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GIVE YOUR FLOWERS
THE FAIREST NAME.
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU
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TO THE LIVING. THE
DEAD CANNOT SEE OR
SMELL,
BY AL FAIRBROTHER
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NEED THE MONEY
DUNCAN STANDS PA T.
A DISTINGUISHED MAN
A MISGUIDED MAIDEN
Indifferent As The Slave
Drivers of Old.
The convict camp seems to be part of the
generl"agitation in Virginia. There is a law
..' there that gives to counties so many convicts
for road work, and because the countries can
not get all the men they want they are not
satisfied.
In the Times-Dispatch the other day we read
a statement by Highway Commissioner Cole
man. He said:
"We need a new law to get the jail birds.
The sergeants and sheriffs are supposed to cer
tify a list of the men they have in jail available
for road work, but somehow or other we can't
get the men out. There are fully ninety able
bodied men lying idle in Richmond jail right
now, who might as well be in one of the road
gangs. .,I don't know about the other jails,
but we bught to have the work of every able
bodied man in jail for sixty days or longer."
That is the commissioner's Idea. There are
nineteen able bodied men lying in jail because
they violated some' law or other, The theory
. of Society is that the man who violates any
of its laws must be punished. If he is a mur
derer, kill him, or sentence him for life. A
murderer is a murderer, in. the eyes of the law,
and the man who kills one man is handled as
severely as though he had killed a hundred,
and the killing of men his profession. The
one man who killed anoher, in a heat of pas
sion, no matter if his life had been examplary
'no matter if he was a first-class citizen the
law says that man shall suffer the same as
though ' he had always been a murderer and
a lawless character. If it is a trial for first de
gree muider, good character and past conduct
do not, in the eyes of the law, make any differ
ence. Often the jury is influenced by thes.e
t things but ,thg Jaw. does jiot. read that way. ;
. So the nineteen men in jail are consndered
- as so 'many horses. - They should be at work.
, biulding roads for people who are free; for
people who have money. The prisoner labors
and receives nothing but his food and the
stripes he wears. His wife may be at home,
. hungry, cold and penniless. He may have
grown daughters who are disgraced and they,
: in desperation, and for food and clothing, go
to the bad and the rich commonwealth takes
the labor' of that unfortunate human being and
treats him worse than slaves were treated
when first brought to New England from Af
rica. :' - - '-'
Why a jail bird? The poor devil didn't
mean to get in jail. Why cast slurs on the
unfortunate wretch. Why treat, him like you
would treat a snake? He has only forfeited
so much time when he comes out, the theory
of Society "again is, that maybe he will be re-
! formed. ' Reformed. Coming but with a stig
ma attached to his name; coming to a home
to find the wife he once loved shivering and
in rags; coming home to a home to find that
his daughters, neglected and disgraced have
gone astray ; coming to a home without a dol-
, lar in his pocket and no charactetr left that he
may earn a dollar. '
Why not take the able bodied man and say
to him: "Here, old fellow you .have gotten in
to a pretty mess. You have steolen goods,
you have violated the law, and we must pun
ish you. You are up for two years. It will
cost all over a dollar a day you can earn to sus
tain you here, but we will open an account
with you. if you behave yourself according to
our rules you will receive $1 a day for what
time you put in here. If you have a family
the money you earn will be sent to your peo
ple. If you have no family, you will get credit
for less, but when you Jeave you will have
some means and therefore, some hope."
That wouldn't be unreasonable. .That would
save many a woman frony being an outcast;
"it'would save many a wife from suffering and
misery. It would give, the unfortunate being
hope. He could plan what he would do; he
would have the wherewithal to do something,
and maybe then prison life would work a little
reformation. But as .itvis now the man who
spends' a part of his life in prison is a worse
menace to society after he is liberated than
before. At least eighty per cent of the crimi
nals are.
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The Velvet.
"Mr. C D. Garner, of Richmond, an express
messenger, the other day concluded he would
have a big Christmas, and accordingly quietly
slipped a package containing $5,000 Into his
jeans, anil it wasn't long until he was arrested,
pleaded guilty; gave up the money and that
is his finish. - 1 , -
Strange how foolish some men are; strange
t' it a man should be such(a fool as to imagine
I at he could do something that most all other
r n who have tried it have failed to do, - But
V z thief thinks he has it figured out.' He re
f s to listen to advice; refuses to heed the
-Is which the penitentiaries present-f-but
"7 tor-' cs l.e is smarter than any other
T! -i'c s to t' fict tl-t he h
Has An Abiding Faith In Pro
tedion Theory.
Like all the faithful ones who have preached
protection; who have believd in protection
and voted for protection, Mr. E. C. Duncan,
national committeeman from North Carolina,
gj,ves it out in Washington that it is his belief
that the business men of the Old North State
want protection.
Certainly they do. Business men want low
er freight rates. It is a plain proposition that
the manufacturer wants protection. If it be
true that the protective idea was to aid "in
fant industries" which finally quit being in
fants and become adults worth their millions,
why wouldn't protection continue to aid the
industries, no longer infants. If a merchant
can ship a case of shoes from somewhere to
Greensboro and the freight on the case is a
dollar cheaper than it is now, the merchant
undoubtedly puts that dollar in his pocket.
The ultimate consumer gets his shoes no
cheaper ; but the merchant has made more
money to use as he sees fit. And if protection
helped make the American manufacturer pros
perous, naturally he still wants protection.
The theory of the tariff for revenue people is
that the ultimate consumer will get his goods
cheaper. If he does the wage scale must be
lowered. If Europe can send to us manufac
tured articles and sell them cheaper than we
get them made here, naturally we wilL buy
European made goods. To meet the price
the American manufacturer must reduce the
cost to him and wages must go down instead
of up unless the manufacturer has been mak
ing such an enormous profit that he can cut
off twenty-five to thirty per cent and not feel
it. . .;-,.-' v
That is the tariff story in a minute. That
is all there is of it, and time only will tell the
talq. We are glad Mr. Duncan is optimistic
we are glad he is standing by his colors. And
by the way Carl Duncan is one of the" live
wires of this state. He stands for progress
and he docs big things. He is a successful
banker and railroad man has many irons in
the fire, and what he thinks about protectfoh
is worth considering. But we nave the new
tariff law now, and what we must do. is wait
and see how it comes out in the wash.
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Uncle Joe Cannon returned from Illinois
the dther day and told Washington that
the country was in a bad way. It is said that
Uncle Joe will run for Congress again, and
the chances are that he will make it warm for
his opponent. There is easier sledding in an
"off year" than in a Presidential year.
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No Chance for the Sausage
"A Friend" or so he sgn9 himself, but he
is a fiend inrarnate, writes to Colonel Sant
ford Martin of the Winston Journal that he
has packages of sausage, scrapple, liver pud
ding, back-bone and spare ribs already done
up and he issues an invitation to Colonel
Martin and ourself to come join him in a feast.
He dwells at lengtht upon the beauty of these
packages; tells what luscious food they will
make and then signs himself "A Friend"
without giving location or ( the color of his
hair. --:''" "' '
A friend bah, a fiend who would hold out
such hope in one line and put out your lights
in the next ' -' - -
If Colonel Lindsey Hopkins was within
speaking distance we would catl him and start
for Winston on another voyage of discovery.
And we would locate that "friend" so-called
with the hogs wrapped up, and Colonel Martin
would understand that there was nothing left.
But, 'twas ever thus!
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The Way To Do It
The Statcsville Landmark makes this re
mark anent the boom started for General Carr
for Governor: ' v -
"There is a good deal of talk about General
J. S. Carr for Governor in Jo,i6. The Land
mark has always been a good friend and sup
porter of General; Carr. But when we recall
how he has been treated in the. past when he
aspired to office we can't have much faith in
the sincerity of the present movement." Ai
-The sincerity of the movement is genuine.
The friends of General Carr are anxious that
the state reward him for services rendered.
General Carr, as we understand it, is not ask
ing for the nomination. He is simply a patriot
and will do a patriot's duty. We understand
that the General has said he would not run
for office, and the reason is, perhaps, suggested
by the Landmark, when it refers to the way
he has been . treated in the past. Personally
we have never, spoken to General Carr about
running; we know nothing except this: We
would like very much to see him nominated,
and the nomination made unanimous. And if
the Landmark, which feels friendly towards
the General will help boost a little, and oilier
r "-s ?-' ' !'-cr f.v'Ts:i !.) t e s?.me, Ger rr.l
f ' - " I c! rt 1 i ty a i " -
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We herewith print a picture of ex-Supreme
Court Judge, R. M. Douglas, and the only
excuse for printing it , is that Judge Douglas
is still a man of affairs, and has been very
conspicuous in the making of history. We
don't know all that the Judge has done, but
he has been United States Marshal in this
state; he has been Judge of the Supreme court
bench; in earlier years he was private secre
tary to President U. S.' Grant and with it all
he is a good citizen ; one of the best informed
men in North Carolina, and a charming writer.
. Personally we are very fond of Judge Doug
las, and we want to say that he thinks along
original lines ; suggests things for the better
ment of humanity, and if we had more men
like him the world would be richer. Judge
Douglas is the son of Stephen A, Douglas
the Little Giant who will live always in our
history.
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; The Facts In The Case
The Charlotte Observer having reported
that a negro in Wilsdn was put on the rock
pile for selling a ma 'a half pint of water
when the man thought it whiskey, and the
man who was stung turned informer, the Ob
server concluded, not judicially, but gravely,
that in this case the negro was the better man
of the two.
Reviewing the case Judge Clark hands down
an opinion in his Statesville Landmark, to the
effect that the punishment of the negro in this
case is unjust and he has doubts of its legality.
The cause coming on for hearing before us
we find from the evidence that the man here
inafter mentioned and who is naturally the
party of the first part who turned informer
wanted some whiskey. He went to the negro
hereinafter and hereinbefore mentioned, and
who in this action is the party of the seoon i
part, and the said informer, the party of the
first part who wanted the likker was filled with
grief and disappointment upon finding that he
had been stung by the party of the second part
hereinbefore and hereinafter mentioned ; his
anguish was deep and his'anger intense; he
naturally didn't know what else to do, so he
informed on the negro and' had him arrested.
The negro no doubt pleaded guilty to hand
ing the party of the first part a package, but
as it was water, it would be upon the negro
to prove that the burden of proof rests upon
the party of the first part in an allegation
hereinafter set forth to-wit, namely: That is
to say, that the said aqua pura previously men
tioned had value in, good and lawful money of
fhe United States. Failing to prove that the
water did or did not have a commercial vlaue,
that is to say, to the amount of lawful money
tendered by the said party of the first part
hereinbefore and hereinafter mentioned, then
the negro would be guilty of obtaining money
under false pretense, against the peace and
dignity of the said city of Wilson, and a suit
at common law- would ; lie against the said
party of the second part for causing the man
who expected and didn't get likker great men
tal anguish. . See 31st . Wisconsin, Jones vs.
Smith.
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Long Fought Case
The famous Danbury Hatters Case in the
courts for ten yeaTs, has been decided, and the
labor union lost. The case has been in the
United States Supreme Court and the question
of boycott was involved. The judge rendering
the opinion spoke highly of labor unions, but
told them they! must not do illegal things.
And that is all there is about it. Labor unions
are all right ; they do good ; they have as much
right to exist as any other organization. All
they must do is to obey the laws ; refrain from
dynamite, and try to dignify labor and see
that it is rewarded.
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Battleship Building Continues ..
While the administration is a Peace admin
istration, and Mr. Bry4 s signing up the
countries in terms of universal peace, it is
noted that we will continue td build battle
ships. The battle ship U merely, a bluff. If
we ever get into war, in t' e days, the airship
will put a fleet of battles ps out of commis
sion before breakfast. E t by having battle
ships we are not liabte to t in a war., If you
have a pocket full of r r and everyboJy
! " s it, yo-T credit ts . Anl so if ve
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Tried To Do A Man's Chore
And Goes To Jail.
The business woman hasn't yet proven that
she is as weak as her brother i'i th; natter
of sterling things. Miss Gladys G. Giubam,
of Mullens, West Va., the otlv; day conf':.-'d
of course with tears, that she h;J Ix-on roMi'mg
the mails. Miss Graham was :i l.r.;;!u young
girl; knew hew to handle the niaii ar ! ".as
entrusted to running the post office. W'h'.-n
arrested she denied positively that she was a
thief; she had bought the articles tlicy h.id
found, but when (hey searched her room and
.discovered enough goods to stock a store she
wept, tnen told all the story.
Too bad for Miss Gladys too bad that she
couldn't resist the parcel post packages, too
bad that she had to confess herself a common
thief and as Uncle Sam is very strict with
those who handle his property, the chances
are that she will go to prison.
However it is rare that we learn of a woman
thief. They are employed in all sorts of ways
these days; places of trust, and for the most
part they are making good. Now and then a
shop girl takes something from the store and
is discharged but it is seldom we hear of me
thodical and systematic stealing such as Miss
Graham induged in.
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President Wilson is on his vacation. If any
man on the pay roll of Uncle Sam has earned
a vacation, his narne is Woodrow Wilson.
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To Leave State and Family
In Columbia there is a moving picture and a
Mrs. Williams has a position with it in the
orchestra. Her husband annoys her and if he
remains in the state she swears that she can
not hold her position. Her, husband was ar
rested and convicted for assault and battery
upon the person of his wife, and sentenced
to 30 days in jail or a fine of $100. His wife
proceeded to ask the Governor to pardon the
man upon condition that he leave the state and
never return. .
Governor Blease said that if it would add
to the happiness of either of them he wou'J
pardon him on that condition. The husband
signed up and agreed to leave. To leave and
never return. To leave his five children, and
the little wife is working to make them a liv
ing. Some say the man wanted to get away;
others that the woman wants to secure a di-vprce-but
anyway you look at it it is hard
lines for a man and his wife to agree to disagrc;
break up a family where five innocent child
ren are concerned.
And these hard lines are not uncommon.
Beecher one time said that a child was the
mother's anchor but in these times if there
is a house full of children it makes no differ
ence. They are left to hustle for themselves;
to bear the disgrace and suffer the neglect.
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Hitchcock Didn't Win.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, played a
losing game in his attempt to secure amend
ments to the Currency Bill. Senator Owen
read him out of the party; accused him of
playing with the republicans but Senator
Hitchcock is one thing if nothing else: He is
an honest man, and if he has convictions on
any subject he will maintain them in spite
of all criticism. That's why we like that kind
of a man.
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Still Preaching
Don Laws stays up in the mountains and
preaches the gospel of protect:on. He says
he knows that things have got to get back:
that a tariff for revenue only will not work
but the Yellow Jacket should wait. Wait
until something happens. It was all right to
turn in an alarm before the dimmys did the
trick, but now that we as a nation , are in
for the tariff bill, let's wait and see. If we
have all been humbugged all these years we
are all men enough to admit the fact. We
want to see the tariff wheels, as they have been
fashioned by this administration, go round
awhile, and if no belts slip and no cog catches
then we're willing to admit that theory isn't
worth shucks when it comes to dissecting the
.tariff.
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It is 'still cheerful information that the Mex
ican situation remains unchanged. It is not
stated whether old man .Huerta ever got over
that protracted jag, but the "situation" is just
like it was when we were a boy, and just like
it will be a hundred years hence. Mexico is
peopled with revolutionists and you can't
tame a lion. .',
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The rate question is almost settled, and now
let us all get down to business and boom North
Carolina. Let us claim and prove that here is
the coming Southern state; that here manufac-,
turers are doing well and can do well ; that her$
is climate and here are "folks." Get the move
ment started and let's quit the head-aehe prtf
d : " 7 talk about the railroads robbing the
A JUST VERDICT
$5,000 For Interfering
With Love.
The real outshines the romance. "Truth is
stranger than fiction" and adage that we all
have seen proven time and time again. A case
has been on in the Richmond courts which
had all the setting of a novel except the
novelist must bring up and play up Probabili
ty while truth hangs its hat on the most
trivial thing and makes its point. A man
named Walker married a Miss RatclirTe. They
had a long courtship and Miss Ratcliffe would
write him endearing letters and tell him how
she longed for his caresses, and when he could
not come to see her she would cry. It was
a case of real old genuine love; love that is
pure and holy Love that liveth longer than
all other things on his part while on her
part it was a battle between Love and Duty
and Duty seemed to have won out.
The Ratcliffe family didn't want the girl
to marry Walker. But the girl thought him
the nicest man alive and consented to marry
him. The marriage took place and thn the
family of the bride came in and someway se
cured the newly made wife's consent to refuse
to live with her husband ten houcsafter she
married him and pledged her hon6r to remain
with him for better or for worse to cling to
hjm; to cleave to him to stay with him until
the pink and yellow cows were coming home.
And Walker was petrified. He was dazed.
He wanted to know "how come" and she ex
plained that because he kissed her her love
grew as cold and passionless as a block of
like boiling water like a red-hot iron turning
to the white heat suddenly it congealed
grew as cold and pahsionless as a block of
marble as a Yarmouth bloater dead and dried
and smoked.
She refused to comfort him ; refused to live
with him and he concluded that he was the
victim of a terrible conspiracy. Accordingly
he sued the Ratcliffe brothers for the likely
sum of $25,000 for alienating his wife's affec
tion and the case came on for trial. It was a '
hard fought case. The only reason in the
world the bride Could give for not living with
her husband was because when ne kissed her,
suddenly-the spark of love, the blaze the
flame went out, and she despised and ab
horred the Man.
All the way through the case was hard
fought. No stone was left unturned but the
jury out for only eighteen minutes returned
a verdict against the two brothers charged
with the conspSfccy for $5,000.
Lawyer Wendenburg, who always makes a
wonderful speech appeared for the groom who
had been robbed of his life's happiness, and "
one of his flights is worth repeating. He said:
"When the virgin heart of a young heart of
a young bride kindles with the inspiration of
its first and sacred love, there comes an ecs
tasy of the soul more divine than will ever
again be tasted on this side of Paradise. And
that was the situation of this bride."
AH there was of the story, however, can be
seen easily, The brothers of the bride didn't
like Walker; they rushed the girl away and '
poisoned her mind against him and between
Love and Duty she faltered sne gave up the
best that life held for her to humor the whims
of a couple of strong-headed men who butted '
in where they had no business to interfere, ' If
the family isn't satisfied with the choice of the
boy or girl, and can make out its case before
the marriage, all well and good. But to come
in after the girl has been married and cause
a separation cast a dark shadow over all her '
life, wound the man and make him miserable
well, we are rather glad the court gave
Walker the $5,000.
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Santa Claus is more in evidence this year
than for many years. Clubs and municipali- i
ties have awakened to the fact that "the poor :
are always with us" and they are attempting ,
to make glad the hearts of those ground down
and pinched by poverty.
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Had To.
We thought that for a change we wouldn't
write anything about the Hammer situation at
Washington. "The latest" was to the effect
that he would be held up until after the holi
days, while, the other Big Three would go slid
ing down the toboggan right away. The
Hammer situation is getting on the nerves of
people,' and the fact that it has again brought
Colonel Porter Graves out of hiding and had
him again shy his castor in the ring well,
the Hammer case is getting to be more comj !i
cated than the Oliver Case bJore Tohn cut
the moorings and floated out into space. We
just had to write something this issue about
it.
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Christmas in Ills IIert
Mr. William Sloan, who lives on C
street and who ground scissors f
days to make his Christmas
in $2.05 to the Community C!
.and t!.a r 1 crt?' 'y '"1 C"
heart. "John D. -kockv.lv.. .
a magnificent donation to any cu