North Carolina Newspapers

AND RIGHT THE DAY MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOUtD BE DISLOYALTY, *T0 FALTER WOULD BE SIN. Vol. 2 MEBANE, N.Cm THUB8DAT, JUNE 1, 1911 NO. IS PERSONAL AND LQCkL BRIEFS people who come and go Items of interest Gathered by Our ReDOkt«r. Mr. Will Bason was in Mebane Sun- liav, shaking hands with his old friends. Miss Lena Foy left Saturday for Ashland. Va., to visit her brother W. I.. Foy. 11 you wish to buy a house and lot \V. E. White. His ad. appears in ihi^ week Leader Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Sudie Cook and Maud Whitfield left last Thursday for Hurdle Mill to visit relatives. Mrs. W. F. Ham and four small children left Fridav for Pikeville to \ isit relatives returning Monday. Storm Wreaks Havoc. Eyery trolley car was still and every chary^^ed wire down, the telephone sys tem utterly demoralized last Friday evenine, as the result of the most ter rific wuid atorm that e\er passed over Durham- Worse still than that are the complete destruction of the Venable Tobacco Company’s prizery with forty thousand pounds of tobacco and the Chatham hosiery raill’s utter wr**ck by fire, caused by crossed wires and lightning. More Telephones. A new Telephone Company has been organized with headquarters at Altama- haw and connecting with the Burlington oCfiie of the Southern BeUe Telephone Company. This hn^reaches over into Caswell county ard coyers a valua'^le territory and has 43 stations.—Bur lington News. At Chapel Hill, N. C. Some one mislead the public in r^ard to Hon. Woodrow Wilsons iiddress at Chapel Hill Tuesday. It was stated that the address would not beg^n until twelve o'clock, when it really b^an at eleven. So tiiat by tfce time the morning train reached Chapel Hill which was after eleven the ad dress was part through, and the audi torium was densely packed to standing room ten deep out side of the doors. To those who had the pleasure of hear ing Mr. Wilson, listened to a splend d talk. It was solid chunks of wisdom. Miss Lula Holmes after spending a week pleasantly at her home near h:iland is bick to her place in Holmes Warren and Company. Mr. Sam Scott after several weeks absence in the interest of the Mebane Bedding Company returned home last Thursday. Mr. J. O. Foy and daughter. Miss Bessie, attended the commencement of the State University at Chapel Hill Tuesday. Misses Fannie Riley and Sudie Darty and Mr. Lee Vircent wile and four children of Hillsboro spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Alice McCauley. Misses Sudie Clark and Bettie Shanklin was at the State University exercises Tuesday. They were driven through the country by iriends. The attention of our readers is direct ed to the advertisment of H. E. Wil kinson and Co. They speak of shoes that wear as well as looks well, a nice line of white gooks Mr. Ferguson a student of divinity of Wake Forrest college was here the past week and preached in the baptist church. The membership are thinking of ca'ling Mr. Ferguson temporary to this charge. Conespondents should always try to mail their letters to us so as to get them here by Tuesday momins:. Very often a letter is crowded out because it reaches us too late for publication. Perry-Horton Co. of Durham are in viting your attention to their special line of white canvas slippers for ladies They have a very complete line of these shoes, and can please you. Miss Margette Clegg of Graham announces that she will sell from now on to end of the season all pattern hats, and untrimned hats at cost. She has a pretty line and can please you. Her ad will be changed next week. Rev. R. F. Bvunpass Presiding Elder of the New Bern district will preach for Dr. Mebane 1st Sunday in June at Hawiields. He and Mrs Bumpass will visit Mrs. Scarboro for several days. Rev. Mr. Hurley preached two able, and very interesting sermons in the methodst church Sunday morning and night. His congregation is much pleased with him, he has recently been assigned to this charge. Mr. Thomas Crutchfield has had his The Lexington' Dispatch has been running some good editorials on ‘‘Team Work.” That is what every town needs Team work, where everybody pulls to gether for the good of the town.' No town can grow where every man works ungle, and refuses to work dwble. Let's fall get in the team and work where we are most needed and can do the most good.—Burlington News. Must Disolve« There will be no tears shed over the desciSsion of the United States supreme court in ordering the disobution of the American Tobacco company. It is directing that the combination is for bidden the privilege of interstate com merce or be placed in the hands of a receiver unless it disintegates in har mony with the law within six or, at the most, eight months, the court is regarded to have dealt with the to bacco corporations more- drastically than the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, whose dissolution was dered two weeks ago. Mr. EJditor:- As one of the people of Mebane whote patronage Mr. Milea solicits, 1 want to thank him for telling US so plainly just how we stand with him. It is plain enough, pity. L. Puryear. Pridgen«Jones & Co. In the fragrant summer time is the banning of the advertisment of Messrs. Pridgen-Jones and Co., of Durham. This firm carry a very com pleet liiie of the best makes of shoes and can eaaiV^it the most fasti dious. Once a customer always customers. They treat you right, first last and all the ttme. Don’t fail to them. Five Hanared and Fifty Inches. The Leader carries five hundred and fifty inches of live advertisment thia iasoe. This would ordinarly regarded aa ^;>liended business, but hope that it wont be looked upon suth in the Leader a great while hence We do not expect to retain such volumn of business during the summer, but this is splended for June. or- A plenty of Men. Thursday After-i^n Club The Thursday aftemoor^ Club was entertained by Mra. P. ^ H4wley at her attractive home in East Mebane, Thursday May 25th. Tho guest were met by Mrs. Hawley aiid ushered into the sitting room. 'After the guest had aH arrived they were first ente^ined by “Musical Romance of the Civil War.” Then there was a very interesting contest Immediately following this contest Mrs Hawley, Miss Jennie Lashley And Miss Lillie Fowler served a deUj^h^ul ice* course consisting of innei^ide and maricano cherry cream, fig nutton, mints and salted almonds. Books were exchanged and quite an interesting discussion fMittI on tbe merits of the new book, Mvs. Hawley and Miss AKce Fowler delighted those present, witli several musical selections. The Club was glad to have as guests, Mrs. F. L. White, Mrs. C J. Kee and Miss Katie White. Those present were: Miss Susan Chandler, Miss IMbirgaret Chandler, Mary Edwin Scott, Jennie Lashley, Mary White, Fannie Mebane, Alice Fowler, Lillie Fowler, Lenorah Harris, Mrs. Malone, Mra. Arthur White and Mrs. Straughan. The Club adjoined to have its next meeting with Miss Jennie Lashley Thursday, June 8, 1911. Death ot Mrs.Ellen Scott. Died near Mebane on Thursday night last, Mrs.Eellen Scott in the 72 year of her age. Sie was burried Friday at Mt Zion grave yard. Death of Mr. Qeorge Steel. Died Monday morning last Mr. George Steel in the 63 year of his age. Mr. Steel resided 2 miles south east of Mebane. He was burried Tuesday at Hawfield grave yard. A New Enterprise. There are a plenty of men* in the public service in different capacites who ought to have been taught some lessons in courtesy before they entered them. We understand that in serving the public there is much to try a mans patience, but no man h^ a right to serve in any position in which his business is to deal directly with people as a public servant without a determined purpose td serve as a courteous public servant, and if they can not learn this important lesson, then the public should ask for their removal to some other sphere of u>efullness. If this line of policy was systematicly pursued there would be less supercilious arrogance, and impertinance to be endured at the hands of men who are paid to give their time to public affairs. A Card of Thanks. I extend many thanks to the people of Mebane who were so faithful and kind during the sickness and death of my mother. May the powerful hands of our great creator reward them for the respect and good that was rendered by so many of Mebanes good people in her long illness and death Ekl Scott. glad in be we as Teachers and Principals Wanted. The School Board of Mebane are open for proposition for both the white and color^ schools of Mebane for tead>> ers and princepals. The Mebane School Board meets Satuiday June the 3rd, and at that time will be glad to consider any ap plication for pnncepals or teachers for either the white, or colored graded school. Record Time In Rebuilding In just 59 days from the time the Lambeth Furniture company’s plant of Thomasville was destroyed by fire the trash has been removed,^ another fac tory. 50x150 feet, has been built, ma chinery in place and plant now ready , to begin operation; this is certainly a h indsome residence recently repainted. The plant is now ready to taKe The Storm Friday Evening The Storm last Friday night was a hummer. Late in the evening about six o’clock, a cloud which had been gathering'in the North West burst with alltiie fury of a western gale. The wind drove a cloud of dust through the streets, and ripped off limbs of trees, and for a time seemed it would over turn houses. During the blow a large tree in front of the Post^ Office was torn up by its roots and fell across the street, entirely impeeding trafic on this street, at this point. The Storm was terific at Durham and Raleigh. At Durham a factory and prize house was set on fire by crossing of the electric wires and burned down the colored Assylum at Raleigh came near suffering the same fate from the same cause howeyer fortunately, it came out with serious damage. We have learned of no special damage in the country. A tobacco prizery of the Consolidated Tobacco company at Apex was blown doWn, causing a loss of about $12,500, while a planing mill was badly damaged Roxboro was badly damaged, a hard ware company being unroofed and many other buildings damaged. Many trees were blown down. At Fuquay Springs the Primitive Baptist church was blown down and a tobacco ware house unroofed. The body of the house is white and blinds green. Mr. Crutchfields house does much to make that particular 3ection of Mebane attractive. Messrs Tyson Malone Hardware Co., takes a very attractive space in this weeks Leader directing the attention of the trading public to some car loads of invoices of seasonable goods. If in need of wire fencing dont forget their Peerless Pittsburg, the best. Rev. B. V. Ferguson will preach at the Baptist church the first Sunday in June at 11 o’clock a. m.- and 7;30 p nu the public are cordialy invited and the niembers of the church and all baptist are requested to be present especialy at the 11 o’clock service. Never permit cows to drink stagnant water. A few days past we saw a thirsty milk cow drinking from a stagnant mud hole. Do you wonder that people should sicken and die when ^nnkingmilk from such a cow. The Water and food of a milk cow ought to be as cleanly as that used for and individual. care of its large orders received just before the fire. This plant is one of the most successful and best paying plants in the town. At the Atlantic Hotel Morehead Mr. Lon Steam a man employed by the Southern Power company to aid in thri construction of the tower upon which the cables for transmiting the electric current trom Greensboro fell from the top of one of these towers near Mebane Thursday evening last painfully hurt himself but not seriously. He was given sergical at tention by Dr. J. M. Wells. Train Crew Get Poison From Buttermilk A wholesale poisoning took place near New London, Stanly county, TIiut^ day last afternoon, when a whole train crew partook of buttermilk, causing ptomaine poison. With a view to good dinner a quanity of fresh milk was placed in the cooler on the engine of a f*^ght train. In some way the milk became infect^ and the entire party, with the exception of the con ductor, had a narrow escape from death. The only member of the party to escape was Conductor C. A. Surratt, who did not partake of the milk. Soon after the dinner all were seized at the same time with the poison and a physician worked hard for four hours. The sufferers were carried to their homes in Spencer Thursday night and a new crew sent out to take charge of tbe train. Mr. Editor Who are those who are to the mind of Mr. Miles Uke *‘dumb driven cattle.” The people or only the Board? L. Puryear. List of Letters. Remaining unclaimed at this office for the week ending May 27, 1911. 1 Letter for Mrs. Tisher Allen 1 •* “ Mr. Elngh Bright 1 “ “ Mr. E. R. Page 1 “ “ Mr. J. W. Wright These letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office June 3, 1911 if not claimed before. In calling for the above please ‘‘Advertised” giving date of Ad. . Respectfully, S. Arthur White, The attention of our readers is direct ed to the advertisment of the At lantic Hotel Morehead City. For years this has been the mecca for pleasure, and health seekers in the south Atlan tic States, an ideal resort, for comfort, and pleasure, away from flies, and musquitos and the heat of the in terior, to place where the fragrant salt sea air, woo’s back life and vigor, and the breeze fans the cheeks to the rosy tint of health. The home of ozone, the most vital element in the airy economy of nature. It is here where mird, and body may indulge that rest and recreation so essential to repair the wear and wast incident to a worky day life. Whether on health, or pleasure bent every required condi tion is happily met. In dancing, in the finest arid largest ball room in the south where slippered feet, and fairy forms float in rhymthic time with music almost devine, whether in yachting, surf bathing, or the various innocent games there, is always a diversion to I meet every capricious whim. ' The new management has antice- pated every wish in preparing fo> the comfort, care and pleasure of the guest, sparing neither pains or expen se. It is old Morehead in a bran new dress of the most facinating frills. Just go to Morehead and be happy. Tony Notes. I^The farmers of our section was to see the rain. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. SmitSi accom- pained by her mother Mra. A. M. Warren and sister Miss Peart visited Mr. and Mrs. T W. Smith Sunday Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smith also visited there. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Floxance visited their daughter Mrs. E. S. Dailey at Pleasant Grove Sunday. Mr. J. R. Bayne* and viaited Mr. L. A. Miles Sunday. Mr. J. B. Stanfield and family attended services at Mt. Zion ^ Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Saterfield visited Mr. Saterfields sister Mrs. John Fuquay Sunday. Misses Nina and Carrie Warren, Messrs Bennie Norris and Lewis Corbett visited Misses Viola and Sallie Florance Sunday. Misses Lucile Dillard and Dorsi Vaughn returned home Friday from Cedar Grove Where they have been in school they report the exercises good. Misses Ema and Lucile Warren, Dorsie Vaughn, Verna and Ruth Bow- land, Essie Florance, Maud Brown and Dessie Miles of Burlington Messrs Willie and Jimmie Florance, Sidney Stanfield, George and Floyd Warren, Henry Hurdle, Walter Vaughn, John Baynes, Pat Brown and Ralph Warren of Burlington were the guest of Misses Marj’ and Daisy Miles Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barnwell visited Mr. Brown Vaughn Sunday. Miss Myrtle Mebane of South Boston is spending some time with Miss Annie Hurdle. Miss Mollie Florance visited Mrs. I. W. Fitch recently. Sheriff Fitch and family visited his brother at Mebane Sunday, they were accompaniediiome by hia wifes brother Mr. Copper Talley of Statesville. Mrs. L. A. Miles spent a few days last week with her parents, she also visited Mrs. W. W. Miles Wednesday. Mr. Jack Miles is wearing the broadest smiles these days two little twin girls has come to make their home with him. Mr. Clyde Stanfield visited his sister Mra. L. A. Miles recently. Brown Eyes. The Mebane Bedding Company makes it a point to do things, besides making an inmense quantities of one of best and most comfortable spiral bed springs, and a mattress that few equals and no superiors, and winning for them in the field of trade a flatter ing appreciation, they have equipped a department in this large manufact uring plant for the construction of a perfected baby protector, consisting o a screen made of mosquito netting ar ranged over a light frame, much like the top of a baby carriage- This top can be opened, or closed at the option of the user. They make them in two sizes, and when placed over the baby they thoroughly protect him from mus- puitors, or flies, but giving him ample ventilation. Its a simple contrivance easily, and conveniently worked, yet excee^ngly effective for the purpose for which it was designed. The Mebane Bedding Company’s plant is eqipned for turning out 500 of these Protectors per day. They have orders that will require high presure to meet during this summer; All of f-hia muat be very gratifying to the Mebane Bedding Company, but a fea ture in the matter that is of concern and interest to Mebane, is that it gives employment to 16 girls and several men making an aditional pay roll to the town, of over one hundred dollars per week. The help is paid good wages, and the work is light and agreeab'e. It is such things as these that helps to build up Mebane. Orange Grove Items. This writer failed to get in the news items last week. There seems nothing doing now. On the third Saturday night the Baraca and Philathea classes gave a delightful social in honor of Rev. S. C. Hilliard who preached his last sermon at Csne Creek on Sunday. Ice cream and cake were served. Mr. Hilliard delighted the clabses by kindly consen ting to give his speech deliver^ in Greensboro some time ago in a public debate when Wake Forest won the cup from Davidson. After hearing this speech we do not wonder at Wake Forest now having this cup for good and all time. We regret very much that Mr. Hilliard is to leavo us. Sale of 21 Lots of Land al so Personal Preperty of ohn A Trolinger, Bank rupt* Saturday, June 24th, 1911 at 12 ’clock M., at Allen’s Store, on the premises of the bankrupt, near Haw River, in Alamance county, North Car olina, to the last and highest bidder, for cash, free from all liens and incum- braq^. See property enumerated elsewhere. Mrs. C. W. Lloyd apent the past we^ visiting her son Mr^ Claudius Llojrd near Hillsboro. * , Wants An Appology. There was two hundred and twenty se>^n diplomas awarded at the State University Tuesday. say list. P. M. Pigs for Apply to, , sale. Pastures for rent. C F, Cates. Mebane, N. C. Captain Emerson’s Wif^_ Gets Divorce And Big Alimony. ^ An order was signed by Judge Heuisler in the circuit court Monday 28tii, granting Mra. Emelie A. Emerson an absolute divorce from Capt. Isaac E. Emerson, the prominent hotel builder, drug manufacturer, and yachts man, under the cross bill filed by Mrs. Emerson late in March of Baltimore. Under the order Mrs. Emerson will receive $28,000 a year alimony in monthly installments, the first install ment be paid Monday, and on the same date of each month, while her lawyers, William Shepard Bryan, Jr., and George Whitelock, must be paid a counsrl fee of $5,000 each by‘ Captain Emerson. The divorce was granted on the ground of desertion* Capt. Emerson started in life at Chapel Hill. He has much money rapid and got square in the time light. Mr. Editor:- On first reading Mr. Miles article I understood Him to mean that - -the votes of Mebane reminded him of “dumb driven cattle” but upon a more careful reading I note that just a little before the usa of that very odious and insulting comparison he referred to the Board of Alderman and that im mediately after its use he addressed himself to the Board. I therefore speak Tor the purpose of defending our board; in this important matter as indeed in all other matters the board is expected to carry out the wishes of the people, particularly wnen their wishes are expressed so clearly and positively as in the recent mass meeting called for the purpose of learning directly from the people them selves their wishes as to how they wanted their money spent. I have attendsd a great many meetings of a similar kind and I have never known a more positive declaration on the part of the people and I am sure that I am safe in saying that fully 90 per cent of those who attended that meeting ex pressed themselves most decidedly as favoring sidewalks rather than a macadamized road, and every other one, without a single exception, ex pressed himself as being entirely willing to leave the matter with the board. Moreover this meeting was more largely attended than any meeting of its kind held in Mebane for many years and its special feature was found in the fact that an expression was had from every one present. It is true, as Mr. Miles says that the meeting which decided for the bond issue understood that the greater part of the money to be realized would have to be spent for the purpose of grading and macadamizing the road | which waa to serve ^in the connecting link between the two good roads ahready up to the edge of the town, but it is also true that they expected some side walks. It is doubtless true that they had the hope, even then, that they would get more sidewalks than at that time appeared possible. Since then the people have more fully realized that the money to be spent was their own money and that they had the right to say how it should be spent; since then their ideas as to how this money should be spent have crystallized into an almost unanimous demand for sidewalks and they have said so most positively and have instructed the board accordingly. Under such conditions the board must obey the mandate of the people and in so doing it cannot be justly charged with being like “dumb driven cattle.” An apology from Mr. Miles is in order. L. Puryear. The weather man has been missing it when he predicted rain. We hope the next predicti(Jn will come soon and he will be able to deliver the goods. At a mass meeting of the patrons of the Orange Grove school. Miss Male Reynolds was unanimously elected principal for the coming year. ^ The people propose to have an eight months school, the necessary money to be raised by subscription. Orange Grove does not propose that any community shall be more interested in the education of their children than she. These children represent the pride, hope and ambition of their fathers and mothers, and the community as a whole, and the parent who fails to educate his child will live to regret his action. Miss Reynolds has won an enviable reputa tion as a teacher and we believe that everyone will contribute towards making this eight months ^public school a reality. Lets show to the world that Orange Grove believes in the eternal right and justice of the education of the minds of her children. Miss Luna Lloyd is spending a few days at home. Mr. L. A. Crawford and wife spent a short while at the home of Mrs. D F. Crawfords on their way from Mebane to Bethel where they went to attend the funeral of Mr. T. F. Lloyd of Chapel Hill. , Are you a kickes, if so you should move to Kickersville, if not you should be a pusher. Everyone should ask themselves this question |at least once a day, what kind of a country would this country be if everyone in it was just like me? TR0UII6ER PROPERTY. $10,000.00In Improve ments The Southern Bell Telephone Com pany has juat finished the work oi tearing down all open wires and f. in cables all ouer the city and ' and Haw River involving an exper- * , of $10,000. All open wires, except where only a i^w wires went into a section, wer« removed and cables sufil- cient to accommodate a growth of five or ten years were installed. In tbe center of town where the business houses were congested they put in individual cables along buildings to replace the open wires, which is d»ie in large cities. These cables connect with the cables on the poles and instead ot a dozen wires, each running into a place of business, this one cable handles all the wires and these wires are distributed in the rear of the buildings. —Burlington News. Some times by taking careful not« of the characteristics of your clcrica you may be able to detect causes for yMir trade growing less in their de partment, in the event your trade is suffering. “The Deacon.” The Iplay which was rendered with such marked success at the Mebane Graded School May 5, will be given at Chestnut Ridge Institute Saturday night June 3rd, 1911. The large audence that attended this play was very enthusiastic in their praise of it said they had never seen amateures render a better or more enjoyable entertainment those who have had the pleasure of attending any of the entertainments which Mrs. E A. Crawford has ao successfully given in Mebane will know what to expect in this Five Act, Comedy l>rama of Twelve Characters. A Quiet tfome Marriage. In Mebane, N. C. May 30, 1911, at the home of the bride, Mr. Henry McCauleys, Miss Mary McCauley and Mr. L. Graham Lloyd were united in marriage at 8:30 P. M., by Rev. T. W. Stroud. They left immediately aft^ th» marriage for Washington, D. C., and Baltimore, Md., accompanied by their uncle Mr. Gral^m El. Pickard, who lives in Jacksonyille, Fla. It was a quiet home marriage. They received many valuable presents. They will be at home in Aahboro, N. C., after June t^e 15,1911. They have the best ^wishes of their many friends and relatives for a long, prosperous and happy life. $300,000 IS RtlSED. Great Endowment for Sal em Female College Is Announced. After a strenuous campaign lasting eighteen months under the direction of President Howard Rondthaler of the Salem college, the oldest education institution for women in the south and made famous by the Moravian discip line and instruction, official announce ment was made at the commencament I exercises one day last week that the three hundred thousand dollars endow- mnet fund had been raised. Wanted. Old books, stamps, furniture, gold, silver, pewter, lead, copper and iron relics, etc., for cash. Good Second Hand School Books Furnished At Half Price. Old Book Store. Raleigh, N. C. Domestic Trouble Of The Derringers. A couple of Derringers up in Pitts burg have been causing as much trou ble as if they had been six-shooters, Krag-Jorgensens, or even thirteen-inch guns. And yet instead of being weapons of offense, they are merely man and wife. It is alleged on the part of the defense that Mrs. Derringer has a very unconventional habit of sleeping “to ward the foot of the bed,” with her pink toes in her husband’s face, so that when one kicks and the other snores there is all the raw material for a domestic riot. It is further allied the lady so far dissemMed her love as to break a sugar bowl over Mr. Der ringer’s head, smash the window panes, eject his friends from the house, and throw seven pounds of fiour into hia countenance. Incidentally it would be interesting to know whether she threw the flour in handfuls or hurled the bag. Trust Problem Is Menace To Nation Within ten years, according to Sen ator Albert B. Cummins, the United States will be face to face with a set tlement of its gnevancea against the trusts, either peaceably and bylaw, or “in the manner that has been in exist ence for 2,000 years—the revolution of violence, terrcr, and bloodshed." Senator Cummins spoke last week to fhift yearns graduates of the Washington College of Law Washington, D. C. Mr. Cummins several times declared that he expected an acute crisis within a decade over economic problems. “You will be face to face,” he said, “with such a condition that you wiil ask your government to regi^'^te prices of all the products of turers, just as now the Intarsir .c : ^ merce Commission regulates the mercial intercourse of the Uniteo States. “The next step will be socialism, or else the restoration of competition to its proper economic place in the lives of the American people.” Stoiator Cummins admitted that com petition has been called cruel and wasteful, but said he would rather have it, “with all the waatefulneMa, its evil, and ita cruelty, than that one tx>wer should have the right to aay what prices ahall be paid for all commodities used by the people of this country. The great Woodrow Wilson was at the State University Tuesday and de livered a masterly address intensely practical. The Mighty Wyoming:. Baltimore American. Peace paeans can not dim the en thusiasm of this country over addi tions to ita first class warship list. The floating of the mighty Wymoming marks further state in the progreaa of this country in pursuance of ita programme toward the very front aa a naval power. This ship will not ^ surpassed by any in the world. It wUl have an armament of the greatest fnr- midability. With a speed of 20 1-2 knots and with a tonnage of 26,000 and a force of 54 officers and more tlwn 1,- 000 enlisted men, the massive warship will be formidable beyond any other floating fortreas. The Wyoming is one of Hx first class battleshipa that when this one has been fully equipped, will make a fteet stronger than the entire American navy at the close of the Spanish-Ameri can way. One of the mightieat of thia group, tho Delaware will be a bigger ship at the ceremonies of the corona- tim of King George than any of the British admiralty will have in the na tal diipUty.