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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

IT is peculiarly appropriate in
this issue to draw attention to the
fact that, while there are so many
great features in Unionism in Ham
ilton there is still another that de-
serves the recognition and support
of organized labor. This reference
is to THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS,
the official srgan OF the Trades
Unions in this vicitity and the
champion at all times OF the labor
movement and it S members. It is
an absolute necessity that organ
lied labor should have a stand
ard bearer that will, on ali oc-
casions, battle fot its rights; one
that can not be bought for political
considerations, nor influenced by
the twinkle of silver and gold, one
that will fearlessly and truthfully
present and discuss the issues of
the day, needing not the jibes and
taunts of the enemies of Labor I'm
ions, but accept the challenge of
our mutual foes and by logical ar
gumentx still forever the tongue
that dares defame the mighty cause
of labor, and raise our banner to
the top-most pinnacle of success.
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS has
strived hard TO meet the require
ments. The Editor and Proprie-
tors have always done their utmost
to make successful the work of or
ganizatisn, and create and contin-
ue the demand for Union made
goods. The subscription price is
nominal and all who desire to keep
posted on the interesting happen
iuas in the labor world should sub
scribe at once.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
LABOR HOME RULE
LEAGUE
FORMED AT r1EETING
HELD ON SUNDAY
union men
Meet To Support Pro-
posed Home Rule
Amendment.

A large gathering of union men
met Sunday afternoon in the big
hall of the Cooperative Trades and
Labor council and organized the
Labor Home Rule league of Butler
county and vicinity. The meeting
was attended by members of every
union in the city, In all about nine
ty being in attendance. The meet.
ing was called to order aud the fol
lowing officers were elected tenn
poraily and afterwards made per.
manent:
William Connaughton, president
Charles Brannon, vice president
Chris Schwenn, sec'y-treas.
Charles Werbel, dosrkeeper.
William Connsughton. Charles
Brannon. Chris Schwenn, Ed Weis.
Henry Betscher and John Hartman
executive board.
The league went on record as "a
voring the proposed constitutional
amendment for home rule which
will be submitted to the voters at
the general election which will be
held in November.
Henry OFT, member of Carpen-
ters' and Joixers' union of Cincin-
natl attended the meeting and gave
the league lengthy talk on the
home rule amendment.
The amendment to be voted on
is as follows:
ARTICLE XIV, SECTION ga.
No law shall be passed or be In
effect prohibiting the sale, furnish
ing or giving away of intoxicating
liquors operative in subdivision
OF the state upon the option of the
electors thereof, or upon any other
contingency, which has force with
IN territory larger than mupici-
pal corporation or township out
side OF municipal corporations
therein. All laws in contravention
of the foregoing are hereby re-
pealed.
Nor shall any law hereafter be
passed prohibiting the sale, fur
nishing or giving away of intoxi-
eating liquors throughout the state
at large.
The league will arrange for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

Twenty-Five years age the first
annual celebration of Labor Day
was held in Hamilton, Ohio
Twelve unions celebrated the oc-
casion at that time. AS time went
on other unions have organized and
at the present writing thirty ergan-
izations are affiliated with the Cen
trail body. All of these trades re-
quire skilled help and we are
pleased to say that the best ne-
chanics are members of the af6liat-
ed local unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
George Wiseman
Elected President Of Co-op-
erativs Trades and Labor
Council.

AT the we'll attended meeting of
the Central body Tuesday night
the following officers were elected
for the next six months.
George Wiseman, of Retail
Clerks Union, President.
A. v. Howard, of Electrical
Workers, Vice President.
Henry Brinker of Cigar Max
ers' Union, Recording Secretary.
George Abraham Hill, of Bar.
bcrs' Union, Cor. Secretary.
c. A. Wilkins, of Carpenters
Union, Financial Secretary.
John Hartman, of Machinists'
Union, Doorkeeper.
Edwin Butler, of Metal Trades
Council, Guide.
John Few of Horseshoers' Union
Trustee, l8 months.
The new set Of officers are all
capable and worthy of the positions
to which they have been elected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

Ave, $40. Sc injured in the employ
of the Hamilton Foundry & Ma
chine Co.
Christ. Krause, OF 521 Miami ST.
S29. IA injured in the employ of the
Peerless Foundry.
Granville Robinson, Race Street,
awarded $67 40 injured while in
the employ of The Champion Paper
Co.
Gus Hunley, 104 Heaton Street
awarded s217.67 injured in employ
of the Champion Coated Paper Co.
Warren L. Dowdell, 211 Herson
Ave, Middletown, awarded s79.7l
injured while in the employ of the
Miller Brothers Lumber Co. Mid
dletown.
George Papp. 612 Fairmont Ave.
awarded $48.29 injured while in
employ of the Middletown Arti6
cial Ice Co., at Middletown.
These awards of the commission
were granted under the provisions
Of the Ohio Workmen's Compen-
sation Law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
THE DYNAMITE CASE.
Executive Pardon For Four of the Con.
victed Labor Men.

Executive Pardon For Four of the Con.
victed Labor Men.
Four OF the twenty four men convict
ed In the dynamite conspiracy cases
and sentenced to Fort Leavenworth
penitentiary have been pardoned by
the president. The others must serve
their sentences.
The defendants whose sentences
were commuted to expire at once were
Michael Ell. Harmon of Scranton.
Pa; Prank H. Painter of Omaha,
Neb.: Frederick j. Mooney of Duluth.
Mimi, and William Shupe of Chicago
Harmon was sentenced to three years
Imprisonment Painter to two and
Mooney and Shupe to one each. Ac-
ton In the cases OF John a. Barry and
Paul ]. Morrin WAS deferred.
Those whose applications for elem
ency were finally denied and the terms
they must serve are as follows:
Frank M. Ryan, head Of the Iron
Workers. Chicago. seven years. Eu-
gene A. Clancy, San Francisco. six
years: Michael ]. Young, Boston, six
years: Frank G. Webb, New York. SIX
years; Philip A. Cooley. New Orleans,
six years: John T. Butler, Buffalo, sir
years; Charles N. Baum. Minneapolis.
three years; Henry w. Legleitner.
Pittsburgh, three years; Ernest G.. w.
Basey. Indianapolis. three years; j.
e. Munsey. Salt Lake City. six years;
Peter j. Smith. Cleveland, four years:
Murray l.. Pen1ell. Springfield. H.,
three years: w. Bert Brown. Kansas
City, three years Edward smythe.
Peoria. H.. three years: George An
derson. Cleveland. three years; Frank
]. Higgins. Boston. two years; Michael
j. Cunnane. Philadelphia. three years.
and William e. Riddin. Milwaukee.
three years.
New trials have been granted to Olaf
A. Tveitmoe. San Francisco: william
]. Mccain. Kansas City: James e.
Ray. Peoria. ILL.,; Richard a. Hculihan.
Chicago; Fred Sherman. Indianapolis.
and William Bernhardt, Cincinnati.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
Metal Trades Council OF
Hamilton Ohio, and Vicinity
Pass the Following Resolutions

Whereas, There has been a bill
introduced In the United States
Senate, authorizing the formation
of Shipping Corporation in which
the Government shall hold fifty one
per cent of the stock and private
individuals forty-nine per cent, and
Whereas, We do dot believe 1t
would be good policy, to allsw pri-
vate parties to have any interest
whatsoever in thls Shipping Cor
poration, any more than they would
have In the Post Office Depart
ment,
And, the trend of public opinion
Is In favor of Government Owner
ship on account OF the beneficial
results TO the public at large,
therefore. be It
Resolved. That we are oppose d
to any legislation, whereby any
private parties are allowed a hand
In Governmental Ownership, and
further, we are unanimously In fa-
vor of complete Government Own
ership OF the Shipping Corporation,
provided for In this Bill now before
Congress, as we'll as all Public
Utilities, provided fer in this Bill
now before Congress, as we'll as all
public Utilities, and be 1t further
Resolved, That any Public OFF,
cial, vhs upholds any legislation
similar to the Shipping Corpora
ton Bill, will be remembered at
the BALLOT BOX.
Committee,
Carl Schafor, Edward Dulli.
Henry Betscher, Ralph Lenehan
Edwin Butler, Frank J. Cochran,
Wm. A. Fremgen Jr., VIM. Hicks
Ralph Lenehan, Secretary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
SUNDAY is Labor Sunday. Let
all go to church on that day.

THE Parade and the Celebration
of Labor Day will again be held by
the Labor Unions in this city on
Monday, September 7th. The 22nd
annual outing will be held at the
Butler County Fair Grounds. All
friends are invited to participate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
Cost OF Paterson Strike.

That the workers lost about $1,000
900 in wages. the silk manufacturers
s2,500.0O0 and the city as whole lost
100000 In business was the esti-
mate OF the cost OF the recent Pater-
sou strike by John l.. Matthews, edi-
tor OF the Paterson Press. at the re-
cent hearing before the United States
commission on industrial relations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
Pottara EIAo& NMnArx

Every officer except the seventh vice
president has been reelected by ref
erendom vote OF the National Brother
hood OF Operative Potters. The new
seventh vice president is John ShingIer
Of East Liverpool. o. The potters are
In a prosperous condition
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
THE MESSAGES

To he yofT .4nueyIea
good with full of deep conf
the of America
interesting 1914 No look about
country
feeling
both of towards justice
ib
ties o disesngly
unmistakabe and all
to think
be afraid nothing unfair and
The White House /nLy WOODROW WILSON.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

speakers to come to Hamilton and
also throughout the county to en-
tighten the people as to voting for
the home rule amendment. The
union men of this county are to be
appealed to do everything possible
to assist In having this amendment
carry at the regular election of
November. It means the existence
of thousands of working men di-
rectly and indirectly connected with
the brewing industry so 1t Is claim
ed. The league will meet again
next Sunday afternoon.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

gained endeavor. Freedom exists
II effort realize human rights
from the people themselves Labor Day
of themselves
justice and life opportunity Because this holiday of the
working people the nation
making national ideals thought with
justice and humanity asked write greeting
who striving make freedom justice and hu
man forces in daily life and work
Samuel Gomoe,s.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

factory adjusted. The labor or
CARNATIONS can we'll feel proud of
their record in the past year and
may they prosper ever SO much
more in years to come.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
Awards Mada This Week By
Tho Industrial Commits.
sion Of Ohio.

The State Industrial Commission,
granted awards to the following:
Jesse L. York, Of Eaton Ave.
$63.75 injured In the employ of
the Slifer Packing Co.
Mike Asberry. Of 1865 Garden
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

LABOR DAY the day of the toll
RS.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04
Ss6seyIttion Price one Dollar per Yea,
Payable 80 4dvanes.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER A, 1914.

Enfe,sd al the Postone< at Hamfifo~, ohso. al
Second Csoss Mai. Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-09-04

ISSUED WEEKLY AT 828 MARKET STREET,
HAMILTON, OHIO.
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17
Newspaper Subscription Prices

From the Albany Aerald.
The Early County News gives
notice that, beginning with Janu-
airy first, its subscription price will
be raised from 81 year to $t.50.
I'VE are endeavoring to give you
the best paper a town the size Of
Blakely can afford, F." says the an
nouncement Of the advance, and
as the price Of paper and other sup
pies has advanced considerably
since h war b e & n /,
increasing considerably the cost Of
publication, we are forced to raise
the subscription price in order to
give you the quality of paper you
have been getting"
Well, the Early County News is
worth all Of $3.50 a year, for it
ranks with the cleahest, newest
weeklies in the state. It's notice
of an advance of the subscription
price serves to remind us, however,
that the price the public pays for
its daily and weekly papers is just
about the only thing under the sun
which has not helped contribute TO
the higher cost of living.
While few weekly and semi
weekly papers have had the cour-
age to advance subscription prices,
in the main there have been no
such advances during the years
which have witnessed the upward
climb of the cost of everything
which newspapers require, from
the paper and inl to rents and la
Dor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17
Why Not Lee?

We clipped the following news
item from the Savannah Morning
News Of Dec, 18th. 1t shows con-
clusiyely what can be done by the
farmers Of South Georgia if they
will only heed the call for diversi-
fed farming.
brownsville, Ga, Dec. 13.-
One thousand and two hundred
barrels Of pure Georgia cane syrup
wrs marketed in Cairo last Satur-
day and at the average price of $40
per barrel there was about $12 900
paid out in the thriving little
Grady county capital, In addition
70 this amount for che day, from
300 to 400 barrels have bcen brought
in every day for several weeks past
and sold at the market price, thus
putting into circulation about
So 300 a day.
This item is not hot air or boos-
ter stuff sent out by someone. IT
is SIMPLE FACTS. We have
lived there and seen the syrup mar
keted at the rate Of one to two
thousand barrels a day during the
season, and you can figure yourself
what it means to that county in the
unsettled state of affairs existing at
present.
The syrup crop Of that county
will net the farmers close on to
$500, GOO this fall. What if Lee
county farmers had needed the call
/ for diversified farming several
years ago, and syrup, potatoes,
hogs and cattle were being market
ed at the present time? We wonld
not today be crying hard times,
and grooming under the low price Of
cotton. We could put what cotton
we had in the warehouse and hold
| it indefinitely, and pay our debts
with the money derived from the
other crops that were ready for
market.
But not So
We have put our hopes and am
bisions in the fleecy staple and we
are now reaping the reward for our
folly.
This year should be a lesson to
Georgia farmers. In diversified
ton lies the hope of this section of
the country.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17
The Average Georgia Farmer.

Gets up at the alarm of a Con-
necticut clock,
Buttons his Chicago suspenders
to Detroit oyeralls.
Washes his face with Cincinnati
soap in a Pennsylvania pan.
Sits down to a Grand Rapids
table.
Eats Chicago meat and Indiana
hominy fried in Kansas lard on a
st. Louis stove.
Puts New York bride on a
Kentucky mule fed with Iowa corn.
Ploughs farm covered by an
Ohio mortgage, with Chattanoo-
gaplow.
When bedtime comes, he reads
a chapter from Bible printed in
Boston.
Says prayer written in Jerusa-
lem.
Crawls under a blanket made in
New Jersey, only to be kept awake
by a Georgia dog-the only home
product on the place.
And then wonders why he cam
not make money raising cotton
Elk.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17


There was a day in Lee county
when every farm Of any preten-
sions had its "smoke-house, = with
supplies Of bacon, ham, shoulders
and meat for almost any ordinary
needs. It has been many years
since that condition existed here,
much to the shame and loss Of the
farmers Of the county. Thesmoke-
house as it formerly was known
has grown obsolete.
In these latter days Of shiftless-
ness and wretched attempts
at farming, the farm house
that has smokehouse well filled,
Or any real smokehouse at all, for
that matter, has become rare. A
majority Of farmers in this county
have had their smokehouses in the
towns, where they have been ac-
customed to 60 and to pay exorbi-
tant prices for inferior meat. Such
meat on the average is fai below
the quality Of the meat which the
farmer can raise on his farm. But
such has been the ruinous course
pursued by the majority Of farmers
in this county.
There was but one end that
could possibly result from this con-
dition. There was sure to be a
break when the strain became
great. This autumn the strain
came. The farmers who have not
been provident and who have not
raised their own meat and food
products are suffering from the
downfall. They have been COM
PEELED to get right back to bedrock
principles. So there is after all
more Of hope in present conditions,
If they are viewed rightly, than in
those that have been prevalent for
many years.
A sign of the return of the old
fashioned smokehouse is seen now,
There will probably be more home
raised meat in Lee county next
fall than there has been in a decade,
or longer. Unfortunately we have
no packing-house in this county,
but farmers will have no trouble
in disposing Of their hogs and beef
cattle. If they don't find a ready
sale, there should be smokehouse
on hand to be filled with hams and
shoulders and bacon to be kept
against days when they are needed
Long live the smokehouse. Let's
fill it up next year!
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17
Legal Advertising
y y y Y DEE
Read The Ordinance.

An ordinance entitled an ordinance to
make il unlawful forhorses, mules, cows,
hogs, goats, sheep and other animals Of
like kind to run at large or be tied out
on the streets, sidewalks and alleys OF
the City Of Leesburg, Ga.
Be it ordained blythe Mayor and Coun-
ell Of the City Of Leesburg and tits her.
by ordained by authority Of the same,
that from and after the passage OF this
ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to allow any
horse, mule, COW, hog, goat, sheep or
any other animal Of like kind which may
be owned or controlled by said person,
firm or corporation, to run at large or
be tied out on any Of streets, sidewalks
or alleys OF the City Of Leesburg. EXCEPT
that it shall not be unlawful for horses
and mules to be tied to hitching- posts
erected for that purpose and said horses
and mules shall not be liitched in such
manner that they will have tore or tie
rein Of sufficient lengthto Craze.
Re it further ordained by theauthority
aforesaid, that any person, finn or corr
Grafton violating this ordinance shall be
punished by fine Of not more than fifty
dollars or by work on the streets of said
City for period of not more than thirty
days, either one or both inthe discretion
OF the Mayor.
Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid that it shall be tie duty Of tie
marshall to impound any such horse,
mule, COW, hog, goat, sheep and other an
imal Of like kind that may be found I'M
ming at large or tied out on any Of the
streets, sidewelks or alleys of the City OF
Leesburg, and to report the same to the
Clerk of the Mayors Court, and it shall
be the duty OF said Clerk to enter a case
on the Mayors court docket against the
person, firm or corporation owning or
controlling said horse. mule, COW, hog,
goat, sheep or other animal ofIike kind;
and for each such animal so impounded,
the Marshall shall receive a fee of ore
dollar and the further fee Of fifty cents
per day for the keep and feed Of each
horse, mule or COW, and twentyfyecents
per day for the keep and feed Of each
hog, goat, sheep or other animal 50 i'm
pounded, said fees to be paid by the own
er or parties controlling such animals and
the city shall in no case be liaI lie in any
manner whatsoever for said fees.
Be it further enacted that all laws OF
parts OF laws in conflict with this law be
and the same are hereby repealed
Read first time 10 6-l9l4. Read second
time and passed---l914.
Mayor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17

Mr.. z. V. Blanton has purchas-
ed the plant of the Lee County
Journal at Leesburg from Mr.. H.
L. Long, Sr,, and is now in active
charge of that live sheet, Mr..
Blanton is an experienced young
newspaper man, was born in an
ink keg, raised on pie" and Of
course knows the business from
both ends and the middle. The
Gazette wishes him we'll and pre-
diets that the Journal viii enjoy
an era of prosperity and improve
ment during his editorship. Tit
ton Gazette.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17
Beware of Ointments for
Cafarrh that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they viii do is ten fold TO the good you
ean possibly derive from them. Halls
9Icney & Co, Toledo, O.. contains no
s-crcury, and IS taken internally, acting
freely upon the blood and mucous sur
tces of tie system In buying Hairs
-ltc-Sh C2re he sETe y0I set the Eenu-
K * tRisen iSte-Hal9v ard made IN
1''. OWN. isy i'gsJ. cheney 6 Co. Tes-
s. as free.
Sold t.v Drusrjsis. Price &c nc- hott'c.
Take Halls Family Pills for eoRstiP2 tion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17
GEORGIA, Lee County.

GEORGIA, Lee County.
BY virtue OF an order from the Court
Of Ordinary of Lee County, Ga, will be
sold at public outcry on the 1st Tuesday
in January, 1915, at the court house door
in the City of Albany, nougherty Co.,
Ca, said order specially authorizing said
sale to be made in Dougherty county,
Ca, between the legal hours of sale, a
one-half undivided interest in the fol-
lowing described land, to-wit:
"One-half acre Of land, more. or less,
ON lot of land situated in the northern
part OF the City of Albany, Ga, in what
is commonly known as Arcadia, and
described as lot No. 20, in block nine on
Seventh Street."
Said land being the property OF Green
Day, deceased, and being sold for the
purpose OF paying the debts of said es-
tate OF Green Day, and fol distribution
among the heirs. The sale to be made
for cash.
This 2nd day of Dec. 1914.
W. P. ROBERTS, Admr.
.3-4t Est. Green Day, dec,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17


Editor Robert L, Duke, who re-
Gently succeeded to the editorial
chair of the Griffin News, is giving
the people of Griffin much better
paper and evideatly one more in
sympathy with the needs and pnr-
poses of that part of the state than
has been issued in Griffin in long
time. Mr.. Duke knows Griffin and
Spaulding county better perhaps
than any editor the News has ever
had. We wish him The greatest
success in his plans.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17
He Told the Truth.

Bill Nye had the truth we'll told
when he said: "A man may use
a wart on the back of his neck for
collar button, ride in the back
coach OF a railroad train to save in
terest on his money till the cor
ductor gets around, stop his watch
at night. to save wear and tear,
leave his ''i'' or It" without a dot
or cross to save ink, pasture his
mothers grave to save corn; but a
man OF this sort is gentleman and
a scholar compared to the fellow
that will take a newspaper two or
three years and when asked to set.
tie for it, puts it in the postoffice
and has it marked refused. F"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17

The German navy that has been
q. large viii soon be placed in
Davy Jones' locker by doughty
John Bull.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-12-17

Old Santa says he is somewhat
disabled but still in the ring, so
watch out Riddles for the old man
on Christmas eve!