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THE MAN WHO
ATTENDS TO THE
OTHER FELLOW'S BUSI
NESS OFTEN NEGLECTS
HIS OWN
EVERY MAN HAS A
THINKING APPARATUS,
BUT TOO OFTEN HE
USES THE OTHER
FELLOW'S. i
BY AL FAIRBROTHER
SUBSCRIPTION 11.00 A YEABl SINGLE COPY I CENTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1914.
ON BALE AT THE NEWS STANDS AND ON TKAINS
ESTABLISHED MAY 190a.
IT IS HIGH LIVING
WAS WORTH WHILE.
HE FILLS THE PLACE.
HE WANTS FAIR PL A Y
STARTS IN STATE
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At The Same Old Cost
Of Many Things.
HE high cost of higher
, living gives many people
much to talk about--but
really the cost of articles
is very little more than
1 tig; fsYSTj ou S to tnc store today
JfSiV nd yu buy matches for
a penny a box ' and we
used to pay five cents. You buy kerosene oil
for fifteen cents and we used to pay fifty. A
Stetson hat can be gotten now for four and a
half dollars and in the old days a five spot was
the lowest price. Tobacco is no higher than
it was twenty years ago. Chewing gum is
much cheaper, and candies are fifty per cent
less that is, the old fashioned stick candy
like you and I used to eat, Maude. Printing
paper is cheaper than it was when you and I
were young, Maggie, and printers ink is a
great deal lowec Newspapers are five times
as cheap as they were ten years ago you get
treat blanket sheets now' for a penny. Coal
isn't higher than it has been nd sugar cir
culates around, the speculative market con
trolling it.
And on down the whole list. In these days
we have telephones costing a dollar or two a
week ; we have automobiles costing a thousand
dollars and they go out of commission in three
years, and we must keep them going and they
yield nothing. We have grocers who must
pay their rent and hire clerks and three or
four delivery boys and keep horses and wag
ons to deliver a nickel s worth ot saleratus to
neighbor Jones nine blocks away, and before
breakfast and we must all pay the freight. We
have electric lights and we have gas stoves
and we have all sorts and conditions of things
modern machinery, but luxuries, neverthe
less, because we did exist without them. On
every street are dozens of pianos, all kinds of
music machines and talking machines and the
Lord only knows what we spend money for
and then complain because the cost of living
is high. ' '.?y . ...
Cities are growing up, men are not remain
ing on the farms, threefore chickens and eggs
and wheat and corn and bacon and beef nat
urally increase in price because men who are
riding in automobiles must be fed and if they
produce nothing the other fellow must feed
them. 'k:
It is simply a world going to excesses, and
rapidly going there. . Finally we will adjust
the change, become accustomed to it, and no
complaint will be made. Twenty years ago
and North Carolina had no town of any size
today she has several cities and of course to
live in a city means more expanse than living
in a little country town, ' But if you will take
your pencil and figure out the cost of things
today and the cost of things twenty years ago,
you will find that many of life's necessities are
really cheaper than they were then.
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Respectfully Submitted. '
In its editorial column, . Sunday morning
April 19, the esteemed Winston Journal car
ries these two editorials. A dash rule sep
arates them ::,v
' "Colonel Fairbf other says we believe ex
District Attorney Holton would defeat Major
tedman for Congress. If any such belief has
ever been expressed in these columns we don't
remember it. We ain't s-sayin' what we be
lieve, but we do know that many Democrats,
who have had much more experience in affairs
political than we, are very much afraid that
Mr. Holton would capture the prize if he were
to go after it in earnest."
"There is no doubt but, that many-Democrats
of the Fifth District are worried over the
prospects of District Attorney Holton's mak
ing the race for Congress against Major Sted
man. There are some who believe that Mr.
Holton would win. ' In fact, in this issue of
The Journal we are publishing a communica
tion from one of the most prominent traveling
men in the State, who is also a strong Demo
crat, in which he says that the nomination of
Major Stedman by the Democrats and the
nomination of Mr. Hofton by the Republicans
will mean a loss of five thousand votes for the
Democrats. His prediction is based on a thor
ough canvass of the Fifth District. , If he real
ly knows the conditions and traveling men
"have a mighty good opportunity to learn them
then it is high, time the Democrats were
waking up and doing something to avert this
calamity, which would be even worse than the
.defeat of Mr. Brooks by Mr. Morehead a few
years ago. The people of the Fifth District
-would be unfortunate indeed with a Republi
can representing them in Congress during the
next two years."
' If that isn't saying h we wonder what kind
of language would be employed in saying it?
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The farmer who trades at home who keeps
the South's money in the South, is doing him- !
f 7 a good turn. He is increasing the value
1 ? reel estate.' . ', " , -.
Spirit of Co-operation Meaning
Much to Community.
PRIL went out in a blaze of
glory in Guilford county. The
county school gathering oil the
grounds of the Central Carolina
Fair Association, where thou
sands of men and women and
children from the county gath
ered, all interested in education,
which is enlightenment and civ
ilization, was a spectacle which was pleasant
to witness. Fifteen years ago an educational
rally would not have called forth two hundred
people. Those in earnest would have won
dered if it was worth while, while those op
posed to free schools and to educational pro
gress would have laughed to scorn a proposi
tion to do what was done last Saturday.
But North Carolina, and Guilford county In
particular, has made wonderful strides and
the gathering Saturday proves that for all
time Guilford county is abreast of the times ;
that she realizes that enlightenment must come
from the school house, therefore her citizens
are willing to pay whatever the cost, realiz
ing that no better investment can be made.
The civic parade which followed the school
exercises, gotten up by the Woman's Club of
Greensboro, demonstrated another fact that
was gratifying. "One lone woman" in this
advanced age, when some men doubt worn-,
an's capacity to do things took in hand the
task of getting together all the organizations
in the city. This included church associa
tions; Young Men's Christian Associations,
Young Woman's Christian Association, boy
scouts, medical associations, teacher's associa
tions ; outside schools everything that rs" or
ganized for the uplift and betterment of the
community. And all these organizations
cheerfully responded. The city officials took
part, the Chamber of Commerce, the military
mounted police the whole town, in fact re
sponded and the parade was something worth
while. It was an exhibition of a spirit of co
operation and progressiveness that made every
citizen of Greensboro feel better. ,
"County Day" will from this on be a fixed
fact. All credit to those who happily conceiv
ed and successfully carried out the ideas pre
sented Saturday. -
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The Case Of Leo Frank.
The strange case of Leo Frank takes an
other turn, and it will perhaps be months be
fore it is decided. He will doubtless get a new
trial in Georgia and then the United States
Supreme Court will perhaps be called upon
for an opinion. It is alleged that new evi
dence has been found. Burns, ttie detective,
hasn't yet given his opinion to the public, at
least when this is written. It is suggested
that he is with-holding his evidence and it will
be introduced at the new trial.
If Frank is innocent or if he is guilty, his
case shows up badly for our mode of proce
dure. Frank was charged with murder and
the jury found him guilty and he was sen
tenced to be hanged. He had friends and they
called on their friends and all kinds of money
was raised, and by reason of it lawyers man
aged the case so well that he wasn't hanged
when the court decreed he should be, and there
is now a chance that he never will be hanged.
And perhaps it is best.
But what wc wanted to say was that had
the court decreed as it did, and no money
had been in sight, Frank would have gone to
meet his God on April 18. The electric chair
would have been in order; the sheriff would
have carried out the court's decree, and by
this time the case would have been forgotten
by the general public. But Prank's friends
got money. They got plenty or It, and while
no one was bribed ; while no noney was dis
honestly used, the press and the pulpit dis
cussed Frank's case; Burns was just going to
tell his story but never did and what the
lawyers wanted happened. A new trial. Long
delays, and possibly the escape of the electric
chair..: It would seem that the lawyers em
ployed to save the life of a man would have
spent every effort to get all the material evi
dence to be had. Doubtless they did and
then what they hatched up the court conclud
ed, in the fact of a popular demand for a trial,
was evidence enough or excuse -enough, and
Frank has put one over on them. Why didn't
Burns give up his story if he had one?
Doesn't it all look like grand-stand play? You
know it is possible in this world to work
telepathy to where the Very air becomes sur
charged with men's opinions. That is why we
say "it is in the air." -That is why public op
inion is always worth while. Irresistibly we
yield to it we don't know why but it is be
cause of invisible pressure. The wireless works
and we keep receiving message after message
and finally conclude "Well, that's so" al
though Our own predilection was quite con
trary. :....;-:. .....vv j - ':';,- 'V:;v-v';
, If Frank is innocent we .should all rejoice
that he had friends and had money. But the
strange part in it all was that after the much
heralded appearance ot the Burns story
it dida't appear before thejuurt granted the
ne,v trial. "-; .
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In our Gallery of People Worth While we
present this issue a picture of Mr. J. C. For
ester, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce
of . Greensboro. Mr. Forester has been in his
present capacity in this town long enough to
prove to all people that -he is essentially the
man for .the job. Having had years of exper
ience in the railway service he understands
several things that only experience brings.
The other night at the meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce Mr. M. V. Richards, of the
Industrial department of the Southern rail
way said in his address, that every man in his
office liked to receive communications from
Mr. Forester that he was business from the
shoulder. Mr. Forester is only Secretary of
an organization. He is not expected to bring
12 story buildings to our town, and have them,
like Jonah's gourd, grow up in a night ; he must
not be expected to do supernatural things.
But as a secretary who understands his busi
ness ; as a gentleman who knowj how to meet
people and what to say to them in a word,
as the right man in the right place J. C. For
ester is the man. We are looking for some
big things from the Chamber of Commerce
this year, because its President, Mr. J. E. La
tham is a man of affairs and progressive
views, and we doubt not that Latham and
Forester will make a team doing more for our
city than we really have a right to expect. And
Everything wants them to understand that if
it can do any boosting in any way our
street number is printed elsewhere in his is
sue. .; ;. - ' -'.--v'.
Being Discussed.
We are very glad to see that the proposition
looking to a reform in prison matters is being
discussed by the state press and papers out
side the State. It seems to be understood that
some day the prisoner will be given decent at
tention. He will give his, freedom to the state,
but his wage will go to his family We all
must keep talking for this reform. We all
must urge it whenever possible, and someday
the seed we sow will take root and grow. The
prisoner may be punished, but we hold that it
is not right to punish the wife and children
who are innocent and helpless.
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Postmaster At Durham. : ,
Postmaster Giles will be out of a job next
month, at Durham, and the wonder is who
will succeed him. Major Stedman has the
appointment to make, and as there are several
candidates we expect to hear those who didn't
connect holler. It seems to be quite the thing
for those disappointed in securing post-offices
to publicly declare that the Congressman from
that particular district is incompetent.
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, Dr. Bradshaw, P. M.
In all of High Point there is not a better
citizen than Dr. Bradshaw who was made
postmaster to succeed Mr." Ragan. Everybody
likes Drl Bradshaw and; everybody, almost,
was pleased that he secured the appointment.
And yet there are some men who are now try
ing .to make out that Dr. Bradshaw hadnot
always been a democrat. Wonder if he had
gone back on Bryan in free silver days like
Attorney General McReynolds, like John
Skelton Williams and like President Wilson
himself who hoped there was some way to
chloroform the Peerless One? Wonderful
how intensely patriotic some men get at times
especially when they want to discredit, some
body. , "
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Virginia'! New Law.
; Under a new law, to go into effect next
year,' all practicing physicians and surgeons
are free from license tax. Heretofore they
have paid into the state some $45,000 and this
amount will hereafter be lost to the state. A
pretty good law. A doctor is-supposed to an- j
swer all kinds of calls. He is necessary and
he shouldn't be taxed.
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" Now that weare into Hay may we not
hope for good weather?
Senator Poindexter Will Boost
Cook's Polar Claim.
fr 1:1 justice be done .thouirh the
heavens fall. We all have re
peated that old quotation we
all have felt within our souls
that even handed justice should
be always given. Xo matter
how obscure the man; no mat
ter what his condition or what
his claim if he has grounds
for it, and asks for even-handed justice for a
fair and impartial hearing, the American has
it in his heart to give it to him.
In the United States senate in a few weeks,
unless the war clouds grow too thick, there
will be introduced a resolution asking Con
gress to give respectful attention to the claims
of Dr. Frederick A. Cook who claimed to have
discovered the Xorth Pole. Congress could
not, because Cook's claim had been made,
give Peary the title of "Discoverer of the
North Pole," and it said so, therefore it is as
much due'Peary as it is Cook, that a Congres
sional Committee be appointed and investigate
fully and fairly and impartially the claims
made by Cook.
Vre asked a half hundred men this past week
to sign a petition along these lines and were
gratified to know that every man we asked,
including lawyers, educators and prominent
business men all cheerfully signed and ex
pressed themselves as believing that Cook
should not be obliterated in the fashion he
was, without an investigation. Dr. Cook wants
no money from the Government he asks only
common justice. And it should be given him.
Dr. Cook all his life has been an explorer and
Peary said that he was one of the greatest. He
has been in the frozen North and the frozen
South with Peary and Shackleton therefore
he is no adventurer. He won fame and is en
titled to respectful hearing. We hope that
Senator Poindexter will reach the case soon
and try to show his colleagues what is due a
man who hasn't had a square deal.
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The Status Of The Democratic Party.
The democratic party in North Carolina has"
always been intelligent and always reasonably
progressive. In selecting its officers to fill the
various positions of trust and honor, it has
made but few mistakes. The democrats who
have filled the governor's chair since we have
been conversant with North Carolina history,
have all been men of ability and integrity.
Now and then some minor office might have
been filled by a person unfitted, but for the
most part the democratic officials of North
Carolina have measured up with officials of
any state in the Union. Our democratic rep
resentatives in both branches of Congress
have been men of great ability ; they have done
nothing to Cast discredit upon their state,
and in many instances they have adorned it.
Now this is absolutely true. And it being
true, we would like to know, as a citizen and
voter of North Carolina, as a newspaper man
who has advocated many times the election of
.democratic officials, why was it necessary to
call the so-called progressive meeting, and ask
self respecting democrats, life long demo
crats ; dyed-in-the-wool democrats to go to
Raleigh at the behest of a trio of young ambi
tious politicians who had delegated to them
selves the presumptious task of saving a par
ty that had not called for help, and the con
duct of which had not suggested that it need
ed help? "
This question has been asked us by life long
democrats. They want to know on what meat
doth this, our new Ceasars feed, that they have
grown so great? Wherein was such a mov-.-ment
necessary? It is claimed by these old
and unquestioned democrats that heretofore,
and always, the committee on platform has
been able to present to the convention the
many different planks to conform to demo
cracy's belief and demand, and why there 1
should have been this year an admission that
the convention would be incapable of preseui.
ing a platform was an inconceivable proposi
tion. ". ".-. : -y -- '
They wonder why three young men, not yet
out of their swaddling clothes in politics,
should proclaim themselves, as the Tooley 1
street tailors in London, to be the people.
The meeting, happily, was a frost. It was
worse than a frost because it had been her
alded far and wide as the greatest event to be
pulled in the history of all the world, and red
ink ran riot over front pages trying to get a j
crowd. But the hotel registers fail to disclose
that a crowd was in Raleigh.
The democratic party in North Carolina is
strong and invincible. Of course a few more
meetings, even if attended by but a hand full I
of people, may create distrust, but if the dem- j
ocratic party is allowed to hold its convention j
regularly, and present to the people its plat
form, it can and will win hands down. Ard 't
can point to its record for further vindication.
First Woman Suffrage
Gun Is Fired.
KiHT as well stand from
under woman suffrage
is going to be one of the
new things adopted in
Xorth Carolina before
five years are out. Last
Saturday in Raleigh the
first state meeting was
held and Judge Walter
Clark, a force we must reckon with, made an
addrc;-s and predicted that it would soon be
here. So many people have laughed about
woman suffrage ; so many have ridiculed the
idea that the proposition appeared in the Joke
Book, and no one ever dreamed of it becoming
real. But it is real. All over the country
earnest men and women are advocating it;
and all over the country the cause grows.
Many states have already adopted it, and the
Congress of the United States has seriously
considered it.
We confess that we did not expect to see
North Carolina organized, so early, but now
that it is organized and earnest and influential
men and women Comprise the organization,
you will see city clubs and county clubs all
over the state, and the demand to let women
vote will be almost universal.
We predict that within five years woman
suffrage will be universal in America and that
within six years National prohibition will be
written on the books. No time in the history
of the world has there been such an awaken
ing along all lines of human endeavor. From
fly swatting to bar-room swattmg all over
America the Western World which has set
the pace for all Nations a campaign is on
that promises 'complete transformation.
Health has beebme a question worth consid
ering. Morals have been found to be worth
while. It is a new cycle. A new age. It is
the age of the Possible. The Panama canal,
the greatest undertaking the world has ever
known has been successfully completed. Ma
chinery that performs miracles in all lines is
being perfected and adopted. We have dis- ,
covered agencies of God that we never knew
existed and wireless telegraphy makes it
possible to encircle the earth using invisible
currents which we cannot see instead of wires
or iron rails. From the laboratory of God has
been handed to matt a priceless mineral called
radium which science says will wonderfully
reduce diseases which heretofore have baffled
all human skill.
And to carry on the great work which is re
vealed to man and which is a part of the sys
tem of creation, woman must be called in to
share the responsibility and to give of her in
tellect. And we say not 'let her have the
right" but force her to assume her share of -the
responsibility of government. Her judg
ment is often better than a nun's judgment.
The destiny of a million unborn enterprises
hangs today on the decision of women. Men
may deny it, but nine out of'ten, ask their
wives for advice before .venturing in any enter
prise that means the expenditure of much
time or money. And strange to say, the man
who takes his wife's advice hardly ever goes
wrong. Did you ever think of that, neighbor?
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All Quiet Again.
We haven't heard anything about Asheville
being loaded up again with likker. About
time to have some such report come rumbling
down the mountains. "
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Strange Business.
Three Georgia murderers have .voluntarily
given themselves up in Danville and asked to
be taken back to the Cracker State. The first
was Stripling, another one week before last, ;
and one last week. Just why the escaping ;
Georgia murderer should strike Danville as a
good place to lose himself, and then confess
voluntarily, we cannot understand. But this
is a true story, no matter how strange it seems.
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Don't It Beat You.
James K. Hackett, a very good actor and a j
very clever man recently fell heir to a large
fortune, and now he goes to London and wants
to be recognized as a peer. He has dug up a
pedigree a half mile long and shows that one ;
of his family back a few hundred years ago did
things. A little money how it turns one's :
head !
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The Loan Shark.'
Several towns, notably just now, Durham,
is making a war on the so-calted loan shades.
These fellows generally loan a colored man
about ten or fifteen dollars on .his furniture
and then charge him about two dollars a week
for life. They should be spotted arid chad
out of all communities. The ignorant '
or white man does not understand th ' '
not afford to pay this weekly den
gets in and keeps it up. iTho"
wisdom should come to t'
ant, and see to it that tV '
out of business.