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4 - i THE MOKNINGlSTAR. WILMINGTON, $T. . CL WfebESDAY, DECEMBER 18 1918. WGENSORSHIP ;: PLAN CRITICISED THREE.. pie er opposes Movement Wilmington Ministers. of tary rth Carolina Motion Pic- Eshibitors Declares Censor- tre Sot Needed Morle Thea- Are Already Burdened adoption of resolutions by the Ministers' association at . ....riniv pnrlorsiner th Irian. KCeni - 1 . 4-. 1 J I A nin" I'lLLUXt; inula iu ciiuiiuaia interview given out at juexing- B. varner, motion pic- hv Henry " Vorth Carolina Exhibitors', asso- . w-ho strenuously opposes the . , iniielatinn. t ,.;nce the local ministers .approved .. mnfereiKV. in session laBt week ailrisporo. 191,to- flnd out his attitude oii federal conaorshjlp. And we were delighted toflnd that President Wilson, the deep thinker And. broad-minded man that he 4s. was opposed to federal censorship, i distinctly remember his llluatrstinn He said that If you hue a fool friend anat you Wanted to get rid of him, the best, thing to do was to hire a hall and let him make a speech and he would - kill .himself. He was of he same opinion about" moying pictures if a man was fool enough to produce pictures of questionable character, and an exhibitor was unwise enough to exhibit them they would soon destroy themselves wi,th the public. . "Frequently agitation ,:f or a board of censorship is started for the pur pose of creating an office for some feeble-minded citizen who has been unable to make a living, at anything else and thinks that now is the, oppor tune time to get a fat job at the ex pense of somebody else. "I note that the idea is to either tax the theatre or put a special tax on the film to pay the board of censors. In other wprds, tax somebody to cre- approved thje plan and ,efl resoi'JTion-s wearing on it, JY1. T. iii-h were n cscuwu ct, J r . : v TVn nlon Will V. ' zo to the next general assembly ralav creating a censorship. )r Varner's statement is as fol- . - l i ii j j. -jV attention uas ueou uauua to a ovement started by the Ministerial soeiation of Wilmington advocating state board of censors to pass on all jited in .Norm Carolina. Few people nave any mea as to number of producing companies ,t ?er.d pictures to North Carolina. L flood of productions clamoring for Issorship would call for the busiest. reau in the state, and m order to be r and just to all productions, it 0j!d be necessary to nave . a board Imposed 01 . icij iclio nuiuuer rep- Isnting every piiase 01 proauction Id endowed with peculiar qualinca- bs for passing upon the varied deli- e and conflicting difficulties that jould naturally arise. It bias been aionstrated a thousand times that al cer.sors. with equal claims to fciency and character, have directly tshed on the question of what should 1 should not be admitted. -In. fact, tsTery result has been so, prevalent sereter censorship has been tried. iat it has in every instance led 'to iless confusion and trouble, and in tost eases has long since been repad and abandoned by thinking, con trive people everywhere. If the ople are capable of self government other respects, if they can get along .tout a censorship of the press, why not the same rules under the am laws already provided, sufficiently oteet the public in regard to the een : Proerams exhibited today In Vir- a. Tennessee, South Carolina and wgia. are tomorrow " exhibited in rth Carolina because of the Inter- ping of established necessary cir- ts, and conflicting state censorships aid naturally confuse and disrupt distribution of eligible films for ibition, and thereby utterly destroy A ruin a well established and useful ustry. The value of the screen has n recognized by the federal govern- &t as an indispensable agency for dissemination of public informa- a and has been used as one of its t powerful agencies during . the rid war and its assistance, . no less fled, has been invoked for, obvious irposes in the days of reconstruction w confronting us. Whatever may the real purposes prompting this vement, it is apparent to all-right using people who have made a is of the situation that it is a ard and not a forward prospect should be promptly, positively And consigned to the Junk heap. i regret that this agitation has rted up again; yet I am not sur d as some people are not happy pss tney are busy regulating some- eises morals or running his busi- t I know the men who exhibit motion ares in the state, and I ' have no station in saying tha"t they are the m character and ability and love Iauntry to any class of our citizen J, and tney do not exhibit -picture questionable character. save the highest resrard for the Raters of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, wnat the average Treacher doesn't P about motion pictures would fill r -idi Dig volumes. The reason for !lsthe fact that verv fw mlnlslora rn any kind of nionr t-nt t vau attend picture shows reerularlv naturally know very little about V Public that natronkpq thA thM. !! the best censor. The npnnlft nr i0ols and the exhih5toT xtrhn nn- ptes to palm off immnrat niiAS. f Pictures on the nnhllp. la dually enmmittino. v.. .,1 n . . ; n ; iwe lack of natronaro arxA frlonila 1 Visitorl ir, . " j- 111 '-umya.il y wun a parxy ' ' . . . . u., Ill LU UCJ', The npyf f-;mA Fou buy calomel ask for jjoinqs or tney Hen rfaoyirejuiiaina ' . Leaving last night for Savannah,. Ga., ated under, the construction ' depaft Peter J. Van Geyt goes as a represeni . ment exclusively for the shipyard, has toa - . . . j been', mede ' a. separate ; department" of tative of the Liberty shipyard to the j the ooncrete shipyard and will ow organization convention of service and ; do maphine work for the public in-gen-employment managers of shipyards ! eral, according t oannouncement made ate a useless . office to support some Irepresehtative of the industrial section parasite.- Tne public may not be iat are entirely free C SIckning and sali. r8 effects. 4'cinal virtues ,!- r-.-.j t.J 1 Sold Price 35c. ; aware of the fact that the motion pic ture theatre today is paying more tax than any other ' business in the state according to- capital invested. For in stance, every theatre, owner pays his ordinary taxes like any other citizen to the city, county and state, which" he should, pay. In . addition to this ordi nary tax the theatre pays a heavy spe cial privilege tax to the city, county and state, which is very burdensome. Then comes along tne United States government and collects an annual seating capacity tax mat we have been paying since 1914, whfch we consider very unjust. In 1917 the federal gov ernment' put a special tax of five pea cent on the value of all films used. And last, but by no means least, we pay a special war tax of from 10 to 14 per cent on gross receipts from .ad missions, which amounts to about fifty million dollars per year. There is a proposition before congress now to double the tax-on -films and admission. If this should pass the small theatres wtouUt be put out of business, and the large theatres would have to at least double their price of admission. "Do you think that any special line of business should be selected and tax ed to death? Is that fair, is that equal rights to all and special privileges to none? Isn't ; that thre spirit that we have been fighting to destroy so that every citizen would have equal chances in life? "On account of these discrlmatory an-d burdensome taxes thousands of theatres In the United States have been forced to close their doors during the past year, and to my personal know ledge quite a number have been forced to suspend business. In North Carolina during this period, and many others have barely made a living for their owners. " t "Instead of having useless burdens saddled on the motion picture theatres we naturally expect the fair-minded men of the nxt general assembly to lighten these burdens that we have been carrying, and ti-eat us with the same justice and equity as any other legitimate business. "No class of men have done more or' better patriotic -war worK than the motion picture exhibitor, not excepting the press. They have worked unsel fishly from the beginning of the war to back up our boys. Elvery theatre in the state has given up its stage and its screen to the four-m!nute men for propaganda work. They have been in the forefront of every campaign for the Red Cross and the T. M.-C. A. and have contributed liberally of their means. They have bought Liberty bonds and war savings stamps to the limit. There has not been a slacker in the business. They have done their duty as men. "Knowing the members of the gen eral assembly as. I do, and knowing the spirit of fairness of the people of Ndrth Carolina, I can not believe that there will be any considerable number! nanrCla nrhn will stand for thft at.! f V- J ..V " ... tempt to further cripple the motion picture theatres of this state, who are doing so much to educate, elevate and uplift their ptrons. "The motion pic ture has become exceedingly popular arid is'not only the poor man's amuse ment, but is the amusement of the great majority of our people. The people of North Carolina are an intel ligent people and they are better qual ified to censor the picture shows of the state, " and will do it better than anv two or three autocratic feeble- r minded .citizens who have been unabje to make a living at anything eise. j. feel confident jthat the moving picture theatres will not be burdened b.y ;any further taxation or discriminatory legislation'- GOVERNORS DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF STATES Inspect Naval Academy -At Annapolis and Go On Sight Seeing Tour of the Old Town. alongj the south-Atlantic and gulf coasts. The convention will be In ses sion tonight and tomorrow, probably closing tomorrow night. Called .to gether . by H. H. MacGbwan, special' la6t night by W. G. 'Broadfoot, who has been placed in charge' of the .works. of the Emergency Fleet corporation Peter O. Knight, vice-president and general counsel of the American In terniaitipnai Shipbuilding adrporaJtion, reecntly gave', out ' an interview in Philadelphia 6n the future of the mer- n!ll!!lllllllllllilllllillliillillliyi!l!i!liiillllilliililillliililllllliIliiil!ll!llllIIIH A-ft' GOODMAN'S The House of Fashion and Quality Ladies' Garments THE HIGHER TYPE ONLY Beg Jto announce the ar rival OJ for employment and -service - work, the: chant marine which, by reason of the delegates attending the convention ' Position of Mr. Knight and . his know mi . .. ledge of the subject, is .worthy of re- will endeavor to effect an organization j Ception. Mr: :Knight ; takes an optU which will have as its. chief purpose j mistic view bf the shipbuilding pos the promotion of sArvlA work amno-! sibilities in America, ' but declares that the shipbuilders of the south. While service -and welfare activities among there must -be some radical changes in laws governing. American shipping , if the United States merchant' marine is industrial workers have been In vogue ' to compete with the trade carriers of only a comparatively short time, the idea - has been developed to a far other nations. "The needs of the world's shipping," greater extent by industrial plants of ' said Mr. Knight "call for the construe th north than by employers of labor tion of thirty-five to forty million tons in. th smith ThA 'T,nrth. niontf I immediately. In August, 1914, there in the south. The northern plante I re g0 1000000 tons of shipping in the have reaped a great reward from their ! world. To take care of the growing efforts along this line by gaining the : commerce,, there will, within a few VQ TV f . V. .1 t , ' . n.jr i Liicii wuriimen, uy Keep ing their employes contented, by re ducing the labor turn-over in their in- years,' be need for fifty-five to sixty tons. The world's tonnage today amqunts to about 40,000,000, having dustries, and by promoting plant effl- been reduced to that figure by the sub ciency generally.. marine sinkings. You may be sure j that, with the materials, resources and The couth, with an era of commerce and industry such es.it has never en joyed .before looming upon Its hori zon, is making up to the advantage of developing the personal side of its working men. Managers of industrial plants In the south are beginning to realize that it is to their interests to treat the employes of their plants as human beings rather than as cogs in a piece of machinery. Hence the meet ing in Savannah tonight and tomorrow t. perfect a closely united agroup of employment and service managers of shipyards of the South-Atlantic and Gulf states. Industrial managers of the scuth, however, have never been inclined tc deal with their empyoles as impersonally and machine-like as emnloyers of labor in the north, whlcn perhaps account for the fact that they were longer in feeling the need fjr distinct branches of service in their plarjA The service convention will bo held'fn the Savannah hotel, convening tonight and adjourning tomorrow. Mr. Van Geyt is among those slated for ad dresses durin gthe session. He expects to return from Savannah Friday. man-power that there are In the world and the necessity for using so much man-power, raaienais ana resources in reconstruction devastated portions of Europe, and -n carrying on the ac tivities in this country which were necessarily interrupted by the war, it will take eight or nine years to supply the deficiency in ships. After the de ficiency in ships has been supplied the future of shipbuilding will depend up - - o nthe Ingenuity, resources end Drams of the country. tiR. in taffeta crepe in the Annapolis, Md., Dec. 16. State gover nors in conference here today inspect ed the naval academy, went to Balti more tonight as guests of the Balti more Press Club and between- times discussed future state labor, educa tional and public land policies. At the final session tomorrow the conference expects to take up the .ques tion of what is to become, o the na tional guard aftejr demobilization. The naval academy wasin full work ing order as the governors were es corted through it by Rear Admiral Ed ward W. Eberle, the superintendent. The governors inspected modern explosives, mines, torpedoes, depth charges, a half ton of fresh bread and great cauldrons of soup, all of them es sential parts of the largest naval train ing academy in the world. The gov ernors also passed through the streets of the old town to inspect historic resi- Governor Boyle of Nevada,- address ing the conference on labor policies, said public opinion "ho longer approv ed the brutal methods of the past em ployed in the, settlement of labor con troversies." A solution of the labor problem must come, Governor Boyle said, by mutual consideration by employers and- em ployes, and it is the function of the government, federal and state, to bring these two forces together. Governor Boyle eaid the American federation of labor has been the most powerful sin gle influence in pointin gthe way to a practical solution of labor questions and in guiding men away from social istic theories and radicalism. The I. W. "W., he said, includes many honest men, waiting for the right kind of lead ership.. ' l; ' 1 , 1 Governor v Lister -.of Washington, urged state governments to study the causes of ; social unrest. Copper Prodncerp Meet. Ne'r YorkDecPlT.- Leading copper, producers of the. United States, taking advantage of the provisions ' ot the Webb export trade law permitting them to unite for the purpose of conducting foreign trade, met here today; ana or ganized The Cape Fear Machine works, at tht foot of Church stre'et, which was taken over sometime ago by the Lib erty Shipbuilding company and oper- "Now the trouble is that the people of: this nation have been too provincial and they are not aroused to the ne cessity for maintaining the shipbuild ing industry and of our country hav ing a sufficient merchant marine to take care of its commerce. How ' to arouse them to the necessities of the situation Is the most important ques tion confronting the country. When the people once are satisfied that the shipping Industry must be maintained and that the American citizen must be able to own and operate a ship under the flag of his country, ell of which will be for the benefit of the nation at large, then the , question of repealing burdensome, legislation will be a mere detail that will be taken care of very quickly." Emergency Fleet News.; THEATRICAL A new bill from beginning to end and their Boys and Girls from Dixie put on their second bill musical com edy bill. New specialties and dance and song numbers will be among the things to be expected from , this show,- but the features will include, some new things not before seen in the .opening, bill Monday and Tuesday and will include a new roller skate specialty by Rollo who created such a sensation the first of the week. The comedy work will be in the hands of Al "Skeeter" Ber- of the strongest -single reel features' now produced -and -will -be . an added Attraction today; also the, latest Nes tor comedy scream. -..-; Grand. . Tremendous . . scenes-situations In which the spectator,, is .enthralled fol lowing swift succession in' "Just a Wo man," the. powerfully dramatic six part production converted, .-tot-. the screen by . the eminent "director .Julius 'Steger. adapted from 1 the successful play of the same tftle by5 Eugene Wal fer 'and starring' Charlotte 'Walker, onf iT 0 ' CHARLOTTE WALKER IN "JUST A WOMAN." Eugene Walter's' Greatest' State Success Since "Paid I lit ' Full" The Seven Reel Attraction at the Grand Today. hard, and that means you'll laugh all the way through the snow without stopping. , A big Keystone comedy in two reels, starring Fatty and Mabel , will well repay you for coming early. Bljon. The Bijou today presents the ninth thrilling and exciting chapter of thie greatest of all -Pathe photoplay serial achievements, "Hand Up," in which the beautiful picture favorite, Ruth Roland Is doing the greatest work of her career and is rapidly gaining the reputation of the greatest thrill girl on the ' screen. There . have been others notably Pearl White, Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson, who havd tried ta impart thrills , that are new to motion"; picture serialsr .but; none of them . have, been able . to. surpass .. the work of . Ruth ' Rolan d in this -; greatest serlal-::thriller-fw:sfc:r'?;it.w Universal Screen Magazine; the great of the best known of vAmerican stage celebrities. It; will' be snown for , the first, time in this city at the Grand today. ' " Not the least- important1 of the many attractive features of ."Just ,a,,Woman,'? the six part -screen version, of the high ly successful " play , -of ' the same .title' by Eugene Walter, and starring the eminent actress. Charlotte Walker, ' Is the all-starcast jassemDled by Julius Stager, who converted the story to the screen. . - . ' ., , Miss walker's impersonation of th,e faithful wife throbs ' with the spiriti uality of truth. It is perhaps ..the .verjr best bit , of characterization - she ever has done either on' the stage or,soreen Lee Baker's portrayalrof the -husband is equally sincere and; lifelike. v ' The entire ckst reflects -Mr.' Steges unerring- Judgment - In Selecting actors who can produce the effects fee desires; -;Tonys-S;Ineo TCSSCS and georgette very newest shades navy included. These dresses are all new Spring models made up for early spring wear and we made an effort to get them in be fore the holidays. - . We shall he very pleased to have you call in to look over same. t - G O ODMA N 9 S IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM NEGRO DELEGATION WELL GO TO" FRANCE FOR CONFERENCE ' Washington, Dec. - 17. Delegates were chosen by the national colored equal - rights , assembly for democracy in session, here today to attend the "conference, of .the darker races of the world," which will ; be held . in PariB at the same time as the peace con ference. .They are: iRev. . M, A. N. Shaw, -Boston; N. S. Taylor, Green ville,. Miss.; , Rev. :R.H. Singleton, At lanta;, Rev. W. T. Johnson, Lynchburg, Va.; Bishop L. W, Kyle, St. Louis; Rev. j R. Ransom, , Wichita, Kaii. ; Monroe Troteer,.TBoston;-Ida B. , Wells, Barnett, Chicago,; C. J. Walker.. New York City, and Rev. .Wm. T. Carter, Seattle, Wash. WOODEN SHIPBUILDER S OF ( SOUTH' CONFER WITH BOARD Washington,. Dec. IT. -Wooden ship builders of the! Atlantic and Gulf coasts who' have had contrapts canceled . under fthe ' shipping board's revised program, conferred with board officials today in an -effort to agree .Upon .a ; basis of re muneration for losses. They were ask ed for complete statements of . their claims. '. . : III II MJ . "? i III. 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