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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-06-17
WHEN PROTEsTANTIsM DIES"

WHEN PROTEsTANTIsM DIEs''
The following precious piece of
Roman Catholicity appeared on
the first page of Freeman's Journ.
al, one of the highest.toned and
most ably edited organs of the
Roman Catholic church in this
country. The writer said:
"But assuming that the oft-re.
peated prophecy of the near death
of Protestantism is correct, would
it's actual fulfillment be a cause
of unalloyed qualification to the
Catholic church? Let US not for.
get that it was the devil who put
protest into Protestantism. The
'ism' with it's countless progeny
will eventually die, but old Satan
will see to it that protest will
live as long as there is truth to
deny, q virtue to violate, Or q
God to condemn. In fact, his
protest will be as enduring as hell
itself. The dissolutitn of Protest.
antism means the evolution of
inidelity, cold, heartless, reok-
less infdelity, that will hate and
rob and perseoute the church of
Christ with all the inherited pre-.
iudioe of its deceased parents, but
unrestrained by the Christian in
stincts of It's forbear.'
The bigotry of the man who
wrote the above paragraph is very
manifest. His respect for his.
tory, however, and his sanity, are
open to serious question. AS long
as hierarchy basing it's supreme
claim on a fiction continues to
exploit the grace of God and pre-.
vent his truth in the interest of q
vast politioo-religious institution,
there will be vigorous protests on
the part of those whom the truth
in Christ has made free. As long
as that hierarchy persists in med
ding in politics, not to promote
the kingdom of righteousness in
the world, but to build up the
eoclesiasticism it serves, there will
be vigorous protest by the friends
of freedom and righteousness.
Professionalism will continue until
the Church of Rome has ceased to
be Roman and pspal, and the
Holy Catholic church has been
realized on earth. In many lands
not the dissolution, but the pres.
epoe. of Romanism has resulted
in the sort of infidelity described.
From Pittsburgh Christian Ad-
| vocate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

expressing to Charles Sumner his sorrow
over the possibility Of war between England
and America and his intention to retire from
public life IL such an event should come to
pass, was filled with a sense of brotherhood
which left no room for personal or national
narrowness. The creators OF art, against
bitter calumny have worl ed in the service
of mankind. Art for arts sake does not
produce great art
our good will toward our fellowmen is
public spirit, To search out the effects OF
our acts as citizens and voters is to prove
ourselves public spirited. Good will is made
efficient by knowledge ut is a home-hred
right fireslde privilege" said Daniel Web
ster ito canvass the merits Of measures and
public men" But It is more than a right,
more even than a privilege 1t is duty,
We are all of us responsible for the acts
of our public men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

TtRE-and rotten hose again! 1t is be-
i coming an old story, a sckening mad
dentng story; fire that destroys property and
rotten hose that bursts. Today, tomorrow,
or some other time, it may he more than
property that will be destroyed; it may be
human life. Attention has been called often
enough to the fact that large part OF the
hose owned by the city is UNFIT for use
Something must be done Immediately. not
by and by. Councils have way of financing
land grabs with the public money. Couldn't
it finance little public safety?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Getting After the Coal Embargoes

NTEW laws and regulations have not put
IN an end to railroad rebates and dis
ordinations. Even a college economist can
testify to new ways of turning old tricks.
By pro-rating spurlines and half a dozen
other means and methods all the essential
practices of rebating are still possible. The
Interstate Commerce Commission thinks it
has spotted new ruse. 1t is the so-caled
embargo" placed by coal-carrying railroads
on the fuel. Informal complaint alleges
that they have been used to discriminate
against certain shippers.
Though it is evident that coal-owning
roads might be sorely tempted to such action,
the truth of the matter is not yet at issue.
The commission simply considers the charge
serious enough to justify some action, and
it has summoned representatives OF all the
roads affected to appear before it in Jan
uary, If it finds evidence to support the
complaints nobody will applaud its enter
prise more loudly than the consumer who
will then be burning that steadily advanc-
ing fuel,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
THE IDEALIST

Can you think on your feet? BY which
do not necessarily mean, Can Won
stand up and make a speech, without
previous notification, on any given subject .
Those that excel in the art Of quickly think
ing out situation and putting il in svs-
tematic order of presentation do not alwsys
come within that class We term "extempora-
neous speakers"
man can handle situation with marked
skill and precision can convince those wItbiT
sight or hearing Of the wisdom of his attI-
tude without saying a word
One day a high official Of the nolio. a.
partment came tearing down one OF our prin-
cipal streets in carriage. At an interssetine,
street his horse grew unruly. Just al tbe
moment 2 trolley car passed and in the con
fusion 1e motorman attempted 10 run MS
car one'oL the horses course. He figured
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
ON SOME HUMAN BONES


iFOund on headlaHd IN the bay oil fanama.l
Vague Mystery hangs on all these desert places:
The fear which hath no name hath wrought
a spell;
Strength, courage wrath, have been and left
no traces;
Thoy came, and fled; but whittier? Who can
tell?
We know but that they were-that once, in days
When ocean was a bar 'twiNt man and man.
Stout spirits wandered DER these cupes and
bays
And pershed where these river waters ran
methtnks they should have built some mighty
tomb
whose granite might endure the oentury's
rain,
Cold winter, aud the sharp night winds that
boom
Like spirits in their purgatorIa pain,
They left. It's said their proud, unburied bones
~ whiteu ou this unacRnowlcdged shore;
Yet naughl beside the rocks and worn sea-
stones
Now answer to the great Paclhc's roar.
A mountain stands where Agamemnon died.
And Cheops hath derived eternal fame
B,eausc he made his tomb a place OF pride
And there the dead MeteIla earned a name
But these-they vanished the nghtnings die
Their Hlschiefs oyer, lH the anTighted earth;
And no 3ne knowoth underneath the sky
What heroes persisted here nor whence their
Bryan waller Proctor in the Springfield Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Verbal Atrocities

THERE are atrocities and atrocities One
i Of them is a name like Kluck I'VE prefer
the common or barnyard spelingD. Half
dozen more are the "sweezes" such a cog
nomen draws from the professional humor-
lists. \ man has right to any name he
likes, or any his great great grandparents
chose for him. But that privilege entails
duties. He should not thrust himself reck-
lessly into public view if the result is going
to be such remarks as "KIuck counts his
chickens before they're hatched," or allu-
etons to his battie-cry as Lay on" The
only alternative to changing his name or re-
firing from the army is to copyright the
word and prosecute any breach Of the peace.
such as General Klucks right wing
smashed The horrors of war are bad
enough without verbal carnage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

wrong for instead he caused the car .,
the carriage substantial Jolt w sVe
According to precedent the policensu
the corner under the patronage Of bs. on
perior in the carriage, should have forts-snt' sn'
hurled strong verbal hot-shot at the n,o... swI.n
man. But he did nothing of the sort, ''Or'
He took the horse by the bride. turn.s !,
head around in the right direction ana st.ni ms
ed him off Then he waved to the motor,..' s,..'
to proceed down the street. And he hed nua
spoken a word. hOt
You see the point. Thinking on yo,,r s...
is really matter OF Keeping your hesS !.
the midst of excitement. 1t isn't spoken
and actions that calm cool poise proron.s
in YOU. 'P''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
The Ethics of Sniping
soston Transcript.

From the Boston transcript
"Sniping" is comparatively recent addition
t. the red lexicon of war, Originally or on it's
first appearance il signifed shooting from am
bush at a great distance A soldier under
this definition might be sniper. The current
definition, however apples only TO civilians who
take part in fighting and are therefore not ELI
Eble to the consideration accorded to those
who fight i'm uniform members of a recoc-
nized military organization Though the word
may be new the action it describes is very old
Sniping can be traced far back in history II
existed when organized armies We're few and
very small and by the commanders of old
times was regarded as simply one of the risks
of war, Snlpers were not worse than any other
fighters m the era before the war became a
profession apart. The defenders Of Jerusalem
against the Roman legions were almost with
out exception in the category Of snipers The
men and women who manned the walls of sara
gossa TO reinforce ITS scanty garrison subjected
themselves to the lex talionis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

composed by Celesta Leona Goble, of Pepper
town. Ind.)
A wear ago, on Labor Day, CSept. 7. 1919,
there came an awful whaCk,
a thousand fiery thunderbolts nearly scooted
the barn off the track;
The lightning a board off sent, part OF 1t in
the sorghum patch
If the lightning burned the barn down, we
would have to dig and scratch.
The lightning hit the top and ran to the
ground;
l think that barn must be sound
Mrs. GOblc and her daughter were the only
ones at home
The absent one had just started in the good
old road to roam;
The absent one had gone to see her old
friend, Blanche Medd
When she heard that loud clap of thunder
and wondered if the lightning struck my
old cat Ted.
The Lord kept the barn from burning
He kept the barn from burning because lie
loves US so.
Harrison News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Ferocious Pacifcists
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
1t is strange to find some of the tiercest ad.
vocates of a fight ito the finish" among the
advocates of peace. yet the reason is simple
enough, When an English exponent of pacific.
ism is found demanding that Germany must
be crushed. and its Emperor perhaps, sent TO
st. Helena, what seems like vindctiveness hs
explains as really due to desire for peace,
This must be the last war To make sure Of
1t Europe must destroy militarism. and to de-
stroy militarism it is necessary to destroy Ger
many. 1t is simple logic, simple as that OF
Torquemada, and those who apply 1t do not
think of themselves as inhuman. recognize
their likeness to the ferocious Cato the censor,
with his CarthaGinem delendam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Button. Button"

w HoLESALE grocers think that house
w wives have raised the price of sugar.
Housewives, or those with enough ready
money to buy barrel at a time, blame it on
the grocers. They saw the price rising and
they laid in supply. So nobody gets the
blame for what seems an unjustiiabe situa-
ton 1t is the old story Of no responsibility.
Blame it on those venerable scapegoats.
supply and Demand. and let somebody
pocket the profit. The ultimate consumer
must look with en- on the citizens of those
"war-ridden' countries where the food sup
ply is under a responsible. if official, thumb
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

II explaining why Christians go to war it
l. should be understood that when the com
maud is given to fight a mans faith counts
Tor nothing. He must answer the call. Chris
l.aulty IS not discounted by the European
war, any more than the multiplication table
is destroyed by shooting it full of holes
Truth is eternal Man is still imperfect.
The world is passing through the throcs
of evolution. Civilization does not move in a
straight line. European political ideals are
for the time, predomnatng over the Chris
-.an ideals of the 90Jh century. The conflict
VIII result in a new enthusiasm r,r those
moral forces which are the Ieaven working
slowly In modern life. There is comfortable
optimism in tho conviction that good things
wurs together for good TO them that believe
them The end Of the world is not yet, and
Tho path Of progress leads through the Car
den ~ Gethsemane
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Our Position is Imprcrnable.

Say that our jokes are shy of point
And our verse is lame and halt:
Spot, if you will, and show the world
Our every' slip and fault.
Rant at our stuff in sheer disgust,
Fen to the smallest wheeze;
Poke it as fall of gaping holes
AS an ancient SChweitZer cheese.
Roast, If you must, but play us fair
And herald it near and far,
From the lce-bound shores of the Arctic Sea
To the gades of Zanzibar;
That We alone of a horde Of bards,
Hold not line in store,
Nor have we written a single line
OF verse about the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Oni,.
ion on Subjects Important to CITY
State and Nation.

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sr-As a newcomer to Philadelphia, I wan,
to express my satisfaction with novel feahr,
of your city, its one-way street car lines A,
first they may be little hard to learn thoush
the straight streets and right angled cornsr,
greatly simplify the matter. But the sngua,
value Of your arrangement of routes seems "a
be the way 1t facilitates traffic. The car.
move much more swiftly and with far Ice,
danger to pedestrians and vehicles than in anv
American city I know Of In this respect AZ
least. Philadelphia is neither ''slow" no,
dead" Ip
philadelphia, September 90. 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
SARCASTIC IN REGARD TO PENRosE

To the Editor Of the Evenim0 Ledger:
Sir-I am heart and soul for Boies Penross
Senator Penrose Is a gentleman sui generis He
is n professional offce-seeker, and profes.
sional is always more competent than anna.
teur.
You abuse the Senator for adhering to the
machine. But this is the day of machinery,
Why. in some States they have voting ma.
chimes. I understand that in this State the
machine has done the voting whenever neces.
sary, but this may not be true after all.
THEOPHRASTUS CLUTTERBUCK.
Philadelphia September 25 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
ANY PROFIT IN ~BUYrNC A BALE,

To tho Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-T wish some Southern reader of ths
EVENING LEDGER would be good enough to ex.
plain how the purchaser of a bale of cotton h,
going to profit, or even how he is going To
break even?" hear it said that he can keen
the cotton in storage and sell II at an advance
next year. But by that time, 1t seems to me
another new crop is going to drive ths
price down instead of up. Am I right? And II
l am right, why not call the "buy-a bale'
movement legitimate charity and not try to
make people think it is q profitable phlan.
thropy7 II. L. HUSKINs
Philadelphia September 2S, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
JUSTICE FOR VILLA

TO the Editor of the EveninD Ledger:
Sir-I am glad to see the entire fairness with
which you treat Francisco Villa. Other papers
label him on every occasion with all possible
derivatives of thief" and bandit" while you
inquire only into the sincerity with which hs
backs what seem excellent principles. Certainly
Mexico will never be at peace so long as an
officer of the army is in the saddle, Villa
knows that. and he is trying to eliminate all
soldiers himself as much Carran2a In such
n work he should have the sympathy of every
American. c. X. H.
Camden, September %, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
A NEW COLLEGE DECREE FOR PENRosE

To The Editor Of The Evening Ledger:
Sr-The colleges give honorary degrees each
spring. If a few more men like Penrose HIar.
ward. SD develop his failings. their alma matters
will have 10 join US in administering the sort
of dshonorary degrees that the State of Penn.
sylvania is going to bestow on Penrose and his
crowd this fall. ALBERT WELT.
Philadelphia, September %, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

DINNS, who relates the incident in his
ID recolections, declared that he never was
able to learn the identity of his mysterious
letter writer whom he believed to have been
the same person who called upon President
Madison that evening in the winter of 1915.
In view Of how the news of the peace of
Ghent was first given to the American pub
lie through the agency of a Philadelphia
newspaper, Dame Rumor may not be so
faithess jade, While it is a good plan to
be wary of tales of surprising character,
It does not necessarily follow that all ru-
mors are untrue, no matter how extraordi-
nary they may appear, Big news does not
always come first from the fountain head.
GRANVILLE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
DONE in PHILADELPHIA

MANY of the big events in the worlds
INl history come to America first from an
unexpected quarter and in an irresponsible,
mysterious manner. recall that week
before we received the official account of the
result of Dewey's battle in Manila Bay
brief dispatch came from Paris to the effect
that the battle had been fought and the
American fleet had not lost a single vessel.
The astonishing character of the informa-
ton made most people loath to believe 1t
until a week later, when the regular dis
patches from correspondents verified the
fact
How did Paris receive the first word? 1t
has always been suspected that it got it
from Spain before Dewey could cut the
cable And this appears to be the only
reasonable theory
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Banning a Bane

From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
School is on in the big cities of the East And
"war in school has been tabooed. In Phla
delphla the acting superintendent of the schools
Doctor Brumbaugh being busy on the hustings
has banned all war discussions all geographical
studies pertaining to the battle lines and all
narratives of thrilling experiences had W
teachers before their flight refugees. This
is sound procedure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Quite Damp

Hokus-I never knew such a wet blanket
as Flubdub.
Pokus-That's right. If that fellow should
jump from the frying pan into the fire he
would put the fire out.-Life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
OF Course

Barney Phelan, Father Hcaley's servant,
was celebrated for his ready wit. one day,
while he was serving "A dinner, one of the
guests said to him: Barney why is my
ankle placed between my calf and my foot?'
"Begorra, l dunno" replied Barney; unless
-BOStOn TRANSCRIPT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Easy Money

Three minor political workers whose party
lost an election found it necessary to do
something to keep the wolf away and ap-
piled to the boss. lie got them work as con-
ductors on the local trolley line.
Some weeks later one of the three hap
pened into the barn after his run and
found his two pals dancing about in high
glee.
"Whassa matter" he asked.
"Tomorrow's payday" chorused his friends.
"Payday-holy smoke, do we get that, too"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Father, what is this higher criticism I
read so much about?"
1T is method by which a man convinces
himself of the fasity of something which
he knows is not true
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
The Impossible

War has been able to do everything except
push the pretty girl from the front cover of
the popular observation-disclosures Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
v hats i'm a Name

than Grant r. Peacock, the Princeton golfer
who beat champion ouimet up and to
play at GreenWich.-New York sun,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Model Malthusianism

From the New York world.
How Malthus would have delighted in thn
war, CHEEKY old soul!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
A Kindred Feeling

Fighting aboard ship nowadays, with at
tacks from beneath the sea and from above
the clouds, is very much like going through
a graveyard at night-you're apt just to feel
that something's going to grab you from be-
hind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
4 NnfIIrnl Query

The Flirt-Oh dear what lot of people
will be unhappy when / get married!
The Other-Why how many are you
marrying Exchange.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
PLAYING Both Ends

From the Springfield Union.
The Krupps have contributed 100000 marks
to the Red Cross fund. but their contributions
In cannon and the ammunition that provide
work for the Red Cross run up into the hun
dreds of millions of marks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Yes. Who?

We do not like McGraw to win.
And yet his losing makes us sigh;
Just think of what we'll miss this year
In alibi?
When Comics demons get to work
And one by one the foemen die,
Who'll take the place of Mathewson
To tell us why?
And Matty's famous yearly song,
This year for Boston who shall sing,
To tell the pitchers how to foil
J.. Bakers swing?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
Hcalth Hint
A Cubist Poem

Never sing the "Marseilaise" at Germa
ENQUIRER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

1t is to be hoped that it is not TOO laIs
for the Mexican factions to get together ana
prevent fresh carnival of blood.-New Of'
leans State
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29
in A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The Knock Subtle.

certain man makes hats and in them
advertises as follows: New York and big
cities"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

There is more than one "City of Palaces
Rome, which was converted from a city of
brick huts into "city of palaces by
Agrippa modern Paris Calcutta, with its
splendid European residences. Edinburgh is
sometimes given the title.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

No sensible or fair-minded person wants "
have the railroads oppressed and crippled mere,
ly because some railroad directors have oeeH
Temiss or unfaithful and some railroad pIeslii
dents have been oYerambitious. .-Sprlnghe"
AIass) Union
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29


As a man ot experience Villa distrusts the
"" ""
New YorE's primary purpose was evidently
not the defeat NJ Tammany
'Penrose, AZ Pittsburgh, says voters are
aroused Fatal confession.
- s'.''t oG We" enough
a-t-"''1eD "''" i1'' I" CalI II autumn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

Quilted love. AT the annual festival of
Apollo criminal was hurled from the rock.
various living birds were fastened to him to
break his fall, and IL he survived, freedom
was his.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-29

The most intelligble complaint of the Ger
man sympathizers in this country Is that ou,
newspapers print too much war news obtaines
from English and French sources.-New ioA
Times