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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNA VOL 12.-NO. 2. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUAY -- - --_- --_-- - - - - --...... ...ONE DOLLAR A TRAR. THE QUE8TION , OF CHIID I1ABOR Arguments Before the Colmittec on Commerce and Manufacture. in the House. The committee on commerce and manufactures in the Iouse of Itepre. sentatives held a special iecting to hear discussion of the child labor ques. tion. The bill before the committee provides that within one year after its passage children under ten years of age are prohibited from working in a cotton mill; after one year the age limit shall be eleven years, and after the second year the ago limit shall be twelve years. The first speaker was (has. II. Ger man, of Aiken County, a cotton mill operative, who declared that this is a humane and just measure and no just reason against it has lever been urged. He stated that the opposition <teclares that the bill will drive labor away from the mills. He diffeied with them. It is customary to employ children as spinners and spoolers. lie said that children of a very tender age are being employed in the mills. Members of this committee had seen children un der 10 years of age at work in the Granby mill in this city. IHe conceded that the mill authorities are doing a great deal to provide schools for the Mill children, but it is like putting food in front of a hungry man and then not allowig him to eat. It is untrue that the population coming in brings ilht eracy, for many children raised in cot. ton mill towns in this btate cannot read their names. Re had been told by some mill ofil cials that they would accept the child labor law if it becomes a general law and is made to apply to every mill in the State. There have been some manufacturers who have not taken much interest in this bill. Ile had been told that the manufacturers in Georgia had agreed on a law in that State. It is deterimental to the health as well as the education of the children to keep them at work in the mills at untimely hours. E. #k.Smyth, president of the Pelzer mills, followed. Ile stated that there is no law in Georgia, North Carolina or Alabama on this subject. In the Piedmont section the authorities had for 18 years been trying to statmip out f ld labor in mills while the King's Daughters and other huimani tarians had but lately taken up the matter. He showed how the older mills are trying to piovide schools. Ile styled the bill as " class legislation." It brands the cotton mill employes as inhuman and protects the child fron its parents when they move to town, but lets them do whatever they please if they stay on the far-ns. Mr Smyth continued that there is no way to prove a child's age. If the law should put on age limit it would be hard to prove that children below that age were working in the mills. le has a similar rule at the Pelzer mill, and lie feels sure that it is violated, yet he cannot prove that the children at work come below the age limit. He read a letter from a distinguish ed Northern physician in which it was declared that the children are better off in the mills than idle. This article declared that the Southern cotton mill superintendents do not want their chil dren, and that but a lhmited number are employed, and that those sweepers really are not overtaxed by their work. The article urged an extension of the public school system, andl ulti'nately, compulsory education. These chil dren, idle, without parental restraint,, would be worse off than at work in the mills. The speaker continluedi that the memu bers of the committee are from a sec tion of the State where there are no mills; the Governor of the State, the Speaker of the House, the newspaper articles urging this bill arc written by people inspired by a sentiment which is overdrawn andi not from knowledge J of conditions. Then there arc labor agitators who are working for the bill. Mr. Henry B3. Richardson asked if' it hurts a child's health to work in a mill. Mr. Smyth replied !hat it might hurt them under 10 years of age, but it would not hurt a child of 12 years. But better for them to be at work( thani to be running around growing up) to be vagrants and forming vicious haibits. Mr. Webb asked if this bill would affect Pelser. Mr. Smyth repliedl that it would not, yet he would regret to see it passed, it is vicious legislation. Mr. Webb asked further if Mr. Smyth has not a regulation on this very subject. Mr. Smyth answeredl that be has, but he is powerless to en fore It. There are 300 children on the streete of P'elzer now, lie can dis miss families from his service for not comnp lying with his rule to require children to go to schoel, but lie caninot force them to comply anid to go to school. The speaker then discussed the sub ject of compulsory education, and uzged that, if this bill be passed, thec comnpulsoiy e.ducaitioni bill beC p~assed with it. He gave a history of legi-la tion in Mfassachusetts against the labo: of children. The lhmit there is ten1 years. Why should the age in thu Saebe 12 years, for the children ir the Mouth are really miore precocious The cotton mill industry is young it this State, yet the bill proposes to pu this State on a basis with Northern 8t' "a where the industry is a hundrc< years old. This bill Is too drastic. Yet if thbert must be enaction then pass a law ti license marriages, to record births an< in this way to keep up with the ages o children, and then pass a compuilsor; education law. Don't be afraid of edu eating the negro, for he will get edu cated anyway. Mr. Smyth thougl the advice of the cotton mill authori ties ought to lie listened to in the ad judication of questions of this kin because they have been more deepl interested in this matter than otho people. At the suggestion of Capt. Montgom ery, Mr. Smyth explaimed that whili there are tLrec hundretd children oi the streets of Pelzer, he did not mei to convey the impression that th schools there are not patronizedl. Ili produced statistics showing that thi schools there are well patronized. Mr. Stackhouse, at the conclusion 01 Capt. Smyth's remarks, asked if th< friends of the bill desired to be hearti further. There was no response. Then at the request of Col. Orr, 1yev, Vernon i'Anson, who is a missionary working among the cotton mill opera. tives in Columbia, addressed the com mittee. Ile favored a compulsory cdu. cation law. It would meet all of tie requirements for the present. The mill companies are trying to settle these questions for themselves. lie cited acts of benevolence on the part of soine mills taking care of families who could not have existed without such support. The lichland cotton mill had taken care of one or imoresuch families. IHe sees crowds of negro children going to school while the white children are not attending so regularly. The compul. sory elucation bill would remedy this. ie avowed his friendship and loyalty to the interests of the mill operatives. There may be cases of captious mis management, but as a friend of the poor people he declared that the mill authorities have been doing a groat deal to supply the operatives with bet ter social, educational and moral influ ences. Ile suggested the advisability of appointing a commission to visit every mill in the State. Ile had referred in his remarks to having stood between the operatives and the management. Mr. Vebb aski-d him what of that trouble. Mr. I'An son replied that trouble is all over. (hiistmas eve the mill management had given to each operative a turkey, while the humble employes had given to Mr. Whaley a gold watch and chain. Ire had never gone to the general man ager of that mill for material matters to relieve the sick or suffering but what his request had been quickly and cheer fully granted. Mr. Webb asked if Mr. I'Anson be lieved that working in the mills is healthy for children. Mr. 1'Anson replied that no indoor work, in the mill, in the store or else where, is as healthy as working oil the farm. From his pulpit Mr. I'Anson had an nounced that, the Legislature would soon be in session and lie wanted the views of the operatives on compulsory education. Ile declared that many had stated to him voluntarily that they favor compulsory education, but none spoke of the bill now under discussion. Mr. I'Anson paid his respects to the " collector " who hangs around the corner grocery and collects his chil dren's wages and spends the money at the blind tigers. I1e is an evil whom no legislation can reach. Mr. L'Anson told of a very touching ease. A mai prostrated with Bright's disease had been taken to the alms house. Iis wife, a proud woman, tried to work, but two of her three childron were taken (dowa with plneumonima, andi tile headi of the family became a!Lycar old child, ie declared with feeling that the mill had not left this family to suffer, although the labor of that little child was all, nominally, upon which these peopjle couldl dlepend. The attention of the committee was then attractedl to the reimarks of Capt. W. A. Courtenay, of the Newry mnill, who was inltrodluced by Col. Orr. lIe charged that undlernecath this question is the subtle charge of sordidness on the plart of the mill owners, an appeal to tile emotional nature of the pleople, lie declared that this was similiar tc the publication of Uncle T1omn's Cabin -a boo0k which had later beenl deplor ed by its own author. I~e then acidressed himself to thc plractical side of the case. ie doe not allow little children to work in thco mill. Sonme days ago lhe hadl found three little girls around his mill. Onc was but 10 years old, ie told then to have their mother to come to see him The next (lay their mother appearedl al his ofmie. ie asked her if her youngest child were not too younig to work ir the mill. The poor woman (declarct her husband was (lying of cancer anc the labor of these little children is al upon which they could depend for living. " What was I to tell her,' asked Capt. Courtenay feechngly. There arc today emissaries of Nev England in thi, State, he declared, am they are trying to sow discordl in thi State. The operatives il Southerr towns have vastly better homes, etc. and are better in every way than thi operatives of thecasterni mlills. Mir. G~erman, the co)ttoni miill opera tive who had Iirist spo1(keni declaredl tia lhe had beeni thmrouh the cotton mill in iFall ltiver, anid the operautivyes tiher are better otf thaii t hey are herc Col. Orru asked Mr. Gerumani whn proportioni 'if the cotton il~l operativej im Massachusetta are inative Amer cansa? Mr. G ermian could not tel!, br lie was sure t hat there were no chi dren und~er twelve years of age worn L ing there. " M'Ir. Chairman , I deiny that stati i monit most emphatically,'' sid Calp Courtenay, and tuhtu dlenial was siu 3 tained by other mill presidents. I Mr. German relied that lie 1had bet 'I there and had been all through ti i mills anid he knew of what lie was L'al V lng. There are no cotton factory o eratives here working against this bill. - The opponents are mill owners. Why t do these oflicials say that they doni't - want children working in their mills - and yet turn around and tight the bill. In reply to questions from Mr. Webb, Mr. Gorman declared that in Massa r chusetts there is a law against this kind of labor. There are factory in - spectors to keep out the childrein of immature age. In answer to questions from mill presidents, lie declared that lie did not know that the New England mills al low children of indigent parents to work in the mills anyway, but this bitl provides the same thing for the South Carolina mills. Mr. Jno. C. Carey. president of the Lockhart, mills was then presented by Col. Orr. Ile began by saying tlhat the operativcs, owners of mills and legislators are of the same klit.h and kin. Tile mill owners have at heart the interests of not only their opera tives, but of the entire State. The operatives work in the prospect of cer tain reward. If the mill operatives are so much in favor of this bill, why are they not here to appeal for it? Where are the gray headed fathers, the Weep ing mothers to declare the cruelty of the cotton mill owners? Ile was askcaI if the mills pay oper atives who are learning, the bit iines. Ile replied that they do. i'e gav ye 011P instance not to show the inhumanity of parents to children driven from home, but to " instanco the genmerositv of mill presi(len:8." In regard to Mr. German's visit to New England mills, Mr. Carey charged pointedly that it is a diflicult matter for a Southern mill president to visit a president of an Eastern mill, or to visit the mill itself. Ile intimated that it is wellnigh im possible for an operative to visit those mills. Mr. Carey was asked if the wages are as high in the South as in New England. 1le replied that this is not a question at iseuc, but if wages are not as high it is because the cost of living is much lower in the South. IIis own salary would hardly pay the rent of thu house of a New England mill president. lie continued that every cotton mill resident in the South tries to outdo his neighbor i showing what can be done to benefit his help. School houses and churches are built. The mill pres idents are teaching the operatives to say ' our mills," etc., to feel a propri etary interest in the millis in which they work. In New England the help is of foreign birth, and they care nothing for th property or of the persons of the mills. We want that, infection kept out of here. Ile invited the Kings Daughters to viat his mill, to come in disguise and work there if they want to and then if there be found anything wrong let them make it known, Ile takes a cen sus every three months and lie finds morelignoramuses among the grown people than among the children. Ile roasted the articles of a woman corre spondent, who described conditions in a mill in Alabama. Ile declared state ments therein as utterly preposterous and untrue. There is no cruelty such as slapping children's faces. Mr. Ellis G. Graydon, of Greenwood, by invitation, addressed tihe committee. lie stated that lie is here representing nobody, having in the question only such mterest as every citien shiouk have. Very little has been said upon the real issuc--is this measure advis able? The question be fore this com mittee Is, '"Is it a good thing to n ake a child work in a cotton mill or any where else where it requires him to delve 00 hours a wveek?" which is equi valent, to 1'2 hours a (lay by Mr Gray don's calculation, for the custom is to make up through the week for the half-holiday oni Saturday, so that the time actually spent at work is 13 hours a (lay for five days in the week. A farmer would not plow a colt for 13 hours a day for the beast, is physi cally unmable to standl it. Then why not apply this rule to children in cotton mills, It makes them premnaturely old1 and (decrepit, flat chested, narrow shouldered, wan andI weak. In Green woodl the opleratives are as good as can b~e found in any other mill. Trhey (10 not complain of ill treatment. That is Dot the question. The question is: "Is it good for the children?" This question is not to be settled upon sen timent, but, upon facts. .lo get proof that this is a good bill, it is necessary to go iio further than to the testimony of Mr. Smyth andl the others. They say that they (10 not want the children Ito work in theIr mills. If it is not goodl for them why not paMs a law pro hibiting ii? There may be cases of ind(ividulal hardships caused by thiis bill, althbough. rthere arc provisions seeking to exempt I such cases. Suppose it does press I dlown hardly upon some people, the qluestion is, "'What is the greatest good ,for the greatecst number of peoleI?' 5 What is giod for these mills is good for the milla of the entire State. The au - thorities of the mills have been putting t the thinig off from year to year, anid a why delay this legislation? lHe had e talked with many operatives, honest, ,law abiding peaceable people, ie had t yet to fiid one man of them who op 5 Poses thus bill. The Textile Workers' union, which has the interest, of the t operatives at heart, is in favor of this l- bill. a- Mr. GIraydon conclude~d eamnestly hy dechiring that he represents no peopl Sor set of people, but merely begs to, t. tell of the conviction't which had come 111)upon hiini through close observation. Col. O)rr concluded the deb'ate. Hie n could uinderstandl( why Mr. Webb andl ie Mr. (German are here; they represent k- the labor unions; lie could understand p- why the Ring's D~aughters are here; butl he could not understand why A Garydon is here. He declared tl Mr. Graycion had bel misinform "and had used an improper illustrati In Comparing the children in t nullIa8 to the overworked mules. I also desired to correct Mr. Graydoi fihures as to the number of hours labor. These )eoplo have asked for leg lattioi which Eingland had not adopt until ifter 100years of experience wi mauufactures. What is England condition today? She is on her kne to American industries. Why shou South Caroina be handicapped? Wl should this State be picked out for o perimental legislation, when neighbr ing States have repudipted it? Why ) South Carolina in the devolorpit 1t-ite with Now England in a fully (1 vel oped social condition? le coneluded by paying his rlpeu to the ", walking delegates," anlul spirited colloquy ensued. Mr. Germanl denied represent ing (I labor unions. " Well, I supposed Yo ifid for you were here in that capacit last year," replied Col. Orr. "And I want to say that I am a rel resentative of the State of South Car lina and not rnpreptnting labor i ions," said Mr. Webb. ('ol. Orr ch'-(d that that had hee NI - WOWr-s attitude last session. Mfr. Webb-l refute that as an uba ute falsehood. Col. Orr- Are you a member of abor organization? Mr. Webb-I am not a walkingdel ;ate. C(. Orr-Answer my quest.11on. .ir. Webb-I am nota walking del After Col. Orr had repeated hI lucation several times, Mr. Webb, wil iad arisel 'excitetoly, stated th:at lie i leTber of at union1; and took i ietnt, and(] the incident closed. Mr. German in tur ideclared that I s not a member of a labor organiz; ion, but is hearim hiq own expelsa umd is interested solely in behalf < he4. cotton mill opera ives' best inte IN A EUMOROUS NEIN " She has found her life work ast.1' " What is it?" "t Mairried a man to reform him." Philadelphia Bulletin. It is Mlr. )uoley's Opinion th Vice is a creature of such hidjeo nien that, as Hog0an says, th' more ; ice it, th' better ye like it." Nobb: " And I got into a bumbl >ce's nest, while I was on my vac ion.'' Nebb: "1 Say, you must have had lreadful timie." Nobb: " Oh, it was a swell time First Citizen: " Talkaway is a bo arator." Seconad Citizen: " Yes, indeed. a only when you see his speeches : 0141 ty pc that you realize that lie has mythiog to say." " How about that cheap watch ( ,ours you were bragging nbcut, f nuch?" " It's still the most reliable til 0iccc I ever carried. It's never fia >r slow." "Really?'' "Ys tdoesn't. go at, all now.'' "Yes, it's a very valuable propei now, but a few years ago I could ha had it. for a mere aong." "' And you1 couldn't. sing, elh?"' "' Oh ! I could sing, but I couldi g.et the right. notes."'-Philadelpl Press. 'rho Widow-i hope) you will li them, rny (lear Dr. IBlessemi. I pi serve them with miy own hands. D)r. Blessem-My (dear lady, yo kindness quite unimans nme-cr-al can say 5-er-may the Lord preser you. An unslophsticiated old womn asked a druggist, the other day if had anly soap, " Yes, ma'am,"' h i plied, "' Do you1 wanit it, scented unslcontedi ?"' " Well,'' she replie "bein' it'a so small , I guess Il take along with me.'' Hie: " You aee, I have a sort power of clairvoyance, so to spe That is, I can always tecll nhat pocol are thinking of me.'' She (in great confusion: " Oh!I --indcod!l But. I -I-don 't alwr aei iously mieani what I happen think.'' Jones (who had coine with his w to call on the new neighbors) --W< der if they've been marriedl long, fly tia? Mrs. .Jones--Oh, no. Evidlen newl y niari ie:1. ,Jonies-HI ow canl you teli? Mrs1. .Jonies-Drawinig-room aimelle -...- . * The Wo1 . Greatest *Cure for Iial'arla A ?r all forma%f Malarial oison ny. take .Johnsun'A c.hill anidFPever 'Ionic. A tLaS nt of Maliarld po~son 'i: in year blood~ rneiana rn.Irery ana Atalarial polsnnti. T he antidout& for It ill JOHNS3ON'S TONIC Oot a bo.tI I to-day. ICosts 50oftents If it lCores fr. at ed he of '8* Os it0 tote acre at less cost, means mor01 money. More Potash Las in thM Coto fetlizer i t r suil ; ireases y-iei-laty11-er profits. em fo ou ei-wl ok (frev) explaiing houw to 11 GFrluIAN KALI1 WORKS, Y ~ 93 Naian St., Now York, tobacco smoke. Alaulde: What (10 you think? SI larry asked me to kiss him last oven in.." Bertha: " Myl And what did you say?" 11 Maude: " I was so shocked that I couidn't say at word."1 Bertha: " Amt what did liarry Alaude: 14 Oh, 11e1 was8 in n1o position to say anything." is A lady, recently roturned from o 1'urope, while onteitaining a party of i friends with descriptioniis of the won i t derful thingn she had seen abroad, mentioned the clock at Strasburg. One 0 young lady thereupon remarked: " Oh! yes, I havo heard all about ,s that: and did you see the watch on the )f Ithine, too?" r Mr. 1itt-T he other dity it was an nouncod by a Constantinople corres pondent, that the releavse of Miss Stone was only a question of a few hour, but she 1. still ill captivity. at. Air. Penn-It seems to mne that her release isi i quies'ion of money rather than tilm. --MAr. P'itt -WIell, Cime isi mloney, you know. at A knot of nien 1were gathered tmi the s 8mok ing-room at, the club the l her ee Ovoiling. They ina110ly entered upon1 a content to see who could tell the most remazikablo story about the fat men or (3- the loan men they had seen. The man a- awarded first, prize said that he had met in his travels a man so thbin that. 11 he could "1 go through a dnte WitLhoti. striking a note." " There was it strong objecti-m to 1- taking that big doilation that the mnii who iiakes poker chips offered t us, but It we finally accepted it." n " What petlrsuaded you to drol your11 t high resolves ?"' " We heard that. the chi u reh aroind the corner was ready to take vVery Af cent he'd offer, and no <questionis 1( asked."--Cleveland Plain )ealer. e- tt What is the reason," asked a pt ml'rosp.ect avenue woman, a that you never see a woman's head on a plostage stamp or a manm's headl on a dollar?'' (jGive it upj,"' saidl her husband. t" Well, it's true just the same and I ty can't see why we can't, have our heads ye on the stamps as well as the Coins." "Never thought. of that before,'' said1 tile husband, " blut that i9, no0 't doubt, the reaso~n why we lick the in stamps and sqjueeo the coin11.''"-M il waukee Sentinol, ke "t I wonder why it is,'' said the man e- who is always annoyed, "' that chibdiren andi parrots pic~k up~ slrang 81) much ur more readlily thanu the~y do good Eng 'e' And I have wondered,'' saidi the mild gentleman with spectacles, "t why it is that grown1 pe~ople fin'! it, so easy tn to remember the refrain of a silly sonig 1c anid so difllcult to recall tiho text, of a e- sermon. "--Washington Star. or .... d, l'rospective Editor---I1 am goIng to it call my new paper " The Blood.'' Other Fellow-Why? P'rosp~ective Edlitor-do it will start of right off with a good circulation. *k. Baltimore AmeriCan. "t Corrupt bargains between governi er mnt, and capital have been made and~ Yn unfair union of trado interests per to mitted ini this country until almost the only uniadulterated honesty that re mains is representedl by the farmer ife and the product of his farm. Every ton of produce that is shipped to the m- seaboard to swell the great, volume of 'Iinternational trado now settinrg so Sstronrgly inl our1 favor pays a mill a mile, or more, to the protirm "f a rail ofroad pool or the di videndls on a wa. "red "Ishare of stock. The farmer miay so - "" and reapi seasoui after season, the 51un land tile rin s may favor him with abnl ii danit crops, but hiis profDts are steaidily diminished wh il ' he contributes to the supplol t of those governmeln t created or favored mlonopol ics that sow pol it ical pu'ls andl garner a harvest of gold.'" Ana attempt is being madle in Erng hand to secnure enough money for the srectioni of a almitable monumernt in Edward Ed wardsa, the original pr. muo ter of the modern system of free publ ,lic libraries. Edwardls, who was born ini 1812, died in 186,if;n extreme poverty, adhsbeamotforgot teythe generation upon01 which his arsconferred so grca4 t h e nefit The World's Greatest For all forms of fever take JOlNSON's It Is 100 times better than (iiniie andot dIoe nine cannot do In 10 days. It's sp!orittd cu feeble curcs made by quinino. COSTS 5o CNTS ii FROM A BACIIELOR'S VIEW. It i8 a vise woinan that lits her sor- put vante have their own why. wr Being a crank deponds a good deal you on who titrus tile laiidle. Tho kind Lliat ought, to drink them- Pi ielves to (1111 I lovor (4; tloy jist d ty, keep getting a biggor thirst. Well A vock-olh Nvw Year'i resolution fora ceases to be nil aiment tiit will vuro 11 n itself; it is a (hsolso that must1 he gilt e rid of. d1 A wolail will get tiall at yoit if youI don't try to haftve th fast word, )ecaulso 1a I you have to do that to give her anloth- Six or ha.nilce to havo it. iefort 111141 Littlie vices koop company with proat. Prs virtucsi. A lazy woman is in (an1ger of Bin :'iol because it is too much trouble to escapo I , 11 it. day I A voinfi's logic IlloveS backward -1 m jlt. like a crawtlhhi, but it doesn't. go A. A. o traight. Ig (Give at woman your love and sii will urda overlook m01110 mighty tserious mioral P. In delle ioncioA. No woman will ever admit that she Iny got beaten at a bargain except Wlheii -4 O sho got her husband. T To him who hath iniSfortil(;8 hii'l IM be given moro. dal Deluisions discovercel are roiances 11 A linder a a archlight'. ICA A w imi judgea im an a she jidges i bargain-by hia price. lay 4 A man can lide dowi forever with )ut, getting to the utnmlt, hottom of ile, loe pair. i III An When we try to colvert thr1 wleI Il tre conv incing them; when others try P if Lo coivert us they are biulyinig us. ,iY Politiciansl have Imlore tact, than Iigh- (I wayrien; highwiaymeiin have more Ain- 1ii cor*i ty. t er's The tim11e that a IIan is most I love H1111 with a womila; in all their lives is five 'h mm11uti4 before lie proposescn to her. 1a 'I'le first thin Ig the womai whi 1a il n; meansi1 ti) get iinto society loes is to (all wr. one corner of the iitchen the butllor's " panltry. (.4 A ivoin'sil baby (anil fall doi mad Fl bimip itself hard without its being a cilamity, but if Alic hears anoIthIr wo nmn has cablled I hut ha 1- ugly, th's a national diatiter. The way for a girl to c(ath 111a I a to run11 awaly from flon. se Nobody is everi senisible eiougih0 lo As kniow thit aboit somlie thiig"s we are Mm140 till foolish. Ali There hardly e-ver.t wai at girl h~ornl hrol who could not 4-! a ic (f Imiistl ile a without getting rht. und1er it. I ti A When you lave it ils. piosperity; 4a.Y when tile otlier fellow his it. it's lck. i' Some women never can conivince meltio themselves that ever man who is pohe te to them in nolt trying to marry thei. The womain whob knIows how to) broIl a steaik doesini't uiedi to4 read4 magziLne atrticios on ho0w to make1( ai happjy hlomle. --Neow York P'reas. "' A spi rit1 of graaspinRg commiiinereial ism hiaa invaded the coun11try a111l by steal ro thy steps hias mnade its way to almtost ia every aeat, of governmeint. 1. has inl- Cat vadeod 1)01i tiesan pub 111)1ic life and1 for shiarced profits with t he servantsa of the " 1peopl1 uintilI they, inI the pridle and( C ar poWer of their un Iearneds wealtLih, Woul 11 ru become th10 mtatera of thiose tihey~ were - elected to scrve. It is no0W demandllued - of the fainmer that lie shallI do mot re 111han feed thleml all. Hoc is askifed to pay' from the substaonce of his patilonlI toil dlividends onl inlflated stockb, to pay theO i profita of the groat combinatij a of cap) ial aind, wheni he has paid the a1s11 albl, tihe cry of tile trusats is for umore I Ci More I - o -.- -~ . -.. - - - Th'iere isa ui b11 eforo the courtas of w Virginia wichi wvas begun as long ago~ n 1797, bu t the lichmonid. 'Times says~ there is no0w proapect of it, speedy aet, -. tIllmen. It ja the caae of the1 1 himal - Swamp La-d Comnpany va. And1(erason A and ot~hers, and( tho aium originally iln volved was about ?!,,0. m ml THE YOUNGBLOODI "" LUMBER COMPANY j . AUGUUBTA, UA. -- Orrreu An) 'Wontn, Non-nt A cor. . I)D Drh((r, Saah, n71i,,oti and Un'~Ii..r'. F1,00(JIlNG, SI D)ING, (cIi,IN(; A N;) INS!I~f DE INIMUllN(, JItJM bImR~ IN Gico)ltGIA bl'N. All Correspondecleo givden prompt at tolntion. f~ia'Pr V%) (lradu'ates. ieceeives fromy 1 to 5 ap. phea(rtions1 daily for bookkeepers and ste. On no'graph1ers. Btookkeepming. tihorthandl, ml raI eeraphiy taught. Rtefers to Al lanta's coi biness 10 men andl bankera. Write for cat- wr alo gne. A ddress A. C. BI1800 CE, Pres. or I,. W,. A I(NOLD. Vien-P'rna.. A tlantaO n Fever Medicine. HILL and f ETER 'JONI(. re in a ingle day what slow qui. res arc in striking contrast to ie T CUREs. Church Bireotory. 11" WO RIve the names of charebes rA, and the Sundays on which th hip, as far we have inforination. chureb is 1nt on the list send the no y iniformat ion: BArier. n- ter. A. J. S. Thomas--8 Bas II a. mn. and 8 p. In.; prayer =eWag ne.sdny 8 p. om. ona -Itav I. J. oster- Saturday be.. ho firsittiday at 8 p. tu.; lot Sunday Il. or's Crnok-- Tier, J. A. Foster--4 Sat :t i in; Sunday after second Satu. i t ill. n Creek- Rev. J. N. Foster--4th Sa4 - p o; Sutrliay after fourth Saturday n. Mitle e. W. . Seaborn-Saturd1 m the aeonid Sunday 2 p ma; sceN my II a i. lter's Creek. -Rev. W. C. Seabov. dty before the third Sunday 2 V n - ktiday 11 a Im. neord - R1ev. W. C. Seaborn-Bataty n the fourth Sunday 2 p m; 4tb Smit 1 a n. )erty- Rtev. 77. 0. faddoek- lot and hhatha ; mnrning, 11 o'clock; might, 8; syery snnday at 4 p m.; prayer nsoW Wed neAdays R p. in. o in tTabor-iev. 0. Fr. Ruslen---kit y before fourth Bunday at I o'eloek M UTHOPIsT. 'konn ReY I. R. Dagall---1t Ike p It; 211 uiiday 11 a re; 4th Onday Ji; preyer meeting Wednesdays S p m. 'clve file Rev. R. R. DagNali---st ay 11 I la ; d Suinday B.30 p .1 . IleheIn- -ev. it. R.Dagna 4O 1:30 p m. 'or -Rev. 1. ft. Dagnall--4th Sanday ui; Mh Rumlnday 11 a m. ley, fit. WV. E. Wiggino ---leti bunday ;3d iuniy 11 a mo. iP liev. W. E. Wiggics--Iat Bun p mi. it liev. W. B. Wiggins.-2(d Sunday i; At ht Roniday 4 p1 ml. le-tla H1er Wiggins--lst Sunday 11 'tit Stiti ay 4 p ii. kowlb - R(ov. Wiggins- Ath Sunday 11 teiis (huiirc-h Rtev. V iggins-'Ad Bun p mn- Mh. Ruinlay 11 a in. i" 1'14nir.NM ('11u: T- -Ie . U. 11 . Mo it. ,i1t Strnrlsy -Friendsl.ip, 11 a it; Por -hapel, .3:30 11 ill. -)rni SiiuInay Mt. itUthel, 11 a i6; ow -, . ::10 Il. ird :tiurnay Ptorter's Chapel, 11 a m - 1 . 3:30U p1 rn. airth Sorniay Meliny's Ubapel, 11 -fwLorname, 3:Al 11 mi. r Pi. -ans g i v-tev. J. F it& , 4t n n ,s. C. * hy airvew If A. I ; 04 id 01A a lfill, 11 U. IL. 11rt h sisiy - U1inh 1ala , 11 1&. ru; Lily COI IItT111 merr.i.Iruliirth Moniday in Jamu "" .i. in May and tie ceoond ny in Seltiiniber. Ir.ntsN soviind Monday in Felruay, I N day.iiii IN. in Ju11ne and th, forh ny in repleriber. - Third Monday in 3'ehuary, Moinly in .diune, and first Monday the fmurth Monday in Septeimubee. itALLA- Sr.coindl Monday in March, inal l Monday after the fourth Mo. 11 .111 1n4, and the sixth Monday Safte urth Mrnlay in septomuler. 'Ka.Nf Third mnday in mareh, W9,4 ay after fotrt. utmnday In June, and ''nri thoday in setemb~iner. Ei-M Medicated Cigars AND) ?E-M Smoking Tobacco uiser of Tobau-co that suffer wieb Oa h,, Asthmaa, oir Bron)Ichitig. We guama ani absolute anid permanenut cure of trrh. anid it is the ohnly known, remedy Flay fever. If your druggist or grocer t not keep It, writ. Es-M t O., Atlanta, for Frree Hamnple Trade supplied by 'enter Bros'., Iro-.nville, U. O., e tchnold & Tiollquon, Spartaniburgi. S OTECT[ION. Sen d isedel, tsh espa Ire. raiuadee and advies. )OK ON PA TENTS ';.." ttat Wyrs. WAUHIN*T@oN, P.O. f. the Largent. Best UgniP Ped and at Influential Business Col lge I in me roli, as. ifoard., Hooks and Tuition y be earned by any energetle yong n or lady in a abort time. by work a rne. For particulars, A idress, RUNOOL, W. (WL'VSiNoR , Manager, Mpartan burg, 5. 0, I- J. P. CARLIsLE G1reenvyillo, 8. 0. 0tic ver Addistons D~rug Stor. Y M.MJAUJLDIN, Attornoy at Law. Pickenss 8a 0, tetico, in all the Courta. ()1ice, over Earle's Drug Stote. MONEY TO LOA!W JN'O, ii. PAILM ERi & 80N, Oolumia. 5t n1