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UNDAY MORNING. . .SEPT 30, 1916.
Maryland is now all
Maryland Rye.
awry over
Well, Mr. Hughes is getting exer
cise if not votes.
The bakers certainly appear to be
rising young men.
No State has laws against oratori
cal pugilism. '
The Bremen may not be afloat, but
rumors are.
Wilson, is indulging in straight talk
to crooked people.
Just so the Mexican joint commis
sion doesn't get out of joint.
No picture of Theodore Roosevelt
is genuine unless a speaking likeness.
Hughes is working the eight-hour
day twenty-four hours each day.
! Wheat doesn't seem to be the flour
of any man's family these days.
Hold the game! Maybe the bakers
got the yeast in the price instead of
in the bread.
"Shot Him in Rage." Waving aside
the mystery of the anatomical refer
ence, isn't it what may be called
cross-fire ?
Colonel Roosevelt is so appropriate.
He opened his speech-making tour
last night in Battle Creek, Mich. He
should finish it in Waterloo, Iowa.
Japan asserts that s,he intends to
keep- China's door open. In other
words, ajar with the accent on the
jar.
New London has lost the Interna
tional Commission as a source of pub
licity, but still has the coming of the
Bremen.
We doubt if Mr. Hughes professes
to be a follower of Terpsichore, but
as a sidestepper he is not only nim
ble, but often gracefully disgraceful.
News of the death of a famous
French alienist reminds that the
alienistic business is not what it used
to be when Harry Thaw was inthe
limelight.
- We can understand that Mr. Taft
measures up to the G. O. P. elephant
in -size and Mr. Roosevelt in bellow
ing, but what about Mr. Hughes? Is
it the thickness of his hide?
' The King of Greece, according to
report, called a-conference of Premier
Kalbgeropoulos and General Moscho
poulos. After which he was, no doubt,
out of breath, and couldn't confer. .
"A' ;New Yorker indignantly wants to
know-rif 'Secretary Lansing sang the
"Marseillaise." The only doubt about
ah atrocity in the case, however, is
the character of Mr. Lansing's voice.
I' , . . The spirit of revolt indeed appears
f tob .contagious among the bewhis
kered of the human species. A glimpse
: X ' at a pictnfe of Venizelos shows that
: " he alsib has a big hirsute attachment.
. The Columbia State wonders vhat
has "become of Bill Sulzer. Unless
The State feels .that it should locate
Cthe danger' spot, so it can be avoided,
we fajl to understand its craving not
to let trouble remain asleep
v We would indeed tremble for the
Christianity of Charles Evans Hughes
vif President Wilson had occasion to
U publicly defend ' the Ten i Command
ments, because Hughe . would be
compelled to disagree and assail Wil-
son for his position.
'Live your life so that when age hag
; dhnmecL the eye and halted the step
you wonM: have to be forced into the
coniraae8Iup oi,uia tf&. xrez, out
-Xone -K J& dor8ed-t,Watson . had injected; , guilt for! Service at Peterson & Rulfs.
It may be so as human uature goes.'
especially in this great cosmopolitan
country, where all' classes, all creeds,
all voices, are on the same plane
and no one who has watched America
grow would have it otherwise that
Woodrow Wilson will be defeated. It
may be so h&t emotional commotion
and . thoughtless recklessness will
prove too much of a burden tr him
to shake off; that the - numbers of
those who place envy and spite above
all else, combined with'hose.VwIio.
honestly think differenUv on;the Ilig
questions, may .beV8iimtfentDVr.
whelm Wilson and, he will - be van
quished. It is not impossible -that a
'majority of loyal Americans may be
whipped at the polls. Not that there
is iny this Country a majority of peo-
pie who do not believe first in Amer
ica, who are not broad-minded enough
to weigh the great domestic problems
of this country against International
questions; who are so insatiated with
madness and so intoxicated ! with 'de
sire for vengeance that they would
place any one foreign question above
all else. But there is ah army of!
a minority bf loyal Americans, who
may differ on domestic problems,
could prove of sufficient strength to
reach the goal. . That is unfortunate,
and may be far reaching in its evil
effect.
Nothing will serve the purpose of
arousing the loyal minority better
than such telegrams as Jeremiah
QLeary sent the President of the
United States. Nothing will do more
to stir all loyal Americans to the
necessity for action, to make them
cast aside bickerings and cement
themselves than such a display of
spleen and un-Americanism. Nothing
could better trumpet the warning
than O'Leary's telegram, and' no
greater shibboleth could be sounded
than the answer thereto.
O'Leary, as' unpleasant as is the in
cident, has made a valuable contri
bution to the Wilson campaign. Like
the drunken man who, by voice and
action, discloses the sober man's
thoughts, O'Leary has pointed to the
ambush. In his joy of gloating, in his
hysteria for vengeance, O'Leary over
steps the bounds. He discloses the ;
dirk, and forewarned is to be , fore- j
armed. As painful as may be the:
revelation to American . citizens, it is j "It's 800 by October 10th or 'bust,'"
better to have the revelation than to writes Secretary Huntington, of the
be lead into ambush. j Wilmington Young Men's Christian
"Your, telegram received." replied LAssociation, in a stirring rally cry to
Mr. Wilson to O'Leary. "I would feel J increase the jnentership"bf that insti
deeply mortified to have you or any- j tution. As this addition would only
body like you vote for me. Since you i mean sixty new members in ten days
have access to many disloyal Amer:- j it wouldv seem that the task should
cans and I have not, I will ask you j be easily accomplished. It should be
to convey this message to them' I three-score and more; many more.
There is no quibbling in this an- The Y. M. C. A. means a big thing to
swer. It rises to the heights . and ' the young men of the city, and in
sounds the battlecry. All patriots j building them stronger morally,
may not respond, as some may be
engrossed with so many other things
that they will fail to hear, or hearing ! There is nothing namby-pamby
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will fail 'to appreciate the danger, and f about the Y. M. C. A. It is an insti
for that reason a loyal minority, i tution for red-blooded young men. It
linked with disloyal Americans, may appeals with thoughts that are strong
be in the majority but Woodrow j of physique, and it provides an indoor
Wilson will go down with his flag j playground, where young men develop
flying. That is worth something, A . into healthy specimens.
triumphant conscience is worth more j And the Y. M. C. A. of Wilmington,
than a victorious political cause that j Ab, we do not believe there is & better
does not beat in accord. ; one anywhere. Not only in the hand-
: someness of the modernly appointed
WHERE THE WORLD LOSES. j building, but in the great equipment,
j including swimming pool and gymna-
A splendid type of manhood at ! slum, and in the many ways for men
tractive in personality, commanding ! tal exercise and development that are
in character, lovable in avsposition, j offered.
admirable 'in ability laid down life's j Secretary Huntington has thrown
burdens when James H. Southgate, of i a good slogan to the breeze -in "It's
Durham, passed into eternity. His i
ideal was God, and he showed his I
faith in his ideal and his loyalty to
that faith by deeds. Of course, few
men there are who do not acknowl
edge this ideal and proclaim it' but
so many fall short by failing to serve
him in deeds.
"Not every one who saith unto me, i
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the King
dom of ,Heaven; but he that doeth the
will of my father that Is In heaven."
James H Southgate belonged to the
faithful band; he understood and did
not delay. He labored vigorously andJ
incessantly not fanatically, for those
thingVwnich helped his fellow-man,
bringing them nearer the Throne by
their own realization and apprecia
tion. He was tolerant with the weak,
ready to forgive and help those who
had- sinned, and encouraging to those
who were faltering. He was a man
of marked ability;, he was a progres
sive, citizen; an orator of matchless
power, and he a successful business
man. Yet all these things, as great
as they may be and as fascinating as
they are to the public, paled alongside
the heart of the man, and that mili
tant spirit of Christianity that while
fighting evil yet made him hold out
hia hand to the sinner to lift him . to
his feet, and to battle by his side for
atonement, though the public might
want to be unforgiving; at least sus-
picious.
The world suffers indeed- when it
loses a man; of this type, and the peo
ple cannot help but mourn.
It is reported that the Bleasites "in
South Carolina are getting up a "Re
form, party." Move.tn'am7 hv
striking out the letter "R" and sub
If;tthe Republican leaders iaret not
playing both sides against the middle
, they5 are guilty of contributory neg
ligence and therefore should be hld
accountable by the people for dam-
age. If success . at -the polls crowns
such a game what 4s bound to result
frdm that success? Nothing short 7 of
bitter disappointment for one ; side t
cajpledf " tfickedV or7 perhaps, -coerced
into ' enlisting in the pause with 'at
tendant general : melee. . ;
The ;ink had hardly grown . cold on
Uhe telegram sent by Jeremiah
j OF .who. heads a violent anti-
Wilson movement, ' before Theodore
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Rosevelt was assailing the President
for his attitude in direct opposition
from that which 'O'Leary would have
had. . The! public found O'Leary "at-
tacking the President for being pro-
British, for not favoring the Teutonic
allies, by indulging in the clearly un
neutral action of attempting to pro
hibit the flotation .of bonds and the
shipment of munitions of war, neither
of which position would have been up-
( held by International law, nor had
called forth a protest from Germany,
and in less than twenty-four hours
afterwards Theodore Roosevelt,
sought by Republican leaders to take
the stump in behalf of Charles E.
Hughes, was found denouncing the
President for not warring on Ger
many.
Those who would follow O'Leary
blindly should at least digest the de
nunciation by Roosevelt and under
stand that the moneyed men who
i made possible the flotation of
Anglo-French bonds are . backing the
Republican candidate.
"He '(President Wilson) did not
hold Germany to strict accountabil
ity," shouted Theodore Roosevelt in
his speech yesterday4 at Battle Creek,
Mich. "He did not hold her to any
accountability, strict or loose," he
continued. -
Of course, Roosevelt, the drafted,
not volunteer advocate of Hughes,
lugged in the conquest of Belgium by
the Germans. While ancient history
now, it keeps repeating itself.
FOR A BIGGER MEMBERSHIP.
mentally and physically it means a
big thing to the community.
800 by October 10th or 'bust.' " It is
fascinating, stimulating and should
prove a winner. Here's hoping!
WOMEN SEEK AN EMBARGO.
Club women of . Chicago, not the
frivolous kind, but those who think of
the home, those who keep the house-
hold together and safe, and who link
humanity with happiness, are seeking
an embargo on the shipment of grain.
Women everywhere are feeling the
pressure bf the high price of flour, but
these Chicago women are near the
great wheat belt; they rub shoulders,
so to speak, with the great wheat
market; they have opportunity for
seeing what women in the East do not
see. So they ask for an embargo,
which is necessary. If not what is
the cause of the high price ? The gov
ernment can serve the people in no
better way than in facing this probr
ltm and fighting it out to a finish; to
a quick finish.,
Of course, it may be so that there
is a corner growers, brokers or bak
ers. If so, bare it, but do something.
Whatever is the remedy it cannot be
doubted that the disease prevails.
Governmental diagnosis and govern?
mental remenc crire are necessary.
It is indeed a sorrowful 'spectacle
to behold a man of ability . having to
resort to sensational novelty, forced
to , seek mud-slinging ways in order
to be different and therefore
be . noticed. Such , appeal's to be the
fate, however, of Thomas Watson, of j
Georgia. Before the Georgia State j 0ct0Der 2nd; will bear 4 per centf. corm
Democratic convention he fought en- j Pund Interest from October 1st. In
dorsement of Woodrow Wilson. Of ,terest wiU be comPteJ January-1st.
course, the convention turned a deaf
ear . and Wilson was
rousingly en-j
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u Just what, merit that new mechanic
,cal fighting, jengiheiveritable, demon
of: throbbing ?irdhi d jsteeVpossesses
is puzzling, as reports : conflict, Lon
don .. proclaims it irresistible 'and
the stunts that it performs seem more
like the acUons'df some ogre of witch
ery tales, while dispatches from Ber
lin describe it as a failure.
While the world might gasp ,( it
would hardly be surprised if it did
even alL the gruesomely grotesque j
and monumentally , horrible things
that Hall Caine claims. So astound
ing has been inventions for dealing
out death, wholesale death, that noth -
mg now seems impossible.
But if the English have an armored
car of the strength told of it will only
be a little while before Germany will
have such and bettev The Germans
cannot be. matched for ingenuity and
initiative, and cannot be surpassed in
daring. '
WHAT IS THE REWARD?
Wliile interrogations are . in order,
would Theodore Roosevelt mind tell
ing the public what office he has been
promised, or what office he expects to
get if Charles Evans Hughes is elect
ed? This might help clarify the at
mosphere. Will the Colonel not confide in the
public, which will promise to believe
him this time, in the face of the fact
that he once pledged himself not to
run again for President and did. Or,
perhaps, Mr. Hughes will condescend
to answer, even though he once pro
claimed thata member of the Su
preme Court -should not leave that
tribunal to run for President.
Straw votes may or may not show j
how the political winds blow. But at
that the wind is apt to shift; gener-!
ally does, many times, in the period '.
of a month. ' ' So .the straw vote is j
probably Ue the man of straw, which j
is create to be knocked down. i
SOME COME BACKS.
We Didn't Have NenXe to Say It.
(Raleigh News and Observer.) . ,
The Wilmington Dispatch hastens tb
inform the public that it is three i
months to Christmas. We chime in to
suggest that you "Do your Christmas!
shopping early." '
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About to Lose Our Reputation.
(Rocky Mount Telegram
To think of this suggestion from
that model of the fashion plate
James Cowan, of the Wilmington Dis
patch, who declares, "If the barbers
raise the price of hair cuts to 3o cents
and men apirTtot willing for the
wiv4s-roplace a soupbowl on their '
heads an tr yu . their loks ,we can i
see . where the tonsonal artists wu
pretty soon be using their scissors
clip coupons instead of hair."
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Sure, Jtfief Sign pt lyfbfet? Promising.
( Gre en s borb pa i fy Ne w s . )
Congressman Godwin and his Re
publican opponent. Mr. McCaskill. of
Fayette ville have been joint debat
ing. The latter, it seems, criticised
the former in ' no gentle way" and
Godwin- seems to observed that
Mr.;
McCaskill was a liar. The Wilming
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ton Dispatch thinks that, having got
this start, the gentlemen' may grad
ually warm up to a real lively discus
sidn. Britton Also Has an Alibi.
(Kinston Free Press.)
Here comes Britton and alleges, as
iuu uixki autsgts,
ceipt of our invite
lir in October. He
an Free Press re-
did Cowan, non-rec
to attend a real fair
says: "The Kinston
proaches us for failing to respond to
its 'cordial invite' to attend a raal fair
that is to be pulled off iuKinston in
pctober. Never touched us. for we
never got that invite. 'Kum! Kum!!'
along with it." No reproach intend
ed, did Man, just didn't want to plead
lack of time for making ready to leave
your "mill" for the occasion. The
dates are October 24 to 27. and don't
forget to Kum! Kum!' (R. S. V. P.
in your columns with a boost for the
second annual exhibition of the big
ten county fair at Kinslon.)
COLONEL "MY" EXPLAINS.
(Fayetteville Observer.)
Wilmington Dispatch: "Will Editor
Myrover, of the Fayetteville Observer,
kindly explain if there is anything
significant in the announcement that
the capital of Upper Cape Fear is to
erect a theatre an,d a hospital? . Is
the latter for the actors when thejf
incur s the wrath of a Fayetteville au
dience?" The hospital, Brother Cow
an, is being erected to take care of
the overflow from,, the excellent hos
pitals now in operation in Fayetteville.
The bad ... actors and other bad folks
will be taken to the. Stein roof garden,
where the lessee and manager, Mr.
R. H. Buckingham, will heap coals of
fire on their heads by, killing the fat
ted calf, and then , if s they don't be
good, he'll shove 'em overboard.
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These are handsome suits of 1-2
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