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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1918.
Draft that vacant lot into garden
rvice.
Hoeing the garden will beat Ho-
enzollern.
'Money talks." Congress must be
all 'of millionaires.
A drive against an offensive P
ce round-up of vagrants.
Among the eclipses for this year is
aie for the German sun.
'As ye sow, so shall ye reap.''-
juggested motto for gardeners.
One of the most vicious busy-bnd
Is aroused by the war is Dame Ru
or. t
I The Kaiser's" rolling up plan an
gars about ready to take on reverse
nglish.
For some reason, a ride on the wa
r wagon is seldom referred to as a
loy-ride."
If the price of cotton continues to
Jdvance, cotton hose may soon be
Ishionable.
Paris chefs are not worrying over
hat to prepare for Hindenburg's
Inner next Monday.
NO MIDDLE GROUND.
IN THJ
There are just two things about
this business: A person is either for
America or against it, and all the ex
cuses or hair-splitting that you may
do will not change this one bit. If
you are for America you will do all
you can to aid in winning the war,
and if you are not for America you
should be deprived of enjoying this
country's freedom. There has been
too much mealy-mouthed business
going on, and it is time the Ameri
cans were either taking things in
their own hands or abjectly surren
dering to the Kaiser.
Most of the German people over
here came to get away from the mil
itary rule and oppression at homo.
Should by any unlucky stroke of for
tune the Prussian win this war, and
dominate the world as he desires to
do, we would like to know where in
the thunder these German expatriates
are going to run to next. Its per
fectly safe, some think, since they are
over here enjoying the prosperity
and freedom of a democratic country,
to talk about. German "Kultur" and
efficiency. If it was so all-fired fine,
why didn't they stay there? America
has need for and welcomes all who
are loyal to her, but those who are
not loyal are not wanted. All of us
know what we would do the sneak
thief hiding in our homes, awaiting
an opportunity to murder our chil
dren, outrage our women and burn
our houses. Well, what are we go
ing to do with the man who is hiding
in our country awaiting the signal to
destroy our factories, sink our ships,
and kill our women and children?
Those things have happened, not once
or twice, but hundreds of times in
Belgium, France and everywhere else
that the Hun invader has set his de
troying foot, and we have absolutely
no -information to lead us to the be
lief that we would receive any bet
ter treatment if he gets the chance.
America has thousands of citizens
of German descent of whom she i
proud. These are aidnig the country
in every way possible, and are prov
ing of great value. But there are
some who are a disgrace to these
good citizens. Our thoroughly Am
ericanized Germans are not respon
sible for the acts of those who are
Germans first and Americans second,
and should not be made to suffer any
odium because of the acts of the lat
ter class. Our object should be a
root out; the evil ones, and it should
be done expeditiously.
All praise for those of German ex
traction who-are loyal to America,
and thank God for them, but toward
those, who are waiting an opportunity
to stick a knife in our backs, vigor
ous action should be taken.
BIG CROP OF SPUDS.
According to The North Carolina
Fruit and Truckers Journal, this sea
son will see the largest .production of
potatoes in Eastern North Carolina
in history, and there should be spuds
enough next winter to feed all of us
and then some.
The last issue of The Journal gives
reports of this big crop, from which
the following items are quoted:
Warsaw "More Irish potatoes
have been planted around here this
year than ever before."
Watts ville "The potato acreage- is
larger this year than last."
Willard "The largest potato acre
age ever k planted.".
New Berlin "Potato acreage shows
quite an increase over last year."
Clinton "Irish potato acreage
around here is far greater than was
expected in January and February."
Wilmington "Acreage in potatoes
will be practically double that of last
year.
The above quoted reports indicate
that the output of Irish potatoes in
this section of the State will surpass
all records this year. Not only do
the reports show a prospective big
yield of potatoes, but also snap beans,
lettuce, strawberries, English pe s
and other truck crops.
-Whiteville expects carload move
ment of strawberries to begin aboit
April 15, and the Willard reporter
thinks that the berries should begin
to move from that section by Apnl
10 or 15.
Eastern Carolina truckers were
never in a better position to clean up
financially than this year, so far as
the size of crops and the prices. The
only fear is that of transportation.
This phase of the situation is causing
a great deal of worry among truck
ers, and not without some reason,
since the freight traffic has been so
badly tied up on everything else for
the past few months. However, the
railroads have assured the shippers
that there will be every effort made
to take care of the truck movemont,
pointing out that the class of cars
used in carrying this particular kind
of freight is not in . extraordinary de
mand for other purposes, and the
opinion is expressed that there will
be ample cars available for prompt
movement of the crops when the time
comes. It is hoped that this view
will prove correct, for failure to se
cure freight accommodations would
cause a tremendous financial los3 to
the producers of this section, besides
cutting off the consumers from farm
products which the Federal govern
ment is so anxious for them to use
instead of other foodstuffs needed for
transportation overseas.
The German offensive began just
out as the German leaders' said,
hich was the only surprise of it.
lit would hardly be correct to refer
that long range weapon bombard-
fg Paris as a son-of-a-gun.
Every time the housewife follows
e food administration rules of con-
rvation she takes a pot-3hot at the
an.
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Some people expect to find in heav-
sitting on top of the highest moun-
m of gold a church devoted solely
their denomination.
The Germans made a quick grab at
am. We are glad that there wa;j noJ
Ivn further behind the Allied line
Imed Kraut.
IThose Senators attacking Amer
A'b conduct of the war by demand
$ 1 -
V "pitiless publicity" are displaying
A. storm out in Ohio the other day
peed the feathers from chickens.
! wouldn't take much of a storm to
leatherize some chicfeens we have
Somebody has accused the editor-
3 of The Greenville Piedmont os
fng pro-German. That was certain-
some pro-American who reads
m in that light.
ihe provision that merchants are
j; to sell more than 24 pounds of
jt to one person appears to the
!rage man as useless, for few of
can buy that much flour and the
, ne amount of substitutes at the
ilie time. -
YOUNG AMERICA ENROLLED.
President Wilson has mustered in
to the army of workers for the Third
Liberty Loan the Boy Scouts of Am
erica and the Girl Scouts.
The work of the Boy Scouts in the
two previous Liberty Loan campaigns
was an inspiring feature. In the sec
ond campaign, they obtained 533.WJU
subscriptions for over $100,000,000
worth of bonds.
The work of the Boy Scouts and the
Girl Scouts in this great national ef
fort will be not only of great prac
tical service to the country, but of
great educational value to the boys
and girls in preparing them for pa
triotic useful citizenship. The pat
riotism of the young . people of Am
erica is a guarantee of the future; it
means good citizens and good Amer
icans in the making. They are the
citizens of tomorrow and they are
going much to make the world safe
for democracy when that morrow
comes.
The Boy Scouts have not only
shown their patriotism, they have
demonstrated their efficiency and
their value to the country. With 1he
Girl Scouts also enlisted In the work
they must look to their laurels.
DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS SUN
DAY MORNING.
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
fow that the railroads may ex
nge passes with newspapers for
!ertising space, we expect plans to
started right away for a summer
Jting of the North Carolina Press
Oqiati6n to be held in Wilmiug-
he ways of the Food Adminlstra-
are rather difficult for the kiddias
Understand. First there is an ap-
for the hens to lay all they car
.v comes the request that rabbit
Jain from laying those brightly col
li Easter eggav .
The meeting held in Fayettevilje
yesterday started off in the right di
rection, and if the men behind it will
keep eternally after the goal they
have set an immense amount of good
can be done for North Carolina. This
State has suffered much in the past
from the lack of co-operation on the
part of the business men in it, and
will continue to suffer just so long
as petty jealousies are permitted to
prevail over" matters of public wel
fare. A working organization of cit
izens of the whole State, backed up
by our State officials and members in
Congress, with a long and steady pull
can accomplish much. Let the good
work inaugurated, yesterday continue
to spread until it has the solid cit
izenship of the State enrolled, and
things will then move in the right di
rection, and North Carolina will sure
ly come into her own. Nature has
richly endowed the State, will man
ao his -part t
There seems to be some confusion,
and this has been caused partly by
newspaper stories, as to just when
the daylight saving rule is to come
into effect, and in some places there
is reported doubt as to whether the
hands of the clocks are to be run for
ward or backward an hour. Tha
law says the clocks shall be moved up
one hour at 2 a. m. the last Sunday
in March. Therefore, in order to keep
from getting up at the unearthly ho.ir
of 2 next Sunday morning, just move
the hands of the clock forward one
hour before retiring Saturday nigh-.,
then forget about it. That's all th3re
is to it.
A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.
YEAR AGO TODAY.
March 28, 1917. Conference of
German . and Austrian emperors, pre
sumably on possibility of averting
war with th6 United States; British
on Western front pushed Germans
two miles in 24 hours, capturing sev
eral more villages
Stile ?
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WITH THE EDITORS
New Bern Sun-Journal: The author
ities over at Wilniington several days
ago decided that there were entirely
too many vagrants, both white and
colored, in that town and Saturday
they began a big "offensive" against
these human parasites and something
like thirty or forty of these .inculd
Ing a number of well dressed young
white men, have been taken into cus
tody and haled into court and in ev
ery instance where it has been prov
en that the defendants were without
work and without visible means of
support, they have been severely
dealt with by the court.
This action on the part of Wilming
ton authorities is comendable and
could well be emulated by those in
other cities and towns. There is a
great demand at the present time
for every man in these United States
and there is no need for any -one to
be idle, in fact to be idle now is to
say more plainly than the spoken
word that one doesn't care what hap
pens to one's country or how badly
it fares in thse parlous times.
No community has a place for the
vagrant and they should either be
made to go to work, go into the army
or go to jail.
Charlotte Observer: Durham is one
of the more thickly populated coun
ties in the State, yet it has been
found that there are 137,000 acres
of land in that county idle, which is
to say, uncultivated. The war is do
ing a good service to the State in
the particular matter of attracting at
tention to its vast acreage in idle
lands. The counties where this idle
ness is in greater evidence are coun
ties where the soil, as a general thing,
is richest. We have only to take Co
lumbus and Bladen counties as ex
amples. North Carolipa is a typical
"land poor" State, and with the ad
vertising of these opportunities, we
may hope for the beginning of an in
flux of much-needed new population
after the war.
Hickory Record: North Carolinians
answered' the Germans Saturday in
their own way. Great Liberty Loan
meetings were held at Statesville,
Greensboro and Raleigh and Fayett9-
ville people held special prayers for
the success of the British arms. It
is interesting to note that all of these
meetings were overflow affairs. Gov
ernor inckett spoice to a monster
crowd in Statesville and Assistant
Secretary Burke and his party spoka
to more than 5,000 people in the Ral
eigh auditorium. North Carolina
people are alive.
Rocky Mount Telegram: It Is an
nounced that one hundred men will
be affected by the closing down of
the assembling plant of the Ford Mo
tor Co's. plant at Charlotte which is
being done, so it is declared on ac
count of the embarrassed transporta
tion conditions. On the other hand
there is no reason to expect that any
body will be "thrown out of work"
for such a statement is much out of
order at these times and there are
plenty of jobs for everybody and real
ly with all of Mr. Ford's patriotic ac
tivities we don't know but that it is
in line with putting the men in his
employ into a more loyal service and
one that is of more effective return
to the nation.
One Hundred Years Ago Today.
1818 Gen. Wade Hampton, famous
Confederate leader, Governor
of South Carolina and United
States Senator, born at Charles
ton, S. C. Died at Columbia,
S. C, April 11, 1902.
Seventy-five Years Ago Today.
1843 Commodore David Porter, dis
tinguished American naval of
ficer of the War of 1812 died in
Turkey. Born in Boston, Feb.
1, 1780.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
1868 Earl of Cardigan, who led the
famous charge of the light
brigade at Balaclava, died in
England. Born there October
16, 1797.
fwenty.flve Years Ago Today.
1893 Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, fa
mous Confederate commander,
died at Sewanee, Tenn. Born
at St. Augustine, Fla., May 16,
1824.
OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Jacob H. Gallinger, of New Hamp
shire, oldest member of the United
States Senate, born at Cornwall,
Ont., 81 years ago today.
Edward Scofield, former Governor
of Wisconsin, born at Clearfield, Pa.,
76 years ago today.
Aristide Briand, later Premier of
France, born at Nantes, France, 57
years ago today.
Dr. William Allan Nellson, the new
president of Smith College, born in
Scotland, 49 years 'ago today.
Max Bendlx, celebrated orchestra
conductor and. instructor, born in De
troit, 52 years ago today.
Frank Clark, representative in Con
gress of the Second Florida district,
born at -Eufaula, Ala., 58 years ago
' STATE NEWS
a very saa accident occurred on
the farm of Mr. T. W. Baxley Satur
day, March 16, 1918, when his son
Wade went to the field where hi
father was plowing, to ride the horse
back to the house. While his father
was holding the horse and just as
Wade started to get on him, the horse
became frightened, and in spite of
his father's effort to quiet him, he
broke away and ran, throwing Wade
One of his feet became entangled in
the harness and he was dragged for
about one-half mile, when the horse
was stopped by Gibb Bryant, who
came to his rescue. Wade was still
entangled in the harness when the
horse was stopped, but it was found
that he was dead. Red Springs Cit
izen.
Dr. J. B. Weatherspoon accepts the
call to the pastorate of the First Bap
tist church here.
A telegram was sent him Sunday
afternoon notifying him of the unan
imous call extended by the congre
gation at the close of the morning
service.
A reply came Monday afternoon
from Dr. Weatherspoon, stating that
he had decided to accept. This will
be gratifying news to the members
and friends of this church.
Dr. Weatherspoon stated in his tel
egram' that a letter from him would
follow. He and his family are not
expected here before about June 1 &s
the present term of the Baptist The
ological Seminary at Fort Worth,
Texas, in which he holds the chair of
Hebrew and Old Testament theology,
will not close until the latter part of
May. Twin City Sentinel.
Quality
merchandise
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Satisfaction
Pre-&aster Specials forfriday and Saturday
You have only two days more to do your Easter shopping, there are several
special values offered for Friday and Saturdays special that will be worthy of y0Ur
attention and investigation.
Friday and Saturday Specials
Jn the Silk Section
This apparantly is to be a wonderful silk season.
The government has requested the conservation of
woolens and has taken over numbers of looms of
cotton fabrics.
The silk manufacturers have endeavored to pop
ularize their silks by giving a season of unique pat
terns. $ 1 .00 foulards in attractive patterns in cotton and
silk material, 36 inches wide, price special, at . . 89c
$1.25 silk poplin in range of fifteen colors, 36
inches wide, price special, at . . . ... . 98c
$1.75 silk gingham in large Scotch gingham pat
terns, 36 inches wide, price special at, a yard $1.49
$2 00 black and navy charmouse, 40 inches wide,
price special at, yard $1.59
$2.00 Springtime silk gingham, the best quality
yet offered in this fabric, 36 inches wide, price two
days, at $1.79
Pe-Saster Specials from
the ffovetty department
Sweet scented flower
beads in all colors,
special, at . . 59c
$3.50 black morie
handbags large size, new
shape, with vanity mirror
in oval size top, priced
at . . . : . . ... ... $2.69
$1.25 Service bags of
black patent leather. The
service bag is a handbag
twice the size of the nor
mal handbags, yet not so
large as the knitting bag,
price special, at . . . . 98c
Crepe de chine hand
kerchiefs in all colors,
price special, at . . . .I5c
$1.75 fancy striped
'Truso," all silk hose for
two days ... ... .$1.39
$2.00 jtill J7c georgette Crepe at $J.79
This special price is for Friday and Saturday only. It includes over thirty colors
of attractive all-silk georgette crepes, 40 inches wide. This material is by far the
most popular of the thin fabrics on the market today and we are sure that the
women who appreciate the difference between imported georgette and the domes
tic kind will readily appreciate the unusual value offered for two days, at $1.79 i
fire. The entire load struck Mr. Hay
man in the hand, tearing it practical
ly all to pieces, so much so, that it had
to be amputated. Mr. Hayman is now
at his home and is resting as well as
could be expected under the circum
stances. Greenville News.
Fire which was discovered at St.
Pauls, between 10 and 11 o'clock Fri
day night in the old Seaman garage,
burned that building, the building in
which Mr. Frank Powers conducted
a grocery store, and a building in
which a young man named McCor
mick began business only last week.
Mr. Powers saved most of his stock
of goods. It is understood that Mr.
McCormick's stock of goods was burn
ed. How the fire originated is not
known. Lumberton Robesonian.
Messrs. Willard and Fulton should
see to it that no jokesmith has a hand
in drawing up their fight contract,
inasmuch as the document is to be
signed April 1.
For Sale
3,000 bushels North Carolina
Peanuts for seed or for parch
ing. 1,000 bushels Small Spanish Pea
nuts. A Few Improved and Red Span
ish Peanuts.
1,000 bushels Virginia Peanuts.
Irish Cobler Seed Potatoes.
Fancy Eating Irish Potatoes.
Velvet Bean Meal.
Cotton Seed Feed Meal.
Cotton Seed Hulls.
1,000 Sacks Rice.
We can make shipment same
day orders reach us. Telegraph
or telephone us for prices.
D. L. GORE
COMPANY
SEEDS
COWPEAS
SOYBEANS
and
GARDEN SEEDS
John S. McEachern
Son
21 1 Market Street
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M. W. DIVINE & COMPANY
23 Market Street Wilmington, N. C.
TO THE PUBLIC:
I am deeply grateful to the voters of New Hanover
County, for the handsome support given me in yester
day's Primary. It will be impossible to thank all indi"
vidually, and I take this method of expressing my sincere
gratitude to you all. I assure you I will try, to the best
of my ability, to be worthy of your confidence.
Sincerely,
W. H. BLAIR
J. p. Hayman, of. this city, met with
the misfortune this morning to have
his left hand so terribly mangled, due
to the accidental gofng off of his gun,
that his physician had to amputate it.
Mr. Hayman, .while going to his din
ner today, was carrying his gun home
with him. He had forgotten the fact
that he had failed to remove the shsll,
SO in Walkinr over snmn nvster oTialla
in some .wayOaU. causing, t&e -nut-to fi?8 WUiatostftn ..ud Fort c.
Schedule Effective March 16th, 1918.
Leave Wilmington Mondays, Tuesdays
Wednesdays, Thursdays an(J Fridayj,'t
Leave Wilmington Saturdays 6:45 A. M
and 12:30 P. M.
Leave Wilmington- Sundays 9- A. M.
Leave Southport and Fort Caswell Mon
days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays, 2:30 P. M.
Leave Southport and Fort Caswell Satin -
days 9:30 A. M. and 3:30 P. M.
Leave Fort Caswell 3:15 P. M. and South,
port 3:30 P. M. on Sundays.-
iH iP M. Sunday,. No
PAY YOUR TAXES
Taxpayers are notified that an additional one-half per cent will be
added to all taxes remaining unpaid on the First of April.
. . ALSO
That advertising list is now being prepared and property will be ad
vertised at an early date without further notice, incurring additional
cst. PLEASE PAY UP.
D. C. WHITETEP, Tax Collector.
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