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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30
a Rlrthdax surprise.

Master Harley Hammond was
greatly surprised Monday even
ing, when about 20 lively school
mates and friends came walking
in to spend the evening with him.
Altho greatly surprised he was
glad to see them.
The evening was passed in
games, charades and music, after
which light refreshments were
served where the pink and white
colors were carried out in cake,
ice cream, and hot chocolate.
Then just as the lights went out;
the guests left. leaving Harley
many happy birthday wishes and
MANY nice and useful presents
Those present were:Melba Raney
from Springfield, Lucille Scott,
Helen Hastings, Hattie Rand,
Elsie Rand, Ruth Wiseman, Lena
Wiseman, Nellie May Hammond,
]. K. SALESMAN, Cloyce Morgan,
Howard Hardenbrook, Cecil Has
tings, Elmo Maise, Carl Teeter,
Samuel Wine, Mrs. Dora Hast
ings and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
TeeteP.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30

Aretha Patterson spent a few
days this week with Miss Nadine
Williams in Carthage.
Raw Keltner and wife returned
Tuesday morning from Gering,
Nebr., where they spent the last
two months. q.
Otis CrandalI and wife are
spending the holidays with Mr..
Crandall's parents, A. M. Gran
dali and wife. f.
R. w. Costley land wife and
daughter of Vinita, Okla, are
spending the holidays with Mr..
Costley's parents, &C. w. Cost.
ley and wife. fiaa
C. w. Bedell and wife had quite
| a houseful Of children and grand.
chidren Christmas day. The fol-
flowing were there: Chas. LaForce
and family, Fred Powers and fam
lily, Don Bedell and family, Mrs
Albert Bedell ndiRmily and Miss
Rina 10 Bedell. 5ne
Will Mayors washere this week
shaking hands with many OLD
friends. Will is travelling out Of
Chicago and is on his way to
southern territory for the winter
He is agent for a Chicago publish
ling house making1a speciality Of
normal school text book.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30
The Christmas Programs.

A very nice program was given
at1the Baptist Church Christmas
eve by the children and young
folks Of the Sunday School. Be-
sides the tree, with gifts on it for
ALL the outstanding features Of
the evening were the reading by
Miss Pauline Roberts, an exercise
by Miss Althea Armstrong; class
ofseight boys, entitled Foreigners
on Santa Claus" The boys were
dressed in the different costumes
of the nations represented and
each recited in the dialect of the
nation he represented. The pro-
gram closed with a three-act play
entitled "The Christmas Guest, I"
with singing and a violin accom-
paniment.
The M. E. Church, South, Sum
day School had a Christmas tree
and an appropriate program. The
attendance was good and the ex-
ercises of the children and little
ones were very much enjoyed.
The Christian Sunday School
gave an unusually nice program
of music dialogues and recitations.
Harley Hammond,s violin solo
was especially appreciated. There
was the usual Christmas tree load
ed with gifts and a beautiful white
cxpss was erected on the platform,
a the foot of which members of
the school deposited gifts for the
orphans at the Christian Orphans
Home at st. Louis.
sThe M. E. Sunday School had a
fine tree, beautifully decorated and
loaded with gifts for the members
Of the school, Superintendent
Campbell and the Rev. and Mrs,
Sapp also being especially remem-
bered by the school. The Sunday
School orchestra added much to
the program, Miss RuthWiseman
recited and the balance OF the pro-
gram was taken up by the pri.
mary department.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30
Special Coach For Farmers.

A special sleeper for the Jasper
county delegation that will attend
Farmers Week at the state agri-
cultural college in Columbia, jan
i1ary II to 81, will likely be en-
gagged, the same as last year. If
sufficient berths are engaged in adj
vance the coach can be had. An
effort will be made to have the
coach set out on a siding at Co.
hlmbia SO that the occupants can
use it for sleeping quarters while
there.
Many farm bureau members de-
sire to take their wives with them;
If more than one coach load regis
tersfor berths, it may be arranged
for the men TO occupy one sleeper,
the women the other.
No final plans can be made until
the members of the farm bureau
have been heard from. j. H. H.
Mote has charge OF this arrange
ment for the east side of the
county, and Cowgirl Blair for the
west side. All who expect to at
tend the Farmers Week exercises
are urged to communicate with
either Of the two men as soon as
possible so that advance arrange
ments can be made Carthage
Press.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30
Their Fourteenth Baby.

A 10l pound girl was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L. Rumbaugh,
at their farm, the former Parker
Jacobs place, 6 miles northeast Of
Carthage. This is their four
tenth child, and only one has
passed away. DIR. w. D. Brown
reports the new baby to be one
of the healthiest and finest babies
he ever saw. 1t was about year
ago when the Rumbaugh home in
Carthage the former S.H.Regan
place on West Central Avenue,
was burned to the ground during
the wedding of one of their
daughters. The Rumbaugh fam
lily came to Jasper county from
Iowa last December. Press.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30
Weight OF the Hope Diamond.

Jean Batiste Tavernier came into
possession Of the Hope diamond In.
1912, stolen from the sncred SoitieTfA
statue of Rama, In the Temple Of
Rama and SItn, Burmnh, India. II
weighed 112A carats and was sold by
Tayernier to Louis XIV for half a mill
lion dollars and baronetcy.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30


Ed Timer and Paul Havens
were in Jasper Tuesday securing
the applications Of ex-sorvicc men
for membership to Virgins, Pest,
American Legion.
Rosco Patterson and wife and
Miss Nadine Williams of Garth
age and Zebdee Patterson of Park
vile spent Sunday with Abe Pat
terson and Emily.
A card from Harold Carr at Ke-
wanna, Ind, announces the re-
moval of John Carr and his sons
from Decatur, ILL.,, to Kewanna
where they have bought a farm.
They are about Is miles south Of
Chicago.
The news from Ralph Cline, at
Mayo's Institute, Rochester
Mimi, is very encouraging. After
the first operation it was thought
a second would have to be per-
formed, but it now seems that he
is recovering without the second
operation.
w. H. and John Ward, Mrs.
Anna Donnel and Mrs. Isaac Pat
terson received word Tuesday Of
the sudden death Of their sister,
Mrs. Lewis, at Coalville, Utah.
The announcement came in a
telegram and no other particulars
are at hand.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30
Needless Advice.

To tell boy TO practice economy In
the use Of soap is wasting Words
Chicago Daily News.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-12-30

Rosco Patterson an
Miss Nadine Williams
age and Zebdee Patters
vile spent Sunday wit
terson and Emily.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
FAILURE OF MASTER BUILDERS
 TO CRUSH CARPEN7ERS' UNION
 SHOULD IMPRESS LABOR. s FOES

It would be great thing busiy engaged lesson from the result of the carpenters @ hours and and the of the Builders Association find themselves facing shortage o 5o the deter fight the union difference of ten cents hour and the employment of union men only.
 that the tale points which is the important that right not might in he long for right
 Association backed by the Chamber of life in opposing the request attempted g M S Sa oa hor @ hour which offered to force rents to prohbve figures.
 phase of the however proved boomerang The rent of New Haven een that rents have been received dollar hour and the right back further particularly charge for carpenters services and what they pay
 carpenters advertising also made the Master Builders ridiculous In many S other her respects 1t dared the latter to Builders claim that such violation had occurred It also m that ng an m and the cost o had
 As result the effort of the Master Builders Association and the Chamber of Commerce public support for the employers sentiment of sympathy for the aroused.
 Attempts to break failures. could be obtained and nonion factory being used as strike breakers the attempt brought yak out of all the other building crafts employed upon the job mated by carpenters.
 Master Builders Association lost lot of money bad for the big fellows for they stand and some 9f the the for the big fellows when the skies cleared Union getting plenty of employment of them previously stated taking good jobs out of town
 Now that it's all New Haven behind in building that it badly needed causing serious loss to the community the members the Master Builders Association lot of Chamber composed largely of merchants who depend upon working their patronage will Organized Labor and it's friends The situation illustration of the folly the crush Organ ized Labor at all hazards.
 AND ths- January when the controversy started submitted the Master Builders Asso its members their the 90 hou leaving additional 10 arbitration thus preventing cessation of agreed by the that the % @ @ or n hd on b tb in repy to tbis offer @ ~
  the Master lders'A Associa
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
A TRADE UNION ARGUMENT
Dignified Workers Lose Dignity When Less Dignified Get Raise,

London, England. May 7-The Cot ton Factory Times prints this trade union argument:
 Another class of workers who have long stood on their dignity as superior persons are the mill engineers In some towns they have had sort of union of the friendly or mutual order, where technical papers have been read, etc But they have never been aggressive nor even practical in the matter of wages and working conditions. Hence 1t IS not surprising that the under men and fremen, who have organized on real union lines, have attained a rate of wages and working conditions pretty near equal in many cases and even superior in some cases, to those of chief engineers. It is rather amusing to read that in the Rochdale district some engi- neers have threatened the mill owners that if they don't get better pay they will form a union. What an attitude for a body of intelligent men in the 10th century. Like the mill officials
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
THE BONUS MONEY.
Let Those Pay It Who Made For
 tunes Out of World War.

The following item we take from the new paper, The Rank and File" pub- lished in Washington City:
 This war made .23,OOO new million aires. Don't forget that.
 This war rolled up fortunes over $5O0,O00 for more than 30O,OOO others Bear that in mind.
 There are thousands upon thousands of corporations rolling in excess wealth made by the war. They want to keep it.
 This war was fought to make the world safe for democracy and not to make favored few rich.
 American boys gave their time and hard work, plus willingness to sacrifice their lives for $50 per month. Fifty three thousand sleep in the soil of France.
 When anybody asks where is the money coming from to pay the service man decent bonus or additional com pensation he has well earned as debt of gratitude, don't hesitate to answer Tell them from the war fortunes.
 The money made from the war be- longs in the pockets of the men who brought victory. The war created a new human leech popularly called the profteer. Congress can make this greedy, constituencies class disgorge their unearned profits and at the same time pay the nations debt to the service men. Will Congress do it?
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

America must get rid of it's veto congress and elect an action congress.
 The mo" congress must give place to yes congress.
 The present congress has done little except to apply the brakes and say no" to one constructive proposal after another.
 There must be congress which will turn it's face to the task confronting the American citizenship in the true spirit of American institutions. A constant genius for accomplishment must replace an i1l-considered mania for restriction and coercion.
 America has things to do. It is con- fronted by enormous obligations re- quirmg positive action. This action has been delayed too long. One of the intolerable and hated things that was crushed in Germany with the exit of the kaiser and the downfall of his regime, was the "ver- boten" idea in government. Forbid den,' thou shalt not," these were watchwords and accursed words in the old Germany. They signifed the exist ence of power which had the right to deny to others rights and privileges which 1t could grant to the elect and the favored. It was the right to bestow opportunities by favor, unequally. Repress, repress, repressl From whence comes this sullen mood of leg islators, this brutal attitude of great wealth? It comes from the deep-rooted desire of those who possess great pow CT to keep that power and to surrender nothing to those who toll and give ser vice to the world.
 There is no thought that all 1egis1a- tors and all possessors of power and wealth are of this mould. But deaf in- deed Is he who hears not the rising rumble of combat and aggressiveness from those who are of that mould and who are all too many for the good of our land and of our humanity. When the labor movement of Amer ica warns against repression and coer- cion and reaction 1t speaks for the vel fare of the nation. It speaks for the liberties of great masses of toiling men and women-the only voice they have, the only expression that can carry the longing of their hearts and the convic- tions of their souls to the ears of the world.
 The labor movement of America does speak and 1t must be heard.
 It speaks for progress. It speaks for established institutions It speaks for equality of opportunity.
 It speaks for the rigths of men and women and of children.
 It speaks for the one thing that can save the world and bring solace to it's weary spirit.
 It speaks in measured denunciation to every vestige of autocracy.
 And it speaks with a determination to leave no stone uflttirned to bring fruition and realization to its aspira- tions.
 Where the effort is made in industry to crowd men and women backward and downward. we will resist and resist and
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
NEW F7AVEN,S ssAMALGAb1AT TED''
 CIVIC FEDERA TON HARMLESS

The New Haven Civic Federation w in all probability be Chamber of Amalgamated with the used but absorbed will probably be The Chamber of Commerce passed resolution favor of such meeting Thursday the executive committee has already reported favor of such ama gamation'
 Consequently the members of Organized Labor inclined to believe that great benefit the workers of New Haven
  lively of the Chamber of Commerce giving endorse Joner without hearing the side of attitude toward Organized Labor has stand in several previous instances.
 evidently dominated by interests be sympathy with Civic Federation plans that might large employers big real faction which would campaign people Civic Federation might undertake
 hardly be expected that anything radical along these lines
  Chamber of Commerce.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

resist, for it Is better to resist and lose than never to have resisted. Where the effort is made in the halls of congress and legislatures we will re- sist and resist and resist. We will resist with all our power the reelection of those who have been false
 to the truth which humanity placed in them
 We will resist with all our strength those who have accepted the suffrages of men and women who day by day give service to the country through the toll and thought of their hands and brains and who have then cast aside the 1 obligation to court favor at the hand of greed.
 We will resist with equal vigor those who have, without thought and without price turned their minds in legislative work into the channels of yesterday 1 and the methods of centuries now dead. These we will resist as unworthy of l America, as unworthy of the manhood | and womanhood of our country, as false to our needs and hopes and aspira- l tions, and as incapable of responding | to the thought of our time. There must be progress. There must l be positive action. There must be for 1 ward motion. There must be an end to negation, an end to repression, an end | to that which holds. back and thrusts | downward the head and the heart of l the people of our land. The American Federation of Labor l has called upon the working people of our country to go into the primaries
 and into the elections, visiting stinging rebuke and defeat upon those who have i been deaf to the needs and the wishes
 of the great masses of our people. At ! this hour, early in the great struggle as l 1t IS, the response IS amazing and 1n- l spring. The heart of the nation beats l as it beat in the stirring days of 1918. l There is purpose and determination l non-partisan purpose to send up to speak for us men who will speak the | speech that is in us, who will answer | to the throb of the nations heart, who will act in accord with the big purpose , and idealism of true American char
 acteI
 This struggle is the struggle of the | American people to shut off forever
 the encroaching forces of political and l industrial reaction.
 This struggle is struggle of Amer ica to register great determination 1 not to be misrepresented. Party and pronouncement of. the past count for nothing Records and deeds l are the measures of men today. By l what they have done ye shall know
 them, and knowing them, mark them for defeat and rebuke! This is Americas great testing of spirit and purpose.
 This is Americas opportunity to
 bring joy to the soul, of freedom. Defeat every enemyl Elect those who are true Solidarity and unity of purpose today
 can only mean magnificent advance for human freedom, definite measure
 of progress won and held for all time and for all humanity!
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
CICARMAKERS START
 BIG ORGANIZING DRIVE
All Workers Called to Help By Demanding Union Made
 Goods.

+ At the recent convention of the Cigarmakers International Union, i was voted to inaugurate vigorous campaign to bring into its ranks al persons now engaged in the making and packing of cigars in this country. The plan of campaign will be mapped out by the international executive board and special organizers will be appointed and sent to various parts of the country to put these plans in operation.
 At the present time there are III, ,37e cigarmakers and cigar packers employ ed in this country Of this number 40,737 are members of the Cigarmakers International Union and 70,641 are non- union. It is evident, therefore that much work must be done if this indus try IS to become 100 per cent. organ ized. Nevertheless, the cigarmakers are determined to do everything possi- b1e to accomplish this result, and if Organized Labor will give its full SUD- port to this movement, its success IS certain.
 Fortunately the cigarmakers of New England are almost 100 per cent. organ ized and but little organization work in this district will be necessary. How ever, there are thousands of morgan ized cigarmakers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and as these states are within easy shipping distance from the territory, non-union manufac- turers operating Ill these nearby states are persistent in their efforts to make the New England market dumping ground for their cigars. Enormous sums of money are being spent to keep the names of their brands before the public, but the fact that boxes in which these cigars are packed do not bear the Cigarmakers Blue Label makes 1t easy to identify their contents as non-union.
 Three non-union brands that are be- ing widely advertised i'll this district are the Peter Schuyler, Muriel and Black stone cigars.
 So. although New England will have bership drive, the success of the organ ization. work, especially in neighboring states, will depend in a large measure upon the support it receives from Or ganized Labor i'll New England. For If non-union manufacturers find that the New England workers refuse to buy non-union cigars it will surely convince them that they much unionize their plants and pay their employees a living wage if they want to sell their goods in this market.
 Therefore, members of Organized Labor, the Cigarmakers call upon you to help to make this 100 per cent. mem bership drive a success. You can do your part by demanding and accepting cigars packed i'll containers bearing the Cigarmakers Blue Label.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
BAKERS DEMANDS NO EXCUSE
 FOR INCREASED BREAD PRICES

The bakers strike presumably only of before the public will be informed by the Master unions demands responsible for of bread the Master Builders Association tell the public that 10 hour the carpenters send rents though they weren't already soaring in a to make everybody
 Bakers will interesting make the of bread making Figures presented the meeting of the New Haven Trades Council which that making barrel of four which leaves plenty the bakers with handsome still left for the masters.
 bakery propretors have for long time evneed battle has presented sca the effort that the union has made for
  the Master Builders have awakened still plenty of union label bread to be had and is that bread label also their duty that bread and lunch comes from bread so labeled.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
LABOR ATTITUDE
 ON PROHIBITION
 PLAINLY STATED
Vice-President Wo1l Declares Freedom of Constitution
 Is Menaced.
(Matthew Wo1l, Vice President ot
 American Federation of Labor.l

(Matthew Wo1l, Vice President of American Federation of Labor.) The American labor movement be- lieves that the constitution should re- main what 1t always has been, guaran- tee of rights and an open door. to free dom. It Is time for grave apprehen- sion when the constitution forsakes its traditional character of positive declara- ton and begins to take on the character of abridgment.
 The trade union movement of the United States does not come to the de- fense of alcohol It has no word to say i'll behalf of intoxicating liquors. No force III our country has been so effective i'll the promotion of temper ance among working people as the or ganlzed labor movement. e
 The labor movement has achieved more for the cause of temperance than all the. temperance societies combined, but we challenge the right of any one to prescribe by law the morals or the habits of the people of the United States through any act that restricts them in the exercise of normal activ- ities. We deny the right to remedy abuses practiced by few through de- nial to the whole people of a right and privilege which they desire and which is neither harmful nor immoral
 Were we living in normal times the result of such an abridgment of liberty might not be such serious cause for apprehension, though the injustice of 1t would be fragrant.
 The situation as we find it today is that grave injustice is being done to the masses of the people at time when but few things are normal. We have gone through a strain upon body and soul and mind, a strain upon industry and strain upon our social structure.
 At its convention held in Atlantic City, the American Federation of La Dor by vote of more than 26,0OO to 4,OO0 declared itself in opposition to manufacture of beverages containing not more than 2.75 per cent. alcohol by weight
 This is truly the voice of the work ing people of the United States, the lated by the last amendment to the con- stitution. That beer, SO made, is not an intoxicant, has been amply proven. The evil has been wrought by those who have seen a wrong and who, in their zeal to eliminate the wrong, have killed with 1t that which was right and good.
 If America is to proceed as it has proceeded in the enactment of the 18th amendment, the institutions of our country will lose their character and we shall find ourselves turning from na- tion of broadening liberties to a nation of narrow-minded restrictions, which followed to the conclusion mean decay and death. This must not be.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

generally, they have trusted to the gen. erosity or justice of the employers only to find that the employers generally only recognize the organized power to en- force demand when wages. etc, are in question:"