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| Hap] 1 We take thii f thanks for the sp | pledire our best el 1 V lllll^i Hiiii mm OVER A MILLION AND A HALF WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS IN THE UNITED STATES. By Peter Radford Lectiifer National Fanners' LTnion. Our government never faced so tremendous 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 shame. iThat problem is?women in the field. The last federal census reports *how 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 fnegro slaves working in the fields [when liberated by the emancipation [proclamation. We have freed our fslaves and our women have taken their places in bondage. We have ^broken the shackles off the negroes ro-aMo/i thorn nnnn rmr daughters. I The Chain-Gang of Civilization. A million women In bondage in the isouthern fleids form the chain-gang of [civilization?the industrial tragedy tof the age. There is no overseer quite i8o cruel as that of unrestrained greed, (no whip that stings like the lash of { isuborned destiny, and no auctioneer's Jblock quite so revolting as that of or-1 jganized avarice. The president of the United States jwas recently lauded by the press, and 'very properly so, for suggesting meditation between the engineers and rail-< iroad managers in adjusting their (schedule of time and pay. The engineers threatened to strike if their ;wages were not increased from approximately ten to eleven dollars per j jday and service reduced from ten to leight hours and a similar readjust- | ment of the overtime schedule. Our | ^women are working in the field, many j <of them barefooted, for less than 50 j ?ent8 per day, and their schedule is (the rising sun and the evening star, i '.and after the day's work is over they milk the cows, slop the bogs and rock the baby to sleep. Is anyone mediat- I ing over their problems, and to whom ; shall they threaten a strike? J Congress has listened approvingly , {to those who toil at the forge and be- J ihind the counter, and many of our j statesmen have smiled at the threats #and have fanned the flame of unrest tamong industrial laborers. But women are as surely the final victims of Industrial warfare as they are the (burden-bearere in the war between nations, and those who arbitrate and ftnediate the differences between capital 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 someone footing the bill, and ?we commend to those who accept the (responsibility of the distribution of in dustrial justice, the still small voice of jthe woman in the field as she pleads jfor mercy, and we beg that they pinch : fnn rmmh from her crust of bread or I i ;put aDOther patch upon her ragged J .'garments. 1 We beg that they listen to the | fccream of horror from the eagle on j ievery American dollar that is wrung ' from the brow of toiling women and i hear the Goddess of Justice hiss at a Verdict that increases the want of jwoman to satisfy the greed of man. The women behind the counter and ta the factory cry aloud for sympathy land the press thunders out in their defense and the pulpit pleads for ixnercy, but how about the woman in the ield? Will not these powerful 'exponents of human rights turn their taleit, energies and influence to her relief? Will the Goddess of Liberty (enthroned at Washington hold the calloused hand and soothe the feverish trow of her sex who bows and reaps ! the nation's harvest or will she permit the male of the species to shove women?weak and weary?from the bread-line of industry to the back alleys of poverty? Women and Children First. The census enumerators tell us that of tho 1.514,(MO women who work in the 'fields as farm hands 409.000 are sixteen years of age and urder. 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 Dy and X s method of extending Iendid patronage you 1 (forts to please you. ;ree Dry of womaniy culture ana rennement that grace the home, charm society and enthuse man to leap to glory in noble achievements if our daughters j 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 women working as farm hands and many i of them with suckling babes tug1 glng at their breasts, as drenched , ic perspiration, they wield the scythe Mid gride the plow. What is to bej come oi that nation where poverty ! breaks the crowns of the queens of ; thp home- desnair hurls a mother's love from its throne ana hunger drives ; , innocent children from the schoolroom | to the noe? The census bureau, shows that 155,000 of these women are forty-five years of age and over. There is no I more pitiful sight in civilization than these 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 despair 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 J < ye that are weary and heavy laden and J 1 will give you rest" i Oh, America! The land of the free j and the home of the brave, the world's custodian of chivalry, the i champion of human rights and the de- | 'fender of the oppressed?shall we per- j mit our maidens fair to be torn from t 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 cherish and protect, to be hurled from the home to the harvest field, and our mothers dear to be driven from the old mrm chair to the cotton patch? : ' In 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 i given a reasonable wage for her services. 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 I docket of civilization the case of "The Woman In the Field" and demand an Immediate triaL SELF-ABASEMENT. "Six months ago I indorsed your I. note for $50 and had to pay it." | ( "I hope you won't hold that Igainst me. I've had the worst kind ?f luck." "No, I won't hold it against you, tut I'm going to carry that note around with me in my pocket and every time I catch myself thinking that I'm a pretty smart fellow I'm going to take it cut and look at my signature." DIDNT WANT 'EM. "That, beauty expert is a fake.* "Why?" "Wanted to give some wrinkles on how to look young." HAD THE TRAINING. "That orator certainly knows how " to work on people's feelings." ] "But, you know, he started out as j a dentist" J ON THE QUIET. J] "Whisper what you like to hare. !) I guess I can get you a drink on tl* ! j sly." ; "Then Mumm's the word." IT DEPENDS. j "Are the running expense? of your | auto much?" j "Xo; it's the cost for speeding j that counts up." j PRACTICE. ; "Is Bliggins intoxicated? I never j saw him walk like that before." ' "He never drinks a drop. There ; must l?e a new dance out." ; ; ( 5 or 0 doses 666 will break any ease : of Feyrfr or Chills. Price, 25 cents. .J I Prospt O ONE Al New Year's greeting to have given us during tin Goods C Scientific Horse If you own a horse, are you h scientific horse-shoer, or are you hir cut and drawn out of shape by an ii man shoeing horses for a life time, and driving them on, is not to be nothing of the anatomy of the ^ hooi when he is crippling the horse by in Shoes to remedy Knee Action, Banging of Knees, Cutting of Ai Cross Firing, Overreaching, Etc Everything of scientific utility i 1 The hoof has an oily substane I should not be placed on it, as placin; hoof from time to time will dry up tl ing the hoof to break off, and in son impossible to keep the horse shod. F. A. STJ i CARD OF TI J I take this method c ^ ii i _ i.. j appreciative tnamcs to % and customers in gene ^ liberal patronage given the holiday season. Nc ^ ing the great depressi ^ that is so general thr i State and the South, ^ was good; in tact, e: 3 most sanguine expec i 3 trust that you will cont ^ me a share of your b I that my efforts to pie J ^ ways merit your connd< I ^ Very truly, 1T. E. DAGGETT, 51 Christmas Is Righ Don't wait till the last mon like we will put it away till yon stock is replete with ererythmg Ladies' and Gents' Watches, $? ; Rings, Earrings, Brooches, Etc., $5.0 Necklaces, Lockets, Stickpins $2.00 ; too numerous to mention: Cut Glass, < Chains and Charms, Lockets, Etc., all Mail orders receiye prompt and c S. THOMAS QUALITY JEWEL] 257 King St., - CHA 8 Tiir win k 1 int n/ui K I BUT 1 J. L. STU I HAS BO' I Horses and I For Sale or Ex | J. L. STU pG Livery, Feed and Sa Lake City, - Sc eroui MP AL 5 New Y< Li d customers, also to express In soliciting your future pa KINGSTREE our friends an e> past years. o., -Shoeing! aving him shod by a ting his feet crippled, lexperienced man? A just turning the shoes trusted, if he knows How can he know juring tnehoof? Throwing of Shoes, nkles, Slinging Mud, i :'or the horse's hoof. e in it. A hot shoe g a hot shoe on the he oily substance, causae instances making it kLL. IANKS. t h >f extending ^ my friends ? jral for the ? me during g >twithstand- ? on in trade ? oughoutthe ? my business ? xceeded my ? tations. I g iinue to give ? iusiness and ? ;ase will al- ^ snce. ? Jeweler. I * K7TZ7WtaRTTTCTr it On Hand lent! Anything yon want it shipped. Our in Xmas Gifts. >.00 to $300; Diamond 0 to $300; LaVallieres, to $150. Other articles Clocks, Bronzes, Vases, ! of the highest quality, areful attention. 3 & CO., LRS. .RLESTON, S. C. > ON US I CKEYl TH ? Mules | change, i CKE Y|: le Stable >uth Carolina j| | "OAFETY HEST!" What a splendid sloga striking WAENTJG against SHIFT I life! HEED IT. It's a warning, amc , WASTEFULNESS and CARELESSNESS in MO* play SAFE with your INCOME. Don't live I Fat something away for the COMFOET of the ; it will be SAFE and EAEN yon INTEEEST. j BANK OF KING |S. Mai * \ wishes you a Hap Prosperous New Ye takes this occasion tc sincere thanks to hi w-k/-vwn Pvinnrlc 1TI iiici s anu ?ii^nvio m for their liberal pa during the year nov ing to a close. We your future patrons will do our best to pie: I \ ISJirtii, Kilt jThe Recorda*Semi-Vli Only $1.85 < ALL THE NEWS OF COUNT ear j 9 i j siTf?!# I 1 ioq?S j| jBSI P j hi, SlT j in of the hour! What a J| JESSNESS in our daily rng other things, against jg fEY MATTERS. Friend, iJiiiuj u your means. ? FUTURE. Put it where I BANK IT WITH TTSL J STREE. 'CUS % - 4 py and ;ar, and extend s custogeneral tronage v drawi solicit tge and J aseyou. i: m mi c. feekly Stats * x year "Y AND STATE ..-.-iSkL"-. .1 *1". a