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PEACE ON EARTH BAH! THERE CAN’T BE NO SUCH THING EACE? Who ever heard of such a thing? Not while there is K. P. duty to he done in the world or an alarm clock call to fatigue service. “Good will towards men” might he abstractly possible on a coral island with a boar for an only companion but that “Peace on earth” stuff— ErcEditor Gale Fluhart talks on this subject for Abe Martin, noted In diana humorist, in The Indianapolis News, in a discussion with those seat ed about the glowing fire in the rural blacksmith shop. “Peace is an ole, ole word an one frequently employed by th’ unthink- in’. We hear it often t’ day! Peace! Webster says this o’ peace: ‘Rest or tranquaillity; calm; freedom from wiar or disturbance.’ All o’ these make fer a condition o’ peace. But, my friends, peace Is a. relative term. I don’t mean by that that peace is synomous with relatives. But when we git right down t’ business an’ an alyze things, we realize that peace whatever it may he is a myth. r doubt if anybuddy ever reached that glorious condition o’ body an mind when it could truthfully be said of him that he wuz at peace unless he wuz dead-^an’ then it’s only mere speculation. We hear o’ connubial peace an' happiness. Ther’s little spasms o peace an momenta o’ happiness, but ther migh ty fleetin’ an’ all put t’gether they comprise a mighty small per cent, o th’ whole, ten, or twenty an some- times fifty or more years o’ harnessed life Etvea in Ants with no prattle o’ children t’ disturb th’ quiet, no ashes, no drudgery beyond th oc casional openin’ of a can o’ this or that, the’s no such thing as real peace. Ther’s alius too much o’ somethin or somethin’ .lackin’ in ©^er life. Business peace! Business would rot without competition an yorr^ In dustrial peace! That s a ]oky Ther 11 never be industrial peace till workers ^ fix ther own wages an’ then ther won t K peaceN Ther’ll be no labor peace fire eaters, office seekers, civil ser vice, newspapers, alarmists, salaried reformers, incompetent, southern senators, western Fr o sives, eastern reactionaries an mid dle west mugwumps, Roman candles an' periodical elections! n Any feller that’s tried t raise a family ’ll not be easily taken in by any program o’ world jieace any feller that’s ever been almost married ’ll smjle at th very sugges vtion of it. I ’'vuz talkln t an un- hreller mender only a few days ago along this very line o said t’ me, ‘Stranger, I thought when my wife skipped out my troubles wuz THE CADUCEUS over, but Tve come t’ believe that it haint intended fer folks t’ be at peace. Ever’ since th’ war begun an’ Kia- ochou wuz siezed by th’ Japs, I ve worried day aci’ night about th’ final disposition o’ that German port . Gentlemen, the’s ^ feller who t’ all appearances wuz perfectly tranquil an’ calm. He quietly plies his trade with no incumbrances o’ any kind save a bundle o’ handles. No fainlly, no newspaper, no ashes, no relatives, no politics,, no friends, no lodge dues, no home, no hotel, no car fare, ^ no entanglin’ alliances, no watch t wind, no address, no underwear t’ change, no ambitions, no second hand ca,r, no favorite author an’ no nothi^’, yit he found somethin’ t’ worry about— somethin’ t’ destroy his peace an’ it’U be th’ same with nations!” 17 JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ‘T. S. Franklin, Figr. 906-7-8 REALTY BUILDING. SANDERS. ORR & CO. Cotton CHARLOTTE, N. C. FARRIS ‘BROTHERS Furniture 10 N. COLLEGE STREET To ‘*Wear-Ever” Men! No company has for its return ing men a welcome more sincere than your company has for you. Proud, indeed, are we’ of what you have done—proud of what you were willing to do. Your jobs are waiting for you —every one! Other jobs 'will be ready soon for at least a few other men who have had some sales experience and for more men who have had lio sales experience but who wish to get it. If you are an old “Wear-Ever” man or if you are a possible new “Wear-Ever” suggest that you write us, stating just WHA 1 you would like to do and WHEN. r The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co m * VJ* • ■ D.... Desk A New Kensington, Pa. WEAR-tVER TFADE mark 1- t
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