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rsi -'V ' V- I'll- - "I""" '-!v-"-'v- '. - -'--v - t- Volume 1. : No. 7. Price 2 Cc::. REGULATION, OF CHILD LABOR : BURDEN OF ORGANIZkD LABOR. titAisrsoN wms from MONTANA. Fof Protection of ChHdfcn and a Better Raceways Mr Swift-Politicians Do Bat Little For WorkingTPeopleEndorses Out m Position As Stated in Our Last Issue The following oommunicatlonroni Mr; W, H, Swift, secretary of 'the North Carolina Child La: bor Committee, elicited by an article in our last week's issue, in which: we stated that the child . labor question was the burden i of organized la bor, - and that those who were quibbling about "formulating" plans .to- restrict such labor in this State had better think fast and finish formu- lating or organized labor would come into her rights and see that our children are protected by restrictive legislation, we: take as an endorse ment of our position, and is of interest to our readers, especially those who are in favor of pro- Hissuug we cniiurentHonr state irom anuses of itootioxi. factory- operators and others who eiri Bojt ?cjildren : . - : 4 . - . "Office of the Field Secretary, ' . "Greensboro, N. C, January 5, 1916. 'Editor Saturday Record: -. " "Youx. issue of January 1st, 1916, carries a discussion between myself and the editor of the State Journal. In this connection permit me to say that in, our work for child labor reform We have uniformly found -that organised labor is on the side for child protection ' and for a - better race. . If we had been able to bring. the full sen timent of organized lbor tobearonJKTorth Caro lina legislators moeh miht hareTalready been done. My experience is that politicians do not 7 do very ipuch for working people or even for hu cmanitarian" reforms tin til ; they ; become fearful that the working man's vojte may be lost. My .further experience is that the worker, as a mem ber of a class, has to be .shown just what is for . 'the good of-hiniself and his fellow workers.-"'For !thi-reason iind fnif TnanvvnthArftsT-am thnmiiofhlc-l oonvmeea mat JNortn Carolina nas mucn to gam , through the thorough organization of her Workr -ers. -t .rj- - 1 am thoronghly familiar with the facts that any -organization of labor for any practical . pur- : poses is decried in certain quarters, but this does not chang-e tny views in the least. As you liave well said, if the Federal govern ment does. not regulate the employment of chil dren a very large part of the burden of securing efficient State .regulation -will fall Upon the shoulders of. organized, labor. 1 do notdoubt but that they will bear it gladly. - " "Yours very truly, - W.jaLSWXFT.' Mr. Swift is in a position to do much jgood for the workers in general if our State, aside Xrom ; Ihe -ehildren, nd we Hank. Jhe can onn t on the support f ail Intelligently organized labor in his efforts. Funeral of Mrs Townes . The , funeral of Mrs. W. A. Townes, at St. James' Episcopal Church, Wednesday afternoon ; was attended. . by many mends., Tne services were conducted by Rev. Dr, William Milton -There were many beautiful floral tributes. Fol lowing the impressive service at the church the ; remans'were borne to Oakdale eemetery for in- xerment. ' . ' . " ' - The matter of : retaining ! Farm r Dem onstrator Horring in his position which was brought up - before the county- commissioners at their meet ' Ing'Mondayjaight," at which time representative citisens strongly ; ursred . that he : be retain ed, in 6ffice, was referred to a special t committee tfit Bf reported bact Monday night, January 9th. - Mrs. Winifred Sackville Stoner gave a practi cal demonstration of her method of teaching children at the; Boys'- Brigade armory - Monday eveningand explained the principles or natural education to a: large and .representative; audi The-Young.WDnian?i Auxiliary oi t.ajnes .Church have reopened , the . Royal" tea room "from 1 pm. tb: CO-p. m.f daDy, anil ..will be giaaK)r tne patronage or tne puniio. , 4- mm Threy Obbonent BSst T dot Second a Tfiird Falls, the Secx 6hJ in l -2 ande Third K4 Minutes. f Htz Sfatlsbn won 'frSni Bull Montana in the wrestlittg nidtch "at yoolyin's Hall last nigit, taking two falls out of Jhree, s'-- : iilUll Montana tdok ibe first fall after wrestling 62 minutes with the favorite, but in the next iwo goes Hanson made, quick Work of it, taking th second fall ih 7 1-afcinutes arid the third in 4 minutes, the second 'with a head scissors and the, third with a .waist Scissors holt. HiK. Longley, referee. . , l . Ih the Preliminary .between Hill and Wood. FT 111 tnftlr hnfh the, fi iit't anrt cornrr1 -folio vwifK o crotchT and r half Kelspn in the first and sim ply forced his oppohetit to the mat -by 4 main strength!' in the second, outclassing him in every way. " , . " 't , - ,,.1 . . .. SOME LdG All NEWS NOTES Of the. Week Boile Down For the Busy - Reader. , ; All the city schools Opened last Monday morn ing with full attendanpe. a An entire block of frame buildings, near the A. XX Jj. depoi. was destroyed by fire on: Monday at Vineland, N. C, , , . Mt. T. J. JSllid will succed Mr. H. McD. Stan ford as superintendent: othe Swift Fertilizer plent. ' . ; Mayor Moora state that he is not a stockhold er in the .Wilmlnifdn...Shirt CompanxiWbichOsl to start business soon, as was erroneously stated last week, - - - ' . Beginning: of Second Series Seminolcs For feit to the Dodgers Reds Pat. One Ove. on Braves, by Score 43,tcf42i At the Boys' Brigade Armory last . night,, m the first game of the second series, the; Semi-; noles forfeited to the ;Dodgers, as .they ; had one -man sick and two others did not report, but Cap tain Sholar says he will have full teams for next week's games. - ' r , r " : The second game was very interesting and ex citing. The stars in this event were Griffith for the Reds and Ellis for the Braves, scoring 21 arid 24 points, respectively. - . t . y - The first half was a walkover for the Keds by a score of SO to 16, the fast team work .and the' goal throwing ororiffith"beingesponsible. ; : In the second half the Braves awakened and put over a score of 27 against the. Reds' 13,""-- Ellis went wild" for the Braves, scoring 17 points, and .every man- worked ; like a Trogan. The Braves tied the score" dncej - but the Reds shoved one-point over on them: in the wind-up. FRIDAY NIGHT IiEAGUE. 'J- : . " STANDING OF TEAMS. - V - , I W L. Pet. Podgers . 1 : ; 0 , 1,000 Reds . . . , l . .. o .4,000 Braves 0 . 1. ,000 Seminoles .2 0 ' 1 - ,000 - RESULTS LAST NIGHT. J - Dodgers, 2; SeminoTes, 0. - - Reds, 43; Braves, 42. ,?v Charleston (S. C.) lightship arrived here Tues day to go on the marine railway for repairs. The British steamer Hostili us arrived in port Sunday with & cargo of 800 tons- of fertilizer ma terial "which she : "discharged and proceeded for .Northern ports. - ' The executive committee of the 3Totth Saro- ina 3ynod of the PresbyterianXJhurehvwill meet n Jfayettevilie on January: Zltn !The T5ritisti steamer Kylemohr arrived in port from Glasgow, ScotlandMonday with a cargo of sulphate f ammonia for fertilizer material.. Grace Methodist Chureh observed the World's, Week of Prayer the past week and services were held each nighty There were 'large attendances at the meet in gj and impressive sermons were preacned. - . - ' t Judge Stacy's first case; was decided on Tiies day when -he ordered .that a restraining order against the town of Whiteville be dissolved. The new management of theEvening Dispatch has taken over the plant, made some needed im provements and is on its year's voyage with our friend Cowan at the helm. . - - - - - - "Diamonds and Hearts a play," will be-given at ; the .Masonboro .schpol- house un der ' .the au spices of the" school tonisrht. There will be-a small charge lor admissien.fe Yon are invited Allen Pearsall, the-escaped negro convict, was brought back, on Wednesday from New York by Sherifif Cowan and Jailer;. John - Branch 'and will serve his sentence' on :the -roads of which he had only served A few. days- rhen he made his get away.. ' y - :f James Edward Mclntyrev colored boy about 12 years of ase, was Accidentally shot Sunday af ternoon at Tenth and Queen streets while exanv ing an old revolveri. He died half , a heur after being shot BASKETBALL AT THE - BOYS' BRIGADE. The funeral of Miss Eliza Williams, an aged and highly respected lady who died: Tuesday, was held on Wednesday fromuthe home of Mrs. R. B. Clowe, her cousin. The services were con ducted by Rev. M, T. Plyler, pastorof Grace M. E Church. . . - r " " " " ' " ' ' " ' Capt: C. S. RidleyCorps :if Engineers, 'VSf u, has given.notice that the . restrictions on' the ' i number of vessels in tow of one tug while pass- ing any dredge in the Cape Fear river is asiin ; suspended until March M, 191 tJ, inclusive. v Mr. M. Xj, Starkey had an automobit partially" w; burriod on Tnesday night at Fourteenth and Red , Crass streets. ; - The Levering Manufacturing Co. is having its - plant,- on Smith's Creek, which was burned some months ago; rebuilt on a larger scale at a cost of J between. ?25,000 and ?3 0,000. , ' : Mr. Charles W. Kunold;" who for many years . served the city in a very efficient manner as a ponce officer, will be. a candidate for constable iQx the coming: election. He feels confident of .: ac strong support as he has many friends. - '.- ' The Feast of EDinhanv. the 12th dav" after " Christmas, commemorating he coming of the V rr-r ? r i, j. . t jl 11- l j. Jt 'i." v wise jxubu to .urisi.a,t oeiuicuuur was uusorvsjvfc- with appropriate exercises in allHhe Protest Episcopal churches in .Wilmington Thursday , . Mr Thomas J. Gore anidT family, who -have been livinin Philadelphia, Pa, "for more than a year, from which place they traveled extensive- iy, uave reiurucu to tutur um ncfcoie agam, to lo cate permanently. -. Mr. arid . Mrs,- Gore have , traveled inCan ada, and Mexico sincerthey . left home, and'also . took a trip to. the vPanama-P-' cifie Exposition.' " " ' : ,;"TN- : : A bold mulatto entered iheprcmikes of Mr,.W. A. Furlori g, K6. 2 Postoffice avenue, .on Thurs-.. day morning and after frightening Mrs.'Purlong f very -badly-when, she discovered him he leisures f Iy walked aiv . ; : . T. - -1, - A ; . TfToTwrhappjr. games of basketball were -plsSa 'thWt,.- a-a; by' Commeriat league ; tcstorilarsd3ya4njgbt J ;Vi r - ThbWgularm Cocfety of " at 3 o'clock - tn-the. ;IiUther JXemorial. building. The annual banquet was held at 4 o'clock - - v f - ?f - J
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