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THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 1 918. AGE FOUR 1 HI IIIHPTM uvu biuit DISPATCH urn lit s S; ; V Published (i)AILY AND SUNDAY BY DISPATCH PUBLISHING CO. TELEPHONES: 3eneral Manager's Office.......... 44 Vdvertising Department,.. .176 Circulation Department. .. . 176 Managing Editor 44 litf -Editor.'... 05 FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE. XEMBKB. OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively enti tled to the ase for republication of all new Ilspatehes credited to it or not otherwise credited' in this' paper and also the locai - i.ni....i All Hsrhts of TG- -.aolicatlon of special dispatches herein ar lisp resenea; ; by mail: .OfcBr rt Sunday.. -J ,Daily fd Sunday, Six Months. .13.09 Daily and Sunday, 3 Months g.w 3tm$Lay0nly. One Tear .. .?A0O fipZHV&RD BY CARRIER: Dally and Sunday, per week. ...15c Dr When Paid in Advance at Offiw baily and Sunday, One Year. ...J7.00 JDaily Mid Sunday, Six Monthhs. . .J3.&0 Da Mil SunflflT. S Months. --170 Sunday Only, One Year, . . .....$2.0tf Sniered at the Pofstoffice in wilming te, jN. Cl, as 8econd Class Matter. :s r;',;;" Foreign Representatives: "rpst,.5reen and Kohn, Inc., 225 Fifth Ayeaut, New Rrk. Advertising uiidiag, Chicago. 'FIJI PAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918, We'an't understand" why Mr. Bry fn'got left in Elizabeth City. Kultur is taking a rather unplea3 n turn for the Kaiser. - Daniels' ' wineless navy appears to s thriving on its natural drink. im;-'r . $ Speaking of one doggone thing aft-Vj-&ather. Say, did you ever work "i ia" newspaper? a TeJ suppose the last air raid on London was a reprisal for the one )si before it. p Thfi ' President ha3 not overlooked t ie importance of the embattled farm- j'Woman Proposes to Her Dream usDand,'; Most of them do, then iafcesjip i "Emperor William. Epr Peace by Weement.". Provided the peace rms: agree with his. ainis. i Asheviile is to have a municipal " Most cities have munic- iggery ,al hogs. WILMINGTON BED CROSS, The. annual meeting of the jyil mington Chapter of the American Red Cross hold yesterSp.y was a gath ering of the membership r of ono of he most important o-ganlzatlonc 'n this city, regardless of the cpka. ttock, and was a meeting which doubt- les failed to. attract the attention its mportance demanded. There was a time when a gathering of this charac- acter received no more than passing attention, and we have been so ac customed to this lack of public inter est that nownre hardly appreciate It, certainly to the ixtent it deserves. When the war clouds gathered, one rf te first .rganizations ir. he coun try to prepare for the struggle was the Red Cross; its work taking sec ond place only to that of the War and Navy Departments) and the prepara tions for the struggle went long: hand in hand with those, of the government. Today when the American army is just entering into active participation in the fighting, we find the Red Cross ready to render its services. There will be no occasion to wait for the members of that body; it is standing at attention ready for every op portunity to do its duty in the cause of mercy and its country. Right .along with the :gigantic and successful preparations of the nation al body, the Wilmington chapter has marched. Every call made upon it has been met promptly; often mora than met. There has been no delay; no excuse offered, but the members at all times and under all conditions have attended to the business at hand. Whether it was members, money, boxes containing either com forts. or necessities for the soldiers, or what not that was asked, the ask ing in the case of the Wilmington chapter, meant the receiving. There is to be found no where in this land of ours a body of women more loyal, more patriotic, more capable and more willing than in the the Wil mington Red' Cross chapter. With a membership of more -than 5,0A0; officered by splendid efficiency; filled with the spirit of patriotism and tireless willingness, the looal Red Cross is an important cog in the great machine this government -has set in action for the democratization of the world and the salvation of our principles. GERMAN PROPAGANDA. Fro-German propagandists and Tu mor mongers now work hand in hand upholding the cause of the Kaiser, and his German Reichstag.. Not only do they hope to give comfort and aid to the enemy but also to instil into In The News George P. Edmunds, former United States Senator from Vermont, and for many years a Republican leader of NationsJ ' prointde, today reaches the s9 i ioiaxCrc-3n4l-t.3n. Mr. Ed- the. hearts of those at home a f ear j raur.ds was bom and reared in Ver- for the welfare of those in the trench es. Recently in New York City agents of the German government, envious of the work dons by the Red Cross for the Allied cause, sought to deliver a blow to this organization, which, if successful, would rob it of all its pres tige. It was said that a New York woman had knitted a- sweater with wool bought from the Red Cross, and had returned the sweater to the Red Cross for delivery to her son, after she had sewed into the folds of the garment a ten-dollar note. A few weeks went by, and her son who was in training camp had not receiv ed either sweater or money. While walking along a main tbxougbfare one day she met a woman in a nurse uni form wearing a garment -similar to the one she had knitted. She asked permission to see the sweater. The nurse consented and upon inspection the sweater proved to be the one which the woman had knitted, with the ten-dollar bill still intact The story has been spread by rumor-mongers to the effect "that sweaters for soldiers never reach them. It is all a part of lying German propaganda. Officials of the American Defense Society, a national organization with headquarters in New York, which numbers among its officers such men as David Jayne Hill and Theodore Roosevelt, request that all rumor mongers, and suspiciously acting men or women be reported by patriotic citizens to the nearest police station, vigilance corps leader, or to the De partment of Justice. The motto of the Defense Society is "Serve at the Front, .or 8erye at Home!' Those fellows who are predicting the date for the ending of the war must either not have a reputation for prophecy or are mighty careless with the one they have. CONTROL OF RAILWAYS. General Smuts does not give such dark view of South-African affairs, sijime might have expected. t The newspapers are having a lot to yv during 'the past few' days about awi but it is ice, no Harry. r'Valuable Lot of Brass in Hands :Ppliee4-Headline. They don't j.vays carry it in their hands. An English Girl Jollied Her Way kfough Belgium.' Headline. Sounds pre jike:" .she was an American girl. i Ou?: expenditures for war are far 1 low; the estimates. Why don't some drfr Jbaqujsitiye Congressmen start ;toVestigation ? ; - 'herVDnite Government control of railroads is such a radical change in America that the people have hardly yet re covered from the announcement of its going into effect some time ago, and it doubtless wii be some time be fore there is a crystallization of opin ion on its merits. Howevar, It has not been revolutionary enough in its op eration to produce any noticeably change in public sentiment; in fact, the people, did they not read of the change, would hardly be aware of It In taking over the control, the na tion has followed, in a general way, thelead of England, and the experi ence of that government is of much interest to -Americana at this time. The following aummary of the railway control by the" English government is taken from a speech delivered in. the Senate January 4 by Senator Henry F. Hollis, of New Jersey: "The English government took en tire control of all railways in Great Britain on August 14, 1914, agreeing to pay the stockholders --the same frhertXJnited States is proceeding ,th organizing the cavalry for use kinstthe Huh. 4 Must- be expecting . earnings a3 they received in the year strt something pretty soon. The boasted ability of Germany to afn perfection in organization wa3 vermOre in evidence than during p present strike. 1913. "As traffic demands increased' while facilities decreased, due to wear and tear and the enlistment of thousands of railway workers, recourse was had to reduction of service and the em nlovment of wnmpn nnrJ mot, nn no. aircraft program is moving smooth- !qK1q n. . . ' " J - ' . , . , T . A jpable of bearing arms, the number of heNow get the craft moving' eR frfim .ft 1An ".- t cars were cooled without res-nrri in (Ve.: don't mind so much having to it Our -bread material 50-50 between eat "and some other flour, provided e first ;50 is not already mixed up hapmething besides ground wheat. Lord, Lansdowne at least has the ingrgrace of modifying his views i ten" he -finds out he is wroner. which 1 morV than some of his type on this e .of:"the Atlantic seem able to do. rhe 'Russian Red Guard is beine anizedj to aid other revolutions joughout Europe, it is said. The houncement will hardly encourage hld-be '-revolutionists in other coun- s. this' hot air business around the '3 ..of Congress keeps up, adminls- honoftlcials will soon take to ring'-, gas masks when they get in : neighborhood, . , . . .. . ha ''Russian anarchists declare thev A hold AmbasiTadotr. (Jalncto y. rer t - -..is.--. i,-." --'- ble f oa lierkman; ana , uoiaman, n awful responsibility to place ownership, and the loading and un loading of cars were expedited under heavy penalties, fines and imprison ment; it was made a criminal offense to fail to load or unload in accordance with the rules. Passensrer trains' were annulled, reservation of seats abolished, traffic diverted ,and pas senger rates advanced 50 per cent, no so much to increase revenue as to discourage travel. "The government control in Eng land was exercised through a Tailway executive committee of 10 annointed by the 4 government from the general managers of certain important roads, this board having as its official chair man a member of the cabinet, the president of the board of trade. The staff of each railway remained undis turbed. 'Wages, hours of work, and other labor questions have been settled by conciliation and arbitration,' and it is stated that both the management and the workers have worked In' harmony. I realizing that whatever.;, concessions or e&crmces 5. were made, accrued to the benefit of the 'nation and ; not - to GARDENS AND NEIGHBORS. Editor Evening Dispatch: You have carried out a very patriotic purpose through the columns of your paper lately, in an effort to stimulate the minds of the citizens in regard to the necessity and value of our coming war garaens, to ourselves and to the nation. In this I most heartily agree. Many are going to do their best to "kan the kaiser" through the summer garden plan, and many are going to have something greater than bugs and worms to devour and destroy their crops. We generally: try to ex terminate such annoying things, but we cannot all have the knighthood courage to boldly and fearlessly kill our neighbor's chickens and dogs who trespass upon our growing vege table life. Now, I. will be greatly obliged to you if you "will, through the columns of the Dispatch, warn the good people to keep" their property home. There should be some sort of arrangement made in which this plan should be made and forced to be car ried out, for it is most annoying to be bothered with a neighbor's chickens or dogs when we are doing our best to be earnestly andahonestly patriotic. Such a thing to be worried through with this summer, with various other troubles and experiences, will make a nervous wreck as well as a patriot out of many of our men folks who are "going to try." Keeping chickens at home can be whelped. It must be helped. Fair warning should be stated, or else do mestic trouble by the hundreds will occur this coming summer. These are helping times in which our citizens help their country and themselves, and such things as chickens are not welcomed to join in the helping of de vouring our earnest hopes. If a chick eh ! is continually wandering away from home and does not lay, for good ness sakes lay him or her on the ta ble and enjoy yourself on a meatless day. GARDENER. mont and -began his public career as a member of the Legislature of the Green Mountain State. After serving in both branches of the Legislature he was sent to the United States Sen ate. This was in 1866, and he contin ued to serve in the Upper House at Washington for a quarter of a cen tury. He was the author of the sO called Edmunds Act for the suppres sion of polygamy in, Utah and also of the anti-trust law of 1890. During the Arthur administration he was president pro tern of the Senate. In 1380 and again in 1884 Mr. Edmunds was prominently mentioned for the Republican nomination for President, A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY... One Hundred Years Ago Today. 1818 Thomas W. Moore, one of the most eminent Presbyterian leaders of his day, born at Newville, Pa. Died at Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1871. 8aventy-flve Years Ago Today. 1843 Many lives were lost and much property destroyed by an over flow of the Red River in Arkansas. Fifty Years Ago Today. 1868 Civil war in Japan compelled the foreign ministers at Osaka to seek refuge aboard the U. S, S. Iroquois. : Twenty-five Years Ago Tpday. 1893Minister Stevens railed the United states flag at Honolulu, land ed the United States marines and es tablished a protectorate. mwm i - hi ' m ," " ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN WAR. February " 1, 1917,-Germany de clared U-boat blockade of Great Britain in note to United States, and issued warning to neutrals that all ships entering zone would be sunk without warning. on the .Norfolk-Wilmington line that is badly neededr namely, the elimina tion of 'Pullman service, on trains 48 and 49, in order that more day! coaches may be carriedl It is doubtful if there has been a single day since Christ masand perhaps; for aeveral weeks before-t-when the ' accommodations in the single day coach that is usually carried for white passengers were anything like adequate to 4116 neces sities of the occasion, there being only standing room" (and hardly that), as one of the conductors re- cantly remarked at the station. That part of Senator Overman's plan which would substitute day coaches for Pull mans, on day trains, at least, is very timely. I j?itst .fl 2500 1 cQaces and ffm MMe Goods ii Goods Mount Olive Tribune: This is not a time for kicks when they can very well be avoided; not only so, but the need for co-operation calls for the ex ercise of much forbearance In connec tion with undesirable conditions. But "there is a point beyond which for bearance ceases to be a virtue," and i does seem like that point has about been reached in this connection with the schedules maintained by south bound passenger -trains on this road. Almost invariably from one to three hours sometimes four and more late, inconveniencing, everybody trav ing on them anywhere between Wil son and Wilmington; a convenience only to such as may be expecting to come from off the Richmond division or beyond to points along this line inconveniencing the many- for the benefit of the few. It's an injustice, and one that we don't think the people living along the line should any longer quietly submit to, And we are right ready to head a petition as long as from Wilming ton to Wilson, protesting against any further continuation ot this nuisance, OUR DAllY BIRTHDAY PARTY. George F. Edmunds, former United States Senator from Vermont, born at Richmond, Vt, 90 years ago today. Mme. Clara Butt, celebrated con tralto, born in Sussex, England 45 years ago today. Victor Herbert, one of the most suc cessful of American musical compo sers and bandmasters, born in Dub lin, Ireland, 59 years ago today. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the International Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, born at Klnsworth, Iowa, 58 years ago today. Henry Miller, prominent American actor, manager and producer, born in London, 58 years ago today. Frederick D. Underwood president of the Erie Railroad, born at Wauwa tosa. Wis , 56 years ago today. Caleb Powers, !Ttepresentative in Congress of the Tleventh Kentucky district, born in Whitley county, Ky.; 49 years ago today. John A. Sterling, Representative in Congress of the Seventeenth Illinois district, born at LeRoy, 111., 61 years ago today. private -interests. r 1 No Camouflage In This Story Says corns stop hurting, then lift right off without one bit of pain - WITH THE EDITORS. Sampson Democrat: That racy Roseboro correspondent, writing re cently of the singing of the National hymns at a gathering in Roseboro, when the songs were followed by clapping but no cheer, said: 'Dog bite my kitten if something isn't dead in folk that won't cheer after a National song at such a time as this." But suppose said correspondent had "been at the recital at the Clinton School building last Friday evening and had heard only two feeble clapping pa triots after the singing of "The Star Spanner." Dog bite the cat that we have inherited with our new home, if that wasn't the deadest bunch we have seen in a month of wheatless Tuesdays! - Greensboro Record: Whether it will develop is another question, but if one will read the dispatches closely from day to day it. will be at once appar ent that peace talk is almost every where. Germany is thinking peace; Russia is determined to have peace; Austria is looking for peace, and the Allies have said what they would do in the way of accepting peace. In the air, no doubt, is the peace germ. And it stands to reason when every nation at war is talking peace or thinking peace, peace is nearer than when all were defiant and jubilant. Germany is whipped- has been whipped for some time.!;. Maybe she can bluff longer than ; we think, but before very long there eill "be a re volt in the trenches- there will be something doingj It is "in the air," as the old saying was which means telepathy. Hospital records show that . evei y time you cut a corn you invite lock jaw or blood poison, which is need less, says a Cincinnati authority, who tells you that a quarter ounce, of a drug called freezone costs but a few cents at any drug store but is slfficient to rid one's feet of every nard or soft corn or callus without even one little twinge of pain. Tott. simply apply a few drops of this freezone on a tender, aching' corn and the soreness is instantly relieved. Shortly the entire corn can be lifted out root' and all, with your fingers: ; rnis urug 18 sacay out dries at once and-i claimed tQ just shrivel up any corn without mflaming or even irritat ing 'the surrounding tissue or- ekin, If yomn wife wears high heels ehe mu be glad to know of this. Adv - u . ---., Sampson Democrat: It was former ly a standing joke with city--editors and they took delight f in twitting their country brethren for taking wood on subscription. But the joke lis turned. This editor has had load Rafter load of good wood brought on subscription this winter, and, be sides, he got five peck of good wa ter ground meal and a bushel and a half of fine sweet potatoes the same way and the same day last week. There may be better things fc than being editor of a paper, but of all edi torial jobs in the State you cannot beat that of editing a paper frr the Democrat's loyal; subscribers. You poor city fellows don't you wish yon were down In this land of plenty? ?t T,rTTtff STATE NEWS. - The North Carolina Conference for Social Service, which had accepted an invitation to meet in High Point this year, will meet in Raleigh. This in formation comes through the presl dent, Dr. M. L. Kesler, of Thomas- ville, in a statement that the commit tee had decided to change the place of meeting to Raleigh because Mrs, Maude Ballington Booth could be se cured in connection with the Wom an's Club, which meets at the Capital City this year. This conference, which draws together many of the best social workers of the State, will meet on February 15.-High Point Enterprise. Do you know there are people around Clinton that have had no sugar in weeks. Only the other day, this writer divided his gettihgs with a family that had had none in a month, the head of the family being sick and not having sugar to sweeten his coffee. It is quite probable that some of us think it is our duty to get a helping every time any comes to town, without regard to whether we have any, and our neighbor none. Let's do better. Sampson Democrat. An unknown n thief has begun to reap a harvest from the signs in Dur ham store windows, bearing a one dollar bill, to illustrate the idea of keeping dollars at home. "Chicago almost had me, but I shudder to think of it," reads, the first line of the sign. Now comes along a thief, and takes the dollar. It would be well to conjecture, whether the dollar shud ders to think of its new owner's nerve. At any rate two of the dollar bills have disapepared, and the Merchants' Association has sent out a warning to other merchants, "Watch your sign dollars," is the warning. Police have been notified and will endeavor to nab the thief. Durham- Sun. White ls)hite Dimity 27-inch White Dimity, Checks or Stripes; . prices, yard ' 25c, 29c ?.nd 35c White Qoods White Gabardine 36-inch White Gabardine 39cand45c 36 inch White Madras. 29c nd 35c One lot of Torchon Lace Edge and Insertions 5c, 8c and 10c Values 3 l-2c 3 a'" ZhQ Ifevt Jpring Millinery s Different Come and See F You Wish to Get Your DRUG 1 ORDERS Filled Promptly. Call 520 PAYNE DRUG GO. HARRY. E PAYNE "We have raised on the County Home farm and the Avon farm, which the county leased, 1,050 barrels of corn this year and have killed already 6,400 pounds of wheat, with about 10,000 more pounds to kill," stated R. E. Corbett, superintendent of the county roads, and also the County Home, to a Daily News man todayT "And we have killed at the convict camps about 2,000 pounds of meat." Gerenville News. With surprise and regret will . his many friends and the patrons of the First National Bank of Mount Olive learn that Mr. T. R. Thigpen, assist ant cashier of that prosperous and popular institution, is to not only sever his relations therewith, but to go elsewhere to live. February 15 he becomes cashier of the Bethel Bank ing & Trust Company, of Bethel, N. C, Pitt county, near his old home. -Mount Olive Tribune. We Specialize in the Manufacture of Rubber Stamps LcGwin Printing Co. Sraee St Wilmington, N. C. utj i our w ar w, Savings Stamps From the School Children. Sign the Blue Post Card. Peterson & Rulfs w s s Buy War Saving Stamps Everuwnere WHY NOT HAVE A NEW Asheviile Times: Wilminffton Is ex pectant. .Special : Commissioner Cow. 1 an is aout to bring something tofpass ! to the betterment of that-bustling sea port. ' ' . . "- . . -. , ' - - V - '? ' ' : Mount 01ivBA.Trihune ; - There la one Improvement la the passenger service Mrm in cm re Makes Walkin a Pleasure Attached by . SULLIVAN, King of Shoemakers . . ! N. Front Street. Phone 523. Spiaii JLL ir. 1. lNitty Straws Hat Silk Hose MISS AXMA BROWN The "W.- JJ. Douglas SHOE STORE At 603 North Fourth Street is closed today, observing "Heatless Day;? but will be Tuesday for Business as usual I. &. M. : L0. HURWITZ
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