. Bcnooi ai concoro. ana ?i9.?oo u
?mually (or the next two Jeer. tat pgr.
? ,"""t '"P'ovCTWOta, Including ?
?college tor dortnftocj mfpoeei and
? mw kitchen. ? '
Tiler* came from the committee
ob propoeltlons and grievances the
unfavorable report 0D the 'kill for
the protection o( emptorea u mem
ber* of tabor organisations. acted up
on yeeterdar by'tbe committee, liv
ing It njaeeth sentence la aplte of Its
having pemsed the hole.. ' .. rj.y
One -ol the bllla puod and ratified
create* a special criminal court for
. the town of Washington.
I; The house cleared the calendar of
I a (rent number of local bllla.
k ? \ The committee on. rale* proponed
ffc two additional atandlng committees,
J one on congreadonni appoQIoeJoent,
and one of the legislative apportlon
Roberts of Buncombe Introduced a
' bill to amend the divorce laws so that
where husband and wife live separ
ate for ten yean and there are no J
children, there can be divorce wheth
er 'both bare resided Jn this state
for the ten years or not.
A bin to prorlde the Torrens land]
LOOK OUT FOR No. 1|
Never loae light of the fact that
you have your %wn way to make In
the world and that ao one feela dls
poeed to help, a man who does not
kelp himself.
It Is very pleasant to be a "good
/ fellow" and spend money freely, b?t
jou Will find ma^y more people wilt
ing to accept your generosity than
willing to help you when you n/Md
-Don't forget your own lntereata.
Own your h6me. I have four resi
dences for sale at very reasonable
" prices, which will yield a good rate
of Interest on the Investment, also
rapidly 'enhance in ralne.
N. R. ROBINSON.
2422 14th St. Washington. D. C.
the late trial, about 9100,900.
title aystem for North Carolina was I
offered by Connor o^ Wilson.
The MU for a million-dollar bond
luue for a fireproof admin latratjpn
building wis put it* feeding*. but
finally refert-ejJ to the committee on
appropriations, having been paased
jpfejfet;
putrtlc trtifNRngs and grounds..
Including today 107 bills havi
been ratified by the present' General
Assembly as agalnat 58 for the uma
number of days of the sepslon of
bills of state-wide application are In
cluded among those ratified during
this session, the-great mass of them
are local acts. Thts showing demon
strates that the policy with which
this general assembly started out to
get rid of local legislation la being
carried out so as to give the remain
ing days of the session to the more
Important state-wide legislation.
The > much-talked <5f legislation for
the application of the 'Torrent sys
tem of land titles In North Carolina
seems to be consldersbly "kinked"
at this time and the outlook Is not
reall? very favorable for the adoption
of the Torrens system at this session
of the Assembly. Two bills with
identical provisions are pending In
the "Senate, one by Senator Cotten,
referred by% his' special request to the
agricultural committee, and the oth
SHOES SHOES
We are offering: one lot of our
Ladies^Shoes at 13 per Cent.
discount. Look for
Bargain Gounter.
\mm S.
The Order Came Direct frtMU Km.'
Washington, Juiutry 18.? Dalerm
Ined that tbe territory of the United
States ?bell not be used u n base of
revolutionary expedition* against Mux
Ico, the Washington Gorernment to
day took steps to. Increase material
ly the American military and cus
toms forces guarding the. frontier.
The secretary of war today Issued
orders more than trebling the bo1-%
dlers guarding tike border line, and
the secretary of the treasury author
ised the collector of customs at WX
Paso Texas, to appoint ten addition
al deputy collectors of systems in
order to establish a more eftactlve
surrey of smugglers. It - Is* undef*
stood- that theae orders were issued
by direction of the president, upon
representations from the . 'Hasten*
embassy that the neutrality of the
United States waa being violated
The Atmy officers hkve been In
structed 1 1> co-operate with the mar
shals of the department of justice,
and the customs officials of the treas
ury department stationed along the
border.
Are Still Fighting.
Psrrel, Mexv Fridays. January 27. ?
ria El Paso. Te*., January 2 8.? Of
ficial advices given out here by the
Jefe Politico declare tint Federals
under Bajor Dominuex met a rebel i
band nt Nonoava, near Cerro Prieta.
Chihuahua, and that fifteen rebels i
and two Federals were, killed- Offl- i
dais claim' that trwr Tebeir/aOO la ,
number, fled, while ^the federals aum- i
berlng 12 5 p held the field. The samej<
source reports a fight Thursday at t
Paqulrlchic. with a rebel force, with1]
a loss of three men killed and sever- j<
al horses, while no loss is -mentioned i
on the Federal aide. I
Colonel Arseatnendi commanded I
the Federals.
er by Senator Graham . rof erred at 1
his request to the judiciary commit- '
tee.
It Is considered practically certain
that the Gotten Bill will come from 1
the agricultural committee with fav
orable report and that the Graham
bill will come from the Judjclary
committee with unfavorable report.
This will mean that If the .b|U passes
the 8enate It will have to be in
sr>lto of the opposition of tbe lawyers
who are members of the body, and it
is hardly likely that their opposition
could be out-generaled by the advo
cates of the bill. It la being charged
against the Torrena system that
while it is admirable for application
to an old state in which tbe land ti
tles are as they are In North Caro
lina would be most expensive and
| have really insurmountable difficul
ties.
I The Good Ronds Hill
?The Slkea bill to encourago road
building In North Carolina now
pending before the roads committee
of the Senate is quite a notable meas
ure in that "Is provides for thh state
"to is^uo $200,000 of bonds every six
a for a series of years and to
loari the proceeds to the counties ap
plying at 6 per cent .Interest, the
?>onrlR to bear 4 per cent interest for
*1 years* Jr
Tho plan is eo worked out' as to
retire themselves automat'cally and
at the same time the countiee bor
rowing the money get a large saving
over tho usual coat of county and
United States, to credited with plant
In! an AoeHeu Dm in the White
House grounds during his presidency.
A piece of one of Vhe branches of one
of the branches of this elm has been
furnished to the tfet&utlve Commit
tee of the Southe%;Commerclal Con-i
*r?*? *7 col. Spfpr Cpeby. V. 8. N-.
In charge of pufollo' buildings and
grounds. From this fragment of 'an
blstrlc tree will be made the handle
of the gnyet t pi be eeed by tke chair
man of the Southern Commercial
congress at its Meeting in Allan ts.
Harch a. 9 an* 2t. The heed of the
gavel will b* made op of 16 pleeea of
#nod, each pieces nipui? <i>laj the
forest wealth of Of the serteen
Southern states ^United In the work
of the Southern. Commercial Congress
These contributions of wood hare
come in every esse from the Commis
sioner of Agriculture of each state,
and ore duly attested. North Caroli
na sent the flrpt contribution, sending
long lear pine af.her represntatlve
wood. Georgia, Ttsas and South Car
ollna have alos contributed long leaf
pine. Kentucky and West Virginia
bare sent oak; Inryland, chestnut;
Alabama^ perslajpon ; Mississippi,
magnolia, etc.
The slab on wjtycb the gavel will
rest Is to be of de*M$la marble, Bult
ibly inscribed. *flj?foontr|bution of
*oo? from tn? wnte House is s?g
llflcant, for it will unite the South
irn States, the nation's capital and |
he memory of the great New England ?
> resident in a gavel whose raps arc
ixpected to lead to a new union of the]
South along buainess lines for the'
jurpose of building a greater nation |
h rough a greater South. . , ||
:ownship road bonds, saving in tact J
lomething like $35,000 of the $100,-!
)00 of bonds involved.
The bill was prepared and worked
out. by* W. 8. Wilson, corporation
clerk In the department of state.
SKRMOXH KNJOVKI)
Rev. Joseph Faiford Preaches at the
Kpiscopal Church to the Delight
ot the (Yingregatlon
Rev. Joseph Fnlford, recjtor of the
Episcopal church at Bunyan, N. C.,
preached ati St. Peter's Episcopal
church Sunday morning. The topic
of the sermon was "The Saving Pow
er of Josus Christ."
The sermon was much enjoyed by
the large congregation. Rev. Mr.
Fulford Is one of the coming preach
ers of the Episcopal church in this
section.
Church> Conference.
The flVst church conference of the
year will be held at this First Metho
dist church next Wednesdsy evening
instead of the regular prayermeetlr.g
pervice. All the member of the
church are urged to be preaent.
Admiral Barry Has Resigned
Washington, Jan. 2&. ? By direction
of president, Secretary of tbo Navy
Meyer asked Admiral E. & Barry
for his resignation. It has been re
ceived and waa accepted today "for
the good of th? service," according to
an announcement made by Secretary
gteNT. . i: \ ' jjji? ? '?
Ir ?
Opened at Columbus, Ohio
Tnd?y ns Advertised
ftHiBIIsiHtliCf
Vie Xatfcmal Com JS
1 umbos Off Tod toy ? The Of? I
?? AlHadtinl Exhibit the WorM
Has Brer Km+m* to My for the
Inspection o? the public.
Columbus, OA Jan 30. ? Thous
ands of farmer^tnd educators In ev
ery elate In the Union ere anxiously
awaiting the opening of the great
National Corn Exposition in Col am -
bae today, In the several large build
ings on the Ohio 8Ute BxpoetUon
grounds. where the treaUet agricul
tural expoeltton cowrflv^ble will be
held, and an exposition wlilch will
?*use the entire n^lon to ponder.
The ?plefcd1g//6xpoeltion la now
read/ to be thrown o^en to the pub
lic. The Judgee have completed their
taak and t** UMunceaent of the
world's prae winner* will be made
In a day or t*o. thus enabling the
people of the entire country to know
which atatee the National Corn Ex.
position Judges hare decided an the
winner* mi producers of different
kinds of grains and grasses. The
prise winners are to be announced
before the expoeition la formally op
ened ? this to eare confusion.
Bxhlblt8V are all in place, decora
tlons and lighting effects have been
completed, aa&~the greatest agricul
tural exposition the world has ever
known I* ready for the careful and
critical Inspection of the public.
Word has been received from every
speaker on the program. In addition
to President Taft, announcing that
their arrangements to be on hand are ,
complete In every detail, giving as
jMM"gi*ce of .one of the moot valuable 1
gatherings that the farmer and the
public Iij general could wiah. 1
When jit is realised that more than *
25 states will have exhibits In com- I
petition for the elaborate National.!
trophies and 25 state experiment II
Btatlons and agricultural colleges II
have educational exhibits, the mag- II
llitude of this great exposition is on- I
ly part\y compdehended. Besides I
these most attractive exhibits fea- J
turea that will appeal to all classes I
alike, will be the National Rural
Life conferences, the greatest ever
held, the annual meeting of the Ame
rican Breeders' Association and num
erous other National and state meet
ings of vital Importance to the farm
?r
The home-jpakinx department, com
plete In every detail, is brimful of |
most Interesting things for the wom
en.
Two great banquets ? National T)t?5
ry banquet, Thursday evening. Feb
ruary 2, and Natlonsy Com bauquet,
Friday evening. February 3 ? Two of
the greatest banquets of the kind ev
er held. wUl each be attended by 1,
500 guests mode up of thfe leading
farmers of the nation.
The winter two-ring circus, occupy
ing one great building, seating 3.000
the bad concerts In the Expoeition nu
dltorlum seating 4.000, moving pic
tures provided by the government
and others, are among the apeclal
entertainment features.
Is Moving.
Mr. Christian George who has been
conducting a confectionery atore on
Market street Is moving to the build
ing next to the Postal Telegraph Co.,
Cn Main street.
A Nashville dispatch cays: Lnkol
Lea, Tenenetee's new Senator Is rici. '
That confirms our suspicion.
ADVERTISE IN THE NEWS
I Tftlf* ^nnnniiiftir
IS OF IXTEREST:
[.''tfttiwl BUI,- H. ?.,v Ju. is. ? A
r*t* lnbrt.Ua* program hu bM?
[ "??** for the *-or*ttr COMMtloa
.to U k?M k luleijf. 6a February 1.
The meeting will W fceld In ihe
ot Comn"rc" 1
QBlKC ?! 10:20. the .f
ternooa w9? at J Bad the al*ht
M#S * ?:?. ?
It ft expected that there wil| be
an Illustrated lecture at the night
session to which all Interested In
Jorestry are oordlelly Invited. One
of *he most Important addreesee will
be by the Horn. A. OaskelJ. Forester
of the state of New Jersey, who Has'
had s great deal of experience in I
forest Are protection and has prob-j
ably Inaugurated one ' of the beet
systems of state forest Are protee- ;
tion now in force. He will discuss 1
this question very thoroughly aad
take up the advantages that North
Carolina will derive by protecting
her forests from fires.
Governor W. W- Kltchln will make
the addreee of welcsae; Mr. jj.
Lee. vice-president of the Southed j
Power Co.. will discuss the subject
"Forest Fire Prevention as a Regu-j
1st Stream Flow"; Mr. Thomas P. Ivy]
of Fayettevtfle. will take up t&e ques
tion of "Revenue for Forest Fire |
Protection; Mr. J. B. Blades, one of
the large lumbermen of eastern Car- 1
ollna wlir discuss the subject "The
Lumbermen end Practical Forestry" : i
Mr. J. 8. Holmes, Forester of the
North^ Carolina Geological aad Econ
omic Survey, wlll^speak on "Forest
Fire Laws .In North Carolina and
other States"; the queetlon of "Re- 1
foresting the Waste and Cut-over 1
lands oftfbe1 State" will be discussed
by Joseph Hyde Pratt, stnfe geologist
Hon. J. El wood Cox, of High Point,
will speak on the subject "Depend
ence of the* Furniture Industry on
tW 4 .oral Supply of Timber." <. . .
A number of the railroads have
shown their intereet In the subject
ly appointing certain of their repre
A Cabarrus 'Coun
Found Dead io
AKVKRTISK IK TUB HKWH
Concord. Ju. , . rJ
Mod !1, # vat! known farmer or
Rlmertop, this couatr. iron found ly
ing la the public rood on* and * ?uar
mil<* oaat of Concord ,t aboat
12:30 o'clock tonight with a bullet
bole through hla heart The
ery wu made by partlea drlrlng to
Co&cord In a ?
man waa <tlll breathing but died In
* nrr ehort time, making no' atate
ment whatever.
The authorities ware aotigad fit the
crime but at aa early hour thla morn
ing hare succeeded la finding ao clae
to the aaaaliaat. The bad baa
no trouble ?ltk any one ao tar a|
wes known, aad the osteon are na
nble to eraa faaten-snaplcloa on nay
body.
Barrier waa well known ia the ooua
ty and waa well ooaneetod. Ha waa
a nurcemrul farmer. Re waa married
last October.
sentatives as delegates to the coa
vention.
The outlook ta very promising for *
a large and enthusiastic attendance.
All citizens who are interested In for
estry measures are cordially invited
!c at te?.*l the meetings. X
Cotton Market
Seed cotton, 6.60. .
i.lnt CottojuJAAi.^,
Ccttou seed per ton, $30:00.
THE GE M T H E A T
The Electric IronjLasts a Life
and can be used in the house or on the porch ? Tuesday or
day or every day--? for any kind or household ironing or
work. Always ready.
Heat quickly and stay hot even on heavy wet ironing,
be regulated^lo suit the work ? from laces to table cloths,
jacket heat insulation Of the cover prevents the heating
and the handle 1b always cool.
The Electric Iron saves time, fuel," energy ? the most
Iron to use ? the leading labor-saving device for home
perfectly clean ? "floats" over the work and gives the
glossy finish that pleases. And it lasts a lifetime.
We are offering this iron on a fnpe trial, basis. Tell
of the Electric Light plant today that you wish to
Flatiron. (Hundreds of thousands have been bought
recleve our handsome, nickel-plateed six-pound electric
a "pull off"attachlng plug, 8 feet of approved asbestos
cord and socket attaching plug. A non-heating thrcc-deck
sent free* with each iron.
Washington Electric Plant
LOOKIXG for amusement?
The beet place &> spend the odd hour In the evening is at
UP-TO-DATE MOV1G PICTURE SHOW
Enjoy
will find the best
running at this
THE
. . the Western
OVERLAND TO
ma tuisetf on the storey
: ? Forty?\iners. >,
IP THE THAMES TO
I KTER. (Sffiilc,)
jTHE TOUCH OP A
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Je K. HO'YT
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WASHINGTON'S
GREATEST - STORE
OUR
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f. 7 - ;r V" WHITE SALE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST * .
Display ot Imported and Domestic Embroideries, Lace??, White Goods, Linens and Fancy Silk Suitings,
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR ? ,-^Sw;
39c ? * * * :?
a.v ? orn tone whit* cooas ?
10c Val Laces 5 cents | Atlj-inen Torchon 5 cents