?? mm' ppwp i >: Slaea ill.- ,?!? of tha watar UMl ^at e?? from tll< Wuhlai Y.-' ' plant - - SJIT . ^.r^Ad-r? qthar Terr luaiyoni prtaa to tM patron. of both IMP ateetrrt and water Who pay Mr but'-prior to .. *1 tha tooth ad NoToaobor. The prlaa h. haa aalactad ta an Adjnotatla HaMIn* 'Lamp. Thla wU (oak. tha third prima which Mr. Chnxlaa haa gW awar. Tha Brat on. wad awardad to Mr. k. V. Stewart ?uu wb wtuuu itj mr. a. is. moani. ? Brerp patron M the company using either electricity or water and w. - lot their, bill prior to the tooth ot - ; . V the month will horn n Cheney for thla very handsome and aaotol Imp, from wmma markets - , . ^ . ' B. L. Busman, president at the Washington Horse Exchange. has -etarned from Western markets where be purchased a carload of horses-and a carload of males both 5j?^ ?* which hare already arrived. i> .a " i , . ' The old farm ixruf Described by an P About six years ago, la company with a friend who was in quest of I ji lud, 1 walked oror a Piedmont form. Tho ? > "Itlo plnuc.-?e* ? on't of a mhch (Ued ravine,then on np an aalarged gnlly that aorraf aa tka rood to tbe honae. Thoraa and blackberry boahea plucked at onr haU aa we paaaod alone, and thru the little open apaaan between the deld ptnee, the breomtaraw waa atrlTlnt to hide the tailed apota. >?,, Farther on. tha brnab grown Farden spot, with Ita delapldated fence, polled the natural beauty of the home ground*?lovely let In unite of the copulated houae with lta broken doom and windows. : v J|lgh carulral is tba old family orchard. and aa wa paaaad on over tha farm avetythlag .po*y',-aq+>| , etroogly of the poverty that follow* Jo the wake of eoll robbing. Tb* Uttla petches of tobacco only tended to empbaalxe the hopelessness of '* the decsy that every where abounded. A few day* a*o. with another friend 1 again visited this place which for about "three years now! haa bee* receiving treatment from] , "> a man wher lovea the aoli and whoa realise* t^e responelhlllty that goes! ( f .". ' : with Its head ling. We drove along j o" * carsfijBftgrsded road that dipped gradaally to the modest bridge, apsimtnritbe tnrbulent UtUa creek^ A are-foot woven wire fence, guarded .a pretty Held of clover and herd. i.V ' v-c grass ..from eeretees trespassers. Trotting rapidly along the smooth road oer rig pasaad e^ane large held gtatfe'v of tobeeoo.tben more aside of clo^ - ver end grass. and final IT my frlendj J <; : ^^Marriag^icens 4 - issued Last WeeM . / < jimtlatar ef Deed. Gilbert Rnml ^ ; -f U",*d **?- Meeoaeg r^v last week. There were fWerwhit* ea ?- 'WM|M0 Tha Irat mmiot et tbs- (MM to*. Owl ?? u. Man trtct of N?rth Oarolfaa, wUl ba h?* Solicit: >rasr HU Honor Jait H. OL Onsar wttt V If. Meokias. will prosecute tbe Socket for *. ?o?e?nraent. .Jtfnc I oral lawyers from oUtar towns la 1 th. district will bo mast Tbsrs j ro twalre esses on tto fotka tot i trial?.la warraat casta' aad tlx dr- . U. oasaa WW th? so art ssatm. < bias tooeorrow mora lot it will ibeat to one at the atstt sttractlre court i rooms la^ North Carolina. It win, I par aar of ths citisene who hart' I not seen the court room to do so. Not only Is it a credit to the government but the city u well. The public building In to be formally dedloated sometime during the month' of November, at which time distinguished visitors are. to be prea eat representing the government. An effort le being made to secure the presence of .Secretary McAdoo of the United States Treasury. The occasion promises to be an auspicious one for Washington, the new is " " up-to-date farmer And indeed It Is a pretty home, modest and unpretentious, but com polling, aa it stands there in Its 1 'fre*"**- ?tf.tta bwitttnl oak, and nraiM cbwrr. tnei, flanked by the well kept garden and backed by the beauty of the"ever. lasting hills." Good cows grased In the fespedesa pasture at the rear and to the right fine Stacks of hay stood as sentinels, proclaiming the 1 return of prosperity that surely fol. | clover that with their millions oj, fibrous roots* bind the sod particles together and scotch for the fanner who Is bent on raising the soil out of the slough of despair into which As we drove on more fields of clever, and heeds grass same Into lew, then a goodly field of corn, and another of tobacco. A sparkling spring stream was crossed and flanking it on either side wes another modern pasture; were on the opposite slope, where six years ago rose tier on tier of gullies and rock, infested pine patches, the hands of this goo# .farmer gad tys^son had wrought a marvelous change. . Net a gully, not a pine, wes to be seen -hut a great sloping beautiful meadow smiled upon and kissed by the setting gun. ' donbtedly of a man of wealth.?'.lNot a hit of it The work tether of- a man with a stout heart, with a love for the soil, and a realising souse of the truth, that a rich sod means, poor powrtr tq the ImliuaBu^ I^.freoch tt tbo Progreeelve Parmer. On eooonnt of Uu Inclemency at tbe weather yeeterd.r tha celebration at tbe Baraea-Pblletbaa World wide raoTfnfat at the tint Baypnlutton tod ft wy attractive and I . ' ?? Itrifi wlwiiclft fl?i?d T()1(|T Kr^3p!e: Dr. Von Ez4orf of U. X Public Health SotfIc* l ie. B. ? taMwr of tho Uolt>4 State. Public Heellh Serrlce, ir riroa here Tceterdmy afternoon da thp, Norfolk Southern lUfllway >rf keU a ooncoltetion wttb tin local ?t the office of Dr. John S. . Radmen loot erenins. Dr. TOO Sedorf lo sent hero tar too Hal tod no top cororbmaof Jor the purpoee of determining the percent**# of malarial Infection In the dtp. Dr. raoKodort will addrass the ottlMu a Wnehinotoo et the city hall tOJo evening at.-t o'clock and every citlnn Is grged to he present and hear this moot Interesting and vital Question Id ecu seed. ? I>r. vonEsdorf vlsiu Washington inder the aosplcaa of the State loard of Health. This morning in company with Dr. John O. Blount Bounty superintendent of health. i?0 Major F. C. Kugler. he visited Washington Public Schools, where is took blood specimens of the do. >ila to ascertain what students are infected with malaria. Dr. vonEslorf stands high In bis profession ind too with the, United States government, He frill visit the colored schools of the city tomorp^r. He aspects to b? in Washington untl^ Wednesday. It behooves every Taw. abiding citizen and others as well ta hear his lecture at the City Hall this evening. He will be introduced by Mayor Prank C. Kugler. EXTRA FEATURE ATTRACTION IT ircrc to TM The attractions booked for the Lyric this week speak load for this place of amusement and for tonight their opening engagement, they |iave a program beyond par and one that possesses unusual vafues In JtnuBement. "The Morton Sisters" a swell harmony singing, talking and dancing set fills the boards In vaudeville for a three day engagegmont, offering ?o?e of-the latest song bite and offering hits of musical -comedy touching the funny palate of the amusement seeker. The motion pictures today lare featured by a great two reel drama,! "For Another's 8ins," and one of the most beautiful dramas ever shown. The last half of the week will' be filled by the Misses Shope snd Wolfe, another harmony singing bCt. t | The program Offered at the Lyric, today Is an unusual feature and one| that can.be depended on for good entertainment. ... . r , I... . y MANY WAOTi*OTONlAN8 TO ATTCkb RALEIGH FAIR many ; " This Is Mr week Jn Rslelfh sod lodslns from eppearences s large n amber otj.Wsshl^ftoif, eittsene will he 00 the grounde to tee at sights sod wttoees . the * jnsor attritions Brnt, hery bese sdrertlsed. The 8tote (sir is slwors so attrition Tor the cttissue of Washington sod Beasfort oau*ii sad onle* ell signs fell there'will be e large rewroeentstloa this week -pent thle eeeFOP?AH i , ' ' ' Mr. Chertee Fleming of thle eUy, wee koeoUT married to Ml? Ner. Boyd of ltd word, N. C? at ?*?(ton op Wednesday areolae In*. Octobor If., T?e bride and iroom ?rrtred la thta etty on loot Tbontday nooning and are boardta*^ at the v*i > : ?r III ill fti ^ ,JH UUII - J , . The following ot transfer war* ft lad la tfc*<4MJ0etor of Dead* office during the past wee* tor reg. Jamaa H. RlclM-atii wifte to A.. 8. Oodley. W. T. HudnaU and wife to . D. M: W. Pfeot and wife to W. B. N C. Hughe# a?i wife to T. E. Idgiy, . * w.'* t ' H. N. Blount ? < wife to Nona L. Mitchell. W. H. Hobhe and wife to Jno. R. Woolard. W. C. Rodman and wife to Nelly a J. O. Sadler and, wife to B. C. Smith. Hflt P D. Hardee aa* wife to J. A. Crisp. Bettle L. Short jst al to W. H. Williams. < - '! A. M. I>umay and wife to E. L. Stewart. 3 J. H Everington and wife to Verson Prjor. chicago vocujkj burns si. rnas congregation Those who attended the services at .St. Petere .Episcopal church 8un. day morning "had evening . were charmed wUh the vocal solos ronc&go. 111., who Is here visiting his aunt. Mrs. E. P. Judson on West Second street. While it -was not generally known that he would sing i at the morning service the mere fact that lie did brought forth a large congregation at the evening service. Mr. Scanlon's voice, bari-1 tone, has never been equalled in. Washington and today on the streets! nAlhln* o?n ho AI rt.iaoo^ W..t Vl~ I wonderful voice. It was a rare treat and those whc^were present will ever remember the occasion Holding Her Own. The reports from the bedside of Mrs. Charles Oden are that Bhe Is j holding her own notwithstanding! her critical condition. The Western forestry and conservation association will hold Its annual conference about December 16.1 This year It will meet at Vancouver.! B. C., and will give Its main consld- J oration to the problem of forest Are prevention and control. ?? Much of the piling, wharf materlal land loch gates -of the Panama | canal are made of greenheart, said to be the most durable wood known for these purposes, which comes tnalnly from British Guinea. Opening Dance The Halcyon Cinb will give Its opening dance 'of tbefseason at the Elks Home tomorfow night. Dancing will begin promptly at 9.30 o'clock. Forbes orchestra will fur. niah music. Quite ^ number of visiting young ladles and gentlemen are expected. THOS. ft. LONG WILL WBD MISS WDUPRiSD FOWLB Pally Nm ; MMllwHdgoa the receipt of the following wedding aSnoiracement which wtti be wU With pleasure by the aa*J friende of the ooatracttftg parties Mr. sad Mrs. flMBOOl ft. Fowle tf nine refer 4v- Cfr ' an y XA..JI 1 J JL 3B8R 10, Jill. I r I c? ' J??i General StrlngfteU jflH Captain Bradham as* VM P?p^pypi? **> ?nual Inspection. Tomorrow night nt (.It o'clock ' th? Sixth DItUIob. North Carolina ( INinl MIMtlX mt ttS dty will hara , It* *U*MI taMp*ctl?n by Inspector Cssr "Thomas 8t rlngfleld of j 1 WaynesrIUe. H C.. and Captain Commanding C. D. Brad ham of Now Born. The inspection duo to the inadequacy of their quarters will be hold In the armory of Company "0'? | on Market street. The militia here haa about flfty members all of whom are looking forward to the Inspection with pleasure. SCAM RINK PRIM ATTRACTIVE AMRUSEMENT The skating rink Is proving to be one of the most attractive places of interest, especially for young peo. pie after supper. Since Its opening both boys land girls and too. adults are eageV to try their skill on the floor. Judging from appear, ances Washington bids fair to have some of the best roller skaters to be found within the state. ? COLORADO MARBLE BEING USED FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL i The white marble of which the great >2,000,000 Lincoln memorial tample is to. be. built on the banks of the Potomac in Washington is to oome from Sopris national forest building In the east to be constructed of this stone, known to the building trades as Denver marble, though much of It has been used as an interior finish In public buildings. In the weet a notable example of its use Is found in the new federal building at Denver. w duo vue uiaroie quarries are in s t~o L.'da. 57 the national forest, r they are on piivate land secured c under the laws by which areas bear- r lng deposits of building stone are dis posed of "by the government:?TTtp" dor the law prospectors can locate J and secure tltlo to mineral deposits on the national forests Just as they can on the open public domain. The ^ marble company which owns thp quarries is a large user of national forest timber in the working of its properties, situated near Marbfe, Colo. | The history of the company Is said to be of considerable Interest, as * | representing indomitable enterprise 11 against difficulties. The country jl in which the marble deposits occur 1 | la extremely rough and precipitous, j and for a long time was InaccesBi- s |J>ie because of lack of transporto- i , tlon facilities. Large sums had < to be expended before the stone 1 could be got and brought to market Up to 1907, when the product first t -began to attract attention, it Is 1 said that $1,200,000 had been ex. r pended in developing the property, c ? c It Is not yet too late to sow rape *\ ! for winter paBture. Like oats, sow i as much land as yon think you wilt | need to supply your stock, and then i j sow some more. Manure or fertl- c I Use well, as rapa Is not a poor land < crop.?T. B. Parker In The Progres- t slve Parmer. - t Holly ia Port, The United States boor tender, Hollr, Cept. Itaae Oaten in commend. la mooted -at the government trfeart on Wat Mala street. Vandensaro Train Here . The Washington and Vendemere train was bora yaaterdny for tha purpose of having the boiler washed oat aad otbar ?>!! meed. Col. W. H. Williams baa porch an. ad tha handsome raatdemce of Mrs. Bet tie Short at the-corner of Main and Pierce streets. Cotton Market Unt cotton. It and *-t oentr. aad ootton. 6 cents. Cotton aaad per too. $i? eo. i ? I. m i ill fV. ^ ^ * " ' ~ ?^i * ~- * I I AMONG m mobU -H ft^ annual convei W mercial Cm ted its program. ers. I Washington, XX C-. October If.? ? I LnnoiunMfet urea mad* today at I 'he South era Commercial Coogreee i I it the completed program of the ( lirth Anneal CobtwUob of the \ l^osreee which wiu he held la Mo- l litle. Alabama. October S7-ft. I The proatest array of speaker* i Irho eror attended a ooureoUon of I lay kind In this country are on the | irogram. They Include President J iYUson, Secretary Bryan, Secretary 1 )anielB, Senators Fletcher. Smith 4 lankhead. Ransdell. Vardaman, and i toady; Governors CNeai of Ala. i lama, McCreary of Kentncky, MaJ- c r of Missouri. Trammel of Florida. 1 ind Ex_Governor Noel of Mississip 4; Representatives Underwood, Hef t In. Hobeon, Abercrombie, Taylor ? ind Clayton; Minister Morales of ? 'anama. Minister Pezet of Peru, d Unister Calderon of Bolivia, Con- <1 ul General for Brazil de Cnnab; e )lrector General of the Pan Amerl. C an Union John Barrett. Managing e >lrector of the Southern Commercial t 'ongresH Dr. C. J. Owens, LL Col. c libert of the Isthmian Canal Com- C nisslon. President Finley of the 1 Southern Railway, President >Colier of the Panama.California Ex- 8 osition, Professor Emory R. John- b ion. United States Commissioner n if Education P. P. Claxton, Hon. / ohu H. Haslam, of Saskatchewan, 11 'anada; A. H. Baldwin. Chief of j J he Bureau of Foreign and Domes-18 Ic Cdtnmcrco; V. Powderly, 'taief of the Bureau of Information it f ?Ae Derailment of Labor; Vice- o iryrfdht Thoe. 9- Southgate. of thell Congress; i / rener&l Counsel Charics A. Dougas, of the Southern Commercial t Congress; Treasurer, William H. v launders, of the Southern Commer t ial Congress: Congress; Col. Har a ie Jordan, President of the South a irn Cotton Growers' Association; t; Resident Crawford of the Tennes e ee Coal, Iron and Railroad Compa. it i/, uovLMiiur nicnara L?. Metcalf, ti if the Panama Canal Zone; and J nany other distinguished Ameri- e Arrangements corf. Better Ba TMSHING TOUCHES UPON THE ; HEALTH EXHIBIT AT THE STATE FAIR. * The finishing touches are being tut upon the health exhibit and It rill be complete when the State | "air opens Tuesday in West Raleigh 1 Hnal arrangements have oeen cora v hot ft i A In - her reach the age of 2 year.., by he darkening of the house from] .hich babies are taken at the vnJ ions periods, la all ready I The gravestones for the babies' rraveyard have been measured and nade, twelve pairs, a huge and a Jny, to drive la. by the startling sontraat In each month of the year, he difference In the death-rates of >ottle.fed and breast-fed babies. The facts and figures, the mod?ra instances, the chips from the World's workshop on the liquor evil, ire nil primed. The real way to pervent tubercu tosls and the beat way to cure It In LUVneipieot stages, together with the exposnre of some consumption. rare fakes, have been arranged for exhibition so that he whs rsis hsy read, end so that the wayfaring man f^odfch ha bah fool.>need not err i I * j i M, T ~ ' KUrs ~~^ ; OCT. 27 TO 29 Jtioo oi Southern grafts has Complereat array of 9$tkma aad Paa American eiUaeu. Tha SoatkNatara PMMnger Ac. octotlow ku made mm fare roanA rip iit? to MoMlo Cor the CoarM Hot. Indications are that more haa tan thoeeead delegates sad rial to ra will attend this convention, rhlch will be the fraatMt ever held n the United States. The State Department and the 'an American Union are co-operat_ ng with The Southern Commercial f J Congress to make the Convention in international event, whose theme rill be: "The Relation of the Unltid States to the Panama Canal, Lat n America, and World Commerce." President Wilson will apeak on he first day of the convention and lenator Fletcher. President of The Southern Commercial Congress, will lellver the annual address the same lay. Dr. C. J. Owens. Director Geniral of the Permanent American lommission on Agricultural Co-opration. will report the results of be European investigations of agrlultural cooperation, made by the rommlaslon during a three months European last summer. The Woraans' Auxiliary of The ou thorn Commercial Congress will old its convention at the same time s Mobile.?Many rilstingulahad woaen will speak. Including MIsb Jane I iddame, of Hull House. Chicago; he Countess of Aberdeen, and Miss ulia Lathorp, Chief of the United Itates. Childrens' Bureau. Mrs. V*oodrow Wilson, wife of the Preslent, is Honorary President.GeneraI f the Womans' Auxiliary', and Mrs, 'homaa M. Owen, of Montgomery, jjjj ilabama, Is President Gonerul. Afnong thw the conven- ... j Ion will be a great trade pageant, a isit of naval vessels and ships of he light-bouse service to Mobile,' nd a cruise to the Panama Canali nd Central America by many "of i he delegates in a specially chartered steamer. A memorial tablet i te bo erected at the Panama Canal o the memory of the late Senator ohn T. Morgan, of Alabama. "JPathr of the Canal Idea." tplete for bies contest Show KOmtEItY AT EDWARD, X. C. Some time during midnight and day Saturday night some S person or persons robbed the Washington and Vandemere do pot at Edward. N. C., and took J 1 between five and six gallons of whiskey and other booty. As * ' yet the guilty parties have not ' been located^ The robbery has * 1 created no little excitement In 1 tnat community. 9 1ERIES OF MEETINGS NOW IN PROGREST FIRST BAPTIST A aeries of meetings Is now ! regress at the First Baptist church : .lie meetings began with the ser_ ices yesterday. There will be reaching service each evening dor- jg ng the present week conducted hjr he pastor. Rev. R. L. Gay. The nuslc will be in charge of Mr /. EL. doss assisted by an orchestra. For ieveral dayes active preparations tare been going on for this meeting M ind the outlook seems to be very 'J9 mcouraging. All are cordially im^ -3B rlted to be present this evening and it each and every meeting during \J he week. All charts and maps and picture# "J tad models, including those show-' ng the most practical methods aC* protecting wells ao as not to take lb rurface drainage, the beet and j cheapest privies, the sinews of the M j ear against flies, mosquitoes, kpg j j rate, and other pests, are all la tal Jfl | shape, and all that resaains b hr the crowds to gather whan thw fl Bates are spsasi. t ... . SM