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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
THURSDAY. JULY t. IK*
The Local Agent
is the man who han
dles life insurance as
a side line. He is an
enterprising hanker,
merchant or profes
sional man, who em-
ijoys his leisure time
representing some
good company, and
thereby doubles his
income.
The more popular
the company the more
policies he writes
with least effort. No
company is more de
servedly popular than
the Mutual Benefit,
of Newark, X. J., on
account of its unblem
ished reputation, its
low premiums, i t s
large Annual Divi-
dends and its liberal
contracts.
It is a conservative
company, paying rea
sonable commissions
to high class men.
If we are not repre
sented in your com
munity, drop us a line.
A ngier & Foreman,
Stale Agents, ATLANTA.
FOi RTH OF JULY QI/IETES7
; CHIEFTURNERREMEMBERS
| jsuaa—
BEAUTIFUL HORSEWOMAN
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE REORGANIZED
Special to The Georglnu.
Hartwell, Ga., July 5.—A mass meet
ing of the Democrats of Hart county
was held here today. Colonel J. It.
Skelton was unanimously elected
chairman of the executive committee
and Colonel Arthur S. Richardson sec
retary.
The following were elected as mem
bers of the executive committee: W.
I. Halley, J. R. Myors, Oscar Herndon,
Frank Sadler. W. R. McConnell, J. T.
Phillips, J. G. Richardson, T. B.
Thornton, L. L. McMullan, B. McMul-
lan, P. D. Isom, W. J. Obarr, F. M.
Johnson, J. A. Adams, John S. Rowe,
J. F. Holbrooks, John C. Walters, Jack
Chappelear, T. E. V. White, J. II. H.
Newborn, M. M. Norman, L. Richard
son, T. L. McMullan, Harrison San
ders.
“The quietest Fourth I remember,"
said Chief Turner, of the county police,
, Thursday morning. "There were ne
groes everywhere In the county, bar-
, becues galore and all kinds of picnics,
but little trouble."
But the Fourth among the negroes
was not without incident. Members of
the county police reported a number of
I occurrences which were not without an
! element of humor.
A crowded electric car stopped at
College Park and an officer on the plat
form saw a big negro emerge from the
calaboise and start on a run for the
car. He climbed on board, his holiday
toilet rather the worse for a July sun
and the close air of the lock-up. He
greeted a friend.
"Dey done had me locked up all de
mawnln’," he said. “Hit cost me two
i dollahs an* er haaf."
"Ain’t dey try you?" asked his friend.
“No, dey Jes' lock mo up an’ git mab
money,” said the victim of Justice.
"Well, dat ain’t law," said the coun
sellor.
The car sped on, and at the next stop
a deputy sheriff reached Into the crowd
and extracted a negro who was too
boisterous eveq for the Fourth, ah he
departed to the calaboose the released
prisoner watched him with Interest not
unmixed with sympathy.
"Dere now,” ho said. "Dere’s another
pore nigger’s two-flfty gone."
Out at River park a negro dance was
in full blast. In the center o' the floor
a troubled looking negro was swinging
a “bright yaller" girl, who was ob
livious of all but the strains of "St.
Louis Tickle.” But trouble descended
upon the pair. It took the form of a
little black woman, with burning ey
and a big umbrella. When she reached
the pair the umbrella fell first across
the head of the man and then wrecked
the picnic hut of the yellow girl. The
other dancers took their corners.
“Here, stop that," said a county po
lice officer who made his way into tho
hall.
“He’s mah husban’ an’ he shan’t
dance wid dat gal," said the Injured
wife. It ended b> the younger woman
swearing out a warrant against tho
wrecker of her headgear.
Out on the Lakeview road were a
Cozen barbecues. Roast pigs and sheep
were on every hillside, and the atmos
phere was pungent with the fragrance
of the feast. Kegs of bee.r were flowing
freely Into tin cups and some of the
crowd bml drunk not wisely, but too
well. When the time for returning came
they were oblivious of thd world and
Its sorrow.
One wogon load of feasters started
cityward on the run. A fat negro, who
sat on the tAllboard absorbing the last
bottle of beer, was Jolted out when tho
wagon struck n stone, and the full
broke his leg below the fnee. He yelled
lustily*, but the roisterers were too busy
to listen, and they left heir comrade
b’lng In the road without ever slacking
the pace. The next vehicle raised him
from the dust and took him home.
Hilt with nil the crowds and the
plcn|c beer the Fourth was singularly*
free from serious disorder. An affair at
River park. In which a negro woman
was sliced by a raxor, was reported
late at night, but the county police
were forced to make but few arrests.
"But I’m glad it's over," said Chief
Turner.
SUPREME COURT OP GEORGIA.
Affirmed.
Prather v. Pantone, from city court
Hooper Sc Dykes, for plaintiff in error.
Williams & Harper, contra.
City of Atlanta v. Pate, from city
court of Atlanta, Judge Reid. J. L.
Mayson and W. P. Hill, for plaintiff In
error. Westmoreland Bros., contra.
Powell v. Wiley, from city court of
Atlanta. Judge Reid. Sims Sc Hewlett
and E. M. & G. F. Mitchell, for plaintiff
In error. Walter T. Colquitt and Ben
nett .1. Conyers, contra.
Phelan v. Vestner, from Fulton su
perior court. Judge Pendleton. Bur
ton Smith, for plaintiff In error. Ros
ser Sc Brandon, contra.
King & Co. v. Georgia Railway and
Electric Company, from Fulton supe
rior court, Judge Pendleton. Lowndes
Calhoun, for plaintiffs In error: Rosser
Sc Brandon, \V.%T. Colquitt and B. J.
Conyers, contra.
Wardlaw et of. v. Herrington et al„
from Fulton superior court. Judge Pen-
dleton. Burton Smith and J. A.
Branch, for plaintiffs In error. Cul
berson & Johnson, contra.
Reversed.
Dethrage et nl. v. City of Rome,
from Floyd superior court. Judge Hen
ry. R. T. Fouche. McHenry Sc Mad
dox and Seaborn «*• Barry Wright, for
plaintiffs in error, llalsted Smith, con
tra.
Usher v. Seaboard, Air Line Railway,
from Stewart superior court, Judge
Littlejohn. G. Y. Harrell and B.
Harrell, for plaintiff In err . E. A.
Hawkins and K. T. Hickey, < mi a.
Hardin, adm’r, v. Neal Loan A Bank
ing Co., from Fulton superior court,
Judgo Pendleton. Thomas F. Corri
gan, for plaintiff In error. Westmore
land Bros., contra.
Smith ot al. v. Kennedy, from city
court of Wrlffhtsville. A. S. Bussey,
. Judge pro hac vice. E. L. Stephens,
| for plaintiffs In error. J. L. Kent and
A. L. Hatcher, contra.
Dismissed.
Carter et al. v. Amorican Ginger Ale
and Carbonating Company*, from Ful
ton superior court, Judge Pendleton.
Moore & Pomeroy*, for plaintiffs In er
ror. Peeples Sc Jordan and Payne,
Jones Sc Jones, contra.
Cade et al. v. DuBose, from Elbert
superior court, Judge Holden. Joseph
N. Worley, for plaintiffs in error. Wil
liam D. Tutt, Jr., contra.
Rehearings Dsnisd.
Dolvin v. Anjtrfsan Harrow* Con*
pany, from Greene superior cqurt.
. Wheatley, receiver, v. Glover et al.,
from Sumter superior court.
Watson v. Barnes, constable, et al.,
from Fulton suporior court.
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Photograph of Mias Edith Colford, whoso horseback riding Is one of tho sights
of uoltevu© avenue,
FATALLY WOUNDED
RESISTING ABflEST
Sperlnl to The Georgian.
Mt. Airy, Ga., July 5.—As the result
of an accident while resisting arrest
last night, Jack Elrod, a negro of this
place, was futally shot, the bullet pene
trating the abdomen. Although yet
alive there Is very IJttlo hopes of his
recovery.
TWO CABMEN FINED
FOR BEATING RORSES
George Brown and Tom Clark, negro
cabmen fur the Atlanta Baggage and
Cab Company*, were trlod before Re
corder Broyles Thursday morning on
tho charge of cruelly whipping their
horses.
Brown was fined $15.78 and was
bound over to tho state courts on the
charge of carrying concealed weapons,
ono witness tenttfylng he saw the cab
man with a pistol In his pocket Clark
wit" liit"'l $1" 7l>. I’.dlccincn Ibiw.in,
Rosser, Starnes and Coogler, the ar
resting officers, stated that both horses
were terribly beaten.
MOULTRIE CELEBRATED
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
Special to The Georgian. *
Moultrie, Go., July 6,—The Fourth
of July was celebrated In Moultrie on
a larger scale than has been attempted
since the civil war. Fully 12,000 people
were In tin* city from this and sur
rounding counties. Tho trades display
In the morning Included Monts from
half a hundred business bouses. Tlio
visitors were given a barbecue din
ner, which was supplemented by bas
kets furnished by the ladies of Moul
trie.
There was nn all-day singing In the
court house, a fiddlers' convention, a
game of baseball In tho afternoon and
horse racing Every business house,
tho public buildings and many resi
dences were decorated with flags and
bunting.
The day closed with n fireworks dis
play on the court house square, given
by* Savannah parties. Music was fur
nished by the Woodmen’s band, of Ha*
vnnnah.
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,
Athens, Oa.
1906 1907
Th. FORTY-EIGHTH aeulon of th,
Lucy Cobb Institute, an institution for
the education of young womfn of
Georgia, will reopen on WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 12. For catalogue and
room reservations apply to
MRS. M. A. LIPSCOMB,
Principal.
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■ HI*PAULA, ALABAMA
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rnr.v, spoilnl ndrnntsge* In im
oratory.
Beautiful new
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Commencement. .Specially low prims*.
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THREE TRAINS WRECKED
AT HI0K0RY DURING DAY
Special to The Georgian.
Hickory, N. C., July 8.—Tuesday
morning two trains collided head-on.
about four miles east of this place, at
a link* Htatr.ii cmlli’d < unnynlln. Xi
one was hurt but tho fireman, who was
badly bruised.
Tuesday evening ns No. 22 from
AshevIliQ to Salisbury was passing the
wreckage by means of a siding It was
thrown off the trurft,* thus burring both
tracks for an hour.
NOT ALLOWED TO LAND,
BOATMAN KILLS FARMER
SpeehU to Tlio Georgian.
Oreenevllle, Miss., July 5.—Pecans
ho had refused him permission to stn
at his private landing, nn unknow
man. who was drifting down the rive
In n barge, shot and killed Willlm
Schlmmclphenlg, A farmer, residing
about one mile sduth of Grcem
After killing Schlmmolphenlg the
escaped In his barge.
rllle.
man
PACKINGTOWN TOILERS MUST BREATHE THROUGH SOAKED SPONGES
GIRLS COMPELLED TO WORK IN DEADLY DAMP HOLES-ODOR OF MOIST FLESH SICKENING
CHAPTER XIII (Continu.d.)
It was to this building that Jurgis
came dally, as If dragged by an un-
Ken hand. Th, month of May was
«n exceptionally cool one, and his se
cret prayers were granted: but early
In June there came a record-breaking
hot spell, and after that there were
men wanted In tho fertiliser mill.
The boas of the grinding room had
tome to know Jyrgls by this time and
had marked him for a likely man; and
*« when he came to tho door about 3
O'clock this breathless hot day ho felt
t "widen spasm of pain shoot through
him—the boss beckoned to him! In
ten minutes more Jurgls hnd pulled olf
his coat and overehlrt, a ml set his
teeth together and gone to work. Here
»t« one more difficulty for him to
meet and conquer!
His labor took him about one minute
to learn. Before him was one of the
venu of the mill In which the fertilizer
*** being ground—rushing forth In a
treat brown river, with a spray of the
Bneat dust flung forth In clouds. Jur-
j* ™ given a shovel nnd along with
hsu a dozen other* It was his task to
*JJ»l this fertilizer Into carts.
That others were at work he knew
hy the sound, and by the fact that ho
•omeiimes collided with them; otherf
vise they might as well not have beet
mere, for In the blinding duet storm A
Man could not see six feet In front If
his face.
When he had tilted one cart he lad
<o grope around him until anotier
rame, and if there was none on hind
he continued to grope till one arrl/ed.
!“ “ v e minutes he was, of coursg a
moss of fertilizer from head to Set;
joey gave him a sponge to tie ove/ his
mouth so that he could breathe, but
I, i?P° n * e ‘"d not prevent hlz lip. and
ejellds from caking up with It ard hlz
“™ (tom filling solid.
■J- looked like a brown ghost A twl-
, from ha,r to shoes he fccame
Df/olor °f the building and ofevery-
S2* ln >*, and, for that matter,A hun-
yards outside of It. The finding
t,, be left open, and when tie wind
it.*.? Parham & Company lostn great
deal of fertilizer. /
''oykms In hie shirt sleews, and
.J'5 . 'hermometer at ovei a liun-
th * Phosphates zonked It through
mV?, •“’t* of Jurgls’ skin, a»l In flvo
Inutes he had a headachl nnd In
n«n was almost dazed, 'he blood
SILVER BASKETS.
e are showing sinie very
^tractive patterns in these
touch-sought pieios. The
j’Jtoth-s who hav< wrought |
jjtom have so aduirably car-
!. le< E °ut the artisic ideals of
. e ^signers tint the result
18 entirely plea^ng.
. tirade, elegaice and supe-
uor workmansii]. are < har-
uetoristic of all our silver
ware.
MAIER&3ERKELE,
was poundlw In his brain like an en
gine’s throbbing: there was a frightful
pain In the top of his skull, and he
could hard.y control hid hands. Still,
with the memory of his fourth months’
siege behind him, ho fought on, In a
frenzy determination, and half an
hour later he began to Vomit—he vom
ited until it seemed ns If his Inwards
must be torn to shreds. A man could
get used to the fertilizer mill, the boss
had told, if he would only make up
Ills mln< to it; but Jurgls now began
to see ttat it was a question of making
up his stomach.
At the end of that day of horror he
could scarcely stand. He had to catch
hlm.setf now and then, and lean against
a building and get his bearings.
Mo*t of the men, when they came
out, made straight for a saloon—they
sotmed to plAce fertilizer and rattle
snake poison in ono class. But Jurgls
wfti too 111 to think of drinking—he
could only make his way to the street
ond stagger on to a car. He had a
sense of humor, and later on, when
Tu* Th rain.- an old hand, lie used to
th’nk It fun to board a Btreet car and
see what happened. Now, however, he
was too 111 to notice It—how the people
ln the car began to gasp and sputter,
to put their handkerchiefs to their
noses, and transfix him with furious
{ dances. Jurgls only knew that a man
n front of him Immediately got up
Slid gave him a seat; and that half
a minute later the two people on each
side of him got up, and that In a full
minute the crowded car was nearly
empty—those passengers who could not
get room on the platform having got
ten out to walk.
Of course Jurgls had made his home
a miniature fertilizer mill a minute
after entering. The stuff was half an
in. h «!'*p in id** "Kin ills w'm.Ih svs-
tem was full of It, and It would have
taken a week not merely of scrubbing,
but of vigorous exercise to get It out
of him. As It was, he could be com
pared with nothing known to men.
save that newest discovery of the sav
ants, a substance which Malt* emugy
for an unlimited tlm* without being
itself In the least diminished in pow
er. He smelt so that ho made all the
food at the table taste, and set the
whole family to vomiting; for himself
it was three days before he could keep
anything upon his stomach—he might
wash his hands, and uso a knife and
fork, but were not his mouth and
throat filled with the poison?
And still Jurgls stuck It out! In
spite of splitting headaches be would
stagger down to the plant and take up
his stand once more, and begin to
shovel ln the blinding clouds of duet
And so at the end of the week he was
a fertilizer man for life—he was able
to eat again, and though his head nev
er stopped aching. It ceased to be so
bed that he could not work.
So there passed another summer. It
was a summer of prosperity all over
the country, and the country ate gen
erously of packing house products, and
there was plenty of work for all the
family, in spite of the packers rff^rts
to keep a superfluity of labor. They
\s ere again able lo pay their debts and
to begin to save a little sum; but there
were one or two naertfleez they con-
Hl.lereil too heavy to be for lonx—It wa*
too bad that the boy, should have to
.ell paper, at their aye. It >vaz ut
terly uzelees to coutlen them and plead
with them; quite without knowln* It.
they were taking on the tone of new
environment- They were learning to
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Tho story of “The Jungle," T.’pton Sinclair’s novel, which caused the govorn-
ment investigation into the methods employed by the beef trust, lias its origin
in ini m uml I’nrklngtown ronimn*v.
A slmplc-mlmled coterie of Lithuanians arrive In Chicago, seeking employment,
nnd nm conducted to I'neklngtowii by n friend. Jurgls, « giant In strength. 1*
betrothed to Onn, nud the first chapter tolls of tho wedding in nil Its grotesque*
ness. After lunch trlbulntloii tin* entire family obtains work In the stuck
yards—nil but (Mm, whom Jurgis snid should never work.
The terrible tale of tho slaughter houses Is told with almost revolting detail—
the filth, tho overworking of huuds. tho struggle to keep up with tlio nncvmnkers,
Is nil vividly depicted. Tho little family buys n house on the Installment plan,
only to find they Into been swindled, nnd Ono Is forced to seek work to meet tho
nctiml living expense nnd the Interest on tho purchase contract, of which they
learn too late.
Mnrljn discovers that the forelady Is cbenflng her, by taking money which—
should hi*vr gene to the worker. She protest* violently, nnd Im discharged. I'liiuliv
she obtains u man's vrork nt half tho pay of n mini. A hnliy comes to Onu nnd
Jurgis. but the little mother ran take onto n week off, soaring tho loss of hor Job,
Just ns Ona nnd JurglK pay Mnrljn whnt they owe her, Jurgis turns lil.s an*
lde nml Ik laid up for mouths. Ill** imturc begins to change, lie liecumes cross
nnd savage with pain. Starvation stnr**s the finally lit tho fnco. Tho smaller chil
dren nn* sent out Into th** snow to sell pnpi r>
Lveutually, In summer, Jurgls tries to regsln his position. He has been
squeezed of his strength by toll nnd illness, nnd at Inst It forced to n>*cept a
pfnee In the fertilizing pin nt—the deadliest kind of work. Oca's lUu**x In
creases. yet she works on.
Wednesday's Instnllment ended with a description of the horrors In tho for-
Copyright, 130G, by Upton Him Inlr. All rights reserved.
mvenr In voluble English; they were
learning to pick up cigar stumps and
smoke them, to pnss hours of their
time gambling with pennies and dice
and cigarette cards; they were learn
ing the location of nil tho disorderly
houses on tiie ’’Dovee,” and the names
of tho "madames" who kept them, nnd
the days when they gave their state
banquets, which the police captains
and the big politicians nil attended.
If a visiting "country customer”- were
to ask them they could show him which
was "Hlnkydlnk’a" famous saloon, nnd
r. mb! even point out to him by name
the different gamblers and thugs and
"hold-up men" who made the place
their headquarters. And worse yet,
the boys wero getting out of the habit
of coming home at night. What was
the use. they would ask. of wasting
time and energy and a possible car fare
riding out to the stockyards every*
night when the weather was pleasant
and they could crawl under a truck or
Into an Mipty doorway and sleep ex
actly ns well? So long as they brought
home a half dollar for each day, whAt
mattered It when they brought ItT But
JurglK declared that from this to ceas
ing. Besides this, she was working In
one of the dark holes, by electric light,
and the dampness, too, was deadly—
there were always puddlos of water on
the floor, and a sickening odor of molHt
flesh frs tho room . Tho people w ho work
ed hero followed the ancient custom of
nature, whereby tho ptarmigan is the
color of dead leaves In th© fall and of
«now in tho winter, nnd the chameleon,
who is black when he IIck upon a
Htump and turns green when he moves
to a loaf. The man and women who
worked In this department were pre
cisely the color of tho “fresh country
sausage” they made.
Tho hiiusage room wai an Interest
ing place to visit, for two or three
minutes, and provided you did not
look at the people; the innchlneH were
the most wonderful things In tho en
tire plant. Presumably sausages were
once chopped nnd stuffed by bund, and
If so it would be Interesting to know*
how many workers had been displaced
by these Inventions. On one side of
the room were the hoppers, Into which
men shovelled loads of meat and wheel-
barrows full of spices; In these great
bowls were whirling knlv*x that made
ing to come at all would not b« a very * 2.000 revolutions a minute, and v hen
long step, and so it was decided that the meat was ground fine and ndulter-
Vllimas and Nlkalojus should return to ated with potato flour, and w'ol! mixed
school In the fall, and instead Klzbfetn with water. It was forced to the stuff- '
should go out anil get some work, her tng machines on the other side of the 1
place at home being taken by her! room. The latter were tended Jty wo- |
younger daughter. j men; there was a sort of spout, like [
Little Kotrlna was like most children the nozle of a hose, and one of thei
of tho poor, prematurely made old; she | women would take a long string of
hnd to take care of her little brother, ’ casing" and put the end over the noz- .
who was a cripple, nnd also the baby; zle ana then work the whole thing on, |
she hnd to cook the meals and w n*h I as one works on the finger of a tight
the dishes and clean house, and have glove.
supper ready when the workers came This string would be twenty or thir-
hame In the evening. She wan only ty feet long, but the woman would
IS, end small for her age, but she did have it all on In a Jiffy, ami when she
all tb's without a murmur; and her j had several on she would press a lever
mother went out, and after trudging a and a string of sausage meat would b©
couple of days about the yards, set- j shot out taking the cA*dng with It aa It
tied down as a servant of a “sausage h arne. Thus one might stand nnd see
machine.” appear, miraculously born from the
Stbieta eras used to working, butl machine. a wriggling snake of *au-
she found this change a hard one, for sage of Incredible length. In front was
the reason that she had to stand mo- , a big pan which caught them rrea-
tionlesx upon her feet from 7 o’clock Ir. tures, and two more women who seized
he morning till 12:10, and again from them a* fast as they appeared und
J till 6:30. For the first few days It j twisted them Into link*. Thin was for
seemed to her that she could not stand the uninitiated the mo*t perplexing
uffered almost as JurglK had , work of nil; for all that the woman
frormthe fertilizer, and would come out j had to give was a single turn of the
undown with her head fairly reel- wrist; and In some way she contrived
to glvo U ao that lnstoad of an end
less chain of sausages, one after an
other, there grew under her hands a
bunch of strings all dangling from n
single center. It was quite like the
feut of a prestidigitator—for t]iq W’o-
man worked so fast that tho eye could
literally not follow her, nnd thore was
only a mist of motion, and tanglo af-
t'*r tangle of sHMsageH appearing. In
tho midst of the iiilsl, however, the vis
itor would suddenly notice tho tense
set face, with tho two wrinkles graven
In the forehead, and tho ghastly pallor
of tho cheeks; and then he would sud
denly recollect that It was time he was
going on. Tho woman did not go on;
aho stayed right there—hour nft*r
hour, day after day, year after year,
t.NiHtlng Hnusngf •links und racing with
death. It was piece work, and she was
apt to have a family to keep alive; and
atom and ruthless economic laws had
arranged It that she could only do this
by working Just as she did, with all
he.r soul upon her work, and with nev
er an Instant for a glance at th© well-
dressed ladles and gentlemen who came
to staro at her as at some wild beast i
In a menagerie.
which were all the odds and ends of
pork, atuffod into casings; und "Cali
fornia liams," which were th© should-
or*, with big knuckle joints, nnd near
ly all the meat cut out; nnd fancy
"skinned hams," which were made of
the oldest hogs, whoso skins wei© so
heavy and courae that no one would
buy them—that Is, until they had boon
cooked and chopped fine nnd labelled
"head cheeso'T
It was only when the whole hnin
w«h spoiled that It came Into the de
partment of Elzbictn. Cut up by the
two-thousand-revolutlons-a-inlnute fly
ers, nml mixed with half it ton <»f
other meat, no odor that ever wu In a
ham could make any difference. There
never the least attention paid to
lint was cut up for sausage; there
In th© barrels would be dirt and rust
an* 1 , old nails ond stnle water—and
cart load after cart load of It would
h** taken up nnd dumped Into the hop
per* with fresh incut, and sent out to
tiie public’s breukfast. Some of it they
w'ou.’d make Into “smoked” sausage -
but as tho smoking took time, and was
therefore expensive, thc.v would call
upon their rlmmlntry department, and
preserve Jt with horux nnd color It w ith
gelatine to muke It brown. All of th**lr
sautago cutne out of the same bowl,
but when they cum© to wrap It they
would stump some of It “spot lal," and
for this they would charge two tent*
more a pound.
Such were the new surroundings In
which Elzhletn was placed, and such
k 8ho was compelled to do.
would come all th© way buck from . It was stupefying, brutalizing
Europe old sausage that had been ro- I loft her no time to think, no strength
Jeeted, and that was mouldy and white i for anything. She was part of the
It would b«* dosed with borax und i machine she tended, and every faculty
glycerine, and dumped Into th© hop-| that was not needed f®r th© machine
nod to
shed out
CHAPTER XIV.
With ono member trimming beef In
a cannery, and another working In a |
sau*mg<* factory, the family had a first
hand knowledge of th© great majority
of ParkJngtown iwUmHm. For It wa*
the custom a* they found, whenever
meat wa* *o spoiled that it could not
he used for anything el»e, either to ran!
It or els© to chop It up Into sausage.
With what hnd been told Jhcm by Jon
as, who had worked In the pickle
rooms, they could now study the whole I
of the spoiled meat Industry on the
Inside, and rood a new* and grim mean
ing Jnto that old Packlngtowrn Jest—
that they used everything of the pig 1
except the squeal.
Jonas had told them how tho moat j
that was taken out of pickle would
often be .found sour, and how they I
would rub It up with soda to take j
away the smell, and s«II It to be eaten ;
on fre«-lunrh counters; also of all the
miracles of chemistry which they per
formed, giving to any sort of moot, ’
fresh or salted, whole or chopped, any
color nnd any flavor and any odor
they chose. In the pickling of hams
they hud an Ingenious apparatus, by
which they saved time and Increased j
the capacity of th# plant—a machine i
consisting of a hollow needle attached
to u pump; by plunging this needle
Into the meat and working with his
foot, a man could All a ham with pickle |
In a few seconds. And yet, In spite ,
of this, there would be hams found ;
Hp.»ll* i|, soi M* of tin ru w 11it an M.lor
so bad that n man could hardly bear
to be In the room with them. To pump j
Into theie the packers had a second j
and much stronger pickle which de- I
stroyed the odor—a process known to
the workers ns "giving them 30 per
cent.” AI*o, after the ham had been
smoked, there would be found some
that hod gone to tho bod. Formerly [
these had been sold as "Number Three ,
Grade," but Inter on some ingenious I
person had hit upon a new device, and
now they would extract the bone, about
which the bad part generally lay, and (
insert In the hole a white-hot Iron.
After this Invention there was no
longer Number One, Two or Three
Grade—there was only Number One
Grade. The packers were always
originating such schemes they had I
what they called "boneless hums,*
per* and made over again for home was d
consumption. There would be meat Istence. Then* won
that had tumbled out on tho floor, In about the cruel grind -that it gave her
the illii and NAwdust, where tiie work- tlio gift <>f iiiH«*nslbfllty. Littlo by lit
ers had tramped nnd spit uncounted tie she sunk Into a torpor she fell
billions of consumption germs. There j silent. Hhe would meet Jurgls and
would b© m©at stored In great piles In j Ona In the evening, und the three
roon»H; nnd the water from leaky roots would walk home together, often with*
would drip over It, and thousands of out saying a word. Una, too, was full-
rats would race about on It. It was J Ing lino th© habit of silence -Ona, who
too dark ln these storage places to had once gon© ub<>ut singing like a
*•© well, but a man could run his hand [bird. Hhe was sick nnd miserable, and
over theso pile* of meat and sweep off often she would bar©ly have strength
handful* enough to drag herself home. And
Rats wer© nuisances, nnd the peck- I there they would eat what they had to
ers would put poisoned bread out for oat / nn, J Afterwards, because there was
them; they would die, nnd then rats* I only their misery to talk of, they
bread nnd meat would go into the hop- J would crawl into bed ami fall Into a
per* togetner. Tills Is no fairy story stupor and never stir until It was
ond no Joko; tho meat would be ahov- l,mo „ to „ Kft up again, and dr
©led Into carts, and tho man who did candle Ugh
the shoveling would not trouble to lift .chines. Tl
out a rat, even w hen ho saw one— I they did n
there wer© things that went Into the hunger not
sausage In comparison with which n|tln u,, d 1
poisoned rut was a tidbit.
Y©t th© *
no place for th© men to wash their J the souls or none
hands before they at© their dinner, and ' but only sleeping;
so they made a practice of washing they would wake
them In the water that was to be | cru**l tim*
and go bar
were so numbed that
ev«n suffer much from
only tiia children con-
when the food ran short.
1 of Ona was not dead -
>f Hi.
id
ladled Into the sausage.
Thero were butt-ends of smoked
meat and tho scraps of corned beef,
and all the odds and ends of the waste
of the plants that would he dumped
Into old barrels In the cellar und left
Mi. m* I’mler the system <-f itgbl econ
omy which tho packers enforced there
were some Jobs that It only paid to do
once iri a loriir time, and among these
w*n» the cleaning out of the waste bar
rels. Every spring they did It, and
would roll op«
out their or
would stir bei
upo
the
is to them, and they
•ath tiie burden that lav
id feel its forever Im
measurable weight,
even cry out beneath It; but anguish
: would seize them, more dreadful than
j tiie agony of death. It was a tiling
scarcely to he spoken—a thing never
spoken by all the world, that will not
know Its own defeat.
(Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian.)
Removed to Larger Quarters
WHERE WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO
DO THE HIGHEST CLASS OF
Commercial Printing at Reasonable Prices.
Gate City Printing Company
Bell Phone 1124. 23 E. Mitchell Street, Near Pryor.