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MASSACHU- 5-, :,
We wonder what's , the ' matter with
raising a Tobacco fFund for the Am- luc - . Y. , x A . -
Vv :?f - - . Uhe elections last Tuesday they allow-;
erican troopsWHW are serving their efl tfae Wetg to take-four cities away
country abroad, arid its initial effort from tnem. The cities of Fall River,
--lot eoinriiKr-contributions for this DUr-
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also resexfSd.-r
ing trapeze performance staged
on top of the Trust Build-
ing by Harry 5 ticn. 1 ne urtst ui
these public exhibitions was held yes
terday evening the others to follow
this evening, Saturday afternoon and
Saturday night; and the performance
is of an order that is worthy of the
most . favorable criticism which it re
ceived 'at. the hands of last night's
spectators. 'At each of these exhibi-
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Entered at the Postoffice in Wilming
ton, N. C, as Second Class Matter.
Fitchburg, Haverhill and Taunton, left
the prohibition ranks and joined those
of the anti-prohibitionists. Taunton
went dry last year by. a majority of
176. This year the majority for li
cense was 1,419. Springfield remain
ed wet bv a majority of 2.225. In the
other thirteen towns in which elec-
ions were held the Pros, were vic
orious. Surely there is not a reac
ion on the liquor question in the mor
J, sobersided old State of Massachu
setts. We ' would like to know the
real reason for the change in the
above mentioned towns. There must
have been some side-issue which over
rode' the prohibition question. That,
WITH THE" EDITORS.
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, Greenville. News. ''What are , : we
.fighting for t'i asks ; the Obstructionists,
just as seriously as" if they imagined
they really had a hand in the fighting,,
instead of doing eevrything possible'
to prevent it.
New Bern Sun-Journal. A headline
says that Congress is" "ready to put
on full .steam' to help - the Allies win
the war." If that body will simply
use "steam" and cut out the "hot air"
the Allies will no doubt greatly ap
preciate it, as will the people of this
country.
1
however,, would be reversing the usual school
order.. Generally prohibition is a side
"Wadesboro Ansonian. A school
cannot grow any faster than the com
munity in which it is situated. When
you see a -dead school, one which is
not serving the community nor ad
vancing its interest, you will usually
find .that the community is too dead
to support a good school. - A live com
munity will not put up with a dead
tions being entirely voluntaTyand so
licited without undue pressure from
the solicitors. The money thus con
tributed, after paying the performer a
reasonable part for his work, is de
vnteH tn thA Soldiers' Tobacp.o Fund.
Those of us who use tobacco in some' ica Questions. The Wei,s, of course, , student bQdy ?aid that, in order to I
form or other, and We are in the great -c,aim ine Cflan6es ahs iuiuui ; wm the . war against Germany, the
majority, fully realize the solid com
fort to be derived from a few minutes
indulgence in the charms of the god-
When the silver lining 1
issue which affecfs-eletHions- on polit- j Fayetteville Observer. A college
'. j-.V. ; Drofessor. in a recent address to the
Foreian Renresentatives:
Frost. Green & Kohn. Inc., 225 Fifth dess nicotine.
Avenue, New York; Advertising j to our clodded lives grows dim, and
Itories on the clear-cut issue of prohi-1 people of , America .must appreciate,
hibition or license, and the Pros, have : not depreciate, the vast resources,
j ' .u-o, strength and ability of Germany. In
sonfe good reason whereby to account Qther that',we must realize
or their defeat other than a prefer- what we are ud aeainst. If deDrecia-
Byilding, Chicago.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917.
Wilson talks and the
things look bluest; when friends seem
to have forsaken us, and the world it
self is passing us by unheedingly, it is
remarkable how a brief period of com
munion with a cut from our favorite
ence by the people for license.
THE HALIFAX DISASTER.
l-rosicieiu vvnun plug & fgw puffg frQm Qur Qld hlack
world applauds. Colonel House keeps p.pe Qr inhalations from a popular
silent and. the world says what a great made.in.America cigarette will give us
man- (clearer perception of the blessings of
, . , 7 i our friends, give a more rosy tint to
Prettv strong hints come from Wash-1 ' 0
, , , . e , life s clouds, and send us into our
in o-t, -in ihnt it wnnt he loner before I
... , ,. . I daily battles with a renewed hope and I
American trooDs will be on the firing!...
tiort .p an enemy spells unwisdom, J
; tne German people tnemseives are
very uawise, as their contempt for
and depreciation of the Allies, espe-
t rinllv AmoifQ lrnnwo no hnnnrlo !
At this writing it is not possible to j i.
even estimate the extent of the disas- j Charlotte Observer. It is under
tpr in HniifaT harhnr vesterdav. Be- i stood that the Republicans will un-l
. , .. . . . .Idrtake an -agitation by Congress of
cause of the destruction of all electric , th4iscanled plant for the erection of i
wire communication with tne outsiae 1 a WaaBoard to be composed of Con-
world it was at first impossible to se- gressmethe object of -which would
cure details. We hope that more defi-1 be to assia-President Wilson and the j
. I War Departmjit in the conduct of thel
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line in Italy.
'do-or-die" spirit.
war. The functions of such a board
will be at hand by the time this issue ! WOuld be in reality that of a board 1
of the paper is put to press. Enough . of interference. Thee proposition is of
i known hnwovor to makp it cer-' too dangerous a character to receive!
u a v,.. - ' . . serious consideration at. the hands of
"u uiutu uj uui uuv s 111 r i auuc Tain r.nar it. whs a most anDniiiiiu ca- . . ..
TJ nA ni urcaV it Will hf ' - . IVUU6lOTO O.IXK1 LUC .11181 O, LLC 111 UL n
i. cm Ui Li - KllSS tneir tODaCCO ' in wet trencnes: tnatronhp thP most rlisnstrniis as to i K; t fn,nA v,ni1M
in order to begin to turn tne Key on far from home an,3 i0Ved ones; death loss of life and destruction of property and effective resistance. This is no
Austrian subjects found roaming about Walking everywhere, with hardship as 'which has occurred since the war be-! time for the Playing of politics in j
the country. !, wwinw if twa , twi i .congress and tne proposition to
create mis Doara 01 meuaiers is Hom
ing but a political play of the purest
kind, albeit one of a most mischievous
nature.
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Judging from
igan. The first reports stating that
n nMi!when any man wanted or could bejthere were troop ships in the harbor
Postmaster General . K
Burleson's report the government is
getting a dose of the medicine the
'railroads have been required to take.
said to need, tobacco it is now with' caused the fear that the loss of life
those boys in France.
A smoke or a i would extend into the many thousands.
I
chew will bring America right to one.' As it is, the total death list is fearful'
of them for the moment, and he will The exact number may
HPnrv FnrH is afp in savine he is ! hink mre of the PePle at home than known.
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STATE NEWS.
Mr. D. McN. Ray, a well known and
prosperous farmer and land owner of
this county, died, in Cumberland Gen
eral Hospital Tuesday evening at 61
willing to give the . government his "" Uuime ma me
last dollar when it needs it. fle well.uvwr lliere- -IOU m sena nim wear-) Many persons down in this part of 4-
knows the government will never get ns aPParel fancv things to eat, and the gtate may not be aware of the
that hard up. ,costly Presents, but the first thing he j act that in the western part there is
.will grab when he opens his box from a school for Indian children which is
After the Austrian war resolution home wil1 be the Sood oId American SUD00rted by the Federal government.
rm r.Prmnn asrpntn nrowlin- ahmit. tobacco. After he has lighted his pipe TnAr1 fWo hunrH 9n fiftv rhprnt I o'clock, after a lone: period of ill health
xi t. i. it i i or cisrarette or taken his chew then i j . from heart and kidney-trouble. Fay-
on the hunt for government property UI b" r wrcu uib mew, men hoys and girls are taught and trainea,'tt nh ' J
to destroy wont gain anything bv ne Wlli Proceed to examine the other., become useful citizens. The school !'
.claiming to be Austrians. things received. It , is , a small thing, ig under control of the Treasury De- f Women of A's-heville who took the
but it is the one supreme time when partment. Secretary McAdoo has! lead here in the food conservation
"President Wilson is leaving no, smau tnings count. asked CongTess for appropriations o?icamPaten this morning took vigorous1
stone turned," etc., says Tne ' riiHUig ui mis tooacco runa is six thousand dollars for improvements f'cuon ar oranamg as raise the
Greensboro News. We know a Stone m progress m every city and town and.and mtyne thousand for mainte
that ought to have been turned some hamlet in America, and Wilmington, nance
time ago, but has been left to stay as which has furnished so many soldier
it was.
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boys, will certainly see to it that they
It looks like every day will be h
a -wiU not want for a lin-Ie thin ke Meatless day for the soldiers at Camn
Congressman Fitzgerald finds Con- tobacco A no de , t ajd nment wm
gressional life too strenuous. He will worthy cause may send their contnbu- . , . A
. , , o- . - . , , ship fresh meat there from a distance,
give it up at the end of the present tion 2o cents for a week's supply or , , .
T , , , , . , jn f it. x xi. m The Federal inspector has condemned
term. We should think any man would one dollar for a month's to the To- , , , , B
A A.- A i v, tt . , . j the slaughter houses of Columbia be
get tired of it after twenty years. The bacco Fund, care of The Wilmington T ,
x . x . , x Ttau v j, , cause of their unsanitary condition,
present is Mr. Fitzgerald's tenth term. Dispatch, and the tobacco for which, . , ,
rrr. a : The inspector recommended to the
jvui iuuuc; liao IUUUIUUICU Will gU
newspaper reports mat many women .......niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillillCf illlllMIMI'
conservation movement went to the
board of trade and asked that the di
rectors take some action. The direc
tors did so. adoptine resolutions
hrandin the reports as false. The la
dies, slow to anger but evidently
stored up now. also made statements
telling the world just how "baseless as
ho unsubstantial fabnc of a dream"
are the s?n-satirnal disoatches which
vp ben nublishpH in TT, CI
The Asheville Times tells of a man, orward to the America tronn4 6 81 iuixictuumK tu uniup luxl au News m regard to Asheville women
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FOR
OUR
BOYS
BE
fined in the city court for having on abroad,
hand more whisky than permitted by !
law. What was worse, he had some '
tablets for making a drink called whis- WHAT THE WAR WILL DO FOR US.
ky. Drop one of these in a glass of
water and there was your substitute
for whisky.
Every cloud has its silver lining.
Some good can be gotten out of every
misfortune. This, war, horrible as it
When the Bolsheviki get through is, wjll be of some benefit. Under
negotiating with the Germans they the heading "Results of the War," The
will find they have lost every thing "Columbia State says
they were seeking; that instead of
order be issued forbidding the sol- -d their criticism of the treatment of
diers to eat fresh meat at the city j th interned Germans. Asheville
restaurant3. This is a pretty heavy Timcs-
olt for South Carolina's capital.
- j Thursday was a day of true Thanks-
Flake, his faith-
IN
ANC
EE
having won their freedom they have
only swapped the Czar for the Kaiser
as their master.
It is said the Russian peasants are
great lovers of liberty. That may be
true;-but since the deposition of the
Czar, they have not shown that thsy
know what the word mans and they
certainly have not indicated fitness
for self government.
Because she can hold it no longer
Germany says let Jerusalem ;o. When
it comes to rearranging the map of
Europe at the close of the war what
will she say abernt ' Constantinople
when Western Europe and the United
States ; say the Turk must get out xf
Europe?
With one exception, the press of
London 'Wftd Pagive full support to
the deMClJpSfftrje of policy and aims
contained in MiC' Wilson's message to
Congress,, ,jrhe London Times does
not approve, of some of the language.
There seeWs to be too much thought
of settlement? -Qf world peace and not
enough about punishment of Germany
in it to ujthpaper.
Congress has been in session ftve- "tfe;Jgal2jjkt greater f 66st
days-and La! Follette has not had any- than the sacrifiqesjtte people have al
thing to say; but that is no sign that 1 readeTOft' no possible
he will not be heard from. Ths Aus-, reason orsuppp8gfnt the war Will
trian war resolution may be taken by end before1 the 'American soldfers by
him as a godd opportunity to air his the '. thousands ; have ihtered intd the
disloyal views and th'row defiance to thick of it. We should 'hardly let our-
Even if the great war should
end before the American troops in
large numbers can play their part
on the figting lines, it will have
left behind it an inestimable her
itage to the nation. Being at war,
and forcing ourselves without
the necessity of doing so, but in
order to help our allies in the field
and their families at home o live
in a state of war and privation,
has trained the people in habits
of thrift and unselfishness. It has r
made them more ingenious, bet
ter able to take care of them- ,
selves, and has broadened their
outlook upon the world and man
kind. It" has shown to millions
of Americans and Englishmen the
true .and lofty virtues of the
French, while revealing to us the
real nature of the Germans. We
shall be a wiser,, a thriftier, a
more neighborly, a better people
because of the war, even the
struggle ceases' before we are
granted the high privilege of help
ing to suppress Prussianism.
But what we wish particularly
to refer to in this article as one
of the War's fruits is the manli
ness that military training full
blooded living in the opeii With
nature and their fellowmen; the
spirited- exercises in camfiUiand .
field, the hard discipline necessary :
to win. the. .war-rrwill .bestow . as
a pricelessVgift'-up'on American
youth and young, manhood. '
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All - this we ' of America'? wiir learn,
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OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
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Major General Sir John E. Capper,
! K. C. B., who is the director-general
of the famous "tank" corps of the
British army, born 56 years ago to
day. Sir Edward Wallington, who has
served as private secretary to Queen
Mary since her accession to the
throne in 1910, born 63 years ago to
day. Rev. Edwin Holt Hughes, bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal church, born
at Maundsville, W. Va., 51 years ago
today.
Horace Boies, former Governor of
Iowa and at one time nationally prom
inent as a Democratic leader, born in
Erie county, N. Y., 90 years ago to
day. Hannes Kolehmainen, the world's
long-dictance running champion, born
in Finland, 28 years ago today.
civin? to Thomas J
"1 wife and two children ?nd h's
voted mother. Governor T. W.
kett gave to them the one best
'"'n for which they had bepn work
"ns; and oravint? for morp than six
"-3. that being a complete pardon
o Mr. Flake, who was serving j 10-
sp-itnnce for the killing of Sm
rnitb. his own second cousin. The
-gedy occurred nearly sevn
one Sunday aft-rnoon in Liles
tonsn'n. FTaVp tvs infoxicit
nt th time and has always main
'"'Tiod tto h-d no recollpntion
""t'D" "f th cli'4. Hp wpb im
'nuTipd -nrpoT) Tii nme't.o 'h'Tv,3e1f 'n
, tllflt pn(5 j'pfl' j,?s
iot5"p nvmr- wriom he bn.d had oiv
" krnrWt fppjines nrovious to the
'ime. Wadesboro Arrsoniah.
the. peoplerho axe ..demanding, his ex- selvpecjlatejfBpclL..,isi::' possi
pulsion,fiQmthe Senate. It would be,; bUi,f or :tddoy wSiai'd : only lte&&
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George M. Cohan, who' is a mem
ber of the national committee of the
atrical managers promoting today's
nation-wide observance of Red Cross
Theatre Day, has won international
fame as an actor, producer and writer
of popular songs and Plays, Accord
ing to the calendar, Mr. Cohan is a
real live ntephew of Uncle Sam, for
it was on July 4, 1879, that this fa
mous author-actor-composex first , saw
the light of . day The particular spot
selected foi his birthplace' was Provi
dence, R. I., and it was in this same
city 10 years later -that b made h?s
first stage appearance. For ,a. number
of years he toured the country in
vaudeville in association with bis fa
ther," mother and sister, the .quartet
becoming widely known as "The Four
Cohans." It was "Little; Johnny
Jones,",' written.'by Mrc' Cohan and
produced by him in 1904, that flr
brought him definitely .before the pub-
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1817 wi-ri Tnrk1T'inoTi- far"")!
.bot.pi'o. hrp !. Roc',i. D'"
t mherst, Mass., March 15
1886.
vnt".PiV Vpxrc Ann Todv.
1842 Fnfria"H r?0'-ved, the tercen
tpry of Mary Onee of Scots.
ifty Years Aflo Todv.
'w Arxir James S. Palmer,
TT. S. N.. who rntrinfe -n r tn
first division of ironclads at the
capture of Mobile, died at St.
Thomas. W, T. Born in 'New
Jersev Jn tlO.
Twntv-Pive 'vqrs A" Tdsv,
1892 DavM p. nil', f New Yok. in.
trnrluoerl . hill in rh TTni.t
State? Sent to repeal the
Sherman silver law. '
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THE WAR.
Dec. 7. 1916. David IVvd-Gerare
r-rmal)v" "ontfrl hn Rr-U-'ch . rint rf
lie as a natiye American author. Since) Prime Mlnistftf i Vir. IM of 'the
then, he has written and. produced iTrensurv Answerrisr TTiiftori Sfat
keeping with his character f or him to. mifce wahtljb bf(Sre us the harder I many successful playa. As aiwriterj protect. Germnv r'Af f,-t,vi. t
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AERIAL TRAPEZE ACT Extraordinary
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Vnlnntarv contributions will be asked for bv collectors with Tobacco Buckets. You
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are not compelled 4o contribute, but are asked to do so. The proceeds wil
added to ' .
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Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund
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