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$ Y' . -,.x'--v 'm 'M-'f-: fx if ''TV m '''J I' " - A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DE1VOTED TO THE lUPBUILDING OT; AMERICAN HOME AMERICAN; INDUSTRIES; VOL. II. BURLINGTON. N. C, JUNE 23, 1909. NO. 5 WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Kegular Correspondent. Washington, D. C.It is now continently expected that another week will see the tariff bill in con ierenc", and there are whispers to the effect that the conferees who will settle the matter understand each other and that they w ill get to gether very quickly an many -sche-jules. It is not expected however, thar the bill will reach the Presi dent before loth. 7 It can bs very confidently predi cted that the so-called Bailey Cum mins income tax amendment will not be incorpoation in the Senate bill, although there may be aa amendment or a resolution intnduc e looking to aii ameudment to the Constitution, w Inch shall in the fu ture admit of an income tax. There is ao doubt that the sentiment in fav oV of an income tax has increased verv substantially during the"few years, although it does not. eem probable that such a tax will be found on our statutes fcr some time, ft now looks as if a tax oh the net receipts or dividends of corpora tions way be found in the new tariff bill, which will foe a sort ot com promise between and income tax and inheritance. Such a tax on the dividends of cor porations should produce a revenue upward of $50,000,000, which, with the duty on imports an internal re venue, should be sufficient to meet the expanses of the Government. Soald the question of an income tax through a resolution, looking to an amendmaBt of the Constitution be submitted to, the States, it is doubtful if two-ihirds would favor it. But it seeits the best way to get the sentiment of the whole peo ple of thecoutry. It is believed that tfre tariff law . . . 1 I Ml . it is oemg snaueu wm uiuuuw sufficient re veoue, ' particularly as the Department Chiefs are" continu ing to cut down the estimates. It seems likely now that tfce next ap propriation bills may show a reduc tion of as much as $100,000,00, and should this prove true a very sub stantial surplus should be gained zm continued tor several years to cyme. With the tariff bill out of the way anticipation will be keen concerning the legislation of next winter. It is understood that the President is giving verv serious attention to the matter of so called corporation legis lation, and his recommendations at the ooeuiug cf the next session of Congress will be looked forward to with much interest, but President Taft will not be governed by senti ment, he will gove-ned by the Con pitution, and whatever legislation Petnav call for will not be s ch as to injure anv railroad, ur industrial prporatiou pursuing . honest met tods. The condition of the stock mar ets for several weeks and the plans f the dirferent railroads of the coun- rv show that tliev have no fear of president Taft recommending any dilation ivhich will work an m Jry an a hardship to their stock- olders. It is possible that in the near fu- llre some method of government outrol or sunervision will be work lVt, particularly effecting over- ifpitalization and the uniform con- uct of business. Undoubtedly iany evils have grown out of our Weilt COtKnllflofJn molVinHs and P-e evils if nnssihle will be eradi- f Jed or at least modihed to a con- c'eration extent bv the subiect is a Pst oriA u i r i.u hum iue people ui uie wuu ? fwl confident that both the I -Klent and Congress will act very i" bringing about any radi- lreadv there are rumors of mm- hans in the Cabinet, but these uh ijo venhfd. and it is not. r-'UfrlU t!,., l -ii - i u auv cnange win occur et until after the ODeninff of L O fssion of Congress. It is iMW-ver, that there are inv conrikting views in the Cabi- aD'1 it may le hrl tn hnrmn- e and rec..noile thpn nil tr pah rLr to.tho5e of the President, ' n nine being there has been no open manifestation of conflict, and no changes are looked for in the near future: Mr. Taft is pur suing the even tenor of his way and continues to be .President, and noth ing more or less, acting always .in his mosftsalm and judicious manner and in spite of all newspaper claims to the contrary, he is interfering in no manner with the other Depart ments of the Government. The gevernmeflt receipts for the month continue to exceed the ex penditures, and will undoubtedly show a good surplus. And it can still be predicted that the deficit for the year will not exceed $100,000, 000, and perhaps not $90,0000. As regards general business con ditions throughout the conn try they contiue to improve, in all- lines of industry, and it is felt more and more every day that" we are on the eve of a new era of prosperity, which if the crops are up to their usual output, will be perhaps the best in our history. Tickling a Party to Death. St. Louis Globe Democrat. The conservative" Democrat is a rare stud v. This session of Con gress, indudiag the regular and special terms, has shown us Demo crats in both houses who have op posed the Republican platform claim that, in revising the tariff a "reasonable proht tor the Amen- can manufacturer should be added to the rate found after estimating the total cost of foreign goods to be imputed. This opposition is not sound, since aamittmg foreign goods into domestic competition on an ab solute equality would be practical f 1 1 - TV 'a 1 1 tree trade, ana no uemoorat win admit that he is a free trader. oome ol them are, out they are invariably of the "radical" wiag ot the Dartv. The inconsistence of the -"conservative" Democrat isseeu in the fact that, while he denies the wisdom and justice of laws to assure the manufacturer a reasonable pro fit, he is most insistent in demand ing that io law, state or national, shall deprive railroad corporations, or other corporations, of 6uch a pro fit. He insists that all laws shall be drafted with a view to making it possible for corporate investors to make a reasonable profit upon their investments. And while he denounces a plan to vest the officers of the govern meat with power to determine what a reasonable profit in manufactur ing should be, he deuones, wilh equal heat, every effort made by officers of national or state govern ments to ascertain the legitimate cost of corporation management and to lay down laws drawing lines' be tween that figure and the one they shall charge the public for their ser vice. Such inconsistencies as this have made the Democratic party a joke. The men guilty of them seem never to see them, or to real ize their grotesquencess and absurd ity. x Meannhile their paity is dy ing, being tickled to death with laughing at them. Sunday School Excursion. The Burlington Baptist Sunday School will run an excursion to Thomasville Orphanage Wednesday July 7th. The train will leave JJa w River at 7:30 a. m. and return at 7:30 p. m. The fare round trip adult one dollar and children under twelve years fifty cents. Every body is' cordially invited to go oii this T7 1 t 1 excursion, iweryuoay is requested to carry with them a basket full of good things. Everybody is warn ed to get their tickets early if they are anxious about making the trip. The train has been definitely arrang ed for and so there will be no doubt about the train going on this date. And so it is to be Bryan, La Fol- lette & Co. Well, both parties can spare thein and one or-two others, but the new party will, hardly have enough following for a National Convention. The White House the&e days is the quietest place in' Washington, and the newspaper men find it hard to get a morsel of exciting or even iuterestiug news. : THE THAV HEARING POSTPONED. White Plains, N. Y., June n. Supreme Court Justice Mills today postponed the trial of proceedings" to pa6S upon the alleged sanity of Harry-' K. Thaw until July 6, pending a motion to be made by the attorney general before Justice Gaynor to change the trial of the insanity ques tion from Westchester county to New York If Judge Gayuor does not grant a change of venue, Thaw will probably get a speedy trial be fore Judge Mills. Thaw. won sever al concessions . at the Matteawas asylum before the hearing was ad journed. Judge Mills directed the superintendent of the asylum to' al low Thaw to remain up until 9 p. ra. and also allowed Lawyer Mors chauser to see the prisoner daily from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. . Returning Undesirables. Philadelphia Press. Seventy-five undesirable immi grants . were sent back to Europe last Saturday. Rigid inspection for a few mouths will no doubt result in hundreds of deportations. Whiie the necessity for the exclusion of these people is fully realized, it is impossible' not to entertain a feeling of pity , for helpless women and girlsl who have sold everything they pos sessed in order to pay their passage to America, the land of goWeu pro-3 raise. .Many ot them are without homes to rebeive them back. But cases of individual hardship, however pathetic in the present, will result iu future good that is in calculable, Wfaeu it.- becomes koown that certain physical, mental and material standardsre. , applied to persons arriving at ports of the United States to test their efficiency the intending immigrant will not act precipitately. ' ' :. 1 '. Men and women in their fond hope of industrial opportunity and social betterment will hesitate abouti coneludiugarangements for'passage. All their earthly possessions will not be sacrificed beiore the owners have ascertained the conditions pre vailing at toe port of destination. A child, fetble-minded or suffering from a disease of the eyes or skin, will be known as inadmissible, and if the parents decide to emigrate such a child cannot be taken along. That in itself will be a' deterrent. In other ways the intending emi grant will make reasonably certain that no objection can be raised to their entering the United -States. This is a country where work awaits all who are strung and able and willing, but there is no place for the alien who is a weakling, a pauper or a sufferer from disease. Limitations of Expert Evidence. Newark News. - Dr. Britton D. Evans, of the Morris Plains Hospital for the In- i i i i sane, wno acquired a large degree of eminence by his "brainstorm" testimony in the Thaw trial, has reached the very logical conclusion that tne frequent disagreement of alienists engaged in the same trial has done much to engender doubt of the efficacy of expert testimony in the minds of the public. In a word, the disagreements' of alienists often lead to the agreement of jurors to disregard expert testi mony altogether and to rely on or dinary judgement and common Sense. But this is not the whole story. The fact which enters most largely into the engendering of doubt as to the trustwoithiness of eypert testimony isthe almost in variable rule that experts testify on the side' which subpenas and pays tham, and seem to strain eve'ry pos sible point when on the witness stand to earn their money. Doctors are expected to sometimes disagrea, and expert alienists are more likely to hold varying views than anv other class of physicians or students, because the nerves, the brain and the human mind are mys teries that can never be solved, and the treatment of their ailments can never be reduced to an exact science. WAS 3ut that the class of witnessea-under discussion should always testify on the side which giv&s them a feej'or that alienists should always be found ready to accept a fee and testify on Jhe side desired, is a condition of affairs that can bring forth nothing else than doubt as to the trustwor thiness of their testimony. Even though a jury in ; particular- or the public generally may not accuse an expert witness of any degree of dis honesty whatever, neither has the conscience to rely, on testimony which seemingly goes wherever it is paid for. March or May? Washinffton Post. t Every one of the governors of the states has declared for a change of he date of inauguration of Presi dents and Vice Presidents of the United States, and there is not a single state of the republic that would not givejm immense majori ty for May 4 over March 4, if the proposition were submitted to popu lar vote of the entire American elec torate, i March is chill surly, turbulent; May is mild, smiling, radiant. One is dead winter; the other lusty spring, and there are reasons, as many as blackberries, why the change should be made. But there are no very promising indicatiDns that it will be made. Certainly Congress is going to make no move 1 in that behalf at the present extra session, ana by December, 1909, most people will have forgotteu the blizzard of March, 3 909. Congress will wait and wast, procrastinate and probrastinate, like a Spanish proconsul. At least one distin guished American statesman an nounced that he was Tor the Span ish war because it was a Spanish habit to be constantly saying and doing manana," whieh is translat ed to mead inour speesh "to-morrow." . Yet in, this matter , of . uni versal concern to provide a decent season for inaugurating an Ameri can i resKient our statesman say day after to-morrow," and worse. Will go Prepared in the Future, 1 An attorney of Greensboro had his breath almost taken away the other day. Mr. G. S. Bradshaw had an important matter before a court in South Carolina and appear ed at Winnsboroon Monday last, when he learned that all attorneys must appear before .the court in a DiacK coat. Mr. israasnaw wore a light coat and a spotless white Vest. He approached the judge in private and told him he had an important matter before him, but had no black coat with him; in fact' he was not sure he had on eat home, whereupon the court remarked that under the circumstances he would grant a special dispensation in his case." and Mr. Bradshaw was relieved, but the next time he goes to South Carolina on legal business he will wear the conventional black coat if he has to borrow one. Greensboro Record. Alamance County Sunday School Workers. It is the desire of the Executive Committee and Officers of the - Ala mance County Sunday School Asso ciation that all township that haTTe not vet held tneir Township Sunday School Con entions do so during the months of July and August, as the County Convention meets at St. Marks on August 30 31. It is very important that all towships hold their sessions before that time. Blanks for the reports of industrial schools and also for the "Tonmship can be hsd by addressing the Coun ty 'Secretary J. T. Coble, Elon Col lege, N. C. - ' v . Special attention is called to the advertisement of Claremont College appearing in this issue. This school ;s situated at the foot off the Blue. Ridge mountain in one of the most healthful towns in the state. The Music department is under the direc tion of one of the best music teach- ers in tne state. Barents having daughters to educate might do well tawnte. the president for a catalo gue, v SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON. Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth Wife Translated A -Helen Rowland. Washington Herald. Verllfy, verily, my daughter, when a man proDoseth unto a maid en, why doth she always say, X'This is so sudden! Yea, why is she so "surprised?" For, by the time he hath discov ered that it "different" from ot her maidens, hath she not already made up her mind- whether. -to be majried in white satin or-a going-. away gown? ! And by the time he hath begun to think of a flat and decided upon j tha furnishings? " Yet, lo! when, after- many weary moons, T the proposal cometh, her ears are not prepared for what she heareth and she is astounded! " ' For, mark by slow degress even "bvMnches" she landeth him. Behold how she leadeth him into dim cozy, corners ' and besides the still waters of the conservatory foun tain, where all is propitious. Yet, he speaketh not. She standeth with Trim upon the mountain top and sitteth beside him upon the lonely beach; and saith iu her heart, "now or never he will speak up!" . Yet he remaineth silent She lureth him into the green fields at twilight. Sue becometh affrighted at strange cow0 and thiugs in the dark. She ru$heth unto him for protection and falleth in his arms. Yet his tongue cleav eth to tLe roof of his mouth. She maketh him at' home in the dining-room and feedeth him from the chafing dish. She weareth a dotted Swiss ajfrron and playeth the f'domestie." . - Sheintroduceth him unto her sis ter' 8r ch Udren and sign ificantly. But he will not be moved ! ' ; - Then, in her despair, she giveth it up, saying unto herseli, "Go to There is nothing: doing. Lo! I have wasted my time. Yea, I have ea ten of fruit of the lemon tree!" . And in her wrath she' picketh a quarrel with Eim and leaveth him in a huff. Yet on the following day, when she saileth forth m a mackintosh ill i 'l.ii ana ruooess, ne meetnetn ner upon the muddy street corner. And then lo! beneath a dripping umbrella and between two trolley cars with the ees of the multitude upon them, h exclaimeth: Say, I cant stand this thing any longer! When wilt thou marry me? Yet, let her gather the fruit of her labors and let her praise ber: for, perad venture in all the days of her life she shall get nothing nearer to a. real proposal!- Selah! EVIDENTLY A SOUTHERNER. Henderson Gold Leaf. The Washington Post is a great newspaper and on its staff there are some bright and able writers. The writer of the following tribute to the "corn pone as it is known in the South, is evidentlv a Souther ner to the manner born, for none other could be qualified to speak "by the book" as he does. Hear him: "The Chicago heat corner that so recently demoralized "the market in xthat cereal has caused another discussion of the feasibility of sub stituting corn meal for wheat flour in the economy of the kitchin. The thing would be as good as done if there were mills to griud corn meal and, cooks. to bake real corn bread - the old 'fashion "corn pone', that the, old fashion Southern cooks know so well how to make. There are a few such mills at the South and many such cook s there; but; -the- commercial meal in cities. Iground very fine and bolted at the millr cannot be con verted into bread fit to eat by the mpst skillful cook, and that is the reason why the North, has so -doner reiected corn bread other than an execrable stuff, compounded of eggs, milk, baking powder, and a flour they call corn meal. Real com bread is made of coarse ! meal, ground on a , hore or water." mill, the' utmost capacity of. which - is not over 20 busheli per diemr"" -The corn must be sound - and , car&- " rally picked from the bin. TakeV that meal, sift it, mix it to a rather stif batter with pure cold - water,, and bake the "pone" in an intense-- , ly hot oven. Every atom of the' ' y meal, as it heats, splits open like a lsernal of pop-eorn,;and when exact- - vy ly done the bread is simply delici- ' " ous. - JMost cooks add a little salt to the meal before mixing it with , -K water, and most people prefer the" . salt; but that was long ago voted plebeian, and perhaps that accounts for its popularity, the plebeian being . ' in a large majority in this" glorious -. Union of ours. : J - . But corn bread will never become , ; , popular as pone, or hoe-ake, or Johnny cake, or egg bread or bat- v ' ter cake, as long as the meal comes - from mills that grind tne grain at terriffic speed and cook the grist in the process of turning the grain in to meal. Nobody can make real corn bread of that stuff, and that is why the great majority , of our peo ple will continue to look tow'ieai as the staff of life. Davenport Summersr ' At the home of the brides parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Summers of Whitsett, N. C. yesterday evening at three o'clock there was. solemniz- ed one of the prettiest wedclnigs wit- ' nessed at that place in. some time, when Mr. Richard IC. Davenport of this town led to the hymeneal alter ', Miss Arrie Mozelle Summers. ,They were united in marriage by Rev. J , D. Andrew pastor of the Reformed Church of this place, in ; which ; the ring ceremony was used. Little James Jones of Raleigh, a. cousin of the brides acting as ring bearer. Near the appointed time ''the; young couple wasUshered into Hhe- parlor; which- was specially arranged or the occasion. - M rs, Grbver D. Mo6re, sister of the groom acting r as dame of honor, and Prof. -H." M. , Loy, of Jacksonville, N. ' C. ia$ ?best nian. The bride wasdressed . iff white satin and never looked prettier;. The bridal party entered j the ; parlor to the strains of Mendelssohn rendered by Miss Blanche Rankin whije a soft sweet strain of music was ren dered during the entire ceremony. A stupenduous supper was served by the parents of the bride Mr. and Mrs. Davenport, came through the country in an. automobile to the -home of Mr. and Mrs. , Geo. ! W. Davenports where congratulations by a large number of invited friends were bestowed uoon the' bride and groom. ; ' j The bride is a cultured and char ming young lady, being well versed in music and literature. She was one of the brightest students in her class which consisted of twenty-four I who graduated' in the Literary De partment, Whitsett, Nineteen Hund red and Five. Mr. Davenport is to beconarratu- lated upon winning her as his bride. Mr. Davenport is a promising- photographer of our town,7 with a uugiit iuiure in view. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport will re mam at the hone of his parents for the present. The Dispatch joins their friends iif extending congratulations and wisha successful and happy , voyage as the young couple, sail out on the sea of life. " Exajninations For A. & M. College. Applicants for admission to the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh will be examined, by the County Superintendent of Schools in his oifficeat Graham on Thursday July 8th, at 10 o'clock. By stand ing these examinations young, men -may save the expense of a trip to' Raleigh. The A. and M. College offers 1 20 scholarships to bright, needy boys desiring industrial edu cation. 1 here are couses of mstruc- ion in Agriculture, Textile and En gineering (Civil, .Electrical, Mech anical, Chemical, and Mining.) W. S. LONG, Shperintendent. Mr. B. Goodman spent Sundiy at Haw River visiting friends. .. - - . . - . . ;-: I i.
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