We RY oom Coit AEA 7 - the most part when they shall — gommm am Sm SAE TR HATS C0 AND WHAT ENT B2liid UU MU 1niias { opyrighted by JCHN M. WCEK MERE PR OE ” 5: ma A SLAVERY I told children tales of elf and No, Socialism is not. slavery. Fern, Capitalism is slavery. Wee, happy folk that fly; In order to demonstrate that They heard—but O; where did capitalism is slavery, all that they learn is necessary is to repeat a por- To smile and then—to sigh. tion of what I said in the chap- Lo ter on Paternalism. | He’s true to God who's true Afew men own the indus- to man; wherever wrong is tries of the country. They done. have the masses under their To the humblest and the control. They can starve them weakest, ‘neath the all-behold- to death, or freeze them to ing sun, : death, or work them to death. That wrong is also done to They can and do dictate Tori ts and they are slaves -most ase, work, where they shall work, Whose love of right is for and what incomes they shall themselves, and not for all the receive. . | race. — Lowell This is slavery gone to seed. Socialism will abolish this slavery. Socialism is freedom. Socialism will give every: worker an equal voice in the management of industry. It will «ive him the greatest in- ial liberty that is possible or him to have under any im- aginal industrial system. As men are very different in their makeup and their tastes, it will be able, as a rule, to give them he kind of work they prefer, in the locality they prefer. It ot «a CALL NO LAND FREE Call no chain strong which holds one rusted link, Call no land free that one fettered slave., Until the manacled wrists of babes Are .loosed to toss in childish sport and glee; Until the mother bears no bur- den save The precious one beneath her heart; until God’s soil is rescued from the holds will also afford mobility, so, clutch of greed, that 4 man can. move ut’ And given back to labor, let no man Call this the land of freedom. — lla Wheeler Wilcox from place to place ii his desire. It will give him the full value of his labor, which. will be enough to afford him! not only all material comforts, but also all the higher things in life. It will give him short hours ‘of labor, so that he will have the time and the disposi- tion to avail himself of the higher things of life. In short, it will give him in-, dustrial freedom in place of, the present industrial slavery.] witnessed by A. Kent Miller In order to repeat myself as! and Elsie M. Berkey. little as possible, I will refer! = the reader for further matter: bearing upon this subject to the chapter on Individuality, and the chapter on Individual Initiative. : The will of Peter Speicher, late of Somerset township, was probated December 10, 1917. He bequeathed all his real and personal property to his wife, Jane Speicher. Jane Speicher and Park Speicher were ap- pointed executors. The will was dated March 24, 1916, and Sunday schools and School treats at the lowest prices,— HABEL & PHILLIPS With TilE SECOND NATIOML BASK "oo THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA. 3 : Local aud Personal 5 EHH Have you read The Guide? And scanned The Directory? This new two-in-one combin- ation is a winner. Mr. Peter Petenbrink, of Sand Patch, was in town Mon- day. - Mr. John Leydig, of Glencoe, was here on a business mis- sion yesterday. Councilman James Darnley, who has been spending a three weeks vacation in beautiful Florida, returned home just in time to get the full benefit of the cold wave which swept over this section of the country. He says it was some contrast in weather conditions. The severe snow storm and { cold wave that came with it the last of the week caused WE are prepared to supply teachers with candies, etc. for MEYERSDALE, PA. a NNN NNSA SoS a NUMBER O F NEW Up-to-Date Coats For Ladies and Children. Just arrived and will be sold quick regardless of price. Come in and see our line of useful articles for Christmas presents. WEINSTEIN’S LOW PRICE STORE Next to Postoffice, MEYERSDALE, PA. | showed good histrionic -tion’s history. | and strenuous leadership the much discomfort in nearly every home in addition to ty- ing up some industries for a ouple days. Prosperity beams from the smile on the plumber’s. face, while consternation re- moves it from the face of most of us. Fifteen degrees below zero was {i lowest report coming to the attention of the editor. REV. BUCKNER A POPULAR PASTOR erset will lose one of its Sev Wlii pastor of the Chris- ‘ ¢ er, Juckn ian Church, departs for North ma in the State of Wash- ington, next month, where he has accepted a call to serve a large end growing congrega- tien of that denoraination. The Rov. Buckner: will de- liver his farewell sermon to his Qomerzet congregation Sunday evening, December 23rd. A reception will be given Rev. and. Mrs. Buckner on Monday, December 17. } ¢ During his five years’ pastor- ate with the Christian Church in Somerset the Rev. Buckner has made a record, that is un-. precedented in that congrega- Under his able v) congregation’s membership has been increased by more than | 250 additions, and the church i debt of some twenty thousand { dollars has been reduced to 1 23.900. i i The congregation’s current expenses of last year were $3,600, and in addition to this a lot was purchased’ for 81,650 and paid for. He wil leave the congregati i ishing working condition growing in all departments of its activities, with its splendid 24ifies of worship almost paid or. THé Rev. Buckner is a chair-' _ 1 oy. —— i man of the church militant. He is not only aggressive but he is constructive as well. Somer- set will miss him, and also Mrs. ! Buckner, whose voice has. charmed and thrilled our peo- ple through the years of his. ministry here. { The State of Washington is, a thoroughly progressive com-| monwealth. Most of the re-| forms for which the Rev. Buck-| ner has stood among us—Wo- man Suffrage, the Referendum, etc.—are things already ac-; complished there; but he will have ample opportunities to engage his-energies in his new- found Utopia of the Northwest. SOMERSET The Anniversary Services in the United Brethren Church of Somerset resulted in reducing the chureh debt by $2,100. Bishop W. M. Bell, of Wash- ington, D. C., spoke three times on Sunday, morning, afternoon and evening, the lecture for men only. in the afternoon, be- ing largely attended and elicit- ing the highest praise of all who heard it. He spoke on “The Social Aptness of the Farly Church,” taking his text: from the fourth and fifth chap-| tors of the Acts of the Apostles. | Christ’s mission on earth, he| said, was spiritual, economical | and social, and soon his church | must broaden its policy to, cover all of these. | Letters of tminietration) have been recently issued as! follows: i Ada Walker, estate of Merle! Walker, late of Somerset town- ship. | Prof. James C. Begley’s pub- lic school at Edie rendered the ! play “Rip Van Winkle” to a i crowded house last evening, ‘and the pupils in the caste alent. | pipe organ at the time of GRAND JURY’S REPORT Following is the report of the Grand Jury of Somerset County for December Sessions, 1917:—The Grand Jury for the December Sessions of the Criminal Court for 1917, upon their visitation to: the Somer- set County Home and House of Employment and Hospital for the Insane, December 6, 1917, beg leave to submit the follow- ing report: First. We find the institu- tion in a crowded condition and for want of a separated build- ing the employees occupy at present rooms intended and needed for inmates. We there- fore recommend: (A) That only applicants from our own county be considered for ad- mission as long as this crowded condition exists. (B) That as soon as feasible a suitable building be erected, the first floor of which to contain a chapel for religious services and recreation room, the sec- ond floor to have at least twenty-five sleeping rooms to . be used exclusively for em- ployees. Second. We recommend that the barn be repaired, and that the roof be attended to imme- diately and that the barn be enlereed as soon as feasible. Third. That we have ex- amined the utensils in the din- ing rooms and find the granite ware used vnfit and 3 laos d 24 raromMme- 3 that it be. replaced in a. 1ivehe ‘ - aliims v ire purclases by aluminum Fourth. We find that the supply of milk cows is insui- ficient to meet the present de- mands and recommend that a sufficient number of cows be purchased to supply the needs of the home. We also find that manage-! ment of the home and hospital. are using every effort to fulfill their duties as required by the laws o fthe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the rules governing said institution in so far as we are able to observe and learn. Very respectfully submitted, M. A. Rutter, Foreman of Grand Jury. NEW PIPE ORGAN | DEDICATED The new 'pipe organ install-| ed in Somerset Grace United] Evangelical church was dedi-| cated with appropriate cere-, monies Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Virgil C. Ze-| ner, f mer po lar pastor oij preaching the dedicatory dis- course. | Grace U. E. Church is one of the large Somerset Churches and its congregation ig third in numberical strength. ful edifice was completed four] z ie the Rev. Zener was the congregation’s pastor. He has since become a mem- ber of the faculty of Albright; College, at Myerstown, Pa. { The heavy expenditure of; money for the building of the, church induced the congrega-t tion to forego the luxury of al its: building, but the membership has increased and most of the] church debt has disappeared, so that recently the congrega- tion determined to procure the organ, and the work thereon! was completed last week. It was a fitting incident that § the Rev. Zener, who labored so arduously for the building of Grace Church, should preside at the ceremonies for the dedi-. | cation of the pipe organ. Big stock of Christmas Can- dies, Nuts, Oranges, etc., at— HABEL & PHILLIPS’ AAAS INS mm Follow the Band Thursday Evening . CREEN'S MOST KABLE PRODUCTION Goldwyn PRESEN MAE MARSH in HOLIY =CIDCUS EROM THE WORLD-FAMED PLAY BY MARGARET MAYO Reich's Auditorium, Thursday, Dee. 20t:. 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FRED BRUMBERG, 911 Gra- ham Ave., Cencral Blacl- sth and Horseshoer. Local DTS. : GEORGE RUDOLPH, 1321 Tailox. J. T. Yoder JOHNSTOWN \ Sells the Champion Cream Saver ~NEW DE LAVAL. ALY any separator will do fairly good work avhen it is IH brand new, perfectly adjusted and skimming warm from freshened cows. . But a separator can’t always be new, cows can’t always be fresh, nor can you always separate your milk while it is at 85 or 90 degrees. In other words, your separating is done under practical conditions, and the sensible thing to do is to get a prac- tical separator. : The NEW De Laval is the most practical separator you can buy because it is the only separator that you can depend upon to skim clean under any and zll conditions of milk and temperature, and to deliver cream of uniform thickness. f vou want to own a separator that will do jts work better than any other, and do it without constant tinkering and adjustment, then the NEW De Laval is the machine to buy. While this statement has always been true of De Laval machines, it is true today to am even greater degree than ever before because of the many improvements in the NEW De Laval. The new self-centering bow! which gives the machine greater capacity and skimming efi- ciency, the De Laval bell speed-indicator, which alone would be worth many dollars 2 year to a cow owner, the improved auto- matic oiling system and the many other im- provements found in no other make of machine, make the NEW De Laval by far the most satisfactory separator to operate and the most profitable to own. You can buy a NEW De Laval from us on Drug Store y liberal terms. Come in and examine the d machine and talk it over, 4 XR CRC CRN La TTS RRR