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WMtfafton. JW>. IT^WIOi Q>*?
shadow of poeslble Mexican interven- ,
tiom hovering over Congress, general
leg Mat! re activity In both houses* has |
?>?? araeMeallr U a standstill- Nh
immediate need to take up the ques
tiou of warlike moves a&alnnt Moxtco
la aaitcipated.bet both houses of
I'oogreas are prepared to receive the
v ' V, Issu* should it be thrust upon them
in the remaining days of the Taft
~ greaa cornea Into, being March 4.
It has been determined that there
will be no more general legislation
I of an important nature before adjournment
One more problem was
handed over to the new admlhlatration
last week, when the house Judiciary
committee decided to take no
dential term resolution. This had
gin of one rote and promised a heated
controversy had the Judiciary
Committee given the house a chance
to eoaalder it.
Uoet of other debated questions
also have been lirted out of this Congrees
by the events or last week and
the remaining time will be devoted
r to appropriation bills andminor ieg-.
islatloa.
An attempt in both houses tp repass
Che "literacy teat" immigration
^hijl over President Taft'a veto will
mark the opening of the week and
the friends of ' the measure In the
senate and house express confidence
that It will receive a two-thirds majority
sad become a law, notwithstanding
the President's disapproval.
Of puses sis iontTs
, school term
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To the Dally News:
Just few thoughts on the present
r statue of affairs in. our State and.
? county.
Why do we need a six months
-. JxAcstjgUS. compulsory attendance |
when the farmer is already' over*faied
and no labor, is to be had on?the
farm? Hpur long can the farmer
go to school* six months in the year?
We QUI loom vno uigu com ui uring,
-when what la the matter is simply
that we can not get labor An Ohr
farms, and prices are bound to-hdT
ranee. If we are to be compelled
to send our children to school six
months in the year, then let the 8tate
? hnoha s?fl jjflttVlfc T
the State has gone crasy orer edfl
cation. We can not all get our living
by being educated; there has got
to ?? IOM on? lirft tn till tb? Mil I
am awfully afraid that education
will yet oanse the overthrow of this
government?
Tie great cry for education is simply
that some one want# a Job. We
are paying taxes enough now for a
tea months school, but more than
one-half of the school funds go to
superintendents and other officers,
and never get- to the children. We
hear (hat two men In this neighbor*
hoAJ Ull llfUWl 1 twiluuu Im f
months school and .compulsory attendance,
when neither one of them
has any children to attend school,
r The petition was not presented to
any one but those two gentlemen.
There la no sentiment in our vicinity
for a six months school nor for compulsory
attendance. The farmers
cannot spare their children to attend
the present school terms.
-Now, .when every boy gets to be a
bookkeeper or railroad clerk or postNoffice
clerk or to hold some other
good position, I would like to know
who la going to feed the greedy gang
that wants a living. We. are now
-?- over-burdsn^fl with Just such labor
as education furnishes, and I fear
the worst has not yet cbme. We are'
always seeing a young boy In out
' neighborhood, as fast as he becomes
of age, go off Xo hunt some soft Job.
And I want to warn the people now
that he time will come when the
Hnnm i?*n not bo fed. RvSTV dSV.
we m? tillable land bale* vacated for
lack of labor, etui farm produce !
Hfev Vase In proportion to the population
than It waa twenty roam ago. Now
we are panned to our limits, and It
* eeeme there la to be an increase of
tanas for aeboola and reada and Ube
things?
Under the present road law. It
takes all the money to pay the boasts
. ee, and very little coee for the road.
i There la 11 miles of road In my
B neighborhood that has had Dht one
B" day'e work with drs hands sines It
went So taxation, and I know that
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Congressmen.
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Rome. Feb. 17.?Count Bont de
annulment gf Ua religious marriage
with Anna Ooold. now the wife of
his cousin, the poke de Talleyrand,
who accompanied her to her sister's
wedding In New York recently.
Count dd Caste 1 lane Is employing e
lever so extraordinary that Rome is
amazed, and is making promises so
remarkable to the Vatican to. attain
his wish thst they most be relstcd in
neater umini. ??;~?
That the Count is a special envoy
from the Chinese Republic to the
Vatican is the oonstant and wide report
both in religious and lay circles,
here, and the Count makes no effort
to deny it. As such the Count, it is
said, stands ready to negotiate with
the Holy See a convention, that
would five great privileges to Catho11c
missionaries in China and so facilitate
the conversion to Catholicism
of millions of Chinese.
But even more remarkable almost
fantastic, ts the 'explanation of De
Castellaae'a appearance at the Vatican
as the Chinese Republic's representative.
Several years ago, or so
the story rnns, the Count became interested
in an impoverished young
Chinaman who was studying at tho
Sorbonne In Paris. The student
sought apposition that would enable
Wm to support blmpclf antl at lis
same time allow him to pursue his
studies. Y
The yonngr Oriental was very talented
and very proad. and De Castellans
engaged him aa his private secretary,
a position be Ailed until he
dm mimM ninin
inib puor iiuueui wan bod? oiuor
than Sun Tat Sen, who did more
than any man to incite the revolution
in China ana who wis tne republic's
/provisional ^President. He
has never ceased to correspond wit#
Count Boat de Caetellyje.
When his once secretary rose to
power the Count sained from the
grateful 8un Yat Sen his special mission
to the Vatican that be might be
able to offer a superb quid pro quo
in the annulment of his marriage.
However strange is this seemingly
well-founded report, it is certain
that Count Bonl visited Cardinal
Merry i)fl VbI on Tursdny and again
on Friday and on both occasions had
a long conversation with the Papal
Secretary of 8tate. . ^
Back of De Caatellane's Attempt to
annul his marriage, it is said, is bis
desire to marry a wealthy American
woman whose exact identity is
shrouded in mystery, although Roman
society hints that there t$ * coincident
in the . fact that the Count's
stay In Rome last year coincided
with that of J. P. Morgan. ' * ,
MRS. LILLIAN DUDLEY DEAD.
Yesterday the funeral of Mrs. Lillian
L. Dudley took place from
Warel chapel ohurch.
| Mrs. Dudley .died very suddenly
Friday afternoon at about 7 o'clock
from congestion at her home on East
Fifth street.
Mrs. Dudley was the daughter of
Captain W. A. Parris, and was bora
three miles .north df Monroe. She is
surrlved by her husband, Mr. J. T.
Dudley, sad by heffaiher, her mother,
four sisters, three brother*, and
two children, one of whom is an infant
hot five days old.
Mrs. Dudley was a devoted member
of the Methodist church, and sh6
frill be sorely mourned by all who
tobw her.
DfC A. K. Tayloe has returned from
Norfolk, where he has been on business
; .
the communltiee in the road boundary
bare paid 940 poll tax for the
work, saying nothing of the tax on
personal proportjin
And we hope that Messrs. 9tuddert
and Rodman will not halp to
paaa a Statewide stock law, as they
bath pledged themselves not to do
before the election.
Thli le whet I think of the preaoat
etete of affaire in our Bute and
Bat Nero Addled while Rome burned.
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J.. A. BOCK.
Olleed, N. c.
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SETTLED
Wuhinstoi. Feb. IT.?Sir BdKnfti'i
rogBrdiDf the Punam?
Canal tolls question practically
and at least Is expected to reach
WhflHaglnn this weak
It is understood that this last
note by no means sett Ms the controversy,
nor does it contain assurance
of ad acceptance of the American
proposition to exchange ratifications
of the pending general arbitration
treaty under the terma of which the
Issue might be referred to the' spectal
ctrrtmlsalon ofstx members proposed
to be created by that convenMnn
?T1
charming young ladies
ektemut auction
Miss Olive Burbank. Miss Mae
Ayprs. Miss Mary Simmons Jones,
and Miss Jnlla Mayo entertained at
awetloh bridge at the home of Mlw
Burbank last Friday afternoon from
3 till 6, an account of which delightful
function had to be held over
from Saturday's paper for lack of
apace.
The affair was essentiality a valentine
party. the dining-room being
I decorated in pink and white hearts.
I which hung fctffh the chandelier of
I pink cryaan the mums, and were festooned
ore/the entire room. In the
middle of the dining-room table was
a luce?cantar-piece. ^aad a shnwnr
{bouquet of pink and white rarna1
ttOww On the tnhln hili hnw diahaa
filled with staffed dates and salted
peanuts had been placed. The valentine
ache me was carried out in the
parlor, which was decorated *trh red
hfffrti. Poffiff plants- were scattered
about in profusion.
Delicious refreshments in two
courses were served most graciously
by JlMs 8y6Tlfa fTrTFBn" an3~Mlss Evelyn
Jones.
Those present.. besides the four
charging hostesses, were: Miss Adeline
Mayo, Miss Linda Moore, Mies
Lee Banks. Miss Mary Clyde Hassell.
Miss Annie Cox, Miss Mary Cowell,
Miss Winnie Nicholson, Miss Llszie
Hill, Miss Francis Lacy, Mrs. George
Hackney, Mrs. Cecil Fisher of Norfolk,
Mrs. Dan Taylor of Scotland
Neck, Mrs. Lewis Mann, Mrs. Edward
Mallison. Mrs. Norwood Simmons.
Mrs.? Joh?r-Graha?, "STrw"
Claude Carrow, Mrs. Harry McMullan,
Mrs. Edward Matthews, Mrs.
Percivat Richmond, Mrs. A. M. Dumay.
WILL MAKE HEADQARTERS
IN WASBINCTON.
The Consolidated Talking Machine
Co. of Chicago has stationed Mr. F.
n^jyjwuaj^w^niBiionjj^n^ej^
reaentalJve of &e conlpanyTor this
territory.
Mr. end Mrs, Upjohn here arrived
In the city,'end consider this place
their home henceforth.
Mise Eloiae Davenport, who has
been visiting Miss Maud Fa^x, returned
to her home at Plnetownthli
afternoon.
"Thrift I;
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Means of
Your ooat of living is one o
r problem of every housewife '
dollar you spend should be a
course you want to "thrive."
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One of the greatest/helps t
Dally News every evening. It
C for those who would thrive.
i
The advertisements tell yon
a big saving and household
ual coet; and where you will fl
Read The Daily News dose!
night and get the messages of
ate sending te their custom or
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iSOVSA. MONDAY A?|?CRNOON. ? ]
Iher: fair ?r?d W
Philadelphia., Pa., Feb. 17.?Enthttstaattc
cnjwtta grested the ?ur- t
gottes which frrtved here early last i
night bound from New Tork to t
Washington. Footsore and streaked i
with the rlnst ol-J?ss|t-?dsi she- 4
eight women, under command of i
"General** Rosalie >G. Jones, march- 1
*d up Market street to the local sufT- <
rage headquarters in a lane cleared I
by a police escort. Hundreds of 1
sympathizers met "the army" on the t
roads between Burlington and Camden
and escorted them here. j
^SKcol ;
The First Section of the county
teachers' association met Saturday
in the Washington graded school,
where Superintendent W. L.
Vaughan. conducted a discussion of
Part Three of a book treating of
reading in the public schools. Tlio
meeting was conducted as nearly as
possible as if those present woro in t
an actual class room. (
The teachers of the county have ,
recently beep divided Into three sec- ^
ltions. the first comprising flhooowin- _
Ity, Washington. and one-half of
Long Acre Township. The eefond division
Includes of Rlchmong Township.
It moets Friday of this week
in the Aurora school. The third sectlon
Is composed of Bath. fjantcgo.
and one half of Lang Acre Township.
It meets at 10 o'clock next Saturday
in the Waschlngton grade# school
building. All of these meetings are
conducted by the superintendent.
TANGO CAPTIVATES PAR1B. L
Paris, Feb. 17.?The Tango craze
has reached such a pitch here that a
Princess Murat, Mme. Jean de Reszke,
and a royal Princess, who keeps
pacognlto for the present, has arranged
to place a sumptuous mansion
In the Champs ElyBees at the disposi
tlon of a young and fashionable
teacher of the Tango for him to give
I a course of w*?ns to the smart set
during the season.
Tickets In three colors will be issued:
Blue for women of the most
exclusive society circle, pink for othcourse
will be opened by a brilliant i
fete, which will be one of the events i
of the season. All the principal Par- I
is dandles will make a point of being'
present, notably Pierre Lafltte, the
well-known publisher, who has
shown himself of late one of the
i most agile guests at Mme. Adolphe
Brisson'a Tango parties.
CHILDREN OF REVOLUTION
MEET SATURDAY. ,
The Col. James Bonner Society'of
. tfrt; Children nf th? -Acmrlriin Hevolution
of Aurora, N. C.. will celebrate
Washington's Birthday with
appropriate exercises in the auditorium
of the Aurora Graded School
building Saturday, February 22,
1913, at 8 p. m.
The public Is cordially invited.
Admission Is free.
LOTTIB HALE BOVNFR.
President.
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Thriving"
i your biggest problems. it is toe ,
rhe value you receive for every i
matter of serious thought, for of 1
I
0 thrift la the reading of The
a pages are filled with suggestions
where you can buy fine furniture
1 article* at much below their usnd
clothes that are real bargains.
y and constantly; read It every
thrift that the best storekeepers
i each day.
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New York. Fob. 17?The crisis In
ho controversy between the eastern
Wirorcnr Oielr ttnoen
rhlch lvt week narrowed down to
he method of arbitration to be employed
to settle the differences beweeu
them, m capecteil teutonowr ;
rhen represent at Ires of both sides
tare agreed to meet J udge Knapp.
>f the Commerco Court, and G. W.W.
tanger,, acting commissioner of la>or.
the federal mediators. In a final
tffort to arert a strike.
"We are waiting for Ju^e Knapp
ind Mr. Hanger to announce, that
aws. to secure arbitration," Presllent
W. 8. Garter, of tha Brother"
lood of Locomotive Firemen and Enrlnemen,
said tonight. "This means
hat nothing will be done by us until
omorrow."
F YOU WOULD SMILE
THEN DON'T SPEED
A
New York, Feb. 17.?Those who
ravel along Automobile Row have
?ften wondered why A. L. McMurtry,
T? C. Matlock. Joe Josephs. Larry
lardy, Harry Caldwoll and "Art"
uderricdon so seldom are reen to "
mile.
The answer is simple, according toj
he London Standard, which claims1
hat people who travel at high speed j
lease to ratter-nran article oa_thls
lucstion It says:
"Chauffeurs, motor-omnibus drivers,
taxlcab drivers, underground
aiiway officials, locomotive engli?re,
-motor-cytltsts, tmftnsrf1" cyclats?In
fact, all whose occupation
n life keeps them traveling at a
ipeed of more than ten miles an
lour, "have forgotten or lost the
lablt of smiliug. This is another evllence
of national hablta changing
inder our eyes, and It Is to -be thelubject
of a scientific paper, which
*111 shortly be read before a Junior
philosophical body which is being
'ormed to dlscuBB the ever-changing!
endencioa of mankind and their
possible Influences for good or ill.
"8mlllng, it will be advanced. Is
ncoinpatlble with speed. Rapid moIon
sets the facial muscles rigid; It
fire* a thrill which deadens the risb'e
faculties. The effect Is lrreslstble;
it applies to a'l humanity, and
it Is a natural impulse which sets the
muscles of the face when the body Is
moving at a high speed?an impulse
irhlch Is beyond our control.
apIAt) TO KtjM
GIRL PRODIGY MKETS TKST8.
Boston, Feb. 17.?A number of
tests made by Prof. Hugo Munsterberg
of Harvard, Dr. Hyslop of Columbia,
Dr. Henry w. Hopkins, and
Braehj. at lllfc taerjul ?t?te of piulah
Miller, the ten-year-old girl of Warren,
R. 1., who accurately locates and
describes hidden tl^rgs. are describe
sd In The Boston American today.
Dr. Hopkins makes an affidavit in
which he says:
"I began the test of turning the
(tone of my ring Inside my hand,
putting my hand In my pocket. When
Beulah came in from another room
I asked her what I had in my left
band. She readily said, 'A diamond.'
E then put my hand In my right
pocket, acid asked her what I had
h my right hand. She said 'Purse,'
which was correct. I took a coin In
mjLright hand, while it was still In
my pocket and said: 'Beulah, what
bare I lh my right hand now?' She
land, 'Quarter.' I'said: 'Now, Beulah,
if you vrlll tell me the figures
Mi the coin It la yours.' 8he answered
'1-9-0-8,' and the quarter was
Hers. I then opened the case of my
watch and looked at the number of
the movement, closed the case, and
put !> watch back In my pocket. I
asked Beulah If she could tell me the
anmher of the watch movement. 8he
?M, *6-8-4-9-8-4 ' These were the
.etual flgnrea."
from bla pocket, had. holding It concealed.
asked bit the time. Her re*?1,
was* ace .irate.
Mlas Meed Pane has gone,to spend
a few daps with Mlseee Klolse and
" 'opeh Davenport of Plnetown.
LECTURE
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Washington. Feb. 15.?"Uncle
Jqe" Cnnnpn. veteran legislator and
f o r m srSpe a ke ro f the House of Rep^
reeentaOves. was the guest of honor
last night at a farewell banquet given
by public men with whom he has
The affair was unique, even in this
city of banquets, for It was the last
chapter but one In the passing of %
man who has served thirty-eight
years in Congress.
The dinner was also non-partisan.
At least 500 guests,' comprising
members of the Senate and House,
Cabinet officials, members oftbe dlplomatlc
corps and Washington newshonor
to "Undo Joe." Democrats
and Republicans broke bread together
and politcal differences were forgotten
In paying tribute to one of
the most picturesque figures in contemporaneous
political life.
Tbe dinner was In charge of a
uon-partlsan committee of twenty
members of the House. At Its headwas
Representative Humphreys, of
Mississippi, of Pennsylvania, a Republican,
was vice chairman.
The movement for a farewell dinner
to tho former Speaker was Inaugurated
several weeks ago when &
number of Democrats and Republicans
gathered In the office of Mr
iiuuipurtryH una suin^u u suoiitnp- i
tion list. Tbe response was Imme- [
diate and the list of prospective din-1
em had grown steadily .since that!
time. Ab the hour for the dinner approached
\t became apparent that ?
the attendance would be a genuine!
tribute to the old Republican war-1
horse and that It would tax tbe ea-;
pacity of the big dining room.
Joseph G. Cannon will be ceventyeight
years old In May. He say* he
will never seek public office again;
that he 1b "going back to Danville to"
help the young men whose fathers
helped him In former years."
- "On Mtnrb 4- l3c*t -b*r wltt- - have |
served nineteen terms as a member'
of the House. He was out 'or two
years-?the Fifty-second Congress- but
otherwise his tenure of office has
been continuous. According to tbe
number of years of actual service,
"Uncle Joe" stands head high over
any other member of Congress. His
nearest rival is Senator Shelby M?
Cullom, of Illinois, who also retires
on March 4. Senator Cullom entered
the Senate in 1883, and has therefuie
btcu a ineiiibci ft? thirty yssrwi
SULTAN TO BK PEACEMAKER.
Washington, Feb. 17.?The aid of
the Sultan of Turkey in insuring
pease in at least a part of the Philip-,
pines is to be sought by Major John
P. Flnley, U. 8. A., who left here today
for Constantinople. Major Kinley
goes as a special representative I
of the-United States as well as Min-!
lster Plenipotentiary from the 600.000
Mahammedan thrlhesmen in the
Philippines. He will attempt to get
the Qui tan as leadei of the M<T"
hammedan religion an open letter lnst-ricting
the tribesmen to Bubmit to
United States sovereignty, and pointing
out to them that It would be to
their advantage to do so.
Major Flnley, who for ten years
was governor of the islands. w ill seek
to have the Sultan assure the Mussulmans
that their religion will be respected
under American rule. Not
long ago the tribesmen were told by
agitators, according to the Major,
that the Americans would use the
taxes collected from them to overthrow
their faith. A public meeting
was held, and Major Finley was selected
to present the Mussulmans'
cue to President Taft and through
him to the 8ultan. "
IECTURF ON 'SUNSBIKE"
BY BU0YI?
Rev. E. M. Hoyle, pastor of the
J arris Rtomoiial Church, Greenville
N. C., Is scheduled to deliver a lecture
In Washington Wednesday evening.
February 26th, at 8:30
o'clock, under the auspices of Yhe
church.
Bis subject will be, "Sunshine,"
and If there Is anything in a title,
his hearers may look forward to an
enlightening address
IMr. L. 8. r?rRrl?n of Wharton was
la the city 8aaday *"
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Evauatou. 111., Fet>. 17.?Mrs.
Catherine Waugh McColloch. suffra- ?
Cist and Justice of the Peace, made - '
an Impromptu speech In favor of * f 2
women for the ministry in the First
Congregational church bore last
uttlll'. Wm. MrTUllorir arow inim
the pew where she was seated in the . *
congregation. after Dr. O. 8. Davis,
president of the Chicago Tbeologicnf
Seminary, had'deplored the fact that .
good material for the nilnlfry is
scarce. He had said that the ordinary
church cannot afford to pay a
salary sudlclcnt to support a high
pnster. and his family, and the" ?-?-J8|
-result Is that only men of limited aludnmeuf
cm be had. 3
"Why dod't you get women U>
preach?" asked Mrs. McCulloch.
Alter Dr. Davis bad answered tliat
the question of ordaining women as
ministers had often been discussed.
Mrs. McCulioch said:
"You should seek the women as
you do the men. There are many
firl? in college-who are more rjp.-?:? - ?
able than men to take up preaching.
They couid do better oeeause they
could live cheaper and they would
not be burdened with families. Woman
would be at the height of h*;r in-""
fluonce in this Held. because the
church is not only a place for spiritual
_u glife!L_but_also_a_s^ta I j^entre_ __J|
pnd a toning pla?*o for the morn! life
of the community."
MKTHOIMST i'HI RCKJfKRVH KM.
Unusually largr and attentive c-x*
grqgatians attended the Metbn lisl
church yesterday The morning rub- ^,
ject was, "The Gospel of the Kiuadom."
and the pastor earnestly -W tressed
the cause of mission^ One
new mnne'r was*^nnounced The . ' J \
Sunday school bed a pood ee-sloa,thc
numbers present being 212.
The evening discourse was based
4Mfc~Luke-$;-38, "Gtww and U ahaJL-Uw-. . .? ..?j
given unto you. etc." Giving was
urged us h divinely appointed cure ?
for selfishness. Give as God has
* prosper? tir* you. This afternoon -?M
the aid society of the M. E. church,
will meet with Mrs. F. J. Woolard.
on R Main street at 4 o'clock. ,
SIDE SPLITTING FADCE
A! LYRIC TONIGHT
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"Guest and Waiter," is the name
!or the star attraction billed for the
Lyric tonight. The comedians comprising
the team which gives this ridiculous
farce come exceedingly Avell
I recommended, and have a long ree
ord of pleased audiences left behind
them in their tour. ,
The title alone of this skit is suggestive
of infinite possibilities for
mirth. If you feel the need of a good,
healthful, hearty laugh, then come
out to the l.vrip mnighr? "
Wins BOYHOOB LOYE
111 OLD nee
Baltimore, Feb. 17. Not wishing
to occupy a large chicken farm a:
Egft Harbor. N. J., alone, George
Theis, a widower, sixty-five year*
old, came to this city for a bride, after
corresponding with a sweetheart . xj
of his childhood days. Mrs. Dora
Quent, who had been a widow. for
twenty years. Mr. Theis popped the
question about three weeks tygo, alBo
setting forth that he had purchased ^
his proposal was accepted.
The byldegorom has two grown
children and the now Mrs. Theift.
who Is AftyMwo years old, has three
children.
A Fire-Cent Magazine and*a FiveCent
Joke Book Free.
Buy next Sunday's New York
World aiyl get the Big Magazine.with
Ha twenty-four pages fn color
and groups of good stories. Also the
complete Joke Book, which Is also
given with the Sunday Worlfrr No ^
other New York newspaper has such
a magazine, and the WorldJoke
Book is the only thing of its l^nd.
OOTTOH MAKKKT
Lint Cotton, ISc. .
Ved Cotton, 4 1-Ic. j
^Cotton Seed, 118.09.
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