayton Boyd of Shreveport,
La., spent Sunday in Center,.,
visiting friends.
TAKEN UP: One black, one
spotted barrows about 8 or 10
months old, marked split and
under bit in right, swallow
fork in left. Will buy if cheap,
if not, please come and get
them and pay for this ad..—
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proper_stu4y and
Jfie thing is don’t
much at first and don’t get dis-
couraged because you don’t get
what you expect.
i tween cream and butter fat.
•Cream is part milk. Butter fat
is that ingredient which makes
butter when churned and
leases no milk.
On the otherhand there were
those who were well pleased
at the price they received
They got forty three cents pei
pound for their butter and
didn’t have to go to the trouble
of churning. Since the opening
of the cream station several
weeks ago an average of ten
gallons of cream have been
shipped each week. This
means no money for the buying
concern. They won’t “break
even,” but they believe that as
soon as the farmers in this vic-
inity have been educated to
the advantage of keeping a
few good jersey cows that they
will be able to buy much more
cream and then they will get
returns from their investment.
They expect to lose money the
first year, but after that they
expect to spend several thous-
and dollars monthly in the pur-
chase of cream at the Center
Station. In a year’s time the
money spent here will amount
to a great deal.
The cream station here will
not bring the farmer what it
should until the farmers have
studied the proposition, in-
creased the number of their
cows, their quality, etc. That
old axiom of “if at first you
don’t succeed, try, try again,”
is just as applicable here as
elsewhere.
In many parts of Texas this
cream business has been fnade
a paying proposition for the
farmer and it can be done here
Reading Club.
The Womans Reading Club
held its regular meeting wiih
the president, Mrs. Frank Run-
nels, on last Thursday after-
noon.
Not only was Mrs. Runnels
hostess and president, but she
was also leader of the program
for the afternoon. The sub-
ject, “Americanization as Re-
lated to Music” was so skilfully-
handled by her as to make it
one of the most interesting and
instructive programs ever ren-
dered by the club.
Roll call was responded to
by an incident in the life of
some Texas musician. The lead
er gave an instructive talk on
“music” its place in American-
ization” followed by the bio-
graphies and inspirations of
composers contributed by the
members.
Miss Elizabeth Hicks charm-
ed her hearers by her exquis-
ite rendition of “Lost Hope” by
GothscKals and “The Witches
Dance” by McDowell, as piano
• solos. Many predict that ere
many years the name of this
talented Center girl will be
written on the halls of famous
Texas musicians.
Records of Bond’s “A Per-
fect Day,” Mary Garden’s
“Coming Thru the Rye,” Lucy
Gates’ “Juanita,” Nevin’s
“Rosary” etc., were listened to
with much pleasure.
The club members were de-
lighted to have Mrs. T. C. Dav-
is of Beaumont as guest of the
occasion. We still claim Mrs.
Davis as ours for by years of
residence in Center she wound
our heart’s affections so closely
around her that we are loath
to give her up. Other appre-
ciated guests of the afternoon,
were Mesdames John Sanders.
J. D. Redditt, Sallie McKee
and John Runnels.
After the close of the pro-
gram a most delectable salad
course was served. The
ternoon was indeed one
pleasure and instructive
was thoroughly enjoyed by all. San Augustine, spent Saturday
—Contributed. in the city.
ONE DAY, a few months ago, a man v/a.
bank, to close up one of the largest deals
helped handle.
\v hile we were busy with this important work, a
small boy came to deposit the pennies from his little
toy.safe. Both of these were given prompt and care-
ful service.
What could bettor illustrate the fact that ”•>
ready o serve all he people—no matter what
or the nature of their business.
That small boy with his pennies may some day be
one of the largest depositors of this bank—-who
knows? At any rate it is our plan to give all patrons
prompt and careful attention.
Isn’t that wha your are looking for?
Last Tuesday afternoon
Mesdames James Hurst, Carl-
ton Smith and Rebel Martin
entertained about seventy lady
frineds at the beautiful home
of Mrs. Carlton Smith.
Nature seemed to vie with
these charming hostesses in
making this an ideal occasion,
for although it was the month
for stormy winter weather, on
this day the sun was shining
brightly and the weather was
as balmy as that of a June day.
The \ alentine idea was carried
out in spirit and decorations,
and real live cupids, with their
arrows of love, did not fail to
inoculate the heart of each
guest. These cupids were in
the personages of little Agnes
Elliott and Helen Smith. Ag-
nes met the guests at the door
and breathed the spirit of wel-
come, while Helen stood behind
a large heart of pink and dis-
tributed the tally cards. So
like our visions of angels did
these little ones in fairy robes
appear, that one was remind-
ed of the great admonition,
and forbid them not, for of
such is the kingdom of heav-
en.”
After eight or ten games
were played and thoroughly
enjoyed, a delicious tray lunch-
eon, consisting of sandwiches,
■salad pickles, wafers
dividual pies with coffee,
served.
In the declaration that this
had been one of the most suc-
cessful social events of the
season, all were of one accord.
—Conributed.
If the person who has been
so continuously complaining of
hard times would have gone to
a tent theatre in Center last
week he probably would
change his mind. Every even-
ing during the week the tent
was crowded to capacity.
About all the - company left
here was $1 for the city for
each performance, board bills,
and a $15 light bill. How
much they took away, we don’t
know. At any rate change
has been pretty scarce this
good clean motion
_would have been
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During the past month The
Champion has received many
letters from out of town sub-
scribers, complimenting the
force on the character of paper if those inteffeted- will givelhe
we have been printing. TI
things are appreciated, we like
to hear them. They make
begin_f&^^iext week^gj^sue
^ed zeal and vigor
ope of ’giving you still
paper. But this week
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the merchants have told us they
want a little paper. We are
giving hem what they want,
six pages.
The advertising rate of the
Ladies Home Journal is $12 a
line, or $160 an inch. A full
page in colors costs $11,000,
and if on the back page $15,-
000. The Saturday Evening
Post charges $10 a line and
$10,000 for the back page.
Those sums are paid because
the live firms know it pays, but
these prices make a measley 20
or 25 cent per inch the weekly
gets, look worse than a lead
nickel.—West News.
Grand Old Texas.
Texas has an enormous area,
) and anything produced in the
United States can be duplicat-l
ed right here in the Lone Star
State.
Wheat grows in Texas.
Corn grows in Texas.
• Cotton grows in Texas.
Apples grow in Texas.
Oranges grow in Texas.
Pecans grow in Texas.
Sheep flourish in Texas.
Cattle flourish in Texas.
Hogs flourish in Texas.
Chickens flourish in Texas.
Turkeys flourish in Texas.
Strawberries grow in Texas.
Fish abound in the Gulf wa-
ters. '
Every sort of vegetable does
well m Texas.
We are at peace with all the
world.
We have free speech.
We have religious freedom.
v*e can rival the Mediter-
ranean in winter curtate and
Colorado in sumygr climate.
,, Th,eJe is everything to be
thankful fpjz”'
All we need is to have confi-
dence in ourselves and trust in
the Lord.
And Grand Old Texas will
reward us. for our care of her.! B. F. Bridges, Farm
Fork.
“Tlie entire country; Its consumers,
its farmers, its workmen, and even the
railway employees themselves, are di-
rectly interested-with the railroads in
cutting down railway operating ex-
penses.” ■.
This is the keynote of the case pre-
sented by tlie railroads to the United
States Railroad Labor Board, now in
session in Chicago.
The railroads have submitted evi-
dence to 1 lie board to show why the
National Agreements affecting railway
shop labor should be abrogated, be-
lieving that this is a vitally important
step in the process of reducing op-
erating expenses.
This step is not only necessary to
insure adequate earning power to the
railroads, hut will make possible an
ultimate reduction in rates.
The agreements were macle by tlie
Railroad Administration just before
the end of Federal control. Tlie sum
total of tlie rules and working condi-
tions provided by the National Agree-
ments have increased tlie operating
expenses of the railroads by hundred's
of millions, and have decreased the
efficiency and output of the employees
in other ways resulting in losses
which cannot be calculated in dollars
and cents.
For several weeks the railroads
have been multiplying instances of the
absurd and extravagant results of. the
labor rules fastened upon them by the
National Agreements.
In one case cited before the board a
machinist was paid 16% hours’ wages
for work all performed within eight
hours. This case illustrated the effect
of the rule that for each “call” the
worker is to be paid five hours’ .wages
even if lie works only fen minutes.
The case of a car repairer on the
Virginian Railway, who was recently
paid over $1,000 for services which
were never rendered, and in addition
the same amount of overtime as was
made by his gang, was another exam-
ple.
In. connection with the rule that
none but mechanics or apprentices
shall do medianics’_woi-kt the foliow-___... -■
ing was citetr~t6''indicate~itsunfair^
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Five Hours’ Pay for 30 Minutes’ Work
“The El Paso & Southwestern Rail-
road recently had an engineAset out at
Douglas, and about tlie time it was
ready to go to its train it developed
that a window light was broken in the
cab. It was necessary for the foreman
to call a carpenter to do the work that
lie could have performed irimself in a
few minutes. Tlie train was delayed
one hour and 30 minutes, and tlie em-
ployee called to do tlie work was paid
five hours for work requiring 30 min-
utes.”
The inefficiency created in inflexible
application of the rules contained in
tlie agreements in question was illus-
trated in tlie following actual case
which recently occurred on tlie Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad:
“An engine was placed in tlie
shops for certain repairs. Because
of tlie provisions of the National
Agreement, It was necessary that
members of five crafts perform
parts of tills work ; formerly, tiie
entire operation was performed by
the members of but two crafts.”
$6,500,000 for Work Not Performed
How .the railroads of tlie country
were compelled to pay almost $6,500,-
000 in tlie first six months of 1920 for
service not rendered because of tlie
effects of but one of the 182 rules in-
cluded in the Shop Crafts National
Agreement was shown in the testi-
mony.
This punitive payment for work nev-
er performed was required by a clause
in the National Agreement, which pro-
vides that when employees are re-
quired to check in and out on their
own time they will be paid one hour
extra at the close of each week.
Tlie rigid classifications of labor,
when taken in connection with the
rule Ilia! requires that a man must,
have four years’ experience before be-
ing employed to perform any of the
work listed in them, result In paying
rates applicable to men who are sup-
posed to be fully qualified for work
which does not require men of four
years’ experience..
To illustrate how tlie inflexibilities
of many of tlie rules now enforced op-
erate to mulct tlie railroads of large
sums for services which in the ab-
sence of these rules could be obtained
for relatively moderate sums, evidence
was laid before tlie Labor Board show-
ing that three men who were em-
ployed at a small pumping station In
Michigan, performing unskilled work,
would, when classified under the rules,
receive an excess of pay amounting
to more than the value of all tlie wa-
ter pumped and current generated at
this station.
The Chicago testimony contains lit-
erally hundreds of instances such as
these, all supporting tlie contention of
tlie railroads that the labor rules un-
der which they have teen forced to
work are such as to prevent file “hon-
est, efficient and economical manage-
ment” demanded by the Transporta-
tion Act.
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The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 9, 1921, newspaper, February 9, 1921; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1326840/m1/2/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.