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DEMOCCRACY’S TASK
(By J. E. Jones) |
The millions fought and millions!
bled and died; but when you asked |
them for what, they puckered up|
their faces and scorned the ““ignor-
ance’ that prompted the question.
Then President Wilson discovered
a happy phrase when he declared |
that the war is being fought for de-|
mocracy. It was just like finding
your collar button under the dresser,
for these Europeans. They rushed
pellmell and ®*embraced democracy,
and they swayed their poor tired
heads and shouted new hallelujahs in
the nume of Vale | Sam and demo-
cracy.
And so*it has come to pass that
the great nations of the world are in
a league to make.democracy safe and,
triumphant.
Prussianism is the hateful word
that best describes people who have
forgotten civilization, who have
abandoned their honor and manhood,
and who have lost respect for wo-
manhood.
Prussianism has unloosed hell on
earth. Democracy has enlisted for
the purpose of rounding up and im-
pounding in a corral this hell that has]
been running amuck.
And the civilized nations are de-
lighted to find that they are fighting
with democracy, and they have ac-
cepted the phrases of the United
States, and have declared that in the
end this war must finish Prussianism
for all time.
The new. copartnership of civiliza-
tion has been cemented on real demo-
cratic seil; and Balfour, Joffre, Vivi-
ani, and their parties from England!
and France, have accepted the help
of the world’s greatest democratic
guvernment.
Our billions stand pledged hence-
forth for democracy, for liberty and
for civilization. Uncle Sam has writ-
ten a blank check and has handed it
to his new European partners. Mean-
while cruel Prussianism has battered
its fool head against a stone wall—
and it is doomed.
Democracy has taken up a big con-
tract, and she must see it out to the
finish. Then the fight of Democracy
must continue through the long ages
following its triumph over the pres-
ent foe. ‘
Strange doctrines come to America
these days, and dangers lurk in the
new theories about which cling the
interests that would promote money
wars, control the press and give us
conscription. The pity of it all is
that in such trying times sober judg-
ment yields frequently to hysteria
and excitement.
Democracy must be kept safe
against hate, greed, arrogance, and
the baser passions that seek always
40 sway and control small groups thac
are placed in power. In cases like
the present the people give carte
blanche to their higher officials when-
ever a crisis is at hand.
Democracy has pulied its gun, and
has declared that it wants peace, and
that in order to get it the tar must
be knocked out of Brussianism.
Democracy is no longer a national
* aifair witn us Americans; but ‘it has
become a owrid organization. It
promises much for the future, and
the people of the United States will
do well at all stages of the proceed-
ings to look well to democracy, and
to direct that she keep her eagle eye
peeled least a new Prussianism should
spring up right here in our own house-
hold. 'L'here must be no false faces
worn by. tanis democracy that the
world is fighting for.
Ana 11 Democracy comes out of the
trenches, out of the gesspools of |
liquid fire, out of the savagery of |
the submarine; if she rignts the
wrongs of enslaving the presecuted | ..
Belgiams; if she meets the Naugalim}
in france—if she conquers these
things expressed in these meek words, |
and stil remains true to herself, then |
democracy and the spirit of brotherly |
love will be ready to go into partner- |
ship and declare regular daily divi-
dends through all eternity.
Americans can well afford to re-
member the
Washington,
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who in presenting his
swords to his hephews, said that they |
were “not to unsheath them for the]
purpose of shielding blood, except it |
be in self-defense or defense of their |
country and its rights, and in the lat- |
ter case to keep them unsheated and
prefer falling with them in their}
hands rather than the relinquishment
fhereots
Democracy promises to provide
lasting peace by the sword.
A Problem That Is Working Out
The spectacle of the lion and the
lamb lying down together according
to Biblical prophecy, would not be
more surprising than some of the
developments that have been brought
about by the ' national emergency
created by the war. For example, the
comercial organizations representing
the shippers of the country who ordi-
narily flock to Washington by the
hundreds to fight any proposal for an
increase in railroad rates are now
actually petitioning the Inteistate
Commerce Commission to grant the
increase that the railroads are asking.
Not only that but a number of the
trade organizations have gone further
and urge the Commission to waive
the usual requirement for the filing
of freight tariff schedules - by the
roads covering the proposed advances.
They do this on the grounds that is
important not to delay action in the
| matter in view of the importance of |
——— | enabling the railroads to put them-|
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY | Selves into better shape for moving
troops and supplies in prompt and
| efficient fashion.
| Chicago should pay nine or eleven
| shippers and transportation men to
i pull together in the cause of national
tis apparent that every pound of food |
.lish a food commission, the principle
‘purpose of “which will be aimed at
injunction of Gen eral !
THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA.
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NOTES FROM
HiGH SCHOCL|
‘When one recalls the verrific strug-
gles “that used to go on and the EDITOR
thousands of pages of testimony taken Lenore Collins 7
$1.50 | on the question of whether dried
ASSISTANT ED!TOR
Gregg Darrow
‘REPORTERS
{ prunes moving from California to no
cents a hundred this. willingness of
| efficiency is probhbly as striking an Harry Aurandt '20.
| evidence of the new. spirit of unity Irene AuStin '20.
resulting from the war as can be Ruth Bowmaster "19.
found anywhere. Perhaps this will Clara Rowe 148. .
prove to be the most valuable lesson : oS 3
of the war—that the interests of dif- Edna Zinn "17.
ferent classes of our great population Margaret Damico '17.
aer really one, and that in the past -
| there has been a great amount of un- A
necessary friction over matters of HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
really minor importance. But, to] Owing to Jim Swank’s unequaled
come back to the question of the rail- talent in producing earthly and un-
roads, the general impression hare !earthly sounds, he was falsely as-
seems to be, in view of the attitude | cysed © last Wed, of a misdemeanor,
taken by the shippers, that the roads | when a herd of ‘cattle was being
will get a moderate increase, and that! driven down the street issuing forth
it is to the best interests of the their melodious strains every eye in
country that they should get it. {he room was instantly turned on
The Food Crisis | James, every one thinking him to be
The Etropeans frankly admi thatthe producer of the sounds.
{they have not fo doenough to eat. that near to the real stuff, that you
Not only is the food supply, as|James, since your talent has come
based on the 1916 cr8p, insufficient |can fool wise men like Harvey Meyers
{for our own domestic needs, but it and Howard Gress, we ‘advise you to
{keep well in practice, and some day
you may—be a great “ventriloquist,
and have the ability to make your
that goes abroad tightens the con-!
dition at home.
The overcrowded cities are always
filled with misery and poverty, and
the people who receive common wages
for common labor are unable right
now to buy sufficient quantities of
earth to the other.
Latest Notice.
Mary Siehl: Next week I am go-
food and. clothing, at the present ing to the Recruiting Station and
high prices, for themselves and fami- |help the Government. :
lies. Norman Suder: What do you
The Governgent, in taking a hand
in affairs, does not expect that there
will be any rush of patriotic men and
women, volunteering to turn them-
selves into farmers. But Uncle Sam
does expect to be able to plug up a
lot of leaks responsible for the
wastage of food.
The Government will likely estab-
mean? °
Mary: Why, I. am going to kiss the
first 10 fellows who enlist.
Irvin Gress and Michael Hady:
Please tell us what day, Mary, so we
are the first.
Miss Beck:
terous mean?
Anna Forquer:
can’t say it.
Anna what does dex-
O I know but I
protecting the public against the un-
necessary boosting of prices. The So eek ; Well Anna express
Government will also take a hand in Anrm
promoting many means ad methods
intended to result i an increased
acreage of crops.
There is a good deal of comfort
felt i the fact that the Government
itself will in effect take charge of the
market situation at home, and in sup-
plying food for England and France.
No industry ‘or activity offers
greater inducements than farming.
I never express myself I
always go by freight. i
G. Darrow says she has one con-
solation; if she can’t get a man on
the string she can have at least a
piece of chalk.
We wonder what made Prof. Arnold
blush when in Cicero class Irvin Gress
translated, “I have ‘proposed to my-
self.”
Found: A new animal, by Howard
@ress, called a “fena tick” (fanatic).
The Seniors have adopted as their
The westmoreiana oal company
which owns several hundred acres of
slogan, “Let the boys do ) it. ny
surface around its mines in Irwin has
had the land plowed and Rn] wo gg £ 3 shat the door in Mr.
for free use of miners. Even the big. a 1d oy :
flower beds around the Westmoreland ny: idn’t know e ig a
mansion in West Irwin have been door in his face.
d fi dening.
plowed up TOF gardenme taining the word “gladiator.”
Guy Floto: Mr, Smith ate a hen
yesterday and to-day -he pays Be is
' glad-he-ate-her.
Miss Beck:
read the song.” :
William Keegant: “Read it”!
Miss Beck: “Well you may sing it
if you wish.”
Recently in German uss while
discussing a sentence Rudolphus Bow-
man asked why moonlight was white?
Edward Crowe informed us then that
the moon was blue.
We wish some person would give
Robert Blake lessons in tatting and
crocheting as he seems to be greatly
interested in that’kind of work.
Coal operators in the Irwin-Greens-
burg field have notified their employ-
ees of a wage increase of from 17 to
26 per cent, effective May 1. More
than 12,000 men are benefited and the
yearly increase in payrolls, it is esti-
mated, will -reach approximately
$2,000,000. .
Lex N. Mitchell of Jefferson county
introduced a bill in the Pennsylvania
house of representatives forbidding
manufacture or sale of liquors from
July 1, 1917, to the end of the world
war. Liquor for medicinal and sacra-
mental purposes is permitted.
William you may
“Slackers” in Irwin will find hard
rowing from now on. Chief of Police
Charles F. Frum, a veteran soldier,
has come out with the announcement
that young men there must either en-
list, go to work or stop loafing on the
streets. :
All employees of the executive
branch of the Pennsylvania state gov-
| ernment were ordered by Governor
{ Brumbaugh to take the oatk of al
legiance to the United States. Any,
who refuse will be dismissed.
for their commencement
success.
mores that we receive no news from
them. Have they all become such a
bunch of sticks that nothing happens
in the class worth noting, or do they
shun the publicity of having their
is iv the reporters fault?
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Sean! that biondachial,
Pain and 111 Health
rob you of all your
efficiency.
DR. MILES’
ANTI-PAIN PILLS
quickly relieve Pain, but
at the same time, when
over-work or nervousness
is the cause,
; Dr. Miles’
Restorative Nervine
should be used to relieve
the cause.
Cy =o IF FIRST BOX, OR BOTTLE. FAILS
HENRY FAR AM, TO BENEFIT YOU, YOUR MONEY
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ad WILL BE REFUNDED.
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SEVERE HEADACHE. |
«] once had terrible
headaches anl feared La
Grippe. I could noi at-
tend to my work. I tqgk
some of Dr. Miles’ Anti-
Pain Pills and the pain
was quickly gone. Then
I started using Dr. Miles’
Nervine and the trouble
| vanished completely -and
I felt well and active
once more.”
‘Now,
voice heard from one end of the
Miss Beck: Write a Lee ocn-|
1 $14.70@15.75;
The Seniors have selected the play! 13.40;
exercises,
and are working hard to make it a
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What has become of the Sopho-|
names published in our column, or,
pr OY TNT DER YL TR DL
GLENCOE
GLEANINGS.
Mary Martz or Corrigansville was
buried at Mt. Lebanon on Sunday.
Six. autos made up the funeral party
eut of Maryland.
Harvey Leydig and Milt Webreck
of Somerset spend Sunday with their
parents.
Mrs. John Weaver, son Lester, and
Heard Miller of Connellsville Sun-
dayéd with S. J. Layman’s.
Mrs. Harvey Smith is in the West-
ern Maryland Hospital at Cuberland
following an operation last Thurs-
day.
Arthur Bittner is again an em-
ploye of Jacob Ludy of our township.
G. G. Delozier represented Glencoe
on the Pittsburg Excursion on Sun-
day.
Dr. Large of Meyersdale visited
our Burg on Health duties on Tues-
day. 3
Mrs W. Cook returned from ua
trip to Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio,
on Monday.
The Local Telephone Company is
!érecting a line for the Soldier Boys
‘at Falls Cut Tunnel.
Even the Band is showing signs of |
revival for which we commend said
organization.
Alfred Broadwater was a Hynd-
man visitor on Thursday.
Henry Keidle of Mance is a patient
in a Cumberland Hospital since last
Saturday.
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LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN
Pittsburgh, May 1.
Butter—Prints, 41@41%¢c;
@40%c. Eggs—Fresh, 34@34%c.
Cattle—Prime, $11.76@12.25; good,
$10.75@11.60; tidy butchers, $10. 50@
11; fair, $9.25@10; common, $8@9;
heifers, $7@10.75; common to good
fat bulls, $6@10; common to good fat
cows, $56@9.50; fresh cows and spring-
ers, $40@85. :
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$10.75@11.25! good mixed, $10@10.59;
fair mixed, $9@9.50; culls and com-
mon. $4.50@7; lambs, $3.50@13.75;
spring lambs, $15@18; veal calves,
$12.50@13; heavy and thin calves, $6
@10.
Hogs—Prime heavy and heavy
mixed, $16@16.10; mediums and heavy
Yorkers, $15.90@16; light Yorkers, $14
@15; pigs, $13@13.25; roughs, $14@
15; stags, $12.60@13.
Cleveland, May 1.
Cattle—Choice fat steers, $11@
12; choice to fat steers, $10@10.75;
good to choice butcher steers, $9@10;
fair to good butcher steers, $8.26@
9.50; common to light steers, $7.50@
8.60;
heifers, $6.50@8.60; good to choice
butcher bulls, $8.50@10; bologna bulls,
$7@8.25; good t8 choice cows, $8@
9.50; fair to good cows, $6.50@7.50;
common cows, $4.75@5.75; milch cows
and springers, $60@90.
Calves—Choice, $12.25@12.75; good
mixed, $11.25@11.75; heavy, 38@10.
Hogs—Choice © heavy, $16; good
mixed, $15.80; Yorkers, $15.75; pigs
and lights, $13.25; roughs, $14; stags,
$12.75.
Clipped Sheep and Lambs—Choice,
$12.50@13; fair to good, $8.50@10.50; |
culls and common, $8@9; good to
choice wethers, $10@10.50; good to
choice ewes, $9@10; bucks, $8@9."
Chicago, May 1.
$15.50@15.80; light,
mixed, $15.25@15.85;
heavy, $15.25@15.90; roughs, $15.25@
15.45; pigs, $10@13.60.
Cattle—Native beef cattle, $9@
stockers and feeders, $7.15@
9.85; cows and heifers, $5.70@11.13;
calves, $8@12.
Wheat—May, $2.71. Jorn—May,
$1.49%. Oats—May, 683c.
Hogs—Bulk,
Cold storage firms have represent-
atives in and around Altoona buying
up eggs by the thousands and ship-
ping them to big plants to be held for
fancy prices next winter. They are
paying as high as 30 cents a dozen. As
a result eggs, ordinarily plentiful at
this time of the year, when they re-
tail from 22 to 27 cents a dozen, are
being sold at 37 cents.
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A fund is being raised in New
Castle to buy woolen yarn with
which to knit sleeveless * jackets.
mittens” and mufflers for the men on
the battleship Pennsylvania. Tle yarn
purchased by this fund will be distrib-
uted among those who are anxious to
do the work but cannot afford to pur-
chase the materials with hich to
make these articles.
Rev. Dr. J. Leonard Levy, prominent
Pittsburgh rabbi, and one of the
best known rabbis in the United
States, died at his home here of pneu-
monia superinduced by overwork. Dur:
ing the sixteen years he spent as head
of the Pittsburgh congregation Dr.
Levy established a nationwide repu-
tation as a clergyman, educator and
lecturer.
The Atlantic Refining company
in Pittsburgh has announced another
advance in wages, effective May
1 The rate for common labor will
now be thirty cents an hour and com-
paratively higher rates to other labor
and mechanics. This is announced as
being in recognition of the inérease
in the cost of living.
Jostled under a train when Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh students engaged
in a frolic at the Fourth avenue sia-
tion of the Pennsylvania railroad in
Pittsburgh, Raymond Storer, age
twenty-one, son of County Detective
Arthur Storer of Elizabeth and a stu-
dent at Pitt, was fatally injured.
If your eyes trouble you in any way you should
have them carefully examined by a Sompetent, ex
perienced Optometrist.
If your SPECTACLES need changing you
should use good judgment and have expert work
done on them
Our methods are different in many respects
from others. A trial will convince, you 2bsolutely.
Call in to se« me abut y our Case.
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NURSERY STOCK AT ONE-THIRD AGENTS PRICES
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. THOMAS E. SHEERIN, NURSERYMAN, 10 RIVER ST., DANSVILLE, N.Y.
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Condensed Statement
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
OF MEYERSDALE, PA.
At Close of Business May 1st, 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and Investments.. ....................... $802,689,96
17.8. Bonds .;....--...00.. cn iene enarann sess 10,000.00
Banking House»... ........... a adieas es 30,200.00
Due from Banks and Reserve, Agents.... ....... 313,887.79
Cash.......... ee ah Lae ve... bBT92.54 §
Total. ... $1,275,470.29 |
LIABILITIES
Capital Stoek"............¢ ei : . $ 65,000.00
Surplusand Profits... .... ........%.... 0... 146.787.88
Circulation... - 1... 0.0 Se isanh sty aia as 65,000.00
Deposits «.. in ier eiB ida cee..... 998,692.41
Total.... $1,275,470.29 |
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