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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

can not put tired eyes, pallid
cheeks and languid little limbs
into statistics"
But Robert Collyer escaped the
In 1850, when about 25 years of
age, he and his bride reached the
bright shores of this Land of OPP
portunity. 1t was a land of OPP
portunity then.
No child labor to speak of, as it
was then known in England, as
it is known here to-day. No pow
erty such as England was then
beginning to struggle with, such
as we now see in our larger cities.
A half-century has passed since
Robert Collyer landed. We have
recruited a standing army of
child laborers 100000 strong.
1t is quite impossible to visual
ize this appalling number of lit
tie tots at labor, but as Robert
Hunter says: I'VE could never
forget the sight of a hundred of
these little ones if they were
marched out of the mills, mines
and factories before our eyes, or
If we saw them together toiling
for ten or twelve hours a day or
night for a pittance of a wage;
but that we do not see. What we
see are the figures, and we forget
figures
In New York City alone we
have the records of many thou
sands of families receiving char
ity, public and private.
Undoubtedly very large pro-
portion of these families are de-
pendent chiefly because of child
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
100000 Children Toll in American Mills and Mines

Copyright, 1918. by Star Company.
WYE have in America 1,700,-
wv 900 CHILD LABORERS.
Those are the appalling
figures
In 1850 Robert Collyer, who had
been an orphan boy in England
and a child laborer, escaped from
his servitude and came to Amer
lea. He was then a stalwart
youth, man grown, for he had es-
capped in time to save his vitality.
Joseph Kingsbury, General
Agent fer Improving the Condi-
tion of the Poor, says:
England is VIGOROUSLY a land
of paupers. A third of its last
generation lies at rest in potter's
field. In the life histories of these
poor wretches could be traced,
how many of them would lead
back to the poor little tired bod
les, to the crookedlimbs of the Rob-
ert Collyers who were dragged
out from the barren walls of or
phan asylums to be bound to the
racking machines in the factories
and mills-the Collyers who never
escaped? The question can not
be answered. We haven't the fig
ures, But who will doubt that
they would be most Illuminating
If they could be, obtained? If
we could show accurately the ex-
tent of the poverty under which
England staggers to-day, which is
the result of child labor, the sta
tistics would be invaluable to us
in securing proper child labor leg
islation. But, after all, as some
one has strikingly put 1t, You
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
Attacking a Corner
in Eggs

Committee Interstate and Foreign Commerce bill furnishing
with fines and Imprisonment shippers interstate lines of
fresh vegetables eggs other oodstu which been
IN storage over 90 days
He will also present the regular of Congress open
next week resolution providing for Congressional nves
tigaton Of the cold storage system and methods.
Both the bill and the resolution should pass That the
extoonate price Of eggs due wholly TO the aid which
the cold storage warehouemen give those engaged
ing the market notorious Other foodstus doubtless
npuated the way Instead of being invention of
value to the SPECTATORS in their greed have made
1t a part of the gamblers equipment.
Representative Mcclellan is on the right track His bill
be one OF the first measures reported to the session
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

T AM glad that l saw it-that
drama of Veiller's, within
the Law" Never before did
l see hypocrisy so completely
and gloriously skinned. Never
before did I see the excellent
foppery of the world"-its gilded
falsehood, its pious deceit, it's
legalized robbery, and its sane
titled inhumanity-so roundly
and beautifully gibbeted.
l have listened to nearly all
the great preachers of the world,
but l never heard from any one
of them so powerful a sermon as
was preached to me in within
teh Law" 1t was an eye-opener
a soul-rouseri a heart winner!
1t made you feel good; it made
you feel bad; it threw you down
to the bottom of the abyss, it lift
ed you to the glorious heights;
it made you cry, 1t made you
shout for joy.
Poor humanity, what a hard
time you have had of it down
through the long. sad, weary
ages! How your saviors have
crucified you, how your govern
ments and laws have robbed and
oppressed you; how your insti-
tutions, professions, sanctities,
have bled you, brutalized you,
degraded and damned you! You
are still very sad and miserable,
after thousands of years of hon
est struggle for uplift and prog
ress. Squalor, wretchedness,
degradation, almost despair, are
written very plainly in your looks
and still more plainly in your
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
"HAPPY DAY Sl'
tfT IAPPY days." the young man said,
II With his drinking friends around him.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK

WY. ' a. drinking ss ,'sa sas s' . ;:s him.
With no sorrows to confound him
As the priceless minutes sped.
Breastng the mahogany,
Full of artificial gee,
Telling stories, singing songs,
Telling of imagined wrongs,
Needless Of the worlds grim troubles,
Babbling, boasting blowing bubbles,
Ger and DER this toast he says:
Happy daysl"
Happy days!" the old man said.
Sitting friendless in the park
In the dusk that seems 80 dark.
When the spark of hope has fed
yes, ! knew of happy days,
Days OF mrth and strength and scorning.
When my life was in its morning;
Days that mock me through the blur.
Now ! see them they were;
Days when | was not detected,
Days OF chances neglected.
] can see them through the haze
Happy days!'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
Hypocrisy and Greed.

Yes, you have had a hard time
If it. And Veiller's wonderful
play tells us why. 1t is because
The whole fabric of Society, the
whole machinery of State, of
Business. of Politics, of the Law.
has been dominated by the spirit
of the in-devils Of Hypocrisy
and Greed.
The politicians and statesmen
have been talking OF reform; the
legal gentlemen have been shout
ing about Justice; the preachers
have been bombarding their con-
gregations with beautiful plati-
tudes on Heaven and the rapture
of the saints, and all the while
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
CHILD r EN-
Children a Duty! Why,
She Says, They Are
Comforts, Blessings,
Privileges, Joys F or
ever!
By WTNIFRED BLACK.

a RE children a duty? Dear
~ me. is it possible that there
is still alive anyone who
declares that children are duties,
and that no woman who has
children or not, as she thinks
best, will call herself a good
woman?
Well, well! I suppose there's
someone, somewhere, reading by
candle light and sewing by hand
because a machine is wicked
invention of the Evil One to en-
courage idleness.
Children duty! Why, bless
their hearts, they are comforts,
blessings, privileges, joys forev-
err! But duties? Who dares to
say so in this day and age? l
owe my duty to my mother not
because she brought me into this
world of woe, but because she
was good to me after I got here.
Took Care Of Me.
She could have let me starve,
or freeze, or die of yawning, or
just fade away, if she had
thought of her own comfort in
stead of me-but she didn't.
She took care of me, no mat
ter whether she felt like doing it
or not.
She gave up the best of two
years in the very best part of her
life to getting me started right
with the proper amount of
teeth, and the right sort Of nails,
and the appetite that would
make me grow She stayed at
home from church socials when
had whooping- cough. She
gave up a visit to her home folks
back East when l had the Group.
She never thought of leaving
home for an hour when I had the
measles, and whenever l didn't
act as If I had just come back
from the frozen North, with the
hunger of an exiled sea captain,
she said, "Tk! tiki" with a gen.
had something special made for
me in the kitchen.
She bought me a hat with red
wings, when a cheaper one with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

out the wings would have done
and she saw that l had bronze
shoes when they cost lot more
than black ones; and l didn't no.
tice her buying any fancy shoes
for herself along about that time,
either.
She made me stay in after
school and sew a seam, and snan-
ped me on the head with her
thimble when I didn't sew right.
and she tried her best to teach
me how to make buttonholes-not
that she liked to do it, but
because she thought some day
I'd wish I knew. And she told me
stories when she was tired, and
when her head ached, and when
she was worried about things I'd
never even heard of
That's why ought to be good
to her-and why I would be good
to anyone on earth who had done
those things for me, even if they
were red Indians and 1 was as
white as Snow Drop, the Queen
of the Fairies, herself.
l ought to be good to my moth
err because I love her. l couldn't
help loving her to save my life.
She's the same blood as | am,
for that matter, and we shall
never be civilized and scientific"
enough to cease to feel the tie of
that blood bond.
Can't See It That Way.
1 ought to be good to her be-
cause she's a good woman and Tn
the one she likes best in the
world But the mere fact that
she brought me here is not the
least sort of reason for me to
"owe her" a thing on earth, so
far as l can see.
ghe didn't bring me here TO
oblige me. or to give me a chance
to live. 1 do not bring my chill
dren here for any such reason,
either-and 1 don't expect them to
believe that I did. 1 love my
children because they are mine
and because they are the greatest
joy in the world to me. Where
does the duty business come in
there, pray tell?
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14
Small Talks

C. a. distributed,
but that isn't saying not deserved
problem, commission gov
eminent business which has used
A. expect he Tuesday
evening to discuss the problems Of city charter.
that one can be an expert
real without knowing nHthmetea backward
wATERHoUsE.Thcrc the imagination
ing that rubber elastic stock and bound after being pressed down
SUPERVISOR woLTER-I giving county
for the roads been reading about
down in favor of them
H by supervisors irving TO run
their crushing department
will furnish crushed than the
DR. G. B. HGHWhy advertise Hawaii the
bring their children to have them hetyi How white children
by
thousands elsewherel
you organization going
NJ something
last November there wouldn't be quarrel today between the Democratic
insurance railroad
of Montreal publish Hawaiian Nearly
tns understand the big
of to Hawaii in its publication.
TowsE-The Fifth Cavalry had an interesting history paicu-
ary
Wyoming those early
was pleasure
best scouts the had, Hawaiian,
Chilngworth decided
hope individuals firms that had already decided
float change their minds make have
corporation grand
which required weeks planning sending
beautiful which acclaimed all the
maihin
which
this Further
Bishop
to
profits business, primarily
Using abroad of this parade
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14
Lincoln Anecdotes

in
said: eve %
preacher West He
tatn that bricks his 20
the
awh fst.''
referring
in
said: ''The trusting
Ito do!''
of his Lincoln
power
stealing Paddy if don't you
called the Army of the Potomac but is McClel
If Mcclellan
Mcclellan,
Martinsburg plank
slim Could break hm?Telegam
Hooker, June
in
Buit July 2s
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14

rgy careful not TO shoot especially is Yet 1t must
be confessed that it is blaze cock
pheasant IN all his Pumag jumps and sails
away with straight three points One 10 forget 20
look around to ind the boundary marks Of hunting and just bangs
away regardless
No of te shooting this island hgd preserved and woe
e mHu niu who Ioaeles the when bee hasnt
night heo hu the other day trick played Bob Single
and a hontrt who win other pFo M best via iues and
lo'u preserves on WuWsd uahp They Keep kself there AL che time
tto away le ptmu who sHss il sacred Eousd hoNtNe
pmfbo} rut ono or o e pere am ud m rather pd fshon
ir Huhp tlur uud i th preserve hn made fendf
NW ' tu pho Hd Ho fIHaon lffa4f ilr F paanrt l
ft tIHaeis'f aga 600 uH ani e frHlnfnu, i hne bog
inrrE MHf laH 40 90 rlnsf and
AHtaa Htri t'af to1 i os is HafN az laAr a'e Aal
isf ft 900 uf fad Pa rH.t a.tI iHin1 re N f pltr ilf
n distinguishing Waa @ fHf iff 90 90 mrlf 'laH 500 aid "lsa
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14
Gemany's War Against White Plague

opinion
labor,
the and successful of kind The Nation
of per o. population qun
$OOOO in 1902 and nearly $4OOOOO in 1909 The
followed
for period
results is earning
onethid
the than The improvement these results
by
earning Gin its legal eighythree per
discharged in 1909 The whole
in
eeding generations had not thought of entering.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14
TRUE TEST or MERIT.

You judge d man not by what he
promises Co DO, hui hy what be- has done,
'rhui 10 the only true iost hambor
luins Cough Remedy judged by this
standard Doe no superior People every
y hens fpuah of "a ln tHp highest tenms
~ nruite for salf by nrunu Smith a
No, Lid agents iof liaNaH Adper
tIsfmfut
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14
10 CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative hfomo ounins
Ipblem Az dmpplin nipnd
en- money N 81 mh b. rufr.
w Groves uglaigp Is 40
Fab hos
aIliNlhff0 q iss rhA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
BUT SHE DID NOT VISIT HIM
Little Chance That Volee-culture Stu.
dent Attempted to Crafty old
G~entleman's Friend.

Patiently the old gentleman had
been sitting through the ordeal OF
hearing the voice-culture student in
the hall bedroom below practicing
with a zeal which left no room for
criticism, but with a talent by no
means SO kindly described.
Finally, he crept down the stairs
and raped at the door of the young
woman's room.
Il can't come in" he said In re-
spouse to an invitation, but l simply
came to tell you of a friend of mine
who would, l know, be willing to pay
almost any amount of money to hear
you sing"
Overwhelmed with Joy the young
woman begged the kind old. gentleman
to write his friends name and ad.
dress on a piece Of paper.
When he had gone upstairs she
looked at the slip of paper which he
had handed back to her inscribed and
neatly folded. 1t read: John w,
Jones. Asylum for the Deaf"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
ECZEMA BEGAN BY ITCHING

Goldsboro, N. C.-"My daughter suf-
fered from eczema. The trouble be-
gan in the ears by itching and run
ming water, and later it formed pus
and became very offensive. She began
to scratch 1t and it went into sores.
When the scabs came off there was
a yellowish watery discharge. The
outside Of the ear was one solid sore.
She tried several different remedies
but received no relief. She had been
troubled with It between one and two
years when she finally began using
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
"She had not made but two treat
ments when all the scabs came on and
the flesh Just looked very red and
dry. She kept up the treatment four
or five weeks and she was entirely
cured. 1t also cured other sores on
the children. especially chapped feet
on one Of the little boys" (Signed)
Mrs. w. H. Edgerton, Jan. "a, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
GOOD MONEY IN COLTS
Demand for Working Animals
Continues Strong.
All Things Considered, There ls More
Profit In Raising Horses Than
There Is in cattie-Is Not .
Heavy Feeder.

There still is good money to be
made by raising colts, and l believe
that the farmer who does not have
one or more good brood mares on his
place is losing the opportunity to
greatly increase his profits.
The coming into general use Of the
automobile and other things that
would, seemingly. place the horse on
the retired list have no effect, says a
writer in the Farm Progress. The de-
mand for horses is just as strong as
ever. and the prices are continually
going upward.
ALI things considered, there is a
great deal more money made In rails
Ding colts for market than there il in
raising cattle. The cost of male serv-
dee Is a heavy item. but after that the
cost Of bringing a colt to q market
able age 10 comparatively small. No
better shelter is required for q colt
than should be given to q steer, and
while corn must be given to the steer
by the basketful, three or four ars
and a quart OF two Of oats 10 sufi-
cient for tn ecolt.
: l believe that the small farmer
should keep Q team Of mares and
raise a couple Of colts each year. The
mares can be used almost up to the
day Of foaling without any danger,
and they need but a short rest after
foaling BY keeping an extra horse.
which is almost a necessity anyway.
to take the place Of the mares during
this period the work can go right
ahead. By arranging SO that the
foaling dates of the mares will be
some time apart the work can go
ahead with little inconvenience.
On the farm where there is a great
deal of work to do 1t Is proper to
keep several teams of mares. They
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
Literary Betrothal.

Inscriptions In complimentary copies
Of learned works do not always serve
the graceful purpose to which one
was dedicated by the celebrated Pro
fessor Wilson of Edinburgh.
When the sutton for the hand Of
Professor Wilson's daughter had
gained the young woman's approba-
ton, she Of course referred him to
her father. Having stated his case.
the young gentleman was asked to
bid the young lady to come to her
father. Her obedience was prompt.
Professor Wilson had before him
for review a ponderous volume. on
the f1y-Ieaf Of which was duly in
scribed, ~Nfsh the authors compli-
ments."
He tore this fiy-leaf out, pinned 1t
to his daughters dress, solemnly led
her to the anxious lover-and went
back to his work.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21

would De the one that should be the
ideal. and II your idea il to breed up
a good winning strain the hen that
is a good specimen according to the
standard is the one to breed.
But no matter what your object Is.
there r certain rules that you must
keep in mind in the selection Of q
good hen. Drones should never be
tolerated, no matter If they are good
winners. The hen that will combine
activity with good laying or good win
ming is the ideal hen for any poultry
mar to keep.
Sports" should never lie kept in
either case. They will prove an in
jury If allowed in the breeding pens.
Runts and all other fowls that are
not strong, vigorous or active should
be discarded. The color require
ments should be followed as closely
as possible, even II you are in the
utility end Of the business.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
FEEDING TURNIPs TO STOCK
While Not Found Rich In Solid Ele.
ments, Their Value Lies In Their
AppetIzIng Properties.

While an analysis does not find
them rich In solid elements, their
value lies in their appetizing and
regulating properties. says the Farm
and Home. They furnish green. sub
stance for winter feeding, regulate
the digestive organs and keep the
stock IN the best of health.
In feeding cows, the trouble of
which SO many complain, namely.
tainted milk" has not been expert
enced. The turnips are cut up, so q
not to choke the cow, and fed only as
a part of the regular ration. Avoid
feeding in excess and treating" the
cows at odd times. Turnips may be
pro1tably substituted for much high
priced grain. In feeding sheep tur-
nips are Of especial value. They fur
nish the bulk and succulence SO e.
sential.
For hogs and poultry. cooked tur-
nips are relished much more. The
slop is thickened with bran o. shorts.
To poultry 1t Is fed as a warm mash
in the evening. and the results are
very good. Sometimes I cut a few tur.
nips in two and throw them into the
runs. Turnips are very good for
young pigs, promoting growth and
producing bone. They r also very
good for brood sows, and may con-
stitute at least half Of the ration. Aft
er narrowing they are fed In reduced
quantities, and seem to induce milk
production.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
BREED GOOD RACE WINNERS
Small Breeder Should Learn Whethes
Sire Has Successfully Produced
Colts Of Speed.

Before deciding to ~patronize an,
particular stallion, though his blooA
lines may be pleasing. the small
breeder who is DESTROYS Of raising
race winners should learn whether
the horse has sired race-winning
speed or not.
He should also learn whether the
anceItors of the stallion on both sides
have been successful either in race
winners themselves or as sires or pro
ducers Of uniform race winning speed.
The horse all Of whose ancestors for
several generations have been most
successful in this respect, other things
being equal, IL the most likely to
transmit race-winning speed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
EXCELLENT FOOD FOR GOATS
Animals viii Thrive on Weeds Of
Every Description, Even Eating
Poison Ivy With Safety.

It is claimed that goats will eat the
following: Hazel, crab. blackberry.
cedar, hemlock. holly. willow. haws.
buck, strawberries, hickory, sage
brush, cedar, grease wood, aumac.
ash, grape, jack oak. mahogany, vine.
maple, fir, rosebush. cherry, alder.
salal, apple, poplar, all kinds Of oak.
plum, elm and many others.
As to weeds, everything appears to
be to their taste. even to poison ivy,
which some breeders say they eat
safely, provided they have sufficient
variety Of other weeds to vary their
diet. Browsing gives the venison or
game flavor to the flesh. and for that
reason is to be preferred; fed as
sheep or cows. the 6esh has the NUT
ton flavor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21

ed to the needs OF every member Of
the family. 1t is pleasant.tasting.
mild and non-griping. Unlike harsh
physics It works gradually and in q
very brief time the stomach and
bowel muscles are trained to do their
work naturally again. when all medi-
cines can be dispensed with.
You a obtain a bottle at any drug
store for fifty cents or n dollar. The
latter size is usually bought by fam
lilies who already know its value. Re-
suits are always guaranteed or money
will be refunded.
II no member Of your family has
ever used Syrup Pepsln and you
would like to make a personal trial
of It before buying II in the regular
way of a druggist, send your address
"a postal will do-to DR.. W. B. Cald-
well. 203 Washington st.. Monticello.
ILL.,, and a free sample bottle will be
mailed you.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
Are You Subject
to Constipation
Here Is a Simple WGyofC Cor
recting il Instantly Before
il Becomes Chronic.

Very few people go through life
without some time or other being
troubled with constipation. Thousands
injure themselves by the use of
strong cathartics, salt mineral wa
tiers, pills and similar things. They
have temporary value in some cases,
it is true, but the good effect is soon
lost, and the more one takes of them
the less effective they become.
A physic or purgative is seldom
necessary, and much better and 10
permanent results can be obtained
by using o scientific remedy like DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t does not
hide behind a high sounding name,
but is what 1t Is represented to be,
a mild laxative medicine. 1t is so
mild that thousands of mothers give
1t to tiny infants, and yet 1t Is 80 COM
pounded, and contains such definite
ingredients that It will have equally
good effect when used by a person
suffering from the worst chronic con-
stipation. In fact, among the great
est endorsers Of Syrup Pepsln are
elderly people who have suffered for
years and found nothing to benefit
them until they took Syrup Pepsin.
1t Is a fact that millions Of families
have Syrup Pepsin constantly In the
house, homes like those Of Mrs. G. B.
Prvitt, Berea, KY, who used DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin as a laxative
tonic. Mrs. Pruitt writes that 1t 80
strengthened and cleansed her system
that she was quickly relieved Of a Sc
we're cough which had troubled her
for months. The special value of this
grand laxative tonic Is that 1t Is suit.