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GOMPERS CONDEMNS BOLSHEVISM "FOREVER.”
Samuel Gompers, the grand old man of labor, who yesterday j
passed his seventieth birthday, celebrated it with branding bolshevism!
to eternal condemnation. Writing in the American Federationist,
the official organ of the American Federation of Labor, of which he is
president, the aged leader again proved himself worthy of the posi
tion he holds'as the chief adviser, apostle and spokesman of Ameri- j
can labor—at the same time proving himself anew a conservation of j
that sane type which labor needs now as never before in these days of'
wild-eved radicalism and mass hysterics. Mr. Gompers analyzes
bolshevism and exposes it as a monster and a tyrant, the foe of free;
men the scourge of mankind. Quoting from the new bolshevist con- j
stitution, Mr. Gompers points out that while the fifth Pan-Russian!
congress declared for a dictatorship of the proletariat and the poorest;
peasantry, a portion of the peasantry is disfranchised and the
proletariat calculates them as only one-fifth of the number of peasants.
Even a fairly prosperous working man, by this calculation. Mr. Gom
pers says, is not a proletarian. Bolshevist statistics, he says, show that'
the bolshevist minority does not even represent the masses of factory’
workers in Moscow, the bolshevist stronghold.
“In all concepts of freedom within the American nation,” says
Mr Gompers, “one fundamental principle is that any involuntary
servitude, that is, compulsory labor, shall not be enforced upon the
working people.“ He quotes the amendment to the federal constitu
tion and adds:
That coticept and the spirit of that amendment have been en
tirely reversed by the constitution of bolshevist Russia, which provides
for and enforces compulsory labor The plea to withhold judg
ment is a last desperate attempt to win favor from the American peo
ple for a system of government which by the confession of its own
advocates and defenders is foreign to every concept of the American
Republic. We know about Russia, know about bolshevism. We
know the piteous story of cruelty and intolerance and we know the
autocratic concept that underlies the minority dictatorship which is
hailed to the world by its dupes and advocates as the most perfect ["
state of society yet devised. We know about it and we condemn it ,
completely, finally, and for all time.” >
As long as American labor follows the leadership of men of the (
Samuel Gompers type, so long will American labor remain free. It is j
encouraging to note that the radicals in American labor who were in
the ascendancy a few months ago are in eclipse now and appear to
have spent their day. Foster, the man who promoted the steel strike
as a beginning of a revolution and not for better conditiqns, is a la- '
bor leader dethroned, while the strike was ignominiously lost. How- 1
arth, of Kansas, a king among western miners, without respect for *
law, pulled in his horns and promised to be good when facing jail at
Indianapolis for contempt of court in the miners' strike, and lost his
terror at home when he did so.
7he rule of reason appears to be returning as the rule of labor.. 1
Perhaps better things are ahead of us. instead of a world of flaming!*
red as some have pictured. j 1
WIRELESS EXPLOSIONS. l|
Italian scientists were said, before the war, to have succeeded in! t
discharging explosives many miles away’ by means of wireless waves, i
though the public was never altogether convinced. Any doubt of the '
possibility of such an achievement is dispelled by recent public ex- 1
periments in England. A device at the Marconi headquarters in Cam
bridge set off a mine of gunpowder at Chelmsford, 35 miles away,
by the mere pressing of a button. The same device is said to ring (
alarm bells on vessels 300 miles distant; and the experts say there will 1 1
be no difficulty in firing guns at that distance. If this invention had it
been in use when the British were conducting their offensive at i
Passchendaele, they could have fired the batteries from London. <
Improvements of the mechanism are expected soon to multiply 1
the range of operation. If another war breaks out, it is expected that j !
an operator silting at a desk in Paris can set off explosives in Berlin ! J
or vice versa. Wireless waves from Berlin or London might blow up j
fortifications or business districts in New York. All that would be
necessary would be a mine properly placed, connected with a wireless
receiver, and a powerful sender, adjusted to the proper wave length, ’
at the other end. Airplanes flying over a city, ship or fort could ex- !
plode mines likewise, and observe the result of the explosion.
I his is just one of the little innovations we may expect in the !
next war, and another excellent argument for doing our level best to 1
see that there shall not be any next war. There are plenty of peace- J
ful purposes for the wireless.
ADVANCED DRESSING.
A dress reformer named Helen Louise Johnson, editor of the
General Federation Magazine offers a new argument in favor of stand
ardized, simplified clothes for women.
Remarking that "man can dress properly and becomingly on a
limited number of suits," and that “his reasoning seems to be that
beauty unadorned is adorned the most,' she suggests that woman
would become "less conspicuous but more impressive" if she also
wore standard dress. “The active, healthy woman,” she explains,
“creates a spiritual impression by simplifying her dress and thus en
hancing her facial beauty, while her less advanced sister clings to the
older dress forms.
Here is a graceful compliment paid to the male of the species!
for something he would never have dared to claim credit for. By.
standardizing his dress, it appears, he has been, all unknosvingly. em
phasizing his beauty and enhancing his spiritual impression, thereby
setting a lofty example to the female. For this tribute from an often
unappreciative sex. men will be duly grateful.
Here also is an eye-opener for women, particularly Vthe type
known as "advanced dressers.’ It will jar them considerably to be
told that the really up-to-date woman trusts to simple, conventionaliz
ed devices to produce her sartorial effects, while the woman who
seeks variety and striking individuality in her costume is a "less ad- i
vanced sister.
As for men, the really advanced dressers, who have got beyond
individuality to uniformity of costume, and thus given their souls a
chance to shine through their clothes, they are quite ready to welcome
women to their own high spiritual plane.
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WHAT THEY SAY
CURRENT COMMENT
OF THE PRESS
Some Things Being Talked and
Thought About
REED AND HOOVER.
CENATOR REED, of Missouri, has
jumped on Herbert Hoover,
charging him with being a friend of
England. Reed is one of these Amer
ican poltroons who will not forgive
any man who helped whip the Huns.
Hoover's service was too conspicuous
in that respect to please tire copper
heads of the Reed type.—Valdosta
Times.
The fact that Hoover was friendly
toward the British was not a crime
and this will not be thrown at Hoov
er by anybody but Reed. The people
of the United States are closely re
lated to the British and being friend
ly with them is the most natural
thing in the world. If that is the
worst thing Hoover did in his many
war activities, Hoover still is a big
man.—Cordele Dispatcii.
Hoover will make much more prog
ress in his race for the presidency if
he has the enmity of Senator Reed
than we would make if he had his
friendship and support. It will be
remembered that Senator Reed in
creased the cost of living a few
months ago by causing the egg sup
ply of the Middle West to be diverted
from the breakfast table to the lec
ture platform.—Savannah Press.
GET UP, HOSSES.
Mr. James D. Weaver, of Dawson,
reliev.es an anxious public by the
statement that he will not be in the
race for governor this year. The
procession can now move o«. —Cor-
dele Sentinel.
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THE ROU ND UP.
IX7E are rounding up the Reds, j
™ and we’re putting them in jail;
Justice, the Avenger, treads on ;
their anarchistic trail; retribution ;
is in touch with the guys who talk- |
ed too much, and they’re cocped up
in a hutch, and they find existence ;
stale. Soon there’ll be another
Ark sailing o’er the slushy sea, and j
the Red jays will embark for old
Russia, which is free; dear old Rus- ]
sia, freedom’s home! Government
is there a pome, and the Reds will
cross the foam chanting eulogies j
for thee! How their loyal hearts
will yearn for sweet Russia, storied
places When they see her beacons ,
.burn they’ll in ecstacy embrace;
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CONTRACTING, BUILDING, ARCHITECTURAL
DRAFTING. EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR SUMTER
COUNTY FOR TIFT WHITE SILICA BRICK. !
! freed from Yankee tyrants’ rule,
from'our coolers, much too cool,
| they will dance like boys ifrom
school, when they see fair Russia’s
1 face. Emma Goldman may be
i there,, waiting for them on the
shore; Emma, radiant and rare, who
; had made the trip before; we can.
see her as she smirks, leading count
| less freaks with dirks, anxious to
upset the works, and to spill some
: quarts of gore. Joyful will the
meeting be when the second ark ar
rives, and the exiles, wholly free,
greet the flag and beat their wives;
honest Reds, who hate the rich,
i and would plant them in a ditch;
| patriots who have the itch and the
cooties and the hives.
Rhymed Review of Recent News
VERSES BY DAVID GORDON
PICTURES BY F. W. PARKS.
Bolsheviks arc serenading,
Now the Allies quit blockading;
Down in Petrograd, the Reds are full
of glee
Since we need their flax and barley.
We must call it quits, and parley
And forget we had agreed to dis
agree.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan
Hears the Voice of Duty cryin’
And he thinks it is a presidential
call.
Hit defeats don’t seem to tax him;
“It is better,’* is his maxim-,
To have run and lost than not to
run at all
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Psychic stuff is all the rage now,
It has copped the center-stage now;
Many pebple say thafc ghosts are
wont to roam.
Maeterlinck and other mystics
Are replete with spook statistics —
Have you got a little Spirit in your
home?
O YOU LIL GHOST^^^
Movies soon will show a feature
Written by that gifted creature,
Clemepceau—who’s a talented re
mancer.
That bird’s not to be derided,
He is surely many-sided;
Statesman, author, soldier, orator
and dancer.
L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Caahiar
C. M. COUNCIL, (Incorporated) JOE M. BRYAN,
Vice Pres’t. & Cashier Asst. Cashiar.
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. Sims, the admiral, and Daniels,
Like a pair of cocky spaniels.
Have been lighting o’er a bureea
cratic bone.
It’s a cinch our gallant navy
Got a lot of war-time gravy
What’s the purpose of this battle ms
their own?
; Pugilistic fans are sneering
j Things of Dempsey not endearing;
It is charged he was a slacker in the
war.
That’s the worst of being famous.
When we get a rep. they blame us
For a lot of things forgotten long
before.
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