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BY Av JPAAKjsKurnuiU SUBSCRIPTION (1.(4 A mB, SIXGLB COPY S CENTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, igi6. OK 8ALK AT THE NEWS STANDS AJfI OX TRAINS ESTABLISHED MAY, 1903 US ROAST G0D A FEW HOURS O VERMAN AMONG 'EM THE COST OF DYING SLANDER'S SLIME UmApA Fnn0hct A.. V? 1 'n , . vainouc rnest ND SO tT appears that Brother Ham, the evan gelist who often con fesses to some faults, but in tho past tense, h.s started; ; something in Durham. He said some thing or other about the CathoUc Lifiuf eh something that . didn't suit the Catholics, and a priest there of the name of O'Brien, took his pen in hand and writ a threat deal -the last and closing sentences be ing as follows : - Durham has been in the past a demo cracy in itself and unto itself. In a dem ocracy the majority always respects the rights of the, minority, as Durham vir- ". ' tually has in the past. I do not believe Durham has ceased to respect the rights of the minority of its citizens because a group of individuals, not by any means the majority, requested a person to speak upon a subject he. was wholly incapable of treating, and that person vomit forth filth, misrepresentation, discord, instead of preaching peace and Jesus Christ cruci fied and show his true colors as an advo cate and a supporter of the Menace, the polecat of the American press. I do not believe the authorities of Durham, . the business men of Durham, the majority of the self-respecting ministers and self-respecting Christians of the various denom- ; inatibns approve of such ungodly and unchristian-like methods. Above all, , the American people want cleanliness of speech in the pulpit. How can a to&n bit ter axid 4 uncteatr; of speech and" employed in tW business of villification speak with, effectiveness on peace and morality? Is this not- an imposition on the intelligence of the people of Durham? In "his whole sale, wild, reckless and ungovernable lust of mind, he accuses souls who have vowed their virginity to God as prostitutes. Is not this a direct insult to some of our own ; people who have relatives as nuns in con vents? At this moment I recall to mind a nun who is a dear relative of one of the most respected non-Catholic families in the city. In. his zeal without knowledge of and in his ignorant stupidity of the Con fessional, does he not( insult some of the most respected women in the city and by inference their non-Catholic Christian rel atives?. And .yet this man would pi each at a special meeting to the Christian women of Durham about morality, and moreover too, he would declare that our government should pass laws against divorce and then from the same platform villify the only church on earth that is and has been the only uncompromising champion against divorce even against states. Oh, the hy pocrisy of it all ! The old Mother church has a place for two classes of people the saints and the sinners ;: but she has no place for hypocrites. We unhesitatingly pronounce this hot stuph. It shows that Father O'Brien proposes to de fend his Church and he doesn't seem to be afraid of the evangelist. It has loner been our opinion that anv church which does good should be encouraged. That all ministers should assist all other ministers in securing the ultimate end in sending; people to the kingdom of heaven. The Catholic charch has had in firrVit nprhans in a irreat measure its st rength is because of persecution. We glory ii w IJl IC1I &JUI4JV WC die jiau in. v-o"vu i" evangelist. Brother Ham often tells about things that had better be left unsaid. The good old fashion minister ; the man who plods alonrr- wVi- ncoc tin intpmnPMtp 1atl?liaPe 111 0 4- .-w. - O O his pulpit ; who visits the sick and ministers to the poor and friendless that sort of a preach er always got nearer us than the evangelistic fellows who come with a set of fire works and find it necessary to start something. The re ligion of Jesus Christ doesn't call for what many evangelists indulge in these times. 0. ; How About Mars? About fifteen years ago the whole world was talking about signalling Mars and getting into communication with that supposedly interest ing planet. If it be true, as is asserted by many serious minded men that anything the human mind dreams will some day be accom plished, we are looking forward to an expres sion from Mars on the tariff or some other sub ject in which the people of this planet seem just now to be interested. : -o The Sunday closing law does not go into effect until the last of this monthwhich sug gests that, maybe the weather will be so cold that we won't need an v Sunday closing law. Shut the door! .; ' '. , - . Greensboro s Uosmg Law fnls iie xia un uncjiy T HAS been some years since the Sunday closing la.w was talked much about in Greens boro. Ten years ago we put up a law here that caused the town much trouble inconven ienced traveling men ; made it necessary for citizens to become violators of the law, and pretty soon the lid was raised. For the past five or six years we have been .going along under the impression that we had a wide open town, which of course we didn't have. Dnur stores kept open all dav Sundav. News stand and soda fountains were running; cigars were sold and boot black stands were operated.'. . ' x '.' To this the Ministerial association objected. Accordingly they went about the matter in a liberal way ; they consulted the druggists and the majority of those people were eager and willing to observe some hours, and according ly an ordinance has been passed which closes the drug stores from 10.45 to 1.30 p. m., and again closes them at 7.20 p. m. This will be tried out. The ministers who were spokesmen explain ed that they hadn't asked for all thev wanted. but they understood that a compromise was necessary. 1 he Mayor pointed out that the law proposed was not a moral proposition be cause if it was immoral to run business on Sunday it couldn't be said that certain hours would be immoral and certain hours would not be. The contention of the ministers was that the. drug store afforded a loafiner place and the 10AfcpVwouJ4.not leave the druer store to ed" to church. It hardlv follows, however with the drug stores closed that the habitual loafer will find his way to church. The hope is tlut he will. The other point was. and the stronsr point, that the numerous clerks and soda foun tain boys had to be on their jobs seven davs in tne week ; that they torgot what Sundav was for, and many of them were denied the privi lege of attending services. .Naturally those who believe in keeping ooen all day will not like the new law. Others who arc conservative understand that it is always better for a community to be satisfied and keep down agitation. The new ordinance doubtless settles for some time the Sundav closing ques- uon. wun opportunity to secure drugs and soft drinks, nine hours a day and opportunity to get the newspapers and cigars at any hour, we do not sec how any citizen can object to tne new ordinance. At least no one should object until it has been tried out. o A Correction. We receive a communication from a gentle man who does not want to print his name call ing our attention to the fact that Wilson was not a two million minority president just a million and some hundred thousand. We had not taken figures we picked up the hear say evidence. We are obliged to our correspond ent for calling our attention to the error and assure him that we do not give a snap of the finger how general results stack up. If he is for Wilson he may be a winner and if he is for Hughes he may be a winner. Reports from all over the country are absolutely contradic toryaccording only to which party one be longs. The straw votes of the New York Herald have about as much basis for a con clusion as the guess on when the war across the seas will end. There is" a campaign on which is exciting but little interest. The wo men are going to vote in eleven states hun dreds of thousands of them, and they say no line can be gotten on what they arc doing. Men are wondering what to do and the Middle West is claimed by both parties. We have letters from observing democrats who say the Middle West is all for. Wilson whereas we have letters from observing republicans life time friends these men are and they are abso lutely as far apart as the poles. So we take it that no man knows and from the noise be ing made but few men care. Along about the tenth of November we are going to undertake a prophecy and make bold to say what we think about it. All Came Out In The Wash. And after all the weather man did the square thing. Made it a little cool and then handed us the old time sunshine. Today is beautiful, the crowds at the fair are all sufficient, and to morrow, the really big day promises to be all that could be asked. We knew Secretary Dan could do it. Tuesday it looked rather blue looked like the whole jig was up. But Secre tary Dan concluded that there was still a hope and by some sleigh of hand performance he put it over the Weather Man 'gave him a pass,: perhaps, and we got all we could have gotten had we given orders with, a blue print accompaniment- ; . 1 ; ' ' 1 -.ii "" "," "V " I TTHILE many orators arc in the field itvis VV gratifying to know that Senator I.ec S. Overman is allowing n grass to grow, and. is out among them. He i? in the campaign until he night of the election and of course he feels confident of Wilson's election.- Senator Over man is one of the central figures in the United States Senate. , He is Jbig and able and has perhaps been on more important committees and more in the public -ye because of service rendered than any Southern Senator. He is drawing large crowds and doing his share to ward rallying the voters for the election next month. " . : 6- The Mystery Revealed. The News and Observer in undertaking to show why the amendments proposed should be adopted clears up a lofig standing mystery. We have often marveled, at: some of the legis lation put over by the Jtatc. law-makers and ' now we know the" reascflD Jt appears- that 1 average legislator cannot . stand the mental strain for the full forty days. Physically, too, forty days seem to cause collapse. The News and Observer says: The members of the House and Senate arc not at fault in the matter, for tlie law of the State which directs is such that they had to give the. matters presented to them their time and attention. In this way the State was the loser. This has been shown in the fact that matters of vital in terest to the State have been thrust into he background until the very last days of the session, and then given scant consider ation, because of the lack of time, and the very physical and mental let-down of the legislators. Think of it, and. weep. Weep for the loved ones who are thus relentlessly thrown from their mental balance and who fall physical wrecks in the service of their state. Now the average Congressman, under Mr. Wilson, who believes in working law makers as other men are worked, puts in about nine months of hard labor then comes home and enters strenu ously into his campaign of spell-binding the people. But the legislator of a state, after forty days is down and out. And the real leg islation we should get seems to be passed while the law maker is mentally and physically incapacitated. . This beloved, is the argument why the amendments should pass and the legislature be relieved of doing any work for the people. All the little bills, in which counties and towns are interested are to be thrown out of the hopper and only big things to be considered by the Wise Men who sit for forty days and forty nights in fasting and in prayer. In the meantime there should be no meeting of the legislature oftcner than every five or ten years, and then only upon call of the Governor to consider the things pointed out in the mes sage calling the members together. Because a hundred years ago it was thought wise to meet every two years and pass all kinds of laws the custom has been continued. Might as well have a meeting of the stock holders of a busi ness corporation and pass new by-laws every two years not that they are needed but lie cause of a custom that may have once obtain ed. . The amendments arc not necessary any more than the Ten Sacred Amendments ham mered into the earth with neatness and dis patch two ycas ago. -O- ' No Protest. There w ill be no protest because Governor Craig handed back to his mother, B. F. Vann. sentenced to twenty-five years in the peniten tiary for murdering a fr'Iow brother. Vann is in the last stages of consumption prison physicians say he cannot liw, and the pardon is conditional.- It may be revoked at any time, so should Vann recover he still owes a duty, to the state. His bill has not beer, paid in full but as his end is supposed to be so near, the Governor is willing .that .the man may die under his mother's care. . Such official acts suggest a .broader hu manity than we knew ir: the olddays. They suggest that Society is not unreasonable in its demands. Judge Rujus Clark Wants Coffins to Come Cheaper ND THF Statcsvillc Landmark with the able assistance of Dr. Anderson, of that city, js engag ed in a campaign to reduce the cost of burials. It is the conten tion of the landmark, if we read aright, that no coffin should cost over twelve dollars, and that per haps, it would be more sensible to have no cof fin at all that the body of the departed should be allowed to return to dust as quickly as possible. This is a bold campaign, but Judge Kufus Clark does bold. things when he thinks he is right. And of course he is right in this. W c have often contended that the Moravian plan of a common tombstone to mark the grave of all people rich and poor, high and low, was quite the thing. Just why a marble shaft should be run up over the grave of a lovctl one we have never understood, except it be to display a little money or a little, pride. If one will go and walk through cemeteries two and three hundred years old, look at the weather stained and decaying slabs and monuments epitaphs and names deciphered by the corrod ing finger of Time, he will at once sec the folly and the vanity of spending great sums to erect a shaft in memory of one near and dear. And while undertakers must meet the de mands of the times must be ready to sell what Custom demands, there is no real reason why a casket costing an immense sum of monev to be seen but for a day, should be used to bury the dead. But real reasons are not aken into -account. Xo one can see the real reason for nine-tenths of the display which Fashion or Custom demands. No one can understand why a man will spend three hun dred dollars for a diamond ring a stone with reallv no value except that it is rare and comes high but men will do it. Wc have often wondered why the North American In dian wanted feathers in his hair and rings in his ears and in his nose but he felt that his dignity demanded it and accordingly he diked in all kinds of colors. The campaign for a twelve dollar coffin will go merrily on in Statesville and as the people die those with the price for a casket costing ten times that amount will cheerfully buy and so on to the end of time. We all know that as a matter of fact cremation is the really sensible thing but men and women shudder at the thought and accordingly this scientific process will never become popular until law makes it necessarv. Wilson In The West. Wilson made three speeches in Omaha political speeches and the reports arc to the effect that large and enthusiastic crowds greet ed him and cheered him. Hughes goes west again next week. Roosevelt will also be in the west, and out in that country the tariff will be the. "burning" issue. October rapidly has' ens to the end and it is now less than a month until election. As we view the situation there has been really lit tle interest manifested. Maybe wc haven't kept up with it; maybe wc arc too indifferent as to results to enthuse, but it seems to us that the usual fire of a national campaign is lacking. However within the month the interest may increase. Within the month the whole situa tion may be different. All of us, po doubt, will be glad when it is over. o Miracles. We marvel and many doubt when they read about some of the miracles recorded in the Holy Bible. But miracles greater than any recorded there arc being performed "n this day and age. This week communication was established between San Francisco and Tokio, Japan a distance of 5,800 miles by wireless. Nothing in the world to carry the message that appears tangible just sending out on the air currents the message and Tokio pick ing it up and replying. It is said that within a few weeks a regular commercial service be tween the United States and Japan will be on. And yet some of us seem to want to doubt miracles of far less importance. v . o The Women And The Library. The High Point women who have been ac tively engaged in attempting to secure a lib rary building for that interesting and progres sive manufacturing town arc going to suc ceed. Well, who doubted it? When the or ganized women of a community make up their minds that something is going to happen, it happens. o That German U boat submarine the marvel of the age knocked all the great world series out and took the whole front page. Uhe Poison That Dk- ;. Siroys Character HF. OTHER day Mr. Asa Biggs, of the staff of The Record, wrote a story hav ing to do with the. sland erers of this town the busy foul-tongued gossips who, like hungry buzzards gorging on carrion, make ... hum 01 v.naracier. 1ms little incidental article a . part of a con tribution of a -bisy day's work, has caused IH.'ltlY lllllll. ii. ctnit mil tliillt- 1ir. lin'n I - 1 - - - - ...... ia. 1 a . V iidii brought home to them The fact that niaybe they, too. have gone beyond the limit prescrib ed by common justice, in suggesting evil things of people who are pure. o J? It was Shakespeare who said that good name in man or woman was the immediate; jewel of the soul as he also said: "Who steals my purse steals trash. Twas mine, 'twas his, and hath been slave to thousands but he who filches from me my good name, robs mc of that which not enriches him. but makes me noor. indeed." Perhaps in all the catalogue of vari colored crime there is nothing more repre hensible, more fiendish, than Jhe overt act of character assassination. Before the poisoned breath of scandal the rarest flowers droop and fade womanhood, "chaste as ice and as pure as snow" is pillored before a pitiless public which stops to neither think nor reason but which, in wild acclaim, takes up the, threads of fabricated plausibility and passes jt frotn neigh bor to neighbor as the living truth. . .,.,The slanderer the -' gossip -monger, always wants to know, in whispers, if you have heard1 the latest and then, attempting to absolve himself from the crime he with premeditation commits, explains he doesn't vouch for its truth but he heard so and so and then the lie is repeated and magnified, and pretty soon a ves tal maiden is proclaimed a common drab. Impossible to chase down the characterless scoundrel who coined the falsehood imposr sible to explain or attempt explanation, friends are helpless and the hapless'victim of the pois oned arrow walks her way shunned and heavy laden, often ignorant of "the changed attitude of those she supposed to be her friends. . . S 3 Good citizens are saying, boldly, that this is the worst town for scandal they have ever known, and it looks indeed, as though it 'were time for some one to become interested and ascertain if Character is to be used as a foot ball. Men can stand the lies, but innocent women are entitled to protection. Search joursen, vj, orotner mine, ana see it you have been guilty of talking a little too much nof making suggestions that might mean the. so wr ing of seed that would blight forever the life of one innocent and helpless--onc who has a right to protection. . . o - TM c a? 1 rr .r J. iic acnsauonai 1 nai. f. Durham has had anothpr sensat ional triaf.--- 1 111s time a wnue uocior was accused 01 tak ing from a negro a valuable tract-of land wUi. out. proper compensation, and in the trial the white man was given ti great deal of publicity that the average citin would not relish. Vhe jury was laboring with the probjem at last ac counts, and the men who gossip about such things were chewing tobacco and deciding the case 111 advance. o ' How About It? And here is betting two to one (if wc were a betting man) that you have entirely forgot ten the injunction to swat the fl; Colonel Wharton has ceased in his campaign, because of cool weather, but right now is the time to swat Mr. Flv who expects to sojourn in the warm places in your home this winter." , Seek him arid swat him. He is the fellow who wilj. do much harm in the sweet spring timcwhich is coming. .Make it a rule of life. to always. swat the flv and remember that all seasons 1 1 1"? ' .- uvriuiiy 10 nun. . .- - . uncle bam Takes Notice. ' Uncle Sam each vrnr talcr nntirn cA mir Fain Tomorrow the post-office , will close'at noon; the whole, town will attempt to go to the Fair Grounds. Thursday is the' really big day at the Fair and that Uncle Sam thinks enough of it to allow the United States mail to rest a few hours while the observance is in progress suggests that our Fair is worth while. o - . ... Wc knew it would come back. Wc mean the glorious weather which this glorious cHt mate brings. . There is this about it: That policeman who undertakes to make people, keep -out of -the yellow squarc marked off by the court house is carnincr his salarv cverv day. '. , . ( t w w m t - :'i
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