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This Sbuthem Girl Has Mastered the Complicated Compress BusinessBy Ludle Webb Bank*.CLDVBn and pluck/ eoutb-Aem woman. born In affiance and reared. Iltrrallv. In the hj) of luxury, lo MI— Ant»c Phlrglour. formerly of Columbus. Os. - Whan Ilia -loi-iliiid's offortune filled her with a noble wleh end purpore «o t- J S •• snmrthfhg more lluin n\y society woman olio foundopportunity to put her hand to nn occupation imljuo.Boir.e yeara ago »tls. 8ing-leur'a family removed to Jsek-on. Mia*, from her nit!., elate She wee in a mun-nsr. Com to the cotton trade. Her father, the Ule Major J A. 8lng!»ur. we* for many year* Thrgety Interested In cotton a* * buvcr. and for a ton* period previous to hi* death In 1*95 wae nt the brad of J. A. Wlnglour 4 Co H was a reeog-nlx-d authority »a to the -topic. hie houw* being one of thoee mo*t lorgcly engagedn itc handling In tbo stale.She and hor father wor* grest cronlca «ivl neither »w over happier than when in the company of the other Thla Intimate association, together with her clone obwer*mion. keen preeeptton ond understanding, gave her fr-quent oppur-i inltlaa to hear /he bualncao discussed and to tako in. by Intuition or nbeorp-t4'U. mi It were, ao much Information Imparted In the casual roner*atkna ihe heard from d*y to dny. that nhc. In fact lt;’*» much df tho Jet.uij of the cotton tr.ida before she waa awira that aha know anything whatever worth knowing tlrnot ItTho death of for father brought to her home then for the hurlyburly of tho truth utter la bongfeUoWe yoetn. Life le real, life la earnest •• So ehe art herself to tho task of learning how to become an Independent, eelf supporting mesnber of societyBrora the Bottom.Securing a clerkship In the employ of the eomprees company, owing end operating a large plant at Jackson. ehe eoon became a proficient office woman ar.d waj put In chargo of the book*, hot It wae not long thereafter before sba waa at home either In the ofrtca or the yards of the establishment. Quick to comprehend the right thing to b* done, end tho right way In whk-h It should be dsr.e. and pouramlng the aplrlt to d#r». end the will power lo do. aha rapidly developedIfIT ■ •I * i •; ♦• •IIi; 1iMISS AK7TB SHIffOI.ECR The Only Woman In Amarica Understanding th* Operation of Coinpreaa.leS.SeS-XXeS-Xet. s —e-- # — e-»e »-e»e-« e-« lt;cause with the multiplicity ef her d i -and their rores and w'rrW «h- ■«:»•«»-. find- flmo lo rend an! «*t in 1 u h with tho latest and b'-t II .*01 ire ‘the ha# surossfuFly V'pt bi-K« minvgcd a eomprcs* helped to cond i t ■ ot m l uv Ing buame-M tn whl-h -he .j, i«.-nM • with her brother, r A Shiligleiir A- a life Insuranro solicitor. on of the .mi In Ml-rlr'lppl ehe was -ucen-ful ant •• , the pros' nf time I- cashier for the Prudential Insurance Company of America I Miom Shlngleur :* e line hnrsewo-nan a good shot, a due rower and good -Vlor 1 n# well n* angler 8ho plan t*nnl* nod .gold and t- a good all ’roun3 In mhllt; tic ; amuseir.er.tr of which *!» I* ver, fondscorej of lt;lraa the » riling of receipt* and occurtng proper bills of lading foi Shipper!, are HI Ihir.g* to confu-! the. mind and tax the energ' lid strong! n of it rung men used to such duties rruoi, le-- lo a gentle, refined womanly woman plnnr.od by nature more for gracing the home thnn for tho burly hurls or the •cUvltlre Inrklont to a modem, up-io-dato compress. And yet all tho* things Ml— Shlngleur uadlimaycd encountered un-Ul aho became the mlstieas of every lt;!«-tall of the burlnc* from writing or sign Ing out Nils of lading and Insurance poling out bill* of laden and Insurance policies.Many Sided Sucre**.Her success Is the mors wonderful be
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sun, Nov 27, 1904
Page 98
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