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Vol. V. LINCOLNTON. N. C, itJESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1911. No. 7
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ATTRACTIVE PATTERNS FOR TURNOVER COLLARS.
HUNTER ATTACKED BY BEAR.
No Patterns of These Designs are Available.
Turnover collars aro much worn with linen or silk shirtwaists. The scallops should first be padded, and then closely buttonholed. In designs Nos. 1 and 2 the dots may be worked solid or as eyelets, and
the leaves in the solid satin stitch, with the stems in the outline stitch. In design No. 8 the scallops are first padded and then closely buttonholed, and the dote and leaves are done in the Wallachian em
broidery. The stitch is started in the lower part of the leaves and dots in the center. It is slightly slanted upward, and the purled edge is brought to the outside. The embroidery is done in mercerized cotton
No. 26, in white or colors. SARAH HALE HUNTER.
t7In taking off these patterns, lay a piece of impression paper upon the material, place the newspaper pattern over this and with a hard, sharp pencil draw firmly over each line. If the material is
sheer it may be laid over the pattern and drawn off with pencil, as it will show through.
GOSSIP.
It'i naughty to goip of other's affair,
And th practice should certainly
cease; w. .--.:..
Take each of oar neighbor to task nn-
aware,' ,
And pick them apart, piece by piece,
Ill-mannered it li, though, to talk of
one' ielf,
Bo that topic we carefully ihun,
And the error of friend might be left
on the ahelf
if airing them wain' luch fun.
Thl calm, vivisection of mo tire and
. deed.
And placing aoul under a glass
To magnify all of their fault, we' con
. cede,
I an action most shameful, alail
TIs wrongful a tale told in seeret to
spread, '
'; ' .' wo uow n, we( m" D' m
hume bow our head
If it wasn't considered mere iportl
We "itnw tU naughty to gossip -but
then V
For ennui what cure 1 as goodt
XUo all il nd diversion (maid, matron
and men,)
x mm mil or wen understood! -
And that other fact, too (which I'm
ure can be proved)
Still Conscience's worrisome fuss:
At our elbow, perohanoe, or In group
for removed,
There are other who gossip of usl
Brooklyn Life.
Department of Labor and Printing Report.
And Hud, Too.
"lie went to Washington ex
pecting that his senator would get
him an easy berth."
"Did hct"
"Not exactly. But he gave him
a wide onet" New Orleans Times-Democrats.
A man's business conversation!
Have something to say. Say it.
Ci?p mere talking.
The Twenty-iourth Annual Re
port of the Department of Labor
and Printing has just been issued.
The experience of former years, as
to what constitutes real and suf
ficient information and the means
of presenting it in its most compact
form have been brought to bear in
this latest edition, and the effect
is seen in the increased amount of
matter without noticeable increase
in the size of the book.
In his letter of transmittal to
the Governor, Commissioner,
Bhipman says that while he be
lieves the greater number of mills
and factories, required to be rpgu-
by law, ft""ntly endeav
oring w comply with tu -ondi-
tions prescribed, some tnayw
merely obeying so much of the law
as caution demands, thus placing
the former class at a disadvantage.
For the protection of children
mainly, and the law abiding manu
facturers as well, he recomends
the passage of a factory inspection
law, for the purpose of seeing that
the labor laws are being complied
with by those who may not already
be doing so. Alao that sanitary
conditions and fire essapes are pro
vided, and that ordinary safe ap
pliances are furnished. Further
more, Mr. Bhipman goes on record
as endorsing a sixty-hour week for
factory employees. The contents
covers: Official State Registers for
1910; a chapter each on farms and
farm labor, trades, labor organiza
tions, miscellaneous factories, cot
ton, woolen and silk mills, knit
ting mills, furniture factories, and
newspapers, with an outline of the
results of the investigation of the
Department for the past ten years;
with an appendix giving the pres
ent labor laws of the State, and a
classified and alphabetized list of
all the manufacturing concerns on
the list, whether these have made
a report to the Department or not.
The chapter on farm and farm
labor shows an increase in average
high wages over last year 11.00
per month. Goat of raising differ
ent products is given as follows:
Cotton, per 5001b. bale, I33.S7;
wheat, per bushel, 72 cents; corn,
52 cents; oats, 35 cents; tobbacco,
per 100-lbs., $7.40.
The chapter on trades shows
wages In the difleront lines of wot'
hours and general eouditio'ha of
employment. There had J6een ad
ded this ypr tt oriaQorgani-
of local organisations in the State
is gi ven as 110. Only 47 of these,
however, report Membership of
47 "locals, l,780j average daily
wages of members, $2,883.-1.
Chapter V, Miscellaneous Fac
tories, show the employment, by
551 establishments, of 150,835,399,
actual capital, with an estimated
plant value of 120,458,711; there
are employed in these factories
34,107 persons. This tchapter
includes the factories not classified
under specific heads.
Chapter VI, Cotton, Woolen
and Bilk Mills, shows 325 mills,
with a capital of $53,097,454;
3,848,022 spindles, 56,516 looms,
550 braiders, 7,762 cards, employ
ing 135,863 horsepower. The to
tal number of employees, 52,440.
Knitting mills reported, 77 57 of
which report capital of 13,619,100;
spindles, 109,680; knitting ma
chines, 8,207; sowing machines,!
699; employing 7,199 persons and
using 6,210 horsepower.
Chapter VII, Furniture Factor
ies, shows 106 factories, 103 of
which report capital 7 stock of
$3,451,140; 0,842 employees, and
much other information in detail.
Chapter Vlll, Newspapers,
shows an increase of ten in the
number of publication over last
year, and in increase in circula
tion of 155,823 copies Total
number of publications, 324; total
circulation, 1,247,278.
Aati Lobby Bill Gets it in The Neck.
f
The drastic bill against
ipz, 1 intofinWi., in the
lobby-House
Wednesday by Representative
Woo ten, of Lrnoir, had a long
hearing before j udioiary commit-
to ijo. 2, Umnor, or Wilson,
Chairmwa, . tody with the result
that U recoiled an almost unani
mous unfavoraUe report so that :
neither it nor pobably any other !
anti-lobby bill rill get "consider-!
tiononthe flooi of the Assembly.
Such Represeitativea as Dough
ton of Alleghanj, , Q nickel of Lin
coln, Nunn of (raven and others
pronounced the, bill sweeping and
drastic to such degree it would
make it a crlma punishable by
$1,000 fine for thy citizen to dis
cuss with any liglslator measures
in which he is fcterested unless it
be a bill bearing on his own coun
ty, and then te could discuss It
only with his own Representa
tives. ' ; r'"'
Doughton considered the bill in
eSbct a reSctn on members of
the General A;::: .Uy and an af-
frost ti tie 1 -."j of the State.
In t."l 1 ') 1 1 ' ".vet exrer-
:3t vs : 11 t oalvsnc-.s
mtdo for the purchase of his in
fluence and as for having citizens
approach them concerning what
ever measures in which they were
interested, he would always wel
come them from whatever quarter
of the State they come. It was
this view of the case and the fact
that there are already statutes
against bribery that proved the
knockout for the Wooten biil,
which he and Kellum of New
Hanover pleaded in vain to have
at least referred to a sub-committee
for revision in the hope of get
ting a bill against lobbying that
would fill what they seemed to
feel there was a crying need for.
A Distlnctioa Without a Difference.
Harder Than Stone.
It was in a country tavern,
where a newly arrived commercial
traveler was holding forth, says
the Philadelphia Ledger.
"Fll bet my case of samples, "
he said, "that I've got the hardest
name of anybody in this room.
An old farmer in the background
shifted his feet to a warmer part of
the stove.
"Ye will, will yet" he drawled.
"Wa-al, I'll have to take ye up.
I'll bet $10 against your samples
that my name'U beat yourn."
"Done," cried the salesman.
It is Stone."
The old man was game.
"Mine," he said, "is Harder."
Marriage will teach a man a lot
of things that he had never expect
ed to learn.
Today is your opportunity; to
morrow la some other fellow's
chance.
Bruno Belies Tradition and Makes For
His Attacker After Receiving Death
Wound First Authentic Cats of Black
Bear Attacking Human.
Linville Falls, Jan. ' 19. The
first authentic case of a black bear
attacking a man is that reported
by Stover Wise, one of the most
Bucceaa&il 1 hmv huntcmaf - tkuu.
In Missisippi there was a color
ed preacher noted in those parts
for the - extreme frankness and
candor of his exhortation to his
wicked brethren to reform, says
Harper's Weekly. On one occa
sion, relates Representative John
Sharp Williams, the" divine was
holding forth ou the sin of theft.
Among other things he said:
"I see befo' me ten chicken
thieves, includin' Dan Samson."
This bald statement of fact
rather aroused the resentment of
the aforesaid Samson, and he
threatened the minister with per
sonal violence. The latter's
friends persuaded the divine to
withdraw the acensation if Samson
would promise not to offer the
minister any hurt The question
seemed about to be adjusted, it
being settled that the clergyman
should, on the following Sunday,
publicly retract his statement as
to the honesty of Mr. Samsonr"
Therefore, rising in the pulpit
on the day appointed, the minis
ter said:
"It 'pears dat a remark of mine,
in de sermon of last Sunday, has
been de cause of offense, an' I
derefore amends it. What I
should have said was dig: 'I see
befo' me ten chicken thieves, not
includin' Dan Samson.'"
region. It happened on a recent
big bear hunt which ended a few
days ago in the killing of the
largest bear that has been taken
in this vicinity for many years.
He weighed about 800 pounds.
This bear had been living off
the hogs kept at a sawmill in Lit
tle Lost Gove, about 8 or 9 miles
from here toward Grandfather
mountain. The bear's depreda
tions being reported to the Wise
and Aldridge boys, they started
after the brute with their dogs.
It was the largest and hardest race
on record here, lasting five days,
using up several packs of hounds
and extending over much more
than 100 miles. Bruno was chased
up to Grandfather mountain and
over some of its roughest slopes
and finally back to the place
where he was started.
By making an effort, which
only a life-long training made pos
sible and which he says was the
hardest", climb he ever made,
Stover Wise intercepted the bear
on a ridge in time to get a shot at
him from a distance of about 100
yards, using a Winchester. To
his surprise, the bear turned and
came straight for him, never stop
ping despite repeated shots until
he was within 20 feet of the hunt
er. Then he went down.
Examination showed that S
shots had taken effect, all in the
head and shoulders, ranging back.
Wise says he is nots certain -whether
the bear was dazed by
the first shot and did not know
what he was doing, or if he really
meant to attack. All the old bear
hunters hereabouts agree that a
black bear never attacks a man,
even when wounded, if he can run
away.
This is the twelfth black bear
killed within 8 miles of Linville
Falls this fall and winter, and
most of them were secured much
nearer.
A remarkable curiosity was
shown the Democrat this week by
Mr. Ransom Pope. It was evi
dently a cross between a rabbit
and a poodle dog. Ithad the ears,
the tail, feet and nose ef a rabbit
and the long hair of a poodle. It
was killed by Tate Roseman on
Mr. Marion Boaeman's farm near
Catfish. Hickory Democrat.
The Chinese Way,
It is not an unalloyed delight to
a writer to get a manuscript back
from a publisher; however, if one's
manuscript must come back, it is
pleasant to have it with as much
sugar-coating as possible, says
Harper's Weekly. J, . . .
The Chinese editors excel all
others in the art of returning con
tributions in such a way as to
spare the contributor's feelings.
Instead of curtly saying ; that the
manuscript is "unavailable" or
"not adapted," they send the
writer a letter somewhat like the
following:
"Illustrious Brother of the Sun
and Moon: Behold thy servant
prostrate before thy feet, I bow to
thee, and beg of thy graciousness
thou mayest grant that I may
speak and live. Thy honored .
manuscript has deigned to cast the
light of its august countenance
upon us, With rapture we have
perused it. By the bones of my
ancestors, never have I encounter
ed such wit, such pathos, such
lofty thought. With fear and
trembling I return the writing.
Were I to publish the treasure
you seat me, the Emperor would
order that it should be made the
standard, and that none be pub
lished except such as equaled it
Knowing literature as I do, and
that it would be Impossible in
10,000 fyears to equal what you
have done, I send your writing
back. Ten thousand times I crave
your pardon. Behold, my head is
at your feet, Do what you will.
Tour servant's servant.
The Editor."
"Well, has your college daugh
ter decided upon her career!"
"Yes; he has blue eyc.i, I: r ,
hair Bad works la a 1 ' -Ei::3."
LeusvilleCu'." -7 !