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Washington. N\ C.. Dec. 14*" 1910.
Mm. H. W. Carter. Pres.,
W. C. T. U.. N
^ Waahlngton, N. C.
Dear Mm. Carter. i
I see by the Daily New*. published
a few days ago tbat your organisation
Jits undertaken to accomplish some
greatly needed reforms for Wash
Ington. I am writing to lend ay
hearty endorsement to tbe movement
wblcb tbe W. C: T. U. baa Inaugurat
es*.
All of tbeae reforms are badly ,
needed In our city, and I am aatls
ned tbat every right thinking citlsen
In tba city, and especially every one
who has children and baa tbe real
good of tboae children at bean will
agree with this statement Occupy
ing tbe poeltlon tbat I do. I am, per
haps. brought Into more direct eon
tact wtth tome of tbeae mature than
men in other professions or bnsl
Tbe three definite things In Wash
ington; namely, drat, the establish*
ing. of a curfew law which will re
quire all children under it years of
age to be of the streets as early as
nia? o'clock each night Second. To
prevail upon the Qofurd of Aldermot
to pass an act dSbdrritf* all boys
from our pool rooms, particularly
those who are In school. Third. To
ace that the law in reference to the
sale of cigarettes to minora ahall be
strictly, obeerved by deaiera; when I
say that I heartily approve tbe car
rying into effect aH of tbeae plans.
1 am satlsfed tbat no one can charge
It to anfjtelflah purpoee which I
might have. '
In taking thia stand r am only do
ing what 1 conscientiously believe to
he my doty to the boys and girls at
tending our public schoola. I do not
hesitate to say that I am deeply ln
tereeted In anything that Is for their
good, and I am willing to take any
stand which I believe to be right
and which will improve their oppor
tunity for mental, moral and spir
itual growth.
Many of our puptle fall In sohool
because of a lack of earnestness and
Application; many of them waate
their time on the streets at night,
come to school Che next day' with
their recitations almoat totally un
prepared. and not only thia. but by
having come into contact with sights
scenes, and language on the streets
tbat they ehould not see nor hear,
their moral seoss is lowered and
they are to some extent robbed of
physical vigor. The children who
otay at home nighta prepare their les
sons. and gst tbs propsr reet, are
thoee who take the beet stand In
school, anil who in the lone run mrrn
To make the home merry on Xmai
morn, and all the year after, present
the family an Edlaon Phonograph
T.say payment*. Putt llat of reeordi
i lo '">??
3L > m;i
ol'p tell a falsehood to
truth. - " 1 ' V
So far as all tbe .teacbir* la th
nubile schools and myself ire^cor
cerned, we are heartily with you 1
this cood work which you baTe ui
dertaken. It is my carngat boy- thr
you win be able (o convince a suQ
rlcnt number of our Board of Aldai
men and our g^od citizens both me
and women, to carry all of the?
movements to a successful lsau9.
A fain expressing my hearty aj
proval, and offering any help 1 ma
be able to give, I am. with b-i
wishes
N. C. NEWBOLD.
At the regular meeting of the ur
Ion. yestorday afternoon the folios
Ing valuable paper was read and
request made that It be published 1
the Dally Nfcwa.
" w. c. t. v.
la every movement, be it ftreat o
sail, auccens is to be the ultlmat
result. It is necessary that tbo*e sha
be before and above all things?
perfect organisation, a high and'loft
Ideal all over mastering anJ all cox
ouering determination. V* hare tb
perfect and complete organlsatiot
helongiag as we do td the larftei
union of women, not only in Nort
Carolina and the 'D^ltnd Stat *s alon
but iB\?b*pt?le wide wofld *3
r We have the high dad lofty idea
which caused that grand and glortou
woman, Prances Wlllsrd. to d<vot
;"ker precious and useful life for th
'cause of the broken hearted wome
of America and of the world and b*
! Cause her devotedness to thia loft
?Ideal her name and statue ntand on
conspicuously In the hall or fara<
| being the only woman that boa be<
| placed there aa yet! We say ou
Ideal Is lofty because it has n
thought of self.or selfish ends; onl
the desire alid wiah to help and ec
courage such as are about to glvp u
the struggle of life. 'And the lai
but by no means the least, requls
tlon for our success is the overmaa
terlng and all conquering determlni
tlon In which we as an sssoelatio
are in no sense lacking. And y<
we are not entirely satisfied wit
ourselves for aa we allow our mint
to bound out Into the future and w
see there outlined the many atupent
| ou? things which -we are to arron
! nltoh -
Wi realise that It will tako noth
ing lees Chan th? united efforts of
all the Christian women/ In Wash
ington to carry to perfection our
plans?plans formed In fait* and
which will be executed with strength
and dogged determination. Aa has
been noted here we on last week sent
a cordial Invitation to His Honor.
Mayor Sterling, the Aldermen and flli
ether city officials to attend our lasi
week's meeting. -We^eould not b??ir.
sod that right naturally, lpt".- -
a little feeling of dlseoursReTr.ent a:id
disappointment croep Into our r;td*i
as jre realised that only two officials
vis: Mr. Chaunoey and Mr. frdwler
had annwfred to the invitation. ?- {?
The Invitation which was ifenf out
was not mere child's play, but thst
we might get the ear df this honored
body and explain to thsjn car org
anisation, its alma and purposes. Ana
then, too, that together we might
take a stand far law, <jWW. sobriety,
troth and aHtboa? things which ten a
to lift up and not drag. down. Only
the things whloh all true Jaw abiding
and law loving citizens should s***d
(Or. We repeat, we are grieved "that
so few responded to our call, howev
er we are grateful to the two whp
came and for the kind and encourag
ing words which they spolro to ga/*j
; The chief df police compared lor
rHfipmpnt nn IrH
i
' Jordan Has prturuo I
v <721. .''Crfolk yherc he ^ent'CO at
tend ?he banquet and other social
functions of the Mutual Foneflt in
..ram-*? Company.
There Was a contest on bctsfeen
the States of Virginia'jtlid North Carj
ollna in a policy writing contort be
? tween tb0 ngencica of the twa states.
North Carolina cgfefte out antler tbe
wire .?tfoad and In cdtffcequsnc# of
tl?clr victory" were the guests of the
Virginia branch. Mr. Jordan Is - a
representative of the company In
Washington. Ue Is loud In his praise
of- hit trip and states that Norfolk
entertained thorn In royal style. They
vera given an oyster roast at Cape
'Henry, froQ tickets to the Colonial
Tbcatre; a trip around the harbor of
Norfolk; visit to t^e soldiers's bome.
Inspection 6t the nary yard nnd a
luncheon at the Chamberlain hotel
at Old Point Comfort, lfr. Jordan Is
today receiving the congratulations
of his many friends on being'one of
the party.
BANKKR WHO GAYV BRHK
TO BEAT l'RO Hinrr fO N H1KS.
St. I^ouls. Dec. 1S??John Morrison
Puller, a former Qlasgpw. Mo., link
er. whoee ecoentrlc actions attracted
attention, diod at the city hospital,
from concussion of the brain as a re
sult of falling on an Icy sidewalk last
Tuesday night.
When Glasgow went prohibition *
few years ago he opened a free clsb
and Bare beer away.
The elub cost him $7,000 a year
and he closed it up.
His daughter Is A prominent socie
ty woman.
WHO W1I.L, WIN THK
HA.V1W!)?IK VITOMOBII.F*
e automobile to be given away Cbrist
n! mas *y Jr. K. Hoyt. Just nlno more
^ i days now and someone wlll.be hap
j py.
(t 1 No** Is the time to make your i
p I vote* count?so get to work and yoa !
n ! will , surely win. The automobile Is
|f | being admired all the tine by pede?-;
t trains and Justly ?o for It Is a beau
The average man can make up his
mind in half the time the average
woman can make up her-complexion,
hat no wonder. ^
' oar benefit the conditions as they are
' today with those a few years back
and he assured us thst things are in
n vastly better condition (though
they are bad now) than they were
10 years back. There is not' one
tenth as much whiskey sold here
now at.thero was during the time of
the open ssloon.
Traly we that we have advanc
ed, at least a step onward. On all
sides we hear ihe cry "There Is more
whiskey sol J here now than ever be
fore/' We ?re not deceived by this
ciry. -
To1 defeat prohibition and got the
open saloon again is the slognn of
those who cry more whiskey sold
no>J\iun c?*r before.
Wo wen C?e victory for prohtl;lt!cn
Wrt?T?>rv Rgo and It behoor^r* us to
1 wo io it that la* i* con*c*ier.puK:
flr.^nd rigidly enlhrcod. * ,1 "
The law should reach the gree
well as the bambini far instance, life
fellow on the side oi\ back Street la
uo mpre guilty if he Is selling whis
key than Is the grocery store, the
restaursnt or the drug store, that
I Is selling It. All sre willing to hu
rcxiUate the weak but who wUl dars
to expose the o*ea In tho: higher
But granted that thesp ttcrsops,
law breakers, |f you piea-5, ^es
cape Jnat punishment hero, there Is
k higher and Infinitely mote justice
In (he Higher court to which all ih?
rich and the poor, tho high and the
tow, the plebeian and the aristocrat,
shall get msted-eut to the'a tfcb'oenf*
ence each baa merty^fcr For as> Em
erson to aptly s^r?: "Thou a^alt/bc
paid exactly for what thou hast don?
*?no more?no less. Curses siwaya
recoil en the head of him who Im
precates them. If you pat a chain
around th, nwk of , .1... the otbor
icr cabinet moiubers,
college prob.djntu,
hjoaljfcw??" Ui iH\>
?red i ju.OOOr.'OO^.ffli
&??* oends value
devoiod primarily
_NNfrl" ?f jiwdpl
peace by theOUyflJtlon of war between
nations nnd-'vauch Motion as aay
Impair "theipviiuM and happlnei
ol man.1
When war#betweon nations shall |
have ceascd jO^fu^d la to be applied
to such aitrflpttq purpose* as will
"best help ii?? glorious ascent
onward and \Award" by the banish
ment of tho'^Bost degrading veil of
! evila" then haifcraccing mankind.
I As Mr. Qfccmpie read an Informal
daed of trust "announcing at* length
; the general putjrcsp of his gift, there
was prolonged ?JM)lai;;.'\ He thov
explained the Incidents which Insplr
I cd the glv(ng ?? the money at thlc
1 time, and (WlerjJ with emphasis
ithst If the Kngtlih-spesklngV^aco in
, the United States and Ore at Britain
i once consolidated In the movement
| for International peace, tho success
| of tbe nieitmre hi the rest of the
world would fc2 assured. That Great
Britain stood ready to co-operate
? with this country, Mr. Carnegie said
he felt certain a?d all that was not*
needed, bn added, waa tbe concur
rence of the President and tbe sen
ate in promulgating the movement on
bebalf of tbe United States.
A resolution o| thanks wus ><r.
sented by Josephr-Jf. Cboate. former
United States ambassador to Great
Britain, which was adopted, snd J.
L. Cadwalader of New York, propos
ed that a committee of seven be ap
pointed to consider tbe subject of
organisation of th? body of trustees,
tbe form of character to be obtained
and other details- of organisation.
This waa likewise, adopted Senator
Koot of New YorlaUrag unanimously
James Barry Scott, solicitor o! the
state department waa chosen perms- j
nent secretary of tbe board of trus
tees until a more definite rgaonlxa
tidn shall have been effected.
Mr. Carnegie declined to be In
cluded in the future organisation of
the board of trustees, but exi>r?issions
of gratitude were uttered by many
of tbe trustees at the meeting who
look forward to continued advice
from the donor, who it was doclsr
*il.' "perhaps more than any other i
man. has given . constant thought I
and study" to plsns (or the develop- I
ment of international peace.
Exactly what purposes will be ser
ved by tbe gift of 911.600.0d0 and
its estimated annual tneonie of'9500
000, none of the trustees could ssy,
ss the wbvle project has been
brought forward under the most gen
eral terms, leaving wide discretion
and comprehension to tbe trustees
in the fulfillment of the promises of
the gift.
One of the members of the board
of trustees said tonight that while
there had been no definite plana as
jet* for the use of the fund, it was
certain that the new rotnmlsHion.
which Is yet to choose a name, will
consider the question of Internation
al harmony much more deeply than
a mere glorification throughout the
world of the benefits of peace.
"Specific cauft(," he said, ''will be
investigated and so far (as possible
tricnUftc research will be effected In
1 prcinetliu? the movement THe,lar|o
fund makes it possible foj thy first
time to make a thorough inpuiry in
to" the - rut Ideation*' which u:-uaiiy
bring on hig wars.
But above a|l, ft is not a diplomat
ic matter. It Is a private undertak
ing which will eventually receive the
support of the ststes"
It !? known that Mr. Carnegie "i'>
explain further the purposes of his
ftirt at the opening session of the
Afaericca society for the judicial set
tlement of International disputes
*hlcfc will bB held, tonight. His suh
5?Gt- Vlft,-bo "The Moral Icaue of
War." -j '
President Ifcft has- consented to
; be the honorary pre: ident of the
foundation a ? >/ !'
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AllVnKTlHf. rt TM!C VJW
I K. HOYT,
AMERICA AT THE MffRCY
OF A FOE FROM 5HE FAST
Jty'gabington. l^?-c. 16.?A sons".
1 report fronj the war dep.it
('meat s'uowtug LoV Use ,co>in?ry wav
'Inadequately protected against leva*?
; Ion from foreign covcrum^ms Viu.
: Bent to the House to0.r?y as n secrut
docuttent, Mil, after c nxm'jcr ci
j conferences and hurled Kiaphonc
ineqangcs, ?w returned tQ Q>? war.
department on the ground that the
house could not receive a eecret re
port.
| With 391 member* ot that body
* the content? of the report would
j stand a cbanc- of leaking out to tbe
public Immediately, in tbe opinion of
those who conferred on the subject
j when the remote contingency of a
secret session of the housd was men
tioned.
Members of Congress who saw
the document before Its withdrawal,
say the report of Secreatry Dickinson
points out that the country is whol
ly unprepared, that there is a woeful
luadequacy of men, of guns and of
ammunition,\that tho army should
. be rcorganl2cd and that a council
J of national defense, with the secre
i tary of war at its head, should be
J created by congress.
1 WOOD RKPORT "CONFIDENTIAL
The report of General Leonard
? Wood, clef of staff of* the army,
j which was marked "confidential"
dealt with these matters. The real
significance of the document is that
It makes offlclal admission of condi
tions at read w well known among
army and navy officers in this coun
try and abroad.
Geneart Wood, in bis testimony
before the houne military committee
today discussed the whole subject
of national defenses, told where the
weak points law, and laid particular
emphasis on the possibility of attack
) from the Orient.
[ He did not give vent to any alnrm
j 1st views as to danger of any imme
; diate invasion, but talked conflden
to take lm
: mediate action to guard against any
| possible trouble from Japan or Chi
General Wood contended mat
while the country la reasonnbly de
fended much la needed to be done to
place It upon a aecure basis.
lie argued that congress should
provide for more artillery aud field
guna and for a greater stock of mu
nitions of war, so as to be prepared
for any emergency. He believed the
standing army should be expanded
from 80,000 to 100,000 men. He
favored rednrlng the term of enlist
ment from three to two years. He
believed in the active encouragement
of the miHtla of the states as a val
uable first nntional. reserve and that
! the 30,000 or more men annually
going out of the army to resume prl
' irate life should be kept In doaa
? touch with the government, so that
they-could constitute a second re
| serve.
' COULD NOT DISLODGE A FOB
j Representative McLachlen, of Cal
ifornia, the author of the resolution
| passed at the last session, which
i brought about the r?fll? ial exposition
of the weakness of the military do
fouses. said today:
"A foreign country could hind 200
000 troops off the Paclfir roast In 3<)
days and tho only Intimation of trou
ble would be their blowing up tht
mountain passes, thus preventing
any communication with the east. Ir
the three atates West cf the Rock}
Mountains?California, Oregon am
Washington??e have 3,000 rc.gula:
troops and 6,000 state m1!1Mam?n
The best military uuthtrltle* sr.y i:
would take years to dislodge fore'.rr
troops if they ever secured a foothold
under these conditions, and that It
would cost th? United States one bil
lion dollars."
The bill Introduced by Represent
ative Hobeon, oL Alabama embodies
the administration idea of a nation
al council for defense and It' the re
sult of his conference with Pres!d<mt
*I>ft, Secretary Dickinson and othei
oflclals.
PURPOSE OF BILL.
The bill ia designed to eat*bUah a
definite ajid consecutive poller oi
national defense, determined by the
deliberation of both the leg!|lativ<
-.nd the executive branches o(
gvernaent and to 1 mis re harmon]
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WASHINGTON'S
CREATEST STORE
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WA* IJin. V<V lit
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R PUBLISHED IN ? ?-,? NORTH CAROLINA
not oniy in determining out in onrorc
Ins tile policy.
to promote efficiency
and economy In peace and In war.
The secretary of war should be
president of th* council, tUc other
vahmbfui the secretary of lis.
raVy, the ohatrman of the scnato au?
bouse military and naval affairs com
mlttees, the chairmen or Che Mnau
ji'.nr.nce and the hou?e ajlprctpfbticfcc
committee,- the chief or tiie genet-.,
staff of the army, the aid for opora
tions of the fleet of the navy and the
presidents of the army and navy war
colleges.
?.? The holding up of the report grew
ofct of the opposition of Representa
tives Tawney of Minnesota, chairman
of the appropriations committee. It
is said he is understood to have his
attention called to the report somn ;
time ago. whereupon he hurried to
the White house, called the attention
of the president to the policy of re
trenchment In appropriations at tltts
time, and advised him that fl^ura
lively, if the conditions cited In thin
report were mado public the whole
retrenchment policy would be inter
ferred with.
PRECAUTION CAUSED MIXUP
The war department's percaution
to protect the report led to a serious
raixup in the house. The report was
marked "confidential," but that pre
caution was Indicated only on a part
of the document. In the routine of
handling of the report it was pass- I
ed along with other executive docu
ments to the clerk's office, where
such matter* are open to pubile In
spection. but almost Instantly the
confidential nature of the document!
Wan Inquired la to end the report was
withdrawn to the ptivuey of the'
speaker's office.
BUCH PROCEDURE UNPRECED- '
ENTED.
After looking into the prctedents,
the speaker concluded that there was
no warrant for the reception of the
report as a confidential communica
tion. Therefore he returned it to
8?crtt%Cy JJhJUnsim, wltb u polite
letter, calling attention to the rules
of the house, which require all ordin- I
arJ executive communications to be '
printed, a recognition of the force
of the words "confidential" marked
"confidential' marked upon the docu
ment would involve its reference to
a secret session, which, the speaker
said, would be a procedure unprece
dented for nearly a century, and
would probably result In at once!
bringing about a greater degree of j
publicity for the matter than were It'
handled in the ordinary course.
Therefore ho returned the matter to
thc secretary for such disposition as
be ??w fit to make of it.
Secretary Dickinson received this
letter very late In the day. and con
sequently withheld his answer until
tomorrow.
It is probable that he wli: with
hold from the house the appenJlcps
to the original report (which, alter
all contained the only really confi
dential matter), and submit the rest
ot the document, omitting the Junc
tion at confidence.
THE PORJiHK ORCHESTRA
PLAYED AT AURORA
The Forbes Orchestra played for
a dance at Aurora Inst evening
Quite a number of young ladies ano I
gentlemen from this city were pres- j
ent. The occasion wc? much enjoy
ed.
fecial !r Handkerchiefs!
ft
108 CO?. LADIESfMEBBROIOERED HUD
KEfSCHiEFS- WE ARE SELLING THEM IT ISC.
^HEAOQUARTEHS FOR ?S OF LVEflY KIND.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY.
Bowers-Lew is Co.
I ui'M, Iw-" ltrvlwt Slot. Watch Tomorrow'* A6.
THE GEM THEATRE
Oar Thoat;e i? a rocjilr- ^Wl***
of <oMchU?our chance of bill em
M?? yen to see tfce Umt ?n4 bat I*
9 MOVIKO PICTUJW BNTB RT AIN
MBNT.
TJUf (TOWBOVS, MOTH1M*.
TIFT WILL
MAKE IDDRES!
WILL PE THE MOST IMPORTANT
IN THE HISTORY OF THE COM
MKHLIAL SOUTH ?THE FINA1
PROGRAMS AltK BEING AH
HANGED.
Washington, Doc. 15.?Pres'.dcn
Tnft will address the greatest gath
eriug of business men over held ii
this country on March 10th, at *tt
lanta, Ga., whore tho Southoru Com
merrlal congress will be In aessloi
for three days beginning March 8th
1911.
Tho governors of the other flfteei
Southern States united with Govern
or Drown of Georgia In extendini
illf? invitation to President Taft
which was delivered to him yestor
day through the executive commit
tee of the Southern Commercial C n
gress and a committee from Geo:
gis.
The program of tho three dat
will be the most important In thi
history of the commercial South, am
Invitations will be Issued to the mo*
, prominent men of the nation to par
I ticlpate.
I In addition to the address by thi
president, wbo ha* chosen for hi
subject "A greater Nation Througl
a Greater South," addresses will bt
made by ex-President Roosevelt, Oo<
ernor-elect Woodrow Wileon of Nei
Jersey, Hon. T. V. Powderly, Surpeoi
General Walter Wyman, the govern
ore of Southern States, and other dis
tlnguished men throughout the en
tire country.
This vast rally is intended to typ
ify in a vivid manner to the peor>!<
of the nation that the South, regard
ing itself as an integral portion o!
our great country, has set itself t<
the task of building a stlJl greater
nation through the growth and de
veolpment of a still greater South.
Pinal arrangements of the pro
gram are now being completed by the
executive committee of the Southern
Commercial Congress at Washington
who expect to announce th0 full 11#*
of ttpeakers within a few days.
TWELVE MEN I>IE
IN VIRGINIA MINE
Norton, Va., Dec. 14.?As a result
of an explosion in the mine of the
Bond Coal Company at Greeno, six
miles east of here this morning at
9:30, 12 men lost their lives. Thir
teen were in the mine at the time oi
the explosion only two escaped one
of them died snortyl after being ta
ken out.
On account of the atmosphere
and other conditions the rescue work
was stopped tonight and the other 3
bodies will not be brought out be
fore morning
The explosion came without a mo
ment's warning and it is believed t<
have beeen caused by an accumula
tion of gas set ofT by "blowing" coal
The air shaft was^thought to be li
good condition. A similar oxplosloi
occurred in the mine three years ag<
in which six men were killed.
Our idea of an extravagant mar
rled man Is one who leaves a $1(
bill in his pocket when ho goes U