= VOLUME I. : ? I? = WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY A.FTERNOON, MAY 31, NO. 2 61 Election ot Seoaton Direct Prioury. RAPS SPECIAL INTERESTS "" Waahlngton. *?? Jl. ? Senator Owen epoke todtr la the Senate on popular government u4 eleetloi ot Col lad States Senatora by direct rota. He Mid great aril from which the American people hare entered. In re cent y?ars has bora a secret but wall known alliance between commercial lnteresta and machine politics by which commercial Interests often euc ceed In obtaining special legislation. System builds up great corporations and breeds corruption In municipal, state and federal governments. Mo nopolize control everything and the whole world la ataggerlng under higtr prlcea. Under the preaant system the people aak for break and tier cot a STOCK& JSarly Advance Wiped Oa| had Losses (By wire to The News. > New York." May II.? A fairly . .(trans tone waa displayed at the opening ot the ctock market today aad In the grst to* minutes many l? portant Industrials ahowed galas Of tractions. ' International Harvester roae two] points and wa^tbe most prominent feature, bet advances were not nanla talned and before the end ot the a rat fifteen mlnutee a general downward ?OTSMat stocks below Fri day's clos> Dnlon Pacific advanced 1-4 and than dropped a point and wan under ' moat pronounced preosure. Reading also I oat about one point. (By Wire la. The Hewn f " ? ? , Hew York, May II.? Flat t In the cotton States over 00 1 combined with rather bearish i V*1 glnneja' rnndlllqi * ad rlolant decline at the opening. Cotton, In which now crop suffered, prices being .? to If polnta lower, opening May it.90, July 14.83, Sep tember IS. 15, October II. go. ALL PEATVBa rBOOBAM AT OSM| TOtOOHT. Tonight the Oem has another beau tiful Blograph only It days old The Two Brothers, ah excellent dramntlc ? Is a pretty loVe atory In connection with the, main psychological proposi tion which adds to the Interest and Increases thb p6*ht of the film even though the on? brother becomes an outlaw, the irresistible power of love leads him capti?e,"as It doea others, influencing him to leave his erll ways and become a useful Citlxen. y he Girl and the Ranger Is one of those snappy Western pictures. There Is plenty of a&10n; plenty of dash and go which 'makes these pictures popu lar, and tW Lubln people know ho# to present them In a most attractive Her Soldier Sweetheart Is one of the best ever put out by the Kalem Co. The dramatic possibilities are many, and are cattfully and consist ently worked out, thsre are pimpi where the dramatic strength of the^ picture (a unusual and the actors hare Imbibed the aplrlt of the scenes and de some remarkable work In In terpretation/ Don't miss this all-fea ture program tonight Watch this space for Wednesday night's big fea ture program. - DKXMB-aiMMONH LUMBUt CO. at kknlv nmn bio loss. Teeterday afternoon abortly attar 1 o'clock are which atarted In th? toller room completely deatroyed the main building of the mammoth aaw mill plant of. Uie Dennla-glmmona Lumber Co., attaated at Kenly. about twalre mllee from Wliaon. Thla mill, which baa been in oper ation onlr a few yeara, vat a moat modern plant, helm erected at a coat e. "Sylvia" will be prtMUd by loci] talent Thursday night at Brown's opera house. This will be oae of tk? best attractions o ( the season to ^s seen here. The opera will be tor the benefit of the Your.g Men's Christian League, and under the management of Mr. u 0. Tyler, of Richmond. Va. Washington's beet talent *111 .be seen la this ihow. After showing here the management will present the' opera at Wilson. Rocky Mount and other nearby cities. To all thoes who at tend will be given a treat. Admis sion wUl be, reserved aeats . 5?c.; general admission, 35c.; gallery, ISo. 1 _ Progress on Canal Rapid The biggest work this country ever undertook li rapidly going forward and It la being conducted In such a way that not even professional dis content can And basis tor, fault tad lag. Qg,. the Ms ditch real mea are 4?uli reaj work la a Way to comfort the hearts of Americans. ' Oat-There Ooethals has proven himself the right man tor the place and has displayed the merit of the maximum ot work aad the minimum ot brag about It. The egcavatloa contemplated nader the original project has bona caw plated, Bay* the Kew Tart Qlabe. Under that plan tM,7ll,0W cabtc yard* ware to he moved, -aad they have been. Bat to accommodate war ships of the new type and giant lin ers thep Ham was ordered widened and deepened: This meata that 70, additional cubic yards are to be HUM. Two years "more, aaleee the unforaaen happens, will sea the llnlsb ot the excavation . While It has been la pi8 ogre? the work on ike locks aad emhaakmeats haa progresa ed.. aad they are to be ready. The reoord la wlthont precedent la en gineering operations. With the turn ing of the army engineers there has disappeared the confusion aJvd uncer tainty thnt marked the earlier years of the Americas undertaking. * ' 14 the popular mind the Panama Chaal Is still a ditch 9ut in truth It la to he a lake ? a lake 12 miles loot, with da area of ,i(4 square miles. Many a nourishing summer raaort has heeubttllt about lees water. Witthr ? mile* Of the pacific. It U but the 7 and ? mflaa that wUl he canal. The remainder will be gbod steaming water, aad the time saved la Its transit will compenaate for anr loat la the locks. -The project adopt ed promises not only To be safer but speedier than the sea level woject advocated with the greateet energy by those whose theories were not con nected by actual knowledge of the conditions' and the problem. HOU8B OP~If6 *IPBATKR8. The following pictures will be shown st the Qatety tonight. Thp Gypsy Girl's Lover. an! Interesting story depfctinj the stirring adven tures of a hand of Gypsies. Pull of love and adventure. The Mask Maker Is a melodrama and full of exciting Incidents. ?cU*' by Mr. Armon Bour and MmoyAir blerl, of Ixmdon. / Johnnie's Picture of the PoreKRe glon, a trick picture, is one of the !*?? Illustrated tone (or tonight. "Old' Man Moon Tell Me Where Mr Sweet Remember the (wSeStrPSSS night. Don't tall to M on hud early and secure good state. This promises to be a pleasant evening at the loalety. EXCl-KSNM TO WtMOX MONDAY, nun i. The N. * 8. will run a apodal ex cnralon to Wllaon Monday, June t, account of Wllaon and K&cky Mount baaeball game and ^Taalilngton local talent opera "SylTla." The W>shtng tQn Concert Band will furnlah the muale (or the day. The apodal train will lease Washington 11 a. m., ar riving at Wllaon l p. m., returning leare Wllaon U:iS p. m. rare (or round (rip, $1.25. The management of "?ylrla" wlsh ea to state that pomtlrely there wlH not ho any chaperonoa or fcwetatora allowed to wltneaa the rehearsals to night and tomorrow night No ex. caption to any one. MI YOCRTAXBfl. _AX V Mr. W. M. Cooper, list taker (or [Washington township, *11! be at the | courthouse on June lit, 11 and 14, (or the eooTenkeace of thoee who iOwn property or reelde outalde the city limits. 14 :iAL LOT OF NEW DUTCtf-JjECtf AN6 HlOft NEC* baseball For the (km With | I City Thursday. As will be teen from the following lineup the gam* between Morehead City and Washington on Thursday [will be a good one The very beat that Washington has in ball players are listed. and If Morehead City wlna they will certainly hare to go aomo. Floyd, catch; Wallace, pitch; Tsy loe. first base; Whltten. second base; Mayo, shortstop; Wallace. T., third bass; Weston. rifiht field; WlUls. cen ter field; Philips. leftfteM. The same will be ealled promptly at 3 : SO so aa to allow the Morehead City boys time to get their train for Morehead latAr. The admission will be 25 cents. Ladles free. ^HNIS i ERS PAY Wo In Wuklnstob, D C., May *1. ? The .rerane annual aalar? ot a mlnlatar of tha faapel la Ifltt MCI. In ?U tlx denomination. repreaantad In the compilation. on thla aubject In Part t ot a apodal report on tha Cea.ua of ReHcloua Bodies (or !??*. which III now la proas preparatory to lu aub mtalon >7 United State. lon.ua Di rector Dnraitd to Secretary Najel of tha department of Commerce and Lrtor. Tha pppart wap complied ua tha anporrlaton of )|r. WUUam C. Hwnt. chief atatlatlcbui ot popula tion In tha Ceaaua Bureau, and tha aUtlatfeawar* collected partlr br cor ad partlr bj apodal It la polaMt out tm the lntrodnc Uoa th?t thla )a the arat time an at tempt haa be*u made la ? United States cpnaua to aocare octal atatla tlca concerning aalartaa paid to mlnla the ce^ns are not entirely satisfac tory onateount of the failure of some ministers to report their salary am! of others to repprt w|th eu?cient clearness. Of tl*,gmo4 total, of 136 denomination* lit coat|iwntal United rea. tha *ap?rt atataa that II fcave ?*nUr either par W? atatad aalartaa or made re laraa whlat wara not anOclantlr com plete to wairant tabulation. t)( the 2+1,3(1 organisations com per cent, which, msde returns to the cen sus inquiry, aad the report states there, is resson to believe that these ace substantially complete and ac curate, and It la thought they they embrace a sufflcWat number of or ganizatlona of the respective denomi nations to be fa?rfp representative qt conditions aa to the average salaries pald,to ministers. The figures In the taMes are , for continental. United 8tatea. for each of the four principal classes of cities ? that la, those having a population in lfOO of 26,000 to 50.406, of 50.000 to 100,000, of 104. 000 to 200,4/00. and ot 1*4,000 and over, and for the area outside of them. Vnltarlans Show Highest Average' y .?a' ? ???*?; The denomination showing the highest avjBrafc? . .If . the. Unitarian, ?*rlth $1,603, 'while the denominations next In order are the Proteatant Epis copal Church, f 1,242; the Unlversal lsts. $1,233; the Qeneral Convention of the New Jerusalem In the United 8tates of America, $1,233; the Jew ish congregations. $1,222; the Pres byterian Church in the United States ot America, $1,177; .the Reformed Church In America, $T,170; ' the United Presbyterian 'Church' of North America, $1,006; the Congregaflon allsts, $1,042; the Chrlatian Catholic Church in Zlon, $1,037: and the 8ynod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. $1,008. Among the denominations showing gh average salary considerably lower than the general average for the United Sjatesare the Advent Chrla tlsn Church; sll the Bsptlst bodies except the Northern Baptist Conven tion; the qhrlatian Union; the Chris tians (Chrlstisn Connection); the Church of Christ, Scientist: ! the Gen eral llldership. of the Churches of God In North America; the Society of Friends (Orthodox-); the colr??-?d Methodist bodies; the- Methodist Pro teatant, Wesleysn Methodist, snd I Free Methodist churches; the 8a!va ition Vmy; and the Volunteers of {America, In the case of most of > thsse Iast-nsmed bodies aa ihown by the report, many of the organisations reporting ara outfride of the principal cities, and many of them are doubt less In rural rsgions. and this fact accounts largely for the comparative ly low average salary. The low aver- ! age shown for the Church of Christ. Scientist, la said to be due to the faqf that most of those who serve as min isters, or readers, are persona having other vocations and not dependent on the aalarles paid by the churches. In the' caae of the SaltaUO* Arrriy and the Volunteers of America the allow ance made for the officers serving at the varloua posts la uaually baaed upon their probable expenses, and ? I practically limited to these expenses. I The average salary shown for the large cities la coualderably higher aa " ? - - average fo for the.? clUes It J BLUEFIELDS ATT5ACKED (By Wire to -TIM News.) Port Llmoad, May 21. ? Despatches received here todsy sa y more thsn 100 soldiers vera killed In s fruitless assault on Bluetelds tods/. Provisional President fiatrads It Is declared hss ordered qlrdered an at-' tack to drive regular troops from the eas^rn coast, changing defensive for offensive policy. Tho situation of Madrls' army Is now Iplieved to be eefious. -But cbNtfci. ?-t?l nls! That Is ib* wow world.** wild ? ukrsl oi sgoolana gather wild at pits sod Use them w and In rbose pita they i to-rotaod ferment. Wl fall of foamy, hissing sfonlan warriors icsMic nnal Jag.- and the woitt to off sod hlds lo the * der. for cbl-clil la s tM la a Chick gray foam ( ?ss ma to be alive, it ( aaakes.*? New York P? of Patago Irlok lo the -The l*at? a. They dig. horaehidv*. ? the apples the pits frs ?ss the Pst or their so* tad children Id. No won le drlnt. It ?tees. It fejfclnktng tot* 9142S for cltteo of (be first to 91,110 for thoe* of the sec ond class; $1,011 9of . those of the third class; ##72 Yo& those of the fourth clsss; and $S?VVor the area outside of the principal citi<>? In Individual denominations -the conditions vary. In the Northern Baptist Conven tion (be average for ctU%p a* the first claas Is $1,580; of the second class, (1, 4W ot the third class. $1,881; or the fourth class. $i.S4t;~and for the area outside of the principal cities, 9983. The figures for the Disciples of Christ .show a regular gradation from $>,3.26 per minister (or cities of tfcrn^ ^ia'n fl,lM for thq^$* the fourth thus;. lor >thf Methodist B|?lKgptrCh4>?|, -flit Hft .411 for [efcgsjiTpf. the first class to 91,187 for those of the fourth claas; and for the Presbyterian Church In the United States of America, from 92,169 for those of the fifst claas to $1,524 for those pf the fourth claas. ? in Hie Southern Baptist Conven tion. the average salary ranges from 91,7.93 for cities of the first class to 91.998 for thoee of the fourth class, and among the- Congregational Is ts from 91.998 for cities of the first clasa to 91*91 3 for those of the fourth class, but In the caae of both these denomination* the average for 'cities of the third clasa If a little larger than for those of the second claas. Among the Lutheran bodies there la considerable difference; some, aa the General Council, show a regular gradation; othera, aa. the United Nor wegian, show larger averages for cl .Ues of -the third and fourth classes. Unsalaried Ministry in Ml.nlon 6h arches. The lower aterage salary shown by some denominations for a higher claas of cites than for a lower Is la most cases due to the existence In the higher claaa of cjtiee of an unususlly large number, Af weak or mission churches. Poiraxample. in the case of the Southern Baptist Convention, which -shows an average salary per minister of 91.6OS for cities of the third claaa and only 91.490 for cities of the second claaa. the churches In the third claas have an average mem bership of 475, and In the second class claas of only 362. Indicating that the churches la the third claas are alio financially stronger on the average than those in the second class. \ In the Protestant Episcopal Church the average la from $1,873 In cltlcs of the first claaa to 91,917 in those of the fourth, there being but little dif ference In the figures for the second, third, and fourth classes of cities. In the caae of the Roman Catholic Church, the flgurea ahow but little difference between the general aver age and that for the various classes of cities or for the area outside of the principal olties. the reason being that la this denomination the salaries are fixed for the diocese, being In general the same for the rural dls triets aa for the alrge cities. Of the 14 ministers reported by the four, organisations of the Chris tian Catholic Church In Zlpn, for (he area outalde the principal cities, 21 are reported' it Zlon eft/, and are probably connected with the head quarters of the denomlnstlon at that place. % Among the denomination* includ ed In the report with those not pay ing regular salaries to their ministers and hence not represented In the table on the autject , there are sev eral? -ae, for eaennple. the Preewllt Jfr ptiatsts and the German Baptist Brethren Church (Conservative), irf MjHT POLICE COURT TriboUtion Hall the 8c?m of Much Activity , LkW Breakers Paying the This morning the Mayor was called upon to dispose of a larger number of cases than ususl and it was all caused by thel n satiable desire to gain riches by dispensing drink*. 8tate w. Bertha Brown, for .retail ing near-beer without license, defen dant plead guilty and upon statement of counsel thst she wks ready and willing to pay the tax. judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs and t^e tax of $25; total $17.35. ' State vs. Bertha Brown, for keep ing *baudy house. Judgment was sus pended upon defendsnt's leaving town not later than 10:40 o'clock to morrow morning. State vs. Myrtle 'Simpson, 7 for re tailing near-befcr without license, de fendant plesd guilty. Judgment sus pended -upon payment of. costs and the license tax of $35; total. $27.35. State va. Clara Lester and Mattie Jones, vagrancy. They were Inmate* of Bertha Brown's house, .tried and found guilty, they were fined $25 each nad the costs, judgment was to be suspended If defendants leave town within 24 hours. dtate vs. Llna Grant, Inmate o( Myrtld' Simpson's home, vagrancy, fined $$6 and the costs, judgment to be suspended ? If defendant leaves tows within 24 hours. State vs. Stella Dawson, Haset Saint and Lucille Bryant, Inmates of Maud Martin's, vagrancy; defendants tried and f0*gd guilty, fined $25 esch and thtf' costs; judgment to be sus pended If defendants leave town within 24 hours. ' . I State vs. Myrtle Simpson, retail ing whiskey, continued until 4 o'clock this sfternoon; defendsnt required to give bond In the sum of $50. Farmers' Onion and Big Speaking ..pArmers'. Union OrganUer G. C.' HeSfefepeth. Of NacTi bounty, Informs us that he has set .up between twenty and thirty locals In this county. Sev ersl locals hsve been chartered.' These locsl unions which have a membership upwards of four or fire hundred men have been called to meet in the courthouse at Washing-. i toll4 at1 tfo o'clock. Saturday. June 18. State. Organiser J. Z . .Green, of MarahvIUe. and Tk*. V. tr. Alexander, of near Charlotte, are scheduled to address the farmers in thin section that day. It Is to be hoped that evc-v farmer In this, entire section will attend the speaking. In. the afternoon the members of the various local unions will meet behind closed doors where the coun ty organization will be perfected. WOMAN'S BETTKRMENT ASSOCIATION MRFTING. . The. Woman's Betterment Asaocla tlon will meet Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the publi* school audi torium. Every member Is earnestly requested to be present, as matters of Importance are to be discussed. ARTS OF PEACE. A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend be fore the arts of peace", when genius, which multiplies our powers, which creates new products, which dif fuses comfort and happiness among the great mass of the people, shall occupy in the general estimation of mankind that rank which reason and common sense now irrign it. ? Arago. ' I ~ + toil *4 Caterpillar. Faocy eating caterpillars for dinner! The very tbonght ?e enough tn upset one. yet among the native* nf Rb"de sla caterpillar* greet ly wnvm?,) as an article nf diet. Only the i?*n;b. hairy skins are used. tbeae ls*itig plac ed Id the sshee of a wood ire. where (bey shrink nod blacken Thin part leu 1st" kind of caterpillar Is fuuotl In con alderable number* throughout the country. Often hu array of them may be seen cm wilng up a tree trunk, each caterpillar touching lla predecessor.? Wide World Ha (purine. Cradles Hundreds of Years Age. In juinuscfiixv of the ninth and tenth centurlm we bare pictures of cradles formed of part of a tree trunk dug out. \rjtb holes bored through the aid en for the pannage of strape Intend ed to tie the baby down In Its bed. These dngont cffNllea are stilt comm In mod*ra Greece. When we come to Mniaiit (k> and bas-re we notice OFFICES TO FILL Many of Importance Throughout the ^ Wat*? Contaf PrlBMiM Will Be Intcw^g. Raleigh, May 10.? Now that the! dates have been fixed for both the Democratic and the Republican con ventions interest turns especially to the matter of Just what noiglnat'ona hare to be made for State oflcea. First of all there are the seats ofi Chief Justice Walter Clark and AsscJj elate Justices Walker and Manning^ the two former for eight years arf d the latter fdr the unexpired term/.j Judge Connor, to which Judge nlng was appointed by Ooreit^j Kltchln. Then there are two pi? on the corporation commission the six-year term to succeed CoiSQ sloner B. L. Rogers and the other four years of the term of B. F. Ay cock, deceased, pow filled by H. C. Brown, through appointment of Governor Kltchln until after the general elec tion. ? There aro 16 solicitors, or prose cuting attorneys, for the sixteen Judi cial districts. Also eleven superior court -Judges, ten of them for full terms of eight years and the other that of Judge Oulon. resigned, for four years, this being filled by Judge D. L. Ward through Appointment of the Governor pending tjie election of a Judge. Those superior court Judges whose terms kre~ expiring In connec tion with this campaign are Judge 'Peebles, Northampton county; Judge 'W. A. Allen, of Wayne; Judge W. J. Adams, of .Moore; Judge B. F. Long, of Iredell; Judge ?%". B. Council, of Catawba; Judge K ' H. Justice, of Rutherford; Judge J. 8. Adams, of Buncombe; Judge J. 8. Ferguson, of Haywood. The Hani Fair at Paris. . A feature of Parisian Ufa la the ham fair which I* held' oa the Boulevard Richard ?turnJtnre In his or hsr stodlo snd say with pride. M1 got that for fffhttocs at ths ham fair." No ooe ever pays mors thsn 5 francs. X notice, bat, alas, every yesr tbeee five franc bargains are becoming more rare, and even as housekeeping In !*arte grows mors and more costly so does the famishing of one's bouse to keep.? Loodon Queen. (My ? Question of Possibility, Among the cuatoimn of a tea store opened to the northwest part ot the city tbe other nisrbt was a man wbo. after baying a popnd of coffee, banded a counterfeit half dollar to tbe abop "Tbla money la counterfeit: I'm sor ry. air." sold tbe shopkeeper. "Tea: I know It." replied tbe cus tomer. jrrlnnlug. "tiot It here one day last week, aud I've beeo Having It for yon." Then, noting tbe smile upon tbe shopkeeper's fare, the customer said, evidently offended. "Perhaps you doubt my word V" "Oh. not hi all. air; not at all. I conldn't doubt the word of ao truthful a man I \yji* simply smiling because I wondered how It wm* possible for you to bore got t he money here. This place was opened only night before las^." Thereupon the customer deported hastily after producing a good colu and allpplug ibe counterfeit Into bla own pocket.? Philadelphia Times. Lancashire Humor. There was a I.Hncaablre collier wbo went out on Sunday with bla wheel barrow because. an bo said. ??fee loot ml dog. an' a felly looka alcb a foo" gooln* a-walkin* bl blaseif." Then there waa t flfc* worklngmen's Hub committee which wanted to In cse the accounts "audited and found correct and tuppence over" and the customer wbo. on being told, that tbe price of candles bad gone nptiwlng to tbe war. asked whether they were "felghtln1 bl candle lest," Also one recalls tbe laggard Lan caahlre lover wbo. when aaked for a kiss, said be was "poota' to do It In a bl,t," and tbe old ladles wbo praised a certain Darwin clergyman as ~s grand buder." and of' the orator wbo trans lated "Dieu et mon droit" Into MEvll be to blm what evil thinks!"? "Lancashire Life and Character." by Frank Orme rod. Japan'a Giant Wroatlsro. Japanese wrestlers are not to be con fused with Jsponeee exponents of Jin Jltso. Tbe wrestlers belong to the older school. In which weight Is a pnr a mount quality. It Is a remarkable thing that a race which Is on the av erage fonr or five Inches under Ibe Eu ropean standard In point of height should have produced a special cult of wrestlers who are giants In stature and atreogth. The leading wrestlers of Tokyo or Osaka or Hlogo are all men at least six feet In height and WtthIt>K per1wpa 80? puusis. They are a rate apart. Wrestling Is nn oc [ cupntlon which baa been banded -town ^,'lL TEODY IN CHARGE Ceremonies at Guild Hall Wk , oeased by 1200 of Cityi Moat Prominent People JS? FREEDOM OF CITY ( By Wire to The New*. ) Krf>ondoii. May Sl.-r-Wlth conveo b ^>aal pomp that turned the Iffalr Id K a pageant. Theodore Roosevelt wu poday presented with the freedom of She city of Loadon. r Twelve hundred of the foremoet 'persona of London witnessed the cer emonies at Guild Hall. Among them were Ambassador Reld and many j other well Known Americans, both I residents and tourists. Much that lias been planned for today was eliminated on account of the death of King Edward, but there wag still much that -was spectacular. Big crowds greeted Ex-Preeldent Roosevelt all along the route from Ambassador Reld's house to Oulld Hall. After the ceremonies at the hall be was given a lunchean by the Lord Mayor. This also was a quiet affair with but few guests present. RIVKR ROAD HTATIOK NEWS. Mr. Nelson Sheppard. of Bunyao, continues to be seriously 111. Miss Blanche Alllgood. accom panied by her brother. Mr. B. V. Mor gan. of Washington . visited her grandparenta. Mr. and Mjra. Lewis Alllgood. last week. . Mrs. W. F. Pippin, of Banyan, who . has been visiting at Ayde*. returned home 8aturday. Mr. L. M. Sheppard spent one day last week with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Sheppard, at Bunyan. Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Mrs. Her bert Flowerp and Mrs. J. B. Shep pard, of Washington, visited friend* here one day last week. Master Herbert Alllgood. of Wash I Ington, will spend this week with his grandparents at Bunyan. I Mr. J. Walter Alllgood. of Win stead vllle, who has been visiting In this vicinity returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Woolafd, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Alllgood and Master Samuel Respess; of Broad Creek, and [ Mr. and Mrs. L. Carmer Alllgood were guest* of , Mi* and "Mrs. I^wls -4_ Alllgood last 8unday. Mrs. Ellen Woolard has returned home after a long visit at Bunyjkn and Hall Swamp. Misses Cleve* Plnkham and Addle Tete'rton spent Saturday night with friends at Bunyan. Mr. and Mrs. Sartorlus Woolard. of Bunyan, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Asby last Sunday. Messrs. J. B. Sheppard and Flave Alllgood, of Washington, Mr. L. M. v ? Sheppard. of River Road. Mr. and Mrs. Kalite Woolard and Mr. and Mrs. W. S- D- Eborn visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Shep pard last Sunday. Rev. J. W. Fulford, of Zlon parish, visited Mr. Nelson Sheppard. of Bun yan. who is seriously 111, last Mon day. NOCOMI8. Th? Canary's Claws. If you oavt? n owiiry or otber cage 'bird look to Its claws from time to time, for In u mate of captlrlty the blrd'M nril'iH stow so Iook tbat they neod rutting. 15 tbla be neglected the bird Is In danger of getting Its nails caught in the cage and hanging there till It dies. Use n sharp pair of nail scIsmoi-a and take care not to cat more than Just the tips of the nails. If you bojd tbe bird lu a good light you will see a little red "thread" in each nail. This you must avoid, or you will draw blood and hurt your little pet. An A KM. "John, John," whispered Mrs. Gldge ley. nudging ber husband. "What is ttr be sleepily asked. ?There's a burglar In the houee." "What do you want me to do get op and run the risk of being killed!" "No. but If yon And in the morning that somebody has gone through your pockets don't blame me." ? Chicago Record-Herald. % TO ORGANIZE Orchestra WOULD LIKE TO ORGAN IZE ORCHESTRA Of' FOL LOWING INSTRUMENTATION: 1ST AND an VIOLINS, 1ST AM) 8I> CLARINETS* 1ST AM) 2D CORNETS, TROMBONE (SLIDE). DOURLB BASS (OR E-FLAT TUBA) AND DIM MS. ON|,V THOHK NEED APPLY (RY LETTER CARE OF THE W ASH INOtOX. DAILY NEWS) HAYING HAD MORE OR LESS PREVIOUS ORCHESTRA EX PERIENCE. RESPECTFULLY YOURS, L G. Schaffer.