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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03
OWcerS Of tie Daughters Of Com
Teder0cy.

OWcerS Of the Daughters Of Com
feder0CY.
At the regular meeting of he
Lancaster Chapter March 1s,, at
the residence OF Mrs. j N. Crock
EFT, the following officers were
elected TO serve the present year
Miss Annie Witherspoon Pres;
Mrs. Leroy Springs, 1st Vice
Pres; Mrs Aleck Banks 2nd Vice
Pres ; Mrs. j. Il. Thomasson,
Rec Secretary; Mrs. l.. b Foster,
Cor Secretary Mrs. NJ. e. Oau-
then, Treasurer Mrs. j. M. Rid.
die, Historian Mrs. Matte Nc.
Carde|l, Custodian.
Mrs L b Foster,
Cor Sec
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

Route Agent Parks, of the
Southern Express Co., was in
town Thursday, looking after
the removal of The express office
up town
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03
Business Notices.

E& All Notices inserted under
TINS head at the rate of ONE CENT
a WOkD for each insertion. No
notice to be counted less than 25
words.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

FOR SALE.-A fine colt. 9 months Old
good stock-will sell cheap. Apply TO
}. Nisbet. Lancaster. No J.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

A State Convention of friends
of the dispensary will be held in
Columbia this spring, it is stat
ed.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

WANTED. Bright, honest young
man from Lancaster, S c., to pre-
pare for paying position in Govern
ment Mail Service. Box One, Cedar
Rapids, la.
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LOCAL DOTS

Oo0oh oiouSuJ Ivy Genus
on this market yesterday cot
ton seed, 25 cents.
-Considerable hail fell last
Monday in the Tabernacle sec
ton.
The Rev. Chalmers Fraser
Will preach at Rlchburg tomor-
row morning, at IL O'Clock, IN
the Presbyterian church.
Mr.. Baxter Robinson, who
has Just recovered from a spell
OF sickness, has accepted a posi-
ton as salesman at the Cloud
store.
The Healh-Jones company
is making elaborate preparations
for a "Srand dry goods open
ing" Wednesday and Thursday
OF next week. The ladies, of
course, will attend in full force.
Master Hoke Knight, son of
Mr.. w. B Knight, is down with
an attack of appendicitis. The
doctors have not yet decided
whether to operate on him or
not.
The roof of Ex- Sheriff l. Nj
Clyburn's residence, on Main
street, caught on fire Wednes-
day, about midday, from a spark
from a chimney, but the hames
were extinguished before much
damage was done.
-Wingate has been as hard
hit by the measles as any com
munity in the county. There
have been between seventy five
and a hundred cases there, but
the epidemic has about subsid-
ed.-Monroe Journal. .-
Don't forget that Col. Har.
vie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Growers Asso-
clation, will deliver an address
here next Tuesday, March 9th.
He will speak in the Court
House, commencing at II
o'clock. The farmers aud all OF
their friends should be on hand
The Southern Express COM
pany's up town Office Eis, to be
located in the Riddle block, on
the west side Of Main street.
The store room next to the Bank
OF Lancaster, heretofore = occu-
pied by Merchant j. S. Riddle,
will be used for the Elk press
Office, Mr.. Riddle having moved
into another store room.
AS previously announced in
The News, the Daughters of the
Confederacy will serve dinner
next Tuesday, the day President
Jordan, of the Southern Cotton
Association, is to speak in Ian.
caster. The meals will be serv-
ed in the Payseur buIlding-old
Enterprise office-from 11.30|
a. m. to 3 p. m. AS the pro.
ceeds are for the Confederate
monument fund, everybody
should go to the Daughters for
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

ALL the new styles III Silks Just arrived.
Invisible stripes and checks. Shirt Waist
pa't, rms. no two alike, at Lancaster Mer-
camille Co.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-03

JUST RECEIVED so bags Red Bliss
Potatoes for seed. Bennett Grocery Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
FOR CHILD LABOR
IN COTTON MILLS
Southern Mill Owners Defended
by Civic Federation
FACTS ABOUT CONDITIONS
Analysis of Situation Shows Reports
Are Rumors and Many Senatlons
Unfounded-Night Work
Not Prevalent.
FACTS ABOUT CONDITIONS
rrrono tbe washington Post.

from the washington Post.
An exhaustive review of the industrial
and social conditions surrounding the cot
.on mills of the south has been prepared
nv Miss Gertrude Beeks, secretary of the
welfare department of the National Civic
Federation.
The report includes thorough analysis
of the child-labor situation, which con-
4roverts much of the sensational muck
raking that has been INDUCED in recently.
In the main Miss Beeks finds the light
ing and ventilation of the southern cotton
mills eighteen of which she Inspected, to
be practically all that could be expected
Her report contradicts much that has
been written about the brutal treatment
accorded to the child workers. Is well as
the manner in which the cotton workers
live.
child labor is utilized in all the mills, Mss
Becks says that 1t Is not due to tbs
wishes of the mill owners, but of the pa
rents of the children
MISS Beeks has taken up seriarim and
analyzed closely the charges made against
the mill owners. as follows:
A persistent effort was made, bu, with
out success, to find mill running Il night
ahift, A member of the child labor COM
mlllee In Georgia had been told by a
nien6 who had heard from another lead
In. oman in the state that water was
thrown In the faces of the child. en- dur
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
ALlTTLE BIT o. RILEY.

By ]. w. Foley.
Jes little bit o. Riley when tn twilights
CROWN dim.
You can open of it anywheres an read a
verse from him.
1t rests me when I'm weary, an 1t cheers
me when I'm sad,
An sometimes tn pathos in It, while I'm
cryin', makes me glad;
For | like II cause it's human, an my
heart jes' seems T. say
That II 1t could speak, like Riley's, 1t
would talk jes' hathaway!
Jes' little bit o. Riley when the summer
is in bloom,
Cause it sort o. adds a measure to tn
fragrance an perfume
1t seems to lend new meanin' to tn chat
ter an tn song
OF tn birds that cry up yonder an tn
brooks that dance along;
An | like 1t cause it's honest an my
heart jes seems L say
That If it could speak, like Riley's 1t
would talk jes hathaway
Jes' a little bit o. Riley when tn shaders
fall on me
IAN I know I'll meet my Pilot where tn
stream becomes tn seaD
An want to meet him honest, as man
should meet a man,
An I want to be clean-hearted an as
decent as I can.
So I want verse o. Riley an I want to
smile an say
"If my heart could plead for pardon 1t
would talk jes thataway
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
CHANGES IN CUBANS.
Temperament of People Unatered, but
They Work oftener.

Harriet Quimby, in Leslie's Weekly.
The transformation that has taken
place in Cuba since she emerged from the
centuries of Spanish oppression and be-
came an Independent republic Is a sub
ject of comment to Americans who, IA
miliar with the conditions on the island
four or five years ago, have visited 1t
again this year. Before the war and the
American occupation of the island, Cuba
held the palm as the most primitive
country in every detail that could be
found this side of the Atlantic. Barbarism
rnd lawlessness held sway, and sub
fme ignorance, together with native
Incidence, characterized the people. There
are still primitivism and ignorance, but
these are beginning to stand in sharp con-
trast to the modernism which has been
introduced. The American influence and
that of the Amercanized Cubans are maxi
ing themselves felt, and the large invest
ments of American money are gradually
changing the character of the island
without. perhaps. having much effect up
on the people or their mode of living JOY
BUSINESS seems to be a natural charac-
teristic of the Cubans. and there is no
indication that Americanism has sobered
their temperament In any way, except
that many of them labor with more reg
ularity and seriousness than they have
ever done before.
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for lunch because 1t Is piecework, al
though 1t was not observed in any mill.
and several were visited at that time of
day. In any event, this could not APP
ply to the children, as they work in
the spinning ROOM and 1t would not be
possible to keep that machinery in oper
alton without a full complement of oper-
atives. There, too. the largest proportion
of children are not even spinners, but
their assistants, l. e., doffers, who never
work through an entire hour. The chill
dren were found playing about the spin
ming room at the noontime, at twenty
minutes past u, and when asked why
they did not go home to lunch, each re-
piled: II done been" The shade of the
spinning room seemed to be preferred
to the MONDAY sun. The machinery, how
ever, was not in operation.
That consumption has made great in
roads upon the health of the children
because of the lint In the mills could not
be substantiated In one mill where there
are a thousand operatives, reputable per-
sons said that there had been one case
of consumption in that village during
the last year and the only other case
was five years ago. In another smaller
village there was found one case of
tuberculosis, that of a young girl about
16 Inquiries were made throughout the
trip. but these were the only cases OBJ
served; and, in view of the devices for
ventiating the mills, 1t does not seem
possible THAT the lungs can be 'imbed-
ded In lint"
A careful calculation as to the distance
which a doffer boy. would be required to
walk in the performance of his duties
during one day. made at one of the larg-
est mills shows the average to be four
miles, and the longest distance he could
possibly travel (and he would be going
out of his way to do that to be four and
one-half miles, instead of the seventeen
claimed by the Sensational writer" At
a smalled mill. the distance does not ex-
coed 5000 feet.
1t has been claimed that dimlnutive or
adjustable machinery has been manufac-
tured expressly for the use of children In
the mills. This is an absurd statement
made by so-called sociological experts.
The machinery in all cotton mills Is the
size regularly built for adults, and 1t Is
impossible that the product could be man
ufactured otherwise. Quite as preposter-
Gus is the statement that the children
are hidden at work in secret places In
the first place, children were at work
in plain sight in all the mills, and in the
second place the different processes of
manufacture are so systematized that 1t
would be impracticable to divide any de-
partment in order to secrete youthful OPP
eratives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

feopie savings Bank and Trust COM
pany. as to my honesty for my contracts.
Fully three-fourths Oh my patients have
been treated by some one else before CALI
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soon as afflicted? You will save money.
distressing pain and valuable time; be-
sides, there Is satisfaction in knowing
that the very best treatment is being
given you by an honest, competent ply
sician. l have treated private troubles
as speciality In the city OF Birmingham,
Ala. since August 3. 1887. / cure all man.
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tients by mail treatment. Write for prices
and terms.
| do not use large advertisements and
false statements to attract patients which
merit has failed to secure. If you fail to
be curtd by such methods, give me call
and get well.
My offices are the most private and
quiet in the city. tenth story of the new
First National bank building, corner of
Second avenue and Twentieth street.
Rooms 1906 and 1907. Take one of the fine
elevators to tenth floor.
Office hours: $3.50 a. m. TO $50 D. m
Sunday 10 IN. to IL m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
TOMORROW.

BY Samuel johnson (From 'Irene'o
Tomorrow action! can that hoary wis
dom,
Borne down with years, still dote upon
tomorrow?
The fatal mistress of the young, the lazy,
The coward and the fool, condemned to
lose
A useless life in waiting for tomorrow,
To gaze with longing eyes upon tomorrow,
Till interposng death destroys the pros
pect.
Strange that this general fraud from day
to day
Should fill the world with wretches, un-
detected
The soldier, laboring through a winters
march,
Still sees tomorrow dressed in robes of
triumph;
Still to the lovers long-expecting arms
Tomorrow brings the visionary bride.
But thou, too old to bring another cheat,
Learn that the present hour alone Is
mans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
Alfonso AS Seen by His Teacher.

From Harpers Weekly
The Spanish Kings German teacher Is
a Hanoverina married to a Frenhwom-
am. Following Is his opinion of his
pupil: This Is the way | made the King s
acquaintance. l was giving German les
sons to one of the King orderlles--
Count del Grove. The Count had never
taken lessons in the palace; but one
day when he was to busy to meet me
where We meet usually, he asked me to
give him his lesson where he was |
went over to the palace and while we
were hard at work, the door opened and
the King came In. He came In smiling
and asked me II l would permit him to
listen to the lesson. OF course | was glad
enough to have him there; he is a prepos-
sessing little fellow; in fact / may say
l have never known more charming
man. So he sat there listening to us
with all his ears. Several times when 1
asked the Count de Grove question, the
King answered me before the Count
could speak-not very polite but his way
OF doing 1t was very takingl When the
lesson was ended he came up to me and
told me that l must teach him. Il like
your way of teaching" said he, land
henceforth / Will have no other teacher"
Despite his teasing ways and his love
for pleasure, Alphonso Is very fond of
study, and very anxious to learn every
thing. There was no end to his questions.
He longed to be Informed on all subjects.
l never saw a boy as observant.
Etiquette is the only thing that disturbs
the Kings patience. He hates court
rules. L have heard him complain Bit
terly that he could mot act like a rat
ional being" because he was always
dragged down by some senseless court
custom" One day when the court rules
interfered with something that he was
contemplating, he said not angrily: all
this restraint is ridiculous! | am the law
not Its subject. l am the King of Spain!'
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THOMAS AsHE.

BY +. b. T. Money-Coutts
In disappointed lonliness
A gentle bard has passed away
Who for no guerdon would betray
The mission of a bard-to bless;
Too late, too late shall we confess
We need the rills of song that stray
With fringe of howerets family gay,
Not only streams of strain and stress.
But now our faded taste disdains
Forget-me-not and water-cress,
The rose of cultivated pains
And passions to our lips we press,
We scarcely notice when there wanes
A soul of simple tenderness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
WITH THE POETS
A PARALLEL.

- TAnfAEEIGs
From the Cleveland Leader.
Delicate, white and slender,
Chic" as the Frenchman saith.
Perfumed, and blowing tender
Kisses with fragrant breath;
Dainty and sweet, like woman,
Fashioned like her-and yet
Something, perhaps less human
Gay little cigarette!
Soothing, when most l need it,
Each little pain and woe;
Bidding me never heed it.
All, but she Gains me so.
To all my moods the kindest,
The readiest to forget
My sins-to my faults the blindest-
Dear little cigarette
Yet like woman? Truly
There are some points that tell;
Not carried out unduly,
| find a parallel.
There's the tobacco, yonder-
Papers-a match. Now get
Ready to hear, and ponder
The Tale of a Cigarette.
Touched by the fire of passion,
Pressed to your lips, and 10!
How warm, in first-love fashion,
That quick, responsive glow!
You call to mind how sweet 1t
Was when your lips first met?
There is the box-repeat 1t,
Smoking a cigarette!
How soon it all is finished
How useless to pretend
The zest is undiminished-
TITS better at the end
The tears may wet your lashes
In semblance of regret,
But-heres a heap of ashes.
A smoked-out cigarette!
Marjorie, Maude, Cecilia
How soon your day was donel
Dorothy, Phyllis, Della
Twas brief. but 1t was fun!
Come back to me? No. never
Ethel, Marie, Babette-
But--in the box there's ever
Another cigarette!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
OF dead loves lingering kisses

VI UVdU IUNU . IIIIB IIIt TNI''V''
To crush'd hearts, hallowed by the CLEAN
OF unreturning blisses;
Deep mourns the soul, in anguished pride,
For the pitiless death that won them;
But the saddest wall is for lips that died
With the virgin dew upon them.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
REMORSE.
By John Hay.

Sad Is the thought of sunniest days
OF love and rapture persisted.
And shine through memory's fearful haze
The eyes once fondliest cherished
Reproachful is the ghost of toys
That charmed while life was wasted.
But saddest is the thought Of joys
That never yet were tasted.
Sad is the vague and tender dream
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
DENTISTS.
Perkins & KinU.
Rooms 510-51l, Fifth Floor,
First National Bank Building.

Attractive ads. are illustrated. Let
TIE Gawk make your illustrations.
Age-Herald Building,
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The Gawk makes best advertising
Building.
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Sad is the vague and tender dream
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
Laces and Embroideries
Lace stock Includes

Valencienne Match Sets, in round
thread and fine mesh. Real hand
made Torchons and Smyrnas, Ma
chine Linen and Cotton Torchons,
Point de Paris and Plat Walls,
Baby Irish and Venise and Orient
ais in edgings, bands and allovers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

Worth up to 15c yard, Edgings and
Insertings, Ribbon Beadings, Linen
and Cotton Torchon Edgings and
Insertings, Valencienne and Point
de Paris Laces. For Monday and
Tuesday only.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
COMMISSIONS ISSUED
TO GOVERNOR S STAFF
Are Full Pledged colonels Now.
Lieutenant Asst, staunton,
Makes Oath.

Oath disqualification has been filed by
Second Lieutenant Joseph Past, OF
Company A., seventy-second Infantry. at
staunton, qualifying him to perform the
duties Of an officer Of the Virginia Vol
unteers. Lieutenant Asst was recently
examined for the position he has Just
qualified for and passed very credita-
BILE examination.
Orders have been issued for the cleo
tion OF captain Of Company E. Seventy
second Regiment, at Chase City, to MI
the vacancy created by the promotion of
Captain Benjamin r. Roberts. OF that
company. to be colonel and aid on the
staff OF the Governor
Commissions were issued yesterday by
Governor Swanson to the members Of
his stan as Governor and COMMUNICATIVE
chief The commissions give each rnem-
Der the rank Of colonel of cavalry. and
date OF rank Of March /. 1905
Orders have been issued by the adju-
#tant-general's Office announcing the Off
cial. appointment of the stan as colonies
and aids on the stan OF the Governor
and directing Colonel Eugene c. Massle
to act as chief Of stan. 4!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
THE FISHING SEASON.
North Carolinians to Establish
Manufacturing Plant.
Especial 70 The Times, piApa &c G:

~ Especial to IhG 'I!mes, 1isI'a'Gn.t IL
FREDERICKSBURG VA., April L.
Messrs. Frank b. Cooper and George y.
Harding. prominent North Cnrollnlnns.
have been hero this week prospecting,
with the Wow OF establishing manu-
featuring plant 1t Is understood that
they will make proposition to the
BUSINESS MEMS Association,
The catch OF fresh fish In the Potomac
and Rappahannocls Rivers and their trlb-
utaries is increasing daily. At MARI
boro Thursday $500 herring were caught.
rhcy were iino III quality Tho arrivals
here yesterday and to-day wern heavier
than on any former days Of thu season.
Herring arc now selling from sl.25 to
$40 per hundred; rock from 90 to 40
cents each; shnd from 20 to 60 cents each;
perch from 20 to 40 cents per bunch.
It Is thought that all OF these prices VIII
drop In day or two,
Mrs. Elizabeth Rollins, OF Rollins Fork
King George county, was ninety-four
years old last January, and Is stu 1ac-
two and going about attending to house,
hold duties. She Is the mother OF sew
enteen children and has now living the
following descendants. Nine children,
sixty-eight grandchildren, eighty-nine
great grandchildren and three great-
great -grandchlldre n total OF ono huns
drcd and sixty-nine living descendants.
Miss Elizabeth Parker, OF Dansville, N,
r., has been appointed superintendent Of
tho Mary Washington Hospital In this
citV 'st t5tl.