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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-02-11

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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-02-11

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cousti patton II every Gus kaew how nat
uraily aud gu cisly Burdoek Blood BIZ
ters regulates the stt mach and bow elt.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-02-11
A Squib From Will;
or a
Darktown Lullaby.

Oar me little piekanniry don't yo cry;
Hetchy kotchy, ketchy kOtchy, ketchy kltch,
Fo' de moon am tunnin' at yO ho HI, VI
Funnin' at me little darklOwn baby witch,
F,' he b'leyes yo am q pOssum, no, no, hs'
Kase ye .cuddles 70 g NANNY Wa'm ana
Like o possum to yaner poplar tree,
" hinde hOuu'5 am talkln' coon talk IN dc
Tolu Oolu oOlu tolu, oolu,
Tolu Pine,
nat'll cure ye ebery time,
Oar me lttlo pickauniny don't ye cry.
NOW me little plckanniuy don't yo' cry,
FOR heah yo paDa c0mtn' hOtchy, kOtch,
So yo' cOugh'li quit tirklin' by-'n'-bye,
Kase W, papa he am gwian TO 20 fotch
From dat man who keeps de shotlacarrypop,
Ober q ar Ivy name oh Rich'en W ; iii
Heah's de Tolu-Pine so de cough am got to
stop.
Nyow me little piekaninny loa't you cry,
Tolu oOlu oOlu LOlu, OJu
Tolu-Plue,
Datll cure ye epry time
Oar me little pickaninny smut yo' eye
Tolu. pine is pl asant everybody likes IL
And the chilIren fight for IL Price 70 cents'
bottles for 81
Prepared by. yours business,
MILL RICHARDSON,
The ut Rate Druggist
l2T Greene. Phone 70, Goods Delivered
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-02-11
Geo. BIake's Store.

One thing you want to
remember when you come
to.look for a spring suit,
that we show a larger as
sortment of new spring
style suitings than any of
them. Again, they are all
new, not an old or last
years style among them.
All! orders filled within 10
days. Fit must suit you,
or no sale.
The Star Clothing House.
,AaxANAkAAAAA y "a ~ \ \
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20

I simply want TO show that I did not
drink carbolic acid because some other
telephone girl swallowed poison.
"As for the reasons why l did attempt
to end my life, 1 really don't know just
exactly why I did It. People seem TO
have at last realized that the telephone
girl is about as sinned against as sin
ming.
They ask me whether I blame the
telephone company for the rash act. OF
course I don't blame the telephone COM
pany directly but l think that my work
IN the telephone office was the indirect
cause.
IF I hadn't been all unstrung from my
work I'm sure l should not have tried to
do anything so foolish Telephone work
is q terrible strain. 1t makes your nerves
go ting-a-ling all the time. l have never
been particularly strong, and the con-
fnement and nervous strain of the tele-
phone office is unbearably hard for a girl
who is not full OF vitality
Just imagine sitting in a chair all day
long hearing the same irritating buzz, Civ
ing the same replies, being under constant
watch!
"A telephone girl lives in constant dread
of losing her position. She never knows
from one day until the next whether her
name will be on the bulletin board that
announces dismissals. You feel just as
though you were living with a sword
hanging over your head ready TO fall and
chop II off at any moment.
The hours are very long and you never
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20

medlately At 1850 the matron woke me
from fltfaI sleep and l reported to the
local room 10 which l had been changed.
Here there were new and different details
to be learned. The room was much larger
than that of Sunset" with more than
twice as many operators. One. long table
was devoted to the. ..so0'-a dozen girls,
and the chief 800 a pink-cheeked
golden-haired maiden.
felt partly initiated and thoroughly un-
derstood the workings, though 1 manipu-
lated clumsily. My hours, nine in all.
were from 1870 until $50 On Sunday
night l told them that would not re-
1t is only by actual experience that one
can realize the Misunderstanding work Of
the telephone girl. 1 should never have
believed it without going through 1t my
self. Scarcely a day passes that some
girl does not faint at her work.
The telephone system requires peculiar
nerve-w wearing labor. Mr.. Sabin requires
one girl to suffer nine hours Of II. The
telephone system cannot be changed.
But Mr.. Sabin can reduce the number of
hours and put the telephone office on a
plan above the sweat-shop.
AS long as there a-e girls in the world
who have TO work Mr.. Sabin will find no
difficulty filling the positions, though he
increase the hours to ten.
A telephone girl SHOULD not be made to
work over seven hours a day including
would necessitate an additional force of
operators at 500 a month.
Perhaps it would be worth while. Then
If telephone girl committed suicide Mr..
Sabin could plead not guilty at the bar
of her soul.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20

the sort who would make sweet eyes al
"Pshawlr replied Alice: I'm on 70
them. Some ones been talking about me
That's one of the company's spies. I'll be-
my hat l know I've seen him some
where"
The next afternoon l went down to the
for l could not stand the night work. I
was told If l couldn't stand the work
there were Others who could. One of the
girls In the lunch room suggested that l
see Miss Sheridan Miss Sheridan is a
real lady" quoth my informant, who evil
IDENTIFY thought otherwise of the ladies
Officially called chief operators.
Miss Sheridan, traffic manager, is one Of
the most charming women l have ever
met. She is loved and respected by all
the telephone girls. A woman, tall and
least thirty-five years, she looks scarcely
TWENTY-FIVE a sweet graciousness and
rare sympathy cling to her every word
In diverse ratio as Miss Sheridan is
liked so is Miss Kennedy disliked l did
not during my weeks experience have
personal encounter with Miss Kennedy.
saw her once or twice. and must con-
TESS that 1 was repealed by her. 1t is
Miss Kennedy's duty to listen over the
line. If she wills she can hear any or
every operator She Immediately reports
the slightest infraction of the rules on the
part of the operators. Nine out OF ten
operators lose their positions through
Miss Kennedy's report The doors of the
telephone company are forever bolted and
barred TO dismissed operator
It Is unfortunate but necessary that
the company use the listening" method.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20

''She asked me all sorts Of questions
about the poison. 1 never for moment
thought she had q reason. 1 remember
she said to me just before going: so
you're sorry that you did II. Edith" 1
told her never, never 10 think Of suicide
She said good-by very sadly. but I
thought It was pity for my suferings.
The next morning I saw the morning
paper on a chair across the room. An
other telephone girl attempts suicide
stood out in black lines. You can imagine
my horror when read that II was Miss
Griff1ths.
"She must have thought Of II before COM
ing to see me, but the sight Of all my
agony and all my regrets over the rash
act failed to shake her purpose. They
saved her life, too, and I heard from
Chicago, where kind friends sent her, that
she too thinks life worth living now.
For two months / suffered death in life.
The acid had burned me terribly. l was
willing to bear all the pain providing only
I might live Ny only reason for telling
my experience is that I want TO warn
other girls. I think we are very likely 10
get morbid and ! know that not few of
the girls have contemplated suicide. AS
1 said before the telephone company can't
be blamed directly if the girls develop
melancholia.
But 1 hope that no more Of them viii
seek death. The poison cup is very tempt
ing at the rim, but when you get down TO
the dregs and it's too late life seems more
tempting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20

get any fresh air. IF you work during the
day you have half an hour for lunch. but
you eat your lunch In the building. You
are supposed TO have fifteen minutes a
day recess. but you don't get il every
day by any means, and then never over
ten minutes You can't go outside the
building during recess. About every two
weeks you get an afternoon off.
If you work at night time it's just as
bad. You sleep as much of the day as
you can. so you don't get any more ex-
ercise.
It's hard to make it clear just why
telephone work is so wearing. I don't
suppose that anything I have said ex-
plains why I should have been in such
a state that I tried TO take my life. It's
a lot Of little things that accumulate and
grow more irritating the longer you're
there. OF course ii depends a great deal
on a girls disposition.
Then I think the hours are too long
for that kind of work If we had shorter
hours we could stand the strain better.
When they ask the girls TO work over
time they can't refuse. They pay them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20

70 cents an hour. but most Of them would
rather do without the money and not
have TO work overtime.
II had been feeling melancholy for some
time but L never thought Of committing
suicide I had been changed TO the night
force, and I found that even more trying.
Sleep that you get during the daytime
never seems to do you as much good.
ION Monday night going down to work.
I was invited TO picnic for the following
day. l knew I ought to spend the day
resting but just longed to go. So. after
working all night in the office, at 10 in the
morning I went to the picnic.
I'VE got back too late in the evening for
me to report al duty on time. 1 tele-
phoned that I was not coming and went
home TO bed Ny sister scolded me for
going to the picnic and said I had prob
ably had an outing at the cost Of my
position. l was too tired from loss Of
sleep to care and did not wake up until
late the next morning.
MY sister had gone down to the tele-
phone Office early in the morning to find
out what action they were going to take
in my case. They told her they would
probably suspend me for a week-without
pay, OF course.
"She was naturally very much put out
at me for having taken such chances of
losing my position and wished to give me
g. lesson So, instead or telling me that
they would suspend me she gave me to
understand that I had lost my position. I
knew that II would be useless to try to
get II back, for unless the strongest inf1u-
ence is brought to bear they never take
back a dismissed operator.
Before my sister went out she intended
telling me the truth. as I was sufficiently
punished. But she forgot to do so. said
very little, but felt as though my world
had crumbled into pieces. I prayed for
death.
II felt Ill and so tired OF 1t all Why
not put an end to 1t? over and over again
l repeated this. 1t was now noon; the
whistles were screechinG and the air was
full of the midday clamor-
ION the washstand stood bottle of car
bolic acid. Just a few swallows of that
and eternal quiet sat down and looked
at the bottle. The letters on the label
danced before my eyes l must have sat
for about ten minutes morbidly deciding
whether to be or not to be- 1 couldn'
think clearly, all sorts of trivial matters
kept darling through my mind.
- Nobody will care, nobody will care.
said, and swallowed the poison. The
agony and suffering I can not describe
And when the doctor said 1 would live 1
wanted to sing for joy, but my poor
burned throat made sound impossible
Two or three days afterward Miss
Crif1ths called on me- She had lost her
position several weeks before and knew
that she was very disconsolate. It was
hard for me to talk, but I told her how
sorry l was that I had tried to commit
suicide. How sweet life looks when it is
slipping away, how glad 1 was to come
back TO it even through pain and suffer
ing beyond measure
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20
=aiSh Evans Tells for The First
Time the Story Of Why She
Stter1pted Is Commit suic7de.

7 HAVE been asked great many times
why l attempted TO commit spicide.
a number of people have limited that
L I did it just to follow the example of
other telephone girls who took their
lives. They seem to think that suicide is
as catching as measles or mumps and that
II is epidemic among telephone girls.
"f can truthfully say that I did not at
tempt TO end my life because other girls
did AS far as ] know l was the first OF
the telephone girls who sought death as
an end to trouble. If suicide really
broke out among the telephone girls,
then l am sorry to say that they must
have caught It from me.
II don't want to give the impression
that I think it an honor to have caused
a suicide malady' among the telephone
girls Nor do 1 think that my example
Influenced the other suicides very much.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20
- N>p Experience as a Telephone Operator =

Unfortunately there is no mechanical de
vice that can do the work. human
agent must be employed. Miss. Kenned%.s
position naturally brings unpopularity.
Whether she herself. aside from her task.
deserves the feeling which exists. 1 did
not discover.
I was again called to her Office and
told that / could go on the day force
commencing on the morrow. which meant
that | would have TO stay there all that
night ard report the following morning
worked that night. again making a
switch In the morning l went out for
breakfas. AID came back TO the Office i'm
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-20
Sunday ea1Y repoFter obtains en-
p1ogrens IS "HeT1o GIRL" n
order IS trs the nerve-wearfr5
Iabor ard Study the lives Ct The
opefatoFs while a theif work.
By Marian Gesf.

NHE telephone building does not look
Ike q sweat shop. \ sweat shop
usually means low ceilings, no win
COWS and foul-smollinS air, the hud-
i ELcd han II human beings oCcupN-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
The Banner Warehouse.

The Scotland Neck tobacco market
promises we'll for this season, and the
Banner Warehouse has commenced It's
work n a business-llke way which
speaks business sure enough.
We hardly need call attention to
that tour-column advertisement, Tor
YOU can't help seeing 1t.
Mess. Brinkley and Hooker will push
their side Of the market IRON the
Jump co. ana the farmers OF this sec
ton. and all sections, who place their
tobacco with these gentlemen Will find
that they have made no mistake.
Mr.. Brinkley showed the pubic last
season his fine capacity as warehouse
man, and Mr.. Hooker as buyer last
season gave the public some means OF
guessing what he will be as a ware
bousennan. These gentlemen do not
do things by halves, but go at 1t with
vim, as you may see from their ao-
vertisement.
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ROYAL s ss*:ss
v ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
rowpeRc
LOCAL. NEWS.

\ PETTY FIRE.-Last Thursday tbs
alarm of fire was given and the shelf.
OF the Brick Mill was found to be On
Ire, which was quickly extinguished
and little damage was done.
COMMISSIONERS NoTICE.-Read else
where notice by the county commits
sioners. They Will hold special meet
ing next Monday to consider COM
plants about land valuation.
DEATH OF AN INFANT.-The infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Lilly died
at their home near town Friday, June
3Oth. 1t was about 10 months old
The remains were inferred Saturday
at their home.
ICE CREAM SUPPER.-There was an
Ice cream supper in the Savage grove
near Mr.. n. 3. Josey's last Friday
night. It was pleasant evening and
we'll ordered in every way. The pro-
ceeds were for the benefit of the Meth
odlst parsonage, and quite a nice lit
sum was realized.
SCRAP BETWEEN THE PoRTERs,-Just
before the train pulled in this morning,
Swep Snow, porter Tor Hotel Lawrence,
and Albert Macklin, porter for Hotel
Camp, got into a little "scrimmage,"
and they were hustled off to the May
or's office. They answered to the call
Of about SIS between them.
WAKE FOREST CoLLEGE.-In this
issue will be seen an advertisement
OF this good and growing institution
For many years Wake Forest has been
coming into the front rank OF South
ern institutions Of learning and it now
stands amongst the very best. Always
an able faculty, eyer up-to-date meth
ods and all that any young man can
desire in the way of advantages and
inducements to study. It is surpassed
by no institution OF Its kind in the
country, and its work is the guarantee
tor the statement. See the ADVERTISE
ment.
BUIE's CHEEK Acknowledging
there is no school of its kind in the
State to equal it. The faculty for the
coming year is. strong one, and it is
the most literally patronized school in
the State. President Alderman OF
Chapel Hill says: at Is doing fine
quality of work and is credit to its
President Taylor Of Wake
Forest says: "The young men who
have come from it to Wake Forest Col
ege have all made good records as
men and as students" President Xii
80 Of Trinity says: "It is we'll located,
admirably suited, methods
up to the best"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
VIII WORK jail Birds.

Mr. WE. Parker chairman of the
board OF county commissioners is max
ing arrangements to have persons who
are serving sentence in the county
jail work the public roads Of the conn
ty.
Mr.. Parker will, in few days. have
quarters fitted up near Enfield and
viii pat about eight men to work on
tho Todds near the town.
This we think very economic dis
position of the prisoners. The cost
Tor feeding the men will not be as
much as it is to keep them in jail, and
the other cost VIII be small.
We believe that such disposition
OF the prisoners will meet with the
approval of the people Of the county.
1t Will be an easy solution for improy-
Ing the public roads at small expense.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
Sparkling New Soda Fountain.

Have you taken drink at Mr.. w.
II. Allsbrook's new soda fountain :?
Well, when you haye quaffed one Of
his dellciously cooling draughts you
vii. want another. His new marble
fountain of the finest finish is attractive
in appearance, and the service be gives
the public equals the fine appearance
OF the new fountain. All kinds of cool
drinks for these hot days are to be
had, and Herbert is as cleyer with his
fountain service as he has always been
In his other business, which Is saying a
good deal for 1t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
Rev. r. P. Troy Dead.

4 special from Greensboro to the
pr7ss dated July lst, said that Rev. r.
P. Troy died there On that date. Mr..
Troy vas for some time located in this
county at Weldon, and the Scotland
Neck people remember him very pleas
antly He was among the most below
ed Methodist ministers that have Ia
bored IN this county at all, and was
universally esteemed by all, regardless
Of den0ninational interests. He was
truly good man and ore we'll below
ed by the people.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
IIoHHnlan's.
Better Cars.

The cars on the Scotland Neck road
are much better than those given Us
when the Jim Crow cars were first
put on. The cars are better finished
and the interior generally is a good
Improvement over the old ones. In
deed they are the best and finest and
The travelling public appreciate this
effort On the part OF the railroad PEG
pie to make travel On this road com
fOrtabIe
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
County Bonds Delivered.

County Treasurer J. P. Futrell was
kind enough to lay on our desk few
DAYS ago the county bonds purchased
nv the Bank of Weldon. We viewed
them and admired their beauty, not
withstand we handle none OF them with
the contents of plethoric purse.
There were thirty and they bore the
denomination of $780," with coupon
for interest semi-annually. They were
delivered and the county treasurer re-
ceived the money with which to pay
the county,s Indebtedness for which
they were issued.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
HoMman's

They are all Right, for Everything In
season is found there. The Spring
Trade has made heavy run
on our stock, but by con-
tinually ordering we
keep the shelves
supplied and no customer is turned
.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
An Entertainment.


There will be an entertainment il
Temperance Hall tonight, July 9TH,
for the benefit of the Baptist Church.
There will be three plays-"The
Boarding House )" May-Day Tragedy =
Threading on Egg-shells." Besides
the plays there will be Rotations, mu-
sic and tableaux.
Those who go may expect an hour
of pleasing entertainment as we'll as
profit by the same.
Turn out. have a good time and
help good cause.
Tickets on sale at E. T. Whitehead
& Co.'S drug store.
Admission Adults Is cents; chill
dren 10 cents reserved seats 70 cents
Health Tor ten cents. Cascarets make
the bowels and kidneys act naturally
destroy microbes, cure headache bll-
iousness and constipation. All druggists
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
Mr.. Dan Smith Dead.

Nr. Dan Smith died at his home
near Beech Swamp, Tuesday, July 4,
aged 20 years.
For some months Mr.. Smith had
been a sufferer from consumption and
therefore his death was not unexpect
ed. The remains were inferred Wed
nesday at Antioch church near Brink
leyYilie.
He leaves wife and two children.
and MS brother 10 hTr. Ne. 4. Smith
OF this place.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
THAT THROBBING HEADACHE

Would quickly leave you, II you
used DR.. Kings New Lille rms;
Thousands Of sufferers have proven
their matchless merit for Sick ana
Nervous Headache. They make pure
blood and strong nerves aud build up
yonr health. Easy to take. Try them
Only. Is cents. Money back 7 not !
cured. Sold by p. !. y Dileneau :
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06

\ PETTY FIRE.-Last THURSDAY the
alarm OF lire was given and the shelf. r
OF the Brick Mill was found to be en-
ire which was quickly extinguished
and little damage was done.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
A Wonderful Discovery.

The last quarter Of q century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
remedy, Browns Iron Bitters. It seems to
contain the very elements Of good health
and neither man. woman or child can take
it without deriving the greatest benefit.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold IL all dealers
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-06
Death Of Miss Lillian R1dd1ck.

News comes just before we go to
press that Hiss Lillian Rlddick had
just died at the Thompson Orphanage,
Charlotte. She was the daughter OF
the late William Riddick, Of Spring
Hill. The body will be sent to Scot
land Neck for interment.
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DEATH OF AN INFANT.-The infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Lilly died
at their home near town Friday, June
3Oth. It was about 10 months old.
The remains were inferred Saturday
at their home.