The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 31, 1914, Page EIGHT, Image 8
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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
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;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
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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." ;
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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
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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
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I Horses and
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Lake City, - Sc
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5 New Y<
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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.
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my friends ?
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Jeweler. I
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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.
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| "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
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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:
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