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Vol. 6. 49
EDENTQN,- NOKTH O AJBQLIN A, ; FRIDAY1, DEC 4, - .1914.
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Mleclions On
Universal SnDrage
Mr. Editor; t rvr
- What are the chief
barriers to; the promotion ot
peace and good. will among the
nations of ? thev. Eastern Hemi
sphere?I will ttell you: ;The
want of universal, Tsuflrage, r-and
the flagrant abuse of this privil
ege (franchise) by those who are
peimitted t,a exercise suffrage in
excess avhcl to base ends. For
want o(f unive'rsaL- spffrage the
people of the various countries
now deluged with; war and cruel
devastation are, rendered miser
able, and .the landmarks of the
fathers, together with. -the homes
of a hard working people are .be
ing wipped out, desecrated and
burned at the instance of mili
tarism. The military establish
ments of Europe are a constant
menace to ciyilization and a curse
to those, people who are constant
ly engaged in building huge
armaments in times of peace.
Ihe ambitions of . rulers and
potentates; of the war ridden
Empires of Europe prescribe for
the people pyer which their blood
stained sceptre ... holds sway, a
course of action which, is detri
V&pX$ not alone to . the highest
interests of those whose . ill paid
toil support said military Regime
to higheRree, ut the ground
the various social organizations'
-re wrought, seem threatened
V flrith dire disruption; decay , and
death. The greatest barrier , to
the restoration of peace and good
will among men, and to the con
servation of human life in all itst
completeness is founded on the'
assumption that womanankind as
a rule is not fitted by nature to
exercjse this wholesome far f etch
edvi prerogative. iVIasculine self
sufficiency leads us to assume
tasks which we believe, or rather
think we believe, are without the
province of the gentle companions
of our joys and sorrows, of our
opes and fears to engage. Re
ligions, 'bigotry, race hatred, the
thirst" for conquest of neighbor
ing peopl-, whose - habitats linej
the Irish coast, subjugating by
force of arms natives lor those
climes remote from;; the British
Isles, are an integral ipart of that
fiendish propaganda which is cal
culated to engender' strife, the
flowering of seditious auguries
which result in absolute distrust:
In a word, the reign of terror,
anarchy, ' revolution and disrup -
tion of peaceful, States are- the
logical sequence growing out of
that desire for self preservation,
aj against tyranny and the rule
) of despots. - To our mind, wo
man is the greatest and most
charitable .of human creatures,
Certainly the most humane and
lovable of the sexes to which the
human species give rise. : Her
matethal instincts, divine .in their
origin, place woman on an emi
Hencr:far above- theveights - o
Which men attain. The gold of
lier affection-' carries less alloy in
its composition, hence her morals
(I say this Without reserve) are of
a. higher order of merit than are
thl morals of the average man.
In the home Min the nursery, on
fields of Carnage, where locked in
iiatddening, strife, strong men
b(ft5n lured b; .the voice of
European" - tyrants, her services
xareriVinglysimilar to the ser
vices' rendered by the Good ; 8a
maritan of Bible fame.- Jnr her
anections she risks more than
man; her love is the? citadel that
shields the race from premature
annihilation. - Indeed the finest
elements contained in the uniter
sal character of mankind are gath
ered as it were from the science
which proclaims her dominion
without jrliic mankind at lage
wpuVd; be less than . brutes.
Now, then, since woman .suffers
most -mi .thatempireXlove): where
man suffer, least, - in the realm
where he so selfishly: freignsis It
is high ti pie to pause and remark
the failure of male state, craft,
and j thei) terrible r consequences
resulting therefrom; ' J
- .The chivlary of man is at a
premiumsWallowed in the abyss
of the most, dreadful oatyclisms
ofall time.. The siege guns of
the enemy retard, rather than
build a stable civilization. The
racial characteristics of a people
shaufel be studied, their national
aims, ideals and aspirations
should be respected and have
home rule granted not in theory,
but in fact.. Regulated freedom
o all people, special privileges
to none, Women have been
seeking a remedy , for many de
cides for the preservation of their
offsprinig2jd ior the betterment
of all ji-ople, but their appeals
have been disregarded heretofore
not appreciated at its full value.
Women have been, and still are
excluded from the -councils, of
State; they have" novoice in the
political; controversies, that are
going on without surcease in
European States. "T
However strange as it may appear
thevnovice; in political juris
prudence it is nevertheless true,
that women are being held , in
bondage, politically so, in the
sense they are forbidden the re-
straining hand. Therefore, in
justice and iii truth we find that
the greatest overtowering barriers
to the promotion of peace, and to
the preservation :of human life in
all,,, its completeness, are founded
on the niggardly assumption
advanced by puerile, inglorious,
blatant-tongued , brain bewildered
narrow minded men, that women
as a rule are unable to think im
perially are not fitted by nature
and environment to play the
game of politics. But enough of
this: We bave, woman suffrage
in a few sections of our beloved
Republic, we need it n all parts
of our great commonwealth
Vomani suffrage is astep in the
right direction so Rt y it cornel
When woman's Voice is heard in
the councils ol Noth America,
the question of universal suffrage
shall receive sucn impetus, as
to be, heard, and recognized by
all people as the "one, 'and only
legtimate channel ' through which
the essentials o! world peace may
be established.
Universal suffrage is to be. the
ripe fruit of "Votes for Women."
Universal freedom will call all
the nations .unto its standard,
disarmament will be the logical
outcome of this universal confer
ence, home rule the-keynote to
peace,, and promoter of the pleas
antries of life ;i will enlatge.v the
spheres - of - social influence , to
such extent, that the confedeVa-
Hon of the World will; foco a
; 'itccllobraUi.T i mt.i oxiaTrKW or
chain sd firm and solid, that the
powers of Man cannot reduce
without endangering trie whole ,
I believe in woman suffrage : So
let it cornel The preservation t
the race in all its purity and rlgor
demand it ; such a privilege tvill
hasten the advent of . reaj peace,
and "the coming "parliament of
man!" .
Mjr respects , feminine literary
stars: In their respective fields
of literary achievements each' of
the sexes have played a v distin
guished part In the v production
of love letters woman stands
forth supreme, she has given to
the world a series of the aHisiic
ally written literary gems, per
formed a literary service which
may be approached in point ; of
quality by masculine imitators
but seldom or never surpassed.
jWhil e man is self-conceited
enough to advertise to the world
and affect a priot claim to depth
of thought and versatility -of
genius: Woman's talents are
not wanting in brilliauce. .
Women, as a rule, are not In
ferior in intellectual ability to
the, great mass of theiir country
men, - especially who aspire b
literary fame, their achievements
in the world of letters shine
forth like stars in the intellectual
firmament of our age, and suffer
not by contrast, but increase the
lustre of intellectuals of the stern
er sex ; ."their virginal charms
equalize, proportion, ' beautify,
idojH arid oftep Vende, Jcint
1mdt7 ttz birds and trees and the
fldjterfethe raB all your friends.
But in tae city y on know not a
sOut cci a, tiling. ; It is the most
hartb: taking thins in: the i world
to bd lnedome.in a great' . crowd
of psoplx Keep close to father
and moi rr, to home and friends.
fleceat zi the many little. fty-by-
nighb cl ; whom'i "have spoken,
who lea: tha country iri the c k1
dewy evin and wake in the
cfixf l gririd of the uity; who
faces towards the j city
tdA V :5d time only io find
that they; Lud really left the ood
time,;bci&d.v: O . '
Inst lwy oar life, make it sweet
and pur ' Xlsmember. that no vil
tnbngHtican enter Jnnjess you
open tha door. ITotir life is yonra.
Ooht 'WKii: it .Stay . in your
by Dr. Edsrar Newby.UntU a: late
hour Sunday night, v the bullet
had not beea located."-'. Fann y has
a wife and two small children.
Elizabeth City Advance. 1 J
Tom .Thumb , Wedding- at
Bell's , Opera A House,
. 'Dec. 4. .
AnAooeal to the Directors
quet.ful,wholesome home f R . ffi'f ; ' still living, bufwllldie,
living in tech with God, who is) oi nearer mil Cemetery i , Daniel a son of WiU
good ; 1 1 delivering 1 justice' "to all
meu.-rFtcm an Address by Miss
Nah W.psrryt Assistant . State
Labor Ccirdbioiier, 'Kansas
City, MorogrFa'rnfer. '
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At eight o'clock over 60 bright
children of Edehton, from 3 to
10 years old, will gtve a complete
imitation. 6f a "Society - Wed
ding., ; ' '
100 Laughs in 100 Minutes!
Come! Bring Jour Friends. ,
Admission: Adults, 35c ; '
, Children 20c .
Benefit Baptist church. v.
Found PicKmfr
Bahjoto CbJpes
'1 T
tit.
Randolph Man1 in Demented
Condition Nearly Exter
minates His Fainfly
' (Contributed.)
The ladiesdesire to call'the at
tention of the Directors ot BeaeH
fl ill; Cemetery C-Assoatipn,ahd
me biiidts ui our town, to con
ditions existing at the cemetery
that CAN tiETElviEblEb uil
proper interest is manifested by
theirctSry. ' '? W
;T, The 'Cemetery mprpyement
Association ?has spenf , cbnsider1-
iut i.iuic, uiwucy . anu - laoor .in
A' S'tTfTT'
cemetery this . summer, whert
x x8p4eial'to the Times.)
' Ashebbo, Nov.:.! SoUi-LbWe1
Daniels of Randolph county, liv- M
ing on the ' Montgomery' line, -came
home Saturday night after
three days'. absence; claiming to
have been in Davidson county
his old ome'tdhd'ih'dt,'Oora;
Daniels, his sister; "Ethel Jiuther
hiswife's sister arid Edgar Varner
all through the head, killing them
instantly, and shot his- wife,'
crushing her shoulder. 1 - She is'
V
Dahiels"
iving in Stanly county1 ia a . ? no-l
torious bloc kader and has1 been
indicted irt'the StatecUrt sever-s. "
Ja timeB and has'served Wienteiice
Wnmaking Iiqdor. i "
I When arreste he was pickirrv
a banjo- 4nd-sirigihgUoohsh songs
in the room with1 the" dead ptd-1
pie.' Hewasarre$tid
irrtjaii It - Asheboro. J He ' laughs',
ard talks incoherently. He ap.
(fpjreoVto'' be sbbe'r aHd ' said - h
riid onW-drunU ,m&.HiiU ' Y
otherwise attributed to masculine
mind nd eminently self -conceited
masculine hand.
A Woman's Message
To Girls: Stay A
way From The
City.
If I could bring only one mes
sage, it would be this : Keep your
girls away from the city. It is- a
queer psychology, that great
yearning in a young girl's heart
to go to the city to work.
I heard the call, just as so
many thousands of other girls
have heard it are hearing :tit
now. .
Eleven years 1 have been with
and of the great class of wage
earners working women I have
seen what I have seen, and out of
my heart I beg you young girls,
give np the foolish day dreams of
- v. .
the glories that are to be found
in the city. Why you think it isj
a great, beautiful lighted street;
I know, I had visions! It is k
Valley of Homesickness, and
Loneliness and Cold and Heart
Huager are your companions;
There may be bright lights, but
they can not pierce the darkness
ot loneliness , you enter. - There
may be crowds, but their voices
are lost in the noise and rush of
their hurrying feet. There may
De Deautiiui nomes, out tney are
closed to the lonely little wayfarer,
who pauses outside their gates
always outside their gates child.
There may pe beautiful music,
but it is lost in the sobs of home
sicknes. There may be the Great
Chance, but oh , it j means v fight;
fight, fight, with only one chance
in a million of reaching the gsl
; You come to the city to get
away; from lonliness, ' you tell
be, Qh, my littls , friends, ,-you
ceniora u Kkf's..?t.t
iw 14 . r anny, miu foreman oz xne
Major & I6omis Lumber Com
pany, who was shot last' week by
iacy . Wilson, a colored laborer,
whom He had discharged, is still
lying in a critical condition. The
ballet,, which, entered his left
breast and: lodged near the back
bone has not yet been removed,
owing to the weakened condition
of the patient.
The negro, .Lacy Wilson, who
was captured by Sheriff B.F. Bray
and a posse a short distance from
Winfali is held in the city jail a-
waittng -the result of Fanny's
wound. He makes no, denial that
the shooting was a premeditated
attempt on Fanny's' lilfer.
Several years ago when employ
ed in a similar capacity here, it
is reported that 'Fanny had
trouble with Wilson.; Fanny re
turned to the Hertford mills re
cently, and Wilson , was one of
the laborers in his gang; ;
Saturday morning,WiIson show
jed'Vigns of drinking and was or-
jd ered home by Fanriy. He went
fQ-his home in Winfali, where, it
is said, he secured his gun and re
turned to the mill after Fanny.
Fanny's first " intimation of
trouble was t when the negro open
ed fire on him in the1 mill yard.
Five shots were firedj the last en
tering the foreman left breast as
he turned to face is assailant.
Sheriff B. IV Bray of Hertford
was immediately notified by tele
phone, arid with Police Chief
Sumner and an armed posse, set
out in autos after. Wilson, who
Was seen on the road a. short dis
tance from Winfali:' ' He had re
turned v to , his .home after the
shooting, secured some . personal
effects, and had started: to make
his escape when ' overtaken by
the pqpsse, about twenty, minutes
aftprthe shooting:
it is now .weti kept and; a" place !of
1 - l 1,.. 1 .ii 's. i . .
csSdiiicSr
pride take visitors there and; say
this is the , respect we' Show' our
dead. : Lots have been leveled,
ravines filled,' -shrubbery trimmed
and grass seed sown. All this
will come to naught, and the re
sult ot ' these ladies labors be
thrown away if fences are not. put
mxonaiuon jo Keep stocs out.
Poultry and liogs are continually
getting In and scratching and
rooting np the lots that were ' in
perfect order. This stock can
be kept out, and we feel it is a
duty the Directors owe these
ladies as well as the lot owners'.
to see that the fencing is put in
such shape as to keep stock out,
AT ONCE. ' Let 1 us respect our
dead, and at least see that hogs
are kept from rooting up their
graves.
Hobbsville News.
Misses Witby and Home ' en-
V ) : . ;' ' . 1 a . . 1 ; ; .1. ..a 1 , Jn .
teriainea ai me uorei oaiuraay
evening In honor of Misses Bearde
and 'Edmonds' of ' Reyn'oldsbn.
The guests' were received at the
door and ushered into the parlor
by Miss Mamie Witby where Miss
Maie Horne played several selec
tions of music After which ' all
engaged themselves in games,
some of which were quite 1 amus
ing. The boys cast lots forlheir
partner to go to sapper, and were
ushered ' into the dinine room
.- ...v ...... - , . . -r
which was beautifully decorated
with' holly and' chrysanthemums,
where a delightful fruit, supper
was served. The guests departed
aUa iate hour after deciaringthey
had enjoyed themselves" -to ; the
fullest extent. The out-of-town
guests were M isses Beard and Ed
monds' of Key noldson; Uary ' Eliz
abeth Roun tree. Maline H inton,
and Messrs'." Len wood and Cjharlle
liountree and Char ie Stephenson
Of Bbsley, N C ,Miss NeUiePru
den and Messrs; Emmet Hofler
arid Ernest Carter of Crtgry Misa
, r'-Daniefs was 'carried -bick :iwf : -
tW wHolesalmurertd btr&t& 4 ; .
$reluii
"4.0.L ., ..... ' c.i-f,. . r-:-. . '
Fanny was taken' to his home
in Hertlord, where he 'now' lic$
in critical condition, attended1 Ulnnie?eofrperei-'
. ,Msr "ft. Goodwin jwi
D. flobbs spent WeoesaJii.-'..
Edenton. ,,'' k
Miss Mary;Davis spent, Wedr,
nesday night jin Hertford- wit r
friends. ',u r
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. White spe
Thursday with Mr. and M:C A
Mrs. .E. B. Wirite spent Fridavi
in Edeuton Friday, 3- , ; ;
mi. ana m rs. jy . ferry spent
Friday Jn Edenton. - ' f T
Mr. O. E. Laue; spent Friday
in c.denton.
Miss. AJice Snowden: of Srtojsv
den N. C, spent., the we!fek-end
with Miss Mary Davis. r,lf
SeveraHrom here attended the
Quaker Quarterly.;Icting nef
Belvidere 8unday. . M J4 ,
We regret verv much that Rev.
B.X Hurley hU been .moved to
Plymouth;i; JCetourloss will be
Plymouth's gain. We heartily
commend hjm.an4 good tfifc.to
the good people, of that 3 town,
and feel confident that our "loss
will be their gain. " ' -
Mr.' Alfre'dU6pelaridmd ias
Anna Copeland of eorge. N. C.,
and Mrs. Marguerite Hackney of
Hiagletown were guests of Mrs.
W. H. Lane Thursday night.
; Mr. J. G.;Jvhite returned from
Baltimore Thursday., '
Mr. J. H. Holmes and family
of Edenton were in town Monday
of this week. . .
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The farmers ' Uuton; ; and
Chowahock Tribe No. 141; hn
proved Order of ked - Ilea pf
Macedonia will hold a Fiddlers
Convention at Macedonia School
f House on Thursday night Dcccm
er 10th. ThefimbU?ixccr-