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) People Who People Who Think SV AL FA1RBHOT3IER KwwmM tit a rsxB. frvoLa ton aam ATURDAY. JUNE x6, 1917. OX ftJLXJC AT TBI XZTTI TAXDS AXD OK TBAIXS ESTABLISHED MAY, 1902. HOT OPPOSED TO THIS WAR WATTERSON ON REUNION Tl f Si GREENBACK ivi ;Y COME BACK TRAVELING MAN WANTS BASEBALL IS SLANDERING A WISE ANIMAL ::! II II n v i : - -- a srr-tffal preposition the fcrtc cf ihe ?!!r Aft- cr;c3 10 ir. 1 r.cy r.atc v- j V-rm;,r Godfearing people, "I'":"- 4;r l an crdcr cf intelligence thai t- t.r the Lfr.;t that war tt fceX Hoi '' . - t ."-.w. ,V CTTpfC IO lake pOttC. I the f- campaign cf rapr.r. pilligc. mr . r!hcr wat Vr.OTn 13 criminality ! . - -'vr? ih:eg. It t for fKt lhal c arc l. J ? t 13 gtc r:m.ar.c::t projection .! cf the WCfSi. TT UiU4 ... . w r-S well a4 Icr the question. Il ;.Ir cs u ur.;! the lui f.raw Ui4. -V- -.- ,.r-!?rJ war. an 5 then it became nrc ? e c ttry c;:::rn to inihi thai we wtysld a r1 i-h rs a war cf ces?srts. bat a e ;?r-r-r-t, The Peace r-cepfc talked to f - with propriety, bst their day in ;:- wi ct? when rrrsidcnl Wtlaa t.isc4 - i'-i-" Then when the to-called pa ' .,' i't: rj hoo?j-r :1 their yawp the ....,r n caH a ha:t- L'nier tnr tz no r ! A:wt4 ta Istc if he n t w:n No rr-V.ter what he lh:r.V x - ' tht rvrht he!? the cr.err.r. The ' -v Y'fV. Hefa:4 cnfctTsu:et cJwift f t the tsVfett, hul he u to ttarr.e. -vN7;, t-o the w iaj Mt Jre t f..- a ttvcal t'-?J cl ftCi--n s-f -vfitnJi co-wi?!4e. Il tr-af fl "iir f ! fee an .sr,ft n to e7fM j wh h the CrJrJ 5!aie t ea .1 tr-tth-.r,r iacvlcJf ifr -iVc. It t .cf4f?i?r cn tmtoa. t ;E aJ:ri o fcl hat is in- :r t arteia!c the tut lhl hef eirf lie if,io c? i.-r J-n Arvttkan cssuen"" ctc a4 il ta the efrr:f then the ft V h rf?;tf. in the tSi Iffc Cl -t ii-,T?y ha len wfxV t.i!Jwr4. : s i-ui u:r fee f.ac;t! to l pcftr.? fi s hi- !rr the fzittizl fftCB!en ! w? ty fftsiftfCSirx the itfsrt'lhal h-.r;r i whro the JCa ttthenanne.t . r-.-f- the wa? rsrciht IjfX If Miti ' I-!. hrf $ei tic r-a3 a c r-irs n. - . wan? a f4f e4 cf the war ti tVcr-k fA!f tn ttr-f 4? f GefTSA" a4 etr enetf the efrita!e cl the c-f '4?. tv-f r;e i 4:ta?u-. cf Lottt-itts, - J;1- w cf the l.tt;:arf-a, tn who--e I - ihrr hate an ift;ffr lht txan- I . . . ... . i .- : txx: nha Ihrr hate tn the fate frfr4 r.ef ff !;n ef the Teuton;: a?r,y fc4 r. e ?.., it. h:?? htac the ,.. f .r it fhj cf t-dccere A nation cf the .Siie-?-rf the Chi- ir In thai fact ir-ilirate iato !fa-n the v;-ff w-,;j he t:nef :asv4 th: ra",--n s csrc to hl for 4 Tr lr;!f4 :a?r cf Ar.rtia it in a war, a ff'.J.w; ,V wax. ar.4 etery cr-e c!;t?c f-ft- &r. :er C'r it srr o lh:e xt,i tt threw r-g;rAey -v-t srin the rvah;re. lhs- who waf t to -! t- espy "If re t;eeich" a4 ""fftt ;ff "" ;" I S-' t--t:V4 to Iratr ! hfr tf they ' ? wi-? ?a er!re ck;? reect ar-i if . i ... a tt.-- t rar cf the LV-';:r4 5:a!e- cf - .-a t ?- w:; Ge tetany the map. to r- c'jt rf the rr.ffefct V ; 4- ci!i.en who c-je-e4 to thU ! a: rnr taf rattae for Ikt Un. Theft i"ur tn th; cic-sr.:xy for the o-aI!e4 i i-".r::.;uf. who war.! to cr.eccface the hi t?-:Sirx thai f h"5-s!J ha-c peace, r f, 4- n r Is r-it? he fr'.-;h!. as J the ff--e frrtr, who i-:;rr,:e that wr ha 4 r-- t - g-ai to war thJ L 4rclare4 i". . cl trta. ar.J t:ran meact harji-ff- 1 o " n! t-t 'rtfrwri. h-t to tae it biily tfittr'i! tt w-.-: J ;e ate a ho'e in the " "f.. What we tKrs'4 4a it t a !l t! an4 Fcttinr tl. i-. ?-?.f lf-e rr--r ta w:n. JK - . a-T r"r lo f?ec thnr cafa:rn an4 ... r rao- c wra!.:rvj wt.i t-e I ;:rrr hten t vet ca !f$::rhas t-. r-ar t.3 all tie . ... . w;!I ! f- if tO ftSiffiUsl c t f anl the man wha r-e .- ter.!T t!lcs! ear. a the KeJ - . v fir? 4-, can cl r--ee es:hvi4m -"-i:?r t-an t-e man c..;t?r isxitr.jnc -:: tr.ktfc The Ke4 Ot i a r-a:t 4" 4r:n. 4- fitc a?my i r--s tsyr.irr rf ;?-.. Js; a .--n a t r,J 1 r-'s t thr f;c.; the Kc4 Gcu ffo?'e ri :? r'.t si c?;:;rjT another hn '4 -::,5-fc The hsr.4fr4 mtirkjn. hw ;T fl'r-.'1 hit lot m! WiCek - f - i ft t't-r- !-v! !. rS.r ri!5 fe rr:efr herthln. k . . A can rtie ii Ir.it! a thaiar-4 mete a--S the cartri:rn h-emr r!ar,e4 r ! txe :r Crr t a- hit 4Aar w-.th ". - -iftcfr. h i the Na!on ca!J t i:- tj;C who w-iU tosn t in No one write like Hecry Witter on. and thii editorial frcm the Courier-Journal talk ir.f about the reunion, it one thai all should read. It it col only arlittic. it if refreshing ar.4 er.tertainicg: A wa inevitable, the Tohnny Reb had all fi?t cf a ood time al Wahifigton. The Sc:h. iwxaJIed, cten at cf Id, eemed to til in the add'.c. The big rot wat pul m the little rot. the dinner horn wa blowing 'from mcrn to noon, from noon to dewey cire, and the traditional px iwor.g high in the air. -.ctcr mere thall there be a tcctional alcn mer.t North and South if ever again, Eait and Writ. - . "Hat lei that wait. May il never arrive. Meantime, in fancy Moby mutter on the Hemiih front and lorret weefi aero Bel gium to the Rhine: the Orphan Brigade ha carnevj tc hrtcr.ti oi terresuiein ana J4offan' men ir.jnnff 'Ef yxm w hell icm fine the cavalry, fide in the Valley cf the Mot-elle; ar.d f want to ketcn in triumph up MftBil" the P'wV ritiirv. Peer am al the head. the 5:ar and 5tripea alove thetn, hall pour, hie lava tide, through LV.ter den Lindci; to the Kat.er hW, crying 'Gil ouin the way. Bu!. c:d ?xl for the butternut are comin and if a pood -bye to the Hohrnxollwem!" "Yrt. t-oftlyl There i another fide to the thicll War tt not all glory. Thote who tw what war t know that. Nor may we ftrt.t loo hardly upon the mat and boor f the German people; United pon a falic rremie and blindfold led to daughter in up poet cf a d j ratty holding to the exploded drat cf the Middle Age and claiming to rc by Right Divine, they do not differ much If pn ether men, enliited upon whal they hon c:iy bchrvc the caue cf their country. When the b!4 it up the brain it out. We do cot ?rp to think. We reawn not. Vfz figl "It it a wctld cl greed and ttfife and mur 4er f tin, dtae and death! Why tuch travail in ;cet of betterment? Should not cfctldrra be grown n tree: a. fruit i grown? The brave who five and fifty Ycart ago fc-sed WavJungsoti . impotiible cf capture went in the ether day and-tooV perrton wi:hei;l tring a thot out cf a pin. Not one ef them bat will not admit that hit 'Rights in the Territcrie' were exceedingly nebulou. a theer delcvn, much like Tat horte that wa rry hard to catch and not worth riding after he wa caught. Juit to Germany's 'place in the tun. The outh came long ago to realiae that the iniitu!ion cf African tiavery wa not only paiSicaily and morally untenable the whole trend cf modern thought dead againtl it but a a. labor ytem clomy and cottly. Yet a mi:on cf men. nol cr.e in ten poieed f a tlate. went cut to fight for it not one in fifty considering the abitract quettton f the emrerthip cf man cf property expretted "in humin reh and bl4 eicrpt to twear it the Abcliiicnittt for a t of intermeddling var mint. having the audacity to diipute the right cf a Southern gentleman fo wallop hit own rigger. We aw but one thing mvation the in v aiien cf the South by the North there wat a reawcnaMe argument drawn from the ef iginal compact il wa war the debate wa. mer fnanhood the adventure oretto, the hot wa f.red and, lo. the one thing wanting to weld ut together at a unit and make ut the nation we are today. "A big price to pay; yea. verily, a very big pfkc to pay, with the provoking caue. the generating and agxravaling ciftun:ancc the Ntgger in the Woodpile ttill an unsolved rtchlem. Where be your dream, oh, William IJard Garrin, your denunciation, Wendell rhihip. jour diatribet. Horace Greeley? Gene with the conceit t f Yancey that Cotton wa King and African Slavery a gift from God. Gcrmar.r will learn, even at the South ha learned, the time will come when our German-American will tee, at we 14 Johnny Rrht have come to tee. that whatever it t be l. We are doing pretty well, thank voul I,d we not one and all tupporl Horage C.ree Ur for Ir evident? Now there it thai good old Rebel Woodrow WiIon in the White Houie and that gt4 eld Rebel Edward Dougla White Chief Jusice cf the Supreme Court. Turn about i fair play, you know. Brother Ddgr ! Never fear, and never tay die. Keep )Tr.r hin cn MaiAchuctt being ttill in the Union, thank Go45 rour turn will duly cme. with at leat half cf a good old Rebel thai it to ay, your own beloved Teddy Bear majbe in the lead! Who tat J Juliu Caear ? . . . . . Tar. Go home. ty! Go to tleep, bovS It all right, boyt! Timcringt in with hit revenge cmc tolacet chief cf thete that we are a united people whom Heaven ha called to fulf.ll the reaon f their national being the r rue f Freedom from Autocracy cf Rerublkanitm from Abto'trtitm to drive Medurvilitm back to the Dark Age, the Right Divine cf King from off the earth m hart, to make Democracy tafe, here, every where. -'Curicut anti-climax to thy drtxmt fifty gulden year ago.'" o That Wevl Gatton ttreel lot will be along very toon right tooeu Uncle. Sam one time issued greenbacks millions cf them. They were simply a prom ise of Uncle Saan to pay to pay the face value if any one wanted to take them to Wash ington and, present .them and 'demand the money. But inasmuch as Uncle Sam made them money no demand was ever made. The Liberty Bond is another promise to pay but Uncle Sam borrowed the money this time instead of issuing his notes without interest- " If thi country ever wants to do it. and per haps it will not, the good old greenback doc trine can prevail. There is no reason why America can't issue twenty billion dollars in Greenbacks.. a mere promise of Uncle Sam to pay, and no matter if there is nothing back of the issue sive the promise of Uncle Sam the notes will pass current with the merchant. Perhaps not for foreign trade, but the home folk would take 'cm and ask no questions. It wa on this proposition that General Weaver of Iowa founded his gTcat Greenback party back in the seventies it was because the tcheme was good up to a certain limit thai hundreds of thousands of people seriously considered tte plan and voted for Weaver for President. , ;f In this world you will find that some man who J reputed to be rich hand out his notes indiscriminately and bankers and citizens take them for a year or to. Finally it is discov ered that too many notes arc on the market and the credit of the individual gets bad. But tuppoe Uncle Sam were to say: "Here, I want ten billion dollars to prosecute thjs war; I want to use the money here al home, so I will just issue my promise to pay ten billion worth, and issue some good-looking treasury note." Don't you know that he could put it over pay no interest, pay nothing? Just simply run his face, and every man would be reaching for one of those notes because they would pass current with the merchant and after all that it ajl any of us want lo know. - o . , ThtJ Jjjvadcks, to e;tfut3rrax40Mh2t two first -clas plajr houses. , The wonder is if we will have many shows on the road during the war time. Time, the great rcvcaler, will give us a tip on this a little later. o Wholesale Whiskey. The federal grand jury at Raleigh is inves tigating charge concerning alleged wholesale whitkey smuggling into the city. It is said there will be startling revelations, anj as Uncle Sam has gone into the matter it is sup posed the bottom will be reached. It has for a long time been claimed that there were parties in Raleigh who were running a big game; that hundreds of gallons of whiskey rot properly labeled were being brought into Raleigh, and that city was used as a base of supply tor may towns round about. Some fifty witnesses were examined Monday and the work will con tinue for several days. The state is working in connection with the government and(no ef fort will be spared to get to the bottom of the case. o Did you ever try to understand what the nebular hypothesis is? Well, we arc going to rent a room and have it fully understood. o Let It Loose. If you think that you must cut out every thing that has nude life worth living, you arc mistaken. There are onJy two-things to do: Plant all the seed you can, and after you have raised or bought foodstuff do not waste it. If two potatoes will do, cook only two potatoes. The American peple have been in the habit of filling the dishes more for show than foi food, and the servant has been compelled to fill the twill pail with what is left over. Simply conserve what we have. It is not waste to spend ten dollars for an article. The ten dollars go on and on. It is waste to throw away a suit of clothes before you have gotten the real service from it. It is waste, and crimi nal waste, to cook up three times as much food as you will consume and throw the left over to the garbage can. Simply, do not waste. That is the economy to practice. But don't get it in your bead that you must hoard your money that you mustn't spend it. Spend all you can get. Keep if going, and times will be better than ever before. The KUgo Flag Incident. It appears that the fight against Bishop Kilgo will not down in this state. Every once in a while it breaks out in a new place, and just now the flag incident is the interesting picture on the reel. Once upon a time the Bishop didn't like something some of the Trin ity students did concerning a flag, and he al lowed his vocabulary of adjectives to spill on the floor, and some people haven't gotten over it. Bishop Kilgo is a man of impulse. He says what he thinks, and often he thinks a whole lot of things. However, inasmuch as he is no longer President f Trinity, but a Bishop tn the Methodist church, it occurs to us that the less said about the past the better for all con cerned. True. the. Bishop is yet a trustee of Trinity, but that should make no difference. A traveling man writes us a letter to express his indignation because there is no bas ball going on in the Tar Heel scate this summer. He insists that people shouM not forget that relaxation is more - ssary in times of war thtn in times of peace. He 5ays base ball and moving pictures and all innocent amusements should be increased; that when war is on the mvd of a naton srould fice. and if we keep talking economy and keeo cutting out amuse ments, and all of us get long faces and think we are whipped before the fighting com mences, it will go hard with us. Possibly he is right. Possibly we should all cat, drink and be merry and let tomorrow take care of itself. However, as a nation we have been wantonly reckless in our waste, and it was to conserve the food supply that the alarm was sent in. Our Governor thought the men who were playing ball and the men who wit nessed the games should put in their time cul tivating vacant fields. And because of this his address doubtless caused the base ball fever to wane. Whether the spectators got busy and planted a crop we do not know, but we do Jcnow that there is no base ball going on, and Casey is not at the bat. The traveling man will find, however, that we have picture shows and many interesting things on the screen. We arc all busy trying to boost the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross and registration, and all of us expect to keep on being busy prepar ing for war. There is plenty of- amusement in being patriotic, and there is no danger of a collective long face in a town like Greensboro. o And up to this date, June the fourteenth, there has been nothing definite concluded about the Fourth of July celebration. The chances are that the day will not be observed as it should have been this year. o The Grand Rusk. There is today over the Nation a grand cen ter rush in the Liberty Bond campaign. The big cities are coming across and Wgh pressure is being: applied everywhere. T"he. task p praising two billion 'dollars" was greater than many supposed. However, many of the bank ers, men in touch with the nation's finances, were certain the fund would be oversubscribed." They confidently predicted that five billion in-, stead of two would be the result Today, how ever, there are some several hundred million yet wanting. As a nation we have talked of millions and tens of millions, but when we go into the billion column did you ever stop to think how many a billion dollars are? It takes a long time to count a billion, longer than most men could devote to the task, and to. get two billion dollars subscribed in a hurry is a gigantic task. It is said that the national banks of the country represent something like fifteen billion dollars and the state and savings banks about eighteen billions. That is more money than any human mind can comprehend. Greater figures than any boy with a slate and pencil could get together unless he was an ex pert. And yet so great are we, so prosperous and so rich that we are disappointed because in a short campaign we didn't raise more than two billion dollars. Looking at it from one viewpoint the campaign, while a little short up to today, has been-most remarkable. ; o The Flag Service. The Elks tonight are going to have an en tertainment, annual flag service, which will be worth while. This year of all others the Flag fs Paramount. The program arranged in cludes all that could be wished for, and inas much as the Elks have opened the door to all the friends of all the Elks that means a full house. We note that Judge James E. Boyd is down for a talk, and if he, will hand ihem something along the line he gave his audience in the Federal court last week all agree that the money's . wprth is in that one feature. Judge Boyd is an American and he talks it and talks with eloquence and vigor. .: -o The taxes will soon be advertised those who are delinquent. But a day or two more and the names of the slow ones will be printed in the papers. o May Jar Some. Those who paid and paid too much for pav ing Main street when the bum so-called vitri fied bricks were laid will learn vith sorrow that pretty soon there will be an . attempt to again pave the street. Some suggest that these brick, which never did measure up to the quality of first class, can be turned over and used again, but the scheme is to make a better road something like the High Point road all the way down Elm street This will cause the property owners to wonder when the assess ments will cease but Elm street will be paved within a year. That is the talk. d A. Big Verdict The case tried in the Guilford superior court, where a guardian sued for the death of a boy, the death caused by drowning, surprised many people. The claim was for $25,000 damages and the verdict was for $17,000, the largest verdict for damages ever returned by a jury in- Guilford county. The Southern Power Company was the defendant . It was Victor Hugo who explained that the slang of the street gamin of today became the -classic of tomorrow. And all the time the lexicographers are busy taking care of the chores of the neologists. . In this world-war drama we have had the words pacifists and socialists and a great many other ists, but it has remained for the Chicago Tribune, which claims to be the greatest newspaper in the t world, to coin a new one, to throw Into the -vocabulary of the street and home the word "assifists." This word, having to do with the long-eared donkey, -is meant to.be used in a contemptuous manner. It was in the. famous Spelling Bee at Angels, where Abner Pean and others took a part that Jones apologized for treading on the family vault because he -accused another citizen of being an ass but" it is our mission to protest. The Chicago , Tribune cannot put over on the homely, gen- ' . tie, long-suffering and patient jackass any thing that suggests opprobrium. Without flattering ourself in any way, we maintain that the jackass is a gentleman, and that of all the animal creation he carries with him self-re- -spect ' and character. Just why and when it . was left for mankind to reproachfully dis credit this animal we donot know, but we are here to say that if the Chicago Tribune thinks it has coined a word that belongs to the -lexicographer's next revision it has failed in its attempt. To be an "assifist" would be to be a patient, meek, lowly philosopher, and this the pacifist is not at this juncture. The pacifist is one who would aid and abet the murders of the Kaiser; one-who: would undertake to deter , the progress of the war ; one who would be . 1 willing to see Old Glory dishonored in order ' to preserve peace when both Honor and Free- dom demand reprisal. . ' o .. (- - This is the kind of weather that makes the corn crack. Popcorn especially pops this kind of weather. . Ready To Fight. The figures show that of the many millions . registering iwo million seven, hundred and fifty thousand did not ask exemption. In other words, twb million seven hundred and fifty thousand Americans said they were ready and willing to go to France tp go anywhere to fight for Old Glory. And they will go. The others, "who asked exemption, told their different tales of woe and will be excused for a while. If not needed they will escape the service, but if needed, and if physically able, they will be put in the field. But think of the number two million seven hundred and fifty thousand men, able-bodied men, willing and ready, aye, eager, to go to the front and fight for their country. Nothing about not coming home, nothing about what might happen just an army that within itself would be invincible, willing to lay down life, if need be, in defense of the flag. All of that looks good to us. It shows that an American understands. It shows that de spite the cries of the pacifists, despite the dirty work of the German sympathizers, the Ameri can remains" what he has always been an American. The City Planner hasn't been asked about it, but we would like his opinion on the dozen different fire traps adorning prominent corners in the city. . . Doing Something. , . The proposition to take over the paper sup ply as a war rheasufe,and let the government furnish it to newspapers at a reasonable price is the first and only sensible 'thing that has been proposed. The government can, with propriety, do this. The newspaper has 'been the one responsible for putting over the Lib erty Bond sale. It helped in a great measure to secure the registration. Without the news paper to disseminate the news the gbvernment would find it mighty hard to make progress in its big program. Therefore it can claim the right to take over the paper mills and operate them in order that publishers can do business. As it is now the profit of many publishers goes to the manufacturers, who are charging about three times as much for paper as they should charge. The proposition coming out of Wash ington yesterday looks good, and carries some hope to those who make newspapers.. v o Only two weeks and a little over until the Fourth of July. Are we going to celebrate, and if so let's get busy. : ; O : No Reason For It People of Greensboro have no reason to fear a slump. There will be much building going on this summer. The O. Henry hotel building is now under way, and it is said the new court house will be started not later than the middle of July. These two buildings alone will cost over a half million dollars, and that means something. Many other buildings will . be erected. The crops of Guilford are first-class and there are few, if any, idle men in the city. Altogether the outlook is bright. Then when -we consider that in a short while the war fund many." hundreds of millions of dollars will be circulating in the country, it all looks good to the man who isn't afraid to look the sua in t the face. ' " ' ..-- .', r .) (
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