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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-09
Socialist Column

the masters were generally good to
them, 1t paid to be so-they were
In many respects better off than
the wage slave of to-day. When a
boy | worked, tished and hunted
with the slaves Of those days be-
ioro the war, and l will mention,
IN particular, those of good old Fee
Tx Hanstord, who lived in the
brick house at the mouth of Paint
Creek, near Pratt, in Kanawha
county, and 1 can testify that on
winter day, when my fathers
white workmen, including my
brother and myself, turned out to
rk, and did work. Mr.. II.
came over and told my father that
the reason his colored men did not
come was that he thought it was
too cold for them to turn out. I
nave see slave men wear broad
cloth, and slave women wear silks
on Sunday. They were fat, sleek.
and jolly. With the exception of
failing eyes and ears, they kept
their faculties in old age. An in
sane negro was Il rarity. do not
remember that I ever saw one an
ldlot or deformed. L saw more
feeble minded whites. ONLY an
occasional free negro ever got in
the poor house. Nursed in sick
ness, and provided for in old age,
they were cheerful and content,
Tree from care and responsibility.
Yet 1t would be Il mistake to sup
pose they did not see the injustice
or slavery, and desired to be free.
w hen they found I was born and
brought up an Abolitionist, and
THAT could keep confidence, they
would talk freely to me, and i
found they longed for freedom and
regarded it as beautiful star but
out of reach.
TO be continued.
FIN SEC.
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GOSPEL OF WEALTH
ACCORDING TO CARNEGIE
FIFTH AND LAST ARTICLE.

And now, finally, what have we
IN the New Gospel, according to
Carnegie9 First, a damning ad-
mission that the surplus wealth of
the rich does not belong to them,
OUT TO the workers who produced
IT. An admission that, of course.
ninety nine per cent Of the rich
VIII rcpudiate with Scorn for the
aodderlng old fool that proposes it.
And however much merit there
might be in his plan, it falls fiat
with all holders of wealth with the
exception OF a few crankS like him
sell. What! Give up the autos
the yachts, the races, the tours
abroad, the magnifcence and lux
ury of watering places, the retinue
OF servants, and all the pomp and
circumstance of society? Give up
the millions required to purchase
Titled husbands for the daughters.
sclons of families in Europe hoary
with age and Sin?? The idea,
Second, an impotent scheme Of
Keeping back the earnings of the
laborerS to return it to them i'm y
form that will be to them of great
er benefit than anything they could
have made of it themselves. saw
1mpotent, because if returned at
all 1t must be in the form OF money
food, clothing, shelter. education.
or amusement. How any of the
Irst four would be better given IN
lump after long period of doing
without passes my comprehension.
MIR. Carnegie does not say in the
article in question how he would
return 1t, but, in the light of his
ilpfarles we must conclude it would
ne IN one or both Of the last two
forms. Whether he regards his H.
brarles as being educational. or
am rSlng, 81 both. makes no differ
ence: they are impotent for the
END he proposes. Few workers. or
thelr children, have the time from
Work TO avail themselves of their
use And If they had the time to
wash and dress, their garb would
SUBJECT them to the contcmnt and
rldlcTIe OF the better dressed Deo-
pie. And if that did not deter
.he Tune spent in dressing and 60
Us " ANU IIoIN mo llDrarE WOuiI
leave but little of the time they
could devote to books if they had
them at home
Imrd, the principle involved in
this scheme of Mr.. Carnogie is
simply the principle of chattIe sla
very with every Tedeemino featura
OF slavery knocked out.
/ can make no defense of ,.bo+4lo
slavery. 1t was dreadful system
at best. But bad as it was. it was
white beside the hellish system of
industrial slavery Mr.. Carnegie
advocates. The tree is known Ry
us fruits. and by them we Judge.
there are plenty of us living today
1anlllar with the conditions of so
called tree labor. which now pre-
walls, who also lived here amidst
-A1rlcan slavery, and we can testify
from practical knowledge THAI
where they had good masters and
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January, A. D, ZOOS, between the hours OF
9 o clock a. m, and O'Clock p. H.. al
the law Office Of T. G, Nutter Col !. IA
nawha Street. in the City of Charleston,
hanawha County West Virginia, vii
take the deposition of myself and Others
to be read III evidence i'll my behalf III
certain suit III Chancery now pending ID
the Circuit Court for the County OF Ks
nawha and State of West Virgins, II
which am plaintiff and You are defer
dant.
If from any cause the taking of san
deposition shall not he commenced q
completed on the day aforesaid. the sa1l
shall be continued from day to day. =
from time to time, at the same place an.
l-etween the same hours, until the sank
shall be completed.
BI.AHCH WYATT
7. c. NUrrER. By Counsel
sol. LII
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Order of Publication.

State OF West Virginia, KanawlIa Couu-
", IS.
AT rules held i'll the Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. on
me hrst NJ on'lay i'll the month OF Dece-n-
Der, 1907.
Blanche Wyatt. Plaintiff,
vs..
Alexander Wyatt, Defendant,
In Chancery, 1887.
The object of this suit is to cbtsi,
divorce from the bonds of nlatrimony.
his day came the Plaintiff by her At
torncy; and on his motion, and it aD3ear-
ing by affidavit filed. that the Defendant
is a nonresident OF this Stnte, it is order-
:. mat he do appear within one month
,nSe ms gate OF the FIRST publication
hereof and do what is necessary to Tro-
>ect his interest in this suit
=, este d. ". -AIRKEY. Clerk.
I. G. NUTTER, Sol.
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NOTICE..

All Socilist Locals are requested to fur
nlsh items of interest to their corurades1
Short original articles on Socialism viii
be accepted for this department Name of
writer must accompany all manuscript as
a guarantee of good faith.
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The Labor Argus is the only pa,
per i'll this section of West lrsla
Ia that advocates the cause OF w
trades unions. Subscription pr"
Sl.OO per year.
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charleston Socialists

Meets in TRADES ASSEM-
BL1 HALL, No. 1914 Capitol
Street, on LIST and 3rd Thursday of
each month at 1:3O p. m. COME.
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Cruel Heart1ess and Wanton VI
( Continued from Page ~

NHEN now is the Cut
coupon Labor
Union
MS assistance they
demanding that
onoo desire blanks at
oulke while the iron hot,
laws who patrol public HIGHWAYS ~ '0 iN '
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NOTICE TO TAKE DEPosITroys
To Alexander WYATT:
lake notice: That on the z1st d,,. =.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09
CATARRH MADE LIFE
A BURDEN TO Me.

MISS ANNIE CATRON, OFT Main
AVA St., Cincinnati, Ohio, writes:
"As I have found Peruna a blessing
for a severe case of catarrh of the head
and throat which 1 suffered from for a
number of years, / am only too pleased
70 give it my personal endorsement.
"Catarrh, such as 1 suffered from,
made life a burden to me, my breath
was offensive, stomach bad, m my
head stopped up so that ! was usually
troubled with a headache, and although
I tried many so-called remedies, moth
Ing gave me permanent relief. l was
rather discouraged with all medicines
when Peruna was suggested to me.
However, 1 did buy a bottle, and be-
fore that was finished there was a
marked change in my condition. Much
encouraged 1 kept on until | was com.
plefeiy cured in a months time, and /
find that my general health is also ex-
~ceilent."
People who prefer solid medicines
should try Peruna tablets. Each tablet
represents one average dose of Peruna.
Man-a-iin the Ideal Laxative.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1908.
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One Of tie
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund Of information as to the best methods
OF promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informcd of the World; not of indi-
viduals only. but Of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
fng the best the world affords.
One Of the products Of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well Informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the ~well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09
MONTANA NEWS
MOST ACTIVE YEAR IN MINING.
In Spite of Butte Slump, Montana Has
Good Output.


Good Output.
During the,year 1907 Montana on
tributed in precious metals to the
wealth of the nation approximately
$5S, GOO, 900, divided as near as posi-
bic as follows: Copper, 225, 100000
pounds at 20 cents on an average, $45,,
600, 900; silver, H. SOC, 900 ounces at 80
cents. s6,250, 900; gold. 225.0Oo ounces
at $40, $4,000, 900, and $4,000 tons of
lead al 5 cents a pound, $2,5oo,00o
These figures of course are not Off
cial, but are based upon the most re-
liable estimates of the leading mining
interests of the state, such as Anal
gamated Copper company officials.
other Butte miners and those OF sew
erai experts. The showing is regard
ed as remarkable, indeed, especially
when II is considered that several
months ago the output of the Butte
district was curtailed so per cent, and
the further fact that gold and silver
are IuIhcu Ill ttt1t bCStioh 90 - W
product of copper; that Is, they are
won from the red metal ores.
The year, aside from the slump In
Butte, has been the most active In the
history of the state. Old properties
have been rehabilitated, and new ones
developed, and in. practically every In
stance with great success. This Is
particularly true of the Helena dis
trict, whose output has been the high
est since the years of Last Chance
gulch-now Main street-which small
stream yielded $35, 900, 900 in gold to
the placer operators.
The copper, silver and gold lodges
of the state were actively explored
during the year. The further explora-
ton carried on in the Butte district
has developed no change in either the
quality of the ores or in the size of
have been added to largely by discov-
cries made in the development of new
ground. The veins still hold their
values as depth is obtained, several
thousand feet having been accom-
plished during the year.
During the year the gold-bearing
districts in all parts of the state have
attracted more attention than ever be-
fore. Numberless small gold proper
ties are undergoing development. and
on the whole, with the very richest
of indications. Placer mining also has
been carried on extensively, a num-
Der of electric dredges having been in
stalled during the year. In several
counties the old sluice system is still
resorted to with more than mediocre
success.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

~ local applications, as they cannot reach the dis
sased portion of the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube 10 inhamed you have q rumbling sound or i'm.
perfect hearing, and when 1t Is entirely closed, Deaf.
ness ts the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh. which Is nothing
bat an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We win give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
BY Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
r.. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Bishop potter's Sob.

To Illustrate a point he was making
in an address he was delivering, Bish-
op Potter told the following story:
mot long ago I was staying with a.
friend in a country house up on tho
Hudson. On Sunday morning as I
passed through the library I found o
small boy curled up in u big chair
deeply interested in 8 book. Are you
going to church, Tom?' ! asked. No.
he replied. Why, l am l said.
HUH he said, that's your job"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09
OFFICERS SHOT FATAL.
DeIwin j. MoberIy, Wounded While
Attempting to Escape, Dies.

DeIwin j. MoberIy, Wounded While
Attempting to Escape, Dies.
Delwin J.. Moberly, the young man
shot in the leg last week at Helena
by Policeman Cossette while attempt
ing to escape from the officer after he
had been arrested, is dead at the
county hospital as the result of blood
poisoning. Before his death Moberly
in a conversation with his attendants,
admitted that he had been in trouble
in Spokane, had robbed a house in
one of the Washington cities and had
been pursued and shot at several
times, but managed to escape. The
deceased was perhaps thirty years
old. and is supposed to be the son OF
Charles +. Moberly Of Sweet Grass
county.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09
MORE MONEY THAN EVER.
Montana Banks Make g Fine Showing
Certificates Used in One Town.

-SCTtttlSdkC S0Cd /" S"S
Bank Examiner Collins has made
public a summary of the reports of
forty-seven state institutions under
the supervision Of that department
and the showing is remarkable. Since
the last call in August the banks have
increased their reserve 100000, and
now have total resources of $26,491,-
OSS. A gain of 81, 100000 in cash dur
ing that time is also noted. A feature
of the report is that the banks have
an average reserve of 35 per cent,
whereas the legal requirement. is only
Is. National banks of the state are
in an equally formidable position.
With the exception of Billings, no
clearing house certificates have been
issued in Montana during the panic.
and these were recalled almost imme-
diately.
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Not So Bad.

II Is related that a man in a hurry
for a train rushed for lunch into the
first handy restaurant. 1t was not a
fashionable restaurant. 1t was not
even a good restaurant. To his sur.
prise and horror he recognized in the
waiter an old school ard college
friend.
Good heavens, my deal fellow!" he
cried, how did you come to this?"
ooh, it's not SO bad as you think
said his friend. Il only wait. / don't
dine here"
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She Showed Him.

II thought you said you didn't ap.
prove of women running automobiles,
and would never let your wife run
yours?"
flooring Karr smiled meekly.
Eyes, I did say that" he admitted:
but Regina happened to hear of it,"
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Willing TO Try.

tits SO sweet of you, Mr.. Guffy,"
she gurgled, ito want me to marry
you. But papa says Pm such an ex.
travagant girl. Do you think you could
dress me?"
We'll" he stammered, blushing. 81
Il think could, If you don't have
those waists that fasten in the back
with hooks and eyes"
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SHELTERS NOT TO CLOSE.
Manager Smith of Helena Plant De
MES Current Report.

MES SuTTCnt ncPot.
Manager A. M. Smith of the Helena
plant of the American Smelling and
Refining company has maze specific
denial of the story that he had said
that 1t was the intention of the corpo-
ration to close several more plants
throughout the country. What he said
was that several smelters had closed,
reference being made to the Utah
plants. He said that when normal
conditions resume he would not be
surprised If wages were restored. The
smelter employees in Helena will hold
a meeting soon to consider the matter
Of accepting the 10 per cent cut or
closing the plant.
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SWEDEN.

The citizens school of Stockholm
celebrates its sixty-ifth anniversary.
c. G. A. Kilngspor has been appoint
ed court marshal by the king.
The liabilities of the defunct Malm-
berg Bank of Stockholm are about H.
0O0, 900 crowns
General Postofice Director Ossbahr
has retired from his position on &C
count of Ill health.
Friends and admirers of the late
artist, Ernest Josephson. will erect a
noble monument over his grave.
Prince Wilhelm has returned to
Stockholm after an extended stay in
Russia, where he travelled widely.
p. Waldendstrom has celebrated the
fortieth anniversary of his service as
publisher of the periodical, Pietisten.
The Swedish banker, Z. Thiel, has
donated 100000 crowns toward the es.
adjustment of a Nietzsche archive at
Wismar.
Mr.. Landen, director OF Nyland's
bank, has donated 270, 900 crowns to.
ward the erection of a new Swedish
academy.
There was a violent explosion In the
a~scetylene works at Finland, which
resulted in the loss of several lives
and a great deal of property.
Societies known as Glider" in b.
huslen, Halland, Shame and Bleking
have decided to celebrate jointly the
250th anniversary of the peace of Ros.
kilde. A great festival will be held, in
commemoration of which there will be
struck a great medal with imprints OF
the faces of Charles X and Oscar II.
The death of King Oscar had a de.
pressing effect on the holiday trade in
Stockholm and in Sweden generally
Otherwise 1t is believed that the
amount of business transacted would
have been above the average, in spite
of the panic, which was keenly felt In
Sweden-more keenly there, indeed
than In Norway and Denmark, judging
by the dispatches and the press OF the
countries.
The largest motor ship in Sweden,
according to Dagbladet, is the newly
constructed "fat-topped schooner
Orion, which has a capacity OF zoe
tons and was built in the O%scarshamn
shipworks. 1t belongs to the Casseo.
pea Stock company, and is to be used
in transporting barley to the breweries
of Stockholm and to carry on a trans.
portation business in bays and shallow
places where vessels of deep draft can.
not pass.
Dagbladet of Stockholm prints an
interview with a prominent builder,
who is very pessimistic over the build.
ing situation in the Swedish capital
for the coming year. He says that the
high rate of interest on money makes
it impossible to undertake new build.
ings, and that when building opera,
lions now under way are completed,
there will be nothing doing for masons
and carpenters unless the times
change. If this prediction comes true
the population of the city cannot in.
crease, for, as l have stated several
times in these columns, there is now a
dearth of houses In Stockholm, resi-.
dences having been at a premium du .
ing the year 1907
DENMARK.
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His Literal Wife.

Every family should keep an &C.
count OF It's expenditures"
I'VE tried that scheme, but II failed
to give satisfaction"
'Why?"
20, my wife was too literal. Things
! wanted charged as sundries she in
sisted on charging as booze"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week 10
Northwestern ventor

Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson.
patent lawyers, OIL Pioneer Press
building. st. Paul. MINI: George A.
Anderson, Coal Harbor, N. D., har-
ness: John o. Carel, Duluth. Minn.s
pipe-coupling; Henry P. Deckert,,
Marion Junction, s.. d., wrench; Peter
j. Eckman. Long Lake. Mimi, beeS
hive; Wexford @. Edwards. Plainview,
Mimi, sleigh; Charles II. Foster, W.
Duluth. Mimi, pipe wrench: Henry L.l
Lawrence. Elmore, Mimi, manure
loader.
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"Three Weeks Elapse."

Jus a little touch of realism" re-
marked the dramatist with pardonable
pride. ITS a wonder nobody ever
thought OF IT before"
What is it?"
Why, my heroine is a brunette in
Act /. n a blonde In Act H."
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On the Boulevard,

ALLOW me to introduce the man
who has written more absolute non.
n than any n else in Paris"
Monsieur is a Journalistic"
NO, madam; stenographer to the
chamber of deputies!"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09
BLIND al is A Y
Fell Victim With Cane and Left Him
to Die on Prairie.

to Die on Prairie.
William Baker was assaulted and
fatally injured by J. j. Fitzmorris, a
blind man, at Butte, while the two
who were beggars, were on their way
to the poor farm. Fitzmorris felled
Baker by a heavy blow Owe the head
with his cane, and after kicking him
until exhausted left the helpless mar
On the nrairia all night to freeze
Bakers legs were frozen to ths
knees.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $500
trial hottie and treatise. DR.. r. Fl. Kline,
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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In the Good Old DAYS.

Mayor-Where are you going?
Village Constable-The three tramps
l just locked up wan to play whist,
and I'm looking for a fourth!
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A Just Rebuke.

Cook-Heavens, the Missus is com.
ing! Quick, into the linen closet!
Policeman-What, not into the a
try? Nina, is that true love?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

HIDES a FURS TANNED FOR ROBES
Coats or rugs. Send for price list to
TAUBERT TANNERY. Minneapolis. Mimi
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There's a lot of romance about the
good cid times. but we would kick hksl
steers II we had to hav them C
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Sour Grapes.

"The eagle on the coin is a null
sance."
"Why?'
"Afforrs every Teller that gifts hold
of ten dollars a chanst to display his
wealth"
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Why should a tax collector have a
high opinion OF human nature?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
buy furs and hides, or tan them for robes q
rugs. N. w. Hide a Fur Co., minneapolis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

In billiards and matrimony there are
lots of kisses and many scratches.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

After all. the man who tells his
troubles may be preferable TO the OF =
who tells his Jokes. \
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

When a girl is a high fiier IL doesn't
necessarily follow that she is cut out to
be an angel.
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That Dry Hacking Couch

needs attention. Ask your druggist
for Browns Bronchial Troches which
will quickly relieve the cough.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

In politics It's the man who sells his
vote who is corrupt. not the man who
buys 1t.
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Same Old Reason.

I've played the ponies to my grief.
year in, year out. day after day."
Then why DO you keep ~ It
We'll, I've got a good thing for to-
ycorro-0