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THE NEWS AND OBSERVE 1 SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 22. llMt.; : ARGUESAGAINST WOMAFJ SUFFRAGE Or. Kemp P. Battle Believes That Gentler Sex Should Not Have Ballot MAR FAMILY HAPPINESS Women and Minority of Men , Would Often Prevail; Lax ;:Law Enforcement Would - Result; Double the Votes of Married Men and .Govern ment by Families a Result To the "Editor: The .advocate of gnum suffrage Ignore the practical Vila of adding to th electorate great ambers of new voters, vhuw train lag, mode of thinking. 'social duties, have had no connection with public affairs. Consider the vry-day Ufa of nineteen twentieth of the wives and ;th mothers of our State, few of whom - ara able to employ servants Tha children are to be Jed, washed and dressed, the rooms to tx swept and kept tldyi the clothes of the house hold to ba made and mended, tha food to be cooked, the cow to ba milked, tha batter churned, the poultry cared for, fruit and vegetables canned. In fact everything needed for the comfort aad tha happiness of those entrusted to har must be provided. Thejr are Christians, too, and must worship at the neighborhood church, and help nurse the sick among their friends. When sickness attacks any of the household their rare 1 pit In tile. In- i deed. They often etpk under their manifold duties. Heaven- Assigned Diitln ' - I have profound, admlratloi. for the noble, (iodsent mothers ot the land f.nd I cannot help belni: surprised hat people from sentimental consl if. derations of equality, or from hope of ' .future vote, or from chivalri' desire f7r- to win female smiles, or throughlle'aa ; disregard fur inevitable consequences, , ' are seeking In add to Iheir burdens j - by hopes of funded hem-Ms. dlstract ' . Inf their minds from the duties Heav. '. 1 esj ssslgns them. - Tha Quiet. trappr lJnev- p.., . j nug-st another evil which hus--ltii wlH- appreetnte?- Athy pursue tha arduoui work for thn'fuintly eup- t" port, they look forward with delight '..,.;, Ml quiet happy home. Tills hapul- nes will be sadly marred-if they llnd their wives ranting about pollll.nl questions 'of-which they have Insuffl- ienl Information. X7.. ,, , lA-m ... i !..... ... t..,.. -'the proposed constitutional change .,.rom -ewui' her stand point. ."'"' II may possibly happen thnt the ,.'. women vote on a measuru may lie In i the affirmative ami the men vote on the. negative. It Uncertain that the c women and a minority of the ' men ;'" a-tlt often prevail. Inevitably, there will be lax enforcement, If any al all. of such a law. Contempt for legis lation will he engendered: t'ivlllxu tlon depends upon obedience to the laws. IHerrxard of laws In anarchy. I :niorortntnt of la. Those alio pass the lawa must see ' , to their enforcement. Women enn- v not do this. The Ihought of their being policemen, dea:ndlng Into the ' alums and wrestling with ferocious inalefai-tors Is as absurd a disgust ing. They have not the physical strength, nor the resolution for such. encuunlera They might sport on holl- . "lay parades, but for rough and tumble wrestlings with desperudoe. who have no regard for life or decency, who. conscious of their superior atrengtli, would hurl coarsest language and vilest epithets, and often Inflict mur derous assaults, their efforts would ,end In dlt.Kru.ee, The notion llwtt women can as sol diers regulars or militiamen, aid In enforcing the law, la still more abhor rent. 0 Ioabi Vote) Fur Marriesl Men . Another strong objection to woman suffrage Is that it would double the votsa of married man. Wives would almost Invariably vote with their hus bands, or there will be domeailo dis cord. It Is not fair that bachelors and .widowers should have only one rota and married men two. Here la aa opportunity for wrangling among candidates. The defeated man would complain not only of the double vot ing, but that wives acted under com pulsion. This Is not all tha evil. Very many fathers support daughters of full age. ox members of their families Tnae -would, -of course, follow thai f parents. We wilt have a government by families, a new kind of aristocracy. Moreover candidates will bring their electioneering art to bear upon the new voters. What scandal this will lead to. It la impossible to real lie. It la painful to think of females mixed up In oar election struggles. While some, possibly one of the twenty of tha female community ma be In terested In pollth-al question. I think .,..:.that. nineteen-twentleths feel no In , tercet In them and ranuot easily be made to do so Tha wli ked and sense less destruction of property In Eng- land by a fanatical party of women, tryms; to prove themselves worthy to make lawa by breaking them, shows to what errors Ihe emotional nature of a portion of the sex may lead them. It la a matter of pride that the women of America repudiate this atrocious policy, but they cannot avoid the enn rluslona that some of the - are liable to adopt beliefs and practices nut la 1 -ai.l i n darrtew--wlr4Hea. Tlmiie Wentrra State. The example of certain Western Mates la quoted In favor of female suffrage. To this I say, tlrst. that the experiment ha not been carried on long enough to show trustworthy re sulta " The' women are on- their good behavior and the men are louklng on with amused curiosity. Mesoml. in many of those states women sre com paratively few In number and there is - a general desire to Induce female Im- murratlcm llenca facilities for di vorcee which shock religious sentiment aJsewtiei-e , and he nee the uffer ...of - suffrage equality: Third, the states have large foreign population. There are communities where tha Kng'lhth language-'le hardly undene-eod Recent -;.' settlers from abroad, axcuatomed to the govemmsnt by the few at a natur- ally, disposed to welcome over) new ' dortrtne that favors of "lhg liberty". 8ux-h mixed communities sre not fit , teachers of civil go eminent. "Kada' and, Tama" should lie viowed with . keen suspicion not thoughilealy Jump ed at, tx-auee they are new. Our em-estora were not fwds as some seem ItrThlha;. The well considered views of the thoughtful men of the past . should wot be lightly cast aside. Taxateud and ao Ihssnssrntarsnsi An arsuanent fur woman euffragr is eared that without It there Is taxation ; without representation. This has no -weight. Women are represented by , I heir fathara. husbands, brothers, tons, if of fuil age. Their property and that of anen must be failed aUfte. In . sieed the law Is la their favof as they per no poll tax. They are no worse 11 thaa snalea under twenty one years . ml ace.. There era iboiiaaads 4 yeuag of ss-a, owning property aumdenuy lnteUlarwait to rot. They not only support tha government but anay ba called on to enter too army, yet th ra la ao a1tsXloa la thoir behaXf. . It la urgsd that tbo law la tha Pt hava pmo unjust to tha woman. The aaswsr to this la that the laws bars haoa ehMgwd so aa sot . to ba obaox loua to this ehargw. - Moreover, wlvea oould have protoctod themselves by marriajr contract. It should ba re membered In apaaJclngiBf the martial law of Old time that Aey wore adopt ed whoa pooplo had full faith In tha holy scriptures. They Impllcltyly ba l.eved that tha husband. and the wlfs were one--on Indissoluble unity. em oewt fer em ensit -wot --dtaeorabhe partnarshlp. Aa long as this belief obtained, the system on th whole worked wall: Th husband being tha bread winner, naturally, had th con trol of the property. In tha homea of peopl llvlnguodf tba old law. were trained the strong, self-reliant. Intelligent people, who made tha homo land enlighted and prosperous, aa built up the United Wataa. Canada. South Africa. Australia, and other couatrlea, liberty loving and prosper ous, with economic and political wis dom. The Kngllsh speaking races tha world over show that they are not tho product of bad lawa. mmmsm ;ot ttrvers. While It would not be wise to at tempt to revert to tha old laws as to property of wive, vigilant aye should be kept on th tendencies ol tile new lawa Have not divorces, separations, extravagancies In display, diminution of Idrth. dissensions Increased? The so-called emancipation of wo men ha led to evlle dangerous to ci vilisation. Orantlng them equal rights wtth men In Ibe conduct nf government will lesd lo counties others. If suffrage be granted th'- light to hold office must bo conceded. Then comes up the question whether wo man's emotional temperament, bear ing nf children, and subsequent care of them, home duties generally, are not aa a rule dtaqualillcaMoiie. Of course. Individuals could occasionally be found, wise, strong self-reliant but they might not meet with the favor of the mixed electorate I have aeen ir stated by .a suffrage orator that wives were once virtually slaver I emphatically deny thta. The utatament shows deplorable Ignorance of Kngllsh history, and Kngllsh litera ture. Hlographera, dramatiata, pots of the past, make evident thul British wives were mistresses of their homes. KxreptlomV were not more numerous then the killing, heating, destroying nf wives, which we read about often In our newspapers. Numerous fami lies In this country. In our own mate. can trace their pedigrees back alx or eight generations. Amnni;. their an: crstors and all descendants, wives wf ld la-the highest respect, ex ercised notable influence. Instead of jUoe..jser queens in their home cir cles Oiw Mitntl Ntandanl. tnotber female suflTruga oramx uleaits for her cause In ordei that by authority of taw the crime of Adultery by the tvualmnd shall be placed on the same footing as the like crime by the wife. Hot the .civil effect or-the lat ter "are. much greater than tho re sulting from th former. Th bad con duct of the wife cause a. doubt as to Ihe paternity of her child. The cuckoo child if h inherits any of the hus band's property. In a thief and he and her paramour are accompli. The breaking up of families, the frequent homicides, itnd the sxqulttal by Juries, are exiileuces of the public opinion aa lo the nnture of this crime. Th husband erring should be punished, but hla crime does not produce th horrible evils resulting from that of Ihe wife. The inability of the distin guished woman lecturer to discern the difference between the crime of the husband and that of the wife fa a fair example of the tendency of femsle Judgment to be emotion KEMP I warped by HATTL.E hpel 1HH. N. O. The Solution of The Tax Prob lem U'uiitiiitied from 1'sge cue . their use standards of assessment valuations, 9 to require all Infor mation available In th handa of pub lic officials as to the values of pro perty, 141 to direct and supervise their work In case they are elected. f I lo assess the taxable of corporations, I () to equal lie the assessed valuations as between the counties nf th Htale. Mr Kaper thinks this commission should bo composed of three man. who are as non-partisan aa practicable and who are a skilled In matters nf taxation ne possible. They should give all their lime to their official tasks, and should, receive fairly lurge salaries. lie thinka their tasks are those of creful liilnw men rather than thi f politicians, and for this reason lie would have them appointed by the governor, rather than elected by the people Mr Itnper thlnk.t that such a commission has done remark'- abl thlnga toward tax reform in a number of states. Il- said that the Increase in the a""ed valuations which have leen minis under such commissions buve ranged from 0 per cent, In Indiana, to six-fold. In Kansas. He also aay that xtich. a commission lias become vary popular In a number cf states. IVrnutm-nt lxx-al Aiseaior. Mr. Itaper thinks ws should also have an efficient and permanent local otltce of assessment, manned by a call able and well-paid man He should devote all his time and thought to Ihe task of discovering: taxathles unil plac ing upon them fair valuations Me think that th local office should cover a territory large enough to sup port an efficient assessor In some cases, one county, in others, several counties combined into one dlstrlol. lie nlso thinks thnt an assessor ap pointed by the.Htafe Tax t'ommleston Is- t-W--vferfil ti). .one electoil by the people that such "an officer should be a business man. rather than a politician. In any event he should be largely responsible to the tate Tax Commission, his valuation must be, to. be tust to the people In other local assessment districts, as efficient as possible. I nder our resent constitu tion, the Ntat'e. must draw revenue largely from the taxes levied upon the. property of nil thcitltens wheth er they live in on assessment district or another, and to mnks this Ntate tai ax all Just th r-opert tnlt the" assessinepl dWTIcTir'OT Thr"FTAT TTVufcT he valued a -fanly a.s possible. The work of the local assessor must be, therefore, closely supervised by the Flate Tax Commission Otherwise acts of the Stste bring less justice to one i-itiaen than another. Thrir tXisnblnrd Arw 2e Years !:eldvtlle Review. Our townsman; Mr It. It. Pi n la, dined with Mr. W. II Stanley, near M''Iver one itay re"eriliy. Me ears Mr. Ktanley la on of the most a.-tW mft for his age ha ever' met. Mr. Stanley Is years old neV has. a brotbar and u sister tt year old. the combined age-rof the three being Sll yewra. Mr. I'lensanta says that everything was plentiful on the place and ahowod tha results of careful- management. Mi Blanlev. he says. Haa six Him . hog which will make, htm at least . puunds of baoon. one of the bogs eaisUv weighing 4 pounds. He haa old cera in hla crib In addition to a fine crop of com made this year which be wJ bay (wttiM up. l MASS MEETIfJG OFWOMENHELD Durham LoyaJ To Project For Co-ordinate Institution at Trinity College States the Fundamental Ques tions Around Which the Dis cussion of the Movement Centers; Vision of a Perfect ' ed Womanhood Incentive To Energy Uurham. Nov. Jl. Tho Durham Hmach of th Bouthom Assoc latloa of College Worn xpressed their loyalty to th movement tor a Co ordinate College for Women at Trin ity by calling a mass meeting of wom en In Its behalf on last Wednesday a t simoon. This was la roallty th open Ing of the sysf ematlsed campaign for the movement, which la intended to be a short and vigorous one. "atlas Laura Drake OIU. who Is act ing as executive secretary for th committee on organisation for th new college, outlined the situation umewhat aa follows: "There seem to b a few funda mental questions around which th discussion of ihla movement centers. They deserve frank and categorical answers. Therefore in order to econ omize Urn and to clear away all vagueness, they ahall b treated bold ly both 1n phrasing and In answer. Kiinda. mental Vieratlon. "The most fundamental question Is, Why anay not the pnwrat arrmiurr- nont continue? Hocauaw It haa never been satisfactory, and grows lees so very year with changing point of view among th students, with chang ing Ideals of education, and with changing conceptions of their respon sibilities by boards of trustee and by colleges officers. Public opinion no longer accepts an Intellectual equip ment aa the. full jneasurw of an ade quate education. Women are enter ing new fields of activity and need definite training In social responsibil ity ami in exU-practice In order to meet these obligations: separata self government - for tss-esmea ami independent organizations fdr them have therefore . now . become. ,juv. edu.-. catluiiaj neceaalty. Also a high d-J arc of physical efficiency la now ex pect. -d from every trained woman; a specially adapted gymnasium - and jithletlc ground hi esm-ntlal for such development. "Moreover trustee have had a great quickening of conscience aa to their duty towards the stJaenia. W hen women were first admitted to Trinity, many great Htate universities were still ipely disavowing way re aponslbllltv for th manners or mor als of their student. Hut today there Is almost universal acknowledgment that a high ethical standard and a general social outlook form tha only soil In which Intellectual seed can flourish properly. Isnan Aa Kthk-al On. "Th trustee of Trinity Colleg. sharing In this prevailing quickened sens of responsibility, know now as they never dreamed of thinking twen ty years ago that they face a gen uine .ethical Issue: they must either make further tolerably Adequate pro vision for the- physical, social and re ligious development of their women, or they must exclude women alto gether, and thore-by turn them to wards colleges where tbeai needs are adequately met. Hence Durham women are practically facing a part ing of the way. either to have the fullest opportunity, or to lose that which they already have. Th trus tee have graciously postponed the phrasing of such an ultimatum to the women of North Carolina: but to any keen observer of the situation this dacudon seems only postponed until stronslv svstematlxed effort shall hiive been made to su!vn th problem In a constructive, and Ideal way. Therefore we must not fall, lest the backward step may become impera tive Kalalloo tu Trinity. "The next question In frequency ia 'Wlkat relation will the- new col lege hold to TrtultyT Trinity gives the land for the women's campus, and will provide the staff of Instructors. The Instruction will be given, how erer. In the women's buildings for all women freshmen and sophomores, and for such course offered to the two upper claws a have studetata enough- to warrant separat sections for women. This preserves an abso lute parity in intellectual require ments. Hut beyond these scholastic phases the whole administrative, ao dul artfl athletic life of the women students will be managed by women, and definitely adapted to women a needs and tastec Woman Olth-rr. "What women oftk-ers) dkmt tm-b a plan roqull-r? A woman dean, who wjll have charge of all faculty rul ings, administrative policies', selection of courses by students, and the choice of all other women usauclatea and . ttordlmtta; a woman physical direc tor, whose duty will le to develop the greatest possible pride In physical efficiency on the part of her students, and who shall see thai they are helped to each a regime In sleep, diet, dress and exercise as will produce beat phy sical and mental reeults; a musical director, who shall create) an atmos phere of musical appreciation, but not encroach upon the technique of music which properly belongs In a ronee.rvat4H-y .iif miisio: and last of all I such clerks and execiit IV-' agewt 4 the routine office work domana. in year to come there may also be added other Instructors In applied science and arts, aa theae branches come to har aa intellectual content worthy of college credit, and as the endowment may- provide for such costly departments. The Hisme VUuallard. : "Hut I know you all wont to vis ualise the home fer such an Ideal col- life. The land t hten for the ey-uud-l-fj the ravine which borders) the present Trinity buildings. - Four buildings will be needed for a complete begin ning -a dormitory for sixty students; an administration building, which will have apace for office, auditorium and lecture rooms; a gymnasium; and a acleno building for chemical, physi cal and biological laboratories. The sketch shows Tudor tlothlo buildings, with the prominent Impressive feature expressed In a gateway tower. The dormitories will be built from time In time aa they are needed along the Main and Broad' street, limit of the campiia. and the academic buildings, will paral'e-J the' axis of the Trlnlty group. This brings the class rooms at the nearest point to Trinity and make the coming and going of th professors between lecture hour most expeditious and easy. It also places das rooms in the more quiet por tlorjs of the campuev --'"J" Class. '' , "How mwch will Krii a plant cost? There should be four bulldingr. each one nf which win cost from J . t)o ,, accordiag ta ita assa, caa Where the Church May Win ' ?bu-a tKnuv tn PhUadslphta North -. Aaoorleaa,) Tho eharah xtadoabtdly furnlsh4 tho otiaiaal msslralioa for moat of tha Christian aetlvitlaw of tho proant day, but these activities are no lon.er confined to tha t-hurgh. It la tinfar- tunata thtome ofthe outside nr gsuilsationa whlct. are engaged in the work planned by th church should hay, boooina ita rivals. ----- Furthorntor. th vry prlneiploa advocated by th church hava boea given sweh wide application that th Church itaolf haa bcooma startled by their significance, and often it haa apologised for thorn or repudiated thm altogwthar with th statement that the cherch ha nothing to do with auch matter. , Tha moaaago of Jeans was such that it Inolndad th whole life of man. not nrly that Ufa which la llvd tn th spiritual world. Jeeu never mad a disci ik Uon botwaon the secular- Hf and th religious life. He talked about th lif of a man. To Him the common Ufa was spiritualised, and th spiritual Ufa was not so far removed from th everyday affairs of men that It became a thing -separata and apart. Bocauae this la -true, w must b ready to apply to business and indus trial lite every principle advocatad by Jeaua If the principles or lm- radical then Jus must have known t. and If He gave for our guldanos certain toachinga which cannot ba lived out, of what use is His- phil osophy ? . When man say that it Is Impossible to apply th principle of Jesus to business life today, -we should And fault not with th principles, but with business as it is now conducted.- The thing to dot Is not to repudiate the principle, but to change the methods of business. It may easily be understood why a certain type of business men may aay that th principle of Jesus are Im practical, but for the church to admit it ia Inexcusable. True, the church due Mil aay in ao many words that Jeeua was mistaken. Hucli on expres sion would l unpardonable. But lt us luok at an Illustration or two to e whether the church I altogether consistent. , This country Is Just now- having forced upon Ita attention the evils of tba liquor- traffic. One need not go very far afield lo And strong argu ment against the business. The evi dence of its baneful Influence is on every aid. ...Ihe-ehurohes are -particularly , active in thla propaganda. Tby appexltng . large eiimt of money to educate the people with refe.rencis v . yje. Jnjurlojis effect of alcohol. The'y"ire ' supporting 'bffl ciai and organizations whose exclu sive business It Is to "wipe out the saloon." Hut there's another evil which is Increasing rapidly and which is also driving out the Joy and the light of th -life namely, child labor. If la tru riKal thtTdlaDbirera 3o not'atagger about th street nor do they dis turb our pear of mind muoh. They are hidden away during' the day In shops and factor! ea, and at night, well, th less ws say about the matter th nor comfortable we will feel. Those who have made a careful study of the situation know that the worst effect of child labor la not that children are compelled to work until they are physically exhausted or that they re ceive small pay 'for this tiring labor, but that there Is sapped nut of their Uvea the very elements which make life richer and fuller. But wore than this, they never know what' has been taken away from them. It-la pathetic to hear some strong men aay that they worked In facto ries while they were little children and It never hurt them. By their own confession they prove that their finer sensibilities have been so dwarfed that they cannot see the Injury being Inflicted upon the tender hearts and minds of little children who are early parity, and material. If we decide that the offering shall b Ideal in ma terial and detail, these same buildings may run twenty-five per cent higher In cost. Moreover, we want a small endowment to carry the salaries of the staff of women, not obtainable from Trinity's provision. Ways and Means; "How do we rtpnt to iridain tliin auonry? We want eaoh building to be given by a person, or a group of persons, who shall niak It a memo rial and give It a memorial name. We expect to amas th endowment from smaller gifts made by those who core deeply yet cannot give largely. in order to keep the moderately ergo donora in perpetual remem brance we have established a class of Founilers, to consist of all persona ho srivs tir in whoee name may be given! twenty-five hundred or more dollar. These Founders will have their mimes printed annually in tha catalogue, and will- be considered a picked group of frtendr for consulta tion ss occasion demands a close touch with the larger public. v lien 7 I'I'erhap the most frequent qui-s- tioli' naked Is: "When do you expect lid to be done? As quickly as we have the money for two buildings we shall begin work. If w had 1150.000 given today we should aet the archi tect to work tomorrow on detailed plans for the gateway, dormitory and administration building. But in all seriousness we do hop to have the money pledged by February or March. and the four cottrner-stone laid either at the June commencement or t the Hepteniber opening of college. In either case the formal opening of the Co-ordinate College cannot come until Heptember. lilt; but the earlier beginning will make It possible to have the walls up and the roof on be. fore cold weather begins, and will e u n ssumetxtly siy a better building her-e Durham K' "How dorw (hies repex -tally cwtHSTIi loo? Surely the high place which Durham counts .'holds to Ihe KUte records of education Is not unrelated to the fact that one-half the high school teacher are graduates of Trin ity, and that over thirty-five teachers In the county have shared the same privilege. You car for the quality of the teachers of your children. You care that highly' trained women shall lurch, and civic activities. You rare that Durham shall have an intellectual sod aesthetic radltton. You care that ten Kurfiam tnrl ahall get the best education at home; where only one of that same ten can afford f go away -for a similar opportunity. Too car" that many future women of power from the whole State shall be drawn here In their youth to carry throughout life .an affectionate regard for your cttv. You Bare lhat your sons shall find their friends among younf women or Intelligence and high Ideals. "Trfhlty stands In your midst end vu sve all Its shortcomings. Were you to stand oft from It a little dis tance and see through th impartial eyes of great national Judges, you would I surprised at It high rating for -its; rating is very high. "Its eminence 1 due to the fore sight of great minds. thoee who aaw a vision and followed it with consecra tion and sacrifice. Wa ahall never for get to honor highly tho pioneers who have mad it what It is today. On the contrary, ww shall do them added honor la being true to the new . -' - . I . - . -'jjb aubjtd to th moholony- of-haW-teresUruf toil. - ' a But what haa Jesus to do wltt all this? Boarch for Ula words with refer ence to tha us of strung drink and tha subject of child oppression. Not what He said by reference, but what said diraotiy and apecincauy. Whatever He may have said about Intoxicating liquor, -on may easily match It by at U stronger words of condemnation for those who put any thing Into the path of little children who are struggling toward the light. W need not discuss th gueetlon as to which evil Is th greater strong drink or child labor. They are both vtls and 'they should both be abol ished. But why emphasise one al most to the point of fanaticism ana virtually Ignore the other T It may be said that tha church has frequently passed resolutions on the subject of child labor. True, but it would not be comfortable for some of the denominations If even this Item were to be pressed too strongly. However, the church does not stop at passing resolutions regarding the liquor traffic. It apends real money: II makes appeals for hard oaah : It sets ap powerful organisations; It ssnds strong committees to the legislature and. to congress; it employs secrets, rl all to fight to th limit this "un holy buatnee." Yes, it urge its men to rota against It. It makes thla question . the chief Issue In political campaigna. And all this Is justifiable. Suppose that the church were to give a tithe one-tenth the atten tion to child labor and It cause that it now gives to the liquor traffic? And It may safely be said that the evil of child labor la fully one-tenth as bad- aa the liquor traffic. There la no doubt that child labor would be Absolutely swent out nf the ftountrv. Huppose that In' the prayer meetings ana Hunday schools and pulpits and ministers' meetings and national church conferences one-tenth as much time were devoted to the discussion of the cfrerr child lsbor as is now given tn the nurse of strong drink there would be created so powerful a puhlte-opinion against child labor that he who now exploits little, chil dren for his own profit would be uncomfortable In the church as the liquor dealer now is. The churches would find already prepared outaldn of the church a sen tlment against child labor which sim ply needs organisation. It would dl cover other organizations which for years have lieen creating a literature and a spirit which may quickly be enlisted it wonld find millions of working men. particularly in the trade unions. -whw-ffe-years hve-mt been content with passing resolutions: thl'..haye been . supporting commu tes and delegations which have been lighting the opponents of child labor bills and child saving programs. All these would gladly unite with the church In Its fight for little children. There Is no doubt that the rank and file in the church are opposed to child labor. . Tlie.yost .majority of Ks members wrt'uld vote sguinnt it If they were given a chance. There Is a mass of people who would even now express themselves more readily against child labor than they would against the liquor traffic. Pare the church auy that it has nothing to do with thla business.' It has already said that II has by pass Ing resolutions on the subject. Will the church now make these resolu tions operative? It is for the church to say. . It cannot be content to plead' that thevabolttlon of the liquor traffic will retiut-e tne evil effects of child labor No doubt It will. y some placea But even mis win not nave tne hs me ef fect as a specific, direct attack upon child labor Itself,, in precisely tho same way that the church Is now at tacking the liquor traffic. If It Is right for the church to destroy the aaloon. it la equally right for the church to eliminate the curse of child labor. And the church can do It If It will. vision which has been opened to our eyes. YMon of IVrfectetl Woman ImkmL "Fur we too have a vision of things which were not made clear even to their far-seeing eyes: We see the vis Ion of a perfected womanhood. not developed solely along the single axis of Intellectual attainment, hut sym metrical as the city coming down nut of Ib-avvn Which was seen by the prophet, of yore. The length ond th breadth and the height of this mod ern vision are equal. The length of woman's penetrating Intelligence, the breadth of her social sympathy, and the height of her spiritual aspirations must tie equal oerore she ahall stand In the fulness of her equipment as an effective "human tool In the hands of the Most High. . "Will you not bear ihi vision In your hearts and teach Its highest as pects to your dniiKbters. thnt this col lege which Is surely to be, muy also be consecrated from its very begin ning to the highest ends and may steadily realize these id ale in increas ing measure through the coming gen erations? "Le us not be found tn any smallest degree disobedient to our vision for surely II Is from heaven." Forward Work For The Farm ers (Continued from I'uge One. arription. with a view to securing similar Htate Icgialation when such local action has progressed suffi ciently. IrgUig Farmer to Secure TorrriM Title. . Whereae. the Farmers Cnion hy unceasing work finally secured the -passage of the Torrens System of Begisterlng l.and Title, but it ap pear that our people, being iicc'us buracu.... lo have all such matters hand led Uyt he fr "Til y "," rr-nert- -being informed of the advantuces of this law. and are In many cases being dTs courased from getting Tom-ns tltlea Therefore be it KWolved. that we hereby urge our farmers to iret a Torrens Title every time a transfer of title la to be made, and thereby prepare themselves for getting the benefit of a modern sys tem of rurul credits. "Communlly Serth Week" F.mkirsrd. BeU e il hVtmrm """ cu-oprr - St Ion is tljie bd rock of our organi sation .and that without such co operation we vaonot h,ope to achieve our 'highest .and best success:' there fore be It t Kwolved. that we heartily endorse the movement for "Commoiuiy Ser vtc' Week." Ile-ember 3. 4. &; and we urite every local Cnion In the 8lat to co-operate with the lisral school force and Farm Demonstra tion Agents In making these three days effective In building up the com munity and In widening (he influ ence of the church, school ssd Farm ers' t'nlon. Heeolved ind. That each Ical Sec retary shall file on the records a copy of the summary of the rural census nf that neighborhood. In order that, there may be a permanent rfe?noe record as to community conditions. Attorneys of Hahtl' hervlce Corf (ora tion a. Kesolred. that W -urg that, re tain ei! atttomeys. of public service cor pora It oua ahall ha required to sever such k'onhecUea before -ratefioc upon pubHoofBo la which they are sxip- po d ta represent au (no peopi aaa aot lelivai interests. - - BVwtlUaesr Matter. imsisss numerous au an plaints -.mi' short weight fertilisers itava made' therefor tas it - ' Resolved, that ws urge saembers of Locals to look attar Ibis matter aaa report mistake to tha Commissioner f AgTte-iltur. ReaolveeV that ws org that fertll lxer sacks shall show tha source of tha ammonia contained In mem. Use at Cottoa MatcrUd. Wa recommend cotton goods for sacks and covering lor cotton be-ies, se far aa practicable. Inntltailiins For Wayward 6 trie. Keaoived. that ws rejoice In th work of the Jacsvaoa Training School and urge tha state as soon aa posslbls to provide a similar Institution for war ward and dellnauent girls. New BoJluliif far .grioaU tarsi Da Raaolved. that we favor the tloa of a new building from the funds of tha Department as soon as they can bo spared without crippling Us work. .... TIlROl'CIf "KTSK counties. Au AntosBuoilo Trip Which Cava Aa I Oca of tho Vsumjaa Roads. To th Kdlton... Knowing Tho Mews aad Otsserver is always Interested la the good roada tn th Btat. I will writ you of a jaunt we took in our sevrn-uaaaenger car through nine counties. We started Monday morn ir October lih. for Clinton. N. C We went via Aberdeen and Kaeford to Fayottevills. The road from Ham let to Favettevllle was fin- W aVeraged fourteen, miles to a gallon of aosoline. We passed Montrose, where tb Htate Hospital for Tuber culosis ia situated on one of the most beautiful sites I have seen In this part of the State. We stopped ewnue in Favettevllle. drove around the city, visited several of the large stores, drove cuit beautiful Hayroount to Donaldson's Military Academy, stop ped there awhile, then went on io Autrwllle. HamDson county; thca to Rulenihurs. There we saw a hand some school building. Plneland School for Olrla. We learned from tneir catalogue that this village la the centre of a model community, ana experi mental ideal and pattern for rural unllft work In thla and otner mate This experiment la supported by the Rockefeller Herniation commission, the Htate Board of Kducatlon and tha mat Hoard of Agriculture. An ex pert in sanitation and hygiene gives hla entire time to the eradication of preventable diseases in the communi ty Th follnwins uuotatlon from one of the State's leading editors explains the Ideal nnartera nf the students: "Plneland Uchoot for Oltis is nousea in oerhaiui the most costly and con- ve4tiHl priual. aehMl..UuUiliBg la th Htate and Is In about tne seme iau tude aa Southern- Pines with vr 'much the same kind of soil eicep with an added richness. The build Ins contains dormitories, class rooms. parlors, kitchen and dining room. . it has its own lighting plant, hot and cold baths, running water In every room, and steam Beat-throughout' the building." ,.', . , . 1 had the pleasure of meeting the president. Air. W. . J. Jongs, 1. wbUe there. Our next stop was Clinton, we did not have good roads after leaving Fay etteville. We spent Monday night in Clinton. Tuesday we went to Ken- ansvllle. Dunlin county. There saw Dunlin's new court house. It is a inajrniflcent building. Kena'Tisvllle Is soon to have a rail road. The road Is about completed, but the trains are not running yet. Wt left there Thursday' for. Warsaw, found Warsaw looking quite lively, but soon found the cause. Robinson's circus wn there. After seeing the parade, we left there for Mount Olive. The road was bad, the worst road we found on all our trip was from Warsaw to Mount Olive; spent two nights In Mount Olice then went on to Wilson. Wilson Is a prosperous looking town. We enjoyed the fine msraaam streets and roads there. Spent sun day there and startod on our return trip Monday morning about eignt oclock: went over rough roads to Dunn, from Dunn to Hamlet, vl Favettevllle the road was splendid. We reached Hamlet about six o'clock, just In time for supper, having traveled hundred and sixty miles that day. We traveled In all four hundred and fortv-flve mllea Went through Moore, Cumberland, Hoke. Hampaon Duplin, Waynes Wilson, Johnston and Harnett counties MHH. J. K. HOIM.1. Hamlet, -V. C. ;iltli MAY UrTT IlICHKH. Barber's Child Claims Tart of Wm. B. Dana's Millions. Dlsuatch lo the Washington Post. Mrs. Kthel Dana Hheppera, aaoptea daughter of the lata William B. Dana, who finds It impossible to live on ner present Income of 146,000 a year, may have to-ttirrr over -an entire third of her foster father's 1 1,000.000 estate to the U year-old daughter of a Tacoma barber. This airl. whose shadow has unet pectedly fallen across Mrs. Hhepperd's fortune. Is Kathryne jurgensen. wno has brought forward allegations that she Is the legitimate daughter of John Klrkhtnd Dana, legally adopted eon of the late millionaire publtaher. Sur rogate Nlcoll, of Rlverhead. U 1., signed an order reopening the probate of the elder Dana s will, ana giving the girl in Washington an opportunity to file an objection. Through her attorney, tieorge H. Hristor. she will allege that undue and Illegal pressure was brought to bear upon Mr. Dana before his death, and that If he had been left entirely to his own desires he would have willed third of his property ta Miss Jurgen sen. rat ner man naving wiuea it an to Mrs. Khepperd. her son, snd Jacob Selliert. From testimony filed before Burro- gate Nlcoll, it is learned that in 1st the millionaire publisher went to the orphans home In New York, ana legally adopted a 4-year-old buy, John Armstrong: whose name automatically became John I "ana. John Dana lived with his foster father at Englewood and at Mastic. U 1.. until UK. when he married a New York girl and went to Tacoma, Wash. His married life was unhappy: he and his wife separated. He was mar ried nvaln a few years later, and little Kathryne; was born-.- Th flow of gold which had seemed inexnaustinis from the .In.r 1U.1T. suddenly ceased, and w hen John Dana died in l0 he was practically a pauper. The mother. too, was pour, and there was no way of supporting Kathryne. In 104 abe was legally adopted by Alexander Jur gensen. narner. in lacoma.. It ia this little girl, whs has known nothing but poverty all her life, who now may gain a third of Xrm. 8hep- perd's fxitiimony. The legality of her birth. It Is said, naa already been recognised by the Mutual LJfe Insur ance Company of Now York In an ac tion tefore Justice of lh Supreme ourt Waiter H. Jaycog. Making Molasses In VnJoa. Monroe Journal: Mr.- F.i A. l-aney of Buford tows ship has made some 'molasses this fall, -lie has been working at it for the past three months and has made .1J7 gallons. He says that It will grade up with the ft rents class, and that of th nine varieties of cane that ha lias made from this fall tha (eaUen sywsl rup Is th beat. TAKE DOVVW SIGFJ r - nr'MiiiPirnnniii" -ur- No Other Way To Get Reform Declares Committee of Mu-' nleipal League ' . lUltixnora, Hot. Xt Political re form organisations saust oocn aWwa ta earth": they an sat "th stgw ot tha "hlgh-brewr and subatitata tho 'dollar mark, which aloe appaawwUr fa aufBdanUy potent to -ba eiraettws." according t a report ta tb National Municipal Leagwe yastirdar : by Its committee pa Plain ef PollUosi Or ganisation, j The committee hag not .completed tU work, and tba report ia dssorlbad aa only an "interlocutory exprssssea" It was prepared by th cha.li tuaav. A. tee well, prestdeat c tna va Ieogue of FUtsburgk. la part tba report la as reus A plan of political ssTfjanlaattiaa which rUa for Ita support apoa that class who hava rwochei ths etowatleo where they leak down p sedflah nss and are moved solaly by altrals tic conslderatlona, must foU. ' The number istoo limited. "It wlU not do for tha so-rallad 'high brow to inveigh agraJnat the romplacanry of the average citiaan This get htm nowhere. It will Aot do ta assume that all voter r aor ruptly InJlusncevl whea they awppart , political faction. Thla presuppose the preponderance of oomiptioa. Th trouble Is, perhaps, that while the) ana form of organisation follows the ssv tnral Instincts of man. th other Ig nore them aad rsllea upaa a eonoep tlon of rltisenship aa appaala only io th Idealists, the theorists, tha parlats and tha dreamers. A plaa of political organisation, to succeed, to aaoara th following required to win at the polls, must ba built upon th anal nsp ling of human action, to wltt self-lstrst-Your commltta believe that It con bs dmont rated ( except whrs tho contest ia purely personal, between men, not m assures), that In tha cam paign for good government, ad con trasted with the machine government, the selfish Iqlsrests of tb cltisea ar at stake. Too much stress la laid upon pat riot lam. civic prtds and tha liar, and too ' little upon what tha con tinuance of poor roveramsnt ar In stitution of good means to th pure and the person of tha lndivldal ' citlsen." There was much Justification,- th report continued. In the charge that a large number of those who wers found. . among th reformers, so-called, did not sualify by registration v or other .. legal formality to exercise th rights of cltlsenShln. "The mere rotoa or civic obligation not being loud enough to call them from their personal par suits ioth performance of their pub lic obligations" A general awaksning was coins; oa. however, and there was an ever in creasing nurnber who wanted good government out of purely arlflah mo- uvea. As to ths flnandng af such political organ Isationa tiis report noted th Cleveland plain, and urged that It might be followed by other cities. "In Ihe CKy of Clave lead the president ef a large trust company conceived the plan or getting some or Its citisena ot wealth td provide I nthelr will far bequests to foundation, devoted ta th city's w el far, and a large axtvssint. running up Into minions, has been ale ready thua incorporated m auch will. The money, of course, will he available only uponv -the i aeatn ot tne nese rec tors. Sotns of these amounts. how ever, have already become avatlabew through death, and tn consequence sgr organization Is being effected In thilA city having for Ita purpos ths general welfare of the city. Th report concluded with the com mittee's appeal for suggestions aa: "How best to show that good gov ernment means personal good to th Individual. "How to Inform the community that good government Is a selfish propose tlon, not an altruistic dream. "How to remove from such orgs- nlxatlona the sign of th 'high-brow and substltuts ths 'dollar mark. which alone, apparently, ia sufficient ly potent to be effective. "How to bring such org-anlxatlon'- down to earth where they will appeal to Inhabitants thereof. MADE PRESIDENT 8AFE. R. And O. Ofnrisls Took Ktra Car With Hla Train. Baltimore Bun. When th early express train from Washington arrived at Camden sta tion yesterday one of the first persons to alight was a big-framed.' alert aad mild-mannered man whom most of ths colored porters took to. baa prose:. nernus travellna salesman, and no doube hla fellow-passengers, noticing ths Greek characters on the gold band on hla ring finger, otok It for granted that he was a professional man on a , business trip. The man described was Edmund Leigh, chief .detective of the Haiti mors and Ohio Hailroad. whose nam ap pears In the directory ef the company as ths general superintendent of pollc As the title Implies, Mr. Llgh's duty is that of protecting passengers and shippers who uss the Baltimore and Ohio lines, and In discharging his du ties It Is necessary that he travel about the country a great part nf the time. Yesterday, however. Chler Lclgn was returning from a special mission, having taken charge of the arranges menta of the Baltimore and Ohio for protecting President Wood row Wilson s during his trip from Washington to -Pittaburg and return !n connection with the anniversary exercises of tha Young Men's Christian Association. When the President of tne unite Rtstes travels over the country every Drotectton is extended to him, and ia the rase of the local railroad Ita detec tive fi scrutinize ths crowds which . gather at the various stopping plcea. so that members of the United mates Secret Service with the President may be fully Informed should there be any. thing bordering on suspicion. ft would ba Impossible for cranks under such n arrangement to annoy tha na tion's chief executive. Another precaution which the rait- " road took In caring for the President . h.v-tn ta trninau .which Uls private car wa hauled, preceded by a pilot engine. Which passed over th tracks a few minutes in advance to make uae that thlnga wars safe, aad out or respect for tba man guiding- the destinies of the American people all trains-going In an opposlt direc tion come to a full stop while he 1 passing. Then back of th Freaiaew- tlal train there follows a -trailer" en gine, so that no other train may ap proach from ths rear. - v. .., y i . TetretaMea Foe Y Editor. Bumsvlll Ragle. Hrlnton Robinson, th West Burnn- ville farmer and trucker, brought, th Kagie cabaf 'hat tipped th beam at It S pounds. That was some rabhegeV "Uncle" " Georg Oreanle (colored). C c. Higginr gar-. brought th Eagle at1 pound bsst a few-days ago. It at first ye dsa't is -.r nibnunuw rl - ; J .-
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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