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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917. ' . : ' 4 ... V Ca7 ta the Year mt tt Baath Cfcarak M. Tw f rmkUrvtiaa. Eatabttaha ta !. tsUar B. PalltTma OWNERS Cartta B. JtkaM Waiter K. hallo, an. rrcaidrat. " .' This newspaper receives Complete Reports of The) Associated Press,- and also maintains special corresjxjodence bare a to Washington, the Stat ' Cbpttal and at other important State news centers. KMare a thereat OtSca aa tr-mi Cteaa Mall Mattrr. : aVtMCtUPTIUN RATES (Payable in Advance): Dally Oaty. Patlr and Saaday. I Weatfc I .t I MontB I .Tt , tMsataa ........... l.la 1 Mentha I M ataataa I aa Month aa i.. . 1 Ttu I N ' f aataa $ .it I Mmtka I . -.ataataa i t I Month ft . Kaar , I tt 1 Yaar 1.1 " KOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. -. , Xook at tha printed label on your paper. Tht thereon shows when the subscription expire Fprwaxd your money in ample time for renewal Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct. .... pleas notify us at once. Subscribers desiring th address! of their paper changed please state In their ; ammanlcatlon both the OLD and NEW address. BaavvacetattTaa Feralro A4rtllnc: llraaka a Flalar. Maw Tark. Chlrara. rhlla. I EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PACE THURSDAY. JULY 26, 1917. WAR TAXES AND THE BOND Secretary McAdoo's call on Congress for an ad ditional war appropriation of tr, .00.'.' ni.OOO again uggests resort to bond issues as a measure of re lief from the system of direct taxation through which it had been proposed to largely finance the wax. The war tax bill in its original form called for $1,670,000,000, and In an effort to raise that levy resort was had in great measure to the ex . cess profits.- From this source about all that the . business could stand was assessed, and yet it is understood that in raising the additional sum the excess profits" and estates a : e to come in for another levy, when they were scarcely able to bear the burd(m at first Imposed upon lliem. As a m itter ." course the people understand that they must pay the expenses of the war and they accept the im position of 'taxes as something not to be avoided. There is not an Industry in the South, nor a single commercial interest which Joes not stand willing to bear its proportion of the taxes necessary to carry on the war, but not only in the South, but in very part of the Nation is there a sentiment in favor of making the taxes bear as lightly as pos sible upon the people, and that the system under whlch the taxes are levied be fair and equitable in Its application. Through the adoption of a bond issuing policy the Government would he aide to ' lighten the burden of taxation to a considerable extent and avoid oppression of the industries of the country. It ought to be of realization by the ..law-makers, in face of the doubling of the Army, 4haT1noreased demands on the Treasury by the Ha.Yt? of the necessity for placing a vast sum to Immediate command of the ship-builders and builders of air planes, and of the constantly grow ing War expenses in general, that Congress is Just at the beginning of the money-raising process; that th call for $5,000,000,ou0 extra will c(utte soon be .followed by a call for yet another appropriation, .that the Administration will be forced to an aban donment of the direct taxation system. This fact is as plain as the hand before the face, and the 'sooner the Government turns to the bond, the bet ter for both Government and country. . THE CORN DODGER. ' "How come" the name? Its origin is a matter tOver which The Observer had never bothered Its (mind, but by way of The Los Angeles Times there come a bit of information that has excited its 'curiosity. It Is prefaced by a call for "some corn 'pone, or corn muffins, or ordinary griddle-be ked orn bread, such as I ud to have for breakfast. iin Dixie Land, where I via. born In, early one 'frosty mornln'." We are then told that the cum 'dodger "is a piece of a 'hunk' of corn bread in the 'interior of which mother has deposited a piece of 1utter large enough to moisten it without soaking 'through. This ration was deposited in the breast 'pocket of the schoolby along with a choice assort 'ment of marbles and mits and strings. If the. youth Was not hungry lie was apt to throw the corn bread across the schoolroom at a friend. The friend .'would dodge the missile and from this clrcuui v stance the name 'corn dodger' was derived. The foftender was never punished, for it was a point of 'honor With the school children never to 'snitch' OB bim." Any of The Observer readers ever heard 'that Jef ore? If the Los Angeles man is wrong - -in bis theory of the origin of the corn dodger, JWbo can set bim right? We have a fueling that tba Is on the wrong trail. ' IJ a j " " A VALUABLE RECRUIT. ? Gen. Jule Carr, harboring no ambition to go to the legislature, has entered the fight against the yaller cur dawg -and in behalf of child education jand sheep herding. The General has published .;a leaflet in which he has assembled some fai ls that 'ought, to help the cause and which should h ive "general circulation over the State. The Observer ba made note of the revival of the sheep Industry 'la th western sections of North Carolina, in spite 'Of th fct that the Legislature has failed to give beep-growers any protection, and pretty soon 'sentiment will have become strong enough to force protective measures by the law-makers at Raleigh. ' !Th war has brought the sheep industry iijto great er Importance than at any time in the history of the country, and the arising of a few more champ- Ions like General Carr will have the desired effect. TAINTED "DOPE"' FOR LONDONERS Mr. Edward Marshall is writing a series of arti cles for The London Observer on "Men at the Helm in America." He Is fair enough to say that he gets much of his Information from Mr. Judson Wellfver, "the brilliant correspondent of The New York Sun, than whom few are better informed In regard to American personalities." He further ad mits that his tendencies "ever have been all away from the Democratic party, and of late years from the Republican party in those details which di verted it from the straight path urged by CoL Theodore Roosevelt's leadership." The correspond-, ent of the London paper, thus self-characterized, then proceeds with a bit of American political his tory which we could not call unbiased, especially in the minimizing of President Wilson's second vic tory at the polls, after which he goes into & rather doubtful arraignment of the South as an "anti British" section. Of this he holds up Claude Kltchin and Hoke Smith In proof. He compares ! Kitchin to Lenroot, much to the discredit of the former, because, in his opinion, Kitchin "has few I qualities of leadership," being an avowed paciiist J and an opponent of practically everything that the people of the country unquestionably "have come to hold dear at this time of world-crisis." On the other hand, according to Mr. Marshall, Lenroot "is an able man and strong;" the fact that he is a protege of LaFollette, "having added greatly to his popularity." It is a rather embarrassing explana tion, however, which Mr. Marshall is forced to make of I.aKollette's pro-Germanism. He says Kitchin is but the "nominal" lender of the majority party. Kitchin's long congressional service, we are told, "accompanied as it has been by import ant chairmanships, including that of the Ways and Means Committee, and his leadership In tariff leg islation, have made him of great Importance, but he Is one of that irreconcilable old-time SonUcrii type which still nourishes against England detinue grievances left over from the d.is when British sympathies were with the North during the Amer ican Civil War." Kitchin represents "one type of Southern oppo nents of England in the United States. That of the Kitchin class is fast vanishing." The other, more modern and at present far more dangerous." was born "nioie of the manner than of the sub stance of the Hritish cotton embargo during t : war," and it Is lrrc lloke Smith comes in. Mr. Marshall argues that his country made a blunder In not having enlightened men like Smith on the virtues of this cotton blockade at the time, which it easily could have done. He Is sure that the enemies England mad! in the United StateB through her cotton embargo and her blacklist might have been avoided "had she taken the trouble or even had she been courteous enough to explain her case to the United States." And 1 on that proposition Mr. Marshall is quite near the .truth. But England did not explain and gave Hoke Smith a weapon which he was not slow to use nor did he tire in the using of it. It is upon the as sumption that Hoke Smith's antagonism in this re spect represented Southern antagonism t. Great (Britain, that Mr. Marshall proceeds to arraign the l Southern States as anti-British, if not pro-German. He makes the charge that throughout the South there exists "a blind and hopeless ignorance of the cause of the Allies." or of which has grown a prejudice which has been a thorn in the side of the Administration." There Is but one figure In the Sciuth that stands out pre-eminently in the eyes of The London Observer's correspondent, and that Is John Sharp Williams. ' The prejudice of the South against New England.'' the London people aro told, "has never made htm f: .Iter," and because of that strength of character "which has enabled him to resist all the anti-British influences left over from the 60s, and later horn anew of the cotton losses and of England's inarticulateness," Williams has become "the m st impressive figure In the history of the American Democratic party since August, 1914." The London Observer's correspondent makes plain enough the fad that he called on the wrong party in the person of the brilliant London cor respondent of Th New York Sun fur pointers on Southern sentiment and Southern sympathies. The South is pro-Ally with a greater zest than any other section of the United 8tates. .German influences have arraigned it for its unqualified friendship for Great Britain, and aim id to a man it supports the Administration's war policy, which certainly ought to be sufficiently pro-Ally to suit Colonel Roosevelt's English newspaper friend. H is to be regretted that Southern sentiment could be so 1 gravely perverted for the benefit of British readers. The Observer's correspondent did not strike the wiling note only, but every note uiiidi he strt: was wrong. lie e.is fair enough, however, to warn his readers of the sort of politics his pen was seeped in. Amenc-.,i readers were easily put on guard by this note of admonition, but to the reader in Great Britain it may not I"- so easy to see a fact which is patently plain to American readers. CHEESE OUTPUT COBBLED UP It develops that the product of the cheese fac tories in the western counties of North Carolina has been bought up by a Western packing firm, which takes all except a small portion which la permitted for the local market. That this product should be in such demand is proof of its su periority. We have seen it stated in The Manufac turers Record that the western North Carolina cheese Is superior to the product of the Western factories by reason of the excellent climatic con ditions prevailing In that part of the State, and that it commands a higher price on the markets than any other cheese made. All of which is-encouraging. The North Carolina people have been per mitted but a slight acquaintance with the merits of the mountain-made cheese, and now that they find they cannot get It except by way of the West, their appetites for It will be whetted. So long as they could get It, they did not care very much about it, but now that the supply has been bought up, we are going to hear more or less of a howl. The one encouraging thing, however, is that these factories are multiplying at such a rapid rate that they may soon be able to supply the home market, as well as the markets represented by these whole sale distributors. PROSPERITY AMONG THE WORKMEN. The sight of squads of men carrying mechanics' tools In one hand and a suitcase in the other has been quite common on the streets of Charlotte the past few days. One would know without question ing them that they have come to work at Camp Greene. The observant citizen must have remarked upon one characteristic of these new-comers, and that is their prosperous appearance. In the main they are neatly dressed and their faces are stamped with the mark of Intelligence. These workmen are gathering here from all parts of the country and their personal appearance is but an indica tion of the general prosperity which Is prevailing the country over, reflecting an abundance of work and good wages. The aggregation of labor being employed at Camp Greene puts into evidence the fact that the American mechanic these days is be ing patted on the back by the hand of prosperity. L DAILY REMINDER : "OUR FIGHTING MN CHARLES W. Klf Z. Lieut CoL Charles W. Kuts. U. S. A., who has been relieved of bis duties as engineer commissioner of the Dis trict of Columbia and assigned t ac tive fluty with the engineer corps, probably In France, is known as one of. the brightest engineer- officers of the army. He is forty-seven years old and a native of Pennsylvania. In 1893 he graduated from West Point, the second in a class of fifty-one. Since then he has been In charge of important fortification work and river and harbor improvements in many parts of the country. In 1906 he was praised very, highly by William H. Taft, then secretary of war, for his work in connection with1, the Niagara Falls power plans. Colonel Kutz is a graduate of the engineer school of application and should prove a valu able officer in the work that is ahead of the engineer corps in France. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES. 1775 Continental Congress establish ed the postoffice service and placed Benjamin Franklin in charge. 1784 Charles Morris, a famous American naval officer of the War of 1812, born at Wood- LOOKING BACKWARD 7 l Items of Interest Concerning People of Charlotte iaa th Carolinas, From The Observer of This Date, 1907 and TEN YEARS AGO TWENTY YEARS AGO The first regiment of the' South Carolina state guard, numbering per haps five hundred men, was In Char lotte yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours, leaving for the Jamestown exposition, whither it was bound. An interesting protracted meeting is in progress at Cook's Memorial Presbyterian church, which Is located a few miles from Paw Creek. The pastor of the church is Rev. J. E. Berryhlll Who was Installed only a few weeks ago, having come to Mecklenburg from Arkansas. Rev. A. R. Shaw, pastor of the Tenth Ave nue Presbyterian church, returned yesterday from Cook's Memorial rhureh, where he has been assisting Rev. Mr.. Berryhill for the last three days. J. S. Clifford, formerly postofflce inspector who recently passed the ex- stock, Conn. Died in Washing-lamination before the state board of AX ABLE LAWYER DEAD. Mr. E. J. Justice, whose passing away in Cali fornia will occasion much regard throughout North Carolina, was closely identified with the political history of the State for the past twenty years. He was a prominent figure in North Carolina politics, and one time was an aspirant for United States senatorial honors. Mr. Justice was a lawyer of unquestioned abilities, and when the Department of Justice during the first term of President Wilson began casting about for strong men in its service Mr. Justice was selected for duty on the Pacific Coast. His record there has been of a nature which amply Justified the wisdom of his selection. Mr. Justice was a man of strong convictions and of a personality that gained friends and admirers for him in both political parties In the State. Bainbridge Colby Is a New Yorker and a Progres sive in politics. That is sufficient to have prepared the public for a move on part of the New York Senators to have confirmation of his appointment to the Shipping Board held up. Of course they ex pected Colby to be confirmed, but they would be failing in their duty to their constituency if they did not proceed nt once with some sort of a mo tion which would delay It and give the country the impression that there is something wrong with Colby. The telegraphic Information from Pensacola in regard to recent developments around the military c.imp ought to be considered in the nature of a reassurance by those who fear the morals of Char lotte are going to be corrupted by the soldiers. There is at least one redeeming feature to the controversy over the food control bill the effort to resolve It into a partisan fight proved a flat fail ure. Even Old Man Joe Cannon would not stand for that The Russian Bear has been running like a tur key lately. The contract which Kerensky has un dertaken is to make this Bear walk once more like a man. It would appear to be a pretty big one, and only heroic measures can bring success. Fifteen hundred hands are at work on Camp Greene and the New England troops have bought their tickets for Charlotte, and still there are some who are asking If the camp business "is settled." ton, D. C. January 27, 1856 1842 The famous sloop-of-war Sara toga was launched at Ports mouth, N. H. 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition last seen by a whaler. 1863 Gen. Sam Houston, the father of the state of Texas, died at Huntsville. Texas. Born in Virginia. March 2, 1793. 1864 Stoneman's raid to capture Ma con, Ga., commenced. 1867 Doctor Peters, of Hamilton col lege, discovered the ninety-second planet, which was named "Undina." 1876 Allen T. Caperton, Confederate states senator from Virginia and United States senator from West Virginia, died in Wash ington, D. C. Born in Monroe county, Va., November 21, 1910. 1892 Rev. Charles R. Hale was con secrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of Spring field, 111. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE WAIL British completed the capture of Pozieres. United States made strong protest against British blacklist. Russians threatened Austrian hold on Brody, taking 4,000 more prison ers. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS. William R. Merriam. former gov ernor of Minnesota, born in Essex county, N. Y., sixty-eight years ago today. Emmet D. Boyle, the present gov ernor of Nevada, born at Virginia City, Nev., thirty-eight years ago 'to day. James K. Vardaman, United States senator from Mississippi . born in Jackson county, Texas, tifty-six years ago today. Stephen O'Meara, former well known newspaper publisher, now po lice commissioner of Boston, born at Charlottetown, P. R. L, sixty-three years ago today. Edward H. House, who has been called "the Western Warwick," lie cause of his position of Intimate friend and adviser to President Wil son, born at Houston, Texas, hfty eight years ago today. L TAR HEEL PRINTS A TIP TO KEKEXSKY. Almost any American Amiy officer could sug gest to Premier Kerensky an effective pl.ni fur handling his rebellious troops. The suggestion would probably pot bear the shape of advice for Kerensky to take a position at the f.mA and per sonally lead them into battle. It would more prob ably recommend that Kerensky should march up behind the cowardly bunch at the head of a picked army and thus hold them between two fires, com pelling them to fight the Gc oians or be shot by their own people. .The experiment was tried of shooting at the fleeing Russians, but the trouble was that they were able to get out of the way be fore the firing squad could have a fair chance at. them. Hemmed in between Kerensky and the Germans- they would have no altprtmtiv but to fight or catch it in the back. It is a pretty sorry bunch, and the sooner it is cleaned out by either the Ger mans or by Kerensky the be'.tci for the fortunes' of the Russians. NEWSPAPER SENTIMENT THE MOUNTAIN TARG1CT. Th proposition for the utilization of Spencer Mountain as a target for practice by the artillery 'aection of Camp Greene is one that must prove Interesting to the company ,which has been ballast ing away the sides of the mountain for ballast, and and brick-making material. The shells from tb big guns ought to prove a labor-saver for this company, in that they will do the work which has brtofor been performed by the blasting srjuad, and perform It much more quickly and with ht- 'ter results. The pounding on the sides of Spencer by the tig guns will loosen materia! in great shape ,'and- provlda the company with carload lots in proportion of about one hundred to one under the , old method of operations. The bombardment of Spencer Mountain la apt to figure In history mainly SAMPLE OF THE CHARLOTTE SPIRIT. It was altogether proper that Major Greene should be given a prominent part In the ha Muta tion of Cainp Greene, and it whs in furtherance of the eternal fitness of things that Major Greene' should be presented with a handsome and mettled mount to facilitate his movements over and around the camp grounds. It was through the couitesy and forethought of Doctor King of Elizabeth Col lege that the horse was placed at the service of the New England officer who is to be so closely identified with not only the fortunes of Camp Greene, but with the social and business life of Charlotte. The Observer regards the presentation as a happy incident and one Indicating the spirit ot welcome which pervades this community for the camp and its people. When folks "back home" hear what Charlotte is doing for their popular officer their Impatience to get among these pepole will be moved up a notch or two. THE FOOD QUESTION. (From The Philadelphia Record.) Kennedy Jones, who hits been Director General oi Food Economy, tells the British people that they will begin the new crop year with seven months' supplies of cereals, domestic and imported, ac tually in England, besides an enormous potato crop. As to supplies yet to Vie imported, England has not taken nearly all the Australian grain it controls, and Canada has a large wheat surplus. THE NEWS IN GERMANY. (From The Wall Street Journal.) A Hollander who was In Germany at the time of the disturbances in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when pushcarts were overturned and other acts of violence committed, says the German news papers had the following account of the matter: "Rioting in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, becomes seri ous because of high cost of living. Two thousand persons killed. Machine guns mounted on Wil liamsburg bridge mow down rioters." A DICTATORSHIP FOR RUSSIA. (From The New York Times.) For deliverance from a state of disorganization and paralysis of authority such as has again be fallen Russia, the usual way of deliverance, usually the only way, is tlnouch dictatorship, and if Rus sia is to have a dictator, Kerensky is probably the best man to exercise the supreme power. The Smith's Truck. (From The Asheville Times.) At a conservative estimate the money value of the vegetables and fruit shipped from the south to north ern markets up to this time is in the neighborhood of $140,000,000 and f.s a suggestion of the importance of this traffic to the railway companies it is stated that one railway company hauled 34,500 carloads out of the to tal of 200,000 cars shipped from southern points. The Southern Ex press company came in for a large part of the business with a total of 3S3.839 crates of vegetables and fruit from South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia points so far this sea son and the work hardly well under way. The New llannver Plan. (From The Concord Tribune.) More than 1,000 laborers, men and women, mostly negroes, have been placed upon the fnrms of .'eiv Man over county through the efforts of the New Hanover Food Coiiservatlon commission. Negro 1'i'iorers hud ben leaving Wilmington for iho north and west by the score i.ntil recenth, when the conservation commission ap plied Itself to the labor situation and established an em plovuient buer.tu with the result indicated. A fev; have since left for the norii, hut 'he movement has pracfli illy ease l. What has been done in v llano-er county can lie done in every county in the state by proper org im.ation and effort. Oii Copper Mine Engine Pl iccd. I From The Ashe Recorder A large seven horsepower engire ! boiler weighing ten tons wn hauled this week from West Jefferson to the Ore Knol) Copper min". It took a team of twelve horses and four oen:. to puU'it over there. examiners, at Morehead City, has de cided to locate in Charlotte this fall for the practice of his profession. Dr. Clifford is a young man of energy and ability and will do well. Harvey H. Hughes, of Chapel Hill, a member of the class of 1907 and instructor-elect in English, spent yes terday In Charlotte with friends. Mrs. Fred Oliver, and daughters. Misses Alida and Florence, will leave todny for the mountains to spend sometime. A solid train of five coaches will be required to transport the first battery, field artillery, to Jamestown next month. The time of departure will be as soon after mid-night of the 12th as possible. A collision which threatened worse results than occurred took place yes terday morning, when Lacy Seawell, soji of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Seawell, while coming down South Tryon on his bicycle collided with the turnout of Dr. C. H. C. Mills. The many Charlotte friends or Dr. Myers Hunter will be interested to learn that he is now superintendent of a large foundling hospital ten miles out of Washington at Bethesda, Md. Dr. Hunter is the son of Squire and Mrs. C. L. Hunter, of this city, and is a most capable and energetic young man. The condition of this country as re ported by commercial travelers, experts , in the knwledge, is such aa should ef- , fectively smother the calamity-howler. Crop prospects have never been better; the people are out of debt to a great extent; farm products are bringing, and promise to bring, good prices; the merchant Is hopeful; the farmer favored of heaven; the artisan contented, and the whole southland is blessed. When one reflects on the strike in the west; th muttering of discontent in the east, of our own country, the famine In India; th dis tress in Armenia; the war in the ori ent and the rumors of war In Europe, trully does it seem that our people are remembered of the God of Abra ham and of Isaac and of Jacob? Col. William a Pearson, of Mor ganton, is to establish at that place a free silver democratic paper, to be called The Farmers' Friend. Prof. Alexander Graham returned Friday night from Chapel Hill. The summer school this year. Professor Graham says, was one of the most in teresting, educationally and socially, of any ever held. The teachers mani fested great Interest in the work and that Inspired the lecturers. Miss Margaret Graham, a half sis ter of Prof. Alexander Graham, died Friday morning at the home of her brother. Dr. Daniel Graham. In Du plin county. Deceased was seventy one years of age. She had for twenty four years made her home with Pro fessor Graham, moving with him to Charlotte, when he came here to take charge of the graded schools. Dr. C. L. Alexander and Archie Graham, the last of the Howerton fishing party, got In last night Aft er leaving the crowd In the moun tains, they went to Connelly Springs. The high school at Newells, which opened its fall session Monday last, closed the week with forty boarders and a goodly number of day pupils. The school committee is very well satisfied. The Jolllest, largest swimming party of the season filled the pool yester day. There were seventy-five people In the enclosure. Charlotte girls are learning to swim very fast under the direction of Miss Amy Adams, of Jacksonville, Fla. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR GROWING CROPS Farmers Owning Received by Land Used for Greenville Can tonment Military News Greenville, S. C, July in. Farm ers who own the land upon which the Greenville cantonment is located will receive approximately ten thou sand dollars for the growing crops which have been destroyed, necessary to the work of getting the ground in shape. There aro now on the ground sev eral thousand men, and the North Carolina and Tennessee boys are ex pected this week. l!y the fifteenth of August It is estimated that 30,000 men will be in the camp. It la learned hero that this camp will have the second largest hospital In the world-contalnlng mot than two thousand beds. It Is to be used as a convalescent hospital for the men who are sent home from the front. MaJ. Wm. F. Robertson of Green ville has issued orders to the four companies ot' coast artillery in this stiite to mobilize today. The men will assemble at their armories, await ing orders to move to Fort Moultrie near Charleston for practice work ami drill. The artillery companies aro located at Greenville. Spartanburg, Gaffney, Greenwood and .lonesville. Out at Camp Sevier tin- first din ing hall was ready yesterday, ami work is being rushed on other build ings now that the weather- has clear ed. The rainy weather for the past week has greatly impeded construc tion progress, but the work has never stopped for a minute. The county road commissioners have let a contract for the widening of the concrete highway to the camp folif inilCB from the city. The road is now sixteen feet, and it will be widened to twenty-four feet as re quired by the government. This is said to be one of the finest roads in the south. COMPANY L, CONCORD, ' HAS MOBILIZED Full Strength of 150 Men Was Passed Sometime Ago. Special to The Observer. Concord, July 25. In compliance with orders of the war department to mobilize July 25, company L of the first regiment North Carolina nation al guard, assembled this morning in the armory here for roll call. The full war strength of 150 men was passed some weeks ago. and since that time the recruiting officers have incepted only volunteers who have seen former service, or men who were unusually well qualified as sol diers. The. men received up to the present number about 165 all told, in order that after they are examined the company will, have full war strength even after losing some on account. of physical disqualifications'. The "Cabarrus Black Boys" on their trip last sumsner to the Mexi can border, had a number of soldiers from other states put into their ranks, and these too are here this morning to answer to their name at roll call. Some of them are from Georgia, Ala lia ma, and from Maryland. They were placed in this company in the equali zation done while preparing for duty last summer, and this is now their regular company. On the other hand, n number of Concord boys are now transferred to other companies. As far as is now known, the com pany will remain at the armory here for a week or two. until the camp at Greenville is ready to accommodate them. & MunmAMilBl rrnit! t Ion There is one satisfactory reflection about the capture of Russian hordes by Germany that Gov ernment will have so many more people to feed. The number of Russian prisoners being taken will make a serious draft on the German commissary. They can make the Russians work, but the Rus sians must be fed. A PROOFREADER IX DANGER. (From The Houston Post.) We don't know what Post proofreader permit ted the middle. name of John McKnltt Alexander, a Tar Heel of revolutionary fame, to go. through as "McKnutt," but it Is well enough for him to know that there are about 500 former Tar Heels in Houston. TERMS OF PEACE. (From Tho Columbus, Ohio, State Journal.) Berlin need not be worried about Its peace terms. The1 Allies will have that subject in their charge. Germany will have nothing to say about the peace terms, except to accept them. TO BE SURE. (From The Wall Street Journal.) Germany will obligingly hold off her U-boats un til we thresh out the question of steel and wooden ships.., and wait till jour aeroplanes ar ready. - QUARANTINE OFFICERS t Stale Board of Health Insists That Counties Name Own Officials Hit f her Than Force t lit Board to Aet Under the Law. (Bulletin by State Board of Health.) Quarantine officers in sixty-seven counties in the state, thus far hnve filed their oaths of office with tin state board of health as provided for In the law passed by the general as sembly of 1017 foi' the control of contagious diseases. Dr. W. S. Ran kin. secretary of the state hoard of health, has directed letters to the counties which have not yet complied with the provisions of the law. let ting it he known that while the stab board of health greatly prefers that the county name Its own quarantine officer, et. if this is not done. the state board of health is authorized and even required to do so. The letters sent out by the board yesterday read: "This is the l.i.it call. Your county Is one of the uw counties of the state without a quali fied quarantine officer, your cn.nty physician not having qualified b tak ing the oath of office as requi'el in sections 1 and 3, chapter 2 S3, Public Laws, 1017. 1 do not desire to appoint a quarantine officer for your county as I am obligated to do under the last, proviso In section 1, of the said chap ter. If It Is possible, we much prefer for the local authorities to select theli own officials. Please see your county physician or. If your county physi cian refuses to serve, find some other suitable physician for iiuaraiitine of ficer and ask him to qualify and fil his oath of office with us so that we may supply the roiintv with the noo essary forms and literature for deal Ing with contagious diseases. Other wise. It will bp necessary for, me to make an 'Sppotntmafir: DARING DEATH TRAPS. Engineer Explores Depths of German Liner. - Think of a great deserted ship, i45 feet long, seventy feet deep- as black and forbidding as a Siberian copper mine, with not a ray of light from the uppermost deckhouse to the cav erns of the lowest holds, in the damp and slimy bilges, or in the moms tilled with engines, pumps, dynamos, pipes ant valves without number. Think of exploring it, single-handed, with the warning fresh in your ears that it is full of pitfalls, bombs and death traps; that every door you touch will set off an explosive which will blow you into eternity; that ev ery ladder you step on will send you sprawling down a bottomless chasm, and that, If you value your life, .mi must not touch a thin:---wood, metal or cloth without first investigating it. How would you like to explore such a ship with only n fishlight to guide vou through the abysmal blackness, antl with no means of communicat ing with friends on the top deck once you start on juur perilous jour ney? This ns the task assigned to a certain engineer In New York short ly sifter the government seized the interned German ships in this coun try. It was a task fri'.ught with the greatest dancer, requiring an extraor dinary degree of caution and patience, and calling for a rare display of coin age. But so fearless was this young engineer and so successful was h' in his undertaking that 3H hours after the ship in question reached the navy ' tic- main boilers were general inr steam. Aiivm' the manv interctice lun.-.s revealed by the intrepid investigator were the location of missing parts of the main engines, carefully hidden away In the coal bunkers; the dis coveiy of bolts and nuts which 'led to a 'i. in ite ex.iini mi 1 1 in if the cyhmtcr and steam chests, where it was dis closed that parts had been removed and other parts carefully substituted to conceal the omission; the 'location, in other places, of studs and bolts purtjv sawed through, with the saw slot filled up; t he finding of steel lifted into steamports. so that any attempt to turn over the engine would have ruined it; the discovery of obstruc tions in pipes, smokestacks and ven tilators -lumps of coal and bars of Iron placed on top of the closed dam per valve In a ventilator, requiring only a pull on the -damper di iirr to precipitate the entire load down on the head of the person foolish enough to pull it, and otner traps too numerous to mention nete. CANNING CAMPAIGN PROVING SUCCESSFUL Ltimhertnn, July 25 - Robeson coun ty's canning campaign, now In its fifth week, is the most pretentious one ever undertaken by any county In the 1'nited States, according to Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, of the n'ate depart ment of agriculture. Ne.nlv forty public all-day demonstrations have been held in the county since the campaign was inaugurated four weeks ago and the interest m,i!,ife-tel by the public has been very gratifying to the demonstration forces. IN THE PHILIPPINES. a What the Jones Hill Meant to Island ers' I'airiotl-m. (Maynnrd Owen Williams in The Cluistian II. raid i .It was hardly m-i c-c- u y to ask the man who had worked hardest for the passage of the Jones bill whether the message of "El Bill Jones" had improved the fraternal feelings be tween the two nations, but his reply, coming us it did the day before .America declared war, was of real Interest. , "Five yonrs ncn," he said, "if Amer c i led become involved in war the best she could have expected ot the Philippines was strict neutrality. But today If America needs our aid the Filipinos will flock to the colors ready to give their lives for Ihe nation that has promised them their independ ence." others have testified to this change in attitude, and there are other illus trations to prove a change of feel ing. Five years ago . if a Filipino mentioned independence he was cheered to the echo. This year the finest orator among the Filipinos, speaking before the graduating class es of the University of the Philip puns and the large audience that had gathered to witness their commence ment exercises, spoke of the coming Independence and there was no re sponse on the part of the audience. I asked Mr. Quezno whether the Fl Iplnos were ns keen for Immediate In dependence as they were two years ago, and he replied that they were not. "Two factors enter into the present attitude which were absent two years ago," continued the young statesman. "The larger factor is the assurance, which the Filipino people now have foj' the first time, that American In tends to give us our independence. Never until the passage of the. Jones bill were we certain that such was the policy of the United States. The second factor is the feeling -of respon sibility that has come with the larger measure of self-government and the uahziition that sooner or later we must be prepared for entire independ ence. One cm -,,it prophesy With certainty, but there is a po.ssihilitv that the Fllli. !,,,...-. confident -,!- ..l.;' maie imiep' Mli-m i tie moc , ijme. lut, beivcs. e, Wi'.-irc a lit-
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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