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" THE WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL Sunday Morning, January 20, 1918 FOUR WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL SANTFOKD MARTIN EDITOR Published by THE JOURNAL PUBLISH INO COMPANY, Journal Building. 1 111-117 Main Street, Winston-Salem. N. a. every morning except Monday. TELEPHONES . Business Manager . .... Managing Editor . . . 9 City Editor 8 Society Editor . Hi Circulation Manager . . ' BtHSCKUTlON RATES One Copy, One Year . 6.O0 One Copy, Six Months ... . 8.00 One Copy, Three Months ... . 1.60 One Copy. One Mo'ith ... ... ... . . . . .60 One Copy, One vVeek T C . M .12 Sunday Only, One Year t.. . .... 2.00 Look at the printed label on your paper. The date thereon shows when the sbacrlp iton expires. Forward your money in ample time for renewal Notice date on label care Cully and If not correct please notify office at once. The Journal la a member of the Associated Press and carries the full, leased wire news service. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to lhe use for republication of all news dispat ches credited to it In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of re publication of special dispatches herein are al so reserved. Entered through the Winston-Salem, N. C.. post office a mall matter of the second class SUNDAY MORNING, JAN, 20,19, 1918 BBJ LLIANXS Thfre never wore in the world" .two ? opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity. Montaigne. Questioning Is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen :,)r- Johnnon. Our gruiHl mifCnenn undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly nt a distance, but to do wlmt lies clearly at hand. Carlyle." A merry' heart nmketh a cheerful countenance: but liy sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Old Testament. Ignorance Rives a sort of eternity to prejudice unci perpetunllty to error. Robert Hall. ,.. sound conscience Is fense. Prom the Lutin. a brazen wall of de livery mn has In himself a continent of un discovered character, llnppy is ho who acts the Columbus to his own soul.-r-Str J. Stevens. Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals .Is a providence. Green. fragrant Virtue Is like precjous . odors, most where they are inoeusod or cruslied; for prosper ity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth bot discover virtue. Annoiiynious. By doing good with his money a man, aw It were, stamps the image or God upon It and makes it pass current for the merchandise of Heaven. Rutledge. Philosophy Is either eternal or it Is not philoso ' pliy. G. K. Chesterton. lxst us never forget that the cultivation of the earth Is the most Important labor of man. Web ster. Art may make a suit of clolU-s, but Nature must produce the man. Hume. LaFollette Is said to be as autocratic in his dis position as the Kaiser himself, but this alone I fceuld not explain their fondness for each other. "Kultur" may be badly "rattled" and want peace i on its own terms but increasing exactions on the poor Belgians and the torpedoing of another tiospital ship show that It lias no desire to reform. One war charity pirate has been sent to the Jenitnt4ary, but there are others, and It Is best to seem a "tight wad" until one is satisfieed as to the real destination of the money. Selected Teutonic comment on the President's address at least remotely suggests the fear that af ter all Germany may have to climb down from Its high perch. Who plunged millions of young men Into war and condemned so many of them to an untimely death? Answer: the German militarist who is In method a tiger and in greed a hog that wants th earth. The Mississlppriegislature took Only fifteen 'rain ntes to ratify the Nation-wide prohibition amend ment to the Constitution of the United State. Vir ginia did almost os well. We ars afraid that all prohibition States will not do so well. Pome of them, knowing that they ars allowed seven years, may take time to gratify the universal craving fof talk. ' An unthought-of argument against closing Pl"5t ' houses to save fuel Is presented by the manager Who contends that "a theater uses very 'little coal after en audience' arrives because the heat of the audience causes the temperature to rise ten degrees," Unless this remains true when the 'show" Is too poor to tempt the audience to e. trcle Itself by olapping its hands, the argument M limited In Is anptleatfon. WILSON HEARD IN GERMANY For the first time President Wilson has heard by the German people Reports received by the State Department In Washington say that the President's address on terms of peace baa been published in full by the newspapers of Berlin sad other North German cities. Nerer before has th President been given a fair hearing in Germany and we hope the reports are correct. If they ar we mas look with confidence for results. The intelligent people of Germany will no read this message In vain. They win find in it match food for thought serious thought. They will ask themselves more critically than ever before why Germany persists In waging war against the Meals of justice and liberty and righteousness proclaim ed by the President of the Dnited State.' Certainly they cannot find faj Oils address any thing to cause Germany to fear unfa I- treatment as the hands of America. On the contrary the Presi dent goes out of his way to Insure Germany that (the will be permitted to go on her way without molestation when the war la over, that she will not be ' hampered or hatted in her conquests of peace. The seas will be free to jor ships and on open highway for tier commerce. Her territory will not be taken from her nor will other nations attempt to dictate to Germany what kind of gov ernment she shall have. If the President had been given a fair heeunia In Germany a year ago the war would no doubt be over by now. But the people of the German Empire have never been permitted to read the President's addresses. They were suppressed.- The practice of suppression began tn the days of our protests as a neutral against submarine warfare, and was applied ruthlessly to the war address of April 2, to the President's reply to the Pope's peace proposal and to the addross to Con gress last month. In Bulgaria, an ally of Ger many and not supposed to rank with it In en lightenment, the President's statement of our war aims has not only been published In its entirety but has been heartily applauded. Th jr-atre n gth" tit PnlfSi rt ft' tn i 11 tarlsm' is "flu e not so much to the elements consciously supporting it for national or personal aggrandizement as to the millions whom it has deluded and Intimi dated. Necessarily a Government by a minority, autocracy depends upon secrecy and falsehood no less than upon silence and force. We are not called upon to believe that it has been converted to candor and publicity," but almost any symptom of that kind encourages the hope thatl wider knowledge may lead to popular responsibility which alone can guarantee a lasting peace. HOW TO RENDER BIG SERVICE An opportunity is open to every one who has a relative or. friend In the army to render him and the country a big 'service. You can do so by merely writing him a letter asking him if he has taken the limit of insurance the Government is offering the soldiers at an amazingly low rate. Every officer and enlisted man can, if he will, take from one to ten thousand dollars of this insurance. If the sol dier fails to take advantage of this opportunity hi is negligent in the performance of a supreme duty to himself and his relatives. We arc snrry to learn, that, only about fifty per cent of the soldiers from North Carolina have ap plied for this insurance' The information Is con tained in a letter Governor Bickett received a few clays ago and gave to the press along with an earnest appeal to the relatives nd friends of otir soldiers to bestir themselves to the end that conditions may be improved. The letter was from General Faison, commanding general at Camp Sevier, who said: . "I regret to inform you that only fifty per cent of this command have taken out any insurance whatever. So far they have turned a deaf ear to all appeals. I am presenting this matter to you with the hope and expectation that you will co-operate with the Government and iny own efforts in more effectively reaching "the individual soldiers of your own State by issuing a proclamation, or otherwise as you may deem best, to the people of your State ' and more particularly to those dependents and re latives Immediately concerned to write letters to their soldier friends urging them to take out all the insurance they can carry, up to $10,000," Immediately upon receipt of this letter Governor Uiokett issued a strong appeal to "the families and friends of North Carolina soldiers. In this, among other things, he said: "I entreat and beseech the families and friends of our soldiers to take vigorous action at once to have the soldiers apply for this insurance. Not a single soldier should be overlooked.' If a soldier cannot pay the small premium charged by the government, then let the family and friends of the soldier pay It for him. It is the best investment on earth. Rear In mind that this opportunity ex pires on the 12th day of February. After that day no soldier can obtain this government insurance, lielay is fatal. Act today." We hope that every man and woman in the State who has a friend In the army will write to him at once and ascertain whether or not he has taken out Government life insurance. It will cost you only three cents to do this, but it may mean thousands of dollars to the relatives of North Car olina Koldiers. WAR IS JUST WHAT THEY CALL IT. Alas! this miserable war is bound to knock all the fun out of marrying. First thing, wa cannot afford to shower the bride with rice, and .what's a woddfng tour that doesn't start with rice In your hair and ears? Oh! It can be figured out as violation of war necessity, all right! There are, say, 3000 weddings In your town each year. A pound of rice for each bride means S000 pounds, and one pound of rice con tains one-meal nourishment for 12 people. Three thousand times 12 make 3(1,000 persons that you rob of anneal. Awful! but there's more of it. " 8econaty.-1at'er,"fsvry'preejouBT'The Russian armies cry, "Give us boots!" Tlio French soldiers ae short of footgear. In the trenches, shoes last hut a short time. It takes a lawyer, a chemist and an astrologer to tell what part of American shoes are leather and what felt, paper or something else. Save leather! How can you conscientiously throw a pn'r ef hos after the earrings or street ear In which the happy couple sail forth Into the matri monial ens, maelstrom, puddle, or whatever you want to call It? No shower of rlesj no shower of old shoesl What neit? Forsooth, they may go to cutting out the diamond rings and the silly looks, and. ws'H have weddings about as hilaTlous as funerals. Po a Hit at every Bite- Suva Wheat. Butlsr, rltrfrarr, ITeat, EDITORIALS OF TBE-PAT A MTMAig FROM BETHLEHEM (Wall Street Journal, December 25, HIT) Bethlehem's Inspiration is not dead. The cry of the Baby in the Manger is not drowned by the roar of guns. The birthplace of Christianity is In Chris tian hands; and General Allenbys message from his men to their American brothers In France truly breathes the spirit of that momentous event. "The British troops in Bethlehem on Christmas En send to their American comrades a message of greeting and of hope that through the achieve ment of their common purpose the law of force may yield to the force of law and peace and good will reign at length on earth." Here Is a message which deserves more than the ephemeral notice of the holiday season. It expresses In a beautiful phrase what Christianity stands for and why it must eternally be opposed to the doc trine of might and materialism It is a terrible Christmas for the world. The wonderful church bells of Belgium, those appeal ing carillons, have long been melted down for can non. The hearts that loved them are still in death, or wrenched by the agonies of war. If we ourselves have suffered little so far, the shadow of coming events lies heavy upon us. Is Christianity a failure? Never, so long as the ever new birth Jn Bethlehem Is a new birth In our hearts. War Is j not all loss or all evil, and trial by fire hi sometimes as necessary for nations as for men. The world's Herods are creatures of an hour, but Christ Is born again and lives forever. THE COAL PROBLEM ' CNew York Journal of Commerce.) , The Federal fuel administrator has an Impos sible task on his hands and must exercise a good deal of patience or lose his head, with all the de mands and complaints flying at him from all direc tions. If he has adequate service at his command for collecting information about needs and sup plies and for Judging of complaints and demands, he Is in a far better position for directing what shall be done than anybody else.. He cannot by word of command create additional fuel at any point or transfer It from one district to another. He could not precent the interruption of transpor tation and disrlbutlon caused by snow and Ice or freezing weather, or set cars going over crowded tracks or transfer them from one line to another. Everybody knows that for some weeks how the coal supply could not get where it was wanted so as to meet the whole demnnd, and that dis crimination had to be made. There were steam vessels in important national as well as private service waiting day after day to have their bunk ers filled. There were munition plants and other works employing thousands of men in service that was pressing. There were hundreds of manu facturing places out of coal or on the verge of being held up, to say nothing of all sorts of insti tutions and establishments, 'hotels and homes, etc., either out of coal or afraid of being out possibly all this or a large part of it might have been pre vented by sufficient foresight, hut it would have had to start pretty well back and forecast weather as well as human defects and shortcomings. There was a good deal for which the Govern ment was not to blame and could not have pre vented at the time. Mining was interrupted. Trans portation was interrupted. Coal was held up for high prices or was gobbled up and kept concealed by hoggishncss. In fact, human nature was showing UP much as usual and accusing or preparing for trouble. Also as usual, what was done in months could not be undone or cured In hours or clays. No doubt the authorities are now doing the best they can and others should join in and try to learn the lesson of experience for future use. GOl MiXMI-.VT CONTROL OF SKCTRITIK8 t New York Herald ) The administration bill now being drafted with the purpose of regulating new issues of securities as described In Washington dispatches this morn ing evidently is designed to Rive legislative ef fect to the suggestions emanating from Washing ton respecting the need of avoiding competition with tha government in, the market for capital Secretary McAdoo, Mr. Vanderllp and other leading bankers have been preaching the necessity of conserving capital as well as products and ma terials. If the proposed legislation is enacted jt will be necessary to make application to the govern ment for license to issue corporation securities and approval will be withheld if an issue is not es sential to war purposes or can well be deferred This seems in line with the government's taking over the railways, guaranteeing their revenues and the proposed "revolving fund" of half a billion, and w 11 prepare a clear field for future liberty loans It s a war measure. FUN AND FANCY na bit "That new recruit must have been a bookkeep- "Why so?" "I just noticed him trying to put behind his ears." Boston Transcript. his bayonet 4 A Golf lland.'can "I wouldna say McTavish cannot learn the game," remarked Sandy, as they trudged home from the links: "tut it will be difficult for him." "Aye," agreed Donald. "At times he will be like to bust, what wi' being so releeglous and tongue tied." Everybody's Magazine, The Modern Woman Grandma Shall I teach you how to make dough nuts? uHiiuinnte yes, I'm terribly interested, can't quite understand how you fix the tubes. Milestones. but I inner 1camiiur The Ropes The Quartermaster rto new arrival) Now lad, what "do vou want' my The New Arrival I hear you keep shirts. Will you show me some, please? Sketch. "It's An 111 Wind" Jock Man, it's an' awfu' pulr day for fechtin'. DonaV Ay. But it's an nwfu' guid day for gettln' the fu' warrurnth an' comfort cot o' the rum ration Punch. One Hundred Per Cent. Gratification "It must be gratifying to see your jokes copied everywhere." "What gratifies me most," said the profession al humorist, "is that somebody is willing to buy em In the first place." LoulBville Courier-Journal. , How She Would Find If Out. Willie and Jack are two youngsters who are pugilistically inolined. The other day the fol lowing conversation took place between them anAtw'" aJd Wl"ie. "you're afraid to fight; that's "Naw, I'm not," protested Jack, "but if I fight my mall find it out and lick' me." " ' "How'll she find it out, eh?" "She'll see the doctor goln' to your house" Harper's. Nautical A New York bride and groom began their hon oymoon by making a trip to one of the Southern ports by a coastwise steamer. The, young woman, who took a lively interest in the passengers, said one day to her husband: "Did you notice the great appetite of that stout man, opposite us nt dinner?" "Yes," said her husband. "He must be what they enfl a stowaway." Harpers. Cause For Worry i "What are you crying about?" the kindly old gentleman asked the sobbing small boy. "'Cause' my pa's a philanthropist." "Well; well, that's nothing to cry about, Is It?" "T guess you'd think it was. He he says he'll rive me five dollars for Christmas, providing I ran raise an equal amount. Boo hoo! Milestones. f -. I WHEN THE CURRENT COMMENT BY A. W. CL1NE "Save and Serve" buy Govern ment Thrift Stamps. A good resolution Buy at least one War Savings s'arap each day or week, as circumstances will permit 'The Thrift stamp campaign has been lost in the long continued cold weather." Greensboro Record. Col. Fairbrother wouldn't think so if he took a peep at the reports coming in to State headquarters here. Keep it un "fiddle" you will be one of the big editors some day. The editorial columns of the High Point Enterprise, under the direction of Editor Brietz, a Wrinston-Salem bo.,, are full of timely and important matter. It is reported that Food Adminis trator Houver is to follow the lead of Fuel Administrator Garfield and declare a fast season. Mr. Hoover should be informed that such an or der is not necessary in these parts. A North Carolina lady has writ ten Satan in care of the Kaiser and has gotten an answer. His Satanic Majesty says he has withdrawn from the field for the present and left mat ters in the hands of "Willie," whom he says is his superior. The success of Ex-Judge Gilbert T. Stephenson in effecting county or ganizations of the Wrar Havings cam paign is remarkable. Another case of the right man for the right job. One of the busiest places in the j city at the present is the National j War Savings headquarters. Col. Fries , and his assistants are making rapid progress in covering the State with advertising matter. The manufacturer who closes down his establishment when it ia making money every day, is a patriot of the truest type. The man who kicks should be placed on the list of trai tors. None but the former type have been discovered in Winston-Salem so far. The Thrift Stamp campaign in Sur ry county has started off in earnest. Chairman West is actively engaged in the work, which is assurance enough that it will be a success. One of the best ways for the churches to conserve fuel would be for each denomination to hold un ion services, and only one servioe each Sunday, during the remainder of the winter. The late improvement in the sugar situation is no reason why conser vation In the homes, cafes, hotels, etc., shoul. I be stopped. Ketter con serve r id keep a little all along. The Colored Merchants' Associa tion of the city, recently organized, has begun to accomplish things. The patriotism of the members was shown a' few nights ago when in session they pledged themselves to co-operate heartily In the .War Savings stamp campaign. In ese times of scarcity of va rious articles of food, fuel, clothing, etc., it behooves every person to live just as economically as possible. It will be necessary to practice conser vation as long as the war last and eaeh year It continues will increase the need. "Santford Martin, private secretary to Governor Bickett and a strong pro- ! hihitlonist, says that the prohibition- 1 ists who are advocating a hot cam paign for the proposed constitutional amendment are on the wrong track. ; He th iks it would be well to stop passing prohibition laws for a while and enforce those we already have, which is pretty good sense, The. Beaufort News. One of the main causes for the fuel shortage in this part of the country this winter is the continued cold weather. There has been very little change In the weather during the, past six weeks and during this time each family in the. State has burned at least one more ton of coal than In normal times. The coming of war, er weather will greatly re lieve the situation. i The action of Superintendent Thompson, of the Methodist Chil dren's Home, in letting, the local Gas Company have a car of coal In or der to avert n gns famine . is' to he heartily commended. C, M. Thomas Company, who took care of1 Mr. Thompson, also deserves a pnrt of the credit. Had not these men worked together, the c.itv would bae been in a bad shape today, Journal Want Ads br'n;; results. LIGHT BREAKS Tuesday- Will find us as usual with the largest, most complete and only genuine sample store in the city. Come in and let us prove this to you. Red Star Sample Store "The Money Back If Not Satisfied Store" 421 Trade Street 421 I "OUR EXCELLENT AIR DEFENSE" , (By C. C. Lyon) , At An Aviation ase on the Eng- j lish Channel, Jan. 19. "The Ger- j mans rre about due for another raid ! over London tonight, boys." j The remark was made by the cap- tain of a company of aviators to 10 or 12 of his men, who sat around j their dinner table puffing contentedly i on their cigars. Their "station" was on the English : Channel, in France, und for some time they had been making it their j tpecial business to head off the Ger- man avions before they could cross the . channel. During the day time some of them , did "ordinary" work, such as flying over the German lines for observa tion purposes or acting as pilots for j aerial photographers. ! The captain's remark might have. been a men observation on the , weather for all the excitement it' caused. j j "Well, captain, we're the boys who can give 'em a run for their money, eh," drawled a young chap who had confessed to 22 years. "Guess thoy won't soon forget the reception we gave 'em the other night." The conversation immediately switched to the last "raid." j "That devil 1 had my set-to with . put three shots through, my left wing," said another young filer. "One time I thought I had him sure, but I lost him in a thick cloud about 20 : miles out to sea and when I emerg- . ed from it the son of a gun was no where in sight, I'd like to meet up ' with him again tonight." "What time does this evening's entertainment start, captain?", askua . another. . The captain, who himself was well under 35, replied with a laugh: . "You'd better be-getting on your furs any time now. One by one the avie tors ' arose, stie.fhed themselves, yawned and ; left the room. Wliim they returned presently thev nil looked like Eskimos in .their heavy furs. It was impossible to dis tinguish one from another as they peered out. from behind heavy gogh. We nil-walked out to the immense, hangars. The machines had been In ought, out upon the field and about each one hovered several mechani cians and helpers, all busy with the final "tuning up." About 9 : ;i 0 an orderly called the captain to the telephone. He returned on the run within a minute - "They're started, boys," he called out long before he reached us. "They're headed toward Dunkirk and there was a turning of propeller and Instantly a deafening noise from the engines. One after another the machine took to the air. Witnin an incredibly short tim guns begun booming east of us, the sounds constantly becoming louder. At the same time the allied avia tors could be seen heading In that direction. "Our aircraft guns are prettr busy," observed a helper who had, sought shelter with me. Then followed a terrific machine gun battle. It seemed as if thou sands of bullets were being ex changed every minute. Soon the sounds became fainter and fainter as the noise of the motors died away. "They've headed for the sea)1," said my companion. "Those Germans will never see Dunkirk or Calais tonight." Two hours later every allied flier had returned safely. We all sat down to a midnight lunch. Much merriment; lots of good stories; almost endless narra tives of personal' experiences. "It didn't amount to much to night." said George. "We outnum bered them and we made them hunt their holes from the very start. I'll they were glad to get back behind their lilies acain." London !wpr the next day mere '.' mentioned the incident .in a brief way. a i m JU It, iM W i Open For ' -Business Tuesday With the best, most com plete line of modern. efficient office supplies in this section. Try Watkins vl'or '. SERVICE I P'ifc'Bi''-.v'J Callas. They'll probably try to drop a few hombs on both places before crossing the channel!' Without any further ceremony each aviator took his place in his machine; helpers strapped him in; Oil nils rajaraas Good heavy quality nice and warm these cold nights. How about those shirts? We don't intend reminding you much longer about the chance to save money by bd.vin;.; now. fcteBY-T(EICFON . AtT.r.U7lU7DHP.3:i'EP..- CXOIHES ' ;1 biiday
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