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OVER A MILLION AND A HALP
' WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
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; By Peter Radford \
Lecturer National Farmer*' Union.
; Our government never faced so tre
mendous a problem aa that now lying
dormant at the doors of congress and
the legislatures, and which, when
aroused, will shake this nation from
center to circumference, and make
civilization hide its face In shame.
That problem is?women in the field.
The last federal census reports
.show we now have 1,514,000 women
working In the flelil, most of them
south of the Mason and Dixon line.
K There were approximately a million
negro slaves working in the fields
when liberated by the emancipation
proclamation. We have freed our
slaves and our women have taken
their places in bondage. We have
jbroken the shackles off the negroes
:nnd wplriprf them nnon our daughters.
i The Chain-Gang of Civilization.
A million women in bondage in the
southern fields form the chain-gang of
civilization ? the industrial tragedy
of the age. There is no overseer quite
so cruel as that of unrestrained greed,
no whip that stings like the lash of
suborned destiny, and no auctioneer's
block quite so revolting as that of or
ganized avarice.
I The president of the United States
fwas recently lauded by the press, and
jvery properly so, for suggesting medi
cation between the engineers and rail
road managers in adjusting their
-sohedule of time and pay. The engi
neers threatened to strike if their
wages were not increased from ap
proximately .tea to eleven dollars per
'day and service reduced from ten to
eight hours and a similar readjust
tment of the overtime schedule. Our
women are working in the field, many
of them barefooted, for less than 50
cents oer dav. and their schedule is
ithe rising sun and the evening star,
i 'and after the day's work is over they
" .milk the^cows, slop the hogs and rock
. jthe baby to sleep. Is anyone medlat
-ing over their problems, and to whom
^VjShall they threaten a strike?
jlSsmgress has listened approvingly
:to th&ie. 'who toil at the forge and be- J
|hind the Counter, and many of oar
(statesmen havfe^ smiled at the threats
and have fanned the flame of onrest
among industrial laborers. But worn
ien are as surety the final victims of
'industrial warfare as they are the
burden-bearers in the war between na
tions, and those who arbitrate and
mediate the differences between capi
tal and labor should not forget that
rwhen the expenses of any industry are
unnecessarily increased, society foots
L the bill by drafting a new consignment
k of women from the home to the field.
A Pinch no Crumb From Women's Crust
A ; of Breid.
|? i No financial a wart can be made
^ [Without sgm^e^ogfin* ihe biIL %?
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we commend" fo those who accept th
responsibility of the distribution of ii
dustrial justice, the still small voice c
,the woman In the field as she plead
,for mercy, and we beg that they pine
;,no crumb from her crust of bread c
put another patch upon her ragge
garments.
We beg that they listen to th
scream of horror from the eagle o
every American dollar that Is wrun
from the brow of toiling women an
hear the Goddess of Justice hiss at
verdict that increases, the want c
woman to satisfy the greed of man.
' The women behind the counter an
in the factory cry aloud for sympath
and the press thunders oat In thel
defense and the pulpit pleads fo
mercy, but how about the woman 1:
the field? Will not these powerfc
.exponents of human lights turn thel
talent, energies and Influence to he
relief? Will the Goddess of Libert;
enthroned at Washington hold the ca!
loused hand and soothe the feTerlsl
brow of her se? who sows and reap
the nation's harvest or will she perntf
the male of the species to shovi
women?weak and weary?from th
bread-line of Industry to the back a]
leys of poverty?
Women and Children First.
The census enumerators tell us tha
of the 1,514,000 women who work lath
fields as farm hands 409,000 are sli
teen years ofjbge and under. What li
the final destM;y of a nation whose (p
ture mothersAeod their girlhood dayi
behind the pitching hay ant
hauling manure/ ind what is to beeom<
that grace- the tome, charm societ]
and enthuse maii to leap to glory li
noble achievements if our daughter)
are raised in the society of the ox ant
the companionship of the plow?
In that strata between the ages o:
sixteen and forty-flve are 950,000 worn
en working as farm hands and man]
of them with scckllng babes tug
ging at vthelr breasts, as drencher
In perspii&tion, tfcty wield the scytht
and guide the plow. What Is to be
come of that naflon where povert:
breaks the crownt of the queens o)
the home; despair hurls a mother'i
love from, its throm and hunger drivei
innocent children from the schoolroon
to the noe? ?
The census bureau shows that 155,
000 of theBe women are forty-flv?
years of age and; over. There Is nt
more pitiful sight In civilization thai
these saintly mothers of Israel stoope<
with age, drudging in the field fron
sun until sun and at night drenching
their dingy pillowi with the tearB o:
despair as their tching hearts tak<
It all to God in jrayer. Civilizatior
strikes them a bl?w when it should
give them a crovm, and their onl]
friend is he who broke bread wltl
beggars and said: ."Come unto me al
ye that are weary aad heavy laden anc
1 will give yftu rest
Oh, Ami
and the
world's cus
champion erf
fender of tb
mit our
ithe
of destiny a
'land of the fre<
oifr the brave, th<
chivalry, tht
tghta and the de
4?shall we per
be torn fron
e ruthless hanc
d to the plow'
faithful wlvea
ing Everyo
?
This ston
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whom we covenanted with God to che
;lsh and protect, to be hurled from tfc
home to the harrest field, and 01
mothers dear to be driven from the ol
arm chair to the cotton patch?
! In rescuing our citizens from tk
(forces of civilization, can we notappl
|to our fair Dixieland the rule of jtli
jsed?'"women and children first?"
There must be a readjustment <
the wage scale of industry bo that jth
women can be taken from the field c
given a reasonable wage for her ser
ices. Perhaps the issue has never bee
fah"ly raised, but the Farmers' Unloi
with a membership of ten million, pul
its organized forces squarely behin
the issue and we now enter upon jth
docket of civilization the case of "Tb
Woman in the Field" and demand, a
immediate trial
?Medlcal Triumphs.
Nowhere have the triumph* of- med:
cal science been more conspicupu
than where engineers have perfonpe
their greatest feats. De Lesseps d<
elded that iBmailla should be th
headquarters of the Suez canal, hu
the prevalence of malaria made 1
necessary to transfer the headquai
ters to Port Said. In 1886 there /w/bt
2,300 cases of malaria at Ismailiai 1]
1900 almost exactly the same numbex
In 1901 Sir Ronald Ross wag cablet
In to advise. In 1906 there were;n<
fresh cases, and malaria had beei
stamped out De Lespeps' attempt U
construct the Panama canal was de
feated largely, if not mainly, by thi
frightful death rate among the labor
ers; 60,000 lives are said to have beei
lost, the result of malaria and yello*
fever.
How's Thb?
otter One Hundred DollM* w
wara ior,any,c*pe 01
eannot be cured by Hall'a Catarrh
Cur?.
P. Jr CHBOTtA CO.. Toledo, O.
JWts, .the. Undersigned. h*va known P. X
Cheney for the lust 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all bualnen
trans actions and' financially able to cirrj
?utany obligations made by hi* firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O
Ball't Cai
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SM* Ball's rwaUy W Uw*iBiXip*to+
One of Field's Jokes.
Edward Everett Hale greatly en
joyed a joke which was perpetrated
on him by Eugene Field. Field cele
brated one of Doctor Hale's visits to
Chicago by giving a luncheon in his
honor and Inviting a number of prom
Inent persons to meet him. "Field
was aware," said Doctor Hale, "that
I was a temperance man, and there
fore I was somewhat surprised to see
that the table on which this lunch
eon was served was very abundantly
supplied with bottles labled 'Whisky,'
'Brandy* and 'Champagne.' But when
these bottles came to be uncorked
they were found ?p -contain nothing
but water."r= hlcaio Herald.
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i is the home of Hart Schfl
Couldn't Atk Them in.
A special constable, one bitter night,
tried to restore his circulation by slip*
ping into a private bar which hap
pened to be on his beat, and digested
a warming half-pint of ale. As luck
would have it oo leaving he ran
straight into the arms of his Inspector
and sergeant. "What d'ye mean*"
thundered the' superior, " y goin' into
a pub while you're en duty? Didn't
ye see me and ,the sergeant comtn'
down the street?" "Oh, I saw you all
right," .retorted the constable, mind
ful of the proverb touching the rel*
tive values of she$p and lambs, "but I
only had twopence."?London TltrBlU.
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Bine Bidge Bailway Co.
Effective Oct. 18,1914.
No. 12 No. 10 No. 8
SMtboaod. Dally Dally Dall;
Ex. 8ai
Stations? A. M. P. M. A. M.
Lt Walbalta .... 7 08 8 16 7 30
Lt WQ8t Union 7 06 S 20 7 35
Lv Beneca .... 7 23 8 88 8 00
JL?v Jordan la 7 26 8 41 9 02
Lv Adams uL..... 7 41 3 56 9 26
Lv Cherry'i.-..- 7 44 8 58 980
Lv Pendleton 7 56 4 n 9 46
Lv Autun ...... 8 04 4 19 9 58
Lv8andy Springs............ 8 07 4 k2 10 02
Lv Denver 8 13 4 28 10 10
Lv West Anderson - ? 8 26 4 42 10 80
Lv Aiiderson (Put, dep). 8 81 4 47 10 88
Lv Anderson ifit dep)-. f 84 4.80 10 51
Lv Ersktne Siding- 8 50 5 10 11 08
Al Belton... ...... > 9 00 5 20 11 18
Westbound. No. 11 N<x 9 No. 7
Stations? P.M. A.M. A.M.
Lv Belton 5 85 11 92 11 50
Lv Ersklne 0tdlug.?......... 5 45 11 82 12 00
Lv Anderson (Fgt. depot) 6.00 11 47 19 18
Lv Anderson (Pass. dep).. 6 08 11 50 12 90
Lv. W.eat Anderson. A 08 11 57 1 S3
Lv Denver ? 6 20 12 ,10 1 53
Lv Bandy Spring*: 6 28 19 15 9 01
Lv Anlnn 6 97 19 18 2 05
Lv Pendleton 6 34 12 26 2 17
Lv Cherry's ... 6 44 12 88 2 88
Lv Adams - 8 46 12 39 2 87
Lv Jordanla 7 01 12 87 8 01
Lv Seneca 7 08 1 00 8 05
Lv West Union 7 21 1 S3 4 28
Ar Walballa 7 35 1 49 4 86
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0O6 Union National Bank Bldg^
Cor. Main and Gervais 8ts.,
COLUMBIA, 8. C.
8age Philosophy.
"Beloved Pan, and all ye other fod?
who haant this place, give me beauty
In the lnwara soul; may I reckon the
wile .alone to be wealthy, and. may, I
hAve.only posmflch gold p? aJ9xnp?r*
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Dates Indicat
ALL RETUBNS must be m
ty returned at 1(8 market value.
Persons not making tbelr re
February 20,1915, are liable to a p
will be enforced against dellnquen
tofore has put a premium on neglt
The returns of tboee who con
Township and County Boards, y
come in after the meeting of the B
The enforcement of this 50 per cen
Employers are requested to ret
tifying tbern and getting a stateme
Returns will not be taken by e
some-proper officer- All improve
mast be reported to the Auditor.
My .Appointments are as
Caiboan Falls, Tuesday,
JV Lowndesville, Wednesda
Mt. Carmel, Friday, Jan.
Willington, Tuesday, Jai
Bordeaux, Wednesday, J
McCormick, Thursday ai
Donalds, Monday and Ti
Due West, Wednesday ai
E. A. Patterson will take ret
bicbard son diet, a
The Inspector's Advice.
The late Inspector McCluskey?
"Gentleman George," or "Chesty
Gnorge," as he was known in the New
York force?was a good friend and a
bad enemy. The inspector, while by
no means vindictive, did not readily
forget an injury, and one day an elder
ly millionaire who had injured him in
j the past rushed excitedly into his of
fice and shouted: "McCluskey, one of
your inen Just called me a spavined
old mule. What axe you going to do
about it?" "Do? Why, nothing," the
Inspector answered. "I can't patch
you up?I haven't the knowledge. Go
and consult a vet"
Any Excuse, Etc.
Margaret was fond of eating at her
Aunt Daisy'r, *>ut had been told not to
go there too t/l.en for her dinner after
school. When one excuse didn't work
she would try another. So one day she
thought she would stop and borrow an
umbrella as itjooked a little rainy. Of
course she accepted Aunt Daisy's invi
tation to dinner. The next noon, how
ever, when she called her mother on
the phone and said she was going to
stay to dinner her mother remon
strated. "Why, you were just there
yesterday." To which Margaret re-"
plied, "I know, but, mamma, I forgot,
to thank them for the umbrella I bos
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rax Payers.
imodatingthe Public in the
eir Tax jefurne, I will
itioned Below on the
ed in Schedule.
ade under oath, of personal proper
turn* between January 1,1915, and
enalty of 50 per cent. This penalty
ts; for the failure to enforce it here
set of the law.
form to the law are placed before the
vhile those who (Usregard the law
oards and return to suit themselves,
t. penalty will correct this evil,
urn all of their employees after no
int of their property.
nail unless they are sworn to before
imenU< or any transfer of real estate
Follows:
Jan. 5.
y and Thursday Jan. 6 and 7. i
8.
an. 13. CZ3
id Friday, #an. 14 and 15. ^
ipsdav. Jan. 18 and 19.
id Thursday, Jan. 20 and 21.
urns at Antreville.
uditor, Abbeville County
Persistent Beggar.
J. Stanley Todd, the New York por
trait painter, was talking about the
beggars of different lands. "I have
met," said Mr. Todd, "beggars of ev
ery description?shy beggars, bluster
ing ones, old beggars, robust one*?but
the most remarkable beggar of the
lot was a man whom I never met, yet
whom I never assuredly will forget
All I saw of this beggar was his hat
and chair. The chair stood on a cor
ner of tbe Rue St. Lazare in Paris.
The hat lay on the chair, with a few
coppers In it, and behind the hat was
a placard reading: 'Please don't for
get the beggar, who is now taking his
luncheon.'"
As Pure Air Gauge.
If a housewife really wants a health
ful house she ought to keep growing
plants in her rooms?not for the pleas
ure of them only, but because they
form a very excellent and practical
gauge of the moisture and heat of the
hoase. The reason that most plants
will not thrive in the ordinary house
is that the ordinary house is full of
overheated bad air. This air is just
as bad for the family as for tho Bos
ton fern, but as children are tougher
than ferns the effect is not noticed as
far as they are concerned. Na wise
mother