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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01
MAIL ORDER MENACE.

This is the season of the year when
its work. All kinds of catch-penny
devices are employed to lead the uIl.
wary customer 10 believe that he can
buy better goods fer less money from
these institutions than he can from
I the hoIne merchant
The mails are groaDing with the
weight OF catalogues that they carry
for the working men of the kanawha
Valley, and while the pictures may
look good and the price may appear
yet when the goods purchased arrive
the quality is much inferior 10 that
which can De had from the home mer-
chant.
The home merchant helps the CON-
munity and has his work done by
home people; the mail order house
spends its money elsewhere and does
not benefit the local wor!;i2 gman. by
ell means give the local merchant
your preference and build up the
nome enterprises and better your
own conditions.
the reputation OF employing the cheap
est OF labor.
These mail order houses never con-
tribute cent to local Improvement.
They pay no taxes and every cent
that goes into their Golfers is just SO
much that is taken from legitimate
local trade
The home merchants through taxes
and public subscription are constant
supporters of every public enterprise.
Their prosperity means Increased
benefits for the entire community.
Remember this. Mr.. Wage Garner
the next time You are tempted to
invest in one of the mail order house
bogus bargains"
And Mr.. Merchant. a word to you,
if you want the workers trade ask
him for it through his paper. The:
Labor Argus reaches more union men
in the Kananwha Valley than all the
other local papers combined.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01
Wealthy Hypocriles.
Continued from Page ia

l-chllnueu from rage IL
powerful conspiracies to shackle. pill
lage. outrage. beggarize and parbsrize
the human race? Is man arrayir z
class against cltss when arraigninE;
these devlish depredations against the
innocent. Gefenceless sons and daugh-
ters of men" No, emphatically no,
He is only demonstrating by existing
truths and facts that the idiocy and
baroarity OF money mongers have
arrayed the rich against the poor
that the public TO protect itself must
enlist its volunteers against the saw
age rapacity Of arvfce. exploited
wealth and appropriated power.
The rich belittle those who work
and slave for them by calling them
their servants. serfs and slaves They
regard these servants. whether black
or white. unfit to enter their mansions
through the front doors. unfit to sat
with them in dining rooms, unfit to
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

We have been informet. rv gen
tleman close to the sheriff tEat the
"guardS" whose commissions as dep
uty sheriffs ware recently revoked
will not get them back during the
present administration and also that
they have no power whatever to ar
rest or modest any citizen, and If they
do if complaint is made they will be
prosecuted. This IS step in the
right direction and we sincerely cope
that it will be followed by succeeding
administrations. This is the first blow
to "guardism.'
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

Down in Tampa whore $4,000 cigar
makers have been forced to strike.
by intolerable conditions. one union
man has been Iynched. women and
children Of strikers harGSscd and a
general reign of terror inauSura ted
by the mirionS of capitalism which
is only another evidence that the
Law ard Order" cry is only raised
when it suits the profit-pilferers to
raise it,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

IT Clarence Watson is elected to the
United States Senate the general up
rising of the peorlA OF the state on
November Sth will have been in vain.
And the workers will again be be-
trayed. Watson is the creates en-.
envy to organized labor in the state
His election will mean the death kreil
OF the Judy section OF the political
side SHOW in West Virginia and as
old Punch has already been laid away
the party of the people viii, step in
and do things like it has in MilUau-
kee.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

On Thanksgiving the Elk's Lodge
dist ributed two hundred baskets OF
food to poverty stricken families i'll
this city. lust think of it, two hun
dred destitute families i'll this city,
starving, while at one church alone
giving Enthusiastically people wore
jewels that would amount to over
$4,000. And some people wonder why
Socialism Is growing SO rapidly.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

Inc year draweth TO d close. Old
Father Time. with hourClass and
Scytne. marks tn" demise of another
t"eIFemonth. All of which reminds
us, dear reader, that your unpaid sub.
scrlptlon is nearly a year overdue, and
that it should be paid. Man is made of
dust. and dust settles Are YOU 4
man?
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

IL every union man meant unionism
voted unionism, talked unionism
thought unionism and lived tnionisnl.
tnere would be greater amount OF
unlonlsm in the world, to the benefit
of all concerned.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

A Judge Of the United States Su.
prene Court. on account of old age,
retires from the bench and he receives
a pension OF s12.Oo0 per year. A work
angman retireS from rvs Job on ac-
count OF old age or injury received
wh'lc working. goes to the poor house.
Yea. verify. We arc all equal Def Ore
The law
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

What Is the matter with the Cen.
trail Body? With the near apuroach
vi the legislature. and the State Fed.
Grafton and miners conventions 20 uL
held here in a few months, it behooves
labor OF this city to arouse. Get busy,
wake up. be live ones.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

On page four You will fiud our lib.
erai offer. II YOU want vo,,r nar.r
70 grow ana prosper lend us your aid
ana support Get up club and DEM
onstrate by action that you want 1t
10 continue to spread the message
OF Socialism throughout the State.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

If hungry man steals = Leaf OF
bread in Charleston ne is sent 70 the
Chaln gang, but the water works graft.
ers can mold M the citizens in broad
uaSllSht and OF it the powers thar lie
saith nauSht. Such is the WAYS Of
Capitalism and piutc politicalisIn.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

In the far West they light fires in
inc forest to lure the deer within
shooting range. In the cffete East
the method of Turing the Gears is Il
little different. Burning , little
money serves the same end hero
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

S"eatsnoPs and poverty is respon.
siole for tuberculosis and the capital
list system is responsible for sweat.
shops and poverty.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

First gun of the 1912 campaign will
be hred at the Court House tomorrow
night. Be sure to be on hand AID
hear the best speech of your life.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

Arouse, ye Sons of Toll in the Lii.
TIE Mountain State and strike while
the iron Is hot, now is the time TO
loose YOUR chains. Agitate, educate
and organize.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

The Labor Argus business Office
now located at Nos. 5oS-6O5 Virc'n'1
street, between Summers and h'7e''
sou streets. Address all corrrun'e~
tons to Box SIS. Bell Phone Nc. ~
Home Phone No. 100.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01
MEETINGS OF LOCAL
CHARLESTON IS CHANGED.

Local Charleston has changed its
meeting place from sos Virginia st.
to COS IL Capitol Street. in Plasterers
changed from Tuesday to Thursday
night.
Business of Importance at every
meeting. all comrades should be pres
emit
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01
GEE SPECIAL OFFER ON PAGE

DO your holiday shopping with our
advertisers.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

Lest YOU forget The union label
is also one of our weapons to aid
the coming nation.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

F1ght for Socialism and unionism
and shake on the shackles.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

Help your paper prepare for ere
battle of 1912. See special otter ~
page four.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

Patronize our advertisers and help
your cause grow. Tell them you saw
their ad in the Argus.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-01

"hen will the County Court put
county road on Cabin Creek?
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

pally to the fact that it was from 1915 to tS21 the place of exile of Napoleon, who died at the farmhouse of Long wood near Jamestown. It served the British again as a place of exile during the South African war, when about A. 700 BOer prisoners, including General Cronje, were held there.
 Steamers no longer need stop at St. Helena for supplies; the island is off the direct route to the Cape and is of value as a port of call. The people have communication with the rest of the world only about once year through the visit of small vessels that bring supplies. There appears to be no other reason for the upkeep of a garrison on the island. The London Standard says:
 There is an important station of the Eastern Telegraph company there; this certainly is a strong argument in favor of equipment; also the island would become at once important if the Suez canal were blocked, although the island possesses no docks and landing is often bad in consequence of surf. Against these arguments must be placed the expense of properly fortify- ing the place and the lcckup of any garrison stationed there, with the ne- cessity of keeping the island supplied with some kinds of provisions and the munitions of war. At present there are two 6-inch guns and quick-firing guns on Ladder Hill, overlooking the anchorage; but to make the island capable of defence would require big guns and a proportiOnate garrison. Dock facilities would be required of large sums of money. Supposing such program was carried out, the value of St. Helena under existing conditions of steam navigation still remains hypo- thetical, even in the event of war"
 The population of the island has been gradually dwindling; many of those who could have moved away, and there has been immigration in years. The British government has built mill for the treatment of New Zealand flax and has made grants for instruc- tion in lace making. In spite of this the people complain of isolation and loneliness and lack of means of sup port. Unless Jamestown is fortified, it is believed that the inhabitants will desert the island and leave it barren waste before another year.-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
ST. HELENA.

Has any little island in the world suffered more from the changing con- ditions of the last half century than St. Helena? It was an important port for supplies when sailing vessels rounded the Cape, a center of world interest when Napoleon was held there a pris- oner, and a point of stategic value when England wah building up an In dian empire. Now the British govern ment is debating if it is worth the while to fortify it; if. since the people of St. Helena say they have no means of support since the troops left them four years ago, it would not be best to abandon the island altogether.
 The present interest of the British in the island is largely a matter of senti- ment. It has many associations with the empire. Discovered by the Portu- guese, settled by the Dutch, it came in- to the possession of the British East India company, and for a century was wrangled over by England and Holland. Before the building of the Suez canal it was a port of call, and as many as a hundred vessels were often anchored off Jamestown taking in fresh vege- tables and water From garrisons sta- tioned there troops were sent as reen- forcements to Buenos Ayres and were used in the early wars against the Dutch at the Cape. As the headquart- CTS of a admiralty court the is- land was from 1S45 to 1860 the center of attempts at suppression of the slave trade along the west coast of Africa. But St Helena owes its fame princi-
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
Current Comment
BRITISH PEOPLE BECOMING
 TEMPERATE

A remarkable showing according to recent Consular report, was made in 1909 in the increase of sobriety in England and Wales. The con victions for drunkenness in 1908 az gregated 1S7,SO3, while in 1909 the total was only 169,51S, showing de- crease in convictions of 1S.2S5, or nearly one tenth.
 The decrease in Scotland, outside of Scottish towns, for 1909, as com pared with 1908, was 19 per cent. In Scottish towns there was a still greater falling off, aniounting to 27 per cent, and in Ireland the decrease was per cent. There was an in- crease in convictions for drunkenness in fourteen of the seventy-five Eng fish county boroughs in 1909, ds com- pared with 1908. These increases were confined largely to the manu- featuring districts. There was a greater decrease in the number of convictions of women than O. men, and there was a slight decrease in the number of persons repeatedly con victed of drunkenness.
 There was a falling off ill the num- Der of licenses in England and Wales in 1909 of 1470, which was practically the same number as in 1908. The average annual falling off in the number of licenses of public houses since 1904 has been 1858, as compared with an average falling off of 3Se for a series of years prior to that date. The total number of licenses in force on January 1, 1910, was 92,- L575
 A law came in force in 1909 mak- ing it an offense for the proprietor of public house to permit children under 14 years of age to frequent the premises, and under this law there were only twenty-six convictions, which is an indication of the rigidity with which it has been enforced
 One reason for the falling off in the consumption of intoxicants in 1909 was doubtless the increasd price of whisky, due to an advance in duties, but when full weight has been given to this consideration the fact still remains that there has been in re- cent years a manifest increase of sobriety in all classes of the popu- lation, especially in England. The workingman frequents more and more the coffe shops, where coffee and cocoa are sold and a palatable meal can be secured for very smill sum. Newark Evening News.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

J. P Morgan, who owns to having observed seventy-three birthdays, has a recipe of his own for the preserva- ton of his health and faculties and the power to carry on manifold busf- ness interests in a field where men usually wear out rapidly. Moreover, it defies all the canons of health ad- vocated by modern medical science. Twenty years ago, according to George Kibbe Turner, MT. Morgan found him. self in very poor health and went to a physician for advice This physi- elan said: Stop exercise in every form. Never walk when you can take a cab. You have formed the habit of living without exercise, giving your energy to your brain. It is too late to change the habits of a lifetime" MT. Morgan accepted this advice and has followed it religiously. Judging by the result it was good advice. Ex- ercise may sometimes be vital to the preservation of health. This is not always so, however, as the great financier is daily successfully demon strating.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

It is rather astonishing that the gentlemen who concocted the substi- tute direct legislation proposition ne glected to provide that initiated and referred laws should be court proof. many of us lawmakers would be at a disadvantage. In fact, most if not all of us who would avail ourselves of the lawmaking privilege would be. We are not constitutional lawyers and the voters could not be expected to detect the constitutional blowholes people say ought to go" Let us go the whole hog.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

PHoENx, ARIz., OCTOBER 81. 1910.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
Election.

One week from tomorrow many things will be settled in this country, the most important of which will be the attitude of the country toward the republican party. It is to be ad- mitted that at the time of the ad- adjournment of congress and for weeks afterward the attitude was menacing. It was confidently claimed on one side and half feared on the other that a result of the election would be the democratic control of the house of representatives, so great was the popular dissatisfaction with the new tariff law and with President Taft for having declared that it was the best tariff law ever enacted But within the last few weeks there has been a great change of sentiment with respect to the president and his ad- ministration. This change was alluded speech on Friday night, when he said that there had come throughout the country a recognition of the great ness. the honesty and the fearlessness of the president.
 It has come to be recognized also, in spite of its shortcomings, that the Payne -Aldrich law is the best tariff law ever enacted, and, that it is not perfect law, is not a sufficient warrant for putting the improvement of it into the hands of the democrats.
 Many voters remember with pain that they did such a thing once; that in 1890, on account of dissatisfaction with the Mckinley law, they elected house of representatives consisting of 2S5 democrats and SS republicans; that in the next congress the demo- crats, with a reduced, but still over whelming majority in the house and a working majority in the senate, set about the improvement of the tariff. What ensued has not been forgotten. in spite of the stirring events of the last seventeen years.
 Among other things to be decided next Tuesday is whether the wave of prohibition which has been sweeping over the country, is rising or subsid- ing Constitutional amendments pro- viding for state wide prohibition have been offered in Oregon and other states, while in Oklahoma the voters are asked to say whether they are satisfied with their experience with prohibition The equal suffrage question has been raised in three or four states.
 But naturally interest centers about the congressional contests and is greater than is usually felt, for many profess to believe that on the events of next Tuesday hangs the result of the presidential contest two years from that day.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

The evidence in the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case is now com- plete, according to the lawyer in charge. All that remains is to arrest the men who did it." One would imagine from his talk that making ar rests was an insignificant detail. It has not always proved so. Men have to be caught before they can be ar rested.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

The overshadowing importance of the national game was demonstrated on Saturday night in Meriden, Conn, where a congressional rally was post poned on account of an impromptu re- ception for a returning member of the Philadelphia Americans, whom his townsmen desired to honor. When we come to think of it, few congYessmen have filled so much of the public eye ir the last two years as the humblest member of the Athletics or the Cubs
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

Professor Harry Thurston Peck wants a woman indicted for sending him threatening letters. He is nat urally in a disturbed frame of mind just now on the subject of letter writing. If he could lay his hands on the man who invented the art he would probably want the fellow ham, strung, boiled in oil and burned at the stake.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

One important referendum constitu- tional amendment to be adopted or rejected by the voters of South Dako- ta tomorrow will determine whether the railroad locomotives shall or shall not be equipped with electric headlights.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

There has been a great flourishing of shillalahs during the closing days of the New York campaign. Where ever a head has appeared it has re- ceived a crack.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
LESSONS OF THRIFT.

Clergyman-Did your mother try to inculcate lessons of thrift?
 Chicago Show Girl-Indeed she did. Many's the time she said to me when was a child. Maggie, never live beyond your alimony"-Life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-25

bile would add four addit onal me-
to the crew at fire headquarters, con
shutting d force Of Is men. TIE
Rotor patrol would be equipped vita
hose, chemicals and fire proof tar.
paulins, for salvage corp service, ard
would answer all first alarms in the
city, bringing the fighting strength
at every first alarm call to Is men.
1t is believed that the recommended
tons Of the INSPECTORS will be follow
ed out early in 1911 and the automo-
bile truck ordered. aslucah would
then be far better equipped com
paraiiyely, than st. Louis, Louisville,
Memphis, Nashville and Evansville,
and would rank from one to two per
cent better in rating than those
cities.
Chief Inspector C. e. Townsend, OF
Chicago, ana his crew VINO visited
PaIucah, have gone to st. Louis, to
inspect that city, where an amateur
chief was placed at the head of the
fire department by means Of a poittt-
cal run. AS a result, the rates Of
fire insurance risks in that ely have
been almost doubled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-25
MAuS0LEUM LOCATED
N'iIl Be Erected on Ground Back OF
Cairo Country Club House
Near County Road.

Tha Universal Mausoleum Go. have
selected and purchased the site for
the construction OF the community
m%ausoleum which they are to erect
for the citizens OF Cairo w e. Doc.
little, president Of the Mausolemn
Co. has %canyassed every foot II
ground between Cairo and Mounds
and yesterday closed the deal for a
location that is ideal for the O
Strnctiou Of a m|ausoleum in this
vicinity. The new community matso
leum will be erected upon the Beech
Ridge road Immediately back of the
Country Club house, The properly
lies about five hundred feet west If
the county road aud the traction line.
The mausoieum viii be built facing
north. tie grounds win be beautined
and cairo VIII be ono Of the first
Cities in The United States to seeut@
4 mausoleum cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-25


Henry Lewis Stimson, Republican
candidate for governor OF New York.
began attracting attention about four
years ago as an ~unrelenting foe Of dis
honesty and graft. Since then his
name has become familiar to all men.
In February, 1905. he was appointed
United States attorney for the south
ern district OF New York. Then be
got busy. He began by prosecuting
the eastern railroads for rebating un-
der the Elkins law. lie secured d YER
dict against them, and they paid up.
Then he secured the conviction Of a
number OF Syrians who were SNUG
Cling laces into New York packed In
cases Of dates aud figs. His next i'm
portant case was the prosecution Of
Charles w. Morse.
In the meantime, MI. Stimson's term
of office having expired, he was re-
tanned as special assistant to the at
torney general and turned bis atten-
tion to the sugar trust frauds. The
result Of his prosecution was the re-
covery by the government of $685..
365 in back duties and fines.
Mr.. Stimson Is a native Of New
York city and Is forty-three years old.
He was educated at Yale university
and the Harvard Law school and was
admitted to the New York bar in 1891.
Two years later he became a member
of the law firm OF which Elihu Root
was n partner.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-25
REACHING the Ton.

in any calling Of life. demands a Wig
ornus body and . keen brain. With
oF't iealln there Is no success. Bot
Electric Bittcrs III ttc greatest health
h1iitler the world has ever known,
T @o'a""i4 perfect action Of stomach
liver Kidneys. bowels, pnriiics and
enrtcics The blood, tones and invig-
crates the whole system and enables
o to stand the wear and tear of
vnrr daily work. After mouths OF
suffering from Kidney Trouble
o~"ltes w. NJ. sherman, Of Gushing
No. three bottles of Electric Bit.
-ors made me feel like a new man
SOC at all druggists.