North Carolina Newspapers

/ Page Two THE ASHEBORO COURIER Thursday, Sept. 13, 1917 TWENTY-ONE CONVICTS ! ALL CHILDREN LOVE PARDONED BY GOVERNOR “SYRUP OF FIGS” FOR LIVER AND BOWELS All Were Serving Long Terms—Many ! Had Served More Years Than They i Give It When Feverish, Cross, Bilious, Had Lived When Imprisoned. For Bad Breath or Sour Stomach. Look at the tongue, Mother! If 0 Twenty-one state convicts, whose aggregate sentences represented 446 years, plus two life terms, were dis charged from the State’s prison on Thursday of last week under the sec ond of Governor Bickett’s investiga tions into cases in which“no human be ing has been interested.’ Governor Bickett releases some who are barely yet men, but who have spent more years in prison than they have lived without. In one instance, John Periy, of New Hanover county, is released af ter having spent more than twice as many years in prison than he had out, and he was sent to the penitentiary for life on a crime he committed when he was 13 years old. In granting these pardons Bickett goes back to his first principles. He says: “Soon after I came into office I was convinced that there w'ere men and women in the State prison who ought not to be there; that their re^- tives and friends, if they had, any, had completely forgotten theta, and being without money and influence they were kept in prison simply be cause no human being had any interest in their release. As a result of the conviction, some weeks ago I directed the prison authorities to make a com plete survey of the prison, showing the following facts in regard to each and every prisoner, to wit: The crime •for which he was committed, the term of his sentence; the time he has serv- 'ed; his behavior while a psisoner; his age, and his physical condition. coated, it is a sure sign that your little one’s stomach, liver and bowels need a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn’t sleep, doesn’t eat or act natu rally, or is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn’t coax sick children to take this harmless “fruit laxative;” they love its delicious taste, and it al ways makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot tle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of coun- teVfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it is made by “California Fig Syrup Company.” Refuse any other kind with contempt. WHY WE ARE AT WAR Why should this question be asked? The greatest war of history has been waged for three years. The United States has been at war for four months. We have the largest number of newspapers and are the best in formed people in the world. The war ~ pocketbooks, on began to affect our _ _ the whole unfavorably, from the first ’^’’furtlier'’report of this survey Is'd?y it We were almost imme- now before me. I have made a most lately myolved m the most enhea careful study of same, and have per sonally conducted an investigation in regard to the circumstances under which the crime of each prisoner was committed. As a result of a study of this survey and of the investigation made by me, pardons are granted to the twenty-one prisoners mentioned below:” The first released is Josephus Wil liams, Martin county, sentenced when 12 years old to 25 years for burning a store. George Johnson, Nash county, 30 years for burglary committed w'hen 15. disputes with all the belligerents. Yet we are still told, even by such influ ential leaders as Senator Borah, that such a humiliating question be asked, we do not know W'hy we are at war! “Why are we at war,” Why should such a humiliating question be asked among a great democratic people? There is but one answer. For three long years the ceaseless German prop aganda has been penetrating every day to the remote comers of the land, and it still continues under the pseu donym of “pacifism.” These mountains of lies thus persistently and systemat ically spread over a thousand daily is- years' ord. Melissa Clegg, Cumberland, when 16 sues of a larg part of our daily press years old, was convicted of murder In during a period of three years cannot the second degree and sent up for 20 be removed w'ithin a few months. In years. j deed, it may be doubted if this devil’s Will German, Green county, criminal work by which so many Amricans have asault, when 12 years old, sentenced to intellectually perverted and mo - 15 vears I corrupted can be undone even by ■rv, i-» .1. 1 1. 1 an equally long campaign of sound Elwell Overton, Pasquotank co™ty;M„gic\nd of facts, convicted of house breaking when 11 » ^nd bloody years old, sent up for 20 years , not one American man, John Perry, New Hanover life sen- P P « n^ed to ask tence for burglary, convicted when 13. estion: “Why are we at war?” ^ James Baker, Gates county, murder ^ because “the arch- in the second depee when 18 years old,' ^ despotism” having complete- sentenced for 26 years. . , dominated one nation and success- Cmsar Collins, Edgecombe county, » inoculated it with its intellectual burglary m the second degree, thirty ^n/moral viris, having spread their sentence, served 21. Good rec- mastery and system of lies to the V, T7 11 /-t u nr, subject-peoples they euphemistically Van Fuller, Orange county, 70 years I ^ ^ not a old, went to prison 16 years ago, has ,mce over the high seas, no black marks on his prison recoru. ^ j » ^ where John Watts Martin county 20 years j the slightest prospect of ob- for inanslaughter, served 1614. j ; nontrol-leither through their Gabriel Thomas, Pamlico county, 30 | propaganda or through the years for murder m the second degree, a sufficient part of the In- “’i^ll.i^m'^Smarr Cleveland, burglary, for life, gets conditional pardon after r/T; rr j. .■ K f>io 19 years. His good roord saves him. g‘„i^hdmi^g majority of the German yeSr^mtrr^^^Te^cZd^egrfe PeoPle. whic| for^ a century the Lrved 18, pardon conditional. Has arch-devils have trained pOTerted, 1 Ofiil dnvs to his credit dehumanized for this purpose. ’ Jame^Hawnns, New Hanover, 21 , ^e are fighting to rid the wortdrf years for murder in the second degree, despotism,- which driven from nearly has seiwed 16 years. Has 697 days to every other country of the earth aside bbT credit Germany and her allies, naw Clem McCoy, Henderson county, 26 menaces the liberties of all mankind. years for murder in the second degree,' ^ _ TrcafmoTif Pave; served 16, is 62 years old, has 1,901 ■ Seed Treatment 1 ays days to his credit. Governor is satis-| Over SVz per cent of the wheat crop fled that “justice no longer requires' and 1 per cent of the rye crop is lost his confinement.” i through smut. Seed treatment with George Turner, New Hanover coun- formaldehyde solution is practically ty, 30 years for murder in the second lOQ per cent efficient except in a few degree, served years. Conditional sections where the soil is badly pollut- pardon. j ed wdth smut spores. This treatment George Jai-rett, Orange, five years [ costs less than 5 cents for material and for larceny and 15 for burglary, has labor. served 13 years. Good record. Condi- j tional pardon. | President Writes to National Council Governor Bickett finds doubt as to ■ of Defense ,the fruilt of JeiTy Cobb, Pitt county, I SITUATION OF THE MILL MEN ^ Cotton manufacturers in this city j and throughout the South are pro foundly concerned in the United States ■ child labor law that goes into effect September 1. Their concern is further augmented by reason of other troubles niiw besetting the textile industry, such as the military draft which is tak ing away many promising weavers and the tax bill that promises to impose heavy burdens on the industry. The child labor law is made more than or dinarily onerous by reason of the reg ulations goveraing its enforcement, such as requiring certificates from two physicians that a child is of age, w'here, no certificate of birth can be exhibited, i the sworn statements of the parents , not being accepted; insisting that chil- j dren are at work from the time they report in the morning until they leave [ in the afternoon regardless of how \ many hours they are excused from ‘ service during the day, etc.- Indeed, it is believed that the enforcement of the \ Keating law, falling on top of other, legislation at this time when there is! such a call for organized efficiency, will seriously disorganize the industry in many sections. The attitude of the mill men has been to work out this problem as best they can, but the diffi culty of applying theory to practice is again demonstrated. The'fact is not to be overlooked that there are many families who must de pend on the work of possibly one or maybe two children under 16 years of age to make up for the present high cost of living. The mill men do not want to work the children under this age but they appreciate the responsi bilities of their position as employers. Furthermore, the nature of the work that children can do in the mills is such that while they might be in the mills 10 or 11 hours a day, their actual work w'ould not approximate more than one-half of this time. As for their being in the mills or out on the streets, there is no comparison. In England where labor employment has been reduced to a science as the result of 100 years of experience, con sideration is taken of the fact that some children at 13 years of age are better qualified, physically and mental ly, than other children of 16 years. The English law is based on common sense and the experience of a century, whereas the Keating law is based on theory with no practical experience at all to reinforce it. In England where the unions dominate the hours of la bor, the mills opei*ate from 6 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., and on Saturday from 6 a. m. to 12 noon. When 14 years of age children work full time or if they pass a certain educational examination they are permitted to work full time when 113 years of age. England, however, ' does not permit the employment of any child of even 17 years of age who is physically unfit for work. It is a source of regret that at this time a real scientific system of labor regulation could not be devised by the government. The effect of the enforce ment of the Keating child labor law on Septemberlst will be to throw out on the streets many children between the ages of 14 and 16 wffio otherwise might be at work in the mills.—Charlotte Observer. SPEAKER CLARK MAKES APPEAL FOR PATRIOTISM who has served 11 years of 26 for mur der in the second degree. The Pitt. authorities recommend the pardon. Fred Peed, Duplin county, 16 years for murder in the second degree, serv ed 11 years. Good behavior. John Gudger, Columbus county, 15 years for criminal assault, has served 10. He is 54 years old. The universal agreement is that in all asx>ects of the case the punishment has been suffi cient. James Alexander, Rowan cdunty, 20 years for murder in the second degree, has served 16 years, but has 1,016 days for god behavior, and would have been discharged in December, 1917. Governor Craig’s “Christmas^ gift” to the prisoners did much to bring to Governor Bickett’s attention the hope lessness of many prisoners who had no relatives to whom they could send the $10 donated by the State. l^GH! CALOMEL MAKES YOU DEATHLY SICK Stop Using Dangerous Drug Before It Salivates You! It’s Horrible! - You’re .bilious, sluggish, constipated a ad belie,VO you need vile, dangerous f'alajn.pl .to' start-your liver and clean vet!-* bov.\!s. ■ r-iy r-:.'.'.'!.-:?.-?! Ask your druggist ror i: i-,':-:.- i. b-utle of Dod- i.i.- '• T-;-'.' aa-’ : • a spoonful h*;p5‘ Id.. T >' .- '’t .d'.i. i your liv Following is a letter from the Presi dent to Thomas L. Chadboume, Jr., of the Mayor’s Committe on National De fense, of New York City4 The White House, Washington. August 23, 1917. My De^ Mr. Chadboume: Please say to the men on September 4 how entirely my heart is with them and how my thoughts will follow them across the sea with confidence and also with genuine envy, for I should like to be with them in the fields and in the trenches, where the real and final bat tle for the independence of the United States is to be fought, alongside the other peoples of the world, struggling like ourselves to make an end of those things which have threatened the in tegrity of the their territory, the lives of their people, and the very character and independence lof their govern ments. Bid them Godspeed for me from a very tfull heart. Cordially and sincerely, yours, WOODROW WILSON. Mr. Thomas L. Chadboume, Jr., Mayor’s Committee on National Defense, New York City, Randolph County Sunday Schools to Observe Rally Day The fifth Sunday in September will be an interesting day for the Sunday Schools of the county. It is Rally Day and the schools that are using graded l^sons will make it promotion day al so, Rally Day is exactly what its name implies, a time for rallying the forces for the fall and winter activities. .It is known to all superintendents that the summer season with vacations and outings is the hardest time of the year on the life of the Sunday School, It is only natural that a day should be planned for the purpose of bringing up the interest and attendance to its accustomed place. Not only will old members be regained but a special ef fort w'ill be made to add new members to the different classes. Concerted action is essential to the success of Rally Day. An effort should be made to have every member of ev ery department and class present. Su perintendents should begin now to send out invitations and appoint com mittees to see that not a person in the community fails to get an invitation. The children and young people will be glad to take an active part in the prep arations for the day. Letters and suggestions will go out to all superintendents this week and it is urged that the matter receive prompt attention. Th^e are thirty thousand people in Randolph county not in Sunday School. United effoi’t will be an immense force in increasing enrollment end every Sunday School is asked to prepare something special for a Rally Day exercise. Every Citizen Must Give Aid—Speaks on Famous Battlefield of Revolution. Unqualified support of the govern ment in war was urged as the duty of every United States citizen, native and naturalized, by Speaker Champ Clark in a Labor Day address on the famous battlefield of the Revolutionary war at Monmouth, N. J, “No nation will long endure, or de serves to endure, that does not protect all of its citizens wherever they may be, on land or sea,” declared he. Prais ing President Wilson’s recent reply to the Pope’s peace proposal, the Speaker said: “It ■will be read forever and for ever.” Not Mollycoddles “Such men as fought at Monmouth Courthouse on June 28, 1778, ‘the hot test day since men learned to read thermometers,’ according to Sir Geo. Otto Travlyn, historian of the Ameri can Revolution,” he said, “constitute the armies we are now raising for the most stupendous of all wars. We have not degenerated into a race of molly coddles, as certain pessimists claim, a fact which will be clearly demonstrat ed in the immediate future. A finer body of young men never went forth to battle than our soldiers now ‘swiftly forming in the ranks of war.’ “In this supreme crisis of our af fairs—not of ours alone, but of the whole world’s affairs—it is the duty of ^very American, male or female, native or naturalized, to support, aid and sustain the government in every manner possible—mentally, morally, physically, financially. That is the plain, imperative duty we owe to our ancestors, to ourselves and above all to our posterity. From time immemo rial orators, philosophers, statesmen and poets have exalted patriotism as the sublimest virtue. Centuries ago, Horace Sangko dulce et decorum pro patria mori: It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country. However that may be, it is sweet and glorious to live and work for one’s country—and we can all do that much. Genuine Patriotism Needed “We cannot in good conscience do less. I beg to suggest that patriotism does not consist entirely in public speeches, braying baaids, flag-bedecked parades and vociferous asservations of love of country, but genuine patriotism consists in being a thorough-going American citizen; discharging all the varied duties of citizenship every day- of the 365, thereby showing forth the blessings and glories of our free anu beneficient institutions to all the world. That’s the real -vv^ay for any of us to prove our patriotism, for it is written: ‘By their fruits ye shall know them.’ “A few days since President Wilson published by far the strongest, the clearest, the most far-resounding of his state papers, stating in extenso his views on peace proposals. He is of right the mouthpiece, the spokesman of this mighty people and his state ment has been read by all men and will be read forever and forever. “I now and here state our case in the fewest words possible: No nation long "will endure or endures that does not protect all of its citizens wherever they may be, on land or sea.” The Speaker also impressed upon his audience that freedom is not a nat ural or inevitable thing, but something which must be fought for, and ajv proched wth a willinglness to sacri fice. Melt Down Bronze Statues A Berlin distpatch reports that it has been decided to melt down bronze .statues for munitions purposes. Oi^Iers i for appropriation of statues have al- ' ready been issued in Bavaria. Children Cry FOR F-i-ETCfiER’S IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW Buth'vmiik Voasl llov.-in-c i'C'iijc fo--huu.UT.fi!;: 15; ru/ni5^)iod 'U' ■ by home '•Kiou ae; •'i'.: What a Heap of Happiness it Would Bring to Asheboro Homes Hard to do housework with an ach ing back. Brings you hours of misery at lei sure or at work. If w'omen only knew the cause—^that Backache pains often come from weak -kidneys, ’Twould save much needless woe. Doan’s Kidney Pills ate for >veak kidneys. Rer-d \.'hat an Asheboro citizen says: Mrs. A. F. Pai-rish, Academy Street, says: “I was troubled by my kidneys for :s«v val ' ’ Mr. Frank Plummer Goes to Bloom field, N. J. Mr. J. Frank Plummer, formerly of Asheboro, who has been connected with the First National Bank of Salis bury for a number of years, has re cently moved to Bloomfield, N. J., where he has a position with,a manu facturing concern. Mr. Plummer is a son of Mr. W. A. Plummer, who was formerly superintendent of the Ashe boro Chair factory, and was educated at the Asheboro High School. Mr. Mr. W. A. Plummer is now of Greensboro. The Luzianne Guarantee: If, after using the contents of a can, you are not satisfied in every respect, your gro cer will refund your money. It Shorely is Good”— Start the day with a cup of good, old Luzianne. There’s cheer in its very aroma—spunk and go- to-it in every swallow. You’ll like Luzianne. Buy a can today and, if you don’t agree it goes farther and tastes better than any other coffee at the price, tell the grocer and he will give you back exactly what you paid for it, with out argument. You simply can’t go wrong on Luzianne. Ask for profit-sharing catalog. coffee •Ihe Reily-Taylor Company, jvjew Orleans Randolph County Building & Loan Association Each Share entitles the holder to a loan of One Hun dred Dollars on Randolph county real estate. Payments are $1.00 per share each month until the loan is made. Interest at 6'^° per year is then added, and these payments continue for 7 years from the start of the Series. Shareholder gets the interest if he doesn’t borrow. This means that on each One Hundred Dollars bor rowed you pay back but Eighty-four Dollars and we credit your account with Sixteen Dollars to make up the Hun dred Dollars. In other words, the monthly dues that you pay earn interest for you at the rate of 6 per cent for the average time, and this interest added to the total dues you pay ($84.00) makes up the Hundred Dollars you borrowed. BEAR IN MIND, TOO, that all the profits of the As sociation, except actual running expenses, are divided among all the shareholders, borrowers and non-borrowers alike, the only difference being that the borrower takes his money in advance. The expenses of this association are reduced to a min imum. The Directors are all public-spirited men and de vote much time to the association without any remunera tion, the only salaries paid being those of the Secretary and Treasurer. Shares can be bought at any time by paying up back dues from opening of last Series, and we urge every wage and salary earner, man or woman, to take shares either with a view to borrowing money to pay for the home, to improve your premises, to pay off incumbrances, or to save something out of your income, on which you can earn 6 per cent for the average time of your investment. RANDOLPH COUNTY BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION L. F. ROSS, President. HUGH PARKS, Yice-Pres. Win Ranldn, the negro who charged with having killed John Speas in High Point, last Saturday night, was given a preliminary hearing the first of the week and wae ordered held without bail to appear before the grand jury. Four Pecks of Seed Should Be Used J*er Acre One of the most important factors under the control of the farmer Sn the growing of maximum crops is the use of a sufficient amount of seed. From four to six pecks per acre is the cor rect amount, according to Mr. C. B. Williams, Chief of the Division of Ag ronomy of the North Carolina Exten sion Service. In putting in the six pecks, Mr. Williams ad-vises the use of the grain drills in order that a more uniform seeding may be secured and a higher percentage of germination bad. JOHN K. WOOD, Treasurer. Wm. C. HAMMER. JOHN B. HUMBLE. G. H. KING. JOHN K. WOOD. L. F. ROSS. Directors: G. H. KING, Secretary. C. L. AMICK. E. R. YOW. S. R. MILLER. E. W. DAVIS. HUGH PARKS. J. A. YORK. di:i foiui and' though I tried!! mcfb'c'‘-'rr;, I never!: r;(.ual to Doan’s Kid- j j given 1 , l-.av Wood’s Seeds Alfalfa will yield four or five cut tings per season. Fall is the best time for sowing. Every farmer should sow Alfalfa so as to increase the supply of feed to raise more livestock. V/ood’s Alfalfa Seed is Americaa-b't’cwa and ■■ best q-aaSity oil ■'.sj.a'-Jdc:. V/OODYi fa:.. ; • CATAE.-'IG latioii an-' e.iia Iso ielis e ' Ih Wood Co. Cash Clothing I Announce I F all Opening I in New Quarters about Sept. 15, in the Coffin & Scarboro Building Mr. J. T. Wood has returned from Baltimore, where he bought a complete line of men’s and boys’ furnishings. Don’t fail to Gallon us when in town. An Early Bank One oi the earliest banks was founded at Venice in 1156 That IS over 760 years ago. And yet there are lots of peo.ple who nev er avail themse ves of the advantage of a bank. This bank was founded m April, 1907. Its officers and directors are men of re- Bponsibiiity and known integrity. And yet there are hundreds of people who daily take chances—keep their money at home—lose one of a hundred ways, Nihereai; all they have to do to enjoy ABSOLUTE SAFETY is to dc’pcoit it at the * '•!' -J OF RAMSEUR S.AMSEUk, N. C.