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ATHOME Always B Y ALrFAIRBROTHER 9ttif BSPTION $1.00 A YEAR, SINGLE COPX 5 CENTS SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1916 ON SALE AT TUE NEWS STANDS AND ON TRAINS . ESTABLISHED. MAY, 1903. IS SOME POLTiiZ :one are you JUDGE CONNORTALKS RATHER SOCIALISTIC WILL BOOST HIM 71 Many Reasons Why Brockett Should Win F THE fight . now on for legislative honors, it looks like the High Point part of it is not getting as warm as early; predicted.; Brock ett is out among the peo ple. Dalton is backed by the politicians and by many - others who always Mr, want to see a change. -; Brockett in all candor is entitled to the nomination. He went to Raleigh in order to secure certain legislation for High Point. But ho did good work for the whole state. . He fought for many bills, and some important ones, which failed, but which this time he will be able to put over. . - High Point has not treated Brockett right. When the democratic precinct committee signed up a statement that Dalton should be chosen when it officially boasted of the prim ary plan and then came out in a printed card telling the democrats to choose Dalton, it went far beyond its official right. It should be rebuked. It carried the pitcher to the well once too often and the democrats who love fair play should resent this act. v Brockett should stand an equal show with any of his opponents. The boast of demo cracy has been that the primary gave each candidate an equal chance. But here comes the Precinct Democratic Committee and signs Up eighteen of the twenty and slaps Brock ett in the face. : ; , : If the democrats-of Guiiford.rcally believe in fair play, as they say they do, they should this -insult to Brockett. It is not Dalton doing it but he must stand for it. The dem ocratic precinct committee exceeded its official authority when it declared a preference before the primary officially. The primary is for that purpose. Brockett's friends should want no better ammunition. Just take the printed circular, show the voter what has been done in desper ation in High Point and we are of opinion that every democratic - voter who believes in lair play; who understands that the Commit tee should keep hands off and let the voters decide will go to the polls and with their bal lots rebuke this high handed procedure. It they do not, then there is no use to talk about "organization" because this particular, "organization"- has officially: decrecd,. in ad vance of the primary that no man, save the one it wants should dare to run for office. What do vou think of that, vou who believe . in fair play? ;'' - .' Answer at the polls. - . 0 : The Mexican Situation. This Mexican situation , is a theme that time cannot wither nor -, custom stale. It is like the story of the stars. It never grows old. h is always something new and yet al ways something just the same. At this time the situation is like it-was ten years ago; fifty years ago three hundred years ago. - Once inawhilc, not often, you meet these Jr-y a "Mexican veteran" that is a man who K-uylu in the Mexican war. During all the Ycar IwAf ' liAt hkI cii-i-n tfifn thnrc have . iviuiv Liivii aiiu ..- - Wn revolutions on in Mexico there will al- . way's be. Uncle Sam is now spending many miliums to restrain the border bandits. Alter awhile peace will reign for about thirty min utes and then we will 120 to it aerain. The only war to settle "this Mexican situation is for L'ncle Sam to go in and take possession o - . Doubtless True. Senator John W. Kern,, of Indiana, gives wii a statement to the effect that Bryan will sUMort Wilson. He says he knows Bryan u'ell, and believes there is no doubt of the position he will take. It all depends. Once upon a time Mr. Wil S(,n wanted to devise some means by which ,r- liryan could be chloroformed.. Again, .when Bryan was Secretary of State Mr. Wil- attempted to use him' as a rubber stamp, ail, Mr. Bryan walked out. Mr. Bryan is op posed to Mr. Wilson's Preparedness scheme, Mr. Bryan is big enough to do just about as he pleases. If Mr. Br van is at the head of A Peace ticket we will not be-s -surprised. -o- How About It? If all the United States soldiers could not catch Villa what chance do. they stand of capturing the whole of Mexico? Looks like here was a chance for a mathematician or a mad philosopher to figure-out something. A Weeping Or A Laughing Philosopher. EARNED historians tell us that Old Man Heraclitus, of Ephe sus, was gloomy, and melan cholyalways carrying a grouch and weeping pcrtually because of the vices of man kind. So persistent was he in this regard that he carried the title of Weeping Philosopher. On the other hand, Democritus, of Abdera, was of such a cheerful disposition always saw the sunny side and made a jest of man's sorrows and cares and follies, that they gave him the name of the Laughing Philosopher and he doubtless did the world much good. And from these two celebrities of antiquity' wc should lea-n.much. The. sorrow and strug gles of mankind have been, and -will be, for ever on, and while there can be two schools of philosophythe "'pessimistic and the opti mistic, really isn't it worth while to under stand that the man who can see beyond the dark clouds and catch a glimpse of the sun that is shining there makes a better citizen than the one who thinks the world is going "to the demnition bo w-w'ows and registers a general kick against Mature because Marion Butler wasn't born twins? The road from the cradle to the grave is not a long one no matter how many diver gent paths you travel to reach the goal. Wc have been told time and again that it is not all of-life to live nor all of death to die. That is to say we have yet much to do even after passingto the. dark. cave of. eternal night wc jive again and finish a chore maybe begun by ancestors ten thousand years ago. o why. on 1 his little journey through the planet Earth should wc carry a grouch hy he bellyaching all the time? Why noV under stand that there are many pleasant places on this old crust; why not accept as a fact .the stern ruiings of Destiny ' which now and then upset our apple cart? Why ..perpetually. -weep why not get in the class of the Laughing Philosopher and sec the brighter side? There are a few people in Greensboro who do not weep perpetually, but they Ao see nothing but desolation no matter where thev look. There are others who arc half inclin ed to think the world all wrong make themselves believe that there is no "rain left ' on the daisies and clover there is no rain left in heaven." And these folk do not add to the happiness of the world. They them selves are miserable and make those around them unhappy. It is- our 'philosojdiy, and we neitlrer laugh nor weep, that the manufac turer of sunshine is engaged in a most lattd ' able enterprise. We believe that if you laugh, the world laughs 'with you, and we believed it long before ei ther Colonel Ella V Wheeler Wilcox or Colonel John Alexander Joyce or Colonel whoever it was put the words in song. Sunday we walked out for an hour. On every hand wc saw roses and trees and shrubs looking like they were fresh from the hands of God. We saw happy people and contented people. We saw others bearing the burden of a great sorrow but for the hour it seemed to us that Happiness was in the majority. The man with a grouch - the man who perpetually weeps : the man who prophesies that tomor row will be bad weather and that something is going to happen, really gets but little out of life. ' - C; -V. , So ,: we take it that the fellow who 1 i nes tip with the Laughing Philosopher does himself more good and the world more good than the sad laced and sad eyed man who joins tne melancholy procession marching under the gonfalon of those who weep. ::: o . Safety First. Danville has an ordinance that signs must not extend over the sidewalk more than four feet. Because of this law a dozen or so big electric signs in that city will be taken down. This because some four foot man intro duced an ordinance. In these days of en lightened construction a twelve foot sign is no more dangerousr and often not as danger ous as a four foot sign. Danville makes a mistake. No better ad vertising for a city can be done than the elec tric si fm of the merchant. If thev reach clear . o across the sidewalk they can be-made secure. Greensboro has some kind of an ordinance. Once . she had one that' prohibited anv sierns x f over the sidewalks. But ; broader and more nroeressive officials repealed the law. Dan ville needs some new' law-makers say law makers about eight feet broad instead of four feet. r . ,7: Si It .-A.'.' -'f. ,. . . y N A most elaborate address to the grand jury in "".Wilmington;' J udgc Groves Connor devoted an hour Or more to dissecting the situation and telling the jurors something about government. We regret that space for i Iv "ts 'reprinting this wonderful address, ' hi concluding his remarks, some three or four columns. Judge Connor said: While, as I have undertaken to point out, the fathers of the Republic, with wise precau tion, based upon profound knowledge and re cent experience, safe-guarded the rights of the people against the assumption and exercise of arbitrary power, they Were not visionary dreamers of idealized theorists they ' knew that to enable the (jovcrjimimt to protect lib erty and property," or encourage ,"ly -protecting the fruits of industry, and conserve order, and discharge .'its. duty to other- Nations, it must have the 'power to make ami enforce law to repress and punish crime. The -National Gov ernment, which claims our allegiance and iirii;iiics von nrotectim is not nerveless political makeshift, wanting. in power,-sinews and fibre. Wherever and whenever it acts, within its sphere of delegated power, it is supreme. It respects, and protects, the States wiii.-!' iTi'.-ilnl it. in tin-' exercise of the larsrc - - - -------- . - - - j domain .of -undelegated. reserved powers and thereby' perpetuates an indissoluble union ot indestructible States it guarantees to cvere State -a' Republican form of government.-, it lias all-of- the factors and elements of a ner- fectlv organized State .with ademiate crovcrn- mental power to perform its functions, dis charge.' its trusts, defend its prepetual exist - - - c ... ence and leave to its citizens all ot the rights uuranteed them by the ( onstilut'.'Mi. : : o ' The Setting. As these .Mas davs pass awav we find that it will be but a short time until the Chicago cf.nentin. ar.d those wlio see things and hear things are not .surprised at the setting now presented. Mr. deorgc . 1 erkms. chiet fugleman and good angel -for the Bull -Moose party is now frank to say that it need not be I edf'v n- ninn who has-iiro$vressive ideas i o - will do, he explains in an interview just handed out, and -we note that the New York Tribune, which tried verv hard to Stampede the country for Roosevelt, is saying that neither Hughes nor 1 eddy need be the nom inee. It is hef!pin- In other words Mr. Roosevelt - has ascertained beyond all doubt' inr tnilv flint hi name is Mud. He has found to his sorrow that his name is no longer ohe 1o con i lire with. lie has found that those j - - marching under his gonfalon are not strong enough 1o put over the' programme prepared some mouths ago. And he is now busy align ing himself with those "who are to run the Chicaco convention. He is ambitious and he expects to take a hand in the campaign ami win demand his reward, mit as to figuring on .him as a presidential possibility, the hour has nassefl ATr Tvoosevelt is nn Innrr an officer. He wears no 'brigalia." He is a soldier in the ranks and Armageddon is forgotten. ' O ; A Good Fight. Senators Sherman and Kcnvon who are opposing with errcat vigor the river and har bors bill which carries $43,000,000 should be applauded. These appropriations, fixed up by politicians, are a most shameful and wanton waste ot money, l he rivers and iiaroors should .1p lrnt iir there in nn nnestion nbriit that but often it haipcns that millions of dollars arc blown in to dredge little tide w'ater rivers. The onl- good it does is to furnish - some rnUt?r?an n iob tf) nvprlnnk the work. and the frin otpcsiti n n "nnin ts with nride" to .. - , . l - the 'fact" that 'while in "'-Washincton he secured an appropriation of so much money to dredge Pumpkin . creek which 'didn't need dredging.. ,' :? M, ' I , !' 1) Danville Seems 7 o Wants To Own It All N FO R MATION comes that Danville's city council with socialistic . tendencies has tNiOr. I citv .to reduce the price of its commodity one dollar on each one thousand pounds. Those ,.-iir prc Tinvoif 5?i.o for tickets representing a thousand pounds, by rcason of a threat to start a city owned plant, will now get their tickets for $3.50. Danville's city council with socialistic ten dencies, has forced the ice company of that city to. reduce the price of its commodity, one dollar on each one thousand pounds. Those who were paying .$4.50 for tickets represent ing a thousand pounds, by reason of a threat tostart a city owned plant, will now get their tickets for $3.50. And the Bee exultantly shouts that the council won a victory. , , '. It did in one wav. It simply pickcu.out a private enterprise and threatened it with de struction if it didn't make a price that theoreticallv was correct. There is no doubt but what the city could put out 01 uumes everv man running a meai huimi i ville' The citv could go into the butcher business and sell meat cheaper than the men now engaged in the business sell it. Because the cit v would not care for proht it would onlv want to come out without loss. And so on down the line. The city could co into the grocery business; the dry goods business ; the coal business sell' everything needed bv thosG lTviu'g in the city and those consuming these different articles would get them at a less price. But on the other hand, if the municipality conducted all the business under one large roof there would be no chance for the indiv idual and naturallv there would be no demand for business houses. "City blocks" in the business centre would sell at old field prices. There would be but tew business men to live in the city because they would have no business and the city would not be there. n-inville did not win a victory. Mie sim ple cripples an independent ice company ,V-,1.-es it imnossible for it to progress: takes awav a legitimate profit which should be made and crows over the lact that sue nas kihkni-u out an enterprise. That is all Danville has done. -o- The Roosevelt Way. Tcddv is just now doing some of the finest figuring he ever did in his life. He is dying,' figuratively shaking, to capture the Chica go convention. Ambition tells him to do and dare- but Caution says "Beware!"' He has had his ear to the ground. He sees clouds in IT 1 . the air he hears rumblings. .tie u.0011 1 know what to do. His old tactics not original, will not go this time, he fears. We all know what his old tactics were. They were not original. They were first iormulated by uha Mil tne immortal. In Bret Hartc's "left Brieu's Love Storv" Yuba Bill, the stage driver, was made to say to his companion when road agents were expected: "Thi-rs iwo p"int.s on tbv io;il to lc looked U: tie wooil-s .1.... iti.-it nstcr li: tbf friusre ul iiIU-r siinl llik-j-' t'.v tlio rro.vsinp bqlow your ln.nse- ji'ints wlicrt' tbi-y kin n-trii vou htiiimh a r,u... xuat lvt w.ivs ' niovtin luriu 1 uar. win- r. iun ui mill trust I-) tink ami lirsiy. Tli; iflir way H to wliip up anil yell, unu si-mi ( lit ivu"ii- mi huhb . no-v- And that has been Teddy's line. He has w binned tin. He has trusted to luck and brag. Wonder where he Avill end this time we hardlv believe he will go -kiting by like the bad place. ' : o Settled. In a ponderous opinion which says that if vou arc not a democrat or a republican you are virtually disfranchised in North Carolina, Mr. Charles Hines, county chairman, insists the primary" law is the stuph. He also cites the fact that the newspapers were for it. Wonderful. And so were all the newspa pers save one or two, for the Ten Sacred Amendments which were shot to pieces Dy the intelligent voters. Save in counties where politicians illecrallv mnrl-fd thr ballots on the Amendments thev were overwhelmingly defeated. The entire returns snowed them under so deep that they nrvrr ap-ain reared their brazen neads. And the.nresent nrimarv law will be put out of commission bctore another election. , c 1 . . .. . . The Machine is acrin cm and the average voter is agin' 'em. If you doubt this go talk -wit 11 -the Average, voter. mm. m Traveling Men Are For Mr. Daughtridge Hli TRAVELING men are generally for Daught-" ridge. ; They arc working for him; perhaps because he is a successful business . man. The average travel ing man isn't much on flap doodle. He wants business and therefore understands that a business man will give North Carolina a Dusincss a dministration. In a letter to the editor of Everything Mr. B. H. Marsh, the well known traveling man wfio makes Win ston his home, Writes us in part as follows: "As a traveling salesman coming in contact with fellow traveling men I think I voice the sentiment of a great majority when I say that the election of Lt. Governor Daughtridge is for the best interest of the State. "The State's business should be run on strictly business principles, therefore a suc cessful business man should be elected to serve this Commonwealth at this particular time. "I urge all to vote for a natural born leader, a successful Farmer and business man who if elected will give the State a most prosperous administration. That .man is Lieutenant Governor Daughtridge. His personality ap peals to all who come m contact with jum. One cannot help but admire his unselfish dis position, .his affable manner. "Words are inadequate to express my high regard"" for this splendid wholesome' gentle man, and I hcartly endorse his candidacy feeling as many others do who have come out openly for him. "Democracy oP North Carolina should nominate Mr. Daughtridge in the coming primary June 3rd, for several reasons. He is a successful farmer and business man thor oughly qualified, a loyal democrat, and if nominated and elected will serve all the peo ple and the affairs of the State will be in com petent hands. "1 am glad to give my endorsement to the candidacy-of Lt. Gov. E: L. Daughtridge, and urge the democratic voters to look into his record, the principles he stands for, icarn ol the many magnificent traits of character he possesses which make him thoroughly quali fied. "I predict a successful administration under the personal guidance of Governor Daught ridge as governor of this commonwealth. His true interpretation of democracy, 'Equal rights to all special privileges to none will. win for him admiration of all the citizens of this grand old State. - ; ' 1 ours very trulv. "B. H. MARSH." " inston-balem. N. C. May 15th. 1916." o : The Old Faces. We don't see many of the old faces here of late in fact about the only one that greets our. uaze is that of W. L. Douglas, the shoe man. Douirlas was Governor of Massachu setts but the title didn't slick. As a shoe man lie came into lame aim as a snoe man . .. 1 . . .1 - he will die. The old familiar visage of Lydia E. Pink- ham, who was ours for health doesn't loom any more as it once loomed, and we never see the picture of' Saint .George and the Dragon which erstwhile illumed the Hostetter s Stom ach Bitters advertisement. Sihcc they knock ed all the likkcr out of it wc see no more grim visaged Congressmen who took Pcruna untii they had blind staggers, and it is no more that we view the picture of Saint Jacob with his staff as he proclaimed the virtues of St. Jacobs oil. And on down the list. The old faces are gone and the new ad writers use white space and island positions and engrave their ads and don't attempt, it seems, to familiarize the trade mark. The old Durham Bull still finds a place on the bill boards and in the newspa persbut for the most part the New Age has given place to New Faces. o Why Not? The Raleigh News and Observer says: Thorp is no rhoii-e lrft the luliv)lnal KcimbUran a to naming 1 ho -anIIdatn r,t his party, for tiiey bave already b'ii iianicl by a few "higher up" Republicans. Then why doesn't that, in fact, amount to disfranchisement? What is to hinder the democrats from doing the same thing, under the law, if they elect to do it? And we all know that when it comes to putting over a frame-up the democrats are not - without sih. Look at the "way: Judge Carter, was -treated. 'i it if i-" if 4 1! . k 1? v, SI ? ! 1.' '1:
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