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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
What the Com
ing Year
Has In Store
FOI, Us.
BY JAf-iHs }. HILL. R.nrosd Expert.


80 HERE WILL ALMOST INEVITABLY BE A WANT or EN-
Il PloYmeNT THE BUT THAT rso,,n,
w. WILL BE AVOIDED BECAUSE BUSINESS MEN OF
The COUNTRY HAVE LEssENEo THEIR coMmt7a eNrs
AND EXERCISED GOOD DEAL THE yeAs Aue.o
10 ONE WHICH WILL BRING THE aesuLrs OF TEND
" 49, W.
We have SOWN TO THE WIND AND MUST EXPECT
10 REAP THE WHIRLWIND This will mean loss of snnlo,
ment for many men .4..tl.-sst :,
ne business OF the country all right for PROCEEDING
oDEh CAUTION exceeding speed limit and there
VIII be no broken axles and broken the nowes.
% business good with the exception grain situation and
the nude west business is good whole -
The railroad situation a whole. hove, e MOI ood ~
are handling good deal or business viii handle good 6sol
bbl the ronbc is that there been NO NEW WORK noNT
~ NE hAlLhOADs and when traffic expands more Git has
w past ten years at an average OF about vesr
VIII be congestion and that the heaviest traffic NIL;
added expense. ~ ~
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29


that his friends and supporters should
even though they may he nrovoked bv
unWarranied attacks upon himself FOL
io" his example. Watson sentiment
viii crow as the people met, thu man
ans find by actual eontoct that no Is
franl; and straightfonward West
Vlrginian, who has strong mental
grasp OF industrial problems, and a
bread comprehension of ia elegisla.
tive and governmental measures need.
ed for The effective development of
his native State. As result of the
interview that he is giving out. and
the statements he is making TO mem
bers of the Legislature, the opinion Is
rapidly gaining ground, that his posi-
ton on all the public questions of the
day. is that of a consistent and pro-
gressiye Democrat. with a clearer con
eeption of the duties and the respon-
abilities of his party it's relation TO
the pubic welfare and tho correction
of public ills. AS we have sad he.
fore. and we repeat with emphasis.
West Virginia is an industrial State
and the future success of the Demp-
cratic party will depend more upon
conditions Of industrial prosperity tnd
Development than upon auy o,ter ouc
thing Our representation ia Curg.css
must be thoroughly competent 20 dcaG
with Legislative matters agcccvg our
industrial welfare. Let il be under
stood once for all that Nlr Watson
represents no predatory interest. The
capital whose investment he and his
associates manage, is committed To
the de,eloNmeDt of West Virginia 70.
sources. and no prosperity can at
tend the industries with which he
may be connected. that does no; at
the same time quicken all hc con-
mercial and Industrial life of the
State. He is n developer and MOI an
exploiter OF the resources of the state.
and he seeks only that fair share of
prosperity TO which a legitimate in
vestment entities him. People and
press in the State are beginning TO
learn that this man about whom they
har previously known little, is ma
tive citizen fof ability, force and en-
ergy. and that he possesses a SINGER.
ity5 of purpose. reliability, and =
direct honesty of expression that aYa
poiitically5freshenine. Ills friends da
not doubt that the public estimation
OF his competency and ability will rise.
as the people come to know him.
Fairmont Times.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29

Think these things
over seriously. Call
and look over the list
in our office and pick
out just what suits
you. You will find
it there just the piece
OF property you want
at the price you want
to pay and on the
terms that suit your
bank account.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
QUITE A JOB

While interest appears 40 be center.
ny largely in the election of a Unit.
ed States senator when the Iegisla-
ture convenes. the Democrats mus,
;cnember that they have a lot of
OTHER things to do besides this hIst
ar impcriW nd PROBABLY more so.
Tho thing which led 10 Republican
scat rs much rs anything else in
this state was the Ia that that pere
lalled TO redeem its pledges made to
Tho people. The repeated breaking
OF promises created distrust which
no sort of rc-promising or repledrin-
,ould eliminate. The Democrats ter,
selves have made pledges which the,
'"ust ne every effort 10 redeem If
'h"y would remain in power Again,
3ld rightly, the Democrats charged
;fat the Republicans have perpetrat-
I'd some very bad laws. and IL Is up
20 them To undo these, or amend tnc,,
m such Il manner as to make them
acceptable.
The Legislature has quite job on
as hands. bat We have ultimate faith
in It's making good.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
MiNGO FRAUDS

The Telegraph's Williamson CORES.
rondcnt makes several statements i'm
regard 10 the NIingo Legislative con
ast which he would find very diff
hcult matter To establish in fact
About the rankest statement he
makes is that despite the reports
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
poorfChild

why are you sobbing. my little
man?" snI-u
My pas a millionaire phiIantbro-
pist."
We'll, well! That's nothing to cry
about, is it,"
1T amt. amt il? He's just prom
ised to give me S. to spend for Christ
mas provided I raise a similar
amount '-Chicago Record. Herald
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
: Other E,.cii'uls

MeNiTc -;7NVoRAs! g. 'HFTEssioN
Nh" 'a"orsvic irapressIou taa llr
Watson is making upou The people of
tie state IN those sections hr o. isit-
ing is Indicated by tho cordial re ~.
ton he is receiving. and the con.,pen; :
OF approval ON his clear and un.
cauiNocal declaration as TO his 3mbi-
tons ana HIS attitude on matters aC.
F"CtiuE the public welfare. Ills can
did avowal that the thing of most i'm
portancc Is n condition OF harmony
ana cooperation i'm the Democratic
party that will make il an organi2a.
ton capable OF winning future victor.
les, is appealing with special force
To that large number OF hopeful ana
ambitious members of the partv i'm
every part OF the State, VINO feel that
success in the future should noe be
ieopardi2ed by an unsecmIy wranelo
over the Senatorship, or 4 bitter Strug
~" for it, attainment. Those who arc.
'cauainted with Mr. Watson know
- his declaration that as far as he
il concerned The campaign Will be fire .
and open. ana void OF anything that
will result in ill.1eellng or bitterness,
lis no empty statement He has
steadfastly adhered to the policy of
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
Woman Responsible For the
Modern Craze For Gold.

ny FRS 1ARCARET Nsunr
.
W :.
uKious ORNAMENTS AooRNMENT or FOE
TIFF DECORATION N WHICH rHEy E,u en-,
TIER PRESENT AmIAsLE DESTINY A
but IT'S interesting really extraordinary that the same
century which bh the idea woman as xur;ous
also witnessed her revolt conditionGAVE HER IN
FACT, \ SOUL
The of gold will fail reason that the Golden ~
d IN ignorance and darkness that the golden
moment OF Greece passed decadence Woman has no mort
these brilliant epoch Until she GIVEN HER SHARE IN
HE MAKING OF CIVILIZATION civilization will fail
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
Then They -Fur.c...a IA. t,u.s

Ihen !h1y Fur. I'D III U5uL.
Mrs p::rvend J1bl. tIIf MIS-. Ca!irr
VINO was Just here said sao'i been GaN.
IN: bad attack of oug1ee What ail
he mean
Paryenu Sonething catchm. Der
laps. why don't YOU look ii III IN The
dictionary
Mrs. P.--I did. went through al
the o's, but can't find no such word
Boston Transcript.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29

speaking kindly of all his competitors
and it has been his expressed desire
that his friends and supporters should
even though they may he nroroked hv
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
one ADVANTAGE.

Il must say" complained the wo-
man tourist, that / don't understand
why people come to this hotel-no
scenery, no amusements, no good cuts
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29

Eliminate ali element of chance by
nsuring with f. Fl. Easley, Insurance
Agency.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29

Pardon, madamc." Interrupted the
host, "but W have ne gr-ran hbel to
stick on> ne luggage EVERYBODY
Magazine,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29
Just joshes
a Merry CHRISTMAS

Guest dining az merry Christmas
party Tommy where DO turkeys
come from?
Tommy (pointing to that ontable)
Dunno. but ma got this one from a
tramp for Il shilling, cause be said
he stole IL Didn't he. mar Punch.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Better in France.

In France, the Investigator says
the enactment of new labor laws has
proceeded much more rapidly than
provisions for their enforcement. II
every establishment subject to the
laws were to be inspected once year
that would mean each inspector would
have to visit 4,265 concerns.
At the end of 1908 there were still
1876 establishments subject to the
law that had never been visited even
once by an inspector In fact, in 1908
alone 3S3,S73 establishments were not
visited.
Although the French law provides
that working children must be subject
ed to physical examination if the
work they do is apt to prove injurious
to their health or physical develop
ment, the provision is admitted by the
inspectors to be wholly illusory. Some
of the glass workers go so far as to
drill their child laborers in quickly
disappearing through trap doors to
avoid detection, and the employers
offer prizes for the children most
agile in that performance. Among the
most frequent and most fragrant vio-
lators of the rules governing child la
Dor are religious and charitable insti-
tutions such as orphanages, says the
report, in which the children usually
get no wages for their labor, are
worked overtime and under conditions
not only the law, but the or
binary rules of hygiene, and in which
provision is made for their
education.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
G0NDlTI0NS
in CONTINENTAL EUROPE

Washington, Nov. sensational
charges Of repulsive conditions In
child labor in continental Europe are
made special report published in the
latest issue Of the bulletin of the
United States Bureau Of Labor. The
report, which covers more than four
hundred pages of the bulletin, was
made by DR.. c. w. A. veditz, a pro-
lessor of sociology in George Washing
ton University, who made a special
Investigation in Austria, Belgium,
France, Germany, Switzerland and
Italy. The investigator gathered all
his data from official records and
sources of information.
Child labor in Belgium not paid at
all; children in Austria beginning
work before six years Of age; child
labor in France drilled to disappear
through trap doors at the approach of
inspectors, and general Indifferent en-
forcement of the child labor laws
through which employers find it more
profitable to pay the nominal fines i'm
posed than to obey the regulations,
are some of the conditions described
in the report.
The general conclusion is that the
child labor laws abroad are in many
essential respects poorly enforced,
and that the penalties imposed for vio-
lations are ridiculously small and of
practically no deterrent value. The
report gives data indicating that in
most of those countries it would be
physical impossibility for the inspec-
tors to do more than a fractional part
OF their work or to do that part thor
oughly; and that the courts are as
toundingly lenient with offenders
against labor laws.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Certificates FORCED.

In France official age certificates
are often forged or altered, and traf-
fic has sprung up especially among
the Italian children imported into
France in droves for employment,
mainly in glass works, brickyards and
as chimney sweepers and bootblacks.
French court decisions have made
it next to impossible to enforce the
prohibition Of child labor at night. &C.
cording to the almost unanimous tes-
timony of the inspectors. Also a
dead letter is the law governing the
employment of young children in the
atrical performances.
Germany's industrial code, regulat-
ing the employment of child laborers
was recognized as having not so much
abolished child labor as having forced
it out of the factories into home indus
try.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04

The force is 30 inadequate that 1t
would take fifty-nine years to visit
once every establishment subject to
the labor laws. The majority Of the
smaller concerns are never visited.
Child labor in Austria is not regulated
in workshops, in household industries
or in commercial establishments.
Hence the factory laws, so far as
they have reduced child labor at all,
have simply driven it out of the fac
tories into the homes of the workers,
into small workshops and into estab-
lishments lying outside the scope of
the labor laws.
A recent official investigation dis
closed the fact that about half of the
children began work before they were
eight years of age, while a very large
number began before they were six
years old Their compensation varied
all the way from food and certain ar
ticles of clothing, to fourteen dollars
year for those in agricultural occupa-
lions. A large proportion received
wages of fifty cents to a dollar and
fifty cents a month. Those employed
in saloons and bowling alleys usually
average four cents an hour plus free
beer, sometimes left over by guests.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Dog Buried In $3.50 casket.

Joplin, Mott remained for Babe. !"
little yellow cur puppy, to have the
most expensive burial ever given a
dog In this section. Once a canine
wall, the dog was picked up on the
street by nine-year-old Martha Odell
daughter Of o. M. Odell, formerly
commercial agent for the Missouri Pa
cihc railway, After several months of
prosperous life, the pup died and It
was buried with ceremony in a $3.50
rosewood casket in the OdeIl family
lot at Nevada, Mo.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Few Are Punished.

A small proportion of the employers
found violating the law receive pun
ishment, although in 1908, for instance
1909 establishments illegally employ
ed persons under sixteen years of age
and the total number of offenses was
2O,S17, only 1887 persons were pun
ished.
In Italy the whole institution of fac
tory inspection is of so recent date
and as yet so poorly organized. that
1t may be said to be nonresident
throughout a large part of the king
dom.
In Switzerland, whose labor law of
1877 was regarded radically at the
Tune OF its enactment conditions do
not differ very essentially from those
prevailing in Germany and in France.
Regulation of labor in factories has un
questionably led in many industries to
the development of home production.
The report as a whole, leaves the
impression that child labor laws are
exceedingly difficult of enforcement,
and that the European public is prone
to regard legislation alone as a cure
for alleged social evils. 1t is also
claimed in the report that devices EN-.
pioyed to circumvent the law are much
the same the world over.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04

In Belgium much of the recently en-
acted labor legislation is attributed
to a political calculation of the Catho-
lies and the socialists. The Belgium
child labor laws provides that ignor-
ance of the law is sufficient defense of
proved violations.
Many violations entirely escape de-
lection the report says. The bulk of
those visited only once year. Only
fractional part of the cases of de-
tected violations are brought to trial
and in these cases the fines imposed
average about one dollar. Specific
instances are quoted in which employ
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04

was flying and whizzing. Telegraph
poles on the side Of the track looked
like row OF cornstalks, and trees
appeared to be a mud-bank, and all
the time the exhaust of the old ma
chine sounded like the hum of bum
ble-bee. I tried to yell out, but my
tongue wouldn't move. He went
around the curves like bullet.
slipped an eccentric, blew out his soft
plug-went down grades fifty feet to
the mile and didn't touch the air once.
She went by the meeting point at a
mile and half minute, and calling
for more steam. My hair stood up
straight, because I knew the game
was up.
Sure enough, dead ahead of us was
the headlight Of special In a daze
| heard the crash as they struck, and
/ saw cars shivered into atoms. peo-
PIE smashed and mangled and bleed
Ing and gasping for water. heard an
other crash as the French professor
struck the deep keys away down on
the lower end Of the Southern division.
and then l came to my senses. There
ne was at a dead standstill, with the
door of the fire-box of the machine
open, wiping the Precipitation off his
face with hunk of waste, and bowling
TO the people before him. If live to
be 1000 years I'll never forget the
ride that Frenchman gave me on a
piano"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
GREAT run WITH
THE GRAND PIANO
LOCOMOTIVE ENoINEER TELLS
HOW HE WITNESSED THE MA
CHINE GO SOME.
GETS EXCITED At 4 CONCERT
Professor Knew His Business, and
tho Way He Tore Through the
Yard and Down the Line Was q
Caution.

Chicago.-T was lettering around
the streets one night" said Jim Mel
son. one of the old locomotive en-
gineers running into Chicago las /
had nothing to do l dropped into a
concert and heard a sleek-looking
Frenchman play piano in way that
made me feel all over in spots As
soon as he sat down on the stool /
knew by the way he handled himself
that he understood the machine he
was running.
He tapped the keys away up one
end, as II they were gauges and he
wanted to see If he had water enough.
Then he looked up as If he wanted to
know how much steam he was carry
ing, and the next moment he pulled
open the throttle and sailed onto the
main line as II he was half an hour
late. You could hear her thunder
over culverts and bridges and getting
faster and faster, until the fellow
rocked about in his seat like
cradle. Somehow thought it was old
SS5 pulling a passenger train and get
ting out of the way of general mana
gers special. He worked the keys
on the middle division like lightning,
and then he few along the north end
of the line until the drivers went
around like buzz saw and l got ex-
cited.
About the time was fixing to tell
him to cut her off little he kicked
the hampers under the machine wide
open, pulled the throttle way back in
the tender, and how he did run! 1
couldn't stand it any longer, and
yelled to him that she pounding on
the left side, and If he wasn't careful
he'd drop his ash-pan. But he didn't
hear No one heard me. Everything
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
One Way of Saving
a Baby-Fre to Try

The mother does not live who would not
90 all In her power to keep her child
healthy. but often she does not know
how. So when doctor of standing points
the way all can afford to listen.
: It is an accepted fact that nine out of
ten OF the troubles of infants and chill
dren Is intestinal. You notice it by the
fact that the child is constipated. it
belches. is peevish and cries Don't give
e remedy that contains an opiate. because
the child will get in the habit of needing
once for doctor.
Try a scientific laxative first. Give a
small dose of DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin
the remedy that is intended for the use
OF children. 1t is mild, gentle and nom
gripping. The remedy is absolutely pure
and is guaranteed in every particular.
MIS- Toomey Of Emingsvilie Pa and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04

never give their children anything else
Inese are only few among thousands
You can buy fifty cent or one dollar
nave all sold it for a generation, but il
you. want to test 1t on your child first
send your address to DR.. Caldwell and he
bottle Pi'
Or; Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase of his remedy ends his obli-
cation. He has specialized in stomach.
years and will be pleased to give The
reader any advice on the subject free
Of charge. All are welcome to write
MIN; Whether for the medical advice
or the free sample address him DR.
". 3; Caldwell. Sal Caldwell building,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04

ers frankly declare it to be much
cheaper to violate the law and pay
the fine than to comply with it.
One-fourth of the child labor in Bel
GUM under sixteen years of age
either get no money wages at all or
earn less than ten cents day; more
than one-half of them receive between
ten and twenty-nine cents day; and
less than one-fifth receive thirty cents
or more. Large numbers Of children
under sixteen years and women are
employed in the manufacture of sex
ual appliances.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Sunday Travelling.

Old time acts Of parliament In Grent
Britain aimed to stop Sunday travel
ing. In 1869. for example, two men
were found guilty of the crime of
walking from Bristol to Bath on a
Sunday and were at once fined 20 shil
lings ($4.S0) each. All business was nj
a standstill on Sunday. Nothing
was allowed to be sold except milk
For all the traders of England the
milkman. and the milkman alone, was
allowed to pursue his calling for the
whole seven days of the week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Chick Has Three Eyes.

Queenstown, N. IA chicken with
three eyes and two mouths was
Matched upon the premises Of Mrs.
Frank B. Anthony.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
1T is HERE.

A new shipment of that good flour,
POSTELLE ELEGANT, has arrived.
None better for baking. The -four
that never fails to give satisfaction.
MOORE BROS. GROCERY.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Easy.

"1s that car on this train?"
mo; he was switched off at the juno
tion."
He WASP Why not 'sheT"
"This was mail car."-ToIedo
Blade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
GULF e. SHIP ISLAND.
Main Line.


No. s No. 3.
Lv. Jackson -. 600 am, $3.50 pm.
Lv. Hattiesburg 9:43 am. 7:13 pm.
Ar. Gulfport. 1890 pm. 10000 pm.
No. 4 No. 6.
Lv. Gulfport... 7:25 am. AIS pm.
". Hattiesburg1O: 80 am. TAB pm.
Ar. Jackson. 1855 pm. HOO pm.
Columbia Division.
(via Silver Creek and Columbia.)
No. 101. No 1O2.
1920 a.m..lv. Mendendall ar. 9:25 pm.
lao pm. ar. Gulfport w.. 2:45 pm.
No. 100. No. ITO.
2:30 pm. Nv. Jackson ar. .10:15 a. m.
500 pm. ar. Columbia w.. 6:1O am.
Connections at Jackson, Hattiesburg
and Gulfport with all lines.
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL.
No. No. 8.
Lv.' Hattiesburg.. 6:35a 2:40pm.
Lv. Silver Greek. S:42a. 4:45p.m.
Lv. Vanilla ..... 9:01 am. 5:06p.m
Ar. Brookhaven. 9:46 am. 5:52p.m
Lv. Brookhaven.. 9:49a.m. 5:55 pm
Lv. Roxie ......11:24 am. 7:90p.m.
Ar. Natchez ....12:1s pm. S:20p.m.
No 2. No. 4.
Lv. Natchez. -. 6:30a.m. 1:50p,
Ar. Brookhaven. 1858 am. Ais pm.
Nv. Roxie ....... 7:18a.m. 2:40p.m
Lv. Brookhaven.. 1856 am. 4:1S pm.
Lv. Vanilla 80. 9:41 am. $500 pm.
Lv. Silver Creek. 1901 am. 5:26pm.
NEW ORLEANS G. NORTHEASTERN
North Bound.
No. Arrives Departs.
6 .............1 0:25 am. 1890 am.
4 .............11:20 am. 11:25 am.
8 ............. 9:l5 pm. 800 pm.
. ............. 11:05 pm. HOS pm.
South Bound.
No. Arrives. Departs.
l ............. 500 am. 5:25 am.
s ............. 10:25 am. 1918 pm.
8 ............. 4:58 pm. sos pm.
.............. 900 pm.
y 4sIU d.m.
N. o. N. q c. r. r.
No. 10 Southbound
Leaves Hattiesburg ......7.15 A. Nj
No. Is
Leaves Hattiesburg ......4:35 p. NJ
No. IA Northbound
Arrives at Hattiesburg ..10:30 A. NJ
No. 10
Arrives Hattiesburg -. 7:15 P. M
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS.

Phone US your order. w. A. John
son Grocery Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-04
Conditions in Austria.

In Austria only one-fourth of the
child workers are employed in estab-
hshments that are inspected annually.