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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
Why Don't Americans Help!

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. A. D. B. offers a very concise-and
entirely justified criticism of Williams u
Fox for his bombastic assumption that the
limited States has fed the people oil belgium
am inclined to believe that Of the SZoo'oVV''
ooo contributed TO Belgian relief this coun-
try's share is rather more than the |s'VOV''
600 mentioned By A. D. B.-ssy, about SZo'-
600 900. But the moral is none the less oo-
vious that the people of this country have
boor content TO assume that they were very
largely. if not exclusively, feeding the dis
tressed Belgians.
Does nc nis inevitably suggest that Amer
leans as a people are inclined to be altogether
too superficial in their judgments? Here Is
another striking illustration. The great work
in France known as "the American Ambu-
lance" is conducted in the name of the Amer
lean people, few of whom are found to be
diffident about taking to themselves full
credit for it, yet the whole expense Of this
tremendous undertaking has been and is
being borne by less than three thousand
Americans, whose patriotism is such that they
cheerfully yield to their country the credit
of their great achievement, asking for them
selves nothing but the consciousness OF a
noble impulse nobly fulfilled.
Why do not the bulk of Americas hundred
millions, ready as they are to take to them
selves credit for such great enterprises as
Belgian relief and the American Ambulance
give practical effect to their assumption OF
world benevolence by contributing something
really worth while to such splendid move
ments? r. c. p.
New Rochelle, n. Y, Jan. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
Peace Without Victory
, Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the trying atmosphere of ambiguity
which we neutral Americans are obliged TO
breathe it is a comfort to hope that President
Wilson at least knows what he means by
those phrases circling about our bewilGered
heads: TOO proud TO fight" Freedom If the
segs," peace without victory" But most
soothing of all is it 10 realize that our leader
has given us a concrete example of our last
slogan. How proudly can he point TO our
relations with Mexico, as he has brought them
UP to date, and cry, Behold without
victory" p. K. oTEST.
Brooklyn, Jan. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
HAVE WE BEEN AT WAR?
Secretary Baker Refuses to Determine the
Ouestion for the Benefit of militiamen

To Yse Editor of The Tribune.
o.. The tax laws of Connecticut and
probably many other states exempt properly
of soldiers from taxation to the amount Oh
81 900 of valuation or more. The BOARD OF
Assessors of New Canaan, Conn, being un-
decided how to apply this law at present
wrote to the Secretary of War asking
wbether soldiers or militiamen who have
been at the border. should benefit by TINS
exemption. They especially asked II the
government had ruled whether such service
was in time of war. Following is the reply
which they received:
81 have your letter dated December 10,
1915. in which you ask whether or not men
from your town who served in Connecticut
regiments recently on the border are entitled
to exemption under the state statute which
exempts from taxation the property to the
amount of one thousand dollars of every resi-
dent of this state who has served IN the
army, navy, marine corps or revenue service
Of the United States in time Of war and re-
ceived an honorable discharge therefrom.
In reply have the honor to inform you that
as such a question cannot be authoritatively
determined by this department, it prefers to
refrain from expressing an opinion thereon.
Respectfully,
NEWTON d. BAKER,
Secretary of War"
OF course, this is serious matter. affect
ing the pockets of good many soldiers, and
one which may possibly affect the awarding
OF pensions to some who were injured or to
relatives Of others who lost their lives. But,
at first glance, one cannot repress a smile at
the comical situation of a country which
does not know whether it has been at war or
not And if the Secretary Of War does not
know, who is likely to have knowledge? OF
course, high military authority at Washing
ton has stated that the Mexican situation
did develop into "a state Of war; The men
Of the regular army who were attacked at
Parral and Calabra had positive convictions
that they were in "a state of war" But it
looks as if il would be necessary to appoint
a Congressional committee to decide whether
or not soldiers who suffered in Mexico and
along the border were engaged in war.
Meanwhile | wish to state emphatically
that | believe the militiamen who gave up
their business. many of them losing post
tons, and did their duty in camps and on the
border for many weary months in order
TO safeguard this country are richly deserv-
ing of all the exemption in the way OF
tsxes that any state awards to soldiers
who have served in war. Also, the men
who were wounded or permanently DIS
abled are entitled to pensions. The reia-
tives of those who died or were killed
are also entitled to pensions.
| think It is almost the unanimous opinion
Of the people of this country that we have
been at war at the border and in Mexico, al
though it is little difficult to tell exactly
with whom we have been at war. {.
Stamford, Conn, Jan. 20, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
What Does Humanitarian Mean?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you please tell me how a man
can possibly be called humanitarian who
after numerous appeals from various quar-
tiers urging him in the name Of humanity 10
protest vigorously mot the merely friend
ly" protest already accredited him) against
the French and Belgian deportations still re-
mains csllous to those appeals? Has the
meaning OF the word humanitarian changed,
or are they who use it in regard TO Mr.. Will
son doing so only in the comparative sense
say, in comparison with the perpetrators OF
the deportstions? l.. f.
New York, Jan. 90, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31

fragments which can be exhumed and set
up for future generations to study. II
that new study Of the classics shall lay
more stress on Aristophanes and the Elgln
Marbles and less on the aorist there VIII
be few save the last thin ranks of eldest
statesmen TO protest. Most of the public
will be glad and thankful that courage mas
been found to discard the Journalism OF
the old learning and search out to cherish
anew the spirit which was Greece and
Rome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31

lieve relief which this Congress is capable
of Offering
Some day VIC may have nationwide
strike. Some day also we may have
courageous and enlightened Congress.
Whenever either of these contingencies
materializes anti-strike legislation will
come and a new milestone in national
progress will be erected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
Cairo Wall Street Gazette,

Well authenticated reports state that
Moses has at last received and promulgated
the Ten Commandments. We have read
these commandments and believe they are
splendid in theory and possessed Of 8 eat
literary value; however, they are utterly i'm
practical and cannot be enforced. II is rumored
that they are designed to help the Greeks
in their war against Persia, but the Greeks
say they only benefit Persia. W. p. l..
Rochester, N. Y, Jan. rs, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
Moses as a Precedent

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: suppose you have read Of the dis
covery of an old Egyptian newspaper in some
recent excavations. Part Of the news was
as follows.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the SOU
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the exces bile from the liver
carry out of the system all the
eonstipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or u any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret nov and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
PRAISES CARDUI
AS GOD-SEND
To Women. This Alabama Lady's
Sincere Expression of Her
Experience Will Interest
You.

Quinton, Ala.-Mrs. Rebecca Cox, of
this place, writes: about % years ago
I had been in bad health for a year or
more, and it didn't look as though I
could get well. . The beginning
Of this trouble, 1 overdid myself. I
began suffering with my back . .
1t hurt Sc. -. The doctors said it
vas change Of life . and an op-
Grafton was all that would help me. I
felt | couldn't have that and my hus-
band did not believe in patent medi-
cines. When I asked him to get
Cardui, he said, that's just a dollar
thrown away but to please me, he
would get it. I suppose there was a
year l was never hungry and after
taking Cardui, my husband said I had
better order a carload of corn and
meat with it, After one bottle I felt
better. I took about q dozen bottles.
I have never had an operation j..
I have worked in the fields, done our
washing, ironing and cooking we have
two orhpan children added to our fam
lily for which I do as my own. I can
praise Cardui as a God-send to
women"
Cardui, the woman's tonic, is for
sale at all druggists. Get it when in
need of a good, reliable, strengthen
ing tonic. Give it a fair trial.-Adv.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Governor Bickett's Statement.

Following the appointment Of the
North Carolina Food Conservation
Commission by Governor Beckett, he
has issued a special statement indicat-
ing the scope of the work designed to
be accomplished by this commission,
which is to proceed to the formation
of sub-commissions in all the counties
through which it is expected there
will be something of a farm to farm
canvass.
The Governor declares that with
war has come a stern duty and neces-
sity, startling in it's suddenness and
Importance, that calls for patriotic
service by every man, woman and
child in civil life to feed themselves
from their own soil. That North Car
DINA must be self-sustaining. There
must, he says, be a Transcription and
mobilization" of all idle acres that
can be made to produce food and
feed. On almost every farm there are
idle patches" enough to plant spe-
cial food crops that will be of vast
Importance in making the farm prod
ucts equal to the demand in this
state. Every tenant should be given
rent free, enough land to grow the
vegetables for his family.
The Governor believes there are
probably idle farms in numbers of the
counties that could be cultivated by
county chaingangs and made to fur.
nish the supplies for their mainten-
ance The Governor says: I'VE have
here a plain and pressing duty which
gives to all alike the opportunity for a
great and patriotic service. The
haunting spectre of loosened belts, of
hungry women and children should
impel us to act speedily and with de-
termination"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Modifying States Idle Acres.

The mobilization and utilization of
every idle acre in North Carolina for
the production of food supplies is con
templated by Governor T. W. Beckett
in the appointment of a Food Conser-
walton Commission. By This step, the
first plans are made for a statewide
campaign which is expected to make
city back yards as we'll as rural stub
BILE ground rich in the production of
food for man and beast.
The commission is composed of Gov
ernor Beckett, chairman; Major W. A.
Graham, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture; DR.. B. w. Kilgore, Director Of
the Experiment Station; Prof. w. C.
Riddick, President of the State College
of Agricultu&e and Engineering; G. R.
Hudson, State Demonstration Agent;
j. Paul Lucas, President of the State
Farmers Convention; DR.. H. @. Alex
ander, President of the State Farm
ers' Union. The first meeting is call
ed for three o'clock Tuesday after.
Aoon, April II.
1--WE have here says Governor
Beckett making the appointment "a
plain and pressing duty which gives
to all alike the opportunity for a great
and patriotic service. The haunting
spectre of loosened belts, of hungry
women and children should impel us
to act speedily and with determina-
ton"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Women's Part in Fire Prevention.

An earnest appeal is being made by
Col. James R.. Young, insurance com.
missioner, to women in North Carolina
fire waste in this state involves not
only a great loss of property, but of
lives also. Some women may feel that
it is strange that this appeal should
be made to them, but they are more
deeply interested than any other class
and they can accomplish as much, if
not more, in stopping this loss of life
and property. 1t is an encouragement
to make this appeal, as a woman is not
liable to fail to heed calls of this kind,
especially when the appeal is so strong
and urgent. 1t affects her home and
her children and their safety.
To give you an idea of this toll, re-
member that every great city in the
old world, from Carthage up to the
present day, has on one or more occa-
sions been destroyed by fire, ard prac-
tically every large city in America
has had it's destructive fire. The an
nual fire loss in the United States and
Canada approximates $3.50, 000, 900, and
in our own state this destruction, not
counting the loss o. life, amounts to
nearly four million dollars a year.
1t naturally occurs to a woman to
ask: well, what have we got to do
with those things? The answer is.
VERY much" The loss of life and
property strikes our women perhaps
harder than any other class. They can
unite with others in stopping this
waste. The annual loss of property in
North Carolina by fire and the e1-
penses necessary to keep it down as
much as possible amount to over four
million dollars each year, and two
thirds of three-fourths Of this is pre-
ventable.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Accidentally Defined.

The professor of mathematics in the
college had been married, and now the
salary beset him sore. He and his
wife put into effect all sorts of econo-
mics and efficient methods to make
ends meet.
And does your wife help you to
saver" a friend inquired.
Indeed she does" replied the pro-
fessor. "In fact, l might call Eer my
co-etficient.'
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Farmers Interested in Peaches.

Although commercial peach growing
in North Carolina is of comparatively
recent origin, numerous requests for
information regarding peach produc'
ton in the state have been directed to
the Division of Horticulture OF the Ag-
ricultural Department along with nu-
merous requests for information re-
garding the different practices Of
peach culture.
Moore and Montgomery counties,
they are known as the Sari Hill Sec
ton, is looked upon as the leading
commercial peach section.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
No Sacrifice,

The governess sought by every
known means to stimulate her small
pupils somewhat ~.undeveloped sense
Of gratitude.
"Now, Charley" she said, fought you
not to be very much obliged to the COW
for the milk she gives you every morn
ing?"
"Oh, 1 don't know" said Charley.
"She has no use for it herself"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
New Troop Cavalry Accepted.

Announcement was made at Ma
tional Guard headquarters that the
new troop of cavalry for the Fed
eral service was %denn1tely accepted
with 100 men enlisted, declared to be
a splendid and enthusiastic body of
troopers. The officers for the new
troop are Thomas j. Cause, captain;
A. P. Peck, first lieutenant, and d.
vid w. Loring, second lieutenant.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
SoIicitude.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
Torkins, II want you to promise that if
you decide to enlist you will tell me
all about it without delay"
What for?"
II want to speak to the general, so
that he won't let you forget your over
shoes and eat things that disagree with
you. You know, Charley, you are so
careless !"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Former Governor Locke Craig was
a visitor in Washington. He thinks
that the people of North Carolina are
with the administration in it's war
with Germany.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Louisburg Cotton Oil Mill at Louis
burg, and about 500 bales of cotton
were totally destroyed by fire. The
total loss is estimated at about $780,
OOO.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Mistaken Diagnosis - Doctors
Guess Wrong Again

About five years ago / wrote to you that
l had been a terrible sufferer from kidney
and bladder troubles, and that my physi-
elan informed me that my left kidney was
in such condition that there was no hope
for my recovery. [ was advised to try
your Swamp-Root as a last resort, and af-
ter taking four ffty-cent size bottles, l
passed a gravel stone which weighed ten
grains. 1 afterwards forwarded you this
gravel stone. Have had no return of any
trouble since that time and cannot say
too much in favor of your wonderful pre-
paration, Swamp-Root, which cures, after
physicians fail.
Very truly yours,
F. H. HORNE,
Route 8, Box 80, Roseboro, N. c.
Personally appeared before me, this 3lst
day of July, 1909, F. H. Horne, who SUBJ
scribed the above statement and made
oath that the same is true in substance
and in fact.
JAMES M. HALL,
Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp-Root Viii Do For You
B~inghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot
tie. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular ~ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
gtores.-Adv.
The Point of View.
The Piano Man-How's business?
The Scissors Grinder-Fine! I've
never seen things SO dull.-Puck.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Send l0c to DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, for large trial package of Anuric
for kidneys-cures backache.-Adv.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

An eggholder of Italian design fits
on the edge of the breakfast plate.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Why buy many bottles Of other vermi-
fuges, when one single bottle of DR.. Peery's
vermifuge Dead Shot will act surely and
promptly? d
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Love may go where it is sent, but
sometimes it isn't sent where it goes.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings in
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.

Rocky Mount negro women have
volunteered to do Red Cross work.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Companies Called Back to Service.

Companies Called Back to SerVice.
An order from the War Department
to the North Carolina National Guard
authorities here directs that officers
and others of the Second North Caro-
lima Infantry and Of Companies A and
B, Engineers, who we're individually
mustered out of the service when the
regiment and engineering companies
were brought back to the state from
the Mexican border service, be mus
tered back into the service at once,
rejoining the units of which they were
part at the time of their being mus
tered out.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
Governor Has Faith in Aliens.

Governor Hss Faith in Aliens.
Governor Beckett gave out a state
ment expressing his abiding faith in
the German element of the North Car
DINA c%itizenry, assuring unnaturalize1
Germans living in this state that they
are thoroughly safe here, as long as
they observe the proprieties, and pay
ing tribute to the loyalty and patri-
otism of the negro race in North
Carolina, declaring that the question
this loyalty would be a horrible in
justice to a faithful people.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Albert Belcher, a young white man,
claiming Spartanburg, S. c., as his
home, was arrested in High Point
charged with severely berating the
President and the flag.
Col. Hamilton A. Brown, 80, of Wiki
esboro, N. c., who commanded a North
Carolina regiment during the Civil
War, died in Richmond last week.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
PROVE what Swamp.Root wan do For You
The Point of e

The Piano Man-HOw's business?
The Scissors Grinder-Fine! I've
never seen things SO dull.-Puck.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Manteo High School will send two
all girl teams to Chapel Hill for the
High School Debating Union contests
April 10th and Goth. The query is
Resolved, That the Federal Govern.
ment Should Own and Operate the
Railways" The affirmative will be
upheld by Misses Lorena Miller and
Edna Crisp and the negative by Misses
Carrie Westcott and Eula Griffin.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
INTERNATIONAL
LESSON

(By E. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18
LESSON FOR APRIL ~
JESUS AMOUNTED AT BETHANY.

LESSON TEXT-John Pill.
GOLDEN TEXT-She hath done wha
she could.-Mk. 14:8.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

H. Gary Webb, train robber who was
being transported to Atlanta Federal
prison from West Virginia and escap-
ed from the officers on a train while
in the yards at Charlotte was captur-
ed at Badin, neal Salisbury, and was
Immediately carried to Atlanta to be-
gin his sentence.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Henry E. Seeman, senior proprietor
of the Seeman Printery and a master
craftsman of the trade, died at his
home in Durham from an attack of
apoplexy. His unexpected death was
foreshadowed in an illness of twelve
hours duration, sinking into a coma
last night, from which he never re-
gained consciousness. He was Sc
years old.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Only 80 b~ys and girls between the
ages of II and 81 in Durham county
are unable to read and write, accord
ing to the annual report of Superin-
tendent of Education c. W. Massey,
made public a few days Ago.. Seven
teen of these are found in one dis
trict. Twenty-Five of the 30 white dis
tricts do not report a single illiterate.
Fifteen years ago, there were report
ed 375 illiterates in Durham county,
the comparison thus showing a re-
markable decrease.
A highway commission has been or
ganized in Warren county.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

The formation of Red Cross Chap.
tiers and First Aid Glasses is one Of
the duties of every patriotic North
Carolinian owe rsixteen years of age"
declared Governor T. w. Beckett, re-
Gently.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

Mr.. A. S. Brown, of Charlotte, traf-
fc manager of the North Carolina
Cotton Manufacturers Association,
was chosen manager of the traffic bu-
reau of the Raleigh Chamber of Com
merce. He will begin his duties
May l.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-04-18

In Sampson county the farmers
operations are going forward with re-
markable r%apidity. 1t is evident that
the farmers are as a whole consider
ing the food situation, and while the
cotton and tobacco acreage may not
be materially decreased the. food crop
will doubtless be increased.