AY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21, 191#,
, 1P|?
Mrs. Taft Outdoes I
m Society Leadtf.
VERDICT WAS UNANIMOUS
Wsshlngton. Jane 10. ? The flrmi
?octal MMoa of Mr*. William H. Taft
wife of the president of the United
State*, which came to a cIon Satur
day. when she departed (or Beverlj
(or the raamer, has beea a great suc
cess. This It the verdict unanimous
ly rendered by oftclal. reside ntlal and
rial ting society.
Mrs. Taft has also atected mort
chance* In the White House thai
any preceding chsteisine. Her greSt
est triumph. In the opinion of soci
ety. Is the ell m Inst ion bf social feuda
In carrying this out. Mrs. Tafl
has nowhere shown her hand. Bui
the word has gone forth that social
strife Is not desired at the WhlU
House, and all who have private
scores to settle must settle them be
fore they can expect to he made de
sirable company.
Mrs. Taft slso has done much foi
the wlfb oft the new ' Congressmsn
whose social posltidn Washlngtor
would never determine, either foi
herself or Itself. Mrs- Taft has shown
no favoritism. either because of Mra
Congressman's husband's politics, o<
beeause her place of reeideac*
Is on Use Rural Free Delivery route
She has ratMSA to tbelr side with, no
little enthuslssm sad has Introduced
them to leaders who have beer
charnmd hy their ingenuity and stock
of fresh gossip and conversation. -
Mrs. Taft Dfetthee Om#.
For Mrs. Taft. a woman eseen tlally
agatnat the equal rights flfovemenl
and all that teade to remove her from
the MotM. dislikes gossip of the Mra
Orundy hind; but fairly rsrfh in con
Orf one ocedHfn the P tea
Idaat abo^l th.
! dsj
"I suppose they weia foot storlsa."
Tmfl M. uillMt, "but tha
> I heard are an<me?M?a bly bet
Mn. TUt M haft open bMM that
afternoon la Man* Ml a altod com
PH7 netuiM r- ia?Li in onr the
wt blr hus
mm*, ni imtuUur ol
ana* they H>n4Sm to ka
?tori* .bout Ik* lovable |M. of Ui.ll
men and their wark.
It va* Ac this. occasion that Mr.
Nlckotae L<ongworth atat conceived
wl.kllrt.a adjaaet jit Waahlnroii
III. beglaalag with next yur Mr.
Sherman. wfl* of Ik* yloa Pmllut
to another woman whoa. Identical
ta#tea aat< h?r lavslnable to Mra
Taft and tka reconstruction. son
than the reorganisation, of th. lit.
At Ont there war* several women,
repreoeatlag the aristocratic sot. the
diplomatic coBtlagent sad the Boat
ing millionaire etoas, who were ready
?a rebel agatiK tka Indicated
Changes Mra. Taft was txisilni
about. Bat little or no attention wai
Mid to Ikla Insurgent sat. wkoaa an
tagoalatfc activities m. forsvei
Far a loag time society la Wash
lagtoo waa naclasalfled. Within, ont
season It wonld show, oa dlSerenl
occasions, marked lAdlcatlons of aria
tocratlc, and almost saobklak, leaden
clea Then there Would be swift trah
sttlona that brought the social actlv
Itlas down ; to tka laval of
town. Mra. Taft. to ao little t
has swank the uncertain futuae I
tali all Its own. The
tha aaclal life of Waahlngton
fall tb notice the dlteronea I
Its wholesome atmosphere today l
tkat of tka past
We Aristocracy of Wealth.
Washington "Stan" ars not, as li
believed, recrnttsd from th* ranks ol
tka rich gad fashloaabla. Those wh<
Hoow Washington sad sty wall art
?all awire that money la . tka leas*
consideration here. Than to * lon|
list of succsssful Washington lans, at
t??~ oU,*T
tant oAcee and should be given aerl
oua consideration by the voter? of the
entire 8tat?.
DO your own thinking or yon will
soon want to know how It happened.
the United States, not excluding sev
eral diplomats, who are getting every
bit of the beat Washington affords on
ii, 000 a year. This Is the standing
pay of the average executive office
balder, and it Is about the only ln
coae his fhaslly receives. Tet their
names figure in about' every list worth
while.
The debutante at the capital Is not
frequent. The glXii youth Is also
lacking. Thla to especially due tp
the feminine contingent Mrs. Tsft,
Mi* Sherman. Mr*. Knox, Mrs. Klk
lns,. Mrs.* Lelther and Mrs. Meyer, all
frown apon tire cultivation of thts
speotaaen at life. An a<l*mpt hM
bfan nandn 4# mm rph young men
near IU own way all the tiae,
It lw tW Mr of a pldes at th*. and
of Actable, .o to gsak, that baa
overcome the lnaurjpits. For neith
er Ifrs, Tsft, no t 9*7 of the women
associated with )Wr In this have been
ready to consider an elderly woman,
or man, whose only distinction was
much money and an aristocratic
name, as mora than a simple de
butante or glided youth.
Mrs. Taft Opposes Snobbery.
Mrs. Taft has decisively set herself
against snobbishness. It Is oqe fault
she will not tolerate. She recognises
folly, the Inalleaable right of any one
ponon to decline to sssoclste with
j&Othbr, but any show of snobbery to
intdpsely. disliked by her.
4. ttttle by lit^e Wsshlngton is be
Miu^iDore of a heaven to the wife
?HfejCongressmsn. The lstter al
| Wmi been an objoet of aubjec
| ^Roon as she stepped off the
| Hpas sha hsd a Umouaine and
?Advert laed house In the most
^^^Hkble section ^waiting- her. To
MP I hotel or toV^sse even only a
Wk weeks at soifie socially unfamil
iar address was lllie'slgalng the ty
clal death warrant. Within a week
sfter her srHvai Mrs. New Congress
man found thnt her husband's posi
tion did ifbt makeN hlnl s power, In a
city where power is enough fp\r all
around.
Mra. Tsft haa. tenderly taken''care
of these newcomers. This season not
Faat Black pure Lisle
Hoae, HI
25c., 39c. and 50c.
Pure Silk Hose with Lisle
Solea, $1.25 value, '>&}?
98c.
StocJIftjgi ?fct?wn in town
at the price ?
15c.
Special Gauze Hose for La
dies at
121-2c
Faacjr Top Sox for Chil
dren .... ,
15c. and 25c.
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COUNTY INSTITUTE
County Supt. W- L. Vaughan will
?end tfu In a tew days the following
letter to 101 the public schttl teach -
ere of Bee u fort county: V
Washington. N. C . Jane 18. VilP
A County Institute for teacher*
will be held at Waahlngton. N- C .
beginning July 11, end continuing
two weeks. Beetlon 41?T of the
School Law says : "AH public school
teachers of any county In which such
institute and school is conducted are
hereby required to attend the same
continuously during Its seealon, un
leee providentially hindered, tno fail
ure to attend the biennial Institute
sod school shall ddbar any teacher so
falling to attend continuously from
teaching In any of the public schools
at the State for a pfertod of one yqar,
>r until such tea?ker shall have at
tended according to law some eonnty
institute and school as ' herein pro
led for In some other county."
Tod are require*' to bring alt the
>f the text-books used In the public!
schools, through the primary and In
termediate grades, as' the Institute
?rlll nartake largely of the charactef
of a school. For the primary work
being la addition to the renders, soma
tablets and a pair of sotaeors.
J. Y. JOTNKR,
Supt. ot Public Instruction.
W. o. VAUGHAN.
County Superintendent. -
The lnatltute for white teachtri;
will be conducted by Prof. J. Henry
Hlghamlth. assisted by Miss El*&
t'ulghum, and will be held In iH
Public School building. An Institute
for the colored teachers will be con*
dueted by P. W. Moore, priaclpal of
the Colored Normal of Elisabeth City,
supervised by Professor HlghsmUh^
This institute will be held in the
Colored Graded School building.
Those teachers who attend a repu
table summer school for teachein Will
Dot be required to attend the lnsti
tnta. . >'
PAYING WUi DCTIM
New oYrk. June 21. ? Although
Colonel Roosevelt, as speolal amlMN
sador to King Edward's funeral, fifl
good technical right to enter, tl*
United States without examination of
bis baggag* by customs, inspectors, h?
Insisted tfcathe comb In aa a mere
dtlsea aad pay full duties. Hie a*
typewritten awn describing what
be had purcbaaed abroad. In all
there warn seventy pieces of bag
gage. but the duty all told was net
more than $806.
BACK FKOWh 1AKVG ORRK.
Mr. Hugh Styroa. a well-known
Waahlngton boy. la home, after a
long cruise' to the Orient^ covering
over a year. Mf.Styron was boat
swain's mhte Cm one of the.larasst
steel salting Alps on the sew,- a BrU
Ish i issil. Bis outward trip was via
Cane or Good Hope. Southern Africa,
returning by the opposite route. The
porta of call fa eluded many of the
Baat Indian, japeneee aad Chinese
ports, the flnsl destination ou{ being
Heag JLoag. He says that the Amer
ican colors. bate almost On U rely dis
appeared from the high seas.
- * ? - '
once has there been a Wall from some
disappointed American Woman who
found the portals of the capital's so
ciety closed so that ehe could not
even peek In. She has bad every
chance to see from the Inside, sad
through the Introduction pf Mrs.
TafL
?*' One of the successful women of the
Congreasionsl circle had this .to say
about being the wife of a Con^raae,
"New congressmen's wives aVfe^tlMt
humble cabbages of the social rief4h
here. You see. there ? are so
members of the Diplomatic
which Is governed by laws ienti
its- own, because they are notvAmer
Ican officials, who hive no dnti?rt&
ward their official friends. The -po^,
sltlon of the fourth secretary evep.ls
assured. It Is the system. Thdn
there is the class of worthy Aiqj^
leans who come to Waahlngton every
winter just because It Is becoming
more and more like Baropean capK
tals, and can quickly get along with
the titled foreigners hbre. Senatorial
and Congressional members , .whosfc
positions through their committees
make theni better known thantythose
of their less fortunate or yotmgefc^?
In service? confreres have an ea$y
time of It all around. The Shpr^me
Court has a'deflnlte social atatu^, thpi
mpst exclusive, while the other
Judgeships have no stnnding socially.
The army and navy sets have a little
Quota of representatlvea In society,
but for the greater part form their
own sets and pay no attentldn-gp,
outsiders. In fact. I am Inclined to!
believe that the army and navr peo
ple are amonk the least sociable ex
cept among themselves.
Wsshlngton has -taken very well
to the subtle change In Its "Social1
life. It has been so gradual thpt
few were aware of It while U "waa
taking place. But the lnptders are
giving Mrs. Taft the credit for- It.
tyrs. Sherman and jril the other la
dles are getting their share of It. but
in epeeklng of Mrs, Tnft they mean
her as well as the circle she wen
H.r lllnes. daring tb? KUDU hll
GOVERNOR RESIGNS OFFICE
S*rf*u Wlp?d Oat aed Call N44* cm
K this month. 3* tar u discover
able. the dMl WMrrtj the Liberal*)
ire to hare eighteen of the lifcliiii
M the Congr cm. sad the CoWservm
gvse the iwmglnlng ten. hold* food,
the opposition has del ire red, bow
?ver. some telling Mown to t|* com
bination. Principal of '{bete tn the
resignation of Geo. Pedro A. Dint as
Qoverny of the Province pi Peru ma.
Qen. Wax came out flalfoote^ the
other day In his declaration thnt Act
ing President Mendoxa 1*^ using the
Presidential offlce Illegally to perpet
uate hi met If In power. *He fkgave
Mendoxa the following reason tpr re
signing:
"First. X cannot continue as ?or#
ernor inasmuch as I am n<fL la, SO
cord with your plan for rojiledboia,
as It Is unconstitutional. 1?ie talk*
?tltutlon prorldee that a President In
Order to be re-elected* must vAl)?draw
from hla offlce at least alx Wmths
before election m that b*-Sr ont
exert the lnftumace of bin aBce to
elect himself. . w
"Second. Ib&eyp to be Kapfdper
that members Cabinet shauU
be- members of tha&fctral ftqmbal
Committee, inasmuch as tt^|f in
structions to ' the Gore mora of the ,
provisoes regarding neutrality *ttr
gffr the election would be In eon
Hr with their own personal views ;
and advantages.
"Third. X femlr Relieve |Mt you
should not use the public {undo.
Your i M tfggS>Liit Is In a posi
tion to afltas that President Taft hae
been appealed to directly to take 'cog- (
Sisance of the threatened overriding
of the Panfcma constitution, and the
disaster which may result If the
American government dogs not again ;
interfere in the election. '** J Mated
la my s last letter, there Is # powerful,
though ^-wmero ua, element
among the mors ^ifluentlal and oon-j
sarvstKe wbite4 "that deems Ameri
STORE ENLARGED
L 1. Cox A Co. laerease Their Store
WuhlnitM can bout of more
pod Mores than an y town In North
arollna of the population. Messrs.
l. J. Cox & Co. have Just completed
?prarements to their etore at the
orMr of Market and Watot streets
rhlch will enable them to dUplaf
tock at ?aeh bettor advantage.
They have Ihcroaaed (he taae to al
ioat double lta former capacity by
smovlng the partition from the ad
rtnlng ||vUdloi formerly occupied
y D. B. Adams * Son. Their store
i now one of the largest groceries in
tie city.
DKtTHK. OUT PLUCKKJ).
Liverpool. Q., June 18. ?
kThein Mrs. James Burnet, of Holi
ay's Cove, Hancock CouAty.-W. Va..
drew out some spoiled blackberries,
er four hens feasted on them and
ecaroe helplessly drunk.
Mrs. Burnet thought they \were
ead and thriftily plucked them clean
or the feathers. Next morning she
Fas astounded to find the hens, shlv
rlng from cold, racing about to keep
rarm, and naked as she had plucked
hem.
Mrs. Burnet made blankets for her
?atherless hens.
ate. the opposition leaders expect
list such tactics to be pursued. It
rill be well to remember that in thU
tepubllr the "police force" Includes
Jl the soldiers deemed necessary to
Iujntaln public order. The regular
rmy was dlabanded^Vhen Oen. Huer
as attempted to use it. a yetr after
he independence, to overthrow the
liinador administration.
Another embarrassing situation
or President Taft Was caused last
reek by the toaat Attributed ?o Judge
Collins of the Canal Zone when Men
low was on a campaigning tour te
?olon. Judge Collins was quoted ai
wopoelng the health of "the. Pital
lt ?u>A vill M." -n? ntfrt
at Vths IltttMi
the American so vera meat; 11
to take as authoritative
ind official in matters political the
ittersnoes of any canal worker, be
te commissioner, governor. Judge oi
team shovefmsn.
Raid os Reserve.
The financial condition of the re
public, as well as the unrest which
he race question In the Presidency
tas .kicked up. Is bound to cause
rouble before long. At the close o1
he administration of the late Prest
lent Amador there was left a sprpliu
if Sl.300.000. In less than twojneart
hat has been run through and the
government has sent to New York foi
i?50,000 of th? luoney deposited
here. This criticism was met by the
txplanation that this was only a loan
o the government bank; at 4 pat
ient, but already It ha? withdrawn
10,000 pesos ($46,069);
SiWilliiH
y*pdeviUe Last Night Wm the Be?t Ever S^ert'Here.
Good Program Tonight.
ti to be otrered by Miss
FMlfr and Hal Mordaunt t^nlishi
and- it 'ieals with the tsfcgv and ,
tribulations Of a jroulfr'VnrrlM
bouple aai niT(r/alU to keap tb?
audience In roars of laughter
throughout , ? ?* \
, Mile fcenielle baa all r.ew
changAe* and In addition to her *1
elnglng and|j|anclng hits ahe will
presant a new "Moon Act."
Three mammoth raudarllle acta
and now real* of pictures will be
1 1 ren nightly, and Washington
-t baa tar goers have . a treat In
store for them this week at any
rat*. '?
"The floral Airship" and "Hal
ley* a Comet" are hkre and will be
head-llna featarea daring this
week at Brown's opera bona*. Do
not miss either of them. .
Oaf picture ggparam for to
night constats ofiJSwo excellent
pictures ? a Vita graph and a
Paths. "The Closed Dior." Is a
Vltagraph drama, one of the
strongest we hare vrar showed, 1
Intensely h?frt appealing ? show
ing how a mother's loss redeems
a jrayward woman. Thla picture
Is nothing less than asrmon la
ltMlf, aria points out a moral 1
5 ^
GOV 'T LAUNDR
l'arle Bam 1? Trying Out a Harbin
Thnt May H*vc Lwg? Hums
Aaaaall y.
Washington, June 20. ? Unci
Jam's money laundry is getting a try
>ut In the United States Bureau o
Engraving and Printing. Director J
[>. Ralph is on the job watching witl
nterest the renorator of dirty bllli
lo its duty. The machine on trial li
me invented by Prank B. Churchll
ind was submitted by him. along witl
others of different makes, for trial
!t Is now being demonstrated In tht
mreau.
The machine now in use takes bllli
ind spreads them on a screen. Thii
tcren Is revolved rapidly through t
iolutton of soap and water, whlcl
akes off the grime. The next diet
akes them through a strong solutloi
>f disinfectant, which removes thi
terms. A third disc removes th<
traces of the other two waters ant
tends the bill out onto a plat read:
!or the "plater." The "plater" L
:he same roller used press new mon
jy. It is this machine that gives nei
noney Its crlspness. After the wssh
sd-out bills are run through th<
'plater" they are comparatively nen
? the ink colors having been brough
jut again and the dirt removed.
It Is Mr. Ralph's Idea that the llf
Df a banknote will be extended abou
80 per ceht b> the new method. Th
machine which he wants will cost be
tween $800 and 11,000. It will sav
from 9500,000 to $1,000,000 annual
[y. Only treasury notes that are no
torn and not so badly worn that th
liber Is broken will be renovated
This money Is now chopped up. Th
expense of manufacturing new mone
Is enormous. The laundry Idea 1
one of the economics put into prat
tlce by Charles D. Norton, now Secrc
tary to President Taft, and formerl
Aslstant Secretary of the Treasury.
STREET MATERIAI
Tw Barges Arrival Yesterday li
loading Today.
. Yesterday Afternoon the steam tu
These barges were loaded in Bait
more with about 1400 tons of grar
lte to be used In paving the street!
They are lying at the pier next to th
county bridge and discharging th
cargo on the vacant lot adjoining
will" probably require- eight or te
days to unload. Other material is ei
peered to arrive at an early date.
A CARD
What wouldn't you give to heai
right in your own home, any soai
hymn, march, overture or operatl
selection, whenever and as often a
you wished?
It la just possible that you ma
have a false Impression regardin
the Victor by reason of having hear
records played by som? one whoa
choice of selections Is entirely dlffei
ant from what yours would be. an
who may have also entirely ovei
looked the Importance of the prope
tempo.
You will never know, until yo,
have a Victor in yoar home, how per
fectly the music you like can be play
sd on the Victor.
Let us lend to you, for one nlghl
to use In your home, a Vlctor-Vlctro
ta, with 2 4 records of your own se
lection. No obligation to buy. Al
we ask is that you invite your frlendi
!o call and help you enjoy the goo<
nusic. A full Hat of 10-Inch double
'ace records to select from.
Respectfully,
RUSS BROS.
? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
9 Gem Theater.
? Oalety Theater.
? J. K. Hoyt ? Ladles Shirtwaists.
? Ruse Bros - ? Graphophones.
? Mother Oray Powders.
I Doan's Kidney Pills.
? Cardul.
USE SPRINKLER
> ?,
IXut From City ('art. a HtUM io
Heal tli ? No Kxcom For Preaefct
Methods of Hlwt Cleaatag.
This morning the business portion
of Main street presented the appear
ince of being visited by s dust storm,
st points where the city carts would
i top one could not psss without !?*?
ing their egps, ears, nose, throat Ad
Nothing filled with dust froatf1, the
llthy refuse swept in piles on tfce
itreet
The city owns s street sprinkler '
)ut apparently It Is for display pur
poses and not for use when needed.
Two of the city carts, one on eacL
tide of the street, were working down
Main street this morning taking up
itreet sweepings which had not been
iprinkled and were dry enough that
when disturbed a cloud of dust ?o
lense as to be stifling would rise and
lost across the street and sidewalks,
the drivers were using their shovels
is if they were handling coal with no
regard for the pedestrians on the
itreets.
The health of the city should be
safeguarded and unless more precau
tion is taken In clearing off th,e
streets Washington Is subject to have
an epidemic of disease which would
cost its citizens hundreds and pos
sibly thousands of dolisrs, to say
nothing of the loss of time.
Such methods ss was in use this
morning should not be tolerated and
can be avoided with no extra expense.
Use the street sprinkler before load
ing the refuse, or lesve It and use a
hose to wash the streets.
POLICE COlfRT
Two Charged With Wife Beating?
Other Offfimw Same CHd Story.
The Mayor's court was in session
yesterday and today. Only one of
fense was tried this morning, he had
Imbibed too freely of the near beer,
or the reel beer, and today he 1s
minus several dollars.
gftate vs." Nelson Perkins and
Lanler, both colored, drunk and dis
orderly. Lanier waa dismissed and
Perkins was adjudged t*v par the
costs j 12.75 was the price.
State vs. Claud Satcbwell, colored,
assault on his wife, Reaa. Satcbwell
fined $2 and coats; total. $5.76.
State vs. Wn. Ebon, coloredt as
saulting and choking his wife. Pined
92 'and costs; total t6.80.
State vs. Matthew Lewis, drunk
snd disorderly. Pined $2 and costs.
He was called upon to produce the
sum of |?.55.
ALL FKATURK PROGRAM AT THE
GKM TONIGHT ? 3 RKBLS,
S.OOO FKKT FILM.
Another excellent program started
off the week at the Gem last night.
Aft Is customary, the house was well
patronised regardless of counter at
tractions, all were well pleased w)th
the fine pictures. Another prise
drawing tonight.
"Cupid and the Motorboat," a
beautiful Vita graph film, will be
shown. This fascinating sketch of
love and bravery shows that Vita
graph productions csn give the touch
of realism while depicting the strong
er dramatic qualities and st the same
time detract from neither. Its a
pretty summer Idyl all should see.
"The Forager," a Kalem war
drama of great strength and beauty.
The picture is teeming full of beau
tiful Southern scenery that will make
even* one's heart beat with pride for
the home land.
"The Newly Born," a fine comedy
drama, depicting a practical joke
played upon a husband as an induce
ment to return home after being mis
treated by his wife's mother. This
will make you scream.
WOULD NOT 1HKBCT LORIMKR
INQUIRY TO PROCEED.
Washington. June 20. ? The last
preliminary step looking to an Inves
tigation of the charges against Sena
tor Lorlmer. of Illinois, was taken by
the Senate today. The Senate adopt
ed a resolution providing for the lu
lulry.
Senator Borah sought to have the
?esolutlon so amended as to direct
:hat the inquiry shall proceed, but
lis motion to that effect was voted
lown.
Home Building &
Loan Association
STEW SERIES WILL' BE
OPENED JULY^
1ST, 1910.
Par Value of Stock, $100-00
Payable, 25c. Weekly.
Those wishing to subscribe see Mr.
. IfiO. B. Sparrow, Secretary