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SURROUNDING COUNTIES LIKE THE SUNSHINE ON A CLEAR DAY
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RELDSVILLE, N. C TUESDAY, MAY 1. 1917
VOLUME XXX No. 15.
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYO
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THE OPINION OF ONE
OF BIGGEST TAXPAYERS
.MR. H. R. SCOTT OPPOSES
SELLING ELECTRIC PLANT
. Mr. H. R, Scott, one of Reidsville's
largest tax payers, was asked by one
of the editors of The Review what he
thought of the proposition to sell out
the local electric lignt plant. Mr.
Scott dictated the following reply to
our question:
"You request my opinion as a tax
payer upon the propriety of selling the
town's Electric Plant on the terms now
being discussed. I answer: While I never
like to take an active part in the Mu
nicipal elections I must say emphati
cally that I am opposed to such a sale.
I have heard no satisfactory reason
advanced in favor of the sale. There
appear to be many good reasons why
the sale should not be made. The
card issued in the interest of Mr.
Thompson and those on the ticket
with him for Commissioners, 'states
chat the sale cannot be 'Consummated'
except by a direct vote of the people.
True but I understand that every
man on this ticket for Commissioners
Is in favor of the sale, and being so, If
elected, they could, and no doubt
would, do much to bring about the
pale. As I see it, therefore, I aimi com
pelled to oppose that entire ticket for
Commissioners. The Plant has been
nurtured by the Town from poverty
until it is a valuable asset. Let us
be careful not to sell our 'Birthright
tor a mess of pottage.' "
L'HE NEWS IN BRIEF
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE
The faculty of the State University
has voted to give full credit for the
remainder of term to students leav
ing for the training camp at Fort
Oglethorpe before the end of the term.
Postponement of the International
Chrsitlan Endeavor convention which
was to have been held In New York
July 4 to 9, is announced. The post
ponement is on account of the war and
is for a year or more.
Prof. Hainmiel of Greensboro city
schools tells the Record that there are
S19 vegetable' gardens in Greensboro
where last year there were none, and
ail planted by children of the city
schools. Six teachers of the school
supervise the work.
The Spanish government's note to
Germany regarding German's subma
rine campaign contains a paragraph
stating that if Germany continues in
its' determination to sink all vessels
n order to defend its life, Spain must
tyke a like step to defend her life.
President of the Edna
Cotton Mills Gives Out
an Interesting Interview
One of the candidates for comrails-.
sioner on the "selling out" side has nvy while England has food. But it
been showlne around a. letter received i l possible that the German sub-
The Supression of News
Few people would have the hardi
hood to ask a judge to have a rrand
jury indictment pigeon-holed, or se
cretly dismissed, a3 a personal favor,
with the object of saving the aou.sel
person from public humiliation. Yet
ttere are still people to ask editors
to suppress news or 10 color It to the
cmvantaga of those figuring In it
If the people gensr.i!! cou d under
s:end that he newspapers are tiu'.to as
A dispatch from from Pekin, China,
says at a conference of provincial and
uiilitary governors, at which the pre
mier presided, it was voted unanimous
ly that China should enter the war
r.galnst Germany. A canvass shows
that Parliament is overwhelminlgly in
favor of China declaring war, but Pre
ient Li Yuan Hung is still undecided
on the question
Hope that any of the 120 mien
thought to be entombed in the Hast
ings nune, near Trinidad, Colo., Fri
day, may be rescued was abandoned
bv rescue crews. The men were.
from Richmond, written by a promi
nent Reidsvllle gentleman visiting in
that city, in which letter Mr. W. S.
Forbes of Richmond, the president of
the Edna Cotton Mills of Reidsvllle, is
quoted to the effect that under cer
tain conditions his company would
double the capacity of the plant here.
Tnis letter has been used to convey
the impression that one of the contin
gencies to enlarging the mills v. as ibe
selling out of the electric plant and
franchise to the Public Utilities Com
pany.
One of the editors of Tin Re
view on Saturday talked with Mr. W.
S. Forbes over the long distance tele
phoen. Mr. Forbes was asked if the
statement was true that he had ex
pressed an intention of enlarging the
mills here in case the town fold
out its electric plant.
Mr. Forbes stated that in conversa
tion recently with some Reidsvllle
gentlemen he had told them that the
stockholders of the Edna Cotton Mills
were well pleased with the showing
made by this property; that but for
the present high prices on cotton mill
machinery and equipment due to war
conditions, and with assurances on,
the art of the Town of Reldsville that
a reasonable tax rate could be main-
caught behind a wall of fire which
followed an explosion in the main
slope and cannot be reached. Rescue
squads were slowly working their way
through the smoke filled slope to the
main workings.
Censorship on all cables touching
the United States and on telegraph and
telephone lines Into Mexico will be
t-atahllahort ohnrtlv hv F.IPfMl M VB Order.
hnpZrtan fc'or8 ,n 0ur." aVtheiThere is no plan" for extending the
courts tha the responsibility of an
. editor to the public is fully as sacred
"" as that of the Judge--I here would be
little effort made to have legitimate
news suppressed.
To ask a judge to exorcise bl is is to
commit "contempt of court." To ask
an editor to suppress tne truth ab'.;iit
actual event3 is to : .ii.mit contempt
of public opinion.
The newspaper wUm would sup
press real news in t'ao intorcs! of the
incivldual would bar-ay its trust, vio
late the obligation to socitty which it
sc'.emnly assumed r- th; day of its
M'.th, and would ihi-nv forfeit is
place as. the guarrilii of pub'ic inter
cuts, an would be;urf a menace,
rather than a facto f useful service,
to its community, s.vs t&p .alitor and
Publisher,
The surest safo:;uirJ against tyran
rj is full publicity of pr 'eecings,
whenever these hao p i Mi .' Interest.
The best safeguarl afaiu. injustice
to the individual is ih? pub lication of
the truth about an v h'm ' which he
ffures. When, beciUc of personal
considerations, an edit r fails to d"
this, he breaks fa ! with his public.
The editor is the historian of his
Cay. He must recori llstory as it is j
made, in both large and small things.
It always happens that some of th'a
history will be humiliating, shameful
-that In the printing of the news of
the day some people will be pilloried
It is to be regretted that the events
happened but the historian must put
them into records
J talned, his company would gladly pro
ceed at once to enlarge the plant lo
G'',0f o spindles In an j .vcr to a
question, Mr. Forbes stated that the
electric power question was not (men
tioned in the conversation with the
liRidpville gentlemen He, ia fact,
knew nothing about the proposition
to buy out the town's electric plant
itnrt questioned the editor about the con
test now on in the present municipal
election. Mr. Forbes was asked If , he
Lad any preferences in buying cur
rent from the town or from the,UtiU
ties Company. His answer was that
he would prefer to deal with the own
rather than an outside corporation if
the town was in position to give as
good rates for power as the outside
The "efficient and satisfactory" , corporation. That he much preferred
.manner in which the American line co-operating with the town, as their
ateamships are armed and manned by property here was a part of the town
censorship to lines of Internal com
munlcation The chief object of the
order will be to prevent the 'transmis
sion to Mexico, South or CentrarAmer
ioa, of information that might be of
value to Germany.
n.arines may be able to keep food
enough from reaching England to
ctarve her into submission.
If the submarines win, the first line
in the Kaiser's term of peace will be
the English fleet. With the English
fleet In his possession, the Kaiser will
b9 master of the world.
What will happen to us then? Ev
ery tman who stops to think knows
the answer. We shall have money.
iood labor, land everything that is
desirable in the world except the pow
er to protect what we have. Experts
estimate that it will take us nine
months to get ready to meet a German
amy of 150,0(10 men, with modern ar
tillery. Under such circumstances,
would the Germans treat us better
than they have already treated Bei
glum and France
Even if the armies of our Allies
should crash the German military
power this summer, before the short
age of food can reach the point of
want, the world would still need, vast
euantities of American food. But if
they do not, only one course can make
uf safe, and that is to grow food
MRS. H. C.
HARRIS CALLED
TO HER FINAL HOME
officers of the United States navy was
highly praised in a letter written by
President Franklin to Secretary Dan
iels. "The work reflects the greatest
credit on the Secretary, on Admirals
Benson and Usher and the assistants
in charge of the work, and it makes
me feel proud of the American navy,"
Mr. Franklin stated.
The extent of the German losses
in the recent desperate fighting along
the Aisne is partially disclosed in an
official statement on the capture of 130
guns, of which considerable number
were of heavy calibre. The German
losses in men are estimated at unore
tnan 200,000, with the probability that
the total reached 235,000, These fig
ures Include killed wounded and pris
oners. The numoer or uerman prison
ers aggregated approxmately 20,000.
at:d vfat was to the towjr s interests
in matters of municipal policy was
likewise to the interest of the Edna
Cotton Mills.
THE GREAT WAR WILL BE
WON BY THE FARMERS
$20.00 Reward
The above sum is offered to any per
son or persons for Information given
ieadng to the arrest and conviction of
any person, firm, or corporation for
violating during the Municipal Elec
tion of Reidsvllle, N. C, to be held
on May 1st, 1917, any of the provisions
of the election laws of North Carolina
as contained In Chapter 81 of the Re
visal of North Carolina for 1905, with
amendments thereto.
TOWN OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
Reidsvllle, N. C, April 26th, 1917.
If a contract is made with the
Southern Power Company for
current and at any time within
the ten-year limit the people
want to let the Public Utilities
Company come in, there is noth
ing to prevent it.
- - VOTE FOR
JOHN BURTON, J. E. SMITH. Dr.
J. W. McGEHEE, W. S. ALLEN and
. A. HENDRIX.
President Wilson has approved re
quests from France and Italy for im
mediate financial aid, and from $200,
000,000 to f 300,000,000 will be loaned
them by the United States within the
next few days. "In the case of Italy ar
rangements already have been made
for the transfer of the money.
While the amount has not been divulg
ed, it is understood to be between $50,-
000,000 and $100,000,000. France will
get between $150,000,000 and . 5200,
000,000. Before the end of the week
the loan should be In Ambassador
Jesserand's hands.
That Submarine Story
Many men read about the subma
rine being shot some thousand yards
away, and many men were inclined to
regard the narrator of that story as
a trine excited, u may nave peen
that the submarine was shattered, but
in our time we have hunted for
ducks on the lakes and when we saw
a didapper one of those little black
birds for the fun of the thing we
would blaze away at it, and its sudden
disappearance always convinced us
that we had killed it But it didn't
take long for the little cuss to appear
and disappear again and again. We
are not discredits the captain's story
but we feel that had he not been in
tuch a hurry he might again have
seen the periscope bobbing up through
the water. However, In times of war
strange stories are related. And then
after the war is over about fifty years
they become still stranger to hear one
of the old veterans relate theni.
Greensboro Record.
Editors The Review:
In this great time, when every ci
tizen must do his part, the President
has made his chief appeal to the men
who live on the land. He is right in
doing so, for the safety of our country
just now Is in the hands of our farm
ers. What I mean is not merely our
safety and the safety of our Allies in
the matter of food. I mean the safe
ty of the United States against for
eign Invasion hangs on the decision of
the farmers of the forty-eight States.
The two great weapons in this war
are arms and starvation. The war
against German arms will be won or
lost in France the war against star
vation will be won or lost in America.
The Kaiser cannot whip the French
and English armies and the English
enough on our farms for ourselves and
our Allies, and to put ships on the
sea to carry the food, in spite of the
submarines, to the men who are fight
ing our fight.
If the war lasts beyond the summer,
it will be the American farmer who
will overcome militarism and autocra
cy, or allow them to spread and con
trol the world, ourselves included.
This is no financial picture, but
sober fact H Many a iman will make
light of it until he comes to think it
over, but I venture to say that few
will treat it lightly after careful
thought It is no more Impossible
than the great War itself appeared to
be, before It began.
f It is true that we can greatly in
crease the available food supply out
of grain now used in making liquors,
and by reducing household waste, But
when these two things are done, and
done thoroughly, they will not be
enough. The final decision will still
rest in the hands of the men who
raise our food In the first place.
The clear duty of the nation Is to
guarantee the farmers a fair price
lor their crops when grown, and a
reasonable supply of labor at harvest,
The clear duty of the fanmier is to
raise food enough to win this war for
democracy against Kalserism.
No such responsibility has ever rest
ed on any class of men since the world
began as rests today on the farmers
of America.
Sincerely yours,
GIFFORD PINCHOT
Milford Pike Co., Pa., April 26, 1917
Wonder if the "Sellers Out' '
ticket for Commissioners would
entertain any other proposition
or 'offer for the electric plant
and franchise than that made by
the Public Utilities Company?
We wonder! Other companies
are in this business also.
OPPOSE GRANTING
60-YEAR FRANCHISE
Vote the following Commis
sioners Ticket. Every one
knows how they stand:
The death ot Mrs. H. C. Harris,
which occurred at an early hour on
Friday morning, came as a great
shock to the Reidsvllle people.. On
Thursday she went about her custom
ary duties apparenty well but on Fri
day she was found sitting in'a chair
to which she had aparently risen only
a little while before, dead.
The quiet going was the end of a
beautiful life, unobtrusive and simple
in its every detail gentle, patient, self
sacrificing. Christlike a home-loving
woman whose heart was centered
there and yet one whose influence
reachod beyond. There Is no home in
lieidsville, high or low, where sorrow
has come that has not known some
ministry and comfort from her household.
She found her greatest happiness
In self-obliteration and service to her
.Master and to her loved ones.
The exquisite and countless floral
offerings which filled the room where
in she lay were but faint attestation
of the love and esteem in which she
was held and a lovely but small re
turn of the myriad generosities em
anating from) her houshold. The fu
neral services were conducted from
the house on Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock. Elder Gold of Wilson and
Elder Denny, both ministers of the
Primitive Baptist church officiating.
Interment followed at Greenview cem
etery where her husband was laid to
rest six years ago. Deep sympathy
fj felt for the bereaved son and daugh
ter who loved her, but to them will
come the comforting knowledge that
"God doth His own in safety keep.
He giveth His beloved, sleep."
The pall bearers were: A. P. Mont
gomery, C. H. Fetzer, Scott Fillman,
C O. Butler. R. P, Summers. J. B.
Gardner, Dr. J. S. Wells and Dr. M,
B. Abernethy.
The flower bears were: Lindsey
Ellington, E. F. Hall, Luther Sands,
W. S. Allen. J. D. Hufflnes, J. A.
Walker, T. E. Richardson, Win Young,
W. D, Hightower, M. P. Cumlmings, T.
S. Reid, L. T. Smith, G. M. Trent, R.
O. Gladstone, Manton ,' Oliver, Vf. J.
Irvin, J. F. Wray, Abe Womack, Jeff
Penn, J. B. Pipkin, Rob, BoydV J. A,
Fetzer, A. H. Motley, U P. Clark, L.
M. Sharp.
Mrs. Harris was a native of Cas
well county. She was 64 years old,
and had resided In Reidsvllle for the
past forty-odd years. She Is survived
by two children, Mr. Wm. C. Harris
and Mrs A S Galloway of Reidsvllle,
also two sisters, Mrs. P. D Gold of
Wilson and Mrs. Dameron of Reids
vllle. She was the widow of the late
H. C. Harris, for many years one of
Reidsville's leading tobacco manufac
turers. "''.
SELLING
PLANT AND
F
GRANTING
RANCHI
1. That our citiizens will have
to pay more taxes.
2. That our people who use
electricity in their homes and
their businesses Will have to pay
more for it than it now Is cost
ing them.
3. That the present profits
of from $10,000.00 to $11,000.00
now yearly being made and going
into the treasury of the town ot
of Reldsville and used In keeping
up our streets and defraying the
general expenses of the town will
be taken away and go Into the
treasury of private corporations
who are in the business for the
money they can get out of it and
not for serving the best Interests
of the general public.
4. That the Town of Reldsville
will be sold out body and soul
for 60 years to come to a private
master (corporation) whose char
acter and reputation in its busi
ness dealings has been questioned
and Criticised by our courts and
at whose mercy we will be for
years to come. -
5. That fire insurance rates
will be increased.
PROMINENT CHARLOTTE MAN
ADVISES AGAINST SELLING OUT
7
J. ED SMITH
DR. J. W. McGE I EE
J. H. BURTON
W. S. ALLEN
D. A. HENDRIX
Ninety-One Marriages
In the first three weeks of April
ninety-one marriage licenses were is
sued in this county a record break
er for April, we are informed by the
officials. Of course the conclusion of
many is that these men who rushed
lo the register of deeds office to se
cure papers for marriage were slack
ers, but we never did believe that. All
the months of all the years show that
men and women get married. Because
a small per cent, of men took advan
tage, as they supposed, of the mar
ried man's privilege to escape war
end not get married we must not con
clude that every man getting married
these days is doing it to escape the
froldier's duty. The order sent out by
the War Department to the effect that
the man who has gotten married since
the war was declared would be treat
ed the same as a single man hasn't,
sc far as we have noticed, stopped the
rush for the license. There have
been scores of men who had already
enlisted married before they assumed
their new duties a little romance,
maybe, but nevertheless true love.
It is the world's way to question the
motives of most men. Let a man start
something for the betterment of the
race and some low-browed fellow will
declare he Is doing it for his own self
txploltation. Let a man give fifty dol
lars to the needy poor and some man
there is to say that it was done for
advertising purposes. Let a live wire
do many things and his motive is at
once questioned, whereas the citizen
Is sincere and honest in what he does.
Those who have deliberately rush
ed their marriages in the hope of es
caping the soldier's duty will not es
cape, and, now this is known, we hope
the manly man who walks up with his
Dulcenia del Toboso and asks the par
son to tie the silken cord will not
hereafter be called a slacker. He is
a hero. Everything.
The following letter has been receiv
ed by Mr. D. L. Blackburn from Mr
C. M. Scott of Charlotte. Mr. Scott
is the Southern agent for the Good
Roads Machinery Company and a
gentleman of the highest integrity and
good business judgment Mr." Scott
says:
"In regard to the franchise, I am not
well posted on such matters; but from
what I have seen and learned of same
I would not grant anybody a 60 year
franchise on anything. I should re
gard such action by a town or city
as in the class as I do a man or woman
who has valuable property, and deeds
it to some one who promises to take
care of him the remainder of his life,
but who after getting the' deed, kicks
the grantor out in the world to lire
the best he can.
"It certainly is not good business to
give any firm a valuable concession
tor sixty years; for in giving the con
cession they give with it the right to
do as they please, or the privilege of
ever afterwards 'pulling the givers
for anything that they may see fit to
demand. Of course they will do this,
but it is generally smuggled into the
contract by the applicant and his law
yer In such a way that It will not be
detected by the grantors until the
grantee gets up and shows that what
they are asking for is embodied in the
contract, and the grantor finds to his
sorrow that the courts uphold the
claiim; of the grantee. A franchise of
60 years Is the same as forever to
perhaps 90 per cent, of the residents
of your town, and to almost a hundred
per cent, of all who will vote on it in
May, and I certainly think that it
would pay them to keep the plant that
they have.
"The same company that you men
tc n tried In this city a few years ago
to freeze out a private owner on gas,
electricity and street railways, but the
owner did not freeze. They tried cut
rates and bluff, etc., but the ownef
held on and finally they gave him two
and one half million dollars, which was
double what It cost him, and he got
this price by Just being too smart to
be buncoed out of it for little or nothing.";
Mass-Meeting
A,
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet at Mrs. E. F. Hall's on South
Main street Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock.
Miss Marietta Stockard returned to
tOQ&XrXKttt$WXX Washington Sunday.
A mass-meeting; will be held
tonight (Monday) at the Town
Hall at 8 o'clock under the aus
pices of the Town Ownership
League. This meeting will be
addressed by a number of prom
inent business men of the town.
The public is cordially invited to
be present.
Seats will be provided for the
colored voters of the town.
There will be nothing said or
done to offend any one. Our
desire is to enlighten the votersj
our wish is that each voter may
vote as he sees it to the best in
terest of our town. .
TOWN OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
E