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SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1911 THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. The News and Observer Published Dad. Except Mcndey. The Newt and Observer Publithinj Co. J0SIPHU3 DAKIEL3. Pwident. TCTT I200T-IXL COM! DOWTt." RAXIIQH LEADS. great uncle, Rufus Choate; John Hav, a master of the English tongue-, and Lord Paunceiorte, do 5 tfw G The i.ies ere clearing every day for that good father tine which ia the right of the people of thit country. For yean oil year their financial affair, the welfare ef thie country, ha been in the grasp of a email group of financier who have killed, and made alive e they wished. That the country i to be, relieved of the ctrangia bold of thii group it due to the election of vToodrow Wilson as President and that the majority in the Rouse and Senate of the United State ia held by the Democracy. That party enunciated its purpose at Baltimore to put an end to the domination of the money trust and its allies, and its work in the ten months in which it habeenin powerjnging nru.Usthick When great movemenU are afoot, when there is action reeded in the aid U a great cause, it one of the greatest diplomats the world has pro duced, wrote that treaty -(that provided that the shipping of all nation should pass through the canal on equal termt. No author of any book of th Bible ever wrote a thing clearer, but we hav some statesmen who hive convinced Con gress that "all" doe not embrace th whole, and that our nation it an exception in the phrase "all nations." . ' There is nothing new in that-Jthere never yet was a thief who did not first convince himsr'r has been found that in Raleigh there are men i Dee ad Jaa,- "Purlng the twenty-four years tha i have been county superintends of education in Pitt county, I have never known but one ballot to be cast by th school board, that, was not unanimous," said Professor W. -if. . and women who lead, with eneryg, ability and enthusiasm. In the movement in this country in which ten States have already- given equal suffrage to women, putting them tn the same plan as men in political life. Raleigh has a unique and dis tinctive place. It is that this city waa th birth place of Mr. Luli DevereiM felake, a pioneer for Women' Right, who on last Tuesday, at the age of 78, died in New Jersey. Mrs. Blake was born in Raleigh in 1835, her Uorehead pter. Two deer and forty-two ducks Is a record made at -Carteret lodge, near Newport, during the past ten dare by a party of iportemeiV from Keidsvlll. .4; . New and Observsf Building, 111114 W Martin Street telxphoses. Ffgsboro, and MarUnvHle; a. w daVH that he was expterwnenira narided "downi ago. Professor Ragtdale- had on the - Local Xnrt Department. ... Iditorial Boomi Advertising Department ... Circulation Department .... Mailing Department . M-l Ring VI 4 Biar irom Mnat, in awful imperative, "Thou shalt not steal." '-- . The world will ever admire the chivalrous dis patch that the knightly Pranci sent his mother, Louise of Savoy, from' the fatal field of Pa via: llcrthttil Coutrr, X night before spoken on county edu. -cation st the big banquet of bustrieSH ' -men held at Pitt's county teat, and hadbrought forth, prolbnged ap- plauW;he)the Jreclt edJsjailsUcs showing the wonderut prosresa that ...1271 RiBf Mr. Cooper Adams of Salter rain. U7-S Ringl UT-4 Ring on Bocue Mound, was In town thi week. In speahlns of ho' head and collard. he incidentally remark ed that he salted a "porker" last FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS grandfaguKjOaU -"AH it tost save lianor . If It th theme of poet ween that WeUrhed TOT poundsv oress ' mA nf -til j--pna arid fast. onetimei-pifident of -Columbia College, and hv and a thouaanj enkai414-'-h ehe rgte f lad1eflrWaTe TrTeo'uTrnoHul' Tlffef V thawing the1 :HfarraR3vrr Is a great believer lnkeepina: the best In his county. "Eleven years ago there was not a School in the counti -that had more purpose to put it words into deeds i the resig remarkable womarrrwrid at the age of sixteen, hearing Susan B. Anthony speak, he bceame-an But here (we are gaining a miserable pittance at the cost of honor! Honor lctl there la to eat. Hence nis couaru On year . . Six monthf 10 M 100 nation of J. 1 Morgan as a director in more than patch and the bur hog. xmr repudiation oi a aoiemit treaty amounts m vim of rmi nimnntinnc other member .of Lrnlhusiast for wome rllx nghtl. and .111; PfiWf J1 f.ajawfur-iic -jiWik wasa&atc-arjL1"''. Piii.fa'-.iT.''4 I i cause of equal wtftrage. Morning Tonic (Mr Child 'VERY human n:l has the germ of mme flowers within; anilTKef'wouM open ii they also irom those corporations which have been controlled and dominated by the . Morgan inter est. This is a step towards ending an intoler able condition in the financial world which has been brought about by the interlocking of direc torate of great corporation Concerning hit motive In withdrawing from these directorate Mr. Morgan say for himself and his associates that they do so because at- could only find sunshine and fire air to expand t,,, at mwly directors' meeting it a bur- l aiwavs iota uni im ien nauig ciniujn ui i sunshine ui what ailed, the world Make peo- plfh appv. and there will not tie half the quarrel- trig, or a t-nth part cl the wickedness mere is. den of which they will be relieved, and further that "An apparent change in public sentiment in regard to directorships seems now to warrant us in seeking to resign from some of these connec tion?" The action of Mr. Morgan in retiring from the directorates in many corporatidhs is to be com mended strongly, for by such voluntary action npHI year li young and joyous, th year ia i lhe u at once' an end put to "big business" .glad and y; no gloomy doubt annoy u. j methoi which have been used to the hurt of as w jog on our wsy. W'v shaken bad j intimate-- business. This action is such as to habits, we're righteous as can b, and so, j demonstrate most clearly that the election of blithe at rtbbitt, w gambol in our glee. Rovfoodro Wilson as President and his success in nor from brimming nagon wen blow th creamy ; ttt progressive legislation has convinced foam, no mor, with Al TBE NEW TEAR, pine jag on. we'll fo at midnight home. -Th Beeh poti ar deserted, we scorn th demijohn, th trust magnates and others violating the law that thev must stop theiKqu&tioiiable practices'. j ' Such action, while it is to be commended, should not in any way affect the antit rust legis- juri with which w flirted ar banished now and j UUon w.hirh p,a(.f on the program outlined fOM,', W 0r)d th old rank briar that caused ; bv Mlrtnt Wil.n. Indeed, if anything, jt domwtie ftril;. ws'r uding lor h; Wfher4h-ills.ii:lll; 'pU&TiUT'A'tiitm. better, nobler lift; we've joined th moral fogi i whlrl) wouid be a bulwark against future en who r in virtu ? rtd. and ihun th long black . rrhmeMa- uwm the riah-iid4beftte-of the Mr. Blake was one of the most picturesque' figures in the fight for the woman's vote till ad vancing years and the encroachment of a malady long' threatened deprived her of strength 1As a writer and speaker there ha been no more bril liant mind devoted to the cause. Mrs. Blake's wit and beauty, her dignity enhanced by gowns, were asset in her career that played heavily in her favor, but above and beyond all her judi cial mind mad her a leader of vast importance. In her work tor equal suffrage she helped frame and put through legislature rhany laws which were in favor of women. She was the first person to demand that Columbia College throw open it door to womn, and consistently agi tated to accomplish this. In her work the ap peared before the Legislature of Connecticut and that of New York and addressed committees of both house of Congres on many occasion. In 1890 she spoke in Raleigh in the Hall of th House during the sitting of the General Assembly. Mrs. Blake had held national. State and city offices in suffrage organirations, founded the New York Legislative League, filled the presidency of f the New York City Mmhers Club (for while she believed ardently in the vote for women' sh be lieved essentially in the homel and brought into being the Pilgrim. Mother a satire on the Pil grimmather .whose., yearly.. banquedevkped many quips at-the. expense of the male It was at one of these banquets that Mrs. Blake an- nounced -the -discovery --thai-ther American Eagle Itogi which imril Ilk winrwnrt. Mo fflW'UopjeJ ceived the idea of organizing women politically by assembly districts Her career is a unique one, and Raleigh leads once again in that she was born "Tn this "city '. ThraatrdT Janfialfy n 'ihould'Ce'Teprirrjmhd rest On that day there will take place the elec tion to determine whether Raleigh wiH erect a needed school building and improve the present buildings. The bond issue of t-'iCOW should be carried by a unanimous vote. back the pemet our footiteps wiu-or eenryTrrrr"" i 7.1 tu, ,tr.c imm varum iH. th bank will (et our monlei and pay ui threw J re( lomte, ls ,n admission of the wrong "in these, per cent; w11 dodj th ttal deeic that ry j wlthl)Ut doubt came because thev had been spidtluU-4niMid m--' T'mSlfi to ' e- ww, tney r louno.a op tn roes; ana every man wa, wn bv thf American Telegraph and Teje--awrBl warnwndte bteetrJ. gods who guard ui from thlr sieeta route, and rpn(ltr cmlr,A of Wcstern Union Telegraph 7 brcrnd wwtfd ul' with itrengtll to keep oorrlo,npanv. and the ilorgan announcement is " 0n- W mt Bte b n0,y whfl rU ! ,ustlv regarded a? king the "forerunnei of other Sew Yar tayi, and may w never slowly drift j announcements n( withdrawals from other. .nter- buk to evil wayil i U kmg '.hrectorate . HeauH- of. what has been--accomplished' th I anti trunt legisuttion.- which is on the program ! to be taken tip bv Congress, should have in It ' May a man hire his wiir' ' grve4v iiKrmfesJ an exchange No dear heart, not if she gets to your pocket tiook first s If you have'alreadv made some mistakes about UV.whibe.-jJiuUuus- juuL-remembet it is-w written 1911. - "HerVe a New Year's wish sent Charlotte ward" The J-tate hopes you will give us a great dav in your city when the anniversary of the Mecklen- .bura JJctlaAUiii -lfpetidettte- ouinuit around; It now becomes the duty of every man who wants Raleigh to go forward to use hi influence to carry the election of laiuiar It in favor of bonds for school buildings Raleiih's ( hainlff of I'onunert-e desrnes the support of even- busii-e"!'- man. in Kairigh If von are not on the uifmlrrhij) rdi. hurrv and unite with this progreivc llv in working for Raleigh '" T features which, will bar the doors against actions in the future which would tend to give control ui thii country to a lew great trusts Not alone should there be such anti-tmrt legislation which prohibits am- such control as has existed, but the law which i enacted should provide a pen altv to insure good behavior It should be a law which will teach every man who dares to otaTe ft7"anT "fiy ffi pTOVtsiorii'"nr sh0u'td"'be V clincher in making it emphatic that "guilt is personal." so that anv who would violate it may i realize thathcv do so at their peril. 1 Don't kho.it I'll hiiik down," is the position of j I I. Morgan and those allied with him Let the j legal gun W loaded with such ammunition, that : there will lie none who will endanger themselves bv getting into the danger ion of its range. DOIKQ ITS WORK WELL. The wav the trust ood shows that thi mi ems are prurninmg to he realize that President Wil son means buiinris He has the correct idea i ihst h platform w,ii made to stand on. not (hat it a, thing -me rtll .useful U get in on The. hank of this cnuntrv lise :i!re;ni gien :iofii that thev wmh fo come under the .pn vi'ions ol the new Viankir.g law and iti aUie mav be seen in the applications made It m a law niade t .-serve ;il! the people There is a field for systematic charitv work in everj- pia where people live in numbers, and where the ptmr are to be found Work of that character is being done in Raleigh by the or ganization known as the Associated Charities, and it is doing this work well There is published this .morningtin thi paper a review oi the work of the association for th past i months of last vear It iuakes a most iiitereJng story, allowing in what manner has , b.T!i expended the mouev which has Iwen cin- tnliuteil bv the people of this city -t; 'T--r,-'""f;T7"ri'r" j ion . i. I the full support of the people of this city, and all ntu(!ii..o.i( i,i .. ,o i. n". , in, urn? 10 ii.c , 'folks who have tieen paving to and -IA. cents at dtKrii lor eng I h" nru ' I ha I the heu are u, repentant The peopli deep cuiw.-cn Treasury Mi Adoo lie !u vice to the people of Ue wish that he mav hae a who are able should regard it as a privilege that ihewcan contribute m a worthy cause .- In"esti -M , gauuus ma-w ry ine omcers m tnr association are 1 t.:r entire lountrv have leit , such as to put the monev donated to proper i the bine'Si ol StHttUrv oj lite 1 u-, and the work -is so systematited that help is Not Much Fun For Webb. Newton News The Greensboro News makes fun of the candi dacy of Hon. B. R: Preston. If Mecklenburg will go into the nrxt congressional convention for Mr. Preston, there will not be much fun in that con vention for Mr Webb It will be a serious time. " BuairMetnodrFay". Albemarle Enterprise A substantial farmer of Western Stanly, whose name we withhold, tells us he has found that it pavs to run a farm in a business wav He keeps an exact record of all receipts and expenditures, knows what each crop has cost him and what his profits are This fanner knows the value of his land in productivity and stands in no danger of selling his farm for less than it is worth. There should I food for thought in this for those farmers who have failed to use business methods in their work. Th Dticreet Mr. land. more-telm half a century we have abandoned a purely protective tariff and concluded to be a merchant, trading with all the world . The Pan ama Canal wat constructed to promote our mer cantile establishment. What have we doner Why, we have angered every customer we have got and insulted every customer we expect. You can't be a successful merchant that -war-i "Our protective tariff for fifty year made condition so that nobody would buy of u jl he could get at good a bargain elsewhere". And here we chill Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, Autralia and the islands of the sea. by thi miserable pol icy of larding that fat sow." th American mer chant marine, engaged in the coastwise trade. Not only has that opulent beggar robbed our people of untold-millions, but now it has robbed us of what is of far greater moment, the national honor, ' Here we have built our canal. Suppose a mer chant vessel from Liverpool or Antwerp, or Ham burg or Amsterdam, or other European empo rium, is freighted for somewhere, a port that could be reached with equal dispatch and facility through either canal. Rues or Panama. What will that hip do? It will go by Sues, alleging that the United States is not an honest nation and will not stand hitched to a solemn treaty. By that sentiment alone we will lose more than we can possibly gain bv voidance of the treaty. . There are - heap of our people who are con vinced lhat anything that is profitable is honor-able-that was th doctrine of the pirate who harried the Spanish main. But if we should reflect a little we would come to realise that our dishonor. and dishonestly Ji repudiatioocf ,.our itilemn'obligatton ar wasteful. Otjr loss .of trade on that "artxmnt in the "market plc will prob ably be as great relatively as our loss of chiarac let ;.in the esteem of oeoole whose resoect is of vero Jind-Jkithout. which we- eamvo4 get-atapg at am e . There it a great battle not yet fought to a finish between Selfishness and Justice. Here it rs TCTO.-'8httW-be '7 ther etpect, but the friendship, of the world. smd' Tt--irrdwirw shall we be selfish and-court the ernn it v-and eTain' 'iff thiir rn-ldlti.w at the burig and 'amVe at the spigot? - That is aTT the Issue there fs in Wii. canal toll grab ' It ts for the 'fmnhood tf America ' to say wTiether.we shall stand before the world upright or scamp -and then the folly of i even in the matter of .vulgar Sad dirty gam! Washington, Januarv 1 (By . XdwatdaJ .-, Monro Enaulrer. Prior to January 1st. 11.00 bale of cotton wir weighed at the live markeu In thla county. The dlfter ent market received the following number of baiee: Monroe. 1MS0; Warehvflle, .:; Vaxhaw, 6.1(0; Wlnrate, l.tlt; Indian Trail. 77. ToImkvo Lotkd Nearly $3.00 J. Puquay Springs Oold Leaf. Mr. H. M. Tailey. whose tobacco raisins activities made Puquay Uprirnrs toV-acco market famous all ovee the fkuthern States, 'has again broken the world's record. On Kriday of but week Mr. Tally sold cn the local mar ket a single load of tobacco for $!. 14.71. The load i was drawn by four mules, and a large crowd fathered to watch It pull in. The tobacco was ra.ted on She fertile lands of Mr. J. beale JoNrieoi ner Fiiquay princs and wetfthed about 1 400 pounds, three years ago Mr TalUy estaMishe't a world's record when he sold with Mr. A. H. Aiken a loil of tobacco for approximately 11.404. Antoa and GaoA Roads. Fan ford Express. (Automobiles are now driven more In Han ford and this section than we have ever before known In the winter eeetsofl. Thi 1s- due to our good streets and good mads. Before the streets and roads were Improved It was almost Impossible for autmoobilee as well as other vehicles to pull through them at this season of tha year. ' The good roads are bringing more people In Sahford to trade. A farmer who lives on one of the Im proved roads a few miles out from San ford aajra people whom he never srw-mrr-wcprvOTnjr6vef that road to thia place to trade. No one can have a true conception of what good roads mean to a commun ity uritil they are built and In use. Hog By Mall. Ch'aVflotf V TibseKVr" ...M. , H".- Bln4n yesterday re eeteeif j''fhpcm''Vr:'liyinui'' from Tillman's. South Carolina, sent here by friend, -The package, -or rether the "pis; In the poke. 1 came ia par rel poet- and cost 4'?enU, which ls rather; cheap as freight goes, - The recent dispensation from the postal officials at Washington permits one to send a package by parcel post in the first and second sones, a radius of K,0 miles, to a maximum weight of f0 pounds. The South Carolina friend of Mr. Blanton took advents of this and sent the nice pnrker as a present spei dv recoverv The policv of i'resifleiiV"TVt?Son with regard to Mexico is bearing Iruit That the Huerta gnv ernment is ' fast crumbling is the tielief in the best informed cicrlrs The l'rei(lent is man whose judgment and w isdom are lieing more and more recognired The schw.l otticials if .'rth 1 ar Ima are' looked U bv the people to see thnt the vh;Mren ' -- are in school. 'lh- pompuWm- attendant law' provides to wav to have them ti-.ere. Ail to- , gethec for a North Cambria whic h g-irs forward m education. ri'iuhred a signal, ser- given where help is the need I inted States and all I The superintendent. Rev. R 8. Stephenson. 1 eh'i is ttr rhligent ill his Wsirk, says that right now there is a need for m nev to aid stitferers i who are not able to provide for themselves. It is winter the weather is of the kind which i for fuel and clothing and medicine Now ..is the tune to, help the organisation and there should i be b prompt response to the urgent call, which is i made U i hf'.p of the substantial kind THE CITUERS MATZ0HAL, Raicg'i roir.T.ce-. to go forward and the latest evidence is that the Citicen .National Bank is now "at "home: u. its magnificent new bank building The transfer of its millions from it femiiotary' quarters to its new Itrnne bv the mem- Atlanta Constitution. In a dav of garrulous and self-advertising di plomacy it is refreshing to encounter such a per sonality as John bind, President Wilson's per sonal envoy to Mexico. Mr Lind has now been summoned (him his post at Vers Chis for a con ference with his rhie! at Pass Christian Hut for all the world knows of the issues to be discussed, ii might as well be deaf. Wind and dumb Reticence and discretion have been the key notes to John Lind's program in Mexico. The man was well chosen for a task admittedly deli; cate. Had a talkative individual, or one given to self-emblaronment, beeii sent on this errand the blunders he perpetrated migh well have been irreparable.., .What Lind .has. thine in the way of ironing out the wrinkles in the Mexican pttrrle no American knows save Lind and the President. He has pleased sentiment at home and he has kept on terms of at leat long distance nego tiation with even the impossible Huerta. Praise be for a diplomat in our day whose diplomacy is not verbal or vocal! " I The banters and business men of tre speaking forth in strong word-, of praise of 1 th W Uc Mature' of interest, i' "oiintr the currency and bankine re'omi law It, ! "W-ea uusaccompiisnmcnt ot a Mg work tit wis oDDose.1 bv "Bi BuMne" l...t !... n of RaKh' tw0 kyscraper. the Citisen ,ro.m of financial maffnate. i. a Swl s building is an additiqrif value th fact that the ptuple intend to rule. ,.,! , J to k"''8h TI,S occupam- marked the wmple4 accepting conditions. It is wise to do so. i ,!n o( thrr ,1"r n1 hrtm bank buildings i - XL- - i hi Raleigh, buildings which would be a credit Th advocate? oi goon roads m North Care- to any city. . .Th-..atitHw,XliiwI Dmik . ''" fve n progress made in North ! reccgnir-d as tieing one of the strongest hanking Carolina nunr.g tn past year m road building .j institutions of the South and it is now "at home Thi yea? should te even greater progress made j in a building which bti its prosperous and All jtho want the wry best for North Carolina will findrrai-tri wiy to get on good thing i to keep yp:Jthe1ifight for good roads. ..' The reporti from, all j:tiont ot "orth Carolina ar that th 8tat it In a prosperous condition and that the otttlooV for business in 19U is of the best.( With that in view it behooves the busj ne men -oJ.Xorihv Carolina to get ready to do bustne on a big cle thi year. growing condition. Ther is not going to be any panic. The money kings, the special favorite of the tariff, and the Republican reactionaries would have wel corned one. Indeed would have been gtad'H aid in bringing on one, but the Wilson administration has. seen to Jt that their claw have been drawn ana weir teeth extracted. The vear 1914 i to be on of unexampled prosperity. ' THE CANAL TOLL GRAB- t.r. . i-ii-p t i. . . i Srr.Aivi.Mi oi ine nuniao rearr., (eremian, the Prophet of God, observed, it is ' dereit- ful abo-e all things and desperately wicked." Before we put spade to dirt down at Panama to divide the land and unite the water, our gov ernment, that' should stand for justice and integ rity as well -as for wealth and power, deliberately promised the world in solemn covenant, signed, acknowledged, sealed and delivered, that the canal should be open to ail .nations on equal terms. If that is not what that treaty sayshn our language is the gibberish of (label. And that is precisely what Wie world interpreted it to be-- open to alTshipmrnder every flag on equal erms- :ow we mult that canal as a speculative en terprise. In a hundred respects it is bound to TWO MILLIONAIRES WHOSE CAREERS ( - WERE SIMILAR, TJfN the early Seventies I was associated with S my brother, Jacob D. Oox, who was at one iime4kwmw--e4hr of the first Cabinet of President Grant. My business frequently took me Into Detroit. Our railroad had a terminal at Detroit and we were planning an extension of it across Canada to Niagara Falls " In this way the late Charles Pinney Cox, who for years was the treasurer of the lines of the Vsnderbilt systems of railroads west of Buffalo, began the narration to me' of nis first knowledge of Captain Eber li Ward, of Detroit, who at his death, in 1S73, left an estate alued at nearly 16,000,000. He was the father erXIara Ward, who gained international notoriety as the' wife of Prime rie Chimay. "I used to hear a great deal about Captain Ward," said Mr. Cox. "He was poor boy and he began life on a little vessel which sailed through the lakes- He was not content to be a mere sailor himself, so he gradually accumu lated money enough to buy a sloop, and then as he made money he added to his fleet, until at last he was recognised all through the West as the greatest and most influential owner and man ager of shipping that sailed through the great lakes. . ' "I was told that just about the close of the Civil War Captain Ward suddenly abandoned his steamboat and sailing vessel business on the -Ureai Lake and turtied-hts attention to the man ufacture of Bessemer steel: He ws so successful that he established mills at Chicago, and he ac tually made the first steel, rails which were- ever produced in the United States. "Captain Ward changed suddenly and abso lutely from his position as a master of navigation through the Great Lakes to that of a manufac turer of steel; and especially of steel rails. "Some vears later I became associated with the Vanderbilta in their railroad system, and it sud denly occurred to me one day that there was an extraordinary- similarity between the careers of Captain Ward, of Detroit-and Chicago, and that of (.ommodore anderbtlt- I don t think I ever heard anyone speak of thi remarkable sim ilarity; but I mvself have often thought of it. "Commodore Vanderbilt, like Captain Ward. was a vrrv por bov, and he began life as a ferry man, rowing passengers from his home on Staten Island across . to the mainland of New Jersey lie was shrewd and saving, and when the com -tneecial practicability of steam- a a motive power One Reast Kpartaoa Ilad'nt Met. I county, who was In the city yesterday. On bunini-sn with Onvurnnr Or.1, Mi- flpaita lis. "1 hav-meTVeTr?foTTHTt -;"'"f'" -vnireiisr LbA..oJ,,juoJ-e,,ftdvAatage.W nation, it is estimated that the profits arising mini ii in irKmiiwie ions will mum 111 tnC Hot very remote future to our posterity, the capital Invested with ample dividend vearlv, ' - - Then, if it were practical, why play the bog surrender our national honor for a paltry and a delusive advantage? -Here we repudiate a sot emn compact when we allow the vessel of the I'nitetf States-in -th6 coastwise trade passage through the caiial free of toll We admit our dis honesty wheo we refuse to submit the question to the arbitrament of Hague tribunal that is the richest fruit of the civilization of the nine teenth century. . v ' Joseph II. Choate, a lawyer in th eclas of his for boats had been demonstrated the eommodore began to invest in steamboats, at first in a small way. quite as small as were Captain Ward's first investments in a ltttle.sailmg vessel on the Great Lnke j r "Then C-onwnodore Vanderbilt buoght wd bml more steamboats, exactly as Captain Ward vdid. and at about the same time- At last the com- tfiodor was recogniied as the steamboat king of the East, Suddenly and at about"' the same time that Captain Vard abandoned his vessel for steel making. Lommodure .V andermlt absolutely abandoned hi business as a steamboAt owner and operator and turned his Ttffiiion e x cTu si VeTy to railroads. As Captain Ward was the first to make steel rails, so Commodore Vanderbilt was unifying and controlling a trunk line stretching from Vhii-aao to the Atlantic seanoarrl "I am sure there is no parallel to these two cases, but there was one point of difference Com- modor Vanderbilt s estate wad approximately hundred millions Captain Ward was arpproxi- rnately six million. ' :2 . - i "1 might speak on another rather forced rej semblance. Caotain Ward' daughter married "a prince of one of the courts of Europe. Two of Commodore Vandrebilt' ,.' great-granddaughters married-Mine a European 'prince and the other an English duke V... (Copyright,n13. by E. J- Edward. All right rtjerveai n, two with sit; one with flvethree with three, and twenty-tlve that bays two each. Today there are onlyN thirteen school houses ; that were standing eleven years ao; all t)f tho other S7 are new ones built since that time, ' "We have never had a change on our county school board except when a member resigned or moved awayv. 'and one thing, I believe, more than any other, that acoounta for this great progress Is the fact that Jhe eeunty has continuously kept the same men in charge of the educational work. One member of oiir present board has sen twelve consecutive years of ser vice, another eight, and the other five. and all of them work In 4irmotiy, and In the Intereatsif the county and th children of the county. "Eleven years ago we had an en rollment of '2. Si! 9 school children out of a school population of Ave thou sand. Today we have more than five thousand children In our schools out ! oa population of H.000 school pop ulation. The value of school property : In l'itt county then was 11 . 6,00, whits' It now exceeds tU'5,000, Then we hart school terms of three and three' 1 and a half months, while last year . the averti pre-term Was ftVe 'ftionfhs'aiid"' nn e ,d a y . Tn ""T 9 0 3 There" w as "not ' a To"-"' cal tax district in Pitt county, and to day there are thirteen, paying more tUajv4-14.li-i-yeBr;fe(r--the csmrrrn" education, I attribute much of thi progress to the facritbat 'the county Sllpelntendenf, has been, for the past lew. y.eac...deviiliiia--aU,ii.hia .Uiu. to the work of bis ofnee, and most of lbJs,,.il;ii,ni.'wei since such' provision was inade...,T,h,s-. interwt of t he people In empatloh.iaa Increased In much greater degrea. thiCh his the hiaTerial progress' of the people! "Our schools are now In fine shape, and practically all of them are now j running. Tho cupipulsor)' education law is having good results In Pitt county, and everything Is In flna shape educationally, except that we could always use to advantage morn" man or beast the broad empire of Home could furnish. The Numldian Hon " H Voice "How about the Welsh rsbblt?" i Cheers snd rat-calls and much confusion in the rear of the.. arena. I Puck. Plays No favorites. Hostes (gushingly) They tell me. doctor, you are a perfect lady-killer. Doctor modestly) I assure you my dear madam, I make no dtetlnr Hon whatever between th sexes, Tattler. IjTsnon of the Dairy. My efforts to keep a diary con vince me of one thpig." vvnat s mat 7 "That there are tnighty few days in the year on which a man does any thing really worth recording." De troit Kfee Pre. " a money than we have at the present 1 time." 1 "The giiod roaUe sentiment. Is high in our section of the Slate." said Mr. I J. H. White, of Marshall, Madison ,1 Ttiat Dreamy ixwk. Boreletgh (at 11:40 p. m.V "I love that dreamy look in your eyes. I have never seen- it Jn any other girls." Miss Bright letlfllng a yawn) - Perhaits yuu don't stay as late with them as you do hers." Boston Tran script. . . . . AtlW Deflned. " "Kastus, what's a alibt?" "Cat's provin' dat you was at. a prayer meet in' what yoh wasn't In order to show- do yoh wasn't at de erap game whar yoh was. Life. Whit Rhe Would Wanu "h will -dmiMtess have- a - harp and a halo in ths beyond,' ' "Well?" But she won't be contented without a lorwnette." Washington Herald. Hubby Won. "Oh, yea my husband ls an enthu siastic arrhaeloglst." said Mrs. Bmlth. "And 1 never knew It until vestsrdav. 1 found In his desk some queer look ing tickets with the lni-rlptlort.,,'Mua.-. horse, t to T "A ii d" when I ask ed him what they were, he said they were relics of a lost race, isn't that inter esting?" Bverbody's, x In th Held. "Where's your son. Sirm ?" "Going to an agricultural college.' "I've heard them colleges ain't practical. "You heard wrong. They nut 'em right outTn the field. My boy write that next year they re going to let him take care of centra held." Pittsburg itun. . DoabtfnL - "Nw they sr tHsf atCohoI reuse a earn ess "Maj-be so, I never knew anybody tl fall la her an Invitation t r Arinl, Pittsburg Post,, - . The Country Kei, - Mark Twain, so. the story goes, was walking on Hannibal street when he met woman with her youthful fam ily. : "Ho thi Is the tltUe girl. eh? Mark said to ner as she displayed her rhll dren. - 'And this sturdy little urchin tn the bih belongs, I suppose, to the' contrary sex. "tseeah." th man replied; "yaa. sah. data sy girl, loo." Christian jtecuner. ;;.: . .. . . Hank of Marshall, and Is one of th leading rltlsens of that section of the State. "One thousand men in Madison county on good roads days In Novem ber marched forth with- pick and shovel over their shoulders to work the roads of our section, and In the town of Mrehali alone there wera three hundred business men with overalls on out shoveling- dirt. Thj business m.jri closed their bank, of fices, and all of the stores, and the good Women of the town served meals to five hundred people each day. At the end of the two days named by tha Oovernor, we had graded one mile of road and put it In good condition. And the same thing wl) hold goaJ for all of the whole county. "The State convict camp Is only three miles from our town, and In this camp' there are now forty-one con victs, all of whom are busily1 engaged In road wrk. During the last four months -they have built three miles of the-Central Highway, the road 'be ing? 24 feet wide, and on a four and on e -half per cent gratia. - "Madison county, about four months ago voted $300,(100 in goo.il, roads bonds for the Improvement of the Highways In the county, and ail of these bonds have either been sold or contracted (or. fcarly In. the spring We are going to begin oiir road Work in earnest. .Our plan is to jjtart but each way from Marshall, and build roailsjJlcaasr The county. "By the way, 1' Would like to tell "yon. too, that tiovemor Craig is favorite In our section of the county. There are scarcely any party lines up our way when it fumes td lr-hnosinr him for an oflWfirJiHJj wTfKT)otKTjemnorals and Itepu'l rane. I ahi a' Republican myself, hut I think Oovemof Craig Is a mighty fine man and Is making a good Ciov . erncr-" .... "It me Introduce you In Mr.;,J..A. Ramsay, color beanv of the' Peconil Korth Carolina Cavalry t": MaJt.W A. Graham, said yesterday when he took a youngster by the hand and led him te the Btateeville-warrtoiT - -4-went through-t he army a scratch. " Mr. Ramsay said, "and Must a few days before th)jrorTejjo, i was laaen prisoner, i spent angnuy more than sixty days In prison and got. home about the last of June of 1165, That ...wh the worst thing that happened to me during' the whole- Mr, Ramsay 1 visiting in Ralajgh ' a few weeks . He is retaining his " youth by dividing residence between ' BtatesviUe, the driest of all the town, they say, and Wllkesboro, tha Jowel af 4h"Brushlea ';) The long, patrl- . archal beard la all that keeps him ' from being tha boy who- rod aifuf Tank half a century atgo. " 1 L
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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