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STATE DEMOCRATS UP IT AGAINST FOR AR Woman Suffrage, Constitu tional Convention and Farmers Union THE WILMINGTQN-BISPATCH, : THURSDAY, M AFfcH 28. 1918 (Special to The Dispatch.)' Raleigh, March 28. State Demo crats two weeks before their conven tion in Raleigh, April 10, are wonder ing if the woman suffragists are em barrassing the Republicans as much; the Farmers' Union Council as capa ble of harassing and the constitutional conventionalists . as . impotent with their opponents April. 9 when tUe Re publicans meet in Greensboro. These are the three things that are giving Democrats trouble long before they reach the bridge that must be crossed. The woman suffragists are ready to carry before the Democrats the question' of equal suffrage in the platform.- Already the women are boosting their advisory member jof the National Executive Committee. A party that is planning to have a worn an on its executive committee is in poor shape to shy at suffrage and in much worse shape to deny it entirely. In other words, the Democrats who are putting a woman on their com mittee will have to face the actual issue of suffrage. Every Democrat with the -exception of Zebulon Weaver in the tenth is vul nerable. Senators .Simmons andjton and Southport harbors ports of STATE ASSOCIATION FORMED WEDNESDAY Meeting Held in Fayetteville to Promote State's Water . way Facilities (Special to The Dispatch.) Fayetteville, N. C, March 28. The business ' session of the Greater North Carolina Association was held here yesterday afternoon, following the calling to order and the welcoming addresses by Mayor McNeil and Pres ident Hale of the Chamber of Com merce. At the opening of the after noon session, the committee on or ganization filed its . report through Chairman, R, A. Parsley, of, Wilming ton. Major E. J. Hale was asked to become president of the organization, but he declined on account of being in the government service, whereup on Col. S. A. Jones, of Waynesville, was elected president. D. S. Hollen ga; secretary of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, was made secretary-treasurer, of the associa tlon. f Colonel Jones presented four reso lutions which were adopted. The first or these resolutions was. that we most respectfully ask that as a na tional and an economic war measure the Director General of railroads of the United States be directed to .at once declare Fayetteville, Wilmin PASSED EXAMINATION, Captain Monroe Is Advised of the Sue cess of His Son. ' Capt. W. P. Monroe, assistant chief of the fire department, received & telegram this morning stating that his son, W. G. Monroe, passed the examination at Fortress Monroe, Va., for second lieutenant in the United States army and will be sent to Pen sacola, Fla. Lieut. Monroe was a member of the old W. L. I.,, now 8th company C. A. C, Fort Caswell. He was sent to Fortress Monroe from his company in January, being the only one to take the artillery course for thfe regular army. He is to be con gratulated upon his promotion and his many friends here will learn, with pleasure, of his success. He is a graduate of the Wilmington High school and the University of North Carolina. Capt. Monroe has a young er, son, james u., some wnere in France with the 115 th Machine Gun Battalion. CASES NOL PROSSED. Overman are opposed to it, no matter how easily they become reconciled to time opposition. Nine other Con pessmen either -have no records or embarrassing repute on suffrage. Some of them have been marked by the National body many years. George Hood hasn't any bad record except a sort of slacker in the late fight. He wasn't there. He does not say much about it. The Republicans appear to be more -friendly to suffrage than the Demo crats. That will hurt the dominant party. It realizes that suffrage is bound to come, but like education, health, money and other good things, the damnigger. gets in on these bene dictions and it is always dangerous to have anything good in the country where the damnigger can enjoy it. The damnigger man and the damnig ger woman will vote eventually; therefore go slow. That's hard luck No. 1. The Demo crats must face it. The men in charge are not very long on facing things. They have been able to face sidewise, backward, any old way. But they must meet this issue. The women are not going to be put in the atti tude of being recognized abroad and ignored at home. They will ask in dorsement, they say. Then comes the council of the Farmers' Union. Men who have never been long on finance are insisting that the war-be financed hereafter as it is fought so that posterity miss paying for the limbo which ancestry bore to save the future. The council lets drop to your correspondent, by acci dent quite, that it is going to ask the convention to pass resolutions urging Congress to issue no" more bonds but to pay "as we go." That will bring the Democracy squarely before the bulk of its voters. The general belief here is that the thinkers of the Democracy will tell the council to go to hell. If Henry Page is here, and he likely will be, lie will do that himself. The Union as now constituted is more Republi can than Democratic, say State offi cials, and indeed, its attitude on the war indicates that. There is a story out that the Union is losing members more rapidly than the Germans are entry and rate-basing ports, that through rail and water rates from all points throughout, the United tSates and South American and foreign countries may be made through these ports for commerce throughout the world. The second was, "that the Presi dent of the United States be respect fully requested to direct the Secret tary of the Navy, the Honorable Jo sephus Daniels, of North Carolina, at once in co-operation with the Direc tor General of railroads of the Unit' ed States, to begin an inquiry into the construction, equipment and put ting in- operation as a national war economy measure, of a naval coaling station on Southport harbor or at some equally available place on the Cape Fear river." The third resolution in the resolv ing clause reads: "That in pursuance of the wishes of the people of the State of North Carolina and . other States co-operating with North Caro lina, the President of the United States be requested to direct the postmaster general to direct that all mail for all the east ports of South America emanating in the United States, be routed via Wilmington, North Carolina, and the per mile pound rate now allowed for carrying the same and allowed for carrying Mr. Peschau Was UnwilHng to Ask "For Conviction on the Evidence. The cases charging Dick Lassiter and Dock Baker, white, with vagran cy, were nol prossed in Justice John J. Furlong's court yesterday after noon upon request of George Peschau, Esq., employed to prosecute, while the continuance asked for in the case charging Clarence Hall with a simil ar offense was granted. Mr. Peschau stated that no evidence was introduc ed as regards Baker and Lassister on which he could ask for conviction. Yesterday's trial clears up the re cent vagrant cases, the swearing out of warrants having resulted in the de parture .of .several young men for parts unknown and the city will see no more of them for the coming two years at least. Theatre ANOTHER SOCIETY FORMED. No Change in Services. Rev. Dr. William H. Milton, rector of St. James' Episcopal church, will other foreign mail, shall be allowed told services next Sunday in accord Colored Residents of Acorn Branch Show Fine Spirit. There was a meeting held at the Acorn Branch colored school last night and a war savings society was organized, every member pledging to do his part in selling stamps, raising food crops, and doing his bit in win ning the war. Addresses were made by Messrs. J. A. McNorton, W. A. McGirt, E. H. Freeman and John R. Morris. Mr. J. O. Brown and Dr. F. W. Avant organized the society. There was a large number of col ored people present, and they seemed very enthusiastic over the organiza tion. The society will be called the Willing Workers". The colored peo ple of the county are organizing "sug ar cane clubs" and expect to raise their own syrup to use in place of sugar. to any line of ships that will arrange to make regular schedule time be tween Wilmington, N. C and the ports of the east coast of South Am erica and the West Indian and Euro pean ports." The fourth resolves "that the Gov ernor and the council of State of North Carolina be requested to co operate in every way possible and by the use of all the machinery of the State of North Carolina in securing rate basing ports and a United States naval coaling station on the waters of the Cape Fear river." , In the first three resoliftions1 (a cJEajuse urged the members of the ftJorth Carolina delegation in Con gress to lend their whole influence toward putting through thp provis ions of the resolutions. The following committee was nam ed to prepare a brief to be forwarded ance with the new time, or in other words, at the same' hours as in the past, although actually one hour earl-. Jer. This is the carrying out of the law enacted by Congress., which be comes effective next Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. Father Dennen, pastor of St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, said that services at this church would be moved up an hour Sunday. First mass will be held at o ociock ana the morning service will be at 11:450. losing troops, and partly for the same tQ Washington &long with the resolu. reason. That can't be verified, but n. A T WQnl, nf woi-i.. t be asked to pass this resolution for the Farmers' Union council. The mi nority party has a chance a iay ahead. The third Trouble is that constitu tional convention on which Harry Stubbs has been working since .1616. Mr. Stubbs got everybody to vote for it last year and it is to be sub mitted this year, but just as "we go to press"Jt is discovered that there is no primary machinery for pulling off this great function. The men Would be voted for in the general elec tion, but there can be no candidates voted for them unless they have gone through the primary. The act simply devours itself. That is the worst of many short comings discovered in this act, but found out too late. There is other machinery which does not satisfy, but khe pathetic struggle of Mr. Stubbs for a convention was of such nature as to blind legislators to simple de tail. Now, when the chance of get ting it over is so good the thing may consume itself. There is another awful argument against it. The country is in the war and the country's spokesman, Mr. Wil son. ,is now suggesting . that party slogans may be worth nothing here? after. A war which will change so much of the world will likewise make any fundamental alterations in the written law risky business now. It is not unthinkable that a 1918 con stitution would be as ancient as the 1787 convention, which was the be ginning. But whether the instrument is to be changed or not, it is said by good lawyers that there is no way to send delegates. The convention can be called but they cannot answer. They cannot start toward Raleigh. And the Democracy will in all probability be asked not to call this convention. This is the third embarressment before the body the calling of its proposed constitutional convention. The chief reason is the unseason able ness of the convention. The next rea son is the lack of machinery for elect ing delegates. The women, the farmers and the smart alecs of the law will give the convention' of April 10 trouble. Demo cratic curiosity somewhat to under stand why it must worry, more than tile Republicans. . ' - -- T. Slatter, of Columbia, S. C; M. R. Beaman, of Raleigh Chamber of Com merce. Another meeting of the Association will be held at a time and jlace to be selected by the organization committee. Service for Young People. The service at Grace Methodist church tonight will be especially for the young people. Rev. M. T. Plyler, the pastor, earnestly desires that ev ery one oF tbm younger members of the c ongregation be present t Secretary Branch Appointed. Mr. Howard B. Branch, secretary of the Wilmington Chamber of Com merce, has been appointed as repre sentative of the national labor place' ment and distribution machine, which is being set up by the United States employment service. The government made this appointment in order that the local Chamber may keep in touch with the Federal labor bureau to help its members secure labor when need ed and to furnish such information and data as may be collected from time to time. The small salary of $1 a year goes with the appointment. V v-AUGUST A LIKED IT. Concerning the United Southern Stock Company, coming to the Royal next week for. an engagement, the press of Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas is unanimous in praising its worth. The Augusta Herald under date of March 5, has this to say: "The United Southern Stock opened a week's .engagement 'at the Grand last night and proved to be the strongest acting company that has visited Augusta in years; even better than many of the high-priced attrac tions. Each and every member of the fourteen proved up artists in the true sense of the word. "The play, The Eternal Madgalene, is an unausual drama and was thor oughly enjoyed by alL Many were the expressions of enjoyment and satis faction on leaving the theatre, thus testifying to the adage that it is rare to find ability in so-called popular price shows. ." "Mabel Paige, who was a great fav orite here a few years ago, renewed her popularity. Mabel Gypzene also won favor by her clever .comedy work C. D. Peruchi has been recognized through the South for years. Edouard D'Oize is an actor of rare ability, sel dom seen even with the big one-night attractions. The specialties were re ceived with rounds of aplause. Tonight's offering will be The For bidden Path, termed a modern Romeo and Juliet; recommended as particu larly pleasing to the ladies. The peo ple of Augusta will make no mistake in visiting the Grand this week; they will enjoy -good, clean, classy enter tainment at prices within the reach of all." Seat sale for the opening attraction "The Eternal Magdalene" will open Saturday morning and seats for 11 sections of the house may be reserved in advance, thus avoiding disappoint ment such as occurred with the Pick erts' engagement. American troops fighting for liberty and democracy. "For the Freedom of the World" is the attraction at the Grand next Mon day and Tuesday. Johnny Evers fast workout with the Red Sox shows the veteran sec ond sacker still has considerable pas- timmg m his system. Owner Charles Comiskey is givine his White Sox champions the up-and-down during their practice stunts at Mineral Wells. 'THE SAVAGE" Once in a generation there flashes upon the theatrical sky a star of sufch tremendous power and engaging per sonality as to immediately become a new factor to be reckoned with by producers and the publio alike. Such a personality is a real, not a made star, and after his initial presentation makes such tremendous strides into the affection of the public as to re quire no outside influence to become a leader. Such a star is Monroe Salis bury, appearing with beautiful Ruth Clifford in "The Savage," a wonderful melodrama of a Canadian half-breed in whose savage breast a timely chiv alry was born in time to save the beautiful girl from degredation worse than death. "The Savage" Is a Bluebird super feature, an unusually powerful drama. A half-breed torn between his white and savage natures, portrayed by the magnetic star Monroe Salisbury, di rected by Rupert Julian, will be one of the greatest attraction of the week, at the Grand tomorrow. GOOD FRIDAY. Friday, the 29th, being Good Friday a holiday the banks of this City will not transact any business on that day. WILMINGTON CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION. THOS. E. COOPER, Secretary. (Advertisement.) AROUSES GREAT ENTHUSIASM George D. Hopkinson, manager of the Hamlin Theatre in the residence district of Chicago, had just concluded a unique experiment in testing the temper of a motion picture audience. "For the Freedom of the World," the great Ira M. Lowry story of love and war, was the medium of the experi ment. The storm of applause that greeted the stirringly patriotic scenes in the production the first night it was shown at the Hamlin gave Mr. Hop kinson the idea for the test. He re solved to see for himself by carefu clocking just which scenes most stirred the spectators and which got the most applause. The test led bftn to the incidental observation that never before had he seen a picture which aroused an audience to the de gree of audible enthusiasm engender- by "For the Freedom of the World.' It was about a stand-off, Mr. Hop kmson determined, in the volume o applause for the night battle scene in which the American flag goes "over the top" for the first time in the trenches; the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by a regimenta band of the 97th Canadian Overseas Battalion (American Legion), in the course of which the Stars and Stripes of the young heroes who couldn't wait to fight, and the actual scene showing the arrival in Paris of General Persh Ing and the first contingent of the frrx III III I 1 I I I I Iff i I I i r mm ii help wM the wawi Will you take part in one of the most important movements ever started for ending the war? 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