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The Monroe Jouri
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AYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.22. No. 54.
MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUSf 4, U16.
ONE DOLLAR A YEL.
THE DEUTSCHLAND HAS GONE
MADE HER WAY SUCCF.SSFULLY
TO SEA.
No News Since She (Jot Out ..
Went Off Praising the American
People and the Cienerou Way He
Had Iloen Trealtd Must lie i'ar
at Sea By This Time.
The Deutschland has con at last
after lying in Haiti more harbor fur
23 days. She left her dock at 5.40
Tuesday afternoon and went down
the hav. and cot nut to sen at X::C
- - r . - - -Wednesday
night. Of course she ex
pected no difficulty until sIk rot out
to i-ea three milef, which Is the! limit
of United States waters.
Captain Kexiii,; and hi cre'v r f 27
r.tn put to sea with tho -mowlelge
that a man hurried to a telephone
with a niesfage to agents for the En
tente Allies that the Deutsrhland had
started. They knew bow long he had
watched at a nearby pier, day and
night, but the little captain went out
o Baltimore harbor smiling r.ud
w ax In? his cap. His la.-; word !n
the harbor were of praise for At!eil
ca and for his treatment here by
Baltimore custom authorities. To
Guy Steele, surveyor of customs, he
said:
"We came here dubious about our
reception. We go back certain that
the friendliest of feeling exits in
America for Germany. You have been
more than courteous and the Father
land will not forget it."
Eight Warship Watting.
Captain Koenlg knew that eight
warships of the Entente Allies were
waiting for him at the edge of the
three-mile limit, spread out in u ru
dius of five miles.
"We shall have to pass unseen
within that radius in order to es
cape," he said. "We shall have to
make that passage under conditions
not entirely advantageous to us.
With the water at that poiut 150
feet deep it would be easier. We
could submerge deeply enough to
pass underneath the warships. But
the water there is not 150 feet deep.
We shall, therefore, have to pass be
twen the warships."
There were not more than a hun
dred persons in the vicinity of the
pier when the submarine came out
from behind the screen of barges
and besides two newspaper dispatch
boats there only were four launches
Jn the stream. The spectators cheered
and waved handkerchiefs at the sail
ors on board who were waving their
caps gleefully. On the conning tower
of the submersible, at the feet of her
commander, was a huge basket of
roses and white flowers, the last gift
of a Baltimore admirer.
None of the Allied cruisers which
had been waiting to intercept the
sub-sea liner nor the United States
neutrality ships which have been pa
trolling the neutral line so closely
was in sight at the time of the sub
marines departure from the capes.
Whether she submerged before
reaching the three-mile limit is un
known. The night was dark and a
heavy sea was running. Hence it was
impossible to determine her move
ments at the distance she was from
the two accompanying boats. They
only knew that she disappeared un
harmed and that to all appearances
she had a clear field ahead to a point
where she could completely sub
merge in safety.
Tug Seemingly Satisfied.
Within half an hour after the last
light of the Deutschland had disap
peared her tug, the Thomas F. Tini
mins, hove into sight Beemlngly sat
isfied with her work and headed up
Chesapeake Bay in the direction or
Baltimore.
Instead of going to Baltimore, to
ward which she headed upon leaving
the Deutschland, the Timmins went
to Norfolk. Captain Hlnsch, in a
Jubilant mood, told how the sub
marine submerged about a mile from
Bhore, and declared that one o't the
last acts of the crew was to give
three cheers for America and the
American people.
"Well, she's off and well on her
way back to the old country," he
exclaimed.
"Just as she started out to sea,"
the captain said. "Captain Koenlg
yelled something to me in farewell
but the submarine was pulling out
rapidly and the distance between us
was too great for me to hear what
he said.
"For about a mile the Deutschland
ploughed boldly through the billows
of the Atlantic. When about a mile
outside the capes, we could see her
lights slowly disappearing as she sub-merge-d."
The captain also declared that the
submersible again will go through
the English Channel!
"There is no change of the English
cruisers finding the Deutschland," he
said. '
Confidence was expressed by the
captain that the Bremen soon woulc
make an American port safely.
Captain HinBch said that one Unit
ed States torpedo-boat destroyer was
the only warship sighted by the
Deutschland before she submerged.
Cotton Not Behaving.
Pageland Journal.
The. damaR" to7 cotton by the con
tinued rains seems to be much great
er in the sand than in the clay. Cot
ton, is usually about matured in the
sanely section by this time of the
vear, while August Is the big month
for cotton in the clay sections. It is
not possible at this time to say what
per cent of a crop will be made. Cot
ton has not behaved at all satisfacto
rily during the past few days.
HOW LONG CAX GERMANY HOLD?
New Itiase of the War Bring the
Question Down to An Endurance
Contest Now Situated a the
South Was After Two Yearn of
War, ;enuany Must Meet the
Wearing Down lroreui.
The Journal has spoken of the il
luminating articles what Mr. Frank
Simonds, of the New York Tribune,
writes each month for the Ueview
of Reviews on the Europen War.
From his article this mouth the fol
lowing extracts are made:
The last days of the second
year of the world conflict saw a mo
mentous change. For the first time
the initiative on all fronts passed to
the enemies of the Central Towers.
n the East, Weht and the South.
German and Austrian troops stood oa
the defensive, outnumbered and sen
sibly recoiling under furious assaults
of Russians, Italians, British, and
French troops. Even la the Balkans
formidable Allied bombardmeuU
seemed to forecast an attack upon
Bulgaria and Sulonlca. Nowhere
save about Verdun, now without im
portance, did the Germans take the
lead and here the results were im
material, as they were inconsiderable.
Not less significant was the fact
that at last the great British army
showed itself ready for the opera
tion which had long been expected
of tt and twice, at Neuve Chapelle
and Loos, demanded of It in vain
These lines are written too soon af
ter the opening of the British attack
to warrant any estimate of the fight
ing quality the new armies have dis
played, but after nearly three weeks
they are still going forward and the
blunders of Loos and Neuve Chapelle
have not been repeated.
Looking backward we see now the
whole great war drama unfolded in
three acts: The German effort to dis
pose France, which ended In the fail
ure at the Marne and the stalemate
n Flanders; the German effort to
dispose of Russia, which terminated
in the Pinsk Marshes and terminat
ed in failure; the German effort to
exhaust France, mortally as well as
physically, which came to naught In
April, when the French were able to
repulse the most desperate of the
German assaults upon the Meuse
lines and thereafter to hold them to
a struggle without Importance or is
sue. Three times Germany, Burroundeo.
by enemies richer in men, in money,
in all material resources, and having
absolute control of the sea, strove to
break the circle of fire about her and
dispose of one of her foes, as Na
poleon disposed of Austria at Austcr
litz, Prussia at Jena, and Russia at
Frfedland in the first and fortunate
phase of his great career as Emperor.
Three times she failed. Under her
blows France and Russia staggered,
but did not fall. Meantime there
was left to Britain the time to make
her new armies, to arm her millions
and put them on the firing-line. They
are now there.
A Xew Phase of the War.
Almost two years ago there was
just Btich a chance for the Allies to
seize the initiative as the have. now
taken. Defeated at the Marne, while
her Austrian ally was routed at the
San and the Bug, Germany seemed
in a desperate posture. But only
France of all the Allies hud been
even measurably ready, there were
lacking to the British all troops save
the few survivors of the first army,
worn to tatters by Mons, Cambral,
the Alsne, and Ypres. France, hav
ing borne the brunt of the terrible
first attack, was in no position to
Btrike.
So the moment passed and Ger
many going east won her great cam
paign of last summer won it on the
battletield, but lost the object, fail
ed to dispose of Russia. Free again,
Germany turned, first south to rescue
Turkey and then west to deal with
France. With Britain still unready
France fought another Marne at the
Meuse and held again. From Feb
ruary to July her gallant pollus clung
to the hills of the Meuse above Ver
dun and beat off the most formidable
and sustained attack this war has
seen, and no other war suggests a
parallel.
It was always certain that Ger
many and Austria would ultimately
have to stand on the defensive un
less they disposed of at least one of
all their foes before Britain was
ready. It was always certain that
they would ultimately lose the in
itiative unless, while they possessed
It, they turned It Into a decisive vic
tory over Russia or, France. And
their failure has been absolute, be
cause all their foes are now on foot,
determined and powerful. The last
chance to win the war In the field
ended for the Central rowers with
the failure before Verdun.
It was the recognition of this fact
that prompted the German proposals
for peace two months ago. It was
the realization of this fact that dic
tated the rejection of the proposal.
by the Allies. We are now entering,
have already entered, a new phase
of the war the fourth act as I
reckon It, counting the Marne. the
Russian campaign, and the Verdun
operations as the other three. Ger
many has failed to conquer her foes;
they are now sufficiently strong In
men and munitions to undertake the
conquest of Germany. For two years
German preparation and efficiency
have overbalanced numbers, wealth,
and sea-power, but there is no longer
any advantage of preparation with
her rather it Is with her foes.
A Civil War Parallel In EuroN.
For two years the South kept the
initiative. She struck at Antletam,
at Gettysburg, at Shiloh. Three
times, twice in the East and once in
the West, she sought a decision. She
failed, and with Gettysburg and the
concomitant fall of Vlcksburg she
I lost the Initiative forever. Hence
forth it became a question not of con
quering the North, but of holding it
off until the people of the North
wearied of the sterile sacrifices and
the terrible cost.
It took nearly two years after
Gettysburg to bring Appamattox
(raut's gieat offensive, of whlcu the
North expected so much, led only to
the drawn battles of the Wilderness
and "spottsylvauia and the shambles
of Cold Harbor in 1864. Yet in this
terrible campaign, counted as a fail
ure at the moment. Grant won the
war. The South had neither the men
nor the resources to replacj the
losses. While the lines befor-j Rich
mond still held, the Confederacy
crumbled to dust.
Now this is in sum what the Al
lies expect to happen in the eas-j or
Germany. They expect that the Ger
mans and the Austrian will no long
ed be able to replace casualties as
the British, the Russians, and the
Italians patently can. Russia's man
supply is inexhaustible; she has al
ready proven this. Britain U only
beginning to draw heavily on lieie.
Italy has niade no draft to speak of.
But France, like Germany and Aus
tria, Is approaching, if she has not
reached, that point where she can no
longer send fresh men to the front
to replace losses and each casualty
therefore diminishes the total of the
men in the line.
The Allies believe that the Ger
mans and Austrians are holding lines
far too extended for their numbers.
Lee did this at Richmond and lost
his army. Napoleon did this in East
ern Germany in his last German cam
paign and suffered defeat, which
turned out to be fatal. The Allies
believe that by steady and concerted
attacks upon all fronts thy will pres
ently wear the Germans and Aus
trians down to the point whero they
must shorten their lines or court dis
aster. But to shorten the lines is to
confess defeat. To evacuate France
or Poland Is to lose the war abso
lutely, because these are the prlzea
Germany holds against her lost
colonies and ocean commerce.
Can the Gorman Lined Hold?
The Germans ussert that they can
hold their present lines indefinitely,
that the Allies will not be willing to
pay the price. This was the argu
ment of the South, proclaimed In the
last newspaper printed in Richmond,
which wet from the press fell into
the hands of the victorious North
ern troops that entered the town. The.
ll..l . K hll.r IkotI- kkiwJ
V
But this is the precise question that
is now raised. This is the new issue.
No one In France, Russia, or Bri
tain expects to reach the Rhine or
the Oder this year. It is doubtful
If there is any general hope in Allied
capitals that Belgium can be liberat
ed before snow flies. The Russians
do not expect to approach Cracow or
Rosen, probably not to reclaim war
saw or Lodz, before the year-end.
The utmost that the Allies hope
Is that France may be freed of Ger
man troops between the Meuse and
ihe sea, that the German hold upon
Belgium may be shaken, that Austria
may have to surrender more of
Galicla. So much for map hopes,
but, what Is more vital, the Allies
hope and believe that the concentrat
ed and continuing attaeK on an
fronts will begin to wear down Ger
man power of resistance, tax German
man-power beyond its limits, and
establish clearly the ultimate out
come of the struggle If it is prolong
ed to its natural end.
We are at the beginning or four
months of fighting, more Intense, more
bloody, more terrible than 1 lilt war
has yet seen. At Its close the Allies
believe that Germany will know her
self beaten and knowing herseii
beaten be ready to discuss peace on
the basis that peace can be had. The
four months will cost Geimany far
more than a million casualties, they
will cost Austria not less than half
as many. Britain ana uussia ie
the men to pay the price, wnnc
France and Italy will make mateiial
contribution. Bu the real te-t must
be In the casualty lists. In the capaci
ty to bear them on the two sides of
the battle front. The war of exhaus
tion has at last reached the decisive
point. And It Is to the war of ex
haustion rather than to the war cf
position that we must turn to lind an
answer to the riddle of the world
war. Can Germany pay the price and
hold? This is the whole question
now.
Lnte News Not en.
Progressive leaders who were dis
satisfied with Mr. Roosevelt's refusal
to run for President and his endorse
ment of Hughes, met yesterday in
Indianapolis, and decided to put out
presidential electors In some states
and leave their party men to vote ac
they please in other states. Mr.
Parker of Alabama will continue to
be the candidate for vice president,
with no head for the ticket.
General J. S. Carr of Durham has
gone to western North Carolina for
the purpose of giving his personal
help to the people who suffered by
the flood. Congress has appropriat
ed $540,000 for relief work In North
and South Carolina and Alabama. It
will be distributed under the direc
tion of the secretary of war.
A heavy Btorm visited Albemarle
yesterday and did considerable 'dam
age. The creek which runs through
the town was four feet higher than
It had ever been known. At Baden
lightning struck the house of Mr.
Thomas Maness and tore to splinters
the bed on which he and his baby
were lying without hurting the.m in
the least.
AN ENGLISH KNIGHT HANGED
SHI IUX; El t CASEMENT, IRISH
REBEL EXECUTED YESTERDAY
Showed Unconcern Till the laixt
Joined Catholic Church Recently
Hope of Commutation Pi-iK-lle;
Day Before Government Inmioo
Statement r Why Mercy Wa .ot
Shown.
With only two chaplains and minor
officials of the Government looking
ou. Roger Casement, once knighteu
for his services to the Crown while
a British Consul, was hanged as a
traitor in the Peutonville jail in Lou
don yesterday. The trap was sprung
at one minute alter 'J o clock and
when a single stroke of the prison
bell annouueed the grim fact to a
waiting crowd outside only a chorus
of cheers and groans replied, while
at one spot a group of about 30 Irish
women tell on their knees and prayed
for the soul of their fellow country
man. Casement, convicted of conspiring
to cause an armed revolt iu Ireland
and with having sought German aid
to that end, met his death with calm
courage, according to witnesses, and
his last utterance was "I die tor my
country." .
Early in the morning the priests of
the Roman Catholic church ad
ministered the last rites in the cell
Of the condemned man and short;
afterward a little procession headed
by the clergymen with Casement fol
lowing, a warden on either side, pro
ceeded to the execution shed, only
live yards away.
' As the party reached the shed
Where the gallows was erected the
special executioner, a bair dresser
named Ellis, approached Casement
and quickly pinioned him. The twe
chaplains, the under-sheriff of Lon
don and the under-sheriff of Middle
sex then took up their positions la
front of the scaffold. Casement
mounted the gallows steps firmly and
oouimended his spirit to God as he
stepped on the trap. A moment la
fct the lever was pulled. Casement
was pronounced dead at nine min
utes after t o'clock. As Is the cus
tom in the case of prisoners hanged
tor crimes similar to that of Case
ment, his body will be buried in quick
lime in the prison yard, but prob
ably no decision as to the burial will
D UIliQC UQU1 Klier 111
b praae. until after the inquest.
the shadow of the scaffold
Casement showed small concern over
his fate. He ate heartily the nigh:
before and apparently slept normally.
He was allowed to wear civilian,
with the exception of a collar, hav
ing been clothed in convict garb dur
ing hla imprisonment. Whatever
hopes he may have bad of a reprieve
were dashed to earth the day before
when Lord Robert Cecil, Parliamen
tary Under-Secretary of Foreign Af
fairs, announced the Government
would not Interfere with the sen
tence. All the members of Casement's
family were Protestants and he was
brought up In that faith but became
a convert to Roman Catholicism
within the last few weeks. On June
29 he was registered a member ol
the Roman Catholic church and since
that time Fathers McCarrell and
Carey of Edln Grove church, near the
prison, have be-en ministering to
him. He received his first and only
communion at 7:00 in the morning
when he assisted at muss In his cell.
One of his attendants said that his
overpowering love for God and Ire
land was most striking.
In explanation of the government's
refusal to reprieve Roger Casement,
Lord Robert Cecil gave to the Asso
ciated I'ress me lonowing siaiemcni;
"No doubt of Casement's guilt ex
ists. No one doubts that the court
and jury arrived at the right verdict.
The only ground for a reprieve would
be political expediency, a uiincuu
ground to put forward in this county-
....
"This country never could Btrain
the law to punish a man for the
same reason that it could not strain
the law to let one off.
"The Irish rebellion began with the
murder of unarmed people, both sol- j
diers and police. No grieveanee jus
tified it and it was purely a political
movement orgainzed by a Bmall flec
tion of Irish people who still hate
England and was assisted by Ger-1
many.
"There was and Is in tnts country
the greatest possible Indignation
against these people. There is no
doubt that Casement did everything
possible to assist this rebellion in ex
oneration with the Germans. There
can be no doubt that he was moved
by enmity for this country.
The contention mat ne lanuea in
Ireland for the purpose of prevent
ing the rebellion-Is demonstrably
false. No such assertion was made
by counsel at the trial.
"Casement was much more malig
nant and hoBtile to this country than
were the leaders of the rising who
were caught with arms In their hands.
He visited military prisons in uer-
many with the Intention of persuad
ing Irish soldiers to throw off their
allegience. All sorts of promises
were made for the improvement or
the conditions of these men to Induce
them to join the Irish legion. An
enormous majority thus approached
refused and thereafter were subjected
to increased hardships by the Ger
mans. "From among these Irish soldiers
a number has since been repatriated
as hopeless Invalids and they subse
quently died. They looked upon
Casement as their murderer.
"Nor is there any grounds, public
nr nrivAtP. Kn far as we know, which
can be quoted in mitigation of Case
ment's crime and I do not think any
government doing its duty could In
terfere with the sentence which has
been passed on him."
Evangelist and Music Man Fought.
Rev. F. D. King, a native of this
county who is an evangelist with
headquarters in Charlotte, and Maur
ice Manning, manager of Stent's mu
sic house, had quite a fight on the
street iu Charlotte. Tuesday. They
were arrested and each fined a penny
and the cost. The fight caused some
stir.
According to Constable W. L. Aus
tin, the arresting officer in the case,
the two men met in front of the post
office and engaged in an argument
relative to an alleged letter which
King was said to h.ne written Man
ning. Constable Austin claimed that Man
ning asked King whether or not the
latter intended apologizing for the
letter. King is t-aid to have replied
that he did not know whether he did
or not.
Following the doubtful reply of
the evangelist. Manning is then said
to have demanded that King remove
his glasses and fight.
King, according to Constable Aus
tin, then struck Manning with a
stick and the fight was under way.
Crowds of men and boys who had
been watching the proceedings from
the front of the Y. M. C. A. building
and from the steps of the Law build
ing rushed to the scene and formed
an impromptu ring.
Although neither contestant pos
sessed seconds nor fought under the
Queensbury rules of the game, wit
nesses claim that the fight was a reg
ular one and before it had been
brought to an end by the untimely
Interference of Constable Austin,
both men had succeeded in getting in
some telling licks.
Not at the Ton, lint Climbing.
Orison Swett Maiden.
This was the motto of a recent
graduating class in a New York hign
school. Another graduating class
had for its motto "Ever Onward."
Both mottoes are excellent, stimu
lating, inspiring. Each suggests
growth. Each means that whoever
would live up to it must keep grow
ing, ever choose upward.
If each member of this two grad-
llntini? rt:muw ulmnlrl e:wh lilll'ti lit I
class motto into his very conscious
ness until It stood out in letters eit
living light, ever present to his mind;
if he should have it printed aud fram
ed and put up in his sleeping room;
if he should carry it in his pocket,
and put It up before him in his place
of business or wherever he was, so
that he could see It constantly and
be dally and hourly reminded of his
graduation ambition;. if he should
bo hold his class motto In bis heart
that he would be perpetually spurred
to square his lite with it, what
splendid things those young grad
uates would accomplish!
A motto, which is merely the ex
pression of an Ideal, often determine'!,
a whole destiny. A single motto or
maxim has been the turning point in
many a career. The value ol a high
Ideal, crystallized in one uplifting
sentence, constantly held in mind,
can hardly be estimated. How often
has It encouraged one to look up and
on when tempted to look down and
back! How often has it led one to
soar when tempted to grovel!
Many a man owes his success In
life to the inspiration of a single
book, a chance remark, a lecture, or
perhaps a sermon. An English tan
ner, whose leather had gained a great
reputation, said ho should not have
made it so good had he not read Car
lyle. So, many a man has done much
better work In life because of his in
fluence of a motto.
Thousands of people have been
held to their tasks by an inspiring
motto when but for it failure or
discouragement would have turned
them buck.
Arago, the great mathematician
and astronomer, says in his auto
biography, that when he was puzzled
and discouraged with difficulties he
met with in his early studies in
mathematics some words he found on
the waste leaf of his lexicon caught
his attention and Interested him. He
found It to be a short letter from
D'Alembert to a young person, dis
heartened like himself, and read:
"Go on, sir, go on. The difficulties
you meet With will resolve them
selves as you advance. Proceed and
light will dawn and shine with in
creasing clearness on your path."
"That maxim," he said, "was my
greatest maBter In mathematics."
I have never known a person who
made it a life rule not to give way to
discouragement, but to do his level
best, everywhere and always, who
did not make his life a masterpiece.
And nothing helps more to keep one
up to his best than trying to model
his conduct and work on a high ideal.
Nothing so strengthens the mind snd
enlarges the horizon of manhood
and womanhood as a constant effort
to measure up to a worthy ambition.
It stretches the thought, ai it were,
to a larger measure, and touches the
life to finer Issues.
"I dream dreams and see visions,
and then I paint my dreams and my
visions," was Raphael's reply to one
who had asked him how he made
his marvelous pictures. Back of the
work ever glows the dreams, the
aspiration of the worker. Its nature
determines whether he shall fulfill
the high purpose of our being, or be
come castaways, flotsam and jetsam
on life's ocean.
"Not at the top, but climbing."
"Ever onward," "Lifting better up to
best," or any other aspiring motto
followed conscientiously, lived up to
day in and day out, would make a
masterpiece of any human being.
IT'S A RURAL CHAUTAUQUA
CO.MAIUX1TY SCHOOL AT IX.
D1AX TRAIL IS A MARVEL
jThe State's IteM Kvtien Have Keen
On Hand All Week Giving First
Hand Instruction on All Ituisr of
Kural Life. The Home, the School,
the Chiinh, the I aim. Health ami
Efficiency in Every Line-, Are (he
Subject I inler Discussion.
The first community rural life
school ever staged in the Unit
ed Slates bus been in full swing all
this tek at Indian Trail. That coiu
niunity counts itself most fortunate
in having been s. k-eted fi.r the first
experiment. It was already a pro
gressive rommtiniiv iimler tii lemt.
eiship of such n.e n as J. Railings
and J. E. lliuom ami others. It wll
be more progressive after ihis. and
the influence of the !- heol will not
slop in that locality. U waj design
ed to be a rural chautanriu li - the
whole county and nothing but ti. : r -hu'U
of the v t weather iiiis tood in
fro wsy. As was the attendance
has teen good, am' ha i it a. en pos
sible for the farmers to be up with
their work there would hu3 been
four times as many on hand.
Few people have fully grasped the
great significance of this school. It
is not a farmers institute, it is really
a rural Chautauqua dealing with
every Dhase of rural ronunnnltv lif.i
It is both practical and Inspirational.
it is in charge of men and women
gathered from the hesr
eral organizations under whose aus
pices it was launched. These men
and women are not onlv evnrrt nr
practical experience and wisdom, but
men and women of great vision, and
who have learned from lorn? vni
of work and exnerience In their line.
Just what is needed in every com
munity to make individual and co
operative life the beef.
The school opened Mondav morn
ing and will close this afternoon,
after Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State superin
tendent or education, makes iin nd-
dress. On Tuesday Maj. Graham,
commissioner of agiiculiure. spoke,
and on Wednesday nresident Kid-
dick Of the A. & M. Colleire pave a
vision both Imaginative and practical
of what our rural cemmunities can
be. Prof. N. W. Walker of ihe Uni
versity is present today with Mr.
Joyner. Besides the visitors all our
home people engaged in the several
lines of work are on hand giving sup
port to the work.
The school has benn a marked suc
cess. It will now be put on In other
counties of the State and will no
doubt eventually spread all over the
country. It is but the beginning.
People who insist upon practicabili
ty ought to be satisfied with the va
rious agencies In the State, all of
which Is carrying its culture right to
the door of the average citizen. A
school like this will give any sec
tion in which It Is he Id the very best
from nil these agencies from the
State University down. Mr. Crosby,
who originated the school, is to be
congratulated upon his idea.
How Cn Such Men Do Such Things?
Wadesboro Ansonian.
The editor of this paper has re
ceived from the mother of a promis
ing boy a letter asking if something
can not be done to stop the sale of
intoxicating bitters and drinks at a
little grocery store near where the
boy works. The letter comes from
an Anson county village and the
mother of this boy says that condi
tions around that little store on Sat
urday afternoons are very bad in
deed. Men and boys gather around
the place and the language and . con
duct there are anything but good.
The man who keepN the store is re
garded ns one of the "leading ritl
cens" of the county. He is a kind
hearted man and would go out of
his way to do n kindness to a fellow
man. For that reason we wonder
why he continues to sell to those men
and boys ciders and other drinks
which destroy their better natures
and make them unfit companions for
that mother's young son. The man
we are writing about is reading this
and wondering if we have him in
mind. He knows that he is making
himself a nuisance to his community
by violating one of the wisest laws
ever placed on the books. Knowing
this, he ought to think of what it will
mean to him and to his family if he
should be tried, convicted and given
a road sentence for violating the law
of his State for gain. A man in want
may steal, a person in a fit of anger
may make an assault and commit
murder; but what excuse is there for
the man who. with forethought and
caring only for what there is in it for
him, violates the law for gain? Of
course officers of the law sometimes
wink at these violations of the law
and especially when men prominent
In the community life are guilty, but
It is too great a risk to run. even
though there was no moral wrong
connected with the degraded and de
grading business. It will not be long
before public entlment will not toler
ate such men and In any-yWszc-ate
such men in any community.
It will at least demand that they
leave the society of good citizens and
take their proper place among the
recognized criminal class, many of
whom would not violate the law
merely for the sake of gain. How can
a sensible man sandbag his conscience
in this manner for the sake of a few
dollars profit each week?
The highwayman who requests his
victim to throw up bis-hands and
throw down his arms simultaneously
is asking too much.
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