North Carolina Newspapers

II THE DISGRACE Of RALEIGH." Conditions There rHMtnr, are Belter than interest Gathered From the Allan In Mian's Bo-ridden Caplial. tic to the Appalachians. . Under the above heading the Raleigh News and Ob server of last Tuesday con tained a. three-column edi torial on the lack of law en forcement in that city. It has baen known that the pro hibition is being flagrantly violated in Raleigh, and the city authorities seem to be doing nothing to change this disgraceful condition. The .News and Observer: "It may be truly said that none, of the officials 'have done their duty lull v. It is equally true the people have been asleep or indifferent while the bUnd tigers and co-operative barrooms, other wise known as clubs, have applied their hellish trade without, let or hindrance. The time has come when Raleigh must- remove this disgraceful advertisement to the world that its city gov ernment is incompetent. Pri marily, the Police Commis sion, and the Police Justice are charged with the duty of enforcing the State Prohibit tion law in Rale gh, but they claim that the evidence can not be obtained- by men in uniform, and, therefore, they cannot enforce the" law, but that, it they had the means at their command to employ private detectives airi. plain clothed policemen, they would be able to et certain evi dence Upon which the blind tiger men could be convicts ed.V - - The News and Observer concludes its arraignment as follower , "To the board of ahfeTmen, the mayor,, police justice and all the - officials of Raleigh : Gentlemen. ! You can enforce the prohibition law in Raleigh that it is done; and, as you love the city you should re move the disgrace that rests upon Raleigh and the stigma that rests upon its official government by the proofs of fered by its lawlessness. in the auditorium on Sunday after noon, "Shoot Luke, or give up the gun. "If the men elected aud appointed to office in Raleigh with all the power they have got and with the purse of the city at their command, can not enforce the law and stop the illicit sale ot liquor, as it is going on in this 'jity, then in the name of the reputation of the capital city, they should retire and let some body else hold the office and draw the salaries who believe that they can relieve the city from the stigma of be ing a city that is important to uphold the majesty ot the .law!7 as Daa as tne aoove pic tures the conditions in V 1 - 1 1 Jialeign ana as shameless as the impotency of the officials appears, -conditions there are -a " - a aeciaea improvement over similar affairs in Salisbury. TTerfi it annears rot so mnch as a matter of impotency, but rather of deliberate intent. We are'toia mere are seven teen cluDs doing ousiness nere and that there is no difficulty in buying prohibit ed beverages from any of them. Buildings are rented, clerks are hired and the traf fic seems to be conducted by individuals as niuch so today as it . was five years ago There are practically no ar rests and no efforts made' to arrest any one or break up such lawlessness. If there is a' town or county officer,' excepting Judge B. B. Miller, of the County Court, who has during the' past twelve months made a single honest effort to observe' his oath of office in this respect, we have not heard of it, A few small fello.ws have been nabbed, generally because the officers were, just forced to do it, and in a number , of cases, issaid, by the big dealers get the little fellows out the way. . . If Raleigh's condition it to of is phameful what can be said of STATE NEWS. Liqaor nas utien uaruei u g,ji m Kaieisn-annus iut om-Bi days," remarked a mau at Raleigh who seemed to know wba$ he was talking about, "and if Raleigh people mean business it will soon be cut of the question, " They say the tizers have already begun to run. Those hitherto tame au- mala are scared. After being strbken with pa ralysis for the past fifteen years, Judge Mclver, an old and honored citizen of Carthage and of the state passed away on Thursday morning after suffering a relapse for the past. two months. Judge Mclver was one of the oldest cit- :zeL8 of the town and he will bo missed, not for the.serviceihe has been to the town of late y-ars, out for the Godly iufluence which he cast over every one with whom he came m contact. A i addition of at Jeast $100,000 will be made to the endowment tuud of the Watts. Hospital by ueo. W. VVatta, who nas let ino :ontiact lor the plans for a large ap'iitme'ht house, the rental foi the ma nteuance of the hospital. A conditional pardon was gran ti - . y XT' . tea i? riaay oy uoveruor jiccneu to (Join Uotler, convicted in Rickiugbam county in August, 1919., aud sentenced to four years t ii- i - on the puDiic roaas iu two cases for housetreakuig, larceny and resolving. The prisoner has ser ved 18 mji ths and his physical 1 .1 I " ooLQiiion is Bucn tnac pnjBiciauB recommend his pardon. Rutherford College, one of the Id-S6 denominational college! in t iu state, ana immeaiate: unaer oe canirol of the Wester; North C-roiiua Methodist Ey .-oopal Conference, will be mod to Charlotte in the near future pro vided the Conference, ooard of education can make suitable ar- .augeaients for the change. Statesviile Landmaik: The m itT 1 a TV 1 r . i case ot waiter K.u3sen, ior cue killing of Jane Summers, was jailed for trial last Wednesday but was continued on behalf of absence of an alleged material witness. T. L. McCoy, a witness for tho defense, is in Georgia, and he wrote that he could not CDme for lack of means. Counsel said they had not had time to get up the money aud send it. The fact that coumel was employed to assist in the prosecution means that the friends of Summers will make an effort to have Rus ell convicted, and the defence nat urally wauted a continuance in the hope that the interesi ma'y abate somewhat by the time the case is pat on trial. It is l'kely that the next semi annual meeting of the farmers c -operative demonstration work of the Uuited States Department of Agriculture for eastern North Carolina will te held at Wil mington this spring Winston-Salem is a contender fo,r Rutherford College which the board of trustees propose to move from it3 home at Rutherford tj some larger ana mere central point. It was announced som- days ago that Charlotte would probably be selected and two of the trustees of the institution living in Charlotte are now mak- g active effort to secure the college A friend of the msti'u- tion living in Winst )n-Salem, howpver, has offered to donate $50 000 himself if that city is se lected and this indicates that the lecal agencies that are in volved in the agitation may hava to hustle pretty iively to -over come this Btep. Salisbury? The officers here come nearer being guardian? of the blind tigers and law less than they do of the law abiding, ligitimate interests of the community. The surprise of the matter is that in view of the large number of moral and intelli gent people in the towns and throughout the rural dis tricts of the county, the great danger of such a condition is allowed to go" unchanged. Can it be possible they do not see, do not realize the out come ot such a courses or is it indifference . and careless ness? Some of course are willing worshiper of the golden calf and others have not the courage to disobey the king. An inventor has placed email norse shoe magnet on the side of a thimble to help tailors pick up needles. FINES OR CHAIN GANGS Re cpaned Before Jcdge Ferguson Got Out of Town. Several establishments conduct ed by persons wbo were dfeiid ants in court lait week aLd re quired to givo bond not to et gage in the sale of whiskey for a period of 12 months, which closed on the day the plea of nolo contendere was entered r--opentd Saturiay for business They hardly waited for Judge Ferguson to get out of the city. Whether they are sell ing whiskeyis another question; some have no doubt quit tb busi ness for good, iut the common belief is that many of those uuder bond will continue to deal in the stuff. Wilmington dispatch. Later news from Wilmington is to the effect that H. Mack God win, one of the mst prominent of the 59 defendants who entered pleas of nolo contendere when ar raigned in New Hanover Superior Couit las!; week to answer charge of selling whiskey, was taken into custody Tuesday under an in- stanter capias issued at -the in stance of 'Solicitor Shaw, based upon the allegation that whiskey was sold at G;dwin's place Mon day night, which was " in direst violation of the agreement en tered into by the defendant. After hearing the evidence Judge Allen sentenced Godwin to 12 months on the chain gang. He appealed and gave bond in the sum of $2,000. It is said that others who escaped on the nolo contendere plea will be re-arrest ed. - Statesviile Landmark. The above plainly shows tho difference between imposing flues and road sentences. The tines are willingly paid an i the offender immediately resume their viola tions, in fact they feel that they are merely paying for ' the privi lege to violate the law So long as the fine system is in vogue just so long will . we hare the law trampled under foot, but when it becomes the custom to- put these offenders on the roads, then the law will receive a measure of re spect at least. As stated last week a number cf. blind tigers wilt ike ly. be tried j- at the next term of the Rowan Superior Court who havJ Leen begging off from time to time be cause they were afraid Judge Allen would put them on the roads, but now are hoping, and we understand expect Judge Fer guson to 'et them off with a fine. Among these are several of the Barber? who were fined and sen tenced by Judge Miller, Lut who book an appeal aud have gotten off from court to court under one pretext or another. Demccrats For Economy. The democrats iu caucus have decided that there will be no pub tic building bill, which is largely a huge graft for members to use to win votes in their districts, ai.d that there will be no appro priation for the usual two war ships which the country has been buying each year. The public building bill as pre pared amounted to $16,000,000, The, two battleships would have cost $24,000,000. Thus saving has been effested of forty million for 1912. Of courje there may be and very hkely will be some money appro priated for emergency casss in the public building matter. And there may be strong efforts made to get the battleship bill back on the boards; but the caucus of the democratic members, although showing a division of sentiment and baing by no means harmoni ous, declared against any expendi ture for eithei object. Taft and the People. President Taft, in his recent ipeeon at JNew xorg, nsea tnese words: "I he people aro not al ways able to dec de what is best for them. A great maiy men who believe this to be true lack the courage to say it. In explaining that ' the people do not always know what they want," the President made no mention of the fact thai the peo ple do not always have a chance, under the present cumbersome election methods, to give- expres sion to their opinions . The peo ple, for instance, probably wcu'd not be in ftvor of allowing hun dreds of office holding Rej u1 li cans in the South .to nominate the candidate for president, but bow can they he p themselves? Moreover, when the people decide almost unanimously that- they want a certain thing, such as the recall in Arizona, the President eteps in and says they shall not have it. Apparently it makes small difference to Mr. Taft wha4Kai tho' nannla lrrtrtar Tr It a fc. they want or not. Ex. LOCAL NEWS MAtlERS.V -L' Short Items Concerning -rjr i'ople ;anfl Their. Dotevv, Mrs . E . .0 . Cronk ipota at the. SpeacerYM C - A ,1 Stniday at 4 o'clock to a large aa3ince;.J Rv.C A. Monroe of Hickory.' preached at th j Speifoir, Freby t9rian church Sffndajf morning: at 11 o'clock and at -tSe'Cheatuut li 11 PfdsbytKisau chrcn atp m. OClOCK. UQSgSM.uuMi meeting were held ii each, of these churches for thf iptrrpcWof calling -a pastor.. T14 v? C B . Heller,:pastor of the erqaan-Reformed church at FaAJast un animously liked by tbctmnli- a t tT - -X. A. C- n I 63. Rev. E. 0. Cronk Eaobed at the First Presbytetto cburch unday moruiDg. 'j"l The Dokie reception 'and ban quet last Friday nightVwas a moB delightful affair. 0 & MoLeant of Greensboro, Grand'Cnaneellor of Knights of Pyth cf North Caroima was the guejw of . honorf All the members jsreatpt -rejxrt a graud occasion . The following i Marshal P. Thompson's version ...f--the sen satioual divorce proceedings at Rjuo, Nevada: "Jr did not contest tbe suit," said-Thompson. "My wife's folkB claim she was only 15 yars old wEaii I mar ried h-3r in Texas. I) understood she was 17. If she claims I abused her I desire to deny it.;Wewere married four years ago, and every thing would have beki .all right hud it no6 been for the inter ference of outsiders. I;' W. H Cauble, of . .the Faith com numty was fouiid-gnilty of violating the bird law and waB fined five dollars and fhaif the ctgt in the Rowan County Court Saturday. - We have just recsiyedShe hand some catalogue of ;the, reliable seed growers and mefchaats T. W. Wood & Lons, Richmond Va. The seed sold by the arm; are not only among the very Best to be had but they suit oar oUmate bet-; ter than those raised Isewherei ? Master GeoJ W. Reed, Jr., was taken to the Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium again last Saturday morning. Hia right foot was am putated, it will be remembered, when he was here before because of blood poison cansea irom lun- niug a nail in his foot. Now he has been attacked by blood poison in the right arn and is here for treatment. His parents live at Miseuheimer in Stanly county. The Spencer shops started up again last Ihureday with their entire force. ihis was good ness tc Salisbury reople. Editor Harry P. Deaton of the Moorosville Enterprise was in this city last Thursday on a busi ness trip. Editor J. D. Bivius of the Stanly Enterprise was in the city last Friday. He came here to meet his mother' from Dur ham . Mayor F. M Thmpson has is sued a statement forbidding the i,8 3 c tne fcireet .phoue by all parsons except city . officials, for whoso U3e it is intended. How ever, it -may bo used by citizens in reporting a fire or other dis turbances. Children and Work. Sensible talk. The idea that children should not work is nonesense, is a positive and lasting harm to the children.. JLheir physical, moral and menial welfare should """al ways be carefully guarded, of course ; neither should they be allowed to slave to support worthless parents in idleness, but a child who is not taught to work is greatly wronged and handicapped in the race of life. Early tram. iug in habits of industry is the most important- lesson a child can learn and the patents who fail to teach these lessons encourage idle ness and idleness begets vice. Statesviile Landmark. Salisbury People Should Try This. Mcpherson & Co. states that any one who has constipation, sour stomach or gas on the stom ach, should try simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as com pounded in Adler-i-ka, the new German Appendicitis remedy. A SINGLE DOSE brings relief almost INSTANTLY and Salis bury people are surprised how QUICKLY it helps. This simple remedy antisepticizes the diges tive organs and draws off the im purities. Mornergon & Co. HOW Tu FISHT CONSUMPTION. Education is the Best Weapon of Attack -j and Well Enforced Laws Help. Consumption is a preventable disesae. Yet we continue to have more deaths from consump tion than-from any other disease. Why?. Largely becatse some of our consumptives continue to spit cough, and sneeze in suoh a man asr that their friends and asso ciates are infected. These, then are the people that causa U3 so much trouble, that increase our death rate and decrease our pop ulation, that increase our poverty aud decrease cur wealth, that , in crease our misery and decrease our happiness. But hy do they do it? First. because thev do not knew anv better, and second, because, they are willfully or criminally care less. What is the remedy? For the first cla3s the .remedy is edu cation education along the lh.e of sanitation and hyghne. Such education in regard to the very i fundamentals, of how to eat I sleep, bathe, breathe, and live, works wonders with this class. For this. class the remedy iscom paratively simple. The ' best place for such education is. of course, in the schools. There, it reaches the greatest number of people. There, it is easily taught and well remembered. There, it reaches the cominggeneration. Tmendous results can be ac c:inphshed with the masses after the ..eohool periods. For them there should be leetures given by the county superintendents of healih, city health officers, phy sicians, ministers, und wellin formtd members of Anti-Tuberculosis and hea th leagues. For this purpose the Stafee Board of Health, as well as many city Loaids of health, distribute liter ature on consumption and other health buI jects . Couctless means of public education may be used, as for instance lantern slides showing pictures and health sen tences, signs in street cars aud on' bill boards, notices from the press and pulpit, tuberculosis exhibits, etc. After th j public conscience js somewnat awanened to its senmjot duty we sbcu'd havaie dispensaries and visiting nurses to carry the gospel of health to all class8. For the wil'fully or criminally carelesB class it is neccessary to enact and rigidly enforce anti spitting ordinances. Ordinances requiring the reporting of cases of consumption to the health de partment shcu'.d also be enforced Literature and oral instruction may theu be furnished and disin fection of houses may be ac:om plished after each removal of the inmates. CoL sumption, like yellow fever, will soon be a disease of the mass es are properly educated to their sense of responsibility and the criminally careless are made law abiding, Bulletin. Dangerous High Water; During the days of high Water before tha recent snows, W. B Moore of Troy attempted to cross Danson creek three miles north of town and came near drowuing. He drove his horse aud wagon, loaded w'ith gasoline engine and ..wood saw into the stream. They weie forced down stream to a foot way that crossed it .and lodged there long enough for the horses to get near enough to the bank to get foot-hold, but the rear part of the wagon and its load were washed down stream, throwing Mr. Moore in mid stream. The mad waters hurled him down for a considerable dis tance until ne was nearly ex hausted. Finally he succejded in fighting his way near enough to the bank to citch some over hanging &busheB, thus having himsalf from a watery giave. As soon as he could he hurried back to his horse that was patiently waiting fcr assistance, and soon had him free and on land. Strange to say, the gasoline en gine was carried several hundred yards down the stream and fur ther than the wood saw and . wag on which fouud lodgement before goingjso far Troy Montgomerian . Almo3 Lost His Life. ' S. A. Stid, of Mason, Mich , will never forg t his terrible ex posure to a merciless storm. ''It gave me a dreadful cold," he writ3S( "that caused severe pains in my cheat, so it was hard for me to breathe. A neighbor gave me several dosss of Dr. King's New Discovery which brought great relief The doctor said I was cn the verge of pneumonia, but to continue with the Discov ery.- I did sa and two bottles completely cured me." Use on ly this quick, Bafe, reliable medi cine for coughs, colds, or any throat or lung trouble. Price 50o and $1.00- Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists. GENERAL MATTERS OF INTEREST. Big Events Reduced to Little Paragraphs for the Readers if This Paper. Thirty indictments or more growing oDt cf the government's investigation into the dynamite conspiracy have been drawn up, at Indianapolis, Ind Harry K. ThawLwho just com pleted four vears at Matteawan hospital for the insane1, will soon make another attempt, it is re portod, to gaia his freedom through habeas corpus proceed ings. ; .General Manuel Monilla assum ed the presidency of Honduras Friday. - Robt. Ewing, meniber of the Tennessee committee of th- Woodrow Wilson campaign State oommittee, ha. resigned from the committee giving as his reason "the extreme personal bitterness which has lately developed be- tween my broth?r-in-law, Henry Waiterson, and my friend Wood- row Wilson." Mr. Ewing makes it clear that his resignation is cn account . of embarrassment by reason of his relation to Mr. Watterson. A bill has been introduced in the Russian duma prohibiting the admission intc Russia of Jewish citizens of the Uuited States. The bill also provides for an in crease in the general customs tarrirf , with speaial duties againtt American goods. The bill is the first definite step taken by Russia in retaliation for the notification recently given by the United States government of the abroga tion of the treaty of 1832. Vice President Sherman at the white house said that Taft will be re-ncminated and re-elected. Sherman said: "I never have had a djnbt as to Taft'a nomina tions. "The republican party wins its victories in November and not February. History will re peat itself this year." Santa Fa and other trans-con-tiaentai railroads petitioned the comm rce court for an injunction against the interstate 'commeroe commission s order reducing rates on lemons from California to ah poiLts in the Uuited States from $1-16 per hundred pounds to $1. J ne court neard the argument Monday. "I don't see wherein Governor Wilson has beeh injured at ail by this controversy. The only man who has been injured is Colonel Watterson himself." In this briei fashion Senator Beniamiu R. Tillman, of South Carolina, summed up his impressions of the apparent ending of the Watter son Wilson-Harvey controversy. After amending the child labor bill so as t prohibit the invasion of private reBineuces in quest of information, that measure was passed by the Senate 54 to 20. The negative vote was cast by Seuatois Bailey, Bryan, Chil ton, Culberson, O'Gorman, Over man, Taynter, Tillman and Wat son, Democrats; and Senators Burnham, Clark of Wyoming. GaliingT, Heyturn, Nixon, Oli ver, Wetmore and Works, Repub licans. Louishurg Times: We don't beHeve we would exaggerate very much if we would say, that the whiskey that has been sold in Louisburg and Franklin county the past twelve months' would overfill the city standpipe. If the public is going to allow these conditions to exist, it would be a great deal better to remove the law and license same. A dispatch to The Baltimore Sun from Washington says that in the oampaigu for Governor of Virginia two more B:uolars may ghy their castors igta the ring, Dr Edwin A. Alderman, of tl e University of Virginia. I ut cl North Carolina before he became of Virginia aid of North Caro lina still, and Thomas Nelion Page, tha writer of most delicious books, being the two men in view. Shocking Sounds in the ear tjh are sometimes heard hof ore a terrible earthquake that warn of the coming peril. Na ture s wari.iogs are kind. That dull-pain or ache in the back warns you the kidneys need at ten tion if you would - escape those dangerous maladies, dropsy, dia betes or Brigbt's disease. Take Electric Bitters r t cnoe and see backache fl? and all vour best feelings return. "My son re csived great benefit from their use for kidney and bladder trouble," writes Peter Rondy, South Kockwood. Mien, "it is certainly a great kidney medi cine. Try it. 50 cents at all druggists. CHINESE FAMitft; Pitiful Stories of StarraOooJ foil Plan f lorneitei. cm lor Beta.- It will doubtless surprise I Americans to learn that ' in manv of tho , in ttoa of China are civreirnpte & mftnts fissnriflHnna wfirao rK jects are similar: Lto thosi-of ? such organizations , in ?T this t country . The most enlisrti v tened and Dublic snrfir,rl Chinese a re banded together in those associations for ,th. purpose of promoting educa tion, sanitation, and the coma mon good, and to suppTess -graft and other forms J W political corruption. ! AUciJof , which sounds . f amiliaa to American ears. ,m ' For the first tijie theae organizations of the Chinese "best people" are to be active ly enlisted in carryingbut the famine relief measures planned by the relief commit tee at Shanghai. This is1 of 4 especial interest in the Unit ed States because the relief funds now being raised by the Red Cross will be distrU ' 1 buted through the Shanghai Committee. The famine re lief fund will be largely-used in employing the Jamtnertif ferers to reconstruct their own dykes and roads wieh. f have been destroyed by floods,. Thus the idle and despairing , 5 people will be enablefi to' ' earn a living while Waiting" T for another harvest and ! will at the same time be helping to restore their cauntrVinfco normal conditions. On ebf ii the most serious problems xl s relief operations attendmg. other famines has been , the -.H pauperizing effect, uponthe population of receiving sp.. port during prolonged periods , of idleness. The plan Vow to beadoped promises towreV 1 duce this demoralizinj?1 r'eV suit. C- T. Jamespnf 1 their American Ked Cross eifginieer" who has recently traveled -ex tensively through- th dis tricts which have suffered : much from famines in Jate; years, reports that the people finding crops usually a failure ; and relief certain, show natural inclination toabandon their lands and ttirn to1 D3g- gary. ine tendency it ia hoped now to check bv meatra of a system of relief hand upon honest work.. ? - The present unsettled poli-r tical conditions in China make it imDossbl for the. Chinese Groyernment to conv, tribute liberally to the relief funds. For this reason it be came the more imperative that the United States, al ways China's friend, shall re spond to the need generously. Famine conditions are' so desperate that any descrirW: tion of them seems almost in- credible. Mr. Jameson writes of processions of gaunt, starv ing people wandering aimvi lessly along the roads, falling;) and dyeing in the mud when they can go no further. Day after day he ' passed dead bodies of men. women " and children lying where they" had fallen. - And the famine ! must continue untill summer' before new crops can be har vested. Nearly J,000,D00 persons' live in these famine districts, which cover thou sands m square miles. The Shanghai Relief CcmV rnittee has asked the Unified States to raise a relief fnhd of $1)00,000 and the Amen can Red Cross is endeavoring " to do all possible to meet the need. Contributions for this purpose sent to the Red Oijoss in Waskington vor to the officers of Red Crosb Chapters or State Boards will be cabled to China without unnecessary delays He Won't Limp Now. No more limping for Tm Moore of Cochran. Ga. "I had . bad sore on my instep that north ing seemed to ..help till I md Bucklea?a Arnica Salve,-" ha ' writes, "but this wonderful heal- er soon cured me.' 'Heali -bid,1 running, sorei, ulcers, boils, burtiB, cuts, bruises, eczema or -piles . " Try it. Only 25 cents at all druggieti. 'x' READ THE WAT0H1IAK.