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CARL GOERCH .Emro*
WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JAN. 11, 1816.
"The Washington Daily News calls for an ordinance to prohibit
the kissing of bahijBB^but how about the babies' sisters?" queries the
News and Observer. ' \f a fellow ,Wsu't got too much of a ''grip" we
forgotten its geographical location
and imagined itself in Europe for a few days.
We're had numerous puns about Duniba, Ford and all of tHo
other celebrities who have figured in the news columns of late, but
we hare still to sec the paragrapher who is courageous enough to
tackle the name of Baron Zwiedinek.
?'President Wilson Favors Step," declares a headline in the Vir
ginian-Pilot, What kind? hesitation, fox-trot or one-step ?
Judging from the number of notes that have passed back and
forth since the war started, we suppose that future generations will
refer to this as the note-torious period.
Although the doctors are warning against kissing, most of our
girls are saying: "There's many a slip, twixt the kiss and the grip."
After vigorous panning by the United States, it now looks as if
Germany has about concluded to get out of the Frve-ing pan.
BACKSLIDING CONVERTS.
In his sermon Sunday moraine. Rev. John R. Matthews, who la
conducting the mission at St. Peters Episcopal church, expressed
himself as being simewhat doubtful over the success of revival meet
ing* of the usual type. He declared that in the majority of case*,
when the spirit of religious excitement due to the revivals had sub
sided. "backsliding* was generally the ease.
Hr. Matthews is probably right in his assertion, for much has
proven the case in many cities where Billy Sunday and other evan
gelists of the sensational tvne have held their meetings. Those who
were converted were siucore in their conversion for a while after thoj
revivals closed but many of them, when they were initiated into thej
quiet atmosphere of church life, found things too "tame" for them!
and gradually slid back into their old ways again.
In Philadelphia, for example, where Sunday held a aeries of
meetings last spring, the immediate results of his preaching were
astonishing. Thousands were converted and became nssociated with
(be various churches of the city. Towards the end of September, a
census of these converts was taken and it was found that little more
than half of them .were still antive church members.
Whose fault wan it? Ts the blame to be placed on Sunday's
methods, or were the converts at fault ?
We believe that the churches themselves were responsible. Tt was
their own fault if they could not make religion attractive enough to
hold those hundreds who gradually drifted out of the fold.
Most everyone attends Sunday School as soon as they are old
enough to ltnow what it means. How many of us, however, can
remember any especial desire to go of our own accord? Tt usually
took a sharp word from mother or a threat from father to send us
forth on our way. w ww*
Tt is the same with many of us now. Tf the churches would only
endeavor to keep up with events and make their form of services
more entertaining, it might, bo found that backsliding would not be
so prevalent ^ "ll|l W?
if any of the churches in the country are already beginning to
realize this. They are having motion picture services, special musi
cal attractions and are employing other methods for making their
services appeal to the public. There is noihincr SACTili"eous about
this and it has proven raarvolouslv effective. Tf <.1i?m-h"s
as a whole -would adopt such methods, it might, bo found that it would
not be so hard to hold converts who confessed their faith at a revival
meeting. V
A PECULIAR PROSPERTTY DAY.
i
The Oreertsboro Daily News, in its issue of Monday, calls attention
to the fact that February 29th will give us bd extra day this year and
that many communities will "celebrate" this as "Prosperity Day."
Tt/ ie pointed out that this dav wiJl bring in millions in additional |
revenue, will give us twenty-four hours of extra time and do a lot
of other wonderful things.
Theodore R. Gerlach, first vice-president of the Gerlach-Barklow
company of .Tolict, Til., accordihg to the News, is the first person to
become excited over this fact. The News goes on to endorse Mr.
Oerlach's ideas.
That extra day business is all well nnd good. It is true that it
will bring us millions of dollars in extra revenue, but we can't see
how that is going to help ns any or make us any richer. We wonder
if those who are behind this "Prosperity Day" scheme realize that
while each person may be onwstwfa' simoleons, he will also have
to pay out these extra simoleons for the necessities of life. Tn other
words, we get an extra day's wages, hut we also obtain an extra day's
expense. Where do we get off at? ^
WTT.VT COOPERATION CAN IX}.
The "IK-CO*, of the go..d road? campaign ha* shown Jhn^isivrij
what co-operation and^inited wort can dv. The project was brought
up by the Chamber of Commerce at one of it* reguUi: itwlinjn ?tij
to the Chamber *'"* iu members must be pven (he cn-ilifior no
There are many other projects that cum he eamol to an wptatli
succeesful finish if the right persona will only gut behind them ANt
PUSH!
A meeting of the Chamber will ]a bald (.alight. It is hoped thai
a large number of members will'be in attowdanee and will pre thn:
assistance and advice in the various matter* that are to be brought up
Nation Should Prepatfe For
a Worldwide League
* of Peace
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1 Br WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, Fonw Socket ol
the N.TT |
1SH0UTJ3 be glad if there were no presidential election until alter the
European war, bnt we eannot postpone it, and parties rnnst meet its
issues as they do etwy four years, and they must show the partisan
ship, however intense, wbfeh the national contest may require and ought
to change party lines to the right side whenever the national interests
so demand. I do not believe there should be any fe/er over preparedness
for war.
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OUR NATION SHOULD MAKE HAITI SLOWLY, AS ORIGINALLY
TAUGHT BY PRESIDENT WILSON ANO SECRETARY DANIELS.
WE SHOULD AT ONCE STUDIOUSLY AND EARNESTLY PREPARE
FOR A WESTERN HEMISPHERE LEAGUE OP PCAOE AND NEXT POM
A WORLDWIDE LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE.
On all these questions President Wilson's deliberate advice should
have great 'weight for thosylltfttl men of both parties, because he and
his party have solemnly pledged themselves to the vital principle that no
president shall be elected more than once. When he acts nnder this
principle HIS ADVICE WILL BE ALMOST CONTROLLING
WITH ME, ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN AN INVETERATE
REPUBLICAN VOTER SINCE 1856.
Duty of the United States
to DefenH Strongly Its
Honor and ideals h
By DAVID JAYNE HILL, Diplomitx and Hxcran
' 1 FHATEVER cornea of all this talk of armament and preparedness, it
1 W ia our duty to stand for something international. WE MUST
* DEFEND 8TRONGLY OUB IDEALS AND HONOR AND
NOT THROW THE BURDEN OF OUB DEFENSE ON NEU
TRALS.
First of all, we must hate a clcar international policy for which we
can all stand. Without such a policy we cannot justify our stand on mili
tary preparedness. I would say if I were making a phrase that it is a
stultification of our national honor to say wo shall hold any one to strict
accountability when we cannot enforce it.
WE HAD A DREAM A SHORT WHILE AQO THAT ARMED FORC*
WAS NOT NEEDED TO SECURE TH* RIGHTS OF NATIONS AND AD
JUST THEIR DIFFERENCES. IT WAS ONLY A DREAM. NOW WE MUST
FACE EXISTING FACTS THAT TREATIES AND FACTS" CANNOT PRO
CURE THE EXEMPTION OF VIRTUE AND INNOCENCE FROM VIO
LENCE.
Co-operation Is the Best Foundation For a
Rural Community
By Sir HORACE PLUNKE 11, Leader of the Co-operabve Move
ment In Irekad
AMERICA must prepare for the great international competition which j
/~\ is bound to strike the American farmer keenest, since he is far
thest behind in organization for his own interest.
The farmers' form of combination should be the co-operative cor
poration. THIS KIND OF A CORPORATION HAS FOR ITS
OBJECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS ON A DEMO
CRATIC BASIS. It contains the "one man-one rote" principle; it
limits the interest on the share capital to a moderate amount; it pro
vides for a division of profits above this on the basis 6f patronage after- j
certain parts of the profits have been set aaide for a reserve ftind for
depreciation and for otheT necessary purposes to develop the organiza
tion to a successful growth.
| There ia a marked tendency throughout the Unite# States from oc
I cupying ownership to tenancy. It is extremely difficult to get people
| who have no abiding interest in the place of their habitation to concern
I themaelvaa for all those things which must be attended to so aa to insure
a progressive and agreeable social life in a community. Again, your rural
communities are often badly handicapped in their social life by the fact
that they contain gronpe of different nationalities, sometimes speaking
languages unintelligible to each other.
I mention these adverse factors not aa a reason against, but as a rea
son for, co-operation. Co-operation is the best? I might almost say the
only ? foundation for a rural community.
IT WILL GO FAR TO PUT AN BHD TO TMI MIGRATORY HABIT AND
TO CNBATB A DKtlftB TO HAVB A PBftMANftNT HOME AND A PRO
ORBMPVS SOCIAL BXIBTCNCB.
^nxrt JJSEMENTS IN THF
0?aVNEWSa^R?L|s
Full tntnr frlsnda
Hu Hiram Qrow;
"I told j ar
I? I _
BtDMPITMn
"fer. toad me war
Hlkk's
la Jaoob Lor; *
He always ?ays,
1 *tu UUa pot!
Matlag Pseple.
It doeen't pay to bate a man. if ,
don't Ilka him laugh at him. Tbla vflll
make yon feel better, and it won't hurtl
him much. ? Lake McLuke. 1
Now tent that nice? Think h
their energy hating other people: Ifa
mighty hard work to get angry, a At
of anger has rained many a half day's
work. Yon-yea, yoo? "get mad," aa
yoo pot it, and you talk and splatter
around and glre up* whole lot of time
that night better he pat to jotr wprX,
and what doee It profit yeuf Nothing
Finally yoo get over it. and an ypu
hare to abow for it ia tbo. waited time.
Philoeopber Lake ia right. Batter juet
laugh about the man yoo don't like.
Too will feel better, and It wont make
any difference to him. ? Wilmington
(O.) Journal -Republican.
That married maa'a a aOsat gawk,
Hs'a always la the wrong.
. Bald he, "I often lone to talk.
But friend wife talka too lea*."
Was He',Whlter
Deer Lake ? I. R Greene waa arrest- 1
ed here by Officer Brown. Aa be]
etepped Into the black Maria be re-|
marked that be felt blue.-Will D
nee. Deputy Clerk, Police Court, Loule-I
rllle, Kr. 1
Namse le Na...^. .
Miss Dra Lyre Uvea on North Fourth!
Hamilton, O.
Things to Worry About.
The Romans were the first people to I
aha re.
Our Daily ?peoial. .
The bone bead playa are not all pulled |
off in the baseball arena.
Lake MoLuke Say at
You may not have noticed It, but at
a ruin the girl who looks like a doll
baby usee infant class grammar.
What baa become of tbe old fashion*
ed man who spent his whole life try*
lng to Invent a uonreflllable bottle?
Maybe tbe reason why a girl doesn't
appear on tbe street wearing her own
natural complexion la because she does
not want to be too coneptcoou*.
Better a wife who csn keep silent inl
one language than a wife wbo can con-|
?era# in six languages.
Tbe automobile is a great Invention.
But It la doubtful if It will ever be re
sponsible for ss many marriages as
waa tbe old fashioned horse and buggy.
All sllrer dollars nre exactly the
same else. Bit It Is funny how much
btfgfcr r silver dollar looks when it Is
going than It does when It la coming.
It le all right to call a man a llnr to
hie teeth when bla teeth are false.
Every man has enough senttment Inl
hla makeup to commit to memory some]
Mttle reree and to clip ont and aA*e|
aotne poem that appeala to him.
When a colored man get a to he about |
ality-flve years old be likes to s
about thirty years, to bis age and tell*
everybody that I* la ninety fire
There lan't much high coat of living
In the small towna. where the evening
dissipation consists of a parade by the
town bailee, who walk down one elda
of Main street and up the other side
with the mala population of the town
The most unpopular woman In
neighborhood is the one who never
doee anything that the other neighbors
eaa goeelp about
Bvery tin# a woman eeee a mirror
she thinka K la time for reflection.
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? Practice Ilmlu4 to 4l*Maae it S
' * CTB. EAR, NO?? * THROAT J
- ?nd (b? F-ITT1M# OF DUMN ^
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? WASHINGTON, N. C.
> We freotloa la tka mm of til
? Mm latlcUl Dtatrlct ut the
? Federal court!.
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W. C. RODMAN
Aiton?r-*M*w
WASHINGTON, N. a
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HARRY McMULLAN ?
ATTORNBT-AT-LAW
Laafklachow Balldlss.
Corner lm? al Market 8U
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Washington, A. c.
VitartMtj airpti
Pkmtelaa u4 DMIat
Offlo. Wlnlald'a atakte
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DANIEL * WARREN.
MANNING k KITCHEN
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JOHN H. BONNER ?
Attorner-at-Law ?
WABHINOTON. N. C. ?
TIMRI.T HINT ON OViHI-HATIX'l.
Chrlatmaa, Naw tcu'i IM Ml*
feaat dan omh idbbjt diatarbad.dt
fwtlonl. Tha atomafh and bo?e)?
nhould not ba p.l-mlttad to remain
ologgad up. for Indication and oon
MlpaDon II) oftaa followed by nrfc
loaa dlaaaaa. raauUlng from nniP
neatod poIocidoii. vaalr matter ro
l?> Cathartic TabVta ahould lie !n
rrery homo. readr for uw. No grip
lag: no unplmant aftar affxt. fi
ll'?" dtatraaa aftar aallai. raxnlatr
bnwrla, ?weet?D atomaeh and lone
ap the Tlrar Davenport Phamiafv
HTtM 'K OK OOOIMt KOR HAM
I kara for aala ataak of goada and
aceoonta In atora oa 144 WM Mala
atraai that 1 racaatlr boagbt uaiar
?engage aala. Win raaka terma
reaaonable lor good aeeorltr. Anx
loua to make deal an or bafora Dee
IUt, Kit. 1. R. UIXON.
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fabaertb* ta tka Datte M?va.
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W. A. Thompson, A?ronuN.O.
Mclean * Thompson
Attorn en-At-Lav
Aurora u< Wa?fcln?ton, N. 0.
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