flnrw'r****" J*** 21-—Ifr- ^
G.
a„^j— £ci» JKfetobOM. «P*“
sifter's mother, Mrs. Eobwt Cooper.
wli0 1M« >»•*“ ««rio»*ly SB
held •nd riffht now th* c****
oMnmission is preparing to WM ex
amination# for every fo«rtJi-cU»»
postoffice in North Carolina that pays
a salary of over *180 per annum. But
he law has ben violated; not that the
Democratic party has disregarded the
^vUl*, Jan. 21--WM* u «wi-
ous father seoorwl the dty for ^
daughter who, he had hettd. was lU,
she was djrine at m local aamt^un*
under an assumed name, according to
evidence submitted at thj* ««rojier»
last nisrht following the
r. and Mrs. Albert Bowy^ and
Attend a birthday d»«»«r
atMr. Dol»n William^
Misfea Ethel and Bonner W*Him-
son left Friday for Richmond, V“-
■where th«F will visit relativw for
W. B
.some ——
Meiars. Rouert Isley ^
Freshwater visited relatives in hwep-
^sonville Sunday. .
Messrs. George T... Jamj*. Wuson
and J. B. Wiliiamson attei«»« cburcn
at Burlington Sunday morning.
Misses lifiona Phillip* an*! Conner
Winningham visited the latUr’p sis
ter, Mrs. John Eolt, Saturday night
and Sunday. ^ i.
Mr, Earl Marlett, o| HUlaboro, is
at howe for this week.
Ur. Jlona Wjilliams. of CpKord, and
Miss Mattie G»ves, of near this
place, were married January 4
Mr, Miaphy Pickett and Mies I!a
Andrew, both pf near Concord, were
married last week. Miss Andrew has
many friends at this place who wll
wish for them a long and happy life.
Mr. and Mrs. WiUiaci Payne, of
near this place gave a “Tttrkey" din
ner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Payne are
noted for their hospitality and their
home is a center of good times in the
neighborhood. Every one seemed to
enjoy tho day, and especially the
^sumptuous dinner. Those present
were: Misses Nina Clendenin, Flora
Winningham, Alma Stockard, Bettie
and Mattie Thompson, Messes. June
Thompson, John Payne, Robert Lash-
ley, and Mr* and Mrs. Jesse Brad*
shaw» Mr. and Mrs. Sab Stafford, Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Crawford and little
daughter.
Cross Roads items,
Houte 1, Jan. 21.—News
is very scarce in this neighborhood at
this timfi.
We can notice the smoke of the
plant-bed burning. Some farmers
have commenced plowing for corn and
tobacco. Ask Roads and John Isley
-what they are sowing their plant beds
for this year.
Misses Barbara Isiey and Eugenie
Craver visited their mother, Mrs.
Kmi!y Euliss, of No. 10, last week
I^isses Mary Lee Coble and Nona
Roberson spent Saturday night at Mr.
William Isley’s. Tliey reported a nice
avil ssi vice prorisi^.s any mo^ tton j Jennie Piekwis, who
the Republicans, because them Itovc. d According to Dr, A.
; Uiey have not had the I „ of Eisgs’ Sanitarium, and
anSri^-ftheTt^ofj^o^^
same institution, the deceased came
ta the hospital t’.ires wee’.;E f.go a:id
applied for treatment under the name
of Miss Brown. She refused to dis
cuss her parentage and co idea was
entertained as to her identtty until a
search of her belongings in&ated that
her real name was Miss Pickens.
Hei- father, M. B. Piekens, » pros
perous farmer of this county, was ad
vised of the location of his daughter,
although he reached the wnitarium
too late to see her aiive. He had ap
peared at many of the hospitals !,■
the hope of finding his daughter, but;
at none of them was he adviM ‘■‘“t i
! a Miss Pickens was a patient.
The coroner's jury brought in a
verdict to the effect that the deceased
came to her death from causes un-
'aiown to the jurors. The father was
present at the hearing of the evi
dence.
not
ity. But since it was
appointments to fourth-class oiBcefi
wou’d be selected from the eli^ble
iist it has been a standing joke in
Washington that a Democrat would
be the lucky man, if a Dehiosrat took
the examination. According to the
postoffice department the Democratic
applicant has been put in office be
cause the congressman was allowed
to recommend a man after the ci'^l
service examination had been heid.
For instance, Congressman Blank
would look oyer the list of those pass
ing the examination at Rhamkatt.
John Jimsonweed, who in the good
old days «f Repablican rule had allied
himself with the grand old party,
might have the highest average; Wil
liam Bundercombe, also a Republican,
might be second, and John Barley
corn, a Democrat, would stand at the
foot of the ladder. Somehow the
Democrat has ben selected, and vice
ersa when Republicans were in pow-
iY. Albert Sidney Burleson says this
method of selecting postmasters must
be stopped, and upon receipt Of his
letter by members of Congress lie in
tends to adhere strictly to the civil
-erv-ice laws, and the common prac-
iee of allowing a congressman to
“recommend" a postmaster after the
grovernment has spent good money to
hold the examination is to be a thine
of the past.
That the civil service laws have
been violated by the political party
in power is no secret in Washington.
K careful survey of the departments
here show that even 80 per cent, of
the office holders, who apparently were
selected from the civil sjrvice list,
are Republicans. You cannot find a
lozen Democratic chief of divisions in
the entire treasury department, and
to perhaps a lesspr degree the same
conditions prevail in other depart
ments of the national government.
There are 215 fourth-class post
masters in the eighth North Carolina
district alone. If Burleson makes
ijocd hjs stsvsnisr.t insists upon
the civil service laws being upheld it
will serious!}' affect that district. The
nostmaster who is already in office,
of course, has a better chance of pass
ing the examination than a man who
has not been schooled by the Republi-
and Lace E
Latest ia Laces, Embroiderief, Crepei ind Ratiaei.
We now have on sale a handsome line of White Goods, Lsow »nd
newe»c cfeations in Embroideries, Crepes and RadneSi
Buy noii and do your sewing early, while you are ; > in door
arid Ijefore spring comes.
■Sea 0U1- lln(i of 5 ceat Laces CotnJ early and get youi* choice.
There was a shadoy- party at Cross y- Therefore, it is said, at
Roads School House Saturday night.
The proceeds amounted to $12.60, tc
be used for the benefit of tho school.
They are goin)? to oil the floor and
paint the house in.side.
Oakdale Dots.
Oakdale, ilan. 21.—Messrs. 5iS. C.
ivnd F. L. Spoon have been repairing
ar.d buildis;g some additioiis to their
hou;es.
Mr. L. F. Smith made asals last
weak, prepariiig to move to Liberty
soon.
The people in the community and
the Trustees of Mt. Zion Baptist
Cliurch, are nreparing to build a pub
lic highway leading from the church,
south-west through by the parsonage
erosfing the crock beir,w the old ford,
to M. A. LSneberry’s;, on out to the
Liberty road, leadig’ from Kimeriville,
!it John C,. Mikrey’s. It is reported
that the i^ridg-e is to be lOi feet Jong
and above the high water mar’;;. The
least 50 per cent, of the present Re
publican postmasters in the eighth
have ar. excellent chajioe of reniaining:
on the job,
The same conditions will cpply to
other districts, if Burleson in.sists up
on a strict interpretation of the law.
ReprcEentative Guiiscr, of the tenth
Winston-Salem Young Man Gravely
Accused.
Winston-Salem. Jan. 2i.—W. G. ^
Jones, a well kr.own young man, was |
arrested this evening on a warrant!
sworn out by De!>uty Insurance C.om. ,
miKsioner Scott, alleging that on De- |
cember 24 he set firft to a dwelling |
in which ho had furniture stored; that |
he insured the goods of little value in
two companies for policies aggregat
ing f 1,750, claiming he was living in
the bouse, ard a few days later the
dwelling rented by him and vtliiert at
?4,000 and its contents were destroy
ed. Scott claims a cle.'ir case of fraud.
Jones was formerly in the mercantile j
business, but is now \n jail. The hear
ing will be held t riday.
Beat Aged Mother. •
Elisabeth City. Jan. 21^Brother
and Raleigh Bercher, two young white
men, were brought here this morn
ing from Camden county and deliver
ed to Sheriff Reid to serve 30 days on
the chsingang for beating their aged
mother.
These young men became involvei »n
a i’ow yesterday afternoon at their
home in Camden county and when
their mother attempted to interfere
they fell upon her snd beat her badly,
it is alleged. They were tried before
Recorder Tillett of that county and
given 30 days for the offense.
Coat
1-3 to 1-2 off
VVe ure selling oar fall and winter Coat Suits 1-3 co 1-2 oft regular
pricert.
WHITTED BROS
Buirlingtoi!; North Carolina
AltemptH Sui-
WinBton-Salcm Man
cid«.
V/inston-Salem. Jan. 21.—Walter
Reynolds, ft yoimg white man, at
tempted to commit suicide at his
boftrding house in this city last night
district/ar.nounced today that he is Uy taking laudanum. DUappointmer.t
prenarii;g a specch which he wUl div- j the cause.
At his boarding house the story is
related that the young man asked,the
young lady upon whom he had bestow
od his affections to go with him to
witness a performance at the theater
liver tomorrow, when he will declare
that the civil servicc as operated by
the po!iUcal parties today is a delus
ion and a fraud. He will ask that
Congress either abolish the entire
.«ys,tem or else compel every man who
is not elected to officc by the people
to stand the civil service examina
tion, Ke declared to Th«i I>ai5y News
vrorrespoi'.dcnt that it was not right to
. jniiiri llic ‘‘little fellow” to taka an
e\;imiiu;tion for a job, while the man
for a larger and more responaible
place is .selected by a political pu!l,
or wtird.s to that effect. The tenth
the cloak of doubt. Only; Days, and vote for th» fatbsrs to have
guepswork is possible. | their chance.
President Wilson had it in his pow-1 Without detracting from the honor
er to make .such a beginning as would j and love due to the mothers, who dc-
tell to banks and bankers that they! serve far more than they receive, we
had no rea.son to distrust the new.have fong felt that the fathers have
regime that the law brings into being, j not been sufficiently recognized; yet
He has not done this. It will be his, there are scenes from the life of many
own fnult if there ia suspicion nnd (a father that would touch every heart.
Whatever may bTtiir merits | ^«ar on the pm of vhose who have | Who ever the father
- ■ po much at stake.—Press. j ing the floor with the crymg chiid at
the law this board has almost the wiU *>e
power of life and death over tho
banks that are embraced in its au
thority. With many a bank the ques
tion of joining is the sole question of
v/hat men are to be put in these places
of power.
The first .selection of Mr. Wilson for
the board is neither auspicious nor
last night. He was told that she had
already promised to go with a crowd
of young people, but he insisted that
she allow him tdone to acci.mpai^ her.
This she refused to do, and he became j
desperate, declaring that he would
make her regret her action. Later in
the evtning ho delivered to her u pack.-
iige of letters, declaring that he was
going to leave and that she would
never see him again. In reply the
young lady received the letters and
lightly turned the young man’s state-
TOSKt into a jest. Nothing more was
thoMsht of his declaration until a'jout
Bryan. Secretary Jo'-'-e^^hus i an hour hUer he was heard gioaiar’,^
.=,1. ’“’*3 lovesiigatioii
of Mr. ■Williams and his capacity, hi;
membership will subtract from the
confidence that the people of the coun
try will have in that body. He has
been a storm center in too 'many fi
nancial contests, the kind that breed
prejudice and enmities and far-reach-
isig effects.
His appointment vas unnecessary.
In every section of the land there are
men at least as well fitted for the
place as Mr. Williams, men with com
petent training and financial experi
ence, and who do not labor under the
ssme handicaps in the public mid. Tho
duties, (he rcsp.insibiUtii.-s and the
power of the board are ao immfnse
aid of eai'h and every one will be glad- j -listrict Congressman will ixlso declare
ly received in the work. We hope to j 'hst the Ultle fellow is no more of a
see it firished soon, for there is no j “i-ie huntev” than the man who strive.^
road whatever leadii'.g o(5t in that di- i ^^-'r the if-' 000 avid even the $12,500
recti'rs from the ohur. U, except lo the! as are held by Secretary
; ar.s.01 afrt!. ;
The Dpir-'j’me'i coniiru-:! to ccni’ to Pi'.';."d oth-,;r mO!-; hr>ldii;sr high i ... „ . i i >
I; eveaied the fact that he h;id gor.e lo
I bis iMcni and tiilien la'-iuanusa, a four
thr
Oakdale. They visits*] lue «ch::.ol Ust ■ po.yi;.c.' joiis,
u. d u l.'i t’.e Ui*? ;ir ;t cl’ r.oxtt ‘l Uvtivc I
moi'th ag-ain. They ?i;ive i;-t -io Ti’c:i.^'’ry d
Uike ir.toi'est in it ai'.J we hope more wilh the Sup?r-vi?.inn: Arelute'''t. iu ic-
wiii 210311 yi'.d prcvc il is a ;^rcat suo rrard to the Atonrooc Fedn*Ai B;uW?r.r.
ces?. ?:ns *ct Vt-
The ai Ci3.i:tia;3 huvo Oiijfii'-iz-' the portho, vbi.h \v:s oh-.’
(id a base^aU lemr.. They have play-*ci in the iri;?!n2l pla i.'. The M»''nrr>c
ed V^'o wiih Greenwood School, a j^orUco, ivh- fhe tiredl
wini £-rtch gan^3- The lirst tim© '■•'teiAen m?.y i;t «i'^d ch:.i,.
the ^coTQ stood 25 to t».
{niidnight; or kindiing the firo at ear-
i oHce Believe They Have Caught the||y while others slept; or grow-
ing mto an old and decrepit man, as
he toils from day to day?
The life of a father in many a home
Is dangerously near tragedy, remind
ing us of the early Christiana who
were "butchered to make a Roman hol
iday,”
As some sort of compensation for
what he endures, we say, by all means
let the old man hav? his day, and
let hi.^ children ri.se up and call him
blessed.
The mother needs no appeal in her
behalf, because from Eve down her
merits have generally been recogniz
ed, and whatever she has received,
she has J.'u!ly earned. We are not re-
fleeting upon the mother, nor do we
sympathize with the remark of a.writ
er who once described life iu Mexi
co; ‘'The bread of the np-tives,” Kaid
ha ‘‘is tho tortiUas, a specics of cake.
Atlanta, Jon, 21.—In the arrest here
today of R. S. Freeman, aged 20, the
police claim they have captured the
man who last Friday night held up
and robbed passengers of a Western
& .-\tlantic train near Vinings, Ga. E.
II. Freeman, aged IS, brother of the
suspected bandit, and T, H. Wlialey,
aged 17, also arc under arrest, police
claiming that they not only were im
plicated in the hold-up, but had taken
part in recent jewelry robberies and
fourth
other illegal transactions. A
its capacity for good of evil so tre- j suspect, George Man, still is at large,
mendcus, that every member of it, According to the police, R. S. Pi-ee-
should be a man to whose selection | ,i,an today admitted having received
the whole country can say Amen. Mr. j(},ree diamond.^: which hec laisnad his
Williams falls far short of this qual- j brother and young Whaley had stolen
ification. ifrom a loc.il jewelry store and given
10 the banks of the United States if,-j i,in, to dispose of. The police al.«o
are given a limited time to make their 1 cjaim to have recovered two of these
decision as to becomlag a part of the jjems.
::ev,' system. According to the an-1 The an-e!;! of Tl. S. Freeman fol-
liouj’.ceMent of the President they, Jo^ved sensatio";',! diKclosarfs to Ih;:
tough as sole leather, made by the
womer:, ar.d eaten by the men, and,
. I t;s usual, the men b.jar th;; Kv.-'.t ai;i
Ifui'.ce phial lyir..?r on the L'ct! by him. i r.,U;-!. !iow do this w:J.iout any furth-. j,ct;(.e by l\ed Ball, a tftxicab driver. hSio burden of the day.”
‘ ^ •• • - ■ J —- - father that we esperi-
Eepre- ^
Second time se.it-ttive Papre wi!I endeavor to have .>n\e.
' 111; toid th;i^e who \V;;ry ailra.ted tu
! .ac* I .-y b*."' n'louns ue had
tjie poison and to
i pU'aUJj wi;h laum .act*to di.^-
■ui’) him i ut let him die. IIs rcfov-
ert and la his tcU in the city lock-
;j today he seer.'iS dellghteJ that he
j is aiive, and declared that th?re was
I no sen.=;e in keeping him confined, for
5 to 1. Boys mind how you tackle add.d later. To do so now would try again to
them. They are almost like King delay the construction of the building
Philip’s “Invincible Armada.’
at least two years.
Every Fourth Class Postaffice Job ■ Kidnapper Gels Pardon.
Will Be Decided ow Merit. ; Topeka, Kan.. Jan. 22.—F. H. Til-
Washington, Jan. 21.—Postmaster ;->tson. a detective, who in 1909 kid-
General Burleson is preparing a letter: papped Marion Bleakley, tho famous
w'hich he will send to each Senator “incubator baby,” was pardoned to-
and Congressman, regardless of his jay by Governor Hodges. He was
political faith, which will strike con- under sentence from one to five years
steraation to the hearts of said legis- jn the Kansas penitentiary, but was
lators and t.o thousands of anxious at liberty on bond pending hearing
applicants for office.. The letter 'will -, of appeal to the United States Su-
state that hei'eaiter applicants for I preine Court.
fourth clas.? postoiBce jobs will be de-: .
cided solely u^n the result of the MerrUm Dead.
T7t Springfield, in.. Jan. 22._George ».
and tMt f I«ve notlung to
do whatever w^h &e selection of post- ^
ma^rs. gener ^ founded the company which long pub-
posed ^t thu* rule ^ been .ollow-, Webster's Dictionary. He was
ed to the lete sinc^Preadent Wilson, ^ ^
ChristianU mon, now the Outlook, xm-
but those ^o^ve^ijeved thw kavc, jj Beccher. .Since I87S
lieea ^ssSy fanposed upon. • _a u
It is true examlna^ss have been,'** Hvea la SpriziEile.d.
take his life. But the officers are
holding him on a warrant which
charges him with attempt at suicide,
and he will be given a hearing in the
municipal court tomorrow ni.omiae>
ar iiiformation of how the board is to
Le n'.a-J^ u;^ than that Jchi S.kaiton
Wiiiian’.s is to hcid one of the most
in'.poriar.t place:; upon it. TIil- only
furchcr knowledge that they have in
regard to the boaid is that Secretary
TdcAdoo is a nienibor of it by virtue
of his Cabinet place. And it was Mr.
^McAdoo that insisted upon ths Wil
liams ■ appointment, aiid planned and
canipaigried for it. This fact does
not give added reassurance to the
fature work of the board.
Ball related wh?t hs alleged was a
confc.ssion to hiai by Prceman, in; ^liy speak, the bre;id v.'i!>nei‘ of Uio
which the yotith is alleged to havs • pack-horse of tli» hi>use-
toid of holding up the passengers of Vne one who fnrr.ishea the mu-
the Western & Atlantic tram, rob-
bins a loesl j^elry store and takir jr
J1.000 from W. P-^jxn. a Polk as he stretches forth
county farmer. Ball told tne police burdened by toil, we rtver-
that Freeman had placed to go to ^
Marietta a suburb, to jom his p^. isj^patheti'c squeeze. In his behalf
George Mann and skip the coun^. ;„g Pennsylvania move.
Detectives hasten^ to Man^^, fcutj however, it is proposed,
failed to apprehend Mann. Two sirft- appointment of Path-
It is only just to the banks that!cases found in his room at a hotel
they should know something of the^ re confiscated by the police, buti,,, „ ibe dav wp muit
men who are to be their’ rulers, what the nature of their contents has not j mattor over nwl
er’s Day, to make the rose the em-
pause and
A Bad Start.
President Wilson is not starting out
well on the enforcement of the new
currency law. The steps that h« has
already taken are not reassuring to
banks and to business. It does not
have the appearance of a policy of
fair play. He is not frank and open
with the country.
Ha Jv»2t 2tn!icvncsd th^t h* in
tends to use up the full time per
mitted him by the law to make the
kind of policy will be adopted, what
they may expect or what they can
fear. Tliey should know this before
they make their final decision »s to
their own course. It is not a B»atiar
to settle behind the locked door. Mys
tery and secrecy should have no part
in the process.
Nor will the banks be allowed to
know ^hsrs ths r^uiial ikuucs are
to be located. Hiis is also an eleiaent
in the decision that they hav« to
been disclosed.
The Patter's Day.
Those of us. who are not like the
.Athenians, always looking for new
things, are not as enthusiastic over
think the matter over awhile longer.
■Presbyterian Standard.
Ointained lefemal Maehtnc.
Houston, Mich., Jan. 22*—A harm-
lessr looking suitcase fband this af
ternoon in a clump of underhriish near
special days as some oth^, aad wejthe power house of the Ahmeek laine
in Keweenaw county, contained an
infernal machine, according to reports
received here tonight.
miTiea mm oy tno iaw w iuaH.w wwi— , '
appointments to the Federal Board, ^h® comrottee on sdecben
This means that banks must ent« the:'w*« retura from their wuni^-
ysweestn.u. etaoin shr shrdulshrdiuhi i tnp wtil befo^
new system without knowing how the te the loeatiaaa.
board is to be made up. It is a»r« beknovm what inflc-
of a leap in the dark than maay cf »
theai wish to take. By the tenHi «*»>“« Oww ft tS
have long since given up tha attempt-
to traov iti h»w lUu-
ly Day, ChiHren’a Day, Temperance
Day, Mother’s Day, a^ other Days
too nnmeroua to mentioa. '
In Peninsylvania a membaf of the
Lower Hou&e »eHoasly introduced »
h!U to mak* th« first Sabbath ir.
Jttoe, Father's Day, and while wi dc
not Icnow the £at« of the vre are
wfltibr to wawsowpwiadfeas acaihat
Seaolvtim Def«at«L
Jackson, Tha lower
'^onsa of tk« l^ississippi Legislature
tcds7 defeated » resohtiioa seeldisg
• 0 amend the ta |>i7a full
^iuffrage to '