THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, DECEMBER J, 1914. ;
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discussed soberly, seriously, honestly,
and by men who know what they are
talking about If the issue- has been
raised merely to cover partisan poli
tics and pocketboolc jingoism with a
mask of patriotism, it is a manifes
tation of moral treason to the na
tion." '
."Store a little sunshine in your
heart and the gray days will be eas
ier' philosophizes- the Columbia
States. A square meal stored in the
stomach will also brighten them up
a bit, Bob.
The Winston-Salem Journal is con
ducting a "stocking fund." Spartan
burg can't understand what they
mean by "stocking fund."
As the Christmas period approach
es we praise the memory of the man
who invented the five and ten cent
store.
The Passing Show
By The Looker-On.
A Thought for Today.
Happiness consists of hoping and
forgetting. , '
It seems that the prevailing color
in those Columbia blus law stories
was yellow.
Quite naturally enough British suf
fragettes wanted to be male carriers
"Progressives will not disband,"
reads: a headline. Disband what?
Is it a breach of neutrality or of
digestion to eat German cheese?
Will some kind official declare the
hookworm contraband of war?
"It's a long road to Tipperary," but
don't sing about it.
Some fellows are spugs the entire
year through.
Why not make it unneutral to talk
war talk?
WAR PREPAREDNESS INVESTI
GATION. The United States is spending
something like two hundred and fifty
million dollars annually on her army
and her navy. There are many jingoes
in this country who would like to
thrust upon the backs of taxpayers
enormous burdens in order to greatly
enlarge our navy and our army, and
they are using the war in Europe as
justification of their views.
Just now there is an effort on foot
to investigate our preparedness for
war. President Wilson is not opposed
to the investigation, and we do not
suppose that any one is. It is well
enough to ascertain if we are getting
value received for the vast amount of
money expended for military purposes
each year.
But the president is opposed, and
not without good reason, to a noisy
investigation at this time, mainly be
cause while Europe is embroiled in
war, the time seems not opportune
lor such investigation, in view of
the; fact that the United States gov
ernment hopes to use her influence
in every way possible to re-establish
peace in Europe.
A quiet, earnest investigation would
not, perhaps, be harmful but there'
are reasons to believe that the jin
goes are planning to use this oppor
tunity to push their ambitions, while
republicans are anxious to find some
thing out of which, to manufacture a
campaign issue.
We think the ' New York World
sums ihe matter up sensibly in the
following:
"If the United States army, the
United States navy and the United
States ccast defenses are all inade
quate, the blame certainly does not
rest upon President Wilson or the
democratic party.
"It rests upon the republican par
ty, which under McKinley, Roosevelt
and Taft was in continuous control
of the government for sixteen years
up to March 4, 1513.
"In 1908, the last year of the Roose
velt adminfstration, the appropriations
for the-rmy were $78,634,582.75; the
appro oriations for the navy were
$98,958,507.50. In 1914 the appro
priations for' the army were $94,266,
145.&1; the appropriations for the
navy were 140,718,434.53.
"We are spending over $40,000,000
a year more . on the navy than we
spent when Roosevelt was president,
and $13,000,000 a year more on the
army. Why, then, should the country
be asked to believe that the presi
dent and congress are starving the
army and navy to death, and leaving
the United States at the mercy of
any casual invader?
"Tho World was disposed to favor
Representative Gardner's" resolution
for an investigation of , the prepared
ness of the United States for a defend
sive war. It seemed that the Ameri
can people had a right to know
whether they - were getting a ; dollar's
worth of military protection '. for every
dollar they spend, and they spend
nearly $250,000)00 every year for
the purpose. ' It seemed also that
they had a right to know whether
due heed was , being paid by their
military experts to the lessons of
the war. It begins to look, however,
is if the Gardner resolution was not
the prelude to a sober, scientific in
quiry, but the prelude to a new po
litical jingo demonstration. In short,
that it is more of a campaign against
the United States Treasury than
against any probable foe.
"No sooner does Mr. Wilson ask
the representative from Massachu
setts to discuss the question with
him personally than Mr. Gardner
rushes into print with a statement
that "I am very much afraid that
the president means to lay the cold
hand of death upon the whole move
ment." Mr. Wilson does not happen
to be the son-in-law of Henry Cabot
Lodge, but we think he is quite as
Intelligent, quite. as patriotic and
quite as desirous of safeguarding the
United States from attack as the gen
tleman from Massachusetts, whose
resolution has been turned into a
general assault upon the administra-
tion by all the professional jingoes
and war blatherskites of-the -country,
reinforced by an army of republican
politicians trying to manufacture a
campaign issue.
"This question of preparedness, if it
in to be discussed at all, ought to.be
IIET IN GREECE
BE OPENE
TO AMERICANS
(BY GEORGE H. MANNING.)
MIGHT
Washington, Dec. 5. "Any first
class article of American manufac
ture could be sold in Greece if prop
erly brought to the attention of the
buyers.
This is what Consul General Alex-
under W. Wendell, at athens,
Greece, says in his report to the bu
reau of foreign and domestic com
merce, in regard to the opportunity
of American supplying the Greeks
with all kinds of manufactured ar
ticles and establishing a permanent
trade with the European producers'
export facilities are cut off. And Mr.
Wendell's report is very similar to
others being received daily from all
over the world urging the American
producers to run their factories night
and day and take advantage of the
inability of the European countries to
supply their regular trade, and cap
ture an open market which can be
easilv held if first class articles are
supplied and proper business methods
used.
"Greece is H?ractically without- in
dustries," says Consul General Wen
dell, "and for this reason is largely
dependent upon the outside world for
all sorts of manufactured products,
and in many lines of agriculture, no
tably cereals, the domestic produc
tion is insufficient for home consump;
tion.
"Within the past few months the
local sale of foreign products has
radically changed. Until the outbreak
of hostilities, Athens and other cities
were well canvassed by represen
tatives of foreign manufacturers and
producers in various lines, but these
have "been recalled, either to join
the colors or because their principals
would be unable to fill orders if sent
in.
The Greek government which
bought two battleships from the
United States for $12,000,000 a few
weeks before the outbreak of the
European war evidently intends to
put its army on a much better war
footing also as Consul General Wen
dell says the government is in the
market for aeroplanes and hydro
planes, ready-made khaki suits,
swords for cavalry and artillery, auto
mobiles, army trucks, ammunition
wagons with two wheels, for horses;
field telephones, Texas horses, horse
feed, knapsacks, and belts for ' car
tridges, woolen blankets, woolen
khaki, cotton twills, army shoes or
light weight and numerous other articles.
Good Business.
The coming of the North Carolina
Teachers' Assembly to a city is of
great value to. that city in many ways
some of which have been commented.
upon by the newspapers of Charlotte
and other cities of the state, but one
that has escaped the notice of the
editorial writers as well as the repor
torial department is the most unim
portant from an educational viewpoint
but from a selfish standpoint, the stand
point of a financial consideration, is the
amount of "trading" that is done in
the city where the assembly holds its
annual session.
Mr. Charles C. Hook, president of
the Greater Charlotte Club and one of
the leading spirits in the entertain
ment of the teachers while they were
in Charlotte Thaksgiving week, esti
mates that the teachers spent in the
city of Charlotte not less than $10,
000 and he and others feel that this
amount could be increased materially
without doing violence to the facts in
the case.
There were more than 1,200 teachers
in attendance at the assembly in
Charlotte and aside from the amount
of money they spent for goods from
the various stores, they spent not less
than $6,000 for entertainment during
the . three days they were here. . Of
course many of them were with friends
but the great majority v preferred to
stop in the hotels and boarding houses
and feel more free to come and go
tha they would have in private homes.
And here it was that the estimated
$6,000 was spent.
And several thousands of dollars
were spent in the mercantile establish
ments of the city of Charlotte by
them, also. For instance, one merchant
told President Hook that on Friday
following Thanksgiving day he sold
$1,000 more goods than he sold the
corresponding day the year before
when the teachers met elsewhere.
Another told him that the increase in
his place of business was more than
$500 and thus it was over the entire
city. It is possible that the big ma
jority of the business houses of Char
lotte did an increased bsuiness with
or pn account of the teachers being
here.
That the teachers themselves, pur
chased these goods is made certain
by the statement of merchants that
the people who did the extra purchas
ing wore the badge of the teachers'
assembly.
Of course this view of the benefit
to the city is from the entirely sel
fish viewpoint, at the same time it is
one worth considering -when the en
tertaiment of the teachers of the state
is taken into consideratio.
The valued the teachers were to the
city in an advertising way is beyond
computation. There is not a single one
of the 1,200 who were here who left
Charlotte in an unfriendly frame of
mind toward the city and the super
iority of the Queen City will be told
over the state for the coming years.
The knowledge of the' superiority of
the Charlotte school system is im
pressed upon many who heretofore
scarcely knew we had a school sys
tem, and references to that fact will
do the city a great deal of good.
All in all, the teachers' convention was
perhaps the most successfully handled
that ever was held here and the per
sonnel of the assembly could not be improved.
URGES NEED OF
NEGRO FARM DEI
IT
TION AGENTS
Rev. H. T. Moffitt.
Asheboro, N. . C, Dec. 5. Rev. H.
T- Moffitt died at his home at Moffitt's
Mill this week, after a long illness
He was , married twice, first to Miss
Martha Ann Brooks, to which union
ten children were born, five of whom
survive: Thomas Moffitt, Mineral
Wells, Texas; Iugh and Alpheus Mof
fitt, High Point; Mesdames Thomas
Graves, Shiloah, and Ralph . Cox,
Greensboro.
After his first wife's death Mr. Mof
fitt married Miss Elbie Reynolds, of
Montgomery county, who is still liv
ing. There, are five living children
rrorn this union, viz: Misses Ethel,
Beatrice, Mabel,- Pauline and Mr. Rob
ert Moffitt.
F. D. A.
Say Brother What's the USE. . .
If you got no fader mater brud
der sisy kuzin anty and no mar
ried kin what's a writin
FIFE INSURANCE 4 2 live and
if U're independent of the galling
chains that often men are forced to
wear FREE to place your insurance
WHERE your every interest is watch
ed with v : re and your every little fa
vor cherished 1 there just see.
Alexanders
F. D. THOS. L.
about it They appreciate and pro
tect. , '.. . T . :
A Good Idea.
"I want to give you an idea for the
Looker-On column," said one of the
best known residents of Charlotte
yesterday as the newspaper man
dropped into his office for. a little
visit. "I notice you are discussing from
time to time the assistance of people
who desire help, and who are out of
employment. I have a p:an that is
working most excellently and I pass it
on for what it is worth to others.
"In my hack yard at home I have a
pile of wood. I have asked my wife
to not have it cut all at one time by
a man who wants pay for it, but to
keep it there for the man who comes
asking financial aid and who pro
fesses to he (Willing to work for it.
"A man came yesterday telling me
how badly he wanted some work to
pay for a meal. He said he was hun
gry. I told him to go to my house, that
there is wood and a good sharp axe
waiting for him. He thanked me pro
fusely and declared he would hurry to
my home 'and get at the . wood.
, "But he has not showed up as yet.
"As a matter of fact he wanted a bit
of money and was not really looking
for work.
"My wife has had some similar ex
periences along this line. One man
wanted to go get his axe, but she told
him she had a good, sharp axe waiting
for him and that Be couia Degin lmmeu
iately. But he made some excuse and
did not cut the wood."
And this man is right. There are
many who really need assistance and
in this way they can be weeded out
from those who seek to prey upon the
sympathies of the public. If those who
have wood to be cut will give these
fellows a chance at it, they may get
the work done and at the same time
furnish temporary employment, re
lieve a pressing need and avoid assist
ing a person who is not entitled to
assistance..
Editor The News:
Some weeks ago, througn our South
ern papers. I made a suggestion that
each Negro family raise one or more
additional pigs this year in order to
help bring about more prosperity in
the South. I have been surprised to
note how well the suggestion has been
received, and how many are following
it; one minister in Uniontown, Ala.,
went so far as to organize a Pig Club
in his church.
Now, I want to' make one other sug
gestion, that, in my-opinion, is of still
greater and more practical import
ance. For months the great cry has
been all through the South to stop
growing cotton or reduce the acreage:
Chambers of Commerce, Business
Leagues, State Legislatures, and oth
er bodies have passed resolutions with
out number urging that we in the
South stop growing so much cotton.
To stop growing cotton is very easy;
in fact it is always easy to stop work,
put merely to stop growing cotton is
a mere negative proposition and will
not, I fear, leave the South much bet
ter off than it is at present. If we
destroy, or cripple a great industry,
we should be very sure to have one,
or a number equally good to put in
its place. In this-connection it should
be kept in mind as a matter of great
importance, that if the labor once
leaves the farm by reason of changing
crops it will be very difficult to get
the labor to return to the farm in
after years.
Tho great cry is to grow food crops.
That is well, but one must keep in
mind that the great masses of Negroes
who have actually grown the most of
the cotton in the South for years, and
who live upon the most valuable land
in the South do not hear of the resolu
tions that are passed "ty these various
bodies. These people have been train
ed to grow nothing but cotton and
do not know how to grow anything
else. In fact, in many cases, they
have not been permitted and are not.
now permitted to grow anything else!
We must also bear in mind that the
largest land owners seldom visit their
plantations some not more than once
or twice a year, and hence can be of
little service in teaching these Negro
tenants how to change all at once
from a cotton-producing crdp to a food
producing crop.
If permanent results are to be se
cured, the Negro who actually culti
vates the land must be reached and
trained into growing a food-producing
crop. How can this be done! My an
swer would be, by putting a Negro
Farm Demonstration Agent into every
county of the South where there is
any considerable number of Negro
farmers. This Negro Demonstration
Agent should be a man of good com
mon sense. He should be a man who
knows the characteristics of the col
ored people, who knows how to reach
them in and through their societies,
their churches and their various orT
ganizations of one kind and another.
Heishould be a man required to travel
from one farm to another throughout
the? country training the Negro farm
er how to produce a food crop. Wher
ever these Demonstration Agents have
already been at work in the South,
they have done work which has been
most helpful and commendable.
If this important work is to be
done, .no time should be lost in se
lecting these demonstration agents.
The cost should not be very large.
Either through county appropriations
or from some part of the state funds
appropriated for agricultural purposes,
a portion, of the money for the salary
perhaps could be provided. Appropria
tions are also being made by the Unit
ed States government to encourage
and promote various kinds of agricul
tural work. Some part of this money,
I feel sure, might be secured from the
Smith-Lever Fund or from the United
States Demonstration Fund administer
ed through Dr. Bradford Knapp. While
I am not in position to suggest just
where the money may be secured, I
think that if an earnest effort is made,
some portion of it can be secured from
some of the funds of agencies here
mentioned.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Dec. 2, 1914,
Community Christmas
Tree is Planned By
Ladies of Shelby
Special to The News.
Shelby, Dec- 4. Wednesday after
noon at a mass meeting of all the
Women's Clubs and Ladies' Prayer
Meeting Circles it was decided to
have a community. Christmas eve in
the court square." One of the big
cedar trees which stand in the square
will be decorated. The exercises will
be held in the court house. There
will be no presents on the tree, but
arrangements are being made that the
empty stockings shall be filled, many
of the ladies agreeing that instead ot
'exchanging" Christmas presents this
year to contribute the gift money to
this empty stocking fund. Mrs. Clyde
R. Hoey is chairman of the associa
tion, r
Traveling Men of Greensboro
To Enjoy Hospitality of
Chamber of Commerce
Special to The News. .
Greensboro, Dec. 5. Scores of trav
eling salesmen who . make Greensboro
their headquarters are coming in to
day for the banquet to be tendered
them by the Greensboro chamber xf
commerce this evening. The event
will take place in the gymnasium. of
the Y. M. C. A. President Latham of
the chamber, will be toastmaster. The
speakers will include: Mayor T J.
Murphy, W. C. Caldwell, C. C. Mc
Lean, J. Elwood Cox, of High Point;
C. L. Chandler, of the Southern Rail
way ompany; T. J. Gold, of High
Point; E. H.1 Anderson, E. EL Menden
hall, J. W. Umstead, jr., Dr. J. L. Mann
Carter Dalton, Caesar Cone, R. H. King
jr., and Robert Brockett. A splendid
menu will be served. --
Asheville To Send
Large Delegation To
Shrine Ceremonial
Special to The News. '
Asheville, Dec. 5. -A large delega
tion of Asheville and western Carolina
Shriners will accompany Potentate
Dr. Chase P. Ambler, of this city, to
the ceremonial session of Oasis Tem
ple, Ancient Order of Arabic Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine, which will be
held in Charlotte on Wednesday, Dec
ember 9.
Coroner's Jury Fixes
Homicide On-One of
V Two Departed Negroes
Special to The News. .
Salisbury, Dec. 5. Either George
Robertson or Bosey Cook killed Game
well Jeffries, according to the verdict
of a coroner's jury investigating the
death by gun shot wounds of Jeffries.
Both suspected negroes are gone, but
Cook's brother is being held as a wit
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Says Mme. Evelyn Scotney, Prima Donna Soprano of Boston
Opera Co. Read what these artists say about the
STIEFF ARTIST GRAND
Used 3rd inst. for the concert at the College Street School Audito
- rium.
Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 4, 1914.
Mr. Chas. M. Stieff, Charlotte, N. C
Dear Sir:
The instrument used at our concert last night I consider a very
beautiful piano especially to sing with.
Yours sincerely,
- (Signed) MADAME EVELYN SCOTNEY
Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 4, 1914.
Mr. Chas. M. Stieff, Charlotte, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Allow me to congratulate you upon the excellent Stieff Grand
Piano you supplied me with at the Mme. Scotney concert.
The action was smooth and the tone""an inspiration for artistic
work. Very Sincerely yours,
, (Signed) , HERBERT C. SEILER,
Accompanist to Mme. Scotney, Boston Opera.
This style grand was recently installed in the graded school,
Statesville, N. C. v
Come in see this wonderful instrument glad to show you.
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