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The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
The Infamy of Child La Dor

Every day we are called upon to re-
ioice over the new industrial south
Thirty-five years ago the capital in
vested in textile manufacturing in the
south amounted probably to less than
50 600 900 Now it has reached about
s115 900 900. In the midst, however, OF
all the clashing of cymbols before the
altar of mammOn there arises the cry
of the little children, what Carlyle
would call "a thin flute voice of inf
mite wall Irene Ashby McFadyen
has spoken on the subject with per
haps a woman's tenderness. Mr.. E. j.
Lister is under no such disadvantages,
Being a man ne may be expected to
keen his sensibilitIes under control.
Further, the Dry Goods Economist is
not exactly reformers' war cry.
Let the northern public, therefore,
reflect upon the nature of conditions
which make it necessary for Mr.. Lis
ter to say that the children employed
in certain cotton mills OF the south
present a system of slavery infinitely
more cruel and debasing clan the
worst that ever existed in the darkest
DAYS prior to the dawn of negro eman-
cipation' "Pinched, haggard faces"
aud prison pallor" are heavy prices
TO pay for dividends, exports, a leisure
class. and the development of culture.
Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

While Judge Jackson of the United !.
States district court in ParkerSburg,
w. Va, has sentenced a number of or
ganizers to jail terms of ninety and
sixty days 1or making infammatory
speeches melting men to strike, the
British courts are wrestling with the
problem of forcing the labor unions
to pay employers damages caused
through strikes. Several large mine
owners in England are collectively
suing the Miners Federation for oaus-
ing the cessation of work at a number
of collieries for four days recently.
There was no picketing or violence or
any kind in connection with this ces-
satio1 of work, the men having taken
four extra holidays on the orders OF
the officers of the federation. The
mine owners believe they suffered
heavy financial loss as a result, and
they now ask, through the courts, that
they be compensated from the treas
ury of the federation. That the funds
of the federation belong in common
to all the memters seems to make no
difference, as the officers are held re-
sponsible. In another case in England
the courts have held that although the
unions are liable for the actions of
their officers they must not furnish
the funds to defend the same officers
when they are brought to trial in the
courts. The question arises, are all
these court rulings paving the way for
| com pulsory arbitration, whether the
| unions favor it or not. In any case
it must be admitted that the decisions
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Little Faithfulnesses

Little faithfulnesses'; il is all the
more necessary for us to contemplate
them, because it is not these in gen
eral which men venerate or admire.
We praise the high-the splendid
the heroic; We dwell on the great
deeds-on the glorious sacrifices.
When you read how the lady of the
house of Douglas thrust her own arm
through the bolt grooves of the door
and let the murderers break it while
her king had time to hide; or now
the pilot of Lake Erie stood undaunted
upon the burning deck, and reckless
of the intense agony, steered the crew
safe to the jetty, and then fell dead
among the cracking flames; or how
| the Russian serf, to save his master
| and his masters children, Sprang out
| from the sledge among the wolves
| that howled after them through the
| winter snow; or. once more, how amid
| the raging storm, the young girl sat
with her father at the oar to save
the ship-wrecked sailors II ON the
| shrouds of the shattered wreck
whose soul is so leaden that it does
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Divine Workmanship

We are conscious at certain times
that we stand in Gods workshop and
that His hand is working upon us.
In a studio an artist has many pieces
on which he may work in turn. Often
a statue or picture may stand for
long time apparently overlooked in
a recess ca screened from sight in an
obscuring mantle, awaiting the model
or the necessity of the artist to be
made the immediate object of his
moulding pressure or the subject OF
his idealizing touch. Were the most
clay sentiment or the colorless can
vas conscious, how gladly would they
lend themselves. to the transforming
influences of the Masters working
hours, AS has been said, "A work
man is skilled who produced what he
Intended
We may, be sure that God will
finally reproduce in us his own con
| ception of what we should be. But
| it is most desirable that we recog-
| nize the times of His working. since
we are Sentient and conscious; and
| lest by our crudeness and rudeness
! of interpretation and Indifference TO
| His marvellous designs for us, we
| Illustrate the delicacy and strength
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The House CT Gcd

To this house we come, my friends,
drawn, not by arbitrary command
which we fear to disobey; not by
self-interest, temporal or spiritual,
which we deem it prudent to consult;
not, l trust, from the dead convention
alism that brings the body and leaves
the soul; but by a common quest OF
some holy spirit to penetrate and
purify our life: by a common desire
to quit it's hot and level dust, and
from it's upland slopes of contempla-
ton inhale the serenity of God; by
the secret sadness of sin that can
delay it's confessions and bear its
earthliness no more; by the deep
though dim consciousness that the
passing weeks do not leave us where
they find us, but plant us within
nearer distance, and give us more
intimate view of that fathomless eter-
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are the three states in which cotton
mill child labor has acquired it's most,
revolving aspects. In none of these
states is there a compulsory education
law In none is there any educational
requirement laid on the child who is
about to enter the factory In Ala
bama only is there an age limit below
which employment is Illegal And
what a law that Alabama law is!
Children must not work N the mines
till they are 10 years old! Such is tho
protection the rising generation OF
Alabama whites receive at the hands
of the state government. To talk
about the children's not being obliged
TO be in the mills is to assume an
equality of opportunity which does not
exist. The reaT responsibility lies on
the northern capitalist and the south
ern Legislator; 1t is a responsibility
under which neither of the two will
long remain comfortable. The publict
has learned too much about the real
situation.
Black slavery has vanished from the
south. 1t never bore hard upon the
children. The white slavery in the
south exists for children alone. There
is need of new emancipation proc
lamation for the benefit of the chill
dren in the cotton mills. Chicago
Tribune
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The Gospel of Hope

Hope of Immortality never painted
a rainbow of promise on pagan tears
1t never engraved motto of hope on
a pagan tombstone. There are isolated
verses in the Old Testament which in
dicate that occasional prophets of Is
rael, in moments of supreme inspira-
ton, experienced momentary hope
respecting the future, but these isolat-
ed utterances are like CLEANS OF sun
shine breaking through a tempestuous
sky. while the wind still sweeps
through the skeleton trees and the
rain still falls in dreary torrents.
There is not patch of blue sky-no,
not even in the psalms of sanguine
David or the vision of inspired Isaiah
Christ's resurrection brought life and
immortality to light. 1t converted the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
Labor Laws of Two Countries.

are furnishing the socialists with first.
class campaign material The recent
decision of Judge Jackson seems to
have gone little further than most
decisions recorded, and that is saying
a good deal He even went out OF his
way to tell what ne thought of organ.
fzers and their walking delegates, who
he said were vampires" SUCKING the
life blood of the workingmen Of the
country. This is one better than John
w. Gates. who only accuses them OF
living off the Ignorance of their fal-
lows. ~;
While the follower of the doctrine
of organization on straight trade un-
ion lines claims that thorough organi-
zation is the only panacea for the Ills
which confronts the workers, the
decision of the British courts is likely
to have him modify his ideas some
what The workmen may be thor
oughly organized so that picketing is
unnecessary, but what good will 1T do
if the funds of the union can be seized
to compensate employers for the ces-
sation of work through strike. This
is worse than compulsory arbitration,
as through that means the workman
has at least little chance. The other
way if he leaves his employment the
money he has contributed to pay sick
or death benefits to protect him in
his old age is seized to enrich his
employer. s..
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not thrill with admiration at deeds
like these? But think you that these
brave men and women sprang. as 1t
were, full-sized into their heroic stat
ure? Nay; but, like the gorgeous
blossom of the aloe, elaborated
through long years of silent and un-
noticed growth, so these deeds were
but the bright consummate flower
borne by lives of quiet, faithful, I'M
recorded service; and no one, be sure,
has ever greatly done or gloriously
dared who has not been familiar with
the grand unselfshness of little du-
ties: who has not offered to God
more precious than the temple affairs
smoking with hecatombs OF spotless
lambs, the daily sacrifice OF a contrite
heart - the daily discipline of a
chastened life. You would be like
these? Well, it is a great ambition.
But if you would not be false to it,
show now, in little things, of what
stuff your hearts are made, and you
will not then be unprepared if God
should ever require of you the hero S
courage or the martyrs faith.-F. w.
Farrar. DID.
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Dear friend. thy way lies on the deep.
From distant shore to shore.
And may the raging tempest sleep,
And light winds speed thee Ger,
For to heart as fond as thine
Should come no thought of fear,
But only rapture. fun and fire,
Albeit a teari
And If, the while thy good ship heaves
Ger miles of trackIess main,
Thy faithful heart, though fearless, ,grieves
For home and friends again;
Let not the thought bring back thy life,
The work that long was thine.
For 1T was, in the midst of strife,
a sacrifice benign.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
Eight-Hour Day Question

On many questions still in dispute
we need more light. Among others the
eight-hour day will attract increasing
attention. Is a shorter day desirable,
all things considered? Is it feasible to
adopt the eight-hour oay? Or will its
disadvantages be so great as to make
it more of detriment than blessing
to society? Now is the time to have
this question thoroughly discussed.
Shall men be permitted and encour-
aged to turn out all the work that they
can while on duty, or snail the least
efficient or the average worker set the
pace for all?
Shall business be regarded as a spe-
cies of war in which the stronger shall
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

which He expends upon us. 20 that
thou hadst known in this thy day
The day of Gods working on US,
through our falling into temptation,
the day of special eXigency, or deeper
revelation of God S love for u.s. or
of new insight into His power to US
ward who believe, is the great day
of our advance. and growth in like
ness to Himself.
Let us be swift to recognize IN
the vicissitudes of our personal ana
family life, the times Of Gods especial
work upon us and upon those who are
dear to us. No master artist, after
renewed labor, leaves his work OF art
in the same stage of incompleteness
in which he found it. The plastic ma
teriaI yields and takes on the finish
of the ideal glowing in the master s
mind We shall not be what we were,
after God has done an especial work
upon us by His Spirit, through HIS
providences. Possibly the compile
tions will not be apparent outwardly,
but surely a diviner grace Will be
left upon our spirits, an inward cor
respondence which the eye of the
| Master accurately and certainly esti-
mates.-Mrs. Merrill E Gates.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
The Universal Hornesickness

Poor, forlorn and homeless crea-
lures. we want but one thing in this
lonely universe 1t is not to be
found in this world but for season
in early youth-we want the atmos-
phere of comprehending sympathy,
the tone of welcome.
The Christian gospel has done three
things for us, the magnitude and value
of which few of us can at present
realize /. 1t has defined the home
land 2 1t has lit up the long seas
with shimmering paths of light which
mark the way home. 3. 1t has brought
into our hearts the experience and
foretaste of our home and has thus
made even the land of our exile rlch
in visions and the house of our Pill
grimage jubilant with songs.
Mind you, it has emphasized the
fact that life is an exile 1t has writ
| ten over the door of our dining-cham-
| Der this reminder. Each meal is taken
| in remembrance, Till He cometh
| We sit down girt, holding the pilgrim
| staff. For the haste of the journey
| does not allow us to settle down or TO
rest But who minds the exile, II the
| homeland and the way home are de-
fined Robert F. Horton.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

nifty wherein so many dear and NOR
tai things have dropped from our inn
ploring eyes. Reverence the holy Gus
tom, shelter from needless slight the
living impulse, that week by week
calls you hirher to remember, to as
pire TO pray. Bring only the pure.
lowly, childiike heart. tender to every
thing except the sins you must con
fess-fuI of hope for the world and
trust in God; spread out an eager ald
a gentle spirit for the dropping OF
fruitful seeds from Holy Writ and
sanity hymn; freshen the fading vow
of self.sacrifcing love; and your wOr-
ship here will not only resemble His
who. in fulness OF the Spirit. went,
as his custom was, into the synagogue
on the Sabbath day" but prepare for
a higher communion, where your life
is hid with him in God. James Mar
tir eau
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
Our Inner Imagery

What you love, what you desire,
what you think about, you are pho
tographing, printing on the walls of
your immortal nature. What are you
painting on the chambers of imagery
in your hearts? Is that mystic shrine
within you painted with such figures
as in some chambers of Pompeii,
where the excavators had to cover
up the pictures because they were
SO foul? Or is it like the cells in
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
People Eating Less Meat

Michael Donnelly, president of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butch
er Workmen of America, had this to
say recently in an interview on the
meat trust, so-called: There are over
/ 600 less people on Swift's payroll in
Chicago than there were six weeks
ago. Armour is working his men in
some departments only part OF four
days per week. The cause is largely
a lack of consumption of meat on the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
~3eE4~u
Was the Bees Own Lookout

illustrated
esterday
to
approached things of similar variety
and
said
O. do O n?"
No thanth one counhry'' reply
lookouIos An
geesH Herald
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~SeC4~
Suesestion in the Proper Spirit

handed
in mile the firm
neighboing stepped
meal director remarked to
changing the of residence e
letters addressed from Llly Rouse
suitable name?'
knife thought moment aho
calling it Ahofial
sAxAo.o&srs
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GOOD SHORT STORIES
Inprss.,v. sermon Spoiled BY Cat.

mao
majestic
majestcaly
nshboring fence rent the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

the convent of San Marco at Florence,
where Fra Angehco's holy and sweet
genius painted on the bare walls
to be looked at, as he fancied only
by one devout brother in each cell
angel imaginings, ani noble, pure
celestial faces that calm and hallow
those who gaze upon them? What
are you doing in the dark, in the
chambers of your ina magery?-Alexan-
der McLaren-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

fab: iG of dream into historic real
ity, it transformed a despairing hope
into d calm assurance. To the believer
in Christ's resurrection Immortality is
10 longer hope He looks in through
the open doors and sees the world of
light beyond. Once every VOyager on
the unknown sea was Columbus, set
ting sail for he knew not where. Now
every Christian voyager is an emf
grant starting out for an Eldorado.
knowing that it exists, only not know
ing what wealth of possibilities it CON
tains. For now is Christ risen, and
become the first fruits of them that
slept. Lyman Abbott, D. d.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
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The Only GOOD House"

A of
Ohio The exigencies the route made
reached the in question he remembered II as
dressed for his role and
in
his dressing with scrow on MS
up and took another look through the peephoe m -,
the anio of the VINO
have good
n
confidently but burned down abou
seven
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
! QUEEN ( CRESCENT
~ r Q u T e. -

The Fest Line to New York. .Phila-.
delphia, Baltimore. Washington. Gin.
cinnati. Chattanooga, Birmingham and
all points in the East.
Through Sleeper, New Orleans to
New. York via Chattanooga. Bristol,
Iynchburg, Washington and PeRnsyl
vania Railroad
Pullman -Sieepec. New Orleans to
Cincinnati.
Dining Car Service on both New
: York and Cincinnati Lines. serving all
neaLz
= Coolest. Cleanest.
Full detailed informant VI furnished
I IN application.
Geo. HI, Smith,
G. p. A..
r. ~. Anderson.
New, orlsins. La,
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be allowed to crush the weaker and
reap the spoils, or shall business be
regarded as new kind of partnership
between business undertal1ers and
workmen, in which each shall earn in
proportion to what he contributes? In
which the workman shall take as per-
Soual pride and have as strong an
Interest in the business as the one
who takes the risks, furnishes the or.
ganizing brains and the capital will
liam A. Schapes, assistant professor of
political science, University of Mime
sofa.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
Tefegraphers Are Strong

The Order of Railroad Telegraphers
includes the systems of the United
States and Canada. On May 8 favor
able terms were made by the commit
tee at Montreal with the Canadian Pa
cifc and negotiations are pending with
the Grand Trunk. In ST. Louis few
days ago a new schedule was obtained
from the Frisco involving a $4,000
increase in the annual payroll. Nego-
tiations are pending there with the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
A Sordid Consideration

A worthy in the Point Breeze
neighbohood
Noonan
me spo ke
An m don't
Arrah,n tn
mes.
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One of Bret Harte's Stories

lady who arrived late one
night
off
cEiIy
friend OF the
whoh the house He complained OF
said the hostess but found it
beothes
pleme
learned the
mis-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
10 a FRIEND ON sAiLsssp.

Grieve not thine absenco Grt1f ND
III, those who hold thee de6g 81 9f II h III
For to the deeds done ~ 16r4 ~ Ssze' y
Thy spirit still y near: ;2sS is3S3
Ard as the good. whereset ~ nAHy
Draws truth TO it's embraces III III
So worthy friends though Ear aWHyS
Shall look upon thy face. es.s
Co then. as whom heaven has Seny rs
To rest and pleasure there; s ~
Nav Kindness like thy own be lent
Thy coming everywhere:
And friends who stay shall feel tho DteS
The parting must foretell,
And know what pleasure tbs to miss
A friend who loveth Well
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4k11glouSAelD$
rAe LIGHT THAT IS FELT.
The LIGHT IAAT IS FELT.

Dear Lord. in thine. the night is day.
And there is darkness never more
Reach downward to the sunless deep
Wherein are guides blind as we.
And Faith is small and Hope delays;
Take thou the hands of prayer we raise
And let US feel the light of thee
j. G.. Whittier.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
~8c>S@s~
Got the Additional Allowance

of divided
that he
ndnss
half
a ohce he
his pei and
be
askn a
L do notr ide "a crow a
He gott
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~3eSHs~o
How They Came to Meet by the Sea

didnt
of the
the
had come becaus the coming
Andm mine is Smthson"-Balimore American
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Embarrassing.

memoryOf
Travele
cours
Miss sAntiuue I
a
could
ANTIQUE II Inever q
r-er- y a
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A tender child of summers three,
Seekins, her little bed at night
Paused on the dark stair timidlY-
"Oh mother take my hand. said she.
"And then the dark will all be light.
We older children grope our way
From da rk behind to dark before,
And only when our hands we lay.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

A good many prize-fghters seem to
be interested in paper mills.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

Gould systems. 1t is represented b
members of the order that it's poY(
has been increased greatly since
Santa Fe trouble, and that it's
ton with the American FedeT1
Labor, with membership OF
gives it greater strength U
before commanded.
Some of the so-calleI
monds are rank imita
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08
AS to Compulsory Arbitration

Compulsory arbitration is 1mpos-
sible To begin with the term is
misnomer, and to end with, compul-
sion would mean the taking away OF
the personal rights guaranteed by the
constitution Without referring to the
delivery of the goods guaranteed by
the constitution, which is a question
that has thus far not been the most
satisfactory, it is not out of place to
consider matter that labor organ
izations must meet as it presents 1T
self, or discontinue their system Of
collective bargaining.
The labor agreement must be,
served both on the part OF
ployer and employe, and g.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

part of the general public. The heav-
lest consumers, the wage~earning
classes, have found it difficult to pay
the present high prices. | look for a
drop in the prices in about month,
when | think business in packing
houses will resume normal proper.
tions.'
Be sure you're right, then be sure
you're sure.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

1t is said that coeducation trans
forms colleges into match factories.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-08

Every man may have his price, but
every woman wants bargain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-08-14
THREW ACID ~ wrrE-s FACE
ctizerS Were Fs---ins Ne-ttis Psrrg.
prisooer Spirited Away.

For sOue tine back J. n Dirm
of Mm CreeE las not go sio1g weH
rfh his ~fe. and II reports are true.
hey were separated severzl weeks
ago. w-hne living together. however.
Il sens that Di1ol AID his vie hsd
several little bo1ts and q more than
ore occssion he has rad 10 pay a fine
10 the city for slappinz her face
Tha climax vas resebed. i seems.
last night uhea Dixon vent 70 the
drug store sud bo1Eht q phial of nit
nc acid. He weat 20 where his wife
was am thrsw the contents q the
bottle 90 her face
Mrs. Dixon vas terribly burned.
and her condition when the marshal
iiest Mm Greek was considered very
seriyus
Deputy Marshal J. r. Hutchins a.
rested Dixon and vas holding him
when the citizens began 70 gather and
a neck-tie party vas spoken Of
Deputy Hutchins thought the bes.
thing 70 Do would he 10 sneak Dixon
out and aided b. City Marshal J. =.
Daaver they brought Dixon over 70
lD0ugherty whore they took the early
mornings train for ArdmOre.
Dixon does not deny the chafgr and
is now safely behind the bars his
bond was set at 5000. and be viii BE-
Itrled before Rohnett on the 25th in
| slant
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-08-14

4 few days ago one Of the hardened
steel parts Of the Ardmoreite's limo
type machine broke. and the machine
refused to set any more type until the
broken piece was fixed
We tried all the places in town
where we thought an intricate piece
Of work could be done. but were told
that the piece could not be mended
II being 80 hard.
We took the piece around TO the
L. y. Robertson machine shop and
Mr. T. C. Towery, an old and exper
fenced machinist, fixed the broken
piece and the linotype continued u
do duty.
The old man knew his biz.