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*J THE COLOMBIA SENTINEL. Issued Every Monday at Thomson, Ga. Entered in Post Office at Thomson, Ga., as Second Class Matter, Under Act of March 3, 1897. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR ; when sent in clubs of five $7.50. » RATES TO NEWSDEALERS-Three cents each, cash to accompany orde'r. Thomson address of The Columbia Sentinel P. 0. Box 393. THOS. E. WATSON, Editor. ALICE LOUISE LYTLE. Managing Editor. Thomson, Georgia, Oct. 2, 1922. When you want your paper changed, give both the old and the new address. The change cannot be made without both addresses. - 4 i Bolshevism looms again in Germany. ” Why not say “still”? .... aufr , ‘J!! ' ",iin> , oo.i , a ,, 'Ois, ,, \s< ait ' “ . ,, . lioa.llmo Ul.nl a ,..ty do,® arc on\ onca i at a J a/./. Well Georgia has finished another politi cal mess of stew, lot’s all get down to our knit ling, and do something worth while. Time, at least, is back to normalcy in Washington; tin* “daylight saving 9 1 rule pi red oifiiially on the 4th of September. Well, if the Germans keep on, they may perfect a “glider” that will stay in the long enough to drop bombs on the enemy in the next war. As iiuiial. the “protective” tariff bill is de signed tu protect Big Business, and make little mail p;i\ the freight as well as cost production, phis profits. If the Federal Government really anything about that “crop insurance,” n’t it include luig., and count in the toll weevil of the South? Tf President Harding wishes to ft bill, he need not sign it nor veto it. He can carry it in his coat pocket for ten days, and “automatically” expires. * * # • The League of Nations is practically that stage which the country man declared when he viewed the rhiuoecrous for the first time: “There airvt no sieh auimuie. 9 9 * * * * The Democrats are not flic only ones ing on the tariff as “big issue in ■fights.” It’s the forlornost hope of many forlorn Republican, seeking renomination. # # « • The only profession that seems to the disarmament clause is the Order of Gun men; one of him threw his gun in a baby car riage, when it went off, and the baby may die. * * * # Cole Blease faced defeat again, in South Carolina primaries. But lie will run for the Gubernatorial chair a- soon as spirit seizes him, and the place is to be vacated. If Hollywood doesn’t behave pretty eome one will dig up that old Act which classed actors with “rogues, mon beggars, idlers and other disorderly pei sons.” France i till hoping Unde Sam will “ sl( in” on that debt-reparation conference, the average American is hoping Uncle Sam will “siI pretty ill the position he is holding. That theory that a co ^ I j a reduction in the wages o i I he workingman is all right provide, | | ho reduction goes ail the way. and reduce tho things (he working' man has to have. Knowing llu ' ' * ‘ 1:1! ‘ ’ m* ‘‘-ily 01 perl eel brakes mi • in aulomobile, i! i- marvelous tlift! Mil idle wmiM risk a trip to Xiagra with defective brakes. And Hie innocent p;i Sello*(■ I’ Wit tin* only one to o*o over with cm r. Tile I’uidwill Locomotive Works has just bad some fill orders for.a lot of engines, T< American railroads; good news; now if one will speed up the making of freight the “bumper cro| "" Y > tai hliiv ahead and go; planted in due time. A’. L,! L THE COLUMBIA 5ENTTVFL, THOMSON, GEORGIA, THEORY—AND THE REAL THING 1 . Writers without number have been de¬ ploring the lessening of the homes-of-other-day type; the home where the mother was usually found • where the children spent most of their time, and where the husband was too glad to to get to, when his day’s work was over. Some of the homes of the happy middle class folk boasted several children; in the South this meant that at least two servants were kept—a nurse and a cook, but the mother was the head, and all went well. In the Northern and Western States, the servant question was also an easy one; “hired girls” were to be had at reasonable prices, they had lots of work to do, but they oil,joyed an intimacy with the family that seem¬ ed (o be satisfactory all round. Never having been a member of the “Up¬ per circles,” 1 don’t know how they managed, but 1 can recall a day when even very rich ladies liked to plan the Work of their homes, and when I was a “regular” newspaper work¬ er, it was my good luck several times to be called to the homes of some of the very rich, i ami got first-hand information from the ladies i who were the heads of the homes. One instance I have never forgotten; in | those far davs I had a ready pen and a gift of i wov< j 8 when it came to “writing up” social The for which t worked » Editor, reporter, proof-reader and General j Utility, boasted no other reporter than myself, land as it was a daily, in a small town iri South {Georgia, my days were usually full ones. wife So—when a message came from the I >r the very richest—and the very nicest man in the town, 1 was glad to go out to hei home and get all the details in regard to a very pretty party she was giving her very pretty daughter. • The lady met me at the door; she had on an apron over her house’dress; hef collar was turned in for comfort; she had decorated the : table in the dining room, and it was a picture. j ‘'^ K ‘ “ ar ^ placed a small t hristmas free in a | to U'L and ^ IHni favors depended to the the gifts guests. which were Shr serve as young had also made (he cakes, and while her cook was a splendid one, I am sure the cakes and the salads were just a bit better because of the motherly affection and pride that had go nr into their mixing. There were other affairs in the town, a* the homes of the real leaders of the-rather ex elusive society, and when I was called to go for details which would be of double value to my paper, 1 went—even though it was rather a hard matter for me to leave the office. In each of these homes there then existed the old home life; the women at the head were cultured, interested in church work, charitable, making frequent trips to the cities of the State and to Northern cities as well—but never relinquishing the home to the keeping or care of the “hired help. 9 9 Of late, there lias been a general lctting- THE CHIEF IS DEAD! (Continued from Page One.) tioned a malady of his own. and the Chief told of bis asthma. Mr. Harding told the Chief of a remedy bis own State of Ohio was the home of, and had a v iai of the medicine sent, We had this and used it, while waiting for Doctor Barnhard to come. It was an raid coincidence that Dr. Grant Barnhard was the same physician who attended the Chief while be was a member of Congress, and there wag a closer relationship of friendship than usually exists between physician and patient. Dr. Barnhard responded to the nnd insisted ,hat the Chlef remain ln be * for ,be k But the last hour of the Senate was drawing A splendid, capable and devoted nurse had been secured in the person of Miss Maude Morris, who had nursed me when I was very ill in the summer. devotion to the Chief made him appreciate her ad "hnisirations, and lie was more tractable under than lie laid been—hut he still insisted on being j on Erlday, at flic last session. Miss Morris called the doctor on the phone, ana lie, knowing the Chief so well, said they would have to permit him to have his way. i When had remonstrated the Chief said: "I must go and say good-bye to the boys." j "Boss Man, you’ll all be back in November—it | ccriuili Mr. Hording will call the extra session." But a shake of the head and the reiteration: “1 11110.1 go mol say good-bye to tile boys," was the un s\\ er. He went lo the session, and it is in record: Ids speech ivns the Iasi speech delivered in the Iasi session ■ 0 r the Heuute. it was not, much of a speech, but. the closing act or ids public life was indicative of ids lire life: it was a pica for tile coke miners of and the little effort was iu the shape of some which are now in the Congressional Hecord. lie bad to wait several minutes for recognition by the chair; lie was very weak, but iliat same old spirit held him on Ids. feet, until lie was granted per mission to talk. \\ lien lie reached libnic Dud night, lie was almost too exhausted for anything hut bed—but lie rallied, ond spent one of the most peaceful and Interesting ; evening* wc can re r all: ids resume of the session just ended so complete, l regret move than I can express | Dial I did not take It down in notes. down of all this, and every section of the coun¬ try seems to be affected; great apartment ho¬ tels, apartment houses, suits of rooms in houses that permit only the lightest of “light housekeeping” are eagerly seized by renters— and the sort of homes I have referred to, seem doomed to extinction. Of course one asks the reason, and one is told that servants of the old sort are extinct; that wages are beyond the reach of the humble householder who would keep one or two maids: that the war taught the young women of the former servant class, their ability to make a living on other lines—and the reasoning on this line may go on “ad lib.” The uplift workers have labored in vain to show the young women of this country, the Safety and >charm that lies iu domestic work; they even adopted a new sot of names. “Moth¬ ers’ Helper,” are what the old time nurse was; house-keepers are the women who used to he called chamber maids; laundress is the old fashioned “ wash-woman ”; and the scale of wages has ascended with the new names, to preserve their dignity. But the uplift workers are uplifting in vain; girls and middle-aged women refuse to work in any body’s kitchen, even when rocking chairs and a decently furnished room are of¬ fered, in addition to the really high wages. And the answer is this: The woman or girl who accepts* domestic service by any name, loses every chance of. ever being anything but a “hired woman” or servant. The name sticks, and the attempt to lessen the ignominy of the paid worker in a home, will never amount to anything. So much for the theory; here is a concrete example, and it can be multiplied many times; A young woman was left a widow, with one child, a small son; she had never done any work-outside of her home, had little education, but had always been noted for her well-washed and ironed clothes, for the excellence of her cooking, and the general care of her home. Faced with the choice of giving up her little son and trying for work in a store, or keeping the little son and taking up house¬ work in a family that knew her circumstances, she chose the latter. She was most fortunate in her choice. The home she entered was composed of man, wife and three children; the widow took hold just as■ she had done in her own home; the wife considered herself most fortunate, the widow’s little son was given many privi leges that, the children of the family—all boys —enjoyed. The little son was about three years old when his mother entered the,service of the family—with whom she still is—and he is now about twelve years of age, husky, well dressed, and being sent to school daily. A block from the home these people live in, is the family of a small government clerk—that is, small in service. He lives iu a rented But who could have dreamed, that his own session was so near Its close? On Saturday he went to Ills office, weak but not suffering so keenly. He visited one of (lie old book stores in Washing¬ ton, which was his one great diversion—and bought theso books: “The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe." "The English Annual." The Hon. Mrs. Novtone. “China," by Demetrius Boulger. Philosophical Dictionary of M. De Voltaire. History of Charles 12 th, by Smollett. He left, early for home, and Miss Morris insisted on his going to bed. On Sunday, he waked cheerfully, ancj sang, while lie was shaving and dressing one verse of “The Battle Hvnin of the rt epublic: the last two lines are: * I “He died to make men holy, we will die to make them free, And His soul goes marching on." Then, when he hud finished dressing, lie sat to write—as was his icustom, the editorials for the paper; lie wrote all morning, and was exhausted by the lun¬ cheon hour, hut would only take a cup of broth, I had read over the articles written, and sug¬ gested that he had not touched on the Senate’s last acts. He asked if I were too tired to take dictation, anil of course i was not, so the latter part of the edi i (orial was taken by me, and 'written out on the type. I writer. He rested then, and told the nurse about six that lie was ready for a little slipper; tills lie ate with more than ills usual appetite, and we had another short eve¬ ning of ilclighl ful conversation. Itis nilml was never clearer; lie never spoke with more depth, of tlic matters he handled, and Ids expres¬ sions on tlie Liberian situation, would have been most interesting editorial matter, in itself. At, half after eight, the nurse suggested lie relire, i and lie did. At eleven a severe coughing spell made us I but lie responded to the treatments which we had Lways given, anil the rest of the night passed quietly. p* Monday lie did not attempt to get lip, and was, In iiseli, alarming. We had planned to leave Washington on Tuesday at. three o’clock: tho day grew warm, and the matic attacks more frequent and severe. As night drew uear, he said; house, belongs to the golf club, and his wife entertains, as the wives of most government clerks do. They have four children, and the manners of these are not nearly so good as the manners of the little chap whose mother has kept a home for him, by helping keep the home for others. , Recently, the little boy went up to play with the children of the government clerk; he had a new ball, and he was r&ost anxious to share it; there were no other children in the neighborhood; and this was the reception he received, and which T heard: i «* i i You go right back home, Dicky; Mother your Mother is servant and can’t i says a we play with you; you take your old ball and ga on home; wc got balls of our own, -and you mustn’t come back here!” And I didn’t have the heart to look at Dicky come back. Some one has said tfhe tragedies of children were, the greatest trage¬ dies in life: they are, for they are the tragedies of grown-ups, plus—the narrow, cruel mdnds of the grown-ups whom they quote or. pattern after. If this is the frame of mind cultivated in the children of so uncertain a thing as a gov eminent clerk, how can we expect the uplifters to ever lessen the sting of the jibe that was thrown at this twelve-year old boy? To him, there has apparently been little difference in the position of. his Mother, and that of the lady for whom she works; the lady isn’t one of the new-fangled sort, and she does many of the little things around the home that Dick’s Mother doesn’t always have time to reach. The sons of the family—all young now—treat Dicky very much as they would younger brother, and it is quite likely that would take a keen brain analyist to guage fhe state of Dicky’s mind, when he thinks of TlIr not being fit to play with the children with whom he goes to school, just because his mother has to help the mother of the boyS . whom he grew up with. If Dicky had been horn a girl, it is a cer¬ tainty that the mother would have strained every effort to keep her -from also becoming a house servant. Dicky may, in time, live down the onus that the children of the Government clerk first made him acquainted with, but he will never live down the scar that was left on his when he was sent hack down the hill, because his Mother was a servant, Bo—the effort to make American 'women take to bouse work in the homes of others, is based on nothing that .will stand. There is an onus attached to it that is not attached to the humblest and hardest factory job—that job which is finished at the blowing of a whis¬ tle, and is not taken up till the whistle blows again in the morning. And there doesn’t seem to be anything to do about it, does there? A. L. L'. “If I have to suffer another night and day as 1 have this last, I would rather go out”; and we assured him that the doctor would be there and prevent a re¬ currence of the suffering. At eight Doctor Barahard came, and gave the morphine which the Chief hated-— hut which always brought , the relaxation that was ab¬ solutely necessary after continued suffering. At eleven, the nurse called me from my room and said she did not like the appearance of the Chief; and as I ran down the hall, I called to the young man who had come from Thomson with us— Justin Reese, the Chief’s private clerk, and told him to get a doctor front near by; the nurse in the meantime telephoning Da. Barnhard. i When I reached the Chiefs bedside, I saw at once that he was in a precarious state, and X immediately tried to get stimulants down his throat, but respiration was so difficult, he would almost trangle. The neighborhood doctor arrived, and was alarmed at the condition be found the Chief in. Be ad minis tei-ed hypodermics of adrenilln, and the response was almost immediate; further treatment by hypodermic was followed, and 'when Dr. Barnhard arrived at eleven, it seemed that the Chief would rally. We were told not to cancel our arrangements tot leaving, as It was quite likely the rally would be com¬ plete by morning; the Chevy Chase physician, Dr. Con¬ rad, staid with the nurse; from then, until two o'clock, all the symptoms were evidently favorable. At two fifteen, Tuesday morning, the 26 th of Sep¬ tember, ti>e final struggle between Life and Death be¬ gan—and Death won, at two forty. With no struggle; with the breath simply stopping, with no added suffering, there passed out into the Great Beyond—where his daughters and his son had gone so short a lime before—one of the greatest souls (his world lias ever known. I can not write more: just as so many of you who read tills will say: “I loved him, and lie was good to inei" I can only say. His faults? What are we to judge the faults of any one? He was human—in all that lie did, lie showed tills. And God has not jet permitted any man to bo so free from faults, l lint wo could forget that, lie was human. So—it is "Good Bye," to our Chief. May that great, generous, clean soul find the rest lie needed—and ho often longed for. AUC£ JLOUl&E L VTiJg
