North Carolina Newspapers

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Jtvj "Jrdail iiit ,hiyriicrerx a.J rria C vi -i!i.rra?rfiX.xrJ tnaU with, " i - f t.IIt CvcT-rrre yet Elie-r.d -we . . : ; r to read Tj;r cf hi t cry' Ws Du:.iit:a ctide-her bcatcl aJ-' .re.-- n It. wccul w.-jxc: j rw oe- i!d-r buf. aa teoediaxe a-ni tinccwdi' t;c--a! auntrietiU bt acfrpteA That u: t-p t.re cry. .UncrrKLticr-l fW -'Jiar-aV t2s. -Scxc a ry. e-.ia tren c:werr. ir.e 3X-iha Vc fcal rrrn to $0 who woaJd rUily e:i.t arvi ftht fer IfcC ftC thai it trve. 0!4 rr.ea crajr beardi, are l-.!trei:ed. ar.d if went ccrr.ra lo wcrtt and . the nttcsaitr ca.m a triUicei fTar beardt wilS ttt crJrr the taaArf and do the ttt ther caa. Hurrar.lty it the qettica row '4si America it jcxng to 6$ht for it. o BEAT CHARLOTTE TO IT. Hi Cbartattr Obmtf tajr thit ractrv r.ff.iefo hit drawn a rcrular card f ct -irrJxht, when etP:rider,t Taft It lo nuke a treech ca-the war La that tUce. The EXia C-b it rtrcmlhle for the cctrir.g el tHt dliUar--S 7A-. cr. We cr-U cr.If wHh that there had been tce cre ia Charlotte tmart er.ccxh to have isdaced hlsi to.ccsr.e a few rr-ilrt farther down the l5r,e. Crter.hcro brat Charlcitc to tK. Mr. Talt hat bfa here before and o ykated the rxc7.e that the Elk kr.ew ncthin bet ter to do than trir.c hi back. Per ha r 24 r. Talt rrrr-er-.b-er h:t Titit to Charlotte and the hit tun ttctsa that acccear cn Uf daf ritil a ad wat aira:d to rer.ture there ajala withcut a a trr.hr ella- How. ever. Greer. bcto terraHy doe thir.g aad the ETkt are a f-art d Creeaibcea. 1 o ": FIFTY CENTS. m The Heard cf Edti&itico. cow that it hat beta IrgaliS'td by the Scrrrme Onin'i d e citlco. rtt lait r.-zht asd raid the fral schcel ta twer..y cer.tt ca each hundred dsUar valaaticn. The ircial election jare it aurhcrity 10 do thit if ta it witdoaa it wat rceary. aad xroif it it rxcetaary. The additional twer.ty ceaf help a few thecaa.-vd dcUar. aad the ftxret It that we eaa't gtt o ptaa to hate a ewye e4 hunired thecaaad dollar to throw ir.to the hcl fcad. Teacher iHy r-:2- btt&SiaC ia bad thare thi c.tf thctd have at kait aa available f-J richt now cf two bua&fd thctt.t4 d-etlar to help ct- Wt ray a few haired dcllar tamrt eat-Vyear aad certa;a jr we wcuU he wiIr..S to ff pete tf wt ccttU have here the "Vrtt tch-cI tyt:em La the ttase." Ed-caslen it the cm btfi thin, aad we ewe if to the chillrea to pve it to i! thtra, TOO MAN Y OF THEM. There a: ahexcthre lcuay Uk Uis t:c:m. Mm ixk thttn aad ' tale a3 ku-it cf f recaartjen. but it teem "tc atrcaebwe th-cf it dilereat lhaa the e-.hrr k;sd, He fer.et3y tua'.tthe pa 'tiuae fee a fc.tle rvie. list tetirae it it -rever fsad. Ia the c4d dayt the law ccn tttTdr.t hew thief wat death. And Jtsdtt Lyah wrJ ytttide. Ikcaute cl thit the fccmihicl wat tart at r.uraercut at he wtJ haTe tn. Maybe a ttrt law ccn cetrirs the raaa who "lctTtrlrt", a caathia wewd be ;:e r Gi-rnurtjr'ulat c'pcace, IJct we t-Ot it tanttaxc cf Cotal Grant whe'Ee .id: ,??r? HTUrnn.s r. a yxml jhngu: corr $ cent ;TI-IE LIBERTY; ; ;. : BONDS SOLD The,?i ew Yctk Herak! !oci 1 over the htij ar4 Li its1tsue yctittiUy Ujri "it U CT:J?a: uvat,thc T.ird UiXTty Ixvia will be 1 fvtrt'-hVcnbed in ttii J"itrict and in the .- ' 's'r.V'irT.'1 Ttc jpcoy'e evrfyvrhtre afe'rnak ir.i'sthuIjidc-itjseia tr"caH cf pa tricticn, an4 the "ccunirym 'uwtcTlj;tIooi, which lut rJht excee!ei two and 1 hilf LuIIic-M. are expected o amount lo at lean - tw.U'Uontricre before the becWcloae on ; . "it;v! 1 hit diiurkt axl in the cotxntry, them'crt. Cic 'government wHI ct all the W i II ... . 4 tr.or.r.' aIjccj -icr ana a treat ceai more. ..... ..... .... 1 .iicre tTiiiSjr'f eTea u?a ice rrfjnjc in ttr.ej' U the r2t inercaie L the-number of ... ..... .... . t . . .. . . a v . 2 mSrriHrt a - camrtt-A with ' Treriot twelve cr coa"b!T even twenty eaiLlion-Hi tTJih cf the eatire pcpulatica'of the United rit ft the people wart that it being financed.-and. the people 'are taking thjt loan. - T2.c- fact that with each tuccetaive . liberty Loan the r. umber cf aubtcribet in crriiot t!rre time at many ta the preaent c4ferisj: at there were to the firtt Joan I "imprenuve "and rautt thow -ourTenerniet - where the people cf thi country itand in fixed rttoivc to wn the war.y" And doabtlei "our, enerxue" have not rdy teen the figure in the Liberty Bond . buaine, but ar beginalog to underttand p that when we call for fiee million men or ten million if r.ecetaary there will be the tame reapocue a there waa for money. Tbit it what maktt Kaiter Bill feel that there it 'something doiag la America Vfr" 111 " o C 'THJi CRIMINAL COURT, J": The criminal term, or, rather.the term to. try' criminals, cf the Soptribr Court hai td-, ; ' jouraed and it b.wtlt There were jhree or four, catet of rial Importance. Wt for the mnt part a lattice c4 the peace could have ,aettlfd all cl them and thuttaved many bmmrerf ecUaat ang-certarnJy rowch man power. Did it ever strike you how foolish It li lo . have tuch freouent term cf criminal court and bring la bundreda cf able-bodied wit ncsae to loaf around all week expecting to be caTed cext day, and after loahag two or three dart at the expense of the county be informed thai the case couldn't be reached cr because cf the absence cf aa important wit net it couldn't be tried? Did you ever look at the hundred or maybe two hundred witn eases man power tiopped frees the farm and the factory wamag ia front cf the court house? Looks like in war time the calendar could be bunched aad the cases tried all at once ence a year. It lock like the trivial cases could be settled by lower count the busi ness di rpatched aad final jurisdiction given. Thit week there were teveral dog case, case where dog had been allowed to run at large La violation cf a city ordiaaace and owner had been Indicted, and the jury, after wasting it time and the court's time -and the time cf the witnesses, found a ver dict cf not guiltjr La each case. Those three case alone cost teveral hundred dollar all thing considered in the bill cf cost and why coulda't such a case have been set tled ia the town where the dogs were al lowed 10 run free, aad why tax a whole county to try cut cases La violation of an arbitrary law ja force in only oae precinct ia the whole county? Locks like we were wast'ng more man power needlessly lhaa we should. Looks Lke as we conserve we could conserve the taspavcr'a money aad the time cf those who are always unwilling witnesse but who must obey the summon to come Into court, o With enc hotel undergoing forty thou sand dollar ia. repairs, another costing three hundred thousand getting ready for occupancy by fall, and a hundred and fifty thousand one cn the blue print, why should the spirit cf mortal be proud? o THE MEANS CASE. There are expected other developments in the Mr King murder case; new thing are promised and ll is new a theory that a German spy. aborting at Gaston Meant, k;'.:cJ Mr. King. There Is much to tVe ttcry aad If the German tpy la put on trial there may be yet the biggest sensation and the rrca'.cu myttrry ever staged Li No.th Carchaa. UNDERWOOD. The town regreta to learn cf the death of Mr. W. L Underwood, editor cf the Greens boro Fstrict. For many months this sad new has been expected, yet when it comes It cause regret. Mr. Underwood was one cf the well-known newspaper men of North Carolina aad had it not been for the ravages cf tuberculosis would have been much stronger. He was cut down la his early manhood, and to hi sorrowing relative the sympathy cf the town goes out. SATURDAY, MAY 4. LIKICER FOLIC NOW EXCITED If any citixena are receiving in their mall the: s days leaflets presumably ittued by the whiskey interests, and the argument con tained in them is wonderfully refreshing. Mr. Charles IL Ireland, cf this city, today brings us a package of these leaflets and the argument 'is about the same in all of them. Take, as an illustration, this from the New York Worlds Section a'cf Article XIV bf the Con stitution cf the United States provides f" that:" : Representatives shall be apportioned among, the teveral states according, to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons In each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the ch6ice cf elector for President and Vice-President of the United States, representative in Congress, the executive and judicial ofHcer of a state or the member of the legislature there of Ia denied to any of the male inhabit- anta of such state, being twenty-one , year cf age and cituens of the United States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other, crime, the basis of representation shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citixena shall bear to the wli'ole number of male citizen twenty-one year cf age in such state. . Then after quoting the law as above the World continues to tell u a great many thing. It tells u that the negro has been denied the right to vote In the South; that the South has representation to which it is not entitled. anj then gives us this olar plexus blow: .2? Before many j ar have pasted the - Inevitable wing f the political pendu lum will bring a .it a republican Con-;. gres a Congtcsi that ia republican 'both in the House and; the Senate. :l" When that Congress 'convene it is cer- tain that anotherVtttempt ile made . to-ieduce tb rpf tenia in ..the---" Swth. - Southern domiaatlon of the present Congress has not been agreea ble to anybody In the North, democrat or republican. Men like Claude Kitchin have been treating the rest of the coun try like a conquered province, imposing outrageous burden cf taxation and giv ing as little as possible in return. The price cf wheat for the Northern farmer is fixed by due process of law, but the Southern farmer is allowed to charge for his cotton all that the traffic will bear and Is demanding more. All those chickena will come home to roost some day. Nobody can object to the Southern state imposing the roost drastic pro hibitory law upon themselves, but when they undertake to rule New York and Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and say what the people of those states . may eat and drink, then the Southern democrats have again cut themselves off from the body of Northern demo crats as effectually as they did in 1&60 when they demanded that the North ern democracy roust abjectly surrender to their view of the institution of hu man slavery. Northern democrat will no sooner think cf surrendering on the issue of personal liberty than on the Issue of slavery. If the South is determined to go ahead with this insensate policy if this new sectionalism of prohibition is to be imposed upon Northern and East ern states by the South and West then the Southern democrats will have again taken themselves out of the dem ocratic party and must abide by the consequences, whatever these may be. This might be a hardship, but before tha South would rcrura to whiskey selling it would be willing to have no representation at all in Congress. And if the Nation has a right to make all other kinds of laws, it cer tainly has a right to stop the North from tending whiskey down this way. and Na tional Prohibition Is the only thing that will do that. If the North wants to make whiskey and drink it and will guarantee it and deliver the goods, it would not be in terfered with by the South; but the whole South is In favor cf national prohibition, and national prohibition will come. Michigan hai, just voted itself dry, or. rather, its law went into effect yesterday. New Hampshire yesterday also joined the dry states, and those two commonwealths are very far north. The threat to take away from the South its just representation In the national Con-.4 gress will cause no alarm in this section. North Carolina Is for prohibition. The leg islature which would be foolish enough to seriously submit. the Question of repealing the present law would be Jaughed out of ex istence. And if the North think a threat to put us out cf business, and reduce our representation in Congress would change the honest sentiment of these people on a great moral quetUon it certainly la measur ing this section with it own yardstick. OK BALE AT THE NEWS STANDS AND ON TRAINS COAL SUPPLY NOW BETTER The question of coal and coal supply is the one great pne before the country just now, and the fuel administration at Wash ington sends us this information for publi cation, which is a bit gratifying: A perceptible increase in production of coal is recorded for the week ended April 13. The increase was shown both in anthra cite and bituminous production. The total number of car loaded with bituminous coal for the week was 180,273, compared with 158,173 for the preceding wee5c Cars load ed during the corresponding week, 1917, amounted to 161,054, showing an increase of 19,319 cars, or a gain in shipments of ap proximately x,ooo,ooo tons this year for one week. ,,. " The anthjQcite loadings for the week showed 37,760 cars, as against 32,223 for the preceding week and 32,626 cars for the cor responding week of 19x7. While the fuel administration is gratified over the increase for the week shown in the reports, it is not satisfied. The administra tion is endeavoring to augment the produc tion of bituminous coal over the record of igi7 to the. extent of 75,000,000 tons in or der to meet the requirements of war indus tries. Consumers of coal for both domestic and industrial purposes are responding prompt ly to the urgent requests of the fuel admin istration to order their supply of coal now. In view of present transportation conditions it is not possible, of course, to effect com plete deliveries, particularly in the eastern section of the country, where the demands are" abnormally heavy and where transpor tation is greatly clogged. It is nevertheless essential that all consumers place their, or ders a early as possible. This done, the administration will- be in position to act promptly and facilitate the movement of an adequate supply to meet the demands. Promptness in. ordering and jSatience in awahing deliveries are deeded as a basis for. the co-operaijon pi the wholetamtry" with the fuel administration in it effort to do its share of the nation's war work. .V SHORT ON SUGAR. .A Washington bureau sends for publica tion this item, which is of interest: If any man has failed to see the rea son why he should cut h's plentiful ap oprtionment of. two spoonfuls of sugar to the jne of war time he can find it in a recent publication o the United States Department of Agriculture ex plaining the world-wide shortage, espe . dally the shortage among the allies, in the supply of sweets. Not only has the supply of sugar in some parts, of the United States been short, but there has been an actual 'shortage of more than a.oco.oco tons an nually in the world sinCe the war began, and the shortage is likely to continue, the publkation says, primarily because of the destruction of a large number of sugar, mills and the devastation of a considerable area of sugar producing lands in Europe. And yet but few people pay any attention to the admonition to curtail the use of su gar. The candy makers must go on; the cake bakers must continue; the world long S Bot 1x1X0 tne iaDt putting "a little sugar, please," and it is hard to cut it out The prohibition bus'ness has helped de crease the consumption of sugar thousands of barrels. The jolly barkeep who used to walk around with his white apron and listen to the call for sugar is no more in evidence he has gone to other fields where saccha rine is unknown. If we are shy many mil lions of tons of sugar it looks like it was up to the food administrator to simply cut off the supply for a few months, cut 't to the bone, and let the. accumulation pile up for awhile. The trouble about cutting down . the daily allowance is that each fellow waits for his neighbor to do that and the cut isn't perceptible. o STATE-WIDE. The campaign to increase the special school tax in the different counties of the state ts on vigorously, and perhaps a better campaign was never started. Not all the counties are yet active, but all will be with in a few years. No matter what it costs to educate our boy and girl, they should hp educated. This much we owe them, and the man who Interposes objection to school tax is a citizen to be pitied. Greensboro will get an increase of twenty cent on each hundred dollar's valuation, and while thi is ; not, enough to meet the demand it will help some. Let all the counties fall whole- . hearted in this great work and North Caro lina will be a better state, a richer state , both in mind and material wealth. 1 And again we are enjoying the glorious climate for which this section is noted if it doesn't ra'n- : .,- -T- ' ''; ESTABLISHED MAY1902 WAIT UNTIL IT IS OVER - v It is a pleasant pastime of the "ritin' man" to speculate on. what fs going to happen after the war is over. Itr is pointed out to us that a large number of people have be come immensely wealthy through the war. ' Food speculators have coined money by working off old stocks at great" prices. People who owned plants that could be quickly adapted to war work are bursting with their dividends. Owners of mines producing war material have found their treasure doubling in value. Also they are ;. having to pay heavily in war taxes. - It is said that we shall find a great new class of millionaires building their palaces. They will erect their great castles on costly metropolitan comers and build their gor geous "cottages" in romantic spots at the summer and winter resorts. Their luxury will be more and more evident.' It w'll ag gravate existing discontent. . , And it is said that soap-box orators will multiply and paint the pictures of oppres sion and inequality. It' will be pointed out that in the wide world of struggle the rac coon's tail is striped and the "possum's tail is bare, and this will be held up as an illus tration of that inequality which does exist. We all know that in this country there are those who want to listen to the, siren's song of oppression; that there are tf se who "know they are under-dogs In the fierce struggle for existence, and? they believe that Capital has trained the red-mouthed wolves of hunger and despa'r to annoy them and oppress them. . All these things may be true are true but why picture .now what will happen "after the war is over?" X The thing to 1 think most about is whatto do while the war is on. Now is no time to ; climb trees to escape the wild beasts which do not exist-i Now is no time to look on the dark side of what is going to happen after the war is over." because no man knows - what-w"ll haorjen . vil is going-toeWnew. worJu--aworld ; jLoJyval;: Jreedcnj. UtwiiT oe inV. old i . world shot to pieces restored and - made ? stronger. It will be a new; alignment. It may be possible that the government will own all utilities ; that the government: will do a thousand things never before thought possible. The picture, can be; painted in a hundred ways and each way -would seem plausible. , But now. is not the time to put in your winter's supply of discontent. Now is not .the time to waste' energy, on what might happen if the world were to come to an end. We must conserve all strength, all vitality, all supplies right now, today, and give .our best to help win the war, and tnen after the war is over give our best to hold the coun try steady as the boat strikes now and then the rocks the upheaval of war threw up. xWhat matters 't if the laboring man- doesn't like what is going to happen?' Let's satisfy him with what is happening. Let's make him believe and all believe that if we win a war fought for democracy and universal freedom this will be a better world in which to live, than to make him feel that we are just getting ready to p'nch the breath out of him and start fires of unrest and discon tent in the world that we fought to make contented. THE POSTAGE QUESTION. Again the rate of postage on newspapers bobs up and now we are going to get some information. This newspaper has repeated ly shown that the government has no busi ness to carry big magazines which boast of their millions nothing in the world but glorified 'advertising dodgers filled with -impossible dope of fiction to carry the count less pages of advertising, at the same rate it charges the daily newspaper, which is a large part of the, backbone of the govern ments The Columbia State says : On the other hand, if it is the pur pose of the government to serve the publishers at cost without profit, then let its agents apply business methods , and put experts to work to ascertain the cost of such service and assess the cost where it belongs. Perhaps they will then realize that tlje present one cent rate is too high for even the first three zones, and at the some time will -. discover the grotesque ' Inequity of charging a newspaper the same rate for the. forty-one miles from Columbia to Sumter that they charge magazines for a hundred times, the distance, from New England to southern California. Possiblv if Coneressi from the subtle . influ magazine' publishers there would be twe There should be. - ON' Old Kaiser ' Today lor' Numbef Our Samx To the Ge1 Ts it ho I '"7 - -. . ' '