FAQZ FOUR -1- d3J GREENSBOHO. N C; . - svaar wmsK BY AL FAIItlin OTHER OFFICE: Krcerd BVir,W. Market Street THO?iE Kg, S. Wm t' Z. vl SATURDAY. MAY 4. 191S. NORTH CAROLINA DOCTORS. Tbe Wilmington Sur hit ihU cor.ccm In 2 seme ?crth CiroUna doctor and er-e cf cr-r well kr.own tad well bked. citlxtr.i: When the array castcc-menu fft eiub Eshrd Utt t4f. Urxle Sxfci called; cn drt let TcUr.:tcr f cr service At pbyuciaru Hd s-j?r,rcr-s in the arm jr. Tbe flrit call wit fcf xaxco doctors, asJ Ncrth Ca:c-r-i u 3:6. North Csrchru doctors were try U-"k to rrtrcivi to the catl arvJ toJun leered to lit ctsnbrr cf jSj. which ws 7? mere than the quota. Howtttf, the- de marui hat isereand with the cocr.try'a rjmtt trJZi'.Arr p:rfrtir.j. arvj Mor J. W. Lcr-x 21. D cf Greerubetcv chajfiraa cf th csnikal tecticn cl th-e Su:e Cocscil f Df.'r-tr. ha Ui-f J r,rthrr caU f cr nct djtctn fee tmrice uriti the inny. cfth CafcIsa d octets f patricic to ct ar-i we hare crrrr rrrtt coc ho wt co rtaJy to arwrr ccr ccuntry't calL A few dayi iro w sr.tt ycusc V.'lstir,x tcn d3tcr wheen wt hal not Mta let ine tics. V.1ten re rnaie a rtsa?k to that ci fret, tht doctor tali it cur It tooetisse te f we cset. Dr. Lecj; it afila calrtr fof doctrrt ari be wit rraiy to teree M ren fo to FrAsce U be it terdtd. We kew that AL'raiy, fee that doctcr it true h!e. He raibrr eir k to co L-.to tbe terrke as4 be rraHy fe!t that it U bit d-ty to asuwer tbe ca3 At a tcrrke fee bit r-AZ: ax4 tta:e. 'Dr. Lcr ce-r.U ca j;tv.:rj !cnh Car cLr-t f raw qeta cf decttrt rishc-t arty trwiJf. Ai rrtrutked by tbe Ralelcb ?W a.- Oirrref. Dr. Lcrt i w atkxr.j ctber rhtticiort to d3 hat be U ret dtit mL', fee be it fU.tr.irj Jo dce bit rxirHt bc7ttal At C?err.hro wbra a late bo;I:aI to which be bat brm arsacbed It rsccfed. toMibly to jfo where tbe fca:t!r fee or country a?e rar-sx- Dr. Lcr.fi already bai a tea in tbe ansy arxS U reaiy to arawer tbe a3 fer asy rtrrice re;irrJ c biSi. He bat already rendered LtTAJualle terrke. bL-nn a cba-rrrjn cf tbe c&mI tectie ef tbe f.'erth Carcr-i Ourxil cf ;tueral Drferje. He bat dece At a rjeattacri c to bit cw-n frtcfet-iiccal IsteretTA." COMING HOME. We rrceire weed frco WathinttrwrOty to charge tbe Addret cf Tbe Record to Cctscel W. H. Otbcm. Ult ccrnrriiticr.rr cf inirmal rrrrr.-e. frco that cty to Grerr.ibrtxx Tbit tr,ear: that Ccr.el Zi?r it ccrrdz becce Lig back to bit r:cr rr-ie a ratiecol rrru'Jtien at a ixini can arvj etabLtbcd a new reccfd for tbe rrrer.ue cBct. He abewrd tbe recple bow to ccTcct Utk dri: be tbowed rtcli'.cr cf tbe Uw that tbry cnJdo't with Irrpty ccr.tisse tbttr eld practice he at cccc rrade a reccrd titi?c tba T Txt' rcetjer. - So it it with feature that we wticcrr.e bin back to Greerabcro. It waH tr-e jeoi r.twi to bit f ricr.dj to krvcw that be it tt to Urt here "J fcc oce c '!fT re yean cf an eacefti eraHy buiy Ue In WaabLnitoo Oty be ter.tt tick to ftat isd to enjoy Lie here ai amuic birsteU. OI coerce be it ccirr to k actfre in many Hii-ni wajn- Ycj ccuJdn't kee? him c;u;e?. tt be will be AX bece asd wiU btt- TUiM M M ma ,iU fr Tr Cf, 1 ,L J adef ted city wbrre be bat fnerv aaa wr.rte be wnU tetter eoy Lie- Cclosel Oibcm wer.t to WatbiRttcn sd nude rtod- He ANOTHER MYSTERY. There U in jail a dtixra cf Rsuia who It charged with talkinf too ouch; who bat certain fapert on La penca. cr who did bare, which tufjett that nuybt be la a real py. It arrcoxa that be bat rtcipet for kisg bctsU ar.d that bit rrUttica wat to, iait a.td wcrk in furniture (actoriei wbrre rauritictv cf war are beia cuauiactured. A reverter tct Tbe Record tr.terriewed LL-n tcday and. tbe ttory U cr.e cf busun later nt. if it la notbinj elte, The theory that tbia country ia honey ccenbed with Gersun t?;ea la prrbapt well fcur.ded- Senator Overssaa perbapt wu. tt far.axniai when be stated that there were focr hundred thouaand cf therni If cne ttepf to think cf the laritb way money bat been card la tbe few lattxrvcea where the ptcta bare been uncorered what tort cf av ttartliru rerelatton would it be If. we cild tee the whole aet cf book ind know juat what tbe German genrernment bad been doinj for yeari? , The German jottrasient bad carefully slanned for many Years tbe war now on. Her dreamr waa to take entire Doaaesiicn cf the wet Id. and In order to carry cut such a Cteat undertaking na rurally It would re que many tpiea, It la sold that la tbia country there are two million alien Ger mans and six million ru turalix ed an d that beinj true it would not be a very Xarre per centage if the four hundred thouaand tpiea were la eluded la that number. Tbe Hijh Point arrest may be Important. But If the fellow la a spy be will cf course keep bis own counsel. He will not dirult bis programme cr bit plans but it shows that the department cf juttice la bury and very toca locate those who are undertak lnj to work mischief. Tbe Rutaian here In jaj was in Hifh Point but two weeks and there in the garb cf a Laborer but be waa detected and the charges againat him are cf a eryScrious nature MUST DC CAREFUL. The ma a who alts dowa and honestly "Views with alarm" the transactions cf the busy world mutt bare a care lett be throw attengda to the enemy. It wa cur belief that farm labor was going to be the problem, and we bailed with dtUgbt the tuggettion that young men on tbe farms be exempted a long as possible froea gotag to the war. We con tended la our philosophy that food was pax amount: that the aoidier couldn't fight un let be bad food and we wanted the young farmer to remain with tbe plow at long a possible. It it now sent cut a a fact that thi tort cf talk and thought baa been used and ia being used by the pro-German people. It is shown that the young maa froca tbe farm la needed la France, wanted right now In the trenches and that there are millions of able bodied men too eld to go to war who can raise food. It la shown that women can help on the farm that what la most needed la every man who can ttand the esami nation to go to the front to be ready to batten to France. And locking at it froca thi viewpoint doubtless it is the. enly thing. Therefore we are going "slow about oaducting this war. We admit we know nothing about it. and rerhap silence is golden rirht now. We do know this. We know that Germany roust be annihilated. We know that every maa who uses pea cr voice la any way to aid the enemy should be called and called bard. We know that every loyal man and woman must rally determined to do all povtible, Wekaow tbia and perhaps that ft ail we do know. We have believed that the President baa shown himself to be the biggest man tbia country baa produced and we are wiUing to follow b!m to the litt cbtch. Therefore let us all hold counsel with curselres. Let us net be too hasty to reach conclusions cr conclude that If we were running things they would be differ ent. America waa wholly unprepared for war and she has made giant strides. Still remember the Liberty Bcnde have not aU bten sold buy another one today if you pcnibly can do so, o ' HIGHER PRICES. Ccrpcrationa bare found out that even they must raise prices, and the country mutt ttand for it. Tbe goremment baa as certained that the railways have been doing business cn too small a margin. Tbe aver age man is willing to pay more for bis sugar, bis ceffee. bis Cour, bis fuel, his shoes and his clothing, but ask bins to pay more for bis newtpaper and be goes into rt belli co. Tbe Record Is running at ten cents a week. Tbe same price that was chaxged for it ben wages were less than half what they are now; when taper was worth about half whea all supplies were at fifty cents on tbe dollar and when the cost of production wss not thirty cents ca the dol lar compared to today prices. Tbe Rec ced, a an illustration is spending a hun dred dollar a week to print a telegraph re port whereas twenty years ago when the paper sold at the some price tea cent a week there wat no telegraph report. Print ers are getting J ja a week and up, where In the eld days t j was the seal. But there Is no use The newspaper musn't rAist it price wouldn't do at all but the other people can. Tbe corporation Is uppcted to run at a loss and u it suggests a raise peep le object. We wonder why? 0 GETTING IT UP. Tbe O. Henry Hotel la getting along In fine shape. Tbe k eight Is now seen since . tbe framework fcr the roof Is cn, and thi building win be a beauty. There are ru mor again afloat cf a f.rst-claj seven-story concrete building down the street, a mod era commercial hotel, and the rumor this time is perhaps based on actual fact. How- , ever, tbe projectors are not quite ready to give cut the story .but it la one la the keep ing that gets better as It waits. Greensboro it growing and is destined to be one cf the biggest, as it i cow tbe best, town la tb NOT THERE YET. The newtpaper. writers who want to let thing dawn as soft as possible are already showing the wcrid where, there wouldn't be anything absolutely fatal were it to bap pen that the Germans secured the channel ports, .They figure that all would eventual ly come out in the waih, and doubtless It would but wash day would be on for sev- ' eral year longer. Happily the crws today shows that the Hies are about holding their own; that the Germans haven't yet penetrated the lines, and there it somehow with us an abiding . hop that they never will get through. , There is one thing standing out big and sorrowful in the-new each day, and that it the fact that thousands of German are being killed. They are making the rush and they are being mowed down like grain before the haih No doubt but what the casualty list cf cur allies ia great, but.noth- ' lag compared with the German losses. So It becomes after all, a mathematical prop osition. . The Germans are not numerically aa trong as the allies and the break isaft even. It Is a safe gamble that where one cf the alliea is killed five Germana die. At. tbia ratio it Un't going to take forever to thin the ranks. And it must be remember ed that If need be five million American caa be put Into action more than all the new Germaa recruit. ' Germany boasts and make many claims, but unless she has fool ed the world for year with her census re port, and that ia probable she is rapidly losing her men. And when they are gone Germany i gone. No one know better, thaa Kaiser Bill what he Is up against. That is why he isn't counting- roea but vainly looking for v results. He is throwing his best and last Into it, and If It happens that he fails In getting to the channel ports be is about done for. Of course the war wouldn't end abruptly but G.many ia whipped already. There are no two ways about this and the fight is simply continuing because the , Kaistr has nothing more to lose and vainly see a last hope' to gain something. o ARBOR DAY. The Christian Science Monitor has this concerning Arbor Day: Arbor and Bird Day, to give It It full title la Massachusetts, hat beea epe- cislly strewed this year by Governor McCaiL, owing to the Importance which the war and ita need for sSips have given to the lumber producing trees. He ha consequently ured the school children of the state Jo plant "school forests, and. la recognition also of the value cf fruit bearing trees, "class or chards," Tbe annual practice of planting tree la the United States, particularly those trees attractive to birds, la now ob served In fifteen states, although upon different dates. It is said to have had lu Inception with Mr. Julias Sterling Morton cf Nebraska. Even though he may not have begun the custom of tree planting' on a certain day each spring, be certainly can claim credit for the title Arbor Day. Before the civil wax be was the owner of a certain barren tract cf ground, upon which, according to popular belief, not a single tree would grow. But Mr. Morton thought be knew better, ordered a consign ment of trees from the east, planted them, and had the satisfaction of see ing them thrive. He straightway named bis borne Arbor Lodge, and Later, as a member cf the Nebraska legislature, auccecded ia persuading that body to set aside a day In April for the planting of trees and shrubs by tbe citiiens. Later still, as Secretary of -Agriculture la President Cleveland' cabinet, be bent bis efforts toward mak Planting Day, became a permanent In stitution. ing Arbor Day, as be termed It, popular nationally. So Arbor Day, or Tree J.' Sterling Morton was one of the big men of the nation. He waa aa early resi dent cf Nebraska, one of the first pioneers to ettle west of the Missouri river, and be taw that en that land, then designated aa the Great American Desert, tree would grow. It waa thought the cultivation of the . soil produced rainfall, and he advocated Arbor Day. Tbe governor of the tate each year would offer ubstantial prixe to the person planting the roost trees.. Cotton wood was the favorite, as it would better stand the annual drought. FinUy, because cf Morton' foresight. Nebraska presented woodland pictures. Millions of trees were planted each year, and to ride through that country now and understand that those for ests you see, cr what look like forests, were started by one man well, it show bow useful a citixen can be If be undertakes to be useful. Suppose tbe case: Suppose you have but City dollars, and you have other uses for It, why not take at least a part and buy a War Sump? They pay good interest, and every penny loaned Uncle Sam will help. CHAMP CLARK REFUSED. When the Governor cf Missouri offered to band to Champ Clark the commission of United States senator, the vacancy being caused by the death of Senator Stone, it was perhaps a bard matter for him to turn It down. But be couldn't see it. He didn't want to ouit the position as Speaker; be doubtless had ctne thing In keeping and be wanted to get through la the lower bouse before be clim&ed to the upper bouse. The speculation as to who would succeed hlrn as Speaker suddenly vanished, and it look like Mr. Clark will continue Speaker about a long a be feel like it, And in pasting it might be said be make a good Speaker, and ometime. hi friend t think he would make just as good a Presi dentof the United States, The fact that Wilmington 1 to build ships not only helps Wilmington, but helps the entire state. Therefore all of us re- joicc: THE CHANNEL PORTS. Tbe London newspapers seem .to think the channel porta will be lost to the French. They axe preparing the public to think that way, and while they insist that this great loss will ia no way stop tbe vigorous prose cution of the war, the American newspapers may aa well be admitting a few things. If the French lose Calais and Boulogne it means that the Americana must hurry up with at least five million mea or the war will be won by the German people. While the Germana haven't taken Paris, if they m ' take the channel porta it means much more thaa were they to take Paris. The channel ports are almost a necessity just now, and . if it happens, as the London Time and News predict, that the enemy is to take them, there must be more men rushed to France rushed there to. stop ome other thing that will happen, and alao to save the British. , Every day the war new look about the some the enemy makes some progress and the allies make some progres but the fact ha been outstanding for several weeks that slowly, ia snail fashion, the enemy has pro gressed. Tbe hope ha been that, the fight on the western front would have been dif ferent. - That tht enemy has advanced de spite all the combined effort to stop him, must be accepted. It doesn't mean, by any means, that the Germans are to win. It .simply meant that, regardless of cost, al ready over two million teen have been sac rificed, Germany is making the supreme" ef fort to win, and she can't do it. But we must all be prepared for news we do not want to hear; we must all go deeper into our pockets to dig up tbe gold to assist in conducting the war, and we must all avow anew that everything we can do will be done, because Germany must be vanquished. And a mathematical proposition proves that she will be. Tbe news today is not as dis- -couraging'a it might be, but It isn't calcu lated to cause any one to conclude that the war is over. Long and dreary months stretch ahead of us years, maybe and that Is why We must all make arrangements to buy war stamps'and Liberty bonds buy to our utmost capacity. , . NO EXPLANATION NEEDED. In an official bulletin sent out by the Gov ernment Mr. John S. Tatlock, Professor of Standford University, tells the people "Why America Fights Germany," and his story of several pages is very interesting. One page is of exceptional interest, ia which be tells us about Germany's present govern ment. He say: The chief trouble with the Germans is -their government. It has the appear ance of allowing power to the people, but this is only in appearance. As a . fact, the emperor has nearly absolute power. The ministers, or cabinet, are responsible only to him, do his will, and remain in office during his pleasure. The reichstag, or congress, is little more than. a debating society; it talks, but does not do things. If it refuse to, vote taxes,-the' taxes of the preceding years are continued. '' Even the power, to elect the members of this weak reichstag is not equally ia the hands of all citizens. The great cities, the home of the progressive working class, have the same representation as was given 'them in 1871, and therefore have far less voting power relatively than coun try districts, which are controlled by the junkers, the aristocrats and great land owners. Prussia, which dominates Germany, is much less democratic than the empire; the laboring class is almost powerless. AH this meant that a small group of selfish men can force the na tion into war, as it did this time; and, what Is much worse, by feverish prep aration and by poisoning the nation's mind, caa keep it ready and eager for war. Laboring people seldom want war, except for self-defense. .There has always been a party ' in Germany that demanded more populor freedom: During the strain of the war this party increased by leaps and bounds, so that the rulers are desperately afraid of it. By defeating the government of Ger many we shall help the real German people to get their rights. When all peoples have their rights the world will be safe for democracy. With this explanation made clear, all can understand the place America has in this, world war and there could be no grounds on which we could have well kept out. The war ia on to a finish, and the finish just now lacks much of being in sight. . r EAT POTATOES. When you drive into the country, you who live in potato sections, bring back a sack or two in your, car. Then eat. them, many ways, every day, several times a day. Not an idea that will save the country, but -it will help save the big food reserve that will soon begin to sprout if it isn't eaten. Let this fact sink in deep. - Unless we increase our consumption of potatoes mark edly within the next few weeks, say the Department Of Agriculture, there will be a "'V loss of much wheat-replacing food. If that happens farmers may think we don't want so many potatoes and not grow enough this year. Americans ought not to allow that sort of food disaster to occur. . The Pope is going to offer another peace -proposition the 29th of this month, but it will have to be a peace that means the de struction of militarism. There is no other way, and back of tbe proposition will finally stand ten million American soldiers. The kaiser, can't get away with the goods be ordered. f ' REAL ESTATE. People are buying real estate these days, and every time a piece of property changes baHf the price advances. Real estate in Greensboro and Guilford county is a gilt edged investment, and just now more of it is changing laaxfdj than ever before. ' THE FREE SPEECH. - ; The free speech part of the tradition off - this country has had an inning in the Sen- - ate, and Hiram Johnson, -of Calif orrua who doubtless ' sees presidential - possibilities - in) his lung power, opposes it. The Overman f bill only proposes' to curb free, speech whentl that free speech is directed against the gov J eminent . in time of war. Thatisall..! .Johnson and those Senators who Vant to i defeat the Overman measure cry loudly 1 against curbing the American : citizen' in his right to say what he thinks so" long as he j thinks he thinks. the truths yj, ; i The American people have not been iair : with their free speech guarantee.. Emma ; Goldman, who is an anarchist, didn't utter ; talk one-half as seditious as certain United States senators. . She claimed the right of 4 utterance for her vagaries under the boast-fj ed constitutional privilege which appears to guarantee free speech, and. she was de-i? ported, and the United States senators are still talking. 'V ' . f Free speech is one of the things we en-, joy in this country, and so was wheat bread, but when the war came we were limited to? the use of wheat bread, and as a war roeas- , 4,ure, in order to get, hold' of those who are V sowing seeds of destruction in this country, who are aiding the enemy in theirj sedi- tious talks, it was proposed to lirmVrfree speech in certain directions, and it should be done. The Overman bill only offered something needed as a war measure, and : Hiram Johnson Jpnd other ; -; exceptionally K. strong-lunged awn .who have pawed and; bellowed on many subjects opposed - it 4 possibly more for self -exploitation than any- :j - thing else. Today it is thought the Over- ' tman bill will be accepted, and while f an : ' amendment may be tacked on, it looks to us f that no loyal man could object to curtail- , ing the flow of free speech if it helped the government in the prosecution of the war. " President Wilson has endorsed Overman's ; bill; in fact, he wants it, and wants noth- ing else; therefore it would seem that he . should have it have it right now. : However, so long as senators and con- gressmen have higher political ambitions it isn't to be expected they will always stand """"without being tied. -o PAPER CHANGES HANDS. ' The Wilmington Dispatch has changed Jiands, .Washington City, parties buying the: controlling interest. Mr. Parker Anderson, the well-known Washington correspondent, is to be president and general manager, and the other gentlemen associated with him ; are experienced business men andr newspa per people, and will no doubt, cause the Dis- ; patch to jump forward. Recently the Dis- ' patch has enlarged its mechanical plant and in a statement made by the retiring manag-. , ers doubled its circulation in the last year I or-twey ,; . ; ' . y AT RANDOM. A3 ITT WAS. -The boy stood on the burning deck (The newt Jatt reached the town), V , And we've sent a himan. sleuth hoimd t ' Who'll run the fats all down! : 1 . WAITING. : - :.. . :" - ; The man who hesitates is lost; therefore, never hesitate. That is an old saying, but It isn't a - good one. Those who hesitated, to take 'em off' Just because there was a little warm weather are not lost, whereas had they taken 'em off . they might have been. Some of these old saylngs should be-burnished up a little in this more mod em -and progressive age. : -O FIFTY CENTS. The Board of Education acted wisely in raising the special tax from thirty cents on the hundred dollars valuation to fifty cents. The teachers are ' .not paid enough money; they deserve more and . f surely no citizen will object to Jielping the, young- . sters to secure knowledge in the public schools. Pity that it can't be raised to a greater sum. - '' o- AS, IT WAS. The boy stood on the burning deck '. The First Mate called aloud: -"Say, kiddie, beat it from the wreck. Or get yourself a shroud!", ' ;- J .-..! And the kiddie beat It. THE MAY QUEEN. . Tomorrow Is the First Day of May and those- ( people who want the Job of Being Queen 'O the-, May must get In their propositions by six o'clock this evening. N If no one is willing to volunteer -i we will undertake the Job ourself because -we're f bound to have a Queen of the May this year, vv o r . , THE TROUBLE. ' - - The only trouble about mixing this shorts and bran and stuff with white flour Is that the cook who spent nine years .try'nfl to produce the white fluffy roll falls down and his Pride Is injured. Of 7 course In war times pride finds little place-to stand, but the Cook should have some liberties even if he must buy a Liberty Bond to get 'em. o - tut uinnn citiiitiau The farmers are using some of their time to cut wood and the nope Is that the wise man i will put In a supply this -summer large enough iV to last until "next Spring and enough to loan his short handed neighbor, an armful I If things' run short. " ' o A3 IT WA8. - I The boy stood on the burning deck "l- 4 A thoughtful lad was he; . v ; j His pajamas caught on fire, - 'So he Jumped Into the sea. : ".; - nb w www wt w iwiii . The Water being Damp, this Naturally put -$ Them Out. - . . O ' " . .. y.-: - A Rift PRtr.P. Xt".S A man went home the other day and told his 1 wife he was offered seven hundred dollars for his? car, which had cost him but five hundred a year before. His wlfs Ranted to know why he didn't take it, and he said he did, but the man couldn't v make all the payments. He offered him One Hundred Dollars in Cash and a Quart of Corn Llkker, making the 'seven hundred dollars, but' after raising the cash he couldn't get the" Corn V Llkker, and the trade was off. - o ' - - ; And now the Clvio League Is going to do ome chores' In Greensboro along different lines than In the other years. We recall that in this town the. Civic League raised flowers, beautified all J the vacant lots they could with bright flowers, which were pleasapt to the eye. This year, with , a world war on and Food the Paramount, tho? j I beauty spots will be covored with vegetables, things to eat, and . in this way the war will t : helped to a successful end. Vegetables may n:' be as pretty as flowers, but Just now they sem a more useful purpose. late. . s-