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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-14
Conducted by Grace kirkland

picturesque appearance. One that |
saw last winter was piled high with
bedsteads, chairs, bundles of bed
ding, etc.; and on top of that was a
cotton basket with two geese in it;
a big bundle of broomstraw, waving
around in the wind; two or three
fishing-poles - they never forget
them; a man, his wife, four children
in red dresses, and cat. 1t is bad
luck to move a cat. I don't know
whether this family didn't know that,
or whether they were going to defy
that bit of superstition.
/ see no way to reach this class of
people-to educate and uplift them
except through a compulsory edu-
cational law, and personal house-to-
house instruction in cleanliness, cook
ing, right living, and SO on, and di-
rect effort to arouse and cultivate in
them some pride and aspiration.
They never read anything, and they
are too dull to learn anything from
suggestion.
Some of the preachers say that
some people have their conscience
educated only in spots, and perhaps
they would say that / am one of
them, if they knew that I do not
hesitate to say that these people
right here around me appeal to me
more than the Chinese, the Japanese
or the Koreans.
Many of these people never go to
church at all, and those who do have
only the crudest kind of conception of
Christianity. Aren't these people just
as deserving of our missionary eff
fort and sympathy as any of the for
eigners? And if I can give but little
to missions, should not give that at
home, while such conditions exist
right at my door? There is nobody
in the world who needs education,
good clothes and better knowledge
of how to live more than they do.
Miss Parrish's picture of the
"half-cropper" and his ways is very
vivid and very true. We are coming
to realize, however, that the condi-
ton of these poor people has it's basis
often in the actual disease known
professionally as ''uncinaria' and
more popularity as the "hookworm'
or lazy" disease. The lack of sani-
tation around these miserable homes
is the reason the soil is infected, and
re-infected, with these skin-burroW-
ing parasites, which make their way
through the bare feet of the chill
dren and, untreated, multiply in his
body, upon which they prey, until all
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life, energy and intelligence is lit
orally sapped. It is hard for many
people to believe this; they are apt
to scott at it and say: II know these
folks-it's just 1aziness!"
All that is to be known of this
parasite has not yet been determined,
but | explain it's effects upon the
poor whites of the sort described
by Miss Parrish satisfactorily to my
self by, first, their lack of proper
fact that their food is poor and in
sufficient Against the drain upon
the blood caused by the presence Of
the parasite, there is very little east
ly digested and absorbed nourishment
to offset it. The stomach, in short,
is given little it can digest, while
only those foods which are digested
in the intestine-the starches and
fats-are, as a rule, used. Instead
of milk, soups, beef-juices, soft
boiled eggs, ETC., there is a seldom
varied diet of badly cooked corn
bread, hominy, and hog-meat, with
strong, rank, black coffee, and snuff
and tobacco as dessert. No won
der there is developed a morbid ap-
petite which goes sometimes so far
as to "eat dirt.
While the negro lives in the same
region and in about the same way
these whites do, I do not think the
race is so subject to this affection.
They are probably not so readily in
fected, or being naturally lazy and
stupid, even when in perfect health,
little would be thought of a mere in
crease in natural lethargy.
So, our Southern people who want
to better conditions must eliminate
this disease as starter toward
enlightening the victims thereof
Compulsory education will not
work out in the case of a child who
is weak and bloodless from uncinarfa.
Fortunately uncinaria is durable,
oAAu oAUO1 14SuC SOuulL1OuS Will stay
cured. It is hard to get the afflicted
to believe, however, that their
trouble is not malaria, or some in
definite misery. But school-teach-
ers, like Miss Parrish, can do infinite
good to their own sections, and to
the entire South, by working in every
way toward the eradication of dis
ease, filth and ignorance among peo-
pie who otherwise would be among
the salt of the earth. Let us dis
seminate knowledge and teach these
poor people how to become what God
intended they should be.
Book learning" is a superstruc-
ture which must be laid upon the
firm foundation of good health. 1t is
said that thousands of little children
in the big cities go to school
hungry! We who feel faint" if our
luncheon time is neglected too long
can realize how faint and weak and
dull must become a. child whose
hunger is never really satisfied from
one days end to the other. A child
has NOT 0O1v RI curOor% Iico
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many counterparts in South Georgia.
Some people seem to think that near
ly all of Georgia's very poor, Hitter
ate, improvident white people live
among the mountains, but that is a
mistake. There are hundreds, yes,
thousands, of them here in South
Georgia, where as "half-croppers" or
wage-hands they cultivate the land
of the well-to-do farmers. They are
shiftless, Indifferent and lazy. AS a
rule, they don't do half SO we'll as
they could do with the chance they
have; yet, in many respects, their
condition is pathetic.
Their position as farm-hands and
tenants usually brings them into
close touch with the better educated,
more progressive class of country
people, but they never learn any
thing from observation. Except in
rare cases, they go on from genera
ton to generation without any i'm
provement in Themselves or in their
way of living. They don't know how
to keep house, or how to cook pal
atable and healthful food. They
make their pig-pens very near the
house for convenience, and they
usually keep from two to six dogs,
which stay in the house most of the
time. Their treatment of a patient
and care Of a sick-room is everything
it ought not to be and nothing that
it should be.
In some respects these people are
less desirable as tenants than ne
groes. They visit about half the
time, and public dinner they never
miss. Free lemonade is magnet
that draws them from afar. They
expect the man for whom they are
working to furnish them a team to
do all this going, and if he doesn't
do it they get considerably "riled."
And the way they send their chill
dren to school is the evaporation of
the school-teacher. They usually
start them in January and send them
two or three days out Of the week
from then ''till cotton-choppin' ;"
when they are stopped for good.
They stop every time there is any
where to go, Or company comes,
which is very often; one day out of
each week to "tend to the baby for
Ma to wash; sometimes to hoe
fence jambs, pick up trash or "drap"
corn. In this desultory manner
many of them get into the second,
third or fourth grade by the time
they are "big enough to git married.,
and thus escape getting classed with
the illiterates when the census-taker
comes around. Some of them never
go to school at all.
The parents of this class have no
pride or ambition. They look upon
their children as being worth while
only to make life easier for them,
and so put burdens upon them which
children ought not to have to bear.
A girl from one such family went
to school to me once. She was
twelve years old, in the second grade,
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The "HaDErobber .
By SaIIie 7. Parrish

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-16
'ACOMA BOOSTERS AT THE FAIR

JOHN BAKER VPRtS flDtllT1 tRUaT Cof1RAN1
IS ONE or TIC LARGEST INDEPENDENT PROPERTY OWNERS
IN The (lTT o. MS CHOICE TA(0r1a tE7etR or mn Gibbs
S.A.PeRkNS. o"tltR or btRkN5 PRe5S CONSISTING o-
TIC Al0rA DAILY Ii D6eR The TAC0r1 DAILY NEWS lLiNGHAu
DAILY HERALD 0lI1RA DAILY RECORDER FORMING olY1PlAN-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-18
Merereda Squeezed His Hand.

ing shingle to the lazy breeze that
crept down from the range. But fees
were scarce as molars on hen-farm.
Might ruled in the valley. The Next
cans and greasers settled their differ
ences with fists and knives. and Jim
eked out his scanty income by work
ing at the dipping station just outside
the village.
In a years time Jim had gathered
q hundred ewes Into his tiny corral.
Fits of alternate hope and despair had
bridged the interval. When a eve
gave birth to twins. Mercreda straight
way predicted that an epidemic had
set In, and rosy-fngered Hope piled
the calculating pencil on q double ba-
sis. But when gay ranchero rode
into town. or blithe young cowboy
from the foothills swung through the
village streets. despair held Jim in its
paralyzing clutch
But a great day dawned for Jim and
for Mercreda- II found the former.
busy at the dipping The
fiocks Of Tony Gomez flied the corrals
and were struggling through the annu-
nj dipping process to prevent disease.
Jim. the erudite. held the post Of hon.
or on q raised platform above the
steaming vat From the yards below .
narrow chute led towards him. up
which a steady stream Of sheep Vas
forced BY the willy coIlies. Jim
dropped the frightened creatures one
by one into the hot sulphur dip with
the nOnchaIance Of q housewife shell
ing peas. and shouted orders to the
Mexicans armed with throat hooks
who guided the laundering sheep
through the long. narrow vat towards
the dripping pens.
From his elevation Jim saw q vast
flock Of lambs draw near outside the
dipping station. surrounded by snap
ping coIIses and dark skinned herders.
A dusty horseman plunged into view.
q buriy westerner. whose name was
known 70 every sheepman on the
range. and asked for the owner Of the
station. The owner was absent from
the valley and there was no one To
represent him. Jim called old Gomez.
who came forth with glow-ring face
and angry mien The stranger demand
ed immediate possession. lie made the
startling statement that he had con
fracted for the station for the entire
week. and drew forth a written docu-
meut 70 substantiate his claim. He
explained his haste. and insisted that
the Mclean should give way TO his
fsocks. He vas under contract with
q score Of ranchmen In Colorado. A
spec,al train vas to meet hiLs st -
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II Fair Fee
By Bernice 6. Caughey.
Copyright. by J. b Lippincot. Coz

VOpyTiBut, ny = D i-ippihSOtt W.
The fiat had gone forth. James Al
len must ride possessively around
thousand ewes before there should be
added unto him the fairest maid In all
the Pecos valley, Mercreda Torres. >"
ruled old Pedro. Mercreda's father.
and Allen knew. the Modes ana Per.
slams laws were weak. wind shaken
reeds beside the solid rock OF Pedros
grim determination.
Poor jim, He did not even own the
mustang on which to do the riding
AS for the ewes Jim rushed from
Pedro's presence in sudden passion
and the tiny village OF adobe houses
set in the middle OF New Mexico
dropped into dim perspective as Jim's
long. angry strides bore him towards
the range which trimmed the valley.
The full blaze of noon held the bar
rem land in thrall. A dry wind WINS
pered through the withered grass ana
shook the ghostly sagebrush. Above
the valley a treeiess plain stretched
out to meet a turquoise sky. The
white wool OF a dozen flocks relieved
the dullness of the landscape.
When the young man had walked
his passion OF he faced the situation
bravely and made his palms.
Old Pedro had a double purpose In
the PRONUNCIATION OF this edict. Jim
was lawyer. He had gone TO school
in Denver. had raked and scraped and
pinched to get his education. and had
planned to remain there to practice.
but when the time came to leave the
valley his widowed mother had fallen
i'll with a tedious malady. and Jim OF
course. stayed with her that she might
be among her people. Jim's mother
was Mexican. as was Mercredas
father. though the other side Of each
house came from good New England
stock. and Pedro. fearful OF the Yam
kee blood in each. sought to bind Jim
to the valley.
The young man opened up modest
office in the village and flung a shin
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~ oelly oofvlco
~ rO1b NEW YORK;
From compaly's WAaf4
Norfolk. foot Of CAufo4
street every week oA1
I at 100 p. u.
FARE-First-class. one vAy. t9eea
Round trip, limit thirty tays, ,eiAOo-s
meals and berth In stateroom n
cluded. =. IS q. e
steerage, without subsistence. ts.oe.S
TICKETS on sale at G. q O. Raae
way Ticket once. ..s 4
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN NEWPORT
NEWS AND RICHMOND. VA
Steamers Brandon and BsRkleS
leave Pier ~ $3.50 every svsnino
PASSENGERS only. .~
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COR.
PANY. James River Day Line ~
Richmond and all James River lane-
ings. Steamer Nnbjack jsevees
Newport News. Tu. lays, ThnfsdAyei
and Saturdays at S:46 Z. p. LeeS98
Newport News Monday. WednesdAy
and Friday at y. m. for Norfolk ano
Old Point. ... Z
Steamer Hampton win lssys Hiees
"A" daily except Sunday, ct $50 ~
M, going to Norfolk. and at 1:3e Is.
M. going to Smithdeld. steamer 49,
comac" will leave Pier "a" deity, 80
cept Sunday at . .. m. going ~
Smithneld and 3 p. M going t0aNors
folk. ... ...,. t.-za. 80 ss
All business between NeW Yos4
and Newport News transacted a4 -
No. 6.
All business between WsWpoee
News. Norfolk. 6mithneld anA 1oen3l
points transacted at Pier "A" f00e ~
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AOea4 3
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PLAIN EVERYDAY THINGS.

W. H. Edwards. New York's street
cleaning Commissioner. has distin.
xuished himself OH every occasion by
his splendid handling VI the snow prob
lem.
Il subpose. Mr.. Edwards" said An In
tervieWer. that your college education
has greatly helped you to y thorough
grasp OF street cleaning
The commissioner smiled.
That sounds good" he said. but
! don't think It's true DifTerential cal
culus and the gnoIIc aolist are all
very well. but In street cleaning they
don't hold q candle to plain. ordinary,
everyday American hustle.
Plain. ordinary. everyday things
they are the ones that count: they are
the levers" said Mr.. Edwards. philo-
sophicaly. TRY to soar above them,
bump. such as aeronauts get,
Il said the other day to II bachelor
who was going to get married:
We'll. Jim. at your time OF life
Hes getting on. you know 40
or 30.
We'll, Jim. at your time OF life.
] said. i suppose u man does feel the
need Of y faithful and enduring AZ
fections whereWith--'
"'Oh. rats. Jim interrupted. I'm get
ting tired Of darning my own socks:
that's what's the matter with me. "
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-18
The One On Earth.

The Joyous press agent has sent .
story to the music editor containing
this statement:
Nine Homer 10 unique in the pro
fession. in that she 10 happily married
and devoted to her husband and chill
dren."
Unique. What . horrible profession
Il 10!
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odd chap. why don't you make up
your mind to marrY and settle down."
You chump. II takes two minds to
do that. and ! haveat quite got Ere
da's mind made up yct."-Chicago
Tribune
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-18
Just ~ oeod.

His Elder Sister--Phil. why don't
you wear cuffs?
The Youth-Great Scott. Neil ! do!
Look q, nv pants legs. viii yonr
They're turned mp four inches. Chi
caSo Tribune.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-18
Against the Rules.

Il shall scream II you attempt to
kiss me-" said the young girl.
You don't dare" said the young
man. Its against the rules In this
fat to make any unusual noise after
10 p. m"
Realizing that his argument was
good, the young lady relented.
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Her Party.

"J,r,'s in love. isn't be-"
He must be He accepted an invt
tst,oa 90 bridge party where they
eout play for s.skes"
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Took Effect on the Trailer.

Laura" said MIR. Ferguson. laying
aside his hat and Overcoat. Il saw the
worst train wreck half an hour ago
l ever saw In my life
Were you in it. George?" asked
Mrs. Ferguson. turning pale.
NO. but l helped to put out the
blaze
The blaze? Did the train take
fre?"
Yes; and II burned fiercely."
How did II happen. and where"
In q fashionable restaurant. So,
ciety woman accidentally stepped on
\ match"
20, you wretch! Tribune
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-18

Redd-Is It a fact that It costs you
more to keep your automobile than It
cost to buy It?
Greene-lt 10.
Well, / don't want anything that
costs more to keep than 1t does to
get"
Why, you've got . wife. haven't
your'-Yonkers Statesman.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-18

You can't gpesa What my nefehbor
wanted to borrow then" sssd the WON.
IN a. she came into her room and shut
the door. NY typewriter. The ma
chine ! work On to make my living
that gets out Of whack 10 . stranger
looks at IT, He wsnted to borrow that.
Why didn't he ask me 10 cut Oh my
hair an6 hand II to him.
People are the limit the world
over" returned the girl. when 0,
comes to borrowing They seem "a
lose their heads. Aunt Mat had q
woman friend who asked her one day
TO lend her her $500 violin to practice
on awhile. She vas furious eecauss
Aunt Mat refused"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-18
polyoot Waiter Was American

Poly0ot Water was american.
At a restaurant in the Wall street
district In New York where the walters
all speak French and many Of them
German there is a popular waiter who
IN known to various regular customers
as Franz. Frank and Francois He
speaks German and French with equal
fluency. and on that account was the
subject Of bet which he had to decide
Yesterday. One man who had known
the waiter for years said that Franz
was a German, and another was just
NJ certain that he was French, and .
third said that both men were wrong
and that the linsuist waiter undoubt-
edly came from Alsatia. or from that
mart OF Switzerland where every child
speaks three languages. each with .
foreign accent They were an sur.
prised to hear that Frank. ~ he pre-
fers to be called. was born In the
Eishth ward. and has never been
further from New York than Wash
ington.
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TRANSPORTATION GUIDE

chssapaslts Z Ohio NJ
Fsst rrasns - hlssl~sss - -
Leave Newport News ICES q ~.
S:26 y. m. Il
Locals Tsslns - Npe,aasedI
$50 An: k:4s p. u.
Trains arrive Newport Nswst te:ees
q. H.. 1885 an 6:S6 pm. and 5:3e,
p. N. Al i h,ysI3rsss ] 4 Il =
Steamers Service tor Nesle,l6
Leave Newport News 1o:le Q -.
$40 p. % .'.'.4 - ~
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And when his II. c. franks to him
4 lot OF garden seeds.
He plants them and 10 sure to raise
A splendid crop Of weeds.
Chicago Tribune.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-04
- The News of Somerset's Busy Towns -

peacefully IN the better life beyond. e.
the Hge ot - sears. months aud i
las All that inke OF med e.. Ffiii
could do was done 10 save her most
precious life 10 20 avail She sRs
aware OF her situation and bore all
with unmurmnfiug patience and
cheerful fortitnde. leaving 10 miss
and mourn the loss OF true and low.
ing wife end dsar and tender mother
A most devoted husband and one son
Her aged parents mourn an only
daughter and Two brothers. dear
sister. Funeral services were held
Wednesday in Canaan at the church.
under the auspices of the Eastern
Star. of which she was worthy
member. Rev. Mrs Treworgy speak
ing words OF consolation. While n
large circle of friends deeply sympa-
thize with the bereaved family they
feel that their loss is her gain and
she has only gone little while be-
fore. The floral offerings were many
and beautiful. showing the love in
which she was held among those at
her own home in Canaan. Her pre-
cious dust lies In the hillside cemetery
near her dismantled home while her
pure spirit awaits her loved ones in
that land where there are no partings
and no tears.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-04

la. % tober =. the Master Mason
degree AS given uno candidate
George smith has sold his herd Of
cows TO Mr. Doollttle of Madison and
saian Is without milk man
Nlss Sellir HapEood trained nurse
sho hes been caring Tor Airs Fred
Drufe. returned to- her home IN No
Anson the last Of the Seek
George Moses OF Curinna. AIS Ia
fnwu Monday
= \ Coolidge vent Ia skoNhegan
Tuesday.
/. l.. Patterson and uncle returned
from weeks hunt up river Monday
sith Two deer
+. :. 1ongley attended the teach
ers convention at Lewiston last
Aeek
George Pierce. Dan Maynard. Geo
Cross and Henry Wilson. are mp In
the Chase stream regions hunting.
Charles and Ernest fentiman were
home from bingham Wednesday es-
ening.
The members OF the D. 4. r. who
were able to accept the invitation OF
North Arson Chapter last Friday.
passed very enjoyable day. one long
TO be remembered.
The Northern Maine Packing Co.
have labeled and shipped all their
corn except one car load.
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WORN TO DO.
Enlarged Opportunities for Individual
Churches.

The centralized work of the church
es in the mission of aggressive evan
gelism is over and now the enlarged
opportunity for the individual church
remains. New material is ready for
fashioning and training in the King
dom Of God and the larger and grow
ing life of the church. In this work
the pastors need the active CO.
operation and practical support of
their respective membership. 1t is
therefore necessary for the churches
to provide a warm and cordial recep-
ton, a hearty hand-clasp, prayer
full God bless you to those who are
contemplating joining the church as
we'll as to the many others who will
begin to attend the church services.
Splendid results may be looked for
during the coming months by prac-
teal following up the work begun
during the past month.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-04
araI ESTATE rnassFERs.

rutafsie Alteft n C1srt 10 chFts.
81 u unftan. NstsihA u woodruff
70 Amanas 4 1ai"n
Bingham -sora " Jordan TO feief
FAfies
aarfiana-li Hattie II chase el al, II
Amanda y Til,an
skosherAn -ilaFen N Green 10
Gsorre " savage.
Palmyra Aaron T Ilafnes 10 Jos.
eth Fritz. q pooler. Fl ais 10
Fred l.. Morse
Canaan Ashley J. koene 10 Gen =
Farnham. Florence NJ Smith to Ella
a Barnes. tihon.
Fairneld--Edwin n Bates To Leslie
4. Farrar
Anson-c Charles f. Samson to Lynn
=. Samson: Ellen l.. Gray TO Guy g.
Hnnneweil. ct al; James II. Tracey to
Guy G Hunnewell.
HARMONY. A. and II. v Chad
bourn, ct ais, 10 Betsey Chadbourn.
Walter S Bemis To Everett f. Reed
Embden-Charles c. Norton to
Frank Norton.
Carrying Place-David c. Pooler to
o. n. Clark. sll.00
Cornviile-A. H. Welch to Eleanor
T. williams; Fred NJ Perkins to A.
E and Annie l.. Harvey.
New Portland-S. J. Walton TO Flor
ence H. Webb $500.
Madison--Sarah J. Weston, ct al to
Harlan p Merrill.
Mayheld-Jos +. Lawrence to Eliza
A Millett.