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g-1'?'HWII Hl'R HWUMf ii'Hi'fijfflfti1 'i i&U The Child Labor Question. Written by S. G. Dover, oi Kershaw, and published last week in The Kershaw Era: The world's greatest powers are at war. The earth's greatest nations are hammering each ** other to their knees. The cry of the wounded, the voice of the dyirg are ra:3cd to the heavens in the agonies of the greatest battles t vcr know, in the w ?rkl's history. A gre it President, Chief Magistral of the U. S., is going from plare to place, uro inr* /%??? A - * 1 *? vmi wmury 01 me lmportance of being prepared and the dangers that threaten us as a nation. The Congress, that great law-making power of our country, can hear the death cry of our sister countries. It can feel the vibration of the thunderous guns and yet with all the necessity of action along the line of preparedness and aside from the fact that this country should act on the tariff and other great measures, it ignores these things of vital importance to the coun try as a nation; and legislates to wha^ the South feels; for one section against another section. It seems that rather than lend an ear to the President in his righteous cry for preparedness and passing laws that would benefit the nation as a whole; ^ it is listening to the argument of the Congressman from the State of bloodshed and labor up heavels and the howls of McKelway and the Child Labor Committee. If there was the same necessity for action on the child labor Question as there is on cnmn the other great questions bcfi>v* iv. we would take off our hats tc the action of Congress along thinline. If there was any real dangee to the children working i?i the cotton mills and if it was a question that needed the assistance of our national congress and one that had been absolutely ignored by the several States interested, then we would applauc the efforts of congress anc Keating, McKelway & Company but as this law is an indirect way of abridging the rights of th< States and legislating their pow er out of their hands by an ad that will prove to be in dired juxtaposition to our Federa' Constitution and the rights o1 the States, then we are con strained to say. "Mene, Mene Tekel, Upharson." But we do not concede th< necessity of national action or m a question that should be left t< the States interested. Have no the States that have been s< maligned by the National Chile Labor Committee; North Caro lina. South Carolina, Gorgia am Alabama, already passed law along this line? Tn South Caro lina, the Legislature is formulat ing a law, lengthening the nr< limit of children working ii manufacturing establishments The law now prohibits all chil dren under twelve years of ae< from working in any manufac turing establishment and n< child under sixteen years of ag( can work at night. I want to go on record as say ing that I am in favor of a law regulating the shipment of whis key from one state to anothe and I believe the Webb-Kenyoi law -"'as a good law. The pre a thinking world knows that wins l?-?y is an evil and that whei BY HI Well Printed Le opes and Bill A LIVE IN I I CI ICCL 4 IS OUR t\ LANCASBR PU1 > ** m mttm "*] vo" are $? ?ig a rru> whiskey you in ic com,-lilting a cri.i t You t.ii issociate whiskey with crime th and la? essness. It is not the d m.iking of whiskey which hurts K< so much as it is using it. It is or whiskey itself which causes so pc many murders and crimes. Can hs you associate a piece of cotton on i cloth with a thing that will 0p wreck your home and cause you th to forfeit your manhood and Rj honor? No, never. Yet this howl- fQ ing bunch of fanatics want you w to believe that because a piece hi of cloth has been made by a fr weaver who is fifteen years old fG [ that it is contraband and that the a ; Federal Government should sto^ tu its shpiment from one State to C< . another. m If this bunch are not striking Sc [ at the mills and the people who wj t work in them; and they are the m , great philantrophlists they oi ' claim they are, then why do they M , not advocate a law saying that ur ; the farmer cannot ship the pro- th ducts of his farm from one on t State to another, when his child kr has toiled from 5 o'clock A. M. he until 7 o'clock at night to help he make these same products? an Wherein is their consistency. Have they advocated such a law ? ch Certainly not. Yet. I say it is co :,ist as hurtful to the farmer bov fo or girl to work long hours as the te boy or girl working ?n the mill, as Let me say right here that the or health of the child working in hi the mill is looked after more ed (.'oseb* than the child workir;; or. Pi the farm. J his enm d cb ! -. thev hf are going to conserve the health to . of the children and yet the death hf rate in the mill is not as great to ' as on the farm, to say nothing w< ; of crowded cities. Take eontage- w< > ous diseases, and who ever heard fo . of a house in the country being at . flagged because a inmate had L< i measles or whooping cough? [ The mill do this. Are there not th . thousands of children dying ?t . yearly from hookworm. Who bf - ever heard of a child getting th . hookworm in the mill ? The grea* n( 1 medical profession will tell you Wl I that this is an impossibility. th f Mr. Keating said in his speech to r at the Asheville Conference that tu ? child labor was responible for the n( . rejection of many of the applic- th t ants for Army and Navy service. i*1 > Wonder who he was talking er J about. Men who as children w f worked in the mill? He was not.|bi . very specinc about it. If child y< t labor is a hindrance to the Army and Navy, then why doea he not ? advocate a law restricting the P1 i 'ahor of children working on th<> st ) farm? I aay now, that Mr. Keat- K1 t ing, if he refera to men who aa -) children worked in the mill, ia 1 maligning the very people whose w . cause he ao boastfully claims e< \ he is championing. e( * I aay thia: That ahould j\ ?J . cauae ariae and our country need li . ua, that the call to arms would ni > shut down every Southern coti ton mill, and I apeak adviaedlv. *1 Let aome foreign power inveigle tf - thia nation into war and there n< 5 wouldn't be enough able-bodied to - men left in the mills to make d< i shirta for the aoldiera. We are vi e just as proud of the flag as the "w renowned gentleman from Colo- dt - rado and we would desert our s1 . homes and work just aa quickly v: - to fieht for our country's honor w r and let me inform the Child La- t< i bor Committee and Keating. Mct T'elway and Company, that not- it - withstanding the fact that most i of ua have worked as children oi f t( ti hi . ?- d< tl Y A MAN IS J? IDGED? I [S STATIONERY h jtterhea is, Enveliheads Indicate WIRE JUSINESS : 11 h Printing" 5 MOTTO " P BUSHING COMPANY. c< LTlJBi LAIWAgiJOjrv xiijti q. r the mills, that they would find iat we would not be found in th< le rear in the hell of battle or, rig serters in our country's need. I cas eating to know that there was jot le member of Congress of his j cor riitical faith and order, who, cas id the manhood to stand up vie i the floor of the House and! abc pose this bill and he impugn to n % ? ! P 11 ^ luvvivg VI V>VSU|? I 11*11 1 Wil *itt, in his speech at Asheville cer r taking the stand Britt took, cer ould Britt have been true to' doc s trust as a Representative sel< om the South, to have voted ate r this bill when he knew it was ors sword thrust at the manufac- as rers of the South? No doubt is mgressman Britt left, like the Bri ajority of the people of the me >uth felt all along, that there to is "Something rotten in Den-} for ark"A negro in the wood- for !e," and after Mr. Gardner of ier, assachusetts had the mon- j 1 nental gall to virtualy own that fer is' law was meant as a check ' dia i Southern manufacturers; he wh lew this was so. He would have irit en a traitor to his State and J r sister States to have taken j "H ly other stand. This bunch of self-constituted "Y lampions of child labor in this untry, tell you that it is wrong M r a child to work until it is sixen years old. I would like to "T k the question: how many men women ever amounted to "a; r 11 of beans" who never work- '?es I before this age. Take every all resident this nation has cvc~ doi id, the Senators, great Inven- for rs and men and women who ing ive fought their way to the p, and as children they have agi arked. There is nothing in the sui nrld today, that breeds crime, th? sters weaklings and degener- unl es the race as fast as idleness. 1 jt the boy who is allowed to go exj here he pleases and is idle all as e time, come in contact with rer her boys and they form aid ...:n iu nauiin mat win Miti\ iroughout manhood. Would it Hr )t be better for the child to ork at something than to roam r le streets with vicious boys and v. irm bad habits that all the cul-i ' ire and education of earth can-| )t get out of him? You take (\U] le larger per cent of the crim- "(! als and if you will probe deep lough, you will find that they ; ere caused from forming bad air ibits through idleness in 3- ( Duth. an Suppose this law goes into efset and is upheld by the Sureme Court and declared con- ,>r< ;itutional. I want to ask these ot reat philanthropists what's to OU! 2come of the boys and girls ?01 >urteen and fifteen years old, ith indigent parents or widow-' 1 mothers, who will be legislat-; is 1 out of work and therefore out tin F any way to make an honest es ving. The law says thev can-: an ot work. The Federal Inspec- on ir comes along and sees that wc icy do not work. Are you going tiv ) provide for them ? Certainly i Tti [it. Can the States which are on-1 th< r beginning to recover from the frc estruction of the rebellion, pro- coi ide for them? Can the mills, inj ho have gone through the late epression and many of them toj :ill running at a loss today, pro- an iide for them? Massachusetts; m< ith fifteen dollars per capita m< i our one, might do it, yet the N< ict remains that she doesn't do st: The conseonence will he that i th lere will be a horde of beprpar- is: r these same boys will steal and an )me of the orjrls will be driven Ioj ) a life of shame. Yon have "ft iken from the #irl a chance to | s honest. You have broken her Qfi in do. vou have broken her trust ? the hiprher law^ of civilian- W on. You have thrust upon her, J lat which is a thousand t?mes Ni orse than work, yet. worse than *ath itself. Ah! Could you hear le cry for bread, could voo , Hj ear the maudlin# son#s of tb~ ed dlen and see the hectic spot of fe lame you had painted on the lir me of one of earth's fairest! sis owers, would you have the he check to defend your hellish fo ork or would you have the man- of ood to own your mistake. afl S. G. Dover. m< Kershaw, S. C., Feb. 8, 1916. cic soi The Cashier. ^ , i(jfi ine DanK casnier is always sci le man who knows the inner- [ su lost secrets of one's soul. A fo< ?an will pro and tell his cashier kn (lings that he wouldn't dare tell wf is wife, his mother-in-law or th is best friend. The cashier is re] Iways on the know. He knows on hen you are flush and he knows cei 'hen you are broke. He is ajar artner in your joys and a Job's; se; imforter in your sorrows. in a?/j.u ' When you get a raise, who is basket-toting variet i first man to extend the tic is always availa1 :ht hand of fellowship? The the needs of a persi jhier. When you get a new idler in the ba< >, who hands yjbu the first Valdosta (Ga.) Tim lcrete evidence of it? The ihier. Mr. Smith wants ad- MY CREE e on a piece of property he's i would be true, fc >ut to buy. Who does he come those that trus for it? The cahsier. Mrs. . ... ,. leblood is about to invest in would be puie, fc tain tocks a* bandsfihdd those who care tain stocks and bonds. Who I would be strong, ?s she consult for she needed much to suffer actions? The cashier. An est- j WOuld be brave, is about to be settled; min- . . j0^?. are involved. Who shall act , ,n l V I guardian or trustee? The I would be friend hier. When Mr. Dun. Mr foe. the friei ulstreet and the other big I would be giving rcantile agencies fail utterly the gift* give the needed credit in- , ,, , humble, mation, to whom do you turn . absolute data? To the cash- mv weakness; I would look up?< n ninety and nine other , dif- and love?and ent ways the cashier is the Harold Arnoh gnostician, the balance eel, the legal, moral and sp;ual adviser and general help- Experience A Goo of the business community: Texas is strong f ere's to the cashier, the man ness. A gcvd n any who knows, pee'sdly along the 1 our in's and out's, your joys learned that the ni and woes; defend himself is th ^ay he continue with us, and rascals leave alone, never grow old, Courier. o hand out our share of greenbacks and gold." ^cJld.^y Lhe poem is not ours, it sug- your feverirh throat, r ded the lead, for in spite of -o nr. Beirs Pine-Tar the things the cashier has soo,,l<--s the irritation. le to us, and for us. we have !fon P P?n? TaValso ai him only the kindliest feel- ROptie, as a result gen ; and the most wholesome re- lows. Breathing i>eooi ;ct. We know what he is up V hor tLon 5. . , lAi. 4. r-ist on Dr. Boll s Pineainst every day and the most nn i(,?al treatment. prising part of the thing is it he will smile right through til promptly two. Asthma-Latar] B.?No special favors are ! , and H lected, gentlemen, and, so farl ttftt* mj we know, we have no notes to Greatly Rellev? lew today.?Spartanburg Her-J External Vapor Ti I Don't take internal med forming drugs for these t I "Vap-O-Itub" Salve is ap >W TO LIVE WITHOUT relieves by inhalatioi nrnntr bv absorption thronoh WVFIVIY. 1 Aithma and Hay Fever, mi rhe report that negroes in in a spoon and inhale the rginia were organizing them-, wcU over the spinal colu; ves into societies, which re- 25?' C?c irod "an oath to do no more WI?K3 \^PORUP rk of any kind for whiite _ ks," has tempted a New York r. , tor to remark: "As this P ? ^ lounts almost if not quite to * ,13 ietermination not to work for I Q V C? * ybody, it is no wonder that cq * " "cw societies are attracting r , j b ? d 2at numbers of the colored i- ? t ,, ithers and colored sisters, for ,nd?kcj. One for course they all m ike the .iov- n(j ev neetJ 3 assumption that life will c'eightful mealtimi nehow go on with work elim- w% a lted-" EXILJ ^ ^ a pP This editor's own assumption Iwi hasty. It does not seem likely Madel' '>onv 'le ( it even among the most shifts class of blacks in the south RP II R.MV. y very large number of "colad sisters" would join anti- Will cure Rheumi >rking societies or take an ac- ralgia, Headaches, C re part in a strike of this sort. Sprains, Bruises, Cut ley might be so inclined but Sores, Tetter, Ring ey would encounter opposition zema, etc. Aiitisept >m their husbands or "steady used internally or ex mpany" among the anti-work ? "colored brothers". The lat have no desire to rely al nAl.~, ?ether on thieving, which is |4|j|} V|j|yj&< uncertain dependence and, * UVJITlLi ireover, is unsafe. There is a | /it ICC \7 Tf ire prudent and easier wav. i I.I.AlAl II " ii i % i vwiiui/ a a v ) doubt in all the southern j *tes shiftless blacks employ e methods reported from Miss- Western Sirloin S dppi, where, according to an nusing writer of that state. Choice Native St *fiing negroes cheerfully sing: i o ly gal lives in de white folks' Pule Pork Sausa< yard, Armour Star Boi ie brings me bacon and she brings me lard; Kingan Breakfas hen dey has turkey I gits de stuffm'. Boxes ggers think I'm workin', but | . I ain't doin' nuffin." t Dr e(l Beef The story of the shiftless j Dress Chickens , *ck man s joy and the plunder- | white man's dole is most > Dress Turkies licitously recounted in these ! les. Manifestly no "colored 1 Choice Mince Me ;ter" who nightly carries a j avy basket out of "de white ' Iks' yard" for the delectation Remembe a masculine dependent can , ^ . ?ord to be numbered among the ? h V A YjLI smbers of an anti-working so- > n.l\ I ww ?tv or ioin in a strik-p nf anu i * * * * rt. All accounts agree that itber the basket carrier nor e basket receiver is in the ist disturbed by conscientious uples. When renroached for ^ ch unlawful transportation of /vV H A ^>d supplies, they have been f -1 ^ own to state in effect that low iges require such pickings, and at in any case the pickings Hri-IIi present but a small "intruss" IlN 1 Ml the unpaid labor of slave an stors. Southern housewives * e well acouainted with the /t rvant problem that is known /"ill all sections, but at least the ;y of domes- many people don t know ble owing to] \ 3iuggi6h liver can cause a p:rlasive dusky , son an awful lot **r misery. Sn?-'..< i :k-ground.? dizziness, heada bes. constipation es- and biliousness are sure signs that your liver needs help. Take Dr. 'D. King's New Life Pills and see how >r there are . they tone up the whole system. Fine t me; I r?r Stomach too. Aids digestion. .. ^ ! Purifies the blood and clears the coin)1* tliere are plexion. Only 25c at your druggist. V sri.\>U\VS piercixo pain tor there is To kill the nerve pains of Sciatica , . you can always depend on Sloan's lor there IS Liniment. It penetrates to the seat of I pain and briutrs ensr cnr?n 00 j* | is applied. A great comfort too with of till?the ; Sloan's is i lat no rubbing is required, idlest* 1 Sloan's Liniment is invaluable for ' stopping muscular or nerve pain of and forget' any kind. Try it at onco if you ! suffer with Rheumatism, Lumbago, 1 Sore Throat, Pain In Chest, Sprains, for 1 know Bruises, etc. It is excellent for Neuralgia aad *-T*adache. 25c at all . , , druggist**. ind laugh? CLERK'S SALE. . 'T ,, ? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA J Walters. _ , . County ot Lancaster. In Common Pleas. d Teacher. Samuel Johnson. Bessie McKlnney, or prepared- et- al- riaintifTs, Texans, es- vjordev have John Thompson, Defendant, an who "an | Pursuant to a decree made in the e mar. \vho?n inbove state(1 caf;e l)v Ernest TSJowu nn.l Moore, dated February 5th, 1916. I 4 ' j will sell at public auction to the ! highest bidder at Lancaster Court ?;?" ~~ I House, on the first Monday in March 'AR-HONK\ ' next, within tiw, tn?i * uuurs ni sale, our cough, for fjlfl following described real estate lose and head, to Wjt; -Honey. Honey j i_ All that piece, parcel or tract I'ine-Tar cuts ()f land being, lying and situate in ?ving conges- rane Creek Township in the county -ts as an anti- ,,f Lancaster and state of South Caroeral relief fol- iina> containing four (4) acres, more nes easier and or iPSS> bounded north by lands of s arrested. In- , > \ Williams, east by lands of D. Tar-lloney. It \ Williams and Ernest Moore, south Price 25c. 1 ?>y lands of Ernest Moore, and west by Hooch's Ferry Public Road. |L | 2. All that piece, parcel or tract lit f land being, lying and situate in I t g? Cane Creek Township in the county >Y01XCtllltS Lancaster and state of South Carolina, containing eight (8) acres, >d by the New more or less, bounded north by lands reatment. I of Johnnie Johnson, east by Licines or habit- I-?ndsford and Camden Public Road, roubles. Vick'a south by lands of John Thompson, pliod externally Nathan Cunningham and L. C. Payi as a vapor and seur, and west by lands of Dan tho skin. For Barnes. Bit a little Vick'a i Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to vapors, also rub | ??y ^or papers^ mn to relax the ^AUL MOORE, , or $ 1.00. John T. Green, C. C. C. L C. Plaintiff's Attorney. * jflLfli Feb-11'1916?3t Fridays O STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster. ?y J. E. STEWMAN, Judge of ProJ 1 I J bate. ?t i Whereas, A. T. Blackwell has made crackers, suif tQ nie tn grant him Letters of ,2 crackers Adminitratlon of the Estate and efevery taste fects of Mattie V. Blackwell, deaffording !p0ased. ? changes. There arc, therefore, to cite and ad* \ * , 11 |j^ admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said deceased, lacker Works that they be and appear before ino, in the Court of Probate, to be held m mm at Lancaster on 25th of Feb. 1916. ill next, after publication thereof, at 11 ?'clock in tlte forenoon, to show EttlSIXl, Ncu- cause, if any they have, why the said Iramps, Colic \dministration should not be grant9, Burns, Old etliir p Given under my band, this 11th -worm, nc- day of February Anno Domini 1916. ic Anodyne, j. e. STEWMAN. ternally. 25c Probate Judge. THING SPECIAL FOR ) EAT Friday & Saturday teak A large shipment of Roe and eak Buck Shad, Spanish and ?e led Hani King Mackorell, Blackfish. t Bacon in Trout, and Mullets. I West Point Extra Select Sxtra Fat Oysters. at ??? r it is our p!e isure to seve you. BA MEAT MARKET Phone 210. iVFPTICF 9 m M W V, it : LANCASTER NEWS. d Get Results ^