TEMPERANCE ERA NOW NEAR AT HAND Prevalent Conviction That Aboli-i tion of Liquor Traffic Is Approaching JOHN BARLEYCORN IS DYING Booze Would Have Gone Long Before, but For Business Involved The International Sunday School Ijfs son For November 8 is "Sow ing; and Reaping-" (World's Temperance Sunday) Gal. 6.1-10 By William T. Kills Hack of the armed conflict that is si'iting these present days in letters i of red on history's calendar, lies an : older, vaster struggle, of which, it ] may be, the present strife is but a i phase. I mean the world war on behalf of Idealism and the better- , tnent of men. This struggle is al most as old as the human race, ami it has steadily grown more acute, I until now in our own time it has come to something approximating a! crisis. The effort to lift the human race up to its highest possibilities is, in essence, what the Apostle Paul' ■ ailed a contest between the flesh and | the spirit. It is material values set In | array over against moral values. In i other phrasing, it may be called force versus truth. More Important than any questions involved In the battles raging in Europe is the victory in this j supreme struggle. Unquestionably, there is rapidly de veloping a common world mind, which i bearing witness everywhere for the tilings of idealism. Civilization to-day ■ onnotes human values. Man-worth is seen to be real worth. Our songs and slogans are all of that better day of human brotherhood and justice. < >ne can scarcely pick up a current publication, whether it be a daily ] newspaper with its report of a com-1 mercial convention, or a magazine with an elaborate racial treatise, which does not accept as binding this new world mind concerning man's wel-1 fare. Politics and religion are both I attuned to the note of social service. Picking: Out the Big Foe There is something David-like and heroic in the way in which modern society is seeking out the most for midable foes. Throughout civiliza tion and common agreement is that humanity has no worse enemy than Intoxicating liquor. Humanitarians, sociologists, scientists, business-efli- j ciency experts, reformers, and church men are all agreed upon this. Each points a finger of accusation at John ' Barleycorn. | Almost amazing is the prevalent] conviction that the abolition of the I liquor traffic is approaching. Drink-1 ers and saloon-keepers freely sub- j stantiate It. Some talk of this tem- I perance era as if it were a definite j and concrete something, a sort of| bogie-man lurking Just around thel corner. Certainly the sentiment, es-1 pecially as registered at the ballot box, j is making steady progress the land j over. After all. when stripped of its ac- ; cessories and phraseology, what is it that men are asked to give up, by the abolition of the use of strong drink? They sacrifice no high moral i principle, no precious heritage of truth I or power or manhood: merely a minor I personal indulgence is at stake, of! which the best that can be said is that it is pleasant to the taste, and! temporarily cheering to the spirit. Over against this habit, which no ] reasonable person claims to be neces- j sary to health or happiness, is rang-1 ed the vast sum of human welfare which has been adversely affected by j the use of intoxicants. Long ere the present time, the use of liquors would have disappeared were it not for the business interests involved. It is not the appetite of the drinker so much as the avarice of the seller that stands in the way of a land free from the curse of Intoxicants. Twentieth Century Knights Frrant Despite the war in Europe, the day's heroes are not military. Our latest songs and pictures and poems are not in glorification of war. No heroes are emerging from the battlefield to arouse world-wide enthusiasm. Quite the contrary. The settled con viction of civilization is that the heroes of the twentieth century are construc tive servants of their fellow men. The doctor risking his life to discover dis ease germs, and the reformer braving the depraved legions of evil, and the nurse caring for the suffering—these fill our modern conception of what is greatness. Building From the Bottom I p Rail as we may at "temperance fanatics," and cry "impractical" at them until we are hoarse, we can not escape the truth that they have shown a victorious strategy in lay ing siege to the minds of youth. This lesson Is the Sunday school's recog nition of world's temperance Sunday. It is of a piece with the four temper ance lessons a year, which, taught to more than a score of million youth, impress upon them in their plastic state of mind.the tremendous import ance of abstinence from strong drink. More than that, this Sunday school temperance propaganda associates temperance with religion, linking it up with the deepest impulses and in habititlons of character; for {he Sun day school teaches temperance on the basis of the Bible. Anybody who attempts to divorce the history of the progress of the temperance reform from the Sunday schools' effectiveness therein, would be voted an ignoramus. The Sunday school has put moral propulsion be hind temperance. It has promoted an acute Intelligence and a strong con viction upon the subject. The average boy and girl to-day can give reasons for his or her hostility to strong drink. This means nothing less than the ' ' -» Keep Your Lungs Strong This advice is doubly important with the knowledge that every three minute* some oue in the United States succumbs to consumption and many refuse to realize they are afflicted until it is too late. It is after colds or sickness, from over work, confining duties or when general weakness exists that tubercular germs thrive because the resistive powers of the body are weakened. Only with fresh air, sunshine and abundant rich blood can one hope to arrest their progress, and the concen trated fats in Scott's Emulsion furnish fnel for rich blood, and its rare nourish ment helps strengthen the lungs while it build* up the forces. If you work indoors, tire easily, feel languid or run-down Scott's Emulsion ia the most strengthening food-medicine known and is free from alcohol or stupe* lying drugs. Avoid substitutes. t«-«J Scott & Boarnc, Bloom add. It. J. j " , •"■it FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 6, 1014 The question every merchant ___^p should ask himself is not how I U Til much can I get for my mer- ff ~frji* J " *Ji chandise, but how much more ir can I GIVE for every dollar I receive. That s not particularly "new stuff", but just the same the principle of it first found full expression in the Live Store. We take some pardonable pride Futhermore, you will find here, back of this iN<&i in our pioneering along this path idea a buying and selling organization second of greater value giving. We feel that in to none within the confines of our state .... You will iffTllßS starting our price making on this high level find us taking every price advantage our enormous buy / 1 x S 1 va ' ue anc * °. ur continuing ad- ing power brings .... You will find carefully compiled II vancen > ent a^on § ese nes * J ustl y entitles data by which we determine to the last penny, just 111 t i|jil\ us to first consideration from those who what it will cost us to handle very article of merchan % (^emanc ' at every dollar they spend should dise within our doors .... All this and more you will \ J bring home a full equivalent in every find working unceasingly to bring, through lower cost transaction. to us, higher quality at lower prices to you. 4 I Kuppenheimer Clothes lis 1! I I ave WOn a deservedl y rst p' ace m the wardrobes of Harrisburgs most exacting clothes IIS Iff / 1 buyers. WE first saw their worth, backed them with the full power of the press and our prestage, Mil 111 / I, 4 put them over" as the saying goes, knowing that their sterling qualities would "keep them over" Ml I would futher advance that degree of guaranteed satisfaction which is and always has been the basis I I I |\ of our greater success. 4 y° u then are not of the elect it's time you joined Iff Iff/ I We ' fixed the price to fit your inclination. ■ \ sls, $lB, S2O, $25, S3O 304 Market h Harrisburs, THE HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER I ultimate drying up of the strings of the liquor business, if we were will ing to wait so long for the consum mation of this reform. A word of counsel is needed in this connection. No legislation, however drastic, up on the subject of temperance can justify the abatement of the educa tional and religious propaganda. Thence comes the real power of tem perance. Following the Billy Sunday meet ings in Scranton. Pa., two hundred saloons in the valley were simply starved out of existence. The gospel brings the mightiest motives to bear for the support of abstinence. It de sttoys the desire for drink. It pro vides pathological care tor the drink er. And with a strong hand it ob literates the plague spots of drink, just as the modern board of health abolishes the mosquito-breeding pool of stagnant water. On the Sure Foundation One of the grave concerns of those' who are Intelligently working fori temperance Is to keep the cause upon i an enduring basis. It should not be! allowed to merit the accusation of a mere "wave," or hysteria or fad. The tetnperanhce conviction should be built solidly into the character of the people. Every community should become so soundly Christian that the toleration of a liquor business would be impossible. When the tested prin-! ciples of Jesus are made sovereign In the personal life, then there is no longer a temperance question: the wine-bidding preacher would quit his social glass as inevitably as the saloon keeper would put up his shutters. It Is significant that the Scripture appointed for the day's study is tak en from the great personal liberty" letter of the New Testament, which Dean Farrar calls "The Epistle of Freedom." Says he, "Eleven times in these short chapters the thought occurs. 'Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free' * * * But this freedom is 'in Christ.' Forty-three times in this epistle does the name Christ occur, and thirty-nine of these times it is Christ, not The Christ, Christ the personal name, not Christ the de scriptive appellative: Christ the Sav iour. the man Christ Jesus." Some Sure Guides i What was given to these Christ- Hans in ancient Galatia—a region in Itlie center of Asia Minor that to-day is so sorely torn by poverty conse quent upon mobilization; and that ' was visited by a terrible earthquake j last month — Is still good for our own times. "Brethren, even if a man be over taken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he Is nothing, he decelveth himself. But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glory in re gard to himself alone, and not to his neighbor. for each man shall bear his own burden. "But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sowetli, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh | reap corruption; hut he that soweth unto the spirit shall of the spirit reap eternal life. And let lis not be weary in well-doing; for in due sea son we shall reap, if we faint not. So then, as he have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith." The central truth of the teaching is that "To be carnally minded is i death, but to l>e spiritually minded ] is life and peace." The greatest task ; of constructive statesmanship before I North America to-day is to put Into I the minds of the people spiritual' ideals, so that they will hold prin- j ciples above pleasures, and duty above' appetite. No other evil in America' is so great as that of carnal-minded- I ness. Every pulpit should echo this! tremendous truth of Jesus; for only the truth which makes men free can emancipate our present-day life from the fleshy tenderness of the time. Steel Mills Employing 200,000 Men to Resume in Pittsburgh District Pittsburgh, Nov. 6. Steel mills J blast furnaces and manufacturing:! plants in this district employing over I 20,000 men are preparing to resume | either ft.ll oi* partial operations within the next ten days. In several in stances employes of these concerns were notified to-day that they would shortly be needed in their old places or that they would go on full time next week. From the big New Kensington plant of the Aluminum Company of America came word to-day that that concern expected to resume operations in full in a few days. Jones & Jjaughlin Company, the largest independent steel concern in the country. Is preparing to increase its working force at the Soho, South Side and Aliquippa works, while sev eral mills in the Allegheny valley will start pnrtlal operations next week. The Pressed Steel Car Company's big McKees Rocks and Woods Run plants will both increase operations next Monday. Spang & Chalfant, in Millvale, will fire several mills Monday, while at least four furnaces in the Mononga hela valley will be blown in. The MeCUntic-Marshall Companj and the American Bridge Company ex pect to increase operations at their Woods Run plants this week. The ex tensive works of the latter company at Amhrldge will also go on better time. LIKE CARRIER PIGEONS released from thwr cage fly to their destination with a message, so your printed messengers go from your of fice and deliver your business mes sage to those whom you believe are likely to be interested. Prepare your message, then consult us regarding the probable cost of printing or en graving. Our facilities are ample to guarantee prompt and excellent serv ice. Preparation of copy and lllustra-. tions If desired. Telegraph Printing Company. American Civic Workers to Meet at Washington The tenth annual convention of the American Civic Association will be held at Washington, D. C\, Wednes day Thursday and Friday, December 2, 3 and 4. It will be a most import ant meeting, from which will BO out | inspiration to all parts of America for i advance effort for the achievement of ] beautiful and helpful community life, and for the preservation of great na tional scenic wonders, such as Niagara Falls and the national parks. This year's convention of the Amer ican i ivic Association will be an anni versary occasion and distinguished by the presence of many of its charter members, who at St. Louis in June, ! 1914, effected a consolidation of the American Park and Outdoor Art Asso ciation and the American League for Civic improvement under the name iof the American Civic Association. The program for the December con- Svention will relate importantly to city and town planning, to city and county parks, to neighborhood improvements, to the abatement of billboards and smoke nuisances and, in a large na tional way, to Niagara Falls preserva tion and to the proopsed creation by Congress of a national park service. Distinguished speakers, recognized as authorities on the various subjects as signed to them will be present from various parts of the United States and Canada. Delegates, representing civic lea gues, women's clubs, commercial or ganizations and other societies, be sides a large number of Individual members, will attend the convention from all parts of the United States and Canada. PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEDICATED Special to The Telegraph Williamsport, Pa.. Nov. C. Wil liamsport's new high school, erected at a cost of *250,000, was formally dedicated yesterday. Addresses were made by State Superintendent Schaef fer. Dr. John Howard Harris, presi dent of Bucknell University, and Dr. B. C. Conner, president of Dickinson Seminary. Chambersburg:. Pa.. Nov. G. —Yes- terday the new Thaddeus Stevens School, at Main and South streets, which cost $52,000, was dedicated. All the school children of the city sang at the exercises. A large flag was pre sented by the Patriotic Order Sons of America. INSURANCE MEN HOLD BANQUET Representatives of the Pittsburg Life and Trust Company held a meet ing and banquet at Hotel Columbus yesterday. Those present were: H. S. Sutphen. director of agencies of Pittsburgh; O. S. Hoda, of Phila delphia, supervisor of agencies for the IKastern district, and representatives from Philadelphia, Allentown, Hazle ton, Williamsport, and R. W. Fair, of Harrlsburg. Some Appetizing Names. A large negro woman followed by a small chtld was heard to say; "Come on here Egg-nogg, what you mean by coming 'long so slow?" A by-stander asked her why she called the child by such a name as Egg-nogg, and she replied: You know that nigger Julie Johnson? Well she done got twins what she calls 'Tom and Jerry,' and I ain't 'g'wine to let no nigger get ahead o' me naming her brats. Come on here Egg-nogg."—National World. TRIPS AND HURTS ANKLE Airs. William S. Rutherford, 1!)24 1 North Second street, slightly injured j her ankle when she stepped from a j Carlisle car and tripped. She was, returning from a missionary meeting; [at Mechanicsburg ayd was with sev-I eral other ladies from the Pine Street Presbyterian Church when the acci dent happened. She was taken to her home. Her injuries are not serious. SEIZED WITH STROKE Mrs. W. O. Smith, 122 Cumberland street, was brought to her home in a serious condition after a stroke. She was at Mechanicsburg attending a missionary meeting at that place and was waiting on the car when she be came sick. When she reached this city she was met at the car by the ambulance and taken to her home. Her condition was reported slightly improved this afternoon. TRUST THE CHILDREN Trust the children. Never doubt them— Build a wall of love about them; After sowing seeds of duty, Trust them for the flowers of beauty. Trust the children. Don't suspect them— Let your confidence direct them, At the hearth or in the wildwood • Meet them on the plain of childhood. Trust the little ones. Remember May is not like chill December. Let no words of rage nor madness Check their happy notes of gladness. Trust the little ones. You guide them And, above all, ne'er deride them, Should they trip, or should they blun der, Lest you snap love's chords asunder. Trust the children. Let them treas ure. Mother's faith in boundless measure, Father's love in them confidng; Then no secrets they'll be hiding. Trust the children just as he did Who for "such" once sweetly pleaded, Trust and guide, but never doubt them Build a wall of love about them. —New York Ledger. CASTORIA For Infants and Children >.n Use For Over 30 Years A * Sinitm of DIN N Fit FOR AID SO CI FT Y Dauphin, Pa., Nov. (i.—Mrs. William B. Sheets entertained the Ladies' Aid Society of the Lutheran Church at her home in North Erie street on Thurs day afternoon. After the regular busi ness meeting dinner was served to Mrs. Harry B. Oreenawalt, Mrs. William F. Heed, Mrs. Warren Weitssel, Mrs. John Q. Fertig, Mrs. Aaron C. Coble, Mrs. William 11. Ege, Mrs. Harry Gerberich, Mrs. Katharine Jackson, Miss Oneida Fertig and Mrs. William B. Sheets. The I.adies' Aid Society of the United Evangelical Church met at the home of Mrs. Elmer Feaser on Tuesday evening. After the opening devotional exercises refreshments were served. PASTOR IS TRANSFERRED < 'hnmbersburg. Pa.. Nov. 0. The standing, committee of the Penn sylvania Eldership transferred the Rev. H. Dixon Boughter from the First Church of Altoona to the Chambers burg Church of God. The Rev. I. A. MacDannald had been assigned from Shlppensburg to • t 'hambersburg, but at the request of the former congre gation he was permitted to remain at Shippensburg, Entertain Your Guest with good music and you'll find your home will be a popular one. Be sure that the piano you select is of standard make, and in the latest style of case, by purchasing a Winter & Co. WINTER & CO. 23 North Fourth Street EASY PAYMENTS ALLOWED SMOKE ENTERS CO AD MINE Special to The Telegraph Lykens, Pa., Nov. 6.—Smoke from the forest lire on the Short Mountain entered the air hole and strangled sev-< eral of the miners, who were after ward revived by oxygen. The fire has been raging in the mountains for sev eral days. CONSTIPATION " BELIEVED IK 2 MINUTES APFUED KAH|i Y WHY WAIT ALL NIGHT 1 TUB NEW WAX. Don't take pills, purgatives or tathar tlcu. Tu-bo-lax amptlea the lowir bow el whenever desired, i ALL DRt'OGISTS. OB BT MAII., 50 ot«. Small Tube. -'5 ct*. Large T lb« con i ta Inp 5 times amount of 26c sijse. TII-HO COMPANY. Phlladelp Ala. Pa. 9
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