?11 t\ f\ 1^ AW aaii '^C fc I |||llf vll H I 111 Washington, Not. IB.?a plan to i r admit ?x-President*, ex-Vice Presi- I I dMts and ex-Speakers of the House 1 ?f Representatives to floors of the | *V two houses of Congress, with the ( ly privilege of debate, but not of voting upon pee ding measure*, was broach- I ad here yesterday by W. J. Bryan. I Mr. Bryan's statement was coupled I with a declaration that ho faro red a i change in the time of convening Con- j areas so that the new nation wduld < "The gaestion is asked often, what ? shall we do with oqr ex-Presidents" 1 ltr. Bryan said. "Now that we will i aeon bare two ex-Presidents it might \ be woctb while to consider whdt i means ootid be employed to utilts-r I Af esdames McMu Give Social Ft 0?e of ths moat ettrntai eootalK faacUofce of the many given In Wuh-' lagtw* oowrrM at the residence of . lira, ifmt P. Baugbam. corner of 1 |PB . V TWtead ud R^a^aoa aim to. yesterday from S to B o'clock, when her dohgfcter. Mr*. Mary McMullan. nod M^a. Claude Carrow. entertained at Bridge for a large number of their The attractive home, within I tee If attractive and inviting, won beautiful in deeeraUooa. the color ecbeme being fellow and green which waa artistically carried oat in potted plant* and fellow afcryaanthemnme. three esnme luncheon woo served br popnlei hoateeses end no eccawlcn of the eeaoon carried with It or pleasure. There oetr eee priae given and thtt v jUggmkfcgLffr Mice Mary Belle the highest seer* ^"Wou8ht&- I THEB BY JIEW PRESIBENT Tk? Addinco Club ni entertained Tlwihl afternoon by the new pree Hast. Ida. D. T. Tayloe This Is ID* list literary slab of Washington, u4 the meet In ?r ealweye popular Ml ?? !?.; nice rib meat. 11 cents 1k.: Ooldmsdai^ Floor and beet EPOdJhlas* at prices ^ that will rataht It. Phone 17. J. B. Adams. La W I ' >; 1 mWM CRESS SCHEIE P J. M heir experience and aecummulated nformation. It aeema to mo that the Nation might avail itoolf of their ?errices, and at the Mune time afford hem a dignified means of keeping tn lommunication with the public "It hae occurred to me that -belli . iheae ends coold be attained by a aw giving an ox-President the priviegee of the floor in both tho Senate ind House, with permission to take >trt in debate, without. Of course. J?e privilege of voting or serving on ^mmittees. "The retiring Vice President ihould be given these privileges on Lbe flbor of the Ssoate under the tame limitations and I see no reason rby they should not be accorded to U ex-Speaker of the House If he re;t|ws from Congr*-*." i 1km and Carroxv motion Yesterday ?f the a.'Ccrnooa Those present were: Mesdames . A. [C. Hathaway, O. T. Leach. Georgr Hackney. Jr., J. D. Gorhmtn, Joha C. Rodman, J. K. Hoyt, Henry Brideman. Fred Pratt, Caleb Bell. W L. Vhughan, Thomas Clark. Stephen C. Bragaw. John O. Blount. Walter Wolfe, 3. R. Clary. W. C. Peretvall. J. H. Hodge#. Kdward Mathews, Lonls Mann, Kdward MaHison Misses Mary Clyde Hasset. Elisabeth Warren. Mary Co well. Winnlfred Hlchelaon. Mary Carter, Isabella Carter. Mary Belle Small, Catherine Small. Miss Kelly, Miss McCuIlers. Miss 'Lacy. Miss Griffin. Caddie Fowls, Ella Tayloe, Nan Waddy. Lillian Ellsworth. Olive OaUahgcr, Katie Moore, Linda Moore. Miss Banks. Adeline Mayo. Julia Mayo, Mary Simmons Jones. Mas Ayers, Mary Tankard, Janette Wet to ore COIRCOKJN TK CITY Washington people are now having an opportunity to purchase pianos of the celebrated Hallet A Davis make, known all over the entire* world for their superior workmanship sad tons. \ The exhibit is now going on In the store boll ding neat to the Brown Drug store on Main street, and wbile | not a single Instrument Is to be sold | daring the exhibit every musician and music lover has a cordial invitation to call and inspect the magntfl Fair T = | BR|M Daughters of Con) < an Ovatid Mat display. A demonstrator Is ready and willing at all times to take anyone through the entire exhibit and how why the Hallet A Davis piano . has no equal today on the American { market. There are fourteen different styles of pianos on exhibition, either ' one of which would enhance the at- 1 tract 1 ranees of any home in which it is placed. This company was eetab- . IIshed (a the year 1SSI la the City of Boston. The exhibit will close on Saturday nifht asd it behooves every music lover la Washington to see this fine display of pianos between that time and now. The piano this company sells is one of the three oldest In existence today and during all the yearn It ban been on the market It has stood the test la a way to command admiration and praise. Seeing la hollering, la the old saying. Those doubting the merits of the Hallet ft Darts piano should visit their exhibition and see for themselves. A careful examination of the tone and conatraction of the planoe la what Is meat desired?if this is done then the company hare no tear of-the resalts or the outcome. No plsnes are sold during exhibition. -However, at the close of the exhibition all the instruments will be se|d and the prioo will be reduced to about factory billing on each Instrument. The exhibit Is open evenings. A great opportunity Is afforded all msalc lovers to choose a flrat-class instrument. RffCHVID GOOD MAJORITY. The largest majorities ever given Democrat* senators in this district was that of the last election. Hon. Harry W. Stubba, of Martin county, {received 6,716. Capt. O. J. Studdert of tht* county, received f*09t. Tfcefer opponenU received: W. ?. Bateman. 1.010; John L. Phelps, 1.001. The majority for Stubba was 1,716; the majority for Studdert, 1.601. Washington, Not. 15.?a round i >f social gaiety tonight terminated ;he first business day of the convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in session here. A brilliant reception to the officers tnd delegates was given tonight by the district division of the Dangh- , ers headed by Mrs. Marlon Bntler. rfce reception came after memorial lervlce for the dead ot the organisation and or the Confederate veterans held this afternoon. Mrs. James Britton Gantt. of Missouri, registrar-general of the Daughters, presided at the services and was assisted by Mrs. Green Williams, of Tennessee, and Or Randolph H. McKlm. of Washington. The delegate* sang "Nearer. My God to Thee,"* and the roll or the dead for the year was called. After the memorial service reports 9t the officers of the Uhtfed'Daughters were read and approved. Mrs. Roy Weeks MeKinley presented the report of the recording secretaryFEEBLElim Ml ' OPEASFIRST (IFYEAR Kinston, Nov. 15.?Work on the 3tate school for the feeble-minded near this city has so far progressed that it was definitely announced that the Institution would begin operations on the first of January. Only boys will be admitted on this date, and these in limited numbers. Girls will be admitted* after the routine of the school work has been well established. The finishing touches to Installation of the heating, lighting, water and sewerage equipment, which work will be started. Monday. Contracts for the furnishing of the two dormitories and central building with furniture, linen, crockery, etc., J will be awarded on November 23. The facutly will be assembled during the next few weeks. Dr. Ira M. Hardy, the superintendent. left last night tor Jacksonville, Fla., where he will address the So^en* Medical association on tho subject, "Schools for the Feoblominded, the State Best Insnrancc Policy." The fund which Is being rglsed in Lehoir county for the erection of one of the two dormltOrlee yrhich will be built at the Kennedy Memorial home, near here, has reached the sum of $4,418.88. The city of Kinston has furnished the jgreater amount of this sum, and only Are of the twelve townships In the county have been fully eanvaseed. The other building at the home, which in the new eastern branch of Thomasville Baptist orphanage, will be erected by private donation. TO VISIT SISTER. Mrs. Z. M. Potts and children left this morning for Wilmington, N. C., to visit her sister. Mrs. ?. P. Dixon. Her many friends wish her ap leasant rUi,. IN6 INTO THE PINK I n in Capital City general; Mrs. Edflrard C. Scnabel, that of corresponding secretary-general; Mrs. C. B. that of the treasurer-general; Mrs. Oantt, that of the roglatrftr-stneral, Mtt. L. H. Rains, that of the. custodian of the Crosses of Honor?V and Mrs. P. A. Walls, that of the custodian of flags gnd pennants, 'iftr A score of entertainments In honor of the visiting' Daughters were given by Washington women last i night, in addition to ths formal reception by the .^hlfict division. The morning'flv|s|on was devoted to reports of ooajM&ittees. statements by Nstlonsl officers upon the progress of the year's work'and general dietlmore, first vice-president general, presided In the absence of Mrs. Alexander B. White, of Tennessee. Mr*, fawhso* (hell Regrets. Washington, Nov. 16.-*-Mrs. Chan. B. Piatt,, of Charlotte, read to-the U. D. C. Convention today a nsesaags of regret from Mrs. Stonewall laekaon. who eoald not attend the meeting here. WORTHY AND ETHEMKE MAKINUiPHOYEKRTS Decided Improvements are being mde to the drug store of Messrs. Worthy A Etheridge, under the Hotel Louise. Workmen are now engaged in placing in a tile floor and other interior, improvements are contemplated. which will maha it one oC the most attractive dreg stores in the city, if not in Eastern Carolina. San Francisco. Cal., Nov. IS.? With but one precinct In the state mlalac and 41 counUea out of 68 officially canvassed. Roosevelt's plurality as shown by a retabulatlon late today was 46 over Wilson. These figures did not include a reported Wilson gain of .64 In Loa Angeles where the official canvass la still in progress. Earlier figures today had given Wilson a plurality of 47 in the state exclusive of the Los Angeles gain. The missing precinct is estimated to poll 12 votes. WVVSj AHK GOV. WILSON TO THE WHITE HOUSE Washington, Nov. 15.?President and Mrs. Taft will ask Presidentelect and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to be guests at the White Honse. The President wants to ascertain before sending the invitation when it will be most convenient for the Presidentelect and Mrs. Wilson to come. It is; likely that the invitation wtl be gtren I at the time the President-elect goes to Staunton, Vs., his birthplace, to attend a jubilee in hia honor. This will be Christmas week, and the President probably will aak them to shop orer here after the Jubilee. * The social season at the White Honse will begin Dtosmber It, when the President and Mrs. Taft will give the annual dinner to the cabinet. During the season they will give fire receptions and four dinners. The last reception, that of the nrmy and navy, la scheduled for Pfthn ry 4 growliratefe . .-A ti,'I'M:?. IRNOON. NOVEMBER II. 1111. orrow--Cooler GREAT ATTRACTION AT THEJM THEATEI The engagement or the Carlyl* Comedy Company was welcomi newa to the many amusement seel era of Washington, and their appre elation was well shown when th. above mentioned artists played ti two capacity houses last night. To aay the show was good wouli be patting It In a mild form. It wi pronounced from several critics b be the beat of the season, and om that pleased all the way through. Thla company opened with j minstrel act, Mr. Carl Armatroni and Mr. Kramer the two ends, an* Mr. Russell the lnterloctor. asslste* by a chorus of five beautiful glrlj from which each sang a solo. Among the stars on the bill wa the clever little prima donna will the double voice, her solo was we) heard and highly appreciated, an* received well deserved applause. "Army" and Mr. Kramer wer perfectly at home, they held dov: the comedy end and handled th laughing end of the performance. As a whole the show was ver: dean and neat and well appreciates and received more applause than an: other bookings hare. Tonght thla company offers an en tire change of program and a langl getting act. presenting "A Quie Night's Rest" for which the admia alon prices well be the same, IS and 21c. mvm&m 150_F?EI PRECIPId Mew York; Nov. IS.?An aulomc bile containing four men and a worn an tumbled backward over a 150 foot precipice at the edge of Hlgb land Boulevard la Brooklyn just be fore midnight Wednesday night killtgn the woman, Mrs. Andrei Reid, and seriously Injuring two o the men. , The men. who declined to gtv their names, explained that tb chauffeur had lost control of his ca while attempting to turn it aroun on the narrow roadway. Mrs. Reld was the wife of a Brook lyn manufacturer. Her husban found her body lying in a suburbs: police station shortly after midnight He declared that he knew nothin about the ride and was unacquainte with the two injured men. who ar | held on a charge of homicide. Afte making this statement to the polic* Reld collapsed. The two uninjured male passer gers in the wrecked machine took t their heels after the accident and ei caped. lira. Raid's Jewelry, value at 96.000, was found In the pocket of one of the Injured men. JUNIOR AUXILIARY. The Junior Aaxlllsry of the B Peter's Bplscopal Church, will so candy lg the Carrow building on Sai urday afternoon from 3:?0 to o'clock. This la for -a most worth cause and should be generously pel ronlsed. Mr. D. L*. Cobb, of Joneevllie. I 0 . Is In the city KSg j3jv' ; j&z | J 1 A B V f 1 gflpesj Tariff Pledges W Says tfie Next P Wilson. i Princeton, N. J., Nov. 16.?President-elect Wood row Wilson announced laat night In speaking or the tariff and the monopoly question, that be purposed to carry out the pledges he made In his campaign speeches, to cut special privilege out of tariff schedules, prevent unfair competition [in business, and to destroy privilege monopoly. The President-elect has been asked whether the big correspondence he' received after his elctlon contained any inquiries as to his attitude on the tariff or monopoly problems. "Do you moan that people take It for granted you will carry out the pledges made in your campaign speeches?'' he was asked. "Yes, they certainly will be carried out so far as 1 am concerned.' In his campaign speeches the governor often reiterated that revision of the tariff should he undertaken , immediately. It la believed that this idea now will find expression in a call - for ah extra session of Congress to consider the tariff question, a9 well aa other subjects which were issues. {in the campaign Just closed. Oovernor Wilson now has in hand a fairly complete list of all the men who have expressed themselves pubs licly on the advisability of an extra 9 session. It Is known that Ike Presic dent-elect has made up bis mind on ~ the subject and soon will make B known his attitude. He 1b of the idea 9 that the work of tariff revision can be undertaken without a series ofi a s I Speaker Clark No\ For I 1 1 Washington. Nov. 15.?Hepresentative Henry, of Texas, chairman of the Kulea Committee of the House, a who was a candidate for Speaker i that he would not oppose Speaker 1 Clark when the new Democratic i House is organised after March 4. "It is not my Intention to be a cane dldaf#!" said Mr. Henry. "Requests n from many parts of the country urgb ing me to run have come to me, however, and it seems appropriate that 1 y ' THE EAST CAROLINA . TRAINING SCHOOL t ? The literary soileties have been rehearsing all the fall on The Mikado, an opera, to be given Dec. 9. Miss Muffly. the expert coach, is putting forth her best efforts on both m the dramatic and singing features. Q The costumes will be furnished by a nrnf nmfitnn A1 miliimor ??nH Iko I? *? aueB? setting will be effectively re" produced in the stage arrangements. - There'la much enthusiasm and pracu tically the whole school is at work. _ There are fifty In the choruses. The school has established a high standard of public entertainment. This ' promises to be the best thing it has r yet done. f The I-anler and Poe Literary Societies are making interesting and ex-1 e tensive plans for th j year's work I e that will be valuable training to the r members In developing initiative and d team work. The classes have organized and > elected officers and advisers, d President Wright attended the last i n meeting of the Wayne county teachl. era' association and made a talk on g Teacher Training. He brought back d good report of the Teachers' Training e School girls who are teaching in that it county. ?, At the Pitt County Fair held this week the Training School takes part i- In the Educational Day. o Miss Porter, Student Secretary of the Y. W. C. A., in a recent visit to d the school, made arrangements for a the 8tudent's Council of the Association in this territory to meet here at some time during the winter. Different members of the faculty t. and ministers from the town of II Qreenville have been conducting tho I- Sunday evening Y. W. C. A. serv6 lcea. These services are well attendj ed and the music is always good, t- There are two Mission and two Bible study classes that are doing good work. (. Dr. R. T. Vann. president of Meredith College, on Monday evening. No L J 1/ 4^^ Nn. fT PURPOSES OUT PLEDGES ill be Carried Out | resident Woodrow \ long investigations. ^ v "There have been inve.stigatisn* in. every Congress." remarked the corernor "I've studied the problem all a my life. 1 think there is a definite I idea of what ought to be done." While the President-elect 1b reading assiduously the opinions about an extra session, he is Just as carefully refraining from looking at the 1 jM various speculations which are being. .\*m printed as to the probable personnel '"fS of his cabinot. This was revealed in connection with the visits today of " Judge William It. King. Democratic national committeeman front Oregon, and bieuteuaut General Nelson A. Miles. U. S. A., retired. Governor v.^H Wilson said General Miles had called unexpectedly to pay his respects. The correspondent informed him that the names of both General Miles and * Judge King had been mentioned in dispatches from Washington concern- Ifl ing the make up of his cabinet. The tWffl governor said he did not know of this. "I'm fortunate." he said, "in not reading the speculations ho I'm *19 innocent of any. embarrassment." The President-elect took a long walk late in the afternoon. A short, stout man. apparently intoxicated, emerged from the woods and insisted on shaking hands with the governor. He turned away but re-appeared through a short rut a few minute* later trying to take Governor Wilson by the arm. The secret service man intervened and led him away. He protested that he meaul no harm. t Opposed The Speakership make a public statcmont and acknowledgment of my appreciation. Governor Wilson and those acting with him cannot afford to begin kin administration, arii^--a.factional can , ^4 test against the present Speaker.** It Is Mid also that Mr. Brraa Is favorable to the re-election of Mr. Clark. Expressions from Democratic members of the House who have reached Washington indicate that the Speaker has little or no opposition for re-election. IN COXYAUWCKXT. The tuany friend* of Mr. l. a. Squires, assistant casnier of the First National Bank, will be pleased to learn that be is convalescent from his recent illness. ^ Captain John W. It eyes, of the . ' Norfolk Southern registered at Hotel laouise. vember 11th, delivered an addreas on The Dignity of the Calling of Teach- $ ing. He treated his theme in an eaay. informal manner that made the nonteacher element in the audience feel it was for them as much aa for the jiiuoinriiivc n-acaiT?. It is the purpose of the school authorities to give the students each year an .opportunity to hear the leaders in the educational thought of the state. Several members of the faculty will attend the coming session of the North Carlina Teachers' Assembly which meets in Greensboro Thanksgiving week. Mr. W. H. Ragsdalo Is on the committee on Legislation: Miss VVultt is a member of the committee appointed to investigate the legal status of women In the Stat**' Miaa MacFaydcn will present to the Primary Teachers' Association a paper on Rusy Work COTTON MARKET. Lint Cotton, 12 1-8. Seed Cotton, $4.00. | Cotton Seed. (20 per ton. ~~ ?*# ?** NEW ADVERTISEMENTS j IN TODAY'S NEWS 1J ^Vaahlagton Horse Exchange. Hallett it Da via Piano Co. j Household Department. Boston Rubber Shoe Co. M South era Furniture Company