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. . ,.. ....... . ... . . ...... . .,- ' x : --A " : I ? WE WILMINGTON DISPATCH; ? FRII ) AY- AFTERNOON, APRIL 19 1918.; "" ; " - " page four: - .. . I, t in KILN Utllltt 1 DISPATCH iifii itifinTm I 111 Published DAILY-ANDSUNDAY- v-w .V oat - 3 H .-:: i3-. : .. , '.a , ; i-? ';:y" V TELEPHONES: : General Manager's Office. . . .. . Advertisingcttepa-rtiiteBt. W Managing EdItorerv?.V.r rrt-vI4 Citv Editor..... 205 FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE. MEMBE8 OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. . The Associated Piew i exclusively entt tied to the use tor" republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in : this paper and also the local lie 8 published herein. All rights -I re- puDlication of special dispatches ivein are siao Tesened. . BY mail: Daily and Sunday... ',.... !..... -f2S Daily and Sunday;, Six Months... $3.00 v Daily and Sunday," 3 Months. .$1.50 ;? Sunday Only, One Year $2.0u DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Dally and Sunday, per week...... 15c o Aihnm Dalrl in Advance at Office - IIIH.II I ' " - n. snndnv. One Year. .. .$7.00 ?5 f lf ft Daily and Sunday, Six Monthh's: . .$3.50 Dail y and Sunday, 3 Months . . -$1.75 Sunday Only, One Year ....uv i Entered at the Postoffice in Wilming ton, N. C, as Second Class Matter. Foreign Representatives: Frost, Green and Kohn, Inc., 225 Fifth Avenue, New .York, Advertising Building, Chicago. FRIDAY, APRIL 1V 1918. Useless labor is a par with no labor at all. - - The fate of Bolo Pasha should be a lesson to many. V Matrimony and parsimony do not make congenial bed-fellows. The Kaiser might tell' the German people-that there is plenty of room at the front. r Now that, the Senate is after George Creel we may look "for' his popularity , to grow. - v i Just because a man is a Civil en gineer is no reason to think he is a good bridge player. It would be useles to try to shoot all the traitors in Russia. The sup ply of ammunition is inadequate. Hooverizing doesn't mean reducing the amount of clothing worn, regard less of the. opinion of some women along that line. "... ," ' H ' . . r President Wilson states very defi nitely just how long the war will last. He says it will last until the Kaiser is licked. LIBERTY BONDS. AS "AN INVEST 'U' The. f ollowingv -flte" : -what 'Bradstr eet thinks -of- bnyingS'HhertyondSi-and; aftep- readine - their BhJ04i3dbelK) reason remaining for not making an. immediate purchase: . J "Some peopre may be dallying about buying- the ThlfditiertyLan Jbondsi either because "they "think "the Issue will be oversubscribed or because they deem it shrewd to employ funds in quarters that offer better than '4 1-2 per cent. Anyone who looks for more than $4.25 a year for the use of $100 loaned to the government at the present critical period is undent ably shortl on patriotism. Assuming, however, that there are' people who cherish the desire for better interest than the governrhent pays, one naay be pardoned for asking such persons to contemplate the prospects for ap preciation in the value of a United States bond after the war ends. Sup pose peace comes this' year, or with in another twelve months, is it not probable that Liberty Bonds will sell at a premium? And every' dollar of appreciation above par means so much added to that 4 1-4 per cent, the United States is certain to give. An other argument involves thei hypoth esis that when the war ends com modity prices are likely to decline, tjie purchasing power of the dollar to increase and investments bearing fixed interest to advance. For com modity prices to fall 30 per cent, or more after the war would not be very strange, seeing that the level today is fully 115 per cent, higher than in July of 1914. It is axiomatic that in vestors usually seek bonds when th3 tide of commodity prices is down hill, whereas when prices are climbs ing the tendency is to buy stocks. In the light of numerous precedents, he who sells the United States bonds short is certain to rue the policy, and tne man wno neitner serves nor fights or who fails to buy Liberty isonas according to nis means, is likely to bear an unwelcome label aft er the war and to have the addition al knowledge that he missed an ex ceedingly good investment." PUT 'EM TO WORK. Every Liberty Bond bought brings the war that much nearer an end, and Jiurries up ( the time when the boys can come home. If ytra h?ar a person make disloyal remarks about your government, don't tell it to your neighbor, but lell it to the United States Intelligence officers. ' v The organization of tarik corps should have little trouble in getting recruits, especially in the South where it has been a long while since Vinany of us were able to get on a tank. " The Farmers' Union Council, in cluding Dr. Alexander, las renewed its pledge of loyalty to the govern ment, and backed it up by buying a block of Liberty Bonds. We have not heard of the Doctor's making any individual purchases, however. - The Greensboro News say a mouth .ful in the following: "Many clergy men are taking a fall out of that old .question whether an unconverted sol dier who does his duty and is killed will be saved.' No way to tell, of course, but offhand we should say he will stack up very well. .with '-the whimpering, self-pitying - saint who won't 'smell gun powder.' " -Hjust after you have spent an hcu'- In your war garden and cleaning np your back lot, while on your way to buy a Liberty Bond for yourself ana wife and a Thrift Stamp for each of the kiddies, . stop at the sheriff's of fice and pay your poll tax so you 'can vote next election. When you have done these things, you are on the road toward being a good American citizen. The selection of Charles Schwab as " director, of, the Emergency Fleet Cor- pbration is just another evidence of .." the government's determination to get the best, business jtalent- of the country "enrolled iri this" business of making war on; the Hun, and the ac :. ceptance of the task by Mr. "Schwab ; Is , also evijence of tjie., hearty co :ope"stlon)?!paoi-,meri- cans. And Mr. Schwab shows .his ' ,! ability -to ' grasp "the'diffictilties con fronting-him "in 'his"' new duties by '. : aasriiLz that success will ta due to tne snip wotkmen'anTnotjto.' the of-1 men cas run STtreet,ca.rs,in New I nacials jnT .WasnHgtonti lcity' -w1 7&& leI0iX.Shoul Various organizations over the country" are taking up the question of securing labor for farm and other work absolutely necessary for con ducting the war most efficiently, and naturally these investigations turn first to the idlers. Various sugge tions have been made for dealing with that situation, all having a ten dency to urge a strict enforcement of the vagrancy laws. It is contend ed that if the idlers are put to work, then a readjustment of other classes - of labor can be taken up looking to ward getting the greatest efficiency and activity from the potential labor supply. The Raleigh Rotary Club appointed committee to look into and make recommendations as to methods for increasing the labor supply, and it report should have the careful con sideration of the entire State. The first thing is the immediate awakening of every North Carolinian to the serious job ahead of the peo ple. Its big question that it would 4 have universally answered is this: "Is here any work that I can do to help? s there any work that I can do that would release someone else to help s there anyone that I am holding back from the nation's service in order that that one may render me a personal service that I might now get along without?" Taking the sons of rest the commit tee urges strict enforcement of the vagrancy laws. It desires that the cityprepare a list of Idlers or tran sient workers, and follow up the list. t suggests for North Carolina towns a police census of each, listing two classes of workers, verified by em ployers' reports. First, it would get those usefully employed and working in their present positions 90 days or longer; second, those who are not usefully employed or better known as Idlers, and those who have not been working at the game place for 90 days. These are transients. The committee referring to this di vision says: "In the latter class will be found most of those who work Ir regularly. Of course, some industri ous persons will happen In this lat ter classification, and some transient workers in the first classification, but for general purposes we believe these divisions as good as we can make. Then in the case of all transient workers or those now Idle, let the po lice require reports every 30 days hereafter, imposing" suitable punish ment In case such persons fail to oV tain and keep' useful employment. "We also urge that all poolrooms be closed during the day; . - "2. We believe "much can be ac complished by taking light work fro. able-boted men- and substituting wo men workers in such positions. If wo York Should not women also replace many of , the elerks in ur. business " houses,' wait-ers-in hotels, etc, . - . ; - 3. "Now Ve present the matter of employment of able-bodied domestiq servants ' by: persons 7 whose patriotic duty, it . is. - to release tnesa servants fort more useful - labor we wish we eould have a . surrey ; of conditions Jsereson-- this point.- Lacking this local (information, we' do ask our dailies to print as a supplement to our own re port the annexed report of such a sur rey made in Athens, Ga., by repre sentatives- of the State College of Agriculture located there. 4." We also think it fitting to make a suggestion to our country stores all over North Carolina. The managers of these stores usually have farming interests and their clerks have usually had practical farm expe rience. The suggestion has been made and we approve it, that In every vil lage or town, -the stores close one day each week, allowing both proprietors and clerks to help in the work of in creased food production. If one day or two afternoons are fixed upon and advertised, there will be no material inconvenience to th& buying public, and a not Inconsiderable body of workers will, be released." The Athens, Ga., census referred to above shows conditions typical of Southern cities, and reveals an im mense amount of potential labor that i-hould be released for more profitable work. Iter are the Illustrations: There are 40 licensed chauffeurs in Athens. Thirty-five of thes full grown men are uselessly employed. There are 18 males employed as shoe shines. Many of them are robust and full grown men, , all needlessly employed. There are in this same city eight" elevator men. These jobs can be done as well by women as men and the eight are uselessly employed. There are nine boys of ages 14 to 18, who deliver soft drinks. This soft snap is a useless employment. There are seven to 10 grocery deliv erymen who aren't- needed and the grocers would do away with them. Public intelligence in orders would release these who represent only the needlessly employed. There are 200 butlers and female servants uselessly employed. A can vass of 20 homes on a prominent Ath ens street shows a total of 74 people and 16 men and 27 women wait on these lazy folk, making 43 servants for 74 people. Here is an interesting table of families: A Two people servants. B Three people servants. people Wilmingtonwill baire, jto.get on a re form .movement Greensboro News : We: see by thei papers aB Mf , Doolfy says', that Sum ter C. Brawley, equal suffragist and I Kitchin "nianv of Durham; . seeks to be made chairman of the Democratic ex ecutive committee to succeed Tom Warren. "Taint practicaL" Concord Tribune: Printers' Ink, the great -Journal fori advertisers, in its issue of March 11 has a page adver tisement of Southern daily newspa pers calling to the attention of ad vertisers the great advantages of he South as an advertising field. The way to reach the.' people of the Southern States is . through . the live newspapers of this " section. Eleven newspapers are mentioned from North Carolina as follows r Ashe ville Citi zen. Asheville Times, Charlotte News, Charlotte Observer, Concord Tribune, Greensboro News, . Raleigh Times., Rocky Mount Telegram, Wil mington Dispatch. Wilmington Star and Winston-Salem Journal. 1 " STATE NEWS . ' Committee reports and. volunteer subscriptions which came, at the close of the great speech- by Senator . James Hamilton Lewis, at the Academy of Music, ran purchases ot . the third Lib erty loan $28,000 over -the amount al lotted this city by the - Federal re serve bank at RiohmonL-o Early in the meeting Mayor ' New- soin, chairman of the third loan. drive in this city, announced that the gov ernment agencies in - this-district had asked Durham to subscribe $738,000 worth of the bonds. : The initial re port, made at the end of the first! day's active canvassing, showed that Durham citizens had bought, or ap plied for $766,000 worth of the bonds. Durham Herald. Mr. A. S. Huske gathered garden peas Saturday from his own garden or his table, and on Sunday gathered strawberries Fayetteville Observer. George Taylor, a well known color' ed man of Wadesboro township, was killed Wednesday afternoon while cutting timber on the farm of, Mr. R. . Turner, six miles from Wadesboro. He had cut a large tree and it lodged against another. When he had cut the second tree nearly through, the two crashed to the ground, some imbs striking the man, killing him al most instantly. Wadesboro Anson- an. in family three in family .three J. C. Mayer & Co., of Cincinnati. Ohio, with the highest bid, par and accrued interest and premium of $13, 186.80, were the successful bidders for $303,000 in six per cent. Buncombe county bridge bonds at sale held by the County Commissioners. This price amounts to 104.56 and is said by bond buyers to be an unusually good sale, especially so amid war conditions. Asheville Times. in family three people in family four C Two servants. D Five servants. E Two people in family two ser vants. And another conspicuous case is on anotner prominent street in which two people are waited upon by five servants. There could be releasei from the city of Athens, based upon this survey, 300. laborers who would cultivate 3.000 acres of land, produce o.uuo Dusneis or corn valued at iau,uuu, or 1,500 bales of cotton worth $300,000. Athens is asked to sacrifice its luxuries, release its use less workers and help win the war. That is the committee's message to North Carolina Much of the present demand for more laborers could be met if the vagrancy laws are enforced to the letter, and people now engaged in useless employment released for more valuable work. Let your back yard shine? don't try to camouflage the trashyt'jg., ,, '.,. v 41 WITH THE EDITORS. 4. Durham Herald: The imnortance of tne importation of more than 6-00 pigs into Durham county this spring is greater than the surface statement in dicates. In the first Dlace It will nut Durham county on more nearly a self- oustaimng Dasis so tar as- pork pro auction is concerned. Of course it win take more meat than the 600 hogs will produce for this county, but that much more will be added to the iood raised in this county. ihe average weieht of tha nies su-dd in Durham was not 50 pounds. The average weight of these hogs when they will be butchered should not be less than 200 pounds. Even taking these as the figures, the increase in pork m the county during the Dres ent year will be more than 90,000 pounds. If the experiment this year results in convincing Durham county farmers mat raising pork is a much cheaner way of feeding their families than ouying it, the lesson will be all the more worth while. People in other sections of the State, who have en gaged in the hog raising business a number of years say the production or pork is one of the most lucrative torms, of farm work. Greenville Keilector: Because nf the illegal sale of liquor and exist ence or too many places , of vice in Wilmington, the War Department is about to restrict the week-end visits of Fort Caswell soldiers to that city. IN THE NEWS. v ' Frank A. Vanderlip, who is sched uled to speak at the National Foreign Trade Convention banquet in Cincin nati, tonight, is an eminent New York financier who has sacrificed his own personal interests since the com mencement of the war to give his ser vices to the nation. The career of Mr. Vanderlip is one -of the most pic turesque stories of persevering uphill work ever related of a poor Ameri can boy. In his boyhood he lived on a farm in Illinois and later worked in a machine shop, but managed to obtain an education at the University of Illinois and the University of Chi cago. After leaving school he be came a reporter in Chicago and soon established a reputation as an expert writer on finance. He went to Wash ington as private secretary to Lyman J. Gage and from 1897 until 1901 he was assistant Secretary of the Treas ury. From Washington he went to New York to engage in banking. By 1909 he had risen to the presidency of the National City Bank of New York, said to be the largest fiduciary institution in the United States. A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY. One Hundred Years Ago Today. 1818 Surviving veterans of the Revpjhition commemorated the battle of Jtxington. seventy-five Years Ago 1 oaay. 1843 Austria celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor Ferdinand I. Fifty Years Ago Today. 1868 Cicero S. Hawks, first Epis copal bishop of Missouri, died at St. T" T- . T . -KT f ".IT x-ioms. corn at iewt dbiii, vt. may 26, 1812 Twenty-five Years Ago Today. &he "idonder Waist' at $4.50 1 -f-J . for Tomorrow We have dn display in our center window a few styles of the new shipment of "WonderWaists" Those women who were present at .i i . i - iw 1... vv fc 1 i . f tne last saie or wonacr ; waww w nave iu uc urgea io come to this one. , . - The "Wonder Waists' are made of georgette and are prettily trim- med with satin, frills and beads. " i 'L. m!m vrvA (.AirArs xatV 1 flVi anri rflStlimo cVio4& We invite the comparison of values in the sale for Saturdav. R member the M Wonder Waist always $4.50. yyfcw Shipment t Children's Musiin Underwear This large shipment of children's under-wear came yesterday. They are being placed in stick as rapidly as they are marked.1 A full assortment will be shown, priced at 20c to 75c garment. These values will never be reproduced until there is a slump in the price of cotton. 4 Children's Summer Parasols I Priced at 25c to $2.50 Our new spring assortment of para sols for children is now on display. There are many pretty styles in all sizes for children of all ages. Materials include cotton and silk fab rica with plain and fancy borders in white and colors. They are priced to sell rapidly at 25c to $2.50. &m More Shipments of Colored Jilk tfose Gray, brown and champagne are the wanted shades in silk hosiery for spring We were fortunate in getting two ship- l- - c i r .i f melius ui two graaes or inese popular colors. Theycome in all sizes and we ad vise an early selection to insure getting i tne aesirea Kind. These hose in colors are priced at $1.25 to $1.50 pair. Phone Z500 (Incrprtd AM orders filled Women of Russia were wont tofe in Asiatic seclusion until the tint Peter the Great, who decreed fiul they move about freely in the Iws pean fashion. Women nurses employed bj th Federal government in the milter? hospitals during the Civil War were paid $12 a month and given theiii food. A troop of mounted gh scouts ill helping to patrol the Florida wasL jL""3rwj mm mm -. Coughs e as e d with i 3 PATfilOTS PROHIBITION CARRIED HALF OF ELECTIONS Albany, N. Y., April 19. Recaptiu- lation today on Tuesday's and Wed nesday's local option elections in New 1893 Samuel Pasco was re-telected York showed that although prohibition United States Senator from Florida. I forces won out in a bare majority of the 39 cities votine. the wets car- ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN WAR. ried the larger municipalities and re- capture of four villages in their great licenses, or nearly 70 per cent, of the ! ? , . . w neat t0 2"50 was de. hamton, the only other second class city affected, went dry. The total vote averaged 70 per cent greater than that cast at the last gu bernaorial election, due chiefly to women participating. The sale of in toxicants must cease on October 1 in the cities which voted dry. $2.50 Wheat. Defeated. for Coughs e (bids That wretching, torturous tearing at the throat and lungs give away to ease and comfort through the. prompt use of Dr. Ke Discovery the standard coush awl . cold remedy for 50 year. Keep it co hand and use freely. It goes right to the root of a cold brings up the phlegm and eases the raw, feverish membrane. Containing balsams, it cools and soothef th- ore parts. J ust the thing for baby I cr&-p. The kiddie Ukei it. Youxinfi gist sells it. Dizzv? Bilious? ConstiDated? Dr. King's new Life Pills cause a healthy flow of Bile and-rids your Stomaci and Bowels of waste and fermenting body poisons. They are a Tonic to your Stomach and Liver and tone tie general system. First dose relieves. Get a bottle today. . all druggist Washington. April 19. Proposed 3 1 U 1 1 C 1 A dilU V)UVIW increase of the government guarac- i " feated last night in the House which rejected by a vote of 157 to 98 the Senate amendment to- the agricultural offensive on front .between soissons total involved. Revised returns early and Rheims ; United States steamer today from Geneva, which had been Mongolia, fir-fid linon German SUbma- in rlnnht throw it intn th uxct rnlumn rine while approaching British coast, by a small majority. This made the!0111 maKmS tne change line up stand: For prohibitoin 20: OUR DAILY-BIRTHDAY PARTY, for retaining licenses 19. Admiral Henry Harwood Rousseau, Syracuse and Schenectady, the Lady Askwith, wife of Sir George Askwith, Great Britain's Thief Tndiis- one of the noted engineering experts largest cities voting, went wet by bie trial Commissioner, hns c.nme nut in pt the United States Navy, born at majorities, ranging from approximate-1 la or of conscription of women for Troy, N. Y., 48 years ago today. James Ryles Hogge, M. P., honor ary president of the British National Federation of Discharged and Demob ilized Sailors and Soldiers, born in Edinburgh. 45 "years ago today. Dr. John Osier Hibben, president of Princeton University, born at Pe oria, 111., 57 years .ago today. Prince Henry, 'consort of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 42 years ago today. William A. Ayres, Representative! on Congress of the Eighth Kansas district; born at Elizabethtown, 111., 51 years ago today. Owen Bush, shortstop of the De troit American League baseball team. borrjL at Indianapolis, 30 , years ago to day, . . , . v ly 12,000 to 2,500, respectively. Bing-lwar work. 1 - r 1 Why. Let Prejudice Bind You to Lif of Rhonmatlr Torture? . Be fair tn vnurseif. vou SUlK-' frrtm rheiimatlsm nn matter iorm. uo to R. K. 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