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lllltlHIMttlMIIMMIMI | beheve that the ope "IjKT A CONTENTED l?KO- * on Uvln? in I J + PlJfl ALONE." pense and to some * here In Columbia 01 home for 16 years. Columbia Record. We believe in th In these days when iu places of an(* workers un large population many are hunting other, sympathizing for work, we feel that it is little *Wng each other, short of criminal for meddlers to be 'n formative ? going around interfering with labor ,m?ln dependence of that is contented. poisons in South Ca The world at large has a distort- as Rrc tui ed Idea of the condition of the peo- ",e shuttles hum a pie who work in the mills. Mill a"t' looms roar woraers are aDout tne healthiest, ' 1 nut wi happoiest, best conditioned people In '"activity falls npoti the South. The man who would dis- 's ",0 deep alien;? turb their contentment is an enemy : 11 ?e to them and a destroyer of their bap- rePcat that th piness. have their problems If these people had wrongs or "n!| need en< grievances, it would not be right to K tinR tlle fight upo let them be imposed upon. Hut what 8? mucl1 oT thp pros; wrongs have been inflicted upon atU' ,lope of the So" them? They are better paid than timmmn^ clerks in stores and some of the + young women get higher wages than + WHO'S YOUR RE stenographers, have lighter work, are * not subjected to so many mortiflca- >t4! tions In going and coming from work Anderson Intelllgem and are able to dress neatly and! in ** must be a sou fact, prettily. The mill girl of today tlon to the responslt is a type of Southern womanhood community to note that will compare well in appearance, were resumed yestei in education, in mind and in char- t'ie Anderson Cotto acter with the best classes anywhere. 8hut-down of two The mill people have but little a')OU^ hy a few dlssi rent to pay; in some communities get n,a^'nK demands foi water and lights free; have free waKps a"d for othei schools, and church buildings and ,he part of t^e nii lodge rooms given to them. have wh,ch were impract their delightful flower yards and al"cerely trust that prolific vegetable gardens. These are of ,ike nature will n our mill people of today. Sober, to disturb the peace honorable, honest, ambitious, neigh- re'at,OIls that musi borly, charitable, likeable people? employer and emplo and contented. People of whom we m'" business is to b may be proud. It is pretty genera Some mills for a stipend of $4 per there has been a "nif m month let their operatives have com- pile" in the labor tnrtnhlo Iimiihw oihI fnrniuli ( im mnln h;iV<? nf'Plirrnil n f ?1 power to plow the ground: and fur- community in rec< wish the fertilizer at cost?and the 'Itese times when i. consequence is tnnt ?he mill opera- ters of population so tive may have a good garden all the (>f people are out of year round. ?hort of orlminal , In some communtties we have ronie around interfe known mill operatives to save enough who aro contented a; to buy their little farms. In C'oium in ,,fe far better bia the workers have their own eo- avprage wage earner operative store, operated by mill tur'hg plants of thi workers, and we are informed that we believe that wh< in the first year of operation a divt- ure ma(|e acquafnte end of 2 5 per cent was declared? the meddler wl for the mill workers. his nose into their t We do not believe in oppressing tetter his own I such a virtuous rac? of people. Wc tbelr expense, thej believe in giving them opportunity. Ilsten to these false and all of these things they have? furn the mill m freedom, opportunity and a fair has been their frlet wage. On the other hand, considei an<l who will stand the mill manager. in times of trouble These men come In for all sorts have forsaken them, of criticism and abuse and it is un- To the tnlll peoph deserved. We know that the mill 8UPPoae this great managers have a har.l time of 't 8ome unexpected ti They have problems thi.: are v-x|n< f?rce the mills In thi and full of worry and responsibility. pend operations. Like good Roldiers, they put 011 a thrown out of worl bold front even in the midst of the you are 'ike the mos ever wearing cares. The mill man- to work f?r our di users n vear aim were confrnnteH would have very | with the moat BerlouB problem" that a8,de w,th wh,ch ymi has affected the South. 8elf over the Per,od The world must eat. but the world do you suPP?8e wou can wear little clothes. It Is the cot- come to your aaR,8ta ton manufacturer who suffers In ruse be''e%e the mi" mn of great International controversies. ,na'<,> ovrr> reasonal This situation was evolved to the ParP ?' y?u- even if full credit of the nation, and the than ohar*,nS y?" manufacturing enterprises of the ?r do you be"eve South have pulled through the crisis, 'or (>r ,be medi but it was a great battle for the. around and '"duct valiant and the strong hearted men Jour WOI"k would c who are endeavoring to handle the pa> your bou8e rent financial responsibility of the in- tf>? Payment ?' V dustry and otber accounts 3 Every man in the world has his to rontract while o burdens, cares and sorrows, his re- ^nd in tbft futuri sponsibilities. The humane mill own- for<> yon a"ow youi er has his own and the cares of fluenced the wot many others. We here lay down one be'ieve the wt broad proposition?To whom should fetter, but we dot the mill people stick In case of dis- politicians have aster? To the office hunter who arles nor that ,abor comes around every year or so with to ffttlt thet the most guileful and at the same c,t,6B and come here ..11.4 he a missionary untr niuv iuubv |i>auoiuio iui uL lain UT to the mill manager who will stand k,n(1 Btm haa that 1 by his people, or at least those of nf!S8 ,n anfl you thetn who are deserving? p,pe and 8,noke We hope that the issue may never 8ty,ed friends of t come, that the great war will never pIe' 'defenders of cause the mills to suspend, for even P??Pl?' ?tc- ar? one day; but If the day should come. ,,tt,e game 8,1 the,r we venture to say that the mill man- v ... . . Itilllil 1 HI mgement will In ?v?ry community spare no pains to see that the opera- There is a heaven * tlves are cared for in the best man- All iweAt with so ner possible until the time for re- With mansions of tl sumlng operations. temP,?(1 a'' Suppose all of the mills should he * shines * blotted out of existence tomorrow? True life goes sin Then, what suffering would there be! Thro' benedictions c The unthinking people of today do To f^lHffht from not appreciate the great boon of the Aut cotton mills. They have given em- Neuralgia Pali ployment, education, preaching and. You don't need to in fact, burial aid to many Indus- on'z'nK nerve pains I trlou. people wbo. If the, bad been i ,'T left as hired laborers upon the farms Idnlment; lie quletb might have been living in drudgery You will get snob rei and unhapplness. wife and the world w In .e of mill, being forced suspend operations temporarily we rubbing. THE LANCiASTEH NEWS ratlves could go '""i jomi.s a no e\- \. |T,S SiVr ,ilKK 1T (IHKI) T<> 4. or them right,* BK \\1TH KMPIiOYKR AND * le spot has been KMPIAJYK. M IMIIIIIHIII lllllll mT e mill managers; ... dcrstnnding each 1 Anderson Mail. with each other. | "I am not a pessimist." said a The industry is j good business man the other day. period. It is the I "but as sure as you live things are oerhaps 150.000 not like they used to be. I do not rolina. As long'mean to say that there are not a lot rnlng th??y make I of good people and that they do not 1 song o? thrift have as good a time as they ever had. a deep diapason Not that. What I do mean, hlwever, len the hush of is this. The younger generation?or 1 an Industiy, it the great majority of the younger of death in the generation with whom I have come in contact?do not appreciate a job. , e mill managers There are exceptions, of course, but 1, their burdens, a great many of them look upon their :ouragement in employer not as a benefactor and >n which depends I one to whom they are Indebted, mayperity, happiness be. Tor more than just the wages paid them?but rather as one upon ..... whom they may impose at will. For IIIIIIII1IM instance, I know half a dozen or IAIj FRIEND? more young fellows who have boast+ ed of having 'told the boss in plain I English that they just would not :er. stand for certain things, such as rce of gratifica- sweeping out the store, delivering >le people of the packages, etc.* that operations "The idea of such a thing! Why, rday morning at when I was a youngster and when I n Mills after a secured my first Job as a clerk to weeks brought have thought of such a thing, much itlsfled employes less say it, would have meant an iur an increase !n stant dismissal. We did all kinds of r concessions on work then. I remember that the man 11 management for whom I worked a long time icable. And we owned in connection with his meranother episode cantile business a large livery stable ever come along and it was not an uncommon sight and harmony of to see his highest priced dry goods L wist between | man, or head clerk, drive a hack, ye if the cotton And he never thought anything of it. e a success. i He was employed to work at so much lly bellevert that l>or an<' if tlie boss wanted him to tger in the wood-' drive a hack it was all right. Now, troubles which however, if you have a man employ-1 tie mills of this 'n y?1"' dry goods department and ;nt months. In haPpen lo want him to sell a pair of i the large Cen-' 8hoes> or deliver a bundle, he gets many thousands a" over himself and sometimes will work it is little to11 -vou ,hat >'(M' expect him to sell for meddlers to! sh?es or deliver bundles you are misring with people taken, for that is not his job. Hike ltd whose station anything you tell him to do is not than that of the his job! You couldn't get away with in the manafac-! s,uff l'ko that when I was a clerk, s country. And N<> sir-ee! Why I've seen our book en the employes keeper ko down In the cellar many a; d with the fact ! time a"d help the boys roll tip a 10 comes poking : barrel molasses, and do any other iffalrs is seeking kind of work that he was asked to j 'ortunes. and aJdo- 1 reckon, maybe, wo are to r will cease to blame. As for myself, I know the I leaders but will j treatment I give my clerks is far bet-' anagement. who ter than I received as a clerk. The] td all the while hours are not near so long, the work; by his employes is 'e8s Irksome and the pay is better, when all others but w'th few exceptions they do not | seem to have my interest at heart at e we would say: a11- Ju8t looking for pay day." war should take' sympathize with this man. He urn that would 1 '8 a R?od business man and his s country to sus-' magnificent business is proof enough You would be *? 118 that he was a good clerk, for It I c, and, provided ke kad heen of the other kind he i t of us who have wou'd have beer, a cleric still. He ally bread, you al8? right when t.e said "ih'ngs ittle money laid ar~ pot ,,ke th?y to sp" and 11 i could tide your-! ^ doubtless best for him 'bat they of idleness Who are not There were careless clerks. Id be the first to!and c'erks who balked, then, just as nee? Don't you' there are now?and those who are nagement would not dead are still clerking from )le efTort to take P,aoe to P,at"eit was no more While they are not as common, I no house rent? pprhaP8, 88 when our good Iriend that the "agita- waa a rlerk, there are hundreds and Her who Mmnl hundreds of stores today where they I *d you to quit bave as excellent team work us in , ome across and ,he 8tore 'n which he commenced ids for you. guaran- mercant?e career. To be able to! our grocery bills 8urround oneself with a body of loyal, j rou were obliged faitMul helpers who will be always ut of work? on tbe '??hout for the best interests a think well be- ?' tbe'r employer is one of the great-! selves to be in- est 8ecret8 of a successful business, j ds of meddlers. Many a man succeeds without such >rld is growing be,P- however, preferring to shoulder, i't believe that ' a" the re8ponsibllity himself rather become mission-1 than take his employes into his con-! "aeitators" ?m fidence and share the burden of the r work In other bualness wHih them, at a sacrifice to The head clerk he tells us of who > you. No, man- drove a hac> we rather suspect, had itreak of selfish- talked over the business many a time can put in your wfth his boss and knew full well that that these self- on that particular occasion the livery he work'ng peo- stable force was taxed beyond its cathe right? of the | pacity and that the trip he was askinterested in a 1 ?d to make would bo Just that much own. j extra profit, and was glad to make the drive. They understood each ll'OHT. other?knew each other?or they "T... . , never would have gotten along, worknit nnd brlX"' " a Job """ "erha>" tie golden dream pa'd *60 or *75 P0r month and the s of light. next doing the work of an ordinary e." and where it laborer. ging on ? )t the day, A Doctor's Prescription for Cough an ine ntiwn omosm?p * mign treatment, hor Unknown. One-fourth to ono teaspoonful of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken as is stopped. needed, will soothe and check coughs, suffer those ng- colds and the more dangerous bronn the face, head, ch'al and lung ailments. You can't t and hack. Just afford to take the risk of serious 111scothing Sloan's ness, when so cheap and simple a Ir a few minutes, remedy as Dr. King's New Discovery lef and comfort! is obta'nable. Go to your druggist 111 lot t br'ghter. today, get a bottle of Dr. King's New 8 ounces for 25c, Discovery, s*art the treatment at netrates without once. You will be gratified for the 1 relief and cure obtained. 1 , AUGUST 24, If) 15. There have always been strikers 1 and Incompetents and always will be,' , the word ai but we are not willing to believe tnat ,tcaj form Qf ( the percentage of such clerks is any a t)jeU- sinill greater now than it was when our netmlng "God friend was a clerk. And ?? f?r iimpo who feel that they are too good to do And Th any kind of work?the ones our on'>" ac friend really had in mind?well, they ",at 8* . ,. . about acting is don t count anyway. tl . , all her life ?& Whenever Yo* DARIUS t.i _J The Old Sta chill Tonic is The neigh of a horse made Darius General Tonic King of Persia, the six contending well known toni powers for the throue agreeing among and IRON. It themselves that t*e one whose horse out. Malaria, 1 should neigh first 'hould possess the Builds UP 'he \ kingdom. This ancient method of xotjro w settling disputes among politicians ()n |)rst could be revived with profit today, (the 6th) 1 w If our partisan factions and petty pol- ceiver. the pi: lticiaus could only settle their dls- Mottling VVorl putes by the neigh of a horse, the Said sale to 1 bark of a dog or the bray of a donkey, Court House J it would bo a great blessing and would tween eleven give our citizens a better opportunity under an to pursue the vocations of industry TernTs? of^e free from political strife. j Let those who pick political plums by raising rows and who flash swords Lancaster, ! dripping 'n the blood of industry understand that they cannot turn the public forum into a political arena aud Notice to l)i by a clash of personal aspirations All persons still th- hammer and stop the plow the estate of 1 and that their quarrels must be settled ceased, are he in the back alleys of civilization. same, duly ve signed, and t estate will ] _ likewise. Waterproofing French Uniforms. LYI) In the rainy season, which lasts well Administratrix into the summer in parts of Franca ceased, and llelgium, the French army author- August 17, ltles faced the necessity of providing an Inexpensive and effective means of Notlc< waterproofing the uniforms of their Notice is 1 soldiers. A chemist came to their uIulVrf'*IY?(! rescue with the information that the ham ^decease fat extracted from wool while in the August 191a process of cleaning it for manufacture ns such adini would servo their purpose. tbo nmhoto Experiments proved thut the chem- ty for letters 1st was right. The waterproofing is ALICE V done by reducing the wool fat to a Adminlstratrl liquid by the use of a solvent and dl ceased, luting it with benzine or naphtha. The ~ garment is soaked iu this solution for v Notir a few minutes. It drioH In a short 1?, , time. Neither the color of the article of nor the fabric is Impaired by the on the 23rd treatment. make her flni . ? dian and app ".ures Old Sores, Other Rentes Won't Luis miBsorjTa8ter The worst cases, no tii-tlter o( how lonR standing T ER are cured bv 'he wonderful, old reliable Di. ? .. " r,' , Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. 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Printing > get at Si LANCASTER printing I |,RlNIIw? I Mail Orders G kinting | HINTING kintinq x> a^aoaooooaooa^cc j& ft '4 & K k * * * i ^ HHHHH -<HHHHHHHHHI r, * 'r, *, 'r, * v Hi > nsxssa:i2a:5i:aj;:2s; The News Want 7 i and Good-by. best dleu" is merely an elllp recreation ;Zmwedah.?vnetogoX recuperation be with you." Summer Tourist Fares TO >?r? Are others Western North Carolina tress who is willing tr. yiA "jTho SZ.7.X SOUTHERN RAILWAY . " Premirr Carrier of the South, largaret Nybloc. May 15 to September 30, final re turn limit October 31, 1915. Need General Tonic Many attractive resorts reached by ke Grove's the Southern Railway. Let us help ndard Grove's Tasteless P,an -v?ur summer trip, equally valuable as a W. H. CAFFEY, because it contains the Division Passenger Agent, ic propertiesof QUININE Charleston. S. C. acts on the Liver, Drives Enriches the Blood and Vholc System. Went, & Chester Ry. Co f Receiver's Sale. Schedule in Ehect Dec. 37, 1914. Monday in September Eastern Time, ill offer for sale, as re- WESTBOUND, iint of the Pepsi-Cola Lv. Lancaster ...6:00am?2 30pm ks of Lancaster, S. C. Lv. Fort Lawn ..6:30am?4:08pm >e had in front of the Lv. Bascomvllle .6:47am?4:28pm u iviiucasier, a. t?.. nc- LiV. Kichburg ....6:58am?4:48pm and twelve o'clock A. Ar. Chester 7:40am?5:25pm order of the court or EASTBOUND. i for Lancaster county Lv. Chester .... 9:00am?6:45pm cash. Lv. Richburg ... 9:45am?7:27pm WITHERSPOON. Lv. Rascomvllle .10:00am?7:28pm Receiver. Lv. Fort Lawn ..10:30am?7:55pm S. C., Aug. 16th, 1915. Ar. Lancaster ...11:00am?8:25pm 90-3t-ow Connections?Chester with South ern, Seaboard and Carolina & Northebtors and Creditors. western Railways having claims against f Y?? ?L.aWn' wUh Seaboar<i A,r S'ancy E. Mcllwaln, de- ,en ai wayreby notified to file the Unca8tftr -wtb rified, with the under- A* P* MeLURL' Supt' hose indebted to said l>lease make payment SOUTHERN RAILWAY. I AG. McILvv A IN, Premier Carrier of the South. jc Estate of said De 1915. PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES. , T-alns arrive Lancaster from: s of Discharge. ^?- 118?Yorkvllle. Rock Hill and i?. ,i,?, .i intermediate stations 8:31 a. m. li ,t w 113?Charleston. Columbia and us administrati i\ A n#n#i? ? o of W. T. VanLanding- intermediate lu.06 d, on the 30tli day of No ii4_lMarlon, Blacksburg, Ch.,r, make her final return ,otte and llltermediate stations, nistratrlx and apply to 1*35 u m ?i?rt ?! Lancaster roi,n- No. 117?Co'umbia, Kingsville and dismissory. intermediate stations, 7:41 p. m. .V . . 1 ,IIAM; Trains leave Lancaster for: x Estate o. said De- 118?Kingsville, Coi imbia and * intermediate stations, 8:31 a. m. No. 113?Rock Hill, Dlacksburz, e of Discharge. Marion. Charlotte and interlereby given that the mediate stations, 10:05 a. m. will, as guardian of the No. 114?Kingsville, Columbia, nly J. 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