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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16

On Josie's face there was a look Of
admiration which was balm to Broad
ways soul; the judge had listened
with q mouth continually opening
wider: Wallace was frankly triumph
ant
You didn't think that 1 could talk
that way. did your" asked Broadway
OF his adversary. Then, to Wallace:
How was it?"
Great"
'Great.'' said Jackson. cit was
wonderful! 1 never knew it was in
me-" He was completely satisfied
with Broadway Jones He whirIed
again on Pembroke. GO on. say some
thing else"
But Pembroke kept a stony silence
Tell you what I'll do" cried Broad
way, iii talk you for a thousand dol
lars a side"
Pembroke scorned this proposition.
Plainly he was not a sport. Then
am to understand the price is"
THE salesman viii state the price.
I'm the owner
ct don't consider any commercial
trademark worth a million and a half
VI uOAldESs 6SnDTOhS SalQ VIII c1I-
phasis.
Neither do l." said Wallace cheer
fully.
STILL" said Pembroke slowly and
coIdly, "even in business we some
times desire to satisfy our pride. II
has always been the ambition Of our
company to control this output. For
ten years we have tried to absorb it
into the Consolidated without success.
have communicated with my people
in Ohio. and, while we feel and know
the price to be highly exorbitant, we
have decided to take it over. I am
prepared to buy
"Well, We are not prepared to sell, -
said Wallace slowly and emphatically
what! I've agreed to your OWL
terms,"
81 heard everything you said"
Il don't quite gather your meaning -
No; and you're not going to gather
our chewing-gum either. We're not
going to sell. We're going to fight.
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You haven't a tottering old man to
deal with now, but young man-fuH
Of fire and fight. of energy and ambi-
tionI Look"
Bob himself knew this to have been
fine flight. He pointed with a ges-
ture full Of drama at Broadway, who
did the best he could to meet the stu
alton with an attitude which might
have broken Pembroke's gravity had
he been less absorbed and incensed
I'VE have an article which, on its
own merits, has stood up under almost
impossible. competition" Wallace con-
tinued in tone OF triumph 1--WE
have the goods to deliver, and we're
going to fight and beat you at your
own game. We're going to make you
take your own medicine, Mr. Pembroke
We're going to make you compete with
US. We're going to advertise as no ar
ticIe was ever advertised before
Were going to post and plaster from
one end of the country to the other
We're going to snow you under, that's
what we're going to do, and we're in a
position to do it,
Broadway was as proud of Wallace
as he had been of himself What do
you think Of that?" he asked the
startled Pembroke.
Pembroke smiled He had a well
trained face. He also was an egotist,
both for himself and for his company.
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pound on one other occasion, and it had
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Wayne St, Piqua, Ohio.
Women who are suffering from those
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Appropriate Name.

Aunt 'Liza's former mistress was
talking to her one morning, when
suddenly she discovered little pick
aninny standing shyly behind his
mothers skirts is this your little
Boy, Aunt 'Liza?" she asked
Yes, miss. OATS Prescriptions .
Goodness, what a funny name.
Auntie for a child2 How in the
world did you happen to call him
that?"
"Ah simply calls him dat becuz
All has sech hahd wuk gettin' him
filled"
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I'VE spend a million dollars annually
In advertising. Mr.. Wilson"
No you don't" said Wallace
promptly. Il know what you spend
better than you do yourself And my
name is not MT. Wilson, and I'm not
Mr.. Jones' secretary. He pulled q
card out OF his pocket Here's my
name and here's my business
Pembroke took the card. looked At
il. and was really affected AS far as
he was capable of showing real uneasi-
ness he showed It then.
You mean the Empire Advertising
company is behind this businessz"
The Empire Advertising company, Il
must be remembered, was the largest
in the world
Wallace had not thought Of that He
had not meant to say the Empire was
actually behind Jones Pepsin gum
But now that Pembroke had suggested
it, it seemed TO him to be a good idea.
and, without taking into consideration
the important fact that his father, not
himself, was president Of the Empire
Advertising company. he took the
plunge.
That's Just what 1 mean. and we're
| Using as you ever did, and at one
tenth the cost"
Then my people do no more bust
ness with the Empire"
"Au right" Wallace positively
sneered, then let's see how much out
! door advertising you get this side Of
| the Rocky mountains"
Pembroke rose. He was not happy,
but he did his level best to hide his
worry.
Very well. I'll take the 11:4O back
to New York. Come, John" He turned,
then, to Broadway, and spoke omin-
ously. You mark my word. Mr.. Jones.
you'll be glad to do business with US
before another year has passed"
"AH right" Broadway answered.
Come around and see me in about
twelve months. 1 may want to buy
your company"
Come, john" said Pembroke with
| out answering.
Say, John, take down that last one
I said,' Broadway called after him. 81
thought it was cOrker."
The judge rose from the chair in
which he had been sitting in a sort Of
joyous trance. I'D give ten years Of
myalife rather than have missed that"
Josie, who, as speIIbound, had been
watching from the side, sighed hap
PLY: 1T was all wonderful"
Wallace smiled at her. Have the
stenographer make carbon copies Of
all that Pembroke said-the entire con
| versation. We may need them"
discriminating, nearly every word
Of il the nudge agreed
Didn't l tell you I'd scare the life
out of him?" Wallace asked in boast
fuI tones
Did you?" said Broadway. 81 wasn't
so bad myself, was I?''
The judge grinned at him in COM
mendation. Then: I'll tell Higgins
that Pembroke has gone about his
business. Perhaps they'll raise anoth-
er cheer It viii make them all feel
just little better-if they could feel
any better. He'll spread the news in
a jiffy."
well. what did you think of it?'
Wallace asked of Jackson. How
about it, now that it's all over?"
Broadway was little dubious. It's
a good plot, but how are we going to
play it?'' he inquired, reYerting to the
atricaI slang of that street he had
| loved and lost so much on.
CTO BE CoNTINUED0
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CHAPTER xII.-continued.

CHAPTER XII.-continued.
Were just waiting for Pembroke -
said Wallace.
Pembroke! On, yes; some of the
men told me that he is in town.
What's he coming here for?"
ITO try to give US a whole lot of
money" Wallace answered. But we're
not going to take it." He grinned up
at Broadway. I'VE don't need it. do
we?"
Jackson looked at him with mourn
full eyes, recollecting all the bills he
had left behind In New York city
Don't make me laugh. didn't sleep
we'll
The judge saw his young friends
Increasing discomfort. You've made
the people of this town very happy to-
day, my boy. You ought to sleep well
after this. They owe you a great
debt"
Jackson passed the compliment. but
WINGED. please don't talk about debts!
Let's get on cheerful subject" With
a sickIy effort to relieve his mind he
turned to Wallace. "How's the bar
ber?"
The judge seized this opportunity
to extoI a local genius. "Ain't ne a
nice fellow, thought"
Yes" said Wallace dryIy, he cut
Taft's hair once
Il shouldn't be surprise" the Judge
assented heartily. Hes from Hart
ford"
His remarkable appreciation of the
dignity and g1ories Of the little cities
was a continual joy to the two friends,
who smiled across his nodding head at
one another.
Wallace looked around appreciative-
1y. The old gentleman had pretty
mice Offices here"
Yes" the Judge agreed. He nod
-ded toward the desk at which Broad
way had carelessly taken his position.
Seems strange not to see him sit
ting at that desk" He sighed. First
old Oscar Jones sat there, and he
died; then John sat there, and he died:
then Andrew sat there, and he died
now"
Broadway, who had listened To the
brief but tragical recital with expand
ing orbs. got up, and. as he edged
away from the too fatal piece of Office
furniture. eyed it with suspicion and
distaste. That's the last time III sit
there" he declared.
But Judge Spotswood had not seen
4he byplay and did not hear the youths
TesolVe. He was launched on reminis.
.cence. Every man In the plant loved
the old gentleman They all feel
mighty bad. Just think-he was alive
~ hours ago, and now the whole
towns In mourningt"
1t was at this juncture that Higgins.
a new and happy Higgins, entered.
cap in hand, respectfully He was
smiling genially. Excuse me, Mr.
Jones, the men want to know If you
have any objection to their ceIebrat-.
ing tonight
He bowed respectfully to Josie, who
entered at that moment.
They're thinking of having torch
Hight parade and fireworks in honor
OF your taking up things at the works
: is it all right?''
The judge beamed happily. What
could be more significant of the new
day which had dawned on Jonesville
sthan this speech from Higgins, .erst-
while the dissatisfied. the complainer?
That's bully ideal" he exclaimed
enthusiastically.
Wallace and Jackson looked at one
another In pleased appreciation It
WAS Josie who instinctively saw the
s11aw which had escaped the horde Of
Workmen In the shops and which now
escAped the four there in the ONCE.
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got sons of my own out in the-world.
You come right into the kitchen with
me, and I'll give you a nice slice Of
fresh bread with butter on It No, not
a. word" she continued, raising her
hand to ward on his approximations
I don't care how you came to this
state, nor anything about It; ali 1
know is you're hungry. and I've never
yet allowed anybody to leave my
house craving food."-Lippincott
Magazine
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ing to Fight"
said Broadway with what he conceiv-
ed to be great dignity.
Mr.. JONES' said Pembroke, bowling
formally
Broadway waved him to the fatal
chair. "sit right down here" he
urged.
"No. thank you" Pembroke coun-
tered.
He's on" Broadway whispered to
Wallace.
Grayely Pembroke bowed to all the
others of the party, murmuring, as he
did SO, their names. But as he bowed
to Wallace he said Wilson
Wilson," said the judge and
Josie in establishment and concert.
Bob winked at them. Yes; that's
right" he Kissed. That's my name :"
This over. Pembroke turned to his
stenographer, who had found a seat
upon an ONCE stool Take the en-
tire conversation. John, he directed.
This feazed Broadway for an in
slant but he recovered quickly. Was
he to be outdone by this emissary OF
the Gum Trust in presenting evidences
Of suspicion2 Not If he, Broadway
Jones, was kept informed OF what was
going on he wasn't He pointed to a
youth whom he had seen about the
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= LLAAAA61A > CScS-
bic Compound the
praise il deserves.
for / have taken e
at different times
and it always re-
lieYed me when
otter medicine s
failed, and when I
hear q woman COM
plain I always rec
ommend itLast WIZ
ter / was attacked
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy TO take az
candy Adv
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Its State.

That article on electric menus is all
mixed up
Yes. it does look like current 'pi' -
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There is nothing in the theory of the
survival of the fittest- Taifors aver
that the insists stay with them longest.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
FEELS LIKE
4 new WOMAN
AsLydia E Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Dispened
RacLache, Headaches
and Dizziness.

Pioua, Ohio.-'sI would be very un-
grateful If I failed to give Lydia &
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
THE TESTING MACHINE-By George E

basket. and whence few emerge after the
bands of habit have been fastened.
1t seems as though our modern Amer
leans. in increasing numbers. are deter
mined to deny the appropriateness of a
neral guillotine as a moral testing ap-
paratus. Their solution of the problem of
sin is to take away the temptation by
fcrco of law. They would curtail liberty
as means of saving men from destruc-
ton. 1t is needless to say that to many
others this is a doctrine for babes.
Hence there is involved in the vast
debate about the saloon another and more
fundamental principle, the principle of
freedom, the right of men to be tempted,
to fall. to rise again, to know the easy
descent to hell and the Sisyphus-task of
rolling the stone, emancipation, up that
fearful declivity again.
Our civilization, our whole manner of
life is controlled by a fierce relentless
ness, the logic of individual responsibility,
and the saloon is its most inevitable ex-
preston. In a socialistic state it would
have no chance would be promptly out
cast. Under a paternalistic mode of So
ciety, with present scientific knowledge,
it would be abhorred. And the whole de-
bate arises from the fact that most Of
us are either tinged with paternalism or
with socialism. We think in terms of the
community in its duty to the weak indi-
vidual, or of the community itself loaded
with wreckage and flung back from its
goal by the output of the moral guillotine
Hence the demand that prohibitory laws
must be enacted, re-enacted, the fight
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HISTORY-ODD SCHOOL DAYS-By B. F. Riley

but in spelling each preceding syllable
was pronounced, even to the close of the
word. If, for instance. the word no
toriety was given. the pupil would spell
NO. ne. to- noto, ri, notori, e. notorie.t-y.
te. notoriety. When it would come %
spelling long words. they would be rattleG
off with a voluhilit1 that was often amaz-
ms 1t was interesting to hear words
like ineombustibility and honorlfieabllitu-
dinity spelled after this fashion. AS with
vocal fusillade, the pupil would clatter
off long words building each up as he
would proceed, the teacher would stand
with his head slightly careened to hear i
properly done. Whatever other effect
such exercise had. il gave clearness Of
articulation. II a word was misspened.
it was given to the next student with 4
"NeXti' from the teacher, and If sue-
cessfully spelled by the one next below
him. he would turn down" the one who
failed, or in other words, take his place
in the line. sending the one who failal
nearer toward the foot of the class Like
trembling eulprts the pupils would thus
stand throughout the. recitation, and
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in which We live as a being, not as the
vague impersonal entity which the fathers
called commonwealth. We are all in
some degree communists. or at least So
cialists.
Now whether this new element in our
thinking can be held to justify the legal
limitation of our brothers liberty is
perhaps an interesting topic for poliri-
cal theorists. As matter of fact it is
actually doing that very thing. We too
easily turn to the law. and imagine
that the law viii help us. Good and no
BILE men everywhere have cut the the
oretieal knot for themselves all over
the world of democracy and have said
in effect, sLiberty or no liberty, the
saloon must gom Behold then in many
places the bars let down, or the bars
put up again, as the quasi socialistic
impulse or the old crude materialistic
individualism won votes or bribed the
police. For the most part the guillotine
managed to go on grinding out it's
quota of souls. duly mangled or very
rarely escaping the ohug of its knife.
Those dear immaginative persons who
boast of their loyalty to party prin-
ciples must have great difficulty in ad-
justing themselves to the new ideas
that are so unmistakably abroad in air,
earth, sea, and yet there is no use dis
cussng the moral guillotine from the
point of view from which Maine and
Kansas and even Alabama, have been
discussing it these past years. The only
sane and fruitful line of enquiry is
What is good for the community? Is
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this guillotine community boon? Does
il yield community value2 Has it any
necessary or legitimate place in our
civilizations"
And there can be little doubt of the
answer Admitting that of course most
men will vote for their own desires.
and are not greatly socialized at pres
ent, il must be confessed that the num-
bers of those who are angry with the
guillotine has enormously increased in
the very years that the social con-
sciousness of the age has been stead
lily awakening. They see that here is a
moral destroyer not only for the chief
free agent, but for his home and his
dependent babes and wife, his business
associates, his neighbors. and his city.
1t is this that provokes the roar Of in
dignation.
But on the other hand the old line of
attack upon the testing machine is be-
ing carefully reviewed and revised.
Your traditional prohibitionist or your
traditional local optionist looked at all
the appurtenances of the testing ma
chine and decried them as one and all
begotten of diabolic cunning and greed.
He was root and branch man, a mo
compromise" orator. He had Travelled
along the line OF socialistie thinking
wholly in the interest OF the victims of
the guillotine, and he wasA willing to
sacrifice the old principle of indiVid-
nal liberty for their sakes and be-
cause "the majority rules
Now in fact there is no doubt that
the real deadliness of the testing ma
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chine, the moral guilletine, whose vic
Tins so seldom escape, lies IN It's use
of spirituous liquors. Through the eheap
whisky sold i'm vast quantities to both
whites and negroes come almost ali
the crimes of violence, many Of the
accidents and much of the sickness.
poverty. suffering, insanity and petty
crime which appals the world Woe TO
the bloody eity!" cried an ancient
preacher and many an American
knows that such a woe lies against
our beloved community, set so fair and
so highly favored among the riches of
the earth. No one can doubt whence
this woe is derived. 1t is part of tho
output of the moral guillotine, by the
knife called whisky. and generally
falsely SO labelled.
Again the forces are gathering to
put UP the bars; and who can wonder ?
But yet something should have been
learned from the past. Clearly the law
is weak when it is stretched too far.
Not yet Is the social conscience dom
inant in the men most inclined to vol
unteer for the testing machine They
are sheer individualists, and will break
the law made in defiance of their fran
chise as American men. To. them a
bout with the guillotine is the test and
is foolish to attempt too much and
again have the bars thrown down
legally and illegally.
What then? The machine must be
changed, Instead of being so cruel and s,
herce very molten image of a fiery
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HUNDREDS of millions of dollars
are invested in creating, and other
hundreds of millions in strength
ming. the cruelest apparatus ever devised
lor the testing of men. More men, and
women, too, go down TO death by way Of
weird miseries unspeakable, than We're
,ver caught in the prosecutions. the mar
.yrdoms, the religious wars, about which
aistorians weave their romantic tissues
,f fact, and all because this moral gull
otine works so remorselessly. 1t is the
most astute money maker developed by
civilization. In America
It is called the saloon, in England the
pub" or in a more ornate vernacular,
he public 'ouse." And it is a growth
;ather than a creation.
Many are the theories, many the friends,
many the execrating and fierce foes.
many the eloquent critics, of this moral
g.'illotine. To some it appears perfectly
aormal an utterly fair thing to establish.
a to make money by running. To some
~ this is scandalous. contemplate, tn
turing the loss of self-respect because
It seems to involve the loss of the re-
spect of decent citizens. But the keeper
or owner of the machine retorts that in a
free country every man should settle the
question for himself whether he would
5rinS or not, and that on himself alone
must rest the whole responsibility of pur-
chasing and consuming the liquor. The
tact remains, however, that this line of
business is the conduct of a moral gull
otine, where characters fall into the
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though the former might he the solder
of the two. and often was. School was
taught according to certain arbitrary
rule and not according to the principle
of common sense. Most schools We're
therefore regarded by pupils as terrors.
and not as places of mental pleasure. \
tight" teacher. as the rigid dlsciplina-
rian was called. was much in demand.
Many a pedagogue would lose an oppor-
tunity to procure a school because he was
loose" or as we would say nowadays,
because he was reasonable and not a
ringmaster with his whip. No higher
eommendation was there than that one
would fog even the largest boys. In
consequence of this condition in the early
school. the teacher was held in almost
universal awe. with no touch of con-
geniality with any pupil.
In all recitations save those of read
ing and spelling, pupils would sit The
spelling classes were somewhat graded
and in reciting, would stand in a line
facing the teacher, who would give OUT
the words to be spelled. Each syllable
had not only to be spelled and articuateu,
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again and again renewed. until the gull
lotine shall be abolished. Hence also the
tremendous logic of the trade and its sup-
porters. based on fundamental facts in
our traditional American civilization. And
1t must be admitted by the sternest moral
list. by the most passionate prohibitionlst
who draws his pity from contemplating
the output of the guillotine, that after
all, If the American ideal is the utmost
responsibility and freedom for each indi-
vidual, there is little room for attacking
the saloon by legal enactment. We pay
by risk for the individual liberty we
cherish.
But another element is widely entering
into all political thinking For good or
ILL., we have chosen the path of commun-
ity cooperative welfare. We have begun
to think of our country or state, not mere
ly as something to be fought and bled
and died for when the call comes. but as
a sort of complex personality to the loved
and served and to have her health and
welfare sought, that she may sit a queen
among her fellows For instance, it pains
us to know that in some respects Georgia
is making more rapid progress in fighting
community diseases than Alabama can
yet claim. Or we think with pride of
Birmingham. our city, as being beau
tifully Situated. clean, well governed. and
we grieve to know how her record of blood
stains her reputation wherever the story
Is known. We rejoice in our school sys-
tenn; We boast of many things, and we
mourn over many, because we think in
a crude way indeed, of the community