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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-18

produced by request:
Events have so shaped themselves
in recent years as to make it possible
for the women of this country to be
taken seriously when they rise to
express an opinion.
On few matters have women felt
more deeply or agitated oftener than
on that relating to "child labor'-or
the position of children as bread
winners in the marts of trade and
industry.
Opinions differ on this, as on all
subjects worth considering from an
argumentative viewpoint, and it may
be we'll to look more closely at and
analyze more carefully the grounds
take by those who object to the en-
plOyment of children in the mills of
the South.
When first the agitation against
child-labOr was begun it was in the
North, where conditions are so radi-
cally different from those of the
South.
In the nature of things, these con-
ditions could not be SO bad in the
South for several reasons
First, there is a lack of the immi-
grant from which the recruits are
gathered for the tenement, the sweat
shop and the factory.
Secondly, the conditions under
which these people lived, before be-
coming residents or citizens Of this
country, have prevented them from
holding real estate or handling sums
Of money approaching even the wages
Of a day in the shop or mill. For
many months they cling to the GUS
toms Of dress and food which they,
their fathers and grandfathers have
practiced for years before them
An apt illustration of this is shown
by the Chinese cOOlie whose laundry
in every hamlet looks exactly like
every laundry in every other hamlet,
town or city; and the operators of
these live exactly alike, a little rice,
a little tea, a little opium and fully
seVenty-fve per cent of their income
is tucked safely away.
With the Russians who come over,
the same might be said-with such
changes in diet as the national mode
Of living dictates. So with the Hun
garian, Jews, Swedes and the rest of
those who enter the hospitabIe ports
of the United States.
The children are the entering
wedge which make it possible for
the conditions of the family to be
changed without an upheaval; to
earn real money to use it for the
Americanizing Of the children in mat
ters of clothes and food.
The matter of education is not so
great in the foreign born children
as it comes to be with the first gen
GRAFTON born here; but the family
have become aroused to the wage
earning capacity of the children
and thus the sweat-shop is founded
In the South, we have none of
these conditions; we have squalor, it
is true, but it is not the over-crowded
squalOr Of the tenement; rather it is
the squalOr of the lazy, Indifferent
white, to whom life is nothing more
serious than sufficient food and cloth
ing to supply the demands of nature
and society.
In the mill towns of the South the
children are frequently those of poor
families who have come from worn
out farms, with no money for the
needed Improvements nor even for
the necessary fertilizer
Should the head of this pitiable
family die, the mill town, with. it's
regular employment, it's houses at
least weather tight, and the chances
for mingling with others, quite as
NOR iuct &C humble itc tr11o fond
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The Good, the Bod, the Otheryvjse
and Fex0 LQcO1ucS

ture have increased their own sal
aries from $4,000 to $1,000 per year:
they claim that the direct primary
costs this much more, and an inter-
ested world would like to know why?
Germany's Dove of Peace may be
settled on the nest all right, but
Kaiser Wilhelm is planning to have
field maneuvers this summer which
will show what 100000 enlisted
men can do, if needed in hurry.
Higher education has had another
setback: an educated pig valued at
coolies of money, was eaten "by
mistake" Thus is it again proven
that education cuts little ice in out
ward appearances.
A debate up in a society of sweet
young creatures was "Should Ladies
Follow Fashion," Judging from
some recent sartorial freaks we'd say
Fashion has had the time of her life
keeping up with the ladies.
Millionaire held in contempt of
Senate, says newspaper headline: as
this was in connection with the Lo-
rimer case it proves again what wads
Of money were back of "Blondy"
Lorimer.
Expert testimony" is a great
thing; it recently proved in New
York that cakes made with rotten
eggs were perfectly harmless, and
that Coca-Cola is a benefit to hui
mainly, though "dOpe'
There's virtue in moving pict-
ures:" in the recent riots in the
vineyard section Of France, a live
concern was out on the job with cam
eras-and the leaders have been
identified from the photographs
taken.
Judging from some of the ques-
lions they are asking, it has only
recently occurred to some Senators
and Representatives that ''the
Trusts" have a great deal to do with
'the Tariff"
It's getting serious sure enough
when a New England lady has to go
to state court to have her name
changed; too bad she could not have
been "courted" in the regulation way,
with the desired end in view.
The temptations of St. Anthony
were no more grilling than is the
temptation of every Southern farmer
to plant cotton, and then more cot
ton. Diversified farming for the
South will be, not only the salvation
of the whole South, but a benefit to
the whole country.
big Tim Sullivan of New York
thinks a high license for the sale
of guns and pistols will reduce
the number of murders and suicides
if these were the only routes" used
it might help some-but with the al
most unlimited sale of drugs quite as
deadly as the weapons-it looks
dubious.
The meanest man has been found
again; he's dead, and had sewed al
his money up in his night-shirt, ir
which he requested to be buried. But
the widow found it out-fortune tell
ing, or mething-anyway the bank
notes are not feeding the. little
WOrmses any more.
President Taft should have no diff
ficuIty in reducing his weight; be.
sides his anxiety over the extra SEES
sion he has written a treatise on the
pib1o Cd Tho n "A III
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We need improvement, we need
fairer basis for the treatment of these
little ones, but we do not need dras-
tic laws which will prohibit the en-
ployment of the children in any ca
pacity.
All mill owners are not heartless;
all mill towns are not squalid; all
mill workers are not overworked nor
underpaid.
If the womens clubs will look fair
ly and fearlessly into the matter, if
they will cease confounding the con-
ditiOns of the South with those of the
North, we will have less misrepre-
sentatiOn, less of a tendency to make
paupers of people willing and able to
work, and less likelihood of providing
gab-fests for a lot of noisy agitators
whose bread depends on the amount
of turmoil they can cause.
Look to the commissary as the
main source of the undesirable con-
ditiOns Of the mill worker; teach them
the proper food values and, with the
natural conditions existing in the
South, we will have no cause for
alarm and no need for special legis-
lation.
These are the points I would sug-
gest to the thinking women who are
interesting themselves in the better
ing generally of conditions.
That Mexican war is using on
again-off-again tactics.
Man named Pfungst has written a
book and his name acts as a good
explosive after you've read it,
What sort of clothing do dis
carded ladies and gentlemen" wear?
AID in paper says firm will buy it.
That New York minister who says
there is nothing to deplore in Wall
Street, must have had a sure-thing
tip.
A prominent man from a Pennsyl-
vania town disappeared-and where
do you suppose he was found? Yep
that's right-Philadelp
1t really begins to look as though
the remnant Of the peach crop was
safe, but we've still the. cotton crop to
worry over.
Amt it nice to think of High
Brow Professor named Percival
Chubb advocating ''more kissing
games for the children?"
Handwriting on the wall isn't as
frequent as in the days of Old King
Live Forever. Nebuchadnezzar. but
many a Want-It-Again politician sees
it plainly.
Some judges are so foolish: in a
Georgia blind-tiger case the Judge
asked the jury where the whiskey
was-as if all iuries didn't have to
test the evidence!
Wouldn't you think those Suffra-
gettes had nearly walked their legs
off trying to get votes? But they're
at it yet in New York, and the worst
of it is they insist on taking brass
bands along with them.
Georgia, ''the Empire State of the
South" has been bitten with the in
dustrial bee, and the one beautiful
gift Of Nature, Tallu1ah Falls, is to
be harnessed for Water-power.
AS four-fushers on the job of
rendering decisions the United States
Supreme Court is neck and neck
with ''the extra session." Another
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NOTE:-The above House is Perfectly Reliable.
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just Do Me A Good Turn

by showing them around to your
neighbors and friends and speak a
good word for them whenever you
have the opportunity.
If you want to do me this favor
write me your name and address at
once and I will Immediately mail
you my Free Home Eye Tester and
latest ROl!11ssOQ Spectacle offer. Ad
dreSS:-
DR.. HAU>I, Ba mSH5 ST. LOUIS, MO.
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God Sgse!ee!s5 i:i &c:
MeanNhat LSay

And I positively don't want you to
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These latest "Perfect Vision"
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These latest "Perfect Vision"
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These latest "Perfect Vision"
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And I therefore want you and every
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-18
CHILD LABOR IN THE SOUTH.

HE following article was pub
lished in the Brunswick (Ga.)
News of April 80, and is re-
produced by request:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17

door In the town Of Elko, County of
Elko, State of Nevada, on Monday tn
18th day Of July 1911 at IL o'clock,
noon OF said day, to pay the delin-
qucnt taxes, penalties and costs, un.
less the said taxes, penalties and
costs are paid to me before the said
18th day of July, 1911, upon certifi.
cate from the County Auditor as pro,
vided by law.
Ten per cent on above mentioned
taxes and costs OF Advertising will
be collected in addition to the Ori-
sinal tax, or the property sold for
all Of said sums. All property sold
at such sale will be subject to re-
demption within six months after the
date of sale by payment of such
sums, together with 3 per cent per
month thereon from date of sale un.
til paid.
The bidding at such sale shall
be for the smallest quantity Of proper
ty that will pay the taxes, penalties
and costs assessed against the same.
M. II. Miller,
County Treasurer and ExOfflciO
Tax Receiver In and for Elko
County, Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
Good Idea for Wood Fire.


"CuriOus ideas some people have OF
patents" a New York coal dealer said
"A man came In here the other day
and wanted to know II we ever heard
OF boring holes I'm the logs we sell for
open wood fires. because. he said. II
the Idea was new he was going to get
a patent on It.
81 asked him what might be the use
OF boring holes In the logs; to hang
them up? lie sold every one liked to
zee the blaze in an open wood fire and
when It got low they poked II or put
on fresh logs just TO see some more
flame. If you bored an inch hole
through the middle % log and put II
on the fire with the hole vertical II
would form kind OF chimney. and
you would have cheerful little jet
OF fame coming up through II until
the log was completely burned away.
81 tried II when ! got home. that
night. But the idea Of asking for n
patent on such thing as hole!"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
DRS. HOOD & WEST
Physicians and Surgeons
EI,KO NEVADA
On tho Shelf.

To the married woman and to the
spinster alike II is always a shock to
find that parties are being given for
younger set to which they are not
bidden. for the realization that these
younger members OF society are class.
Ing them as "old" Ia not altogether
pleasing. To the married woman this
experience usually comes later than
to the unmarried. for she will be
asked to young gatherings when q
spinster several years her Junior will
be omitted. Whether this is because
her husband is still reckoned attrac.
tive. though married. or because Of
her utility ns n chaperon, ia an open
qrsstion, but the fact remains. One
Bpinster lately confessed that for sey.
eral days after her first experience at
being left out Of n party she almost
pinched herself. saying, Can this DO
I that am so slighted?" for she dearly
loved to dance and never had been q
wall flower Now she says she has
slowly bat surely been relegated to
the dinner SET. and there she cuts out
tho debutant"s ~ every chance she
gets In revenge
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
ENCOURAGEMENT.

why should you BE- despondent o.
asked the poets friend
why shouldn't BE- desponden, o.
the poet replied i've been trying to
add BIZ OF cheer TO the world. I
have written some things that r. n
who ought TO know have said we're
sublime. have endeavored to de.
scribe beauties OF nature, To
spread the gospel OF brotherhood, TO
teach kindness and goodness and
hopefulness But the people persist
in ignoring me; the publishers de.
cline TO accept my poems: my genius
is unrecognized am left to starye
in my attic"
Cheer up. old man. a hundred
years from nov your poems may he
illustrated by some artist who will get
$500 for each OF the pictures"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
For Sewerage Bonds

In pursuance Of an order made
by the Board of County Com
missioners, in and for the County
of Elko. State of Nevada sitting as
Town Board of the Town of
Elko. State of Nevada, on the 3rd
day of July 1911:
NOTICE is hereby given to all
the legally qualified voters Of the
Town Of Eiko. County EIko, State
of Nevada. that a special election
W ! be hel d in
the said Town Of Elko on the 28th
day of July. 1911. beginning at
the hour Of seven o'clock in the
forenoon and continuing until and
ending at six the afterE Don of
said day, for the purpose of voting
upon the issuance of sewerage
bonds in the amount of sixty
thousand dollars ($60, ,OOO.O0) and
the proceeds from the sale Of said
bonds to be used or as much
thereof as may be necessary for
the construction and installation
of sewerage system in the said
Town Of Elko, said bonds to he Of
the denomination of one thousand
dollars Isl ,0000.00) each and to
bear interest at the rate of six
per cent per hnnum, interest on
each bond payable annually
beginning on the third Monday of
January on the second year after
such bonds shall have been issued
and upon the same date in each
succeeding year during the life of
such bond, the life of said bonds
to be twenty years and five per
cent of the principal to be paid
each year aside from the interest.
Polling places: Precinct No. ], ,
Leonard Hall. Precinct No. 2. In
the hose house on the corner Of
Idaho aud 7th streets.
BY order Of the Board of
County Commissioners.
Attest Fred G. Voight Clerk.
Date Of first Publication July 6
1911.
Date Of last publication July 27,
1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
ESTRAY NOTICE

About the 4th of May, one bay
horse, with four white feet and
white face. branded Ala on left
thigh. and one brown horse, with
left eye gone. branded s bar on
left thigh, came to my ranch in
Starr valley. The bay horse has
old shoes, very old shoes, all
round. Both horses are broken
work horses each about 9 years
Old. The owner can get same by
paying for this notice and all other
expenses.
w. D. Martin.
Deeth. Nevada.
May 18, 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
MYSTERY OF THE UMBRELLA
Pittsburo shopkoeper Wondered About
II for Many Days-eImpIs.
Aftor All.

In the midst Of q driving rainstorm
ono day recently the owner Of a small
store Oh a North side street corner
was startled by the violent opening OF
the door and tho sound OF rushing
Feet. Hastily dropping the work she
was doing In tho rear room. Sho hur.
RED toward the front Of the store lust
In tine to SEQ tho door slammed shut
and a strange man running away at
top speed. When she reached the
door he bad disappeared; but when
she turned to Investigate she was
astonished to behold = handsome gold
handled silk umbrella. dripping with
moisture, lying on tho showcase
Surpriso. alarm and complete mysti.
ncation were mingled. What possible
explanation could there be Of q stran.
ger dashing into her place in the
midst Of a drenching dornpour. lsav-
Ing his hne umbrella without a word
OF explanation, and rushing forth into
the rain without III
Tho more she thought about II tho
deeper grow the mystery. sho re-
lated the incident to her customers.
Not ono Of them could OFFER a piausi.
bio solution. Bhe finally concluded
the man was crazy, and she FELT FRO.
foundly thankful that he had dnne ,
worse.
Then ono day a second stranger ap-
peared. He was almost As mysterious
az tho FIRST. Ho produced q letter
and handed II to the storeksopc". II
was dated Chicago and read:
Dear Tom; ! left your umbrella In
tho iittle store At the corner noar
your house. Just had time to grab
car. 10 failed to explain to store
keeper. Left II OH showcase Hone
you recover II o. K"
We'll. ! declare" WAS all the littla
storekeoper could gasp No she pro.
duoed the umbrella How simple Il
was. after all."--PittsburE Gazette.
Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
PToper Use Of Eood

Too much food is as bad as too III.
tie and occasions a vast, OF energy
and strength In the body as we'll as q
waste OF nutritive material. While in
tho case Of sornc foods as purchased.
notably meats. some waste Is unayoid.
able. the pecuniary loss can be dImin.
ished. both by buying those kinds in
which there Ia the least waste. and by
utilizing more carefully than In ordl.
narily done, portions OF what In usu-
ally classed az rc'.."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
FOR SALE

One of the best stock ranches in
Elko county. The ranch consists
of between two and three thous-
and acres of patented LAM. all under
four wirefenc". There are about
a thousand tons Of hay on the
ranch and a lot of well bred horses
and cattle. The ranch is we'll
watered and has fine shelter for
stock.
Inquire at this office for further
articulars.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17

In The District Court Of The
Fourth Judicial District Of The
State Of Nevada In And For
The County Of Elko
In the matter of the estate of
William Allen. deceased.
Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, w w. Booher, was,
on the 9th day of June. 1911, by
an order of the District Court of
the Fourth judicial District of the
State of Nevada. in and for the
County of Elko. duly appointed
administrator of the estate of
William Allen, late of said County,
deceased. and having qualified as
such administrator, letters of
administration were issued to him
on the 28th day of June 1911.
All persons having claims against
the estate OF the said William
Allen deceased, are hereby requir-
ed to file the same with the proper
vouchers and statutory affidavits
attached with the Clerk of sa
Court within three months from
the date of the first publication of
this notice, or said claims will be
forever barred.
Dated at Elko Nevada this
28th day of June, 1911.
w. w. Booher
Administrator of the estate Of
William Allen, deceased.
Otto T. Williams and
James Dysart
Attorneys for Administrator.
Date of first publicat ion June
28th. 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
TO THE PUBLIC

Having purchased M. E. Reed
draying business, l am prepared to
do all work in that line on short
notice. AS intend to conduct the
business in a manner to win the
confidence of the public, l respect
fully solicit share of the public
patronage.
w. N. Harrah
Elko, Nevada. April IL, 1911.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
Progressive FARMING.

well. yes" confessed Honest
Farmer Hornbeak. the while a grim
grin wrIDkled his weather. beaten
complexion. "its a good 'eal o.
tro"blc. but the satisfaction feel am.
ply repays Inc for the extry work. Ye
see. by degrees I'm sharpenin' up tho
top Of every stump on the place. and
In the course O. time I hope to have
matters 80 arranged that the hired
man Will find II fully as comfortable
to stand mp durIn' the day as TO set
down. Puck.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
NOTICE OF DELIN-
QUENT TAX SALE
Office OF the County Treasurer and
EX-officiO Tax Receiver.

Office OF the County Treasurer and
EX-officiO Tax Receiver.
Elko, New, June 7th, 1911
Notice is hereby given, that in
compliance with the provisions OF
the Statutes OF the State of Nevada
in such cases made and provided, the
following pieces or parcels of real
estate property herein after de.
scribed as follows to wit: Proper.
ty assessed to
Property Assessed TO The Denver
Nevada Con. Gold Mining Co. Den
yer Col. Townsite at Aura. NEh
of NWh of Section 2. Township
North AZ Range East 52. Valued at
s400. Water Ditch and pipe Line
valued at $500. Dwelling House
valued at 500. Total Valuation 81,
b.. 900. State and County tax due OIL
the Second Installmen: OF above as.
sessment, 1886; 10 per cent on
above amount "a; Cost Of adver-
tising $500. Total amount OF tax
due $1119.
Property Assessed to Utah G. Idaho
Tel Co. Salt Lake City, Utah. 60
Miles Telephone from Utah State
line to Wells, Nevada. Valued at
$1,000. Total valuation $1,500. 90.
State and County tax due on the
Second Installment OF above assess.
ment, $12.52; 10 per cent OH above
amount, s1.25; Cost for advertising
~ $500. Total amount OF tax due
si5.77.
The Second installment Of taxes up.
on all OF which for the year 1910
have not been paid and became de-
linquent on Monday the 5th day Of
June 1911.
The above described Real Estate
property as set out on the Original
Assessment Roll together with the
improvements thereon will be sold
at public auction at the Court House
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-17
All He Could Carry

An Atlanta inan not long ago mot a
darky who was driving horse 40 thin
that II staggered M II walked. why
aont you put more flesh on that naK7"
Indignantly demanded the Albanian.
Scuse me. boss" replied tho driver.
But Is doin' do best kin. CANT
20 see, boss. dat po' hoss kin bardIv
now7"