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THE MEYERSDALE
COMMERCIAL
EBER K. COCKLEY,
Editor and Proprietor.
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INTRODUCTORY
In response tc the wishes of
the committee which initiated
the movement in Somerset Co.
for a weekly publication of,
by and for the workers, I hove
assumed chorge of The Mey-
ersdale Commercial and will
act as Editor and Proprietor of
this well known publication
commencing this week and con-
tinuing as long as it may be
the desire of my host of friends
and loyal supporters that TJ
shall serve them in this capaci-
1y.
During these strenuous days
while the nation is engaged in
war many savrifices have to be
made, and whether we like it
of not we are compelled to face
the facts and realize that we
have no rights but only author-
ity in time of war. This | have
learned by my own experience’
with the federal authorities in
a case of rights versus author-
ity. There is only method of
getting justice in a time like
the present and that is by as-
suming the authority, which is
to say that we must remove
the authorities who have be-
trayed and abused authority
and replace them with men of
principal who hold due respect
for the rights of other men who
think for themselves and act
on their convictions for the
benefit of humanity. While
the federal authorities have
been crushing every known at-
tempt at opposition by sup-
pressing the radical newspa-
pers and by thrusting info pris-
on all persons who raise a voice
of protest or criticism, they
have not dared to postpone or
abandon the general elections
in this country as the jankers
have dene in some other coun-
tries, and as long as thiz priv-
iJege is not denied us we have
still one way of adjusting mat-
ters in this country.
But as Editor of The Com-
mercial, I am not perniitted to
speak about such important
matters in the paper during the
period of the war. I must re-
frain from mentioning any-
thing that can be construed by
the federal authorities as in-
terfering with recruitng or ob-
structing the successful pro-
secution of the war. The cen-
sor at Washington is the su-
preme authority in these mat-
ters and no good comes from
engaging in an argument with
that authority. I will con-
duct The Commercial primar-
ily as a news paper and will
feature labor news as much as
possible while I am its Editor.
I will count upon the support
of the workers, organized and
unorganized, skilled and un-
skilled, industrial and agricul-
tural, and with their co-oper-
ation and yours will proceed
to build up The Commercial to
something like what it used to
be when it was the largest and
box known paper in the coun-
y.
Cordially yours,
Eber K. Cockley.
SUNDAY SERVICES
Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Rev J. Luther Frantz,
o “Go-to-Sunday
Scheol Day.” Brotherhood B:i-
ble Class. Singing led by Prof.
3utler. A record attendances
is expected
10:20 A. M., Sermon by the
Tlaainr oN
Bible.”
7:30 P. M., Harvest Home
Service. Chancel will be dec-
orated with the fruits of the
field and garden. Service led
bv a large men’s chorus. The
Pastor will preach.
All welcome to the services.
“The Unchained
NO TRESPASSING
Persons are hereby notified that
hunting or trespassing on my prem-
ises will not be permitted.
John Heining,
6 Garrett, R. D. No. 2
Carload of Gold
00 per bbl
arrived, $13
THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA.
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“WHATS 50 AND WHAT ISNT
THE STALEST :
: OF THE STALE.
sm does not stand |
ng up.
Capitalism stands for divid-|
ing up. |
I feel a good bit like apolo-|
gizing for referring to the ab-!
surd dividing up objection.
But if you consider it an insult’
to your intelligence, remember
that there zre still many peo-!
ple who actually believe that,
Socizlism stands for dividing
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up.
Capitalism does stand for
dividing up. Fi
Capitalism compels the in-|
dustrious to divide up with the; ;
idle. |
Suppose you are the aver-|
age wage worker.
You work about nine hours|
a day. : \
In the first hour or two of
your day’s work you earn by!
your labor the amount you re-|
ceive for the entire day. {
In another hour or two you!
earn your proportion of the:
wear and tear, the running ex-
penses, the raw material, and:
the wages of superintendence.
Well, then, having done this,
it is time for you to take up:
vour coat and hat and dinner,
pail and go home to your wife |
and babies.
Do vou do it?
No, you don’t.
What do you do? i
Youeo chead and work the!
rest of the day and add still
more to the world’s wealth by|
vour labor. TT
Who earned that surplus?
You earned it.
Who gets it?
The capitalist gets it.
"You divide up with him. |
The Socialist party says that,
you, who earned it, shall get:
it. i
The reason you do not get
it now is because a few private,
individuals and corporations
are permitted to own the means,
of production and distribution!
and to compel you to hand over
to them the bulk of the value
of your labor in exchange for
an opportunity to earn a bare]
living. :
By voting a capitalist ticket,
vou have extended to the cap-|
italists the privilege of ex-
nloiting you out of the lion’s
share of your earnings |
The Roc alist party says that!
(hut portion of the means of
n-cduction and distribution:
which when private! owned;
can be used by the privat»,
owners to gouge other people,
shall be collectively owned and,
controlled, that exploitation,
shal therehy be banished from
the earth, and that the work-
ers shall thereby secure the|
full value of their labor.
So much for the wage earner;
Now suppose you are the|
average farmer.
A capitalist, individual or|
~orporate, either owns the!
farm you live on or holds al
mortgage against it. |
Out of your product you pay
him rent or interest. |
You divide up with him. |
But that is not all.
No matter whether you are)
a farmer with a farm free of,
encumbrance, a farmer with a;
mortgaged farm, or a farmer
on a rented farm, you are com-,
pelled to hand over a slice of)
vour product, in the form of |
profit, to each of the retail
stores with which you trade.
You divide up with them.
You are also compelled to
hand over a slice of your pro-
duct to the elevator company.!
Another to the railroad com-
pany: :
Another to the commission
merchant.
Another to the board of
trade speculators.
Another to the beef trust.
Another to the agricultural
implement trust.
Another to the binding twine
trust. ’
Another to the barbed wire
trust.
Another to the steel trust.
Another to the lumber trust.
Another to the rubber trust.|.
Another to the hide and
leather trust.
Another to the copper trust.
Another to the bres trust.
Ano ner io the :a.. trust
Another to the glass trust.
Another to the paper trust.
Another to the shoe trust.
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on Loaf Flour just
Another to the coal trust.
Another to the oil trust.
Another to the
har +n Th xO AT +vi1at
ther to the woole: st.
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flour trust
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10 the CcOtiLOl
| the wealth to get it and enjoyi of Belle Vernon, Pa., were
it. y married at Boswell, by the
‘Rev. Elmer H. Rice.
Miss Klizas E. Glessner,
| set.
i Andy Cheniga, of Jerome, were | a few days, price $2.50 per bbl, send ;
| married at Jerome, by the Rev. us your order quick if you want ear:
| ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel
: Perian, of Boswell, and Aug-:
| ust Malterns, son of Mr. and!
| Mrs. George Maitern, of Jen-
i ners, were married at Jenner-
‘town, by the Rev. Elmer H..
Rice. |
Miss Anna Frances Pn |
> : | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
You divide up with them. | parker, and Warren Younkin, |
You have to. | son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Youn- |
That is, you have to so long kin, both of Ursina, were mar- |
as capitalism exists. . ried at Ursina, by the Rev. J]
But you can abolish capital-i 7 Davis.
ism by voting the Socialist Miss Edna Ray Gindlesber-
ticket. i | ger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
No, Socialism does not stand Irvin Gindlesberger, of Somer-
for dividing up. set Borough, and Homer Foust,
Socialism is the collective gon of Mr. and Mrs. John Foust
ownershipand control of the of Somerset township, were
means of production and dis- married at Somerset by Chas. |
tribution which are now used! I. Shaver, Clerk of the Or-|
to exploit the masses of the phans’ Court.
people out of the bulk of the Miss Martha Ann Mahaffy,
value of their honest toil. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Socialism will prevent divid- H., Mahaffy, of Boswell, and
up. : | Frederick A. Knight, son of
1t will enable those who earn Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Knight
Another to the sugar trust.
And others to various other
exploiters and grafters. |
less.
SOMERSET | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. An-
, ‘ drew G. Glessner, of Allegheny
re | township, and Lester Weigle,
Mrs. Frances Dobers, daugh- Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert S.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Matyore V/eigie, of Stoneycreek town-
Watkums, of Hooversville, and ship, were married at Berlin
Robert Bolonzky, son of Mr. by the Rev. H. B. Burkholcer.
and Mrs. Frank Bolonzky, of Miss Amanda Hershberger,
Landstreet, were married at daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam-
Hooversviile, by the Rev. Jos. uel Hershberger, of Maryiaud,
A. Wezny. and Eli Yoder, son of Mr. and
Just Arrived
10,000 Black Shells
inside pocket for cleaning rod
case is fastened with » combination locking
buckle. This is a distinctly high-grade case.
The Black Shell Prize Contest
We will give a handsome gun case free to
The Black Shell user who gets the best single
day’s bag during the season. The gun case is
of genuine leather, is made for a double-bar-
reled gun having a barrel of thirty inches or
It ic lined with felt and contains an
The end of
Meyersdale Hardware Co.
J. W. MALLERY, Prop.
115 Center Street, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
Miss Agnes Conway of Rock- [iri iewis Yeder, of Elk Lick
wood, has returned home after township, were married at
visiting relatives and friends &!a2g Run, by the Rev. Moses
in Somerset. M. Beachy.
Mrs. John Kenney has re-! Miss khzabeth Lavada Lohr,
turned home after visiting rel- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
atives and friends in Pittsburg. nas’ Lohr, and Orville Roy
Miss Nellie Gorman visited Berkebile, son of Mr. and Mrs.
friends in Johnstown. Doman Berkebile, both of
Mrs. Aaron C. Holbert has Stoyestown, were married at
returned home after visiting Cairnbrook, by the Rev. John
her sister in Pittsburg. °° K. Huey.
The regular business meet-! _ Miss Anna Florence Saylor,
ing of the W. C. T. U. will be! deuchter of Mr. and Mrs. Ja-
held at the home of Mrs. W. cob Saylor, of Meyersdale, and
W. Gustin, Tuesday. evening, Robert Lee Spreat, son of Mr.
November 6th, at 7:30. | (and Mrs. Joseph D. Spreat, of
Frank Forney is transacting! Windber were married at Mey-
business in Augusta, Ga. ersdale, by the Rev. A. E.
Mrs. Harry Pyle and daugh- Truxal.
ter, Miss Margaret, spent Sun-
day in Johnstown. 5
Budd Boose is transacting! ~ _— E
business in Pittsburg. Creditors in the said assign-
The contracted Some of ed estate of S. D. Livengood
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
have enlisted.
Ro Pletcher, of Somerset, are hereby notified that on the
mote it impossibe for Wim to 30th of November, 1917, a pe-
appear recently before the Ex- tition was presented by the As-
emption Board in Zone Noo -, signee in the said estate setting
for physical examination. He forth that he had an offer of
has been an invalid for several! Seven Hundred ($700.00) Dol-
years. lars for all the right, title and
Prof. Russell O. Moore, for- interest of the said S. D. Liven-
merly of Somerset, now Prin- good of, in and to a certain
cipal of the sixth ward schools, tract or parcel of land situate
af Greensburg, has been elec- In Upper Turkeyfoot Township
ted a member of the faculty of Somerset County, Pennsylva-
the Y. M. C. A. Night School, 112, adjoining lands now or
opened in that city last Mon- formerly of Harah & Roddy,
To Your
Soldier Boys
We have a large selection of Records, the Columbia, that we
would be very much pleased to show you and demonstrate.
Records, for tone and quality, they are first.
and we will see that they well be sent to the Company in which they
F. B. THOMAS
Leading Druggist
Meyersdale, Pa.
Columbia Records for November Now on Sale.
Columbia
Leave your order here
day. ‘A. J. Sembower, Aaron Cramer
Mrs. Oscar Pyle, of Milford, and others, containing fifty-
was visiting relatives and one and one half (51 1-2)!
friends in Somerset. acres more or less, and praying
Miss Margaret Donahue, of: the Court for an order of sale;
Boswell, has returned home af, and permission to make, ex-,
t..r visiting relativesanc friends ecute and deliver a deed for
in Somerset. ysaid land. Whereupon the
Mrs. Frank W. Simpson and; Court awarded a rule to show
‘her sister, Miss Martha Scott, cause why a sale should not be
are visiting at the home of] made as prayed for, returnable
their sister, Mrs. R. M. Brown, | November 19th, 1917, at 10
at New Cumberland, W. Va. | o’clock A. M., and directed no-!
Judge Ruppel, on Monday | tice to be given by publication |
forenoon, appointed James M. in two newspapers.
Mayse constable for Jenner Jonas M. Cook,
Township, vice Roy D. Hostet- Prothonotary.
ler, who has moved from the
district.
Mrs. S. S. Schlag is recov-
ering from a siege of sickness
which kept her confined to her:
home for several weeks.
A PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE
In these days of high prices it is
refreshing to find one article of
nation-wide demand that will not
: a Ss re than it di
Mrs. Louise Mason left Som-| cost more than it did last year, and
. i ill ral h it $
erset Thursday for Pittsburgh; ST. wore: valuable than Jt has
in order to enter upon her, The Youth’s Companion subserip- |
duties ps superintendent of a tion price, $2.00, will not be increased. |
ward in the Eye and Ear Hos-1i The 52 issues of 1918 will be packed
pial, 3, hich she recently full of the best stories by the most
was elec . : popular writers. The Editorial Page |
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kim-’ the Boys’ Page, Girls’ Page, Family
mel, of Pittsburgh, are visiting Page and all the departments will
at the home of the formers ,ins a vast amount of cheer, good
sister, Miss Margaret Kimmel |
of West Union street. every reader in the family circle.
Russell Stewart and several! By special arrangement new sub-!
of his neighbors attended the seribers for The Companion can also !
stock and dairy show last week pave McCall's Magazine—the fashion ; =
at Columbus, Ohio. authority—for 1918, both publications ;
Miss Edna Shaffer, of Jenner for only $2.25.
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entertainment and information for |
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township, former school teachi-| This two-at-one-price offer includes,
er, has been elected assistant, 1. The Youth's Companion—b52 is- |
cashier of the First National
Bank of Boswell. 2. All remaining 1917 issues of The i
Norman Blackwell, of Jean-| Companion free. i
nette. has returned home after| 3. The Companion Home Calendar
: for 1918.
McCall’s Magazine—12 fashion
numbers in 1918. |
All for only $2.25.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Y. Zurewel | Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. |
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sues in 1918. y
visiting friends in Somerset.
Irvin Stahl, of Johnstown, 1S} 4.
transacting business in Somer-
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of Youngstown, Ohio, and Jee | Se
Cheniga, son of Mr. and Mrs.| Carload of Eastern Ear Corn in
Creed
i corn
. Dimmick.
exorbitant.
Meyersdale
high quality of materials and
Standard” plumbing fixtures we
use insure reliable plumbin
Ask tor bookle: ? 8
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Pa.
Big Reduction
In Prices
On a large variety of
Ladies’ and Children’s
Coats and Suits.
Come in and inspect our line
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Next to Postoffice
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