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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17. 19U. The News and Observer - Psb.ist.ed vry $T T-r Tb New and Observer Publuhinf Co. iosEpnrs d.vmelv ' . President News and Observer Building. 111-114 W. Martin 8trt. TELEPHONES. Local Sew Department. ........ I Ittnf Editorial Room .............'.. i Ring Aitterthdng Department ...... . . ItT I Ring Cumulation Depertaet ...... ...lt7 Ring Matting Department .1IT Rings FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS SUBSCRIPTION PRICEj Ob year Hi Montha .$7.00 . . Entered at tha Poitofflca at Raleigh. North Carotin; a second-clas matter. ' M orning 1 onic (La Rochefoucauld.) i expect another - ecrct If wa cannot keep It ourselves? mfOW can we expect another to kaep our THE blacksmith labor, at hU. forge and mutter now autl then, "By George, I'd like to be a banker; It's weary work to awing sledge, and manufacture Iron - wedge, and fashion plow and anchor. Tho banker alto around anil gloat o'er pile of bonds and stocks and note, attired In princely ral- W1SHES. hient, while I must at rain my weary the wo to meet my Rons of Mllo dura, or make some other payment. , Tlic banker' - glrla are wearing grms, hlM wife luu. prioclct-a - diadems, all glfut 4lte kll Kxl hriiiK''rnj. but my good wife and girls, a Ins, have only brooches of plata glass, and tliey nre wearing . (Ingham.' Tho banker, shy of brawn and pita, admire tlie mighty, stalwart smith, all full of rod i-orpaiHlenJio aiglw, fOh, rhee, I'd give my wealth, to have that man'e abundant health, hi giant bonc and mow lew! I rin not doubt that he ran eal a aide of mutton and re. peat, and fed no indigestion; hie stomach lake what it receive, and never balk, and never hearea, and neier asks a question. But If 1 eat a crumb of cake I have twelve kind of stomach ache, my worka will be corroded; a alrtoln aleak would knock me cold o what'a tha a of gtl the geld with which they nay I'm loaded?" Complalidng mortal,- be content, and envy not the. other gent, whose lot aeema mi much better; be also sighs for some relief; tie - baa hi aha re of care and grief, aa Mire a don- nerwettcr. THE SUPPORTERS OF TOE AMtXDME.MS. That was a a overwhelming ty tmprealv list of name algned te tha Addreaa to tha Voter uponNth proposed Constitutional Amandmaata and published la tha New and Obearver last Wedneaday. To read tha Hat of mora than a hundred and fifty namea la to call tha roll af aa representa tive a set of North Carolinians active In public Ufa aa m be found within our borders. Hem' bera of Congress,' member Of the General Aa semhly of 1111 nd candidate fur tha General Aaaembly of IMS; college president, college professors. Judge of the Superior Court, So licitor, leader of th Farmer Union, the moat powerful agricultural organisation la th Plate, and leading editor. There were leading men In tha political part lee of the State and nearly every county In the State wai represented. When a cause can command upport Ilk th1 the great rank and file of our people can well afford to talt It up. The men would pot ad vocate change in the Constitution that would do Injury tojh peopl tf K'orth Carolina' nay, they would not advocate them IfVihey" were hot well aaiured that they will advance the Interest of the people of North Carolina. . There are many of our people who have not the time to atudy constitutional question. They will have to depend, when they coma to vote, upon men -who ' have at u died them. We com. mend to them the opinion of thla Hat of patri otic North Carolinian. "They cannot go wrong In Joining In with euch men aa these."" " An4.lt Ihoiitd always be remembered that the proposed Constitutional Amendmenta are sub mitted to the, people after being given the most careful attention, and passed upon both by a legislative Commission and the General Assent- fbly of the Htate. The very composition of tha Commission' which prepared the Amendmenta hnwsthal "they were considered with the ut most care, for as the Commission on Constitu tional Amfndmenls th i-eslslaturef 1111 picked from Its membership a committee of It ablest and wisest. men representing both politi cal parties E. L. Daughtrtdge, A. 1)7 Ward, E. J-Justlre,- ft:- A:-lttmh4n-eV T, -OraUU, Jr Jk. D. Ivle, T. ..Washington, George W. Connor, R. I- Haymor. R. R. William. K. R. Wooten. Henry A. Page. W. A. Devln, H. W. Stubbe, and C. S. Wallace. Governor Craig added Dr. H. Q. Alexander, D. V. Cooper, i. W. Bailey. A, M. Scales and N. J. Rouse. The General Assembly examined closely Into the Amendmenta pre sented by the Commission and of the fourteen offered adopted ten to b .submitted to the people. Indeed It I true that the people can -well vote for the adoption of the proposed Amendmenta because of the men who declare that they are needed as part of the Constitution of North Carolina. VfJd who advocate their, adoption. Economy la one prescription that all the -financial doctor r giving and there Is no ; kind of doubt that It 1 a helpful one. Getting some real Information out of the offi cial ..communications of the European govern ment If about th biggest task the newspaper reader hue the day. While Kurop continues to waste live In th mad struggle among nation for supremacy, the t'ntteri State proceeds with its war of tuber culosis, cancer and all the other disease whlt-h re the real enemies of mankind. "The press In North Carolina Is almost unani mous for the Constitutional , Amendments, It i Inconceivable that so many men. who to say the least are men fit average Intelligence, would make a mistake in this matter. TheRichmond News Lender uaea dollar marks for thf letter; 8 in Its report of Wednesday's sessions of the American Hanker' Aiciatin. The News Leader is an excellent newspaper, but this waa an odd way to show enterprise. General Villa will not be president of Mex ico, but the Indication are that he will have a bir part In ha mini the chief executive of' thai country. Villa I sensible enough too to use hi Influence for a man strong enough for the task. Prof. Hugo Munsterbura quit the Harvard faculty so aa to stfie the great university a be quest of ten million dollars, the Kngllshman who left th bequest having named aa a condi tion that Munsterhurg should quit? If Harvard professors had observed the President's advice to keep thoroughly neutral Harvard might have kept 1U Munsterburg' and got Its ten mil lion too. - -fc .... William Draper Lewis, retired Progressive candidal for Governor of Pennsylvania, says -JGJit5MaLf!Jj!Jil!l.2ii,i. " r" be elected Drnstnr from th Keystone Htate. A. MltchcI'aTmer? th Democratic candidate. Mr. Lewis thinks, is deatlned to' defeat because the liquor Imprests . ar agatnit him, A dlxtlnctton of that sort ought to be a big help to Mr. Palmer and No vember will show Thar IT Is A Constitution has to grow r little. The tain one will not last forever without some re pair now find then penhm n( the National 'Constitution a ritr in the Poiilur fnem e Monthly declares ibat It ntedta- thf rail road, the steamboat. ..and the Krrtnch Kevotifi tlon and was rmii.riry with ieorge 111, Marl Antoinette and timtlock muskets" That 'we Ihlnk whb somewhat unjust to the Federal Constitution which h.-d a more far-sighted au thorship than the t'onstltutioh if ' this State, :1ut It Is pertinent as emphasljan -a very gen jrully recognltied truth that no man. no mat ter how wise he is. can frame a fHw that will foresee and provide; for all future condttiona. Th two Constitutional Amenvlments we do tot Ilk at all are Ihtisn providing for emer gency Judge and 'changing the tax ayatem," ays the Kt i'aul i Messenger. ' We do need as nany Judges as we now have, and surely the ,eoi)e wilt not stand fornwu-ete.'' Thf HvM'ligc? will daubtleiw admit that, on of th .rjinv evil of th day Is the taw' delay, and .'nit that nften happen because, a judge cannot -tt-ti i ni.i I,,,.), tnx.fl tl) bB unlfnrmiv KIGHTISC A GOOD FIGHT. The National Association fur the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis keep everlastingly at It. It haa accomplished a very great deal In the way of educating thj people at thla country on th treatment of tuberculosis and more par ticularly on the way to prevent It. Just now It Is devoting It fin publicity faclll. tiea to the task of getting Tuberculosis Day hefore the public. In fact while the move ment Is known as the tuberculosis day move ment the plan of celebration takes in a whole week. Sunday, November will be Tubercu losis nay proper, and that Hunday and the six days following will be a week of activity aimed at tuberculosis. The association does not ask necessarily that here he any special sermons preached jn tu berculosis on Tuberculous Day. If a church. school or lodge gives the subject attention in any way during that week, this wilt help in the national educational movement, the association hrvlitsr ltr pTintdmgTvirr the celebration over a week, It Is felt that there will be a better op portunity to bring the subject to the attention of a larger number of people than If a ingle day were celebrated - outlines for lector's or sermons on tubercu losis and "stock" talks on the subject- will be furnished free to minister and others who will use them bv the National Association for Ihe Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. 105 East JItwl street, New y ork ..pity. Literature for distribution In the churches, schools, lodges and elsewhere will also be furnished on appli cation to the association at the above men- loned addreaa. ( The world is" horrified by th7""dresdful waste of life In the great European war. Hut tuber culosis and other preventable diseases are claim- ng their victims by the thousands And but little notice is taken of it. There la nothing dramatic about a lingering Illness, and then a death from" a familiar disease, .and hence-'but ittle attention is paid to It. Hut "death is ter rible nnd costly, whether It comes from con sumption or shrapnel, and It behooves nisn- G LEX FOR TUFT AM EN DM E-YTS.- ' la an editorial taken from the Monroe Jour- nat.-repuWIahed tn IrddayiTfew and Observer, th remark I mad that practically none of the men in th State who have been entrusted by th pe pi with large leadership ar against the Constitutional Amendment. - That la about th way It look to us. The great majority of the men conspicuous In the public life of the urate ar arrayed on th aide of th amendment. On of th man In th Stat who have been thought worthy of large leadership la forme Governor R. BrGlehhToWlnton-8alm, wh pow hold aa important pott In th Federal government He I unreservedly for th amend menta. In I communication in today' paper h dlacuaae them in a way peculiarly Impres sive. W(thout waste of word he goes to th heart of each and show why it hould be written-into.-lheContltutlon.j That there I nothing new or radical In th proposition ad vanced Is hown by Governor Glenn In hi state ment that some ot thernTwer advbcatd-by"hlm lght or ten-year ago. ;y Governor Glenn communication Is a trong preaentatlon of th reason why th amend menu should be adopted. The Constitutional Amendment campaign commute would do well to circulate it widely. Consolidated Schools. Baltimore American. A writer in one of the popular magaiines boldly advancea the theory that the little red or whlte achoolhous along the roadside la not the sign of th up-to-date civilization of the rural community In which It la located, but, on the contrary, a sign of backwardness and in difference In educational matters. He would , have, inatead, fewer rural aehoolhouae and lar ger one; the concentration of educational effort and the -grading of clasae In country schools upon the pl($ provided under the best city school systems The - Idea Is not a new one. There are now In the Vnlted State about 1,000 of thee consolidated rural school, "Th scheme atJltt.f.aJh nrovldina! of conveyances for 111. rhiM ran r atA V.V. - ' V 7i .VTrf K M ' " .1 w V, ...- .....v,. ... n,,u a. -rill O- lt'J1J(B, CUlll schools generally serve communities that have a range of alx or even mile In distance from the school centers. -.Perhaps this scheme, in the long run, would effect economies. It 1 appa rent, anyhow, that It must make for better grad ing and classification of students and for a more effective arrangement of teaching service. t'ure Deftxis In vt institution. THE FOE IS AT HER GATE "If v--'1'IPmWte- vi mmm - - 1 t I Albemarle Obsetwer. Let the people of North. Carolina not forget the Constitutional Amendments to be voted m at the general election the 3d of November. We read si) much about the war and the prices of cotton that we are likely to forget even so Im. portant a matter as careful study as to amend ing our own Constitution. The war, we trust. wlllp not reach us, "But the -defect of our Cons slltuilon have reached us for year, and that to our hurt. They Mean Tax Reform. R. ft. Williams In nn address at Monroe. The great purpose ''of' ihe rax -amendment Is to remove the straight jacket which prohibit us from adopting a tax system, which will conform to present-day needs and vest some discretion In the legislature. No system Is made compul sory. The present system may be retained or new systems put into practice either immedi ately or gradually as conditions may require. The amendment doea place a limit on the rate of taxation, however, which will prevent the rate from becoming excessive. The supremo reanon why it should be adopted is that every effort to enforce the present system has been n failure and that no administration for forty years has been able to enforce it Justly is proof poamwr-rhat 1he'yatel.4taeJOa.dtollvg, Of (ireut Importance. itwtr-twenti- tfte Education is rmr uf the gret fl-e4 jnlteMrded as worthy of large leadership Is senator Hour, howev onneetion with an effective warfare on mn. sumption and the National Tuberculosis Asso ciation has don and Is doing a work ;ln this respect that entitlea It to the .cordial support and co-operation of public-spirited people gen erally There should be a general and thor ough observance of some Hay during Tuber culosis WeeK H ll, THE GREAT KTATK FAIR! Next week the (ireat mate Fair has prepared for It to an unprecedented de gree N"e er have- the decorations been quite so elaborate, rayettevllle street and pfiflToitit of intersecting streets are gav with bunting and Hags andiat the opening of the big annual event n Monday the whole town will be bedecked tn most Impressive sty IK A fajr never gets commonplace. Folks may airlb wave T aside nnd declaring It the same old thing vow they will not go. Hut they al ways yield to the lure and the week never passes without their having visited the giwrndaand ranght wrth happiness the thrill that the sight of the crowd and lively scenes Invariiiiljiy gWe to a normal Individual: t ' Ho the ftatt Fair,, while old, is ever enjoyable. And then there are the younger onp who htve not been tii o many Fairs, To them the Fhlr appeals III a way that the older one can fully rt tin port. None of the amendmenta provide for more taxes, thaueh nn nf them ,k. uy far a pltn by which taxes for many oeoole I e mmpr- will in all prebaMllty b biwered s a result of uh- (n ralr it n Inspiring event and we are ffuunt property that ba hitherto aactped. J to glad that u 1 Jut Wound th corner. comprehend only by making a requisition on Monroe .lournal It Is the settled policy of this paper to tell Its readers plainly where it glands on all public questions. II does njit expect them to follow it any further than their own Judgment and rea son dictate It Is our belief that a newspaper should express its ojilnlona --mMM-i-a of gen eral public concern where principles and hot mere personalities and trivialities nre concerned, and w here it has sufficient definite com i Hons lo be able to make a conscientious expression. In line with, this policy, we wish to slate that In our opinion every ltl;-.en who ij Interested In seeing better thlnus, should try for himsHf:to hnd out whal the -amendments mean. A'er tiiinly n-'nm Intelligence should ote against any or all nf .tRem without knowing what they mean. As we have said before, sev eral of them are not of fyjv ryfset)iiencef and are merely submitted ulonwflfh the others In the nature of mere trifling changes, which should be adopted,' t be aure, buf' which dp not greatly , matter one way or the- other. lint other ire. of great Importance, such .is that freeing the legislature from the mass nf lornt detail in legislation, and Ihe one permitting the Legislature to try to adopt a fair tux l.nv. So against the amendments! We sincerely hope that they will be adopted (Wait Mnwm In tliulgr.) y JL there commotton- in 4 he land , li our old government at fault? Juatllia takes his pen in hand and says. "It's time to call a hnlt." Rat'eighf--l-6'tPn .wonder Who he. i. thts rttl7:etl nf Tiiany woes: i (i like to gwze upon nis pnia and see his tears and punch his nose Through all my eara I've seen lit name, -attached to roasts, In prose or my me; uttti- ivwg iit'.wJaLeypr..ga!rie we may be playing at the time. Mofcl Journals gtve him right f way anft ylebi him space with, nut a price, and feaitre whal he has to say, as though they thought It cut some ice.. Some times he comes In a disguise, as' ."Constant Reader," to our view; sometimes as "More Anon" he tries to make us think he's something new. Hut as we reud we murmur. "Nis! We do. not fall for such, a game' .1 ustuia's'at the same obi tricks and hides behind a borrowed nam'" ' . . Do troubles brood above our land, so thick we far they ne'er will lift? JUsiitla takes his pen In hand and asks us. "Whither do we drift?" Ive-cMiaeiMi-XXUijevlHe Heights are full of energy and go; Ihey labor days and sludy nrgnisTWaSW to make the titoomtng villnge-gTovv. " "We have .hustling board of trade, whose members sweat and strain and strive to make the rival village fade and show that Prunevllte' t alive. And even- Hme-a-jtchnie la planned to bring rfhout a mighty boom,': Juatllia takes hi pen In hand an writea a .halra page of gloom. . "The people afe already Uied." he wriiea. fun til theyr feeling bum;, llus bvum campaign should be relaxed, until a, better time haa come. These boomers,-wrirh their fus an"4 fret. would surely write oiir epitaph; the vlllagevisn't out of debt It owes four dollars and a half." If we elect to hire u band, to celebrate some great event, Justltta takes his pen in hand and writes a "ream of discontent. He Alls the Hugle with hi groans and spills his pale-blue ink In ponds. "We'd better save our hard-earned bone, to pay the Interest on our bonds!" W citizens of Pruneville Heights are patient, mild, we suffer long; but some day this old guy who writes will push the harpoon In too strong. Then we'll arise and sternly cry, "Thl sort of living ia getting stslc:" We'll hunt Justltia, and he'll try a midnight joy-ride on a rail. (By E. i. Edwards.) HOW SF.XVroR HOAR CAME RKSCrE. TO THE SiiMK lloar'i of the trtte - cnaror (.ieorgn Krisbie s colleagues In the t'nited States Sen ilis, were fond jiecrtsmnrtlly iif stirrliig the Sen. alor up by referring In nn apparently incMentnl mtinner to (len. Henjamin K. llutler. This Sen ator Hoar refused persistently to tolerate. His nntugoniem to (len. Hutler was of long duri flon. and had begun in the days of ticnator Honrs early practice at the Worcester. .M.iss.. btnv- This antagonism wa-s shared by. ther menibers of Senator Hoar's family, and espe clnlly by his hrother. Klnnezer ltockood livmr, who was Attorney General, in the Cabinet' of 1'ieaidont (irant, and who also sprved one term in ohgrt;ss at a time when his bKuttier tieorge was also a memher of the lower 'Mouse. Senator Hoar could stand a good ileal of ami cable rhn (ling, and even could jmt up ivjMi h practical Juke If there were-tti malice b -hmd It Htif th menTl.vn of lien. HuHrr's name ulways caused his" cyra to rnap.' anil be ivculrt relieve the ,n.uutyot his f -elings iv violently jingling the keys oil his key ling a seemed almost incredible to Senator Hour that Massa chusetts' should have elected lienjnmln I". Hut ler (iovernor of the dilute In 18S2. At that time Sena tori. I Ion r Has a member of the board of n-ceTserrs: or tdistees of Itnrvnrd I'nivcrsity. and jher'.uL ciii e (Ripir to Jiis imnd the awful ne cessity, as he regarded it. that Harvard should entertain Ilis KxcelTeiicy. Henjamin K. llutler. (iovernor of M;issai husetts. at the commence men! erci,ses. It would have fallen to Sen ator Hour's' part to serve as chairman of the trustees upon that occasion. Now Harvard had always received with great distinction the f ovcrntirjuf the State of Massachusetts upon ' commencement day It became known that the overseer felt that it , was imperative that the university should make irse TiMli'iijHiiriiVf , Untie! wever. nnnly declined to lak- any part In fbla ceremffftV, He wn willing to step aside and. In fart. Insisted upon stepping aside, His friends felt that the Senator real ised thht It would tie unbearable for him to s-H upon the platform and take part in a cere mony in which Gov. Hutler was o he the cen tral feature. The ilifllculiy waa bridged over,' however, when Joseph t'hoate, himself a distinguished graduate of lUi vard. promised to Uke the place of S4a4r 1ltJ?. in-tbe..oammm'emen.t day ea- ercises. it became Mr. Choate's duty to Intro duce Jbe (Iovernor of "Maamchuaetta. ...In. tlwt great. Harvard audience. He did It with sin gular felicity jiot in. any way wounding the sen. rtfiienls of the Harvard men who heard him, and yet not in any way emliarrassing Gov. Hjt len. Mr. hi ate Jiitrodnced Henjamin K. llut ler.' not us the iodiv liMuaiT'burTig'TW--f1ovet nwr of the great State of Massarhusi tt. and as such worthy of distinguished consideration. f!ov. Hutler rose to reply and he was v isibly affected lie must have prepared his brief speech upon the spur of the moment, shaping it to the disp erse! and tactful, words of introduction which Mr. Choale used. The speech revealed Henja min "F. llutTer al-hls liestrandthe Totcaslon ended happily for all who took part In it. Yet lMr-were ifFlendi jif 1rovern.r Huttsr who knew that he had prepared a very aiTfefenPa.d drepa jo-be delivered inr case he hnd hot lieen received with the distinction and kindly con siders lion to whlehr-iHa- psHtnn,as tJovttrnor Tocl cj tfVi.oCi Sowing Wlcat. Mr. Howard Jones, editor of tho Warrenton Record, and superinten dent, of county schools, who watn the chy a day or two ago waa pleased at Ihe school outlook In hi county. He said: "Our schools are In first-class shape. The special tax district are opening with tM Attendance. The outlook is for a apleuadld year's work. tur peo Dle are alive to the imonrtanrw nf h,iw g re gmng To-sr-w whet-tht fati -Ttm 'nr """'l wheat come from grew. Warren people are very proud Roanoke Chowan Times. Mr. Thomas K. Draper, who Uvea about half way to Jackson at Roa noke church and owns a valuable farm wua In town Monday Cor some Improved eed wheat bought In Vir ginia. Mr. Draper has been raining wheat successfully several years and reports that some of hln neighbors several sections and the Indications M'-. null iue .-aiu'caju! uxJihcai WUI be much greater than in several years. 'Possum season 0m-iis In Wilkm. Wilkes Pounty Patriot. Wilkes county's 'possum law which forhd ttM' hunting of 'possums at nlht between the first of March and the fifteenth of October of each year cxidies todiiy apd the restless huiKer can.ni.w enjoy the sport of catching thai luscious animal to his heart ' content. .The bird 'huntfr is not so .fortunate, however, as the open sea son for shooting quail embraces only Thanksgiving day and from Decem ber first to January tenth of each year. Champion 'Possum Hunters, Dunn Dispatch. Messrs. June Johnson nnd J ,K Wilson are out the the championship as possum hunters. Mond.iv night they Iirude a raid upon the Sampson coun ty lairs of the elusive dldelphla vlr Bln'an'n nnd captured two verj- fine specimens. Thee being about all tin-y eared to tote, they tried for no more. NOT SCAREP THEN. Top: I hop you y your prayer v r y night? Willie:' All Yep moonlight nights, pop. 4 TCrXK KNOWL- ' EDGE." Mamma: Well, what did "you larji In school today?" Johnnie: I learned dat a rod to H t-J feet, an' glo something iter wallop kids flrrs wa destroyed, but a little later Senatt I Hoor wa Informed that hd he made the occa alon an opportunity to Indulge tn satirical lan guage. Ih lluvernof hnd prepared an an.-wet hlcll would hnve returned the thau fulf charged with vitriol. .1 , (C'pi iilu. 1314, by E. J. Ed-vat us. Aii'iiio.f reserved.) ; SURE. I should try ;kia yatL WOUfd J 0 (U tcream for hlpt "No, you'd have t help yourself. ol tneir McniHds. "Our people are taking a philoso phical view nf the cotton situation and are doing all they can to help the cot ton farmer who nerds help. War renton Is doing fine In the "buy-a-baJe' movement. Farmers, however, are holding their cotton and very little Is being placed on the market. 'Tiie tobacco farmers are feeling better as the price of the weed la a. little better for the last two or three' weeks or so. " " "Yes. Warrenton. Ts making pro gress and there Is some building go ing on., among which is a two-story brick building being erectod by Mr. William Dnmeron, of the Dameron Supply Company. "Warrenton has more paved street and sidewalks to lis population than any town in North Carolina. The WarrntonraUtoad is a hit, asset to the town, and the town-geta'a gSo4 dividend from it eacjj year." ' "Al.ibaminns are looking for Oscar W. 1 TTrterwttttd -h (uke- a high stand In the I nlied Stales S.-n it when ha enters that body as he will shortly." taid Mr. It. 8. .Stringfellow, of MoifJ, goinerv. w no was a Kuloign visitor, yesterday. "Alabama people regard less of wlicttiur.ltiey were for hintjjr lui iir. iioosnn in me-rm-e Between the two look upon Mr. I nderwood as .i i honest. stj-aightfisrvi'ard man ' thorroiKhly fllvle ami vf -undtubled iu lee.nty. I have no doubt In the world that the. Vest Interests of Alamama and indeed of the entire South will be conserved as a result of Mr. Under wood e election to the Senate." "We have a very strong-Juan Hi' tlw"r ;Senatv- t"n(" " IFTIBa tvrson of Hon. .lohn 'IT. "Bankfiead.7 Senamr Barrk head is one of the most pi.pulnf' public men Alabama ever produced. Tho Ualelgh Chamber rjf Commerce ' waa fortunate In securing him for an -address here. He Is a statesman of sterl ing ability." . . - Mr. Stringfellow Is a 'traveling man and his wuris. lakes him over the en tire South. He was aeked how h found business condlnem and gave rather a mtire agreeable story than liaSeiiar"'Tr ' ftcecte-t in view-'-" a me prevaiung un easiness in mis State on accoiintl of the depressln'ff'ef- rect or the waroH the price of.cotton. "I have ut returned from, a tour of the principal pojtnts of Texas,"' said Mr. Pt.rliin fellow. "While the farmer have had corifiileratile rilmculty In securing advances, on account of Un settled conditions, the"Chancia4 in lerests not knowing what to expectr"! and while a certain dgre of depres sion has resulted with the element dependent updtt financial assistance). - a "large portton of Texas and thcSuutl w lrere rKr-wln-a4jharcu. 5rn and products kf this kind are raised doe not seem to be experiencing the de-" iiresaiun. or uneasiness that Mem to te obtaiuing lolhe cotton States, "And even in the' cotton elt I find many who take a hopeful view, hold ing that when the war la over thero -wirt-Tbe:-a -big -tiettia-nd; frew- JCurop for the articles that the United States has 1een famishing and that business . after.lhe war will be all the greater for having been Interfered with now. "The farmer are holding their cot ton in all parts of the South, Every where as 1 passed on the train, look ing from the car windows, I 'could see ba les of cotton aiored In farm yards'; Another evidence? , that cotton '" is being held on a big scale is the la rue number of idlfl irelght cars. Tha railroads of course are feeling th ab- sem-e of ike u usual. Jtt-irmnramaai. nrihls time of the year and tha car which at this season In t-revtous years have lscn--.aa.lOJyJBioylpg to.Jthe various port loaded wtth cotton aro now for the most part star ding empty on side tracks. F.very-farmer who ran do sn I holding his cotton and th fact thai there ar so many who . er well enough off to hold and wait for higher prices is gratifying aa shnwlnit that th Rmilhom farmor la . la much better conditio tnaaciaii than h tu fartarty. IS ADVICE. Miss Madcap promises to mar ry m If otir eleven win this afternoon. '- ' I advise you to throw the. gam. - I '..It "i i M J
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 17, 1914, edition 1
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