THE NEWS AND OBSERVER-
THURSDAY MORNINGMAY 20.' 1915.
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Samuel Smile.
ft M Mot wealth that give the true sest to Ufa,
JL hut reflection. annrciation. taste, culture.
Above alt. th feeling haart and the seeing eye
art ladlpaabli with these tba humblest lot
MT be ma 6a blessed Labor and toll may be
asnoeiated with tha highest thought and tns
pur! tastes.
I -BOUGHT tome. rag of Tailor bkaggs, anil
paid him when I got 'ml he wept with
laa; "for Mow," aaid he. Til pay my MUa. dod
. fot Vm." Bo na the ran he took M' , and
"paid Oie rfwr btm. wlw trade waa ba4.
aad who was sad, bora aw the wolf drew ilumt,
' Thai nade lilm senile,
Bl'YINC AT HOMK. and for a while the
Ml of teaa aad sage,
thought rheerful thinks, forgot the kinks, and
paid his Herb their wage. Aad Billism Bark,
tha old head clerk, pat up noino thankful
; Ma wife waa III the druggist's bill
rorrinl him like Mum. The druggist
"Doggone your hide, I thaak yon for
theae roabteaj I'm In the hole aad ared a roll to
ease My weight of troubles." The druggist paid
that wtaaoaaa maid, hla gnat assistant, Annie,
and Jaat for lurk abe blew a back for roller
skate for granny. Aad thus My arada brought
help te lads aad girl beyond the rotating
Mach trouble ceased, and Joy Inrreaaed. and
apt OB aaoaaung. ssousung. sow are. My
friend. If yoa ahoald apend your rata with local
dealer, you're spreading glee and ecstary to
beat the fans nine spielers.
. Tha la teat attempt of tha esteemed Colonel to
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nemf .111 mj 1 1 iu yawr.vm timm muiim u . .. -
faulty for tha Colonel. And there waa 1(11.
Germany, It aew appear will not answer tha
United Btataa seta for aome tea days. This giv
tha guesaer ample tlma la which to prognos-tJcat.
; Wa are absolutely certain that thla la not the
right time to take 'em off. Be patient, though,
for tha "good old summer time" will get here
after awhile.
Without doubt England would Hke to hav
the ten aubmarlnaa which ware built for It hare
hut which are be lag held at tha fore River yard
la Massachusetts by thli government boeauM
of our neutrality. The' ten were built in four
Months.
- It being announced that Levi P. M ortnn cele
brated hla nlnety-nrst. birthday annlveraary In
k'ashlns-ton an Sundav. It will be recalled that
he waa once Vice-President of the ratted Stales,
Vice-Presidents, unlejhs they do something no
table, do not linger long la the memory of
mankind.
The ft ret of tha trans-Atlantic llnrra to be
ttverted to the Mew Ynrk-8an Diego-San Praa
rlsco run has arrived at Kan Diego via the
Panama Canal from New York. Thla la the
learner Finland, oj the Panama-Pacific Una.
from New York te Han Francisco by water la
tpt to prove a popular trip In the present Ict
jp of "trans-Athintlo travel. . ;
"A bit! A palpable hit! Remarka the Colum
Ma State, with the matters of prosperity and
lamrty howling In mind: "We eatremely re-
rret " note by the raised New Tork Tribune
hat the Democratic administration has so thor
oughly demoralised business that that paper la
aow carryiag only !t,0 lines morw advertising
thaa during tha eorraapaadiDC period of May.
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Just the other day wo told of American
Matchea being need In Paris for the Brat time.
Yesterday there came the news that another
klad of "maun" had appeared there, that tha
drat marriage by proty had taken place. . This
was la the Lad a auarter. the bridegroom, a
Paiid attornsy wo la sow at rhe frotrt being
ropraaeatad by a friend who stood up- for him
at tha wedding, thla being la strict privacy.
iM 1 THE TWESTlBMr af.IT.
Today North Carollaa oslobrataa tha aanivor
aary of .the signing of the Meckleaeurf Denav
raUon of Isdepondaaea, One hundred and forty
years ago, oa the Twentieth of May, 1TTI. that
Declaration of Independenoe wad signed, aad it
takes its place as oao of the great historical
events of this Bute. '
On the Great 8eal of tba suae and oa the
State flag there la tha data "May Z. lTTt.T and
with It our frlate declaratlos la -Ease Quam
Vlderl." Thla la Indeed a Htate In which tha
rule In "To Bo i lather Thaa To Beam To Be,
North Carollaa believes In the doing and not In
th seeming.
This Is s Btats with a glorious history and
with a future bright with hope. With the great
est native born population of aay of the States
It Is going forward. Among ls people there Is
that same great spirit of freedom which am
mated the Mecklenburg farmers who signed the
Declaration of Independence which gave to this
State a- peat of honur and distinction.
Mecklenburg county celebrates today, and
from all parts of the State the sobs of North
Carolina send their greeting to Charlotte,
The aiory of the Mecklenburg Declaratloa of
Independence is the common heritage of ail the
people of the Htate. May there never come
day when North Carolina will forget the men
of those Revolutionary daya and when Ita sons
will not be animated with the ami high
purposes.
ITALY.
L'nlesa all aigns fall Italy Is close Upon the
time when It will be In the reeking Held of the
European war. Whether Its entry will prolong
the struggle for mastery fa Europe, or whether
thla other factor against Oermany and Auetro
Hungsry will decisively turn the tide In favor
of the Allies, can only be conjectures, .Tlt
the voice of the great majority ' people is
for war aad on the side of the Allies is the bur
den "of the nwe which Insistently esmos -from
that country.
The reports yesterday were of auch a nature
as to cause the world to expect a quick decision
after, nine months of waiting, a waiting which
la held by many to have been caused by tha bril
liant diplomacy of Count Bernhard von Buelow,
the Kaiser's representative In Rome. The re
tention of Salandra as Premier of Italy ahowed
conclusively that tha war party In that country
la In control. That Austria yet has a faint glim
mering hope of keeping Italy neutral la ahown
by tha fact that again yesterday it waa dicker
Ing as to territorial concessions to be made to
pacify that country.
That the will of the people of Italy Is for war
la unmistakable. They have a dream of ex
panalon for their country which Is the moving
factor, and there Is territory which they feel It
must have, whether Austria will yield It by con
cession, or whether It will have. to be taken by
force of arms. The fever of war Is rising higher
and higher and It now seems that the govern
ment will not be able to restrain the demand
for the call to the colors. Indeed the demand
appears "to have so grown that If It ti not granted
tha government Itself may be pushed to one
side. .'
The gathering of mobs, the shouta in tha
street of Rome sod of other cities of Italy, are
such as to give threat to the throne Itself. If
lotor Kmanuel does not heed the call, than
may be thai' the reign of Victor Kmanuel will
end. "Down with the monarchy; long live tha
republic." has been heard In the streets of Rome.
Is not that the people do not want Victor
Emanust as thai sovereign. It la that they want
war. And If Italy takes the plunge it wllf be
because the people have so willed It.
TIIK HTRAWBKRRY CROP.
" Appoiatmeeta to positions keep coming the
aa of William Baraea despite the fact of the
Calowsl being "agta" him. The latest Is that
aprons Court Justice Haabrouck. of New York,
has aaaaed him as a member of the Ahoekaa
nutvas -Commlaaloa t a. pass upon .damage
:laima la connection with the acquisition by
Smw York City of the Aaoskaa region for water
up ply purpossa. Now. wo seUsvo Mr. Barnes
would rather be oa a commission to aaseas dam
ages against tha Colonel!
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. chairman of the
Empire Btats campaign cam mitt ee for votes
for women, did the right thing ysaterdayt Bhe
cava oat a statement csademarag tha action of
he w-omaa suffragists whs attempted te haad
:a President Wlleea while he was la New York
at the review af the fleet, a letter requesting Mm
to give an asdlsaos to a deputation of women
uff-agiau. - Well does Mrs. Catt declare: w.uf.
rragtsts realise that no President sine Unrein
has had such serious aad dslteata problems to
f .Jve as Mr. TTIleoa. Ws are dlsrraaaed that aay
iroa la the name of our oaues should have
:4 te Intrude upon his peas af mind."
Tha reports from New York of such large re
ceipts of strawberries that tha price was driven
down on Tueeday la not a matter of encourage
ment to the strawberry raieera. though tha New
Yorkers were pleasedVJot; ltBve Jhem- their
tlret cheap berriea of the season. Tha reports
were that on Monday the arrival of berries broke
II records, there reaching that market JI.2I1
cratee or III carloads, the stock being received
from North Carolina. Virginia, Maryland and
tha Eastern Shore.
Prices,, st s Lea tha New York Commercial,
ruled low. Small berries lata on Monday sold
at four coals a quart for Eastern Shore fruit,
and from three tents to five cents on Virginia
offerings. The stock from North Carolina went
at pries ranging from three cents to six cenu
a quart, while there waa a preference ahown for
the largo Maryland berriea. In some cases eight
cents to twenty cents a quart being paid. .
At auch prices ths fruit moved oa freely, as
was to bo expected, from the opening of the
docks, the hucksters and ths wagoa boys tak
ing large lots early. The reports are that the
sales to tha consumers went on briskly aad that
there waa a feast of strawberries among many
In New York' who had not Indulged la ths lux
uries hitherto In the season. While ths straw
berry raisers will receive small checks for their
shipments, yet "It Is an 111 wind that blows no
body good." and ths New York purchasers of
strawberries at email prteea had a delight which
had not come to them before during thla year.
: THE SCREAM OP THE COLO XTX.
That there has been a sense of personal la
Jury la the neighborhod of the whareabouta of
ths gentleman who put Oyatsr Bay oa tha map
because of the events outstds of tha aourt 'room
la Syracuse may well be Imagined. Waa riot
"I" entitled te tha flrat pagreT By what right
dues aayoae butt la while T am having the
time of my life oa the witness etaad telling all
about ths wtekedneaa of "Bom' Barnes who
wsuldat see things my wrap, sad who had ths
audacity t attempt t call ato leva whoa 1
gave htm public toagu lashing?
That such has been the attitude of the Calaaol
lately la tha natural view at all who kaew of
that gentle man's deetrs for ths fun limelight
of publlotty. And-1 tha Interim, whlls this
seontry Is waiting? t hoar from Berlin, aad
whlls there Is a tossing up of eolae as ta hew
Italy will Jump or when H will Jump the Colonel
mads an areueement a hla fight for first pes-
pesiUea la ths papers, . ft was a aaJIsnt shaege
he mads at the aew pa per bays.
Hew did hs do lt( With hla veto, of eemrse.
That la his strong petst,' The aeoentata af the
preceding In tha court oa. Tueeday say that
sshen aaked If ho had said that "The Repablteaa
party la sot big enough to held Baraea aad
rysst" th Coloael almost shouted that It was
falaw. Quit the ld tint RoaeevalC was
not T He Ii ii adapt in hurling about the ugly
llttl deaaaclaUoa. I now ho oooid only de
liver; the charge ta th Jury la the Barnes vs.
Beoeevelt case ha would be happy. That he
has been pushed away from the coveted full
glare of publicity for awhile la terribly sad. but
ths Colonel may have something up his sleeve
to startl as wHh yet Por his seas lot as bops
I bat he has. -lis enjoys his scream as much as
a child Is tickled with Its tin rattle.
Carious how tmngs snap themselves up oc
casionally. Her It la that the rfflted States
government has been requested to ask ths
British Embassy t secure for Dr. Dernburg a
British safe conduct for. his voyage overseas to
Oermany. A German subject seeking a safe
conduct from the British is rather a novelty at
thla lima - V
There la deep regret la Raleigh at the death
of Mr. Albert I Hopkins, of Newport News.
Va,r who. was among lk toal im the destruction
of the Lusltanla, his body having been recov
ered Friday. Mr. Hopkins was president of the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com
pany and visited Raleigh earns time ago with
other members of the Fnlted States Chamber of
Commerce.
A North Carolina Poet.
Wilmington Dispatch.
Ws learn that that most lovable North Caro
linian. Dr. William Laurie Hill, of Charlotte, is
on to lesu a new book. Following publica
tion of the "Master of the Red Buck end Bay
Doe," which added lustre to North Carolina
In the realm of literature, the Doctor, whoee
always friendly nod and ever kindly word have
done much In adding to life's sweetness,' Is to
Issue a book of poems, entitled "Blue Bird
Bongs of Hope and Joy." For a number of
years this good, . deer old gentleman hss been
the poet laureate of the Morth 'Carolina Press
Association, a position hs hss tilled In faithful
and masterly way. His poems breathe of life's
charm, vigor and opportunity.
Kipert Vs. Igaoramaa.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Admiral Dewey is quoted as saying that the
L'ntted States Navy Is today "composed of the
finest snd most efficient warships that we have
ever had" and that "the fleet now in New York
harbor la not excelled, except In also, by the
fleet of any nation In the' world." "Our offi
errs, he adds, "are as good as any, and our
enlisted men are superior In training, education
physical development and devotion to duty to
those of any other nation. As president of the
Ooneral Board for the last fifteen years, I can
say with absolute confidence that the efficiency
of the fleet has progressed steadily and never
has been so high as today."
But, of course, such testimony from such s
source wil hsvs no effect on Hon. Uussie (Gard
ner. How could the ranking officer of the
American Navy, a man who has devoted hla
whole life to the practical study of naval
affairs, possibly know aa much about the con
dition of our naval establishment as ths gen
tleman from Massachusetts who probably nsver
set foot on a warship and wouldn't know a tor
pedo boat from a destroyer?
THE WHIRLPOOL
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THK BENCH AND THK PRKSlDfcXt'Y.
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would be difficult to cite a situation In our
political history like thst now on the car
pet The Democratic party Is standing pat on
Wood row Wilson and hla administration, and the
Ct. 4i-V 4a golna: about with a lantern hunting
candidate for lU. TTey hvn6g bunch
from which to pick. There Is talk of Weeks;
of Massachusetts. VHP hss a full barrel . of
money, which triumphed over Bam McCall'a full
barrel of brains In the last election for Cnlted
States Benstor in Massachusetts. Then mention
now and then Whispered of Henry Cabot
Lodge, who would be mighty glsd to be assured
of a re-election to the Senate.
There was much talk of Whitman at one time;
but a man who Is a failure as Governor at
Albany would be impossible aa President at
Washington. Ohio has three or four candidates
for the Republican nomination, Indiana hss two,
Pennsylvania at lesst one, Illinois two, Michigan
one, Iowa ona. Missouri one, and there are
others. For a while the Republicans were
blissful In the nonsense that they could elect
yaller dog In lilt; but that damphoolery la
now discarded.
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To ahow that they realise that they have the
fight of their lives on their hands, the Republi
cans all throusrh-the-montlLpfAprll urged Mr.
Justice Hughes with ceaseless, persistence and
practical,, unanimity. , When . a political party
goes to ths Supreme Court for s candidate for
President It Is tantamount to a algnal of distress
When ths devlt Is sick, ths devil a tnonk would
oe;
When the devil Is well, devil a monk Is he."
No party will ever go to the bench for a can
didate as long aa It has a layman who can make
a atroag race. There (a a-!teellng la this country
that ths bench Is liks the church in this par
ticular neither must dabble la politics. . That
th reason tha Whigs would never nominate
John McLean for President, and In 111 ths
Republicans rejected that him Justice McLean
and took up Job a C. Fremont, who, not many
years earlier, tried to make California a Slavs
State. At least, hs oppoeed that clause of the
Rtate Constitution prohibiting slavery. Th John
McLean I am talking about la not the same
McLean some of you msy bs thinking about.
thouch both hailed from Ohio.
David Davis, while en the Supreme Bench
had ambitions ta bs President aad In MTl he
beat Wendell Phillips for ths nomination la the
National Convention of ths Labor party, thsn
very active la polities; but the Liberal Republi
cans at Cincinnati preferred Horace Oreeley to
him. after which hla ease waa hopeless. Subse
quently his resignation; from ths bench ts be
come beaator oust Samuel J, Tllden tha Preei
deaey. -."''
Preatdeat Unoola mads RaJmoB p. Chase
Chief Justice of ths Supreme Court ts keep Mm
out af polltloe. At the time there eras serious
epposttlea ta the reaominatlon of Lincoln In the
Republican party and It waa about to ssttlo on
Chase That opposition held a national con
vention which nominated John O, Fremont for
rreasaeet and J aha Cochrane for Vice-President,
bat when ike reernlae cnnrentlon spmlnated
Liawoia aad Johnson tha opposition oellspaad.
ft la cartons s ams that James a. Oarfleld was
fee th Freenoat ticket. . ' t
e e e ' .
Chase waa a eaadldats befor the Democrat!
KatieoeJ Convention la IIII and had hs been
amed aad th greenback plana left out of the
platform It Is very likely that L. a Grant srould
ever hare - President, la the daya af their
dark despair ths Damoereu used te look to Mr.
Justte Field, af the Supremo Beach, with lm-
plortng ore, aad he wes willing tea, bat It
ease ta naught. . Procter Knott waa si the head
of his publicity bureau la II ta, bat Is the Na
tional Cenvewtlea f the Deeneeeaiie sut hie
hlahest vote never reached 100. Blnce ItSO no
Supreme Court Justice wss mentioned for Pre!
dent until 1112. when Mr. Justice Hughes
stopped ths clamor for hla nomination ty an
emphatic refusal to countenance the movement.
And now Mr. Juattce Hughes haa again de
clined to re-enter the game of politics. Had he
been nominated for President In 1108 he would
have been elected. He was then a candidate
for the distinction and he would have been
chosen had not Theodore Roosevelt been as
much master of the convention as Mark Hanna
waa of that of eight years esrlter. Roosevelt.
however, served notice -that If ths convention
rejected Taft he would take the nomination him
self, snd thst settled It.
In ltlt the stand patters, to get him out of
the way. caused Taft to nominate Hughes to a
vacancy on the bench. He accepted and la
much In love with the Job, If gossip is to be
credited. Nobody knows what reception the
people would give to a candidate for President
taken from the Supreme Bench. He might run
Ilk ths cholera, aad than hs might not. Gov
ernor Hughes made a great reputation aa Oov
sraor of New York; but. lees fortunate thaa Tll
den and Cleveland, the booses of his party were
too strong for htm, and many of the reforms hs
advocated were rejected,, though some of them
ho was able to accomplish.
II la a tribute to the man that the worst ele
ment In his party clothed him with the ermine
In order to be rid of him' In the field of politics.
Now they would be glad to draft him to pull
tha chestnuts of ths Q. O. P. out of ths Ore.
Bine the positive and authorised announce
ment taking Justice Hughea out of the calcula
tion the boom of Mr, Burton is becoming with
greater vigor.
Washington. May IT"
Ipay . t. astwards.!
AN
OLD-TIME ADVOCATF. OF THK
A MA CANAL FROJKCIV:
PAN.
THE LATE Frederick W. Beward, who died
recently at hia home, Montrose, near Tarry
town on the Hudson River, would have been
years of age had he lived until July. He said
to me the last time I saw mm. more man a
year ago, that ha believed he was ths sole sur
vivor of all of those who had official intimacy
with Abraham Lincoln when Presidsnt.
Mr. Seward, aa Assistant Secretary of Bute,
often represented his fsther at Cabinet meet
ings and In that capacity he was present at me
leat Tablnct-mccting-Linooln held, which was
on ths afternoon of ths day oa which ho wa
assassinated. - .,
In one of the many conversations I had with
Mr. Seward n ot th hs spoke to
mt of his satisfaction that hs had been permit-
tad to live long enough to know that the canal
across the Isthmus of Panama had been com
pleted and was being navigated by veeeeis.
My rather, sixty years ago. was pereuaaao
thst sooner or later a canal would be built
across that Isthmus,' hs said. "At that Urns
the Isthmus was called Darten. I rused orq to
hear my. father speak of the vital need for the
United States of a ship canal across ths Darlsn
Isthmus, Hs believed that th government
should provide surveys and plana, and, of
course, that the Btats Department ahauld enter
Into diplomatic rotations with Colombia with
a view to securing a treaty. If the government
did secure a treaty which would give ths Cat
ted States exclusive control, and if tha army
and navy co-operatsd In perfecting a survey.
thea It would remain rnr private capital to
build the canal.
I think it was ths second year of Preatdeat
Fine Crop' Wheat.
Reidavills Review.
Oak Grove: Wheat and oats are
coming right along. From the looka
of the wheat now. It will yield a lino
crop. -'.'.
Rains In Iredell Help.
Statesvllls Landmark.
Mooresvtlle: The recent rains hsvs
greatly Improved the crops In this sec
tlon of the county. Wheat, oats, and
other grain crops are looking unusu
ally fine in thla section.
First Grower Bragging.
Newton Enterprise.
New Irish potatoes have arrived,
and ths first grower bragging about
eating any is Mr. L Alex. Yoynt. New
ton, Route t, who hsd 'em for dinner
Fridsy.
. Strnwhrrrsrs "Big aa Ptmchca.'
Newton Enterprise.
The famous Catawba strawberry.
commonly described as "big as
peaches, is on the market In abund
ance. The prices yesterday ranged
around I cents ths quart- No liner
berry, either In flavor or else, is grows
anywhere than the Catawba berry.
FoodstatTs In Rockingham.
Ke, J.viiTT ii.Vlew;
A
conservative estimate showsil
per cent more corn Is berng planted
In Rockingham county this year thaa
any season for ths past twenty-five
years. There is a much larger acre
ags In clover and other valuable
stuff. Msny farmers are getting ready
to put In field of mixed oow peas, mil
let and sorghum and there la to be
more or lees acreage ltTcow peas, sor
ghum and soy beans Either of thaa
combinatlona will make a An forage
crop and assure farmers of winter
supply if reasonable care Is taken In
the cutting and eurtng of this high
and nutritious feed.
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MIGHTY BLOW
' Stay late I al
ways pay aa I go.
Miss Weary
lyawnlaglYour
creditors h'av
my sympathy.
Johnsoa's admlnlstratloa that my father was
abls to secure exactly tha kind of treaty he
wanted, Hs had also obtained a- aurvey anu
plans on an estimate or cost.
' "When I asked him where ho was 'going to
And the private capital hs said that he was sure
the men who had built tha Atlantis cable would
be only too willing to rats ths capital necessary
for th construction of th canal. Th estimate
is that It would com about llOO.ttt.f Ot.
"Father waa correct Ik that view. He visited
New York and Interested Peter Cooper, Mar
shall Roberts, aad two ar three other men s.
capital In ths proposttloa. These were th men
who laid the Atlantio cable, Peter Cooper was
enthusiastic ever ths plaas and hs assured my
father thst there would be no difficulty In rais
ing ll0t.004.Mt. Me got together a committee,
which undertook ts. market- I10t.ttt.tt0 of
stock. There seemed to be ne doubt about th
doom af ths attsmpt to raise thla sapltaL
Suddenly tha plan had te bo postponed, and.
it proved, abandoned for tha simpls reason
that In spits of aU ths argument brought to
bear by my father and other upon th Senators
ths treaty was rejected. Bom year after that
Franc took the proposition up '
(Copyright, 111, by E, J. Edwards. AU rights '
. , reserved.! ,
TAMED.
Swift need te
i a great out
door maa and all-
around sport. Is
hs reconciled te
married life?
f I think so, I
called oa him re
cently and found
'hint sorting ashes
with- an -old-tna-als
racket.
CNFEEUNO.
I'm tired of
reeding absot tha
smart girl grad
uate. You're hot half
as tired as tha fol
lows will bs who
bav te llstsa t
her
Waa
!, Kdwarda will toil wf "A Maa
assay. . :
ArtKUEPV , jTpP
; Da ywa ks '
Batter thaa I ""Jf 7 '
ased te, Thare'i I 'V,
a lot sf his muete I -f
Attomey-Oeneral Blckett is prim
ing up for a big speech at Waks For
on the occasion of the alumni meet
ing. Last year hs was elected orator,
and Attorney-General Blckett, If signs
do not go wrong, is going to give the
alumni, their friends, and ths student
body in general. omthiaT t' think
about.
But for all that, ho hat ao speech
prepared. Recently, ha received
from a correspondent for ons of ths
Bute papers In Waks Forest, a request
for his speech. General Blckett re
plied that ho had ths frame work of
his oratorical mansion ready bul
wouldn't put on the finishing touches
with ths roof and porches until hs
looked at hie audience.
"And I always And." added Attorney-General
Blckett la su bounce,
"that a back stairway la tba most
convenient thing a speaker can have,
Just to get out quickly and gracefully.
Pleass supply ons for mo." -v.w,
But Attorney-General Blckett. In
spits of ths terrible achedule of
speeches before and behind him, tax
ing hla capacity and straining his
nerves, is anticipating something for A
Wake PnrMf AnA fh-i
Isn't to be downed by a bit of
iaiiguell'''--'-'''' 11 ;i'.vii..u.i.ii.CT
There is hardly a public man ia ths
Btats who has spoken In aa many
places and .on as many occasions dur
ing the last year, certainly, as At- 1
torney-General Blckett; He hlmsall
refuses to admit all of his speech
making program. , . j
I have been sawing a bit of wood."
he says, but that is as far as ht will
go
'What do you do whea you have
spoken until you are hoar when .
something on the Inside and every
thing on the rutsids wants a rest?"
somebody asked the Attorney-Oeneral.' '
"Well," he replied aad his syss -
closed lo a full-face laugh, "I Just
make aaothar .speech." . , ,
e . j .
Richmond la makliig extensive
preparations to entertain - ths largo
numbers of visitor ezDected . during
the Confederate Re-union," said Mr.
Harvey M. Holleenan. of Richmond Ja -Raleigh
yesterday enroot to visit his
parents at Apex. ConUnaing hs said:
"Hundreds of decorators are busy,
and the Federal Reeerva ity 1 al
ready pressating a gay appearance
with flags, bunting, and -stream. t
Signs are everywhere directing straag
ers to their various headquarter.
, "Yesterday Governor Stuart award
ed contract for-the decoration and
Illumination of the Capltotr Stat Li
brary and Executive . Mansion. Ths
big buildings will be swathed la
bunting and . banners tastefully ar
re risen. , Powerful searchlights erect,
ed at advantageous points in ths cap.
ltd grounde will light np ths faoadei
of th State building after dark eacr
night, bathing the decorations in 0
brilliant light. In addition to th reg
ular electric lights.
"Owners of automobllea are dec,
rating their car for a hug floral ps
rad. Ths Richmond Auto club of- .
fere three prise for beet decorated"
cars 1100 for first, 10 for asooad
and f0 for the third, Tha parade
will b oa th after of Jan I
starting from ths city hall at I p. m,
Auto owners In North Carolina are
Invited to make the raa ta Richmond
ina parttcipat in ths .parade.
reaoy i.sos cars has beea
'Bands from Staunton.
Birmingham and Loulsvtlls'
ranged to come aad aid ia
music during tha re-unleiw
iddttlnn to all th Richmond and eur
roundlng town bands win furnish live
ly music for th veterans.
"Already th hanks and larger mer
cantile establish meat have started
their decoration, and many are com.
pleta. In a few daya ths main bual
nese streets will present a varied and
beautiful spectacle, mar - gorgeonr
than ever befor attempted for a
Confederate re-union and will be
going hundreds of miles . t
- "Members of the R. B. Lee Cami
Ne. 1, Son of Confederate Vstsraa
are lending their energies planning
new stunt to ntertala tha old oi
dlers. They hav tha entire budaeM
Interests backing their , efforts, and
Richmond hopes, and ' It.deed had
planned that this shall be the greatest
re-uoioa ever hold la tha South. I'm.
thia plcdg avoryaaa Is lavitod tea. '
AI-
aromiaad. . l
Atlanta i
1 hav ar- i f
furnishing f
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