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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
SHOCKING INFANT MORTALITY

~ Fall River. Mass, 2ss per cent Of the women
and girls over years Of were employed m the
cotton mills and the infant mortality reached the
shocking average Of 1875 per thousand But. Upon
Investigation by Of labor into $50 Of these
deaths the factory work Of the mothers prevented me
nursing Of the babies only 80 cent The main
c.use Of the deafhS-so reminiscent 81 the days OF
terod-was the maternal ignorance of the simplest
requirements in the care q the child
Yet~ft is precisely there. among these crowded
factory workers America that suicide does not
prevail An independent Investigation at Fail River
brought out the that there were thousands OF
fariIies-TaIian Irish and French Canadaniiving on
trc,roes ranging from - - so week. while "a
families numbered all. 1861 children out q those
rss children them Of course. born when ne
rothers surely should have learned something prac
,tcaf about caring them the deaths amounted 20
al or q. rcr thousand u is figures such as these
,hat the conditions parallel 60 those Of Italy bctray
she dread secret ovcrwork and undcrfccdinE Win
IN. child life PAYING the penalty IN some cases ana
b upaircd vitality ovcrshadouing the future exist
ence Of all -.
Ttalv has. large part solved its problem OF the
r,o.ber driven to the Of her child perhaps.
some ,irne the United may find way TO put
fewer mothers into the workshop and more ot '
rloutcous fcod into their mouths.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
Shop Laws That Guard Mother and Child

q GE limits are an old story in factory work for
n girls. so far many states have gone in their
! slow. cropping notion OF protecting the people
Of their future. But the most important age
limit Of all-that the child before il is born ana
irrediaely aftcrward been accorded virtually no
attention a all. in this country at least
In Europe. govcrnment-Italy-ha become suhi-
GENTLY enlightened to suspect that its factories ana
workshops burn the vital flame out of its
mothers without only and ashes Of the
children. And even there the law that safeguards
mother child protection for the mother
rather than for the child.
II any solemn bungIer in craftsmanship 20
have the put the question 20 mother. Which
shall protect-yOu your child the answer would
one permitting 81 mistake. u would be the
mothers have made ever since the first mann
mai the animal world obeycd the common law Of
instinct. under which the mother gives her life for
her offspring
But statesmen viii muddlinE the divine
Truths Of existence with their poor little human ordi
rarces. and tho laws 81 future Of which ITALY
factory regulations the foTcrunuers. Will PROB
ably record safeguards for mothers and only
Incidentally actng ~ protection for the children.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
CONDEMNED BY HER SEX

campaign of rehabilitation is launched; the
stage awaits enthusiastic Dublics cries-inspred as
much curiosity by critical approVal-ot
author
But already the fates nave begun their task OF
Nine BIcch's elimination. Already many really not
able writers of her own nation have unspar-
ingly condemned her.
Already-more disastrous to her ambitions-the
very murder Of her rival has been obscured by
greater and sensational phase which leaves her
stranded of popular forgetfulness while
France suarres the advocate generals starting
statement killed her husband instead OF
his mistress could only have bowed before an
Of just vengeance
The Judge admits the eminently human impulse Of
the wronged 20 say whoever commits II,
not the beloved betrays. The people at large,
sweeping Nine. Bloch and her affairs aside as mere
discussion plunge into argument over
ethics jealousy and murder and the journals
urge that a revolver be brides wedding
gifts.
Nine. Bloch-Frederick de Boileau, repeat her
author-nane and fix it in the memorymay win some
passing interest her play; she may find some mar
ket for in journalism. but the lesson OF all
the other who have passed through her ordeal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
WHAT ITALY DOES

italy achieving tho best IN its power 90 from
its people - the future. ncvcrtheIes
groups its provisions under the general -
maternity Laws Insurance against the expenses q
motherhood compulsory both the women workers
and their Employers directly and indirectly, the sys-
does 20 conditions favorable Tor the sur
,ltal ~ fhc rhiid.
TIE law formerly required that mothers should
not work within month from fhr time - the
chlds birth. nobody undertook 60 paw the costs
% the event 90 make good the wages lost.
with 5irc poverty hounding those mothers 50 was
no wonaer that law dead letter instead q
a saslnc boon The Insurance provision. under which
employers pay into the treasufr from 30 10 90
deducfirr ore-half the amount from the
workers wages. allows Tor the ~ TO De paid
escry mother married unmarried 90 tide her over
ffc emergency.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

stated intervals and there in privacy and nurse
their hungry babies.
Once made compulsory Italy evidence OF hoid-
ing manufactures could bow 10 the law Win ris"I
good will There large establishments "'ie.
,orrnodouS day have been established win
every convenience OF model institutions and with
trained nurse constantly in attendance TO give the
mothers such advice and aid as they appear 10 me-
And already after only months OF activity. the
law has made appreciable difference in the death
rate among children Of Ialys industrial workers
The United states affords fruitful held Tor III
,rover,en, in the conditions surrounding tie mothers
whose poverty them into employment b"t 'he
conditions here diagnosed in at least one important
s,av show that the causes infant mortality among
,be onsprinS II women factory workers diner IRON
those that abroad. In Stafordshire England
the average infant mortality in pottery towns where
women share in Of the is g per cent
higher than which prevails where the mothers are
engaged at home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

IN OTHER ages women were accused In o'ner ages
I women were tried their lives; and IN those
l. other ages oblivion followed But for different
For then the woman trial for her life had no
better chance a The law rocked not OF SEX
weakened with no chiyalry. 1t hanged women as I'M
besitatingy as it found them guilty And the oblivion
that ensued was the oblivion Of death.
But now the law itself complains that it cannot
convict woman much less hang her In her plteous
appeal 70 the mercy she can make the Twelve
good men and true wholly untrue To their oaths
moved as they are by the dread that should they
place in the hands Judge the power TO condemn
he NAV he as neNorable as NJ IS just
Not all women who are acquitted are Gul!ty. DIV
guilty and innocent alike share in the modern ifo-
nifty II their before the law, helpless 10 PUNISH
and even th-.e whip boast OF murder go fotth I'M
scatbed of-rhs- perious that envelop them Tor
the time Of their trial though the flames were the
harmless things children allowed to play with on
safe and sane" Fourth Of July They even go forth
sometimes Leroines appauded as though they hau
done glorious deed and to them the future seems
promise series Of triumphs for the wrong
t.ey have avenged.
But the heroines forgotten too The world by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
Freaks in Blossoms and Fruits

T Is said nature makes mistakes. but IL we
II look about little We can see some rather
odd pranks in its production OF blossoms ana
fruits.
In most instances the bloom that comes oeiore
fruit s seen in the sprinetie but occasionally trees
come into full flower the middle Of the summer OF
late the autumn
Pear. apple. cherry and plum trees often nave
heavy bloom and especially II the "ea'hes
T. sprnsIike at that season
strawberries often produce second crop 10 uo
late summer months. about the time frost appears
IN the autumn Experts experimental with plants
doing this they have actually produced straw
berry that is aii-bcaring plant
Occasionally the blackberry viii produce secohc
crop and rsspberries have been snown 10 yeio 'e1~
ries late In autumn ~ the weather Is mia
The American Eazienut blooms In autumn ana the
nots grow the following season The bloom Is similar
TO the worm-shaped bloom that Is founa on eeT'@'"
,-ees putting out IN tho early spring
Double fruit not uncommon Apples DO NOV stoW
double - frequently plums or peaches DoOois
cherries quite common
Those unfamiliar with conditions IN seotons "neIs
oranges grown are surprised 10 ma t"e uses
hearing ripe fruit green fruit in All stages ana
large number 81 blossoms
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

THE factory door is open no~ 70 women all
over the world. no, merely sIsr. but ys'vn-
Ins hungnly 10 take into ITS nav I'll whom
the laws DO not pronounce too young and those
whom age does not make 700 cd.
Il vii swallow Up IS eagerly The mother with he's
eh,Id. born or unborn. It doe the eIrl all It
asks Is the toi. and It osres not what becomes Of
the ioiDers-
I, e,res not unless a. IN Instance. there hap
pep, 10 be heart behind the time clock; or. as
government, are learning better late than never,
some law s,erny forb'ds conditions which carry
with them exhaustion. dIsSase and oeaih.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
Ground Covered With Robins

1GRATING birds sometimes ~ in such larss
NJ noeks they are compelled TO use the eaT'n
instead Of trees for roosting at night This IS
especially true in of this country where the
timber has been removed. When the forests stood IN
considerable extent the thousands Of birds OF many
species could easily find comfortable shelter whenever
they stopped
Many imagine the migratory birds continue their
flight until they reach their destination This 10
mistake.
Great focks birds often stop TO rest ana 70
search for necessary food
Las. sprsng late afternoon when there was ~
1it.le wet snow on the fields great flock OF robins
stopped in Harrison county in eastern ONO ana tney
were so thick in places they obscured the GROUND
They dug into the mud about the grass roots Tor
worms and when night came the birds renamed on
be ground where they continued until early the next
morning when they in great clouds ana ne"
avav to the north Countless thousands were In this
Col Of robins and il would have taken acres ana
acres Of timber have provided roosting place ZOE
the birds.
The same thing has been witnessed IN other
localities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
QUICKLY FORGOTTEN

OF Mrs. Anna NJ Bradley who shot TO death Senator
though her deed OF the most startling ana
her defense romantic. within the limits OF tho
capital O the United States.
The scandal Of her relations with the senator hed
been notorious Utah the shock OF his murder gave
her international notoriey. When her plea that che
was insane from love her acquittal from
uroverbiay sympathetic American jury. she brought
a suit OF her almost as sensational against the
murdered estate 10 gain for the two sons ne
had branded as OF his. share OF tho modest
fortune he had left.
And got it-si200o for theuI-even as MIS- -
CLAYTON Erb Of Philadelphia her dover rights IN
the estate Of the for whose murder she ana
her sister tried. The Bradley woman has passed
wholly from sight OF scandaous notoriety;
and the Erb woman after marrying bigarnlst IN Des
Moines and figuring correspondent in divorce case
IN Omaha seemed o be steadily drifting into the
oblivion which the fate % all women SURVIVORS OF
trials for murder. rumor OF her in Colorado
and that has been all.
So IT proves with virtually other one OF the
hor cruel master: Emile Gendron after life OF White
slavery In York Mrs. Annie Brdsong. OF Hissis-
sppi who shot death Or. Thomas r Butler her
family physician. for Boosting OF his relations with
her: Florence suspected Of the murder OF her
sweetheart Walter BrooksalI these women have van
tshed from worlds ken though they never eH-
listed Oblivion claims them. Ike some pail which Will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

City after city crowded to her successive ueS'e''
morbid and ed ger and in city after city the
,,red avrav bored resentfll-thousands thousands
of humanity repeating the sentence which nerciiess
Rome's muItitudes at the gave to defeated
gladiatOrs. .
Never has there been such persistent or such 4
genuinely needy struggle waged by a woman 10 win
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
ms lima n H1Zo/sX. ne N%/e/'
az CA~e2cS S/ot\>7

some silent overpowering assent seems to join IN an
agreement which tells them:
You have been allowed your life. But your por-
tion shall be henceforward vertable death in llfe
and in spite of every struggle you may make to MI
some place Of honor. even of notorlety your DOOM
is Punishment from the ken of mankind.
Nine Bloch. acquitted of the confessed ana boosted
murder Of her rival Mrs Brdgman returns TO her
homo with plav accepted for production and gives
ont heartrending which is carefully pref
aced with the pen name Frederick de Boileau under
reputation.
She speaks feelingly. nobly. beautifully Although
she committed awful crime in the heat OF passion
moved to sudden by her WRONGS as a VIE
and her wretchedness mother, from whose chli-
dren another woman dragged their loving father
she declares she prepared TO eXpiate her
satisfy law if it should require or her the
life which alone could pay the forfeit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

f.gr -,e procession Of women. trudging TO the rae
tory door with babies still belonged az tneir soes
in the rcstfuI Of the home. was out si"e-
although most important feature OF the n'I"e'"1s
conditions that prevailed after those o'"efs
and others whose children had not passed inc as %
nursIincs. passed within the factcrys ta'ai "oo'
-t- 49,, -. -.-ovght Mothers who the
sole source ~ nourishmcrt for their youns 'o"ee
AGAINST time 20 earn food for Other htte ones AZ
home driven hy incessant urEines OF tneif tasN
,,..tcre while their babies beside them starved for
their natural and. when 70 was Noucns"ied te"
stc maternal body and nerves was oao ehV"e"
20 poison them.
All this too Is changed. Wherever FACTORY nas
CIV or more women operatives decent room must se
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

4; the same-oblvion so complete nobody troubles
to wonder what becomes Of them; one. when the
courtroom echoes fall still and the women pass from
sight troubles to question. Where?
Many times like Nine. Bloch they have flashed
before the world in some renewal of their passing
prominence. though 10th TO quit the center OF ue
stage or moved by some eagerness set themselves
right in the eyes of the inevitable trend
of their darkening has borne them back again
back TO the oblivion into which they were plunged
with the close their trials like desperate swimmers
in the waters Of I.ethe, vainy cutchng at the last
fringe shore of their lost Identities
Nine steinheil, acquitted Of her gifted HUSBANDS
murder had far lose than the quasi success
full literary who is known or unknown as
Frederick de Boeau She was a beauty OF Farls m
huential with the great. friend or Frehch pres
dents She took becomingly to retirement 1or lie"
weeks Then she broke loose with a DOCK Oh mem
ofrs designed to clear away the doubts that lnSer
after a Jury has been convinced of prisoners hho
cence The journals reviewed those memoirs; she had
every agency of publicity work she fastened 10
sue an English publisher who included her notorious
case as a chapter in a book Women and Crime
and she even forced him to a settlement-s9ooo was
the amount reported as his compromise
But Steinheil has already been chec ked ana
pigeonhoed among the forgotten women OF rance
Her beauty. undninshed by her terrible trlal' he'
supreme skill securing public attention her IN
ouestonabIy romantic historyall these avail nothing
She is even now. swiftly merging into the nothing
ness the its tragediennes or the court
our own Nan Patterson-she of the three sensa-
tional trials for the of Caesar Young, the
bookmaker who was shot TO death In the cap 'ieS
shared nearly nine years agO-made many desperate
efforts the light of day or TO the hshts
night, indeed, to any lSht al all tiiaI Mouiu
enable ner escape the deadly crushing hide-
Gus darkness choking the breath out OF the
one-tine ..F-lorodora" girl accustomed to live on
rlaudits and hattery. notoriety seemed to her
priceless asset purpose. although her lawyer
when she announced her design. gave her the hrst
warning of by declaring that he washed ms
hands of her But the confident Nan fared
bIithely until she faced her audiences
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
From the Courtroom
to Complete Obhter-
alton Is But a Step tor
the Woman Accused
Of Murder

A BURST of brilliant sunlight, as though. IN
n the crowded courtroom. nature itself had
1 \ determined to reveal the innermost
secrets of their lives. with the law and all its
myrmidons striving to hale from their trem-
bling souls some deeper, more terrible mys-
tery which no nquisitlon can prove is there.
Then oblivion One woman after another
freed from the blacklist of accusations, set
free to lead anew the life that her arrest IN
terrupted- declared innocent or. at least, not
guilty. But only oblivion follows.
Does the ordeal kill in her the soul which the
law fails to drag from her body?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-10
Three Robbe1ies Last Week.

There has been several robberies in
this Town recently, which are not only
annoying to those whose homes were
entered, but it is giving the whole town
an uneasy feeling; as long as these
sneak thieves are at large there will be
considerable uneasiness. Last Thursday
nignt the home Of Mr.. G.. NJ. White
was entered through an adjoining room
window. from where Mr. White was
| sleeping, and a trunk taken from with
in three feet Of his bed. the trunk was
carried out into cotton field, rifled
and left where it was found the DeXt
morning. The same night 10 the same
neign borhood, the home Of Mr.. w. T.
Spiott was entered through Il screen
door, the sleeping room where a
lamp was burning Was entered. the
hef did not disturb anything but Mr.
Sprott'S pants, from which he took
his purse con aiming about IS, an
h-n dropped the pants on tie f""r
S,turda. uisht h. home Of Mr.. }. NJ.
Pravy on Church street vas IN cred,
and like the scamp that viSlied Mr..
oprot.'<. he took Mr.. Peavl's PANS,
robbed the pnckers OF about $25 and
dropped the pauts These happenings
are very unusual in this town, AMI We
are SatrS6ed nothing will be left undous
10 apprehend the guilty parties There
have been Dumbor of new faces hsre
of late, both white and colortd. whether
any of these strangers are the thieves
or not cannot be said. but the authuri,
ties will keep close watch upon the
movements of all wh ,n they might
nave reasons 10 suspect.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-10

Governor Sulzer is a Demo.
crat, elected in the last Demo.
cratic tidal wave, the legislature
of New York is also Democratic,
and it was this legislature that
institutnd impeachment proceed
ings against him, however, i'm
parchment does not necessarily
carry with it conviction, and from
what we have read about the
case we doubt if Sulzer will be
convicted. The sentiment out
side of the Empire State is large
ly in favor Of the governor, main
ly because Tammanv is. made to
appear as the moving spirit
against Sulzer. Ex-President
Roosevelt, together with many
of the other leading pub'icistS,
is outspoken in sympathy with
Governor SuIzer. and when the
time comes for the impeachment
proceedings to be acted upon we
look for every Republican and
Progressive in the New York
legislature, to line up with the
opposition to Tammany.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-10
State Of South Carolina,
County of Clarendon.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Charlton DuRant. Plaintiff
against
William Francis and L. D. Jennings.
Defendants.
Decree.
BY VIRTUE DECREE DAT
ed June 5, 1918, of the Court
of Common Pleas for said County and
State in the above stated action to
me directed, will sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash,
in front Of the court house at Man
ming, s. c.. within the legal hours for
judicial sales on Monday, October
7, 1918. being salesday, the following
described real estate: .
"All that piece, parcel or tract Of
land lying, being and situate IN the
County of Clarendon. in the State
aforesaid, containing thirteen and
three-fourths (l3 3-4 acres, and
designated on a plat OF Anthony
Francis place as Lot No. 5, said plat
having been made by E. j. Browne,
surveyor, anu udteu Jduuafy 1oth,
and 18th, 1910-said lot of land being
bounded as folIows:-North by Lot
No. 4 allotted to ElizaWilliams; East
by Lot No. /, allotted to Charlton
DuRant; South by lands OF A. R.
Chandler, and West by Public Road
which separates this lot from Lot
No. 9 allotted to Anthony Francis"
Purchaser to pay for papers.
E. B. GAMBLE,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-10
New Minister Welcomed.

There was at the Manning Baptist
church last Sunday night large con-
gregation to greet the new pastor, ard
10 give him welcome to tbs, his new
field of ministerial endeavor. In honor
of this occusion there was no services
in the other churches. and all joined iu
the union service with the Baptist co.,
gresation. Rev. G P Watson, of the
Methodist church presided, Rev. S G.
Stukes opened the exercises with prayer
S. Oliver O'Bryan, Esq as d mem ber Of
the town council, 10 behalf of the towu
in well chosen words expressed to Lhe
minister hearty welcome. He was fol-
lowed by Rev. L. P McCord, of the
Presbyterian church. 10 welcoming the
new co laborer to Manning, when he
concluded Mr.. Watson announced that
Mr.. j. K Breedin was 10 do the honors
for the Episcopal church but could not
be present, then Mr.. Watson, for the
Methodist church, expressed his good
wishes and assured the pastor of his
hearty co operation in all that will go
to the up-lift of the community. The
addresses OF welcome were responded 10
by Capt. D. J. Bradham in behalf of the
church, in which be thanked the other
churches for their kind words Rev. j.
4. Ansley. the new pastor, responded
|feelingly 10 the welcome that had been
given him, and then he preached Il
strong, practical sermon, the kind OF
sermon which lives after the words are
spoken. Mr.. Ansley is man of fine
ply sic, has the marks of earnestness
depicted in his face, and we feel like
predicting for him a career OF great
usefulness in this community.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-10

The work on the Panama canal
is fast approaching completion,
and when 1t is completed we
hope the promise of getting the
government to send the machin-
cry to the lowlands of this State
will be carried out. When tie
congressional campaigners were
hot-footing it over the district
the draining of the lowlands was
their long suit, all did not have
the same idea as to the way it
was to be done, but they were
all agreed that if elected, they
could interest the government
in sending the Panama canals
machinery to drain these lands;
there could be no greater boon
to the people of the low country
than for the government to carry
the water off and give them the
opportunity of reclaiming vast
territory of the most fertile
lands in the world, and the con
gresham who can accomplish
this much desired legislation,
would be deserving of a life
tenure in office-But.