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Woman’s Indictment Against Child Labor
Secretary of Savannah Associated Charities Advocates 14-Year Age Limit—Miss Pendleton in Re
port Says Much Poverty is Due to Child Labor.
Child labor produces poverty, according to a re
port just submitted by Miss Helen B. Pendleton,
retiring secretary of the Associated Charities of
Savannah. Georgia manufacturers who are opposed
to child labor legislation usually defend their posi
' tion on the ground that extreme poverty would re
sult if children were not given employment. Miss
Pendleton finds quite the opposite fact to be true —
that child labor produces poverty instead of reliev
ing it and she produces good evidence to support
her statement.
Miss Pendleton has made an exhaustive study of
75 cases on the society’s records, grouping them ac
cording to the cause of their misfortune. “54 of
these 75,” says Miss Pendleton, “lacked schooling
■or were victims of child labor.” These figures bear
out what Dr. A. J. McKelway, southern secretary,
National Child Labor Committee has said on this
'same subject. “The per cent, of illiteracy among
cotton mill operatives in Georgia is enormous. 41
per cent, of the children 10 to 14 years of age are
illiterate. _> The low wages which they receive as
adults, because they are illiterate and because they
must compete with children who can do their work,
is not enough to live on. The majority of children
who go to work at 10 or 12 will never, as adults,
be able to earn more than $5 a week
Miss Pendleton attributes this state of affairs to
the fact that the building up of great business in
terests in Georgia has forged ahead while the spir
itual insight w'hich causes the community to work
together for the health and happiness of the next
generation has lagged behind, and a deplorable lack
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
THE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY.
Aug. 2, 1914.
Time—3o A. D.
Mark 11:1 to 11.
Place —Bethpage and Jurusaiem.
THE GOLDEN TEXT: “Rejoice
greatly, Oh Daughter of Zion, shout,
Oh Daughter of Jerusalem: Dehold the
King cometh unto thee.” —Zech. 9:9.
Suggestive Thoughts.
I. Do as Jesus Bids You —Vs. 1 to 6.
Jesus, when He drew near to Jeru
salem, sent two of His discrples to get
the colt upon which He would ride in
fulfillment of the prophecy. (Zech.
9:9). The prophecy was literally ful
filled when He entered Jerusalem. The
prophecies that are yet unfilled we
may well look for their literal ful
fillment. These disciples believed Je
sus and, therefore, went on the errand
He sent them, expecting to find things
just as Jesus had foretold them, and
they found them just that way. (Luke
19:33). If we believe and obey trie
Master, we always find things just as
He told us. Obedience is the supreme
test of discipleship. (John 14:15; R.
V. John 15:14. Never fear to do what
God, in His wisdom commands you.
11. Supply Our Lord’s Need —V. 3.
Our Lord needed this colt to ride in
to Jerusalem: He needed the Peter’s
boat for a pulpit: He needed the dis
ciples net to catch fish. This man of
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THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF JULY 23, 1914
of legislation for the education and welfare of the
people has resulted.,
“The worst of the evils which has resulted from
this lack of legislation for compulsory education, vo
cational training, and public health measures,” says
Miss Pendleton, “is child labor. Children are put
to work without having even the rudiments of an ed
ucation, because the state is more concerned with
its business interests of today than with its citizens
of tomorrow.
“But the truth of the matter is that Georgia’s in
dustrial strength of the future will be determined by
the kind of citizens she produces today. If she
remains blind to the fact that industrial prosperity
can not increase without an abundance of intelligent,
well-educated citizens, her industrial growth will soon
reach its limit. She will be outstripped by states
that realize the necessity of protecting and educat
ing the children.
“In a few years we hope that Georgia will have
a well-enforced compulsory education law, and will
allow no children under 16 to work in factories,
stores, street trades, or messenger service.”
A bill which has the support of the Georgia Child
Labor Committee and which would make a Degin
ning toward the standard set by Miss Pendleton is
to be introduced at the present legislature. It
raises the present age limit of 12 years (10 years
for poor children) by gradual stages until a 14-year
limit is reached in 1916. This allows for a period
of adjustment so that manufacturers can not oppose
the bill on the ground that it will work a hardship
upon them. 1
By B. LACY HOGE, Norfolk, Va.
our lesson, when he heard that the
Lord had need of the colt, sent it to
Him. Our Lord has needs today that
we can supply. He calls us to present
our bodies with all of their faculties
and powers to Him, to do His will and
supply His need. (Rom. 12:1 and 2).
He needs our brain to think with: our
feet to go on missions of love and
mercy. He needs our hands to work
and write with: He needs our bodies
as His dwelling place. (2 Cor. 6:16).
He needs all the powers, talents and
faculties of our bodies to do His “good
and acceptable and perfect will”
(Rom. 12:12) Are you ready and wil
ling to hand over to our Lord that
which you have that He needs? It
may be of no more value than the
crooked stick in the hands of Moses,
but if He needs it, and wants it, hand
it to Him, that which you tnlnk is
valueless will become of great value
if given to Him.
111. Chown Jesus King—V. 7 to 11.
The disciples placed their own gar
ments on the colt: thus proclaiming
their acceptance of Jesus as King (2
King 9:13). The multitude, as well as
<he disciples, proclaimed Jesus as
King (John 12:13). We often sing:
“O, that with yondwr sacred thron&,
We at His feet may fall,
And join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all.”
It was a blessed privilege to be
among the multitude singing praises
to Jesus as He entered Jerusalem. It
will be a far greater blessing to be
one of the sacred throng that will sing
“iCrown Him Lord of All,” but let us
remember that we must crown Jesus
Lord of all in our hearts and lives
down here, or we will never join tDe,
sacred throng in singing His prarses
up yonder. The multitudes soread
their garments in the way to. the feet
of Jesus to tread upon. It is a beau
tiful sight to see people casting the
best they have at Jesus feet. They
did not go home to get some old cast
off clothes to lay at Jesus feet, they
cast before Him the best they had.
You can do this now by putting it
on the back of some of Christ’s poor
brethren and sisters. Jesus entered
Jerusalem, amid the shouts of the
multitude, stirred the whole city. If
God’s people would loudly and Joy
fully shout the praises of Jesus now,
whole cities would be stirred and men
would begin to ask “Who is this?”
md thousands would accept Jesus as
their saviour and king.
IV. Be Steadfast—Vs. 8 to 11.
The enthusiasm and shouts of the
people for Jesus was short-lived. In a
little while many of these same peo
ple are among the multitude that cried
“Let Him be Crucified” (Matt. 27:22
and 23). Unfortunately the enthusi
asm of many modern professed Chris
tians is just as short-lived. One day
they are singing the praises of Jesus
and perhaps the next day Christ and
His cause is unpopular, and these
same professors are among the ene
mies of the cause of Christ, loudly
shouting against the right and the
truth. Don’t be one of these, but be
one of the true disciples of our Lord,
steadfast, unmovable, and always
abounding in the work the ixird.
The steadfast ones the Master calls in
to His service, and they shall be glo
rified with Him.
BULLOCH COUNTY FIGHTS LIQUOR.
Use of the “Devilish Stuff” in Elections Forbidden
By Democratic Executive Committee.
HO was it that said that the public sentiment
of Bulloch County, Georgia, was on the whis
ley side? That might have been so years ago,
but that stalwart county is on rising ground.
B
Here are some resolutions recently passed at Court
House mass meeting in Statesboro wnich ought to be
duplicated by every country in every state in Ameri
ca:
The committee consisted of J. A. Brannon, J. W.
Wright and G. R. Trapnell, and they brought in the
following resolution:
“Whereas, it is a matter of common knowledge
that in several of the last elections held in Bulloch
county for the nomination of county officers that
whiskey was used by some of the candidates and
their friends before the election and on the day of
the election, and drunkenness was common around
the polls in several cf the districts of the county.
“Now, we the people of Bulloch county, in mass
meeting assembled, do hereby condemn and deplore
the use of liquor in our primary elections, and we
hereby call on all good people in every militia dis
trict of the county to withhold their vote and their
support from any candidate or candidates who may
endeavor to buy office with either money or liquor,
and we earnestly request that every good citizen
turn out for the primary to be held on August 19
and to cast his vote for the candidate of his choice,
and we urge upon them and urge upon the members
of the next grand jury and upon the members of the
democratic executive committee in each militia dis
trict to be watchful upon the day of the primary and
if any person or persons shall be seen furnishing
liquor that their names may be reported to the next
grand jury.
“We respectfully suggest to the democratic exe
cutive committee that they secure written pledges
from the candidates for congress and
representative in the legislature and
judge of the superior court agreeing
that they will not directly or indi
rectly buy or influence votes with
either money or liquor before the
primary, or on the day of the prim
ary.
“Resolved further, That we re
quest the executive committee to
adopt a rule and appoint a commit
tee of three to be present at each
precinct and to report bac kto the
executive committee and if from such
report or other reliable information
it appears that any candidate used
whiskey directly or indirectly during
the campaign to influence votes he
be declared ineligible to nomination.
It was plainly a one-sided meet
ing, and every time a rising vote
was called for, it was unanimous in
favor of the elimination of the use
of intoicant drinks during campaigns.
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