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WASHINGTON LETTER.
jVom our Knlar Cprreepondent.
VVashington, Dtc. Ilth. When
gpeaker Cannon ealled the houseof
Representatives to order at: the con
vening of the first regular session ot
61st Congress last weekhe .was
given a most hearty ovation lasting
fully a minute, and-in this greeting
Democrats joined as well as Repub
licans, eh jwing the almost universal
esteem in which the Speaker is held
j,v all except a few uisgranted mal
contents -
There is much th same feeling I
exhibited toward V ice-president
Sherman and the many tributes giv-
cu the Fresideut after - the reading
0f his first annual message showed
that there is ihe utmost harmony
existing between Congress and th
Executive which even the iusurgents
cannot iujuie. The President will
stand by the majority and wise and
effective legislation will be the re
sults. The message was not long, but it
was most satisfactory to the party
Readers. Other messages will follow
on Inter-Staie and Ami-Trust mat
ters and tho Conservation problems
The message was followed by a teel
ing ot confidence all over the coun
trv, particularly over the fact that
there wiil will be no further - tariff
legislation for years to come. "
The Presideut refered to the pros
perous conditions of the country un
der the new tariff as follows:
"Speaking generally, the country
is in a high state of prosperity.
There is every reason to believe that
we are on the eve of a substantial
business expansion, and we have
just garnered a harvest unexampled
in the market value of pgr agricultu
ral products."
The message was concluded with
the followiug sentence:
"It is well to note - that the in-
cease in the cost of living , w,, not
lenfined to this country, but prevails
the world- over and that those who
would charge increase in prices to
the existing provective tariff must
meet the fact that the rise in prices
has taken place almost wholly in
those products of the factory and
farm in respect to which there .has
been either no increase iu tDe tariff
or in many instances a very consid
erable reduction."
The President's Winona speech
and the speech of Speaker Cannon
at Kansas City Lave both been made
public documents and can be had by
writing to Senators or Representa-
tivesjor the Republican Congressio
nal Committee at Washington.
Every voter interested in public
questions should have these docu
ments.
Foreign trade and government re
ceipts continue to improve, and in
pii of the Treasury estimates there
may be a surplus for the fiscal year
The volume of business all over the
country continues very large.-' Most
induotries are now employed close
ip to capacity. A canvass by the
National Association of Manufac
tures shows only i;he crockery and
glassware factories to be below 80
per cent of the best conditions; and
only cement and clay produces and
vehicles to be below 90 -per cent
Other manufacturing industries, in
cluding even textiles are put down
tt an average of from 93 to 97 per
cent, with agricultural implements
to 100. " - -
That the record breaking rate of
l'ig iron production of September
nd October was maintained during
November is sown by theDaily Ir
Q Trade Review. The returns
give a total production of coke and
wthracite pig iron of 2,522.598
tas compared with 2,589,681 tons
October, a decrease for November
f 67,083 tons. November has- one
forking day less than October.
The total production in November
flne year ago was 1,582,314 tons.
Thus the production in November
this year was 1,007367 tons more
4an November a year ago. The
daily a verage production for the
toonth of November was --84,086
tons, compared with 83,538 tons for
Uetoher 79201 tons tor September
and 52,744 ton9 for November ' last
year. '
THE UNIVERSITY LETTER
During the present, year a large
n umber of the Uni varsity faculty
held prominent positions in national
an1 othei learned societies. Am ong
the number were the following:
Charles H. 'Herty, councilor-at-large
American Chemical ; Society,
Chairman, Division of Physical and
Inorganic Chemistry, American
Chemical Society, Secretary of Che
mical Section, American Association
for the Advancement of Science. .
George Howe, Vice-Preaident of
the Classical Association for the
Middle West and South!
E. V. Howell, chairman of the
Historical Section and member - of
the Council, American Pharmaceu-
deal Association., Member of the
national. committee of six on drug
reform.:
R. H. Lewis, president, Ameri-
can rublic riealta. Association.
W. deB. MacNider, member of
the Curriculum Committe for Phar
macology, American Medical Asso
ciation. Collaborator Journal for
Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics.
. J. E. Mills, president for N. C.
Section, American Chemical Society.
J. H Bratt, councillor, Mining
and Metallurgical Society of America
President of American Peat Associ
tion ; Secretary Eastern Carolina
Drainage Association and President
of the Southern Applachain Good
Roads Association.
H. V. Wilson, Vice-President,
American 3ociety of Zoologists.
A. B. Wheeler, councilor, Ameri
can Chemical Society. Assistant
Editor Journal American Chemical
Society.
F. P. Venable, President Asso
ciatiou of Colleges and preparatory
Schools of the Southern State, coun
cilor American Chemical Society.
I L. R. Wilson. President of the
North CarolinaXiibrarAssociation.
VA t a recent ioeetingj of theLth
letic Association, C. L. Villiams
Was elected manager of the 1910
Football Team, and Joseph Botishall
and W. H. Hendricks assistant
managers. Treasurer D. M. Wil
liams made his report. The report
showed t? at the loss of the Carolina
Virginia game left the Association
$2,250 in debt. By faculty, alum
ni and students subscription the
debt has been almost wiped out,
but the treasury is still in critical
condition for next spring's baseball
and track. Any further alumni
subscriptions to completely wipe out
the debt and to place the association
on a firm basis for next spring will
be gratefully received by Dr. Char
les H. Herty chairman of the Ath
letic Committee.
The University will be represent
ed by seven delegates at the Inter
national Convention which meets in
Rochester, N. Y., -Dec. 29th to Jan
2nd. The delegates are: Prof. A.
H. Patterson Secretary E. E. Dar
nett, of the Y. M. C. A., H. H.
Hargett, Richard Stockton, D- B.
Bryan, A. R. Morgan and E. Tur
lington of the student body.
Prof. Patterson will also represent
the University at the meeting of the
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
of America, which meets iu New
York December 28th for the pur
pose of reforming football.
H. M. Gaddy student in Phar
macy, recently made the highest
grade at the license examination
held in Raleigh by the N. C. Phar
macy Association.
The Alamance county club held
its regular monthly meetiug Monday
night with all members, present
Two papers were read as follows:
Brief History of Schools in Ala
mance, by R. W. Isley. The other
was a paper on, Rural Telephone in
Alamance, by A. C. Kimery.
B. A. Pressley, night watchman,
at the plant the National Casket
company, in course of construction'
qn the French Board river near
Asheville, was the target for some
unknown white man last Wednes
day morning about 1.30 o'clock,
but luckily the bullet did no more
damage than to put a hole through
Mr. Pressley's overcoat. . After fir
ing the shot the man turned and
fled,
OUR GREENSBORO ITEMS
Special to the Dispatch,
Greensboro, Dec. 1 4. Smne the
conclusion of the trial of Mr. Lee
H. Battle, cashier of the wrecked
City National Bank, there has noth
ing of much interest to the general,
public transpired in our city. - The
verdict of not guilty rendered by
the jury in the: Lee H. Battle case
come as no surprise . Co our "people,
as it wa? plainly to be seen through
out the long and - tedious trial -that
public sentiment was strongly flow
ing in favor of the defendant, and
when it was borne in mind that
public sentiment is a law unto itself.
or knows no law. Therefore it goes
without saying that the verdict meets
with the approval of -r the people of
our communifv.
The many and various theatrical
shows which are vfcitinj pur city are
greeted at each performance ; with
full houses, a pretty good sign of
prosperity.
AH eyes are now turned on Con
gress, which is. now in regular ses
sion and much .'speculation is being
indulged in as to what new laws
Congress will enact. The tariff; is
now out of the way and Congress
will be expected to so amend the
inter-state commerce law so as to
prevent the transportation lines from
discriminating against certain sec
tions of the country iu fixing their
traffic rates. Such an amendment
of the law would be of incalculable
benefit to the State of North Caro
lina. The chapel at St. Leo's Hospital,
this city, was the scene of a beauti
ful and most impressive church ser
vice, on Wednesday evening, last.
The occasion being the induction of
twentv-five young ladies into the
society of the Children of Mary.
After a most interesting address bv
ftev: Father Vincent Taylor, pastor
pffcSt i Benedicts v Roman Catholic
church,tKisTcity, in1 which he ex
plained the aims, purposes and b t e
fits of the society. The 25 young
candidates, yested in white veils
bearing holy candles in their right
hands proceeded down the aisle in
the presence of the Sisters of Charity
and a large concourse of admiring
friends and earnest Christians, took
upon themselves the vows ot the or
der, Misj Hailohan read the conse
cration vow and Father Taylor de
livered the charge. Then Father
Taylor presented each member of the
society with a medal and book of in
structions. At the conclusion of the
ceremony of consecration an eXfosi
tion and benediction of the most
blessed sacrament was pronouced by
Father Taylor. All present were
most favorably impressed by the
beauty and solemnity of the service.
St. Leo's Hospital continues to
act the good Samariton for the afflic
ted in this and adjoining states.
During the month of November
there were received and treated' at
this institution 51 new patients, of
these, '21 were charity patients, 42
ere restored to health and discharg
ed, 48 remained f)r further treat
ment, all of whom are reported as
doing well and on' the way to recov
ery. Death at Snow Camp.
Mrs. Anay Hinshaw Stuart, daugh
ter of Michael and Rachel Hinshaw
of Chatham county and widow of
the late Job Stuart, passed from this
life at her home near Snow Camp on
th morning of December 6th, aged
seYenty years. Her death was due
to paralysis with which she was
stricken a few days previous and
from which she never rallied. Five
children survive her, Mrs. Elva
Stuart Bailiff and Michael Stuart, of
Indiana, -Mrs John C. Griffin,
Charles and Gr4,ttie Stuart of this
community and two step children
Mrs. David H. Durham and Cicero
Stuart, also of this community. The
deceased was of a retiring disposi
tion and spent her life in the service
of home and family. She was for
many years a member of the Society
of Friends and was. laid to rest in
the old church yard at Cane Creek.
Our sympathy is with the bereaved.
Women find it difficult to make
a lasting impression on a soft man.
TELEPHONE DEVELOPMENT
IN ALAIIANGE ICOUNTY
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A bo jit two years ago the Bell
Telephone Com pany began I- the de
velopment of the farmers' lines, and i
we.xarqaera.jn :tnis county have not
failed t realize that a telephone on
his farm is a money ' maker, and
every farmer, who now has a ?puone
cannot realize how he did . without
a fphone .for so many years There
are- now tourteen farm lines coming
into Burlington Exchange, - with
nearly Vtwpr hundred and twenty
eight subscribers, v iiidl nine J new
lines to he completed 5 by spring;
Within t the" next twelve " months
every arttof Vthe county will be
conriected with Burlirigton Vy Mr
D. P. ; Woody has charge of ? the
Farmers' Line Department of the
Bell Telephone Company, has organ
ized a number of new lines in the
county. -; One hew line will 'go to
the May wood School - House ' neigh
borhood, i, This part of : the County
has long been in want of - telephone!
service. fx Jb. TV B j3arker, a well
knowh .county'' xfficer: is General
Managerof this ne w line as soon a?
It is completed. Messrs. B. Barker
G. W. Barkeiy: W Summer
and C. Bapscott and several oth
er tmefsjiri this neighborhood ex
pect1 to join Mr. - Barker's Company,'
which will - bring , them in touch
with thetireVcouhty. ; 4
Every larmer in the county can
have a telephone, as. the : Southern
Bell Telephone' Company have Mr;
Woody in" Alamance county work
ing up new lines. : And Mr. WcKMiy's
experience is given to any neighbor-
nooa that : - wants an experienced
brganizere wiH make - a house to
house canf ass on any road and sho w
the new way . that the Bell Tele
phone Company has that every
farmer h ;bve good telephone
service at such a low cost that every
man ifrtllondep- why' he has 5iiot ;a'
telephone.
The Southern Bell Telephone
Company just installed a new ceh-
tral office equipment in Burlingrtoh
and are now prepared to give service
to every subscribes in the city and
county; which service is equal to
any city in the State. New sub
II I la.
scnoers are oeing secured both in
the city and country every day, A
uew farmers line was connected
Saturday with the Burlington Ex
change, with the following subscrib
ers who live North of this city: J
H. Turner, J. P.- Boland, W. J
Turner, A. I. Boland, J. F. De-
Buler, J. F. King, Chas. King,
(jreo. I. King, Chas. Mahan and A.
J. Porterfield.
A'l information given by the
Bell Telephone Company, to every
farmer whenever he wishes it, all
i i j "i . . ..
ne nas to uo is to wme or call up
Mr. Woody or Mr. Durant in Bur
lington.
R. F. Durant to Leave.
R. F. Durant manager of the
Southern Bell Telephone exchange
at this place has been tranfered to
Waycross Ga. While the people
at this place regret very much to see
Mr Durant leave they are . glad to
know that his transfer means a pro
motion. Mr. Durant is a man
backed by manyvyears -experience
although he has been in our midst
only eighteen months' He is not
only an ideal office man in the tele
phone office' but thoroughly . un
derstands the mechanicism of the
phone as welU His clever disposi
tion has won many friends for him
at this place who wish him every
possible success in his newfield '. of
work.'
McCauley-TeiTell.
At the home of the brides parents
near Mebane, on December 8th, Mr.
Geo. McCauley and Miss Ida Terrell
were united in marriage by their
pastor, Rev. Geo. W. Holme3 The
following couples were in attendance,
Mr. Ottis McCauley, of Burlington,
with Miss Grace Amick, Mr. Fred
Terrell, with Miss Carrie Smith.
The home of Henry Johnson who
lives near Spring wood church was
destroyed by fire Monday night.
" ilPanl FosjIemaoV Death. :
' -Woi Paul Foffleman died in -the
home of his mother MrS. Mary Jane
Fogleman on East Davis Street at
6 o'clock- p. m. Dec ;10tb; : 1909
aged 20 years 5 months and 11 days
He had been feeble for some time
being afficted with asthma; and other
troubles, -pau! bad not grown much
since he was 14 years old, but he
was a very bright boy, having good
mechanfcal skill. -..His pencil draw
ings show that h had an eye for
art. , His funeral was ? held in the
Reformed church of which he was
an unconfirmed member, at 2 pi m.
JJec. VZ attended by a large number
of relatives and sympathizing friends
the service; being conducted by his
pastor Rev. J. D. Andrew. Paul
gave y his mother every;? assurance
of hisbeing ready to go before his
aeatn.--v'- vy t .-
' An Encouraging Report.
The Secretary of the Danghters of
Confederacy sends us the. : following
lines, which is encouraging; . news in
behalf of the. monument. . : , i ;
The Graham Chapter U. D. C. ;
is meeting, with encouragement in
raising the funds necessary tol erect
the monument to thd Confederate
Soldiers in Alamance county. They
realize that this is quite an under
taking and it will be . necessary for
all who; are interested in the. work
to pull together; to success fully ac
complish it. They therefore asK
that vou insart this in your paper
so" the public;; may learn and help
them in carrying out this worthy
undertaking.
Death of Little Lxllie Ashwo
. Little Lillie the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Asheworth died last
Saturday morning from an attact of
pneumonia at the home'ot ' hex pa-
rents on Ireland street, ano was bu-
ried Sunday aflernoon at Pine Hill
ceraeterjVneibeii
Rev C. B. Cox at theLutheraii
church. ""' " '
Little Lillie. was a generaF favor
ite among a large number of ac
quaintances who moorn with her
parents her untimely death. Mr;
Ash worth is a foreman in the Belle
vue Cotton 'Mill, which closed down
Saturday with respect for little. Lil
lie. The Dispacch extends sympathy
to the grief strickened parents dur
ing their hours of bereavment.
Second Jre.
Quite a number of people got a
hustle on themselves early Saturday
morning and responded to fire alarm
which was turned in from the first
ward. Fortunately only one of the
ch mneys of the Morrow Boarding
House had caught fire and 'no dam
age done. We -have often heard
that fires like trouble never come
singly so we supposed this was tha
second of the series, H. C Foster
Cafe having been the first only a
week ago. We are waiting and hop
ing the third will not come. "
"Alice in Wonderland.'
It's a new thing and people al
ways like something new; but more
than that, it is one of the prettiest
things ever seen here.
It's an operetta, a little one a
light one but an altogether delight
ful one in which one hundred and
fifty of our own people will take
part, and the fairy costumes' they
will wear will render the scenes
charming. The operetta was adap
ted by. Miss D. Hope Leonard of
New York from Lewis Carroll's
famous story that has been the de
light of young and old for genera
tions. The libretto is full of sparkling wit
ticisus and lively dialogue, and the
music bright and' catchy. Every
body knows the wanderings of
"Alice" in the wilds, and how she
made friends with White -Rabbit,
Fish, Frog, Mock Turtle and -other
animals,, and all will allow with joy
the development of the pretty plot.
E.S.W; Damerotf, attorney made
a legal trip to Hillsboro yesterday;
Foster She Co. have a change of
ad this week. " v .
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;Pre$iai
( Now I think it is utterl vv useless
as L think it would be ; greatiy jdis. : t:
tressing to business, to talk ; of an-1 "
other revision of the tariff 'during r
the;prestHCprigr; rf
think that it wpuld certainly C take : fe:
xcoii vi wus auuiiuistrapion lo ac-..
cumulate the data upon which a new
ami proper revision ; i the taritt . ' -might
be had. nBy th'at" time tthe fiM
whole Republican party can express
itself again in respect to the matter a T
and bring to bear upon their repre- i
sentauves in uongress that sort ot i
public opinion which shall result in l '
solid party, action. ; J am " glad to f
see that a number of those - who -s
thought it their duty to vote against : -.
the; bill insist that they arestill .Re- .
publicannd ihtend to carryori their -
battle in favor of lower duties and a
lower revision "withm the lines of '. K'
the rrnrty. - That is their right and .
in their view of things is their duty "j
f It is vastly better that they shpuld - ; ' f
sek act:in of the . party - than that H
they should break off; from :it and :
seek to organize another p
would probably not result in accom- ; f
plishing anything ; more than merely
defeating our party and inviting in .
the opposing party;: which" does not: x jJ I
believe or savs that it dnn'f. KoKw -
in protection. ? I think that we ought -:. 'J:
to give the present ;, billa! 'iMW&$$
After it has been operating for. two - ?- '
or three years w can tell much more i -
accurately than we can today Its ef- ; ' ' 1
feet upon the iudustriesWthe coun-' ;
try and the necessitfory amend: ; ' .'
ment in its provision.; -, : r
Miss D. Hope Leonard's elabor- v
ate spectaculafcpructioiQ 'AIice;in5
Wonderland" will be , presented . at v
School Auditorium one; hundred
and fifty people will comprise th :;
the great cast They are daily.; re
hearsing under the personal direct -
tion j of Miss D. Hope Leonard's
aistant andaitlaid?tolhe?n
tised in at verv rni0.
from , both a scenic : : and costumier - - V - v-
standpoint. The ; music is pt'ettf ;,
and tuneful: Songs, dances, marches. ;
specialties rand ; beautiful, calcium
effects will be a few "of ; features ; ; ;
The most - noted are- the Grand! -
March of Nations, the Four Little " i
Dolls, Mother Goose Medleyp TsiT'
iittie xngun&, Japanese Dance, etc. -
Lowis the six weeks old son of
Mr and Mrs. E R Han ford, died
suddenly in the home of the parents
Dec 13th and was buried , m fine
Hill cemetery on the 14thrthefune .
ral being conducted in the home by
the familys pastor Rev. J. D. An
drew. The record-for cabinet service is
now possessed by Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson. His term has just r
passed that of Albert Gallatin, which - j
was 12 years, 8 months and 20 days r
It has been given toafew men in oar
history to retain cabinet places for
mo e than 8 years. William Wirt, ;
Atto n jy- General of the 5 United
States, 1817-1829, came near, to
equaling Gallatin in length of cabi
net days, and is third m : the grjup .
of the seniors. - Secretary Wl'sbn's;;
survival of the storms and streak of f
twelve year will give himjtfri!-
nence in history" little likely to ' ba
obscured, j He has had . one ' great ;
advantage in his department, minis-,
tering directly; to a most important:.,
industry. I i The farmers have been
with him from the begin-ing of uis .
term, and to farmers' preferences - : .
administrations and Con gresses wil-. ,
lihgiy, incline. - - . . ' '
"Alice in Wonderland," the most '
successful' production ever presented
in America, will be seen at :the .r
School Auditorium. : "Miss D. Hope i .:
Leonard dramatized the story and
has consented to give the operetta.
It will be the hit of the season, and
the most-beautiful, combinations of ,;
effects, . marches . and songs, ; dance v
specialties, ete., the people have ey
er had 'an an r opportunity to enjoy. .
Bright boys and girls have been se-,-
lected to part of : the different char- , :
actors and rehearsals are given daily. :&
The .music will Obe in . competent
hands and Miss Leonard will per-
son ally direct the, performanca. . 1
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