North Carolina Newspapers

BY. AL FAIRBROTHER SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR; SINGLE COPT 5 CENTS WSH THE WORK tbori't Throw A Monkey t; Wrench In Wheels. E GET a letter from a very well known citizen and he asks us to pre sent his woes to the state at large; says he doesn't want his name used, but he has figures which are surprising1 in xegard'to : the amount of school money spent each year' for what he terms "overhead" ex penses and. only about one third of all taxes collectereally go to educating the children. - But- we are" not going to accommodate the .gentleman.- .? When we look around and see tl: 2 frightful and appalling ignorance among tho whites in North Carolina; when we real ise that to "organize a system among such peo and maintain anything like schools, we ..illing' that the lion's share of the money - - go to perfecting the machinery which "r.ally take us out of the Slough of Ignor 1 1 put Norjth Carolina among the other : 3 In the point of education. modern educational systems are not yet -:cd, but xt requires a great amount of v. orkj of personal and individual effort to ' :.::js m motion. There are thousands of : :c payers, who are "agin" public s ; thousands who do not want their chil 1 .:catedr and it takes time and it takes ' to overcome this prejudice. If the sney isbeing: used for high class "U kinds of experiments ; for any otelysuggests ahope that IT IS TO BE A BEAUTY Irving .Park Commences To Assume Form. n. r9 OR scenic beauty, for a land scape that causes the mem ory to linger, and for an ideal home site, we are going to boldly say, and submit the goods for inspection, if we are challenged in our state ment, that Irving Park is to be the most attractive suburb in the whole South. It was our pleasure the other day to drive through this addition to Greensboro's residential section and our eyes were opened. Of course the many beautiful homes sur sounding the country club give one a better idea of what is to follow in Irving Park. The location is ideal and what has not been done by the sport "of nature will be completed by the hand of man. In this tract of land are four hundred acres and it looks like each lot is an ideal building site. Already the company has expended over $85,000 in improvements in the best possible streets and sidewalks in putting the tele phone wires under ground; in sewers in all the things necessary to make the surround ings complete. The beautiful driveways; the original- forests the "system" all appeal to the eye and all say that the promoters of this new residential section are lavish in what they are doing lavish not to extravagance, but de termined to have everything- up to the last minute in landscape architecture and in mod ern conveniences. Irving Park will indeed be a thing of beauty, and the man who gets a home out' there will have aoy forever. The plans for the massive archeand approaches to this ' ' V -tion sx3"" ' ' SATURDAY JULY 31, 1915. MA Y BE CANDIDATE .. - I v v GO WHEREVER you will and you hear it said that there is a chance for seeing the Hon. Carl Duncan nominated by the re publicans of North Carolina for Governor. Mr. Duncan could run under his real name. He can go before the people of North Caro lina as a Banker ; as a railway President denying nothing and telling the people that he really is a representative of Big Business of Commerce of Progress. ' Sudh a man five years ago when democratic political spell binders were crying crucify all such Constructionists and attempting: to push the Destructionists to. the fore front as office holders would have stood no more show tTr-ri it is said auace curtain would --- ;., t1 . vate c.r . If ' 1 or'-. ON SALS AT THE MEWS STANDS AND ON TRAINS GERMANY GOES ON And Puts The Ships Under The Sea. HE sinking of the American steamer, Leelanaw, by a German submarine in the North Sea on July 2$, just after Berlin had re ceived the last "note" from Presi dent Wilson, caused many of the afternoon, papers' to lose their heads on their shoulders and dis play their heads in their newspapers. It was thought for a minute that Germany was defy ing the United States, and that relations be tween the two countries were severed. But bcause the submarine gave the crew of the American steamer time to gather its be longings; waited for the men to get into their boats did all that had been demanded, the tension was soon off, and it looked on second sight, as though Germany had demonstrated that it was possible for sumbarines to take time and not wantonly ram a ship. And it brings out another point, and that is that the American Captain can very easily be to blame. If he refuses .to stop when the submarine halts him; if he tries to run away and thinks he can beat the submarine then the German undersea craft will shoot a hole through him and we will not be justified in saying anything about it. The Germans are trying to defend them selves ; attempting self preservation, and if our fierce desire for the dollars gets us into an ex pensive war or severs pleasant rdat; fher-4;o- tore cx!?tir:'r, v.'e r.iu - : ;' r - - :. There" ' :i, and ti.-. IS HEN ON NFST Or Is It Simply A Na tural Result. MAN needn't be blind to see that Uncle Sam is convinced that there must be "preparedness," and the dispatches from Washington indicate that all hands are going to get readv for any thing that might happen. It is said that this week or early next the President and his cab inet will meet and discuss the question of building thirty to fifty new submarines; that several battleships and cruisers and four dreadnaughts and hundreds of air ships will be called for, and most significant is the state ment that there will be a scheme submitted for the federalization of the militia and mili tary reserves; that the army will be increased to a half million, and the recommendation for the provision of a force for instant service. Forts are beinc reinfnrrr1 in A oil -,1 the line there is a color of war foithe situa- tion. .Not that anything particular, has hap-" pened but when it is understood how ".quick- lv some of the other ''N tirtn h a - .lin "-; from the fields of peace into ' the-.theatre of 1 .1 - f ' war, au tnese aispatcnes -.svest t U iam; realizes, that Conqrc anv r-- :nd that tu ... V e want to see duw ratlines. " morC school' tax levied.- We .warit to live; to see at least five thousand .more school houses in the State. We want to .see the priyate institutions of learning cpowd- 4jd each year, and finally we want to see North Carolina take the place she can take, and which she - deserves. As it is now we go away from home and we commence to boast that North Carolina has more , pure blood in it than any other state; that foreigners have never over-run our commonwealth and while the listener says that is true yet in il " literacy you stand almost at the head of the -class. And then we say nothing. Education is the one essential thing in the world's bat tle. And if our present system isn't exactly as it should be, it is better than it was; it is growing better all the time and we want to boost these educators, and therefore cannot print any letter written by a knocker who only wants to knock away at glittering gener--alities. Hearsay evidence should never be written. ; ; But "Time Is Money." The Richmond Times-Dispatch has found a way .to reduce the high cost of living as it views jt but it makes a terrible mistake. It ,says : . : "If youwant to reduce the high cost of liv- ing find out what the cheapest market is. All enterprising dealers make their best offerings known in the newspapers. "Don't do your marketing or shopping in a haphazard fashion, running into the first .store and buying the first thing offered. Make an effort to find out if any competitor is sell ing it cheaper: The ideal way to run a family :is to buy in the cheapest market, whether it be provisions, clothing or household' furnishings. "The family that watches the markets -should be able to reduce its living cost from 10 to 25 per cent." That looks pretty good on paper. But with .Mary, Jane and Sue type-writing it for a liv ing; with Jeems Henry clerkiiig in a store and must be Johnny on the Spot at a certain hour ; with the good wife busy bossing a slip-shod minion in the kitchiri and father arguing as to whether or not Harry Thaw is insane, how, in the name of smoked hams and sweet potatoes, are you going to get around to all the places which dispense things to eat and wear. What good is the telephone if you are going to take a half day off each morning to gp rubber-neck-" ing for bargains in the different markets. If you hire, a man or a worhan to do this chore it will cost you more than the 10 to 25 per cent mentioned as saved and thus again the. ulti mate consumer falls back in the Gulch of Des pair takes what . he gets and pays what is asked. The cost of high living came in with the air ships and altitude is the theme! o j Deep, Gloom Because of the fearful catastrophe in Chi cago, where a thousand people lost their lives in the Chicago river, the dispatchs said the "base ball gameswere called off for two days. "It takes deep gloom to stop a base ball game so. we take it Chicago sincerely mourned. - , VdcJartUti'taste;. of all beholders;. 'TT. The Meat Of It In discussing the American note, Theodore Wolff, editor of the Tageblatt, one of the mo,s1 intelligent of German newspapers, makes thi remark, and we see in it the whole situation: "We have urgent desire to have the rules of humanity observed so far as possible and to use all means to rescue and give protectfon to sea travelers, but there must be a practical means to this" humane purpose. It is not hu mane, instead, it is a misuse of this noble word, when it -is exacted that protection of life must serve as protection for an enemy attack for trade in ammunition." There is no neutral ground left when one says that it is proper to fill a ship with bul lets and powder and start it across the sea to be used to kill Germans, and in order to in sure it safe landing allow a few Americans to stand guard over it. Germany, with her sub marines has an undoubted moral right to halt that ship and sink it, if it is loaded with con traband of war. It is getting on the grass. It is attempting to do something that should not be done, and the man who calmly looks the question in the face must admit that a country is not neutral that encourages the shipment of arms- to one nation and denies the shipment of another. While we do not deny to Germany our cotton the English embargo is such that it is impos sible for Germany to get anything from us, so we are in fact denying it succor while we un dertake to assist ttee allies. That may be legal ly right but it is not neutrality. The Tage blatt certainly has its side of this question. However it hopes to see a peaceable solution of the problem. - Didn't Like It. The German newspapers didn't - like ; the American note. They all wrote long stories, and the most of them concluded that America was "agin" Germany. The government, how ever, is said to see several places to explain its conduct, and the chances are we will, get by all right. But when some fool German com mander loses his head and shoots an American then Uncle Sam must act. That is the worst part of it. Some fellow who might go bug house, like Holt, for instance, and then a nation would be, involved in- war. However, the hope of all is that things will right themselves. Home Coming Week. Many towns in North Carolina have Home Coming Weeksand as usual, Concord is first in the game this year. The home coming week is popular; it brings the old residents back for a pleasant visit, and the merchants generally put on enough attractions to bring in the country folk. Home coming week is all right. yr,.. 0 ' :-;'v It is certainly a delightful philosophy when a man can make himself believe that he should .run for office and live off the people. ry . .x.,t..e; 'procsiOiia. .t v.. , womiuti'.'jn.-.aiid fixing'thfeslte j-corAig ill and rewardlrig'men who have nevefassistedn the commercial de velopment and transformation of North Caro lina. ' ', . The business man has been ignored." The professional politician has taken all in sight by pre-emption. But his day is numbered if he insists on riding in the chariot. The re publicans, if they' nominate a man like Dun can, and the democrats put up a lawyer-politician for Governor, will have a walk over. This is the hand writing on the wall. Will the democrats take heed? One Word Often Fatal. That the fly spreads more disease than any other agency is admitted to be a' scientific fact. That the people could exterminate the fly, if the people would only do so, is another fact that cannot be contradicted. If every man, woman and child could be Jmpressed with the patriotic duty to kill all the flies pos sible there would be no flies. But when we commenced our warfare on this disease-carrying pest we started out with a slogan to "Swat the fly." In a great measure that made it a joke. Had our slogan been "Death to the fly " or, "Kill the fly" then there would have been the serious aspect, and determined people would have killed it. That one word "swat" which lexicograph ers have never defined as meaning death has caused much delay in a work in which we all should be engaged. Were we to be visited by frogs as in the olden days or were there to suddenly appear a thousand lions in the vicinity every man would be up and in arms, and the frogs or the lions would be extermin ated. Men would be ordered out to kill them, and refusal would be a serious matter. But we just say in a manner that appears jocular, "Swat the fly" and it is not taken seriously. But it is a serious matter, and it is the duty of every person to Kill the fly because it spreads more disease than anything else. o Out Of Business. . A Boston grafter named Rand, who for many years has been selling what he calls "lucky stones' to people who like the mystic has been denied the use of the mails. It is said he bought the stones at a few cents each, and, sold therm at good prices. His business was running along at the rate of about $50,000 a year. The authorities claim he has taken something like about $300,000 from the silly people who think a "conjure" doctor can re move a wart from the flesh by one fierce look at it. : - . - V- O ; Hope They Will Come. It is hoped that all the men throughout the state invited to the dinner to be given in honor of Secretary McAdod, in this city Aur gust 4th, will make it a point to attend. The Secretary of the Treasury will have a message for all - the State, and each town should be represented. A thousand invitations have been sent, and the hope js the response will be general. Ene Uuitcd. btates'is --eroineKto a come down from that position. - We do notv- why England should longer attempt to hog the gamei But suppose we could get into the Old World with our, goods could 'we really do. much more than we. are nu.v doing? The figures of our export business for the last year ending June 30, are very surprising. They show that we exported nearly three bil lion dollars worth of goods that our exports were four hundred and four millions more than the previous year when there was no war. Our imports were naturally shy, but even with conditions existing which suggested nothing doing in that line we imported over one billion and a half dollars' worth of goods, and this only made us short a little over two hundred millions. Now what would we do if England would get out of the way and let cotton go to Ger many; if the submarine warfare by Germany were to cease and our ships had plenty of sea room, and no hindrance? What would the people of America do why, they would be paying more for the things they consumed, and the Old World would take about all we have in the way of manufactured articles. The figures of our ex ports reaching almost three billion dollars in a year, are figures that are astounding. Why should any of us talk or feel hard times with such a foreign business as that with factories working day and night and orders coming in so rapidly that factories which have been closed for years are opening up with a double shift of men. It is really a mys tery. It looks, indeed, as though this coun try should be on Easy Street. But the man with the million the man who does things, will tell you that the tariff is what rubs the wheels. . o . Are You Doing Your Duty? Trade at home because it is your patrioic duty. Do not be deceived by mail order cir culars. Your home merchant deserves your support, and you help yourself when you help him. Guilford county sends too much money to the North and West. Trade at home and you will find yourself better off at the end of each year. And you have helped your neigh bor. , -o ' . Better For Gardner. With John A. McRae announcing that he will hot allow his name to go before the con vention for Attorney General, makes the road clearer for Max Gardner who seems to have a large following. Mr. Gardner especial ly appeals to the young man in politics, and the young men are said to be for him. Well, if the boys get busy they can generally do more than the gray beards. --o The Soft Voice. Mr. Bryan says the man who carries a big -.v-"- ' ,- '.servative to wto.tne support ot tne .f resident 11 come. v - - . . ;- " o . with a big stick generally wants to fight; is often a bully and if not a bully uses that word a great deal.- . : A Boy Preacher. A seven year old -boy preacher, from Or lando, Rorida, has been entertaining the p eo ple of Hendersonville, and in one night sixteen nersons Joined the rhnrrh TTi fatVipr wfir ic KT J - " I tour years ot age; preached a sermon on God. Is Love before he could read or even knew his letters. The little fellow wears knee breeches, an1 gives out a sermon that holds, the gray beards . to the end. This is a remarkable case, but perhaps suggests pre-natal influence. - His father being a minister it is possible that the son will be a wonderful preacher. These things happen, and suggest the possibilities of a race of people when we learn what is yet in the dark. o - rli? The Moonlight Schools. From all the evidence floating in the moon light schools in North Carolina are doing a great deal of good. Old gray beards who could neither read nor write have become enthusi astic and after a few lessons take on to the al phabet just like a duck takes to water. . The time is ripe for an educational qualifica tion for the voter. The colored mam is sending his children to school, and the white man has forgotten his duty in many instances. An edu cation qualification would inspire all parents to see that their children had education and it might suggest to illiterate parents that there was hope for them. And the moonlight school would solve the problem. o : : ' " Nine Million. v Up to last Monday nine million admissions to the Exposition at San Francisco had been recorded. Just how many million it will take to make the show a financial success we do not know. It is gratifying to record the fact that more people are attending than were there in the Spring, and it is thought the Fall months will bring the average attendance up to the dividend paying mark. ' ' o The Daily Star. We receive the Lexington Daily Star, which claims to be "Lexington's fastest growing newspaper." It is a neat four column folio, filled with town news and a goodly sprinkling of advertisements. Lexington has plenty of push and progress the Star will doubtless be a winner. O 1 Kept His Head. .The Captain of 'the submarine boat that knocked out the American shipping vessel in the North Sea last Monday, had his bearings stick losess his soft voice. True. The manJ all right. He waited for the crew to change shirts, pack its belongings, then he sunk the ship. The ship was willfully carrying contra band of. war, and should have been sunk,.