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WOMAN VOTE
IN AMERICA
The Chariot! Oiierver sett la the wo
can rcte a force to be reckoned with, and
iriae i.t democratic party to cultivate the '
wu.n about election line. It yt:
, ""etaJa cf the weean rote Li Tuesday
t.ecticn are net at thit time suSiciently
complete to indicate what degree cl re-
peeaib;ty it bete en the ccc.gresaional
change brought about, cr whether the re
cent action cl the Senate in dech-nir.g Prrii
drr.t Wion" suggestion that the amend
Jct:t be adopted wi resented- They'tould
hare ha 4 no grievance agsintt the Hixw,
fee there they were amidtt their friend. but
II cay turn cut that the women may hae
ended crr.tr rebuke fcr the Demo
cratic party. II a a. the influence that trade
them character Republicans Repubh cant
with their fct rote to be resetted- But
worsen change their minds and whatever the
rrirrance they might hare teen Korin
XaL-.it. they rr-ay f.ni drreispment before
the coming cf another election that would
tcm them the ether way. Orer a roiIien
!ota were entitled to the rote in - New
Ycr k state alone, and the percentage el this
rote can anJ woman" dereioped interctt In
P::ca and woman's lnience en the elec
tro rrtu,'u w.IJ. ailord haua for speculation
en the wicman r-etc. But that this rote
ecv.jri In the We there may be mall
dsuirc The National American Wcman
Sii.'rage Attccuucq clar.a a rvetsberahip
a: prtter:t el tas.xeco wctr,m ho are en
t.'.lri to the balist in reeMde?;tial arJ ?
Tr.iicriI iU::f.i, ari thii rote. fcr-ht ,
to i; aeiur-ate ttrrr'K rci4 be
to eiett a pawerf-3 Ir.torre on eke
t;i rtt-J:. The pcL-.ita! fctt-ve el al
Sea? were aSeetr-l by Tuctdy'i weeraa
rtte. 7Thry al4 haJ a rote e ic-S Cc-trrtu-r-en-
The wemen new hare tS rctet
trt the cWetoeval cecxe. and they hare ft o
bafy adfrd 15 to thrte lren Oklahocva an4 .
r-:v?h DaktrtJL They tried let the ascend-rr-.t
in Lcutar thit year. b--t eleetien re-tit-1
rrt:r?day ind.catrd that they had kit
Aa esaJttr rxsw t?and the wocaen wieH a
larger iAfenee in Jefcdc the fate cl a ti
cca! etetuc. iha.n the ccr.try prhahly had
r tali led. The cc,e ftad-certa;n fact tha! "
paw fctcc itieU en the rrind cl the reee
U that wesran ii in pcliUtx. that her rote
count t ""the aarr.e at a enanV and that the
U a factor to be accounted with In all future
!ecti3ctw She it here in f crce rvew and will
t in tarter eridmce wjth the ccring cl the
pen rtriidenua! election. It wc-uid be the
fart el wiidetn en ran cl the Democratic ,
party toctiIUTate" the wonvan rorfc."
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The tree are about denuded. The frott
hat ttruck the treea hard, hut here and there
the lat rote ol turrner it hloceninj: alcne."
But the rcic tree rr.uit tcn rie up iti treat
urt cH Jack Freit doetn't terta to Lke
anything that ttandt in hit way. Lirinc
thinj he abhee and putt hit clantrny hand
upen them.
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HOW ABOUT IT?
New they are taUing aboout the hetr.e
ccnunc cl the beyi beyond the tea. La it
week it wat the talk about cir.g orer there
three hundred thoutand men had been
called to entrain en Monday. But in the
twi.-Alirg cl an eye it aU charged- The
quetticn ccrr.ei and ccmet it biz at
mountain: What are we join to do with
the rait army the miUiont now employed
in caclutire war work? II that itn't a prob
lem there wat nerer one in th;a world.
Villi the million women who hare taken
men' placet and made good aide-step? We
hardly think to. They hare made food in
a thoutand different capacities and the man
who employ them will aik himae!! why he
should make different arranementa.
The ttory today it that waet will be ad- .
juated to meet the chanced condition. Thit
meant that no lonier will inflated wajet be
raid the umkiHed laborer. MiUier.t cf tuch
kind'cl people have been jettinc waet
trreater han erer in their live. How will
they adjuit themielTe to rapidly changed
cor.&ticnt? What will happen 4earch u.
It it a biz problem greater than the war
problem. But we hare fcig men men big
enough to deal with any question that comet
up. There hat alwayt been, because Cod
reori4et tnese men ci vr. nwi-in.i "
suddenly take held and perform what teem
miracle. They are in thit country they
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are everywhere in the wcrld.
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Hit friend will regret to leam that Theo
dore Roeterelt i a rain in a hcrpiul and
all cl them will hope for hi tpeedy recov
ery. When Teddy ct sick all are terry
but when hit mouth is in action many get
but
warm under the cellar.
Ct: ready fcr that Thank igi ring dinner
crdy a few day orer yonder, and thit cer
tainly thcuid be cur bigteit Thanksriring
Day.
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afre o:n: H:c ycJ.rn it 2sr
tur a txaa. bi.vcle copt i cuvr'
HIS TORTURE
AS AN EXILE
It it related that when old man Boabdil.
the Moctith king, turned hit back on the
beauuful city cf Grenada and the tparkling
fountain cf Alhambria palace the world had
never witnessed tech a scene of sorrow
but how about old roan Hoheruollem when
he racated hi palace and hit throne and
found himself a refugee without a country?
Napoleon at Elba and Saint Helena wat still
a king but kaiser Bill In Holland it a sorry
wretch who ndt no solace, no matter which
way he look.
And people who talk about punishing him
hould hold their tongue. He i now being
tortured that torture which a doubly guilty
conscience bring, and it uffering more
than he would tuUer no matter what wat
done to him. Death would be a htppy re
ht!, and if he had the nerve, which he
doesn't seem to hare, he would rery quickly
make it the be all. and the end all here.
But he tit in the light ol liXc and death
dc not come. Hit rery to ul is wrung
hit ccxucicr.ee to long seared hat lound
itself and it giring him pain indescribable.
Let htm alone. Let him abide in Holland
and lock upon the ruin he hat wrought. Let
rum hre long in thit abundant tenure let
htm pat year in hit eacrudating pain.
Nerer. tn the world history did a man
fall to low from tuch a pinnacle. Nerer
was there a man who dug a pit fcr other
and fell into it hke the kaiser fell. Again
came the law el Retribution as sure at the
taw cl granty, and brought him down. He
knows thai from ten million graret come
the cries cl those he murdered he know
that in every home in the devastated land
there are torrow which he brought. He
knew that the blood it en hi handt and
his crime he heary en hit soul Let him
alone. Xo net undertake to kill him. be
cause death would be tweet to him. Mis
erable creature that ht is. let him live in
hit agonies el torture let him live lor tnMny
year.
. With Thanksgfring ceily a lew day off
the wonder is hare you ordered your turkey
and UMT.htrry sauce foe that great occa
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THE RAILROADS.
The big question that will tocn come be
fore the American people It: Shall we own
the railroad ce let them go back to private
ownership. Of course the government will
control, at it hat 'controlled for the last ter
eral year, j We would like to tee private
ownership." It it better in every way na
turally better in terrice: better in a half
hundred way.
Jnder the law passed the government will
control aj now for twenty-one months but
after that time it will be necessary to make
a change. Those who understand that com
petition i the best and biggest thing in the
commercial world will want to tee private
ownership. Those who do not care and
want to secure life position will say let the
gtjTcrnment own them. Then the indifler-
ent and thought.'es will 'explain that they
do not care and to run the world away.
At one citiren we want to tee private own
ership, and thinlc. to let the government own
them would be a calamity. The nation hat
already had a big tatte of paternalism. It
it all right in war but in timet of peace we
want to see competition we want to tee
things hum at they once hummed.
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Naturally it will take a long time to get
thit thing ttraightened out. but it will be
m done much more quickly than most of ut
imagine.
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THE FOOD SITUATION.
The outlook for feeding the people across
the sea eems a little gloomy, but Hoover
think it can be done. Many Americans
think it all right to feed the women and
children cf Germany, but they oppose the
idea cf feeding German soldier who were
guilty cl so many unspeakable atrocities.
But perhaps when famine haunts them and
the cirilixed world sees what it on it will
respond with Uriah hands. There is to
much good in the world, and eren the man
who cries for blood, when he tees hit adver
sary down and out itarring and cringing,
is willing to give it up.
The American people will perhaps inaist
that the German people take some corn
bread along with other things, and will
hardly want to go on meatless day to see
that the Germans have meat. But when it
come to dividing we will all be willing to
do that. No American would ait idly by and
see a human being starve if he was able to
help. This, we take it. is a proposition that
will not be questioned.
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The man who think this weather is not
the best in the world wiU please point out
where there i a better climate.
While the lid wat down the price cf oft
c.inks "rlr." A-d bseave the pric; went
vp f :ns rr; C'",L do-vr.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 6, 19 18
MR. SIMONDS
MADE A BUST
"Endurin ol the war" there were many
wise men handing down prophecies, and
we were among them. But the wisest in
hit day and generation, according to .the
newspaper printing hit tydicated article.
. and they were many, was Mr. Frank H.
Simonds, who somehow or other carried the
title, "the most dittinguished miliary crit
ic Just how be distinguished himself was
never known. Just bow he came to be a
celebrity at guessing has nerer been made
public, lor it is a fact he wrote more and
stated les real fact than most any other
man in the game.
However, about the last of September we
had a very good friend in Statesrille call ut
for predicting and showing why the war
would end before Thanksgiring. In order
to hurl a thunder bolt at us, he clipped
from the Statesrille Landmark, of October
first, a half column article by this man Sim
onds, and told us to read that and be good.
In that article Mr. Simonds said many
things that made one almost feel like fight
ing. He insisted that the war wat not orer,
could not be orer toon, and among other
thing said:
From the rery outset of this war we
on the allied side hare been cursed by
an erer-ready willingnes to see thing
in Gtrcmnj as we wanted them to be,
and on thit ridiculous form of optimism
to build a solemn edifice of early vic
tory. This is our peril now. when new
successes in the field hare given rlseto
new and in part unreasoning optimism.
It was reasoning optimism, instead of un
reasoning optimism upon which we builded
a picture that could not be wiped out. It
was not a we wanted things to be in. Ger
many, but a things were, and we knew they
were, because mathematics is a true science
that we saw plainly the war must end at an
early day alter the failure to enter Paris in
the March canrpaign. That was easy. But
again Mr. Simonds who talked about un
, reasoning people, made this statement at a ,
clincher to his article as copied in the Land
mark: '
The da nge r!r,r the European
phase o.f the' war. hoc p:ed; the op
portontff t wia tno wrr i. beginning to
dcrelop Bu: it L oiy bcrjnnir. to
develop Wt arc exrrtii r. r.vy& our
long-range guns 9 re firir. 'iptn Ao
fort of Mett, but tba Grtanr: arrr.i
are still only 70 miles from Pari, cnli
the Germans still occupy ground along
.the Aisne from which they had btm
driven four long year ago. Leting bat
tle, the German is losing ground. loft
ing men and guns, but in this situation
he turns to the ftrategy which he ued
with complete success two years ago,
after he had been defeated at Verdun
and driven backward at the Somme.
In other wordt. Mr. Simonds wa the un
reasoning man all the way through. He
saw Germany as Germany was when it
started out in 1914 the greatest army ever
assembled a mighty fighting machine never
equalled in the world, and he kept seeing
that. The fact wa, .when he wTote the
above in September the German army wat
nothing but a abattered remnant of what
it had been. What it could have done two
year before with it "strategy wat a thing
cf the pa it because the army was not in
existence. It was fair to presume that mil
lions of Germans had been killed and cap
tured we all knew thit because our war
ofSce had told u to. Then it became a
imple turn in arithmetic a matter of tub
traction. The allied forces were all the
time being increased, a sum in addition, and
all the time the morale of the German army
was weakening becaute it was on the run
when it wat turned from entering Paris.
What the enemy did two year before it was
impossible for htm to do again, because he
didn't hare the men and the allies' had more
men to meet his melted forces. But Sim
onds, the -distinguished military critic'
read by thousands all over the land ttill
wrote and made picture of the German army
at it appeared year before taking no ac
count whatever of its almost melted rank.
It wat only a month ago that a representa
tive of a syndicate house was here wanting
to sell a page feature of the great war ar
ticles Simondt would write, and the repre
sentative aid the war could not possibly be
over until late in 1019 and we laughed at
him. We told him to go bade to New York
and tell his mat-makers hat the war would
end before Thanksriving. and Mr. Simonds
had been printing dope entirely roitleading
and entirely unjustified by the fact which
were apparent. , . .
Mr. Simondt wat played up by the New
York Tribune as the dittinguithed military
critic hut he very evidently made many
beautiful bust in. hit guett work. But
people read him and were milled by him.
There wa no reaon to think the war could
go through another winter because Germany ernment
was out of roan power out of fi?hti3 . f v2m
rr.d reilly Is a :tnrlnn eenditlcn. Tfcsie . ,v . '1...
r'-3 'iV !rrr tha. Ths s v" fTj
o.v.fuu; at the news stands and on
GREAT WASTE
MUST STOP
That there was of necessity frightful
watte of money in the hurry up programme
of getting ready for war ail people under
stand. But that that waste need not contin
ue it now also known. The New York Her
ald has this editorial:
"If the people really knew the method
and the manner in which we expend
money and the waste of which we are
guilty they would mob us." So Mr.
Borah told the Senate in the debate that
followed the call of Senator Martin, of
Virginia, to the administration to not
' cut down future estimates, but as far
as possible to turn back into the Treas-
. ury the unexpended balance of money
appropriated by Congress during the
war. f
These calls upon' the national legis
lator should be heeded. As a result of
the war expenditures they have got into
the habit of "thinking in billions" and .
an appropriation of a million or two
dollars, as Senator Penrose remarks, is
regarded as mere chicken feed.". But
there comes a day of reckoning, as citi
zens may discover in their increased tax
bills and the necessity for subscribing
new loans.
The United States Treasury is no
Fortunatus purse. Every dollar ex
pended by it must come from the pock
ets of the people, and it was high time
to call a halt upon the extravagance and
the waste which Senator Borah declares
has become a national disease. ,
That was pretty loud talk from the dis
tinguished Senator. . Pretty loud talk when
the peace term are not yet signed and the
million of soldiers are yet In uniform.
But perhaps it is time to "call a halt" and
the Senate is the place to start the ball in
motion to accomplish the desired end.
It will now be up to the nation to stop
all camps not needed; to close all munition
plants cot necessary nd while thi wilhV thingr.-If youean oly giyVoHar. gjyert
prove a hardship to wage earnefi. H-wtUrirr"fee!go
prove a help to the nation. All Sunday work
and over time work has already stopped.
This will mean savings of millions of dol
lars a week and as time rushes on thou
sands of other things will cease to' spend
government money. The problem ahead .of
the nation is greater than the problem of,
winning the war. But happily we have men
and the nation has the temper to get
through.
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THE GREENSBORO WAY. .
. In subscribing and over subscribing its
quota in the War Work campaign Greens
boro did as she always does got busy and
saw that the chore was ended before the
time limit. The cause was so worthy and
every man and woman gave as their means
afforded.. In doing this it didn't take long
to secure the thirty-five thousand dollars,
and the chances are the fund will go to fifty
thouand- In anything having to do with
the happiness of niankind, Greensboro peo
ple are willing, and they always cheerfully
come across.
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GOING ON.
The investigation to ascertain just how'
many pro-German newspapers got German
money will go on, it is said in Washington.
The investigation will perhaps be complete
and those who were venal and greedy may
be exposed. " That large bundles of Ger-
man money found their wainto the hands
of disloyal newspaper publishers is a be
lief with many people, and the investigation
may throw some light upon the subject. And
it will be well to see thai the guilty ones.
are exposed.
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STILL BEGGING. .
Germany is still begging for modification
of the terms of the armistice which she
signed, but General Foch is not going to be
caught napping. In taking away all of Ger-
many 'a submarines he did a wise thing. This
leaves the ocean free, and those who ride
its wave will understand that the dreaded
U-boat is on 'its raids no more. The United
States has assured Germany that her people
will not starve and this assurance should go
a long 'way in getting thirty settled in that
disturbed and starving land.
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If we must feed Germany perhaps the su
gar allowance will remain at -a few pounds
a month.
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Wonder how long the government . will
retain control of the industrial plant and
how lone will the War Industries Board
tell us all what to do. ' '
The old fashion corn shucking isn't, as
much in evidence as it wa years ago when
folk were neighborly and lived for some
thing beside money. '
could not afrcrd to sy
vrzz prclry vr:ll pc-Led
ed when the czi cus:. '-tJViVfc
-Utt. ytr .r1
trains
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1902
WAR WORKERS
IN CAMPAIGN
The War Work campaign is on, and many
are thinking they cannot give to it. This
should not be the case. Every -man should 1
give something. This is simply a donation, j
It is giving to "a fellow brother who" needs j
help. The nation is asked to raise millions J
of dollars. Greensboro is asked -to, give I
thirty-five thousand dollars. This may be !
considered a large sum, but it is not if every I
citizen would shell out. He needn't 0 j
broke, but all of us must give something.
There are enough people here to subscribe j
the amount asked in a day . and no one of '
them would feel the drain on the purse.
We realize the fighting has stopped but J
the end of the war isn't yet in sigh. The j
boys are to bring home. A million of them j.
will be kept in Europe to do police" work; 1
to help out in a thousand ways, and it will j
take a year. to get things in shape. All the. j
time we must do our part towards making
the soldier comfortable. This War Work j
becomes really more important with tho :
war stopped than if it were in .progress. '
The money subscribed goes to war-workers
-those who look after individual needs of
individual soldiers. It means maintaining
all the organizations which give aid atidV
comfort. It means that such organizations
can- continue to exist and do good. ,Ve 1
mustn't think that we can eat a big7 dinner
without washing the dishes after the meal is
over. The battle fronts are shot to pieces.
Germany is starving. ' Revolt is possible in
many places and is a" fact" already in some
places. Russia must he straightened oat.
A thousand iimes a thousand things must be
done and it takes money. And America is
willing to give that money if it only under-"
stands. Therefore every citizen of Greens
boro must dig down in his jeans pocket and
come. across. It is a duty. It is a neces
.sity. . ' :. jUj-,,-- n "
And you should not argue a minute. Just
calmlv conclude voti are eainer to eive snm4.
isn't going to insist on impossible things.
It .wan to get through its 1 worki . It .
charges nothing for its time." AH of this, is
a loyal and patriotic dutyaridvyou should
do your part. without fail. , t V ;-s
; EXTENDING THE LIMITS. '
The City. Commissioners were discussing
the advisability1 of extending the dty;liinV
its next yer after ;nmeteentwenty.JtrS.
was .suFfTjfkjii to make the extension, J
t fit to totC: -t;. Jie- incorning legislature.
would he obliged to ass a bill, and it,wa8i
suggested that the matter be taken up.
Greensboro is onlyone mile in each di
rection trom the court-house now, and this .
doesn't give us a showing on what really
belongs to the city. It might or might not ,
bo advantageous to the dry. 'to extend its
limits. Itis a matter that has been dis
cussed for several years, and after all would
depend on just how the Cone interests felt
about.it. The people of Proximity and
. part of Revolution would be entitled to a
vote and it might be that they -would" npt v
want to come in- The question, however, '
will never be settled until & vote is taken.
Perhaps the legislate?: will pass the needed
law and then next year some time or year
after the vote will be taken. In the mean- ,
time we . all know that our immediate sur
roundings are a part of this growing city.
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TO CALL OFF DRAFT?
The news today is that the draft call for
November will be held up. It is pointed out
that already we have enough men to do aJJ.
the business necessary to be done beyond
the -seas. This looks like Washington is sat
isfied that the war is practically over. Kaiser
Bill may not be satisfied, but he need not be. f
If the November draft is held up some .
hree hundred thousand men-who expected
to go to camp will find other' emptoyment.
This-is good news because it gives all
assurance that the war is practically over.
-However, we have been telling the people
since last March that it would be over by
Thanksgiving,-and we still stand pat. Th
stars can be read.
NOVEMBER TWENTIETH.
November 20th is the last date on which
Christmas parcels may be sent overseas is
the ruling of the post-office department. So
it behoves all who expect to send presents
to soldiers to get ready. And to send them
they must go in a Red Cross box and not
over three pounds will be allowed. This re-
' striction is imperative in Order to assure de
livery. It will take train loads of presents
: to supply the two million men over there,
and most every soldier will doubtless re-
. ceive somthing. ,
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'-We would like to see the expression on
"General Fpch's face when he han tht
package to the German envc.n.
Tii; crown prince is cither living or uT.;i.'
... kinds of rumors arc in the air hv.t rrct- 5
tv ton, the news will come otri?at. .'gi .;;
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