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The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
BE WORTH WHILE.
H.. ADpkoToN BRUCE


the man who does nothing except
sign club checks and get his name
in the society columns OF his local
newspapers.
This latter type OF man. when all
Ia said and done. really belongs 10
the street-loafer class He may have
college training. but like the
street loafer he Is cumberer OF
the earth. a useless parasite.
Every man who works Ia superior
TO any man who. from his own
choice, passes his time in idleness.
Just remember this the next time
you are tempted 10 envy the fellow
who does not have TO work"
Also remember. please. that vol.
untary idlins carries with # sons
pretty heavy penalties, whether the
idler be rich or poor.
Your -idler Is seldom happy. and
almost as seldom healthy. He
knows what nerves" are TO an ex-
tent undreamed by most OF HIS
hustling, achieving. useful fellow be
ings.
Work" said Madame Schwet-
chine. as really the thing that
fatigues us the least"
And II IL the thing that makes us
really worth while.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
To Analyze Bites

DIR Alvin " Struse. of Philadel.
phia, has sailed for the orient to
make a general survey and study
Of tropical diseases and OF snake
bites and poisons In India" for the
Rockefeller institute OF New York.
His associate in the work will be
Dr. Victor G.. Heiser, OF the Philip
pine general hospital. His expert
ence covers rs years In hot climates.
He was one OF the founders OF the
Philippine general hospital. His
itinerary calls for sojourns In the
Hawaiian islands. India. the Fiji isl
ands. the federal states. Australia
and the Island OF Ceylon. the trip
TO take not less than two years.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
The Daily Reminder
ToDAY's Anniversaries.

i7et-rirst negro church In AMER
lea dedicated In Philadsiphis.
lsls-.ope Plus VII. issued his
famous rdiet against all Bible 30
isSs-Tension iron bridge, believed
to be the nrst OF It's Kind In the Unit
ed states. patented by Augustus Cam
held. az Plainfeld, n. j.
istt-A fre In the city ~ Quebec,
the second within q month. destroyed
1855 houses.
isae-zachary Taylor was commits
stoned mAjor-generai OF the United
iS5:-Henry Clay. famous tt.tcs-
man, died in Warhinston. u; g Born
tn = anoysr county. va. April u. III
ned Governor Crawford Of Kansas TO
call out a volunteer battalion 20 pro-
tect the frontier from Indians.
isI3-,Foreign ministers were re-
by the Emperor OF China at Pekin.
INFLAMMATION OF Tahiti TO
France
and mysteriously appeared in the
lower part OF the Colorado desert
ls04-"Dsu" Emmett. famous minis
trel and author OF Dixie" died at
Mount Vernon. Ohio. Born there.
ONE YEAR AGO %. TO-DAY IN THE
Austro-German armies captured
TomssEow In southern Poland.
Berlin reported ave French attacks
near Nerdun were repulsed.
German troops reached kamionka
twenty -fNe miles northeast OF Lem
berg.
German. nerc.iy a.sailed Russian
army in it's new position along the
Rug River.
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS.
Prince Ipsnilo, heir sppar.n, to the
TIME, t5 years ago today.
Gen George ". GoethAls. chief en-
Sinerr In the building OF the Panama
Canal and hrst civil governor OF the
lyn. So years ago today.
William r Borah. United states
senator from Idaho. born at Fairfield
Ill. 81 years ago today
George W. Stevens. president Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway born
at Utica. o. SIS years ago today
James n. Mays representative In
Congress OF the Second Utah district
born In East Tennessee. IS years ago
today.
RI Rev. John n. Morris. Catholic
bishop OF Little Rock. born az Hen
aersonNille. Tenn. so years ago to-
day.
Dr George r. Hale. director Of tn.
Mount Wilson Observatory Al Pass
Gens, born in Chicago. IS years ago
today.
Or William J. Mayo. on. 81 the
heads Of the famous surgical clinic
| a. Rochester. MINI. born at lie Sueur
/ Mimi. IS years ago today.
T.. J. Watson. commissioner Of agri-
culture or south Carolina. horn in
| Edgeheld county. s. G. 81 years ago
/ today.
Wilb.rt Robinson. manager Of the
Brooklyn National league base hs II
team. born at Hudson. Mass. 81 years
I ugo TODAY
/ Robert H. v.ach. left r.Ider OF the
4 Detroit American league baseball
team. born at -. Charles. kya IS
wears $50 today.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29

tistics recently prepared by the po.
lice department, the total number Of
street accidents in one year in New
York city Was 22.540. which resulted
in $50 deaths
or The persons killed, BIO were
men and 1i9 women. or about three
and half times as many men a.
women. or these. 10s we're children
under six years Of age. and 1874 were
between the ages Of sir and rs
In the nonfatal accidents the pro
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
From Another Point OF H;eu
By c. T. S.

AS we understand the situation, the
members of our state militia are in a
heroic mood, but their stomachs are not
There approaches a man aged and
gray, bending over a cane.
As he comes nearer we note that he
wears badge.
We can now read the badge.
He is member of the Grand Army Of
the Republic.
He has called 10 tell us that he was
with Sherman on the march to the sea.
He says he recalls distinctly that on
that memorable hike, three times a day
they did not have peach shortcake and
ice cream.
There's still a chance
Some day your see
That wheeze that's due
From p. j. c.
Wouldn't il be pretty note if, after
the state soldiers are on their way 20 the
border, it should be discovered they had
failed to pack the finger bowls.
Our old friend Doc, well-known and
popular chiropodist. says he has had to
conclude finally that there is a saloon in
Verdun.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
This was a licensed murder.

This was licensed murder.
Murder licensed by the people of the
great state Of Michigan.
The people of Michigan permit the
manufacture, the sale and the drinking
~ intoxicating liquors in consideration
IT 4 certain sum paid the state.
The people of Michigan permit the
manufacture, sale and drinking of intox-
icating liquors for BRIBE.
The people of the state of Michigan,
On May 1, the regular time of the year
for the payment of the bride, contracted
with the saloonkeeper who sold Sampeer
whisky, for the murder of Mrs. Sam
peer.
The people did their part when they
aid to the saloonkeeper:
FOR A CERTAIN SUM IN HAND
PAID, WE HEREBY GRANT YOU
THE RIGHT TO SELL WILLIAM
SAMPEER WHISKY. THAT HE MAY
DRINK WHISKY UNTIL REASON
TAKES IT'S FLIGHT, AND UNTIL
4IIE BEAST AND SAVAGE IN HIM
MALL RISE UP AND COMMAND
HIN 10 HACK WITH A KNIFE AT
HIS WTFE'S THROAT UNTIL SHE is
D4AD."
And to this the people of the state of
Michigan attach the words:
n WITNESS OUR HAND AND SEAL. "a
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
Loyalty To the Public.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank crane)
Loyal to the public.

Loyal 10 the pubic.
AT the present stage of evolution il
would seem to be about hundred years
or so yet before any considerable num-
Der of consciences progress to the point
where this phrase means anything.
The moral sense begins with the indi-
vidual and advances toward the group
Most of us understand minor loyalties.
1t has some force, and we catch the idea,
when one talks of being loyal TO a wife.
to friend to a family, TO an employer.
to the Free Masons, to the church. to
ones native state, and to the father
land
All these things are concrete. We can
grasp them. They are tangible ikons.
Poetry is made about them, and songs
are sung.
But just being loyal to "the people" is
at present pretty much of joke.
To most of us the people do not exist
1t is phrase Our class exists, our ma
ton, perhaps the white race. But there
are no insides to the word humanity. Il
is colored she'll
And yet the redemption of our COM
mon life waits precisely upon this. We
are never going to get rid of the indecen-
cies of politics, the graft and corruption
Of civic life, until the public" means
something solid and real enough to be a
lodestone to conscience.
There are too many men in public
career who would scorn to betray
friend or swindle neighbor or do any
thing to offend the old soldiers or the
|hyphenated Americans, and who regard
a robbery of the people at large as a
commendable evidence of shrewdness.
The pork-barrel congressman who gets
a bill through to put up a $4,000 post
Office building in his home town where
$4,000 would be too much, is given a
banquet when he gets home. He ought
to be sent to Jail. He has not cheated
any one man; but he has cheated us
all. he has cheated the United States.
His conscience gives very feeble tug
to the alderman who votes for a public
utility franchise that outrages nobody
but everybody. He wouldn't rob bank
nor burn a hay-rick, but he smilingly
robs the vague and nebulous public.
Democracy is rather a severe strain
on human nature. II is quite sure to
break down in so far as conscience is
not democratized.
Loyalty to the public ought to be as
vigorous and recognized as loyalty to the
crown. But it isn't
The trouble with the doctrine Of Jesus,
the reason why most people regard His
teachings as impossibly ideal, 10 that His
conscience was developed in advance Of
His time, and of our time. for that mat
ter. With Him humanity was the thing.
More than any other being on earth
he had the human nerve. He was the
incarnation of Rants categorical impera-
tive.
Nothing but sense OF loyalty to the
public" can make statesman out Of
politician. can make Christian out Of
a churchman, can make human being
out Of patriot, can make great news
paper out of party or personl organ.
can make a gentleman out Of fnancier,
can make a man out Of bounder.
Seem day we will realize that THE
People" is Gods other name.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29

~ II were done when It's done. then
'twere well
II were done quickly
Lloyd-George Is an admirable
statesman-an active, progressive.
frank. full-blooded. horse-sensed
man. His words ring true His
acts are decisive. and invariably
they bring home the bacon" Tn
like the bulk OF English politicians.
he is able enough TO make up his
own mind and courageous enough
TO make his moves without continu-
ally angling for votes. He Is exact
ly the opposite OF the canting. mud
ding. "pinhead" sort CT high ON.
ciaI which has cost the British
cause so much suffering and loss in
men. treasure and prestige.
Though the mighty little Welsh
man L. still the most hated and be
loved man in Britain. he is as much
the handy man OF the coalition gov
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
A Poem a Day

LATE
Ny father brought somebody up.
To show US all asleep.
The y-eAFAe- 80 softly It's the stairs
As you could creep.
They whispered in the doorway there
And looked at US while
J had my eyes shut up. but
Could feel him smile.
shut my eyes up close. and lay
As stlll as I could keep.
Because I knew he wanted as
To-he asleep.
Josephine Preston Peabody.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29

That II Ia a wise plan to use a
sharp knife rather than scissors
when cutting flowers for house
decoration because the scissors
have a tendency to squeeze the
stems so that they will take UP
less water than they should. And
n Ia best TO make a slsnting cut
with the knife. or course there
is no reason why scissors should
not be used In removing the nov.
ers from the plants II the stems
are afterwards cut again with a
knife. and 30 many pretty gar.
den scissors have been designed
for milady that II seems a pity
not 70 nee them --.,-
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29

health workers 70
the prevention or
street accidents
and the great
number OF deaths
they cause every
year In American
cities.
According TO sta
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
They sent him to a hospital
He may not recover.

The tragedy had long been expected
~ the neighbors.
Mrs. Sampeer's life was miserable.
V Her husband abused her shamefully.
The neighbors had known him to drive
1 her into the street. scantily clad, in the
dead Of winter.
Upon these occasions, Sampeer was
DRUNK.
Upon all occasions when he abused the
I poor woman who had the misfortune to
become his wife, Sampeer was DRUNK.
When he drew his pocket knife and
slashed his wife in the throat until she
tel, bleeding to death, he was DRUNK
Just another wife killed by WHISKY
the stuff the state licenses the sale of
md the stuff saloonkeepers sell fol-
PROFIT.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
His Day of.

The Rev. SIbley was absent from
his pulpit last week.
Our genial pastor. the Rev. F. l..
Shirley, presented We scribe with A
fine cut Of muskellonge Monday OF
this week. Thanks. deacon.-Bre.
ton WIS., Banner.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
Our Neglected Boy Crop.

Somebody swiped Johnny's mitt today. Maybe
Ma said she didn't have any money for another.
So Johnny lay for Dad al the corner where The
car stops and demanded a sum sufficient TO
meet his sad necessity.
Maybe Dad was feeling pretty tired OF good
many things but chiefly OF the high cost Of
everything and 80 he replied accordingly. Then
Johnny teased. And was scoidcd Or worse.
And he will not care what he does tomorrow,
II he can't have another catcher's mitt
Poor Johnny He belongs TO the country's
neglected boy crop.
And yet few persons look upon him as neg.
Iected. His parents are thrifty, temperate. con-
scientious. They see that the boy has plenty
OF food, baths and clothes
They see that Johnny has pretty nearly every
thing he wants EXCEPT AMUSEMENT. They
leave Johnny to find that for himself
But when he does find it, they call II mis-
chief
Now II Johnny were a waif. somebody would
take great pains to see that he had his twc|
weeks in the country, and that he was especially
provided with work and play enough to keerl
him out OF mischief
But Johnnys parents are industrious-and JUS
a little too busy TO censor Johnny's entertainl
ment. They are also provident-and just z
trifle too much interested In saving for the IN
ture TO give the right kind OF attention TO TIT
present
That Is Why the boys in some OF the mos
respectable families turn out badly EverybodJ
is too busy to look after them Money Ia tod
precious TO spend on them.
And the chances are that few quarters in
vested over and over In bats balls. mitts an
masks would pay far greater dividends ID
Johnny's character than many dollars saved 70
Johnny's bank account or college course.
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The Detroit times., 1916-06-29

MY teacher says II IL our con
science that tells va when we dc
wrong" said little Dorothy.
We'll, don't care" rejoined her
small brother. Just so II don't &c
and blab what we do to mother"
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
Another Wife Killed By
Whisky, in the Name of
the People of Michigan.

q We had another killing in Detroit
Tuesday, night
William Sampeer, No. 1877 Casper-ave.,
Nns the man who did the killing.
His wife was the victim.
A neighbor, a woman friend of Mrs.
&eer, saw the crime committed.
Looking out of her window, she saw
&ompeer attack his wife.
Gripping in his right hand his pocket
1mife, he forced the helpless woman
against the fence and held her there
Mrs. Sampeer struggled in vain to free
shMself.
v With the knife Sampeer began hacking
IT her throat.
He cut her again and again-cut an
ugly cash every time he stabbed at the
|Woman's throat, and drew the knife along
through the neck.
U Before anyone. could interfere. the
woman had dropped to the ground and
~ there, bleeding to death.
q Sampler, still grasping the bloody i'm
p1ement Of death, hacked then at his
own throat, endeavoring to kill himself.
Attempting to flee. he sank to his
1865 on the spot where the police found
Nm.
They sent him to hospital
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29

The meeting of the justice and the
CoDGnel seems to have been most harmoni-
nG However, one account of it says
~ - {seh . chance on the box of
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
The Keep Well Column
STREET ACCIDENTS

In this day OF automobiles II IL GU.
ious how little attention Is paid by
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29
NOT CUSTOMARY.

He-woud your father and mother cetses
they knew, had kissed youf
She-They never have.-LAfe.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-29

~ IL were done when It's done. thcn
'twere well
II were done quickly macbeth
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-12-20
n "a n n n u ~ @s
SERVICE MORE THAN GIVING
Deepest Spirit of Christmas Does Not
confine Itself to One Day, but
Is Manifest Entire Year.

The deepest spirit of the Christmas
outpouring that flows over the Chris
tian world is the impulse for human
service that runs through the whole
year.
1t is easy to give recklessly out of
ones abundance, ii v to share care
fully ones pittance. The distribution
of Christmas dinners through hun
dreGs of ~self-denying families means a
days happiness for the giver and re-
ceiver. But it is greater happiness to
both to follow through the year with
aid to self-dependence, encouragement
to hope, and support in striving for
better living.
This is the giving of self, and they
who know how to give of themselves
wisely are the highest givers. The
best feature of Christmas is it's ma
terial expression of a whole year Of
una service that runs like a thread
through human lives.
Only these holiday glimpses reveal
to the careless how many are dadi-
Gated to a share in this u~n0htrusive
service to the humbly striving and to
the accomplishing needy; how many
families are under constant stimulus
to the hest sort of self-help; how many
children are being quietly led to a
higher level Of living and striving for
themselves between Christians and
Christmas.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-12-20

OF the missing Git, although not very
certain where &72 Elm street East was,
or il there We're an S72 East, or pos
seasnd Of any knowledge concerning
who lived there.
Now, S72 East is a little tumble
down house, OF was, well out Elm
street, and somewhat back from the
thoroughfare.
81 observation-disclosures some old WON
an livus here" said one of the party.
They all piled out and followed the
broken sidewalk up to the dwelling.
Come ill.," answered a CHEEKY but
quavering voice When they knocked.
So they entered in the dusk. 1t was
q bare room, With a few old-fashioned
pictures in walnut frames on the
walls, some archaic furniture of the
same period, and q rag carpet itself
reduced to it's original material.
Not far from the window stood the
celebrated leather rocker, with a cane
close at hand. In the chair sat a little
Old woman, with her face smiling hap
PLY under unkept gray hair. Her face
was white, her wrinkles were many,
but her eyes shone with the real Christ
mas light.
I cant ask you boys to set down."
she said, trying to turn toward them,
'bCcHuse there isn't much to set down
in except this, and the sofy over there,
Dut l Knew you'd come, and l want to
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-12-20
SIOaa's Linimeat EaSGS Pain.

Sloan's Liniment is first thought
of mother to- bumps, bruises
and sprains uliat are continually
happening to children. 1t quick
ly penetrates and soothes "i>h-
out rubbing. Cleaner and more
effective than mussy plasters or
ointments. For rho 1matic aches,
neuralgia pain End that gripiy
soreness afterco'1a. Sloan's I'M
ment gives prompt relief. Have
a bottle lIanE. for bruises,
strains, sprains ma all exto"ral
pain. For the thousands whose
work calls item outdoors, tire
pains and aches following ex~
posture are relieved by Sloans
Eminent. At all Druggists, 25c.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-12-20
Owing fojuai iIity to securc


Owing 70 juai iIity to securc
sufficient aud lumrelent he'll
The WATCHNAN and RECORD
have been r'"ujng Que day
off it's scht DUE ont has give"
the news up i" the hour OF
going to press aut! stherefor
no one has bean loser. " =
expect t. G"t back into our
regular time ,ir~ing the COM
ing weekend hope to add neT
life to tn paper.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-12-20

homes on free trial. Tests at
more than thirty OF leading Uni
versities and the Government
Bureau of Standards show this
new af,lcie to be tour times as
efficient as article now in gener-
al use in this section. Article is
needed in every rural home and
benefits every member OF the
household, bringing cheer, COM
fort and happiness into the homc.
Not necessary to be away fro1n
home nights. Pay from SO O0 to
SIS 90 per day according to abiI-
lty and number of homes visited.
r. writing Mr. Sheppy, mention
What townships will be most con-
|v%en1ent for you to work in; what
your regular occupation is; your
age; married or single; how long
you have lived in the comnuuity.
what kind Of rig or aulo YOU
have; whether YOU wish to work
spare time or steady; how much
time you will have to devote to
the WOLF; when you can start,
and about how many homes are
within six miles Of you in each
direction. This is a splendid OPP
portunity for several men in Row,
an County and counties adjoin-
Ing to make good money, work
ing steady or spare time. Some
u the field men earn $4,000 per
month; one farmer earned $1,000
working spare time only. No
investment or bond necessary.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-12-20

Some hs : DE spledd,2'E
c..hers haE. III, --otable fall~~
and are dol .-'..yW, others have
none to dis2t~7 tiie:r genius viii
but ali, like .4e p %arisees OF 81
cry, Owns j." and NAG, i
regulate tAe 21F*r fellows boy .
If you want 4at''s job look after
your own.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-12-20

1t is SAID automobiles in as
business mers h" n. The 81
tor Of WAT.lFIA,., mas not 'e
been attacked VI automODl.1L1
ard feels that lie will escape =
disease for v. re 10 come.