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WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY AH fckNUQN, SkF 1 EMBKR TT? 1909
SHALL THE EITK LEAP FMM
FALL BACKWARD NEXT TUESDAY?
V jr. ' ~ ? ~
How Will. Washington Vote on the
/ Bond Issue for Street Improye
/ ments?? WillWe Say Yea or Nay?
Let's Be Fair to Ourselves and City
How shall I vol? on the bond Issue
Tor surest Improvements? This i?
tha. question almost every voter In
the city la .now considering, and Will
continue to debate in hl$> m^nd until
Tuesday next, then he must decide,
and that decision will be either for
the progrees of the city or against
any Improvement .or. betterment.
* which means we will take a step
backward- because there la no Buch
thing as remaining at a stand etlll.
-There are towns In probably every
State, hdndrods of years old and in
_ . practically the same condition aa one
liundmd jeaitraxn r?n wo vjgn To
?- be classified as one of such' tfewns?
. We aay emt>hatlcaUyv li?^ -*> ? ? y
Way Jfll ualnnk a\. this -ma iu?r
? ginning of a"* political .revolution
-A? to who bJUattad Is a
source of much argument, and this
paper says every man la entitled to
;
NEWSSFORECAST
FOR NEXTI WEEK
mm of Interest Which Are
Chronicled for Lhe Next
Seven Days.
Washington, D. C., Sept. U ? Wed
-nieoa y morning President Taft jrlU
algnallse hlsj^fr-eecond birthday by
departing from Boston on a 13,000
mHe jounMB tn the Pacific coast and
^^JjP^^V?ry 8tate and
territory of the Onion. On tT??? n[gM
previous to his departure he Will
frfrak at a banquet of the Boston
Chamber ~ of Commerce. Thursday
will he spent in Chicago. Friday he
rvjjM gfceak at the Wisconsin State
to Milwaukee and later In the
new T. M.,C. A.' building In that city.
After spending Friday night In Wi
nona, the PreefeleiKjrtll reaoh Min
neapolis early Saturday morning. All
. in the Twin Cities. '
'leading features of the American'
vH>alrar?' Association convention.
r,;- Which will assemble In Chicago
Tuesday. will be addressee by 8peak
. er caoxion, James J...HH1' and Law
' r&yce O. Murray, comptroller of the
^ , currency. , * ?.
T*i..r?Hkr Y*?
Jco will keep g double holiday Jn cel
ebration* Of# J he 80th Btrtwfay of
teat now on for the vice presidency
of the republic has caused a feeling
j?reeaed In some quarters that the
coming holidays mfcy witness the be
ginning of a politica ^revolution
south of Uie Bio Grande.
Of interest to American readere
"wITIbe the wedding of Miss AniU
Stewart, )of 'Rew York, and Prinee
jtflguel^of Braganza. son of the Por
^^^tuguese tfrtttaaerr-TBe ceremony ts
to take place Wednesday at Tulloch
Caatle, the Dingwall place in Scot
land taken by the prospective bride's
pother for the Mason.
A- number of other ev??tn of ln
f fleet wlll Bium lu the cgW. newu
of ?ho week. In Sydney. Australia,
/delegates from Canada. South Africa.
India and the United Kingdom wfll
assemble for the seventh Congreea
of Chambers of Commerce of the
jSmplre. - :Xt' -^.iy
1 jOth eeaiveraavy ol Wolfe's
victory st Quebec will be celebrated
with g gr^n banquet In Londiu
Monday jjlfrht. 7 Another hUtoricft
relflhratloit wwliiuk wUl be held lu
>. England diliiiiK the week will bo ttoo
200th anniversary
. Samuel Johnson,
r and writer., y
nee, the Interna.
r: . ^ .
his opinion; but before1 arriving, at a
conclusion, give the matter careful
consideration. Any improvement
made* to the^clty is' of direct beneflt
Xo every TSsISenl. - It la true jl^me
are benefitted more than others^ jbut
! those pebple who %?? benefitted moat
are required to pay most, therefore
we say every voter shoud support any
measure which will make a perma
nent improvement t>o any part of the
city. Anything which will bring new
capital for investment, or which .will
add to the value of business done by
our- merchants, will Increase the_
wealthand Influence of our ^clty. "
No one will dispute the fact that
municipal Improvements "la the ther
mftmfttflr hy whlrh kjy ?lv? f+Judged,
?theretmelel us ail uf una M6Wd bay
to the outside world r on" Tuesday
I -nest -that this city Is thorough
' awake to its future interests, by vot
ing fbr street Improvement bond?.
GREAT HOWL
BEING RAISED
JuftMn Thousand Saloon Men
Areffow on the Anxious
Seat. '
New Tori. SepW It ? Fifteen thon
"?<1 eelooe men In Oraater New
York are on the1 anxious seat this
month, pending the official- decision
OB the application. for
oMtUBBTIax eertlSeatee for the 7*)*r
bond must be filed ?n or before next
Wednesday. Between that date and
(he first of* October, when the pres
ent certificates expire, a rigid official
record* of all applicants. "
A great howl is being raised by the
dispensers of liquid Cheer, many of
whom fear that they will fall by the
wayside this year and; that renewal
-of theitLikswatr wHI beTHfuMg^tt
?impossible. profitably conduct a
saloon in a law-abiding at>d orderly
manner. Bach declarations would
? BpanrTT-ln aa aigumml fui a ir
dffctfon in the number of metropoli
tan saloons. As a matter of fact,
this reduction is already in progress,
hundreds of dives having been wiped
out within the last year. The no
torious places which formerly flour
ished in various parts of the city. 6ut
effpeeially-ih the Tenderloin district
-and- the lower Eaat 8ldot aro in
nearly all clfesed. "" ~f' t
Monday to be
" the Last Day
The Jfews announces (hat Monday
will be the last day' for subscribers
kto secure coupons In the voting- con
from.thls paper, as It will ^ot^" in
serted after that date. However, all
subscribers wishing to pay their sut>
scriptlon or any wishing to subscribe
Jjo_JDtiLJ?twi. ran -do- so, rarelting.
voting coupons sa .heretofore ? Tbla
plan will be carried on JIT* until the
time the conTest closes Wednesday,
8eptem>fir W. Remember no coupons
fvrttl.lMk published after Monday, but
subscribers paying their subscription
aecure their* voteelt Ihe News office
tp t ne gwa Of -th*. contest. Bear tEg
in mind.
This Little Lady
|. . HwfTfttle Miss Florence Kath
leen Harris, daughter of Mr. and
Mr*. John Harris, who reside on
| Charlotte street, enjoys a 4WincUoiv
to her-blrthday r
beard of.* She was 9 jreaxil nlri. nn
of l>e Stn monlh ofthe
I year 1?0?. The > plays no
Mi
THE CONTEST AT
BOWLING ALLEY
Spirited Contest Night tf
This Popular Resdrt? Down
The Imperial Bowling Alley was
headquarters last night, not only for
tho bowling but those *ho
are- fond of Idoklng cjn jnid enjoying
spirited and friendly contests.
Ever since the fact was advertised in
The News that ijv^l tBHmn would,
contest for honors, the boys have
been eagerly awaiting the hour and
aight, for they, expected something
good and something well worth see
ing. Those who were present last
&v?nlng were not disappointed. The
learnt had entire charge of the alley
knd from 8: 30~To l a. m. they were
monarchs of all they surveyed. When
the contest was at its senlth, a gen
tleman entered the alley and donned
the' teams th(^ "Uptowns" and tbo
"Downtowns." Before the bowling
began Mr. Fran*: C. Kugler, the
referee, announrad the winning team'
fnust hare two'games to Uflreredit,
0"atj^f._thiee, in order to secure the
prise. The "Downtowns" wore Je-~
clared the viators, ^and were present
?d Vtth a hoi of rif.r. h? Mr r M
IJttln. the proprietor. ? The total roli
OT -the "Uptownd" were 1.608^ pins
ahd th?-tot*l for the "DfflnffinrEr"
were O60, the "Downtowns" win
ning over their rivals by 58. pins.
.Mr. Cal- E. Jordan highMt
score, as will be seen by the score.
The following is the names of the
contestants -and their scores:
UPTOWN8.
Jacobson. . 99 86 63 ? 248
Calloway. ,r.'. . 98 84 81^-J63
KOtH, Joe. 8^ 83 79?244
Sanderson. ? 76 92 82? r260
Deaslsj . .r . ... . HI II
Pegram. . . ... 95 *3 75 ? 36'3
? ? * ? ? DOWNTOWNS.
Mayo : I . v T8 S6 100 ? 259
Hfrdy ./Vt 95 102 90=1*7
Rosa, D. C 71 K4 77?282
Morris. ........ 78 74 88 ? 230
Jordan......... 128 96 106?330
Blind.. 68 88 76 ? 222
- ? A-rroT rHa _ duck pin bowling was
"?fer, a big -pin contest was decided
.upon, a^d Mr. Guy Hardy and Jtr.
C. M. Sanderson organised two teams
for competition. After the wlndup
It was iqund that Mr. Sanderson's
team was victorious by 91 pins. Mr.
Jv L. Bland made the highest score
In thja series. Following are the
-names of those bowling:
_ Winning Team ? C. a. Sanderson,
Sam Pegram. J. T. Bland, 8. Wallace
and Joaeph Tayl<je..?_ ? : _.~
. Losing Team ? Ouy Hardy, Will
aad i. *. Hauls. , =
It Is ttta purpose t& organise a
club for bowling at once and to have
friendly games " of the above char -1
U19T WUL. 1
N. L. Simmons
to be Speaker
The Young taenia Chrifttlah League
merce rooms tomorrow' afternoon at
4 o'clock. Norwood L. Simmons,
Biq., will be ? ttae-epeeHW>. gufrjMtf
"A Malignant Tongue." All are
cordially Invited t<> be preseat, espec
ially 'the ladles. ? Good muek; Is
promised.
OONET I8LAXT) TO MAKR MERRY
New York, fiept. 11 ? Coney Island
has completed arrangements for Its
annual Mardl Gras, which marks the
end of the season at the famous r*r
sort ot Gotham's pleasure seekers.
-Tire Jhlg"e am I val will begih tomor
row night and will last all through'
?the ensuing week. One of The- nnr
features this year will be general
masking; T^e carnival procession
will be oVeV a mlll^Tbng. More than
1.000 persona will march and 250
horsea wHl draw the floats, whfrh
will-T? crowded with pretty girls
dres*e? as spirits, fairies, angels,
soubretfes, coryphee* _aniL -ballet
glrlw. Another feature will be an
SUfOWObtT^ parade with a thousand"
Fme Opening
is Promised
THE MBS ? :
EDUCATIONAL I
MEETING
GBKEBNWENT EXPERTS PfltStllT
. ? ? r
Is One of the Most Important
to the Farmers That Wasfi
Ever Held in tha County -of
Beaufort. -
MEETING CALLEOi lO A.. M.
Jolly Party
Lap/i Evening
lan'Chgrth. has re
taeitloa knd will ail
tilt church Sunday
'?nlng. _ WMli MU
Ht*d points of Inter
' i ' ???? ? r
~Th next Toeitiaj-.there
*Hi be he|d_a_Firmer'B Educational
meeting ruM dratna^', stock
raising, cattle quarantine, and farm
management, with 'raHo-gcce to corn
and cotton. No4gjrioer jj* the coun
ty of B?*ufort_ should absent himself
from this important Meeting, aa
questions rltai to hU4ttrtfosTwiH be
presented.
__XtUV meeting
with the sole purpose
substantial and practi^
nun ana bgnmt to IhoJffr
ltivBtionf'r
gagfcd In the calti .
The- meetlosiwill begin ?_
There will be a .morning
noon session. 'yP
It Is a conceded ytmo?
admitted by all tnniljiAi
of agricultural eondittadiqin our sec
ratse more
At this'
tesday, this
llll be dla
the Bu
tlon that the people tnus^
stock, particularly cattlf
farmer's meeting, next
all .Important subject
CUSied by two *xnmrtm'
Teau of Animal Jn<
U n ited States , Peps;
fure.
Mr. Sidney C. Thomp^n, will talk
particularly on the daif Industry,
and the relation of stocl
provement of soil
Cooper Curtice will
icatioiv of cattle tick* ,
tine, "lire News hopes
ginning of a
bringing |
informa
tq srfl nn
the >611. |
10 o'clock,
and after
\i m 1 v. - rvn 1 ly
in the. im
ons. Dr.
the erad
quaran
the be
l?fi t hp
cattie sngrcsttt*
Una.
V' The farmers of
HMplBHVHpHHHHHMRil
these experts from the U".' 8. Depart
ment of Agriculture to addresa them
and every' tiler of* the 6611 in the
county should be present #nd bear
all that Ii-ffRE ~~~ r ~
These gentlemen come to us fully
enthused with their subject; they
ace cognlxant-of the latest methods
and suggestions, looking- tpward the
successful cultivation of the soil. The
meeting will-be? held- tirrtlrer=eeert
house, ThA Maam nn^nti-tn tha
farmers that tl<y 1? ire i^'ifaurBiF
turned to attend this meeting, for.lt
means much to* them and for them.
? LUuj aiU lu Jg tUHHUl HUM Limea
In agriculture, they must tak6 advan
tage of every thing coming tbelr
and this meeting next Tuesday is one
of the avenues leading: them to suc
cess as farmers. The
snouid be -packed Tueaday with
fanners from every eecticit? of 4b?f
.county. They wJU hear ^nd ?Se
-things- much^to-tbelr ad*atrtage and
One of the jolli^st par tie* eve*- en-.
Joyed in this town was given by. .the
ilisse^rSmall at their home on West.
Main street last night, in honor of
their guests, Miss Carrie Alexander,
of Elisabeth City, 'and Mr. Andrew 1
Pendleton. About seventy guests
were present at this swapping bundle
party mid each onc bpgught some
THHf 6F km using article well wrapped,
and the llst wee?- fr<nn -llrer-mice to
old hats. Light punclf was served in
themuslc room throughout the even
ing, and icee and cake passed later.
The porches were ri-eorated with
Japan e'sy lanter^ft ???i
music, gmmes and bridge were played. I
-Mtaa Julia Moore Won the* -bridge |
prise. and PUiwrtfra It to'Mlss Alex-,
ander, and Mlt?fcoguHta Charlefc-won ]
away plug i
PRESIDENT TAFT'S
55 DAYS' JOURNEY
The Chief Magistrate's Plans Are
About Completed for 13,000 -
Mile Dash.
- t
Beverly. Mm.' 3gpt. 11.? Never
did soldiers march With prouder
stej? than did the two thousand
LGxaadArmy verera 11 s of lie v e r 1 y and
? 'ubilty ag mey paraded through the
llage streets today jjad were re
viewed by President Taft. Each and
every one of the gray-haired veter
ans fell' ' grutefut to- lH^Tresident."
for they knew that In consenting to
review their little parade he had vio
lated his vow not to participate in
any twfefttc eVent during his stay
here on vacation.
Rut three days remain of the Pres
ident's vacation, and they promise
to be exceedingly busy days. Ex
perienced fiobartrotter though .heVls,
the President ffnds tbat like a girl
leaving home fo^ the first time, he
apt to become a bit- flurried oh the
?e of departure on a 13,000-mile
-trip. The ^President is looking tor*
ward to the beginning of the. trip
with mixed emotions. He Is anxious
to visit the various places included
In hie ltlnorary ? Hp Is never hap
1 plet thai^wfeen trirr e frngT ^3 TIT "at in 6"
same time he has expressed himself
as very aorry that his vacation days
are bo soon to end.
Tuesday morning Mr. Taft will
bid adieu to Beverly. Ho will prob
j-ably -motor into Boston from his
summer cottage here. Tuesday night
he will be the guest of honor at the.
banquet of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce. The following morning
at 10 0*Cfocls _he will start on his
long J?juiiie> back to Washington, a
Journey that will carry-hlm through
thirty-five States and Terrttortpg or
the Union. The first stotf will be
Chicago, where he will speak at a
banquet Thusday night. From Chi
cago he wiH ( journey through the
Northwest, making " stops at nearly
all the prlneipalvClUes. =
During hiB tour the President will
traverse_Uie_-Boyal ? Gorge, of the
Rocky Mountains; wlll^Tlsit the Be
attle expotln^tr, will spend three
days In the Yosemlte Valley, /rill
stop off at the Grand Canon of the
r~Onln? fcilri ?111 ? ilju.jI Ian n?
I n iib Bj'unu i ?? v "?/? "
his slater In "Los Angelas, will greet
the President of Mexico at El Paso,
will take a four days' Sail down the
frnm flf T Kaw
Orleans", with^ various stops en route,
and will spend f our days on the
ranch of his brother, Charles P. Taft,
near Corpus Chrlsti, Texas. Leaving
New Orleans on November 1, the re
turn to Washington will bo made by
w&y of Jackson, Miss., Coltmrbm^
?Miss., Birmingham. Ala.; Macon.
savannah^ Charleston, Augusta, Col
umbia. Wilmington ahd Richmond,
arriving home on tb? ?v?nii?g nt
vember 10.
.The President will be accompan
ied throughout the trip by Captain
Archibald W. Dutt, military aide;
Wendell W. Mlschler, assistant sec
j Starts trotf BpoNm -at 10 o'clock,!
Wednesday nffTS?nlng, September 15.
Total mtteage to be coyered Is 13,
769, of whicB''tl65 will be made by
boat down the Mississippi rlvtfr. ?
|Tqqr cover eight weeks,
fl'ty-slx days.
~ Thlrty-fiVe States and Territories {
will be visited. -? - - -r- "TjJ|
ruty-dve cities a^e scheduled up-|
on the itinerary -tfs regular stops.
Will touch all ofr the Jour coaatL.
[ and will twice " crorfs each of the!
great time belts, fitting his watch |
anew eight times. '
Highest point where a stop wlH be]
made is the rim of the Grand Canon, |
e?00 feet above the sea lejrel.
Lowest point to be visited la Newl
|-0rleims7 which 1* trot live fept nbove |
[aea jf raL ?
Moat notable feature of the tourj
jril be the meeting with the Prest
[ dent of Mexico at El Paso, Octo-I
be'r H~? 7^- -? f
HMf Will *ftd at W-hington. b |
C., at 6;, >5 p. m.. November 10.
Washington, D. C.; James Slo*n, Jr.
and L. -C. Wheeler of the secret serv
ice; and Major Arthur Brooks, the
messenger.
Six newspaper men will make the
trip, gffd for short 'distances the
President ? will have for company
numerous governors, United States
senators and other men in ^public
lfe. *
Throughout the entire journey I
President Taft will be In touch with
th'e White House by means of special |
wires which the head -of the execu
tive telegraph department has ar
! fSnged for". These special wires will
-be established In cones, and as soon
as the President's train passes from
one of , these to another the loops
Into the telegraph room' at the White
House will be, rearranged.
ANNIVERSARY OF
NOTED GENERAL
#
Confederate Veterans Com mem -
orating the Birth of General
Sterling Price. ;
St. , Louis, M d. Sept. -*11. ? ;The
local camps of Confederate Vetera u?
throughout MiasouH EFTil exercises
dredth anniversary of the birth of
e&i. Sterling Price, the -famous Con
federate leader,, who haa b'egn term
ed the "Hero of Missouri." Though
11 Virginian by birth the career of
Gen. Piice.was chiefly identified with
this State. H? was Governor ..of Mis-'
sourl from 1853 to 1857, and was
President of the State Convention,
March" 4, 18JJ1. ? i
During -the first year of the clVil
war Geiieral Price was one of the
principal aides of Gen.- Van Dorn
and .'.took part in all the chief con
flicts fought In Missouri. When Van
Dorn was offered to Tennessee Gen.
Price ac<fcmpante<L fttiii, and took- -
part In tli? engagements around Co
rinth. tie retreated undej* Beaure-?i
gard to Tepelo, was assigned to the
command yf iho ' ti,., w .
in Mnrrh, 1863. and then to DlstilU 1
?of Tennessee. . He moved toward
^ashvlile^ and met and" fought Gen.
Rosecrans, In command of Grant's
right wing, at Iuka, September 19,
1862. He participated In Van Pom's
"disastrous attack upon Corinth, and
In the operation of Gen. F?emberton
in northern --Mississippi during the
winter of 1862-3. . Ho was then or
dered to the trans-Mississippi de
partment,, and took part in the un
> successful UliacK upon Helena, July
fay Wlfc "
Gen. Price- wee- -then ordered to
the command of the District of Ar
kansas. He was driven- from Utile
Rock -by Gen. Steele, but successfully
resisted Steele's advances toward
Red RJver In 1864 and forced him to
retreat.' About the. middle of Sep
tember, 1864, Gen. Price and his llt
tle army began foair mamnr.hia ???*.
treat Into Mlcaouil aud Kaunas:
It is said in praise of Gen. Price
that when he started- his famous
campaign in the West he was wtlh
out a dollar, without a wagon or
team7 without a cailHSfV !?i a JM
onet-gun. When he commenced' his
retreat he had about 8,000 bayohet
; guni^Mjiecea of cannon^ 400 tents,
a^i army, for which his men were al
most exclusively . Indebted to tljeir
own strong arms^ttfoattle.
After the stffrender of the Con
federate armlefe. Gen. Price went to
"Mexico, but' re turned to M Issouri In
-tsw; and dledflUd deftly in this city.
fl?pl?iiiiwr zv, i8?;. ~
LARGE NUMDBR ?
NfcWS COUPONS
?
Somebody Has Been Voting at
Sipither & Company's Who
Will Win.
? Ntrmr: At WIIIll- Bill
house may' be seen two hadOft-Of cot
ton fish net nearly a tori" tn weight,
manufactured at Gloucester, Maas.
Is there nothing suggestive in this?
Now w6 produce the cotton from
which that net was made, accepted
the price ofTeredtw It. and paid the
freight on it to mark*. Mr. Willis
mVoubtedly paid a good profit to the
VgratectUTer,. and a lap paid the
freight on that cotton back to where
Attention Is called to. the large pile .
of News coupons in the window at A.
G. Smither. & Co. Somebody hj&s
been voting News_b?Uot&. for their
favorite baby. The contest closes
next Wednesday. September 15* at
-fnnnnthT These coupons do not by
any means represent all the . votes
that) have been cast. ? ' There have
been a large number registered from
the Gem theater coupoae, and from*
the cash spent at the Btore.
From the present outlook, there
will-be- a- whirlwind close to the
campaign. The canvassing of those
JflUitoitlMft shame in the way the '
forces a^-e marshalled for a favorite
baby. The question of the hour is,
Which baby #111 wtnf v *
Cost of Machinery
Lack of Ambition
THE CENSUS
ENUMERATORS
? * , ? v" ; . f
The Estimate of the Number for
the State of North Carolina
Next Year. - ""
\Vashingt4h, i). p?.. Sept . 1 > '-7 ,
About sixty-five Vmrmer
atora jrlll be needed for thtf thlr
feeutli ilftonnlal census of the Uait
ed ?tat??. and also of Hawaii and
Porto Rico, accdrdltig to estimates
prepargl_Ittr_C?nsus Director Durar.d
by Geographer Chas. 8. Sloai^ae of
the Census Bureau In whose division
the- ; enumerators' districts are de
fined and fixed. .This is an increase
of about 11,000 over the number of
schedule-carriers In the census of
1900.
? Director Durand. jw.intg^otrt that
the per diem enumerators- tn 1-900,
according to the provisions of sec
tioil 16 of the act approved March 3,
1899, were required to work ten
hours a day. but, in ,the act provid
ing for the thirteenths and subsequent ?
decennial c ensuses, ti?? -time is fixed
at' 8 hours a day. This reduction In
the dally hours will require an ad
ditional number nt PnnmBmtnm In
Lh.e. port lona-ef- the cuuntry la wnrctt ~
the per diem "rates jrlll prevail'
The present census law requires
that tJie enumeration^ of tlie popu
lation* shall be taken, as of the fif
teenth day of April. 1910 and thft ? ?
enumerators must forward their re
turns to the supervisors within thlr- ,
ty days. from the commencement of
the enumeration^ except that Jn any
city having five thousand Inhabitants
or more at the preceding jcensus. the ?
euuiueiailoik "ffhTffl Tie completed
.within two weeks. ' ;
North Carolina's 4 238 enumera- ?
tors in 1900 will be increased In
1910 to .1600 v :* - JJ
Church Directory
For TomdTrow ...
in Today's News.
First Baptist Cliurch. Market
street, Re*. J. A. Sullivan, pastor.
Sunday School. 9:45 a. m.,- S. P.
Willie, superintendent; lesson aub
Jut I. p *i ftilUi Thiid Mtaslen
Wry Journey." 11 a. m., morhing
worship. Sermon subject. "Climbing
-trig wurslilfv; Serittbn subject, "A Mat*
sacre of Babies." Monday, 5. p. m.,
.Ladies' Missionary Society. Wednes
day. 8 p. m., prayer meeting. led by
Mra. Doven port's claBB. All strangers
in. the city are cordially "Invited telit^
?Tend- PoUte and attentive ushers.
Gw/fl music. ~
Jlrit Method fat ChurcB. West Sec
ond street. Rev. M. T. Plyler. pastor.
Sunday 'school. ?<:3o " ? o p
Bland, "snpeflntenjlent; "E." R. Mlxon,
a*Ki?ant superintendent. Preaching
both morning and evening at the
usual hour by Rev. John N. Cole, D.
D., superintendent of the Methodist ? -
meeting . Wednesday in j ?
charge fit the laymen. All invited.
Seats free. Excellent music. ' '
St. Peter's Episcopal diurcirTBon- J
ner street, Rev. Nathaniel Harding,
rector. Sunday school. 9:30 a, m.,
C. H. Harding, superintendent. Morn- ?
ing prayer with sermon by the rector
at 11 a. m. Evening song at 6 p. m.
Seats free and fine music., .-Attentive
ushers. ' . ? ?~
^Plrst Presbyterian Church. "~01adr~_
^teWreet, Rev. H. B. Searlght, pas-. '
tor. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m., Jno.
B. Sparrow, superintendent., Preach
Ingttt 11 a. nrm'd 8 p. m. The pat
tor has just returned from his vaca
tion and will fill the pulpit morning
and night to the dellght-?f his con-*
gr^gatlon. All receive a cordial wel
come Excellent music
Christian Church. East Second
street. Rev. Robert V. paatoL
Sunday school. 4 P m.. J. B- Latham,
superintendent. Preaching at 11 a.
m. and 8 p. m ,~by the pastci*. Morn
ing subject, "The Woman. at-~tfeft -
Well." Evening topic, "Preach the
Word." All strap gora in thectty are ;
cdrdlaHy- invited to attend. Polite
ushers. -
What? * Shorthand and Typewrit
ing. Where? At the Public flelwel. ,
When? Vmk Monday, September
13 Why? To train expert steno
graphers.