h^^dressmoni in school V v * ' - ? 4-^ ? Capt. Wilson T. Dj retary of Nations bors Congress to fer#tT^jrrtS'* *T' ' ' SSfiz ^ P n>i?iii wiiedurpevessr. g?u hcciIi'I of the National Rivera and . Harbor. Congress, wtll deliver en ?df eu tbe aubleet \ ? "OUr -Mettattei Wetecwuye" e^d_ the buiLneM men of Washington are not only cordially invited, but are earnV. "i *** arced io be present. Captain Dl'Wlf la making a trip through a the Booth Atlantic States In the Intercet ?f Che organisation with which he la ftdaoUfled. He bears a letter from O?CfMimlil Small, oommendy**^rng mm ia urn ptuRiMtum munumnu of the communities be shall visit, in which Mr. Small says that the National Jttver A Arbors Congress has beea the tender In the movement for m AUCTION OF LOTS ~ -- mix morning "Horrsh for Hackney," is the ^ slogan of those interested in the big auction m1? of lots to take place Hday morning at 10:S0. With1 i attractions aa the free barbell Barton brothers as anctlonte drew the crowd, a large crowd Bo expected. ackney la a booming new towu 6 ts Atom Washington on, the Nor*:i . folk Southerly and the tr?n lapvlng 1 here at 9:45 In the morning wHI ?op at station. Ladles are especially Invited, and L Jtrr.Qoarge H Kplley, the veteran "King** Kelie'y of baseball fame, says L the able will take place rain er L ^ The sales wtjl include residence lota, business lota and small gf , farms. 5F~Jii I. SHALL joating club The John H. Small debating society met Wider. February 7, 1911, the query kola the question of a law pro< h(biting ike shipment of Intoxicating U liquors la to prohibition States. This \ vital km was hotiy debated on loth idea. Those speaking were as folE J tows; iJirwaMvo, Hilton Hudnell, Mr. R C. New bold, Charles Proctor. David Smith; negative, Woodson Vanhoek, John Cotton Tayloe, Chas. Meekiaa. The deolslon was In favor l of the attrmetlve. f[ The deslaimers were as follows: [ \ Robert Reepaas, Jack Meeklns, Jns' \ ties Randolph, the award going to r> Mr." Randolph for the best declsma\ tlen. WDlfJCttB OBBUSTIAK CHURCH. 2 At fhC morning service at the First k1 Christian church tomorrow, the pusJO' tor, jbarr. R. V. Hope, will preach tt) ' i upon "Missionary Work." Snperln / tendsnt Bills of the 8unday school m reports a gratifying enthusiasm | among his various kinds of Loyal " Bona and Daughters. THINKS MOVTNQ PICTURES BAD. Chicago, Feb. ?.?-Moving picture i shows But hard treatment at the ^ hands of Prof. Allen Hohen, of the t University of Chicago, who declared a.> ? Ml bad Infhwnce on the minds of ctallW UIU. ^ ?- -??*? ?* \j 'The nickel shows roaches the ahllg last what educators and fath a W< setters do not want the chtl. draa ? know." he said. "It teaches f Itiararsaoe ht all sorts and sets on , tales Standards of sac case. It prt3 ssnts falsa, annatnral sltnatlons and I inahas eessrent rlrtnsa out of smart* seas, trmoasanoa sad conning." ft i v sA - V Washington, Feb. 1?President Taft has baea siren a unlit, containing 1,111 red. white andblnb trlanm lies, the handiwork of jlL P. Mad. l? aged l?. of Marine, a Ctril I war edfaran. " v ,v 2 ' The aged retafan sent a note asking the President, to soeant the qnttt ah a taken of esteem because hs had daaa so much for Clrll War reter - ' avekny, ^eld Sectl Rivers and HarSpeak. rtnto qetoiopmsat or our era and harbor*. Captain Davennr haa addressed m eatings at Elisabeth City. Eden ton, Beaufort/Morehead City, Kinston HI Hie Bern and hap svesywhsre boon cordially received. "The loud voiced opposition encountered by the rtver and harbor bill within the past few day* In its passage through the House of Repreeentatlves, indicates the necessity," tfld Captain Davenny, "for a constant natiop-wlde campaign, educating the people In every State of the UBloa UP 15 Eflft MB8HII U1 UWDIT and better waterways, and consequent cheapShed transportation rate* in many parts of our common country." GOOD QUARTET HERE jmmm The next attraction for the lyceum course la the Commonwealth Male Quartet, which gives a performance In the public public school auditorium Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock. wall recommended, being reputed the most versatile qtuu-tet which has yet appeared in Washington. Those having season ticket? will 1 bnVe seats reserved for them. The admission to (he general public is 76 coot? for reserved seats and SO cents for general admission. t i ROOF GARDEN ON ----- - -1awjtfEtiwujwfc1 Bt. Louis, Feb. 8.?The Rev. John J. Brandt, pastor of the First Christlab Church, announced yesterday th.aj his congregation _ ' 'i ?' " " '.H I i ?i ii I til >V H: I ^S TOO HIGH [ Washington, Fob. 8.?The soaring 'price of crude oil is neing inveatigat- w ed by tho department of Justice in a connection with its inquiry to deter- w ?* ? -m.h1.bmr. Otw^tlog qj the . Standard Oil Company H'aa been m violated. The government wants to kno^ whether any of the former sub- r< sldlartea of the trust have created h conditions responsible for tho enor- ?< mou?*rfse7 an3" " wSetKer " there has ja been any concerted action. Infor- F] mation in possession of the depart- jt ment alleges that some of the big companies have a year's supply of crude oil in their tanks and the q present high prices does not affect B( them, but is a burden upon smaller concerns. C( The'entire oil investigation, m all t] probability, will be completed before w the end of February and a report j, submittedAttorney General Wick- u si Haul by liuhim it. HWTiWff iflflt Oliver E. Hagan, attorneys in imme- a dlate' charge of the inquiry. 'Mr. Morrison conferred with the attorney h general late yesterday. ^UGBT ACCIDENT. J Mr. C. M. Klapp, employed with 4 the local telephone company as lineman, while adjusting some defect on the WeBt 'Main street line, climbed up in a tree, and while at work the p limb broke and as he fell to tlfe ground the top of his head came In D contact with a limb and cut 4k gash 01 about an inch long. Luckily he was'G not seriously injured. 8 ... ? B Mrs. J. K. Dughtoh has left for Raleigh, where she waa suddenly e' called to be at the bedside of her ele- cl tor, Mrs. Rooert A. Brown, who is as dangerously^!!. c. - I . It Makes All -ence in T1 ; That's you say when you shopping conditions. It may be the principles of the the quality of the goods it sells tb difference to you means your eatl You will find when you deal w Unds The Dally News that the satisfaction. Bach store values 1 II disappointing you. Bach wants 3 || every effort to serve you bept and By reading the advertisements II constantly every night you 'will I || liable stores which are worthy of ' 1 JIOUNA. SATVRD^r ^rwooh lr Tonight knJ ' * ' " i ?y I AS HE WILL BE IP THIS HBr : - asms i m IT B Aiken, 8. C., Feb. 8.?F, O. Beach as acquitted this afternoon In the iken County Court of tho charge oC :vaulting his wife. The Jury stipl "I lw on? hour {*od forty-jjfca inutes. ^ Mr. Beach vas not in tho court >om when tho verdict was read, living gone to lunch during the reiter and went to the Jury box and look hands with members of the iry. "Thorewaa absolutely nothing Jo le case," tho foreman to'.d Mr. each. "There was too much.'Wat>' and not .enough '8horlocko.' " Mr. Beach did not return to the iurt room. The foreman explained lat the delay In reaching a verdict as due to the fact that one or two irors Wanted to "discuss everyting nder the sun except the case." "There was BO demonstratron of! ny kind when the verdict was ren? ered. Mr. Beach returned to hlB otel to join his wife. IRST PRESBYTFRIftN \ CHURCH SERVICES At the morning service In the a Irst Presbyterian Church. Rev. H. c . Bearish t will pleach upon the > abject. "The Present Dignity and 1 lorioua Deatlny of the Bona of Ood." , unday school, of which Mr. C. M. a rown la superintendent, will be held t 11 d*dock tn "the afternoon. At the renlng service, thoro will be ape- 13 Lai music, and commercial travelers nrdlaily Invited. ? The Differ- ' ** ? ? he-World. I tall your friends about your ? store, the service It offers or tat you %^dteosiiiiig. But the % afactlon or disappointment. V Ith the merchants who adver- J difference stands always for m ts reputation too much to risk ti rour good will. 8o they direct L give 700 the best raluee. n in The Daily .News closely ana income acquainted frith the re- jj your patronage. * li " I ' ' .: < a AILY I. KEBttUAKY t. lilt. 3 Colder -Hutin in Chtcaao Inter flusn mi ?USE - RAIDED New York, Feb. 8.?Eight of the ilCgest and best-known gambling oases in the Tonderloin. re aorta of he type which catered to "eve$I^f? iVtfptOJtf?;" fcud scorned Mr-jBMi' otes smailer than |100, were raid-1 d last evening, and from five of hem paraphernalia valued at more Inspector Dwyer engineered a slluitaneoua descent upon seven of he placos. with the aid of nearly j alf a hundred detectives and unl | Drmed men. Inspector Cahalane and ive or six aides broke into the eighth lace. Thousands of diners and Broad- , ray and Fifth avenue promenadere aw mahogany tables and inlaid rouBtte whee's hauled out of houses nd loaded into patrol wagons. These wee* two... ?gp peculiar hinga about the raids. The first was that in every case inlformed firemen were with the al.ders. Admittance to most of these daces was obtained by these men, rho said they wanted to Inspect the louses. Once within, the firemen >pened the doors to the detectivs and tatrolmen. The second strap go circumstance ras that, although the police made ill possible apparent efforts to desiend upon the gamblirg p'ares unexleetAftlT and to nrevent npnrn tmm >elng telephoned from one to another of them, not a single prisoner ras taken. Nor did the raiders And i single game going on. Only careakera were about. "They must all be out of buslie?s,? some of the po'tce said. The "wise" habitues of the Tenlerloin smiled fcnowf^r'y when thpy tferd this. Many of them pronounc4 the spectacular wholesale ra'd p tall," perhaps Intended to give the eneral nub'lc the Impression that he district was clean, and t^at none f the h'g houses was In operation, bus "of'pett'rg --The. some of the, *<^r6pnt?*kn\ .- ** department has j een getting late'y. (IRS BllirP'W will |RF district wwetary At a meeting of h'* Women's PorIgn Missionary Societies and Home [tss'onary 8oc1et'?s. held last week i the town of'W!l*oC Mrs JV. P laughan, of^ this city, was a1acted ecretary for the Washington dlsrtet.. ? Mrs. Bsughnm is one of the most nthuslasttc workers In the cause of itssloPN in tho ?e4.,oT? e?d her aMIty Is sufficiently w*l' Vrown to m?vr he sncreesfn* id-nlWi^tics of this mnortant mwHMnw The' KMOU worker* ?n A ? f^Tiirrw'ti*ted noon ha*?n* Mr*, laugfcam to accept the office. ;:- r - . v,? - , ' V " I I mmmsmk MW J SEE Newport News, Va., Feb. 8.?An- ' Mr. A. J. W 11)1 am a, of Mew Bern, la In the city. " ...1, i-^sw '"^1 Ko. 11? ( ' ;?-?SB a ? II MX ?llf: 1 1 ? \ y Clyde H. Tavenncr, Congress man-elect.) vmUtffl W Feb. 8?Few persons ilize the far-reaching importance * jtj the fact that the United States will X >n have an income tax on its rtntFlrnr nf nil it mennri ilnr mi Minn- ?? , . ..'a '*? wll), .for. the. lint lime elntevthiH " tiou has stood, bear a fair proporn of the burden of taxation. * . "ll'n It is estimated that one hundred lllon dollars will be raised anally by taxing incomes. Thin will ?an that that amount of taxat'on to bu taken off of the thing" that ^ e people must have in order to live Under the system of protection as iyed in this country, nearly every nny of the money necessary to run \ 1 tr government, maintain the army d navy, construct public buildings, i.. is raised by taxing the things e people eat, wear and use. The ly thing that protection doe* riot c is wealth. A man with no of ten million dollars has *?ol en required to pay a tingle penny * "?.7 tax to the national government, is 'seems almost unbelievable, but is-tmer "The man worfting'on the ~ :tiou for one dollar and fifty tents r day. with a family of five chil- - ^ en, is at the present time actually ^ atribu ting-There to -run the natmr- ; government than the millionaire chelor. too proud to marr> .mil ise a family. The United States of America is xctlca!ly the only cne cf the gr'-a; lions where rucli a conditions * \h. ^JatffTy^aory tlrst-class nation earth levies either an income tax ' ' an inheritance rax. We have ? ither. l Why have we never been able to ice an income tax on the statute okc, is the flLan Jtiemnn tan law?? .?use they knew that the uiorc ney the government rollec'ed m taxing incomes, the less excuse ?re wou'd be for a tariff tax. To __ te protection away from the tnrtrusts is to interfere with their nopolies. And how could the tartrusts gouge consumers without vlng monopolies of American marts ? The Amer.can people arc pn>iug nuaily about *80.000,000 more their cotton goods than thtv ght to pay, because of the iniquiis Payne-Aldrich tariff law. The * rd Congress* is prcparaing to in fere with this robbery. There ^ 11 be a big downward revision on kinds of cotton goods. The cotton schedule of the Paynedrich law carries an average duty about 53 per rent. This means at every article of cotton cloth d every piece of cotton yarn that mes through the custom house. .8 53 per cent added to its foreign. Ice. And on cotton goods that es not come through the custom, use, but is manufactured in this untry, the 53 per cent is added Bt the same by the homo manuiturer. - When the tarTk on cotton goods reduced one-third or one-half of o present rates, this article to ich used by women and children. v. ly be had at prices more nearly /" presenting the actual value of the y* odsJ HIRMKK PASljj?K ILL. " ? * " ' ' The following: notice, taken frofn is week's Christian Observer, will $ read with sorrow by many people ? ?^ Washington. Dr. Qrier was for :jdj reral years pastor of the First ebyterian church, and has a nnmr of fftpnds in the city: The condition of Rev. Dr. J. M. ier, pastor of the First Presbytein church. Concord, who has been .? ^ for a month or more, has grower ilte serious in the last week, and s doctors give little hope of his retery. The prayers of God's people > ascending to His throne that he ly yet be spared to hia people and the church. ? ' ' Mr. H. B. Brown, of Raleigh, wa* risltor yesterday. Lint Cotton. 11 tud B?4 4 1-JU. Bottom Sm4. |f? M p! ?T * . ' " v-.r * ; ' ^-sa'" ;v,-r' , ? 1 "* ? vi-' fy? > I *v5^(<'- i ' ' a. j^v.