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BURLINGTON, N. C:, JUNE 30, 1909.
VOL. II.
NO. 6
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Kegular Correspondent.
Washington, June 28. The
uestiou of direct taxation is not on-
ly
disturbing the United estates
Congress at present, but seems to. be
burning question wun trie govern
ment of every civilized country.
France and txermany ana England
and Russia, -as well as the smaller
continental counties re debating
with ways aod means to raise reve
nue to meet the expenses of the
Government. The matter of the de
ceit at the present time is a1 most
world wide, and as the usual naeans
of taxation has been: exhausted, ef
forts are being made toward taxaA
tion oh incomes', inheritance, xrpor-
ation dividends, etc
Heretofore in the United States,
except during war time, our met
hods of taxation have been for the;
most part indirect ones, and ;for that
reason not looked upon as burden
some. In fact, at the rpresent time
half of our receipts are gathered
from the internal revenue, whieh is
wholly a voluntary tax, and while
of course the rsan of inarodern means
ffbo smokes and drinks contributes
to it, as well ss do the wealthy
vet it is by do means a tax upon the
poor man. Again, the import 'du
ties, some of which ae paid by the
people, and some of which
are paid by the -exporting foreigners
rfall most largely upon the people
wfio buy ItsEKuries.
The contention e16iat because of
high prices the people pey the
import duties -is entirely a fallacious
0De it rasty. be tree in i stances,
but for theu6st.part it is fake. Up
to the present time the American
people have not been very -severely
taxed by the National Government
and now that the.quastion has aris
en how best to meet a .deceit, it
would seeoa 'that, almost-aoy direct
axv?ould fee burdensome, aod yet
in this respect we should be better off
than the people in foreign counties.
What will l&e the outcome f tne
agitation, and what wiJI be the na-
are of the!lgislatio finally oscided
npoE at the present -session is use
less to predict, lit is : possible tha t
lome sort I incoaoe tax ;may
be passed, bat hardly probable. It
is possible that there nay be en m-
hentauce tax, ;and it may be possible
that tbe President's plans for a "lax
opon the dividends of corporations
may be euacted into Isv,and fiaally
there may be no sort f direct tax
imposed at all t this time. It is
the opinion of Mr. Aldsieh aud Mr.
Payne and other Republican leaders
iat the sew tar&F law will bring
so&cient cevenue to meet . the fuloere
apendituises of the govern ment, a&,
n that should prose to he the case'
no direct taxation vnll be eecessary,
but the oueston hac come up and!:
been eonsiderrd in a .special message
pf the President to Congress, and
fall be debated quite at length, and
whether there will be any ietrisla-
pon on the question or not, the ses-
poo will be prolonged because of it.
It doec not eem ipossibie that
'tigress ean adjourn before Aisgust
Island manv predict earen a later
Ne. Beeause of this coutiaaal
Fetation from day to day which is
prolonging the session into midsuia-
mer( there 4s a growing felling
ataoog the people that it would hare
i8 better to have let the tariff.
for still time to come, as it is
got likely that a better bill than the
ngley tariff can be made, and even
so-called Revisionists through
put the country are becoming dis-
r , ",LU me question oi uinu
r.King-
ere it not for thp snpoial KPfision
Qd the uncertaintv of what the new
M' will he there- is no doubt what-
er that business would be boom-
thi Summer to an unpreceuent-
Us tl
.r" tlifail, and vet -want in
ii-'.v-; from Washington.
' - :i few men, for rea
'.:kv long speeches, and
i i, the simple proposi
' ; that the tariff is sinply
i , i . i
PmtH-'ti
-lon, and tnat a man is
"'iii-t and a free trader and
ret.:
Vin - ' accordlDg to wnat ne
"T tne best intei ests of his
own btate -and Uistnct. -ijut in
due course of time we shall have ? a
new tariff law, and our people will
have been educated as never Jbefore
upon the. various points in tariff
making aud upon all sides of the
controversy, then we will g6 ahead
as before and in a few months with
out doubt shall reach our normal
condition of omploy ment and pur
chasing power, and then will follow
a decade of peace and prosperity.
- Secretary Wilson will have a re
cord of service as a Cabinet officer
longer than am one else in his or any
other Cabinet position, and he will
leave his office prjoud of the tact
that his Department during his in
"cumbency of that office . has made
most Temarkable strides, particular
ly under the administrations of Mc-
Kinley, Roosevek and Taft. Secre
tary Wilson has-'been aided in all
his endeavors by Republican legis
lation during these years, which has
enabled him to carry out his ideas of
what his Department should accom
plish ideas which were foreign 'to
Democratic poKcies, and which nev-
er could nave -materialized under a
Democraticiactaiinistration. It'illu
strates perhaps better than any ot
her example that could have been
given between Democratic nd Re
publican legislation. It proves Re
publican legtslatioB'to be progressive
to the 'best interest of all 'the peo
ple and as liberal as is consistent
with toe (public welfare.
This 4s also shown in the matter
of the rural free 1 deli veiy where u-
der Rejjablican legislation it bas
been perfected, -a tremeodous benefit
to the farmers. Under democratic
legislation it was laughed at, nd
even a daltry 10,000 was not ased
for experiments because Mr. Cleve-"
land an his Postmaster General
thought it useless; and yet under
ilepunaoan administration some
40;0(0,000 is appropriated aneua-
lly for (that, service. It .wilL of
course;be further developed under
Mr.' Tact-e administration, as will
the 'development of the other De-
partments'ot the Gropernment, aod
it doesjoot seem possible that thej
people 'WWl want to return to a De
mocratic administration or to tDe-
inocratie Congress for many years to
come.
The 3ousehold Catechism.
"The iHousehold Catechism on
the Ten Commandments is the ttvde
of book -on i religious snd moral cul
ture and cwil duties recently puni
shed by Jiev. S. G. Walker a oegco
minister of ?the gospelof this eily:
The foodk is well written and
printed on good paper -.aad substan
tially bound it has a rapid sale and
moats most jpopular fawer, it is high
ly endorsed -hy a number of leading
white fatoisters, and finds readily a
place in the home of the best i in
formed negro .ministers and their
Hspeople.
three years I Shave been engaged in
tibe work of mind and soul culture,
eighteen of these years ecgaged in
teaching, have sSso been employed
in lbumbly preaching the glorious
gospel of Christ. Seeing tbe great
need of a more and fuller knoviede
of the" first prioeiples in trae and
proper religious woahip, civil and
moral duties, I determined to pre
pare thk book to meet what I con
ceived to be of vital Importance in
the developmont of true and proper
knowledge of moral and civil duties,
plus religious worship.
The Winton-Salem Journal says:
This "Household Catechism" is de
signed to meet and remove a long
and much felt need in the conduct
of tbe youth of the southland, by
developing a cleaner and more com
prehensive knowledge of moral and
civic duties; habits of honesty, faith
fulness in business transactions aud
intercourse between men in all clas
ses and stations in life.
It is to be hoped that the authors
will meet with" the proper encoura
gement among both thq whites and
his own people.
Mr. C. C. Robertson of Pennsyl
vania accompained by Mrs. Robert
son is here iustalling new machinery
in the new mill recently purchased
by' Mr; S..M. Hornaday.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR
AND IDENTIFICATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
And to Regulate the Use of Public
Highways by Such Vehicles arid
Persons Passing Such Vehicles,
Penalties for Violation ete.
Section 1. The term and words
"motor vehicles," used in this act,
shall be construed to , mean all ve
hicles propelled by power, other
than muscular power, except trac
tion engines and such motor vehicles
as run only opon mils or tracKs.
The term and words "highway" or
"public highway shall be constru
ed to mean any public highway,
township, county or State road, or
any country road, and public streetJ
alley, park, .parkway, driving or
public place in any city, village
or town. me term oxm. woras
business portion of ny ciryor vil
lage" shall beeonstrued to mean the
territory of a city or incorporated
village eontiguous to a public high
way wkich is at that point either
wholly or. partially bu3t up with
structnres devoted to business.
Section 2. ' Every person nw
owning r hereafter acquiring a
motr vehicle -shall, for every vehi
cle e wned by iim, file in the office
of llie Secretary of State atate
meat contaimng4the came and ad
dress, with brief descriptioa of the
vehicle -so owned by him to be reg
istered, including (he name f the
maker, iaetory nwnber, nstyle of
vehicle aad motor power, on a
blank to be prepami and foruished
by said Secretary f State tibr that
purpose. Upon die filing of said
statement, as aforesaid, said Secre-
stary of iState -shall register . such
aaotor veiricle in a book orandex to
he kept 'for that perpose a?od assign
a distinctive newnber, ad shall
forthwith issue and deliver to the
1 owner of uch motor vehicle a certi-
tficate ofiPegistraUoa, together with
a seal, ofluruinuiB or other suit-
eJble metal, whieh said -eeal shall
he circular in form, approximately
'two inches in diameter, .nd shall
have stamped thereon the words
;Registeri Motor Vehicle JSo
jKorth Galinai" with the -registra
tion numher and any other data
deemed iifessary jj the Secretary
erf State iaaerted therein, which said
-seal shall thereafter -at all tines be
conspicuously displayed on the mot
or '.vehicle &o which such number
ha been assigned. The sakl certi-
.flcate of registration shall .oeutain
the -came words and a umber as the
seal, and shall further contaia the
name of the owner of the vehide so
registered as aforesaid, bis address,
the name of maker of tie said ve
hicle, factory number, style and
motor jx) wer, ad the .date of regis
tration, which date of cegistration
fiiiall be the day .on which the ap
plied tioa is receirsed at the office of
the Secretary of State. Sueh oerti
fieate of registratioa hall remain in ,
foree for one year from aad after
the first day of July of eaeh year.
Appiieatioafi for. reuearel of any oer
tifieaie of registration hall he made
to the-Secretary, of State any time
withia thiriy days prevtous to the
date of the expiration of each certi
ficate and if no application for a re
newal is received during the time
above mentioned the Secretary of
State shall cancel such certificate
and reissue the number. For the
registration and issuing of a certifi
cate and seal a fee pf five dollars
shall be paid to the Secretary of
State, and a fee of one dollar for
each renewal of the same: Provided, !
no registration of motorcycles shall
be required: Provided further, that
of the fee ot five dollars paid to the
Secretary of State three dollars shall
be paid by the Treasurer of the
State to the Treasurer of the county
in which the owner of said automo
bile resides, to be used for the pub-,
lie roads iu said county.
Section 3. Upon the sale of a
registered motor vehicle, registered
in accordance with the above sec
tioD , the vendor shall return to the
Secretary of State within ten days
from the date of .such sale - his said
certificate and seal, and snch certifi
THE REGISTRATION
cate hall be canceled and the num
ber reissued by the Secretary of
State: Provided, that the vendor
may, upon application at the time;
of returning such certificate and j
seal, have a new certificate issued to
him, containing the original registration-number
for a motor vehicle
described iri such application and
owned by him andwhicfa is not!
Housed under the law. A fee of!
one dollar shall be paid to the
Secretary of State for the issue of
such new certificate, which shall re
main in force until the first day of
July following the date of issue.
Section 4. In addition to the
conspicuous display of the seal, as
"provided in section two of, this act,
it shall be the duty of the owner of
each and every motor vehicle at all
times to have displayed upon the
front and rear of the body of such
vehicle, in such mauner as to be
plainly visible, the number assigned
to it by the Secretary of State, said
number to be in Arabic numerals,
black oh white ground, or white on
black ground, and not less than
three - inches . in height, and each
stroke to, be of a width not less than
one -half Inch, aud also as a part of
said number the name of the State,
iu fall or abbreviated, and of the
same ground as the numerals, the
letters of tthe name to be not less
than one iich in height. There
shall alsosbe displayed upon every
motor vehicle in use jon any ipab-
iie highway during the peiiod from
ooe hour trfter sunset to one hour
before sunrise two 5amps in tbe
fraut of aid motor vehicle, showing
a white light, visible within a rea
sonable distance in the direction
fphich such vehicle is proceeding,
jand also .a red light in the rear o
-said motor vehicle and visible for a
reasonable distance 5n the reverse
effraction. Provided, that it shal
he unlawful to display more than
oue registration nuoaher upoa the
rear of such motor vehicle or a num
ber which does riot entitle the holder
thereof to operate such motor ve
hicle upon he public highway o
the rotate.
-Section -3, No aotor vehicle
ehall be used or operated upon the
publie highway after.Tuly first, one
thousand nine hundred and ne
which shall not display thereon a
registration seel, and oa the rear of
said motor vehicle a number as pro
vaded m section four of this aet, or
which -skall display theDaon a fiotiti
ou seal or number or a seal or
number belonging to any other re
hiele. Section 6. Konresideot owners
or operators pf motor vehicles shall
be subject to ibe ame requirmentt
and laws as xesident owners or op
erators: Provided, that the nonresi
dent owner of a motor vehicle pass
ing through the State of North Car
olina shall not he required to regis
ter his vehicle as provided in this
act.
Section 1, No person shall op
erate a motor vehicle upon' the pub
lic highway after July first, one
thousand nine hundred and nine,
unless such person shall have com
plied in- all respects with the re
quirements of this act. In no case
shall a person operate a motor ve
hicle in this State when intoxicated,
or in a race, or on a bet or wager,
or for the purpose of making a re
coid: Provided, nothing herein con
tained shall prevent racing on pri
vate race courses or tracks.
Section 8. All fees paid to the
Secretary of State as provided in
this act shall be paid into the State
Treasury monthly. The Secretary
of State shall provide all blanks
books and seals necessary to tbe
furthering of this act, securing the
same,, as far .as raay-Jbe, from the
State-Printer, arfd. all other neces
sary expenses incurred by him; and
necessary xtra , clerical assistance,
cot exceeding three hundred dollars
per aunumj' shall be paid by a war
rant of the auditor upon the treas
urer.' , ; i.
Section 9. No person shall pp-
Continued on page eight.
DIPLOMAS GIVEN TO
NURSES CLASS AT
ST. LEO'S HOSPITAL.
Five Young Ladies Graduate St.
Leo's Doing a Good Work.
Greensboro, June 24th. 1909.
Monday last is a day that will even
remain green in memory's waste of
the corps of young ladies who are in
training at St. Leo's Hospital as pro
fessional nurses. Clad in the prime
garments of their paoession live
young, ladies who had completed
heir three years of training at bt.
Leo's Hospital received their dip-
omas in a hall which had been spe-
cally prepared for the graduating
exercises of the class of '09. Com
posing the class were Miss Katha
rine Dumas, Miss Christine Storno-
ni, Miss Christine Blow, Mrs. Wini-
red McCall Holohcn, of W ashing-
ton D. C. The room in which the
exercises were held was handsomely
decorated with flowers of rare beau
ty, potted plants, and crowded with
friends and relatives ol tne graduate
ing class.. In the center of the audi
torium sat the young ladies of the
intermediate and junior classes, and
the probationers.
The ladies to whom diplomas were
to be awarded sat neai by looking
their sweetest. The address of
welcome was delivered by Rev. Fat
her V incent Taylor, pastor of St.
Benedicts Roman Catholic Church,
in a few well chosen words in which
he eulogized the splendid services of
the professional purse in the allevia
tion of human suffering, after which
a chorus was artistically rendered
by the nurses and apprentices of the
hosmtaL Miss Christine Stornoni
read the Salutatory and Mrs. Wini
fred McCall Holohan read the Vale
dictory. Both essays were full o
interest, and were the subject: 0:
much favorable comment. Next
came the medical addresses. These
were delivered by Drs. W. J. Ric
hardson and John Rov Williams
and received much applause. Then
Rev Father J. A. 'Hickey, o
Rochester, N. Y., delivered an ad
dress rich in thought and full of in
terest which made the hearts of the
young graduates throb with enthu
siasm at the choice of their caning
in life. Sister Veronica, Lady
Superior of St. Leo's Hospital, made
a short and happy address which
was well received by those present,
Rev. Father Viucent Taylor presen
ted the diplomas together with a me
dal for each graduate rn behalf o
St. Leo s Hospital. Each one o
the graduates were presented with a
beautiful hand painted belt pin by
Miss Bessie Battle, of Greensboro.
rThe exercises were concluded by
the reading of the nurse's prophecy
by Miss Cowles, and the appendixJ
by Miss Hoke, both of which was
much enjoyed by the audience
Following the exercises repast was
served the nurses in the dining hall.
Tuesday following the graduating
exercises tbe graduating class re
paired to Raleigh where its mem
bers stood an examination before the
State Board of Examiners of Nurses
and came Out with flying colors, re
turning to St Leo's Hospital to serve
one year before beginning their life
work. It is reported that this class
is the best equipped of any that has
appeared before the Board in a num
ber of years.
St. Leo's Hospital is doing a splen
did work. Besides sending forth
each year a'' number of trained and
skillful nurses it is a perfect haven
of jest for afflicted humanity. Situa
ted as it is on the main line of the
Southern Railway as it travels the
country from New York "City, to
New Orleans midway between the
two cities, it is perhaps the most
cosmopolitan hospital in the coun
try. Here one meets with the affli
cted from the lakes to the Gulf of
Mexico, and from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Ocean.
A spirit of religiou prevade the
atmosphere of the institution while
the. instruction is under the domina
tion of Old Mother Church. Every
one is free and at liberty to select
the spiritual adviser of-tbeir choice,
BRYAN WOULD DESTROY
THE PLAN OF SALVATION
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Washington; June 2 1 Represen- .
tatie Wal ter P. Bro wnlo w, of Tennessee,-has
returned - to-day from a
visit to his district. . To day" he - is
telling friends at the capitol this
story which is greatly enjoyed by.
the Democrats: .
"At Culpepper,. Va., last Satur
day, two new passengers boarded
the train. They looked like pro
fessional gentlemen. ' They wore
clean shirts and were well "shaved.
They must have1 ' been democrats
rom , their con vei sation tor they
were not excessively sanguine about
any subject: I could not held over-
hearing them.
" 4I hear,' said oue of them, 'that
Bryan will not run for senator; but
that be has decided to enter ; the
ministry. I trust this is true. Mr.
Bryan is a good and pure man. With -
his wonderful oratory he ought to
convert many persons.
" 'I don't know about that; said.,
he other. 'I admit he is all vyou
say he is, but if he should do for the
plan of salvation what he has alrea
dy done for the democratic party.
we would be m a h of a nx.-
The Tribune Suspends.
The owners, of the Graham Tri
bune have decided to suspend pub
lication. Not because tLev had to,
but because therfi was not room for
two Republican papers in Alamance
County, and rather than longer Jep-
ordize both publications it was
deemed advisable to suspend one,
The unexpired subscriptions to ; the
Tribune will be filled out by the
Dispatch. And we hope to number
the Tribune subscribers ' as friends
to the Dispatch in the fnture. Thi
Newspaper -change means a re-united
republican party in this county;
and a united republican party meang
that all the offices will be filled by
Republicans after the next election,
and that tEe people of Alamance
will enjoy good government as they
do in the Nalion.
0ur Cut Rate Offer,
Our clubbing arrangement which
rwe announced some time ago is still
in effect, and if you have not accept
edthe opportunity you can still enter
your subscription for your favorite
home paper, State Dispatch, and
also receive The PhiladeXiPHIa
Press at the price of one. This is '
an exceptional offer and one tfcat
you cannot afford to lose.
Fourth of July Round Trip Rates
Via Southern Railway, .
Southern Railway announces the
sale of very low round trip' rates ao-"
coun t Fourth Op Jdlf. . Ticket
will be on sale July 2-3-4-5-with '
final return limit, July 8th, ,1909.
Everybody who wishes to take a
trip, should take advantage of these
cheap rates. - ,
For full iuformation regarding -rates
to and from all points see near
est ticket agent, or address the .un
dersigned. R. H. DeButts,
Traveling Passenger Agent,'
Raleigh, N. C. '
McIntyre-MiUer.
Married Thursday eve June 24th
Mrf C'F. Mclntyre to Miss Susie
Miller, Squire R. J. Hah officiating.
This is Mr. Mcln tyre's second mar
riage; which shows that he must
have been good to the first or he
could not have secured such a good
woman for his second. The Dis
joins their 'many friend in wishing
for them a long and happy life.
and it is not uncommon to see Cat
holic priests and ministers of other
denominations mingling together
administering to' the spiritual needs
of tbe different patients. V
Mr. Christopher ,Leiiv dvav or-
derily at St. Jeo's Hospital is sneud-
' ine his two weeks vacation al his
old home; Boston Mass. Dr. J. M.
Kernodle a bright young physieian v
of Altaraahaw.,is substituting for
Mr. Kelley during his absence.
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