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- ---- -- - ; ',. J ' -' ' . . . . .. - iV ... - r'--': OA'X' i - """"" i 1 .. . ii . . t ri '. Ir-i i For People mo People Whr Think X 1 I I : r t I 1 r,Y AL FAIPJJP.OTUER THE ELECTION BADLY MIXED V. Kcbri Delist ttid lo the trit the Uw. rv! we uke it then there it no doubt that the 8 t r;i hate a qutiticn to deeiie in the mat- t-r- . i the reter.t ij-tal etceticn in Out City. Hi. Dc-flat caUed attenticn to the fact that j trr wa aiitd to thow hia pell ui re- it n ret quettioocd at regard that. M , r ;;rr wit iwcm cn the tubjtct cf pen tat. 1 Mr. D."-tat read the law thowir.g that a 1 t,W: cr.u.t hae the fac t-rrule tignaitfrc cf te c: cn it. and it it in evidence that th;a wat d;?t. S if DcuUt the wed that the law tayt we j r -;!- at r.cany at pc-aii.c. ioow n-.z nui.i -;4- taltct ty:em nd hare private boctht, a, sh;t elrcticn wat tn the epen. no privacy 7t?e were ether curt tier, t railed, and if ?t Uw wya what he taid it tayt, and it wat -1 tn m t-ock- thm the citY election held f 3 -t certainly net in accordance with the law. i : tt it true, there will cf necessity be an- I c!rr e.ccx;cn, arxa ir.c f- r. - a tcheel board it all for naught, ' We understand that lawyers, hke doctors, durte. but when the facts are plainly pt $c-?rd. if the machinery c! cur efecticn laws ii teen tet at naught, courts will nerttarvd ;::r that. And they thculd net. We have f :cxht too Iccg to gel a free ballot, and if thit r r;v;n d.J net cenferm to the law. manifest- would be the thing to have another t"r;:-n. We take it that no citixen desires to "put -tthir.g ever." and if all that Mr. Dougles representing a ccenrnittee cf citirens, t fr;e. then it Is f.me to get buiy and crder ji :-. tr elect: cn. I: a matter cf regret that a quetticn hat U-t-, raUrd, but vr.Ut cvr ferm ci govem r.t'.l atl men should have the right to exprest vr-vtlvc at the ballet bcx, at the law pre fer ,ts. and in no ether way. If the r.cketa rt net legaUy yittt it wtll be an easy T.i-tt to prepare them legally. If the boctht net rrepartd, ad the law aays they . . ....Wl. l icttd who had net paid their poll tax, -their c:rt thouH net be ccc-.ttd. d:y Attcmey Hints thinks the election IrraU but t haven't heard him express an epr.ien concerning the later questions raised. Hew ever it may b, there it doubtless room f:r an espr.ive law suit, and if the citirent rj-pced to a tchocl beard net the school ferd. but a shecl board p:cpse to fight, re;y c,T;c:al act cf the new board will be ccn :t!rd. and thit makes for bad business. If there is really a teriout question at to the !-X4:.;y cf the elect; en, better, far bttter. to Kite another electien nzht now and ave it at t -t law precr;bts. We personally are in fitr cf a school beard and will vote that way: s there are ethers cppcied to this, and ture U they have rghta tirdtt the law. THE MARKET HOUSE. SVtv and surely the eld market house idea h ittt;Ag bruised in Greensboro. ThCity w--r.T-;rs:ccers mtc r.ow.tura w n freh cvstcrs. It was ttated in - the hcense that inasmuch as the mar- ruhng that will almost put the contest busi 5.. v:we wit deemed it wat all right to let all nest out. The department demands ttate- cf good character tell fresh oysters menu at to what each aubtcriier costt the :.t1lf? t.ry wanted to sell them. Already publisher in the contest game, and oftentimes ffrs rr.rii hatnes have been estab- the risk cf losing out in the mails comes in. . . - - ..... i i a-! thrre w.ll be ethers, and it locks in- i 4 thcu; Greer.;bc:o would pretty soon t,J...4 t. r-ifVf! Ktrie i-ell it S- ut the money and build a school house :.: f cr something else more badly need- it a market hcuie. T t k j?'y house idea ence was to have a f Hrfc cf late it has been nothing but vvr anj net much cf a beef house, to t- 4Vut it, V..en this city gets a t;cn and allows the poor man a t tuy a piece ci steak without walk i"i a r-.'x for it: when it understands that cu.s--t; lt to buy all kinds cf goods cf cer U : rrr. fresh enters incloied. there will be -i;itt hcuie. And in breaking away and j :'-'-.'Z tcenie to a main ttreet grocer to tell j t-rv's isy;tt. we we a deter would say tt s;nal cclumn ci the city market had . :':rd a severe fracture. And, glory bl if j THE FUEL SITUATION. . r. A- W. McAhitcr. fuel admir.istrj5r for :h Carcra. representing the government, i ts a letter m which he tayt the fuel situs- t acute that something must be done to ' fe against a fuel shortage that will come w.r.ter unlets something unexpected hap He calls cn the press to assist him: all rr!e to do what they can to con- fueL j wctk all will assist him loyally. Mr. t " iter says the matter ci a municipal I ;'?ard it an incidental prepesitien and hat j - -g to d wi-.h the main issue. It isn't ; 4 supply cf wood is to be gotten: the thing j " s to ?et st. In Mr. McAlUter's position ' '1 a;ree. and here it hop:"! that those I 4 can secure weed will do ao and every sheuld have a 1 emergency. . 4:. u t?l position all along, and tj.!e it is the position ci the fuel tsLmirS we s- remacairao A tti. imou con cwrrt OUR BROTHERS IN DISTRESS AjAin we (eel ciUed ufven to ask cur read er 4s4 we arc rcir.r to try to cet the utnt medicine in cur own txatem to tee what U t$inZ on in Rutaia. That itory printed of the tuSerirsc there: cfcur ally being without food and without ahoet; toldjera fighting for our ffeedn at much at their own in deatitute cir cunriuncend here we are Joy riding in rrocetticra and wearing all kindt cf clothing that we really do not need, True, Untie Sam hat hattened to those htitt rr.en who are tuffering many miiSont of doUara. but why ahouldn't etrery patriotic man and wosnan inaiat that aomethinr from our own ttcre go to the toldiert other than our own. Whr net ret butv and tend to Human acld;ert and French toldiera, no matter where the trenches are, boxet, and big boxes, of Chrittmat preaef.ta: r.ct toys, but ahoet and clothing, anything that will add to their com fort? Why not let America, and Greensboro. m tMtt c! Arr.etitA. iKU ChrUm mnA mt C7Kt a hundred boxet cf dry gods and shoet and things most needed to any trench where the flag cf freedom floats? Should we rernrm ber enly cur own nation, our own boys? Be cause in this world ttruggle we are all broth ers, allied to annihilate the kaiter who wantt to dominate the worldl v We haven't awakened. We haven't yet felt the thnll that we should feel and which we will feel unlett those alii cs now on the fieldt cf carnage win their fight. It isn't their fight any more than it is our fight, and this Christ mas, right now, every American citixen should assess himself tomething. ii only a few cents, and see that Chrittmat cheer is tent to every trench where our brothers are fighting for universal freed We know thit will be read at hot air. at a bit cf sentiment, but it isn't It is the thing to do. Let us make it universal. Let Greensboro start the ball for North Carolina, and let ut see to it that every town and hamlet tendt something to those brave soldiers who have been fighting for the past three years for our freedom at much as for their own. Will we do it? . A TRUE BILL. The Iublishers Auxiliary In a recent issue puts out this true bill wb;ch tells part of the ttcry: . No matter how good the Intention of any publisher who puts cn a contest may be. some of the contestants, in their de sire to secure one cf the capital prires. are very apt to use methods that he, the publisher, would net for a moment toler-" ate from a solicitor. No payment cf a commission to those not among the priie winners will satisfy the unlucky ones, and the man or woman who tub sen bet tolely for the purpose cf helping a contestant very often does to againtt hit or her wish. Contests may not all be disastrous, but the judgment cf the most successful pub lishers is that they are not prbfitable or regular in the long run. when you have to give a man a house and lot to get him to take your paper, might at well go into the real estate business at once. The post Sce department has made a recent m. - t t . ine corneal ousincsa wiu nnauy oe m uung ci the past, as it should be. There is no real rea son why a man should be chloroforrrted in or der to have him subscribe for a newspaper. TURN TO THE HOG. The Columbia State is heartily in accord with Mr. Hoover on the hog question. It sees J in the rais;ng cf pork in the Southern states a i soluticn cf the meat problem which is begin ning to pinch all classes. It argues in this wise: -Mr. Hoover's call to the people cf the United States to raise hogs should meet with hearty response in the South. Were the coun try at peace and ?dr. Hoover in private life, his advice would be not less sound, so far as this section oi the country is concerned, on account cf infestation by the boll weevil. I -These are outstanding facts: -First, the overwhelming majority of the , agricultural laborers cf the South are skilled 1 ffi-firj'! in the croduetion cf cotton. Thev ... ncl educated peoole and they can turn lnc;r fcjndi l0 clucr inds cf production only in a tardy and clumsy way. -Second, the average Southern negro la borer cn the farms can raise hegs with less in struction than he can raise any other kind of live stock. "Third, the population, ci the United Statet and ci the world is increasing at a rate far mere rapid than the production cf food, espe cially fats, is increasing. . -Fourth, it it certain that only sV.Ucd farm ers will be able to raiae cotton profitably in. districts infested by the weevil unless they raise ether things for market, -Diversification in the agricultural industry It necessary in the South and the line of least resistance is to turn to the ho. Nothing else is quite so profitable and nothing else is quite ao easy for uneducated farmers to raise," SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1917. ALL PAYING THE WAR BILL November first, and the new, tax operating. Five cents extra on each telegram and the tender to pay the cath. No stamp jutt an increase o( five cents cn each telegram, to be paid for with the message or collected when the message it delivered. Every letter, save the dropped lettor, to pay one cent more post age, and te postcard to cost. two cents for transportation.. This is estimated to bring millions to the government and the people pay the freight. The Liberty bond is a side issue a few billions raised that way but other billions must be paid for by the people. ine war wui cost ion times at much as is now pr:iicted, and every man can find pleas- in h:!rtng. If he givea but a few cents a ure in Iniptng. II ne giv day he I helpinc wonderfully, and if he isn't I a pauper in a county home he will contribute, i : t..j- - 1 as inc revenue oiu muuuci mosi everyuung going. This nation can raise all the money needed. It may seem a hardship on a few people who must pay big income taxes; it may be a hardship on the poor, who must pay higher prices; but giving. up money is not as hard as giving up life. The boys in the trenches are the real patriots, while the 2ay beards, who cannot fight, should really fall over themselves to put up coin. Ii it costs half each roan at home makes, he should will ingly and cheerfully .give it. The war is on, and we must win. So don't complain if the tax hits you pay it. and pay it smiling. It will be still heavier, but that should make no difference. Better give, up all your money than to let Germany win, for then we would give up our lives. J b C D REMARKS BY REUBEN "Isee." said Reuben, as he came into this gold-plated auditorium of Thought, -that Thomas Fortune Ryan has been getting mar ried the second time, and 4 because his first wife has been dead but a dozen days many .people are criticising- h;yHig-"m - .i .vt l- 1 1 . - thing in the highest key; -It always teemed to me tftat there were two tides to the tecond marriage business, and tomehow I can't get over the belief that a de cent respect to the dead should cause a man to pause at least long enough for the flowers to bloom once upon the newly made mound long enough for the snows to fall and melt. -I can see, in a grim philosophy, where a man who is weak will want immediate com panionship: want to get back to a home; want to forget, if he can, the Great Sorrow which might burdert him. But I can't conclude in my philosophy that a man who has been mated fcr a lifetime with a companion, one who stood by' him with splendid trust in his dark days and with splendid pride in the days that brought him honor, should bury her and call for a marriage license within a week. "Perhaps Tom Ryan, many times million aire, many times a wonderful fellow, thinks because of his wealth he can do unconvention al things, but if he thinks so he is perhaps alone in his thoughts. "I have known unfortunate men who se cured a divorce and proceeded to the parson's home to unite with another, and even that the world has frowned upon; but tobury his early love his life love, as he made men believe and before the worms had come to devour, before the grass had started to cover the gTave, to rush out and marry another woman well. Tom Ryan is carrying his own cross, and I opine that it is a heavy load. -It is said his own son called him up and told him he was a fool; but suppose he did. It is true that the whole world is talking about this wonderful departure from the custom of the times, and Ryan, with his many millions, will one day perhaps be brought face to face with the Retribution." And Reuben went, out and said he thought a man should have eight or ten vjives, and if one died she wouldn't be missed. A WHOLE-TIME SUPERINTENDENT. The county commissioners are to be again asked to appropriate a small sum of money for a whole-time county superintendent to aid in welfare work to look alter the delinquent of fenders against Society. It doesn't make any difference as to final results what the commissioners do this time. If they grant the request now, so much the better, for the day will come when the whole time superintendent will be employed. The idea is we have too long, and far too long, figured on building and maintaining jails instead of figuring on building homes and teaching Youth to keep out cf prison. Slowly the scales are falling and the people are being awakened on the subject of prison reform- To strike at the root of any evil, of any disease,. is the only way, and if we can teach children and help children to get in the right path we have invested our money in a most righteous cause. And in a cause that will pay a hundred per cent on the investment. And it is a matter of-general congratulation that. the city didn't commit the folly of start ing a municipal woodyard which it didnt, and which it will not. at jhb xew taxd ixd ox tkaiks WRITING TO SANTA CLAUS Many cf the newspapers along - about the Christmas times open a department and invite little children ta write a letter to Santa Claus, telling the darling old man what they most de sire. This invitation always finds a ready ac ceptance on the part of the kidlet, and we note one paper starting out its announcement , for this year especially insists that the children should write their street number "in order," it says, -that Santa Claus will be sure to find them." Possibly this is proper ; possibly it is im proper. The child who -has implicit and un bounded faith in Santa Claus; who believes in him with as much faith as older heads believe in their Father in Heaven; who know that he will come, or think that he will come, may find himself disappointed and why wouldn't the consolation, if Santa Claus did not come, in the belief that he could not find the little tot be worth something? Why give the address in a newspaper following an open letter to the dear old man and then be disappointed? Strikes us that the child could justify the non-appearance of the amiable old gentleman by presuming that he couldn't find the house, whereas if the address has been printed and Santa fails to show up. why,-it would be just like that fellow who promised to pay us tomor row and we are still waiting, but while wait ing have lost all confidence in his promise. Men, and wise men, have written about Santa Claus; men old and white haired and wrinkled have penned beautiful tributes to the jolly old man who always' comes along with his pack and. his reindeer we are not at tempting to add to his reputation as the finest man who ever came down the pike, but we are just idly questioning the propriety of a news paper asking children to write Santa and give the street address so he will be. sure to find them. . . ' If the little hearts are saddened by disap pointment; if from his-well-filled, pack the. rlVoly - H TrtanTftnr? trkJaiwf thf rinim-or the 1 . . ,. .t i j ii l. tin soldier or the rattle or the doll or the hobby horse or the candy or the nuts, the child thought he would leave, the little one can wor out a theory and justify Santa's forgetiulness. But if the paper has agreed to print the letter so that Santa Claus may make no mistake; if the child is led to believe that the letter will be read by that grandest man in all the world and disappointment is to follow, then there is a shaken faith; then for the first time the soul is heavy and Doubt is born.. Let the little one .work any charm he can work alone to beguile . . . . .? . the old gentleman to nis way 01 mimcing; jet him hang up his stocking for sweet meats and toys, the same as we hang up our stockings of faith and hope and prayer; let the morning come, and let the little one run to the chimney corner to see what Santa Claus voluntarily left, and if all is not there that was expected let the doubt be that Santa Claus didn't know or surely he would have left the desired article. But to put it in the paper; to make a volun tary demand in writing; to give the street number and all of that, it strikes us that Santa Claus would be disgusted and perhaps not leave as many toys as though it were left to him to divide his pack among the many, many friends he has in every town.: . . . Santa Claus is the biggest man in the world. He has more friends; more sincere and ardent admirers; he has more praise, and no matter .much how scant the store he leaves, just so he did not forget his little friends no blame for him, happiness abides and Hope is born and remains for many years. To knock out the dream; to feel that you have demanded some thing and he did not respond why, we fear that even Santa Claus will finally be discred ited and the Young American oft the Latter School will cuss him out and say that he is a grafter and is impartial and selfish. ' RUSSIA'S NEEDS. . The situation in Russia is presented today in our telegraph columns," and the interview given out gives a new picture of condition? there. Russia is sorely in need of money, of leather, of boots, of a half hundred things, and yet she is our ally. . Our ally, suffering with bruised feet and nothing to cover them and a nation here of a hundred million people willing to pay ten and twelve and fifteen dollars for fancy boots and a procession of joy riders a thousand miles long passing by and wondering what is the t matter with Russia. -' Russia, our ally, pinched, starving, suffer in. fighting our battles cur battles as much as her battles and America wondering what is the matter with Russia, and we have never heard a bullet or the death groans of the dy ing. Hadn't 'we better read what the brave comman'der says today? Read it and heed it, and understand, if we have never understood before, that 'Russia is our brother, fighting our fight, and she is in sore distress. Seems to us that there is a picture presented in that telegraphic story of the Associated Press today, printed in these columns, that should cause every American to pause, to heed. -Suffering, Russia is, for the actual ne cessities and we, in our opulence and reck lessness, wondering 'what is the matter with Russia. We know now. Our duty is plain, - ESTABLISHED MAY, 190a. I HUNT DOWN ALL THE SPIES There are evidently hundreds of German agents in this country ready to apply, the torch, ready to murder, ready to do anything that will aid the German government in us desperate fight for a life long since forfeited. Every day almostwe hear of horrible happen-;: ings, and every day there is a cry to hunt down these infamous enemies. The Virginian Pilot, of Norfolk perhaps better tells the story of what should be done than has yet been told..; It says : "The . report of another large confla gration last Tuesday this time 'at Baltimore in' which war stores destined for the use of; our forces in France,, or for our allies, have, been destroyed, lends an added pertinency, to, a communication which appeared on this page yesterday. 'The increasing frequency , with3 which these fires are occurring forces the coii- elusion that incendiarism is applying the torch Complacency itself cannot venture accidental or natural causes as a full explanation. " The uniform similarity of the objectives at which; these acts of arson are aimed forces a concur-, sion, equally strong, that the dominant motive' -; r of the incendiarism is to give comfort to the , , . German foe by crippling the government of ." the United States in its efforts to supply, the needs of our own troops and those of the en- r tente nations.1 The" facts upon which these- . , two conclusions rest combine to drive home a' ' IcH. third that all this incendiarism .is not ? spo- ? , radic, but is a manifestation ofa fully planned tiu& and thoroughly organized campaign to .burn 'y:J and destroy munitions, foodstuffs and military ; equipment, wherever they may be accumulated.' . v "Enemies in the fold are always dangerous. ; '.5 : The degradation and infamons treachery that.L l;'v mark the slimy trail of German agencies em- -: iL ployed here in the furtherance of the cause of. :' the Fatherland show the, foe to be, unscrupu- lous, ready fox murder, arson theft or, rapine."; . : The government is on notice. The incendiary ' peril is increasing. Conservation is rendered futile by the unchecked' torch ; of treachery; - ' ' The safety of the nation demands that .some thing effective be done to .thwart this work'pf ;if - destructionsthat ; steps be iakenrtadequ5te4y--tb guard our' property and 'those "necessities"' so fit"' vital to the needs of our fighting forces. The government should show itself strong enough and vigilant enough to hold its own against " the incendiarism that almost nightly flares its " s torches. The arm of the law should be long t enough and cunning enough to reach- and grasp those who would destroy us. The time V for over-cautious and over-lenient justice has ' r passed. The need for relief is becoming vital. The skulking incendiaries who have fired these ; depositories of military supplies should be -hunted down remorselessly and their capture x should be followed by the fullest measure of . the law's exemplary punishment. No penal ties that may be imposed can match the of-- V fenses which these treacherous and undeclared . foes are constantly committing." V'-" C o .;v":' LET'S MAKE IT DIFFERENT. ... S" Many people say that the job of being on the school board is a thankless -one but let's make it different. Assuming that the board appointed yesterday will serve at least awhile, let us all get back of it and give it cordial and whole-hearted support. . The citizens appointed, men and women, will serve without pay. It is their purpose to give the best that is in them to make here a better system of public schools. The way-to- help them is to not knock, to not find fault; to get squarely behind them and help out We all know the people appointed, and we know that ho one of them has an axe to grind for personal benefit; and we all know that each one will do the best possible to make the".; city school system, a better system. s Greensboro should have the best public, schools in the state. . She is really a seat of learning she has three colleges, two for whites and one for colored people. ; The State , Normal College and the Greensboro College . for Women are. both strong institutions. 1 These two colleges, if we had a city school X system that was strong and growing, would i prove a great magnet to draw here the class of citizens all cities want. Let us, then, get b-ick , of the school board appointed-yesterday. Let ; us boost and let us nojt knock This will help, . '; and we 'dare say that the year of the school board will work wonders. This presuming : ; that City Attorney Hines is right in his con clusion that the election was- legal. If it wasn't legal, let's have another election and . provide for the indefinite continuance of the board appointed yesterday ( -Hf o- . - ;: r,i TO DECIDE MONDAY. ' .''A The county commissioners will be in session t again Monday, and at that time a final appeal -will be made to them to appropriate $1,800: foe -a whole-time county superintendent in welfare work. .'Every citizen of the county who wants to see better citizenship, who wants to save ., : the boy just starting wrong, should be there in and aid in the' appeal. Guilford can well af- v, ford to spend this much money for such a r worthy cause, for such a needed cause.' It is an investment .that will pay bigger returns I, than any ether investment that can be made.;. :: And Guilford can afford it. - - ''" - -o - ;:-'v : Talk for a whole-time. superintendent. to aio! in the welfare work so sadly needed. . i . . t . ... . ... . - s -.- i- - - . Y.i .
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