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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
Mediocrity Due to System;
Turn Workers Into Numbers
Bv James M. Edwards.

- REAT businesses In the United States.
all within the last decade. have been
NJ revolutionized by a thing called sys-
~ tenn" thing which has destroyed the
individuality of men, turned workers
into mere numbers without rights, feelings.
OF privileges, taken away the premium from
individual merit, and stamped every one who
is forced to work with the hopeless stamp OF
mediocrlty.
System" has made the great concerns
possible and re duced n the jself prospecting
working person Of the great cities to q mere
piece OF machinery crushed the self-respect
out Of the masses, and branded the thing that
was man with q. number and a price tag.
The standardization Of business" big
business marked the beginning Of new
type of slavery. Time clocks, paid watchers.
pay checks with mere numbers on them, are
all the devices of system" which at the
outset dIsregards the element of honor and
accepts as proved fact that all their en-
ployes are dishonest and dishonorable. anx-
ious and ready to beat them out Of time and
money, yet is surprised to find systematic
stealing among employees that they have
schooled In their immense colleges OF. dis
honesty.
It sounds bad, yet 1t is true. They have
ignored honor. branded tncitly each person
az mere numeral and placed him or her
under surveillance, bred spirit of animosty.
and then expected good service and honesty
Of those same employees.
Ignores Individual Worth.
Perhaps the worst feature Of this carrying
OF decentralization to the nth power. IS the
fact that 1t destroys individuality and re-
fuses to recognize individual merit The
great firm has. say. 1900 places open for en-
ployts. It places wage price on each posi-
tion. and fixes the hours for that position
before tho person to Hit is found. The APP
plicant for a position is told that 1t pays SO
much, He may be worth twice that much,
or he may not,be worth half, yet he gets the
same. He may heunworthy OF any such po-
si,lon, or he may be a hard working. self
sacrificing, devoted worker, II makes no DIFF
ference as far as salary goes.
!, BY this system the great firms have stlhed
ambtlontin the really good workers, ca used
resentment, and. put a premium on worth-
lessness, They have lowered the entire tone
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

own success is tnat he WORKS DeCa use ne likes
1t, that he delights In overcoming obstacles.
II he wanted to.
Oxnard Wins Despite Wealth.
Henry I. Oxnard was a man 20 whom
patrimony of $500 coo was only an excuse for
making millions. But he also gave himself
up almost entirely to business until he was
40 After short term at Harvard he went
into the rcfineries and went through every
department just like an ordinary workman.
When his father sold out le understood the
business from the ground up and he looked
around for an opening in which to invest his
money. He was attracted by the prosperity
OF the beet sugar industry In Germany and
France and went there to study every phase
of 1t. He went from one factory to another.
living In the towns where the beets were
grown and helping In the fields until he got
that kind OF knowledge of the soil which
only comes with working in it. Selecting
families from among his agricultural friends
in these places he gave them money to come
10 America and to travel around untilt they
found the soil and the climate which they
recognized as the home environment of the
beets. They reported this from southern
California, and 1t was there that he built his
factories, avoiding the mistakes which po-
neers in the business had made before him.
Hat4 * X
Belt Scores in South Africa.
When In 1870 reports came to Europe OF
diamond mines that were found in Il!mber-
ley. Alfred Belt was we'll educated young
German, the son of rich Hamburg mer-
chant, who was destined to go into the office
and inherit comfortable income. Trade
with the south African towns became so
brisk that the firm felt justified In sending an
agent to look over the field. There was
found a city of madmen, chaos as far as law
was concerned, and theoreport was that the
field was one which required the health and
courage and activity Of youth. The result
was that young Alfred Belt then %, found
himself with credit, arms, and letters of In
PRODUCTION, and the paternal blessing trek
king across Cape Colony, There We're no laws
across Cape Colony There We're no laws
and competition already was nearly ruined.
There was Illicit diamond buying, losses from
thefts, and altogether conditions which he
saw meant too much of good thing even In
diamonds.
Belt was naturally method!cal. orderly,
and cool headed. and then and there he un-
dertook the work usually attributed to Cecil
Rhodes, He did. the first combining and sys-
stematlzlng of the diamond buying industry.
lie began the quiet buying UP Of scattered
and conflicting claims, with the result of the
DE Beers mine, which Is model Of It's kind.
and which has for years paid 20 per cent
dividends on its stock, and which Is captal-
lied at 40U0O000. Then came the gold dis
coveriesi OF which Belt also was first to see
the possibilities. He conceived the Idea OF
working them on scientific plans for vast
production, and to this end engaged Amer
lean engineers, paying them what they
asked In the way of salaries UP to $4,000
and 100000 year. Rhodes came alcs0 and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
Three Dollars Returned Gu. Of $3.50.

This particular woman that has material
lied In my brass barred horizon evidently
was OF the class to which a So bill looks the
part She was comfortably dressed and she
had been having enough to eat 1should say
she was the mother of several good children.
She could smile. and her voice was of the
kind described as an excellent thing In
woman" 1 think her eyes were dark. She
was abou; q head and a half taller than the
6eldow ledge But as for her naTfc and adj
e SIS. everything was so blurred and buzzing
& en- she poked the three 81 bills inside that
never thought to ask her!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

"OR four years in Chicago nave STOOD
- inside brass cage, looked upon by
100000 people of all ages, sexes. and
conditions. who In the aggregate have
paid me s1.0O0.00O. for which have
been individually responsible to my employ
ers In these four years have called back to
the window 10000 persons who have not walt
ed for their change and who would have left
1t in my window to the aggregate OF $4,000
had no; done so.
In those four years on my side OF the bars,
/ have been short " an aggregate of $3.50.
unaccounted for In the hurry Of keeping
down the line outside
But not until Wednesday morning, Dec. 10,
1905, has man. or woman. or child come back
of himself to the cage and handed In penny
OF any sum overpaid to him. And that was
a woman, " 10 had received So too much In
change on Monday evening, who had dis
covered it IN Tuesday. and who came in
Wednesday morning early. asking me II
hadn't pa i her too much money on Monday.
81 pan somebody about So too much, 1
said, ga sping for breath.
She ,esan digging down into handbag for
her p'irse and came UP with 1t. smiling.
~ ell" she said. :" have about that much
$63.y too much" and when she spread the
Ii, ~ bills on the shelf thought needed
1 .H~ of smelling salts about as badly as
'13J d needed 1t in my life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
Inw ARC primarily Honest.

DO yc,i wonder that always have had an
idea tha: most people need watching? That
the old possibility of getting something for
nothing lis one of the most seductive intlu-
ences that assails mankind? Can you ask
me: Don't you think most people are hon
est?'
l have been asked that question. Always
1t has prompted another question on the spot:
What do you mean by honesty" For four
years prior to Dec. 10 last 1t had been my de-
duction from experience that most people
would take any excess of change paid them
at cashiers window and satisfy their con-
sciences with the remark, well. he's paid
to look out for himself; didn't do 1t y: that
other thousands might have taken money
unwittingly; and that perhaps only q few
of the 5000 callers a week would reach into
the cage and take money II they had an OPP
portunity and chance of escaping discovery.
Now. educated in the school of experience.
II / should ever start out in the Diogenesian
search for an honest man in the full sense, I
shall expect to find that he is q woman!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

where the line waited. There was not
hitch anywhere 10 all appearances, but that
paying teler's window was short a $40 bill
that night. Who go. the money Is prob
lem still. though Tt was carried to the end
OF the accounting period as a loss for the
teller.
The paying teller behind his bars is not
free OF the suspicious OF those whom he
serves lie does not ask to be. either. Ee
asks only fair DEAL Discredit has come
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

more interested in chemistry than he was In
football. But he did not give any hint OF his
future plans or that he was pursuing his
fnvorite studies with an eye to the future.
The only admission that he makes as to his
1t, that he delights In overcoming obstacles.
and that he could not retire from business
II he wanted to,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

OF their Offices and the entire character of
their employes,sd Alto times there comes a
worker who rises In spite of these obstacles.
fighting his WAY upward and forcing himself
to be recognised. but his way is hard. and.
when he finally does reach a position where
he can command the firm to some extent. he
is likely to give less loyal service than he
would have given had he received the full
and free recognition to which he was entitled
He feels that he owes the firm little, having
forced It to recognize his worth-and he does
not forget that he was once merely q number.
Others who arrive" are likely to take re-
venge on the unfortunates under them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
Success Problem Can Be Solved i'm figures.

Any position is sales manager for
M large publishing house. and my duty
is TO employ men for salesmanshlp
positions. and each Insertion of an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

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lIlIll|
The oasis., 1906-06-23
SOME EXCITING SCENES.
What IS Provided, Possible Results, What May Be Expected, and ln terestinR Information
 upon Subject.

When THE OASIS went 10 press Q week ago 1t was known that the statehood bill, IS modified by the Garter compromise, was in course of adoption by both houses of Con- gress, and that 1t would go to the President in that modified form and receive his approval The daily newspapers received sunday conveyed the intelligence that ex- ecutiye approval had been given the instrument, and that the pro- tracted struggle was at an end
 Under the provisions of the Carter compromise while 0klaho. ma and Indian Territory will con- stitute one state. as provided ia the Hamilton bill. framing q con stitntion and going into the Union jointly. without separate consider ation of any part of the necessary proceedings, the two territories If Arizona and New Mexico will first hold a referendum IS to whether they want admission under the conditions imposed by Congress; and if either territory rejects the proposition 1t falls, and the two territories will remain in terrl- torial condition indefinitely. How ever, at the same time that the re- ferendum is held Gin the regular November eleetionl the people will elect constitutional convention, and if both territories accept the proposition. the convention will assemble on the third of Decem- Der, at Santa Fe, will adopt a constitution, which will be submit ted to the people in February, and if accepted by the popular will under it's provisions the two terri. tories will become the state of Ari- zona.
 Under the terms of the enabling act as it was finally adopted, the convention will consist of no del egates: fortyfour from Arizona, and sixty six from New Mexico, to be apportioned among the various counties in each, by the governors of the two territories, acting with other territorial officials named in the act. The foregoing is hasty resume of the provisions of the act, as receiving executive sanction. This article IS not intended to pass upon the merits of the proposition. as now presented, but to give read CTS of TIE OASIS some little insight into the history of the final dispo sition of the bill, and some of the most salient features of the closing scenes, that will be found in no
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
The MacD lowell Music Club.

The Mcdowell Music Club met with
Mrs. j. e. Huntingdon, Thursday even
ing, November Is. An interesting
program which had been previously
arranged was rendered. The first
number on program was Ave Maria"
violin solo, by Miss Peck. with Miss
Lawrence accompanied. Next came a
piano solo, 1.-The Wanderer"-Trans-
cription-Liszt-by Mrs. Holmes.
THE next number was 1.-The Wander
err" vocal solo, by Mrs. Clifton, with
Mrs. Sharp accompanies. The pro-
gram as = whole was beautifully rem
dered and enthusiastically received.
The club has recently taken up
1.-The History of Music" which will
give the members a more thorough
knowl dye of their work.
The club will meet with Miss Aus
tin on Thanksgiving day. II is hupef
that all the members of the club viii
be present.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
Notice to City Taxpayers.

The city tax books will be open on
and after Nov. lst for the collectlon
Of city taxes. While | can not be'ln
nv office all the time, l a easily DE
found on the streets and will gladly
90 to the Office at any time and waE
ON any one desiring to pay taxes.
ID. w. Beck.
CITY Marshal and Tax Collector,
Oct. 81. 'O6. Grenada. Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
Our Holiday Edition.

On December 9Th We will issue a
holiday edition Of The Sentinel. The
paper will cuntian a beautiful 4-page
c,lored Christmas greeting and will be
exceedingly attractive. 1t will appear
i'm time for our merchants TO a ADVERTISE
their Christmas goods and can be the
means of much increasing Grenada
trade. Those that desire space. in it
will please notify us as early as pos
sible.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
To Help the Orphans.

The ladies of the Methodist church
are deSlrous of remembering the Or
phans at the Home in Jackson Thanks
giving day and as a means to thai
end they hope to sell a gOOdly number
of cakes for Thanksgiving dinners
They request all who feel inclined To
make a cake to be sold for this pur-
pose to notify Mrs. Ed. Payne, also
ali who desire 60 purchase a cake tn
notify Mrs. Payne.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
Notice.

Parties who took books, papers and
magazines from Club Room will please
return the same.
Periodicals and books in club rooms
are for the use OF it's members. and IL
is in direct violation Of the rules Tor
them to be taken out.
Il-10-3t GRENADA CLUB.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
Notice.

Parties who took books, papers and
magazines from Club Room will please
return the same
Periodicals and books in club rooms
are for tire use of it's members and IL
is in direct violation Of the rules q
them to be taken out.
I.IO.3t, GRENADA CLUB.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
Chalybeate, Miss, Nov. 5, '06.
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co.,

OtI0Iy UCUUOs "toH's wv u ~
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co.,
Florence, Ala.
Gentlemen: Last year / used 1000
lbs King Cotton Grower and 1'tind its
results far superior to any other l
have ever tried. My choppers say the
same. Last year we tried other High
Grade Fertilizers OF the same price,
on the same land in various places,
and in every instance King Cotton
Grower produced more and larger
bolls, l unhesitatingly recommend
it to every farmer who uses fertilizer
for cotton. Yours very truly,
w j. jackson.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
Wanted-To Buy Hogs.

will buy shoats and killing hogs
on foot at highest prices.
l1-3-06 If =. y. FroVlne.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-17
Optical Opinions
of Those Who
Know.

1t is not likely, we think,
that such people as Gov.
Vardaman, Congressman
Humphrey, MT. lveys, etc.
would voluntarily write let
ters of appreciation to us had
they not received exception
al service in having their
eyes fitted with glasses. We
have a large number of SUCH
letters on exhibition in our
office.
The plain facts are that
we do give exceptional SER
vice, that We fit eyes that
others cannot fit, and that
we fit better those that others
do fit.
This better service costs
us no more than poor-our
prices are never more than
you pay elsewhere and
often less.
DR.. P. kornblum,
Office Moore's Drug Store
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Villages and Towns.

Pursuant to applications made to
the governor for charters, proclama-
tions have been issued establishing
the following villages and naming off,
GERS:
Summerland, Jones county. This
town was laid out near the dividing
line between Smith and Jones coun-
ties, but the major portion Of that
to be Incorporated, is in the latter.
The officers named in pursuance to the
petition are as follows: Mayor, j.
M. Mccall; Marshal, E. Wade; Treas
urer, r. w. Grisson; Aldermen, j. F.
Mahoney, E. V. Moore, P. R. Carr, w.
81. Davis, and D. V. Edwards.
Decatur Newton county Mayor, M.
P. Foy; Marshal, Sam Graham; AL
dermen, W. A. Scarborough. w. M.
Gillaspy and C. R. Hardy.
Noxapater, Winston county: May
or, C. E. Suttle; Marshal. E. L. John
son; Aldermen, J. G. Gum, w. T.
Stevens, John Stewart.
Permission has also been granted to
the town of Okolona, as per applica-
ton duly made, to amend the charter
in order to expand and to extend tn.
municipal limits.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Will Enter Town.

Track laying on the Mississippi
Central Railroad was completed to the
edge of the city Of Brookhaven. The
track lacks only a few yards of con-
Meeting with the tracks Of the Brook
haven and Pearl River Railroad, by
which the trains on the Mississippi
Central will come into the city, until
their own line through the city, in
the direction of Natchez, is perma-
nently located. The connection at
the junction of the Mississippi Gen.
trail and Pearl River Railroad will
be made during the next few days In
the presence Of the officials Of the
former, and then the first train from
Hattiesburg, over the new line, will
enter the city. The Brookhaven Pro
gressive Union and other citizens of
the town are planning an appropriate
celebration in honor Of this important
event in the city's growth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Assassinate Farmer.

The assassination Of a highly-re-
spected and Woodworking white farm
er, John Neal, occurred at his home
In the northern part Of Rankin county
Neal had just finished his supper
and went to the little gallery of his
cabin to get drink Of water when he
was fired upon by some person in the
darkness not twelve feet away. The
weapon used was a shotgun, and the
entire load struck the victim in the
stomach. Before be died Neal de-
clared that he recognized hH ASSASSIN
and as the result Of this statement a
neighbor named Charley King has
been arrested and placed in jail at
Brandon.
The bloodhounds from the Rankin
convict farm were sent to the scene,
but when they arrived the trail was
too old to follow. King was arrested
by deputy sheriff while planting
cane in the field. He had a revolver
on his person but denied all knowl-
edge of the shooting.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Hardwood Manufacturers

The first meeting held in Missis-
sippi by the Hardwood Manufacture
ers' Association of the United States
convened at Greenville and was called
to order by J. L. Strickland, of the
Planters Lumber Company. The
president Of the Association, William
Hilms, who is vice-president of the
Paepcke-Letcht Lumber Company was
i'll and unbale to attend. The secre-
tary's position was filled by Lewis
Doster, secretary of the National As
ISOLATION Several other members of
the Association were present and re-
sponded to their names. The meeting
closed with banquet at Hotel Cowan,
rendered by the Association by local
lumbermen. The next State meeting
Of the Association will be held at
New Orleans next Friday for Louis
lana, and in the middle Of May a
session will be held in Arkansas and
meetings in other states will follow.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Deal in College Property.

Definite announcements has been
made that G. G. Hurst, who has been
principal of Stems Creek High
School for seven years, has, bought
an interest in Stanton College, at
Natchez, and the University Train
ing School, at Oxford, being associat-
ed in the purchase with J. K. Nor
rison, now vice-president of Belhaven
College at Jackson, and Rev. j. M
Wyatt, headmaster Of the Training
School at, Oxford. This is the most
important deal in college property
that has been made in the State in
many years, and means the vigorous
and aggressive development Of both
institutions. The University Train
ing School will be the first high-class
preparatory school for boys in Missis-
sippi modelled on the plan Of institu-
lions of similar grade at the North.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
New Corporations.

The following charters Of new indus
tries domiciled in the State have been
approved by the governor and filed
for record with the secretary Of state.
Natchez Realty Company, Natchez,
Adams county, capitalized at $4,000;
W. L. Logan Company, Hattiesburg,
Perry county, capitalized at $4,000.
Simpson County Lumber Company
Saratoga, Simpson county, capitalized
at $4,000.
State Savings Bank, Hattiesburg
Perry county capitalized. at $25O,0O0
Philbrick-Courtney-Curti Company
Biloxi, Harrison county, capitalized
at $4,000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Holmes Pleads Not Guilty.

Washington Edwin S. Holmes, Jr.,
former statistician of the department
Of agriculture who has been indicted
for conspiracy in connection with the
cotton leak cases appeared in the
criminal court and pleaded not guilty
TO the Indictment. He was granted
the privilege Of Withdrawing the plea
within fifteen days and demurring to
the Indictment. His bail was con-
tinued.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
New Depot.

1t can be stated that the new Y. &
NJ. v. depot Will be built on or near
the present site at Vicksburg. 1t
will be up-to-date in every respect
and will be fully adequate for It's
purpose and will add much to the
comfort Of Y. & M. v. passengers,
The railroad company has already re-
ceived CLANS for the new building,
Mr.. Harahan stated that he was not
quite satisfied with these plans and
he did not think that Mr.. Fish would
be when he saw them. However, it
will take but a short time to make
the desired alterations. It is their
purpose to have a street car line run
to the depot.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
]. P. Dement,.

]. P. Dement,, one Of the oldest and
best-known citizens of Meridian, died
at his home on Sixteenth avenue, after
an illness of several months, in his
sixty-seventh year. Mr.. Dement, was
identified with the printing and pub
fishing business in east Mississippi for
more than forty years, being the
founder of the. Carthagenian at Garth
age, Leake county, and Register a$
Forest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Fifteen Thousand Dollars.

At am ass meeting Of the citizens
Of the town of Poplarville, nearly$15,-
600 was raised by subscription to erect
brick college building. A commit
tee was appointed to canvass the
town and raise the balance of $4,000
the amount required. Work on the
building will begin at an early date
and be pushed rapidly in order to
have It ready for use hv Sent. ]