OCR Text |
Show iraSLiM I ' With the new year there should not be one I cloud in the sky of this nation's prosperity. I There is no threat of foreign war; the world leans more and more upon our country for food and I textiles and many of the metals; the mines of the I country are most prosperous; the fields that are I resting now give fair promise of another bountiful I sharvest; the trade with the outside world con- tlnues to return a heavy balance in favor of the I United States there are but two disquieting fea- I tures in the situation. What are the labor unions I going to do in this presidential election year? ' What are the money magnates going to do? When -,,, jTj-g , ' South Carolina threatened to secede in the thlr- 14;'ii If ties General Scott, then the general in command, Hraliiif I was ordGre(1 there with an army contingent. He called his officers around him and said to them: "We have all taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, but it will not hurt us to take it once more," and then and there it was administered. adminis-tered. This would be a good year to have a patriotic league organized in evory school district, to keep alert free souls. |