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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1918.
A Liberty Bond binds the people to
liberty. -
As we can't go to the ball game we
can work the garden.
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Buy coal now and keep th. home
.fires burning next winter.
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Trouser patches and garden patch
i es are both signs of patriotism.
A garden planned and not planted
will not keep theome table suop'ied.
The Clown Prince is not 'producing
many laughs in the Fatherland these
days.
There will be things doing among
the Huns when Haig tells .his. beys
to "Go get 'em!"
Necessity is called the mother of
invention. It also "secures one o? Mr.
McAdoo's badges of honor.
The secret is out. It is announc
ed that-the Hindenburg drive is for
bread, and that he dare not go back
home without bread.
Creel would do the country a great
service if he could find some way of
censoring Congress. Everybody else
is censuring it. ,
Just what kind of economy is it
when a woman spends two and one
half dollars for a pair of silk hose?
Don't all answer at once.
No word has yet been received at
Washington officially announcing the
landing of American marines at- Vlad
ivostok, indicating that the aforesaid
marines have not completed the job
for which they landed.
St. Louis may have a lot of pro
Germans, but it also has a goodly
number of true blue American?. Ref
erence is had to the official report
stating that the district is leading the
country in the sale of Liberty Bonds.
America's generalissimo of finance
now has a bunch of ships to look aft
er along with little matters lik3 the
railroads, financing the war, sell'ng
Liberty Bonds, etc., etc., etc., et cet
era. (No wonder the Republicans are
agin the primary law. Every couplg
of years those of that party who are
selected 'as sacrifices upon the party
altar have to dig up a bunch of dough
just for the' pleasure of being an also
ran in the election. '
. The " news dispatches indicate that
. Congress has a lot of work to do yet
besides building, political V fences pre
paratory to the coming election. In
this day and time the people are tak
ing more interest in the kind of cat-
tle they put in their political fences,
and are seeing about the fence, too,
as many of the present member.? will
find out on or about Tuesday after
N the st Monday in next November.
Those Wake Forest students ei a
good example for many communMes.
;;They found a disloyal membi.: in
t their' body and they immediately iok
prompt action not only to get rid of
. his objectionable presence but put
'him in charge of Uncle Sarin's dil j c
credited agents. They informed the
faculty that there was not -com
enough at the college for' both tho
class and the alleged 4isloyal m?ra
ber,;and one or the other, had to va-
cate the- premises forthwith and m
mediately :' Re sujtf the class" is' iitr sa
ving its "usual studies, while officers of
the iDeparjmeht of justice feate an-
pther case -tt "deal TtritIC;
HENS AS PROPHETS. 4.
. Tne smart boy is .again at ;work
with vinegar 5 ana wax; writing in
scriptions on:: eggs, and the unduly
credulous are 'telling about rev ora
tions they "are finding on the eggs
found in hen's nests. That old fake
has been, running for years, and de
spite its age still flnds people who ..be-
Aleve .mat nens.ca jureiBu ,vjumuu5
events of world-wide importance. The
latest is from Bath, where a good lady
insists that her hens have laid egg3
on which words were found predict
ing victory for the United States in
May. Every year, and all through
every year, somewhere in the country
stories are told of prophetic inscrip
tions being found on hen eggs, and
often there is quite a local sensation
created, especially among the color
ed population, because of these
words; However, if the facts were
revealed it would be found that some
boy in the neighborhood has been
putting wax words on the aforesaid
eggs, treating it to a prolonged vin
egar bath, removing the wax and
slipping the egg into a hen's nest to
be found by some easily excitable per
son. THE
GERMAN-AMERICAN
ANCE.
ALL!-
The Senate Judiciary commUtee
has voted unanimously in favor of the
bill introduced by Senator King, of
Utah, which would repeal the Fed
eral charter of the National German
American Alliance. This action as
taken despite the recent vote of the
Alliance to voluntarily dissolve.
The action of the committijo is
based on the opinion in official circles
that the disbanding of the Alliaice
is not sufficient to stamp out the pow
erful organization built up under its
auspices, and that it cannot be ef
fectively put .out of commission un
less its charter is revoked. It is
held that the action by the Allianca
in dissolving is only temporary, and
that there is nothing, as the matter
now stands, to prevent its reorganiza
tion and resumption of activities at
sosie later time. It is for the pur
pose of completely rendering it in
capable of future operations that the
King bill was introduced and will
more than likely be passed by Con
gress.
The hearings before the Senate
committee which have been going on
for a month or more, revealed most
pernicious activities by the Alliance,
and .the evidence secured leaves
nothing else to be done but to Ix the
company so 4t will not again engage
in these activities. If the statements
made before the committee are true,
and there is no record of their being
successfully contradicted,, the Alli
ance has carried Non operations in this
country that would have resulted in
more -serious punishment for its of
ficials if done in any other country
in the world. They have been guilty
of many things against the govern
ment, and should be placed in such
a position that they can do. no more
harm. -
Among the more important charges
brought against the organization and
on which the committee' has ample
supporting evidence, are the follow
ing:
1. The Alliance sought to x control
all the German-American vote in this
country and vote ify en bloc with the
(intention of - controlling all local,
State and national elections.
2. The brewery interests contrib-
utd to the Alliance's funds to have
its members oppose prohibition.
3. The Alliance collected money
and turned it over to'; the German
Re,d Cross and- Count von Bernstorff
for propaganda work.
4. Its members watp
the leaders
bkusnsu.' '
in several organizations mat
urged
the embargo on all exports to Europe,
urged tie continued neutrality of- tbe
United States and opposed the arm
ing of American merchant ships. . .
5. , The Alliance used Its greatest
efforts to have the German language
taught in all the American schools
because it was believed that the lan
guage and German kultur were indis
oluble, and to introduce histories and
bother literature highly .favorahla to
Germany.
6. It did its utmost to defeat
Woodrow Wilson for re-election ' and
threw its strength to Hughes and
Fairbanks. ' ; -
With these charges proven to the
satisfaction of the committee,' there
was nothing else left but to recom
mend that the charter be revoked,
andthus rid this nation of Its dan
gerous presence. -
The Ananias Club and the Down-'
and-Out Club have a new member in
I the per?on of Count Czernin.
"BOCHE." a
Editor of The Dispatch: ' , ' '' ;;;
The word "Boche," as applied to the
Germa&j en thV battleelds has5: been
frequently used for the last three and
a half years; aaV the, fcuestjoa- ts re
peatedly asked -whatdftw
angjttousiy; th' answer -la Inter
estSng, poignant, - and,not unmixed
withnumor." '.'-'.- ' -" 1
. There are now; fighting-the Teutonic
allies three great distinct races on the
Western1 front commonly using three
great modern languages, namely:
French, English ; and Italian. Yet; none:
of the above named languages" isaaj
claim the word us its own. The term J
Is borrowed from An ally of. the Cen
tral Powers. It is' from" no less than
V&la fcarbaric majesty t. the unspeak
able Turk." lib" i Turkish ,te."" 'word
Boche" means empty, and figurative
ly speaking as the: Turkish mode, of
expressionlgoeSj'eniPty in this connec
tion refers to a condition of the head.
The Turks have no modern language
fof his own, but using a blended com
bination. of languages, with a-mixture
of one-third each of modern Arabic,
Persian and his old time Turcoman
dialect, is influenced therefore in his
manner of speech by the course of the
first tWo A named languages, .using its
they do, the parabolic, the figurative
in his vivid expressions. , j - J .
. . Briefly speaking the Turk uses a
method ;while foreign to the Western
er; yet' the Eastern ear; naturally
brought up to it feels perfectly ' at
home in its presence. When the Turk
referred to the German as empty, he
has more likely meant that he was a
vain boastful, or that the condition of
his head is in need of more .brams to
fill vacancies. The Turk in like in
stances may also use the following
term, or-the same results. "House for
rent' referring again to the head, it
means that it is in need of additional
ideas other tfian its own. Still there is
an endless chain of like expressions
to cover the' same ground. ' y
But the word itself, within the scope
of these lines, found its popularity
about the year 1898, as we were-told
in some of the Egyptian papers, when
'the royal family of Germanr in com
pany with a large suite and other
military attaches were on a tour of
the Holy places within the Turkish
empire. It was that same visit that
netted the Germans from the Turk,
concession of gigantic proportions
among which may be named the right
of way, in Asia jiinor, fox the Berlin
to Bagdad railroad. .These conces
sions then .made by the1 Turk ate
largely responsible today for the Ger
man pronouneed taste and apppetite
for world domination. The conduct of
the royal retinue on that occasion, we
were told, was reported to be marked
ly boastful. Nothing - precipitates
laughter among Easterners m6re than
a claim of , superiority forced-needlessly
upon their attention by others.
For goodness sake" they would say,
Keep your seat down until we find
you worthy of. a place higher up."
On one . occasion when, the royal
visitors were seated at a banquet, in
their honor, partaking of the-hospi-tality
of the Turkish Governor of Pal
estine, and when at the conclusion
of the repast, the Turkish attendants
were presenting the Governor s
guests with a demi-tasse of coffee
right at that juncture the word "Bo
che" began to 'assume an existence.
It was when the other gues'ts ' who
were present observed that most of
the Germans - were engaging them
seles in the acrobatic feat of twisting
their mustaches skyward, ' -until tbie
extreme end formed the s'hape of a
toothpick. The very sight suggested
a broad smile on many faces with
one Turk making the above remark
in Turkish "Boche" empty, . meaning
unnecessary boastfulness. This was
incidentally overheard by a member
of the French legation, who was con
versant 'with the language, and who
evidently caused his own country's
reporters to flash it to their own pa
pers fanning it into broad publicity
throughout the French press and in
especially the class with the comical
features. The French reporters,
true to their profession, kept the term
alive, making its application to their.
country's enemies distinctly signifi
cant at this time. Meanwhile they
thave proved an alibi to its coinage, by
resting the whole responsibility for
its use on the Turk who was then
unattentive, but who has since be
come reconciled to this branch of
"German Kultur," ,
ALEX. S. YEAGER.
Wilmington, N. C, Appril 12.
WITH THE EDITORS.
jjo 4. . 4. 4. 4. 4 4 4. 4 if, jff 41 41
State Journal: Chairman Hurley, of
the Shipping Board, ha$ promised that
Wilmington will be made the site. of
a plant for the constructfon rS?J!rthe,
newiy aesignea concrete snips or 3,wu
tons. According to plans announced
the building of this type will be fol
lowed by future construction and
launching of boats of twice that size.
Assuming that the precedent of the
War Department that broke the
promise, of Fayetteville's cantonment
will not be followed, a shipping yard
for Wilmington means making true
tne business dream of . an Industrial
and commercial North Carolina re
lieved of the disadvantage of having
no basing port as the regulator of
traffic- conditions. All that is neces
sary for Wilmington to become "the
port it ought to be for North Caro
lina is for the government to recog
nize it as potentially something more
than the mouth of a creek.
Wilmington as a. point of construc
tion of government ships will have
achieved, a recognition which will
hdve to be acted upon. As a govern
ment port it will be no longer possi
ble to postpone the work of equip
ping it to handle commerce. The con
sequent .readjustments' of freight
schedules should and will follow the
new status of, what hitherto has. been
a part only by stretch of courtesy.
The .shipyard should be of economic
value to Wilmington, but such- ad
vantage is superficial- compared .-to
thai which may: be expected to accrue
from it to the. business interests of
the State as- a whole. -.' , " v -", r.
Haltingly as the ship building pro
gram is being , extended, it must riot
be overlooked that at last, there is in
process, of creation the merehant ma
rine so wantonly sacrificed to small
politics and ' demagogic sophisms.
From now on; the new shiDS will ha-
gin,.. to crowd v existing ports and seek
Boston; Baltimore and Norfolk, Phila
dfilnhia. Boston . Baltimore and.- ; Nor
folk already are inadequate to-'the de-
manasi maue.upon uicui, vByWD
wa)r and. for a generation -afterwards
of which the development of sea com
merce will be the genius tnere must
be growth-of perts - as - well as or
fleets. Wilmington's shipyard, al
ways assuming mat cnariuwie , us
not lure-It away is chietiy important
as ft fixes the necessity and hastens
the creation as Wilmington as a port
Lumberton Tribune : Robeson coun
ty has always been a hotbed for can
didates, and scrambles for poiitica,
office was a great game every two
years, but this year there lis only one
cahdidater f or each. ' office among the
Democrats, and. we expecy the same is
tru6 among the Republicans, No
doubt there ' are many men ia the
county Who would like ;, to run, . but
this is a time when personal ambi
tlntis are laid aside, r A county Re-
Dublican is quoted as r saying in. the
convention here, Saturday that they
expected to help whip the Kaiser,vand
then whip the Democrats afterwards
That' is the proper -way. to "feel about
it. Now is the 4timeA for all -parties
and people to stand and fight to
gether for a cdmmon cause the lib
erty and freedom of mankind. i
Durham Herald: .The workers in the
military branches of the government,
who are doing all that" is, humanly
possible to get ready7 for the war
against Germany, and the civilian
workers, follow a double- standard
The soldier who gets a dollar a day
and upkeep quits his job and is hunt
ed down as a deserter; subject to
heavy penalty for exercising the right
to "strike." The s shipbuilder who
draws 5.0 cents an hour for his labor,
quits his job, which is just as esseh
tial to the military ore Daratioh aa is
that of the soldier, and he is s'imply
an American laborer, exercising his
rights to "striked Technically there
is a difference but morally the dif
ference between ' these two types is
infinitesimal.
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STATE NEWS
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Noah and Church Roberson and
Clyde Bowen.Vthe three men who are
charged with the attempted robbery
of the bank at Everetts, in -.Martin
county, recently, were taken tcuRal
eigh for safekeeping, according to
rports reaching the city. The rre
ports Jndipate jLhat the thgee men
were taRen to the capital city Tnurs
day by Sheriff Page, of Martin -coun
ty, because of some threats said to
have been made aaginst the three
men.
The trio was placed under arrest
shortly after the robbery by a posse
of 1,500 men, and the entire amount
of $8,000 taken by them from the
bank was recovered.
Church Roberson wasualso painfull)'
wounded when he attempted to resist
arrest at the hands of the sheriff and
his posse, but it is believed that his
condition has improved to. such an
extent that .he is now out of danger.
The reports of the taking of tha
men "to the State capital for safe
keeping have not as yet been author
itatively confirmed but as the reports
came from a. reliable source, it is be
lieved that th men are now at Ral
eigh, awaiting hearing on trial on
the charges against them. Rocky
Mount Telegram. .
Mr. Columbus Daniels," who , con
ducts a store about two and a half
miles from this city in Nash county,
just beyond the pumping station, was
shot and painfully injured last week
by an unknown negro. The colored
man fled into a swamp nearby after
committing the deed.
The negro walked into Mr. Daniels'
store, locked the door and put the
key in his pocket. Mr. Daniels walk
ed up to him and inquired -the reason
for his action. The negro without
saying a word, drew a pistol from his
pocket and shot Mr. Daniels, the ball
penetrating his jaw.
Mr. Daniels ran from the store
through the back door and secured
his shotgun. When he emerged from
the home he came upon the negro
again. The black man , started to
shoot at Mr. Daniels a second time,
but seeing Mr. Daniels' wife and
daughter, he turned and fled.
While Mr. Daniels was in his home
securing the shotgun the negro took
a suitcase, automatic pistol and ' also
..the cash in the money drawers.
ckv mount leiegram.
Mr. T. B. Smith happened to quite
a loss last week; through the injury
of a mule while he was out selling
automobile tires. He was about six
miles this side of Warsaw when Jes-f
se woods, a young man, riding a
mule, met him in the road. ' The mule
swerving around into the car had his
leg broken. . Mr. Smith,r in trying to
avoid the mule, ran his car in the
ditch. Manifestly, it was not the fault
of Mr. Smith, but as the young: man
acted very nicely about the matter,
Mr. Smith paid him. $150, besides pay
ing the veterinary who came down
from Goldsboro merely, to advuse. kill,
ing the mule. The mule was shot.
The mule, was worth $300. Sampson
Democrat. ,
Negro Body Seeks Membership.
New York, April 16 A nation-wide
campaign for 50,000 members, to be
known as the r "Moorfield Storey
Drive," is to be conducted by the
National Association for th Advance
ment of Colored People during the 10
days beginning WtomorrbwV The 90
branches of the national association
will join in the. campaign, which has
been undertaken as a testimonial to
Moorfield Storey ot Boston, "the asso
ciation's president, ia recognition of
his services '.to negroes in the .Louis
ville segregation case, in which com
pulsory, residential segregation of ne
groes was declared . unconstitutional
by unanimous decision of the Supreme
Court; theUnited States. Negroes
and their friends declare the anti-segregation
victory to .be the greatest' le
gal landmark affecting negroes since
the adoption of the Fifteenth Amend,-
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