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NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN AND THEIR OCCUPATIONS (By Dean Thompson.) Department of Rural Economies and Sociology, University of North Caro .Una, Chapel Hill, N. C The nineteen ten census of the Uni - ted States gives some very interest - ing facts regarding the females andjdolph's past, great is' her present, and per cent, oi them engaged in some why not greater her future ? We, the form of gainful occupation. By re - striding its statistics tp the females engaged in gainful occupation, the census dots not include housewives and mothers who keep house for their ments. There is no use to enumerate , husbands and raise their children, these needs, for they are apparent to Therefore, all the statistics and con- anyone who gives the matter a little elusions presented in this paper are thoughtful consideration. In making given only for those women who are this statement I want to reflect upon engaged in some gainful occupation, no officers of the county, for (I be In the United States 23.4 per cent, lieve) they are exerting and will ex of the women are at work, but North crt every possible effort towards our Carolina exceeds this per cent, by over county's further development and ef ten points with 34.2 per cent., ranking ficiency. In order to meet the de sixth in the United States. North man-Is and exigencies of this progres Caroiina also stands high in the num- give age, Randolph county must free bcr of males engaged in gainful oceu- herself from the limitations of staid pations, having a per cent, of 86.4, conservatism. Don't think for a mo ranking seventh in the United States. ment that this is the only county in It is the general opinion that the which such action must be taken; sim negro is a shiftless, lazy creature, but iiar oncg can be found throughout our it is due to him that North Carolina glorious State. The old way of "do and the other Southern States stand jns: things" is crumbling away under so far ahead in the per eent. of their people that are at work. Another factor in the high standing of these States is the fact that they are all agricultural States. A large number of the farm laborers in the South are females. In South Carolina 49 per themselves the problem of its truths; cent, of the women are at work. In DUt the great mistake that most of this State there are more blacks than SP(kers after truth make is based up whites. Only about one-third of the on the fact that their decisions are population of North Carolina is black, ma(e upon the evidence that their own the per cents, being 68 white and 32 individual experience affords without black. estimating at its proper value the ev- One studying the occupations of the idonce that can be offered by those women of North Carolina finds that who have had broader opportunities they are engaged in many and vari- to study the subject, ous forms of work, but the largest per The sooner Randolph county sees cent, of them are engaged in some herself as her neighbors see her, the form of agricultural work. A majori- sooner we will find ourselves among ty of them are working on their home the most progressive counties of our farms, but out of 76,880 white women, State. As our county gains a deeper 7,123 are hired out as day laborers, insight into its faulty habits and faul The next occupation in which many ty methods, there will materially be of the women are engaged in manu- aroused in her people a desire for bet facturing 26,552 whitf s and 5,075 aruj plater things. Some of our peo blacks earning their bread in this way. pe no doubt, are lost and will remain The girls between the ages of ten ost unesg they break away from the and sixteen are the most industrious, cjrce they have been traveling in the 34.7 per cent, of them being engaged past jf we attempt to put new in some gainful occupation, a per things into practice we are sure to cent, five-tenths higher than that for finJ mal,y "doubting Thomases," and all females in North Carolina. South because of ignorance of view from Carolina leads with 48.6 per cent., tneir low plane of observation they with North Carolina fourth, while do not reanze the positiveness of the Idaho ranks last with 3.0 per cent. truths laid before them by those who In North Carolina between the ages & range o fourteen and fifteen 44.1 per cent of and haye revorteA what they the girls are engaged in gainful occu- haye geen doubting. Thomas. pations. eg of Randolph county are in a great Even the young girls between the way pubic gentiment and ..u "" ' lina are found to be busy, 29.3 per cent, working to earn bread. Again South Carolina ranks first with 48.6 per cent., North Carolina fourth, and Massachusetts last with 0.3 per cent. When child labor is spoken of, one always thinks of the mills, but strange to say if one will study the census report he will find that the manufac- turing States rank low in child labor; , , , ' '. . while those States which are largely Sundav scho1 cou.nt? f ur State' agricultural stand a the top of the and ,n many ways it is the best coun- ,. ty in the State, but aside from these list. , , .. . . , . . A large majority of the people of agreeable qualities we find many just North Carolina are busy at work, and the opposite. as the growth and success of a St'te R"lP ,s progressive depends largely on the thrift and in- ness vear' but ") the Percent dustry of its people, the future should fe f 'Iterate people in the county have in store for the "Old North ,s reduced more we need not look for State much prosperity. . any marked progressiveness. Ran I. How many girls and women, dolP county has great possibilities and what proportion, are bread win- and -,t 18 beheve our s,ncere and ners in gainful occupations in North earnest desire to see her take advan Carolina , tage of them in the near future. Total number of white women 540,777 A Subscriber. Total number of black women 253,755 Per cent, white 68 per cent, Per cent black 32 per cent. Women in Gainful Occupations. Total number of whites 130,380 Total number of blacks Total number of whites and blacks Per cent, of whites at work Per cent, of blacks at work iti,ojL , 9.1 1 Z oa.7 Per cent of whites and blacks 1 at work Per cent, of women in the United i States engaged in gainful oc- cupations ZAA II. At What Occopations? In agriculture, 76,880 white; 1,320 foreign; 84,420 black. Working out (as farm laborers) 7,123 white; 354 foreign; 24,8..6 black. Manufacturing, 26,552 white; 163 foreign; 5,075 black. Domestic and personal service, 'J.b.JZ. white; 173 foreign; 48,320. Midwives and nurses not trained,. 352 white; 12 foreign; 1,395 black. Professional service, 7,Oo4 white; ibo ioreign; i,- 915 black. Transportation, trade, pub- lie service, 5,754 white; 137 foreign; 314 black. III. Study of Occupations of White Women Farm laborers (home farm Farm laborers (working out) Farmers and dairy farmers Teachers Spinners in mills Servants Dressmakers and seamstresses (not in factories) Weavers (in mills) Knitting (in mills) Saleswomen (stores) 60,554 7,123 8,898 5,681 5,611 4,874 3,940 8,531 2,086 1,168 Boarding and lodging house keepers 1.310 Stenographers and typewriters 1,367 Laundresses not in laundries , 1,118 Sewers and sewing machine i operators , 1,089. IV. Girls Under 16, While and Black! Agriculture, forestry and animal " I RANDOLPH'S FUTURE PRO-GRESSIVENESS j We, the people of Kamioipn counxy, , should not desert our county in the time of need or stress bt should rise ; forth with every effoit to aid her in 1 making a name that we s hall ever be 1 clad to hear. Great lies been Ran- ! people of this county, cannot but ad mit th.it in certain respects Randolph, as well as othe:1 counties needs to make some very desirable impiove- y,e pressure of the insistable wave of progressiveneES. Our county is full of conservatives, cautious . people who weigh in the balance every new theory project or even scientific demonstra- tjon trying to solve satisfactorily for the quicker they are stopped the fast er we will progress. But you ask how are they to be stopped? and you find the answer in a single word educa tion. In saying what I have I did not mean to portray the idea that Ran- ghe Jg p the wheat county of our State; it is the banner Benefitted by Chamberlain's Liniment "Last winter I used Chamberlain t Liniment for rheumatic pains, stiff- can conscientiously say that I nevi used anything that did me so much srood-" Edward Craft, Elba, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. husbandry Manufacturing and mechanical industries Domestic and personal service, most 0f which are servants Saleswomen (stores) Teachers Telephone operators Clerical operations 42,286 6,171 3,156 53 6 32 23 19 Clerk in stores Number engaged in other oc- cupations Total numbered engaged Number working out as farm laborers 601 52,983 6,20? Total numoer Detween iu ana 16 years 155,495 Total number engaged in gain- ful occupations 52,983 Per cent, engaged 34.7 Per cent, for all females in North Carolina 34.2 Per cent for South Carolina 48.6 Per cent for Idaho 3.0 V. Study of Girls Between 10 and 13 Total number 105,295 Number at work 30,822 i Per cent at work( ranking fourth 29.3 South Carolina ranks first with 39.5 Massachusetts ranks last with 0.: Agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry 26,196 Manufacturing and mechanical industries 2,611 Domestic and personal service 1,696 Engaged in otner occupations i Farm laborers (home farm) 22,536 Farm laborers (working out) 3,643 Spinners 1,224 Servants l0i WONDERINGS (By "Aunt Annie.") I've been wondering all my life, but have never been able to arrive at any very definite conclusion upon any sub ject of doubtful analysis yet, for there are 6ome things that seem good one way, and bad the other way; and up on such subjects as these I just pon der and meditate, and finally give up, with a great flourish of white flags, and a victory in defect countenance; and rr go on to other conflicts with like results. 1 have been wondering mightily lately if the women of North Caro lina would reaily like to vote? I have not heard much about the matter as regards the Old North State, but I was just wondering how they would stand upon this subject. I have had a good many pretty se rious thoughts upon this subject of Woman's rights, and I have never been able to feel like it would be best to arm the ordinary woman with a bal lot, for I, (with great respect to them) do not think it would be best for them. There are scattered about in the world a few women (freaks of nature) who, if allowed to handle the ballot, would act conscientiously, in other v.ord,s would vote as their hus bands voted, or not having this great bulwark to lean upon, would take some other way to find out the right way, and it might be the right way, and it might not what I wonder af more than any thing else is, what ever made women think about voting ? Years ago, I used to wonder and think and meditate a great deal upon the great leading questions of the day, such -as Woman's rights. The eman cipation of woman, should the great universities of the land open wide their doors to the girls of the land, and bid them enter, allow them to peer through the microscopes, telescopes, and all the scopes, and write learned theses upon the world and all the wonders that they might see end so on. I have often wondered about clubs, pink teas, rook parties, tennis courts, etc., and I have been lost in wonder, lost beyond hope, groping in the dark, and always have to come back to my first starting point. When I get to reading the Ladies' Home Journal, I feel like I was in a different world such wonderful articles about all sorts of things, fancy work, ideal homes, ideal cookery, ideal children, ideal flower gardens, ideal bungalows, ideal schools, and Hats that are dreams, and dreams that come true; that I as lost in wonder, and just wonder more and more, and find it different to get back to my particular bearings so as to proceed on my way in wonderland. The question that has been giving me the most trouble of late is the war across the water. Until the year 1914 I had about concluded the world was getting better. I noticed it was get ting difficult for a man to be hung in this country; and I thought it was a sign that judges arid juries were getting more tender-hearted, and that it was a good sign, this tender display over the country. Criminals would be put in a safe place and given inter esting work to do, and in the mean time, prove their innocence, or make ready for the time when they could lay by the shovel and the hoe. But this great carnage raging in Europe has about broken up all my ideas about the world getting better, for what is war but wholesale mur der? So I wonder on and question the ways of providence, and at last have to go right back to my first cor ner, sight again. When I was a child and read of the great wars of Napoleon, and thought of all the terrible cruelty and suffer ing of that time, I wondered why were such things permitted to be, but I took it out in wondering, for I ar rived at no solution te the problem. The only way now that I can reconcile it is that human nature is desperately wicked, and so it has to go at that. "But things like that, You know must be At every famous victory." , I have always wondered why a thousand men dying on the battle' field is "glorious war," while to kill one man single handed is cold blooded murder? But we bow to facts, ail is fair in war and love they say. I was reading the other day about send ing money to build hospitals.where the poor wounded soldiers- could be taken and nursed back to health and strength; and again, I wondered! How cruel it seems to me to bind up the poor broken limbs, nurse tthem back to health ngain, just in all prob ability to be shot down again, in oth er words, cure them to fight again, and just here I am lost completely in wonder. I am the deepest in wonder right here than at any of the other things I have tackled. I can imagine the great rulers' sitting cool and serene in their great palaces, or perhaps looking on at some safe distance while the battle rages; and men dying by the thousands in order to satiate their thirst for powerl "And right here I have a short wonder, not a powerful emotion as the last one but a short THE MOVEMENT FOR MOON LIGHT SCHOOLS Winston-Salem Journal. We shall be greatly disappointed if time does not prove that the move ment for moonlight schools in North Carolina received new impetus &, a result of the meeting of the Slate Press Asociation this year. No edit' or who heard Dr. J. Y. Joyner's lnast' crly address can longer fail to appre ciate the importance of this move ment. With two hundred thousand adult men and woman in th.? State who can not read and write their own names, it seems to us chat it rs high time that all the people especially those who are blessed with even s common school education were be ginning to wake up o their rosponsi bilty to take part n the fight against i. literacy. We are glad to see that the editors are wasting no time in taking up the campaign. If the fight is kept up much should be accomplished. Tie best word that has been spoken for the moonlight school goes to the people this week from the pen of Mr. Arch-iba'-S .'obrs-on, of Charity and Child ren. If Dr. Joyner's address before the Press Association had resulted in nothing more than giving Mr. Johnson, inspiration to write as he has written it would have been well worth the time the State Superintendent took to go to Montreat. The editorial in Charity and Children follows: "Dr. Joyner, our consecrated sup erintendent of Public Instruction in his advocacy of moonlight schools, is doing perhaps, the very best service of his life. He made the remarkable statement the other day that he had read a letter from an old mrin who attended school only four nights and when he entered could not reed or write a word. Those of our people who for obvious reasons can not en ter the public schools, but who long to learn to read, ought to have- a chance; and we believe that in any community in the State there are those, who for sweet love's 6ake, are willing to teach the hungry ones. Up- range to give one, two or three nights derpaid as they are, we must depend largely to furnish this extra instruc tion; and yet we are persuaded that many others can be found who will take delight in making a contribution of personal service in this direction. It is perhaps well that no appropria tion can be made out of the public treasury for this purpose. It ought to be a labor of love. Volunteers should be found in plenty who can ar- No community can show its gentility in the week to this work. Anybody who knows it himself can teach the alphabet to another. It; requires neither skill nor scholarship; the sole requirement is an earnest purpose and a heart on fire with a high and holy altruism. We do hope that genuine and general enthusiasm on this sub ject can be kindled and that from one end of the State to the other these blessed agencies of help and hope may be established. Let everybody lend a hand to help forward the movement and speak a word of cheer in its be half. There will be a few croakers, of course, who will try to strangle it. but what good cause have not these pestiferous insects assailed. There is absolutely no reason that can be urged against it, but everything in its favor. No community can show ts gentility in a better way than in the establish ment of a moonlight school." QUIT YOUR KNOCKING Put thA bummer in the locker: Hide the sounding board likewise; Anyone can be a knocker; Anyone can criticise Cultivate a manner winning, Though it hurts your face to smile And seems awkward in beginning; Be a booster for a .while. Let the blacksmith do the pounding; That's the way he draws his pay. You don't get a cent for hounding Saint and sinner, night wid day. Just for solid satisfaction ' Drop a kind word in the slot, And I'll warrant you'll get action On vour effort on the spot. Kindness every time befits kicking; Mirth is better than a rown; De not waste your time in picking Flaws with brothers who are down. And it isn't so distressing If vou give a little boost To the man the fates are pressing When the chicks come home to roost. Brighton, (Col.) Register. wonderment, and it is this: Why will men be led to slaughter in any such a way. Leave their homes, their dear ones and go to the "Front" as they call it, to ,be shot down for no cause at all, no grievence of their own, Tennyson was not viewing the world with a prophet's eye, when he said "Till the war drum throbbed no longer And the battle flags were furled In the Parliament of man The foundation of the world." It does not look much like any foundation in Europe, much less of the world. But I have wondered enough for one time, so I will close, but no doubt will keep on wondering. WAR AND THE WOMEN War in any of its aspects is horri ble but there is one feature of it that sometimes does not receive as much attention as others, namely, the terri ble suffering entailed upon the women of the nations involved. Some of the most heart-rending stories with refer ence to the present conflict in Europe have been written about the agonies suffered at home by the heroic wives and mothers of the soldiers at the front. When the war is over and the history of the conflict is written the part played by these women will doubt less constitute some of the most m teresting and appealing chapters. It is not strange in the light of the suffering endured by them, that worn en should be ardent apostles of peace and vitally interested in bringing about a condition that will make wars impossible in the future. The women's peace conference that recently con vened at the Hague, composed of del' egates'from many nations, may have an important bearing in that connec tion. Certainly it is to be hoped that this meeting will result in giving a notable impetus to the peace move' ment throughout the world. In an interesting editorial on the part played by women in the Euro pean war the Washington rost caue attention to the bravery of women who are actually fighting in that cOiitt'cl as well as to the heroism of those who are suffering war's agonies at home. Here and there in the Euro pean cress, says the Post, items ap pear dealing with the heroism of women in battle. The stories ten noi of the perils risked by Red Cross nurs es or of the women who figure in a single daring exploit, but of those who fight in the trenches with the men, a musket in arms and fingers aching from repeated firing. There is, for instance, Mme. Kokovt- seva, recently awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery under tire. She actually holds the rank of colonel commanding the Sixth Ural cossack regiment. Twice she has been wound ed while fighting with the Russian troops, but she intends to go to the front again. Other stories have appeared sing ling out the women who are known to have stood side by side with the male soldier in the midst of shot and shell, doing their part with courage and coolness. In Russia, it is said, there are no less than 400 women bearing arms, the majority finding a plac? in the Siberian regiments. Women, after all, play a most im portant part in war, continues the Post. England shows that when she makes her direct appeals to women to send their men to the front. And even though there were hot this evi dence, it would be needless to go fur ther than the trail of suffering, starv ing, broken-hearted women left in the rear as the battle roars over the hills and valleys of Europe. Twin City Daily Sentinel. MADE GREAT SPEECH about- a wilderness of American beau- Foreigners Sure as a gun is iron it takes Place and Opportunity to inspire a man to say things and do things. We have heard Senator Lee S. Overman make a political speech and a good one. We have heard him in the Sen ate of the United States when he held his brother senators in close attention but we heard him a few weeks ago in San Francisco, and it was the speech of his life. The occasion was a banquet given by the United States Government to the Commiesioners General of the thirty-three foreign countries represented at the Exposi tion. The Commissioners from these for eign countries the Governor of New York noted men were in the audi ence and they were to speak. Senator Overman looked over the audience of some 250 odd people the banquet Zoom was a picture such as you read about a wildermess of American beau ties the music . was inspiring and the occasion was international. Japan was there France had spoken all the foreign countries were then and Overman's theme was Wilson and Peace. We watched the guests and saw that each one was all attention. He received more applause than he had ever before received and after the banquet all present congratulated him. It made us feel good to know that we had a North Carolinian who could do what Overman did to know that he was our representative in the Sen ate of the United States. The ban quet was held at the Fairmont Hotel and North Carolina was kept on the map all right by that notable speech. Everything. Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. "About two years ago I had a se' vere attack of diarrhoea which lastea for over a week," writes W. C. Jones, Buford, N. D. "I became so weak that I could not stand upright, a druggist recommended Chamberlain a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved me and within two days I was as well as ever." Ob tainable everywhere. GIVE THEM FLOWERS jJOti On Memorial Day here, Mr. Do f aiu ovewari, wno aeitvered the ? dress of the occasion, said in part his audience, that while this waj sentially a day of flowers, and liuwers in yiuiucsiun wouia be laidnJ on the graves of the Veterans wlW sleeping in the cemetery here til kindness and for the expression muiuai love nu aumirauon. Hj me uuu, com ear 01 aeatn could hea.J no encomiums, mat tne counte: of the dead could not be brighteaJ nor in the grave would there be he3 tnruis ior giaaness irom the kno edge of appreciation and esteem ing life, and that after death, fl0Wcr and honeyed phrases would make poor umenuB iur me omission on the pan 01 me living, ine iouowing pgg, the author of which we do not teat is in line with that part of Mr. St! art's address: Give Them Flowers Now ' Closed eyes can't see the white roeF Closed hands can't hold them'ji) Know; Breath that is still cannot gather The odors that sweet from that below. Death, with a peace beyond dreamiJ Its children of earth doth endmJ Life is the time we can help theaii So give them the flowers now! Here are the struggles and strivint, Here are the cares and the tears; ! Now is the time to be smoothing I The frowns and the furrows s fears. What to closed eyes are kind tayinp What to hushed heart is deep ton Naught can avail after parting,' So give the the flowers now! , Just a kind word or a greeting, Just a warm grasp or a smile They are the flowers that will ligtbf Tho burdens for many a mile. After the journey is over W.at is the use of them; how Can they carry them who must If carried ? Laurinburg Exchange. HOME COOKING (Bv Mav Irwin.) That the fastidious should look wife distrust, if not disgust, upon the Lot or restaurent made hash or raeoiM stew, or minced dish, is quite witiis my understanding and sympathy. B; i it is quite different in the well-regu lated home. Mv husband and sons. v. ho arc rafr er spoiled as far as the things of tt table are concerned, eniov beef stc and roast beef hash better than tt original roast. Fricassee chicken, wh properly prepared, 13 much better roast chicken. Spaghetti, when W ed over, is twenty times better when first cooked. How seldom eat a really well cooked dish Spaghetti I That is because it is thoroughly cooked. Suppose it is Tuesday ironing da; If there is in your pantry or ice M the skeleton of last night's roij chicken, you are fortunate. From ti shreds of meat here and there stic ing to the bones you can make an ei cellent fricassee, or that dish whil is a favorite in my household. i Mince the bite of cold chicken w gether. Chop a small green peppej a small onion, four mushrooms, a l of parsley and one cold potato togi er until very fine. Have a trying m rpfldv with tablesDOonful of hot Inn butter and put the mixture in and n it well. I Cover it for a few moments and J it brown on one side, as hashed bnw potatoes are done. Put on a hot pl ter and garnish with tomato saBo Thin sauce is made by cooking t or three tomatoes for half an hff Btrnin and ftdd a tableSDOOn of CU salt, pepper and flour enough to thii en a little. Perhns vou are inclined to awav three or four, tomatoes that enft but still cood. Their ripeness no drawback for the favorite bres fast dish of mine, for which (I F you the recipe. Cut a slice from the top of i.ntn TlaTYinwo ennnch of the P' to enable you to drop into eachj mato a bit of butter the size of m t,.,mh urn"! ond n raw eeff. Pin VI j. n ;i, o of! nf raw 14 j v. Crrinkle a li aruunu eauu wmcw. t - j salt and pepper over the top and pj into a very hot oven until tne egg set This will be in from five to el- minutes. "THE NEW PEACE" " Tv.- rr pii" is ft book just o' v Win;.. Tallin Poteat. It contaii an elaboration of a number of lectoj given by Professor Poteat on ' r .. . . . A rehei lation Detween science u -j r,-- : .,.nafVir Wltflil Deing in curumi ojui-v scientific movement, Professor Fot set about to discover m wnai advance of science could be reco with the eternal truths 01 ru After many years of careful res he came to the conclusion that w : a:L u.4mum orience and is nu cunuJtk t I ligion, that science is religious religion isvscientinc
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