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
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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
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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.
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