The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 21, 1910, Image 6
Silas Carte:
By Car
Copyright, 19x0. by A
There was nothing wrong about
Silas Carter. He was a strapping
roung man who worked In a sawmi:J
and ate three square meals a day.
When evening came he sat down to
store his mind with knowledge. He
couldn't borrow Shakespeare or
American histfcry and, in consequence
he borrowed romances. They were
not eactly dime novels. They related
mostly to knichts and chevaliers and
rescues of distressed damsels.
After reading for two or three
years Silas got the idea that he was
a chevalier, and that the distressed
damsel would sooner or later heave
Into view. He didn't say anything
about it It might be that he wasn't
a chevalier, and it might be cuat the
distressed damsel would be detained
on the road.
One night when he was calling on
Miss Eunice Bebee, the daughter of
a villager, he casually observed:
"Eunice, I love you and want you
to be ray wife."
"I will," she replied.
Eunice had known Silas for a long
time, and had come to realize that
she loved him, and why shouldn't she
have answered that way? Why blush
and stick a finger in her mouth and
reply that she would see her father
about it? She did just as a plain,
sensible girl always does under the
circumstances?she waited for Silas
to say more.
He began and ended right there.
If the distressed damsel appeared he
would tell Eunice that he had
changed his mind; if she didn't then
tH y would get married some
Eunice continued to be a good, plain
girl, and Silas kept his eyes open
for what was coming.
It came one July day. A young
lady from the city, stopping at a summer
hotel in the village, came down
to the mill pond to fish. Silas was
in the mill yard, wrestling the saw
The diet of Wurttemberg has Just
granted women the right to vote for
members of chamber of agriculture
and has also made them eligible on
the same terms as men. Ttie chamber
of agriculture is a new institution.
The providing for its establishment
gave votes to women on equal terms
with men, but did not make them
eligible. The suffrage association at
once sent a petition that women be
??J oe momborc TVl??\
mailt; trugiuic c*o
pointed out that according to the la
test census nearly as many women a<
men were engaged in agriculture lr
Wurttemberg, that more than twenty
six thousand of them owned the lane
which they worked, that Wurttem
berg Is essentially a district of srnal
farms on which are carried on indus
tries that belong especially to women
such as poultry raising, vegetable anc
fruit growing, etc. The committe<
appointed to consider the bid reportei
against the women, but when th<
measure came up in the diet a mo
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He Wrote That He Took His Pen In
Hand.
IogB about, and after a time be beard
a scream. He ran for tbe water and
was in time to pull a very wet and
frightened girl out by the hair.
When she could speak she called
him a hero and said ho had saved her
life and won her eternal gratitude.
She was the distressed damsel and
he the hero?the chevalier. There
could be no two ways about that He
was invited to call at the hotel and
receive further thanks, and the dripping
damsel took her departure.
Silas Carter called. He was braced
up by the heroic deed he had done,
and he felt very important when he
found himself in the presence of a
young lady wearing diamonds and
fine clothes, and almost smiling at
the fresh grease on his boots. He
didn't know exactly what to do with
his hat, hands and feet, but he stowed
them away somewhere and modestly
said that he stood ready to rescue a
damsel every day !n tbe week.
He was thanked and thanked, and
the damsel said she could never for
get him. She even went so far as to
give him her address in the city and
say thai she would bo pleased to hear
from hei hero?occasionally. In getting
off the hotel veranda Silas fell
over a widow's poodle dog and rolled
down the steps, but he was none the
less a hero in his own eyes for this.
He had read that they occasionally
took a tumble and were none the
worse for it That evening when he
went over to see Eunice he said:
"Euny, I asked you a few nights
ago to marry me, didn't I?"
"Yes."
"Well, we'll hold on awhile about
it. I guess."
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: "Very well, Silas," replied the dutli
ful Janice.
I She migtit have become angry and
. jumped up and down and threatened
?i a breach of promise suit, but she
' didn't. She had heard about the
' rescue, and she had an Idea it was
i that, but she did not lose her tempei.
She just moved the pitcher along and
said: ?.
"Silas, have another glass of hard
cider before you go. It's good to keep
off the nightmare."
Silas, didn't see tho damsel again
before she left for home. After wait1
ing for two weeks he wrote to her.
He wrote that he took his pen in
hand to hope that she was well, and
that his own health was never better.
He wrote that the sawmill business
was good, and that he expected
to have his wages raised to $22 a
month. He thought of her often, he
said. In fact, he had driven a stake
at the spot where she had fallen In,
and went there to look at it five or
six times a day. Then he copied a
verse of poetry and ended the letter
by saying that he hoped for an answer
by return mail.
H3 didn't receive one, however. Two
weeks dragged along, and then one
night as he was calling on Eunice he
said:
"Euny, about our getting married."
"Yes, Silas."
"I think we'd better."
"Very well."
She waited for him to ask her to
name the day, but he had nothing
further to say on the subject. A
bright Idea had occurred to him. He
had written "In haste" on the envelope
of his letter, but by so doing
he may have made the postmaster
mad and the epl3tle -had been torn up. '
He decided to write again.
He took his pen in hand with
firmer grip this time, as his wages
had been raised to $22 per month.
He hoped for an answer within three
days, but at the end of a fortnight
none had come. One mail a day
reached the village post office, but he
inquired five times a day, so as to
make sure of missing nothing.7 Another
two weeks and no letter.
Was Chevalier Silas in love with
I the damsel he had rescued? He was.
He didn't kick around nights' and
dream of her, but he loved her gallantly?chivalrously
? knightly ? the
same as the heroes of hie romances
had loved. Perhaps the reason she
hadn't answered was that she was
coyly waiting for him to come to the
city and tell of his adoration. Her
mother might have tied her up in the
garret or her father thrust her into
a dungeon deep because she had told j
of her love for him. For three days
Silas debated as to what the Chevalier
St. Aubyn would have done under
like circumstances, and then he left
for the city.
Having the damsel's address, it was
easy to find her father's house. Ho
found it early in the morning, Just
as the father was emerging with a
very strong cigar in his mouth. He
gave Silas a looking over, uttered a
"humph!" to himself,, and then asked:
"Well, what is it?"
"Your?your daughter was up at
Bellville in July," stammered the
young man.
"Well, what of it?"
"She tumbled into the mill pond."
"And got wet. Well, what of that?"
"I?I work in the sawmill there."
"I thought so. Go on."
"I pulled her out of the pond."
"Oh, you did? Did it strain your
back any?"
"No, sir."
"If it did, try a porous plaster."
"But I saved her life, sir," continued
Silas, "and she said she'd
never forget it"
"And I don't think she will. She
lost her false hair and complexion, I
believe."
"And she asked me to call cn her If
I was ever in town."
"And being as you are in town, you
have come to call. Well, you can go
in and interview the ccok if you
wish. My daughter has been married
six weol:s and is still away on a
bridal tramp. She never mentioned
anything about you, but if you really
saved her life, why, have a cigar with
me."
Silas reached home that night at 11
o'clock. His jaw was set and his look
was determined. The villagers had
long since got to bedr but that was
naught to him. He walked to the
house of Eunice's father and around
to her window, and, in response to
his calls, a head was poked out and
a voice exclaimed:
"My stars, Silas, but what's happened!"
"Nothing yet, but something's going
to. You be ready at nine o'clock
in this morning to be married! There's
been fooling enough about it!"
^TOVOTE.
. tion to amend the bill by making worn
en eligible was carried by a vote of
, 43 against 27. t
An Appropriate Text.
"John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," said a
?ncw York banker, "asked me one Saturday
afternoon a good Biblical text
to base an address on. Tm thinking,'
he said, 'about that beautiful verse
from the Twenty-third Psalm?"The
Lord is my shepherd, I shall not
want."' 'Beautiful and appropriate,'
I agreed. 'But, Mr. Rockefeller,
there is even a better verse in the
same psalm?"Thou anointest my head
wiui on; my uuy muiiein over.
Unprejudiced Editor.
Entirely unprejudiced is the editor
of the Allgemeine Flelscher-Zeitung, a
journal for butchers. He advises
butchers who suffer from headaches,
nervousnes or stomach troubles to
give up meat and adopt a vegetarian
diet.
j rnOGKESS MADE IJY CT7AMPIOXS 8
FIGHTING THE HUM DEMON.
Not a Harmless Luxury. h;
In concluding his address to the di
German Abstaining Physicians, Pro- tt
fessor Kraepelin said: w
"Whoever understands the action 0j
of alcohol will certainly not look upon
it as a harmless luxury (Genussmit- jn
tel). That is the conclusion to which
the unbiased examination of its action _
upon the mental life constantly leads.
It must be admitted that there are ft'
still many gaps in our knowledge of
the subject yet to be filled. Our pres- M
ent means of investigation extend so
far, however, that there would be
little difficulty in completing our
knowledge. This much is established
to-day by means of modern investigation:
That alcohol seriously in- "T
jures the perception of external im- V
pressions and the association of ideas; th
that it temporarily promotes the im- Ci
pulse to movement, but that it diminishes
the strength of muscular ch
work in proportion to the exertion de- be
manded; it also increases the sus- jn
ceptibility to fatigue. The effect of a _
single large dose lasts at least twenty-four
hours, and under some circumstances
even forty-eight hours;
the regular use of such doses pro- M
duces a continual diminution of ex- br
ecutive ability, which is only very
gradually restored and which leaves ce
behind for a long time afterward an
increased susceptibility to the effects
of alcohol. That is a clear scientific "7.
knowledge. It alone furnishes us a ^
standard with which to judge of the
influence which alcohol exerts upon 01
the mental life of our people." ot
. to
"Which is Ilcathcn? A;
At an important gathering in New th
Sork City, the editor of a Chinese ta
r.ntim'cin maflo an
uewsyaijer iu oau ? m
eloquent address, in which he pro- rc
tested against our un-American exelusion
of his countrymen from rights .
and privileges which other national- ?
ities enjoyed within our boundaries. Bl
He said: "You have singled out my people
from ail human creation as
unworthy of your hospitality. You
let in the Italian, you let in the Hun,
the Turk, the Jew and the Russian,
you let In the underworld of Europe
and Asia?the idle, the ignorant and
criminal, and you shut out the peaceable
and industrious Chinese, because,
you say, we are heathen and
smoke opium. You say the truth;
we are heathen and we do smoke
opium; but you are Christian and you
drink whisky. And if I were a woman
I would rather my husband smoke
opium every time than drink your
Christian whisky. Opium puts him
asleep; opium makes him harmless
like a corpse; whisky makes him wild
beast; whisky wakes up devil and a
makes him brute. 'Melican man A
comes home full whisky?kicks wife; In
Chinaman comes home full opium? cl
Wire KICK* Him. IUU ue v/unsuau, we
be heathen. With my knowledge of In
your American saloon, if I were to re- tt
turn to my country, and the' issue
were a choice between the opium den ti
of my heathen China and the saloon 11;
of your Christian America, I would ?
choose for my people opium rather fa
than whisky."
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A Holy Cause and a Most Unholy
Traffic. J;e
Every sincere follower of Jesus et
Christ daily prays: "Thy kingdom di
come." There are two things concerning
which all true di::ciples of the Bt
son-or uoa are a unit, nicy osneve &
that the cause of Christian missions
is a holy cause. They believe that the
lio.uor traffic is a most unholy traffic.
From their lips there never drops a In
word disparaging the cause of Chris- ei
tian missions nor a syllable uphold- tt
ing the liquor traffic. They are con- b<
vinced that their most earnest efforts of
j should be given for the Christianlza- a1
tion of the entire human race and t
they are thoroughly satisfied that F'
their most determined efforts should fr
be employed for the destruction of lD
the foe that "biteth like a serpent,
and stingeih like an addor." tl]
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Shaking the Eums. d<
A few days ago a convention of bar? ^
fenders was held at Euclid Beach c'
Park, one of the very few "dry"
pleasure resorts in Cleveland. There J5
were several hundred of the liquor
dispensers present. An attache or the
park, being afflicted with curiosity,
asked one of them: '
' Why did you fellows pick out
Euclid Beach Park, a temperance re- sl
sort, for your convention?" ?.(
The reply was: _
"Because we are up against the
bums every working day of our lives,
and when we take a day off we want '
to get clear of the crowd."
Any man who can read English can d
see the moral in that reply without
having it pointed out to him.?Cleveland
Press.
r
tourists Drink Less. P'
The use of liquor by tourists ot
board ocean steamships Is decreasing,
according to testimony of men engaged
in the transportation business. R*
Sir Thomas Sutherland, chairman at
the annual meeting of the Peninsular .
and Oriental Steam Navigation Comrany,
held at London, declared that
'though their ships carried more passengers
than they carried ten years
ago, the consumption of wine, beer U1
and spirits had fallen by fifty per
cent.," while at the same time "there tc
has been a notable increase in the z<
consumption of mineral water, which ?]
was unknown on board ships in the
tropics a few years ago." (v
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Temperance Notes. ?
A little tippling is a dangerous rr
thing. c(
The heavy candy eater is net likely 01
to be the person who has a strong
liking for whisky, beer or wine. ft
Cincinnati, one of the three "wettest"
large cities in the country, is an- Is
other beautiful e<am;;!e of the way h<
regulation and license helps the poor hi
taxpayer. In just ten years, from ei
1893 to 1909, the tax rate in the Ohio
metropolis has risen from $25.74 to tc
$31.11. oi
Lebanon, Tcnn., the scat of Cumberland
University, has had no sa- (j(
loons for several years. Lebanon has ^
had a wonderful growth ever since
saloons went cut. Business has inproved
all the while.
It is no uncommon thing to go into y
the office of 2. business man, the jj,
leader of law cr finance, who is constantly
dealing with problems involv- ^
ing the outlay of a big sum of mosey, Bi
and find on his desk a box of bonbons Qj
or chocolates. These ho will offer to
a visitor much in the same way thai
he used to think it proper courlscy d'
to offer a cige.r or invite b'-j oat n
tc have a drink with him. si
trange Marine Forms Brought Up
With Deep Sea Cable Sunk
for Ten Years.
Strange monsters the liko of which
lve seldom been seen by man were
-agged from a depth of 8,500 feet by
le crew of the cable ship Burnslde
hen they repaired t.he Alaska cable
I ML St. Ellas last month.
The Burnslde is moored at Its buoy
; Elliott bay after two months of rearing
and relaying the cables of the
5 IT APPEARED TO HER
rs. Oelrlchs Evidently Didn't Think
Much of Mr. Blank's Earning
Capacity.
Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs, the bestet>sed
woman In Newport, criticized
iry pertlneptly, at a recent dinner,
e new dinner gowns of Paquln and
illot
These clinging and filmy gowns are
ilefly remarkable for the V-shaped
ick that they possess. The V?It. Is
-LI. V i .X 1 _ .11 fVn
creuicie, DUt 11 IS uuc ujieua aa WUC
Divining Rod 200 Years Old. ?
Winslow W. Fifield of Medford.
ass., owns a metallic divining rod
ought from England more than two
indred years ago by one of his anistors.
The rod, says Mr. Fifleld, has
sen used successfully all over New
ogland and in the western mining
stricts. It is attached to whalebone
mdles 12 inches long and weighs two
mces. The handles have inscriptions
1 them which are almost obliterated
r age.
Tho person who brought the rod to
merica was Isaac Greenleaf, who setDd
in Massachusetts. The rod became
mous as a finder of water. After
arl^ng the place of many springs the
id was used in California, Colorado
id North Carolina for locating by men
quest of gold mines and other metb.
One pcvson who used it with par
.
When a small clique cf men put up
scheme to harness the clergy of
merlca and Induce the ministers to,
i turn "hitch up" the members of the
lurches, we should all take notice.
They couldn't harness the preachers
i a bad cause except by deceiving
lem.
Ministers of the gospel are essenally
and fundamentally honest but,
ke all men who work for the public
jod, they are at times mislead by
.lse Statements.
Trust them when they have exact
uth to Bpeak from.
Now for the story which should Invest
every one for we are all either
celvers of wages or we pay to wage
irners and the freedom of each lnvidual
Is at issue.
In various papers the following
atement has been printed. Keaa 11
irefully at least twice.
"Interest In Labor Sunday.
"Labor Sunday?the Sunday precedg
Labor day?will be observed gen'ally
this year and in future years
iroughout the United States. This
jcause of the American Federation
Labor declaration for the observ-,
ice of that day. The numerous letrs
recently received at American
ederation of Labor headquarters
om ministers is an assurance that
terest in the Idea of giving special
tentlon to the cause of labor from
ie pulpit one day In the twelve
onths Is widespread. Our readers
e urged to try to bring about an un;rstandlng
in their respective dlsicts
with representatives of the
uirch so that ministers will make
[dresses that may attract trade unlonts
to the churches In large numbers
x the day. Ministers should say what
ley think on the occasion in order
iat their trade union hearers may
jt the right estimate as to where the
lurch stands on the question of the
ganlzatlon of labor. The more the
lbject Is discussed the better win it
; for labor. Union ethics are sound.
-American Federationist."
Observe that "Labor Union" men
.? tn Induce ministers to |
lie Ulfiw*
ake addresses that will attract, trade
alonlsts to the churches "for the
ly." "Ministers should say," etc.,
id winds up with "Union etfiics are
iundobserve the hidden threat.
Tills Is clipped from the American
cclerationist the organ of Sam Gomjrs.
et al.
This clipping has been sent to pasrs
throughout the country and the
ypogranbical Union men In the newsmer
offlces Instructed to "urge" that
be printed.
That is one of the ways of the "maline."
It looks harmless so the papers print
But! Ix:t's lift the cover and look
cder.
The hidden motive Is as dangerous
i the peace and liberty cf the cltl;ns
as a coiled rattlesnake In the
riss.
"Organization by workmen to peaceilly
and successfully present their
Je is necessary and most commendDle.
"There are such organizations now
ipidly winning their way to public
mfidence without strikes, dynamite
killing 'ellow workmen.
(Some 'h^ts on this matter a little
irtber along In this article.)
We cee here a demand on the mlnters
cf God. that they endorse and
sip build up the strike-producing,
ivcottirg and violent American Fed ation
cf Labor.
Think of the man of God who
:acbes brotherly love being covertly
rdcred to praise ana neip gei II WW |
lembers for an organization with a
>cord for violence, crime and murder
"ne by its members the like of which
ie world has never seen.
Think of the thousands of women
mde widows and the increasing thournds
of children left fatherless by
ie pistol, club, dynamite and boot
eel of members of this Labor Trust.
Any one who recalls the countless !
lurders done in the multitude of |
trikes In the past few years will
ijree this is no exaggeration.
Take Just one as an illustration:
There were some thirty men murered
and over 5000 bruised ant]
laimed In the Chicago teamster's
trlke.
U. S. army signal corps system. On
board were a score of huge flasks
filled with alcohol. In them floated
strange shapes which It was hard to
believe were once living creatures.
Balls of red hair which looked
like tousled human heads proved upon
dissection to be a strange kind of deep
water crab. Flesh colored . round
masses were found clinging to the
cable by minute tentacles. One creature
was shaped like the diablo toy,
narrow in the middle with big concave
white disks at either end by
which it catches hold of any object.
way down to the waist line. At a gala
performance In Paris given by the
Metropolitan Opera company of New
York?the most successful performance
Paris ever saw, and one whereat
5-10,000 was gained for the Pluviose
victims?many of the beautiful Americans
In the $40 orchestra seats wore
these daring gowns, and now at Newport
they are often to be seen.
Mrs. Oelrlchs stared at one with astounded
eyes at a dinner, and her
neighbor said:
"Isn't that new gown of Mrs. Blank's
a dream? Old Mr. Blank Is so detlcular
success was a blind man, In
whose hands the rod Is said to have
done marvels.
A Strong Preacher.
The minister's eight-year-old daughter
was returning with her parents
from church, where the district superintendent
had that morning occupied
the pulpit.
"Oh, father," asked the little girl,
her face ailve with enthusiasm, "don't
you think Brother C. is a very strong
preacher? I do."
Gratified by this evidence of unusual
Intelligence on the part of his
offspring, the minister eagerly lninto
hpr rpaenns for her state
*"kW -V. . ? ?
ment
"Ob," replied tbe little miss, artlessly,
"didn't you see how the dust rose
when he stamped his feet?"?Judge.
There Is seldom a day passes but
somewhere in our country from one to
a score of our fellow men are assaulted
or murdered by members of this
band.
Then remember the homes blown
up or burned. The families hounded,
the rioting, burning of street cars(>
1-1? i?i? a n*??Tiinfoi1 nr'
u i WAlli^ U1 uuius uau an.tuiyt.v- ?successful
killing of passengers.
The general disturbance of Industry
and the thousands of dollars forced
from tax payers to pay extra police,
sheriffs and mllltla to protect, even In
a feeble way, the citizens from the
mobs, of members of the American
Federation of Labor,
Then you will realize why the great
peace-loving majority of over 80 million
Americans protest against the
growth of this crime-tainted organization
comprising perhaps one and onehalf
million men, of which it is estimated
at least E-3ven-tenths are peaceloving
citizens and are members by
coercion and ore not in sympathy with
the three-tenths who have gained control
and force their methods.
We find that a few designing men
have seized control of the American
Federation of Labor, Just as some
shrewd capitalists have secured control
of some railroads and other interests
and are now twisting and turning
them into machines for personal
profit and fame.
These men cunningly plan to force
workmen to Join and pay 25 to 75
cents a month in fees.
Variouis methods are used to "induce"
workmen to Join.
thov tnllr nf thfi "tvrannv of
capital" making slaves of workmen.
Then they work up enthusiasm
about the "brotherhood of man" and
other talk which experience has
shown excites the emotions of workmen
and they are induced to join and
pay fees to the leaders.
The 5000 workmen In Battle Creek
are, as a rule, free from the dictates
of the great Labor Trust and still get
the highest wages in Michigan. If
they had yielded to the smooth talk
of the agents of the trust and Joined,
they would pay In fees from $1250.00
to $2000.00 a month to the big trust
and be subject to strike orders any
time.
Now they save that and put the
money Into homes and family comforts
But the managers of the American
Federation of Labor have worked
hard and long to harness them.
The trust has sent small bales of
money and last winter 18 "organizers"
to tie up Battle Creek. They hired
halls, gave picture shows, smokers,
etc., as an Investment, looking to rich
returns when they succeeded in hav
A? 11- -1 1 J J
mg tnem iieu imnu uuu iuul.
But they failed and tho last of
these ''organizers" left Battle Creek
on May 1st saying "it's no use."
The workmen knew the recced of
this great trust and formed their own
association to protect their rights aud
also to protect them from tho big
Labor Trust.
In Philadelphia some 4000 independent
street car men, who mainly had
families, had their own union and refused
to join the big trust, preferring
to r>e free to work or not as they
pleased.
But the trust planned to force them
into the fee-paying ranks, so a strike
was ordered to compel the traction
company to kick out these men and
hire only Labor Trust members.
It was not a question ui wages ur
hours but (o push the free men out of
their positions whero they were earning
good money to support their families.
The strike was ordered, not to
raise wages cr reduce hours, remember,
but solely to throw out members
of an Independent union and make
places only for Labor Trust members,
and thus show the Independent men
they could not earn a living unless
they first paid fees to the trust managers.
Incidentally the people of Philadelphia
must submit to no car service,
riojlng and bloodshed with millions
in losses while these fee-hunting, notoriety
seeking trust leaders were teaching
the world that Industry cannot bo
carried on except by workmen who
first bend tho knee, bow the head and
pay fees.
How these men as strike leaders
love to see their names in the papers
Another strange marine creature Is
shaped like an octopus but has at
least two dozen tentacles instead of
eight. Many octopuses were found
clinging to the cable, but they were
thought too common to preserve.
While sections of the cable pulled
up for inspection were found covered
several feet deep with strange plants
and animal life, seaweed, black instead
of green, sponges and sea
urchins predominated.
Probably the strangest creature
found on the cable was a flesh colored
fish not more than four feet long,
voted. They say that everything be
makes goes on his wife's back."
Mrs. Oelrichs, her eye fixed on the
gowr's terrible V, said with a smile:
"Well, he must be making very little,
then."
Practical Matching. 6
What the little girl with the 15 cents
in pennies wanted was some red ribbon
of a particular shade for her mother.
She knew the shade, but she
couldn't explain it and a'll she could
say was, it wasn't that, no, nor that;
It was deeper than that, and not so
The Counterfeit Southerner.
Of course, there are m2ny counterfelts,
A most amusing imitation is
one that often passes for the typical
" ? ? tr 1- TWI- ~ ~ ?W ~ 1
soutnerner in inow iur&. mis oaiuicimouthed
braggart infests the cafes
and demands attention by his abusing
the waiter for offending his delicate
sense of honor. "I hate a nigger, suh,"
he loudly proclaims, which is a sentiment
that one never hears from those
to the manner born. He haunts the
theaters and parades the streets, since
It is poor fun to practise his gentility
in private.
He wears a wide black hat, mounts
the table and yells whenever the band
plays a southern melody. Such a pretentious
caricature would be harmless
enough, but for the ridicule he brings
upon the south. Unfortunately, popular
authors seem to accept him at face
kino'
each morning! It's meat and bread
to their souls.
Then think of the lordly power, and
don't forget the steady flow of money
squeezed from the workman's hard
earned pay enevelope.
But when these leaders "tie up" any
Industry no man can hold a job who
refuses to pay fines even on trumped
up charges, and steadily pay fees
whatever they are.
The workman is absolute'y at the
mercy of this band of men who have
secured and hold control.
%Many and many an honest workman
has raised his voice and appealed to
his fellows to rise and throw off the
yoke of Gompers, et al. But, as one
writes, "At every convention of the
American Federation of Labor, strong
opposition comes up but at the critical
moment the impassioned orator
appears and most dramatically puts
the spot light on the leader and covers
him with a mawkish film of 'martyrdom'
and the emotional delegates yell
in delight, forgetting the instructions
of the peaceful woraingmen at home
who desire to free tnemseives irom
the odium of membership under the
great advocates of strike, boycott, violence
and hate."
So we see the unequalled insolence
with which these trust leaders propose
to "induce" ministers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire by
preaching modern aggressive and violent
labor trust methods.
There is a better way to secure justice
for workers, as will appear further
along.
Just a little diversion here.
I am charged with having first
brought to the attention of the public
some years ago, the name "Labor
Trust."
A trust Is a combination of men or
organizations for the purpose of selling
their product at a profit and restricting
production to effect It
We will say a large Oil Company
gathers in smaller ones and thus controls
production.
The Labor Trust "gathers in" local
trade organizations and thus has power
to say how much work each man
shall do.
The Oil Company tfcen fixes prices.
The Labor Trust does likewise.
The Oil Company may "use methods"
to force an unwilling dealer to
join.
The Labor Trust men go lurtner
and slug the independent man if he
tries to sell his labor without paying
fees and "obeying orders." They are
both exactly alike In purpose, which,
in both cases is entirely selfish to
gain power and money for the leaders.
Certain Labor Trust members do
not hesitate to use violence, dynamiting
of property, burning homes of
independent men and even murder to
force obedience.
The Oil Company doesn't go so far.
Both are extremely dangerous to
the welfare of people and communities,
for power placed in the hands
of a few men either representing Capital
or Labor is.almost always abused
anu the public suffers.
Remember, reader, that your safety
lies in strenuous opposition to all
trusts which try to ride over and dictate
to the people.
Only by opposing their growth can
you retain your personal liberty!
Now to ministers.
The average congregation is made
up of about 90 per cent, of free citizens
and much less than 10 per cent,
of members of the Labor Trust.
The free citizen wants to hear words
defending the rights and independence
of the common man, free from the arbitrary
dictates of any seif-seekiag
organization either of Capital or Labor.
The merchant, lawyer, school teacher,
doctor, clerk, farmer and workman
rebels against any forcible stopnine
nf trains, boats, street cars.
1" "O r '
or factories, for the prosperity of the
community is entirely dependent oa
steady continuance of these things.
Men don't like strikes, boycotts, injured
workmen or burned cars and
factories.
A famous divine says: "These men
may hate capitalists but their hate for
i other laboring men burns like a flame,
i eats like nitric acid, is malignant bej
yond all description."
Then we reraembe- cases of acid
I throwing, eyes gouged out, children
! pursued, women stripped, homes de
W fou.J envdoW'In- IM^
.tentacles of a young octopus. Whea'
brought to the surface its body was
swollen like a balloon. Dr. J. E. Mai
ney, the ship's surgeon, who examined
It, said he believed the .fish was
choked by the hold of the octopus.
The section of cable upon which all
this strange life was found had been ^
down, 10 years at a depth of a mile
and a half. The specimens which
have been preserved are to be handed
over to the Smithsonian Institution
for scientific study.?Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
deep as that, and so on.
The mission was looking hopeless
when suddenly she darted from the
shop and seized a passing gentleman
by the hand.
"Will you please come Into this shop /
with me?" she asked Innocently.
"Certainly, my chickabiddy," he replied,
'if I can be of any use. What
is It?"
The little girl replied not, but led
the wondering stranger to the counter.
"There, miss!" she said, triumphantly.
"Mother wants some ribbon the
color of this gentleman's nose."
/ . '
value and exploit him in novels or
plays where a "southerner" is a nec
essary part or tne stage macc:nery.?
Everybody's Magazine.
Wasted Sarcasm.
The Philadelphia milk dealers who
recently raised the price of theiy
product to nine cents a quart and thqji
lowered It again to eight appear to
have been the subjects of a great deal1
of unjust censure. They announced
at the time of the raise that milk
could not be sold at eight cents without
loss. Finding that the consumers
would not pay the new price, however,
they are continuing to sell at the old,
thereby qualifying as genuine philanthropists.
Every purchaser of milk v
at eight cents a quart will doubtless
hereafter feel that he la an object of
, charity. '
men
stroyed, men murdered and the long,
long list of atrocities practised ""fry
LaFor Trust members on other human
beings who cannot agree with the
trust methods.
Now for the better way.
Workingmen are now organizing in
the old fashioned trades union or ?
"guild" way, affiliated with the National
Trades and Workers Association
whose constitution provides ar?
bitration of differences with agreement
for no strikes, boycott, picketing
or hateful coercion of any kind.
This Trade Association has evolved
from the experience of the past and
is the highest order of Trades Unionism
at the present day.
Under its laws it is not possible for
the Hod Carriers Union or the Street
Sweepers Union to order the 6chool
teachers or locomotive engineers to
quit work in a "sympathetic striko:"
If any craft flndsTnJustice, the case
Is presented to propeTly selected arbitrators,
testimony taken and the caso
presented to the public through the
press. Thereupon public opinion, that
greatest of all powers, makes itself
lelt and curiously enough a fair settlement
is generally the result. J''
There is no strike, no loss of wages,
no loss to the community and yet the
faithful workers get their Just treats
ment
There are many details which have
been worked out by men skilled In
labor matters.
It will recompense any Interested
man to know these details which can
be secured by a postal request for
constitution and by-laws written to
the National Trades and Workers Asi
sociation, Kingman Block. Battle
J Creek, Mich.
Reader, look carefully Into this
great question of the relations of Cap
a! A T oKni* cnH Ito C!i^/*ooQfnl aru
llcU auu uauwi nuu uuwv?u4u* ww i
lution. The new plan works and
brings results for the members.
Pbecame so favorably-Impressed
with tho trustworthiness and practicability
of the leaders of this new labor
movement that I gave the Association
a sanitorium at Eattle Creek
worth about $400,000 and with about
300 rooms, to be used as a home for
their old members and the helpless
babies, sometimes made fatherless by
the pistol, club or boot heel of some
member of the violent "Labor Trust."
Suppose you attend church Labor
' Sunday and hear what your minister
has to say in defense of the safety
and rights of the common, everyday
man.
Let me ask you to read again a pori
tion of one of my public articles print!
ed a few years ago.
"The people of the world have glv
j en me money enough to spend ia
these talks through the papers in try|
ing to make better and safer-condi- ,
I tions for the common people, whether
j the Postum business runs or not!
I Scores of letters have come tcf ma
I from work-people and others, soiq<?
i from union men recounting their 3uf|
ferings from union domination ;lciL
I urging that their cascj be laid before
I the public.
It will not answer for us . to only
| sympathize with the poor, the op|
pressed, those who haven't power
| enough to drive off tyrants and re!
sent oppression, we must help them
I tie the hands of the oppressors. Amer|
icans must act
Some of my forebears in New Eng*
' land left comfortable homes, took
I with them the old flint locks, slept on
j the ground in rain and frost; hungry,
! footsore, and half clothed they grimly
; pushed on where the Eternal God of -I
: Human Liberty urged them. They |
| wove for me and for you a mantle of g
freedom, woven in a loom wnere tne
1 shuttles were cannon balls and bulI
lets and where swords were used to
: pick out the tangles In the yarn.
; Those old, sturdy grandads of ours
j stood by that loom until the mantle
| was finished, then, stained with their
' life blood it was handed down to us.
j Shall I refuse to bear it on my shoul,
ders because the wearing costs ma
! a few dollars, and are you cowards
i enough to hide yours because soma
i foreign labor union anarchist orders
I you to strip it off?
| I have faith that the blood of 1776
j still coursing in your veins will tingla
| and call until you waken. Then
{ Americans will Act." "There's a ltea;
son." C. W. POST.
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