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( VACZ TV0. FAYETTEVILLE OHSEIIVER, w -DNDAY, SAUVATiY-i, It ii. THE OBSERVER rcBLiaai it . , FAf ITTlf ILL! OB(MT 00MF1IIT ' ' . OMMTM rODMOlD 1B17. Business omca . .101 Editorial fflca. i', .V. . . . ..Ml ftUISCRIPTION PRICE: On year (payable . In advance, . 18.00 Six months (payable in advance) . 1.00 monthi (payable in advance) . 1.60 Collected by carrier by the week. .15 The Weekly Observer 1 year:... 1.50 Entered at the postofflce In Fayette 4 wnt-lss mall matter WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919 " THE WATERWAYS 'i ;''-. The champions ol the utilization of ' inland waterway have cause to feel encouraged over ' ' the outlook the Railroad Administration has express ed a determination to foster the wa terway4 and President Wilson, before leaving 'for France, ' "committed him self to the development and promo tion, in every legitimate way, of the water transportation system , of the ' country, and asserted' that the war had demonstrated the value of water transportation." " Wf' are told that the President suggested co-ordination, when possible, between water and rail ' traffic 1 .v. Theodore 'Tiller, writing for the Greensboro News from Washington, says: 1 Well informed observers here-believe, there will be a steady and systematic encouragement of water way transportation following the de claration of peace. Tnls uoes not meam a series of Vpork barrel" bills, but the traffic of reconstruction and the lessons of wartime trauic will In evitably bring about a more scientific study and development of the inland waterways and Harbors of the coun try, .The dividing ..line between "park;' and waterways progress will be mare sharply drawn and with the railroads remainingtor ' some months, at least, in the hands of the government there will be more of the co-ordination of which the President speaks between the common carriers on land ' and water. . -v - That a period, of unprecedented de velopment Is ahead of Southern ports has been forecast In these despatch es. . Such is the view of Senator Sim- mons -and other senators - from ' the South: who are -confident tne war has shown, the necessity, of a greater uti lization of the smaller pqrta so that the coneestiori Cot New' York.- Bostbn and'ialtlmorernieype rifleveflj tthea grawtn ot southern por$s.,wui nt,m with the general scheme of Waterways development1 and the distribution of th? nation's i. great : after-war. -, com merce among all classes of carriers. . in his statement explanatory of the rivers and harbors bill Representa tive Small directs attention to the interest shown both by the President, . ana me ,.itaiiroaa Auminisirauon in water, transportation, the President, he says, has allotted more than three million dollars for construction of boats - on (he. nper MisslssippL while the - rauroad administration is op- pointing federal managers for various inland waterways. J .i' --.i t c : " The United States is blessed far beyond the continent of Europe with bold streams affording the means of transportation but these ' streams have not been utilized simply because , it was not to the interest of the rail roads, that they should be utilized, and the railroads are so strong and Influ ential that they have controlled the situation. . . 4 To day railroad freights are con . gested and business drags. ' If the thousands, ofl miles of navigable in land waterways were being utilized, this congestion would not exist The problem of transportation has come to be a grave one indeed, but it could be easily solved by the utilization of the Inland waterways. The railroads . are standing as a, barrier against; wa ter transportation' and .the , business -, Interests ot the country suffer. How , much, longer shall this state', of af fairs be endured? ' i ,, ,.JHE RED CROSS ROLL Reports reqeived at 'American Red Cross, headquarters Christmas : eve showed that the total membership of the 1919 Red Cross. would, be well be yond 18,000,000. 'That means that the organization has , had added - to Its' treasury jthe great sum of 116,000,000. A big amount of work and a vast deal cf good can be done with sixteen mil lion dollars, and now that the war is ended, the legitimate expenses ot the organization should, be greatly reduc ed, so lihat the people should not be railed on for further contributions for a Ion time to come. , , , - What shall be sajd in praise' of the noble men and women who have work ed end made sacrifices in this great work ? It v were j dlffioult to say too much, for the deeds of heroism and lie vor!c of alleviation have surpass fd- !!ythl?!s of the kind ever known. The Arerican Red Cross stands be fore tho worlil today ag a triumph of the ChvLtiati' rel'slon,. and its work ers rrc r ToSvirgr rrsise andbelng acco?-;1; I ; -uit the world ovor. SHALL WE FORGET THE SOL- DIERS? -r:- - We repeat here a reminder we took occasion to make recently that during the fighting In Europe the American newspapers and speakers, and espec ially the speakers, stated emphatically that after hostilities ceased and the soldiers who were doing the fighting and enduring the heat and burden ot the day, should and of course would be given the preference in positions in both public and private that they were to have their "old Jobs" back, and those who wanted office could get it These emphatic declarations of, the debt due by the country and to be piid . by the country to "the returned soldiers always brought forth enthusi astic applause from the audiences. It Is too early yet for a development of the course the country will pur sue in regard to taking care of the returned soldiers in the way ot put ting them again in business, but there seems to be a disposition in political circles to forget or disregard the as pirations of the soldiers. in Virginia, Senator Carter Glass having been made a Cabinet officer, his seat In the Senate is being eagerly sought af ter by the men back home without waiting to find out whether there are any soldiers overseas who would like to be candidates. There are two North Carolina soldiers overseas CoL Albert t. Cox of the 113th Field LArtlilery and Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt of the 105th Engineer Regiment who have practically announced candi dacies for the Governorship, but we have heard nothing of the back-home candidates withdrawing from the race in favor of these soldiers. On the contrary, the list of candidates is get ting larger. - "The ingratitude of nations" is a trite saying, but it has proved a true one more than once in the past Let us hope that it is not going to prove true In regard to America's returned soldiers. THE NATIONAL GUARD Brigadier General Samuel T. An sell, acting judge advocate of the U. S. Army, has rendered an opinion to the effect that when the various units of the National Guard now serving with the Army shall have been discharged from the service they will be "wiped out" as military organizations. In January, 1918, the judge advocate's office decided that when National Guardsmen were , mustered oat" ?,of jbhe Federal service they would navert fgjtijnpattajr -atatufeand, atoft-itftj their . status . In the NatipnarTGuarcL now uenerai Anseu 4aysuiai ,ine January decision was based on ''mus ter out," and not on "discharge." . ' . There may be' some fine points in military law or ethics which the civil ian can not grasp, but it seems to us that General An sell is making a dis tinction withont a difference. Is there any difference between mustering out a soldier and discharging him from servicer. If there is any inexorable law or red tape which will retire to private life the National Guardsmen after they have been discharged, why ! not simply muster them out, so that they may "revert, to their military; status and also to their status In the National Guard,' : and, thus , allow them to remain in quasi military ser vice if-they so desire? If this could not be done, Congress or the Legisla tures of the different states should, at once take steps to place them on the footing they occupied before the war. -"--.-r--. '-' -v:? r" It seems to us that it would be ungrateful and unjust, to "wipe out" the National Guard after the glorious service it rendered In Belgium and Franco. : One thing is certain the National Guard has - proved "a very present help" from the time it served on the Mexican border up to the pres ent and it Is questionable if the United States could have rendered sufficient aid to the Allies without it Some ot 'the,' most important battles of the war were won by the Northern; Eastern,, Western .and Southern. ,sot dier who . constttnte . the ; National Guard. k They - have ; been tried . : and found patriotic, brave, hardy and easy to discipline,. The. great majority of them needed little training after they landed in Europe, and the record they made on the bloody, fields , of France and Flanders,: is one . tha not only went far toward winning the war, but reflected, honor and; glory - on .their country. FACING A PROBLEM, r 1 The delegates- to the peace confer ence in Europe, are; facing a problem which will be hard. to solve, and that la how to place some of the former autocracies on a self-governing basis and at the same -time prevent, them from descending ; to, bolshevism. The Saturday- Evening . Post very aptly says:--"Autocracy la government1 by the worst, elements at the top ; bol shevism is goveriment by the worst elements at the bottom.-.They differ in that autocracy is organized hell and bolshevism is hell let loose""" t The trpuble- seems to be in. the au tocratic countries that neither, the up per norvthe under crust has any con- ceptlon of what real freedom or liber ty is: ' every bent; ot , the autocratic mind ; Is toward . the ; doctrine of force, while that, of the bolshevik mind is to have revenge for centuries of i Injustice, while 'license, mistaken for liberty, holds full sway. y Th8 real leaven, that alone can 7 leaven the whole lump the bourgeois seems the pet aversion ot both autocrat and bolshevik. , ; . ' ; '' ; . France,, after passing through the fires of revolution, has emerged a tree and independent country,; where free dom is stabllshed on a firm basis. Switzerland is a model republic, but the' making of Some other nations in to democracies bids fair to be a dif ficult task. The '. Saturday Evening Post says: "Russia, Germany- and Austria are rid of their' old autocrats. The way has been cleared for them to choose a democratic form of gov ernment Russia has chosen f an archy. Germany and ' Austria have swayed toward' the abyss; ? , In the meantime, while the victori ous Allied nations are laying plans' to make the' world democratic, it will to well for America to guard her bul warks of freedom. The I. W. W. have been striving diligently to "turn loose hell" (as the Past would say) in America, and the bolshevikl are has tening to their assistance, and the on ly way to avert the evil is to root it out Again we quote trom the Post: "So in planning our new list of im ports, let us include only desirables. In planning our list of exports let us head it with, undesirables. Under our laws we send rotten food, to the dump because it is a menace : to health. Rotten men, who are poisoning Amer ica with rotten propaganda, belong there too. Why do they linger here when in Russia they can live the ideal that they preach? . Utopia yawns for them. Make them go to it We do not want them. America for . Americans and men who want to be Americans." That seems a clear vision. If on America has devolved the burden of making the world democratic, let America endeavor to have all the bol shevikl and the other discordant ele ments assembled in Russia or some such, hotbed of bolshevism , and an archy, where they can be taught .de mocracy in one big class. ' . AMERICA HONORED ' President Wilson was on Thursday accorded "an ovation in London Which has been seldom, equalled when royal' personages were -Great ; Britain's Kuests. TheAssociated Press has given agood acaant'bf the day's) pf(y ceeo1ngamtr"ii-J dia"bb"iead': byf every American man and- ' woman; America shonld thrill' with ' pride at this great ovation tendered its chief executive, not simply because -President Wilson was the central figure as an individual, but because he repre sented American.' democracy,. Ameri ca n institutions; American . meais, American traditions, which the great British Empire honored in the recep tion tendered. . To America the world Is. looking for lasting peace founded on Justice, and when so staid, sober, conserva tive a people as the ' British accord to America's chief executive an ova tion . which has seldom, been equal ed,' the evidence is plain that' the world has faith In America's might wisdom, . righteousness,; truthfulness and. Justice. , . , .. Again we t say , that . the America pevplp should thrill with pride at the magnificent . receptionv. given their President by the people of Great Bri tain' ' :, ' ' '. INTERVENTION IN RU38IA . It. has been announced recently that rhe Entente has decided against ex tensive military intervention in Rus sia Just at present We take it for granted that the Entente- powers know their ground, and do not intend to play into the hands of any faction in Russia that has more of selfishness in its alms and-actions than- of real dcrLe to serve Russia. " - , .. It veema , difQcnlt to - determine whether, or not thera.is any really. pa triotic organization actively at work Just: now in .Russia, and the only .re sult or -rextenslve military, interven- tion" . would perhaps mean assistance oi cue set of .bogus patriots against another ? set 'of ; bogus -patriots The proletariat are in the saddle in Rus sia. Perhaps- it is best to let them anil the anarchists scrap among them selves 'untilthey, become-xhausted and used' upr'andHben the real Rus sian .patriots the- bohtgeols tim go in and get their dues. , ? , ' , . 'IMMIGRATION NOT NEEDED, It is to be. supposed that the Unit ed States Government 'will at once take steps to prevent promiscuous inu migration to thf country; Consider ing the fact' 'that millions., of 'the young and active men of the belliger ent -European, countries were either killed or incapacitated during the war, it would seem, that emigration Would hot be dreamed ot in those countries but bolshevism,: assisted bjr the I; W. W.', is making-desperate efforts' to get a . strong foothold - in the " United States, and an flu of '.wild-eyedi scheming emissaries from Russia and Germany would be ot great assist ance. , ' . ,v r : The Saturday Evening Post,' in its purrent number, well, says we should look closely Into the nature ot our "imports,' lest there' fet , upon our shores hordes of rotten men to poison-America with rotten propaganda. We have too many of that sort ' al ready. The mere fact that all the men possible will jbe, needed In Eu rope for generations to coma will not deter anarchist and bplshevlk' propa gandists flora seekjng, to add largely to their riika ' 4 America. This vould bo a rkh field for them to ex- ' Beside the bolsheYlats, anarchists and fake socialists, thchampions, of democracy: still have .the German mil itarists to ebnted with,' tor though temporarily defeated 'they still, show Signs of considerable Ufe and activity; propaganda" 'to get "tfie world in to turmoil, militarism might again be able "to "assert itself not only in'Eu rope, but tn America. But conceding that the German mitarlstfl, pi secret ly encouraging anarchism, Could gain no foot-hold , ; for themselves, f; they might cause wide-spread trouble, which would be to their liking on ac count of the hatred' they1 bear to de mocracy. " '' '" ' The outlook for . settled conditions in this country," fW rfome ' time ' to come,' is not enboiiraglng. ' 'Av clamor is being' made for the" return of the railroads to private' ntanagement- So I . il a .1 L : lit ' I soon as tnai is nope wages- wui iw reduced, and then1 trouble will' begin We would not do the labor unions the injustice of charging them with.bein tainted with bolshevism, but Strikes by unions would make the bolshe vists, anarchists and all the- undesira bles doubly active in efforts to array labor against capital, -Anything to cause trouble and unrest is welcomed by anarchism, which hates all but lt-f self. ; . -!. .' v There is not a country in Europe which does .need re-development on account of the ravages of war, and each country needs ell its own men to do. that re-develogment, while the UmHe States heeds bo heip frop any of them.. Immigration' and' emigra tion are not in order anywhere, and will not be for generations to-come. ' 5 'ABOUT CTTOfif ';f 4 . , The , cotton crop'" fbl ' 19lf is "larger than ttmt of 1917. 'TTaking" local flg-' ures 'bu;'brth"CaToI!naV''we' find that -Sro 'to' bedeftrhiy'lil's. 'mttbfe'r' JaWfcotJa'gmtledSl6,')fi4rbate9- against ll,89T;bales'at the' same time last year; while Robeson County had ginned 51,678 bales, tkia year, against 43,718- bales last yeaC That is a . con siderable difference, and yet ,tbe price for this year is highejr than it was at this time- last yeapi It.apld on the Fayetteville market Friday ; for . 28 cents.. 'r,, . , i. - f-- . , Notwithstanding the fact that the "bears" are striving; to keep cotton down, it. is probable,, that it wlli.be higher, than, it is at, present There is no-reason why it should not as. the European mills wil) get well at work ere iong, ana me raw proauctwui ne greatly: in demand., . Unsettled condi; tions and the tardiness of the demob ilization of European soldiers are pre venting a-'speedy return- of industrial activity. , . . ,;';;. y. ; It the time should ever come when cotton was free from the shackles put upon . it by thb speculators, it would ask no odds'' of either" legisla tors, mahufacturera ' or r commercial agents, because its culture, manufac ture and use are absblutely essential, its necessity being sec6nd only to that of grain, which makes" bread-4he staff ot life; CottonS'tt King but, like some other kings,' semissaries andVcourtiers are doing all things pos sible to wedken its power;' while they themselves1 wax. rich through' their devious methods, '.'' KNOCKINGI KNOCKING! KNOCK-' V - - - ' . :.'! 1 - " " I- '-. -v , ...- ,. j. 4 . . . .-n "... ! Exercising a privilege which is Very dear to them and which : seems ,t.to have become ah ingrained habit, the American; people , at . least some , 6f them, .knocked '.the; ) Administratioh during the war; and are'cbhtinulng to do sonow thattW warr Ks. practically ended-. Nptwithstandinr the, fact that the '.War Pepartmen got together an army of more than two million' well equipped soldiers ..placed them in thirty-two ; large, speclaUy ' built , canton' menu and camps and then; sent them across the Atlantic ocean in a little -more than a year, the enemies, of the Administration, the pro-Germans and ' ' ' CHICKEN LIVEKS. ( . " ;;-';r,''. vj' ;-vA.tl '-:',tr"j:'i-: v '. An old hen has a much larger liver than.' you In proportion to. weight or food eaten.- Then it follows that they get bilious Just like you do. They are grouchy,- cross, - unhappy, Start her liver and make her happy, Then she will-lay eggsall winter. ; Come and get a package ot B. A- Thomas jrtiultry Powder... Jfeed, it occasional ly. 8eeryour hens -por up- hear them' sing- look for escs. Your mon ey back if it falls. A, S. Iluske. Advt. the pacifists knocked the. Department WltHOUt letUp. '' J-Hv - M S-r--s.r 1 Doubtless the . ; War Department made some mistakes during the, war,, but as It is composed of human beings, such was' to be expected. Let us go back a litUe: On AprU i ,6, 1917, the United' States declared : war on Ger many. The American army was small, ridiculously small,, lq comparison with the armies of the European powers. But after crossing the ocean and placing- in , the field more than two million men, America V did C that 'V fof which she set out, and on' November 11, 1918 -one year and seven months after the declaration war Germany and Aus tria' were forced to 'sign an armistice; It really seems, after a calm and dis passionate review; of the great work accomplished under the direction ot the War. Department, during? the ' period ot the ' war,' that the knockers would' :ease their knocking. ' But they have not done iso'.'VNo'w they- are knocking because the soldiers' are not being sent home 1 fast enough t6 suit' their idea One November" 11, the armistice was signed, antf alreadynot two months ater 600,000 soldiers hare imdergohe physical examination, been .'recorded ind dismissed from the service, while iousands have been "brought' 4 from France, and thousands more are arriv ing1 every 'day. ' ; ' i ,,; ' It should be borne in mind that these soldiers must each be examined phys- .cally and given discharge. ' That akes time and an immense amouflt of fforlc . vYet if it were: not done,, the chockers ' would' use their hammers vith a vengeance The solons of Con gress are calling on the War Depart ment to do away, with red tape and et the soldiers return home. The idea f Congress complaining ; about red tape!: The War Department to an im portant observer, seems to have the ork of demobilization, well in hand, is evidentlyIntent on doing things de cently' and in order," despite the lenseless, selfish knocking of the knockers. ' ' ' 'k little knocking now and' then may ierve a good purpose, but the contin ues nammenng now , being done is hannfuf and disgraceful.'; '' ' THE ELECTIOON IN BRITAIN. lApja George's . coalition party awept the field in Great Britain at the recent eJectiSn.' Quit', ofJoY seats in tlonists have 619, the Sinn Feiners 70 and the labor party-approximately 75. k 'W sinheifieVi Ma,U !'&kUtki le iiKWfldn 'tesUftiflsii' atflrlsTi'f parlisJoiBnf, refusmfer' tA ritC In M Btit Ish parliament Lloyd George will have still less opposition on the floor 3f the "House. ' '; : -r, .,:;.'.: Thswomen were Completely snowed under,'- only one of them Countess Makeives,- a ' Sinn Felner being elected. The labor candidates made a poor showing, not near sc ' good ; as they expected. Their' leader; Arthur Henderson, waB defeated. IL H. As- uith, fofmer premier, likewise'met de feat and the indications are that the political sun of the Asquithians has set tcr rise no more.- , The victory' ot the Coalitionists is very encouraging to the friends of de mocracy, who are rejoicing the world jver. . . ' ' CONSCIENTIOUS pBJECTORS. A slacker, one who seeks to escape military service in- the time : of ' his country's need, is contemptible under my circymstances,' but ' the1 so-called conscientious - objector is one of the most contemptible of the lot There are thousands ; of ' conscien tious objectors ,to military " service: in this country, men who are too good to raise4, their hands In. war against the anemies of their counttry, although those enemies commit ' murder ' and rape; rob and burn; Beef ore war was p declared, a large part of these sfrcail- sd conscientious objectors were in no way noted for thArlety bj regard for the welfare of their - felldW-mettS "-Tt ' donbtfnr1!? they "hadr- the tmbtest Idea of. what thef-"Quaker doctrine taught r (By the way, the' Quakers put thoser conscientious fellows to .blush by the rnahner in wfich; 'they 'the' Qus kerp) went to tie rescue of their' qoun try" during thi strfe.). TheX Norfolk ; yirginiaB-PlIot 'well tAva-?' y;-''-' "V. ' ' " ''':: 'L- ; .;,- . ' In the' first place, the, copBcientious objector passes under a- misnomer, A virtuous libertine .of .tender-hearted murderer would , be no . poro: contra dictory in, terms. 1). Is a gross, slander on conscience to attribute wrongful conduct-to' its guidance. Some ot the breed- allege- that military -' service would be a violation ot their religious scruples, and JU ao doing, without palt liatipg their own affense,. attempt to Share tne odIum"whloh they have ear ned with the faith which they profess. Jtf 1 , reilglonv-i unworthy1 the -.name which, .places devotion above .patriot. Ism- and falls to recognise that ful filment ;of duty; td Godr No man can be too holy to draw ms sword In a holy cause. The pfTeijsoB of which the eon. sclentiaus- pbjeotors have been- con victed speak tor themselves, They are either to be explained' as the attempts of cowards .to taVe rpfdge. brhind the skirts of religion or of traitors to dis guise their, treason In the mantle of ' tkati m NOTICE' .( t- r Semi-annual dividend, of four per cent.; to stock; B J holders of 'pl&Ti&tr S "' Pi THE HAT10HAL BANK .. r' ji, iir.rAir.i r.v n ' .. 1 a iltvlilOOrU NO TOYS OR CHRISTMAS GOODS wCt 3E TAKEN BACK OR Persons who have had iroods laid asi'de will blease 1 pay for them and get them(out sieayly :tomght, ,' giv0 delivery instructions at once; ? :'--..t"! A few packages were year aner naving oeen 1 ? c wuoniunc win tonight ; :' - .' ; Merry Christmas to es;40aii(l32 i. v. Horses Just Arrived ' ;" " '-' ' - '' ..-'-.-"''; -v r "'t V- ft'H'y v '''.V- All size mules and a good .assortment, of' horses. .' -six'cAE(ubs-op:Exi THE jftft Largest Indiyi sanctimonious hypocrisy.' m any event such creatures haveoeiteo all claim to be counted, as true Americans -i- It Is a noticeable' faot that these f- Oalled fconsolentlous objector: do hot- hesitate; to take, advantage of and en Joy the benefits coming to their coun try' and' community through ,the priva tion 'and. hardship endured , and' the blood shed by those ot' their fellow countrymen whtf !j had' no ' scrdplei against acting the- part of patriots,,--It la to vBe' hoped that the Govern1 menf, Instead of being lenient with the 'conscientious1 objoctors," J will , giVe them, the limit Ot the law, for they are a disgrace and hondrance' to' the land which affords them protection and suppprt , ' 1 v mm m-m mm rm ptp urn -' I, i1 t j 11 EXCHANGE!); kfton :oiir-hands, last VI.. Kept iOTtne?purchasers; :-,t ueueii, on our xuuias alter v , ' ,4- all. v'. !J ill MvtiU'Jt. LOT "ftvi i.-i i'-fii W , f : ' Two German tifllcials. Baron Von den Inckenf; andV Dr,'. Rieth fwho J ere . : very jromineht in the German idnin-.: ,1aMttoA'viri(lcbb4 Belgium have ' had .theeffronteiy-.to applp idmInisteatQr'::Hoove5 for food. suprv pljer tor iGerminy.,' .'VYhlla Mr. Hqov-, er,useda: naughty-word' ia, b( TplS" to these worthies, he hit the nail on-, the head in, a way to suit all lovers oft, i Justke,,. Wr. Hoove said; ,' . "Yoli' can., desoribei two and-, a- half,, years of ,arro;eance; toward1 ourselves and cruelty,. to the Bolgiaps' Is, any language you may select and tell ttie pair personally to go to hell, with my ' compliment,. 'If i do have to - deal with Germans, It will not be with that pair." ' - k ' 1 1.
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