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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22
New Law Lessons Hours of
600 Workers.
SOME PREFER LONGER DAY
Smith Mattress Co. Employ
es Are Disappointed.
Company VIII be Seriously Incon-
cnienccd-Susquehan silk Mills
CO.. Takes ON an Hour n Day-Shoe
Company Does Same-Enect on
Telephone Company Is Slight.

The woman's nne-hour labor law,
which was passed at the recent ses-
sion of the legislature and only a
few weeks ago went anto effect.
changed the length of the working day
for about 600 women and girls I'm the
city of Marion The companies af-
fccted by the new law are the Sus-
Guehanna silk mills company, the
Smith Mattress company. the Marion
Shoe company and the Marion Coun-
ty Telephone company.
The employees of the Susquehanna
/ SILK Mills company, numbering about
| 800 are now working only nine hours
n day where before the time that
the law went into effect they worked
ten hours every day but SaturdayThe
I Marion Shoe company employs be-
tween 50 and 60 women and girls who
now worked hours q day instead
OF 10 hours. The change has caused
little Inconvenience with these COM
panies although 1t may necessitate
increasing their forces 10 a small cX-
tent. II really will cut down th2
earnings Of practically all employees
of the silk mills company, since they
are paid chiefly according to the
amount Of the work done
Women Prefer Long Day.
The new law will work much in
convenience with the Smith Mattress
company according to statement
given out by the management, Dur
ing the rush mattress season II has
always been customary To work long
days i'm order TO handle the increased
business Under the new law this
will he impossible and it will be nee
essary for the company either tC
take on more women and girls or to
, substitute men for the present EN-
ploNas I'm order TO work extra time
The women employed by the Smitl
company are disappointed because o
the new law. They state that thei
, work is not hard or trying ana tina
. they always have been glad for th'
= opportunity to work extra nours an,
earn more money.
Manager Arthur Berry Of the Mar
!, ion County Telephone company say
: that the new law will have little ef
10 feet on the conduct of the Affairs q
that corporation. The members 9
the day force have never worlt
more than from eight 10 eight az
and n half hours q day ana two gir
who have attended tn the niglt bus
N ness have Eever put in more tina
N ten and n half hours. II is prohabl
that the company win be require
To add four or five girls 20 its pres
D ent force. All OF the operators ar
paid by the hour. r...
Manager Berry recently wrote TO AZ
torney General Hogan asking If
II would not be legal to give girl tw
hours rest 6t night and work he
v u hours by deducting the rest pei
iod. The attorney general said this
the two hours would have to j
counted in since the girl would praC
At tically be giving her TINA to tn
er company and would be subject I
ne call.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22
HOT WEATHER HURTS THE SKIN

Poisonous perspiration causes rash
es, hives blotches, pimples and
prickly heat, often the beginning of
serious skin troubles.
To wash away the poison entirely,
apply a simple solution known as ID.
ID. ID. Prescription for Eczema. ID. ID.
ID. Is generally sold in s1.00 bottles,
but for 25c we can now give you
enough to prove that the first few
drops soothe and heal the infiamed
skin as nothing else can.
We vouch for the Wonderful pro-
perties of ID. d. D., for we Know that
II brings instant relief for all kinds
OF skin trouble.
Schmidt 4 Co.'s pharmacy.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22

Mr.. and Mrs. John Firstenberger.
OF north on town. had as dinner
guests Tuesday, Mr. John Hinamon.
OF Jasper county, Missouri Mr.. and
Mrs, Milton Hinamon of Tobias. Mr..
and Mrs. David Hinamon. of Marion.
Rev and Mrs. Schmidt of Waldo.
and Rev, Schmidt of Wisconsin.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22
PLANS FOR BILLS
PICNIC DISCUSSED
Executive Committee Tor Annual
Analr TranSacts Business.

The executive committee Of the
Marion Coun,y Bills Picnic association
held a meeting at Strayer's drug store
Monday nigh; and discussed further
plans for the annual gathering, which
win take place at the county fair.
grounds Labor day, II was decided to
arrange II program OF horse races as
wen as automobile and motorcycle
races. Liberal purses viii be givcn
the winners In all events Any onf de-
string to enter viii cali at Strayeru
drug store, The program will be an
nonnced later.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22


Mrs. Harry Zacnmanl was very
pleasantly surprised Monday evening.
when "a number of her friends called
at her home on Waterloo street, to
assist in the celebration of her birth
day which occurred yesterday. In
remembrance OF the day her friends
showered her with post cards and sne
also received n number of pretty
gifts.
The gusts spent the evening at
the euchre tables. five of which were
filed. Lunch was served at ten tair-
ty o'clock.
Guests We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
pisbennet, Mr.. and Mrs. Beert Brash-
ares, Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Bratton Mr..
end Mrs. Frank Hickson, Mr. and
Mrs. John Wickess. Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Porter, Mr. and Mrs. James
Cunningham, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Igckles, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Sargent, Mr.
and Mrs. X. +. Buzzard Mrs. II. l..
Benedict of Prospect. Miss Garner OF
Akron, Miss MAY Cypners. of Gale
d9nia, Miss Belle Haney Of Gale
dcnia.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22

q For the pleasure, qf her house, guests
Miss Adelailet Held and Miss MIR
ginia Milles fofT Kenton.f MisH iEllza
Thomas enterthineiiAA number oh girl
friends at her home on Kenilworth
Heights. Monday afternoon.
the afternoon was very, enioyably
spent In PLAYING games and in var
ious other social diversions. A con-
test was inauguarted ~ the hostess
the honor award going to Miss MIL
ler Light refreshments were served
late In the afternoon 1aaH 'u fn
Guests other than the honored ones
were Misses Eloise Tschanen. Vera
Smith, Varence Smith. Theresa
Crawley. Helen Waddell. Henrietta
Sloan. Vida Edelman. opal Iretor
and Lucille Kramer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22
Notice.

Ny wife, Amanda Keeler. having
without cause. left my home I hereby
give notice that / viii not he respon-
sible for any debts that she may con-
tract In the future.
2l-3t William Keeler.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22

Dorothy Dodd"-women's fault
less fitting dress shoes-fall stylel
cnly az Beatty & Longs cut price
shoe store. 22-tr
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22
CLEVER GAME TO
OBTAIN MONEY
Harry Foreman Fleeces
Groceryman but is Arrested.
c. WILLIAMS PREFERS CHARGES
Chief Klinefelter Goes to
Lancaster for Prisoner.

Foreman Prctends TO Work az Ma
rion steam shovel Company and
Borrows s22--Order for his Pay Is
no Good--Arrested at Lancaster
Soon After Matter is Reported 10
Local Police.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22

Complimenting Miss Louise Coun-
tess the house guest of Miss Hope
FISHER, Miss Mildred Christian en-
tertained at one o'clock luncheon
at the Marion club house, Monday
afternoon Covers were laid for ten
az table prettily decorated with cut
flowers. The afternoon was spent at
Miss Christians home ON west Church
street, Three tables Of bridge were
filed.
For the pleasure OF her house guest
Miss Claire Graese. of Sandusky, Miss
Helen Knapp entertained with three
tables of bridge at her home on west
Center street, Monday evening. Re-
freshments were served.
Miss Louise Countess, of Chicago,
was the only out of town guest other
than Miss Graese.
The Foos- Waters reunion will be
held August 2s in the Casts grove
at Prospect. All members of the fam
lily urged to be present.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
Child Suicide in Russia

The insrease in suicide in Rus
STA is such that the medical facul-
~ has been searching for remedies
Of what can be fairly be called an
epidemic Of self-destruction. II
is especially the frequency Of sui
cidal tendencies among school
children that is engaging the at
tention Of educators and physi-
clans. In three months 125 eases
of suicide among boys and girls
nave been reported. The age Of
these youthful suicides begins at
three and a half years. That was
the age Of boy who hanged him
self. The natural surmise was in
tins case that il was an accident.
but DR.. Koroskechke who made a
close Investigation of the circum-
stances surrounding the affair.
states positively that it was a gen
uine premeditated instance of sui
eide.
In Germany, too, the distribu-
ton Of the Easter school certifi-
Gates has been marked by a Sc
ries of school boy suicides. The
famous pedagogue, DR.. Ludwig
Gurlitt, in an open letter frankly
eonfesses his apprehension that
there must be something radical
~ wrong about the much Wanted
German educational system which
causes the sacrifice of young lives.
a state Of affairs which is unap-
preached by any other country in
Europe, with the sole exception of
Russia.
Schoolboys seem TO play with
the suicide idea, which is an un-
healthy symptom. At Osterode
TINS spring the Latin school stu
dents made a life size dummy
wearing a cap with the college
colors and hung it on tree i'm
front Of the school house A let
ter was nailed TO the tree stating
that $50 and So hanged himself
because ne was not promoted this
Easter.-New York Sun.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
Scraps

A French inventor claims to
have made durable automobile
tires of paper.
The yearly production Of salt
i'm Russia amounts TO about 2,150,-
600 tons.
A woman physician warns wait
resses against high heels, which
are very injurious TO crockery.
Over 1900 aeroplanes were
turned out in France last year,
and the government alone owns
seventy.
In Reno, New, a woman was
lately divorced from one man at
II a. m. and marble at ! p. m. of
the same day.
A Portland, Mich, bridegroom,
after courtship of twenty con
tinuous. tumultuous years, was
quarantined for smallpox on his
wedding day.
William A. Brady, theatrical
manager, complimenting courage
Gus Chicago on her attitude to-
ward scalping, say that New
York; thrives on the people who
are willing to pay a dollar for 10
cent soup.
Miss Ruth Cranston of Cincin-
natl. daughter of Bishop Earl
Cranston of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, is the author of
Compensation, a new story
treating of Washington society
from the inside.
According to the Cooperative
Society of German Players there
are 5000 actors and actresses in
Germany compelled to live on
what it calls "the truly terrible
average income" of $50 a year
after paying for costumes. travel
ing expenses and agency fees.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
PIaintiveIy the binds Of night aIl

Plaintively the birds of night al
the air with saddened cries;
Over me they seem to cry, you
may nevermore awake.
Lo, lisp if ] should die, ! pray
Thee, Lord, my soul to take
"Now l lay me down to sleep, I
pray Thee, Lord, my soul to
keep;
If | should die before | wake, /
pray Thee, Lord, my soul TO
take.
"The love and kindness of a
true mother is the greatest Of our
blessings, and let us show our APP
probation May 18th, and at noon
on that day let every citizen,
rich and poor, old and young, re
peat the little prayer contained
in the tramp $ poem above quoted
which we all learned at mother $
knee for the sake Of mothers
love for you.
Now, therefore, !, o. b. Col
,n;tt Govo,u,o,. oF Tox,oo borohN,
issue this proclamation asking all
the people to observe Sunday,
May 18th, 1911, as Mother S
Day wherever you may be and
regardless Of your station in life.
"Given under my hand and
great seal of Texas, at the capitol
in Austin, this day the 18th day Of
April, A. ID. 1911"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
Suit Against Pullman Company

Suit Against Pullman Company
Suit was filed in the office of
the district court Monday after
nnon by Hardwicke & Hard
wicke. counsel for the plaintiff
against the Pullman Palace Car
Company. o. =. Thomas of this
city is plaintiff. Mr. Thomas
asks damages for $4,000 and
Sl4O0 10 reimburse him for tie
loss Of time since be- became 30
and for the money which Pc has
expended for doctors, nurses and
medicine. The total amount i'm
volved is S5l 400.
The plaintiff alleges that fig
id temperature IN "a Pullman
sleeping car October 3ll9lO. ru
route from FL Paso % Hous'or.
permanently impaired his health.
lie further alleges that De ie-
quested defendant company s
Representatives 10 provide heat.
which request was refused-Ab-
ter. Abilene Reporter
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
Texas Industrial Notes

San Patricio County is prepar-
ing to spend 100000 in the next
months in road improvement. The
county commissioners of that
county are considering a PROPOSE
ton to macadamize the highways
with mud shells.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
Mothers Day Proclamation

As indicated several days ago,
Governor Colquitt issued his
Mothers Day Proclamation for
May 14th, setting that day aside
to do homage to the mothers of
the land. The proclamation was
written upon Good Friday, and is
full of deep appreciation. 1t fol-
lows:
at has been suggested that
Sunday, the 14th day of May, be
designated as Mothers Day, "
and the governor of Texas has
been asked to issue his proclama-
ton recommending its observance
as such throughout the common
wealth.
Mother is the sweetest word
in the English language; she is
The sweetest friend to all
ne human race. On this Good
Friday / am reminded that she
was the last at the Cross and the
first at the Tomb Of the Redeemer.
AS we go about our daily labors,
if we accomplish them with honor
and credit to ourselves, we always
have the smiles, encouragement
and plaudits of Mother. If we
meet with misfortune or fall in
error and sin, she is the first to
come to our rescue with sympa-
thy and love; in sickness she
battles our fevered brow and
watches over us through the
vigils of the night and en-
courages us to hope with a
Rother's kiss; in death she show
efs her heart s tears of love upon
as; in our wrong-doings she for
gets our injustice to her and
pours out her soul of love and
sympathy. We can not honor
Mother too much. 1t was at her
kpees that we learned the great
principles of truth and justice.
"The following, written by a
tramp, is not out of place in this
proclamation:
Near the camp-fre's flicker
ing light in my blanket bed !
lie,
Gazing through the shades Of
night at the twinkling stars on
high;
Ger my spirit in the air silent
Svigils seem to keep,
As / breathe my childhood $
prayer, Now lay me doyn to
sleep.
." Sadly sings the whip-poor-
will in the boughs of yonder
tree;
Laughingly the mountain rill
: swells the midnight melody.
Foemen may be lurking near, IN
the canyon dark and deepi
10, / breathe on Jesus ear, i
pray Thee, Lord, my soul to
keep
" Mid the stars one face / see
one the Savior called away
Mother, who in infancy, taught
amy baby lips to pray.
Her sweet spirit hovers near, IN
this lonely mountain brake
Take me TO her, dear, If | should
die before ! wake.
" Fainter grows the Pickering
light as each ember slowly dies
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

tors were changing the price OF
his calicoes, domestics, shoes
clothing, etc, every few hours
The Farmers Union has to a great
extent offset the efforts Of the ma
nipulators by putting into effect
a system Of gradual marketing in
stead of the old dumping system
that formerly prevailed. Before
the Farmers Union inaugurated
the fight for better prices it was a
practice of the manipulators to
hammer down the price until after
the cotton had left the hands Of
the farmer and then would begin
bull campaign that would bring
them in a rich harvest. This plan
is not so successful now as form
erly because the farmers have
abandoned the practice of selling
their crop as fast as it is picked
and instead Of parting with theirs
at any price the buyer might see
fit to offer, the H'aremrs Union
has adopted the pblicy Of fixing a
minimum price and this has fore
ed the price of cotton to a much
higher level than formerly. The
cotton exchanges where future
contracts are bought and sold are
the greatest enemies with which
the cotton farmers Of the South
have ever had TO contend and the
fight against them will never end
until by an act Of Congress these
damnable gambling dens are blot
ted from the United States.
The reason why the exchanges
oppose the Scott bin is because
the bill requires the actual deliv-
cry of the cotton sold and this ne
cessitates an investment of money
by the speculator whereas the
present practice is for the ex-
changes to furnish the game, the
public puts up the money and the
members Of the exchanges declare
the result and as shown by the re-
port of the Corporation Commits
sioner by reason of the corrupt
practices of price making and re-
vision committees the result is al
most invariably in favor of the
members Of the exchanges.
Thousands of men have gone
down TO wreck and ruin because
Of having become visitors Of the
exchanges-lured into it under
the impression that il was 'legiti-
mate speculation when as a mat
ter Of fact il is more disastrous in
its consequences than the ordinary
forms Of gambling.
We have upon our Statute book
in Texas a law almost identical
with the provisions of the Scott
bill and il has proven of great ben
eft TO our people but it viii take
an act of Congress TO give entire
relief. The apologists for the eX-
changes say that the Scott bill
will prevent the people of the
South from putting their money
on the bull side to boost prices
but they forget that il will also
prevent the north and east and all
Europe from putting mp their
money TO depress prices and un-
fortunately for the producers of
cotton the bears were generally
successful until after the cotton
crop had left the hands of the
farmer. +. ]. Townsend.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
Business Transfer

Dad Elkins has bought out
the interest of his partner, Pat %
Brown, in the Basement Restau-
rant.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

The election for bond issue
in Austin County was carried by
a large majority and construction
Of good roads in that county will
begin al once
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

Encourage home enterprise bv
paironizing literally the Snyder
lee, Light q Power Company
Phone l0j for your ice.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

Bonds will be issued at Cross
PLAINS to the amount Of $45, 900
Tor the erection Of a public school
building.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05
The Scott Bill

In recent issue Of the Signal
was the following editorial "The
Scott bill is still before Congress.
The primary object Of which is to
abolish the cotton exchanges.
When the bill becomes Il law the
South will be placed at the mercy
Of the eastern manipulators as
never before. "
The Scott bill is a measure in
troduced at the instance of the
Farmers Union for the purpose Of
preventing gambling in cotton
and not for the purpose of abol-
ishing cotton exchanges as stated
in your editorial. The provision
Of this bill will not effect cotton
exchanges where actual cotton is
bought and sold, but it will put
stop to the sale Of paper contracts
in which the seller of the contract
has no intention of delivering the
cotton which the contract is sup
posed to represent and in which
the buyer of the contract does not
expect to have the cotton deliver
ed to him. Such transactions are
gambling and should be prohibit
ed in the interest of good morals
if for no other reason. But there
are other moral reasons why this
fictitious dealing in cotton should
be prohibited.
The distribution Of cotton TO
the consuming world can be ac-
complished without a crap game
or a wheel Of fortune and without
the minions Of crime who follow
the game.
The system of future dealing in
cotton as carried on by the ex-
changes has been investigated by
the Commissioner Of Corporations
Of the United States and has been
pronounced uneconomic, unnat-
ural and unfair. AS a result Of
the investigation of the methods
the exchanges by the Corporation
Commissioner and others the
farmers of the South have been
enlightened to that extent that
they do not believe that a gam
bling device must underlie every
transaction in spot cotton. The
corrupt practices Of the price
making and revision committees
Of the exchanges and particularly
of the New York exchange HIS
been brought to light by these in
vestigations and as shown by the
report Of the Commissioner OF
Corporation the market is manip-
ulated in the interest Of the mem
bers of the exchanges who are
heavy dealers in future contracts.
No man who is at all familiar with
the cotton trade will deny that
the price paid TO the farmerunder
present system is fixed by the New
York exchange. Every transac-
ton in spot cotton buyers of Sny-
der and the farmers of the sur
rounding country is based upon
the price Of future contracts upon
the New York cotton exchange.
This is also true Of every other
town in the cotton belt I'm 1909
there was more than one hundred
millions bales of cotton paper
contracts sold on the New York
exchange and there was less than
twenty-five thousand bales of ac-
mal cotton handled in the city OF
New York. The price paid TO the
farmer for his cotton was largely
by the price at which
these paper contracts were sold.
Your editorial states that if the
Scott bill is passed that the South
will be placed at the mercy Of the
eastern manipulators as never be-
fore. On the contrary it will stop
and will force legit-
innate trading i'm actual cotton in
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

Thirty thousand acres Of irri-
gated land viii be placed on the
market soon at Mercedes. This
land will be developed and sold
TO settlers.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

Chas. p. Taft has authorized the
expenditure Of 100000 in build
ing a park and auto driveway az
Portland and for terracing tbe
bay along the bluff and other inn
prOyements.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

Family washing &c per pound
al fat work ironed at Snyder
Steam Laundry.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

A. D. Groner has closed uegotia-
tions for a canning plant at Web
ster.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

England has twenty-eight rail
way tunnels of a mile or more in
length.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

We have just unloaded a car
of wire.-Snyder Lumber Co.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

The City Council of Greenville
has let the contract for twenty
miles of concrete walks in that
city.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

Ellis county will spend $3.50
GOO in building and improving the
county roads. One hundred miles
of good roads have already been
built in this county.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

The Santa Fe is constructing an
immense freight depot al Sweet
water.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

JpshW county has purchased
mules, scrapers plows and graders
to put IN execution a good roads
movement in that county.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-05-05

The citizens of San Angelo are
considering the construction of
reinforced concrete bridge across
the Concho river at an expense of
$4,000.