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REIDSVILLEK. CM MAY 27, 1913.
suBscHiPiioi oib mm i ma.
NO. 42
Miss;ssippi Member Makes Warm Class Night Exercises at Reids-
Speech on Japanese Subject.
ville Seminary.
of. -Missis The closing exercises of the Reids-
lif iresentative Sisson,
. i -9 , V 11 - 1 J , ' .
made his aDnooncea Japanese vine ceniusry were nen last rriaay
Jo the house. President 1 night in the Seminary chapel. Pa-
Si! I
.,.nh Kridav
' after Mr. Sisson recently trens and friends of the school had en
war speech", called the Mis-; joyed beyond meaaare ti e several
junippian to the wuite Mouse ana f aeugutioi emenainments expensing
plicate diplomatic cego- i this occasion Miss Yv ilsca Wailiagtos
Bill's Progress Slow.
Washington, May 24. Democratic
leaders cow hare no hopes of getting
the tariff bill into the Senate for de
bate before Jnne 10, or probably later.
The real work cf getting schedules
in ebape-for presentation to the can-
a
ti.i
njialitco
Mil a
- a At. ' 1 . - J r fi. I . I
wito Janan or icnama me gave iser grauuauuz recuai. wnicn
Sisson disclaimed
making a "war
renecrea so mccn creait upon ;er
musical talent, and Mi?s Hines, the
head cf the music department. The
baccalaureate serraou of Dr. Rowe at
j.atiU; miii'i. Mr.
ac intention of
-M-ecli, out auacsea uie p'jait.uii. ,
ti.d the treaty making power scper- baccalaureate sermou
-.H. the law-taaking powers of the j the First Baptist church the preceding
i-ovtreign States. j Sunday was appreciated by all who
Mr. Sisson declared he took this pc-i heard it. The concert 'Tuesday night
gUinn not "because .the Japanese were by Mies Payne'a music classes and the
involved,'' that he would :ake it to- elegant literary address at the Metho
'ward England, Frauco,Germanv or any dist church by Dr. P. P. Claxtcn were
. . . . fl A t 1
rther cation, ana tnac it cmy required i aa ci a mjzii type
an cool heads for both coun
Rev. W. E Abernethy Preaches
Scholarly Sermon.
'
Before an audience which taxed the
capacity cf the audiroriura ot tha
Oraded School, Rer. W.E. Abernethy.
cf Greensboro, preached tlje annual
sermon Sandav nicht to the ci&lna.
ens has Frogregied as rapidly as lead- 4 c!as?; Precedin? the sermon the
era expected. , Some changes in the ihxociaa wa8 delivered hy Rev. D.
ratea on manufactures of wool may be j t Cnig D D of he PresbJterUn
recoamen.ied by Senator Stcae'a scb cinrcb uie fcriptcre lesion was read
! cosinmtea. It waa said the changes ; r- m ivii,,,.
wouid mase reductions. Some dturch, and a chcireomposed of the
changes, it became known, are to be j Kst -ciefs of.'thA r!tT .1,1, Mr.
Francis Womaek at the piano, render
recommended for cotton
manulactu- j
to be in-
jiationcft
tries to
arrive at an amicable, fair
But none cf these occasions showed
the high class cf work actually bi-ixig
. . ttlnmtit nf nil i fKiiio ' i?Ana lir liic tfl:nrl oolf an fro 1 1 a a
"If any nation." lie aedfta, "should the Class Night exercises last Thurs
decide that thej will dictate t-3 03 enr day niglit, with which the school year
Un1 laws, then we would be unworthy 1 clceed.
of national existence if we submit to j The class, composed of six, appear-
6ach ciictaticn. Does any cue claim j ed at their best, &sd received the j
that this is a declaration, of war be-jheaity applause from a very larze and
cac-s I announce this truth? appreciative audience. Ever camber j
"It is no declaration cf war for the ! was wtli- rendered and reflected I
I'-r r-i i Stales govercmett to :ecliae I credit upon both school and class. j
rers. They are expected
creased.
Wool and sugar continued subjects
of considerable riiscosaion, bat the
best information seemed to bear out
declaration cf administration leaders
that no changes on raw wool or sugar
wooid ha made by the party unless in
the Democratic canons.
Darwin P. Kingsley, president of
tha New York Life . Insurance Uom-
ei inspiring music
" Sopt. Andrews presented Mr. Ab
enethy as one who had shown true
greatness by bis capacity forseifing
his fellow-msD in the ministry. Mr.
Abernethy announced as his text
Matt. 22:42, "What think ye of
Christ"? The audience was not long
in discovering that they were in the
presence of scholar and thinker. Mr.
Abernethy unfoiied his' theme under
pany, win nave a searing iicnaay oe- : .je headings:
fore the eub-ccmiinittee compesed of j I. What did Jesus sav of himself ?
seaatcis v i!Iia;as, Siuvely and Oore, j What did His
on p:ovisious of the incoaia tix sc- gay cf Him?
,111. What does subsequent history
contempcrariee
t:cn
r : .7 i
4 , .
:-t it
!'
i:,j:
v.
aii'v
f;v rr'.ue
n at
t r.
!e tho rights of a . sovereign j The Salutatory vsas delivered by
Neal Warren McGcire, of Caswell
the dictatiots of j. foreign
It the United States ivern-
! onll deliver a Stare over to
r cits of a liooi of aliens from
n ti'on, then 1 maintain that the
--a I nvtrnriicnt would have prtrsri
: its Huthority. . Is the -mere ac-
t Lt ot this principle '-a dscla-
ri.ti--!j t c v.ar 'cothiog has been toi
t!.. : Iff.:.! 's.y mind than to cmharra?s
cr to 'tf ;:.l to render more difficult- the
;;:( i - j 1 solution of wi'atetef 'differ
til or imaginary, may exist
L'-;..i
imaginary,
ni the friendly' covernmer.t
cf
1 . .
tci. ' tii 1 11.0 iiivi''ii
Ja;r.ui an ccr own government.''
- y.r. Sisnon pleaded for tho open
door on treaty sessions cf tiie Senate.
liit t!o President aud Senate can
ttike t-uch a treaty, let Ui tear dovu
every dcor of secrecy. D&t require
the Pre i-ideut to publish every letter
and telegram bearing upon a con-
teoi)Uted
coonty. His addrrss was well prtpai- i
e i aad was delivered ia a manner that j
would have sd.owc'i well for a grade-;
rtt c: 'cue A ti.e first colleges cf the
Stare. He was at ease on the platform
and yftve ras:)C lor his friea is to hope ;
tor iivtt thinss Iron: him as a speak-;
f r. !
Tii? Clas? OiAticu was delivered by
Jam s s E d v in King, c 2 Caswell coun -
ty.w His cratiou thoved, careful study'!
and was well, received by tha audi-'
' euco. He .wa? -inter: rfpted sever. 1 v
!tin.sby ti;e tpi lacse rcr the hih
j sectimc-nts. esprfSAd.
The Class History was rsaa by Miss
Annie Wilson Watiingtcc, of Caswell j
county, in an especially graceful man-j
ed the history of this-
hich relate to insurance com
nanies. To ECCommodAt
Kingslsy, the sub-comcaittee will re- ;
open the hearings it had planned to !
cicsa to lay. " i
Chairman Simiiiuas :oce:veJ many (
telegrams today in connection with I
to manufacturer.-- pre
;mm:ttec and rec riing
the questions
pared by tha c
tha fills 1:2 of brief.-.
Many ha; 0 been nii kr the impres
sion that no anwsers tJ queries or
briefs opposing? schedules would he
printii lor the tnefir 01 the Senate
attT the hearings rdo e Tuesday
nunounced today
h ni3.ttar would
bill finally was
IV. What has He dene for man?
T. What Has He done for woman?
VI. What has Ho dona for the
children?
The able ministar applied the test
to 'the' llisters claims of being the
Sou of God and shewed the unreason
ableness of attempting to account for
Synopsis of Dr. OaxtonY Master
ly Address.
Reference- was made in the last U-
sae of ;The Weekly to th brllliact ad
dre.ss of United States Corns:! wiener
Claxton delivtred at tfce Main Street
M. E. Church on Wedneslay eight,
May 21.
Dr. Ciaxtou was the Commencement
orator for the Kelfisvilla Sm!nirv.
He delivered one of the Cntst addrfss
es ever given In Reicsvilie and the
Seminary is to be congratulated upon
its ability to secure so distinguished a
speaker.
Below is given a brhef synopsis of
the address, which was stenographic
ally reported by three students of the
Commercial Dfpirtmens of the Seml
caty. We regret tlsat lack cf fpice
prevents our giving the address in
full.
Dr. Claxtcn expressed his delight at
being back again in the South' among
his own people aad that he could ad
dress a Soothem audience. Although
he announced no particular subject,
his them was education and fcr near
Iv an hour and a half he held the
great audience charmed by his elo
quence and by the practical facts pre
sented.
The New Schedule a Hardship to
Reidsvillc.
The cew chednl which weak into
eCect last Scndar diicontinntcg 33
and 35 at local trains an j patting on
two new train., 13 and 14, which rca
ahead of 23 and 36. work a serlosa
isconvenlence to Reidsville, its effect
being to cut out two express train,
one in the morning and the ether la
the afternoon, and pot ccr growing
citv in a clans with Baffin and Bensa
In express sertice. The new trains,
IS and 14, tanning from Danvills to
Salisbury, do not carry express, and
so oar express service is limttd to 11
and from tb North and S and 44
from the South, all of which
past ReifsTiUe before neon, leav
ing the town without fxprett ter
vice 13 out of every 34 hoars. Think
cf a manufacturing city like Reids
villa being unsbls to fend an expresa
package either North or South from
11 7 a. m. till 5:53 the next morn
ing. when rwo express trains, S5 and
26, pass ilogh in the afternoon 1
it Is an outage that Reidsvllle's bos!
nets men will cot submit to without a
vigorcas flght
Not only does this new arrangement
affect car expres service injuriously.
in a acmccracy like ours everything j but the parcel tost service also. The
waits cu education. There can be no J new trains, 13. and 14. do not carry
solution cf any problem, civic, poHtl- mall, and v. So and Sft do not stop,
cal cr industrial, withent education, j parcel post packages of any size or of
The political welfare of a gcvernment j a fragile-character cannot be put in a
likh curs depends upon education; The I pouch and caught from the mill ciana
speaker cuid ha could think of nothing
it V: t p t!::n frtwl illitcrar r ant irtrtr..
the rise and triumph cf Christianity rEI2ce escept illiteia-y and ignorance
ner, Sh3 tra
famous class
entrance into the Seminary, thron
Secat'j-r SirrLCus
that printing cf sn;
continue until the
disposed of.
Hearings bsicre the su'e-commrttee
cottlnusd tOiay J. O. Ward well, of
Boston, rpiesenting the Great North
ern, St Croix and Berlin Falls Paper
Companies, bafore Senator Johnson's,
sub-cemmittee. ured that retaliatory
cr ba thrown eff at the depots and so
the p"s?afca hero has to wait cu
the Southern's whim as Ions as tha
npon any other nasis tan that Jesus ; w-th . evv educated people. J local express office does to serve the
is the Cfcmr. lie nas mace. the woild j Dr. Claxtcn talked about public Ipablic. " . .
.over, lifted men ircm slavery and sn- opinion and the might? influence it I jUst Khar the Southern has agaiuit
psrstition, elevated womanhood and;wjede palnc opinion U a several-1 R-id&ville that it fchould put such an
wueie ua gntpei nas uue nave luebe ; not discussing that public opinion is J reduce our growing city to the Pelham
tilings teen accompiisiis.J. in nosing merely the opinion of a majority, nor
Mr. Ahenethy told ot the testimony of '
he was j abominable schedule into effect and
his father and mother to the sustain
ing power of the rieen Christ and gave
his own experience as well.
We will not attempt a eumraarv ot
his discourse, with its wealth of clas-
rivtii auu uioiuiiai iuio ut-a .t u i. a a u
f six lrcm their first j "ties against Canada on the higher j WQrd painting. It was one of the 'tin
that it is the sentiment simply of
those who maka ths greatest noise, cor
vet that it is that popular expression
which is generally a statement record
ed by history and repeated by. poster
ity. He was talking about enlighten
ed opinion the best thought cf the
host. nrn o Keen tliA rnrifta nra
treaty on the very momftot all-thtir Tictorfa and defeats,
1
rough j rades of paper be extended to prinVcerW9S ever preached in, ;Keids-Uoncbed bv Ur-l.a aid.aa4:tboagh
theirfW" i,ntllre&tnctlcns were "-i ville, and some big guns have come' ry . effcrt' i3 mafte to keep the infin-
cf its (ii-patch. Let the clotnra cf the triumphs ann sorrows, up to that good;
Strata
be removed.
Throw open the : hour.
...
doors. ' woes.
Mr. .Si.saon made alengthy argument
purporting to sljow the possibility of
corporation control of land which
would be .-made-, possible, by allowlnx
the importation cf "cheap alien labor."-
Plants Big Tobacco Crop.
Mr. Hardin Hairston was in town
Satoday. Mr. Hairston ia one of the
largest tobacco planters in this section
of the State and says that he is setting
this year two million plants on his
"Briarfieid" farm and that an equal
nnmber will be planted on the "Chat
moss" farm. Martinsville, Va., Bulletin.
From her portrayal of their
the class had learned lota of '
lessons that only the school of ex-j
perience teaches, wnich school, by thaj
way, needs to have our careful atten-j
tion along with the "reading and!
writint? and 'rithmetic," a school'
which issues no diplomas. Miss Wat
lington's paper was a gem of its kind.
The Class Prophecy was given in a
very humorous manner by Henry Al
fred Badgetc. also of Caswell county.
The committee took under considera
tion an amendment proposed by Mr.
WarJwell.
L. S. AUerscn, of Lewistown, Ida
ho, representing fruit growers' inter
ests, urged putting fruits on the free
list because of the need for a market
owing to the growth of the American
fruit industry.
Senators Randsell and Thornton, of
Luoisianna. resumed thie fight against
1
; free sugar before Senator Williams'
! subcommittee. After a prolonged ses
sion Senator Hands tell said be did
tais way, uisnops, rresiomg raaers, j ecce tzom the jury box, it cannot be
Doctors cf Divinity, etc. Mr. Aoer. 1 gnccessfully done. One of the jndges
of the snprema court of this Stata sev
eral years ago wrota an opinion that
t
I
The
Service
0
4
Of this office has been put
to the test for
25 YEARS
I
With the result that it has
been for many years, and is
todav, the
V
t
plished anything.
Congressman Godwin Explains
Why Wilson is Slow.
LEADING
INSURANCE
AGENCY'
n RocKingham'and Caswell
counties.
Francis
Womack
"The Insurance Man"
t
Uui i
ww 1 1 . a. . . 1 m 1
tie naa reiurnea S3 uia ujaier i-t
. , -n-lnot know whether they had accom-
ter years 01 so&tjuue nuu uuteu wun
pleasure the elegant group of build-,
inRs that represented the Reidaville
Seminary. Mr. Cnrtisa was f till Pres
ident and trom him he learned the
good luck thaf had come to his
former classmates.
The "Last Will and Testament''
was read by Robert Payne Richard
son, of Reidsvilla. with the dignity
of a jurist. The arrangement aud
specifications in this document weeid
have done credit to one very much
more experiened in these matters and
reflected credit on the composer,
showing, as it did, the earmarks net
of a youth but of a statesman. We
congratulate him on this production.
The Valedictory honor fell to Miss
Wilsie Audrey Walker. In her address
she spoke an affectionate farewell to
teacher, pupil, fellow-classmate and
citizens. She brought tears to the
eyes of many and mada them realize
that, truly the ties cf school lifo were
strong audcaleulatad to last through
life.
Thus each member cf the graduating
class took part tn the program.
Miss Lucy Penn added to the pleas
ure of the evening by rendering sev
eral selections, which w-e very much
enjoved by every . one. A selection
from "Madame Butterfly" and "I
Hear You Calling Me," were suns
with much grace '
President Curtiss delivered the bac
calaureate address in a very scholarly
manner and presented diplomas to
the class of six for having completed
the literary course.
To Miss Wilson Watiiccton he pre
sented, in addition to a diploma for
the literary course, a diploma as spe
cial graduate in the school of mnsic,
she haying shown herself so well en
titled to this honor by her elegant
recital a few nisthta ago.
Mr. Cnrtisa announced the fntnre
plana of the Seminary and thanked
Damn, May 21. Congressman H. L.
Godwin,, who is at heme for a few
days during the recess of the Honse I
and panding the consideration of the
tariff bill ia the Senata. said today
that many pecpla desire to know why
the President has not yet sent to the
Senate fcr confirmation the names of
the postmasters the various Congress
men have nominated.
Speaking cf this, he said that the
President, on account of the congested
condition of the public business, de
cided to made but 150 nominations a
week, these to be taken from the coun
try at large. Nominations are not
made by districts, but by States and
all States are treated exactly alike.
Up to this time only three cr four
nominations have bean made id a dis
trict. The operation of this rule is
rather slow, but ail will be confirmed
before long.
nethy is a man of striking appearance,
and reminds one not a little of Judge
H. O. Connor and the piotores of
John C. Calhoan. He is a son of the
lamented Dr. K. L. Abernethy, foun
der of Rutherford College, and inher
its a full measure of the intaleectual
strength -of that Methodist giant.
The evening's services closed with
the bendiction by Rev. W. F. Womble,
of the Methodist cbnrch.
DR. HENDERSON TONIGHT.
Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the
University of North Carolina, who i
to deliver the annual address tonight.
fhas achieved the nnprecedeated feat
of publishing five notable books da
ring a pariod of twelve months.
On February 20, 1911. was published
his "Interpreters of. Life and The
(Modern Spirit;" March 20, "Mark
Twain;" May 25, "George Bernard
Shaw, His Life and His Worse:" in
August, 1911, was published by the
Cambridge (Eng. ) 'University Press
his series of mathematical researches
entitled "The Seventv-seven Lines cn
the Cubic Surface;" January 15, 1912.
appeared bis translation of Emile
Bontrox'a "William James."
And in addition to these Dr. Hen
derson has found time to publish in
leading magazines on both sides of
the Atlantic some thirty-odd essays of
such diverse figures and topics ai Ib
sen. Meredith. Mansfield, Mark
Twain. Wagner, Tolstoi, Woman Snf
rage. Bridges, Oberammergan and the
Passion Play, London. Plagiarism,
eta
Rare Courage.
Republicans Planning for Next
Campaign.
flatly opposed the opinion of one thir
ty years ahead of him, and in doing
this he declared that public opinion
had changed. And so our democracy
will be no bettar, and it need not be
feared that it will ba any worse, than
public opinion.
Our society is no longer fixed and
satisfied.' It is mobile and liquid.
Time was when there was little hope
of rising higher than our ancestors or
danger of falling lower. Things were
fixed then but they are not sow.
For, one generation wa have been
"doing tbicg," and the South is
cczntng into ber own again, and south
ern men and southern intelligence are
being felt In the affairs of the nation.
Southern public opinion is belng felt
In Washington today. North Caroli
na has furnished the Secretary of the
Navy the Minister to the Court of SL
James, and many important positions
are now filled by Southern men. The
president is southern born and bred;
four Cabinet Members come from two
adjoining states and cne half of the
Cabinet is filled with Southern men.
Southern men are measuring folly op
to the standard, and they are being
sent by ao educated democracy. .
Dr. Claxton spoke of the great task
given the democratic south a task on
like that given any other paople.coun
try or nation on the globe.
He referred to the race question,
which' he said might be workeJ oat
within the next five hncdred ysara.
He woold like to see the white ma nJ
brought to the pilot cf Divine pa
tience through edaTatlon, and the
black 'man to the place where he
would hear his pirt of the burden of
autonomy.
In concluding Dr. Clastan cocgrat-
and Biown Summit class, is hard to
divine. No town on the main line
cf the Southern has shown greater In
crease In freight and express business
daring the past two or three years
than has Reidsville, and there is no.
reason why we should be discrimina
ted against so flagrantly. If the pres
eot arrangement coDtlno.es It means &
serious-loss- to Reidsville. A day's
delay in express service often entails
Idleness npon hundreds of operative!,
and may inconvenience an entire city.
Wilson Scores Lobbyists.
the friends for their interest ihown
hr attending the exercises of the
schooL
For a rare degree of courage and f
cheerfulness in the face of certain j Washington, May 24. Lealeri of
death. Mr B. Sanders Walker, the! the Republican party laid preliminary
Macon Ga. banker who died Jbis j plans today for the Congressional cam- $ ulated tfce graduating clws and tald :
morning, demonstrated the real atti- paign cf 1U14 and the National pslitt- f -I bring to too tha grteticgi ot the
Nation and the Golf peed or all the
pacpls cf whom you shall find pleas
ure in serving.
The concensus of opinion of the
large audience was that the address
was a great effort of a great man.
It was a rpsecb that will linger is
the minds cf all who heard It.
The thanks of the people of Reids
ville are doe the Seminary for giving
them such a rare intellectual treat.
cle. Several days ago Mr. Walker cal battle ol two years later to regaia
took a bichloride of mercury tablet in j control of Congress and possession of
the place cf a headache tablet. When the White House,
he discovered the mistake and sent forf Ai a result the Republican national
the phvsicians he was informed that jeemmittee will meet CO days after ad
his death was certain, that be weald jocrnmeat of the extra session of Con
live a few days nntil the flow poison jgress and as extraordinary Repotllcan
permeated his system, but that there j national convention la expected cot
was no hope. Mr. Walker went about f later than a year hence.
his task arranging bis private affairs
and then held a reception for bis
friends and remained philosophical
and cheerful in his family and among
bis friends nntll the death grip seized
bira. Charlotte Chronicle.
Changes in the taste of representa
tion in National conventions and re
form of methods of party procedure,
which have teea rabn tc c-itici?m,
w ill be dispsrt d cf ii.?-. c e
agencies.
Doaas Reguleta are recommended
hr many who ear they operate easily.
-'tbout griping and without cad after
- .c's. 25e at all drug stores.
.Washington, May 26. President
Wilson stirred Congressional circles
today with an emphatic statement de
nouncing the "industrious" and "In
sidious" lobby in Washington at
tempting to create pnbllc sentiment
against certain features of the Under
wood tariff bill. This wss accepted
at the Capitol as referring to the ana
enal efforts being made against free
raw wool and frt-e sugar.
PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT.
The president issoed the following
statement :
"I think that the public ought to
know the extraordinary exertions be
ing made by the lobby In Washington
to gain recognition for certain altera
tions ot the tariff bill. Waabfngtou
has seldom seen so numerous, to la
duitrioos cr o Insidious a lobby.
The newspapers are being filled with
placed advertiiexiants calculated to
mislead the judgment of public men
not only, bat also the public opinion
of the country Itself, There is every
evidence that money wlthoot limit Is
being spent to sastaln this lobby and
to create an appearance of pressure of
pnbllc opinion antagonistic to some of
the chief Item of the tariff bill.
"It Is of serious Interest to the
country that the people at large should
have no lobby aad be voiceless In tcete
matters, while great bodies of astote
men seek to create an artificial opin
ion and to overcome the Interests cf
the public for tuelr private profit. It
Is thoroughly worth the while of the
people cf this country to take know
ledge of this matter. Only public
opinion can check and destroy it.
"The government lo all its branch
es ought to be relieved from this Into)
rable burden and tbf constant Inter
ruption to the calm - prcg.eM of de
hate. I know that Jo this I am speak
ing for the members of the two booses
who would rejoice as much as I
would, to he released from this un
bearable situation."
I Possum Rode the Engine.
Spencer, May 24 Engineer Hunter
caught a fine possum 00 bis locomotive
when be pulled lntc Spencer one nlgtt
during the pat week. The animal
bad hoarded the train at some un
known point aad was rldirg tbe rods
coder tbe pilot when found. Be was
captured and Is being fattened.