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). . n Ml '- r ; i L 4 -- j BY AL f ALRBROTHnn' wciimojf ti, tiias. inwi48corr. CTtsrrtl . j. sAtU; DAY, JANUARY 6, 1917. ok xij( ir tali Kttrf vikstvv Axiiirjj TBAir SPEAl :ER OF HOUSE -r , .S .... YOUR UNCLE SAM NEGRO OR A NIGGER? IS IT BUmOM - y-,v: I -. , - . - v y V v : j' i - - ' . -.O- - . f . " i , '. V : Li.- ' . Needs. More Kale- Seed " W.'?1?' , vvjia ana vvpouy vvczi. and-Tnlks Bonds. f 1,11 11 V -Vv 1 1 I :..v . : H F.XYear.is here ."aj. iJncJc " Sxm findi him5df almost fotxr hurt- :drcd intUioh dck'lirs be- 1 hml in hU ready money. To gctMhis gTcat sum itcctber he U,talking of floailnir Panama canal 11 mmm bocd to the exfent 6f onr hundred and Iwcn- ty-ffxrntlSioa. He- wants to raic the revenue on rtbicco and cigars and cigarettes and whis-key-tsftrrg. as an iUustration to get $6me rwenty miihorii on increased -T-revenues of cifVrcttes.alone, Whiskey, goes higher, beer jjos- uj and then the income tax. . With fiendish delight this administration has gone-after-the-. frugal man tsho has saved his money and now u& trying to enjoy the in-cxjinc.-frort iU . Thomas Jefferson , said the in come tar, was an iniquity and it is. There shcmld be an inheritance tax, but for a man to know- that if fnz saves orvexcels he is to be fleec ed hy," hi government to pay its foolish and cx- "trvaXnt yills weJI, it Ukes out of him the ambition to. be frugal or to excel. "Jlhis :gowcmcnt, with its salary grab; with it postal laws; with its army of unless clerks annualj -squanders, needlessly millions of dol Itfj I :ut. !- Vad of retrenching, instead of sto f. ' : t 1 teaks shameful and frightful, it prrcrc t t t x the well to do and impose ad d:l .urJms on the working people. Jt is . -r d that coffee amLtea be taxed c i'mu e crand on down tne line. Any- A at -Yr-t i In sight is ma'de.to-bear revenue. 'z a law that dtt the ultimate r i n 10x1, dux 'coes nrm gresi nijrj. ti Amcrrcan pcopuie.xry a r.aa mu- :cf which we are one, has no right fc :ri Hoi f. the ; tolci -feV Year has come Leap Year has gone andlihe Old MaUt who didn't tell her love, but let cco -itf 'r: like a worm in the bud feed on 'tec 'ismageJ cheek will have a good long Hiit ccr.uf.c.. - ' w . O ; , Hither A Bad SUrt. : Speaking at-to the weather, the New Year mide a had Mart. IVetty tuff was the stuff the weather man handed us on the First day of the. Glad New Year one of those days calculated to knock a man's K resolutions sky high. In fact had it not been that we arc always blessed with a Sacred Quart law and the -said Sacred Quart wa$ gone because of Christinas times, many a man yesierday would have rcached into his sideboard and taken out the big bottle and dashed" off a flagon of rum. It. was one of those days when Old John Dar leycorn used to do his best wor. But inas much a how there was no Sacred Quart; inasmuch as how there could be nothing doing all bands just managed to get along as best they could. And without the likfcer it i a safe pr tstuiption that the cussing was atso on'slow s;ed. o That Arizona Election It seems that Campbell, the republican who claims to have been elected Coventor of Arizona by some thirty majority has proceed ed to be swom in; been inaugurated and the erstwhile Governor. Hunt, declines to let the newly elected info the executive mansion. Hunt claims all kinds of irregularities and s cars be is elected and will stay with the shin. Naturally things around Phoenix are rather warm. 'Campbell is a lawyer a tall, dark complected, smooth faced man who will do what he thinks right. He will doubtless be the next Governor. He has a long time had his eye on the job and now that he has been swOTir in by a notary publk he will remain ia. Hunt is a big. good natured fellow who made VgTeat grand stand play or two to labor while Governor, and he hates to give up the ship. o 4 - Another Big Victory. Newfoundland.- the island and the erttire coast of Labrador has gone dry and dry as a powder horn at that. It is unlawful to im port likker: unlawful to manufacture it; un lawful to drink it and thoV people mean business; For forty years it is said they have been after total prohibition and in this New Year they see their dream come true. Looks like all over the world the clock has struck. Look like the, time had come, ami in countries where is was never suspected that prohibition could be possible the law went into effect, it. some oer night, and gloriou have -been the results. Wonder why it came all of a sudden? Wonder why the whole world seemed to have, awakened at once? Once inawfcile we must wonder ii ecrti'n iK'trr are not tlanncd. and no matter what mn thinks. about it they must V OOKS like the colored man ha had his day in Montgomery Alabama. In crowds he gather ed and recited the wrongs heap ed upon him, as be sees things. The explanation of the great exodus of colored people from the South was explain ed in convention by saying that at tne north a'nd west there was a broader freedom for the black man. That he enjoyed better educational facilities and that nc wasnt so apt to "get shot to; pieces. Along about the same time we receive from Tuskeegee, a story to the same efTecCThe letter states that the black man hasn't , had a square deal r the South. It may be even so But .we .havc. noticed that when the black man at the north attempts any of the crimes. for which he is cooked in oil in the south the same fate awaits him there. It may be that at the north he doesnY undertake so "many of his fiendish trkks. Because. there are a few lynching of negroes in the South the world thinks it a popular pastime down here to lynch a negro but it isn't so." The black man who is self respecting gets along better in the south than he does at the north. He understands our peo ple and our people understand him. When a r; r ; ivnrhrd down here, most always he I deserves it. Once in awhile he doesn't but he is also lynched in the north. Here in Greens boro are many first-class colored . citizens, "rs, nTnTrtv! thev attend to their own t business and in their different lines of business arc patronized by the whites. , Unlvwnen a negro, becomes an outlaw does he become a nigger and the nigger h thcvosiy one lynch ed. . No one ever heard of the? Southern people ot NVrrn ; Thereis as mnch diffcr- mil- h-e between a Nerro anTa nirrf ai thirej w - m - w and a Dago a Lmnaman ana a cooue. . nc NegTO prospers in the South and he fares bet ter here than at the north. As for the nigger be is liable to be lynched anywhere. o Governor Whitman has again been sworn in in the Empire State. The great talk about his extravagance and his spectacular ways seem ed to appeal to the Mpee-pur.and the people. His majority was all right. o- - The New Income Tax Law. The democratic party m-kes one big mis take in thinking that the income tax fs the way to raise revenues. We all admit that there should be a heavy inheritance tax. bu! to tax a mairied man two per cent on his income if he happens to earn over four thousand dollars a year is purely a hold up. And to tax a single man two percent on his salary exceeding three thousand dollars is altogether wrong. In this sin-shot world there are many single men, men who have remained single in order to sup port members of the family some mother, some sisters some relatives and their earn ings are just as sacred to them as the earnings of a married man. And one married mart may have a family of a half dozen children to sup port and another may have no children and all the way down, the income tax is an iniquity as Thomas Jefferson pronounced it. In the days, of protection the days when this western world took its place f6remost in the commercial line when it built up won derful institutions and made the wage earner a pr;ncrWc had no income tax; we had a surplus instead of a deficit in the treasury ami all the pretense about free trade will never put u right. And we make the prediction that before the four new vCars of Wilson's! administration are over, the "democratic party will be a party of protection. Right now we are selling bonds some claim because of a war in Mexico but that gTand trimuphaf mircfVof Pcrshings cost only Sfo.ooo.oocr and we are facing a deficit of several hundred minfons. Protection, or, rather enough taxes to run. the government is the only thing. That is.the way we prospered and no harm was done. , The ultimate con sumer gefs his articles no cheaper under free trade then why free trade? : o- : r- Those who go to Kaleigrr to lobby for their pet bills will perhaps be referred to the county commissioner. The statesmen this year will not wresrle with trfc Tittle things of life. - Again Reported. After Uncle Sam had already spent sixty million dollars trving to' catch him. Villa was reported one day lar.t week enjoying himself at Concho not far from rric bxse of supplies and activities. Mr. Villa, with his charmed life and charming way is having' more fun than any box of monkeys ever imported. . o ; It ; roillt- tn he rrtrretred that Tom Law- son is getting so much for nothing. Tom is in his glory- For a Jong time ne tirs oeert unaoic to cet on the front pagebut-just now he is ibtsz wi:irbothfett; i i T PIE. selection of -Walter . Murphy, as A ijptakcr, oi. tne House, wjii De- gratuying tojnanpeopya in North Carolina. Mr. MW phy rV an-able. lawyer; he has had experience as a Icgislatoh'and he is one of the men of the State who is jVvel headed not easily excited, antfwho will, give to all an even handed deal. The peoplc'of Salisbury, Murphy's home town, wiH'rejoicc to know that he made his fight and won! His competitors, Messrs. Page and Roberts : were good men but Walter simply ha&'the lead aqd.when thetime came to go into a caucus' he was the only pebble ,on the bchchr-," - Earlt in the gamc, before election, because wc.'ucw - -ivjUTiJny., wuuiu uc ciclizu, unic all 'sir ns failed.- this paper nominated him fof Speaker, ami fevls that it felt'thc public pulsr in doing so So Murphy isn't. through yet.?" -"One i of these' days' he is going to loom big for Congre j; and-when he docs the man who'- uansagamC him - will' be obliged tof do Fomp ta'll"runninir if be defeats , the Rowan Fomr tall running it uc deicats , tne kow; ci.V.ry mart.' Pcrrr, my boy, here is to you! . .It Came High. ' The figures have been made available and it i- shown that up to this sad minute Uncle Sam has spent something like sixty-seven mil lion dollars in attempting to catch Villa and he hsan't caught him yet. And yet the Watchful Waiting myth was believed by many. Carranza isnt worth the place he occupies. And then it cost some mil lion?, doubtless, to put up the bluff about mak ing old man Hucrta salute our flag and he didn't salute. Naturally it is for those commanding the army for the war department, to determine these things, but a hundred million dollars blown in monkeying with a crowd of desper ate revolutionists, to say nothing of the many lives sacrificed, looks more like boy's play than it looks like generalship. Mexico should have been cleaned up -wc should have gone in and helped them do something. Cuba was straightened out by the kindly assistance of Uncle Sam Mexico is in a more demoralized condition today than before Pershing went on his expedition. The expedition -has amounted to nothing . There is yet a big job of work to be done beyond the Rio Grand and the sooner Uncle Sam gets busy, and does it the better and cheaper it will be in the end. Case iti Which thete tea Dif ference and distinction; j T WAS related in the "tele-, graph that at PhbenixArizona, under the new prohibition law five; hu'ndred gallon's of whis key were confiscated m raids on private houses - and :. other places, and these five hundred gallons of' whiskey used to. lay the duit of the desert town. ' : This 'in Arizona, A. D. 1916. This is Arizona, not long ago a territory fill ed" with gamblers and bar-rooms arid Outlaws. But.it happened. Phoenix is a .wonderful town. Its inhabitants its' real citizens are of . all classes,. Many Indians, hundreds of them,-; laborers a'nd "farmers; reservations also tnere controlled by the government; Mexicans galore; men frorq the Hawaiian Islands greasers from across the border white men and som.e as good people as ever . lived : on" God's footstool.: Thoroughly cosmopolitan a city of people where you wo'uld naturally, ex pect the wide open town. But no matter about nationality the majority of the people of the state believe in state-wide prohibition. 1 r:n vr i t ie ' aim nu irius. iu sacreu quarts, ino nan way business. Real prohibition- with laws to , en force it; officers with power to act and be hind it all . a public sentiment that calls-for action. That is "why it was possible to make the street parade; .That is why th'pse who had likker yielded it without using. a gun in 'de fense. It hardly. seems possible that a new' country so recently transformed from .the h AsHetiilie Home 0 Reall m a SHEVILLE foi ;short:vHo. fers and JioSvi ev; 'in . the - tpvn . i that he ihisee : chareanW 'toaeVhifiriMt gly'ercmr tfte and glowthatfulL.wgialpulc The';-average. ,driz'i.tsf Jbefore. his ;fi. f. arid shivers, and ses whe.re; - was. ; for a couple of hundred- ormndsiie: ! warm,6nly' under the collarpas He thin! it; and even the pleasures of Ghtigtr ; vere taken'; from him. : . :f r-;'-;;;- Had it happef and he' had gptr; about, tvO KttfidreC more tharf Ke :.Wa"s? really J exectingV would hav btfrhed: more-brigi&;-it. vv'armfh would fiave--fiiled;thobm would have blessed . his star s-i'Ri;-;:.th. c Christmas' which had com tonir V The orficiil werehers' are ;'zi6wl 'lldoin I, quickly; weigKingj;all .-sorts .flpass: : hplding frpm the general public the ires charrtes are that;fevefy.'to.n6u'clf.--r L these days weighs- fullrvvo thousand f The chances arc that Reekie ssl: flyers ejefs- were the eauspl of'the-.-s he: fy speaking--, and thi? a. trusr l U,4hb man, estaoiisned. in Dp?in?s. iyes;r hnmA 4Ha .fl.. . Wl .A c n .11.. r t- m- T. - 1 v - . . uuu, .aiuiiii quints luruci uiuiai cuii- duct. - -"; -'. ' ?, I :' And yef the' staid1 and .sobcrortn.Garolftnfu majxavPJiia -Ja cs.r;n riT a m any . t u 'r' '. ueirtri iri'Phoenrx Ori the Holv? Sabbath Iav.. t : lots to Msu:ustom(grsir.d.r erise he wilt servel'tit ' -He " wU J ose 5t wai pjp i; ill:ta! :t;:out often 3ght- -O- . The Railroads Issud Ultimatum. The railway companies of America have no tified those interested that they will pay noat tcntion to the Adamson law until'the Supreme. Court passes on its constitutionality. They will proceed as heretofore, and if the court up holds the law they will proceed with back pay. This is a new phase of the question, and if the strike order still hold good, and only a . flash' is necessary to tie up traffic, looks' like it was up to the four brotherhoods to flash. The Adamson law will soon be reviewed by the Supreme Court. Those who arc corpora tion lawyers declare that if will be held uncon stitutional because it is class legislation, while those; who are agin the railroads on general principles are sure the court will 'find the .Ad amson law all right. '4 . . . ; It -will take the. decision to decide the ques tion". Inifhe meantime there will be some oth er legislation, and altogether it looks like the railways' and bVothcrhoods were yet far apart. - y. . . ;.' v v The Furr In It' V . Wc have before commented on the resolu tion introduced by Congressman Wood to in vestigate the leak concerning the" peace note. Congressman Wood has heard that the demo crats will try to side track his resolution, so he comes5 baclc stronger .than ever and says the statement of Tom Lawson to the effect that tie had the irfside information in time to clean up a few millions'makes it imperative to proceed with a thorough investigation. If. it is press ed, the chances arc that the old line or adminis tration democrats will pigeon hole the resolu tion, and -this will cause a great deal of talk and -some consternation. Therefore when Con gress convenes next week it will be interest ing to see' how the' resolution is handled. .This tmng or, accusing tne tarmiy ox wrong uomg. somttixaes reacts. - : " - ' peirtrigr iri'Phoenrx Ori the Holy" Sabbath Day. They run their play houses widd open; they sell soft drinks all' day long thei"6, is no par-r ticular law about closing stores- it is up to the merchant-- but if vou Want to monkey with- booze you must hit a new trail. The -are not fanatics on the" prohibition question "but just determined people" who have learned that ; whiskey is a menace; a stumbling block a nccdlesscommodity and -they wiped it out. The churches in Phoenix are filled - every Sunday morning and evening they, have most all denominations there; the YJM; C. A.; arid the Y. r. C. A'. are there" and strOiig and altogether there is a moral atmosphere worth while except carpenters - build houses ; or Cmovc houses on Sunday; masons wOrk' with their mortar and the business proceeds. " But cverj day is a Blut Law day Wh6n bOOze is ori exhibition. It certainly would have been a sight worth while to see" the water wagon temporarily changed into a booze cart but the booze being used to. lay the dust on the streets. Strange , how quickly sentimcn changes how quickly a few men with an idea can convert a state. ' ' . ; o : . Those who arc waiting for the. Fourth of July should do their shopping now. . " o-t ' - Pessimistic Again. The note sent in' jiy the allies rather knpeks the Peace hope, it is said. But if doesn't shat ter our dreams. The Wilson note vitl ge fd the trenches. Naturally there will be some different plans suggested, but the .first mes sage has gprie the seed .will' germ inate--ind Peace will sbOn be vith us. ft isn't what GerV many thinks; it isn't" what Fratice; i hiftk's-no matter abOut Great' feritian it is' On the wire less circuit thaf Peace should come", and if will be here before we know it. o : . '. - j TH6 Houble Building. . " ... Mayor Murphy "who looked ''.things over in Springfield, Massachusetts a. few weeks. ago is of opinion that the' county and city should get together and group their, buildings. It. is .a" fact that a new, court house is to cortW a'rrd the old city building was never what it should have been - - . -v If the city and county could do this it would be .a great step-forward, but Aye hope that the; proposition, if considered, yiT not delay the sale of the Present court house site. That old . building is ah eye sore, and if delay is caused 4j people having locations wm .gei xne """S mixed again. , ! ' .1,t The cOurity commissioners will doubtless settle the question Of. location neir way but if the whole town again gets busy' we suggest that each p'rOpdse'd location th'ai is feasible be, written down and' let some child .draw frbrA a hat, after beirig.Vell shaken',- the number and. let that settle it.. ' ' . . V r i fe cannot understand why location make's any' difference to the general public. Of course fhpse who have'-property interests may wint: the building here or there, burl any place within or three 6irhcvc5lost1 to corisiderable itr a ..;: a ' "OI course ihereare ' metr;xo ari;d;t ddcidc to jgive shOTwgh;0ut: always detected earJyiirr; ihz garnai: yilfirig t6 wagcr.that buf ;evH:AsEe zens" were gOld-briclceldi. And! yfct stfmef thinks he wasT victimTzejd. : ATrii' t publicity the matter th'rjtfcVre'"m . Come the f eelirisr arid theV- wpfercer . 1 man is that -he got butf fif teeri handf ec of'co'al when' he paid or twd'triQusarid And so runs he world away;. ' house arid the location jhduld be a'secondary I .?me9ml idtratioir. . flll ' ydowrhere. . WilsohV Majorit The popular vote this list election g?. son about a half friitlion ' rrioreii:Qtc Horghesr received. . Iri other, wol the of the LTnited' States' who "' voted l e.x : themselves for 'Wilson over Hfigfies b, rriilHon v6i& and this should fOf dver rest" the fellOws voould have elected HugheS fi South could' have-hex, votes cprnted : electoral college cut ho' ice thtsrT.irae i I ar major fty so far as; W6pdf6w .ivas c ed:: When he rin the fast timeajf ijn'v had'hinr beaten on number svt -1 -y ,: The California vote a!svfKe??orie' the race ami; the," crfficiaf figures sh; Wilson beat; fiughes in 'that state ju - votes. - However ;a' heat' Of oris a'S-'g. million but neither' party had muh crow nb. ; matter which way; the (ad J vent: W.e- have ho doubt' ;bfi tv wMt 2 son feels better.'to b'e-a- majority feLl his second term, than a minority Eresl he was in his first. . . t. C - io- , If. The AlKestOri P6aceV : The response pi ther Allies ' to Gc peace note was riot jtrst' What was e It was fulf of bluff because no- matt Germany did: no rrmtter how gressed in the start, if shewarits peace' some terms' to submit, the Allies :tvefe i bound to treat her seridttsryari'd;ibblw c i Situation. . . - '.Ty;,C: L The. war cannot proceed 'fdrevef neither side can secure a' sahstantiLi has Jong ago been conceded. Their y. t Inue Jthe carnage. ? .Why. riot) lltone s ' for jpeacex-p f asks fop p&cfrorisid terms "are ;'to be offered, jztiltes Gerrqari right now has the besL-of ';it, ter .whether her interitions were bor r riot. . v Before the world : jhe omes ; sut r'eace ana, oetore ,tneworia tne: aiik hooting at the- suggestion. j Thenf C has. a. right to say : 'leath fp-ralFiv1 fheir hands raised again.s us.'.and. with. submarines and. whatever else : find in the wav of death dealinerl dest , However, We are still of .opinion that rritrch rieafer than it was befpfeWH sc his note.' The heritraf "Mwers.arerjritc utepiy lnicresicu, aiiu ,iiuia.y..upjfui' tc hiake trie next hioveV ':. -'; .' ''tiitt lbno'uV clWaterw;iR;pri.:decii C
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