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A CONSPIRACY
BEING EXPOSED
rtut rl ta! week wit CffTCC?, il
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ri::hc? wrtc hard l. iftcy
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f ihe Rem rnr,!. Hut :r.rre
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th? rr.in
who ro-j yocr luswa
it loU to ccr.c aaoit
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lo ad tr.rt-c ana iccr cur'-rxv p
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t-tt5 costpfacr. ar.4 it arrr Veroa!
. m!::i that a ccr.ir?racy in rcttraiftt of
Vr rtirf na airr.;rrfi rrar.cr j. ncvcj
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. , t;.' w;:h RooocltacJ trie4 to fcrra:c
(Li;oi-u tiat c arc rvaa 10 jvww
4- cf h: chaiacicr i trr.lojtd by the
jr.,
ia t?turca:e the rarT uut-
aw the licht when b;
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Iar!. o:e4 for WiJoa JlRfJ
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w. v a l;t:':e fL Hrtver rrc4
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the cew we
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ff'"Qw Ka4 come into cam?. ha4
ar ! tht aitrr all
thtftr ha t-cen no
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pc b5r.4 !xoa the ere hclfle
wm: it ha t-rn. tc jroierr.Tr.ein
! he la'. n" of then to the peru-
thl
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A. P. carnr4 trai(hl
Tc ?irrt Of It.
ci: tV.fW Mm it ro;rt ta taVe
Tijfo to f r-4 a!xct thrfn." the
f.hrf!
pae u a
rI th rr.crt
,Vo i r," cf u wint
ct;...ca trvr:e
ar.i s??tr tot a cant r.e JT rest
uv ihr wrf4 to'Iet lo fhe co
Us; w atl IiVc to lati, wr. We liVe
U.n what we wt ! 5r. ar. ! cjcia!!jr
W 4f .
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r-o'!e
wArn'iT ihcofe
iu!:-ba: a
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a'J rcrr:lr we apr!aa4
lake tho$ "jrcrn: rr-ea-
-a fR:erc asj a rh.-ae tKtr:cSt4
the war letwrtn the ;att. the war 4
t'i iubxlUvn the 4 OrJct tJown here Uke
4'I i:ar. J the Vjtroa Mcaa?e i the
'TV tr!h i Gxr.'.x?.Y i"! na:?jr make a
f :i4f. 5he Jcni inter 4 to oar
1$ he can he! it. bat he tti'A. acci-
r. 'u!Ir. ar-4 then L'r.cle 5ai will be Uj!:t4
J .f the fatal wr?4. Ua? it ha been o lorg
ar.4 o ruar of c erct it. when
" e there wiU te r.o panic It i!I be
- t:;t i t a rta:trr rf coar.
A- ! here t srreatf huav-hf. Let the te!I
"n ci::ren
C;e
an4 the town ie all ex-
r-.! TcjT'tarrrj' io thing po Kuih
4-. ! there ar4 the horse t beiiej;r4 by
-a If jcr
v-,-,.-'t4 cah
Ilat let h:m l:r.jrer: let it be
Lr that he i t!perate!jr
; CMS lal
he wi no better, and
the arr.oar.crrr.enl of fc:$ death
't a a
rratter cf coarx. ar.4 the Aver
ay "I ercte4 to hear it.
tre A term re Cittren 1 alrtaur pre
r wir. The baiae tr,terr? hax
:'! therr.Me!e. ar.4 if war ccrr.ei with
.r it coer.ei a a matter of coare an4
n'A rot tev a rtrr'e on the water.
- t! i that is tt regained thi wraj.
i? t that we ha.tc the irreat dtomat
nhTt break the new ccntljr. The inci
i the :!r beinr heJ4 Jon'l. in fact.
if
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t.ke
sr.ar
os ycrar fcrger. Ur, as
W. . Its nam
once remarked on aa
the twist ia a pig's
' f-' cas-a. "to
i be
i whi stood ca the burr.irr; deck
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a ; retly cctd job the past six weeks
I hog wcalhef is still booied for
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All Cor.g.
at thi lime there will be more
e at the irtauirsral of the Pris
t:
j-p
t
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ts cr txnre. I-asj itme
the demo-
I kr.i
ja: how it was
Taft and
this lime
rtt
thing btrt
irformatton that the demo-
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r 4 r
g 10 the er.t;re country, won
s ti-.rrm Democracy, o kng oct cf
. i g-xrg io Washington to ?e.ii
!"r-itfJ. Weil, perhaps that i
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vt-. t-tf4. asJ fc carsc. bat tr.c pusuc
cc a o: cf raw rr.a'.rruf aivarcS.
t w h-ctt the i"sbic ct it in the r.ek.
- tthliC ha & rai4 rr.ikss cl tfbtt?e
rf war. far a this country t
!. a.'c mztxlcd. Let u hope
-v-.:;r.uc la be the i:cikm.
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A.CONVEN.M.
NOT NEvSSARY
We read a jeat "crx rr.arc about the pro
poJ coattitutcmal eoarention, an4 we orr.e
how wonder what the k$i!aiurc rr.eaa.-
It tini lcrr. ai that the people of thi
tate walked to the foV.i an4 vote4 rfown
the Ten 5aere4 Aracndmeot. And if there
i talmitted tn the peop!e the chance to rote
on a Coat titutional coarention the proposi
tion, we hor. will be swatted for fair.
We do not need a constitutional convention
aay mere than a cow need two tail. It is
l;rtp1y a -chcrr.e to get omclhing over
onntth";aj: not needed. ?
It Ka been ro;nte4-oat that the Constitu
tion of the United State ha met its require
ment. There have bejrn a few amendment
added, but the Constitution ha toj4 the test
f time. ac4 the attempt to monkey with it
ba been met by earnest men who ai4 it
ww!4 not do. N'orth Carolina ha a consti
tution made by people who undcritook an4
there i no use to undertake to change t. If
we need honest amendment?, Submit them
to the people, but don't try to work the voter.
That a tried with the Amendment and
they went down ia defeat." Those last one
adopted were foolish, and now there is re
gret. A constitutional convection would be
a disaster. .
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Not Afraid Of Tbem. '
TLc Charlotte N'cws in an article beaded
"So. Afraid of Tbero" ha thi to say about
the Charlotte women who are out for suffrage:
Wc have no fault to find with the wo
men of Charlotte who have promoted the .
crganiiatkm of an Eaual Right League.
Wc hair nothing to fear from them, for
they will exercbe patience and prudence
ard eminent discretion in entering upon
their Cf gar.ixcd career to fight for the bal
lot in their hand. Not o with their kin
dred acros. the water, and perhap not
so with "s-ome of their host in thi coun
try; bat we ae rst alarmed when an ag- .
gtrgation of suxjtfcem wrraeu get together
at any iasf. Thr can b re'd irpnn
v rr.' Tr-'tK. Ttry arc not
mtl'.tanti, Thry are ror. struct ionlst. and
a m-Kh as we may naradc our maveuline
chagrin that some 01 these day the wo
men may be running the political affair
rf lhs country we may a well face the
c?n!uion ihat the dear ladie-. are coming
into their kingdom. They are already
more ir.1aer.tial at the polU'ballotles than
many a man armed and equipped with a
fa!l-f?rdgcd sote. It i behir.4 the throne
that they base been doing their work, an4
after all there i not much in their move
ment ecept a personal ambition to get out
lata the open, where their e '.Torts can
- reach more spectacular skies.
The woman needs the ballot to defend her-s-etf;
to insit that her measures receive con
ideration. The woman who pay taxes should
base a right to sav what become of her
money: the mother hoal4 base a right to ay
at the rxIl what kind of'law shoulvj govern
the condact'of her sonand certainly the bal
lot would assist in giving woman more con
sideration in the matter f the daily wage.
Men make laws for men for the most part.
Women should base the right to attempt to
make law forewomen. Why not? There is
no reason ia the world why the ballot should
be withheld
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Of course there may be thoe who think the
World should come to an en4 just about now,
an4 their conclusions may be justified ex
cept we svould bkc to see the price of eggs go
down a little before the scroll of heaven rolls
together.
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Hot Much About It.
It was onfyr a few month ago and the coun
try was up ta arm because of the high cost
of lisir.g. Boycotts were on; people were re
ducing their ration; certain antcfes were cut
from the bill of fare and gTcat excitement svas
on.
Hut vou don't see anything more about it.
The cold storage man continue to run bis
boat; the article of food. like egg and bacon
ar.4 sugar an4 our, continue t high water
mark price but the agitation has ceased.
The man who eat ha concluded it might
srofK : be pay the freight and not until
another material advance will you bear com
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plaint. Then more boycott; then nkire agi
tation; then acceptance of the incs-ltabic and
let it go at that.
Funnv how emotional wc are as a people.
Funny how we resolve and rc-rcsolvc and cat
the bacon jut the ame.
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Getting Along. .
It sa about three week ago that the coun
try wa all agog because we had c crcd our
4jplomatic relation with Ccrmanr. It look
ed then as though war would" fo!ow within
twenty-four hoar but nothing doing when
this is written. The hope i and the prayer
ha been that there will be na trouble. Count
IkrnMctrn might a well come back if there
i nothing mere oa.' .1
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.And rjw for 'the ncwranlroad. . Hcnd cin
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 197-
TAICING. CENSUS I
COS tf S MONEY
Y
Wc all like lo rU up all. night to pt the
election return, but Just why wx should spend
miUion of . dollar trrfry;tcn years to have the
censua taken i dtvc of the funny things.
Somebody.. ome trpi possibly suggested that
sve shouid have tbc tensus.cvcTy ten years,
and that ended it. Why not every fifteen
yean?? , Why ten vcar - Simply a sugges
tion. Just now Uncle Sam i getting ready for
the irpo cenu, rn4.it take. a long" time to
prepare for it and tf-can the expenditure of
much money. Xaluv Hy wc like to know how
many peope there rc in thi bloomin land
of our; we want -to,' know how many horses
and cow and sheep. there may be; all these
thing simply to 4Uify curiosity and give
us a, working basir provided sve wanted to
nivc a few billion dcllar. It is said that this
country counting i( possessions, has about
one hundred million people It is said that in
the event of. war sve. could raise about sixteen
or eighteen million f;!difr. 'Think. of that as
an army eighteen million men. And the
chance are that the J 930 census will show us
that .wc hasc coosiO-rably in excess of the
hundred million. .AM it. wasn't so very long
ago, as time i reckcV.cdfc that "Mr. Columbus
set ail to discover 'th i country.
If the world is a m iion.ycars of age, or ten
.million a they ,Vay, hat will finally become
of the people, and why. ha it been? o long be
ing peopled? The :u t few hundred year
have witnessed an int'rrac of nvny million
a billion, perhaps ird at the present rate
where would wc bcny five thousand vcars
from now? He? , V. hyK there t wouldn t be
room enough to'stit. 1. ; That .1 why many
men insist that war tnu.t always be; that di
eae and faralna niflv'. comt in .rder to keep
down the men who ivoutd overrun the earth.
And it look altogcff:.r reasonable
Henry;
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There arc advcrtis
there are adyertUirr
of advertising achoo!
Ivcrtlter.
experts in America;
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there are hundred
iut'.tht greatest adver-
i tf r tLi cijuccjlj
i-c4. w)vo ret mcrc-jure readif matter for
nothing than any. man in the city directory.
Sol that he need it. Not that. self-exploitation
doe an v. good for a vehicle that already
fill the roads but when it comes to getting
the real thing for nothing Henry Ford is the
foremost of the crew. . ..
Tom Iwsort paid fifteen thousand dollars
for publicity to have it said of him that he bad
named a pink. Torn later learned how to
j climb on the front pages without getting his
band into his own pockctbook.; but Henry
.Ford saw the game from the day he started and
has made himself famous not as a car builder,
but a a multimillionaire.
Of course Henry Ford ba ability. Hut the
man who stepped ffom the job of elevator boy
into a great manufacturer should not have been
a hurried. - Yet the people took Ford seri
ously. About the first wc beard of him was
his wonderful bird farm how he fed the
bird. Then a a messenger of Peace, and
now, b'gosh. be comes in and proposes to
loan Uncle Sam the mere trifle of a hundred
million dollars and not charge him interest
provided Uncle Sam gets into war.
It was a coming and going game. Peace
if possible and Ford the messenger War if
necessary and Henry loaded down with the
sinews.
Funny game be plays. And the newspa
per, poor prostrated press, take the fellows
and, advertise them free, whereas, if a neigh
bor move his grocery store and wants ifan
nounccd it costs steen cent per line.
There should be a real publishers associa
tion. And when the men ssrho seek exploita
tion come along, thoe who want personal
puffery insist on the front " page if
they break in they should pay some part of
the overhead. ,
t But we take the man of the hour and give
"him ten thousand dollars' worth of publicity
publicity which bring him maybe a hun
dred thousand and perhaps he buys of the
ncw4oy a paper for a penny. Yet wc boast
of the liberty of tljc, press, the power of the
press, and well, there should be- a new
alignment.
Of course if this Glorious Climate' refuses
to act much longer the City planner may help
us out. . '
Perhapi Right.
Governor, Bickett has announced that be
will not pardon H..A. Hayes, who, was con
victed of cmbeziling funds from the Orphans'
Home of the Western'North Carolina Confer
ence. Hayes wa sent up for ten year. Ilia
sn has been.svorking hard for a-pardon and
ill health was urged a the reason.- The Gov
ernor perhaps cannot understand why a man
who would steal the money of orphans should
be turned lodse. And especially when-all had
a right tb expect better things from, the man
entrusted with the funds. It defcsn't look !ike
Governor Bickett i going to make a record
as a pardon gorernor. .Of course there. arc
times when a pardon should be. granted, jand
again many are pardoned when they . should
not be. Hayc hould serve his full. time and
be thankful it wasn t a longer senttnee.-
ftXXJS AT Tin JTKWM 9TAXV A3D ON
THE JONAS BILL
V MEETS DEEEAT
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. t The Jonas, bill for .real prohibition doesn t
seem to.be getting much support from the
legislature, although' many of the newspapers
iavor the genuine article. The Reidsville Re
view, quoting. the Durham Herald, says: -v
,Thc desert-Kike" dryness of the . prohibi
tion bill' introduced by Senator Jones docs
.not appeal td some of the very ones who
.snouia want 10 sec rcai promotion in iuc
State. . The esteemed Durham Herald
rings the bell in the following utterance:
"Vc do not .see any more sense in' the
State '.tapering off, to prohibition than
there is in a nfan tapering oft on whis-,
key. If sve are going to have prohibition,
let's have, the imon pure variety." Wc
like the dry tang of the latest bill, which
its author says he wrote on Sunday, with
out, the " assistance of ;thc Anti-Saloon
League.' ...
There is one mistake. It is said. that the
alcoholic batient must be let down. by de
grees: that he can't quit all of a sudden; that
the poison must be gradually reduced in order
to hold the patient steady.' Of course one
might say that two quarts a month consti
tutcd a little too much,, and. Brother Davis
proposed to make it but two quarts a year, a
reduction of twenty-two quarts. That .would
be. going some, and yet it would be nearer real
prohibition. But why any at all? That i5
the question the Herald asks. ' That is the
logical question. The doctors of this State
have said in convention that whiskey is not
necessary as a medicine. Then, if if is only
necessary as a beverage, necessary to-the man
poisoned with it, why not make a law, like
Virginia has scrsd the victim to a State in
stitution for treatment, let him get it out of
his hide and then not let him be able to
legally .purchase any. more "of it." Wc arc in
favor or the Jonas bill but we fear it will
never receive the sanction of the lawmakers.
And many men. think. the. pres'ent 'law, meets
all demand that it is about perfect. Maybe
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unny how a- iciiow .teejg 'njs..oais;ii. ne
makes a few millibnK.; Of ccmrsewe never felt
our "oats, but we Jiave looked in wonder on
Henry Ford. - ; ; .v . ;V ; : : X J X X'
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I That. Man McAdoo.
Wc must all take off our. hats to i hat man'
.McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. We all
remember when the country was facing what
seemed to-be a panic, before 'the federal law
svas in effect, when he came down to his office
one day and said that the United States treas:
ury was "open for all the - money that was
needed. That put .the quietus on things, and
McAdoo was, praised -everywhere. And when
the paper trust was attempting to put out of
business the publishers who. were bewildered
McAdoo just simply "did some business. The
aper magnates came into camp and told him
rankly that they wre ready to play quits. .It
was that man McAdoo Who built the subway
in New York; the man who came South and
secured the southern states for Wilson the
first go round, and it seems that it is that man
McAdoo who has kept things pretty steady in
the nation svhen the money trusts and other
big things whre trying to run over the people.
Wc must all take off our hats to that man Mc
Adoo. He js on the square. 1
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If appears 'that Mr. Bernstorff is having a
very pelasant trip' home. Up to date the Ger
man submarines haven't mistaken the good
ship Frederick for a British liner.
! X ' The Dog Tax. X .
. Every time . the. legislature" meets some
statesman and patriot introduces" a 'bill to tax
dogs. Perhaps this is all right, but the bill
hardly, ever gets through. In fact, it-never
did get tthrough. Municipalities levy a dog
tax but why?. Simply because the. man who
owns a dog stands, for it. But why not tax
cats? . Why. let the" old fellow get "out on the
roof and pour out his soul to. his lost .mate,
much to the annoyance. of. the entire neigh
borhood, without taxing him for his display, of
-vocal- po.wcr?? .Why? Becausc a cat doesn't
get close to a man because the family would
disappear if it became necessary to put' up
money. And;yet, in all candor, the cat is
more of a disturbing" element than the dog.
Bus as the;dog is man's. best, friend; the city
sees wherc'.it should hold upi somebody- and
Somebody comes across. , : . -
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The legislature is said to be getting down to
business. We j feared it would -eventually
come to this. : . '. . - .' "
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' What.We Shall Do. J
It had been our, intention to svrite' about the
Glorious Gimate, and write at .some length.
Our writing hours are before the sun climbs
over the trees, and therefore we can't get a,
line on what the 'weather man really intends '
for the day. .This morning it looked like rain;
it did yesterday and it did the day before--56
we have concluded that we will simply say
that 'this -Glorioas Qimate , is . Glorious- only
when it'is: glorious, and as disappointing as a
pretty .'woman when she -has a mood to 'not
only dissemble her love but also to kick yoa
down stairs.
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ESTABLISHED MAY, xgoa.
GOODROSBIp
: SHOULD PASS
.Representative Clark, of Pitt county, is :am-. . , .
bitious to do something'big for the"stafe,'ahdX:
his bill to issue thirty million dbllarsjri bonds I H
to be used in the next forty years in building X , f
good roads; to loan money tP. the counties at . '-
five per cent, while perhaps it will never, pass, .X.
is still worth while. ; ; ' ' X J't
' Gradually 'the farmer whb votes the bonds - :X t
has become convinced i that no . better: invest
ment can be made than good roads." They!
cost money and they, wear out, but good roads
mean a wonderful saving to all sections. . The N v
hope is that' Clark's bill or one like it may. go' X
through . and become a law. Thirty million
dollars invested in good roads in this state X.
would be worth five times .the amount
Funny about the good: roads propaganda., : '
When Brownlow, of Tennessee, , thirty - years
ago had good roads -for-his hobby in Congress,
people vdidn't reven stop to think about his
theme; they simply laughed at what was-then.
termed his wild ideas. - But. gpod roads have. X
come, far greater 'than Bdownlow's dream,
and-the next thirty years will witness more XX
good. roads than the wildest dreamer ever im- ,
agined. .The 'automobile has assisted in win
ning the 'public's favor, but. the man who rides
thd road has found that it is money in his -pocket
to have them passable. Thirty years
ago and . an .automobile could not have gone ; i
thirty miles 'a 'day.. The automobile wjis the y.:
silent voice in the wilderness and the mudit, .?
came. ahead and the good roads are foUowing.X.
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When a jay bird-tells you it is spring, and: ?
he looks it, what are' you ' to think of the . :
Weather Man? ; . , - . ' . X ' X
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I : . Don't'-Say I Told You. . ; . '?
In his conning .tower, the" editor of the Dan- , '
ville Reeister. ' in quite a lengthy editorial,,
, finally draws this conclusion: ;XX; v - 3 X; . X
iieware ot the person Who . cornes to t ,
; you .with a i'Don't iisay'il tQld-yoji" .as; a'.:
:.' -prelimiiTaTvrtwiingrQ
rnade , by anothcr f The person conveying X X
' the information: may 'be actuated by good
..intent, but this .is; marred, .utterly; by bad ; X
judgment. The person who is sincere and, ."X
.has the courage of his " convictions will. .
leave you free; to corroborate what he yol-r, X
unteers to tell! you. :; , X ; X . ' ; i X
There: used to be a-popular song "But For i
Goodness Sake Don't Say I . Told You,'' nd ,
that perhaps embodies what the editor of the,.
Register had in rriind. The ''don't say I told
you". crowd is large and ever growing. ' And?
another crowd that is strong is the one that
says "I have heard." Both of - them are bad
business. If a person hears something good
about a man or woman he seldom repeats? it; X!
he hears day in and day out that Mrs. So andH
So is a hard-working woman and that Mri So !
and So-is a good citizen and, he goes his ta .
and never thinks to-tell the other fellow. ; !
But let is be .whispered that' Mrs. So :and; So ?
slipped the trolley. or that Mr. So and Sajmade ; ,
a. mistake, and the whole street .or the whole t
town knows about it in just about five min
utes by the town clock. ; : ;:
Perverse and mystifying is human : nature. .
Instead of carrying the good news, it insists
on carrying the ill news.; It is willing to. send ; ;i
flowers to the dead, that it maligned when the , '
dead were living. It will weep tears for "the ,
departed when it laughs before- departure. X
Long and many are the years that 'all honest X
folk have tried to show that, flowers should '
be sent to the living rather.than o the dead ;
and yet the most poison of ; all things i the w
sentence "Don't .say I told you' The Regis- X
ter has done well to read the riot act but it .
is' a' riot 'act that .will-not be heeded. v ;
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That was 'a pretty sad accident .at Charlotte ' .
when a fire, truck at high ; rate of speed ran ,
into a street car killing several people ; But XX
the speed limit is never observed .when fire- 5
men .are responding, to- a. calk ,Jt -should al- "
ways'be..-. . . :-'-" r XX'X!-'X -'XXX
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We Feared Somethmg Like' This: ' ; ' ;
The Danville Common r or- -Uncommonly
Common council did what we thoughtitmight 4
do on a vote to endorse President Wilson' it
couldn't get : unanimous. Four 'dissenting ;
votes bobbed up bobbed up just like a cork
below the mill dam add "Hawkins; Fretwell; .
Fair and Luther aid nay.;. 4X . 1 r ' -J;
' Of course it is' understood, that 1 President XX
Wilson will proceed, butthis lack of harmony.' XX
may. mean a great deal in the world-wide war.
If. Messrs. Hawkins';. Fretwell, ;Fair ' and ,'Lu- :
ther insist on their position, it might mean a v -great
deal. If the" submarine warfare .con-
tinues and these' men of 'the, commori council
of Danville' do not recede, we think that is the' 9
svord,' what will we ;do? Large crowds 'are
just now assembled in front of our office want- ' J
ing to know.' - We can offer no' explanation - X
Wconly await, impatiently, results. - The pain XXf
is intense.' V . ' ' " , .'
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Of course, we couldn't Jielp it if the City
"Planner suggested' that we all ; should get our
hair - cut well, say twice a year. .. . - Civic
beauty' is one . thing," but a , barber's bill is
another. - X ' ' ' . ' -"X.--X';' v
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I be vceJ who will irjt the bail ia motion?
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