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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20
CIVILIZATION MUST BE VNDl.
GATED, SAYS HON. w. soURkE
COCHRAN, NOTED IRISH ORA

TOR AT NEW YORK MEETING.
Mr.. Cochran said his task was to
interpret the lesson brought before
the world by the Irish revolt and the
Staying of its leaders. The following
extract is taken from his address:
mot in all the long martyrology of
Ireland-or indeed, of the world
could there be found in one genera
tion fifteen men of equal talents as
those England has butchered, those
men of bravery, of self-abnegation and
of spotless lives.
"The lesson Is that the system
which finds it necessary to immediate
such lives at their threshold in order
to exist confesses itself unworthy of
existence-and its destruction is inevi-
table.
"Never before has a political sys-
tenn affronted the intelligence of the
world by declaring that the destruc-
ton Of the best was necessary in order
that the worst might be raised to po.
sitions of power and importance.
"For thirty years, confess, I urged
that 1rishmen forgive and try to for.
get the treatment of England, and
try to reap their benefit in other ways
But with these foul murders fresh be
fore my eyes. with those finest mem
bers of our race lying dead, shot down
like dogs, l can no longer urge such
a course.
"The question now is, what Of the
future? Government itself, II it is to
endure, civilization itself, must be
vindicated by united protest against
such so-called acts Of government af
this one Of England"
Mr.. Cochran narrated at length vari
GUS injustices of England against
Ireland and Irishmen. "And now,'
he said, Fifteen men who couldn't be
paralleled anywhere lie dead, mur
dered, butchered."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20
10000 TROOPS IN IRELAND.
Transferred In Five Hours, Says
Preacher Arriving Here.

Forty thousand British troops were
transferred from England to ireland
in five hours after the first news of
the Dublin uprising, the Rev. Andrew
Hoy Of Philadelphia, a passenger on
the White Star liner Baltic, said Sat-
urday on his arrival.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20
BRITISH EXECUTE SOME REBELS
while DoIik' ulAoNoR TO OTHERS
MILITARY. DESPOTISMes. oik tko1 E
AND SUPPORT OF Britain,
IRISH RACE UNITED.

The discrimination made by the Brit
ish government between the cases Of
Sir Edward Carson and Sir John
French. both at one time rebels against
the government, and the leaders Of the
recent Irish rebellion has furnished
characteristic illustration of British
ideals Of Justice and humanity, &C
cording to Irish leaders.
John p. Leahy. former president Of
the United Irish societies Of st. Louis
and former member Of the executive
committee of the United Irish League
in America, recalled the fact that Car
son. once rebel for the preservation
Of class ascendency, and French, once
Q rebel for the emancipation Of his
country. have been honored by Eng
land. Carson was invited into the
British cabinet and French formerly
was commander-in-chief of the Brit
ish armies.
Though the offenses of French and
Carson were much less excusable than
those committed by Pearse and his
followers" said Leahy, "the former
were honored and the latter turned
over to the tender mercies Of British
military despotism and shot like dogs.
The very excess Of brutal, revenge
full, cowardly savagery was reached in
the case of Connolly. This man, who
had fought gallantly (inspired by the
idea of obtaining freedom for his coun-
try). was dragged from the bed where
he lay sick and wounded, his broken
and shattered legs put up in splints,
placed against wall and butchered
to death. The perpetrators Of this cruel
deed. and the government that ordered
It or sanctioned 1t, have placed them
selves outside the pale Of civiliza.
tion. and it is beyond all comparison
the most shocking and atrocious cpl
sode Of the present war.
Whatever any Of us may have
thought of the wisdom or opportune
ness of the insurrection at this time
yet the men who led it fought and died
like heroes and their memories will
be cherished and reverenced by ali
lovers of liberty.
ut is true that the uprising in
volved the destruction of life and prop
erty. yet the British government must
accept the responsibility for it. Though
the Irish home rule bill has been OF
the statute books Of England for sew
eral years. yet the government re
fused to put it into effect until the wal
is over.
"This procrastinating policy in {
matter SO vital to the future Of Ire
land, engendered grave suspicious as tt
the honesty and good faith of the gov
ernment in the minds of many Irish
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20

John MacNeill, president of the Sim
Fein volunteers, who disappeared on
the day the Irish disturbances began.
was arrested last week. MacNeill held
a high position in the accountant gen.
erals Office, but resigned to take q
professorship in the national univer-
sity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20
ENGLISH coURTMARTIAL AMER.
ICAN.

London, May 1s.-Jeremiah G..
Lynch Of New York, naturalized
American citizen, was arrested for
participating in the Irish rebellion and
courtmartialed Wednesday, the Ameri-
can consul at Dublin wired the en-
bassy this afternoon.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20
EXPORTS OF FooDsTUFFs Tc
EUROPE SHOW DECLINE.

Europe's foodstuff purchases in the
United States, as shown in figures
just published by the bureau of for.
eign and domestic commerce, have
fallen of sharply within the last few
months compared with the enormous
shipments that crossed the Atlantic
in the first year of the war. Food
stuff exports in the months ending
with March show a decline in value Of
$63,000,000 from the corresponding
period of the year before.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20

FUND FOR IRISH RELIEF START.
ED IN PORTLAND.
A special committee of Ancient Or.
der of Hibernians has been appointed
to solicit funds to be sent to ireland
for the relief of those who are in
need as result of the Irish revolu.
ton.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20

The subjoined article is from the
pen of we'll known writer who en-
joys a wide acquaintance among the
men who instigated the recent Irish
rebellion in Dublin and who is a SYM
pathetic student of the Irish Nation
alist movement. The men who have
been executed for participation in the
Dublin riots were we'll known to the
writer, whose name is withheld
for obvious reasons. The article,
"Ah-vyoainth," which in the Gaelic
tongue means "The New Life" throws
a new light upon the recent rebellion
and attempts to clear away some of
the Misrepresentation which have
been circulated about the motives be-
hind the Irish uprisings.
The Irish revolution is past, and
over the wreckage 1t is now possible
to see not only what lies behind it
but something of what is ahead. Some
of the Sim Fein leaders have passed
into eternity; those who remain alive
will one day be in the forefront of the
new Irish parliament, as Sir Etienne
Carter-the giant partner Of Macdon.
ald-became a Canadian constitution
al leader after he lay down his gun
in the Papineau rebellion Of 1887.
The Sim Fein leaders are not by
nature revolutionists-nor even agi
tators. Had satisfactory measure OF
home rule come into operation before
or since the war this rising never
would have been. That know.
Had the three or four nominal lead
ers of the Irish people PRESIDENT ten
to twelve months year in London!
made sincere effort in the past three
years to meet the so-called young ir
reconcilables half way instead o1
treating them as Pariahs this Easter
rebellion never would have been.
This also I have reason to know.
But Smiths corners and Baswoot
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-05-20

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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
Gov-eIect Beckett and Hon. +. A. Linney
Exchange kilograms.

Governor-elect T. W. Beckett
received from Frank A Linney
his republican opponent hand
some telegram of congratula-
tions today, Mr.. Linney wiring:
"You have made a clean, strong
and able campaign, and h a
given an elevated tone to the
character of North Carolina po-
litical debate. You have won. Ac-
cept my congratulations" The
message came from Lenoir.
Mr.. Beckett replied: 81 thank
you for your generous telegram.
Your own campaign does y o u
high credit, and | am grateful
that our contest leaves no sting
and no scar. Wishing you every
happiness, beg to remain sim
cerely, T. W. Beckett.
1t was generally regretted
throughout the campaign that
two men who made such high
hammered speeches should have
spoken separately at all appoint
ments, but each choose to make
his complete speech, n ei t h
sought the Joint issue and each
elected to appeal in his own way.
1t is doubtful whethereither can
didate has had a predecessor as
a candidatewho putdebate upon
a higher ground. They discussed
issues and not themselves nor
their opponents.-The Greens
boro Daily News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
Now Lookout.

When a cold hangs on as often
happens, or when you h a V e
hardly gotten over one cold be-
fore you contract another, look
out FOR you are liable to contract
another. look out for you are Ii
au to contract some very serl-
ons disease. This succession OF
colds weakens the system and
lowers the vitality so that you
are much more liable to contract
chronic catarrh, pneumonia or
consumption. Cure your cold
while you can. Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy has a great repu-
tation. 1t is relied upon by thou.
sands of people and never disap-
points them. Try it. 1T only
costs a quarter. Obtainable every
where.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
Roosevelt Helped.

The Colonel's efforts as a cam
paigner we're uniformly success
Iul. He travelled clear to Arizona
and spoke at Phoenix, and Arizo-
ma went for Wilson. He spoke at
Gallup, N. NJ, and New Mexico
swung to the Democratic col
umn. He spoke at Denver and
Colorado made a new record
with it's Democratic majority.
He spoke in Kansas, and Kan
sas for the first time since 1896,
gave it's electoral vote to the
democratic candidate for presi-
dent. He spoke IN Maine, and the
normal republican majority fell
off fifty per cent. Alittle more as
sistance from the Colonel might
have made things practically u
unanimous wherever he stopped
New York World.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
BeIated News from Stony Cork.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Judson
E. Wagner a fine baby boy.
Mr.. W. W. Sherley is erecting a
nice cottage, and when compile
ted will add much to my friends
farm.
Miss Thelma Handy spent Sat
urday night with her friend Miss
Disia Watson.
Mr.. o. N. Wagner having sold
his farm to j. f. and III. s. Wag-
ner, is now busy moving to the
home of his father, Mr.. McD.
Wagner, on Grassy Creek. The
people Of this community we've
sorry to see him leave.
Mr.. G: c. Moretz, of Hopkins,
was on Stony Fork last week in
the interest of our schools.
Died near here last week, a man
by the name of Handy, and it is
reported that his death was the
result of a few drinks of poison
Gus liquor.
For the past few weeks itseems
that a part of this community
has been mourning. To start
with, Rev. l. C. Miller's house
was robbed and the burglar not
apprehended. Second, the defeat
of Pa by one ballot, which was
declared by our magistrate to
have been absurd and corrupt.
But alter seek ing for that which
was not their own, the former
prodigal or pastor returned to
his field of unwelcome and ex-
claimed with uplifted h a d s,
that they should have a revival,
and we believe (they) should.
j. Z. W.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
UNSHAKEN TESTIMONY.

Time is the test of truth. And
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood
the test. No resident who suffers
backache, or annoying urinary
ills can remain unconviDced by
this twice told testimony.
H. W. Minga, retired farmer,
Sol Twelfth ST.. Hickory, N. G.,
says: II had severe pain in the
small OF my back and i'll stopped
l could hardly straighten up a.
gain. In the morning Twas lame
and sore. | got Doan's Kidney
Pills and they were just what
needed. After had taken two
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Statement given February 1S
1919
On Dec. 10. 1414, Mr.. Minga
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case of kidney trouble. Whenev
er my back has been lame, l fnd
that Doan's Kidney Pills helI
me-"
Price SOC at all dealers. DOM
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get Doan's Kidney Pills-th,
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N. 7.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
The Survival of the lIntIttest.

Darwin's scientific treatise, "The
survival of the fittest" has Civ
en- place In Europe to a book oi
life written in blood, called the
Survival of the Unfittest, y
the Eproduet of the most sense
less and criminal war that has
ever blackened civilization. Ar
mics are composed ofplcked men.
They are sifted and winnowed for
their quality; the chaff and the
riffraff are rejected. Among the
thousands reported killed or
wouned there are no detectives,
no dwarfs, no cripples, or de-
formed, no imbeciles. They were
were the choice men of the race.
Their courage, their strength,
their intelligence, their efficiency
were the races hope of a better
prosperity. The inevitable effects
of war are such that If a nation
designed to keep its most valua-
BILE forces drained low, ii it pre-
ferred to breed its future genera
tiOns from nubbins AMI scrubs,
it could devise no more effective
program than repeated and wide
spread war. The braver the men
the larger and surer the loss.
Whatever war may be in song or
story, in practical eugenics, in
the highest progress OF the race,
1t is the worst calamity OF all
the continuous extinction OF the
fittest. Therefore the spirit OF mil.
itarism is suicidal and the apollo
gist for war is a foe to the race.
The song, 81 did not raise my
boy to be a soldier" contains
more sound sense than could be
crowded into the shallow mind of
a jlngoist without a surgical OPP
GRAFTON. No mother OF the right
sort will rear her boy for human
butchery-elther to butcher or
to be butchered. Such a thing be-
longs to savage instincts and is
unwor thy ofpresent-day civiliza-
tion. She will rear him for nobler
things in recognition of the Faith
erhood of God and the brother
hood of men, but if the evil of
war should unhappily come, be
will have been reared to do his
duty. The nation that cultivates
militarism should be ostracised
from the society OF all other ma
tions, as by this policy it declares
itself an enemy to humanity.
Southern Methodist.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28

No, Teddy will not interfere
with Mr.. Hughes appointments
as President.-Concord Tribune.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
Organize a Farm Loan Association in
Your Community.

1
There are few farmers indeed
who do not need more ready casf
than they at present have. The
stumps need to be taken out, new
land cleared, fences built, bitches
dug, tile laid, better livestock
and better implements purchas.
ed. Hitherto making these i'm.
provements on borrowed capital
has in many cases, even when the
best security was given, been inn
possible, simply because interest
rates have been prohlbitively
high.
Now, however, with the new
rural credits law a certainty, it
seems that 5 or 6 per cent mon
ey on long time is to be placed
within reach of every deserving
farmer. AS we are pointing out
elsewhere, present indications are
that it is through the communi-
ty farm loan association that
loans will be most quickly and
easily obtained. 1t is quite true
that not less than ten farmers
must unite to create such an as
sociation, but this fact certainly
sh ould be no serious bar to the
successful operation of the plan.
Thousands of communities both
in the United States and abroad
have already successfully worked
together along other lines, and
the benefits that will accrue from
the creations of community farm
loan associations are too great
for us to let our so called "indi-
vidualism" stand in the way.
There are a hundred legitimite,
productive uses to which cheap
money can be nut, and when so
used the results will inevitably be
reflected in better farms, better
homes, a higher standard of liv,
ing and a better citizenship. Debt
incurred for productive purposes
is not something to be dreaded;
rather it Is a thing needed, pro
vided, always, the interest rate is
low and the time long.
Why not take the lead in this
matter in your neighborhood,
getting all the information neces
sary, and then helping to organ
ize a local association?-The Pro
gressive Farmer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
Business Methods in Homes.

L. Manage your household or
personal affairs in a business
like way-pav cash and do not
run bills.
2. Save a fixed sum every
month and as much more as cir
cumstances will permit.
3. Memorize this rule and use
it to measure all purchases: "Nev
er spend money for anything
which does not add to physical
health or mental health or NOR.
al health"
4. Do your own buying q n d
marketing. You alone know what
ought to be bought to do your
family the most good.
5. Have simple meals, good,
pure food, cooked and served,
Remember there is no economy
in inferior quality, but that a re-
duction in quantity is often nee
essaray for health.i
6. Don't indulge in foods and
drinks between meals. Amuse-
ment at the expense ofone's own
health is expensive indeed.
Z. Buy only simple, well made
furnishings and furniture. They
cost less to clean and last long
er.
8. Do not buy an article t o r
which you have no definite use.
Once you are past the bargain
table" the desire for possession
leaves you.
8. Don't buy GLADLY" clothes
to be soon discarded. Think of
price and wearing qualities as
we'll as style.
10. run your expenditures on a
strict budget plan, revised un-
til it fits it's your individual fam
| lily .needs-Rule of the House
wives League.
st. Paul husbands whose wives
belong to the "home manage
ment" class hereafter will be OBJ
liged to give a detailed account
of their daily expenditures in or
der to combat the high cost of
living by means of a conscien-
tious record of accounts. The
plan was outlined ny Mrs. Har-
vey NJ. Hickok of Minneapolis,
who made the second Of a series
of lectures under the auspices Cf
the Housewives League.
A number of st. Paul wives as
serted it was impossible to get
their husbands to give an ac-
count. One said her husband be-
came extremely resentful when
when asked how much he h a d
spent for cigars or if he had lun-
ched with a friend. Another said
her husband always maintained
the silence OF a martyr and wore
a look of injury.
Mrs. Hickok advised them to
explain the situation more clear
ly, but not to give up. "Get him
accustomed to giving an account
of his expenditures and be frank
about your own" she said st.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28

address in 1S47 made a noble
plea for education and internal
improvements, and rebuked the
people of the State for devoting
so much of their time; interest
and attention to national and so
little to State affairs. Politics, in
deed, appears to swallow up ev-
cry other interest, said Hugh
Mcqueen in 1888, and the whole
surface of the earth seems cover
ed with politicians as Egypt once
swarmed with locusts.
And we have not yet learned
that an ounce OF sound econom-
les is worth n whole ton of parti'
san politics. Dir. Hamilton's vol
ume is a most interesting com
mentary upon the fantastic tricks
humors and trlvialities of popu'
lar politics and the curious ina
bility OF our public leaders to see
the large significance OF affairs in
the home State. Interest IN ma
tlonal politics paralyzed the will
to think ont State pr0lstems safe
ly in large ways; and We are not
yet cured of this ancient incapac
itv,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
A Clogged System Must Be Clear

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laxative for removing impurities
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Kings New Lie Pills TO oniaht
will assure you a free, full bowel
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-11-28
DO You Have Sour Stomach?

If you are troubled with sour
stomach you should eat slowly
and masticate your food thor
oughly, then take one of Cham
berlain's Tablets Immediately az
fer supper. Obtainable every
where.