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People Who
Think
u
n
BV AL FAIRDROTHER
A BIG MAN IS
W. J. BRYAN
s:t ar. 1
thai meant the particular
e-s tiff rf r15)1 rcwc
fir? rr-:a'.fn?""
how-
! !rian hi any fce; 1 lesi cn ir.c pr-
if
he de a a matter of taci ream-
e
iter which he it rc:te4
.;h tuttr. the orccmttaccc it cue to
1
t!
v.k ot of st:rr.ectai te.l-ceison
trs t ran of the yv?:c
who have nut
tier- r. T ire-.C to ccr.: irx ice
f - cf the man hinvietf.
i:j kpS ttbnb to thit. llryan it the
iran tmlar in America- He hat ten
6
S xt t ditf of iVA when he f.rtl arrr4
j, j - iV! charactrf. he ha Inrrn a leader of
He wa the Voice in the Wilderr.cis
it ;
; tution it rur-n;rj; ca liryaa
hit ectt;m. he it to mete eco-
ta
t than a
John the Baptil- He hat
t f x; Ait the country teIrg me reo- f
thrr hould do, and Wcaue he litet
v .v. ..i.iwifii ttrrr "in
r- r tl: them all ul cp and lake notice it the
r- .r rf hl power,
r - f4- rhfin rlirv.ira reformer, from the
, iV. tmpn to the brwh'nkerrd Heifer, J
f fr are they? StmpJy the dnftwood of
rr ;r. Unfortunate tide led much of thai j
r-. :f cur thcret. bu: Ilryan ting trve jear
st ;r! tear t. We regret that the Time .
r lUyan a he tv II wul arpear
!iy in h;itcry that Pryaa wat ihe one :
the Wot em Worli wh gate ut new
..V
Uxrs
7ho-c prfte h wer.: ta Hrida'
'V tike thtrtr c stotet with them are
and
ttill
.i.cttrg.
o
An Oftice-
fur frrcr.t: i la'.kirg aVout hating a
Wcthr. Thw th-rg thocU crrif.
hiH hate clcd t?v;tor anl tfrrp s
? trf.oc antthirg and every jhir.g tti j
- v an p",;f.
H a man :: yt-m cal h;rt. be b:g enough J
wr ;1) it r-sl. If think Jfr gtocer It j
a ofrretBrrTT aa ouy i
hor-: men. A citv we-gr.er it
. rt a graft, but a barnacle. arI
txmX-rr
cat:ed a graft er than
a barr-a-
TV
it t. te tcrh frm the rta3
Thfrc it no rtan why there
... IV
i ft. it wr ?3Jf irj cr-m
m r Whv 1
i-
--!. treat l
ate thr a-ary cf a
t tt dr4!rr. a-J Jet
ctty ie:ghrr.
the ci?nufr.rr
i
4 ir .
ft,. .,
f 1
he t
cheated lei th len
Its? to rite r.fti authority to
r A- I tien pit mm on their trail
s at at-. rt;cn that a'l mesi are
lt; S 4 :d that he ha 4 ad
K4
- a. ma re i. n
rn-r-s bcl hatl wc tnxzt m aJ
-
i.-f
i art th-.eve tf We
nr r-f when a city tixrttrf
s hiw tat i fi
r r tc . ,r. S nc
VKi mt ret I
cf the rr.Mvxt
m-h to
i
Jcr-,r Yctkc,
i"f 4 d:"st i the
, tfir itfkf f. a mace a
wi;h the C c?r pfsc.
.; .1 .-I
rthrrrt
tra4e
an J
t-:f
t it,
a
Iff Ml tn
to lf
1
.-.ng to hf'p a!l the
4.rv. g'o
i in a
n r. j:
;. tn
the
vertutUr
We krw Mr.
la hs ;fe ard
we ernl j r.
r..:: ..!-",!$ a?- 2
fc - - . -
whrtt
... i i ti 4 run can
m mae h.m
that it fce;t a
a.
Va r rit he ha n- !
1
f
-kr fv-m- it happcr-ef
I c
j wix tvt wr iar 11
r c: I t fa : are
wTl ;?hp t rfa!rd
r 1 ; ff hif rr'-.'f n
T- Kite-cH Tt:r.M. at ably ct!i!e4 at any
f.V-4.:. t hcctrr ar.J whctrrcr c?pot
?ttTAK ar.i it- it frrra cr.c ct i'.t
r, c ; a::r; i: ?tX a a fX fcrtinj:
c the r.a'.tcn at a wbott to drop l..e
jt!5 rr.tth whkh 6sdt earrrion in ibe
Ji!crtfr,t thai "Yea rr.M aJrr.il lbal
v, an aMe tr.an. wish a wosicfful hoU
j4th. tt facTlj5fltw 5 The Contitutional Contention if one thing.
r:ton v rrpttttieg what U . if u lnolhcr. The etteemed Ra-
-wrtr- ,nct aga;r.t ! t TiriK, wkc, ,hi. remark, which might
I K . t ut. u t.ytc yxr r "aV I be north con,icrirg:
f J;?f i, n vfn- J manv particular the existing Con-
hy thr Tme . rtr::rg agam.t Ilrjan- tl.0.$on U archaic. The court have
I ,t tv,ti m., be in ta:n. wmkcl utC l w
O !
that it a a
fa!
o a rax, tutou eon exam
Ri
SOLUTION
NOT NEEDED
Rrprtnta!ive OaucJc Kitchjn, in voting
for the Hood relation yesterday, it quoted
The rrtwdent already hat. under r.ecritary
impJicationt of the Cor. i lit u lion, all the power
tith which this bill would invetl him with
rerct to the protection of American ship
and citixect.
"If he wantt to get thit country into the
Kuropean ar ad make the world one vat
catlclytm cf blood and tlaoghter, he carl do
to with or without the enactment of thit bill.
-If he wantt to keep thit country cut of
the European war and make ilt bleuing to
hine out to mankind through the coming
agtt an example of the divine regard of peace,
he can do to with or without the enaclment of
ihit bill.
-CJoihed with the power git en by the
Costlstution. a President of the United State
can. at hit will, without lei or hindrance of
CbsgTeM, create a jituation which jnaket war
the only alternative of thit nation."
Which beinj the cate-, why tuch a roolu
licn? Why wat cor.gTttt appealed to? Whv
all thit commotion over a quettion antici
pated and provided for by the Constitution?
cmt to ui like a ate of time and ora
lory to eppo a court which the IVoident
had outhr.ed for him!I uncer auxnoniy
h
lim by the
Contitution Tbe arc
the thing which confute and mytlify the
! folk at home tho read the paper more clo5C-
1y than the Constitution. Strange thai ihit
5 prtiat wat nol brought out before. But then
tl. rr irmr'tr. tronIJ have mitfCti the
cjlncc c.f Cnding oul some very interesting
rc4s
Anin the man with the Monkey Wrench
thr it inn the Cloriout Gimate ycttcrday.
nt have had another -day that Didn't
,Ktot.RlTo Much.
p. . .
trfAid with muxJinir construction. It
niv and ery prr4ably doe need over
hauling, but to attempt to lei the job to
ny t of delegate under contract to
aceel their labor in advance will be
ruhirg more than labor lot on the part
cf the grncral aMcmbly. making the pro-
We do not beliete thai the rnroplc of North
Cart!i.-.a will itand for a Constitutional Con
tention. And tity hou!d not. It it not
needed. The Ten Sacrrd Amendment which
rre watted thawed the people something.
The Tour Sacred onet thai crept in after the
how had opencl have puxaled the legitla
lure. The lawrer and the politiciant might
4t well ring off. If a Conttilutional Conven
tion i toted on. we arc betting that it will
never ha r pen. And whateter black ink wc
hate i!l br ued to urcc the totcr to vote
it dmo. There i no ck to grow hysterical.
thrr i rx to fall for all the gold brick
I scheme wiirred.
The C!er road doesn't rrn lr gel into
action. Wonder whal Ed Uhairon 1 doing
and why are thing at a standstill?
o
Dave Parka Die.
Date Park, gmtle. clean, law-abiding citi
ae of Hi'icro, ha fallen aJeeo. In hi pas
ir$ the quaint o! 1 town loset one cf at nuaint
old otiaen. We have known Dave Parks for
a quarter of a century knew him always at a
mmrrcr acfhvr. a a tender flower, a man
wht d;d thing
without
a brat band accom-
parament. A iiue man ia ;iuc. mj .
t
! m hrart. he lived in Hi;Uoro for many a long
I ycif, fi-lhen he left, he left a tacanl chair
I that wi'l rKl be f.V. I. "
Date Park wa a Confederate tidier
1 urn in the war when the first call wa made
I i?iJ .frrr.cfrrrd at Afmatlo. and came
, fr.f. trk it all phikphica!Iy, and proceed
r 1 to buid up a boir.cs. At the late Joe
CaMweH ud to ay when he wanted to tay it
AIl in a few word: Dave Park "wat a good
iu?rn. And to
all a man can be.
tc a gooo cttixen 1 aooui
The cijy
need
a city planner perhaps it
r.fi trtCTii ir.ir- vih.
l.,m ,
o-
Jack Crawford Dead- -7hcv
who knew Jack Crawford. wh
ote real
tLxrr-c wa It?;n
v- v in. will rcrret t
o learn
rJ h death. Cartam
Jack'wa a
fricnj of
RcfJalo iu:i.
Wc knew him welL
With hit
lcr hiir a.-d
h; intellcciual face he wat a
fam;uar t'r-c thirty yeart ago. He tmiie
nd wa known the "Poet
L" He ji with Cuter to hi Ir.asan
and wa ce of the l et known
4r:i;r..mtn an lr.d an fghter and a royal good
Icr.ow. The pat. thec old landmarks', and
cafr.;at - n
rattca:
a adjn:tnsj: thai he did to cot without hesi
tation and mligitinr."" In juflifjcation ol hi&
turret of the resolution he rointe'J oat that
SATURDAY: ARCH 3.1917
SEN. TUr.MER . :
RINGS HE BELL
Editor Rob Gray, of it he Raleigh Evening
Timet, who; having trcn -coatanUy cm the
gTound at well as vtt mc job, is, we arc glad
to Jrnow, indulging rV;t without reaton. in
"th rare emotion of enthusiasm" in anticipa
tion of the passage 'of the Turner prison re
form bill, which he unhesitatingly pronounces
"the biggest work of 12; c General Assembly
sufficient to justify session that, for the
most part, ha contented itself with crawling
to prejudice, and compromiaing with courage."
Thai it a strong indktmcnt but one doubt
les deserved by the chronic obstructionists
who have pcr.Mttcntlr opposed everv measure
looking to the moral uplift nd good name of
a state which, while admittedly good enougn
for them, it not yet it to the standard of
modern ideas and ideal.-. "Crawling to preju
dice anl compromising uith courage" that
it putting it pretty strong-, but Editor Gray
ha been ihcre and has ixcd up those solons
who hat e not yet .learned to write it nineteen
hundred. These Icft-ovtrvbf a past century
who have driftcJ into' Raleigh by the devious
trays known only toihe office seeker and
politician have-the satisfaction of knowing
thai they have done thtir part toward main
taining the "conservatism -which makes the
little girl of fourteen the legitinvrtc prey of
any conscienceless -scoundrel who happens to
crost her path; which lays it is all right to
beat, to death. helpless prisoners while coining
their life blood into dollars for the state treas
ury ; and which has countenanced and con
doned all sort of abuses. of privilege and
potter timply because ')t was the custom."
Hut to know that one bill that is worth
while has prospect of passing, brings with.it
the hope that we are" rot utterly lot. The
Time says: ' t. ' 7.
The state owes Senator-Turner a vote
td thanks for the bill which he has intro
duced to bring aboutTlhe-practical mcas-
ure 01 prison roorm w(jk uiv u
ures ol the srMftn c:ruwea oui
which
was
problem had so many, macet. that there
was reason lor tear mat ine aisgracc
would be prolonged for Jack, of the cool
head and the firm and balanced purpose
to draft a measure which should stop
hort of the millennium and yet give ,
practical promise of, redemption from an
intolerable reproach. .
Senator Turner bill i to legislation
what a 50und legal argument is to the
. preface rf a brief before the citation of
authorities are called in to prove the
premise bv which reason is arrested. It
1 the git of the case sel forth in those
hWht are the test of sin-
iJM-V ........ -- - .
ccritv. It makes' an understandable law
lhati profound for it clarity. Wc arc
W to praise legislation, having seen
too much of it or too long a time in its
mot cxiVrt fonh. hiding "niggers in the
woodpile." full of "jokers," reflecting the
pettv wile and the braxen subtleties of
tlitict. the compromising, double-dealing,
insincere subterfuge by which poli
tician cek to wax fat by insulting the
people thev flatter and cajole. We are
con trained to praise this bill because it
? v-iwnph of condensation of term and
a luiVal charter of humanity which de
tic opi option and gives a guarantee of a
hop that cannot be denied. By far the
bSggct nork of the General Assembly,
Senator Turner bill i sufficient to jus
tify a wisiun that for the most part has
contented itself tvith crawling to preju
dice and compromising with courage.
True, the bill has not yet pasted, but, as the
Time truly ayt, the tate will staod dis
graced should It be defeated. In the opinion
of those who have studied it there appears
nothing that can be said against.it. It is prac
tical and far reaching in it provisions. It
rstablihe the principle of correction vs. ven
geance; hope a aulc in place of dcpair as
an alternative. It provides the indeterminate
sentence a a premium to reform of the indi
tidual. It put in force gradations among
convict. It provides rewards. and benefits,
balanced, ncterthelcts. with punishments and
diabililie. It strikes at present bestial con
dition of housing. It provides for intelligent
upervhion of tanlution. It demands medi
cal Inspection and guards against disease. It
bring the county convict camps and the
county and city jail under the eye. of the
late. It provides convict earnings, to be dis
tributed In large part to dependent families at
home. It does away with the lash and with
all form of corporal punishment and substi
tutes therefor the penalties of dentals of privi
lege "which ihe convict may, in turn, win for
himself and hit family by grasping the cerftral
idea l hat hit punishment creates his future
instead of perpetuating his fast."
A a pioneer in the advocacy of" tuch re
forms at provided for in the Turner bill, the
editor of, this paper cannot say anything too
good of the StaitsvUIe roan who is attempt
ing to remove at least one big. blot from the
fair name of a gjeat state which ha too long
been held down by the type of politician char-
acienaco wy c 1 U4i; p -j-
. OV1LU.1T TBS JfXWfj ITAXDS A5fD ON TKAIXt
A RELIC OF
BARBARISM
.1
, : The New York Herald has been conducting
campaign for. prison reform as . have, in-"
deed, many newspapers of influence in Amcr-
ica. The wonder to us is that men of ordinary
ability seem to think that if a human being is
arrested, convicted, for some crimeno matter
what, he has forfeited all his 'rights aiid that,
he must become the victim of all sorts of
brutality. Jf that was the idea; if when a man
makes a mistake :and becomes .convict he
should tv annihilated, why not hang him to
the first lamp' post and let it go at that? Why
senl him up for one year or five years or ten
years of torture and then let him loose upon
the same Society that raised its, voice against
him. ;lf yon can't teach an old dog new tricks,
why not hang, all of them, cut it out and not
Starve and whip and brutally treat a man for
a period of years and then turn him loose?
Whv turn him loose at all? . '
The idea should be that if to. catch a. man
doing things-he ought not o we, would take
him and attempt, the best way we could, and
in a humane way, to reform him, to show him
that there 'yet was hope.
And whenever we get this idea well cush
ioned in our think tanks there will be reform.
We are copying an article on this subject from
the New York Herald as to what has been
happening in Sing Sing. And in our own be
, loved state there has been enougn happening
to .congeal the blood of the .right-thinking
man. Prison reform is what is demanded it
is wnat must come.
J
It pleases us to know that Colonel Ed is
going to swat flies again this season. We had
feared that taking-on new duties, say Presi
dent cf a bank and other things, would stop
the Work, but Colonel Ed says swatting first
and business after.
. - o , '
The Trouble.
It occurs; very. often that persons rcleascd
from insane asylums as cured are not curea,
arvi alter enjoyim? unrcsirainca irecuura "jur
illustrates the point:
: Secreting himself in the home of his
mother-in-law, where his wife had been
living- since their separation, Claude An-
derson, recently released irom the state
hospital for the insane, tonight shot and
instantly killed Rev. Gaston E. Buford, :
fatally wounded Mrs. M. Zahn, His wife's
mother, slightly wounded Mrs. W. J.
Zahn and was himself killed by W. J.
Zahn. Mr. Buford, who was tne pastor of
the Moore-Memorial Presbyterian church,
had rushed into the house when he heard
the shots and screams of the wounded
women. ' Mrs. Zahn died later at a hos
pital. .
Anderson still had bats in his belfry. Just
how these unfortunate people should be treat
ed is problematical, maybe a hard question,
but so often we read things similar to the
above "the suggestion at once appears" that
they should be kept under guard in some way.
Insanity, it is said, is incurable. There is
much difference between the man tempora
rily deranged-and the one with insane ten
dencies. But unless we have a remedy per
haps there is no use to talk about it.
o : L
And of course Noah had this advantage:
When he landed he planted a vineyard, but
under this new law Noah would have been
jacked up and the human race obliterated
before he got his grapes a-gro win.
O !
The Good Old Day.
The Danville Bee reports that City Ser
geant Pat Boisscau, Pat . of happy memory,
and here is wishing him a thousand years of
happiness, has closed half. the jail in Danville
and discharged an attendant, because business
was slack..
This looks good. This is undoubtedly the
result of the. prohibition law the Old Domin
ion put into effect. But no matter what it is.
Every man who has a heart-should rejoice to
know that , a jail is empty. Every man who
has a heart should rejoice to know 'that men
have not erred.
There, was a time when a procession of men
walked up before His Honor, Mayor Harry
Wooding, and went on down the aisle. We
are glad to know that half the jail' has1 been
cleared and hope that the other half. will soon
be empty. Arid then Pat can read about the
war and not worry.
o
One long pull and a pull altogether, as' they
ay at sea, would land us another railroad.
Will we pull? . .
Not Yet. , .
It" teems up to the hour, of goipg to press
that no ambitious democrat has been appoint
ed to take Judge Boyd's place. And it appears
that it may be a long time until this happens.
The American people are wonderful in their
credulity. The Judgeship bill is one of pure
politics, nothing else in God's world, and why
the folk at home even will stand for it we do
not know. The Constitution must be changed
before Tudre Boyd surrenders. There is no
other way out of' it and with ms splendid
ESTABLISHED. MAY,4 xgoa.
BALD
HEADS
HAS
H was somewhere in" the Scriptures, aint-;
. Paul possibly,- who ; asked , the bald heads to . 'CAi -come
up. But the Bald Headhas always. -been
one of the tender plants of the hothouse. ;0 V
.variety that vie held in great esteem. : In fact, J' r;
we-are. something of a bald head ourselff i and. f i
wasn't - it. Shakespeare, or who ; was it, - that -, .
- said a fellow feeling made us wondrous kind?' '.
However this may be : the Bald Head - has .
' another . think coming. - JHe must gravitate V.;".
from his beaten path. The barber; bald him- T v
self, ' whd "wants to -sell? him' hayr-rumy -must , -.
. have a' care.- There must-Te-a-lifc line thrown .
out and'we might as-well throw it now as at .
any other time. Listen to this from the Dan-. " ; ' )'
vilLe Bee: " . . v . :.
- There is no telling to what extremity
. the .Mapp act' will drive the thirsty, one.., ,
-. Rube .Farmer told the mayor this, morn- ,
ing that he becam intoxicated on. bay ;
. rum, which he bought froma jocal drug" .-V
store on Saturday night. A, police officer
was asked to take charge of-the man. on' . ;
Wilson street, Farmer ; Jiaying shown a.
disposition -to enter a ; home . which- was , , .
not his. He was '.quite -'drunk arid 4 was' ' . ; ' '
taken'to jail to sober up. " ) "' x - ,; .
This is the first case on. record of' hair.;
. v tonic being used as a substitute for ardent; J;
spirits, though proprietary 'medicines have' ; ;
been called into use recently. - Bay rum '
r has a goodly percentage, of alcohol. ' : :: , : V
We make solemn protest. We are in. favor. 4
of a man taking bay rum externally until -the r .
pink and yellow cows are coming home. We - '
are" in favor of extolling the. wealth -of, hair. - ,
that Absalom seemed to possess.until . caught . . ,
in a.. barb-wire fence, -but if.peoj)le'in;their;-;-:'.-:, ,
haste are going to attempt-to. j:o.nsexs3i- the
rhair by drinking bay jumthen we-HaVeisome-, 4
thing coming. . . . -:.
j While we havte not taken : this matter up ; ; ::
with .the Scientific .Department , of this paper; -
t and while- tot do notant to attempt, in .anyvf
way to throw a-cross-ttciover the .wide sweep v
t sonis, coming on, . but we -do ! object; and - we k ' !
iuigiiL t wcii iy, wi ui some sirenuosiiyy; 10 a - h- i
man drinking a hair tonjeif : he... wants.; to: get 1 ;v;J
something -on his dome, of thought. Atid'if
it has come to this if we old bald-headed. .; : j
gentlemen, with really, honorable mtentions, . ..'
cannot go down t6 our perfumer and5; hair '., . -1
dresser and-purchase ."aVbottle' bf; bay Irum for
the hair without havingTll understood that wc 1
are going to try to grow a bearc on our .liver, I
all hope is lost. It becomes an overt act and t
cans tor reprisal. - - :
- " f -, :
If any one can tsee exactly why the New .
York Herald shines for all well, we take -it
that the joke stands out as: plainly as a mole
on the nose of a pretty girl.
' : 0 . ,
The Filibuster. 7
. . - f Jr
-Strange that the lawmakers stand for-the
filibuster. . Looks . like there could be some
way to avoid such expensive procedure, and
some way found to do business by our great
est lawmaking body without making it a joke.'
The last filibuster on is said to be to4 hold up
things in order r to defeat that wonderful
bone-dry bill which Reed put over as a rider
to the postoffice appropriation bill. That .hill. v
doesn't i seem to please even many prohibi
tionists so the scheme is to fcnock it ' out. .
There should be an orderly way of making V
laws. Riders should riot be allowed. In fact,
the lawmaking business should be changed. '
We are not much of a socialist, but it strikes ?
us. that the people, after all, should be allowed'
to say whether or not they, want certain laws.
This would be popular representative govern-
ment-but direct. We understand that if all '
the voters could say whether or not certain -laws
should pass or not pass there would be .
scrambled eggs three times a day. Doubtless ;
the presentrules are best provided the joker
was eliminated; the rider cut off and intelli-
gent debate brought forth the final result. ; '
- ' ' " . o yA
Walt Mason.
We are sorry to see the New York Herald
print a picture of Walt Mason and call him.
Rev. George T. Donlin, or something like;
that, and say he was to write the next Sunday
editorial. We knew W;alt Mason before he
fell this far, and we hope that he will call for
reprisal. Not being very much of a . sport in;
the old days, we will" still undertake to ibe
Walt's second if he challenges the managing;
editor of the Herald.: There are times, even
in death, when something should be; done. '
Taxing Cats. ' . " :,
Some few days ago we wrote about the: in-
consistency of taxing dogs and not making
an attempt to tax .cats. It was our contention:
that because a Cat wasn't much of a pet peo
ple refuse to pay the tax, therefore there was ; "
ino use to attempt to put it oyer. But our ; '
friend Rev.. J. Cleveland Hall, of Danville;
sees m the dispatches from Albany where, a 0
bill has"been favorably reported in New York; -
state to tax cats 2; cents each. It is said the V
reason ' for the measure is ' to protect - song
birds." If the bill becomes a law, as it appears
wc lack back an J regreL
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