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Three Months
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gust'S l&i3 at tiie postblliceiait' Con
conir -North Carolina tinder the Aet
of March 3; 1879.
WEDNESDAY .FEBRUARY, 7 1917
HOW - OUR -ENTRY ;-: INTO THE
PRESENT WAR .'ijyiLL ; EFFECT
- - germa":;.;-;'-;?:
Germany no doubt weighed" care
fully; the 'adTjantages and disadvanta'
ges tb eome from 'our entry, into the
war before she dispatched jthe last
note to" our - government and there
can be no doubt: that she decided tlat
our entry into the war could only be
"of benefit to her. . ' ;
v Germany? knpws that our army in
the present conflict would .-fhe a mere
nanaiui oi. men ; comparea wiui iae
millions already arrayed against her
and could add little to the fighting
strength of the Allies. She ' .also
' knows that the fleets of the Allies do
not ' need our fleet, for the . combined
fleet of all the other powers can never
go into the Kiel Canal. , Germany
knows that American supplies : have
been feeding -her enemies and that
American shells and ammunition have
been furnished them- in enormous
quantities. J Germany also knew that
as,long as she obeyed the pledges in
the Sussex not jf May,. 4,; 1916 that
we would continue to aid - the Allies.
y She . knows that if. she can : prevent
American - ammunition and supplies
from . reaching the allies ' that ; her
chance for winning the war' are im
mensely inci eased. .
. InUie Eussex not there was one
condition which reserved md that
condition was that our government
.compel England to adhere to the rules
of international law with " respect to
the- trade of neutrals." ' Germany's re
cent action tells us in so many words
mai we nave ianea to compel jngiana
to. respect our rights as neutrals and
that she will no longer pay any res
pectrto them.: '
LOOKS LDXE A DECLARATION OF
WAR MAY BE EXPECTED
Developments have come with "star
tlmif rapidity A between - the- United
States and Germany within the past
few days. ; ::::y; ' . - ' '
The ' iiote: of . Germany to our gov
ernment and the other neutral na
tions on the last v day of the month
advising them that the German' gov
ernment would at once proceed to in
discriminate use of the submarine
came as a great surprise to President
Wilson and nis cabinet on Saturday
the President , advised Congress "that
passports had been delivered to the
German Ambassadorand that Ambassador-
Gerard had ' been advised to
ask the Berlin government, for his
passports. r
This probably means a declaration
of war witiiin the next few days; The
consensus t of ' opinion in Washington
circles seems to be that a-declaration
of war will not follow until .some
overt act shall have been committed
by .the German submarine. Hardly
the President ceasing addressing .a
. joint session of the Senate and "House
x swheniievfS ; jras received that an
Ariierican vessel had been sunk! If
the facts, in connection with the sink
ing of this vessel are in line with the
threats of the last German note, the
Washington , government can do not
hing less than declare- war on . Ger
' many if it would preserve, the honor
'and dignity of this nation.
r' EQUALITY DESIRABLE : ;
. . Apologists for the present elector
al college method 'of electing a presi
den say that it has worked no injury
to either party. But it has worked
an injury to the country. Under the
present system a plurality . of the
vote cast in a - state carries the en-J
tire electoral vote of the state. Noi
one oustide the state, therefore, pays
much atention to the means taken to
prevent a fair eleciont.; But if. the
vote were dicrect . for presidential,
candidates, a vote from Louisiana
would count for . as much as , a, vote
from Indiana and no more, and every
Republican in Indiana, would - insist
that every Republican in Louisiana
should, have a chance to vote, and have
his vote honestly counted. A full vote
and a. fair, count would "have, left
Woodrow Wilson s several . hundred
thousand votes behind . in, the .recent
election. And the country. would" have
been far better off. : -
President Wilson has" laid the1 re-;
port of the American: section of the
Joint Mexican-American international
conference : before- his ' cabinet We
opine that it contained :a; date liney a
"Mr. - President', a - large "t 'goose-egg;
And a respectfully submitted". r
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and Doctor ' Pratt of rth Buxatf" of
Foreign and Domestic ; ; Uominerce,
have fxjrimJititrjW:
vnce' xis' that todustrMly " Allies,
are dead pnfeSjjHana wenedier:
o fear competiti
British Boa'r(i 'of Trade repbrt9.at
dunng' the alendarvyeai-1916 Great
Britain mcreaedher xpOTts oyer
1915 bver $590,000,000; torT f ron $lr
86T,000,OOp ,in l915 to $2,45700 JOOO in
-1916. T. Thev Board repom that ;tne
principal export increases .w;ere. s in
manufactured articles,- including a
gain . of ; over $155,000,000c iny, cbttoii
textiles. Exports.,- Exports : of pt
tonrgoods to-Central and South mejS
ca increased over S,Q0Q,000. yardsf,iand
to the ; United ( States- 2,600,0p0 ,yatds.
The chief unpprt . increases -wee ! in
foodstuffs and. raw materials, includ
ing cotton to the value of ..$14000,1)00
And yet Great: Britain lias ,000,000
men under arms, ands pUngU $28.
000,OOOVdailjr to jkeep the European
cauldroi boiling. v Yhat JohnjBull will
do to us;iafte'Vthe;warirlf tte Wilsonj
Underwood tariff , fetter dre hot tru
ck cfiV is a plenty . Our imports from
the United Kingdom during the ' first
11 months of 1916 increased $59;00p
000, and .Great Britain'sends us manU
facturedi goods." ;: -
NO DICTATION FROM OUTSIDERS
r "It is a waste of liathertQ' ihaf
an ' ass". This "homely proverb r is of
Spanish origin, we. believe. vJft
finding: application, in the i want at-i
tention which Republicans are paying
to the . lamentations ' of , . .George W.
Perkins because . thd Republiciinsi- Nat?
iohal Committee has shown purpose
to attend to? its own business without
first securing a.fn approved prdgrammt
from him. It is hard'to tell whether
Perkins is : more, surprised 6t .pained,
at this. To befsure, he chose ani in
opportune moment fpr .boiling, oyer;
inasmuch as that other shining j light
of high finance Toni- tiawsonV: was
then monopolizing the front page. In
addition he had little of. intrisic nerit
ih his contention. y.His-cpmplaint was
that the? Republican party, of. .which
he is . not a member,' would -not do as
he wished; that he r would, not deal
with sub-committee; and, that he. waA.
ted to go before. , a full .; . committee
which had ; shown no ..inclination to
listen to him. The people Just now.
have. . other things- to think of which
are, of moire consequence:, V 1
GETTING; TO BE MORE IHUMANE
Everything ; v . ; -J " '::C-" :i '
Senator Allen, of Wayne v county,
has introduced , a bill which would ab
olish capital punishmentin this, state,
except in eases of . criminal t assault,
and then: there must be two or; more
witnesses against the defendants
We hope this f bill will ' become .a
law. Capital- punishment belongs to
another age. . To th'e age . when - men
did murder because it Was a ' sport
To r the age' when Rraco wrote his
laws in bloods: To the age when Tam-
merlane butchereoTpeople and called
himself - the great 1 general. - To. many
people there is something-.. abhorrent
aboutr these udicial murdersV We no
ted in Guilford recently ' that many
men " when tasked question . if they
were opposed to capital punishment
said they -were, It has been ascer
tained by men who"" make . a? study, of
such things " that the electric- chair
does not' decrease crime. It has 1een,
found guilty Of crime escape al
together becauseitiries" will "not . find
nrst degree .murder . which ; means
death. " V' ; o)vV
Tb 'put 'a man up for life." To; take
awsi'y f rom his forever -his liberty
To niaVe . himwbrk-for the state his
full allotted time, is better business
than hanging him or cooking himto
death with! electricity -IThe hang
man haS ;been- a long time ori -the
screen. . Human beings do .not fear
death if they are frenzied and v have
murdered in their ' heart. When v the
French revolution was on , the heads
man had as many as fifty victims a
davthe blood stained axe of the
fulliotine. didn't stop, .people - from
doing what they wanted to do. There
will always be criminals in the yorld
There wiir be vicious, ones--but they
can be restrkiner Steel cages aid
iroh bars and guards i will protect So
ciety. Capital punishment is believed,
in by man.; We have always been op
posed to it. - We t have ; ever' insisted
that a life 'sentence was better for So
ciety.. We hone the- Allen bill will be
come a law. Perhaps not this time
but gradually we are going to it;
DOESN'T get far:
Everything: : :.:'
The "trade at. home"; slogan doesnt'
cet f ar r it seems, Sears; Roebuck :
Co., the big, Chicago mail order house
has - just declared atwehtyfivepet
cent stock dividend increasing the en-J
tire capital toi seventy-live ?? million'
dollars.- All but eiht mtllion - V is i
common s stock and; the ? dividend ' rate'?
was: increased on that - from1 seven 'to (
eight per cent. ; Think ;of the enbrH
mous ; profits . this ; one : concern has
made, and . then wonder if it ispos
sible to get people to trade at home.
Seems not-'.:;.:, v;,; "'-"'.-: I
i fttture Jay itwill
be rUca. larger , than nowestiznaul
And tne oniv wav to raise tne lcaie
eed 1 Jo,. jheii .ho: have it,' The
American people sUt
cess. When repuhins-were in
powiryprpro
hel trtosuryf falwas ifull; and
trade' he' gave a; bond issue in time'
of'jegalnth 4 e -Republicans:
eame into- pover. McKihley.- and pro-.
Uctionwas the: slogan.',; .The: full diii
nerVpail Icame, to succeed the empty
oneand we soon had hiore money than
we knew what to do; with. . The Span
ish -war came ok and we turned to the
adhersive 'stamp cto help -biit, .but'. we
didn't ;ieed' to i carry l.that far.' ; The
revenues were so great that we stop
ped ..using' ;stoinps rofli ,wir checks 1 be
forethe' time limit;: t There was - no
defidk;v;There was no selling bonds.
There;! was : no - income taxwhich
Thdinas ' j effersbn said was iniquious
iahd we.:all . sailed along smoothly.'
The. democrats Trante to give the lab
orihg man i a cheap coat; and :i they
toofc the tatlff off wool, . and the lab-
orihg.man pays mere for his coat than
ever. ' And. so on down the list.. Not
only has the laboring man been stung '
but . . the rich , man ; has . been stung.
Then. why not a protective tari? Why
go, broke on,a theory that doesn't pan
out ? . Why ; not protect the home, in
dustries Iv Why-hot. levy a tariff- on
importations .and have . money .to
bum? Theonly reason is it is a re
publican policy; and. the democrats
insist that free trade -As : quite the
thing. We, do not, believe, it.
W :BjX WttCE OF SALE,
Under and; by virtue fof an order
Of Jhe"i Superior' Court of Cobarrus
County made .ih the Special proceed
irig ehtittedT H.WB. Wilkerson, Admr,
of Ellen. Barringer, Deed. vs. joe M,
Sills and Eliza, . Cannon the skme. be-
ing ' No ' . upon the Special' proceed-
ing Docket of said Court, the under
signed ;comniissioher' will, "on Satuii
day?.the 24th day,' of, February,' 1917,
door in Concord, North Carolina, offer
I for sale t6 the highest bidder for cash,
that . certain lot of land:
Situate. to Ward No, l.of the City
of Concord, on the South side of-Gold
Street, and " bounded "as follows: Be
ginning at. a Stone on the R.' W. Al
lison line in the lane leading. to the
Allison' (now Cannon) Mill, and runs
XMO. ou Ytp a poies w a cstone on saia
Ime thence S.; 27; W. 10 poles" and
10 unts to a Stone' on old 7 A.!
Smith line; thence S. 60VE. 3 poles to
a Stoni fiiehK. 27 0 poles and
10' iinfti i6 beginning,' containing
31 perches; .or a fraction oyer . 1-5 "of
an acre.' Said lot is now between the
M. ' C. Walter'lot ond the lot owned
by Emaline Blackwelder ,';', "
; This January 20th. 1917. , . .
L. A. WEDDINGTON Commissioner
RUB-MY-TIS Atiseptic, Relieves
RneumatisiQ, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc.
BHD WINTER- EXCURSION
TO WASHINGTON 0. C.
Via Sohern feiilway; Wednsdy,
, February, 14 th, 1917. ; , :.
Th Southern Railway will operate
low rouhd 'trip fare ; excursion ; from
Nor 'Carbl points to, Washington
D. C Wednesday, February 14th 1917
Special train consisting of StendarI
Pullman cars and high class coaches
to leave Charlotte at 8:45 p.' m. arriv
ing Washington 8 :00 aC m." sThursday
Febrtiary i5th : '-? ; ' !.:; : ' 7 ; ' '
: The following round trip farces
will apply from stations named below.
From.; ' :---:v ;," ' ;
Oiarloite i-.lk-L---l--! 7.0
Concord $7.50
Salisbury '--.,--i.v$50
Lexingfon il.--r-ili :;$6.50
Albemarle ..1. ; $7.00
..Fare from all inWme(atepoin1?s
same; basis: :':', ? . - Z-x v
Tickets good going' only on speciat
train, " Good returning on all regular
trains except train fNo. 37." Passen-.
gers on ; branch line points; will, use
regular . iram ..w uncuon poinu, con-
nectmg ' withspecal train. ; '' ;;
..-; Tickets good -for .. three ; days . in
Washington: f 1 ,i .
v See .Gongressv in session,, and the
c ther Attractions at the Nation's Cap
ltal. .t . .' . .T ;. --''-j--:-..-,' : '. '
Pulhr&n reseM s sirctid be made in
aJvance. : -. l--, ,. : xM ;-
' Fit? ' .-::'- h to information,
pullman ; - reservation, etc , consult
nearest. Southern Railway- agent, or
write, i , - . .-.;" ' -.-.
; S. E, BURGESS, D. P. A.".;
;; , ' ; Charlotte, N. C.
Positively RiHsveai:
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RAT-CORN
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IBP
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should tigvp ,a Kanawha
or RedMacket: Pump
pecause tnsy-are
SO EASY TO WORK-SO EASY TO FIX
A child can operate them, and.
A when repairs srenecaeq,
rfeyou can t- easily ; do i the
1 Iwork yoanctf, ;Wteft jrqar will
I 1 (Is vrofHtly fitted tHth 4 , .
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m ar unmd of hmving tbi: bestj
Urcr torar fear oc aueeeaaia
Uwt'w Will bufld it oWctly.
hi bniidisMTia Tocr snaraaM
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jrwaraealac cannot eupply
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KANAWHA PUMP WORKS
taattags BWf - ,C ;: Jtlinora, Hid,
Weuxatat2flij--fieadss
ipnc prams.rm pu ts, and
:?uniSrjd.Soiesj;:i
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IpnrMijjf
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lowest sticorfcEmt
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