The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-22
SARGE PLUNKETT.
re OLD MAN Still IN SEARCH or
n POSITION
ne Old Confeds ne Peddiers-There 10 Dan
ger of the Privilege Of Peddiing With
out "a License VIII be Abused.


" Brown and | are still kustlng for recon-
endations and a good position
4 few things we have noted in our search
q r positions that we never thought OF ne
! re. The old man of today Is pach
Il umber. There are mighty few places Tor
aim to NIL. The railroads, street cars, po-
ice-all these positions must be filled py
Ayoung men. 1t is the tendency of the times
| to bar the old man. What are the old 10
| do? is. l think. the problem" of the near
| future. | used to hear of countries where
! they killed crippled children. but | never
thought that il would come to pass IN
| Georgia that old man was barred just
| because he had grown old. 1t would sur
prise some to know to what extent this ten
dency is growing. They are crowding the
| old from politics. from the mechanics, ana
| they are "old foSy" in church matters
| There is almost nothing for an old man TO
! do but to just wait little while for the
end and pass over the river without very
| much regret that his life is over.
! sThe veterans OF the war are the only
| | les that we have found who nave any
. tng Ike an equal chance in the race for
| VIZ. The privileges granted these Neter-
| - peGdle without license has been OF
| ~ Seneit TO them, but | am fearful that
! ~ N"stll arise In the matter. Specula-
I dsgkng hold OF these old men TO
fHN, extent and are using them TO
L lymcnt OF license. The grocery
q Re complaining and If you are
here will be "A spirit Of antas-
Sftween this class and the vet
she commission and wholesale
complaining and it is 20 the
csc old soldiers that they be
ie profit OF enterprising spec
le privilege is abused the old
the loser.
a pity if feeling antagonistic
derate veteran should arise.
helps them TO live. and there
who would object to the priv
granted them where il rs only
Fncir own benefit, but you may
4at the merchant is not going 10
a wrong IN the matter without
big kick and they would be more
IT to carry their point, even TO the
| - of having the law repealed. Let us
| G6pe that there viii be no more buses In
| the matter. These old soldiers are coming
| from a distance TO Atlanta, and If we don't
mind the whole thing VIII be so overdone
/ that there viii be good in 1T to any one.
| We have been around enough to know that
We are not sounding any false alarm IN the
matter. We have talked to the merchants
/ and they feel that they are being injured,
and we have talked to the old soldiers
/ enough 10 know that there is no disposition
to do other than right among them. The
| whole danger lies in allowing spectators
/ to use and abuse this privilege
| There are many things To be seen in n
| city like Atlanta TO put old men IKE US
| to rejecting. All the world is ready TO
/ send out its sympathy to the vigorous
| young man who has his life olighted by
/ some unfortunate mishap. but there are
/ few to consider the fate Of the aged and
/ feeble as they naturally reach the aondi-
lions in liz Sw5ere no hope is to be eX-
| pected. takes IL as a matter of
course I, JptP aged may expect such,
and v ssor' 'is5 thought over the mat
ter.nshf G.sc old. though. to con-
tewe.a ~ tHo longer needed in
e" ' ,n! ei..a' IS M .'' csl'
/ taxi "A Is ha-,u want him,
and vt tit a small chance in
/ the iei T." Along with the old
men a,.s,. .ylsy and many an old wo-
man thtt-can be seen any day in the great
city Brown and | took notice Of one
| yesterday that used to know and that
it seems TO us should be living upon a
| pension for the good she has done IN her
long AMI patient life. She loaded down
| with garments that she had Just made
| up for some storckecpcr and we could see
/ that she staggered under the load and the
| heat.
Mighty hot?" said I.
Yes" she said. as she changed her
| load from one arm TO the other. mighty
hot. mighty hot
brown ana l recognized thlS woman %
/ one we used to Know. She is the widow
of as brave a confederate as you ever saw.
| and she told us many things about what
! these JNor sewing women have to 20
! through. They 80 to the stores and get
I the garments to be made aud lug them to
/ their homes. When the sewing rs finished
| they lug the garments back. Then ComVe
/ an inspection OF their work. They hardly
| get enough to pay for the Juggling OF these
! garments to and from their homes. but
there is no complaint from this. Some OF
ae storckeepers are harder upon these
r women than the weather is. There
-ystem among these merchant tailors
#ckns" these sewing women for any
nngs in their work. II the stitches
tie long they are locked" If
is not ON just these inspectors
should be the woman Is "doCked."
With the small price paid for this
| the bookings that come in
some cruel Inspector that has an
TO curryinB favors with his EN-
cse women are starved.
"a day these poor women have
There is no eight hours. nor ten
a them. 1t is work, work. work.
sun shines they work and when
oes down they light their lamps.
these poor women had plenty
a. .e war and were raised in such a
aG ID they are mighty little fitted for
. p BARD trials. but patiently they so
- and are glad to get the work on
Lp terms to ever grumbe. In fact they
h Nov better than to grumble. II they
= were to complain they would be dropped
from the roi;S Of the merchant clothler
and that would mean the poorhouse for the
| grumbler.
| This picture is not overdrswn. There are
| n plenty of such sights I'm a city like At
larta The trouble is that the prosperous
pass them hy without a nolce-p"rhaps
With a snoer. I mention such things IN
fear that the old confederate soldiers may
lose fhe little privilege of peddling without
| q license through the greed OF spectators
| Won had better be watchful of this. l dc
! not believe that there is merchant in
| Georsia who would begrudge anything Il
these old soldiers. but they VIII not sub
mil TO being robbed by spectators through
this free license system. -
SARGE PLUNKETT.
sPaIDING GOES DRY.
I The Election WINS Closely Contested.
The Majority About 10.