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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

AGAIN has London been subject to
air raid by the German barbarians,
and o number Of men, women and
children murdered. How long will a
Merciful Father permit ths c%ontinu.
ance OF such hellish deeds?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

JEFFERSON DEMOCRAT: "In view
OF the fact that the Democrats have
the Congressman in the 18th District
and the Republicans are the "outs,'
gives an opportunity for several to
think, ~ am the man to lead the party
to victory" Albert Miller, an attor-
ney Of Hillsboro, M. E. Rhodes, OF
potosi, W. A. Settle, of Greenville,
Sam Bond, of P%erryville and U. W.
Ramsey, of Bismarck, it is said, have
each heard the Republican bee calling
them to higher ground. Possibly any
Of these would be willing to make the
race, as the Democrats will have
new man this time because W. l.
Hensley declines to run again"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

THE good people of Virginia are
forming State Rights clubs, and it is
time such a movement should be
made. OF this the New York Times
truly says: "The preservation to the
several states OF their undefegated
aud unprecedented constitutional pow.
ers, OF the rich treasury Of their re-
served powers, should be striven for
by every man who wants the Ameri'
can form of government to retain
something of it's original principles
who believes in local Initiative anc
self-government, who Is not willing
to sacrifice the power of the state Il
the all swallowing federal monster"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

mnxru- Uru HgIaI1Ed. y%faEesDear,
ana the bible wiil survive. aftos aII
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

Job Work at the REGISTER office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-07

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ta-y read lns las. Issue of tie
CREsSET as VI are not E9:ng
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with the changing poiss Of the
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ordiuation;-
| /. TIE power TO change the
bread and vine into the iroe
Body aDd Blood OF cur Saviour
Jesus Christ Do you believe
;his:
. The power to forgive sibs"
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"AUsolo,ion is the sentence
pronounced oy the priest 10 toe
place OF God, forgiying the sinner
who has confessed his sins. He
does gda. Jesus Christ would DO
if be we're uron the earth. For
tha priest IS sent b. Je3ns
Cariss. tie Son o. God. with the
same power to remit si1s 9Th
which be himself was sent by
bis neaveu.y Father" mission
Book Page 262)
Nov this leayes us without any
1oab. as 10 who the character
vas spoken OF by the three
inspired men nantd above
kcowiDg as We do now; tha. il
ras tie Pope OF Rome: that was
to change times and Laws, which
be has done. The reader will
pislnly see tina! the Pope is the
very character. God said should
change the times and Jaws. And
be is the one that changed the
Sabbath. For II the reader will
just read cur last issue OF The
CREssET They will learn that
Cos never changed it nor neither
did lie intend that ii should be
changed, Tnan we ask. how could
.e be justified ir keeping tbe
frs. day Of the week? Ard the
answer must come from the
Di5le, After remembering that
TIE times ana laws are given to
TIE aove eminent of people. We
shall ask you to read this
scripture.
Submit yourselves 10 every
ordnance Of man for the Lords
sake: Shether it be to the king
Is s1preme. o. unto Governors,
- --:1 i1=o that are sent oy
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Sabbath, We will baye 10, be-
fore we are through. speak Of
The difference there is. between
an ordinance and the penalty
iags CT men. But for the
present We shall ask son TO resd
this.
Pat t1en in mind 10 te sub
ject to Drincipa Jities and power.
70 obey magistrates. t, be
ready to every good work.
Titus SD
Here Paul exor.s Ta9s. 70 put
them in mind 10 be subject to
those tia. are in authority this
in connection with he scripture
We have already quoted. places
us under duty. 70. only 10 man
but 10 God himself. Auc unless
we keep this ccm mmand. We are
no: keeping TIE crd;na5ce @, man
as God said tha: We shonld. Bat
We have one more scripture tha.
". shail have y2J Rad. and that
is this.
Let every sovl be sobi c. INTO
The higher poxers- For there
is no power ba. OF Cod: the DOW.
ers that be are ordained of God.
Whosoayer therefore resis.e:h
the poSer, resis.eth the ordia.
ance of God: and they that
resist shall receive to themselves
dannation. For rulers are no.
a terror to good Eorzs ba. 10
the evil Wit tbou ,hea no. be
afraid Of the porers do that
which is god ard ,ho1 shalt
have praise Of tie same; For be
is The minister OF Coz TO thee
for good. Bus;i ,Ao1 DO that
which is evil. be afraid: for be
beareth 70. toe sword in vain
FOR lie is the minister o. God, a
reve1ger TO exseate wrath uoon
him that doth .esiI: Wherefore
ye nus. leeds be sr5i7c,. 10.
on}y for wrath, b0s also for
conscieDce' sake, tRIa.t5-l-s
ME- .han xisaoa. controversy
we have the law of Ga.i aid down
IN such plain language tia. there
can be no room for a-gaemsr;s
against it. And this lav is: to
obey those tina. have the rule
over you. Nov the Question
arises, does Paul in writing t,
the Romans in the IS chao.er
bave reference to the sane
characters that Peter and T.us
speaks of, II so why would God
want US to obey the law OF man.
rather than bis own laws Ana
why would He sufsr man ,e
change times and laws. aai
nouor them aho7a those IF his
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tits rs: i. vas no. from caoic.
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truth.
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lee Thankful tor. ard tba. is 80
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reading the Bl5le after rs,
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OF OR subject AMI the cont.u1.
a:io- oi tt2as Il important paint,
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'oE Us through win al unbiased
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Professional Cards 81 = & nn-
Loc1s os: f-s Isf. inss-sior So,
ST. ossq Ee-t inse-slon 5ces
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CBLISEEEs.
&c. GArret. ana Il. Il Bowers
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
By E. E. Hartman
Of the Ti1ilnntcs

For years dad has toiled for the bows
and girls without their doing a thing to
aid. He has seen his sons and daugh-
ters grow up strong and beautiful, but
oh, how careless, Indifferent and i'm
pertinent. The old gentleman has put
up with lot, has been patient, indul-
gent and kind, but the more he has in
dulged the young folks the more saucy
and inconsiderate they have grown.
Now dad is in a fix where he needs
help, must have help, and he has turned
to the boys. Some of them help him
gladly, some with an effort to conceal
their disgust and disinclnation, while
others openly are rebelling at The tasks
set them. They grumble and mutter
and talk to the neighbors about dad and
his failure to keep things going in the
old way. without annoying them. Dad
looks at the willing ones and warns to
them. He watches the unwilling. but
dutiful, sadly. He looks at the rebel
hous with new feeling yelling up In
his heart. "If were starting over
again at the bottom" he says, II would
teach every child to work and make
them do It, There would never be any
more OF this stuff where Jim carries
his own load and that of Percivul.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Getting Together
By Abbie Farwell Brown
OF the Vigilantes

How fine and fit they look, Our Boys,
as they march away! What broad
shoulders, straight backs and shining
eyes! We are proud Of them, aren't
We? Well, it has done something for
them already, hasn't it? 1t isn't wholly
bad, this war that so many deprecated
and that we all long to see rightly
ended. If we could but get the same
result without the actual war. Perhaps
we can, now we know how!
See what few months Of training
has done for the lads. Already it has
made husky men of lot Of round
shouldered, slack-kneed boys who might
not otherwise have found themselves
For the first time many Of them have
"roughed it" wholesomely. City boys
have had enough exercise outdoors.
Country boys have got concentration
and companionship in camp.
Look at their eager, alert faces; boys
of foreign birth and tradition-newly-
made Americans-sons Of old Colonial
stock, North and South, rich and poor,
educated and unschooled-all dedicated
10 one glorious cause; learning COM
radeship and nationality which make
happens it won't be all waste time,
money, strength, suffering
lives, evcn-if we learn what the ma
tion so sorely getting to-
gether"; and how to attain it-by uni
vcrsal service.
Us like this: when you're we'll you
prepare to conserve health by soap and
common sense. So in time Of peace We
must conserve peace by preparedness
With the awful example before us,
there's not much danger that any free
military machine. Militarsm is q
loathsome symptom of disease. But
sane preparedness is like vaccination
1t lnoculates against war and sedition
A wisely defended state is no more
militaristic than an athlete in training
is hypochondriac. He takes good
care of himself for an emergency, that's
all. Just as the best health insurance
is disciplined, supple body, so the
best peace insurance is trained, dis
ciplined body of young men, devoted
10 the state, fit to enjoy their own
manhood and pay the best citizenship
in this common bond, there will be no
splitting up into racial cliques and
foreign disaffections. No more hyphens
No more colonies of unassimilated
aliens. each speaking his own tongue
reading the fatherland papers, ignorant
Of American ideals and American
claims. No. Americans all, singing
the Anthem in English, brothers in
arms trained under the American flag
serving naturally as part of the debt
one and all owe for the privilege OF
citizenship. That will make for peace
without and within-pacifists, take no
tice! That will make for unity-prop-
agandists beware. And socia'
trength-Socialists observe! That will
make youth more efficient, life more
worth living, citizenship more valued
by every one
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Our Pilgrims
By Ellis Parker Butler
Of the Vigilantcs

FOR three centuries they have been
coming. our pilgrims First from
royalst England, religiously intolersn!'
TO land on Plymouth soil; then from
landlord ridden Ireland; from Gaiser-
cursed Germany; from Russia Of the
Gar and the pogrom and Siberian
slavery; fro migrant infested Balkans
from the whole Of aristocrat infesnd
Europe. In little ships and great ships
their faces turned hopefully westwara'
the numberlcss pilgrims came. Of lnsny
tongues, disunited, singly and in pitlis'
little groups.
Today our pilgrims are going bseL
oioe by side, shoulder to shoulder. N
united companies. in one uniform =,
freedom, one and ali Americans ans
ono and Gil American men. thousanos
hundreds OF thoUsand of our pligriuss
ere returning TO Europe, heads up %. .
eyes fearless. all chanting the sSn'
song, all marching under the one hss.
-, The like the world has never seer. seen
hls Is the true product of the Inels'ns
pot. For wellnigh three hundred yes.s
they came silently and separate iIen
ten thousand towns and cities; to-osy
welded together inseparably, fney y
back, carrying the holy grail OF q
moeraey they came to America to see.
Pilgrims? They came as pilsfims
seeking; they return as crusaders. ~
slowing. Democracy they soughsi g.
mocracy they found; democracy sns'
will bestow,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Linked Arms
By Theodosia Garrison
OF the Viqilantes

Into the little French town. town
that they must not name
In the dark of moonless night, the
American regiment came,
With never the sound Of a rolling
drum,
With never torch to flame.
But the townsfolk stirred, awoke, they
,,,, thronged to the little square,
There was neither sound Of a cheer.
nor murmur of whispered prayer
But never man of the marching men
Could doubt Of his welcome there
For the hlue-bloused arms were thrust
through the arms of khaki brown.
Shoulder to shoulder there they
marched through the little town;
AS men with their mates may walk,
AS comrades among their own.
There was never spoken word to well
come, rejoice or bless,
But clearer than word or sound was
the linked arms close caress,
For France said brothers of mine"
And America answered Yes"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

prolonged war or an early peace, and
whether the peace is definite or holds
a threat Of future war. The great les
son of our participation is that the
country can only be benefited by apply
ing the doctrines OF universal service.
In its practical form this means uni
versal military training.
At the preHent moment the Vigilantes
are working for the government on the
Russian service, referred to above, on
the Third Liberty Loan and the war
savings campaign. For these they are
supplying a special service to each of
the government agencies controlling
these campaigns.
For the Red Cross they are supplying
editors and writer's for special cam
paign to begin about the first of March.
Constantly shifting conditions devel-
oped by the great upheaval make it
clear that the Vigilantes will have to
| take on more and more new forms Of
endeavor. They arc constantly being
appealed to for assistance by all the
great charities and all the patriotic or
ganixations, while demands from gov
ernment sources~continue to increase.
ms is OuIy NdtuIdl. 1 he NlSlldIICeS
contain practically all the most elo
quent pens in the country. They con-
tain the names best known and most
certain of an audience. To the extent
that they have the time to give to other
organizations they will continue to CO.
operate. But they cannot be diverted
from their main purpose.
To keep the public spirit keyed up
and alert, to make Americanism ap-
pear as the highest ideal, to make peo-
pie forget the Affections and burdens
which must come to all of us in this
great crisis. to make them willing to
endure anything rather than abandon
the lofty principles which induced this
country's participation in the world
conflict, these are the first aims of the
Vigilantes. And because they are able
to accomplish these better than any
other combination of individuals, they
feel that they have a special place
among the patriots working for the
country and that they are doing SER
vice which cannot be done by others.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Fool Tolerance
By Margaret Widdcmer
Of the Vigilantes

Whatever faults, crudities or vu1gari-
ties other nations have accused US Of in
the past-and they have not spared US
there has never been a word that was
not in praise Of American hospitality.
We have welcomed, wonderfully
genially, largely, all the visitors who
dropped in to write US up or make q
lecture tour; we have gone further
when the other nations told US we were
crude. or vulgar, or pushing, or grasp
ing We have meekly agreed.
This characteristic has extended it.
self not only to the wellbred lecturing
visitor, but to the immigrants We have
said in effect for generations: "Wel-
come! We are sure you are going to be
good Americans. We won't be rude
enough to tell you that there are some
Of your Old World characteristics we
dcn't like. If you wish to speak your
mind, why. speech is free, and you had
hard time over in the old country
you praise so desperately"
We have trusted, as whole, to their
good sense and honor and courtesy. It
is part sentimentalism, part the intense
America sensitiveness, large part
oasy-goingness and dislike of getting
into row. But We have been acting
polite hosts too long. There is such a
thing as fool tolerance.
The other night I was at meeting
Ct literary society where was read I,
poem-not, perhaps. perfect poem
but one full of good American patriot
ism and honest enthusiasm. A German
man known to all there as one of the
most clever and notorious of the propa-
gandists, rose and sneered at the poem
He said everything that clever mind
which wished to discredit Americanism
could suggest to belittle the poem. He
neatly picked out its vulnerable points
Then he smilingly sat down. There
was an aghast hush at his breach OF
good taste. And before any one could
tell him what they thought Of him an
! ether man arose-onc of the kindest
hearted of good Americans-and
stepped into the breach. He tactfully
smoothed over the objectionable thing
the German had done-the German who
was enjoying tho way he had made
fe OILS of the stupid Americans, and who
was smiling still as he heard the gooc
patricia genuinely good patriot, z
man who works hard for his country
cut of mistaken kindlness, mistaken
mercy, mistaken dislike Of hurting
German feelings, cloud the issue Will
friendly words!
That is fool tolerance. An American
who had done thing like that in Ger
many would find himself being kicked
by German guards in an unsanitar,
prison camp the next morning.
AS q nation we've got to answer bacl
when self-respect demands it,
It's time we stopped fool tolerance.