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-4. ... -i VOL. V.. T7 GBEENSBOBO, N. C, 5 JTIKJE 25, 1909. J 3 b t' --- : ' - - - - - ...... cenERATION OFFICERS. Aiiemww ; president Samuel COTapers. Ses Duncan-First V.-Ident. iohn Mitchell Second V.-Presldent. ilmea O'Connell Third V.-Prealdent MaX Morris-Fourth V.-Presldent Dennis A. HayesFifth VPrldent. Vra D. Hubor Seventh V. -President, jos. H. Valentine Eighth V.-Prealdent. John B. Lnnon Treasurer. pYar' -Morrison Secretary. OFFICERS STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR. President, E. S. Cheek, Raleigh, N. C Secretary - Treasurer Samuel Wal drop, Asheville. Second Vice-President CM.Thomp gon, Asheville. Third Vice-President Beverly Moore, Rocky Mount. Fourth Vice-President H. Q. Har rington, Raleigh. Fifth Vice-President K. R. Thomp son, High Point. Sixth Vice-President R. R. Wyrick, Greensboro. Seventh Vice-President J. D. Nash, Asheville. Eighth Vice-President W. S. Brad ford, High Point. Ninth Vice-President Samuel Pate roan, Granite Quarry. Executive Board. E. S. Cheek, Raleigh. W. C. Frank, Asheville. Jno. C. Benson, Greensboro. M. C. Reaves, Winston-Salem. W. H. Singleton. Raleigh. LOCAL UNIONS. Greensboro Trade Council Jno. C. Benson, president; Vernon F. McRary, secretary. Iron Moulders R. R. Wyrick, pres ident; C. L. Shaw, secretary- Meets second and fourth Wednesday nights in each month. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, No. 1432 J. W. Causey, president. Typographical Union, No. 397 J. T. Perkins, president; J. S. Pender, secretary. Meets 1st Sunday in each month at 3.30 p. m., in the Bevill building. Asa'feirft.wn of Machinist A, J. Crawford .president; John M. Glass, secretary; R. M. Holt, recording secretary- Meets every Tuesday " night in hall over Hennessee's lunch room. Tar Heel Lodge, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Meets every Wednesday night in Odd Fellows Hall on Fayetteville street. W. O. Reit zel, Master; J. G Whitehart, secre tary; J. T. Lashley, financier. $5.95 Greensboro, N. C, to Ashe ville, N. C, on account national T. P. A. of America. On sale May 25, 29, 30, and morning train of 31st. Fi nal limit. All tickets good to leave Asheville from but not including date of sale. $12.85 Greensboro, N. C, to At lanta, Ga., and return. Dates of sale June 19, 20. Final limit June 25th, 1909. WHY LOSE MONEY? Why do you not, when you have a hard-earned dollar to spend, go where you can feel satisfied that you get the full value of that coin? If we were to use this whole page we couldn't illustrate and describe the real down good bargains which we have for you, and goods that we can absolutely save you money on and are saving our customers money on every day. We don't run any skin games (and right here we would like to know if you haven't been skinned more than once at these so-called special sales, give you 9 cents worth of nothing to skin you out of a dol lar and a quarter on something else) We have just opened one thousand dollars' worth of sample shoes. These we sell at 30 per cent, discount. These are real bargains. We took the entire lot of odds and ends in children's clothing and men's cheap pants from one factory- These are teal bargains, and it's all the way through our entire stock the same way. There's , not a line that wo carry (and we carry almost every thing) that we can't save you money on. We have by far the greatest and cheapest line of goods that we hae ever shown and you are standing In your own light if you do not at once decide to make our store headquar ters for your buying this year. Tts only a pleasure to us to show you, so come and see. Yours for business, The Original Racket Store, A. V. SAPP, Prop. , 318 South Elm Street ,1 levi mgmillaii s co. EDITORIAL NOTES. We are 1 sorry to announce the death of little Hamilton Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Murphy, which occurred at Wrightsville Beach on Saturday morning last, to which place the fam ily only recently went. The funeral services were held ' at their residence bn Summit avenue on Sunday after noon at 5:30 o'clock. Our sympathies are extended to the bereaved parents. .-.; I The Merchants' Journal, which has been published for quite a while ; in Charlotte, N. C, has removed its of fice of publication from that city to 'Lynchburg, Va., and will in the future be published there. By the way, the ( Journal is one of the best publications of its kind we have ever had the ! pleasure of reading. We wish for It a full measure of success. It richly i deserves it ! We are unable to understand why 200 supposed ball cranks should go to Winston this afternoon. A year ago we could understand, but "there is nothing doing" up that way now. They may have some of that "nigh" stuff up there, but so have we. Daily Rec ord. Easy enough to understand, neigh bor. Easy enough. The genuine arti cle can still be had in and about the Twin City yet. Many prominent labor leaders of New York and vicinity gathered at the dock on Saturday, the 19th, to bid adieu to President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, who sailed for Europe on the Baltic. Mr. Gompers expects 'to remain abroad three or four months, during which time he will : attend several labor con gresses and make a general investiga tion of industrial conditions in Great Britain, Germany, France and other countries of I Europe. ' We do a lot of kicking and growling over excessive rains and the resultant damage, but we let rats live and thrive while they f do more damage than storms. They are always at it, while storms come only periodically. Daily Record. We do not know whether our es teemed contemporary refers to the two-legged or four-legged variety of rats, but in either case the Daily Rec ord is dead right. Mr. Jesse F. Abbott, an esteemed citizen of this city, died at his home, 319 Lindsay street, on Sunday morn ing last, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Abbott was born Decem ber 8, 1843. He enlisted In the Con federate army at its beginning and served until its close. He was a ma chinist by trade, and was employed by the Sergeant Manufacturing Com pany for perhaps thirty or forty years. He will be sadly missed. His funeral took place Sat the First Presbyterian church on Monday afternoon at four o'clock. A city ordinance which the health authorities are trying hard to enforce just now with the view of preventing sickness is as follows, and It is printed for the purpose of acquainting the public with , it: "No person shall fill any land with or dump upon any va cant lot within the city of Greensboro garbage, dead animals, decaying vege table or animal matter or any offen sive material, nor shall any of the aforesaid objectionable materials, be buried within the city, but shall be dis posed of as; directed by the board of health." The penalty is $25 and ev ery day's continuance constitutes a separate and distinct offense. In Germany, where the working men are not pawns for politicians to joke about, a new mining law has just been enacted that is thoroughly revo lutionary inj character. The law ap plies merelyj in Pruss.a ft present, but will be copied by other German states. According tq the new law, the owners of mines must at all times provide the latest safety appliances obtaina ble to Drotect employes. Moreover, the Llatter, through their unions, desig nate what i improvements ana alter ations shall jbe made and there is prac tically no appeal from the union's de cision for demanding the installation of safety devices. Of course, certain capitalists f the open shop breed are howling; that the law permits the union to xxl their business, but that makes no difference in Germany. To Erect vHeadquarters. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers will j spend $1,000,000 in the construction of Dermanent headquar ters In Cleveland, according tc- plans just announced by Warren SM Stone, Grand Chief ! of the organization.. Tnis tnnliirtAS the P.nst of the CTOUnd required for the structure. The Broth erhood will ;erect Its new home ana Office building at the corner of St. nialr avenue and Ontario street, I in that city, and .contemplates the erec tion of a skyscraper. The plans win be completed In a few days and con struction will begin next montn. . Sunday' Work Called Off. ; The T or der ' I abolishing Sunday " work at the National Tube, .works, at , Mc Keesport, Pal, has been put in "effect by the United States Steel Corpora tion, and It Ik said that the order will shortly go into operation, at all plLthe mills Ipf .thei corporation. LAh excep tion" is made of theT' blast furnaces, whlcbyi must- be Aeptxunnmgti without cessation. The corporation figures that : it stands ti . make1 ; money in the AUUg 1UU UJ 0 Ullblll WUS WV.V . severPfbra long run by granting one day out or TRADES UNIO. CHARACTERS., ; 1 (By Rev. Charles Stelzle.) ! He is a man of our flesh and our blood. Not being a goat, he cannot live on the papers that he doesn't sell,, and .ink cannot make him think when it is spread on bread. It would seem to be hardly necessary to re mind ourselves of this very human fact, were it not that most of us have Idealized the editor, to such a degree rthat we imagine him a sort of an eth- erel creature whose living among us is a dispensation of divine providence, but for whose existence we are not at all responsible. And as with all of God's gifts, we have become so accus tomed to their beneficence and their comfort, that we rather take them for granted. We ( become conscious of their existence only when they are re moved from us, or when there seems to ,be an occasion for raising a mighty howl. When the paper comes with regu larity, when our names appear in con nection with current events, when we agree with the editorials, when there is no demand for the subscription price then all is well, But if the post man misses out on a delivery, and if our names are mis-spelld, and if the ed itorials indicate some original think ing which shocks our conservative feelings, and if the business end of j the paper is pressed home upon us then, "Oh, cut it out!" comes the dis gruntled verdict toward an institution which has served us faithfully year after year, and without which the la bor movement scarcely exists. To the labor editor we owe a debt of gratitude which a dollar or two a year cannot possibly repay. He fights our battles. He expresses the aspirations ; of the toiler as the toiler himself can not express it. He is indeed the vbice of the people, who wanaer in the wil derness. For all this, and much more, those of us who believe in his job should stand by him. He cannot always do it single-handed. Sometimes the pres sure becomes too great for mortal man to endure. There's a limit to hu man strength, no matter how full of purpose and power. Therefore, when the editor does well, tell him about it, and do it right away. When he asks for his day s wages because he has served you, pay it to him. You'd boycott the fellow who treated you as you do the editor in this respect. In a word do to the editor as though you were the editor. Raleigh Notes and Personals. Qn Monday, June 14, Bro. W. L. Dawley, ex-secretary-treasurer of the I. A. of M., died at his home In Atlan ta, Ga., of heart disease. He was re cently appointed machine shop fore man of the S. A. L. He was a hard worker for the upbuilding of the labor ing class. He was one of the five machinists that organized the I. A. of M. under an engine at Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 1888. Up to the time he was appointed foreman of the S. A. L., he was district representative of the S. A. L. He will be sadly missed by the machinists. Bros. J. W. Horton and George Mor decai, of Capital City Lodge, No. 109, I. A. of M., will soon leave for Seattle, Wash. Bro. Horton will visit his cousin there. Better look out, George. Pace cannot take care of you out there. Mr. Bissett, master mechanic of the S. A. L. shops, gave the lodge a fine time on the 13th inst. A turtle weigh ing 378 pounds. Bro. E. R. Pace, chairman machin ists, is keeping late hours. He must be looking for nine hours for the S. A. L. boys. Something doing. CORRESPONDENT. Tune 17, 1909. Institute Work. The State Department of Agricul ture is planning to send out several parties to engage in institute work this summer. It is our desire to cover the State as well as we can; The several articles that have been pub lished in some of our Stat papers within the past few weeks calling at tention to the great drain made upon our State for home supplies brought into North Carolina from other states sho ild cause our farmers to stop and consider if there is not a better way of farming than the one which we are now following. Several hundred thou sand dollars worth , of corn, hay, meat, flour, wheat and other farm products brought annually into some of our counties and most of it sold to farm ers is the strongest argument that can be made in favor of a change of farm ing methods. The institutes are in tended to correct this practice as much as possible. The speakers will discuss diversification of crops, spe cial p.rona. rotation of crops, soil im provement, fertilizers, stock raising, dairying and other questions of vital interest to the farmers of, the State. In your county we are hoping to hold institutes at Pleasant Garden, Guilford College, and possibly Gibson ville. I will thank you very much to give publicity to this notice and ask your readers to attend the institutes. We want them to come prepared to help make the institutes worth while. In many sections there will also be a women's institute, due announce ment of which will be made later. We want the farmers' wives to attend these Institutes and get the most out of them that they can. Yours very truly, r T. B. PARKER, , Director. The threatened strike of building trades and brewery workers in Mil waukee has been averted. , The Brew- A ecs1aH-kn n!fTlP1 " ft collective 1 O XXUtJWAM V. 0 recognizing all trades. TRIED OUT AGAIN. 1 On itho of tornivm nt TiinA 9 n,.1 N. -"' C.y the present terminal of the f)urham and Charlotte Railroad which s completed 44 miles to Troy, and the junction point of the Southern Rail Way's ' Greensboro-Sanf ord branch road there was had by the Interstate Com merce Commission on the rails Of both railroad tracks an exhaustive test of the efficiency of a North Car olina invention designed to prevent a class of wrecks, which last year caus ed the death of one thousand people, the injury of forty thousand, and the loss of five millions worth of proper ty in the United States alone. ; V- There had been no mihllo annmino. tnent made of this important event, L l 1 A.1 . . I juuu umy me representatives 01 the interstate Commerce Commission, W. P. Borland, secretary of the Commis sion's Bo rd of Block Signal and Train Control; W. F. Holton, the com mission's special train inspector of Safety devices; the inventor and pat entee, John B. Wright; his draughts plan, F. O. Lawson, and C. G. Wright, were present. None were notified of the test appointment except the nec essary train crews ODeratine the exne- fmental engine and cars and several raiiroaa omciais. Among the latter Were CapL J. L. Tull, vice-president; John H. Kennedy, general manager; ind Frank D. Jones, traffic agent of the Durham and Charlotte railroad. These officials had put their tracks, engines and cars at the service of the commission and were especially hospitable in other ways. The experiments proved that Mr. Wright's device will do all that is claimed for it. NERVOUSNESS IN CHILDREN. ; A nervous child is greatly to be pruea, not so much because or its lirpRftnt cnnditlnn nlthrmf h that 1a distressing enough as on account of What the future has in store for it. A nervous child suffers no doubt. It is peevish, easily frightened, rest less, inattentive, incanable of enter ing with enjoyment into the sports of Its companions, soon tires or ail its games, and is often quarrelsome; but it: is in adult life that the real suf fering comes. Ineffective work,, sleep less nights, racking headaches, the for mation fvf Ht-iio- hahita nlrnhnHsm par ty, physical breakdown, and even in- cantt-tr oro tVio dnnirpra trt ha 1rparlfr1 r6r"" the future of some forttmatery- not all chiiaren with weas ana un stable nervous systems. There is always a cause for this nervous condition in children, and the cause can often be removed if it can be discovered. Heredity doubt less plays an important part in many cases, but not so often as commonly belived and even when there Is an inherited taint, other factors which perpetuate or increase tne trouble al ways exist, and can often be over come. A careful examination of a nervous child will usually bring to light some physical defect, the curing of which will free the nervous system from strain. These physical defects may be found anywhere in the body, but are usual ly found in one or more of the three locations the eyes, the throat and the bowels. The eyes are most intimately con nected with the brain; indeed they may be said to be actually part of the brain, and a defect of vision inflicts constant and innumerable blows on the brain which irritate it, and this irritation is transmitted to the entire nervous system. The eyes of a ner vous child should be examined and spectacles worn if called for. "What a pity to put glasses on a child!" Yes, but what a greater pity to let a nervous child grow up into a nervous man! A child who is mouth breather Is almost sure to have enlarged tonsils or adenoids. This condition interferes with natural breathing, which pre vents the proper aeration of the blood; and impure blood cannot prop erly nourish the nerve cells. Further, enlarged tonsils or adenoids are of ten slightly inflamed all the time, which causes the absorption of sep tic products which poison the whole system. Finally, constipation is a most po tent iisfluence in the aa isation of all sorts of nervous troubles. The treat ment of this condition, not at all un common in children, in spite of their activity, does not consist in an occa sional dose of castor oil. The root of the evil must be sought, and it must be corrected by a careful regime and the inculcation of habits of regular ity. Exchange. Bricklayers' Strike in Berlin. We learn through the press that the Berlin bricklayers are out on strive. The contractors In that sec tion of the country have been paying about from 15 to 20 cents per nour less than is paid in other centers,! and ther men have .right on their side in their demand. There is no valid reason why the Berlin bricklayers and stonemasons should not receive a onolo nf -uracrea emial to other Places. They work just as hard and consci entiously and deserve better treat ment than they have been receiving. They ought to win out. -Kxcnange. - .. i . Fourth of July Rates. .;. , Tti ; southern Railway - announces low round trip rates on account of the Fourth of July. Dates of sale are July 9 s a and 5. final limit July 8i 1909. For full information see nearest ticket agent, or address the undersigneav t . , W. H. M'GLAMERY, r ; Passenger, and ' Ticket Agent Greens boro, NC. .mmmr :-!' "KVIW COPPER TEMPERED AT LAST. : ! Through mistaking , another compound-for borax, while working at his trade as a jeweler, David Lamon, of Denver, has suddenly found himself in J possession of the much sought : after-method if hardening copper. This powder instead of softening the met al, as borax does, instantly changed the heated copper into such a degree of firmness' that manipulation was impossible! Quick to take advantage that fortune had so unexpectedly thrust upon him, the jeweler at once made a critical analysis of the com pound, determined the ingredients and finally protected his wonderful se cret by a patent : ' - The art that was old when the pyra mids were building, and which crumb led into dust with its discoverers, to remain a mystery and a hopeless se cret for centuries, has again been giv en to the world by the fortunate blun der of an unsuspecting jeweler. Heretofore the combined efforts of earnest scientists to treat and hard en this metal have either been in merely glazing the surface, or by the addition of certain substances while in a molten state. Neither of these processes - has real'y accomplished all that could be desired, nor has the treatment been put into practical use. Contrary to these methods the Lam on process not only hardens the cop per, but tempers it as well. It is nether treated in the molten state nor glazed, but the finished product, in any and all shapes, is given a complete and lasting physical charge. The tensible strength is increased and the life of the metal strengthened more than treble. From Lost Art of Tempering Copper Re-discovered, in June Technical World Magazine. WHAT'S THE USE? Some anonymous writer has dis tributed the following sentiments on a card: Did it ever occur to you that a man's life is full of crosses and temptations? He comes into the world without his consent and goes out against his will; and the trip between Is exceedingly rocky. The rule of contraries is one of the features of this trip. When he is little the big girls kiss him. . If he is poor, he is a bad man ager; if he is rich, he is dishonest. If he needs credit, he can't get it; If he is prosperous, everybody wants to do him a favor. . If he Js in politics, it is for graft: if he is out of politics, you can't fina a place for him and he is no good to the country. If he doesn't give to charity, he is a stingy cuss; if he does, it's for show. If he is actively relig ious, he is a hypocrite; if he takes no interest in religion he is a harden ed sinner. t If he gives affection he is a soft specimen; if he cares for no one he is cold blooded. If he dies young, there was a great future for him; if he lives o an old age, he missed his calling. If you save money, you're a grouch; if you spend it you're a loafer. If you get it, you're a grafter; if 4 you don't get it, you're a bum so what's the use? DISEASE IN THE SCHOOLS. More than 100,000 children of school age are annually laid prostrate by the three presentable diseases of dhiphthe ria, tuberculosis, and scarlet fever, and 20,000 of these illnesses termi nate fatally. In diphtheria and scar let fever, the infection generally pass es from pupil to pupil in the early stage of the disease, which only med ical inspection can detect. How widespread may be the infec tion resulting from the presence of one source of contagion is forcibly demonstrated by an occurrence in a school at Millgrove, Ohio, where a boy with insipient measles infected every member of the school, . includ ing the teacher, so that, they all fell sick within ten days. If discovered early the sick are not only prevented from infecting the well,, but are, in most cases, easily cured. In one year about 700 pupils with diphtheria, scar let fever, and tuberculosis were found attending the schools of Massachu setts. During the same period several thousand children , with other contag ious diseases such as measles, mumps, grippe, and syphilis, were excluded from these schools in the Interest of health. There can be no doubt that the early discovery of these ailments prevented them from Infecting hun dreds of other children. Over 15, 000 cases of contagious eye diseases were found in the New York city schools in one year, and 65,000 other children were excluded for various various transmittable ailments rang ing from diphtheria to whooping cough. In Philadelphia about 10,000 of the school attendants during the var are excluded at some time, be cause of diseases which menace the health of their associates. From the "Slaughter of the Innocents," in June Technical World Magazine. The United States court of appeals has decided that the "fellow servant? rule is not. good law and has ordered the United States circuit court sitting at Richmond, Va., to reopen the suit of W. F. Snipes, an engineer of the Southern Railway, against that com pany for damages for injuries received in a ; wreck at -Belton,: S. C. The cir raiit. ennrt decided asainst Snipes on the 'ground that the wreck , was . . oc casioned by another- employe of the company, a "fellow f servant" of Snipes, The fellow, servant contention-had .pre viously been the-barrier for , railroad men and building employes receiving damages for -Injuries-? in almost any kind f of i accidents I .f'.-.v.i- im 'Patronize the merchants who advertise in ; your -paper; .-THE LABOR NEWS is appreciated by merchants who are in 5 sympathy with 'thefworkersi ierjbr who look for the business of the. wage earner and. they use its advertis mg columns. There, is fcardly a firm ' in this 'city ' that could stand out openly and say it did not care for the ' workihgmen's trade but names could be"mehUdhed7ofu iness" men who 'iia hard 'Words . to hand in r,eturn for a generousjjpatrona the business nen who stand by yoiLToiaithase as cheaply- and advantageously froin.TH E LABOR NEWS' advertisers, with as good : treatment- thrown r torr as from; any or. all .others combined. Patronize Home Industry. Patronize our Advertisers. lk Help your Friends.5 1 - hi U r GetiUnion Label Goods. , , ;,;. j A NOBLE ' GIVER. The Missionary Voice published by" the Board of Foreign Missions of the Christian church, says . that, the larg est giver among the members of that church, the man-who givts the most each year to the cause . : of foreign missions, began to give when he jwas earning a salary of only fifty cents a week. He was but a small boy, and it was the first money he had ever earned, yet regularly 1 gave ! a penny a week, and oftener. more than .that Here Is an example for . those, boys and girls who give carelessly and ir regularly. Resolve now to give -regularly each week or each month as the case may be a certain percentage of that which is yours; - and when you are grown how-easy It .will ; be to give larger gifts! Selected. , "Take heed of expecting ' too little. ' You little know how much power, God rnay; give you over yduTlNesettrngTsInT'" Pride of Smoliing Tobacco is made by a Killed union labor. Every bag bad the bltie label 011 it and is the finest smoKe tbat can -be produced regardless of cost JOY! Mothers know real joy who have seen the quick relief given to the Utile ones by Vick's CrGnp and Pneumonia Salve. Have it. ready.: 25c 50c., and $LC0 Thos. A. Partm Company lM lfryetteTme fl f The llra M JLadieo9 Furnish ings and Noyoltios tisacall. j.; RALEIGH, N. 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