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The Robesonian., 1918-05-06
WAR FINANCE BOARD.

Mr.. A. w. Mclean is nOC Cne SOII
of man to say anything about it him.
self, but it is a fact known to few
people that he has been offered other
positions of high honor and large re-
sponsibility by the Government and
has declined. He only consented to
accept position on the War Finance
board because of the opportunity 1t
gives him to render the country a
service in the war.
The War Finance board will be a
corporation of tremendous power and
upon it's directors will devolve large
responsibility in winning the war.
1t will have charge of investment
banking, as the Federal Reserve hank
has charge of commercial banking.
The United States War Finance
corporation was recently established
by an act of Congress with paid-in
capital of $500, 100000, and with az
thority to issue in addition to it's cap-
ital bonds in the sum of $4,000, ,000,0G0
thus giving it total of $4,000, ,000,-
600 for carrying on it's business
There are four directors of the cor.
poration who with Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo, as chairman of the
board, are authorized to organize the
corporation, and to carry on its bus
mess. The corporation is authorized
by the act to make loans to banks
or trust companies for not more than
five years in sums not exceeding Is
per cent of the face value of loans
made by any bank or trust company
to any business, the operation of
which should be necessary or contrib.
utory to TIE prosecution of the war
This includes the purchase of all Unit.
ed States bonds or the obligations o1
other corporations essential to the
carrying on of the war. Savings
banks and building and loan associa
tions may borrow from the corpora
ti0n under certain circumstance.
where the business involved is neces
sary or contributory to the war.
The corporation is also authorizes
to make direct loans to any person
firm, corporation or association, 'sucI
as public service corporations, lail
roads, munition factories, ship build
ing concerns, and all other busines
concerns conducted and established
as going business in the Unite
States, whose operations will ne nee
essary or contributory to the prcsecu
tion of the war, such loans 20 run fo
a period not exceeding five years.
The corporation is also empowere
to subscribe for, buy, sell and oeal i
bonds and other obligations of tn
United States.
All the Federal Reserve banks ar
authorized to discount the direct OF
legations of member banks secure
by the bonds Of the War Finance CO,
poration, and to re-discount eligibl
paper secured by such bonds and er
dorsed by member bank.
The Federal Reserve banks are a,
thorized to act as repositories an
fiscal agents of the War Finance CO..
poration
The corporation is to continue
existence for six months after the te
mination of the war or longer if me-
essary, to wind up its affairs.
All bonds issued by the corporate
shall be exempt from all taxatio
either Federal, State, or local, exec,
inheritance taxes, income surtaxe
excess profits taxes and war prof
taxes. The corporation was estal
llshed as an instrumentality for f
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06

The Duke of Wellington's remark
about the battle of Waterloo; that "it
was the nearest run thing you ever
saw, applies to many of the battles
in France.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06

Mr.. M. L. Marley of Lumber
Bridge believes in a politicsless year
He has shown the faith that is in
him by his works. He had announc-
ed himself a candidate for the office
of county commissioner but when lat
er Mr.. j. G. Hughes of Parkton an
nounce3 himself a candidate from the
same district Mr.. Marley gracefully
announced that he would withdraw ir
favor Of Mr.. Hughes, and urges his
friends to support Mr.. Hughes.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06
TWO CHURCHES DEDICATED.
First Baptist and West Lumberton
Baptist Churches Dedicated
Yesterday.

A crowd which filled its large au-
ditor m a~~andea the dedication ser
vice at the First Baptist church yes
terd; mo ming The sermon was
preached by Rev. DR.. C. H. Durham of
Winston-Salem, during whose pastor
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06

The Maxton Scottish Chief is going
to install linotype and will be better
able to serve it's patrons.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06

we, meet new unpronounceabl
word on the French front ever,
morning.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06
WE'RE TICKLED TO DEATH.

The Charlotte Observer says that so
far as it has seen The Robesonian SIS
the only paper between Charlotte and
Wilmington, and including the latter
place, that has so much as made men,
ton of the proposition for military
highway between Camp Greene and
the shipyards;;" and just as we were
congratulating ourself on being the
only one in all these coasts able to
recognize good thing when it was
presented, The Observer indicates that
it thinks we are little better than ore
of the wicked by adding, "The Robe
sonian reproduces The Observers
figures, but does not indicate any en-
thusiasm."
If that is not "the most unkindcst
cut Of ALL" Enthusiasm? Enthu. j.
Why, bless your hot heart, colonel, we
are so enthusiastic about that pro-
posed concrete highway between Char
lotte and Wilmington, through LIN
berton, that we have been dreaming
about it ever since The Observer car
ried US upon a high mountain, so to
speak, and showed us what a beau
tiful and splendid and useful thing
such an highway would be.
Out upon these sandfiddlers that
don't know a good thing when it is
presented to them, say we We are
surprised, shocked and mortified, too
Just as The Observer naturally is
that such painful and loud silence
greeted the glorious possibilities op-
ened up by The Observer. We thought
"Surely now Clawson, he of the Will
mington Star, will throw few hand
springs and make glad noise Like
wise there will come sounds of re.
joicing from The Dispatch and al
the papers along the lire.'' But marry
a rejoice. Deep silence. Gloom
maybe, for all one could tell.
And while we were curling the lir
and squirting the eye at these dul
fellows along comes The Observe,
and whacks us over the head anc
says we were not so darn enthusiastic
about it. if anybody should happen t;
ask
Coming. Boy, page The Observer
We wish to be understood as being S,
enthusiastic about this thing that wei
fight any man who says he is an.
enthusiastcer. We are for it. An,
now, having shown that we are ther
with the enthusiasm we are ready t.
do the next thing. We are ready t.
| help till the last mile is builded. AN
if Robson county does not go it
length to see the thing through w
shall be exceeding sorrowful.
| P. S.-Since the above was put i
type the papers at Wilmington an
all along the line have spoken out.
is unanimous.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06

Rev. DR.: Chas. H. Durham, who
preached the dedicatory sermon at the
Flrst Baptist church yesterday. DR.
Durham was pastor of the church
when it was built eight wears ago and
is a great favorite in Lumberton with
all denominations. He served this
The Robesonian., 1918-05-06

church most acceptably for number
Of years and four years ago accepted
a call to- Brown Memorial church.
Winston Salem, which church he now
serves. He served several terms as
president OF the Baptist State con-
vention.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
MOTION PICTURES,

The classification of the motion pie with the approval of every fair mind ed person. The War Industries Board has so declared it, and, indeed, in all it's branches
 The reasons which prompted the decision were many and sensible. First of all, movie" theaters furnish the man of average means with his amusement They are primarily boon to the poor man. When all else has risen so in price as to be practi- cally without his reach even the poor man can go to a movie" once in while, with his family, and enjoy a program on the silent screen. There he has recreation, relaxation and dis traction from the humdrum realities of everyday life.
 Of course the War Industries Board found it necessary to impose certain restrictions in order to protect the government and the public against abuses in the movies. There are in the motion picture business certain interruptions individuals just as in every other commercial line. On their account, however, the govern ment has wisely decided not to con- demn the industry at large. There will be one distinct advan- tage of the War Board ruling. The public will be constantly served with l better films under the new rules laid ] down for the continuation of the in l dustry, and will no longer be com-
 pelled to put up with secondary or in- | ferior productions, which have caused
 many patrons in the past to condemn | the movies"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
FOR THE YOUTHFUL DEAD.

Remember that these dead were only
 boys; One master-word, and they laid down
 their toys, Their half discovered pains, half-hid-
 den joys,
 In manus tuas, Domino! Virgil and Milton were but lessons
 dull; They knew not Shakespeare's smile
 most pitiful. They were but boys still in Thy lower
 school
 Tn manuS tuas, Domino! So many noble books they had not But now they dwell with the immor-
 tai dead And hear their later words, on earth
 unsaid, In manuS tuas Domino! They sang in Chapel of Jerusalem; But, they had won from life no dia-
 dem
 come them In manuS tuaS, Domino! For. they were only boys; but Son Of
 Man,
 gan; Remember the last fierce lap for
 Thee they ran, In manus tuas, Domino! By Edward Shillito in Scribner's.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
''COnSctcntiOuS ObjCctOrS.'
( Brooklyn Eagle.)

News from Washington indicates that the quietly worked out plan of sending "consCientious ObjectOrs" from army camps to work on farms, often in those sections where certain peCul- far religious denominations that op- pose war activities are strong, has been a practical success. and that 1t has nearly solved what was a grave prOb- lem.
 Perhaps no one will deny the posSi- bility that a recruit brought in by the draft, though not member of any Ob- jecting sect is really a "conscientious objectOr" True, the burden of proof is on him. True, he is bound to be looked upon by his fellows as a cow ard. But from Benjamin Franklin down a percentage of Americans have had the Tolstoyan view of bearing arms and in some natures 1t has be- come a conscientious conviction.
 The government says to such men, "Cto out and raise food. Against that you can have no prejudice, no obJeC- ton. And if you do your duty as a food raiser other men will do theirs at the front" To manifest Takers, of course, no such clemency is shown. They are entitled to no consideration, Indeed, the meanest slackers on earth are those who pretend consclentlous objections in order to avoid such peril as patriots are seeking with enthusl- aSm,
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
NURSES GRIEVANCE
 FOR TWO YEARS
StO Worth of Punches in Reach
 But Get Away

Ever since the day two years agd when he was walking down Clark street with his "girl'' and Tommy Ruski punched him in the jaw, tTahA Murzln, youth of about the sam@ age, nursed revenge. On the night oi
 August Is he almost obtained it. Ht
 made proposition to Ruski, whom hE
 saw that day for the first time since
 that fateful day two years ago, to takE + walk and there would be $10 in if
 for him. His idea of the $10 was SIG
 worth of punches in return for tho
 blow given 24 months ago. He didnt
 set his revenge, but instead was fined
 < for breach of the peace by Judg(
 J. H. IIrkham in police court today.
 Thomas Mcdonald testified that hE
 and Ruski. who is now in the army
 and will soon be in position to de< liver to the Huns some of the punch9f
 of the sort that caused Murzin td
 smart for two years, were sitting ou the lawn near the New Britain Insti(
 tutc. Murzin came along and invited
 Ruski to one side to talk. They ret turhCd in a few minutes and Murzi1
 aid that if they came with him therf
 would be $l0 in it. They walked uT Washington street to Murzins homo
 and Murzin invited them into the yard They went. Murzn went into th&
 house and came back in a few minute3
 with his hand under his coat H( held revolver and wanted them to
 80 to the chicken coop. Ruski and Mcdonald refused. Mcdonald started a retreat and Ruski remained minI
 ute and followed. Mcdonald testified that Murzin told them the revolveI was not loaded and when they went away made a remark that he sup. posed this means 1 , years for me-" Murzin made a statement in defense He then told of the crack in the jaw he got two years ago and said that August 6 was the first time since then that he saw Ruski. His idea in in. Viting RuSki to his home was to gel $10 worth of punches. After Ruskf and Mcdonald left Murzin disappeared. going up to Grove street because h(
 knew the police were after him.
 Stanley Azolok was before court charged with breach of the peace and resistance. He injected the idea or revenge and after court invited Pa trolman SOuney to come into his cell and take a punishment that was due Azolok was fined $5 for breach of the peace and $10 for resistance. Patrol man SOuney JeStlI1eQ that ne was Ialk'
 ing with three other men at the corner of High and Broad streets after mid night and Azolok and three other men came along. They were noisy and the officer ordered them home Azolok re. fused and was placed under arrest. TIt
 punched and kicked the officer in d
 wrestling bout. COrrObOratiVe testi
 mony of the scuf1e was given. AzoIoF
 stated that the man. with whom th4
 officer was talking had a grudgC
 against him and as he and his friends
 passed the man with the policeman
 made a grunt. AzOOk did not like
 that and he was angry when the off,
 cer sent him on home.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
LONIElRGAN WITH LANSING.
Congressman Confcrs with Authorities
 on Mar Matters.

Congressman Augustine LOnergan
 conferred Monday with Secretary of
 State Robert Lansing and with high
 army officials in regard to his efforts
 to better the moral and physical vel fare of American prisoners of war in Germany. MT. Lonergan, who is recog- nized in Washington as one of the cham pions of the enlisted men in the service had worked on his plans be- fore the summer recess of congress- MT. Lansing informed the congress- man that while the proposed confer ence between American and German officials in August had not material ized, 1t is now definitely assured that a | commission of the United States gov ernment will meet representatives of 1 the German government at Berne, | Switzerland, on September 23, 1918, | for the purpose of negotiating, draw | ing up and signing a reciprocal agree 1 ment in regard to the maintenance, 1 treatment and exchange of prisoners | of war.
 Military as well as state depart
 ment officials will be present, and ] while 1t is not now permissible to cnu-
 merate the various phases of the sub | iect which will be brought up for ne- l gOtiatiOn. the discussion will have a 1 broad range and everything possible will be done with a view to effecting a
 betterment of the conditions under ! which American prisoners are held in 1 Germany.
 Several members of the 102d In- fantry the Connecticut command, are
 now prisoners in Germany and MT. l Lonergan will be advised by state and
 war officials as to progress in the ne- 1 gotiations.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
 CONTROL.

We had occasion not long ago to refer in these columns to a new svs- tenn inaugurated on all railroads oper- ated by the government, whereby courtesy must be the first law for the guidance of operators in the employ We remarked that it would be re- freshing to be treated civilly when observe the new ruling of Director General McAdoo.
 Now We learn that MT McAdoo is serious and sincere in his desire to give the public the best service possi- ble, so far as courteous treatment goes, for he has established a Bureau of Suggestions and Complaints in Washington, to which he asks all who have grievances against the railroads, to write. He not only wishes to learn of the criticisms of the roads which his office control, but he welcomes suggestions for the betterment of the service. In other words he wants constructive, not destructive, criti- cisn.
 While the number of complaints one could in all fairness lodge against the railroads today is very large, it would be obviously unfair to attribute them all to government control. Many of them have been in existence for years, and others have cropped up since our entering into the war. All in all, nevertheless, we think that the railroads in this vicinity are holding their own fairly well since Federal control was established. Of course there are certain annoyances, such as the loss of various amounts of per lshable freights, but after all we must remember that war work comes first and that war materials have the right of way in transit over everything else
 It will be interesting to note the development of MT. McAdoo's new bureau, which is an innovation ir Federal offices. It is certainly a ster in the right direction and we trus' that the Director Generals hopes wftr regard to it's possibilities will be fully realized.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE

DREAMS AND IMAGES, ed. by Joyce Kilmer. An anthology of poems written bv | Catholics since the middle of the nine teenth century. It includes some non religious poems, enough to make 1t or general interest, though most are of special interest to Catholics. "A l.. A. BookIist
 FLOWER AND THE BEE, by J. H. Lowell. HERB GARDEN, by F. A. Bards well. LAND WHERE THE SUNSETS GO, sketches of the American desert,
 by o. H. Leonard. "A book piCturng the lure and TO- nance of the American desert, it's own weird, vast life and the typical human lives that come in touch with 1t. In prose and poetry"-A L, A. Booklist
 LEA RNING TO FLY IN THE U.yS.
 ARMY. by F.. N Tales.
 "A brief text primarily intended for non-technicaI readers; and for the
 
 technical occupations. "A. T.. A. BOOklist.
 L r T L F JOURNEYS TOWARD
 PARIS BY w. HOHENzOLLET&N.
 by Simeon StrunsI<y. MODIFYING UP!, by Jack NTunroe.
 A dog story of the Princess Pats, through the eyes of Robbie Burns, regimental mascot. MY FOUR WEEKS IN FRANCE. by
 R. w. Lardner. NEW VOTER, by c. w. Thompson.
 Things he and she ought to know about politics and citizenship. OUT THERE, by J. IT. Manners.
 An English war play in which the author has endeavored to portray som ething of the feeling in England during the first year of the war; the courage and endurance of the men who went to fight, and the heroism that endures grievous hurt without a murmur.' Preface" THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT, by
 Peter T. Forsyth.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
IONERGAN PRESIDES.

Congressman Augustine Lonergan of the First District had the honor ot presiding as a speaker of the House of Renrcsentatives Tuesday during the visit to the House of the new Uruguyan Minister and his mission. Minister Brum arrived during a debate in the house and as soon as a slight recess was taken in which he was to address the members, Speaker Champ Clark surrendered the gavel to Congressman Lonergan. The occasion, while not as colorfuI as some of the occasions when European ministers addressed the House, was equally as impressive.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
Our Coast Patrol.
(NeW York Times )

As the score of the U-boats operat- ing off the Atlantic coast north of : Cape May increases, there is natural
 ly, concern about the sufficiency and
 vigilance of our coast patrol Is
 there a definite and properly con-
 ducted defensive campaign? Of
 course it must always be borne in
 mind that a long coast is to be
 guarded, that periscope is a very
 small object, and that the raiders
 have a vast area of water to operate
 in. Nevertheless it should now be
 somewhat difficult for a U-boat to
 claim victims off Fire Island and
 perhaps on Georges Bank, within
 easy steaming and flying distance of
 Nantucket. There certainly should
 be well equipped and competent air service along the Jersey coast.
 In his annual report of December
 1, 1917, Secretary Daniels said that strong coast patrol had been or ganized, which was "cOnstantly on outpost duty and served to give notice of the approach of enemy vessels" He added that the coast is divided
 into a number of naval districts" Since last spring, when one or more
 U-bOats began to run amuck on the Atlantic coast, MT. Daniels has often
 reasSured the American people, who
 have been a little nervous about the security of West Indian and coast wise shipping. Tn" a letter of June
 6 to Senator Tillman the secretary
 wrote Everything that can be done
 is being done. All naval units are
 disposed in a manner dictated by ex-
 perience and study of the subject"
 That was two months and more ago.
 Again enemy submarines are raiding
 the Atlantic coast. The patrol should
 be stronger and better than ever. Is it?
 The transportation of American
 troops to France comes first in our naval plans. Convoy must not be
 cut down to cope with U-boats operat-' ing on the Atlantic coast. But if
 figures given out in London and pub
 lished yesterday are correct there
 should be considerable fleet of light
 war craft, submarine chasers, and auXiliaries available for the coast
 patrol According to those figures, "corrected to date" the British fur nish 70 per cent of the conveying warships on the Atlantic the Amcri- cans 27, and the French per cent. i tion to the anti-suhmarine patrol in the Eastern Atlatic? It is stated to 1 be 4 per cent. as compared with so per cent. British and per cent. , French The percentages of sub marines employed to hunt enemy submarines are given as follows: 78 British, IT French and 5 American. In the Mediterranean only per cent. of the deStroyers employed are American, the French contribution being the largest, %8 per cent Now. if these various sets of figures are official, they suggest the inquiry. Does not the United States have in commission sufficient number of light cruisers, destrOyers. submarines. torpedo boats, converted yachts, chasers and auXilaries for it's coast patrol?
 And what of the naval seaplanes? Tn December last Secretary Daniels predicted the manufacture of several thousand planes for the navy. Like others he was deceived by his too optimistic advisers who could think only in massive round numb berS. Nevertheless the naval air service, should not be ineligible by mid August, 1918. And between the ef-
New Britain herald., 1918-08-29
STATE MEETING OF
 FOUR MINUTE MEN
Secretary McAdoo May Address Gathering at Highland Country Club Next Wednesday,

Next Wednesday.
 Assignments of Four Minute speak. CTS in theaters for August 31 and Sep. tember 7 are a follows:
 August 31. FoX's, B. w. filling; Ly- ceum, w. F. Delaney; Keeneys Rev, Warren F. Cook; Scenic, Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe.
 September z: Fox's, F. R. Gilpatric; Lyceum, P. r. McDonough; Keeneys, B. w. filling; Scenic, George w. Klett.
 The topic is "Where did you get you1 facts?"
 The Four Minute men of Meridcn have invited all of the Four Minute Men of the State of Connecticut to 6 big get together meeting at the High. land Country Club in Westfeld or Wednesday, September 4. A most inter- esting program has been arranged, ex. tending from 10 o'clock in the morning until late in the evening, which ill. cIudes among other features addresses by Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo or his representative, Gov Marcus H. HoIcomb and Hon. Georgs B. Chandler of the State Council of De- fefse. In the evening a complete nov. ing picture show will be staged on tho grounds of the club, at which the latest war films, which have never before been shown, will be the feature. Lun. cheon will be served at 1:30 and dinner at o'clock.
 The work of the Four Minute Neu has been so satisfactory to the govern ment that plans are well under way tt fireatly extended the work this coming fall. Heretofore Four Minute speaking has been mostly confined to moving picture theaters, but it will not be long before Four Minute Men are speaking in factories, churches, schools and the granges.