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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
Among the Last

There is every reason why Pennsylvania
should have been among the first rather
than the last of the States to guard their
young workers with adequate care. The
Federal census of 1910 revealed that there
were more children between the ages of IA
and Is years employed in Pennsylvania than
in any other State. In the various branches
of the textile industry alone over 1000 girls
and boys were found working with more
than seven times that number in all the
industries of the State. This more than
triples the record of textile Massachusetts,
and nearly doubles that OF New York The
same unenviabe leadership Is maintained in
the actual proportions of working children
to adults.
Pennsylvanians can no longer be persuaded
that the future of the mighty industries of
the Keystone State depends upon overtaxing
the undeveloped bone and muscle of hor
children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28

When we have June In April we may ex.
pect TO have April in May
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28

Roosevelt was not one of the bossed. but
one of the bosses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN
Pennsylvania Has Persistently Refused to
Hear 1t.
By FLORENCE L. sANVILLE

1t seems almost incredible that there
should still be in Pennsylvania a group of
men able or willing to contend for the right
to subordinate the needs of children to the
convenienCes of industry. Already 81
States including the most important in
dustrial competitors of Pennsylvania, have
taken the action long overdue the children
of our State and have reduced their legal
hours of work to IS In a week and in a
day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
Matters of Inconvenience

"If you pass this radical legislation we
cannot compete with less hampered States"
argued opposing manufacturers before the
Legislature seven years ago, At the last
legislature they pleaded the same story,
although in the meantime practically all the
most powerful competitive States have gone
as far further than Pennsylvania was
being urged to go.
We are asked to continue the 1O-hour day
and 54-hour week for these children in order
to avoid the incidental Inconvenience to
manufacturers In arranging the longer day
of the adult. If the Governor and friends
of the children in the Legislature and
through the State have their way no such
inhuman Inconvenience will longer be toll
Grated. In 1913 the manufacturers of the
State protested against the passage of a 10
hour law for children, threatening that "the
act would drive Philadelphia factories over
to Camden" With New Jersey factories. as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28

% McClure's "The Man From the
Front"
(2) Observation-Disclosures"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
THE TIME TO BEGIN
WITH COMPENSATION
IT Pennsylvania Waits for a Bill
Satisfactory to Everybody in
Every Particular 1t Will Wait
Till Doomsday.
By RAYMOND G. FILLER

IF THE Pennsylvania Senate fails to pass
the workmen's compensation bills it will
stiEmatize the State as unprogresslve and re-
actionary Thirty American Commemorative
nave already left Pennsylvania among the
minority Pennsylvania cannot afford to
SUCK IN the mud Of the good old anti i-eco-
nohlc times of devil take the hindmost. The
Legislature should not hesitate to give
up its present distinction of directing the
only large Industrial Commonwealth in
America which has not yet put worimen's
compensation on its statute books
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
Disagreement Over Details

(Which should be understood as Including
the several supplementary bills) is doubtless
imperfect and disagreement of opinion con-
cerning details is inevitable, but these facts
are no argument for procrastination.
No other State can be taken as an exact
pattern for Pennsylvania to follow The
main principles governing compensation
methods we'll established, and they have
been observed in tho drafting of the bill now
before the Senate at Harrisburg; but the
only way Of perfecting 1t in the matter of
details Is to make 1t law and try it out
The thing for the Legislature to do Is make
start with worltmen's compensa tion-to
begin with the measure at hand, and not to
wait for another The guidance which other
states can furnish has been totally utilized;
there is no further aid for Pennsylvania's
lawmakers except Pennsyvania's own OK
perenCe.
Other states have done the hard work of
pioneering. The perfecting of compensation
machinery is in process, according to the
conditions and needs of the individual
States, There is no thought of going back
to the old employers liability system The
employers do not want to go back They
accept the principle of compensation They
have learned from experience that their
early objections to the new method of accl-
dent insurance arose from groundless fears
They have recognized the advantages of the
new method Tho question of the all-round
desirability of workmen's compensation is
no longer at issue. In every one of the COM
pensation States these are the facts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
A Satisfactory" Law

Only the influence of Pennsylvania en-
ployers can defeat the bill identified with
one of the leading platform pledges Of Gov
ornor Brumbaugh Not only have the en-
poyers nothing to gain by obstruction: they
have much to lose. The sooner workmcns
compensation is put into operation the bet
ter for all concerned. General satisfaction
with the Massachusetts act is increasing
year by year in the Bay State, partly be-
cause of the eradication of defects by means
OF amendment Pennsylvania is bound to
have compensation law some day. and
certainly a satisfactory statute will not be
brought nearer by failure to take any ac-
tion at all, especially when tho opportunity
is present at Harrisburg for making a much
better start than was possible for the States
which went ahead several years ago and
Just as good a start as Pennsylvania will
ever be able to make
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
An AgitatOr in the Ranks

Ernest Poole. young New Yorker. au-
thor of the popular "Harbor" which has
run through six editions In the six weeks
since It appeared, has been war CORE
spending, toe. and he has written q real
var story fogs the Masses ca. which gains
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
BUICK VALUE-|N-
HEAD MOTOR CARS
Fours and the Six Show Improve
ments in Mechanical Details
and Design


In the 1914 season the demand for
Buick cars was phenomenal. The en-
tire output of $4,000 cars was sold by
March 10. Many improvements have
been made in. the 1915 line and at the
same time the price has been reduced.
The six, known as the C-55, priced
tat s1,65O, reduction of $685.. this
year makes its appearance as a seven
passenger car, the extra seats folding
up from the floor boards, and so ar
ranged that there is plenty of leg room
for everybody. The other touring car
models will sell for $l00 less than
last season, and the roadsters for $50
less. The revised lists read: C-55,
$3.50; C-37, s1,2$5; GA, 5000, and
the csc, s1,1S5, prices which govern
(. o. b. factory.
All models are Delco started, with
the automatic spark control. an added
fours and the six.
The Delco apparatus has been
greatly slmplided by the elimination
of the ignition relay and the cut-out
relay, the operation now being
| through the switch on the dash,
which closes the ignition and gener-
ating circuits.
! The unit incorporates a new sys-
tenn of current regulation which has
for its main advantage the fact that
I battery charging is made easier,
causing greater output at lower
speeds than heretofore. TO do this,
! the automatic spark advance and the
= ignition control are operated in COM
bination by a centrifugal governor.
The regulation shows current out
put curve with peak as speeds of
from 1000 to 1900 revolutions a min
ute This is at car speeds of about
ten to twelve miles an hour. The
cranliing is done by connecting the
electric unit which is temporarily
operating as motor, to the flywheel
! face gear, by means OF pedal. The
turning of switch on instrument
slowly turns small starting gears,
making it mesh more readily with
teeth on hywheel. The pressure on
! starting pedal meshes the gears and
istarts the motor.
Tungsten valves are now standard
on all models. The claim is made
that they won't pit or leak, and that
regrinding is made unnecessary by
the maintenance of perfect seating.
Changes in valve timing are also pre-
VENTED by the wonderful Tungsten re-
sistance. On the larger four-cylinder
models and the six a new method of
/ delivering the gasoline to the car
buretor is employed. While the gaso-
line tanks are still carried at the rear
and hung below the frame level, the
force fed has ben replaced by a modi-
hcation of the Webb Jay or Stewart
method of vacuum feed. The vacuum
apparatus is mounted on bosses cast
lnn inf1 nj n
enough so that the fuel can flow from
it to the carburetor by gravity. The
device is really q method of auto
matically creating vacuum within it,
thus utilizing atmospheric pressure to
send the fuel to it. This gets away
froi;. all the troubles experienced with
pre- ssure fed due to leaks, pressure
pump failure and the like. The Buick
models will he displayed at the Kelker
hall auto show.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
Chevrolet Engine Has
Many Exclusive Features


The Chevrolet automobile has be-
come a great favorite with the mo-
toring fraternity, and it has Won its
way to their hearts simply through its
own sterling merits, and not through
any effort at sensational advertising.
There are many ways in which the
Chevrolet differs from the general run
of automobiles. The motor is of the
valve-in-th the head type. But it differs
from the regular valve-in-the- head
motors, having detachable head
Containing all of the valve mechan-
ism), which can easily be discon-
nected, permitting the grinding of the
valves and removal of carbon at the
bench. Ii differs from the usual valve
n-the head motor by having no valve
cages, thus doing away with GA un-
necessary parts, very materially reduc-
ing the weight and permitting direct
cooling of the valves 1t differs from
the ordinary valve-in-the-head mo-
tors by being built with Doehler
bronze back bearings, which the ma
kers claim are the best bearings
money can buy.
The Chevrolet car differs from the
common valve-in-t -the-head motor in
design, balance proportions and ac-
curacy of timing, resulting in a motor
which produces more power for its
size and weight than any other motor
in the world. II differs from most
lvalve-in- the head motors by having a
much smaller cylinder bore; but with
proper port areas, perfect vaporizing
of fuel and its peculiar method of
vacuum exhaust. the makers claim
they obtain more mileage per gallon
of gasoline than any other motor of
its size yet produced. Chevrolet mo-
tors differ from the regular valve-in-
the-head motor in having complete
accessibility to magnetic and generator,
with no heat interference to destroy
the efficiency of those important in
struments; the exhaust pipe also car
ries heat away from the toeboard and
lfloorboards, requiring no ventilation to
make the front part of the car cool
and comfortable. Chevrolet motors
differ from the majority of motors by
having the wiring enclosed in flexible
! metal tubing, preventing any bearing
of the wires or soaking with oil to
cause short circuiting. The Chevrolet
! wiring system is new and cannot be
! found on any other car now on the
| market marked difference between
Chevrolet motors and the usual run
| OF Nalve-in- -the-head motors is the use
! of the worlds standard zenith car
! buretor. the simplest in construction
most efficient and economical ever de-
signed" enabling the driver to get a
mileage of 26 x to 80 miles on a gal
! Ion of gasoline These and many
other features are noticeable on mod
els to be displayed by Hottenstein and
Zeck at the Capital auto show in Kel-
ller street hall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

course, The automobile electric sys-
tenn is complete city lighting plant
on small scale. 1t has its peak
ity for all emergencies. The speed
ometer is no longer driven from the
frorr+ wheel, but from q gear on the
propeller wheel, whel is hidden and
protected from the mud. The front
wheel is kept free from grease.
Both the foot brake and clutch
pedals are adjustable to different
heights. The engagement of the start
ing motor with the engine in starting
has always presented a problem diff
cult of solution.
THE strapless tire carrier is a real
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
Myers, the fireman, Has
New More Modern Plant

Well-known in the automobile busi-
ness is the establishment of George
w. Myers, whose business concerns
tires and tire repair. This business
was established in 1909 at 225 Hum
mel street, but 1t was necessary to
seek larger quarters. So to-day the
esta blishment occupies six thousand
feet in story and half of the build
ing at Cameron and Mulberry streets.
Mr.. Myers aside from representing the
United States and Goodyear tires,
makes a specially of vulcanizing, re-
treading and doing everything rela-
tive to the tire business, whether 1t
plant is equipped with up-to date
machinery and the stock comprises a
completed line of pneumatic, and
solid truck and carriage tires, for
every vehicle where rubber tires are
used.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

convenience as well as a saver of
tires. A gasoline gauge in the filler
cap saves much time, and labor in de-
termining the amount of gasoline in
the tank. A dimming device is a
necessity for safety first principles
"No-Glare Mazda lamps solve the
problem of eliminating the glare when
the lamps burn at full intensity. Clear
running boards and a graceful stream
line body are the dictates of the
most advanced design. Including a
tire air pump as regular equipment is
a decided advance. The tire pump is
more of a necessity than a luxury
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

self. Upon the completion of the build
ing owned by George w. Myers, facing
the Cameron approach to the Null
berry street bridge, Harry l.. Myers
leased the upper floor for an automo-
bile service station, with especial at
tention given to the electrical equip
ment, in which Mr.. Myers is especially
we'll versed. This room is especially
accessible by a roadway leading up
from Cameron street under the Mui-
berry street bridge. Mr.. Myers is do
ing business under the name of the
Excelsior Auto Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
Service Station Opened
by Efficient Expert

II. l.. Myers, who has assumed the
agency for the Cole cars. has been
associated with the automobile busi-
ness since 1908, and is q mechanical
ing these years been associated with
several of the biggest motor car deal
ers In the city, and held positions as
foreman of the repair department until
he decided to enter business for him
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
Haynes Motor Cars
/ Striking in Design

perhaps the most striking feature
that is to be observed in the 1915 sea-
son models is the completeness of the
oars connected with the low selling
price. according to Roberts and Holm,
who are displaying the Haynes at. the
kelker street hall auto show.
Regular equipment on new Haynes
oars, at least, includes many features
that were formerly counted as extra
equipment. Electric starting and
lighting is taken as matter of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
FORD HAS IMMENSE
VOLUME OF SALES
One Million Cars Will Be in Opera
tiOn on Completion of
Years Schedule

With the completion of the 100000
car schedule August l, 1915, there will
be one million Ford cars in operation
A million Ford owners mean Ford
dealers in proportion. There are al
ready nearly 6O00 Ford dealers. And
in the hands-always- these Ford
dealers is kept a stock of Ford parts
aggregating $12,000,000. The ratio OF
Ford owners as compared to owners OF
all motor cars is shown, for example,
by California, Iowa and Florida, three
extreme points in the Union. More
than so per cent. of all the automo-
biles owned in these States are Fords,
and there are $4,000 cars in Iowa.
too. There is q Ford dealer every ten
miles in Iowa. In greater New York
City and vicinity there are Ford
branches in Long Island City, Brook
lyn, the Bronx and Newark. All these
stupendous figures-a million Ford
owners, 5000 Ford dealers and St2.-
100000 of Ford parts in the hands OF
Ford dealers-merely mean that it is
impossible for q Ford driver, any
where in this country, to get out of the
zone of immediate Ford service. 1t is
only to take care of every Ford owner
Immediately, but to take care of him
imme mediately-wherever he is.
Though the Ford bodies have been
redesigned, and a sedan and coupelet
have been added to the touring, road
ster and town car models. the chassis
still is the well-known model T design.
All the new bodies have been highly
finished. This applied especially TO
the closed models, which are made TO
meet the tastes of the most exacting.
The coupelet is of the type which
may have the top folded back when
weather permits; but it also may be
closed so no water or snow can get in.
Then it is virtually coupe. The up
holstering is deep and windows wide
in sliding sash. The sedan has two
wide doors and provides seating for
five, three in the rear seat and two in
front on individual chair-type seats.
The right hand seat is on pivot and
folds back out of the way. Wide win
rear make for clear vision in all di-
rections
The touring model shows a decided
improvement in design and manufac-
ture that will be of special interest,
considering that the show in Kelker
street hall Will have one of the first
models to be seen in this section.
The Ford Sales company of this
| city have had remarkable demand
for Ford cars. and, although the re-
cent fire was severe blow to the COM
lpany, reconstruction of the buildne
will be completed as quickly as pos
sible in order to care for the immense
value of business assured for the COM
Ing season, judging by present indica-
tlons and reports from the factory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

The average interval for resurfac-
ing macadam roads is between six
and seven years. If sum equal to
two-thirds of. the original cost of the
gravel surface itself is provided for
renewals at six-year intervals, 1t
should be estimated at from $3.50 to
$3.50 per mile per year. If $40 is then
allowed for annual dragging and
small repairs, the total annual cost
of repair and maintenance of gravel
roads would be from $3.50 TO $3.50
per mile
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-12-01

were as good as the best, and were
highly enjoyed by large congrega-
ton. The one on Prayer" especially
good, and soul-stirring.
Mr.. w. w. Yeargin was in Green
Vile Thanksgiving to see tho game
between Wofford and Furman, and is
quite enthusiastic over football. But
he did not go to see Furman Win
We are indebted to so many Of our
good ncighbprs for kindncscss shown
us every day we live, it is mighty
easy for one, who is feeble to feel
neglected, all these years my neigh
bors have been all could ask. May
God glcss them all.
Mrs. Toy Drummond and children,
visited relatives here Sabbath.
Miss Pauline Owens is in Grcenvile
on visit to relatives.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-12-01
INTERESTING ITEMS
FROM THE COUNTY
Continued from Page One.)

tanned at a dinner party quite num-
her of friends and relatives Thanksgiy-
ing. 1t was a great pleasure 'us to
be one Of the chosen.
Mrs. Chas. Robertson visited rcla-
titcS in Anderson last wee, and had
as is characteristic of her optimistic
nature, a good time.
Miss Carrie G. Fowler spent
Thanksgiving with homefolks.
1t is the desire of Warrior Creek
church for all the members to come
the second Sabbath at ten o'clock, to
call a preacher.
Rev. Mr.. OKelly's sermons, Satur-
day and Sabbath, at Warrior Creek
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-12-01
COTTON MILL PUBLICITY.

Following closely upon the publi-
c,ti,n of tbo ,,nr,, ,ono,., 90 II
-'ioN i'H'oN' pic"iuch' VI 'he "rcch-
wood Cotton Mills in which he
showed "a favorable comparison be
+woon w,yos md .ooi,, condition. y,
"
NO 'P'os 'e' '"'"9 "hu "''ccii 'o"'
ago, mas come pubic statement by
Capt. e. \. Smyth dealing with the
Same cubiact Cant Smvb,. ctoto-
,, ~ NJ
~ ''' ~ wy
course OF an argument pointing out
the extreme position threatened TO be
takon Nv Commissioners Watson in
,,oro ,.,
~ ~ .''''o ""'''''7 VI az
'oNl"ttc looms ! ne information lufh-
i&hCd by Cant. Smyth is cnlightcning
and cucouragipg as going 10 show inc
od,.o,,,.,,,,o,t.. a ~
+o,ti,o ;,,a :, ~
- raa.,.d, ,.hor co,dita,e ur,a ov
co,.,, f.,, III, c.u..
"Co,,,,ir cr,,rh LII, t,,,.,n ~,
the vase scale of those cmpIovcd IN
the mills had radically changed dur
!llS 'lc pASt 20 or 50 years, ana, loi
pniln,. ,,n rrt, ,hno ny t "n' ,an q,
inchiuiDg mon ,yomnn and children
While today the average pay was one
uoiliN ana Ihlrly-onc ccnta, ana thls
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-12-01

were Mr.. and Mrs. ID. AZ Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Game. Mr.. and Mrs
w. e. Meng, Mrs. Pierce Caine, Miss
Julia Irby and DR.. league. The
guests were served by Misses Helen
Sullivan, DOME Counts and Rebecca
Dial. In the gift room coffee was
served by Misses Kittie Richards and
Christine Frazier and Mossrs r. Coke
Gray, II. a. Babb and Allie Lee. In
this room Mr.. and Mrs. II. Il. Fleming
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Todd and Mrs.
John Y. Gai lington mingled with the
guests. Conspicuous among the many
handsome gifts was the chest OF sill
yer from the brides parents and the
silver coffee and tea service, gifts of
the groom's parents.
In the library was the brides regis
ter, presided over by Misses Mary
Todd and Annie Simpson and MI.
Charles Simpson. In this room the
guests were received by Mr. and Mrs.
}. d. Watts, Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Babb
and DR.. and Mrs. w II. Dial.
Later in the evening the bride
donncd her travelling suit Of African
brown chiffon broadcloth with Access
sorics to match and she and the groom
motorcd to Grcenvillc and from there
left for an extended trip to California
and other points west