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8ATDttDA.Y, DECBA?BE?I 4, 1915
No man likes to eeo an empty
stocking. - I
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Grccc? shows up rather poorly as
oil on tho troubled waters.
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About tho most prominent' thing
about tho Dull Moose party is tho
bull. W'.
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lt's very easy to convert a steamer
into a Bubmarln?-a little torpedo
will usually do the work. ...... .
Add mysterits of tho present day:
How did Henry Ford know thero was
such a place as Spartanburg.
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Spartanburg has a representativo in
tho Ford peace party. No wonder
Greenville pokes fun at tito oxpcdi
Mr. Ford has agreed to pay the. ex
poneos of the trip, but we fonder if
that includes the tips tb.v'? 12? rope is
famous for. . .
;Brtworg Plan tb Suppress Gamb
. llbgv-Hcadllno, why sure, a man
can't drink ; as much boer .when he's
.busy ?ambling.
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SojXib familiar ?rafts:
-Horse
. Cold
' Sights- .
Over
What .baa become of the nhl fash
ioned EngliBh navy that waa going to
dig tho Gormany squadrons out of
tholr tholes like rots.
g^^re'3 so much truth, in the worst
[ot us : ;
:?nd so rnbeh lying in the best ot us
That, it hardly behoovoo any ot. us
. To make out a liar.th? rest, ot us.
tie poker th>e$e fwjrthB of the ,nlgbt
J^i^jjamlOt.Joint bul aita ?wok and
^nUilass. hie. wife ?So it-to tuite th?'
fire mirh better that ho might get We
noble carcass '??armer.
THE' ISTJ????IIA??T?? ??I?HT TO
;';,:^j?'' the hfpt dfcy ,of November^ the
supreme court of the United ;ISra?*
??^t?e^?that.a etat* has no right to
>be?ians? he. tsvw allen/' On' the last
???y of .November, tho e?me court de
cided thai a state has the right to for
hld the employment of tllen workmen.
The first CUBC concerned ' tho, Ari
zona law, which prohibited tho c-in
ployment of more than a small per
' centage of aliens for any purpose by
1 any citizen. Tho court annulled that
?law, on the ground that it took away
! the right to carn a living which ia
! implied In tho admission of aliens to
'our country and guaranteed hy our
foreign treaties. It declared that
' the state cannot sanction discrimina
tion against allens hy private cniploy
? ero.
I The second caso involved the New
, York law. which prohibits thc em
ployment of any ellen? on public
works. In upholding this law, the su
preme court apparently rules that tho
state as un employer can do what its
citizens ns t?mployors cunnot do.
j It's rather puzzling to a layman. It's
hard to see any difference in the
\ principle of thc two problems. There's
: a practical diff?rence, however. If
? tho state refuses to givo an alien
I work, he can p?onuniably got a job
1 somewhere else, whereas if oil pri
vate employers refuse him i ark, he
i is helpless. But suppose tho state
should take over all industries, as tho
I socialist urge, and thUB becomo tho
i sole employor? What about tho rlgst
of allens then?
RESCUING FROSTIER CHILDREN
Amidst the horror and misery with
which so much of tho relief work in
tho hospituls and in tho wake of tho
battle ls taken up, thc work of the
Frnnco-American conimlttoo for the
protection of frontier children comes
j as a wholesome and almost cheerful
variation. Tho youngsters aro gath
ered up by search parties constantly
scouting the bombarded regions, and
aro brought to ParlB. ?.Many of them
have fled from burning vlllnges and
; most of them aro separated from
their families. Many kind hearted
people and organizations novo loan
ed chateaus and buildings for the lit
tle fol kB to live in..until the war ls
I over. There ore already nearly a
i thousand children in these colonies.
The first step after tho children
ore brought to Paris is to scrub them
nnd glvo them warm, nourishing food.
They are taken ,to temporary depots
in Paris where French and Belgian
.girls look after thoir comfort. Thoy
I are then sent to tho colonies In tho
j country whore they are.'divided ac
?cording to ago. Tho older children
are tough!' lu littlo schools and ali
I aro kopt wholesomely busy. In one
colony littlo girls from Ypres aro
making tho beautiful laoes that they
made at home before tho war. How
ever they aro occupied pr, from what
ever destitution they have como, thoy
are now In places that aro clean, safe
and quiet. . . f ,. . .* \ '
j Many of them will have neither
!bomo nor parents to return to after
tho war. But tho tragedy of tho war
I will bo theirs eoon enough, and it ls
Good to know that for a whllo at least
they aro out of lt and aro haying
their normal littlo human wanto,
food, shelter/ sympathy and fellow
ship supplied.
B0O3I 8I0N?
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A business boom has its disadvan
tages as well 'es advantages. The
export trade has. grown so great that
even with, all tuc available ulupa in
tho world dratted into tho trane-At
\ lan tlc service, there aro not enough
tb handlo tko traillo. Tho wharves
and warehouses in Atlantic and gulf
seaports are swamped with'goodB. for
shipment. Tho railroads are over
whelm-'
Throe big trunk , lines have an
nounced embargoes, on .freight con
signed for exportation. ?' They have
thousands upon thousands of loaded
cars stalled on their tracks ail. the]
way from New York and > Baltimore
and Philadelphia back to Ohio and1
beyond* And farther"weat, tho rall-;
roads generally. are wrest I lng . with
an Immense and unexpected volumo'j
or freight, oven in sections where the1
war trade has. bad littlo effect i.; The \
domestic business, alone,' lt Jseems,
would tax the resources of the trans
portation, lines:. There are. not cars
.enough', and there are not; /locomo
tives .enough to keep what Jtb0^*T
moving. * -
. The groat part played in this busi
ness revival by purely domen tl c bu J? - j
frees is Been in a. recent announcement
?UtHbo postofflco department Busi
ness mail has grown . to s?<eb: unex
ampled volume that tho department
nasn*t enough sacks 'to^ke'.'fs&H' pt
it, and ls forced to be, ejeb:;.'??re
solicitous for tho continuous UFO of
the sacks than the irsilroads are for
the .continuous, efficient uso of their
^fcsrsv.^.;.:
^.t*t's. ali very. dls'tr?sehsj, ie you hap-'
pon to be a transportation a?oni or a
poatoffjeo officiai ."charged ..wlih 'the
rosponniblllty, t?rjjkt?ii*
m?y or ir ^^ifffifrp?r . or pur
chns?r discommoded by. traffic block?
ados; The general pflVjllc, bowevbr.
can view the situation with consid
erable equanimity, in tho conscious
ness that it is indisputable proof of
tho long-expected and desired busi
ness boom.
l'8t7BIOU8 DAX KS
A few weeks ago the comptroMer of
tho United States treasury isbued a
statement criticising national banks
for usurious practices. Many bank
ers challenged his report and accused
him of defaming their profession. In
a reply to these critics. Comptroller
Williams has made a more explicit
statement.
Ile points to tho sworn admissions
of 24G na i ion al banks as showing that
while those banks were able to t:t
all tho money they needed from tue
Federal ReBcrvo banks at from 3 1-2
to 6 per cent, they were charging
from l? to 100 per cent on tho loana
they made.
In 26 states, be says, there are
bunks that admit charging 10 per
cent or mord on all their loans, and
these institutions constitute moro
than one-third of all tho national
banks. Most of these banks, presum
ably, are In states whose laws per
mit such rates of interest, and thus
there is technical Justification. But
in many other cases there 1B no such
defense. There are 27 states In which
It IB Illegal to ehorge as high as 12
per cent on bunk loans; and yet, ac
cording to the comptrollcr'3 state
ment, banks in 41 states admit charg
ing 12 per cent or moro on some of
their loans.
The only states in which the comp
troller found no evidence of usr-p in
tho national banks are Connecticut,
Delaware, Mississippi. Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Vermont and Wis
consin. There ought to bo a rapid ad
dition of states to this honor roll. And
there can bc, If the honorable bank
ers, who are In the big majority, will
uso their influence against the prac
tice.
i - n - -ur' ii mr *TlSumm'm "* UH" siViL-Lii '"* V'THTTS" ?? 'mm u" " j
A LINE]
j o" DOPE j
Weather Forecast-Fair Saturday
and Sunday.
It ls probable that Mr. J. B. Duke
'and party' will reach Anderson somo
time during today. Ho was in Spar
tanburg Thursday night and was sup
posed to have been in Greenville, la?t
night, but a telephone message to The
Intelligencer last night stated that if
he was thero, tho newspaper men had
nut found lt out.
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That was a splendid picture at tho
Anderson yesterday. The nanto of it
was "The White. Pearl," , featuring
MIBS Marie Doro, one of tho most
popular motion picture actresses of
today.
Mr, Trowbridge announces for to
day ho will have Jean .Willard, cham
pion boxer, In "The Heart Punch."
Dy request, Miss Do II o rah, the lady
wjio delighted audiences io Ander
son this week with her Egyptian and
Grecian classic dances, will give two
te ore performances,. ono this after
noon and one tonight.
Fire completely destroyed tho home
of Mr. J. M. Clarke of the Cawwell
in'it i tu tc section on Thursday* night
about S : 30 o'clock. The ito us o was
the property of Mr. J. T. Pearson of
tilts city and It was partly covered
by insurance. Mr. Clarke stated yes
terday that the furniture wns partly
.covered by insurance also. The origin
bf the Are is unk own. Mr.' Clarice
With his family were in Anderson
visiting at tiie borne ot relatives at
the time.
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The Rev. J. W. Speake, pastor ot
St. John's Methodist church, has re
turned to Anderson after attending
tho conferences of both of tho South
Carolina divisions. Ho stated that the
lower, conference had .a very success
ful meeting In Charleston.
Mr. Martin Sollgman has received a
very in bros ting letter from bis moth
er in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Seligman's
mother ls how 80 years old.
The letter, contains some. very in
teresting, accounts of present condi
tions "In Germany and also brought
news -of U?? Seligman's brothers who
hara ISeon at the front. One bf these
took putt In the big Russian cam
paign and while engaging In this
Suffered Severe wounds. He wai
stationed on a mountain which wau
mined. When the explosion : topic
p^ee, both pf Mr. SeUgmaa'a should
er blades and hip bones yrtm broken
.nd for ,a; long tlm? his mother
fought ho was dead. After, several
weeks, hoverer, ??ie was cent.': home
and ts now taking lt easy bocauae he
lo done np tn plaster paris.
Thc other brother WUB not admit- f
ted to tho army because of detective]
eyesight but was admitted to the pos
tal service. The train on which ho
was running was.' blown up and he
was injured, from which Injuries ho
Is still suffering. This brother, ntat
o.rt Mr. Scligman, is well remembered
in Anderson. He took part in tho
Spanish-American war and met sev
eral Anderson citizens In Chattanooga,
Tenn. At the close of tho Spanish
war ho went to Africa where he as
sisted tho Bo ITS in their war with tho
BrltiKh.
The letter also states that the very!
host glrla In Germany are at work in
the munition factories and aro work
ing for seven marks, or about $1.75]
a week. ThlB proves that the German
people are patriotic and the women j
are playing a great part in thc war.
Tho letter also states that all of thc
parks in Berlin aro filled with pris
oners and that on Sunday afternoons
thc people walk about and look at
these like they do the animals in a
ncnagerle.
"You might add," stated Mr. Sclig
man, "that the most interesting part j
of the letter was cut out by tho cen- j
;ors before lt reached me."
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Tho postal receipts of the Ander
son postofflce during the month ot
November totaled $2,767.08, BB com?
pared with $2,676.19 for the same
month last year, an increase of
190.89.
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So far eight persons have made ap
plication to stand tho government eg.-.]
amination on December 7, for sten
ographers and typewriters. Theta I
are 20 vacancies to bo flited, these
places ot present being occupied by]
temporary appointments.
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Mr. E. R. Horton wa3 in receipt ot
a letter yesterday from his brother,
Capt. Jeter Horton,'quartermaster in
tho United States marine corps, who
is now stationed at . Cape Ha?tien,
Haiti. Capt Horton stated that ho
had been BO busy with official duties
fjii.ee ho had been sent to the islands
?that he had not had any time at all
to attend to his personaljaffairs.
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1\Ve have sold three^smoll farms in
?tho past few dayB.7 "?tilted Mr. E. R.
Horton of tho And'?^?^?Ai r'state
and. Investment: c^n^pB^'/ij'--terttayl
"One ot thesa ..waa0 near Townyllle,
?no near Oakway' and the otk?r??ieitr
I Wllllamstoti.*^' '
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It will be pf interest to the friends
of Mr. T. A. Sherard In Anderson to
know' that be has moved from his
homo ot'MoffettsvIlW to-Iva. When
In the city a few days ago Mr.
Sherard stated that he was making
the chango because hu wanted to get
his children in the Iva school. He
will slay st hhs farm a greater part
of the tim?.
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"We will Inaugurate'through ser
! vice on tho Brogon MUI car line to
I morrow morning," stated Mr. H. A.
Orr of the Southern Public Utilities
company, yesterday. "The work on
that-line has been completed and wo
J will ngoin go back to tho former ser
vice." . ? .
The first snow of thjs season fell inj
Anderson on Wednesday night ?lev
eral people? who were-;eat that night
(have stated positively' that lt snowed
for a short time hut not enough to
amount to. anything. ' Local weather
forecaster predict a heavy a nov/ for
this section! before C hr Itt mag.
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i Referring .to what Vthe Abbeville
I Press and Banner had to say about
the article in The Intelligencer a few
days ago about tho Owl Drug store
having started using sanitary drink
ing cups. Dr. Glenn Evans, the eldest|
of the Owls said:
"You just tell those Abbeville
people that their old town is risl 200
miles behind Pendleton and everyone
in the state knows what that means.
I am from PondWton myself end ought
to know." ?
TAO Abbeville paper stated that tho
drug et or os In that town had h con
using sanitary cups for, tho past few
years and that they -yore surprised
that Anderson had only found out that
such things existed. This article also
8tated that tho reason tho Anderson
[ county farmers had . sa j phch moro
j money' than those of ear: neighboring
farmers was because' the Anderson
[ farmers wore their;-ix$f?f? r alibrtar.
No, that ls not tho reason,. 4*he far
mers of this county ate; able tb pur
chase theirs already i?ude np j ihoso
in Abbeville are noi ^fcj^esa they
make IA trip;-U>'j$kEaSjS^?City. You
soe the ; styles ^c?ll.r?G^&U^
rather suort these rfuysy bat?ur
friends just don't toOTf. th?' diff?rence.
, "I hopo that you will not have mo
arrested ifor1 ^?p?oa?fe?^ on River
street not for the drat lev: dayv^aajr^
v^,^ stated Capt H? t?. Watkins to
t
Mayor Godfrey last night. "It's so
fine that I Just can not help running
along fast."
It will be o? interest to many peo
ple of the city to know that there ls
a tendency among the colleges this
year to givo the students rather a
long holiday this approaching Christ
mas. The Converse students get out
on. .december 17, and return on Jan
uary 4. Tho Wofford students get off
on December 18, and nave to go back
on January 4. >
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Another street has been finished
'and opened to traffic, lt being Manning
next to the Baptist church. The as
phalt crew 1B now at work on Earle
street and will soon have this com
.. O'
Messrs. Quattlebaum & Cochran and
Rufus Fant'.,-Jr., 'attorneys- hava mov
ed their office quarters <?ver Atkin
son's pharmacy to offices on the sec
ond floor of the Brown building, for
merly occupied by Dr. C. S. Breedln.
Mr. vCullen Sullivan is moving inte
two of ibo rooms vacated by tho first
mimed lawyers and Mr. T. P. Dick
son will occupy the third room.
It was indeed a pleasure for thc
Lino O' Dope man to attend the ban
quet at tho Anderson Mill last, even
ing. Tho speeches of those called on
by tho toastmaster were far bettei
than tho average and were much cn
' joyed by all. Tho dinner was one ol
tho best and genuino hospitality bemus
ed from the countenance of all' ol
those good people over there.
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"I do not know Just when. we will
have the big celebration of the com
pletion of the street paving but it vii
be sometime in January I suppose,'
stated Mayor Godfrey'yesterday. "Th<
'contractors will finish their work her?
about tho first of the year. We havi
no definite phrns modo out yet, bu
wo want something that all of th?
people can take part Iri."'
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Today will in all probability bo om
of the best trade days Anderson hai
known this fall. With Christmas on 1:
three weeks off, and only ,18 mor
shopping dayry and only two mor
Saturdays, tho merchants w ill cn jo;
a good day this Saturday.
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An intelligent looking negro drop
ped in the office yesterday to pay. u]
his subscription. He was asked if h
took tho Dally Intelligencer or . th
semi-weekly. He replied;
; "No sar, no sar, boss, X takes tba
un thai comes twice a week." "?ji?
t THE ?Ab'GE RS OF CiWRE- J
? PAREDKESS, AN? THE BAN? v?!
? GERS OF PREPAREDNESS i
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nsspite the-filppaat.: remarks mad
by both sides Ott the current issue o
preparedness - which ;our natlon/i- i
facing, all eober-minded citizens rec
ognlxe that the issue is a serious ont
The 'amount of discussion, in news
papers, magasines from -the platforr
and on tbs curb-stone ls a auffielen
witness to this fact. The ; fur?hc
fact that the programs er prepared
noss which ha vs. been propon by al
parties are. a complete sab.'erston <
the policy which lois? youthful netto:
bas btus esr pursued? adds more sta
UlfcsBce, tev the .-=.;ee^to<b?ye*<r^'-:tbb'
might bc adjudged by tho unrcfleci
teg mind. Tbs whole- matter S?i
enr^ttoa wbese>'history; ia tba;
The Reason
Behind the
Clothes
This store is run by its customers;
what they want we must provide;
only as our stock reflects their
preferences is our business a suc
cess.
The reason we're headquarters
for Michaels-Stern clothes is be
cause our customers wear them,
approve them, demand them, rec
ommend them.
We are proud of the patronage
that shows taste, thrift and sense
to the extent of settling on
Michaels-Stern clothes. .
It's a great satisfaction to serve
men whose appreciation of good
service is shown so clearly.
Suits $10 to $25.
Overcoats $10 to $25.
Raincoats $3 to $15.
Order by parcel post.
We prepay all charges
mTb? Sloia a?ih.a Guacfeoo/
one hundred and fifty years old, at
the cross roads of civilization, about,
to make a radical departure from tho
path which has thus for lead Us
through the green pastures of pros
perity and, for the most part, beside
the stUl waters of peace. At such a
time, tho patriotism of every loyal
son of the nation should find expres
sion according to his own light of
knowledge, conviction of belief and
dictate of conscience. Tho following'
observations are modestly submitted !
in the hope that they may throw some j
light on both sides of the question,- I :
for the writer has not blinded bis j
mind to the tact that there are two. :
sides to lt.
What we all are seeking ls the best '
interests of our nation. And this, not/ !
only for the brief present, but for ;
the eternal future. We desire that
solution of this question i which wiil
feed tho springs of its highest wel
fare. We desire the perpetuation of. :
th?s? elements of cur national life ;
which, as in the past have kept our
country steadily ascending the mounts I j
of greatness, GO in the future, may al
lure to a better world and lead tho
way.
It muBt be recognized that any :
policy which - is adopted will -have
its dangers. Life is always a venture,
accompanied by ita attendant risks.
Wo walk by faith, not by sight, no
less in our national life, than in .our :
individual career. Tho question then
resolves itself into just this, which.;
policy is attended with tho greater :
dangers?
On the one hand are ' the dangers
of the unpreparedness polioy. Thc \
opponents of this policy have but one
danger to point out, though ' an : all
inclusivo one, namely, the possibility
of Home other nation:-either Germany
or England or Japan-coming across
tho waters for our scalp after the i
conclusion of the hostilities, on tho
Other side of the ocean. This ls the :
Bolo danger which ls pointed out to
our nation. None of the sane advo
cates of preparedness believe in this
policy for tba purposes of aggressive
war. -
; This danger mu ut ? be admitted by <
all." It is a possibility. . The pr cd tc ,
ti on might como to pass. We. might
trust the professed friendship of the j
other nations and find out'tb. our sor- ,
row and discomfiture that bur confi
dence was, falsely dneed , These,
countries \ might send their fleets and
their armlos to our friendly shores,
bombard our- weak defenses, - land
thoir troops, march . unopposed to
Washington, hand down old glory, set
up Uieir own flag and proclaim bur
free citizens - their subjects. . v
This, we admit, is the possible dan
ger that lurks behind - the . policy: of
unpreparedness. But . what of . its
probability? What of Hs probability
in view of these words from Presi
dent Wilson's speech before tho Man
hattan Club, if we are half-way de
cent to the other'nations of tho world,'
'.The country is not threatened from
any- quarter/ She stands .in ^friendly
relations with all the world; Her
resources and ber self-respect -ana
capacity to care for hor own citizens
and rights aro well known. ;. There is
ho fei.- among us." I say, it we are
half-way decent to tho other1 nations,
why.' in view- cf these' Swords- of our,
president, should wi? fear any -attacks
from them? lt we show- ourselves as
eager ' te serve ' their interests In tho
nama of humanity, as we have shown
ourselves zealous -to protect our .com-,
meroe In behalf of capital, why should
iw? not ieontftine to "stand in friendly i
relationa /with all tho world?"
Briefly! fiow, what, are the danger*
of; preparedness?, Let us not-omit at
least a Blight glance in this direction.- .
The first- danger is tho danger of
war itself. After toe outbreak of the ]
European .war, ali of tho papers bad
-Hs to say: "Let- us no more say that
?gebest way to guarantee peace is i
to follow the policy, *ln times of:
peace, proper* for war.' That piece \
ot. sophistry has forever boen preven \
false." So said they all. And now
bere after Hf teen months, *wp see our
nation on the '?jotnt.' ot adopting the -
satne' policy -which it ,? pronou?ced. ?
nrae&s and false:\ Is it really nee- >
3s??ry fer -Amer?es ta$v?B?n'.j ?
Behool in which tho laft? generation]
of Europe matriculated to learn tho
Borne lesson which today is so self
evident?. If the war in Europe has
any lesson', to teach us, it Js the les
son that to prepare for war means
war.
Another danger is the loss of the
higher ideals of life through tho adop
tion ot a militaristic policy. We
wonder how Germany could perpe
trate such atrocities as the trampling
of innocent Belglums on the specious
ground ot "military. necessity," how
she could sink the Lusitania without
notice, how she could do other thlngB
no less lacking in the spirit of hu
manity. Why should we wonder? The
explanation is the simple fact that ?
sordid, cruel, barbarous militarise <
had Happed- the soul bf the nation. A .
nation without a soul is like a body -
without a soul,-it has followed the
process of devolution back to the
predatory brute stage of existence.
Militarism fosters tho spirit of: colos- * _ -
sal selfishness. Selfishness destrov9
the. soul. The soul gone,r we have
only the savage left America has a '
Boui today; let-her-not surrender this >
soul to that most gigantic form of i
materialism Which finds its expr?s- .
sion in militarisa.
. Perhaps the greatest of all the
dangers of military preparedness ts/
that by adopting this policy,,we for-:!
felt tho providentially provided priv
ilege, coming to us at this time and to
us - in ?ur geographical situation
apart from the danger zone, of lead
ing the world to build-lt? civilization,
on another and e raore secure founda
tion than material power. For sixty
centuries, this policy bas proved to
be built on the sound. How much
longer must wo walt to prove its
futility?. Another policy was advo
cated by one whom the best of all
the ages havo called the wisest teach
er that-mankind ever had. In every
other sphere where His principles.
have been given a fair trial, they have
been proved to work. Why not run
the: risk ot trying Him here Just for
once? He taught that.the three things ..'
which abide are faith, hope, and love.
In. the military program, not one of
these elements is present. Am?rica
has the unparalleled opportunity o?
bel ie y ?ru; Jesus Christ in order that '
she may ?be saved front- what all the
rest of the world has suffered through,
not beUving Him. . She is asked by
God today, to trust'Him, love ber fel
low-man and hope steadfastly for the,
coming of that kingdom ot God whose
immanent appearing Jesus Christ
preached, which bas been gradually
coming all down .the ages ns one af- .
ter another kingdom bf evil has had
to give way.before its triumphant ad
vance, and which is ready to como to
day if men are willlag for it
Thesb latter dangers-and they aro
colbssai^-r-cannot be averted if we pre-,
pare on the gigantic scale proposed.
The iformer .danger may be avoided
on . the basis of the most-probable evi
dence. Why not make the venture Uv
the direction of the ' least possible
danger?
Witherspoon Dodge.
STRUCK NEAR HOME
jffhj One Person ' Bonght Bed Cro?t
; Christmas Seals. . ?. > .
A young , man of fine appearance,
accompanied toy a pretty jgirl'bedeck-',
ed jn. w?* colors, subtle perfumo and
a ravishing.' Smile, ' bought 1,000
Christmas BealB\yesterday ?at omV of .-'
the- many stores., where they are Ott ?
Bale. AB the man raid torche se?la ir
the frivolous, girl. rsmor^ed .iscoflling- $
ly, "You wouldn't have hottght those >
If your father hadn't asked you to do'
lt.'! '. ? .:? ? ,.:''.';:
"Oh, yee, I would," be replied ear- -
neatly. "Kver, sbleb .one of my inti?' ?
mate friends died of tuberculosis ?
have? believed;,;the tight .against that
terrible ri?se?so to be the most imper- :
tant health- movement of the day." '
With : more than 1,009,000 persona in
the, United. States, over one person
in every 100 afflicted, tho disease
a menses', to yon ?ndr^nje ^d7-?veryV
ono of ns. I understand it .can be
s^reated, and th's way ? can be?p i*
tb buy Red Croas Christmas Stet?s." .
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