- .
tqz two
ncitt la Wakt Cousty.
Is ti iSurtt l i&v. i bvti hat lt
by lit r.i':ztt bkb r' lo fttU
raaif as J b tir rfl ta c -H"
i-J tUztltt pftcef. Il tl b3 fexpd
liiS : but into tai piH ft-
Career. Est I;i:r to iti -cr lkc
Raleigh Tissft:
Efirr lC pciic ;afiIoJtC
:'.:r Wedai4ay a jcC 51
r:ttf JfA-'l. fca-e 5 est a Itil tt
hi i-eea ccKicd c4 d.rske.
wn, barri kit b2y arJ tiard te
rr-im btustr wh b are 5?r"e4
Ttts itrrt weft tif m-'-i c pc?'
r.:f aisv.sii'.crf J ca the cir rw4i
iwtlf djytarpbvG-ard VaieTTfccr.p.
toe. what J7n'.rrifftl M -tr. to
bi4 crirrrd tte rN8iicei. hT
at4 uv it aosis!efrd.
VxtilT Cikt4 t; !- nItef hd
iciur4 tUt ibe h Jb
for "ftfswl lo bai beta a c
ceis!f bftt ccc.""
It U bad etgh to e:er lhal tot
gxcr 4 rtifcerr. 5J been abol
iti4 U Rcuo. tic hc o tie kai:
i.ch has rce ct c pf actually
citrr xai"eJ cmicd covctry t4 ia
cf cl lU United u!f. U ftH permit-
lei ia 4 c ute 4 tte c-4 vjSj."
N'or.ii C?c;.ci b-ns of f ol tttcs.
It if hu4 czvz to ti'tV tin a b-4e
eutimtiacr. i!4 Uf bta lfc:t4
at o bc:ae center trtiS p-4
tf-; 5 tif titry ti "i
the ?t-r: ta e rm" li
let ta lrfw .o tzn in t joalf.
is ib it uj btnz t
csirf tif ba c( ti? U-'. ttr ftc
txt f.i.! csc:sssr . . .
Pst h i tcttUtix:cn U iwifatAi
s4 co fo-i: bI- tr urt:trc
fS iUh tit mf : x'-03 l"Xit
ttXit. tit i!sf? tic rva i l-- o thr
ff$r c ti? c,", tf-ibly tiftc
lf plti U w i: Jl A-i'.icIf4 tit
pripcm izih?tu d U'ilr cotirtr to Cog
tie pr.ioeet ia tinf i-Afsc.
Ia tif ST7t ric ia lif Miairf
ce ti 57'fre Ccsft h iu:tf4
rri-:: ef r b4 tf?s 4c!t
esiic a It'flt r?icert a tif rarx o(
cii.Vr:ct. Tbr pictxc fftr.c4
cp by tie ccvrtt ia lis oaf. So
tfira that it t bea -3!bofise4 by
l.e start! hkIj. 4 fafrtf nt
M;!:rr ff3a:it4tit tr tbosM Mr.
.Bisa k! ic:rc23e4 tit bi'l rse uC
We Utr ti! ri;; bill o( eil im
toet c-tj vtifvxh tir !fji!iie
r?ii;cery ta tii4r e1y ej confa
i-otn isoirai to lit iie to ""brt the
ti; bul by er::i.t. hr i! J K:ta n
rt:fy hU etrof b et;nf!C ' ffpl.
II hz'Httiut4 it 1 nr: wiJt it n.
b-t -So!i t.c4 fcia bc!d!y 4 )ot(y
r.x. In c!itf etcat tite JocI4
br fsrtber act?5j takm ia tie Isgit c4 4ay
tcTXtrtit: a b-.II vzirr lie aatbority f
i':h twoiach b!.i(Tt arc rr4 on a
white skla a4 rttr.a?s :Hrre a re 5 accca
IPO-si twrht 4aj af.er thr ""pr.tbrntni'
wai isi;trl
Law Me ti;. Kfi titj arc pr J
ta a crrser. are ia :rt-rf ; ef the very
i2?ft;cn ci mt epfnrit!tir grt
crcsrrc;." A 4 wit ?- tr-aer cslfljftrj liU I
tiat a rraa aa he ?r: sa e rtJ te a rr.
4rtra.;t chs gt:iJ? .'.xik Wa!4 be
r-rar: J-J a a r?-tc, r-;.;?x drsr-k m-git
wr ilay t 'V4 a ;:rf. U;t row il i nut.
Here i a ta?t ii-t iW cf iydfed of
tito Uri':S(4 tie 4!t oi
kt. made it
a rr;-ccnMe bsise a&1 sirtw the arm
ti? !ar afwvS i: to f't,:eiJ The sale
cf
cf
wh;tt raa'f tt
ard a?-4 afsrr lie
!:? h J rra !a:ed l.rx i? ttrri in and sas s
i! pec.? art tc-.:4? ar. J liey mt go to !
lie roi brca?- cf ti 4;ar to wh;h tie j
stale rvt or.ly cvpc-r-J tttm ttzi ai4cd and
ait::t4 tier: ta catcirr. It Sov! 4 net be
firgctttn tKat csf-t tV 4rr.r ptetear a
rua r.:il l-c aII a cf-rt nal $f be lock
Ijpiovi it iet after tnrteg rp-fd to if.
5iracAf ia (if faf :r.- w-.tl fua. Jul
cow tai fcw!e-tfr b:L! tirc a flyttent-g
ef b?.r. TI"' r blmd they
woiM noi f e ro?r si 1 ;Kr fat teat
e-.aitr thftr ; to v U i al tvtstntv, il
irS cct a rra"GVr, '!r. I h Na!cc:a! bill ,
pa b C'it
rs l- i-r exire.
lie
I n-i a4 pus
hit p1r'Lf
Ii .ft!s. He i
iy.i3 f f'f t
er- aCe ;tgi. I -I a t!o4"
A Btg Prcie.
Now that lie ierrr-e-i; irtU it ha made
tic ncwj-ar Kiar.vfi. i-.rei cwrr-e in to carr.j
ar j cta -r
iht-t r,u?;ufl. n iv tforu4 to
;hr ec e;-je:Kn.
Tb-t fo;-l re::c. I-Vr I
ea. I; ca: ! t j i
j. .rd. be-
casr
r i; 'rr. but
t re?e wr r.r -r m-t-lr la rru'l
ef lit f3y c ic nm r-lc !.tm.
Th?e bat rrnff l-'fii ip rraa w!y er
ti n k;s4 f f'l M ad; an;c in irie.
Ti tzz ia
tren etf'
I hr rai-
tfcl'ed b li' c J !w.eriK t-'c.
tin war
ha. i
wish if. ial
trice arc bro4
gotcrf-.rf ?A cw!4 IfKi; tlum na t pi'
lrtr.it'-a!. bet asc i--! -?h .4 ?
wtth tie p ajcr Miciivi tit l;-e ; iat IV.U
in will jo t it- re.":at U'!i m4 to
fatcr tit rtJar.
o
A Ccsprtcs: 34aa
It 14 thai II E Tr?. cf ihr Cor;ora
ltn Comssv. i !alr4 fur a t-y-ti wj:h
tit is?tr:ate trr.r:t re r.'..4t:on if the
h.!l to iocrta-e tir rcr. If f ht nw, Ta
ti i c"t cf tie bet cfiea: tct to :hU
:atf. Hf kr-in lh" j- ar-J f,i;I!4 ;rgic
a en5i; c r-i : r j s,t- ..-t cct
m;ii;a. A I. ..- -ii rf n;- Cpa
t.ca Ccmmmoa it has dvr.t wo!rs.
.. llMMWIWI1"''1 A
A L-r nlitl 01 OCT. .'
U (4 toe bit fcr r ycwt lJl4.
;rt bii tone riib! mi if.kc4.cai
lie cc;
tU IkW DUy Kecoei into pcuu io tbif
AI we btlletr tbt tie ute hooIJ
reo4c for lie de4eat ' cff'
;tf. cct oaly fnattrr of nf bt. bot to
teetect lit aepeaieatt froa becotmoc
cbtffti oo tbe Jcx'il cfiuue. The
wartt cf tie coatUtf b14 be pvea to
ibtTf fintUrt alter ibe exrx nnte
lusce i dedacied.
We bite (unhtt. ard ''ifw
bt!3r.r tin .f a raw bai eo !mIy be M;
foe lie ctetoa o Sxicty. if f1"1":
a!kmr4 to ero t wit aa4 hyt it p!ct4 to
bu cre4,t. Hc-b;4 be iUowe4 much
re! rey for each 4y hr ene4 tbe Mate
if tie Mate wai tie btatEoary of bi weat
aa4 bW. ae4 wbto be 6oaIIy left tie mMitu
iko be iaM bt made the roo4 po9r
of bU raoicjt. If a I.fe ptitoocr. then he
ho!4 bate the richl to efret what he would
4o w,ib hh own money ar4 let him take aa
ioseftM in earaicc it. Ul there be fie o4
loffoxare for wibbarot let biro paj- the
biM in coto rather than in Utbet on hn bared
hlclu , . .
Wr a!! know. ao4 al! of ui wuit admit, thai
tito tie coatict come out of rxwn he hat
rfi.cr ia Ck4' wor!4 but a reputation lhl
hid- a rrnifl came, ana r.e ni
rt, ner rood resolution were
ratted br the man in hi narrow cell behind j
tbe stated bars-oo matter what he told him-
ril r.e MOS.QwQ wr.cn vw .wv v ........
Ot tie path f icatt rrmtanfe must be hn,
ani with etcpty pocket and 4ubonoted name.
t fnttsd. r-o htlpirg hand, a wandtfer brand--4
.-r. . tsrinc!e4. he seeks train to do
hi fellow maa
Im t. Witt It m desire to ctlV f
(or ev en.
In hi mind may br a gTand dream I
of a better
branded. 4;gTacfd. with no money and with
r.o cKaracter. what win be cor
What wV.I he do? He will rob the first man
be sees. He will become again a burgter or a
mttfdtrrr r a seducer, becaute before him is
rothicg: h cannot see what he ha to gain,
and surtlr be ha !ot all.
But lei that man have the money he ha
i r.i.t a. I. .. nl!f i flu. the
rlacr of hi hamiliatioa and his debatr. rnt. Sow. we will not stand for t hi. Wc arc m
tr?r e bad earned, by boceit labor, a , for of woman i suftrage. ue have for many
hcritt4 doifars or two huadre4 doUars. am! ; ear-!ong be ore Bryan and U.Kon came
il wa b;i He coj!4 eatily go to some diitant j out for it-invslcd 4hat it should happen.
country a"a4 there tale bis p' Therefore we are VV0"; of
raaa The stain cf the stripe in their snake- (a us is sacred. But for Judge Uark ot
iTke "hid eoo sort would not iarA him in the Matestille to intimate that Judge Bob Wm-f-.f
.i wis ia him he cooM Ve bom again. that astute, that wonderfully clever law-
earned, asd in earning it in the iltnt hours of ? perhap full of htmelf and ill advised, read his
h: toatude he ha firured out a road, he ha a ; paper and it sounding expletives denied pas
bted punor. and that idea will pones him t Jog fair to him. But had Old Man Rob blue
and rot the wonder wcerr will ni ceti mcai ;
br err, ana bow can fcr ooiain u
t
hetp of a friend, of only a few dollars. bae f
gtj.ifn oa their feet not criminals, but men
who were tWwa and o-ui. and no roan waeer
a much down and out as the man who has
beta bracde4 as felon and who ha bten
fctttd to wear the stripe and do time for his
stale. . .
Let al! coaicts earn their money, and after
paing their way turn it oer to tbtin. Thr
tate i;ou!4 bide'its face in hame if it dare
,,. ir nU sn.l I
KWI I a hnman Leinr whom it nas shacUn!
an4 fttiereJ. AH the slate ran ak is that the
criminal hall not moiet oitlr. Ana it is
up to the tate lo lake that intellectual cripple, nuihing more lhan a cheap political job. in
CMtiac him. kep him rcMraiaed fiom his era! Maie in the west oil inspector rc
df:tedAioa iod ibtn. if hr can. money. gie ccic twelve hun.lred a year and cxrncs.
fcira hi fcr nf. .riOCkitg mdeeu i w
i popoiiMi that a srrI -lowld divide with
lie daughter ihr nice he receives for her
ot,!. but mutf shaking i the propvition that
.. .K.Ir1 rVrrMn ih, niir nrn. I
cttd. And lhs i whit North Carolina doe.
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and oiher state do.
ru&m for reform.
There is here certainly
Dva't eci lo be any more open formula
rr-rd;ca!
ought l
bir, 'introduced. Locs like they
o come again
Captain Koraig.
"That i at leat a iniereiting talc. says
the Virginian-IMt. -which ihe engineer on
oce of the tranv-AlUnifc liners i reported to
har to!4 upon thr rtCfni arria! of hi ship
at New Yotk. While in 11 mouth. England,
hr a, he saw a number of capturta tk-rman
.44-manoe and IrarnM a ureal deal about the
extent rf ihf castuf A total of four bun-
dred .i ihr t.err.tai un4fraier crait, he wa
ir.forrred. ha ln rt:ed bv tbe Brilith incr
lie war hegm. srd if ihfr he saw one bun
drrd and etghi) ren congregated at IJ
mouih. cbasnrd together an 1 urrouncd by a
tvetwpfk of chain. buo and whancs.
Among r laficr wa thr Dcutxhlaad. and
be i confident that Captain Kocnig and hi
crew are ftiocer in England. If the tale i
eca measurably true, it may hflp lo explain
tht'apparenl conhdrncr with whkli thr Brit
ih adm:rall ha rei Clennany resumption
ci mo:rim;natc wanarc on mcrcnani snip-
piSig.
Vcr interr:i;ig. but the mci interesiing
lo uis th fart that ?ucgct that Captain
Kcn:j; and I: crew iiil lir. Wr had a
eel ol adm riu for Korn:g apparent au
dacit. Tr chance are lhai England ha a
lot ol j-ric.ntr and hip.
Marking 'the Way.
A bill h been iniroduvtd it. ttie IfgitUturc
rttt;fig the ccaaiy commii s:onrr of cat h
cwur.ty io p-jt up appropriate igr.board icll
lie :itiar.e acd indicating ihc cure
and one tl.icg a .id another. Wc :h ihtrr
would
br i late m:tI reauirtar thr ?riaie
cr.tcrpt
ie putting up sign. to cell the truth ;
bcut the distance. On the rod leadinr into
this town arc sign taying "Seven mile to
Cf cenbor u." ar.4 you drive alonj about three
mile and e another ign reaCing Eight
isjiles to Ciretnbofo." Thi confuses the man
'who i in a hurry. Th? reeru to hae been
"p-ed." a a prirtcr would ay all mixrJ up.
ih rrvn i tan rg ih'r.t putting up the rrt
our thry ;rt:tl.. I he,r are fvr adcrii:n
pur;--. bvt tun an adertiftmest ahould
ovt Ir n-.hlzid. ig
Wc wwldat Hive it happen for a !'
cf tow boot ii bij as a loobst one in
taph rj.veyard. But the yor has feH
ldgr Oari of the SiateiviHe pnrfes on
Keen to RaJehaDd be w the pictures on
the screen. Tben he wntes thus.
When" the bill io Vat suffrage to
women ia municipal elections was before
the home of .the lerisUture Representa
tive Winaton'oi Wake county, son ol
JudCe R. W. Winston read fr manu
trripl an argument afitnit the bill which
attracted much attention Thereupon
MU Martha Haywood of Raleigh, bead
of tbe feminist movemcjjt, wrote an open
letter to Judge Winston askinp for a copy
u -your speech read on thcfloor ot the
houie." and statinf that it vvi the pur
pose of the sufTraf c league to circulate it
a a campaign document for the caufr.
Why aik Judge W.niton, wno is not a
member of the legislature, for tne copy of
the address read by his son: Trust a
woman for a keen tbrut. The clear in
ference wat that Wintion junior wrote
tbe address for Winston junior;-and the
tivist given to the thrust was that the ad
dress wa so illogical that it will help m
atcad of hurt the caue it wa designed to
hurt. Seeinc that, the Winston were,
wisr enough to keep silence in all the lan
guages ther know which i about all any
poor man can do when the ladies get after
him strong.
fr wrote somethmi: that would be VDoom
VH, .. r.. . t .
crang well, it won't do.
Whether the son made a buM we do not
know, dui we oo now inn u juw
ton ever took his pen in hand to wntf a
screed the screed would.be perfect. There
would be nothing illogical. There wtuld be
ftoikine to disturb the crowd. It wouia dc
m AAih northum molasses when the cane
Uas ripe it would be like a do of castor oil
ih arianarilla. ludct: in-
ion. Judge"Bob Winton. never wrote a docu
ment that was illogical. He may have written
thing that some of us wouldn't write but if
" a -i - I. .... 1 .1
he ever mace up nis mma mai a mn 3uu.
be glorified or debased well, it would happen.
While Mi Haywood, a remarkably bright
woman, might have thought she wa calling
ih ftld mm. she wa mistaken. The son.
penciled it wen. pcrnap mere huh uh
been enourh left of it to make hash for break-
- - mw
fat.
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I n't it about time something was being
done about luster Sunday? Nccm that be
cau eggs arc so fc.fb the, fact .that Laster is
on the tvav hasn't 'been mentioned, t Many a
woman wi(l pay twenty dollars for an Easter
hat and boycott the Easier egg.
o
Sometimes.
The Clceland Mar urges tnc creauon oi
an okee calling for an oil and gasoline u -
tKCtor. .. remaps n tnce czys incy arc nccu-
. a . I. . .1
td. but in many states the oil inspector was
ar.a inc imir "
uhiir. The oil is generally o!d in cmc. and
a c il inspector would be belter than cvcral
Mate iniectors. "1 he local dealer buys of a
.rrfi'in houif. from a Certain MatlOll. Jt
....
would be an av matter to inspect all ll.c on
and gasoline brought to a city. It generally
comes in large tanks and is cry easily located.
In thesr days of compethion the big re
fineries see lo it that their product is high
clas. The little local dealer who want, to
. . . . ,. ... .
cheat might reduce his gasounc wun water,
be might mix his oil; but a state inspector
' would not run into him once in a dozen vcars.
I However, ihere is always omc new ofiicc to
... ..I . . ... I. m nitrlnl
crti
ate souiciuing iu uuu wui iu imv
whooped it up, for hi parly. These
cc coated, i: i noliceablr. arc iKvays
w h
cfTcc
f;Hcd by the political party in jower.
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And a ihe (iloriou Climate Marled off thi
morning it rained. Of Course a blizzard bul
ling in !ot""l count against any tilofiius Ci
malc, no matter where you go.
- Old Man Bob.
Senator Bob l.a Toilette comes m say
ibat .r oppo'd to arming American mer
chant : tips. Perhaps he i. IjiEoUntc ha
tvi lu g been taken rriouly by the prople of
America. He at one time organized the IYo-.
gTCisnc Partv and thought, doubtlcfs. he
could be the head of it, and 'the evidence has
always been that he wanted to be our Presi
dent. Hapiiilyvhe didn't win. He made a
mutt conspicuous as of himse'f in trying to
r talk once at Philadelphia, and Rooeelt stole
hi ihunder. At least. Bob say Teddy did.
That was a happy day. Ia Toilette is not the
man in call long distance or rhort distance.
He i dimply one of thoe fellows who always
bring a wtathrr disturbance. He i ambi
tiotf for bir.t-cti. He can tall:: he has the
Innj: jHiwer but hi is not am-n in whom the
American pcopie can find security. Iliad to
know fnat he keeps up hi hot ar, but gladder
to know that no one takrs him seriously.
There was a day when the people thought him
in earnest, tut" not now. To arm American
sh!p is a cssrntul as to carry a gun in a
mining camp. If Cjcrreatty or any other coun
trj propose to snoot on sight, belter have
f your werptns on your person.
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, The General Has Arrived.
Genera! I. 5. Carr- has cabled Ki.s on in
' Durham of his safe arrival iu Japan. . The
Centra! i with the trade commission and will
1 be absent for some months. AH wih him a
pkaant Viourn and a afc return trip. Then
"he will perhaps iit his California ranchc
1 then back to his bclived ttate. '
. . a Tntrerintr Letter. "
Mr. Alfred B. Williams, ;tbe well toojrt
Virginia newspaper man, writing from Wasn
inAon to the New York Times, appears .to
have hi. 'memory with" him. and writes this
exceptionally interesting article. He assumes
that men should never change JIP "T
a false proposition. However, the letter is
worth reproducing, and we give it. space on
this page, as follows: ' , u .
Some mournful and cynical amusement
may be obtained bv contrast of the posi- : ,
lions on the question of peace or war of
some individuals and newspapers in iKo
and this present year of IQI". . .
In 1895 we were, in trouble with bpaim
" The government of that country' had done .
us no dirctt harm; had not insulted us or .
injured any .considerable number of our .
citizens. The immediate provocation we
had to face was the destruction of the
American ship of. war Maine, lying in
Havana harbor'on a mission not exactly
friendly. The Spanish government dis
avowed responsibility for this crime in
.the most solemn' way. Incidentally. after
eighteen vears of investigatiun we have
failed . to "fasten the guilt of it on any
body. Some of those who now assail the
public ear with shrieks for peace and dis
mal wailings of the horrors of war and
, the wickedness of it then crowded the air
with howls and clamorings and bellow
ing for war for war on the instant and
without parley. There was no talk then
of submission of the issue to the people.
President McKinley was denounced as a
. coward because he riesitated to hurl us
into a conflict for which the event proved ;
us to be pitifully unprepared and fbr.:-
which wc had but the thinnest of pre
texts. William Jenniugs Bryan hurried
from Nebraska to Washington to urge
democratic members of tbe Congress to
' support the war measures. There was
quite a race between Colonel Roosevelt
and Mr. Bryan to get into uniform first. .
and each strove to organize a regiment
more bloodthirsty and more intent tha 1
the other on slaughter and on being
slaughtered.
f Those of us who. in thse lush and
. lovely times, arc afflicted with long mm
orirt or carry the inconvenient burden of
knowledge of recent history are left to
marvel andjo grin. We cannot see that
the blowing up of the Maine was mbre of
an offense against our dignity and honor
than the stealthy murder of our citizens
of all ages and both sexes using the seas
for their own peaceful and lawful pur
poses, some of them children in arms and
not responsible for their owm movements
or presence. We cannot understand why
the hearts that were roused to glorious
indignation and thr duty of interposition .
by the wrongs of the Cubans find nothing .
to excite their protests in the fate of the
Belgians or the Serbians or Armenians.
So wc arc left to surmise whether, if
there had been a considerable Spanish
American vote or an indefinite sum of
panish money available, there wouut--have
been an Americaii-Spanish war. AVer
are left to guess wnetner tne tneory tnat
Mr. Wilson was re-elected by the "he
kept us out of war" slogan appealed to
and impressed the eager imagination of .a
chronically and laboriously conspicuous
citizen and persuaded -him that an atti
tude of servile and whimpering crouching
would mean a nimble leap to the White
House. Wc are left to wonder whether
ihoc who .were so desperately intent on
having ii force a quarrel on a weak na
tion and now arc so fervently anxious to
shirk, at any cot of lives or honor or wel
fare, combat with a formidable iorcc can
realize that they are trying to put this
republic in the position of a cowardly and
truculent bully, quick to seek caur of
offense and to'strike while dealing with a
small power, cringing miserably and
whining abjectly of love for peace when
confronting a dangerous one.
ALFRED B. WILLIAMS.
; Washington, Feb. 20, 1917.
Mr. Williams has certainly presented a
Strong Siorj, nu nunc 11 ut ausncitu uy
saying "a wise man changes his mind, but a"
j fool never," that-answer is hardly permissible.
or. at least, not final. ' '
" .
Those Who Have the Price, t
From Palm cach came the glad tidings of
great joy. reported through the special bureau
of the New York Herald, that Mrs. Oelrich
took a bath. Now, this may seem strange to
the man who has been wrestling with a
, plymbcr and pipes burst in the past" several
'weeks of cold weather, but we get it straight.
In order that wc may not get it wrong let sjs
quote:
Mr. Hermann Oelrich. took her first
ocean dip this morning. Her bathing
suit was of black. soft satin with' hori
zontal stripes of same material and color.
She wore a black taffeta cape lined in .
' lavender ilk. and -carried a black and
, white striped silk parasol. Her shoes
; were of material and color towilatch the
suit. Mr. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
said of Mr.". Oelrichs bathing attire:
"This is the most striking bathing suit
that I hate seen this season.'
Now. think of this. How many of the sin
' stained mortal sons of .men and women,, too.
(IimI bles 'cm. let us say have taken a bath
omc time this winter, and yet how many
have hai it telegraphed to. New York that
; the bath had been taken?
We understand fuIT weli, or thiak wc do.
I that. Mf. "Oelrichs needed a bath,, but just
why this should be the subject "of a big head
) line and why it should be regarded as news we
! would like to have a little more information.
But it really happened. And to tnow that
! Mrs. Oelrichs goth' a bath well, the City
: Planner may eel that his coming south has
1 in a way been vindicated. . -
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1 Naturally the Kaiser would like to stop the
I war, but why should he stop? ' l he js to-get
j nothing, why not go the limit? Human lives
I are'not counted by the men who conduct- war.
Napoleon figured results. '- , V
"The Hopeful" Sign.
- rThe WUmingt'on -Star 'perhaps writes m0r,J
:i..c.f;l chiff than Stiv nther niftr ,,
1UUUJ111.1 , . "J. ------ f III Th.
State, wniic wc i c.cAuuiug cApiciives con.
cehiing things far. distant; while other paperj
'Statesman arc wondering if there is a chance
for them, the busy Star at Wilmington twin.
kles. f or the industrial end of things. In a re
cent issue it brought out plainly the hope 0
thfc'Soutfi.in tne matter 01 railway construe,
tion; showed us that the whole set of Atlantic
states would .soon be double tracked ,and said
that President 'Harrison ; of the Southern
dieted-greater thing's, for this section of the
country than' the wildest man had dreamed.
rA1I-nf-thi rounds ffoodL We have fn.
: o . aiu-
bers of Commerce here and there and they,
div aitvi awMv A.wrj - . uotv, 5-
: papers with an axe to grind, and perhaps if no
other axe the business office, and we all m
too busv to write ano rK ana insist tnat the
South is to' be the great section of the United
States. -In 'this endeavor the Star of Wil
mington. points the way.
Twenty-five years ago, when we struck this
bloomln state and took charge of a newspa
per, we were an enthusiastic boomer. We
went to Asheville to a convention, and after a
hard hght put tnrougn a resolution, written
by us and offered by, R. B.' Boone,, then a
Durham lawyer and now, we think, of Okla
homa, -that there was no South, no East, no
West, no North, but this was a common coun
try, under a common flag.
To get that resolution through required
wonderful tact. The : late Colonel Burgwyn
made a- wonderful speech Governor Fowle
didn't know and in Committee he was afraid
that-because a Yankee from the west or from
somewhere had dared to beso presumptuous
and audacious as to proclaim that it was a
common country shocked him arid. he said so.
That only ,a . quarter of a century ago. Then
there were but a handful of cotton mills in the
South; then the railways were running their
jim crow trains and it took two or three days
to get to New Orleans if you had good luck;
then the -North hadn't mixed as it has mixed
today. .
, There is no question and this is not handed
out to be -courteous to present company but
w hat the South is 'destined to be the greatest
and biggest part of the United States. Grow
ing every year by leaps and bounds; increas
ing her wealth by the countless millions and
attracting capital from all over the world.
And amorfg the group of Southern States, each
one rich and containing' inexhaustible treas
ure. North Carolina, we make bold to say.
stands foremost. She has her beach and her
majestic mountains. She ha rhineri!:? such
as are found nowhere else -in the bosom of
Mother Earth, and she lias resources in agri
culture that some day wiU surprise the Vorld.
Her fruits' always take first premium, no mat
ter where exhibited. She has gold and has
produced and can produce more of the pre
cious metal than any other state or section tins
"side the Pacific coast. She has forests; she
has climate' that is not excelled and why we
all .sit down here arid wait for curious men lo
discover what we have, instead. of exploiting
to the limit our natural advantages, we do not
know. We confess that as a publisher Ave
have not done our full duty. The Wilmington
Star, as we said in the' beginning, sets us all
an excellent example and ' we should get next
and get busy. ,
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If Greensboro doesn't have a baseball team
well. Greensboro will have a baseball team,
and that perhaps is all there is about it.
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The Food Situation.
It certainly docs look like this. United
Stales government could take a hand and
make some laws that would relieve any food
situation. In Boston, the other day hundreds
of competent women marched to the State
House with the figures to show the governor
that thousands of merchants in that city had
their warehouses filled with food supplies,
out refused to sell except at exorbitant prices.
Children are hungry and some are starving in
this land of ours. Women lead the fight
truculent me are afraid to move.
' The question will finally be settled, but
whv wait for the finality? If the audacious
; tradesmen can buy all in signt ana store n
and demand any price his conscience will al
low, how long will it be until the pillars of hi
temple fall? How long before famished
hordes rush upon his warehouses and empty
them and-burn them and. leave him destitute
himself? How long before a revolution
"How .long before law will be unheeded and
mob violencc: will suggest Xo . even well-ordered
minds that self-preservation is '.he
.thing? - ' x
It is all right tor a ma:: to buy a stock ot
goods ar.r. sell at his Own price, 'but for a com
bination of men to purchase all hi sight, store
in warehouses until they groan, and say to
impoverished people pay us our price or
'starvethat isn't going to work long. And
before the, people, in their majesty and their
might, must go back to the primal lavy, why
not make written laws governing uch conch
tions? .
Jt has not )een long, as-we consider time.
: that these lafst.ftuman hyenas and vultures
have held thc"road. That their days are shori
there is "o doubt, but rather than a revolution
1 r ui-j 1 r. vi-Viv- nnt the mvfrnnic nt
ui uiuvu ' aim. uiv, "j . w - o
' nr-tt li,-,-c onrt C3V a wa; said to the..
1IIIL. JUlilX. ao..- - - j j '
i proud waves: Thus far, and no farther?
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Seems a fierce old world when women; are
forced to go out on a bread riot and fifrht
j enough food -to feed their starving children.
! Something1 is" radically wrong if this mu-i
uee'ds happen.
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'.--. Merchants Fined.
In "Lynchburg me thirteen; merchants
j were recently arrested for working children
' in their stores children under sixteen years
I of age. They were fined $25 each. ,Of 'course
I this was vindication of. the fellow who wan5
against child labor. But when merchants
cannot employe children to do chores the con
; -iifnr rif h? ; ffoods will oav more freight.
And when a child must wait until he is growr
before he. can earn a. dime of his own v. cli.
there is- such a thing as running something
god iritothc gfound. C