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~ VULUME r. -
-WASHINGTON,
UL-AETERNQON. NQVEMHF.r a |W.
NO. 81
200,000 Children Die
Annually from Preventable
Causes , Says Physician
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I
Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. ? Amer
ican race watte ? more serious than
race suicide ? Is pointed out in Q^n
TlullaH^ No. lO*. In
which It is estimated that annually
in the United States from 100,000- to
200,000 babies under five years of
ace die from preventable - causes.
This great lost* of life among the lit
tle onegfri-the period when they are
and most lovable could
ited, is the qplnlon of Dr.
Wilbosr. chief statistician
statistics of the Census Bu
who prepared the bulletin, on
hosts of present day knowledge of
? sanitary measures. For the accom
plishment ? of ? effective ? preveaUve^
work in this direction, Dr. Wilbur
holds that the prompt registration o!
all births, and the more careful and
precise statement of causes of death
by physicians are essential.
In analysing and' comparing the
lotals*Xrtramred tn -the compilation -o?
transcripts o^death returns received
for the year 1908 bx, the Census Bu
reau from- the entire death reglstra
^ I 1 1 on area of /the United 8tates, as set
j L forth in thfe bulletl?, those for age
f ]/% periods show a <nort?owhat Increased
t>?r .cent of deaths of infants under
"one year for 19087 although the fa*
tlo# -for each of the individual years
from one to four are identical for
1907 and 1908. Of the total number
of dedtlta, 691,574 returned for 1908
from the' entire registration afea, ft
is stated in the' bulletin that pearly
one-fifth were of Infants under one
year of age and over one-fourth of
children leap/ than Ave yeajg gf-?y|e.
It is doclared^ip* -.oix-Trtft
the nguMj^^jfesenting, the actual
23528^1 in bre impressive, however,
than any ratioe or than the rates of
infant mortality, even if the latter
could be computed In the absence of
prtypes registration of births. Here
are the figures:
'J
r More than one-eights of a million
'babies, uorter-one year or age and
fully 200,000 children, under fire
years ot age. dhtf amour abtrat one-'
half- of the total population of the
United States in the year mentioned
It is considered probable that fully
200,000 more died in those cities
and States not Included In the Census
Bureau death registration area. In
this connection Dr. Wilbur quotes
Professor Irving Fisher's conclusion
that of all the diseases of Infan^r,
-having the medium age one rear, 4 7
per cent may be prevented; and that
of t&e diseases of childhood having
foedlum^age two to eight years, 67
per cent may be prevented.
"It dies not seem unreasonable, "
Dr. Wilbur spates. "WMA we cmiHlUui
the fact that there is apparently no
reason why in fan tar, if proporly born, i
of antc-natal disease and the Im
provement, of the hoalth and condi
tions of life of thoir parents, should
dlo at all in early Infancy or child"
hood. ovront from the rnmn.iratlvrlv
email proportion of accidents that ure
strictly unavoidable."
The bulletin contiuues with a
statement that the general death rale
of a country is largely dependent
upon its infant mortality, because the
death rates of Infants andypung chll
dren are high and they affect a rcla
tlvely numerous eloment or tbff popu
latlon. Exact study of the Incidence
of diseaso upon lnfanpy and child
hood~ls most important, and it is Im
~ peratiyely- neoessary there should be
more effective registration of births
' throughout the United Stafbs for this
purpose. The Extremely. Important
rate known as "infant /.mortality" is
the ratio of deaths of Infants under
one year of age, not to- population )
?_ but to the jffmher of children bora.
*Hve during the year. This tnost Im
portant ratio should be readily avail
for the comparative study of
deatht of infants in all of opr States
id cities, but, the .bulletin states, in
tW great majority of them, unfor
tunately, the registration of births is
\ IB OOJTVAIJC8CENT.
7 'TWmiLiiji irltuda uf Mia. Mary
Searight, mother of Rev. H.'B. Sea
right, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church, will be pleased to
learn tfyat she Is recovering from her
rectfnt lllness antt ts now convales
cent. - ? ? L . .
WVH RAHY HORN Op
READ MOTHER.
- Philadelphia, Wot. 8. After
May Schnlder had committed suicide
~ lodty ay flrtnktmr uaibolle aeid, ?
healthy baby girl was born In the
hospital where she*. had been taken.
who Wjm is years oiu,
| worthless, and ratios calculated upon
the returns would be deceptive and
I unreliable. -
"The possibility of great saving of
Lhuma?> UI? during Infcftxcy .and early
childhood Is omphaslzed by tke esti-^
mates made by Professor Irving
-Fisher., on 2he taslB of Independent
medical oplmops? for his Report on
National Vitality to the National
Conservatioh Commission, as to the
'ratio of jtrevehtablllty ( postponabil
ity),' that Is, ratio of 'preventable'
deaths . from came named to all
deaths from cause named for certain1
diseases of early life.
"Out of every 100 deaths that oc
cur from each disease in which the
median age at death in under B years,
there could be preveqted the follow
ing numbers: Premature birth. 40;
congenital debility, 40; venereal dis
eases. 70; diarrhoea and enteritis,
the most important cause of Infant
mortality, 60; measles, 40; acbte
bronchitis. 31); _ bronchopneumonia.
50; whooping cough, 4$j. 'croup'
(which means diphtheria), 75; men
ingitis, 70; diseases of larhyx other
|han laryngitis, 40; laryngitis, 40;
diphtheria (under Its proper appella
tion), 70; scarlet fevor, 50.
4 "Other diseases ^specially fatal to
tftfattts a"hd children would" perhaps
show equally great ratios of preven
tabliity; they do not appear In the
above list because their medium ages
a're above the limit chosen or because
? las is the case with- 'convulsions* ?
thoy are grouped with Other and in
congruous causes. N
"The possible saving of Ufe,*rfe?
^reifeAal, ill-defined an <Jr unknown
causes,' Including .. failure,'
'dropsy' and convuisiojia? median, age
3 5. years, is 30 per cetnttfe*- median
age of 'covulsiona* aldjABrteas than
one year, and It ??at
least the ratio of ^jyiwKabUity of
diarrhoea and ent^ipi* per cent)
would apply to It. 1^4,l?rm Is an In
definite one; being expressive moeelj
of the symptoms att&idlng the true
cause of death; nevertheless -no few
?- thut- ?.?*? ???*? wrr* wtavHt*
thqj-efrom for 1908, although, In the
compilation, any other definite- cause
Is preferred. The term ie no longer
employed by well-informed physic
ians in reporting causcs of death, and
It is possible, by Inquiry made by the
local registrar immediately after the
receipt of this and other unsatisfac
tory statements, to practically elim
inate them from the returns, as has
Jately been done for Chicago.
"In the li?ht of the flguros quoted
above it would seem that practical
sanitation has only made a beginning
In the work oT preventing tl
The ground has only been scratched I
over. Deep stirring qt-the^ so'.! and J
available, wKh our present scientific
and-"" medical knowledge, for. the
guarding of young human lives
wouli produce startling, and from all
nnst |iumaiKWY?w?rl<>nrP almoat nr.be
lievable, results. Public he?lth, as a
function of government, la itself Jonly
a creation of the middle part of the
last century, bating from the utlllt
atlon of the knowledge available as a
result of the operation of the English
laws for the regis t ration of. vital sta
tistics (1837)^ Even .n England,
hu'wtfvei, uo systematic efforts have
been made until very recent year3 to
utilize to their utmost possibilities
the facts already known. Then In
fant mortality of 'England was high
er for the years 1896 to 1900 than
for the years 1861 to 1865. and no
marked reduction in the early rates
occurs until the present decade.
"It is time that greater attention
be gfven to the shbject In the United
States. Tho prompt registration of
all births and the more careful anfl"
precise statement of causes of death
by physicians are taeenttal. Such
terms as 'convulsions,' rmar2?ffmuB,"
'debllltr.' and#the like should no
longer be tolerated when- the true
cause of death can be determined."
Tl'lli I! uf liifnirl
family ihrxkd-to death
-PU-fc..? IT., % fin Tymum
Marlow and her four children were
burned to death yeaterday when a
Are, cauaed by the upsetting of an otl
lamp, destroyed the Marlow homeJn
the outaklrta of the city. a. fifth child
WM **v?d by the mother before phe
met her death. Mr. Marl dW and two
sons wore at work In a nearby coal
mine at the time o( the accident.
Lyle, an eIght-yea??old son, w_
blajlo^a^a^ki^hen when the
??ip on the table waa overturned.
the roots, Igniting practically every
thing Mr*. Marlow quickly ci
hoqae again to aid four
dren, who *
IMUJ!
UUIUIIIIIIIUIl I
Zelaya Claim Victories
The Nicaragiian Situation Takes
a Torn for the Government ?
Honduras Aids in the Fight ?
Intense Feeling. ^
subduF revolutionists
Wastfft*gton, Nov. 2.?%
tories were claimed 03
tlonary-trrops
of Nicaragua, In diapftifiiiifeB sent to
day" to Senor Rodrlgftez. charge d'af
Wrcs of the Nicarauguan legation,
In this city. * .
The first cablegram said that yes
terday the revolutionary trogM aban
doned Ouapinol, on the RdSB|j?r?verT
upon the approach, of the regular
forces. It was stated In the second
dlspatc^ that the revolutionary fol
lowing been defeated at the
mouth of TOT San Carlos river and
that the government troops had
started on a march tn San, Juan del
Norte.
The first authentic information
that any of the Central American
States had openly taken sides In the
revolutionary movement In Nicara
gua reached the .State Department
today. If seems to Indicate that
Honduras has espoused the cause of
the Zelaya government,
:In a telegram received today it is
stated that the representatives of the
Luguna de Perlas Fruit Company, an
American concern, had had complaint
to the legation at Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras, that the government of Hon
??"" ililaii n '""rich
the property 6f the company ? which
flew- the Nicarauguan flag ? which
left Blnefields for Livingston after
the revolution .had started, for Puerto
i --*+ ?
" Apparently, the dispatches say,
the government of Honduras has act
?d on the ground that the launch be*
longed to ihe Nicarauguan revolu
tionists. The ship papers were re
ported to be regular. It is reported
that one 3>lcaraguan revolutionist
was a passenger. m There Is animprfes
sion that the government of Hondu
ras is very favorahlfi_io Zelaya. and
there are rumors that men. arms and
money are being sent from Houduras
to his assistance.
In view of this notion of the Hon
duraJB government attention is called
to article two, of the additional con
vention of the frcner^l treaty fiT"
peace and anin.li>' signed atT^?!itng
ton December 30, 1307, which reads:
p*1 1ft MiwrthgTrf v?f
ida shall in case of civil war inter
vene in favor of Oruga, the govern
ment of the country where the strug- j
glaiakes place."
? w an wmwr ?' wr n m ??
by the other nations signing the1
Washington convention In case Hon
duras' action In fcrcajatas; the agree
ment is fully established, doe^ doi
appear, the State Department at this
time declining to discuss the maTter.
^ ATTENDING >1 ^;TI\C.' ?*
Presbyterian Church, \Veldon, N\ C.
Is in th? city, thegueat of Rev. H. B.
Sebright. He Is attending the union
meeting. ~~ . w"' ^7
Rev. Mr. Jones, pastor of the Meth
odist Church, Scotland Necfc, X. C., Is
the guest of Mrs. I,aFrase. He is
also here to be present the union
services.
p, _ ACCEPTS POSITION.
iMrt. Llssle Windlev has resigned
her late posltlon(wlth Messrs. E. W.l
| Ayers fc Son, and h^s accepted one
with the Southern Furniture Co.
Watkins Jury
-Is Discharged
I i^hOViUa, Mnir a T Mp. nff?rnnttnl
at 3:56 Judge AdAms called in the
WatklnB jury and finding that 'an
agreement was impossible, dis
charged them and ordered a mistrial.
The Jury had been out a tot#! of four]
days and five minutes, having CaTTen
the case Saturday afternoon. This
means that the hard fought and high
ly interesting case agalnit Fleet C.
Watkins, the Black Mou&CaIn~con
.l^hlo ^Ith fciyipg
I John HUl Bunting, of Wilmington, at
[Black MounUin, Auguei_itiL-lL_lbS
tlm& he shot a bullet through Paul
|c. Collins, of Hlllsboro^Ji ?***> which
MY yiSIl
PROVIDED
KIWI
IB
Lodgings andjfood
Tilt Day, Tuesday,' ]
9. Mbe Qjta Day i
tory of North Caro
City of Wilmington.
CITATO 1
Wilmington, N. C.. No2f ? Tho
entertainment of an overfim of sev
eral thousands of vigitdflvSi a tax
upon any city at times', butjjBho rush
of people to WNmlngtattfmft day.
Tuesday, November 9, will Mid that
ample provision has been jprte~ Tn
advance to provide themjjgp1 lodg
ings and plenty to eat. TO^SmmTt^
tee on accomodations, of WQch Mr.
Thomas H. Wright 1b cbn&pan. has
established headquartera-n; tbe Uar
rell building, at the soutluigjjt corner
of Second and Princess Bt|jftts, and
-the handsome room, whlc&lfc on the
ground floor at the sti? ' Ttf j
easily accessible. It baa been equip
ped with two service 'plMMM* a long
distance 'phone and a telegraph sta
tion. so that the ccu^patttM and vis
itors can have every ffc&tjlty for the
use of these accomodations.
The committee on accomodation**
has made a systematic canyaas of
every street In the city, and has on
record all hotels, boarding "housea,
and private rcsldencea ?here lodg
ing^ can be had. Those who secure
rooms without meals will find numer
ous restaurants and cafea'all through
rltv A will bo
on duty at headquartera to direct the
visitors to stopping plaajfrk those
who desire to secure incoflfftdatlons
In advance can addresa^lM
H Wright. Ch lllHlMtll iip -
street. Headquarters will be rteslg- .
nated by a big. banner. At the union ]
station there will also be a banner dl-|
rectlng visitors to headquarters. ? *
CHIEF JUSTICE
PUTS PETITION
TTf COURT
He Rebukes Lawyers
Denies Review of the Lumber
Cnse Because Attorney's Pa
pers Assailed Circuit Court of
Appeals Judge.
WAS^FOR WRIT OF REVIEW
Chief Justice Fuller Monday caused
couctbing of a frenVi-on In tr.e~Uait?'
ed State Supreme Court by announc
ing that papers In the case of the
Yellow Popular Lumber Company vs.
S. F. Chapman would bo stricken
from the records of the- court because
of their "scandalous" nature.
The case came to the Supreme
tiorarl, asking for a review of the
decision of the United States circuit
court of appeals for the Fourth clr
euit. Th? conj?ftY?fsy Involves a con'
tTact by Chapman to deliver to the
company 50,000,000 feet of lumber
in Virginia.
"? "The court ? of ? appeals decided in,
favor of Chapman, and in Its petition
the company asks a review on various
grounds, odp of which is stated as
follows: * J
"The opinion of the court of ap
peals is so gratesque in its conclus
ions of law, and prepared with so lit
tle care and study, as to be almost
unintelligible, even grammatcially,
not to say legally."
The chief justice did not quote ap
portion of the papers, but referring
to them In a general way, said that
they were "so impertinent and im
proper that they would be Btricken
from the docket. In order to protect
the records of the court from scan
d.i."
The petition for a writ of review
The* fudges sitting fn*"flTe court of
appeals who were attacked in the
case were Pritchard, circuit judge,
and Boyd and Dayton, district Judges.
Later Election^ News
From Different Parts
of the United States
\'orlc. JJov, 4 ?? .Battle scarred
Tammany. which T:;?>suay eu^UTl :i "
mayor, but lost a city, took lip yes-,
llert^v the gloomy work of setting its
' house in order for four year.s of"
avowed'antl-Tamm^ny government in |
i Greater New York. i
I Analysis shows that. the election
llllll II iifll ill t- *>]'
I fusion forces of every. __ important
Tammany-Democrnti<s> candidate be
low the mayor, was more of a victory
for the ant l-Tam many ? De.mnrrr.Lj.
.who had lined up with the R&pub-"
Means under the fusion banner than
for the straight-out Republicans.
Anti-Tammany Democrats elected
on the Republlcan-Kusion ticket for
four years will be in absolute con
trol of the city's purst* strings. They,
will have a clear majority in the'
board of estima3? and apportionment,
one of the most powerful municipal
bodies in any city of the world, and,
therefore, the right o? spending q#ore
than a billion dollars of the city's
money. - ? r: *
Tlyjj board of estimate, as elected.
Includes; begidc*-Mayor-ei?ct-GaynoT.
Who, tn the jjast has-been- a strong
anti-machine man ? flvrf^anti-Tam
nannrcatn and two Rep\ibll
cans. The sixteen votee- allotted the
?various member* of-the board are so
distributed that, besides Justice Oay
nor's three ballots, the anti-Tam
many Democrats wttl have nine and
the llepubl leans fo\?r.
- In this hoard, according to the
anti-Tammany Democrats, is to be
found a~nucleus of what they believe
will make for a -complete reorganiza
tion ? of the Democratic party in
Greater New Yorlr. i ? .. . .
Persistent rumor had it yesterday
that the attempt to create a new or
der of things for the New York City
Democracy already was under way.
tiharles F. Murphy,- whb succeeded
Rif.lnrrt KnrtWJM-JjManian^ leader.
came out with a formal disavowal of
llfeese rufflgt? at the same time deny
ing a report, that he w^s to be de
posed from the leadership.
' lirwhw!?r,t
I said Murphy. "I have aot heard of
? par
febout
ins the situation, nnd the -announce-!
v.r i.ypndcj his Visit-'
h?re five day* longer than previously I
announced was "regarded as si^r.irt
-fan'-,
"1 an: out o!T politics i Ji' j'UJtfasiu
r.ll." Mr. Crckor derlared. "Not for
a milium dollarsr'would I reconsider
my determination to keep in the
li.'i '.h I tin in'. ? thev" asked m- m
come bacF: ? they always do that.
But I am too Old and couldu't stand
the racket."
Complete returns on the balloting
In the aldermanlc districts show that
Tammany lost ground -also in that
b'fedy, and that tho Democratic ma
jority will be 'cut down from 31 to a
majority by a g?ng>?* vnip In addl
tion to this loss several of the nomi
nally Democratic votes from Brook
lyn districts are the product of a
fusion between the Democratic and
, the Hearst Independent forces and
are hardly to be depneded upon to
support their Democratic colleagues
in all Instances.
i Otto T- Bannard, the defeated Re
publican candidate for mayor, loom
ed up yesterday as a possibility for
' the New York Stat^ gubernatorial
nomination next year. ' ~
Maryland Amfwdmwt ItofejUcd.
Baltimore. Md.. Nov. 4. ?The de
feat oLthe^consiitUtional amendment
is admitted by its advocates. The
majority against It tj probably 7.000.
The Democrats carry the leglglature.
which Insures Raynor's return to the
fc'tntr.,7 ctonn*^
"Kentucky Democratic.
l-oi^avilloLNov. 4. ? The Kentucky
Stato returns show "an overwhelming
majority- foe 4h? Democrats in both
branches of the legislature, partlcu
lary the House.
Republicans OkiaJn Virginia.
Richmond. Va.. Nov. 4. ? Virginia
?I?oted the? entire Democratic, Staie
ticket with William .H Mann,' gov^
1 ernor.
The Republicans gained two mem
I bers of the house of delegates, bat
"j"*** In a fnptjjhai tulaorlty. ? The elec=
' tlon was the quietest in years. ?
Cal., ITOr. i-MJnlwi
H?mj wu d.f.aUd for district ?t
toniST o? Ma ?r?ft proaecuUon plat
..^>1 ? ' , '
The Union Meeting a
Record Breaker fot Cily
^ - People Greatly Aroused
The union meeting now in progress
at the Methodist Church is destined
to be a record breaker. Last night
every pew was filled and the aisles
nnowdedf all e4ger to again hear Dr.
Black. Prior to the sermon each
evening a song service Is conducted,
under the direction of Mr. Burr. Last
night the choir composed of the city's
best singers, rendered music thrill
ing and soul Inspiring. Evangelist
Black carries his own song book Tylth
him wherever he goes and the choir
and others are Just beginning to fa
miliarize themselves with the beau
tiful songs 0'f Zlon, and they are
singing as never before. Mr. Burr
last night sang most touchingly and
sweetly, "Prepare to Meet Thy God."
At the prayer meetings held In dif
ferent part* of the city yesterday af
ternoon, It was reported last night
that there were 120 in attendance.
It is to be hoped this number will be
Increased today. After the services
last night r there was a meeting
of ? the business^ men. itrtd ? efforts
will be made looking toward an In
creased attendance upon the services
SHIP EXCEEDS
21 KNOTS
The Ship North Dakota Works
Splendidly on Her Trial
*" ? Trip.
Rockland, Me.. Nov. .2. ? The bat
tleship North Dakota. _Lhe Second
American Dreadnought to be tried on
the Bock laud mile-course, arrived to
day in readiness for her trials, which
will begin tomorrow. It was learned
that she went on to tttf Provlncetown
course late yesterday afternoon, af
ter leaving the Charleatown navy
yard, and made four runs. It was
unofficially reported (hat the fastest
of these runs exceeded 21 knots, al-i
thotrgh tW TTI1I nVKlfi pr^SftfrS" wtfftj
notf'belrig used, and that she easily
will^exceed the contract requirements
of ZlJHiets. as did her slstership, the
Delaware, tried here"two weeks ago.
The turbines worked in first class
condition, both during the runs and
.on the trip to Penobscot Bay. and
ship showed no vibration. The big,
fighting machine Jogged along in tha 1
-!?? tn thi^ pf>rt nnri made.use' of a
little of the fuel oil. partly in the way j
df an experiment, and it worked 6a*
[isfaetorllyT i; net oil -wit! r?t used 1
in- the standardization trial, which I
will be held tomorrow, but ns in the
r:iaO of Hie Delaware." It wil! be used '
or. a two hour test aiterwara.
OYfcTKK HOAST 1.AST NK.1IT. i
~l7ns: c \ ?" r.lii ^rr.-^ "Dr^rr** mium'
liphtful smalt affairs was enjoyed by}
h score Of jolly people of the Alder-]
man-Capehart laiutd'cy. the occasion ,
? Lv.^xt- :-ivn iv. '
Messrs. Standi. Blakely, Capehavt ?
and Ilodues. The succulent bivalve '
accompanied with crackers, pickles. |
olives an*Lt)?<?. usual relishes was-thc?
menu, and an informal good time1 was)
had by all. Following is the list of j
those present: Misses Ellzabethl
and Julia Mayo. Mary Tankard.!
-Maude Windlcy. Julia Moore, Oiivla
Kodges. Pearl and Lillian Camubcll.]
Plum Crawley; Messrs.. Tom Short'.
CUIton Standi , Dave Bell, Cliff Blake- j
ly, Gus rwrteraun, Julh*s Capehart.l
.lay Hodges: Mr. and Mrs. Murray.!
Mr. and Mrs. J). H. Creech, Mrs. Liz-[
zie AVindley and Mrs. Bonner.
Men's Meeting
Next Sunday!
Efforts are being made by the re-]
Fpective pastors of the city and oth
ers to hare a men's meeting next Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The place
has not been decided on as yet. It
will be announced In due time
through the columns of the Dally
?New* ? 4t la the Intention of those in
charge to make this meeting the
greatest ever conducted in Washing
ton.
RELF-TOMIHH,
To submerge self, or In other words
to hold in bondage the higher pass
ions Is the mo6t ennobling and in
1'sDirtna of all human virtues.
the serenity that softens and Ilium*
inates the soul. It gives a ^>l?uing
for an oiath, a smile far a blow. It
Ulrrnr. 1I?^ yjfh
n.~~tr"i^2 ?*"**?* fnri
??
. It governs impulses, deal re and
I ?ach morning from 11 to 12. "it is
I specially desired that more of the
business men of the city turn out to
the morning services.
The sermou last night was from
the text, "Prepare to meet thy God."
and what a sermon It was. No
stronger appeal has ever been made
iu Washington. The sweatier seemed
to throw his whole soul lu hls-theme;
this backed, up with his magnetic
manner, held his large audience
spellbound for nearly an hour. The
Siscourse was Mr. Black's master
piece, so to speak, of the many good
sermons he has delivered. Plain,
simple, truthful, he did not fail to
tell people of their faults, their sins,
their seeming indifference. "Prepare
to meet thy God" was a sermon long
to be remembered. Considerable in
terest was manifested last night and
the meeting bids fair to accomplish
great things. The entire 'city is
wrought up and the- citizens are at
tending the services as never before.
? S?i vloea again this evening prompt
ly at 7:30, to which every one has a
cordial invitation.
A TINY TOT'S
BRIGHT REMARK
Sympathized With Baby Who
Didn't Have Any
Teeth.
Some days ago a bright litjtle boy
in the West End had occasion to pay
a visit wtih his mother to a neigh
boring home. The little fellow is
quick to observe and is Just at that
age to say things witty and original.
At lh? nclghlinr '? hnuae there dwells
a sweet, tiny boy. Just a few months
old. On this occasion the little boy ^
wished to present the baby with an
applfe, but the mother said :
k '*3op.j jhj* Popr little baby can't
has no teeth ; the good ~
Lord did not give' him any; Don't
you feel sorry for him?"
This remflYk made a deep impres
sion on the mind of the visiting little
fellow. Soon he and mother returned
homeland after they had been In the
house a short while the boy ran to
hi* mother and said:
"Mama, don't you want me to hear
uaur~Sunday school lesson?"
pPf course the good mother replied
in the affirmative. So he proceeded
to ask her -question.* ns-to-vho-niadc
her, who was the first man, and so on.
The little fellow then requested that
his mother catachise. him.
"Who made 'you'.1" was ?
"God," wts the reply.
. "Who was the first man?"
~"-TVTrTt'H .;" Trr,?li'i f'i i - ? ' '>? ?
roller.-. ^
"Where Is' God?" Inquired the
mother. _
Tlii.- ivi'ir tif.T -rsvered ^'nr.rkiv
as the preceding questions. The boy
Vas noticed to drop his head and
seemed to be in deep thought; then
raising his head and looking his
mother in the fjiee he said:
"Mother; God has gone to heaven,
to get poor little Frederick some
teeth, so he can eat."
' This bright remark was made by
Master Ronald RhodesT Ofi? ThT5B=
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Rhodes.
KEATS ON SALE TOMORROW.
The reserved seats for the appear
ance of "Lena Rivers" at the opera
house .Saturday night; will go on sale
at Brown's drug store tomorrow
morning.
AttWrVfi TRT KTKK-S MFFTlNfl
~ Rev. M. T. tHyl^r. pastor of- the
Methodist Church, went to Greens
boro yesterday, to attend a meeting
of the board of trustees of Oreens
boro Female College. He will r >turn
tomorrow morning.
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