I' Vol 5
I RUSSIAN RESIST
BEFORE WAR
APPEARS TC
fnr,.,; ..'p.',- '
London, Dae. 10?Um American hat
note protesting against the British Prl
txsaLmrnt o( American oommsroe " 1
and lnalsting upon an Improvement. ^
seamed to* OTSrShadow in the tr.lntl t
ol Us British public today the newt sis.
(If (ran the I JBuropsnn battleflelda. in
While the note caused no snrplfae nic
In oBclal circles, It was wholly an- mo
expected by the British public, as per
than had been virtually no ntltna- for
tlon that say frtetlon had arlien be- ?
tureen the two governments. me
^ Plaearda poeted by the evening bo,
papers wera given over exclusively tnr
to the American not# and the papers r?
gave It the largest headlines they eat
have given any news daring the peat am]
Month. Consequently the British mt<
people'regard this as one or the
most Impdrtant uotunuucei of the wo
whole whit. - - roe
VP Nothing d( thb kind since free fro
I Id sot Cleveland's Venesulan tnes- as
sees has produced such a sense- t
tlon. Frc
The Bret impression of the public dirt
le that the note may create friction to
t end perhaps some unfriendly feeling Get
although the newspapers point out hot
that It specifically states that the twe
represent A tlods Vers ifiadd In* a the
-friendly spirit. The sit nation Is say
comparable to that which arose at ed
the time of the Sootfi African war nea
1 .1 when neutral shipper* began to send I
Tt cargoes Intended for the Transvaal the
republic to the neutral -part of Dola- the
| foe Bay. par
/ The Washington note had not tho
I t reached the foreign office late to- tell
I day. bnt It could not hare been, dealt wh
] vrlth had / it arrived, as Sir Bdward mei
Y Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs by
who has been- away for "the Christ- Inn
mas holidays, will not return until sac
( t<WrroF. 1
f y!ren the ?war news was allotted sloa
secondary place to the note In the tw<
_ news columns of the papers, al- loo
RffsawsseftfeSsa
the allies, ill ere ""Ess been a slack- l
enlng of the fighting in northern Po- red
land between the lower Vistula and in
PlHca rivers, where the Russians ed
' Sis pun i
, II MOOT
Tnnnn uimiT
I \m nihil i
Oa tomorrow evening at the Armory
the First Baptist Church Sun trJ
day School will give their annual v;3
Christmas party. The. entertain- Jai
ment will be in the form of a shit ^
and promisee'to""be one of the mos- wc
unique attractions of the Christmat :j.
holidays. This Sunday School is one Tr
of the brightest and most flourishing
' in the city. Mr. S. P. Willis is tht
efficient Superintendent and undei nj
k his leadership baa made great prog h
J -VOX SPANIELS SUCCESSFUL EX ''
il'V HIBIT. 1h
1 New York. Dec. 30.?The Toy n*
I Spaniel Club Show doses tonight ch
I I enb of the most successful exhlbl- |
If tlon$ or-Its career. The society has
II played a large part In the success
KJ of the show, and the cream of the u
mr breed in America were on display.
H English dogs Imported within a yet*
were given place in competition
with American dogs. The specials u
| are artistically beautiful and yery
If valuable. The clubs first new. medj
as! were given out. 1:
I. BAKKR &MTS .
i Ma doubt but your Chrfttm.i pr.. ;
K| \ ant wJWo Die. photograph from *
1 vmr do*, frtond. of youro. How
I 1. obout yours in roturu.
BAKER S STUDIO.
Br
nWU. KDCOATORB ADJOURN.
I HorrWburc, ' fti. Doe. ' ?0.;?Tho
FoanuylTunia EdueuUouol Auoela|
tlon In Motion boro voted to favor
ft xzz!
IB iatee den ta be paid eaUries. thai vo P**
eat ion si education be uoheld
fjr tW1IVII*. VUUVOblUU J* liJIUWIU.
SAW NOW 1
i BE BLOCKED
rwweptured eonie German trenchei
oners and guns?an Indication,
a believed here, that the German
atal attack on -the army guarding
raaw has been definitely checked,
n Southern Poland the Russians
? recorded some successes While
Galicta they apparently hare lnted
a detest on the Austrian* alit
to serious, as thit which Emor
Francis Joseph's troops ufsd
in Servla.
Unco their latest offensive comaoed
the Russians hare taken
D00 Austrian prisoners and caped
many guns, according to the
islan official report, and If as was
mated, Austria has betBy**11 three
1 four army corps on its re-entry
> G&llcia, It must hare lost more
n s third of the number in killed,
inded and prisoners. Ifttddy
ds hare prevented the Russians
n making the pursuit as effective
It might have been,
if the fighting in the west the
boh and German reports are In
set conflict. The French claim
have ceeupled the village of St.
trgea, which Is on the main road
ween Nlenport and Burgee and
miles from the formfer town. On
other hand the German report
s: .
hi* position for the purpose of
r Nieuport."
leavy lighting Is taking place in
Awnnn* anA An (Ka haUtit.
Mease. The French report apently
refers to later events than
se recorded In Berlin, for Pari-a
of tho Recapture of a trench
Ich the fferman communication
atlons as harms been captured
the Germans. The Trench are
edtlng Stelnbach la. Upper Al?
lews from Germany la coming
rly as cable communication been
England and Bolland la dlsted
by the storm and telegraph
betyemi HoW aad ffesmahy
>?^ba4n WTeottanff igloiy^ jMRee.
Vith the close.of the holidays the
rlilting boom has recommenced
England. Large numbers cnilsttoday.
mil
LAST NIGHTi
WIS
The attraction at the New Theai
last night pleased every one that
is present, and that was a very
ge crowd. The comedy put cm by
b * "Broadway Follies" Company
ib full of good comedy and signing,
to second Installment of "T^e
ey O* Hearts" which was showr
ere last night held, the audience
rapture all during the two reel*
at wero shown. This, picture will
i doubt Increase the crowda~at thi?
ay house every night that It Is
own, which is every Tuesday
ght. There will be an entire
lange of' program tonight.
DECEMBER 30 IN HISTORY..
154?Thb English Admiral Fanshawe
was making vigorous
efforts to stop the slave trade!
in Cuba.
368?-The Dakota House of Representatives
voted in favor of
female suffrage.
368?General Sheridan capture^
the Indian chiefs Santana
and Lone "Wolf.
876?Another attempt ow V?e life
of King Alfonso of Spain by
Gonzales, aged nineteen, firing
two pistol shots at the
royal carriage; no one we*
injured. '
870?The arrival of M. de Lesshps
on the Isthmus of Panama,
with* engineers to make atft;
' veys for an Inteir-ocennlc canal.
celebrated by many banquets.
1884?The betrothal o* Princest
j Beatrice to Prince ft enry o)
England by Queen Victoria
WASHINGTON N. C
SURVIVOR QF
II FllillS
- BIRAC
Raleigh, N. C.. Dec. H.?After a
eparation " of forty-two"~yearS two
rothera, C. D. Harwood, of Akron.
)., and Capt. H. H. Harwood of
Joldsboro, recently faded each other
dllowing a search of thirty-fire
rears by the former. The meeting
ook place at the Odd Fellows' Old"
folks' Home la Oeldsboro, and'. In
he language of the Ohio brother,
ras the happiest moment of his life
rhen he saw the face of the brother
rhom he belleTed was dead foi
any, many years. C. D. Harwood
b now in Raleigh on a rlslt to his
iloco, Mrs. C. B. Elmore, whom he
tad nerer seen until a few days ago
Thp story of the meeting of the*'
wo . brothers rereals a faithful
earch for orer a quarter of a oen
ury and interesting events in the
ire of one or the brothers. Capt.
larwood, now at the home la Golds
loro, is aaia 10 do xne on 17 living
urviror of the Ihmons Menhip
and is credited with being the
sst man to leave that ship after h<
tad pet It afire to prevent 1U cap
gro by the Union aoldiera. Aftet
he dote of the war Capt. Harwooo
rent to West Virginia to live and
d the year if?S, the last when seei
ilive by the younger brother, h<
eft that state for parts unknown t<
he bother.
Seven years after O. D. Harwoqd
tegan his search for the nrtssln,
irother, and until a few weeks ag
earched In vain. He tried to g<
n formation from the records cot
:ernlng the Mefrlmac and fallen
>ecauso Capt. Harwood's name wa
aisuifderstood when he enlisted and
rnt ,down as "Howard." Throagl
ither souices Mr. Harwood flnallj
ound the address of his hms-los
jrotber's daughter, Mrs. C. B. El
nor*. He wrote her an^ was re
SfcSrSSjSMWS.
lomp at ObldShoro. He then the
;an communication with Supt. Wa
>ner, of Goldsboro. His.trip was t
illmax and happy ending of the lont
search.
Mr. Harwood said -that his broth
?r Is seventy-six years old and li
now in feeble health. Whey the?
Drat met Capt. Harwood didn't rec
agnize him and did not claim him ai
bis brother until the day before h<
left.
"He then called me by my first
name, and that one word from hi?
lips more than repaid me for m;
long search. Life would not have
been much joy to me If I had lkf
the home and not been recognised,'
he said.
WILL TRAVEL. *
Mr. John Isanogle, who has bee
the head salesman for the firm o
Bowers-Lewis Company,' has resign
cd his position ofr the purpose o
travelling during the coming year
He expects to represent a well-knowi
millinery house. Mr. Isanogle ha:
made many friends In Washlngtoi
and has the very beat wlshps of hi
friends. ,
VISITOR TODAY.
Among the welcome visitors t
"the city today Is ,Dr. Jack Ntcholsoi
of Bath, N. C. ,
RETURNS ROME.
Mr. Joseph P. King of Franklli
Va., who has been the guest of'Re1
and Mrs. R. L. Gay. left this morr
log for. his home.
{QOLLBGE CHESS TOURNEY
CLOSES.
New York Dee. SO.?The Intern:
tional chees tournament wlll-eloi
play tonight. There were not tl
usual number of foreign entries th
year because of the war and Impal
ed transportation facilities.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stoc
holders of the Hopae Building ai
Loan 'Association will be held
the banking house of the Savin
1 and Trust Co.. on Thursday. Jan
l ary 21st MIS. at 4.SO p. m.
> JNO. B. SFAPROW, Se?y.
. ll-ll-4we.
W I \M
' X <rf . '* f J
: WEDNESDAY AFTERjyON
FORECAST 0F?
WEATHER 4
ma
The sunshine wm a weleoA visitor
to the city this mornlnJ|Kot
the past several days It hiMbna
cloudy, rain, aleat and rain. T^aierday
the sun made an attempt, fo appear
hut seemingly wished It had
not and sought refuge behfctd the
clouds. However, today it 0pP*ar*
ed In all its glory and the cttlm? In
oonsequenoe were happy andwrlal.
The weather man has beenSivtag
us all kinds of weather of lA and
today his praises are being jpag in
every heme. From now the
weather man wlli have a warm place
'.n the hearts of WaefclnsrtoalanB.
FOR TEN DAYS BEGINNING DSC.
29th we will sell all |goUd?r
goods at cost for cash, mn* in
and get our prices and savg mon
ey. Latham Book Stora* 4
12-28-ttc. - :#
FRAYKRMKETINQ} /;t
There will be prayermeetffie ser
vices In all the different ehurches
>f the city this evening at t?e usual
our to which the general pdbllc has
i cordial invitation to attend.
ra
4F.ALTH OFFICER TO THDODAI)
, ?
Nash county changes bUlU offlJk
January first. Dr. B. E. Wash urn,
who has made such an envl.bia
record there as health officer
nee the first of last Hay, leave:
his week to accept a position with
he International Health Commis
^lon.
Dr. W. H. Kible succeeds Dr
Washburn as whole time hflpith of-leer-for
Nash. Dr. Klblfrmu
norly from Burke county, "a. graifc
\te from the University in *06 gaid
le baa been with the Siatft Board
it Health for some time doing hook orm
and community health work
it Mt. Pleasant community, Nash
county.
Dr. Washburn will take up hookvorm
work on Trinidad Island for
he International Health Commission
similar to that which has already
been done in North Carolina. He
will first visit British Guinea and
some of the West Indies Islands
where similar work has been going
on for the last year. His will be a
difficult place to fill. His fprmer
experience In hookworm work made
't possible to take up county health
wurk WHO iDiiiugmcaUMs. >us ?Vv
' ->rd he made in this work is no doub<
'argely responsible (or the offer ol
'his new position at practically dou
ble his former salary.
While Nash loses a good man sht
is. to be congratulated upon the se
lection of Dr. Kibler. He propcsei
\o carry out the same general healtt
policy as Inaugurated by Dr. Wash
1 burn, and with reasonable co-opera
! tion from the cltisens and official
1 of Hash county he will no doub
f place that county at the very fron
n health work in North Carolina.
A small railroad operating an oil
burning loeomotlve on the Tahoe na
0 tional forest, California, bad a breal
0 down during the past summer an<
burned wood instead of oil for on
day. On-this day 16 fires started a
long the right of way. During th
preceding year, only one Are occur
1 red near the railroad and It was no
" 'hohght that the engine was respoc
1 Mble for that one.
OWN YO
I The Home Bu
J' Association wil
ies Saturday Jai
It Is the safest and easiest
small weekly instaQmenta
rainy day, or for Christr
? See us .
U W. E. Swindell, Pres.
Office in Saving <
%>
.DECEMBER 30 MM
on nmi
IIS ME
Kill HI
There were only two esses before
Major Frank C. Kugler for disposal
this morning. Those tried were:
| Haywood Bonner, drunk end dieorderly.
Found guilty and (mod
$5.00 and ooet.
H. L. LJoyd, drunk and disorderjly.
Fined $5.0$ and ooet.
TO XNTERTADT CtAJB.
The O. Henry Book 6Inb of this
city, will meet with Mrs. James 8.
Hodges at her home, corner of Market
and Fourth streets tomorrow
afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. All the
members are urged to be present.
LABOR NEWS AND KOTO*
Fig growing Is being tried tn
Texas.
Factories In New Tork state employ
131,000 persona.
In the order named Okie, New
Jersey and West Virginia lead the
states In pottery production.
Illness among workers annually
Involves a loss of $750,000,000 in
tie United States.
The plumbers are called upon by
Domestic Engineering to rally gainst
newspaper Jests about them.
It Is estimated that 36,000 industrial
accidents occurred In California
last year.
Porto Rloo's legislature has passed
a compensation act, a woman's eight
hour law and a child labor law.
L imttow, cabbage, cauliflower,
celery, lettuce, carrots and tuftHpfl
of fine quality are extensively grown
In Yukon Territory, Canada. Polar
toes are the principal crqp, retailing
at 5 cents a~ pound.
Duluth. Minn., municipal employer
havp petitioned the city commissioners
for a Saturday half holiday
during the entire year.
Dr. Dawson Johnston, city librarlan
of St. Paul, has begun an invee
tigatlon among city officers and em
ployes looking to the establlshmen
of a municipal reference library.
In Germany they classify the out
of-work people as thb unemployed
, unemployable and the rasrrentc
Each class is treated with Germs:
thoroughness. The unemployed ar
given work, and, at the worst, worl
is made for them.
FOREST NOTES
i
Only one modern sawmill is op?
aled In the territoiy of Rewstt.
9 I
_
' The Laurentide Company of Qu<
bee, producers of pulp and pulpwoo
Is reforesting Its , non-agTicultun
- out-over lands. It Is also Import In
- reindeer from Newfoundland, to ee
c If they ean take the place of dogs 1
1 winter woods work.
r As shewing the poesibllitlee ft
e tree growth 'n regions where lrr
gatloh has to be defended upon. It
t pointed out that Boise, Tdihe. ki
i- as many as 94 different kinds of o
namental and shade trees.
UR HOME
ilding and Loan
1 open a new serluary
2nd
way to pay for a hoate
-or to accumalata a fuad, fi
nas. * ?
About It
. Jno. B. Sparrow, Soct'
k Trust Co., Balding
0,
Hi
rNEW
MRS. HARDING 1
1 LETTERS ADD
HUSBAN1
, Mru Jodie Harding, wife of Mr. to
Jodie Hardin* oft> Chocowlnlty, who th
committed suicide by Shooting her- fo1
elf la the heart with e pistol on l
Tuesday afternoon. December 22nd, Jo
her body being found about sunset
that afternoon by a colored man, wjand
carried to the home of her fath- ml
er, had wrttten a letter to her hus- aff
band and deter (Mies Mamie O. Tay lef
lor) respectl-rely, and are re pro- wa
doced beloV. wa
The letter addressed/ her hus- j^c
band waa found at' her . '%f9 ** the lh,
foil owing request to whoevc. ?/i'
And her body. " |
"To the person who finds mo. w
Please carry to me Papa's, Slmme pa
Taylor. 1 nerer want to go to Joe on.
Hardy's any more." he
Letter Addressed to Husband. j ,
"Jodie, I will be found dead or lu ]
a dying condition and I don't want a j
to be carried to your daddy's house. Ul
I want to be i^nried to my Papa's,
and shrouded, and be kept there un- no
til I am juried, which will beChrlBt- f0r
mae Ere erenlng. X don't want you <ir,
to buy my coffin. X want my daddy mi
to buy 1L I want my trunk and all
I hare to be carried home. I think yo
I hare done enough for you to pay
for all you hare bought I an
don't want you or any of your family
to go about my dead body at all. of
Be sure and carry my things all to Wa
Papa'a. This is all I have to say. an
1 now take my flight to a better fui
world." do;
FANNIE. wa
"I don't want any of you all to go fc]
to my burial or funeral, not even ail
you. Sly clothes are lo that box
near my trunk. Carry them to
Papa's with my dead body at once." Mr
Letter Addressed to Sister. wa
The following letter was found H?
when she was shrouded: gri
"Dear Mamie, I am out at the
shop* now, but am not going to he du
here very long for I am soon going mi
to eleep to nerer wake any more. I Its
don't want Ton nor none ot -the. rest qu
WERE UNITED I
IN MARRIAGE
LAST N1EHT
Sir. 13. M. Thomas and Miss Daisy
A. Lock year were married at the g
home of Mr. W. A. Mayo on East 3;
^ Third street last night at 8 o'clock.
! The ceremony was performed by the t,
. fter. R. V. Hone. Dastor of the Chris
e Ian church. In the presence of a t,
Ij few friends of the contracting parties.
^
The groom Is employed at tho a
wholesale house of C. G. Morris & n
Company, and the bride is a daugh .
:er of -the late W. A. Lockyer and ^
oounts her friends as legion. a
Immediately after the marriage
i :he babpy bride and groom -wont
- to their future home at the corner
d of Gladden and Third streets. 3
j ?
g In district 4 of the forest service, 0
? with headquarters at Ogden. Utah,
tf lightning caused 38 per cent of this C1
year's fires and campers 87 per cent. n
? - -- ' n
4 t
i- Assist^ Servants.
{. Fsaieii Grisreon, the English mu^
Helen and author, writes of the French
omposer Aubvr In the Century for Oo- 1
r" tober that If I were asked to name 1
the most typical Frenchman I ever j
met I should not hesitate to name
IT Auber." The composer at the time
spoken of was eighty-five, and among
fhls ldlosyncraslec was his preference
^ for servants of equally advanced years.
He had five domestics, "the youngest,
whom he called the baby, being the
-onchman, who was seventy-five."
New Theater
All Tils Wssk.
i? "Tha Broadway Fallias"
* Musical Comady Co.
All Naxt Week
_ "Wilson's Peerless Maids"
y- Tbe Beet Yet
J Mtm 10 mmd 10 Oat*
rS
Ik-r -j
i
Ko.*r
LEAVES
RESSED TO
) AND SISTER
grieve after me, just think it wax
b beet thing that ever happened
r me and all the rest.
1 want to be carried to Papa's and
want Aunt Llla Ann and Beeeie
nee and Mr*. Tobe Taylor to
roud me. I have already told yon
lere I want to be burled but you
ly have forgotten so I will tell yon
ain. I want to be burled on the
t side of the Br ptlst church, halt
y from that lit -le maple tree lords
the church and I want Mr.
Kinrie to preach ay funeral f
i church on Christmas Eve day.
ilch will be Thursday at 2.80
-k. I ?want my trunk and ev*
have got to ** carrte* to
pa . * d kept. I think I have done
ough for Jodie to pay for what
has bought for me and therefore
want all my clothes to go home.
Life would be sweet if I could live
lfe but I am just existing here on
rtb.
Will write Mitchell and tell him
t to grieve after me but to pray
* me and all the rest of you chllsn.
I hate to leave you all but I
let go.
Take all my mail out of the offloe
urself.
Tell all the children and Mama
d Papa I said good-bye.
I don't want Jodie or any the rest
the Hardings to buy my coffin, I
nt Papa to buy it. I don't want
y of the Joe Harding family at my
leral or burial, not even Jodie, I
n't want him there and I don't
nt my death to cost him or his
ks a brown penny. Well this is
a wvireie, DU oiwb;d UH gooa."
FANNIE.
Mrs. Harding was the daughter of
. I. E. Taylor of Cbocowlnlty, and
,s a most estimable young woman,
ir many friends have learned with
eat sorrow of her sad ending.
The funeral services were concted
by Mr. McKlnzle on Christis
Eve, and her body Interred In
last resting place, as she had re88ted.
? ? ? . im ' "j i "
isr
ON SOLE FOR- *
ATTRACTION
??? ' 9
Tickets are now selling for "The
Irl Who Dared." Prices 60o end
5c. A large crowd is expected to
?e the second presentation of this
eautiful musical comedy which
lade such a tremendous hit here
vo weeks ago.
The play will be presented exactly
s before wit? a few new feature*
dded. A rehearsal will be held toIght
at the Now Theatre at 10.16.
A reduction In the prices hare
een made so that every one may
ttend tomorrow night.
RAILROAD NOTES. \
Metal ties are used extensively la
wit ser land.
Women porters carry the lug:gage
f tourists In the island of Capri.
The railroads of the United States
mploy 1,691,000 persons, a large
umber of whom will benefit by the
scent Increase in rates allowed by
he Interstate Commerce Commission.
Q -f;
The Buffao, Rochester and Fltt^
burg Ralway, through its purchasing
lepartment, buys fresh eggs, meats
groceries, stationery, building ma<terlals,
cars locomotlevs, rails, ties,
and an endless variety of detailed
material for maintenance, Involving
a monthly expenditure of from
$260,000 to $1,000,000.
The Amalgamated Association of ^
Street and Electric Railway Employ- * : i
e? of America has 218 agreements
with as many corporations. The lent
report of the general executive baofg
shows that out of eleven strikes only
one was lost.
A. practical signal which vffl
warn passengers steading on platforms
over wbleh electric bagghge
trucks ere being operated Is one ef
the things desired by railroads ether
than the Pennsylvania. It Is understood
that the Canadian Pnetfe
is In the-market for a similar laves