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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone-known to- fame as 'the.
white mans grave"-yiewed from the
deck Of an incoming steamer presents
an appearance distinctly attractive. AS
to climate, the sobriquet white mans
grave is sufficiently instructive. Suf-
fee it to say that the first Of the daily
regimental orders ran thus: Funeral
parade at $50 a. m. tomorrow" and it
was seldom indeed that the parade
was dismissed for lack. of q victim to
the pestiferous climatic conditions.
Indeed. so arduous became the duties
Of sepulcher that, whereas it was GUS
tomary in the beginning for the entire
regiment and band to attend, only the
company, of the deceased and the firing
party did so later N. Sierra Leone is
infested withssnakes, large and small.
The former are Of the constructor spe-
cies; the latter are all extremely ven
omous. The most deadly Of all per-
haps is the yellow jack, a beautiful
yellow and black reptile, whose bite is
reputed to prove fatal within a space
Of twenty minutes Coun.
rty Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
Saved His Rupees.

During q great food at Haidarabad a
native banker, overtaken by the sud
den rush of water, made his way on
to a mound, where he was quickly iso-
lated. The water rose, and the bank
er's legs were covered to his knees.
Fifty rupees about f3 7s.), SO rupees"
he shouted, Ito any n who will save
me.w When the water reached his
shoulder he was shouting, Zone thou
sand rupees!" When enveloped to his
necE, with death staring him in the
face. he yelled: Help, help! All that l
have will l give to any M to save
mem! Shortly after the water began
to recede. When once more he was
covered only to his knees an offer OF
s came. But the banker, pluck
ing up his courage, cried: Keep of!
Keep off! 1 will not give a rupee"
and succeeded in making his escape
free Of charge.-St. James Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
ORIGIN of "3onfirs."

Stow. referring to the .bonefers"
which the citizens of London were
wont to make in the streets on the
yigiIes OF festiuall dayes and on the.
same festiuall dayes in the euenings
after the sunne; setting every mall be-
slowing wood or labcuT towards
them" and which were an occasion Of
feasting and merriment. says that
these were called bonefers as well
of good amitIe amongst neighbours,
that. being before at controuersie. were
there by the labours Of others, recon
ciled, and made Of bitter enemies,
louing friendes, rs also for the vertue
that q great fire hath to purge the In
lection of the :Sr."--and2n Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
IN ew crop onion sets at
B. Timmons.
Forced Into Exile:

VIM. Upchurch, of Glen Oak,
Okla, was an EXILE from home.
Mountain air, he thought, would
cure a fsightful lung-racking cough
that had defed all remedies for two
years. After six months he returned,
death logging his steps. Then /
began to use DR.. Kings New Dis
covcry,n ne writes, and after taking
six bottles / am as well as ever. 1t
saves thousands yearly from des-
perate lung diseases. Infallible for
coughs,and colds, it dispells hoarse-
ness and sore throat. Cures grip,
bronchitis, hemorrhages, asthma,
Group, whooping cough. soc and
s1.oo, trial bottle free, guaranteed
by w E Lynch q Co., Penn d
H%olstein, successors to G L Penn
& Son,
Try Levering's celebrated roasted
coff ee 10 and % cents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
An Early Riser.

Mrs. Hicks-You mean to tell me
that you have n servant girl who gets
up in the morning without being call
ed? Mrs. Wickes-Yes. She's in love
with the milkman. Boston Tran
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17
The Wise Way.

1--WE should all strive to forgive our
enemies" remarked the wise guy.
eyes: then they won't be so apt to
get back Mt U.s." added the simple mug.
Philadelphia Record.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12
HERALD SHOP SQUARE.

Some time ago The Wageworker
printed a list of printing offices in
Lincoln that had signed an agreement
with Lincoln Typographical Union No.
209. The list was furnished by the
proper committee from the union, and
of course The Wageworker had no
authority to add any to the list
However. in the publication of the
list an injustice was unintentionally
done the Lincoln Herald and its job
department by emitting it This was
the fault of the committee, not of
The Wageworker. The Herald shop
was among the first to sign up, and
the negotiations were marked by gooc-
feeling. The Junior member of the
Herald firm is an active member OF
Lincoln Typographical Union. Not
only is the Herald shop using the
union label of the Allied Printing
Trades. but it is using it to adorn
neat line of job printing. The
Wageworker apologies for its omis-
sion. but pleads that it was wholly
the fault of the committee
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

notice of their withdrawal from the
manufacturers association. the en-
pIoyes are to return to work under a
declaration that there IS no strike
against the firm involved. the bill Of
prices is to remain the same as paid
at the time of the strike. the manufac-
turers are to be allowed to install
trimming machines. the machines to
be given fair trial. the price for
such machine work not being ineEuded
in the existing bill of prices. a com
mittee shall determine 4 fair scale
for such work and the union Label l.
not TO be subject OF arbitration IN
der the present agreement to rerarr
10 work
The settlement is considered a con-
promise. each side making concessions
The union label and union recognfsion
issues are waived for the present Or
the employees while on the other hand
the agreement of the manufacturer
association is considered an Important
concession The settlement provides
way for the resumption Of work con
sidered generally the most important
thing Points eontended for by eacn
side viii be left to arbirrztors 10 al
tempt to settle
The strike started when the employ
lers formed an association and agreed
not to recognize the union and re-
| fused TO allow the union label 70 be
used Under the bin Of settlement
the label question Is left OPEN buz
the Enionists of this country have
a ready way Of settling that matter
If every union worker viii absolutely
refuse to purchase hat minus the
union label. the label opponents viii
soon come to time
| The United Hatrers OF North AuerI
ca have made gallant nznz
against awful odds Fer years their
union funds their private bank az
counts and even their little homes
have been tied up in litigation A
member of the union could NOT check
out his little bank balance ne could
neither sell nor mortgage his little
home his union could not use -
bank balance Despite these raEr=
they went out to a man in defense or
their union and their label. and rheT
fought it out on that line for fv-
weary months
II Rev Father Kennedy has showed his
Il fn<1 ~
lows by stepping in and making q
settlement possible That sort OF in
teresr in the workingr1an IS more ap-
prcciated than a lot OF things that
other members of the clergy We know
try to do for the workingnzn-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12
Hatters Break the Big
Combine Against Them

The strike of the United Hatters of
North America was practically set
tied last Tuesday A lot of small de-
tails are yet to be worked out. but
one thing is sure-the National Asso-
citation of Hat Manufacturers is a
busted community BY the terms Of
the settlement seventeen of the TWEEN
ty-one firms making up the associa-
tion file notices of their withdrawal
from that organization, and Massachu-
sets, Connecticut and New Jersey are
rid of this menace to fair labor.
The seventeen manufacturing hat
tiers signed a bill of settlement with
the executive board of the United Hat
ters, thus officially recognizing the
union which they once declared they
would never do. For five months the
strike has been waged with determina-
ton by the Hatters, and although
their funds have been tied up in IItiga-
ton and the strikers on short ratIons
they never wavered They offered 40
have nothing to arbitrate-~ The man
ufacturers stood on the ground that
their agreement as an association for
bade them from negotiating with the
strikers Then Rev Father Kennedy.
pastor of ST. Joseph's Catholic church.
Danbury, Conn.,, stepped in and de-
clared that he would open negotia-
tions on behalf of the general public
The result is substantial victory for
the strikers, although they yield in
many points. But their union is rec
ognized. and they are willing to leave
other matters to arbitration
The bill provides that in matters
which it shall be mutually agreed to
arbitrate. a judge of the state super
ior court shall be final referee when
representatives of both sides fail tc
agree; the manufacturers agree TO file
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12
eLovEWoRkERs ENTERTAINED.
Employer Shows Members Of Uescn
Good Social Tfrne

1000 S0Csa9 tfHS
Mr. r z Deputy. OF the Deputy
SpangIer Hat Co. entertained the
members of the local GEozsnuzxers-
Union at his home last I0nday even
ing Incidentally it might De remarked
that the Deputy -SDangIe- Co.. Is rE@
only firm OF gIovemakers in Ee5-zskz
employing union workers Of thas craft
Mr. SpangIer. the other member Of
the firm was present and helped enter
tain the employees
The evening was spent in social
games and conversation. with nassr
and song TO lend variety Refresh
ments were served Needless 20 say
that all present enjoyed the evening
immensely
The glovewoFksrs report business
- their line very dull This Is NOT as
= should be- Local unionisrs Should
not only demand union-nade ziosss-
but they should give the preference
to the Hardy brand These gloves
are not only union made but they are
Lincoln made II you favorfre mer-
chant does not handle them-change
merchants
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

The Allied Printing Trades Council
is busy making arrangements for a
smoker TO be held at Fraternity
hall on the evening Of June - All
members Of the allied printing trades
are cordially invited TO attend and
participate in a discussion of ways
and means looking toward boosting
the label
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12
THE DAILY STARS CONTEST.

Its getting Interestingly Lincoln
Daily Stars subscription contest If
you haven't been solicited TO subscribe
to help out some aspiring contestant
well. if you haven't you will be.
There is an army of workers in the
field. and every member is hustling for
subscriptions The Star is worth the
price. too. Its a union made news
paper
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12
EVER OCCUR TO your

Did 1t ever make you sore 20 waIk
into dago fruit store and have
snip of a boy. anywhere froEn to 8
years of age. say. '~Whad z want and
then throw the the change at you7-
Cedar Rapids Tribune
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

to the State Federation convention in
Lincoln next month? A union that
fails to get in line with the state
organization can't have much life in
it; for that reason the Tive ones
viii be among the gathering at the
state capital--Western Laborer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12
Among the Live Workers
Here, There and Elsewhere

movement. Then we had injunctions
against boycott publications: these
invaded the American principle of a
free press in connection with the
labor movement. And now We have
an injunction against mass meetings:
which assails the American principle
OF free speech. II was big blaze
that Mr.. Taft and a few other fed
eral judges kindled when they intro
duced the labor Injunction into Amer
lean jurisprudence.-Chic Public.
The Woodmen of the World will
build a sanitarium at Colorado
Springs. This organization holds a
record for friendliness to organized
labor Its printing is done in a
fair shop, and in the terms of the
contract for the Colorado Springs
building it is specified that the work
shall all be performed by union labor.
That's the sort of a fraternal organ
ization that union men ought to
boost
The Union Labor party in San
Francisco has selected P. H. McCar-
thy. president of the Building Trades
Council for mayor: Thomas F. Finn
for sheriff. and H. l. Mulcrevy for
county clerk. as sandida;es for the
three principal o:fiees at the coming
municipal election. The question is:
VIII Mccarthy be required TO carry
the Schmitz-Reuf load through tie
campaign If so, then farewell
Mack There will be nothing doing
at the city hall this year-WesterG
Laoorer.
The following from the Omaha
Western Laborer will be of Interest
TO the union printers of Lincoln:
Last Sunday the most disastrou:
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

and expensive administration Omaha
Typographical Union No 100 ever
had in all its history. went out of
office What remarkable coinci-
dence il was that the burial took
place on Memorial Day, No speeches
are needed to remind the members
OF the last four years-their due
cards tell the story in dollars and
cents. Perhaps we ought to console
ourselves with the thought that it
might be worse, for, you know, we
still have the charter
The hat manufacturers have played
good joke on themselves. They
decided TO discontinue the use of the
label, and the hatters quit Then
the manufacturers decided t n Y
wouldn't recognize the union any
more, and said they would close per
manently rather than renig. Then
came the joke. The manufacturers
gave notice that the closed shop
would no longer obtain and posted
"open shop notices. But the shops
remain closed, just the same. for the
strikers Will not return and the
manufacturers can not find -scabs-'
to man the works.
John Lang. seyenteen-year-old
Detroit boy, has been sentenced to
fifteen years in the penitentiary for
| breaking into a grocery store and
stealing 42 cents. What a fool John
is. 10 be sure. Why didn't he wait
a few years. organize a bank and
then loot it of hundreds of thousands
Charley Mosher did that. ana got
away with a five-year sentence after
stealing half a million Statistics
will show that defaulting bank off
cials get one year in the pen for
every $4,000 they steal But the
poor cuss who steals a sack of fioul
or a ham to feed his hungry wife
and ch;ldren-gee, but they soak hin
good and plenty A Nebraska boy
was once sentenced TO the fedora
prison for life for robbing a mai
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

The Union Transfers of Chicago
always have their intsstines with
them. This is the polite version. In
elegant English. the Union Teamsters
of Cslieago are always there with the
gocss when union matters are
touched upon. Recently the Employ
ers' Association. made up of the
owners Of the big department stores,
issued an order that their drivers
should not wear their union buttons
when on duty The next day the
boys showed up with the buttons still
there. few were discharged, and
immediately $500 men quit There
was no dispute as to wages or hours
-merSly firm stand for the right
to wear the button. The men were
out Just one day-and then the EN-
p.oyers backtracked. The men are
again guiding their big teams through
the crowded streets. and the good
old union button is shining proudly
from every shirt front
The striking street railway men of
Philadelphia have won out. The
company refused point blank to arbi-
trate-and then arhiuated. 1t found
out that the employees not only had
public sympathy. but had control of
the situation. The men get an in
crease of one cent an hour, recogni-
ton of their grievance board. rein
statement of all strikers and the dis
charge OF the imported Eliot he
roes" Every time man is called
for duty he gets nine hours pay,
and is not required to work over ten
hours a day. The company said il
would never recognize the union. but
il has signed a contract with the
organization. just the same.
The Stereotypers employed on the
Chicago daily papers are in luck.
They have been saving sS cents each
a day for exactly two years, and
di6nt know il. \ little over two
years ago they asked for an increase
from sS-75 n day TO si.oe. The re
guest was refused. and strike was
ordered But the stereoIs pers. like
other members of the allied printing
trades. have an arbitration contract
with the Newspaper Publishers As
sociation. and the trouble was sent
To arbitration. The matter has beer
delayed for two years. but recently
the arbitration board submitted its
findings. By the findings the stereo
typers are given what they asked
for. and the daily newspapers ordered
to give them the increase, dating
back to June /. 1907. This mean:
that about ss5.00O back pay will b
distributed among few more thar
leo Stereosypers
Yet there are those who insis
that unions are always looking for
chance 10 raise hadeS by striking
Arhitration-when honestly conducted
as is always is between the alliet
printing trades and the Newspape
Publishers AsSociation-beats strik
ing all hollow.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

The street railway employees of
Evansville. Indiana. are on strike for
better pay. OF course the company
is importing strikebreakers. but the
public is with the strikers and prac-
tically everybody is walking. Last
Monday several teachers in the Cen
Sennial school rode on car manned
by strikebreakers- Immediately 20
Centennial school boys struck in
sympathy with the striking street
car men. The school was closed in
the afternoon and the pupils paraded
the streets and defed the police to
disband their procession.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

carrier and securing the munif1cent
sum of cents.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

The American courts in the Philip
pines have let out another reef in
lasor injunctions. a strike of street
car employees being in progress in
Manila. the strikers called series
of mass meetings to assemble on
the seth. But the mass meetings
We're prohibited by a labor injunction.
First we had injunctions against vio-
lence in strikes: these destroyed the
American right of jury trial for
crime in connection with the labor
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

The following from the Omaha
Western Laborer will be of interest
to the union printers of Lincoln:
Last Sunday the most disastrous
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-06-12

The Omaha brewers and the unions
in their employ settled their scale
question in very satisfactory man
ner the other day, the unions getting
practically every concession asked
for. including increases in pay and
a contract signed for three years.
There never was any danger of a
strike. except in one OF the news
papers That's the way to do busi-
ness.-western Laborer.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
PROWERS COUNTY
PRINTING?

The commissioners were in
session this week and allowed the
usual monthly bills. No action
was taken in the matter Of APP
pointmcnts. as Chairman Rev
nolds is still absent in Texas.
The Followers are very well sat
isfed with the condition of af-
fairs.-Sparks.
Isn't it about time that bids
should be asked for relative to
the county printing-or will the
Offices outside of Lamar continue
to be hoodwinked-to the detri-
ment Of the taxpayer-who is
anxious to at least catch a flying
glimpse Of the county's funds??
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
s72,OM TO PUT LIN on
WenatChe- City Cnuscii Gives That
Amount Annually 10 kerp the
SslNp0s Out

W. W. Gin. the grocer. who
has Just returned from visit to
his son in Wenatchee. Washing
ton, tells some very interesting
tales nrgsr,ling this phenomenallv
rich frnit country. and how the
frnit.yrowrrs became incenssst over
the influence the eleven saloons
had on their hired help.
To b. gin: The eleven saI.n,ns in
Wematch". paid l0.WN vrnrly for
their licenses. until the fruit it-grow
ers, alarmed at the unfit condition
Of their men, united and offered
the council 81 per acre on 10000
acres.-.amonnting to &79,OM---lar
year for perio.i Of 10 years If
they would AlArElhe sAh,sns from
;'Shat district.
This offer was Immediately ;c-
cepted, and Wenatchee (now a
thriving city q 1000 souls) has
funds galore for its public i'm
provements. and the efficiency of
the workers has increased one
thousand percent.
Young Willard Gill, who WAS
formerly n Holly resident, has
ten acre fruit-farln which bids fair
to yield him "a fortune in II very
few years. He writes that Apple
King Mike Hnran received re-
Gently check fo' x25.ON for
carload Of fancy apples.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
Oil Octopus Pays Fine.

The Waters-Pierce Oil COM
pany thinks it has great joke
on the state of Texas. The oil
concern which is subsidiary
trust, was recently fined ST. 600,
900 and ousted from the state OF
Texas, and much to the concerns
surprise state court decision was
upheld by the United States su-
preme court. 1t now declares
that it will pay its fine in silvc :
dollars. That will require about
80 tons of the white metal, and OF
course it will somewhat discom-
mode the state treasury to take
care of the stuff.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
The Mystery ef figures

People who believe in the
mysterious properties of figures
will be interested in the declara-
ton OF a New York business man
that this will be prosperous
year for the country because ii
contains the figure 9, which ha,
always proved a good omen in
the history of the country. He
cites the business revival of 1889
following the panic OF 1887, the
discovery OF gold in California in
I949, the opening of the Colorado
mines in 1850, the revival of bus
mess in 1869, the boom period OF
ISSo93, and lastly, the boom
which set in in 1890, following
the Spanish war. From this it
looks as if history would repeat
itself in 1909.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
TOTAL PRECIPITATION.

Colonel Wiley of Holly wrote
to The Sparks man recently in
quiring if it was not a fact that
the year 1908 was the worst on
record from the standpoint OF
dry weather. In looking up the
records OF the local weather sta
ton to ascertain the facts in the
case some information was gain
ed that will undoubtedly interest
the general reader. In the first
place the total precipitation for
the year at Lamar amounted to
1914 inches, which was nearly
two and one-half inches above
the normal. The precipitation
was very unevenly distributed:
During the first six months OF
1908 there was a deficiency OF
$50 inches in the total rainfall,
while during the last six months
of the year there was total ex-
cess OF $40 inches. Five months
showed an excess and seven
months had deficiency. From
January Ist until July Ist only
4.87 inches of precipitation fell.
while from July Ist until the end
of the year the total was 1897
inches, or nearly three times as
much. Conditions could not have
been much worse from crop
growing standpoint. - l. mar
Sparks,
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
Liucoln's 5 Birthday

Friday evening, Feb. 18th, at
the Presbyterian church. the Rev.
Guy w. Wadsworth. D. u. of Pu.
eblo win speak, on Lincoln the
Man Of the Hour and the Rev. w.
P. Davenport of Rocky Ford, OH
1.-The Redemption Of America" A
large chorus choir will furnish
special music. 1t is expected that
this observance of Lincoln day in
Holly will be generally attended
BY the people of the community.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
DR.. K. C. Sapero

The Denver eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist, will again be a.
Holly one day, Monday Feb. %.
The annual convention for the
Arkansas Valley Dist. OF the
Knights of Pythias, will be held
at Las Animas, on Friday, Feb. 10.
A large delegation will go from
this section.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
A MIND READER.

Basket ball at the usual place
next Saturday night. Holly's
team will be the victims.-I.amar
Register, Feb. 3.
The way it was done carries
out the Register mans prophecy.
Is lie a second-sight manor sim
plv an accomplice?
The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
Atieutioa Farmers!

Farmers bring your cream to
The Cash Meat Market and re-
ceive more than you get for your
butter. besides saving the labor of
making butter. keceiving days
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Continental Creamery Co.,
W.R.Wright, Agent.