Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-02
The Knights of Labor committee of in

al assembly at Atlanta that in the thirty
three cotton factories in the State of
Georgia there are employed 1000 white
children between the ages of seven and
twelve years, only seventeen of whom
can read and write their names. The
lowest number of hours worked by these
children is sixty-eight week, fourteen
hours longer than is worked by the opera
tives in the same industry in Great Brit
ain. The wages paid are from twenty
cents day for the infants to sixty cents
a day for women and girls. A statement
of this condition of affairs was presented
to the State Legislature, but that body de-
clined to consider it on the ground that
discussion of the subject would expose
the illiterate Econdition of the people of
the State to its disadvantage. and conse-
quently it would be impolitic to agitate
it. The Legislature has now adjourned
sine die after failing to pass bill that
was before the House prohibiting the EN-
ployment of children under the age of
ten years.
Rev. DR.. 5. f. Jones of Evanston, H.,
who is called conservative on the tenn
perance question, said in his sermon on
Thanksgiving Sunday that the temperance
and civil service reforms had been
through the stages of education and
denunciation and reached the last stage
determination, of the denominations they
were formed to antagonize. He said,
moreover, that no man should receive u
Christian voters's support who was hot
pledged to determination. This is the
position of the most advanced thinkers in
his church as well as in the W. c. T. L.
The Chautauqua association of Mount
Dora, Florida. has invited the W. c. T. L.
! to occupy one day at its next session, in
February.
Mrs. Caroline B. Buel, corresponding
secretary of the national W. c. L. t.. IN
her annual report for 1880 draws the
striking comparison between the size and
power of the organization at the end of
the first year, 1875, and at the end of the
year Just closed. In 1875 the total mem
bership was not more than $500. 1t is
now at least l42 600. The total receipts
at the end of the first year were 1851,
last year for dues alone Sl4,234. The So
ciety now has branches in every State
and territory in the union, including
Alaska and the District of Columbia. 1t
has also established prosperous unions in
several foreign countries, notably China,
India and Australia.
1t is said that 81 900 worth of playing
cards were purchased for the last Con-
gress.
a California Judge who became intox-
icated a few days ago and created IA scene
in drinking saloon afterwards lectured
himself in court, imposed on himself and
paid fine of fifty dollars, aid pledged
himself to resign his office if the otiense
should be repeated.
North Dakotas rigid prohibition bill
was signed by Coy. Miller Decemberl9,
and will go into effect July l, 1890.
| believe in personal devil. | could
not have fought the liquor traffic for
fifteen years straight through without
believing in it. He is not omnipotent;
he is not omniscient he is not omnipres-
ent; but he has, for the time being, in
the wisdom of God, IA certain amount of
power among men. He comes to an in
dividual soul, ties it up with thread of
temptation, harnesses it to his car, and
leads it off. He comes to a great organ
iZation, whether church or political
party, and he tempts it with the riches
and the honors and the powers which
come from men, and he harnesses that
organization, which first perhaps was
pure, up to his car, and leads it off. He
has even subjugated whole nations to his
will but there is one thing that he never
has done, he has never assassinated II
truth or destroyed a principle. And he
cannot. And every great organized
wrong in this world, no matter how
backed up by law, and legislation, and
armies, and the opinions of men, and
the best society, and the big politicians,
and the great statesmen, every wrong
institution, beats up against what! A
few people that possess 1t: Nay.
Against fanaticism? Nay. Against the
w. C. L. T.? Nay. What is the liquor
traffic beating up against to day? Against
the whole body of Gods almighty truth.
And when wrong system filings itself
against the body of Gods almighty
truth and righteousness, none of which
can fail or falter, it is only a question of
time when it goes down. And, my
friends, when it does go down you had
better be careful to be on the right side.
II Mrs. Mary L. Lathrap.
A school of Methods of the National
W. c. L. u is to be established in Chi
cago. Miss Mary Allen West, assisted
by the general officers and other special
lists, will have charge and months ses-
sion hos ham plannal for tho aOn,;,,cr