PERHAPS, NEIGHBOR,
YOU, TOO, WERE JUST
A LITTLE BIT TO
BLAME.
OPPORTUNITY IS A
BEAUTIFUL GODDESS
EMBRACE HER
RIGHT NOW!
BY AL FAIRBROTHER
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SATURDAY,jUNE 20, 1914.
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IF
Many Papers Demand
ing Change In Law.
LEASED are we be
yond expression to see
so many papers of this
state and other states,
endorsing Everything in
its campaign for the
rights of innocent wives
and children who are
rendered destitute and
made outcasts because
a husband or father
stepped from the
straight path and found
himself a felon. Pleased are we, beyond ex
pression to know that perhaps someday tht
people will awaken and make laws to protect,
instead of punish those who have been guilty
of no crime.
The child of a convict, presumably, must
.become a citizen of the state of some state,
and logically a member of Society.
The child develops with the knowledgt
that the State took his father and confined
him and put him to hard labor for a term ot
years deprived the child of his natural right
of protection and support and naturally that
child isn't going to make the citizen that we
hope for.
The child is innocent of crime innocent as
the purest and fairest child of earth yet he
must suffer he is in fact punished worse than
the offender denied the rights which other
children have, and grows into maturity with
his heart turned against law and order, and
maybe his hand raised against them.
The wife who gave her love, her body and
her soul Jo the unfortunate erring one is
guilty of no crime sheWias suffered, ah, Goa
only knows how she has suffered and yet
her punishment begins with his she must
live in poverty and in want and in disgrace
nd in despair although she is innocent.""
"But," says the fish-blooded and thought
less one, "she must take what's coming she
married him for better or for worse." But
that is not humane. That is not justice. That
is not the teaching of the Golden Rule. The
Wilmington Star says it strongly when it puts
it this way:
"We ought to start In on some reforms
-and clean them up and keep on improving
: things in North Carolina. We can't make
progress in a practical way, there is very lit
tle use of labelling ourselves progressives
while we continue to be out of date on meth
ods and practices. We can take up one thing
at a time, or probably a half dozen, but The
Star agrees with Al Fairbrother's Everything
that we certainly should adopt a new idea in
cur system of penology. We are neither pro
gressive nor humane when we put a man in
the penitentiary, work him for the benefit of
the State or contribute his services to some
railroad scheme for worthless stock, when his
wife and children are left at home without
means of support.
"We punish a convict according to law, and
punish his wife and children according to cus
tom. We do not design to do so but we do,
and there" is more than one convict's wife and
children who aire left to the tender mercies of
the world as a result of a really heathenish
penal system. We punish the criminal ana
have no thought of the convict's family which
is left to go hungry and become demoralized
and depraved, as many an incident will prove.
Pity the convict's wife and children whom the
great State of North Carolina has deprived
of a bread winner. They not only bear the
obloquy and the shame but even greater pun
ishment than is meted out to the man who
, falls into the clutches of the courts."
And yet the Star does not get all of our con
tention. We insist that- the man who sins is
-either put in the penitentiary to protect So-'
ciety from his further depredations or be is
put in the penitentiary to punish him.
If put in to protect Society, what right has
Society to work him in stripes and disgrace
him and take the wages that he earns to put
into its coffers? If imprisonment restrains
him there is no reason why he should be
come a slave to give his blood, to enrich the
state. That doesn't give increased protection.
If he is put in the penitentiary to punish him
then his punishment ; is complete without
his wage and" the wageshould go to his cred
it.: Why? Because he is coming out some
day again he will be at large and again he
will commit his depredations unless while
punishing him you have" reformed him. If
the wage he has earned, over and above his
upkeep has been placed to his credit, he un
derstands he has something to hope for J He
(knows that when he goes' out into the world
he has either money ,to his Credit, or he knows
that he has earned money and assisted in sus
taining the wife j and children he left be
hind. He has something to Jive for; to hope
for. Destroy hope in the human breast and
you have destroyed all. ; Let the man feel that,
he has been punished but don't make him
A worse villian than he was by also punishing
his innocent flesh and blood. And don't lock
him up and say that he must earn money for
a rich state, for God's sake. Isn't the laborer
,v orthy of his hire? j
If We Owe The Money State
Bonds All Right.
T IS funny to hear tht
ever watchful telling
about a new plan to
get money to run the
state; telling us that un
less we do this or do
that we will be obliged
to issue bondsj that we
are almost a million dollars in debt and tht
system of taxation must be, changed.
What is the matter with attempting to run
the state at less expense? Why not, instead
of changing a tax system that has done very
well until recent reckless expenditures have
been sanctioned and increased, issue bonds
to pay what we owe and then put in the prun
ing knife and cut off a few hundred thousand
dollars of expense? Why not cut out extra
sessions of the legislature; why not cut out
such departments as Labor and Printing ; why
not cut out about half the expense of the
State Board of Health; of the Agricultural
Department and many other useless and ex
pensive curves? Each year these appropria
tions are increaesed. Each year the expense;
goes higher. What we need are some busi
ness methods in reforming the business end
of the state and the taxes we now have
would leave us a surplus.
And why not bonds, pray? Don't we issut
county and city bonds to build roads? Don't
we issue county and city bonds to build
school houses? Don't we issue bonds when
we haven't the coh and why not North
Carolina, abundantly able to issue bonds and
pay the interest, issue some bonds, pay oft
the current debts and then proceed in a busi
ness like manner by cutting off a whole crowd
of tax-eaters and do things on a business
basis? That is the thing to do the business
ihing" to do but oh, no, says Mr. Crafty,
it isn t politics. No it isn t.
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A Better Way.
The Whiteville News-1 Reporter says:
"Paul E. Hubbell is here in the interest pt
the Merchants Trade Journal, published at
Detroit, and obtaining signatures and creat
ing sentiment in favor of H. R. 5,308, intro
duced by Representative Hinebaugh, of Illi
nois. This is a measure that looks to the tax
ing of all mail order houses in each of the
States in which they do business and is a big
protection to the local merchants. Mr. Hub
bell has been in various parts of this Con
gressional District and the idea meets with
general approval wherever he has called it
to attention, as is attested by the signatures
upon the memorial to Congressman Godwin."
And it will doubtless be found that a mail
order house cannot be taxed unless it main
tains an office in the state where it is propos
ed to tax it. You couldn't pass a law taxing
a mail order house which does business by
mail in, North Carolina if it had no office or
no connections here. If you could do that you
could tax the Northern wholesale house that
sells goods to merchants. If a Chicago house
advertises to send things by mail to North
Carolina and the people send for them, the
mail ord house is not doing business in
North Carolina.
The better way and the only way is for peo
ple to put loyalty in their pipes and smoke it.
The only way is for the farmer to understand
that he is depreciating the price of his own
property- every time he sends a dollar to a
mail order house. The only way is for peo
ple who believe in their state and their sec
tion, to organize anti-mail order clubs work
up the sentiment and show every man and
woman that when a dollar is kept at home the
dollar is working for us all. Show these peo.
pie who think they are getting something
cheaper than the home man sells it that in the
long run they are , paying infinitely more,
which fact can be easily and readily estab
lished. '.. '-Vs
. The mail order business is the worst of all
evils which confronts the home merchant.
The home merchant is trying to build a town ;
he is giving to every enterprise; he is making
tax values higher; he is doing everything that
a man can do to see to it that his city grows.
The farmer is interested in this; the laboring
man is interested in this; the capitalist is in
terested in this. ;It is a common cause, and
every patriotic citizen should talk trade at
home and practice trade at home.
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After The Dodgers. '
' s Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Colonel
Qsborn, says that those who think they haye
shirked the income tax , have another guess
coming. The time has been extended to give
all a.fair chance. After July first those who
have not made proper returns will be taken.
Uncle Sam has secret service men everywhere
and he isn't going to fool about it. A fine ot
one thousand dollars and imprisonment will
be the result: Qsborn says there is no chance
for escape and the "man who thinks there is
is a fool." , ,
'f t '
Ben Tillman, once supposed to be over the
traces ; once supposed to be a run-a-way horst
with the driver out of the wagon; once sup
posed to be ultra progressive and a man with
a pitchfork looking for trouble, is now re
garded as a moss-back stand-patter.
The other day he voted for repeal of the
canal tolls, but he did so because his party
bound him to it; he thought Wilson-had been
unwise in pressing something on the country
the country didn't want, and above all things
at a time when an : election was about to
be on.
Tillman is not physically strong but he
seems to be mentally about as well equipped
as he was when a corn-field lawyer he read
the riot act to the gray beards of the senate.
He claimed that his "common sense was
staggered," and when you stagger Old Ben's
common sense yotf have done something. Till
man will perhaps' pass out one of these days
one of these days before his term expires,
and when he does the country is going to
mourn for a great" man gone. He has been
one of the most unique characters we have
had of late years.. No matter what else he
has been, he appaarently has been honest in
what he thought, ana he' always had the nerve
to say what he thought regardless of conse
quences. And of how few may this be truth
fully said!
As They Sow They Shall Reap.
The democrats wanted to have a great pro
gressive pow-wow. They called a meeting in
Raleigh. They did more newspaper adver
tising than any circus ever did. They secured
pure reading matter and red reading matter.
They announced that something must be
done.
They wanted1 wild things. They made a
beautiful bust of the meeting less than two
hundred people registering at - the Raleigh
hotels from outside the city and a vote in
the meeting on a closely fought question re
vealed the fact that but one hundred and fifty
four progressives were participating.
Then the state democratic convention met
and wrote a sane, sensible platform. It
didn't adopt the ideas and fads of the Wild
Man from Borneo. It didn't demand that
people wear rings in their noses. It didn't
take to its breast the divine' trio of initiative,
referendum and recall. ' It didn't swallow the
politician's scheme for a state wide primary.
It simply passed up the isms and handed down
a platform of sanity and good sense.
But that wouldn't do. ;
And now come in some 6f the reactionaries
those who are not bosses because they can
not be, and there is a merry war in the wind.
The republicans and independents are in
clover. They are making the most of the
situation. They are cheering from the grand
jtand. '
Democracy is getting in a fair way to go
out of business in a few years because it
was said of old that a house divided against
itself cannot stand.
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;-.. L Chicago Bank Closed.
Ex-Senator Lorimcr's Chicago bank and
several belonging to it closed up shop last
week, seven million dollars being on deposit.
The Chicago papers are intimating all sorts
of things, and it seems that Lorimer is in
hard luck, ;
The collapse of this big bank didn't seem
to have any effect on the others. , The day is
not far' distant, when the 'nw currency law
gets to working, that runs on banks will bt
things of the past. As we understand it any
good security will secure money from the re
serve banks, and there will be no red tape to
unwind, it all having been unwound in ad
vance ( If you have good security and . the
bank has good security Uncle Sam advances
money and this prevents the scare. If the
Wilson administration has done nothing else,
in taking control of the money from Wall
street it is entitled to a rising vote of thanks
of every honest man in the United States.
);.Kpf!,;: j--' , At .. Chicago.; S
VThe Federation of Women's Clubs of the
United States in session at Chicago adopted
a resolution favoring universal suffrage. Now
then.
The Prisoner Was Sleeping
And Snoring.
HE fact U establUicil
that a man can be con
victed of murder in
Mecklenburg county. It
may be that he will be
pardoned. A young man
named Trull who robbed
anil killed a merchant
some weeks ago was sentenced to the
chair last Saturday. It was a pitiable case.
Trull was in the court room drugged to the
extent that he could not keep awake; went 10
sleep and snored while the court was just
about ready to sentence him to death. Judge
Shaw tried very hard to ascertain where the
young man secured his drugs. It' seemed,
however, impossible. Some kind friend had
smuggled him opium and he partook in large
quantities. He is to die in August. And bet
ter for him, perhaps, if he does die. The evi
dence was conclusive, although his lawyers
claim they now have some new evidence
but the chances are it will not be worth
while.
It appears that in these times about two
thirds of the murders committed arc commit
ted by drug fiends, and of course a drug fiend
is an irresponsible human being. We had a
murder case in this town where a drug fiend
killed his wife; we read of the doings of drug
fiends : every day and thoughtful men and
thoughtful women must realize that the drug
fiend is becoming more numerous and more
dangerous than ever before.
The claim that the passing of whiskey is
the cause of this is untrue. Subtile drugs are
easily obtained. Cocaine is something com
paratively new, and the man who takes all
the drugs now offered and now obtainable can
transform himself from a gentleman into a
raving maniac in a few minutes. The fact has
been proven that when a man wants to com
mit a crime he generally wants something to
give him the nerve. In all the criminal his
tory you read you find that it generally takes
a drug or a drink to 'get a man tuned up to
the murder pitch. But the drug fiend often
commits crimes he would not commit if he
were normal. The drug fiend isn't the pro
duct of a night. It takes several years for
him to graduate. The druggist will tell you,
without mentioning names, that every town
has from one to fifty drug fiends men who
use opium and cocaine every day in the year
and new ones coming on all the time. We
had them when whiskey flowed like water.
Prohibition has notthing to do with them.
And when one goes wrong we hear much
about drugs. But drugs have always played
their part and naturally the habit is grow
ing. O ,
' The Press Association.
The boys who go down to Wrightsville
Beach to hear a distinguished New York edi
tor tell about editing will learn nothing new.
The man who has successfully conducted a
paper in North Carolina for fifteen or twenty
years who has made the ghost walk or leave
his card each Saturday; who has kept up with
the patent inard house or the patent outard
house; who has met the sight drafts of the
pewter plate establishments ; who has added
new material now and then and and still
lives, can give the distinguished New York
editor seven points in nine and beat his head
off. The North Carolina editor who has done
'things in these pine woods for the past twen
ty years the country editor, who has taken
the thirty-third degree in the Art of Living
and Editing has lived more stories than
Norman Hapgood, or a dozen as versatile as
he, could write in a hundred years.
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In London.
While in London, returning from Spain,
Mr. Roosevelt let it be understood that he
was coming home to take part in the elec
tion of 1916. He is a candidate. The talk is
that the republicans will offer to come into
camp provided Hadley, of Missouri;' is made
the candidate. : Hadley is a bull moose-republican,
and a man who would unite the
party. Hadley will doubtless be the man who
will put Teddy Out of commission. If Roose
velt is sincere in his talk for bull moose prin
ciples he must admit that Hadley is big'
enough to put them over. Hadley could jget
all the contending factions together; with the
exception of an occasional distinct Roosevelt
man. But take it from us, Mike, Teddy isn't
going to play unless he can be It.
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If Huerta Comes Into Camp.
' If Secretary Bryan can find the time, and he
thinks he can, he will talk to Reidsville people
July Fourth. The papers are advertising him.
The hope is that he will be able to make his
appearance. . New Bern was .disappointed, but
after he sent Hobson many of the New Bern
people felt that after all they got their
money's worth. " k - f
People Tired Of Eating
The Mexicans.
EXATE stationery has
again called, for an in-c-tigation
this time
one of our own Senators
asking that the facts be
brought out. It appears
that a promoter named
Newman has stock in
the Gold Hill Gold Min
ing Co. of Salisbury on
the market for some
thing like sixty millions
and is selling it at fifty
cent-; a share par value not stated in the
story sent out. The treasury department it
seems sent a man to Salisbury to examine
the mine in order to ascertain if it would yield
enough gold to justify the re5tablishment of
the mint or assay uttice at Charlotte. This
report was copied and letter heads belonging
to Senator Overman, as chaii man of commit
tee on rules and letter , heads belonging to
Senator Chilton as chairman of the Census
committee were used to boost the stock.
Naturally when a gold mining company in
Xorth Carolina was offering sixty millions in
stock and using official letter heads to make
the announcement it was time to do some
thing. Senator Overman introduced a reso
lution demanding a full investigation of th
matter. He explained on the floor of the Sen
ate that his lady stenographer had copied four
letters for some one, using the letter heads
in question but that was all. Naturally a
'sensation in the Senate is the one thing look
ed for and this created a mild sensation. The
Senate will proceed to investigate and after
the investigation is over it will be found that
the letter heads were used as they are always
used ; as they have been used by thousands of
people; that there was no official sanction by .
the Senators ; that they were not boosting the
stock either directly or indirectly. ,
Even if they owned the mine and were
alone interested in the matter they would not
appear because United States Senators have
ordinarily good sense.
But coming right now to the eve of an elec
tion if it could be possible to stir up a sensa
tion it would be great. Those who feast on
these things get hungry at times. The Amer
ican biped buzzard has been feasting on Mexi
cans so long that he wants a change. He
wants to get the Mexican taste out of his
mouth andjif he can chew up a United States
senator or two for breakfast it will taste good.
However we have no doubt the investiga
tion will show that nervous people only were
excited. All of us down this way know Sen
ator Overman isn't mixing in anything irre
gular. If Salisbury could develop her mine
the chances are that something wonderful
would result. Before the war Rowan county
gave five million in gold to this country. It
the proper mining methods were used; if ;
enough money could be gotten together to
develop the gold mines of North Carolina '
there would be some wonderful finds no doubt
of that. In the county adjoining Rowan, Ca
barrus, it must be remembered that the larg
est nugget of gold ever found in America was ,
picked up. It must be remembered that Mont
gomery county has splendid prospects and '
much gold has been taken from the ground
there, and here in Guilford the Fentress mines
for years made a big yield. Maybe this ad
vertising the Salisbury mines will t help -some.
And if a letter head printed by.
Uncle Sam and common property has been
the cause let's print some letter heads and
use them.
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Sky Rockets Do Not Explode. V
The recent sky rockets which have been
Sent up into the air anent the action of th?
democratic convention in putting out the kind
of a platform it put out didn't seem to ex
plode. There were no lights in the heaven-
the sticks came down. The Raleigh Time.-
thus presents the matter in its real light: '
"Just a word to the progressives If you '
expect to have any influence within the dem
ocratic party you can have this influence only
by fighting manfully for what you want. Then
you will get it. But if you charge the leaders
with being knaves and rascals you will only ;
have to advocate anything in order to see the '
leaders fall on it like a ton of bricks. You
should remember that an honorable com pro- 1
mise is all right, and that most every good .
thing is the result of compromises." ; ,
And that is about the way the majority of
the people feel. . . ! . . ' .
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Getting Warm. . ,
Ex-Governor Glenn has been V called for '
some of his alleged intemperate remarks rev
garding temperance. But he didn't mean it.
When Governor Glenn, gets up steam in a
prohibition or political speech he turns on the
full current and says things that he doe- '
exactly mean to siy. i In the main he is '
4ut he lacks control when warmed 1
highest pitch. ' -