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SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBBtjj&Y 3RD, 1915;
VOL. 'XL ITO. 7. FOUBTH SERIES
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t$l ail OietiruTbsB UrssobH.
Keirf ao4 Qbaervar.
Tq Ihe Editor: The present
LegtfUture will bo taked to tab
mit jthe qaeition of woman's iuf
ffags ta the voters. I am opposed
to woman suffrage and I have do
pstiecoe with those who demand
thejjrote for women on the gronnds
tiat therb is no reason why they
shottld not We bflieve that
whw a lcng established eastern is
abat to be changed, there should
be tome good reason for the
obaisge. Therefore we feel that
the Jrnrdso of proof is with them
to ajh0m some good reaion why
thsfjshbold vote.
: Qjtetof their leading advocates
has said that a single fact was
worth a ship load of argument.
We hare yet to cee a single fso
that have presented. Yet they
hsvevjQooded the country with ship
loads of arguments. F-r years
their greatest claim has been that
their vote would eud the whiskey
trsffio. That was the argument .
N.w let us calmly look at the
facts. Of the eight dtstes that
were prohibition np to . 1913 wo
men voted in only one of them.
That was the State of Kanias and
ISMS&rs-, --th&t was prohibition before wo
ttif'men votwi In Virginia"
r;.. without. woman s vite went prohi
??bitibD by thirty thousand msjori
0f Inrl Colorado voted on
4-State-wide prohibition and failed
tcln:1914 they voted again and it
by. a little over eleven
honkmnd mafritv. not enonsrh to
thara: :In iha Mm a veir two bth
er States where women vote, Oali-
vofe ior prpninision ana. raiiea
la the same year tsix counties in
Kentuoky where they have many
distilleries and noted for its whis
key iaud where women are noted
for their ;!?eauty and not for their
j votes, went prohibition.
Again, they claim that women
would purify politics and make
la wymote respected . In the State
of uolorado where women vote
there has existed for several
months a state civil war between
organized labor and State offioials,
and what is woman's answer to
this, the same old 'If." 'If wo
men were holding offioes instead
of men things would be different."
They olaim that there are bet.
ter laws in . States where women
vote. We herewith present some
laws recently enacted by Cali
fornia where women vote and Ohio
where they do not, a comparison
will show cue to be just as good
and progressive as the ether.
California Workmen's compen
sation act, Mother's Pension act.
Rural Credits Commission to
study European system, Minimum
Wage act, a Blue cloud act, Red
Light abatement act, law provid
ing for wages being paid convicts .
Ohio, A Blue Sky law, Torrents'
system of land tenure, State Bank
regulation with regular inspec
tion, jury verdiot in civil suits by
a three-fourth vote, thirty million
dollars for good roads, a State
Commission for regulating liquor
traffic, a widows' and motheri'
pension aot, a pension act for the
blind, restriction on number of
work hours per day for women,
oonviots placed under indetermin
ate sentence system.
It has been the pratioe of those
favoring woman fuffrage to seleot
the best from States where women
vote and compare them with the
worst where men voie. Bui
whn ther is au honest oompari-
Dn there will be found that there
is no aiperence. mat nriug us
back to the question. 'Theu why
should they."
I am not one cf those that think
woman is inferior to man, for
know she is not, and when I hear
men say women haveo.t "eense
enough tc vote, then I know that
man has a' any sense at all. There
are many women of stronger intel
lect and scundr judgement thau
many m o. vet the general, aver
age oi women u neither so strong
or well trained in pablio matters
as the average man. I do not be
lieve that the present franchise it
the best for the country ; on the
contrary, I think that very many
men at pres nt endowed' with
vote for ill qualified, either in in
teligence or patriotism, to use lit
That some women who ha?0 Dol
the vote are better qualifisd to est
it than many men who have it, ja
no argument for giving it to many
woman who are even less fit to use
t than men: I think the real
question is, would , our political
fabric be strengthened? would leg
islation be more respected? would
our public anddomestio life be
enriched? I think not.
Some one writirg of the "Old
Fashion Mothers" has this to sa; :
"Old fashion mcthers, God bless
them 1 who followed us with heart
and prayer, all over -the worl
lived iu our lives and sorrow
ourgrieis: wno anew more a
patching than poetry; spoke uojoo
dialect but that of love, never I
preached nor wandered; made
melody with their hearts and sent
forth no books but living volumesf
that honored their author and
blessed the world."
If women have a broader mil-
sion now, in Heaven's nana let
her fulfill it! If ihe have ought
to- sing, like the daughterj0
Judah, let her sit
Waters of Babel, and the world
shall weep; like Miriam let her
triumph-strain fljat gloriously
over crashed but giant wrong, and
the giant 'wrong and the world
shall hear; but let triumph and
lament issue, as did Oracles of old;
from behind the veil that cannot
be rent, the "inner temple" of
sacred Home. Within should be
enshrined the divinity" of the
plaoe. Here, and hers only,
would we find woman ; here im-
kprieijnr4je, rapvteozh lrer?-J5tJi-
the.lighthouse ray,, that flopnt,
pure as an 'angel's pulse iojfthe
night and darkness of the world,
star beneath the cloud; but
brightest there, warmest there,
always there where Heaven did
kindle it, within the preoinot, the
very altar plaoe of home. It is
related of Madame Lucciola, a re
nowned vocalist, that she ruined a
splendid voice by her efforts to
imitate male singing. Many a
sweet voice and gentle influence in
the social harmony has been lost
to the world in ihe same manner.
There is nothing more potent than
womac's voice if heard not in the
field or the forum, bat at home.
The song bird of Eastern Btory,
borne, from its native isle, grew
dumb and languished, seldom did
it sing and only when it saw a
dweller from its distant land, or
to its arowsy peron mere came a
tone nttara long ago in m ownJ
ocds. So the song that weman
sings best is heard within home's
sacred temple. Elsewhere a trum.
pet tone, perhaps a clarion cry,
but the lute like voice has fled,
the "Mtzzosoprano" is lost in the
discords of earth.
Deep down in the heart of every
man ne tun wen Knows tnere
would be no peace, happiness nor
even common oomtorts vt life
without wjman. For her society
he would make a sacrifice of every
man he knows, of evsry interest
in life which the buseness world
counts material For her smiles
and kisses he would do such bat
tle in the very front of war, as
neither patriotism nor any other
inoentive oould induce him to face.
A great emergency arises man
shrinks baok from it awed and
dismayed. "I dare not, oh I dare
not," he cries, and then the eye
of some sweet woman looks into
his, her soft voice whispers,. uDj
this for me" and fear it forgotten
and the danger is bravely, trium
phantly faced, and the world pays
a tribute to man's daring which
o'omag'i influence gained.
This is the all-powerful influ
ence woman has without the note;
Will the- vote strengthen it or
weaken it? I believe that it will
weaken it.
James DxMPdEY Bullock,
Wilson, N. 0.
For Sale. l Fcx Typewriter,
wtypewriter desk, 1 Filing cabinet
(sectional) 1 small Mosler tafe.
Apply to Johx L. Rksdlsmas.
pjlperieit
P-sXfkt fiflUiati ileddfers in Jgnirai,
cTt all detest a busybody and
can hsrdly flod words strong
hough to expreis our feelings to
wardt bnsx who does nqt attend to
bit own business. Some people
are so dirpossd that they cannot
rest easy until they have investi
gated their neighbors business,
and even uegleoted their own to
do to.
This is due to envy on the one
hand and slander on the other.
Envy oaoseaus to desire to possess
the good fortune we see falling to
others. The meddler is satisfied
when he finds out eve-ry little
thing about others iff airs and is
pleased better if there is no good
be found. ' '
g is based on egotism
s not only to undue
one's ow' abilities
but
that yon can at-
tend
business better
mselves.
than thf
Slande
y usee in the
pterfere where
busybodie
tthere is no
tneir services.
Thsr i
fency in human
nature t
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J, out and makelh-Oermany long live France,'
known to "world the faults of
others. jftt44h: petty defects
down by ihlfof omc.hdlBje;:lifeMi given to the
publio and by donttant repetetion
SOOD
assumes gfgantio . sire, as
snow balls rolled over and over by
boys sot&B'haf pinees of soma life
is destroyed by a malicious busy-
body.
r Trying to attend to the business
of others when we should be about
oar own, is the cause of many
troubles.
Those who blow the ooals'bf
others' strife may chance to have
theparks fly in their own faces.
ffieWthtcfc mote pmwtvei4tisve
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than others but generally more
for others than ourselves.
People often meddle so at to
have something to tell, but they
are narrow minded and full of tin.
They talk about people Ind not
things.
Mere gossip is degrading, the
cultured not only slum it but do
not allow themselvps to be tempt
ed to indulge in it. It is a dirty
business and rages in this com
munity like a peat, , The ohurohes
are hurt by it, and many made
enemies by it. Be on your guard,
or you will oontraot this bad
habit busybodies mean to do harm
and they are not sorry when they
ssrooeed. They are oonstant dis
turbers of the peace. One never
meddles into another's affairs but
with the purpose to do him mis
chief. Busybodies cause much
trouble br provocation.
ms '
ine moss dangerous perssn in
the world is the go between who,
under the mask of friendship acts
the part of a double traitor. The
less business a man has ofhis own
the more he attends to somebody
else's.
Do not be a curiosity seeker,
for in your own mind yon have
trouble enough The cariosity of
an honorable man restB where
love of truth does not urge it on,
s,nd love for fellowmau bids it
stop Busybodies never hold their
curiosity in reasonable limits.
Busybodies are seldom moved by
the spirit of charity. Thev are
not curious to find where they
can lenu a neipins nana, if it
were, it would be an admirable
trait instead of detestibie. Any
Ohristain gentleman will strive
to be free from meddling, he will
leave that to the low and shallow
brained and respect himself too
much to be classed with them .
Have nothing to do with other's
affaiis, only to lend a helping
hand AwLthen be sure your serv
ice wiriMflift and bring them
nearer to God. L. L. Smith.
Your Cold Is Dangerous Break it Up
Now.
A Cold is readily catching. A
run-down system is susceptible
to Germs. You owe it to your
self and to others of vuur be use
hold to fight the Germs at once.
Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-honey is fine
for Colds and Coughs. It loosens
he Mucous, stops the Cough and
tootnes tne Lungs. Its guaran
tetd. Only 25o at your Druggist
IM far flews
War Adiocates In Break op a Peace
MetWg.
Rome,' Jan. 81;rl:45 p. m.
Troops with fixed! bayonets today
re established or$et at a meeting
called by Sanatory, members of
the Chamber ofr Deputies, and
other prominent persons to for
ward a moymwfcyor of Italy
m aintaininf3t
Many pertltytlyiii
cans, who cpposeJaVutrality, gathV
eredat the estrahce to the hall
and attaoked the neutralists: The
ears of Deputy Braho Belmonte,
leader of the neutralists, were
boxed and some one spat in his
face. He defended himself with
his cane.
During the disorder cries of
"shame, Prince von Buelow has
bought you,-ycii supporters of
Austria," rote from the anti-neutralists,
f J?U
Police failed toJiandle the situ-
ation and troops restored order.
.After. thwiic4nt 4he anii
ueutrahs' a AtteJlid-to approaoh
toes r AjEoifcwsy. crviiir.
l"doSrith liAuitria," "down
aud "long lifOle ar." The
troops again dispersed the, crowds.
: London, Jan. 8l?7-8:55 p m.
5Che toll taken by the German
submarine U 21 in its raid late
Saturday in the Iib8ea, in the
vicinity of Liverpool still stands
at three ships, the 'steamers Beu
Oruaohen, Linda Blanche, and
the Kilooan, theflasi a fnall ves
sel. The Kilooap,s ' crew was
landed today on thffrlsle of Man
by a coastwise steamier.
. London, Feb; 1. -11 : 85 p. m.
The batteries protecting Dcver
opened fire touighJL on what it be-
man raid, but whether by Z9ppe
lins or eubmarinei, orboth, has
net been aicertained .: ;An early
report from Diver laid that five
Hostile airships .were observed
there and a later report announc
ed they have been driven off by
the gun fire of the forfs. Another
Dover message' declared the fire
had been directed Jaj&fiMin sub
marines. . . - 3
London, Feb. 1.-786 p. m.
The Commission fotrrelief in Bel
gium has received ijo reply to its
offer to purchase 'lhe foodstuffs
cargo of the American steamship
Wilhelmina, diverting her from
Hamburg and avoiding an inter
national incident, 4 hich is believ
ed here to be inevitable if the
vessel tries to reach Germany.
Recognized Advantages.
You will fi -id that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has recog
nized advantages over most Medi
oiues iu use for oooghs and colds.
It dees not suppress a cough but
loosens and relieves it. It aids
expectorations and opens the se
cretions, whioh enables the system
to throw off a cold. It counter
acts any tendency ot a cold to re
suit in pneumonia! It contains
no opium or other-.
i narcotic, and
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may be given to a
Child
at confi-
dently as to an adu
t.
We will speak odt. we will be
hearoj
Though all earth's system crack ;
We will not bate a single word,
Nor take a letter back.
Let liars fear, let towards shrink,
Let traitors turn away ;
Whatever we have dared to think
That dare we also say.
We speak the truth, and what oare
we
For hissing and for soorn,
While some faint gleaming
we
can see
Of freedom's coming m rn
James Russell Lowell .
Colds and Ctoup in Children.
Many people rely upon Cham
berlain's Coagh Remedy implicit
ly iu cases oi colds and croup, and
it i ver , disappoints them. Mrs.
E. H Thomas, Logansport, Ind ,
writes: "I have found Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy to be the
beit medioine for colds and croup
I have ever used, and never tire
of recommeudmg it to my neigh
hnra And frianria. I hava nivan ife
to mv children when snfferina
from croup, ai d it has never fail -
ed to give them prompt relief."
Session 21 Dais
Yin
No Big Legislatioo Bat Wa Beiag Cleared
lor Actual Work.
Monday's News and Observer.
"Looks like ever'thing in the
world oomar right if we jes wait
longfnough," says Mrs. Wiggf,
remembering it took Noah 600
years to build his ark.
The suffragettes of North Car
olina and chief Justice Walter
Olark must agree with Mrs. Wiggt
when they think of the woman
Hptaridt public bill, now a law..
: ufcactual legislation, of State
wide lWabon, ib ti te pftsi
weeb has beenplrici
The assembly his lost 21 days
its fair young life and
reaohes 60, or therea
passes into tne great or
MutSh time, howeverHoat. beet
devoted during the la-Bix work,
ing dsys to commit hearings
on big subieots. ThiVe' ?4b the
fish hearing, the it '-afc'd
the short haul ri. All "ot
these took time and all Ira ve, cr
will t ear rf nits. ' '-'JP
The- Hcao r -poaled- the lonjr
and short h n c . u.-.i of the Jus
tioe aot. The sentiment in the
Senate seems to be along the tame
line.' It is regarded at an act of
justice to the thort line roads to
repeal this section of the Justice
act you know.
The Anti-Saloon League's liquor
bill trotted into, the assembly
Friday; It was accompanied,
preceded and followed by peti
tions asking for its enactment into
law. Just how many petitions
and letters have been received will
never be known. But there wss
some petition, believe that. This
Legislature is going to past tome
sort, of prohibition enforcement
I . . 1 II. 1 '
some members say, travel all the
sunny road with the North Caro
lina Anti-Saloon League. JjThe
bill would absolutely stop the
shipment of liquor into North
Carolina.
The insurance question will
possibly be heasd this week. The
committee hearings resulted in
but little additional light being
thrown on that dark and myste
rious mystery. Possibly the out
come of it all will be the enlarg
mnet of the insurance poweit,
Anotuer state wide primary
bill saw the light of day during
the past week. It's the Weaver
W ft wv .
ixoDgooa measure, witnout say
ing anything for publication
about what the house will, or will
not do, thereV strong opposition
in the Senate to any effective pri
mary law.
The Workmen's Compensation
Act is in the hopper. While there
is no opposition apparent to the
just principle involved in the bill,
it will not piss in its present con
dition. The objeotion made to it
by members who hare studied the
provisions is that is too sweeping
by far. As usual, the pendulum
of reform has swung to its extreme
limit. That may defeat the bill
just now hung up provides for the
inspection of convict camps and
jails by the Stats Board Health.
uonuitiont are very bad in some
ot tne oamps and the bill is in
tended to remedy these conditions
. The joint Committee on Fin
ance met informally during the
week The one great problem
faoing the assembly, as always, is
that of revenue and taxation.
But they will solve that problem
they always do. As Senator Gil
liam says :
"It's a orowd of pretty leve
headed buaines) men in the assem
bly. Thbt's just what they are
level hoaded business men."
The cry tor inoreased appear
ations has come from all tmSgi&te
institutions. And it is a cry tba
is insistent, that rings continual
ly in ears of the State's Legisla
tors.
ine Lar Heel State nas ever
had the rebutatiou for oaring for
its delinquents and its unfortu
uate. The need of the present
institutions is great, and the, need
ot additional institutions just as
i 8"
But the revenue of the
1 Saatio is limited and all the de
1 mands may not be satisfied,
tidet'are lining tip for the .
ohlairlhe bUl in the
istembly 1 'pCticif the ohildren
asks Jht ';:maa;lipproDiUtioiK
only $ 6000 atoalltc The bill's
4daterihai the, great
State of North OarolinlTmay easi.
iy Afford this mm to protect even
a few of its children from exploi
tation, -
TJiat't about all theJiappeninge
of the State-wide interest. The,
usual flood of local bills keeps up,
fhrflood will increase to a torrent
as fhe session is onithe wane. It'
4lwayt and molt invariably does.
The folks down home don't seem
to know what they want until
12:80 o'clock on the day nreoed-
iurhment. The assembly
e
id for it,whjBn at
matter iof faol balnnva vUf.
where,- .
Another week and the life of the
Legislature will ave been half
sent. From now on the, actual
work of the assembly will be done,
if ' M
tnd done as weljJoircumstancts
cirmit v
fhe week was memorable,- of
jjjurse, for Mr. Bryan's address
toth'e assembly . Practicaly even
legislator listened to the oommon
ip's message, as always a message
pregnant with good for the com
mon people.
Many members also attended
the different sessions of the North
Carolina Conference Or Social
Service. Those who.did mast
nave profited by the deferent re
ports reads. Reports prepared
and read, by North Carolinians,
dealing with conditions in North
Carolina, and based o i first hand
knowledge. .
EJfd
The assembly has much worV4i
before it;jsome of which must be 1
r " . . . . Ik
"ifOTcmi?nvsT rtlaw
T have
sold Cham
ibei
erlam s
Tahlfitft 'fnr anvAral veara.
pie who have used them will tike
nothing else. I, ean reoommend
them to my customers as the best
axative and cure for constipation
that I know of, " writes Frank
Strouse, Fruitlaud, Icwa
' Seven Evils of Papacv.
Dr. Josiah Strong, author and
well known congregational minis
ter, sums up the evils of the pa
pacy in his word. "Our Coun
try," in the following convincing
and powerful words :
"1. The supreme sovereignty
of the pope is opposed to the sov
ereignty of the people.
"1 The commandments of
the pope instead of the Consti
tution and lavs of the land de
mands the highest allegiance ot
Roman Catholics in the United
States.
48. The alien Romanist who
seeks citizenship among ub, swears
true obedienoe to the pope, instead
of renouncing forever all allegi
ance to any foreigu prince, poten-
tare state or sovereignty as requir
ed by our laws.
"4, The pspaoy teaches religi
ous intolerance instead of religious
liberty. (See first amendment to
the Constitution.)
"5. The papacy approves the
union of church and state instead
of their entire separation .
'6. The papacy is opposed to
our public sohools.
"7. The papaoy demands the
censorship of ideas and the press
instead of freedom of speech and
the press."
Readers will notice that these
evils are notqiestions of religion,
bat matter pertaining to oivil
rights, things in the domain or
politics. These constitute the
menace to free institutions and
liberty. This is our fight. We
aocept Rome's challenge and no
power on earth can drive us from
the field. The Menace).
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January 1, 1915; ' n
The Menace Publishing Qo
Aurora Mo,
Gentleman : I am in receipt of
your letter of the 17th inst. ask-1
me to read theJatest" issue of
your paper and oppotetoe movew
ment designed to exclude it VonT
the mailt. 1
Whatever my pinion1 maybe"
about the polioyrof your paper.
I have no intention of Vt1diior
an 7 measure whoh would exclude
it from the matls. I believe' both
n liberty- of conscience and he
lw You deny the. first and
clamor for the last. Those who
oppose you assert the right to .ex
eroise the former f or themselves. .
and to deny the latter to you. -Such
a condition well illustrates
the dangers which must inevitably
flow from a snooessf ul attack' upon
any Cor s titution al right how
guaranteed lo our people, YDgr
paper would exclude those whom
you disagree as to matters of
religion, from part in govern
mental affairs. Thosei whim -.von1
oud 'thus oondemn t: natutkliv
retaliate by dems nBfnff tfieexclu- . x
sion of your paper from the matls,
Candidly, but with no desteA-v
ive offense, the movement agust
which yon protest is quite as jntjS.
and reasonable as is the moveinent
ake ! offense', at any .paffft
v .7
wnion you onampion. bviu aref w4
fundamentally wrpng. Hf
l if Siirnldl 0:a:&miTt- tK
'2-- r-T"tTT, ' r rt.-S,
' I'YSmmiimK lttttf-DlfhV
adherence to freedom jof consci
ence and of the press. ?The one
is of equal importance to the
other, If there is any difference
in the value of the two, freedom
of conscience might properly be
given the first consideration,
But Senator Thomas is serious
ly mistaken in supposing that The
Menace is denying freedom of
ooLsoieiiee to anyone. The pos
sibility that there may be others
who have formed the same erro
neous opinion suggests the pro
priety of discussing that phase of
the question in these columns.
It is preoiiely because Rome,
through the deorees of her popes,
denies the liberty of conscience,
thought, speeob, and press, that
we take issue w'th her and oppose
the activities of Romish olergy
and orders in American politics.
One papal document, alone, is
sufficient to prove that the papal
system not only condemns free
dom of conscience, but condemns
popular schools free from her own
authority, and condemns all reli
gions but her own. This height
of intolerance was decreed by
Pope Pius IX in Bis notorious
'Bull Against Civilization," is
sued Dec' 8, 1861. My authority
it The History of Romanism by
John Dowling, D. D., 1881.
On page 820 of the volume men
tioned may be found the more
important items of the syllabus
of errors which formed part of the
"encyclical against errors" to
eaoh of which is perfixed the num
ber it bore in the original docu
ment. These are the words cf an . -:
"infallible" head of the jpapalV
system that no ecclesiastical !an-
thority bat attempted to set aside.
They are today the law of R-me
subject neither to repeal nor re
vision; Permit me to quote :
21 It js an error to tay that
"The Church (Church of Rome,
of oOurae) has not the power of -defining
dogmatically .that tha ;
religion of the Catholic Church is -the
only. true religion " V
42 It -is Ian error to ;sfa? that
"In the case of conflicting laws -between,
the two powers, the oivi 1
law ought to prevail." V
41 It is an rror to say that
"The best theory of civil tociety
requires 4hat popular sohoils open
to the children of all classes,' and
I generally all pnblis jntiitutioLS
intended for instruction in letters
Continued on page four.
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