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AS TO RURAL DELIVERY
it Is the Country's Greatest
Business Builder fcr
Amount Invested.
t ,
It Is the Most Beneficent Investment
the Government Could Make for
the General Uplift of Rural
Population.
k joi -f Hiciicsinn has bean be-
A ur.ni v.
.
.. , , . 1 aocsprtlon that our rurai
stirred by the assertion mat uui u
w z.iivorv mail service is an encr- ;
md
mnni P-rnpTise to the government ana
. frvr iho nostiil
IS. i;erudys, 'rai,UUJ'u
deficit
Due inquiry will establish the It
i.ao,
v- -o mnnntarv cost of the ser
vice b in no sense enormous, but, on provident and business-like People
the rcntrary, comparatively small.! The report shows further - that
when the wonderful and widespread nearly six billions of dollars are de
good accomplished is considered 0:fi- Posited a9 savings accounts by nearly
cial reports and enlightenment cf ru- teen million individuals That is a
ral iail delivery, the cost per capit fact whicn becomes stm Wf
is not more than one dollar and seven- nificant and gratifying. Dr KUot re
, ht cents cently declared that one of the essen-
cen s tv, lin nf trio tials of national progress is the ca
Wbre else in all the history or tne i- f mi. i
or, iTnrinal's invest- pacity to accumulate. That, indeed,
UaUL.'U B Ul .
ment can we find so much gained for
so little spent? Aside from the numan
aspect of the situation the excLaru;.?
of news between friends and kindred
whom distance separates the purely
practical, we migh say. financial -value
of the service is far above th out
ylAy of one dollar and seventy-eight
cuots per capita. Every one Knows
;thai the progress of a community aad
;iis wealth-producing capacity is deter
mined largely by the extent of it- con
.ncrtion with the big world beyond it.
If America were cut on: irom caDie
industry
connection with Europe her
would weaken and shrivel beyond cal
culation. Suppose this State were forc
ed to think and trade exclusively with
in the borders of the immediate com
monwealth. Despite her variety axd
abundance of resources, she won1'?
find herself almost helplessly cripp'ed
in business. Certainly she could not
move forward as at present.
"Wliat Is true in these typical in
stances aplies to every rural commun
ity. The physical resources of a coun
ty as well as its educational welfare
are bound up Inseparably with that
. ' -'ji viii'-C j.iij U outer vc-rld
which daily mail alone can brin.
This aspect of the rural delivery
s?rvic ' as hcn considered pa rts u-
lari;
t . uasi n ti at t- cs- v r
i a. ..v;ensi v eaess have. q.cs-
..n v.uciJ.
c n- r.' t vn ent
element cf ex-
? : rrnr. t.J."s
in.:
'.. "f; ; . t n.
r.- u:! ar- and H',v' nty- H
c uts
per -capita for our rural deliveiy is,'
not only the most beneficent invest-i
:ment the government could make, but
:it is also one of the most business--like.
'Quiet Home
Wedding in This City
Sunday.
A "beautiful home wedding was sol- i
nmized- Sunday afternoon at the j
home of the bride s sister, Mrs. n,m- j prohibitionist, was yesterday remand--mett
Price, in East Goldsboro, when j ed to WOrkhouse in default of $1,
Mr. Oscar V. Butler led to the altar ' 000 DOn(i.
Miss Hattie Price, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs- J. T. Price, of the Seven
; i. cs i ectioii. It was in the nature
of a surprise to their friends, as Miss
Price was on a visit to-her sister, Rev.
George T. Watins, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, performed the cere
mony. FOR THE STOMACH.
Here's an
Offer You
Overlook.
Should
Not
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets remedy
stomach troubles- by supplying the
one' element, the absence of which in
the gastric juices causes indigestion
and dyspepsia. They aid the stom
ach to digest food and to quickly con
vert it into rich red blood and mate
rial necessary for overcoming nat
ural body waste.
Carry a package of Rexall Dyspep
sia Tablets in your vest pocket, or
keep them in your room. Take one
after each heavy meal and indigestion
will not bother you.
We know what Rexall Dyspepsia
Tablets "are and what they will do.
We guarantee them t to relieve indi
gestion and dyspepsia. If they fail
we will refund your money. Three
-sizes: v 25' cents, 50 cents and $1.00.
Remedies in Goldsboro only at our
;store The Rexall Store. J. H. Hill
& Son.
It Is claimed that ' the Belgian navy
Is the smallest In the world. How
p,bout Switzerland's? v
AMERICA'S SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
Sounder Evidence of National Thrift
Would Be Difficult to find.
In the annual report of the comp
troller of the currency laid before
Congress recently it is shown that
more ' than twenty-five million bank
deposit accounts are carried in the
United States and its insular posses
sions. This is a towering and signifi-
leant fact. Leaving a -due margin for
ithat 'portion of the accounts which
j may lie in our foreign dependencies,
:it means substantially tnat one
American out of every four has a bank
account.
i Sounder or more striking evidence
!of national thrift and prosperity
: would be difficult to find. Americans
. , j - 11 .
.nave Deen aescripea as a- resue&a yeu-
, a , w . ,
pie, aominaieo. iar6w ujr myuuc
America has been called a land where
a few are rich and thousands are pau
- .n..
pereji.. -lul nuiu i. ixc tuuijiuunci o
f 3i at i
ngures precisely me levww m wuju
! seem to be true. They point to us as a
he said, is one of the boundary lines
between savagery and civilization.
The fact, therefore, that fifteen mil
lion Americans have savings bank ac
count bespeaks volumes for the gen
eral tone of the people. Behind the
bare statistics can be seen thousands
of men, toiling through the week with
hand or brain, denying . themselves
superficial pleasures and luxuries, in
order that on Saturday night or on
the first of the month they may make
their deposit at the bank and forge
another link for the security of them-
Lseves or those dependent upon. them.
iiere, tnen, is a condition wmcn
really means as much in American
history as the record of battles and
which tells "equally as much for na
tional strength. It is as great a thing
for a people to be frugal in peace as
valiant in war. Economic indepen
dence, on the part of the individual
and family, is the pathway to educa
tion, happier homes and fundament-
tally to all those things inrplied iu the
terms culture and social progress.
CARRIE REMANDED
m. ruiim Seot to Werfe
house in Default of
Bond.
he therefore bids less for the future
: contract than he wuold for spot cot
tLues She Will Remain There Until ton. Futures are in that way depress-
Her Case Is Called in Court
Next Monday and Will Not
Try to Procure Bail.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 10. Ar-
I raigried in police court on charges of
disorderly conduct and destroying pri- ;
vate property as a result of her sa
loon-smashing escapade in the Union
station on Wednesday afternoon last,
Mrs. Carrie A. Nation, the militant !
Mrs. Nation appeared willing to go,
and expressed pleasure when she saw
the neat cell-room . to which she was
assigned. She declared she would
make no attempt to procure bail, and
would remain in the workhouse until
Monday next, when her case will be
again called. Although Mrs. Nation
told reporters she did not wish the
services of an attorney, she was repre
sented in court by Mathew E. O'Brien,
who obtained a continuance of the
case on the grounds he wished to en
ter a special plea, and desired time
to discuss the case with his client.
There was a throng ni court to see
Mrs. Nation, and they were rewarded
by her attempts to convert several ne
gro prisoners arraigned for drunken
ness -and on other charges. Mrs. Na
tion presented the court officials and
attendants with souvenir hatchets,
which sen carried in a satchel. In ad
dition to denouncing the Republican
party as the greatest defender of the
liquor traffic, Mrs. Nation declared
herself in favor of the English suffre
gettes, saying she believed they were
engaged i na noble work.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.
New York Futures.
- Open.
December
January . -, . . . . ..14.82 ;
March, . . .. .. .. .. 15.17
Local spots, 15.
Close,
14.94
15.03
15.41
Isn't Potter's field a poor lot?
"This Argus o'er the people's
Doth an eternal vigil Keep ;
CKUSBOBO, N.
neon to l
II
Secretary MacVeagh Lays
Down Rules for the
Corporations
Returns of the Corporations Will Be
Made Under the New Legislation
and Secretary of Treasury -.Issues
Statement.
' Washington, D. C, Dec. 13. More
ITiuti mn nnn nrnnratinno in tht TTnit-
y v..
u. statoa will havs tn makfi thsir re-
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turns in conformance with the new
corporation tax. Secretary of the
TrMmrv ManVeasrh baa issued a verv
, - - o
onm-nrAnonRi-u-A st.at.ATn rti t. for the env-
- -,--r ;
ernment of those corporation omcmis. f
The statement is calculated to cover
any questions of classification and
distinction which might arise in the
making of the reports, and it sets
forth in terse language what the gov
eiri.ant expects. . "
Secretary MacVeagh's statement
plainly begiii with the statement that
the government expects returns to he
aiade to conform with the intent of
the law and that the law had two in
tents first that it should be a reve
nue producer for the government, and
second to levy a tax of one per cent,
on the net ineome of corporations as
provided in the law. After a .concise
definition of what is considered net
income with the law the statement
says :
"It is clear that tjje purpose, of the
law was not to put a tax on receipts,
but a tax oh profits and that the
terms 'net income' are used because
while they are practically indentical
with gross profits and net profits,
they are yet more embracive and con
sequently permit a more comprehen
sive administration of the law."
FUTURE TRADING IN COTTON.
The report of Commissioner of Cor
porations Smith on the cotton ex
changes of New York and New Or
leans is a document that concerns ev
ery cotton farmer as veil as every
other man interested in southern
trade. Mr. Smith commends the com
mercial differences of the New Or
leans exchange while he condemns the ;
arbitrary differences of the New York
cotton exchange.
In the New York exchange relative
values of different grades of cotton U
be applied in the settlement of future
contracts are determined- nearly a
year in advance. The seller will n'ai-
i nrally select for delivery those grades
which are the most overrated. The
buyer of the contract fears this, ana
i ed, and yet the price of futures are re
J garded as a criterion of values 'by all
? engaged in handling cotton. The re
l suit is. the Drice of cotton is pushed
i -
down. The entire scheme of fixed dif-i
ferric os in the New York exchange
!, .i-ainst the nroducer and in f;i-
vcr cf the spinner.
"Future contracts,
says Mr. Smith,
"should truly represent actual cotton.
If they do not, if the two lines of
prices are forced, the two chief fun.-
tions of the exchangethe hedging
system and the quoting of standard
prices -are nullified, and the exchange
loses . the prime characteristics which
distinguish a real market from a gam
bling place."
Changes have been made in the sys
tem of the New Orleans exchange but
none in that of the New York ex
change, although more than a year
has elapsed -since the . nature of its
rules was considered and condemned
by Commissioner, Smith. Congress Is
n session, and already two bills pro
viding remedial legislation have ben
introduced in the House.
All southern readers should pro
cure, through their -members of Con
gress, 'copies of Commissioner of Cor
porations Smith's report. It is a docu
ment thatshould be carefully read
throughout, for the subject of cotton
futures had never before been so fully
and impartially treated.
DOG SAVES BOY SfcATEE.
Summons Help When . Lad
FeU
Through Ice on River.
Chester, Pa., Dec. 12. John Grant,
Jr.,' a twelve-year-old lad, of Leiper
ville, broke through the ice while
skating near his home this morning;
and would have drowned but for the
faithfulness of his little dog Rubber
r The pet saw his young master
break through the ice, and, sounding
an alarm by a series of loud' barks and
piteous yelps, Jumped into the hole
through which " the boy disappeared
and held him above" the water until
the arrival of three 4 men, who pulle'
the drowning boy and dog to th
shore. ' ,
AW
rights '-"
Shall lull
OnWBDNESDAY. DECEMBBB 15. 1009.
AN AMERICAN BUDGET.
Under this head the Atlanta Journal
reviews with wonderful condensity,
yet with comprebensis accuracy, the
annual report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, which was . transmitted to
Congress on Wednesday, and which is
a particularly interesting document.
The Journal cites the fact, that
there has been an effort on the part
of the present administration to es
tablish as nearly as possible a budget,
and all the heads of departments have"
been working hard for some time pre
paring estimates which would cover
the umounts which it is thought will
be actually required.
It is a notorious fact that in the past
iuch es imatesas wsre made wjj:b iu
excess of requirements, with a tacit
understanding that trades would be
male in the appropriations committee.
That such a system was open to se
rious criticism is apparent on its face
. .- .
lt liaLuraiiy iea to extravagance iu ii
. ..
puouc expenanure.
Ser.retary MacVeSgh, in discusirf
th l.udget, says that originally it was
undoubtedly intended to have a bud
get, and Alexander Hamilton began
in that way. But the complete plan
was never instituted. .The separation
between the legislative and executive
depsrtments prevented the elemnts, of
financial responsibility from getting
together. The drift of thnigs has been
away from the financial responsibili
ti ct the executive.
Some time ago it was- determined
that instead of the former system by
which each member of the Cabinet
sent bis own department estimates tJ
the Congress, without any regard to
the estimate as a whole, the estimates
of all departments should be reported
to the President and Cabinet, to be
considered in the light of the expected
revenue.
Afterwards the Senate took action
by appointing a committee on expen
ditures, including the chairmen of the
separate committees having charge of
appropriation bills. It was contem
plated that in this way the work'of all
thfse committees would be bound to
gether, thereby tending to make the
appropriations of Congress one appro
priation insfead of many.
All of this is looked upon as the be
ginning of a system of fiscal responsi
bility by both the legislative and ex
ecutive branches of J;h 3 government.
The present year presents many dif
ficulties in attempting to work this
system for the reason that a new tariff
has 3ust Scne into effect, and it
is
even harder than usual to estimate
what will be the revenue from that
important source.
The estimated receipts, as they
stand for the fiscal year 1911, arc six
hundred and seventy-two millions,
and sixty-eight thousand dollars, or a
surplus in ordinary receipts of nearlj
thirty-six million dollars. But when
the Panama canal estimates a-e in
cluded the surplus will be turned into
a deficit of twelve millions.
This, however, is a conservative im
provement over the fiscal year 1910.
for -which the ordinary disbursements
ere estimated at six hundred and eijjh
ty-two millions, making a deficit when'
LIie raiuuuit accuunt is muuueu, ui
i t ti 4. 4. .- i
over seventy-three millions
unions ue umei uuDunam yuco-
tions discussed by the Secretary of
jtne ireasury is a system 01 reiumg
pensions in the civil service, lie
oints out that there is no general
legal system for retiring aged civil
servants. It is true that many of
them are pensioners in fact, but he
thinks we will never attain to the
ighest efficiency in our civil service
until a recognized legal system of re
iring pensions is established.
SENATOR MONEY CHOSEN.
Succeeds Senator Culberson 4& the
Democratic Leader in Senate.
Wsi shington, D. C. Dec. 8. In cau
cus this atternoon tne uemocratic
enators elected Senator H. O Money,
of Mssissippi, as mi.-s.nity leader of
the Senate to succeed Senator Culber
son, of Texas, whose resignation was
presented today.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, had been
mentioned very prominently for tb e
chairmanship of the caucus, but would
not consent to be a candidate In any
sense if it involved a contest with Sen
ator Money. Senator Bacon had been
ai-proached with an offer of the chair
niauship when it was understood by
some of the leaders that Senator Mon
b. on account of recent ill health,
might not be a candidate. The sena
tor from Georgia replied that should
such circumstances develop he would
consent to . be a candidate and rot
otherwise.
Senator. Money; whois now serving
the last year of his term, has been in
the Senate twelve years and was vice
chaiiman of the caucus when Sena
tor Culberson resigned.
Senator Shiveley, of Indiana, was
ejected vice-chairman. .
Ten to one it's your fault if luck
is against you.-
No soothingstrains of Maias son-
itshundred eyes to sleep.'J
? 'V
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
It is After President Zolaya
With a Veigasee On-
relentin
The House Was In Session an Hour
and a Half and a Large Number
of Measures Were Intro
duced Yesterday.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 10. As an
indication of activity in the interest
of legislation, senators today intro
duced more than 350 bills and resolu
tions covering a great variety of sub
jects. Many of these measures failed
of passage during the last Congress
and 90 per cent, of them will receive
scant consideration this session. Many
are for pensions that could not be
granted under the general law.
Standing out as a striking proposi
tion was a resolution by Senator Ray
ner today authorizing the President of
the United States to cause President
'elaya to be apprehended as a com
mon criminal, charged with murder of
two Americans, engaged in revolution
ary activity in Nicaragua, contrary to
the code of war of all civilized nations
vvhich would have granted them a
trial.
The House was in session for an
hour and a half and a large number of
measures were introduced there.
The- most striking feature of ihe
proceedings in that body was a speech
by Representative Kuesterman, of
Wisconsin, denying the charge that
his interest in German shipping was
so great as to cause him to antago
nize a bill for the relief of the Ameri
can merchant marine. Mr. Kuester
man, of Wisconsin, denying the charge
that his interest in German shipping
was so great as to cause him to an
tagonize a bill for the relief of the
American merchant marine. Mr.
Kuesterman was in r jovial humor,
and his speech was generally enjoyed.
Senator- Lorimer's successor in the
House, William J. Moxley, of Illinois,
was sworn in.
Owing- to the fact that no reports
have been "made from committees,
both houses are without subjects upon
which to legislate. The Senate, there
fore, adjourned -until Monday and the
House until Tuesday.
NICARAGUA AND UNCLE SAM.
It is plain that the United States has
no grievance against tne republic, or
no grievance against the republic, or
rather the people of Nicaragua. The
grievance of this country is of a per
sonal nature, and Jose Santos Zelaya
;s the sole offender. He it is who, af
ter signing the treaty of Washington,
proceeded to invade ' Honduras, and
then Salvador. He disregarded from
the outset the treaty which was in
tended to put. a stop to- wars in Cen-
t--al America, providing for that pur-
pore a court at Cartago, in Costa Rica,
to which could be referred all differ
ences between any two countries sign
iTisr the treaty. Zelaya has been a
roysterer and disturber in Central
America for fully fifteen years. He
iius even invited Germany and Japan
to Luild a canal on the Nicaragua
route.
In executing Cannon and Groce he
violated international military laws.
Thesemen were not spies; they were
revolutionists, and they were given a
military trial in which it was shown
they were revolutionists. They
hot: Id have been treated as prisoners
of wai. If they had been spies, ths
case would have been different. Un
der the rules of The Hague agreement
no country can sentence any man to
e vecut'on except that he be proved
spy acting maepenaentiy 01 any mili
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tary organization. One of the victims
of Zeiaya's wrath was a colonel ami
Lhe ether a lieutenant colonel in the
engineers of the army of Estrada.
The position' of Mexico in this mat
ter will soon be known,- for Governor
Creel will soon arrive in Washington
to present Mexico's attitude, if the
United States and Mexico can aree
upon a common policy that policy will
certainly be enforced ; and peace in
Central America may be the general
outcome. In any'levent Zelaya will
have to go. Mr. Creel gpes to Wash
ington as Mexico's special envoy, and
his ccming will hasten' a' settlement of
the entire trouble.
Secretary Knox's letter on Nicara
gua was. fiery but the transport Prai
rie stuck in the mud does hot bear out
the Secretary's conception of the mat
ter. ' - . ;" . ,
Congresa , will " fidt; transact 'much
business until" after the holidays, but
the Congressional -Record will con
tinue to appear regardless of Christ-
mastide. "
MRS. FLORENCE TUCKER DEAD.
Widcw of the Late W. R. Tucker, of
Raleigh, Passes.
At her home in Raleigh Saturday
occurred the death of Mrs. Folrence
Perkins Tucker, widow of the late W.
R. Tucker, and one of the wealthii-t
women in the State.
"-She is survived by five daughters,
all married, and two grandchildren of
an only son, deceased.
The estate she leaves will approach
or exceed a. million dollars in value.
The Appian Way.
New York American.
The famous Appian Way was con
structed by digging two parallel
trenches, three feet in depth, at the
bottom of which were placed two lay
ers of flat stones in mortar, upon
which a layer of cobblestones was
placed, also laid in mortar; then came
a course of pebbles in concrete, over
which were placed large, flat blocks
of smooth lava well joined together,
forming an even, uniform surface. It
was primarily a military road, and ex
tended from Rome to Brundusium, a
distance of 350 miles. So perfect was
the construction of this ceelbrated
road that it still exists in places as
good as ever, notwithstanding it was
made more than twenty centuries ago.
Ice Cream, ice Cream. Roy all's
Pure Ice cream for Christmas dinner
Try it. Made of fresh, sweet cream
and fresh, rich milk. Phone 160.
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Specia
OF
IViffl S
About ten days ago we received a letter from one of the leading manu
facturers of Baltimore to the effect that they were going out of that busi
ness and wanted to close out their entire stock.
They said they wrote to us for two reasons. First We had the outlet to
distribute an immense quantity of clothing. Second We could pay imme
diate cash upon arrival of goods, which was a condition of the sale.
Our Mr. Hollowell, a connoisseur of good clothes, took the night train for
Baltimore, the home of good clothes. He spent two days carefully exam
ining each lot as to quality, style and workmanship; then he bought
thirty-six hundred dollars worth of this winter's production. He did not
buy the entire stock; he selected only the desirable patterns and styles and
almost selected his own price on the goods.
These goods were bought at so( low a price that we can make our usual
margin of profit and still sell them at less than the prices we ourselves
usually pay.
We have received these goods in our store now and we are more than
pleased at the purchase.
We can safely promise you better values in clothes than you have
bought in many years or than you will buy for several years more.
We will sell you for $10.00 Clothes that
$13.50 buys a Suit usually marked.
$15.00 we- ask you for Suits that were ............
$17.50 is the price of Custom Tailored
Or more, according to the reputation of the maker.
Every Suit we-guarantee to be of the best tailoring and of the latest
styles. The showing includes single
slims stouts, young men's styles; in
this special sale.
It 'is an important sale and a profitable opportunity for every one who
buys: -'. :V .:.- v ". ,.,''..; ," -
.l"l.o
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$1.00 a Year
' --X' NO. JI9..
IN PERIL
'4 :
Some nteresling Envelop
ments Expected Dur
ing the Week
The Little Republic Is Uppermost in
the Program of Events for the
Next Seven Days Decisive
Battle (imminent.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 13. Signs
of a rapidly approaching crisis jn Nic
aragua retain for that republic top
line in the program of events for the
coming week. Other topics that keep
an almost equal progressive interest
are labor troubles in the United
States and the recent series of crime
mysteries in various parts of the
country. Across the Atlantic atten
tion centers on the British political
campaign and the deliberations o"f the
Danish scientists over the north pole
records of Dr. Cook.
News of a decisive battle near Blue
fields is now expected daily. Its re
sult, either way, will do much to clar
ify the Nicaraguan situation.
If you want the best, try a box of
Dolly Varden Candy, fresh at The City
Pharmacy.
fu
a
we have been selling for $15.00
,
$20.00
. $22.50
.$25.00
Clothes worth
and double breasted Sack Suits
short, almost every size is included in
.
NICARAGUA
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