Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-09

. but III III the YOU aiu
yours go down in ruinP"
Il refuse to consider 1t. The cause
OF the people and their day has come.
l will stand or fall with them. Re-
member, my boy, that at last the idea
has been born that we are all-men!
It's new-it's revolutionary. A few
centuries ago the people slept In ig-
norance. OF the twenty-six barons
who signed the Magma Charta only
three could write their names-the
rest could only make their mark. The
leverage workingman Of today Is more
cultured than the titled nobleman Of
yesterday-the people once thoroughly
aroused-let fools find shelter!"
But you and I have both agreed,
DOCTOR" Stuart interrupted with a
frown, that Mr.. Jno. C. Calhoun Biv-
ems is not fool. You must consider
this offer. You have too much at
stake Your factory has been closed
for FIVE years Your store has been
sold-your business ruined and you
are fighting to pay the interest on your
| debts. I've seen you growing poorer
daily until you have turned your home
into lodging house and filled it with
strangers"
1--WE enjoyed knowing them. My
sympathies have been made larger"
"Yes. you won't even collect your
rents"
still I've always managed to get
along" was the cheerful answer. I've
yet roof over my head"
But is this battle yours alone, doc
tor? You are but one among mill
lions. You are trying to bear the bur-
den Of all-have you counted the cost?
Harriet's course in music will continue
two years longer-the last year she
must spend abroad. Her expenses will
be great. This settlement Is gener-
Gus one, no matter what Bivens's mo-
tive"
81 can't compromise with a man who
has crushed my business by a conspir-
acy Of organized blackmail."
"Oh, come, come, doctor, talk COM
mon sense. The American Chemical
Company has simply dispensed with
the services of the iobber, and the re-
taller. They manufacture the goods
and sell them direct to the consumer
through their own stores. The day OF
the jobber and retailer Is done. They
had to go. You were not ruined by
blackmail, you were crushed by law
of progress as resistless as the law ot
gravity"
The doctors gray eyes flashed with
sudden inspiration.
IF the law of gravity Is unjust 1t
will be abolished. If civilization is un-
just it must be put down. There can
be no contradiction in life when once
we know the truth. 1 can't compro-
mise with Bivens-I refuse his gener-
osity. I'll take only what the last tri-
bunal of the people shall give me-jus-
tice."
"The last tribunal of the people will
give you nothing" the lawyer said,
emphatically.
I'll stand or fall with it. l make
common cause with the people. II
know that Bivens is a power now. He
chooses judges, defies the law, bribes
legislatures and city councils and i'm
AGNES that he rules the nation. But
the Napoleons Of finance today will be
wearing stripes In Sing Sing tomor-
row. We are merely passing through a
ioh hri c,tf-
fering and confusion. The end Is sure,
because evil carries within itself the
seed of death. A despotism Of money
cannot be fastened on the people OF
America"
But, DOCTOR" Stuart interrupted
persuasively, "he is not trying to fas-
ten a depotism on America, on you,
or anybody else in this Offer"
The older man ignored the Interrupt
ton and continued with dreamy
| look:
"Only a few years ago a great mill
lionaire who lived in a palace on Fifth
Avenue boldly said to a newspaper
reporter: The public be d-d!' Times
have changed. The millionaires have
begun to buy the newspapers and beg
| for public favor. We are walking on
the crust of a volcano Of public wrath"
But how long must we wait for this
volcanic outburst of public wrath"
It's of no importance. The big
thing is that in America a new force
has appeared I'm the world, the COM
| mon consciousness of a passion fer
Justice in the hearts of millions of en-
lightened freemen clothed with pow
er, Never before has manhood had
| this supreme opportunity. Under its
| influence this insane passion for god
must slowly but surely be transform
ed into desire for real wealth of mind
and soul. The evils of our time are
not so great as those of our fathers.
We merely feel them more keenly.
The trouble is our faith grows dim in
these moments Of stress. AS for me
lift up my head and believe in my fel-
low-man. We are just entering a rev
and wonderful era-the era Of electric
ity and mystery, of struggle, aspira-
ton, the passion for the eternal. l am
| content to live and fight for II right,
win or lose, and play my little part in
/ this mighty drama!"
II had hoped you were tired of fight
ing a losing battle"
Tired of fighting a losing battle?
You've forgotten. perhaps, that I'm a
| veteran of the civil war. You know
we were defeated year after year, bat
tie after battle until 1t looked as Il
Lee was invincible. And then 81
lent dark man with a big black cigar
in his thoughtful mouth came slowly
out of the west and we commenced I"
move forward under his leadership
| inch by inch. 1t was slow, and the
dead lay ever in piles around us-but
i still we moved-always forward, new
er backward. And when at last the