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t r V I'uL liters. very C-y in" t: Vex SUBSCRIPTION FRlCki. liAlLY. r , :.'.'. ...$8.60 : x month .....,....... liiiee uiontns ........ J-W ?a year ............,.... ......W.oa t x months .......,..-..... llit-ee months PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. ' No. South . 1 iron street Tele-' thou nurnbam Business office, 13H rphoce IS; cltv editor's office. Hell 'phono iM; news editor's office. Bell 'phono 2. . -. . Aemtielng rate are rurntshed on application. Advertisara may lew ur (hat tnrough the columna - of una . taper they may reach ell Charlotte and a portion of the best people in - this State and upper South Carolina. ' This paper gives correspondents as .Hide latitude as It thinks public policy permits but It is in bo case respon sible or their views. It is much preferred' that correspondents S'8 V:r names to their articles, espo- iaily in cases where they stuck persons or institutions, though this Is not demanded. The editor reserves f the right to give the names of cor ; tesponaeets when they are demand' . ied for the purpose ot personal eatla - i faction, To receive consideration a ' ,,' Communication must be accompanied by the trus name of the correapoa-Cant.-' ; MONDAY, JULY 13, 190T. visitors to. the exposition . Will find The Observer at the North Carolina Building on tb grounds and on sale at the following named plates la Norfolk: , : Potts & Boeder. Montlccllo News Stand. . . Tn American Newspaper Co. --c miprr'UlIin fYnm ffllK. ' Owing to habitual disinclination to criticise a judge who does his duty as ' lie gees it The Observer has been and ', ' is very reluctant to say what might well be said about Judge Pritchard's ; action in suspending, upon little or no real cause shown, a sovereign enact inent of a sovereign State. That State laws must be set aside wnen tney clearly infringe upon the domain of feeders! authority is evident. The " -Union could not hold together other. " "vise. 'But in these rate cases there existed' no such conflict of authority. . .... -. . , ii ..i.i. ; "Tne pies maao oy we rmuou iv- 1 A aniAiv tn a rlaht aruaranteed them as citizens of, the tfnlted Btates under - the reduction of fires is confiscatory and therefore in ; violation of that " - clause of the fourteenth amendment which prohibits the States from Jo- priving any person ot property wmiuui v,due proceas or law. Tne parties wno f ' asked that a duly enacted law of North Carolina be nullified were not the gen- . a . I.... n . . in Mfl M.na erai governmeni uui uciu" ,m 4 avimn-nien. Nothlna- could appear .clearer' to us th&ri tha'the burden of 'proof rented upon the cltlzene who sought to humble and overthrow the State, and that this burden was enor mously heavy. Judge Prltchard did . not require It to be lifted. Upon lit tle more than a nominal showing by - the railroad, he granted the desire 1 nullification, and this although the railroads In queatlon so notoriously op- press and discriminate against North Carolina that, granting pBsengcr fame to have been reduced a little over .much 1-2 cents, instead of 2 1-4, was The Observer's choice It would at.lt be eay to picture a cou't of equi ty impatiently turning away complain- - ants who came with their own hare. ..aft unclean. Under tlrcumHtancefi where the defendant stale's caue was .lOt nearly so strong other Federal " Judges have acted quite differently. In Iowa Interference againnt a 2-cent ' law was flatly refuncd, and in Other State. Including a South ' em State, 2-cent laws have been granted a fair trial 1fl actual operation -i-the o,nly mean, after all. by which the trulh can be ascertained und one -which the Seaboard Air Lino, the Nor folk &. Ventern and other roadii have voluntarily adopted. ' In the Virginia 2-eent pawengcr fare ' case Judge prltchard similarly held ; against the Slate. This taw, however, presented a special complication. Un- ; like the corporation commission of North Carolina and nearly every other ' i State, that of Virginia is not a mere reature of the LegUlature but an In dependent body owing ItM exlntenee to the State .constitution and poHPeonlng legislative power of its own. That some ot thee powers are exclusive bc- , cam evident lamt year, 'when the rall ' roads appeaJed a 2-cent passenger fare ', law passed by the Legislature to the State Supreme Court on the plea that ;;onljrthe corporation rommlsilon had power to make euch an enactment. Aftr due deliberation the corporation " comraitMon passed a similar law on 'At own account and the railroads took t the sime tack which the Southern Railway and Atlantic Coat Line took in North Carolirui skurnted to the Felt-rat courts. As an important part of St defence the State contend el ".that, the corporation com mis ' t was essentially a judicial body and t: t It action In this instance came v :-.hln the meaning of section 720, fte--d SMtules of the United States, which provides: 'T1 writ of 'lr:jUnttton' fhMl' not ho "amad by sny uii ( th tuttv4 i ten to stsy proc-ejinits In any eourt cC a fiate, exept in caeee where such !'!i:netio ftiuy tw euthorlxeJ by any luw -g to prooeedl ngt . in; bsakrupu.y,'t ".f prltchard. with, to us.Jevldent (net, held that in this matter . rporatlon commlsalon was xer ? a lirgiflative and not a Judicial ion, It might be a court hut, " Fupremo Court of Virginia had ly held It likewise possessed leg v- and sdmiBlatratiTe ( powers. ' '- defence failing, -the State tied ". j ; ,t vp with A3 Injunction like that d-..t rc-rtti Cr - with ttr.....r con comitants of t-stimony taking before United states Court comnii.-.loners, re bate checks to protect ticket purchas ers as far &a poi-sibie, etc. In one re spect, however, this order of injunc tion went much beyond Its North Car olina fellow. : Not only were the cor poration commission and its clerk tor bidden to issue an order tor a 2-eent fare but the newspapers were forbid den to publish it. this latter prohibi tion strikes our Virginia contemporar ies as particularly high-handed, , and The Richmond Journal offers itself a willing sacrifice in case the commis sioners have the nerve to risk Jail by issuing the forbidden order. Judge Prltchard is being pretty generally cussed in Virginia, as well as In North Carolina. In . fact, newspapers all over the country have begun cussing him for his action in the two cases. . - Amid all the clamor which his decis ions have evoked there remains- to Judge Prltchard, we make not the slightest doubt, a consoling sense of having done what he believed right. This should be sufficient consolation to any matt against a howling world but most of till to a Judge. The judge who considers popularity In making up his decisions is unworthy to sit in Judgment "A popular judge is a de formed thing," wrote Bacon three cen turies ago, and these words are as true now as they were then. That the Su preme Court of the United States, will share the responsibility before these matters are finally adjudicated must be, as Indeed he stated in his opinion on the Virginia case, a source of sat isfaction to Judge prltchard. If we could only believe that his action was as wise as It was well-Intended we should extend to him unreserved con gratulations rather than sympathy. SOUTH AND COTTO.V VS. CRITIC. The South, In the prpductlon of cot ton, commands the attention of the world. She has developed out of the soli and the air a fibre which has sur passed linen for cheapness and utili ty. With It she has driven wool Into a narrower field of service. With It she has so closely come to all the ap pearances and utilities of silk that the latter must compete actively With mer cerized cotton in the big world mar kets. She has given the world a food product in cotton oil that staggers the olive Oil producer. She fattens cattle et home, in England and in Germany on cotton seed meal and hulls and brings these products Into competition with corn In the Northwest. She sup fplles oil for packing sardines in Prance, for making butter In Holland, for In creasing olive oil exported from Italy, and for many other uses. Yet the world tells tho South that she does all these things wrong; that she doesn't know how to make and handle cotton. We don't plant It right, we don't gin it right, we don't bale it right, nor In anyway handle it as the New Englander, the English man, the Frenchman or the German would. Neither do we live right with the colored people according to these critics. Meanwhile 40 per cunt of the ciotton crop' Is produced by the colored citizen, with the opportunity we give him, and this 40 per cent, yields more than J300.000.000 annually a sum larger than the entire cotton crop of ten years ago yielded to the entire Southern population, white and black. Yet wo survive and seem to be grow Inga Jlttle better and a llttlo more prWe'rouVlh spite of' the critics. Follo'wlng is part of n article In The Atlanta Journal of Saturday; "Following tho issuance by tlm United Kts.t Wnr Department of n formal or der, the sol" ot cora-cola, a widely ad vtrllnecl ami popular '-off drink, has been forblilile.t In nil the army potits of the Aliunde division. "The -irdr whs Issued at the Inntunee of fturgeon General I'.obert M. O'Uelllv, who recommended that tha wile bo din continued at the poet exchanges. A copy of his reoomnandatfon was not obtain nble at tho Department of the Oulf Bsturday, but tho aljutent) general ther$ Mild thit lie unTitooii thai the surgeon general clUmed that the enlisted men bwaine addicted to tha habit of drtnklmt coco-cola, and tbnt uerhiln InereVllentg of the beverage Induced ihe habit. , "The alJuiHnt nerl couldn't re I'iimber whnfOv&ee Ingredients were, or wliat spncll;e effect they had on the sol rtltrs. more tlmn the surgeon general's statement that they caused Ilia oocu-cola habit." We are getting mighty good of a f ud den. "The rumor thttt Orchard, of Idaho fame, whs born In North Carolina is so serious that before commenting upon It we shall wivl to heur from the esteemed Charlotte Observer. Al-o will The News and Courier and The Houston Post observe sllerice""Atlanta Georgian. North Carolina disclaims Mr. Or. chard. He Is an undesirable citl-en not one for any State to be proud of, Before Judge Perker leaves North Carolina steps should be taken to as certain dtnniteiy wnetner ne noids a place In the long line of eminent red headed Democrats beginning with Thomas Jefferson. It will be remem bered thst this question was warmly debated, three years ago. v V ' HI. ' Mill,..,.,. ' ' The proposed fair circuit,' to be com posed ef Charlotte, Salisbury, OreeftS' boro and Winston, would form a strong combination, well able to secure high- class Attractions. We trust that It will not fail to become a reality. Bland Pat on 'Murhod." To the Editor of The Ol servers ; tn't let that hybrid "mucht-d" make ? mi. ...reel wo tor a minut-v Let others cIIaw their own devices, but never for a moment admit that ymir native count. Ir-dfll, wne ever hospitable tn such tin "tvmoloiit deformity as -"touched. Ctbers imy Hand for U, but uohi-e in IreoVll wh"reyti wr cmnB-sioned to go forth arid set forth our mental re sfure, knowing as you do the gvnius of our people yocr Instincts unerringly tell you, thai the man who would employ it, would lower hi tuition In sichity and eruhmgwr hl standing in the church. The eyes of your native county are upn yow, sun 1 pat and refute to know any- fitatMvllle, July U, DA, Aj"'";;I 7,JM('n;r uf Nor;ti Curt 'Uki l.Mnrs . i.l Com . nt Slort head City WcdiiesJuy -lite Programme. Following la the programme for tho annual meeting of the North Carolina press Association, which will convene at Morehead City Wednesday: . ; WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH. . ' Morning Session 10 O'Clock. Address of Welcome by Hon. W, L. Arendall. , . ' Repponse by Mr. Archibald Johnson. President's Address. . Essay "The Editor and the Town." J. J. Farrlss, of The High Point En terprise, t-i ' Essay 'The Importance of a Live Editorial Page," Archibald Johnson, ot Charity and Children. Essay "Mechanical Excellence in Journalism," R. R. . Clark, ' of - The Statesville Landmark. Address, by Mr. C. C. Moore, Pres ident of the North Carolina Plvislon Southern Cottdn Association, Afternoon Session 2; 0 O'Clock. e Reading of Historian's Paper by Mr, M L. Shipman, of The Hendersonvtile Hustler. . - . Essay "How to Make the Associa tion of Greater Profit to Its-Members," R. M. Phillips, of The Newbern Sun. Essay "The Advantages of a Semi- Weokly,t D. T. Edwards, Klnston Free press.' --s. --,'-, rKv:- Essay "The Newspaper of To-MOr- row," josephus Daniels, of The News and Observer. v Evening Session 8:30 O'Clock. Essay "Subscription and How to Qet Them" WSC. Hammer,, of The Asheboro Courier. Address "The Paper and the Ped agogue Their Mutual Dependence and Helpfulness," Prof. J. B., Cariyle, of Wake Forest College. Annual Oration by Rev. J. o. Atkin son, D. D of The ChrlHtlan Sun. THURSDAY, JULY 18TII. Morning Session 9:30 O'Clock. Eneay "The Relative Importance of the News amd Editorial Columns," J. P. Caldwell, of The Charlotte Ob server. Essay "Press and Puptt Co-Labor ers," Rev. P. R. Law, v. ., o; Tne Presbyterian Standard. ' Esday "The Editor and the Adver tiser," W. K. Jacobson, of The Wash ington Progress. Address by Hon John H. Small, on "The Inland Waterway," Afternoon Session 2:30 O'CiocK. DlscuHsion "Should a Country paper Operate a Job Office?" Affirm hnnatlve, D. J. Whlohard; Negative, If. B. Varner. Essay "The Editor's First Duty." C. H. Poe, of The Progressive Farmer. FRIDAY, JULY 19TH. Excursion to Washington, N. C. SPOILED A GOOD STORY. Reporter Who Wrote Interview With a Traveling Man Nipped a siore Elaborate) Vara, la the Bud. To the Editor of The Observer; That reporter, sitting in front of the Buford last Sunday morning, who overheard one "traveling gentleman" (as the girl in the County Chairman would say) call another's attention to the actions of the English sparrows, and . moralises about It, spoiled a mighty good story I had prepared by publishing his, just as the darkey cut his hopes of learning how the bird's parents were going to teach it to fly by grabbing the little fellow from the steps of the Manufacturers' Club. I guess 1 11 have to forgive him though, because he writ a much better atory about It than I had done. Mine was prepared, ready for mail ing, when I caught sight of his In The Observer a day or two ago. He and I confabbed a little about those birds too. but I didn't thinnk of his being a reporter. What narrow es capes we Co have at times! I thought he too was a "traveling gentleman." I should like to know that fel low better, for I'll bet he's got & heart In him like a ham. I saw him reading Mrs. Lindsay Patterson's story in that morning's Observer, and he read like he understood. Hhe does, all right, and I wish she could have seen what took place In the street that morning. When my attention was first attracted to the young bird, he was sitting on the sill of one of the windows to the Buford lobby. I thought he was wounded, and stepped over to investigate. He Jumped to the side-walk, hopped right In the track of a passing street car riage. Then It was I looked for the tragedy, but. while horse's hoof and carriage wheel both brushed his feather, he sat there unharmed after both had passed. At this point the mo'ther, who, with the father, had been watching the scene from a 'phone' wire above, eame twn to- take her offspring in hand, and from here on that reporter told the story better than I oould. With regards to him, I am the TRAVELING MAN. Greennboro, July 13. 1907. AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE New Feature of tho Forthcoming Far incrs' Institutes. Written for Tho Observer. A new feature Is bolng added to the formers' Institute programme this year in the form of an evening lecture Illus trated by stereoptlcan lantern. An ex periment Ii being mftdo of holding even I on mwetbss for the purposo of this lan tern lecture In connection with the reg ular farmers' Institute In many of the oountles of Ihe State. This lecture will be delivered by Dr. V. L Ktevens. of the A. & M. Colluge and ot tho North Caro lina oxpqrlmant station, end will dlscusa many phases of agricultural problems vch as plnnt Improvement, breeding, selection, cross-breeding of plants, pro tection of plants from their enemies, diseases and In-ects, the various methods of plant culturo and propaga tion, tools to be used, and the method ot using them; the economy of farm la bor, and tho proper Improvement of tools. This leoturo is to be Illustrated hv lnriri. neieotlon of beautiful lantern ,lldes which will -be exhibited on an s foot screen !n the lecture hall. The leo- tiir MhnuM bu interesting, instructive. and pronuul to all - farmers, and also to the students, ienc'ners and to the m-vnora' ivlv and children. Several requests have been received from various cour ties that this lecture be placed at an earlier hour In the day In order that it might he conVKnleht tor farmers living at a distance -to attend. This, however, Is obviously impossible tlnra It Is necessary to. have the room dark in order to exhibit the illustrations. Good Work of Church Missionary. At the. morning service yeswday,- Hev. It. K. Boyer. pastor of T. sn Street Methodist church, announced the recep tion of two new members on trofewlon of faith aud several by letter. il spoke also of the work of the missionary, MUi Minnie GnUls. during- the past wjoek. This report tliowed that Mls Oattt Is doing a fatthful work visiting memben of the church and people who are ,not mrmrwrs of any church, in securing new keholars tor the Sundy school, la es- tabllshlnsf sottage prayer meetings and ether rellirlatis work. She will be, en rtred 1n this Work for Trj on Street at leot until full, and she mny then return rl lUllll lull. Slid Hi" -mi'ti Il ium tn the training scnoot 'tor - nrisuan J wm ben In N'ulivtll. Turin. era In .nmsiiviii", mnn., wnere sno isnent lat winter end sbrltig In pre para urn for city mission work. rocrous could tot help mk. "I bsa ktdney trouble for year.", Willis Mrs, Kj.virtond Coni.er, of SheN ton, Wash., ''and thr doctors could tint Mp tne. - 1 trlMl VoW Kidney Cure, and the very first doe gave ms roller and I nan low urd. I cannot say too much for Foley's Kldrey Cure.'' " It make the diseased Kidfly eoued so they will eliminate the p-nsoni from the itlort.1 Inl.t ihe do" this, food hi4ltb la unaosslblv It it Jordan Co. ' r ! i , . . . i ( ..r cf l- Charleston Evening Post, The Norfolk Laidmark Insists that Us announcement of the Hemphill Senatorial boom -was made upon the authority of the editor of The Even ing Post, and, as It must necessarily know better than we can know the sources of its information, we are forced to accept the statement Any way, as Anthonv said after he had stirred the Roman populace with his oration on Caesar; "Mischief, thou art afoot, "take thou what course tnou wilt." The Norfolk pronunclamento was a movlne- utterance. It has at tracted almost as much attention as it deserved, o The whole countryside 13 ringing with Its echoes. . The resDonies to the patriotic offer of his services have been gratifying to the candidate and his manager. rrom Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia only the most enthusiastic approval is voiced by the press.. The Norfolk f Landmark, which had the honor of -carrying the first formal an nouncement ot the candidacy, declares that the boom "la as beautiful as an aurora ; borealls upon the ordinarily drearv nolltlcal sky." and Z promises that "the South will have new Cal houn and the United States Senate a new sensation." W might say here that already tho Senator presumptive has approved the design of tha Cal houn monument In this city as s model for expression of his countrymen's ap preciation of the service he expecw io render them at Washington. The Sa. vannah Morning News asserts that he 'has 74.000.000 friends in this country who would f be delighted to see tilm wearing a Senatorial toga, If U is his pleasure", and It says "he can count on the support of the Georgia delega tion." - Let us say that the candidate Is not considering his pleasure in this matter. It Is a matter of stern duty with him. The people need him and he is ready to serve them. The Char lotte Observer, whose editor we have already appointed chairman of the oommittee on platform, expresses it self rather coarsely in offering mate rial reward for the performance of a public duty. - when It promises, in event of the election of the candidate, "to buy him a new cigar with which to slgnallae his entrance upon his Sen atorial duties." At the recent meeting in Richmond of the Southern Publish ers' Association," The Observer con tinues, "it was observed that the one which he has been carrying in his mouth, unlighted, for several years, has gotten unraveled, frayed at tne edges, and was looking generally over worked and exhausted " That was a newspaper cigar. The Observer hasn't yet seen the political perfectos that are being passed out. Col. George Harvey has been heard from, pledg ing the support of New York. As CoL Harvey has some acquaintance with Pierpont Morgan and his Wall Street friends, we see Interesting and Important possibilities in this connec tion, and the boys may hear some thing to their advantage before long. We must correct some misconcep tions. The Macon Telegraph thinks that The Norfolk Landmark may have perpetrated a delightful piece of hu mor without itself seeing the Joke. We wish The Telegraph would point out the humorous feature of the matter. There never was a mOre jlerioua un dertaking than this upon which we have engaged. It there should be any doubts upon the subject we will file an affidavit from Speaker Richard St Whaley, in whose charge we left the boom for a single day, to the effect that it was the heaviest day's work he had ever done. He has not yet entirely recovered from the bur den. The Yorkvllle Enquirer thinks that Major Hemphill is "having low of fun out of his prospective candi dacy." The candidacy is real and not prospective and the candidate Is not having fun out of It Even were he Inclined to trifle with the affections Of the people his managers would not permit him to. He is bearing himself with due solemnity. The Greenville News and The Sum ter Item evidently think this Is a Mis souri candidacy. They want to be shown. The News says it "would llko to hear what the major himself thinks about the suggestion, and it wants "to have )jim say publicly whether or not he is seriously considering what his friends are urging upon him." The Item says that "the esteemed editor ot The News and Courier should speak up and let his friends know whether he and his friends who launched the boomlet at Jamestown were In earnest or merely working oft a Joke on the Norfolk newspaper gang," Once lot all we want It understood that the candidate Is under strict Injunction to give out no utterance at the present stage of the campaign. Especially is he to refuse to be Interviewed for the press. Inquiries as to his attitude will be received by the editor, of The Even ing Post as campaign chairman and answered as he thinks wise and profit able, but the candidate's lips are sealed. These remarks willr we trust, make perfectly clear the standing of our candidate,, and there should be no ex cuse for further misunderstanding. - If any of our contemporaries In the State want to exercise their mental facul ties on this all important matter, why don't they speculate after the manner of The Greenwood Journal, which says: "Why not Hemphill tor Lattl tner's place? Why could . not Hem phill beat Lattimer twd 1" a game and (til the place better than Lattimer? Why not Hemphill? , for Lattlmer's place? Why not?" ;? As soon as Editor Carpenter, of The Anderson Dally Mail, comes back from . his . tour with the junior Senator, we are going to propound that query to, hlm, if It is not satisfactorily answered before that time. , - - - Mosquitoes and White stockings. New York Sun. - The recent discovery that army posts are thriving places for mosqui toes because these insects breed in old cannon and In the piles of old can non balls may he supplemented by an other discovery which women attach ed to these posts made in the Philip pines With regradto mosquitoes. An officer's wife at Fort Blocum told about it the other evening when some men visitors wearing low shoes and black hose were slapping their shins ':;lf you were here Jong you would notice she skid, "that every, woman around here wear white hose. It Isn't because it is the fashion, but because mosquitoes rarely bite through white stockings. We. learned that In the Philippine,.. Black hose seem to at tract these pests. There something about white that .repels them. Tell your Women folks that when they vis it an army post in mosquito time arid expect to be, out of doors to be sure to put on white stockings, tt .Will save them a good deal of annoyance, A woman rubbing her ankles together terwus-r-ef -thB Tnlserf"' f ""Wtoaqnlte ::: It. ii.r : ly .. I I y i KtM'- to 1'atl'iui fci-rvhvs. bite u not altogether attractive. 1 1 : v; i ( t : . : ' .i ; : i .'! t .' .. : t l:.-i-y (. : i r the drink habit tho ci, i 3 t.-.at 1 i come over me la an that cou'l Le desired. I went there wlt'.i tUe in tention of getting curod, Just 83 though I had bought an. article of merchandise and with the intention of getting paid back for it. I simply had faith in what I was doing, as my brother found full restoration in the treatment My experience since taking the treatment in March, 1908, has been that any man who has thrown away & goodly portion of his Ufa and awakens to find himself in the full possession of his health and faculties has a great deal to be proud ot and Is ready to begin life anew. So now, my brother. If you are addicted to drink, go to the Keeley Institute at Greensboro, N. C, and take the treatment ; honestly. - Success will crown youf efforts and add one more enemy to the curse of whiskey that destroys men, families and business, and last but not least, a man's soul. Yours respectfully, . W. F. PARKER. - Robersonvllle, N. C Oct. 22, 1905. TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA. "Layman" ' Belieres That Judgment Should be Employed in Imparting - the Truths of Bcriptwe to tho Young Church Must too .More) Liberals - - , " J ' - To the Editor ot The Observer: ' ' In a recent Issue, under the caption, "Live Topics About Town.' and also under the sub-head, "A -Doubting Age," . Tha Observer ; had, the follow ing; ' , ' , r 1 "This is a doubting age," said a young lady to a newspaper reporter, yesterday. "One day last week, when I went to my boarding place, the small ion of the home came to me and, In a quiet cunning sort' of way, asked: 'Mlss S do you believe, that Jonah was swallowed by the whale?' "Knowing that the child's mother had fceen teaching him the Bible I Inquired: . "What did our mama tell you about It?' " 'Why,- she sadl that the whale certainly did swallow Jonah.' " 'Well, I guess he did,' was my re ply. - , H 'Yes, but Miss S there are some who doubt it, " " - ; "Did you argue it with tha lad?" asked the reporter. 1 "No, I think he Is ItM tn doubt." This little incident "rouched" me, cr else I "muchid" It, very much., I was impressed with tha- action of thla twentieth century boy mind. Clear ly he doubts, and the adult who told about It thinks that he doubts. ' He knows that far older heads than his own doubt. I take it, therefore, that he will never accept that story at Its face value, or church. If he doe not, " It is possible 1 that In time he will come to doubt other things laid down in the Bible. If he does that, the chances are that he will eventually doubt all that the scriptures teac,h and In his manhood's age will refuse to believe anything. , 1; ' . Now I hold that it would be a great deal better to tell that bright boy that the story of Jonah and the whale sim ply illustrates and Intended to illus trate the old, old truth that the man Who shirks duty will be punished. I would not have htm taugh that doc trine that to be happy you must be good, but , rather, that duty Is the "Stern Daughter of the Voioe of God." He would take that. Interpretation freely and would lose no respect for the Bible, . If It wer explained to him that far back In Hebrew traditions, and per haps even further back than that, there was a story that great sea mon sters did that sort of thing, and that the writer of the book of Jonah used this story to point a moral and adorn a useful tale, such explanation would result In far more good than In try ing to force into his head a thing that he has clearly shown he cannot and is not going to believe. I am not a scholar or a theologian, nor am I versed in things pertaining to the Blblej but I have sufficient light to cause me to feel that unless the Church abandons such thinzs as trying to teach that men must believe the Jonah story as it is written, or go to hell because they doubt a part of the Bible, that ' there will be a trong reaction and a trend toward infidelity in this enlightened age when progress is being made in every other department of human life. I believe in the Bible, I believe what it says about the way we should live here; I believe what it say of future happiness and punishment I be lieve in the Immortality of the soul. I am not an infidel,: I am not trying to discredit the scriptures in any mind, for I have too much sense, I know that It would be futile, as It has been in Instances that are historical, and then I have no desire to do so. But I do say, in view of the unsur passed development of mind and mat ter In this part of the world, that un less the Church becomes more liberal, without loss of force, rather gain ing force thereby, great masses of men are going to break away from the Churcvh and become infidels. New England to this day has never recov ered from the effects of the Intoler ance that reigned there -onoe upon a time, and the Church split into all eorts of "isms." - Tell the bov that he Is not Yin- tn the devil because he can't believ that old Hebrew tradition. . . "LAYMAN." MUCH" NEW TO HIM. Former North Carolinian Thinks the iwrect word is "Mush and ate an. Example. , To the Editor of The Observer: It has been my misfortune not to see the recent correspondence about tne word 'much" as used In speak ing to or commanding a dog. The oniy Knowledge I have concerning the controversy la,. contained in th short editorial paragraph In which the editor confesses that it was r,ev to him. I ant a former North Caro linian and it is aise new to me. I have a suspicion, though, that tne correct . wora is "mush." sometimes hear this word used by returned miners and furrier - from the far North. To a aled dog it means what "glddap" does to a Noun Carolina mule, except that the dog is at eager to hear and willing to obey an the mule Is loth to hear and unwilling to obey. 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