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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1913.
This Is the last day to register for;
the school bond election.
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I If you haven't paid your poll tax
dd it right now. After next Wednes
', day will be too late.
TTiwrv flav is Liberty day now, but.
if you fail to trur bonds you ar4 makV
ing a bid for days of bondage.
' -Every time you read a placer of bad
! war news, go buy a Liberty Bond and
note how milch better you will teel.
Hurry up and let's send but the
. fclad tidings that Wilmington as
gone over the top with, her Liberty
; Bond subscriptions.
I Johnny had a little Bond,
; Of course lie missed the dough,
I But he neTer uttered "a whimper,
Because he loved his country so.
"Ukraine peasants have turned on
the Austro-d-ermaa Invaders. Another
I case of the embattled farmef ft rising
) tti against the oppressor.
Doubtless Champ Clark decided
that the Senate was too dull a place
for him, after more than a ecore of
years epent in the tumultuous House,
j It's Immaterial whether we know
j the exact number of men Pershing
has in France, or fiot. The main
thing we want to know is that he has
; enough.
If you have the courage of your
convictions, register for the school
bond election. If you do not have
nerve enough to vote, you had better
not register.
"We wonder If the hard time Gover
nor Gardner is having in finding some
one to take Senator Stone's place in
the Un'ted States Senate Is due in
anyway to the lack of desire on the
part of those Offered the place to as
sociate with Reed.
The announcement that the Ger
man commander at Zeebrugge is to
lose his command because he per
mitted the British raid to surprise
him, is no surprise except to the
commander who gets off lighter than
be expected.
Raleigh is the latest city to start
a movement for closing poolrooms
v until after the war. It is contended
that these places are non-essential.
- and encourage extravagance and idle
ness, rne contentions striKe us as
having eome merit.
-The signal flashed by the command
of the British ship Vindictive
Just before starting on its dash to
Eeebrugge: "May we give the drag-
rm's tail a damned good twist," will
o down in " history along with other
famous expressions such as "Don't
r'te upe ship!
North Carolina has been asked by
Federal authorities to call a special
session of the Legislature for the pur
pose of passing laws looking to break
Ing up idleness in the State. Aa
a
general thing epeoial sessions of the
Legislature are not desirable, but in
this case it would not be such a bad
indve.
"Spring's on her way,"
Said Mr. Boff;
"But have a care,
Don't take 'em off!"
- Luke McLuke.
'Spring's On her way,"
, Said Miss Rose,
"So I'll proceed
To don silk hose."
1ME
.- FLOWERS. , ,.
TlilWiiH'tB'
JJ$t because we are engaged in a
life or death struggle is no reason
why we should weir a bunch of
gloom, but bfi the other hand we
shdtild .put on our brightest smile,
and should encourage all bright spots
in 6ur dally lives, therefore, in our
campaigns for selling Liberty Bonds,
growing waiv gardens, etc., We should
try to brighten up our surroundings
in every way possible, and nothing
Will dd this more than flowers. Ev
ery home should have small space de
voted to growing flowers, fad it is
not too late now to plant seed, but
the time is rapidly passing. A re
cent issue of The Progressive Farm
er says:
"The- time r planting many flow
ers, if 'one is to get the best result
the whole season through, is rapidly
passing now. Let's then re
solve tb make the mdst of our Op
portunities for beauty this year. Mrs.
Patterson wisely says that the great
est wealth of beauty in proportion to
time and money expended comes
from blossoming shrubs Judas trees,
dogwood, mimosa, crepe myrtle etc.
--but she names certain annuals and
perennials which also require little
nursing. Another flower wHidh fur
nishes an abundance, of blossom and
color for little effort is the scarlet
sage. Planted about the base of
buildings of In beds it furnishes for
weeks an almost unsurpassed bril
liance 6f contrasting green and scar
let." That for the practical .side. The
Washington Time3, in a recent edi
torial discussing the value of flowers
h diir daily life, says: j
" 'Flowers are always fit presents, j
because they are proud assertion that
a ray of beauty outvalues all the util
ities of the world.' Emerson.
A man with plenty of mdney Was
heard to say: 'AmOng war economies
I Have stopped buying flowers.' That
is a foolish W&r economy.
''Flowers are to the spirit what
heat is to the body. The Spirit is
more important than the body bet
ter save some coal in your furnace
and put the money into flowers that
will make your children happy, bring
spiritual flight into your household
and give your wife one fewer- cause
for regret that she married you.
The individual quoted did not say
whether he had ceased Bending flow
ers td his wife or some young lady
able to hit high C.
"Whoever gets the flowers as a
present, as Emerson truly says,
knows that such a present is a com
pliment, since it implies that the one
td whom the present is given appre
ciates beauty. When you send flow
ers, instead of sending something
that will lasf longer, you say with
youf gift: These flowers are sent to
one in whom the spirit outweighs the
body,' anl that is a compliment.
'In a Southern, city, an old editor
was laid Up in a hospital.
In a theater near by Maude Ad
ams was acting. She read about the
editor, did not know him from any
other bald gentleman, but felt sorry
for him and sent him some roses.
The editor s secretary, a gay,
young gentleman, took one of the
roses, pressed it carefully, and seem
ed much delighted to have it. He
explained that he was not a victim
of footlight fascination.
' 'I want to take that flower to my
wife,' said he. 'She would rather
have me bring her a rose that Maude
Adams sent than anything else I
could bring her.'
"A fine Compliment to Maude Ad
ams, one that ought to make her
glad she sent the flowers to the old
man.
"An actress whose rose, given in
charity, Ife saved by a dashing young
man, who gives it to his wife because
the wife so greatly admires the ac
tress, can truly say that she has been
playing the right kind of parts and
has not worked in vain.
"Give useful presents, of course
But also give flowers. If you cannot
afford those that are expensive give
those that are cheap. There are all
kinds.
"The florist, whose beautiful shop
you pass, is to the soul of man and
woman what the restaurant keeps?
is to the stomach.
"And the feeding of th soul is as
important at least as any other kind
of feeding.
"Buy flower.
The times' advice is directed to
patronizing florists shops, as the peo
ple in Washington have not the same
opportunities for raising flowers that
the people of Wilmington havo, Here
we may grow beautiful flowers in pro
fusion, ana not be eolely dependent
-6pon the florist as our less fortunate
brethren In Washington. Wilming
ton has a reputation for growing
beautiful flowers' and with a little
more t-ort this reputation could 5e
greatly increased.
WILMINGTON ftBtAt CH,
THE VAGRANCY LAW,
The labor shbrtage and the alleged
lack of sufficient laws against idle
ness haVe- brodgM abdut a demand
that there be a Special session of the
North Carolina General Assembly
called for the purpose of providing
legislation looking toward the relief
6i tMse condifidns. Luther C. Stew
art, representing the United States
Employment Agency, addressed a
meeting of business men and State
dfB6ial8 in Italeigh this week on the
question of labor shortage, and urged
that the Legislature be called in.xRX
traofdinafy session to deal with the
situation. A committee was named
to investigate the matter and report
its fmtffhgs at a meeting to be !ieli
in Raleigh next week.
Facts and figures have been gather
ed showing that there is a distress
ing shortage) of labor in this State,
and showing further that there are
thousands of idlers, the estimates giv
ing Charlotte alone a vagrant popu
lation of approximately 2,000, with
other Cities being more or less afflict
ed with the same disease.
There is a vagrancy statute on the
books, which some contend will rem
edy Conditions if properly enforced.
This statute reads as follows:
"If any person shall come within
any of the following classes he shall
be deemed a vagrant, and shall be
fined not exceeding fifty dollars or
imprisoned not exceeding thirty d-iys.
"1. Persons wandering or strolling
about in idleness who are able to
work" and have no property to sup
port them.
"2. Persons leading an idle, im
moral or profligate life who have no
property to support them and who fife
able to work and do not work.
3. All persons able to work hav-
ing no property to support them and
who have not some visible and known
means of a fair, honest' and reputable
ivellhood.
"4. Persons having a fixed abods
who have no visible property to sup
port them and whd live by stealing
or by trading in, bartering for or buy
ing stolen property.
"5. Professional gamblers living
in idleness.
"6. All able-bodied men who have
no other visible means of support who
shall live in idfeness upon the wages
or earnings of their mother, wife or
minor child or children, except male
child or children over eighteen years
of age." Sec. 3470 Revisal 1905.
There is not the least doubt about
the fact that if the present law wer?
strictly enforced there would be a
great reduction in idleness, also there
is a general belief that the law should
be made more drastic in order , to
more completely meet the conditions.
There are loopholes in the law as it
stands which permit many to escape
who should be engaged in some use
ful occupation, ,and the proposed .spe
cial session of the Legislature would
fce for the purpose of stopping these.
It Is true that the session would cost
the State a considerable sum, but
if the legislators will . go there for
the purpose of transacting the bus
iness before them, the cost would be
small in comparison with the beaflt
to be derived. Of course the commit
tee now investigating the matter will
reveal whether a special session is
advisable or not, and its recommen
dation will probably be adopted.
WITH THE EDiTnpft .
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Whiteville News-Reporter: The
Etrawberry industry in this county sus
tamed a serious setback last v&tk
when floods resulted in the destruc
tion of a large part of the crop. Early
in. the year the Crop promised to be
unusually good, but cold weather
some time ftgo very materially cut it
short, and the rains of last week al
most put the finish to it. Th cost
of picking, packing and marketing
the berries has greatly increased and
the growers are justified in feeling
blue. '
Hickory Record : The commander-in-chief
of the French, British and
American armies in1 France has won
the admiration of the civilian popu
lation at home, and his assurances
that all is well will go a long way
towards calming Hhe nervous and ap
prehensive. "Wait a bit. Wait a bit,"
he tells persons who ask question's
88 to wnen tne Ames wm strike. A
French officer, speaking for him, says
division is more important than land,
Rnd he thinks more of his men than
to throw , them into baVle unless . h
necessity is supreme. At the proper
uiuuiout uuueiiuuj u. win ue given a
sample of AnglOFrench-American
scrapping.
Greensboro Record: Thev are ail
asking when will the war end, and
some men say three years, some say
five, some say next summer, and that
is aDoui as near as you can get to
tne tacts, it is now predicted by
those at the front, the big general
that it will take all summer to fight
the battle on the Western front. But
it is an speculation, ah of us can
guess and then haye another guess
,vu.iujuib. mo loiiuir nuu predicts on
tne war is as Daaiy on as the fel
low who predicts On the weather
conditions in April. Maybe the
end will be soon, maybe ion
oeiayea. in me meanume the duty
SATURDAY AfTBttoM
of every citizen shell but his
mdney; dd etery fhiiig Be citt.to help
and thus brinf about a more glorioiis
result when it does end.
Lumbertdn Robsohian: the RoBe
soniarl has fievef Bad any doubts
about the ioyalty of the Farmers'
Union membership of Robeson. At
its special meeting; yesterday it
pledged unreserved and hearty sup
port of the government m every
measure it addpts for winning the war
and recommended the expulsion of
any official of member of the .union
who is not in thorough' accord with
the National Administf&tidn. An am
bassador from Greensboro came down
to smoothe things over for Dr. Alex
ander and explain his position and
it is understood that the Greensboro
man and a county Republican mem
ber visited some union members
Tuesday, but if there was effort to
shake the determination of tbe loyal
members to take a stahd that wrmVl
leave no doubt as to where the union
stands that effort evkteniy resulted
in failure.
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Superior Court adjourned late Tues
day afternoon With all criminal cases
disposed of, so far. It will reconvene
next Monday to try the civil cases on
the docket. A good crowd was in at
tendance during the time court was in
session and the business proceeded
with dispatch. The Patrick case
wherein -4he defendant, a negro, Was
charged with the murder of another
colored man, was continued, as the
defendant has Since been drafted and
is in the army. He will have to be
brought back for trial if the Boches
do not get him in the meanwhile. In
the Bolton murder case the defend
ant, Smith, pleaded guilty of man
slaughter and his case will come up
for jfinal judgment Monday. Both par
ties in this case are white. The de
fendant shot .and killed a deserter
from Fort Caswell while attempting
to arrest him at his home in Bolton
about two months ago. Whiteville
News-Reporter.
Angus Chavis, a prominent Indian
of Raft Swamp township, is a Dem
ocrat of Democrats, and is mighty
tired of folks rejoicing at his safe re
turn from Greensboro, where another
Indian of the same name, from Pem
broke, attended the recent Republican
convention. Angus of Raft Swamp
says he would not be caught at a Re
publican convention and he Wants
folks to understand that the Angus
Chavis who was mentioned as attend
ing that convention is the Pembroke
Angus. Lumberton Robesoniah.
Fire of a very suspicious nature
Wednesday night about 9:30 o'clock
destroyed a four-room house belong
ing to Mr. Wm. Freeman and the
five-room residence of Mr. Oliver Wil
liams, on Third street in the eastern
part of town. No one lived in the
Freeman house, and when discovered
the entire top was a mass of flames.
On account of the bad condition of
the streets the truck was not able o
reach the fire, but landed in a ditch
en route. After a considerable time,
however, hose was attached to a hy
drant two blocks away and the water
saved other buildings.- Lumberton
Tribune.
The Grand Lodge of Knights of
Pythias of North Carolina, whose an-
nual convention was to have been held
here in June, has been postponed, and
will not be held during 1918 at all.
Officials of the local lodge were in-1
formed Saturday of this decision
reached by the Grand Council of the
Grand Lodge, at a meeting held in
Salisbury Friday evening. War con
ditions are responsible for the can
cellation of the meeting. Henderson
Dispatch.
IN THE NEWS.
Ollle M. James, who has announced
his candidacy for re-election as United
StateB Senator from Kentucky, has
been a member of the upper house
since 1913. Senator James has been
in politics in the Blue Grass State
since he was a lad in knee breeches,
having served his apprenticeship as
a page in the Kentucky legislature.
Whdi'he was only 26 he was sent as
a delegate to the Chicago convention
which nominated Bryan and was
made chairman of the delegation. In
several subsequent conventions he
served in the same capacity. In 1908
he seconded the nomination of Bryan
at the Denver convention, and at that
time was offered the nomination for
vice president, but declined. He was
elected a representative in Congress
in 1903 and eerved ten years in the
House before taking his seat in the
Senate.
A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.
One Hundred Years Ago Today.
1818 St. Michael and St. George
Order of Knighthood founded.
Seventy-five Years Ago Today.
1843 John M. RobinBon, United
States Senator from Illinois, 183243,
died at Ottawa, 111. Born in Ken
tucky April 16, 1794.
Fifty Years Ago Today
1868 The first Customs r&rliament
of Germany was formally opened 'by
the King of Prussia, at Berlin.
Twenty-five Years Ago Today.
1893-General John L. Corse, noted
Union commander in the Civil War,
died at Winchester, Mass. Born at
Pittsburgh, Pa., April 27, 1838.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN WAR.
April 27, 1917 British Premier de
clared Home Rule necessary for vic
tory and peace; Allied conference in
Washington agreed on basic princi
ples for conduct of war; the House
turned down the Roosevelt scheme of
raising a volunteer force for France.
OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Maj6r Arthur Finley Nevln, u. k
A., who has been serving as a direct
tor of camp singing, born at Edge-
Aritly 2? rin A
COMICS
Wrs. Christine Frederick Will Dis
cuss Topic at Chautauqua
Here.
HINTS ON HOW TO SAVE
Noted Expert Nationally
Through Her Newspaper
Known
and
Magazine Articles Will Give Re
sults of "Applecfoft" Ex-
H peflmehts.
Mrs. Christine Frederick with whom
almost every housewife in America is
familiar through her books on home
economics and her artfcles on that sub
ject which appear in the metropolitan
dally papers, the farm magazines and
the Ladies Home Journal, will be
heard on the Redpath Chautauqua
piatform this season in a great lecture
on "Economics in the Home."
Mrs. Frederick in her lecture will
tell only of things which she has
worked out in actual practice. in her
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MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.
efficiency kitchen experiment station
at Applecrdf t, her Long Island home.
Mrs. Frederick is an authority on
the subjects of efficient housekeeping,
household purchasing and woman's in
fluence in Civic Improvement. She wa4
the only woman representative of con4
sttmers asked to appear before the con
gressional committee on anti-trust leg
islatldh.
Her lecture on household efficiency,
fits wonderfully Into the work of help
ing to win the war. Efficiency in thi
home means food and time saved, food
for our allies and our armies oversea '
time for Red Cross and other slmilai
work here. Incidentally household el
ficlency means a cut in the cost of
ing.
worth, Pa., 47 years ago today.
Sir Henry L. DraytOn, Dominion
Power Controller, born at Kingston,
Ont., 49 years ago today.
John 6. Cooper, representative in
Congress of the Nineteenth Ohio dis
trict, born in England, 46 years ago
today.
Charles B. Ward, representative in
Congress of the Twenty-seventh New
York district, born at Newark, N. J.,
39 years ago today.
R. R. Myea, outfielder of the Brook
lyn National League baseball team,
born at East Liverpool, Ohio, 29 years
ago today.
To Honor William MoffU.
New York, April 27. There will be
high jinks at the Friars Club tomor
row night at a dinner to be given In
honor of William Morris, the well
known theatrical manager. The oc-
casion is intended to commemorate
the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mr.
Morris' entrance into the theatrical
sary of his management Of Harry Lau
der.
AIlen8 FootEase Does It.
1 When your shoes pfaich or your torn
and bunioni ache so that you are tired all
over, get Allen's F-oot-Easa, the antiseptic
powder to be shaken Into the Shoes and
sprinkled in the footbath. Itiwill take the
sting out of corns and bunions and give
instant relief to Smarting, Aching, Swol
len, Tender feet. OTr 10,000 packages are
Demg used cy the American, British and
French troop. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Adv.
When You Give
A Box of Candy You
Should Give
HER
hitman s
Because She is Worthy of
the Best
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ANY aft actress has waited in
l VI vain for the ooortunitv Which
ATX would prove to the World that
sne had the divine sparfc 01 taiens.
One of these is Priscilla Dean. But
Priscilla's opportunity has come. She
has proven beyond a doubt that she
hasxeniarkahle ability to act in ad
dition t6 a Grecian beauty of face and
form which haye been the admiration
of thousands.
For two years Miss Dean sat around
studios at Fort Lee, and because she
did not care to be "nice" to some en
gaging director, she got nothing but
extra work to do. At last she went
to Universal City, and the Nestor
Comedies grabbed her. Then she
played in "The Gray Ghost." In all
of these pictures she was over
shadowed. Then came the big chance. Elmer
Clifton needed a girl to play a big
role in "the Two-Soul Woman," ah
adaptation of Gelett Burgess' "the
White Cat." The role called for two
utterly different women without a
characteristic in common. With some
trepidation they cast Priscilla in the
role and now she is a star. "The
Two-Soul Woman" is going to be re
leased as one of the Special Attract
tions of the Universal Company.
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SONG HITS IN PHOTOPLAY.
Here's something new. Do you re
member the old ballad days, when a
chorus would be thrown on the cur
tain and a singer would invite you
all to sing? that's dut of date now.
Here's the substitute Song Hits in
Photoplay. A company has been or
ganized to "produce" a popular song
in just the same way that a book or a
play is made into a movie. The method
of showing is the same, the singer
sings and you are asked to help out,
too; but row, instead of the chorus
alone, you have a whole moving pic
ture of the verse as it is sung thrown
on the screen, to that you can see
the story develop. There is also some
thing usually about the author or
composer or the idea back of the
verses. And the company has en
gaged big stars, whose names are
if BiiHininniinimiiinnTiiinimM
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You don't want to forget that it is the f
Afternoon Newspaper that goes into the J
homes at an hour when it can be read. No I
matter whether it be the long winter even-1
ings or long summer afternoons, it is the I
Afternoon Newspaper that claims the su-
preme attention in the homes. It is delivered
at an hour when it is most convenient for the
members of the family to read its columns.
Recognized Leader
Throughout the North for a number of
years the Afternoon Newspaper has been 1
recognized as the leader; it-is fast becoming f
recognized as such throughout the South.
Wilmington advertisers should take notice
of this fact and place their advertising ac-
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PRISCILLA DEAN
known throughout the world to in
terpret these songs. Here are a few
of them which are to be seen very
sponi Franklyn Famum and Juania
Hansen, in "Over There"; Morno
Salisbury and Ruth Clifford in "Mascn
Dixon Line"; Ben Wilson and Neva
Gerber in "Meet Me at the Station"
Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran m 'i
Don't Wanna Get Well"; Camel
Myers in "San Domingo"; Dorothy
Phillips and William Stowell in ' Blue
bird," and Little Zoe Rae in "Bafr-'s
Prayer at Twilight."
These Song Hits' in Photoplav are
playing all the circuits and v?nH0.
ville houses, and are a feature of the
btrand iheatre m JNew York City
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Newspaper
The Wilmington Dispatch has a wide dis-1
tribution in Wilmington and throughout this
entire territory. The circulation of this paper I
is nearly three time what it was two years
ago. And the papor is becoming more popu- 3
Jar every day botr in Wilmington and in
the territory contiguous.
every town and hamlet in
this section is served with The Wilmington
Dispatch by supper time on the day it is
printed. Two editions are printed daily and
the first edition has a wide circulation at all a
points on the W., C. & A., Searbcard Air
Line, Wilmington and New Bern, and Wil-1
mingrou. Brunswick and Southern. The krt
edition sroe to the points on the W. -W. g
road. The Dispaish maintains a carrier ay'
testi in eight r ten towns in Eastern Caro-1
Una I
Its wide circulation, coupled with t.V faci
that it is delivered at a time in ths day vhea j
it is more generally read, entities The D3'
patch to your most careful consideration
when yon com to dctrrmins the medium .n
which to place your advertising for the best p
results.
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