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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-02-13

The members of the Label League and of or
gained labor shocked last Wednesday to learn
of the death of one of their members, Mrs. Electa
Kline, wife of Louis Kline, member of the Carpenters
Union. She died at the Providence hospital follow
ing operation. Mrs Kline was one of the active
members of the Label League.
The funeral will be held this (Friday) after
noon at o'clock at Mausbys chapel The mem
bers of the Label League will attend in body and
will meet at the Labor Temple at 80 sharp
Her sweet, calm face made sunshine in a shady
place. If strangers felt the charm of her rare
courtesy and joyous sunny temperament how much
more the members of her household and
circle of friends
"For return from those Spirit shores,
Who with the boatman cold and pale
We hear the dip of the golden oars
And catch glimpse of the snowy sail
1--WE only know that their barques
May sail with DER Iife's stormy
Yet somewhere, Know the unseen shore,
They watch and beckon ard wait for me-"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-22

out, and was soon whirling toward
Jacks home.
Suddenly the auto stopped, and he
got out, telling the chauffeur to re-
turn In an hour, not longer.
IT am finished before, can spend
the time somehow" he thought.
Up the steps of the great apartment
he went until he came to door la
beled AZ. Then he knocked, and get
ting no answer, entered very quietly,
nnding the door not locked.
He looked round the tiny hall. and
then stepped into the first room.
Are you Santa CLAUSE"
The timid little query stopped him
in his wanderings, and he looked
down to his feet to see a sunny.
haired, blue-eyed little mite gravely
regarding him.
But no, you can't be Santa Claus,
for he's ever SO old and has got a
white beard and long coat, and a
olg bag full OF toys, and comes down
the chimney, and doesn't come till
after I've gone to bed, and-and-"
She paused in her list of details for
want of breath, and, the first time for
many years, Churton laughed heartily.
You queer little mite" he said, I'm
not Sanity. Who are you,"
I'm Gladys Churton, and I'm not
queer. I'm very well, thank you
so you are Gladys" he said;
Where are your father and mother ..
They've gone out to buy some
things for me, and they told me to be
ever so good. They will be back SOON"
Churton looked around him It was
so pleasant, SO happy, evidently, and
the home he had left seemed to lack
great deal. He sighed.
What's the matter, strange man."
Nothing, dear"
But there must be something. /
always go like that when l want a
doll. and mamma won't buy it for me.
Is your little girl naughty"
Il haven't got little girl"
Poor strange mani" with cloud
ing OF her sunny face. Then, sudden
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-22

| need, and a great kindness came to
her. Perhaps we could come to
terms"
Il have 50 that have saved, and l
think I can spare SO cents each week.
| only make &c." she added, apologet-
ically.
Six dollars!" the woman gasped,
as the enormity of the girls project
came to her. you may have it at
your own terms" she said impulsively.
"Oh!" For moment the girl held
1t to her breast, then she handed the
money without regret to the woman.
In the days that followed the woman
became very fond OF the girl, for she
came often to gaze with awe upon the
silver caddy of quaint design, and in
the short visits the woman learned
to know what a difference an ideal
can make in life. In watching the
girls love for the thing that kept her
poorer than she need have been the
woman found her own life broadening.
On Christmas eve young man per-
slstently tried to buy the caddy, until
the woman finally told him the story
OF its sale. He listened in wonder,
and then asked for the name of the
girl, who seemed SO great marvel
that he wanted his mother to see and
help her.
The same evening, after the young
man had left, the girl made her final
payment, and with wild Joy throb-
bling In her heart carried the tea
caddy home. and with 1t beautiful
bunch of holly, a festive touch from
the woman.
She had pinched hard to save the
SO cents each week, but her reward
was great. and worth the happiness
the ideal had always given her.
1t was again Christmas eve, and
dainty woman, wrapped in soft fur
coat. opened the door of the little
shop. and with extended hand came to
the woman. Merry Chrismas!" she
exclaimed. Don't you remember me?"
In the deep, winsome eyes there was
something familiar, and suddenly the
woman threw her arms about the girl,
and peering over her head espied the
man.
We have just been married." he ex-
plaifed. MY mother found her for
me, and We wanted to come to thank
you for what you have DONE"
have missed your example So"
TNe woman held her very close. laugh
Ing softly through her tears, for they |
were suddenly all 20 happy. and It |
was. Christmas. for outMde faraway
bells were ringing.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-22

~. look out, here come mamma and
dad! Let's hide
All right, dear, tell me where"
Hastily she drew him behind a cur.
tain. and followed.
Where's my girlie?" in a clear,
happy voice.
The mite ran out and struggled In
her mothers arms.
You don't know who else is here
she said Importantly. There's a
strange man, and-poor dear.-he
hasn't got little girl. and he isn't
happy"
She ran back to the curtain and
dragged out a somewhat dusty, shame
faced individual.
Il came to see you-felt bit lone
" Hang 1t all! Jack. want a
taste Of home life. and escape from
the eternal accounts. No." ~ the
clear. blue eyes Of the baby were fixed
on him, that's lie. came here
to show OF my wealth. and to make
you envious; but your little ray Of
sunshine here took the conceit out Of
me. Hang It. man. take me in, for
PHYS sake. and let me be human this
Christmas-tide. The money can 90. /
must stay here"
WheA ChuFton'o nan came hack. he
wa told that tn master would mot
A~A9 q.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-22
@g9ss SSs2S1sSl
Ualrh q Onnhrrsintt
BY HAZEL OSWALD

! G&1&@~31.
NNTkT WAS Christmas eve, and
n a. Caleb Churton. the money
~ lender. sat in his great din
ing room, surrounded by all that
makes for luxurious living.
SO Jack preferred his artists work
TO this he mused, chuckling con-
temptuously while he half spoke the.
words.
Ten years before, his elder brother
had told their father that he was not
cut out for a Shylock, that he pre-
ferred to get living by pIeasanter,
means than his fellow beings flesh
and blood, and had gone out into the.
world cursed by the father and
laughed at by his brother.
1t was three years laterand 12i
months after he had announced his
marriage to fellow artists daughter
that old Churton died. leaving ALI
the business to Caleb, and not men
tioning Jack Churton by SO much as
single word in his will.
To do him justice, Caleb had re.
belled against this as much as he
could, but he had found out that his
brother was able to keep his head
above water, and, after offering him:
a share only to be Indignantly re-
fused-Caleb applied himself to the
task OF doubling his fathers wealth.
All these things went through his
brain as he sat by his fire. OF sud-
den thought struck him.
I, i Will go and parade my ealth,
before them-will make the wife bit
terly envious and Jack sorry that he
ever refused mel"
With this amiable intention he rose,
ordered his automobile to be brought
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-22

silver tea caddy of quaint design.
After seconds hesitation she opened
the door and walked bravely into the
little shop
"The tea caddy?" she asked Of the
woman who greeted her inquiringly.
How much is it,"
"The little silver one?' The woman
looked her surprise, as she noted the
shabby black coat and much-worn
skirt. You wanted to buy it?' she
asked kindly, for something in the
girls eyes made her know she was in
earnest. 1T is $25."
twenty-five dollars!" the girl
gasped, and as suddenly as it had
come the brightness left her eyes.
twenty-five" she repeated. I'm
afraid could never afford that" She
gripped her pay envelope firmly and,
turning, walked out of the shop.
In her tiny room, as she cooked her
meager dinner over the gas plate and
later, when lying wide awake in her
narrow bed, she thought of the beau
tiful tea caddy. She thought until it
bscame cherished ideal, vested with
wonderful scenes among the great
people Of the world.
The following day she neglected her
lunch, and hurried to the shop to once
more view the wonderful caddy.
When she entered the woman greet
ed her warmly, for the expression in
her eyes had proved haunting to the
woman all the past night
Did you really want to buy the
caddy?' she asked, as she handed it
to the girl. "for If you do"
Il must buy it," she interrupted, as
sheV~took 1t rreverently in her two
hands, but ! can't pay the money all
at once" She hesitated.
How much could you pay?" The
woman suddenly understood the girls
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08
Two Firemen Lose Lives By
Dynamite

Charlotte, \ c., July Fire
man w. B. Glenn was instantly,
killed and J. II. Wallace, chief OF
the Charloitc fire department,
was fatally injured bv an explos-
ION of dynamite while fighting q
IRE on Cedar street this morning
at y O'Clock. Responding to an
alarm the firemen found a barn
burning brisklv. 1t was while
they were fighting the flames
that dynamite stored in a house
nearby exploded.
Chief Wallace died at 1920
o'clock in a local hospital, where
he was rushed just after the
accident.
Three other members of the
department, Randolph Erwin
Clyde Todd and Robert Barnes,
were also more or less painfully
hurt. The dynamite was being
used by d contractor who was
DONG some street grading for
the city. The origin of the fire
IS unknown, but there is stronr
suspicion that it was of inccnGi-
arv origin.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08
Ciaud Blackwell Pardoned.

Claud G. Blackwell, who was
convicted in the Mccklcnburp
county court Of manslaughtcr
and sentenced II two years was
last week pardoned by Governor
LOCK Craig and returned to Kcr.
SHAW Saturday Ihiasa1eertnn7n.r-,> is1eert nn7n.r;,:- >fac fsrc
charge for which he was con-
vlcted was the killing of DR.,
Fred MelSenhcimcr al Charlotte
TWO years ago, during the 10Th
or May celebration. He had
served just about half of the SEN
tencc given him by the cour,-
kershaw Era.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08
A Hot One
(Salt Lake CITY Times)

(Salt Lake City Times0
Aftcr God had finished the
rattlcSnakc, the toad and the
vampire, He had some awful
Substance" left with which he
made "knoCIcr." a knoCker
is q twOlcgged animal with a
corkSCrcw soul, a water -soggcd
brain, and q combination back
bone made of Jelly and glue.
Where other people have their
hearts, he carries q tumOr OF rot
ten principles. When the knock
er comes down the street honest
men turn their backs, the angels
weep tears in heaven, and the
devil shuts the gates of hell TO
keep him out. No man has the
right to knock as long as there
is q pool of wafer deep cnongh
TO drown his body in, or a rope
to hang his carcass with. Judas
lScarlol was Il gentleman COM
pared TO knockcr, for after
betraying his Master he had
enough character TO hang him:
sell, and q knoCkcr has not.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08
lhe Chinese For "Honk. Honk

IF you can't talk, make signs"
IS an admonition tftcn given to
those who do not seem able to
make themselves understood
lhe Western Christian Advo-
cafe tells OF a woman who had a
S ,meWhat similar cxpedient
when she was in trouble and
tailed to find the necessary
word.
"A large German woman held
up a long line o! people at the
moneY-order window in the Bos-
ION poSloiflcc the other day, and
all because her memory went
back on her. She wanted 10
send some money TO her son. q
s. llor on a merchant steamer
then IN foreign waters, but when
she presented the application at
'he window the clerk noticed
The address was lacking.
We'll wherv do YOU want TO
send it?" he asked. 1--WE cant
give you the moncv.order unless
YOU know the name of the
place.
Yah, DOTS de trouble" she re-
pied, u didn't bring his letter,
una can't remember der name
OF der town, but lis some place
out by China dot sounds like
der noise an automobile makes"
HE two clerks looked at each
other dubiouSIy.
"What kind Of Il noise does an
automobile makcH" asked one
"lionk, honk," suggested the
other.
yah, dots il" cxclaimed the
woman. "EIonk, honk, dots de
place"
Fiji in Hongkong," said the
clerk, and she paid over her
money with a smile of rclicf.-
Exchange.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08

trained in boxing. Bob discover
ed he had made a miscalCulation
about his former instructor be-
ing muscle bound.
when the fight was over
Bob was worse used up than he
was that day five years before.
But he wasn't altogether discour-
aged. He decided to wait five
years more and then try ii again.
He waited the five years and
hunted up the school teacher
again, but there wasn't any evi-
dence of declining strength bv
that time, but the way he black
ed both Of Bob's eyes, mashed
his nose and battered him up
was very disCouraging to Bob.
Bob never tried it again.
twenty-five years after that |
saw the old teacher. He war 70
years old and well preserved, but
he had changed his ideas about
school discipline. He married a
schoolma'm when he was about
%. They raised q family and
he told me that if any teacher
would beat one of his boys the
way he used to beat up the bows
when he was a teacher, he
would have the teacher prose
cuted for assault and battery,
and if that didn't work he would
go after him with a shotgun."-
Exchange.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08

has considered bids on 100000
Square yards of dredging requir-
ed; storage bins to have capacity
OF 65O;OOO tons coal; capacity for
loading vessels to be 1000 tons
hourly; plans and specifications
by J. w. Frazier company.
Cleveland, Ohio: engineer has
considered bids on dock"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08

wide prohibition to the people
i "Onc of the candidates has
|Shled badly on this question:"
[sald Lieut.. Gov. Smith, referring
TO Mr.. ClinkscaIes.
H docs MIR. Clinkscalcs stand
for compulsory education
among the ncGrocs?" asked
Lieut.. Gov. Smith further on in
his speech.
ut is an insult to the poor
man TO put IN a class by himself
and TO infer that he is not as
good as anybody else" declared
Mendal l.. Smith in the course
OF a speech in which he advo.
local option compulsory educa-
ton. His condemnation of in
discriminate pardons aroused
the audience toapplausc.
u asked Mr.. Clinkscales, Mr.
Manning and Mr.. Smith where
they were going to get the
money to run the schools if anv
one of the systems of Compul-
sion they advocate are put into
effect and they have not answer
ed yet" said LOwndcs 7. Brown
ing. He held that the constitu
tlonal State tax of 3 mills for
tor school purposes should be
abolished in order to effect
other tax reforms.
IF you are going to icale the
3mlll tax in the constitution,
then make II 4 State tax and
divide it among the counties
equally" urged Mr.. Browning.
lie said that the same principle
should be applied TO the educa-
ton of children that now applied
to the penSioning Of veterans.
There are 3o,70p white chill
drcn out Of school while the
schools are running" asserted
John G.. ClinkScalcs.
South Carolina gives Glenn
SON S3OQ,OOO a year to educate a
1hhoNs. thousands of
dollars to Winthrop and this year
$4,000 to eradicate the cattle
tick, placing the tick above the
children" said Mr.. Clinkscalcs
in taking up his opponents
query about how compuls nv
school attendance was to be
financed. rs this fair TO the
thousands of children who are
out of SCHOOL,"
Il counted further that many,
thousands Of children out of
school can be put into them row
without increasing the tax levy
one cent insisted Mr.. Clink-
scales.
you don't have to force the
negroes into the Schools" declar-
ed MIR. Clinkscales after he rid
lculcd MIR. Richards declaration
that he would never agree to
spending an additional dollar for
negro education until all white
children were given equal educa-
tlonal advantages.
Robert a. Cooper, the last
candidate for governor to speak,
contcnted himself with announc-
ing his candidacy and briefly
outlining his platform. The
audience applaudcd him with
vigor.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08
Good Roads Maxims.
Atlanta IOurnaD

Ntlanta JOurnaD
The United States Good Roads
association has issued a set Of
maxlms in which the people of
Georgia and of the South should
be especially interested. Among
them are these bits of homclv
wisdom:
If the roads around a town are
bad it might as we'll be on an is
land.
ycI cal naVe 49, l.,-.H 6 !.
road you are willing to pay for
the poorer they are, the more
you pay.
Good roads means that you
can come to town with twice
the load in half the time YOU
used to.
Good roads are easy on YOU.
easy on your horses, easy on the
wagon, easy on the harness.
A farm ten miles from town
on hard road is nearer than a
farm five miles from town on
soft road.
Good roads will increase health
wealth, happiness, education,
morality, civilization and pros
perity.
Good roads will decrease igno-
rance, poverty, discouregcment,
back taxes, Shcrilf'S sales and
grouChes.
All talk ald no work will moi
make good roads.
Go to road Improvement with
the full realization that ii is for
your own personal benefit and
profit, not merely public duty.
Mother" said little boy, re-
turning from Sunday school, 81
can't understand the text we had
TO study this morning: 1T is more
blessed TO give than TO receive
What does ii mean?"
Mother would rather YOU
thought the matter out for YOUR
self dear. Think about il awhile;
then if you can't understand,
come to me-"
Half an hour later mother in
quired.
DO you understand what III
is more blessed to give than to
receive means now, dcar?"
"Ycs, mother, | think so. The
Bible must be speaking of castor
oil" ."-ExChange.
She-Johnnie needs new
pair of shoes.
He-Why, saints alive! |
brought home q pair for him last
night!
She-Yes, you did. But as it
took you fully six weeks to
remember 10 get them, ii might
be well to star; IN now on the
next air.-EN.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08
Were Failures Unless .They
Could Lick" Pupils

"oo IVY, Sdlu TIC
old timer, lit was considered
necessary that a boy get a lick
ing at least once a month when
he was at home and not less
than once a week when he was
at school, says the Topeka
Capital.
Teachers were hired more on
account of the beef and muscle
they carried round than on aC-
count of what they knew. The
teacher who built up a reputa-
ton fol being able to lick any
boy up to the age of 21 had a
clnCh on getting a Job teaching
IN the winter.
There were several young
fellows who attended school
every winter until they were 2l,
and II was the common thing to
give the teacher a whirl just 10
see if he was man enough for
the job. If he came out second
best he had to give up the
school, but if he cleaned out the
bunch that generally settled it,
and be had no more trouble
after that.
Some of the young men were
as big as the average sized teach
er and sometimes bigger. Then
they were used TO out door work
and were stout as young bulls.
The teacher was up against a
hard proposition but he had one
thing in his favor. If the big
boys double teamed on him, that
is, came on more than one at a
time, he had the right under the
code that governed such cases to
use Il club.
zone winter | went to a sort
of graded school. There were
three teachers, including the
superintendent. He didn't have
20 do much teaching His prin-
clpal business was 10 do the lick
ing, and ne yer saw a man who
seemed TO me to like his Job bet
ter than he did his. He had the
finest assortment of seasoned
gu"s | ever saw and for especial
ly aggravated cases he had a
rawhide whip that was a holy
terror. He stood about six feet
two and weighed about 22O
pounds and he wasn't fat at that.
| think he could lift about half
a ton and when he made The
boy strip off his 'wammus' and
swung that whip he could make
the stoutest heart howl. The
other teachers were rather good
hearted and didn't care to see
the scholars beat UP, but if they
didn't send so many up for lick
ing each week he complained
that they were loafing on their
Jobs and didn't amount to any
thing as instructors.
Nearly every boy in the
school made q solemn VOW that
when he grew up he would lick
that principal within an inch of
his life, but | never heard of one
of them doing it. | heard of one
boy who did keep his pledge far
enough to undertake it, but he
regretted it afterward.
He was about 10 when he got
the licking that burned into his
soul. also into his hide. The
principal had an extra crouch
on that day and the first gratify-
ing thing that happened TO him
was the sending of Bob Williams
up for punishment. He made
Bob take off his 'wammus'-all
the boys wore 'wammuses'-and
then he took down the rawhide.
The marks of that licking lasted
on Bob'S back for two weeks.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1914-07-08
Tame Meeting At ChsSfSrfis

lame Meeting At Chse&erh S
The state candidates spolf =
chesterfield last Thurs
fore an audience of sixoi
hundred people assent
the court room. County
man M. ]. Hough preside
Rev. J. L. Tyler offered Il
vocation. s.;s
The meeting was not, 4cha5 sse-
terlzed by any particularly inseT-
citing features. 1t was notice
able that nearly every man de-
clared that he was raised onthe
farm, is Self-made man and is
now dearly in love with the
pee pul. If the character and
caliber of the candidates could
be Judged by the account each
man gave of himself an unwise
selection would be impossible,
Tor Judging by these accounts, a
more honorable, conscientious
and worthy set of men never
offered their services to a poor.
wn-trodden people. Then on
the other hand, if the accounts
as given by each other are true
a more unworthy set would be
hard to start.
Candidates for lieutenant gov
ernor were led by Andrew ].
Bethca, who was followed bv
W. NJ. Hamer, A. ]. Hunter and
b. +. Kelly.
The five candidates for rail
road commissioner made their
usual speeches. They werk ].
II. Wharton, G. D. Fort
Frank w. Shealy, w. l. Wit
spoon and George w. Fairle
Candidates for adjutant ge,
al, w. NJ. Moore seeking re-d
ton, and M. G. Willis, sp e
next, followed by Attorney Gen
eral Thomas H. Peoples and bis
opponent, A. G. Brice.
The II candidates for r.
-2oIfolozedPicbardsz.
scales, Manning and the tMo
Smiths were the most popular.
"Mr. Clinkscales' plan of State
wide compulsory educate on is
an lmpracticable theory incap-
able of being put into execu-
tlon," said Richard |. Manning.
who was warmly greeted by the
audience.
81 asked Mr.. Clinkscales to
answer in his speech today
where the money is coming
from to run the schools and pay
the teachers if Statewide con-
pulsory education is put into
effect"
In Chesterfield county, Mr..
canning said that third of the
boys were not in the schools
and quoted the county supcrin-
tendent of education as the auth
orlty tor the statement that it
would take a levy of Is mifrF to
pay the salaries Of the teachers
and the running expenses of the
schools, exclusive of erecting
new buildings, should all the
children be forced into the
schools now.
III you adopt Mr.. Clinkscales'
plan you will give q backset 10
education because you will not
have the money to make State
wide compulsion effective" urg-
ed Mr.. Manning after he present
ed his plan for local opt ion
school attendance"
i glory in the spunk the
governor showed when he orIler-
ed raidcd the Columbia LIB
the Metropolitan club and dher
II.
rich mems Clubs" declared iMf.
SimmS. M
Ihc speaker said that fMr