COST OF OUR ARMY AND NAVY
(From Remarks of Clyde H. Tav-
enner.)
The increase in the cost of our army
and navy in the last 20 years is
enough to stagger the imagination
nd bewilder the senses. The cost of
our army and navy is greater in pro
portion to its size than of any oer
nation on earth. The increase in cost
is absolutely abnomal when considered
in proportion to the increase in our
population, or the increase in wealth,
or when considered with the increased
cost of preparation for war in other
countries in time of peace. In this
connection it is legitimate to ask to
what extent the awful increase in cost
is due to the systematic agitating of
the possibility of war by those who
profit financially from the ever-increasing
expenditures of the military
branches of our Government.
In the last 30 years our population
has increased 85 per cent., our wealth
185 per cent., and our expenditures
400 per cent.
During the 15 years prior to the
Spnnish-American war our annual ap
propriations for the navy ranged from
$14,000,000 to $30,000,000, and for the
army less than $25,000,000, averaging
for both less than $50,000,000.
In 1883 our appropriation for the
navy was $14,903,550; in 1890, approx
imately $20,000,000; in 1914, $140,
000,000! Our appropriations for the
army and navy combined for the en
suing year will be in the neighbor
hood of $240,000,000.
During the year 1912 our entire rev
enue including postal receipts,
amounted $702,000,000. Of this we
expended $654,000,000, to defray the
entire expense of the Government;
$444,000,000 or 67.88 per cent, was
paid out for war and on account of
war. Just before the outbreak of the
present European war Germany was
spending 55 per cent, of her revenues
for war and on account of war; Japan
45 per cent.; Great Britain, 37 per
cent.; and France, S5 per cent.
Our army contained 91,416 men;
navy, 52,757 men. German army dur
ing the year indicated, contained
870,000 men; navy, 66,783 men.
Japan; army, 250,000 men; navy, 51,
054 men, with a reserve naval force
of 114,000 men. Great Britain: army,
254,500 men; navy 137,500 men.
France: army, 720,000 men; navy,
60,621 men.
Great Britain's revenue was greater
than ours by nearly $300,000,000, bui
our expenses for war and on account
of war was more than $100,000,000
greater than hers. Yet the aggre
gate of her army and navy was nearly
four times as great as ours.
Germany's revenue exceeded ours
by $60,000,000, but our expenditures
for war and on account of wars ex
ceed hers by more than $50,000,000,
yet her army is more than eight times
as large as ours.
The revenue of France is more than
$233,000,000 greater than ours, but
our expenses for war and on account
of wars is nearly $150,000,000 more
than hers,- notwithstanding her army
is eight times as large as our and her
navy excels our by 10,000 men.
Although our revenue is nearly two
and one-half times that of Japan, yet
her army is nearly three times as
large as ours with a naval force
nearly four times the size of ours,
yet our expenses for war and on ac
count of wars is' more than three and
one-half times that of hers.
How The Cost of Our Navy is Soar-
1S8:;
180:1
18U4
18S
1899
1900
1903
190S
1909
1010
1911
1912
1913
1914
$14,003,55!)
2::,54::,267
22,104.001
:;,00:!.2:!4
r,C,fl:)S,b:
4S.099.969
7S,S.")G.:;63
98,958,507
1 22,002,48:,
136,935,199
131,410,508
.12,4,50!)
12S,lil,3lS
141,718,414
PUTTING OFF TIIINK
rutting off things till they never come
true,
Putting off things till it's always
too late!
Maybe you think I am hitting at you-
Yet it is true that it's every one's
fate!
Putting off being in time pr the train,
Putting off writing that letter you
should.
Tutting off trouble and putting off
pain,
Putting off starting to try to be
good.
Tutting off telling some one a kind
word,
Tutting off sending some token of
love;
Tutting off just like the rest of the
to put off to regions
above.
Bentztown Br.nl.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C A S.T O R I A
PEACE WITH HONOR
President Wilson's patient but un
yielding devotion to vital principles
of law and humanity has brought
peace with honor out of the German
crisis.
The memorandum filed by Count
von Ber6torff with Secretary Lans
ing is a complete acceptance of the
American case on the part of the
German Government. The guarantee
is specific:
Liners will not be sunk by our
submarines without warning and
without safety of the lives of non
combatants, vrovided the liners do
not try to escape or offer resist
ance. This pledge embodies the most es
sential rules of naval warfare for
which the United States Government
has contended since the Imperial Gov
ernment issued its war-zone decree in
February. It safeguards the rights
of neutrals for which the United
States has contended.
Chief Justice White describes Ger
many's surrender to the President's
demands as "the greatest diplomatic
achievement of the United States in
a generation." It is that and more.
The victory is a brilliant victory for
the United States, but the conse
quence extend 'far beyond national
boundaries. The President has re
established international law. He has
again made it a living and compelling
force in the affairs of a war-recked
world. He has demonstrated that,
even in the midst of a conflict, that
seemed to have turned law into an
archy, certain fundamental principles
remained that even the mightiest mil
itary power known to human history
could not continue to ignore.
This is the President's victory, and
it is a victory shared by the American
people whose loyal support and splen
did common sense made it possible.
His trust in them has been vindicated
no less than their trust in him.
By the successful use of peaceful
methods in bringing the German Gov
ernment to the American definition of
neutral rights, the United States has
gained a new prestige among the na
tions. It is a prestige that could not
have been won by rushing blindly
into war, no matter what our ships
and our armies might have done in
battle. This is a moral triump which
in the circumstances surpasses in its
permanent value to mankind anything
that might have been achieved by
force. It has been gained because the
President never allowed himself to be
swerved by the war-at-any-price ex
tremists or the peace-at-any-price ex
tremists, but held steadfastly to his'
course.
Thanks to his firmness and tenacity
of purpose, a code of law built up by
the slow processes of civilization
throughout the centuries remains to
govern the relations of nation with
nation. Thanks also to his firmness
and tenacity of purpose, the Iepublic
stands before the world as the great
guardian and protector of that law.
New York World.
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THE SLEEPING POUCHES
They Will Soon be Considered a
Necessary Part of Eery Homo.
Bulletin State Board of Holuth.
"Have you noticed how many s'cop
;g porches are being constructed in
the city of Raleigh?" asked an ub-
lerving visitor in the city rvently.
'It's the same way all over the eoun
ry anil I'm glad to see it," he said.
"It is wonderful to note how the aUi-
tude has changed in the last year ov
two regarding sleeping porches, f ivsh
air sleeping, and I niiftlit add open
air school.
Why, no longer than two yepm ago,
the sight of a aik-'iji n- porch in con
nection with any homif was regarded
as an open sign of tuiif reulot-i.s in that
home, but today it mean a different
thing. It means that that family's
ideas of health and efficiency are Ho-t
the old kind. They believe that the best,
conservation of health is the preven
tion of disease, and it's my opinion
that, dollar for dollar, the weeping
porch is the best health investment
that a home en lu-.ve. If it is second
to any it is the bath room, but even
then it has the advantage of being
built and maintained much cheaper
than a bath room.
'It's a fct." said he, ''that in a
few years a house will be considered
more complete without a bath room
than without its fresh air arrange
ments. And the same reformation that
is rapidly taking place in the homes
as to fresh air apartments will soon
he seen in all the schools. All anae
mic and abnormal children will soon
be taught in open air schools, but I
don't see why in this country ana
with this climate, every .school might
not be made an open air school."
WHAT CITIZEN'S OF STATES ARE
CALLED
There may be some unaware of the
fact that in most cases the nicknames
of the inhabitants of the S dates are
different from those of the States.
Some are not generally known. Here
is a list . of the nicknames of the
people:
Alabama, Yellow-hammers.
Arkansas, Toothpicks.
California, Gold Hunters.
Colorado, Rovers.
Connecticutt, Nutmegs.
Delaware, Muskrats.
Florida. Fly-up-the-creeks.
Georgia, Crackers.
Illinois, Suckers.
Indiana, Hoosiers, same as State.
Iowa, Hawkeyes, same as State.
Kansas, Squatters (obsolete), Jay
hawkers, Freesoilers and (derisively
during the civil war) Redlegs; also
Grasshoppers and Sunflowers.
Kentucky, same as State, Bluegrass,
sometimes Colonels.
Louisiana, Creoles.
Maine, Foxes.
Maryland, Craw-thumpers.
Massachusetts, Bay Staters and
Blue Stockings.
Michigan, Wolverines.
Minnesota, Gophers.
Mississippi, Tadpoles.
Missouri, Pikes.
Montana, Bonanzas (not general).
Nebraska, Bug Eaters (from the in
vasion of locusts).
New Hampshire, Granite Boya.
New Jersey, Jersey Blues, Crows,
Clam-catchers.
Nevada, Sage Hens.
New York, Knickerbockers.
North Carolina, Tar Heel3.
N'orth Dakota, Sioux.
South Dakota, Coyotes.
Ohio. Buckeyes.
Oregon, Web-foot, Hardcase3.
Pennsylvania, Penmanites, Leather
heads. Rhode Island, Gunflints (old).
South Carolina, Weasels.
Tennessee, once called Whelps, now
teldom heard. The Indian name of
tii? State is Curved Spoon.
Texas, Beefheads, Rawhides.
Utah, once Bringamltes and Mor
mons. Neither applies now, and the
inhabitants have no nicknames.
Virginia, Beadies. (Why?)
crmont. Green Mountain Boys.
Washington, Chinooks.
West Virginia, Panhandlers.
Wisconsin, Badgers.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
GOOD RESULTS OF HOUSE-
PAINTING
Progressive Farmer.
If paint didn't do anything but
make the family feel more cheerful
and give them more pride and self-
respect, it would really be worth all
it costs, but in this day of high-priced
lumber and building material, paint
really pays two profits pays one
profit in beauty and a second profit
in lumber and dollars saved. Back
in the days when the South was full
of magnificent timber and we didn't
think of trees at all except as some
thing mightily in the way when we
wanted to clear a "new ground,"
back in those days a man might have
lived in an unpainted house and con
soled himself that he wasn't losing
much except cheer and beauty. But
that dav has passed. It's true, as we
said last week, that painting now
pays its way besides adding beauty.
In otli-er words, you can get the fun
and satisfaction and food cheer that
come from living in a house that's
paii'ited you net all this "free grat
is" as n sort of surplus by-product
of the good common sense business
ideal that yo.i make when you have
your hoio protected by paint.
Health and Happiness Depend Upon
That siugejsh liver with its slug
gish flow of bile is what makes tl.e
or'd look so dark at times. Dr.
King' New Life Tills go straight t"
the root of the difficulty by waking
up the action of Ike liver and increa.-,-
nur the bile. Dr. Kings New Life
Pills cause the bowels to act more
freely and drive away those "moody
lays." 25c. a bottle.
Mr. Roosevelt is again clamoring
that ;o should at once declare war
against Germany because she sank a
British ship and one or two foolhardy
Americans lost their lives. It is deep
ly regrettable that some one does not
give Mr. Roosevelt a little gasoline
boat with a ten-cent American flag
tied to it and a pop-gun and send him
to search out the German fleet and
.sink it.
Every Home Needs a Faithful Cough
and Cold Remedy.
When seasons change and colds ap
pear when you first detect a cold
after sitting next to one who has
sneezed, then it is that a tried and
tested remedy should be faithfully
used. "I never wrote a testimonial
before, but I know positively that for
myself and family. Dr. King's New
Discovery is the best cough remedy
we ever used and we have tried them
all." Sue. and ?1.00.
WHO CAN HELP TO ELIMINATE
ADULT ILLITERACY?
(A. W. McAlister, President of N.
C. Conference for Social Service.)
There are certain facts in reference
to the subject of adult illiteracy which
can be taken for granted and which do
not require any demonstration, i'hat
adult illiteracy in North Carolina to a
discreditable extent and that its oblit
eration would be a blessing to the
grown-ups who cannot read nor write
and that it would contribute to the
progress of the state of North Caro
lina and to the efficiency of her peo
ple these are things which need only
to be stated and do not need to be ar
gued. The important thing is to And the
agencies that can be used for the wip
ing out of adult illiteracy and to set
them moving. Every agency in exis
tence in which co-operative principle
for the common good is operative,
should lend t hand. In the very na
ture of things, the public schools of
the state, or rather the public school
teachers, will contribute more to the
cause than anybody else. That is
where the great burden of the work is
going to fall, but their work can be
supplemented in a variety of ways
and by many other agencies. The
church can take a hand in thi3 piece
of great sicial service and ought to
do it. The church can encourage it,
can help to popularize it and can pro
claim it as a duty; a duty on the part
of the illiterate to embrace the oppor
tunity; a duty on the part of the peo
ple to reader the service. There is
much that the Sunday schools can do.
They can do all that the churches can
do and more. They can enlist their
teachers and the members of adult
classes and find in the teaching of il
literates a noble social service task.
The crusade against adult illiteracy
is in line with the work of the social
service department of the Woman's
Clubs, and will, no doubt, have a
strong appeal to their sympathy, and
their help. The civic leagues, the
social welfare associations, and other
organizations for the community bet
terment should be willing to have a
part in this work and will recognize
it is an opportunity to contribute to
communty progress and uplift. Cham
bers of Commerce are giving more at
tention to those things which tend to
improve conditions and living and to
the social advancement of communi
ties, and there is, therefore, no reason
why they should not contribute their
part to such an undertaking for the
public good. An object so beneficent
as the carrying to men and women
who cannot read and write, the light
of knowledge will, no doubt, appeal
also to the Young Men's Christian As
sociations, and to the Young Women's
Christian Associations. There seems
to be no end to the agencies whose
interest can be enlisted. If all, or
even a small part of these forces can
be set in motion, it will not take long
to do the job.
Biliousness and Constipation.
It is certainly surprising that any
woman will endure the miserable
feelings caused by biliousness and
constipation, when relief is so easily
hail and at sj little expense. Mrs.
Chas. Peck, Gates, N. Y., writes:
"About a year r.gti I used two bottles
of Chamberlain's Tablets and they
cured me of biliousness and constipa
tion and biliousness. For sale by all
dealers.
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROFIT
SHARING SYSTEM ADOPTED
BY HENRY FORD
J b nry Ford's profit-sharing enter-pri.-r
was announced in the month of
January, 1914. In short. Mr. Fori
p-.cj'.ised to share his large profits
cqi :.'!' with his employes, and thi
arr.ingement was made for that year.
All mp'oyes were elig'ble except mi
nor, and women without dependents,
and those received a considerable in-crea.-e
in pay. The other? were ir.iid
AT, and f?n day. according to their
ho.n 'y rate of wages, provided, en in
vest ieation, they were found to be of
go; :l character and of saving habits.
At the same time hours of work were
educed from ten daily, the eight-knur
lii'ls being employed, the plant be
ing t litis run continuously. Shop dis
cipline became more strict, and punc
tuality was insisted on. The pl:.n dif
fers from most profit-sharing .'(hemes
in that the amount of money to be giv
en the men is fixed, and is not a per
centage of the profits. Nor is there
any possibility of acquiring stock in
that way, a voice in the Management
of the industry, which is also a com
mon feature of many such schemes.
It was reported that the "$5 a day
minimum wage," attracted widespread
attention, and that numbers of uiiem
plojed men flocked to Detroit, trying
to get jobs at the Ford factory, and
that for a time some disorder resulted.
Positively the most attractive line
of neckwear ever seen in Asheboro.
You can find any style and color you
wan? in our line at anywhere from 25
cents to 75 cents. Wood Cash Cloth
ing Co.
RESOLUTIONS
Passed by the Colored Teachers at
Their Institute Held August 30
September 4, 19lo, Asheboro, N. C.
Whereas the board of education of
Randolph county has evr shown its
interest in the education of the co!o
ed children and by its careful super
visions of the schools and care in tiw:
selection of teachers have pluc.ul the
colored schools of Randolph on a high
er plane than some cf her sister
counties of the Stata.
Whereas the board for a number
of years has employed Prof. J. A. Mc
Rae as instructor and conductor of
institutes for colored teachers and has
appointed him supervisor of negro
rural schools of Randolph county.
Be it resolved: (1) That we, the
teachers in attendance at this insti
tute hereby extend the board of edu
cation and countv superintendent our
hearty thanks and grateful apprecia-l
ion for their interest in the educa-!0"
tion of our people, and our unreserved
approval of the appointment of Prof.
J. A. McRae as supervisor of our ru
ral schools.
(2) That we extend our thanks and
appreciation to Prof. McRae for the
tireless energy he has exerted in be
half of the education of our people
and for the helpful instructions he
has given from time to time.
(3) That we extend to the board
and by him in all matters relating to
the education of our people in Ran
dolph county. That we do all we can
to create and foster the most friend
ly relations between the races, in our
several districts and raise our people
to the highest possible standard.
(4) That these resolutions be pub
lished in the Voice, The Courier and
the Bulletin and a copy be sent the
board of education and county super
intendent.
Signed:
J. F. Thompson, G. N. Craven, N. J.
Pass, J. M. Caveness, (Mrs.) Daisy
G. Cross, (Miss) Laura McLeod, D.
R. Marley, L. A. Harris, Committee.
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THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET
A school boy asks The Courier to
publish President Wilson's Cabint.
They.are:
Secretary of State Robert Lans
ing.
Secretary of the Treasury W. G.
McAdoo.
Secretary of War L. M. Garrison,
Attorney General T. W. Gregory.
Postmaster General A. S. Burleson
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels.
Secretary of the Interior F. Knight
Lane.
Secretary of Agriculture D. F.
Houston.
Secretary of Commerce W. C,
Redficld.
Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson.
WILL ATTEND REUNION
R EM A K K A BL E TA M 1 1. Y
J. F. Hoffman will leave this week
for Baltimore where he will atteiv
a reunion of the Hoffman family Sun
day. At this reunion t'lere will be
live sisters and three brothers, the
youngest being more than ."() years
old and the eldest mora then four
score.
The 1!o!Tmuns are of I'enn.ivlvania
stock, there being right children, all
of whom are living, most of them to
day being residents of the l'cnn State.
It has been 45 years since Mr. Hoff
man has seen one of hi.-- sisters, and
a number of years since iie has seen
several other member.- of the family.
All of the eight children wiil assem
ble in Baltimore- Sundry, and three
or four days will I e spout together
before the union breaks up. High
Point Enterpri.-e.
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equal Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It has never failed to give me prompt
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give this remedy atrial and see for
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J. W. SEC III! EST REAPPOINTED
DISTRICT DEPUTY COUNCILOR
W. A. Cooper, of Raleigh, the newly
elected State Councilor of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics,
has appointed J. W. Sechrest. of High
Point, as deputy councilor of the
twelfth district. Mr. Sechrot has
filled this position in a most accepta
ble manner for nearly a decade, and
his faithfui work ii the cause of the
Juniors naturally resulted in his re
appointment by tiio new councilor.
High Point Knu'rprise.
VERY FEW RICH PEOPLE
The Federal Government collected in
come taxes from individuals in North
Carolina amounting to $46,566 for the
year ending June 30, 1914.
Eight Southern States paid more
and only three less Arkansas, South
Carolina and Mississippi. O.i.y 100L
individuals in North Carolina bad in
comes of $2,500 and over; 237 enjoyed
incomes of $10,000 and over; 28 had
incomes of $20,000 and ever; one had
an income between $2.ri,000 a.id $300,
000; and one, an income between $300,
000 and $400,000.
In 101."., North Carolina collected
income taxes amounting to $52,710.
In ."'! counties not a single individual
had an income of more than $1,250.
University News Letter.
THE SOUTH OF THE FUTURE
The South of the future is ?oing to
Ulna 01 n0CKS aml ncras- 01 corn
fields and silos, of big barns and heavy
machinery, of meadows and pastures,
and all the things which go with live
stock farming.
This change is not going to cona
all at once, of course, but very grad
ually. And it is not going to come at
all until farmers realize another big
fact: that feed must come before
livestock, and that the grass will not
be sowed nor the legumes planted to
supply tb. horses and cattle and hogs
and sheep, but that these animals will
be grown and fed because of the
abundance of feeds and the profits to
be had by utilizing them.
A system of livestock farming and
the profits that come from livestock
farming are alike impossible without
and abundance of feeds. At the very
foundation of stock husbandly are
grass-clad fields and well-filled hay
mows; and until these are had, any
large development of the livestock in
dustry will be profitless, if not impos
sible. E. E. Miller, in the Banker
Farmer. Every girl has the perfectly natu
ral desire to be popular with the
other sex, and every girt is interest
ed in knowing the secret of such
popularity. Some girls have the idea
that the way to have a good time is
to break away from the recognized
rules of social life. The free-and-easy,
reckless type of girl may re
ceive a good deal of attention of a
certain kind, but it is safe to say
that men do not really care for such
a girl. Certainly they do not have
any respect for her. They may en
joy a summer flirtation with her, but
such a girl never enters seriously
into their thoughts. The girl who is
kind and thoughful to her parents
is the girl whom they admire. The
girl who is disrespectful to her par
ents will not long retain the respect
of others. Men know very well that
a girl who deceives her mother can
not be trusted. A good daughter has
in her the making of a good wife,
and a man remembers this when he
begins to think seriously of matri
mony. Leslie's Weekly.
To The Public.
"I feel that I owe the manufacturers
of Chamberkun's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhcea Remedy a word of gratitude
writes Mrs. T. N. Witherall, Gowan
da. X. Y. "When I began taking this
medicine I was in great pain and feel
ing terribly sick, due to an attack of
summer complaint. After taking a
dose of it I had not long to wait for
relief as it benefiitted me almost im
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WHAT
THE HARVEST .MOON?
The harvest moon is the full moon
nearest the date at the autumnaLj
equinox, September 2::, at, which time"
it rises for several nights in success
ion about the sums hour. The dura
tion of light after sunset is very use
ful to the farmers when gathering in
their crops, consequently this full
moon is called the harvest moon.
Longfellow's lines may be aptly qaot-
"It is the bancs
moon! On gilded
vaies
And roofs of villages, on woodland
crests
And
their aeri
neighborhoods of
nests
Daserted, on the cirtained
panes
window
Of rooms where
children sleep, or
country lane
And harvest fields, its mystic splen
dor rests!
Gone are the birds that were our
summer guests;
With the last sheaves return the "la
boring wains!
CHAMP CLARK FOR SUFFRAGE
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House
of Rc presentatives, has pledged his al-
ogiance to the general cause of suf-
tragists. Ha has promised, the suf
fragists to advise them later whether
he will support in the next Congress
the Susan li. Anthony amendment for
equal suffrage.