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Speaking ^ the ijueation of “damp-
ing,” and of tnule eamp«titioa follovr-
Sn* the close of the war* Mitor
l*f the Pittsburgh Gazette-Tiroes
^ives expression to some good horse
’mm®. Be calls attention to the fart
that the industrial plants of Germany
lare unimpaired and that throughout
'IJie war an association of German
Viuinufactureri and financiers has
been busy i^rfecting plans for regaia-
JKarkets after peace is restored
arid goes ori u> say;
' *But in the more recondite' work-
jings of political and social economy
j there are factors whifh will have Ira-
j portaiit influences in the imi^ndinjj
'fight for markets. The povertiy of
I Europe and the prosi>erity of the
I United States may work to the ad-,
[vantage of the former, as a competir
jtor and against ihe latter in the
[stragffle. For example, the habit of
j self-sacritice impoied even upoa ho;v
contbatanis'of Etirope while the. war
^s in progress and the tremendous
I burden which- will follow peace for
years to come as a result of uiipre-
jcedented war debts, will make it easi-
•er for English, German and French
fAiat'
16 BELIBVED OKAD WHEN KO-1 no raling desii>e to exp(«M « poiat af
TO® TSAIN PLUNGES IN |'vievr—«]ceei)t tli« vie^s of other folks.
CBEEK |A co^spmieiA thie moti^g poiatM
— iout that in view of the old nuudm to
Of Sixty-four Oeeutiaiits Only Four t the effer': that a man compliments
Escape Wrecic Without Injuries— | the memory of his wife b/y taking an-
' Recover BodWs of Five Womtw'other, the high position of the Presi-
I Killed j'dent means a compliment correspohdT
. j ingfy high,
Matiy Pas^ngers Arc Y'oung Girl j Within the past few days our con-
. Te^hera on GaMline'Express That.?£emporario5 hav'e begun to speak out
Goes 'Through Bridge at Randolph, imoie emphatically on the subject; and
Kan^ .Recovery of .Victims Hindered ]fit appears , to be one more of the hun?
by Raging Torrent, |di‘eds of major questions in the v>'pr!d
' just now upon which individuals are
Randolph, Kansas, Oct, 16.;—Sis- finding it neecssaiy to take sides. One
teen persoi^ are helived to have lost of these contempcraries. Charity and
their lives w+.en a passenger car of B Children has the following:
Union pacific motor train plunge! ; . “The announcement that President:
through,^ bridge into FE.ncy Cree!:,^Wilson is soon to wed the widow Gait
near hei%-today. Eight bodies had'bi'oughi to the friends of that great
been recovered tonight and at lea.-st | executive disappointment and regret,
ten more were believed to be in the j notwithstanding the stale compliments
mud and water filled car. Most of the [that are being paid hihi. His friends
recovered dead, including five woman j.thought that his mind was too oc-
and fi%-e men, were drowned. jcupied with the tremendous issues of
Of the sixty-five occupants of the the- time, to devote his evening.'! to
motor train, only four escaped un- the soft silly nonsense characteristic
hurt. of a courting ma)i. The country -was
Many Young Women, jmore than suj-prised—was shoeksd
Many of the passengers were young j at the . tidings. Somehow, we hardly
women school teachers. All went in a i know why, the public have little re-
i-people of all classes to consume lesa . h^p when the car sti-uck the bridge, ] spect for and less confidence in the
[and produce more. They might be weakened by three inches of rain and f judgement of a man who is in love,
'likened to ah individu^ who is work- plunged into the swollen creek, jNobody but the poets take the thing
f ing off tha mortgage on a home. He A rescue of the passengers was e-v-1 seriously. We were all giving the
'is more economical in personal ex- treinelydiflScult and many were badly * President our prayers and sympathy
penditures and more industrious in, injured afi^r thejr had been extricatad j as he staggered under the load of re-
' production than the individual who froni the half submerged car. It was jsponsibility that was thrust upon
'spends as he earns. The prosperity necessary for the survivors to crawl',him; but lo, instead of bending be-
of the United. States, vnth its rapidly “P the sides of the car, u.iing the [neath this mighty burden, he was out
' increasing wealth, the higher wages of window ledges and seats as the rungs'sparking the widow and whispering
its workingmen, which make possible ® ladder and many fell repeatedly i airy nothings into her ear. But there
the gratification of creature comforts; after almost achieveing success. Near-1 is another thing that brings regret
' the rising scale of living, which con- ail became unconscious from loss | and that is the ease with which Mr.
verts luxuries into the necessaries of blood or shock on finally reaching J Wilson recovered from the sorrow the
* life—all these things add to the cost safety,
of production and become a determin
ing factor in international trade.”
[death if his wife brought into his
LITTLE BROTHER,
I’he New York bachelor, forty years
or age, who testifies that he never
hugged or kissed a female of the spe-
cies in his life either “lies like a gcn-
"Sis won't be able to see you to-'tleman" or is constitutionally unable
night Mr, Jones,” said her little ' to recognize opportunity when it pre-
brother, “She’s had a tar'ble acci- sents itself,
dent” (Uppincott's details and con- ■
versatiorv.)
home. Evidently Mr. Wilson has beei
courting the widow for some time;
and Mrs, Wilson’s death occurred only
'a little more than a year ago. It was
supposed that the .stream of the Presi
dent's affection ran deeper thaa it
does.. The third note of surprise aad
regret is that so strong a man as
■Woodrow Wilson allowed the women
CAR CONDUCTOR IN CHURCH' arrang* the buBiness and
A veteran ear conductor in Boston these women included his own
tUCK AND THE VlCE-PBESI.
DENCY.
Vice-President Marshall professes
President with Grover ClevcUnd in
11892 and four 1y®»rs after his tarm
I expired he was nominated -with Bryan
in 1900. It was not Stevenaon'i faxilt
[that McKinley and Roosevelt swept
iofiaeace the second place has
shrunken in relative importance and
has beeomo an extinguisher on the po
litical aspirations of -the man who se
cures it, Mr, Marshall has not skc-
-to consider himself unavailable as the . . i m. i j j • .. . ,. ...
, _ I the country m that year. The un-’ reeded in magni^ng hts office or h*m-
Democratic condidate for that office' ..i..
_ ^ , lucky part of that team was the Bilyan
next year, quoting the Psesidcnt as . . » t u
' ’ . . . iside of it. No consideration of luck
authority Ipr the statement that it is . , .i ' ■ i
^ ^ . , prevented the renomination of James
Unlucky to run the same team twice. ^ •ty e,. ■ »aio
' , . . S. Sherman with Taft in 1912, That
Probably his and kmdred expressions; , i t, ^
, .J teanv was certainly unlucky, but no
m the subject by the Vice-Frcsident -iu u •
, , I one has charged Sherman with being
are put forth as feelers. No one «lse ' , . .
. . . I the hooaoo, though perhaps President
suggests his name for renommstion, i ^ ^ ^ j, j.
Wilson regards it as a precedent that bodly regardless of party,
so he feels that it is incumbent to. . ^ , , , „ , '
I ought not to be followed,
suggest it himself. I
With those two exceptions no Vice-
It has not iiecn customary for many _ , . . .
President has been honored by a re
years. when a President Js renomi-: .... . .
1 nomination by arty party since 1840,
self while in the Vice-Prcsident'.s
chair and it is crcditable to hia dis
cernment if he reccgniiies hintself as
a. political has been. The Vice-Presi
dency was altogether a very high
place for him, and four years of Mar
shall are surely enough for every-
“Is that so? What happened?"
“Stn her hair got burned up.” 'recently lost his job and was obliged It is hoped that the news-
"Good heavens! Was she btirned?" to take the next best thing he couldmercy on their r»ad-
“Naw; she wasn’t there. She don’t find, th« posilion of sexton in a'^®” compel thetsi to wade
know about it yet,” 'church, says The Boston Globe. i-hrough miles of slush concerning
! He presented the collection box to!^''" wedding. The less said i,\m% jt
wnulrf =. “ ‘he church one Sunday andi‘*'® suggest
about uJL -Tth Ml*" marriage and the suppression
v-t pocket the man brought lo light^o^ who would regale the
refuse to fight every time some big ^ ^.he sentimental side of
fellow thinks he baa been in.suited. j • • j, .
I The ex-conductor leaned over hiia! " ot a
when Richard M, Johnson ran a sec
ond time with Martin Van Buren and
was defeated by the Harrison and
nated to link with him the same man |
who filled out the ticket four years'
before. This is not because of any
«iiperatition about the same ticket be-  , , .. ...
, ; Tyler tickftt m a log cabin and hard
ing unlucky but because the man who ■ ,, . . ^ ,
cider campaign, assisted greatly by
I the song of "Tippecanoe, and 1|yler,
.Too,” In our ^rlier history tlte
Vice-President was considerc’d the na-
iVesident in the belief that he will
bring some politic.il strength to the
ticket nearly always loses that
strengtli in the four years of compar
ative obscurity and inactivity that is
the common lot of Vice-Preside.its.
A Vice-President after his four years
of dutiy as presiding officer of the
Vnitui States usually passes into a
state of inocuous desuetude. If they
live for any time the announcement
of their death, when it finally comes,
gives a rude shock to the public, -which
Itad settle into the belieX that they had
iod long before.
Adlai E. Stevenson was perhaps an
r ‘^o«ld -you drop bcnibs on non-
’combatants, Mr. Pillbeck J”
“That depends on the circumstances.
People are not always entitled to
sympathy merely because they are
noncombatants”.
“Explain yourself.”
“I was thinking of a certain class
of diplomats. They never fight but
they are responsible for most of the
fighting- tJiftt is done.”
tura! step to the Presidency, and as
a rule men of supposedly Presidential
stature were chosen to that offi&e. A.f
first the candidate for President who
receiiTed the second highest vote be
came Vice-President. In 1804 the
prsent plan «f choosing a Vice-Presi-
dent was adopted and under it George
Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins and John
C, Calhoun, after serving four y^ars
as %fice-Preaident, were elected a sc-
ond time to that position.
In the last half century, while the
If we are as ill-prepared for war
as they are trying to make it appear
the president is certainly right in re
fusing to give anybody tie firs* lick.
A «REAT SCHEME.
exception. He was elected Vice- [ President has increased in power and
Great scheme! Let’s pass a law
requiring the millionaires to form the
first line of defense in ease of -v^r.
Then th«y could promptly buy off the
enem'y ai'.d we wouldn’t have to fight.
—Franklin Times.
riKJUU-UUFOIINIA EXm-[
ran '
Skb Diego, CaL
mMMim INTERNA'
land in the most solemn of tones said; proposition than anything
* f XtT^
San FraDCiflCo, Cat
VABtABLE ROUTE 'TOtrBS
—and—
REDUCED ROUND-TRIP FARES
—Ti»—
NORFeiK & WESTERN HAH*
WAY
Hafth 1 to November SO, ti>l(.
i^ERT LIBERAL CTOP-OVEB PBIV-
ILEGBS
Beat Route to the
irSSX and NORTHWEST.
Firat CIms and BUttd Car Ttefceta
floHaaeeken Farea to Kany Poiata j
POLLUAN SLEEPERS
“Here is a sandwich for you. ButV
don’t you feel humiliated at living off
the hospitality of others?"
“Sometimes, mum. Still I'd rather
do thii, than get me living by going
to afternoon teas.”
Smokin’ in the three rear seatsthe
only." 1 President (uithough he has a daugh-
I ter with him) to take unto himself
* “ better halt to soothe the weariness
Oi his loneliness, but we beg to be
excused from reading abo.ut it. We
would rather peruse the baseball page
of a Sunday newspaper or an agricul
tural report seven years old.” ,
The country is shocked saiih our
charitable Thomasviilc neighbor. The
public have little respect for and less
confidence in the judgment of a man
w.ho is in love, ergo if the President
is in love, the sooner he isn't the bet
ter, all things and these parlous times
considered. Prayers and sympathy
were offered under a misconception of
the facts. The stream of the Presi
dent’s affection is not so deep as wa.s-
suppo^.
It is but fair to add, however, that
in another place Charity and Children
For one, we oi-e not so sure that
Mr. WiI.«on can have congress do any
thing he Wants of it by a mere nod of
the head.
It would be ail right to be prepared
for ariything that might happen, but
there is no use to put a strain upon
eur imaginaion.
TALKING ABOUT IT.
In compliance with the plain duty
I of a chronicler as We see it, never- j testifies “Woodrow Wilson is suffici-
■DINING CASS, j theless treading as circumspectly as; ent reason for national thanksgiving;
while in still another the opinion is
Ail Infoniuttion upon AppMestion to j'"'e_knew how, we have recorded that
V. C SAUNDERS,
Getflejal Passenger Agent,
K. F. .BRAGG,
Tra'^elln? Passenger Agent,
ROANOXE. VA,
f there is much discussion of the matri
monial affairs of the President, not
all of i^ an approving nature. Per
sonally we have felt no impulse in
the matter, have been conscious oC Greensboro News
e.'cpro«sed that “The Ellen Wilson
Memorial fund for the education of
poc.c girk has received a blow from
iiich we fear it -will not recover,”
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