VrJyV'i-v
' ' * " " Se
advertisement for J. W. Pondor 01
to loan at & per cent. Since the ad-j
vtirtltiomont war run wo were in
formed that the proposition whs not
4o.t what* It appeared to ho. Wo
Immediately eUrted an In rooti gallon
aad Wiu give oo rrcadtrs he henellt
ia a special agent for the "Standard
Horn.- ro.. or Birmingham.
EL Ala." The wording of the contract
of tho Standard Homo Company Is
" ---'I such as to dacelva gtaml
on, except ho bra alwyer. Thoy
require monthly payments ot M OO
to bo paid In and a tee of t J6.00 le
the price of contract, alter ?tx
monthe duee hare been paid la then
the contract Dacomaa eligible tor a
loan. Titer do not guarantee to
a lean on the.&n1-]
tract and toe probabilities are
that you would never eucoeed
In securing a loan bat would be
I raptured to ooaltnue making the
monthly payments. They ot couroe
t>. do make a (ow loans in order to
evade the law.
In Ita laane of March 3?th, 1914.
The Soaehllght. a paper published
at Birmingham, Ala., haa the followv
tag to say of Me coqpeay:
"Standard Homo Company to be
aired In court ' F. B. Whltehurat.
preoldont, L. A. Whitehead, vlea
president, and u. K. Harrle. eocretary-troaaurer.
Indicted by Federal
Grand Jury tor nalng the malls to
W defraud and running a lottery,
r The Federal Grand Jury haa returned
Indictments against P. K.
Whitehead, president; U A. Wh,:ehead.
vice preeldent. andL,. F. HarBT
^rla. secretary and treasurer of The
(SS Standard Home Co., charging them
with using the United States mails
. *i to daCrmnd and running a lottery.
The giant Sim-gam and most elagorate
skin gatne system of the whole
country la barolo lnrolved We In.
' vite yon 'to read the following.
Huor lagenlons frauds cannot survive
the light of exposure any moro
than a tubercular germ can stand
the sun's rays. Soch systems thrive
only under cover?light nutans page
raiysla. rulip annihilation. Tl*
Standard Home Company la one
SCS among me largcit corporanou. in
5 Alabama. springing Into prominence
almoet in n night. Assets of the
company ere claimed to be shore
the mtOtoo and a half mark. >;
The company baa spacious and
elegantly appointed oBcee in
the American Trnst BullHng and
done an extensive business throughout
a number of elates, having steadUly
sued rapidly increased each yea,
since It* lndplency. A namber of
concerns of like nature 1utvo sprung
-r Into existence In recent' years, rome
9 \ with disastrous results.
In Georgia and other parts of the
country these alleged hopie Inveetment
eonoerns In their effort le carry
on e quanWottery aohcme the
anthorttlen have succeeded In breaking
them up. Uncle Bam is custodian
of soma of the most hoperul aspirants
to fortune through euch a
Ite plan and schema end system
and purpose are |fl rati cel. Every
contract executed to a brother to
The object le to get an Innocent
party to sign a contract nnd pay Into
the company's coffers ?#.?'? per
month ma lone as the company can
keep him fooled and collect the
money. >
The salesmen represents to the
mv run hnrdl/ Bn<l n^orjU
the Word "EligW to D<
r, Offering Money to Loa
Later Proposition Was ~Nc
Made Investigation.
ellgllbtt to a loan.
Those contracts ar*r sold throug
misrepresentation, through fraui
through lying and nor-through 1?
gltfaate solicitation. Ab the chU
contributors to the flim-flam, olepha
Uno swindle, fake extraction, <:
coin proceaa are working people, n<
schooled lu the art of Cake-craf
akin-game lor^ and 4'sale so logy-,
theji fall to the offer.
All tho promises, guarantees, ai
eu ranees of 6 per oent money on th
part of the representative of th
company aro Indefinitely ildetracke
*7 the Ingenious word "eligible" t
lng in the contract. Tb? will <
wlap, the pot at the end of the rait
bow la discovered, the riddle ei
pounded, the myth exploded.
"Eligible" is a wonderful wor<
is elastic, ii poly-sided, ia bindln
and looaeenlng, guaranteed an
dpcsnty .psT^ing |nany vps and
avoiding many legal complication!
Without these eight letters E-L-l-Q]
B-L-K arranged thusly the Slant
ard Home CO. could nob octet. -H
nerves as a wall between It and th
' ~
To the purchaser of a Standar
Home contract the word el'gibl
doesn't mean anything In partict
lar, but to the company it mean
everything, is a "getting otot
clause from Unci*' Bam'a clutch*
and food for much elucidation, ovj
eion, expostu.UUofc, explanation b
Thirty-si* dollars Us. learn tH
meaning of one word.
The Whole system of fraud" covered
np by this-one woM olig
blc. Not one person In. a *hQuaan
who signs up olie of those contrac
and pays tn six monthly Installment
really khows the meaning' of tl
word eligible or think? It of impo
ta nee?the saloman's explanatic
has been satisfactory, so bo pa:
in the |3G. Now he flnda it tin
td look into the Dictionary tr to at
sdmeone what eligible means. ?
thought It meant that he would &
a loan of a thousand dollars. I
had a dream that dlxible meai
that ha vu entitled to a loan, th
'It guaranteed something. that eom
thing was assured. Poor deiud
foolt It meant that he paid *:
to learn the meaning of a # wo
which he could have found In
25-oent dictionary. Rather cape
Ive orthography!
The average man duped Into tt
fraudulent net eeldom waken up e
en at 136 exponee. He knowe th
it he stops off short paying In *1
114 or ISO that ho wilt lose It, b
thinks If he pen hi the ISO that
WU1 get It hack or a 11,060 lot
hut falls actually to get either!
Paymeate are therefore kept
I In the hopee that the lucky numl
will be drawn next time and OB a
on until all patience la exhaceti
all hopea vanished and rather th
pay out aoy taort money tn each
retlcat. hlood-eucklng lecherous c
corn bo will loee whet bee alrea
been paid. He now decldee to a
render the contract, llcre is whi
Infamy la oompouaded. Shylc
dwarfed, hlgbWay-manry mado h<
ormhle by comparison
I *omp*liy 001 '?
to Boy back i;<|c|,ramatuiyd eoi
tracts, aaantnlng an adelnory benli
tly and fi ling interest I" dtsgrcc
ed. cheated, disheartened, nielancl
ly wrathy customer, who Is edvls
not to sacrifice so valuable e contri
When soothing eyrap methoda I
end a kick Is botng registered I
strongly against the perfldoue rna
Ity of the system the party is
to understand that If ans ntten
Is made to give trouble that On
aemn agent, are ready a^r
, Lap trouble yields to the tna
Taylor ? Haakln, work kind In hind
9 Win, th. standard Horn#, m a ttrtwl- A
St. dafy ol tbo unluua akin game. 4.,
Taylor & Haiklna buy the eon"
tracta at almoat nothing on tba dol- i
n lar Ite in lp the money loan-1
ing h&Mnesa and chu utllixo 6 per
>t cent monoy to good advantage. An
outsider comes to them and
wants to borrow money, wants to:
get hold of Standard contract As
5 per cent money is In dejaaj^ hyy
tery contract Taylor & Hasklns have J
h of the Standard Homo can be sold
1, for a premium to thorn of from 1126
6- to |150 profit. The feoofrs are not
if disarranged, but the aeries la filled
n out ana kept straight bo that tho :
>f government inspector will not detect
>t that anything Irregular had transit
pircd. By this connection with Tay"
lor * Hasklns both aides of the
street are worked and whoever It
? may be that falls into the clutches of
e the Standard Home crowd Is erle
dcntlv destined to be fleeced. We
d brand the system as Illegal, fraudu- '
* lent, tho embodiment o* hishonesty.
3* deception and trickery, and if It has _
?- successfully evaded the federal law
> on the subject of lottefT It should _
fall under the clause ot using the
1, malls to derraud. for ftnrely it can
g be established that fraud 1s Its dat- \
d ly routine. It# life. its soul. m j
' The State of Ohio has barred It
. La
a from operating within its borders. |
I- If we a*e lacking la laws to, safe- 1
1- guard the people from being looted I
Et sad plundered end rohbed JH such e
i? tolerable, insolent chests we should t
make hast? to en*ct them. Too c
d many corporations and Individuals t
ie are perpetrating swindles on the t
l- public and biding In mosquito net n
lb technicalities.
Law should be a combination of 1
jj? common sense and Justice and it a I
a- two-ounce lotion of. such admixture I
,y were applied in this M&e. the Stand- 1
wd Home Co.'ai Wg ae it le would
ie totter and (alt like a straw man before
a sluioon.
is Of course tome loans are made in
i- accordance with th^>?Jalma of the
d company to get a few boosters in
ts various sections of tho country, but
ts a large part of the business is carlc
rled on 4^/kbove described. 8o that
r- the company and ft* .snbaMary?
in Taylor A Haskins?get all that *
rs comes In and let as little out as poele
slble.
ik It is discouraging to learn Chat so
ie much business or the land thrives,
st fatten* and flourishes upon rascalie
ity. doeeptlon and fraud, but neverat
tbelese it Is true. In thli modern
at gst-rleh-quick age the result Is all }
e- that is required, the means are not ^
id to bo considered. The directors of }
18 the Standard .Home Company are
rd prominent because they represent
a money, not from a moral, mental or
n- ethical worth. }
If we chose to expose the personis
nel of the Standard Home Co. wade
v- through disgraceful divorce proceed
at Inge, suicide of the young lady ate8.
nographer In Atlanta, tell of a bruut
sen demimonde now in Its employ.
ho another interesting chapter can be ,
Br added.
Ohio and Kentucky have already
op barred thl company from operaUng
fcr within their borders and, North
ad Carolina should do likewise. ..
id. ^.Tbo ?Nwa would be gldd jean
cetve letters or other Information
pi- from people who have been taken
on in on one of the Standard Home's
& .fake cohtarcU^' ... ??-.r ,f v/ Jy? .
ir- The News would bo jAad to rere
second advertisement s?ne as tho
ck one run recently, with .% - check in
?n- payment but intead of running the
ad wo are returning It with the check '
mt to Mr. J. W. Ponder %ith the statei
ment that we wtll not knowingly
perpetrate a fifcnd upon the people.
trull
Fit Bit
Apr! l 8th tu been announced
tho data for too maw meting of
autte l>omocrat? 10 t>a hold In Raleigh.
According to a call u.t iwood
br tho "Chairman Clarence Fob.
I -f q m j I j
^mrn
in
iitliSHi
mm
IVomen To T^lc?
n.trnmenu at tJlater Hall, felfaat
rhlch 11 being and u tba h?<tdquar j
ri of tho antl Hoaa Rulan. W l
sent political experts say tuns Ulitar
Is playing a big gluff. agd If
hey are .^you've potter gft? 'em
xedlt" for they are playing raaliaIcally
clever. The men hare vftlun
eered and are learning the mdiaenu
of military tactics, whl& foe
liaWsJl
in it f
pill
J. c. D.' Local Chapter to
Send .Representatives to
District Meeting to Be Held
In New Bern. April 24th.
The District Convention of the
Jolted Daughters of tne Confederacy
vlll be held In the town of New
3ern. -N. on April 29th and the
prospects are that there will be a
treat meeting. Pamlico Chapter,
>f this city, at it* recent meeting
lamed the following ladles as dictates:
Mrs. 8. It. Fowle. Men W.
\. B. Branch and Mrs. H. W. oCtlr.
/Alternates. Misa L. T. Rodman. Miaa
lane Myers. Miss Penelope Myern
and Mra. W. H. Call. ^
The Daughters of Pamlico Chapter
have Just placed an order for one
UHOUIDU BUU L*OUl/-U> O BUIO.11 U1UU"
umehts to be placed at the graves
of the Confederate soldiers in Oak*
dale cemetery and also throughout
the county. The daughters fiope
to have All the stones placed by May
10th. Preparations are already going
for the tenth of May oelobratlon
and as usual Washington
and Beaufort county can be counted
oh to properly honor those who
wore the grey.
iliEi
WILL BE IB
Vi i
' United States Judge WaddlU at
Norfolk, Va . hue directed tbo eale
of the Merchants and Miners ateamer
Nantucket held In limited llahll
Itr prooaedtnge following her libel
for n.000.000 by the Old Dominion
steampahtp Company, aftar the
Nantucket had rammed the Monroe
at eon January I Oth. In addition
to the original claim of tt.OOO.OOO
other claims cam be filed until May
aoth. Th. Nantucket la to be .old
-ebie Stowen. ' i ' '
,
UADr-u in toia
MARCH 30 1914.
BGjRAPH
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Active .
lister's Resvlution
women have taken to the leu displaying.
bat lesa Indispensable part
learning to treat tbe wounded etc.
Herewith la akown a departure from
the customary in tbat women
are befog taugrt eotoethlng aloe
bestdee naralng, that ot communicating
with a force miles away. This
pa*t of war lias heretofore been left
entirely to man. and thla picture
may therefore be taken as a boost
by the 'rotee-for-women' sympathlin
HELD [ODD
JEEIIIC
Met at The Christian Church
Yesterday Afternoon. Addressed
By Hon. H. S. Ward.
To Circulate a Petition.
The meeting of the Bsr>c*-PhUathee
City Union at the Christian
Church yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock was a very enthusiastic one
and tho outlook for the work the
union has In band certainly has a
propitious futi^re.
Quit? a large number were present
from the respective churches and
they had the pleasure of listening
to an admirable address on "The
Early Closing of Stores." by Hon.
H. 8. Ward. It Is needles* to 9*7
that the speaker proved equal to the
occasion and handled his subject la
a war to convince those who oppose
the scheme that the early closing
of the stores Is right and Just.
After the address a resolution was
presented from the First Methodist
Church Baracas advocating the closing
of the stores at ten o'clock Saturday
nights and asked that a petition
be circulated among the merchants.
The Baraca-Phllathea Union
heartily endorsed the resolution
and passed It unanimously. The
president of the union will, some
thne this week appoint a committee
to circulate a petition among the
merchants with this end in view.
The musical feature of the meeting
waa much enjoyed, particularly
the selections rendered by the Baraca
orchdstra (Composed of Mrs.
WilUam Singleton and Messrs C.
F. Bland. R.' A. G. Barnes, Z. N.
Leggett and R. 8. Wright.
It's Restful la Washington Park.
WE HAVE EMPLOYED MR. CRNest
Kuns of Portamonth, Vs.. a
pracitcal and up-to-date baker.
We are now prepared to serve the
pnbllc with the sry host of
! 19#
i l-24-lwc.
mi ^
WILL CLOSE
MUT8IH
Tho Washington Public Schools
sommencement in all probability
will take place oa May 3th. While
It has not yet been definitely decided
this will no doubt be the date. As
yet the commencement speaker has
Sot been selected nor the preacher .
co deliver > the bacca;aureate serttton
'1 u. uculoi class th.a year
ih coiupoacdKot the largest, numbei
lU tho luetory or the school. bein6
kuirty-two. *ihe prospects ar? that
the commencement this year will be
in keeping: with those of former
pears?a grand success.
MANY VISITORS ARRIVE
IN THE CITY AND ARE
% 8PBNDNG THE DAY
Quite a number of visitors from
different sections of the county ar?
in the city today on business, among
them being W. H. Whitley, Hounertonf
L. G. Cayton, Edward; L. M.,
Scott; Blounts Creek; R. T. Bonner,
Aurora; E. D. Lew'fe, C. F. Lewis,:
O. E. Lewis. South Creek, ond Claude
Roberson. Aurora.
FOR NORTHERN MARKETS
Mr. P. Irloa of the Bazaar, left
this morning for northern markets
where he expects to purchase his
spring and summer stock.
iciir
- TAKE PARI
STATE MEET
WUl Leave Wednesday For
Chapel Hlil to Compete for
Champions lp. Boys San-,
gulne Success.
The High School track team of
the Washington Public schools, expect
to leare Wednesday for Chap^
el Hill. N. C.. where they expect to
engage In a contest with other team's
of the state for the state championship.
Although the members of the
team have not as yet been definitely
decided upon they are practically
so. The boys have been working
hard., and the outlook is that they
will give a good account of themhcIvpr
a.t thn state meet at the Unl
versity.
CONTINUED INDISPOSITION.
The Unany friends of Mrs. Lewis,
.mother of Mr. Thomas Lewis of the
firm of L&wls & Calais, will regret
to learn of her continued Indisposition.
mW
NEW THEATRE
FOiUOIHT
For the Ant half of this wash the
Mew Theater hare in the way of
vaudeville, "Smith ? Marino," an
wceltent ?lng,ug act. Tnere >u l
-minstrel act booked for thta houee
for the sret half, hut the bookluc
houee wired that tber were vending
this splendid singing act Instead
This set Is recommended aa one ol
the beat ttare Is on tho vnndovllle
sUge. Dut tho mere fnct that It It
one o( Keith's acts, la aasnranoo thai
It WON be all that eould he aaked
for. so it you wish to hoar aoma ol
tho boot singing that you have or
er heard b. euro and attend the New
rr^Tr.
jor iooiroi lureo BWWV"V
^With Merchants 1
Regarding Freight Rates between
Here New Bern end Raleigh.
Meeting Tonight
Chamber of Commerce
Rooms at Eight O'clock.
A. wu titod la tha Dollj Nam - 9
of Saturday one of the moat important
meetings held In Washington
in a decade la to be had a ere this
evening and there la not a alngle
bualnaaa man of the city who ahoold
fall to be present for U means much
for the future welfare of Che community.
Mr. E. D. Kyle, traffic manager,
Mr. Hi 3. I.eard, general passenger
>. jf t^e Norfol* Southern Rallarrivo
here tbls afternoon
; .jpu ? u( n.eetlng the busl-uj
h.yperp of Washing- 'Ji
a c nte.bnce will be held
- .ire L u amber of Commerce rooms
at eight o'colck. The conference la
to be had for the purpose of hearing
complaints regarding freight
rates between ^Washington, New
Born and Raleigh. The entire city
should be interested*?interested
enough that every cltlien should be
on hand at the oonferenoe.
FENCE REMOVED
The unsightly wire fenco which
has been around the front lawn of
*k. k..<1dU> l.a. "53
VI'U II aa UIU|IUU DUUWI u tttiunn UBO
been removed. It makes a decided
improvement.
WOMAN'S cmc CLUB
CALLED TO MEET AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY ROOMS
The Woman's Clvlo Club of the
eltyjs called to ri?et tomorrow afternoon
at fonr-tblrty o'clock In the
rooms of the public library. All the _
members are earnestly requested to
be present as business of importance
Is to be discussed.
fjIHs
hoi m - i
2 is. in
Vlaltrd Cities In Florida and
Cuba as a Member of The
Gattls Touring Party. Was
Gone For Two Weeks.
Ur. Frank H. Rollins, manager of
the Havens Orlst Mill, retunred home
Saturday evening from an extensive
tour of Southern cities and also Cu- .
ba. Mr. Rollins was a member of
the Oattls touring party which left
Raleigh tomorrow two weeks ago
over the Seaboard Air Line. The
, party was composed of eighty-five
I persons. The entire trip was a
con Bp leu ou 8 success in every way.
and Mr. Gatti*. says Mr. Rollins, Is
surely an expert in his line for there
was not a jar. complaint nor misunderstanding
of any kind during the
entire trip. The first stop was made
at Jacksonville, where a day was
spent sight-seeing. From Jackson-,
ville the party went to Bt. Augustine,
the oldest town in the United
States. Here several days Vera
apent. This famous old historic
city proved of great Interest. Palm
Beach, the wealthiest resort on the
coast, was next visited. From Palm
1 Beach the next stop was made at
1 Key West and from this city steam!
er was taken for Havana, Cuba.
Four days and nights were spent In
Havana and the party visited other
points of interest on the island within
a radius of two hundred miles.
Mr. Rollins says that he found the
soil of Cuba to be very fertile but
that the people-were laxy and indolent.
On the return trip Mr. Rollins
and party visllted Miami, whieh
he says la the most beautiful place
ha ever saw. The etty la only 17!
years-old and baa a population of
: forty thousand Here wealth Is evident
on all sides. At Miami. SeeI
rotary of Bute William Jennings
Bryan haa a home aad other great
? and noted men of the oountry. From
<: this beauiifth city the party again
visited Jacksonville and from there
made the return trip arriving la Raf
lelgh Saturday aaoralag at eleven
o'clock
Mr. Roiun. ?r> tk?? hi. trip ?m
> nntOTr <*?t k. ipnt tod more