Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING
Child Labor Committee Atlanta, Ga,
April I'd, Sd, 4th and 9Th.

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Atlanta, March 23. -Specjal. The
national child labor COMMITTEES was
organized four years ago with the
OBJECTS of promoting the welfare of
society with respect to the employ
ment OF children in gainful occupa-
lions. investigating and reporting
the facts concerning child labor, rails
ing the standard of parental respon-
siDinty and public opinion with re-
gard to the employment of children,
and assisting in protecting children
against premature or otherwise inju-
rious employment by suitable leeis-
lation and the enforcement Of the
law. The active members OF the
committee include some of the most
distinguished publicists, philanthro-
nists, social and religious workers
throughout the nation, and the State
committees In affiliation with 1t COM
prise the same sort of people. The
national committee, through co-ope-
ration with the State committees,
has succeeded in securing the pas
sage of child labor laws or needed
amendments to existing laws in thir-
ty States.
The program begins with q recep-
tion, to the members Of the commit
tee aud its guests at the Piedmont
Hotel, Thursday evening. April I'd
The morning and afternoon sessions
Will be held at the Piedmont Hotel
auditorium and the evening sessions
Will be popular meetings at the
Grand Opera Hall.
The program Is as follows, and the
rHaders Of this paper are cordially
invited to attend tho exercises:
General Theme: Child labor and
social progress.
Thursday morning-Reports from
State committees. Symposium
What is a Good Child Labor Law? 2"
presiding officer, General Secretary
o. r. Lovejov.
Address: uniformity of State
Laws. " Senator Algernon B. Roberts,
of Pennsylvania.
Friday afternoon Labor
and Education" presiding officer, A
j. Nick elway. ..
Child Labor and Practical Edu-
cation" o. r. Lovejoy.
Compulsory Education the Solu.
ton of the Child Labor Problem. I"
Lewis w. Parker. of South Carolina
Scholarships for Working Chill
dren," Homer Folks, New York City.
Friday evening-Annual address
by DR.. Felix Adler, chairman Of the
committee, The Basis of the Anti
Child Labor Movement in the Idea
Of American Civilization."I
Child Labor in New England, "
Everett w. Lord, secretary for the
New England States.
'The Leadership Of the Child" A..
j. Mckelway, secretary for tho Sou
thern States.
Poem, "The Child and the Mill, ;"
Don Marquis, editor of Uncle Re-
mus Magazine.
Saturday morning-Reports Of
State and local committees.
Essentials in Factory Inspection" i"
a symposium Of factory inspectors
Of the various States, Hon. John
Morgan, of Ohio; Miss Jean Gordon,
of Louisiana; Hon. Chas. Daugherty,
of Oklahoma, and others.
Saturday evening-Presiding Off
Ger, DR.. Felix Adler; General theme:
THE Child and the State. .
THE Federal Investigation of
Child Labor" Hon. Chas. P. Ncill,
United States Commissioner Of La
Dor. ...
"The Consumers Responsibility
for Child Labor" Mrs. Florence
Kelly.
Social Cost of Accident, Igno-
rance and Exhaustion" Prof. Chas.
r. Henderson, Of Chicago Universi-
ty.
Sunday .fternoon-Gereral theme:
"The Ethical ard Religious Aspects
IF Child Labor" presiding officer.
Chancellor n,rkland, of Vanderbilt
University.
The Employers Responsibility
for Child Labor" Hon. w. A. Cow
ington, Of Georgia.
Child Labor and Criminality,"
Judge n. s. Feagin, Of Alabama.
"The Psychology of the Child"
Rev. John w. Stagg, d. D., Of Bir-
minghanl. Ala.
THE People and the Protection Of
Children" Hon. Hoke Smith, Cover
nor Of Georgia.
For further particulars address A.
J. McKelway, Secretary for the Sou
thern States, 604 Century Building,
Atlanta, Ga.