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Alliance; official newspaper of Box
Uutte County.
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Freident; Kdwin M. Burr, Vice I'res-ldent.
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"BLUE" SUNDAY
Those followers of Lady Nicotine,
who have been living on Uneasy
street since the legal execution of John
Barleycorn, fearing that the next ob-
ject of attack w ould be tobacco, may
now calm themselves. From all in
dications, the pipe, cigarette and cigar
are safe, for a time, at least. It ap
pears now that the reformers are out
to secure a more strict observance of
the Sabbath or, as one man has ex
pressed it, "to take the sun out of
Sunday to make an air-tight in a
bone-dry land."
'ine Lord's Day Alliance is the or
ganization that has started out to
finish the work of de-commercializing
Sunday, something that has been the
aim of all denominations for a long,
long time, although never has the pro
gram been so ambitious. They believe
that Sunday is a holy day, and re
gard business of any kind as a dese
cration. The alliance plans to secure
the repeal of all legislation permitting
theatres, ball games, and other com
mercial amusements to open on Sun
day, and, in general, to return to a
thoroughly religious observance of the
' lay.
Times change, and with them the
needs and ideas of men. To fall in
with the plans of these fanatics would
mean a return to the old New England
"blue laws, when a man might not
lciss his wife on Sunday, when a child
might not whistle, when sermons were
three hours long, and when the entire
lay was given over to religious re
flection and instruction. The strict
Sabbatarians would have trains stop
running on Sunday and have no man
vork for money on that day. Auto
mobiles might be used to carry prople
to and from church, but for no other
purpose. They wou'd be satisfied with
less, perhaps, hut this is what they
desire.
It's so easy to find fault. It's so
pleasant to lay down rules by which
others are to be bound, especially
when they do not like it. There's no
fanatic fuite like a religious fanatic,
and none so dangerous. If the church
seems to be losing ground, if it no
longer has an attraction for men and
women, or any influence with them,
lV the, obvious thing to do is to reorgan
ize tnfi-Ckkrcli, and make it fit more
closely the needs of mankind.
Reformers, as a rule, like to go at
things backward. If the church does
not serve mankind, then make man
kind serve the church. If it comes to
a question of remaking the church or
remaking mankind, the reformers ad
vocate the latter course.
Fortunately, the clergy are not
unanimously in favor of the plan. Out
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of a dozen or two articles against it,
perhaps the best is by the recor of
Trinity church, New York city, Dr.
William T. Manning, who says:
"This proposed campaign for stricter
Sunday laws is one of those well
meant Dut misguided efforts which no
harni, instead of pood, to the cause
they are intended to serve. It is im
practicable, wrong in principle, and
based on a narrow and imperfect con
ception of the Christian religion. I'
would do far more to drive religion
out of the hearts of the people than to '
draw them toward it.
"We have no right to compel re
ligious observance of Sunday by law
The law should forbid all unnecessary
business on Sunday, and thus, as far
:is possible, secure to all their right tr
Sunday as a day of freedom from
heir ordinary occupations and of re
!:r:ou observance if they wish to use
it. Further than tlrs the law may no.
rightly go."
IU'SINF.SS IS GOOD
been more fortunate than most of the
other cities of its class in the f tate, for
business has been fairly brisk, even
through the period of readjustment.
The only merchants to complain are
those who persist in comparing sales
with last year, when prices were at
their highest level. Totals for Christ
mas week this year, when prices are
lower, could be considerably lower,
and yet would represent the same
ap.ount of business. A just basis of'
comparison will show that in nine
ases out of ten, the Christmas busi
80 TO THE RESCUE
Don't Yait 'till It's Too Late Follow
The Kxaniplf of an Alliance
' Citizen.
Rescue the nch'nir back.
If it keeps on aching, trouble may
come.
Often it indicates kidnev weakness.
Doan's Kidney Tills the same that
Mrs. Adams had. Foster-Mil burn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Statistics show that in the United
States a person is killed every 85 min- i
utes by automobiles. It is fair to add ; special farmer legislation and every
The one Nebraska state daily that
has not raised its price is the State
Journal, still being sent a whole year
for $5 or $7 with the Sunday. The
coming legislative session will be an
important one. There is bound to be
that in most cases it is not the fault
of the automobiles.
ho merchants who have most fairly
and consistently used newspaper ad
vertising are the ones who have
fewest complaints to make.
the
I c.ise, one of the men who went to the
From over the country come reports
whicli indicate tnai cnnsimas oroKe i ...... . . ...... ,
he "consumers strike that has been ty;lp( inmK.ence an(, waite
;nore of a worry to retailers than the, of tate tQ )o away V)tn
latter cared to admit. Price reductions tn t tm , n. rmniuhmnt A t
iess this vear was nrartirnllv as inmil ' " ou ""H"" Ki.ineys warning,
is last. And ihe tenth case will-be j 1 ,,,:t far urinM-y disorders,
that of a non-advertiser. During the I''1' Alliance citizen will show you
.wine davs of the nasi two month--, i how to i, to the rescue.
Mrs. C. M. Ad ms, 71S W. 2nd St.,
say.-: "If I hear anyone complaining
of 'wkache 1 tell them to take Doan's
Kidney Tills. If there is anything
th.-t will make a per: on feel miscr--.'
1" 't i nnririr;.' p;-ms in the small
o' the 1 ark. Do-.n's Kidney Pills w'il
u'ckly put a stop to the backache if
tahen as directed. When I get one
of these attacks I po to Th'ele's Drug
Store and get a box of Doan's. I am
toon rid of the trouble."
Price GOc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
It now seems proh ihle that there
will be an attempt made at the present
c.i-ion of the legislature to have capi
tal punishment abolished. Such an at
tei.ipt usually follows closely upon the
heels of any legal execution. In this
Radical agitators constitute perhnps
less than 5 per cent of British and
American labor, but it must be con
ceded that they make about 95 per
rent of the noise.
The high cost of living Is not down
to bottom level, but It Is showing signs
of getting on the downward rungs of
'he ladder.
NOTICE
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The annual stockholders' meet;ng of
the Wyoming-Northeastern Oil com
pany w'll be hold rtt the offices of th
company in the Reddish block, in the
city of Alliance. Nebraska, on Janu
ary 10, 1021, nt 7:0 o'clock p. m.
F. A. BALD, President.
Attest: 10
LLOYD C. THOMAS, Secretary.
one is interested in the nupstlon of
prices of what they sell and what they
buy. That takes in everyone. A free
discussion of all sides is given in the
Journal, an independent paper. No
family can afford to be without a dairy
at this time, and the Journal with its
progressive attitude is best suited to
your needs. It is filled with high-class
features and is Lincoln's only morning
paper. Special train service enables
it to give you later news than rther
papers. The Sunday Journal sh.ilj be
sold nt five cents. Pay no more.
With prices coming down, the bal
ance is preserved by hopes of pros
perity going up.
Perhaps -the reason Nero fiddled
while Rome burned was that he had
a bet up on it. ir,
What goes up must come down
let us hope on the profiteer's crownl
have
'he pre-war level has been reached.
In other lines, especially in article
where the labor cost forms a largr
hare of the total, the reductions have
not been so extensive, but there are
very few articles which the consumer
cannot safely purchase, without the
fear that the next month will bring
still lower levels.
In Alliance, the ChristmaB trade
was especially good. This city has
Thank You
We thank you for your generous
patronage during the year 1920
and trust we can merit its continu
ance during 1921.
KEEP - U- NEAT
Phone 133
soft-hearted men and sentimental wo
men, who cannot understand how easy
it would be for a man who hired an
other to kill an old women for $500
could die with t lie upon his lips, will
besiege the legislature and ask that
the law be altered. Life imprisonment
is, in our opin'on, a sufficient punish
ment for most murderers, provided
there is some way in which a court or
a jury could be satisfied that the sen
tence would actually be carried out.
Until there is some assurance that a
life sentence wouldn't mean pardon in
ten or fifteen years, it is better that
capital punishment be retained. There
is no tjuestion that the execution of
these two murderers will have a
wholesome effect on the criminal ele
ment of Nebraska, no matter how
much it will make the idealists shud
der and wring their hands. It is such
an easy matter for a sentimentalist
to get wrought up about something.
Now, after it is all over and justice,
unconscionably delayed, has been sat
isfied, the teary-eyed are saying that,
afterall, Cole and Grammer were
"made hot with whisky" when they
did the deed. It may be well to make
it plain at this time that while it may
be true that Cole drank half a pint of
whisky before he beat poor old Grand
ma Vogt to death, he accepted the job,
and named the price while he was
sober. Along with other evils, in time
the practice of blaming all criminal
acts onto whisky will disappear. Booze
has never had a beneficient influence
on humanity, but it has been blamed
for a lot of crimes for which it was
not responsible.
Our fidelity to details has done much to win for us a
brilliant reputation. As putolic servants we have always
striven to please and we have succeeded. We are equipped
in a manner that makes for dignity and efficiency. We have
correspondents in every city and attend to shipping funerals
in a careful, commendable manner.
Glen Miller
UVDSZTAXDra
PhonM : Day, 811 128 West
Night, C22; r III Third Street
CAN YOU BEAT IT?
A feminine voice over The Press
office telephone yesterday morning
"Were those poor boys electrocuted
at Lincoln yesterday?" "Two men
convicted of a most dastardly murder
were electrocuted at the penitentiary
yesterday," was the response at the
other end. "Oh, what a crime it was,"
was the woman's exclamation, evi
dently meaiinf the judicial execu
tion. "Yes, it was a crime," replied
the reporter, "a crime that was un
known in Nebraska criminal history
beating an inoffensive old woman to
death for 00," was - the reporter's
answer. The phone at the other end
was slammed vigorously down on the
hook and the conversation ended, just
like that. Nebraska City Press.
The wlute man's burden in Haiti
seems to be taking care of the black
man's gold.
After all, the worst baseball scandal
is when the home team loses the
game.
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a bar, 5 c
One Week, commencing
Monday, December 27th
Being overstocked on several items, we are determined to move them
before invoicing. Phone Your Order It Will Be Delivered.
Swift's White Laundry Soap,
per bar
Armour's White Flyer Laundry
Soap, per bar
Gallon
White Karo .
Gallon
Brown Karo.
Golden Age Maccaroni,
3 packages
Small size Rub-No-More
Washing Powder .
..5c
..5c
85c
.75c
25c
..5c
Gallon of
Grated Pineapple,
No. 2V2 T. D. C.
Pineapple .
No. 2 T. D. C.
Pineapple
No. 2 Mogul Red
Pitted Cherries.
No. 2Va Can
Peaches
No. 2Vi Can
Apricots
No. 2 Tomotoes,
2 for
Flake Hominy, 9C
4 pounds for &QC
Web-Foot Pancake Flour,
4 pound package
.90c
37c
31c
.38c
.35c
.35c
.25c
37c
Fresh Roasted Coffee
Corn nr
2 cans for uuC
Libby's Tomato Soup,
2 cans for
.25c
The above prices are at the store. We have made arrangements
with a transfer company to deliver orders, 25 cents for a $5.00
oraer or over.
Every item mentioned is a good buy and you
will save money buying a six months' supply.
LEE' MOORE
Phone 88
119 West 3rd St
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