i. VOL. XXXIX. MEYERSDALE, PA., JUNE 27, 1918. NO. 17. Have Chautauqua? Mrs, relatives in Cumberland. Mrs. Ralph Engle, of Berln, was a business caller here, Fri- day. Miss Helen Loyd, of Pitts- burg, is visiting friends in this city. Mrs. Charles Rockwood, spent here. Miss Helen Loose, Greenville, Pa., is the guest of Miss Hilda Lichty. Shroyer, * of Wednesday Mrs. Layton Hutchinson, Pittsburg. spent Tuesday in Meyersdale, Rev. Alexander Steel has returned from in New York. Mr. Eber K. Cockley was calling on friends in Holsopple, Sunday -evening, Mr. William Niehenke, of Garrett, was a busness caller in town Tuesday. Mrs. George Miller and three children are visiting relatives and friends in Johnstown. Mrs. Bert Claar, of Garrett, was calling on friends in Mey- ersdale-, Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Black and daughter. Miss Mary, are in New York on a business trip. * Miss Daisy Ohler, of Sand Patch, visited friends in .town the former part of the week. Mrs, E. J. Loraditch® and 0. children. Pocahontas, Pa., fesy days. RR ) Miss Burnedette Crowe, of Somerset, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Crowe. Mrs. Alice Leckemby and son Herbert, returned Wed- nesday from a few days’ visit in Connellsville, Mrs. Minerva Stratton and her mother Mrs. John Wilhelm are visiting relatives and friends in Frostburg, Md. Miss Pauline Groff is spend- ing several weeks in Lonacon- ing and Cumberland, Md., vis- iting relatives and friends. Mrs. A. C. Bittner, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., is the guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cramer, Mrs. Edward Crise, who was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stein, Jr., re- turned to Cumberland, Wed- nesday. . Miss Mary June Wiland has returned from California, Pa., where she attended the com- mencement exercises of Cali- fornia State Normal. Miss Helen Lichty spent Wednesday in Cumberland, Md., visiting her mother Mrs. Bruce Lichty, who is a patient in the Allegheny hospital. a few days’ visit you your ticket for the John Stacer is visiting our people been brought face to face with a condition such as they are called upon to meet at this time. paign within the memory of those now livin was ever fought with such grave consequen paign we are now about to enter and which during the two or three months preceding the election this fall. Every Socialist hopes that it will imperialists everywhere and that the terms of peace will be so ordered as to give rise to a world federation of nations that will forever put an end to militarism and war, fronted with the solution of the most tremendous problem they have ever been called upon to meet—the problem of social re- construction after the war. solution is bound up the we for generations to come. millions are in the military establishment with the prospect that hundreds of the conflict ends. and the millions that will come marching home at the close of the war? employed ?- the highways and nen Will. reel sear Of, intensly, the Standard of life of those employed will suffer fearful reductions and social disor- der menace the entire fabric of society, constructed .as to avoid this very thing. re-constructed after the war is nothing capitalst system of private ownership under which the mass of our people are but pawns in the game of ism. mount issue in the forthcoming congressional campaign. interests of those who work here in America and the mill who have been inducted into the military service and are on the battle lines in Europe—the interests of these is of importance and must have first consideration. tect their interests and meet the tremendous must take place when industry is passing back fr a, peace basis the following brief outlin reconstruction is presented as th the end desired. Mesdames Elizabeth Cox, Michael Keegan, and William Hay returned Sunday from Clarksburg, W. Va., where they attended the funeral of a relative. Miss Elizabeth Hauger, of Connellsville, Pa., Mrs. Lewis Burke and two children, of Johnstown, Pa., are visiting at the home of the two former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hauger. Rev. C. B, King, D. D., of Pittsburgh, who is in this vi- cinity in the interest of a $200,- 000 endowment fund that he is raising for the Susquehanna University, of Selinsgrove, Pa., will preach at the Meyersdale Lutheran Church, Sunday morning, and at the Garrett Lutheran Church, Sunday eevn- ing. SPECIAL SERVICES Next Sunday services preparatory to the Holy Communion will be held in Amity Reformed Church. The Com- munion will be celebrated the follow- ing Sunday, the first Sunday in July. The hours of service will be 10:45 a. A SOUND PROGRAM FOR AMERICANS, eres: Introductory, At no time in the history of the life of our republic have No political ecam- g here in America ces as is the cam- will be fought out The Paramount Issue. Sooner or later the present world war will come to an end. end with the defeat of the However this may be, the American people will be con- With the success or failure of that al or woe of the American people Millions of our people are engaged in war work. Two thousands more will. be called into service before - What is to become of the millions engaged in war work Are they to become recruits for the ar If they are then hundreds of thousag®h 3 : b y Wa 8 ( f Am a: 4 # co EL - Reconstruction. The Socialist Party contends that society must be so re- That which has to be less than the present competitive industrial- This question of social reconstruction will be the para- The ions now first In order to pro- dislocation that om a war tao e of a program of social e most feasable means to reach ~1. A guarantee by the government to every worker of the right to employment under healthy conditions, reasonable hours of labor at an income sufficient to m all the reasonable requirements with ample leisure. 2. Whenever the Private employer fails to provide employment under these conditions, the government shall be in duty bound to function as the employer and shall acquire possession of any industr : meet these provisions. at eet of a well ordered life provisions for education, recreaton and y whose owners fail to 3. The above provisions to be made operative through (a) the regulation of industry, (b) direct em- ployment by the government, (c) abolition of child labor, (d) legal minimum wages and regulation of prices based on the ascertained cost of a decent standard of life, (e) old age pensions, disability and unemployment insurance, (f) progressive nationalization and democratization of in- t WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN. the rate of interest on the mon- With this in ing program for the democra telephones, steamship portation and commumication tne many by the few. ment as suits its purposes. America, from colonial days is a history of the gradual, of our‘people as owners of pr industries in the hands of a private profit. There is no longer any do dustria System or the ability any question but that sufficient nently fair conditions of labor short to allow leisure for self- of a normal and well ordered But this cannot be done s our mills and mines, our fields “ofits Bf speculation and even discoveries to be expended in gle feértcontrol of the sources pro asiless, rich class. eat the cake and still have if social arrangement of private election. gress. Somerset, Pa. June 21, 1918. Editor Commercial: Doubtless you have observed the publicity which the daily papers have recently been giv- ing to the War Savings Stamps Campaign. fort has been given to this in Somerset County but it is urged that all possible publiciy be given in your next issue of the No concerted ef- Class Poverty. cient wealth vear after year to make the United States immune from class poverty or any widespread destitution, nor is there reasonable need of every man, woman and child under emi- some distant foreign market or to be absorbed by in- rietors and then devoted very largely We cannét permit the o Party proposes that the surplus wealth of the shall be retained by the commonwealth. It is this proposal for the appropriation by the common- wealth of the national surplus for the common good that dis- tinguishes the Socalist Party from the democratic and republi- can and all other American political parties, standing as they do, essentially for the maintenance, unimpaired, of the present Conclusion. It is this program of social reconstruction that the Socialist Party proposes to make the issue in It goes without saying that the election of Socialists is the only effective way to give this With this important work ahead of us it is imperative that every adherent to or believer in tion should become affiliated with the Socialist Party. cal organizations everywhere will each new comrade, and of new sympathizers. | Meyersdale, to complete their view, the Socialist Party presents the follow- tization of industry: 1. . National ownershp of the railroads, telegraphs and lines and all other social means of trans- 2. National ownership of all trustified industries and all land held for speculation or exploitation, 3. National ownership of all banking estabishments and of all socially beneficial insurance. : : a weeks with relatives in town. The present social order is founded on the exploitation of The owning class maintains a hard and fast manopoly of the products of our mills, mines and factories, sells them to the highest bidder and gives or withholds employ-| P The history of the development of to the present, from the hand method of producton to the highly efficient machine method, ogressive elimination of the mass the means of production and distri- bution and the concentration of the ownership of our essential favored few who exploit them for ubt about the capacity of our in- of our producers to create suffi- can be produced to supply every and with a workday sufficiently development and the enjoyment life, o long as we allow the riches of and factories, together with the the natural outcome of scientific the senseless competitive strug- of exploitation or to be shipped the luxury ng class to The Socialist United States for our own use. ownership of the means of life. the coming congressional program a hearing in con- this program of reconstruec- The lo- be thankful for the aid of FIREMEN MAKE FINAL AR- RANGEMENTS FOR BIG CONVENTION. The Board of Control of the Western Pennsylvania Fire- men’s Association met Satur- day evening in the Moose Hall, arrangements for the big con- vention which is coming to Meyersdale the week of Au- son, Messrs. Millard Lowry and Al- bert Reitz, motored to Broth- ersvalley one where they were the guests of Mrs. Mrs. Slossnagle, and family. SALISBURY: i Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yaist spent Saturday evening in Mey- ersdale. Mr. William Rees, of Mey- ersdale, was a Salisbury visi- tor, Monday. ; Mrs. Harry Garlitz, of Dar- rah, Pa., is spending several Mrs. P. L. Swank is spending several weeks with her moth- er, Mrs. A. M. Orris, at Lovett, a. Mr. Clarence Hetrick. of Garrett County, Md.. was a Salisbury visitor Saturday even. ing. Mrs. Oberlin Engle was a vis- itor at the home of her father, Mr. Howard Yaist, Monday evening. Miss Leona Thomas, of Ak- ron, is spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs. George Cechrane, Mrs. Frank Ringler left for Pittsburgh last week to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gray. Mrs. Roscoe Welfly and chil- dren spent the forepart of last week in Summit township with the former’s sister, Mrs. N DP Meyers. Mr. Victor Schramm is nurs- ing a sore hand which he in- jured by accidentally cutting it with a cross cut saw while at work in the mines. Mrs. Leo Hendrix, of Swiss- vale, arrived. last week to live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keller, her husband hay- ing gone to the army. di Misses Pauline Rees and Ed- na Morrison, of Pittsburgh, re- turned home last week after visiting relatives and friends here for several weeks. Mrs. Herman Reiber, of town, and Mrs. Harry Garlitz, of Darrah, spent Tuesday and Wednesday of last week in Somerset visiting the former's son, John Reiber, and family. The frost Sunday night did not do as much damage to gar- dens here as was at first esti- mated. Some places escaped injury altogether, but reports are that in the lowlands here- abouts considerable damage was done, Mrs. Elijah Newman and Mrs. Annie Kretchman, day last week, Kretchman’s daughter, We have bright prospects in several voung men of Salisbury who will eventually vie with Snakeologist Jerry Shoemaker as snake charmers. maker usually kills the rep- tiles, but not so with these fel- lows. and bring them in alive. Sunday John Walker, Jr., and William Simpkins captured a Mr. Shoe- They catch the snakes Last gust 12-17, 1918. All officers ! paper to this Governmental re- quest to secure purchases and | pledges Stamps. for War Savings | The cause needs no explana- ion; the security offered and problem, the Socialist Pa private capitalist, individual an ship and control of industry, work, either with hand or brai ity and for the community only. ger be abandoned to private emp not on the service of the commu their being only on the utmost : Socialist Party seeks a genuine the nation’s industry on the ba and democratic control of the and distribution, together wit broceeds among all who parti pacity and only among these, services and occupations, of th m. and 7:30 p. m. ministration and control { promote the public w - dustry. Socialization. This is only a beginning. As 3 final solution of the social rty demands the elimination of the d joint stock, from the owner- and the setting free of all who n, for the service of the commun- Our industries should no lon- loyers ‘with their minds bent, nity, but by the very law of measure of self-interest. ly scientific reorganization of sis of the collective ownership socialized means of production h the equitable sharing of the cipate in any socially useful ca- and the adoption, in particular ose systems and methods of ad- that may be found in practice, best to being ey is the best in the world for small invesments. The greater the amount of purchases and pledges to purchase War Sav- ings Stamps, the less will be the Fourth Liberty Loan, We do not like to see Som- erset County behind in this ac- tivity and therefore urge your community to see to it that a public meeting is arranged for to stimulate the spirit of the public and have a committee secure all the peldges possible. As publicity secretary of the Liberty Loan Campaigns I have been urged to ask the greatest possible publicity you can give Engle, Tuesday, June 25th, a of the Association were present £ at the meeting, at which the final arrangements were made. An interesting address was made by the Hon. John F. Lowers, of Alleghany county, on “Our Boys in the Service,” and short talks were made by t ive blacksnake which measur- ed nearly five feet, brought it o town, and had a great time exhibiting it to the astonished ownspeople. ENTERTAINMENT NETS the President of the Associa- RED CROSS $132.75. tion, Mr. W. E. DeBolt, also by Report of Musical given by Mr. W. H .Sarah, Secretary, Frostburg Musical Trio, aus- and others. The Harmony p Quartette, of McKeesport, en- tertained those present at the meeting, as well as rendering some fine selections for the benefit of the public in front of the Citizens’ Bank before ices “Young Americans Or- ganization of Meyersdale’” for benefit local branch American Red Cross. Auditorium Thursday evening, June 13, 1918. Held in Reich’s going to the Hall. Receipts Programme te Advertisements $ 15.00 ST. PAUL Tickelg sold... 169.40 $184.40 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Expenditures CIty Rental for Reich’s to this campaign in your next boy. Auditoriom ne sage day comes on Mrs. Samuel Livengood, of Tuning piano ...... fe