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VOLUME IXXIIIL
Asheboro, Nortk CaroIlBThursc!ay, May 16, 1918
NUMBER 19
- 5- .
LATE I2VS 0F THE WAR
SPEAKER
- OPEJO.
Ark fires : ; -
gun in indiana
Democrats Hav.. Done More ' Four
:-f Year Tho $.,0. P. in. Twenty
Asserting "that the -Democrats - will
land 'firmly and triumphly on-their
record not upon promises but upon
monumental things '" accomplished
Champ Clark speaker" of the ..House,
at Fort Wayne, Indina, Saturday, fired
his party s opening; run in the coming
campaign to - re-elect ; a - Democratic
Congress 'fr-ot '- ...
The recent; speech ; of - 'Republican
door leader GiUett in New York in
dicates "that the Republicans are pre
paring: to assault our - positions all
along the line, and that we must fight
to- win," he warned his audience vof
Indiana Democrats.
Clark said the real fight in the
coming election will be to gain con
ITALIANS WON NOTABLE VICTO-
JV w ES FROM U-BOAT OPERATIONS
ICAN SOLDIERS, FIGHT -VAU.
"V"" Nothing of Tny great ' importance
, - has taken place on-the western front
: ' this week.- There have been frequent
.j- ly trench raids and constant artillery
" 1-,. duels all along the f ront. , In most of
- the trench raids the Allies have suc-
: ceeded in driving the enemy from their
J - front line trenches and have captured
many, prisoners . and inflicted heavy
. In a. - The caDtured nrisonera htfte
ty llindenDurg is ocaa,", nowerer, mw
"s ' tArv authorities do not attach much
imnortance to. this report They feelltrol of the Honse.. Although R5 Sen
"-c that the Germans are giving it as an J ators must be elected, he belives thert
excuse ior imuox w mono icu ia--ao cnancecxor ine xtepuDiicans to
drive lor tne enannei pons a success, iwin there. Upholdmg the loyalty of
. - r rom everv appearance . xne - uer i the record of hia rival f or tha Presi
: mans-are .now preparing for antoher dency, Clark appealed fotf a Demo
pig orive. ney- are consenwuMnK i cratic House so as to provide tne "best
their supplies and reserves jn certain possible team work in this tyrannical
txJints on the. western. front; But mil- war." iC , - ;
TtArv cxnerta state that it will be a v7hv should, the American voter
. trreafT failure' than- the first . One. I Inlprt Hinrord into' the vmHoub narta
'"-"' - . mi. - 115 .u Mii(1tr volnf nrfaA in I I. J
both'men and supplies." They are In the utmost harmony should prevail
better conditions m every way to meetljn this awful crisis of our affairs
.1 J ' - iL.. nKWtt hafAM . v I X J.. J xt. I. 1 . 1 Jt flf
? -- Although jniutary acuviiy ,m i when representative government is at
maatorn: front has been -St a! rather I ntB.kn. I dn-nnt helievA thev will he
shh fnr the tiast week, things have r
- . v 4.um - wlayiA "northern Ttfllv. I
. rttiA of the moat thrilling Stories of Arctic to back nn a Democratic ad-
l' J 'the war is the account of the capture ministration in the most awful task
v cf Mento Carno in the mountains of ever undertaken." "-c-Sr-'-
f - noruierXL i.wuyv " mvow t viarK - men- recitea uie acnieve-
ITlflF a Tin nHZHTUUUB , UUUl MMMUK I UIKIILb " Ul . LI1H Kill UCrH. LIU . V.U11K J.CUla
ttalians Latest reports nave is tnau tax. which he predicted is Mere to guy
the
"trians to capture . done away witn panics, tne larm wan
banks, the opening up of Alaskan re
sources, the Federal xrade commis
sion bill, and the shipping board, be
sides the necessary war leirislation.
"In -four brief years- we placed
they are still holding itrregardless of aa "the fairest tax evedr levied,'
the flesperaxe avieniiM va v wk! iieaerai reserve pans aci wiuca
trians to capture it. . .
The British nave oeen w-we.
- u...i.!i me Tendon press re-
(J'"' ' M,k-u(m" mail Hi .
" j. tu.f wr the caDture of tne
- town 01 aotku -
. "mirsued the Turks a distance of twen-
UNPRETENTIOUS ffiEAS , OF A 11ERE WOSIAN f
- ; -BY.
Ida in (Told Iiasten
S ' America Most live" fy.
There are those who will tell you
that the reason this nation is at war
is because "we pave drifted away from
Bnbripnfaril
gloom; and I found it."' : . -
rr . American Soldier Sincere v
66me folks may try. to. explain the
attitude of the soldier as reckless or
uoa- iv wte yery ura? jnougnt lo dijwieviisn. . Don't do it! , It is- a
mane sucn astatement., ;it seems dui ...iv tt,. tt,m fm. . -d
natural 'conclusion to . him who be
lieves that U evil is sent as punish'
mentfor sin. . . J . "y-X:-?.----1
'Let us think deeply for a moment
Would it justify, the wisdom of onr
God to throw Belgium, and France,
your happiness", "your v security 4 and
vonr Deace. ' Hidden deen underneath
his khaki-cglored coat there throbs the
mercy of God against the Hun for
stricken women and rifts and ' tittle
Otner rViia-weeW ttnii months, rterhnnit rearte
It is his life. His Is a high- order of
service which causes him to regard his
LLEWXAM'S LETTER ' ' I Watch the . Corporations ttanaoipa
: -, - FROM THE, XM'llAl vonniy uiif uhv u; uuwi .
'".vy ji . - X' - To The Red. Cross '
i '(By Maxwell Gormaiu) A v t i For the' purpose f giving' aid and -Raleigh,
f' May 15-Ereryl person comfort, to our soWiers, sailors 'and
with "cold feet" (if there still be such marines, ana roruie purpose m. ;
far North Carolina) should have been I strengthening our AtUes in this con
in Raleigh Sunday evening when 6,000 1 flict for world freedom, we,-the nn-
people packed the big city auaitonum i aerHignea, ogrw, vw euiw w
to welcome CoL Albert Cox and hear Second Red Cross War Fund, . one
his 113th Field Artillery band play days' net earnings for our plant has- .
the patriotic' airs which inspired tne i ea on our earnings wr. "V-v " T -great
audience to. almost. lift the rootling three hundred, wording days te
with cheers. , : . J!
If anyone doubted tnat tne nean oi i - vtst i c'yuraua m -
the people of this state is in this war, county;
and Eneland amf Serbia, and
nations over to euch terrible sacri
fice because America had sinned and
needed cnastasfimentl w.are-ioo,ijf M & cmnii thin compared to the
self-conscaouft, too egotistical to for-peace of the world.-! His wisdom can
get ourselves for one momentWe are, not be doubted by us at home. For. to
so self-centred, and so bloated withU 80idjer, right-tiunking is not Sim
our own importance that when there Di ideal aa it mav be to-ns.- It is
w couuuuuuu hum ",Xia daily practise. - xne very nature oi
are the cause ofit , We - think t-u ihii sacrifice, the abandonment of
uuu6o b y 1 nome, inenas, ana aii nairtu . pur-
correction.;. While as is always t the Buit8 nlake right-thinking as natural
case- wim se-conceiieu , uar-"K; to him as life itself.
troubles lies somewnere eise. -.-i
' Alt things in God's universe fit in ge hag offered his arms, he - has
to each other in a wonderful pattern fronted his breast '
he had the doubt removed on that oc
casion. "Seldom has' sucn a - demon-
st.mt.ion . heen ' witnessed. : The' com
mander of the 118th. and ' big band
were, here only for a brief visit In I
a slioit time they will ba "over there"
fighting the natural enemy of liberty J
onH JamnmuT nit here S the ore-1
diction that the 113th is going to wuf
some glory: for itself and this, state
and the country before we see them
" ' Kenubucan Acnvuies.
One of the ' surest thine that &P-
nears on the surf ace of the political
map at present is ine oawnuig; euorb i
which the Republicans intend to make!
to capture 8 or 4 confrressional dis-1
tricts, especially tne bin ana xuin,
this fall. - Some of them are seriously
talkinsr . about - Morehead having a
nehtinir chance" oi deieating - Sim
mons for the-Senatorship-' Democrats
should remember that ."eternal vigi
lance' is a winner.
.
Ca
' ty inlleTbey have also driven them I upon the statute booki more , con
the lesser Zot river at Altyn atructive leirislation than the Republi
vi.nri which is about sixty miles cans" enacted - in two decades, the
' tiortheast of Masut. , , - speaker said. '"Before we got m the
The Americans along the sectors Republican cried - loudly we codld do
-.ii.v vtt hnlriinir have been very I nnthino. Now thev wildlv say we
" bold in their attacks and very baffling are doing too much." ; Ours is a mag-
' to the Germans. They do not ;: figM nificent record, which anybody save &
- i i nfV,pr Allied soldiers. 1 orV !tW. ran easilv and successfully
.VFo tiw vast few-days they hAvenldefHTjp;j
1 T X JVetMeWjft.ylw confident! appeal; to the granlin-
have been deluded wn i quest oi ..-.hmw.iu' u. .wiuw
'-1 . i i : i nriwr miu:rio uikj iphiiiiw im
: ""r.JT K ,rna ' SttaCKS. . OUt I . .ci: . ; j.
' bHp to the oche and give himl Registration of Men Who Have Be
'- sheila for every one ma o i ; come m iwrs ,pj arc oincc
fc tTLkTif. XlZchJk. Press reports , . . June 5th. 19lf
" ' sneak very catteringly of the Amer.- - Qn or about the 5th day of June,
' - " n soldier. They say mai wis, every young man no ns ue-
j- .s. . v . iiiA nest xt vi.1 v uwwm ' i i'iiimh . i vuu n ui aicc OlUVb V v w
- Husm-"r ,i J . iloinit I J tI.o 1017 will 'he remrired to
r ' - anii noldieny oecHi", . , . "x uojr 1 ...... --1-- .
' . vlmme bftiie cleverest, fighting that register under the Selective Service
V - ' hM ewVa done on the -western Draft Law enacted May 18th, 1917.
1 r'. " V. nmnri -reirarded him n, nlun for this reristration will be
5 - ironi. aw 'TTTf-; w hn have I ..v. l i- nnll-foVo
- au hopes of breaking place Rt the headquarters of the Local
tr- wSl, the most encouraging news various township precincts: . for in
2 ih- . MrLz thA war eone is tnat 1 afne . oil the men of Randolph conn-
1 "" tna..cpn,f? Vt vt-t -Wtv.' "A.COm-U wliA ore remilrerf to rerister.' Will
" " neutral shipping' for, the month Carried on.br the. Local Exemption
- ', - Anril 1917, with the corresponaiu 1 Board; one member 01. tne uoara aci
k " month of lll; shows that it -de- mB. M chief Registrar, and as many
f t monw . . rh,rW Anril vinino- him Is deemeii
creased nwy per z-- 'uin. 8?.rJtir-rte.SiVthat
JLlllCU WIU iM- . V I XlCVCOOlJf. - -
or plan of all the ages. -The results
of the war fit in to ou?. needs as we
are a part of the eternal plan.' , we
have our sins and our short-comings,
and we shall have our chastisement,-
some of it has already been delivered
and our blessings, though they come
mostly in disguise. - ' -
Where Is God? .
To return to the statement of the
person who says this war has been
"sent npon us because we nave aruveu ,
awayfrom God;" it is a matter off
importance to find out just wnat we
have drifted away ' fromf and Just
where God is in present day life, and
conditions. How can we say we have
drifted away from God when no man
has seen His face? and nomvean say
via. ia here air He. is thereT ine oniy
possible way to trace God Is ?to look,
for His charactensticB in tne -wn,
for they-are here. They tan be sum-
Mi." iinr hikiaf r.nree.. mux iicbub; -
Mercy, which leads-fo Jdndness and
Bnselfishness;Wisdom, which, leads
to right-living and yhonest-thinking;
Service, which leads to self-forget-f
ulness, and anxiety for the other fel-
lOW. ' -" : '' ' '" ' '
Wi an easilv believe that America,
as a nation, is as merciful as it is pos
sible for a people to1 be in the present
tage. we are no pcncvun .
T the line which is halting the Hun
, on the west. -
Where the fires of. Gehenna descend
ii from the skv
Aid the least that a soldier may do
j. is to die.
With the flash of a. smile and the
J. sound of a sonar.
He has struck for the right and has
- hated the wrong. -
For America's future! For. America's
i nnat! . '
And for you and for me, he has fought
; to last.-'
of God erows like a tree spreads like
light. It waits for nothing is re
tarded by notning. a gruws biowi,
and, though it may seem to at tunes,
never loses ground. We know, we are
a merciful people because we are
shocked at the atrocities committed by
the Germans in- Belgium and France.
w rmw ii'V at the recital of them,
and we feel rather than know that God
jb not with the,- Cermans, oecause,
wherever Ha is His characteristics
wtu ehftw for Him. r There is no truer if Ji u. aa
t""-L " IUriW th ierov and' vx "wio u"lu r-r--
fAIIlcXlWU l W"T
Anglos? 6344686..gross tonse ' J
will
tViii vr shovrik. . nniiti., in,BTiHolnh countv.
that-tney nv . muchl.Li thio nxristrat on will be
Submarine aac : - -K,.- 1 , -JInsnerT he.
Xw attack with torpedoes wnuo the rgistration; thereiore, wur pe
IhSSMa-'JSS necessW ior man towatch the
S ofetiLkswera made with papers closely in-order that he may ac-
,-most .01 weir , Destroyer Zin himself with the rules and com-
'? , waf larzely responsible f. lor ine ply th them, ii As stated above, tne
' thundeMea men- JJ datemay not be the 6th of June,
"T While the destruction worseu but it Is thougnt now inai wm 1
aee, yvjuio u vear has! t atiat.- vypmptioN. BOARD,
Mn fire. --The ; American
marked aer worked bslvTuTm mWht now that it will be.
aee. w hue me hB. rVXA r.riMiPinM nnipn -
tte-submarlne 101
. "fcf Zbmarines ? destroyed is prf Marshal i General ; Crowder
mimber of WWw that -; have frY"V i.k for Volnnteers '. v
'' r,rml,e!nv, very encourag-L.YPrdVost Marshal General a Crowder
foe Allies. Overcoming the k :.uVag ior twenty raikoad brake-
in? !!iJ menace will greatiy hasten meB flagmen and conductors; twelve
" !"mherTndTlcika now Scomotiengineers and firemen, and
1 w are retting it well underon-jfour veterinarian surgeons, mm iux
, hke .we are geiuuK - . .. Lh hv North-Carolina. This call
tr first effort to ' is confited to white men only, and men
Thf mhfiSS itTtake npiarms wno physically qualified for-gen-'
E.T the Snte Allies hi t been militari,ervice Any young man
. ' I'iffk Se German Emperor. who follows theabove ; occupation,
-10 rSfs-h the wpture of Restov-on- either In OaBses 1, 2-D, or 8-K and L,
' gained control wlll allowed to enlist ' If there are
- Df?hehL?cSuMhe district in h0 desire: to do so. they must
of the Caucasus .h ftl Iron ,t to th. Local Board
; the Pone 1 bamn and tne co r mm htor
CrSsns Jcepttog Mrv2()th.-.TheeinenwiUbeentram-
cut Oil I'","" - - . ,nT,,ntr thrOUKbl'rm.Jiil
for a single
Tzaritain, ii
government
aincle rnilroad running ea ' .uu "1 -t!C-T .
campi;
t0,5t!!fi tho southern' part of the stly in the northern sUtes.;.TWs
men?of Sattov, Uh - the L . gopportumt
1 men w gefc ww w
-Here is an opportunity, for the! cot
11 knitr iira.n I
vpju.uu ...m-- govern-1 Ham
tt bcrtre -0 or5 enheln a, l, 2, or 8
f :-,an. ore now threatening.
prevaun
a fall the 1
.mrnt will have Vikimi
in' the European war. -
Fnl-liers KUled In Wrck
"tr.,.7. ;iled and 23 in
Tmrr iiiliiiiviu 1
ir-insr members
ry Jumped a
n ln?t I'ri b
tre:;tio
et
1 -id iunt rntram'' l J or
Cnmp
The
Camp
train
7 ou
t'
'ircd
-. ('
v-ere Privute
, ir , rci.-.t in-
. , a pen f
who are qualified for general military
. . r t kwrL latrira. tpn rnr-
scrvice; ,ii, -r-ponters,
and helpers are allotted for
North Carolina, to furnish. U any
colored men wish to enlist in any of
tho alcove occupations, he aiunt ro
tifv tho Local lioard by the 20th of
inment for theSO Will tiik?
), lt nf Jun. In cosfi vol
unteers do not coma forward for tnr
above named ermpntions, white nli'i
colored, the A-lJutant (ieneruU wl,l
,.ro.-..( to select a sntr.Mrnt pumb'-r
alifir'l men to Ml .onn tun;-
Where Stand We? ; '
'It is rather" that we' here' atr home
watch ' that we keen ' safe from . the
danger of drifting away from ' the
tradition.' i American laeais wnicn are
nc, les? t a the.charasteristics -of our
no - ---- ' "
9St:piiane IvauzSJUia, a J'renchidiWtr
Speaking in fsew;iork recently, summ
ed up the French attitude in this way
"VV have 'in France chosen our way.
It may be the way to suffenng and
to death; but it will never be the way
to disgrace and servitude. France has
suffered much. But France is ready
to suffer more. France is ready to
suffer until there are no Frenchmen
IaA a. nnffavinty T.VuTl Pa ie VPanlv
spect, but remember that the kingd?11 ! ed tb live free or to die. And France
'4
in At I
Mr,' T. J. Redding Seriously
Greensboro Hospital ,
Mr.-'T. J. Reddinar who has for" the
past three weeks, been at Dr. J. W,
Lonir's nnvate hospital in ureena-
boro is seriously, ill. He had for six
weeks, been indisposed and confined to
his hornet' Alter going to ureens
boro his. condition was somewhat im
proved. Upon thorough examination
Dr. Long diagnosed , Mr. , Redding's
case as tumor on the right side of the
brain. Dr. Pritchard, a brain special
ist of New York, confirmed Dr. Jbong s
diagnosis, consequently Mr. Redding
underwent the J operation wrucn -w is
hoped will give relief. Mrs Redding
Acme Hosiery Mills
Asheboro. Hosiery Mills
American Bentwood Chair
Asheboro Chair Co. -
Asheboro Drug Co. ' ' , '
Asheboro Grocery Co. ' '
Asheboro Motor Car Co.
Asheboro Roller Mill.
Asheboro Wheelbarrow and Mfg. Co.
Carter Mercantile Co.
Cedar Falls Mercantile Co.
Coleridge ; Mfg.: Co v , - ,
Cox-Lewis Hardware Co. t ,
Cox Ltunber Co. .
'. Crescent Furniture Co,
', Deep River Chair Co.
Denton Lumber Cov, -Farmers
Union Mercantile Co. 1
Fleta Lumber Co. .
Franklinville Mfg. Co:
Gilliam-Patterson Co.
Home Building and Material Co.
Liberty Picker Stick Novelty Co.
McCrary-Redding Hardware Ca .
Novelty Wood Works
Piedmont Chair Co. r
Ramseur Furniture Co.
Ramseur Milling Co. 1
Ramseur Pharmacy
Randleman Bargain House
Randleman Drug Co. - . , ,
Randleman Hosiery Mfg. Co.
Randolph Chair Co.
Randolph Grocery Co. .
Seagrove Hardware Co. -Southern
Crown Milling Co. .
Watkins-Leonard Co.
Central Falls Mills
Columbia Manufacturing Co.,
Deep River Mills
Randolph Mnufacturing Co. t
Riverside Mills 1
Sapona Cotton Mills
w.teh this list the last week in May.
Those wno
1
la of -ia liorlcwito tvt iter ' hiiBhano.
i..--u ia'i, w,!fQtQ in Thev will tpa over the too.
Mr, Redding's illness. He Is a spien- give.wuv Ko r -
riirf man on- who has the confl- individual nounts will be published. -
Mail 'your checks to w. JU waro, - .
Asheboro, K.. C, or Hugh Parka,;
Franklinville, N: C. C''' - "
T " ' i v Chairman War Fund. ;
did man and onj who has the conft-
aence ox sue enure ciuaeijuiif-
county, '-n -V' -"V '-
will live!"
There Is something very heaven-
touching about this declaration
something which seems to acknowledge
the truth of the assertion that "He
tbar-loseth his life shall find it" It
is' as tf the French editor had meant
that France is willing to die for free
dom, andfor that very reason she can
not We.' The sublimity of the truth
strikes ns. And we know how France
has backed up that assertion that her
tenrierness toward a fellow creature,
Service Is witn us. in an ever wiaen
m snd enlaririne influence We know
what it means to rive of our time to
the various icinas oi- ww. wor. n
know what ft means te give our young
men, and our dollars, in service As
a nation .we -do not snnnK irora ser
viceit is in our hearts. Wisdom has
nt. fnnmVen ns. It is : keeping- pace
pwith the other attributes, .therefore,
God has not forgotten America.
-The American -feoluier Is "Square." .
it may seem different from past
standards,' and there may be people
who dispute it, but it is as'; true, M.
God's Heaven, that the American sol
dier has in him the attributes of God
for success. -,My friend who
js a. "Y" secretary at the front, writes
"From out of this chaos ei naie ana
Wmt and hardshin and hell I "have
looked, for ray of comfort. There
was a time when l "could not clearly
seethe light. I saw so -much that
tended to heat me dowm, And I found
myself ' groping for something to
which my faith could cling. I have
,rwi uT (inelare to vou that I nave
found to which I can cling, and that
Something is the American -Soldier.
I have -stood with -a little group, of
French "people in the rain and cold,
and watched the boys from my God
blessed America come winding through
the hills." They were "dog-tired" and
wet to the skin. But they went With
a smile and a lilt of a song, but never
S word of complaint.; -And I grew
happier every moment that 1 stood
there, for J knew and my conviction
grew daily aa I met the toys in the
hut and minister to their needs I
knew that the traditions of America
were Knfe in the keeping of the Amer
ican Soidior. :-'; ' "
i have hud a chance- w rei -ma
- -vf vwhat Is Our Attitude j
Some of us who think we are being
irrnmut ; Almost to nowder by the" re
strictions - on meat consumption,
should know that France is killing
.iMnflC MFWoittlne'Dead
Mrs. HK M: Womble died at her
home in ' Winston Sunday. Mrs. Wom
ble was the sister of Mrs, L. J. Bark
er, of Randleman. She with her hus
band and family lived m Randleman
until a few years ago when they mov
ed to Winston. Mrs. Womble is sur
vived by several children.
Mr. E. S. Callicutt, of High Point,
Locates Stolen Car in Asheboro
A Ford car belonging to Mr. E. S.
Callicutt, of High Point, was located
about six miles above AsneDoro Dy
Mr. S. L. Hayworth Monday. The
car was-stolen on Thursday of last
week. The license numbers had been
removed and Mr. Hayworth identified
the car by the motor number which
corresDonded to the one advertised.
The supposition was that the gas gave
out, car ahandoned and numbers de
stroyed. Mr. Callicutt was notified
that this car was in the Asheboro Mo
tor Car Company's garage and came
for it.
such family was approached not long
asro by a worker for the council of de-
donkeys and mules by the thousands, I fense. . That family professed ignor
and some horses, daily for human I ance of the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A.,
food, and the people are glad to get 'the Liberty Loan, and other matters
it . Nearly seventy thousand horses ' pertaining to national defense. They
were eaten in France last year. The .excused themselves by saying thesr
French cannot afford to be fastidious , "took no interest in such things.
about what they shall eat they have
long since 'passed that stage.
In our country we have not been or
ftaced to eat mule, but we have acted
as if we were akin to thafr-stubborn
beast when asked to save one lump of
sugar for the starving Belgians., We
You say that is a form of ignorance?
Yes. but it is chosen ignorance.
The time has come when "he who
is not for us in against ns," and these
irregularities have ceased to be either
funnv or insignificant We have the
choice before us. It is that we must
w miiff two himns left for- our tea he a man or a- mule. The day may
and we squealed and pouted and kicked come when America must slaughter
till one who didn't understand might 'her quota of mules. So let us be men
think the war "had moved from : be-j and women, and live up to the ideals
tween the Boche and the Allies to be- of such, and not kick and die like a
tween ine junenaw wueu w muic
hivnriM. That little war is . . Chosen For What?
here all right, but, alas that other ( Some of ns seem to think the rest
us to fight this war here to a finish riflce for us, that we might have our
that the war over: there may be fin- sugar In our tea, our tenderloin three
ished without unnecessary and 'addi
tional suffering and slaughter. .,,
: - Slackers 0 -v -'. -'- '
There are three classes of slackers
in the food saving problem. A woman
living In a remote region- recently ask
ed a worker this question,' "Iv- hear
there's an awful fued goin. on some
where. Is it so ?" . Word of the great
war which so concerns, her and her
familv" and the world in which she
lives had hardly reached her ears. She.
is to be pitied and heipea. " uv wneu
it comes to a well-educated woman in
a rich and enlightened lection who ad
mit thnt aha feeds the "substitutes"
to the chickens and eats white bread,
slacking is unpardonable.,' Unlike the
othnr w oman, ignorance cannot plead
;):
IA.-C
m. 1.;
.Tio.M r.OAr.n.
" . , . - . 1 1. 1 . - th Irnnwa hnt. dnea not care.
mnnanre. ana I nav coinn vo mu " - - : .
him . Under other conditions I have believing that hi some way We nam
- . . , , I ' ..I L
eon him ana nave reioicea in my vui,Buiia
that h
com
(I CO
tout-hearUvl,
im and have rejoiced in my soul ahiri of this war will slip past her
was 'Vniare' but that even- and she will get through without in-
io- T Raw him coin forward in the convn.K nrn,
rLin snd wind and cold and tho leep-
r
1 1. I. ........ . I a..flJ
pnintr K hlx iW f loui-IU'HrKHi, mun
imii-s and 'r;", i was prournt w
knew that t i well., I don't knoW
v. ...n '. v-r will eM, but I know thnt
'1 V 1 r'ira in u:i . ry
1 1 r t'..m -ver hi
1 ' 1 . " 1 c t r'" ' r i
I : i r 1 i 'tiit'"
-1 it
! I '
sufTerl That is her attitude.
Theri ia another class who could
know about conditions if they would.
They l ave tducation and resources,
but thry Pro
r.ej c c
They
tliin-
not I
boundr-d by a dense fast-
lesr.negs and IndilTerence.
' do not know about
they know thntthey do
:,J yet ere sotif;;d. One
times a day, and our white' bread, and
be just as fat and lazy as we like.
This attitude is a hateful one, and
hateful to picture. But, why ignore
a thing which exists? -,
We suffer from much - namtfering,
We have teen told too often that this
is God's country, and we chosen
people. Chosen for what? To get
fat on, the sugar, for .which" Belgian
babies' are dying? to gluttonize on
meat for .which our own sons in. the
trenches of France are reaching out
their hands T or are- we chosen to be
the srreat dec! dinar factor in the world's
greatest battle -against' wrong and
against God? .' Which shall we choose
to do ? i If the latter, then we must
accept tha conditions of the God-ap
pointed tasK- ana leave our gluttony
till the Job is done. V. J. w ' ; .
If America has drifted away 'from
God it is only that tart of her which
is indifferent; ignorant, and .mulish.
That part of her, where the love of
mercy, of wisdom,, and of "sacrifice
does not exist, has drifted far, far
from the ideals of our pilgrim fathers
far from the purpose oi God, and
from onr own bt Interests. -i
America must, like France, be will
ing to sacrifice all, for "America must
hvel' .... . .,.Ua.ji
Phillips-Lynch Marriage "
A pretty wedding was solemnized 0 J A
May 4 at 8:80' at the home of Mr.- .
and Ms. R. F. Lyn'ch when their"
daughter Erma Doyle became the
bride of Samuel Lewis Phillips. 1
The parlor was tastefully decorated
in bouquets presented to the bride bj
the attending friends from different
points consisting of pansies, loses and -
lilies. In one comer of the pailor was
an arch made of creeping ivy entang : .
led with white lilies. 1 -
Rev. W. R. Cox, of Greensboro,;,
performed the ceremony. Then the a
wedding march was rendered by Miss
Kate Phillips. Mr. Cox in the lead ,
followed by Vera and Treva Lynch, WJ,
little twin sisters of the bride, bearing ,
the wedding ring in a white: china. v
platter. Followed closely by the maid
of honor miss uzzie numi
man Mr. Charles Phillips, of the A. .
and M. College, Raleigh. v
Then the bride and groom entereo. -
the parlor. , -
The attending friends were arrang
ed in order and when the bride and (
groom were oversnuuuweu u j
of ivy and lilies the attending frienda ,
arose to their feet and the.cerm0J ,"
was pertormea, airer wuicu.
congratulations were offered and the
entire company retired to the dining- .
room where refreshments were serv-
ed. . j . . ' . ., .i-.
' "TEe" briae .wore a lovely dress or ,
champagne taffeta ana georgeue crejw ;
while the1 groom wore a suit of Waclu
. Miss Lynch is an accomplished
young lady of Asheboro Route 1, and-
' . . . Til Ulrrll BhAnL .'. ,
a graauate oi iuen-jr tli ' '-
Mr. fhlllip8 IS B aiK'ujf .
young man, a son of Mr. and Mrs. U
C. Phillips, and is at present engaged ,
in farming and lumbering. . . t".
Those attencung were i5:.-;" .
Reece and daughter, Miss Esther, of . -Liberty;
Mrs. L. C. VhSOiw and son. .
Hal, and daughters, Misses Kate, , Li ,
tie and Alice, of Asheboro; Mrs. Amos
Hinshaw and son Clyde and daughter. :
Miss Clara, of Ramseur Route 1; Mr.
aarles Phillips, of the A. and M. Col
lege, of Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs..W. R.
Cox. of Greensboro, Miss Ruth : Mc
Guire and Lloyd Cox, 6f Greensboro. ,
Their many friends wish them much
success, health and happiness, .v .-
Denton High School . Commencement
, The closing exercises of the lien
ton high school will. begin ; Saturday
Bight, May 18. , .
Sunday, May 19. the annual sermon
will be preached by Rev. R. M. An
drews, presidident of the North Caro
lina conference, M. P. church. Den
ton . has had a very successful school
Mr. Howard Pickens. of , .Salisbury,
year, " 1 ' '. "-jl' ('
V,V Critically III -ti '.
Mr. Howard Dickens, son of Mr. anil
Mrs.' R., L, Dickens,, of Asheboro, un
derwent' an operation Sunday at t!. '
Salisbury, hospital, Mr. Dickens i
in-Asheboro visiting his parents 1
Friday. , He worked on SaturnVy
on Saturday night was taken rf ii
ill with appendicitis. Mr. Di.
condition Is regr.rded as sen. .
parents are at lis ledlle. Mr. !
ens is an employee of the :
railway.