More Days of Winter.
A 7»fiSSIVE REPUBUCAN NKWSPAI«EE DEVOTED TO THE UPapiLUIKG OF AMERICAN HOMES VNO AMEBICAN INDOSTSIES.
BVKUNGTON, ALAMANCE COtNTV, NORTII CAROUNA. I ' ESDAY, FESRljARY 2,: 1915.
GEnUN
ilie U'21 Goes Kig&t Into llie Iri^ Sra aad S«ids 1%ree to the
Bottom aad diases Five Others—Atiother U^d^'Water'Em-
den Totiiedoes Two ItrUish Merchant Yeasda Off Havre.
BRITISH REPULSE GERMAN ATTEBIPT.
Tnouskini Teutons.Slate in Bayonet and Fist and Skull Battle^
lines Are Penetrated—^The French Are Called Upon and Ger
mans Are ShakMi Loose ¥^nt the Small Bit of Ground They
Took From “Tommy Alkins”—Fighting Desperate.
RUSSIA ENGAGiED IN DEATH GRAPPLE IN FOUR REGIONS
Pniesiai Poland, Galicia, and Caucasus Are Still all Battle-Grounds
Vtor H»—Apparent Success in Everj' Quartw—The Bisgest
\^ttle of Al! Thiese Is in the Carpathians, Where Slav is Fight-
ug Austriaa, Hun^rian, and German Armies and More Than
ffol«ng Their Own; If He Succeeds, Fate of the Dual Empire
May Be Sealed—Struggle of Desperation in Frozen Marshes
Near Bumbiennen—Tiirks Suffer Dtfeat on Both Land and Sea.
NINE mwm DESERT AND JOIN
REPUBLICANS AGAINST SHIPPING BILL
Not For Years Has Such Scenes Been Witnessed in the Senate—
Reed, ihe Lion of Missouri, Jumps to the I^fense of Wilson
and Scores Those Who Broke Faith With the President and
Action of Every Caucus Held—These Must Answer to ths
Country Says Williams—Seven of the Nine Are From the
.South—Only Hope For Bill is in Progressive Support.
SENATE STRUGGLE IS RESUMED TODAY.
UoMMtmta S»g. No Recess Until the Shjip Bill Has Been Passed—
ViS Try fi» I/h# DJstintee ClwuiEjpS****^ While
Come Up—^“It's No Use, We Will Stand Pat,” Says Members
of Majority.
TIIE TA8IFF QGTLOHi
PEACE.
J. Thomsts Wright.
lord God of Lcye who iwth eagle eye
Hath watch^ the combat of the hosts.
And from Thy g^ld^ throne on high
Hath reck’d the passing oT their
God of Pity Thy meicy give—
Ijfit them Uve~0, !et them live!
Thy children who m anger—hate.
Hath trod upon each other’s rights
For things their mi^ty statesmen
rate
High, according to their lights;
To these. Thy wi'sdonv—mercy—give.
O, let them live-^lfet them live!
treble*? gold exports during the pasi year, in comparison with the
year that went before. This was (he gold that Was taken a',vay
to pay for the balance of trade against this country under tha
Democratic tariff.
Hie more the present tariff is considered and experienced the
more desire there is on the part of the nation to return to the
days when a Republican protective tariff was the law of the land.
There was no talk of increased taxation in those days. But now
we have a law imposing a hundred million aUeged “war” taxj and
an income tax from which another hundred millions was expect
ed, and there is threatened a bond j^ue to meet current expenses.
of the FanRma Canal
largely from'the''freasury surplus. J^e caajsfl fe'fiow coihidet^
and IS earning money, but the Democrats propose to i.ssue bonds
to keep it open. The great difference between the Democratic
present and the Republican past is plain, indeed, to see.
Whatever may be the opinion of the views of Mr. George W.
Perkins Jn regard to unnecessary political third parties, he is cer-
u^^j^gsiw^j^nthe subject of the tariff. It Js Ukely, too, that
of the Progressives is returning to nis
old “pr^yticai hciTf is th« 'vay in which t«e Devnocrsts treat this
vital issue, tte is well informed upon the matter of how the Waite.- E. Shaipe, a. :;s!
CITY UNION.
The Burar^-Philathea City Unioii
will hold its regular monthly r.ieeting
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at
the Reformed Church. An interesting
pi'i>gr:i?n bv.s beer* arrangGid*T.r^ne of
the numbers b«ing an address by Mr.
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present tariff law is affecting business, and he, therefore, can'
speak with much authority.
Mr. Perkins was called as a witness before the Commission on
Industrial Relations at their self-adVertising investigation that is
now going on at New York. In the course of his questioning he
was asked whether in his opinion the effects of the present tftrifi
would have been so depressing had it not been for the Eui'opean
war. His reply was both prompt and vigorous: “Under the pres
ent tariff law,” he said, “brut^ as that statement may seem, I
believe that conditions here would iiave been a frreat deal worse
liad it not been for the war in Europe.. And, if we have to continue
under the present duties, I believe that after the European
war is over our conditions are going to be much worse than they
now are.”
We welcome Mr. Perkins to the ranks of those who can look
ah^d and see the dangers that will confront industrial America
at the conclusion of hosiiUuvs abroad. This is ihe position that
CNION SERVICE AT BAl’lIST
CHURCH.
A union soi’vke was hold at ths
Baptist Church last Sunday night in
which four of the local pa.stors par
ticipated. Th« meeting was attended
by memters of the differtnt cliurchcs
r,^ th" €>ty. the auditorium was al-
•one Amick vn'.l be one of the num imost completely filled. The o'ojset cf
?Mrs of interest. Attention, is c.iHed
to the fact that the Baraca and Ph*!-
athea Class having- the largest per
cf their members present at
this meeting each will be awarded a
pennant to until the next r^Tiiar
nteeting. Please b« able to give the
exact number of member on your class
roll in order that the pereeifiage may
be dfttermined. Other important busi
ness is to be atte.rjded to.
K?VE TAB HEEUS WILL VOTE TO
OVERBIDE VETO.
Washington, Jan. SO.—A poll of the
“The Press” has taken both constantly and consistently. To our
. , ^ i. • .ti. nn- Jtent’.«i veto of the- jmraieration bill
mind there is no question as to the facts in the case. The one - .
, . iL A • i fj, • j i - -wiH oe sustained next Inursday.
thmg timt IS today saving the life of many ^ industry in the „ . i. . .. _ ,
SU3C cf that conflict we
United Stat^ is the Kuropean war.
are having a natural protection from the flood of foreign imports
that ctberwise would pour into tha country.
The nations that are today waging war across the ocean are
the big manufacturing countries of Europe. It is impossible for
» people to carry oh war and foreign .trade at the same time.
Tlierefore, for the moment, the American market has ceased to
be the prize for which these countries are contending. They are
crippjed industrially, and we are raping the direct advantage
of this condition. Tlie American jmanufactorer is today receiving
protection that a Democratic Administi'ation refused to give.
That is the reason why American industry is not now on its
back.
The conditions of the present will end with the close of the war.
Then will rotttm the tariff handicap tha^ fisted before the war
begaii. What this \?ss is a matter than is only too well known to
the American producer. It meant an increased importation into
the United States of for^eign ^opds to the value of. one million dol
lars each working day >pf the months, The P^ocratic cry was
that the new law would increase Amencan to other coun
tries. The one expovt that it did increase was that of gold. It
the meeting was to discuss prohi
bltiofi .issues, of a local, state and na
tional mature. Two addresses were
made hy Revs. D. H. Tattle and A.
B. Kendall. Special music was ren
dered by the choir, yrhich was cotii-
poseii of members of the different
choirs of the cttj’.
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SNOTKERLY-WEATHEBSPOON.
Mr. John Snotherly and Miss Edua
Weatherspoon, both of this place,
were quietly married at the Method
ist Protestant parsonage last Sunday
morning at 10:30 o’clock, the cere
mony being performed, by Rev. Geo.
L. Curry. The marriage was a very
quiftt one, there being only « fow per
sons present, and vras a surprise to
The following North Carolinian!,
ii: vutc to over ride President: j the many friends of the contracting
Kitchin, Stedman, Page, Wsbb and
Godwin. R^resentatives Small, Fai
son and Doughton were absent today
when the poll was taken.
; Repres8ntj.tive Pou will vote to sus
tain the President, ^presentativc
Gi'dger would not commit himself.
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parties. We extend congiatuiations,
and wish them a long and happy wed
ded life.
O
i Hungry Democrat.s who are scramb
ling for federal pi- don't even stop
ifor Sunday. They actually hold con
ference on the liOrd's day in Washing-
N. V. PAMILV FOtJNs> DEAD IN ton trying to satisfy tl*e liungry horde
BED. cf federal office seekers from North
—— Carolina—^The candidates for the
Wealthy Father Kills Wife and Two Raleigh Post office ai-e pitifully beg-
Daughters and Then Takes Own “pone.”
Life—Uses Bille an^ Silencer— 0
The Work Done So Quietly No One Col«iel Bryan’s experience as Sec-
W»s Awakened; Son War Spared to retary of State ought to be worth
Break News to Relatives—^Deed sometlking to him, as it certainly ,i)as
Had Been Carefnily Planned by not' been worth anything to the coan-
Auer&iich after Losing: Money. try.
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David Clark, Editor of Southern Textile Bulletin, Chulotte, N. C.,
Before National Child Labor Confwenc^ Wash-
in^on, D. C., januarV 6, 1913.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I coine before you today to make a plea for a square deal for the
cotton maiiufacturers of the ^uth.
I do not come at the instance of the cotton manufacurers, in
fact, up to the tim^ of accepting your invitation no one of theiii
knew that I contemplated addressing you and even now, only four
or five of them are aware I am here.
I am editor and sole owner of the Southern Textile Bulletin, a
journal that covers the textile industrj’’ of the South, aiid goes
not only to the cotton mill officials but to thi; superintendents,
overseers, and other practical men in the mills.
Prior to entering Journalism, I was for eight years in the
cotton manufacturing business beginning as ah operative, and
at one time or another filled practically every position in the milL
For a considerable portion of the tiir!e, . I lived with mill people,
ate with them and I therefore know how they work and how they
live.
The cotton manufacturers have no financial interest in my pub
lication, either directly or indirectly, and I have never hesitates
to take issue with them upon any matter where I consider them
to be in the wro.ng.
I stand v«ry close to the men in the mills, including the operr
atives, and I have my hand on the pulse of the industry. 1 know
what they are thinking and what they are saying, and I am en
deavoring through my journal to aid them, not only in their prac
tical but in their moral development and to put into their minds,
1 thoughts and ideas that will do much towards causing them to
live clean and moral lives. Probably my greatest field of endeavor
has been to promote good feeling and square dealing botv.'een
the mill officials and the operatives, and I do not believe that any
other industry in thi.s country can today boast of as much good
feeling, confidence and co-operation between these two classes as
exist in the textile industry of the South.
I have explained to you at length the position which I occupy
and the work in which i am engaged, in order that you may know
that I have more than a theoretical knowledge of my subject,
and I now wish to tell you where I stand upon the subject of
child labor. I wish you to remembw that I speak from practical
knowledge and con^ct ^i^th %r:#ubj«fit. ;.' ' ’ r •:
I have never advocat^ clt^ lafcr aitd
that any child of less than 12 years of age should be allowed to
work.
I do not believe that a girl under fourteen years of age should
be allowed to work; but I have never seen any evidence that a boy
above twelve years of age was injured by cotton mill work, ex
cept in so far as it prevented him from attending school, and
wherever and whenever it is pcisSiWe for a boy under fourteen
years of age to attend school, I believe that it should be illegal to
employ him in a mill during the school term.
I do not believe that any woman under eighteen years of age
should be ernpioyed >n night wofk, and in taking tb'« po.sition I
take issue with many of our manufacturers.
This is briefly my position upon the so-c;i’’ed child labor ques
tion, but at the same time I wish to say that I can show you
strong, healthy, men, many of them filling high positions in the
mills whose appearance will compare favorably with any of the
gentlemen before me, who began work as cotton mill doffer boys
at eight or nine years of age when there were no age restrictions.
I can show you strong healthy women in the cotton mill vil
lages, mothers of iarge healthy families who began work as spin
ners at the early age of eight or nine years.
On the other hand, in spite of all the pictures that your organ
ization ftas ^rfPted and all the statements that have been made,
I have failed to note where7^?*riave shown one man or one Wf>-
man whose health has been wrecked by Early .work. -
There is a misunderstanding on the part of the public relative
to the work that is being performed in the cotton mills by young
boys and girls.
I have seen your statements about the “child at the loom”
but it is an impossibility for a child to reach from the front of
the loom to the place where the broken threads must be Lieu.
Your rapresentatives have seen small children playing around
che looms operated by their parents or assisting those parents,
but it was a misrepresentation to picture those children as run
ning looms.
The young girls in the mills are en'i'lj^ed almost exclusively at
the spinning frames where it is the i- duty to watch the threads
that br^k and “piece-up” or replace them. When there are no
broken threads they sit on the boxes at the ends of the frames
and make occasional trips down the alleys. Their work is not
continuous and requires very little physical energy. It cannot be
compared to the endless, unceasing strain upon a girl at a sewing
macViine in one of your New York sweat shojis.
When the bobbins on the spinning frames become full the
young boys remove them from the spindles and put on empty
bobbins. Tins is caHed doiFing and the boys are called doffers.
Between doffs, while the bobbins are filing up, the boys
are ai leisure and play, visually outside but near the mill door so
that they can be called when needed.
Those of us who have had escperience with doffer boys with
thdr infinite capacity for using their surplus energy for all man
ner of mischief, can hardly rwognize them as .the weaklings as
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