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BY AL FAXRBRQTHER SUC-flON YZAB, COPY. 5 CTESfTS SATURDAY, MAY 27,-1916. ON BALK AT THE KEVfS STANDS AND ON TRAINS ESTABLISHED MAY, xgoa. BRANDEIS MADE II LOOKS HUGHES IT WAS ALL ILLEGAL AS TO DIVORCES WHERE MACHINE Daughtridge Now. LREADY, according to the news from Raleigh, the politicians arc- ad mitting that there will be a great fight between Bickett and Daught ridfe. The Bickett .0 walk'-a-way, so freely predicted aew weeks ago has gone glimmer ing; In fact it seems that the Machine is gelling out its guns and it is freely talked ihat Daughlridge will have support of the old time guard. " ' The situation is, as badly mixed as the Mexico muddle, ' and only the primary will reveal to man what is what and why. The talk is that the leaders are not going to allow Bickett to come into power if they can help it. They do not like Daughtridge but they feel that Bickett is a politician ; that he has higher ambitions than Governor, and therefore the family fight is on. Everything isn't caring much who is Gov ernor. It favors Daughtridge as its choice for the reason that he is a business man, a banker and a successful farmer. Everything has long talked for a Business Governor for North Carolina. It wanted General Carr for this reason. It thinks the politicians, the professionals, have filled all the offices long enough. In some quarters this is treason, but we are not caring anything about that. It is our belief that Daughtridge will make, a better 'GbWb:thtu:tlia-fiicte Believing this it is for Daughtridge. Between Bickett and Linney it wouldn't throw up a coin. Both are politicals and both are good lawyers. :;;o::.-. ":v,-. : . Daughtridge is a business man. He is big and broad and progressive and the hope is that the Farmers and business men will just once in their busy lives take a day off and cast a vote to side-step the politician. Too long the schemers have captured the officers. - o . The Income Tax. Treasury officials claim that something like eight million dollars have been recovered from those who tried to evade the income tax. This is a good showing, but the worst thing is that we should have an income tax. That is the limit. Even Thomas Jefferson rebelled against such a thing but in our desperation to raise money when we have free trade, we squeeze every lemon in sight. The income tax law is another "pee-pul" proposition. -, O -:'. Aye, It Is True. Since the days when man lived in a cave and came out to see if his savage brother was about to steal a march on him, orators and editors have handed ir o us that just now we were on a volcano. The grim old optimist of the Wilmington Star. looks back adown the trail recalls his school boy days and remem bers that it was but yesterday he was told to look out for -the Nation in peril. Then he murmurs in this glad way : , This Is a dav big with the fate of "the Nation!" That's what the boy orators said way back yonder at the school losings, and it's been that way every . day right on; up to now. "We are treading on, the quicksands of des t in v." imt we'll forget all about it when Brunswick 'oiimy watermelons begin to laud on the Wilmington, siitc f the majestic Cape Fear. And then that watcrmillion ! Dream on O, optimistic soul, dream on! May the meat be red and crisp and may luscious fail to describe its glory! May it melt in your mouth, O, dreamer of that hap py day and may the season come early and remain late. And seriously as we today read about our great need of Preparedness, we too, glide back in memory's hall and -distinctly recall 'the fact that the same blue prunes have been handed us from what the books call "time immemorial." -o- about that hotel. The time is right now, andt does look like the deal could be put over. : o The Size 6f It. The Salisbury Post tries to "tote fair" It says it is for Daughtridge for Governor ; its editor will vote for him, but if- Bickett is nominated it will cheerfully accept the result of the primarv. We take it that, all good democrats feel that way. Bickett represents one side and Daughtridge the. other. Both; arc good citizens 'and both are capable. The matter of choice rests solely with the voter. 'o democrat can object to his neighbor mak ing a choice. That is what the primary is lor as we understand it. ) The Committee Finally En dorsed Him for Position. ND IN turn we are "astounded." When" Brandcis name was sent to the Senate Senator Overman of the Judiciary Committee un reservedly gave it as his opinion that he was "astounded." So were vyc. So, were al the con servative people whereas the radical element-the extremely progressives were delighted. ( So much were we interested in Overman's position that we addressed him several letters through these columns while we were tem porarily sojourning in Arizona.. It looked good to us to see a United ..States senator astounded at something the President had dared to do. It was freely talked that be cause Brandeis was a Hebrew; because he had the labor unions with him and a lot of other things Wilson had made the appoint ment. .. Those things we did not consider. VV e think a Hebrew has as much right on the Supreme Court , bench as any other man if he is fitted to hold the position and we think that laboring men should always be repre. sented. .':: But Brandcis was neither Jew nor laboring man when we considered, him. We have know him a long time. He is smart. He is a big lawyer, hut temperamentally he is not the man to occupy the position to which he has been appointed. ;nd 'we rejoiced when Overman publicly said he was against him. It looked good. Looked good to know that democrat clashed with democrat on honest "grounds that regardless of party the Judi-' ciary was to be kept out ot politics. But alas, Senator Overman yesterday vot ed for Brandeis. He seems to be no longer astounded. There is a proposition in the scheme of eternal justice in the courts of this land that a man shall be tried by a jury of his peers. The peers of Brandeis said he would not do. Seven ex-presidents of the American Bar As sociation, feelinsr it their duty sat down and 7 - - & w wrote and signed the statement that Brandeis would not do. This was a jury right. Three of these distinguished men were democrats and four republicans one of them an ex President of the United States and an able lawy er. v.-'.v-v But it seems that when the politics came in there had to be a line-up and Everything sincerely regrets that it is called upon to say that it cannot understand why Senator Over man changed his mind -because no evidence has ever been adduced to show that it is not the same Brandeis whose appointment by the President astounded him. Brockett The Man. Everything hopes the voters of Guilford will see to it that the name of Robert Brock ett is on their ticket. He certainly deserves to be returned. The machine part of the party in Guilford has given him what for other words we call a dirty deal. - -. rO - : : No Longer A Joke. It was once upon a time. ; a standing joke that a Baptist liked a little wine for the stomach's sake and the "often infirmities" such as Timothy was supposed to enjoy but the action of the Baptist convention in -Ashe-' villc in demanding national prohibition and urging dry laws in the district of Columbia removes all doubt as to where the Baptist church stands. All the churches are for national prohibi tion. Most of the states are going dry, and while we will perhaps miss pur first guess Which was that 1920 would witness national prohibition it cannot be much longer than tbnt Thr California situation will soon be cleared and the wine interests will yield. Vir ginia will soon be on the water wagon and Maryland will be the next big fighting ground. Prohibition is as certain as death- just a matter of little more time. O Look Out, There with a hundred and sixteen members, of the Texas National guard refusing to take the mustering oath and enter the Federal service irrrder President Wilson's call, there is liable to be something doing. The War de partment will be -obliged to take notice. If these hundred and sixteen Texans are court martialed it will be necessary to call, upon ad joining states to aid in patroling the other Texan border. With Old Man Villa in ac tion and the Lone Star state in revolution there will be a very interesting situation. Tliose Texas soldiers are not much on what has been called army discipline. They gen erally run things their own way. """" . 5. - - . I ''"-'-J - 5 . I " - . r ' s - - S ' I i 1 . . -- - -- a GAIN we print his" picture and make the 1 guess that he will be the nominee of the republican party at Chicago. Whether Teddy will stand for it does not enter into the equa tion. Hughes is today the leading man. All over the country people are insisting that he inust be the man; that he is the only man big enough to lead the party to victory. Teddv is working his Detroit speech to a finish. A delegate to the Chicago convention in Greensboro. Ex-Judge Bynum received this w'cek a two hundred -word message sign ed up by Detroit's best business men telling him why Teddy -was. the. one man among ten thousand who is altogether lovely but even that campaign of nice letters hasn't worked its magic yet. . Today Hughes is the man. If Teddy can get up enough spectacular stunts; if he. can get the f conve ntion ."Vjl'd hcmay - capture it. -Bufthe Old Guafd Is going' -to 'Chicago wear ing armor plate. It will make its greatest fight, and , the dope today, Thursday, when this is printed is to the effect that Hughes will be nominated. Then the wonder will be: Will Teddy accept him. ..... : q . A Big Convention. With twenty thousand women meeting in New York the General lrederation of Wo men's Clubs of America, and a big fight on as to who will be president, those who think women are not. qualified to run politics and do a general business will awaken if they read fully the proceedings of that wonderful convention. The new women is. in every field. She has come aud she is teaching men many things. It may be a few years until all states yield the point, but woman should be allowed to vote. She will help in our politics. She will aid us in getting better laws. W'hilc the Federation is non-political and while it keeps off the grass on the suffrage proposition it is- estimaled that two thirds of the delegates now in New York favor universal suffrage. The Dumb Animals. The Danville "Register raises its voice for the dumb animals that are mistreated by bar barians who wear neckties and enjoy police protection. . Horses are overloaded, over-driven, insufflcienlly fed and -ared'. for, and wanton cruelty manifested.-toward dogs and other animals. Only a few days aaro we had indignant protest from a citizen against the cruelty of some uukuowu person in killing his dog. Some day, we trust, public sentiment will be sufficiently aroused to dispel the prevailing apathy and impel many persons to become contributing ineiniers of a immune organization such as is supported in other cities. The man who sits down and thinks a mo ment will not be cruel to his best friends. The horse, the dog, the cat, the cow ail these things are God's creatures. Thev arc dumb and cannot protest. They stand for more than they would stand for if they knew how to get away from the cruelty. Those who arc hu mane should organize a society in each town and when a, man over loads his horse or at tempts to use him when he is physically in capaciated should be arrested and fined. The dog is not a menace. He is our best friend and should be protected. He should-be sup plied with a place to drink fresh water and the parents of children should teach kind ness to all animals. Gradually we approach. civilization. But it is yet far in the distance. - o Trying It Out. In California the prisoner who deserts his wife or who is sentenced to the roads re ceives one dollar and a half a day for his la bor in highway building, and this money goes to the wife and family. In other words the state does not claim his labor. It only restrains him from further an noyance to Society; gives him a job and takes the money he earns and pays it to his family. That is exactly what we have long advo cated in North Carolina. If it works out all right in the far west, and reports say it does, we hope the day will come when the prison- c 1 i : 1 1 : ci s ,iamiiy in mis siaic, win icccjvc ic money that he earns. The Registration Was Not Necessary Under Law T SEEMS that the democrats are now having some family quarrels. It appears that the registration in Guilford coun ty was an illegal proceeding; that the Attorney General's advice was ignored and an other man's suggestion taken and. then after the people had been put to a great amount of trouble and in some cases were subjected to almost insolence, the of ficials 'finally, called off the registrars and there will be no new registration. The people are indignant. In this town one man employed to register people went so far as to interpret the law that a man must be of age the day he registered and it was not until one young man was sent back to tell the registrar that if he wasn't allowed to reg ister there would be something doing that he was considered. The young man was to be of age before election. Many men told the registrars that it was none of the dash d dash business what might be their politics of the would be sovereign, and the result of the illegal proceedings will not, do the party which attempted the "put over" any good. The new primary law is a farce, pure and simple. Already Mr. Hartness, a candidate for Secretary of State has suggested that the candidates themselves set aside the law and not have any second primary if one is neces sary. Might as well set aside the law con cerning murder if some fellow happens to be indicted who doesn't want to go to trial. The law is on the books and it must be carried out. Happily, however, it will not remain on the books after this winter. The scheme didn't work. It was a frame up by politicians and they have been foiled. o Hartness. Is Wrong. The Salisbury Tost writes the following story under the caption "Hartness Is Right:" Mr. .1. A. Hartness Is right In asking bis two oppon ents to enter Into an argeemenl to enect mat me one or the three who receives the largest vote in the first primary be declared the nominee, without the expense of entering a second primary, ruder the rule the lowest man drops out nnd the two highest would run lu a sec- .:id primary. The proposal made by Mr. Hartness is that the two lowest withdraw and leave the highest man the nominee, thus saviug the state the. large expense or a se-oiid primary. The Post is wrong, and so is Hartness. The primary law which all democratic papers in sist should be given a trial says the second primary must be held. It isn't up to the poli ticians, in order to save expense, if not their bacon to abrogate laws already made. Everybody understands the law is not a just law. But it was made, hoping to keep people from running for office It was finely figured that if great expense was attached to a campaign only a favored few would dare undertake to run. This would keep the poli ticians in power. It is not for Mr. Hartness or Mr. Grimes or Mr. Anybody to abolish a law. That must be done by due process. If it happens in the Seventh district or any other district or in all the districts that other primaries arc neces sary they must be held. The candidate, and not the state, is the fellow who pays the freight. That is where the law appears in its most glorious light. o Easy Enough. The Concord Tribune remarks: The Monroe Enonlrer and Statesville Landmaik can not figure it out "how come" that when an automobile license tag can ne secured irom ine secretary 01 riaie in three days, some owners of newly purchased machines wear the tag "license npplied for" for weeks, nnd in some cases for months. Easy enough. The man who makes the first payment on his machine hasn't the price of a license, and he must wait until he raises the wind. What would those papers expect a man to do? Put his machine in a barn and not use it? -o- 1 i This. Does Settle It. In his carf cully prepared story proving the claim of the May 20th proposition, having to do with things that happened around Char lotte about one hundred and forty-one years ago. last Saturday, Dr. Archibald Henderson quotes from the Moravian records as follows: May 17. Nacbmittags brachte Br. Richter von Betba bara ein Paquet Brlefe und Gemein-Xachrichteu and Zeitungen aus Bethlehem und Lititz welches Christel Conrad, der hente von Fennslyvania zuruck gekommen. mltgeWracht hat; die Brlefe waren von 25 April und 1 May, unter andere meldeten sle das unangenehme dass om den 19 April herum eln Scharmnetzel bey Boston zwischen dem Konigl und Provlnz Mllltz vorgcfallen say." Just off hand, without our glasses, we would say that ought to settle this long con troversy. In fact it does settle it. o Those of us who lived through the magni ficent rain of the past two days better un derstand the mental attitude of Old Man Noah who ran his personally conducted Ark for forty days and nights. W A Difference of Opin ion Is Expressed. HE Baptists in conven tion out in Minnesota have been wrestling with the world-wide divorce story and it is refreshing to see some of the delegates brave enough to talk out loud. old idea that marriages were fixed The in Vienven has been hard to believe in later years, because it looks very much like the devil was running a matrimonial bureau and doing a land office business. The other day when the question was be up ing discussed concerning better divorce laws; and some of the older brethren wanted to fol low the Scriptures on the question, Dr. John Earlc, president of Des Moines College, of Des Moines, Iowa, handed out this bit of truth: ,. "There arc many just causes for divorce. I will tell this convention that if my daughter should marry a drunkard I would help her get a divorce and drunkenness is not recog nized by the Scriptures as a just cause. Such a resolution is not according to Baptist dem ocracy." Following-it along: "Some one here has quoted the phrase 'what God hath joined to gether,'" said F. R. Margetts, of Spokane. Wash. "I want to say that I believe God has nothing to do with a large percentage of mar riages ; especially- those hat lead to the di vorce court. ' God is not a party to marriage for title, nor marriages for money. We are beginning at the wrong place' to correct this evil. We should work for stricter marriage laws and more thought by marrying" cou ple's." . ? And when people finally get these ideas into their heads there will be something do ing. The woman who is harnessed to an un desirable should be allowed the chance to cut loose. And if a man is harnessed to a female wild cat, no matter how virtuous she may be, he, too, should be allowed to ask the" court to turn him loose. And some day all this will happen. A Peace Convention. It is the intention of Dr. Hobbs, of Guilford College to organize a State Peace Society and to go to the proposition with an intelli-. gent campaign. The trouble is so many who favor peace insist that it is worth fighting for. Peace at any price save dishonor is a great . sentence, but we observe that the fellow who talks peace, if you keep up the conversation long enough finally gets so excited that he is willing to tight to prove his assertions. How ever we are for Peace and vwiU- give Dr. Hobbs any assistance in our power. O- ; To Be Sure. The Wilmington Dispatch figures ft out this way: " Another essential to the borne library Is a cookbook If you want to perpetuate that great North American disease known as dyspepsia. The cook book is like a traveler's guide book. Take the old time negro cook, unable to read, and the dishes prepared by her beat all the new fangled stuff you read about in cook books. The cook who has received the in formation - from a correspondence school never makes good. When you take two cups of molasses and a half cup of brown sugar and grate in a little nut meg and add a half cup of boiling water and stir until brown and then strain off the liquid and throw the cat out the window and add a lit.tlc Jemon. ex tract and then roll the dough very thin and bake until hot in an oven forty two degrees below zero and add enough lard to make it run smoothly up grade and serve while the guests are present well, it may be the stuph but we never did like that kind of cooking. The Elks. The Elks have held their annual meeting and Washington treated them as an Elk should be treated in a most royal manner. Raleigh will entertain them next year. The Lodge of Elks is one of the best of the secret orders. It is composed of men of the world who feel for their brothers men of the world who understand that human nature is weak and prone to err men of that great Brother hood of Man which makes the music of he world. There are thousands of Elks in this sad world who never wore an antler and wio never "jined." Men are born Elks some men are- and no initiation is necessary. . .
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