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THE VA9H1NGTON DAHY ftEWS PUBLISHED EVKRY ATTflftlOOH KXCKPT BPKDAY8. ' . Entered u second-olata matter, August 6, 1909, aft the poaioAVor oi W jLih i ngton, N. C., under the act of March 5, 1870. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Mouth .36 Three Month* 75 Six Month* 1.60 Oue Y ear . . 8.00 Subscriptions must be paid for in advance. If paper is a** n ?eiv^d promptly, telephone or write this office. Subscribe/* dteuriuK the paper discontinued, will please notify this office, otherwise >r ?iU be continued at regular subscription rates. JAMES L. MAYO ........ 1* i. o v* kiwtob CARL GOERCH Edito* WASHINGTON, XORTII CAROLINA, DEC. 7, 1910. The chopping days till Christmas are growing fewer every day. And so are ilio best of the Christmas gifts in the local stores. Shop early. We notice that Editor Crumpler of New Bern has begun a "Town Gossip" column in the Sun-Journal. It makes exceedingly interest* ing reading and is well gotten up. "Wo want a leader !" is the cry of the Rumanians. Why nod send them Holy Terror Roosevelt? He'll lead them, although goodness only knows where to. The Christmas edition of the Daily News, being the most coniplete shopping guide ever published in Washington will be issued Within a few days. Watch out for it. EXPENDITURES ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND RIVERS. Secretary McAdoo, in an interview to the prees yesterday, con demned the present practice of erecting Federal buildings in places where there was no real need for them. "I am convinced," he states, "that the methods pursued by the Congress for the last 15 years of providing federal buildings through the so-called omnibus public' building hills have resulted in the construction of many public build ings in -mall towns and localities where they are not needed, and at a co?t which is clearly unjustifiable by any actual requirements of the emu mini sties in which they are erected. The conclusion is irre ?i#TstMo that authorizations for public buildings in these small com munities nro too frequently dictated by local reasons and without regard to the ]>est interests of the government. Secretary McAdoo is unquestionably right in the conclusion that he draws. The first great duty that a Congressman has to perform when he arrives at Washington is to get a Federal building for the home folks. It makes little difference if there are only two or three stores in the town, the need for the building is imperative ? they couldn't possibly exist without it. Possibly not more than ten or liftt-cn letters pass through the postoffice a day, but still they demand a pretentious structure for tho transaction of this business. Next to the Federal building craze, the "deep water" propositiou is probaHv the one that gets the most attention. If there is any city ? >n a little two-bv-four creek, ? no matter if it is a hundred miles from the sea. the citizens rave and tear their hair until their Con grcs-nuin call* the attention of Concrress to the situation and a million or two is spent in order to provide deep water. And, after they get it, tiiey i U-ij't know what to do with it, ? no more than they know what to do with tho Federal building. ii nt one can hardly I lame the Congressman for trying to do his part. II ? knows, of course, on which side his bread is buttered so he does every thing possible to get the Federal Building and deep water and anything else that his constituents might have set their hearts on. If he doesn't, he knows that his opponent at tho next election will make a campaign issue out of it and use it as a means of de feating him. If he does, he's safe in office for another term or two.1 There i* no doubt but that millions and millions of dollars are wast?. d every year in tho construction of Federal buildings that should! never have been constructed and in tho deepening of creeks and rivers tliaf ousrht to bav been filled up instead. However, there doee not appear to be any means of remedying conditions. THE MYSTERY OF SUTCTDE. Statistics of suicide in 100 cites of the United States in 1915, compiled by the Spectator. nn insurance publication, are encouraging rt* showing that the ratio of self-murder has now reached a virtually stationary condition. The rate for the year was 20.3 per 100,000 of population, and compares with a rate of 20.0 for the preceding fi vp-year period find with a rate of 20.7 for 1914. Tho tabulation of the figures by localities and by months and sea son. accentuate? the mystery of suicide, an respects the discovery of any law governing if. Why is June the favorite month for suicide atid January a month of fewest eases f Why were there more sui cides in the West, "God's country," than in the East; and why is tho rate highest of all in three citiea of California ? Ran Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego? The rate of 63.3 for the last-named city was not only threo times as great as the general rate but contrasts curiously with a rate of 5.4 for Auburn, N. Y. ; a rate of 9.2 for T ronton, N. J.; a rate of 4.0 for Augusta, Ga., and a rate of 3.1 for Ilolyiko, Mass. Why should the rate for turbulent Bayonne be only fl.f) and the rate for tho Boston suburb of Chelsea bo 32.6? The?e arc among tho inscrutable things. The lower rate of suicide in cities of less than 250,000 population perhaps has a bearing on the more strenuous conditions of metropolitan life. Yet why ia | the rate for Atlantic City, s pleasure city, double that for Manhat tan ? Tho malo suicide rate of 24.1 contrasts with the female rate of only 7.7. Most, men kill themselves between the ages of forty-five and fifty-four, most women between twenty-five and thlrty-f6ur. What is the relation ? Why is old age, with the best part of life gone, leas prone to suicide than middle age? What is there in condition# of life to explain the fact that the suicide rate is lowest and about equal in the Eastern snd Southern State*, where il is lfl.4 and lit?. re spectively. and highest in the Pacific C<la*t Rffcteg; when) it1t'84.8f It ia satiafying to learn that suicide grows no worse. But as re ?pcct? any light on its general cans** and the condition* efrrt'Wdrtg to it, the more it ia studied the more baffling it beoomea. Hovo Delifchfffcl is WA.SHlNGTOfc PARK! THE PRICE Of CANDY B NOW ON THE COMB These Sunday night steadies, who art in the habit of boosting their cause by donations of delectable dainties, done tip In fussy packages, had better put In a supply of the sweets before the holidays, Christ mas boxea Included, for after the Yuletlde the price of candy is due to ?oar. Several of the local dispensers of confections have given notice that contracts for caddy made some time ago expire with the advent of the new year, and whereas they have the assurance of the manufacturers that no Increase will go Into effect until then. It Is understood that the lover of chocolates will pay a fancy price for the Bacharlne products after that. In the announcements that have been received by the local mer^iants from the big producers, it is stated that candy Is being manufactured at a positive loss, and to continue un dfc? the present scale of prices would Ifo't'utnous. The proposed advance ment affects the larger packages, only for thes reason that the smaller "packages, bringing prices of ten and fifteen cents, have already suffered advances. The T OlOn Gossip Editor Town Gossip: ? I am a eloss friend of Captain George Hill's iri 1 wu rmry mach gnUM over the erpr? loo of sympathy toward him u ezpr*Mcd la the Town Qosslp column on Monday. X am rare that he will aleo appreciate seeing It and I hare sent him a copy to let him know that hla friends hare are s&ll thinking of him. I waa very mucl> surprised yesterday. however, to hear a gentleman criticise the piece referred to. He seemed to be or the lmpresalon that jrou were trying to ridicule the Captain. Of course I did my best to ex plain matters to him and I bell ere f succeeded. 1 don't eee how any one' 40^14 consider your tribute to Captain Hill in this light, but there are ahfoyi some people who get the wyong Impression of things. Very truly yours. / ? FRIEND. DEA8 #$S*D: I DON'T Sob*. YOCB NAME. BECAUSE. YOU FORGOT to alga It TO YOUR'l?tt?r. AND I'M pucb oMlfsA. FOR THE letter. AND WHAT you Mid' la It. BOT I'M aure. THAT YOU'RE! mistaken. WHEtf YOU say. THAT THERE was sbtobona. WHO THOUGHT. THAT I was trying. TO RIDICULE Captain H11L AND I don't tee. HOW ANYONE. COULD THINK that. AND IF I wanted. TO MAKE fun. OF ANY man. I CERTAINLY wouldn't try it ON A man. WHO IS sick. IN A hospital. AND WHO needs. ALL THE sympathy. THAT HE can get. AND WE all lore. CAPTAIN HILL. AND HOPE. TH AT HE will boo a. BE OUT again. AND FOR that reason. I AM sur*. THAT THE gentleman. YOU REFERRED to. WHO SAID. THAT THE article. IN MONDAY'S Town Ooeelp. MADE FUN of the Captain. EITHER DIDN'T read It VERY CAREFULLY. OR ELSE he waa. TOO THICK-HEADED. TO UNDERSTAND it. AND YOU know. THAT THERE are. FOLKS LIKE that AND NO matter. WHAT YOU say. OR WHAT you write. THEY ALWAYS put. THE WRONG meaning to It AND I guesa. THEY CAN'T help It THEY WERE Ju?t built THAT WAY. I THANK you. P. 8. ? THE COLD. IS A tot better. The Bargain Counter Is Proving a Big Attraction to the Buying Public of This Section It is a new innovation that we have intro duced lately in our store and it is growing more popular daily. Here Are a Few of the Many Specials Now On the Counter: 50c Furniture Poli?h For - - 25c $15 Sewing Machine Motor* - $10.30 $1 Window Cleaner . . 50c $2 Manicure Seta ... 75c $2-25 Wallace Lamps - ? $1.50 A big line of enamel ware at greatly re duced prices. Pewter Cooking Pots, etc. Don't fail to investigate this great money saving opportunity. Harris Hardware Co. The Lawyer Says: IN THE course. f OF A y**r. I HAVE to try. MANY CASES. AND BEFORE facing a jnry, THERE ARE day*. OF HARD work. AND DI00INO Into book*. AND AT time*. I FEEL worn oot. AND Dfc A3) tired. f AND UNAftLB. TO CONCENTRATE my mind. ON THE book* before me. AND I'VE found. THAT PBP8I-COLA. 18 THB beet remedy. FOR THIS. IN TUB trftta. " AND BOW. WHENEVER 1 foel fatlfuod. I 00 out FOR or tiro. AND GO Into. THE DRtlO itoro. AND ORDER. A PEPSI-COLA. AND WHEN I go b*?k. TO WORK Bfftin. 1 FEEL. A THOUSAND time? bettor. AND IT'S tho iamo w nj. WHEN IN court. AND BEFORE ontortng. THE STUFFY room. I HAVE found. THAT A glut. msrar MORS OOOD. THAN ANYTHINO el?* AND I'VE taken PEPSI-COLA. INTO THB Uv bust qms. WITH MB. AND IT U proving. TO BB. A MOST Mttsffcctory. PARTNER. IN EVERT wax. AMD I'M flftd. THAT I !??*? It * TO HELP m? out AND MOOT l?wy?n. IN TOWM. us# rr. A p*rtn?r too. t THANK roa With Excen Uric Add ta Tom- V* torn Yoa Can Never Bo Froe From Rheumatism. Why? Because any exposure to cold, drafts, dempness, chill* your | blood; It strangulates; the uric add crystallises and forms deposits of needle-like particles which lodge In the Joints and tissues. Result? li*? tense pain and Rheumatism. If you are troubled with Rheuma tism, go to W. A. A i. Q. Blount i\nd [bay a bottle of WOXDERGREBX, and you will be surprised how en tirely different you will feel In a (short time. It doesn't .matter how long you hare suffered, how old you are, or what you hare used. The very principle of WONDERGREEN Is .such tbat It Is practically Impossible to Itake It Into the human system with out some beneficial results. | Price 60c and $1.00 the bottle. For sale by W. A. A J. O. BLOUNT. NOTICE. North Carolina, Beaufort County. Superior Court, Before the Clerk. Oswald O. Kafer and wife, Lillian T. Kafer, Vs. L. C. Tripp, WsShlngton ft Yr.nde mere R. R. Co.. W. H. Whitley, The dle Whitley, Edward J. Edwarcls, Leon Edwards, .Edward J. Edwards, trading as Edwards Supply Co.. and Town of Edwards. N. C. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The parties above-named and all other persons Interested will take notice that on the 6th day of Decem ber, 1918, the above-named petition ers filed their petition In the Super ior Court of Beaufort County, North Carolina, for the purpose of having their title to certain land In the Town of Edward, North Carolina, regis tered and confirmed pursuant to the land JItle registration law of North * Carolina, It being Chapter 90 of the Public Laws of 1913 and acts amen datory thereto. That said land Is situate In the Town of Edward, N. C.. and partic ularly described as follows: Begin ning on the east side 'of Main street, '.n the Town of Edward. N. C.. at L. C. Tripp's northeast corner; and runs (hence Sonth with said Tripp's line, 17 poles; thence eastwardly and oarallel with said Main Street 6 poles and 9 links; thence northwardly, and oarallel with the first line, 17 pole? to said Main Street; thence with said Street 6 poles and 9 links to the point of beginning: Containing one and one-half acres. That summons has been issued , 'n the above-entitled action, which 1s returnable at the office of Geo. A. Paul. Clerk Superior Court of Beau 'ort County. North Carolina, on the 12th day of February. 1917, when and where all persons Interested in the aald proceeding are required to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the petition- i ers should not be granted. And all persona Interested will take notice that, If on said date they fall to appear as herein required, the petitioners will apply to the court 'or the relief demanded in the peti tion. This 6th day of December. 1916. GEO. A. PAUL, Clerk Superior Court, Beaufort County. 12-7-lwc. NOTICE OF SALE. By virtue of the power of sale eon- N talned in a me/tgage from Josenh Smith and wife, dated March 30, 1916, and recorded in the Relator's >ffice of -Beaufort County in Book ?82. af f ge 311, whlrh Is herebr ?eferred to. the mortgarreo will sell >t the court house door of Beaufort "?ounty for cash to the highest bid- v ler on Monday, January 8, 1917, at loon, that tract of land In Pantego Townshln. Beaufort County, describ ed as follows: Beginning at Seth Jones' Southeast ?orner on the public road leading 'rom Pantego to B^lhaven. and run ilng with said road Southerly to Oliver Lucas' Northensf corner; 'hence with his line Westwardly to ts corner; thence with a marked line Northerly to Scth Jones' Southwest orner; thence with h!s line Easterly 'o the beginning: Containing 7H icres, more or less. This December 6. 1916. Pantego A Belhaven Realty Company ' Mortgagee. 11-7-4 wc. NOTICE OF SALE. By virtue of the power of sale con 'alned In a mortgage from Augustus Davis and wife, dated January IS, 1913, and recorded In the Register's office of -Beaufort County In Book 174, page SO, which Is hereby refer- - red to, the mortgsgee will sell at lubllc auction for cash to the hlgh t*t bidder at the court house door of Beaufort County, on Monday. Janu \rr 8, 1917, at noon, that tract of 'and in Pantego Township, Besufort < County, described as follows: Beginning at Thaddeus Hmlth's louthwest corrfer on the public road from Pantego to Wilkinson, running ?rlth said road North 60 West 143 feet; thence North 68 East 1648 feet to the drainage csnsl; thence with 'aid canal Eastwardly to Thsddeus Smith's Northwest corner on said -snsl; thence wtth his line 8outh S3 West 1617 feet to the bejrtnntns; Containing 6 8-10 acres, tnore or lotos - This December 6, 1816. Pantego 41 Belhaven Itenltv Company
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