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This Southern Girl Has Mastered the Complicated Compress BusinessBy Luctlo Webb Banka.CLDVER anil plucky eoulb-en woman, born to afflu-nce anil reared, llirnllv. in tho lap of luxury. » Mlsa Ann* fUilnglt'ur. formerly of Colombtu. fla. Whan tin- vlclimlliidca of fortune filled hr I with a noble wish e.id purpose to be Bomplhfhg more linn a anclc'.y woman found opportunity to pot her hand to an occupation untune. Borne yeai- agn Min dJng-famlly removed to Jick-on. Miss, from bar native stale Rhe was (n a msn-n»r. born to lha ooilon trado. Her father. «h. lata Major J A. Blngl.ur. waa for many year- fhrgcly intrreMod In coilon as » bunr, and for a Ion* irrilurt previous in hla daslb In IBSB was nl the head of J. A. Hina I cur Co |J» was a reec/g. nlicd authority as to iho staple, hla houea being ona of Ihonr most largely engaged i n lit handling In Iho alit»«.Slip and her father wore great cronlea •ml neither wn* over happier lhan when I *n the company of Iho other Thla ln-j tlmate association, together with her | close obnervatkm. keen prweeptlon and I .in-lr retarding. guva her frequent oppor-: inltlea to Hear /ho business dls.-u*eil ■ and lo taka In. by Intuition or nbsorp-r mi. aa It were, so much Information Imparted In the casual convlt;rlt;atlona she h'nrd from d*y lo day. tha; she. In fact. «-■ mucb df the details of the cotton . trade before aho was aware that ahe i know anything whatever worth knowing ; It■fno death of her father brought to her homo then for tho hurly-burly of the truth ultcr |o Longfellow* poem. “I.lfa la real, lira la earnesl So she set heraelf tp the tosk of learning how to be-come an Independent, ailf stipprrllng member of societyFrom tha Bottom.Securing n clerkship In the employ of the rompreea company, owing and operating a large plant al Jackson, iha boob became a prodelont ofTlco woman and was put In charge of the books, bul It wae not long thorcafter hvforo she was al home either In the ofTIca or the yards of tha establishment. Quick to comprehend the right thing lo b* done, nnd tho right way In which II should he dsne. and possessing tha aplrlt to dare, end the win power lo do. she rapidly developed Into a woman of unusual esecutlvo ability Thla fact tha management wa* discerning enough to discover and wise enough to utlllg* to tha best advantage For seven years aho kept books, and In addition to keeping up bar work on that line, ahn suceecwfully aided In looking after other branches of the anslncsa from which mature msn of gr*«l experience might well have ehrunk from undertaking.IndIt may perhaps be acid she at on* Um» or another filled erary position at tha compress from that of bookkeeper to manager. IVhst Is meant for her to be manager cannot ba well uppreclatad by ona unfamiliar with the tact and talent, tho versatility of aocompltahme nts and aircagth of character nocosaarr to manage a compreaa In the busy aaaaon Tho nolee and roar of machinery, th hustle and bustle of draymen, coming ni»d going. In Unto almost aa Interminable aa so endless chain, bringing In and oarrylng out different Iota Of cotton, owned by different pan lea. to he iter.d. comprcsaed •nd shipped ■ to dlftormtf nrnr^eta In different parte of the world, arc sounds and Sights In themselvs# eoafualng to the uninitiated.Think, too. of tho trouble of cheeking In and checking out-receiving nnd deliver. Ing for shipment, by water or roll fbou-aanda of bslaa of tho staple. In do sens or mark* and numbers, iho loading and unloading of them, sometlmea. by tba traln-loid to and fram cere switched on to ihs s If Inga adjoining tho plant; the kedplng of accurate memoranda no that every b«l» may bo placed and readily traced, Itc keeping of the time of lha various • laborers sen ployed; tha number of tba l kalax baa dyad, in „ owl. kg each of tkallt;aeaeteteS*t«atelt;Seetalt;J MISS AfWE SHINOI.ET7RJ Tha Only Woman In America Ondaratandlng' the f Compreaa.Operation of aaeSe|ete»S*Setelt;e| •scorea of dray* tha willing of receipts and esciiring proper bills of lading fo shippers. nr« all thing to confute the mlml and tax the rnergi mil trongth : of strung men moil to uuch duties mun. jless to a gentle. reflnCd womanly womnn plunnod by naturo more for gracing tho home Own for tho hurly burly of ih-actlvlUca incident to o modem. up-to-dato compress. And yet all thane things Ml Bhlngleur undismayed encountered un-tl| aho became the mlaltsas of every detail of tho buelrma from writing or sign Ing out Mils ot lading and Insumnco pol. Ing out bills of laden and Insurance policies.. causa wllh Ihe mulllpllelir -f her .! .1 • and their e»re% and worrle* *h ',v»u. . nr.da tbno to rend *rd ke'p in t'u-b with tho latest nnd bf 11 •-Hire tha has surd safully kept tuk *n ting'd a compress helped to coitd it ■ « mm Ing bu*lnr-*a In whlrb M wj- i,t« o wlih her brother. I* A Sslilnglcur a. a Ufa Inmnnrs wotleiuir, on of the (Inn In M'.-rle-lppi 'he wav uce»«flt;i| at .tho present time l« cashier for the Prudential lr.eur.ince Company of America.Mi»» Jthlnjicur ■* n On horsewoman a good «hnr. n line rower and good tvior os well ns angler Blio play* t*nni« and gold ard l a rx*l all ’rounJ In athl- lie . amusements Of whlck sho Is \er, fondMany Sided Sucre**.Her rjclt;e«* IS tha mora wonderful bs-RONCHODIs a Splendid RemedyFor Cold* Cough, Croup and BronchitisOf Courie you KnowDR. TICHENOR’S ANTISEPTICIs the Best for Wounds and 8urnsKEEN IT CONVENIENT EON USE IN CACE OF ACCIOENT IO Conta and 80 Conta By OrwRElitBSHERROUSE MEDICINE CD,. Manufacturersj NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sun, Nov 27, 1904
Page 98
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