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LABOR IN THE SOUTH.
By GERTRUDE BEEKS.,
jyom time to tlme ft sensational re
I oort of conditions of labor In the South
I ' cotton mills has made tender
hearted women think tw ice before pur-
chasln* cheap cotton fabrics and ready
made underwear at the sales. Visions
of Ill-treated men and moat especially
oale women nnd emaciated children
navlna and spinning in stifling at-
spheres have come to the btiitllng
female crowd* around the bargain ta-
Mea and made the wonderfully chenp
widths of sheetings, all machine
hemmed, seem like tainted things
downs and petticoat*, daintily ruffled
and sometime* crookedly stitched, have
auddenly appeared to become accursed.
-jjo, I never buy those chenp cot
tons at the bargain sales" a woman
will say. "Tiny children, weak, thin,
stunted In growth, cowed to submis
sion by brutal foremen and superin
tendents, have spun that cotton Into
lengths during the watches of the
night, and there 1* bad luck In the
wearing of them.” >
It was to view with single eye and
unprejudiced mind the conditions urn
der which such goods are manufactured
In the South, to learn the manner of
living nmong the mill operatives, to
study the ways of their employers, and
to make the acquaintance of the women
and children who form no large a part
of those employed, that Miss Gertrude
Berks took her notebook and camera
a few weeks ago and went front mill
town to mill town and village to vll-
lage In the South. Now she has re
turned to New York with a brighter
and more encouraging story than many
of those who knew of her mlgplon had
dared to hope for.
Miss Beeka Is secretary of .the wel
fare department of the National Civic
Federation. Quickness of perception
and alertness help to make up the first
Impression one receives. One Is con
vinced that she would not. be back
ward In calling attention to and trying
to right the wrongs of any mill opera
tive, while at the same time she would
note and appreciate Instantly the good
might be doing for the well-being of
his workers.
In talking with Miss Beeks one gets
a very pleasant Impression of progress
In the South nnd of betterment In the
condition of the cotton mill workers.
Her outlook, In general. Is optimistic,
though always supported by the facta
she has to recite.
"Whet about child labor and the
tiny tote who epln at midnight?" she
was asked.
"Certainly." she replied, "I found too
many children employed In the mills,
but It Is well to look Into the cause of
their presence before offering criticism.
Child labor was prevalent upon the
farms until Industry became organ
ised, and'labor for the cotton mills was
recruited from the farming districts,
principally Isolated mountainous re
gions. so it was but natural that the
parents should send their children to
the mills. In the economic develop
ment of the South rentedlnl legislation
has not kept pace with Industrial
progress, nor has public sentiment ed
ucated the parents to the point of send
ing their children to school Instead of
putting them to work In the mills.
“A general prosperity has been
brought about by the cotton Induatry,
and the question arises aa to whether It
would have been better to have left
the people In pauperism and Illiteracy
than to have taken them Into the man
ufacturing districts, where they could
secure an Industrial training, with pay,
which Insures a livelihood, tipllflng
them by elevating Influences and se
curing an education for the majority of
their children!” .
'But how do the children becomo
educated If they spend their time
working In the mills?"
•The majority do not work In the
mills. Look at this photograph taken
In one town. Here are «50 children of
mill operatives, outside the school
which they attend. Such a school la
kept In session eight months In the
year through the Interest and at the
expense of the mill owners. Here Is
another photograph of a primary class;
here are small tota In kindergarten
vegetable gardens, and what do you
think of this kindergarten cakewalk?"
A brighter and happier looking crowd
! children than those depicted In the
otograpbs one would scarcely And In
prepare the
Ing districts. Another photograph was i people how properly
a couple of dozen school children as I food."
dinner toters. It was explained that I In.regard to’chlldren with fingerless
the hours were so arranged that dur--hands, Miss Beeks found In nne mill
ing the midday hour tin- small sons j a here 1,400 persons were employed ono
and daughters of the mill operatives child of 11 who lost the first Joint of
could go home and get palls and bask- the second Anger In picking w aste from
An Honor ts Mrs. JoHhson Anti-Child Labor Crssd.
et* of luncheon to carry to their pa
rents In the mills, returning again to
their studies In the afternoon.
"Is anything being done to prevent
child labor altogether?**
"It probably could not be done. Sev
eral of the mill men stated to me that
there would always be some child la
bor, for, said they, *we will always
have to provide work for the poor, and
if we did not let the children work It
would be utterly impossible for some
men to care for their very large fam
ilies.'
"But attacks should not be leveled
at the cotton mills alone. Child labor
on the farms. In the homes, and In the
mills always existed, and the condition
Is the same, generally speaking, today,
although It should not be.
"When the state has provided no
proper way to care for the poverty-
stricken, It Is a debatable question how
far criticism should be offered for their
presence In the imlls.”
Asked If some of the mill ow
are no. emptying children merely out
of charity, In order to help their pa
rents, Miss Beeks told of a little 7
year-old child of a widow who vrm
hired to sweep* although the sweeping
had to be gone over afterward. An
other little glyl was allowed to work
in the mill with her grandmother be
cause otherwise she would have been
obliged to go to the poorhouse. A.
woman whose husband had died of
consumption asked -to have ner child
In the mill with her, having no place
to leave it during the day. It was a
question of having the chlil or of re
fusing her work.
Asked If those children who do work
points of an employer and whatever he the most prosperous of Northern farm
hands usually lacked a Anger or
two, as sometimes stated by sensation
al reports concerning Southern condi
tions, Miss Beeks stated that the chil
dren In. the mills were not ro*y-cheek-
ed, but were/more or less but that
only two children whom she saw In
the eighteen mills she visited could be
called thin, and those were not thin
In the faces, but thin of arm.
"The pale complexion which all mill
workers have is largely due to the lack
of nourishing food. When both father
dnd mother work In the mills there Is
no one to care for the home, and the
family Is likely to subsist upon cold
canned foods. But now domestic sci
ence teachers are being employed by
many of the mill owners to Instruct the
the gonrs which a fellow worker had
uncovered In violation of the strict
rulcN which provide that the operatives
shall not clean their machines when in
motion.
"The records,” said she, "showed
comparatively few accidents, and It Is
not fair to say that there are hundreds
of children of 8 years of age losing
their Angers ”
Most Interesting "and encouraging Is
Miss Beeks* description of the facilities
for recreation among the mill workers,
Dance pavilions, swimming pools, ball
games, gymnasium outAts provide en
tertainment In many of the mill vil
lages at the expense of the mill own
ers. One employer has turned a ce
mented tank of water necessary
manufacturing purposes into a swim
ming pool for the summer season, ex'
pending $300 In equipment. The mill
operatives use the pool free of charge,
while citizens of the town are charged
10 cents apiece for a swim.
Most of the mill villages visited by
Miss Beeks are In South Carolina or
Georgia, and at these places she refers
to the conditions under which the op
eratives work as "unusually well light-,
ed and ventilated, heated In winter
and cooled in summer.’* She found on*
employer having his ribbed windows
replaced with clear glass "to pleaso the
employees, because they like to look
out," adding, in an aside, "I would,
too!"
In two mills there were emergency
hospital rooms Atted up with operating
tables and stretchers. One mill owner
provided a trained nurse to visit all the
families In times of illness, and one
has an Isolation hospital for use In
time of epidemic.
'But there Is criticism which I must
make,” went on Miss Beeks. “It Is of
the bad ventilation and poor Janitor
service In connection with the toilet
arrangements, and lack of elevator
service. Of course, some of the toilet
rooms at the ends of the mills are well
ventilated by windows and the exhaust
system, but others ore In the center
of the mills, with no provision for ven
tilation. I would also urge the neces-
of Introducing rest rooms In the
for in somo cases girls wero
seen sitting on the landings of the
staircase waiting for work. But In the
main, generally, I would say that the
mills visited wero unusually sanitary,
comfortable work places.”
Speaking of the homes of the oper
atives, she referred to the model mill
Governor Terrell certainly extended
a very graceful compliment to Mrs. .1.
Lindsay Johnson in the presentation
of the pen which signed the child la
bor bill during the week. Mrs. John
son has worked most earnestly nnd
untiringly on this bill and she has
never wavered In her determination.
She has been true nnd constant to the
cause from the llrst to the last nnd
her success in this case, ns In every
thing which she undertakes Is only an
other marked to prove her capability
and ever-courageous clinging to the
right. She has never given up for ono
Instant In the success of her theory,
and while others were awaiting de
velopments she was all the while at
work on her subject. Mrs. Johnson Is
one of the brllllnnt and exceptionally
clover woman, possessing every attri
bute of a womanly woman.
Ity o
itlls,
SOUTHERN SOCIETY
In Georgia and Adjoining States
Pleasant Mention From Other Cities
HARALSON.
Little Emory Brandenburg Is recov
ering from the fever.
Mr,. Charles Holt and two children
of Atlanta, are vlsltthg her parent*, Mr.
and Mra. J. A. Baugh.
Mr. and Mr*. Joe Clarke, of Oakland,
•re visiting Mra. Tom Callahan.
Mrs. John Addy .has been visiting
Mrs. Culpepper.
Miss Mary Douglass (nd Master
Walter Douglass, of Atlanta, ars vis
iting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Baughn.
Rev. Mr. Sox and family, of Car
rollton. are expected tomorrow. Mr.
Sox Is to conduct the annual mealing
at the Lutheran church.
A number of the people of. the vil
lage attended the ball game at Drew-
ryvilla yesterday.
Mrs. J. Tr Edmondson and, family
have returned from an extended visit
to relatives and friends In Fayetteville
and Atlanta.
Mrs. Charles Ttobcrtson has aa
guest this week Miss Eula Norris,
Lutherville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jennings, of
Plains, □*., have returned home, after
a visit of a few days to Mra. Jennings'
father. Mr. Wesley Addy.
Mr. Joel Herndon, wo regret to say,
Is again quite III.
Mr. Will Taylor and wife, of Grif
fin. are expected to visit Mrs. Lat.
Gray during the meeting at the Lu
theran church.
HOSCHTON.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith spent
Saturday with Dr. Walter C. Smith,
of Jefferson. •
Quite a number of our people at
tended the children'! service at Zion
church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. DeLaperterre are
spending the week In Brunswick, Ga.,
and other points this week.
Mrs. Maud Parks and children are
spending several days In Oxford with
friends and relatives.
•Mr. and Mrs. W. O. E. Adams re
lumed home last week, after spending
several days with friends and rela
tives in Morgan county.
Miss Jessie Storey, of Jefferson, Is
visiting her brother, J. M. Storey, of
our city.
Mrs. John R. Hosch returned home
Tuesday from a visit to her sister In
Atlanta.
Mrs. Campt of Atlanta, Is spending
•ome time with her daughter, Mrs.
uel-aperlerre, of our city.
Misses Woodie Anderson and Peart
Maynard spent Tuesday with friends
st this place.
Mr. J. c. Anderson nnd daughter,
Miss Dora, are spending the week with
friends at Dahlonega.
Rev. W. H. Bridges, of Pendergrass,
spent Wednesday with his son. Dr.
J. J. Bridges, of our place.
Miss May Randolph, of Athens, la
the guest of Misses Ella and Clara
Davis at this place.
Mra. C. C. Guinn, after spending
several days with relatives and friends
here, returned to her home Monday at
Dublin, Ga.
Messrs. Pat' and Will Smith, of
Buckhead, are tha guests of W.
Smith, of our city,
8ANDERSVILLE.
The Fat Men's convention was held In the
msgnlflcent grove that surrounds the real
deuce of M. O. Smith, .at "Fern Crest
Hairy,” a mils from Sandersvllle. More
than s hundred and twenty-lire persons
wsre there. The roles adopted prohibited
the sttrudance of any man tinder 1SS pounds
Y. II. Jordan, the response by . „
Giles. Speeches were also mods by E. A.
Adams and I. W. Newman. Songs, s foot
race, potato race. Jnmplng, Interspersed
hr music, tilled the hours until dinner.
... .. . unui tinnier.
which consisted of Oeorxls lurhecne and
~ " or the visiting fat
Brunswick staw, Ons of
men. C. S. Davenport, of .
pared the Brunswick stew, while one
Washington county's hi* men, Ji
sler. superintended the barbecue. ...
Iters of the convention were wrtghed. sod
Wa mutton, pre-
'fls ons of
lames Web-
their weights registered, the average weight
of twenty was » pounds. The assembly
la said by all to have been one of the
moot enjoyable picnics of tha season. All
credit for Its success Is given to tha Jires
dent. Professor I-awion E. Brown, end
tla efficient committee. Hanford Adame,
William Norris and Jack Webstar.
Judge B. T. Bawling! has had tha
LIT. 4. i miner, *rm> was rmts ui
age. died at Oconee on last Toesday. He
in, one of Washington county's most use
ful. progressiva rltlsens.
Iftor Brooks has disposed of hla Inter-
In The Handsrsvllle Herald, J. E. Toy.
of Covington, taking charge of •*■-
1HIper In Mr. Brooks' (tend.
1 Mr. W. M. Adams, of Macon, Is visiting
Is brother. C. A. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Ott srs visiting rel
atives In Booth Carolina. . ..
8. M. Devereeux left yesterday foe a
week's visit to Dcvereanx. Gs.
Dr. sml Mrs. Roger Hwlpt. of Mllledga-
viiir. are the guests of Moses Sadat, at
I, Mr« ll, ’A. F. Msnhsrt and Master Horace
Manbart. of Farts. Tex., srs the guests
" f uVT' andS/ra*'Frank Wiley, of Bruns
wick. are visiting Mra. Edgmr Lawson.
Mias Both Rodgers, after spending sev
eral week, with friends and relatives, re
turned to Atlanta on r rtday.
Mrs James D. Newman Is In Asheville.
N. C„ from which place she will rlalt
other eiimmer resorts In North Carolina.
The Only French Dry Cleaning
Process in Georgia
Mrs. Nettle Garrett Smith, of Augusta,
Is visiting Mrs. It. B. Lovett. As Miss
Garrett, Mrs. 8tnlth was very popular
with the society people of Sandersvllle.
Mrs. Lewis Archer nnd daughters, Lila
and Rosalie, of Meridian, Miss., are with
Miss Mamie Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Stncer are spend
ing a week In tbo mountains of north
Georgia.
CARTER8VILLE.
Monday night MIA Mnybelle Jones'enter-
talned at n delightful reception In honor of
her guests, Misses Janie Bnrdwell, of Tal-
botton; Ilarrell. of Valdosta; Tatum, of
Macon.
Wednesday afternoon Miss Elinor Jones
entertained the Uagtlme Club at a flehlng
party. Miss Florence Milner won the prize.
Mrs. W. II. Howard; Hr., gave a delight
fill children’s party on Katurdsy for bet
little Misses Clara
Hr. nnd Mrs. Horace
nuwBnl, lAsutiM? miniird. daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. W. H. Howard. Jr., and Master
John Bradley Howard. Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. John B. Howard.
Mrs. Felton Jonen leaves next week for a
trip to Atlantic City.
lira. Oscar T. 1‘helps Is In Mnnteagle,
Tenn.. attending th© mooting of the Ten
nessee Press and Authors' Club, of which
she .Is. president.
Ufa* Ijetltla Johnson has returned to
Rome after a visit to Mlsa Rosebud John-
m Aiisnia.
Rev. and Mra. A. W. Healer, of Thomne-
vllle, were the gueata laat week of Dr. and
Mrs. J. G. Green.
“ra. Bessie Hmlth, of AM “ “ *
guest of Mrs. If. J. Gal
iptnln and Mrs. J.. J. Coni
following guests at dim
: Miss wood of Cedsrto
m of Atlanta, Mlaa Viola
Mrs. Resale Hmlth. of Ardmore. 1. T.. la
the guest of Mrs. If. J. Galt and family.
Captain and Mrs. J. J. Conner entertained
the loHowlus i * ■*' *•*—
day
Jon s .
feasor and Mrs. II. L, Newell.
Miss Leroy Uetfs, of Huntsville. Ala., and
Mlaa James, of Klherton, are to bo the
guests next week of Mias Kitty Conyers.
Miss Moore, of HeUna, Is toe ruest of
Mrs. Clark Griffin.
Miss Felker, of Monroe, Is tha guest of
Mlsa Estelle Strickland.
GREENSBORO.
Mlsa Leila Jernlgnn left Tuesday to vlalt
friends In Atlanta. She will attaod Mrs.
Wilson's house party at Lincoln, Ala., be
fore returning home.
Mlsa Henrietta Smith la visiting her
father. Representative A. II. Smith,
Atlanta.
Mrs. Mary Kent Reason, and daughter.
Josephine, of Monroe, were the guests or
friends In Greensboro Monday.
LIZELLA.
The Misses Nettllee ami Wenona finlll
van, of Atlanta, after spending several
day* here with relatives, have returned
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Chsrles R. Wynn sr>cnt
Snnday with Mra. Wynn'a brother. !•;. H.
Harrison, of MuariLa, Ga., who la quite
sick with fever.
kits* Means, of YatesvtUc, Is visiting
her sister, Mrs. II. A. Greene.
Mrs. Patti Bose, who has been teaching
music here for several months, has moved
to Macon, where she has a fine class.
Mra..Mary Vincent and grand daughter,
little Miss Vivian Hicks, after spending
some time with Atlanta relatives, have
returned.
Quite a* crowd of young people spent
Huuday at Warm HpHogr
HEFLIN, ALA
Mr. J. R. Moore and family, of Hedla,
are now or — * “— *'— **
uated four
| bsaatfrai,
! on the site where the Rose homestead was
homed a few years ago. Mrs. Moore was
. k. noon ami ramiiy, or Heflin,
r occupying their country borne, sit-
>nr miles from town. The home Is n
II. modem structure and la ballt
'• Dry Cleaner of fine Gown*. Silk Robe* and all garments of
• the finest texture*. Prices reasonable.
*5 North Pryor. Phones 43
s SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EXPRESS ORDERS.
wu the
hlldboodj . ..
nf her father anil craadff
father. Mira Nanai. Mni.rr, the young lady
Ilf the hoioe. ha, »l-nt two yrara In mit.lit
nt 111. J'ola.111 anil mill rrtnrn there In Sip.
I trmlHT to «Ml«t In the manaarm-nt 'of
K i-iIit In the mllexe. and alao to rontlnne
mnalral attid».
I Quite n nttm-er nf Heflin'* arhnol .im.
listi- pitM-l a (In. ..lamination for .tali-
lllr.ua. and soar hold pert I lira t.i for flr.t-
(rade llemara. An«u them are Mlaa of tha evenlnr-
WM
«•'- aaaaaa as. .Mirra i nut H/lIor, Ml
pur. nnd MIhs Eula Htrlcklnnd.
The little MI mbps Langford, of Atlanta,
came out to Jlcflln Saturday and nre the
guests of their uncle and nunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Cochrnn.
Little Miss l'nullno Favors, of Atlanta,
a nleco of .Mrs. Cochrnn, Is also a guest
at tbo Cochran home.
Colonel nnd Mrs. Tom Shackleford nro
building a beautiful homo In Bast Heflin.
*._ .Qua Perryman left Heflin Monday
" * gs, Atlanta, Washington,
'nllndelphla. Ho wfli re-
lanta. Is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Perryman, after a
stay of sovernl days At Lithfn Hprings, At-
lanta, .^nrsnnnh. Tybee, nnd other points,
nr.* nt home ngnln.
Mr. Gus Morgan hrs chsrge of a summer
sehool In North Cleburne. II© returned
from Auburn In June, where ho won dls
"lnctlor — *
The
ha I
summer la Heflin with their parents.
GAD8DEN, ALA.
I Mra. Frederick Moeaser and dough
ter, Miss Helen, of Birmingham, have
Joined Mr. Modifier here nnd will make
HHm city their future home.
Messrs. E. H. nnd C. F. Cross have
returned from a visit to their former
home at Mayavlllo, Ohio.
Mrs. H. T. JJnlley nnd children have
returned from an extended visit to rel
atives at Alexander City and Talla
dega.
Mrs. C. B. Cross and Miss Ruth Wil
son, who have been visiting Mrs. E.
II. Cross, have returned to their home
at Birmingham.
Mrs. J. E. Line and daughter, Mrs.
C. H. Ward, nnd Mrs. Line’s mother,
.Mrs. Winchester, are visiting relatives
and friends at Chautauqua, N. Y.
The Wednesday Card Club was en-
tertalned by Mrs. Willie C. Bacon at
her home on Forrest avenue this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Wood have
gono to New York to make that city
their future home.
Miss Nina Hammond entertained
with a dinner party Saturday at Belle
vue In compliment to her sister, Mrs.
J. C. Staton, of Atlanta. *
Dr. H. C. Kegley him gone to Winona
Lake, Indiana, to attend the meetings
of the National Presbyterian assem
bly.
Mr. and Mra. Woodson J. Martin are
visiting relatives In Jacksonville.
Mra. L. W. Dean Is visiting' Mrs.
Wiley Rosa in Birmingham.
Miss Hattie Riddle is visiting rela
tives In Anniston.
.mi-m Margie McCall*has returned
from a visit to relative# at Camden,
Ark.
Miss Bessie Wilson has returned
from a visit to Denver.
Mrs. IL B. Kyle entertained a num
ber of ladlee who are spending tii**
summer at Bellevue, at her mountain
home, "Whitehurst," with a card party
Tuesday, which was followed by a
Dutch luncheop.
Miss Pauline Latta Is visiting friends
In West Virginia.
villages, their dainty painted, shuttered
houses, surrounded by trees, and had
Immediately a coo casting photograph
to show of a vUUa* all unpalntcd and
trPHlCRM.
'However/' she continued, "general
ly the premises ore extremely neat in
the cotton mill villages, and only In the
homes of the new arrivals from the
primitive districts an* the Intcrbus of
flu* cottagPH uniican. Main a Ii-misp-
wlfe could take lessons In cleanliness
from the home of the average mill op
erative. Where they still exist,
old clapboardcd houses are being
modeled with weather hoarding or r<
down nnd being finished with walls
wood fiber, and, where not Included ir
the original plans, porches with rail
ings are now being added.
"What nre the most pressing needs
now concerning the mill workers of the
Southr
In South Carolina legislation Is
needed to provide for compulsory edu
cation and the appointment of truant
officers. There should be more fac
tory Inspection to st %*ngthen the child
labor law. There should, too, be an
amendment in the child |ab.»r law tn
Increase the age limit from 12 to 14,
and the requirements concerning birth
registration nnd marriage license
should be more stringent.
"A great deal of unfair criticism has
been showered upon the mill owners,
yet. in spite of this, they nre giving
food, shelter and Industrial training to
these Illiterate descendants of the first
Inhabitants of the colonies, and through
their 'Welfare' work are a great civ
ilising influence among tha mill work
ers."—New York Times.
Tho Woman’s Home Companion, a
magazine published In New York by
the Crowell Publishing Company, Is
fighting to the finish In the campaign
against child tabor. Articles from such
men as Dr. Samuel McCune Lindsey,
Owen Lovejoy, Jack London and Ho
mer Davenport will be found In the
September number of this magazine.
Dr. Lindsey has helped to draft the
following creed, written for The Wom
an’s Home Companion:
1. We believe In the light of every
child to health and education.
2. W© believe that child labor In
terferes with that right.
2. We bellove that child labor le In
Itself cruel and wasteful; that It la
mentally, morally and physically Inju
rious to tho child; and that It Is a
distinct menace to the nation.
We believe that no child under 14
should work In a factory, workshop,
mercantile house, store, office, hotel or
apartment house. In any place of pub
lic amusement, or should bo employed
In making, preparing or distributing
articles of salo or commerce at home
"i In .mv pin- •• in (hr nature ->f a fac
tory, workshop or mercantile establish
ment.
6. We believe that no child between
14 and 16 should be permitted to work
un«l<*r tho cuulltl-*n*< .spo«ifW*d unlrm
tho rhllil mii road fluently nnd write
legibly simple sentences In the English
language.
6. We believe that no child under 16
should be employed between the hours
• r ; p. in. and . a. in , ->r 1-mgor than
eight Imur* in am twonty-f-mr limits,
or longer than- forty-eight hours a
week.
7. We believe ’hat no child under 16
should bo employed in occupations
dangerous to 'life, limb, health or
morals.
We believe In tho establishment of
a permanent children’s bureau to bo
conducted by tho national government,
fur till* purpose nf Investigating ami
reporting upon genernl conditions di
rectly Involving tho welfare of children,
especially all matters connected with
child labor.
9. We believe that uniform laws
ngnlnat child labor should be enacted
without dolay in every state, territory
and colonial possession of the United
States.
Vacation School j n St. Louis
The vacation schools which have
been conducted in St. Louis during the
summer are this week finishing the six
weeks* course, and will exhibit the
work done by the scholars. The school
I', of course, free to a || of the pupils,
nnd the teachers have vied with them
selves to see how economic they could
be, and to moke each department self-
supporting. This has been accomplish
ed by contributions and sales. The
grocers have given to the cooking de-
K rtment; tho merchants have sent
•n beds, mattresses nnd sheets to the
housekeeping department, and the gas
company has given gas and stoves free.
In the cooking department Miss Jen
nie Crowder, tho teacher of this work,
has suggested a help to all housekeep
ers of 8t. Louis. Hhe says If whole
some and delicious food can bo cooked
In the public schools, why should they
not supply food for thoso who are
without cooks, thereby solving the do
mestic problem. . The pottery which
hns been made by the pupils will be
for sale at the close of tho term, as
well as other useful articles. By this
means the work for the year Is partial
ly paid for, nnd the rest Is easily made
up i-v p-»pul.ir subscription.
It would be quite an easy matter for
such a school to be established in At-
binf i next vc;»r, nnd tin- Woman's Club
editor of The Georgian would do her
part of the work toward establishing a
school. Tho board of education could
grant permission and the use of a pub
lic school building for six weeks of the
month beginning with tho middle <»f
June and closing tho first of August.
T).-' tr.i.-heis u Mill-1, ->f v-iur-F, have (-»
be Interested In the movement and lend
their help free to the course of educat
ing the little children who have no
play ground nnd n-d*--lv t<> remain nt
home with them during the hours 9 to
12 o'clock each day. Atlanta has grown
to need such a school as this, and the
time has arrived for its establishment.
Prince Louis Napoleon Is a general la
the Kusninn army. This Is not a reminder
of Moscow, 1112.
Lightning clouds are alwsys nesr the
ground. They nr© seldom at a greater
height than 2.000 feet.
Will Crooks, M. P.. said the other night
In n speech: "The workers have been In
clined to sub-let their thinking."
MONROE.
Id beauty nnd brilliance, the dinner cli
Inst Wednesday evening by Allss Julia M<
ley at her home ou Houth It road street w
ono of tho most noteworthy functions or
the summer. The dining room wros In pink
and white. The hnndsomn dining table was
covered with a real lace centerpiece over
•Ink silk, nnd contained ns Its chief decora-
Ion a pyramid of pink roses nnd aspara
gus forms. The room was lighted by
morons pink shaded candelabra. rii^H
^resent were: Mls&cg Allle Felker, i.dlth
Idw-ards. Ellen Launlus, Isabel Nunnally,
Cinra Mae Hmlth, Messrs. Lewis and Ar
thur Moldey, Wellborn lllalock, butts, and
Cliff Wheats.
Miss Mary lladford gnvo n delightful at
homo Friday ovculng In honor ““
Ml»a McUarlty. of Jefforium.
Miss Ellen Lnunlus will entertain at a
house party next week.
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_/tnla| „—I ■
, Ilornlco Felker, of Dolton. The hall
aud drawing room were In red. with crim
son salvias used In the greatest profusion.
Progressive games were played, nnd the
tlrst prize, a box of paper, was won by
Miss Paulino Nowell, and Miss llolln won
the consolation. The guests* prlzo was a
pair of silk hose. Ices nnd punch wero
serred by Misses Edith Edwards and Alllo
Felker.
Mlsa Nell Nowell gave a dcltghtful at
home last Wednesday evening In honor of
her visitor, Miss Uernlc© Felkor, of Dalton.
Lake Squaw, New Hampshire, '
Camp Vue du Lac
By 8HATTEEN MITCHELL.
program of
tnaslc was given throughout the evening.
Roberts gntre sovernl rending*,
laerful talent of tula
Mrs. Orrln Roberta
displaying tho
young woman.
. young ladles are Misses
ifnrle Cooper, Mary Csntbere, Nina Hass,
Cox, Janette Wright, Ituby Uright,
have gone to Virginia Beach, V».
Miss Lee Weller ha* returned from
.1 \ Nit r«'!.'irt\ • s in South ANNumt
Mr. and Mra. H. C. Gentry are visit
ing friends In Rome, Ga.
Newnan Green hns gone on a visit
to French Lick, Ind.
Captain L. B. Rainey will leave early
next week for an extended western
trip.
Oliver Alford entertained a party ot
friends with a straw ride Monday
nlfhL
Mrs. Bruce Armstrong and daughter
are visiting relatives In Marshall coun
ty.
Charles Martin entertained with a
party Wednesday evening In compli
ment to Miss Laura Belle Enslen, of
Birmingham, who Is the guest of Mlsa
Belle Jones on Turrentlne avenue.
Miss Maggie Du Bose has returned
from a visit to relatives In Anniston
and Atlanta.
Miss Hamilton, of Jackson, Tenn., Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. E H. Cross.
Mils Mary Fulcher has returned
from a visit to New York.
The Embroidery Circle will not meet
until the first Thursday In September,
at which time Mrs. T. M. Cassels will
entertain.
Mrs. D. H. Baker entertained Friday
afternoon In honor of her guests, Mrs.
Lee Alexander and Mrs. RosenthAl, of
nlon 8prlngs. Cards waa the feature
Miss Colic Malcolm l« entertaining a bevy
of bright girls of Monroe at a home party
In Fair liar. The young ladles are Ml
Marie
Jessie —, —....
and Lad!© Breedlove.
roi
_.ty . _
for Atlanta, where he Joined hi* wife for a
to ARhovIlio, N. C.
« Linda Felker. who has been visiting
Misti Cora 1‘elker In Dalton for the past
month. 1* now the guest of Ml** Estelle
Htrlckland In Cnrtorsvlllo. Miss Felker will
return home next week.
Mr. nnd Sirs. II. H. Walker nnd little
Louise nre guests of Mrs. J. U. McCrary
Id Atlanta.
Mr. A. R. Mobley and Mr. W. Martin, of
Jefferson, spent Sunday In the city.
Mr. Noel Park, of tireenahom. spent last»g!a and Alabama, returned home
Tuesday In Monroe with friends. | Thursday.
»j r : binder. OtJ Is .pandlng th© week-, n on> \ V \ C. Adamson is attending the
end with motives st Walnut Grove. , hnntnumm nt Vswnnn this week
Mr. Ralph Gibbs lias returned to Atlanta ‘ nhuwtqun at NSwnan tnis we«K
after afew days’ star In Monroe. Al
Mr. W. II. Nonnntiy ha* returned from
Tate Springs. Tenn.
Can there be a more delightful way
of spending tho summer season than
visit to a camp In the White Moun
tains? Tho novelty of the life la fas
clnatlng, every hour there la something
new to reanimate a weary spirit, nnd
In all this region of lakes and moun
tains can there bo a more exquisitely
beautiful spot than Squam Lake? Tho
water so clear that one sees distinctly
the smooth stones lying upon the all
ver sand below, and every passing
cloud Is mirrored In Its blue depths
the chain mountains that onclrclo Its
borders rising In beauty 2,000 feet
covered with foliage of ever-changing
greenness. In the wondrous forests
there are fine old pines, oaks, maples,
hemlock and the beautiful white birch
trees. These stretch down to the very
borders of tho lake and hidden among
them are numberless camps, while far
ther up on th© hilts are farm houses
and elegant hotels. This year the
throng of summer visitors Is greater
than It has ever boen. And there Is a
largo and fashionable contingent In the
hotels and private camps. Grover
Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland have for
several years owned a "farm" over at
"Sandwich" and are said to have re-
eentiy bought another place ilown on
the lake. Many schools, both for young
men nnd young women, have summer
camps here. Miss Dalton, of Phlladel-
hla, hns a large number of girls with
or, all greatly enjoying the swimming,
rowing and mountain climbing. Their
camp Is situated at Wither Pin©, a
spot far up the mountain side, that
Jr*. A. C. Kelly spent last week In
Charleston with her sister, Mrs. Matthew
^Hira‘bentsb rirkl. left lot tVe<te»*1sx
morale, to bo th. xu.*t st s tutu*, tmrtjr
‘ "• — liotunnoq. of Orastrlll..
>ne* And brother-in-law. Mr.
given l»r Miss
Mr. Wilts? Jo
Simon, Of Macon, nrr* iii ■wrwiriHWfi
Miss Matty© Mbiinel la expected borne
from Tu»kesee, Ala., this week. She hn»
been spending some time with T«*kege©
friends. - _ ... — * ■—,..mb / vu,*n . —^-
Mr. Knox I elker spent lost Tuesday nnd men of tho c | ty> Their beautiful homo
Mrs. Frances Long, of Jasper. Ala.. Is
expected here to visit her father this
w.-.-K
Misses Mary and Helen Lotiff, who
have been visiting In Jnspcr, Ala., are
expected homo this week.
CULLODEN.
One of the most brilliant and enjoy
able occasions of the season was an
entertainment given Thursday evening
by Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Holmes to
the visiting young ladles nnd gentle
extended visit to Eaton Point, Thomson Pf u l TO * ® n<1 cut
and Greenville, H. e. On these visits sbo 1 Holme* were assisted In receiving their
■naaled by her pretty Uttl* dsagb- guests by Miss Thomas Roquemore and
[>ulne. . Mrs. C. H. Holmes. The evening de-
Herne will jeavn Hrttinlly passed.in conversation and
*5 « Yg; JiifrasT*' lr “ »" d «k«« "*rs served. Tho.e
A \7r« ,n iV"I>"urUsnlSMs nwlln* -hi, present were: Misses Jennie Ponder.
Twl with bn m. Colonel lender. Me- Annie Griffin, of Atlanta; Katie Dean,
Daniel, st tbs Majestic In Atlsats. of Alexandria City, Ala.; Lucll© Zell-
— I ner, of Forsyth; Marllu and Mura
CARROLLTON. Morgan, of Macon; Winnie Roberta,
Miss., Eule. Moore end Katie Ixiu; Mlnnlo Martin, Thome, Roquemore.
AM ■r*rar.riinfF ti,. w #,k m ! Lizzie Martin, Dorothy Martin, Mary
Thomasson ore spending the wr k !n cTostlln, Hallle B. Cnstlln .Lillian Churn-
the poet loved so much, and where he
wrote many of his poems. Over at th©
Garrard camp there are about 150 of
tho engineering corps, who have a very
perfectly ©quipped place, one ..f th**
moat Interesting camps around the ink©
Is that held by tho Grotan School. Hero
they bring little w&lfs from the larger
cities nnd give thorn nil the Joys of
this wondrous life. Each party of boys
Is kept for two weeks, during which
lime they have every pleasure that tho
most elaborately equipped camp affords.
At tho end of that period they give
plnce to another party of pitiful look
ing little creatures who soon learn to
swim and row and feel the Joy of living.
There Is a similar philanthropic cump
her** for y«»ung girls, I nin told.
<»no of the unlqu" features -.f sum
mer Ilf© at Lake Sqtmm Is the open
sir service held on Sunday afternoons
at <*hoconui Island. As- we sailed up
K wns a beautiful sight f<> se© th©
water covered with row bonts, launches,
canoes, little steamer*, all gathering
from every dlr.-- il-.it to land at Cho-
corun. There nature has budded a
most beautiful cathedral. The tall
birch trees Interlace Into a lofty dome;
In tho center there Is nn altar of great
gray rocks, behind which rises a white
cross of hir*ii, nn*l In front a rending
desk of a single stone, which stands
Ju»t ns nature formed It. All around
are placed rustic neutH mode from
branches of tho trees, and when these
were tilled the congregation "at upon
the moss-covered ground or th© great
boulders. It was a wonderfully Im
pressive service. ,
This Is truly a lake of infinite varie-
tv. f’nually if /* s-> peaceful that little
children hath© upon the smooth beach
nnd row In and out nmong Its number
less small Islands. But Inst evening
when wo went out In the launch to
wntch th© wonderful effect of th© fad
ing sunlight upon th© lake and distant
mountain peaks, a strong western wind
blew coldly, th© great waves rooked
our little boat to and fro nnd the white
«rps dashed the spray Into our faces.
L’P"H nil th** broad surface *-f th©
lake usually so gay with sailing parties,
ours was the only boat to be se«*n. nnd
when nt last vve landed at our dock It
os a welcome sight to see the lights
shining and a great Are burning on th©
hearth. As w*j gathered close around
th© blazing logs th© shadows deepened
outside nnd some of us thought of our
home In tho South far away from
Lake.
Ruston, La.; 8. A. Martin, of Atlanta;
Russell Murray, of Fort Valley; Oeorge
Wynn, Wea Wilson. O. V. Chat field,
I a H. and T. M. Fitzpatrick, Charles
E. Martin, Edwyn Rumph, Ben Illls-
man. Calvin and Buford Battle and
Grady Holmes.
AMERICUS.
Mra. W. F. Clarke and dangbfer, Mr*.
George F. Morgan, are staying at the
Newnan, attending the chautauqua.
Mra. C. H. Stewart and children will
spend the week end In Newnan, visit
ing relatives and attending tha chau
tauqua.
Dr. Homer Boatright and Colonel
John Newell entertained a number of
young people complimentary to the
vlsitlrg young ladles In the city Thurs
day evening al the home of H»n. and
Mrs. W. C. Adamson on Adamson ave
nue.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Mandevtlle re
turned Monday from a v.eek’s visit to
Summenllle.
Mr. R F. Hyatt will join Mrs. Hyatt
at Ilawklnsvllle Haturiav fo attend
the marriage of Miss Lizzie Maude
Blalock.
Mr. ond Mrs. Charles Roo;» spent
Tuesday and Wednesday In R* «»pvllle.
Mrs. Ward and Mies Emma Williams
returned Saturday night from Athens.
Miss Monica Morris entertained Car
rollton's young people Wednesday
evening In honor of her visitor. Miss
Hodnett. of Benola.
MUs Nellie Sharp, who has been __
away several weeks visiting In Geor-'pienlcs"at’lioHy*flpriiKs
rarlor an
ayW.^lef
and little danshter,
left n few days aim
where they will
turner.
Messrs. Bags, Cstseroo sod J’bllllna. of
Eastman, spent Mnudur hers nmong frli-n-l-*
Ml** Martin, of Alt*anj, Is spending a
few days la Americas, the guest of MIm
Miss Harris, of Eastman, Is the gntst of
MIm Josephine TnrtJn.
Misses Harsh. Ellzafwth and Martha Cobh,
daughters of Captain John A. <‘*»bh. nre
pending a month la Highlands,
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