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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-07-15

The Native Americans took the
warning. They held no meeting, the
Philadelphia thugs did not appear,
and there were no riots in New York.
A secret oath-bound society spread
over the country in 1852. Like the
anti-Catholic organization of today, its
members disclaimed all knowledge of
its activities and when questioned as
to its nature always answered, Il don't
know" This reply earned for them
the appropriate title of Know Moth
ings. 1t was sponsored by the preach
ers, by number of eX-priests, and by
a fanatic who called himself the Angel
Gabriel. Whittier this man went arson
and murder followed on his trail. He
addressed mobs in the streets of Bos.
ton, denouncing popes, priests, and
nuns and Catholics. In May, 1854, the
mob attacked the Catholics at Chelsea
and burned a church. At Coburg
Catholic church was burned in June.
A church at Dorchester was blown up
on July and on July the church at
Bath was destroyed. On this last oe-
casion the parish priest, Father Bapst,
was tarred and feathered, receiving in
juries from which he never recovered.
In 1855 the Know Nothings secured
the passage of bill through the leg
islature providing for the inspection
of converts. The legislative scoun-
drels who went to inspect one convent
behaved so shamelessly that public
opinion was aroused, and the act was
repealed.
During that year rioting occurred in
Louisville, KY, when the Know Moth.
ing element tried to prevent Catholics
from going to the polls. Nearly 100
Catholics were shot and over twenty
houses were burned. Louisville has
never recovered from Bloody Monday.
The great struggle that led to the
war between the North and South
eventually killed the Know Nothing
Party.-Exchange.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-07-15
POOR SALESMANSHlP is
BLAMED IN RECRUITING
Responsible for Uncle Sans Failure
to Get 10000 Additional Men
for Army.

Detroit. Mich, July 12.-Poor sales.
manship has been responsible for I'm.
Gle Sans failure to recruit 10000 ad.
ditional men for the United States ar.
my. c. Louis Allen Of New York told
5000 delegates to the worlds sales
manshtp congress here.
"The men in charge Of the recruit
Ing should be master statesmen for the
army must be sold to its prospective
recruits" Allen said.
Frank G. Jones, the author, declared
business men must be on the square"
II for no other reason than that it
pays.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-07-15
SISTER SHIP OF GERMAN
SUBSEA LINER is ON WAY
Commercial Submarine, 1.-THE Bremen,'
Due to Arrive at Rio de Janero
Soon, Is Report.

Rio De Janeiro. July 12.-The state
chancellor has been officially informed
that sister ship to the super-subma.
rine Deutschland is now crossing the
Atlantic and will arrive here within Il
days, the newspaper Bua declared.
Sister Ship on Way.
Amsterdam, July 12-Anot!ler com
mercial submarine, the Bremen, con.
structed by the same company that
built the Deutschland. already has lef;
harbor. according to the Berlin Vos
sische Zetmg.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-07-15

it was what is now known as the
parochial school system, religious in
struction being given daily. Massa-
chusetts being a Protestant state, the
religion taught was Professionalism. In
short, the school system was then
dominated by Professionalism. The chill
dren of Catholic immigrants attend
ing the public schools were forced to
read the Protestant Bible and to re-
cite Protestant prayers. This being
violation of the rights of conscience,
Catholic parents protested, but in vain.
In 1859, Catholic boy attending Eliot
school, Boston, was ordered to repeat
the Ten Commandments in the Pro-
testant form. On refusing to do so he
was severely logged for thirty min
utes by the teacher, who declared he
would whip the lad until he consented.
A suit for assault and damages was
brought against the teacher, but the
Judge held that he was within his
rights in attempting to whip Popery
out Of the child.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-07-15

begin with, the school system,
from being the work of one man
& one time or one state, is grad
HI growth, differing in character
n efiiciency in state, county and
w Originating in Massachusetts,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20
Solomon II

When notice was published
with respect to the action, |
would have made it known in
terms unequivocal and unmis-
taxable, that we should not toler-
ate a continuance of friendly re-
lations through the ordinary
diplomatic channels if that action
were taken, and the Lusitania,
sir, would have never been sunk.
That's what Hughes says ne
would have done alone of the
hundred millions in the United
States, Mr.. Hughes would have
known that a small advertise
ment in a New York paper on
May |, warning neutrals to stay
out of the war zones around the
British Isles, forecasted the de-
struction of the Lusitania on
May 7 and the massacre of hun
dreds of innocent people. And
Mr.. Hughes knowing this could
have prevented it yes, knowing
that, he could have prevented
anything, including the European
war, the smallpox and Mr..
| Theodore Roosevelt.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20
Bird Roost Advertising

In a section of North Carolina
not far away, a business concern
is offering a reward of $25 for
information that will lead to the
detection Of the person or per-
sons who tore down the sign
boards they had tackled up all
over the country. Twenty-Five
dollars for sign boards and the
same amount for detectives TO
find out who it was made kind
ling of them, would have bought
this concern handsome adver-
Using in the local papers, and
instead of having their message
tackled on trees heller SHELTER
through the woods for the birds
to roost on, they would have got
ten it right down by the firesides
of the community. Their money
is gone, so are the sign boards,
and at last the newspaper is used
to advertise the fact.
Sions nainted on the Pyramids
of Egypt attract not because OF
the signs, but because of the
Pyramids Cross roads trees all
look alike in this country.
MORAL Don't put your ad-
vertising out for bird roosts, get
it where it will go direct to the
homes from which all custom is
drawn. And rember that the
most economical carrier in the
world for this is the NEWS
PAPER. = Henderson Gold Leaf.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

We understand that the Sea-
board contemplates issuing in
the near future magazine
dealing with this community,
which will doubtless be mutually
advantageous to the Seaboard
and Roanoke Rapids. Material
is here for an excellent write-up
illustrating what must be one
of the most remarkable de-
velopments along the Seaboard
Air Line.
Apicture of the magnificent
Seaboard station at Roanoke
Junction should by all means be
included in this work, as it will
tend to show the high apprecla-
ton the Seaboard has for the
community which gives it the
largest freight receipts between
Henderson and Suffolk.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

sponsibility, brought into office
only by the divisions of its ad-
versaries?
The answer is given by the
long and fruitful record of con-
structive Democratic achieve
ment since 1913. with its
accession to power" as Mr..
Underwood says, some Of US eX-
pected four years of futility, in
place of which its accomplish
ments and actions have surprised
its adversaries. The President
has achieved the seemingly i'm
possible. "
The reconstructed, the new
Democratic Party, the architect
of wise legislation, the 'stabilizer
of business, has won the conf.
dence of business. Mr.. Under.
wood and Judge Lovette, heads
.of great railway systems that
have a vital stake in the be
ing of business, are content with
peace and prosperity, with the
work of the Democratic Presi
dect and Congress. And what
must especially grieve Mr.
Hughes, they haven't even thu
frmness to denounce the eight
hour law. 1T is to be lived W
to" says Mr.. Underwood, Sc
long as it is the law of the land.
New York Times.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

fled this year. The country
ignobly conserving to be highly
prosperous under a Democratic
Administration, Mr.. Hughes
and the rest of the Republican
spellbinders shout that the pros
perity is false" or temporary,
"evanescent" in the more stately
phrase of Mr.. Fairbanks. The
real, live, only genuine, "perma-
nent' prosperity can be had only
from the Republicans and by
means of the magic of high pro-
lection. Mr.. +. D. Underwood.
President of the Erie Railroad,
in an interview advocating the
reelection of Mr.. Wilson, brushes
away the cobweb assumption
that American business thrives
or says according to the muta-
tons of politics. Its essential
vitality, its future, depend main
ly upon the brains and the energy
Of business men.
Prosperity is here. 1t must
depend largely on our courage,
initiative. and enterprise, and
not on politicians or parties.
So much for the arrogant doc
trine that the Republican Party
and Gold Brick Twin, Protection,
are the creators and preservers
of prosperity. To shock and
harry business, so far as they
could, the Republicans from the
time of Mr.. Roosevelt's accession
to the Presidency, were per.
niciously active. Called into power
as a conservative party, they
accomplished little that was con.
structive. Meanwhile the Demo.
cratic Party, mastered by Bryan.
ism and Populism, continued tC
disgust conservatives and the
business community. 1t was its
misfortune and its fault that il
managed to get on the wrong
side of most financial and bust
ness questions. The Rep lblicans
tainted with Greenbackism anC
free silver, compelled in 1896 t
come out squarely for the golC
standard, wriggled finally to the
sound side. The Democrats con
demned themselves to be a min
ority, followed the seductive Mr.
Bryan into defeat and suller
opposition and radical wild-goose
chasing. What would be the fate
of such a party, embittered by
faction, accustomed to rant and
to oppose, unhabituated to re.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

And the time for John Barley
corn's strategic retirement from
the State of Virginia is fast
approaching the Emporium oasis
will offer nought to stimulate the
bibulous after November |.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

After all, if the nation was de-
pendent on the politicians, either
Democratic or Republican, to
furnish prosperity, we think the
bread line would become a wide
spread and permanent institution.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

Private weather forecast;
Marked northward extension
of the extreme drought felt here
for some time, especially notice
able in Richmond, Emporia and
Norfolk.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20
THE CELEBRATED"KRAUZE
Greatest Shows will be on
Midway during the Emporia
Fair October 9th to 9th.
PELLAGRA

Pearson Remedy Co
Burlington, N c.
Gentlemen
After going to the Hospital and hav-
ing been treated by local Physicians
without relief then tried Genuine In
dian Blood Purifier and can say it has
done wonders for me. Am feeling as
good as | ever did except my one foot
which is giving me some trouble.
cheerfully recomend it to any one suf-
fering as did
H. P. Sellars.
Union Church St, Burlington, N. C.
Since the above was written Mr.. Sell
lars says he is rs well as he ever was
and has gained 30 pounds. His address
Is now, :
3O5 Tarplay Street,
Burlington. N. C.
For sale here by Han cock House Co.
Rosemary Supply Company andRoanoke
Pharmacy Company
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

British indignation at the
United States action in not
selling the U53, should be vent
ed, it seems, on the British
cruisers who were supposed to
be patrolling the coast for that
purpose.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20
The Democrats and Business

The amusing traditional Re-
publican theory that Prosperity
is Republican, and Bad Times are
Democratic, has had to be modi-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

We are in receipt of a copy of
the Seaboard Magazine dealing
with the Dixie Corn Belt,
Georgetown county, South
Carolina. It is very attractively
gotten up and profusely
Illustrated with views of this
prosperous section.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

The pacifists have in Greece a
con crete example of the blessings
their theory brings to a people.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

The trouble with the Hughes
offensive is that it expects to
conquer entirely by means of
gas attacks.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

Eighteen cent cotton is going
to mean night work for Uncle
Henry Ford yet.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

Will some one kindly state
what has become of the old
fashioned Mexican-American
Joint commission?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

If you can't be gentle with
the Hughes Club, Mr.. Kitchin,
please be as gentle as you can.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20
Friday, Oct. 20, 1916
Registered!
Nine weeks to Christmas.

Greece must be too scared to
fight.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

Wonder if the U53 brought any
message to Hughes?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20

The chap who courts more than
one girl at a time is counting
trouble.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-10-20
land here's your
Etna check"
@TNA-IZE:

Its q wonder husky fellow like myself
had the forethought. But you never can
tell when sickness or accident will grab
you-and | wanted to do the right thing by
Sue and the kids. Besides. Il costs SO little.
Write. call or phone today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-07
THE MORNING STAR
: BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

sualist if you make up your mind that you will
do what is right every time, no matter how you
feel. That will not give you the same kind of
pleasure that the self-indugent have, but better
kind.
For there are two sorts of enjoyment: one,
that of yielding; the other, that of overcoming.
And it is the that gets the crown of life.
His is the morning star.
For instance, there is pleasure in lying In bed,
in eating and drinking, in gratifying the various
cravings of the body, in reading books that divert
you and require no mental effort, in going to the
theater, in being fattered praised, complimented,
loved In all these things your pleasure is passive
There is pleasure, the other hand, in exer-
cise in going without food and drink for another's
isfy the wants of your intelligence, of pleasing
your conscience by tramplng an appetite, of in
tellectuaI exertion, of discipline, and the like.
All these are the solder kind of joys. They are
better than the soft kind because they last longer
they strengthen your mind and body, they make
you'd tastes finer your whole enjoyment of life
keener, your range of delights wider, and alto
gether you get deal more fun out OF living
The latter joys are just as selfish" as the for
mer But an intelligent selishness is unselfsh
He that saveth his life shall lose it.
Scientifically speaking, overcoming makes de-
Velopment, yielding leads to decay, the destruc-
ton of the organism
Religiously speaking, all you have to do to go
to hell is to do nothing at all. The wind blows
that way. Just do as you please, don't resist,
crafty all DESIRES mind conscience and hell
will be along pretty SOON
Heaven is up hill all the way. But it's keen
and bracing exercise. 1t means a healthier body,
livelier mind, and happier spirit every day.
And, at the top of the hill, you get the Mona
ing Star.
Copyright, 1916. by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-07
QuipS and QuidditieS

An attorney, angered because of an adverse ruling
by the judge. left the courtroom. remarkng TO an
that the judge was an ass anu soulu
be on the bench"
Before the case ended the judge heard of the re-
mark and called the attorney before him.
II hear" he said. that you called me an ass and
said 1 ought be the bench
Sure" replied the quck-witted attorney. ANY
body. with profound knowledge OF law Is an ass
bar. where talents could be cashed into big
money"-Puck.
The visitor was being shown about by the head of
the up-to-date business house
who is that dapper youth at the gass-topped desk?
he asked
tenn. He keeps an index showing where the index
cases are"
who is the young man with the gray CATERS and
the efficient ears
He keeps an index showing the length of time it
takes to index the indexes"
"tvho the girl with the golden hair?'
decides under what index index to the index
of the filing cabinets shall be placed"
And who is the gray-hared at the disordered
desk the corner?'
"oh, that's Joggs. He doesn't fit in we'll
with the rest of the office, but have to keep him
He's the only employe who can find important
papers when want them in hurry
A tall, angular, yellow convict shoeing mule
of the many sheds when he asked to ex-
plain what had brought him there and why, appearing
such quiet unobrusive sort of citizen he should fall
from grace.
you seem to have too much sense be here with
a chain your leg" commented the judge.
II is so't OBJ nice suh" the laconic confession
But what brought you here?"
TOO expensive lawyer jedge."
"A too expensive lawyer How do make that
out?'
"He wanted fo'teen mo- dollars fer perjury in my
case TO free jedge, dan I happened ter hab
at de time"
Prisoner at the bar do you plead guilty not
guilty of this MURDER
mot guilty judge. I prove a alibi. l was
engaged in killing another at the time and he
wasn't the man the indictment says l killed, as
/ prove by this picture of him. which drew from
memory. Buffalo Express.
Here you are sr!" cried the hawker, extending
bouquet Buy some beautiful flowers for your sweet
heart"
Nothing doing" responded the young man. II
haven't got sweetheart
Il see." the prompt rejoinder of the hawker.
Buy some flowers for your wife"
Wrong again! l not married"
well, then, guvnor," exclaimed the resourceful
hswker, buy the lot celebrate your luckw-Tit-
Bits
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-07

81 am of a very selfish nature, writes young
woman land often make sacrifice or perform
some unselfish deed, not because really feel ike
doing so naturally, but from a sense OF duty De-
cause I know it is right, and from what have
read and heard about how good and strong char
acters act. Do you think this improves me? Will
INV nature change after while if / constantly go
against it?"
To which answer may thus be made:
Your problem is as old and as common as hu-
manity. A. to-
Every career is a continued struggle of the two
natures in u.s. the angel and the brute. EVERYBODY
is more or less of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde
There may be rare natures such as
Charles Kingsley calls natural k1ngoom-oI-heaV-
enites" who always want to do the thlhs IheS
ought to do, but they are scarce lndeed
The first thing to do therefore is TO recosnlLe
that all decent life must be in terms Oh cohnlct'
Rccause Won feel this unceasng war within you Is
M sign that YOU are bad" or selfish or meaner
than other people. You are simply human. lou
might as we'll complain that you do not nave tnIec
hands or that you do not possess supeIn" 49,
mowers of vision hearing, as to complalh lna.
vour inclination does not always agree WIN your
duty. -. -. -ouu,, o,,o.
II Don't grow morbid. Don't call yourself
names Don't develop self-contempt. And above
ali. don't get into the mire of self-pity. .
It's fight. You have TO make IT. 90 10 II
qavly with high courage, and with gladness IhdC
YOU are disposed to fight and sure to WIN
Won can dodge the fight by yielding to your
lower nature AS Oscar Wilde said, Tne easiest
wav TO get rid of temptation is to yield But you
know the nasty side to that. It means weak
Aabby, unclean mind, spirit that must loa'ne
itself. ..,,o -. .to sar
But you can be just as comfortable as the SEN
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-07
LITTLE THINGS COUNT
-BY II. ADDINGTON BRUCE.

prise. The sheet contained statement he was
mailing to the newspapers of city some distance
from New York.
81 knew" he explained to me, that this story
was too long to go on a single sheet OF paper II
tvped in double space throughous.
"Fsor psychological reasons that you will appre-
ciate 7 wanted to keep it on one sSee-. z TS<P&
look shorter than if it over to q second sheet,
and. therefore, it would have better chance OF
getting into print.
$50 told the girl to type the last few lines
single space You see what she has done. She mas
single spaced not the last few Enes out the lines
between every paragraph.
eoThe result is a sheet so hard to read that m
afraid a good many of the editors won't bother 10
read it."
To this stenographer the mode of tipping this
particular statement petty detail, too trivial
to be attended to accurately. To my friend 1t was
likewise detail, but by no means petty one
And the more you stop to analyze any success
full business, the more you will realize that 1t is
built on seemingly trivial details that after all
have far-reaching significance.
Neglect the little things in business and you
may feel toleraby sure that you will not long have
big things to which to pay attention. Attend TO
the little things faithfully and ever bigger things
will be demanding your attention.
These are elementary facts which the business
beginner cannot too soon take to heart.
Copyright, 1916, by The Associated Newspapers)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-07
The Freight Rate Menace.

In Joining the movement to combat the unjust
advances proposed in interstate freight rates the
fertilizer industries of Georgia are serving agricu
tural interests as we'll their own 1t is con-
servatively reckoned that the rates for which the
carriers have asked would add eight hundred
thousand dollars year to the cost of shipping
fertilizers within this State.
To the consumers no less than to the producers
of this farm necessity that would be heavy hard
ship, particularly at time when potash and other
ingredients of fertilizers difficult to obtain
at the highest prices. :,
If the proposed rates allowed farmers will
have to pay more not only for fertilizers but also
for farm implements and materials such as pillow
handles, pillow beams and irons, axes, nails woven
wire netting and sundry other articles of the sort
Furthermore, the proposed rates by levying an
intoerable tax on ntrastate traffic in foodstuffs
would discourage diversified farming The roads
have asked increase of thirty-eight per cent on
shipments of hogs and cattle from farms to packing
plants and additional increase of upwards
of one hundred per cent shipments of finished
products from packing plants to local markets
This tWo-fold burden would penalze and even
tually crush an infant industry which is of vital
importance to the States development and pros
perty
The fact that the Georgia Shippers Association
and the Georgia Manufacturers Association as well
as the Fertilizer Mixers Association have under
taken organized campaign against the rate ad-
vances proposed shows how seriously these repre-
sentative interests regard the danger which con-
fronts them. The fact that leaders in every field
of business are aroused on this issue proves its
vital concern to the Commonwealth.