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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1921 4 GREENSBORO DAU V NEWS AKiira&JUtt Pakllahei Erery Day la Ynr By ttmubtn News Cessna? E. B. jKPFBFiag Manages A. B. JOYNF1H. ., .Advertising Mgr. EARLB GOUBET,, Editor A. L. STOCKTON.. Mssaglng Editor Dally and Unnday, 9.00 per yean Mo per weehi Dally Only, ner yean lUe rr week., Single Cost, Dally. oci Snaaar. 7c, . TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1121. borrowed niUErn From warning Hungary not to pro voke the Little ISnti-nte file council of ambassadors now ia forced to warn the Little Entente to let Hungary alone. Nobody who haunt had a central Europe In the house ran quite appre ciate the troubles of the Allied powers these days. Kansas t'lty Star, Western coal dealer la arrested for "1H UK moonshine, which serves hltn right for not stlrklng to hla leglmat trade with It's blKger profit. Rich mond Times-Dispatch. Banished to the Inland of Madeira! What's that but capital punishment? Boston Transcript, They are going to have a Better Cltl ien Day In I'nlladclphlH. Hut how fun a Philadelphia!! he better without becoming an aiiKi-l? New York Herald. The tendenry of New York' city lo to Democratic la becoming a little more pronounced as she growl older. Wsshfngton post. And when the Kentucky Jury drank the evidence, the paper probably aald 'Case goes to Jury. - Omaha News. Rome dnv the senate may play a nd LaFollettc mean trick on llorah an and refuse to make martyra of ,'om.- Hicnmona una ) item. It la estimated that 7S0.0OO.O00 pen cils are used annually In the United mates. Moat of them, no doubt, In fig uring out the cost of living. Spring field Union. rrtaauaarniw. Christmas seals? Our election forecast Prof . Whit aker will win, hands down. 60,000 Workers in Garment Trades Out. Headline. Back to normalcy. Damaged goods the. whole list of "armament shares" was marked down tn the stock market yesterday. And as armament stocks went down cotton, which has been tn the- dumps lately, advanced four dollars per bale. Good heavens! The heads of the railroad unions have been meeting In Chicago again. This thing is getting positively monotonous. The Caucasus is badly off for bread, but it still has plenty of tea and wine; which wiH cause some folks to wonder what it is kicking about. The Supreme court of the United States decides that Mutt and Jeff arc the property of Bud Fisher. Every boy and girl already know that, how ever. The national guard is now almost1 as largo as the regular army? and after the record of 1917-18 nobody will be disposed to laugh that fact away as trifling. Nino people woro burned to death In a New York tenement fire yester day. How many would we have to bury if certain lodging houses in Greensboro burned? The prefect of police in the French eanital want tn oru-anlie ail interna tional police code to restrict the ac tivities of international criminals; wheh will be hard on the popular in door sport of bank looting. Appearances indicate that Great Britain is resolved to limit her na val armament whether or no; which accounts for the promptness with which she "accepted in principle' Secretary Hughes' proposals. There were no more murders in Haiti in a given 10 days than there were In the state of Georgia, accord- ing to the testimony of a mnrlne of ficer. But" unfortunately that is no proof that Haiti is really civilized. Well, the hiefcest thing that has de veloped in the international confer ence so fat' has received its due meed of publicity; but after nil it is the dirty work that it ia hoped-may be kept hidden, and that is exactly where tho light should be turned on. ureat Britain a acceptance "in principle" and Japan's acceptance "in principle" of the reduction und limita tion proposals are "forecast." The next stop in order is to get "in pfln- finle" ftilt Af ntintna nml iha nnvf trt secure a definition of "in principle," University News .Lottcr;."Greeu& boro has an ordinance requiring the occupants of lots abutting paved side walks to keep the adjoining grass plots neatly mowed, and to have snow, Ice and other obstructions re- 'moved by 10 o'clock of every day; it also requires nil property owners to keep their sidewalks clean and free from weeds. - This ordinance U strict ly enforced, (-ays the city manager." Go away from home to learn the news Dealers in firecrackers of the varieties have 40 days of grace which to dispose of their stock. If they are successful, there will be plenty of ' material for the proper celebration of Christmas by those who believe It is proper to celebrate it that way. But council has reaffirmed and copper-riveted the ordinance whic prohibits the explosion of these things in the city. Greensboro is now living under a new and expensive form of government that is supposed to be efficient We shall see, come Yule- tide, whether the supposition ii war ranted-in XacU ACCEPTED "IN PRINCIPLE." The "acceptance "in principle" of the American plan of naval disarma ment by Great Britain and Japan by no means assures the final adoption of that plan, but It does constitute in acknowledgement of the strength of the American position. The more that position is studied, the stronger it appears to be. Its candor and trans parent honesty render it well-nigh immune to attack absolutely Im mune to attack by ordinary methods. If it ii to be successfully assailed, it must be by methods as unusual and startling as that of Secretary Hughes himself. After 48 hours, the conviction grows that in the end the American plan will be adopted, in substance, as it was proposed by the American secretary of state. It fits too well the hopes and aspirations of the common people, of Great Britain and Japan as well as of this country, to be re jected by diplomatists. The Japa nese business man doesn't enjoy sur rendering his " hard-earned yen to build thlrty-milllon-dollar fighting machines that all the world hopes will never .be used any more than the American business man enjoys turn ing loose his dollars for the same pur pose. So if the Japanese delegation rejects the American plan, the Japa nese business man is going to want to know why, and the reasons will have to be clear, cogent and convinc ing to satisfy him. The same thing applies to the Englishman. The tremendous weight of the logic of events is behind Mr. Hughes, and e has manoevred so skillfully as not to lose an ounce ef Its pressure. The armament ring is against him, of course. The chauvinists arc against im. Ignorance, stupidity and preju dice are against bim. Traditonalism and formalism are against him. All the sinister and powerful forces that batten upon warfare are against him, But if any of these forces, or all of them combined, are strong enough to rule the world, then it is 'time for peace-loving men to despair. For every argument of honest logic, of common sense, of morality and de cency, is for him. The" more it is studied, the more masterly does the American scheme appear to be. It even defers to na tional prejudices, where prejudice has any reasonable ground. For in stance, the plan would not deprive England, the island empire, of her present supremacy. Under the exist ing programs of naval construction, she would lose it to the United States In 1924 anyhow. Under the Hughes plan, thi utmost extent of American naval power would just equal British. Furthermore, to make a successful naval attack on Japan, the attacking nation would have to have a navy double the size of Japan's. Under the Hughes plan, the greatest navy in the world would be only two-thirds larger than the Japanese navy. Thus while Japan would not be in position to attack the United States, it would be exremely hazardous for the United States to attack Japan. The Hughes plan is frankly harder on the United States than on any other nation. We stand to lose 848,- 000 tons of warships, built and build ing. That is nearly double the total that Japan would lose. Furthermore, we leave the "Philippines at the mercy of Japan. To be sure, she knows full well that if Bhe ever broke the agree ment and seized those islands, we should never rest until we had wiped her off the seas. Nevertheless, we are taking a certain amount of risk. But f the peace of the world is ever to be established on a firm foundation, somebody must assume some risks. It should be a matter of pride with every American that the United States is bold enough to do it. But if the United States is willing to stand a dead loss of some f 800,- 000,000 and to leave her insular pos sessions In an exposed position, pro tected by nothing but the honor of the Japanese government, how can tho Japaneso government decently re fuse to join hands with us? We are asking nothing of any nation that we are not' willing to give ourselves, in greater measure than we ask of others. That is a well-nigh lmpreg-, nable position. It is an honorable position for the strongest and wealth iest nation in the world. It is the only position from which we may hope to negotiate successfully with the other nations. Tho excellence of Mr. Hughes' strategy Hi the "opening move-of the conference raises hope that he may be equally skillful and successful when it comes to other, and more delicate, questions.. He thinks clear ly, ho acts swiftly and boldly. With such a marl in charge, there is every reason to believe that the vexed problem of the PuBiflo may be at. tacked with equal success. The only thing now is to back Hughes up m every conceivable way. . HIGH AMBITIONS FOR HIGH POINT. The High Point Enterprise is jus tifying its title by calling on the city council, chamber of commerce, Ro tary and Kawanis organizations to "concentrate on the one big stroke" of enlarging their town. Thus the Enterprise states the case: High Point haa a chance to become nuilford county's blaaeat town over night. The population already la here the only thing that remalhs to be done la tu have it ofricialiy counteu. I order to have thin done It will he nec essary to extend tha corporate limits of the city half 'a mile tn each direction. Oue wile Id each dlreatiun rtuiMUt be more desirable, but half a mile exten sion will "put ua over." It only re mains to call an election on the Issue and crirry It to a successful conclusion. That's all there Is to It. Here la the way the present popula tion figures appear, according- to the 1920 government census: Oreenaboro has 1H.H61 population; High Point, 14, 302. Basing figures on an extension of half a mile In each direction from the present corporate limits', a conservative survey showa that S.600 people reside within thla radlua on the outskirts of High Point. Count theae 6,500 people in with the present population and we have 20J0I, or approximately 1,000 over that of Greensboro. The next eovernment census will be taken In 1930. At the present rate of growth of the two cities there Is no reason to believe that Greensboro will make a greater gain than High Point, especially In view of the fact that Greensboro's chances of extending its. i-urpvraiv jimna appear remote, ine natural growth of High Point, pro vided lta oltv limits are extended. should be enough to keep it In the lead By extending Its boundaries Hlgn Point will give Its suburban population Are protection by the extension of wa ter mains; otty lights, sewers and all the privileges and conveniences af forded bona fl.de town dweUers.. Civic pride In making High Point Guilford's largest town should have a lot of weight to carry an election on th project. Tho outside world recognises noth ing beyond the official government census (Inures. They are the last word In Judging the else of a city or town. With Greensboro apparently hopelessly tied down to her present corporate lim its High Point's opportunity is here now. It would seem the height of folly if advantage were not taken of Jt. As a resident of Greensboro, with some material interest involved, the Dally News, if it had any power or influence that might be directed to the purpose, would very probably feel a duty of trying to prevent the en largement of High Point's boundaries, of attempting to strangle in its baby hood this ambition of the Furniture City to become the city of Guilford. -Since the High Pointers are unlike ly to seek advice on this particular subject from this particular source, and since we can conceive of no com pulsion we might exercise, we may as well content ourselves with a candid discussion, nor is there any good rea son why we may not express our ad miration of the spirit behind the en terprise 1 There are two reasons why, in our opinion, High Point will do well to hold an' election on boundary enlarge ment. It may be that in High Point there is the soul of a city. High Point is full of individual ambitions and individual achevements. It may be that destiny has summoned into as sociation there a body of citizens cap able of true composite ambition, of that unity that builds cities. Perhaps what has taken place there in recent years, as fortunes have been won, great industries : established, great financial institutions built, has been the infant struggling of a municipal giant. An election on the question of a greater town will test out the spirit of High Point, giving to its citizens and to the world a valuable indication as to its destiny. The other and more important rea son is that, quite apart from any am bitions High Point may cherish, or any city grandeur it may be possible for it to attain to, a town should have under its complete control riot only the whole community of dense population, but even a. broad protec tive fringe of the sparsely settled lund. There ought never to be any question of taking in settled suburbs; that should always have been disposed of in advance by taking in the terri tory before it was built up. For the control of the entire con gested district is vitally important, on considerations of public - safety, in cluding the public health, and of the proper development of streets, parks and zones. The majority of the people who dwell in Greensboro, absorbed in their own concerns, do not realize what strides High Foint has been making since the close of the war. Some hear the petty bickering of small souls about this or that, and remain of the opinion they held a dozen years ago, that High Point is just an Ill- tempered, contentious country town, a bit overgrown. But Greensboro people who keep in actualtouch real ize something of what it means that there havo been expended in commu nity projects millions of dollars, and that in such directions High Point has been going forward splendidly while many of its neighbors have hardly advanced nt all. THEY ARE INDEED WORTHY. Former Lieutenant Governor Max Gardner, speaking Friday to the Fayetteville soldiers- and civilians In their Armistice day celebration, was well within the proprieties of the oc casion in urging the sen-ice men not to lose Tn" their "civic lives all that had been gained by their arms. -He rlcelared that the bourbons and their belated associates are abroad in the earth and intent upon delay ing the completion of our democracy, Two things Mr. ' Gardner regards worthy of the martini heritage which tho soldiers of yesterday will leave tho world ; the first is the restoration fof honesty in taxation and tho seo- ond is fair play in all our elections. These are indeed worthy of the best that good soldiers may hope to give in their civil lives. They are more generalizations than specification. but most splendid generalizations in all the world were uttered by bhakes- pcare. The important conceder in Mr. Gardner's speech is that we haven't honesty in taxation and have never had absolutely fair play in our elections. The wars of the past have been centered about taxation and the conflicts of the future will rage about honest elections, he thinks. - It is good to hear the most popular Democrat in North Carolina talking at things and threatening to say something outright It may not make him governor indeed it la the belief of his friends that had he re mained eternally silent on woman suffrage there had been another oc cupant of the executive office and a different tenant of the mansion. It is better, however, to lose by candid speech an honor so great than to win it by cunning avoidance of saying anything at all Mr. Gardner is clever enough politician to see the perils of a. cynical and an impudent majority, and good enough partisan to wish that on an issue of truthful ness In tax-listing his own party had stood pat and won the respect of the state along with its own. Mr. Gardner, more even than Gov ernor Bickett, would be held in sus picion if he elected to prod daily the administration, of his successful op ponent; but each can defend himself when he pricks the conscience of the citizenship and asks it wherewithal Is the state advantaged by a fiscal pol icy that is purely political and founded on falsehood? Mr. Gardner has the gift of. rhythmic speech, sonorous sentences and can get the ear of all the people. He is one of those odious large landowners who paid several times as much tax on his lands a year ago as he had been paying, and he did so without the presentation of a pair of large feet and an elegant assortment of sore toes. He owes to the state candid speech, and we hope there Is more coming. STATESMANSHIP. They did no more than their duty, of course, but at the same time it is in order to compliment the Demo cratic leaders of the senate on the fine spirit with which they have re ceived the announcement of the American program for limitation of naval armaments. There has thus far not been a breath of opposition to the proposal on partisan grounds, Indeed, we do not recall a single ex pression from a Democratic senator that did not commend ; the plan heartily. That is statesmanship. It is all well enough for the Democrats to fight the Republicans as hard as they can on domestic issues, but partisan ship should cease at the water's pdge. The delegates to the international conference are neither Democrats nor Republicans. They are Americans, and nothing else. And as such arc entitled to the support of every pa triot regardless of his party affilia tions. PUBLIC PULSE TIRCLS) TOO SMALL." Editor of The Dally Newa: The farmers living on the road run ning east from Summerfield ccoss roads were very much discouraged to see an account of the meeting held In Greensboro Tuesday, November 8, by the county commissioners and the Guilford highway commission. We, the farmers of this section nam ed above, had some hope since the passing of the bond issue to have our road Improved. Since reading what was said In tho meeting Tuesday our hopes are all blighted. The 46 miles of roads authorised may complete a circle, however, we desire to urge upon the minds of our honorable commissioners the circle is entirely too small, It should extend iurther. norttvQur road Is. -at - least two miles from the edae of the county, has five ohurches by Its aide, one school, leads to Summerfleld high school and' grain mill also, to Greensboro, our home town, where we wish to trade. This road Is almost Im paaaable In bad weather. Our mall man la sometimes forced to go In his buggy, and has been known to go on horse hack or walk a part of the way, where ho makes double track on out road. Please let ua hear from our com missioners, aa we do not wish to pay road taxea end bo forced to drive our oars on such roads. J. A. WILSON. Summerfleld. "ALMOST HIGHWAY ROBBERY." Editor of Tho Dally News; The people of North Carolina, I be lieve, appreciate the great work done hytlie school book 'commlalson In adopting books for our public schools and tn securing reasonable prices for them. It seems to me, however, that they fall tn one Important Instance to go all tho way. In the matter of pen cils and pencil tablets there la a price belntr charged that Is almost highway robbery. The school children, have to pay five cents for a tablet that la not one-tenth the site of the old five-cent tablet of a few years ago. In fact we are paying more than 60 cents for the amount of r'ncll tablets that we for merly bought for five cents. There are no longer any penny pencils, and the flve-oent pencil la ofttlmea so Inferior that the lead will break as fast as the child can sharpen tha pencil I have made a little calculation that has shown me that the nearly 1,000,000 school children of North Carolina will pay well above an average of II per year for pencils and tablets, and proh ably twice that much. At the lowest calculation Jl.000.000 per year Is spent for these two small Items. In fact verily believe that tsese items cost as much as all of the school books, yet the small amounts are spread out over the year so that we scarcely take note of them. Will It not pay us to think on these things and demand some im mediate action? W. S. CRAWFORD, Mcbane. r'U.IMi A DISHKNT. Kdltor of The Pally Newa; That was an ugly mood you were In Ah Armistice day. Such a fin piece of literature as your editorial on the funeral of the unknown soldier was a regrettable display of bad temper and bitterness, that I am Sure found a re spouse in very few of your readers To find a great newspaper writing such bitterness on this historic day. wnen the great mass of the praying folks of the land were, ws trust, engaged In prayer for the succeae of the disarma ment conference, Is to say the least disappointing. iou. Mr. Editor, are evidently not one of those who like I.loyd George, think the conference Is a "rainbow In the sky" nor do you belong to the praying folks, but rather to the op poslte class. You call our capital i "valley of dry bones." and whyf After nearly a column tha reason crops out.. It Is the failure of America to adopt the league, a thing It seems you can never forgive and will never forget. Sines the overwhelming defeat of the league and Its supporters you have shown always the utmost rancor and BEGINS TO LOOK AS IF SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT SOMETIME . i mi i milt v v ayrta sjust . i - -x 11 i : ' A ll 11 I HIIITAbw - ")VS m 1 ymm. pique, when occasion called for a dis cussion of the great International ques tions growing out of the war. Your attRude towards the conference and those who are laboring and pray ing for Its success can not be mis taken. You will accept nothing that does not oome through the Geneva con ference, with whlch.you by comparison declare the present conference' "a shadowy thing." i The unknown soldier that was so highly honored today, and for which you "thank Clod," but not as tha mul titudes thanked God for him so brave and patriotic, but because "they had found one man not discredited by, the war or its aftermath," was one of the multitude of brave boys who answered their country s call when a ruthless foreign foe made war on our citizens and "commerce on the high seas, and threatened to bring the -war even to our sacred soil. Whether the unknown soldier was a conscript or a volunteer he like all the others heard from those who spoke for our country at the outbreak of the war, that If Germany won, we would have to fight her on our own shores. As a motive for entering the fight It was urged that It was far better to fight Germans over yonder than to fight her on our own shores. -The first law of nature was Invoked by the advocates of the war, and John (Blc) Harvey after alt spoke more truth than poetry. The war was not waged to make "democracy safe for the world." Senator Tom Watson at whom you take a shot ts a sensationalist and a Droduct of his surroundings, that the so-called empire state of the south by an overwhelming majority haa called to represent them. What he says you should not taka so seriously. Watson and his sponsors are a small fraction of the American people, while Hearst Is a yellow journalist making com- erce of hla criticisms oi inose wno participated In the war. The honor paid the unknown soiaier was not a faro as you say. It was a fUtlnar tribute of a loyal people to one hero who made the sup'reme sacrifice. In honoring him thus a loving nation through its most distinguished repre sentatives, snowed us love ior mm ana all his kind, that stodd between us and tho ruthless foe. It was Indeed a poor occasion for a great paper to open (he vials of its wrath against the assembling confer ence, the distinguished participants, In faot ths great majority of the Ameri can people, all because a maudlin senti ment conceived and voiced by him to whom you refer as a pale and haggara man," failed to secure the sanction 01 tha practical American people. Lllllngton. ATTRACTIVE BOOSTING. Editor of The Dally News: In a recent issue of your paper you pointed out that no newspaper, bow ever great, might hope to dominate more than a very limited portion of the reading public. You allotted to several large papers what seemed to be rea sonable tones, over which such papers apparently - domlnats - ane) -Intimated that they could not successfully go beyond their limits. I quite agres with you on this. One who has been reared under the domination of a paper ana Dasaes out of that paper's sone to live Is bound to realise that he has lost a friend. I was reared In immediate reach of the Atlanta papers; my father took ths Constitution regularly and bought the Atlanta Journal every rjundayr When I came to Greensboro to live I missed tho Atlanta papers very much, tilnce reading your editorial I have sub scribed for the Trl-Weekly Constitu tion as your article reused me -to - re- call a long lost friend. In the Issue for Tuesday November S, I found the enclosed clipping, which I think is aproprlate for re-prlntlng In your paper at this time. Ths chamber of commerce is pow-wowlng, perhaps they would do well to catch the spirit of Atlanta. From my youth I ' was taught that the esprit do corps or Atlanta haa made h'er ths great city which she is. GEORGIAN, (lnclosure.) Greensboro. i Atlanta's advantages alllteratlvely advertised through use of words be ginning with the letter "A" Is unique method mads public Saturday by the Atlanta chamber of commerce The advertising card was prepared by Eugene H. Wake, an Atlanta travel ing salesman, who presented. It at tha jha-meer eouu&erce. Mr. Ulake la an overseas war veteran and la ared itde with writing the famous "Devil's Letter to the Kaiser," which was cir culated during the recent war. In the card Mr. Blake uses only woda beginning with "A" and de scribes Atlanta climate, grand opera, football, farming interests, the "At lanta spirit," schools and colleges and the city's general nggresaiveness Following is the cant: Attractive Atlanta. By Eugene H. Blake. "Attractive Atlanta, alive, awake, active, alert, aggressive, always at tracts admiration. "Although Atlanta's ambitious, At lanta always alms aright, always at tains abundantly. "All Allan taps, adoring Atlanta, affiliate affably, 'attain Atlanta ad hesiveness; ardently aid Atlanta; ad vocating Atlanta's abounding attrac tions, advertising Atlanta's amaxlng advantages and Atlanta's astounding aotuatlng alertness. , "Atlanta all right? sAny00 any whereil admit Atlanta's ail right, all right! "Atmoepherio advantages? Atlan ta'a altitude affords admirably attrac tive atmoepherio advantages. "Altitudlonus Atlanta's! always adding additional avenue; asphalt ing additional avenues. All about alert Atlanta, additional altltudlous architecture attests Atlanta's amailng aggressiveness, attracting attention. Also, Atlanta's always adding addi tional abodes, abundantly ample, ar chitecturally attractive aiding addi tional ambitious Americuns anxious ly aiming -Atlantaward. More A'. "Automobiles also attest Atlanta's aggressiveness. Atlanta's avenues are always absolutely alive. Atlanta's al ways awake, always alive aye. al ways. "Atlanta's alert artisans are always at-lt, always accumulating, always aiding Atlanta's advancing accumula tions. Artificers also aid Atlanta's achievements admirably. "Adjaoent agricultural activities abound. Atlanta's adjacent agricul tural activities attraot America's ag gressive agriculturists. Adjacent- agriculture aids Atlanta: Atlanta aids adjacent agriculture, affording ample assistance, absorbing all. "Academic Atlanta affords allur ing advantages also. All Atlanta academies are always atop all academ- lo activity. - - - J'All Atlanta athletics are active, always arduously attempting, attract ing all America's admiring attention: always attaining ambitious alms. Still More "A's." ' "Atlanta' admires all art, aids ail art. Annually artist Ic Atlanta, aiding art, attracts , abundant accredited ar tlsts. Atlanta's attentive audience attest Atlanta's admiration. All- America audiences, attracted Atlanta ward,, acclaim Atlanta artistically atup. "And all America, acceding Atlan ta's axiom, acclaims Atlanta's axiom; 'Atlanta's always awake, always alert, Atlanta aJwavs away ahead.' "Atlanta announi-'a, 'All right, America; Atlanta's approaches are ab-, aolutely ajar. Alert, nggreaslve t lanta affords all abundant advanla geous activity. Atlanta advises and adjures all ambitious,1 aggressive, alert Americans amble Atlantaward. Auto mobile Atlantaward. Ant! Attain At lanta anyway. Atlanta's amailng ad vantages await all America's arrlv- HARGI A Kt-AlK.ll Of SUHTtY COOKEItl. Editor of The Dally News: Will you -please allow- me space in your iaper to correct, or reply to, a statement In your paper of yesterday said statement was In the report of the write up of the meeting at Dobson Monday and was mad,e by our health officer. The statement as follows, "fifty per cent of all children examined in Surry" county were defective from Im proper diet. . I can't believe that he has found half of the children of this county where all the people live on the farm, de fective for lack of proper food. The tenants nearly all have oows, chick ens, hogs, etc., and to be sure they do grow vegetables plenty of all kinds and to spare, we know this is a county of plenty, able to pay a health officer a big salary by the year to look after the health of all tne folks. Ho, must conclude that th - doctor waa wanting ts prove to ths county com - issloners, as well as to the satisfac tion of the Mount Airy club women and Surry county Fair association, that we needed a county demonstration agent because our women did - not know how to properly cook the chil dren's food. I was brought up by mother In old Surry that waa noted for her good cooking, have lived with a wife the last 25 years that no agent In any county can equal as a oook. therefore I think myself a fair Judge of well prepared lood. I have servel the folks of this county in a publlo way for 30 years, have been-ln nearly all the homes of the people In the rural communities, have eaten with them often, have also attended many public dinners, picnics, birthdays,, etc., over tne county ana -a .cnauengs me woria to find a county of women anywhere that can equal ours for cooking good, wholesome, nourishing grub. Now I do think if club women of Mount Airy and the fair association wanted a farm and cook agent to keep them In the ring, and to help u on to greater glory and success, they should have gone over and told the commissioner no, and not had .,'ur health officer slandering the women to make an effective impression. The children of our eoonty are the health iest In body and most active in jnlnd you will And anywhere. They will meet the test of any expsrts, and prove that they will not average five per cent de fective from any cause. Our women Sre the best Cooks, the old school type. taught by the mothers and grand mothers, the kind that can oook Thanksgiving, Christmas and corn shucking dinners that make you hun gry to think about. .And I wonder if the commissioners were not thinking, while the young doctor was slandering tho wives and mothers, of some these good chicken pics, turkeys and things? Anyhow the health officer does not know these people very well, or ha would find some other cause for defects besides poorly cooked food or unbal anced rations. SUBSCRIBER. Mt, Airy, Nov. in. , CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. , Editor of Tho Daily News: Taking advantaff -of - vour PubllSJ Pulse column. I will attempt to voice my sentiment upon the much debated question, vii; "The Abolition of Capital Punishment. From the newspaper re ports this question of abolition seems to have many advocntes. but may I ask why? Why do so many people desire to witness the end of capital punish ment? Do they have a formula for preventing the commission of a crisa that carries with It the death penalty? Taking ths crime of aanraer tor in stance, how mkiy t fhe advocates of abolition wonld willingly suffer ' criminal to live who has committed stich a heinous crime against the state and community in which he lives',' Would you as a member of the aboli tion forces he willing to turn these snme criminals again upon society they havo defeated? I as an Individual hardly think not. , As a victim of murder would you be gracious, enough to allow him to go free? Oh! do 1 hear you say, reform Is the proper means with which tn prevent the crimes which csrry with them the death penalty? Who has neen reformea, wn nas nappenea in v those states where capital punishment less crime than formerly? Did not tha former governor of the state of Ten nessee call a special meeting of of the U-gialaiiirn to repeal, an . abolition act which, had been passed by the same legislature at Its annual sesslon7 Why did he see the necessity or such a move? Hers Is ths answer, because, within six months following the rati fication of that act, more capital crime bad been committed than during any , other period of the Rtnte's political his tory. Will the abolition of capital crime In ' North Carolina check the commission of the same? It Is pr. posterous to think It would. In aw pealing to tho people of the state shall ask them to revere and respect those laws and statutea which wera based upon the constitutional rights ef a law abiding people and to act tor tne strict enforcement of the capital pun ishment for felonies committed in our state. i EDGAR SIMMONS ALLISON., Chapel Hill-a- - Information Wanted. . ' Mistress (to new maid) "Above all things, Jane, yeu must be reticent." Jans "Yes. mum but what is there to be reticent about?" The bystander, . . - t ... -1
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 15, 1921, edition 1
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