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HARBINGER
ORGANIZATION. EDUCATION, ELEVATION.
Vol. 2.
Raleigh,' N. C. Saturday. March 21, 1903.
No. II
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Poetry.
OUR FASHIONABLE
BUSTLES.
Answer to "Merely Observations," by Don
Marquis, In Atlant News, printed In lant
week's Harbinger.
You pouch-mouthed, freckled face
Son of a gun,
What business you write
Poking fun
Because us girls grab
Our skirts,
Pulling them one-sided, as if
Going in the surf.
If we show our footies
Just above the level,
Who peeps more than you ?
Young limb of the devil !
If we wear our bustles
Just below our waist,
And was a mile down the street,
Walking a slow pace
Who would cut across the street
Quicker than you?
To get near that bustle to see
If it was new !
Our bustles are out of sight,
You can content your mind
And imagine all you want
If they are plain or fine !
You look on and admire,
And wonder to yourself
If it is natural or artificial,
You rubber-necked whelp !
It is none of your business,
You 'dad-limbed rake !
It is the fashion and style
And worn for man's sake.
Who admires a fane form
By birth or hand-made
More than you men,
Who so much have said
Now keep your mouth shut,
You evil-minded Hessian,
And never marry a girl who has
Been in the fashion!
One of Carolina's Daughters.
TO MY MOTHER.
Thou type of noblest Womanhood!
Thou who in manhood's evil day,
As by the couch of infancy,
Still 'faithful stood;
Unfaltering, and with purpose strong,
Rebuking all the hosts of wrong,
With "love is more than gift of song,"
And "virtue is the highest good."
Oh would these wildwood flowers for
thee '. :.'
Were robed in beauty's charm and bloom
Made rich with every rare perfume
Of Poesy;
With every grace of heart and mind,
With woman in all reverence shrined ;
In part repaying so in kind
A debt as boundless as the sea.
Benjamin Hathaway
HEART MUSIC.
A laugh is just like sunshine
It freshens all the da,
It tips the peak of life with light,
And drives the clouds away.
The soul grows glad that hears it,
And feels its courage strong
A laugh is just like sunshine
For cheering folks along.
A laugh is just like music ;
It lingers in the heart,
And where its melody is heard
The illls of life depart.
And happy thoughts come crowding
Its joyful notes to greet
A laugh is j ist like music
For making living sweet !
Communicated.
Mr. Editor: I have just fin
ished reading a letter in the Morn-
ing Post from Solomon De Cous,
and I can safely say there is mean
ing in every word he says, and he
is a Solomon of value to the State
and he is a man of brain and has
not only an eye to the future, but
has" been looking around him
some time at the neglect of pa
rents who allow their children to
run at large as a set of hogs or
. cattle. The neighbors, by chance,
see the stray cattle going at large,
attempt to stop them, believing
the owner ignorant of his loss,
and that his fence and lots are in
secure, and, at the same time,
they inform him of his neglect.
They are utterly shocked that he
should be so blind as not to have
noticed his frail protection for his
cattle, he being liable at any time
to lose them, and there is so much
suffering that he should, by his
carelessness, give his friends trou
ble to help him protect and care
For his own property.
Mow, Mr. Editor, I only men
tion this cattle story because it
comes in with the cigarette smok
ing. Tust think of a father al-
owing his son to be smoking and
going at large as he pleases, and
for fear of ruin to the boy, friends
come to his rescue, by getting up
a society to vote down smoking
and make a law to prevent this
child or boy from doing what his
parents should make him do I
tell you, Mr. Editor, it is a refleo
tion on parents. I would feel hurt
and insulted to think that I had
so neglected one of my own chil
dren to such an extent that out
side people should look to his
care and future use as a man and
citizen as well as health. Parents
in this day and time only expect
to see their children at meal hours
and bed time, and some don't take
any notice or care if they are not
there. I have been notieiug all
this tor years and have many
times said it was all caused by
sending those very children out
rom home to school so young
when many of them should be at
home direct under the mother's
eye. I tell you, sir, there is not
enough hickory used as should
be Then, again, here come the
ladies pleading for a reformatory
for young boys. Did they work
as hard to get a reformatory for
grown men, who set the example,
who are not caught or classed as
criminals, the boys would by far
be better in fact. I think our
young boys first-class tramps, con
sidering the example set before
them by many of their own fath
ers, and the mothers many times
helpless, even if they wanted to
correct the child. The only hope
is "Home Rule."
Talk about your United States
flap-, your State flap-, your State
laws and your patriotic feeling,
but, gentlemen, home RULE is all
that will save this country and
the boys from ruin, and to begin
for that rule, plant trees conven
ient to the house; let them be for
beauty as well as useful ; make
your home law, and see that it is
carried out. Should that law be
broken, call the case on first re
port. Should persuasion fail, and
the defendant be rather too ob
streperous, call him down and get
Judge Burch to pass sentence, and
you can rest assured you will be
soon convinced that, with more
home rule, there will be much less
use for county rule, State rule or
United States rule, for there is no
rule equal to home rule well man
aged by a determined father and
mother, that their children shall
not go at large as dumb beasts,
degrading them in their old age,
or that they would blush to hear
their names called and they could
not call them themselves.
A MAN, NOT A MACHINE.
Members of the local union of
Railroad Car Men enjoyed a de
lightful social session last night
in Gerinania Hall and upwards of
two hundred and fifty people were
present. It was one of the most
delightful affairs of the kind
given here in many a day. From
the standpoint of pleasure and en
joyment the occasion was a pro
nounced success.
The order of Railroad Car Men
is a national organization. About
four months ago a local union was
established here. It started out
with a small membership. To
day the roll of members shows
over 20O names. The social ses
sion last night was held as a mark
of the wonderful success and re
markable growth and every mem
ber entered into the celebration
with enthusiasm. The Railroad
Car Men is one of the strongest
orders in Wilmington, N. C, to
day, and it is the youngest.
After the meeting was called to
order last night twenty-five new
members were received.
The main feature of the even
ing was a scholarly address by
Rev. Calvin S. Blackwell, D. D.,
and it was received with great
favor. The address was able and
it was to the point, and Dr. Black
well received congratulations on
every - hand. His . subject .was, !
"Man, Not a Machine." He spoke
in substance as follows :
God, the Master Workman,
made a man's hand as his master
piece of mechanism to work. The
same day after God finished man
he gave him a job "dress the
garden." He did not make man
happy by giving him a woman,
but bv eiviner him a iob. Honest
work is man's . only source of
earthly happiness.
There are three verbs of life
to have, to do, to be. It's a good
thing to get and to have. It's a
better thing to be able to do, the
best is to be. When Jesus, the
Carpenter of Nazareth, said the
best thing of man he did not say
he has, or he does, but he is the
salt of the earth, he is the light
of the world. Don't make the
mistake of thinking the chief bus
iness of life is to make a living.
The chief thing is to live to
make a life.
When laws and economic rela
tions justly adjust labor and capi
tal and labor gets its proper share
you can give more attention to
life. Then you will have what
God intends : all men to have
eight hours for toil, eight hours
for sleep, and eight hours to de
vote to living. To the thought
of home, your families and yourselves.
Paul, the master and tent mak
er, who belonged to the tentmak
ers' union of his day, did not ex
hort Timothy to take heed unto
getting, or to doing, but he is,
"take heed unto thyself." He
put the man above the machine.
A skilled, self-respecting work
man makes his work build up his
own true manhood.
This sort of a workman has
pride in his family and hope in
his posterity. Out of the homes
of the manual toilers of the world
have come the world's greatest
thinkers, writers and leaders.
After ilie address refreshments
were served in style and abund
ance and all enjoyed the repast.
Then Mr. Z. A. Murrell, foreman
of the coach shop, and Mr. Denny,
foreman of the paint shop, of the
A. C. L., made short speeches
concerning the good of the order.
The social session was a great
success.1 Wilmington ' Dispatch..
FIGHT CHILD LABOR EVIL
The Chicago Packing Trades'
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
The American girl is admired
FOR MAYOR.
Mr. Editor : Of course I am
not in favor of the workingmen
entering politics as an organiza-
council, representing thirty-seven a,ld liked at home and abroad be
unions in the stock yards, has cause slie is the happiest' health
taken up the question of child iest and friendliest of girls.. Usu
labor, and will send a lobby to'allV unharmed by any self-con-Springfield
in the interests of sciousness, she is not apologetic
the bill requiring an educational and morbidly sensitive, as are
tests for children before they can J many girls brought up in the
be employed in factories. This dose, conventional .air of Euro
bill has been prepared by the in- pean civilization. She likes the.
dustrial committee of the Illi-j world, and is alive to everything
nois Federation of Women's Clubs beautiful and good in existence,
and labor organizations interest- She is easily pleased, and her
'ed. j unstudied, fresh enjoyment of
At the last meeting of the simple pleasures gives happiness
Packing Trades'. Council the fol- to every one around her by its
j lowing resolutions were unani- simple, wholesome expression
mouslv adopted: through her face, figure and
"WWras flip state fartorv in- voice.
. . ., j .
American
tion at this time, not because I j
think it wrong, but because it is
not politic; but every citizen, of
whatever vnratinn. should fetl
such, an interest in the welfare of spactor's report for 1 901 shows
his town, State and nation, as to , ttlal 111 Places i"sPectea ere
use his best efforts to put in office were l9$39 children employed,
the men most fitted to fill the.as aSainst z256 for the pre-
vious year; and
men most
positions, and he should not al
low trivial matters or selfishness
to come between him and his duty
"Wheras, it is estimated that
there are 19.000 children at work
to himself and people In the u U,1S ouuc ulIC"imiu U1
coming city election I see many are Ullder fourteen years of age,
crnnrl ,, annnnneed for the va- aS squired by law, and
rious offices, the most important,
perhaps, is that of Mayer of Ral
eigh. Our city has, for the last
several years, been making great
progress, and most especially is
there at this time plans being ma
tured for our upbuilding, and re
cognized business qualifications ;
a man in sympathy and touch
with the great masses ; a man
ith the intelligence and energy
to push to completion these plans
which are to put us in line if not
ahead of any city in the State,
and I think from his past admin
istration that Mr. A. M. Powell,
the present incumbent, is the
man. Me has not only evinced
his ability and energy, but his
universal popularity, by his elec
tion for several terms. Some seem
to think that because a man has
served several terms he should
not be a candidate to succeed him
self. In my opinion, this is just
the gentleman for the place, as
he naturally has more experience
and is better qualified to fill the
office. Mr. Powell has ever thrown
whatever influence he may have
possessed towards the uplifting of
Raleigh, and never failed to be
on the side of the laboring man
when duty permitted. Of all the
men mentioned, let us again try
A. M. Powell.
Mechanic.
"Whereas, Illinois has no law
the same as New York, Massa
chusetts, Ohio, and New Jersey,
preventing night work for chil
dren, and makes no educational
test as demanded in twenty other
States ; and
"Whereas, There is now pend
ing before the Legislature a bill
known as House bill No. 174,
which will make it necessary for
children to make an educational
test ; therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the Packing
Trades' Council and the thirty
seven local unions affiliated, there
with, representing 21,957 mem
bers, do hereby sincerely request
you to use all the influence at
your command to assist us to se
cure the passage of such bill."
A copy of the resolutions has
been sent to every Senator and
Representative in the Legislature.
girls, when you
study them critically, are not
more beautiful than English or
French girls, but somehow an
American girl always contrives
to make a pretty picture of her
self, and neither she nor any one
else can explain how she does it.
She is adaptable to an astonish
ing degree, and she can dress for
a walk, and outdoor game, a din
ner or a ball so as to make the
impression that in each particu
lar garb she is at her best. This
power to change her appearance
so as to look almost like another
person is one of the American
girl's chief charms, and she owes
it to her keen appreciation of
the people and circumstances
around her. She has imagina
tion, intuition and a genius for
fitting herself to the hour. Wo
man's Home Companion.
automobiles for the
: sea.
A London company is exhibit
ing at the salon d'Automobile a
novelty iu the form of an auto
mobile boat, which, it is said,
is an eminently seaworthy craft,
capable of a high rate of speed.
It is 33 feet in length and fitted
with a Mercedes-Simplex motor,
of 35 horse power. The propell
er shaft is of steal and the screw
t -
of bronze. The vessel, whose
gone
hull is of oak and cedar, is quite
open, and can accommodate ten
people. The inventor, M. Charleg,
made a voyage in the boat from
Athens to Nice last year, averag
ing nineteen knots an hour.
Take your union paper.
Communicated.
THE LITTLE BOY AND CAT
A little country boy went into
town to pay his grandma a visit
He, like all little fellows of his
age, went barefooted during the
summer, so when night came
foot-washing had to be
through with as usual. The lit
tle fellow, not too brave, wanted
to bring the foot-tub in the bed
room, but auntie said no, sit down
on the stairsteps in the dining
room. He scarcely knew how to
disobey, and did not want to play
big coward and let her know he
was afraid, but did as he was told
and went to the steps. There
was a beautiful pet cat, belonging
to the aunt, who did not like chil
dren, not being used to them. She
was sitting up about half way on
the steps, which the little boy
was delighted to see. But just
as soon as the cat saw the boy
well-seated she, in fear and dis
gust for children,. ran down, pass
ing the boy as quick as she could
go to get away from him. The
boy could no longer play brave,
and yelled out, "Oh, auntie, do
make the cat stay up there, for
it is so dark up stairs !" Brave
boy, with cat between him and
danger. U.
IGHTNING KILLS MOTH
ER COMBING CHILDREN'S
HAIR.
News has been received of the
death by lightning of Mrs. Hart
Waltrip, who lived at Tuscum-
bia. Neighbors of the family
who brought in the tidings, state
that Mrs. Waltrip was enaped
x 00
in combing the hair of her two
children during the storm, she
and the children and husband
being seated in a room with an
open fireplace. After complet
ing her task she walked to the
mantel and laid the comb on it.
The moment her hand came in
contact with the mantel a bolt
of lighting came down the chim
ney and struck her. Death was
instant. Strange to say her hus
band and children, who were
not over three to five feet from
her, were uninjured, while the
house was damaged but little.
STARVED INTO INSANITY.
At Chicago, D. W. Carlin, a
student in the theological depart
ment of the Northwestern Uni
versity, is insane from an attempt
to live on $2 a week. Cailin
cooked his own meals and prac
ticed many other economies. Stu
dents say he did not have suffi
cient nourishment.
Besides denying himself food,
Carlin "worked hard, and it is
thought this had much to do with
his illness. He had charge of a
small church at Cardiff, 111.
The engagement is announced
of Jan Kubelik, the violinist, to
Countess Marianne Csaky.
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