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WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO
AID DISABLED CONFEDERATES
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Jorlh Carolina Chapter of Daughters of the Confed
eracy Urged by State President to Write to Congress-
men in Behalf of Works Bill.
That e;u h chapter in North Caro
lina of th- Daughters of the Confed
eracy at once communicate with the
North Carolina Congressional del-ga-ti(n
and urge tli-tn to work and vote
fur the Works hill to provide a na
tional horn for disabled ex-Confed-erate
soldiers', their wives and widow?
is requested in a letter which Mrs.
Mary Bennett Little, of Wadesboro,
president of the North- Carolina Di
vision, has Just given to the press.
The women of the South point out
that since the war the South has paid
out nearly fiv billion dollars for na
tional pension: and support of na
tional Union lumvs, and they main
tain that the time has come that the
South should have government aid for
iU aged, afflicted, indigent men and
women. Mis. Little's letter, to the
Daughters of the Confederacy in this
State follows:
To
Mrs. Little's Letter.
th United Daughtr-Gf the Con
federacy. N. C. Division:
Through the courtesy of the preys I
am bringing before you a movement
which calls for official action on our
part, the President General P. u. c.
having affixed her signature to this
movement.
The Inspector General of th United
States Army, in hli report for 1914,
suggests that the National Union
Homes at Johnson City, Tennessee,
and Marion, Indiana, be discontinued
and the inmates transferred to olhei
homes, there being an excess of ca
pacity over inmates in the ten Na
tional Homes of over five thousand
persons. A bill recently introduced
by Senator Works, of California, a
Union veteran and a noble hearted,
patriotic gentleman, provides for the
turning over of the Johnson City
Home, which has capacity of 2,266
persons, to indigent ex-Confederates,
their wives and widows, and transfer
ring th present inmates to other
homes.
At the Savannah Convention U. D.
C, Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone, of
Texas, formerly President General,
made a motion which passed unatii
rnously, substantially as follows:
That Congress be requested to ex
tend the same aid to the homes of
the Southern States as it is now giv
ing to Northern States homes, viz
$100.00 per capita. The bill of Sena
tor Works appropriates $300,000.00
lor this purpose as' against $1,100,000
to the State homes of the North.
Mrs. Stone, in her remarks, very
properly said: "We are asking not
charitv. but justice." The South has
paid her pro rata of nearly five bil
lion dollars since the war for pen
sions and support of National Union
homes and it is but proper that we
should have government aid for our
aged, indigent, afflicted men and wo.
men. General Fstopinal, of Louisiana,
a Confederate veteran, introduced tho
Works bill in the House. Both he
and Senator Works deserve our sin
cere thanks.
This is now, Thank God, a United
country: the principle of local self-
government for which the South went
to war, is still an ardent question
among the nations of the earth. Nine
tenths of the people of the South, who
help pay the pensions to the United
States soldiers, were children, or not
born when the war ended. I ask that
each chapter will at once communt
cate with its Representative and our
Senators on this subject.
Faithfully yours,
M A II Y" B EN N KTT I.ITTI .
President N. C. Division, United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Wadesboro. N. C.
or as much thereof as may be neces
sary, be and the same is hereby appro
priated to aid the Confederate homes
of the South, extending the tame aid
pr capita as is now extended to the
State Mnd Territorial homes of the
North.
Sec tion 4. That the managers elect
ed under this act shall proceed as
soon as possible to frame such laws
and regulations for the government
of said home and shall appoint such
oriicials and employ such persons as
they may deem necessary, at a rea
sonable compensation, aggregate not
to "exceed $20,000; all of which shall
be subject to the approal of the Sec
retary' of War.
Section 5. That tne Home hereby
created and the ir.anugers thereof
shall be independent of the managers
of the National Home for disabled
United States volunteers, but in all
other respects shall be subject to the
laws, and regulations that govern the
National Home for disabled volunteer
soldiers of the United States.
Section 6. That the title to all prop
erly that may be acquired under this
act shall be vested in the United
States.
Section 7. That the sum of $50,000,
or as much thereof as may be neces-
sarv, oe and tne same is nereny ap
propriated to meet the preliminary ex-
penses necessary to carry out anove.
enactments and shall be available as
soon as this act becomes a law.
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Chairman of Literature Calls For Worth-While h,.
pers Chairman of Library Extension Tendi-r-Aid.
BOND ISSUE ASKED BY
HIGH POINT COUNCIL
Ono of Objects is Payment of Dam
ages lUx-ently Awarded Against the
lily.
(Special to The Nei ana Ob-seiter.)
High Point, Feb. 20. In a recent
statement Mayor Fred N. Tate re
marked that the city iounhil has
unanimously agreed upon a bond is-
ue of $40,000 for the purpose of wip
ing out all the floating indebtedness
which has been made necessary dur
ing the past several years because of
excess income expenditures occasion
ed by providing public necessities in
sections of the city where demands
were urgent nad imperative, and in
completing other simiiur public im
provements where sufficient funds
were not already available; also in
settling, out of court, numerous dam
age suits instituted against the city,
caused by conditions of many years
standing, for which no blame can be
attached to any previous administra
tion, either recent or remote.
A proper funding bond issue bill in
the sum of $40,000 has been 'prepared
and delivered to Representative
Brockett, at Raleigh, with unanimous
request from the city council that the
same be introduced and enacted into
law as early as practicable, as it is
the earnest desire of the present coun
cil to turn over the affairs of the city
to their successors in May without anj'
burden of debt as a legacy. These
debts were all contracted as matters
of pressing and vital necessities and
were duly authorized under the pro
visions of the city charter, and the
council feels that in liquidating the
same in this matter thev will be sav
ing the city money in the Irate of in
terest and at the same time place the
financial affairs of the city on a basis
which may be beneficial to the incom
ing administration.
Issued by Publicity Department.
North Carolina Federation of Wo
man's Clubs. Mrs. Palmer Jerman,
Chairman .
To the literary clubs of the North
Carolina Federation:
Allow me to call -your attention
again to the contests in the literary
Clubs of the State in poetry, short
story writing and research work.
There are no limitations in subjects
in poetry and stories, quality is the
point. In the various ciubs in the
State there must be many papers
very much worth while in -history,
literary history, travel, biography,
etc.- compiled with great care by the
women working in these clubs. Be
sure to let me have them. We hope
for at least one representative in these
contests from each club. Send ma
terial, typed, not later than March
1st., to Mrs. Z. B. "ance, Box 673.
New Bern, N. C.
In order to know what study is
going on in the literary clubs, I am
asking again for programs of your
1914-15 work. I have two thus far
from the sixty or more clubs in the
State.
Also your chairman of literature is
quite anxious to be of assistance in
making out your programs for an
other year. If you wish any sugges
tions write rne a full account of your
club, and just what sort of work you
wish to do and it will give me great
pleasure to do what I can. by way of
suggestion. 1 have programs prepar
ed on "Four Italian Cities," an "In
troductory Tear with Robert Brown
ing," also a "Second Year with
Robert Browning. Am working on
other programs which I hope to have
ready in a lew weeks. A program
made, out along suggestive lines
which you may cut or fill out to
fit your particular needs will be of
V
for the beginning of a small
scription library, or a fre
brary, and submit to you a
organization.
.The State Library Commissi,
its very efficient and obliging
tary will also aid you in plains f, r
ganizing and the choice of b...Kc
the Commission will send .u Ti,
ing libraries without charge, s
a library placed in a store, telepr..
exchange or other public place n
the same service that a publu- Cr
renders and would possibly be
means of interesting your- ri;i7r..
having a library of their o-u,
I know it is difficult to ansu.r
letters from your chairman ;romj,
but remember you have chosen th
as your leaders in your depart m-
work and unless you fcive Them
full co-operation they cannot ac',...
plish the work necessary to succ...
I am especially anxious to b- at.;
to report at the annual meeting ,
the Federation that the women m
North Carolina Federation of Club
rea.ii:iiij: mat me r uruic I A hrarv
fip;i
f.K t
t;-
a dominant iactor in civic e
and the greatest educational
have, have
that w
not one town that boasts of
ated Woman's Club shall
boast of a good library.
in mis i appeal to you
your interest and aid,
offer you my services ir
to establish a library in
Cordially yours,
MRS. A. ir; V W Ui.'
Chairman Library l)::t .
Oxford, N. C.
determined ih,
a F'l'iif
ey rue--J; ,
and aguii.
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.IlIKr AS SAFK VS
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TO YV K,
Text of Works Hill.
The Works Rill, which boars the
caption, "A bill to provide a national
home for disabled ex-Confederaie
soldiers, their wives and widows, ts
aa follows:
fie it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled:
Section 1. That the managers of
the National Home for Disabied Vol
unteer Soldiers of the United States
shall as early as possible, distribute
tho inmates now at the Mountain
Rranch Home, Johnson City, Tennes
see, among the other branches, and,
that said Mountain Branch Home
shall be turned over by or before July
1, 1915 to a board of five managers,
to bo elected by Congress, to be used
as a home for disabled ex-Confederate
soldiers, their wives and widows,
and mat tne sum ot ?4uu,uuu, or as
much thereof as may be necessary, be
and the same is hereby appropriated
for this purpose.
Section 2. That a branch home be
rented at Washington, D. C, for dis
abled ex-Confederate soldiers, their
wives and widows residing in the Dis
trist or Columbia and ror the same
class of persons living in States where
there are no Confederate homes, and
that the sum of $50,000 or as much
thereof as may be necessary, be and
tre same Is -hereby appropriated for
this purpose.
Section 3. 'That the sum of $300,000,
be furnished any club upon applica- j
tion to and correspondence with your
chairman of literature.
I want to impress upon theclubif
that are pursuing literary topics, that
such work is indeed very important,
not only to tho individuals who are
doing the work, but otfen out of study
clubs there arise opportunities for
work for others. Genuine self-improvement
always means work for
others. Remember that it was from
little groups of women gathered to
gether for self-improvement and a
cup of tea that many of these won
derfully helpful departments of work
for others had their births. There
must be something that warms the
heart, stirs the brain, and calls forth
the highest type of service in the
sincere contemplation of pure litera
ture. For out of this sort of work,
often crude it is true, but always
genuine in aspiration for higher
things, there have com the altruis
tic movements that occupy so much
of the attention of all of us at the
present time. WThile we are killing
the flies and mosquitoes cleaning up
the towns arid making all of them
cities beautiful, let's not forget . to
spend more time at the fountain
head, let us not forget to give our
selves with an open mind and genuine
zeal to the intelligent study of "the
best that has been thought and said in
the world."
With keenest interest in the for
ward movement of all the studv clubs
of the. Federation, I am, sincerelv,
MARY IIENDREN VANCE,
State Chairman of Literature N. C
Federation.
Schlett--:
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The Horsey and the Motor.
Baltimore Sun.
All of us love the horse, that faith
ful servant of the innumerable cen
turies, and he will still for some
years, at least, fill a place of impor
tance and affection in our affairs. But
his neck is not clothed with the thun
der nor, his limbs with the swiftness
of this modern marvel, and more and
more he must give way to the motor
car. In twenty years a horse will
probably be as rare a spectacle in our
city streets as bne of those machines
was twenty or thirty years ago, and
in forty, perhaps, he may be rarely
seen even in the country. The farm
ers are already using the motor car
very largely instead of the old time
"buggy" or family carriage, and even
tually neighborhood motors may plow
the lands of their communities, just
as thrashing machines now go around
from farm to farm. The horse, in
fact, is likely to-survive longer for
military than for peaceful purposes,
but the present European conflict has
shown that even in war the automo
bile has become an essential factor.
Until recently all miners' safety
lamps used in the United States ex
cept those burning kerosene were of
foreign manufacture, but two Ameri
can naptha lamps have been per
fected. The diseases to which caisson work
ers are subject, according to a French
authority, are. due to .the fact that,
when air is compressed hydraulically
it loses nearly one-fifth of its oxygen.
From Chairman of Literary Kxtension
My dear Madam President:
I will greatly appreciate a letter
auni juur ciuu rening me ir you
xicvvc nuuuj in jour LOWO, 11 it is a
free public library, or a, subscription
library, if you have a library build
ing, a room, a librarian, and from
what sources you receive your in
come.
x uesire wns miormation lor two
reason First, that I may gain sug
gestions that I may pass on to other
clubs, and second, that 1 may be of
service to you.
The system of free public libraries
now oeing estaonsnea in this countrv
is the most important development o
modern times.
ii'-'c ii" u. v .i vuinmuiuty can
more benefit itself than in establish
ing a public library. Books do mare
iiwii Kin' pleasure, inev ar r-:. nvji-
ers of our inner lives, and back uf all
library work there is the big- fact that
there is somewhere, something in
print, in book, pamphlet or periodical
which is of value to everv in.iivi.iMoi'
Libraries help make intelligent citi
zens, build up good morals," and hv
u,c u-uL'ri.iuNt' nrinein p t u. m
- t -. lit
maKes one dollar do for many.
If you have not already don
urge you to begin now to enthuse your
club women with a determination to
begin at once and not let the vear
-131 y pass without a pln f
uorary m your midt.
Your chairman will bo Jjlad to help
you if you will only write her vot'r
i-r,. A wm De gian to send
' ' s-ieei! ii-t of books
i'erils itf Aiv Solved hv (i.
burg. After Kigiif Ynv
ew Vork Tribune.
Cheers: Mud joy Avi;Mi..a
come into its own. It is as sai ;
walking, perhaps safer who I.ik,-'
If you doubt it, go to 301 Uroad..,
Talk with George Schleusselburir .ice
be convinced. Or. if von haven't the
energy, ponder over this extract from
a letter prepared for investors by hir.-
and his associates:
We wish to call your attention to
the unlimited possibilities which tbis
extraordinary proposition offers t
large and small investors. At la.st u
machine has been constructed which
makes flying absolutely safe. TUh
president of this corporation, Gcorg
Schleusselburg, has succeeded (aftr
eight years of experimenting) in sol v.
ing the problem.
In order to enable the invent". i n
start with the construction of hi
aeroplane on a larger scale. a corpora
tion with a capital of $500,00u, all ii
common stock at 25 cents par vai i
a share, has been formed, of which
we offer 200,000 shares for sale !
raise the necessary funds.
"It is well known that this country
offers better inducements than arty
other at present to realize fortunes by
the exploitation of a new and revolt?,
tionizing idea like the one in qu
tion.
"The American army is notorious
backward in its aerial equipment,
and as soon as the superiority of our
machine has been demonstrated sat
isfactorily to the authorities in Wash
ington there is not the least doub;
that same will be adopted. We have
already opened negotiations to th;t:
effect.
"Thereis no preferred stock
sale, thus insuring to the purcha---.-of
even only a few shares in thH
stock a. substantial profit."
The beauty of the proposition i
that orders for as little as ten shun
of stock will be promptly filled. Mr
Schuleusselburg has the handson-
certificates all ready. A few strokes
of a pen and there you are. For Si.'."'
you can tote away the proof that i
own a whole thousand shares. Ac'
the certificate is as big and .k.
quite as fascinating ns the one th;u
goes with the shares., in th- bit ra1'-roads.
TWO HURT IN m'NAW.W
orarv
or a public
you a
suitn Me
rnplin Vung Men Have Narrow I
eaiK From Serious flurt.
Warsaw, Feb. L'0. K. fowi
and Floyd Strickland, two wel!-k:,o-.v t.
white men, had" a very narrow -cape
from death on Thursday atf-i
wnen a spirited horse
whi
It.: e
to
noon
i . . -i
ioe were arivmg ran away an
them from the buggy.
Tho 'horse had been bitehe.
rear of the store owned by 5:
Ifines. and when the two yoiin ic
ot inr,, the buggy and started uw.is
tne horse started Tu run. Mr. ,t i
kind had the reins, but the hor- --lone.-d
to Mr. Powell. The her
made four springs when the rei- -broke,
and jtarted at full speed, turf
ing tile buggy upside down. if.
throwing Mr. Powell ut. seven. 'j
"i uifiiisK nr-; i re fiesta, race. e.- ai
mouth, be
the body.
fiesta, rac
io:'": m-uisimr him atu
Mr. s.tlick'and wa.s bruls
body and legs, but
Hi!r a-- M r. Po'v-1',
ed about the