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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08
RECEPTION.

Among the many soirees and enter
tainments of the Yuletide holidays
was the beautifully-arranged recep-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando J. Voor-
HES, who, it will be remembered
were quietly married on December Is.
On Tuesday night, December %,
quite a large crowd gathered at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fite,
of 619 Webster street, to pay respects
to this newly married couple. Every
thing bore the appearance of merry
Christmas. Frappe was served by
Miss Sophronia Brown. Many USE
full as we'll as valuable presents we're
received. Games and music were the
chief amusements Of the evening and
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08
JASMINE ART CLUB.

The Jasmine Art Club gave their
Christmas entertainment Wednesday
evening, December 80, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fenroy,
1908 Patterson street. The house
was decorated throughout with
Christmas bells, holly and mistletoe.
In the center of the table was beau
tiful maidenhair fern around which
was arranged a pyramid of fruit. The
following menu was enjoyed by the
guests and members. The menu coz
sisted of wine, oyster soup, roast
chicken, celery, cranberry sauce.
creamed potatoes. salmon salad on
lettuce, spaghetti, peas, light bread,
dozier toast, ice cream, cake and
fruits.
The guests were Messrs. A. Cheat
ham, - Hamilton, - Campbell,
]. w. Wyatt, H. Fenroy, Mesdames
Monroe McKissack, Bette Campbell,
Misses Lucretia Young, Matte and
Ivy Mae Dickerson, Robbie Mae and
Iva Dee Wyatt, Misses Fenroy, Mas
tiers Fenroy.
The club members are Mesdames s.
Bains, G. McKissack, c. Dickerson,
D. Fenroy, L. Cheatham, A. Young, ].
Ransom, L. M. Wyatt, D. Dwiggens.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08
MAREcHAL MEL ART CLUB.

A charming occasion Of the new
year was the entertainment Of the
Marechal Mel Art Club on Saturday
evening by Mrs. Walter Crittenton,
at the home of Mrs. VIM. Wilson, 53S
Ramsey street. The diningroom was
prettily decorated with ferns. Delight
full refreshments were served. Those
present were Mrs. Walter Crittenton,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Wilson, Mrs.
Turner, Mrs. Luke Buntin, Mr. and
Henry Ransom, Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
Mrs. A, NJ. Irving and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hardy Mccullough The next meet
ing will be held at the home of Mrs.
Fred Harper, January Is.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08
ANNUAL NEW YEARS DINNER,

ANNUAL NEW YEARS DINNER.
Continued from Page 81
present reminder of us. May you live
long to see and enjoy many, many
new years, and in the words of the
poet:
"May life's cloudless sunshine tighten
All your coming days.
And sweet contentment bless and
brighten
All your future ways,
"May flowers deck your pathway;
And friends hold true and fast;
May your future be so bright
That you will never think Of the
past"
Mr. j. c. Napier, Cashier of the One
Cent Savings Bank, a guest of the oc-
casion, was called and admitted that
under the present conditions he could
not respond not knowing what to say.
He bore witness to the fact mentioned
by the gentlemen who preceded him.
and said to his mind and actual knowl-
edge that not man had ever come to
Nashville entering so unostentatious-
ly without any show of conceit that
had accomplished more and was held
in higher esteem than DR., R. H. Boyd.
In conclusion he paid a fine tribute
to the National Baptist Union, reli-
gious weekly paper published by the
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08
eoopLETrsvlLLE NOTES.

Mr. and Mrs JEFF RAM is of Good
lettsville entertained at dinner last
Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Cantrell,
Mrs. Wesley Hale and sister, Miss
Lula v Lewis, Mrs. Annie Tappan,
Mrs. Lizzie Bradley and Mr.. Jack
Cantrel.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08

at a late hour an ice course was
served. About fifty invited guests,
friends of the bride and groom, were
present. The guests were received
by Mrs. Laura Fite, Miss Brown and
Mrs. H. l.. Fite.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08
DR.. BUCKS RETURN.

On last Friday Rev. D. D. Buck, one
Of Nashville's oldest ministers and a
man well known for the work he has
accomplished, returned to the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

lesson of solitude in a great city;
there are men and women long
Injured to absence of relatives and
friends. whose stoicism breaks
down under the stress of the Yule-
tide festivities around them, and
they, like the lonesome boy and
girl, yearn for that letter.
THE GIRL WAITS
In front of the window stands a
young woman, picture of suppl
cation. She came to the great wide
west with brave heart and a con-
fidence in her fate, ready to strive
and suffer and scOrning to be weak.
Today she can hardly hold back the
tears that crowd up to her eyes,
and her voice is low and husky as
she repeats her name to the auto
matte clerk who works inside.
How eagerly she watches his
face as with the deft fingers of
long practice he shuffles the letters
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

weavers were reduced 1-6 and
heads of families who were oc-
cupying houses in the model vii.
lage were reduced to $40 a week
from $12.
The reduction caused a strike
throughout the factory. Just as a
drunken father might order his
wife and children out into the
streets and barricade the house
against them, so the angry ia
Their" of Ludlow ordered many of
the strikers out of the village. De-
tectives. special policemen and
guards were hired until about 300
of them paraded the private streets
of the private village of Ludlow.
Evictors went about in crews NOV
ing the household goods of strikers
into the winter streets and leaving
the women. children and babes
homeless. Shutters were nailed up
at the windows of the empty houses
and the water was turned off. The
suffering and deprivation of the
homeless ones was intense, but
father" was relentless. The
strike continues.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

from the top to the bottom of the
package. She gazes with a plead
ing look as If it were in the power
of the clerk to give her a letter
as If her happiness depended on
his personal whim. And all the
time the package of letters he is
holding between his thumb and
forefinger grows smaller and hope
dies from her eyes until there is
but faint spark left. Like the
gambler, she pins her faith on the
last letter; the last letter is for
someone, why should it not be for
her? Nearer and nearer the swift
fingers draw to the last one and
the clerk shakes his head, whisks
the package into it's compartment,
and the young woman bows her
head in submission and falls out of
the ranks.
AND ANOTHER COMES
And as she walks away, sorrow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23
WHEN It DIDN'T PAY TO Be GOOD
FATHER" BECAME AEARTLESS 1YRAN7

hospital. a gymnasium, textile
school, parks and means for enjoy
ing outdoor athletics were estab.
lished. Even a good library was
placed at the disposal of the work
men.
Theoretically the employees man.
aged these institutions themselves.
But the funds which wer epaid out
by the company for the mainten.
ance of these institutions were
taken out of moneys which would
otherwise have been applied to the
salaries of the men, women and
children who worked in the fac
tories. Ten years ago the Ludlow
Manufacturing associates, made up
or men who were members Of the
Ludlow Manufacturing Co., were
organized. The Ludlow Manufac-
turing Co. held the buildings and
the town, but the Ludlow Manu-
featuring associates operated them.
In this way the men who were al
the head of the institution escaped
the necessity of reporting their
earning to the state of Massachu-
sets. The public has only the
word Of Sydney Stevens, director
of the associates. that the assOci-
ates do not make more than 10 or
IL per cent on their investment.
Under the associates the welfare
work was continued with renewed
energy. The Ludlow village became
famous among sociologists, who
pointed out the beauties of the viii
lage. the scientific homes, the hos
pital, the library and the textile
school as models of what a good
employer can do for it's employees.
The Ludlow Manufacturing as
sociates stood like a mighty
father" over it's $500 alien en-
ployes. 1t had many righteous
rules. which it followed conscien-
tiously. 49,
But. in the midst of all this
fatherly kindness, was there any
real freedom?
Father" became angry recent
ly. Then the employees found that
they were not free. and father ;
did not either want or expect them
to be. Father" became angry
over the last tariff bill. India
where workmen are paid from 81
to $3 a month. had begun to COM
pete seriously with the Ludlow
bagging industry. The HindoO
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23
SADNESS AND JOY HOPE AND DESPAIR MGlE HUMAN EOES IN LOCAL PT0FCE

As the time until Christmas
grows shorter. the lines Of men
and women stretching away from
the general delivery windows of
the Spokane postoffice grow long
er. Every day sees new faces in
the slow shuffling ranks, and ev-
cry day sees old ones. The new
faces are bright with hope; the old
ones drawn with the sickness of
hope deferred. They are all there
foGone purpose-the letter from
Home.
They are coming to their little
shrines in the hope of being made
well of the scourge of homesick
ness, and their faces tell the story
Of their souls desire. Hope, fear,
confidence and dread are there de-
picted in panorama that moves
by inches. There are girls and
boys there away from home for the
first time, learning their first bitter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

has been the center of the jute
bagging manufacture. Jute bagging
is used largely for the covering OF
cotton bales, and it is the coarsest
form of weaving, outside of grass
carpets and rugs. The Ludlow Man
ufacturing Co.. practically a mo-
nopoly, discovered years ago that
alien labor was most suitable for
it's needs, and did not hesitate to
circulate, in Poland, circulars call
ing the attention to the opportunity
for employment in the Ludlow
plant.
Coincidentally the company be-
gan to establish a model village
for it's employees. Houses were
constructed for workmen. and a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

manufacturers were paying only
5000 a square yard duty on jute
bagging. The year that the tariff
bill was passed the Hindoo i'm
ported 100000 bales of bag
ging and the Ludlow firm manu-.
featured and sold only 100000
bales. So the Ludlow associates
went before congress and asked
that the duty of jute bagging be
passed to shut out the Hindoo
product. The southern cotton
manufacturers. fearing that the
Ludlow associates, with more pro-
lection, would raise the price of
jute bagging, protested so vehe-
mently that the duty was not
raised. Father" went back to
Ludlow good and mad. 1t was
something like formerly kind
father returning home bestially
drunk and angry. The employees
were as helpless as would be the
children of the drunken father.
IF congress won't help us we
will have to cut wages to COM
pete with Hindoo labor" reared
father" So the wages of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

ing I'M her disappointment or bitter
in her expectations unfulfilled,
another has taken her place ~
front of the impersonal clerk, who
dispenses happiness or sorrow as
grimly unconcerned as the Fates. r.,
Those who get letters walk away
with quick stride and head held
high; some are so news-hungry
that they cannot wait to get out
side the postoffice. but must find
some corner in which they may
read, oblivious of the human eddies
that swirl around them.
Down another corridor other lines
of men and women are formed,
pointing toward the money order
windows. They are different from
their general delivery fellows. They
stand straighter; they hold their
shoulders squarer and their faces
shine with satisfaction. They are
sending money home; they. are dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23
pensing happiness. : sr
MORE CHEERFUL THERE

Already they can see the faces
back home" Frightening Christ
mas morning as their dieter is re-
ceived. No suppliants of fortune
are they; they hold good fortune in
their hand and pocket and are
drinking deep of the delight of CIV
ing. The same machine-like clerk
is before them, but they do not
1look at him through tear-wet eyes.
They ask for what they want in
the manner of voice of those who
have the money to pay for it and
inwardly resent the formalities that
take up so much time.
Yet there are life stories to be
read on this strip of faces-stories
of long endeavor and self denial
that has now come to its reward.
There are fathers there whose
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

countenances are tinged with re-
greet that they must play the part
of long distance Santa Claus;
there are sons and daughters who
wish the sum they are about to
send were larger. Perhaps there
are a few who feel they are going
to disappoint some loved one, but
for the most part they are all
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23

happy.
AS the clerk hands each one a
slip Of blue paper which will mean
so much to someone far away, the
recipient gives up his place at the
head of the line and joins the broad
stearm which flows out through the
revolving doors. which necessarily
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23
mix the Joy and sorrow or Chriee
mas in the postoffice.
mas in the postoffice. q
At the 4
Street !
Grocery
10

where Santa Claus has call
ed and left a display of the
candy and nuts you all like
so we'll on Christmas day.
We are here to show and
give away for the pennies
and dimes you have saved
for to spend that way. IT
you gaze at our windows
and don't come in, we wish
you a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year just the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-23
! Like a Drunken Husband,
This Paternal Concern.
When Hit by Tariff, Went
Home and Took Ven
geance Upon the Women
and Children.
BY W. G. SHEPHERD

BY W. G. SHEPHERD
LUDLOW, Mass, Dec. 23.-An-
other instance of welfare work con-
quoted by great corporation grow
ing into a system that means op-
preston to the workmen is seen
here.
Ludlow for nearly half century
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-02
SIDNEY WAR VETERAN
BEATS ROOSEVELT RIDE

Piqua o., March 2.-Dr. ]. C.
Throdlmorton, a Sidney civil war
veteran, Monday beat to fragile the
military ride of President Roosevelt
of ninety-six miles. military gait, in
eighteen hours, when he rode three
horses in relays from Sidney through
PiQua TO Troy, twenty miles and re-
turn, three times, 120 miles in all,
in thirteen hours and forty-five min
utes
The ride started at 3:45 a. m. and
ended at 5:45 p. I'M. The three horses
used We're Black Charger and Grey
Eagle, belonging to the doctor and
Teddy Roosevelt, owned by A. G.
Wilson, Piqua.
The doctor is feeling good over the
"trip. The RESULT was telegraphed TO
the president, who has manifested
some interest in the effort to beat his
record. ,
The first trap of forty miles was
made in five and one-haif hours the
secon din four hours, and the third
In four and three-quarters.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-02

rerted now that 1t hs been announc-
ed.
The canal II obing resolutions were
put in by Kempel OF Summit and
Bowers OF Pickawny (Dlms.) and
Crawford OF Athens (Rep) All the
resolutions provide for investigating
committees differing anly in the man
ner in which they are to be created.
Al ranging one minute TO wind up
the affairs the house next found its III
engaged in Introducing new legisla-
tion. A fetal of dNty-three new bills
were presented
Included in the fourteen resolutions
that were introduced was one by
Bonse to create Joint committee OF
six TO investigate chM ges OF attempt
ed bribery made against Senator T.
A. Dem of Fremont, by former Sem
ators ]. G. Drake and w. l.. Atwell
Welbing of Perry county raised tech
nidal objeotlons in an effont to have
the resolution rejected. He was over
ruled by the speaker The ways have
been cleared to unload all the trou-
.bles arising from numerous demands
for constrlt ,tional amendments onto a
constitutional convention.
The joint resolution of Senator
Mooney, which has passed the SENATE
was reported out In the house and
recommended fer favorable action.
It will be put to the top of the
calendar by the steering committee.
1t provides FOR submitting the ques-
tion of holding constitutional con-
ventlon at the election next yea9, the
convention to be held in 1911
The b'll of Schmebsr OF Toledo,
eliminating judicial candidates as far
as possible B1om politihcs, was recon-
mended as was the resolution OF
Friener Calling upon congress to
make the exclusion laws more strin-
gent -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-02
CLERKS MISTAKE

Continued from Page One.
supported Kempel by declaring that
while he believed the Dean bill use
less the liquor interests should be
given just what they demanded
II was the first time tine house has
been called upon to vote on the
liquor question at tnis session. Some
twenty members had other business
to transact while the rcll was called
giving the liberals the victory by
forty one to forty ts.si.I s4c
A flepee controversy over the conipt
was preclpltated Wayne b. Wheels
OF the Anh-saloou league insists the
majority report OF the Temperance
committee combining the two bills
was agreed to forty to thirty-nine.
The vote as It shows on the records
and was announced is forty-one 70
forty against the majority report and
for the minority report recommend
Ing the Dean bill alone.
Clerk Maynard admits a mistake
in the count. There Is a hot dispute
as TO whether the count can be COR
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-02
Gov. Harmon's Handicap.

Defying public opinion and the gem
eral welfare CT the state, the Re-
p,.o,ican majoi.ty in the Legislature
will keep up it's partisan hostility to
Governor Harmon's administration
Throughout this extraordinary session
Such Is the decree OF the bosses
who constitute the state Republican
machine, to whom the Republican
leaders in both branches of the legis-
lature yield obedience willingly III
Cl hor Republican members in bon
the house and SENATE are whipped
inro line with the party lash and
forced to follow their leaders like
dumb driven cattle. They must do
the bidding OF the bosses in all things
regardless OF the indignation OF con-
sla.denl 3 They must oppose reform
measures advocated by Democratic
governo,, when ordered by the bosses
to do so. mo matter how detrimental
such opposition may be to the well
fare of the state. They must not do
| whaI their constituents, irrespective
of party lines, would have them do
II the Republican bosses fear that any
such action would reflect credit ON
the administration of Democratic
governor.
This is the kind of legislature the
srate of Ohio has today.
! I1st fall the voters of Ohio elected
q Democratic governor because they
wanted to bring about needed re-
forms. II they thought he could ac'
oomnish that result alone and against
the hostile and obstructive tactics oI
a legisla ure having in both branches
a majority of servlle tools Of thu
state Republican machine, they know
differently now.
Such reforms as Governor Harmon
can accomplish alone he will not fai
to perform: but for other reforms
which require legislative enactment
he can go no further than to recon-
mend the proper course to pursue.
The people have had ample proc
already that Governor Harmon pos
sesses the honor, integrity, ability ant
NbWldSt W pSl lbl III W Nllt ullliOol ON'
cry promise he made them in the
campaign last fall, and that theil
confidence was NOT misplaced wher
they chose him TO give them twC
years of honest and efficient admin
istration at the head of the statt
government, Nor can the people fai
TO see that the way to remove the
Instructions of a machine-servini
majority in the legislature is to re
e,eot Governor Harmon next yeai
by a larger majority than he hat
last fall, and also elect a legis'atur,
that will work in harmony with anC
support his administration.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-02

Washington, Mar2h 2.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill was passed
by the senate just before adjourn
ment Monday with amendments car
rying $4,000 for remodeling the
White House office building to give
additional room for the president
and $4,000 for travelling expenses
for the president.
Mr.. Hale explained the latter pro-
vision by saying that should the
presidents SALARY be raised this
amount for travelling expenses would
be promptly stHtcken from the bill
in conference.
On motion Of Mr.. Foraker, an
amendment appropriaing $4,000 To
pay the Roman Catholic church In
Porto Rico for property in Porto
Rico was adopted
Senator Hale opposed the adoption
OF an amendment adopted by Mr..
Frye appropriating $2oO,00 for par
fiIeipal ion by THE United States in
the internnfionalj exposition al
Brussels which iwlas rejected on a
point OF order. The same objec'
tion was made by Mr.. Hale to ar
| amendment by Mr.. Depew, who
wished TO obtain $25, 900 for partic'
ipaltion by the United States in the
90Oth centenary OF the discovery o.
the Hudson river and the amend
ment was rejected. An amendment
by Senator Carter for an appropri
altion for the United States to par
ticipate in the exposition at Aus
tra, Hungary, met like fate.
The authorization for the issuanc'
of $3O,OOOOOO of Panama cana
bonds in addition to former author
izations was STRICKEN from the bill
on protest Of Senator Clay, VIII,
criticised the excessive cost of tn,
canal. Senator Hale offered no OBJ
lection to this course. saying:
ave went into ahis thng in a
blind way and we have Stumble
along in. 1t ever since, The ma
iority of the senate favored se
level CANAL, but we were drawn in
TO an approval of the lock system
Only one thing is omnipresent Il
this matter and that is the constan
demand for more money"
The bill which was approved b.
the committee on appropriations thi
morning, carries appropriations O