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For For T-l 1 - TT TT ) u People Who Think Thlnlt n c7 A 1 ry AL FAlRBROTHER THE GERMANS GETTING WISE 7c news item carried the ether day coo-c.-? -rZ s"c rr.u:;r.y in Gcrmasy's hi;;h sea f.etl i rrrcrtas: r.or. It jurcm that there it t-ff: An! that or.c of lhce days when the if-ur. in the trencher thoeoegh'y under-,-;: ! there br mutiny on land. Koicw ;. - tr.c:!cr.t ( rr.a'.iny one day thi wcrk I cw Yck Hfft4 pvti an article . ?:h xti.z- t y "iy y &y itt$ t--,-: r( the er.artR bttssj; ia:o the crum CtiT.,ie of lerrr.an defciu-e ccrr.e oat of tr tr:o;:;Me advance of the alUr Ger r i' i d;nr.:erra:tri:. arl the cethinjj n- rf t: cr.sl-.tary. r.atal. eonorr.e. octai r U:ka! f.r,i frrh i!:a:ra:ion a!o day : 1, ,fv $n trc ccr.er;r. lacx ir.ai crowa 10 O1 the we:rrn front no hocr feemt to he -.-'!e wj'.hxii it story of the abjet sr-tt- f:f r" the craven dc neration of the rni-c-jV ths-ind that have t-een jrround into v j,v the rr.;i: of German hcart!eines in re r-r that the fcrutal. outworn an! ifcrsoWe rf the Hohcr.xoIIern may be iaed B'i- r.fV.l the yrrp:crr.v rf dseae. decay an4 c;rcre rone u o crr.tncav for the Hun at f -.in overhadowinj: ar5 fromhed by the r ; -y in the h?ch ea f.eet. hr re in the-1 anna! of ea hiJcry U - 4 rerr $ that the hbertie ef a country rt ha ! teen uherted by it r.awj'. Grans r f. ftc!u::rn from Chiru to Peru where the ; ha determined the itue; Tanted. a!o. f h;;o?k mu!:n:e of 5ithea4 an4 of the N fr. rf that in minor decree in France when h-r c-r-fr.::r,ah!e TcHetan ia!ued the - ! later cf that whn the Ba.tic and ; fa tTc et wavered in their lovalty to a . -;f-.r democracy of dear. Jkh-.nd aI Vw. h-vevtr, waa!way an ef larutin. if -an ecce. hael on the unrevt and il of Nn'.h or?.cet and men. Hence. - -ev h h;!rhy teaching by evamr'r. . Ur rrwf. mut have evited for tSe -d and iron protect in the Or man fleet 1 treatment rl jutif,ed by the impend raucct cf the war. t: i a cur:out circurr.ftar.ce that heretofore ea !rr cf all mutinies, except that in Ku- har teen a".tti ff'ai.Sft!y with :"T-.r c4&- M vany ice fn the retr! of the four battteh:r acaintt it crind- irr. trutal an ! Karh naal d;r!me one ca tarn wa thrown enert-ard and the fate of the ether c:?.er remain n far u:i!ijed. "I is any wonder, then, that uch a revolt iM b orjranixed when, a i:iutrative cf Grrman thecrie. the kaixr. withos any Ma! inquiry, without even a drumhead court-r-jft:a!. ecu! 1 of hi own will decree that one . cf oen mutineer hou!d be handed and -xtr b-e vn: creed to year cf imprisonment? ;h i the autocracy the world t f ijhtinc. i'-i r.f.t cf the mot preranl iHu'tration that d-wrn i sealed i that a:Torded by the at pt. cnucceful a it ha been, to xcirre t:c by the mutiny ar!aai." o The pro-German are rcyw accued cf at-?:ir-Z to d;cred;t the liberty Loan. i reeded i about a hundred fcrtl cla f thi country let the pronounced drdant r?x Crctrraa traitor endensand thi i America and American arc runn- T? 5ta:e Fair wa a peat ucce. and Day wa a record breaker. All of x v . that a Cor. ere 1 woman i Itaer than a CWcre man. They Came. T' u'tracet:e. wemen who believe in 1 the irt:drr.: whs!e he ha on hi It the prea:et la 1 eer borne by any i-: norr.cn whu betee that by demandjnu - that houM l cured o".herwi: s ikvv apparently are hame!e and : - h. came to ton an4 rke Kr.dt the i -t rf ihe pcttcc force. In other word. '"v ' ' i -'rcf party cf North Carcana. the r4ry. ' -e in" bcir crdctly ar,4 decent w ' t trj:r to put on a campaign of eda tfi ! prte that women hou!d have the '4 " ? rriacd tf rcon:e their mic-'ded r, thrrefre they tank the open :reet J irrarxued a crowd cf curiou rabble a-s iirrVilf. T" H hrar thi kind rf ranting cn away J T-jr d ?:h wt man u:Traj;r. The Con i jI t'nion -fca!!cd ha dne much to r ; ! ih-c ctfmth of uneral u!fTrai;e a pm- y se leairr cf uffrace wtrk- The ?i ta; r, in Greersboro amounted to -k'tz evr i: d;J harm. No mastrr what - rf 1! I warren wou!4 ay. the man- - m wh-.ch tt t a: !. the p'ace it i aid. the t-:r - --CirT? an eh;bit:on of enwo- ; - j l-:t ar S rjft aca;nt a caue that " -. .J- w-.n r.-i t; rrrrS. JfrrL"y !a'.r r?;r.:4S;c-n rrfud to "; te" i:rr; refad ahcatcly to fn tfs chafer; r?;;hrr he5errd them k-;rdrd t-rm; th'rtfore what they had tf 4---it 3';race fc!l rn ear that heeded ' v fl-?t a there 1 r law acain! their ccm 4 -r sigjT. te hop- tt that they are ha py. U'h m!fr are n the market, and the "ar t:.:l in ihe pkrt in jprt er.sch cf j u'ir tt jpa around. Hence the oy:er trcmxrro tvm a txab. txxoui con curra THE SOCIALIST IS DECEIVED Socialists are stall talVnr.g peace in man quarter, preaching that the war is hell and should not be. Might a well talk agalnit term; agair.it f.re; againtt taxes ail these thing are and must be. Jul now war is on and every man should be a patriot. The New York Journal of Finance sue the situation up in the proper way in the following- article. It say that -socialists in this country, if they belie e in their own doctrine a a means of benefiting the mas of the pevplc and advanc ing the cause of free government, make a de plorable mistake in allowing themselves to fall into pacifism at thi time. It puts their in fluence, whatever it may be, on the side of the mot autocratic government on earth and hind er the cause which they profes to regard as sacred. Their fundamental doctrine may be againt war between nation and in favor of universal peace. So is that of all democracies; but. when there is actual war, it is inevitable that it should work in effect either for or again, that doctrine according to, the result. Anything1 that i for freedom and equality, for an equal chance in the world and for enduring reace. must now be on the side of utterly de feating the power that brought cn this war. It is Dad enough tnat tnerc snouia tc so cialists in this country at this time exerting their influence on the side of Germany, which i the necessary effect of pacifism at this time when we are at war with that country. Not all of them by any means are doing it. Many arc earnest patriot and supporter of the gov ernment of their country. The result is that pacifism is dividing their ranks and weakening them for anything they may hope to accom plish hereafter. In this city there i a Socialist candidate for mayor in the pearson of Morris HiUquilt. who acting a pro-German in the character of a pacifist. There is of course not the slightest chance of hi becoming mayor, as he is neeeanly working- against the re-election of Mitchel, who is an ardent patriot and earnest supporter of the government. The professed Ketmblican candidate. Bennett, is virtually working In the same cause as Hill- quit, and it is to be hoped that the elTeet will. ncno to Civtae incrcpyoTi--j"iJ m maynr or to weaken it, but to unite and strengthen it. Genuine Republican and Democrat and Socialists alike should be in favor cf true American and sound government in the nation and the city." . The University" of Missouri ha put in about jroo ton of coal a a precaution against a po;b!e shortage of car and a consequent sharp advance in the price of fuel, later in the vear. Thi stroke of foresight, it i probably hoped, will enable the cla in practical eco nomic, next winter, to view the coal situation, a it afTect the ma of the people, with great er calmncs than if the teacher and students were uncomfortable from lack of heat radia tion. The People Talking. We have had several prominent citjren tell u that they endorse the position of The Record concerning the proposition to employ a ho!e time county superintendent to en gage in welfare work. They say that the more they think of the possibilities of such a f.eld, the more and more they are convinced that the county commissioner could not make a belter investment. One man said that the talk about not hav ing $t JFto to invest in such a laudable scheme wa true, in a measure, but that in emergency thi county could rais ten simcs that amount. Taxes are levied for the support of the insti tution we now have, and can be levied to maintain anv cause that is demanded. WhiJe the proposed of!ice to be created i something new, it t worth trying out, and in a rich county like Guilford we all know way and means can be provided to furnih the small sum ask ed by the Welfare I-eague. The sentiment in favor of thi expenditure i growing; and the Commissioners would make no mistake In appropriating the small sum to assist in the prevention of crime. The net result would doubtless be a sating, direct to the tax payers cf a grrii deal more money than asked for. And a good investment is always worth svhile. Thi i leaving out of the equation the greater consideration that citizens for the state will be saved. Treason is defined, but those guilty of trea son seem to Ke getting away with it. o Real Eatate In Demand. The many different land sales being suc cessfully conducted these; day shows that the aserage American citizen feels that if he ha hi money in land the kaiser cant get that. And that i why real estate i advancing. With wheat fixed at two dollars a bushel the a erase farmer can see a fortune ahead of him. proiJrd he can secure labor. All kinds of agricultural product are in great demand these day and the man with a small town lot can make some money if. he cultivates it. Cotton and Tobacco are making planter rich and real otate i the one investment that seem the best. Many cf the active pro-German workers hate shed their skins and are now outdoing the most pronounced critic of kaiser Bill. SATUEDAY. OCTOBER ao. 1917 WHERE RICHES DON'T COUNT Wt have written, and hope to keep on writ ing, along the lines that money sjold. is not aU ot life by a jug full, and the other day w f-jtrnd this atory, which wj claimed to be a translation which bears on the subject ex actly to our way of thinking. . Accordingly we reproduce it in the hoc that it may do some r.d that some poor dcv-1 who sees only l;g houses and fine lands vnd something for his bowels may take a second, eobcr thought. It is as.dollows: Just at the time -when the earth was full of joy. tnd it was hardrtt to sJie, for sweet fiow ers were blooming, two men took the road to heaven, a rich, man and a poor one. They had lrred next door to each other on earth; the poor man in a hut, while a sumptuous house was the rich man's abode. But death makes no difference, and so it happened that they both died at the same time, and now they were walking in silence near cich other. But the road was very steep, and the rich man found it, hard work, and socn fell behind. The poof man reached heaven quickest, but he was afraid to knock, so he sat down quietly and thought: "Let me wait for my neigh bor; perhaps he dares knock at the gate. After a long time the rich man arrived, and. finding. heaven closed, began to shake the gate violently, making such a nceso thaA .Peter came running breathlessly, and, on seeing the two men, said to the rich one: That was you, no doubt, who could not 'wait, I should not think you would care to make yourself so conspicuous, for we have no good reports of you in heaven. But we will sec what next. Come both in" and Peter helped the poor man rise. They found themselves in an immense hall, with many doors, and benches along the walls. "Sit here and rest said Peter, "and profit well by my absence to decide what you wish, for your wish will be fully granted. Only consider well, for there is no chance later. And; forget nothing before it is too late." W hen Peter returned, he asked if they had the best food every day roasts and vereta- ble and jams and chocolate; then a com fortable arm-chair, and a beautiful wrapper of green satin, and the daily paper, so he might know the news. Peter looked at him sadly, and asked: And nothing else? "Oh, yes; I also want my cellars full of gold," "Very well," and Tcter opened one of the many doors, and led the rich man into just such a palace as he had asked for, and told him he would find all 5 he had wished it to be. And so it was. But, when year after year had passed, and he had counted all his gold, and had every day a good dinner, and the paper had lost it interest, because it talked of people and things that 4cre new to him. he found the time long, and he yawned. "What can I do?" he thought. But he had all he had asked for, and he could have nothing else. And a hundred, two hundred, and then a thousand years passed. At last Peter opened the door again. -Well said he, " how do you like it?" Then the man became very angry. "How do I like it?" he said. I do not like it at all I hate it! How could you have such a miserable place in heaven?" "Ia heaven!" says Peter. "But you are in hell, for you have wished for your own hell. Did you think we burned all sinners? Oh, no; those were old times. We now let peo ple choose their own hell." Terrified, the man sinks in his chair. Oh. es, he knows now he is in hell, and eternity efore him. He turns pitifully to Peter, and says: "And how long is eternity?" "Without end." He began to weep bitterly, and Peter, feel ing sorry, led him to the top of the house, and there, through a crack in the wall, he saw into heaven, but he had to stand on the tip of his toes and stretch his neck. There sat God in all his glory and all his angles round him. And all was joy! "Oh. how beautiful!" cries the poor rich man. "But tell me. Peter, who is the man silting at God's feet?" "That is the poor man who lived near you on earth. After I had given you time to wish, and returned to ask him what he want ed, he begged for a little bench to sh at the feet of God,, and his wish was granted, just as yours was granted to you." And Peter walked noiselessly away before the rich man was aware of it, for he was still gaxing into heaven, standing painfully on the very tip of his toes. And when Peter returned after a thousand years, the rich man was still looking longingly into heaven, forgetting all other things, and unmindful of pain or fatigue. He did not hear Peter, who, putting his hand on the man's shoulder, said gently: "Come, you have stood long enough you are forgiven. I am to take vou to heaven. Don't you think you might nave chosen it from the begirding?" And at last the poor a.nd the rich live again near each other. - . I .c j mcir minas. ine ncn man jump I ed up at oner, and said he wasted a raagnifi 1 irx5VJ ftttcc th drinn' -taiac.Ttd r - OX ftJXX AT TITI XI1TI f TXXD8 AX OH TKA22TS OLD NATURE 1 DOES STUNT The editor of the Milwaukee Journal has evidently been takincr a vacation and has found time away from the relentless grind to touch hands with the Eternal and discover in Mother Nature the greatest of all physicians and most soothing and sympathetic of nurses: "Man, alone of all animals," he says," comes into the open when hurt, craving companion ship and the sympathy of his kind. Yet, were he wise, he would, like a wounded bird or deer, steal away, seeking from nature the healing balm, which .will send him back, strengthen ed, healed. "When the spirit of man is sore stricken, provision lies somewhere for his restoration. Somewhere there is a place for him in the world hospital. Somewhere in the mysterious workshops of nature are laboratories for the making of a magic healing elixir. "Men have assuredly found it true that na- xure can ana aoes administer a neaiing portion, that she has her place of repair. They have found in the vital forces of air and sunshine, of lake, river and forest a place for readjust ing the disturbed balances, for perfecting the broken perspective, for widening: life's ho rizon. Herein is-the ministry of the beautiful, the sacred office 'of consolation. Lavishly strewn all over the landscapes, nature's beauty is within the reach of all men. The Divine artist intends that it shall not merely give us pleasure and delight, but that it shall as well improve us morally and leave us. in our con templation spiritually bettered. These beautiful things in nature summon us indeed to admiration, to reverence, to wor ship, butlhey possess also a ministry, to the soul in its sorrow, laying on the mind and heart, as on the body, the kindly, gentle touch which heals us of our fever and calms our unrest. They are not only to be looked at certainly not to be made the scenes of mere revels but arc God's medicines to be receiv ed. For their effect is fo wash us clean of our impurities and make us conscious of the tawdrincss of our many strivings, the empti ness of the little, mean prizes we. foolishly crave. Like streams from off the glory clad hills, like rivers from snowy mountains, they. '.bring o enrichmrrii;aiwiWTghteri the barren ness which sin has caused. So may, so should, so must the soul from the vision .of beauty in sky and field, on hill and in secluded valleys, in dawn and sunset, go back again to the world as one who has for a moment at least touched hands with the invisible and in some hidden sanctuary felt the peace which, passe th all understanding.". For the benefit of holders or prospective holders of the first Liberty Loan bonds, it may be stated, on the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, that there is no limit to the time, within the life of the loan itself, in which they maybe converted into bonds bearing a higher rate of interest. On the other hand, a limit of six months is placed upon the conver tibility of the second issue, in case war bonds bearing an interest rate higher than 4 per cent shall be offered. But it will be well to act promptly on bond conversion, as on every thing else, so that the Treasury Department, which is very busy, shall be put to as little inconvenience as possible. B The Elks Ministrels. The Elks and-Red Cross are together this year in the minstrel show each one to divide the profits and both causes most worthy. The people with tickets for sale are now out, and the citizen Who buys a ticket, even if he doesn't want to be entertained is only doing . his duty. But the entertainment is first-class The minstrels are all home folks; people you ftl . " Know, ana 10 see a seaaie xeiiow citizen aone up in burnt cork doing stunts unlooked for is worth while There will be two nights of this entertainment it takes two nights to ac commodate the Greensboro audience. Last year the Municipal Theatre was packed and every one attending voted the performance one of the best witnessed in this city. This year it will be a really better minstrel show than last. So make up your mind to buy a ticket. The proceeds will be used for worthy causes so even if you can't go your self, if you have the price buy a ticket and pass it along to some friend who feels he hasn't the price just now. Remember a poor man can laugh as loud as a rich man providing his funny spot is touched, and the Greensboro' Elk Minstrels touch the funny spot. 0 Go To Hear Them. The Four Minute Men of Greensboro are doing good work these nights at the movies. All our citizens should make it a point to hear these citizens tell about the war and the need of funds to prosecute it. Tonight, at three of the pray houses local speakers talk. Newspapers in Kansas are referring remin iscently to the declaration of Jerry Simpson, made not more than twenty years' ago, that the farmers should receive a dollar a bushel for their wheat. The realization of what then appeared to be a dream of Populist agitators, seemed remote, if not impossible. It would be interesting to know just what would be the reception accorded to anyone who might tell thejarmcrs of the West that they should now be satisfied with the price they so long ideal ited. . ; ESTABLISHED MAY, , igofl. A MUNICIPAL WOOD The suggestion "mentioned dn yesterday's ; Record, that the city buy several hundred loads of wood and have it ready for a fuel famine has two sides. The first, proposition is that if the city deals in wood and sells. at cost it certainly should go a step further and. deal in drugs and blankets and meat. That is . the logic of the 'situation, pnee upon a time,'; not many years ago the socialists of this city, tried to force "the city to" take control, of: the, : meat market.. Surely, meat is more essential1, than coal because if we have no food we don't want to keep warm. t ' The scarcity of wood and fuel; the chance, that coal may be beyond the reach of cold people has suggested te idea to the Cor-muss- ioners that they deal in wood. It is proposed " to go out in the country, somewhere along the old Cape Fear road and . buy several hundred ; cords perhaps several thousand, cords - oi wood, and bring it to .town and let : convicts Ijelp get it ready and let the city sell it at cost to the consumer. Theoretically only ' those, reallv needinc wood would be supplied, but iii v j Cj ----- . - practice the city wood yard, if selling at cost, would supply every man in town. In other words a war measure would put out of busi ness the wood dealer, and the wood dealerl ' i would have a right to want to know why cru--cify him under the pretext of necessity arid let the coal dealer escape. The fact is it. cannot be justified. If this city is to deal in wood; then by the same token, if equal rights are to be given to all, it must deal in coal. If it , deals in coal then why not in meat? One is as essential as the other to sustain life. If the city wanted to buy a half hundred' , cords of wood to furnish its poor, those who cannot buy wood, all well and good. But-to start off the socialistic proposition of .munici- j paK owned wood yards, literally strangling the independent wood dealers, there is no jus-, tification for such a measure. None in the . world. If we make it wood then make it coal ; and meat and go the whole hog. Now and then yelief committees receive reports of suffering and destitution, and if; coal and wood carrnot be secured from dealers the ; citywould only be as provident as .the squirreLi; iriThad "on "hand a smalf supply to gratuitonsly to its dependent poor. But H to go into the wood business, we hope ; the 'r" Commissioners will commit no such act of- folly. V Why pick out the wood business? Let the Commissioners think long and well before they . ; undertake to destroy the private business of individuals and especially draw the line be tween wood and coal dealers. That cannot; in honesty and fairriess, be done. o ' --. r The Food Campaign. ' The great hurry up fright, sent about food ; ; supply has resulted in getting all the 'people busy. One hundred million more bushels of. -potatoes were produced this year than last, and last year potatoes were cornered and sold three for a dime.. This year the hope is thati . the government will see to it that the potato . market is left open. If it is, with a hundred' million bushels more on 'hand than last year. potatoes should sell at a low figure all winter." In the vegetable line millions 01 pounas were, . - left to decay, but the canning clubs conserved! other millions of pounds of the excess crop, and the chances are that while it took lots of' noise to get the people to act, the nation's food 'supply is in better shape by thirty per: cent than it would otherwise have been. All; of which shows what publicity will do, if well directed. YARD 0 . ' . . Said Mr. Lloyd George recently, Speaking: . ; of the war, at a private luncheon, "We have V. ;?; now reached the stage when the ordinary, - V things of political lite sink into insignificance ; ; by the side if the tremendous issues which are, .. involved. I often think of the things we qu ir-' ..'.;:; relied about three, four, five and six years-ago,. V and now I am amazed at the tremendous ); things we have in hand. The fate of millions M. of men and millions of money hang in the bal V fz. ance, and I feel angry when i see people wory-. j;. ing about the little things of yesterday and thinking those are the things that matter, andf Jf I say to these people, 'Are your eyes . not , V open?' This is not time to bother. It vill need' ' ':. all our strength, so do not let us throw 'it; -;Vf' away." While Greensboro is responding to the so- V licitation of those selling bonds, the ones in, , charge of the co-ty allotment seem to think ;. 7 that there mu . e greater sales every day ' -from this on if . are going to sell the million -f' and a half counted on. vi The different committees report good sales but generally in small amounts. The largest; sale reported to us is that where the Jefferson" Standard Life Insurance Co took a hundred thousand dollars wrth.. There may be other large purchasers, but we have failed to hear of .v-: them. For the most part the "man with Jimit ' ?- ed means is buying, and that is highly gratiy fying. This is a time when every citizen rriust help, and to know that clerks and men on lim-'i ited salaries are seeing their way clear to help.h out is worth much. It suggests, patriotism and loyalty. ' . ' ! ' .-,;;; -:V If the city is inclined to turn over to soda lism, let's have a vote of the people, on the question. . ;-. .. . 7 : :-.lh0l$B '-. i ' ' : : ' Vi' 'i -V; '.v-.--.-;'-r
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