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f r- ... P.AI3INQ RATES. , Tbt two puV.is utility corporations emeriti-- la Grtrr. there, the Eta Tele; hoc t Ccerj-asy "i the Kcrth CarcUna Public C rrri:e Ct:;ar.y. have applied to the cce ?:caJ;n crr-a ilcn cc the state to b-e aj I lowed to a i ranee trice. .The. Te.'rbceve Ccrzpasy ir.!i to raise 4 cn in rhene service and tit Public Service Con--.any cn hi gaa, Tie pre-poiitic! U that tit cott cf cpr price fcr service are I nad equate to meet It. ATxi cecauit titie corporation are pub i Uc coders. Lccjuia they serve Lie public ; cvued by tht public, at a matter cl jhabtt rather than H any justice, there Is a feeling that thrjr should net be allowed aa I L-xxtaa? Out It. Lxmany quarter. The, Ccrpcritxco Ccmm-tiicri U a body 'that cala for f-jures, absolute facta, wita 'cut aeadmeat cr theory, and If frcen tit i findings it ccrxhx!esa ccrpatibei ia ent itled to higher yricra fcr tta urnci the i CexrrSna Tr.:a tie rqut, aa4 tlat la Tt Grr d Greesilof, at an iU-jatia-J lioc. ccukl 07701 a rait Ln fticea. bt If tie corjvcratioo ccrsraiaaicn fTar.te4 tit irale that wtrcM b Lral If tie facta wtre I aU br?crlt cel. Tberticrt we are eo p-artiaJar u to dia- rssa tie two j-Tctlrra. The rttural p'ulljc U ri tally IsterratrJ; it paya tie frtijlta&d tu rurally wasta tic acrrlct at aa low a price aa it can b-e trcuxrd. Tlia la tutral. rtaaocalle. Bat, cn tie , ctlrr hand, no thcru jltful traa la cin j to aOt a corporation cr an L-.dirii.ul to rtn tltr aerrice at a laa. We all kr.crw that tprUra ar adTarKitsj;: today ettry thing ea Ittriaj into prodoctjea cott a rrusre tlaa ! tire ytara ajo, ar,J the ccrpcraticaa are ( tie cnea who are hardett lit U they arc not I aDowcd tbdr fricea with ether price a. Whether cr cot the two ccrpcrationa rsesticne-J hare cude a cats we do net kaow. But we do know that it corta them rscr to C7erate than it did a year ago. aod if it doe they were then ttt;r. too much fcr their sendee cr arc new getting; too little. Thercfcrc the Ccrpor iticm Cocrjria- axca w;th all facta before it will decide the corrticn cn i?a rr.criti, as4 ur. til then we taJtc it the pullic hat no tccc In tie matter public cf course wants service, but iHing to pay for what it gets. At (it U i least it ahouli be willLr. r. We hare beard nuny complaints here i against the gaa company in fact hare en tered aces ocraelf when suppTy was lirut ed and quality seesned to be pocr. The cf lEciala hare always tried to remedy mat tera: bare shown great Interest in girir. the best terrice rosiille, and therefore It ;la rrcbalte that nuny ccenplainta are not 'cstii:ed. t So wi'Js the telerhor.e aerrice. Many citiiena take delight In cussing out the tele srhece serrice when aa a nutter cl fact ! "cusy citixena"' arc more to blame than the cerrpony undertaking to Tender, the ser Evke. It Is exasperating .fcr a man to call a number and b-e Isicrmed that the line la brsay. He waita'tWe rrinstea and it It still bay. He waita another Cre and instead cl ccaaing out the inliri -j-Ti who ia niooopo ! Using the line be raturaUy cusses out the ! corrcratic?--when tic ccrpcraticn ia cot 'to. blans. We us the telephone and use It many times a day. The cJy fault wa i tad la that the line Is busy" and upon la rrstiraticn we hare found where one rarry would 'u it for eighteen minutes n a ait i tinx. Thia is a fact, and if the ccrporaiien. were to cut c2 the emending cuttcmera a bowl wculd go up. Sccsrumes we want Icr.g dutance. NsturaSy In a hurry and h Is a matter el newa we are trying to get. We End that Unea are busy and we must wait. We find that the rerscn wasted in th ether town Is uir.g bis phorve and can , tvet be reached at tie moment. We find many things like that, and cl course the ccm pan y"" is to blame and should be sued cr cussed pet hsps bcth. W hcii no brief fcr any ccrporation. Wt want thetn to Ice the mark, but we do net see in aU candor where there is just cauie to find fauTt with the service render ed br the telephone company in this city. We care prctritd againit the abuse cl the privilege given to subscribers because they uwt th be to eacesa but for courteous treatment we have always bn given that and t.V irnr.ee has been pr jr. t an J satis factory to far at t'tr company a part el it Is cernd. And ii th Ccepcraticn Cctnn-Jiiion shaH deciie that tie company is entitled to bet ter pay fcr what it la doing, certainly co sac can cbect. We wwny tutmit to an lncrea cost In cur hite paper bills; U cur metal bUU; in cur labec tut Ccen puiningly. perhaps, tut yielding we put up a dolur for a reaat cl beef that net long ago acid for fifty cents. We lay down ten and twelve debars fcr a p-air cl ahoet that two turrmers ago cent s;s and seven but if a ecrpceatlon wants an increate not cc,e third as large aa we are taaed cn many commodities we set up a cry that it wen t do that we can't allow a corporation to reo us. Just simply human nature in the saddle just human nature feeling that it can cuss cut a corporation becauie corpr arises ha been use-d by pctiti clans as bloodless and need nothing to susuin thesx o The man who waits until he is dtad t? buiU th tombstone never sees what is pu en it. Better do tcenething In the monu ment way while liul o 1 sown OBJECT. We are receiving cbjecticnj to the pro prd raise in the price cl gas. We regret that it mrtat ccxne, but if the ccrpc ration commission finds that the corporation is tiardrt gst at a lost it will allow the price to b raised. And r.o one wants something for nothing that is, no cne ahculd wist acmxthir.g for r.othine. step-ping stccea to gtatify amtiiicn ani the public has an understand.r,g, somehow, that inasmuch as they ft suess they are THE CO LOR CD UAH. . ct ccceed man ia takinr hit r'.are Ln the war wxrlu The fcUowLng.Uf.:: (rem lUIrgh la wenh coaiideric:: Time wia cot bt wasted cn CaturJaya by negToea cl acme congregaCor.-, II let ten from the pa it art cf tleie churchei to Director TL W. Kilgcr cf the Agricultural nxttns.'on Service are cl any real ilgtiiS- canct. "A few days ago'hfr. Kilgore tent a let ter to the negro county agents and preach trs. In so far aa a completed list could be obtained, an J requested the to bring be fore the attention d their people the Impor tance cf utilizing aa spare racmenti la pro ductive week. The matter cf loafing all day &vxTLiY wal cipecially pointed out, and suggestion made at to observing tua day by productive labor. Aa a type cf tie letters which came in the 'following is a good eaamtilc: Vour letter to me waa received and carefully read, and prayerfully laid before my tecpJe en Sunday, with a result that the whole congTt gallon premised that they would ttcy wasting time, at wst tuggetted' by you. I can now say that a3 lettera tent me wia b brought before any people the first opportunity, to I thank you for the Ut ter and hep I may be used to deliver any message yoa or my government wants de livered to our (colored) people 'Praying and hoping that Cod la on our tide, I remain youra truly to teller, II need be. In the great cause cl my country. -'M.N. McRAE." Everybody la cl the opinion that the In tense bombarding cn the war front so many explosivea Jarring the air cause the peculiar weather of the last year or two But gueis if you t earth the rec or da and get the dope on each day you wia discover that every year haa ita peculiar weather. We simply forget. o 4 THE HORRORS OP WAR. The news today from Arnaterdam, the ttory telling where there wtre two hundred and sixty-five trains passing filled with wounded soldiers, Germana, in three days passes comprehension. The story adds that these miserable wretches were dumped into cpen coal can and taken somewhere. And all this in an age cf civilization, and Germany doesn't know today and can't tea for what it ia fighting. Mr. Taft suggested last eight that it waa necessary for Amer ica to help in this great ttruggle to. aid God Almighty in Hit plan for universal democracy. - But to think of hundreda of trains cl cars passing 11 ed with gToaning and shrieking men, men maimed and mutilated, dumped Into open coal car why, the cold' chilis creep up and down one's tpinol column at he shrinks from the horror and the g ha it li ners cl it alL Let every man help run the three billion dollar bond sale over the mark. It looks to day like the goal would be reached, and then some. But don't depend on the other fellow buy cne yourself. THXNKXNO IT .OVER. The people who at first protested against allowing the corporations to raise their pricea have been thinking It over. They have needed no reminder that everything they use is advancing in rrice, and fust be cause the corporations haven't advanced yet, because of the process to advance; they think mar be after ail no one should furnish a commodity to the Individual below cott. If the corporations can satisfy the corpora tion ccenmission that they are losing money at present prices they will doubtless be al lowed to make an advance. Th corpora tion commission, however, wia say what advance ia proper. Tela being done, there wia perhaps be no serious objection. The Boy Scouts arc doing a big work her. They are selling Liberty Bonds not only trying to sea them, but they are aell ing them. The boys work hard, are thor oughly in earnest and each one cl them ia a loyal citizen. ON TODAY. Reports show that there la something do ing today on the Flanders and Italian fronta, and great news, either good cr bad, may be expected. The story from the British lines that aince th offensive begsn six weeks ago two hun dred and fifty thousand British toldiert have been killed tuggetts to America that she must hurry up. and hurry up in double i peed. True, she is hurrying all she can, sending men to throw into the trenches to take the places cl those fsllen, but two hun dred and fifty thousand mowed down In aix weeks time presents a picture appalling. Germany is making a ufe-and-death strug gle: if the fails In the cUeniive she fears all u Icit, and that Is why she wia fight like a demon fight to the lait man regardlett cl what tspptzx. The news isn't.good today; In fact, the news today is bad news. o : The town Is always busy. Always some thing cn and it is a fact that no town in the whole world goes into things like Greens boro. Any worthy cause gets the whole town back cl it and it ia put over to the satisisction d all concerned. OOINO UP. Prices are to b advanced, says a com mercial report, on most all commodities, lust how much higher they can go is prob IcmaticaL People ar now standing on tip toes to reach things to eat guess we ll all have to build a ladder. Those who are waiting for another per sonally conducted Neon's flood thought the thing had started this April but it seem ed it wst a fshe alarm. The French ar making a wonderful stand and they wia die In their tracks before they ask for a separate peace. i v i . I U Ji ,- . : ' .'-Jt-r cut vt;l a t. t. ... the savings ti- . ;.; v,-r ft imps. t:? r.r-:f-u rters' . tin j j t!a yea i oil -j fcr tar.. r arenctfc'j,,. ; it;:. ' that the' gc vcrr.rac 1:1 you thould buy them, a.nd in a t--::u: y;u are defeat ing the purpc;: cf t.: carr- -l-ns. .It says . . further that this t ar rr.u:t l - f.nonced large- ly dit of new s-.l',:. The money you have in the saving Lir.k repreientt past savings that is capital. Your bank haa al ready Invested it in essential industries snd - government bonds. 'If you withdraw it to buy government beeds you are simply shifting" an cbHatif Mopi-p-the bank to."' an cbligalica-'to pay yo'u. You are not rraUy adding to the financial resources-of your government.. You , will help your country mors by buying a $50 vond on a partial payment plan, with cum "..'savings, than by buying a 1 1.000 bond with money drawn from your savings bank. Again, you wia help -the government to carry out its, program in meeting the war'a needs more by buying Thrift and .War Savings Stamps regularly and systematically than br buy- Ing Sf, 000 worth at one time and taking the money out of. the savings bank to do it. To get new savings and to encourage the making and saving cf money in ways peo- pie have never known before, and to do it this year, la the purpc:s of the war savings" campaign. Tbia caEs for doing without many things-not essential, for saving and using again things tiut were once wasted . or discarded, and for producing more our-J selves, that our government may have labor and material for winr-ir. the war. When we fail to do this v. s hinder the govern ment's war program, , r Only cne more day tomorrow to buy that Liberty Bond in th's campaign. Say, brother, did you corny rrrcss? If not ou have yet time to do your duty. -TV- PLEASED Hia AUDIENCE. , William Howard Taft ipoke in this city last night and hit audir'ece waa pleased. It wss a great man talking on a great subject a subject In which ecry American citi zen it vitally interest ?1. Hia theme was the war that ia now cn, an J he gave the au dience tome Infonr.iticn not hitherto known, and the frequent applause showed that the people were v ith him. Ex-Preai-dent Taft, who la prei:-nt cf the American Peace Society, undersiziida that America" must fight, and he fruV.s that we tend at lease five million men to the front. This seems now to le the only solution. Men, and then men, and then more men. Tha Germane never believed we would en ter the war in earnest. zsA to let them know for a fact that five millicn American soldiers were coming would da' more to secure the lasting peace we want than anything else. Because those five mil. " men would anni hilate Germany, and c is necessary to destroy !:te annihilation urisra. Well, what about It? the Fourth of July or celebrate every day t Christmas? '" I we celebrate z just ftart to . it .5 until - SLANDERING Ti: "When we analyr at war, we den t kne tcring him by. call Ln- PARIAN, rra German - -e sre Cat-, . cr t'.lnder- ' ry;ts , know better, says the'.' Hickory Record." "If Attiia could return and behold Louvain and Rheims and scores cf other citiles and towns in Belgium and France and aee the wasted country, the ruyrj of the beautiful, cathedrals that his horde I spared, and a few other marks of German arnltur, be doubtless would weep at the sight We.recaa only one instance in ancient history where the warring savages destroyed utterly the fruit trees of the enemy, and we cannot make comparisons between those who were tup-, posed not to, know better and those who have had all the opportunities of modern times." These beautiful May days auggett that pretty soon the good old summer time wia b with us, and if it really comes, then we would advise the taking of them off. AND SOME OTHERS. The town is wondering scout the advis Klky of interning a man who has refused to buy a Liberty Bond because he is an alien. It is a question perhaps worth dis cussing, and while that is being considered, whst about interning some folk not alien who have not' only refused to buy Liberty Bonds, but advised other people, by aug gestive intimation, to have nothing to do with them? Locks like the American-bora citizen who refuses to buy when eminently able to do so and who refuses to help sea them is more of a subject for confinement thsn the enemy alien who publicly admits bis allegiance to 'his nstive land and this isn't saying that he also should cot be Interned. H..OULD Next to going fishing the best th'ng is to sit down and tea about the fiah you have caught. IN THE AIR. Down Raleigh way politic is in the air. The whole bloom in output of ozone ia laden with politics, and the disease is catch in' and the Raleigh Times hat -took it" Every day we find that paper talking poli tics cf one kind or another. And that print ed right in the town where the Governor, makss headquarters, who wanted a politic less year. - - " o Those figures furnished by Chairman Kln of the Liberty, Loan campaign are glorious. Think cf going over the top al most, if not quite, fcfry per cent That shows what our people are made of. , " o In this town there Is always something m 4c in gand the most of it worth V qLoriY. - New Here is an editorial from yestcrd York Herald, which carries Its xlnU ' and can icrces-in trance, whose letter f !is ! ' father .was printed in Thursday's Hrt: ' I. "'You cannot ever beat the Frer.tl:., h e -; -wrote. "They axe superb in their ?----t!ss w courage. It's a else cf sheer nerve, t-' d -by a something that knows io deftitT C:e -spirit of supermen in the simple,;, patient . heart cf children. -The lesson or how to live nobly and how to die, nobly is whatlhey, . teach ceaselessly, and it la a heritage .they are leaving to their- children and to-the world a children, the value o which can never be assessed. As a sergeant said tome . yesterday, "It's InTthe blood,' and it is. They laugh, they curse, they singi they play, and when each crisis comes they rise as one man to attain a grandeur of sacrifice almost undreamed of.': "It ia one man's testimony! and yet how many times since the German beast set out f to rob them cf their country has its truth fulness been proven, by the acts of the men of France. It was that spirit' of the super human; In the heart of the child that saved Vtrdun. It-was that gTandeur of -sacrifice which Inspired a division of the army of France, its Identity not yet revealed, to hold Kemmel hia until the last man was wiped . out. Every man of that division knew that .it meant certain death for him, but each made of himself a willing sacrifice in order that the lino behind that position might bc made strong and for the glory of France. The British casualty list is enormous, but the German casualty list is astounding. Wonder what is numbered? OVER THE TOP. ; .It was interesting snformaCon we print ed last night to the effect that Guilford ' county and Greensboro had gone over the top in the Liberty Bond sale. We have done more than was asked, but we are ex pected to do still more. Three billion dol lars are not many the way we must spend money and the scheme is to get all we can , get at a getting. If the nation could make thia loan five billion it would defer the next campaign. -We have had' three Lib erty Bond sales Germany has floated nine, It wia perhaps be up to us to float many more, and the more money we get each sale the longer until the next demand. Guilford county has her honor flag ; as also haa High Point and the City of Greens boro. AU of which suggests we are not ( slackers here aj of which proves we are loyal and interested. - o .- The real estate men are putting over many sales and the brass bands keep up a conanual programme on oar streets. THE GREAT WORK. There is no doubt that,vGreensboro and Guilford county responded loyally to the caU of Uncle Sam when he said he wanted to borrow' of our people a certain sum of .money. He proposed to issue bis notes, bearing four and a quarter per cent inter est in the shape of Liberty Bonds, and then the differt nt. committees, working all the time and without price, explained the propo , sition. The newspapers got busy ;T the I town and county became .interested - and: both went over the top in good shape. This , waa the third time our people responded to Uncle Sam's call, for "a loanrand it ,is-safe., to say that every time he neeus money he can count on our people to do the very best they know bow. t ' o- The day wia come when the Bolsheviki wia be out of business and Russia will again be in the saddle. THE SHIRT TAIL. : Yesterday the Associated Press sent a story from Richmond, carried in this paper, telling about an organization of Red Cross workers In Iowa who want the eminent men in each state men who have achieved fame to send to the workers their cast-off. shirts, ststing that the idea was to make kitchen aprons out of the tails of these gar ments. It is hard to tea just what American in genuity will not suggest before the war ia over, but it goes without saying that con servation is reaching the limit when famous men mutt give up their shirts. o And then, after hope had almost gone, the sun came back. THE LAST DAY. Todsy closes the Third Liberty Bond campaign and all interested officially are busy trying to run the loan up to something like a billion dollars more than was asked. The sale wia be on until rnidnight tonight Everywhere in America today workers are out giving of their time and boosting the big sale. That "the three billions wanted will be secured is understood, but the hope is to, run it away over the three billion mark. In Greenaboro people were buay and many bonds were sold. - o And now the May roses in the gardens are looking their sweetest and beautiful, indeed, they are. ' o THE BLACKBERRY CROP. " Experts sent out by our department of science report the blackberry crop reason ably safe. Those who like blackberries can now take renewed -hope. Of course the problem of getting sugar to sweeten 'em is still on, but it is business to get the berries first and sweeten 'em afterward. - ! The bateball news isn't heavy and but few people are intereated thia year. o . The coming of William Howard Taft to Greenaboro Friday ia to be the big social tnrox oi thajrear. THE FHENCK AND THEIR C makes the blood leap high. - The lt";raldv says: "What a beautiful tribute to tht spirit ' cfTrir-ca is that paid by the . tir.r.irr.ed banker cf licr York, now with the AmtrR - ' - r- I" .To jum? ihi 1 j zr$yins rnachine, and go ; - joy-rliln ca arid 'ca spin of forty-two ' frillM i1ft;nV--5'tf. s.'Mf liirkehs Would . two miles in ItrAtjbt a raittof ,re and sneil ' is ,a long distaAce;to golongetian. one " would tmacttne.-'' t2'?''-:"J'..-1 iii?-- 'C-K' : wvbeTx- tSplr at the : map, and seeJthati it is only f or-twoSmu to Calais, the big channel port wanted "by the" Germans we are ' liable o gevcold- feet and look' for thesar rival in an hour or two. It must be recalled that it has been almost W1vreeks since the : Germans started- the . preentattleion" the western front Y it mustbe recalled ithat the ' Germans tnade; the proud boasr that they' wouia be in Fans by, April first and today is May tne first and they haven t progress-, ed very far. V - ' "; ' ' .'v It must be recalled that the Germans have been slaughtered, right -and leftAthat hun dreds of thousands of them have been put I out of business and aU the, time the allies are getting reinforcements that America is hurrvinEr men over there, nerhans two hun dred thousand a weekW , While just to say forty-two miles doesn't seem far, it is far when the German army is trying to break through. And it should be remembered also that the Germans are get- ting desperate, whereas' the allied forces' see new .hope in aU that is transpiring Forty-two miles is a long, long distance for ( the German army to go. . . Better take the second sober thought arid; put em on again if you have already taken 'em off. .. . : ' .. -, ' .' BURLINGTON PROGRESSIVE. , Burlington' is progressive and she wants to -see education go torward. ine rvews has this to say of a, battle fought and won: .. - There is general- rejoicing'-in Bur-" , "went over, the; top" again- yesterday ", when it marched to the noils arid ' grave -: crease oz zo cents on lac iuo lur Btnwoi . purposes, and enabling- the school to remain open for nine months in the . year and have a full' complement of teachers.' v-' :r'-V--v ' ' t r , !-' The matter -has been agitated for some time and the board of aldermen on petition of a large number : of citi zens, Ordered a special election to be . held on Tuesday, April 30, to deterJ , mine whether an additional tax should "be levied or not; Some few. who op- ' posed the measure- came out in the . open and voted for it, but others mere-; ly registered and .did not vote at all, letting their registration count : against ;'! the. measure. ' - ; . " f' " Friends of the school worked r hara for the measure and were rewardeeffor their efforts by seeing a handsome ma jority rolled up for it. . v N . . ' x And with its other progressiverieas it is , also announced that Burlington is rapidly . going over the top in the Liberty Bond sale. ; Cf f Frost last night but the young peaches weU in the bud say it never touched 'em.- : ; o -v BUY ANOTHER BOND. : " The news today is that everybody is fe- ing anotner-j-.iDerxy cona. ?ne Dougnc one on the installment plan seventeen cents' a . - rjasn t yet Deen reacned out tnis last, cam- paign' via'fehar3ut--it-OT today and tomorrow and Saturday. . Let - every man do his best to see his "waycleari the country and the investment : is first clas a good business proposition even if thereasn't patriotism in it. y- O '- ' The girl debaters certainly demonstrated -last night that women folk can think. Those brilliant young ladies wolld make great politicians when the ballot is finally given them. READS GOOD. The war news tonight reads good. It looks good from most any angle. And yet , we mustn't be too hopeful. The Germans are cunning and may have something up their sleeve. But the way the story reads today it appears that the allies are now hav ing their . inning. One thing is certain: , Kaiser BiU didn't get into Paris by April .first, and here it is thirty four days after the promised invasion - o Naturally the man who has no; peaches thinks the crop is ruined. But those with the bacon insist that everything is lovely. . o - . THE LAST DAY. Tomorrow is the last day of the Liberty Loan campaign. Because Greensboro and Guilford have gone over the top is no real reason why you shouldn't- "buy another ' bond," as President Wilson has done. The , more bonds' sold the better off the nation, and surely the purchaser has made a first class investment . So, before the campaign closes let's all get busy and "buy another bond." . ' o 1 The German spy is getting nervous. All over the country people are getting onto, him and his road becomes rocky ..and dan gerous. ' A PERSONAL AFFAIR. ; The Chautauqua is purely a personal affair, because it has so many "you's" in it. Then, it was that the-foreman of the news j room swiped the punster with an iron sidestick, and perhaps there wia be nomore attemyts at being funny. 1 ; o They say that Irish potatoes wia take the place of bread. Now, if we could get some thing to take the place of Irish potatoes and so on down perhaps we could discover how to live without food.
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