Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-09-21

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wen they voted Ou the proposition %
ssike. had ever ziven ssrioGz Thought
. the far reaching effects Of their
a zen should Il come 10 an actual
wLk1u-- The sane car Be said Of the
q lzezshiP Of the country az Izrxe-
S-r-kes had ossn Of 80 freeGsnt Occur
re1cs dzrlzg the past half century,
ard TIE Business Of the country had
suffered zsrh snail ehecxs shersfroU
that we had bssn luiled into 4 false
sense Of security
In the great sri<iS. which has 5sen
fer a tire 9v-r-sd. however. the
eu1rsrT haz a last been awakened %
rre 11ar--us loser q orE1nizssi
81 ersz -ow we would not Be
alive b. 5his great power had :
ncs reen thrsateninx the very life Of
q. nari0z-
Esw q the masses q the people
hzf ever realized h0x fully were the
-alrcads the arteries through which
eo1rssd the commercial life blood Of
tn natioa- Not until vs were thrsa-
tened Eith a ss0pPzgs Ct that life
El1z stream did re awaken to tn
Dire perl wkieh szch acton partend-
ID Ozly EitEia the past few weeks
aa7s We begun 70 appreciate the ex-
ts-s q the EzzE. the suffering. the
CO sssal losses that must have insvi-
ta5ly resulted had the strike natter
allrsl
Bat row tat Ee are AZ l1S- awake
% the real si<niSczres Of the si-ua-
non that ec1fruuts Is. we Sho1id
pru6t b. cur kn0~ledge- We should
see - s AZ 0ces tat 10 similar peri
= ever 2gzia permitted 70 threaten Is
We uzzss recognize the fact that
the railroads are an absolute ze-
esssity 20 national ITfe; that il i nos
: u0-.I and P9tristic duty incumbent
uE1z Eot orly- ils E7rzxsrs- bet upon
TIE emPleyes as Eel. q Keep tie
rCa&s n 7peF4siez
rs. Ws EzaE Al -5ogs lie rights
q izser. ard Of that proud boast rhz-
ws are al free born American eisi-
=srS- BIT wk=z a snail per cent Of
IL people. sz-ksr a. Managers or A.
sPeztives. Ezve reached the point
Ekza ths he Of the nation Is ahso-
lztsly AZ thsir merry. then that snail
Pc cent ceases % be frye N the fail
ser e e ire ~0ri They are bound
70 \ higher duty tran self interest
II , are II boz1zse 70 the great
ca Sc az universal humanity They
h Ez1e tsez<elves absolutely ne
ess say 70 their fellows and are NOT
frss 70 foll0< their Own incIinAtions
nv zvs becone q part Of the
RI sALnery thA- moves ! nztiO1- and
mt bear the responsibilities that
ses 1upany the position
sfe INST realize that for the rail
reed Eazn 20 quit his post tunless j
ca pstezt substitute Is az hand TO As
sure his dutissl IS Just as repEehea-
szo z as a violation Of tram orders and
srz1zht vita As great peril 70 the
pz5lie safety. The rzilruaier must
Be brought 70 see that ne owes \
ss4srsl 71zsy 80 Ks sS==s.<<TT. 81 @x==
seecnd 70 tkzt Of TIE soldier The
s-si1er xzzarSis cur homes and car
aoEor. the rzilrosSer guards eur very
HE he skaud net destroy thzt which
h rsrss
-.nztss2 zzn sAszld ansiss tzzs
E Hao sA.zs bar he a-srsza-
af aar esz4fsEra prosperity and ssafsr.
SAL b fairy sszIs xTth- The tksgs-
zz1s Of nsn ~ho daily ard hourly tx
pose tkslr lives % TIE perks Of the
HsS-s that we nay prosper ard i've II
ccnfor- sha11d have the FIJI wsight Of
sUE infzsnes ard sympathy towards
ssclrinz square deal The ruaGs
acs-ld Be EzaGe % feel snzt an n
istses 70 TEN Is an zzro1t 20 the
ION AL Likewise. the employees
a-iG se n1de 10 realize that %
-aro.eie the rozis : 70 cruelty the
zxfian whiGk ever honest American
Can this Dc d9ne without govern
u acton. Possibly not But Il
sAsuad be necessary. then
-. cones the better An
tension and Tn