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The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31
Organized Labor in
Fight to Put End to
Industrial Wastage
BY FRANK L. MORRISON,
Secretary American Federation o'


Labor.
Y t IS impossible to record funda-
mental gains during the past year
because Of organized labor's ogita-
tion or to indlviduallze probable
gains during the year to come. The
best we can do is to observe tenden-
cies. Prominent among these is the
workers. seizure of the cry for "pre-
paredness" to emphasize a danger In
Industry more deadly than battlefelds.
Government statistics show that 3O,-
900 men are annually killed and 700.-
900 are annually injured fof period
of four weeks or over.
1t has been stated that every year
there are over 100000 cases of in
dustrial Illness, caused mainly by long
hours, low wages, dust, bad air, fumes.
smoke, poisonlngs and poor ventilation.
and that through typhoid fever and
malaria alone $9000OO.000 is annually
lost to this nation. Enough to equip
the largest army and navy In the
world, and then have a balance suf1i-
cient to pay the tuition of every boy
now in college.
system of national preparedness
that does not include recognition OF
this frightful and preventable wastage
is the preparedness urged by big busi-
ness.
Another element among employers
who talk Of the scarcity of labor does
so to entlce sufficient number of Idle
workers to their factory gates as q
menace to those employed and who are
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

liable to demand better conditions.
These employers oppose restriction of
immigration because restriction will
defeat their policy Of having two or
more men for every job.
Another tendency is the growing op-
position to labor injunctions. which
class labor power as property. The
congress Of the United States has
voiced this opposition In amendments
to the antitrust laws. Judicial inter
pretatlons of the term property" In
the fourteenth amendment to the fed
eral constitution are losing their force.
What was originally intended to end
slavery has been used to thwart the
enactment of social legislation. but
courts have failed to check the swell
ing tide of democracy.
The trade union movement Is con-
scious of the part 1t has played in the
tendencies above referred to and this
consciousness will be an Inspiration to
greater effort during the coming year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31
Trade Union Success
In Effort to Shorten
the Hours of Labor
Copyright. 1917.
BY SAMUEL GoMPERS.
President American Federation of
Labor

PreSiucnI american fcOcration OF
Labor.
II ABOR Day brings to the workers
of America the right to cheer
and confidence in the trade
union movement. There have
been tests and crises that have proved
its fundamental principles there have
been opportunities that have tested its
practical efficiency. Through them all
the trade union movement has made
sure progress and gained in confident
vision for the future.
Every national and international.
every local union affiliated to the
American Federation of Labor has
made definite progress in securing for
Its members greater advantages in
those thiogs which are fundamental
of betterment in all relations of life.
There ras been great progress in Sc
curing the elght-hour day or the short
er workday. The meaning OF the vic
tories can be interpreted only in the
light of full understanding of the
meaning of the eight-hour day. The
shorter workt y is something more
than an economic demand. 1t Is de-
mand for opportunity for rest, recu-
peration and development; things
which make life more than mechanical
drudgery.
The workers whose whole periods
nre short are essentially different from
those who are so worn by toll that they
have neither energy nor mind for
other things in life. They become
more energetic, more resourceful work
ers with keener mentality and greater
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31
Self Defense.

"A man should never talk about
what he doesn't understand"
Sometimes" replied Senator Sor-
shum, you're obliged to do so in self
iefense.. You get tired of listening TO
other people talk about things they
ion't understand"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Every day is labor's day. Every man
worth while Is laborer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-12

all through your ordeal ten years
ago, and know what I'm talking
about"
And you suggest?" voiced Victor
hOpelessly.
Arouse her jealousy"
Now Victor had no suspicion that
this element lay at the root Of the
whole misunderstanding.
"Arline is above such petty sentI-
ment, he declared.
Suppose so. Arouse it in her, feed
the fire. Trust me-let her hear you,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-12

= .ssss sssss sss -
THE DOUBLE PLOT
BY AIVah Jordan Garth
Q > a@ 8
Copyright, 1917, W. G. Chapman.)
You poor, dear simpleton" child
ed, yet sympathized, Mrs. Roscoe De-
levan.
"But-but I love him SOP Airline
Bortene ended her words in contrite
sObs.
Don't cry, little woman" pursued
her senior by ten years. you've
made a mUddle of it, but who
wouldn't, under the circumstances?
I have something to tell you that
will cheer you up and mend up things
famously."
This had happened: Victor Mar
tin and Airline had been engaged.
Someone had led Airline to believe
that while she was away from Brook
vile on visit, her fiance had been
the life of several social occasions.
The imputatiOn was that Victor had
1Irted OutrageOUsly, whereas in truth
and verify, the big-hearted young
fellow had simply acted out his royal
y friendly nature of trying to make
everybody around him happy.
Nevertheless, when Airline had re-
turned to BroOkviIe she had met her
lover with a gloomy and suspicious
heart. There had been a spat, minus
an explanation. Victor left her feeling
abused. Airline nUrsed her unjust an
ger, sent him back the engagement
ring, and the happiness of two tender
souls was abruptly shattered.
Only temporarily, however, for
very soon. Airline decided that she
could not live without Victor. And
he-a friend gave him some advice
which the tOTmented Victor proceed
ed to accept.
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or, better still, see you in the COM
pany of some other girl a few times.
She'll send for you all broken up, be-
Geve me-"
But l don't want to get entangled
with another girl" voiced Victor
feebly.
Don't need to, I've got it all
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other atmospheric condition. no matter
how unreasonable 1t may be, says
London correspondent in the Kansas
civ Star. For London in the grip OF a
good hard frost is, in the language OF
the cockney, NO cop" which, he'ne
translated, means mo good. nav
dined once or twice during the pres.n .
week in beautiful and extraNas.an.. y
luxurious houses in Mayfair, and In not
one of them did 1 feel any degree OF
comfort-spacious rooms parquet moor
ing, lofty ceilings and all the rest OF II,
made for pictorial effect, but the cola
and icy winds stirred about ones Feet
and shoulders, and two open CRATES. one
at either end Of huge dining room'
made little effect against an atmos-
phere that is something below freez-
ing. For just now London Is experience
ing all the horrors OF not oeing agae 70
get enough coal to fill the fires. There
is plenty of fuel at the wharves and the
various depots throughout the city, but
there are so few men to deliver 1t that
the difficulties of transportation are al
most insuperable.
l saw a woman the other day in a
huge and expensive motor. She was at
the wheel herself, and the back part Of
the open car had it's seats and floor
covered with sacking. She was en-
route to a coal depot in order to trans
port for hersalf as many sacks of coal as
her car would hold. Lucky are the peo-
pie who have large cellars, which they
had the foresight to fill with black
diamonds early in the season. Now
that the days of rigor are upon US. and
there are no men to drive coal carts and
very few horses to draw them. to obtain
coal is the most difficult job in the
world.
London's fiat dwellers are particular
ly badly hit by this season Of fearful
frigidity. None except the most ex-
pensiye West End flats has system
of central heating. Each set of apart
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Picked Up Here and There.

Rumors of war are still upsetting the
matrimonial plans of many future
bridal cou-
War Rumors PIES whose
Change Bridal Plans. spring
weddings are being sadly disconnected,
and more war brides" are shortly to
be added to the already long list.
1t is owing to this condition in politi-
cal affairs that the wedding plans OF
Miss Dorothy Dunn Smith and Lieut..
William Elliott Norman. u. S. N. had
to be changed. This wedding was to
have taken place late in the spring,
but the young couple decided to be
married yesterday.
The bride is a daughter CT DR.. and
Mrs Alexis du Pont Smith of Green and
Harvey streets. Germantown, and Is
member of the Acorn Club. She is
popular member of suburban society
and has been extensively entertained
since her debut several years ago, says
the Philadelphia Record.
AS far as can be ascertained, the
military wedding that has been planned
to take place at the Bellevue-S tratford.
when Miss Margaret Frances Runyan
will become the bride of Ensign Edwin
Friedley Cochrane, L. S. N. of Bis
marck. N. D., is to take place next
month. although in case of war the
date will be advanced. The bride. who
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Runyan of 45th and Walnut streets.
wether of Fort Wayne, Ind. as maid
of honor. and the bridesmaids will be
Miss Deronde Hilbert, Miss Vera
Springer, Jenkintown; Miss Genevieve
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ments depends upon its own coal or gas
fires for making the place habitable
Also, in flats, as rule, only a small
quantity can be stored at one time. The
consequence is that there is real want
and misery in households where money
is fairly plentiful and where everything
that makes life comfortable, except
warm fires, is to be found.
Under ordinary circumstances, did a
coal famine exist, people experiencing
these difficulties would pack up and go
and live at hotel until the discomf fort
in the household was passed.
But wartime London has still other
troubles to face, for it is almost impos-
.. sible to engage a room in any hotel
nowadays. since SO many of the large
ones have been commandeered for gov
eminent purposes. So. what with one
thing and another, we are beginning to
realize in a vital fashion the fact that
the war can affect very distinctly our
domestic lives. To rise from a warm
bed and to find no welcome fire burning
in the dining room while you eat your
breakfast is one of those little
worries" that make life moro or less
insupportable.
But, as I said before. by the time you
are reading these words we will prob
ably have ali the windows open to get
breath Of air and all the blinds drawn
in order to shade our eyes from the
sun. That Is one of London's fascina-
tons. You never know where you are
as far as the climate Is concerned.
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Chevy Chase.

Mr.. and Mrs. e. c. Graham entertain
ed the Chevy Chase Dancing Club at
the Chevy Chase Library last night.
when they had among their guests Mr.
and Mrs. George Harris. DR.. and Mrs.
Edwin c. Dutton, Dr. and Mrs. D, c.
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs George Winchester
Stone. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick holster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Demonet. DIR. and
Mrs. Barnhardt and Mr.. and Mrs John
Writ
Mrs. 6. H. Warner will entertain the
Chevy Chase Chapter of the Young
Women Christian Association at her
home April 3.
Mrs. Hugh NJ. Southgate will have the
members of her bridge club as her
guests at her home in Grafton street
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Glib of East Kirke street
entertained at luncheon at her home
the past week, when she had among
her guests Mrs. Joseph Travers Ma
guire. Mrs. W. w. Chance, Mrs. George
81. Wilson. Mrs. Otis D. SWEET, Mrs.
Earl MacFarland, Mrs. Isaac Z. Shoe
maker and Mrs. Hanger.
Mrs. Laurenz NJ. Prior will give a
luncheon at her home Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Hathaway were
hosts at dinner party at their home
Friday evening, when they had among
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w.
Henkle, Mr.. and Mrs w. B. Magruder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Laurenz NJ Prior.
Mrs: Lloyd r. Freeman will enter
tam her bridge club at her apartment
in the Chevy Chase Wednesday,
Mrs. John Wilmer Latimer of New
lands street left Thursday for a ten
day stay at Atlantic City. n. J.
Miss Daoud entertained the Young
Peoples Music Club of Chevy Chase
at her home last night
The Community Club gave a supper
at the home of Mrs. J. H. Dynes the
past week to it's members.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jackson gave a
dinner last week in honor of Mrs.
George Cutter, who has been spending
the winter in Florida, but who is now
visiting friends in Washington en-
route to her home in South Bend, Ind.
Mrs. Richard B. Clayton has return
ed to her home after a visit in New
York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Smith will en-
terrain the Chevy Chase Music Club at
their home tomorrow evening.
Mr.. C. NJ. Richards and Miss Richards
of Maine, who have been spending the
winner with Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff r. Rich
ards left last week for Boston. Mass,
where they will make visit before re-
turning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Colladay OF
Northampton street have returned to
their home from visit to New York
city.
Mrs Oscar Merrill of West Melrose
street will entertain the Chevy Chase
Wednesday Morning Reading Glass at
luncheon at her home Wednesday.
This will be the last meeting this sea-
son.
Mrs William r. Myers had the mem
bers of the Chevy Chase Thimble Club
as her guests at her house last week.
Mrs. Charles Langley has returned to
her home after a visit in Utica, n. Y.
Prince Yamashta of TOXIC, Japan,
who has been the house guest of Mr.
and Mrs. William W. Bride, has gone
to New York city.
Mr. and Mrs Henry A. Kirchman en-
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Vandegrift, Miss Cecile Bradshaw. st.
Louis: Miss Dorothy Hileman. West
Pittston. Pa. Ensign Cochrane will be
attended by Ensign Walter Webb, U.
S. N. as best man.
! In the broad and ever increasing
work of organizing movements for
preparedness at home
| Juniors without hampering
work for relief
DO Their Bit. abroad the fact has
been lost to sight that the juniors of
society are doing their bit"
| Parents and older brothers and sisters
| have, per force. occupied the fore
ground In this inceSsant demand upon
| time and means, but through the WIN
| ter younger brothers and sisters. par.
| ticularly the little women. many or
| whom will remain in the social back
| ground for several years. have not
lost an opportunity to aid In bringing
| into various funds dollars for the help
of unfortunate children of the war
zones. says the New York Herald.
| Chief among these children's or.
| CARNATIONS is the Junior Society OF
daughters of Colonial Danes. who
stimulate the spirit of practical phi
lanthropy In many ways while increas-
Ing among themselves and their young
friends knowledge Of what their Tor
bears did in laying y e foundations OF
the United States.
The boys of this large group OF
society already are responding to the
appeal Of the Junior Patriots OF amer.
Fish, jr., Mrs. oliver Hartman. MI.
]. Beaumont Spencer and Mr.. Robert
Ingersoll Brown. There are several
military organizations. such as IN. !He
in q
city, which for many years have IN
stiiled the spirit of military discipline
into the rising generations OF boys.
fitting. many, Of them Tor service thew ev
the National Guard. In Whlcn 'hey
have risen to high rank.
But the girls also have their work
to do in this emergency, ana what tney
have accomplished is only sugges.ion
still in their teens. intended to 90:
A group Of fourteen girls showed.
last week. what this rising generation
Of femininity can do upon ITS , oWn
aid from their elders. an entertain
ment for the benefit OF French Was
orphans, and 1t was given at the nouSe
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Freoer1cA LICE
it the girls found, to their great 10y
that they earned nearly $500 Tor tho
orphans. ,-L
One of the chief organizers of this work
was MISS Marion ~. f1ohHidiis oo
Of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, and she,
herself, sold nearly one hundred tickets
at So each One of her chief AIDS was
Miss Cathleen Vanderbilt, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Reginald C. Vanderbilt.
As am writing most arctic condl-
lions prevail in London. but dare say
that by the
London's Interiors time this let
ter is printed.
at Low Temperature. such arc the
vagaries of tho. English climate. we
may be gasping for breath in too
previous arrival Of spring or an carly
edition of summer. Personally. can
only hope to welcome either one or the
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the rather formal interior. The floors
and walls are of stone throughout, and
the doors of unpublished woods have iron
hasps, and there are many other fea-
lures to make the house rather like an
old monastery, which gives it a singu-
lar charm for those who are weary of
over elaboration of houses and many
bibelots. The service rooms are all on
the first floor. and the living room,
stately and severe; the CHEEKY dining
room and small study are on the sec
ond floor.
In the living room the ornaments are
limited to a few choice pieces of brass
or copper. small squat pots of tiny
grape hyacinths and vases of cattails.
ar only one picture-a charming por-
trait of one of the little daughters of
the house, which hangs over the Gothic
! fireplace.
The lighting in the halls comes from
odd lamps. rather like sanctuary lamps
! swung from iron chains. which also in
| tensifies the monastic atmosphere.
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tertained the members of their bridge
club Friday evening at their home IN
Morrison street.
Mr.. Robert Preston Shealey has re-
turned to his home after spending some
time in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Moses have re-
turned to their home after spending
some time in North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Freeman enter
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homes near Philadelphia have been open
ed. the first hint of spring
Call of the in the air being an incen-
tive to return to the coun-
SouAtIy. try. By Easter week a
large percentage of those who have been
| occupying apartments during the mid
winter months will have returned to
| their nearby estates, says the Philadel-
phia Record.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hancock, who
have been spending the winter at the
Belgravia, will return the end OF March
| 20 their residence, THE Poplars, 81.
Davids, and Mr.. and Mrs. T. Henry DIX
| on and Emily Price Welsh, who spent
part of the winter at No: 1881 Spruce
street. have returned to their home in
Chestnut Hill.
The debutantes who have been in the
city for convenience in attending the
many social affairs planned IN their
honor are also returning to their homes
in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Packard. Miss
Mary F. Packard and Miss Elizabeth W.
Packard, who spent part of the WIN,
ter at the Ritz-Carleton, have returned
to THE Meadows" their, place at Villa
nova. The Misses Packard have been
| among the most feted of this season
! buds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Lees. who have
ton, are staying with the latters BROTH
er-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. sgd
ney Sherwood, at Haverford, until April
/. when they will occupy their house on
the links of the Merton Golf Club, HaV-
erford.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, jr.'s. re-
cent party at the Beach club of Palnl
Beach. they say, was wonder fQr beau-
| ty and deiightfulness. Mrs. Lydis Hoyt
was one of the guests, and my cores
pondent says that she looked stunning.
She had on a gown of gold brocade that
gave the effect of vast richness and at
the same time grace-a rare comblna-
| ton. With 1t she wore diamonds for
ostrich fan.
Speaking of houses, one of the most
charming of the new homes on the
north side is that of
Swifts' Tudor the Gustavus F. swifts
at Aston street and
nouse. North avenue, Chicago
| which was opened on Thursday after
| noon for an address by Mrs. William
Stanton Monroe on the work Of the
Society for Mental Hygiene.
1t is of Tudor architecture, and con-
tains many antiques. including a gen.
! uine Tudor refectory table, which re-
! Gently arrived from England and has
| been placed in the big homelike living
| room on the second floor, where also
! are some Flemish tapestries. some odd.
looking divans and chairs upholstered
| in fine old needlework, and with over
| draperes at the windows of rich bro
cade of gold and burgundy red. These
jhangings. says the Chicago Herald
! once adorned an Italian villa and are
rare specimens of the weaver's art.
| a mullioned window looks out of this
room on the big hall below-said to be
the stateliest and most beautiful hall
way in Chicago, which has finely
carved Tudor stairway of genuine old
woods and a deep fireplace piled high
with birch logs these windy March
days, which gives an air of coZiness to
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There is a new page being written by
society in Its own history Of pleasure.
This season sojourners
Society Takes at Palm Beach have
to Flying. air making use Of the
hydroaeroplane at all times and for all
purposes. They went fishing with 1t,
bathing. shooting. to picnics and to tea
parties The use Of 1t is SO constant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-25

tanned their evening card club at their
home the past week.
MIR. and Mrs. George L. Walter OF
Pittsburgh are house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Corby.
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that it has become almost a necessity,
and several have bought machines.
In all the season no accident was re-
ported, and that has served to encour-
age the women. who have taken up
this medium of transportation eagerly,
says the New York Herald
Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney of New
York flew to Miami recently to join Mr.
Whitney and fishing party waiting on
board their yacht there.
Others who have been scouting the
air are Miss Rosamond Lancaster. Mr.
Ector O. Mum. Miss Elizabeth Clark
son, Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. L. Ruther-
furd. Mrs. Gurnee Num- Mrs Arturo
de Heeren, Mrs. Edward r. Close, Mrs
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Mrs. Rus.
sell G. Colt, Mrs. Charles B. E-..1l1ng-
ham, Mrs. Frank Duff Frazier, Mrs w
Rarklie Henry, Mrs. William Lawrence
Green. Mrs. Edward p. Kennedy, Mrs
tichard Croker and Miss Isadora Dun.
can.
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The manufacture OF oil from birch
bark is becoming an important indus
try of the southern states.
Evening star., 1917-02-08
SAYS AMERICAN NATION
HAS PROBLEMS TO FACE
Present Prosperity Cannot Go on
Forever" DR.. E. E. Pratt Tells
Gamers.

Present prosperity cannot go on for
ever Dr. Z. L. Pratt, chief of the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic commerce.
told members of the National Gamers
Association Monday night at Cleveland,
Ohio.
LAS nation we are inclined to be i'm
provident and thoughtless for the fu-
ture." DIR. Pratt said. Just now we
are at the peak of prosperity, We are
altogether too apt to think that things
will continue as they are. and that We
can make our business calculations ac-
cordingly. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. We do not even wish
il to go on forever. This does not
mean that we are going to have a panic
or anything approaching panic. 1t
does mean. however, that there is COM
ing n period when business will have
to be conducted on a more normal
basis.
How long the present period of pros
perity will continue no man can say.
1t is the part of wisdom for every man
ufacturer. no matter in what industry
he may be engaged, to have care for
the future, and to prepare for a less
congested period"
The speaker said he believed a much
larger market can be developed abroad
for American canned goods.