Today
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
Communism to Die.
Ford for Senator.
La Follette on the Klan.
Mystery of Disease.
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H. G. Wells says “Communism
will die in 25 years.” He refers
to the effort at communism in
Russia, which really isn’t commun
ism, and to the theorizing about
communism in other countries
Communism will not die because
it has never really existed, except
perhaps on South Sea islands. Even
there, they probably quarrel about
the best cocoanuts and finest ladies.
Original man, standing on this
planet with a sharp flint in his
hands, and no other earthly posses
sion, relied on acquisitiveness, po
lite name for selfishness, to push
him ahead.
We have a long distance to go,
and selfishness still has much work
o do.
The time is coming when human
beings will solve their problems of
production and distribution and no
onger need to hate, envy, or op
press each other, or store up special
reasures for themselves. But that
-■ondition won’t be called commun
sm.
0 Eighty years ago, when the late
Vlbert Brisbane ■’jggested that peo
>le should build great apartment
louses, with central heating plants
o save trouble for housewives, he
vas told by clergymen and others
hat this was “pure socialism,” and
hat Americans would never live
“herded like beasts in one big
house.”
That’s how they live now, how
ever, and they pay as high as $30,
000 a year rent to be “herded.”
Public parks, better than the
richest could afford, open to the
poor, magnificent steamships,
eclipsing in comfort and safety any
millionaires’ private yachts, golf
clubs, all these would have been
called “socialism” a few years ago.
But when we accomplish and ac
cept a thing, we change it’s name.
Henry Ford is nominated for the
senate in Michigan by petitions
containing enough signatures to
put his name on the ballot.
This was done without. Ford’s
knowledge or consent and his name
may be taken off, but he might
better let it go through.
The senate is an interesting club
and it would be worth Mr. Ford’s
time to take a look at it, and find
out for himself how the inside ma
chinery works. He would have one
advantage over other young states
men, they would listen to his first
speech, and newspapers would print
it.
Ford isn’t a public speaker, but
says extremely well what he has in
mind. It might do some senators
good to learn from Ford what the
power of organized money is in this
country, how earnestly it tried and
how nearly it came to success in a
scheme to wipe him out, and take
possession of his plant.
Ford could tell the senate many
things that it needs to know about
wasted waterpower, the power of
graft, the possibilities of improving
farm conditions. Ford ought to go
to the senate for one term, anyhow.
Michigan would gladly send him
John W. Davis said he had never
been a member of the Ku Klux
Klan and never would become a
member.
La Fo^ptte goes further, attack
ing the klan, and opposing “any
discrimination between races,
classes and creeds.” He says the
klan can’t survive.
'It may not, but hatred between
races, classes and creeds has sur
vived for many centuries. Who
ever thinks the Ku Klux Klan has
monopoly of religious hatred, is
mistaken.
La Follette’s straight out denun
ciation<of the klan, although he may
not havl thought it, will help him
get those democratic votes that in
tend to leave their party at this
election because of “religious dis
crimination” in the democratic con
vention. La Follette’s attack on
the klan, which has not been dupli
cated by either of the other candi
dates, will appeal to those dissatis
fied democratic voters.
Disease is one of earth’s mys
teries. And most mysterious is the
trouble that nature takes to pro
tect disease germs against their
enemies, including man.
For instance, the tubercular bacil
lus, which kills millions, lives encased
in “a heavy capsule of fat,” which
gives it elasticity and protects it
from its enemies in our blood.
Sir Leonard Rogers, who has spe
cialized in fighting leprosy, noticed
the resemblance between the germs
of leprosy and of tuberculosis and
tried on his consumptive patients
injections of “sodium morrhuate”
that worked well in leprosy. It is
the salt obtained from the body of
codfish, and has shown extraordi
nary result in leprosy and tubercu
losis.
Sir Leonard predicts “there will
be no, more tuberculosis in 25
years.” He may be too optimistic,
but man is slowly conquering all
diseases, and tuberculosis and epi
lepsy will yield as others have
yielded.
Some fear that the human race
will deteriorate when disease germs
are no longer allowed “to kill off
the unfit." But natura and provi
dence will probably take care of
that worry.
When anaesthetics were first dis
covered many clergymen denounced
it because ii meant interfering with
God’s will to save people from pain
We no longer worry about that.
(Copyrlfht, 1f24.)
Church of the Brethren
Assembly Opens August 18
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. IX.—TXie ninth
annual assembly of the Church of the
Brethren will be held at Chautaqua
park, near this city, August 18 to 24,
and delegates will be held from points
in Nebraska, Iowa, aKnsas and Mis
souri. Programs will be given dally
and prominent speakers will appear
on the platform. Arthur Miller is
secretary.
Ira Mann Home Burns.
Fairbury, Neb., Aug. 11.—The Ira
Mann home and contents located sev
en miles south of this place, burned
down Thursday evening while the
family was In Fairbury. The origin
of the Are ta unknown.
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The same pipe—the same tobacco
—yet it tastes entirely different
The surprising change in
character of Burley leaf
tobacco after having been
“aged in wood**
DII) you ever see Hurley tobacco as
it conies from the farmer's curing
bam—a big leaf, dark green-brown in
color, “new’ ’, unripe? Chew a bit of this
leaf, and you'll find it rank, bitter, and
unpalatable; smoke it, and you’ll get
only a hot stinging harshness.
Then open a tin of Velvet, test this
same Burley after it has been “aged in
wood”, and notice the pronounced dif
ference. The green has turned to rich
brown, the bitterness has become mel
low “body”, the bite and harshness
have utterly disappeared. What is left
is Burley tobacco at its appetizing best
— ripe, mild, seasoned, and just right
for smoking.
Here, then, are two extremes, green
leaf and “aged in wood” tobacco. To
make one from the other requires acre
age of plant, equipment, and huge
sums tied up in tobacco for long un
productive periods — for “ageing in
wood” is a tedious
and costly process.
Inliiotu_ Countless experi
^ / merit* have there
' fore been made in
*"* the search for a
u * * * >7 *q u u u q faster, cheaper
Th*inertatiny prtf- method of ripen
irtnct for Rurlty it jpg—experiment*
thoien by thit 10-ytar 1
' chart of jiruduction. raugiug trom
greenhouse “forc
ing’’ to bacterio
have been part way
successful. But
even at their best,
, ... ,, Tobacco wn« mem
the “hurry-up Bn tht samt stalk. It
methods fall some- takes srpsrt buying to
. .. . . secure uut/orm htgh
where in that in- quality.
termediate ground
between green leaf and ripeness, and
far short of the mellow perfection
gained by ageing in wood. In all our
half century as tobacco manufacturers,
we have found nothing that equals age
ing in wood to ripen and sweeten to
bacco for smoking.
Velvet, therefore, is made entirely
of tobacco that has lieen truly Aged
aged in wood. It is made of the highest
grade of Kentucky Burley that money
can buy, and every ounca of it goea
through this mellowing process — nor
can you get such mildness, such cool
satisfying goodness, in any other way.
Put Velvet in
your favorite pipe,
and see for your
self what ageing
in wood does for
tobacco.
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Geneva W idower Dies 10
Days After Burying Wife
Geneva, Neb., Aug. 11.—J. I’. John
son, 70, dropped dead on the lawn of
his home Katurday. His wife died
Just 10 days ago. Mr. and Mrs. John
son lived 30 years on a farm near
Grafton and moved to Geneva In 1910.
The rhlldren surviving are Mrs.
Bumgarner, Moico, Idaho; Mr*.
George Schlnael, Grafton, and Hattl*
Johnson Ohlowa
Retreat Opens at Convent.
York, Neb., Aug. 11.—The annual
retreat of the Ursulln* sister* at
York 1* In charge of J. A. Berens,
8. J., of St. Marys. Kan. It will last
nine days.
Steps Taken to Protect
Beatrice Water Supply
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 11.—The city
commissioners are constructing a con
crete retaining wall at Zimmerman
springs to prevent backwater from
the Blue river reaching the wells at
flood stage. Whenever the river over
flows its banks the water runs Into
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the city well*, making the mater un
lit for use.
“Corn Borer" Appears.
Atlantic, la.. Aug. 11.—G IV. CTuni,
farmer living neat- Grtswnid, la., re
port* the presence of the “corn borer"
pest In his neighborhood. This is the,
first appearance of the insect In the
county, so far am can be learned.
—BStore Hours 9 A. M. to 5 F.M
k « a| On account of
IS Burgess-Nash Gompahy. §§i
when they are in * EVERYBODY^ STORE* quant.t.ee to laet.
need of ropoir, *
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Rummage Sale in
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Rummage Sale of SHOES!
For the Entire Family I
I * I A( qcc A,J119 p
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high heels! d d P doles. Sizes 11 to 2; 2 Vi &£
| 300 pairs women’s black , , . , . m„A ' t0 ®‘ hH
.bo„; m* b„i.. chiww„T.T,a, SSuTC “£ P
j and strap slippers. B
I Women’s white canvas and sport strap
1 Women’s bedroom slippers, quilted
satin and felt. ' B|P!
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Rummage Sale of
k House Dresses j
Regular $449 Sizes I
$2.25 Values | 36 to 44 |
? |I1 Tissue ginghams in stripes, checks and plaids daintily trimmed K
with organdy and dotted swiss collars and cuffs.
p Rummage Sale of Aprons -
Rand Aprons Nurses’Aprons
Sateen Aprons Sunbonnets <Jvv
I -?1
Afen s
A Summer Caps
I 79c
In a Tarioty of pa'
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j J Men’s Khaki and
| I Wash Pants
V 83c
| $1.29 Va/u«a
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I $12.50 and $14.7S Value* iiuiiLlJlU \
f Our entire Mock at leu than wholeaale price. Well tailored,
fathloned of genuine Palm Beach cloth In a variety of pattern* Bl«e*
34 to 61; regular* and atout*.
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r Rummage Sale of Bathing Suits ^
At Less Than Factory Cost ^ |
For Men, Boys For Girls, Women
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