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GEORGE CREEL DISCUSSES THE WORK
: ? BEmG DONE; BY HIS COMMITTEE
Emphasis Laid On Expression, Not Repression; Commands
Sendees cf Any Writer That, It May Ckoosejo Call--Millions
cf PainpUefs Issued and Every Corner of the
Qobe Reached
Address delivered by George Creel,
Chairman of the Committee on Public
Information, before, the North Caro
lina Press Association, at Asheville,
July 25, 1918. After Introductory re
marks Mr. Creel spoke as follows:
The purpose of your invitation, I
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taice n,waa wuusi m '",
activities ui uus wmimiwe uu l uuitary experts are jrrowme to have an
Information, not out of any mere curi
osity, but in an earnest effort to dis
cover further opportunities for nation
al service.
Let me say At the very outset that I'
am not THE censor or even A censor,
I took this position because I
lieved in the freedom of the press, and
wanted to be in position where I could
i,i mni it.. Yon know and I
know that this freedom has been of ten
abused, but it is stupm to try to cure
an evil by cutting it out. A better way
w.ur.t it nut. Simm-ession is not'
a wise remedy. Hope of betterment;
lies in the slow process ol education,
and in the development of a capacity
for restraint and self -discipline.
I was not in favor of a censorship
law in the beginning, nor am 1 now m
favor of the enactment 01 any legis-
lation.
Aside from the physical emu
of enforcement, the enormous
cost, the overwhelming irritation, and
the inevitable tendency of such laws
to operate solely against the weak and
powerless, I have always had the con
viction that our hope must lie in the
aroused patriotism, the nobler con
sciences, of the men who make the pa
pers of America.
The great need is not that we should
keep the press from doing hurtful
things but that we should get the
press to do the helpful things. The
..n.ni.mni wo-want can never be ap-
tUIUUUiOlVuu ' ,
plied from without, but must proceed
irom wunin.
It was upon this theory, when the'
proposed law failed of passage, that 1 came to us with explicit endorsements
evolved the voluntary agreement un-that we were without right to ques
der which the press is its own and on-' tion.
ly censor. ' . A system of checking and verification
The desires of government with re- is now permitted that will hereafter
spect to the concealment irom uic
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my 01 military i-uiii, .
movements, are set forth in certain
m MU ..l.n.A n HUH
specific requests. No law staima "" u
them. Their observance rests entirely
nnnn honor and patriotism, ineie if
violations, as a matter of course, and
nnnprs holding to the unwritten agree-
rnBnt have suffered injury from the
naners less careful and less nuucaw
hut. on the whole the press has re-
has re
sDonded in the same spirit 01 unseniBii
tv . i i
k.t animates the filing line.
service
rVlCB UlOb cA". . " I
Thi- i the nnlv censorship exercisea
by the Committee on Public Inf orma -
tion .
In all else the work is positive, the
emphasis on, expression. The commit -
4 i- ioin is the machinery created
by the President of the United States J f ajthfully week after week in the prep
to make the fight for public opinion in aration of brilliant, comprehensive ar
thi country and in other countries of jticle8
the world. .( v- Tne 'ore,8 language press is dealt
There is nothing academic in this with by a distinct division that has en
nronoaition. Public opinion stand ii8ted the services of over two hundred
recognized as a vital iart of the na
. mio-htv force In na-
utrlfrh or barricade
ing una i "w , .l.
alone, but has its source k4he morale
of the civilian population irom wmu.
the fighting force is drawn.
A e nation ia united, resolute, and
coYvined of the justice of iU use o
tnay heroic efforta be expected of its
defenders. Disunity and loyalty
at the very heart of courage. The
fctteefighU ignorance, .6
i&ding and diaaffejtion. It worka
fcTthe mlntalnanca of morale by ev
ery proeeM of atimttUtioii.,Wa do not
TTropa or W0.
: ?he Gernrhanda, haa come to be
, Jociated with lies and corwpUo Chir
work la educational and Informative,
7ot h confidence in our
casa that we feel that no more than a
fair reprtmUUm of IU facta U Med
ed to wta the verdict.'. ' . 1
Under thapreanira of tlua necessity,
the committee haa grown ba a world
oganlaation. Not only doea it reach
decpvlnto every wmmiinlty tattt
, United SUtea. but it carries tha alms
.nM hart of America to every land.
TherVia no part of the great warl
I machinery that we do notjtouch,no
medium ol appeal mat w u u
The printed word, the apoVen word,
the motion picture, th potter, the aign
board all theta are used In our cam
paign to maka our own people, and au
other people, understand the cadaea
that compelled America, to. take up
imi in Affontm of iu libcrtiea and
free Institutions. ;
mint our accent is on ex
v priion, not repression. From the
Tommitta goea out th cHkial war in
formation; in each of th war-making
branches we have sworn tTprewhta
tivcn wheme duty it la to oVn Up oo-
rations to the Innpection of the people
far m miliUry prudence will per
- t We b:lirve that public tupport
mutter cf p'ltilic undp.ntanding,
I it. U o'jr J b to taV dfd wood out
,.!....,, (f r-f0rmaf Ion, pr-
This is not the Binmlest thins- in the
World. On one hand is the press, im
patient of reticence and suspicious of
concealments, and on the other hand
we have generals and admirals reared
in a school of iron silence. Both, how
ever, are in process of education. The
If"? viMuicu.Mg w iccumc
our honesty of purpose, and the mill
increasing faith in the power of abso
lute frankness. The army and navy,
through this division of ' news.
pledged to the people instant and hon
est announcement of all casualties, all
accidents, all disasters. Bear this in
be-(mind when the air fills with rumors
about the sinking of a transport, the
loss of thousands of soldiers in France,
the destruction I of the fleet. Brand
them as lies, and publish the liar, for
griuuan uvea uub Buppicoo
such news or seek to minimize it. We
do not have to conceal reverses, be-
cause we do not have to fear for the
wmie wAiuit.
It is for you to remember, and
make the statement with pride, that
while this committee has issued thou-
ibks uuimg i year "i. iw
existence, only three of this vast num
ber have ever been questioned as to
absolute accuracy.
The first of these, a direct charge
that the Fourth of July statement was
a "fake," and that our transports had
not been attacked by submarines, was
met fully by the report of Admiral
Gleaves.
The second complaint, concerned
with certain captions for airplane pho
tographs, was largely due to a ton-
fusion between training planes and
Dattie pianes. ine captions reierrea
to training plane production and the
pictures showed clearly that the ma
chines were training planes.
The third, a release- bearing UDon
airplane production and shipment,
guara enecuveiy against error.
Tko Anmrnlffna nynr.o..no nn
' I ' nAFv. in itt.rt nwnnn .ma n twl mt
wmuumcc ijicu.ta "u jjuu
lishes all war literature that is issued
in pampniet iorm. it commands me
services of any writer that it maj
cnoose to can, ana at its DacK stanu.-:
over three thousand of the leading his-
torians of the country, every man in
the service. These pamphlets, cover-!
ng every phase 01 America s position,
purposes, aims, are printed in many
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languages and millions 01 copies reacn
1 not onlv the neonle of America, but tro
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o everv corner of te world, carrying1
' our defense and ouf attack.
Another division has gathered to-1
gether the leading novelists, essayists
and publicists of the land, and these
mn and women, without uav. toil
volunteer , translators. Reports arc
made on virtually every paper in the dje(i at his country home, Reynolds,
United States that is not printed in near Winston-Salem, last Monday aft
English, and we tryto fight ignorance
er an illness of a year. He was one
and untruth with a steady stream of 0f the most successful and wealthiest
articlea selected with particular refer-, business men in the South, his estate
ence to the race or to the problem of being estimated at $10,000,000 or more,
bitterness. I Mr. Reynolds was 68 years of age.
The Official Bulletin has a daily free He is survived by his wife, who before
circulation of 100,000, and although a marriaee was Miss Mary Katherine
seemingly prohibition price was fixed,
over 135,000 haa been received in sub
scriptions In its first year.
Thar are other mediums of public
appeal than through the printed word,lerfii Maj
and we are developing tnem to tne
fullest extent The division of four
minute men now commands the serv
ice of over 35,000 speakers who ap
pear regularly m tne motion picture
houses, carrying messages from the
government to the people.
The division 01 speaiang naa coorui-
nated th efforta of all government
a gene lea and of all th patriotic bodies
to the end that some order ha been
brought out of oratorical chaos. It ia
this division that arranges mas meet
ings or aida them,, call war conferv
ence in the states, ana cena picneu
individual and group on (peaking
tqtirg that reach from coast to coast.
The division of picture prepare and
distribute, advise upon and censors
photograph and moving picture to
tha number of more than seven hund
red a day. A in the case of the prexs
there la no law that can be Invoked,
but the patriotism of the motion pic
ture indastry itaelf hn enabled u to
exercise an Iron control In the interest
of the national service.
, Under tha direction of Charles Dana
Gibson, the artista of America have
been mobilised for th production of
poster, car card, ' and every other
form of pictorial appeal and already
over four hundred design ar being
displayed carrying the mewaiTJ of
th army, navy, food, hlp, Red Cros
and th I.II.CA. Where one we
bad th worst poster la U world, to
day w have poster that compare fa-
(Continued on psge three.)
TURKEY BREAKS
WITH GERMANY
ALLIED OFFENSIVE ON WEST
ERN FRONT CONTINUES, BUT
SLOWS DOWN SOME GER
MANS OFFER STRONGER RE
SISTANCE According to the Copenhagen corre
spondent of the Exchange Telegraph,
London, in a dispatch of last Monday,
the relations between Germany and
Turkey have been severed. The cor
respondent claims to have direct in
formation from Constantinople.
The Germans are said to have re
cently demanded the cruiser Hamidieh,
the only large ship then in possession
of Turkey as compensation ' for the
Breslau, a former German cruiser
which was destroyed in the Dardan
elles while under the Turkish flag.
Despite Turkey's protest, the Hami
dieh departed for Sabastopol with the
German nag flying.
Officials in Washington were not at
all surprised at the dispatch from Co
penhagen. It is said that Germany, in
trying to serve both Turkey and Bul
garia in the division of spoils result
ing from the enforced peace treaty
with Rumania, has incurred the ill
will of both her allies.
Allies Continue to Advance"
According to Monday's reports, the
German retreat still continues along
the whole line, with the Allies closely
pursuing. The Germans have suc
ceeded in checking to a certain extent
but not in stopping the French ad
vance.
The Franco-American troops, con
tinuing their pressure on the Germans
in their retreat from the Marne, have
reached and crossed the Ourcq river
and penetrated the town of Fere-En-
Tardenois, one of the great German
supply bases for the enemy troops in
side the Soissons-Rheims salient.
On the wings of the ever-decreas
ing pocket, the enemy has had heavy
re-enforcements and is holding tena
ciously to his ground, realizing that
Allied successes there would result in
a general crumbling of his plans of
deiense against the locking up of his
armies inside the big bag.
Sinie the beginning of the Allied
offensive, July 18th, the Germans have
been driven back 13 miles farther
from Paris than they were on that
date. At the nearest point of their
line to Paris, the distance is now 60
miles.
The total number of German prison
ers taken by the Allies during the bat
ties that have been raging for the past
two weeks, is estimated at 30,000.
Dispatches from the battle front on
Tnpsriav wprp tfi.it the Germans were
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. onenng violent resistance, uui, m oitc
0f this fact the Americans that day
pushed their line forward nearly two
mjics through a barrage as deadly as
anv the Germans have yet laid down
on anv sector for months. The ad
vance 0f Tuesdav brought the Ameri
(.;,;, t0 the anux of the long Allied
front
, The Frcnch also made some
ad
Vances on Tuesday.
ti, "-n.-rnnc: inrino- tV:p nasi fpw
1 IH I 1 1 1 . i . uu. w..v- j
jnv knVp hppn re-enforced bv two
I crack divisions of the Bavarian guards
anj other choice troops and have set-
tled ((own to the hardest resistance yet
displayed against the. Americans.
R. J. REYNOLDS PASSES
Was a Leading Manufacturer of Winston-Salem
Reynolds Tobacco
Famous all Over the World
Richard Joshua Reynolds, head of
the It. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company,
Smith, daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. Z. T.
Smith, of Mt. Airy, to whom he was
married in 1906; four children, two
daughters and two sons; four broth-
A. D. Keynoias, nnsioi,
Tennessee; H. H. Reynolds, nitric
county, Virginia; W. M. and W. R.
Rj-vnold. of Winston-Salem; and one
sister, Mr. Robert Critz, also of Win
ston-Salem. Tne two lasv-naraeu
brother have been associated with the
deceased In the conduct of the im
mense business for many year, both
being officer of the company.
The funeral service was held at the
Reynold residence Wednesday morn
ing, conducted by Dr. D. Clay Lilly,
Dr. H. A. Brown, and Bishop Edward
Rondthaler. Interment followed in
the Salem cemetery.
Every plant of the company through
out the country wa closed on Wednes
day In respect to the memory of the
deceased.
Mr. Reynolds was a striking exam
ple of the American Frlf-made man.
Starting a a farmer boy, he became
one of the leading manufacturer! and
wealthiest men of the South. He was
a liberal contributor to all worthy
cause in hi home city and gave em
ployment to thousands of people, black
and white.
Diseball Player Must Work or Fight
Professional baseball player have
been given until September 1, to seek
essential employment or be called to
the colors In an order issued by Sec
retary Baker, last week, denying the
application of the national baseball
commission that th effective tim of
the work or fight regulation aa they
apply to the baseball Industry be ex
tended to October L " ".
HEARD i ON THE STREETS
WHAT OUE TOWN CORRESPOND
ENT. HEARS. AND; THINKS
MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTER
EST DISCUSSED -
There ate now several deserters in
Randolph fcounty. We understand
they have tfeen slipping around in the
county and keeping out of the way of
the authorities. Has any effort been
made to apprehend those men and send
them back'o.canvDT
Mr. J. A, Ward, a prominent citi
zen, ot rieasant urove, townsnip, was
in town one day last week.
For the benefit of those who don't
know, every single member of the fuel
food administration from Hoover down
is a Republican. Looks like the dom
inating party is liberal, doesn't it?
Mr. V. Ui Jaariey, the couriers
capable correspondent at Ramseur,
was in town a few day ago.
The boom evil uf Randolph county
has grown by Jeaps and bounds dur
ing the past two years. ,
The Red Cross . school district m
Providence township, has sold $2,500
worth of War Savings Stamps. '
Thp neotita seem to realize the im
portance of buying war stamps which
offer onfe f the finest investments in
the world and "at , the aame time help
to stop the-Huit in his march to de
stroy civilization. . -There is considera
ble money in the country and no bet
ter use could be made oi it man iena-
ing it to Uncle Sam.
Mr. A. U. Adams nas a nne nu
and a beautiful home. He is one oi
the best and most progressive farm
ers in Providence township.
Mr. P. P. Jones, of Liberty noute
1, has our thnkS for a renewal oi nis
subscription toThe Courier. He is an
ideal f arfiier and unsurpassed in hos-
nitalitv m his solenoid home.
Mr w. X. staiev. oi ijiueny nuuvc
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1. is a srood fanner and a good man,
and lias been reading The Asheboro
Courier for a. long time and was Kina
, i. i.i4. V, A i .1 nnf aaa VlAW
enougn wpaj iuai w .
he could get aiong wiinout iu -
Mr. Felix . York, of Climax Route
1, is numbered among our renewal
subscribers this week. Mr. York is a
good farmer and one of our best cit
izGns I'--'', 'jf ,
Mr. Alfred -York, a prosperous far
mer of .Liberty Route 1, made 600
bushels !$f ; we' . . . - .,
--Jfc-'-W& Bue, a good citizen of
Franklinville, spent a short while m
town last Saturday. . .
Mr. J. M. Blake has moved his fam
ily from High Point to Randleman.
If anyone ever doubted the ability
of Randolph county to raise her own
corn should visit the farm of Mr. W.
D. Siler. Mr. Siler is a Confederate
soldier and is one of our best citizens.
Mrs. Mary Hudson, who owns a fine
farm in the Julian section, made over
600 bushels of wheat.
Mr. J. C. Teague, of Climax Route
1, was among our renewal subscrib
ers last week. Mr. Teague is a good
farmer and is making great improve
ments on his farm.
One of the county's best citizens,
Mr. Nathan Shellield, of Rahdleman,
spent a few days in Moore county last
The farming lands in Providence
township are as fertile as any in the
county, and are occupied by most pro
gressive farmers.
Mr. Allen Hanner, a prominent cit
izen of Randleman, spent a few hours
in Asheboro last Saturday.
Mr. A. C. Jackson will erect a new
rpswience in the Level Cross section
in the near future
Mrs. W. M. Mitchell, of Randleman
Route 1, has renewed her subscrip
tion to The Courier, ane says sne
cannot get along without The Courier.
Mr. J. W. Kiricman, oi ijioeri-y
Route 1, has a fine farm and splendid
home. He is a successful farmer and
believes in The Courier.
Mr. O. R. Vuncannon is placing
lumber on the ground for a new dwell
ing on Millboro Route 1.
Mr. P. C. Storv. the clever superin-
tonrlpnt of the Deep River Mills at
Randleman, is numbered among our
renewal subscribers this week. Mr.
Story is highly esteemed by the peo
ple and his interest in the material
growth and commercial progress of
the community makes him a valued
citizen of Randleman.
Mr. W. D. Vickery, of Kandleman
Route 1, renewed his subscription to
The Couriei' last Friday. Mr. Vlok
erv is an acknowledged master in
mechanical and general repairing
trade, and his personal attention to
repair work of all kinds i an abso
lute guarantee of hia thoroughness
anil satisfaction. -j
Mr. Tom Buie, of Franklinville, who
holds a good position in High Point,
snent a short while in Asheboro last
fintiirdav.
Mr. J. G. Berry, a good citizen of
Providence township, was here one
day last week.
, Mr. J. T. Millikan, a good citizen
o'f Climax Route 1, has a good farm
and is making great improvements on
It
Mm. J. W. Puch. of Liberty Route
1. has our thanks for a renewal of
her subscription. She has been re
ceiving weekly visits from Tha Cou
rior for a lonir time.
Mr. W. M. If outer, of the Red Crocs
section, has had hi subscription to
The Courier moved up. He is a aplen
did fellow. ,
Mr. Frank Cameron, 'prominent
citizen of Denton, wa In town on
day last week. - .
iiessr. W. G. Brown, Frank Talley
and John Grey, of Randleman, (pent
(Continued on pag four.)
LIEUTENANT If.. A. CROSS
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First Lieutenant W. ' A. Cross, of
Franklinville, was wounded in action
in France several -weeks ago, but has
recovered and returned to his com-
mand. Lieutenant Cross who is an
adopted son of Mr. W. A. Cross, of
Asheboro, has been in the Tegular
army of the United States for about
twenty years. He was stationed for a
long time at San Antonio, Texas.
When war was declared with Ger
many, he was stationed at rort bam
Houston, Texas, and went over with
Pershing's soldiers last summer. Mrs.
Cross, who was a Miss Jones before
marriage, and children live at Frank-linville,-
now.
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Ralegh, July 30. With the lull in
the fighting on the European battle'
front, some politicians of .the state'
spending Sunday in Raleigh found time
to indulge in congressional politic.'-
It is learned today that Claude
Wheatley, of Carteret, the Republican
candidate in the third district, has de
cided to get out of the race co as to
give Abernethy a clear field in his
race against Dortch, -Abernethy pav
ing "decided definitely, to run. - His
case in court, it is now hinted, wjill
decision.
Simmons and Morehead
It is also developed that the oppo
sition to Senator Simmons is waging
a still hunt in Motley Morehead's
candidacy for our senior Senator's job.
They are building a machine, it is al
leged, that will have its ramifications
in every voting precinct in North
Carolina; and it is added that, besides
the votes of Republicans, some alleged
independent voters and malcontents
the Morehead machine is pb.ying
heavily for the influence of the suffrage-ties.
But it is hard to realize
how the people of the Stale could make
up their minds to make such a swap
especially now, when our . Senator
holds such an influential Hjjjttl com
manding and useful position.
So-Called Opposition to Pou
Yesterday the war news had so far
resumed its torridity as to curtail the
resources of the freezy politicians, but
not before they had included in their
calculations the alleged "opposition
to Ed. Pou for another term in Con
gress.
Some pool-room habitues and their
sort are alleged to have held a sort of
conference here recently and to have
expressed displeasure at Mr. Pou and
Mr. Simmons at the sime time of
having their main grievance the clos
ing of the pool rooms and while can
vassing the subject of electing three
for twol citv commissioners who
would re-ODen their places.
That instance has been magnified
bv one or more newspapers into the
proportions of a "movement" against
Pou, when as a matter of fact it didn t
amount to a hill of beans.
Neither Josiah William Bailey nor
J. M. Broughton (who have been cred
ited with aspirations to succeed Mr.
Pou) had any supporters in that
bunch and they are really without a
candidate. If any man runs against
Pou he is yet to be "discovered.
As to the anti-Simmons suffragette
forces" have you met with many of
them in your neighborhood T
Release Hotel from Wheat Ban
Release of hotel, restaurant, clubs,
and dining car services throughout the
country on August 1, from the volun
tary pledge to use no wheat until the
present harvest has been announced
in a cablegram received in Washing
ton from Food Administrator Herbert
Hoover, who ia now in England. Pub
lic eating places, the food administra
tor said, will continue to comply with
baking regulations and to serve "vic
tory bread."
Mr. Hoovor, in his cablegram, con
gratulated the proprietors of public
eating places upon their patriotic ser
vice. It in eRtimated that approxi
mately 175,000,000 pounds of wheat
nroducts have been saved since the
first of last Ortobcr by this voluntary
pledge of the rating houw; proprie
tor.
No Limit Krt for Si of Our Army
Wa are now srnding men Brros the
ocean at the rale of 250,000 a month
with gradual increases every month.
The liw of the army we are now rail
ing does not depend upon what w
think, will U enough to lick th Ger
man on tha western front thi year
and next, but the number sent over
will be tha very largest fore that it
I humanly possible to raise. -
5TATE EDITORS 11EET
WAS HELD IN ASHEVILLE LAST'.
WEEK-GEORGE" CREEL AND ,
r SENATOR OVERMAN SPEAK. .
.The North Carolina Press 'Associa- x -tion
was in session in Asheville, Tues- -day
and Wednesday "of .last "week, ,
with president Santford Martin, pre-'
siding. - ; .'
President Martin's annual V address i .'c
this year'was on the subject of "War '
Savings Stamps." Judge Gilbert vVT. '
Stephenson, of - Winston-Salem, also, s,
addressed the editors on the first day, "' '
and the annual oration was delivered . -by
W. T.; Boat,. of Raleigh. - Other, '
sneakers on the nroeram the first riav "
were Editors T. W. Chambliss, Wads'
H. Harris; and Archibald Johnson, all ' .
of whom discussed the topic, j "The " "
Editor Duty in War Times;" 1 R. F.
tfeasiey, of Monroe, -who spoke on
"Democracy in Action:" - M. L. Shin- , i
man and-H. B. Varner, on "Legal Ad- t
verusiug. ai mgnt wiinam janne
Hill read the annual poem and Dr. J. - ,
Y. Joyner-was, also, heard on -"Sii: -Months'
SchooL" . -
The v two principal speakers - on v
Thursday, the closing day, were Sena- ,
tor Lee S.? Overman, who is spending. '
some time in Asheville, and was Pres
ent and made a short, patriotic talk;
and Mr; George Creel, chairman of tha ' 1
Committee on Public Information.'
Mr. Creel made a splendid talk, tell
ing of his long desjre to see the land - -praised
and lauded and the people bo ' 1
greatly loved by Secretary of the Navy . '
Josephus Daniels. The speaker paid a ,
beautiful tribute to the Secretary of
the navy, declaring that, despite ef- '
forts at ridicule, slander and lies cir
culated against him, the North Caro- ' t
linian had made 100 per cent good, and . "
stood recognized today as one of the
pillars of the great American govern
ment. ,
Mr. Creel said that when he accent
ed his present position as chairman of
the committee. n public information,
he did so because he wanted to aid in
spreading the news. . He said that he
took the position as a writer, with the
intention oi helping, rather than hin- '
dering, the newspapers in keeping the .
American people informed regarding '
the war. - .
He declared that he is not a censor. .
and that he realized early in the war
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that the cost of censorinir the newsna-
unsatisfactory, because the stronger
papers would go ahead and the weac
ones would suffer.
Mr. Creel said that he believed the
honor system inaugurated by the gov
ernment was by far the best plan that
could be devised for Americans and
that he was a consistent advocate of
this plan.
Other speakers on the second day
were Miss Elizabeth Hughes, of the
National Y. M. C. A., who asked the
support of the editors in the coming
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. drives;
F. H. Jeter, of the Extension Farm
News; James M. Oglesby, with a plea
for the Marines; and several others.
Election of Officers
The election of offiws resulted as
follows: President, Z. W. Whitehead,
of the Southern Labor Jovrnal, Wil
mington; first vice-president, R. T,
Wade, of the Morehead City Coaster;
second vice-president, Ike London, of
the Rockingham Post Dispatch; third
vice-president, Miss Beatrice Cobb, of
the Morganton New.,-IIerald; secre
tary, J. B. Sherrill, of the Concord
Tribune; historian, M. L. Shipman,
commissioner of labor and print ;ng;
orator, H. R. Dwyre, Winston-Salem;
poet, Dr. William Laurie Hill, Raleigh;
executive committee, H. B. Varner, W.
C. Hammer, J. F. Hurley, James H.
Caine and Santford Martin.
Henry M. London and W. T. Bost
were made members of the legislative
committee.
MR HENRY YOW DEAD
Was Useful and Substantial Citizen
First Resident of Seagrove
Mr. Henry Yow was born October
1, 1844, and died July 26, 1918, in the
74th year of his age.
The funeral was held at Scsgrove,
the following day, at the residence of
Rev. W. V. Ashburn, who conducted
the services, after which burial waa
in the family plot.
Mr. Yow was married to Mis Fran
cena Trogdon in 1872, and to thi un
ion were born nine children, all af
whom survive their father. They are
as follows: Misses Nova, Bertha, and
Omie Yow, Mrs. Bethel Lucas. Mrs.
A. R. Auman, Messrs. John, Will, and
I -ester Yow, all of Seagrove, and Mrs.
R. L. Russell, of Eldorado, Arkansas.
Mrs. Yow also survive.
The deceased wa the first resident
of Seagrove, In which place he waa a
merchant from the yer 1E72 till tha
time of hia death. He also ran a
cooper shop at Seagrove for a period of
thirty years or more.
He was a member fcf Fair Grove M.
P. church from the age of 19 year
until the time of hi death.
Mr.Yow was one of the most highly
respected and useful cit lien of his
town and community. He waa a good
husband and father to hi family and
and kind friend to hi' neighbor and
acquaintance. ; He was a devout chris
tian and patriotic citizen, who will be
sadly missed by family, friend, church
and community, . .
Judge TL W, Bingham, of Louisville,
ELy, la reported to have rvivd a few
day ago a legacy of 15,000,000, from
th estste of hi wif, formerly ?.!m.
l!nry M. FlseW, who died in I ' -vill
bout a yrr c.
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