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a Work in a Warm Room WHEN you take your sewing upstairs, take the heat along too. The Perffection oil heater is eas ily carried anywhere. You draw it up .beside you and work in comfort, even if the room has no other source of heat. PERFP T;N SMOKELE EATERS The Perfection is solid, good looking, easy to.clean and take care of. It is smokeless and odorless. - At hardware, furniture and general stores everywhere: . Look for the Triangle trademark. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington, D. C. (NEW JERSEY) Charlotte, N. C. Norfolk, Va. BALTIMORE c*aoston, W ihmon, Va. Charleston, S. C. / COULD SCARCELY WALK ABOUT And For Three Summers Mrs. Vin- believe I would have Tiled if I hadn't centWas nabl to tten to taken it. centWas nabl to tten to After I began taking Cardul, I was Any of Her Housework. greatly helped, and all three bottles re lieved me entirely. .Pleasant Hill, N. C.-"I suffered forstogrnthemntIfltik a three summers," writes Mrs. Waiteroteprsnaoghr. Vincent, of this town, "and tshe third and Cru sprl eeal n ete last time, was my worst. atn.Isigeinshv id oi I had dreadful nervous headaches and efco h oal osiuin prostration, and wa scarcely able to Cru ae o nrae tegh walk about. Could rot do any of my housework. ipoe h peie oe ptenr I also had dreadfu! pains in my back vu ytm n ep omk ae and sides and when one of those weak, slo hes rs n oy sinking spells would come on me, Cadlhshle oeta ilo would have to give up and lie down, I ilarl ofryu htI a until it wore off. dn o hm r aditdy I was certainly, in a dreadful state of /health, when I finally decided to try rf CO.ide'Ad Cardt th womn's onic andCafimly is piUrely vegale ad gentle-q acting. It sinrdent s phain ap. milto effctonthe omalyeonsituion 1mroe te pette5ons pth nr vous sstem, and ht ae ae Cad ha e.e F.r hani a00.io donefor hem.Try arutoday.. Cadlie oan'oij and FfirmS 'Tuitt th Coi" . NATION'S LABOR PROBLEM OVER A MILLION AND A HALF WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS IN THIE UNITED STATES. By Peter .Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union. Our government never faced so tre mendous a problem as 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 sham'e. That problem is-women in the field. The last federal census reports show we now have 1,514,000 women working in. the field, most of them south of the Mason and Dixon line. There were approximately a million negro slaves working in the fields when liberated by the emancipation proclamation. We. hate freed our slaves and our wonmn have taken their placed in bondage. We have broken the shackles off the ilegroes and welded them upgn our daughters. The Chain-Cling of CivIlIlation.. 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. The president of the United States was recently lauded by the press, and very properly so, for suggesting medi ation between the engineers and rail. road managers in adjusting their schedule of time and pay. The engi neers threatened to strike If their wages were not Increased from ap. proximately ten to eleven dollars per day and service reduced from teQ to eight hours and a similar readjust ment of the overtime schedule. . Or women are working in the field, miany of them barefooted, for less than 50 cents per. day, and their schedule is the rising sun and the evoning star, and after the day's work is over they milk the cows, slop the hogs and rock the baby to sleep. . anyone mediat Ing over their priblems, and to whom shall they threaten a strike? Congress has listened approvingly to those wh-. toil at the forge and be hind the counter, and many of our statesmen have smiled at the threats and have fanned the flame of unrest among .idustrial laborers. Rut wom en ara as surely the final victims of indlustrial 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 when the expenses of any industry are -unnecessarily increased, society foots the bill by drafting a new consignment of women. from the home to the field. Pinch no Crumb From Women's Crust of Bread. No financial award can be made 'without s'omeone footing the bill, and we commend to those who accept the responsibility of the distribution of in 'dustrial 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 put another patch upon her ragged garments. We beg that they listen to the scream of horror from the eagle on every American dollar that is wrung from the browv of toiling women and hoar the Goddess of JTustice hiss at a verdict that Increases the want of woman to satisfy the greed of man. The women behind the counter and in the factory cry altud for sympathy and the press thunders out in their defeniso and the pulpit pleads for mercy, but how about the woman In the field? Will not these powerfutl exponents of human rights turn their talent, energies and influence to her relief? Will the Goddess of Liberty enthroned af Washington hold the cal loused hand andl soothe the feverish brow of her sex who sows and reaps the nation's harvest or will she permit the male of the species to shove women-,-wveak and weary-from the bread-line of industry to the back al leys of poverty? Women and Children First. The census enumeratorfffell us that of the 1,514,000 wvomen who work in thle field as farm hands 409.000 are six teen years of ago and under. What is the final dlestiny of a nation whflse fu ture mothers spend their girlhood (days behind the plow, pitching hay ad hauling manure, and what is to become of womanly culture andl refinemient that grace the home, charm society andl enthuse man to leap to glory in noble achievements if our daughters are raised in the society of the ox and the companionship of thte plow? In that strata between the ages of sixteen and forty-five are 950,000 wom en working as farm hands and many of them with suckling babes tug ging at their breasts, as drenched in perspiration, they wileld the scythe and guide the plow. What is to be come of that nation where poverty breaks the crowns of the queens of the home; despair hurls -a mother's love from~ its throne and hunger drives innocent children from the schoolroom to the hoo? The census bureau shows that 155,. 000 of these women are forty-flye years of ago and over. There,, is no more pitiful sight in civiiization than thee saintly mothers of Israel stooped with age, drudging in the field from sun until sun and at night drenching their dingy pillows with the tears of lenDair as their aching hearts take it all to God in prayer. CivIlization strikes them a blow when It should give them a crown, and their only friend is he who broke bread with beggars and said: "Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." Oh, America! The land of the free and the home of the brave, the world's custodian of chivalry, the champIon of human rights and the de fender of the oppressed-shall we per mit our maidens fair to be torn from the hearthstone by the ruthless hand of destiny and chained to the plow? Shall we permit our faithful wives, whom we covenanted with God to cher ish and protect, to be huiled from the home to the harvest field, and our mothers dear to be driven from the old arm chair to the cotton patch? Ia rescuing our citizens from the forces of civilization, can we not.apply to our fair Dixieland the rule of the sea-"women and children first?" There must be a readjustment of the wage scale of Industry so that the women can be taken from the field or given a reasonable wage for her serv ices. Perhaps the issue has never been fairly raised, but the Farmers' Union, with a membership of ten million, puts its organized forces squarely behind the issue and we now enter upon the docket of civilization the case of "The Woman in the Field" and demand an immediate trial. b* * 0 .. * ** 00 1 AT RIDDLE'S OLD FIELD. * 0 * Last Wednesday night at 7 o'clock mur teacher, Miss Azelle Hughes, gave us a treat in a farce comedy entitlo "The Skeeter Corner School" which was highly applauded by t0e audience The ladies gave a box supper from which a neat little sum was realized, to be applicd to improvements. Atten Lion was next turned to a large Chlrt'mas tree already loaded to its raipaclty with itreseints for -young and Old. Twelve little girls inairched around the tree singing "A Christ:nas Treo', which was veryi mpressive. Old Saita Claus caie forth and de Oivered tepr(sentts, . mak lig glad 1wutny healrts. after-1 wh1hwh childrenl formled In linle, racing Santa Clauls and sang a beautifttl song to St. Nihiolas poillting to thtree little stockiligs nv'. asked himt to be m1indfull of thlni onl ('Ihristita I'e. O1r heart w'as thr,ill(d witIt Joy and we wantt to 'xtid to our' teacher out tr a piprec'iation of her ntirit.g eff'orts. "A Patron." 31rs. Mc4,lain1's Experience WYith ('roulp "Whetn m11'y boy, Ray, w~la small lie was subject to Croup, and I was e1 way' a a rned at such tms. Chtm herlo in's Cotgh ietmedy proved fatr better thian any other for this trouble, it always relleved him iutekly, 1 am iever without it ii the house for I latow it is a tpositive cure for croup," writes Mrs. W. R1. MeClain, llairsville, Pa. For stile by all dealer's. Ol11DINA NCE (Continued from Page Two.) incone is $500 or less, per annum111 . . . . .. . . . .. . 5.00 Whose gross aninual inicomne is over $500, for each atlditiontai $500 or. less, pem' annumi . . 1.00 St'vyor s whose gross aninual income is $1000 or less, per Is mtor'e tha n $1000, ont eacht add itiontal $lt000, or' less, pier annumtit..... ............1.00 Whlose itoine ier' jolt is $5 or' less, ter' jolt................1 1.0 W\htoso icoimt pert job Ix ia mo thant~ $', for' (ach I addi t Iinal $5 or less, per~t job ..........50 Streoot btacks or carrlages, otno hiorse, whose gr'oss annuatmil in ('omie is $1500ll or' less, per Whose gross anntil IIncome is more thani $i5.0, fotr (each ad ditiontal $1000h or less, per' an numti.............,,.........00 St hei t hacks or' ('arrtiages, two hortises, w host' P ros atnnultal in(omte is $2000u or~ less, per~ -annumttl ..- .........20.00 Whlose gross annua i ~l I inontth is motre titan $2n 11n, fort Cachi ad- .. dit iotnal $10(00 or' le:i, pert ani ntil.m...................1 O.0 No tersoni, firmti 0' ('orpor'atti shaullI int ot' ire toany l(hck or othIter voel s fo' hanulinig or't ratnspIortting of pas at' the oity, wit hot first obtaliing a l i('ense theref' or' fromo t he ('ity ~ Cerk, tid every tetrsont, firt'm ort coror'lta lon runnttimtg or' optertinlg suchI a Iaek or v'ehticle shtal11 have thie reogis ered niumbtleri ott same legly13 prinit ad or other'wlse imarked'( utpont 51aid vehle itn lettersx of ntot less Itan briec iches in hetighit anid otne inchI >f suchl vehlio mu nist. wear a ttitt )Cered badge Cu rnished by CIty C'l*'kc. )wm~et's atnd divet's must comply w'Ith the City Or'd Inance htetein, antd latlig any of the above provisiomns shall, upon conivictti, lhe fitted not 3xceeding lFlve D~ollarts, or' he hm ttrisonted niot exceeding flye days lotr auch andc every violation ther'of. str'eet wagonis ot' dr'ays, onte htorse, whose gross annual in come is $500 Or leus, iter atn numi...... ................'.0 Whose gr'oss anual incomte is more thtan $500, fot' each ad dltional $500 0or less, hot' an num .......... ..........00 Whose gross dlaily income is $5.00 0or less, pcer day .... .....50 Whose gross daily income is more than $5.00 per1 (lay, for each adduitional $5.00 or' less, per (lay ,. .. ..... .. .25 str'eet wagons or' drays, tw'o horsn. whose gtrn8a nnnnnl in comle is $750 or less, per anl nuiu 7.50 Whose gross annual inconc is more than $750, for each addi tional $500 or less, per annum J.00 Whose gross daily Income Is $7.50 or less, per (lay .. .. .. . WVhose gross daily income Is more than $7.50, for each ad ditjonali $7.50 or less, per day .25 Each and every draynian doing bus iness in the City of Laurens must wear in a conspicious pliace a num bered badge furnished by the City Clerk, and must have legibly marked on cach side of his dray the same' number borne by saild badge. Shooting GallerIes, whose gross annual income is $2500 or less. per annum. ........ 25.00 Whose gross annual income is more than $2500, for each additional $500 or less, per an nuin--.. . ... .... .. .. .... . 2.50 Sign Painters, wlose gross an nual Income is $1000 or less per annum ......,...... 10.00 Whose gross ann'ual Income is more than $1000 or less, per annum ................ 1.00 Whose gross weekly income Is $500 or less, per week .. 5.00 Whose gross weekly income is more than $500, for each addi tional $500 o less, per week 1.00 Whose gross daily income is $10 or less. per day .. .. .. . 1.00 Whose gross daily income is more than $10, for each addi tional $10 or less, per.day .. . .50 Skating Rinks, whose gross an nual income Is $1000 or less, per annum ............ 10.00 Whose gross annual inconie is more than $1000, for each ad ditional $1000 or less, per annum.............. 5.00 Tailor Spops and agents whose gu'%ss annual, .ncome Is $1000 or less, pei an.u . . .. -.... Whose gross annual income is more than $1000. .for each ad ditional $1000 or less, per an num .. ..............1.00 Ten Pin Alleys or Ten Pennett Alley, whose gross annual in conie from each alley oporated Is $5000 or less, per annum 50.00 Whoso gross aninual income from ech alley operated is llore 01han1 $5000, for Cavl ad (1itiona,1l $1000 or less, per an 11111 .. .. .... .. .... .. . 5.00 l'or each additioll Allcy op erated 1- same building thp li eilse slal bu one-ourith of the above am111011nt. Terra-cotia Dealrs, whose gross annual ilolile Is $1 51m or less, por auntin .,.... ... 5 Whose gross an li income is 1ior4 t han $t;01, for each adhitionIal $1000 or less, per ainnum .. ............... 5.00 Tin or t ike shops whos;e gross anni 11i1come is $'50 or less, per annum11 .. . . .. ..... ... .. .5 Whose gross aniual ircoine is 111ore than $770, for e'ch al dition llI $750 or less, per all num10.. ............ 2.50 'Te'lpllee coipa I W; or' a gell cy for' busines (0ne Wit1hiin this State, and not including that donie without the State, whose gross annual income is $10,000 or less, per annum. . 75.00 W\'hose gross anual Income is imore lhan $10,000, for each additional $1000 or less, per annum .............. 1.00 Telegraph Companies, or agen cdes, for business (10110 with in this State, and not includ ing that (one without the State, w'hose gross annual In coni from such business is $2000 or less, per annum .. 50.00 Whose gross annual income Is mor1e t han $2000, for each additional $1000 or less, 1)er aninum..................1.00 lindertakers whose gross an nual income is $2500 or less, 1)er annm...... ........25.00 Whose gross annuial inicomel is more than $2,500, for' each ad iio na Q il $ I1)00 ' 1r les, per1 annum ~li................1.00 Wood Shops and1 W~agonl Alanu facturr whoPi~~.'(se gr'oss ann11uial Income Is $5000 or' less, 110r an m 1111il......... ............1 15.00 WVhose gross annu111al Inocome is more t hani $5000. for each addit ioniai $ l000 or less, pcer .annu iiil........... .... ......00 W~ood de~alers ori lI rokers, whtose gross anuallil inlcome is $500 or less, per' ann1um 1..........00.. Whose gr'oss annulal intcometc is morel' then'i $500, onl ealchl addi tionai $510 orI less, lper annumlil .7 Wh~e1lw right s, whose gr'oss an Inuatli n1Comie Is $ I100( or' le(ss, Pcir annum..................10.00 W\hose gloss annunal income. is more IC than11 $10010. Onl aCht(l adldlt ional $10(00 or' less, pCI' annum 11................1.00 W'ariehiouses kept. forl st oing cot toin, gr'ainI, et('., whose gross annu~1al inIcoime is $ 2500 or less, per' annumi . . .. .... .25.00 W\hose gross5 annu0 al Income is more thIian $25100, for i'achl aoblitionial $ l000 or less, per' annum il..... .... ............1.00) Whlolesale dlealers1 in goods, war'es and11 mlerchanidise, whose gr'oss anniulal ineOmeI from sales are0 $50.000 01' less, per' Whiose gr'oss ann11 ull incomie fr'oml sa les is more1, thain $50, (000, for each additional $1000 Sec. 2. All lcenlses Issued for 011e day 0only shall he doub1)1 the amount abovo menti1 oned for' Saturdays, Showv Day1s. ChrIstmas Day' andl ohi r' (lays of Public1 GatherIngs. Sec. 3. Th'lat all 1lleenses issued iln (der and( by vIrtue of t his OrdInance shall be .non-transfer'ablo, 'ind except for a licenlse for' a daiy, a. w'ck 01' a mionlth shall te.rminate and end~ on1 the 31st da~y of December, 13 5;bt may be revoked at any timo~ by the City C'ouiicil of the CIty of L~auur'ns on satisfateor'y causo bein'g showvn. Except licenise Issued for a day, a week, or a ivonlh, annual l-itea shall ,be chiar'gd for' all licenses issued prior' to .June 30th, 1915, three 'for phths the annual r'ate shall be charged for all licenses issued after Juno 30th, 1915, and lprior' to September 30th, 1915.' nd nnn..half tb.'n nnnual rsn,. for all licenses issued after Septem ber :30th, 1915 and prior to Decen ber 31st, 1915. Sec. .1. Any person, fIrin. comupany, Or corporatlion prosecitiig or en gag ing in any business, occupation or profession, or keeping or maintain Ing any establishienti namied in this Ordinance without having first paid the license tax imposed thereon, shall, upon Conviction, befined not exceed Ing thirty dollars, or be Inprisoned not exceeding thirty days with or without hard labor at the discretion of the oflicer trying the case. See. 5. W\here a license is imnposed by this% rdinance upon any business, profession or occupation, and such biniiess, profession or occupation is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk, or emiployee, such agent, clerk or eillloyce shall be subject to all the penalties herein imposed should the said business, profession or occu pation be carried oil or prosecuted without the license lmposed having been paid, in the same manner as if such agent, clerk or employee were the proprietor of such business, pro fession or occupation. Sec. 6. That every person, firm, company or corporation required by this Ordinance to obtain a license to engage in business, trade, profession or occupation for which a license is required shall at the time of applyin-g for such license, make a statement under oath, before an officer qualified to administer oaths, and file said statement with the City Clerk, set tin- forth: 1st.' His or her name, style of flirn, name of company or corporation; 2nd. The trade, business, profes sion or occupation for which a i cense is required; 3rd. Tilet(- amount .o! bustine5ss pro posed. I -.oneduing the current *~- 4x o in tuote cases in which such information is required, the amount of business done the previous year in the sane occupation, trade, business or profession if saie was carried on in tile City of Laurens tile previous yeA r. The City Clerk shall thereupon as sess and collect the proper license tax as provided for in this ordinance, and 111)011 such tax being paid, shall issue to tile appli(ant tile proper l1ense. See. 7. Pori aiy bu.vsiness, trade, oc eupa t.on1 or profession1 nlot enlmlt1vr ated il Seetion I of this Ordinallce, the licenlse shIall bw finod by thvIle City ronnllvl of Ohw City of, L:Utrenis at any r.v-.11:1r or taen- s tn hereof. Sec. S. TlhO 1iC en so Itaxes herein imposoed are levied for the prl(Ppose of rai Ln u1mbl - to 1'1- the ordinary ex.. penls5 or I' City of lmi'slls for the fis1-.l-vonr olminwilv5 ( mh11e 1111s oay of .latutary. .\. i). 191 and for the our 11oSe 0of paYing, , inl whole or inl part :h)1 d t I 1' t ya of the i -.. Sovred for II ,) orir exIP0nse theeof 1 Il tdln da during o l ri.ca .w(.1on !0. Thils O-Oilninee sh'all go it fe ton tho 1si d.ly of J 1.1u r A. D). 191. ;1111 and rtilled byv The City Coun---' il of t111a Ci:y of L1rn am lhe cor('13 o olrkte a of tes City of Lau.ens A rN hereto aOlixE this the ys day o tax n r. .\. 1). 1911, and in the one,'. huntdvie ' l thty-ninth year of th Sovereivn y an71d torie plidenleo of t t oIted Stats or Aierie. . at' A C. M. BADT1, May*-or of the(, City of Laurta "40 Attest: C. WV. NITCTUCN, Cleo o leye City of Llurens. AN OlRDIN.\NCE State of Souith Carolina111, Connty or I Laurens, . City of Lnarens. - N ORDINANCE f to levy an ftax tpan the taxable p oprty lhe cornp orte l~imiofth C honde in idebtiedns of1 the sa of Tanuensi fr theO ('Us'a e meein. Jaiay 1\ 1o15 an ' laist woretede of th'1,eaid sol to0 levy1p and olaew ar am01otil i 8l0 to pa te ntrst fo he year I(' 11 . and01 toI't r Ingi dfnd fo te paym I e en lOnti(t ord1' aid by hfi.q I'l 1''05. T hat an adx f d (7f eil-i' IS ents oneeyon0u lhr worthe~ 1of property, real son al, not1 ('enyl by law fro 11ion withIinl the coportelim Is iy oflc loens, ed ant herab' li 1d11 tor corporat to' hefry e': bli oxpe i of ,Ml)ur en for01 the meet frother1 'idebtednessit pupse.: That an a~ of sity-ve ' engthes ute witMhrin the~ eo end the Ciy Cfit os pasaideb laesie 0o8 . .. tietaxn son thiqe hon ear of tll hexcut y' D ye0at 1s1e.and tocet 11:>1 huw: n ad tilemoen ofeI 1b'nl of tny, shlbeue ofntsh Uonte0 itst: Howo M Ces, Wim r' thegeal "oe n c " o te