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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. VOL. II, BURLINGTON. N. G, JUNE 2, 1909. NO. 2 WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Keffular Correspondent. Washington, May 29.- In spite of the fact that the last Democratic platform demanded "the immediate repeal of the tariff on wood pulp, print paper, lumber .timber and logs and that these articles be placed on the free list" seventeen Democratic Senators voted for a duty on lumber and only ten for free lumber. It will be remembered, too, that about the same number of Democratic Senators voted against free iron ore. When called upon to explain their vote, Senator Bailey and other lead ing Democratic Senators declared that they were not bound by their party platform, as it was not a Dem ocratic doctrine. Thus the Demo cratic party is getting wider and wi der apart every day. Senator Bailey and Governor Johnson have' had a clash, , and Mr. Bryan has lectured the I)emocratic Protectionists, and the outlook for any sort of Democratic harmony in the near future is very dim indeed. While it is true, on the other hand, that ahout the same number ot Re publican Senators voted for free lumber as there were Democratic Senators who voted for a duty, still these Republican Senators for the most part will vote for the bill as a whole when it comes up for final passage, and there w 11 be no deci sive split in the party. As to when the bill will finally go to conference, the matter Js still, one of conjecture wholly, although it is thought that a vote may be had by the 15th or 20th of June. Two or three weeks will be consumed in conference at least, and it is not like ly that the bill will become a law before the first of July, and it now seems probablethat .it will Je the 15th before the measure reaches the President. In the meautime the President aDd his Cabinet are busy in antici pation of future legislation and next year's appropriation bills. The Secretary of the Navy has announc ed that he has reduced the estimate for the next fiscal year by $10,000, 000, and that, too, he thinks, with out impairing the efficiency of the service. If a similar cut could be made in other Departments at least 50,000,000 can be saved oyer the appropriations of the present fiscal vear, and with the increased revenue from the new. tariff law, there should be a surplus for the fiscal year 1911 if not for the fiscal year 1910 The deficit for the present year has reached nearly $100,000,000, though June may show a reduction, of at least a not very great increase over the amount, which is consider bly better tnan the $140,000,000 deficit predicted some months ago. The Philippine tariffUll passed the House by a vote of 139 to 68, but as there was not a yea and nay vote, party lines were not recorded. It is quite likely that before the dose of the Special Session there will be legislation to meet the Presi dent's recommendations concerning the condition in Porto Rico, as the Senate will nrobablv act upon the matter, which has been considered by the House, while the tariff bill is in conference. Mr. Taft continues to make short trips to nearby points much to the people visited and to the enhance ment of his own popularity. His various speeches, while short, are to the point and well received by all. He expects to get away from Wash ington for the Summer immediately after the first of July', but there seetns to be considarabla doubt about his being: able to do this, as ot course he kill not leave the White House W'the Summer until the tariff .bill 'as; been signed or vetoed, and there li; rio expectation that' he will vote the bill. The Governors of all the States r , 1 m m 1 m lerntories have naw made a favorable statement regarding a later "ate for Inaugnratiou, and there swms to be no fiuther doubt that if Congress will submit the matter to lQe States there will be almost a un- mmon vote favoring such an a.m(lment to th eConstitution. The ' - -'Mld probably be the last A DEMOCRATIC CONFESSION. Senator Bailey before voting against free lumber explained his views as follows: "It is true that Mr. Bryan came into Congress under Mr. Cleveland's administration; or rather, Mr. Bryan was serving his second term when Air. Cleveland was inaugurated the second time. It is true, and we make no concealment of it, as we make no explanation of it, except to state the fact, that at that time the Demccratic party did advocate the doctrine of free raw materials. The Democratic party did not, as a party, believe in it. It was a matter of expediency with nearly all of them. In our southern country we were told that if we would agree to take all the burden off the manu facturer's raw material he would ag ree-to relieve us of some of the bur dens imposed upon us when we purchased his finished product; and to that proposition we yielded our support; but it never convinced our judgment "It was not only an absurdity, but itwas the grossest absurdity that any set of men ever attempted tp impose on any other set ot men in the history of American politics. Think of it. For a hundred years the Democratic part had denounced protection as a special favor to manufacturers; for a hundred years the Democratic party had denounc ed the manufactures as the advocates and beneficiariea of an unjust system of taxation; and yet, all at once, by some mysterious... and unexplained and unexplainable power, we were persuaded to change our attitude and to solemuly announce that we would give the benefit of free trade. De nouncing protection as a robbery of many for the enrichment of the few, denouncing it as a system of special favor, we were persuaded,, to agree that the very beneficiaries of protect ing What they sold should be the on ly people in the United States to en joy the advantage of free trade in what they bought. There never was anything more absurd and un just. It was indefensible then; it is indefensible them; it is indefensible now; an.d in my judgement no real Democrat will ever atain attempt to defend it as a policy of the Demo-J cratic party.' Rev. Oscar Haywood's Undertaking. Asheboro Courier. , Rev. Oscar Haywood, of New York City,, former!; of the Mt. Gi- lead section of Montgomery county and a descendant of Chief Justice Haywood of the surpreme court who filled that office both in this state and in Tennessee, will establish a farm school on one thousand acres of land he owns in four miles of Mt. Gilead on the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad. This farm school will be for destitute boys from New York City. He will not take criminal boys, but will take from the bunday school of his church boys who are practically homeless but who have good characters. Mr. Haywood re ceives a salary of some fifteen thou sand dollars a year as pastor ot the well known Collegiate Church of the Covenant, the most richly en dowed Baptist church in'New York, the eudownment being $300,000. Mr. Haywood in not more than 45 y ars old and is one of the ab lest pulpit orators in the country. His introduction of Governor- Ay- cock at Troy during the last cam paign made a profound impression TT m on all who heard him. ne is a wonderful man of supeibability. Miss B. Emma Phipps, one of the faculty at the Graded School dur during the past year, left Saturday for her home in Guilford county, where part of her vacation will be spent. would insure that there would be in the fnture no such repe iaion of the conditions of the 4th of March last. Mrs. Taft has recovered complete ly from her recent indisposition, whila Secretary Dickinson and Post master General Hitchcock are well on the road to recovery from 'their WILL NOT BE VETOED, The Washington correspondent of the New York "Tribune" .rectifies his prognostication of a fortnight ago and now declares that "the Presi dent will not veto the Tariff bill." We should suppose not. Looking for-trouble is apparently not going to ne one of the principal pursuits of the Taft administration. But the "Tribune" man insists that "the bill will b emade to conform to the Presi dent's views, at least sufficiently so to avoid execute disapproval." Very probably the bill when pasted will conform not only to the President's view but also to the views of the producers and wage earners "of the county but it is only through spec tacles colored and distorted by the "reform" distemper f hat the execu tive can be discovered dictating in advance the schedules to be adopted as the price of his approval of "the bill. To the ordinary and normal vision no such unwarranted dicta tion to the legislative branch is pos sible. Congress alone being intrust ed by the Constitution with the du ties and responsibilities of Tarriff legislation, Congress alone will frame and pass the Tariff bill. And we do not doubt that the bill will re ceive the approving: signature of President Taft. Salaries and Socialism. Ohio State Journal. Emperor William of Germany wants an increase of salary. His case shows that this increase of sal ary business is due to a microbe in the blood. It belongs to the con stitution of human naturelike the appetite. This statement is made perfectly obvious, when it appears that the Emporer has 49 castles to keep up, and his enormous salary is not sufficient for the task. Then' there -is the Emperor'p stable, with over 200 sleek, . lazy horses, eating their heads off, year; after year. It the Emperor doesn't get more salary, he will have to dis pose, of ,40 or -50 of these , horses,: which have not a bit of work to do except to belong to the Emporer, and he doesn t need them for any purpose in the world, except to have them. What an expensive desire this is, in human nature, to have more than one needs! This is the way it works the same as with the Jiimperor: axi officer will have $2,500 a year. On that he belongs to the club, smokes two for a quarter cigars, runs a lit tle automobile, spends a month at the seaside, and gets into expensive society, ihen it occurs to him. he wants to join another club, smoke a finer cigar, get a bigger auto, and outshine his $500,000 neighbor in a social function. Like the Em- peror, he is not satisfied with what he needs; he wants more; more horses and more castles. And he wants the people to pay for them. No wonder Socialism is rampant over in wrmany. Ana in tnis country, too, every time a salary is raised from $5,000 to $10,000, it makes a few Socialists. Commencement Exercises. The class exercise at the Graded School Thursday night rendered by the eight girl and two bey graduates was undecidedly an enjoyable occa- sion, lhe night was warm ana the mi i. house filled to overflow, notwith standing this the audience gave good attention throuhout the entire pro gram. The songs for the occasion were special selections and were sung to the delight ot the hearers. The recitations and declamations wei e of a high order and were rend ered m a most satisfactory raanney. The class prophecy was excellent and caused much applase as the prophet was revealing in the form of a dream the future of the class of 1909. To imagine the prophecy real life would seem as a dream, as living in a garden of roses without thorns to trouble. Another beauti ful scence to the eye of the specta tor was witnessed when the class in reality laid their books a side, some to launch upon the sea of life, others only for vacation. SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON. Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth Wife-T Helen Rowland. " Y. Washington Herald. v . Be meek, my daughter, and con sider thine inferiority; for it is given unto thee to know but one or two things. But a man knoweth all things, and thre is nothing under the sun which he cannot tell thee, how it should be done! Lo! he can-explain unto thee the Rockefeller system for making mil lionseven while thou darest thy last year's coat and wonderest how the rent is going to be paid and where thou shall get a new corset. Behold how patiently he descri bed unto thee the methods of Sher lock Holmes and criticiseth the Sec ret Service; yet, peradventure, thou hast just found the pipe for whicl he hath searched all day,in the lower left- hand corner of the drawer where he put it. He understandeth the workings of the wireless, telegraph and can tell thee just how an airship should ne omit, yet shall ne wors tour" hours over a fractions lock which thou couldst have picked in five minutes with one hand and a hair pin. Behold, he urgeth ugon thee the necessity tor exercise with the broom and the dustpan; yet how willingly ne payeth the hired man to beat the rugs and take down the parlor cur tains. Go to! The way in which thou d r vest a horse excteth his mirth, for thou hoidest the reins as though thev were pink baby ribbons. Yet observe with what skill he steereth an automobile, passing through great crowds and killing but few, grazing street cars, and doing quaint things to fences. For if a post refuseth to get out of his way he pusheth it out and payeth tne damages afterward. Yet, he marveleth how thou can st go unto silly matinees and spend thy substance upon Maude Adams and Ethel Barry morel yet mark how he raveth at the box-omce when he cannot get seats for an intellectual show like unto "Salome or "The Parisian Widows' Lo! he scorneth a postscript and laugheth aloud when thou addest four pages of P. S. to one ' page of letter; yet he calmly useth the long distance telephone and spendeth five dollars to say what he hath for gotten to put in a letter. Then be meek, my daughter, for humanity and the blush that will not come off become thee. Yea, thou art a childish little thing, full of foolish ways and fleet ing fancies. But a man is always consistent; and whichever way he doeth a thing that is the right way ! Selah! class of 1 909 might be determined by the large number of floral pre sents presented to the class, which in number were many and in beauty unsurpassed. Thus an evening of enjoyment to the people of Burling ton and , visiting friends was spent. Friday night was taken up large ly by the regular literary address, followed by the presentation of dip lomas and bibles Jetore present ing the diplomas Prof. Curtis made a few complimentary remarks, hono rary to the graduating class, stating they had reached the goal by honest toil and constant perseverance. Ac cording to the custom of the school a beautiful bible was given to each of the graduates of the school. Rev. J. D. Andrew after a few approp riate illustrations presented the bib les to the class. It was announced that an alumni association would be organized Fri day night sfter the regular program had been rendered. For this all graduates of the school were invited to remain. After a short social entertainment the students aud friends left the walls of the school building to stand va cant until next September when the nhildrpn will -be reminded of their work bv i the chime of- the school Grand Cleaning up Day. We notice that all over the State other leading towns are setting aside a special day for "Cleaning up Day" and realizing that our people are always anxious to co-operate with the authorities in preserving health and sanitary conditions, I hereby call upon all citizens to co operate with me in cleaning up their premises, and in securing a proper sanitary condition. To this end I appoint Thursday, June 10th as", a Cleaning up day, and ask that on that date every property owner in the city take a day off and clean up his or her premises. - Dump the rubbish on the street in front of your place and I will have teams to call for same. - Now this action is taken in order that we may secure proper sanitary conditions, and that we may do all we can to prevent sickness and the spread of contagious disease. Such a day will no doubt save many doc tors bills, and add much to the. ap pearance and beauty of our city. Let us all clean up. Let us get everything cleaned up ann put in sanitary . shape, and after the clean ing is done, use plenty of lime and disinfectants. There are already cases of typhoid fever and we must take these precautions inorder to keep off these diseases. This notice is issued with the re quest that all citizens co operate with the city in this movement. ' A. F. Barrete, Mayor. Banking Gains in Dull Times. Cleveland Leader. The statements made by the na tional banks of the country under the call of April 28, 1909, show that they had gained at that date no less than $774,261,000 m total re sources since the report of their condition made on May 14, 1908. That means an increase of nearly 9 per cent, in a year which was mark ed by much industrial , depression and no little discouragement in business. It might fairly be called the groth of the national banks in dull times a gain of about $65, 000,000 a month in resources. Where such development is pos sible in a period of depression, what may be expected when the eurrent of trade and industry is flowing swiftly? If that is the way the financial strength of the United States increases and the national banks measure less than half of it when business is not considered good, what - may be counted on when things are booming? , It seems fair to estimate he growth of the banking resources of the country in a good year at more than $5,000,000 every business day) or over a billion and a half an nually. If Americans feel some what conscious of their wealth arid power and prosperity they do not have to look far for iacts and figures to justify their soaring conception of he land they live in and stake their future upon. Dedicatory Service at Union Ridge. A large crowd was present at Union Ridsre both Saturday and Sunday to assist in he dedicatory p a i ' i l' service oi tne oeautnui new cnurcn which has recently been rerected. 9 The structure is a modern ! building composed of pressed jbloeks and is one of the pretiest county churches we have ever seen. lhe church is seated with beautiful pews made of good material. The cost of the church without the pews was about three thousand dollars wnicn is an paid for. This speaks much credit for the Union Ridge people. Rev. Wicker of Elon College preached the dedicatory srmon Saturday morning. The service of the dven- ing was conducted by the Masonic Lodge. The hospitality of the C J Union Ridge people is shown by the courteous treatment which they ex tend to the visitors. Also by the bounteous dinner which is prepared for such occasions as Saturday and Sunday. , - Love by any .other name would be just the same old mixture of van ity, passion, selfishness, curiosity THE MOON IN ECLIPSE TOMORROW NIGHT. The Phenomenon is Scheduled for Thursday Nightof This Week. There is to be a total eelipse of the moon Thursday, June 3. ' The astronomical editor of the Twin- w City Sentinel has the following to' say of it: . , j.. . : Local astronomers are greatly in terested-in the coming total esclipser,- of the moon, which occurs on the - evening of Thursday, June 3. The . phenomena may be observed all-over the continent if jbe sky is clear. In this section the rise of the moon will be almost normal and the people may watch the shadows of the earth gradually steal over the lumer body. But further in the continent; : probably on the other side of the Mississippi, the inhabitants will first . see an odd looking disc of a faint reddish color rise from the east. When the moon rises here only a " narrow portion of it will be observ- ed. Gradually it will enter deeper and deeper into the earth's shadow until the moon gives no light and is only barely perceptible. ,? This year the moon does not en- ter into the heart of the earth's sha- dow, so there will not be a black- eclipse. The moon, however, will be in the earth's shadow for over an hour, and practically the only light from the heavens' will be that of the . stars. ; - The reason why the moon will be invisible is the influence of the earth atmosphere, which bends the sun's rays at the edges of illuminated hemisphere of; this planet and throws on the man a faint glo w generally af a re copper hue. It results from the absorption in the earth's- atmos phere of the reen, blue( and,, violet v rays that; pass . through , it. , It is much the same as the sunset glow, though infinitely mores faint. ' , v As the phenomenon of the eclipse develops, the children Will be able to see for themselves0 the truth'' of the statements they learned from their geographies. An eclipse of the sun will be wit nessed a fortnight later, on Thurs- , day, June 17, shortly before sunset The only effect that it -, will have is to send the chickens to roose an hour or two earlier. The lunar eclipse is precisely the same as that which save the lives of ; Columbus and his party in the isle of Jamaica in the year 15041 The natives refused them food. Colum bus, knowing that an eclipse was due told them that God was very angry because of their inhospitality, and would take away the light of the , moon. The moment that the na-. tives saw the light going, they rush ed to their store' houses and brought ; out their choicest viands, suppicat ing out the "white angles" to bring- back their moon. Columbus handed it back in about an hour: The earliest account of an eclipse was discovered in the tomb ol a Chinese emperor: The date has been fixed by chronologists at Janu ary 29, 1135 B. C. Little George Danielly,- the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dianion,died at the home of his parents at rOssi- pee May 24th, 1909, aged 3 years and 14 days, and was buried at Prieden's church in Guilford coun ty on the 26th, the funeral being conducted by Rev. J. D. Andrew. Less than a year ago these parents buried an infant. This leaves them" without any living children. Miss Mary A. Clark, of Cayhoga Falls, Ohio, died last night at St. Duke's Hospital, Cleveland, of tumor. - Miss Clark was one.ot the faculty of the Graded School at this place until about the middle of April, when she left for her home . on account of the ill health of her mother. Miss Clar,k , underwent" the second operation from which she never rallied. Mrs. Geo. Jones, of Ossip?e,died Friday, and was buried on 'the fol lowing day at Friedens. Funeral -1 j i 'rH U!ra. in April, und such a date illness. The beauty and popularity of the bell. ' ' " . - and novelty. - " by pastor.
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