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The Cotton Factory Times. — 1914-11-27 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SAD SUICIDE AT CLAYTON-LE-MOORS.  An inquest was held on Friday last, at Claytonle-Moors, concerning the death of Clara Alice Miles (16), a weaver, of Queen-street, whose body was recovered from the canal. The father of the deceased stated that she was employed as a weaver at the Victoria Mill. She told the witness she had not been able to keep her ends" straight on account of the beams and the twist coming up broken. She did not complain of anything being said to her. The mother, said her daughter appeared downhearted, and she did not want her tea, adding the deceased had tins bad beams on, but she had to have them cut out the following day. The witness advised deceased not to bother about it. The girl did not nomplain about anybody at the milL She had earned las. and 19s. per week. Deceased kept her affairs very much to herself. Joe. Edmundson, the manager. said that on I November 17th be noticed the yarn was badly ' crossed on one of deceased's looms. That meant the ends were not drawn its properly, and would be the result of carelessness. It was a fault happening with young weavers. Witness sent for deceased to the warehouse, and asked her if she had noticed how the is' its wac drawn in. The girl  made no reply. He told h., She was making ler work more difficult. Nothing further wan said. It was advisable to mention the matter to the girl for her own sake as well as for tho firm. There was no question of bad material. The witness did not threaten to fine or discharge the girl, for there wan no damage done to the cloth. The Coroner said there did not appear to have been any " driving " whatever. The deceased wan evidently a very " touchy " sort of girl, and had apparently drowned herself ens sudden impulse. The jury returned Ja verdict that deceased drowned herself whilst temporarily insane.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1917-11-09 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

DEPRESSION AT LEAVING AGED AND INFIRM PARENTS.  James Thee. Baron, spinner, Browne's Row, Brindle, was (+barged at Chorley on Thursday week with the attempted suicide by taking poison. that_on August 29th his son left . . .  Poor lii;:gga-r. Ido here he'll be in time." ,by ono side or s. e father said.that_. os, - . b deeturned He was. Another hundred ~,,,rao brought h.,' ,hsidtles,. should go into the 'quaestion„.d 'nflleoavechist,senbe—h.e-n: lane to go to the tthoroy re, nonlen in front (if a rathm large building whose well-lit I boofg riT'ecimg' epvero'tTe'tme . writing this I tired and depressed. Next morning he called his TOOTS shirt a warm glow over the otherwise sombre : street. Ile rushed up the three strus at one bound . couna . a week or two now. Is this the result of 1 hy,-droclilorie acid. and gained the entrance hall, upon whose spacious ' inaction by the rank and file? What say you, P S Kirby said that a few days later Baron letter,athovuegh awteuarettold it will be settled in the mother who came back with a bottle containing and well .peopled mreincts opened several comfort- , "R.T.?" filen, again, about throe months ago • oral P.S. he had been upset at the thought of ica i his parents who entild not do for them. able upholstered rooms containing crowds of merry , the rank and file in the same union were asked seluv-e's.g They were both 70 yea.. old, the father makers. Without looking to right or left our ,to votc by ballot for an application .30 per cent. F eing infirm and the mother in a poor state of hero, with eves ali umptight with joyous expectation, 1 increase in wages. This ballot WkiA taken, and it rushed up to..a bous nuin, who stood behind 1 was decided again that we tender not ces if our ho„ee'th,,,,,_. —roAe7t'leld was cc...flit ted to Pr.'''. demand v.as not granted. This vote w. one of ....se-. _s__ a kind of counter, then be withdrew from his ' ho worst that has ever been recorded in our pocket something which he brought down with a tantalganiation. Can '' R.T." wonder at this after clash, at the same moment shouting "a pint!" the way the previous ballot had been turned down Yes, at long last he had discovered THE ONLY by the offieials? The masters came along again pen
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1895-05-10 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

GIFFEN., Chamber of Commerce, Bradford. Statement showing the rates of import duty proposed to be levied in Belgium on the undermentioned articles, according to the Tariff Bill now before the Belgian Legislature, compared with the rates of duty now leviable under the tariff as it at present stands. Proposed Present rates new rates of Classification of articles, of duty, import duty. Woollen Yarn : Fm, eta. Kilos Frs, Kilos-. Carded: Not twisted nor dyed Combed: Single, undyed 15.00 „ 20 „ dyed 2O-00 „ 30 " Twisted, undyed 20'00 , dyed 30 Woollen Carpets and carpeting Woollen shawls and scarves l5 p.c. ad val. .. 10 pc. Woollen tissues weighing ad vale less than 300 grammes per sq. metre Mixed tissues of all kinds: These are to continue to pay the duties on the tissues according to class and according to the material predominating iu weight. But tissues are only to be considered at "mixed tissues " when they contain more than 5 per cent of a textile material other than that which constitutes the predominating material. Yarns prepared for retail sale: Cotton yarns measuring more than 65,0001.10.00 .. 10 metres to the half-) kilogramme Other kinds : All descriptions with the es- 8 p.c. ad val. • ception of silk *Duty on the yarn according to class and materiel predominating in weight.  Cotton Companies' Reports. Henshaw-street Spinning Company, Oldham.—C'' thr. months, £217, reducing the adverse balance to £7,205. Werneth Sp: ng Company, Oldham.—The directors report that, aite. -barging £l,BOO for depreciation. gni interest on loans, tic., £827 14s. 3d., there is a profit on the quarti..'s trading operations of £56 9s. 5d., which reduces the adverse balance to £22,229 15s. id. Summervale Spinning Company, Oldham. profit on the half-year's working is about £3O. A man once advertised that he would send, for a guinea, a recipe winch, if followed to the letter, would keep folks from growing old. Some creditlons persons answered the advertisement, remitting the required fee, and aeceived the following reply— " I should advise all such asses as you to commie suicide at about the age of twenty-five." "I should like to be excused, your lordship," oil a man who had been summoned on a jury. "Wh" for ?" "1 owe a man five pounds, and I want to hunt him up and pay it." "Do you mean to tell this court you would hunt up s man to pay instead of waiting for him to hunt you up 2'' 4e5: your lordship." "You are excused; I don't wan' any man on the jury who will lie like that." Published by JOAN ANDREW, at 1, Warren-street, Coot street, Manchester, for the "Cotton Factory Times Company. London office (for advertisements WO. 171, QUIMA Victoria-street. a bill
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1899-04-14 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS REDAL COMPIATITION.— In connection with this competition a football match was played at the Moss Rose Ground on Saturday, the competing teams being Grimshaw's Employes v. Clayton's Employee. After a hard fought game, Grimettaw's were victorious by two goals to one.  Arrewerso StricioE. A silk weaver named Samuel Smith, living at Boifin Grove, Prestbury, on Thursday week attempted to cut his throat with a razor. He failed to accomplish hie object, and was coirveyed to the Macclesfield Infirmary, where ho now lies in a dangerous condi 'hon. It is only about twelve months since he attempted to commit suicide before, using a razor on that occasion. He was then also taken to the loth-mary, and i•e-c-avered after a dangerous illness, being boned over to keep the ticaoe when brua&bt before the macierar  itAtiTON-1:1141DER-LTNE, Ilcibert Ilbst-well, carder at 1-14, Wslk Mill, who bag been ill for some time, 4NP nicety recovering.  Rs-sienr.--The spinning department 4t Wellington Mill was re-started on Monday al:: Mg after being stopped since the Easter holiday'. Tasotc DEATH Tx A lin.L.—Last Friday noon an engine fitter named George Donald, • was in charge of the engines of the Gnidebd° Spinning Company, owing to the illness of 7,1. engineer, sent a boy for some sweet nitre whit', 7 intended to take for a cold. The shopkeeper the boy ammonia which he took to the null which Donald (who had lost his sense of Qd diluted with water and drank. He immedislc) found out his mistake and called for assin4t,,24 and began vomiting. A doctor was sent for 6"9 Donald died in about a quarter-of-an ,-hour. Tti affair created a great sensation in the town, snd the coroner's inquest the shopkeeper was "yeti censured. Deceased was 49 years of age, sud in Hyde. He had been at the mill about five iyee:ll having been borrowed from Saxon's g Works, Openshste. Etigizetri
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1899-07-21 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

POOR. On Saturday an invest was held in Bagel relative to the death of ltlahala Ward (29),afac14 operative, of Slack Baton, Wibsey. Mr. Pesext Her Majesty's Inspector dractories, end InsPeetl Davies, of the N.S.P.C.C, were preseat at 00 inquiry. Mary Ann Holdsworii, married Nvo ofb Wibsey, said that the decased worked along her at Lane Close Mills, treat Horton. On Thal day morning about 11 3( she heard tbe dece moaning, and went in he direction of the door, which was used ly the joiners for getv; their working materin.le nto the room below' deceased was at the b‘ttem, having sPrare"!, fallen on to the floor helot% Witness ssid ceased in life was a pannier woman, and2WriTii;o as if she was not " aitoother there." She right to be near the trap ioor had she been rail't her own work. The deoased had been weal° .tr, down the hole many a time.—ln 558wer t° Peacock witness said tha the deceased Wald hi to pass over the trap doc to get to her work. ho, By Inspector Davies: )eceased had a child sb; two years old. she had complained of ber, band's ill-conduct toward her and her 611'6 intn,  had threatened to comma suicide. 11 Dr. Brown, jun., boost-surgeon at the RoYe bo tirmary, said tha.t he enmined the deoease4irog she was admitted to Ott institution, aro ''ol her suffering from connasion. She had wound over the left aid of the head and o'o She died on Friday mooing. Be had dineelfje a post-mortem exarciation of the body Of w'io °earned, and found intrnal inries to the 6Pcoo and a slight wound orthe head. In his opl4 the cause ot death Was ilOCk to the nervous sYw  due to these injuries: Vasey Lund, a joicr's apprentice at be where the accident ocerred, said that oa the ing in question he as sweeping sorne oi down the trap door weu the deceased cani.e, bit looked down tviice. She seemed Bowe mod manner.—ln answer a Mr. Peacock. wit'66 that he had been inericted by Mr. AbheY„..4l° tect the trap-door who open, but on tills '— be had failed to do us. The jury returned' verdict of " Suicide l'ore.c! a state of tea:par.:7 inanity."   at 00 00 4 re a. 01 5. all to 00 , tO I g e ave zt.e to et as the
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1897-12-31 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

DISPUTE.  Dr. G. Thomas held an inquest on Monday at the Coroner's Court, St. Pancras, e oueerning the death of John Pig .Davison, aged 31, a mechanical engineer, who resided et Bromley, and who at 3 50 a.m. on ntirsdby, on the arrival at Easton of the Limited Mail, was found dead from the effeets or a bullet wound in the he.e..l.—afrs. Davison said her husband had been some months on strike, and as a result had incurred debts which he waa nuable to meet. This trenbled him greatly, and he became depressed. He also irlevert for the loss of his little daughter, who died recently. Ile threatened to end his his so often that witness ceased regard his threats seriously. On -Wednesday morning last he left home, saying he would try to borrow some money, and he never returued.—Other evidence showed that Davison was found dead by a earl iiige cleaner. He was lying on his left side, supporties his head in his left hand, while his right hand' clasped tightly a he- chambered revolver, two barrels of which were cniety and foar loaded. Ho had evidently shot himself in the right temple. Ile had upon him memorauda of disbursements he had made in connection with the engineers' strike. There Were items for refreshments to men, and for "following men to Greenwich." Alexander. Farmer, engieeer, Bromley, a friend of Davison's, said the latter held a first-class certificate as an engineer, mid had been "leading band" to one tem for six year's. ifs was highly respected, and his friends would most readily have assisted him if he had appealed to them. He was, however, too modest and diffideot for that. Davison's father resided in letaffordabire, and it neght be that he had started to visit him and altered his mind.— The jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1915-04-30 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SAD END TO SUFFERER FROIT CANCER.  On Saturday afternoon, M. F. N. Molestaorth (County Coroner) held an inquest at the Waohbrook School, Chadderton, on the body of Anthony Simpson, agod 7h years, of 113, Denton Lane, Chadderton. The demeeed was found dead on Friday morning, hanging by a clothes line suspended from a beam in the doorway of the home.  Agnes Duckworth, 2, Prineess.str,t, Denton La.ne, Chadderton, a niece, said the deceased was a widower, and Lived alone. He waa formerly hand-loom aeaver. She last raw bim alive on Thursday night at 00 home. Simpson had never threatened to commit suicide, although suffering from cancer for three years and enduring great  • pain. Mrs, Leen. a neighbour, was passing deceased'. so why keep rabbits? A delightful Itorn, hohb, for boa., at 5.25 at Frick, morning, aka. alto Faw young men too shirky to enlist. Wire-netting for tho door opon. After calling a Mr. Burrows, and Salo, with an imitation barbed edge. Thin and tho going. inside the hems, they found Simpson hang_ addition of our patent imitation trench rabbit run, 'ha from a beam in the ending with a rope round torether with a couple of our German prize rabbi., his neck. Life W. extinet. will amuse our stay-at-home nuts until its time to Constable Harold Dixon said be was knocked wave a banner when the war's over. and, en peasant, up at 6 a.m. on Friday to go to deceaned's house, fill them with a vague tense of having done someToe man appeared to have been dead about an thing, or somebody, for their country." hour when witness saw hint. "To all whom it may concern. To be given 1. A verdict of "Suicide by banging whilst of away, a few large lumps of cod. Aristr— unsound mind.' was returned by the jury. Prrza Pan.." I
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1915-08-27 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SOM." he said. "One broth for myeelf makes eleven. I offer you the twelfth. See, the portrait of Patti is upon the end. It is imitation ivory. Most ivory and bone shaving brushes have the handle screwed cm, I think. It is thus convenient for packing in a short ease; lot this does not unscrew, you understand. I do not think the gift pays you. It is not value received. Life is priceless. That is your own opinion. I urn sure." We laughed a little that night over Moses and the "example of his generosity," arid my wife hung the brush up, and fell into the habit of calling it my menial, and speaking of it as the reward of my life-saving exertions. As I never shaved myself, but always confident my chin to a barber, I never used the brush. I Five years passed. They were trying years. j I slid back two feet for every one I climbed. I At last I did that maddest of all mad things!— ! indonsed a bill for All acquaintance. The end was ruin. I stood one day in an empty house, from which the auctioneer had just sold every stick of furniture. The bo.se was inine no longer. My wife's mother had .` asked us home." Ohe a widow, livieg--good old niced—on a tidy ineoine juet sufficient for herself, which, she , assured us, would stretch. I was in that condition of mind whinb leads some men to suicide. I owed AO man a penny. but I knew not how to begin the world over again.  You Can Rely On  Nemode. to sithee Ses. for%ll Aeotore4 or Cnnet/tctional Organs. Gravel. Pekes m the Bacit and It:mired comp:amts. Clarke's sOCheraists.4/11,,,0,  841 Proprietors The Limo. jus .1 Pills  INSTANT RELIEF RAPID CURE OF GOUT AND RHEUMATISM  “i"apa,” cried my little boy, " they didn't sell the shaving brush!" He pointed to where it hung on the wall, overlooked Sr uncared for by anyone; and one of those sudden attacks of fury which lead us to wreak our wrath on inanimate objects mired upon me. I clutchcd the little brush, uttered what my boy imtantly deacribed as a "naughty word," I and dashed it furiously upvin the marble . . .  ttttt IU/I,', e, ~, NI , . i KEATiN 4 POWDER • ; Kius • ._ „,.. „ BU %A ..,--= FLEAS z.,,i-: MOTHS' '..,--', BEETLES * Th• 1".54.64.1, i
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1915-01-01 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

ACCUSED REMANDED ON RAIL.  The three men imPliemed in the alleged theft of eri—ein from the Great Lower Spinning Company's mill were again bought before the Bolton magiscrates on Monday morning, and were again charged with having broken and entered the warehouse at the mill, and Ftealing five bales of cotton, Moo £2OO. The names of the aroused are John Bailey (354 a carter, of 5, Rhyl-streert Renee Beard, (321. a seuteher. of 35, Sidnev-street: and Thomas Bailey (23), a carter, of 10, Grundy's Court. _  Mr. 3. H. Hall, in *poking fr eremned until Tuesday of next week, said the polio.. NV not in a position M go Oil with the case that morning. The aulunt of cotton which had been missed was worth £6OO. and at the moment MO worth hati been traced to the accused. The police had no objection to bail. Mr. F. A. Ilorridge appEed for bail est behalf of the Bailey, and the magistrates granted a remind until Tuesday next, and allowed all the three torn mi, themselves in £5O arid two sureties of £25.  Alleged Attempted Suicide. Alice Holden (22), a weaver, of 21. Park View, Bagley, was brought up on remand at the Bolton Police Court, on Tuesday, charged with having attempted to commit suicide by throwing hersed into the Brine Hey Reservoir on December 21st Mr. J. IL Ball said it ought to be stated pd that the no °l had received considerable r • nese from Mis Taylor, wife of Junte Toy'. Brien Bey Farm, who took her in, clothed and dried her, and also behaved exceedingly kindly to the Lanceted. Min Burton had found a home, and the aoramed was willing to go into it. Dr Howat had examined the woman, and be saw no reason why the magistratea should not allow the suggestion to be carried out. The aocueed told the magistrates that she ore willing to go into the home, and upon this promi:e she Will discharged.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1915-01-22 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

GRIEF AT HAVING-7-j RELINQUISH HIS  The pathetic circumstances attending the &was a Thomas Starkie (68), a cotton spinner hiring at 58, Argyleatreet, Burnley, w. inquired into on Tuesday.  Mr. i'ullaltive attended thp inquiry on behalf of Messrs. Ilaslam Brne., Yatefield Mill. He filtid he undertood Starkie had been employed at that mill for ever 40 year, and 2. he had really got too old for hie work it had treen suwgepted be should take light cr work, vehich he would he able to do satisfactorily. That suggeetion might have affected him.  Coulthirreit. of 58. Argyle-street, stmoa that for three weeks the deceased had been very depreesed. hut he had not given any reason for it. Richard Draper, canal tog driver, stated he recovered the demased's bed, from the Leeds and Liverpool C.anal shortly after 12 o'clock on MooRobert Robinson, mule overlooker, 21, Lionelstreet, mid the deceased worked under him, and during the last, three months he had not been able to do his work at well as usual. About three weekt ago the witness suggested he should take lighter work, such as that of a pieocr. The de. ceased did not fall in with the idea tt first, but , week later, when the witness tig,ain spoke to him, he agreed to the change. Ile mid POMO of the other men had been talking to him .boot it, and had persuaded hint. He told the da:eased he could begin piecing on the Monday, but he never turned up at the mill. The Coroner: Was anything mid to hint that if he did not accept piecing he would have to give up as a spinner?  The' Witnees : No, there was no suggestion of that sort.  By Mr. Fullidove: Tbe deceased was a joiner minder, and the last two joiners had complained that Starkie oould not do his work. and it left them too much of the work to do. One said that before he would work with Startle again he would play. A verdict of 'Suicide whilst of unsound mind" was returned.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1915-10-15 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

LOVER WHO DID NOT WRITE-AND 13 AD WORK.  The body of Harriet Johnsen (24), swim wan • sender at tho Harp Doubling Company's Mitl, Castleten, was recovered from the canal near the Arm MiLl. Castleton. on Sunday eventing. The deceased. who had been rather depressed of late. lived in lodging.. 462, Manehester-mad, Sudden. Roohdale. M. J. H. Chadwick, Deprity-Coroner. held an inquest on the body at the Rochdale Town Hall on Monday afternoon. Maria Hale.. of 461, Manehester-road, Sudden. mister of the demised, said the latter had been eleresvased during the past few day. Her Yeue2 man was at the front, and deceased had not heard from him for several weeks.  The Deputy-Coroner: Had she never complained about her work ?—Witness: Yes. ahe said it was not running se grand, but I told her not to let that trouble her. In August deceased tried to oemnut suicide by nutting her throat with a knife. My husband found her on the rug. She was not taken before the magistrates on that taccesinn. On Sunday evening rny tuster bee " Good-night." and added "I am going out for a walk." She did not retuni.  Emma Butterworth, with whom demand lived. said &be was lively up to WedneMay of last woelrOn Friday and Saturday Mita Johnson remarked that the had some had orork in at the factory, and that she (wild not "get rid of it." She was also bothered about her young man not having emit' ten to her.  The Deputy Coroner, no did not complain about anyone at the works':—No, sir. R. J. Sanderson, a spinner, of 4, Trevoretreet. Castlet., was on tbe canal towing patb about 7-31 on Siunday evening, when he beard someone moan. ing. It was dark at the time. He looked up end down, but could not see anyone. He found, bow. cry, a woman's bat, shows, and a coat on the towing-pash. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind."  Textile Trades Federation. rb nlme4=ting of the Nelson, Cob, ami District Textile Trades' Federation was held in the Weavers' Institute, Nelson, on Friday evening, and was well attended. My Th... Shaw, J.P. (CoLne Weavers), oocirpied the chair. Mr. Lancaster, assistant-secretary of Nelson Dverlookers's Association, was elected pre•sident. Mr. Butterfield (Colne Warpdreesers) was elected vice-prosident, Councillor C. Tate was re. elected secretary, Thos. 3,lcCall and Mr. Lightowler were elected auditors. _ .  the Colne Overlookers' made a complaint alone tho tnanner in which some their members were treated at a firm in their die. trict, and a depuistion was appointed to wait on the firm.