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X'- FOUH i rnjs MUKJNintt BTAK, VMINGTON, N. C - SATURD AY, .FEBRUARY 26,-1921. -THE OLDEST - DAILY IN NORTH CABOLCTA" fvltke Every Morning In the Tea br JJJSt UINGTON STAR'-1 COMPANY Ine., 10 Cfctut Street. Wilmington. North Carolina Entered at the Postofflce at Wilmington, u Second Class Matter. a Telehoneis :. Editorial ............ Business Office ,-. ...... ..........No. V 1. ...... .No. il SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER One Year J-J Blx Months m Three Month ! i-, : fcUBSCUIPTION RATES BY MAIL ; ,- -'.-v .- Daily only One Year Six Month Thr Mnnthl One Month .....t....t.. ." ':.,( if -. oniy i . . . . . . . . . . . ... M th. ............. J.. l. Daily and Sunday 17.00 .M l.T .SO 4- . buoscripiion os Accepieu -A ';.' . . Edition .: - - - - - - UEltBtIR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The .'Associated Presa 1 exclusively entlUed to the use for publication of all news creaited to it or not otherwise credited, in this paper and a.so tne local news published herein. All rights of re-publication ot special dispatches herein ar also reserved. ' ; . - , ' . . . , . FOREIGN ' ADVERTISING OFFICES Atlanta! Candler Building. J. B. KEOUim New York . ( Bosto Chlcago 22 Firth Ave. 1 Devonshire Peoples' GaB Bid BRYANT. GRIFFITH Jk BRUNSON- SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1921. , v The Club Women The new subject matter before North Carolina women's clubs, as reported by the correspondents in the yarious towns, arouses interest on the part of a mere man. More or less abstract literary themes and refreshments formerly served as pabu lum, both mental and otherwise, for the club meet ings, and it is no . secret that in many communities the salad course was regarded with distinctly more favor than the literary feature of the afternoon. Incidentally. a display of, wardrobe resources was in high favor and often inspired more conversa tion than the quotations from Wordsworth's "Inti mations'' or the discussion of his love for and in spired interpretation of nature in her varying moods. Nowadays, what do we have? "Foundations. of the Democratic Idea"; "The Rise of the Demo cratic Feeling in the 18th Century"; "The Struggle for the Rights of Englishmen"; "The Anglo-American Inheritance of Freedom," together with in numerable papers and discussions on the subject of citizenship, party government, the dutieB and responsibilities of the President, civic improve-' ment and betterment, better school facilities, eco nomic 'housekeeping, health and sanitation and countless other kindred subjects all of which reveals that the women of North Carolina are losing; no time informing themselves on, their new duties as members- of the higher citizenship. - Now that they have the ballot, they purposes to' know how and when to use it most effectively, and .he, 1 must oe a stana-patter maeea wno-rcanr notfisee; that this sort , of thing is going Ho lead to better government and more intelligent and sympathetic effort on the part of public administration for. the abolition of things undesirable in civic life and Mr. HVer" Accepts ; ' Te,. evidence of . independence that , Mr, ,Hoo?er, has given in connection with the offer of a Qabinet post a Secretary of Commerce is refreshing and gratifying to those who. would, like to see 'film t en txustedr'with;' an opportunity for broad service. Despite ie suggestion from Florida that Mr, Hard ing may yet withdraw the offer, the announcement of Mr. Hoover's acceptance Indicates that th;e mat ter has been settled. Assurances are said to have been given of Mr. Harding's whole-hearted con currence in Mr. Hoover's ''plans for upbuilding the department." The following from the former Food Controller's statement will be taken to mean that he assumes the new obligation determined to make his service worthy of his record: If take the post it will' be only because I 3 believe "that " President-elect Harding will stand behind me in making a, reaL department of commerce. There is an enormous field for a proper government bureau. It ca,n be made a department of the first import with the sup , port of the administration and of congress. Unless this is done I am not warranted in shifting my responsibilities from relief work. No special legislation" Is necessary for the moment, the eaTlier statement added, there . must, . however, be a real location of govern ment bureaus," and we must tMng into the de partment of commerce bureaus which belong there. Under the direction of Mr. Hoover, the Depart ment of Commerce should be brought to ' a "new level of importance in the nation's business. It is a department little known to the people and one of which" the fullest use undoubtedly has not been made. Mr. Hoover believes it can be made to, "as sist materially' in the readjustment of our foreign economic relations. Thisi hope will be fortified in the public mind by his acceptance of the post. for the achievement of things desirable in pur commonwealth. - ' "' ' ' . The South Overlooked In some quarters there appears to be chagrin over1 the failuefe of the President-elect to include a Southern Republican In his Cabinet. It is quite- natural that the Southern wing of the Republican party should feel disappointment, particularly in '' view of the abnormally strong showing that was made for .the Republican ticket in some' Southern states. -The people of the South generally; how-; ever, had not expected that Mr. Harding would find it politically practicable to extend his search in this direction. His associations during the cam paign and previously were not such as to fore shadow any marked degree of attention to the Dixie branch" of the P. Despite . the ex ceptional Republican vote in the South, the fact remains that the Republican party of the Southern states is generally under ineffective leadership and in some states so torn by domestic dissension as to have littje claim to serious attention. Whether a temporary advantage, gained under peculiarly favorable, conditions,' will be improved remains to be seen. It. is .entirely likely that encouragement will come early In the Harding ad ministration in the form of minor national ap pointments, in addition, of course, to the pie that will be dispensed within the several states. Southern Republicanism, under the 'circumstances, can not. well be overlooked, entirely, and we may be sure that the administration will take some thought of the need ot encouraging this- "infant industry."- 1 ' v." V -o It . seems that there is. nothing absolutely final about the Cabinet selections, after all. Mr. Hard ing has .let it but that no less than eight of the ten appointments "still were susceptible of cancella tion if last minute considerations seemed to war rant it," The President-elect is evidently a great belieyjer ln the old-fasfiidned';anxlous bench. The Latin-Americans continue to have great difficulty in learning to respect the sanctity of each other's backyard. : The United States government has an appeal . from the Panama capital asking that something be done to make the Costa Ricans behave and keep on their own side of the fence A so-called inux ot political refugees is said to have turned out to be an armed invasion. What ever may be the sentiment of, Carolinians, the prin ciple of free range is strongly entrenched among our Latin-American brothers. i In-order to-clear its calendar-before March 4th, Congress haa takn to holding night sessions.' liL stead of talking all day,,' the members- may now put ftfth tlnie catching up with their sieep. ' The Italian ioternment,Cenergetically insists .hat it will-not be satisfied with 10 per cent of the , German reparations. From the talk that is com ing out of Berlin, we would gather that not so , much at 10 per cent of the bill will ever be naid. -'v' . ' The Langdon Case The shooting of Lieutenant Langdon of the American Navy by a Japanese sentry at Vladivos tok would, naturally, havebeen most regrettable under any circumstances. The incident was par ticularly "unfortunate because of its relation to the widely agitated Japanese-American situation. The significance of the affair has been greatly ex aggerated in the popular mind. Happily, the offi cial statement from Tokio of the government's in vestigation and action is of the sort that should relieve Whatever tension may have existed as a re sult of the sentry's recklessness. It appears that the sentry had been placed on duty "without proper, training, and prison sentences have been imposed upon several of the Japanese officers responsible for-the dereliction. Moreover, the commanding general' of the Japanese garrison at Vladivostok has been removed from active service. Representative Japanese officials have called personally upon the commanding officer of the U; S. S. Albany to express regret over the occurrence. The official note from Tokio enters into the most detailed account of the investigation and begs that "the government of the United States will appreciate fully the sincere spirit in which the Japanese government has acted in dealing with this most unfortunate incident." We do not often find more substantial evidence of honest intentions than wenave'ln the series ot steps that Japan has taken to overcome the pos sible evlk jeffects of the Vladivostok case. Unless and. until we are prepared to question the state ments of fact in the Tokio note, we shall have to admit that the Japanese government has given the incident pretty "white" treatment. ' The' Mexican "government-7 is" I a'cing a" general, railroad strike. Ordinarily, that would be a mas ter to cause much inconvenience and apprehension but in Mexico, - we imagine everybody is busy , thanking their stars .that Pancho Villa hasn't driven all of the trains, up ,((nto the mountains somewhere i agaiSr r -- V- . ' ,V: " ' vcominerit in IW Newspapers, as a' pres ldential'electii-7.-Every corner of the Fourth Estate has been heard from. The question of the propriety"; of the judge holding: the; .''extra . jpb" of baseball; arbiter has leen discussed be forehand while .many editorial writers are not altogether in sympatliy'with the idea, a great f many, others.refuee to take the matter" -seridtisly, assuming the . tone of the Du lu tit ".Herald Ind.) which, remarks: l"Impeachment? -.Bless; you there's 1-h6 chance of "it!" . The other point, agitated ..by Senator - Dial, concerning Judge Landis': , statement that the employers of;a.n Illinois bank teller, arrested for e'nibezalement, were responsible for his crime hecause they paid him ji " absurdly; small salary, is still more widely commented upon. . Hf"e ten ,lthniTepK; n'nrri erf thp r-rltl- oism is bitter there is still a tendency 1 theft and embezzlement." Redeeming a Pledge The Lower House of the General Assembly has voted to eliminate from .the revenue bill the pro posed five per cent ad valorem tax. In view of the explicit pledge given in the name of the Demo cratic party in the recent campaign, -there was no other course consistent with good faith. "The pro test couijhunicated to . Raleigh by the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is understood to have been instrumental in making the situation 'clear to the law-makers. Protests f rom . many other "sources, according io reports, were being formulated for the guidance of the Assembly. The proposed tax Would have caused serious impairment of popular confidence in campaign promises, and the party is to be congratulated on the readiness of the finance committee to reverse its decision. ' - o Play Ball Or Not?, Wilmington baseball fans, fairly convinced by eleventh, hour developments that their- hopes .for a season of the sport here had vanished entirely, today find occasion for taking heart afresh. If the desired berth in the South Atlantic League should, by some stroke of good fortune, be as signed to our city, local fandom will experience somewhat the same sensation as that of the well known man who was kicked upstairs. From the Ea8tern Carolina to the "Sally" League is a leaj) .that would hardly have been expected of a city that had not actually succeeded in nailing down a 6eat in the less pretentious organization.! Nevertheless, there is no reason, unless it be with in the minds of the South Atlantic's directors, vhr Wilmington should not be associated, "base-1 ballically" with the most important group of the twoeCarolinas and Georgia. We are confident the nation's chief outdoor sport would find here sup-, port equal to that accorded to it in unv on of. several cities now hdldlng South Atlantic fran-i chises. , . In any case, the promptness; of the t local ! base ball leaders in making a record of Wilmington's application for admission is ",. to be, commended. They refuse to give up the fight for baseball; until, the way is manifestly blocked for the year. If their telegram of , inquiry ;;. should develop the slightest show of interest at the South Atlantic headquarters, the next step will be for Wilmington supporters of the game to take. If there is a pos sible -opening; in the ;Sally,V'circuIti?we eW Wilmington is prepared to make la ohVincing'bid. v--.; : o -r High seas . prohibition ?ls pposeC by ' Chairman Benson of the Shipping Board. ! rfe nas1" announced his belief that the bill to permit American-ships to jEell liquor at sea should pass. ''Alreadyrd pressed byfOreign competition," American vessels are said., to have been. placed at a sore disadvan tage by having to omit alcohdliCi refreshments Some of: these days, perhaps; the whole world wiil go dry, Then,1, we suppose, people will travel no more ;andrthev greatv ocean liners will pass into-memory.-' . 7- - - We. suppose the little piece of property in ques tion' is; worth of the attention that-is being given to it but we believe Uncle Sam would feel, more comfortable and dignified it the blooming place wasn't called Yap. v Secretary Daniels is going to bring his Cabinet room chair back home with him for use in his editorial sanctum, it is said. Wonder if he's go ing to open a recruiting Office for new subscribers? Contemporary Views COUNTENANCING THE HYPHEN ; Houston Post : Isn't it about time that Mr Hard ing began to discourage the political activities of Mr. George Sylvester Viereck? Although pretending to be an American,. Mr. Viereck devotes his attention so assiduously; to looking after, the interests of Germany In this country, that he is more likely to be mistaken for the German ambassador. Where Bernstorff left off, in trying to dictate American policies, Viereck as taken up -the work. Not long ago he was going to organize 6,000,000 German-Americans to force Mr. Harding to name a German-American as a member of his cabinet. A crude attempt to inject direct German Influence into the president's official family, and to have the government recognize" the hyphen. ' , Now he is "returning from Florida where he has been to tell Mr. Harding how to make a "just peace" . with Germany. A "just peace' in Mr. Viereck's estimation, no doubt, involves relieving Germany of all liability for reparations, indorse ment of a restoration of Hohenzollern autocracy; and impudence, and possibly an apology for hav ing entered the war. If some clause can be la Hgaiiv crooks. Judfre Landis' wnn 'e United States on record df tihe bank clerk's cask was radically jected that will , put the as affronting Great Britain. lt will bo all the better. In receiving Mr. Viereck for conferences, Mr. Harding Is following out his policy of listening to advice from many quarters. But Wouldn't it be better for Mr. Harding, if he desires to hear the German side of the case before he assumes office, to receive Germans direct from -the fatherland? In recognizing Mr. Viereck he is countenancing the hyphen in American affairs. He could make no greater mistake than to give public recognition to' any group in America distinguished for its de votion to a foreign country. ' Mr. Viereck says Mr. Harding will do all he can to allay racial prejudice. In order to do that, however it will be necessary for Mr. Harding to discourage the activities of such agitators as Mr. Viereck, whose purpose is to dominate the Ameri can government in the interest of a foreign coun try or a racial group in this cbunjry SECRETARY DENBY AN ADMIRABLE APPOINTMENT Springfield Republican: The surprise of the cabinet is Mr. Denby, of Michigan, who is to be Secretary of the. Navy. It is an admirable ap pointment." It should please the navy and its friends. It will bring to the cabinet table a man of force and of unusual qualities of personal at traction. ! . As a member; Of: Congress ten years ago, Mr. Denby won wide favor. He was democratic and he had energy and tact. It was 6ne of the sights to see him scooting, about the city occupying pretty much all' the available space in a certain small make of automobile:" Just-how much he weighed or weighs, is in doubt. But certainly it was and is less than 300. Mr. Taft'has testified that no gentleman weighs more than that and Edwin Denby is every inch a gentleman. Gov. Lowden is due added credit for declining the Secretaryship of the 'NavjT1 foF the valid but infrequently suggested reason that he had no spe cial equipment for It. The place how goes to a man fitted for it by interest and training as well as by ability. As a member of the naval commit tee of the House Mr. Denby was an alert student of the navy's problems from the legislative view point In 189S he. had served, a$ a gunner's mate in the war with Spain, ami, in";the' recent war he went as a private ihtotbe naarinebrps. As the Associated Press jdispaTfch politely puts it, he in sisted "despite handicaps i-f." age and weight" in going through the sweat and toil of the severe training that properly came to every man in the ranks. ' Aside from his special fitness for the navy,' Mr. Denby's experiences in China qualify him to bring to the cabinet a valuable and much-needed under standing of the Orient. : Charges v against . Judge .. KenesawfWashlngton Herald ,(Ind.), the judge' Mountain Landis, Inudlng a 'cali tor . Philadelphia Publ:c ledger impeachmentf from f Representative SSnest "Welty, have caused almost as much rthose: aware of the issue" will Vsvmna- to explain the iudsre's" apparently startling behaviour with the assurance that "fie did not mean to imply that tnrze"; indeed, the senate "would riot dare Impeach Judge Landis," the Rock Island Argus -(Xem) ' declares, for "the Arnericaft publio4 would not permit it.'.' While it cannot agree that the judge ".used his head" in makinghis decis ion, th.. Rochester Democrat Chronicle (Rep.)!; admits, "frig heart is in the right .place" and laments that every young man ' cannot .have someone , "to whom he can unbosom himself freely." The Buffalo Commercial '(Ind.) though it finds "little .sympathy',' . with the bank employers, still fears that "the weight of common sense and legal and morel Justice is--against the Chicago Jurist" and the : Norfolk Virginian Pilot-(Dem.) grants that the step may have been "inspired by the notion of stimulating salary raises" but, it con cludes, "it is more apt to . .stimulate The New York Post .(Ind.) makes no reserva tions. The judge's remarks, it de clares, "are not only irrelevant but -as be" unlawful for Anv T r employ for labor antK to and that in cases of ch ,t n SJ sity, when d. or 1 work ori Sunday, thy thjli a consecutive twenty-rou"b nti each week. 0Ur hourv V" 1 connection 1 rai also to the. law prop0sed ' atteni'r conferences of the Southern v Certj church. . which thn it"..Methfl1. form bureau describes VI UOnal Pj ahead of the law of a0i I 01 H i . Vloa. but a. 1... 'uuvance Of the coin.1.:: country, and while desirahi of 1 this tim nrMi,0K',. i8.lrabI. not work by government V!'1U1 lM alh interstate commerce .es- 6 bars Sunday pauers f. ounaay a It s. very evident fro m ,,'S that the situation has llLese magnlfled for some very coV ,Krc&t which reason 1 hoiu,,. 1 LKent Tk tatH c 1 nave alr,J tniS Ik to stated It misht not be amiss 'suggest certain rm. church and church leaders should! tive in ree-ard tr ..... . uia " matter 0f knowledge' that ... emmi war theft and dishonesty," as the New j far as imaginable from Judicial pro York Mail puts it, "are justifiable un der any, circumstances:"- . -,v A "class" argument, in the .attitude toward Landis is perceived by the New York Call (Soc- for,- it asserts,-' criti cism was reduced to a "mere "whis per" when the judge accepted "a great salary of $42,000 from the owners of baseball corporations" but when he "tells the truth about-trusting a boy with money while paying him" little more than an office boy's salary, the priety." The doctrine they uphold, the Dynchbtirg News (Dem.) believes, "are saturated with degrading significance" which Labor (Washington) Interprets as a drift toward "autocracy and bol shevism." In the opirHon of the Chi cago News (Ind.) "Landis has made a colossal mistake" in rendering a con clusion which the Kansas City Times (Ihd.) considers "subversive to all hon esty, honor and faith in every relation in life." To the Pittshurs Gazette- plutocrats and politicians turn" on him i Times (Rep.) nd -the Columbia (S. C.) with a fury that only an attack'. uton th sacredness of their legalised loot can arouse." The opposite view comes from the Wall Street Journal (Ind.): "No more immoral plea has ever been that we have5 to be paid- to be' ; honest is to assume' every one of -us poten- oaa aiiKe in law and morals, while, his aspersions upon the bank directors was utterly unwarranted." These' extremes mark the borders of a wide difference of opinion, Many writers lean to the "human" side of the case. : "Mercy, discreetly "Used," says the New York Globe (Ind.) . while it admits th-"poor law" of the decision "Is ever popular, and" who extends it earns forgiveness for himself."' "Un questionably," the Fort Wayne -.News and Sentinel (Rep.) assumes, 'public sentiment will be with Judre Landis." though the paper itself feels -that he is "wrong' This act was only a part of "salvaging youth"- the Portland Oregoniah (Ind. Rep.) believes and the "details of the case" the Springfield Republican (Ind.) points, out, "makes the judge's conduct rather more de fensible." It says: "The clerk took the money from the bank, but in 24 hours repented, told his mother and promptly gave himself up to-the sheriff. .The bank did not lose a dollar.; . . . The judge looked him over"T)n .court .and. plainly con eluded that he was not -wild or. vicious, but had simply been overcome by a great temptation." " ' This view is widely "shared; "a dem onstration of approval" for Landis "that is nationwide" has resulted from the "kick" from the eapitol. says the State (Dem.), it will decidedly inter fere with his ability to keep baseball clean. Though the question which the im peachment specifically raises, I. e., the right of . a federal Judge to be, as t!he New York Times (Ind, Dem.) . puts - it "a. baseball judge at the same time" has been discussed before it is taken up agin and -many papers still sup port Landis but feel that she should not hold both offices. The Times is one of them. The Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal (Ind. Rep.) also believes "th calm judgment of the country" is against this "dual service." -.Though he might '-'hold down .both posts and do justice to both" the Minneapolis Tri bune . (Rep.) feels that "the-Judiciary wonli suffer" and the Syracuse Post Standard (Rep.) thinks , that "a federal -power have, in large degree, in t urgency or the Riti,afi . as a6ason for Snnrifiv iv . orre shipyards, and elsewhere was not different f, ' . a aun Furthermore, some two million 0fT " iu r ranee and tJ pans ,ot Europe in which the. nh. .-.. r ... uuu as we have i ! " ""-i.n-a.iiy Unknn. . . ... ielr mind3 conseauentlv in th mn. whole people, a marked loosenin .! lettinar down of iflAnE . K 111 ... . , lrKttru t sanctity or even civil necessity 0 J Sabbath. One of the outstanriin- ; vi v,uiiuucuiiti civilization h. has " been transplanted to Draetir.,CJ every country in Christendom excel the United States and Canada. i race the alternative of the Contin 1 i,i..ouuhiii, wiin otner Continent tua.iatioiioin.s lonowinR' m its wak-l r an American saooatn in which III wnripiian raja predominates, and t free, wholesome and Christian clviiin nuii. xu vc ouip.yine manner of Sutl aay oDseryance not the sole factt in, . ucieruiiuiiiK a. civilization; but lo am nAlra. falltnr. n I I io, a. xc'jiiiK -HU(rrion aS Wfl as a vital factor. a.nnJ rri. i i iuuic lias oeen a rani secularization of nearly everything I 11.1. A. 1 i . 1 n uii country lateiy. wven the churl is blandly looked upon by our socicj social and economic factors in o civilization; and her inrtuence ,1 judge should not be any other kind-of a judge." The fact that he is in the employ of the basebaSl Interests, the Milwaukee. Journal (Ind.) thinks is a Aiandioap- and "sooner or later he must choose ' betv.-een the two. To- keep both, the Philadelphia Bulletin (Ind. Rep.) looks upon as e "gross, impro priety.'' - On the other hand, the Scranton Times (Dem.) recalls the fact that judges are often defegated "to act as commissioners and arbiters, work en tirely out of. their province" and offers the "surmise" that the attack on Lan dis "is aimed more at the baseball end of it than any neglect or duty"; it! . bath. minds of the public, been the measiH of her worth and power. Some thing! must ; be Kept seunrate and holy i -1 1 . . j i . uuirhii .tiic a.nu Human society w , I descend to degenerate ana sickeniri levels. in the eyes or the state Sundai v A V.. 3 nn n 1 1 . 1 and economio provision; in the eyes J the reverent and religious It must held to be ..sacred. It must be thl Lord's Day. ' This Is essential, if A dp not cheapen and materialise every! thing. I do not see how a people ca maintain. religion or the morals -whit J grow out of Teligion without the Sabl shows the "shallowness" of Represen tative "Welty, the congressman who raised the point, tae Tulsa , Tribune (Dem.)' adds. As for Mr. Welty "'and his . baseball score," exclaims the Nor folk Ledger IDispatch (Ind. Dem.), "nothing to It." THE SOUTH LEFT OUT .. Charleston' News and Courier: In spite1 of trie soft words that have been spoken to the South and all the pleasant phrases that have been addressed to the people of this section of the country and all thebright promises of the coming of a new day f6r Dixie in the warm-sunstiine of a broader and more liberal Republicanism, there is no Southern man in the new Cabinet. Even Mr. A. Tobias Hert, of Kentucky, who was labelled a Southerner for the purposes of the occasion and who was said to be sure of a Cabinet appointment has been left out in the final shuffle. . Yet the South helped to elect Harding and, more recently it has helped to promote . thexause dearest to the Republican heart by endorsing the protec tee tariff. Only a part of the South and only some Southerners did these things, of course, but not in many years have so many people in the South swung so far towards full acceptance of Re publican candidates" and progress. What is'their reward? -The reward that was expected was the placing of a Southern man in the Cabinet, but there ia no Southerner there. ' A j . The fact that there is. none .will disappoint bit-" terly some people in this section and it will be re gretted bya good many far-sighted people in other sections. It would urely have been good oolitics to appoint a Southern man to a Cabinet post and thus try to consolidate and enlarge the foothold that the GjJ-P. has gained here.. But Mr. '-Hard-4ng and hs advisers havfin'tlbeen able Jtosee -it-that way, and .there are many people in the South who will shed no tears over the fact, THE "TRAGEDY OF WILSON'.' ' , 8 (Martin in Harper's: One. hears about the "tragedy of Wilson" hears him spoken of as one Of the tragic figures of history. Behold him, say some, a broken man yesterday acclaimed as a Messiah by the common people of -Europe, and the most ; potent and regarded m'lnd , in ttte councils at Paris ; 4today shattered In physical heUh;! berated by. Europeans, as.onewhoc misle4hnv balkecr af , home inll Ma . purposes, an" spe4utdr,at the defeat at the' polls by enormous majorities' of the party that bad supported .him. , v, c V x " " -v Of course it makes a picture of a damaged figure, THff10 every one will think 60-,eIe w4vDe those who feel that npthing isr rer?fi tllat ' d0?s'not Inv moralo? Mr; Wilson. There -la physical impairment about' : him,; but no sp ritual .collapse. He holds as finnly ' ftH,f 6--Wat h6 has believed t6 be xlght. H?is ' ' 1 ySJrt,?4 WUh ho8ts of nowerTheault 'SSl! J1 was; not that he abandoned prin-' Clples, but.that he held too strictly .toVthem. " ' Sabbath Legislation By the Rev. W. A. STANBURY (A Paper Read Before Ministerial Association of WiUninigton) Of late there has been a deal, of blasphemous jestinsr, to say: nothing of a vast Quantity of falsifying in tho public press and elsewhere about pro posed national Sabbath laws. A sug gestion made by some conferences of the Southern Methofilst church and read into the Congressional Record, by Senator . McKellar, of Tennessee, ; to Third It must not be forgotten thai in the civil view of the Sabbath tkl great,.-object is the . protection of th J laborer, , himself, his family, and ft influence : upon 'society. We need tliJ Sabbath Day for the sake of men anJ women who;. toil; for the support i the 'family Hfe of the public; for th opportunity, physical, mental anl moral, J of the laboring men to keJ level and to advance; for the opporl tunity of the church to keep mon standards parallel with mental ad van 1 and to put an emphasis on Uie spirit tual; for the intellectual and religion life of American workers; and for W sake of decent courtesy to the pw vailing religion. Fourth It is seen therefore, thai 'this whole matter is deeply relatfJ to our social fabric. It is a matt'J fundamentally of- the survival and vance of our civilization, for it ij ' matter of its character, and no wi and no society are better than the 1 hearts. The whole question is a If fact offers, if it does": not, then with something in place of fact? It might be" added that the anti-prohibition forces, since the matter of Sunflav legislation would touch the pocket j subject, not. for the bass poltrooner: book nerve, are finding powerful allies in; Sunday- baseball .enthusiasts, in theatrical producers, who give,, or de sire 'to give Sunday performances, 're gether with an effort to get passed in sort proprietors, in Sunday newspaper congress a Din wnicn, in one lornr i-puDiisners ana omers wno would suf or anotner, nas neen penamg ir thitry-two years has been seized upon by interests in unholy Alllancfor gaio as the occasion for making. a .great out cry against the '-approaching suppres sion -of the people's rights by certain so-called reform bureaus. Nobody has been ab;e to escape reading in. the daily newspapers even in so high a -.publi-cation as the Atlantic Monthly, scath ing criticism and blasting ridicule can cerning';. "blue laws." Special story writers, reporters, syndicate authors, and editors have been busy' propa gandizing the whole country against the dreaded and dahserous "blue laws." Newspaper stories, magazine articles,. and editorials have all been on. one stde--to .wit: in opposition to the "Curtailment of . American liberty." They have, resorted to the time worn and trite observation that you can not make a people religious by legis lation. The American citizen is V free man .and will not tolerate Interference with his legitimate interests and pur suits. The hair-raising cry of "Puri tans" and "Puritanism" has been fre quently heard in the land. J - Not Hard to Understand,,, f It is not -very difficult to understand the reason" for this hue and cry. '. The fact that so-called "blue laws" ; haVe jiever been .'a real . part of American legislation, that no state has- ever passed, and no party has ever at tempted seriously to pass laws re quiring people to be religious ' or- to worship on Sunday, that -there is ho basis . whatever, in fact for the, great outery now against Sunday, legislation, that the whole thins is -;a falsehood a,ftd a hoax, these things do not seem to'ihpther In-the. least those who have become sd greatly ' excited and have lifted their voices . in such tremulous passion . for: America and for 'American liberty,"' But . as I : have , stated. - the motive is .easy , to find. Theipassige by different states, arid finally by the United States and pebple.f.of . nation wide rprohibition laws -has filled with burning . indIrrtatIon that large ind . influential contingent, who made money 6Ut',bf .sellingjwhiskey knd beer. Tney haveSsltoj)ped -arnothIhg'ahd will1 balk r at.; nothing, to brins into discredit the whole. 'system ' of moral legislation and into ' contempt --and ridicule r. the bodies "and societies wh.ich; were responsible for leading the- way ."in the prohibition i movement. The ' mere fact that jttfe basis of this .-coptehtlonOf theirs,, leva falsehood' dffes not" concern; ;them -"the -rleast." Propaganda gets; attention, 'and a recltal'of supposed popular facts excites, the populace and " Americans are- particularly sensitive, about what they- are ' pleased to call liberty- iSo ..that -if. propagan da . t against Su nday - legislation promises' to: get';: resuttrf, then - why not propagandize with fact. fer financially by a curtailment Of Sun day - activities. ; ' ' . .. . .. . Partly CotMMrientUiiA " A . wood deal of- the ODDosition to this phantom monster, is- conscientious, j matter requirinff the thoughtful cor. arising put of misinformation and a sideration of every earnest cltljien. arJ and mendacious ridicule of whicn ttl Dress lately has. been so full. It not-even a . matter than can be light or quietly disposed or as one alrc settled or one that each man can clde for. himself. The prophets of grw and the angels of pain and the sew lords of sport and entertainment ma it Imoossible that each man dew niinn thn iKsiiA for himself. It if misconception concerning the real nd In ' View on the JCar of the moral forces" of the country. It might be Well to tafce '.note of the .fact that there Islh -;eyery;' stafe i in the union on the statiit. 'bo'pHs". 'vwh'oesomi and fairly dequaf; legisJatioA regarding the ob servance' ,; of Sunday, except in Call-, fornla and the District of Columbia; thaj the only end in view-by those who .would sponsor Sunday "legislation Is" a wholesome provision - of one, day's rest in seven for the workers of ; the country, wlthxconsequent curtailment of unnecessary work on Sunday;' that nobody would nowaday deem 'It1 ex pedient or even right to seek the pro hibition of wholesome and desirable recreation on Sunday; and that the only bill how before congress is that pre sented by Mr. Temple on . February 1$, 1920.j - This bilL is' merely a' simple provision that In the District of Co lumbia tlshall be unlawful to keep open any aniusement place; that except In cases of necessity or charity it shall the -prayerful reasoning and enrwu advocacy of every man who can see neath mere economic and social ' rangements and conditions into tl noun ui n. ytwyi - the Issues of their life. I venture to suggest that this qu tiori should command now earnest cor sideration and prayerful presentatic at the hands of every Christian mim ter and potion by every Christian nt. zen. The social and economic Sity of the' civil Sabbath should r made plain to the people; it sbou be shown for it is a fact that man physical and mental well being, to . nothing of anything e'se. require? o days rest in seven. From the point of the Christian, it h0U4WJ made emphatic that it. is the pat rlo and religious duty of each 'd-far' man , to promote wholesome Suna lawa, and to keep personally i. beneficent law of God which sets p- o w-ir for rest, replenw ment and worship. Match J-Mareh 3 A; new interest Quarter begins March 1. Deposits made on or before March S draw interest from March 1 and willvreceire credit for a full quarter's interest on June 1. ' , Now is the time td open an acooiintr to add to your balance.. : , ' " - Jlie tfadrasi & Tivst Co. ' - 110 Princess Street . , Resources brer . 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 26, 1921, edition 1
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