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11 mm - TRO Y,OfIURDAYi J?K3EM BER 17-1908.; VOL. IV. N . V, . UVt TLtr By MA Y C.RINGWOLT. T'Cr HE. with her tweet NvAvvyf'l ypung enthusiasm, told" them of the first ChrlBtmastlde of the Christ Child cradled In tbe manger because there was no room mm in tho inn; ot the Christmas carol of peace and good will sung by the an gels to the shepherds watching their flocks by night. -Clarice's face was rapt; her eyes adoring. Of ell the teachers in the Sunday-school, none Teas so lovely as her own Miss Maud. She was certain that the Christmas angels had the amo shining yellow heir. Did they wear those fascinating gold hairpins, too? One was slipping out from the soft fluff over Miss Maud's left ear. It only she dared tell her! But that morning she had asked the awful . privilege of holding Miss Maud's muff a rich sable with a beautiful bunch .- of violets fastened to it and there was no courage left for further inti mate speech. Suddenly the spell was broken, and Clarice turned with angry Jerk from -the object of her worship, and fiercely scowled at an Inoffensive little girl seated beside ' ber. - "Excuse me," meekly apologised . Agnes, the new scholar. ., Clarice drew her light blue silk skirts 'away from the dingy brown ' cashmere touching them; held herself very straight; and, with a superb dig pity, sniffed the violets on the muff. .-"And now, my dears," said Miss ., Maud, "as you know, Wednesday will ' be another birthday of the Christ Child, and who wants every one here to give Him a present Just as you . would give a present to your own 'little ' brother on his birthday at "borne." She smiled radiantly. "Do you wonder how you can do that " when tbe Christ Child has become a " King In Heaven? I'll tell yon. He left id His place all the poor little ; girls and boys Jn this big world, and told ns that In giving to them we give THE ANGEL AND tsr-.l $ .'A tr'3 t' JI"4 4Cf to Him.. Not far awaj is a great hos pital for little children who have crippled legs and arms, and poor, crooked backs, sick children who can't run and play, but have to hobble about on crutches or lie in bed all day. Wouldn't you like to make their Christmas so happy that they'd forget their pain?" Her smile gathered up their eager nods of assent, as a golden thread gathering pearls. "I knew you would, Well, I'm going to tell you a secret." She leaned confidentially near. "The day before Christmas we're to have a dear little service down here, and over there on the platform will be an empty manger, and, as we sing our Christmas carols, we are going to march up to the manger and each put In a gift for some little Chrisi child at the hospital. Won't we have a jolly time deciding what to bring! Why, it will be almost as exciting as , if every girlie of you were playing Santa Claus!" Again Clarice's smiling face was clouded by a scowl, and one rude elbow poked the new, scholar's arm. "Clarice!" .exclaimed Miss Maud, severely. "She's crowding me!" defended a sulky voice. Miss Maud looked up at the little brown figure shrinking back into a corner. Tbe child's eyes were lumin ous; her face flushed, her lips parted. "Agnes was so Intently listening to me that I'm sure she didn't realize that she was leaning against anyone. I'm surprised at you, Clarice!" A cheek bid Its shamed crimson in the soft muff. To have Miss Maud "sur prised" at you was ignominy itself! Her tears wet tbe violets. It was nil Agnes' fault She would never for give her neverl And when Sunday-school was over and Agnes, with a timid smile, asked tt she might walk up the street with Clarice, that unladylike little girl slipped her arm through that of her chum, Amabel, and, whispering and giggling, stalked by Agnes without a word. The tears came Into Agnes' eyes, for mother would not let ber play with the little girls In the.new neigh borhood Into which they had moved because tbe children there were rough and boisterous, - and used naughty words, and she was very lonely. But she was a brave little soul, and dash THE SHEPHERDS. v. lng away the tears, Bhe was coon skipping along In the sunshine, think ing what a lucky" girlie she was to have two lively legs, and a straight, Btrong back.' . ''Agnes remembered the time, be fore dear father's death, when they lived in a cunning cottage ot their qwri on a pretty avenue, but now mother and Bhe had only one room at the top of a gloomy house on a forlorn back street. Still, as her feet clattered up the dark, uncarpeted atalrB,er heart was full of happiness because- she had reached home at last for even one room Is borne when mother Is there. "Oh, mother," exclaimed Agnes, "I've so much to tell you I "..And cuddled In mother's lap, an arm about her neck; a hand patting her cheek, Agnes sweetly prattled of the Christ Child of old, and how His birthday was to be kept by giving presents to poor, Blck little children left in His place. "And, mothor," she cried, "I'm going to give a doll Just like my own dear Peggy! Do you think, mother dear if I sewed, too, you know you could get the dollie dressed' in time?" The smile faded from mother's Hps, and the arm about her girlie trembled. "My dear little Agnes," Bhe murmured, with a catch in her voice, "mother is so sorry to disap point you." She paused, then brave ly went on. "Agnes has grown to be such a little woman that mother is going to explain everything to her. Youknow, dear, for three whole weeks mother had no work to do." "Yes," chimed in Agnes, gaily, "and it was just beautiful! We took long walks, and, in the evening, in stead of the stupid sewing, you told me the lovellst stories.!" 'But, love," explainedvmother, with HANGING THE i. 4 ' ' a sad smile, "when there Is no work tfce-3 Is no pay no money to buy anything to eat nor coal to keep U3 warm." 'We ate every day. though, mother dear, and mcst generally always we bad a fire." - "Yes, dear, because a kind man let ns have all - that we needed, and trusted mother to pay for It when she got work again. So, you see, Agnes, the money that mother is making now does not really belong to us, but every cent must go to pay our debts." A small head solemnly nodded. "It hurts mother very much not to give her darling any Christmas toys nor let her girlie's kind heart have Its wish about the dollie for the poor cick little child at the hospital, but Agnes will try to be a good little girl about It,, won't she?" The .arms about mother's neck tightened their hold, but Agnes' mouth twitched, and she had to blink very hard to keep back the tears. If she bad no present to lay in the Christmas manger, how would the Christ Child know that she loved Him? '"Of course," she rrgued to herself, "I could 'splaln In my prayers . that I had nothing to give." But had she nothing? Her face ; suddenly crimsoned, and a great )lump choked be little throat. There was Pejgy herself! : : Without speaking, she got 4 own ' from mother's lap, and darted across the room to her little bed. There, propped up by a pillow, sat Peggy in a stiff pink calico dress. -The curls bad all been combed out ot Peggy's straggling hair; the-roses had long ago faded from her cheeks, and In a sad accident, Perry had parted com pany, with the end ot her nose.- - r- You.. dear!" whispered Agnes. Her lips formed a determined line. How could she have thought of giving Peggy upr What would she do all day without a dollie to play with? What would she do at night without a dollie to sleep on the pillow beside her? But how disappointed her sick little girl at the hospital , would be Christmas morning when all , the ether children had lovely .presents, and she found that she had been left out? Agnes stooped over the bed, gathered. Peggy- in her arms, and . pressed her to her aching heart. C" : r It was the day before Christmas, and -the children had "sung all but ft their last carol which they were to sing aa they marched- to the manger and laid down their gifts one by one. -The door softly opened, and a little brown shadow ox a girl with a small pink ' object hugged to ' her. breast .13 St i , : h, "T Yl. ,.--' - i H- Va'- slipped timidly In. For a moment Agnes stood dazed, a If she ha sud dfinlv entered fairyland, for thi bare walls of tho -room were festooned. with heavy ropes ol Christmas greens, the ahades at the - window i; wert drawn, and all the chandeilera bril llantly lighted, while above the iwalU, lng manger shone a. glorious etectrie eiar. Then, ashamed ql being M late, she hurriedly tiptoed to berjplwe, the vacant seat Reside Clarice. , Clarice met her with a eold stare, but the gate of AgnesVJeyes J?ever reached the unkind IHtl frr? JW. for it rested in. fascinated aWernpon o uteinn nf tianntv In Clarice's -arms. t . 1J1WU W . wwmhw ( It was a doll such as fairies might dream of. . She had dark, clustering curls, and " magnificent" brown I eyes. Her cheeks glowed with color and there was the cunningest dimple-in her round chin. - She was dressed In claret velvet trimmed In white silk, and wore a claret velvet poke bonnet with white silk strings and an ex quisite white plume graeefully touch ing the brown curls on the right side. And best of all, she had a necklace of gold beads, and gold bead brace lets dangling over her hands. "Oh," murmured Agnes, "won't your little hospital girl be pleased?" "My little hospital girl!" Scorn fully whisDered back Clarice. "You don't suppose I'd give my best doll away! Here's my present" she. held out a box of Jack-straws "Lady Lu- cile and I simply stopped in." She airily tossed her head.. "We're on our way to a Christmas Eve party." STOCKING. - 4 -t A. 'A in" "Form In line, my dears,." Inter rupted Miss Maud, brlskl7. "Yes, our class comes last, but you must sing all the time we're marching. The children's voices caroled. Joy ously as the procession pressed for ward, but one little singer was mute. She was the last in the line, a little brown shadow of a girl with a small pink object hugged to her breast. Miss Maud stood by the manger, now heaped with all sorts ot playthings, and nodded and smiled as each wee member of her class approached Puzzled. Bhe watched Agnes pause, look at the manger with frightened eyes, and hesitate. Then she saw the small pink object lifted to the child's lips, and heard 'the 'sound of a smacking kiss of farewell before trembling hands laid a doll with straggly hair, faded cheeks : and a broken nose among the new toys.' "Why, my dear," cried-Miss Maud, putting her arms about Agnes, "what is the matter?" . A great sob shook the tiny figure, Tell me all about.it," comforted Miss Maud. And Agnes brokenly confided the whole story. But as she explained how mother's money . belonged to somebody else, and bow she had noth- ing to give the Christ Child except her only aou, neither or them noticed a little listener who drew -nearer and No, no," cried Agnes, "I wouldn't take ner oacx. l want tne little bos - pltal girl to have her shell 'predate Peggy's crippled nose, won't Bhe?" Agnes forced a smile through ber tears. "Only," she faltered, "it will be - bo so lonesome without- any doll ie." i Something tugged at Miss Maud's skirts. She turned, and with a start ot surprise, looked down Into Clar ice a eager face. i - y ; - I ve , iota more at some, you know,", she whispered. . And, laying Ladyv Lucile , in Agnes' astonished arms; Clarice' ran after her chum, Anabet-Tb. Interior. CHHISTOIAS vjFor rdtpUvTot Twd -Sauabrxl Rum Aiddino' hbtfA ?l?sMSl1 t n .i Aphle-ancKderV-5Qlad.w': Rjtalocs. icallobed. with Grhteb Ovf33 THE WOSK OF CONGRESS SECOND SESSION OF - CONGEBSS. Opens , . .DecejabEr 7, noca . CloS3:, ..March 4. neon . s'Vi-- - SENATE. . -Republicans ...... . . ...... 61 Democrats,, ,. ,. ...... .31 TotfcJ., .. ,. . :: ECOTJSE, ,.,.....92 Republicans,, ,.21 ,".163 ,. 2 .".SSI Democrats. , ' Vacanc?cs. , r r Total.... ; 1 Cca3re3sic2tl Sinaary. The. business of both houses ol Congress was confiped largely to list ening to the reading of the Presi dent's annuel message but in addi tion a few bills were introduced both in the Senate and the House and in the House a number of bills was sent to conference, among them being one providing for a new immigration, sta tion m Boston. In addition, the Speaker announced the anointment cf Mr. Eiggins, of Connecticut, to a place on the com mittee on the judiciary, in place of Mr. Littlefield and of Mr. Martin to a place on the committee on Indian affairs in place of Mr. Parker, de ceased. For fie first timk during the present Congress there was a call of the com mittees of the House but no measure was reported by any of them. The miscellaneous work of the Sen ate consisted in the main of the refr erenee in executive session of about 1,500 recess nominations, which were sent to the Senate by the President, and the -adoption of resolutions of re gret on account of the death of mem bers of the House who have passed away since the adjournment last May. The Senate adjourned for the day at O anil TTnnco at O -Q Census Bill FarrccL For neaily five hours the House of Representatives considered the bill providing fcr the taking cf the thir teenth and subsequent decennial cen suses, and passed it withont material ' changre. From the very cutset of the debate it became evident that the progress of the measure toward pas sage would be impeded. Pensions in Senate. The session cf the Senate was ebiefly devoted to the formal presen tation of departmental reports and the introduction ct b:ll3i; ihe re ports have been made public from time to time and the bills numbering 352 were chiefly for tho granting of pensions. American Railway Company Asks Fcr a Charter. Hawkinsville, Ga., Special. Char ter was applied for by a ioeal attor ney on behalf of interested parties for 'a charter for ' "The American Railway Company," which proposes building a line from Abbeville, Ga., to Winchester, in Macon county, Ga., via Hawkinsville and Grovania. The proposed road will traverse cne of the. richest farming sections pf the State. It will tap the Seaboard at Abbeville and. the Gulf line at Haw kinsville. Work will begin at once, it is stated. ' Pope Pins Blesses Mr. Taft and His . . Family, Rome, By Cable. Pope Pius bless ed President-elect Taft and bis fam ily. The blessing was declared tbe presence of Archbishop Glennin, of St. Louis, who told the Pope that he had received a Jetter from Taft in which the President-elect express? ed cordial friendship for the Catho lics. The Pope received the news with unfeigned delight and pronounc ed the blessing upon Taft and family. I The Evacuation of Cuba. .Washington, special. as we. war 1 uepanment me nrsi aeiaus regarc iM the withdrawal from , Cuba of the .American army of pacification, which has been. on duty there simse the fall of 2906,, were made : known. The movements of the troops will be gin on January 1st and W be? com pleted by .'April ,1st. f v" ..- Killed" by. Electric' Shock.. , :. Yorkville SpeciaL Mr. W. -F; Downs, a native of 'Fort Mm, and f . . ., x ,- - - Pas three or foar ; macmnis ai ine i&vura uniua miu at this place, was'instantly killed y an electrical current. - The electneal current , whieh ; is furnished by ; the Southern Power Company, had failed and' Superintendent Ramseur andMr. Downs were searching for tbe trouble.' The. 7 switch ; bad -Veen opened f. and Downs placed his band on a wire he supposed .dead but ' it proved " not to be and he fell back lifeless, - t ' I naji.vifciranV Gives SL000 :T to AUanta, ua.,. ispeciai. J. v.ue8 te, secretary of the. ' Uncle Remus ' ' memorial association,- announced the receiot : of ; a eofctributictf -of $1,000 from Thomas F. RyanVof New Yorkt to the fund ol perpetuating tne mem ory of Joel Chandler Harris. .V Mr. r-?.n was tendered and has aecept- HOLT'S SLAYER CAUGHT WplT-kTrintrn r5UwT! fit TJn1in!i TnV. i en Into Custody For Assasctea'.ioa ', of Engineer Fred HelS. Durham, N. C, Special. The ar rest -cf Ecuben Barbie here fcr the murder of Engineer .J. A. Hclt last week, almost, demoralized the lay vis itors tp tbe Methodist Conference and in a few minutes tbe news had spread all oyer tbe city, Barbce was arrested Friday after, noon by a policeman for being drunk and that circumstance started (ho story of hi connection with the crime. As a matter 'of. fact, . this step had been contemplated several clays with accumulating evidence tending to show unfavorably against the Duiham man. ' Barbce himself has exhibited an interest in the crime, not altogether characeristie, and this week said he had fcund the murderer whem he designated as Iicbert Gold en, a colored helper at the coal chute. Reuben mentioned the sinsle barreled gun as evidence an ;1 said he wanted but little more cvidenao to cinch the reward. There are ether stories that in his cups he has said he ha3 killed four men and follow ed none to the grave. Thai record is supposed to be true, but Barbce never suffered for any crime. The: circumstances upon which the arrest -was made are these: I'arbee has been for years at lojrzerheada with the Southern Railway; he lives m the coal chute vicinity; he has a grudge against M. Grccnberg. whose house was fiied into the night cf tbe Hclt murder, and the officers have bad no other theory than that- tbe same man did both; he has done some talking ; two negroes are giving tes tirnony that they saw him ccme out frcm the coal chute the night cf ths 1 T i , 1 muruer ana inai ne nad a gun in his hands. Upon this testimony the arrest was mado bv Sheriff Harward and Detective Ashburn. Banner Must Serve His Term. Raleigh, .Special. According to ruling just made by the Supreme Court finding no error in the trial below Lute Banner, a former mem ber cf the State Legislature, post master of bis town end internal revenue officer, Watauga county, musi serve ms sentence or. rfu years in the penitentiary for tbe murder of Ambrose Gine, whom be shot clown cs ho was passing his store on the opposite side of tbo street with out the least warning to CLr.e cf his intention. The plea in the trial be low was insanity, but the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Clark writing the opinion, declares that there was no evidence of insanity in tbe trial and expresses tbe view that Banner was lucky to avoid conviction of murder in the first degree, thereby escaping tbe gallows. Decrease is Comparatively Small Raleigh, Special. Corporation Clerk Wilson,, of the office of the Secretary of State, made up his re port on corporations, which shows that during tlie twelve months which ended November 30th. last year there wero 839 charters granted, while this year, up lo November 30 th, tbe num hcr was 7G3.. This shows a falling oil this je&r of 7G which is a :ip ita.l -ho'ving. The largest charter went t tne Raleigh Light and Pow r Company, the aim rnt being $3,750 000. 1 ; Falling off Shown in Tobacco Reports. ; Raleigh, SpeciaL The November report of the sale of loose leaf tobac co in; the warehouses of North Caro lina to the, Stale . Department of Agriculture 6how 17,831,000 pounds for November compared with 41.291 239 for October. Winston-Salem leads with 3,112,249 .pounds: Wilscn sec ond. 1399,017; Mount Airy, third, 1,470,643. - Forty-one markets re ported, - News of the State. D. A. LyncK assistant manager of the -Davidson : football . team for the past season, has been elected manag er for Jjext-year,-season of 1909, Editor H, Bi Varner, of Letington, 4nd'ibv party of nine Voung ladies who won a free trip to Northern cit ies.; in a voting contest, are; now in New York ipd. are having a. big time doing -that cny...... . ' .. . - The.. Champion. Fibre Company, of Canton, is building a large boarding hoiise at Sunburst preparatory to be.- gtaning worl:,therewitn a large crew of bands. - The force' row at work at f-Hornbuckle witt"; be transferred to ithat' place.. , ''-x: : :ir, - if : ? v r" It is learned that ' High Point's public building will commence to take shape " some time next . spring. The appropriation calls for ' $75,000 ; and High - Point : stands close to bead o tbejlist for appropriations to be pass- ed upon.' ' . ..Mr.'. W. E.' Shepherd, railway agent at 'Mooresville, has resigned his po -v; . " Two Die of Ptomaine Poisoiv' Westchester, : Pa.', Special. fjTtfo: members jt the1 family . of . George VanHorn, of 'Mendebi.ll, "Chester county, arcdead. and three ' others are ill as tlie result of. ptomaine poisoning-, caused by- sausage : procured from ' a local ." grocery j store. John YonHom,;, eight ; 'yeara old, - died Thursday, and his sister, 'Mabel, 18 vers c'i, r-----i . -away . ULv. FOREST RESERVES One pf iUz Most Urgent Needs cf 'the Nation rHE DEMAND FULLY CONE OVER Soverscrs tui Prcxitcrt Hen From Ersry ccli:n of tie -Country A?.' pear Eef ere tie Eoum Comsittee ftad tfrffl tie ; Estsblisiaent of rarest Rcccms. ' Washington, . Special. A A distin- juisbed assembly cf witnesses tcs sifled before the House committee on igriculture to the need cf the Fed eral goverument establishes forest reserves in the White mountains and in the Southern 'Appalachians. It Tiarkcd the opening of the fight in ;his session cf Congress for the crea tion of these reserves to proteet tho aavigabuity cf navigable streams, a purpose which tho committee conccd- Jttis constitutional. Besides Governor Guild, cf Massa jhusetis, who was the spokesman jntiJ be was ccmpelled to leave the uy and turn ms duties over to Col. - William S. Harvey, of Philadelphia, Governors Chamberlain, of Orearon: A.nsel, cf South Carolina ; Hoke Smith of Georgia, and Johnscn, of Minne sota, former Governors George E. Pardee, of California, and Blanchard, 3f Louisiana, and Dr. Edward Ever 3tt Hale, chaplain of the Senate", wero among thsoe who appeared. Chair nan Seott, cf the committee, said the committee appreciated the public sentiment in favor of the project but that the problem of obtaining the iesired end was difficult. Representative Scott explained that :he House committee on the judiciary had questioned the constitutionality jf action on the part of Congress locking toward the purchase of land for the conservation cf forests what ever it might do toward protecting the navigability of the streams of tbe :ouutry. Governor Guild, in responding, laid jmpha sis upon the ability of the gen eral government to undertake pro jects for the general welfare of the sountry, saying the appeal come from all quarters of the nation. It is probably the first time in his tory that.the Governor of South Car olina and the Governor of Massachu- etts have joined hand in hand to ap peal to Congress for the enactment of law for the general welfare of the United States," said Governor Guild, as he bowed to Governor An sel, of the Southern State; President Van Hise took the Dosi- tion that the peculiar rapidity of erosidn in the Southern Appalachian mountains necessitated the establish ment of a reserve there, for the pres ervation of the navigability of the streams and the protection of the harbors. Ho eave it as bis opinion that the crucial area to be purchased was the lower slopes of the mountains where the inclines are so steep and erosion so rapid that their use for agriculture is less important than tbe preservation of tbe streams. ' Nine Injured by Bomb. ' " New York. Srjecial. Creeninsr ovr the roof to an airshaft in the five- story tenement at 330 Sixty-third street, a Black Hand agent dropped a bomb to the ground. The explosion ' that resulted was terrific. The walls of the building reeled and tottered, almost falling, and every ' window within a block or more was shattered. Nine people in the . building and in the street were injured by the ex-. plosion of the, bomb, gome of them ssnously, although it is not thought" that any of them : will. die.' It was if miracle that , no one was killed out- -right.' The police are inyestigating the case and they have come to the conolusion- that' the bomb dropping was the work -of 'the same Black Hand agent .'who three years ago kid. napped the small eon of aq Italian -banker, who owns and occupiesa part of the, building, and that the motive was revenge,; the banker having re fused to ranBbinfbis son. The bomb.;; thrower mad gced his escape, but the : police -.believe, that they have "clues ' which may lead to bis capture, or pos. fj eibly to the breakingnp ot a Black Hand gang.; : - . ,. ?.' Every Citizen to Becoms a Soldier ' Washington, Special. Every " mal V citizen in the United States' between - ; the ages of 16 and 45 is to become a part of the military fcrce of : the i country and to be liable for military" -.- j duty under, the terms or a bill, the passage of which, bas been reconi- t . mended by the President in a special. ; message, to jCongressK-Th " bill pr0.y rides; an elastic organization and, .itt the President tsays, ' under; its'J provi- , . aions it willxbe just as easy to raise - V,' ux army, of 290,000 as of 50,000. r;H"Hala;.SucaedB'A ..; Washington, Special A largely at f tended eaucus -of Republican Senatort uunanimously'-elected -, Senafoi ; Hale, of Maine, as chairman of the Kepub-:, -l;a caucus i:o succeed the late Sen-1 ator" Allison, of Iowa. ';The position' carne3 . wit h ; it the - chairmanship el t' a r 'I'icaa steering cerrmittae ci ' ; .. :J3. Senator Ilth's' r: ' " " ? , C"! . I " " ' ' ' .'.ivk'- "'V-