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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19

The Atlantic ocean has at last
been crossed through the air in
a nonstop flight, a British avia-
tor, Capt. John Alcock, with 1t.
Arthur w. Brown, accomplishing
this feat last Saturday. The air
plane used was a Vickers-Vimy
bipiane. They started from New
Foundland Saturday, and achiev-
ed the distance of 1880 miles in
10 honrs and IL minutes, landing
at Clifden, Ireland.
America made the flight across
the ocean three weeks ago in a
seaplane by breaking the trip at
the Azores Islands, but it remain
ed for a British airman to make
the nonstop trip last Saturday.
The novelty has worn off, and
before the year is out doubtless
a regular mail route will be estab-
Iished across the ocean by means
of heavier than air machines.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19
Superior Court, from front page

Superior Court, from front page
defendants are indebted to plain
tiff and in what amount. The
jury answered the issue yes and
gave plaintiff $74.2l, and as to
McAskill an additional amount
of $40 with interest on both
items from Oct. l, 1910, until
paid.
Jake Cohen VS. A. B. McDon-
aid. To the question lis plain
tiff the owner of the brass in con-
troversy and entitled to same"
the jury answered yes" and
assessed value of the brass at
time suit was instituted at SIS.
In re Will of Phoebe William
son. Question submitted to jury
lis the paper writing PROFOUND
ed for probate and every part
thereof the last Will and Tesla
ment of Phoebe Williamson"
The jury answered this "yes,
and every part of it." This case
was begun Monday afternoon,
and finished before night. 1t
was thought it would require
two or more days, but after the
Caveators had introduced their
evidence, the Judge ruled that a
sufficiency of evidence of any
undue influence or mental inca
pacity had not been introduced
by Caveators and instructed the
jury if they believed the evil
dence to return a verdict to the
effect that the Will will
stand. This the jury aid. The
Caveators gave notice of appeal.
Appearing for Caveators were
L. Medlin and H. S. Boggan; for
the Propounders were Fred w.
Bynum, ". S. Thomas and w. r.
Jones.
T. L. Covington, witness, call
en- and failed; capias ad testifi-
candum ordered by the Court
issued by clerk for said Coving.
ton.
Floyd Peterson vs. Cloy Peter
son; after empannelling jury, the
plaintiff takes voluntary non-suit.
w. Henry Williamson ct al VS..
Kenny Grant; continued on
account of sickness of defendant.
S. P. Peele, by next friend j.
Peele, VS. Tallassee Power Co.
Settled out of Court.
R. c. Lisk VS. Western Union;
compromised. Defendant pays
Lisk 500 and costs.
D. H. Barber ct al VS. John T.
Dobbins. Question submitted:
are the plaintiffs tenants in
common with the defendant in
the lands mentioned in the petit
tion?' Answer by jury, yes"
Cornelia Millikin ct al VS. C. B. Millikin,
J. E. Millikin, L. Dye and Bank of Rock.
ingham. Case begun Tuesday afternoon
and ended Wednesday at noon. Medlin
appeared for Mrs. Millikin, J. T. Bennett
for Dye and F. w. Bynum for Bank. Ver-
dict rendered as follows, answering quest
ions submitted:
WAS estate of Elbridge Millikin in.
debted at time of his death, to following
parties and if so in what amount to A.
w. Porter & Co. S34l. Burial expenses
$58. Cornelia Millikin for services $500.
The following claims were answered as
barred by statute of limitation: to C. M.
Folsom, Hiram Leviner, 2. v. Pate, John
w. Covington, Cornelia Millikin notes.
Suit of Otis Hidden Co. VS. Long Fur.
Co. begun Wednesday afternoon, but
Judge later ordered a juror withdrawn
and mistrial.
A number of judgments were then
signed, and court adjourned for the term,
or rather died, at five O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon.
The next civil term is July 14th, and
criminal term July Dist.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19
Doom of the daylight saving

,DOUlII OF lllt udyIlgIlI Saving,
inaugurated as a war measure,
was pronounced Wednesday
when Congress by a big majority
adopted measures to terminate
operation of the law when the
period of summertime ends
next Oct. 10th. The law will
stay in effect until that time, but
next summer the clocks and Old
Sol will be in accord as of old.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19
Distressing Eyesight Head
aches.

Medical investigation proves
that rs per cent of headaches are
directly due to eye strain. Eye
strain can be relieved by correct
ly focused and fitted glasses.
If you have the headache, | have
til glasses.
Room 6 over Lowry's store.
H. B. HUMPHREY, Optometrist.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19

]. A. Bladk and family will return to.
night from a two weeks visit in South
Carolina.
Mr.. E. B. Terry has not been so well
the past few days, he having a decided
sinking spell Tuesday night and Wednes-
day. He appears better today. His
heart is affected, and his friends sincerely
hope he will regain his strength.
w. Steele Lowdermilk was quite sick
Monday, but is better today.
Edwin T. Ingram received wire from
the war department today stating that
his son, Cpl. VIM. F. Ingram reported
missing in action since Aug. 22nd was
now officially reported as having been
killed on that date.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-19

The craft of woman's suffrage
is again on the political sea. We
trust it is not a destroyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

productive labor by unproductive mo-
has effect follows cause. so long as
interests are allowed to rule
sthe business world
Confusion of Interests.
But monopoly cannot be abolished
over night" 1t would be easy
enough il employers were in a class
by themselves and workers were in
one by themselves, and natural-re-
source and other special-privilege mo-
nopolizers were in third class by
themselves. Employers and employees
would then very readily see the iden-
tity of their respective interests and
how distinctly adverse to both the
great monopoly interests are. But
these three classes of interests are so
confused in their ownerships or con-
troll that it is not easy TO distinguish
them for practical purposes.
Since employer. employee and mo-
nopolist are often the same person,
the conflict between work and monop-
oily is obscured and minor conflicts
between employer and employed are
ia the limeIight." Difficult though
it may be. however, the distinction
must be vigorously made before a
fully effective answer to The Stars
question can be intelligibly fornul-
lated So long as employer and en-
ploye, one holding the horns and the
other the tail of their COW make the
air blue with curses at each other
while the monopoIist unobtrusively
milks the animal, neither will see the
situation clearly enough to quit fight
ing among themselves.
There can be no end to the old con-
ffict between employer and employe
while the social and industrial inius-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Lays Wound Wide Open.

The greatest departure from the
old text books lies in the recon-
mendation for the front-line surgeon
to do his work thoroughly and to lay
open the wound rather too much than
too little. This insures the patient
against infection in case il should
be ten days or two weeks before he
arrives at the base hospital
If his wounds have not been sub
tected to a careful and thorough
cleaning by the frontline surgeon by
the time he arrives at fixed hospital
infection may have progressed to a
degree that will entail months of
treatment
But if his wounds have been prop
erly opened and cleaned out, the sur
face thoroughly gone over with tam
pons and soaked in hydrogen perox-
ide. the cavity being then carefully
packed with gauze and bandaged to
withstand the demands of rough
travel. he will usually arrive at his
final destination in condition for the
beginning of healthy granulation
1t has been found that any wound
which has been properly cleaned and
packed should remain untouched for
at least a week unless there is some
sign of Infection or rise in tenn
perature. Redressing healthy
wound too frequently has now been
found to retard it's recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
BY &. GOULD LINCOLN

TIME United States government
today is the greatest insurer
of lives in the world. Not IN
number of lives insured. for
the insurance companies Of the coun-
try carry many more policies, but il.
the total amount of Insurance. The
NE insurance conducted by the gov
eminent is limited also to persons in
the military and naval services. APP
proximately 1000. 0eG
The face value of the life insurance
policies issued by the government is
o0o,00e,000 in round numbers. Air
OF the insurance companies OF the
country aggregate only about $2S =
600 100000, of which $22 GEO 900 900
is the business of ordinary life in
surance companies, and the other
$4,000, 900, 900 of the Industrial com
panies. The NUMBER Of policyholders
is approximately 81 .000. D60. of whom
1900, 900 are holders of policies in
ordinary companies and the other
39.0o0,000 in the Industrial com
panieS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Impatient With Blunderers.

The conversation became general
and for the next few moments he
talked of many things with the same
characteristic energy, impotence,
frankness-encrgy. in laying forth the
dangers. Impotence of the fools and
the blunders-which filled his columns
in that epoch, and made the arrival
of each edition of his paper an event
almost as considerable as the COM
munique: frankness, for it is the ter
rible frankness of the man which has
created the Clemeneeau of the legends
AS he led me to the door, at the
close of the audience. | was again
struck with the energy and force of
man. In an odd way he reminded me
of Col. Roosevelt. a smaller man, lack
ing in height and weight by compari-
son, but yet Enthusiastically burly and
getting over the ground with that
same vigorous forward thrust which
is familiar to all who have seen Col
Roosevelt in action.
At the door he reminded me again
of America. You will see every
thing and you will go back and tell
the Americans. They must UNDER
stand. ! know il they understand it
will be all eight. AS for me. ] have
Continued on Thirteenth Paee.J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
whose working opportunities are cor
nered offers no test of labor values.
Measure of Purchasing Power.

Let useful business men who are
all too easily angered by the demands
of their own best customers--the
wage earners of the country--let
those business men think n bit when
tempted to denounce wage workers
as extortioners. or to join in any hue
and cry for putting wages down or
keeping them down. Wages are the
purchasing power of labor. Low wages
mean poor markets: high wages mean
good markets.
And when it comes to extortion.,
what about highway corporations.
and their watered stock? What about
.waterpower monopolies? What about:
timber barons? What about monopo-.
lizers of natural deposits-coal. IRON,
oil. copper? What about the vast
areasSof land over the country and the
almost numberless building lots in
cities which cannot be used by pro-
ductive business and productive labor
except upon payment OF extortionate
premiums in rent or purchase price?
These extortions, though made in
terms of money, come out of the food.
the clothing. the buildings and the
other products of arduous labor toward
which monopoly contributes nothing,
but only obstructs. Every dollars
worth it takes from production is a
dollars worth extorted from labor.
Whoever honestly wishes for an end
of the war between labor and CAPT
tal'-and at this time of readjust-
ment for a worlds peace what patriot
wishes otherwise?-must rid himself
of his veneration for institutional and
Iepa1ized methods of eXtortion from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
WOULD REMEDY LACK
IN SCHOOLHOUSES
Department of Labor Planning to
Take Steps; Shortage Exists
Throughout Country.

Steps to remedy the present short
age of schoolhouses throughout the
country, caused by lack of building
MANNED by the division of public
works and construction development
of the Department of Labor
In this purpose the service will have
the support of educators and sociolo-
eists. il is announced. These men, II
is announced by the service, belieVe
that the nation wide lack of school
accommodations is one of the earliest
problems that must be solved with
others that belong to the reconstruc-
ton period.
Contracts for 500 public school
houses, totaling some sso00o,o0o.
have been held up as result
of the war, according to a par
tiaI tabulation of building conditions
in the country, announced by the
service yesterday. 1t is estimated
that these school projects now being
held up aggregate more than $780,
900, 900.
In round numbers, this is about one
dollar per capita throughout the
United States. AS school buildings
are customarily financed on twenty
year serial bonds, this means an in
stallment OF payment of about cents
per capita per year by the people of
this country. If they would have their
school program put through at the
present time.
Assuming that a decrease of 20 per
V,Isya- r,..tt ..yl
yelop during the next four or five
years land this is regarded by many
as a maximum decrease), the imme-
date completion of the nation S
school program would involve an ex-
cess of only l cent per capita per
wear over the per capita cost, even
il construction were delayed for sew
eral years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

war they were in universal use: now
they are studiously avoided. In 1914
every wound was douched with every
variety of antiseptic liquid: now all
wounds are kept as dry as possible
and the gauze drain has supplanted
all others.
The idea that there is not time or
that the surgeon has not the nerve
to operate under fire is exploded He
starts upon the assumption that every
wound which is not made by the
clean-cut track of rifle or machine
gun bullet is contaminated. and the
first thing he does is to open 1t up
so completely as to expose the entire
cavity. Every particle of foreign
matter is then removed and any It's
sue that looks as if it might die
and slough away is cut out.
The old method of treating the en-
trance and exit of projectila by
charging them as little as possible
and passing a drain through is OBJ
solete Instead of that. the surgeon
makes liberal incison long and wide
enough to search the recess and
traumatism thoroughly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Not Afraid of Caillaux.

And Caillaux," I asked. naming the
name that then. as always. has been
the nightmare in the minds of those
who love France and hope to see her
victorious and herself, the man of
whom Clemenceau had said, HE
thinks himself Napoleon"
mo" he said. with a calm smile,
II do not fear him.
will he come back?" I asked.
81 do not think So" he responded.
and again his words had new mean
ing, when Cailiaux was jailed to await
in prison that trial for treason which
Clemenceau has directed and will
force.
The talk drifted to the Bulgarian
disaster of the previous autumn and
the mistakes and failures of allied
diplomacy in the Balkans.
Bulgaria was a case of money" he
said thoughtfully, "a case of money,
and l think il / had been in power
should have bought"
and Greece?''
But he would not talk of Greece.
He had been for years one of the
great friends of the Hellenic kingdom
and the desertion of Greece was to
him. patiently. in the nature of per-
sonal sorrow.
"Oh. the unhappy Serbs" he contin-
ued. and we, we French have had to
re-equip their army. Yes. we have
sent to them the uniforms. The equip
ment at Corfu. Invaded France has
done that. please remember that" and
his eyes lighted again
But you must go to Verdun," he
said, you must see our soldiers as
they are. l go. l go everywhere: ]
see them all and you must go, and
then you can go back to America and
tell your countrymen what France is
like, what it is You must see it for
yourself; certainly. you must see our
soldiers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Average Policy IS, 500.

The gigantic proportions of the
life insurance business upon which
the United States government enter
ed when the soldiers and sai!ors' in
1arance law. better known as the war
risk insurance act. was put through,
IS revealed by these figures. The
greatest amount which any one per-
son under this act could take on his
Or her life is $4,000. Under the spur
of war conditions practically every
man or woman CHE nurses) who en-
tered the service and was IN danger
of losing life overseas. or from dis
ease in training camps in this coun-
try, took insurance, and the maxi
mum amount they could carry. 1t
is estimated thc. .--- -:crage in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Insurance to Protect Loans.

The total amount of fire insurance
carried in connection with farm loans
made by the federal land banks now
aggregates S5o.000.000. The board
figures that the establishment OF a
system of insurance would result in
less rates to the insured and would
render the matter of obtaining proper
insurance in connection with loans
far easier for the banks. Whether
gress remains to be seen. If it can
be shown that the farmers will get
their fire insurance at a less rate. un-
doubtedly some OF the congressman,
particularly those from rural commu-
mites, Will favor IL. The transition
from providing Insurance merely to
cover the loans of the banks to farm
ers to providing all the fire Insurance.
the farmers require might be UNDER
taken later
Students of the German system of
statement that the plan has not work
ed TO the benefit of the country: that
il has not increased the health of the
country, but has led to deceit and to
a lowering of the standards Of medical
treatment and of medical men.
From the present outlook II does
not appear that the government, in
spite of the tremendous total sum OF
life insurance il is now carrying for
ice, is contemplating entering the fn-
surance field To do SO in other
branches of insurance and to extend
life insurance to cover civilians would
he to build up bureaucracy that in
all probability would be oppressive
ard wcu,a entail heavy burdens upon
lAs taxpayers. Y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Continue "Quart-a-Month" Rule.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. January IS.
The "quart-a- month" rule in West
Virginia, whereby residents of the
state may bring in one quart of in
toxicants each month, will continue
in force despite the recent construc-
ton placed upon the Reed bone dry"
law by the Supreme Court of the
United States. This statement was
made here by Walter s. Halianan,
West Virginia tax commissioner. in
response to inquiries from all sec
tons ot TIE state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Recognition of Partnership.

Further advances also are promis-
ing. There seems to be growing
recognition of the fact that the reia-
ton of employers to employees is es-
sentially one of partnership. Not
merely between an employer ana ms
own employees, but between employers
as a class and employees as class. out
Of this recognition the principle of
collective bargaining may easily be-
come a general policy. and to the ex-
tent that it does there will be a tend
ency toward peace-in great degree
an actual condition of peace-between
employers and employees.
Does collective bargaining between
employers as one Industrial class and
employees as another presuppose gen
eral recognition of labor organiza-
tions? Yes. But why not labor or
CARNATIONS as well as business Or
CARNATIONS? Isn't there wretched-
iy ludicrous side to the contention of
employers that they may organize in
tricately and act through agents of
their organizations. but that wage
earners must act individually? Do
they demand that the relation of feu-
dal lord and serf shall survive in mod
ern forms and terms? Wage workers
say that it does survive, and say SO
in words; many business men do not
deny it even in words and say it in
their conduct. This means perpetual
ton of war-not as threat. but as
consequence. But with labor or
ganization and collective bargaining
naturalized in our industries and i'm
bedded irf public opinion. the conflict
between employer and employee will be
greatly modified.
Essential to Fair Bargaining.
This conflict will not end. however
in the nature of things it cannot
end-until the great body or pro-
ducers, employees and employers are
legally upon an equality of productive
opportunity when they make their CO.
operative contracts for production.
Lacking this, fair bargaining over
Joint production is impossible, and
without fair bargaining Industrial
peace is an empty dream.
The old conflict between employer
and employe cannot be exercised by
palaver. Much less can it be sup
pressed by that policy of might which
seems as dear to some American en-
ployers as it SO recently was to the
Prussian oligarchy The cure for the
evils of democracy is, indeed, more de-
mocracy as Macaulay said; but, let us
mark 1t well, the cure for the evils of
autocracy is not more autocracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
TAXING UNEARNED PROFITS FROM INDUSTRY
THE GREATEST BAR TO ECONOMIC PEACE,
VIEW OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR
Present Hope of Labor
<in Right to Bargain
Collectively.
Sees Tendency of Employ.
ers to Recognize Part
nership of Workers.

tice involved in divorcing wage work
ers from natural resources. for in
stance, persists. Though everything
else but this be done. outbreaks Of
the labor conflict are as inevitable as
is disease from diseased conditions
Labor interests and parasitical inter
ests can never live together III peace
It should be observed, however. that
advances toward Industrial peace are
meanwhile possible. The public high
ways of the nation and OF our munich
palities may be recovered and re-
tanned and managed as the public
functions which they so plainly are
No great public function can be prl-
vately owned in these times of COM
pick production without causing labor
disturbance. Such ownership breeds
conflict by propagating injustice In
dustria peace demands public service
by public agencies as one of it's con-
ditionS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Marine Insurance Profitable.

As a mat<r of fact. the marine in-s
surance operated by the governpent
has proved a successful venture. and
the government has made very large
sum of money. The law specifically
provides, however, that the govern
tnent go out of the marine Insurance.
business within six months after the
close OF the war, The President Is
given the Authority to suspend the
operation of the division of marine
and seamen's insurance of the war
risk insurance bureau whenever in his
Judgment the necessity for further
war Insurance shall have ceased. to
exist Congress, therefore, has gone on
record as being opposed to the gov
ernmeut's entering the field of marine
insurance in times of peace.
a recommendation recently has come
to Congress, however. from the fed
eral farm loan board proposing that
the government eSta blish a system
whereby the federal land banks could
furnish fire insurance to their bor-
rowers-that is, to the farmers of the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
New Way a Revolution.

The modern surgeon proceeds upon
the theory that he is as much of
soldier as the man with the gun, and'
that whether he is in a front-line
hospital or fifty miles back of the
firing line. his duty is to do his best.
He has thrown antis aptics to the
dogs. During the early stages of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Frances Russ Policy Unchanged.

PARIS. January 16.--Premier Gle
menceau declared today that the
French government had no intention
of changing it's policy with regard to
Russia.