mm 1 ijJ'ann'rjWs Spirit '.' ORGAN OF THE STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR ENDORSED BY, GREENSBORO TRADES COUNCIL. ; -i'-i J.iiib f-ri.wV' MOTTO: ORGANIZATION; EDUCATION AND ELEVATION. NUMBE VOL X- i 7 At "Tf" a-""-' " .47""V , ..'-c I 1 I I I S. I 1 . - . . " . a - - - I ' - t AMERICAN FEDERATION OFFICERS! President Samuel Campers- jhn Mitchell Second V.-Presiaen-JjS'ConneU-Thlrd w D HuvenS V.-PreMdent. Valentlne-Bhth V.-Preldent. jlbn B. Lennon-TreMurer. Bvar'- lorrlaon Secretary OFFICERS STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR. President, E. S. Cheek, Raleigh, N. ' Secretary - Treasurer Samuel Wal drop, Asheville. Second Vice-President C.M.Thomp- son, Asheville. " Third Vice-President Beverly Moore, Rocky Mount. Fourth Vice-President H. G. 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- man, 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 Trades Council Jno. C. Benson, president; Vernon F. McRary, secretary. Iron Moulders R. R. Wyrick, pres ident; C. Li. Shaw, secretary. Meets second and fourth Wednesday nights in each month. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, No. 1432-J. W. Causey, president. t 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. Ais-iudt.n of Machinists A. J. Crawford .president; John M. Glass, secretary; R. M. Holt, recording sec retary. 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. T. B. Hin ton, Master; J. G. Whitehart, secre tary; J. T. Lashley, financier. F 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 real bargains, and it's all the way through our entire stock the same way. There's not a line that we 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 have 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. Its 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. T.H.BRIGGS&S0NS RALEIGH, N. C. $THE BIG Hardware Store. Sons of Mechanics Friends op Mechanics We Will TREAT YOU RIGHT, Don't forget to send us the ount due for subscription. The Labor . Mews. Published by the .Labor News Publish v Ing Company. " A. J. WILLIAMS, Editor .. r - . Subscription Price: , One year . w . . . . ... . . .... .... . .$1.00 Six months .50 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. P. O. Box 833. Enterea as second-class matter May 27th, 1905, at the postoiAce in Greens boro, N. C, under-act of Congress of March 3d, 1897. MR. J. AD. HODGIN DEAD. Mr. J. Addison Hodgin died Tues day night at 11.30 o'clock at his home, 335 Asheboro street, after a brief ill ness with pneumonia and complica tions. He was 64 years of age. He is survived by his wife, who is an invalid, two brothers, a sister, and several nephews and nieces. Mr. Hodgin was manager of the Savings Department of the Greens boro Loan and , Trust Company, and only on last Wednesday he was at his desk. The deceased was a member of the Friends Church, and was a member of the board of trustees of Guilford College and had served in this ca pacity for some years. He was interred in Greene Hill cem etry Thursday morning, and the ser vices were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Stephen S. Myrick, assisted by Rev. T. J. Ogburn, pastor of Grace M. P. Church. MAY ENLARGE ITS SCOPE. The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, at the open ing of its quarterly meeting just clos ed in New York, adopted a resolution favoring the establishment of-an in ternational federation of labor. The resolution declared that such a federation, while not impairing the autonomy of the trade union move ment of each country, would have for its purpose the protection and ad vancement of the rights, interests and justice of wage workers. President Gompers has appointed Henry W. Perham, president of the railroad employes department of the federation, as arbitrator between the International Association of . Car Workers and the Brotherhood of Rail way Car Men, both of which had sent delegations to the council in regard to the amalgamation of the two organ izations. G. P. O. PRINTERS REJOICE. There is rejoicing in the Govern ment Printing Office, as the great printery with its' 4,000 employes is generally known in Washington. The White House is through with "thru" ancL all the rest of the simplified words put into the executive vocabu lary by President Roosevelt, and the clerical force of the highest govern mental office has gone back to the good old English of our fathers. For several weeks after the Roose velt regime was ended the clerks and stenographers of the executive offices would occasionally write "tho" for ."though," "past" for "passed", and "thoro" for "thorougn," as they were required to do under the administra tion that " nded March 4th. These words would perhaps be de tected by some other clerk before they reached the government print ing office, or, if they got as far as the G. P. O., they would be caught and changed by the proofreaders down there. None of them ever found their way into public print after the Taft ad ministration got well into harness and" no one. except some few Roose velt enthusiasts, is left to mourn their absence. "Thousands of dollars will be saved annually by the disuse of the simpli fied spelling," said an official of the government printing office. "It was the continual mixup and eternal change that cost so much. For in stance, tue nresident woum sena down a message written in his pecu liar abbreviated phonetic style. We would have to set it up as we got the copy. - .-i r-:-,--' - - "In due time ithe message would have to be printed tp the Congression al Record, and as Congress had pass ed a law prohibiting' the expenditure of any money for, the simplified spel ling, when we put1 it in the Record we had to spell the words according to common usage, i ' . "So the messages had to be set up all over again and as President Roose velt was not at all stingy with his communications there was plenty of work of that sort, to be done. Now, thank goodness, all the spelling that comes to the office: Is alike." j UmONLABEL LAYMEN RIVAL TN E DOCTORS. Consumption Campaign Allies Many ' ' Interests. Confirming the recent statement .of Dr. William Osier, that the anti-tuberculosis campaign is no longer , a battle for the doctors only, the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, issues a statement today in which it Is shown that over 45 per cent, of those en listed in tne White Plague War are laymen. The National Association's mem bership, consisting of nearly 2,500 and representing every State in the Union, is composed of 54.6 per cent. doctors and 45.4 per cent, laymen. In the local and state organizations, how ever, throughout the country, the per centage of laymen averages consid erably over 50 per cent. The National Association declares this fact is pe culiarly significant, as indicating the great popularity of the anti-tuberculosis movement. Twenty-five years ago, when the campaign against tuberculosis was started in this country by Dr. Edward L. Trudeau, even the doctors laughed at the movement. Gradually the med ical profession realized the possibili ties of n organized fight against tu berculosis, and in 1904, the National Association for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis was formed by the American Medical Association. Atj that time the percentage of laymen in the association was only 12.9, and very few persons were interested in the campaign against tnis disease. Today, according to recent figures published by the National Associa tion, churches, schools, labor unions, women's clubs, fraternal organizations and state legislatures, interesting ful ly 8,000,000 people, are all allied in the campaign against tuberculosis, and in addition to these, laymen of all classes of society, and in every branch oi social and industrial life, are uniting against this one common foe. Every aay sees hundreds of new re cruits in the war, and every day brings new methods for the fighting of the plague. The National Associ ation predicts that if the present de gree of interest is maintained, within five years everybody in the United States will have been informed on the way to prevent and cure tuber culosis, and concerning the infectious nature of the disease. Two things in particular are need ed, and for cnese the National Associ ation .is working in every way. They are, a more complete registration of ituberculosis cases, and the further isolation of dangerous advanced cases of consumption. TRADE UNION CHARACTERS. The Chronic Kicker. By the Rev. Charles Stelzle. Whenever a resolution is Introduced he is sure to offer an objection. Some times he kicks on the subject matter itself. Then he protests against the form in which the resolution has been presented. Frequently he finds fault with a word in the construction of a sentence, and often he will offer an amendment which puts the original Resolution out of business. He is primed for every parliamentary dis pute. He seems to be familiar with every communication that is read at the meeting of the local. He knows the leaders and their foibles. He is on the job all the time, with both feet, both fists, and with a tongue that is sharper than a two-edged sword. He takes himself seriously. Never does he crack a smile. He has a mission, and everybody soon comes to know it. Often have we wished him in Timbuctoo, where he could spout to his heart's content on all the "isms" that so 'glibly glide off the end of his tongue. But honestly, we'd miss him if he should go. Miss him not because we love him, perhaps, but because he is one of the necessary factors in our development. As a matter of fact without him we'd soon drift into a rut because most of us are too lazy to think of an objection, to say noth ing of an original proposition. There's at least one thing that we must say to his credit he always attends the meetings. Furthermore, he must spend considerable time In reading and in study to know as much as he does about current events and the theories which men are discussing. He actually thmks. He may not al ways be right, but he certainly is awake and that's another point to his credit. Also, he keeps the rest of us awake. And that isn't bad. But he is more often right than not. We object to him because he is Jike the bee buzzing about our heads, but even the bee is a useful creation. Sometimes it's hard to be patient with the kicker. But there are oth ers who are worse than he is for instance, the fellow who never shows up at the meeting and then does his kicking outside where it does a whole lot more harm. He's the chap that should be jumped on, and not the man who is sincerely usually Intel ligently, though not always wisely, registering an objection in the open meeting to proposed actions which would often spell disaster. "Buy a trunk, Pat," said the deal- er "And what for should I buy a trunk?" "To put your clothes in," was the reDly "And go naked," exclaimed Pat; "not a bit iv it!" I Junk wagon, drivers, stenographers, bookkeepers and assistants have or ganized in Kansas' City, Mo. WIRELESS' TELEGRAPHY. , , B thej .VWalkJng; Delegate," : ; i: Thii;is one out of the ordinary! but if - anJ one (doubts, the veracity of . it wej wttl not j prove . OuK case by clrcum. stantilff evidence, but by an eye-witness, j&hd ; if necessary, . produce the man Irhbl:' finally ate the turkey. It happened 'in Jthis,Jwa,y: ; -, One$ of . Pittsburg's prominent labor leaderij ; who -has i also been prominent in othpr parts, jof the country, decided the day -before last 'Christmas, that hip family should' have a turkey for the Christmas- dinner.: So, after fin ishing? his labors for that day, he starter out j with the intention of go in er direct, to the market. nurnhaslnE' a finelarg "iurkeyr and some other necesiary trimmings and arrive home early o .it could be prepared in nice shape I for i the following day. He ,got ' started all right, and vis ited a' well known butcher shop on Grantf street, and was looking over their stock of turkeys when a friend happened in and a dispute arose as to the' size of the : turkey required to feed this particular gentleman's fam ily. They decided to arbitrate the question and both agreed to submit the case to Policeman Berger, ;the cornerman at Third avenue and Smithfleld street. On arriving there, however, they discovered that Officer Bergen's did not coincide with either of them, so I they retired to the Gris wold hotel to figure out the proposi tion. fThere they 'met several more acquaintances and the case was gone into Jretty; thoroughly and it was finally? decided that all hands should go to - the market and select "the tur key and they would be sure to select the proper sized one. Several stops were tnade on the way to the market and by the time they reached there almost any sized turkey could have been sold. A fine large turkey was purchased and the bunch started on their way .back to Smithfleld street. The party who had the turkey was so pleased at finally having the turkey in his 'possession and the dispute set tled that he declared he would treat the crowd. No doubt each one in the crowd returned the honors, for in some manner the paper naturally be came unwrapped from the turkey and wtien the writer hailed the bunch they were coming up Fourth avenue with the turkey toeing carried by the neck. Inquiries were made but it was soon .seen 'that the party carry ing the turkey was positive he could handle .it better that way than wrap ped , fettder his - arm, -and we - -believe be couM. Tbe last seen of him he was board ing a Second avenue car on his way home You may imagine the recep tion h got when he arrived there. He naturally thought he could square himself by producing this fine turkey for the Christmas dinner, but just then he discovered that all he had of the. turkey was the neck. Some mis creant having taken advantage of him while he was not looking and had cut the turkey off and left the neck in h:u hand. He, of course, received the sympathy of inquiring friends, but no doubt it was several weeks before friendly relations were continued with the family. Let this be a warning to everybody contemplating purchasing a turkey. Decide on the size yourself, and don't submit the case for arbitration or you will lose. One bleak winter morning a cold looking individual walked into a small cafe. "Morninr." he said cheerfully, ad dressing himself to the white apron ed attendant behind the bar. "Morning," was the reply. "How'd you like a sherry and egg this morning?" continued the strang er. "Well, that does sound good to me. Are are you going to treat?" "I'll furnish the eggs if you will contribute the sherry." "Done," agreed the proprietor. "All right. I'll be back in a min ute," the frosted one called over his shoulder as he walked around to the door. Into the street he made his way and halted before a grocery store in front of whicii the clerk was sweep ins: the steps. "Morning," he said good naturedly. "Morning," came the reply. "A little raw this morning," he pur sued. "Yep." "How'd a sherry and egg go this morning?" he asked, rubbing some heat into his hands. "Best thing I've heard today," an nounced t-ie clerk, interested. "Tell you what I'll do," the stranger continued, "I'll furnish the sherry if you'll furnish the eggs." "Sure." "All right. Trot out the eggs arid follow me." And the stranger led the way back to tho Clf "Here's the eggs," he announced to the proprietor. "Here's the sherry," replied the pro prietor, mixing the drinks. "Here's how!" the three exclaimed in unison, and they drank the concoc tion and replaced the glasses on the bar. j "By the way," said the proprietor to the grocery clerk, "you contributed the eggs, didn't you?" "Yep," said the clerk, smacking his UP3 L "Ani I furnished the sherry, didn t I?" i "Well, then, stranger, where do you com in?" .fWhy, gentlemen," replied the stranger, as. he bowed his way; out, "my position is easily explained. I'm the" promoter.' Western Wage Earn er.;. iyA ) -Ashyf ( y-i-n.: , f;;.-,Y' rV 'L ANARROGANT ASS-'i I Sacramento Bee So Styles .Kirby,, the I V NeW Head of the National Association of Manu--. facturers. - The National Association of Manu facturers 'keep on going from bad jto" to worse. It has. tried Pjarry and Van Cleave, both arrogant and",J unreason able despots, arid has been obliged to shelve them. At its last annual con vention which was recently held in New, York city ; it harnessed up a new leader for its contest with organized labor, and with its usual fatuity suc ceeded in selecting the . worst man in its membership for the work. This is one John - Kirby, Jr., who is seem ingly, so far. as he has shown his hand, inore arrogant, unreasonable and violent than either of his prede cessors. This is what the Sacramento Bee, under the heading, "Van Cleave Succeeded by Another Arrogant Ass," has to say on the subject: "J. W. Van Cleave has been sue-! ceeded as president of the National Association of Manufacturers by one John Kirby, who seems anxious to distinguish himself as even more brutal and arrogant in his attitude toward organized labor than his pred ecessor. In assuming the position, Kirby addressed the association in these words, with reference to the American Federation of Labor: 'My policy will be that of Mr. Van Cleave. I do not believe in compromise with criminals. It is better to bring the whole labor question to a pointed is sue instead of temporizing and fooling with it. The only way to deal with this animal is to take it by the horns till it is made obedient. If we had to deal with the 95 per cent, of labor men who are for justice and fairness we could settle this whole labor problem-in an instant.' "Such senseless talk is responsi ble for much of the labor trouble in this country. Union men naturally resent it, and are embittered by it. If all the large employers of labor were of the stamp of Van Cleave and Kirby, there would be no end of strikes and lockouts, and a large part of the time great industries would be paralyzed. "This is supposed to be a free coun try, and yet Kirby has the assurance to spek of organized labor as a beast of burden, to be taken by the horns 'until it is made obedient.' Could senseless, arrpgancgoiurther than that? It smacks of the middle ages, when in Europe a workman was treated as an inferior creature, and could be kicked and cuffed by his employer without daring to com plain or retaliate. "Of course Kirby is an ass, with no more heart nor brains than Van Cleave, whose attitude toward union labor has always been that of a Simon Legree cracking a bloody whip over the backs of toiling slaves. Such men are a disgrace to the nation and to any organization of employers which puts them to the front. "Every fair-minded and well-informed man knows that wage-workers have an unquestionable right to organize or mutual protection, and that, on the whole, the lot of workingmen has been greatly improved through organ ization, without harm to Industry or the legitimate gains of capital. La bor has as good right as capital to organize and combine to accomplish lawful ends by lawful means. The very foundation of prosperity and pro gress rest upon the industry of the masses, and no man who speaks -contemptuously of labor and laboring men is a good citizen of this repub lic. "No doubt organized labor has its demagogues, its bad leaders, its treacherous, unscrupulous officials ready to betray their trust for a few pieces of silver. But likewise capi tal has its Van Cleaves and its Kir bys, heartless, purse-proud and inso lent tramplefs on the rights of men infinitely more entitled to respect than themselves. No class has a monopoly of virtue and public spirit." Union Advocate. THE BOYCOTT. We dislike to differ with Judge George Gray, of Delaware, who did so much disinterested work in the set tlement of the great coal strike sev eral years ago, and who has again demonstrated his fairness in arbitrat ing the contentions of the Scranton carmen, x but he must be forgetting American history when he inveighs against the boycott as un-American and cowardly. Evidence need not be strained to show that to the effective ness of the boycott set up by the peo ple of the American colonies is large ly to be attributed our independence as a nation. One instance is note worthy. In 1773 the home govern ment of England sought to compel the people of the colonies to buy tea and pay a large tax upon it When a ves sel loaded with tea arrived off Phila delphia at that time there was held here a meeting of eight thousand cit izens, who resolved that they would have none of the tea nor would they pay the tax. More than that, they sent for the captain of the vessel and informed him that if he did not im mediately leave our waters his ship would be burned. He left, and we are not a nation of tea drinkers, as we might have been had we submitted to the imposition of the tax. Trade Union News. LISTEN ! If yon ; have nothing else to do, write C. W. Giddens, Valdosta, 1 Ga-, and lie will offer you a position that will interest you. - .. " RAPSrCIVICf FEDERATinw "ie united i states . Senate rppt. IV. dlSCUSRfriEr- anmA 'A 11..' - o wvxiio :vm. uuc items or ; uie.iann.-and duitoehiTsffeiv occasion to payhisjrespects to the National civic " Federation, -i better known tothe members, of organized labor as ithe, "Civic' FakeratioS",' and Txj,Ta wuyoi.seeKingito un- , dermme ' and; . destroy the Sherman wuot ian wuiClL 7 n Rfllrf '-uroa "oil $rz ;was left ;as a, legislative protec- against tne aggres sions: of -growing trusts. -' "I don't know, whether this organ 75 regresents capital or, labor," said the Senator, "but I know that it does not represent organized labor." Z, uiaicu mat me uivic J Federa tion decoyed Samuel , Gompers -.and others of his kind into making public addresses in order to1 give a color J of interest, to the ; cause of labor, .and tnen the federation proceeded to car ry .out the wishes of the wealthy men in New York who were financing it Labor Herald. ROASTING THE OLDl MAN. So many husbands ar Htooiw spoiled in the cooking that ' a few words on the best manner of prepar ing them may not be amiss. First of all, catch your husband, and be sure he is young and tender. Take him home and have everything ready in the kitchen. Some wives keep: their husbands in hot water too long, while others roast them until they are over done. Still more wives keep them in pickle, or they keep themselves pick led, as the case may be. A' husband cannot be served tender, and appetiz ing under these conditions. In select ing the husband you wili find some' have, the silvery appearance of the mackerel or the golden tint of the goldfish. The latter is to be prefer red. Cook, him in a nice new enamel- ed preserving kettle, having taken care to wrap him in clean linen cloths before placing in the hot water. Of course, you know that, like a crab or lobster, you will have to cook him alive, and also, like them, he will not be so green after being in hot water a few times. If he splutters and fiz zles a bit at first, don't be a' bit anx ious. Many of them do this when cooking. A little spice will help some, but don't jab the kitchen fork or ice pick into him to see if he is done, as it may agitate! him. Stir him about gently, watching; him closely that he does not become flabbv or rsoft Tf cooked in- the above-manner, he wrill' be nice and terider, and will not even give the youngest of the children any indigestion. Labor Herald. Southern Annual Popular Excursion to Richmond, Va. On Tuesday, July 20th, the South ern Railway will operate their'" popu lar excursion from Charlotte to Rich mond, train leaving Greensboro at 11:40 p. m., July 20th, arriving at Richmond, 6:30 next morning. Round trip fare from Greensboro for this trip will be $3.50. Tickets good returning leaving Richmond on any of the regular trains up to and including, Thursday, July 22d. - Richmond is the capital city of Vir ginia, and no city in the South af fords more places of amusement and attractions, and it goes without saying that a great crowd will take advan tage of this excellent opportunity for such a splendid outing at a small cost. For further information see nearest agent, or call on or address the un dersigned. W. H. McGLAMERY, P. & T. A. Greensboro, N. C. Southern's Annual Excursion to Ashe ville, N. C. On Tuesday, July 20th, the South ern Railway will operate their grand annual excursion to Asheville. Tick ets for this excursion will be sold for train No. 21 leaving Greensboro at 12:30 p. m., July 20th, and plenty of extra coaches will be provided on this train to take care of the large crowd that will take advantage of this op portunity to take a trip to the "land of the sky" at a very small cost, the round trip fare from Greensboro be ing' only $4.50, and these tickets will be good to return leaving on any of the regular trains up to and including- Friday, July 23d. Gome on this train the entire trio through , the mountains will be made in 'day time. These tickets will af ford am nle time to visit the many at-. tractions at this beautiful mountain city, and a grand outing awaits all that are fortunate enough to join this. -nartv. For further information, call on or address the undersigned. : L W. H. McGLAMUJK X, sr. & L JL. . , Greens Doro, jn. u. One dav Marv came to her moth-" er and said: "Mother, my ear aches.". ' . -. "Does it ache very bad, Mary?" ask- ea ner momer "No." ' ' '' "Well, run out and play; then you will forget about it" Mary went out, but pretty soon she came back : and said : "Mother, my ear does ache; It is not the hole, but: the ruffle around it" Robertson Salisbury, N. C. Grocery Many

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