suit vu three voted favorably and
four against. Those voting favorably
wor? Aldermen 0. J. Studdert, W. M.
Channcey and Jt O. Chaunosy.
Against* Joshua fayloe. F. C. Mil
llaon, B. B. Coueni and R. I?. Jones
A bill wm a read to th* board whlrh
la to bo Introduced Into the present
general -4dkmbly for the purpose of
giving the elty Authority to dlapoae
of bonds not to exceed fifteen thous
and dollars.
Mr. Daniel Packard, the elty engi
neer wm s Instructed to draw plans
for a sewer for the government build'
In* running from Us corner of Mar
to Pamlico river.
One of the principal topics before
Vhe aldermen last night was the tel
ephone question. The special meet
ing was called principally to conald
er this Important matter.
Wfcen the Carolina Telephone Com
pany, first, cam* to this city they yerc
granted a franchise by the city' for a
, i-> term of years and were to charge
? IS a year for residence phones and
$30 for business.' In the year 1901
their franchise expired and the com
pany' was merged into the praaent
Carolina Telephone and Teiograph
Company. . r y ?)'#
On fnveatigatlng. the matter /'it
was sosn that the present corporation
did business here for a period of two
years without a franchise. In . 1903
bold what we hare A.,n?, ana to |
make further procraaa toward perfect
conditions^ Th? need ot agitation.
ri?ilanc?. moral
In Wsshlngton la
?Id Is
annum. t?w be .no compfp-J
other reforms you
arcoRiplfsb, namely:
1; An ordinance forblddl.iR boya
to visit the pool rooms. rr M
2. The enforcement of the la*
against selling cigarettes to minors.
3. And a curfew law repairing {
children under IS years to be off the
Btreets by I p. m.
These mesfisures are wise. Just un
reasonable .and their enactment and
enforcement would be a blessing to
the home, is help to the church an J
Bchool, and a valuable means of Im
proving the future morals and man
hood, of our town. /
Wishing you rich snd merited suc
cess and prsylng the blepBlnga of a
righteous God upon, your good
Mtsa A lie# Tankard will leave Mon
'ay on the N.-8. for Florida' and
;ther points.
There will be a meeting of the
Halcyon Ctyb tonight In the offlce of
Dr. A. C. Hoyt^tt eight o'clock. Lind
?ay G. Warren, Secretary.
work. ? }
Very respectfully yours. . ' '
H. Bi Searigtit. v
J. A. Sullivan,
^ K"**- V. Hope.
It. H. Broom. 1
Mr. Boaoer Rlnq mads a Hylnf
trip to Athena Sunday Hope he had
it Cood time. ?
Quite a number ot our people am
ended the C. B. H. Hall Sunday,
'here Mr. Howard Altfeood deliver
d en able aermon
- Any more buelneee.
I RED WING.
Maaars. Darld and Arthur Cutler
?ent with a party on a gas bofct ride
Sunday.
Think the wedding bell? will soon
ringing.* One ot our ,? ttml fcftt
Ui?pped school and bought a piece of
land.
Of ths throat from which he hid suf
fered for several years. Th|, wu
complicated by a chronic kidney trou
ble, hut the Immediate ciote o i hi.
deatji wu strangulation from ' the
? welling of bis throat.
Representative Stuart was 6S yean
old. married and has several chil
dren. He waa the representative
from Montgomery county and Hved
at Starr. ?
The body was removed to Brown's
undertaking establishment And pre
oared for bnrlal. It "?as sent back
to hla home at Surr on an early
train this morning.
I "Curfew Shall Jfot Kin* Tnaishf
kiB|P^ *?. . ? t* 't ?
r Grant me space, please, to Inform
, the denlsens of ye ancient hamlet,
[that "Curfew Shall Not ding To
j night," for thus decreed the city fa
thers last night.
Notwithstanding the risible embar
rassment of Mrs. Carter at appearing
before the boartl-ef aldermen, she
eloquently plead for such restraint
upon the youth of our city. *
That It fell upon deaf, unrespon
sive ears, speaks vrflume> for the
young gentlemen, who Imirtorallze
themselves by their antagonism to
this measure.
"Junius."
At Low
80 me mighty gooe merchandise la,
now being offered at J. K. Hoyt's.
Now is the chance to avail yourself
of some bargains.
The Cambrian National OlM ??
(an ware the ^traction at the pnh
fe achool aodttorlum laat nl?ht mad
the Lyceum courae K*a'b*en mora
prmtaad today by thoaa IB attendance.
Brerr number on the program wu
pleating and encored. The aladac
by tha entire dab ?u euperb, rm
TlolInUt, Mr. Willie ftlcliarde and
Mr. Ait Tkoana Id hla humoroua
aonfo and lmperaonatlonn aim ply
bipaght down tha hoaaa. The bari
tone aolo by Mr.- John WUllama haa
never been' aurpaaaad la Waahlngton.
The taner aolo by Mr. Richard Tbom
aa and tha duet by Maaara J. B.
Joooa and Maori oe Walah. wars faa
tnraa of tha prvcram. Both nua
bera ware excellently rendered
The entire program waa hit b claaa
from tha baclanlns to tha and. Tha
Cambrian <Mm 8It|?t will alwaya
tan 4 wan welcome In Waahlni
They fcuiy measured up to thotri
reputation ta <Hfc*r places. The on.
tiro program *U 4 musical treat. I
A KM Snatr
The death of Senator Klklna of
W?t Virginia lea vee- another sap
In the front ranks of the United
States senate. Within a year the
{changes have been many and unex
pected.
I Senator Aldrlch of Ilhode Island
has announced his Intention of re
tiring on March 4. Senator Hale of
| Maine followed hts example barely
In time to escape being defeated for
re-election. Senators' Burrows of]
Michigan was benten at tjie prima
ries. Senator Depew of New York.
Senator Kean of New Jersey, Sena
tor Scott of West Virginia, Senator
Beveridge of Indiana. Senator Dick
of Ohio are abont'.to make room
fbr Democratic aeccessors..
In Massachusetts Senator Lodge la
fighting for hla life. Within a few
months Senator Daniel of Virginia,
Senator McEnery or Louisiana and
I Senator \?lay of Georgia, on the
Democratic side, and Senator Dol
I liver of Iowa, on the. Republican
side have died.
It will be a new senate that meets
after March 4. It will probably alsol
be a better senate in a represents- 1
Itlve sense, made up more largely of
linen fresh from the people and In
{Closer touch with popular Interests.
I What the senate loses in experience
through the disappearance of so
many familiar figures It may gain in
vigor, tnie character and actu&P ca-j
pacity for service to the people. ? J
New York World L
Raleigh. Jan. ??? ' The Grand lodge
of Masons will n*?t In Its annual ten
sion In the Masonic Temple here Wed
nosd ay, January llt$. The attend
ance la expected to be ona ot tbe lar
gest In this state, onr mt?b hun
dred delegates -will In all probability
be print V!
The opening session will be h c.
Tuesday night and tbe principal fea
tures will b? the annual address by
Grand Master R. H. Haehett. tbe re
ports of Grand Secretary % ' Mr. John
O. Drswry. and Grand Treasarst Mr.
Loo. D. Hsartt After the address of
Mr. TlaitUt and the reports, o^and
Orator Hon. Francis D. Winston, of
Windsor, will address the body. Then
the reports of the standing commit
tor will be read and the' regular
routine business will be gono through
with.
Tbe annual erection of officers will
take nlace Wednesday night at eight
I o'clock. *
The grand lodge will attend in a
body the unrolling of the buat of
Senator Ransom in the corridor of
the Capitol Wednesdsy night.
Grand Secretary. Mr. John C.
Drewry's report shows progress along
aH lines during the past year. Thp
total number of lodges in the state
now are 885, ten new ones being
chartered *he past year. The mem
bership now* numbers <21,000. rt net
train of about 1,000 members over
last year's enrollment ~ . \ A
The receipts during the past year
amount to $17,711.93. a gain of some
thing like $1,250 oxer tho previous
year's report.
The temple committee will report
.that the Masonic temple is in a very
satisfactory condition.
The rents of tho temple during the
year amount to $12,159.22. the prof
Its from the temple amounting to
t7.5S2.26, while the operating ex
penses hare amounted to $4,626.96.
The total debt has been reduced j
about $12,500 during the year. I
All the reports will show the grand j
lodge to be In a flourishing condl-j
Itlon. . -'-Am
Cotton. Market
Seed cotton, 5.50.
Lint Cotton, 14.25.
Cotton seed. per. ton. 30.00.
LOOK OUT FOR No. 1
A little daughter of llr. Mr*.
Luther AUtRood ft very III witl* Pneu
monia.
r NOdOMlS
January ir,
- - ? 1 ^ .
Never low^&Ight of the fact that
yon hare your own way to make In
the world and that no one feela dis
posed to help a man who does not
help himself.
It la very pleasant to be , a "good
follow" and spend money freely, but
you will find many more people will
ing to areept your generosity than
willing to help you when you need
money.
Don't forget your own interests.
Own your home. I have four reil
denfes for sale at very reasonable
prices, which will yield a good rato'
of Interest on the investment, also
rapidly enhance In valife. < . t ..
5. r. robin sow. >
?*22 l :th St. Waahlngton, D. C.
Repreeentatlre John T. Latham, of
Beaufort county hu been named as
chairman of the committee on Juat
Ica* of the peace tj Speaker Dowd
of the North Carolina hoaae ..f rep
resentatives. He U alao on the com
mittee on agriculture and nsb.
rteprewntatlve W. A. Thompson la
a member of the Judiciary Commit
tee No. t.
On It a few of the imnmlttee^orere
by the Speaker on yester
are growing slightly ton
ne, Ffctton
It la open aeaaon
time aad It
Next
forget
The demand far
weaker than far the
period Of Jaat treat.
It may be true that
bora not made,
|jnst the same!
Thla year wUl have II
la It. Laat year had only
tb the number of
Jealouay produces a nasty dlapo
we regret to see It
at
thing as dWtb,
science oult teaches
?ny are some of thbm looklag'for
Mrs. Eddy to rlae fnom the dead?
^
?
Ta KM Thmbi.
Th?r? *111 be a wmii of the Wo
mans' Christian Temperance Union,
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
In the Y. M. c. U room* All the mln
? litem of the city will meet with then,
on this occasion.
Million Feet of Lumber
There waa a million feet of lum
ber ahlpped from thla port ta north
ern markets today. The ta* Colum
bia towed two bargee containing the
aboTe number feet of lumber out of
herf this morning.
No tpwn In North Carolina haa a
[larger patronage so tar as lumber 1s
r,t H. C. Bo wen. pastbr o f the
Christian church it Belhatren an*
also editor of the North Carolina
Christian Evangel, Oiled the pulpit
at the Christian church this elty Bun
dsr morning and evening to the de
light and education of that congre
gation.
In the morning the theme of the
discourse was 'Xaodlcee the L,?ke
waiW :
At night the topic was "Taking
Conrags." Both sermons were ma?
terpiocee. Mr. Bowen standi high In
his church as a speaker and- Is al
?ays welcomed with a large congre
gation every time he Tlslu Washing
! liOOKlNG FOB AMUSKMEXT?
The beit place to spend the odd hoar in tbe evening U^?t tlita
tJMO-DATK MOVIG PICTL'KK HHOW^
^ F I |A ?-TTPE ROMA2VCB-.A
IEG1NS
Saturday, Jan. 14. Ends
IWstch Thursday's Ad. Giving Particulars a