THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1920.
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THE PEOPLE AND TllE PRIMARY.
It will be rein, n 1 1 i id that while at the State
Convention, where I mm ruts were gallic, o. I from
all sc-liuns. The l 1 1 1 -vi m i heard c nns,ra hie dls
' USMun uf the primary mhh in. and Dint
there appealed ,i laiKel developed scnti
iiient f,ir partial iclurn to the conven
lliin plan, i spi . lally. In 1 1 1. matter of .Stat.'
otliocis. The Kabigh News and Ubmnvrr,
making note .f these b.-c, v a l inn.-,, is disposed I..
enllie til the del. use ol (I,. pr, hull les. It bay.-,
ill it belli rnnnl anil pi im. ii v plan have dls-
advantag. . but ii thinks 'the i v.Ik of the primal y
ail not to be . olnpaie.1 With loose of the enliven
lion." The Ni vvs and liliwiu-r submits that "it
in far bitter to let th. people nonunaie me n for
ollloc than It is to nt the dvb gales to a eu n vc n t ion
no the nom mating " It iii'mirs that "Hie hanc s
an bett.r oi g. .ting ibe wind. dates the rank and
of Keep. iv: out the man who is undo
Ainl that nigum.ut would hold good it
e could In 1 1 1 . v. Hi.. I upon to attend the
Tin iirgmoilit aga;m.l this I lind i no ii -
pie of tin- piiinaiv is that It goes by
tiik striking .miiu.
Tlie i . i i o in I strike whkh lias brought such
list ; e I u I concern to organized labor anil Its
fr. 'ids. was originated In Chicago by an unruly
leade: vvho had u "personal grievance," und had
no - otitic, tlon with the wage ipjestliin at all.
Various bodies of labor Impulsively followed thin
man in "svn.pathy" wlih his i;rii i.nu i', and .after
the strike had developed Into a movement of
miIMi lent oonscipicnce to Impede the operation of
the lallroads Involved und the public began
eia tnor I ng fur the i e,e.ori, the matter of waKtit
was thought of and brought In as an emergency
ei iim . It was an after thought und whs seized
upon as some shadow of 'Just Itiea lion. Hut the
unrulv element uf the striking mob la not even
disposi.1 in shield .tst.If behind that excuse. When
tin- ih nuM allzatlon struck New York, The Tribune
sent out a reporter to
THE OPEN FORUM
si eiuaoe in politick.
Overman Commended; Daniels and
Hrynn Criticised. .
To the Kditor of The Observer:
Kindly allow me, through the col
iiiiii,! of your splendid paper, to say
to the good people of North Carolina
that they stood manfully to their
colors duriiiK the rlvil war, the
Spanish-A merlenn war. the world
war In Europe, and I have Hufllelent
confidence In thrlr Intellltrencii and
lofty eoiirae to helievn that they
will still stand to their color", when
the olPce-seeklnK politician", unsifted
by the fanatical northern worm n
ntervlew the utrlkerii 'and I ,lro seeklni? to lower and degrade.
TAKE IT FROM UNCLE EPH
tile want
S I i MI(J."
till l,.l,
prmiarii
tal J, rue
il' i.eil: because tin- pi , pl
i I oti ,1 in tic pi mini ,,
extent. It ha-- I.- ii t ii"
t.oi.si.l 11 . -Si.it,. I ha! h i.si llitei,-:
v Hi not or have led
es to a iiy repi esi-iitailv e
'xpe. i, n e in many see-
d In the pr.
a-vertaln f-om them the nature of their grlev- ' "'" ' r
.... , ... own states, a well as those of their
ames. W hen the reporter asked what they were j f;tBtor su,thern matea. by taking
si ilk n-' for ie was mot with th.- admonition to ' them from the "phere of ilfo which
"liu to hell, you hum'" Labor leader themselves ! both Ood and nature designed they
have referred to th.- Mrikers as "a mob." and . , . ' ' ' u ",v,"""
In the dirt and slim,- of politics
these labor leaders have be, n unable to exercise , throuKh the operation of the pro
any sort of restraining Intluenfi. over the mob nwl Susan It. Anthony amendment,
that has broioiht discredit lllion their orira n f y - I If voiir people will only follow the
lions The in, I I 'm, nt Indeed by The Tribune
LOOKING BACKWARD
Items of Interest to People of Charlotte and Caro
linas. From The Observer of This Date, 1910 and 1900.
TEN YEARS AGO.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
to K" out and nraK
would submit to In
: i a UK lit I he d i If t of
i .lit aa li. -t t ho h s
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 14, 120.
SAVAGES ALL.
AS TMK WOULD WAR nuub muib.-s of
us all'.' Main- ill-'illents could be 1 e-c.-iib-il
to indicate that the qm .--viun
michi be asked with n.ore seriousness
than tlrst glance would Indl ,-ne Me
ausc fresin r and b.-caiisr of the con-
J cent rat ion of th" spirit of the saace.
we are inclined to hold up the Port .lervls in. i
dent as an example. A through train from Chi
cago to New York, haximr on hoard 1!50 people.
including many women and children, was side
trucked at I'mt .I.-fvU. Im miles from its destina
tion, when a b.l of Insure! nt strik.-ts coin
manded the encine,;- and Mr. -man to .t down
and leave iheir Job A wm.lv contention ensued
and some of the passenL-.-rs who had gone for
ward to see what the trouble about. Joined in
the plea of enein.er and fireman to be allowed
to carry the tr.i.n to its destination, as there was
no acrommnd.ilmn in the town for the people
who would be old. gel to seek shelter and food.
But they were brutally informed that the only
way the eng-'tieer and fireman would po on would
be "in a wooden box " An.l h,-n the passengers
went into the town to sei k lodgings. Ihev were
Welcomed in piratical manner. The natives
opened their homes at the rate of $5 a room -each
person -for the nl-:ht' The spirit of human
kindness that once existed among the American
people appeals to have been smothered by the
spirit of greed jind selfishness. Time was when
the doors of a town would have been opened In
. cordial hospitality to a tralnload of distressed
people and the women inhabitants would have
vied with each other In welcoming and making
them comfortable. The inhumanity of the strik
ers who forced the engineer and fireman to desert
and leave their charges stranded In a strange
town was matched by the spirit of people of the
town, itself, in playing the robber instead of the
frlendlv host. Things like that were never known
In this country b, for. the war, and we must
argue that war has exerted a degenerating in
fluence on human nature.
But broadening out and taking survey of con
ditions which have developed throughout the
country since the Armistice, we might find Justi
fication for the conclusion that we have turned
into a Nation of competitors for each other's
money. There are few who would hesitate lo
take advantage over others in u trad" and there
are few would hesitate to profit by the misfor
tune of a neighbor. Everybody Is on the gouge
and every man has to look out for himself. In
these days and time in thia country, Diogenes
would have to lay in an extra supply of oil for
his lamp, and the biggest pirate he would en
counter would be the man who Hold hlin the oil.
And when tired out arter the day's futile search,
he would turn in at the restaurant for a bite, he
would find the size of his cut of pie reduced one
half and the price doubled, whiie the cost of the
amoke in which he Indulged previous to seeking
the straw would cause him troubled dreams
Maybe, after all. the mechanism of civilization
has slipped a cog and the world has revolved
backward to the days of the Cave Man!
l::,llv I .1 I , . ' t . I , g VV oil , ha
In ibe 1,1, is, . i as 1 1 1 .-1 1 1 y
.li agg. .1 ill As Tlo- 1 b.-. i
oplil.oll. there V.e- llo Coll;
tell., lis. ,1. Tile ,le elopi .1 i.j
pi.iuary I .il.-- to . 1 1 -1 1 lb. im
an l : u-loa.l . , b. ,ng , i ,. , 1 u , 1 1 ,
live expre i.-n. Jsg. n,ra.l pi
suit those ta k nig act i e p.ni i
about. They hold it aga.n-t the primary that It
k.lls ent hu.-lasm . n the s. ,-r.- of expense, an
almost tatal o I , .-.l Ion, Th. N-vvr- and ill-server
does Hot S. e H 111 ill" O' shollld b" SUCll ,'l polll iHg
out of mom y in older to si euro a noininai on
"Why," it ask, "luiist il be in a great State ,k.
North I'aroiiii.i thai a man "aiinot i un for ilie
gov ei noi-fcliip uno ss li.- i si it n i,ttie,y r.i'h man
public lakes no ml, r. si in the pri-
advlce of your distinguished fellrtw-eltlT-,
n. Hon. Lee S. Overman, who
which gave smaller display of temper over the (evidently Inn the true Interest of hl.
t ec pijou of its r-'porter than might have been ex- I states at h.art. and say to Mrs. I'ar-
pcct.,1, s a true one. "The strikers." says that
papir. "have disregarde.i both the law and their
in hi was that the! union obligations. They have repudiated all sense
I oi the votirslof duty to the publle. They are making war on
of a represent. i- ! the community at large In order to force an ac-
luctivc of tin- re-
! to see brought
. i ii us. the public tri k.-s
niaio s and he has to hire men to win k for linn
and has to pity the expenses of woikcis m all of
Hi. leu onunti.s in tin Siaio. It is will enough
lo argue Unit the ea ml I. hili-s should "inn on I lie
sir. ngth of reo.u.ls i.ithor than on t hi ir ekill
fu Iner-s in gi 1 1 mg tloir i e. ..ids before tin- pen pic."
but the primar) does not operate that way. It
is tin- dr. ill the piimuiv makes on the .anil. dale's
bank account III vvh.eh Is In. ati d tin- main trouble.
Th" Nevis im. I observer I -1 1 m s this nl,, . imn
collbl be largely n CI ftillie b I 1 1 II 1 1 111! 1 i" 1 1 ot the
number of ea ndlilates, and it siigg. -is the cutting
out of all Stale nili, nils below tiovernor and Ij.'ii
tinant ilnvi nun, leaving it the province of the
tiovernor to ap point the various other officers.
That would defeai one of th" main virtues claimed
for the piimary. The system vas devised to give
all persons wanting to "stand" for public olflce
an oppoitunily to get fairly before the people, and
to give the people a chance to make personal
selection of candidates. In fact, the primary sys
tem was devised for th" benefit of the people and
experience In this State goes largely to show that I
the people do nut .ale enough for it to exercise
their privileges under il to an extent that would
qualify it as the great instrumentality for record
ing of tile will of thi' people It was intended to be.
The primary system provides the fairest method
of public i ledum that lias yet been designed.
That it has proved of so iit tie popularity Is the fault
of the people theinsel ves. It was given them rn
response to popular c.amor, and now that they
have it, they seem to care little for it. Once
the people could be brought into realization that
evptanco of their llb-gltlmute claims."
It Is not an American strike. It Is more in the
nature of a "red n volt" than anything this coun
try has yet wltiie s,., ;ln,i The Observer still holds
l,y Its anticipations that In the smoothing out
pro,-, .-dings the American labor organization
b-aders and th. American labor back of It, will
institute a rlgbl system of purging, to diminish
ing the possibility of another such demonstraton
of labor insurgency as that against which the
labor leaders have been ailed upon to do battle.
A CI KIOSITY VOTE.
Public curiosity as to how the women would
vote in Illinois was so strong that despite the fact
they could not hope to b" legally given the privi
leges of the ballot, arrangement was made by
which (In v coub! vote regardiess, although their
ballots would not be counted in the returns. In
tins vvav It will be discovered how the preferences
of th,- women of that Mate between the several
Republican candidates for presidential nomina
tion would have affected th.- vote. Early reports
from- the precincts Indicate that In the country
il.strlcls and smaller towns Lowden was scoring
a long lead over Wood, with Wood running ahead
in Chicago an.l Cook County.
KANNAPOI.IS ELECTRIC WONDER.
Perhaps the most artistic effect In electric
lighting signs outside ot the big cities is to be
noticed by passengers passing the textile center
I of Kammpolls at night. It Is the towel factory
Klgn Indicating the location of the largest Indus
try of the kind In the world, and the sign, itself,
is one of tremendous proportions. It Is of
elaborate design und is one of th" prettiest things
in electric Illumination south of New York.
Travelers passing through Kunnapolis by night
cannot tail to be impressed by the fact that they
are In the vicinity of a textile enterprise of some
conseipjence. It can now be truly said of Knn
napolisaiid the industry that has made it famous
the world oyer, that th, make their light shine.
the primary Is the election, and the general
event In November the "ratification." the prl- , THE DAVIDSON I'CDDLM;.
:i.ar might be brought into lulllllmeut of the1 Tlu-y hav7i- Jolted (lovernor Pickett over the had
Junctions for whl' h It was designed, and once road from Charlotte to Davidson, and t h.v have
mad.- of popular utility, il mild be no ,pies Jolted him over the same road back to Charlotte-
tion of its supeiiorlty o . r the convention system and It is a safe bet that the hard surfaced road
as a recorder of the public will. ' looks better to the lo crnor's eye than It ever
il id. lie knows, now, furthermore, just why the
people of .Mecklenburg and Charlotte and the stu
dents of I Lav his, ui want a boulevard connecting
college and city, and it Is probable that It would
not require much persuasion to Induce him to
write a special message on the subject.
APPLICATION or SI I I -111 I P
Washington and New York are .starling on an
effective plan to break the stnke and keep it
broken. Washington has inaugurated truck lines
to Richmond. Italtlmore und other points for
securing provisions that may be needed, and New-
York and suburbs have begun to operate trains,! II was only a few days ago that whisperings
themse.ves. It is exactly tin- way tin- people of , were coming out of Washington, because of the
England proceeded when their railroads were tnd fad that Pi e. si. but Wilson had foregone his daily
up under conditions similar to those now existing I automobile rides, h.- had suffered "a relapse."
in this country. Some of the trains through New- I but scarcely had that rumor got a good start than
Jersey were operated yesterday by volunteer help 1 fliere came information of the calling of the Cabl-
ind New Yot k has del. r m Iim-. I that if tin- tie-up ' net together for a htisi iicsh session with tin- Presl-
continues another -Is hours, nu n from private dent. When ill. u- is business requiring the gather-
walks in life will man th,- n.inis and run them. ' lug of the Ca lutu t lb, president Is found capable
College professors, banki-is, n.avors, college stu- of calling It together and putting the neeessitrv
THE STATE'S OOOD KOHTI NI:.
Representative Doughton, of the eighth ion-
leiits, ollice eiig.neers, lawyers and men of other
professions have already laken trains out from
Hoboken and Jersey t'itv an.l bl ought trains in.
and if iie.ei-sity arises it will h found thaLvolun-j
leer skill sulUcieiit to opetato ail th" trains Tiecilcil
will be developed. The people are Just now learn- I
nig liovv to break a railroad sink. . I
machinery in motion.
NEWSPAPER SENTIMENT
THE W At.E-All.ll STINt. IIDMlll.
Tile railroad labor hoard as a Olio. tiled bv
trreasional district, is officially in the fl. jd for re- I f , ,.si (1 , . , , , Wllsu , ,,w ,,:ir,.d , , harg-
BOmination and re-election. His opponent is im ( )f ,,. around in. h the .-Hike is re-
K I- I- Campbell, of Norwood, an old-line Kepub-! v,hm, jts ,., s(. ,,.,.,,. am.un, . .1 v,s
ln who has figured conspicuously in l'stuei I ..,., ,illlK , ,-.... ,.f ,,. ,.,. ,. , ,-
ponncm iimiis in nit ' The people are represented bv tleorge W Hanger,
. put in nomination by his party. That 1 loiighl on lf Washington; Henry Hum. of Cm no, 1 1 . an.l
m VsA ...,,, c .w, ,1 ia Pnntfrrsy there is no room for I ...... . - ...
nm m ir,. - ' k. .xi. i-.arton, ot lenn ,e l he roa.I are i ep-
1 resented by Horace llak.r. .1. II Elliott ami Wil-
iiam Park, and the empiov.
1 1. A. Wharton and Jas E I '
is empowered to adjust any ;
doubt. The one concern of th" Democrats of the
district was that they might not succeed In pre
vailing upon him to return to Washington, from
Which place he has long entertained a deep
seated deFire to retire to the enjoyment of the
mountain life which holds so many comforts f.o
him. He haa proved a useful man at Washing
ton. where he has established himself in the conli- I
.... i .i,. ..r a a
aence or me jjuouc me., h.iu ... ...... .... j the ending of troubles ..v
ministration. That he Is to give his services for liunIU, , ,,
another term is a matter of good fortune tor tne
State of North Carolina
by Albert Ph.ll.p-.
rre.-:ei Tins l.....r,l
ml all .1 i plltc- o v i r
the matti .
tie- l illroa.l
ions. If tin
the eountrv
I wagi s.
and 111
It is a moral
pilbll.
will
i n piov es ale a - pair,
might with good i,
wage
l.oai .1
, Mini v tii.it
I b de II.-, .1. 1 IS-
it i. ally - iii ill. b d,
ison ant icip.tte
ipie-tiotiH now
WOl I I) .lODNSON MAI.K '.
( l-'roni The Chaiie. ton News an.l Courier.)
Thete i.-, one point emphasized by Mr. .Murray,
In his' inter, sting , - o 1 1 1 1 1 , , n t nom Washington pub
lished in The Sun, lav Nevvs. of which special note
Should be t.lk.'ll be.aUs" it touches llp'OI II highly
iiiiportani fad vv hi, h seems to be generally over
looked Th s i. th. t.,, t that tin re is a real pos
.ubl.it of Johnson and the Johnsonians splitting
the parte if 1 1 1 . do not have their way. It set ms
to bo assumed widely that all the talk to tins
effect is m-ii- bluff, Ju.-t as tin- flu. -at of the same
factions to bolt in case the Treaty was lalitiid
w is gem raliv put down as a bluff, whereas it was
.-vi.lentlv in' ant in dead earnest and was one of
lilt- mil, en,. . 1 factors in tit 1 "Tin inim, :t- I ",l,..Cs ' le.sls
. our-.- .lr .vluirav points out that "the fear that
Johnson ami his following will bolt If he is not
nominated at Chicago is the storm cloud on the
(i. ) P. Ion i... ,n " And, as time passes. It is likely
to become a blacker st.n m cloud than it Is today.
lie Chapman Catt an.l her cohort of
northern fanatics: On back home
and attend to your own business, for
we do not need you to dictate to our
people or to order Hovernor Blokott
what he shall do. they will not only
he doing an inestimable serx'iee to
their own state, but to the other
states ns well.
In addition to the efforts being
made to remand the southern states
and people to the tender mercies of
negro nnd carpet-bag rule through
the interposition of federal officials
in our elections, the proposed An
thony amendment will do more to
destroy the homes and domestic hap
piness of our people than anything
that has ever been proposed for the
court dockets of practically every
court throughout this country is
cumbered with suits for divorce, nnd
there are pending in this city about
1211 suits for divorce, and I notlce'ln
some of the states the Jurisdiction
Judges have been compelled to ap
peal lo the legislatures of their re
spective states for the enactment of
special legislation to relieve their
courts of this congestion.
In Colorado, one of the first states
to adopt woman sulTrage. there were
solemnized in the city of Denver In
oh. year L'.GOO marriages, against
1 .215 divorces granted within the
same length of time. '
The eminent Bishop Warren A.
Candler, of Oeorgla. In a letter to
the writer summed up the situation
eorrertly when he declared that
"woman suffrage threatens the de
struction of our very civilization."
When the suffrage amendment
was before the Mississippi legisla
ture some ten days ago. both W. J.
Bryan and Josophus Daniels sent a
message to that body urging ratifi
cation for party expediency. Mr.
Hryan is reported as saying "ratifi
cation w ill greatly aid our campaign
In the western states, and we need
the women's -ote now to safeguard
prohibition." The secretary of the
navy is said to have telegraphed, "As
a southern democrat. Imbued with
the principles of our party," asking
the law- makers to emhrace the op
pnrtunlty of having the honor of
giving the deciding vote."
I have for many years been a dem
ncrat on principle l may say a
Jeffersonian democrat. That is, I
have believed, and still baVevPi n
the least possible Interference by the
state with the liberty of the lndl
viduul; I believe in the fundamental
and Inalienable right of the several
states of this union to self-determination
in such matters as the suf
frage and prohibition, uncoerced by
the wishes of their partisans to the
original compact, or of those which
have subsequently been admitted
thereto; 1 believe that the individ
ual has certain rights from nature,
antecedent to those of the state over
him, and of which the state has no
lawful power to deprive him; I be
lieve there is a natural and moral
limit to the Jurisdiction of the state
no matter what the form of govern
ment: that arbitrary power and op
pression In a democracy is an
autocracy, and as indefensible. In
short. I .subscribe to all those prin
ciples which I had supposed the
word democrat connoted in the po
litical philosophy of the L'nlted
States.
Hut now come Messrs. Bryan, Dan
iels, et al , enunciating doctrines that
are the very negation of those which
I cherish, doctrines that traverse alike
the essential seven ignty of the states
and Ibe natural rights of their citi
zens, and thoso, they say. are the
doctrines of democracy. If they ane
tight In their classification It follows
either that I have for years been de
luding myself with the notion that I
was a democrat, or else the demo
cratic party has ceased to exist in
fact, and I am a man without a
party.
It might be presumptuous for one
man only to obtrude his views thus
on the attention of tin- publle. but I
am very sure that in speaking for
niy.teir I speak also for those tu
whom their democracy Is a precious
.1. ict l ine of liberty, boidlng as it does
that the state exists for the individ
ual and not. as the new dispensation
tlie individual for the state.
Will a captain arise, under whose
standard Ul. may, rally to vindicate
the old belb-rs. ,.r must democrats
of former days lind themselves in
the position of hi ing unable to give
conscientious support t,, .-my noliti-
pari.v m the future national oon-
What we need is a Lincoln to free
us men slaves from dishwipin."
A profiteer Is without honor In his
own country.
(Copyright. 1 920. by Thompson
Feature Service.)
I
THE VKSTIBCLi: TO CHARLOTTE.
It is to be noted that newspaper men coming
into Charlotte are beginning to spread broadcast
a bit of advertising of a bad sort for the city, an 1
Ve cannot reproach them. It must be a cause
5f standing remark that so enterprising a town us
Charlotte will year after year maintain sm h
abominable approaches from every direction
Who would have imagined three years ago that
the. same bad pieces of highways leading into the
City were dertined for on apparently Indefinite
' period of existence? Three years of neijlect of
the main highways and nobody held responsible!
Time Charlotte was calling for imposition of
court fines.
WOOD'S DEVOTION" TO III IT.
MONEY I'OIt HIE HOTEL.
nvas.-.is f..i the hotel pidpositioii were
II pb a c.l w.th the ii"
Tin
more than or.linarilv
ult-
,f e-lei day'
b
stock. They nr.- now
llf.'Mi.l's, the idea I. ei
111 op f ,oi t I li t V t
ii the new hot . I
showing an nppr.
fund has now grown ni
alter a few more of tl
been in, nrpuru ti d. I he I ii i ii 1 1
place the tinam ing of tlie
f oil n, la I ion. .Meant .tu" any
and willing to place any sum
i m p.. Un tor .-ii b- , i ipt . .ins to
mg among the .smaller
I'lll.'i , , (., ,,t civ ,llg all
M , . 1 1 l 1 a , 1 y up , rest . .1
Hid the p. op!e "f tile c;ty
a ! b oi of i lil . opportunity. The
into the big figures and
1 1 1 a 1 1 , i in v , -tors 1 1 i ,
'eis will be i
, ioj.it upon
Churhiti.
from J HID in
enterprise w ill lind that t h
fur him with a welcoming
eanva-haud.
rs
a r
idv to
. tii in
1 able
111 the
looking
Cha t lesion .1 :d not
pi t. cm., up to "the
Nobody who knows General Wood had any i.b a 1 mun.oipally c-t i mat. -d" p. ,pu la i u u of alnmi. but
' that he would abuse the privileges of the leave of it scored a gain of 72 2 p. t i ent and is now otll
absence which had been granted him, that he I cially listed as a city of 7a, 4 la. Things h i been
might pay personal attention to his campaign for growing down Chin I. -ton way the last ID years
the Republican nominat.on for President. The
.: faith Of hi friends wag well founded. He has j Th" Socialists have sen' a m.ss-ag,- ,,f "l,,v . " ,,
been watching- the developing- situation of unrest i Kugene In hs on the anniv r-.iry of li s r. sid.-n, ,
.STATES AT TII E START.
I l-'roni The I'll i.ob Iphia Record.)
A tabulation of delegates so far chosen lo the
Republican National Convention shows (leneral
Wood has t.S agd S.'ii.iinr Johnson has oply !().
l-i spit.- of his victory in Michigan, Hie Senator
is much behind the (leneral. Hut as 2t() of the
delegates so tar chosen are uninrt ructed. neither
,s in a safe position.
...
TllE CALL OI DCTV.
Il'nuii The N.-vv in leans States I
Th.- coiintty feels that John Sharp W.lliams,
who knows nnd bus had the courage In publicly
pro. lalin the Ineptitude of the Senate, should not
re ign, but remain a ini-mhor of that body and
pt"V, ut it frofn becoming worse than it1 is.
I R Wi l l s DEPENDENCE.
(Prom- The Springfield Republican.)
1 1 . i -1 1 .I'l-lg ii.i ut on 1'iaiiee by Americans is
unwarranted. Arlicl" X with its safeguard
ai- i.nsi "external aggression" was the first
guuiiinlv of hi r MMUiity I'l itin- depended upon,
but th,- Senate knocked it out.
CLAItlC.VCK T. WALKER.
hiittaiiooga, Tim n.. April II.
WOMAN SI EERAtii;.
"The words of King Lemuel, the
prophecy that his mother taught
him." Then draw the contrast on
modern society and any one can
see whither we are tending, und why
the Idle and vicious are dissatisfied.
Woman suffrage cannot change the
political complexion, families will
vote together or discord will follow
Society women wish to avoid the
'are of children. Some prefer to
fondle poodle dogs. That's the limit
The childless woman in a palace
may be a course, while tho motherly
woman in a hovel with a brood Is
the hope of the state. When women
draw the line on those who work
and those who don't have to work
we aro nearlng the edge of social
destruction.
"Ill fares the land, to hastning ills
a prey.
"When wealth accumulates nnd wo
men decay."
I am glad salvation is free. Old
time religion Is good enough for me.
We like to look back to our grand
mothers that spread butter and
sugar on our bread and to our moth
ers that fed and clothed us My
mother with her hands kept me in
good clothes while I sotted In the
Confederate army. She lived the
placid Industrious life to the age of
90 years. And all my aunts and
neighbor mothers were Imbued with
the same virtuous spirit. We still
have many of the same kind of
mothers but the contrast Is becom
ing ominous. Women are adapted
to many industrial pursuits. But let
the men continue lo do the heavy,
dirty work. Including the cleaning
of the "Augean Stables" of dirty
politics. If women must vote let
them vote by proxy through father,
brother, husband or son. They may
wield a bayonet to see that their
votes are counted. Susan B. An
thony and Dr. Mary Walker, sour
old maids, rebelled against nature
and sought r.o disrupt the human
race and turn the world topsy turvy.
Think ef the women suffragists of
America and England that made
themselves a nuisance picketing the
white house, nnd were Jailed as
martyrs. How many of them were
home builders and home keepers?
They compose the idle rich and the
Idle poor. The great commonwealth
Is not in It. A few organized men
workers and Idle women have raised
a great racket that has scared our
cowardly politicians out of their
wits and the country has gone to
the bow-wows. Zebulon Vance
said in 1872: "If my wife had any
more rights than she now has, I
don't know what would become of
me! J. C. ELLIOTT.
Lattlmore, April 10.
THE BI RKE VOTE.
Who Cast It? M'ght Have Boon I
Serious Manor
To the Editor of The Observer:
In your report of the vote in the
state convention on the suffrage
resolution. Burke county Is shown
as having cast eleven votes against
the minority report asking the spe
cial session to ratify the Susan B
Anthony amendment. While the
writer was the only avowed suff
ragist on the Burke delegation (as
shown by my record In the 1917
legislature) the other delegates
readily agreed that prompt action
on the part of North Carolina In this
matter would have more force and
effect in the nation. Now .by whom
and by what authority was the Burke
vote cast is what I wish to know.
Our chairman, Col. Manly McDowell,
was unexpectedly called to Greens
boro, had 1 known of this before
leaving Raleigh I most assuredly
would have remained. He Informs
me no one had our proxy or was in
anyway authorized to cast Burke's
vote. This might have been a serious
matter had the result been a defeat
of len votes on the resolution.
J.VO M. PEARSON. .
Delegate State Convent int..
Alorganton. April 12.
SLOAN'S FERRY ROAD IS
NOW CLOSED TO TRAFFIC
--
The pour ng of a-phiii "ii lb.
Sloan's ferry road, a part of the
national hghway to At, aula, be
tween this oltv and the new run-e-i-te
hr'dge on the Cat.ivvba river.
' ' " t is announc
ed by A. M. McDonald, chairman of
ni. missjoners.
Nashville A sensation, equal to
that which Inflamed Tennessee In
November, 1908, when former
United States Senator Edward Ward
Carmack was shot and killed on
Nashville's streets, was the pardon-
! Ing by Governor M R. Patterson
I today of Col. Duncan B. Cooper,
who with his son, Robin J. Cooper,
was convicted of the murder of Car
mack. The delegation, which has been
selected to go to Wash ngton to ap
pear before the sub-committee on
public buildings in behalf of a new
postofflce for Charlotte, will leave
tonight and the hearing will take
place tomorrow morning at 10
o'e'ock.
For $20,000 the board of directors
of the Y. W. C. A. yesterday pur
chased the Col. J. T. Anthony home
place at No. '402 West Trade street,
opposite the Mint, for the purpose
of erecting thare an excellent Y.
W. C. A. build ng. similar to one
contemplated on the Hynum prop
erty which the board had hoped to
buy in the sale yesterday.
On .Monday before Judge E. B.
Jones in recelverah p proceedings,
the Charlotte Pants company will
show cause why it should not be
placed In the hands of the receiver.
Among the sporting- men of the
city there is a great deal of Interest
In fast trotting horses. On Monday
or Tuesday several local sportsmen
will take their horses out to Coch
rane's track at Derlta for trial
bp ns.
The Elks will have the only of
ficial program of the Twentieth of
May celebration. Thia will be got
ten out in pamphlet form, with
y ews of the city and w II give In
detail the events on each day of
the celebration week.
The last sh'pment of gold from
the Mint on West Trade street,
made last Wednesday, was $19.
631.63. In amount this Is about
the average shipment for thia sea
son of the year.
The proposed national park In
western North Carolina Is coming
along. Senator Pr'tchard and others
In Wash ngton have been working
energetically In behalf of the pro
ject and there Is every reason to be
lieve that Congress will take favor
able action.
Architect Frank P. Mirburn of
this city, returned last nigMt from
Columbia. H e plans have been ac
cepted for completing the South
Carol. na state house.
is ilJli? tESl IS GIVEN
Willi I IMK Mil
Another Negro, Unidentified,
Said to Have Killed Robert
Cureton in Own Home.
YEAR III PRISON
Impersonating Officer Charge
Against Nayy Deserter.
Shot In the back with a 38 caliber
bullet piercing his heart. Robert
Cureton. negro, is dead as the re- ljudge Webb Wants Him Watch-
,ult of n attack upon him vaster- Sanjty0thw. Ca9es
home. No. 817 East Eighth street. ill Federal Court.
The police have not yet made any I
arrests, but it is said that they are
working on strong clues as to who
committed the murder. Although
Cureton s wife, Ida, and 10-year-old
daughter were in the home at the
time of the killing, they profess to
know absolutely- nothing about hbw
the affair occurred. The man's
wife is being detained at police
headquarters as a material w tness.
When questioned at the station
Vmxuu ,-Blr,lau nmrninff thi dullfFh-
ter of the dead maif said that she i eu m younn man t-3.t.in...cu aou
was in the room where the hoini- i watched so that it could be estab
clde occurred but does not know j llshed whether or not he is exactly
who shot her father, although she j ine. stating that he Is either off
sa d that a "man. who had been I or one of the boldest and most de
coming there" fired the shot. generate young men he has seen.
"I was hnttnn nir un man siloes v. e-s
A year and a day In the federal
penitentiary in Atlanta was the
sentence Imposed on Cecil Vestal,
a young man 22 years old, on a
charge of impersonating a govern
ment officer and obtaining money
on checks, some with forged names,
by Judge E. Yates Webb in federal
court yesterday morning.
Judge Webb stated that he want-
an' I never seen how it happened
she declared to the officers.
It was said that a man entered
the Cureton house on East Eighth
street, near Irw n'a creek, n the
negro quarter known as "Slick Hill,"
early yesterday morning und yelled
at Robert Cureton. "so you've been
threatening my life. Well. I'll tlx
you." He drew a revolver and shot.
Officers believe that Cureton at
tempted to turn and "duck" down,
which explains the bullet hole in
his back. The ball entered the
back, near the waist, and ranged
upward, puncturing the man's heart
and coming out in h s left chest
Jealousy on the part of the slayer
prompted the shoot ng scrap, ac
cording to the police, who state that
the Cureton negro had been " going"
with a woman, whom the slayer
i la lined as his "girl."
Magistrate J. W. Cobb has been
aonolnted bv C. C. Moore, clerk of
of guilty to the charge, slating on
the stand that he Jiad personal
reasons for doing as he did, know
ing that it was wrong, although It
would not have been as bad as
murder or highway robbery. He
boldly stated that he has twice de
serted from the navy and that he
spent a few years at the Stonewall
Jackson training school.
Special Agent Nims produced
several checks that the young man
had received money on In several
towns and cities, along with a pack
of business cards containing his
name as special agent of the depart
ment of Justice. An old negro car-for-hlre
man testified that the boy
told him he was running down de
serters and had the colored man to
carry him around to several places,
having spent 1Z hours on a trip.
Along with the evidence was ex
hibited letters written by the Ves
tal boy and addressed to the depart
ment of Justice, in which he was
the court, to hold the imiuest since i tendering his resignation to the de
Coroner II. '. Irw n ,s our oi i ne nartnient as special agent
BE HELD BY CHAPTER
Prominent Engineers Will
Speak at Meeting of Char
lotte Chapter of American
Engineers Friday Night.
"A highway meeting" will be held
bv the Charlotte chapter of Ameri
can Engineers, Friday night In the
chamber of commerce rooms in the
tlrst open session of the chapter, It
was announced yesterday.
Prof. Tucker, associate professor
of civil engineering at the North
Carolina State college, will deliver
an address on the "llighwuys of the
Past." Dr. Tucker is said to be thor
oughly conversant with highway con
struction and has made a special
study of highways of former days
H. C. Irw n Is out of the
city. Sipilre Colin win select tne- Tne young n)an, who said he was
jurors and hold the investigating I born at pinnacle and that his
session this morning. mother lives in Winston-Salem.
i stated that he was the son of the
HIGHWAY MEETING TO - late Ir. al. who lived in High
i i...... f'lBU ici Aiiu. tiry xia.iiri.ei
stating that he got Into trouble
there a few years ago and filed in
the penitentiary, as he recalled. .
Vestal is quoted as savin, that
he preferred spending a year in
the penitentiary to another year In
the navy. He took hU sentence
good naturedly, smiling and Joking
about It.
The grand Jury did not take up
the Investigation of cases of profi
teering said to be ready for con
sideration, but It was intimated
yesterday that these bases will be
investigated by that body today.
Rlly Honeycutt, of Cabarrus
county, also drew a sentence of a
year and a day in the Atlanta peni
tentiary on a charge of distilling
A fine of 325 was placed on Hob
Rivens, I'nion county, ohai"gcd
with distilling.
L. C. Ellis entered a plea of guilty
to the charge of the larceny of two
1 or three coops of chickens while
W. G. Fnllis. state highway engi- . tl-ey were en route and In his rharg
Caused by the insurgent strike, and he has can
ceiled Iila engagement to return to the West, put
a hie Uniform and take command of bis mili
tary dtlUes. And Wood Is not going to lose any
Votes by this manifestation of devotion to duly.
in the j,, ii it en t ,a ry . .M , a n ! line. Deb-, or "J),ar
Gene." as they a ff.-.t i-.n.i t . ly a.l.lrw s him, is find
ing his presldent.nl campaign Hi s voir hedged
about with more ctnbai ratssmi-iits tha-li in former
time.-
HOOVER AND OLD t.l ARD.
il-'toii. Tin- .Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.)
I loov .1 i on, i tin ns iis accepta lice of the Repub-
Ic.in piesidenti.il ii, on ina t ion on a true-blue party
leadi r-li p. Tins puts it up to tlie Old Guard to
ilv.- before it Miirenders.
Mailer Discussed I nun Standpoint
of a strong Ami.
To the Editor of The Observer:
Suffrage Is a voice hi the co'ntro'
and regulation of government a
duly assumed or imposed upon good
citizens to protect the public wel
fare, rnlversal suffrage Includes
rights delegated to the Ignorant and
vicious elements as well as that of
the more intelligent and virtuous
people. No government In a republic
can bo any better than the electorate
that directs It. As long as there are
Irresponsible voters on the market
--there will he moneyed Interests to
buy them. It. is admitted that poll
tics Is a dirty "mess," In which the
moral code has no place. Under
these conditions, the praver of our
good women should be: "Lead us not
.nto temptations of dirty politics
and deliver us from the evils of self
aspiring demagogues." Our civiliza
tion Is built on the sacredness of the
home in which wives and mothers
rule supreme. Why should they
wish to assume heavier and more
onerous responsibilities, in the con
trol of public affairs? A vote not
backed by a bayonett is a farce and
humbug. Man is woman's defense
and protector. Sho Is his help meet
and home keeper. "The hand that
rocks Ihe cradle rules the world."
Unohelor girls and society women
threaten the stability of the home;
They are wont to be on the bum all
the time. The greatest men In his
tory have said: "1 owe what I am to
my mother." Womo" rule by moral
suasion men must often use physi
cal force. Read I'rov., chapter 31,
f As a result this road will be elos
l . . oi les and traf
fic between th s city and Gaston a
will have to detour by way of the
Mount Holly or Ro.zeli's ferry
roads. It was stated.
This notice s g veil by Mr. Mc
Donald so that travelers will not
get too far on the Sloan's ferry road
before they find they cannot get on
through
The road is being widened to 1(5
feet the material having been
placed for some time. Two or
hree m les will be closed ,at tho
time, it Is stated.
MAN IS HELD ON CHARGE
OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Probablbe cause for attempted
criminal assault upon a young girl
in her room after mldn ght Mon
day at a hoarding house on North
Caldwell street was found against
John Hill, white, in the hearing at
the recorder's court yesterday morn
ing. It is charged that Hill entered the
young girl's room and attempted to
do her violence She screamed and
raised an alarm, frightening the
man off. Police officers were notified
and within a short time arrested Hill
on the charge.
The roommate of Hill at the
boarding house is said to have stated
that Hill left his room partially un
dressed and came hurrying back Im
mediately after the alarm was raised
by the 19-year-old girl.
Judge H. C. Jones, after hearing
the evidence, ordered Hill c?iniit
neer. will explain tne present Hiatus
of highway work in North Carolina,
.idling of the plans and purposes for
future constrn. Hon by Ihe state liigh
wav oomrtf ission.
Highways of the Future." will hi
on the railroad and prayer for
Judgment was continued.
Adam Scott, charged with distill
ing. was found guilty and lined Jlua
nnd the costs.
In the cases against Rowan and
the sublet, of Col. T. L. Klrkpatrlek, Grady Rurlyson. prayer for Judg
ment was continued In tho case or
tlie first and a verdict of not gulltv
returned as to the latter.
president of the Wilmington -Char
lotte-Ashevllle Highway association,
who will tell of the plans of the
W'.-C.-A. and also the effort to se
cure the propose,! $50,000 (100 road
bond issue at tho special session of
the legislature.
Report of the road hill. In be In
troduced at the meeting of the leg
islature, ulll be made to the society
by the civic committee of Ihe chap
ter composed of A. it. lllsley, ( '. A.
Mees an.l lirent Drane. This com
mittee has imnle careful study of the
bill (in pared by Colonel Kli kpatrick
and will be ready to offer instruc
tive comment on it at the meeting
Friday, it is said.
Efforts are now being made by the
program committee to secure for the
meeting Friday night a contractor to
speak from the standpoint of his
profession regarding highway con
struction and another engineer to go
into the economic theory of highway
motor transport.
.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE TO BE
SUBJECT FOR KIWANIANS
F. C. HARDING OUT FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
"This will be Field Day for-Woman
Suffrage," is the announcement
made of the Kiwanis luncheon at
the Manufacturers' club at t o'clock
Thursday by Frank Rupert, of the
Charlotte Leather Helling company,
program chairman for the day, an
nouncing that a few facts and "Ag
gers" will be given and the meeting
thrown open for a free for all dis
cussion. Carey Dowd. Jr.. managing editor
of The Chaflotte News, will give the
attendance prize and Hugh Murrill,
of the Oueen City Printing corn-
led to jail without bond until thepany, will give tho silent booster, It
next session of the criminal court. 's announced.
The candidacy of F. C. Harding,
of Pitt county, for the nomination
of lieutenant governor Is being
strongly supported throughout the
state, acrording to advices received
hero by 11. P. Harding, superinten
dent of schools, brother of the can
didate. In 1919, Mr. Harding was chair
man of the senate committee on ed
ucation in the North Carolina gen
eral assemb'ly. and has always been
a strong advocate for better public
school facilities for the state, his
friends say. As member of the
board of trustees of the city schools
of Greenville, chairman of the
ecutive committee of the East Caro
lina Teachers' Training school, and
attorney for the board of education
of Pitt county, Mr. Harding has ex
erted some of his best efforts for
tho cause of education In the state
it Is sald
CYCLISTS WILL DO
FANCY RIDING HERE
A bicycle carnival will be hold In
this city within a fw days by Fred
St. Otige. Lieutenant Plneau, form
erly of the British flying corps, and
C. M. Bonner, expert cyclists and
trick riders, will appear In demon
strations on the up-town streets.
As part of the demonstration, lec
tures on the ca.-e of bicycles will be
given to younger boys of tho city it
was sal-' '