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VOLUME 2.
Will Meet la FayettevWe Beginn
ing Next Saturday Evening
M MM MEETINsj
Ffcyetterllle I* making elaborate!
preparation* for the aatertalnmeat. o3
thta wall known religious body. Rer.
N. Harding the prfaMapt ol the dlo
eaae accompanied by Mra. Hardla(.
the praaldanc of oh of tha euxlUla
rlaa. will attend from this city. The
delacataa from St Peter', pariah are
Meaan. Da rid w. Ball. Joatna Y Raa
dolph, T. Harvey Mrera and John O.
Bragaw, Jr. " ,?.s
Dtatlagulahed speaker, and repre
aentatlT** from j tha general church
Wilt aU? k. : tSir
? t?i iw ? ?>. ?
Flnt BapUat Church last eight waa
>?11 attended and much enjoyed iter
R. T. Hop* had charge of the .arrlca
and tfca** wan talka by Kara. R. H.
Broom and J. A- SulllTan, aad Meeera.
C. O. Morrl*,. A. W. Thomaa. and B.
L. Daw?n.
Tha aplrlt of tha meetlag waa Sna.
aad M la aata to prwdlct that with
thia aplrlt of co-operation oa tha
part of th* chrlatlan poopla of tke
?artaa churchaa. a graat work will ha
doaa tor tha taaaa of rallnoa la oar
city.
Tonight there will he home prayer
m eating, la tha fallowing -rtaoee:
Mra. Cfrmack^Bwi sareaih street
lad by Rer. V. Hope, aad Mm O.
B. Edward*. Kaat Mala atraat. lad by
Rar. R. H. Broom. ...???]
Tomorrow night thara will be three
home prajermaatlaa la dllaraat
porta at tha city aa fallow*:
Mr. D. B. Willi*. BaatMala atraat.
lad by Rar. R. H. Broom.
Mr*. N. L. Sawrar. HUrd atraat, lad
by Rar. J. A. BalltTaa.
Mra. T. L. Latham, Waat Second
atraat, lad by Rar. R. V. Hope. . - j
Theee home maatlaga have baaa
finely attended thaa far. aad will do
much toward creating Intereat la the I
FULL UTIBIIMIICE
MUCH HO
? 2
i
Meeting of DM|ht?n o i Che Confed
Members of Pamlico Chapter Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy are
fequested to meet tomorrow after
noon at the residence of Mtaa Lepa
Windier at 4 : SO^cJbck. A full at
tendance la deeired this 4a the last
regular meeting until Beptember and
bualneae of Importance will come up.
? All committees appointed for ssv
lee on Memorfal Day are expected to
send In their reports. Those mem
bers who hare forgotten to pay their
annual dues are urged to pay same
St this time, of not, thetr names will
be discontinued oln the roots of the
state society.
This Is a matter for which the
chapter ofloers are In no way respon
si bis, however much they may regret
to HO U>. nnmoi o? ?nr of their mom
b*n di?*pp??r from tl^rtau boota.
1?WCH BETTER
Wee Mettle t ??y i CoMlltkia Much)
j -Approved, the Report
Mix Mettle ifer the mleelourr
from Korea who wu to bar* lectur
ed lit the First Methodist church on
Tueeday evening and tm taken sud
denly ni at he M. E. Parsonage. Is
reported to be much better today and
unless something unforeseen happens
will be rtle to leare for Wilson, N.
C., tomorrow to fill her engagement
in tkM ttwn. v;vv . U
It. was quite a disappointment to
everyone In Washington that Miss
Its? wm not able to tt)%r engage
Si' \ *?
The itlnxleM bee tk<t ? Boston
?clentlit la tn nroduce mH be the
ulMt kind (or tlx botium bonnet
j L.y^pejpf Rrpeirrtd.
Tfce street Commissioner has been
repairing tbs concrete gutter at the
eo^Mir of Hsrket and Witer streets.
Th* jrfcrk Is most satlsfsctory.
i _
Kf*'APK ? CREDITED \ ?'
TO A BABBITS FOOT
Dearer, Col.. May 17 ? J. B.
Johnaon. the colored porter on the
trein which ??? wrecked near htln
turn, Colo.. laat night lire, et 2718
child. He has been with the road
since last fall. .
Johnson's wife, when told of her
husband's escape from the wreck at
tributed It +t> the g6od luck from a
rabbit's foot, which she said he al
ways wore.
nan to
LITTLE GIRL
'
The S-Ynr Old Daughter of Mr.
A. J. Cox Narrow E?c?(Pp
iwTflifioi*
Wmtt From the Fteet Porch of Her
AnUe Move BeHr he the Mom
? UUr le the Dej Becaw Co
AMewnWIe tm Heer Oeeillnml
Uttle MIm Lou Glynn the 5-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Cox came near meeting with a se
rious accident at PlneUmn, N. C,
Tu?a4ar W*l*? WWW alandlnt on
th? front porch of her aunt's home,
jit*, M. T. Jodan. aha fell to
ground and In falling atruck her
M against the atepa. At Brst noth
ing serloua waa apprehended. I>ate
lii the afternoon, however. ?he be
came suddenly unconscious and her
parents were phoned the fact. Mr.
and Mrs. Co* accompanied by Dr.
John G. Blount, went by Mr. Frank
Rollins*^ automobile to Plnetown and
We are g)ad to know on arriving they
found the Uttle sufferer revived and
mnch better. Dr. Blount atatee that
she was suffering from concussion of
the brain and that her age waa the
only thing that saved her life. 8he
waa brought back to this city last
evening by her parents. Hir many
friends and playmates will be glad to
learn of her convalescence. It was
a narrow escape.
* . ' - /"
Ai Appreciation.
Rev. W. H. Call pfeeented to the
nurses and patients of the Washing
ton Hospital some of the finest straw
berries of the season. They were
much appreciated.
THIN WOMEN NEED ~
SERVICE OP BURGEON
Cleveland May 17. ? Something Is
the matter with svsf^ thin woman
am*. Dr. C. W. Hoot! of Toledo,
told the Ohio Medical Convention
at Its closing session. Thin scold
ing wivss and sisters and daughters,
irascible women of assorts need an
operation he declared.
"Ever/ timo I Bee one of these wo
men coming Into my dfllce with her
sharp" face, flat chest and Inelastic
muscles, I am In doAbt whether to
feel sorry for the patient or for my
self he said. ,
"The reason they are so thin Is
tbst something is wrong with their
Internal workings, and they ought
to be operated upon. ^
"As a remedy I would advise them
-* ..r ?
Largest Crowd in Attendance
Ever Known at a Reunion
REPKKTAWCE MAKES RKli
RKTTRX THR WATCH
Cosocton, O.. Mar 17.? Mond to
repentance by religious services, an
unidentified woman returned n alias
ing watch to Mni. Charlea Bannar.
't has been Are yesrs since Mrs. Ban
ner loat her watch.
With It came an unsigned note In
which the writer aald ahe had been
attending rwvlvai services and waa
trying to <M*a amends for ?.
gl, O ? O W c WAB
Uttla Rock, Ark.. May IT. ? Whass
Oanaral <James F. Smith. ooaunaad
ar of the Arkansas dlvlelon of ths
United Coafadsrata Vataraas, called
to order today's session of the twaa
ty-Brst annual reunion, thla. the cap
ital of Arkansas, hsld a crowd that
waa sstlsiatad by officials of the or
ganlsatlon to.be the largest sver
known at a reunion, with ths *?
rlous addreeaea qt weleome to which
Oensrai Oaorge W. -Oordoa. eommii
der In chief of the Vetersae. reepond
ed. and ths sanounoemaat of the
committee made Its report. Keports
of officers and committees, thf fre
sentatlon. of historical . papWL and
the naming of cotnmltteee tb' titend
formal greetings to ttfe Veterans'
organisation completed the eecond
session of the sons meeting. Fol
lowing the election of officers and In- 1
traduction of a number of reeolu-j
Hons It Is expected that the Sons' i
organisation will complete Its busi
ness and adjourn late today. J
The drat eesston or ths Veteran,
was of a formal nature but It waR
enlivened by the rendition df 8outh-(
era songs by the Confederate choirs,
the members of which came from all
parts of the South. In some of these
ths artd soldiers Joined fervently.
jjkjL aougs followed the Invoca
tion b^he chaplain general. Dr.
Lrnn -tiroe
r Msav&nf ths address of,. wel
come by. WR1JMD g, -5*'1?1*"
chslrmsn of the escecutWe committee
of the reunion; Prof. Janus Jordan,
for the Arkansaa veterans: Mayor
Charles F. Taylor of Little Rock;
Henry 8. Hartsog for the Song, of
Veterans, sad Governor O. W. Don
aghey. for the state.
The children of the Uttle Rock
scljpols then ssng for the veterans
In chorus and General Gordoa re
sponded to the address of welcome.
Becauee camp Shaver, located In
one of ths parka, became ails* last
night earlier than bad baao expect
ed. It was fouad aeeesssry to se
cure additional quarters for the old
soMlsrs aad the aaaounesmeat was
msds todsy to ths Veterans that eev
eral of ths school buildings which
had been Intended to ssrvs ss gensr
al lodging placss -would be with
draws for the purpeas of devoting
thsm to the excluslvs use of the
V^eraas
Following Oensrai Gordon's re
sponss to ths various Addressee of
welooms. Oensrai Smith pressnted
him with the official gavel aad he
formally took charge of ths coavsar
tlon as commsadsr la chief.
General Gordon announced that a
telegram of greeting has been rs
eelved from President Tsft. Ths
telegram waa ordered rssd to the
convsatloB. It is ths first to bs ssnt
to a coafederste reunion by a ro
publlcaa president
Then a motion, prevailed empow
ering Oeaeral Gordon as chairman
to name a committee of five to form
ulate sad sand to ths prasidsnt a tel
sgram giving him a vote of thanks
for his message to ths ooavsnUon.
The addressee of welcome gener
ally followed historical Unas but
Govsraor Donaghey referrsd espe
clslly to the dutlee of the Individual
statss to secure and keep In their
archives forever the record of the
privets soldiers of the Confederacy.
Became of illaeee William M. K#
vanaugh, geaeral reunion chairman
of Uttle Rook, who waa scheduled
to deliver aa addreea of welcome,
could not attsnd today's session.
Kc?T
tbc Cttr HMI.
Tbe following UM Vm disposed
of before Recorder Orlmee at the
City Hall on yesterday,
Henry a wanner, colpred, was in
dicted tor ratalHng. A* was found
guilty and the tsd(MU'?f tie ooort
? as that he be sentahmed to the
l-oada of Beaufort county for a pe
riod ol alxty days. fit*
Cleveland Colby a)ati?olorad. was
charged with belni draitk and disor
derly. Judgment waljjbapanded on
tha payment of coat.
Tha condition of M&. Janes Elll
son. confined at the Wellington Hos
pital. aa a result of ao operation for
appendicitis contlnaaa to Improre
dally ThU la welco*0. news to her
masy friends In her adopted home.
BASEBALL YESTERDAY
At 8t. Louis ?
Washington 2; St. fcouls 9.
At Chicago ?
Philadelphia 6; Chicago 7.
At New York ?
St. Louis New York 1.
At Brooklyn
Chicago, 0; Brooklyn 1.
At Boston ? ,
Pittsburg 7;. Boston 6.
At Philadelphia ?
Cincinnati S; Philadelphia 4.
mm tift
Over the Decision of the United
States Supreme Court
DECISION IS DISCUSSES
KJTorts Already Making to Vltfat?
Court's IsterpretetJoa by Proper
Amendments to Sherman Act >*?
But tTtmoat Care Will Be Obeerr
ed? More Ught on Harlan Dis
senting Opinion.
Washington. May 17. ? Govern
mental Washington in al Hta branftb
m ? legislative, executive ?nd Judi
cial ? gave over the greater part of
today to a discussion of the Supreme
Court'? disposition of the 8tpndard
Oil Caae.
* While there was much gratifica
tion In administration circles ore?
the order for the dissolution of the
giant corporation, which had been
declareed "an unreasonable" combi
nation and monopoly in restraint of
trsde, there unquestionably was al
so some misgivings bb to the Inter
pretation of the anti-trust law giv
ing to the courts the right to deter
mine whether or not a mononpoly
was "reasonable" monopoly not to
be. in contravention of the atatute.
President Taft, who, a little more
than a year ago, in a special message
to Congresa, declared that under the
Supreme Court precedenta there
could be no auch things aa "reason
able" and "unreasonable" restraints
of trade ? or In other words "good
trusts" and "bad truata" ? waa aald
today to have been rather keenly dis
appointed that the court should have
aeen fit to reverae itself in the Im
portant matter.
President Taft'a mesa age waa free
ly quoted about the capital today
and the eeamnlgly similarity of his
views as to the scope of the antl
truat law to the view expressed by
Associate Justice Harlan in his dis
senting opinion of yesterday attract
ed renewed attention to Justice Har
lan!* position as outlined in his state
ment to the court
Justice Harlan held that his broth
er Judges had no right to ursurp the
function of the legislative branch or
the government by writing Into the
statute a differentiation between
"reasonable" and "unreasonable."
He declared that congress had re
sisted all appeals to so amend the
act, and that there was every rea
son to believe that such an amend
ment never could be put through
the legislative branch. Under these
rlrcumtsances and In their extrem
ity, great aggregations of wealth ap
plied to the court In an effort to
LT "J - ! "
TOimeira
SUEUR TRUST
Many Members Wish to Speak
on the Statehood Bill
No AtUmift WUl ba Made to Limit
the Debate oa the Statehood BUI
And it ta Taking Mont Time Thaa
First Thought?- Other Mtmmmrc* of
htemi
Washington, May 17. ? The delate
in the house on the ^olnt statehood
resolution to admit Arizona and New
Mexico continued today with the
prospect that the discussion probably
would not be terminated before to
morrow night. There was much in
formal discussion before the debate
began, by democrats, over the rules
committee's action, moving the adop
tion of the sugar trust resolution of
inquiry and nominating a special
committee. The house adjourned
yesterday while the democrats were
fighting on this questlra, many de
manding a caucus to select this com
mittee.
The democratic leaders who hoped
to dispose of the statehood bill in
tw0 days were surprised to learn to
day that many on both sides wished
to speak. No attempt has been made
to limit the debate.
The democratic members of the
ways and means committee resumed
consideration of the wool schedule of
the tariff bill.
The committee members were giv
en long lists of figures bearing on Im
portations and revenues derived from
that source
afons.
Justice Harlan declined to be a
party to auch a reversal and hence
hla dissenting opinion. He denounc
ed as "the -moat-alarmiug *endet?cv
of the day" Men of power, he said,
always were trying to get the courta
to do what Congress would not.
Prealdent Haft In hla special mes
sage to Congreaa of January 7, 1910,
urging a Federal Incorporation act,
declared that to put the word "rea
aonable" Into the anti-trust statute
and thus leave It for the courta to
aay what was a reasonable reatraint
of trade, would be to put into the
hands of the courta "a power Impos
sible to exerciae on any conalatent
principle which would lnaure the un
iformity of decision essential to good
judgment."
"It la to throw upon the courta."
he added, "a burden that they have
no precedent* to enabel them to
carry and to give them a power ap
proaching the arbitrary, the abuse
of which might involve our judicial |
syttem In disaster."
As to the dostrine of "good trusta"
and "bad trusts'* which the i/ajority
opinion of the court, aa expressed
by Chief Justice White seems to
have laid down, Prealdent Taft, In
hla message written more than a
year ago, aald:
"The public, and eapeclally the
business public, ought to rid them
selves of the idea that auch a dis
tinction la practicable or can be In
troduced Into the statute. Certain
ly, under the present antl-truat law,
no auch JKttlnctlon exists."
Relying upon the former opinion
of the Supreme Court In the so-call
ed trans-Mlsslourl and Joint traffic
cases, the President aald:
"The Supreme Court, in Its sever
al decisions, has declined to read In
to the statute the word 'unreasona
ble' before 'restraint of trade.' on the
ground that the statute applies to
all restraints and does not intend
to leave to the court the discretion
or determine what la a reasonable
restraint."
The awrarent reveraal in the Stand
ard Oil cases of the court's decis
ions on these former occasions form
ed the basis of much of the dlscls
cusslon and speculation indulged in
here today. Although the Pre*l
dentt'a ideas as to tKe "rule of rea
son" se*m to be divergent from
thoae of the majority opinion and to
coincide more closely with the dis
senting views of Justice Harlan, Mr.
Taft waa quoted by callers today aa
saying:
"I defer to the declalon of the
8up rente Court; I am willing to take
my lew from it."
Generally speaking, emocratic
Senators and Representativea today
frankly eapreaaad /their disappoint
ment aa to the "rule of reason" fea
ture of the decision. Chairman 44
(continued on P??i> Poor.)
-
I out MAIDS OVER *0
icry* RODE Orf TRAIN
v t. ftsdfcv?
MonUr.llo, if ^ *<mt, ?-?<>
and Margaret Colaon, ai?B#<V.*
mora than. 90 years old, hare the dls-f
tinctlon of never baring ridden or
railroad or In an automobile
Tbe old maldj lire together on
the Colaon homestead at Bethel on
tbe shores of the Kauneongo Lake,
where their father located In 17&0.
They declare they have no desire to
travel by the modem Invention!.
When their father came to Bethel
h& carried all hia belongings on bis
back from Wurtxboro to their pres
ent home, a dltsance of forty miles,
through the trackless forest. 1
Their home is lighted by the old-)
fashioned tallow candles.
To Open Class.
Miss Elisabeth Warren will open
her latin claas sometime next week
at her home at corner of Waahlng
ton snd Main streets.
NEW YORKER ADOPTS
A MARRIED WOMAN I
New York, May 17. ? County
Judge Dike, of Brooklyn, signed an
order yesterday permitting George
O. Lockwood. of No. 335 West Eigh
ty-flfth street, that borough to legal
ly adopt Mrs. L. Maud Warner, of
Lagerllle, Conn.
Te petition states thst since she
was a baby and up to the time ot
her marriage Mrs. Warner resided
in the home of the petitioner and has
always been regarded as one of his
own children.
SM FIREMEN
11 BUHTTE
. 1 .
The State Convention is Being
Attended by Hundreds
MESS OF PRESIDENT
Tbe Firemen Are Welcomed to Ch*r
^lotte by Its Mayor Pre Tern ? The
Tonrnament Will Lest Three Days
? Several Representatives From This
j City.
Charlotte. May 17. ? At 11 o'clock
yesterday morning, the hundreds of
firemen, who aiaembled in Charlotte
to attend the 24th annual convention
and tournament of the North Car
olina State Firemen's Association,
met in the auditorium when the con
vention was formally called to order
by Mayor Pro Tem W. W. Phlfer,
who presided in the absence from the
city of Mayor C- A. Bland. Most gra
ciously did he address the assem
bled men and women, and as Mayor
of Charlotte, welcomed the visitors
to the city, announcing that the
gates had been thrown wide for their
reception.
The welcome to the several hun
dred firemen was further added to
by President Kuester, of the Greater
Charlotte Club, and by Mayor T. C.
Gutherle, of the Charlotte Bar. Mr.
Gutherle's address was exceptionally
well suited to the occasion, and elid
ed prolonged appaluse.
The formal address of President
J. D. McNeill of FayettevlUe, con
cluded the initial session of the con
vention.
The first part of the address dealt
with the economic aspect of the fire
fighting, while the closing part wan
s most excellently timed tribute to
t*e heroic work of the firemen. Pres
ident McNeill concluding with the
following "The fireman has no bat
tle hymn to stir his soul. He has no
waving flags, or rattle of musketry
to urge him into the conflict. His
call to duty is too often a woman's
cry of agony. His battle flag is the
lurid glare that overcasts the mid
night sky. If I were to portray the
highest brand of manhood, I would
not paint Dewey at Manila Bay, nor
Hobson In the Merrimac, but I
would draw a picture of a North Car
olina fireman, emerging from a burn
ing building with a babe in Ma arms.
Underneath this picture I would
write the Inscription. "Preserver,
Defender an<4 Protector of the lives
of the homes and property of North
Carolina.' " v
The second session In the after
noon was devoted to- the detail work
of the organisation.
The touraament, lasting thfeo
days, begins Wednesday following
t he grand parade atr nine o'clock.
MfflUEl
KM HONORED
________
Mr. J.,F. Tayioe Named as Pres
ident of Mattamuskeet R.R.
f'W' i
H'S A BRIGHT FUTURE
The Affair? oC the Company Found to
be t* First CUm Shape? The Road
la Gert?iB for Washington Under
the Hew Administration the Pro
pbaer.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Mattamuskeet railroad
waa held in the town of Swan Quar
ter on Tuesday last.
The stockholder* elected the fol
lowing directors for the ensuing year :
F*or Hyde county: H. C. Carter. C
W. Da via, Charles Mann and George
I. Watson.
For Beaufort county: George T.
Leach, A. M. Dumay, George J. Stud
dert, Stephen -C. Bragaw, Joseph F.
Tayioe and Dr. H. W. Carter.
For Belhaven: Mr. John A. Wilkin
son and Geo. L. Swindell.
The hoard of directors met subse
quently jto the stockholders and nam
ed the fololwlng officers for the
ysar:
President, Mr. Joseph F. Tayioe.
Washington, N. C.
Secretary and Treaaurer, Mr. C. W.
Davis of Englehard. K. C.
The affairs of the road so fare were
found to be in first class shape and
unless something unforeseen happens
the Mattamuskeet road under new
management will be constructed to
this city.
Mr. 8. 8. Mann who has been pres
ident of the road for the past year
tendered his resignation to the re
gret f the directors. Mr. Tayioe ? f
this city waa selected to succeed him.
HJS& IttEIIHGH
THE G0UHT HOUSE
At the Courthouse to Consider School
for Feeble Minded.
Every cltlen of Washington should
attend the meeting at the courthouse
tonight alt 8 o'clock, the purpose be
ing to consider the question whether
or not the school for Feeble Minded
will be located In our midst. It is
up to our cltisans to decide this all
important matter. If we are to do
anything the time Is now ? we can
not procrastinate. Let every cltisen
of Washington be on hand this even
ing st tbo hour named. Beaufort
county la the Ideal location for such
an inatitutton and if we fall to se
cure it the fault Is ours, not others.
What say the cltlsens?
Print a wast ad that tells what yon
can trarh aad you'll soon have some
private pupils.
CAPTURES II YOUNG
HOG BEAD CUB
Noted Bear Hunter of Hoburken ?n
the City Yeaterday.
Mr. A. J. Lupton of Hobucken, N.
C-. was a Washington viBltor on yea
terday. He la not only one of that
community's beat farmers but clalma
the distinction of being the cham
pion bear hunter and catcher. While
out hunting a few days ago Mr. Lup
ton's dog scented bruin snugly en
sconced in the hollow of a tree. Bruin
proved to he a female with a nice
promising cub under her care. Mr.
Lupton endeavored to secure the aid
of hla comrades In rapturing the
bear family but without success; he ?
then decided to try the experiment
single-handed with the result, the
mother bear has left for parts un-?
known and the young bear la an ad
dition to the attractions at Mr. Lup
ton's home.
Mr. lApton la more thsn proud of
his capture and so far all overture*
to purchase has Seen refused by him.
Mr. Lnpton has an enviable repu
tation la hla section as a hunter and
for yeaftr lk has been his bossted
pride in knowing that when he ?***
sfter game he generally corns* hack
well repaid.
Hl? many friends were gl *d to see