GET UP EARLY, STAY UP
LET'S BE HAPPY, HAVE A
SMILE 'TIS THE ONLY
THING WORTH WHILE,
LATE, BOOM YOUR TOWN
AND BOOST YOUR STATE.
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BY AL FAIRBROTHER
SUBSCRIPTION 11.00 A YBAR SINGLE t'OPI t CKNT8
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1914.
ON BALE AT THE NEWS STANDS AM' ON TK.tlKS
ESTABLISHED MAY 190a.
ONE HOPE IS SEEN
GAMBLERS ARE FINED
AGAIN IN ERUPTION
JUST GREAT BIG BOYS
MARRIAGE EASY
Broken Hearted Mother
1 Is Unselfish.
We wrote last week concerning the creature
Foster who eloped with the pretty Delilah
(ah, why was she named Delilah?) Bradley
and of their escapade "private escapade" in
Alabama. Hypnotized by the magnetism of
the forty year old man she turned deaf ears
to reason, if reason spoke, and for awhile in
sisted that she was going to remain with him,
and fight it out because the giggling "sim-
' pie girl had an idea that she loved the man
who had despoiled her.
';'' Her parents, however, finally secured her
promise to return home, and she is now back
with her mother and father. Foster will stand
trial ; he will perhaps be pinched, as he
should be, but the philosophy of the mother
of the' girl is worth relating. Heart-broken
though she is, knowing that her girl had gone
"astray, she looked beyond her personal loss
aid her personal sorrow, and said: "If there
' is anything that brings a ray of comfort to us
in the blackness of our grief, it is the fact
that the story of her betrayal and fall has been
read by hundreds of thousands of girls, sub
ject to similar temptations. If the tragedy of
her life shall serve as a warning by which
other girls may be saved from a similar or
worse fate, it will not be in vain." ,
How grand the thought to feel that there
was recompense in the fearful sacrifice a sac-
rifice such as Abraham proposed to make of
his son Isaac when his faith in God was tried
-, a ray of comfort in all the desolation to know
that maybe her sorrow would be a joy (or
other mothers. .. , -
We have always contended that even a mur
derer who goes to the chair furnishes Society
- the very bonds that keep the structure to
- 'gether that the Example is what restrain;
' men. If every now and then some man did
. not receive the severest punishment we can
inflict, it would not be long until the world
would be beyond our control. The little girl
: whom Foster led. astray goes marked the
balance of her life but, as her mother says,
perhaps the sacrifice will save thousands of
other girls to virtue's pleasant path. Let us
' hope. . :
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. , ; ' Mental Anguish.
Lelia Gertrude Wade, a young girl employ-
ed in a Richmond store was called a thief by
the proprietor of the store, and her father
f comes in and sues the firm for $10,000 dam
ages. The case will of course be fought, but
if the girl was not thief the man who called
her one should be made pay heavy damages.
.Too often men shoot of f their mouths when
. they do not know they are loaded. To brand
; a young girl a thief means a great deal, and
' the hope is that this suit will teach those who
talk at random to have a care.
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Likker Thieves.
It seems that a consignment of whiskey at
the Spencer depot was stolen. The sleuths
of the Southern are after the parties who took
the likker, but the question is, and we refer
it to Judge Clark of the Statesville Landmark,
in the following hypothetical question: ,
If a man had a thirst which was consuming,
' and the said thirst could be abated in no other
way than by pouring whiskey down the guzzle
- and the aforesaid man ordered direct from a
mail order house a quantity of likker suffi
cient, as he believed, to satisfy that thirst;
and the mail order house promptly shipped,
out the likker, properly consigned, and the
Southern railway did then and there accept
said likker and undertake to deliver it to the
' party of the first part i. e., that, man with
the thirst who had ordered the likker, with
the intent to satisfy the said thirst hereinbe
fore and hereinafter mentioned, and the said
shipment oMikker duly consigned did reach
. its destination, but before the said Southern
railway had delivered the said likker to the
said party with the consuming thirst, some
; thief or thieves did feloniously enter said depot
of the said Southern railway, and violently
, lay hands on said package containing the said
, likker shipped by the said mail order house
and received by the said Southern railway and
make away with it, leaving the party of the
rst part, that is to say, the man with the-thirst
still spitting cotton would or would not the
" said Southern railway ? which is a common
carrier enjoying the right of eminent domain
' he guilty of having caused the said party of the
first part great mental anguish and physical
suffering? ,
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The trust message of the President was per-t-"?s
the most important, document yet com-
from him. Because it interests all the
' " t commercial concerns in America
o:.t cf America. . '
Judge Brown Imposes Heavy
Fines On Several
Judge Brown handed out to several gam
blers the other morning some fines that look
like the high cost of living was also, entering
the gamblers' life. The court found those
accused, guilty. One man he fined $50, orrc
-100, one $450 and if that doesn't explain the
high cost of living what does?
Why not print the names of those found
guilty? Well, there is no particular use. They
know they are not law-abiding if guilty
of gambling; the town doesn't care and if it
docs it may enquire and ascertain the names.
Once upon a time we figured that every evil
doer should have his name emblazoned on the
white paper we spoiled, but an after thought
suggested that it only made innocent people
feel sad ; it did no good. And if these particu
lar law-breakers pay such large sums into the
city treasury they actually will find after
awhile that there is no money in it and as all
of life is a gamble, anyway, we pass up the
names' and the color of their hair.
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A Big Sale.
The Grubb Building, Salisbury's sky scraper
was sold at auction the other day, and brought
$r22,5oo, the purchaser being Mr. Joseph Fell,
the big soap man of Philadelphia. Mr. Fell is
an old North Carolinian and we are glad
that he still feels an interest inhe state, and
has bought an interest in it.
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Good Enough.
Guilford county values increased this past
year almost two million dollars. This is won
derfulbut all of North Carolina is increasing
and with proper effort it Can be made to dou
ble in the next five years. Never did this
state have such opportunity to let the world
know all about it. Get busy.
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Saved One Million.
Secretary of the Navy, Daniels has saved
the country one million dollars by getting bids
on the projectiles used in the department. This
is a wonderful saving, and those who have
income tax to pay will appreciate it.
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Steadfast .
Colonel John Oliver, who didn't get the
Reidsville postofnee certainly is showing the
people that he carries no grouch has no ill
will. ; He is boosting Stedman with all his
might, and he speaks kindly of the man who
defeated him. He has said nothing concern
ing Senator Simmons, but he may think a
whole lot. "
It was unfortunate that John printed all the
hot stuph he did especially that he branded
Simmons a republican. Bryan, in his Com
moner, opposed Simmons, but he did that
more through personal friendship for Kitch
in's friends than he did because of actual facts
in his possession. Everybody concedes that
Simmons made good all his promises, and cer
tainly he has taken his place among the big
men in Washington. The hope is that he
will finally forgive John, and see to it that
something nice is handed him. Simmons is
big enough to do this, and Oliver is deserving
although he made a mistake in handing
Simmons the sundry package.
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If.
If North Carolina could but put her won
derful advantages before the world just now
wa would reap a harvest. Traveling men"
from the North say this section of the South
is more prosperous than anywhere else, and
our farmers are just waking up to their possi
bilities. .
We need publicity. We hope the Greens
boro chamber of commerce will make a bid
for outside business this year. Greensboro
is one of the solid growing towns in the state;
she has them all beaten on location and there
is no reason why we cannot double our popu
lation within five years. And we are looking
to see President Latham and Secretary For
rester do some big things. But they can do
nothing unless the whole town gets into line;
Quit knocking get to boosting, and let's
make this white man's town hum as it never
hummed beforp.
. At Men are Known. '
v Deputy Sheriff Joseph Phipps showed us a
letter this week from the Sheriff of Randolph
county, J. W. Birkhead, in which he enclosed
3 warrant for the arrest of Robert Bruton, a
colored man, and said he "commonly goes by
the name-of Catfish." Among some of our
local fishermen there are two or three known
as Catfish we might suggest "Catfish Bill"
and "Calash John" but we didn't know that
an African was loose in North Carolina wear-i-.T
t" ? c -n of Catfish. . ' ; -
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It seems, that Senator Tillman has many
misfortunes. Just now he is convalescing
from an attack of erysipelas, and will perhaps
be out again in a few days. Old Ben has been
a soldier. He fought every inch of his way
and he was big enough to stand the jibes and
jeers of those who thought him rough and
crude. He called himself a corn field lawyer
and was considered the radical of ralicals
but here of late his policies are considered
conservative. Strange :how time chases ouv
the old things and brings us new .lines of ac
tion. Tillman was more radical than Blease
but just now they are cussing Blease and
they call Tillman the Grand Old Man of South
Carolina.
Here is hoping that he will live for fifty
years, and that before he quits the Senate he
will go into eruption with his voice. Erysipe
las is an eruption, but not exactly the Tillman
style of eruption.
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Figure This Out.
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Mr. B. C. Patton, of Cedar Grove, wants us
to submit this proposition to ur readers and-
give them a chance to scratch their heads over
it:
Two brothers bought a tract of land con
taining 400 acres for $1,600.
Each paid $800.
The elder proposed to take his part off of
the richer end, and pay 50 cents an acre more
than his. brother would pay for the poorer
end. , ' .
This was agreed to.
How much land would each get for his
$800, and how much per acre would each
pay? . .:.
Spark's Shows.
Spark's Shows are in winter quarters at
Salisbury and among other things there are
two elephants. The Post says that on Sunday
crowds of people went out, and the baby ele
phants have learned the trick of searching
pockets. The other day one of the wagon
painters was petting one of the baby elephants
and it went into his vest pocket, took out a
valuable gold watch and chewed it into mince
meat.
$2,500. ,
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Secretary McAdoo has ruled that $2,500 and
not $3,000 will be the minimum income tax
for this year and the agents will levy on
property to get the tax. '
Every man who gets as much income as
$2,500 will be obliged to come across, and it
is said that the tax dodger had better have a
care or he will find himself in a hot box.
We have been told that secret service men
will watch all classes of people, and no "guil
ty" man can escape. The system is that when
a man fails to give in his tax he will be vigor
ously prosecuted and the full penalty of the
law imposed. The hope is that if such strict
enforcement of the law is understood to be
the only thing that thousands of people who
would try to dodge will be afraid.
There is one thing that the income tax law
will do, and that is stop the fellow who likes
to blow about how much salary he gets and
how much money he makes. He must put up
or shut up. ,
And the man who tries to evade payment by
any short cut will perhaps find that the secret
service man has information, after it is too
late to make an amended report. The income
tax has been fought bitterly, and now that the
law has passed Uncle Sam proposes to see
that all ae served alike. It will be interesting
to watch the figures and see "Who is Who" in
finance. : " ' . ' . i
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The Mexican situation, at this writing was
I' that Huerta was willing to give up the fight
and surrender. ; But if he happens to get a half
gallon of likker under his belt he will recon
sider and again go on the war path. This
Mexican situation which las been alarming
for three hundred years r is a little more so
ev ry ncv g- ! t" -. ,: ' ''" .
That's All Men Are,No Mat
ter How Important.
The human natrue that is in us will stick
out, no matter hort' costly are garments; no
matter how big we get we never get big
cnuogh to keep from being very small. It is
sent out from Washington that Speaker Clark
has refused an invitation to a democratic love
feast because Secretary Bryan had accepted
an invitation to be present. It appears that
the feud will never heal. Bryan was Champ
Clark's friend but thought he saw a gum shoe
track of Wall Street in Clark's candidacy, and
while instructed for Clark voted against him
openly opposed him. Clark will go to his
grave thinking that had it not been for what
he considers Bryan's betrayal he would have
been president instead of Wilson. Therefore
they do not speak as they pass by like two
little boys they pout and make sorry specta
cles of themselves. It is said that Bryan is
willing toforgivc and forget but inasmuch
as he has nothing to forgive, Clark cannot
see it that way.
And there were Taft and Roosevelt like
David and Jonathan, but they split and looked
daggers at each other and then finally al
lowed a bitter hatred to develop. Too bad
that we allow ourselves to magnify our im
portance. It isn't long, at best, until all of ls
will be under a tombstone ; the world will wag
on and on ; we will be forgotten unless some
curious student of history digs up the facts
and sells them to newspepar syndicttes for
about fifteen cents a column to be used as
padding . The path of glory leads but to the
i;iivc as does every other path. Clark is
big enough to know better. He should say to
Bryan: "Well, Old Man you put the hooks
into me you didn't do me right but what
boots it?"
To Electrocute Negro.
p The first death sentence in Henderson coun
ty for twenty-five years was pronounced last
week on Ert Lance, a colored man, by Judge
Cline. Lance was accused of assaulting a
white woman and no reason why we should
print her name.
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An Invitation.
Everything extends a cordial invitation to
all the towns round about to come and see
our auto fire engine. It is a beauty and when
the alarm comes in the engine is at the place
of excitement in just about the time it takes to
tell it. Our towns have such apparatus but
not all of them, and we therefore invite our
neighbors in to see the machine in action.
John M. Morehcad.
Mr. John M. Morehead, who was Congress
man from this district, now residing in Char
lotte, has been elected President of the Coun
try Club and he will make a right good pres
ident, too.
He will put the club on its feet, and hold
it there. ,
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No Better Thing.
The Statesville Landmark writes a strong
article on encouraging the boys to do better
farming. And if the boys are encouraged;
if they become interested the farm will have
attraction for them. And after all, there is no
life as independent as the life of the prosperous
farmer. And if the farmer knows his business
he will be prosperous in this section of the
country.
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A Suicide.
Richard D. Lankford, a vice president of
the Southern railway, engaged to be married
in a few days, killed himself in a bath tub in
his rooms in New York City last week. No
cause has been assigned for the rash act, and
the bride-to-be explained that there had been
no quarrel. Strange what kind of wheels get
loose in some men's heads.
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Gill Appointed.
Mr. John B. Gill, of Statesville, has been
appointed deputy clerk of the Federal court
of that city, to succeed the late Henry C.
Cowles.
April 33.
April 23rd is the day and date the North
Carolina base ball league starts to show the
world what can be done. The great national
game seems to lose no'interest to those who
have the bug. - , , .
. For our own part we wouldn'A walk across
the street to witness the most interesting
game of ball ever played. We tell the rea
son why in our reminiscent column t!.is week
and ppihpps we are to be c - ',
And Woman Wants A
Change In Law.
Mrs. Marie Holmes Willetts, who is suing
her husband, the prominent New York club
man for a divorce, before leaving New York
the other day for her Virginia estate gave out
a new line of thought.
It was her contention that divorces should
be made easier and marriage made harder.
She savs :
"It is pitiable how many poor women,
through lack of nerve and a cowardly fear of
divorce publicity, live with scoundrels, and
unsuitable mates for years," she said:
"Marriage should be made harder. It is a
fault in our social structure that young peo
ple can enter the marital state without giving
the venture sufficient serious consideration.
"You can make a mistake in the selection
of a mate, just as easily as you can erroneously
select other things in life.
"I believe a woman should be able .to
obtain a divorce easily without publicity and
a lot of fuss over it".
And who shall say that this is not really
the key to the situation. If a man had to more
than call up over the telephone and propose
to his life-long partner maybe there would be
less attempt to secure divorce. TJhose who
woo and win hardly ever have trouble, if each
party to the contract complies with it. The
hasty marriage generally results disastrously.
But it appears from what evidence is in that
marriage will always be a failure whenever
the contracting parties elect to make it so
and it will be a success when both parties to
the contract understand that human nature
is weak and both try to bear the burden un
complainingly. Mrs. Willetts, however, seems vy
to think there is a flaw somewhere and she
is going to get a divorce if the law will give
it to her. And perhaps if she gets it she will
be married again.
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Curious Youth
"Paw'what is a regional bank?"
"Mother, put Willie to bed.".
"But, Paw, I want to know what is a re
gional bank?"
"I will tell you in the morning, Willie, go
on to bed."
"But, Paw, I want to know wliat a regional
bank is." ,
"Well, Willie a regional bank is a well it
its a it is a bank that is located in a region." -
"But, Paw, what is a region?"
"Why, you foolish boy, it is a place where
the bank is located." 1
And Paw looked wise and felt that he
had made good his escape.
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Durham Water Works.
Durham is still talking of city ownership
of water works. The Durham Water Works - '
has long been a theme for discussion. Twenty
years ago your Uncle got after the' Durham
Water Works and after much agitation we
made them put in a filter, and do sundry
things. We used to get Major Guthrie, Dick
Whitehurst or Bow Harris, drive out and get
a big bottle of the water and set in our office
and watch the grass and moss grow in it Af- ,
ter the filter was put in and the boys made
quit swimming in the pond, people got in the
habit of drinking water but they didn't drink f
much while we were tKere. Greensboro owns
her water works and the plan works admira
bly. Durham will perhaps have an election ;
to settle this question, and it lool like it will -never
be settled until the town takes over the
property. . ' . s
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Get Ready For It
A little early but we turn in the alarm so"
that there may be peace in the household. '
Easter comes in a short while now, and those -who
make the head-gear creations inform us
that the Easter Bonnet this year will not only
be a thing of . surpassing beauty but that it
will cost higher than ever before. It is to be
a three story concern something like a smoke .
stack on a cotton mill, and if milady chooses , .
and has the price she can pay as much as three
hundred dollars for one, of these latest inven- '
tions. If they get a three story hat and want
to wear them in the theatre the roof will have
to come off. " " ,
But as Easter comes but once a year, and
money is going to be plentiful under the new -currency
law, what's the odds? If you want a
Easter . Bonnet and haven't the price about
you, you just go down to a regional bank, put
up a mortgage on the cow and cr
leave the cow in the povr -c t -get
the coin and buy tl - ' . '
will come easy now, r
been spared to live i
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