The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-06
JUDGE CARTER HITS
WAR CRITICS HARD
STORMS CITADEL OF TREASON
IN YADKIN COUNTY AND MANY
TAKE NOTICE.
MARTIN MAKES THE REPORT
Private Secretary OF Governor Beckett
Is Much Interested With Manner
In Which Judge Opens Eyes-

Raleigh.-Judge Frank Carter, Of
Asheville, is making about the best
war speech being head is North Car
DINA, according to Mr.. Sanford Mar
tin, private secretary of the Governor
Mr.. Martin heard Judge Carter at the
Yadkin Superior Court last week. He
says that the judge turned his charge
to the grand jury into a war address,
When : q began the courthouse waS
comfortably full of citizens, but when
he finished standing room only WAS
at premium. Mr.. Martin says thai
opposition to the war in that section
of the state is more widespread than
many would imagine, or at least WAS
before Judge Carter began holding
court up there. But since he stOrmed
the citadels Of treason and opened
the eyes OF the blind, as Mr.. Martin
puts it, there seems to be much IGaS
opposition to and a clearer under
standing of what the war is about
Why We Are At War.
Many are still asking why we arO
at war. Answering that question
Judge Carter told the people that wo
are at war because the only constft-
tuted authority in this country that
has the right to make war has declar-
ed war on the German empire. "YOu
can't go behind that. If you are not
for the war you are an anarchist" he
said.
But the bitterest opposition In
against the selective draft system
Nobody is resisting, but many are go
ing forward unwillingly and a vast
majority of registrants are claiming
exemption. 1t was in defense OF the
draft, says Mr.. Martin, that Judge
Carter was at his best. "The selee-
tive draft" he said, "takes 1t for
granted that every citizen is pa
triot No patriot objects to the draft
It is only the coward and the traitor
that objects. But the select1ve drAH
goes farther-it says to the coward
and the traitor, IF you are not .
patriot you've got to be-"
Too Late To Fight When Invaded.
Replying to those who say they don't
think Americans ought to fight untA
the Germans invade this country, the
Judge declared that he who seriously
takes this view after reading the story
of the invasion of Belgium, Servta and
Rumania is hardly fit for an insane
asylum.
eft will be too late for you men To
shoulder your guns when the Germans
have crossed the Yadkin river" he
told the men of Yadkin. And they
were much impressed with the argU-
ment.
Judge Carter took great pains to ex-
plain the functions of the council on
defense, a local organization Of which
has been formed in all counties. He
did this because it had been reported
generally in that section that the
council of defense is another name
for home guard and that the principal
duties of the members Of the COUNCIL
are to shoot down all those who re-
fuse to go to war when called.
Mr.. Martin was greatly impressed
with the address and says Judge Car
ter is doing immense good in west
ern North Carolina. He thinks ID
would be well for men who know how
to explain the meaning of the war
and duties of citizenship in this crisis
to- go into all the counties and mako
speeches informing the people. He
says four-minute talks should not be
confined to city theaters and that a
big mistake will be made if they aro
limited to the towns. We are soon
going to wake up to the fact, he THINKS
that information and inspiration Ii
needed vastly more In the country
than in the towns, and must be given
If the state is to acquit itself honor
ably in this conflict.