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.THE CHARLOTTE CI : ' ! " ' - ... - - Is ' f ....a kwr - i seat it.. tuwi lrar at rMimUo. KiUbllrtf I . Owrtta B. Jakes. rtwHi. A. W. Bamh, Mmi Miaac. a IL ItnK Kdltos. . A. ratfcsss. Ma. - - ii Aw Fa-- ( m A AaJl l! i i la AHrfMtt Ml titled lO a toe republication of an new dispatches :cd to K or not otherwise credited to this r ih un t wu uewi puu ls newspaper receive compiet rowrltf ot .'.ssociaiea gross, sua w w ?SHdeiicy buMU In WMWniftoM. th "tets ;al miA mi other ImportMl WmMtkm xsaiumox rates pjn to .Mvanc.) ; Jv-- '.i',..:, .NlfHl .-. Miff KSf . . J oik M !! ,,..,...,,. MS ............ j; . KOTTCB , TO SUBSCRIBERS. Look H.tbo printed label on your paper. The te thereon ehews whsn ths subsertpUOS x--re..- Forward your monoyla empt tlnufor newel Notlo date o label carefully, end H it correct, pie notify u at onoe, BubwJrtbwt ;alring th address ; of their PP changed, eas state ta thatr oommunleetio.i both the :LD nd NEW address. .' ; ZITOniAMAKD MAGAZINE PAGE FRIDAT MORNING, MAT 10. MIL i Is th IX Com. - f grl Wl tOTM . I, hapa I VI thro. - ROADS. MuntJ r nt that it - , 1 1 nun ayy. vr. yla tha pnrpoaa of tns mata wioww nMml.lnM n onmnlata. aa ita flrtt fViuuitwtuH v r great work, the road through tha cen- r the Btata. from Beauiort, per- hana. or at alt cventa from Ooldaboro, thrnnrh Ralelah. Oreeiwboro, Ballaburj a tnta &nd interrentlnc towna to AaheTtlli nd through WayneeylUa , to Murphy and tha - nnrrhla .would m ruinumani w iard-attrtacad road of tha dream of tha SUte in eara hack fof a team railroad Una, ana wmcn, tha lanaa of many yaara waa of ultimata ccomolUhmant All the 8Ute will unite In the Ssdom of thla couraa, and the people will fire nphatle expreaalon to tha hope that the high ay will ha proaecuted jo m. flnlih In marked oon .at to tha deUya encountered by the railroad, ha project la all the mora dealreble became of ,e fact that aa. thla east-to-weat artery te being onatructed, tha Tarioue county linea can be under roceaa ef eonnacUng up with it, Thla highway la a moat Important of all the State proJecta. be iuae all other roade win lead int It, either rectly or indirectly. Charlotte win Up It at .ftn nn what ia nrobablT to bo the lint tha hard-aurfaced putleta.'and thla fact makea all the mora Important tnat our paopio anoum t' together on aome plan whereby tha money a tn tha benefit of tha prolect for the high- ay from ' Charlotte through - Dartdaon to tha edell Una may be availed of. that tha work of . rad n not be turned back Into the alow oceeeta of construction by Inolurion In the ate'a. aet program. ; It , would aeem a , pity to ve thla work of degree progreaalon through four ! Ave years, while the money is at hand to Insure i Immediate construction." If some plan cannot derlsed by which the BUte way ana tne way u to an acceptance ot tha loan, then It would m to be the duty of tha county road board i annt commlsslonara to , derlae a plan rah tha money relent be utilised. That' a y eaa ba found admit or no question. It la ni a-mattar of setting tosetner in a aeter : tt to And it The road to tha Iredell line te i reposition of too much importance to Char and to Mecklenburg County to. suffer. re lation through technicalltlea Bo thoroughly la t fact admitted that Tha Observer la connaent an early development of plans by which the na mav ba utilised. V . We could not watt a alow process because of i developing necessity , for meeting the moun i nA niadmant neoDla who are Intent on build thla war. Mecklenburg ought to anticipate ; ell, Alexander, Wilkes and all the neighbor ; counUea In a completed road totha Iredell , for they are' coming to Stateavllle and ough that pUce to Charlotte as through the k of a funnel. At Wilkesboro today will be d what win probably develop as the greatest 4 meeUng yet held, in that part of the State, 1 tha outstanding object will be a definite step the direction of giving, the people is that aee a of North Carolina n outlet to Charlotte, ey are going to have it by one way In short !er and , eventually by . two and three wsya .tec , Getting to Charlotte is the burden ot rf Wilkea and Alexander County man's talk, e tradition of commercial coodltlons of the ,g age are borne In their minds.. The Observer a recall that alx yeara, ago It waa invited to rth Wnkeabora, "Just to meet the , people," 1 that on arriving there It found that a good Is banquet had been arranged, the one object jer discussion being the starting -of a move nt that Vwould connect Wilkes County with irlotteby a- direct highway. Tt 1 a mighty Ay bunch of men that has been keeping the tattoo alive through all these yeara, When r the, Wilkes people , can get a chance at a arlotta man they -will recount stories of the 5 days when tha wagon trains carried produce thla city, and of how they want this traffic med under the better conditions of modern ware. They want the old social and com- "laj relatione resumed, on a scale a hundred s greater than might have . been , dreamed . y the older people, and they are Inclined to c by the hour of the days when the Charlotte ery business commanded It per cent of the :e of that section, and when the names of s aV Cohen, Wlttkowaky A Rlntela, and J. laler Charlotte wholesalers who In their day , the mountain trade for a hundred miles 'nd, and whose names were household words. f will declare that their moving impulse and 1 determination is removal - of , the barrier veen to get to Charlotte with It enormously eased wholesale and . retail facilities, when f they may please, in as great numbers as please, on any. day they want to and with r the. speed of gasoline or mule power, a may', elect. " t Is a ceitaln fact that , this section ;of the e Is oon to he brought Into intimate eommer- 1 and social relation With that part' of the ntaln country through tha agency ot good -a. We need be concerned about nothing ax- t th situation at our end! of the line, and set . work for the a.ulck performance ef the -one ortant contract of building to the Iredell tin. wrrn death standixg by. Incidental to the passing ' of Secretary ' Lane there was much of human interest There was the developed fact that although a man long promi nent In the business and social world, and holding one of the' highest governmental offlcea, he "left no estate." He waa conscious of this fact, when, manifesting surprise at finding himself alive after an operation to which he had resigned himself In , faith, alone, he expressed ' delight that ' he would be able to continue doing good among his fellowmen, "without money.". Mr. Lne had calmly accepted, the fact tht he was facing' solu tion of the mystery "behind .the veil, . Ha mads analysis of th emotions which controlled him as he faced tha supreme possibility and theae h left for the Intimate consideration of bis friends. He was telling them how, be felt In contemplation under the admitted circumstance of facing death. He had hesitated very Ion In taking the flnal 'sTepTHi ivnindergdhOndtemdBthv'ot. aminaUons, and ens doctor after another had ad vised him that his only hope was In the surgeon's knlfa, , The last doctor, however, had advised him not to submit to the operation and he was as sured that he could live sometime without resort to surgery.; There had come to him the moment when he waa called upon to deliberately walk into th valley of the shadow, "and say what you will." he wrote, "it waa a great act" In making decision between tha advice of tha one 'doctor and that of the many, he declared that It "was a bet on the high card with a chance to win and I took It" He had-beefi given-two-days-knowledge that the operation was to be performed and he admits that hia nerves were not as good as they should have been. It waa his expressed, belief that "these men who sleep perfectly 11 hour before being executed have evidently led more tranquil Uvea than I have, or -have lass concern for tha future." But the time had dome when he was to know th great secret, and over, that point he had been wondering, wondering for 440 years. : And now he was to know. He wrote reflectively as tha shades began to, form: : "Often I had said to. my self that I should summon to my mind whan this moment cam, soma words 'that would, be some what a synthesis of my , philosophy!? Socrates," recalled Mr. Xahe, "said to those who stood by after he had drunk the hemlock, 'no evil can be -fall a good tnan,, whether be' be alive or deadt" But Laos did not think the apothegm apposite to himself, because It InyolTed a declaration that he was a good man.. He did not know any man who hae the right to so appi also, himself. Bo, doubt ing whether he could conscientiously classify him self a good man, the batter plan became him of falling back on his, simple creed which was em braced In tha two words! '1 accept" That meant to him (hat If. in the law of nature, his Individual spirit was to go back into the great ocean of spirits, It was hia duty to conform, "Lead, Kindly Light," was all the gospel ha had. and .he accepted. V W' '..:Vs:..M So a philosopher and a believer went forward to meet the Grim Conqueror, for that Mr. lane 'waa both Isjmanifest In the thoughts that animated him as ha saw death in swift approach. What la la the Kindly Light than the Bible, Itself? His trust in that we may feel that he want forth aafely on the way. , , i ' " ' m THE DOTJGHTON PROSPECT SAFER. Congressman Doughtoi has always bad the bet ter of tha argument In th contest made for his seat by Doctor Campbell. In Seat, tha further th Investigation progressed th stronger th Issue de veloped for Doughton, until at the end. the Dem ocrat had made out a clear case. The only ques tion Involved was whether the Republican con gressional oommlttee wuld consider th situation on its merit. They could, not decide against Doughton on . the ground that they needed addi tional Republican membership, because they have more than they want and there la at the present time no occasion for deciding the issue under partisan Influences, ' Nevertheless, tha Democrats have had - no ; token of encouragement to tha probability that the committee would be governed by the facta and the evidence. But the prospect now seems clearing; If the Republicans should cast out Mr. Linney because of his advocacy of a white Republican party, they would stultify themselves In admitting Campbell Info House membership on a contested and a manifestly dis proves olalm. for CampbaU waa a more rampant anti-negro Republican than Linney ever pre tended to be. The' Linney circumstance, there fore, Is likely to operate to the making of Doughton's title secure. ' - TAPT. - ';-:. Immediately the information came of tha fatal Illness of Chief Justice White, The ' Observer's mind turned instinctively to Mr. Taft a successor. It is probable that Taft ' was also the country's first thought It waa President Taft who elevated Mr. White to . the' Chief Justiceship, a "position which other Presidents at times bad In mind for Mr. Taft At thla writing we have seen no dis cussion of the Taft possibility, nor have tha Wash ington politicians had opportunity to advance opinions on the outlook, but It is our expectation that Mr. Taft will shortly be figuring largely in the speculation which is not to be long delayed They will ba talking succession before , the lata Chief Justice is laid away, and it .will be Inter esting to learn the position the Republican bosses may take. It is a good chance that If President Harding were left to hi own Inclinations Mr. Taft will ba shortly wearing the gown he has perhaps long vhnoned , In his mjnd. . - . ,i AX EME3U3EHCT' IMMIGRATION LAW..' Th bill restricting immigration to thla country may not have been shaped as the people had de sired, but It gives 'this' Nation some 'degree of pro tection and i the same time worka the minimum of hardship on those who are quel sled to come in. The restrictions are laid along the lines of Justice and right, and the new" law will operattj to the keeping out of a flood of undesirables and limiting the inflow of the acceptable classes, pend ing the day when nrnre efficient legislation may be framed. . Like the tariff. It is somewhat in the nature of an emergency bill.'.'-; ; As was to have been anticipated a Virginian ia selected to succeed the lata Jeter C. Prltchard aa Judge of the Circuit Court .People who had naturally supposed that aa a North Carolina man held the place, his successor' would corns from North Carolina, had lost. sight of the fact that there were other States In the district and Vir ginia Is always a formidable object when It comas to the picking of a Federal Job, ' The Observer believes, however, that if the honor bad remained In North Carolina, Judge .Bynum would have been' the' man-y-ry-rV : y::fy '-. '.'.j.'.kfl ."',. v:. :..s,& : i'i '-i'-Z. The cotton altuatlon la "picking up." This is In dicated by the fact that orders from mill men en Charlotte supply Arms waa more active the four days 'Of thla week than at any tine within the past four nohtha r - Tba rat at which the State Highway Commis sion Is awarding road; contract! la good enough indication that the year If U 'will -witness soma' thing accomplished ; in highway, construction in North GtiUb. ' . LSNXEY. AX3 TH3 DIZ:03UT3. ' Tha turn of the .wheel sometimes plays funny tricks, a in the case of the Honorable Linney and the Democrats. Hia political allies would have killed his aspirations for a good Job with the Administration he helped elect but for the inter vention of a man who was among those who had come under Linney's vllllflcatlon in the past Senator Overman ' came to the rescue of Linney when there waa none In his own party to extend a helping hand. -.Red- Buck sends Information that, having temporarily, secured, the safety of Unney, the Democrats are hesitating about Inter fering to hia final success because ot memoriae of hi assaults upon President Wilson.: The fact la, that If there la a' responsibls Democrat In State or Nation who has not been 1 politely black guarded by this Republican atatesman, Linney must , have, In .' aome unaccountable manner, missed the opportuhItj''"Ha"tha same-map who paraded up-and down the State asseverating that ha had a aultoase of "affidavits'' showing how the Democrats had chaattd the Republicans out of the election,' but who could never be per suaded to take these affidavits Into a courthouse. And hew the time hae come whan Linney 1 look ing to these same DemocraU to eecure hi office at th hands of a "Republican Senate. It It a good probability that Senator Overman will give the Linney opponents some trouble; he may even bring about confirmation to the vindi cation of the. Republican Administration. But at the seme time be Will have done soTnethlng else. Ha-wlll.have-uncovredfor-the-delefltabUlty of an Intereeted public a good many of tha doing On the inner circle of the Republican wigwam In North Carolina, tt la already being revealed that Unney waa made, to "father"' the negro letter by the Republican managar In the State1 He did not write If hut be stands responsible for It, just the same.. The Linney case practically opens con gressional Investigation Into North Carollna.fam Ily affairs, and nobody, Is going to get more enter Ulnment out of It than Senator Overman. . - , . . . WISDOM YET ABIDES. There -Ja one paper In Winston-Salem that Is not Inclined to elbow the people aside.- Th San tlnal maintain that what the business men of its town want la a through highway to tha Tennessee line, and,lt declaree that "Just exactly how that road runs Is not a matter of such vital concern It la noted, also, that, the Winston merchants are wiser . than the "stand-on-the-map" man would represent thsm tobe The Chamber ot Commerce and the Retail Merchants Association endorsed the general project,' by, which ia meant that it would pleas them Just as well If Elkln, Ronda, Boonrllle and Roaring River were Included In- the route. Which goea to confirm The Observer's fixed understanding that all wisdom haa not, de parted from the . Twin-City. ' H A E4!triat red fa rato Of oourse the route-makers the State. High way Commission will have In mind not only tha county seat proposition, but th greater service to the agricultural communities. The good roads are Intended, to serve' greater purpose than, mere tourist travel, and the highway from TaylorsvUls to Wilkesboro will run through one of the most extensive orchard developments In North Carolina, to say' nothing of tha. finest farming lands In America, i , Wonder how the question of how many oysters tha people of the United Stataa eat In a year hap pened to escape tha mind of Mr. Edison ,s he waa formulating his questionnaire? Perhaps tt waa thla omission In enterprise on part ot the Inventor that suggested the opening tor the Oyster grower Anyhow, the country has learned that It consumed 1,000,000,009 bivalves last year, or 00, 00,000 mora than two yeara ago. The gentleman Catta went Into politics In Flor ida as a "reformer," He Is now under indictment not Only aa a corruptlonlat, but as an operator in peonage, the ugly part of the latter charge being that the negroes Involved were negroes he par doned and evidently for a purpose. Sometimes it is better to put an outright bad man than a reformer tn office, , , , 1 ., ; . CURRENT OBSERVATIONS ' BT THE NEWSPAPERS! ' Baker and Slacker lists." (From Ths Charleston News and Courier.) Few members of ths Wilson Administration were criticised more frequently and more bitterly than Secretary of ..War Baker and It ia ipter eating to note that none of them haa been vlndl cated more frequently. by subsequent events. The most recent Instance la tha publication of the "slacker lists." Mr. - Baker refused to publish these lists and was sharply criticised for so doing. It was charged that hia refusal was sn Illustra tion of hia alleged socialist and pacifist leanings and it was even Intimated that ha sympathised with some of the slackers ( Now Secretary Weeks haa begun to publish the lists with what results the whole country already knows. Only a few of the lists have been pub lished but there are sufficient to show that they are -full of mistakes, that .they brand aa slackers many man who did their full duty in ths war and soma of whom were actually killed In battle. It is perfectly plain that the Hats aa thay now stand, unchecked and uncorrected, ars In no con dition to be made publlo and that their publica tion will do irreparable injury to hundreda or pert-ape thousands of Innocent persona Mr. Bsker knew thla and It was for thla reason that he refused to. authorise their publication. Ha waa right and those who condemned him at the time should make acknowledgment of their error. .- J ' ' . , o CItAVEN AXD THE PER CENT. ' ' El Explanation a to How Ha Ar. ;-v''. rived at HI-Concloslon. To the Editor of Ths Observer:! fJ .I think, you will grant me the point that when a newspaper pub lishes an - Item . through Its regular news r channels, as you . published today '. In SUts Treasurer Lacy's statement, about i me, ' . that ' you should- also . publish this brief reply In an equally prominent place,-and promptly. When I have any thing ta aay, I don't try to hide behind a newspaper reporter- like" he doe - This man Lacy says there , Is a lis but , about tha stats loans, , and In this point I agree with him. I have made the statement that the state negotiated a loan at nine per cent In New J Tork. He - says It was "through. the' Page Trust company at Aberdeen," and he doea not specifically deny , the nine par cent The notes are dated April IB. 11. and ars being advertised In New York papers right now for - sale at I 1-4 per cent Interest at retail. "If any one believes ths Page Trust company at Aberdeen haa aufflclent resources to loan the, state, half a million dollars, or if they believe this loan was made at six per cant I hereby, make an open offer to supply-all --these -o tea -anyone wants on an Interest basis of t 1-4 per cent It Is not likely that New Tork bond house, are retailing tha notea at a lower price than they were originally sold to the Page Trust company of Aberdeen. Mr. Lacy of course knows who In Now Tork waa behind -the Page Trust company, and he knows ths notes were cent direct to New Tork and are being sold at retail there. As for his ' cheap . achool boy language trying to further becloud the facta, it Is Just about What can be expected from a man aa Ignorant aa he Is in. a high office.. BRUCE CRAVEN. Trinity, May It. , HIGH GRADUATES - GIVEN DIPLOMAS . Where Taft Draws the Line. . . (From The Philadelphia Record.) A Judge . In tha western part of thla State lately declined a re-election because he objected to wearing a gown and the other Judgea of his court bad voted for tha drapery. He would not wear a gown, and he did not wish to be pecu liar, so he retired from the bench. . Mr. Taft Isf'took -the house.".." : Ths. girls' slso strongly In favor of ths robs as a reinforcement of the moral Influence of the law and a support for the prestige of tha Judiciary. Remarka from a man la a pepper-and-salt bualnesa suit ars not ; (Castta fNse rage Oae.) ' :; WllUama. 10; Ruth, McConnell, 10. The marshall laat night were' " Girls Roberta ' Walker, . ohafj Edith Gllchriet, Martha Lee. Myrtle ueArmon, xneima Bmun, Mamie McMeekln, Marian Pettus. t. Boys Maolaln Sinclair, ; chief ; George Lowe, Thuraton Klser, Byrd Crayton, John Thompson, Hal Kemp, Morgan Spelr. . ' Ths directory of the schools In cludes: - J', - V.'i V. Board of school commissioners, J. O. Walker, mayor, chairman ex offlclo: Brent B. Drane, vice chair man; Mr Gordon Finger, Mr J. Renwlck Wilkea, Mr J..R. Purser. J. L, Wolfe, C. W. Tlllett, Jr., D. H. Johnston. : ' Superintendent of schools, ft P. Harding; assistant superintendent of schools, Alexander Graham; princi pal high school. F. B. McCall; prin cipal Junjor high school, A. M. Bi llot: Drlnclnal South school.-William Garrison i principal Fret Ward school. Miss Addle Hlnson; principal miwortn srnooi. miss Ursula Blsn kenshlp; principal Belmont school, P. 8. Carmlchaei: Drinolnal Fourth Ward school, Miss Marjorl Wash burn; principal ; Elisabeth school. Miss Hattls Alexander; principal Third Ward school,; Miss Florence Jamison; principal Wesley Heiehts school. Mrs. Essie Blankenshlp., . R, u. sveesier, arrector or music. -' - Class Dav Exercvm. . , With an attractive and unlaue- ness that was strlklns. msmbers of tns graduating class of th Char lotte high school held their class-day exercises In ths auditorium of Alex ander Graham high school building yesterday morning... i . The large auditorium waa packed and crammed whan tha members ot ths class -entered ths, building and marched to ths state. Departing from tba usual formal custom of class day exercises, the graduates presented sn Interesting and original little sketch entitled "Class Drama of 1111," In which tha pact achievements and records of the class were extolled by the of ficers. ' In ths first scan of Act L Miss Viola Maner delivered an apostrophe to Ufa, following the singing by the class of "We Know It Ali"..Where upon Jack London, herohed aa King Solomon, rebuked tha class for Its egotism, but Miss Margaret . Roberts, as hlatorlan, attempted to uphold the honor of the class toy reading tha re euma of It achievements, given In the form. of a "log" of . thsfour years vovase of the student. Giving a detailed summary-of ths laat year in school, Miss Sarah Dun lap supplemented ) the v "log" - by reciting the activities of dtisens snd oraanlsatlons tn their Interest for ths school and class. She waa enthus astio In her praise of ths work of tha Rotary club, the Parent-Teacher as sociation, and a large number, of business and professional men. who visited the school and spoke to. tns students on their professions. - - , - Then ia scene , two sn astrologer (Edgar Curiae) attempted to enlight en the class as to its future, but Miss Mildred Blackburn was pro ducfd as a prophet of clearer vision. She,' astclass prophet cleverly told of the future activities ot bsr class- mate I '".''-.'. .r . V In scene three, Misses Gertrude nrAr. Biolsa Walt and Mildred Lub bock, as the three muses, sang .of their eccomDiisnmems, un cuw showed: Us superiority In poetry, musio and, letter. Miss Martna Har rla recited the toest poem, and Miss Margaret Jones then read the best essay of the class. . , ' A sextet of boys, composed of Da vid Tatea, Alex A McMillan, Oelder Robinson, Clarence . Boyd. Jack Mll- atead and Harry Alexander, men showed the muaicai aonuy oi me class by singing two numbers that i0 f r t v3 - V A a A. Mzki d Interest Ttzt'.i tt C-iit-t: tr.J Ctro- linas, Froa Ths Cbsemr'cf Tr.! Cits, 111 t.nd 1531. m YEAHS AC3 The American Cotton Manufao turera ' association, in session at Richmond, yesterday ended its con? vontlon by. electing . EUIon 'A. Smyth of Greenville, 8. C presi dent and W. A. Erwln of Durham, vice president and re-electing C. B, Bryant of Charlotte, secreUry and treasurer. ,. " ' . n-; y Before - a . large and . errthuslastlo audience that overcrowded the city auditorium last night Gov.-W. W. Kltchln delivered a masterly ad drees to tha graduating claaa ot the Charlotte high' school on the. sub ject of education In relation to' hap piness, . J. H. Ham,' In his Maxwell road ster, won The Charlotte Observer trophy In the recant reliability race conducted under tha auspices of the Savannah Automobile club from Savannah ; to Charlotte. ? The- New Bern company No. 1, shattered -the spsed reoArd - In-tha hose wagon- contest of the state firemen's tournament, yesterday, winning: the event In th extraor dinary time of St t-l second s Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lowry ot Monroe, spent yesterday In the city. Mis Margaret Reese Is expecting aa her guest next week. Miss Mary Henkel of Lenoir, who arrives Monday. ::Tv;i?.TY,Yan3;ACo:v;i A gentleman who ia thoroughly conversant with politico - in this suts, declared yesterday that the democratic machine, ha already elated a ticket for the supreme court and the western eenatorihlp. For the senatorshtp th machine names Lock Craig of Ashevllle. Other men named as candidates by their friends ars R. B. Glsnn of Wlnpton-Balem, Lee & Overman of Salisbury, F. I. Osborne ot Char, lotto," JamesTE Xbckhanof Wades boro. and Julian -V Crr-Of Dur ham. - ' ' . ' At a business meeting yesterday of ths St Ceoelia choral society, Mrs. Armstead Burwell, president; Mrs. H. 8. Chadwlek, vice president; Mrs. H. 8. Bryan, secretary! Mrs. C. C. Hook, librarian, and Mr W. B. Ryder, director, war re-elected to .their positions. J. A. Tlllinghsst a North Caro. Una man and graduate of Davidson college, has won' a new honor at Cornell university, where he I tak ing poat graduate work. Ths fac ulty haa awarded to him the Presi dent - White - f ellowshlpin history, and political sclenee. for asxt year. ; At a meeUng of the congregation of First Preebyterlan church yester day, tt was unanimously voted to employ Rev,' George Atklnsoa as assistant to Dr. J. R. Howerton, pastor. v..Mv'- The i Elks are here and ars fully preparing to live up to their repn tatlon by making th feaUvlUes of this day a memorable aucoess. " , ADDRESS TO GRADUATES OF HIGH SCHOOL BY DR. JODII II. BOOKER J?T. ' - .' . .. . iij. ...... . ... ...... -j.,.,;..,..,.jL;.i5 l.u..i... ..-Jj-tj'. "Life" Subject of Commencement Addresi by Professor of: ' English at State University Heard . by Large GatherinS A at City Auditorium Last Night as Charlotte Schools Close. suts rad-lest ex- m-of thing e- I Ufs. thf and the ao Impressive as those uttered from beneath the ample folds of tha Judicial gown. The same might be salfl ot the. Judicial wig,, but we take It that Mr. -Taft would not ba willing to adopt the English fashion, even if it makea tha Judge look more awful. Mr. Taft pursues the golden mean! the silk gown, but not ths horsehair wig. " Not Much Improved. "( , T-' (From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.) - France, exported 118,000 bottes of champagne to the United States last year for medicinal pur pose And we are .little. If any better. " '" V Exptebied. . "A' , . From Ths) Petersburg Index-Appeal.) t That one-half the world doesnt know how ths Other half ltvee miy be due to the fact that women . ars generally supposed to have mors curiosity than men have. ' , showed their ability when Misses Mildred BISCKDUrn, earan ana abeth LedwelU - and Loraine ' Bates sang.' They, too, were well received. . . . . a T llkl.lnh.'lrt ... ttitir. as an afflclency expert attempted to advise, the class, but Frank Ivy. a claaa orator, ahowad him what effic ient Ideas in education really, mean, The flnal scene wss concerned wlh the coming of Father Time, in the person of Jack Spencer, who tnform ed the Uwyer that the -and of the class was fast approaching and ad vised the class lawyer, Stewart Quern, to read the last will and tes tament which waa an original, bs quest given In a. clever manner. " Stewart Quern then presented a picture of tha class to th school and Alex McMillan announced th gift of- a shelf of book, which h hoped will be a nucleus for a achool libra ry. He also gave-two haadsom pic tures for ths school auditorium ..In the name! of the claaa. ;:; ! 1 Gelder Robinson, the class president,- then delivered the president address In a forcefsd and dramatic manner. ?i".'- , Th address f Dr. J. M.f Booksr professor of English at tns oii University, to the high school grad uates at the, city auaitonum night followaz . : i "w am n't ' hava eraduatlns erclses In th school I Attended: tn deed, this is my first experience v m.,ln- that tha smnsr th! to do Is to tell you graduates some- ... . . aa. a A . V. .. tning aooui inc. Ana, could tell you -something about but bow about the others in. audience? i ran iflacarn arandfathara ai -..nlmAlh.ra amonff those in rnlMIt diatenee and doubtless there must bs many mora such among those who extend beyond the range of human vision, so to spsak, right up in ths dim horison's verge. I doubt If they want to hear what I'm going to say.aboat Ufs . in 10 min utes.. ' - "My situation recalls an effort I made la my callow past to be ssps clally ehgaglng. An elderly woman was encouraging herself along by making light ef her yeara. . She wss getUng along very happily when I stepped into the conversation with what I thought a particularly ap propriate and gallant remark. I said: 'Oh, hut you are so well pre served.' Now, on the face of It, the remark was all right; you'd expect It to bring a prompt response. It AtA " ah wmiA avar sa - swsetlv: Law, child, I died before you were born. "But I'm losing time dedicated to a serious matter. 'UM' It must be. Life' It shall be. I take msrsly a little piece of It, the simple propo sition: Ufs 1 Just ons restraint aft er another.' It doesn't make much difference which way you turn; around every corner there'a some body lurking, awaiting to say 'Stop I' So. Ufa become one lone drawn question between a 'stop' and ' a 'stop.' Now you ars going to be die appointed to hear that. . Tou are leaving-oehoot - and teacher Freedom! No more teach era to-restrain ona when ons wants to do-any moving, but msmoriss Amo, ames. ' amet, amamuaV-l No. that was a mtetak - Thsy dont teach, those unpleasant things now aday. Well, there will bo no mora teachers to make you learn what ever tt Is you learn, as Wordsworth saya: To kindle and restrain. ; - "And aa I remember. . the, 'kind ling used t be more vjnpleasant than the "restraining. Often they restrained with one hand and kind led with the other. Soon you'll be making money; and the more of it yon make, the mora eaelly you ean loosen the moat affection. and disinterested . restraints that will ever bind you those ef your par ents. More freedom. -, All that a necessary te to crank up the motor and fly. Freedom I Joyoua! Only life doean't work out that way. Re stratnt grow not less irksome; they grow only leasv personal. Further more, and thla la the - dangerous thing, as thsy become less personal they become more complex snd. therefore, more difficult to deal with. Instead of human beinga like . v.., f. are human, to tell you what and, what, not to do, you are conrroniea y - iwwuui the atatand by public opinion. , ou.n,, wnlaht not ' Ilka-the kind of kindling and reatralnlng the state will enerclse sny mors than .... ika vtn vnur teachers ex- Ilfll ll.CU ... . - r- ercteed. . To a teacher you can pro- teat but you cannot prow. i state. Tou can't kick iteehln Ton can't locate them.' "Tat difficult to deal with aa are the reatralnte Imposed by the state, they are the easiest to understand .11 aWrart restraint ; They confront you. In the forma of laws comparatively simple t-. under- . a , af4.t vaiimcIvM tn.' Vm una HI ""J1" I . always so simple; I near d that ths only man in wis . wne nmr stood our recent. Income fax legls- unt tn Moraanton. still 1 1. V IV... -..." - - . ' " ' babbling of real and personal prop erty. Ana mere are wmi v"'"1" about the Volstead act that soms nMf'.aa nnt tn understand. CVF",. F,W.vaw ' " never could understand, '. and . now we know' that they never ' would know-end never would understand. "But, generally speaking, you can recognise law when you see It com ing down the middle of the, road with a nollceman behind It. Tou have a simple . choice: either you keep it or you ores iu -ana u you break It you ' will go-4o jail, and A (hi t hnrhaHiil. I -ilon't mean for a moment that you are unprepareo 10 oecpme law-aoia-ing 'citlsen; you've had experience with laws and retributions. Tour parents and -teachers Imposed them ana executea inem. "My point Is that a othe grip of. AAjA 'A y AA; A'lAi the parent and teacher relaxes upon viiii tha iris A tha atata baAomes firmer,, Srmer and firmer right up to your issi win ana teeuunem: u far from being the lighter grip, It 1 tha heavier one,, because it is ths more Impersonal, ths more abstract "Mors difficult to deal with than the restraint Imposed by the suts ars those Imposed by public opinion. In tha first place, they are not writ ten down. .When you break a law of public opinion you break a law that as likely as pot te framed In prejudice -and la executed in silence. Who frames it? Not a body f. leg islators who can bs held responsibls for their action Who interprets ItT Not a Judge or a Jury or any representative of your organised so ciety. Who executes ItT Publlo opinion, not a policeman. ' If legis lators make an unjust law they can bo turned out of offlco. If a jurgs or a jury Interprets a law unjustly, thslr sentence can be appealed. If a policeman executes a law bru tally, ha ean be punished. But pub lic opinion' can't be turned out of office; Its lw can't b appealed: against Its executions, be they ever so brutal, there Is no recourse. How much more irksome ar restraints of public opinion than those from which you are now free! .-'.'A "Ths penalties' for violating the lews of public opinion are not writ ten down. Tou don't know what to expect But publlo opinion haa pen alties that can turn lit into liv ing death. , Tou may violate a law of public opinion today and tomor row ths aun may still be shining brightly for you. But on ths next day. or soon enough thereafter, you uba ant aa. aa tk. f . thai, Mill ar being beaten over the head by that most heavily weigntea oi en UmiiMiii i natraitam. It ean ore- vent your making a living and starve you to fleatn; out crueuer even than starvation 'of the body is ths starvation of ths soul that follows I. th, trala t tha (.raMa 1 auaran- tine fat any form:-Hew much more paintui ars eucn penaiues man thoss from which you ar now free. "In the second place, there are no Isws jn Inconstant the law at publlo -opinion. To Illustrate bow MHklla- mIhIah aati aTnrlr f taka aa an example what seems to me ths shabbiest episoae in - our nisiory. Nons present is too young to have imS whan tha valve at Wood row Wilson roused our countryman out of ths rue a ot monsy-geiung ana ,k. ai.n. -..!. ..a. .hMi at tha trough of ammunition profit Thsy can recall the thrill ef the message to Congress as It drew to ita rev erent close In one ot th imperish able utt-Tauce of our mother tongue. The. voice of our President had become the voice, of America. m.M a.t - iim. In nn, htatorv . tha American people aa a nation sub mitted to tn drar- wnere uncoin had fallsd, Wilson! had succeeded. What ths Tanks could - not bs hmnaht tn da to' aave the union. ,h. AA tti aava tha world. Naver tdnce Peter the, Hermit had aelngl man so cnargea great muiniuaee with ths .cruaders spirit It waa this spirit' that -first caught the Eu ropean observers of the American expeditionary forces, f They united In .Aia,t.naF.tt,if . wrhravar thla ... ..VW.1..U9 force was fed Into tha western front the ghastly shambles were lit by. new and a divine madness, our troops were not fighting tor the u.i.a ' V.aaa.at i atl. Vaha,l,A At - America,' but for . the ' freedom of the world. . Who had struck ths spark that : Ignited their imagina- iAt Whn- had aiven tham tha vteion of new world nd led them to the foot or calvary r over mere they. could: toll you. Th press of , v. a. . nmntrm 1 tiAwan. - trlvan trt ssylng that the President's words were, the equivalents or wnoie cat? tallons flung Into the fray.. They did not . over-estimate hia powers. HIS voice, wnicna naa vw;oin' inu voice of America," became the vole . IIIV U a. I., i M-l,. arnna wa mililtiA . Aftar f,aaaa n vm aa-aaavaa. . .... sh.v- IIi.m fh nianam. Lr aai . i, VniinI1 after council yields, up Its secrets. trutn transpires tnat ins rresi- of the United Btatea maaa an Wilt MIIM. ftf th mm .M,U tit Veraalllea, the peace to which all must come at last . I don't believe an plenipotentiary ever weni lorui; with so clear a mandate. It waa not written, down. But for all that thai as to. the kind of new world! our people wanted, wa clearly re flected in ita press : nd in ins ths dent that speec all has of its publlo - servants of aVa.a7aaa.. at. . a. 'V.. . . iV',.'.' "The Prealdent returned. He had done : What publlo opinion wanted done, election lies to the contrary notwithstanding. What , happened? The Great Ignored In Our House of Lords, under a pleader who bad no- ItorloiiK'y v A 1 himself, attempted 10 wrei-. toe worn mri'- tiiuttt siHtuaiiian, tits eirucluios of a new world, conceived by an American Intellect, sanctioned y American publlo opinion, and made ' possible by the expenditure of -American hlood and treasure. - "True they have not yet succeeded. . In tearing down what the President ' hae built up. Personally, , I bellevs they cannot do it Ills superior Intel lect and moral power la quick in tha Treaty of Veraalllea and it :wlll da feat them in the and. , ; - Mind and morality are ' like great natural forces; you -can 'no mora atop the worklkng of a true i and a. good Idea than you can atop , th winds blowing. like wind and water and fire. It paases over tba handiworks of little people ! and leavaa scant trace of them, : - "Th principles';' upon , 'which WOOdrow Wilson built IhaVeraalllea treaty will remain i the working , Erinoiplss ef a new internationalism, ng, long after ths machinations of t hi ansmiaa have been relegated to , th footnote of history. But Ons la , ... a a i i M.. f vrvjMiaoy dh oisraaaton. tai President's enemies have not yet un done ths President's work does not alter ths fact that thsy attempted . to undo It And American public opinion ratified tha attempt Hardly ' had a brief year passed by ere tha : same publlo opinion that bad so- 1 elalmed the work of Wood row Wil son approved an attempt to nullify 2 It - How much more Inconstant and difficult to deal with is such a Judge, than the ludc front whom you are - aw tree. ; , .v-flow, i nav arawn a tons iac : and shaken a long finger. But al- though the SUte and Publlo Opln- Iah AKn eavll I aaiaii iNAiisrh wam f , . BSW SM WVVH HVf it sv www new masters, will prove far more difficult masters than those : from , whom you ar now free, there ar certain compensations In th change. .. In difference that may have-arisen between you on the one band,, and your parent and teachers on the other,. yon may have noticed that the latter, ao to apeak, ward rather t in their way' la. any effort t Changs their opinions, ... you stood about as much chance as -the pro verbial snowball In the lower re al on' ' . v ' "With publlo opinion the -case la -different Tou becoros a part, of It; you eaa influence It; to a certain ex tent you can mould your own mas ter. Furthermore, as law Is but the codification t public opinion, -, the publlo opinion of today may become the law of tomorrow. . So that, . through your participation in .form ing pubik) opinion, you become lawmaker and thus form, or modify, your other master the Stat. -v 4 , "Think f. it I 'Some of yon "glrU will soon be able to vote. I doa't know how soon. I never could tell v anything about a woman' age. But you can vote when you are II." Tour mothers didn't havs that privilege.. Public opinion made the law thatv gives it to yon, the opinion of people very much like yourselves. One person's opinion' doesn't seem' to count for much, but dont be dis couraged. When your time to vote comes, there's only ons right wsy to cast ballot; cast It as though your single voice decided the Issue, "I have tried to glv you an Idea of your new masters and your new frsedom-r-it restraints an dlts op portonltiea. Tou can see that Is the full sense of th word. In the sense of 'doing what you please,' there teat such a thing as freedom te be had. Only ia th mind exists such ' thing. Thsr ths Imagination may ' have Its way. But even there, a wise person sets up a governor in bis con science, .a public , opinion - Often more flckle than ths on I have beea ' speaking ef- .. :v -. ' . . : "But would you wsnt t do S wsy -with your new restraints T - Nothing could be more foolish,- for nviuy reasons, I mention but one. Tha re straints of lit furnish it greet Ad venture. Try thsm. Against thsm match your character and your Wits. Ths most exciting game you nave ever played will then be on. If you play that gam like a good sport you -need not fear that th great opvor- tnnltv of vonr naw fraadom will ha , lost; for he who most fearlessly faces ths restraints of life Is ths best public opinion, ths best lawmaker , the freest mn.M ; 4 ... raESTMENOIliD) ARE RELEASED BY FOIJOE Deftr-t-Wtt-ifimh. (eve -"Thav I Jv " . pvre nut unca.no van 4su i . scene oi Keuer n.urcjr. .. . ( ? . - '"----aaaBaaa - vf Two negro arrested Wednesday on the bank of tha Catawba river on suspicion In connection with the murder of Qeorge I Keller, grocer. . of East Beventh street, killed from . W...V. aL. . . a. la.V ftfL a. Wf.. ... IUWIHU aa. v mmj Mia.!, aa . a . aaiaj a; .- delity. mills, were released "yester day., ''. A r. I 'Walter Rattaree, negro watchman of the Standard Ice and Fuel com pany,, who saw two negroes running I ' from ths scene of the murder, aft- , er looking at the two negroes a rssted Wednesday, declared they are not the one. -- ' t Police say ' the negro, watchman ' ' haa Vivid impression of the looks of ths. two negroes and can positive ly Identify, the men who fled -jmM. . hlm,v- ' k'-- ' ' . - Kid Kimball, th negro arrested In Spartanburg, S. C Is .'still-be- Ing held by polios officer , Whitby I HudsoD,,wblte man, ccoste.. by Kimball a h entered a freight ear at Gastonia, with ths statement, "I 4 played hsil with a wnits man , in . Charlotte." ia also being heM. The two men. police say, ar un- 2 able to tell a straight story, and they t will bs kept -locked up until ths of- ,- fleers ars -satisfied about them, Tha session of tne coroner's jury Which was to havs been hsld yestsr- dav morning . was postponed until . Saturday morning. , The jury 1 met , first Monday aftereoed, bu(ad- t Journed until mora evidence could - . be secured. . The postponement waa ' ;, mads pending fdrther developments. - Cnlet urr oeciaraa yeeieroay iwi . his detective force Is still at work on the murder case, working valiantly - In an effort to apprehend th alay--' 'v ers ef the aged grocer. . The mur r ' der Is said to nave been one oi me ' most gruesome ln; recent -annals' of ' ths police department. . ,;. . TWO CHURCHES WILL i . . f.i 'L BISHOP, CLINTON 3 WILL ; ; -- V IS FILED OR PgQBATE. , Ths wfirof the Tate 3eoriV.vClln-' ton, bishop of the A. M.-. K. ' Zlen . church, has been filed for probate in the efftca of-the clerk of ths court.. The estate, valued at from 176,040 to ilOv.ooo, is largely in city real estate. ' ' The wit of the deceased is the beneficiary of his personal property, while ths real property and 110,000 life insurance, goes to the. wife and son, ths wife to have it for her life time. The will also leave 50 ti Livingstone college and 1200 .t eister-in-law. , ' ! . , , " , -r - - . V
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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