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WASHINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA. TUEj^Y AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 11. 1910.
NO. 58
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THING TO TOfcB OONTKHTAKT8,
UimSlSi NO GKKATE11
?VOTE VAMTK WilL BE OIVUH.
hkavv Buuwno Ain> xtw
I.F.ADKKM FOIAOW.
Every on* of the oandldatea la
the N?w>' big European tour conteet
started after subscriptions with re
newed vigor when the announcement
of the double rote oOer reached
them yeetenlar. Everyone seeme to
realise the wonderful aid that haa
boon- offered them In getting euh
acrlptlona during thla period, and al
ready the advantages of the Increaa
ed vote echedule afforded by the new
ruling announced yesterday are be
ing expelrenced by the contestants.
The ending of the Bret period of
tbft contest wae a brilliant eneceea.
It wsa really beyond the expectations
of the conteat department, and to
aay that the contestants did well la
putting It mildly.
But now cornea the real test. Here,
la thla imil period. Haa the tlssl
blllty of sawaslng a vote that win
swamp competitors when the anal
coast la made.
The contestants have accepted *he
aaauraace of the ooateat department
that aevev again villi subacrlptloaa
cMint for so many votes aa they dq
this preeent period, and since they
havo accepted the assurance' we mean
to keep our word, and positively no
mora rotes - never aa many wtaa?
will be allowed again as durldfc this
eecond period.
Par many of the candidates Eu
rope seems now almcBt within reach.
. They can almost soe the Vbobblaa"
walking the streets of London?But
I not so soon! Just thoae very partlea
may not b$ so aafe aa they reel about
{ their rote. Someone elee aeay be
working bard and determinedly to
?^iftm-deUchlful prize. and that
someone may win It. The only way
to be sure Is to keep right ateadlly
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WITH PRAISE
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? ?at It until tho v?rx^U?t minute of
' tho content Then you may lee I s*fe
You know, In a race, the one who
stops and looks around usuai.y
wastes enough breath and energy In
so doing that he loses his 'handicap.
And tluti would neyer do. Kgep
working and-votinfc steadily but not
wildly. ' ' ^
About Voting.
Wild, reckless voting has caused
many a failure id ? European t?ur
cont??ts The kind o( voyw that
cotfcta is the careful, studied sort.
Several of t%e eaudldates are doing
very wise and careful voting. Tfiat
Is the safest way. She who tries to
outvote all of her opponents and
frighten them away from the field
tells hor ffiends she doesn't need
their support, while, on the other
hadd. she who fally to v<j|e a reason
able amount Is quite as sure to give
the Impression she Is not helping
herself, and consequently trlends
don't (eel like helping her.
Just now Is opportunity time.
What you fall to do'this period you
will regret. The period of doable
to tee means more than any ether pe
riod to Individual contestants, tf
you have friends Who are "waitfhg"
until "toward the finish" to fap
], Just assure them that they are
doing both yfeu and themselves eu
Injustice by delsyinc. Have them
help you now, this period, when the
subecrlptlons count the moet. They
don't need to do It today or tomor
row, but Just so they do It within
(his period.
Remember, we guarantee that no I
more votes will evej be allowed onl
subecrlptlons than are jiow given
nnder this double vfete schedule.
Several of the candidates hsve
this soon taken advantage , o( thp!
earliest poeslblo moment of the dou-,
ble vote offer. They hsve secepted'
our ptedgd^our word of honor?,
and 4re busy,
Here's the schedule for this period 1
only: ? |
' OLD NEW
5 years $15.00 17,100 5,700
4 years 12.00 12,600 4,200
3 years 9.00 8,100 2,700
2 pears 6.00 4,950 1,650,
1 year 3.00 '1,400 ' 80?
6 months " l.M 900 300
4 months 1.00 450 150
Never again will the vote .schedule
be as high. She who hesitates this per
iod is surely lost. If you win your li
abilities are limited only to your ca
pacity for enjoyment.
BITTER FIGHT BN
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REPUBLICAN PARTY. ASSAILED
AH NEVER BEFORE 11() MANY
YEARS, IS PACING SEIUOrs
CRISIS IT IS ADMITTED?FIGHT
IN DOUBTFUL DISTRICTS
Washington, Oct. 9.?Tkm ars
391 member* of the House of Rep
resentatives.
In the present house *17 of these
are Republicans and 174 are Demo
crats.
The first surra/ of the campaign
of 1910 shows that there are 1SI dis
tricts reasonable certain for the Re
publicans and 141 reasonably certain
(or the Democrats.
This learea. 118 districts classed
as doubtful or debatable In which
the battle for the control of the
house is now racing.
A classification of these 118 dls
trlcts shows that 82 are now held
by Republicans and II by Democrats.
The plain Inference from these
figures would be tiiat at .the outset
of the campaign the Republic Inarap
of the campaign the Republican par
ty Is showing a disposition to go to
pieces and prepared for the worst
whipping it has had In many yoars.
Hfrovorinjj from the Panic
It must be admitted, however, thav
ven as this article Is being prepar
ed there are slgna here and there
throughout the country that the Re
publicans are recovering from the
panlr.
T&e buoyancey of the Democracy
Is not quite so apparent. It Is going
to be a battly royal anyway.
[ * But not only the House of Repre
sentatives at atake this election?
the political control of the senate
may alao.be Involved.
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The many friends of Mr. James j
Wee ton will be glad to learn thati
be la convalescent.
Kimona Outings '
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' We have a beautiful line of these Cloths.
It is an elegant Fabric for House Dresses, ' |
Long and Short Kimonas, Bath RobefJ .
See Show Window It, 121-2 and 15c.
The Gem Theatre
H. a. aPAKRO#,
a SIIU TOMOMT .
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couLii; jmm
To Advertise For Bids the Com
f,r K: ing Spring /?
SO STATES CONG. SMALL
EE COMMUNICATE** WITH TRfc
DEPART HE X T IN REFERENCE
TO THE OOK8T9VCTION OF
THE PUBLIC BUILDING?THE
V CORRESPONDENCE EXPLAINS
Washington, N. C . Oct. 10. ltt?.
Editor News:
Knowing the anxiety upon the
part of our cltlsens for^progress li
the matter of the construction of our
courthouse an^, poatofflce building
by the governments I recently wrote
the treasury department complain
ing of the delay, and I hare Just re
ceived the appended letter from Mr.
C. D. Hllles, aaalatant secretary of
the treasury which I beg you will
publish for Information ol our peo
ple.
\ Very sincerely,
J NO. H. SMALL.
Waahlngton, D. C.. Oct. 8, 1910,
Honorable John H. *malL. ?? C.,
North Carolina.
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, Bj .dirocU** ?( the ?Mf?Ui7. I
have the *#n#r?%a acknowledge the
receipt .of 'your, latter of the Srd ln-[
stant, relative to the propoeed new
iPoatofllce building at Washington,
North 'Carolina.
In reply to your inquiry as ti
whether there has not been an un
usual delay In the prepartlon of
the drawlnga for this building, you
are informed that there has been
a certain ambunt of delay In the reg
ular order of work In the supervis
ing architect's ofBSc in the past
three^'months, which wss due to the
fact }hat congres sat Its recent ses
sion authorled extensive changes in
buildings for which' jdr& wing's were
jiader way and for"^oildingji> actu
ally under construction, and these
necessarily took precedence over the
the other work.
The great dlffcultjr wljlcfc. ha? been
cxpcritncod in obtaining structural
engineers -has silH further seriously
ccipp'ed the^ progress of the work,
and made It Impossible to compete
the plan! for hnfldloCB as'soon as
was expected. Additional help of
tills kind has,. hoWe>er, now been
obtained, and the ?** is proceed
In# raplOlr. _
r take plealsure, hoover, In stat
ing fhat the preliminary sketches
for the Washington bullying have
b*en made,* and they^ together with
the estimates of coat, will be for
warded to the Cabinet officials for
approval, as required by lsw. The
working drawings will probably be
taken up next month, which, If no
unuauai delay occurs, shouldl put
this department In a position to ad
vertise for bids by the comlfig
spring.
Respectfully,
1 C. D. HILLES
\ Asslstsnt secretary
Game Warden.
Mr. Editor: I have had lots of
eomplolnt and several totters from
Washington stating that tho game
laws are being broken and asking
me to appoint a game warden for
Washington. In the past twelre
months I have endeavored to appoint
at least fifty men to this position. I
have requested the chief of police,
register of deeds, sheriff and tots
of other good men to select a man,
hut as yet have been unable to get
anyone to accept. It would be
pleasuro for me to appoint a good
man as warden by sending me a pe
tition with three good cltlseus as en
dorsehs) I feel that I have done
toy whole duty In this matter.
Yours truly,
B. H. THOMPSON,
Chief Game Wsrden.
Aurora, N. C,. Oct. It. ltlO.
A Silly
Tiej had reached the outer por
tals of the front door, and
there going through the proeeto of
parting, very llngerlngly v
?When I say food-night to you
thla evening' gurgled Mr. Youage
|ow, "do you thlak It would be
pttoper for me to place one reverent
ktu upon your fair hand?' ' - ?
"Well." she sighed softly. as she
laid her head quietly on his shoul
der, "I should consider It dscidedl?
out of place."?Uppineott's.
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PCBLIO
The Tidewater Prlntta^Biapan? hereby guarantees that no
greater number of voteOT^B be allowed on subscriptions during
the European tour ccnteflj^ftan la offered this period. If you meau
business .and wish to a(4^Hie worthy candlate, (or goodness's
take DO IT NOW? We-?JWyoa. you need us; we need them, they
ueed us; you need tfceaq^^py need you?and we all need each
ether New! y*f 4" >
FOUND
THE STEEI
New York. Oct. 9.'?a c?ee <
era developed today in tho
of the Hamburg-American Ik
which .haa been detail..
1 quarantine aa a possible cholei
rier .since tut Monday.
Dr. A. H. Doty, health' oHl<
the port, reported the case
| with the additional Infor
| another cholera patient iu?
Moltke la under treatment at Swin
burne Inland.
Thla makes three cases of eholera
which have actually reached thli
port.
Fnersl Yesterday.
All that wan mortal of Nancy A.
Rubs waa placed' In earth's boaom on
yesterday afternoon In the famib
burying ground near Old Ford In the
presence of a large concourae of Bor
rowing relatives and frlenda. The
services were conducted by Elder
Ashley Miselle, paator of the Smith
wick Primitive Baptist church, of
which the deceased waa a worker for
a period of 35 years. Mrs. Rubs at
the time - the summons came waa in
her 62nd year.
Up until last Sunday morning alio
was apparently in the best of health.
When taken and before thoso
loved beat and who have lost i
could reach her bedside she
rp?WaiUout wiUi ?ha conaciouene.
performing irer task committed unto
her by the lowly Nasarlne. The de
ceased leaves besides a fond and
devoted huaband, four sous. W. h.,
C. W.? James R and Oscar and two
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Woolard and
Miss Eula Russ.
While not a member of tho Prim
itive Baptist church, for over a
quartor of a century she has ever
beetn In tho forefront toiling for her
Master and doing His work. No meet
ing of this church was ever held In
her neighborhood she did not be
among the first to offer her home and
hospitality and she always entertain
ed lavlahly, so much so that a guest
once at her home always longed to
return.
8ever*l years ago Mrs. Russ re
ceived a light stroke of paralysis.
Last year she was injured by a horse
running away with her. Suhday
morning last, she waa suddenly tak
en and paaaed out before medical
aid could reach her. She died as
she had lived, fully trusting In her
maker. She waa married on Janu
ary 18,1870 and no union carried
with It more happineaa and Joy. In
her evening ahe enjoyed /the com
radeship of her husband and her
children and her grandchildren. The
vacant chair of mother and wife now
slta quietly In the corner but the
memory of it3 occupant will ever
llacer. ]
A good woman has answered the
fftimmons and In her going earth loses
and heaven gains. Peace to her
ashes. May those left behind emu
late her example for It Is worthy.
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Cotton Market.
Seed cotton 5.80 to 6.36.
Lint cotton, 14.08.
Large Shipment Buggies
The Washington Horse Exchange
Company received yesterday a solid
car load of buggies and surrles.
A Letter.
E. H. Whitley.
Wsshlngton N. C?
Agent (or Manhattan IJfe fosurance
Co., of New York.
Dear 8lr:
In August 1909, you sold me an
Ordinary Ufa Polilcy. with a prom
ise of a dividend, after two yearn. I
find on my first renewal a dlvidepd
of C 1-2 per cent Thla was an agree |
able surprise to 8Mb and 1 advise all
peraots wanting lnsuarnoe to take It
with the Manhattaa. X .
Respectfully,
? W. C. K1NION.
Sidney. N. C., Oet. 10f ltlO.
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MANY CASES
BEFORE MAYOR
Tbe following cases were dispos
ed of yesterday by the mayor at the
city hail:
Swindell 8tarllng and Harvey Den
by, affray. Starling fined $1.00; Den
by attached with the cost.
Samuel Jennet* and Evelyn Little,
t affray. Jenheti fined $L00; Evelyn
t Little, attached with tbe coat.
Simon Orandall and Henry Harvey
affray. ?Grandall fined $1.00; Harvey
$1.00
Myrtle Simpson, keeping and
ting bawdy house. Fined $25
and coat. Defendant takea appeal.
William Mack, retailing, Bound
over to court In the sum of $100
John Shelton, drunk. Fined $2.00
and coat.
Jamea Hoyt, drunk. Fined $1.00
and coat.
Abb Alllgood, drunk. Fined $2.00
and eoat.
John Koecb, drunk. Fined $1.00
and cost
| W. Burnham, drunk. Fined $1.00
land cost.
Amos Moore, drunk. Fined $1.00
and cost.
Thomns Braddy. drunk. Fined $1
and cost.
Plerson Oden, assaulting wife.
Attached with the cost.
Thomas Carrow, drunk. Fined $3
,anrf cost.
Congratulations
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Captain George H. Hill Is receiv
ing the congratulations of his many !
friends on bi9 remarkable escape I
this morning from permanfent Injury.
Some of the Captain's friend^ pre
sented him with a Teddy Ron revolt
cigar, alleged to have been brought
back from the dark continent by the
Big stick apostle and in some way
It drifted as far down as Washing
ton.
The captain began to smoke the
weed and was Just beginning to
comment on its merits when it ex
ploded?the sequence being that the
captain went one way and his large
alpine hat another. The captain, if
ter the fracas was over loltcrod
long enough to state, after discov
ering no Injury had been done to
his person, that the cigar was pre
sented to him by a gentleman (?)
and that altogether the weed did
not seem to come up to his experts
tlons he would not for a moment
doubt the sincerity of the donor.
The captain says now that he
thought the cigar was a Teddy
Roosevelt sample but since wrest
ling with the problem he is Inclined
to think that Mary Ann Butler had
a finger In the pie. If he did then
It can be accounted for the explo
sion for it will be similar to what
Is to happen to Mary Ann and his
followers In November next
I'XSAFK TO MILK A Ml'fiE
Sleepy Man Mistook One for n Cow
and la tn the Hospital.
Because he tried to milk a mule
?mistaking It for a cow?Dan
Friedman of Maspoth, L. I., Ilea on
a cot In the German hospital, hav
ing his dtalocated left elbow, his
fractured collar-bone, and hla two
broken ribs attended to. Between
groans he whispered to the surgeons
this high resolve:
"Never again will f try to milk
cow?mule?In the dark."
Friedman, who keeps considerable
live stock, was awakened before day
light by the cries of his baby, and aa
the Infant persisted in its walling,
Frlendman realled that he wouldl
have to go to the barn and get some
milk from the mild-eyed Jersey cow
stabled there.
81eepy, but determined to aa
sauge the thirst or his child, Fried
man went Into a stall and, taking
hla seat on the milking stool. *****
utterance to a soothing "So boss,'
4 roachkd for the cream depart
rat j
Bout m ikjr and Frledmak
?it. her a attp aa the auk. Hi
thQuvht Halter** ?MMt,#raek him
a Hcona later wkaa the
CYCLONE OF FIRE
Wiped .Out Four Towns in the
' State of Minnesota
5,000 ARE HOMELESS
BODIES OF SEVEXTY-FIVK VIC
TIMS* RECOVERED AND LIST OF
1 >KAJ? WILL 1'KOBABLV TOTAL
800.. MANY ARB DE8TITCTE
Warroad, Mian., Oct. 9.?The
towns of Beaudette, Spooner pltt and
Graceton, Minn., are wiped off the
map of Minnesota by the moat terri
ble forest fire ever experienced bj
Minnesota settlers.
The .bodies of 75 Tlctlms hare
been round and It la thought the
death rate will be upwarda of 100.
Wagon loads of bodies are being
brought into Beaudotte constantly.
It la reported that many aettlers
erased with grief at the loas of lam
illee and property, ^are roaming the
wooda and searching parties are con
stantly going out after the Injured,
the dead and the demented. One
family of nine, cue of aeren and one
of fire were wiped out on Friday
night.
A cyclone of fire atruck Beaudette
and Spooner. Wthln three minutes
after the first alarm, every building
waa ablaze and In an hour the*
were heaps of ashos. The people of
these towns had Just sufficient time
to get out of their homes with what
they had on their backs. They were
taken on a passenger trsln that was
standing at the atatlon, to Rainy
Hirer. Ontario.
The whole country east of here i
Is on fire. Roosevelt. Swift, Wil-i
Haras and Cedar 8pur are in great i
uauKer.
All the women and children arc
being rapidly removed to places of
safety.
The Canadian Northern Railway
haa halted trains at every station at
the service of the people.
Tho people of Beaudette and Spoon
er and the aeltiera through the
north central part of the state have
lost everything.
Five thousan^ are homeless and
the greater part of them are desti
tute.
Son Very 111.
The son of Mr. and lira. Thomas
Lewis lies critically ill at the home
of his parents on Market street. He
Is suffering with congested malarial
fever.
The many friends of tho parents
wish for him a speedy recovery to|
health. While some better today
his condition is still precarious. j
Many Attended.
Quite a number attended the fun
eral services over the remains of the
late Major Thomas H. Blount at
St. Peter's Episcopal church yester
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The
floral offerings were many, testing
the high esteem in which the deceas
ed waa held In the community^ The
Interment was In Oakdale cemetery.
Out 4ga!n.
The many friends of Miss Clara
Jones daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Jones, who has been very sick
at her home on West Second street
with fever for several weeks, will
be glad to know that she has so fat
recovered as to be able to be out
again. ?
Much Better.
The condldtlon of Mrs. F. F- Cos
tens who was recently operated on at
the Fowle Momorlal Hospital by Dr.
John O. Dlount has Improved so
much that she was removed to her
home on Pomrce street yesterday.
This will be welcome news to her
many friends.
The trouble with most people Is
that they waste too much time ex
plaining things.
A woman always knows bow to
manage her daughter's husband.
FIFTY WMINERS
Are Entombed in Staik. ville Mine
by F.tfkmoa
RESCUERS MAKE EFFORT
HOPEM ARE KXTERT/UNED OP
REACHING THE HEN WITH THE
HOPE SOME ARE STILL ALIVE.
GAB FORCE* HEN TO ABAN
DON ONE EFFORT
8tarkTllle. Col., Oct. ?.?Entomb
ed by an explosion In the Starkrllle
mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, at least 62 men are the
objects of heroic efforts of rescurers,
who worked throughout the day try
ing to penetrate the black depths of
the mine In the hope that some or
probably all of the Imprisoned min
ers might bo rescued.
Late this, afternoon thoae superin
tending the work of rescue decided
that none should snter the mine un
til a medium of protection In the
shape of a portable fan was install
ed.
The fan reached the portal of the
mine at 4 o'clock, was mounted unon
an electric motor car and gradually
pushed forward into the new slope
working at It went, driving the gas
ahead, and as waa hoped, to an air
shaft thousands of feet inside the
mine, where it might escspe into the
open air.
A feature of the rescue work was
the devotion to duty of James Wil
son, superintendent of the 8tarkrllle
mine, who left a sick bed to lead the
rescue work. Superintendent Wil
son finally succumbed to the gases
and wus forced to give up and return
to his bed again.
FOOTIUST
Raleigh, Oct. 9.?This morning
the Georgetown 1'nlverslty football
! players waiting (or their train at
(lie union station helped themselves
to pies and cakes In the lunch room
while the clerk's back was turned,
and the clerk says, refused to pay
for what they had taken.
i The polico were called on but
came too late to see the raid, so
warrants had to be procured before
arrests could be made. So while
Manager Jones of the lunch room
was procuring warrants agalnbt the
boys, the train pulled out out with
them.
Manager Jolly of the Georgetown
team says that his men only took
seventy cents worth of pies and that
the clerk wanted S2.
On the other hsnd Manager Jones
claims that they got away with at
least $4 worth.
Some of the boys threw coffee
cakes, and at least one sandwich at
the clerk while the row was on.
List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for In the
postofflce at Washington for the week
ending October 8, 1910:
Gentlemen:?Bennet, Mr. J. E.;
Choster. Sam; Carowan. Mr. and Mrs
C. E.; Cox, Mr. W. C.; Croom. Ro
berta; Davidson, Mr. H. G.; Deans.
Mrs. J. S.; Dobson, Mr. F. P.; Gsrd
ner, Mr. D. W.; King and Family, G.
B.; Lilley, Tllday: Thompson, Mr.
Sam; Tlbl Lumber Co.,; Ward, Mr.
A. D.; Willis, W. H.
Ladles?Adams, Miss Dorothy;
Borralns, Miss Linonia; Hill, Mrs. C
M.; Norton, Miss Adle; Taylor, Mrs.
E. C.
These letter* will be sent to the
dead letter office October 24, 1910,
If not delivered before. In calling for
the above, please say. "Advertised."
giving date of list.
HUGH PAUL, P. M.
Improvements
Improvements are being made to
the Interior of the Hoyt Drug Com
pany. A larger office is being ar-^
ranged for the private use of Dr.
A. C. Hoyt.
WEDNESDAY'S SPECIAL
?WIT''1 : '7
Regular 75c. All Wool Infants
Sweaters, colors red, white and
gray, this day only 48cu