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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20
WILL YOU HEAR MIR. BARROW?

The organizations Of Duluth and Superior are
to be congratulated account of their being able to
bring Clarence S. Darrow, the great lawyer, to the
Twin Ports for lecture each city. Mr. barrow gives
his first lecture SUPERIOR Sunday evening" September
lowing evening"
Organized labor plans to give the people OF the
head lakes series of lectures during the coming
winter social and labor problems. OF course upon
the the lectures will depend the
ing program Duluth and Superior lecture
fields in the past been sadly neglected. We sell
dom get the really big the lecture platform to
come here We are said be of the way which is
not true for speakers be induced to to Duluth
for the price they charge elsewhere.
We surmise the real why Americas greatest
do not to the head of the lakes in greater
numbers is they have not been asked to come. Our
be interested in getting them
here Organized labor in Duluth and Superior believes
the time is ripe get and into the lecture
going habit 1t starts out with Clarence S. Darrow, the
ables and most fascinating speaker the labor prob
lem in this country. Mr.. Darrow comes to the Twin
Ports fresh from two years activity the firing line
He full the brim with brilliant thoughts, and
est convictions the rights of labor.
He is worth hearing He should be heard. We
will be disappointed if he does not have large audience
in cities. Make it your business to hear Mr.. OAR
row. will encourage him in the great work he is
doing and it will encourage labor bring other great
speakers Duluth The of the barrow lectures
series of good meetings here during the winter
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20
PROPERTY VERSUS LIFE.

10 the legal mind, apparently the rights of prop
erty have always seemed Importance than human
hfe For hundreds of years it possible for man
brutaly to matreat his child with less legal risk than
If he had poached hare.
Gradually human life became more valuable. hut
even today 1t fails to receive the protection that is &C.
coroeo 70 property 1t is no uncommon thing to find
reported In British newspapers which drunken
navy mas kicked and otherwise abused wife, to re-
ceVe no greater punishment the hands of the law
than patry fne whiel unhappy wight who driven
oy hunger steals loaf, is prison. Nor do we
neeo TO go to find such instances workshop
of property. :. ~ **: ~'~*
An excellent illustration of the workings of the legal
MIND In problems Of this kind be found In study
OF ten Notices of Judgment issued by the United States
department of Agriculture giving in detail the A.
count OF ten violations of the Food and Drugs Act
These ten deal with charges brought the
firm of Hawley and Hoops, New York, who are in the
Hawley and Hoops sell what is known as "pennv
that u.s. the kind of candy purchased by the little
TOT VINO has been given penny spend Ten different
specimens OF Hawley and Hoops penny goods were
sezed by the officials of the Bureau Chemistry and
analyzed All OF them were found to be adulterated
with arsenic and most Of them contained she1lac All
OF tnem were being sold chocolate candies vet the
Officers reported that did not even have tho
dominating flavor of chocolate In every case the firm
eaoeo guilty. In nine out of the ten no penalty
was imposed the court suspendng Judgment In the
tenth case fine of IS was imposed
the case in which fine imposed was the one
and the only one in which the company had not merely
sold poisonous product to little children but had mis-
stated the net weight of the package in which the
arsen1ccontaning candies Selling to little chill
dren as chocolate candy mixture containing arsenic
ana snellac u.s. apparently, in the of the law
trivial offense
but selling to dealer package marked five
pounds that really contained only fourteen
and five-eighths ounces that is a crime
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20
THE RAILROADS PLEA.

Prof. George F. Swain, valuation expert. shows
that the New Haven road bought up for $112.oo0oo
which deprecated to 900, leaving
100000 which might have been used to buy 1000
or 5000 steel passenger The road had only a
handful of steel cars In other words, the companys
attempted trust policy fell by it's weight. The
monopoly ruin and lost much of their pro-
ducng ability.
Railroads buying steel almost exclu-
sively Rail magnates have hurried to advise congress
legisate for steel hastily because they will
cost the railroads than $500 900 and because
the rail equipment mills already working overtime
to get out these cars.
TO offset this expense, wrecks in the last five
alone, have cost the railroads S6o,O00,o00. Many of
wrecks may have been negligent employees
But of them would have been obvated the loss
infinitely decreased by better equipment
The railroads of the United States in twenty-four
have killed $4,000 persons and injured 1895, 900.
Beside this record of carnage the battle Gettysburg
itself seems insignificant population large that
of of the smaller European nations has killed
manned. Judged by this record, the railroads have
particular claim to leniency legislation requiring
better equipment and safer operation of trains.
railroad board of directors has often added
100000, s1o,oo0,000 $4,000 900 roads sur
plus without thought This surplus is piled up and
up indefinitely. To maintain the treasury fat
condition and make unifcent payments to stock and
bond hoders-on capital often composed of water
has kept rail magnates awake nights. But they have
lost less sleep account of the safety of
and employees. Appropriations for safety come only
reluctantly and after all the other profit and treasury
interests have been bountifuly taken care Of.
The record Of the railroads promises no great
popular or congressional enlency It is black with
neglect and criminal careessnes the rate is the
highest in the world The railroad men will have to
get mighty rustic they expect to act faster than
indignant public opinion. Safety will be demanded
henceforth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20
RELATION or WAGES
"a TO VICE PROBLEM

Dorothy DIX the writer for the
Hearst papers, treats on the relation
Of the wage question to the vice prob
lem In the issue of Aug. 20. She
places the responsibility for vice or
for large part. Of it on the employer
who pays insufficient wages. There
Dorothy" is unjust. In the first
place, while a few, but only few. en-
ployers are SO prosperous that they
can, If they will, pay more than the
market price for labor, the great ma
jority must struggle to pay even that.
In the next place, the fact that wages
In any line are too low to enable the
recipient to live decently is reliable
indication of another fact: There must
be a. considerable number of involun-
tar1ly unemployed persons ready to
take the places of those employed.
But for this those at work could not
be compelled to work for. low wages.
Let us suppose (even though the
supposition is ridiculous). that with
out any other change than enactment
of minimum wage act every employ
er raises the wages of underpaid en-
ployees. That would still leave the
army Of unemployed not only unpro-
vided for but probably much increase
1t might cut off the supply of re-
cruits for the ranks of vice from the
employed ones, but not from the I'M
employed. The fact must not be
blinked that more unemployed ones
will find vacancies to step into under
conditions which force employed ones
into vice, than otherwise. Forcing up
wages in spite of natural laws will
make the employed ones more secure
(provided the unemployed ones and
the employers also refrain from a ma
tural tendency to force wages down
again), but the lot Of the unemployed
will become more hopeless than eevr.
The sum total of vice and misery will
not be reduced.
Had dorothy Dix" placed the
blame on those who uphold condi-
tions that create a supply Of unem-
p1Oyed she would have been more
|! just. There are some employers, for
! instance, who actually pay higher
wages than they actually must. These
usually consider themselves very gen.
erous benefactors. But are they?
they posses to remove the cause of
unemployment. AS a matter OF fact
such employers are usually to be
found among those resisting the re-
moval Of that cause. Instead of being
benefactors, when they oppose appli-
cation Of fundamental remedies. they
are, in fact. enemies of the social well
fare. An employer who pays no more
| than he must but devotes time,
energy and money toward removing
the cause that enables him to employ
cheap help is a far better friend to
humanity than the political reaction
airy who pays the highest wages.
The vice problem springs from eco
| nomic conditions due to unjust laws,
The responsibility for vice rests only
on those who uphold such laws. re-
/ CARELESS of what their policy may be
in conducting their private affairs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

Inc real indication of material prosperity is to be
found in the extent to which the wage earners in mines
and factories share in the Industrial output which is
party to their labors and unless there is
limitation placed the 1nexhaustibe supply of
foreign labor of low standards aspirations which
now coming to this country it perfectly clear that
American wage Garner cannot hope to participate
ery In the results of our industrial progress
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20
INDIANA LINEMEN OUT $ i
FOR MORE MONEY

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sept. H.
A strike of the linemen on all the
interurban lines In Indiana. except
the Wabash Valley, Is now In full
force. all men having left their work.
The men demand recognition OF tho
union, shorter hours and an increase
IN wages. It was declared by thu
leaders Of the strike that about $50
mon were at work. Ell .= .s. .=s5.. ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

Over in the Balkan states the peo-
pie have habit Of fighting for every
thing they want. whether they get it
or not.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

1t is often difficult to be wisely charitable-to do
good without multiplying the sources Of evil To give
aims is nothing unless you give thought Also It Is
written not blessed is he that feedeth the poor but
blessed is he that considereth the poor" little
thought and little kindness are often worth more
than great deal of money
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

The fellow who goes through this
life with sand in his eyes misses a
whole lot. He is not even good to
himself
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

the philosophy Of life recognises tho fact that
whatever really benefits one member Of community
naturally benefits 81 No was ever rally bone
fitted By that which injured another. s#.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

Every reader Of The Labor World should attend
the Industrial Exposition to be held at tho Curling
Rink next week. 1t is movement worthy of the sup
port OF every loyal Duluthian. -s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

large share of the industrial output, which now
goes into hegtmate dividend and interest payments
should be given to labor through higher of
pensason or lower prices of articles OF general con-
sumption.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

The blues are like the flies-they
can be swatted if you take the proper
ain.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

Buy your Fall Clothes at Du-
luth's best store; The Big: Du-
IY1$h, - - : 80
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

To be dollar mad it is not neces-
sary to grow long whiskers or muss
up your hair. It's the clutching hand
! that does the trick.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

Wherever the working people have made nropre..
some form OF has been that has
transformed individual lmpotency into collective
strength. ). =s$S.5+#* + ~',S,' =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

Making out a list of what you owe
is something that will always cause
a certain amount of hard feeling.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20

Your New III Olothes ars
Tor you at The Biz Duluth.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
HOT SPRINGS NEEDS HELP.
Stricken City Will Accept Assistance
from Generous Public"

Hot Springs, Ark, Sept. 6.-Hot
Springs, fire swept, six million dol
lars Of its property destroyed and g.
500 Of it's people homeless, to-day is
sued the following:
'While we don't wish to be placed
in the attitude Of asking for outside
assistance, the cry of suffering hu-
manity suggests the propriety of
early accepting any assistance that
may be offered by a generous public.
The destitution is acute. Ordinarily
we could take care of our local citi-
zens in disaster Of this kind, but
there are hundreds Of citizens from
other States thrown on our bounty" :"
The appeal was authorized by a
committee comprising city officials
and citizens. The city was exhaust
ed in fighting the conflagration, but,
nevertheless, devoted the day to re-
lief measures for the homeless. Three
thousand dollars subscribed at a
mass meeting, was devoted to press
ing needs.
Two companies of State troops, one
from Conway and the other from
Beebe, tonight are en- route to Hot
Springs, on order of Governor Hays,
to aid in policing the place. There
has been no tension, but city Off
cials, believing the presence of the
militia would be helpful in handling
the situation, asked for troops.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
Locals from Bounty Land.

Bounty Land, Sept. Especial:
There has been a good deal Of sick
ness in the community during the
past week. Masters Albert Smith
and Grady Rankin are still i'll, but
better.
The pupils from this section who
matriculated in the Seneca High
School this morning were: Misses
Irene and lzell Stone, Lura Perritt,
Susan Doyle and Russell Fennell.
Mr.. Fennell arrived yesterday from
Anderson and will spend the winter
with his aunt, Mrs. d. A. Perritt.
The Bounty Land school, with their
teacher, G. NJ. Byrd, picnicked Satur-
day at Clemson instead of Friday.
which seemed rather an unfavorable
day. Tho day was greatly enjoyed
by all.
Misses lone Powell, OF Piedmont,
and Fora Merritt, Of Easley, were
guests last week Of the Misses Smith
MISS Ethel Mcdaniel left Saturday
Tor her home in Laurens after a
weeks visit at the Smith home.
Miss Annie McMahan and o. H.
Doyle left this morning for r. Fl.
PoWells, whence Miss McMahan will
visit the schools at Toxaway and Pu-
laski. ...
Miss Myrtle Barton, OF Anderson,
spent several days last week at J. r.
Hollands.
Misses Agnes Ellison, Sallie Davis,
Carrie Smith, Ethel Mcdaniel and
Susan Doyle, Oscar Doyle, julius
Shanklin and Lowell Smith picnicked
at the tunnel Wednesday. They were
joined at Walhalla by Mrs. Lucy Bur-
riss and Miss Fannie Isbell. The
party are indebted to Miss Carrie
Smith for the days enjoyment, the
treat being in honor of Miss Ethel
Mcdaniel, OF Laurens.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
POISONED BISCUITS FATAL.
Five Lads Partake of Fatal Feast
Prepared for Rats.

New York, Sept 8.-Stolen bis
cults that had been dosed with poi
son, in preparation for scattering
them about the warehouse of Butler
Brothers, Jersey City, to rid the
place of rats, caused the death of a
boy yesterday. Another Is in a dan
gerous condition in st. Francis's Hos
pital, and the police expect that by
Tomorrow other cases of possible
fatal illness may be reported, for
it Is known that several lads partook
of the poisoned biscuits.
The dead boy was Anthony Sto-
boski, g years old. The little fellow
had nothing to do with stealing the
biscuits, but he came on the other
lads when they were in a lot near
the warehouse and was permitted to
share the feast.
Monday night when he was taken
i'll he told his parents of having
eaten the biscuits. Yesterday morn
ing the little fellow was in agony.
His father then ran to the city hall
and had the police send a physician
to his home. but by the time the doe
tor got there the child was dead
The police began an investigation
and gained an important clue when
11-year-old Stanley Kavaloski was
taken to st. Francis's Hospital in a
condition that indicated that he had
little chance for his life.
Stanley said that he and some
other boys had made their way into
Butler Brothers warehouse, and
finding box Of biscuits on window
Sill, had taken them. They went to
nearby lot, and he said that he and
at least five other boys partook freely
Of the biscuits. He said they had
tasted a little queer.
BY the time he had told this much
his condition became so dangerous
and his agony so great that the po-
lice had to abandon any further at
tempts to question him as to the
identity Of his other companions.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
Dots from KeOwee Section.

KeOwee, Sept. Special: The
people Of this section are enjoying
the pretty weather and are pulling
folder, making sorghum, visiting in
he mountains, etc.
The many friends Of Mrs. j. II.
VonHolland are sorry to know that
she has been very i'll for some tim>
but she Is slowly improving no
and they hope for her early recovery.
Miss Leila VonIIolland, Of Spar
tanburg, is visiting her niece, Miss
Blanche Cox.
George Kelley, Of Central, is fire.
quent caller in this section.
Misses Lula Brown, Of Anderson
and Beulah Knox spent several days
last week with their cousin, Miss
Alice Whitmire, of Whitewater. They
enjoyed several excursions into the
mountains. Miss Whitmire returned
with them on her way to Anderson
for stay of several weeks with Miss
Brown.
Misses Maggie and Margie Emer-
son, OF the Pleasant Ridge section,
were guests Of their aunt, Miss Van
ME Emerson, recently.
Mrs. A. II. Knox has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. d. E. Brown, and
son, j. M. Knox, of Anderson, for
several days, and was accompanied
nome by her granddaughter, Miss
Lula Brown.
The people of this section have
been attending holiness meeting
at Dug Hollow the past two weeks.
We think there has been much good
done through this meeting. Rev. and
Mrs. Written, of North Carolina,
were the leaders. They made many
, friends in the Keowee section.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
Jerome Thanks Court.
Conley May Get Light Sentence.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 6.--Jim Con-
ley, the negro witness whose testi-
mony convicted Leo Frank, may es-
cape with light sentence instead Of
the three years given to an accessory,
according to lawyers who discussed
the grand jurys probable action to-
day. Conley admitted having helped
Frank dispose Of the body OF Mary
Phagan, but he did not at any time
harbor or conceal Frank, though
he did for a time conceal the fact
that he knew OF the crime, and this
may permit him to escape with a
misdemeanor sentence and one years
confin ement.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
WESTMINSTER LOCAL NEWS.
Cotton Beginning to Come On Mar
ket-Short Personal Items.

Westminster, Sept. Especial:
Mrs. Hoyt CARTRIDGE and babe, Of
Atlanta, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J..
M. Hull this week.
Lose Zimmerman brought in a
fine 1914 model Overland touring
car from Spartanburg Tuesday. He
left Spartanburg at II o'clock and
arrived here at about 4.30 p. m.
L. G. CASTOR and wife, OF Jeffer-
son, Texas, arrived last week to
spend some time here with relatives
Miss Eleanor Knight, Of Anderson,
Is visiting Mrs. C. E. Anderson, this
week.
DR.. e. r. Gilbert, Of Hickory, N.
c., has located here and will prac-
tice dentistry. He comes very highly
recommended.
Sida Perkins, Of Atlanta, is visiting
his father, j. S. Perkins, near West
finster.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. X. Poore, Of Bel
ton, are visiting Mrs. Poore's mother,
Mrs. G. e. Dickson.
~ Il. A. Tannery, Of Liberty, was
.dnlong friends here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rutledge Zimmer-
, " VI AIiaHld, FlSltSu HOHlelOlkS
h ) last week.
DR.. w. E. Wilkins preached seve-
raj interesting sermons in the Bap-
tist church last week.
w. l.. England spent last Thurs
day and Friday in Atlanta on busi-
ness.
III. M. Hester left to-day for
Greenville, Pickens and other points
on business.
Il Cotton has commenced selling on
this market. Several bales were sold
here last week.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
Estimate Damage Five Million.

Charlotte, N. c., Sept. 6.-Conser-
vative estimates place the damage
from the storm that swept Eastern
North Carolina Wednesday at S.
100000. SO far as known only two
lives were lost.
Reports from many points tell OF
great damage. Train service be-
tween Norfolk and Washington win
be resumed tomorrow. Goose Creek
Island, which Is an exposed point, has
not yet been heard from, but 1t Is
believed residents OF the island are
safe. Washington Ia recovering fast
and in a few days will have, cleared
away the wreckage and started to
rebuilding. The greatest damage
was to growing crops.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
Sensations i'm Cotton.

New York, Sept. S.-The cotton
market had a sensationally active
opening to-day with first prices A
points above Saturdays. There
seemed to be a general rush to re-
place cotton which had been sold out
on the break Of last week. This big
buying was attributed to the Wash4
ington news, indicating that the cot
ton tax bill had been amended to
take effect on September /, 1914.
Rumors that the Senate would re-
consider the amendment to cotton
tax bill and might just make it ope-
rative as soon as it should become a
law unsettled the market during the
late forenoon, while there also was
some selling on reports of good rain
in sections over Sunday. The Wash
ington rumors were soon denied
however, and prices almost immedi-
ately advanced agnin, selling SO to
Sd points above saturdays closing
figures in the early afternoon. The
talk around the ring as well as the
action Of The markets suggested
much confidence in high priced cot
ton this season should there be no in
terfering legislation and the trade
seemed to pay ] title attenti on, to
either weather news or record-b break
ing census figures on the amount Of
cotton ginned to September I.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
794, ,O0G BALES ARE GINNED.
First Cotton Ginning Report of Sea-
son Issued Monday.

Washington, Sept. S.-Cotton from
the growth of 1913 ginned prior to
September amounted to 794 ,006
bales, the census bureau announced
to-day in the first ginning report of
the season. Round bales counted as
half bales. This is as compared with
730,935 bales last year to September
1st, and 771,797 bales in 1910.
Round bales included in this report
numbered 1884, compared with T.
43i for last year.
Sea island bales included 430, com
pared with 232 last year.
Following is the record OF gin
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
COMMITTEE MEETING TONIGHT.
Good Roads Committee Called to
Meet at PitChfOrG's Hall.

The good roads committee Of the
town OF Walhalla Is hereby cllIed to
meet tonight wednesday, at 8
o'clock at Pitchford's Hall. Let
every member bo present promptly
at the hour stated--S o'clock. Mat
ters Of Importance will be consid-
cred. .a., w. NJ. Brown, Chairman.
Anderson Will DO Her Part.
Mayor w. NJ. Brown has received
the following letter from. the Ander-
son Chamber of Commerce:
"Replying to your favor Of the
9th, we notC that Anderson has been
assessed $500, and beg to advise that
we shall make every effort to secure
this money.
1--WE certainly trust that all the
interested towns will do their part -
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-10
Woman Killed by Flat Car.

Dublin, Ca, Sept. 5. Mrs. G. N.
Bowers, wife OF an engineer at a local
cotton mill, was run down and in
stantly killed by fat car pushed
by a switch engine on a crossing
here to-day. How the woman got
caught where she did Is a mystery,
as there Is clear view both ways
there. Her neck was broken and
death resulted Instantly.