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throughout the Mate
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1ms the death at her father at Loray,
N. C.. near Stateerllle on 7e?terdaj.
Thla If the nun lllaa Morrison baa
not returned to reenme her dutlee
aa teacher In the school* here elnce
the openln* after the holiday.
The sympathy of the entire eo
m unity (oee out to Mlaa Morrison In
LOOK OUT FOR No. 1
WWrnwunii ini ???Miwt
reaantatire, and h? skonld have
known that the words h> and would
at oace call for lerirc comment la
or hit countries tban Oraat ttrttttn
and might Involve Uii government
In explanation and disclaimer.
"for these reasons I direct that a
public -reprimand be given to Com
mander Stma."
Commander Sims Is the man who
started the movement (or Increased
target prance In the navjr, which la
said to have Increased the battle ef
flctency of United States warshlpa 100
There is food for thought in facts
contained in a bulletin just issued
by the state department of agricul
ture on the amount of foodstuffs
shipped into North Carolina. The
state imported for Instance $t.217,
636 worth of cured meat; $6,877,148
worth of cured meat; H.12S.1M
worth ef corn and osU; $221,878
worth of hay, $49,155 worth of but
The conclusion reached in this
investigation aa expressed by Agron
omist Surges* 1* that every farmer
^hould make it a point to at leaat
raise his own home 'supplies, no mat
ter to What special crop his lands
and section may be especially adapt
ed. He says he would not expect
at1 counties to raise their home
supplies, but he aeea no reason why
the crop development should not be
brought to that point where the home
supply products the state over should
be. such as . to practically eliminate
't the heavy drain to Which the state
is now being subjected in purchas
ing these supplies out of the state.
It strtlms us that My.- Burgess H
not fAr wrong In the" conclusions, he
has arrived at. " *v : v,
Bach year large sums of fcpney go
out of the state which could be kept
at home. There la a tendency among
farmers to raise their own supplies,
j but, according to these figures, the
j lesson fihs not been fully appreclat
I'M Hro
Swindell, D.
tor. t. a. K
Uoorie J. L.
The ratloa
br the board
?, J. 8. rowlc, w. B.
? Pnrtar. W. E. Prxxs
ler. W. ' H. Whitley.
* and A. U. Duma?.
I oiler, were elected
directors
earn 'ire men of bnaldQaa ability awl
urbanity TW bank waa orsantaad
In fSti aad from tba date of tta or
KaiUaattah to tba preeent baa aillOMd
'lie roBllde^e and eMeetti of tba ea
Ur? ett J. BtranllT Ibr capital atoek
of tie ??t?U bu-raaaad from ISO,
000 lo;?l????0.
L^.Hle Dally New* tongratalatee tba
stockbftltfert 6? the excellent ?haw
lot ttih W(Jl-knnwn laatltutlon baa
and la ro?)tla? In the bualneaa world.
It la an tykaor to Waahlnftton
LATKOT J0SW8 PftOM SINOLinOX
W* are having some fair weather)
now. j?tft plenty of mud sad , b
roads. "*> ?
Little Lillian WHUrd who hat
been var^stckfor the peat w??k or
two fai much batter mow.. Thla la
mwi t o bar many Menda
T |
Oh, you wedding balls! How you |
wU| chime sra many moons.
Mr. Oacar Peels mud alater. Mlaa
Carrie, of Macldonla were the guest
of Mlaa Luds Gray Woolard 8unday
last.
Mr. Heber Cherry and Mlaa Cottle
81ngiston. were out during Sunday {
afternoon.
Messrs. OctaviuH Manning and
Charlie Ellis of Pine Grove were vla
Itora In our mldat on Sunday evening
last. Hope nobody didn't set scar
ed.
Little Leona Woolard la spending
the week with her aunt, Mlaa-Mlntie|
Hauls.
Mr. Oacar Hodges and Mfoe Caddie I
Wlllard attended church at Oltfaprd |
Sunday. 4
Christmas paaaed off very quietly
in our .mldat. There were a few who
took on a little too much "Old Hen
ry," but it wan Chrlatmaa. and they|
wanted to be jolly, 1 gueas.
Mr. Goth a Wlllard took Mlaa Cal-|
lings to Old Ford Sunday.
Everybody la through killing bogs!
now. and the farmers are preparing
for their llil crops.
?We are having a vory good school i
thla year at Singleton's under, the
direction of Mlaa Annie Louise Hodg
ea. of 8wa!naland. She la quite
competent teadher.
"JOLLY GIRL."
~iihr. George Heptlnstall la acting
as city elark during the abssnee of
' Mr. W. B. Wlndtay.
We agreo with the member tram
Cleveland that II the ragmen tatlroa
at Raleigh hare anything to lay It la
worth <a;lnr load month for their
colleaguea to. hewrf <? Tba charlotte
0??M ml. , * tiv -
A?h?vin? wanta a NMUt Tha
i qneetlon win bo whether It
pull or not.?
The NeU Litchfield Trio to appear"
at the Public School auditorium on
Wed need ay evening. January 18th
promisee to ho one of the noit at
tract Ire numbers yet presented un
der the auspices of the Lyceum
Course. As Ben Johnson Wen says:
"Laugh an4 Bo Fat. sir, your pres
ence Is known; they that love mirth,
let them heartily drink. 'Tie the on
ly recipe to make sorrow sink."
The Galveston of Texas says of;
this trio: "The audience which gath
ered last' evening for the T. M. C- A.
Star Course entertainment were well
entertained by the * Nell Litchfield
Trio. ftkr. Litchfield the principal en
tertainer has a wide range of capabil
ities extending from school boy imi
tations to the effective rendering of
Kipling's barrack ballards! He is
an accomplished character imperson
ator and nothing could fcrfre been
mors smuaintf than his "Uncle Zack
Sopor" In the playlet "Down at Brook
Farm.'" Mr. utchfleM la a rlollBtt
of r tr* ability. Mm Llurhfi.Id la
the piano accompanist of the trio and
she plays w?II.
The school trustees ere Indeed for
tunate In securing this popular at
traction fof one of the numbers In
the Lyceum oourse and al] who at
tend nfcat Wodneedsy evening will be
highly pleseed. No doubt It will bs
J ths best drawing ca'rd of the entire
? ?
RBOBHOCITY nkqotjatioxh.
It IB understood that reciprocity
negotiations arc about to be resum
ed at Washington with mfnibers of
the Canadian goverhmenrwho are
expected to reach the national capi
tal. ' ? . < *'
As effort jrill he made in connec
tion with these negotiations to ar
rive at a. settlement of the matter
of the Newrotfa dlan d ?IsUsfles 'reg
ulations, the reasonableness of which
remains to.be passed upon under the
terms of the award made at The Ha
gue in September last It may be
remembered that the arbitration
tribunal, while holding that New
foundland was entitled to make fish
eries regulations, declared that such
regulations must be equitable and rea
Bonable as between the local fisher
men and those of the United States,
and proyjded for .-the reference to a
mixed commission of the question of
the reasonableness of the regulations
In the event of. the United States ob
Jectlng to them.
The suggestion was made t>y 8ir
Grey, the British Foreigu
Secretary, that the matter of ag
ulations might be settled by direct
negotiations, and in pursuance pf
this suggestion representatives of
Newfoundland will meet the Unted
States, British and Canadian officials
at Washington to paas upon the mat
ter. -.JL? J
Col. Waiterson has sailed for Eu
rope, but of course he left the Star
eyed Goddess of Reform a full win
ter's supply of coal.
The Ohio judge who says the high
cost of living Is responsible for di
vorces evidently considers living on
love a lost art. .
It Is no longer a question of. gam
bling, but whether It la possible to
pass or perfect laws that the people
want.
It la only a matter of time until
some chap, will discover a way to re
^sturs denatured alcohol .
About the first of the year many
a bank account loses Its balance.'
Two may be able to live as chesply
as ons If the one doesnt have to pay
alimony.
Baltimore has a poultry exhibit
which Is as near as the good old town
ever comes to showing the white
fsather.
The leading aviators are making
some resolutions that are calculated
to proloag their llvee.
much enjoyed
On tut
of the
8t Paul's church In in^WnaSj
and appropriate aarvice. Evening
prayer waa said by the Kev /amaa K.
Kin* assisted by the lay reader of
the eoagregntlon.
The sermon preached by Rev Mr.
King was a moat excellent and help
ful one, ahotrtx mush thought and
eettlag forth with much eleerneea
Jeeus Christ as the Savior of all an.
After the aervlce there ?u a celebra
"tlon of the Pout of Light*. ' under
the auapteee of tike Kenu'a Aulll
llary. of the congregation. The three
wlae men were repreeented by Kate
R. Truman, Sank Miles and Flora
Pay tee. Theee three approached tSe
altar where their taper* were light
ed and than the tapers previously dl*^
trlbuted to the omcrefatlon were
lighted by than. The col lection tak
en waa for the Woman's AuxUIIary.
The whole service waa Boat enjoy
able The Bar. Mr- Kins Is rectm
ot at. Ambroafc Chnrch. Raleigh. K
C-. and his rawing hero to oOclate al
thli sec^4 waa math, appreciated.
??'. BOLKD nON POKT1GAL
Kx- Premier Chtfgrt With Plotttaf
BlarrlU, France. Jan. ll.-Sx-Pn
mi?r Franco. of Portugal, arrived
here toda/ tram hit native land.
Charted with plotting: with the en:
eraiea of the Portuguese republic
Senor Franco was taken to the Span
lab frontier In an automobile and
warned not to return. He may nev
ler again be allowed to set foot upon
the territory which once he practi
cally ruled. . .
Senor Franco, la charged with con
spiring with tfre royalist party to aa
aiat In re-eetabltehfag a monarchy.
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The Intereata of lackeeaian -4m
*mr are much aafer now that!
b Henry McWhortef of Union1
r la duly Installed in the Capl-1
tol building. ? Charlotte Obeerrer. j
The Laird of 8kibo evidently had
only a name In the Carnegie Truat
Co.
Time la cementing a treaty with
England more durable than the word
of man.
it la a good thing that they decid
ed on the national bird before eggs
got to 40 centa a dosen.
' .The P>u Mall OuMU, of London.
Mb the following to Mr of Crwtm'i
fl^nd, which will exhibit at the Waah
lnston Public School! auditorium" on
' January 24 : "?<W
, Mr. Creator* '? band, to composed
01 bran, wood-wind, doable Irani,
and har, The electa which <e pro
duced frlm hi* combination or ln
atrumenU were certainly quite extra
; ordinary. At the outeet weFere 1?
cllned to think that the whole bud
Including It! conductor, ran to the
extremity of metodrajoa. Mr. Crea
. trfre hlmaelf out-rlod the moat ac
tl?. conductor., by ixaptai from hla
rm. conductlaf Uttle group, of
?or real individuality. ul Ml u am
acrobatic performer. Hit ^oatrol of
his band U intensely quick; ho ftmr
1 allows anybody to fall short, or to v
, show the ?tightest .uspleion of Indol
ence; It Is a matter, of course that
any new method la any art In at
first received with a certain amount
of conventional laughter. But though
we ourselrea confeaa that laughter
was our Inclination at the out*f<\
we win equally confess that at th?
end It was poaalble to recognise la
Mr.- Creatore's method a way of con
ducting "which is entirely new, and
We win venture to all* aa&srlatlvnly - )
effective. A wit was haafd to do
scribe him last night aa "The Plat*
form Creeper." This is an obviously
unfair Judgment, because, though
hs mores, as It were, among his nMfc,
supporting and directing them, ha
nevertheless is always the dominant
spirit In the prelude to "La Tra
vlate." and tn a "Grand Selection*'
from "Carmen" he certainly did won
jders. . *
C restore will appqar in Washing
'ton at the Public Scl^l Auditorium
on January 24th. _ , n
W ashingtonj [Electric Plant.
THE GEM THEATRE
toonno FOR AMC8KMKHTT
INDEED'