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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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WAGE EARNERS OF PACK.INGTOWN OPPRESSED;
FRIGHTFUL DISTRESS REVEALED IN “THE JUNGLE”
Runs on the Bank, Election Bribery and Perils
of Storm Endured by Those Losing
Places by Illness Graphically
Described.
iCoDjrlfht, HO*, by Upton Sinclair. All about the yards, yelling with rage. A
' Rights Reserved.) new union was the result of this out-
CHAPTER XI.
During the summer the packing
Souses were In full activity again, and
Jurg's made more money. Ha did not
make so much, however, ns he had the
previous summer, for* the packers took
on more hands. There were new men
every week, it seemed—It was a regu
lar system—and this number they
would keep over to the next slack sea-
,on so that every one would have less
than ever. Sooner or later, by tills
elan, thev would have all the lloating
labor of Chicago trained to do their
work. And how very cunning a trick
that was! The men were to tench new
hands, who would come some day and
break their strike, and meantime they
were kept so poor that they could not
prepare for the trial!
Hut let no one suppose that this
superfluity of employees meant easier
work for any one! On the contrary,
the speeding-up seemed to bo growing
more savage all tho time; they were
continually inventing new devices to
crowd the work on—It wns for all the
world like the thumh screw of tho
mediaeval torture chamber. They would
get new pacemakers and pay them
more; they would drive tho mon on
with new machinery—It was said that
In the hog-kllllng rooms the speed at
which the hogs moved was determined
by clockwork, and that it was in
creased a little every day. In piece
work they would reduce the time, re
quiring the same work In a shorter
lime, and pnylng the same wages; and
then, after the workers had accustomed
themselves to this new speed, they
would reduce the rate of payment to
correspond with the reduction In time!
They had done this so often In tho
cennlng establishments that tho girls
were fairly desperate: their wages had
gone down by a full third In the past
two years, and a storm of discontent
wae brewing that was likely to break
out any day. Only a month after
MarIJa hail become a beef-trimmer the
canning factory that she had left post
ed a cut that would divide the girls’
earnings almost squarely In half, and
so great was the Indignation at this
that they marched out without even a
parley and organized In the street out
side. One of the girls had read some
where that a red ling was the proper
symbol for oppressed workers, nnd so
they mounted one, and paraded all
EVERETT ESTATE
IS
Robert Hugh Whlto was apoplnted
administer for the estate of the late
Edward Quincy Everett Monday morn
ing by Ordinary John R. Wilkinson. Mr.
Everett left an estate estimated at
150,000.
Mr. Everett was a member of the
Everett-RIdley Company, wholesale
dry goods dealers. He died suddenly
on May 26 and left no will. Mr. White
ha* qualified as administrator of tho
estate.
A number of wills were admitted to
probate by Ordinary Wilkinson Monday
morning, and administrators were ap
pointed for aeveral small bstates.
burst, but the Impromptu strike went
to pieces in three days, owing to the
ru9h of new labor. At the end of it the
girl who had carried the red flag went
downtown and got a position In iv gvoat
department store at a salary of two
dollars and a half a week.
Jurgis and Ona heard th*.»o stories
with dismay, for there was ho telling
when their own time might come. Once
or twice there had been rumors that
one of the big houses was going to cut
Its unskilled men to fifteen cents an
hour, and Jurgis knew that if this was
done his turn would come tpoon. He
had learned by this time that Pnek-
Ingtown was feally not a number of
firms at all, but one groat Arm, the
beef trust. And every week the man
agers of It got together and compared
notes, and there was one scale for all
tho workers In the yarls and one
standard of efficiency. Jurgis was told
that they also fixed the price they
would pay for beef on th$ hoof and the
price of all dresfied meat In the coun
try; but that was something he did not
understand or care about.
The only one who was not afraid of a
cut was MarIJa, who congratulated her
self, somewhat naively, that there had
been one in her place only a short time
before she came. MarIJa was getting
to be a skilled beef-trimmer, and was
mounting to the heights again. During
the summer and fold Jurgis and Ona
managed to pay her tack the last pen
ny they owed her, and so sho began to
have a bank account. Tamosxius had
a bank account also, and they ran a
rare and began to figure upon house
hold expenses once more.
The possession of vast wealth entails
cares and responsibilities, however, as
poor MarIJa found out She had taken
tho advice of a friend and invested her
savings in a bank oh Ashland avenuo.
Of courso she knew nothing about it,
except that it was big and imposing—
what possible rhntice had a poor for
eign working girl ‘to understand tho
banking business as it is conducted in
this land of frenzied finance? So
MarIJa lived in continual dread lest
something should happen to her bonk,
and would go out' of her way mornings
to make sure that it was still there.
Her principal thsught was of fire, for
she had deposited her money In bills,
and was afraid that If they ware
burned up the bank would not give
her any others. Jurgis made fun of
her for this, for he was a man and was
proud of his superior knowledge, telling
her that the bank had fire-proof vaults,
and nil Its millions of dollars hidden
safely away in them.
However, one morning MarIJa took
her detour, and, to her horror and
dismay, saw a crowd of people in front
of the bank, filling the avenue solid
for half a block. All the blood went
out of b^r face for terror. She broke
into a run, shouting to the people to
ask what was tho matter, but not atop
ping to hear wluit tiny answered till
she had come to where the throng
so dense that she could no* longer ad
Vance. There was a *'run on the
bank," they told her then, but she did
not know what that was, and turned
from one person to another, trying In
an agony of fear to make out what
they meant. Had something gone wrong
with the bank? Nobody was surf, but
they thought so. «’ouMn't she t 1 n• r
money? There was no telling; the peo
plo were afraid not, and they w
trying to get It. It was too early yet
to tell anything—the bank would not
open for nearly three hours. Ho in a
frenzy of despair MarIJa began to . law
her wav toward the doors of tliN build
Ing, through u throng of men, women
and children all excited as herself.
It was a scene of wild confusion, wo
men shrieking and wringing their hands
and fainting, nnd men fighting nnd
trampling down everything In their
way. In the midst of the melee MarIJa
recollected that she did not have her
bank book and could not get her money
anyway, so she fought her way out
and started on. a run for home. This
was fortunate for her, for a few min
uten later the.police reserves arrived.
In half an hour MarIJa was back.
Tela JCUblotn with her, both of them
breathless with running nnd with fear.
The crowd was now formed ki a lino
extending for several blocks, with half
hundred policemen keeping guard,
and so there wan nothing for them to
do but to take their places at the end
of It. At 9 o'clock the bank opened
and began to pay the waiting throng;
but then, what good did It do MarIJa,
who saw 3,000 people before her—
enough to take out the last penny of
a dozen banks?
To make matters worse, a drizzling
rain came up and soaked them to the
skin; yet all the morning they stood
there, creeping slowly toward the
goal; all the afternoon they stood
there, heart sick, seeing that the hour
of closing was coming and that thoy
were going to be left out. MarIJa made
up her mind that, come what might,
she would stay there and keep her
place; but as nearly nil did the same,
all through the long, cold night, she
got very little closer to the bank for
that. Toward evening Jurgis came;
he had heard the story from the chlU
dren, and )u> brought some food and
dry wraps, which made It a little eas'
ler.
The next morning, before drybreak.
came a bigger crowd than ever, and
more policemen from down-town.
MarIJa held on like grim death, and
toward afternoon she got Into the
ICE TRUST LAWYERS
HELD FOR CONTEMPT
By Private leased Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, July 5.—Judge R. R.
Klnkalde of the common pleas court
sentenced Thomas T. Tracey and
Clarence Brown, the toe'trust lawyers,
to ten days In the county Jail on
Monday for contempt of court.
On Saturday In a motion to suspend
sentence In the case ot R. A.. Beard
and C. Lemmon, convicted and sen
tenced lot men, thoy Intimated that
the court was In collusion with them
In a promise to extend lonlency pro
vided tftelr clients pleaded guilty.
Judge Klnkalde struck the motions
from the record and declared them
as "false oe hell.”
Alexander Smith died a motion sim
ilar t i those of Brown and Tracey and
tho oourt fined him 1250. All sen
tences were suspended, giving the
lawyers a chance to take their troubles
to tho circuit court.
FIREWORKS.
Fourth of July Fireworks
-will open stock at junction
Peachtree and Ivy streets,
and corner Spring and Alex
ander streets July 3, A .W.
Farlinger.
THREE "members retired
from academy faculty.
I Ipaclnl to The Georgian. wvlt w. »,.» .JH
Charlton, 8. C., July 3.—Three mem- *-.* of Miaalaaiool at one and one-
feMfw ihss&'m'f 2 *
,P a,r " ’"V* yenr at tho nnnunl meeting of
,?'* board of visitor*, of whlrb Governor
V '* ex-officio mom her. Colonel
iiA:! lo . n L*/ ne, » Major P. 1*. Mnzyrlc nnd
Major j, Coleman will not teach th*?
next year.
IV!'.",-: i ui e« la well known In Georgia,
I” l' r "r,fluent n. n Confederate Veteran,
Mm, 1 "" u ~ ,IMB 'he head of the Georzls
Military nnd Agricultural college nt one
He »a« a lieutenant colonel on the
"f Uenersl John It. Gordon end
FOURTH OF JULY
RATES.
bn account of the above occasion
the Southern Railway will tall round
trip tickets to and from all polntt
| south of the Ohio and Potomac and
__ least of Mississippi at one and one-
uiilmr.v im&Sf'inn n„t ekctSl t" thSr third fares for round trip, Including
rgjiie jhu year at the annual ■acting of j Bt. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati,
Washington, etc. Tickets will be sold
July 2d, 3d and 4th, limited to July
8th.
Call on agent* Southern 1 Railway.
J. C. BEAM, Jr.,
District Passenger Agent.
•“«» . —....
uoreroor .Northern and
jmtteroi.i.ter -
In mi.
MnJ„ .
ftty *!nci
ljutant nod Inter
ler genera! eo'the ataff of Gen-
Heat. He came to the Citadel
F, ” IN Uasfck hat been at the aead-
l 1 '-’. nnd Major Coleman began
^ge. r there In ISSa.
JOHN D. BUYS FOSSILS
FOR CHICAGO COLLEGE
Private Leaned Wire.
Chicago, July I.—John D. Rockefeller
™ purchased for the University of
'■Mrago the mo<t extensive collection
S,™" 11 * minerals probably In ex-
w«nce m the country.
tJ.,L-°L l ' ct ' on ’ which was gathered
fof ™ by ' h « l»t« Jamea Hall, who
**>*» "fly year* was state
ft.’.?, ’’°f N*w York, wo* valued by
rroleaaor Hall at 1150,000,
NURSES HIVE DENIED
THREAT TO RESIGN
In regard to the report tlfit the nurzei
of the Grady Hospital bad threatened to
resign In a body, officials of the hospital
declare the report Is entirely erroneous.
Dr, WlllUm I'errio Nlcoiaon, a leading
member of the medical board, atated Mon
day that he baa been Informed by the
nuraea that they bare never mode not
such threat. After the report became cur-
re«t, Dr. Nlcolsoa and othera made an in-
reatlgatloo. As the result of this Inreatlga-
tion, Dr. Nlcotam deelare* that "there la
nothing lu the report whatever.
"The nuraea have never complained to
me," said Dr. Nlcoiaon. "and I hare not
heard of them making a threat to any MM
else. They Inform me they hare aertr
made the reported threat."
Mrs. Ttoeodoel Wanrde!!, enperintendent
of uuroee, aaoerta the nuriee have never
MINISTERS WILL MEET
AT WESLEY MEMORIAL
After a brief session In the T. M. C.
A. ha 11 on Monday morning at 11:15
o'clock, at which time resolutions on
the death of the wife of Rev. T
Cleveland were drawn up and passed,
the Evangelical Ministers' Association
of Atlanta adjourned to meet again
on tho first Monday In October at tho
YTeztey Memorial church.
Tho meeting was called to order by
President Charles O. Jones, of St.
Marks Methodist church, and In the
absence of Secretary T. P. Cleveland,
Rev. J. E. Rriggs was appointed act
ing secretary. E. O. Smith, pastor of
tho East Point Baptllst church, and
Rpv. Samuel Wiles DuBose, pastor of
tho Jonesboro Presbyterian church,
were admitted to membership in the
association.
The repayt of the auditing commit
tee was rPud by Dr. White, who also
asked for a new vote on the meeting
place for next year. At the last meet
ing it was voted to meet In the Wesley
Memorial church, but it wns the senti
ment of many that the association
should select a more central location.
The motion for the Wealey Memorial
church prevailed.
A committee of three waa appointed
i draft resolutions on the death of
the wife of the aecretary, and this
committee later presented the follow
ing resolution, which waa unanimously
adopted, Dr. Landrum being chairman
of the committee:
"Whereas, Ij hath pleaaod our Heav
enly Father to remove from this earth
to. her heavenly home the wife of our
venerable ond bclovpd secretary. Rev.
T. P. Clveland, D. D., whose Godly life
and conversation adorned the doctrine
of God, her Savior, In all' thing*.
"Resolved, That we hereby tender to
our brother our most affectionate nnd
sincere sympathy in this, hla greatest
bereavement, and commend him the
comfort and sustaining grace of that
Savior In whom both he and his wife
have to long trusted.
"Resolved further. That a copy of
this resolution be Inscribed on our
minutes, a copy sent to the family
etn in )U9« Xdoo u pun petvooop
daily paper* for publication.
bank nnd got her money —all in big
silver dollars, a handkerchief full
When she had once got her hand* oi
them her fear vanished and she want
ed to put them back again; but th<
man nt tin* window was savage nnd
said that tin* bank would recelvt
more deposits from those who had ta
ken part In the run. So MarIJa
forced to take her dollars home ’
her, watching to right nnd left, ex
pecting every Instant that some one
would try to rob her; and when she
got home site wns not much bettet
off. Until she could find another bnnk
there wns nothing to do but sew them
up In her clothes, nnd so MarIJa went
about for a week or more, loaded down
with bullion, and afraid to cross the
street in front of the house, becauso
Jurgis told her she would sink out of
sight In the mud.
Weighted this way she mnrlo her
way to the yards, again In fear, this
time to see If the lmd loBt her place
but fortunately about 10 per cent of
tho working people of Packlngtown
had been depositors In that bank nnd
vas not convenient to discharge
that many at once. The enuso of tho
panic had been the attempt of a po
liceman to arrest a drunken mon in a
saloon next door, which hud drawn a
crowd at the hour tho people woro
on their way to work, and so started
the “run."
About this time Jurgis and Ona olso
began a bank account. Besides hav
ing paid Jonas and MarIJa, thoy had
almost paid for their furniture, and
could hnvo that littlo sum to count on.
So long ns each of them could bring
home nine or ten dollars a week, they
were able to get along finely. Also
election day came round again, and
Jurgl? mndo half a week’s wages out
of that, nil net profit. It was a very
clote election that year, nnd tho echoes
of the battle reached oven to Packlng-
t"\\ n. Tht- two rival sets of graftets
hired halls and set off fireworks and
Iiuult Speeches, to try to K''t tile peo
ple Interested In tho matter. Although
Jurgis did not understand It ail, no
knew enough by this time to realize
ference In the, results, the Idea of re
fusing would have seemed absurd, had
it ov. r coinn Into Ills head.
Now chill winds and shortening days
began to warn them that the winter
was coming again. It seemed as if
the respite had been too short—they
had not had time enough to get ready
for It; but still it came, Inexorably,
and the hunted look came back Into
the eye* of littlo Stanlslovas. The
prospect struck. fear to tho heart of
Jurgis also, for he knew that Ona was
not fit to faco the cold and tho snow
drifts this year. And suppose that
some day when ft blizzard struck them
and the cars were not running, Ona
should have to give It up, nnd should
come the next day to find that her
^laco had been given to some one who
ived nearer and could be depended
upon? _ ,
It waa the week before Christmas
that the flfat great storm came, and
then the soul or Jurgis rose up within
him like a sleeping lion. Thero were
four days that tho Ashland avenuo
cars were stalled, and In thoso days,
for the first time in his life, Jurgis
knew what It was to be really op
posed. He had faced difficulties be
fore, but they, had been child’s play;
now there was a death struggle, and
*11 the furies wore unchained within
him. The first morning they set out
two hours before dawn, On* wrapped
all In blankets and tossed upon his
shoulder like a sack of meal, and the
littlo boy, bundled nearly out of sight,
hanging by his coat-tails. There was
aging blast beqttng In his face, and
Thermometer stood below zero;
the snow was never short of his knoes,
and tn some of th*i drifts It was nearly
up to his armpits. It would catch his
fest and try to trip him: It would
build Itself Into a wall before him to
brat him back; and he would fling
himself into It, plunging Ilko a wound
ed buffalo, puffing and Bnortlng In
So* foot by foot he drove hi* way,
and when at last he camo to Dur
ham’s he was staggering and almost
blind, nnd leaned against a pUlar.
gasping and thanking God that tho cat
tle came late to the killing beds that
day. In the evening tho samo thing had
to be done again; and because Jurgis
could not tell what hour of tho night
he would get off. he got a saloon-koep-
er to let Ona alt and wait for him In
a corner. Once It waa 21 o’clock at
night,'and black as the pit, but still
they got home.
That blizzard knocked many a man
out, for the crowd outside begging for
work waa never greater, and the pack
ers would not wait long for any one.
When It was over, the soul of Jurgis
was a song, for he had met the enemy
and conquered, and felt himself tho
master "f his fate. So it might be
with some monarch of tho forest that
has vanquished hla foes In fair fight,
and then falls Into some cowardly trap
In the night time.
A time of peril on the killing beds
was when a steer broke loose, gome-
tlmes, in the hasto of speeding up, they
would dump one of the animals out on
the floor before It was fully stunned,
nnd it would get upon Its feet nnd run
amuck. Then there would :i yell ->f
warning—the men would drop every
thing nnd dash for tho nearest pillar,
slipping here and there on the floor,
nnd tumbling over each other. This
wan bad enough In tho summer, when a
man could see; in winter time it was
enough to make your hair stand up,
for the room would be so full of steam
that you could not make anything out
6 feet in front of you. To be sure, the
steer wns generally bllhd nnd frantic,
and not especially bent on hurting any
one, but think or tho chances of run
ning upon n knife, while nearly every
man had one in hi* hand! And then,
to cap the climax, tho floor boss would
come rushing tip with u rifle and be
gin blazing away!
It was In one of these melees that
Jurgis fell Into his trap. That is tho
only word to describe It; It wns so
cruel, and so utterly not t.* )..■ fore?cm,
At first be hardly noticed It, It was
Buch a slight accident—simply that In
leaping out of tho wav he turned his
ankle. There was u twinge <>f pain, but
Jurgis wns used to pain, nnd did not
coddle himself. When ho came to walk
home, however, he realized that It was
hurting him a great deal; and In tho
morning his ankle was swollen to near
ly double Its. size, and he could not get
Iris foot into his shoe Still, even then,
he did nothing more than Hwenr a lit
tie, and wrapped hla foot tn old rags,
nnd hobbled out to truco the car. It
chanced to be a rush day at Durham's,
nnd all the morning he limped about
with his aching foot; by noontime tho
pain was so great that It made him
faint, and after & couple of hours in
tho aftomoon ho was fairly beaten,
and had to tell th* boss. They sent
for the company doctor, and ho exam
ined tho foot and told Jurgis to t
home to bed, adding that he had pro!
ably laid himself up for months by
111h folly. The Injury was imt «»nu that
Durham & Co. could be held responsi
ble fur, nnd so that was all there was
to It, so for as the doctor was con
cerned.
Jurgis got home somehow, scarcely
able to see for the pain, and with an
awful terror In Iris soul. Klxbleta
holped him Into bed and bandaged his
injured foot with cold water, and tried
hard not to let him see her dismay;
when the rest camo home at night sho
met thorn outside and told them, ond
they, too, put on ft cheerful face, say
ing it would only be for a week or
two, and that they would pull him
through.
Whon they lmd gotten him to sleep,
however, they snt by tho kitchen fire
and talked it over In frJghtoned whla-
pors. They were In for a sloge, that
was plainly to bo soen. Jurgis had
only about $00 in tho bank, and tint
Hlaek season was upon them. Both
Jonas and MarIJa might soon be earn
ing no more than enough to pay tholr
board, and besides that thero woro only
tho wages of Ona and tho plttanco of
tho little boy. There was the rent to
pay, and still lotno on tho furnituro;
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ILLED BY 8TEER8.
A time of peril on the killing
beds was when a steer broke
loose. Sometimes, In the haste
of speeding up, they would
dump ono of the anlmnl* out
on the floor beforo it was fully
stunned, and It would get upon
Its feet and run amuck. Thon
the men would drop everything
and dash for the nearest pillar,
slipping hero and there on the
floor, ond tumbling over each
other. The room would be so
full of steam that you could not
make anything out five feet In
front of you. The steer was gen
erally blind and frantic, and not
especially bent on hurting any
one, but think of the chances of
running upon a knife, while
nearly every man had one In his
hand!—From Upton Sinclair 1 *
•tory, "Th# Jungle."
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
T 4- n
!
HE story ’ of **Tho Jungle.*' t’pton Mlnrlnlr's nnvol, which onu*wi tho govern
ment Investigation Into the methods employed by the IJeef Trust, has Its
origin lu nn actual I'neklngtown romance.
A slinple-mtniled coterie of Mthuanlans arrive In Chicago, seeking employ
ment, nnd are conducted to Pneklngtourn by n friend. Jnrgl*. n glsnt in
strength, Is botrothed to Onn, ntul the first chapter tells of the wedding In all Its
grotusqueness. After much tribulutlon. the entire family obtains work in tho
stockyards—all but Onn. whom Jurgis said should never work.
The terrible tale of the slaughter houses N told with utmost revolting de
tail—the lllth, the overworking of linndii. the struggle to keep up wl
makers, Is all vividly depleted. The little fuiullr buy a Iiomho on tl
plan, only to find they have been swindled, aim Ona Ih forced t<
to meet the actual living expenses, nnd the Interest on the purchase
which they learn too Ute.
Monday's Instalment of the story tells how MarIJa finds tho f<
her department giving her short pny, nnd lias the temerity to coin]
taking her troubles to the superintendent. A few day* later she I
for Insisting on her rights, discovering too late that the fore
ibo I* “
1 Instalment
ills.
more tlion the labor ot the hands from thoso under her. Vo
id at last is put to work doing a
ivork at half
Orm labors up to tho day her babv It born, nnd th*!» takes bnt a »»••••’« nwny
from Lor labors, in deadly fear that she will lose her position. From the day she
returns to her bench. Gnu In ne\er 11 well person. 1 he « hnpti*r concludes:
pd such a slight offense and tho punishment so great that neithor she
there was the Insurance Just due, nnd
every month thero was sack after suck
uf coal. It wjih January, midwinter,
nn awful tlmo to have to face priva
tion. Deep snows would come again,
nml who would carry onn t-i her work
now? She might lose her place—she
wns almost certain to lose It. And
then little Stanlslovas began to whim
per—who would take care of him?
It was dreadful that nn accident of
this sort, that no man can help, should
have meant suclt suffering. The bit
terness of It was the dally food and
drink of Jurgis. It was of no uso for
them to try to decoivo him; he knew
ns much about tho situation as they
did, and ho knew that the family might
literally starved to dCAth. The worry of
It fairly ate him up—ho began to look
gant the first two or threo days of
H In truth, It was almost maddening
for a strong man like him, a fighter,
to hnvo to lie there helpless on his
back.
It was for all the world the old story
of Prometheus bound. As Jurgis lay
on hla bed, hour after hour, there came
to him emotions that ho had never
known beforo. Hefore this ho had met
llfo with a welcome—It hod Its trials,
but none that a man could not face.
Hut now. In tho nighttime, when ho
lay tossing about, there would come
stalking Into his chamber a grisly
phantom, tho sight of which mado his
flesh to curl and his hair to bristle up.
It WAR like seeing the world fall Awuy
from nn.lei ninth IiIh fee t; like plung
ing down into a bottomless abyss, into
awning caverns of despair. It might
i»e true, then, after all, what others
had told him about life—that tho bert
powers of a man iujght not bo oqual
to It! It might be true that, strlvo as
he would, toll as ho would, he might
fall, and go down and be destroyed!
The thought of this was llko an Icy
hand at his heart; tho thought* that
here, In this ghastly home of all horror,
ho nml all those who were dear to him
might He ond perish of starvation and
oold, nnd there would be no ear to
hear tholr cry, no hand to help them!
It was true, It waa true—that hero In
this huge city, with Its stores of heaped
up wealth, human creatures might be
hunted ri .-v ii ii11<I destroyed by tho wild
beasri p iweiM uf nature just oh truly as
ever they were in the days of tho cave
men.
Ona was now making about thirty
dollars a month, and SlnnUlovas about
thirteen. To add to tlila there whs
the board <-f J'.niM and .MarIJa, about
forty-five dollars. Deducting from
this the rent, interest nnd Installments;
"ii tin* fui nit ui *•, they had left sixty,
dollars; nnd deducting tho coni, they
had left fifty. They did without every
thing that human beings could do
without; they went In old and ragged
clothing, that left them nt tho mercy
of the cold, and whon the children's
Shoes Wore .mt, they tied them up with
strings.
Half invalid as she was, Ona would
do herself htii pi by walking In the rain
and cold when she ought to have rid
den; they bought literally nothing hut
food—and ■till they could not keep
Alive on fifty dollars a month. They
might have dono It If only they could
have gotten pure food, and at fair
pih e.s; nr If only they h.id known what
to get—If they had not been so pitiful
ly Ignorant. Hut they had come to a
new country, where everything was ■
different. Including the food.
They had always been MOOf^r
torned to eat a great deal of smoked
sausage, and how could they know
that what they bought In America was
not the same—that Its color was mnd.t
by chemicals, and Its smoky flavor by
more chemicals, and that It was full
"potato-flour" besides?
Potato-flour Is the waste of potato
after the starch and alcohol have been
extracted; it has no more food value
than so much wood, and as Its uso an a
food Adulterant Is a penal offense In
Europe, thousands of tons of it are
shipped to America every year. It was
amazing what quantities of food such
as this were needed every day by elev
en hungry persons. A dollar sixty-five
a day was simply not enough to feed
thorn.
(Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian.)
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Our “Beet” Bolster Spring; $4.50 and up
according to size.
Indispensable for the load. Prolongs life of your
wagon. Relieves strain on team. Desi
rable for driver. Economical in
cost. Universally usefe'.
“EVERYBODY KNOWS.”
Sptolil Discounts
01 QuntltiiL
6hn Width of
Stakoi.
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Front New Depot.
All Sins,
Bit Stock,
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Shlpmil
SAYS PRESIDENT WABBLED
OK RATE QUESTION
SpMlal to Th* Go.rxhtn.
Chattanooga, T«nn, July 1.—Senator
J. B. Frailer and Congr***m»n John
A. Moon have returned from congrea*.
In an Interview Senator Fraalrr *ald
that member* of Prealdent Room.
velt'a own part, deflated him In many
of hi* pet meuurn. "The Democrat*
supported hi* original railroad rate
bill." raid he, "and that bill would have
gone- through lust like the president
wanted It If he had atuck to the minor.
Ur, but he went over to the majority
and the result la that the bUI will be a
disappointment to the people In It* ap*
plication.
SILVER BASKETS.
^ 0 are showing some very
iu rh iT - . reduced r. r. rates
smith, «| ht I pieces ‘ “V SEWVLt dt-g-. FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
ll! ! v, ‘. 'vro"Kht f. rvi ;- C ‘ l!;:' th. w. * a. r. r. ,no h. c. * s«.
. 11 Nave SO admirably car- mynts* -.ir. la the Eo»pH4 L. Railway will sell cheap round trip
out the artistic ideals of £ timM SS .nn,,.£. «*n. ticket* to aii point, .outh of th* onto
designers that the result
entirely pleasing.
ir*.*' they derilnwt to worn uufl.r Ml** *nd Potomac and ea*t of the
elppl river. Including St. Loui*.
ravelin*/ IrtU de**f*l“ «he qs-.iiou of Ev*n*vllle and Cincinnati, at one and
” 1* *“£>• . whether the extra its ' one-third fares; tickete to he eotd
rinf? ce, , e!eganceandsu p c - S!tbysASffimS? 3d fl . h and ,^ h ' sood ,o return
**Qr Workmanshm nrp a)mr- thi ‘ report they ha>l tkrt*t—d to rcrign 1U until July 8th, 1906.
anf - JHUiBmp art cnar a I.eiv. , . For further Information and tick-
netenstic of all our silver- JIMS:iM |*pp'/ «° •««"* »1 the w. a
-are. 1 - - ■ - ‘
&AIER St BERKELE
! for h<*r diploma, bot It w>» — -
A pt'ii'lioiC tb** action of the ii.edl> al I
It !• protMible the board will rellcv
Lurs**s of tb*.* extra duty.
SHAM BATTLE
PIEDMONT PARK
JULY FOURTH, 5:30 P. M.
ARTILLERY, CAVALRY, INFANTRY,
GATLING GUN.
Admission 25 Cents, Children Under 10 Years Old Admitted
Free When Accompanied By An Adult. Benefit 5 th Regiment,
National Guard of Georgia Encampment Fund. No Extra Charge
For Seats In Grandstand.
CHA8. E. HARMAN,
General Past. Agent.