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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05
Labor Party Being Formed in Chicago.

Nearly 1000 delegates assembled
in Chicago recently to be present
at the opening of a convention
callad to form a national labor
marty The delegates we're sum-
moned nv John Fitzpatrick, Press
ident Of the Chicago Federation
of Labor, and his associates in the
labor movement in the Middle
West. The convention is being
called without approval of Samuel
aompers. Presidsnt of the Amer
icau Federation OF Labor The
aim of the new party is to oyer-
throw the present Republican and
Democratic parties and secure tt
control of the country labor. Max
Hsys Of Cleveland, Ohio, who op>
ened the COP vsntion as Chairman,
said that the party will probably
adept a platform embracing public
ownership of railroads and most
of the other big industries. Il is
reported that Governor Wynn j.
Fraiser of North Dakota is to be
eudorsed for President on the
Labor ,PartY's TICKET, and that
either Fitzpatrick or Ducan n. No
Donald will be candidate for G0y'
erpor Of Illinois.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05
Don't Knock

When YOU see land sell for sl0o
per sent don't kick, it will make
the money in one year 10 cotton,
hay or sweet potatoes. -
When you see cotton sell at 10
cents, don't kick. mills can pay
seventy,fve cen is, and get rich.
When you seq 3 beef COW sell
for Sc q hundred gross don't kick,
they market $50 for the meat hide
and all.
When you zee hog sell for $40
gross, don't knock, he will fetch
$40 sliced up at at the market.
When you see bushei OF corn
sell for III, so, don't knock, meal
brings SO bolted.
When Won see chicken sell for
$1,OO, don't knock, he brings
$2 20 at the cafe.
When eggs sell for o cents
each, don'tkrock. they cost loets'
warmed up at the restaurants
When you see an old COW sell for
500 don't knock, her milk sells
at So cent. and butter'at Sl'oo
per pound weighed 16 ounces.
When, YOU see musty side meat
sell st q cenis wholesale don =
knock. it will sell at q cents t9 Z
have apiece of. 1t sent down !o
your house, ,,.,s ii III.
When you sre fellow pay Sso
for suit Of ,clothsss don't isick
bio paid oil It's worth. ~.
When you see another man pay
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05

The government is primarily re.
sponsible for the high cost of
living. This statement may sound
extravagant. but it is true. When
the war began. the govern,
ment raised all wages TO
afi enormous price, end not con-
tent with raising wages, It paid
all railroad employees down to the
section hands and other Iaborors
back wages. This was great for
the employees but it forced all
private enterprises to nav wapes
that they could not afford. Ths
consequence was u great food of
money was turned loose all over
the country, and thereby hangs
a tal.s' The manufacturers and
produ GERS OF the necessities of life,
saw their chance. They raised the
price of everything in order to
rake in the surplus money. Then
price raising became q mania
Everything went sky high, and
it is still going. and like the
proverblal snow ball, it gathers
strength as IL goes, and where It
will stop nobody knows.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05

FOR SALE = One g. roc IN resi-
dence, with bath and all modetn
c6nveniences, close elm, onay oLs
block from the business districf,'
large lot, one Of the most t2nVsns
lent locations In the city. Ovper
is nonresident and will sell aA.a
bargain. ,For further intorra-
alton, priee, terms etc., address
H. A, Klsban, l2l West Main ~,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05

Sl5, 90 for a pair of shoes, don't
knock, thew won't last ilong.
When you see lady pay $50
for a dress that the material in it
cost less than $17 90, don't knock,
that's her business West Point
Daily Times Herald.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05
Salesman Wanted

WE Will PAY A STRAIGHT
SALARY $55 90 per week and
expenses to man or woman with
rig to introduce EUREKA EGG
PRODUCER.
EUREKA Mte. Co.,
s. East Saint Louis. Ill,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05
To the Children

Next week the TIMES will
issue its Christmas edition, a
beautiful illustrated colored
cover, and the little ones are
invited to send in their letters
to Santa Claus, Bring your
letters to the TINES Office or
mail them so they. will reach
us Wednesday.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05

Mr.. Clint Bridges. formerly OF
this city. ,sbent several days here
this week visiting friends and rel.
atiyss. he is now travelling out
of 81, Louis for the Fergus.n n.Mc.
K'.iiqpey. Dry Goods Company, and
has ' his headquarters ut Laurel.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05

| 'A~h shShi ~ tASy Will TEACH
us Wednesday.
| ------~----ssA-*a%Il---.--
Mr.. Ed Robinson has purchased
the resldehce on Washington street
owned by Mr.. R. y. Bridges, and
will moye soon.
Mr.. Pope Williams, who lives
East of town In Beat 2 on the On.
born road has sold his farm and
will shortly move to Gulfpott.
The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry CritS will be glad to learn
that their little son who has been
seriously III. Is improving,
May Cite Coal Miners for Cor,
tempt" is the headlines In the
Press dispatches. What's needed
is to cite them to digging coal.
Harry, the Young son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Critz has been
been seriously Ill for the past week
Or more, but his ph, siciaus ::rsport
him improving.
A clean house WITH plenty Of
fresh air and Sunshine is lonr
step In the direction Of health.
says the United States Public
Health Service.
Mr.. F. L. Hogan's little son,
Frank. has been very sick this
week. suffering from al, attack of
/ membranous Group, but we ara
glad to hear that be is now con.
sidered out Of danger.
Every Thursday afternoon from
4 to 5 p. m. the Y, M. G. Hail 40
the college viii entertain visitors
with music. and otherwise. The
public has cordial invitation to
visit the hall upon these occasions
The Kitchen Is the innst impors
tantroom in the house from
health standpoint, says the United
States Public Health Service.
Keep everything about 1t and every
one in it scrupulously clean.
see
A negro. travelling under the
name of w. FL. Jones. whose real
name is Win Gains, came to this
section recently with many and
varied samples. and was booking
orders for ANYTHING from papet
of needles to sorghum mill, ups
on small cash payment, with the
balance to be paid In monthly
installments. OF course, the first
payment opened and closed the
transaction, and Gains would bs
that much gamer. He did not
have time to dupe many of the
negroes, before Marshal Glenn got
on to bis scheme snd landed him
in the county Jail, where hs re>
mained only o day or two. when
the Oktibbeba authorities rtq nest.
ed his release to them. 90 they
had 16 or 20 charges against him
in that county, 80 be was turned
over the Sheriff Of 0ktibbeha con.
ty He Is q faker, but now will
suspend operations for some tins
Winona Tln,es
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1919-12-05

1ht Hmss' can save you money on
.r
any magazines or periodicals..
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

healer carries around with him the
husband of this woman speaks with
gratitude of what was done, both
for his wife and for the old man in
the train. Although written long
after Mr.. Hickson left the north
both of the one-time invalids are de-
scribed as being we'll and happy. In
stead of relapsing they appeared
to be permanently cured.
Under faith healing in a wider
sense are included (D the cures in
the temples Of 4AIsculapius and other
deities in the ancient world; (2) the
practice Of touching" for the kings
evil in vogue from the eleventh to
the eighteenth century; (3) the
cures of Valentine Greatrakes
(1629-16S3), and (4) the miracles of
Lourdes and other resorts of pill
grims.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

even yourself it seems strange to
you to find people so full Of doubt.
can honestly say that have seen
disease and illness considerably
lessened in the world during the
nineteen years that l have been min
istering. I believe that the spread
of this Christian healing will greatly
lessen the amount of suffering in
the world. Already it has attracted
widespread attention, and / have
high hopes for my trip around the
world. | want to prove that re-
ligion is fact, not sentiment. Too
often the heather doubt our re-
ligion when the missionaries tell
them that Christ healed the sick
when He was on earth, but they
find that there is no healing fer
them. | shall say to them: Come
and be cured Christianity has
fallen short in the mission field.
There is big opportunity for faith
healing among the people of the
East because they are deeply re-
ligious and will respond like children
to treatment.
81 believe that the Church neg
lects primary duty if she suffers
the poor to sink into misery and dis
ease through vice, starvation and
ignorance of the laws of health,
without a continual and universal
effort to restore them to decency,
moral freedom and every kind of
sanity"
Mr.. Hickson declares that no.
where has he had such marvellous
cases Of complete cure as in the
Highlands of Scotland, where the
people have simple faith and are
deeply religious. He tells of one of
the few complete and instantaneous
cures effected by the laying on of
hands. While the war was on he
went up to the North to visit
lonely little island on the west coast
Of Scotland, where he might have
peace and Solitude He found him
self in a railway carriage along
with an old, sick man wrapped in a
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Tenn niperan,es,t and Cure

If the sufferers eyes were light
in color he never could have walked
out of the church without at least
limp in the face of an inevitable
cherished desire to be Of the sea,
a desire common to all light people,
and in him a desire which could
have been blocked only by his seri-
Gus physical defect.
This is the physical side of the
case. The psychological aspect is no
less important, though l think it is
secondary to the physical. To illus
trate both sides of the case, how
ever, let US first assume that the
patients eyes are light in color
and that he has large Roman nose,
together with a slightly receding
forehead. For the reason Of the
patients light eyes he is unpro-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
The Nub Of the Question

Such patient might be tenn
porarily amenabie to the influence
of a divine healer, who might shame
him for the moment out of his men,
tai alibi for laziness and the failure
to go to sea. Since the lameness is
largely the product of his uncon-
scious mind, the excitement of visit
ing a healer and the impressiveness
Of the healer's attitude might relieve
him for a while of the fancied all,
ment. The blue-eyed man would
never tolerate anything but a deep
seated physical disability to prevent
him from the natural courses of his
life. AS scientists continue to view
things, a sufferer Of that sort could
not be relieved by the temporary ex-
citement of a healer's ministration.
Nevertheless, we admit that much
good may come of such ministration.
Any stimulus to those moral forces
which powerfully control, through
our minds, the physical wellbeing,
must be of value. AS for critical
judgment on the mental phenomenon
involved in these ministrations,
science will need still much study
Of even the we'll known mental
processes before it ventures to pro-
nounce upon these apparently abb
Struse ones.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

limit its power to the healing of
functional disorders only?
IL do not attempt to interfere in
the medical sphere, for there | am
layman. At the same time doctors
should not attempt to interfere in
my sphere-the spiritual sphere
for there they are laymen. l never
interfere with doctors cases un-
less l have his consent. | was sent
for by two hospitals in New York
last week. Patients wanted me and
their doctors asked me to visit them.
frequently work along with doc
tors and, indeed, am the grandson
of medical practitioner.
When engaged in his mfnistrations
Mr.. Hickson contends that he al
ways feels the divine presence. In
q spiritual sense it seems as real to
him as the person on whom his
hands are laid. He believes that
there is an actual transference of
life to the patient through the power
of prayer and he argues in this
wise: "When Christ healed He did
not merely stir up the life within,
but He impaired to the diseased and
troubled new life and the divine
breath that entered into their body
destroyed the old life and cleansed
them. Christ healed by touching,
not the germ of disease but the
spirit which gave life to the germ.
Where there is a germ there is life,
and where there is life there is
spirit"
Mr.. Hickson contends that his
ability to cure is not the kind of
thing that can be explained away in
the light of hard, cold reason. He
believes that there are still few
things left in heaven and earth be-
yond the scalpel of the scientist or
the reasoning of the psychologist.
In proof Of this he instances the
possibilities of healing the diseased
and crippled child by prayer and
touch.
ut is so easy to treat a child" he
says. "The conscious mind is not
in the way. The grown-up is more
or less skeptical. He approaches
you with question mark. He
pushes away his own salvation. But
you can lift little child up to God
There is no shadow between. If |
adults were like children in their
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
DR.. Edson;s Opinion

II HE joLoring comment by DR.. Edison cehrute4
Doth as physician dnd psychologist zM fa'x
appreciated hout note the specially psyhoIogv uhch
Dr. Edison hGs his
D Edison insists that good
n7ft resulting from ~rongy of life
mere dre ne ponts out habitad
those originating northern climates Others those
OF the southern climate, unsuited o
1he blond people of the Norththe ghyed tune
are usually doers The brunette people iqkt
hored Short-nosed typ-are generally thinkers
IN the fotowng ntsrvie
ho eDect upon the nd'ciduc of these
mud shcpc'sm to whcthe the laying more
eb1cac'ous than science IN curing
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

man to whom hundreds of sick
~ and disabled people have
flocked within the last few
weeks looking for health and
strength, makes no pretence of be-
ing healer in himself.
He admits that he has gift, bat
argues that it is not peculiar to
him. He recognizes similar capacity
in many people that he meets. but
believes that great religious faith is
the all-essential quality for the de-
velopment of that gift. He does not
believe that psychologists or doctors
or ministers Or any other class of
people can explain away his ability
to heal. Nor will he admit that or
ganic diseases are incurable.
Whence the Po;Uey?
"If | were to do that he says,
81 would be putting q limit on the
power of CHRIST, and that cannot
do. The gift OF healing is gift
of God, given to whomsoever he
will. 1t is used as a channel through
which the power Of the spirit can
work. How can this power be rec
ognlzed and developed by those to
whom it is given? The first step,
OF course, is to realize the respon-
slbllity of possessing the gift; then
to open the mind to teaching on the
subject, both from within ard with
out, and, finally, to take the gift
back TO God, from whom it came,
and 10 consecrate it to His service.
1t Will then be found almost i'm
possible to resist the impulse to lay
the hands on the sick.
My conviction is that when, in
reliance upon the Holy Spirit, hands
are lard upon the sick in the name
Of Christ the patient is brought into
direct communication with the high
est spiritual forces and thus helped
upon ali planes of life.
Don't call me a healer" insisted
DIR. Hickson. "To the truly spirit
ual there is but one healer-Christ.
NO medium worthy the name would
attempt to claim credit for himself.
II the Lord healed all manner of
diseases and is the same yesterday,
to-day and forever then | believe
that touch still has it's ancient
power. This being so, how can one
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

tected against the actinic rays Of
the sun. Yet the moist cloud banks
commonly overhanging The sea serve
him as a complete protection
against this irritation. In every
human being there is call on the
part of nature for TIE full per-
Torrance of her work, and such a
sufferer would feel ti call as do
we all. In other worts, whether he
can help it or rot he loves the sea.
1t is not, however, the conscious
mind which stands at the throttle
of everyday life. il is rather the
unconscious mind, the mind a GEN.
tury Old. 1t steps forth. and to the
dark-eyed man who thinks it is his
choice desire to he seafaring man
it replies: Oft you cannot. /
won't allow you. And besides, You
are lame. You would of course
Else 10 tremendous achievement, no
doubt. in that field, for the very res-
son of your distinguished ancestor.
OF course you would be great, but
ycl must not do it, Every one will
understand, because you are lame !"
SO it is that the unconscious has it's
way.
For a purely psychological look
into the matter let us assume that
the sufferer is really too lame to
support himself through work.
Here the question of idleness tells
US that idleness has been found to
pay-through lamcness. 1t may be
that the sufferer is well to dc, or es-
capes by reason of lameness the
odiuin of being considered lazy. or
he has reached the family pocket
book through the family heart, or
has gained the sympathy of some
brother creature by means of his
pitiable plight.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

nav = Deen reading with much
interest the comments you
have published in regard to
the activities of Mr.. Hickson
and his treatment of sick people
by the laying on of hands, under the
auspices of Trinity Church. The
exploitation Of this age-old pro-
cedure-the laying on Of hands
lifted into the twentieth century
and credited with seemingly mar
vellous results, seems to me in the
way of furnishing valuable data for
science if scientifically observed.
From the scientists standpoint
all science has been but the result
Of sitting the fake from the real in
new discoveries. 1t seems to me
that this apparent phenomenon
might also be made to serve very
definite scientific end
Let us take an instance. Let us
assume that a man who all his life
wished to follow the scafaring
career, but could not for the reason
of lameness, seeks The healer, who
cures by the laying on of hands, and
he throws away his crutches and
walks out Of the church, to all ap-
pearances a completely healed man.
l state, not without fear of contra
diction, but rather with a desire
for fair investigation, that if his
eyes are light in color his lameness
will soon return, or it probably
never disappeared at all He walked
out Of the church limping and in
mental anguish.
On the other hand, if the eyes
Of such a man happen TO be dark
in color, his love OF the sea exists
alone for the reason Of the romance
of the sea, which has been born in
him and in his ancestors by tradition
perhaps for century. This dark
eyed man might we'll have thrown
away his crutches, for he might
never have been physically lame at
all, beyond a lamencss brought on
himself through a long period of
disuse of the affected member.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Healing by Faith: sc.: st Is Si S Of a es Say: the
Mr.. Hicks0za 8 Story

n ANKIND faith {ah-mot
|VE inmem0riol haze
employed medaen attracted great tollongs and
effected They the gdut Of the social
noc King gyaousy consented to employ his
of 'he kings cUI Carlyle
thundeycd dcys preceding the French Revolution
Here IN country had like Schltter, Vhose
crtu question their The Church has
oen LoYdes,
vy described By Zola and ut Ste Anne de Beau
pr in Quebec pgrag hare been regularly organized
to these shrines Of healing.
scofed at these has explained them
mental eratation. But avh
belief By the laying Of hands has enjoyed quite the as
tiugsed support tie Hhson uho daily reccves the
manned Trinity Chapel He here from Bos
on official approval of his services there In the
short has been here his patients haze been
them the bee he hos been Obliged to
appointment daily And again asked
explain general and eternal IN the
human poerf enough to achlch
tho happy patients couch But let Mr.
Hicksou so he does IN The tolowng interviews
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Mr.. Hickson, the "healer,'' saws:

Mr.. Hickson, the ''healer,' says:
10 the truly spiritual there is bu. one healer
Christ No medium soorthy the name .oould ATTEMPT
to claim credit for himself If the Lord healed all man.
ner Of diseases and is the same yesterday to-day and
toreuer, then believe that still has its ancient
Pos0er This being so, ho,c limit its po,cer to
the healing Of functional disorders only?'
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

faith, more cures would be effected
Didn't the Lord say You must be
born again and have the faith of a
little child?
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
James Moore Hickson, the 6 4caicr'

shawl The son of the stranger was
in great distress about his father.
He was taking him home from the
hospital to die at his own fircside,
because that was what the old man
wanted. Mr.. Hckson spoke to the
son and told him he believed he
could help the old man if he would
kneel down and let him place his
hands upon him. The invalid was
too weak to protest. He knelt down
and Mr.. Rickson prayed over him
and ministered to him. In about
two minutes he jumped up, thump-
ing himself and crying out: "Mon,
but | feel warm" Tingling sensa-
tions were shooting through him.
Within half an hour that man
said he was we'll, that his pain had
left him, his strength returned. He
was smoking a pipe and blessing
the healer His story soon travelled,
so that the solitude which Mr.. Hick-
aon sought eluded him. People
f1ockcd to him - simple country
people brought up on the shorter
catechism and full of reverence for
the power and efficacy of prayer. 1t
was the most fruitful period of heal
ing that he had ever had.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
The Question, of Results

"Of course people are skeptical," f"
he says. "But if you have been do
ing a thing all your life and have
had results that have astonished
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
1uay With Rheumatism.

Another case as remarkable as
that of the old man was the cure of
a woman whose joints were all
twisted and swollen with rheuma-
tism. Her husband sought out the
healer and led him to their cottage,
where they found the poor woman
sitting beside the fire in great
agony. 1t took two men to move
her from one spot to another. She
had both dropsy and rheumatism,
and weighed about 260 pounds. Mr..
Hickson prayed over her and put
his hands upon her, and within a
few days she was able to move
around without any help The
swelling went down and her gnarled
joints were smoothed out. In SIM
pie and touching letter which the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
By DR.. D. O. Edison

HAVE been reading with much
interest the comments you
have published in regard to
Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-08-30
BRYAN Offers Plan
Dtate and Federal
ownership Railroads

Washington AEg- William
szaingE BRYAN To-Day laid before the
muse Interstate Commerce Commits
rn plan for state and federal own
Ez-p OF railway lines as a solution
ne ralir1nad Reorganization urob-
E in doing SO the former Secre-
zr q state denounced private own
nr,T of the railroads as in1efensi-
\ a1t fntpierabie and characterized
aroaa magnatek as political cprrup-
txisu
We nave never tried government
ne-snip. he declared. "a SUBJ
Ezes newspaper never thinks 10
thai the government tpnk over
railroads. when the private own-
aould not run them. The spv-
-neHt mas only been in Temporary
1airo4, anu the roads in the hands
laese who wanted To see govern
sn ownership rail SO they could
p the roads back"
III Brian advocated that the Fed
a. government own a sBxeIetun
FNaE iine system. reaching into ev-
state, which IN turn would own
y other carries within the state
s1hnarT. His T-ian. he estimated.
W. cost the government four or
billion dollars. while state own-
'1lp would ne dsrided by the peo-
VINO nisnr decide for Temporary
s1Fsff ownership.