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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-02
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Miss Brownie Tomlinson, of Guile
Okla is the guest of Mrs. I'LL Finney
Mrs. ]. r. Dark, of Hester, Okla, is
the guest of relatives in this county
Mrs. II. B. Walters, of Sawdust Val
ley, Is visiting Mrs. George N. McKen
non at Culleoka.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore is at
tending house jarty at the home OF
Mrs. Dixon Ward at Gallatin.
Mrs Harry l.. Holiday, of Charles
ton S. c., is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. l.. Fl. Robinette Of Mt. Plea.
SAINT.
Miss Rachel Wilkes, of Sawdust
Valley, is the attractive guest of Miss
Mary Kinzer. at Glendale. She viii
go from there to visit Mrs. George N
McKennon at CulleOka.
Mrs. r. P Dodge and children,
Clark, Margaret sand Mary Anne, sare
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Rainey.
Misses Mary Jane Watkins and
Mary Elizabeth Moore left this morn
ing for Gallatin to be guests at a
house party.
Carroll Evins, Of Culleoka, is in
Chattanooga at work for the summer.
He will attend the University of Ten
nessee this fall
Mrs H. NJ. Scales and two children,
Of Oklahoma City, arrived Thursday
to spend the summer with Mrs. Scales
parents Mr. and Mrs. ID: f. Watkins,
at Ashwood
Albert Sims, of the y. S. Navy, who
has been here on furlough to visit
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. G.
Sims. will leave tonight for his station
at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Miss Mary Phillips Orr is in Nash
Vile today
Rev. ]. NJ. Robson is here TO-DAY
from Culleoka,
Rev. J. II. Green, of Fruitland, Mo,
is visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. Mack Orr leaves tomorrow foi
Prospect. Tenn. to visit her mother
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cox and chill
dren are visiting relatives in Decatur
Ala.
Col w. G. Erwin is the weekend
guest of his sister. Mrs. Felix M. I'll
lett. of Nashville.
Mrs. Gladys Bates. Mrs. Sumner
Armstrong and Miss Donna Poore are
in Nashville today.
Miss Dinna Poore left today FOL
IIoheuwald, where she will spend he
vacation with her family.
Miss Laura Stockton Molloy Il
pending the weekend with Miss An
nice Houston at Lewisburg.
Rev. c. p Givens and family, 0
Iagbyville. have returned from Wis
&. to relatives at Clovis. New Mexico
Miss Grace Temple, formerly of tn
Andrews School faculty, but nov
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CATTLE PRICES ! !.
DOWN QUARTER
SWINE QUOTATIONS UNcHANc-
ED-HENs AND FRYING CHICK
EMS DECLINE TODAY.

Swine prices remained firm today,
all quotations of Wednesday being
maintained, but cattle prices drop
ped a quarter, and with slow de-
mand. Prospects on the sheep and
lamb market wer fifty cents lower.
On local markets hens declined to
% and "a cents, while frying chicks
dropped to thiry.eight from !, 4 forty
cents. afdftjs
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NASHVILLE LIVE sTock.',
(By Union Stock Yards.)
Spacial to The Herald. a

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July l.-Hog
receipts 1000, market steady. HeavI
les $15.75; mediums $3.50; lights
$3.50: pigs from 1915 to SLIPS;
roughs from $11.50 down. Cattle re-
ceipts 100, market steady. Sheep and
lambs. receipts 1900, market lower.
Top lambs $14OO. Seconds $3.50;
fat sheep 5000 down. Bucks $4.0o
down. ~
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teaching at Peabody Normal, will
spend the week end with Rev. and
Mrs. S. d. Logan.
r. Miss Goldie Berkman has returned
to her home in Russellville, KY, after
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. P. CARRIER and
family.
Rev. I. G. Tate and wife, of Badin,
~ ~, have returned to their home
after visit to Prof. and Mrs. Nc
Cormick.
Miss Bessie Roberts is the attrac.
tive guest for the week end of her
sisters, Misses Lucille and Blanche
Roberts, in Nashville.
G. M. Erwin, who has been the guest
OF his mother, Mrs. w. T. Erwin, for
the past two weeks, has returned to
his home in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. William Leslie HIRING and son,
William, Jr., of Admission, Ala, are
visiting relatives in Columbia. Mrs
| Herring was formerly Miss Theddie
Chaffin.
Mrs. jamie Wooten, of Birmingham,
Alabama, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Orel Smith ..4.....
Wiley Embry, of Nashville, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. r. Embry.
Dr., and Mrs. e. A. Timmons have
been summoned to the bedside of
Mrs. Timmon's mother, Mrs. Orphe-
liza Wilson, at Franklin. Mrs. Wilson
is said to be in a critical condition,
and her recovery is despaired of.
Mrs. John Satterfield, of Okalona,
Miss, is visiting her son, Ray Satter
field. at Santa Fe.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Flood. of Ath-
ems, Ala. spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Redding at their home
in Culleoka.
Mrs. A. NJ. Cochran, of Madison
Georgia, is spending the weekend
with Mrs. J, T. Mcknight en- route to
Bowling Green, Ky.
Charles Paul Stanley left for Nash
vile this morning and will take a
commercial course for one year at
Falls Business College.
Miss Christine Nichols, of Aberdeen
Miss, is the charming guest of her
cousins, Mrs w. r. Holland and Mrs.
Malcolm Johnson at Santa Fe.
Jim Taylor, Bert PEBBLES and Jim
Finney came up from Culleoka Satur-
day night for the week end. The la
Dor problem not yet being altogether
solved at Culleoka they returned to-
day.
Mrs. w. T. Glasgow is in New York
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Frank Douglas. of Birmingham,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. ]. R.
Cox.
Hillary Sanders. of Louisville, was
the week end guest of Mrs. Joe Heg-
gle, Jr.
/ Mrs. H. A. Moore and mother, Mrs.
Bradley. were the guests Of Mrs. Amis
Timmons Monday.
Col w. G. Erwin. who has been the
guest of his mother for two months,
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]. ". EDWARDS GETS
fORDsON TRACTOR
WITH COMPLETE POWER FARM
ING UNiTS-DELiVERY MADE
BY FRY BROTHERS.

Fry Bros, local Fordson and Ford
dealers, delivered to j. w. Edwards,
of the Mt. Pleasant section, a Ford
son tractor and complete power farm
ing units Wednesday. This makes
about q half dozen Of these tractors
that haye been delivered farmers Of
this section of the county this spring
and summer. 1ssy
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sasasasasasssnsR,
. SOCIETY )
. : eEsz o. s.easaeue

Miss Glass Receives.
Miss Sinclair Glass entertained at
a reception in honor of her house
guest, Mrs. Young, of Huntsville, Ala,
on Wednesday even from 3 to 5. The
rooms were beautifully decorated In
Columbia roses. During the enjoya-
BILE hours delicious ice course was
served.
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AT sT.LouIs IN 1916.

Convention was held June 1916 at
the Coliseum, st. Louis. On the 18th
President Wilson and Vice President
Marshall were re-nominated by &C
clamation.
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, DEATHS AND FUNERALS. 4
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80 o. o. g. . 40 10 4 q
Infant Is Dead.

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
G. Parrish died in Nashville at 1890
o'clock today. The remains will be
brought here tomorrow andsl taken to
the Hardison burial grounds where
services will be held tomorrow at
O'Clock. Mrs. Parrish is the daughter
of Samuel Williams, of Columbia.
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will leave today for New York. Col
Erwin will sail on July Bird for SAINT,
Domingo, where he will assume hill
governmental duties.
Miss Margaret Lamb Is here from
Rochester, N. Y, to spend the sum
mer with her mother, Mrs. w. J
Lamb.
Miss Mollie Heggie, Mrs. John II
Heggie and son, Hartwell Heggie
have returned to their home in Nash
vile, after a visit to relatives here
| John l.. Robinson is In Centreville
on business today.
| Mrs. Milt Allen has returned from
a short stay at Primm Springs.
Mrs. Robert Lentz will leave Thurs
day morning for Memphis to visit heI
brother, A. S. Tucker.
Miss Alma Morrow has returned
to her home at Albany, Ala, after a
visit to Mrs. e. c. Bell.
Mrs. w. H. Gray, of Juanita, Louis
lana, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. W. M. Allen, on N. High street
| Mrs. Sadie Wade and daughter
Miss Alice Wade, of indianapolis, Ind
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Andrews.
George N. Sarven, of st. Peters
burg, Fla, arrived this morning from
Chicago to visit his brother-in-law, T
| Fl. Williams.
Miss Lucille Joyce has returned to
her home in Tuscaloosa, Ala, after a
visit to her sister, Mrs. Norman Mans
field. Miss Rebecca Page returned to
Tuscaloosa with her.
Miss Emma McAfee, formerly teach,
er in the city schools here, who has
been visiting relatives in, Columbia,
left Tuesday for Panama and Cuba,
where she will study native Spanish.
Miss McAfee will teach in the Tulsa,
Oklahoma, high school this winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Harlan spent
yesterday in Nashville.
Mrs. Henry Cullins, of Philadelphia,
is the charming guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Chas. A. Forgey.
Dr. and Mrs. w. B. Capers, of Jack
son, Miss, arrived Tuesday and are
with DR.. and Mrs. w. P. Woodbridge.
DR.. Capers will return to Jackson
Friday, but will return to Columbia
in August to spend the month with his
family. Mrs. Capers will remain with
DR.. and Mrs. Woodbridge for the re-
mainder of the summer.
Miss Josephine Hutton is visiting
relatives in Huntsville, Ala.
Mrs. J. F. Brownlow is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Joe Ellis, in Johnson
City, Ill. n-
Mrs. Tom Tancil, of Franklin, who
has been visiting Mrs. Allen Harlan,
has returned home. ta
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hardison, Mrs.
James Ridley and Mrs. G. r. Reynolds
motored to Nashville today.
Mrs. Joshua Bethel Bowles, of
Georgetown, KY, is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. W. J. Dale, Jr and Mr..
Dale.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pinder and Miss
Dicey Pinder, of Huntsville, Ala, have
returned home after a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. G. d. Adkisson.
Miss Pauline Cravis, of Fulton, Ky.
will arrive this afternoon to be the
attractive house guest of Miss Vir
ginia Wakefield for several weeks.
Mrs. w. A. Ware and two grand
Misses Jennie Moore
and Addie Smms Bennett, are spend
ing the weekend with relatives in
Nashville.
Mrs. John Fraser and ! daughters,
Misses Charlotte and Louella, will
leave Friday for Birmingham, where
they will spend the remainder of July
with Mr.. Fraser.
Mrs. Frank F. Everett and daughter,
Miss Ellen Douglas, and son, Ewing,
have returned from New Haven,
Conn, where Ewing Everett gradual
od in tho ephOOI nf law
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TAX sTA7IsTIcIAN y.
"A. VISITS COLUMBIA

Tax statistician Fulton, of the state
board of equalization. Is In Column
bia today for the purpose Of securing
information as to tffe valuation of pub
lie utilities property in the county. He
Is seeking the assistance of local CIT
liens. and members of the county and
state tax equalization boards in this
work. ar,t. sa
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| Hynds-Goad.

Hynds-Goad.
One of the most interesting events
of the season was the wedding Of Miss
Hunter Goad, of Carter's Creek, to
Lloyd o. Hynds, of Birmingham, Ala.
The impressive ceremony was said at
the home of the brides aunt, Mrs. j.
r. Walters, on last Thursday evening
by Rev. William Marshall, of Nash
vile. Mrs. Passmore played the
march and appropriate selections dur
ing the ceremony. The bride was
lovely in white crepe de chine with
a picture hat of white georgette. She
carried beautiful brides roses. Dur
ing her young ladyhood Miss Goad
resided at Theta. She was popular
and charming young lady and her
many friends regret her removal to
a distant city. After brief honey
moon trip the bridal couple will be
at home in Birmingham, where Mr..
Hynds is promising business man.
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LOUISVILLE LIVE srock
(By Bourbon Stock YArds)
apecial to The Herald.

j LOUISVILLE, sKslaJ5 July yyod $e'eat''s
receipts 500, market slow and quarter
lower. Hog receipts 1,4oo, market &C
tive and steady. Quotations unchang
ed. From $50 pounds and up $l5.1S
from 1875 to $50 pounds $3.50. from
800 to 165 pounds $15.5o!l ThrQwuts
from $11.50 down ''aa ~ eltts
Sheep receipts 5000 head PROS
nects ffty cents lower. Lambs $l4,o0
to $500. Sheep down.
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PRODUCE.

Eggs, 80 cents; hens, 23@24c; Try
ing chickens, 3S cents. stays, zVc'
ROSTERS, IL cents: packed buttert
2;et30c h.; turkeys, tons, 2oG25e;
hens. 25e, Sic; ducks, 1oQ.ac b.;
geese &c Id. ie@ +
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Ct OVER AND aRAasEs.

Retail prices clover and grass
seeds: red clover, $37 bu.; alsyke
clover. $35 bu.; blue grass. u bu.'
orchard grass. "a bu.; timothy. 1915
hu.; herdsgrass, &c Id.
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GRAIN AND FLOUR.

Corn-Per barrel. $1,000.
Flour-Superlative patent $3.50
barrel. best patents $500 barrel;
bran, 1914 per ton; shorts SIS per tor.
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The lumberiack's bedding is rapidly
disappearing from the Pacific North
west.
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AT SAN FRANCISCO.

Power at the 1920 Democrat
lie Convention.
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WOOL.

Wool-Free from burrs, 30 cents
per pound. th
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Herald Cheap Column Ads Pay.
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Raymond Journey announces the
marriage of his daughter, Dovie, to
William B. Stranders, of New York
City The wedding took place on
Wednesday evening at $50 at the
home of the brides father in High
land Park. DIR. John HI. Barber offic-
lated, using the double ring ceremo-
n.y. Brilliant blue larkspur and the
deep green of feathery ferns formed a
fitting background for the rare beauty
of the bride She wore simple tail
ored suit of navy blue tricotine with
navy taffeta hat. Her corsage was
of Killarney roses and maiden hair
fern.
Only the immediate family circle
and the closest friends who have
known and loved her from childhood
were present. The bride is the Sec
ond daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Craig
and Raymond Journey and has grown
from childhood to beautiful young la
dyhood in this city. She is known
and loved by many for her vivacious
and striking personality and the
sweetness of her character.
Mr.. Stranders Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Stranders. of New York City.
He is prominent in art circles there,
having studied in New York and
abroad Art critics predict bril-
liant future for the young artist
Mr.. and Mrs. Stranders left imme-
diately for New York City, where
they will make their home.
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Martini obinson.

Martini Robinson.
Hundreds of friends in Columbia will
receive with delight the news of the
marriage of Robert Leslie Martin, for
nerly of Columbia, but now promi-
nent drug man of Athens, Ala, to
Miss Mary Giltner Robinson, of Gal
weston, Texas. The marriage took
place Monday, June 2Sth, at Calves
ton, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin will be
at home in Athens, Alabama.
The groom is the second son of DR..
and Mrs. J. R. Martin, who for a num-
Der of years made their home in CO.
lumbia, and for number of years Mr..
Martin was an employee Of The Daily
Herald, entering the service of the pa.
per as a carrier boy, and later ON was
advanced to the position Of route
manager and mailing clerk
The Herald never had more faith
full or competent employee thap was
Leslie Martin, favorably known to his
companions as "Yank." Yank was al
ways on the job and made it a point
to see that all of his carriers werel
there with the goods The Herald
wishes him mighty we'll in his matri-
monial career and congratulates him
upon the step he has taken.
The bride is niece of Mr.. and Mrs.
John William Hopkins, Of Galveston,
and is charming, lovable and beau
tiful Young lady
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Junior Mission Band.

Junior Mission Band.
The Junior Mission Band of tn,
First Presbyterian church will NEE
in the basement of the church Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Every mem
Der is urged to be present
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Church-W alters.
Many friends will be interested in
the marriage of Miss Mai Walters to
Lev G. Church, which was solemniz-
ed Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the home of the brides mother at
Carriers Creek. Rev. J. e. Hight per-
formed the ceremony. Only the i'm
mediate family of the bride was pres
ent. The bride was lovely in smart
tailored suit of dark blue with hat to
harmonic. Mrs. Church is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. M. T. Walters and is a
young lady of charming and loveable
personality with many sincere friends.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Church left for motor trip
of several days and on their return
they will reside at the home of the
groom. who is of well known fami-
ly of Carriers Creek. fa
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-07
AlJcE PAUL AT CHICAGO.

A LICE .PAUL,S peaceful" pickedng Of the Chicago
~ convention IN the interest Of woman suffrage
will be all night if she has her force well in hand.
but would be very unfortunate indeed if at this critical
stage Of the suffrage movement something should occur
which would afront the public and thus strengthen the
position Of the ants the states where the movement
now os soon is to be an active issue
But aside from the nk it entails the pickstns in bad
taste The convention cannot possibly do anything tor
Ii. suffrage movement and at this stage the movement
moi in need Of any advertising.
Neither does Miss Paul need the advertising She has
had plenty Of it. but that does not seem to dull the edge
Of her appetite. In view Of The eagemess 10 exploit herself
which She shows in this Chicago performance, it is apparent
that 81. will be The only casualty when the suffrage hight
is finally won in this country.
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COULDN'T FIGHT WHOLE TOWN.

HE settlement Of the strike at the RivesviIe pcwel
plant followed quickly upon the announcement thai
lie old citizens Of the community had held meeting al
EEieh hy decided to get behind the traction company;
Now thai il all over the fact has become known thai
here never was much desire among The employees Of the
company for arbitrary methods. The man who came here
conduct The negotiations with the company seems TO have
he only one who was not willing to permit the issue
10 be ealed N an amicabe manner And he concluded
lst discretion the better part Of vaOr as soon as he
REALIZED thai he would have 10 fight The entre community
Instead Of Just one corporation
There j, lesson in he whole incident which is to be
ps he business men. and especially the manufacturers,
an mol lose sight Of. The community ought to stand be-
Ina any eoneem thai in danger Of becoming the victim
'pil conspiracy Of radealism And every concern that
Employs organized labor ought to keep its record in such
condition that it can appeal to the community when is
confronted BY such danger.
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SOME SIGNIFICANT COAL FIGURES

a I frequently hard to understand what the members
= Of ougess are trying to get at but the recent demand
4p he representatives and senator's Of the New England
at.s for an embargo which would prevent the export Of
American coal especially obscure in the light OF statistics
S movement Of tie country compiled by The Ceolog-
|icsl Survey and published every week
According TO the report dated June j. which brings the
figures for tdewaer shipments and the eoastwsc movement
IF coal down to the end Of April this year. New England
received 1858 900 NOR. net tons Of coal than received
during he 6t four months Of the previous year. he best
monthly record for last year was $4,000 tons, which was
sored after The beated buying movement began in two
aonhs, August and September March of this year saw
900 IONS Of soft coal laid down in New Eng land and
De movement for April which was the lowest Of the year,
nu account Of the Unauthorized railroad strike was H.
900 net TONS figure which was exceeded only i've times
lsst year.
4 The exact opposite tue Of the coal movement 10 the
aEs and the people who depend upon lake shipments for
.r supply Of bumnous really have cause TO be appre-
hensre Dumpns up to May D were about ], $4,000
eet tons This, according 10 the figures presented by the
Survey, $4,000 tons less than was al the same time
year and 100000 tons below the performance for
lllhe year 1918.
OF course the cause for this lake situation the failure
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ibs railroads Is naEs b se esre 81 he doal
d.6ie s1d &. s6.ds IF lie rsirosd saks Banino's'
prediction foI Il. country ss whole has ben million
and half tons Is: PEI week than normal output for
more than eight we:kLs previous to May a. The tosals
slow that the production during tbs calendar year al.
most 100000 tons behind 1918, which IS a record
year. and 100000 behind 1917.
And IS in thee totals and not the amount Of coal that
i, gong abroad that the people Of New England must seek
for the explanation Of the high prices which cause them 50
much annoyance. 1t not news hsreabout. Of course,
hat the production Of soft coal depends upon the car sup
ply but i may be news IN New England Operators and
coal brokers who come IN contact with The New Ensanders
should take the trouble 10 explain this to them and also to
suggest that # the people Of New England stop Wasting
time trying 10 get embarsoes and Turn their attention 10
making the railroads mend their ways they are much more
likely to sat movement which will tend TO lower prices.
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DISPATCHES from Chicago indicate that the members
Of the West Virginia delegation to the Republican con-
yertion are sraning at the leash imposed upon them
by the presidential preference vote. That news sur
prses few people in this state who know the members
Of the delegation The delegates may be persuaded 'O
keep the faith, but judging by the reports that nave
been coming back about the best that their friends can
hope for is that they will not throw away the states
strength on dead one As for the delegates themselves
we'll some Of them have been slipping, politically 10Y
some time and If ~ bunder at Chicago they Will pc
out Of for good 1t is to be hoped that sWeetly SOL
emn thought will steal in upon them as they weigh theH
sense of duty against their desires between this and the
hour for action
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Samuel Gompers in statement issued at Washington
yesterday in which he defends the strike as weapon
in industrial contests declares that the public has no
right which is superior to the right Of the toers to I've
No one could hope TO deny that but at the same time
Gompers and every other really great leader of labor
must realize that the public has come to the OPINION
that like war; the strike is terribly destructive weapon
which makes people not at all concerned in the mme'
date dispute suffer sometimes even more than the par
ties and therefore should be used only after every other
remedy has been resorted to- And the public, Also has
a right to live.