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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER V v SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 25, f the 'ftswl -Obiorrer Kiwi ak ewu?u rvuav , . 10 COatPaJft r JOCSPBUS DAXTKLi TKHrCBABT OFFICE f tassrtal. ImI Nm, "tat A Mm. pslmlitliB m4 Ibdulnl 411 Payst!) I aaal in Fall eVsesselnted Press lUport ' SlTBaCKIPTION FBICCi St.S v. Dm T at th postofflcs at RaMrh. 1 tfsrtn Csnuiws. s eood-ela mmr. G HORNING TONIC 'V M (Henry Vaa Pyks.) t an thinkiag of you today bewaus ft it CHHI8TMAH, aad I wish you hap toiaess. And tomorrow, because it will bo the day aftfr Christmas I afcaU still ?U yoa happiness; aad so oa clear thresifh tha year. I may not b able to tell you about it every day, because I Bay be u arway, ar because both of ai Bay ba vwry buy, or perhaps because I tiaaint afford to pay tha postage oa o touay letters, or fad tha time to writ t. But that makes bo difference; bought and tha wish will ba hers tha eaane. Whatever Joy or soe tomes to yoa will make ma (lad. out pretense, and in plaia words, fw4 will to you is what I Bran, ia tha lidrit of Christmaa. UNCLE WALT MASON THE SPEED MANIAC. AS an ahoald lift their feet aad "tick against the cherfal lunatic, who Mvss his car ao cad of power, aad para aa sixty miles an hour. We see lm whla by oar abodes s we meet him faj the cessatry rosea; be kills oar geese watd eats aad dogs, sad spoils oar Po ' laad China hogs. We are with terror awatehea dumb, when wo behold the men. Bar cane, aad rliaab a tree a farlong shtga, to Bave ourselves till he goea by. as aeorekea throagh the roan try tows, tog raaa the lesdlag grocer do. a. and Vara tha local merchant prince, and ao Bagisl dooa hs evince. Thea comas s fciisr aafo aad ssne, who hss not speed aspea tha brsla; ho ambleo by the vll Vg towor at fifteen atodeet asllea aa Jkoar. The rlllsgrrs are ssd and sore; Tbwv foaad that epeediag is a bore, asmd bow they're looking for a goat ; they Mas that drlvsr by tho throat, and take swim to tho dea)ea koep, where he may tBash hla teeth and weep. They fin 'him forty-seres wheels, with, trimmings 'added, so ha feels, whoa he's permitted ;U withdraw, there aurely ought to be a vJaw, This happens erery dsy or three; MhWkrlaUnal loo eft goea free, while J2T?tt ieM i aay & fiddler la the end. THE riKST CHRIST.IAS DM. (8t. Lake 11:8-14.) f Aad there were la the same coaatry saVepHeras abiding la tha geld, keepiag .Jrstch over their Socks by night. Aad, 1st, the sagrl of the Lord esma !wpo them, and tha glory of tha Lord aaoae roaad about theaai aad they were Mars afraid. ' Aad tha aagel aald oats theaai Fear ttaat, for. behold, 1 bring yoa good lid Uagt of great Joy, which ska Li bo to all SktoopU. Far onto yes Is bora this day la tha tty of David a Saviour, which la Chrial the Lard. ABd thla shall bo a alga unto yoai .to Shall lad the babe wrapped ia Jgsraddllag clothes, blag In a manger. , ABd aaddealy there waa with the aa "Awl a asaltitade of tha heavenly host jaSrslsing .Cod and saying, . GLORY TO COD IN THE HIGHEST, $kND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL tO WARD MEN. i MERRY CHRISTMAS. W trust that it ia only going to bp take jail slocking today. Npw ia the time to get busy in fram tag P thoss New Year resolutions. , Wf had with ua but night Santa t3av Urnturandum for sweet young things: sDoa't stand under tha miyete unieaa P0Biea it. ' Tha abonjidiag proserrty throughout aattrs eovBtry ia such aa to make Jd gjderry Christ mas Indeed . , Aad WS hops that retry oao reeeieed laUetlw that gift which was needed to await aoaaplett happiaeaa. Eeaaeanber that you ran also use the Ctrl Croat seaU?or" your New Vear'i wards aad packagea. Tho meeaage nf tb day for one and All aaomld bs: 'Trace on earth; good ill to all. ' - L . Rf coatlnoed talking eeuld do tha busiaewa, wa feel that T.' K. would take U caka. . Heary Tard kariag turned tha job wsf to othors ww rxpoet that there will oa be) others who will retnra hone. lai wa waaid lib to kaow is: What .-aaa af Uat aawirral that some eat r other neat aboard tha Oscar Soroadf . nBBBjnBBBBBjBWaBBBB Tliia eevabig wa orpeet that tkera .1 V auaibrT af aw fallow altisoaa ' will bo Cfcriataeaa tnai.-"x---' ; "Its ia kept for ta dilatory ia tha - t jcar. Aa II ia lsa jaar tha 'mil bnyrra will aara swa ator ia whick ta akep aatiw. ' "-nry ford ha loft thai aasapy fa tat tha reat ol Ua trip. Us - f tv. peae ajiarioa party foot c&a a-ord t kson aa traraV- tiii mibacui or Chjietmaa Day I Thars are ton aillUoa asm. perhaj aaora, lm anas; an oars ama, af tha great leading people of the earth, representing more than one third of Ha inhabitants, ars at war.. They bar aambered their alaia by millioaa within seeenteen months Hhey hare multiplied oarth'a aoxrow tea hear thp toIcos of the .that pray for Aad it ia Chriatmaa'Day Id the year of Indeed, and it thie hoar there broaha splendor" and the "ueTrr er.ng s-.ng homes of poverty, ia the heart herein graves sre gr-en. thrrr is for a day a strange genn-nrs in -n m will. Even the soldiers in tKe trearhea. Arm the mothers .!.. s..i.- haee i.een slnin. even the ridr.w whose hu-Usda return ao more, eveu tb ehildrea whose fathers lie la fsr off aad uakuB graves. all (Ind thenwlvrs csuirlit ap by a spirit, gentle, kind snd full of jor. There will be so f ghting ai..ng the lines today. It ia Chriatn ai I r ! Thla ia the nnrs. I. the mirage of the timony aa conill.ng as that He had wh at Ilia command, n n.ajeatir a- that He He Himself arose from the desuL There Is room snd to spare for the sordid, the cynic and the pewrimtrt, aa the common daya go by. They "may be aaaarrd that Jeeua d.e not rAn in the common days But at Chri.tmaa He enters the hearta of men in all conditions, and heboid bow upoa His eoiuiug ia UaU departs. Wax is silenced, U.ve rules and Good Will holds sway! Seeing that the miracle of Chrnamaa is so blessed, the qufstiea immediately oeeors-why may we ot maiatain ttt Why do we But abide In the ( hriirtmas spirit I Alas for humaa aatarsl Tomorrow ths guns will boom again and their victims will be piled la thousand; widows will mourn nnd orphans ery. And not oaly on the .ld of battle, bat in oar own Jaad : Tbe race of mea will resume ths ordinary round. Greed wUl rua riot; hate-will claim hs own; tbe hardnesses of Ufa will taks hold agaia aad good will iH-etto eclipse. The patient Christ will abide; but w will aot abide ia His spirit. Those wao would build perma aeat Ubernaeles upoa the Mount of Light moat go down and grapple with the hard coadltloaa ia the dark valley of life as It ie-aot as they would have it. The race U aot yst sufficient for ths laaaite grace of Ood. But we may snd ws ought to carry ths memory of the miracle with ua. The leeeoa of Christmas will aot be entirely fergottea. The afterglow of one day in the effulgence of the J3.riiBjmae love, of the Christmas kiadliaoaa, will be pro longed far Into ths shadows. At leant, if e may not abide upoa the mountain, w will remember Ita glortee. nnd oar bearta wilt be leading us nil along back toward them. Yes, we will be a little kindlier at sny rate-e little more patient, a little more gentle, a little more thoughtful of those about ua. And in order that we may I- the more sure, let ua take to heart our lesson: Ws are happy st Cbristmaa because the ap.rit of Chriatmaa haa taken ua out of ourselves. We have ecseed to be a. If centered We have become Ood like. We love snd give ss He loves and givea. Kor one dsy ve have been given over not to our own happinesa, but the happine of others ; we have been concerned not in ourselves but in ethers In loving and giving we 1 e found the golden keya to the Kingdom of Joy We have seized upon our true inheritance as aona of Uod. It ia the old. old atory Nearly to thoiiwnd Christ masea have tauKht it, earn one unfailingly; but not yet arc r suflic.ent for it The Christ Himself in Ilia Uet days govs the lesson oace snd for sll h. n. aa He ministered to His diaciples He aaid. "If ye know these thing, happy sre ye if ye do them." We will yet come t.. that. The Christina spirit will take captive year by year one and another and each and sll cut more snd more completely, until at leuglh Uie r. e shnll be utterly redeemed We will all know one day that there is no liuppi nr., for anv of u, in any other sy. We will abandon the pninful struggle for our own hapi'iuesa. Wc will learn that there ia no comfort in the comfort, we so vainly prise; that there i no happiness for them that seek it for themselves. And we will realise what Jeaine Deans meant when, n behalf of her poor sister fciflif. ahe said to (Jnecn Caroline: Alnsl it I not when we sleep soft snd wake merrily ouraelvea that we think of other peoplre Buffering Our hearta are waaed light within ua then, and we are for righting our own wrongs and fighting our own battlea Hut when the hour of trouble comes to the mind or to. the Udv-nnd seldom may it visit your ladyship and when the hour of death couiea. that come, to high and low- long and late may it be your. -oh my lady then it is not wbst we hsvc doae for onraelves, but what we have done for other., that we think of moat pleasantly. Evca ao shall ws fiad the abiding bleaaedneaa of Christmas. TAR HEFX CHRI8TMAI TH01GHT8. The Christmas eipreasions from rep rea.'ntative North Caroliniana which are given in the e and OWner today are well worth a careful reading The News snd Observer in ita letter asking for the sentiments requested that in responding the writer state what id his oiiinoon could I done in the Htate to make it a etter Ktste In which to live and work. Many of those who replied failed to take note of this re quest, but the fsilure waa qnits natural in view of the season and in view of the controlling deaire on the part of ao many to see their fellow men across the sea relieved of the awful ciirne of wsr. Rome, however, presented program, of advancement and docloptm nt for the State. One of tin m venture a taiation proposal that' tell, mu. b in a aurprie ingly few word,, tjuite a niiiiiler dwell on the importan.e of the school in the working out of the State's problems and of the need of better pay for teack ore as a mean of hating better and more eflicient echool. Ail of them breathe that earnest and loyal apirit of patriotism that is char ai-teriatic of the truf Tar Heel. There is no better Btate than North Carolina and for North Carolinians there is no Htats so good. Tbe Christmaa aeati incuts this morning sre the thoughts of some of the State's best men. One can pot read them without being better equipped to be of service to the State They are cordially commended to the thoughtful con,ideration of all readers. THE ADVERTISER. The beat Chriatmaa advertising that the News and Ol-eerver has ever enjoyed was that of tho past few weeks. For this business it ia thoroughly appre eiative and would feel remise ia iti duty if it did aot acknowledge the splendid support given the pier, a support which waa all tbe more appre tiated because of the tremendous losses austaiaed in the November Sre. In this connection a good word for the advertiser will aot be out of place. The average persoa does aot atop to thisk about it. but it is a fact that but for the advertiser the newspapers would be mack less valuabls ss purveyors of eat rta lament aad information than thsy are. If a newspaper had oaly it saheeription Income it would be vastly lee lateresting and valuable to the aubaeriaee tha. tot a, , .- Ta advertiser is aUe f th irt eagi at mutaal interest of which the reader aad ta aewspaper ars tha ether twe aide. The aewspaper is the ute dluat bjr whisk th merchant aad th bay are brought lata Utrsaate toach wHh each ether. It Is aa ef th taeUl rls t g high arete af elvUlnatiest that there ta wrid4 assaaa by whssh th mershaat eaa ga fat th heat by a auuinui-ua thousandfold; but aa yet they will not peace. , . , w lawd lt . upoa the whole earth "the neeer failing " In the homes of prosperity and tbe is no sorrow snd the hearts in which the Chriat - in hi. h He has a preseut tea - n larm rau.e f..,!l,h from th t.ul gave to Ilia ..u hen .i the third duy agent and, figuratively speaking, dis play his wares, la the communities where education and science reach their highest development it will be found that the adi ert ining art is nearest per feet iou. And so, hail to the advertiser. He la a part of the makiug of every great newsapcr and his services to the com munity aud to tat individual should never be overlooked. A merry Christmas to all News and Ol'sener advertisers! HENRY FORD. We confess we sre sorry for Henry Kurd, sorry thst there haa come to him a disillusion of the dream of peace whieh had found way into his heart and brain. That his peace mission to Eu rie would fail was a, matter about which there could hardly be any doubt. Wara are not ended in that way. But Henry Kurd dreamed they could. We are not ao much concerned with those who went with Mr. Ford, for theirs waa only a response to an' invitation, Bad we feel that there were some who Bailed away as members of the Ford party simply to get a free trip to Eu rope. Others in the party had a high purpose, but the practical use to be made of thia was a matter forgottea, as there were no definite plans for at tempt! to secure peace. Term Henry Ford's attempt Quixotic, of the Hsnrho Tanta slass, or whatever you please, we believe he was In earnest, that he went at what tie felt to be his mission with aa boneaty of purpose. That it will continue now that hs ia oa hi way hark to the United States 1 hardly to be expected, the bickering aad cross purpose! of the member of the party ending thought ef any eoa rerted action on aay line. Henry Ford will be lnoghed nt and derided for what he haa attempted. But we are not going to be with those who smile and jeer. W prefer to sympa thize with him as a high-minded bat badly miatakea maa who for a good cause haa beea led into Impossible way ef arrompllshiag it. If yo have thu far failed to de tk, there is nothing whieh need hinder yo( from helping to maks some arphaa child happy by a gift today. Merry Christmas nnd a Hajvp New Tear. Greetings of 'th seasoa to th Editorial St, af th New Bera 8u Jearaairesa th Editorial BtasT f tk Xew aad Observer. Tk oyster hav "esuna," aad -thsy ar ef th kiwi to Mr tk appetite ef aa eplear. "W tkaak tk Bun Journal staff fog th CkrktavM reeaeabraaee and take back ry dsabtlag ward w ever cald about th arrival af thoee New Bera yster. the at aQ to the gtiti, a-aieaaia' Vatl .Oextyetwt) aU tk ...". . FEEf AEED 5 ALL TinCl There ssa be no better wish tbaai that tha t'aitsd Bute be prepared ia all things, that our eoaditiea be of this kind la leld aad factory, la counting house and in storehouses of the mads. ia church aud school, la transportation and ia markets, for defense on land and I .'sew; - - - rf" -, i - - : - - . 71. ht is sn All American wish with which ws well stand upoa the threshold of the ars year, for thia is a time when we are concerned in this country with matters pertaining to prejisredness. And thin greut country muit look be yond the matter of adequate prepared- aesa for defense, seeing to it that in the coming year we are in a position to mobilize all our reour e and all our energies ia carrying forward this na tioa tn a greater future. In thia eoun try weare jut lginni-.g to feel oor power, t know ourseltes, and tbe vast posniliilities whieli are at baud. (living utterancs to such sentiments aa these Captain K. J. I'arrish, of Pur ham, president of the Bt.it e Fair, in expressing himself on matters which concern the people, hss written hiJ1 views for the. News aad Observer, and these are such that ail our people ran give a hearty "Amen" to them. Cap tain Parrish laying: What eaa concern us more then our present and future welfare! Boms predict great prosperity; others wara as ef great daagera. Let oar efforts be not oaly to in crease the productive power of our eountry, but to And the heat mar kets and be prepared, with ear own ships, to transport our product to tbe uttermost parte of the earth. May those la authority legislate well and wisely, knowing that sora petitinn will never a ease, sad that struggles for existence cannot be molded. We must lie prepared to meet all struggles and competition. The promise is to him that "over rometh." May this conn try never be dic tated to by ay other ecuiutry. Woe to the nation governed or dic tated to by others. IM us ever show a cordial friendship for all nations, aad ever love peace and justice. Way we never hare to take up uriita for offensive sr defensive wnrfiire. However, we .lioiild not "sleep at the switch." We do not want to )e a China; we should be prepared ugainat any enrroarhmenta of our right. Ood for)id that America should ever t domiuated by any other people than her own. Let u see to it that our country ia duly prepared, and then stand upon the foundation of justice and humanity, and may Ood Ideas us. REDCC1NG DRUNKENNESS. That drunkenness is being vastly re duced ia Great Britaia is the ouVrral report of the Uentral Control Bonrd for the liquor traffic, a department rrented at the close of May of thia year oaten ailily for tho purpoae of eupnresaing ox ceHHive drinking in the munitions areas, hut it, powers have proved such as to eualde it to coutrol drink in ail class of communities without exception. Getting down to figures the report of the board shows that drunkenness has been reduced forty per cent, this being accomplished by the limitations of hours when intoiicaiit, may be sold, the reHtrieting of the amount of licjuor which may be taken from saloons for consumption in private, the sliolition of treating, and other regiilntious. That these rigid measures havo justitied their value in the opinion of those who havs studied romlition, mid renults. Hut the hnliitual drunkard ia the probleui, and it see in a that he is only to be eliniiiinted by absolute prohibition. The Kugliah board aays it lias been shown tlmt uo amount of regulation can affect chrouie inebriety, as in certain area some of the convicted persona had been punished more than a hundred timea previously, ninny more than fifty times, and a considerable proportion mors than twenty times Labor has been benefited by the in creased sobriety. Keporti from harbor cities say that there has been a great improvement in labor eouilitions. Drunkenness among the sailors, firemen, and docker haa diminished. Craws signed oa ars more soher and ships are able to gwt away with much less delay. And ther ha been a large decrease in prosecution aad convictions for drunk enness. England is being vastly improved by th temperance measures whieh hav been put ia force since the beginning of the war ia F.urope, and the cause of prohlbitioa I being advanced la the spleadid Bhowlsg of practical results. What i being done in Oreat Britain teaches this eountry another leeeoa ef th Value Of Sobriety, As far a the work has bee doa Ralsigh haa mads a good showing ia th laying of granolithic sidewalk dur ing the year just coming to a eloae. But let's aot be aatlsued. Let's finish up ths job next year. Ws trust that th City Commissioners found la their Christmaa stocking thia morning- mors bitulithi street tot Raleigh. Unlet yo art aniious to see a fir yoa should handle matche with treat ear today whsa around th Christmas tree. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS taad Bg Th Naval Frwsrraav New York Time. : If Mrv Hearjr. A.- Wl ' Ww rwaDy feels tha k 014 aot soaseieatieusly perform hi dntiee as a member af 8ee retary Danisms Naval Advisory Beard while differing with th Secretary a to th moaner that ahoald b adapted fsr aatieaal dsfsnse, ks ha dona wall to reetg-. freta tk board. Wa A net rasa ember that Mr. Weod't appointment a reused krsai aatatuiasm, aad w mat that hi retirement aa lot a yet aaased rippW af xettsmeat R ehann to pit th QmT4 Board af ta Kavr afaiaat - - v the Secretary, and we doubt if Admirals Dewey, Benson, nnd liadger and their associates in that body will be rtic ularly grateful to him on that account. Mr. Duniela haa Known more respect for the General Hoard than any other Hoe retary of the Navy, and, if he has not accepted all its suggestions for the en Largeruent of tle navy, it mu-t te re embered that the board, in pre-rihing maiimum strength for the navy within specified period, advised that it sliuold be gradually increase ! to tin, 'point "by such a rnte of de elopment year by year a, may be permitted by the facilities of the country." The Navy Department's recommendation to Congress for the immediate iueream of our naval strength contemplute preeiHely a dev clopiiient ae cording to the futilities of the eountry. What Hecretary Uauiels advi's is soeh a program a muy in tune give us the navv we should need if the nation wen- beset with peril. The tieneiat Hoard advise, the laying dow n of f nr dicad noiiKhts anil three battle cruisers net year. The program Hiilmiilted to Con greu calls for two dreadnoughts and two battle cri.'isers in that period. As the dreadnoughts uuthorl.ed three year, ago are not yet finished, aa the two ordered last Spring have not yet been Inid down, as the latest Naval List re port, the progress of work on the Cali forma at the Hrooklvn Navy Yard with the customary discouraging "tl," it is oh viou that otir start toward a Urge linvr must be alower than tho trenerul Board ould have it, and must continue slow until facilities are increased. We nnut in the way of military and narsl preparedness what we can get now Men rannot be obtained by whistling, warship, cannot be built by rcolutious, guns and ammunition cannot be tiirneil out overnight. The whole hewinew of recruiting in this country needs to he reformed under the control of expert enced officers. We are in a better alt uation now in regard to this kind of work than ever Itefore, but we cannot ncrompllsh it all with a rush. Much of the blame for our state of unprepared uesa rests with Congress It is the luty of the present members of Iwth houses to repair tho wrong that ha. been done. To do that in the quickest and bent way possible will be to accept the measures of defense proposed by the War and Navy Hepartiueuts. The move ment to defeat these measure is now well under way out of Congress. Inderwoed (loses I'p Penrose. N. Y. Evening Post. There was ao closure in the Senate yesterday, but (senator Penrose was closed up by Mr. Cnderwood. The Ala bama Kenater, on the question of reve nue from the tariff law and the general relation of prosperity" to high protee tlon, earrled altogether ton many guns for thavBwslvBalaa. Tlat kafat I la th running debate betareea the- twe, was drives Into several differc'u cor ners aad walked Into a niinileaf isape. All that be could do at the end was ta declare that, anyhow, if tha eountry must be admitted to be flourisfThig under a Democratic administration, the prosperity 1 "meretricious. This is pretty nearly to plagiarize from Hor ace Orseley, who wrote of the low tariff f 1839 that th eountry was launched by it "oa tha flood of a factitious but sedoetivs semblance ef prosperity." Oa tha main question before the Senate th extension of the war taxee for an tha year there was really but one thing to do. "Excoriate" th admiaia trstlioa as th Republicans might, and aiak party speeches as they- pleased, th money to carry oa th governs! set must be voted. The Bepablieaa opp itkB wa parely formal aad partisan. If aay wonder that tb whole subject should have beea disposed, ef ia. oaa daT. they afaenld baerv tact It wa the day be or tha holiday adjearaaaaat. If Ckriataaa eaase aae a week, the waald never be aay aed ef eloeurs ia th Beaaie. r nakthUur af, the new CaWiai Gen era meat grnla eUvatec at Calgary aigrka tk eosnpletion of a ekjun ex Oevern- ssent levator between th Oreat Lake aad tk Boeky Mesataiaa. thee at Bna kato. aad htiassjaw being ia epera- aaBnaWa AMraiCAS GIFT TO THE WAIIRBSG New Nrws of Yeelerdsty Br C J. kDWAXDK. FLORAL TRIHl'TEH TO A FAMOt'S WRITER- In August. lri, I visited Wemin ster Abbey in London nud found my way t. the su ealled INet , Corner I want'-d to ,s-e the grave of Charles Diekeii,, aad I wonderesl if 1 mold find it ea.silv. espciully in view (if the fact th.-it I had been iold teat supe-rimposed 'hit the grave wa a flat .tone uon which was iuseriU d Di ken' name aud nothing else. It wss not necessurv to make sny search, hnwew-r. Tlo- i:o-st mi spic:ioi;s objf.-t in Poet's Corn.-r ws a l"jiififul bunch of flowers which apparently lay upon the floor. Surrounding it were iti.iitv Hinall bl.'sonis. iu-lieatiag that Motse one had ..no- to pine, flower, non the (rriive. I tilt sure that thi, wa, tin ki.hi' of l;c&ciis. snd in a moment found that mi- urmi- wss i-i.rosi. A, I was .Hiig out of Mi Abliev. one of the gu des, if that is t lie name of the oftierr told nie trit children rame every liny :ni l often M-rins of mature years, many women among them, who brought llowers to place upon Iiek. n,' grave. Maii years later, 1 h.-ipjiei-cd to men tion tii.s incident t the Inte I'arkc Cod iviu, who I knew had met lt ken, both in the l ulled States and in lr ton and had otatdished cordial friead,hip with hi in, nTtTiougb the intmacy was not so close as was that between Mr. CJodwin nnd Thirkeray. Mr l.odwiti Mid: "It was perfectly natural that lieken,' graie should be strewn with tl.mers by ch.ldreu snd by persons of mature yearn, for whatever crtfn isni mav lie made -,f hi, bterarv w-orkmanship he aihieied something whieh manT f 'he 6nt of writer, never guinrd. aud that is th.- friendship of all cUuwes nf reader,. That is also true nf thv t " nitee) States, snd I can tell you somcthiug which fit, in perfectly with your aeeount of the slrewiug of tlower, over Itickenv grave. "When lie kens wa., in New York on his second visit, he was a guest at tbe Westminster Hotel. Tha! waa also the New York home of Thekcray certainly when visiting the I uited Htates for the second time, and I think nlso for the first time. "Of all of the experiences that Dick ens met with while oa krs seeond visit to the I nited States in 1467, none touched him so deeply ss the endmg to him of flowers every day, SsMwetimes bumble little bouquets of violet or wild flowers, sometimes magnificent baskets of flowers. AlawMt all these were set down outside his doer, ao that be looked upon them when he opened it ia the moraing. But what especially pleased hint was tbe fart that only rarely was there a card attached which showed from whom these tributes eame. aad whenever there wa such acknowledg ment it always came from some one whom Dickens knew. Much the larger part of the floral tributes rame from people, mauy of "them young people, who did not eark te admitif w rbemselrr with the gift, but simply to show lin k ens in what esteem and affection he wns held." (Copyright. 115, by E. J. Edwards. Ail right rearrvedO RACY OF THE SOJL Chirk Thief Waa Dnplia ReeesT. " " ' v The thief that had bera rwbbiag the hea housea ef the neighborhood, was eaught ia Mr. George rtteehr's chicken yr4. Jest Tharsday night by the caa blaast effort es Mr. WwH WHsea astd Dr. S. E. Bdttor. It pewved to be n asee fat psssuss, who a ii ranis' perfectly at home, ssd enjoying tb wrasisn. . Taasa Aad Koatadal tetnapaadsas atandea Jsssr nal. We are glad to tagged laager aad Mr. MeCuUeek 4isssnessng th great sjusatlun ef taxea. We rent tssstmbsn avet thiak NATIONS .el Hew TorS Rcial ' taxes a burden and found it hard te spare tbe money to pay them. If tsie ars higher this year, cotton is higher too. Tar ia now tt 12 ecnts per gallon. Lsuit year it was 7 cents. Land value are higher in Bladen than evjr before. The question we want answered ia "Was all lan 4 nasi . property value equally, or wa one man's valued high, and his neighbor's low when bis neigh bor's, perhaps, waa really the most valaw able of the two!" Aged tat Die. Waihaw Enterprise. MY. I). K. Himpson of the I'nity conv munivy sastaiiwit what waa aa jum ) personal loss when his highly prixesl black rat died on the l.Hth. The eal ws more than twenty two years old and had ticlongcd to Mr. Himpson nil th time. For several month it had beea blind and almost helpless, but with th devotion Inirn of long friendship Mr. (Simpson nnd hi' family tenderly eared for the pet, refusing to let it lie killed because of its uselcssness. Record Bog. Sujnpson Democrat. Mr. V. H. Johnson killed a hog tb other day that ws believe makes a rec ord. On the day of his death the hog was only $ months and 17 days old yet he dressed 32u pounds. If there is nny hog iu all the State that can lieat that we want to hear from him. A number of people have been killing fine hog recently, among whom waa Mr. W. H. Herring. He killed two on -Monday that dressed IKK) pound. Ships Ten Of Tar keys. Siler City Grit. One produce dealer here yesterday shipped twenty-one hundred piiun.il of dressed turkeyi! Can Uny other denier m tbe State equal that record f Think of over a ton of turkeys being shipped, by one dealer in a single davt filler City continue to break even its owa high record,, and that ia going some. Give Hen Party. Hertford County Herald. A local cafe went down in history one night this week. It was on Monday ev ening thnt a real "Hen Party." th firs of its kind, was celebrated at this popu lar eating place. Being the last night that the schol teachers were to be to gether, a spread and a "cackling" good time waa had. Germany Looking Ahead as CsasL Hi the AmmIiM Pt. 1 Berlin, Dee. 24. It ia beginning t be realised ia Germaay that the war ia gojag to leave the belligerent nations, srtth a great number of maimed aad crippled men, and German inventor and. organisers are already at work provid ing for the special needs of this class. The Chrtstn-.sj cstaiegue of a'Bcttlf Jew-" el ry firm, for example, contains n dis tinct section for one-armed men. Ther are seycwal kind, of -so called fork ksiives, contrived in a very ingenious snd handy manner. One consists ef aa ordinary table ksifs with the cutting edge aa usual oa oae side, but having fork prongs projeeting f roan the ex tremity of the blunt side. Another is an ordinary fork with the inner prong widened and sharpened. A "meat mincer" consists of two Bharp-prenged forks arranged piaeer tik r like chop sticks. Another offering ia a little rack which enables a oae aired card player to hold, Brranga, and shuffle hit cards. Jeaae Maready Baried. . , (Bii.nl is Kw s iiai I Warsaw, Dee-tWTe-'frtaiBS- off Jean Maready were brought down from Boeky Mount where he died after aa .; anaaa Jht Itiav Tawwaday ing, and were i starred ia the sense- -of tkkf plaee Thursday afternoon at twe e'efeek. H was th sea of Mr. Tata Maready and resided tkrss. mile) tresn. Warsaw. H wao only fweaty-fivg years eLtfi, aa4 ye bm f fag ; character. The deeeased la survived bf hi father gad aevwral brothers aad sis ' TWee wbe dodg work stoat kaV t dedg tk tstwmrd. . T- 4 1 s 1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 25, 1915, edition 1
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