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It w. mm This is Speaker Ci the Party Must and be Retainec P one way, 'and one way only. for. th giving tie people after election wb? they promised before election Th people don't went excnaea; they wan This la Speaker Champ ClarkIdea of what the Democratic part must do td'make good and to be w IEdF*.' talned ia power. 1/ there U anything 1 believe I ?$ strongly." uUd-WT. Clsrk, "It. Is th. proviso* nth to win an eleotlo should ho religiously carried oat s 5, tor the election In won."' a "Men should aar what ther me* k unit mens what ther air: and ths Should >rsal the plain Isneuaco o tie plnln people so that all mar ui dc-ctand. TV .oolem.of the Ian I1 hs.e S eleht to he treated honeetll candidly. fairly an4 coura*cousl: Tlicy tro entitled to that square de* Hi of which wo hear ao much nnd se Robert J. Walker's report on th tariff remains to thin any the Kr-atm paper am that Uh?oht In It h. tal down this gaaeral principle "Th highest rates should he on Imprint the lowest or none at all of the ni ressarlea of Ufa." That should b 1 the haste of oar revision of the ts ^ Iff to which wa are solemn!7 con milled "The rates should bs arranged t H) as to produce the maximum of rev nas, while taking from the ultima consumers the minimum of mono In the shape of tariff taxas- Thi Wr statemant mar appear paradoxus but what It proposed Is perfectly (sa ibis. Thsra Is a maximum revenu producing tariff rats on ssch pa tic star Item which can bs asserts h ed. and which should be ascertain* Tbo momenf the rale on any artte goes shore tho maximum rsrssui producing rate tbe revenue begins fall off. and tbo mors the" ntte Is 11 creased the more the revenue dwti dies until It disappears entirely, an the Tate becojties prablbltlv. ? "Such Kb the case with blank, nine teal lens worth OOt OVcr for irTO. 8(2 The first official meeting ot tl Board Of Stewardsf or ,th> Fir Methodist church vu held in tl Baraca room of the church la eraulac. AU the members wert. pre ont with the exception of one. T! board reorganised tor the coming ye by the election ot B. W. Ayers chairman; ft. O Morrl. trcaaorer ai Swlndell'andTp;. A". Wright were ele. Meaere. C. P. Bland, P. T. Phlllll K named aa aubatftote follMto H W. K. Jacobaon wax appointed ??m ?? P?.t? Itat J. T Bland. I. B. Kl. Uarlaad Bakar and Ckarlee Hank war, appointed nahara. Wn Maa Ayere waa .totted Tbn meeting waa ona of the m formulated lor a progroMtva moment along ad] line, during tka < & -ulo* year. ; i It will be gratifying to UM n.? frlendn of Mr Kytoaeter Warning orabta today Mr. firming In n Indlanoaad at Hotel tooted 1 ? flam I la one of Washington'. 'ftftmr.d and all wish hi: i f r^i n atii i if I iii iiiii I* LI u I" r rlir 1 r lark's Idea of Wha do to Make Gocx I in Power. 'X'h'i1* ** S ? * *t-L* a tariff tax of between lt6 an 8 181 1-1 per cent, e "Without going Into weariaoa 7 details, it ia safe to say that thre< t fourths of all the taric rates of th e Fayne-Aldrlch-Smoot tariff gill w t above the maximum revenue-produ 1ng rates and should be reduced 1 e least to,a competitive point, y "The truth is that the words - competitive tariff' are more easl understood than the words *a tari a for rerenu )- only*. 'A competitli t tarie' is one which would give Ame n leans the American market so lot ' as they seli at fair prices, hut woo let In foreign prodocta if Atuerlcai a undertake to gouge Americans, y competitive tariff*, would In practh >f b 'a tarift for revenue.' The revem i- "Sn.be increased more frequently 1 d reducing rates than by increaslr r, tlttsn. Cj; /. '> r. "The present tariff, if thorough il overhauled, could be made to pr ? duce a great deal mora ro^reane ai at the same time not cost the ta e payers one-fourth of what ihey no it p?^- for under fhe present syste d where one dollar goes into the fe e eral treasury foiar or flve dollars ( 'J Into the pockets of th# tariff baons L. MW. 4 A MAW Mil rt W V.A '? bills should be fully as low as tl > rates In the bills which we passi during this congress, and in son cues lower. 4 "All the talk about the Democra 9- wanting to injure business Ij aba le lotelj preposterous. 1 y "What we ,want to do is to gl it everr man an equal opportunity I. the race of life, and not pamper a ft S- at the expenses of many. That pi e- would foster every legitimate indi r- try In the land and injure none. TB ? to one w?y in which cosgmu can e a. in reducing the exceedingly high rc In of living, which la really the mc i- pressing, vexations, and imports :o problem with which we have to dei i- What the people demand is cheap a- food, cheaper clothing, cheaper n id cessarles of life generally, ?d a cuts in tariff rates whioh do not i is complish that are not worth t Ly trouble &nd labor of making, te "The revision ought to be ma id carefully, scientifically, and In hi iinur uirti TWimni?M(lp nrnml?A? " RECORDER'S COURT BUSY R PLACE THIS WE xe The Recorder's Court. bAt been st buoy place thia week an$ the folio ie lac cases hare ho far been *d'spent st with: a- Tobe O'Neal and Lewis 3pru le Diaordorly conduct. O'Neal flood ar and eoat. Spruill. apt' guilty, as Churchill Boyd. Drunk. Tin id $1 and coet. *s. Dfnk Carrow. Drunk. Fined E. nnd Mt. W :t- Badle Water. Dlaorderly oondi M. Fined tt ul coet. ? Major Chatman. Drank. FU rl? ft and coat. 1 U> Fined $? and cost i John Whedboe, Larceny. Fli Id, $10 and coat. ns John Whodbee Assault. Ju< men suspended upon payment un 10 Stalling*. Boating bo. . bill. Bound oxer to the next term >st Beaufort county Superior Court. StT CHRI8TMAH HERE. ?.[ Mr. and Mre. K. H. Batts and 1 children, of Klnaton, N. C ; Mr. i Mrs. T. A. Grantham and two c dren. of New Bern, N. C.; Mr. i Mr*. J E. Hop wood, of Rocky Moi . N. C.. and Mr H E. Levin, of Ro / Mount, N. C.. ipent Chrlatma. ? ?-?*? ee- Mr. Hubbard Harrlaon. of Hi JBu . m 1lw ?JHL jp*-. I_ T'otl d | y-'Jcjf? -1M ( * ||BH "' 1 .< \jUJ***m ll^vMMSTai r- I 'K IE 1 raiSSE? tf II A I? if 7 - ^' r V-. >y piFTY thousand people, amoof then ,? * saw the launchiiys of the New Yc ties Lips of the American navy, at Bi ^ commission in twelve or fourteen moo o- OJ%rL'un---OJ^ u"-'~n-r<-n-f1id ? ? Halcyon Club Gat Xmas D -? IW The annual Christmas dance wai 5e liven br the Halcyon Olab last sd evening at tha Hike Home ant M It proved to be one at the most en Joynble yet given by this pdpatsi te club. A large number ot visitor! o- were present. About slaty couplet participated. The music wag furnish re cd hy the Forbes Orchee8k? ? v *y? ww Hnuufvif uKvwn sw for the occasion and merriment am an pleasure reigned supreme until th? is- familiar strains of Home 8wee at Home caught the ear of the dancer lift -?1. -I..1 r I.I I. .v.. r? * m ... ,.11.. - - ? - A, mi announcing war rareweuu ..were tt ?t be exchanged. '5* ' &.-? } at The german-was led by Mr. Ed nt mund Harding, assisted by nls part al. ner. Miss Katie Bragaw. There wen r three favor figures. The flrst wa the presentation of Japanese paro ay sols to the young ladles and Fool w- Caps to the gentlemen. The eecon. he favor was Frying Pans with horn and the third waa the presentatloi d* of Fire Flies. J&." tr- Prior to the geraan the clul gave a dance In honor of the chil dren of the city whieh lasted from to 10 o'cloek. Those who participated in the res alar german were: X Mlas Katie Bragaw with Edmnn Harding; Mlaa Mary Clyde Hasee with David Carter; Mlee Ellsabetl Tayloe with Jamee Bonner; Mil _ Elisabeth Warren with R. T. Wind w* FOOTBALL CAME TO BE ed = POT I3N8AY NEI |1> Monday afternoon at 2;S0 o'cloc , the Washington High School footba lCt* teem will chase the "Pig 8kin" i competition with * team made up < the II 11 alumnae. The boya be. at been practicing for about a week an a great content Is' expected in -whK ted the l?ll veteran.-e.lll ehov the li cel. that their can .till maintain the IB- anpremacr on the gridiron. On 0 ot other hand, the High School bop. 1 the (ace of the past eeaeon'e recor ?rd ere oonldent of victory, of The Tame will he plared a: Flee Ijg'o Park. The charge. v 11 t>? i centa for malae and the ladies fre All ere Invited to attend and we aplrited conteat. The lire no for tl two alumnae will be: fftmea Bonn tnd Enoch Simmons, Prank Urbbi' Pr.it hU- hfeKoal, Jim Watklns, '3. 8 Payn tnd Jool Merrlman. John Snmll. Perint. Bureh. Ralph Hodges, earn Tclf cky Edmund Buekmea, Joe Mayc. The at Sparrow, ' ; ?>:. W" . , Tho line-op for the High H i , will be: E. Weston, J. Wester Smith, 8. Fowls. Joe Wilkinson, fr Tayloe, Jea Howard. Jeel H.r leh. William. Jones, Prcd Moore, j. :ay. Charles Machine There I. on much enthusiasm over the pre' RETURNS TO AITROR > ! . ' ' I 6,000,000 BATTLESHIP TBI I '; v H H - wi I B to exH | fight B 10 r 4 hM to th HI >. >iTbH : 10 ?I^H n i i'hh ttw I now I hody^HI I this : I K-'a I V *;*B K -rr '" J?S I r^aoldoat Tan and other notables. roVS rk. the laeteet and great. *t of the bat '.astir ooklyti When the reaael goes Into dletlt I | the It will have coat about ft.000.06ft. whtcl I |?| lor; Mlao Marr Colhell With Charlie tare i | Moor*; Mlao Mary'Uellr Small with borel^B I Jar Hodfee: Mloa* Katharine Small of tbM M with William KiMi; 4 MIm Caddie I>>nW t Fowlo with Hobort Small: MIm Marr >?ll | IFowle with Henry If ooro; If la. Janla Alex^W iiWetniore with Dean Bell: Mtas 3allteuton, J * carrow with Dick Co*; Miss Mar* Carter with Archie Clark; Miss Iaa- Tb I bel Carter wttbW D. CallaiH; Mtsr UnlU 1 Beaaie Conoley With J. H. Bonner; Staui 8 Miss Louie Nutt Myers With Charier Ropr ti Conoley; Miss .ftobena Carter with cludl Moorer-hCes RefeMpa Simmon* frien k with Baxter Serf, MlrfWaale thnb Haughton with F. 8. Worthy; Miss 8?tui - Julia Mayo with Lee Davenport; Miss in h: - Linda Moore with Sam Etherldge; tary e Miss Winnie Nicholson with Will will * Patrick; Miss Reaa Harding with sleet ?Mr. Cale; Miss Helen Shaw wiftfc Mj * Beverly Blount; Miss Litxle Hill with in 8 3 William Blount. Jr.; Miss Olive Bur- An I 8 bank With William Rumley; Talsa tend< a Maud Windley with J. E. Clark, Jr.; whic Miss ElUa Branch with Horace Co- houa b well; Miss Isahelle Parker with Her- hytei i- man Car row. pasfc 8 - Chaperonos: Mes dames J. B. chur Moore. D. T. Tayloe, A. M. Dumay by tl and J. B. Fowle. clal Stags: Jehn and James Hackney, bis 1 d R. V. Jones. W. B. Watts. J. B. even L Watts, Jr.. Harry Biggs, Bruce Whit- proc i ley, T. Litchfield. Vlck Kngier, Sam strat m William,s Walter Windley. Herbert visit i- Bonner, Mr, Jeffrtei and others. Oi ~ OVERMAN ADVISED TO r r REST If Wi s I?*t k Washington. Dec. 27.?Or. 8ter- 1lm, II ling Rufhn. Sonstor Lee 8. Orer- gIr n min'i physician, MM We4noeday ol , night that b noon u Mr. OTOrataa g, , 1 ib able Id trawl ha would adrlse him BrOT to r> away from Washington tor a wpt id month's real. Atlantic City, or Hot u , :b Springe may bo eel octet! thr ?t{ Snnntor Orermen, who was operlr ated on taat Saturday tor eppendl- M it eltla, Mt up by the eld of a p op and c., I 1 ate a little OCX today. The danger Osy d. mark i la paaaad, hie physicians say. ssp, and he will aaoa ho able to enloy bis t0Bi friends again. ^ 101 Senator Orertnan's room at the , O Ooorge Washington nnlrerslty Hospital looked like a flower garden yea- fw ' terday. More than |1#0 worth ot RK' r towers wore sent to the senator tor ? Christmas. Many offers of until and other rsme hare been made from North Carolina. In the course of a few p days 'Mr. Orertnan can eat chicken aid< " ' - nag HPFVDfNO XMAft. tb? Mr C r. Cowall. profeaaor of ? < - -r- 'e the Cher'otte high school. ttlB ' ?t Cowall. who has been id r clwer ======= m SEWATE l^lflD IVflDL' nnu/pn run HuKE rUWtK ishlngton, Osc. 27-?An effort tend the Senate campaign fund tigatfbn to cover the presidential In ltlJ will be Bade by Sena'lapp. chairman or the Inveatig committee, soon after Cdnreoonvenea. The investigation wen limited by the Senate resoi to 1904 and 1908 presidential algna and the 191S flght prior b nominating conventions e Senate probably will be asked lss a anddltlonal reeolutioh enag the committee's power, unit is found possible to go into ecent flght under the authority possessed by the investigating All of the national campaign ilttgefr flled expense statements rear,'but an investigation of the t campaign would bring out new features, it la believed. .. UM0* tEfiwos WltSBICS VISIT tun ton. Va. Dec. 17. With all igemenu practically completed iton. the birth-place of WoodWilson, president-elect, enthusally awaits the arrival of Its igntahed son next Friday night, i will mark the beginning of elebratlon in honor of his borneag. The city la in gala attire he celebration and no event In nla In recent years baa attractive attention. Elaborhte propane have been made to extend >rdildent-elect a Vofal welcome, tbly the most spectacular feaof the celebration will be the ding of the arrival In Virginia e distinguished visitor by the of bonfires. From the time bis m u ?i^ \.t unsoa uio una una ? tndria, until It arrives in Staunthe governor's approach will be Jized by hundreds of bonlree. 1 o celebration will bring to id States Senate and House ot lton prominent members of the : esentatives, state officials, inng Doaernor Mann, and hosts of ds of the preeident-eelct. The or. of -entertain meet -wiU cqmg. 'day, When a parade participated r federal, state and other millorganizations and civic bodies be reviewed by the preeldentf. Wilson is scheduled to arrive taunton at 7:60 o'clock today, appropriate welcome will be exBd to him at the station after h he will be escorted to the e where he was born, the Presrian manse, when his father was >r of the local Presbyterian eh. There be will be received ie Rev. A. M. Fraser. as the offi. representative of the society and iost during his visit. Friday lug there will be a torch-light BssloD and a local street ddmbhion with addresses by promtnont ore to the city. a Saturday morning an informal, ption will take place at the home V. Fraser, at which the guest of >r *111 -receive all state. county city officials, honored visitors members of the Wilson oelebraoommlttees. After that will e the military and civic parade, he afternoon Dr. Fraser will defrom the front porch of the y Baldwin seminary an address welcome to Mr. Wilson, to which vill respond. Following this, the Meat-elect will hold a public reIon at the seminary. At night >14 time southern dinner will end femttrtUM. . :iM Lncy I. day. of Columbia. 8. to rlaltlng bar mother, Kra. it. T. , on Bonner street. Miss Gay sets to leave tomorrow for HousTexas, where she will accept s tlon. Qer many friends are glad If. DH/CIBBS miim\ PRBACBJiL CHURCH 1tor. J. T. Olbba, D. D.. preeldlo, >r of the Washington district will Kb at the Ft rat Ifatbodlit church t Sunday morn tag and aranlng, oecaalon bain* the (tret quarter It itine for thin ntattoo Dr. Qfbhi no of the etrongest pranchara ti North Carolina eoafaranet and h? aiwaya heard In thla cttr by a fa and gttantlva congregation lor will he special atoalc for Uh JURY NOWfXM THE Dm Wilson Spent ' His Christmas Mostiy in Bed Princeton. N. J., Dec. IT.?President-elect Wilson spent most of d Christmas da> in bed, suflarln* from n a slight attack of Is grippe. He t] caught cold on Monday. It was learn- ? ed yesterday, and his automobile ride u to and from Trenton yesterday added to hts Indisposition. He turned his U holiday, therefore, into a day of rest, * and while-other folks were bury cele- ^ b ating In traditional Christmas fash- B) Ion he remained qnletly In his room, sleeping a good part of the time. g "Mr. Wilson is much better," said g Mrs. WUson as she came out of the a house to visit a neighbor. "He had a a little fever last night', but it Is a much Improved now." sj The governor and his family re- fi celved friends. In the morning the Wilsons all found their stockings fill- a. ed, as the custom of Santa Ciaus still Ci prevails with them. Presents from c< outside the family circle came in tl wagon loads. a The secret service men and corre- u Bpondents, who have had a little u frame house built for them across the w lane from the Wilsons , found It a comfortable shelter Christmas day, c< though it attracted the curious. The tl secret service men are on duty day b and night, but not until yesterday did they have a place to keep warm and p keep an eye on the house. The newspaper men have space In it. too. The governor will be In Trenton today and will start for Staunton, tl Va., hie birthplace, where on Decern-1 her 28, his birthday, there will be a k celebration for him. w Christmas At the White House. M Washington, Defc. 27.?Despite the 0! absence from the White House of the'0 President and Mrs. Tsft, ,tho preel- Q, dentlnl residence, surrounded by snow-covered lawns and trees, was ^ with the Christmas spirit, for Q the three children, Helen anil her t( two brothers, Robert and . Charles, G the sole occupapts, had set up in the k blue room a huge Christmas tree, b from which they distributed gifts to ^ their many friends. This is the first ^ Christmas that the President 'and" # Mrs. Taft have been absent from the q White House. Before the President B and Mrs. Taft left for Panama they n made arrangements for distributing ^ presents to their friends. Yesterday and today were devoted t by White House officials to that pur- | pose. Eacn employe or roe wuive House received a turkey. Several cabinet officers were out of town for the holidays. Members of the diplomatic corps, with other notables in the city, attended service at various churches and thep spent, the day quietly at borne. Few members of Congress were here for Christmas. The Tafts in Panama. Panama, Dec. 27.?President Taft ' spent the forenoon of his Christmas inspecting the central and Pacific di- J visions of the Panama canal, the Culebra cut and the fortifications at the 1 Pacific end of the canal. Percival 1 Dodge, American minister to Pana-1 ma, entertained the President at din-, ' nor. ant Mr. Taft will attend a ball!' given by President Paras. . Christmas greetings by cables,1 were received by the President from; many friends in the United 8tates. J. G. GOD AMD DONATES *?0O TO THE INSTITUTION Principal W. C. Chance, tounder of the Parmele Industrial Institute announces that Mr. J. G. Godard. president of the Bank of Martin County, WHllsmston, N. C.. has donated tw*. hundred dollars to his Institution. One hundred is on payI ment of the land, and the other | hundrea is for lt? development. Mr..1 R. O. Vaughn, president of the American Exchange Bank, Greens' boro. N. C.. donates a hundred dol> lars. It may be Interesting lnforma1 lien to stats that O. W. St ton, a 1 colored cltisen of the community, ' has donated a hundred dollars on the 1 purchase of the land. His is by far 1 the largest contribution to come from ' a colored citisen. President Chance la Jast Jn receipt of valaahle information which me1 mm him tint ? .(Tort la on toot la tha North to put hla aehool on pack financial twain that ha ean filTe morel tlma and anarfiy to Ita daaalopnaot and thereby do away with hla pfaa. n the near fntnre 1 ~rc " J \MITING CASE fl FHILK FORTY MEN ABE AOOCDED OK IMPLICATION I.N ' AIJ.EOKD OOMBPIRACP COURT GAVE SPECIFIC INHTlirrnONS .M AS TO CERTAIN DEFENDANTS. . Indianapolis, Deo. 27.?It ?u un- ' 9 erstood at the opening of the "dya nil to conspiracy" trial yesterday 1 list the cases or the forty union In" lor men. accused of promoting the' I [cNamara dynamite plots, weald go- 4 > the jury late In the afternoon. At 4 o'clock yesterday aftemeott, E nited States District Attorasy Ohms. Ir- Miller ended the argument (or -fl lie government, and Federal Judg? ,w| I Ibert B. Anderson delivered hla lm- | I ructions to the jurors. I With the forty men accused by the *i lovernmcnt as having had equally E I tillty knowledge of the ezistonoo or "" '1 I conspiracy to transport dyaamlte ?J lad nltro-glycerine on lnterstste pas- ^9 linger trains. Judge Anderson gave .) Ipeciflc instructions as to certain do- 1 I mdants. I "The court will not sqe punished "a lay man whom it knows to be iaao- . Imt," said Judge Anderson in open I sort. "But the others must tare 1 I le consequences whether or not they . J Ire officials of labor union?. This I not a trial of labor naions, but of I libor union officials sccnssd of I rong-dolng." I With the retirement of the Jar? Iiurt adjourned till tomorrow, so M liat no verdicts, if reached, could M| I. reported until tomorrow. IrOMAN BRITAI.LY ATTACKED IN WAHHLNGTON Washington. Dec. 27.?The na- fl onal capital has probably never $ sown a more brutal crime than as committed last evening, when Irs. Adelaide E. Grant. 37 year* Id, clerk in the District asaeesor's (Ace, in the District building, widw of Harold Curtis Grant, one of le District heroic civil engineers. ' ho nine years ago gave his life for - /j ne at his subordinates, and daugh- , sr-in-law of Captain Robert BIrant, of Grand Army fame, was nocked senseless by a negro, who t roke her Jawbone and dragged her :| ito a dark areaway on C street beifWa Third and Fourth streets outheaat. and attacked her. Beaten .j nd cowered into submission by the iegro, Mrs. Grant was held at his * 1 lercy for half an hoar, pleading In rain and begging for her life. The woman's muffled cries were i card by two residents of the block, ind when she was rescued aho waa lar i critical condition. Her alleged as*allant was caught by the policeman is he darted out of the areaway, and icld at the Fifth precinct on a capiat charge, while the woman was rushed to the Casualty Hospital. With her modish attire torn into ihreds lfrs. Grant was carried out if the narrow areaway by the patrol- 3 nan and physician. Leaving her in are of the doctor, he hastened to the nearest patrol box, two squares fi sway, and summoned the ambnlanoe. In this the woman and the negro prisoner were both taken to the hoe- 'I pital. where two physicians at once proceeded with an examination of . 9 the negro, whUe others gave their attention to the woman, who bortr A the imprints of her assailant. ,4 Mrs. Oarnt's left jaw was broken M at the b?ee; her face, hands end . ' $ arms ware scratched and lassarate<T J by her assailant, and her whole body was a mass oT braises from his hnge flats. There Is abundant evidence that after she had been dragged a prison- j er into the areaway Mrs. Grant ' \ fought with wit her strength to save . herself until she became so exhaust- ;] ed that she could do no more than- ; \t utter an occasional cry for l,e!p between her vain appeal to the aw A ^ The negro choked and pounded hie , j2 Sffl victim to atop her cries until she was ; . covered with wounds. Bet in spite of the torture, she continued toscream at each opportunity. ; * Mr. Carney Byran, of PsaamaT A City, Florida, la the guest of hie ] mother. Mrs. Elisabeth Bryan, onf | Bast Water street. rlaltoro In roar honn this wook, Jfl do?a'l utur wkcft ttq aro fran, . natad them of oar pooRard ptetorair t OH dollar par doom. Tour frtoada will bo dollibtod and I an turn tin? win (bank UN for tamo* thorn Uw piaoo whom tbor mako the boat poof. 9 earda h> Amarlca. .J BAKER'S STUDIO.
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