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Chairman Pet
Statement a
New Tork, Dec. 1??Mr. Ralph
Peter., ekilral.n of the Committee)
on Railway Mall Pay. representing
!U lmdlnc reUroedl, opermtloi
, * nearly *0 per uftt of tke total railroad
mllaaca of tke United. State.,
today lamed the following .tate"Tk.
Ronae of *epremntatl???
r haa pm.il a special rule declaring
la order tie railway mall pay rld.r
! . ' la the Po? OBoe appropriation bill.
*% >? . . 'Tka eatraalble pnrpoae of that
rider I. to eatabUU a plan of payment
tor the railway mall aerrleo
which .hall he more Klenttflo than
the ayatem now In- effect.
"Ite tree pnrpoae. however, a. feTOaled'ln
Rebate before the House
?f .Representatives by Chairmen
Moon, of the Post Office Committee
is to reduce railway mall pay by
many millions per year, and,' In particular,
to force the railroads to carry
all the parcel poet. In Chairmen
Moon's own words, 'without any ad- i
dltkmal compensation.* i
"Chairman Moon openly advanced ;
this proposal despite the Injustice i
manifest on Its face, and In direct
dlsregsrd of the finding submitted 1
to Congress last summer, after near- '
ly two years of qareful*Investigation <
and study, by the Joint qpngresslon- I
a? Committee on Railway Mall Pay.jf
under the chairmanship of former t
Senator Botrne. <
"The finding of the Bourne Com- 1
mittee was that the railroads were, i
as a matter of right and justtce, en- <
titled, to an advance of at least $$,000,000
per year for carrying the
( mails, with relief from certain lnd
'dental eeriioea now rendered without
payment and repreeentlng several
millions more annually.
"Chairman Moon's committee, it
Is true, recommended to the House
an increase of more than $2,000,000
In next year's appropriation for railway
mall pay, and embodied this
recommendation in the Post Office
Appropriation $>lll. But thit the apparent
promise of the bill and Its
real object are vastly different
things, was made clear when Chairman
Moon, oil December 10, said ^
before the House: .
It does not show a sav- J
lag upon its feed, and cannot do It.
' \ but only shows an administrative j
proposition of saving. The saving (
will occur, ar the Department j
thinksxin the handling of the malls.
" 'In other words, you have chang*J
'* [X'jA, tfem the Quadrennial weighing |
of UtO mtTU on a ??!?(> bull, on i
pay la to be confuted .to 11
the sjj*t? provision, and >011 will <
bar* nooogh ipm? under the contract
to curtr all your parcel post (
yrotwfci y without any additional
mwpiuituflnit and save many mil- 1
linos aifoually. That Is their
theory.'
"Agalp Chairman Moon said, more
specifically:
" 'Dose not tha gentleman know
that the main feature of this bill,
the only great feature In it. is the
railroad proposition. and does he not
know that when be roted against
the consideration of that railroad
proposition that would save this
n country eight millions' err dollars every
year, if carried?'
"So. thl chairman of the House
of Representatives Committee, which
recommended an increase of |2,000,000
In the appropriation to pay
tha railroads for carrying the mails
' stated on the floor of the House that
the bill would save the government
8,000,000 annually. ><
"Chairman Moon quoted the Pres
ideht <of the United States as supporting
the rule to consider the mail
pay rider of the Post Office appropriation
fclll:
" 'I said and I say it now, and 1
do no( propose to withdraw owe single
word of it from anybody, that.
In sny opinion, when the Presided
of the United States and the Postmaster
General, when the Democrat.
lc Committee on Rifles, when the
.Democratic Committee on the Post ,
Office apd Poet Roads, fcsks for a
rule to eon aider legislation, that
, would ?ave to this country mltliona j
of ddllaiHf, thr Democrat jrho turn? 1
his back upon that demand, vlojatu 1
the ,t>e#t interests ef the Demoergtic
"What Preeldont Wilson did ist
, oh the question ef governmental
economy. in hie message to Congress
wnethli:
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;ers Issues
s to Railroads
" 'I assert with the greatest confidence
that the people of the tfntfed
States ere not jealous Of what their
government costs if the) are sure
that tbfe'y get what they need aavl
desire for the outlay, that the money
Is ba{ng spent to* objects of which
they approve and that it, is being applied
with good business sense and
management
" 'Ii is not expenditure bet extravagance
that we should fear being
criticised for. The NaUoi is
not niggardly; It Is very generous.'
"And in his letter to Secretary
McAdoo, on tbe'occaslon of the open
ing of the Federal Reserve Banks,
the President said:
" 'No doubt. In the flght of the
new day, with Its new understandings,
the problems of the railroads
will be met and dealt ;wlth In a
spirit of candor and justice.'
"The American people should not
tolerate witholdlng fro 19 the railroads
that fair and just pay for car
rylng the mails which ap Impartial ,
md competent tribunal has declared
to be their just due.
"The railway mall pay rider in ,
the Post Office appropriation bill ,
was not conceived In 'a spirit of
;andor and Justice.' It Is a bald attempt
to create a specious show of
nconomy In' the operations o' one
lepartment of the governnSent bT
lepriving the railroads of a larg'
part of the oo^p^nsatio- they fully
ind. fairly earn In the performance
>f. an Indispensable public service."
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BIKES I
BpBEBS
There -were several cases tried boare
Mayor P. C. Kugler at the City
fall Christmas eve. The follower
were disposed of:
Daniel Knight. Drunk and dlsrtSariy.
Daniel Knight. Assault. In
>oth cases the defendant was bound
ver' to the recorder for final disposition.
...
. Samuel "Walker. Drynk. Fined
\2 and coBt.
Noah Dawson. Assault and drunk
ind disorderly. Judgment was suspended
, upon the . payment of tho
lost and bis good behavior.
J. <}. Moore. Drunk. $2.00 and
x>et.
[>ES MO INKS AND FORT DODGE
MERGER.
New York, Dec. 26.?The eoasoii- 1
iation of tho Des Moines and Fort ,
todge railway with the Minneapolis ,
md St. Loots will come up again to- <
lay at an adjourned meeting of the ,
itockholdera. There have been twc. i
jrevlous meetings at which the ]
itockholdera could not agree, the 1
ninority holding out. for a larger '
Igure than hks been offered. They 1
ire thought, to be more nearly to an <
igreement today than -at .any time '
teretofore and the consummation' of 1
die plan Is looked for soon.
NlIlT !
n m
i coin
The cotton glnners report for
Beaufort county up to and Including
December 13, is aa follows:
The number of bales ginned. In
this county up to December 13 were
1.233. Tor the same period up to
December 13th. 191). the number
?f bales ginned were. J.44J This
shows a difference, of 1,111 In fgVor
if the season of 1914. 4
?
Munster CfOp Area,
Mupster, Ireland, has a crop area
of 1,987,197 acres, mid a populaileh of
1.035,495 persons. ' jfcrW*
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WASHINGTON N.
Control of
Insects is
Harmful
The Muon of 1*14, according
to the officials of the foreot service
carried greater danger from Are to
the national forests than any year
dlnce the establishment of tba national
Boreets. To meet this Wnergency
and to prevent great loea of
public property, the department of
agriculture was obliged to exceed
the amount appropriated for fire protection
and Incur a deficiency - of
$849,243. The condition of drouth
and other factor* of forest fire hasard
were, said to be worse than in
1910. when the disastrous Idaho
flree occurred.
Weather bureau reports show that
In moat of the Rocky Mountain and
Pacific coast region last winter's
snows were much below the norm*),
and as a result there was an early
spring and an early drying out of
the forests. In western Montana
and northern Idaho there were forest
flree in considerable numbers by
the ehd of May and they continued
until October. In California, wtino
there Is normally a very lon? season
of drouth, the fire season started In
some' portions five weeks earlier
than usual, and In the southern part
of the state the fire danger was still
treat at the end of November. A
long dry season, sustained periods of
high temperature, recurring hard
&nd steady winds, and, In certain
places unusually hot, dry nights, ren
lered the forests exceedingly lnflan^
ible and the problem of fire proveJB
[ion unusually difficult.
The total number of fires during
.he season of 1914 which threatened
he natloanl forests and which had to
pe handled by the protective organisation
of forest service were 6,112
>r about 1,000 more than occurred
n 1910. This number represents
he fires reported up to December 1
it that time reports Indicated that
here was still a dangerous condition
n southern California and In certain
>ortlona of the national forests of
he east. The serf ice says that the
otal for~tha,Tear wilt be Increased
>y fires In these regions during December.
tv
The most serious conditions are
-ported from' western Montana and ,
lorthern Idaho and on the Pacific
ilqpe. The weather conditions In j
:6ntral and southern Rocky moun:ain
regions were more nearly uornal.
Ae a consequence only 15 p*r
cent of the total number of all nalona'
forests llros occurred In these
tgiens and they were handlod with
;ut difficulty and with vjrv small ,
oss of property.
Of the entire 6,1 IS Ares which
hreataned the national forests, 81
>er cent were extinguished by the
protective organisation before they
iad osered 10 acres The pcreen:ag$
of flree that .burned over more
ban 10 aeree was smaller than In
iny previous year.
While detailed reports hare not !
ret been received appraising the ex
ict loss to the government tnrougn ;
he forest fires, a preliminary estimate
shows thaj- the loss of mer:hantable
timber will probably not
n^ped $400,000. In 1910 the cor-.
espondin#kestlmate of loss was neary
$15,000,000, but later estimates
nateriaily - reduced the amount.
Through the work of the protective
!orce the -flree .this year were largely
;onflned to old' burns and to less
aeavlly timbered areas. The loss to
ihe government through the destruction
of yonng trees which" had sprung
up in these openings Is larger than
the actual loss to green timber.
In Montena and Idaho alone It Is
said that the value of specific bodlee
of'timber which were threatened
by the approximately S.0OO flree
which started and were put out, aggregated
the enormous sum of over
$59,000,000. It was in this section
that the largedt amount of manoy
had to be spent to prevent a recurranee
of the great disaster of 1910.
In Oregdn and Washington the 1,800
fires which wqre handled by the department
threatened upwards of
$$4,000,000 worth of timber, And
these flgnree, according to the department
experts, do not Inoludg the
value of noin-mctrehanrtafole timber
and yonng on about 6,000.000 acres
of land, and several million dollars
worth of ranch and other private
property whioh lay In the path of
the threatening conflagrations, rigurea
are not yet gathered of the precise
amount of damage threatened
by flres In California and other national
forest states, though they are
expected to add large amounts to the
total value qf the property threats#
ed and saved.
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W ^ I I
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C SATURDAY AFTERNOOl
niEs m
lil 10
llil
The Nawf Theater announces tkm
this oaper dhat they will posltivel I
exhibit tho te*th Installment of "Lil
ollle Lore" tonight. Through th I
fault of the theater, using this pll
turo before thdy reached us not pftl
ting It la the express offlo?, the Nel
Theater eras not able to exhibit then
last night. But the managemes
has got. In touch with the films t<|
day and the "LtselUe Lore" plctur
will certainly appear tonight. Tel
day matinee add night will closa th
engagement of tho "Southern Beat I
tlea." There will be an entlr I
change of program tonight. Tbll
has certainly bien the host troup
that has erer bien.hsre. For hei
week the New 'Theater announce I
that they hare for the amusement ol
their patrons "The Broadway Fob
lies Musical Comedy Company.
This troupe carries their own seed
ery and musical director and le ra
ported ty be an excellent musics
comedy company. This troupe wll
appear erery night next week, wit)
the exception of next Thursda]
right, when the home talent will rJ
peat the musical comedy that wa
rlren ***? ? ***~ ml tooJIs
Who Daratf."
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KIUIME
im
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-Vi?t
Capt. R- Cl Lan?*bn bribe Unite*
3tates Army and Col. Thomas String
ield, of the North Carolina Natlona
Guard, will begin on January lltl
the annual Inspection of the com
panles of the guard. Their worl
will continue up to and inclndinl
April 1st The date for the annua
Inspection of the Sixth Division o:
the Naval Militia here has not a
yet been given out.
GUEST OP MRS. LATHAM.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Boyd of Pine
town, spent Xxnas with Mr. and Mrs
A. M. Latham on Brown street.
GUEST OF MRS. E. L. ROPER
Mrs. Jennie Boyd of Plnetown, i
th# guest of Mrs. E. L. Roper oi
East Main street.
I
THE LAS
There are only four d
Holiday Shopping. Ci
HUYLERS
Cigars, Pipes and Toha
ery. "Manicure Sets. Pat
mery and Toilet Water
are in keeping with the t
Davenport\
OWN YO
The Home Bu
Association wil
ies Saturday Jar
It Is the safest and easiest
small weekly installmenta
rainy day, or for Christn
See us u
W. E. Swindell, Pres.
Office in Savins i
VAJLY
nr. NmiooMV.
Sf DECEMBER 26 1914
inu*
i in on
T WMt 8?con<l street. Rev. V. SC.
a- Bnlpee, pester. Reg uler sei lines toe
morrow mumlng end evening it U?
> usuual hours, with preaching by the
t- Presiding Elder. Mr. ftesd. This
? will be the first time that this Mln
gregetlon will. hurt hud the pleasure
it of hearing the new presiding elder.
>. Sunday School three o'clock. B. ft
6 MUon, superintendent. The BeK
race Class. W. M. Bear, teacher.
4 will meet at the seme hour. All cor
dial 1 y Invited to he present Seats
e
St. Peter's ChirdL
e Bonner street. Rev. Nathaniel
t Harding, rector. Morning end ev-i
a enlng prayer with sermon by the rec-j
f tor at the usual hoars. Bandar,
- School. E. K. Willis, It.. supertn
" tendent, will meet at o'clock. Bl
ble class with H. 8. Ward, teacher,
k meets at the same hour. The music
1 at this ohurch tomorrow will be one
I) of the features. All strangers In
b the city have a cordial Invitation to
f attend. Polite and attentive ushers.
b First Presbyterian Church
1 Gladden street, Rev. H. B. Seeright,
pastor. Regular services tomorrow
morning and evenlnr at'tba
usual hours, with preaching by the
paator. Sunday School, ? M.
Brown, Jr., auperintendent. will meet
at three o'clock. The music on tomorrow
will be one of the features.
All Invited.
First Baptise Church.
[Market street. Rev. R. L. Oaf, poo.
tor. The morning subjeet will bej
'.'Christ's Mission to Men." The evening
subject will be.. "WaateuA
. eecrTewrTfirr-tale'that la told."
I Sunday School. 8. P. WUlls, au
pcrlntendent, will meet at t.lfr
* o'clock. The music by the orchestra
1 will be among the features of the
- day.
t
1 ANNUAL MEETING OP THE
f MANUAL TRAINING HIGH
New York, Dee. 36.?The eeventb
annual meet of the Manual Training
High School In connection with
_ the Fourteenth Regiment A. A. at
k the Fourteenth Regiment Armory
tonight will bring oat two thousand
finished and coming athletes. Great
Interest centers In the event and
9 some records will be resebed for if
not palled down.
T 4 DAYS |
ay? wnich to do your
ill m and set oitr tin* of
I CANDIES
tern. Fancy Bex Station*
isian Ivory Sets, Pcrfus
of all kinda. Our price*
times.
5 Pharmacy.
UR HOME!
ilding and Loan
I open a new sermary
2nd
way to pay (or a hem* is
-or to tecum alate a fund, for
188. >
About It
Jno. B. Sparrow, Sact'y.
( Trust Co., Building
NE1
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CONSECRATIO
DARS.T TAK
WILMINC
-i -- h ,?
I Her Tkomas Campbell Da rat, 1
t>.. factor of Saint Jamas Bplscopi
Church, Richmond, Va.,- who In O
to bar last was elected bishop of tb
Pfooase of Bast Carolina to suecee
tha lata lamented Rt. Rot. Robei
Strange, P. P., by the Council wlilc
Convened in tha Episcopal Churcl
this city, will be consecrated o
Wadnaaday. January 6th. Tha sal
loan will take place la Saint Jame
BpU?opaJ Church of Wilmington
X. C., which la tha Baa city of th
diocese.'
Bar. C. A. Ashby of Ellcabet
City, who Is tha secretary of th
Standing: Committee of the dloc&s
has racaifad from tha presiding bis.
op of tha Episcopal Church In Amer
lea, Rt. Rar. D. 8. Tuttle of Mlssou
rl, notice to this effect.
The consacrators will be tha pre
ITT
FOR TO DAY
u/ac rnnii
nnu uuuu
The city court had several casei
tills morning for trial as a reeuli
of Christmas. Those disposed o
were as follows:
Oliver Credlo. Drunk. Fined 15
aad cost.
! Bob Tripp. Drunk. Attached
with, the cost.
BHMaJsmln Dennis, drunk. Fined
M cud oast.
4(OT? Dfhnf'Plntd K
and cost.
Dave Bryant. Drunk and disorderly.
Fined |5 .and cost.
Charles Williams. A. D. W
Bound over to the Recorder.
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TO JAIL 111
WOODEN LEE
Union Hill,?The mystery of how
Ben Tyler, a one-legged man, pro
longed a spree while locked In a eel;
'in the caboose, was sotved In th?
early hours yesterday.
Arrested Thursday Constable Harris
found Tyler more hilarious or
each succeeding day.
A sound of gurgling aroused th<
Jailer and he found Ben tilling bit
I wooden leg at an acute angle. Fron
jit he was pouring the last drops 01
the flery liquid which-had filled iti
ho Mew Interior.
TEXAS UO.MSTH ASWXIATION.
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 26.?-Th<
Texas Zionists Association will me
here tomorrow whllo some of thi
moat prominent Jewish people In th<
country will be present.
SOCIETY BUDS OUT IN WIN TEH
Nerc- York, Dec. 26.?The firs
of a series of society dances for th
"bringing out of the younger set wll
be held at Sherry's tonight. Thes
are for girls who have been in train
Ing In the finishing schools and ar
moat popular among the older a
Wall M *lth ike debutantes. A lit
? the ft*es would read like a a<
Educating.
The stored mind is strong, mental!!
grows, like the body, by being fe
Knowledge Is a tested route to wi
dom, hut meditation Is a surer. Wbi
digestion is to food, meditation. Is '
knowledge. The and of all educatlc
Is to teach a parson to think clehrl
strongly gad practically.
Ponderously Built
My aunt a buxom lady of 2(
pounds, was dusting the room In
suffragist cap, whep I remarket
-Ton ought to go to war In that oap
Buddie, aged fire, who had been si
ting quietly by. spoke dp: Cb?
Aunt Babe, you would make a schwt
Sort!--Chicago Tribune.
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No JM
N OF BISHOP 1
ES PLACE AT
TON, JAN. 6TH1I
I). siting bishop, Bishop Cheshire of M
!> North Carolina; Bishop Gibson of
L Virginia. Presentors, Bishop Took' T
er of Southern Virginia and Bishop
Ie Quarry of, South Carolina. Tho
d preacher will be Bishop Oravatta,
I t Bishop Coadjutor of Wert Virginia,
lb Attending Presbytery. Bar. J. V.
II, Roberson a id Rot. C. A. Ashby of 9
In Elisabeth t ty. Master of CoroaoI
- alee, Rev W. H. Milton. D. D.. of '
la Wilmington
I. All the clergy of the Dloceso of
le .East Carolina are preparing to atI
tend the consecration and many of %
Iti the laity will be present as well aa
le friends and those Interested In oth? ' Va|
le er dioceses.
la Saint James Church, Wilmington,
I - 1" making elaborate preparations for
I- this interesting and solemn church
I service. A large number will atI
- tend.
IlUL OF '
I on hp in ;
uifldund i i>
I ATTIflCTlVE 1
t Tho Masonic school of lnstrao,
tlon which is boing held at Orr
Lodge No. 104 A. F. and A. M . la
, proving to be quite an attraction and
this is well for no organisation of
this well known fraternity In North
Carolina ;x more prosperous. These jgH
I Instructions are conducted each Sun
day afternoon and are proving more - ?
I "attractive each week. M
On nest Sunday the meeting will
. be held at two o'clock. Those wishing
Masonic Information wonld do
well to attend. This Is quite an In- |
novation and those who have racatv- I
ed Instruction at these meetings are
loud In their praise. ,-jfl
BERMUDA SERVICE UNDER
THE AMERICAN FLAQ
New York. Dec. 26.?The Oceana
of the Bermuda-American Steam- j
ship Company, started on her initial I
' trip today to the Island of LUliea. J
| She had Lloyd's highest endorsement j
' on her American registry. She waa TB
the first vessel admitted to Amerl- j
can registry, and Is the largest ree- B
sel sailing from New York to per- j
| muds. She was heavily booked for :
> this, her maiden voyage. |
A THOUGHT FOR THE WKKK.
Get up right In the morning. Go
to bed right at night. Start with
1 Joy In your heart, hope In the fn1
ture, kindness In your purpose. If
r it Is a dark day. never mind: you j
will lighten It up. If It Is a bright
day, you will add to the brightness.
Give a word of cheer, a kindly greet
Ing and a warm handshako to your
? friends. If you have enemlee, look
up, pass them by, forget and try to J
B forgive. If an of us would only
f think how much of human happiness
Is made by ourselves, there would
be less of human misery. If all of J
us would bear in mind that hsppl- "9
nsss Is from within and not from
t without, there would be a wellspring
of Joy In every heart and ths
sun would shine forever. Try It!? $
Leslie's Weekly.
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VISITED MOTHER.
e _
Mr. Thomss Roberts, electrlelsn
It at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Vs..
>- who has been spending a few days '
with his mother, Mrs. Bsttle Roberts.
left this morning via ths Atlantic
Coast Lias for his horns.
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New Theater
? TONIGHT
r' "SOUTHERN BEAUTIES" |
And the 10th IMdlM <tf
' i/jjcnMi iovi"
a All of Next Week
I. "THE BROADWAY FDLLIBB"
' Mimical Comedy Co. S
^ Bpntel Hniiumj. Special Mmfe. -<
,11 Yretty Otrle. may WerAiohe j