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DEMANDS OF RAILROAD MEN Fruition of Surrender of National Sovereignty Th reo Years Ago? ( Manufacturera Record.) No one should Juive been surprised at the demand ot* Hie railroad brother hoods when they startled the Presi- I dent and Congress and tho country I willi an ultimatum for Increased wages and tor tho nationalism of our roads. Three years ago these brother hoods practically held a pistol at ?lie head of the American Government, and the American people cowardly shrank from the contest involved and yielded up tho sovereignly of the nation to these men. lu the light Of our truckling then the brotherhoods are hardly to be blamed for this second demand. They found it was very easy to bull doze Ibis nation and to make Con gress yield to theil" bidding. During the time when the con test was on tlie .Manufacturers Record republished from a large number of Southern popers vigorous denunciations of the cold-blooded way in which the brotherhoods made their demands and the cowardly way in which Congress, for political effect-for Doniocrats and Republi cans alike were cowed into submis sion-yielded to the threat of the pistol made at the life of the sover eignty of the nation. When this country permitted it self thus to be bulldozed lt planted the seeds of which tho new demand of the Brotherhood of Railroad Mon is but tho natural fruition. We ure reaping the harvest now of what we joined in sowing then. Every mun and every newspaper which yielded without, ?i light I?) the action of the brotherhoods three years ago is, to tlie extent of his or its influence, re sponsible for bringing on the present, condition We do not think that the brother hoods are one-half as much to blaine nt the present time as they were three years ago. They found then that the majority of politicians were apparantly cowards and afraid to stand up and light for thc right and to do their duty to their country and to leave the consequences to God. and that ls the only position every honest man ever has the right to take on any subject. WbcTi .?"?> brotherhood *. t .* ll ;., A pier len was weak and flabby In i'.i hnCkliom . or. indeed; was apparently minns a huck bono, ami when lho.v 'oi.lui lhai liy threats they <:ould browbeat this nation, they naturally grew more and more eager for a larger control of American affairs, without regard to how this might affect the nation or millions of other people. They have been told over and over again, in tho press, in Congress and from public men in every walk of life, that railroad owners were rob bers aiid unhung scoundrels; they have been told that al) accumulation of wealth has como about through fraud, and newspapers and public men have gloried in gloatingly seek ing to raise the spirit of class hatred against every evidence of f^iccess; they have been told that the people must overturn governments If governmental authorities do not do to suit the laboring men. Who, therefore, can blame the railroad men for accepting these statements, made officially by poli ticians of nil parties, and made sometimes from the pulpit by men who knew no more about business and the facts In the case than Ger many knows about honor or than tho dwellers of th> '< .vcr world know about ice-water. How shall America meet the Issue which is now forced upon it is the question we must face. We cannot meet it in exactly tho same way we should have mot it three years ago, for as a people we are responsible for having misled the railroad mon and taught them to bolleve they had a right to grab everything In sight. Hut to yield to them would bo na tional stiicide. Personally, we would rather be murdered that to commit suicide. Our duty now is by every means In our power to seek to change the thought of the peoplo of this country from tho Socialistic doc trines, which have been so dominant In public affairs of recent years, to a realization of tho fact that Social ism leads to Bolshevism and Rol shevism leads straight to hell, na tionally, internationally and indi vidually. Our schools and colleges have been full of weak-minded Socialists. We have had the "parlor Bolshevists/' who havo had more money than brains. We have had the politicians, catering to tho ignorance of the mob mind or seeking to stir up trouble, hoping, by posing as defenders of tho "dear people," to ride into power. Some of those Socialistic agitators and teachers have boen honest in thought, but weak In brain power; the majority have been rankly dis honest In heart, though they may have had greater brain power, which (hey have used to create social dis- . order and to sow the seeds of Bol- { shovism and anarchy. The great American public, '/hieb belongs neither to the political class nor the capitalistic class nor to the union-labor organizations, far out numbers in the aggregate all of those classes and achieves more for the welfare of the country thai) they tlo. Tile great farming class, with us tens o* millions of sturdy labor ers, working from 12 to l l or \'> hours a ....>, is doing more creative work for the good of man than are lite railroad men, who, invaluable in .neir way us they may be, morely dis Ivibtite what the .armer produces, nd they could bo dispensed with in llu'tely better than we could dis 1 ease with the farmer, 'lue preach s?r and tho teacher, the mord?ante m: ibo smaller manufacturers, the clerks and tho great middle class, who ire doing work Just as import int, and in some respects far more important, than that of many who belong to the labor unions, must bo Aroused to the real meaning of this demand of the brotherhoods for the nationalism of the railroads. Hut the power of the organized labor union, bea dod by leaders who aro de termined to sacrillco everything, if need lie, for the purpose of making labor unions of this country domi nate the nation, will make the strug gle to save our liberties a lon?-'; one. Nationalization of transpon atiou would enormously increase the num ber of men dominated by politics, enormously increase the power of politicians, vastly lessen the effici ency of transportation and increase the cost of operation. Socialism, as it linds expression in a desire for nationalization of trans portation and industry, is a move backwards to the dark ages. lt tends to destroy civilization rather than to upbuild humanity, indi vidually and collectively. Socialism and the nationalization of industry, if it should become dominant, would mean that America would no longer open to every man a broad oppor tunity for Individual advancement except through the political game, in which men would lind their largest opportunity for winning applause, and in one way or another winning something which tiley would count of still more value. Men wno ure patriots vt henri ,v bet her i; Congress or .mi of Con-, groas, will oppose willi ait their j powoi ile p un .?." the Ur otb ur hoods to n.iHonr-li/.u our r? i I roa J system, nut men who ?re politicians at heart, and who would see in the increased power given to politics by the con trol of more than 2.000,0011 addition al Government employees, and all the mighty influence which trans portation would have on business, will, directly or indirectly, favor the nationalization of railroads. In it (hey would see the creal ion of a poli ( icu I held of activity so limitless in its scope Hint they will hunger with an ever-increasing hunger for tts (lesli pots. One can readily, in his own mind, paint the picture of how the poli ticians of the land, those who aro. politicians first and foremost rather than patriots, will dance with glee at tho prospect of the development through railroad nationalization of an era of political activity and power and pelf for the politicians beyond all the dreams of the past. Statesmen and patriots, in and out of public life, will do all in their power to antagonize a plan fraught with such tremendous danger to the very existnnce of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave, as the one great outstanding republic of the world, which In less than 150 years haB made such ma terial, moral and spiritual advance ment as the world had never known before Its birth. The situation is one of such tre mendous moment that we are pub lishing with this issue a supplement in which we have reprinted from our Issues of Septombor 7, September 21 and October 5, 1915, the editorial denunciations of many Southern papers of the surrender at that time of our national sovereignty to the railroad revolutionists. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with worm? have an un healthy color, which Indicates poor blood, mid as a rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich tho blood, im prover the digestion, and act as a General Strength ening Tonic to tho whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel tho worms, and the Child will bo in perfect health. Pleasant to take. COc per bottle. Hog In Storage t?.*> Years? Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16.-Agents of the investigation branch here of Hie Department of Justice said that in one cold storago plant visited to day a hog was found which, they were told, had been in storago 2"? years. The officials declared that, whl'o they believed that, if (he hog really bad been held for that length of time lt was through an oversight, they intend to investigate further next week. TH BY'UK WORKING TtKUOnOSR. .Methodists of stat? Are-For th. t^ap (ist Rig Drive. Editor Kooweo Courter-. 1 ititi handing you, wit!' ree -'. to copy, an article from to day >ar tanburg Herald. 1 would to haye every render of our \ uty pupers give this clipping i;ar? .' at tention. You aro Oconoe's lest paper. May I ask the ?ai ?ml Factory and tho Tugaloo Tri! uno to copy? Wm. S. loiv son, Clemson College, Aug ! '< 'ID. Methodists Behind'Drive of baptiste. That the Methodist* of . i tan burg and the entire State ? nth Carollnu are heart and aotll Ind the Baptists of tho State In ti eat Seven ty-Fi ve Million Dollar m paign to be waged dui in : t!> >$ek of November 20 to Decemho^ . 19, and are ready and desiri as o ing everything in their power I ike the drive a success and i'e han a success, was the sta em&fy . .ale yesterday by a proniincnl M- .1st of this city. That the Methodist! arr: not at all envious of the Bap:: ts use they have put their fat".-- fa- In >. to the front than tho Method) ld, because they have set as i?u i ml $75,000,000 rather then th .5, 000,000 of tho Method's'.;, bul hat the members of the chm eh ?. : 'ed hy John Wesley are r<Jni< UM tn tho great campaign launched t>> he followers of Roger Williams wu are wishing them the greatest fi ss, was tho further statenenl he gentleman in question, who he way is one who took a oadii rt in tho Missions Cente mai he Methodist church last spring ne who was one of the re il lead of the drive in this district "We Methodists are h rt ni ul behind the .Baptists ir. theil ai drive and we wish then '. ie . st success possible. Tbs' tb? iy secure $75,000,000 we wish ut wo are earnestly desire th. ay do far more than thai W nt them to secure not $75 000,,(H ut double ilr.it amount an?'. i . re. We Methodists set out tu rai.- >, 000,000 and we almost a ii i our quota. Now what we want oui ' ip tist brethern to do is to i al llip i ->al high and then miss it. Tim U/nfc. nv nf a iii).'.! go? I in j ., dy I lion- an ! now Ibe big tbii?': io he . .- rn i' p'A&s ii. We wa hi thom io have as (heir alni tip bru king ot ntl previous records in cn iipaigns of this nature. And If 11 ey M ub scrihe, not $75,000,000, bu? $1 0, 000,00(1 and even more. w?1 ?ill leel just as good over tho sao.' >sii ot 'ho drive as our follow Baptists yea, we will rejoice even more. "in the great Missionar) Centen ary of the Methodists la ?r ing the ?.id given us by the B'lp ?ts was j indeed great and of sin-:' i nature as to make our campa ii a far greater success than it v . : ii other wise have been. For ,. most in valuable assistance rene'. . l?v he members of the Uaptisi . : nea, as well as of other dononiln i lona, we are profoundly grateful nd now we want to attempt to repoj B much as possible, the debt w<. o>vo to others. And so we offer our K< > vices lo our fellows in Christ, thc m bera of the Baptist church in the Sn th, mid we urge that they mak iof ns in every possible manne- during tho coming months when tl 'it denomi nation will he on trial lj I ire tl is nation and the world. \ aro .it their service and we do-dn to t?e Bharers In the Joys of victory which we know will I.?J theirs. "Their cause is our canse mid our cause is theirs. The caus . :. whieh they are now laboring << mmerUy ls not their cause aoln", il is not the cause of any one par < ilor arced or sect or race, but tho cai nu of all creeds, all sects, all rac? ? the cause of tho world. And In t?.?-> wo want to take part, wo want to have some thing to do with raising thb wonder ful fund for missions and education, Just as others aided our g.-c.-t drive of some months ago. Wo feel Just as itally interested In tho outcome of .nis Baptist drive as the linptists do themselves, and we want ttl eh) to know that wo fool thus \nd xyo want them to know th?! wo are awake to the fact that Ihc success of the Baptists in this ui di rinking, as in all others, means > tho .suc cess of them alone, but In success of us ourselves, the su < ess Of all Christian peoples everywhere. "This world is too sin ill for any denominational differences, and de nominational lights, ami thia world is too small for menibor:' of any de nomination to look wltii aught but favor upon tho undertakings of the mombers of any other church or creed. The world is larg enough for all and the world ls fa r loo large, is far too great a flold, for '.ero '.o be any trouble wbateve '.lore is room for all, and for all oi k and to work hard, and if t world ls to be brought Into the light of that We Vouch for Them facilities,-they employ many exclusive methods. They can go to greater lengths in testing;, improving" and perfecting the things that make good tires. ??NMM We find it good business ta sell United States Tires. And-you will find it good business to buy them. They are here-a tire for every need, ^ United States Tires are Good Tires /r We Know United States Are Good Tires That's why We Se!! Them W.. M. BROWN ? SON, Walhalla, S, 0. MATHESON HARDWARE CO., Westminster, S. C. PIEDMONT AUTO CO., Walhalla, S. C. Of all the tires that are made, -why do you suppose we prefer to sell United States Tires? Because they are made by the biggest rubber company in the world. And they know how to build good tires. They have choice of ma? terials,-they have immense new day when the Prince of Peace shall reign supreme, all denoinina I tions must unite. "There was once a time when the members of the various denomtna I tions fought each other, when they (liffereti on petty molehills which they attempted to magnify into mountains, on points of doctrine j which they tried to stress as points of difference of principles. There I was once a day when the churches j were jealous of each other, but thank Clod that day is passed. We no longer look with aught but favor on the doings, the goings and comings, the successes of any other church. Por to-day we have come to realize that the world is large enough for us all and that if it is to be brought into the realm of real living Christ ianity all must unite for the common warfare. "There is a unity of the churches to-day which the world never before knew or even dreamed of. The churches are united and are going forward to meet the common foes of all religion, of the true religion. And because of this we are glad. "The cause of one denomination is the cause of all. Prom our former attitude of distrust and suspicion, of Jealously and enmity, we have advanced to the place where we can truthfully say that we gl?ry In the EVE It SALIVATED BY CALOMEL?-HORRIBLE ! Calomel is ?OnickHilvcr and Acta Like Dynamite on Your Liver. Calomel loses you a day! You know what calomel is. It's mercury, quicksilver. Calomel ls dangerous! It crashes Into sour bile Uko dyna mite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bonos and should never be put into your sys tem. When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out, and believe you need a dose of dangoious calomel, Just remember that your druggist sells for a few conts a largo Ijottlo of Dodson's Liver Tone, which ls entirely vegetable and pleasant to take, and is a perfect substitute for calomel, lt is guar anteed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, and cannot salivate. Don't tako calomel! It makes you sick tho next day: it loonH you a day's work. Dodson's Liver Tono straighten you right up and you feel great. Givo lt to tho children, because lt is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe.-ndv. successes of others. And we now know for a surety that wherein one particular branch of the Christian church advances all advance. The success of one branch of the great Christian family is tho success of all, as the success of all is tho suc cess of each individual part or mem ber. No one church can advance and retain all the credit, all tho glory, all the glorious results accruing therefrom, for as one goos forward so go all and as one draws nearer to the goal so do all approach unto that goal. "And so in the success of the great Baptist campaign we of the Methodist church will glory. We shall look forward with eagerness to the coming of December 6th when it shall be published to all the world that the Baptists of the South have been true to the trust and have not only subscribed the amount allotted them for missions and education, but they have doubled their quota and more than doubled it. For as the Baptists shall prosper and plant the seeds of their faith throughout the world so shall wo Methodists pros per, for the advance of the Baptists is the advance of all Christians. And wo shall glory Just as much in a strong Baptist community, a strong Baptist connection, anywhere, as we would in a strong connection of our faith. It Is so with all other de nominations, too. "With tlie Baptists carrying on to success In their campaign will como ti greater day for education In tho South. The Baptist Institutions of learning will advance until they stand far out ns leaders with the groat endowments which are ... be provided for them. It may bo that our own institutions will be out classed in a measure, that they will be second lo those of another do nomination. But will wo worry over that? Not at all. The glory of the Baptist schools will be tho glory of all, and if tho Baptist institutions can be the greatest, then may they bc that, that and nothing less. A greater Fur man will moan moro for the education of South Carolina than anything else, and wo, too, want a greater Furmnn Just as much as wo want a greater Wofford. "There are 3,000,000 Baptist In Ibo South. There aro In tho South more than 2,000,000 Methodists. Wo two million Methodists aro wishing that tho three million Baptists may be successful in the truest sense of the word in their great campaign, in this State tho 1 Uti,OOO Baptists have pledged to subscribe $5,500, 000. Wo 125,000 Methodists want thom to subscribe not less than $15, 000,000. And may they do lt. "This is the message of the Meth odists to the Baptists, as well as to all other Christian peopjds: Go on and on and on in your glorious work and remember we are with you, that we are ready and willing to co-oper ate with you In everything and that when the goal is reached we will be the ones who will first applaud you." Catarrh Cnn not bo Cured with local applications, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly Influenced by constitutional condi tions, and in order to cure it you must take an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood upon the mucous surfaces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years. It is composed of BoitiA of the best tonics known, com bined with some of the host blooa purifiers. The perfect combination of the ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Medicine ls what produces such won derful results in catarrhal conditions. 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