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Ills Next Congress Be HeRaing Body% Asks Josephu Dan

scare the q. o. p. into doing
things the farmers and laborers
want or show them the pit into
which they fell in 1910 and 1918
and 1914 and 1915. Instead Of
ignoring and ostracizing Bob, they
know he must be reckoned with.
FROM THE START.
Ordinarily nominations for the
Supreme Court bench are prompt
ly confirmed. The men selected
are usually of the highest type
and deserve prompt confirmation.
But La Toilette and Norris start.
ed In with their program Of re-
quiring everybody and every
thing to be measured by their
progressive yard-stick. Pierce
Buffers nomination went over be-
cause labor and farmer in the
Northwest regard him an an en-
eny and a. q thick-and-thin cor
poration lawyer. He must have
an x-ray applied to his mental
processes and history. Lodge and
the old guard could make no pro-
test against the delay and exam
ination. They had taken the
same course when Wilson nomi.
mated Brandeis. His nomination
was held up for weeks and his
whole record ralxed as By . fine
tooth comb. He came through
without the smell Of smoke. II
Pierce Butler can show a. good
. blll Of health. he win 70
through, but Ia Follstts and Nor.
ris and others who are out for
msa representing privilege WIN
not hssitats to fght.
y the nsxt Senate 70 Be
hsilraising bodyf
We shall - what w shaT -.
frventv-ffrut C>.e,rv p,N
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such lovely things! telephoned
them-they were extremely dis
agreeable.
I've just. had an awful scene
with the children--I suppose I'm
tired
ITS ALWAYS LIKE THIS"
II wish there was no such thing
as Christmas-it's always like this!
And the children always get those
awful colds-and then there are
the January billsr'
IF we're going to have q tree.
we ought to get busy" Jim begins.
gloomily, after a pause.
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The press ignored his utterances.
He was hsralded for several
years a. "a man without a coun-
try" What did Fighting Bob do?
He studied and delved and worked.
and every now and then loaded
with q speech ~ long as the dis
tance from Madison to Washing
ton. would come into the Senate
and speak It for the benefit Of
the Congressional Record and the
handful Of men in the Senate.
The leaders Of his party. all dur
ing 1s17-19 said: "we viii not
have to stand him long. He will
be defeated In 1922" But even
before that time. the Republican
leaders suddenly found that. even
after Newberry had purchased his
seat. they could not organise the
Senate In 1919 without Fighting
Bob's vote. And then. instead of
being ostracixed longer Senator La
Toilette wAs courted by those
who ignored and hated him.
Fighting Bob lay low" knowing
that his time would come. They
had to have his vote to organize.
He was ready. His vote was
regular" and he was welcomed.
He didn't like Wilson any more
than he liked Harding or Taft or
Roosevelt.
He was In agreement with WI
son ON most Of his policies until
war came. In 1913 he was full
brother In feeling with Lodge
against the League Of Nations
ana therefore he was In good
standing. And then-ths Repub-
iican Ola Guard with twenty-four
majority forgot Fighting Bob
again and hoped wisconsin would
retire him.
bon COMES BACK.
But, instead Of being rstirsd.
La Toilette comes back By an
unprecedented majority. Comes
back. too. with several shsayss,
In particular having helped Ship
stsaA. LAbor-P Progressive. defeat
Ksllogg. Of the old guard. and
Trasisr. Non-PartiAn Leasusr.
from North Dakota.
Drookhart from Iowa and
wheeler from Mootana. and
others VINO are progressive with
bls r were elected on the
pledge Of down with the old
guard" With . country behind
him. progressive Il not radical.
and accsssions Of lighting PRO
grsesavss IN the senate, the. old
guard - nervous. II thinks Bob
ID eolAs 70 raise the very devil
with their program and that he
WIN havs plenty Of help. He
knows an the ways cf ths Ssn-
ate ana for eighteen ysars has
navieaxsa between scyila and
ChAryHds, ana thinks - caa
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rs the next Congress to 20
down in history as He'll
= Raising Congress? Or are
me now members. and also some
e,d ones who have been restve
onder senatorial courtesy and SEN
htorial procedure. to be tanned?
Every now and then some man
=. elected to the Senate with the
threat that he will refuse to
aocept the unwritten rules and
sseuiations that have long given
ehs Senate the reputation OF ?
sslsct club Of the sedats rich and
uitra-conservative. jeff Davis
same up from Ariansas and
yardamsn from Mississippi and
watson from Georgia with boasts
yhst they would take the old
senate by the nap Of the neck
ana wake II up and mako It get
cut Of the ruts. They came.
They spoke. They Numbered.
They scorned the tradition that
. new member should be silent.
They spoke a. often - they
pleased and ~ long.
What happened? After their
urst speeches. the old Senators
haxed. them. Did they black
their faces. pour water down
their backs and in q rough way
make their lives miserabls7 Not
On your life. That would not
b senatorial courtesy. When
they arrived. they were greeted
with the studied politeness on
which the Senate prides itself.
What did they dor Nothing 1t
all, except when they began to
speak the Senate emptied itself.
The ."grave and reverend Sen
ators" (the words they employ
describing themselves) made It .
point to have some duty else
where every time one Of these
Senators rose to speak. He was
not black-balled in fact but he
was IN effect.
NEW SENATORS GAME.
without . word being said. he
was soon made to feel that he
was persona non srata. He could
90 nothing. They left him Hoth-
ing to take hold Of or complain
about. They were politenees t.
] self -frossn politensss kept on
] cold storage. Il didn't take long
Tor the news to sift back home.
!. and voters 1t first were Indignant
with the Senate and that later
Wa transferred to their Senators
! whcss sxtrems utterances were
Asemed responsible for their In
ability 10 secure . hearing.
The next Senate contains ssvs
$ral men whose progressive. or
radical. utterancss make cold
shivsrs run down the back q the
Senator who Regards ancisnt tra-
1itions - moro important than
either the constitution Or tAs NV
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E< A RB you doing much fos
~ Christmas. Maryf"

II A RB you doing much for
Christmas. Maryf"
"A mo. I'm not. Nothing
- al this year. Except for the
children. Of oourssi Are you,
8leanorf"
II simply can't" Eleanor says.
sLast year I had . terrible cough
isft from the flu, and Jim's mo.her
was practically dying. we thought.
and I almost killed myself. went
downtown every afternoon for ten
days before Christmas. and even
then-"
''Oh, I know-dont talk to mer'
tho other woman says. hastily and
Gympathetically. tive gotten -
that I regularly dread 1t. It isn't
lflke II used to be.
''why. the children have moro
toys every week now than We used
10 get for Christmas! Every time
I go downtown bring Baby a new
0tIiIIl8As aiio DAOShOA AOoho
Rover book! And what With all
the bridge prizes people win. and
sending flowers every time anyone
has a party-really. you have to
spend 20 much money!!
Its terrible" the other agrees.
"1'm not doing anything this year
.-except for the children!
This is all said about November
~. But give heed to these same
women on the 22d of December.
A TYPICAL SHOPPER.
. Mary, flushed. weary. confused
and overladen, IL struggling
through the aisles Of some depart.
ment store.
She has upon her aching left arm
q handmade bag. two calendars,
bottle of bath salts. and three
books. all wrapped. all heavy. On
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There are other types than Mary
and Eleanor.
There u Anne. M
Anne begins her prsparations
for Christmas every December Is.
She saves certain boxes and RIB
bons. she begins to knit and en-
broider. and on December Of the
following, year everything II fin
ished.
Anne exhibits her piled boxes
and packages proudly.
II get off all the European stuff
tomorrow. and the eastern boxes
on the 9th. You have to be early.
you know.
do We 90 to church on Christ
masf Oh. no. We don't belong to
any church. No. We always have
the Brookes in. and have . chicken
curry dinner. and play bridge.
Oliver hates turkey. and 20 do I.
"Yes. I get the whole thing out
of the way some time in the fall
I always allow sxactly $50 for
Christmas. and I never run over II.
~ hate II. but I do it-you have
to. And half the things you get
you can always save and give to
somebody else the next Year,
A FINE BOAST!
Sometimes think that each star
in the wide armament IL a house.
and our particular star 10 the in
sane asylum Of the group. When
q persoh's brain becomes 20
twisted that he can't fit into any
other planet then he is sent to US
for awhile to serve his term In the
mad house.
He comes here to this earth.
then, where We all boast Of q re-
ligion and q civilization based In
peace and love. and where we still
sound our drums and turn our
finest phrases In defense OF sense
less war; where We shoot at dawn
the man who breaks one national
law and laugh at the men and
women who defy another; where
We buy tiny bits Of crystalliSed
carbon to wear upon our powdered
ana painted bodies with the mil
Hons Of dollars that would buy
peace. and sleep, and health for
the living little creatures that
perish among use day after day
And where. in the name Of q
mild and wandering Preacher.
whose friends were fishermen,
who never had q penny Of His
own. who spoke only for sim
plicity. love. the primitive services
Of sharing bread and fish. the
washing Of weary feet. We have
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HELPFUL SPIRIT is
MOST APPRECIATED
IN HOLIDAY GIVING

Great Problem of Many People is This: ~What
Are They Going to Give Me, and What do /
Have to Give Them?"- AuthoresS Pleads for
More Rational and Useful Plan and Suggests
Manner In Which Ii Can BE Worked Out.
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ONLY REAL GIFT IS
GIFT OF OURSELVES.
NOVELIST ASSERTS

Typical Shoppers Are Of Many Varieties and
All Have Their Individual Problems Some
Tips ON How to Make Christmas Worth while,
Holiday Should Not BE Mere Scheme to
"Break Even" Financially.
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Kathleen Norris Says:

] think II I could make
one suggestion for Christ
mas, 1t might be this. That
each Of Us give-give to the
hurting point but give only
to one. Concentrate this
scattering Of dollars and
half dollars upon one per-
son--and be sure that per.
son needs it.
-
Perhaps 1t might be
Mother. Her new lamp,
her wrapper, her magazine
subscriptions paid, her porch
painted.
Perhaps II might be the
girl who IL going away to
study music next year, .
girl who literally needs
everything"
Perhaps II might be the
clergyman's little wife In the shabl
comfortable from the rafting frc
gas stove.
The point Of this sort Of giving
only real gift you and ] can make
cannot give to forty persons. /.
80 ~
A whole day taking care Of 8
dozen brief visits to old Lady Johns
downtown with the little mothsrle
them tho shops-s long, gossipy lei
in Arizona with Q sick child-a J
Tom, saying, I'm sorry. Perhaps
friends again, for christina"
These are the real gifts.
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Senator Edwards Promises To Raise Cain From the
Start La Toilette and Norris Have Already Sent Cold
Shivers Down the Backs Of the Old Guard;
Lodge Tells What Happens To Senators
Who Threaten To Revolltonize Senate
Customs and Traditions
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-10-25
What the Strike CGSt
Spartanburg Herald.

An Associated Press dispatch
from Cleveland, OHIO, said that
J. G. Bradley, of Dundon, West
Virgiuil, former President Of the
National Coal Association. told
the American Mining Congress
in session at Cleveland that the
total loss TO the coal industry of
the recent coal strike was 81, 190,-
100000 divided as follows:
Wages of miners 45O,O0O, 900
Railroads, IN freight 100000. 900
Public in cost of fuel 100000. 900
Mine owners 100000
Mr.. Bradley added:
If every family IN America
were to pay $45 il would barely
cover this loss" Mr.. Bradley said.
"rr.ce of the struggle which has
iISt been passed through is eRoT
I, ,us. 1t is at least TO be hoped
& # ii has had its lesson from
" ich both sides may profit"
ii was a game fight, if a very
{ ,lish fight, that the miners
de and it will take a long time
| { them to recoup their losses
| i indeed it can ever be done
lrhey are nearly half a billion
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Begin the Day With God

This is the way to do a good
days work: Begin it with God;
do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus and tor the glory Of God;
count nothing common or un-
clean in itself-it can be so only
when the motive of your life is
low. Be not content with eye
service. but as servants of God,
do everything from the heart
and for His "Well done" Ask
him to klndle and maintain IN
your heart the loftiest motives,
and be as men which watch for
the coming of the master of the
house:-F. B Meyer.
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A Billion Dollar Strike
Columbia Record

J. G.. Bradley, Of West Virginia
formerly president of the Ma
tional Coal Association, declared
III IN address before the Ameii-
c; , Mining Congress at Cleve-
IL d the other day that the re-
c, t strike in the coal industry
C. lsed a total loss of $1,l90,00O.-
CO.
his loss was figured by Mr..
b LEY, as, loss in wages 10 The
u ID Mine workers of Ameri.
CO, estimated by them, $780,
co., %; loss to The railroads. as
ii., u.ed by them, $3OO,00O,000;
los 10 the public in cost of fuel,
$4GG 100000 and loss to the mine
operators, &0.O0O,O0O.
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A Warning

A man who would not take his
home paper sent his little boy to
borrow the copy taken bv a
neighbor. In his haste the boy
ran over a hive OF bees and in ten
minutes he looked like warty
squash. His cries reached his
father, who ran to his assistance,
failing to note a barb wire fence,
which he ran into breaking ii
down, cutting a handful of flesh
from his anatomy, and running a
S. pair Of pants. The COW took
advantage of the gap in the fence
and got into the corn. Hearing
the racket, his wife ran out, up
setting 4.gallon churn Of rich
cream into a basket of kittens
and drowned them. In her haste
she lost a $l7 set of teeth, The
baby, left alone. crawled through
the cream into the parlor and
ruined a brand new $40 carpet
During the excitement the oldest
daughter run away with the hired
man, the dog broke up eleven
settings of eggs and the calye.
chewed the tails of four night
shirts. Cheaper by far to have
the paper delivered. says South
Dakota newspaper.-Pacific Her
aid. Waldport, Ore.
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A Praying Church

A prosperous church is a
church which prays. 1t is writ
ten, "My house shall be called
house Of prayer" We must nev-
er lose faith in prayer. We must
never abandon prayer. We must
never lose the spirit of prayer.
A church can get on for con-
siderable time without singing
and can go on indefinitely with
Indifferent singing. A church
may do we'll with poor preach
ing. and even without preaching
OF any kind. But q church with
out prayer is no church at all.
We might rs well expect man
to live without breathing as to
expect a church to live without
praying Pray for the minister.
Pray for the sick and afflicted.
Pray for the children. Pray for
the lost. Pray for the commun-
ity. Pray for one another. Pray
We the Lord of the harvest that
He may send forth laborers into
His harvest. Pray without ceas
ing. Pray everywhere Let the
church be characterized by pray.
er. filled with the atmosphere Of
prayer, and crowded with the
trophies OF prayer.
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Marshville Home.

There isn't an acre of land IN
cultivation in this community
that can not be caused to double
its crop yields within three years
BY the use of clovers under
systematic crop rotatio n.
There are plenty of examples of
one hundred per cent increase in
yields of crops following the first
Years seedlings with lespedeza.
The time is almost at hand IN
this community when farmer
will be considered very much OF
back number" whose farm in
the spring shows a wheat or oat
crop without a nurse" crop OF
llespedeza or other clovcrs grow
ing with it.
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|ifEIak
attendance or how mtfeh

lattendance Or DOW n1uehN *
we do in the church, or how Si.
ten we serve on committees, or
how much we give, or how anx-
lous we say we are to save souls,
il our daily living does not ex-
actly coincide with our profess
sion. There is no lasting per-
sonal power in any sphere of
action, unless the heart is sepa-
rated from the world and bound
with loving links TO the great
heart of the universe. The world
is not slow in findin out wheth-
er our lives are actuated by heav-
enly or worldly mo yes. We
may deceive ourselves but not
humanlty.-Ide O Moulton.
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The Persian CrOcuS

All flowers bring messages, if we
will hear;
Soft whispers from a world
we do not see,
Some hint how "rainbows
round the throne" may be;
Some. how gold crowns for--Esn,,
somed ones appear,
And some, of tnorns the Sinless
One did wear;
And purple dyes and crimson
stains agree
In whispering how His sor-
rows set us free
Who scorn and shame and death
for us did bear.
And some-fair Crocus, thou art
surely one
Come tor a moment, just to lei
us know
What robes are ready when
earth's cares are done,
For those. Sustained and travel
worn below.
Who, washed and sanctifiec
through the Pure One.
E Shall walk in white" before the
eternal throne.
Mrs. ]. 0. Ballard in "Scarle
Oak"
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Edna V. Funderburk.
Her AbSent.Min Grandfather

A little girl. who was trying I'd
tell a friend how absent minded
her grandpa was, said: "He walk !
around thinking about nothing
and when he remembers it; h4
then forgets that what he thought
of was something entirely differ
ent from what he wanted to re-
member"
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MORAL ISSUES
A Prayer

God Of the Dew,
In gentlest ministry,
AS silently
Would | some soul refresh anew.
God of the Sun,
Far flaming heat and light,
Be my delight
On radiant errandS swift 10 run.
God of the Star,
To It's stern orbit true,
My soul imbue
With dread, lest thine order MAJ.
God Of the Sea.
MAJESTIC. yas;, profound,
Enlarge my bound
Broader aud deeper let me be.
-Maltbie D. Babcock.
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IL is SAID
Barkis is willin'.-DickenS.


Put your best foot foremost
Congreye.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true
Observation-Disclosures.
An infallible characteristic of
meanness is cruelty.-Johnson.
The manly part is TO do with
might and main what you can
do.-Emerson.
The people once belonged TO
the kings: now the kings belong
TO the people.-Hcine.
The use Of money is all the
advantage there is IN having
money.-Benjamin Franklin.
See. there is Jackson, stand
ing like a slcnewall!-Bernard
F. Bee at the Battle of Manassas.
The perfect manhood of the
race in Christ Jesus is the errand
of Christianity.-Henry Ward
Beecher.
Health, longevity, beauty, are
other names for personal purity;
and temperance is the regimen
for all.-A. Bronson Alcott.
October is the opal month of
the year. 1t is the month ofglo-
ry. of ripeness. 1t is the picture
month. Henry Ward Beecher.
Industry, temperance, and pi-
ETY. are the only means of pres
ent enjoyment. and the only true
sources of future happiness
B. r. Hayden.
The Divine mind is. as visible
in its full energy of operation on
every lowly bank and mould
ering stone, as in the lifting of
the pillars of heaven, and settling
ilSao,ii1.ssoni anf ibe- = narth -
RuSkin.
Morality without religion is
only a kind of dead reckoning,
AN endeavor TO find our place
on a cloudy sea by measuring
the distance we have run, but
without any observation of the
heavenly bodies Longfellow.
ia young lady has that dis
cretion and modcsty without
which all knowledge is little
worth, she will never make an
ostentatlous parade Of it. because
she will rather be intent on aC-
quiring more, than on displaying
what she has.-Hannah More.
Character is money; and ac-
COrdinp as the man earns or
spends the money, the money IN
turn becomes character. AS mo.
ney is the most evident power
Ii the worlds uses, so the use
that he makes of money is often
iall that the world knows about
the man.-Bulwer-Lytton.
Every mans powers have re
lation 10 sons kind Of work; and
whenever he finds that kind Of
work which he can do best
tfat TO which his powers are
best adapted-he finds that which
will give him the best develop
ment, and that by which he Car
best build up, or make. his man
hood. G. Holland.
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dollars worse off than they were
when their managers declared
war against the owners and op-
orators of the mines. They will
never get that back. That is i'm
possible. The campaign manag-
ers or executive committees, or
whateyer they may be called, did
not lose any thing, probably by
the strike. Their salaries or tees
doubtless ran along as if nothing
was happening, and the innocent
public has paid or will have to
pay $4OO,000,OOO for being per,
mltted to live in this land Of op-
portunity for sirike-makers and
strike breakers. THE dear pub
lie" will probably think on these
things when the cold chills
make them shiver IN the wintry
weather just ahead.
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WITH THE POETS
The Great Contrast

"Once it was the blessing,
Now it is the Lord:
Once it was the feeling,
Now it is His Word:
Once His gifts wanted.
Now Himself alone;
Once | sought for healing,
Now the Healer own.
iOnce twas painful trying.
Now It's perfect trust;
Once a half salvation,
Now the uttermost;
Once twas ceaseless holding,
Now He folds me fast;
Once twas constant drifting,
Now my anchors cast.
"Once twas busy planning
Now It's trustful prayer;
Once twas anxious caring,
Now He has the care;
Once twas what l wanted,
Now what Jesus says;
Once twas constant asking,
Now It's ceaseless praise.
"Once it was my working.
His it hence shall be;
Once l tried to use Him,
Now he uses me;
Once the power l wanted,
Now the mighty One;
Once I worked for glory,
Now His will alone.
Selected
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OUR EXCHANGES
The State

France now looks to the Turk
and the Bolsheviki, and the Boil
sheviki and the Turk now look
to France. 1t is not a pretty al
lance, even if :: insures peace in
Europe and Asia Minor.
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KershaW Era.

KerShaW Era.
According to reports emenat-
ing from the office of the state
superintendent OF education, at
the May examination for teach.
ers certificates held in every
county in the state, 589 white ap-
plicants passed the required tests,
while 919 failed. Of the negro
applicants. 3l5 passed and 522
failed. These figures show that
81 per cent of the white appli-
cants could not meet the test,
while the percentage of negro
applicants who failed was 81 per
cent, only one per cent more,
both standing the same test.
Such circumstance is not pleas
ant to contemplate and its occur
renee testifies to gross neglect IN
the past. 1t ought to serve to
stimulate a far greater interest in
the education of the white youth
in the state; that such a record
may not continue to stand.
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We are inclined to believe
those whom we do not know,
because they have never deceiv-
ed us.-Tohnson.