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, NATION'S LABOR PROP! FM I IIUULLIII | ! 8 OVER A MILLION AND A HALF t * WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS |e IN THE UNITED STATES. jt By Peter Radford { j Lecturer National Farmers' Union. j ^ Our government never faced so tre- ! e mendous a problem as that now lying a dormant at the doors of congress and | the legislatures, and which, when j aroused, will shake this nation from center to circumference, and make , a " civilization hide its face in shame. | s ( . That problem is?women in the field, d Tne last teaerai census repuno i ?show we now have 1,514,000 women J i] working in the field, most of them r south of the Mason and Dixon line, ij 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 p their places in bondage. We have ja broken the shackles off the negroes t; and welded them upon our daughters, u The Chain-Gang of Civilization. a A million women in bondage in the fo southern fields form the chain-gang of ^ civilization ? the industrial tragedy n of the age. There is no overseer quite ^ so cruel as that of unrestrained greed, i no whip that stings like the lash of f suborned destiny, and no auctioneer's | n 'block quite so revolting as that of or- j r ganized avarice. u The president of the United States o was recently lauded by the press, and | i; very properly so, for suggesting medi- | s , ,ation between the engineers and rail- ! c road managers in adjusting their i schedule of time and pay. The engi- j *' .neers threatened to strike if their j ! wages were not mcretiscu uuu approximately ten to eleven dollars per 1 day and service reduced from ten to ii eight hours and a similar readjust- 1; ment of the overtime schedule. Our i women are working in the field, many f of them barefooted, for (ess than 50 j cents per day, and their schedule is J the rising sun and the evening star, and after the day's work is over they milk the cows, slop the hogs and rock a the baby to sleep. Is anyone mediat- a ing over their problems, and to whom t< shall they threaten a strike? c Congress has listened approvingly i s to those who toil at the forge and be- b hind the counter, and many of our Q statesmen have smiled at the threats and have fanned the flame of unrest e among industrial laborers. But worn- 0 .en are as surely the final victims of t] industrial warfare as they are the 1 is burden-bearers in the war between na-'s tions. and those who arbitrate and p mediate the differences between capl- . p > ' tal and labor should not forget that j w when the expenses of any industry are j unnecessarily increased society foots ! n the bill by drafting a new consignment! 0 of women from the home to the held. | 1 Pinch no Crumb From Womtn's Crust ; v of Bread. t< , No financial award can be made w 1,1 A _ r? hill ? n H Wimoui soniwuc IWUUJ iuc um Oiiu | P we commend to those who accept the w responsibility of the distribution of industrial justice, the still small voice of * the woman in the field as she pleads for mercy, and we beg that they pinch no crumb from her crust of bread or C put another patch upon her ragged garments. c We beg that ^ they listen to the scream of horror from the eagle on q every American dollar that is wrung ^ from the brow of toiling women and hear the Goddess of Justice hiss at a p .1 verdict that increases the want of c woman to satisfy the greed of man. ' a # The women behind the counter and p In the factory cry aloud for sympathy ti and the press thunders out in their n defense and the pujpit pleads for mercy, but how about the woman in h the field? Will not these powerful ^ exponents of human rights turn their talent, energies and influence to her relief? Will the Goddess of Liberty 1 enthroned at Washington hold the cal- r loused hand and soothe the feverish w brow of her sex who sows and reaps 1 the nation's harvest or will she permit ; the male of the species to shove j ( women?weak and weary?from the bread-line of industry to the back al- I leys of poverty? ? Women and Children First. The census enumerators tell us that of the 1,514,000 women who work in the fields as farm hands 409.000 are sixteen years of age and under. What is the final destiny of a nation whose future mothers spend their girlhood days behind the plow, pitching hay and hauling manure, and what is to become of womanly culture and refinement that grace the home, charm society and enthuse man to leap to glory in noble achievements if our daughters are raised in the society of the ox and the companionship of the plow? * In that strata between the ages of sixteen and forty-five are 950,000 wom^ en working as farm hands and many I of them with suckling babes tug' glng at their breasts, as drenched in perspiration they wield the scythe I and guldo the plow. What is to be-1 come oi that nation where poverty j s breaks the crowns ot the oueens of j t->/N?v.a- rfocnair hnrls 3 mnrher-s I t love from its throne ana hunger drives j 1 innocent children from the schoolroom | t to the Qoe? i i The census bureau shows that 155.- j t 000 ot these women are forty-live j 1 years ot age and over There is do i 1 more pitiful sight in civilization than j 1 ; these saintly mothers of Israel stooped j ( with age, drudging in the field from j ' sun until sun and at night drenching I * their dingy pillows with the tears of I despair as their aching hearts take i it all to God in prayer. Civilization i A s [JHACK TKLKGKAPHS MAX\IX(i. j j "hief ol Police Says Great Strides1 .Made in Dnforcin^ laiws. Columbia, April 21.?Governor! i lanning today made public a tele- j ( ram from .Mayor Grace, of Charles-j on, regarding the progress of law' . nforceinent in that city. The .Mayor's; elegrani, which is in answer to a let-! er from the governor calling tor a ! , etailed statement within forty-eight ours of the progress being made in , nforcing the laws in Charleston, is s follows: The Hon. Richard I. Manning, gov- ( rnor, Columbia. S. C.: I am reliably j dvised by the chief of police that ( reat strides have been made in the iroMi'nn of onmnlpto law onforce lent. First, all forms of gambling, ncluding slot machines, lotteries and egular gambling houses, have been anished. so far as is possible to anish them from the city of Char?ston, and whenever we hear in any ase of any disposition by anyone to eep out in violation of the law gainst gambling we immediately ake steps to stop it. The liquor sitation, however, is different. You sk me for a statement of what places ave been closed. Of course, you now that the city of Charleston has o power to close a place up, except v a refusal to issue a license to do usiness of any kind. Where a busiess. such as the liquor business, is un in violation of law, the city has o power by any process that I know , f to close a place up, nor has any , iw enforcing power in the State any , uch power. Notwithstanding this, , he temper of the methods that we ave adopted have compelled many , laces of prominence voluntarily to 1 lose rather than risk the odium and umult attached to the constant raidig by the police. I mention particu- j irly both hotels. Many other places hat had been flagrantly by hold ronts and otherwise, violating the iw, have been driven at least to ] over until, on the whole, the sale of quor in Charleston, if carried on at j 11 now. is not being carried on with j ny open defiance of law. I cannot ( ell you conscientiously that in the ity of Charleston no liquor is being ] old against the law. If you have ( een advised that anywhere outside . f the city of Charleston any better J fforts have been made, all things t ( onsidered, than we have made in! he city of Charleston, or that there ] 5 a place where liquor is not being j old, I have nothing to say but to ex- j ress my profound doubts. By com- , arison. I feel justified in saying that ( ifhin thp eitv of Charleston we have ; lade greater relative strides to carry ut your wishes than anywhere that ] know of. When you consider that ] re were ordered by you suddenly , 3 uproot something that was in- ] oven into the web of the life of a , ommunity. I can honestly say that j e have accomplished a great deal. (Signed) JOHN P. GRACE. Mayor. ] The governor's letter to Mayor ( trace was as follows: State of South Carolina, executive hamber, Columbia. April 20, 1913. The Hon. John P. Grace, mayor, Charleston, S. C.?My Dear Mr. I lavor: Following our recent telehone conversation in which you ailed me up and promised to give me statement of what you had accom- ; lislied in Charleston, I beg to say < hat I am very much disappointed at j ot having heard from you. 1 I will be glad if you will let me ave within forty-eight hours a de- j ailed statement of what places have een closed, with a statement also if : hey are still closed or if they have 1 esumed business. By doing so you :ill greatly oblige. Very truly yours. RICHARD I. .MANNItN'G, Ssncl) RICHARD I. MANNING, Governor. strikes them a blow when it should jive them a crown and their only riend is he who broke bread with ; jeggars and said: "Come unto me all re that are weary and heavy laden and i will give you rest.' ; Oh, America! The land of the free ; ind the home of the brave, the ' vorld's custodian of chivalry, the ihampion of human rights and the defender of the oppressed?shall we pernit our maidens fair to be turn from :he hearthstone by the ruthless hand >f destiny and chained to the plow? 1 Shall we permit our faithful wives, 1 vhom we covenanted with God to chersh and protect, to be hurled from the lome to the harvest field, and our ; nothers dear to be driven from the old irm chair to the cotton patch? In rescuing our citizens from the orces of civilization, can we not apply j :o our fair Dixieland the rule of the sea?"women and children first?" There must be a readjustment of he wage scale of industry so that the nomen can be taken from the field or jiven a reasonable wage for her servces. Perhaps the issue has never been I airly raised, but the Farmers' Union, A ith a membership 01 ten million, puts ts organized forces squarely behind < he issue and we now enter upon the i locket of civilization the case of "The iVoman in the Field" and demand an ' nimediate trial. . Glendale Springs water lor sale at , Iurdaugh's grocery store. s ASK KX<>LAX1> RELEASE COTT( American Ambassadors Instructed Take .Matter l'p With London. Washington, April 24.?The f :hat American cotton shipments tot ling thousands of bales, and all d fined to neutral ports, are held by the allies, is giving exporters gri concern, and it was learned tonij that the State department has he requested to make special efforts the case of five steamers now deta ed in European ports. Some of tin were bound for Sweden and oth carried cargoes for Switzerland. 7 latter already have been the subj af protest by the Swiss governme which sought the good offices of 1 ["nited States at London and at Ro to obtain the release of the sh ments. American ambassadors h? been instructed to present the Sw news. Senator Smith, of Georg who has discussed the matter at 1 State department, said tonight tl nearly a dozen cotton ships were ing held. The following steame lie said, had sailed front the Unit States before April and were the fore within the terms fixed by I British order in council for unha [tered passage: The Bia, Savann :o Gothenburg, held at Manchesti the Sipos Villianos. Savannah to R terdam. held at Falmouth: the Ge ?ia. Savannah to Rotterdam, held Falmouth. Trouble with those cargoes, Sei tor Smith said, arose in part front 1 fact that shippers had failed to p ride steamer captains in sonte stances with certificates signed English consuls showing that 1 sales were made before March 1st WOMAN'S HEAD BEATEN IN Police Searching for Slayer of Cor Maker's Wife. New York, April 23.?Nirs. Ju Hielner, wife of Seiigman Hielner wealthy corset manufacturer, v found murdered in her Brook; home today. Her head had be crushed from blows of a bottle. The motive apparently was ri bery. The house had been ransa* ;d and two valuable diamond rir md other articles were missing. The police began a search for 1 caretaker of the home, a man nan: Joseph, recently employed. M Helen Buck, Mrs. Hielner's comp.' ion, said she left Mrs. Hielner ale in the house today with Joseph. 1 :er she called the Hielner home :elephone and Joseph answered, t< ng her Mrs. Hielner was next do Mrs. Hielner was in bed when s ieft and was not feeling well, M Buck said. As she returned hor she declared she saw the caretal flurrying up the street with a bum under his arm. On entering s found the house in confusion a Mrs. Hielner's body in the pantry Joseph's last name she did 1 snow. He was recommended to 1 'amily from the Seamen's Home. \*ew York, the police were told. ANOTHER PLEA FOR FRANK Request Death Sentence lie Mfl Life Imprisonment. Atlanta. April 22.?Attorneys Leo M. F/ank today filed a petiti with Governor Slaton and the Ge gia prison commission, asking tl the sentence of death imposed up Frank fpr the murder of Mary P; gan be commuted to life imprisi ment. KIDNEY REMEDY THAT ACTS LIKE MAJI 1 have been a terrible sufferer i number of years with kidney a liver trouble, also nervous prost tion and health generally poor, ci stitution entirely run down until ] became a burden. I tried physici. and every available remedy but fou no relief. Was induced to give Kilmer's Swamp-Root a trial, wh acted like magic, and am happy say that I believe I am entirely cm and now as good a man as ever. I believe it my duty to make t public statement that I may h others who may be suffering fr the same trouble. Swamp-Root without question the greatest reme in the world. Anyone in doubt this statement or the authenticity c address me as below. Yours very truly. M. H. McCOY. Van Wert. Ohio State of Ohio [ Van Wert County J The foregoing statement sworn before me and subscribed in 1 Oil. ^ F Tnlv 1 Q presence tins iom ua? ui i ,s by the said M. H. McCoy. A. C. GILPIN. Notary Public. Letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, \. V. Brove What Swamp-Hoot Will Do I You Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer To , Ringhamton. N. Y., for a sam] size bottle. It will convince ^nyoi irou will also receive a booklet valuable information, telling ab< lie kidneys and bladder. When wi ng, be sure and mention the Ba ierg Weekly Herald. Regular fif ;ent and one-dollar size bottles : sale at all drug stores. >X. BANKRUPT'S PETITION* FOR I?ISCHARGE. to In the District Court of the United States?For the District of S. C.? In the matter of R. S. Simmons, Bankrupt. a To the Honorable H. A. M. Smith, al- Judge of the District Court of the es- United States for the District of South Carolina: R. S. Simmons, of Bamberg, in the eat County of Bamberg, and State of ;ht S. C., in said District, respectfully >en represents that on the day '. of December last past lie was duly 1 adjudged Bankrupt under the acts in- of Congress relating to Bankruptcy; ese that he has duly surrendered all his eis propertv and rights of property, and has fully complied with all the rehe quirements of said acts and of the ect orders of the Court touching his nt.; Bankruptcy. lie Wherefore, he prays that he may | be declared by the Court to have a me i full discharge from all debts provaip-jble against his estate under said lve! Bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are excepted by law from such dis1SS j charge. ;ia, I Dated this 1st day of April, A. D., :he 1191*5. ,at| R. S. SIMMONS, be"! Bankrupt, rs, Order of Notice Thereon ;ed DISTRICT OF S. C.?ss: re. On this 6th day or ApriJ. A. D., . | 1915. on reading the foregoing petition, it is? m- Ordered by the Court, that a hearth ! ing be had upon the same on the 10th ?r. 'day of May, A. D., 1915, before said " '1 Court at Charleston, S. C., in said ot"j District, at 11 o'clock id the foreor-;noon. and that notice thereof be pubat lished in The Bamberg Herald, a j newspaper printed in said District, ! and that all known creditors and ia" other persons in interest may appear :he at the said time and place and show r0_j cause, if any they have, why the . prayer of the said petitioner should 1 ";not be granted. b.v | And it is further ordered by the :he^ Court, that the Clerk shall send by j mail to all known creditors copies of i said petition and this order, addres6j ed to them, at their places of resiI dence as stated. Witness the Honorable H. A. M. uat Smith .Tiids-P nf the said Court, and j the Seal thereof at Charleston, .6. C., in said District on the 6th of April, A. D., 1915. ilia! RICH. W. HUTSON. ? i 4-29 Clerk. ? ? i _______ ????-__ ras; ????j 3 War Times I Igs After the war horses and mules j :he will be high. Prepare now by j ted raising your own draught horses. ] iss See the Thoroughbred, Registered, in- Percheron Stallion, ine | Georgian j she iss Standing at stables of tie, - I I SMOAK >he v ~ - nd; BAMBERG, S. C. j iot ! Weight 1550 pounds. ihe ^_____ in Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days i Your druggist will refund money if PAZO I OINTMENT fails to cure r.ny case of Itching', j Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in6 to 14 days. ; The first application gives Ease and Rest 50c. ide? PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ^Engines iat AND BOILERS haSaw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings. Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, . =? Belting, Gasoline Engines LAWE5TOCK LOMBARD If , Foundry. Machine, Boiler Works, ; Supply Store. AUGUSTA. GA. for ! ind j invigorating to the Pale and Sickly ' The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, .. GROVE'S TASTELESS chi'l TONIC, drives out lll6 ; Malaria.enrichestheblood.audbuildsuothesys' ins I tern. A true tonic. 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We don't know of any but ambition, determination and a little money and we cordially invite J you to consult us on the subject of saving. Bring $1. and you can open an ac count. ? I V V " ? 4 per cent interest Paid on Savings Deposits. PEOPLES BANK I ./a Bamberg, - South Carolina ^ ' Two Paragraphs \: 'W& 'That's the third time this morning. I can't wait a moment longer on that fellow. Let me see?what is Smith's number? "If Jones won't provide sufficient telephone fadfc ties for his customers, he can't blame me for dealing elsewhere. Operator, give me 437." How do you know this very occurrence doesn't fiannon with vmiT tinal* fplpnKnnp. Hav* an amnlSaM line; the cost is trifling. Call the business Office today. . :: box 108, columbia, south carolina. |5J|^1?ichmondA&.. I June 1-2-3 1915 i H^SCOMFEDECATE ' 1 i VETERANS IgS REUNION si 1? I Tickets on Sale May 29th to June 2nd, Hi ' Ct ' inc, limited to June 10th. Extension and m ijj IP &&Y& stopover privileges. 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