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FAYHTTEVILLn OBSERVER, -7EDrISDAYr JArmAHY n, 1C1 THE OBSERVER ' rouiuia BT TBI fiTlTTITILH OBIMVIB COMHWT ! I, ), HALl.fBMIDiHt. 0M11VI1 fODHOlD 1817. BuBlDMg offiCS............ ... Ml Editorial otPce. . v'w'i'.'. . ., v;....80l SUBSCRIPTION PRICES ', On' year (payable la advance,. J6.Q0 1 Six montus (payable la advance). S.00 months (payable In advance). 1.60 Collected by carrier by the week. : M The Weekly Observer 1 year,,,. 1.60 culture all enuffed out as the light of a candle, "For a thousand years In (Its sight are but as yesterday, as a watch In the night." - , ontf red at the poetofflce In Fayette , ' t n.rnnd rin mall matter , WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1919 In 1919, when wan" and rumors ot wars shall be no more and peace shall reign, la it to be a lasting peace? Who' can tell? ' Men flushed with victory and puffed VP by. the acclaim ot their follow may forget the straight path, and from arrogance go to self-seeking, and from self-seeking to desire for conquest, and so by stages back to war, It would be well for the rulers. statesmen, leaders and diplomats, when they ko Into the peace conierence, ,w have ever-in their hougbts the words of Paul: "It is not expedient for me doiibtless to glory. For when. I am weak, then am I strong." ( NEW YEAR GREETINGS In sending New Year greetings'; to its patrons and readers, The Observer j sincerely wishes for each prosperity, happiness and usefulness during 1919 There Should exist between writer and reader a mutual interest and a mutual understanding, and we trust that in the past, we, have, advanced some thought or championed some ideal which has struck a , responsive chord and led to flutual benefit., Where sor row has laid its hand, we extend sym pathy; where happiness has shed its ,, lights we catch the reflection of its ' t rays. And in the language of, Dick- ' ens' Tiny Tim In "Christmas Carols' we say, "God bless us every one." Would we be happy and contented during the eoming days, we should seek to be useful; we should catch the " Inspiration of service. Material sue cess may crown our efforts, fame may - be won, ambition may be gratified, but ; after all, In these things, only self Is ministered to, and self, feeding on self, ' brings the ashes of discontent Iff our . -strivings during the year 1919, let us honi- In mind thn words of Him who ' spake as never man spake,' "I came , not to be ministered unto but to min ister." There we nave the secret of tnie.success In life- ' , . . Dear readers, we wish yon well, and we trust that we can prove the sin-J ceretyof the wish by Serving you faith v fully and acceptably during the year 1919. . ;. V ' MR. WILSON AT MANCHESTER. President Wilson teited Manchest er, England, Monday and be was giv en the freedom of the city and more specially made to feel at home than at any place in Europe he has yet vis ited. This is ; accounted for by the fact that Manchester, which Is in the heart of England, is the most demo cratic city in the kingdom. The gener. al atmosphere of all the proceedings was intimate and friendly, and often the people got near enough to shake his hand. ' An Associated Press correspondent Bays In regard to the Manchester vis it: "No other audience during his European appearance has absorbed the President's utterances so eagerly, so understanding!, and bo Quickly re sponded to his every Important point No other audience has resembled bo noticeably the character and types of people to whom the President has been accustomed to speak at home. Perhaps this was because Lan cashire has contributed so many cit izens to the United States and has such close connections and follows American affairs with keener interest than most European countries." The most Important pronounce ment of the President's Manchester speech , and the Associated Press says, the most important be has made in England, was ; that the United States would make no covenant with any powers except one wUh-alMhej powers. This was not lost upon Msr. 19181919., Into, the year 1918, now closing, world " affairs of vast "molWefct" have been crowded,' and the trultlqn of ef forts for the advancement of mankind to higher and better things apparent ly has been realized. A great victory of Right against Might has been won, ' ' bo far as the fighting is concerned. And sow remain the battle of brain, ' the repression of 'selfishnecs, the ef- fort, to so think and act that Justice may prevail and Right may e; the guiding star at the peace conferences and in the reconstruction councils. ,', We shall not attempt to review the chronicle of 19i8 events. That were t too great a task -in our short -space, while the smoke of battle has not yet cleared way sufficiently to get a com- prehensive yiew of the' situation. 5 We - only know up to this time that the menace of a great world calamity has been removed, and that over , fertile fields laid waste, cities razed and ruin ed, homes made desolate, valleys and hills dotted with graves, the sun of ' Peace is shining once more. God grant that the clouds of war and hatred andj lot reproach to Mr., Wilson In the Injustice' and barbarism may no more fact that ."the common people heard gather. The world' wants lasting Mm gladly," because (he doctrine he . peace. The world needs lasting peace, preaches is a. doctrine suited to the ' In the year 1918 a great victory at needs of the people. In Manchester the arms was won by the AlSed Powers audience responded more eagerly and over the Central Power?. But In the! understandingly to his every Import- year 1919 a g exter victory yet must! ant point than any European audience be won if he wo-ld is to be safe for to which he has spoken. The President r r.'It'v". " Pfy and world-wide, eould not have been seeking to pro ,eate V ut; a' 3 sn ice to others must! mulgate any "dangerous." "socialis- rrevoij . Iyi-j hypocrisy and, self- tic" : or "pro-German" doctrine . be- soeking nust te set aside. If these cause nis jaancnester auaience,, maae things on-e to raw, then the pouring nP.? 4116 highly Intelligent people of England closely resembled the char: for the Southern ports that the rail roads have been under 1 government control, for otherwise it Is doubtful If these ports wpuld have had a "look in." 1 VV".: 8. R Winters, writing to the Rat elgh Mews and Observer from Wash ington says: ' V; .' The railroad , administration has promised to furnish the freight tor these cargoes that will Journey f ' w Wilmington and the otner four sea port towns on February 15 to Cuba. The trips tq foreign ports will be pe riodical events from these five seaport centers. Ships will convey American manufactories to other countries and Import to this country the products needed in the course of mutual trad ing. The congestion, ot traffic at in land cities will be thus relieved. It is understood that the cargoes on the Initial trip to Cuba will consist of produ6ts-diverted from railroad traf fic commonly tled-up in the Middle West Whether meat or corn, the story will be the same. In other words, the railways will share with Inland waterways the overtaxed burdens of freight' The development of Southern ports is self-evident , if -the plans measure up to the program. , , ' Right here we see the great advan tage to be derived from the plan of shipping from the nearest port and the determination to have the freight moved speedily There is much en couragement to be gotten also fpr the friends of inland waterway utiliza tion in the action of the Railroad Ad ministration to take steps that will really move things promptly and do away with congested freight condi tions. The inland waterways have had but litle showing in the past, but it seems as if the shackles are being removed and the way made open for these natural channels ot transporta tion. In the meantime it wfil be interest ing to note the opposition that Will come from the North and East now that Southern ports are going to be utilized. These sections are Jealous of the South's even having a few mil itary camps, though the South is the proper location for them, but when it comes to utilizing to the fullest Southern ports and Southern Inland waterways (that do not connect with Northern or Eastern waterways) what a racket will be raised!' hearers. In other words Mr. Wilson showed at Manchester that he and the government he repesents have no thought other than to keep the faith and deal Justly and 'squarely with all the countries' that are - parties to the peace compact to be' made. There' have been carping critics and enemies who have indirectly charged that Mr- Wil son was going to Europe wjth some thing up his sleeve, and that he could not be trusted. One thing has been very noticeable in the great gatherings v In Europe which have seen and heard Mr. Wil son: The PEOPLE have shown mark, ed enthusiasm and seemed deeply im pressed with him. Again we are led to say that Mr Wilson's enemies bare taken occasion to einresa Tempt and forebodings because the people of Europe were enthusiastic oyer the PresidenTs visit It is natural that they should ,be because he has been -proclaimed the people's friend and the champion of their rights. He has stood ; consistently , "for" ;, world-wide democracy, and the war against Ger many was a war to break down autoc racy and establish world-wide democ racy. Certainly there can be no cause out .of the bl od anl treasure will not have been in vain. If these things do not come to pass, then the battle will have been fought and won in vain. A year the short span of twelve months: Within that brief ' time (in which America was at war) thousands of brave men in the flower of youth have been cut down and yet on those same bloody fields of Flanders, France and Italy war And rapine Jbave been stalking, at intervals, for centuries. Doughty warriors have fought and tied and had their triumphs or suffered their defeats only to pass from the stage after a brief span. All have "gone to mix forever with the ele ments, to be but brothers to the lp sensible rock and to the sluggish clod which the rude swain turns with hiB chare and treads upon." Yesterday , the. soldiers : of Britain, Belgium, France, Italy and America fell in bat tle. Today they, are with the hosts ot Caesar and Charlemagne. V.. ,A year, a decade, a century, a thous- - and. years of war, pestilence, limine, barbarism feeble strutting, suffering, Borrow, joy, pleasure,' enlightenment, acter ; and types of people to whom he has, been accustomed to speak at home, and In America the Intelligent representative " audiences will not stand for anything but pure democ racy. 1 Mr. Wilson is making a fine impres. sion in Europe, and it is being made specially on the class of people who are the, safest sanest and most re liable class for the cause of democ racy the bourgeois or middle class. THE SOUTHERN PORT8. 'Announcement has been made that the initial voyage of a commerce-laden ship, under the direction of the South Atlantic Maritime Association will be made from Wilmington to Cuba on February 15. Simultanepwsff' ships will sail from CharlestonBrunB- wick; Sayannah and Jacksonville for Cuba, ' ' ; ' , Senator, Simmons has donemjuch toward placing the advantages of the Southern ports in connection with the Cuban-end Pouth AmerioRn-trade, before Director General of RailrdadB McAdoo, and it has been fortunate 100K8 LIKE TROUBLE AHEAD The Indications are that Germany hasv ' not been - whipped thoroughly enough, If the news from Poland be true, there la Btill some work - for the Allied forces w do. Two stories come from Poland of rioting' and mur der,! which should ha" cleared up,' and after . being cleared . up, ' a -remedy should be applied. On Sunday last killing and plun dering were done in Posen, Polan-1 One story Is that Germans raided Jewish houses killing 26 persons and wounding many. It is reported hat the Jewish synagogue was destroyed The t Berlin newspapers, howevt-r. print accounts of the affair as trouble between the Jews and Poles, not Get-. mansr"Theyv have 1 it ' that the Jews fired on the Poles from ' the syna gogue, whereupon the Poles directed artillery fire against the building, de stroying it The German papers print long stories of" this Jewish-Po lish trouble and add that Germans, ii the mix-up, were attacked and robbed In the streets. - ' ' A story comes" from Warsaw, how. ever, that German soldiers started the trouble In Posen. This version of the affair is that German soldiers racrnit- ed In Poland," angered at the recep tion given Paderewskl by-the Tolos, formed a counter parade shouting, "Posen is a German ! town." They tore down flags of the Allies and sang "Die Wacht am Rhine" and "Deulsch land uber Alles." This action, it is said, the Poles naturally resented, 'and fighting followed. ' , , We are inclined to think that the Polish story " is the true one. it' is exactly In accord with the German character and with the past course of the Germans to start trouble and put the blame" for the starting on oth er - shoulders. The Germans - have proved themselves traitors and liars and entitled to little consideration. In the first place, how is it that armed German soldiers are in Poland?, An armistice was signed, : and i by , the terms' ot that armistice the Germans were to . lay down ' their i arms i and keep tb peace But here " cpmes story that German soliders kill and wound Jews and destroy Hhelr syn agogue in Poland. We thought that the, time had come when the butch ering of Jews, Armenians and Syrians was to cease-rthat one of ine issues of the war between the Allies and the Central Powers was the barbarism of slaughtering defenseless men, women and children." .It has been made plain that the Germans are responsible for much of he atrocities of the Turks, while ' they V (the . Germans) have against them a black catalouge ot mur der, rape and pillage In Belgium and France; so It is easy to believe that they were the aggressors in the Po&en trouble. At any rate, the matter should be investigated by the Allies, and'tf Jews were killed and their synagogue destroyed, the guilty . ones,.1, whether Germans or Poles, should be summari ly dealt with. The Allies have con stituted themselves the champions pnd protectors of the down-trodden and defenseless, and they should be Von to their Jobs." 7 N - ' : ' There arises here the ." question, "Was the war ' ended too soon? Have the Germans been beaten tho roughly enough? Jt looks as if be work has not been finished. We are hearing something now. of active participation of 'Germans with - the Bolshevikt and of German militarists preparing to start a counter revolu tion' in Germany.; It the Allied forces had invaded 'GflrmuEV behind a flee ing German army and Bet up military rvle in Berlin, Wj would have hears! nothing of German asgressyer-.ose, of "victoriouB-defeated"; Germany, ot returned German troops ' marching through the streets ot German towns with bands playing "'Peutsehhnd ler Alles."' Is it going to be necessary tor. the Allies to iinteh the Huncom tted defeat of Germany, to literally :ush these people to earth ) that they can do no more devilment, .not only in the way of active aggression against their defenseless ' neighbors, but in underhanded methods and In trigue with such countries as Russia? The Allies may. count on one thing- It they do not keep a very tight' rein On Germany, Germany Is yet going to do a . vast amount of harm through the Bolshevik! of Russia. . . THE SODIRS AS FARMERS As all of our readers doubtles are aware, a plan has been launched for the government of the United States tojlace many of the soldiers r eturned from Europe ' on landsj how . lying waste, in order that these soldiers Way not only become.. Independent cltl'iem, but may help to build up the country and develop agriculture. It : is not for us to criticise, the plan, for wise and experienced, heads have, been at work on it and they doubtless know what they are about But great care should be takenthat no element of graft or exploiting shall enter; into the business not graft or exploiting on the part of the Government but on the part of land owners and . land agents to make a nice speck by tre sale. of land which has heretofore heen drug on the market. It may be con tended that surely no Individual or combine wpuld seek; to, graft, on so worthy an undertaking as . one ; to furnish homes foj; .Boldiert who have fought..for,,thBjr,j:ountryf,!ibutter4: erice proves thasttch .things were done during the progress of the war, and it is natural to presume that they will be attempted, in the -carrying out of the present plan'..' . - . ' 1 This Boldiers' land ,project is going to cost the .Government .millions or dollars even though, it is ; simply an experiment, and Uncle Sam should be chary'lest'he fall into the hands of designing men,, who, through greed of gain, would unload on him, thereby noonly giving a, set-back to the pro-' Ject,; but. placing,, the soldier-farmers on worthless land which no experi enced farmer would touch. - Of course the . soldier-farmer : plan is praised as a wise movement and one perfectly feasible, s but the public Is always quick to endorse big pro jects without stopping to Investigate, while the designing ones! naturally make It their business to boost where they see something for them. Let Uncle Sam, go slow and act on his own hook in this land business, without any assistance from rpurely disinter ested"' parties, and he will jjo doubt soon find that he is on the, ngnt tracx, "THE COAUMINE8 HAVE BEEN DESTROYED." Herbert C. Hoover, In a report on the condition of affairs in Northern France, says that, added to tbe genera al 'devastation wrought by the Ger mans, "the coal mines have been de stroyed.". It Is hard to conceive of thi depth of barbarism to which a people have descended when they ; deliber ately set to work to destroy the works of Nature from which men are to sup ply Iheij needs to sustain, life and conduct businessc Mn Hoover says "The entire industrial life of the re gion has been destroyed by the Ger mans. There s scarcely a single fac tory' that can be operated Without very large portloh of new equipment. The coal mines are totally destroyed, and the net work of railways in this region has been rendered almost hope less of reconstruction for . many months." "This awful state of desolation has been hrought about,'' it must be re membered, by the Germans, who today have the effrontery to complain that the armistice , which -the 'Jigned. on November 11 too bard on tbem Leaving ou the "murder, of old men, women and children, the rape, the bru tal treatment -which can never, be atoned for. these barbarians should be made to pay to (He last farthing tor the'Work'' of -'destruction,: they:, 'have wrought in the Allied countries, even heavens fall." , 'U 4 It though It may require a century ot deprivation on their part The exi gencies of :war and military taptlcs cannot be given as an excuse for the desolation wrought by the Germans, The destruction, ot bridges, the tear- ng up of a tew miles ot railway tracks to -prevent transportatn of tVoops may be admissible In the conduct of warfare, but the razing of fine cities, the obliteration of villages, the ruin ing of the soil of farms, the. cutting down of shade' trees and fruit frees, (he destroying of coal mines these are acts ot barbarism and sins against the whole population of a '., country which God' requires that man, as his agent shall demand account for from the doers.' God" made the "trees, the .... land,' the coal for the use of His chil dren, and woe be to that nation which, with hatred in their hearts, shall ruth lessly destroy them. ' '. " When a bill of damages is to, be paid, the first .essential is to settle on who is to pay it, arid the next is to collect it Gerald 'Stanley Lee, writ ing in the Saturday Evening Post, has the correst idea. He says: "The main fact about the Germans the fact put ot wich all the other facts- have to be drawn and used is that the German people, Individually and collectively, are .the people to send the bill to ter this war; and anything the Germans, expect of us or that we expect pi tnem in dealing with them that does not put this fact first is gat ing to prove to be sentimental and reckless an act of -treason to some millions of dead . soldiers in their graves iand to our children in our homes After all what real reason, is there. why we. should single out the Kaiser from eighty mil lion Germans and Bend the bill to him, to try to get a bill paid by a ghost or by a dissolving mist of a Kaiser? Why should forty nations' In settling up for this work put off with one Kaiser ? The Kaiser is just a typical German. He is what any German would be if be could. There are eighty million Kaisers in Germany, and we should go along the row of them one after the other until the :war s settled up tor. 'We' may say it sadly and without wrath and we may think of them as heing in a pi teous state now, but they got tljere by being bullies and by bootlicking to bullies. They are ;not giving us the slightest sign today that they know it; they are not even sorry,; , : It Is a. scandal tor the German people, to stand off how In rows from Coloene to Munichj,ina njtwK tp.elpic.ianftj wumo 10 uuuui;ou vuuuaauu ;cB,mevor ries in forty nations, 'birr Kaiser, he did it,' and then expect calmly to make treaties oh equal terms with the people In other nations, as if the German; na tion were ' a great vague- beautiful giant-angel nation, appealing ,to a world in the tragic dignity of a great defeat! ',' ' Why s should ', the German nation do wrong, heap up self- indulgence and taoral cowardice, hav ing all the fun of sowing the wind for a hundred years and then calmly ex pect forty nations to step in and reap her Whirlwind for her? They deliberately have stood up and encouraged ' their '" Kateer. The tone of the Kaiser's speeches for thirty years is all anybody needs to know about eighty million people. TheyJ stood It - The' fact .that, they stood it is the main fact America has to face" Jn arriving at the practical wayB of .dealing with the Germans." Mr. Lee writes very plainly, but, he writes truthfully and Justly. ' The Ger man people, individually and collect ively, should bemade to pay for the destruction they have done, Somebody must pay for it why not the destroy ers ? .Germany has not suffered from the war except In the just slaying of thousands of her brutal soldiers. Let her pay from now on, and it she has to sweat blood In the, paying it will be the better for the world and for her own people. -A severe measure of suf fering Is what the German people need, ft may bring repentance, something which they have not shown so far.. THE IIATIOIIAL BAI1K STATEMENT CLOSE OF BUSINE83 DECEMBER 81st, 1918. . ...... ti . . . .f 1,273,581.15 ......... ..4..f ! Loans and discounts ... . TJ. S. Bonds...! War Savings Stamps .. Real Fsiate, Furniture and Fixtures m m ti ".. Bonds, Securities Account,.. Redemption.,, .... Stock Federal Reserve Bank"... Cash and Due from Banks 279,SB0.T1 - '2,421.87 22,570.65 ' 8,687.60 '. "7,500.00 8,400.00 631,940.89 . Capital Btock. .. 1 ' ' ' . Circulation . Surplus and profits, . DEP08IT8.-;' ... i Dividend" account. ; i " 12,228,401.87 ' ; t,Xi : i...... I 100,000.00 v 60,000.00 .''23,705.89 2,045,529.98 , 4,166.0Q . u ' ' '., ' 82,223,401.87 J. H. Culbreth, President; Jno. R. Tolar, Vice-President;' A. B. Mo- I t ' Millan, CaBhler; T. .Shaw, Asst. Cashier;' r; L. Holland,, Jr As- f sistant uasnier. ' - - ; 1 , . ' E. . H, Mo . We wish to extend to our friends and patrons tbe season's greetings , y We hope to make 1919 the biggest year in our history. -1 . .. " We are adding from time to time new lines and we will be glad to serve all. ,..!' ' We. have just put iii a large stock of WALL PAPERALL KINDS, SHADES AND TYPES. ' THIS IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST ASSORT ED STOCK and your taste can be satisfied and the prices are so reasonable they will surprise you, ' i Also a car load of churns earthen ware,' pick le jars, preserve jars, flower pots, all sizes, - and many other useful articles in this line.' " ' 1 ' When hi need of anything call phone 40 or t ' j 32. c We have two phones in order to give better X .HUSKE HARDWARE HOUSE I ifiiH AjS iitc' (a i PKones 40 attdv32.v 1 -l' XiT 3- CAPE f EAR RIVER TO. BE DREDG- The movement of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce for the; dredg ing ot Cape Fear JRlver between Fay etteville andf Wlmlnton, followed ;hy a visit, to Washington by Secretary- Manager ff . V. H. King l connection with ,; the matter, has brought torth fruit-r-the river' will be dredged.' J'A dispatch from Washington says:. , f Washington, Jan. ; 8. The bouse rivers and harbors committee, 'by an amendment to the appropriation bill, voted an additional $21,000 for the completion- pf the work pf making an eight-toot channel in upper Cape, Fear CHICKEN. MVEKS, 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. Tney are grouchy, cross, unhappy. Start her liver and make her happy. Then she will lay eggs all winter. V Come and get a package of B. A. Thomas poultry Fowdeiv- Feed it occasional, ly. See your hens pern up hear them sing look for eggs. Your mon. ey back if It fails. A. S. Huske. Advt ,' 'Ks.'5 J ' 1 Ovbr 600 Mules; and Horses Just Arrived ,A11 size ttiules and a' good assortment of horses. ...;:, K1', - 'vk'!.".;1 v.'1:,v;''':'. J;.;';,;J!"''C'', . '''N, -....,v',.';';i.',,j'".'" if4 , J . t - ;SIX CARLOADS OF EXTRA" BIG MULES D", ,..... .TUELOr -' . ,. :.n. ?. .., : -,y n. i . s. n i . ' :'. .-( . - r .. .. . ..,'....(..-. - ,..,"i-;V ;..---. 4 y-r, frtt-.-VAHV'i V ' SUITABLE FOR HEAVY HAULING. ij. LL C. : t ; BEVI i - - ; , X-XXXXX;XX4XM ' Largest Individual Dealerin the South ':i:XiXXXlX :'Xt' 0:'M'r) xt FAYETTEJVILLE, N C. XXX X"XXV 1 -;i X1 px'x r Fiver from the mouth te Fayetteville, N. C. Engineers eaid the appropria tion of $30,000 fof the work was' n sufficient. and the -committee , agreed - : t l gmithers Bays the folk in his tteigh borhood ere giving very little thought to "the freedom pf the" se ai", : They, are the rather concerned- over freedom; of new land from stumps, r '' .Washington, Jan. .-A stprm. warn ing'disptch. fi the 'AtJiutJo poast to day were ordered changed to sxorth- west trora Cape patteras to flew york, and northwest . storm warnings, were ordered from Bridgeport, Conn to rortland - Wind will , .shift'' to the northwest-this afternoon and tonight, aud will pVulatly reacli'..dle' iorbe to night by snow flurries and much cold Wind.'; , .'' ' I : " ' 7 ::;
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