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A HELPING HAND RIGHT NOW MIGHT BE BETTER FOR YOUR FRIEND ' THAN "I EXPECT TO HELP HIM." BY AL FAIRBROTHER IT IS A DISGRACE Johnston County's Coun ty Home Shameful. E HAVE before -commented on Johnston county politics. We have shown that the pie eaters and pie-hunters of that district are willing to do all that mortal man can do to get away with it to-secure office and the salary going with the office. With so many candidates in the field; wfth so many place hungers, it would seem that there might be one or two men big enough to stand up and announce, regardless of machine politics, re gardless of what might happen, that they pro posed tp stand for humanity for decency. But we get no such message from Old John ston. All we get is the assurance of Mr. Brooks, running for. recorder,' that the party owes him nothing but he sill owes the party something and he wants to pay it with services the salary of course still coming to him. We see no man cpming to the front and say ing he proposes to clean up some of the dirty places; that he proposes to wipe the stain off the otherwise fair name of a county rich and independent. The last two or three issues of the Selma Chronicle have contained articles that would, if we had time to stop and think, make the flesh creep Articles that would, in another age, have caused men to organize and hold meetings and declare before the just God of this universe that conditions that exist should no longer ex ist, even if it took the bayonet to make things ' right. Articles that, recited the unjustness; the brutality; the inhumanity'; the barbarism of a people claiming civilization of a Chris tian county peopled with so-called righteous men and women. - - Articles free of sensation articles written calmly and dispassionately but reciting chap ters of wrong and cruelty and suffering that belong to a dark age and which make men shudder to contemplate. And perhaps what is true in Johnston coun ty may be true in other counties who knows? Why is it that we have time to talk about ten constitutional amendments to everlastingly chew the rag about state-wide primaries and initiative and referendum and recall, and all the wild things and high sounding things that have to do with office and office holding but no time to relieve humanity which suffers in agony and shame? Everything doesn't care to go nosing about" in private matters and it will not do so. But it calls upon the Governor of the state to de clare that the' people of Johnston county have shown themselves incapable of self-govern-. , ment, if all reports are true and begs him in mercy nd charity to send some one down Selma way and have things straightened out. There is a man named Frederick Archer living down there who saw his duty. But not until a woman, a New Woman a member of the Civic League, took th initiative and ex hibited to Mr. Archer in all its wretchedness , the condition of the County Home. This good woman, Mrs. N. E. Edgerton," took, a party of gentlemen in her machine "and carried them - to the County Home and then the men saw, Mr. McLean, editor of the Chronicle, was in the party and he vouched for what Mr. Archer says and what Mr. Archer says would . niake the blood of a Bulgarian brigand leap high and fierce would make a stolid North Amer ican Indian want to start something because if ever there-was cruelty to animals it is to be or was to be found ir the Johnston county . County Home. ', -.. Mr. Archer says the party investigating con ditions, at this Home found four miserable shanties where the inmates' ,; live, shanties twenty, years old and with no means of heat ing them in cold weather and no means of keeping put the flies in warm weather that ( these human beings, no one of them guilty of any crime but old, diseased, helpless North v Carolinians men and women.who had fouglft and lost fathers and mothers who failed., somehow to make enough or keep enough. to ' sustain them in their old age citizens who, j ,ya the race for, gold lost early in the game and had .no where to lay their heads and were sent to these foul and frowsy dens these ver rain haunted shacks containing no furniture, according to Mr, Archer, and the he'd clothes . so horribly filthy and-ill-smetiingthat a dog' , taken from a tannery and put in one of the rooms "WTjold lose his breath. - " . ; rs ' Mr. Archer'says the Superintendent of this " County Home told him and told the party of visitors that the ' straw, mattresses, on which these pitiable and wretched helpless human beings af enforced to He are fairly alive with .' verrriin and that so old are the houses and so infected with bugs and lice that the strongest kind of fumigation will not touch them. . Mf. Aroher says, that there is one idiot, tied tike an animal in the hall who wallows' in his v'n flth ani is. cleansed only when some un .: 2 .' '3 it ! '; ty t 1 .. ' -""? f '5 i" t t'I t' ere a ' SUBSCRIPTION SI.M A YEARi SINGLE COPI I CENTS THE DOGS OF WAR Will Not Stand Tied, And Peace Not In Sight. OOKS like Peace of which we talk so much, and for which we all are trying, isn't any closer than it was when Old Man Tam merlane journeyed forth on his savage campaigns. ' There are rules and usages of war, the re sult of civilization and agitation, but mankind seems ready now, as of yore, to fight at the drop of the hat and a war cloud gathers in twenty minutes and blood runs high and everybody cries: "Let loose the dogs of war." In Ireland they are killing people and clouds grow dark. Austria and Servia were about to come together the other day and the big black type suggested that perhaps all Europe would be involved. Mexico is filled with American soldiers ready to fight if necessary and the United States senate has been a scene of men tal carnage over the appointment of a harves ter trust director to a government position. In fact there is a war cloud every few hun dred miles. Greece is ready and itching to fight most any old thing has bought some warships of Uncle Sam to make sure of suc cess, and the man who sees Peace in the clquds can conclude that the clouds "look very like a whale" or anything else suggested to the mind. Universal Peace will be some other day. What we call human nature is nature and it is nature to fight. The big, lovable, amiable bull dog will love you, will play with you, will lie quietly down and apparently be blissfully snoozing on the front porch and let a vagrant cur pass along the street and the bull dog is action in a minute ; he declares war and goes to it. , And so the nations and these people talk about Peace but the minute some "fun-in foe" steps on the sensitiye bunion it is a call to arms and every nation on earth at ore. gets ready to take a hand. Peace would be grand it is a wonderful dream but it doesn't seem any nearer than it did six thousand years ago when was witnessed "The Battle of the Kings" as recorded in Genesis. i , . . ; 0 : ;', -. The Mecklenburg Declaration. Recently a copy of the Declaration of Inde pendence made by the Mecklenburg people May 20, was given our Carnegie library. This is a valuable present. There is no doubt now in the minds of thinking people but what the May 20 Declaration was a Fact. Asa matter of fact so generally agreed are people upon this date that in a recent postal card vote taken, every man and woman voted for May 20th, except Colonel Charley Van Noppen, and he explained his vote by saying that he hadn't as yet looked into the matter. For awhile it looked like those outsiders ever jealous of North Carolina, were going to prove it a myth. But when the facts came out, the question was settled. wild beast might be tied, was covered with thousands of flies flies of all varieties, blow flies, blue-bottle flies and common house flies and the stench with which he reeked was absolutely unbearable. v v The picture cannot be painted. But the fact that such conditions exist in this great statethis state which insists on a state-wide primary on all the things that have to do with the welfare of politicians calls for action on the part of other officials if Johnston coun ty officials will not act. v v Mr. Archer says that two of the members of the grand jury told him that they had per sonally reported the oStrageous condition of this County Home to the Judge of the Court and the Judge had complimented them upon their findings and ordered that something be done but he says nothing is done. This question is above politics. This is a. matter of humanity and'eVery. man and woman, every boy and every girl in this state of North Carolina is interested in the matter. It is a public disgrace and there is no real reason why it should continue. The County Health officer of Johnston, Dr.H. H. Utley, says he 'has reported the matter and with the grand jury has visited this home and the con ditions existirg, there have been subjects of his disapproval but still nothing is done. ; ; ' Ve are not informed as to what, authority the Governor of the State hashutta looks to us that if a county by continued and undisput ed evidence shows that it is incapable of self government if it treats its citizens in the in- A human, manner publicly cnargea py respon sible people of that county somebne should interfere and this damning disgrace should be wiped out. '-f ' . :' ' , . ' '., f '" And that is why we take a hand. Whether the County Cpmmissioners are to blame or whether the law is to blame or whether the blame attaches somewhere else is not the ques tion. The question is, should such conditions be allowed to exist, in a civilized age? The county is able to care for its unfortunates. ;The common law against cruelty to animals should be invoked if any of the authorities are to blame and if ho one is to blame, then we s'.iould get 1 tisy making laws that would place the responj" r.ity. , ' . -; : ' SATURDAY, AUGUST i, 1914 HE LACKS THE POWER William Randolph Hearst has more papers than any other man ever had. He has big newspapers; newspapers worth, millions of dollars and newspapers that print everything that happens. He employs the best talent ob tainable and he spares no expense. It was said of him that he forced the war with Spain but with all hisr force and all his power he failed utterly to bring about the war he want ed with Mexico. This shows that the power of the press, to force things has gone. No mat ter what kind of a scheme a newspaper wants to put over, it can't do it, when it is transpar ent that it simply yells to make readers. The newspaper can sow seeds. It can do much good, but the Hearst' papers were and are so yellow that they are discounted and what they say only entertains. Their promise carries no hope their threat no fear. In the old days of Greeley and Raymond and Dana could move the people. ' In these days a page of black type editorial causes not even a ripple on the smooth sea. This is because, the yellow business was over done. The New York World started the yellow streak and Hearst made the World look like thirty cents when it came to painting things yellow. Hearst is a great man in his way. He used his fortune to give peo ple employment. He established a new school of journalism, but it is a school that accom plishes nothing except to swell the bank ac count of the owner. . " The Average "Mad Dog." The average "mad dog" which causes peo ple to' throw hysterics and run for hiding is not mad at all. He wants water; he is in pain or he is frightened. The' following telegram from South Orange, New Jersey, to the New York Tribune one day this week gives a pret ty fair, illustration of th "mad dog" we read about:": " . ; "After a supposed mad dog had frightened several women into hysterics and brought out the police and the fire department,' 10-year-old 'Red- Mulligan put an end to the disturbance by taking the animal in his arms and petting it. The dog wagged its tail in a grateful fash ion, and an examination showed that it had been stung by a swarm 6f bees. "The first alarm was given when the small white mongrel ran down the street yelping. Several women screamed 'mad dog aad fled. "The police department was notified, but the dog had crawled under a porch, where a revolver shot could not reach him, and so the fire department was -called to rout him out with a stream of water." ' More people are killed by automobiles in North Carolina in a week' than ever died from the bite of a mad dog. In fact whoever heard of a real case of hydrophobia? No one. , . ; Great Affection. The New Bern Sun records a case of where the wife of a negro cut his' throat and for a time it was thought he could'not recover, but finally, with throat bandaged, he came into court, not to appear against the woman but to beg the court not to bind her over.' The May or thought he had never before seen such de votion.. It appears that after the quarrel they made up. The Mayor held the woman in $150 bond and told the husband to plead with the higher court., That is cejtainly an example worth while but it will do no good. , 1 i''i-j-'V - 0' ', :.''.;:':v ' '."' : Helps Some. - - ' The announcement made by Mr. Bryan that he is going to help the. suffrage cause in Ne braska certainty helped the cause in many quarters. Mr;- Bryan., gave no new reasons. He simply picked up the notes of others who have come into camp find 'subscribed to them. Woman has the right o vote no one doubts that..? It is46er duty to vote."? And she can no longer shirk her ; duty. It is ne of the things that must happen Just how Shake speare Jcnew it alLwe can never imagine. But when he said that "there is a Divinity that shapes'dur ends" he uttered, a great truth-rand Destiny js chanr'-j tKe .world. Woman will soon come in an ! help to run things. 1 "'s i I $ ;.'& v A ON SALE AT THE NEWS HTANUft AMI ON TRAINS HARRISON ON STAND Defends The Southern Railway Business Methods. HI'. Southern la;!a has b-en put in tl.i- !i-t .f uii'k'-iral.k-s !y a man named sunii.thin or other ami i' liriniL'tit nut an investi gation before the Senate Commit tee. In tlieie lay if you want to get a Senate Committee in action just let some fellow charge a con spiracy by a railway against the people, and the fur tlies. It doesn't make much difference who the fellow is that makes the charges. Just let the victim be a railroad, and then the Sen ate gets bu-y. It has been charged that the Southern direc tors haven't acted on the square ; that the Southern has conspired against the South; that it was in collusion with a lot of buccan neers who were controlling the coal trade and well no matter much what has been charg ed. Before the Committee President Harrison said: "I believe Mr. Dulaney has a deep-seated hatred for one or two men who have succeed ed in the Virginia and Southwestern and Ap palachian coal fields where he failed. Being unable to reach these men he attacked the Southern Railway as a railroad in these days is always a target for attack. "I resent with every force of my being the charges of bad faith and chicanery brought against the organization of the Southern, and I think I am supported therein by that great mass with us in the South. I feel a further resentment at the charge that the direction of the policy of the Southern Railway has been in outside hands and that the management has been for any other interest than that of the South. The ambition and policy of the South ern has been to take a part in the regeneration of the South and in that policy its officers and management all along have shaped its course." President Harrison contended that the charges were in the temper of times which would listen to any allegation that a railway is being used for dishonest purposes. "If I believed that the stockholders had elected directors that used the Southern Rail way to its own disadvantage, I as president of the railroad, would resign," declared Mr. Har rison emphatically. The Southern Railway has done more for the South than any other commercial agency. It is doing more for the South than all other commercial agencies combined. With it we will have here a great ' country. Without it we would be fifty years behind. It is a great national system. It is one of the big railroads of the country and it is spending its money in development ; spending its money in advertis ing our resources. It brings settlers here to till our farms. It offers inducements to manu facturers. It refuses to give excursion rates to people who want to move away. In every possible way the Southern is doing all it can to aid the South and it, is a matter of deep regret that men who have nothing to lose and nothing to gain can discredit it and annoy its officers. Reidsville Humming. We had a little business with Colonel John Oliver of the Reidsville Review one day this week so "we hiked to Reidsville and were grat ified to see the old town pulling itself out of the ruts. A new passenger depot is in process of erection; streets are being paved, and we learned that the different organizations of the women had been active and cleaner streets and many evidences of civic work were in front of us. Reidsville can be a prettier town than it is and as for business Reidsville always did do a lot of it. The wholesale grocery business by Jim Wray one of the best informed politi cians in the State and not a Bull Mooser by a long sight, is about as good as usual. But Jim says he doesn't yet see wherein the tariff has brought anything cheaper to the ultimate consumer than it got to him under the tariff laws. ..;.':- o If Teddy Wins. It is said that the Kernel is getting ready to print the Life and Adventures of Boss Bill Barnes commencing at the cradle and run ning to the end. Barnes sues for $50,000 and it is up to the Kernel to prove a lot of things. This trial will be watched with interest, and we are assured it will, be on by September. Al ways, it seems, the gods have in keeping for us, refreshing and' sensational stunts. Keep It Here. We feel that our campaign for trading at home is bearing fruit. Many papers vof the state take our display advertisements and run them 1 in their papers; the editors are talking more ana more lor iraae at nome nanus ana if every man will only' get the idea into his head, millions of dollars will finally be kept here to help build the country. HOW MANY BURNING LIES ARE TOLD WITH THE INJUNCTION, "DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT." ESTABLISHED MAY 1902. THE CRIME GERM Is Not Yet Located By The Moralists. ANY men many minds make the old world spin -and what we would like to know is, why does crime in crease so rapidly and why can't we find some way to check it. We presume everybody thinks the same thing, and the thing to do is 88 to keep on thinking, and maybe we will some day locate the weak part. That there is a weak part there is no denying. We all thought that when whiskey was banished; when the open bar-room was put off the street that crime :". must necessarily decrease and maybe it did so far as whiskey inspired crime was con- , cerned but crime itself didn't stop long. It took a new path and found new support. Per haps with whiskey returned there would be a great increase but we haven't yet found the cause of crime. Those who wanted prohibi bition because it would decrease crime didn't get w hat they wanted. Prohibition has made communities more decent; it has made them more prosperous; it has given joy and happi ness to ten thousand homes but the crime' germ hasn't yet been located. The Winston Journal of last Sunday morn ing says: . "Forsyth Superior Court will open here to morrow morning for a two weeks' term for the trial of criminal cases, with Judge C. C. Lyon of Whiteville presiding. The term will be the, largest court in the history of the county from the standpoint of the gravity of the offenses. "There are almost two hundred cases dock eted for trial, and it is thought that the num- ber will reach 200 before the term comes to a close. "The term will be of great value to the coun ty in clearing the county jail, there being over 100 defendants there now awaiting trial. It is customary in Forsyth county to try all of the jail cases before taking up the bond cases, and it is presumed that that custom will be follow ed at the coming term. "If the jail cases are heard first, it will take up the entire term of the court as there are enough cases on the docket now to consume fully a month. In addition to a large number of capital v cases, there are also an unusually large num ber of interesting and important cases, and as most of them have gone up -on appeal from the Municipal Court, it is safe to assume that the majority of them will be contested inch for inch." The Journal says some of these cases were continued from the last term, that small pox stopped the court last time but to read of two hundred criminal cases capital offenses and all kinds of crime-junk with a hundred pris oners in jail in a city the size of Winston, suggests that we must still search for the crime germ go deeper and farther than we have yet gone. The largest criminal docket in ; the history of a county, and whiskey hardly re sponsible for a tenth of it, should cause ' thoughtful men to look deeper. A Good Man Has Gone. The passing of Captain Edward S. Parker, . of Graham, caused universal regret in Ala mance county. Captain Parker was 76 years of age; had , v lived beyond the three score years and ten- and was fully prepared to solve the mystery c that has puzzled all who have lived upon the earth. As a Confederate soldier Captain Parker dis tinguished himself, and as a member of the bar he was among the ablest in North Carolina. A wife, one daughter and two sons survivi . him. Mr. Junius Parker, general counsel for the Amreican Tobacco Co., is one of his sons, and E. S. Parker, Jr., of Graham, the other. Both these boys are exceptionally brilliant, and ' Captain Parker was naturally very proud of them.-' We knew Captain Parker very well in the old days twenty years ago when he was dis- t . trict attorney and attended the courts at Dur ham. He was an able prosecutor, but never a , ' man who felt that because he was the prose- ( . cuting attorney it was his duty to "eat alive" , '' the prisoner at the bar. He knew what right- i eousness meant, and he always gave the pris- .V oner every advantage due him. There was no sleight of hand performance in his practice of the law it was always justice, and right N We recall several cases where Captain Park er's broad-mindedness and impartiality saved wretched people indicted years of confinement because he didn't propose to put a man over 1 because he was helpless and poor. And he never, allowed duty. or sentiment to interfere with what h thought wad right. We have seen but little of him in late years but the state is better for his having lived in it, and his departure will be sincerely mourned. ; .
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