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Textile Union Denounces the
Employment of Childrzn.
~ Delegate Says Atlanta Preachers Fight
~ Whiskey But Are Indifferent About
Children Working in the Mills.
Washington, D. C.—Declaring that
dearly as he loved the south, he was
not willing to have her purchase com
mercial success at the sacrifice of
her lttle children, F, C. Roberts, for
merly a Georgian, and chairmau of a
committee of the Central Labor Un
jon of thig city, at the convention of
the United Textile Workers of Amer
fca, stirred up much indignation
against Dr. C. A. Stiles of the United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pltal‘&ervice, who was quoted before
the Southern Textile Association at
Raleigh by a speaker who wae defend
ing the employment of children in the
southern cotton mills,
Mr. Roberts declared his surprise
that a public officer, paid from the
public revenue, should appear before
a convention of employers of labor
and undertake to defend the system
of child labor in the southern states.
He advocated action by the conven
tion in opposition to any attempt to
further extend and to perpetuate the
systom of child labor in southern cot
ton mills. Such employment, he said,
merely tended to displace adults.
“l love the southland,’” said Mr.
Roberts, “and I would do almost any
thing in my power to have the cotton
of the south manufactured in the
southern states, But there are priceg
I would not pay for such a commer
cial victory. I would not give our
little children as the price of success.
“We know that the houses of these
people are unsanitary. The effort of
organized labor is to make them more
sanitary. Here in the district of Co
lumbia is a daily occurrence to hear
white and black men and women ask
ing the judge of the police court to
send them to the workhouse because
they would be better off there than in
their own homes,
Thomas Tracy, secretary of the
Union Label Department of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, called at
tention to an article appearining in an
August magazine, which, he said,
would place Dr. tSiles in the position
of a witness against himself in the
matter of the employment of child
ren in southern cotton mills,
In that article, he said, Dr. Stiles
had deprecated the employment of
children and stated there were 200,000
children in the southern cotton mills,
and that their lives weer slowly be
ing sapped by the hook-work disease.
John L. Rodier of this city warned
delegates from -the New England
states that if they looked with indif
ference on the policy of working the
children in the southern cotton mills
they would soon face a movement for
the repeal of child labor laws in Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and Connect
icut, as the New England industry
would find it impossible to compete
against such cheap labor,
“I find,” said Mr. Rodier, “that men
who advocate putting children in the
cotton mills of the south do not put
their own children there, but send
them to school.
Mr. Rodier told of his experience
in Atlanta, Ga., during a campaign
against the liquor traffic.
“Ministers of the gospel and women
got down on their knees,” he said,
“and prayed to save big, strong men
from the demon rum and against their
own vices, but these same ministers
and women were indifferent when we
attempted to get legislation prevent
ing the employment of children un
der ten years of age.
After the speaker had left the as
sembly hall, his reference to the min
isters and children brought KEdwin
Johnson of New Bediord, Conn., to
his feet, declaring that a gratuitous
insult had been offered to the minis
ters,
Secretary Albert Hibbert of Fall
River, Mass., suggested that it was a
fact that ministers did not take the
same interest in prohibiting child la
gor that they took in the liquor trat
fic.
WOMEN ALLOWED TO VOTE.
Suburb of Richmond, Va., Extends
Suffrage to Women,
Richmond, Va.—The people of Gin
ter Fark, the most fashionable and
the wealthiest suburb of Richmond,
have formally extended the suffrage
to wcmen, -
The governing body of the suburb
adopted a constitution and by-laws,
one provision of which is that “all
males and females, white and over
21 years of age, owning property and
Jiving in Ginter Park, shall vote.
SIOO FOUND IN MAIL.
Unaddressed Envelope Containing
Money in the Dead Letter Office.
Washintgon, D. C.—Somebody -is
out just SIOO because of carelessness
in forwarding money through the
mails. The division of dead letters of
" the postofice department received_an
" envelope, unsealed and wunaddressed,
containing an amount of currency ag
gregating about ‘sloo. .
The envelope was deposited in a
street letter box in a town in New
- York state,
, The inquiry will be continued for
some time and if the identity of -the
. gender of the money is not disclosed,
kfi.%: money will be turned into the
| Ounited States treagury. . .
} NORTH EXCEEDS IN CHILD LABOR.
More Children Employed in Massachu
setts Than Any State Excpt N. C,
Washington, D, C.—Harsh criticism
of legislative bodies was made at the
convention of the United Textile
Workers of America, when the ques
tion of obtaining shorter working
hours came up, Some of the delegates
declared that an eight-hour day could
be obtained only through the medium
of strikes, |
Delegate Morgan of Patterson, N.
J., said that memberg of the legisla
ture of his state were elected by cor
rupt methods, and once in office, pald
no heed to the appeals of laboring
,men, '
Lelegate Hall of Philadelphia took
the position that all political parties
were merely capitalistic organs, He
advocated the formation of a work
ingmen's party. In this he was op
posed by Delegate Thomas McMahon
of Rhode Island, who insisted that la
boring men in his state sell their
voteg themselves, This practice must
be broken up, he contended, before
‘the legislatures were reformed,
~ He said that while a great furore
was now being raised to abolish child
labor in the south, there were more
children employed in Massachusetts
than any state of the south, with the
exception of North Carolina.
U. D. . ELECT OFFICERS.
Little Rock Gets Next Meeting of the
Confederate Daughters,
Houston, Texas.—With the selec
tion of Little Rock, Ark., as the con
vention city in 1910 and the election
of the general officers for the year,
the sixteenth annual convention of
the United Daughters of the Confed
eracy adjourned eine die closing the
zessions in Houston an hour before
midnight. The following general of
ficers were elected:
President general, Mrs. Virginia
McSherry of West Virginia; first vice
president general, Mrs. L. C. Hall of
Arkansas; second vice president gen
eral, Mrs. M. E. Bryan of Texas;
third vice president general, Mrs.
Thomas T. Stevens of Georgia; re
cording secretary general, Mrs. A. L.
Dowdell of Alabama; corresponding
secretary general, Miss Childress of
Louisiana; treasurer general, Mrs. C.
B. Tate of Virginia; registrar general,
Mrs. James B. Gantt of Missouri; his
torian general, Mrs. J. Endois Robin
son of Virginia: custodian of cross of
honor, Mrs. L. H. Raines of Georgia;
custodian of flag, Mrs. F. A. Walk of
Virginia.
Honorary presidents, Mrs, J. W.
Tench of Florida, and Mrs. N. D.
Randolph of Virginia,
The Shiloh Monument Association
committee's report was read by Mrs.
White of Tennessee, which showed
that over $20,000 has been donated
last year.
FARMER’S FORTUNATE WIFE.
Woman is Left $4,000,000 by a
Former Sweetheart.
Jonesbeoro, Ark.—Coming as a se
quel of her girlhocod days, Mrs. John
D. Erwin, wife of a Green county
farmer, will probably be put in pos
session of an estate valued, it is es
timated, at $4,000,000. R. E. McGoff,
‘a Kentucky attorney, executor of the
estate of a resident of that state’
whose name he will not disclose, is
in Jonesboro securing proof as to the
identity of Mrs. Erwin,
Some years ago, it is asserted, Mrs.
Erwin, then Mary Duval, met a young
German, who told her of vast ances
tral estates. The two became fast
friends, but because of parental ob
jection the marriage which he pro
posed did not occur, Instead the
young woman became the wife of a
farmer. Recently the man who first
sought her hand died, naming in his
will as his legatee his former sweet
heart. That she can produce ample
proof that she is the person is de
clared by Mrs. Erwin,
POTASH MONOPOLY PLANNED.
Germany Wants to Hold Up American
Trade.
Berlin, Germany.—The completion
of contracts between the German pot
ash mines and American fertilizer
companies at prices lower than those
of the syndicate has influenced the
imperial ministry of the interior to
prepare bills for submission to the
reichstag, with the object of creating
a government control over the pot
ash industry. The legislation propos
ed would prevent the filling of Ameri
can contracts at prices contracted by
the Americans, who have placed or
ders covering a greater part of their
requirements up to 1917.
If these measures *iould be adopt
ed, America, which takes about sixty
per cent of the potash exported, would
be obliged to, pay mongpoly .prices.
The American inteérests here are
concerned over the situation, and
probably will make representations
concerning it to the state depariment
at Washintgon,
Senator Johnson Claimed by Death.
Fargo, N. D.—United States Sena
tor Martin H. Johnson of this state
died from an attack of acute bright’s
disease at his hotel here. Senator
Johnson was fifty-nine years old. In
1890 he was sent to congress, and
was three times nominated. He was
eight years in the lower house.
Ten Killed in Mine Explosion.
Hartshorne, Okla.—Ten men are
dead, two a@re injured and one is miss
ing as a result of an explosion in
mine No. 10 of the Rock Island Coal
Mining company. The men are be
lieved to have gone beyond a ‘“dead
line” with lighted lamps in entering
|the mine, the lamps igniting the gas,
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Pinkham Medicine Company of {!m,
Mass., which prove beyond a doubt that
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it will pay to investigate the terri
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Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Rallroad
This line penetrates the Garden Spot
of the South. Lands are low in price,
very fertile and adaptable to the wid
est range of crops. Reports show that
, the crop yield of this section for this
year is phenomenal. The territory is
attracting attention throughout the
country, and those desiring to invest
or locate, will do well to communi.
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Inquiries are invited, and literature
treating fully with the population, soil
conditions, schools and churches, ot
cetera, will be promptly mailed,
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5 The Trolley and the &
. Farmer. §
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From Robert Haven Schauffler’'s
article “To Happiness by Trolley,” in
Success Magazine:
“It was the same story with the
small storekeepers,” he continued.
“They thought judgment day had
struck 'em along with the interurban,
And, at first, their trade did fall off
considerable, But bit by bil they saw
people's wants incr2asing. So village
trade picked up. And then the city
folks began swarming out of town
and building homes along the trolley
line. They were awful glad to get
into the country, and grew loyal to
their new homes and traded with the
local stores. The upshot is that the
trolley has helped 21l village trades
men except the clothiers.”
He went forward to drive the car
while the motorman ate his luncheon.
“Let me tell you,” he went on, re
joining me in twenty minutes, “we're
doing more for the farmer than just
to increase his wants; we're putting
money in his pocket. Wherever an
interurban line has gone it has, for
one thing, raised land values from
twenty-five to one hundred per cent.
It has brought the farmer in touch
with the briskness and system of
modern commerce, and taught him
to use business methods in his farm
ing. It's given him a wider choice of
markets. And he can get his milk,
eggs, fruit and vegetables to town
fresher. He receives his market quo
tations by Rural Free Delivery and
'phone, and takes quicker advantage
of high prices by means of us.”
B NSRSy
WISE WORDS.
~ Every year is leap year to the
merry widow.
The average girl’s ideal man is the
one who proposes.
A girl is pretty when men rave
over her and women say mean things
about her. :
The little girl wants the moon;
when she grows up she wants only
the man in it.
Our characters are what we make
them; our reputaticns rest altogeth
‘er on the charity of our friends.
Incline our hearts towisdom. When
we get nothing from life it is be
cause we give nothing to life.
Your hands may be guiltless of
blood, oh, brother, but you are no
less a murderer if you have stabbed
any one to the heartwith cruel words.
Society is a nettle tongued old scan
dal monger. I will not listen when
she whispers about the wickedness of
the good, kind world.
Enthusiasm is so contagious that
given a place to stand, the veriest
crank can soon collect a crowd to
help him turn the world over.
We say our prayers for success to
come stay with us, then when oppor
‘tunity calls we send word we are not
in, without glancing at her card.
Hygienic reasons, if mno other,
would prove that truth does not live
in the bottom of a well. She dwells
in the white light on the uplands of
life. s
It’s far ery from yesterday to to
morrow. Most of us forget to include
to-day in the reckoning,.
He who is born with everything
can never know the conquering joy
of wrestling from fate even one thing.
The funniest thing in the world, as
we grow older, is a retrospective
glance at the hopeless sorrows of our
youth.
The days have arrived when the
proud old ship of state is being
cheered on to do her best by the opti
mistic graduate. Clear her decks.
The hunt for happiness is confused
by our ignorance of it. We don’t
know it’s a homely little plant, like
garden thyme; we are searching for
a gorgeous flame tree.—From “Eve’s
‘Epigrams,” in the New York Tele
‘gram. . .
1 Matrimony.
\ By RAMSEY BENSON.
E Matrimony is no doubt a treacher
ous sea underlaid with cruel rocks
- and wrapped in bafiling vapors. But
‘love finds a way, and in the light of
it the vapors get to look gloriously
rosy.
And certainly where ignorance is
bliss and marriage an ordinance of
scocial expediency, ’tis worse than
folly for people to know when they
are well off.
. Nor would it necessarily avail them
to know, because, while knowledge is
power, it isn’t always power enough,
| as is shown by the wisest of us not
being invariably able to refrain from
marrving.
Angels would do well to ask them.«
selves whether, by being overly
squeamish, they don’t open the way
for just so many more fools to rush
in.—Puck.
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~ Concise Short Story.
Angelina Smith loved Edwin Jones,
' 'Bdwin Jones was poor.
| Angelina Smith 15 Mrs. Robingon.
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during the summer. Few people know
how valuableitisin dyspepsia, catarrh,
and as a general tonic.
Many thousand poundsof thisroot are
used each year in the famous catarrh
remedy, Peruna, This fact explains why
everybody uses Peruna for catarrh,
Says Tempie Clark, of Pope,
Had It Not Been For Cardui,
Now In Good Health.
Pope, Tenn.—“As the result of a fall
from a horse, I suffered intense ag
ony for about 4 years,” writes Mrs.
Tempie Clark, of this place. “I was
irregular and had falling feelings and
other womanly trouble. At last I was
induced to take Cardui, the woman’s
tonic, and it helped me a great deal. I
certainly believe if it had not been for
Cardui and Thedford’s Black Draught,
I would have been dead, instead of
having the blessing of health.
“I love a dollar, but I have never
seen one I think as much of as I do of
a bottle of Cardui. I could tell a great
deal more and not get tired. I recom
mend it to all my friends, for I am
sure it will cure others as it has me.”
Remember that Cardui is a vege
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vitality, tone up the mnerves and
strengthen the womanly constitution.
For over 50 years, Cardui has been
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and known. Using it is no new ex
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NOTE.—The Cardui Home Treatment
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for the liver, and Cardui Antiseptic (50c¢).
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themselves, if desired, or three together,
as a complete treatment for women’s ills.
Write to: Ladies’ Advisory Dept., Chatta
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CURED ITCHING HUMOR.
Big, Painful Swellings Broke and Did
Not Hecal—Suffered 3 Years—-
Tortures Yield to Cuticura.
“Little black swellings were scattered
over my face and neck and they would
leave little black scars that would itch so
I couldn’t keep from scratching them.
Larger swellings would appear and my
clothes would stick to the sores. I went to
a doctor, but the trouble only got worse.
By this time it was all over my arms and
the upper part of my body in swellings
as large as a dollar. It was so painful that
I could not bear to lie on my back. The
second doctor stopped the swellings, but
when they broke the places would not heal.
I bought a set of the Cuticura Remedies
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