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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-07-18

The Supreme Court.
Members OF the supreme court are
giving time to matters brought to
their official attention during the sum
mer recess. Some of the recent &C
lions are as follows:
Board Of Education of Jefferson dis
trict, Nicholas county against Nicholas
county bank; writ of error refused.
Swarthmore lumber company VS.. j
F. Parks, Randolph county; appeal and
supercedeas refused.
State of West Virginia vs.. Homer
Highland; Randolph county; writ Of
error allowed.
Chas e. Myths against Raine-An
drew lumber company, Randolph coun
ty writ of error and supercedeas
awarded. Bond, $4,000.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18

aNo private contractor in the
world feeds his employees as well as
the Isthmian Canal Commission.
There are very few of the employees
who ever ate better meals, slept IN
cleaner, more comfortable beds, or
amused, themselves in more whole
some clubs than those furnished by
the Government.
aAlong the same line OF paternal-
Iism-but Of more fundamental signif-
icanceis the governmental attitude
IN its industrial relation to the labor
force. OF greatest Importance 70 the
working man is the frank recognition
and encouragement of labor unions.
a Socialist administration could not
be more cordial to organized labor.
aof greatest Importance to the
wives and children Of the men is the
| fun recognition Of employers liabil-
! ity for accidents. Dynamite IS used
IN greater quantity than anywhere
else IN the world. The government
goes much farther in its effort to pre-
vent accidents than any private EN-
Dloyer ever dreamed Of doing.
.aThe more one stays hege. the more
lone realizes that the Isthmian Cana
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18
n Panama: The Canal, IN
Country and The People" writ
Tan nv Albert Edwards and pull

N sPanama: The Canal, The
Country and The People" writ
ten by Albert Edwards and pub
lished by the MacmilIians we get
news Of Uncle Sans strange adven-
lures in business Enterprises. Here
are glimpses of them:
eve are more o. less used to peo-
Die who demand government owner
ship of railroads. Once in q while
some one aggressively suggests that
our municipalities wipe out the shame
Of their slums By building model
homes for the workers. We have
heard that Munich and other foreign
cities have done 50 successfully But
is yet MOI one has suggested that the
|Government should feed the peSple.
If you visit the Isthmus you yill
eat 81 i Government table Nst eap-
tent with managing the transport
Hon not satisfied with being q land
lord. tie Isthmian Canal Commission
has become restaurant keeper
waiter and cook, The cost Of run
n;n8 the messes for gold European
and negro employees during the aiz
months ending December 3, 1909. was
lover 100000. and the receipts and
|axnendstures practically balanced.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18

Commission has gone further towards
Socialism than amy other branch OF
our Government-probably further
than any Government has ever gone.
"Colonel GoethaHs first annual re-
port (1907) is Largely given up to a
description of how pitifully .indiVid-
-ual initiative has fallen down. Con.
tracts had been advertised according
to tradition. hTe fewsbids which had
come in were insanely exorbitant OF
utterly irresponsible. ne dilemma
was plain eithe to gi1g Up the Ca
nal or try to dig it Without 'individ.
ual initiative
@The Canal was a political neces'
sity. So we were launched on the
harebrain experiment of doing the
biggest constructive job in history
withouk+he incentive Of profits. And
10! 1t is succeeding.
"The idea that the only way to get
the best work out Of a man is to
give him money interest in the
profits of the concerns is certainly the
very nubbin of our theory of business
It is disproved every day in the Canal
Zone.
"a high official of the Steel Truss
who was recently in the Zone, repeat
eddy expressed his admiration Of 9
certain young mechanical engineer. 7
was common talk that he was trying
to buy him for Pittsburgh. The young
engineers particular genius lies along
the line of shop-economy.
What? / cried when / heard tt
economy on Government jobT
Yes, economy. He had done mar
vels in reducing shop costs. And b
did il without the incentive Of sharing
| in the profits Of his economies.
'n you stay long enough at tn
EIsfhmus to get really acquainted Wit
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18

the men, you win find that no worG
is more frequently used than this
word economy
"The reduction Of the price Of
meat has been gradual, but Consist
emit, during the past year On January
II, 1909, porterhouse steak cost 80
cents a pound at the commissaries;
on February 1 the price was reduced
to II cents; on May 80 it was selling
at 25 cents d pound. but as soon as
the new meat Contract went into eff
feet, the pr as reduced to %
cents, and it remained at % cents I'M
til February 1, 1910, when it was re-
duced to Fl cents.
zone cannot be long on the Canal
Zone without beginning to look
around for the Socialist in the wood
pile. The natural inference from all
these varied collective activities is
that some one or all Of the Commits
, sioners are tainted with Socialism
They are technical men, little inter-
ested in political philosophy.
"All this practical operation of
methods which our responsible edi-
tors and college professors call the
vagaries of Utopian dreamers has
arisen out of grim necessity. The Com
mission was not persuaded to take.
up municipal trading government
Ownership of railways, nor the manu-
facture of Ice cream and apple pies,
by the arguments Of the Fabian
Tracts but because Of the logic Of
] events. hTe necessities Of the situa-
ton forced them to experiment in
methods which have long been advo-
cated by Socialism. The marvel Is
that, even under the administrators
lunfriendly or Indifferent to Socialism,
these socialistic experiments have
lsuceeeded without exception. New
York American
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18

vast beyond. seeking the consolation
OF hope eternal.
When speak myriad people As1
ten to my voice. The Anglo-saxon;
the celt the Hun, the slay, the Hindu
all comprehend me.
/ am the tireless Clarion Of the
news. cry with your Joys and sor-
rows every hour. / i'll the dullard's
mind with thoughts uplifting. am
light, knowledge and power. ! eplt-
omize conauests Of mind over mat
ter.
/ am the record Of all things man;
kind has achieved. MY offspring
comes to you in the candles glow,
amid the dim lamps of poverty. the
spIandor Of riches; at sunrise, at high
noon and in the waning evening.
I an the laughter and tears Of the
world. and / shall never die until
All things return to the immutable
dust
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18

ployment, and this would lead OF the
continuous extension of public factor
les and workshops. AS this went on
the capitalist manufacturers would
find it impossible to obtain wrokmen,
and would. be obliged to close their
factories or hand them over to the
government, receiving in exchange an
annuity in coupons based : upon the
actual selling value of their property;
while they themselves could, If they
wished it, enter the public service as
managers.
The End Of Metal Money.
It Is needless here to enter into.
further details. II is quite evident that
the process here described would go
on continuously till, practically, the
whole population would have entered
the ranks of the cooperative common
wealth; and, coincidently with this in
flow, gold and silver currency would
steadily diminish in value, till at last
it would be absolutely worthless as
money, retaining only its value as
metal useful in the arts or for orna-
ments-a value which would certainly
dwindle to a mere fraction of what it
is now. And uring the whole of this
gradual development of the new social
organization not a particle of compul-
sion would be needed. There would
be free and open trial of the COM
parative merits of the two systems side
by side.
No CompuIsion Would be Used.
No single step in the measures Of
the government colud be: objected to
by the anti-Socialist. capitalists - and
workers, since 1t would be exactly
the same kind of competition which
they have always carried on with each
other by which the big capitalist had
driven out the small one, and the trust
or syndicate had swallowed up the in
dividual manufacturer. The great diff
ference would be that while, the result
of the competitive system had been to
create regiment of millionaires at the
top and anrarnny of unemployed at the
bottom mansions and palaces on the,
one hand, and the slums and cellars
of a thoucand cities on the other-the
adoption of the Socialistic method Of
cooperation had abolished all these
iniquities and horrors, had rendered it
impossible for any human being to
suffer want in the midst of wealth, or
to be driven to suicide after a hopeless
struggle for work.
No Danger of an Exodus.
One more word beofre close.
Some of my readers may make the
objection that as soon as the govern
ment began this system of wholesale
production large number Of capitalists
and Manufacturers would go abroad,
and establish factories where they
could obtain cheap labor, thus 'im-
poverishing the country" But if they
hid SO it would merely facilitate the
measures of the Socialist government.
They could not carry away their fac
tories, and their money as we have
seen would not be wanted.
Numerous other details are dis
cussed by Mr.. .Bellamy, and strongly
recommend such Of my readers as are
interested in the subject to study this
book 1 venture to think that have,
as l proposed to do, pointed out at
least one very simple and thoroughly
effeetual method by which a Socialist
government, whenever it comes into
power oclud proceed at once to give
effect to the fundamental principles
of ocial-Democracy.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18

E he had made the same inquiry
this question, and eclared that
Of many Social-De friends,
and could get no satisfactory answer.
None of them, he said, had the least
motion of what could be done first, and
next, and next-hoW, in fact, capt.
taiistic could be changed into a So
cialistic regime, quietly and systema-
tfcally, without any compulsion, and
yet in such way as to secure before
Hong the assent and cooperation even
of the non-Socialist workers and capi-
talists.
Now, quite agree with the, writer
that these questions should be answer
ed, and that, if well done, it would
grealy advance the cause of Socialism.
He will therefore, am sure, be much
surprised to hear that it has been
thoroughly well done, in the c1earest
and most direct manner, in a book
published several years ago, and
which ought to form part of every So
cialist,s library-Edward Bellamy's
Equality" It is to be found in Chap
ter XXXVII of that yloume -aThe
Transition Period and especially from
page S52 to the end of the chapter;
but as no doubt the majority do not
possess this book. and have no means
of seeing it, propose to give a sketch
here Of the method indicated, which is,
in my opinion, by far the best and
simplest method yet suggested, and
only needs to be thoroughly under
stood by all Socialists who really
study their subject, in order that it
may be adopted when the good time
comes and we have Socialist ma
|jority and Socialist government in
power.
Al few preliminaries must first be
entered into. 1t is obvious, for in
stance, that such Socialist govern
|ment will not follow Immediately
after such government as We have
now, or even the most advanced gov
eminent we have ever had. There
will inevitably be a series Of con-
crosses in which radical and Socialist
members will be present in ever-in-
fcreasing numbers. with eYer-increasing
power over legislation. till at length
they will be in a majority. In such
body Socialists will have great power
and influence, till they, in their turn.
obtain the actual majority, and the
time win come when they will have
the power to carry their principles in
to action.
Now, during this period of continu..
Gus progress many things will be done,
many principles will be established,
which Will greatly facilitate the work
Of the future Socialist government.
First, all the local public services
water and gas supply, all forms OF
electrical supply. the liquor trathc,
milk supply, etc.-Will be municipaliz-
ed: and such general services as rail-
roads and canals, and the working OF
coal and other minerals. will have
been nationalized. And if the land
itself has not been taken over to be
administered by the municipalities, we
shah certainly have adopted the prin-
ciple Of one valuation as q basis for
taxation or purchase whenever the
state or any local authority requires
land for any purposes of public
utility.
The Subject Of inheritance.
All these important measures Wih
be greatly facilitated BY the prelim1n-
airy adoption of a great ethical primer
Plea principle which is. in my opin-
$1,000 !, .no1inor tho consolation
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18
Where Uncle Sam Runs q Big Restaurant :.

tBy Edwin MARKHAM, Author THE Man with the H0e'
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18
Il There Were "A SociaIDemocratic Government,


Greatest Living selsns
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-04-18

tSP 80uy GHe
bunyan suffered in all some twelve
FEARS Imprisonment, and during ont
WI these terms his vivid and won
uefial Imagination conceived his greal
parable, The Pilgrims Progress
which has been translated into oyel
hundred languages. While in pris
W ne helped keep his family by max
y Jagged laces. His wife journeyet
"1ondon and made vain intereessioI
y us behalf. He was not finally re
'dseO until 1872, when the attemp
" Vigorously suppress Nonconformit.
vas relaxed.
notwithstanding Pilgrim
.'Osress were to be written, it woull
.'Oessarily be expressed in differen
s'''ns' and the man who did thi
a, suiu get as little thanks as Bunyal
w IN his own day, or Calico in his
: Vefyantes or Tasso or Socrates
~ We prosecute the men who teacl
4s great moral or spiritual truth
'su We chain ourselves to the lette
, ssuef than the spirit of their teacl
80, -, ana thus, the truth of one gel
ss a.iOa becomes the cant and supel
sutton Of the next
In New Terms.
s,,a rlisrim's Progress in new terms
s We have the doomed City Of D.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
SOCIETY WOMAN OF
ROME DROPS DEAD
AT A BRIDGE PARTY

ROME, GA. Nov. While at a
game Of auction bridge at the home of
Mrs. Walter Cothran. Mrs. B. T.
Haynes, one of the most prominent So
ciety women Of Rome, suddenly gave a
scream and dropped dead
The Cothran home was filled with
the laughter and merry voices of a
store or more of beautifully gowned
women seated around the card tables.
when all at once the scream of a
woman was heard. Startled, the par
Elephants in the card game rushed over
to the corner of the room from whence
the scream came and there they beheld
Mrs. Haynes limp form.
Mrs. Haynes was the wife of B. r.
Haynes. president OF the Rome Hard
ware Company, and was a leading
member of the social set of Rome Her
death was attributed to heart failure.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
MACON READY TO AID
MERCER ONLY WHEN
REMOVAL TALK ENDS

MACON, GA. Nov. 1.-The various
committees appointed last year by To-
cal bodies, when the proposal to move
Mercer university to another city was
rife. viii hold a general meeting on
FRIDAY for the purpose Of preparing a
report for the Georgia Baptist conven-
ton, which will meet this month.
The citizens of Macon raised S4O0 00
last year. and arranged to purchase
more land for the university. and when
the convention refused to accept this
oifer they returned the money and
called off further negotiations That
this is the temper of the Macon peopIe
now Will be the subject Of the report 10
be presented to the 1912 convention. It
VIII also be stated, however, that Ma
con will assist Mercer in every wav
possible whenever the project to move
the college elsewhere is definitely aban-
doned.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
Girls Wear New
+ all Gowns at
Luncheon

At the luncheon given by Mrs. J. K
Orr and Miss Harriet orr in honor of
Misses Passie May Ottley and Mario
rie Brown, many handsome fall cos
tunes were noted.
Among the beautifully gowned guests
was Miss Margaret Hawkins. wearing
brown corduroy and brown hat. Miss
Elizabeth Morgan wore brown marqui-
settle embroidered with a gray hat
adorned with pink roses. Miss Laura
Cowlcs wore black satin trimmed In
shadow lace, with black plumed hat
Miss clifford West was gowned in
American Beauty chiffon, yelling satin,
bordered in fur and worn with fur
trimmed hat.
Miss Nellie Kiser Stewart wore OLD
rose charmeuse satin. her black hat
adorned with a paradise. Miss Aimee
Hunnicutt was gowned in golden brown
satin, with hat to match. Miss Nil
dred Harmar's costume Of gray crepe
de chine was completed by hat &c
match. Miss Lula Dean Jones wore
brown crepe de chine. with brown
plumed hat
Miss Adrienne Battey wore brown
chiffon, with hat of brown velvet. Miss
Carolyn King was gowned in white sat
in combined with shadow lace, worn
with a black velvet hat adorned with
a white aigrette. Miss Helen Oar
gan's gown of gray crepe de chine was
worn with gray hat trimmed in white
wings. Miss Annie Lee Mckenzie wore
white satin draped in black marquisette
with hat to match.
Miss Mary Traylor wore black satin
with picture hat of black Miss Helen
Payne was gowned in black charmeuse
satin, with a black plumed hat. Miss
Laura Ansey's costume of pale green
satin was completed by a hat of taupe
colored velvet Miss Harriet Calhoun
wore black satin, lace trimmed. and
worn with hat of black velvet adorned
with aigrettes. Miss Anne Qrme wore
brown charmeuse satin with plumed
hat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
AGED HARLEM WOMAN DIES.

HARLEM. GA, NV. Mrs. S. E.
Mercer. aged 81 years, died at her home
in Harlem, after an illness of several
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE
ALLEGED WHITE SLAYER

COLUMBUS, GA, Nov. 1-Charged
with violating the Federal white slave
traffic act of June 20, 1910. V. c. Nc
Kenzie, distillery gauger, in the en-
ployment of the government with
headquarters in Columbus. has been
released on bond of $500, after hear
ing before Clerk n A. Brown, of the
United States court
Eta Long. the woman in the case. is
about nineteen years of age 1t is
claimed that Mckenzie became ac-
quainted with her in Chattanooga, from
which place they went to St. Louis and
from there to Birmingham. The Fed
eral authorities are endeavoring to To-
cate her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
Right Now, With a Fall Season Ahead, We Are
Obliged and Pleased to Announce
WOmen'S $3.50 and $500 Goats at $3.50

Obliged because if we did tell of the good news
would not be living up principle of giving you the
benefit of the purchases and then able
make pleased because doing you a good service
So and SIS SI85o And they show their Worth
1t takes persuasion part You it in the
rails the soft bOuCles, the velour striped cloths rich
browns tans greys in blues lined with silks often of
contrasting shade that show in the The cuffs and
collars of black velvet or black crushed silk
Newer models have not been made
Isn't it opportunity that you may buy them a
real worth while saving?
And While Speaking of Coats---
The brillanoy of the above value blind you
the worthness of this stock of every price 1t is
lanta that you will like stock that broader than
any that has been brought Atlanta We say this be-
we know it a fact
Among the novelties distinctive this are
called the Johnny Coats short every detail These
in rough mixture weaves often twoaced with plaid backs
fuzzy wide welt diagonas the stripes sometimes bold
and distinctive and again 5hadoWv Some of these plain
edged others show the black braid Some these have
the COse-ltting collars buttOnng tight around the 9th
the wide and the large collars Then Cre
many novel astrakhan cloth in full and
lengtbs-and the Colorings your choice.
Prices go slowly from SI2 so SIS for these
Black Coats that seemingly will always be the
vceabe of all Here they range of that
spells satisfaction for the who requires sixteen
misses size yfour the plain black broad
CLOTH of of CheViO the "dressed up black
those with broad velvet collars with rich silk brads
brodery embellshing collars and cuffs mayhap forming
belt across the back
These priced from through S2I75 SIS to S37 So
'hamhnrlin=. IOhnSOn=DuROSn COmnan,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
FATHER TRIES TO END LIFE
WHEN SON BURNS TO DEATH

COLUMBUS. GA, Nov George
Cummins. a negro man living on what
is known as the Poor House road, six
miles from Columbus, tried to commit;
suicide upon learning that his son, Sam
CummIns. aged nine years. had been
burned TO death when a barn was de-
st-oyed. His father in his efforts to
commit suicide, missed the spot where
he aimed and shot himself through the
hand
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
Climate Failed;
Medicine Effective

II mas been absolutely shown that rest.
fresh air and good food do help many
persons suffering from tuberculosis But
1t must be admitted that the disease is
seldom more than arrested" Something
more is needed.
Eckman's Alternative is a medicine made
Tor the treatment of tuberculosis 1t has
conquered this disease again and again
Often these benefits have been effected
Where the surroundings were not ideal
yet recoVeries resulted. Now we argue
that Eckman's Alternative should be used
IN every case Of tuberculosis. in addition
to good, nourishing food and fresh air.
which we all need, y remarkable case
follows:
oa Weldon, Ill.
Gentlemen: Through Eckman's Altera-
i've ! have been saved from a premature
grave. on December A. 1904 | was taken
with typhoid pneumonia NV lungs be-
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examined and tuberculosis bacill were
round. On February 81 1905. | was ad-
yised to go to Fort Worth, Tex While
there an absceSs in my right lung broke
and discharged. / grew worse. and be-
came very much emaciated NV physician
as quickly as possible. | left Texas June
! and arrived in Canon City June 3 very
feeble After being there two weeks, my
physician informed me that my case was
hopeless. Three weeks later ] returned
home. weighing 1903 pounds, the doctor
having given me no assurance of reaching
there alive.
"On July IA. 1905 began taking Eek
mans wonderful remedy for consumption.
Today | weigh 1853 pounds. ! am stout
and well and can do any kind of work
about my grain elevator ! have not an
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well, and never felt better"
(SwOrn affidavO ARTHUR WEBB.
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