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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-05
BUDGET OF LIVE
news OF PLAINS
Social and Other Events In
Busting Town

Plains, Ga, April 3.-Friday evening
at tee school auditorium the pupils ,ot
the school presented the following
program in a most creditable manner.
Song-"If We were you and you were
us e.. .. =. E. .. Six Children
Recitation-"Ain't Going to Cry NJ
More" =. =. =. Mary Morton
Rose Drill =. !, Twelve Little Girls
Music-"Love and Roses"
-. .... E. .. Josephine Forester
Pantomine-"Old Folks at Home"
Girls of Fifth and Six Grades
Music-"Papillion Roses"-Thorme
80. -. =. e. Emma l.. Walker
Recitation-"Mice at Play"
=. :. :. :. .. Martha Laramore
observation-disclosures
=. .... E. e. =. Theresa Walters
Trial Scene of Merchant of Venice
Presented by Tenth Grade.
A small admission was charged, the
proceeds being used for the benefit OF
the school.
Mrs. Clarence Parker, after a visit
Of several weeks to her father, Mr.. q.
w. Jennings, has returned to her home
In south Florida.
Mrs. VIM Crook and Miss Crook, oil
Americas, were guests of Mrs. Cor
nelia Jennings Thursday.
Mrs. Edmund Oliver and Miss Kath.
leen Cutler are spending the wees
pleasantly in Cordele.
Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Phillips and son
Charles, spent Saturday and Sunda.
with friends at De Soto.
Mr.. George Clark, of Webster, spen
a day or two here recently, the CUES
of Mr.. J. f. Chappell.
Miss Lu Drew spent the week-en,
with her parents at Preston.
Miss Joe Spann is at home, after
visit of some length to relatives a
Sylvester.
Miss Emily Barclay is a charmin;
little visitor at the home of Mr.. an.
Mrs. C. Barclay, where she arrive,
Tuesday.
49, ID Mrs. ]. T.: Logan and littl
daughter, Ernestine, of Americas
we're guests of Mrs. ]. C. Logan Sun
day.
MI. Edgar Aston, of Richland, wa
looking after matters of business her
| Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Oliver attende
the funeral of Mrs. ]. E. Mathis i
Americas Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Lucy Williams is at Bronwoo
this week, the guest of her sistei
Mrs. Robert l.. Andrews.
Mrs. f. T. Lunsford, Miss Melb
Lunsford, Mrs. ]. r. Logan and Mis-
Matte Stapleton were among those q
ing to Americas Monday.
Mrs. Lott Jennings and Miss Kat
Bell Hitler made brief visit to c.,
| iumbus this week
Mrs. Forester and Miss Carrie For
roster spent Monday in Americas.
MIR j. R. Walker has returned fror
| Hawkinsville where he spent da
or two on business.
Mrs. Ernest Wellons and baby sor
William, spent Sunday, guests of rel
atives at Preston.
Mrs. j. W. Johns is spending tn
week pleasantly with friends in Am
CIRCUS
Mr., and Mrs Jacob Hitler of CO..
tondale, were guests of Mrs. Matti
Caughman Saturday.
Miss Emme Kate Andrews spen
Wednesday in Americas.
The many friends of Miss Am
| Evans, of Atlanta, will be intereste
in the announcement of her marriag
to Mr. John Weathed of Atlanta Mis-
Evans is very pleasantly remembers
here, her childhood home
DR.. and Mrs. Douglas Mays, of Am
CIRCUS were guests of Mrs. Leonard
Jennings Sunday afternoon.
Miss Julia Coleman has returne.
from an extended visit to Greenvil-
Ala.
Mr.. n. r. McGee is attending III
superintendent Sunday School Cor
vention in Macon this week.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-21

the wrongs of the careless and IN
lawful employers.
Besides, the object of workmen's
compensation laws is not only to Sc
cure compensation for the disabled
worker and the dependents Of the
killed worker, but also to conserve
human life by making it cheaper to
protect the workers lives by reason
able care and expense than to destroy
them by inexcusable and inhuman
carelessness. What the wife and
children want is reasonable certainty
that when their bread winner goes
in the morning to the shop. mill or
mine, he will return to them at
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-21

In order to properly understand
vorkmen's compensation laws, it is
necessary to touch upon the condi-
tious that created the strong public
sentiment which has demanded the
enactment of such laws.
Under the common law the injured
workman or the dependent of kill
ed workman had no right of action
and could not recover in case of in
iury or death unless it could be prov
en- that the employer was absolutely
to blame and the injured or killed
workman was absolutely without
blame. In cases in which the en-
ployer was at fault no damages could
be recovered if it could be shown
that the workman was also at fault.
In other words, no matter it an ac-
0 cident causing injury or death was
due principally to the neglect or fault
Of the employer, if the workman, by
his negligence had contributed to
the accident in the slightest degree,
the employer was. exempt from le-
gal blame and the injured workman
or dependents of the killed workman
had to bear the entire burden Of the
accident. No matter how much fault
there existed on the part of the en-
ployer, the employee had to be abso-
lutely blameless before heor his de-
pendents could recover in case OF in
jury or death. This. is what Is known
as the doctrine of "CoRtributory
Negligence"
There is also what is known as the
doctrine of Assumed Risk" Under
this doctrine it was assumed that
when a workman accepted employ
ment he was familiar with the risks
incident to that employment; and by
engaging in that employment he was
considered to have assumed the risks
Of the employment and to have waived
all rights to damages on behalf OF
himself and dependents, in case Of IN
jury or death from accident, except,
Of course, in cases where it could pc
proven that the accident was due
absolutely to the employers fault OF
wilful negligence and the workman
himself was absolutely blameless.
In addition to these two doctrines
there is what is known as the Fellow
Servant Rule" Under this doctrine It
workman or number of woFkmen
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-21
IN BOTTLES

i were injured or killed in an industrial
accident, they or their dependents
could not recover damages If. it could
be shown that the accident was caused
/ by the fault or negligence of fellow
workman. Hence, the entire burden of
the accident fell upon the injured
workman or the dependents of the
killed workman. Measures were pass
ed from time to time by the various
state legislatures, requiring the en-
ployers to install safety appliances
/ and other devices for the protection
of life and limb of the workers. These
i measures Increased the legal obliga-
tions Of employers; and, consequently,
gave injured workmen and dependents
of killed workmne a right Of action
for damages in many cases in which
they previously had no such right.
But as long as the doctrines of Com
tributory Negligence, Assumption of
Risk and Fellow Servant Rule remain-
ed, it was extremely difficult to- re-
cover damages in cases Of injury or
death met with in industrial accidents.
On page "a of the first report of
the Ohio Employers Liability Commits
sion, made to the Legislature in jan
nary, 1911, the Commission states
that in 80 per cent Of the cases or in
jury or death due to Industrial acct
dents, the Workman or his dependents
receieY no compensation or damages.
This statement is based on the result
OF an Investigation, made by experts,
OF the accidents occurring in Cuya-
hoga county from 1905 to 1910. On
page so of this same report we find
that ". g. Wilson. manager Of the
Etna Liability Insurance Company, at
Cleveland, stated, AT hearing of the
Commission on November 2, 1910,
that the Etna Liability Insurance Com
pany f'had, adjusted $500 cases Of in
juries and had made payments on the
average Of six in every one hundred
| injuries insured.
According to this report we also
find that in those cases in which the
workman or his dependents did recov-
er damages it was only after protrac-
ted litigation, causing months OF
years Of delay; and then they paid,
on an average, over s25 per cent o.
the amount recovered in lawyers
fees and court costs, There were
some cases, of course. in which the
liability insurance companies made
4 settlement without the workman OF
| his dependents going into court. But
thes5 cases were comparatively very
| few and were cases in which the in
surance company had q very pool
chance Of winning in court In sucl
cases the workmen or their depend
i ants accepted much smaller sums
than they were justly entitled g
either because they could no arlorC
10 risk the laws delays or dld NO
want to take their chances IN court
a cannot be denied that in some e.
Il 6Aptional cases juries have given Y
iured workmen much larger sums
fban fhey really deserved. IN fact
s NAV Be urged that one Of the cnlel
| defects Of the procedure il industrl
! q accident cases was that those Wns
$500 deserved it often got judgmene
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night. The compensation which the
wife and children receive will miti-
gate the poverty and physical suffer
ing which too often in the past has
followed in the wake of industrial ac-
cidents; but It will not make up for
the loss of husband and father.
AS you perhaps know, the custom
in the past has been for employers
to insure in liability insurance COM
panies, not with the idea of securing
aid or compensation for the workers
in case of injury or death, but with
the idea of having the insurance COM
pany assume all obligations in cases
CONTINUED ON PAGE 10.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-21
How Ohio Protects Her Workers
An Address Delivered by T J. Duffy at the Ohio VALLEY
Trades and Labor Assembly Hall, Wednesday
Evening, March 31st 1912

employee, because when an injured
workman or the dependents Of a
killed workman were seeking to re-
cover damages, the liability insur-
ance companies, with their able at
torneys. left nothing undone to de-
feat their claims and, unfortunately,
too often succeeded in doing so. The
Workmen naturally held their en-
ployers responsible for this, even
though in most cases / question
whether or not employers look with
favor upon the merciless policy pur-
sued by insurance companies. This
condition when men were disabled
or killed in the performance Of use
full labor and the courts, viewing.
their rights under twentieth century
Industrial conditions from the stand
point of seventeenth or eighteenth
century law, denied them any re-
dress. they naturally lost respect for
law as medium of justice. The
State, and consequently the tax pay
er, also suffered because 1T was COM
PEELED to take care Of the paupers
which Industrial accidents created.
The employers were not satisfied
with this condition; the workers were
not satisfied; and the public was not
satisfied. Hence, the strong, ire
sistible sentiment for a remedy that
would give a larger measure Of JUS
tice to the workers and their de-
pendents. All demanded some rem
edy that would give the injured work
man reasonably adequate compensa-
ton during the life of his disability
and make proper provision for his de-
pendents in case he met death IN an
industrial accident; remedy that
would make it unnecessary for the
workman or his dependents to go
through process Of litigation, at an
unreasonably large expense. causing
a period Of delay during which they
might become the victims Of the in
surance companies who would take
advantage Of their unfortunate plight
to make an unjust bargain with
them.
This was the object sought by
those whose activities brought about
the enactment Of the Ohio Work
mems Compensation Law. That law
is based upon the principle that If
a workman is injured or killed
through the wilful act Of the employ
er or his superintendent, the en-
uloyer should stand the cost of the
accident: and if workman is in
iured or killed through his own viii
full act, the workman or his depend
ents must bear the burden OF the ac-
cident. But q very large majority OF
the Industrial accidents that occur
cannot be traced to the fault Of ell
Their employer or employee; they are
accidents that are incident to the
empioyment AS Chief Justice Wins
low Of the Supreme Court Of Wiscon-
sin. said, ii his opinion unfolding
the Workmen's Compensation Law
Of that State:
This problem is distinctly q mod
ern problem. In the days Of manual
labor the small shop with a few en-
nloves. and the stage coach, there
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CONTINUED ON PAGH 10
The Republican journal., 1912-02-15
Mt. Desert Correspondence.

MANsET, Me, Feb. 10, 1912. Our barbor
has thus far been entirely clear of ice, al
though it has been very cold in this section.
The lowest the thermometer has registered
was 13 below on Monday, Jan. 8th.
Our popular grammar school teacher, Mr.. R.
K. Stanley, who has been drilling his pupils
for some time, presented the Jolly Minstrels
at Wards hall and it was perfect success ia
every way and showed much care on the part
OF the teache- and pupils. During intern.is-
sion ice cream and home made CANDY ,,ar. on
sale. Some $40 were realized and will be
used for buying clock and maps for the
school.
Mrs Jane Fernad of Islesford has passed
away after few weeks of sickness with
heart trouble. She leaves husband, Mr.. Geo
II. Fernald and daughter, Mrs Arthur Spur
ling, and other relatives, to mourn their loss
Mr.. Alonzo Bryant, who underwent a surgi-
cal operation at Bar Harbor hospital, is i'm
proving and is expected to return soon to his
home in Islesford
Mr.. Bloomfield Reed of Greenng's Island
has been taken to the Maine General HOSPITAL.
Portland for an operation for an abscess on the
liver.
fremont Lodge No. n, F. & A. NJ, worked
the E. A. degree Feb Sth on two candidates.
Preparations are being made to hold the Odd
Fellows convention at Pemetic Lo.g ge room,
Southwest HarbOr, in the near future
Mr.. Cliff Foss has returned with his bride
from Brooks, Maine
The Republican journal., 1912-02-15
TRANSFERS IN REAL. ESTATE.

The following transfers in real estate were
recorded in Waldo County Registry of Deeds
for the week ending February l3, 1912:
Lizzie M. Ellis, Monroe. to John Gibbs,
Brooks; land in Brooks.
James F. Heal, Lncolnville, to Lavaughn A.
Heal, do; land and buildings in Lincolnville.
Nettie G. Smalley, Belfast, to Annie Stevens.
do; land and buildings in Belfast.
Camilla J. Bailey, South birmingham, Mass.
to A. E. Chase Company, Brooks; land and
buildings in Brooks. CTwo deeds)
Thomas B. Berry, Belfast, to Edward ]. H.
Estabrooks. Newton, Mass land in Swanville.
Lizzie H. Stewart. Lowell, Mass to Everett
P. Morrill,, Belmont land and buildings in Bel
mont.
A. E. Chase Company, Brooks, to Belfast
Fuel & Hay Company, Belfast; land in Brooks,
Frank A. Bartlett, Unity, to Arthur Ward.
Thorndke; land in Unity.
Mantle E. Getchell Gregg, Unity, to Otis B,
Danforth, Troy; land in Unity.
Albea E. and Fred s. Hutchins. Belfast. to
Ralph l. Morse, Belfast; land in Montville.
Julia Bolger, Boston, Mass, to Loretto x.
Thompson, Winterport; land and buildings in
Winterport.
Fred A. Robbins. Belfast, to Arthur Richie
do; land in Belfast.
Seth G. Wyman. Lincolnville, to Roscoe G.
Wyman, do; land in Lincolnville.
Irwin G. Powell. Washington. to Lolie A.
Powell. Liberty; land in Liberty.
The Republican journal., 1912-02-15
Mr.. DOOLEY SAYS
That He Writes Only for the Boston Sunday
Globe in New ENGLAND.

oIOOS LA 4NCW ElISldIlu.
The reading public all through New England
has cause to appreciate the wonderful galaxy
of writer's of National fame whose articles ap-
pear in the Boston Sunday Globe In no otner
paper in New England appears the timely and
philosophical humor of Mr.. Dooley. He and
his friend, Mr.. Hinnessey, have way of hit
ting the nail on the head every time Mr..
Dooley bids fair to add to his laurels by the
new series just begun in the Sunday Globe.
"The Adventures of Kitty Cobb by one of
the most famous artists in the country, James
Montgomery Flagg, is another feature of the
Sunday Globe. The large and dramatic draw
ings tell their own story, and Mr. Flagg's sub
ject is one full of human interest-the story
of simple country girl in the large city.
When the series is finished, Globe readers will
have book of pictures of great value
George AIDE is another author whose writ
ings hit the popular fancy. His fables of the
1912 model now running in the Sunday Globe
are better than any this famous author and
playwright has produced.
The Sunday Globe1 magazine section is con-
trlbuted by long list of capable writers, on
subjects of worldwide interest. James B.
Morrow's interviews with famous men, Frank
q. Carpenters articles on travels in foreign
lands. and Mr.. C. B Lewis column of humor,
which tells of the troubles of Mr. Bowser, are
alone worth the price of the paper
Other well known Sunday Globe contributors
are George Alfred Townsend and T. P, O'Con-
nor.
The Boston Sunday Globe, as always, con-
tains all the news, the best illustrations ard
the cleanest and funniest comic section printed
by any Sunday newspaper
The Republican journal., 1912-02-15
THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMNER

Our Swanville Center correspondent sent us
the following article from the Omaha World,
copied from an old scrap book:
The year 1916 enjoyed an open winter during
the entire twelve months, being frequently
referred to by con TEN poraneous writer's as the
year without summer. All through the set
tied portions of the United States there was a
frost in every month. Crops were ruined and
farmers called it the year of eighteen hundred
and starve to death. Snow fell on November
ISIS, but there was none in December or JAN
uary to speak Of Christmas and New Years
were warm, open and green. and faithful to the
old saw that a green Christmas makes fat
church yard the old people predicted all sorts
of dire calamities, and the result would Justify
it. January was very mild month, the sun
shone every day and the little snow that fell
hardly covered the earth and soon melted
People prepared for great storms and extreme
cold weather in February, but We're disappoint-
ed, as it was milder than January Toward
the end of the month, and during the first days
Of March, terrible storm ragged and gave
place to cold and boisterous winds. The weather
in January was repeated in April, but it grew
colder as the days passed. ending with snow
and ice and very low temperature. In Nav
ice formed an inch thick on rivers and streams.
Buds and flowers were frozen and the entire
corn crcp was KILLED. Frost, ice and snow
were common in June. and all attemps to raise
vegetable products failed The condition of
the farmers is described as being desperate
and they were compelled to hoard their crops
of the year preceding and necessitated big
increase in prices. Almost everything was
killed and the fruit was nearly all destroyed.
July was accompanied with frost and ice The
4th was cold, and clustering wind raw and
uncomfortable, swept the entire Atlantic coast.
On the following day ice was formed of the
thickness Of window glass in New York City,
All through New England and in Pennsylvania
in August ice half an inch thick was frequent
ly seen. September and October presented
the nearest approach to summer weather of
any month in the year, but in November ex-
treme cold weather began and continued a
severe winter up to April, when summer be-
gan.and permitted the farmers to raise a bounte-
Gus crop. The same condition of affairs ex-
listed in England as in this country, but it was
not SO severe in Central New York. 1t is
stated corn was so badly frozen in this summer
that it was cut down and dried for fodder. The
warm weather in January SO encouraged q
Vermont farmer that he planted corn, and in
fact some of it was in good condition in March
Farmers were compelled to pay 81 or IS per
DuShel Tor the corn OF 1910 Tor seeding pur-
poses.
Your correspondent was talking with de-
scendant from one Barlow vino lived IN Monroe
at that time. He planted his potatoes and
after they had frozen in the ground he had te
dig them up to furnish food for bis large fam.
lily to eat. He had to search for food for his
family with only corn in his pocket to eat anG
the birds froze and dropped on the ground SC
they could pick them up
The Republican journal., 1912-02-15
LESLIE MANTER ROBERTS.

Leslie Manter Roberts, the nephew of Mrs.
Joseph Franklin Wight, died in Boston sudden
ly on Wednesday, December 20, 1911, of heart
disease. He seemed in excellent health and O
his death was all the greater shock to his
friends.
Mr.. Roberts was born in Carmel, Maine.
March %, 1858. the son of Harriet Stanley and
the late Rev. Isaac P Roberts. His mother
who survives him, is the sister of Mrs, Wight
Mr.. Roberts entered the Lawrence Uniyer-
slty at Appleton. Wisconsin, as a preparatory
student, where he studied until 1882, when he
entered Wisconsin Univer iity, taking his B. L.
degree in 1888.
For eight years he taught as principal in
various high schools and one year as professor
of English in the South Side High school of
Milwaukee Since then he has been engaged
in business in New York City, until the last
two years. when he has lived with his aunt,
assisting her in business.
The many letters of sympathy testify to his
loyalty as friend who would stand by when
all the rest had failed, his cheerful Christian
spirit, his ready helpfuness in joy or sorrow
and his pleasure in helping and guarding alike
youth and old age.-The Townsman, Wellesley,
Mass
Hon. c. c. Roberts of Chicago in sending us
this obituary notice says in personal note to
the editor:
nave JUST received this paper and you may
care to use this notice of death of splendid
man, only child of Rev. l. P Roberts, formerly
OF Brooks, who had contributed occasional
matter for your paper, and who died at an
advanced age over year ago.
Leslie Manter Roberts never married and
had ever been extremely devoted to his par
ents. having removed to Massachusetts to be
with his venerable mother, who survives. l
doubt if the Brooks relatives are aware of his
death, as was not until recentlv
Mr. Roberts was a fine scholar of decided
literary attainments and a superior teacher.
Yours Truly,
&C. ROBERTS.