TiS IfATCH, LEXIXGTOX, N. C, liujAY, NOV.
FAVORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAU
Mr. C. B. Wall Endorses Hospital as
Memorial Instead of Marble
Shaft Ills Iietter.
Mr. C. B. Wall, a well known citl
sen of High Kock and editor of South
ern Sunshine, a periodical published
In the interest of suffering humanity,
in a letter addressed to the citizens of
Davidson county comes out strongly
in favor of erecting in Lexington a
hospital as a memorial to those
who took part in the World War. The
letter follows: v
For some time we have felt con
strained to address a few remarks to
each and every person in Davidson
county, on the subject of (a hospital
Lexington. And not being able to
reach all other than through The Dis
patch, I am herewith taking the lib
erty, by the editor's permission, of
bringing before the people a subject
of vital importance to all, both of Da
vidson and adjoining counties.
It has been suggested that David
son county erect a memorial of some
sort to the memory, of those who gave
their lives for their country. Some
suggested a hospital, and others fa
vored a marble shaft. We wish to
say here that we not only favor a
hospital but ask for one. We ask
each citizen of Davidson county to
come together, and all that are In fa
vor of erecting a first class hospital
in Lexington to let It be known by
saying "Aye."
When the cold stars glitter and the
earth is clad In a winding sheet of
snow, and the telephone rings in the
dead hour of night announcing the se
rious illness of a loved one, how anx
ious our hearts will grow while we
wait for the doctor's decision, which
we are praying may be favorable!
But, alas, as he shakes his head and
turns toward us a very grave face,
he says, "We will have to take him
to the hospital."
The automobile is hastened to the
door, and the patient gently placed
therein. And then begins the long
journey to the hospital, which takes
you across vast stretches of timbered
land, through fields and villages, and
across counties to some far-off city,
whose lights are sighted Just as the
dawn begins to turn gray. Oh, the
anxiety of those weary hours spent
on the road, with the loved one by
your side hovering between life and
death! How those anxious hours
might have been shortened and prob
ably a life saved, if instead of some
towering marble shaft, a hospital had
been erected.
On your Journey to the hospital, as
your car glided swiftly along, while
your heart was centered on the wel
fare of the loved one. you passed di
rectly through the shadow of that
towering marble shaft, as the moon
beans streamed down from the starry
sky. But not one thought of your
heart ever turned toward those who
gave their lives for their country.
Why? Are they so soon forgotten?
No. How different it all would have
been, if instead of this marble shaft,
there had been a hospital. On your
journey to some distant county you
would not have passed through its
shadow unmindful of its presence, but
would have hailed with Joy its open
doors, and anxiously you would have
waited for the surgeon's decision in
regard to your loved one's condition.
When, afler some hours of anxious
waiting, the doctor approaches and
informs you that all is well, your lov
ed one will recover, your eyes lill with 1
grateful tears, and your thoughts fly
back to the memory of those who
gave their lives for their country, to
whose memory you owe it for the
quick and wonderful service rendered
your loved one. through the hospital country schools are of the highest im
erected to their memory. i portance. Farmers have not hereto-
Let us not only build a hospital. I fore nad a ll,are deal from the Gov
but let us build a charitable hospital, i 'rnment' and the ""' wy ,hey c"
There are hundreds and thousands of prt,perl' remedy this condition is by
people who have suffered and died
for lack of the attention which a hos
pital could glvf Financially they
were not able to attend such an In
stitution. The Roman Catholic
Church has erected throughout the
North such institutions and far ex
ceed the Protestants in charity
Must we say it is a
Protestants, with all
shame on the 1
thelr boasted
millions, to let those whom thev can. ,
not agree with, far exceed them along
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We do not propose to set forth
herein a plan whereby to erect a hos
pital, but we do wish to advocate the
doctrine till It becomes contagious
and far beyond the control of all the
chronic kickers and the "let-good-enough-alone"
and the "satisfied-wlth-nothing"
class.
We notice that the Masons are go
ing to erect a temple In Lexington.
When we read the article announcing
their intentions, our vision of a hos
pital was renewed and enlarged. If
the Masons of Lexington can erect a
temple, why can't Davidson county
erect a hospital? We can! Let ev
erybody concentrate their minds and
thoughts on the enterprise and .all
work together, and It will not be long
till Lexington will have a first cltiss,
up-to-date hospital, which will be able
to care for those who are at the pres
ent time compelled to go outside the
county when in need of such services.
We will be glad to hear from others
on this subject. Let us advocate 1U
a good cause, till It becomes conta
gious. C. B. WALL,
R. Xo. 1, High Rock, X. C.
Better Country Schools a Fundamen
tal Xerd.
If one has children, it goes without
saying that there is nothing more im
portant for them than nearness to a
thoroughly efficient school. Your
child has only one life to, live. What
a tragedy ir he should go through life
with only his physical nature devel
oped but not his more Godlike mind
and soul!
Equally important is a good school
to the community as a whole. Other
people Judge a neighborhood by the
character of school it supports. More
over, the presence of a good school
gives the citizens greater pride In
themselves and greater confidence in
themselves. Taxes spent for the
maintenance of a good school consti
tute not an expenditure but an invest
ment. How often does one find
ln
special tax districts some farm whose I
owner violently opposed the extra
school tax, but whose land almost I
doubled in value because of the better
school the tax brought! There is
hardly a community in the South I
where the school is poor that has not I
loHt some good citizen for this reason.
similarly, mere is hardly a commun
ity with a good school in which that
school has not attracted one or more
good citizens to the neighborhood.
To farmers mi a H 11 ua u I u, . (.....H
education. Aa ignorant people may
rise up in anger and bring about a
revolution: but while an ignorant pen
pie may destroy, they cannot rebuild.
Russia today seems to be a living wit
ness of this fact. An Ignorant people
has destroyed an old government, but
is not able to set up a new system
" w'" ,nsure Peace and prosper-
' seeing samson could destroy
mies and save himself, but a
'lnd 8am,Kn ""''I only pull down
the temple on himself and his ene-jly
j mi in una Kcnrrsi ruin, no it is
when a people are blind through Ig-
nontme. '
For all these reasons every reader:
,snouia minx seriously about the
)Uoru.m mings neenea to make his !
I neighborhood school serve the great I
purpose it ought to serve In enriching
the Uvea of our children, building up
the community, and promoting the In
terests of farmers as a class. The
Progressive Farmer.
Judge Long on. Law Knforrvment.
Judge Long, one of the finest Su
perior Court Judges In the state In
charging the grand Jury in Cataw
ba county, recently, made a most re
markable dellverenre. After an In
structive review of the conditions of
the country, referlng to the unrest
and the consequences of the world
war, he gave an outline of the police
strike In Boston and his opinion of
what ought to be done to officers
who go on strike.
He said that officers are either true
or they are false, and he Included him
self In speaking of the officers; If he
as not doing his duty he should be
Indicted and tried by the tribunal pro-
vlnded for that purpose. The sher
iff, the justice of the piece, the coun
ty commissioners, the county Judge
the recorders and the policemen were
included In the rhargt.
He said conditions were such that
something must be fne In Catawba
county, and the sheriff was shown his
duties In no uncertain tones.
He was told that If he would organ
ise every deputy sheriff In the coun
ty Into a working organisation against
this liquor business with himself aa
the head of the organisation and
would go forth In the county, forget
politics, friends and enemies and fear
ing no one or nothing except to go In
the fear of Ood and In the remem
brance of the solemn oatha that they
each and every one had taken to up
hold the law, then these' liquor forces
would be put out of business. Ashe
boro Courier.
NATIONAL DIGEST.
Brief Items of General 'Interest Gath
' . ered Here and There from All
. - , ,.. Parts of the Country. ;"
New York recently witnessed Its
greatest parade ef any one people-r-more
than 100,000 Jewish men and
women marching o an age-old- He
brew dirge, in protest against alleged
massacres of their people In the Uk
raine. . Winding for hours from the
lowest East Side to Carnegie hall In
the heart of the metropolis, the cor
tege continued uninterrupted from 1
o'clock In the afternoon until long af
ter dark.
A dispatch from Washington states
that the earnings of the Federal Farm
loan banks during the six months end
ed November 1st were 858.033, ac
cording to figures made public by the
farm loan board. This was a gain of
more than $350,000 over the previous
half-year earnings and an increase of
approximately (650,000 over profits of
the banks for .he 'corresponding si?
months a year ago.
The high cost of smoking Is going
higher. One of the largest retailing
concerns with branches in all parts of
the country announced a few days ago
that the retail price of various popu
lar American "blends" . of cigarettes,
now retailing at 18 cents a package
of twenty, would be advanced to 20
cents, or something over 11 per cent
about December 1. The raise, it Is
declared, is necessary to make up an
Increase of 80 cents a thousand in the
wholesale price. Higher cost of cig
arette tobacco Is blamed for the ad
vance. An embargo against the shipment
of cottonseed was ordered Mon
day by United States' railroad admin
istration, effective at once, according
to recent advices. Cottonseed now in
transit will be delivered, It was sta
ted, but no further shipments will be
received. This action was declared
necessary owing to the shortage of
coal.
From Washington comes the news
that despite the government's cam
paign against the high cost of living
the average family expenditure for
food in 50 cities was approximately
the same in October as in September.
This information was taken from the
labor bureau statistics.
A permanent enlisted strength of
27, -167 men for the Marine corps, ap
proximately double the pre-war force,
is recommended by Major General
Barnett, commandant, in his annual
report.
The Huns Within.
We fought the Huns at the (sate,
Fight now the Huns within the gate.
What profits a man if he makes
sacrifice of life, of means, of com
fort to blast the distant enemy, only
to be blindly passive to enemy nm
chinatins at his very door?
In the war Huns were Germans. At
present the Huns are men of alien
race and thought, distubers who are
not in tune with the orderly freedom
of American life. If the country was
worth saving, it is worth preserving.
Neither Prusslanlsm nor any other
form of alien domination must be per
mitted to seize and strangle Ameri-
ran rights, governmental prlpciples
nd institutions.
The anarchist, the revolutionist, the
Hun within cloaks his game . behind
divers disguises. Being an enemy to
all government, whether it be republic
r monarchy, the household or the
tribe, he is an enemy to the Ameri
can government whatever might be
its form. He would be as hostile to
any substituted form, for he rages
against authority. He la an alien, be
cause anti-American. He is a breed
er of human wrongs, while pretend
ing to be a champion of "human
rights." Sometimes, like an exam
ple we have in Louisville, the incen
diary politician masquerades as a
minister of a church. Sometimes,
finding labor organized and ready-to-hand,
he worms his way into its
ranks and attempts to play his sin
ister game by and through that in
strument.
Where disorder shows Its hideous
head the firm, stern hand must meet
it. The malignant radical should nev
er be a subject for temporizing or
compromise. He Is more venomous
than was the German soldier on the
battlefield because the one was frank.
the country's enemy whilst he Is
nypocritlcal and sinuous. True
Americans. In whatever walk of life.
will keep, their eyes open and tread
on the radical serpent. Labor will
im-least him from its fold. It will purge
Itself of all who do not measure up
the highest standard of Americanism.
If employer and employe have con
troversies, they will settle them as
Americans. Patriotism recognizes no
class. ,
On guard for the Huns within!--The
Courier-Journal.
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UNCUS SAM WARNS MEXICO.
Note Says Farther Molestation Will
'"Seriously Affect Relations Be-
tween V. 8. and Mexico.
" Mexico has been warned by the
American government that any fur
ther molestation of William O. Jenk
ins, the American consular agent at
Peubla. who recently was kidnapped
by bandits, would "seriously affect the
relations between the United States
and Mexico, for which the govern
ment of Mexico must assume sole re
sponsibility."' ' ..
Coupled with the warning was a
demand for the immediate release of
the consular agent, who was rear
rested Tuesday on charges in connec
tion with his abduction and ransom
in the sum of $150,000 in gold. Offi
cial reports that Jenkins had again
been imprisoned at Peubla have
reached the State Department from
the American Embassy at Mexico
City, which was Instructed to trans
mit a note demanding his release.
The department's action was made
known in the following announce
ment: "The Department of State today
sent a note to the Mexican Foreign
ofnlce through the American Em
bassy at Mexico City, calling for the
immediate release of William O.
Jenkins, - the American Consular
Agent at Puebla.
"The note which. Is based on the
rearrest of Consular Agent Jenkins
at Puebla, points out that the Unit
ed States government is 'surprised
and incensed' to learn of the re-imprisonment
of Mr. Jenkins, particu
larly in view of the suffering and
losses already sustained by him , In
connection with his kidnapping
through lack of protection by the
Mexican authorities and in connec
tion with his first arrest by Mexican
officials.
The note expresses the view, bas
ed on the information in the posseas
sion of the State Department that
his arrest is absolutely arbitrary and
unwarranted and warns the Mexican
government that further molestation
of the Consular Agent will seriously
affect the relations between the
United States and Mexico, for which
the government of Mexico must as
sume sole responsibility."
Growing Sugar Cane t'ndcr PaM-r.
A new and very odd method of
growing Bugar cane Is proving highly
successful In the Hawaiian islands.
When the cane is beginning to sprout,
yard-wide strips are laid lengthwise
over the rows of little plants and held
in place with cane-fleld trash. The pa
per is strong enough to keep down and
smother the starting weeds, but not
to kill the stout and hardy young
cane. In Ave or six weeks the weed
seeds beneath the paper have all ger
minated and been smothered to death,
but the cane shoots have either forced
their way through or erected them
selves sufficiently to make little tent
like elevations. Laborers then past
along the rows and with long knives,
make slits in the sheets, permitting
the shoots to come through. The lib
erated shoots at first are blanched
white, but quickly turn green and
lusty. Weeding thereafter is almost
wholly needless, because thtre are
very few weeds. There is an Increase
of. ten tons (about 28 per cent) in the
yield of cane per acre. Half the labor
is saved and the production of actual
sugar per acre is augmented by more
than a ton. The paper used is made
out of "bagasse," which Is the residue
of the cane after the sugary sap has
been squeezed out of it.
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Price Reports on Cotton to B bsned.
Arrangement is being contemplated
by the Department of Agriculture,
says an Associated Press dispatch, .by
which cotton planters and others in
terested In the price of cotton, soon
will be able to obtain the actual cot
ton prices of actual grades of cotton
in the various primary markets, and
especially of the ten lower grades of
cotton now deliverable on future con
tracts. These price reports will be
Issued from Atlanta. Memphis, New
Orleans and Charlotte and Dallas for
the districts surrounding these cities,
and will be telegraphed or telephoned
at the expense of the ' receiver, or
mailed free to any one asking for
them. The quotas also will include
the actual price at which cotton seed
are bought and sold In each district
The cotton price quoting service
will begin first at Memphis and At
lanta, and later In New Orleans. The
service in the two other cities will be
organized afterwards.
Women may sit as delegates In the
Republican and Democratic national
conventions and vote for the nomina
tion of a candidate for president of
the United States, according to an
opinion given recently by Attorney
General Brundage.
. Eighteen persons comprising the
crew of the steamer Myron, are be
lieved : to . have been added to
the victims of Lake Superior's fury of
the past two weeks. Caught In a ter
rifle northwester the Myron foundered
a mile and a half off White Fish Point
several days ago and sank In tour
fathoms of water.
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