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VOL. XXV. BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, JANUARY 2J, CHILD LABOR a/t THE C0TTON MILLS, The Mill Men Protest Against a Law With Qualifications and Favor Compulsory Education. The following memorial has been preseu e<i to the General Assembly : To the Senators and Members of the Home of Representatives of the Hlate of South Carolina : At a meeting of theTextih Manu facturers of Suulh Carolina, held at Greenville, S..C/., on Sept. 10, 1901, the following resolution was adopted: “That a committee of live shall he app -iuted from this body who shall aDdre'-s an open letter to the Legisla ture stating thu conditons existing in the mill villages, and explaining what the mill corporations have done and are doing for the advancement of the education of their employes. They shal also deprecate any levislation upon the q uestion of child Itbor, as uuut cesSary and shall appear before the Legi-latiire as representatives of the mill interests of the State. They shall request, however, that if the l^eg- iel tluie in its judgment feels that it must enact some child labor law, that the age lithiChe fixed at ten years for day work, 4nd that the employment of min >r* under 12 years of age av night alter 10 oYlot k be prohibited. “ They aball urge most emphatically upon the legislature the necessity of compulsory rducalion in this State.’L The question ot the adviaabd.ty of i lealrlal a>li affecting the empioVIlleut of I miuors in bill a has been before Un J<egMlatur« ol ihia Stale for the part •ever 1 aesaions and the question ba» been very genanilly considered, lu view of these facta, ami of the fact that | ^ labor. Under such conditions a natural competition among corporations for the best 1 ibor will force those who might otherwise not be willing to come to the improved conditions, to do so. Reing conversant with the popula tion, and with the necessities and op portunities of those in their empl >y, we believe the manufactures are best able to exert a proper iutl ience in the inducements of education. The result of arbitrary legislati >n would be ft It not so much by < Ider established mills as by the ^newly established, and not so much even by these latter as by that pftrtion of our population who, from distress and misfortune, have been forced to seek mill life, and are not yet prepared to support themselves without the labor of their cbtldreu. We believe it is an unfair consider ation to speak of the proportion of illit erate in any mill community. An ex- aiutn ilion of conditions nill prove that this illiteracy has occurred prior loMhe coming of the employees to the mills. The records will show that as full a percenuig*of mid children are attend ant up-ni school as any other class of wot king people within the bounds of the Stale. Indeed we say with cer tainty that a larger percentage of mitt children aie at schobl than can usually be found even in villages. The return of ih • *m mills included in the uhuUled statement referred fo, show that tlidc aru wilhin ihdr < oiu- jiuii lies 93 i hu ches valued at $150,- -VN), i.utsuie of churches situated in towns. Of the above amount the companies have c< nirthuted -V.lo towards the ertclioo, and they moreover ‘»*»i-i ia 11he maintenance of iliqae < hutvbc* an | »ch' ‘ '< t • the amount of the country from three lo five months. We append a printed table showing returns from fiA mills out of 117 in the Slate, for the purpose of showing what is being done by,the mills in the matter of educating their employes. All the mills in the State were re quested to answer these questions; but many of them being new miils, had not established schools, and did not answer in time for publication. The replies of all who replied within time have been printed. Ja.s L. Orr. K. A. Smyth. ,1. H. Montoomkry. J/ JL Clkvelanh. L. W. Parker. BILL ARP HITS THE FAKIRS. Their Victims Are Continually Writing: Tales ofi Woe to Him. Atlanta Constitution. The cry is still they come,”, and the victims continue to write me for FROM A BACHELOR’S VIEW. Uf+h> is io otganir»n-»n - f!bOF?-,T itn* mill men of the Stal*. *> that then views could be made known, a meet mg of the textile mauufacturert'of lh« Stale was ca led on Sept. Imh, by cer tain maautaciucer*, that conaalensti »n might be bad of ibe •nhjrrt. Sunday dMod- It Hpiwa-s r ia) nl. , n aMM efcl in lt|i* nocliu. the reaoluthKI al»>vc *1 No one can deny lb •all of the rm, tender yea’* in labor > «■! I lymeiil ia oevrrthct Meesaary reeali <•( m \rm cattaial loteraai* of tb in ryesot ytare aif-w care any , and aa iie*t waa i r aufortu ut of rhd< r any km S r ■ urn. I mis, > t- further ia ale |>a e edu all U$ to. a> M II' • 12 14 that iheap .... .1. Age withers the body but blossoms the heart. Plantonic friendship between the sexea is as likely ns temperate dipso mania. Immortality doesn't always mean immodesty any more than i ^modesty alway mtaus immortality. Some people seem to nourish the serpent with the idea that it may come in ban ly lo bile somebody else. The average woman's idea of being well-dressed is to have other women wonder how she can afford it. The early bird calcbes a cold stoking up the furnace in the cellar. The drink thst drowns your sorrow waleia your bed of Un«i es. When a man is at the end of bis arguments he swears; a woman cries. More people look shead lo success len thousand lime* oyer Iban look back These are the head lines of the offer. The body of the circular is loo long and too fascinating to copy. It might in jure Allanla’s shoe trade to spread this kind of news in your columns. A lady writing to me from Thomasville says her ueighboi, a good, sensiblj lady, was induced by ibis circular to send sympathy.' I am sorry^or them, but I J3 5Q to another lady, who was an end- am amazed at their stupidity and ere- Waptmin agent for this North Cstolina + »m • mill ax of ifit? cotninu id Ibe timv «»f 1** tal tbliil * rtrr •m min- That uuhi i»^ a «l by t*«l u • r uwd The woman who mm krt xml hkrx it It mn rar« xt lbe tuxo w bo dot to v l tlriok xu i like* Ooi lo. Uraru t«*wcr and refinement uf m- lellctt move in inverse ratio. After you hsve learned t-» unlearn von • wrr m a fair way of learning lo • I 4 Us M XX < i Ui Tbe « have »• »ill aal •■It »eci and of « 1 ia»- uf lows bav« is 11 h »• lb top aa XU biatoiag a usamg to t , and yat un*i •a neoj i -- are of into eni|.!o\ , tbuaa sCm pro v am* ly armsb iheir fartaa. (■ rsi 00 ibe farm is n< ronlining ns that oewnbelraa the o caum why it ba* n mi lbs same alirti p.oymrni of cbil-i lages is smi|djr lo (Mipulaliuo is mors iaiu-r, and ai ll !• that ber ibi f»o rt» iiixlirx A w. m u lo , llAX^ke tUiXX un«l« r wrxr. || !• **l » k X WtrfUXD Xil »•* l**l miXH* il for n fat woman lo Ibink inner staler is not mi uul of 1 nlwnya fgf|g |^g| |^g ggs In 1 tiu-t>4ii<T# bralih i« l<> ibanjf.;|i i-hc wcigiu uf hla mi utt l hi txiok * h be % at man >r hai'p! lhal a man 1 would bq wt have her rr New dulity. Now hereare 1 wo clever, needy women in this community who sent $25 each to one of these fakirs and each tent him a list of twenty-live Panics—not subscribers, but names. The women knew very will that no body hcie wauled the paper and so they begged or borrowed or made some sacrifice tp get the money and went diligently to work writing letters and sending circulars to other women at other places urging them to join the scheme and get a year’s employment at $20 a month. And these last wo men tent $25 each .and go lo work writing to a third set of women, and so it g >e8 on and on in an endless chain, growing lunger and long r and .w.deii- it-g and branching out as il goes until, if 11 keeps on, it will embrace the con fluent and then cross the ocean and 1 Inin up all Kurope. That is the principle on which all these eudlcs- chain tchemes are baaed. Of course the chain will break sooner or O'er and 1 am pi* a ed to learn that j one of lln tu says he will have to sur render, but that he w»H protect his agents. Its cannot do it llis 1 »ti cir cular tells bis agents 10 stop winking in North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia, Florida and Alabama,’ for be has pretty w* 11 cover* <1 ihtte Stales with agencies and now they must w.nk np the West ra and > orihwestern Stales. Ami so 1 continue to receive 1« tleis ••fmamrtinntnirii^rgkM «n»i»t trrrf day ar-king about (Le a scheme. A |>oor woman writes me fri>m Colorado,Tex., that her li'ilechildren nicked cotton to ra se the £25 for her invalid airtei who wanted to work ami to get the rooullil)' •alary, sbr »cnt the ru >t.ey and a list of names,dor »b«- couM n< •l gel a amglt subscriber, and the fskir •cut her a dol ar ami that ia all abc has evt r rt c* ived, and she s*k«, “feit |Me>sible that any human beiug is mean enough to rob a starving w- mm sod her liltti 1 . chililrr 11? La la p“s* hl«» 1 li»i Ri i Alp w uid raise up a b*'y bka Ibal ?*• . - Nu, ba esaa«»i pe«4«-« * b«* •-•»»••. It . would lake Aladdin's lamp U* cucupiv II The Governor Vetoea Act to Re; peal and House Sustains Bim. ' ng it ■» pnanu j womei UlM III ijr ai h n. II the (a. Cbi i ii i\ Till tiroou.li iba Ms IN I •AW. —The •ayg . 7 m<wt charming racon- aukrc nwiety is Mrs. in that : sh it I ha pm ly at • 11,. wtea. nag 1 ; cout V BlOl 1 b > is a Garorgiao ilrct Vo perfec- more lioisliertl Her* is one of •iu 1 lent I* m tBlp'< an a«i p >ra r tbe »f tew tbe t directed to tbe fait ot tbe employment dirrctr 1 tu wards **M»titig of children. fxt tUfv r* U > arc wnplish lh< Tbe mtlia genera,!) h«ve recogniz d Tb r troth is that 1 rt»r evil tendency of child labor, when hxve m an *qq**»rtuoity using this exprea*i<»u in tbe sense of ita dim of public' »«Uti •ym«nl of chiidrc 1 labor. They b cuura/e tbe cmplavyuw cmpK id U •tl 11 public eaiimalion jegrrt that pas-aga can be the mauu- result* da- 1 bur uiita>u» <<f availing uebl in or- vea in the I as e with ci:i»iwtton pa>rt t* bax i« for ouiby m •nibs In tin \rar, nl a very camsida-rahie exfxrosa to thrmeelves, and encourage the alien- dance of cbiidreu upon tbeae- schoaal*. They have aided in tbe eslabliahment, or have estab'iabcd and inainl uued churches an<l Sunday schools, as also libraries and places of entertainment and amu emeut. Hut whilst making efforts to improve the condition of the mill popiiLln 11, the uiMnageiuynls of the mill properties, bring in a laoeiuon lo beconvernanl with the facts attend- iog individual families, know that in mativ cases the employment of • hild- ren of s younger age than would other wise be desired, is necessary. 1 Kven before any agitation upon (he question of child labor the ntftbrtn suc cessful operation had used their efforts to encourage the withdrawal of younger children from the mills, ami procure their attendance upon schools. We are pleased to say that the people of the m 11 communities had iu most cases cooperated in this direltiou. The proof of this lies in the fact that un questionably. the heat conditions in the mill ullages as to means of mainten ance of family, the attend t nee on schools, and general evidence of more prosperous condition is to be found in the mill villages of several years estab lishment as contrasted with newly or ganized communities. The manufacturing interests can point with pride lo the ben, ficient ef forts of many of the manufacturers to improve the conditions cf those in their employ ; and they believe that an examination of the mill villages will - prove this interest on the pan of the manufacturers, and the appreciation of both »the necessity and desirability -of-imfMmviog«4he comlitioii of the .cm. pUjes. With the facts above recited in view Th.KI.M II and ku<>*« (ton. Noil than bar da brr brat: A young man waa telling anecdotes l > a t irclc and **4>e of hla U»leurr» waa bia mot her-in law. He related one aht-ui a funeral. A woman bad die l. Tbe undertaker at tbe cluae ol the ser vice# at the house said to tbe bereaved husband: *- You will ride in tbe first carriage with your mother-hi-law.” “ 1 decline lo rule with that wo man,’* said the widower. “ She has made my life mistral le. To ride with r wnu.d §1*011 all the pleasure of the with h 1 he sc IWt know h< Adairs* il • n< h, which mak« < No mat hi he has 3 and it will lake 1 them. Then, mu oilier States that h covered. Uf cou agents. Hut he pay* ec few credentials. Uue L Ir heb er t say n Ml saya eves r riles IIIIMlS, edgevuie he has pai ie is an h< from the goi foil .from town. 1 don’t kiugsloo and po*mi»«d f 175 lo toil tor one town, sgenta in to- irgta c f-Vi.lHNi to |iay ly that Igr four ns be ba* *1 cady he can’t pty his ugh 10 get a y <• rites me afeiid* lii'n, > lar ami she sn. Anotb county and Governor Mc-iweeney vetoed the act lo repeal the law against officials accepting free passes from rail roads, and the House sustained his veto by 04 do 38, showing that a ma jority did not favor the repeal, al lhough the bill passed the House at its last session. The message of the Governor is as follows: To the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives: 1 beg to return to you without my approval act No. 129 lo “Repeal an act entitled ‘ an act to preven\ the use of a free pass, express or telegraph frank on any railnad by any United Slates Senator or member of Congress from this Stale, or by any member of the General Assembly of this State, qr by any Slate or county official, or by any judge of a court of record, in this Slat .’ Approved Decemlier 22, A. D. 1891.”_ Tlii* act Vaa passed at your last ses sion, but was not ratified and turned over to me until the last dav of the ses sion and, therefore, could receive no consideration until after your ad journment. Tbe act which the one under consid- eraliou pnr|ioru to repeal was passed iu response to a popular demand to remove the legislator ami the official, aa far as pomibte, from corporate power and Influence. Il was not en tirely a factional measure, though en acted during the lime when factional JTW linft ran High. TtXHniVYupjiori of membeit of all factious at that time and waa enacted for the public weal 1 do not know of any demand or any good reason why il should !•# re|>eaU'd, ami have therefore withheld my approval from the act repealing ll- The - system of dwtnhutmg free passe* by niilruade among ibe mem lien of tbe legislature and other olti cusls before ihie act was passed pro hibiting it waa |tert>irious, and while I would not (or a moment be under stood aa saying or intimating lhal any legislator or other (thctal, Mate or Luuuly, could be Models ittAesOted by receiving a fish po^a, yet it should be rran-tid*red ibst we are all human | ami must feel ktbdly lo lhal man ih«-y are for legitimate aubecfthere who 1 <»r cor|M>raUon. Iba ricipmnt of whose *ith tbeir own consent have* paid or favors we ate. These corporations agree to pay the subscription pure. 1 aie al earty very poweiful and wield l,rt tbe law hr enforced. I great inllueme on legiaiailoo. ft by Hi,,I. Aitr. I should a frank or a free pass lie given P. A. I oiler from lie front -Mace W* • '*'- 0 “ s ‘»‘« •• eW I |h i.ucd 1 he almve I have receive*! I ««♦ thought of « party and got a pair of slopes she could have bought at home for $2 50 and the had to pay 45 cents express charges upon them. 1 have huuted for this litUe North Carolina town alt over the map ami have not found it yet. 1 reckon it is some lit Iu town that is yet in the woods. I am not through with these endless chain frauds or deltiMops or snares, but will close with the most amusing lit I l}i fake that has ever transpired in this region. A planter who lives in our town says that one -f his tenants got a circular that came all the way from that pious coun'ry where they used to sell nutmegs made of wood and teed oats made of shoe pegs. The cir cular said that anv one remitting a money order for $1.79 would have sent to tin m a handsome si i#f oak fiuLbed furniture. The cri'dul >us man would not consult his Imdlord, but sent il, and as the circular sail: “Please men tion the color of the upholstery that you prefer,” he wrots that he warned green. . In due time he waa ootilinl that the furniture hail been shipped. So he wailed about u-n days and then drove in wnh a two-horse wagon to re ceive it and haul it home. On inquir ing at the depot he found a little l>o. and inside was a miniature set of fur niture for a d.df; The bedstead was 8 •nches long and the sofa (1. On the MMbmU • of the b»n wee-to -trots for freight. Rut the upho steriog waa green ami the man smiled a sickly gno and said: ** So am 11” Now, if there is anything for which 1 have a particular didlke, it is a per sonal com rove ray with my fellow-man. I was foretd into this one lo protect my name ami secure my pee* c, but if it sball result in protecting tbe Jepeu- d- nl women of thia land fn>ra the gre* d and tricks of strangers, I shall not re gret tbe controversy. The govern ment will take a band in it afu r a ehdr, but that will 0-4 refund the money. A Federal mart ha* already gut lbs cheery tree man to limbo. Tbe Polled Slate* poetal law dc- clarea .hal no uew*|i*per* shall be carried as second class mailer uclsaa nittjD Mat*. The effect of labor legist it ion has m>t been in other countries, or in other | ecliooa of this Country, conducive to: an improved condition of the people, or to success in manufacturing. Hng- laud is now so hampered by such un fortunate legislation that she is losing her trade in maufactu.-es. New Kogland is in many sections 1 handicapped in like manner. 80 much so, (hal a lew years ago her represent- ativis in Congress e ulcuvorid lo ciuuT an aruetidmeul to the constitution of the United Stales for the avowed pur pose of hampering Southern libor, which, free from shackling laws and tyrannical unions, is undermining her supremacy-in cotton manufacturing. YVe believe lhal much of the agitation in the South in favor of labor legisla tion is brought aluut by labor unions in New England, aided hnd abetted by New England 'manufacturers seek ing to stille Southern enterpuses. Tlreieisno demand for legislation of this character, by the vad^ maj inly of j those employed within the mills of the Slate. Almost without exception such ■employes protest against interference ami ask t<i be let a!one. The advocates of this bill claim that the working of childten in the null is injurious to the public in that when such children become grown they are mentally, morally and physically un- suiled for the duties of citizenship We believe the standard citizenship within the mill villages is the equal of that in other communities of the State. However that may be, a compulsory educational law will effect tbe villages as well as other sections of the Slate, and the amammous deaire .ujl j^he man- Alt ijMigfctnTdy *pprecurb'd--'ifc* humor of the story except the young man’a mother-tu bw. “ Why don’t you liugh.?” be asked. * It was a good story.” “Ob,” she replied, “ I was thinking of anoiher story about a colored min ister who prayed one day for rain, like this: “ *1 ih, Lotd, sen’ us a rain. Thou knowesi dat de craps is a spilin’. Thou k no west dat de cattle ou a thou sand hilts .im a penshiu’ fo’ water. Sen’ us a rain, oh Lord Notone oh yer drizzles. Sen’ us a downpour, a gully- wasbin’, a trash-lifliiT’ rath.’ “ An old mammy in the back part of the church called oui: “Look byar, | parson, whuffo’ yo’ pray dalaway? Why you pray for a trash-liftin' rain? Doan’ yo’ ’member dat 1 done bury dat trilliu’ week?’ ” son-in-law o’ mine last tbe textile manufactu.ers of the Slate, enable them to carry out effectively • whilst fully lecognizingtbe misfortune what they have been trying to do for both to the individual and to the com f years, to wit: encourage attendance mumty of the employment ot children upon tbe echools. Without the com- of too youthful au age, believe that the pulsory school law the enactment of records of the manufacturers show that any child labor law will be of little these conditions are being improved, value. We b.-lieve now that there is and that the improvement will con- less ignorance among children raised r 'tinue. The mill community giving the at cotton nulla than those at farms iso- great* st ad\antsgea lo its employe* in tated and distant from acho* l«, op* 1 - JteJBB 2lJXB&S«U lib'nntrr tawdr-ao when HuUl V* and places ol entertainment, is going within the mi I.vil ages Uu; schools run | Crawford: Iff by do you ihiiA thvir to at 1 racked itself the most intelligent about qjne mouths in the year, aod in " ufacturers as expressed above, is fot the enactment of such a law as will A well dressed and attractive look ing man well known on the East Side, boarded a Wells street car to come d-jwnt iwn yfesterday morning. 'Several mon stood on the back platform, and among tbe number was a stranger. He gazed admiringly ai tbe line looking fellow'for a time, and then asked: “ Who is that swell in the end seat/” “ He’s Mr. Blank.” “ Oh! What is he—a spor'.?” “ Why, no! He’s a lawyer.” “ Pehawl” he answered disgustedly. “ Is that all he is?”—Milwaukee Sen- tine'. 1 - He looked despairingly into Vacancy. “ 1 have had my misgivings,” lie said in a dull and passionless voice, “l>ut now 1 am sure. Your lau r >h shows rawynn arc utterly-hearttess.’' " She turned pale. - i “ Heavens!’’ she cried in terror^ “did 1 open my mouth as wide as that?'’ A A || lie won’t pay tor anything and will not answer li«-r letter*. It ia to l*e hojird, however, that be witl refund the #25 to each agent. Rut lake at Jier view of this won derful tcheme. There are fifty of hi* paper* received here at this office and not one of them represent* a subscriber Our |*eopie took lb* m out for a while, thinking they were some of theae sam ple copies that flood the country. Rut they have found out belter and rofu*e be calling for tge mon**y; Now if our county i* an average there has been sent from the State to lhal one town from eight to ten thou«and dollarsuind got back nothing that anybody in G/;qr- gia wants. Another paper ivrites me very tartly about its scheme and advises me to let things alone that 1 do not understand. The publisher seed* lo me copies of ; his circulars and asserts that it is noth ing like the other plan. Well it is more liberal, for iUasks only $100 to get ten subscribers and an agency and ; start the chain and promises $24 a month for every five agents secured in a month. My wife had already re* eeived two letters urging her to take au agency and make $24 a month so easy. Of course she declined, for she didn’t care lo beg any one to take a paper he didn’t want, nor would she send her own money and a list of names and write to ather women to come iu the scheme. 4 will not say it is a fraud, for l have reason to believe that the publisher is honest and conscientious, but the scheme is a delusion and a snare amT is in very bad company. The agents another letter that c*|ie the climax.. *- WinnslMiut, 8. C., January 2 —To Rill Arp: I used to admire you and ha* Led on your fitter*. You had my reepcct and*roaAdeore to that extent long a« be r maim-d a private citizen 1.-giaialtoa ie frequently bad affect log these corporation* and l«w* al ready mole affecting them have to be executed. It la liesl for the public aervice lhal lln- i-fHctal and the legist » 11 ire and that I gave my daughter $2.1 to send •, , „.i_ , . . _i.k. ... .., _ , . I tor be entirely free lo act with to you and g*-t the monthly reward fori. , . 7 _ . _ . r . . j Impartiality in making and executing writing letiera. That waa more than . 1 . 7 ,, 1 r . . . ihe law*. He sbould be monib* ago and you know ihe rest, you graml oil fraud. 1 hate lo think as meanly of any man aa I now think of you and your eon. If you were worth the powder and lead it would take to kill you I’d lave you both ar rested, you iwo-taced old hy|iocrile. If you ever come this way, you old sin ner, what we will do for you will ha a plenty.’’ Etc, etc. J. D. L. TUl man hud btUet Itlund that #25 *roix awar. - - Tl - A run away. i».n. •Rxkiviko Men Visitorm —Id Cuba a gill never receives a man earlier alone unless he is her accepted lover— “ novio,’* to use the Spanish term. The entire family receive him and re main in th&_ room during the tunc of his call. Their chairs are placed in a circle and the conversation ia general, if he is her novio, the entire family does not see him at every visit; but the two are never left to themselves. The mother alone, or wit,h a compan ion, remains in the room with Ibem. Rut the good-hearted mother, remem bering her own girlhood, obsorbs her self in book or needlework, or dozes behind her fan, while the young peo ple whisper iheir sweet nothings at the ether end of the room, safe from the gaze of other eyes and beyond ear-hot of ciitical tongues. . A modification of this Cuban custom could be beneficially adopted in our own country. Usually, the American Another ia too little in evidence when her daughter has men Ciders. I have ‘ in isolaied parlors, “ Yes, he was arrested for running an illegal laundry.” “Nonsense. What’s an il ogal daundty?” “ A place Where they wash the can cellalioH mark* from postage s'ampa.’ —Cleveland Rlain Dealer. can’t get genuine subscribers and will send their own money and a list of names. And here comes another scheme from another Georgm town. It says: “Send ’is $20 and we will employ you at $20 a month for twelve months to write five letters a day and get agents to work for us and will pay $2 extra for each agent over live in a month. Some of our agents get from ten to fifty new agents monthly anil make from $70 to $110 a mouth. It will take only a few minutes every day to write the letters.” That beats the tirigrrat-. - 1 reckon they must have a thousand agents in Georgia gelling $20 a month. That takes $240,000 a year to pay them. Does anybody believe that? Mnd yet this investment company does not seem to have anything lo sell, bur will get you a sewing machine a gold watch, a byke or a gun. They refer ^ou to * long array of reference*. Rut here is one from North Car bna, where the cherry trees grow: “G eatest money making plan o' the Twentieth Cttnlmy ”■ “#5 insile al h*ami unawiy m image will niaiitug circulars It break* all to-oonfs cornea roUiog in.' known girls TodsTt often with the door closed, with young men callers until nearly midnight evening after evening, thaiamily keep ing as carefully away from the room as if a Masonic meeting was being’ held there. Xuall brothers and sisters are enjoined not to go near the parlor, for Marie and her beau are there! And Marie—unwise girj!—usually resents the coming ir. of any member of the family, even her mother, thinking Ibis to be “ bad form,” or an infringement of her privileges. Any well brought up young man re cognizes that it is right ami natural that a mother should exercise a little supervision over her daughter. Re sides, if a girl but knew it, she is never so attractive lolhe right kind of m.mas when he sees her in her family circle— affectionate, playful, helpful, in small ways to a little brother or sisier in their lessons, doll dressing, games, etc. It is sweetly suggestive uf domesiicily to a young man, and is more apt to lead his thought* seriously to 1 *ve and marriage than if the two sat lete-a leie in • pailor all the evening running out ui auiieilil* rmisaraaliHii-aad falling back on aewewe or on sentiment able al all tlines tu bold the Scale* uf justice with au even hand, remembering always the rights uf the corporation* aa w« II aa Ihe rights of the people. Relieving thia can he belter dune by not ik<-ct-p iog favors from the corpora UoD*, and therefore not lieiug under obligations to them, however small the obligation, I beg lo return lo you the repealing act wuliout my approval and Ijoguwlure Ji«4M*ec4#»llv. M R. MeSWKEKEY, * Governor. The motion of Mr; 8pfcars, of Ihtr- lingUio, to pass* the art over tbo veto was voted U|Nin by the House at once. It rtquired 83 vole* to do this. When the vote was counted it waa found lhal the friends of the measute had lost, getting the required figures, but not in the proper order—38. Toe vole on the motion was aa follows: Ayea—Ashley, Rivens, Rlea-e, Car ter, Cooper, Crum, Dsnizler, Dennis. Dodd, Dominick, Durant, Efird, Es- tridge, Freeman, Jjnurdin, Hough, Humphrey, James, Jarnegan, W. J. Johnson, Kinsley, Little Lockwood, Lyles, Mauldin, McCall, McGowan, Jno. McMastcr, Moffett, W. L. 1'aiker, Palteisou, 11. R. A. Robinson, 8ea brook, 8pears, Wells, ft eston, Whaley, Williams—38. Nays—Stevenson, AU, Bacot, Ranks, Reainguard, Brooks, Brown, Bryan, Campbell, Coggeshall, Croft, Dean, DeBrut 1, Dorrob, Dunbar, El ler, Fox, Fraser, Gallucbat, Gunter, Haile, ilardiu, Hill, Hollis, Izlar, O. L John- Ton, TCibler. Kinard, LUTe, Lomax Maysou, McLiughlin, McLeod, F. H, McMuster, Morgan, Morrison, Moses M ss, Nt-sbii, Nichols, Prince, Pyatt Uaioesford, Rankin, Richardson Rucker, SiackhoUse, SandeVs, Seigler, J. R. Smith, M. L. Smith, Strom, Strotnah, Tatum, Thompson, Towill, Vincent, \V« lltng, Webb, West, Wil- sou, Wiugoj Woods, Woodward—G4. The Confederate Chieftain Took a Last Look at the Liberty Bell. We never hear of tbe Liberty Bell that we do not think of the initial jour- m-y it 'made through the South, just seventeen years ago. At that time its destination was New Orleans, where the Colton Exposition of the South was in progress, and ihe people of this SiCtion, for the first time, beheld the great loesm which sounded the revoln- li >n just as the bells of Pans sum moned ihe freemen to the standard of Lafayette. lu January, 1885, the Liberty Bell was borne through the lowland* of the gulf aud halted tor a moment beueath the pines and magnolias ot Mississippi Sound. The air was sharp aud cu.tiug for that sunny clime, and, among those who Went out lo see this eloquent mes senger of a historic past, was an elder ly gentleman, feeble aud fast neanoif hi* 80.h year. The bed had beeu de tained at Beauvoir long cuough for this aged and distinguished man to greet il. Tbe crowd fell back as he neared the car and watched him as he uncovered in tbe presence of this mute symbol of independence He himself Lad filled a large suglo iu the public eye. 8prung from Kevoiuliouary ■■* ’ costors, be had fought under the old Dag and left bis blood up >o the fields of Mexico. He bad been a Senator of the t 1 ailed Stales from the Stale of Mississippi and bad occupied the office of Secretary of War. lit* pueuioii was now in retirement aud his life was iu the past. 11* had not au much s* * vote iu the village, election. The statutes of tbe United Slates hail expiessly excluded him from all hope ol public auiutsiy, 'Theca was noue loo poor pohUca.!y to do bun honor. He bad eot assisted in Inter nal iou*l function* for a quarter of a ceiiluiy, and yet the comaiuee bear ing the liberty R ll from Philadelphia to New Orleans summoned Jefferson D*via from n sick bed and earned biai into Us inspiring presence, ll was n historic scene, and one worthy of ■ national setting in Ibe Hall of False. He apoke, and bi* voice was irental jus. lie announced bi* physical infirmity, but iIreland that ill aa be was Im coekl stay at bom* When that glorious obi bell was at tbe station, lie said: I thank you and your asauriaUoo for tending me notice and iraU that your anlK-ipaiion of U>* harmonizing tendency of ibi* journey of lb* scrus• the pistes of the Union, ot which bail not sprang iato vz**teeca - when iu tones first filled the air, may in every reaped be realitad. 1 ibink ibal tbe lime has come when pass ion should lie subjected to reason ami when nicu a bo ha* a fought in support of tbair honest conviction* should do justice to each other. Yoa sacred organ gave voice to tba pioadaat de- diraliou that a handful of men evtr madt-, tor they faced Iba greatest mili tary power of the globe. That hand ful of men declaird in all the world tbair inalienable lights ami staked life, liberty, and property in defense of this declaration. Than it waa with your clear notes yoa seat notice to all who ware willing to livd or die for liberty and felt that the dav waa at baud when every patriot must do a patriot’s duty. .Glorious old ball! tba son of a KaviliiiUmary soldier bpwe ia reverence to.yot, worn by limej but. 1 ft 5acrc2 WNubneeF ->'* ' Mr. President,” said Jtffaraon Davis in conclusion, “ accept? my tbaoks, which are heartfelt and sin cerely given.”—8kvsnnah Press. —• The Orkhn nr Mr. and Mm.— In earlier limes .the ordinary man was •imply William <r John—that ia to say, he had only a Christian name without any kind of “ haodl* ” before it or surname after it, says tbe Phila delphia Recotii. Some mean* of 'dislingnishing one John or Williani from another John or William became necessary. Nickname* derived from a man’s trade or his dwelling place or froiff some personal peculiarity were lacked on lo hia Christian name, and plain John became John Smith. As yet there were no “ mister* ’’ in the laud. Some John Smith accumulated more wealth than the bulk of his fellows— became perhaps a landed proprietor or au employer of hired labor. Then he be gan lo be called in (be Norman French of the day the “ maistre” of Pda place or that, of these workmen, or of those. In time the “ maistre,” or “ mais- ter,” as it soon became, got tacked on before his name, and he became Mais tre braith and bis wife was Maistress Smith. Gradually the sense of posses sion was lost sight or, and the title was conferred upon any kind—by mere possession of wealth or holding some position of more or less importance. tu ru out to be I and the money Sheriff James G. Harvey, of Luzerne County, is believed to be the strongest man iu Pennsylvania. He tbinka nothing of pu king up a whole beef and walking around with it, and does tbe same thing with a home. He has beeu known to lake a fair-sized man in cinreririiHJ and boist them over bis bead. It is rather early in Ihe aemioQ for tbe peach crop lo be killed, but what appears to be carefully gathered aud aemi-olticial information from the Michigan peach country is to tba effect Ibal toe trees, which produced 300,0U0 bu*h« 1* ot tbe frail last season, Wi re practically rained by the recant freeze Over 4,000 sharp were taken from that at liber really feels. Senator Warren, although at present surrounded by all the luxury of the prosperous mat , delights in telling ato- ries uf the days whjn his bod was a pine box, filled with hay, iu an attic, and when be ha i to get up every morn ing at 3 o'i Lick, feed the cows, split a lot of wood before breakfast au 1 then walk three miles lo school. Queen Wilh«lmin-t ot the Nether lands has sent a dol 1 dressed by herself in Dutch aalionul costume to a bazzar to be held io Lisbon on behalf of the children of the Bjer refugees io Por tugal- ■ • A Chicago mm has invented a ma chine that it cracking 2U0 poun.fi of nota io aa hour. • it m claimed that it MootaoaioYaitnf, Mtrt,,^ wuekj w the oolf MmmaUc Dat creekST Ul to ba fed there oa sugar beet refuse. [ urn world.